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Radio Slave's 'Venti' is released on Rekids on May 17th and is a twelve-track celebration of Matt Edward's most prominent alias' history. Starting life as a series of singles that began in 2023, 'Venti' sees Edwards explore lower tempos, House, Disco, and the Pop reinterpretations that birthed the moniker back in 2001.

'Like everyone else, my life slowed down during the pandemic, and then I decided to move from Berlin with my family after being in the city for 15 years. This all led to a new perspective, and 'Venti' is a direct result of that - a new perspective on my career, history, future, and the current state of dance music.’ - Radio Slave

From Venti’s opening track onwards, a glistening piece of piano-led house that's become an anthem at Sean Johnston and the late Andrew Weatherall's lauded ALFOS parties, it is clear that Edwards is keen to celebrate the past but through the lens of now. A Radio Slave favourite, 'Wait A Minute', is updated to include a powerful vocal from Nez. Kylie's 'Can't Get You Out of My Head' - a track that kicked Radio Slave into the modern dance music consciousness is reinvented as an Italo-inspired cover featuring Michael Love Michael delivering glorious vocals. 'Wild Life' and 'Wake Up', another two tracks that, as singles, dominated house and disco sets of the great and good in 2023, feel simultaneously fresh while paying homage to the origins of House - message-heavy vocals and all. A cover of Audion's 'Mouth to Mouth' and Edwards' tribute to Terry Hall, the Fun Boy Three reimagining 'The Lunatics' are keen displays of Radio Slave's knack for taking on beloved tracks and making them his own.

The lasers-set-to-stun cut-and-paste nu-disco of Radio Slave’s 'Jaws' is a muscular and timely reminder that the punch of a track lies in its feel rather than tempo, while Edward's command of dub aesthetics and unmatched ability to stretch grooves into a tension-filled journey shines through on 'New Balance' and the epic closer, 'Thirty-Six'. Never one to entirely give into the throes of the 4:4, the cinematic electro of 'Stranger In The Night' and Balearic Cagedbaby collab 'Amnesia' round out 'Venti' as the whole Radio Slave experience - as intense as it is subtle.

One of the most prolific and critically lauded electronic music artists of the past two and half decades, Matt Edwards was born in Catford, London, in the early 1970s. When acid house hit the city, Edwards was deep in the scene, and he's remained there since. Residencies at the groundbreaking Ministry of Sound and an 'unofficial' residency that has seen him become one of Panorama Bar's most booked DJs during his 15-year stint living in Berlin have provided the grounding for an enviable tour diary that continues today.

His Rekids imprint, a label that has platformed some of dance music's biggest names, has been regarded as a high benchmark for two decades with Matt as sole A&R. Collaborations with legendary artists such as DJ Hell and Robert Hood, releases for Running Back, R&S, Innervisions, Figure and more, and a remixography that simply couldn't be repeated in modern music show just how important Radio Slave is.

Radio Slave - Strobe Queen

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Stockholm’s Tiger Stripes appears on Matt Edwards’ Rekids for the first time with the ‘I Heard It Through The Bassline’ two-tracker. The EP starts with the aptly named title track, defined by its deeply infectious bass, which propels forward along tight house grooves and classy gospel vocals. ‘I Heard It Through the Bassline’ is followed by Tiger Stripes’ ‘Everybody’s Doing It’, a stylish, low-slung people mover with the air of a vibey, dim-lit establishment or introspective late-night journey through the city.

"I wanted to bring my music back to my soulful roots where I found a love for dance music in the first place. So here it is, straight from my heart, and I could not be more happy and excited over this two-tracker, my Rekids debut, one of my favourite labels ever.”- Tiger Stripes

Strange Idols label founder Tiger Stripes is a prolific producer, remixer, and DJ who has been active since the early 2000s. He’s collaborated with artists like Kerri Chandler and Jerome Sydenham and released music via heavyweight underground imprints, including Hot Creations, Get Physical, and Sydenham’s Ibadan. Now, he moves the needle again with the ‘I Heard It Through the Bassline’ EP on Rekids.

Tiger Stripes - I Heard It Through The Bassline

ON THE BLUE

Afrotango is the new release by the Apulian DJ/producer MastroMauro, out on December 6th on the kluBasic records label, created from an inspiration he had after listening to the live orchestral performance of a work by Maestro Vincenzo Mastropirro, written in 1992 and which became a hymn to joy in the concerts of the students of the historic Monterisi school orchestra of Bisceglie (Puglia – Italy) of which he was conductor. 
The title of the original work is Astortango with which the Maestro paid homage to a name well known to the general public, Piazzolla. 
MastroMauro, with his creation entitled Afrotango, wants to bring this inspiration to the dancefloor after a true story of intense passion and vitality for a love lived. 
Afrotango is represented by Afro/Latin/Brazilian sounds and a "beat" oriented to two of the most popular musical cultures in the world, namely the incessant rhythm of African drums together with the disturbing rhythm of the Argentine tango, bringing history itself to its best in music.


Afrotango

MastroMauro - Afrotango

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PREMIERE: Lee Jonn - See You Again [Mole Music]

"Moving" is a straight ahead house groover complete with classic samples, strings, piano and a meandering synth line that will keep heads nodding and dancefloors moving.

Benja & Berna (DJ Benjamin Ferreira and DJ Bernardo Pinheiro) step in for one of the remixes, taking the tempo and the mood up a notch with a slightly more modern take, adding acid lines and drum rolls, morphing all the original sounds into a peak hour house jam. Last up on remix duties is Nytron, a prolific artist and hot item on the Beatport charts. Nytron’s take on the track infuses some 80’s sensibilities into the track while giving it a slight disco vibes. Bouncy basslines and airy synth stabs round this one out finish off a single that is sure to please many a dancefloor. Get down!

Moving

Moving (Original)

Upbeat Deep house / electronic track with an intersecting melody and bass.

Factory Reset

Berlin Piano House X

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Groove maker, from disco to tech 🎛️🎹🪩

From the bustling streets of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, to the heart of the global house music scene, DJ Daniel D has been spinning tracks that resonate with the soul of dance floors around the world. Daniel's music invites us on a sonic journey that bridges the gap between the nostalgic echoes of the '70s funk and disco and the pulsating rhythms of modern house, tech, acid and beyond. Here's a time machine with a disco ball, powered by synthesizers and an unquenchable passion for the groove.

Moving (Original)

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