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Amsterdam natives Maarten Smeets and Lars Dales, aka Dam Swindle, unveil their third long-player with the release of a new track, the first to be shared from the upcoming album, ‘Open’ - out on 30 May 2025 via Heist Recordings.

The new album sees the acclaimed duo dive far beyond the deep sonic waters they’re most known for, exploring lower tempos, synthwave, hip-house, and ambient across fourteen tracks. With a gestation period that traces back several years, ‘Open’ is their most intimate and personal body of work thus far, birthed during a time of self-reflection away from touring and personal transformation as individuals.

“We felt the need to tell a very personal story through our music as a translation of our personal development in the past years. We also wanted to make music without a specific goal in mind; We simply wanted to create. By taking away the grid of dance music and any expectations of what a Dam Swindle song should sound like, the creativity started to flow naturally with songs in many different styles and tempos. The result is an album that feels refreshing and uplifting and still very much true to the heart and soul of our sound.” - Dam Swindle, January 2025.

While the trademark Dam Swindle four-to-the-floor beats are still ever-present on tracks like ‘The Present Is Always Perfect’, ‘I Need You’, and ‘Is This Love?’, it’s the gentle waves of synths on opener ‘Home’, the contemplative piano chords of ‘Bloom’ featuring Joep Beving, and the lo-fi ambience of ‘It’s Okay, I Can Wait’ that showcase a melancholic, ethereal sensibility previously uncharted by the duo. Collaborations with vocalists such as NYC’s Haile Supreme on ‘Not Enough’ and Neo-soul singer Faye Meana on ‘Girl’ expertly find room in between the dancefloor and home listening sessions, and a clear standout on the LP is the title cut where message-heavy rapped vocals from UK artist Samson ebb and flow amongst iridescent grooves.

Under the helm of Maarten and Lars’ adept A&R, their Heist imprint has become a beloved home for house heads of both schools old and new, platforming some of dance music’s biggest names from Cinthie to DJ Sneak as well as the musical dawnings of artists such as Kassian and Makèz. The Dam Swindle alias has achieved house music royalty-like status across a storied 15-year career that includes two critically lauded full-lengths, collaborations with the likes of Tom Misch and Kerri Chandler, and a globetrotting touring schedule. This album stands as their most profoundly personal work of art to date, and they can’t wait to share it with you.


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Yeah True is an eclectic alternative pop duo based in Berlin. Comprised of vocalist/multi instrumentalist/producer Owen Ross (Oh_When) and producer/DJ/visual artist Oscar Bernal, the duo draw from a wide range of influences, sonically and beyond. While Ross was honing his craft touring as a guitarist and writing/producing in New York (collaborators include Lucius, The Who, DJ Amir, Murkage Dave, Jaykae, and more) Bernal was building his profile as an international DJ playing at such festivals as Garbicz, Waking Life, and Meadows In The Mountain and internationally renown clubs Club der Visionaere (Berlin), Kaiku (Helsinki) Papaya Playa Project (Mexico/Tulum) and more. The duo synthesize musicality with dancefloor sensibility creating gritty, playful, pop songs centered around Owen Ross’ smooth baritone. Their debut Album Another Stolen Bike is available on all platforms via Haunt Records.

Oh_when & Yeah True ‘Another Stolen Bike’
All music written by: Owen Ross and Oscar Bernal
Lyrics by: Owen Ross
Produced by: Owen Ross
Mixed by: Henning Grambow
Mastered by: Mat Leffler-Schulman
Album artwork by: Amanda Arrou-tea

Another Stolen Bike 

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"Yesterday's Tomorrows" by @moomin will be released on May 18th through Wolf Music (@nysoul). More info: bit.ly/Moomorrow

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Melbourne-based producer Amin Payne has adopted his Teymori alias to explore a distinctive take on house music. The six track debut EP features a host of Melbourne’s finest musicians including Blasko (Billy Davis), Silentjay (Hiatus Kaiyote/Sampa The Great) & Horatio Luna (30/70) to name a few.

Amin is a regular and vital contributor to the bubbling Melbourne Music scene, hosting the legendary Condensed Milk nights at Section 8 every tuesday with his partner Jackson Miles for the past 6 years. As a member of the Operatives, he has supported the likes of Hiatus Kaiyote, Henry Wu and Flying Lotus. Also playing festivals such as Let Them Eat Cake, Strawberry Fields and Soundwave Croatia. Whilst performing and DJing as a solo artist, he also leads live band projects such as OJ Kush and Due Dillagence.

All Tracks Recorded, Produced & Mixed by TEYMORI 

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Horatio Luna (Bass) Track 2,3,4,5 & 6 
SIlentJay (Rhodes) Track 2 &5 (Sax) Track 1 
Close Counters (Rhodes & Synth) Track 6 
Michael Cooper (Rhodes & Synth brass) Track 1 
Felix Meredith (Trumpet) Track 1 & 3 
Blasko (Vocals) Track 3 
Julian Steel (Percussion) Track 4 
Allan McConnell (Rhodes) Track 3

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Teymori - Patience

Tie your hammocks, light up your cigars and crack open a cold one as you listen to this soothing Lo-Fi take on a dance classic, by Irish talents Dee and D-Funk. 

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Dee is a house music Dj/producer based in the Midlands. 
His unique sound has been crafted after years in the studio and  playing some of Ireland's more prestigious venues  Electric Avenue Sintilllate Sligo,  Carbon Galway, Palace Tullamore, Karma, Timesquare Ballina.

DEE also plays under We are motion as a resident in Athlone.
He has also played alongside for some of the biggest Irish and international acts such as Hannah Wants, Dense &Pika, Mark Blair, Elliot Adamson, Dj Deece, Iain Taylor, Shampain, Yazmin Gardezi and DCMD.

Dee's music has been featured on some of the biggest YouTube channels  and records labels across Ireland and Europe and has racked up more  than 30,000 plays on his own personal Soundcloud. 
Some of these labels & channels include Flamingo Records, Zone Focus, The Acidgroove, Doubleu, Moskalus, Jelly Red, Houz and Source records.

https://linktr.ee/DEE_7

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D-Funk -

D-Funk is a multi-instrumentalist/producer based in the West of Ireland. 

Having performed across the country for over 10 years he is now focusing more on the production of electronic music. Taking inspiration from genres such as jazz, funk and soul there is a clear homage to these styles in the composition process. 

Remixes have been a key platform for D-Funk and examples of these can be found on his duncfunk YouTube and Soundcloud accounts.

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Artwork by Soumya K

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FREE DOWNLOAD: Herbert - I Hadn't Known (I Only Heard) [Dee & D-Funk Edit]

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