John Digweed‘s „Transitions“ Radio Show 2023

System Tuner EP

System Tuner

Buy/stream: https://kompakt.fm/releases/sound_of_mind_2xlp_dl

Over the past decade, Egyptian-born, Barcelona-based DJ and techno producer Raxon, known to friends and family as Ahmed Raxon, has popped out a steady stream of twelve-inch singles, precision-tooled, for labels like Cocoon, Drumcode, Diynamic, Truesoul, and Ellum Audio. An alumni of Kompakt’s Speicher series – check the insistent, vibrating pulses of “The Ancient” and “Dark Light” on 2019’s Speicher 107 – with Sound Of Mind, Raxon has produced a long-awaited debut album that’s ready and aching both for the dancefloor and the boudoir, traversing the heat of the club and the warmth of the home.

“The idea of an album has always floated around in my head for the past few years,” Raxon confirms, “but it was never the right moment in my mind.” Instead, he’s been insistently pursuing his vision of deep, elegant techno, taking him from early DJ gigs in Dubai, including the legendary audio tonic night, then relocating to Europe on the recommendation of Herman Cattaneo, all the while allowing his experiences to inform and transmute his producer’s thumbprint. He’s an architect by training (though he gave architecture up for electronic music), which might explain why Raxon productions are so sturdy and well-designed; but remember also that architecture is a field filled with brave experimentation, something Raxon definitely draws on throughout Sound Of Mind.

Like many albums from the past twelve months, Raxon’s debut developed partly thanks to the unique social situation the planet has found itself caught within. “In the beginning of 2020 I started working on a few tracks with the album in mind,” he recalls, “with no idea of what’s to come in the next few months. As catastrophic as the situation was/is, I found myself in the studio; in a way the lockdown gave me that creative freedom in the studio, [to] try to tell my story through sound.” And indeed, there is something in the way of ‘life writing’ about Sound Of Mind, particularly in the way Raxon’s productions pay subtle homage, perhaps, to his formative listening experiences in the late nineties.

It’s no retro trip, but there’s plenty of variety here, and a few moments that’ll tickle the collective memory – see the prowling pulsations of the opening “Majestic”, the alien breakbeat action of “Vice” and “Journey Mode”, where the interstellar tones feel like Foul Play or Steve Gurley, the leaking gas and woozy keys that make “Droid Solo” so subtly destabilising, or the strobelight drones that sputter and flare throughout “El Multiverse”, where dappled organ tones fight it out with interdimensional transmissions, all sucked into the vortex of a late-night techno mantra. Beautifully sculpted, Sound Of Mind feels consummate, an elegant set that pulls Raxon’s vision into its sharpest focus. Alive with possibilities, it’s a fever dream of creativity.

Raxon - Majestic

Beings of Light

Contemplation IV - Hirondelles (incl. Franck Roger Remix)

Hirondelles

Whispering Of Knives﻿

Cairo

Mindsense

Out now

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Lopezhouse return to Bedrock after their debut album ‘Apollo’ came last year as part of the groundbreaking Quattro Artists release. Over the last ten years the pair of David López and Carlos Cruz have really excelled with their emotive and stylish sounds and now their Iraila EP is their fourth single release on Bedrock.

Iraila opens up with deep rolling grooves and scintillating chords. They are layered up over the drums and bring a sense of spiritual awakening that will make a truly impressive impact in the club when the whole thing finally peaks. Motorstellar sinks into an equally deep vibe with more smooth drums and icy percussion. Another smart breakdown gets the hairs standing on end before the tune carries you away once more. 

This is another winning EP from Lopezhouse.

Iraila EP

Motorstellar

Iraila

Available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KIFJBjRMc-M

Label: Atomnation
Artist: Milio
Format: Digital
Cat. Number: ATM112
EP Title: One More EP
Release Date: January 20th, 2023
Support it: https://milio.bandcamp.com/album/one-more-ep

Milio completes his most accomplished year yet with a third EP of 2022 on Atomnation. One More is the latest in a series and is a three-track deep house trip through the cosmos.

There has been no stopping Milio recently. His current run started with a debut album last year and since then he has continued to explore new ground within his signature sound as well as unveiling a captivating new live show. It's no surprise he's a resident now at the Willem Twee studios in his hometown Den Bosch where he has hosted many artists from Frank Wiedeman to Carista and Space Dimension Controller. He is now adept at speaking through the vast array of hardware in that studio and his own, as this new EP proves.

Opener Paradise Police is the sort of warm and balmy deep house track that hugs you in tight. It encourages inward reflection, with cuddly chords and whispered vocals making you feel safe as the woody drums roll on. The smeared synths and bubbling bass finish it off in style. 

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Milio
https://soundcloud.com/milio-101
https://www.instagram.com/milio606

Paradise Police

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PREMIERE: Milio - Paradise Police [Atomnation]

Available now

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Thunderbird

Chrome Tips

Brand new single 'Nowhere To Run' out now on Love Attack:
https://loveattackrecords.lnk.to/NowhereToRun

1. Jungle - Good Times (Sofia Kourtesis Remix)
2. The Organism - Polo (Original Mix)	
3. Trikk - Absolute Body Control ft. Jimi Jules (Original Mix)
4. Paresse - Meat Robots (Curses Remix)
5. Josh Wink - Higher State of Consciousness (Damian Lazarus Re-Shape)
6. Astral Riders - Astral Riders (Rigopolar Remix)
7. DJ Kaos - Crystal Voyager (Original Mix)
8. Black Van - Moments Of Excellence 
9. Róisín Murphy x DJ Koze - Can’t Replicate 12” Edit	
10. Shygirl - Tasty (Boys Noize Remix)
11. Melle Brown feat. Annie Mac - Feel About You (DJ Koze Remix)
12. Gabriels - Angels & Queens (Paul Woolford’s Special Request Mix)
13. Johannes Albert - Strahlemann (Alan Dixon Remix) 
14. Alan Dixon - Nowhere To Run [Johannes Albert Remix]
15. DMX Krew - Come To Me

Alan Dixon February 2023 Love Attack Mix

Refiberd, Vol. 2

Die Tiefe (Schtu Remix)

Artist: Garry Todd
Title: Nora Lillian LP
Label: BPitch Control
Cat. No.: BPC320
Format: 12" / CD / Digital
Release date: 27.11.2015


Garry Todd - Anniversary Track

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Hot on the heels of his much-praised debut 'Everything Is All You Have', Tim Engelhardt delivers the Enigmatism EP, an equally im- pressive selection of bold, direct and melodically upfront tech house.

The title track - destined to find a home in many a DJ box - begins in relatively unassuming fashion before melodic surges bring it to life. Massive major chords conjure up strobes and hands in the air - a peaktime vibe that's boosted in the final third by the brightest of dancing synth motifs.

'Best Night In Cologne' is just as melodic - a lilting groove bedecked with playful percussive touches. Teeming with interesting tones and textures, it's the sound of a restless musical intelligence. It's daytime counterpart - the second part of a homage to his adopted city - boasts a ping-ponging synth line that hooks the synapses before the tune opens out into a vast panorama.

'Muse' rounds things off in an abstract, experimental style: meditative keyboard chords are pieced together over a bed of fragmented bass inflections - a meditation for the morning after or a hazy, lazy afternoon.

Tracklisting :
01. Enigmatism
02. Best Night In Cologne 
03. Best Day In Cologne 
Beatport exclusive:
04. Muse

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Enigmatism

Best Day In Cologne

Tim Engelhardt - Best Day In Cologne

OCH´s fore runner track of his forthcoming album "Time tourism" with a housy interpretation of Marc...

OCH - "Time tourism" (Marc Romboy´s Roland Orchestra) (SC Snippet)

Marc Romboy's infectious, driving cut for Bedrock records Counting Comets is back with a fresh new remix by Berliner and Watergate resident Ruede Hagelstein. The original track – also released on Digweed's seminal label – was Romboy at his most uplifting, cosmic and grooving tech-house best.  
After igniting clubs worldwide, the dance-floor favourite, originally released in summer 2015, receives an updated sheen from Hagelstein (who recently remixed Namito and Brams 'YTO' on Romboy's Systematic Recordings) imprint), plus a brand new follow on cut from Romboy himself. 
Hagelstein's interpretation takes the listener on a journey through twisted and distorted tech house from the offset, with disintegrated, 8-bit beats lending the track a stomping groove. He roughed up the pristine edges of the original and lain down a thumping kick drum while distorted synth chords fluctuate between minor and major tones. 
Romboy offers listeners a fresh interpretation in 2016 with Part 2, his down-tempo mix of the original cut. Rising through a crescendoing swathe of atmospheric tones like a sunrise over a valley, it's beatless montage of ambient sounds and vast, rolling harmonics offer a calming and soothing beginning for this ten minute epic. Then, a growling, melodic bassline grounds the track with solid foundations as sprinkles of groove and heads-down atmosphere begin to unfold. 

Marc Romboy - Counting Comets - Ruede Hagelstein Remix preview

Claustrophobia

Black on Black (Len Faki Goes Black Remix)

Volcano EP

pre-order: https://sohaso.bandcamp.com/album/nowhere02

Various Artists - NOWHERE02 Compilation

1. Stijn Sadee - Fading Ocean 
2. Rahsaan Nova - Selfishness 
3. RDS - smwajkb 
4. Dave Ellesmere - Niagara Falling 
5. Luna Ludmila - Sway 
6. Ian Pooley - Picture Palace 
7. Mark Du Mosch - In A Flash (e) 
8. Freek Fabricius Ft Yuna - Astronaut Prinses 
9. Tjade - Scintillate 
10. Joannes - Macrodub
 11. W1b0 - Rough Balance 
12. Tripeo - Propaganda

Something Happening Somewhere  
www.somethinghappeningsomewhere.com/

Artist: Various Artists  
Title: NOWHERE02   
Releasedate: 24-04-2020 
12” vinyl sampler: 03-04-2020
   Artwork: Jorgen Koolwijk 
Distribution: Kompakt

Keep your family close, they say. Which is exactly what SoHaSo does on the second chapter of their NOWHERE-series. At least five artist on this wonderful compilation reside in the city of Utrecht, most other ones are Dutch too. Foreign input comes from Ian Pooley and Dave Ellesmere, who both live in Berlin.

NOWHERE02 showcases the many flavours of the SoHaSo-label. From the aquatic ambient washes of Stijn Sadee, the AFX-like beat manipulations of RDS from Amsterdam to the dubby Detroit skeletons of Luna Ludmilla you soon have to admit how versatile the Dutch label actually is. Most tracks veer away from straight four-four beats, trading them for more adventurous movements in rhythm.

Apart from giving talents like w1bo, Tjade and Rahsaan Nova (a new alter ego for D-Ribeiro) a platform, NOWHERE02 also hosts long term beat makers such as Tripeo from Nijmegen and Mark du Mosch from Rotterdam. When the bassline of his killer tune In A Flash (e) hits, all you can do is surrender to it while worshipping the disco ball. Lovely.

NOWHERE02 is full of gems like this. Music that both challenges you and puts a smile on your face. Utrecht-based Freek Fabricius took the family-element quite literal on the aptly titled Astronaut Princess. His young daughter Yuna gets full credits for the vocal part of his laid back Balearic work out. Later this year Fabricius will release his own EP on SoHaSo.

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Stijn Sadee - Fading Ocean (snippet)

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Dance Spirit's productions may feel different in aesthetics, but feels bound by a common thread that is uniquely their own. To date their fresh take on dance music has caught the attention of Bedrock, Get Physical and more, and now it's the turn of Balance Music.

John Digweed‘s „Transitions“ Radio Show 2023

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