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“Winter comes without a sound...
 and it comes with many.
The wind howls in every language 
 and the windows rattle.. “ - Kevin Henkes 

February went on to inspire the underground electronic music world with outstanding releases, albums, and remixes featuring Amandra and Karim, Bas Dobbelaer and Vand, Shielding, Jurango, Kaito, Vril and His Masters Voice as Adderall, Aki Himanen and Aleksi Kinnunen, Polygonia, Pablo Bolivar and Sergio Vidall as Pulshar, 59 Perlen, and Ripperton.

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We’re kicking off the new year with the debut self-release from Melbourne-based artist Fefe, whose seven-track mini-LP, Sketches from Memories, drops in just a few days. This release is a reflection of Fefe’s creative journey over the past five years, capturing the evolution of his sound through a thoughtful collection of tracks.
Our premiere today, Ghost Gum, is an evocative piece that blends gentle, textured percussion with earthy synth tones and a haunting saxophone melody. The track conjures the imagery of a ritualistic dance deep within a forest, brimming with otherworldly energy.
Sketches from Memories will be available on Bandcamp starting January 15th.
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PREMIERE: Fefe - Ghost Gum

Spiraling melodies and half time tempos spring to the forefront for our premiere today, titled Ravina. Portuguese artists Floating Machine and Inerte have combined talents for a contribution to the Berlin and Lisbon based event series and label, Art Bei Ton. The fifth edition of their VA series, ‘Seeing Cursed Spirits’ will soon be released that showcases a variety of sounds. All nestled within the folds of deep and hypnotic techno.

Ravina evolves, slowly but surely. Each pulse of the percussion brings new life and energy into the air. A soft pad floats in the background, ethereal and ever-shifting, creating a sense of vast space that’s peppered with bright auditory textures giving movement and spontaneity as they jump around the listener. Gradually, voices become more pronounced, their distant melodies forming a loop that seems to repeat and evolve in subtle variations, like a mantra or chant. The panning continues to play with perception, shifting focus gently from one side to the other until the ending moments as each element slowly falls away.

Art Bei Ton’s latest VA will be released on the 16th of January and includes offerings from a diverse set of artists including Viels, PEIX, and Nao Nhil.

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Seeing Cursed Spirits

PREMIERE: Floating Machine & Inerte - Ravina [Art Bei Ton]

The third release on Lola Haro’s Small Steps label from Belgium sees German producer DJ Balduin step up with a contribution that embodies the label's sound. Known for his intricate, warm house basslines, clever loops, and breaks, DJ Balduin delivers a three-track EP, Everything, capturing the fleeting magic when light meets dark. Out on Valentine’s Day, 14th February, the release includes the track Somar and will be available in digital and vinyl formats via Bandcamp.

The EP is all about mood and movement. In Somar, DJ Balduin plays with a mixture of rising and melancholic pads, including distant bird chatter and playful loops. A punchy beginning, the tracks mellow into moments of bliss, offering warmth throughout. The interplay of light and dark is palpable and emotive, evoking euphoria reminiscent of sunrise sets at festivals—those moments that shift the tempo and prepare us for another day of dancing.

Small Steps and DJ Balduin captures these intangible moments with its sound: the eye contact on the dancefloor, subtle smiles, and the pull of the kick drum as we sway.

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Everything

PREMIERE: DJ Balduin - Somar [Small Steps]

Through overwhelming days and times of strife, an emphasis to look inwards and reflect seems appropriate. Outside stressors abound, almost at every turn it seems as the world claws at your mental stability. Italian producer, dj and more, Simone Gatto’s forthcoming Invisible Love album on his own Pregnant Void imprint marks a response to these negative forces. Giving space, soft moments of introspection and smooth melodies that all lend well to its healing nature.

Like a deep breath, The Secret of Quantum Life slowly begins. In and out, in and out. The meditative nature can’t be ignored, Simone’s background influences coming through in spades as warm tones envelop the listener, accentuated by generative warbles providing movement and spontaneity. As the track progresses, varying swirls and melodic eddies appear, like changes in the wind.

Gatto’s Invisible Love album will be released on the 7th of February.

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Invisible Love

PREMIERE: Simone Gatto - The Secret Of Quantum Life [Pregnant Void]

Time flies—what started as a platform to spotlight music we love has reached an incredible milestone: our 500th premiere. Over the years, we've witnessed trends emerge, evolve, and transform into something entirely new. Within these 500 premieres, we've featured a kaleidoscope of styles and genres, but at the heart of it all, the music has always been deep, introspective, and original—an authentic reflection of the artists who create it.
We're thrilled to present Ojalá by Dutch artist Love Over Entropy for this special occasion. Taken from the long-awaited album "To Sit Quietly Where Everything Is Moving Fast," set to be released via Something Happening Somewhere, this track radiates optimism and quiet determination—qualities that feel perfectly encapsulated in its title.
Ojalá unfolds with gentle confidence, its uplifting keys and delicate arpeggiator lines moving together like a conversation that flows without effort. There's an understated elegance here—a lightness that never veers into excess. Each element breathes in unison, giving the track a natural, organic momentum.
The word ojalá, with its roots in hope and possibility, feels like a guiding principle for the music. It's as if Love Over Entropy has captured that sentiment and translated it into sound: a wish carried forward, subtle but powerful.
With this milestone premiere, we're reminded of why we started this platform: to share moments like this, where music connects us not just to each other but to something more profound.
Here's to the next 500 premieres—and to Ojalá, a track that reminds us of the beauty in looking forward.


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PREMIERE: Love Over Entropy - Ojalá [SoHaSo]

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This is my remix of @delusionalcircuits new track 'Empty Longing'. I hope you like it <3

Out on @iorecs now :)

For the Addicted Mind

Empty Longing (Dycide Revisit)

Delusional Circuits - Empty Longing (Dycide Revisit)

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Bas Dobbelaer & Vand - Laren EP (SoHaSo 029)

A1 Nomansland 
A2 Reflect
B1 Story Of Blade
 B2 Runner

Artist: Bas Dobbelaer & Vand
Title: ZL2
Label: Something Happening Somewhere
12“ Vinyl / Digital (limited to 200 copies) (05-02-2021)
Artwork by Bas Dobbelaer
Worldwide distribution: Kompakt

With four highly focused and crisp new tracks, Bas Dobbelaer and Vand return to SoHaSo once again. Their Laren EP from last year got high praise from dj’s and lovers of deep, percussive dance music and ZL2 seems to wander down that same and interesting path.
Though some things have changed.

On their new EP the vibe seems more melancholic, more introvert. Might the pandemic and the locked down nightlife have something to do with it?

Or is it perhaps due to Dobbelaer’s new favourite instrument, the Waldorf Blofeld? This small synthesizer combines the technology of today with the analogue vibe of the last century and is a therefore perfect metaphor for the delicate ‘vintage feel productions’ of Vand and Dobbelaer.

In any case, ZL2 is manna for headphone junkies. The condensed kicks on tracks like Nomansland and Runner make way for some excited listening, with beautiful details everywhere in the sound spectrum. Listen how the hi-hats unfold slowly on the blissful off-beat belter Story of Blade. Where a melancholic strings ties it all together.
Once again, youth friends Dobbelaer and Vand made something special together. Let’s hope the clubs reopen soon, because you really want to hear ZL2 on a proper sound system.

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Amandra & Karim - Sqala ep
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Mastering: Neel at Enisslab studio
Artwork: Kais Dhifi
Release date 19/2

D1. Amandra & Karim - Sqala 3 (Forest Drive West Remix)

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Shielding - Fläder

We are celebrating 10 years of Tamed Musiq!

Here is the first collection of Remixes from the Tamed Musiq Catalogue.
It come with an exclusive remix i did myself from Iron Curtis's Upstream colors! Took me just 2 years to complete it :)

In this collection you'll find remixes by Bicep, Soulphiction, Ron Basejam, Crowdpleaser, Gerd, Margaret Dygas, North lake, Lo Shea, Andy Hart, Deetron, Baikal or Skudge!
Yep, Just that!
Every track is available also individually.
Mastered by Oliver LIeb.

Take good care
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Ripa”

Iron Curtis - Werc Werc Werc (Ripperton's New Space Mix) SOUNCLOUDPREVIEW

PLEASE GO LINK to my BANDCAMP SITE to check and listen all other versions for 
kaito "A life that can only dream now".  Brand new 1st release in 2021.

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A life that can only dream That's the sound I made. This track was recorded with a lot of variations. The original and beatless version, an organic version that transforms into a neoclassical mood, and a drone and beat only version. And a drone only take. The original is my favorite, but you can listen to all of them and choose which one you prefer. 
I sincerely hope that the world will soon regain comfort and safety. Always have a smile inside your mask! 

もし自分の夢がいくつも見えてて選んで生きていけたら最高！って音で表しました。この楽曲の収録には今回バリエーションを多く揃えました。オリジナルに続いてビートレス、ネオクラシカル的なムードにも変容するオーガニックバージョン、ドローンとビートのみ。そしてドローンだけのテイク。僕はオリジナルが一番好きだけど良かったら是非全部聴いてみてどれが好みか選んでみて下さい。 
世界中が1日も早く安心を取り戻せる事を心から願っています。

released February 5, 2021

A life that can only dream now

kaito - A Life That Can Only Dream Now - Original ver

The latest release, 'Dawn Drops' EP from Berlin-based imprint Jazz-o-Tech, comes as a collaboration between two Finnish artists Aki Himanen and Aleksi Kinnunen. Both Himanen and Kinnunen are jazz musicians and techno producers, so this project found a perfect home in Jazz-o-Tech. Jazz-o-Tech is a label that draws on the rich heritage of two of the most visionary and experimental genres in music: jazz and techno. Taking inspiration from the freeform creative nature of those two musical worlds, artists on the label mix tradition with modernity, improvisation with experimentation, and create a new sound known as techno-jazz.

Two originals on the release are accompanied by dark, driving remixes from PEG and Polygonia. Polygonia's remix of 'Dawn Drops' brings rumbling groove, haunting mysticism of elusive pads, and trippy floating trumpet, which create an incredibly calming atmosphere that will do wonders on dance floors during after hours.

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PREMIERE: Aki Himanen & Aleksi Kinnunen - Dawn Drops (Polygonia Remix)[Jazz-o-Tech]

Listen to the exclusive GROOVE-Premiere of @sophiasaze s and @rdoatk s track „Fucking Crazy B", taken from the „Stalker” EP on @duskandhaze. Released digitally and on Vinyl on February 22nd.

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Stalker

Sophia Saze & RDO/ATK - Fucking Crazy B

Oslated Premiere 364

Dycide - Eruca
V.A - Praeterea 01 [FS001 / Fur:ther Sessions]

Produced by David Nowotny aka Dycide
Mastered by Niklas Buehler at Klangstellwerk
Artwork by Frank Weidenfelder
Released by Fur:ther Sessions from Bad Kohlgrub / Munich, Germany
Release Date : February 21st. 2021

Fur:ther Sessions opens the label wing with a compilation by rising talents of Deep and Hypnotic Techno. It contains 7 tracks by Dycide, Artjom Schmidt, Save Your Atoll, Mordio, Vanta and Ranjit Nijjer. The ambition behind this project is to cover a broad spectrum of electronic music and joining forces with artists around the globe.

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V.A - Praeterea 01

Eruca

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