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Alex Niggemann returns to the scene of so many fierce releases with his latest weapons-grade stormer. The Berliner pulls out all the stops on this release – Tangram (The Bright End) is a burner that slowly builds and builds, maintaining just the right amount of tension and release. 

Eventually, out of the precise interplay of elements, explodes a huge euphoric melody that will surely take the roof of many a club in the months to come. 

The Dark End version is another beast entirely, switching the vibe to something a little malevolent- a techier workout that maintains the essential core of the original but provides a little extra drive to the groove - tough, body-moving Tech House for the heads. 

Maze also showcases the class we have come to expect form Poker Flat. Diamond hard beats, unhinged synths and an evolving groove are classic Niggemann traits, resulting in a deeply assured track that will see as much club play as the other two bombs on this releases.

Alex Niggemann - Tangram (The Bright End)

La Noyée by Serge Gainsbourg

Alex Niggemann - Tangram (The Bright End) [Poker Flat Recordings]

Hailing from Tel Aviv Nir Shoshani has over 14 years of experience producing and performing live worldwide. As the A&R of Punch Music, Nir has overseen a plethora of high quality releases and his own work is no exception. Delivering a layered and deeply hypnotic sound that has come to be expected from his overarching body of work.
 
Ajami kicks the EP off with a slow release of frenzied hi-hats playing the loosely-lower pitched vocals against the infectious synth and bass-lines stirring the groove to guarantee a satisfied crowd. Next up we have the Simon Garcia remix. Simon has previously had releases on Poker Flat, Pets Recordings, Supplement Facts & many more. Using the building blocks of the original Simon manages to deliver a remix that bounces off the corners of deep house resulting in what sounds like the sugar to the original’s salt. The remix serves as a perfect introduction to his much anticipated debut album 'The Placebo Overdose' on Poker Flat.
 
Ending the release with “A Good Habit” an edit by Aeon label boss Alex Niggemann himself. Niggemann provides the mix with all of the staples of the producer’s signature sound that spans across the genres of techno, minimal to tech and deep house, all whilst effortlessly retaining the hybrid energy of the original.
 
“Ajami” is out December 2nd and it’s not one to be missed.

Nir Shoshani - A Good Habit (Alex Niggemann Edit)

Popping up on labels like 8Bit, Supernature and Tsuba, releasing quality tech-house and club-assured cuts since 2008, we‘re delighted to welcome German producer Alex Niggemann to Poker Flat. This new EP raises Niggemann‘s game with three tracks taking in heavy acid bass, chicago-house vibes and inventive, smooth flowing arrangements.

‚Lately‘ is a real stomper in the classic Poker Flat tradition. Haunting, acidic, modern, club guaranteed! Niggemann twists a spooky and funky synth line around a heavy old-school house vibe, complete with a thoughtful smokey-voiced naration. 

‚Madness‘ lifts the tension higher with a sub-heavy chigaco bass attack, 2011 style. Alex has fused the best of both old and new and found a new sound that leaves behind rigid sound in favour of more funky, warmer and totally fresh vibes!

The EP concludes with ‚Smash Your Face‘, a groovy houser that rolls wonderfully with more growling square wave bass and plenty of details to keep the flow nothing short of riveting!


Lately

Alex Niggemann - Smash Your Face

Popping up on labels like 8Bit, Supernature and Tsuba, releasing quality tech-house and club-assured cuts since 2008, we‘re delighted to welcome German producer Alex Niggemann to Poker Flat. This new EP raises Niggemann‘s game with three tracks taking in heavy acid bass, chicago-house vibes and inventive, smooth flowing arrangements.

‚Lately‘ is a real stomper in the classic Poker Flat tradition. Haunting, acidic, modern, club guaranteed! Niggemann twists a spooky and funky synth line around a heavy old-school house vibe, complete with a thoughtful smokey-voiced naration. 

‚Madness‘ lifts the tension higher with a sub-heavy chigaco bass attack, 2011 style. Alex has fused the best of both old and new and found a new sound that leaves behind rigid sound in favour of more funky, warmer and totally fresh vibes!

The EP concludes with ‚Smash Your Face‘, a groovy houser that rolls wonderfully with more growling square wave bass and plenty of details to keep the flow nothing short of riveting!


Gunslingers And Greenhorns - Poker Flat Volume 9

Alex Niggemann - Lately

A live recording of Binh at the Quarry stage on Saturday night in 2023.

@binh

Recorded at Houghton - Binh (2023)

Home can be anywhere, but what turns any place into that special space is how it makes us feel. Being at home brings solace, being far from it produces longing and both these affective powers work as gravitational forces, binding us not only to a certain location but to the environment fostered therein. Not every house becomes a home as much as not every home is necessarily a house, but if we are talking about that House that Frankie helped name and shape, the same one whose words became hymns are still sung at every corner of the globe and whose grooves took the world by storm, we can see how a sound can turn any dancefloor into a shelter. House, the music and its message, conjures a home for all of those willing to follow its mandates of maximum corporeal expression, deep emotional investment and expansive mental openness anywhere, as long there’s means to propagate it and people to enjoy it. It is this radical inclusive potential that makes an encounter such as the one in this episode not only possible, but truly magical: an Australian duo playing House from all over reaching a global audience through a platform created by a Brasilian crew. The result can be thoroughly enjoyed in this spectacular instalment of Gop Cast graced with a wonderful contribution by these bold selectors from Down Under known as Donald’s House.

Gop Cast 121 - Donald's House

Live recording of the Sound Metaphors Boat Party at Love International 2024 with Palms Trax and Castro & Nemo.

Palms Trax b2b Sound Metaphors DJs at Love International Festival 2024

Sometimes we are inclined to take all the things that make up our culture a bit too serious, including ourselves. It seems that, as soon as we cross over to the other side of the PA and stand before the monitors, that seminal hedonistic drive that brought us there is consumed by the unrealistic needs of our high-demanding selves, so we end up stuck on details instead of having some good fun with it all. A bit of a contradictory dynamic, since what lies at the core of any decent experience of musical enjoyment is not careful oversight but cheerful delight, and the best among us, those who excel at making others revel, know quite well when to let these details unravel. Any artist that has achieved it will tell you that, when it comes to conducting a dancefloor, greatness is a byproduct of happiness more than a matter of fitness, which is exactly what we see, hear and feel whenever we experience the enrapturing sets a DJ with CC:Disco’s talents and sensibilities has to offer. Every mix of hers is a joyful journey where she guides us through varied soundscapes made of sonic material from all around the globe and woven with technical prowess. All indispensable qualities of everything we esteem and anything she sets herself to do, and her contribution to this series is no exception.

Gop Cast 132 - CC:DISCO!

✨ vinyl only mix✨  

For edition 69 of our guest mix series, we welcome once again London-based record collector Ilan (Night City Life). A true Italo enthusiast, Ilan curated Night City Life (@spacetalkmusic), one of our favourite compilations of 2019. Night City Life II will be dropping this summer (and we can’t wait 🎷)

As a DJ his selections are always rich with nostalgia and emotion, taking us on a journey through time and sound. Here is a recording of his vinyl-only set from Flow Festival last year; an Italo-tinged expedition in the Helsinki sunshine.

H.A.N.D. MIX 069 - Ilan (Night City Life)

Was a pleasure to have Massi as a guest on my Dublab show this month; here is the full recording. Enjoy!

Dublab 02/05/25: Hearing Color w/ Massimiliano Pagliara

Orañjez ~ @radiokerne ~ Sonerezhioù kurius ha breizhat.

Replay du 26 Janvier 2025.

Première de 2025 pour Orañjez.
Pour l’occasion, je mets de côté les esthétiques musicales habituelles au profit d’une sélection plus hivernale et nocturne : ambient, downtempo, deep dubby house, blissed-out beats, trancy vibes et 90’s intelligent drum’n’bass.

C’est le genre de bande-son qui m’accompagne inlassablement en hiver, que ce soit pour avaler des kilomètres de bitume dans la Polo ou pour travailler tard le soir. 🌠

Distro eo Orañjez war Radio Kerne.
Disul, e kinnigan deoc'h un dra disheñvel. Un abadenn gant sonennoù goañv, melkonius, anvet Hanternoz. Prientet 'meus ur mix gant sonioù atmospherek elektro : Ambiant, Downtempo, Deep House, Blissed Out Beats, Trancy Moods hag 90’s Intelligent Drum'N'Bass. Dont a ra an dibab tonioù-mañ eus ar bloavezhioù dek-ha-pevar-ugent ha daou-vil-dek, o kemmeskañ ar rummoù.

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Orañjez is a music radio show broadcasted on Radio Kerne (a Breton-only speaking radio, Finistère-based) every last Sunday of the month.

Orañjez w/ DJ Orañjez (Late Night Special) @ Radio Kerne (26/01/25)

Heading up the sixth release on the prolific Bizarre Trax vinyl label is co-founder of the brand, Jhobei with his “Between Dreams & Delirium” EP. His distinct and animated sound shines bright from beginning to end as he showcases a multitude of vibes spread across five innovative cuts — the A-side providing a more serious and heady insight to his sought after repertoire, then on the flip you are served up an array of deep delicacies before rounding off the body of work in true Bizarre Trax fashion a playful, funk-fuelled explosion, nodding towards those festival moments we are all dreaming of this winter.

PREMIERE: Jhobei - Synthetize Hypnotize [BIZR006]

• 29/03/2025 •
My closing set (8 to 11am) recorded at "Frequence Pure". It wasn't my best set technically, but what a vibe, what a connection, what a timeless moment. Those who were there, know.

Tracklist :
Leifur James - Night And Day
Francesco Chiocci - Nightmares (Secret Weapons Part.8)
Cleveland - Kyoto
Borrowed Identify - Faith
Moon Rocket - Moon Work One
Laurent Garnier - The Man With The Red Face
Oma Nata - Liberdade
60 Hertz Project - Capricorn (Ralf Gum Remix)
Georges Decimus - Sika (Kuniyuki Edit)
Dazion - Be A Man
Uncle Waffle, Tony Duardo, Boibizza & Sino Msolo - Tanzania
Marcus Marr - Familiar Five (Justin Van Der Volgen Remix)
Brigitte Fontaine & Areski - C'est Normal (Sergeï Edit)
Lascivio Bohemia - Descalza
Weval - You Made It (Part II)
Yves Simon - Au Pays des Merveilles de Juliette (Psychemagik Edit)
Joey Newman - The One You Love
The Earons - Land Of Hunger
Teengirl Fantasy - Cheaters (John Talabot's Classic Vocal Refix)
Chikashi Ishizuka - Living In The Footsteps
Escape From New York - Save Our Love
Sister Sledge - Thinking Of You
Peter Tosh - Mama Africa
Outkast - So Fresh, So Clean
Jacqueline Taïeb - Le Coeur Au Bout Des Doigts
Chaka Khan & Rufus - Ain't Nobody
VS - Flamingo Hangover
Beth Carvalho - Majestade Real
Maajo - Unelmissani
Psychemagik - Valley Of Paradise
Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World (Original Spoken Version 1967)
Yves Simon - Raconte Toi
Henri Salvador - J'ai Tant Rêvé

Alex Niggemann - Tangram (The Bright End) [Poker Flat Recordings]

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