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Melodize label-boss Beartrax announces his ‘Valor EP’ this July, backed with remixes from Johannes Albert and Lauer.

Since its inception in 2019, Beartrax’s Melodize imprint has consistently pushed deeply musical house and techno, with contributions from John Tejada, Fort Romeau, Carl Finlow, and many more standing alongside Beartrax’s original productions throughout the label’s back catalogue.

Leading the sixth release, ‘Phantom Night’ sees haunted atmospherics nestled amongst ethereal synth licks, before a cinematic violin takes centre stage. Johannes Albert’s remix peppers elements of the original with slick acid lines and punchy drums, re-imagining the dramatic violin for a fresh and highly entertaining take.

On the flip, the uplifting ‘Valor’ runs through a series of modulating basslines, glistening pads, and sizzling drums, topped off with a majestic cello performance throughout. Rounding out the release, Lauer adds rubbery low end, floating keys, and hands-in-the-air piano stabs to ‘Valor’ for a high-energy end to another stellar EP from Melodize.

Beartrax ‘Valor EP’ lands on Melodize on 30th July 2021.

https://melodizemusic.bandcamp.com/releases

https://soundcloud.com/beartrax-1

Valor EP

PREMIERE: Beartrax - Phantom Night [Melodize]

Goeran Meyer - Their Temple Is the Tent
Release date: 1 october 2021
BUY LINK: https://www.beatport.com/label/myr/58428
Label: MYR
https://soundcloud.com/goeranmeyer

Goeran Meyer returns to his MYR label with a pair of superbly stylish and considered new tracks.

Hot on the heels of his ‘Push and Hold’ EP back in July, Meyer is back with more of his deep and cinematic soundscapes. Whether DJing, producing or playing live, his approach to music is to always transport you through an ever-changing landscape of audio sculptures. The German has put out more than 30 releases on labels like Tulipa Recordings, Wonnemusik and Fine Beatz and continues to explore fresh new sounds on this latest effort. 

The gorgeous 'Place Your Tents' floats on supple synths and rubbery bass. The track unfolds like a flower, with expansive chords and gentle progressions taking you ever higher into the stars. It's an emotive and evocative tune that gets you in a reflective, optimistic mood as the grooves carry you away. The majestic 'Facing The Temple' is a beautiful mix of starry melodies and warm, pulsing drums. It locks you in a state of hypnosis, with deft details seeing your mind occupied as the deep house drums roll on to infinity.

These are two heartfelt and hugely atmospheric pieces of electronic music from the excellent Goeran Meyer.

Their Temple Is The Tent

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PREMIERE : Goeran Meyer - Facing The Temple

Amsterdam-based DJ and producer Perdu aka Alain van der Born returns to Live At Robert Johnson for his second release: On his Illusion Of Choice EP, Perdu drives his sound one notch harder, yet retains his trademark 1980s tinged vibe. Perdu has already secured releases on DGTL Records, Heist and Let’s Play House amongst others, and surely is a keen producer to keep your eyes and ears on.

A1 - Perdu - Archi - Snippet

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Octave One - 'Just Don't Speak'
Available here: hyperurl.co/justdontspeak

Still riding high off the success of their last album but never ones to sit still, titanic techno duo Octave One are back with a hot new single. Featuring their long time collaborator Ann Saunderson on vocals and coming with three different mixes, ‘Just Don’t Speak’ it is sure to be a summer anthem.

Detroit’s Octave One are one of the most revered and hard working live acts in all of dance music, and have been since the late eighties.  As well as being devoted to cooking up scintillating shows on the fly, they also keep busy in the studio, serving up the sort of high grade and impactful records that keep DJs and dancers happy. ‘Just Don't Speak’ has already received repeated support from Pete Tong on Radio 1, who played the world exclusive on his show, so is a truly bonafide bomb.

The track features their long time collaborator (British singer/songwriter), Ann Saunderson who also collaborated with Octave One on their massive dance anthem ‘Blackwater’ (released in 2002) and has worked with a list of who's who, in the dance music arena.

Also featured on ‘Just Don't Speak’ are the Urban Soul Orchestra (USO) who also collaborated on‘Blackwater’, adding a unique twist to the track with their contemporary string ensemble. As a versatile string ensemble, USO have worked at the top of the UK music industry for 20 year, specialising in recording sessions for top artists, major corporate events and exclusive private parties. Violinist, conductor, orchestrator and arranger Stephen Hussey founded the USO, arranging and recording strings for pop artists. Oasis invited USO to perform at their second album launch for (What's The Story) Morning Glory? with an offer to play at Mariah Carey’s Christmas party following shortly after. Since then USO have been delighting audiences at exclusive events all around the world and have worked with artists such as; Mick Jagger, Madonna  Kylie  Grace Jones, Jay Z, Groove Armada, Nitin Sawhney and many more.

‘Just Don’t Speak’ is a barrelling house cut with subtle but joyous piano chords rolling above fat bass. Ann’s vocals are typically elastic and emotive and love fuelled. They soar as the pressure below builds and are sure to leave crowds in raptures. An instrumental version places even more focus on the uplifting and driving groove, and a dub version strips things back to the infectious percussion and bold drum lines, making for a more macho and physical cut.

A radio edit is also included in the package and ensures that all bases are covered in great style by the ever essential Burden brothers.

Octave One Feat Ann Saunderson “Just Don’t Speak”
Format: 12” Vinyl / Digital Digital Download
Release date: 29th July 2016 release

A1 – Just Don’t Speak (feat. Ann Saunderson)
A2 – Just Don’t Speak – Blue Sunset Instrumental
AA1 – Just Don’t Speak – Midnight Sun Dub
AA2 – Just Don’t Speak – Blue Sunset Radio Edit

Octave One online:
Facebook: facebook.com/octaveone
Twitter: twitter.com/octaveone 
Instagram: instagram.com/octaveone
SoundCloud: @octaveone
YouTube: youtube.com/430west
Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/octaveone
Website: octaveone.com

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www.facebook.com/Ann-Saunderson-R…156865217707475/

Contact:
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk

Just Don't Speak

Available here

Octave One feat. Ann Saunderson - Just Don't Speak (Blue Sunset Radio Edit)

Remix for Bawrut on Ransom Note Records
Get it here: https://ransomnoterecords.bandcamp.com/album/ciquita-1-2-3-4-the-remixes

Bawrut - Ciquita (Posthuman Remix)

SAGITARIO aka JUAN SANCHEZ - Time Out

Snippets of "Theory Of Light" by Fabio Vanore including remixes by Bawrut & Cooper Saver

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pre-order cns103rmx: https://connaisseur.lnk.to/aPOyIVK5WE

Cat-no: cns103 / cns103rmx
Release-dates: 23.08.2019 (originals) / 06.09.2019 (remixes)
ⓟⒸ 2019 Connaisseur Recordings

Connaisseur and the Italians: Una storia d’amore! Lehar, Musumeci or Olderic, just a few names of Italian artists that come to mind when thinking of the past few years of the Offenbach-based imprint. Now, a new name can be added to this illustrious round: Fabio Vanore, an Italian rooted DJ and producer living in the area of Bonn. He has built himself quite a reputation both in the periphery of Cologne as the resident of the well known club Tante Rike, and with releases on the highly respected Canadian labels mircoCastle and Incroyable Music, with which he is closely connected and where his debut album will come out by end of this year.

Back to his debut on Connaisseur. When we listened to Fabio’s tracks for the first time, we instantly enjoyed the demanding energy of his productions paired with some almost uplifting moments. His music is modern, groove- and melody-driven, flirting with techno (Theory Of Light), modern indie-dance variations ("The Prince") and high energy disco ("Midnight“). A brilliant foretaste of his upcoming album.

This already stunning release is rounded up by remixes by two of the most acclaimed artists of the moment: Bawrut and Cooper Saver. Both artists took the chance to prepare an interpretation for "The Prince". Bawrut used the percussion elements and built them around a rave house monster with balls. Cooper instead used synth elements and took them into a more rocking electro scenario. Two different directions but both state-of-the-art. We couldn't be happier about this release.

Originals and remixes will be released separately with a gap of two weeks.

Fabio Vanore - The Prince (Cooper Saver Remix) (snippet)

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