We are happy to launch the 13th edition of our very successful Rockets VA series. With these compilations, we are focusing on new talent as well as well-known names on Tronic, and this time we welcome 10 new and exclusive tracks ranging from raw, deep sounds to electro & peak time techno. Please take a close listen as all these artists deserve your attention.

Rockets // Launch 13

Lightbringer

Soul Providers - Rise (Steve Lawler Remix)

Flydub (Dub Mix)

Get the full track on Bandcamp and support the evacuation of displaced families:

https://dubfire.bandcamp.com/album/artists-for-humanitarian-aid-in-ukraine

Damien Fisher - Define It

https://slinky.to/fallingweska

Weska is next generation techno megastars, already enjoying massive support from the highest echelons of techno royalty, Adam Beyer not least.
After being featured on Drumcode Radio everything changed for this brilliant Canadian, and support from Eric Prydz, Christian Smith, Bart Skils, Timmo and legendary Sven Väth has quickly followed, as have remixes and releases on Drumcode, Cocoon, Octopus, Suara, Kraftek, Mute, Tronic and Filth On Acid.

“Falling” is the first one out on Tiger Stripes imprint Strange Idols Recordings, which is now on it’s 12th amazing instalment. 

The Original is a high-octane peak time monster with spring loaded kick drum and demonic voices jumping out from the speakers at distortion levels, creating a sinister yet powerful backdrop leading into the melodic break where Weska shows off his enviable skills as a future electronic music producer of great prominence. Merging the anthemic musical elements and angelic voices with the raw unrestrained techno power he possesses, he creates an unstoppable belter of a track rushing towards you at breakneck speed. That combination has become somewhat of a trademark sound for Weska, who continues to impress both as a producer and as a DJ, where his talents are really put on show playing to packed crowds all over the world.

Tiger Stripes takes it one step further by adding an acid-techno bassline and a doomsday sounding kickdrum that will cut through stone. The unmistakable indie-tainted melodies we have learned to love from this Stockholm producer gives the mix a distinct personality, but while he further enhances the melodic elements to make us feel warm and fuzzy inside, at any given moment, without warning, he’s brutally cutting them short, leaving the listener on his toes, waiting, just bracing for impact. For when that soft warm feeling gets an abrupt end, and the brutal kick comes back in, there is just nowhere to hide.

Safe to say these two version will find their respective fans, but more likely both versions will find its way into the sets of many a discerning DJ who would pick up on the subtle yet  obvious differences of the two versions, and choose the right mix for the exact right moment with the sensitive touch of a renaissance painter. The result will be the same, absolute chaos on the dancefloor.

STRANGE IDOLS WILL LEAD THOSE WHO WILL FOLLOW. 
WE ARE STRANGE IDOLS.

Falling

Weska - Falling (Tiger Stripes Remix)

Youtube: https://youtu.be/RjtPMjG16LY

https://www.differentgrooves.com/portfolio/dhr050/

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/quenum
https://soundcloud.com/desertheartsblack

Premiere: Quenum - The New Normal (Original Mix) [Desert Hearts Black]

UdieNnx - DESIRE

CAMZ - UdieNnx

The detachment reaches its peak, feeling like an observer of your own existence.

When Did It Change

Infused

Anongay (feat. Virus J)

Listen to Melodica now: https://found.ee/EDancer-Melodica

Bookings: ed@arcade-talent.com 
Management: phil@onehouse.com

Platinum-selling recording artist, label boss, festival promoter, true innovator in the pantheon of popular music, cultural champion, cracking DJ: there’s a lot to be said about Kevin Saunderson.

His influence runs deep, through both adopted hometown of Detroit, and music culture as a whole: as one of the Belleville Three, the high school trio which also includes Juan Atkins and Derrick May, he irreparably changed the face of electronic music; with Inner City, he gave it some of its most memorable tunes. 

The genesis of today’s enormous techno scene can be retraced straight to Kevin, Derrick and Juan, as their formative experiments on rudimentary hardware sketched a blueprint for a genre that was yet to exist. By absorbing Kraftwerk, cutting-edge funk, local radio stalwart The Electrifying Mojo’s electicism, and all manner of new synthesiser and drum machine-led pop music, the Belleville Three broke new ground as musicians and DJs in the 80s. 

Saunderson’s comparatively late start as a producer – kicking off in ’87 under the moniker of Kreem, with E-Dancer and Reese two of the more well-known names to follow – inadvertently gifted him a headstart. With the eruption of house music a few hours down the I-94 in Chicago, Saunderson married Detroit’s raw sound to more tactile, pop-leaning sensibilities. Inner City was born, and global success followed.

Between “Big Fun”, “Good Life”, debut album Paradise and a number of follow-up singles, Inner City (Saunderson and vocalist Paris Grey) amassed 12 UK top 40 hits and over six million records sold worldwide during their peak. A dancefloor-dominating remix by Luciano in 2008, and a globetrotting reunion tour in 2012, underscores the longevity of Inner City’s classic sound. 

His nickname of ‘The Elevator’ is apt: for his role in transporting Detroit’s new sound to a wider audience; as anyone who has seen him perform live can attest, his high-energy, high-spirit and high-impact DJ sets; and for spending the past 35 years of his life progressing the culture he helped create. 

Operating in tandem to his golden run as a producer in the late 80s and early 90s, Saunderson’s own KMS record label – a remarkable 30 years strong in 2017 – has chronicled the early footsteps of R-Tyme, Blake Baxter, MK, Chez Damier, Derrick Carter, Bicep and even Saunderson’s son and regular DJ partner Dantiez more recently. 

A special 12” series in 2008 called History Elevate, released in tandem with fellow polymath Carl Craig’s Planet E label, brought contemporary names like Mathew Jonson, Simian Mobile Disco and Loco Dice into the fold, proving his nous for fostering relationships with each new wave to come through techno’s gates. 25th anniversary compilations and numerous reissues have followed suit. 

Saunderson has a behind-the-scenes role to play, too: he is intertwined with the history of Detroit’s flagship Movement (formerly Detroit Electronic Music Festival / Fuse-In). Having produced the event in the mid-2000s, the last handful of years have seen repeated invites from Movement to display his ORIGINS showcase at the festival, bringing acts like Delano Smith, Phuture and DJ Minx under his curatorial umbrella. 

And of course, with a stacked international touring schedule over the decades, playing in nearly every country and at nearly every festival or club worth mention, he has not stopped pushing the feeling of techno on and on. 

The Groove That Won’t Stop, indeed.