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Out now on Rekids: lnk.to/REKIDS201

Following the acclaimed ‘Funfzig LP’ on Rekids in 2021 as well as his ‘Mutated Battle Breaks’ series on the techno focussed Rekids Special Projects, Mark Broom returns to Radio Slave’s imprint for his latest full length, ‘100% Juice’.

Title track ‘100% Juice’ leads the charge, barreling forward with phased hats and trippy bleeps, before ‘Slush’ carries the rest of the A side with dense synths and stereo trickery. ‘Rainbow’ bridge sees muted chords drifting in and out of focus alongside rattling drum programming before ‘Reverse’ mutates dub techno inspired elements with swathes of spacious FX and pitch-perfect processing. 

Opening the second disc is the aptly titled ‘Wonky Workout’, which sees hard-hitting kicks meeting freaked out leads, followed by the fast-paced ‘I Want’, which brings crunchy, shuffling percussion and effected vocal samples together to devastating effect. The final side of vinyl is the one-two punch of ‘Boxed In’ and ‘Wiggle Me This’, with the former bringing sharp keys, rumbling low end and glistening pads, while the latter closes out the LP with warped acid lines and crisp drums.

Releasing on labels such as Rekids, M-Plant, and Blueprint, the wildly prolific Broom has consistently been at the forefront of the techno scene for decades with his gritty, groove-based output while, away from the dancefloor, his The Fear Ratio project with James Ruskin continues to win critical acclaim.

Mark Broom

100% Juice

Mark Broom - 100% Juice

1. Phillip Sollmann - Phasing Out (edition en/off, unreleased)
2. In Sync - Storm - Evolution II E.R.P. Reinterpretation 
4. Efdemin - Oben (unreleased)
5. Efdemin - i-clid (unreleased)
6. Reel By Real - Fate
7. AnD - Embryonic 
8. Untitled Track
9. Ventress - Typhon (Abdulla Rashim remix)
10. Efdemin - Unten rechts (skit, unreleased)
11. Marco Shuttle - Spaziale
12. Jeff Mills - Running through Time
12. Dvs 1 - S.o.S.
13. Staffan Linzatti - The Contraption
14. Andre Kronert - Into the Zone
15. Acid Jesus - Radium (Naiif 006 promo)
16. Developer - In Pure Form
17. Terrence Dixon - Innocence 
18. Johannes Volk - Glare
19. Harold Budd - Afar


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Wisdom to the Wise (2023 Remaster)

Rising star Mitch Freeman debuts on SOUND SOUND with his "Permanence" EP delivering 3 absolute dance floor weapons.

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► Answer Code Request returns to the holy Boiler Room Berlin halls to celebrates the release of his new album for Ostgut Ton.
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Answer Code Request Boiler Room Berlin DJ Set

Rockets compilation launches its 3rd edition. This very special VA series brings together new talent as well as established acts under the same project.

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Before The Beginning (Original Mix) [Tronic]

In order to celebrate the milestone of reaching 2m plays on Soundcloud a few weeks back I’ve decided to give a track away by way of thanks. The track is called ‘Save Our Culture’ and was something I’d aimed to give to fabric during that campaign but, sadly, couldn’t finish it in time. 

With that in mind, please take a moment to check out Bassiani’s fundraising page as they’re going through something similar and I believe fabric are now putting their knowledge and resources into this situation so it seems apt to mention it :  https://bassiani.com/donate/

Ben Sims - Save Our Culture (FREE DOWNLOAD - MASTER)

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The Bass

Spandau 20’s Nikk debuts on Dance Trax with this glitched out remix from techno legend Berghain’s Mark Broom

Nikk - Beyond The Measure - Mark Broom Remix -(Edit)

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Ritual

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.

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Kevin Saunderson

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