DJ Merlín is an Electronic music producer based in Amsterdam. As an alumnus of composition and sound design, he has been sculpting a style that can be characterized as hybrid and animalistic. This style aims to stir up a wilder and darker side of the dancefloor, creating a sonic ambience of experimental yet accessible rhythms and riffs.

Next to being an artist, DJ Merlín is the programmer of Amsterdam collective Kraft.und.licht . Whether it's deep in the Amsterdam forest or in the hull of an old freight ship, they bring together the right ingredients of audience and artists.

"A hybrid mix that contains new music, my most precious vinyl gems, and some unreleased tunes of myself."

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https://onrotationmusic.com
https://www.facebook.com/onrotationmusic
https://www.instagram.com/on.rotation.music
https://soundcloud.com/on-rotation-music

Rotation 040: DJ Merlin

BANDCAMP: https://craigieknowes.bandcamp.com/album/effusion-7075

The rank of ‘legend’ is often bestowed on those of a much lesser pedigree than Ron Wells. Known for his influence in the formative years of UK techno, jungle and his combination of the two - Ron hand-carved his name in the underground hall of fame through his Sound Entity Records imprint, their series of sub-labels and his productions across countless monikers, none less so than his Jack Smooth namesake. Ron is joined by Anthony Wilson donning his Chicago Loop guise for 4 house and techno club-bumping collaborations that compile for release as the “Effusion 7075 EP”. Super-thick beats from seasoned veterans of the UK underground.. Releases March 11, 2024

Design by Cutwerk
Mastered by Marco @ Analogcut
Distributed by One Eye Witness

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CKNOWEP59 | Jack Smooth & Chicago Loop - Effusion 7075 EP

Tunik - Nosferatu - Dekmantel - DKMNTL098

vinyl: https://dekmantel.com/shop/records/tunik-nosferatu
digital: https://tunikmusic.bandcamp.com/album/nosferatu

a1. Nosferatu
a2. Slave
b1. W72
b2. Sorrow

Barcelona’s Tunik follows up on last year’s A New Dawn with a distinct turn to the dark side as he pays tribute to the iconic, vampiric creature of the night, Nosferatu.

The horror theme on the title track is a natural fit with the Argentinian artist’s schlocky strain of EBM-styled electro-techno, but the music is no joke. Boxy drum machine jack and a suite of darkly seductive synth lines strike the perfect note between vintage flair and modernist impact, and the macabre mood lingers over the rest of this trip through gothic club music.

Whether it’s the Twilight Zone creep around the edges of ‘Slave’, acid blood raining down on ‘W72’ or the undead getting busy with the grungy bass and dry snare hits on ‘Sorrow’, Tunik has got exactly what you need to send a shiver down the dance floor’s spine and raise the temperature in the room, all in the same heartbeat.

DKMNTL098 // Tunik - Nosferatu

A fairly large mix by @juniore_super & @nativerigo @super-daronne

The Sizeable Mix Vol. 22: Juniore & RIGO

Haŵs residents Tywi & James Wilkinson's DJ set on the Trigon stage at Gottwood Festival, 2023.

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Tywi & James Wilkinson / Gottwood Festival 2023

‘WAR1209’ finds Ukrainian artist shjva inducing trance states across an album equal parts tripped-out and dubby. Spanning brooding lysergic visions and locked-in dance floor hypnosis, expect drowsily impressionistic soundscapes and darkly cinematic gear across the 9-track duration. Total sonic immersion for the oddballs and the freaks.
 
Terraforming uncharted alien terrain, tracks like ‘X-Side’ and ‘Upper Limit’ descend into sprawling, widescreen exploration. Fathomless landscapes serving as vessels for deep introspection. ‘Enigmatic’, on the other hand, opts for detail and precision-tooled dynamics while retaining that same wide-eyed sense of wonder. Where ‘Dragonfly’ offers fractal fuel for ceremony and ritual, ‘Cloudhopping’ and ‘Psy-Fi Alien Dub’ wade knee-deep through some dub techno murk. Saving the direct and tunnelling for last, 'Banshee' and 'Chrysalis' are like two sides of the same proggy coin; one ominous, the other more optimistic and utopian.

shjva - X-Side
shjva - Upper Limit
PLAN - Natural Regeneration
shjva - Enigmatic
shjva - Dragonfly
shjva - Cloudhopping (Digital Only)
shjva - Psy-Fi Alien Dub (Digital Only)
shjva - Banshee (Digital Only)
shjva - Chrysalis (Digital Only)

All track written and produced by shjva
- except B1 by shjva and Stereometrix
Mastering by Carsten Dämbkes
Cut by Anne Taegert at Dubplates & Mastering
Pressed at Object Manufacturing
Artwork by Guilaume de Ubeda
Words by Matt Blair

WAR1209

BANDCAMP

PREVIEW: shjva - WAR1209

Recorded live at 宀 on August 25th 2023

Mr. Ho’s 宀 residency gave us yet an another glorious nights last summer. A sort of a natural born league of his own, we had the wonderful Knopha, Xiamen’s DJ extraordinaire and an important club music voice of China. We’re not just giving out the “voice” title easily, it’s more that Knopha really speaks in tongues when it comes to all the styles, genres, fantasies and snippets of reality he incorporate in his sets so this naturally resonated with many.

MIX053 - Mr. Ho (香港) B2B Knopha (廈門) [Live At 宀]

The Sizeable Mix Vol. 26: Iggy P

For the 30th release on Undersound Recordings, we welcome on board Eversines.

“Void Walk” emerged from playful experimentation with gears, resulting in a straightforward, acid-laced tune.  "User Six": Inspired by an earlier live set, features a loop that straddles the lines between house and techno. “Rainy Move” was thought and produced on a rainy day, this track maintains a dreamy and ambiguous atmosphere while retaining a driving house groove.“XP Pattern Test” explores sampling from other instruments, culminating in a dark, closing track with an ominous tone.

"From vision to reality"

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USR030 - Eversines - Void Walk

‘10 Years Love On The Rocks - Sky Is The Limit’ is a compilation celebrating a decade of the seminal label, a reflection on its journey, the current status of the dance floor and a pivotal moment for its founder; a personal essay over eight tracks on ten years in the game, from one of the most unique voices in the industry: PARAMIDA.

The V.A. features a selection of artists reflecting the idea of chosen family at the heart of the label – figures responsible for early releases such as Massimiliano Pagliara and Fantastic Man, to Alex Kassian, recent additions E-Talking and Running Hot, and newcomers to the label such as Sweely and Dreamphaze – a collaboration between Alex Bradley and 90s techno legend Neil Tolliday – to name a few.

Expertly curated and sequenced, equally rewarding in close listening and on the dancefloor, there’s a thread throughout that pairs laid back grooves with cinematic, emotional chords, tripped out keys and melodies, and variations in ambience, with highs and lows that feel reflective, nuanced, considered and masterfully crafted; a reflection of the maturity that has developed in the label’s output since its first release in 2014, Massimiliano Pagliara’s classic ‘Flying Away From You’.

Connecting classic house, prog and balearic influences, the label’s sound remains indefinable but unmistakable and in full effect here, not afraid to reference iconic prog/trance and even euro dance in a compilation that envelopes the complete spectrum of dance floor emotion. There’s nothing out there quite like this – a quality true of all the label’s releases, an achievement that was both the focal point of the label at its inception and a full circle moment that speaks to its development – staying true to itself while progressing with (and shaping) the times – a decade later.

“I never expected Love On The Rocks to make it to ten years,” explains PARAMIDA, whose own trajectory over the same period of time – to Panorama Bar resident and one of the most prominent, boundary-pushing and sought-after artists in the game – has been nothing short of meteoric.

“Everything has a beginning, a middle and an end. When the time comes, I know what the last release will be. But it never feels like the right time. This compilation represents the past, present and future. It’s an inflection point. After this, anything is possible.”

Sky is the limit.

Available for pre-order now @ loveontherocks.bandcamp.com
Wholesale enquiries: distribution@loveontherocks.cc

LOTR027 - V.A. - Sky Is The Limit

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