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ST041 - Sahar - No Downside EP
Release Date 02|08|2024
Buy - https://lnk.to/SaharNoDownside

Exit Strategy releases the second EP from Sahar, featuring three tracks from the young talent on our ST041. "No Downside" is an homage to the potential of late-night and early morning hours spent with friends and music in distant places. "DANCESINGLOVE" embraces an new wave structure, driven by a deep, gritty bassline tailor-made for the dance floor. Finally, "Yeah, You?" blends deepness with a laid-back atmosphere, making it a perfect tune for early morning.

ST041 - Sahar - No Downside EP

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Lower Saxony's best-kept secret, Heideton Records, returns with their most ambitious and comprehensive release to date, a double pack titled Green. Green taps into the rich history of European house and techno, from Panorama Bar to Bar25 royalty, while also championing a new era of producers and cult label favourites.

On the first of two EPs scheduled for release this year, Green Part 1, Heideton has curated the finest club weaponry, from ‘tears on the floor’ deep house to sinewy and psychedelic techno. Although this may sound like it doesn't work together, the release is remarkably cohesive. This is thanks to the care and precision each producer brings, displaying an intimate knowledge of what works on both the dance floor and in your headphones on the walk home.

We start with sunset hovering over the dancefloor thanks to the dripping percussion of Mexico City native, Bobby Cazanova. Once the chords hit on "Alles ist deine Schuld," it's clear the deep house aficionado is tapping deep. Borka and the Gang's "Saltwater (Deep Water Mix)" is no less poignant, but adds a bit more groove as the evening descends, with some crisp snares giving it just a hint of wiggle.

Things continue to get funky on Florian Hollerith’s contribution, "Wakes Up Asleep" as congas and playful synth chords lock themselves into the patient sashay of a contemporary minimal monster. The minimal swagger continues thanks to Watergate legend, Mathias Kaden, who takes us from dusk into the night. The drums on "Radix" are punchy and crisp while the gated chords have a techno venom to them.

Following up this peak time flare, label manager Joe Metzenmacher joins forces with Borka & the Gang, to keep the intensity up, while also giving us a bit more room to breathe with a slow-building and melodic tech-house anthem built around an earworm arpeggio. Be forewarned: the break is going to send dancers into a craze. The emotional release does not stop once ex-pat Kiwis Murmur Tooth team up with Bar 25 alumni Lars Moston. The tension on "You, Me, Us, Spines" falls somewhere between classic Wagon Repair and next level Innervisions.

Green Part 1 will be released digitally on April 22nd with Green Part 2 to follow on June 6th. A vinyl release is also scheduled for May.

https://www.beatport.com/release/green-part-one/3655940
https://soundcloud.com/murmurtooth
https://soundcloud.com/heideton-records
https://soundcloud.com/lars-moston

Green Part One

PREMIERE: Murmur Tooth & Lars Moston - You, Me, Us, Spines [Heideton Records]

Listen & Download: https://lnk.to/CLR009

Cash For Love, the latest CircoLoco Records release from Turkish producer, DJ, and multi-instrumentalist, Carlita, is now available to stream and download across all major digital music services, including Spotify and Apple Music.

Built around a classic Italo house sample from FPI project, Cash For Love perfectly encapsulates Carlita’s eclectic approach to house music, and is a highlight of her current world tour sets.

Artwork by TOILETPAPER

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Carlita - Cash For Love (Extended Mix)

Artists: Palavas, Meloko, Konvex
Track: You Can't Get Away (Musumeci Remix)
Label: Ravanelli Disco Club
Release date: 19/01/2024
Buy: www.beatport.com/release/you-cant-get-away/4366813

PREMIERE: Palavas, Meloko, Konvex - You Can't Get Away (Musumeci Remix) [Ravanelli Disco Club]

Buy/stream: https://kompakt.fm/releases/3_remixe_fuer_heiko_voss

Good things take time. What’s 17 years? Not even a quarter of Keith Richards! 17 years lay between Heiko Voss’ debut album “Call Me Killer” and the incredible follow-up “3:30 Minutes To Live”, which saw the light of day in 2022 on Michael Mayer’s “other label” IMARA. There are serious voices saying that the 80s were only really complete with the release of this album. Now it took the blink of an eye of a year for the remixes to be finished. And they turned out so well that Michael Mayer from KOMPAKT licensed the “3 Remixes for Heiko Voss” without further ado.

Running back guru GERD JANSON was an early adopter of the album. Highly motivated, he twirls “Follow Your Line” rhythmically somehow in the direction of Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill”. How did he do that? Never mind. It grooves like crazy and keeps even larger floors moving.

ADA, the Hamburg grand dame of techno pop, has taken on the in tongue speaking funk banger “Talking Man” and dipped it in fairy dust. The result is probably the most sensational, soulful club track ever. Honestly.

The package is rounded off with a powerful Dub Version of “Follow Your Line” by the IMARA and KOMPAKT boss himself. Because he can do it.

Open your heart, let the remixes in.

3 Remixe für Heiko Voss

Follow Your Line (Michael Mayer Dub Mix)

Heiko Voss - Follow Your Line (Michael Mayer Dub Mix)

Artist: Adrian Roman
Track: Oratorical Ability
Label: Sum Over Histories
Release date: 16.02.2024

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Youtube: https://youtu.be/vRTpj7z2ik0

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_cover credits_
Photography: Brix & Maas
Creative Direction: Just Lauren
Model: Sara @ Esselle Agency
Location: Berlin

premiere | Adrian Roman - Oratorical Ability | Sum Over Histories

Artist: Three Less One feat. Olivia
Track: Anesthetized Feeling
Remix by: Musumeci & Dodi Palese
Label: Engrave Ltd
Release date: 16.02.2024

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Youtube: https://youtu.be/0W17wlnVz4I

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_cover credits_
Photography: Brix & Maas
Creative Direction: Just Lauren
Model: Sara @ Esselle Agency
Location: Berlin

premiere | Three Less One - Anesthetized Feeling (Musumeci & Dodi Palese Remix) | Engrave Ltd

Jonathan Kaspar, fresh from the release of his excellent 'We Come' EP on Crosstown Rebels, now turns his talent to remixing 'Open Door'; the deep, emotive, broken beat number from the Polish duo's glorious 2015 Album 'Basic Colour Theory.'

Utilising Cloud Boat's beautiful vocal with precision, Kaspar crafts a mystical, simmering late night soundtrack. One that is set to be a firm favourite for the season ahead.

Open Door

Open Door (Jonathan Kaspar Remix) [feat. Cloud Boat]

DISCHI presents Pablo Bozzi’s new EP, Fantasy. After releasing multiple singles, the Berlin-based producer and DJ is back with three fresh tracks. Saddle up and get ready to ride with Sunday Rodeo, opening the EP with upbeat bouncy bass, hard-hitting 90s synths and a piano-driven melody. On Fantasy, an alluring voice leads, accompanied by potent kicks and zesty lines, sprinkled with a touch of acid. Closing the EP is Siempre, a dreamy, gleaming synthwave journey scattered with distant yet intimate voice samples. Once again, Bozzi demonstrates his undeniable ability to get dancefloors moving.

Master by Conor Dalton
Artwork by Basile Fournier 
Text by Rachel Mbiga Epelbaum

DA038

Fantasy

Siempre

BUY HERE

Pablo Bozzi - Siempre

Lastly, the title track ‘Fresh’, closes the EP in style. An air of mystery pervades as the tribal-esque drums work in tandem with a gnarly riff. Again, Argia’s considerate use of tension and arrangement teases out the elements of this track bit by bit. Dynamic and detailed percussion drives the track forward as we approach a breakdown. After the drop, a female vocal clip is integrated into the track, boosting the energy and magical appeal. As the title states - this one is fresh!

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TAU056 - Argia - Fresh

At Night I Think Of You

At Night I Think Of You (Seth Troxler & Nick Morgan Remix)

You say you want me
You say you need me
You say you love me
How come you leavin' ?

You Say U Want Me

Artist: Musumeci & Phunkadelica
Track: YO! (Original Mix)
Label: Somethingnu
Release date: 19/07/2024
Buy: www.beatport.com/release/yo/4610489

PREMIERE: Musumeci & Phunkadelica - YO! (Original Mix) [Somethingnu]

As summer heats up, Jimi Jules is back with his new project, “NOW.” This creative and evolving platform explores life, love, togetherness, and the above all joy of making music. Like the previous project, the visual direction is in the hands of Trevor Jackson, shaping one of the project's core aspects: the belief in creating something beautiful together. “Human Rights” is the first single and the kick-off, it blends percussive elements, a driving four-to-the-floor rhythm and housy synth loop into a fine melange for the dance floor, the perfect stage for Jimi Jules' glimmering vocal performance and the personal message of the track.

Human Rights

Jimi Jules - Human Rights

Ivan Masa - Metropolitan Alarm

Exit Strategy releases the second EP from Sahar, featuring three tracks from the young talent on our ST041. "No Downside" is an homage to the potential of late-night and early morning hours spent with friends and music in distant places. "DANCESINGLOVE" embraces an new wave structure, driven by a deep, gritty bassline tailor-made for the dance floor. Finally, "Yeah, You?" blends deepness with a laid-back atmosphere, making it a perfect tune for early morning.