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When you're talking about techno, few names have been innovating and evolving as much as Robert Hood. When he's not running things over at M-Plant, he can be found touring the festival circuit with his live show and releasing tonnes of fresh new material.

Today we concentrate on his more melodic alias and under the name Floorplan, Hood has released a stunning album showcasing a slightly different yet equally strong sound.

A new EP is set to drop featuring two re-edits of tracks that appeared on his Floorplan album 'Paradise'. 'Phobia' and 'Never Grow Old' have been given a special Re-Plant and we have the premiere of the latter.



Premiere: Floorplan 'Never Grow Old' (Re - Plant)

Eelke Kleijn stands for the word "producer". He is known for his amazing productions on the electronic music but also makes music for TV series, commercials or movie trailers. He has two albums under his belt and a big amount of EPs and remixes. This Dutch producer is for the first time on Suara with two magic and melodic electronic cuts that will make you jump for joy. 
The remix comes on the heels of the international star Gregor Tresher with a much sophisticated track. This is a more atmospheric remix that melodic techno-heads will love. 
"51 Degrees Nord EP" is ideal for those crowds that love to dance with their eyes closed and their hands in the air. Enjoy it!

Big support from: Mark Knight, Eric Prydz, Dave Seaman, Paco Osuna, James Zabiela, Monika Kruse, Karotte, John Digweed, Max Graham, Stephan Bodzin, Guy J, Pig&Dan, Popof, Jay Lumen, Slam and many more!

51 Degrees Nord

Coming straight off the back of their Selador debut on the recent Showcase Compilation with their track 'Armanus', Mexican production team Chaty, Tamez & Gabriel I return with their first fully fledged single release for the label, the 'My Escape' EP. 

Something of a sister piece to 'Armanus', the title track is a slice of brooding modern electronic house, full of eastern promise and melancholic textures. With it's distinctive lead Virus synth and Turkish flavoured inflections, it feels like the love child of a Dixon DJ set back to back with Sasha. Yes, that good! 

It also comes with two remixes. The first, a big room monster from Selador's very own Dave Seaman who utilises the original's the lead riff to great effect whilst adding some driving, hypnotic, wonky percussion and a vocal sample so disguised you'll never guess it in a million years. Huge!

Next up is fellow Mexicans, Climbers who head into deeper territory for their interpretation. Losing none of the original's drama, they darken the mood further with a cool and confident workout that radiates sophistication. A sultry seductive beauty if ever there was one. 

And wait, there's more! Adding even more weight to an already hefty package, one of our favourite Berliners, Joal joins the party with a brand new remix of the trio's aforementioned Selador debut track, 'Armanus'. Also taking the deeper route, Joal works his magic with flurries of surging arpeggio adding intensity to the ethereal eastern flavours over a relentlessly solid groove. Ace. 

On top of all this there's even a bonus track too and not just any old token thing that the guys found lying about on their hardrive. 'Honest Perversion' could easily have been a single in it's own right! Yet another expertly crafted piece of electronic dance that as beautiful as it is deadly. Do not miss. 

And there you have it, the My Escape EP. From us to you with love. You're welcome ;-)

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Chaty, Tamez, Gabriel I - My Escape (Original Mix) [Selador Recordings]

As you know, Dosem is preparing his first album on Suara. Two months ago you could hear two little tastes of what is going to be one of the hottest productions of this 2014. After the huge success with Streetout EP, this time we decided to bring you two high class tracks that you will also find in his future album. In this case we have two pearls: "Chase The Link", a driving techno track that takes you deep into the dancefloor and "Cuts or Cats", with a much housier background and a breakdown that explodes into another level. By the way, the next release from Dosem in Suara will be his album... The kitties can't wait!
Artwork by GaAs 
Mastering by www.pobla.es

Big Support from: Mark Knight, Maceo Plex, Dennis Ferrer, Felix Da Housecat, Booka Shade, Paco Osuna, Agoria, Karotte, Pleasurekraft, Uto Karem, Tube&Berger, Riva Starr, Thomas Schumacher and many more!

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Pig & Dan - Sandstorm

Trouw Live Podcast Series #23 - Sandrien @ Imprint Weekender 29-09-2014

Out on Oct 31 on Affin. Vinyl first and later Digital as well. 

Irrational Behavior (Original Mix)|| AFFIN

Luke Slater’s Mote-Evolver reach the big 4-0 with the help of Chris Jarman, the commanding officer behind the Kamikaze Space Programme. Looking to redefine the concept of uncompromising from bass culture’s traditional Bristol HQ, ‘Concrete Musique’ is four tracks of loud, hard-nosed, techno-taunting speaker pressure.

Both ‘The Bailiff’ and ‘Network Rail’ power off boxy kick drums: such is their statement of intimidation, not much else is needed to accompany this campaign of haymaking through the arena.With percussion veering between tub-thumping and machine gunned tribalism, the pair set about a session of straight up and down ear-bashing. ‘The Bailiff’ carries the thinnest and daintiest of supernatural airs, while ‘Network Rail’ and its spearing loops demand to be housed in a hangar reaching breaking point.

Dancing on the live rail and taking a buzzsaw to its bottom end is the blackened electro breakbeat of ‘Radio’, laying down body-popping lino before the techno undertone turns it into a bed of nails. KSP’s palette is again sparse, watching the sparks fly while cowbells ring in the distance, making a date with the Deathstar for all poppers and lockers brave enough to face its wrath.

‘Death to the Valley’ is a versatile beast. Thanks to its explosive bass foundation, it can be found sweeping grime and trap before it, hanging out in the deepest techno recesses, and stomping its breakbeat feet. Another seethingly bare backdrop, punctuated by lab squiggles and signals vainly trying to keep a leash on the marauder it has let loose, means you should wear protection: contents are white hot.

Continuum Gate

Alli Borem - Children Of The Heart

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Taken from my Knee Deep In Sound mix album!

1. Moodtrap - Lemonhead
2. Kamero -  Ikarus
3. Exacta - Time
4. Hot Since 82 - Time Out
5. Several Definitions - No Drama
6. Ross Evans - HoneyTrap
7. The Scumfrog - Wave2
8. Exacta - Home 
9. Traumer - Hoodlum 
10. Joal - Interlude 
11. Hot Since 82 ft. Alex Mills - The Core
12. Hot Since 82 ft. Black Box - Somebody Everybody
13. Hot Since 82 ft. Alex Mills - Restless


Hot Since 82 ft. Alex Mills - Restless

This week on my Drumcode Live show I have taken an hour from my 7 hour show at Awakenings, Amsterdam. Expect to hear tracks from Roberto Capuano, Nina Kraviz and myself.

01. Florian Meindl - Mental Atmosphere - Flash
02. Roberto Capuano - Mirror - Drumcode
03. Victor Calderone - Burden - Drumcode
04. Adam Beyer - Valium & LFO’s - Truesoul
05. Ross Evans - Curve Ball [Mendo & Yvan Genkins Remix] - Clarisse
06. Luigi Madonna - Unconditional Beauty - Drumcode
07. Silvershower - WKL2 - Montage
08. Gery Otis - ETUM - Drumcode
09. Adam Beyer - Stone Flower - Drumcode
10. Egbert - Straktrekken - GEM
11. Kaiserdisco - Sixth Sense - KD Music
12. Nina Kraviz - IMPRV - Trip
13. Arjun Vagale - Give Your Love - Transmit
14. Adam Beyer - Coming of Age

DCR228 - Drumcode Radio Live - Adam Beyer live from Awakenings, Amsterdam Part 1

Since around the release of Planetary Assault Systems' The Messenger LP, the No Exit and Future Modular EPs, P.A.S. overseer Luke Slater has made a solid case for being one of the few techno producers who has defined the genre's past and will continue to define its future. While he has spread his allegiances across a number of the genre's best labels, his own Mote Evolver label is, understandably, a source of the most compelling work from the man: the No Exit and Deep Heet Vol. 3 EPs being two of his more recent high-quality offerings. That trend seems set to continue with the release of Planetary Assault Systems' The Eyes Themselves EP.

The title track is indeed a kind of treat for the mind's eye - after a convetional rhythmic leadin, Slater gets down to business and unveils a few layers of crisp and captivating sound design. Irregular droplets of high-frequency sound fade in and then seem to fall around the listener like glowing rain on the surface of a distant planet, before receding and making way for more subtle phrases. All the while, fluctuations in the aggressiveness and persistence of the cymbal tracks fight to wrest the listener's attention away from this mesmerizing rain, making for an intriguing push-pull effect.

Elsewhere, it is a sign of Slater's strength that a track named for a well-known concept within dynamical systems ("Strange Attractor") doesn't come across as a completely arbitrary guess at what such a concept might 'sound' like. A number of lightly accented, quickly decaying micro-sounds come together here to become more than the sum of their parts, certainly connoting dynamism and at the very least keeping up a servicable spaced-out
groove.

Now, for those who prefer the grit and tension of urban reality to dancing numbers or speculation on other worlds, have no fear - the closing "Arc" is powered along by dirty filtered phrases, a faintly menacing shaker sample and the occasional impolite release of steam from the grating beneath your feet. It gives one the uneasy feeling of stalking in the shoes of a professional assassin, and it wouldn't be out of place in some documentary film on the same.

Few sonic artists can go from an atmosphere of oneiric wonder to one of cold intensity in just a few short steps, let alone doing this in a techno music genre that has little margin for error when it comes to conjuring atmospheres. As such, The Eyes Themselves once again demonstrates Slater's lasting contribution to techno: maintaining its reputation as a tool for stimulating both intellectual and physical energy, for aiding restless peregrinations of thought and for giving the body its freedom.

Mote041 :: Planetary Assault Systems - The Eyes Themselves

Boozebus - Wasser (Original Mix)

Dehix - Apocalypto (Knobs Remix)

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Check out the full track on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/5eMHR16noNhzH3a7iUMOBk

Buy it on Beatport: http://www.beatport.com/track/voltage-original-mix/4439245

"Voltage" is a rather quirky production with an aggressive scent, resulting from the combination of deep, dark, progressive & electrifying elements. Its catchy & fisty melody along with its grinding bassline will certainly draw your attention, especially if you are looking for something simple but effective.

Mastered by Geo Angelo [Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/geo-angelo-official]


NrkProjects - Voltage [LAD Publishing & Records]

Albion 002 from De Sluwe Vos - Lost bank cards & Frank Rijkaard's EP. Vinyl only, coming very soon. 

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