Mix made for the Positiv Festival 2025 contest.

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Ok Cowboy 20Y

U and I (Remastered)

Ratibor Numida

Clapland

DYSTORTION

Sir Stringalot

PREMIERE: ROTCIV - Memory (Beartrax Remix) [ Melodize ]

Release Title:  Memory EP
Artist: ROTCIV
Label: Melodize
Catalogue No.: MELODIZE020
Release-Date: November 28th, 2025


Buy Link: https://melodizemusic.bandcamp.com/album/memory-ep

Promotext:
Rotciv is back with his new EP ‘Memory’, which marks the 20th release on Beartrax’s label Melodize. Throughout the record, the Berlin-based and native Brazilian producer explores his signature dark, mysterious, and atmospheric vibes shaped by the underground and queer club nights and dance-floors that fuel his sound, refined over almost 30 years behind the decks.

Maintaining Melodize’s specialized sound deep-rooted in moody electronic principles, the EP opens with ‘Memory’, a piercing, dark, synth dynamic alongside rich tonal textures in both harmony and melodies alike. Unapologetic, yet calming and reminiscent of a slow drive through the winter nights; cold, yet bold, sharp, and comforting.

First to remix ‘Memory’ with a nostalgic, synth-heavy 80's remix is Frankfurt-based DJ, producer, and visual artist Chinaski. Integrating his signature bold synth hooks into the track, Chinaski knows how to roll in with longing sentimentality. The remix features a bouncier approach with re-envisioned acoustic percussion and catchy synth arps, along with an eery dark disco feel.

On the B side, Rotciv kicks in with ‘Trintage’, which gives a sinister sensation with its hypnotising bass synth lines alongside contrasting, choir-like pads. Seeping with articulate poly-rhythmic synth arps, Trintage guides the listener to be indulged into a dream-like state on the border between both digital and analogue soundscapes, blurring the lines between fantasy and reality.

Next up is New York-based and founder of Samo Records, Facets, who takes on the next remix for ‘Trintage’ with a more electro-grunge techno approach consisting of heavier four to the floor kicks in company of Rotciv’s hypnotic textures. Having shifted the synth melody rhythmically, a sense of space and tension is created within the soundworld of this track. The play between gritty bass-end synths along with softer, textured high-ends helps emphasize the groove injected into this remix.

One last remix of ‘Memory’ by Melodize's own label founder, Beartrax, rounds out the EP. Available exclusively via digital bonus, Beartrax features his deeply hypnotic aesthetic by driving in ethereal synths alongside cosmic arps and slow-rolling rhythmic and pulsating groove lines.

This EP will be released on vinyl on the 21st of November followed by the digital release and bonus track on the 28th of November.





__LINKS___________

✘ ROTCIV (Berlin // Germany)

https://soundcloud.com/rotciv
https://www.facebook.com/rotciv1978/
https://www.instagram.com/rotcivmusic/

✘ Beartrax (New York City // USA)

https://soundcloud.com/beartrax-1
https://www.facebook.com/BearTrax1
https://www.instagram.com/officialbeartrax/


✘ Melodize (New York City // USA)

https://soundcloud.com/melodizemusic
https://www.facebook.com/melodizemusic
https://www.instagram.com/melodizemusic



PREMIERE: ROTCIV - Memory (Beartrax Remix) [ Melodize ]

TDWS - Blackbird

Simple 416 V08n - 14.jan.2023
Somewhere this echoed inside DanceOrama that winter.

Simple 416

@hovrmusic

Pre-order: https://va.lnk.to/HOVR-KauzB.Wolf-Etwas-Fehlt-StilvorTalent

HOVR returns to Stil vor Talent with a cinematic collaboration alongside renowned voice actor Kauz B. Wolf. Together they unveil 'Etwas Fehlt', a poetic dive into Berlin’s nocturnal melancholy.

Artist: HOVR feat. Kauz B. Wolf
Title: Etwas Fehlt
Label: Stil vor Talent
Catalogue No.: SVT410
Release Date: 2025-12-05
Genre: Electronica

1. HOVR feat. Kauz B. Wolf - Etwas Fehlt

Inspired by a chance encounter at the bar of KitKat Club, the track grew from a handwritten poem into a fully realised narrative performance. Oliver Koletzki quickly recognised its potential and championed it as a single, echoing the introspective spirit of his own classic 'The Power of Rausch'.

Wolf’s gravelly voice carries the story of a drifting Berlin archetype, while HOVR weaves a dark, emotional soundscape where tension and fragility meet. Built around sparse textures and a single, striking Prophet chord progression, it is less a club track than a piece of spoken-word electronica meant to be felt as much as heard.

Closely linked to its accompanying music video, 'Etwas Fehlt' emerges as a striking addition to HOVR’s catalogue — a testament to their storytelling instinct and a bold step forward in their artistic evolution.

PREMIERE: HOVR feat. Kauz B. Wolf - Etwas Fehlt [Stil vor Talent]

The French, Lyon-based artist Betty launches her own label Girls of the night (GOTN) and makes her debut as a solo producer after several tracks in the duo Nouveau Futur and behind the decks as a DJ. Now stepping out on her own, she takes full creative control to shape an emotional, analog-driven sound. Her first EP, Shadows and Lights, marks the beginning of this new chapter — blending club energy with shadowy 80s -inspired atmospheres.

Opening the EP, Light sets the tone with a dark disco groove built for the dancefloor. A hypnotic bassline, glimmering yet shadowed synths , and ghostly choirs create a magnetic, physical track where the light pulses through the dark — suspended somewhere between night’s tension and dawn’s promise.

@betty-b-69
@girlsofthenightrecords

Betty - Light [Girls of the night]

In early 2001 Earth joined Gusgus. New musical direction was taken but the aim was still unclear.  The only thing known was that we wanted to move away from the triphop collective towards more club and electronical orientation.  Numerous exploration where tired and later the album Attention came to life as some mixture of house, 80's and soul.  You already know is one demo that was never finished.  It demonstrates the more house edge that was explored during that time.

You already know

Live Bookings: scumeck@mct-agentur.com 
Management & Contact: management@gusgus.com

BIO:
The Icelandic band Gus Gus originally spawned from a shortcut made by Siggi Kjartansson and Stefán Árni (a.k.a. Arni & Kinski) called “Pleasure”. Initially the band was acclaimed as an avant-garde collective of musicians, producers, filmmakers and performers. They mixed together different mediums to create a unique mixture of sound and vision. Their trademark style is combined with funky bass, streamlined synths and the intelligent use of technology and art. Árni & Kinski did the visual part and the musical side was driven by Birgir Þórarinsson (a.k.a. Veiran), Stephan Stephenssen (a.k.a President Bongo), Magnús Guðmundsson (a.k.a. Herb Legowitz). The live band was fronted by singers Daníel Ágúst, Hafdís Huld and Magnús Jónsson (a.k.a. Blake).

Gus Gus is an electronic soul band formed in 1995. A short break in a making of the shortcut made it possible for the first Gus Gus self-titled album to be born. In 1996 the band signed to 4AD Records that released their widely acclaimed second album “Polydistortion”. "This Is Normal" followed in 1999 and finally "Gus Gus vs T-World" appeared in 2000. During the 4AD years, Gus Gus started touring massively, stirring the music world with their powerful live-show. The touring life was stressful for the nine some and eventually called for changes within the line up. Six original members left and the three remaining producers (Veiran, President Bongo and Herb Legowitz) soon found hope in a new female singer, Earth aka Urður Hákonardóttir. The band has ever since focused on being a musical entity. 

In 2002 Gus Gus re-appeared with their 4th studio album "Attention" which includes their most successful dance floor hit “David”. On the album the band teamed up with the legendary producer Gareth Jones and Finnish multi-instrumentalist Jimi Tenor. The album demonstrates a sharply focused club-band full of creativity and even more energetic than ever. Daníel Ágúst

Gus Gus released there 8th studio album, Mexico, on Kompakt, Germany in June 2014