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To celebrate Saint Jean Baptiste Day, which is a big deal in our hometown of Montreal, Turbo took over Piknic Electronik for a major Quebec outdoor party vibefest. It was a blast, another in an endless sequence of amazing hometown shows that always reminds me why I still live in Montreal. Here is my closing 2 hour set in its entirety, starting with Let's Go Dancing and ending with Clouds.... with a whole bunch of good tracks in between. Thanks to Piknic, and the Turbo crew, and of course my home town.

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Tiga @ Piknic Electronik - June 24th, 2013 [DOWNLOAD]

Here is a preview of the upcoming Estroe album which will be released the 14th of November.

This is what Estroe has to say about her album:

It's been 3 years since I released my first album. A lot has happened since and I felt it was the right time for a new release.
It’s a combination of tracks I made during the past 3 years and new material. While selecting the tracks I paid special attention to the combination of home-listening tracks as well as dance floor. As you might conclude when you listen; I still value peace and quiet in my music as well as atmosphere with melodies and lush effects. With the dance floor orientated tracks I go for subtle build ups rather then distorted sounds. I produce what I would like to listen and dance to myself. It gives me peace, comfort and energy.
I named the album Comfort and Closure. Comfort as in comfortable but also as in solace. A large amount of tracks (especially the moody ones) were created in a time with difficulties in my life, maybe the most difficult time ever for me. I found a lot of comfort and distraction in producing these tracks. Closure - because this time has finally come to an end and I am ready for a new phase in my life.

So the album is a reflection of the past 3 years and the start of a new beginning. Comfort and Closure as well because the track listing is organised from comfortable (quiet and subtle) to the more energetic end: Closure. The build up of the album is identical as how I would start my set at the beginning of the evening to get people on the dance floor.”

NLQ191300039 Estroe - Comfort in disguise.3min

NLQ191300040 Estroe - Patiently waiting for a miracle.3min

NLQ191300044 Estroe - False Identity.3min

NLQ191300045 Estroe - Reaching closure.3min

NLQ191300046 Estroe - State of endurance.3min

Craig just joined our Snejl Recordings family, with a 3 tracker about to be released on both viny and digital end of May 2014, therefore expect 2 hours of almighty techno.




Craig McWhinney is an Australian based DJ, producer and live artist. With a string of releases on his own label Haul Music, which he co-founded in 2008 with friends Mike Callander and Christian Vance, his productions are now finding their way onto international labels as well, with remixes and EPs for Electric Deluxe, Steadfast records, Proiect Squared and Telrae, and with forthcoming releases on Theory Records and Sub Squared.

Drawing upon his wealth of DJing experience and a gift for sound design, he crosses the boundaries of techno and house with precision and intent, creating dancefloor focussed music that speaks to both mind and feet.

Tracklist :

Woo York - Grad // Planet Rhythm
Deadbeat - Mercy Cage Dub // Echochord Colour
Recondite - Equilibrium // Dystopian
The Lone Roamer - Down In The Conduit (Area Forty One Remix) // Evasion Room
Doubt - Beauty // Mistress
Craig McWhinney - When Prophecy Fails // Snejl Black
Joey Anderson - Heavens Archer // Dekmantel
Architectural - Sensual Spell // Architectural
Obsolete Music Technology - Descending // Emphasis Recordings
Doka - Figure 4 // Wolfskull
Dasha Rush - Ocean Sharp // Deep Sound Channel
Conforce - Embrace // Delsin
Cio D'Or - Wasserkraft (Silent Servant Remix) // Prologue
D5 - Intruders // Delsin
WooYork - Analogue Swamp // Planet Rhythm
Jose Pouj - Stealth // Injected Poison
DJ Sodeyama - Underwater (Jonas Kopp Remix) // ECI Korea
Conforce - Wave Trace // Delsin
New World Aquarium - Trespassers (541 Dub Mix) // Delsin
Craig McWhinney - Cycles // Snejl Black



Craig McWhinney - Conversions - 14th of April 2014 - Snejl Podcast

Download the mix in high quality mp3 & lossless via Drip.fm:
https://drip.fm/ghostly/releases/various-artists-ghostly-15-spectral-sound

The Spectral iteration of the Ghostly 15 mixes comes courtesy of Derek Plaslaiko (who recently completed a grueling 12 hour Boiler Room out of his home in Berlin: http://boilerroom.tv/recording/derek-plaslaiko-12-hour-set/). Some words from Plaslaiko on the emergence of Spectral Sound & the mix he has curated below:

"I met Sam Valenti IV in the later years of the 90's just after he started the Ghostly International label. I feel like I almost instantly connected with Ghostly due to the music, but also because of the asthetic. Sam & I had more than a couple conversations about labels like Factory and 4AD and how the art was synonymously as important as the music it accompanied. I couldn't agree with him more!

As Ghostly grew, I think Sam realized that the more dancefloor-oriented music should almost have it's own place. Enter Spectral Sound.

Spectral Sound often gets confused as Ghostly. For instance, I am considered a Spectral Sound DJ, yet there are plenty of times that promoters end up simply putting Ghostly International next to my name. This doesn't offend me or anything, but the labels are quite different, and equally as important in my eyes. Spectral went on to help pave the way for what would end up being the "minimal" sound embraced first in Berlin, and then the rest of the world. However, I wouldn't just pin Spectral down as a "minimal" label. I feel Spectral (as well as Ghostly) is a great example of a dance music oriented label putting out music they like regardless of what genre it falls under. House, Acid House, Deep House, Tech House, Hard Techno, Deep Techno, Minimal Techno... you can find all of this and a lot more within Spectral's vast catalog.

So, Sam has asked me to pick 15 of my favorite Spectral Sound tracks and I gotta say... this list is a really hard one to make! How do I chose only 15 cuts of this incredible catalog? And even if I did, how much of it would be occupied by tracks produced by Matthew, Tadd and Todd? To pick 15 favorites from just those 3 artists alone would be a difficult challenge, as they are easily 3 of my favorite producers of dance music out there! So, I tried to limit my picks of them to each of their project names.

I had been asked to to the mix compilation that accompanied the Spectral Sound Vol 2 compilation that came out in 2008. So, there are MANY of my favorite Spectral cuts on there (you can find it on Spotify). I mention this only because there are a few repeats in this list, but I just couldn't help myself because I still play those tracks to this day.

So, here is the playlist, and happy listening!"

Bodycode - Exciting Ride

JTC - Alpha Helix

Osborne - Wait A Minute (Extended)

#PK7
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Mothertrucker Video:  http://bit.ly/MothertruckerVideoPK7
Cloud Rider: Video: http://bit.ly/CloudRiderVideoPK7 

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