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One Eyed Jacks ceased activity in 2017 with a record by Photonz released under a different alias. It was the right time to let go: when the label started, in 2010, there were few electronic music labels in Portugal and a growing new wave of artists that needed to be documented and shown. Along the years, new labels - more capable ones - developed to cater to that need while projects like Rádio Quântica, co-founded by Photonz and Violet, seemed better instruments to carry on the vision of elevating and documenting a fledgling scene. But the itch for editorial expression was never gone and come 2023, One Eyed Jacks is back to life, animated by a renewed trust in the music and visions of how to apply its mysterious power to move, inspire and heal.

Lisbon-based Kara Konchar AKA Miguel Béco picks up on the original’s more emotive motifs and builds up a dense storm of heavy drums, unpredictable changes and texturally-rich variations on the melodies, bringing the drama levels way up.

https://oneeyedjackslabel.bandcamp.com/album/orpheus

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PREMIERE: Photonz - Orpheus (Kara Konchar Remix)[One Eyed Jacks]

Snippets Music is back with digital EP by one and only CYBERJIT's co-operator — Leshutler who has previously released his music on International Chrome, Mind Controlled Rectifier, NOSERVICE and welofi. 

"Little Miss Strange" features five tracks that showcase Leshutler's unique blend of acid, breaks and a bit influence of electro. The EP is a journey through various bass lines & dance-floor delights. 

Buy here: https://snppts.bandcamp.com/album/spdg001-leshutler-little-miss-strange-ep

PREMIERE: Leshutler - Little Miss Strange [Snippets Music]

During his years in Amsterdam, a period in which his DJing career became an unstoppable juggernaut, Tom Trago was a regular visitor to Deco Sauna, a local institution that helped him decompress. ‘Deco’ is his sixth album and first for Rush Hour in a decade, recorded following an extended absence from dancefloors, as he cut back on DJ commitments to spend more time with his young family. When he returned to the studio, Trago struggled to get back into the groove, the desire to make dancefloor-focused music had temporarily deserted him , and he found himself drawn towards a desire to create ‘electronic lullabies’ that reflected his more pastoral environment that he lives in these days.
 
Returning to the first synthesiser he ever bought on credit as a young DJ and wannabe producer, Tom Trago sets about navigating different musical routes without the confines of the club. 
 
Maxi Mill lends a hand on ‘Central Park’, a deep and hypnotic excursion of rhythmic bleeps, minimalistic beats and layered melodies.

PRMEIERE: Tom Trago - Central Park (Feat. Maxi Mill)[Rush Hour]

High value DJ clobber that gives the purchasing selector options throughout the night. House-master Matthias joins Craigie Knowes for his debut EP with the Scottish imprint. Classicly styled house-cuts glittering with originality and outright funk.

PREMEIRE: Matthias - Lazan Beat Ultra Bass Mix [Cragie Knowes]

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Fwebena Zambia

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Out now: http://lnk.to/chickenlipsPH98

A key fixture in the record bags of DJs throughout the past few decades, best known for their unforgettably odd house anthem ‘He Not In’, it’s been some years since Andy Meecham and Dean Meredith last collaborated as Chicken Lips. As such, it’s with no little delight that Phantasy welcomes them back into the fold with one of their most mind-bending tracks yet, accompanied by a remix from a fellow stalwart of the underground, DJ Sotofett.

Instant and assured, ‘Goldenlips’ unrolls like licorice over ten blissful minutes, mining an undercurrent of post-acid house euphoria into a dreamy analogue jam-turned-trip, a soft and rhythmic vision of dancefloor euphoria that demonstrates a mastermind session of tension and release from two individuals with decades of experience in tipping dancefloors upside-down.

On the flip, DJ Sotofett continues to deliver the unexpected with a more truncated but no less compelling ‘Golden Funk’ mix. Suddenly rolling back the musical clock to the sun-drenched West Coast of the mid-nineties, the result is an oozing, bottom-heavy rework so delicious, it might even have united Puffy and Snoop.