Harvey Mckay exclusively playing in ENGLAND 01/12/12  https://www.facebook.com/events/357960560961008/

Mela

Riccardo De Polo - Ascension - COR12177

The epochal energy of "Ascension" captivated us from the very first moment, making it an ideal intro track. With its cinematic soundtrack reminiscent of "Vangelis", Italian producer Riccardo De Polo has crafted a sublimely ethereal experience that transports listeners into the vast expanse of space. As stars and planets drift by, the music beckons us to explore further, to surrender ourselves to the moment. The low strings serve as a booster until the rocket engine roars to life and the spaceship disappears into another galaxy.
Subsequently the polyrhythmic sequence of "Wahnstimmung" spirals abstractly far below the cerebral cortex. The driving bass drum, paired with shakers and percussion, propels the composition forward at a steady pace. The tension intensifies, painting a picture of liquid metal pouring into a melting pot. Pure, stripped-down techno as we know it from its origins.
"Inception" hypnotically takes you into a deep state of trance, engulfing you in a tribe's energy. It’s truly a classic Cocoon sound that has its very own place in Sven's sets. The vigor is palpable, the shimmering sequence will make the dust visibly glow above the open-air dance floors while the air begins to shimmer. Noisy snare drums heat the narrowed arrangement to the absolute boiling point. This is the energy we have been looking for!

Ascension

Riccardo De Polo - Inception - COR12177

Gregor Tresher kicks off 2015 looking to break new soil with his first ever full release for John Digweed's Bedrock Records.   

Last year was as hectic as ever for the Gregor and he came into it on high from the success of his artist album Nightcolours and having closed out 2013 by releasing an astonishing Laurent Garnier remix of the title track, on his own imprint.   Time to relax a little maybe? Not a chance. January saw the remixed version of the album hit the stores and this was backed within a few weeks by 'Taurus', Gregor's enticing collaboration with Petar Dundov. The summer saw him remix the Chymera classic 'Shadowdancer' and he closed 2014 with the superb 'Midas / Disturber' double-header.   

Somewhat of a musical chameleon, Tresher is as at home creating deeper shades of house for the likes of Moon Harbour and Ovum as he is techno rhythms for Music Man, Cocoon and Drumcode.   With label boss Digweed a huge fan, Bedrock is yet another perfect fit for the German and he opens his account with the mighty, melodic and Kraken'esque 'Goliath' and the razor-sharp lightning bolt that is 'Stormblade'.

Gregor Tresher - Goliath (Bedrock)

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◆ Artist: @antuahale & @earthenwaremusic
◆ Title: Flyer (Original Mix)
◆ Release Date: 18/04/2025
◆ Label: @sacrorecords
◆ Genre: Melodic House & Techno
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Flyer (Original Mix)

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Konstantin Sibold - Mutter

Joran van Pol is back on Minus with Edge, a fantastic four track EP that is his first on the label since 2013. In the years since, the Amsterdam based artist has set up his own FADE label and has continued to evolve his cinematic techno sound. 

Previously, van Pol has also released on labels like Rejected, SCI+TEC and Ideal Audio, and has the support of all the big techno players who often reach for his tunes in their sets. As a DJ he is just as in demand, with headline slots everywhere from Space Ibiza to Time Warp all behind him. Having recently set up a new studio, he is still coming on strong with fresh inspiration and ever more essential grooves. 

‘Illos’ opens things with seven spooky minutes of icy techno. Rolling rubbery drums pump away below, and the details up top make for an evocative soundscape with distant industrial sounds, groaning bass and razor sharp hi hats all filling your mind with imagery. Next comes title track ‘Edge’, another brilliant sonic landscape with tense chords repeating over ticking percussion. It’s a track that builds tension throughout, and keeps you looking over your shoulder into the eerie blackness. 

The perfectly high pressure ‘Return’ is one that locks you in and never lets up, with warped synths snaking above traintrack like drums and hits. A dark, rumbling bassline and the sounds of pistons releasing air all add to the intensity of this brain-melting bit of futuristic techno. 

Last but not least, ‘Frostbite’ is then the most spacious and spooky offering of the lot. It has freaky alien sound designs scattered around the track with supple kicks driving the whole thing forwards. It’s an absorbing cut that hurries along and takes you for a thrilling ride. 

These are four more inventive techno tracks from one of the contemporary scene’s brightest stars.

Edge

MINUS165 - B2 - Joran van Pol - Frostbite

"L is for lover,
O is for an offer, 
V you got to venture,
E maybe forever."
(Al Jarreau, 1986)

Okay, ob die mehrfach Grammy-geehrte Jazz-Ikone Al Jarreau bei seinem 86er Hit tatsächlich schon an die zwölfte Cocoon-Compilation gedacht hatte, wissen wir leider nicht. Aber dass es bei der Cocoon Compilation L um Liebe geht, steht außer Frage: Die Liebe zur elektronischen Tanzmusik, zu ihrer Vielschichtigkeit und ihrem Facettenreichtum, die Liebe zu dieser globalen musikalischen Sprache und nicht zuletzt die Begeisterung für die bekannten und noch unbekannten Protagonisten dieser klanglichen Romanze, die uns seit über 30 Jahren treu durch Nacht und Tag begleitet. Und deswegen beginnt L mit einem ausgemachten Liebeslied: Das in Berlin residierende Duo Tale Of Us hat sich für "Equilibrio" gemeinsam mit ihren derzeit schwer angesagten Förderern Seth Troxler, Ryan Crosson, Shaun Reeves und Lee Curtiss alias Visionquest ins Studio gesetzt. Herausgekommen ist dabei ein romantisches Sonett für das 21. Jahrhundert, dessen traumhaft dahin getupftes Klavier uns noch in so manchen Sonnenaufgang tragen wird – ein perfekter Start für diese Compilation. Weiter geht's mit den Tiefschwarz-Schützlingen Rampa &amp; Re.You, deren letztjähriger Clubhit "Ghost" aus der zwölften Ibiza-Season nicht wegzudenken war. Auch "Yeah Yeah Yeah feat. Meggy" betört mit einzigartigem Gespür für soulige Vocals ohne barocken Zierrat, und mit seiner deepen Orgellinie gewinnt der trocken bassbetonte Trax-House eine ungeahnte emotionale Intensität. Der Londoner DJ Tim Green, bekannt für Releases auf Four Twenty, Trapez und nicht zuletzt für seine "Lemon"-EP für Cocoon Recordings aus dem vergangenen Jahr, generiert dann bei "Curious Smile" aus verspielten Keyboards-Improvisationen clubbezogenen und irgendwie doch scheuen Pop-House. So was würde man in einer besseren Welt im Formatradio hören.
Und auch im weiteren Verlauf der Compilation wird das Füllhorn voll ausgeschüttet: Das italienische Zweiergespann Doomwork, bekannt durch Tracks für 100%Pure und Tronic, verliert sich mit perkussivem Dub, wunderschönen Flächen und Zeitlupen-Vocals lustvoll im sommerlichen Raum-Zeit-Kontinuum, Graham Goodwin aka Sian pumpt mit "East Of Eden" sein subsonisches Ravesignal klar nach vorne und dürfte damit einige Club-PAs vor echte Herausforderungen stellen, der keine stilistischen Ängste kennende Keinemusik-Act Adam Port macht seiner Vorliebe für Boogie Bass auch mit "Black Noise" alle Ehre, während DJ-Weltenbummler und Tronic-Labelchef Christian Smith (zuletzt dank seiner Remixes für Carl Craig und Underworld in aller Munde) mit tropisch kraftvoller Energie auch große Tanzflächen garantiert zum Beben bringt. Zwei perkussiv betonte Energieinfusionen der Extraklasse zelebrieren dann Mark Reeve ("Planet Green") und der Pariser DJ Paul Ritch, dessen Kernaussage "music never separated people" gar nicht oft genug betont werden kann, während das niederländische Dreamteam Secret Cinema und Peter Horrevorts überraschend industriell geprägten Techno goutiert. Das Finale übernimmt dann der neben Guy Gerber bekannteste israelische Produzent Guy J, dessen "Genesis" ganz im Stile seiner Arbeiten für John Digweeds Bedrock-Label eine perfekte Balance zwischen hypnotischer Melodie und fordernder Rhythmik findet, bevor der Leipziger Daniel Stefanik tatsächlich den letzten Schlussakkord setzt. Das über zehnminütige "Everything Goes Green" erhebt das Warten auf den rechten Augenblick zu einer Kunstform und bringt die Geduld auf, mit fragmentierter Rhythmik geraspelte Schokolade statt überbordender Süße zu intonieren. Besser kann man jedenfalls die magische Intensität einer grandiosen Afterhour nicht für alle Zeiten festhalten. Wie gesagt, ein Album zum verlieben!


Mark Reeve - Planet Green

Mutter

"If You Love Me" (Benzel and Jessie Ware)
Written by Gordon Chambers, Nichole Gilbert, Dave Hall, Kevin Madison and Erick Sermon
WB Music Corp (ASCAP), Stone Jam Music (ASCAP) and Orisha Music Publishing (ASCAP).  All rights administered by WB Music Corp. (ASCAP).  All rights reserved;  Slow Flow Productions Inc./EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP); and Brown Girl Music/The Night Rainbow Music/HoriPro (ASCAP). 
"If You Love Me" as performed by Brownstone under license from Sony Music Entertainment
Jessie Ware appears courtesy of PMR/Island Records

Benzel & Jessie Ware - If You Love Me

Cocoon Recordings is back in full force with the follow up to last year’s superb vinyl compilation ‘Dots & Pearls’. Providing a tracklisting that is nothing less than the modern interpretation of House, Techno and Tech-House ‘Dots & Pearls II’ eschews monotonous loops and predictable formulas and rather delivers a selection packed with energy and depth. 

Ilario Alicante and Todd Bodine have the honour of opening the record and very much set the tone for the feel of the album. "Modern Apocalypse" gives the impression that the duo wanted to produce a matching track to follow up Ambivalent's "Iwato" in a DJ set. The record has a wonderfully stripped and spacious feel to it, conjuring up an early hours feel with its entrancing effect and stabs plucking at the air around you. Next up we have Subb-an feat. Jacob Phono with "In The Night" a track that explores how the sound and atmosphere of big 90s Techno acts like Underworld can be transferred into our contemporary Minimal and Deep House universe, a task in which they succeeded brilliantly. Resonant beats and percussions, some 808 claps, funky fills and filtered layers match perfectly with the hypnotic vocals and form an impressing overall result that fits into the DJ's set at any time during the night. 
Mark Reeve's contribution "Carry Me" springs from typically Reeve-like UK-influenced House sounds. Softly filtered layers and cool vocal elements provide the right mood, and the long build-up with much patience and even more emotion makes "Carry Me" one of the best and deepest British Tech House tracks in recent times, a certain winner for fans of 20:20 Vision and Global Communication. 
With "Jellied Eels", Marco Effe steps up to try and win the prize of 'the fattest beats on the compilation'. The E-piano chords are a sure fire hit and the warm layers in the breaks loosen the heavily muscled beats a little, but they can't hide the fact that there is an energy packed affair, which erupts in a perfect surrounding and will take any dancefloor beyond the boiling point. It’s easy to hear why this has been sitting in the sets of Sven Väth and Luciano for some time. Danito & Agent! have just recently delivered their Cocoon debut and their mix of deep House elements and big-room Techno citations has already convinced the experts. Their track "Raw Symphony" is no exception here but rather travels further into the realms of cinematic techno. Detroit sends its regards with a fat bass/strings combination and much pathos, based on an elegant House-style beat that never demands too much and leaves enough space for the above mentioned big-room sound. With "Iwato", Minus figurehead Ambivalent contributes a slightly dark but still deep and minimal Techno track that lives on a juicy Chicago bass line and pays tribute to the compilation's motto by using uncommon sounds and effects. The pearls are literally hearable in the arrangement, setting accents in order to prevent the track from sounding too rounded-off. Hypnotic and kicking, but still unpredictably different. Berlin, 07:30 h in the morning – here's the matching soundtrack for a winter sunrise! 
Harvey McKay's "First Strike From Mars" sounds like its title suggests, and Captain McKay doesn't take prisoners. Demanding, massive and equipped with a mighty beat, the tune is reminiscent of recent Slam releases or some of the stronger Santos productions. A peak time production that has only one message: no escape and total madness on the dancefloor, this is a winner that has been getting plays from Sven Väth and Luciano! Sawlin's "Posay" is plumbs the depths of the Techno ocean, with plenty of echo and even more reverb, his remote metallic percussion sounds create an atmosphere that would also be perfect as the soundtrack for a big art installation. "Posay" shows that Techno in the year 2012/2013 does not only mean 'in-your-face', but rather depth and elegance. 

Besides the vinyl edition, ‘Dots & Pearls II’ is also released in a digital version, which contains four extra pearls, in addition to the eight tracks of the vinyl version: With "Sequence Of Moments", Martinez sends the listener back to the high times of that DBX-influenced Detroit sound full of bleeps and blonks, like Daniel Bell or Fred Gianelli perfected at the time. However, he doesn't deliver a retro piece at all, but combines the raw and direct vibe of Bell with modern sounds, layers and pads, and thus moves himself a little towards the Reboot or Johnny D corner. With their contribution "The Gate", Patrick Kunkel & Sascha Barth follow the current sound of now: matching parts of House, Minimal and Techno, in a skilful mix that, on the one hand is reminiscent of the hypnotic-minimal DJ sets of Ricardo Villalobos and on the other hand releases energy galore, in order to make demanding ravers happy. This is definitely one for fans of Pele and Matthias Tanzmann. Next Ross Evana pays tribute to fat Chicago beats and follows Sneak & Co. with his superb production "Cheget". The kick drum pumps, the claps and hi-hats clack heavily and the thick, pitched-down organ stabs in combination with the percussive staccato vocal fragments make the whole thing even more driving. And as if this wasn't enough, Evana adds some industrial sounds and effects that would easily fit in any big Depeche Mode remix, just lacking Dave Gahan's vocals in order to make the crowd freak out. Playing, dancing, partying, you have everything in here. With their track "Still Laughing", Fumihiro Hoshi & Tadac present their unique and different sound and provide a perfect closing opus to this outstanding compilation.

Harvey McKay – First Strike From Mars

“Fall In Love”
Written by BenZel, Timothy Mosley, Melissa Elliot, Craig David and James Washington
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Limited and EMI Music Publishing Limited,  Warner Bros. Music Corp/Warner Chappell Music, Inc. (ASCAP), Mass Confusion Productions (ASCAP), Bootyman Music Publishing/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing (ASCAP) and Millenium Kid Music Publishing/BMG Gold Songs (ASCAP)
Contains elements of “Can We” (T. Mosley/M. Elliot), WB Music Corp. (ASCAP).  All rights reserved.
“Can We (A Cappella)” as performed by SWV under license from Sony Music Entertainment
“Insomnia” as performed by Craig David under license from Warner Music Group

BenZel - Fallin' Love (Demo)

Sam Paganini - Polyester

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The landmark 10th edition of Above & Beyond's renowned label showcase.

Anjunabeats Volume 10 mixed by Above & Beyond features 30 exclusive tracks from Arty, Andrew Bayer, Norin & Rad, Jaytech and many more, as well as the brand new instrumental anthem from Above & Beyond 
"Walter White".

CD1
1. Above & Beyond "Small Moments"
2. Soundprank "Animus"
3. Sunny Lax "Isla Margarita"
4. Audien "Wayfarer"
5. Mike Shiver "Ohh"
6. Above & Beyond feat. Zoë Johnston "Alchemy" (Above & Beyond Club Mix)
7. Jaytech "Inception"
8. Boom Jinx, Maor Levi & Ashley Tomberlin "When You Loved Me"
9. Oliver Smith "Pressure"
10. Ronski Speed & Syntrobic feat. Renee Stahl "Pink Skye"
11. Above & Beyond "Walter White"
12. Kyau & Albert "Glühwürmchen"
13. Maor Levi "Holding On"
14. Ost & Meyer "Here We Go"
15. Above & Beyond "Liquid Love" (Maor Levi Club Mix) 

CD2
1. Andrew Bayer "England" 
2. Norin & Rad "Aldo" 
3. Genix "Stateside"
4. Nitrous Oxide pres. N2O "K.O." 
5. Super8 & Tab "L.A." 
6. ilan Bluestone "Sinai" 
7. 7 Skies vs. Nitrous Oxide "Right On" 
8. Arty "Believe In Me" (Instrumental)
9. Above & Beyond "Black Room Boy" (Above & Beyond Club Mix)
10. Eximinds "Revolved"
11. Above & Beyond "Home"(Genix Remix)
12. Ronski Speed "Sanity Dub" (Exclusive Volume 10 Mix)
13. Lange vs. Genix "Immersion" 
14. Mike Koglin vs. 7 Skies "Vision"
15. Bart Claessen & Raz Nitzan pres. Who.Is "Only Totally" 

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CD1: 11. Above & Beyond - Walter White

20 Years Cocoon Recordings

A1	Rampa - 2000
A2	Emanuel Satie - Departure
B1	Solomun - We'll never have today again
C1	Gregor Tresher - Nostalgia (Is The Enemy)
D1	Joseph Ashworth - Eavesdrop
D2	Pig&Dan - Trauma
E1	Josh Wink - Nuclei
F1	Ricardo Tobar - El Eterna
G1	Tiga & Roman Flügel - Look To The Sky
G2	Planetary Assault Systems - Raww
H1	Jacek Sienkiewicz - Digitavi
I1	André Galluzzi & Daniel Stefanik - The Regulator
J1	Extrawelt - Murder Ballet
K1	Petar Dundov - Overtone
L1	Sebastian Mullaert - Kikaqu

20 Years Cocoon Recordings

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Extrawelt - Murder Ballet

Cocoon Recordings has been founded in the year 2000 as a part of the Cocoon Music Event GmbH. Sven Väth has initiated Cocoon Recordings in order to complete the Cocoon platform as a supporting tool for young artists in Electronic Music. The label philosophy is as simple as demanding: helping young producers and DJs to release their music without depending on Major Label structures. The releases can mainly be assigned to the genres Techno and House.

Cocoon Recordings as a label and Sven Väth as an artist stand for the use of vinyl as sound carrier, also in the future. Admittedly, the Digital Division of Cocoon Recordings has also been set up in 2008 and the numbers of downloads are indeed enjoyable. However, the label's focus is on vinyl, now and in the future. In order to complete the range of services that Cocoon Recordings offers, the publishing company Cocoon Publishing was founded in 2010.

Harvey McKay – First Strike From Mars

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