Songs for Mix Set - 2017

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Next up on Emerald City German duo Raumakustik serve up a sonic trip for the senses via ‘Dem A Pree’ with northern talents Patrick Topping and Jey Kurmis onboard to dish out two killer remixes.  
 
Following the huge summer anthem ‘Raider’ which dropped on Hot Creations subsidiary Hot Trax last year, Volker & Seb aka Raumakustik have been gaining an army of fans with releases following on Toolroom, Suara and Formatik. This next release, ‘Dem A Pree’ is a heavy club weapon of the highest order, prompted by dynamic and powerful vocals. “Pree means sticking your nose into someone else’s business,’ they explain. ‘Patrick Topping and Jey Kurmis did just that with our track but in this case it’s a positive thing because their perspectives on sound and vocals made it complete.”
 
Since his first release on Hot Trax back in 2013, Patrick Topping has since become one of the biggest names in the business with an intense touring schedule, a string of successful releases and a prized residency at Jamie’s Paradise night at DC10. Here he spins his signature style into the original with an intoxicating bassline that will shake any dance floor. 
 
Rising star Jey Kurmis has been making a name for himself on labels such as Moon Harbour, VIVa Music and Wow! Recordings since his artist defining EP on Hot Creations last year. Stripping the original back he creates a solid, low slung roller with industrial stabs at the forefront.
 
https://soundcloud.com/raumakustik
https://soundcloud.com/patricktopping
https://soundcloud.com/jeykurmis​

Raumakustik - Dem A Pree (Patrick Topping Remix)

Format B - Okeey Yaaah

Elmar Strathe presents: EXISTED.live Remix Series A - I

EXISTED.live Remix Series F (EXISTED.live)
● Hidden Empire Remix
● Ash Roy Remix
● MRDIE Remix
● Original Mix
● Tool Mix

26. Sept. 2016 - three years after Elmar ́s debut: “living.LIFE”
he is ready for next big drop. His second solo album: “EXISTED.live”
Basically seen as a little teaser for first sounds from the upcoming LP, 
he presented the “snippets out of control” as an whole release: “EXISTED.live Tool Edition”. 
Followed by the official “EXISTED.live” album release 2 weeks later.

Now let ́s turn the focus to the other side. Straight ahead for what is coming up. 2017 starts with a firework full of new sounds, new artists and new impressions.

With an Original Mix as a point of reference, the waving sounds gets channeled by the remixer and leads us unmistakable to their own interpretation of existing / living in 5D.
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● Mastering: Florian Frings ● Artwork: Elmar Strathe

EXISTED.live Remix Series

EXISTED.live (Hidden Empire Remix)

5D010-F Elmar Strathe - EXISTED.live (Hidden Empire Remix)

The Green Man & Kingz unite for Basswerk vibes in  2016!

2TheGreenman&Kingz - TheMomentisNow(Instrumental)snip

1TheGreenman&Kingz - TheMomentisNow(OriginalVocal)snip

Green Man's first Hip Hop track feat. Navigator + Skarra Mucci

2 The Green Man Feat Skarra Mucci & Navigator - Take It Easy (I Like Skyscraper) Snip2

Mr. YT - Brand New Day | 2xLP | Digital
Pre-Order: https://apollorecs.lnk.to/brand-new-day
Released 10th March 2017

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Apollo / R&S are proud to present a compilation album of a series of classic EPs of timeless vibes and lush percussive excursions from overlooked Japanese innovator Mr YT AKA Yuji Takenouchi.

The 'Brand New Day’, ‘Southern Paradise’ and ‘Parfum’ Eps were originally released between 1997 - 1998 on Apollo Records and R&S sub-labels Generations and Global Cuts.

Over the intervening years, the EPs' heady blend of atmospheric pressure, balmy pads and deep grooves has percolated, gathering fans across the globe, to the point where original copies are in high demand on the secondhand market.

Created in the late 90s on a hardware set up of Roland Super Jupiter, Roland JV1080, Roland D550, Yamaha TX81Z and Akai S1100, Takenouchi was burning with inspiration from the sounds of Ron Trent and Chez Damier, Basic Channel, House of 909, Ian Pooley and Carl Craig.

A video game musician by profession, Takenouchi was used to producing music for specific scenes / sequences - starting from scratch had him baffled. Deciding to set a theme or concept for each EP proved to be the breakthrough he needed, a day of new environment for 'Brand New Day’, yin and yang for  'Southern Paradise’ and imaginary fragrances for ‘Parfum'. Looking at pictures related to each of these themes helped to fuel his creativity while producing.

From the sun dappled balearic haze of opener ‘Morning’ to the blissed out bump of ‘Afternoon’, the gauzy euphoria of ‘Ocean In Heaven’ to the cosmic funk pulse of ‘Regard’, the music contained in the 'Brand New Day’ compilation remains as timely and relevant as the day it was released and should see Mr. YT appreciated alongside the likes of the US and European producers who first inspired him.

Remastered by Matt Colton at Alchemy

Pre-Order: https://apollorecs.lnk.to/brand-new-day
Released 10th March 2017

Mr YT - Brand New Day

Dancing In The Dark

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Preorder Tiga Vs. Audion's 'Nightclub' EP here: https://www.beatport.com/release/nightclub-ep/1985386

Nightclub EP

Premiere: Tiga Vs. Audion - Stabbed In The Back

Out Now on 12" Vinyl & all major digital platforms: TurboRec.lnk.to/NightclubEP

Following the mega-hit “Let’s Go Dancing” and the micro-hit “Fever,” Nightclub marks the third release from techno truth-tellers Tiga vs. Audion. To announce the EP, Tiga recently gave a lengthy audio press conference while driving a Turbo company car all the way down to City Hall. A partial transcript follows:

ON THE INSPIRATION

“Living in contemporary society? It’s a joke. But what’s no joke is that rough times call for rough customers, and this EP finds two top techno producers in the mood for ballsiness, reflecting the times with a harder-edged sound, harder-edged artwork, and harder-edged calls for our leaders to remember that the dance floor was built on unity, plurality, and unshacklable animality.”

ON THE TRACK TITLES

“After careful study, we came to the conclusion that the worse the titles, the more ‘techno’ the tracks. A-side ‘Stabbed in the Back’ takes its name from the fact that the track has keyboard stabs in it. Maybe my least favourite title of anything I’ve ever done, which is remarkable considering the runner-up was an unreleased stab-free track called ‘Doctors Without Keyboards.’ ‘Pink Bells’ was originally called ‘The Bells’ but I was told that this guy Geoff had already used it. ‘Nonstop’ got its name from the fact that I was really on a roll with bad titles at the time.”

ON THE CREATIVE PROCESS

“It’s extremely challenging to make instrumental techno with enough of a hook and enough of a funk to stand out, and it’s exponentially more difficult when I know deep down I could make everything alright so easily with just the sound of my voice. We bought a set of Bryan Adams Studio Flash Cards, which instructed us to make the kind of hyper-utilitarian dance tracks we could play in our own DJ sets. Sometimes, even musicians need to be reminded to put themselves first.”

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Tiga VS Audion - Pink Bells

Tiga VS Audion - NonStop

​As Sian gets ready to release his second album ‘Capital Crimewave’ on April 10, the Octopus Recordings label boss sat down with Mixmag to discuss the vision behind the new material, his thoughts on the dance music industry and share a free download of the album’s bonus track.

Following the release of his debut album in 2002, Sian has released numerous dancefloor focused tracks, but has not returned to the album format. The new material is a departure from what many listeners have grown accustomed to and offers a new look at his unique approach to production.

As the new material stands out from the label’s catalogue, Sian revealed that he hopes to reach new fans and give existing ones a new side to his persona: “That’s how I see it going already from promoting this music over the last few weeks. The kind of people that are coming to us are the kind of people who would maybe also listen to Bonobo or Modeselektor. Or just good music in general, not so specific.”

Read the full interview here: http://mixmag.net/feature/sian-interview-capital-crimewave-cardboard-city-free-download

Premiere: Sian 'Cardboard City' [Free Download]

Heavenly Revisited EP1

Oombah

Forces

Really excited to share that I have a dreamy lil record coming out June 6th on Sounds of Beaubien Ouest. Been sitting on this for a while and cant wait for it drop!

SOBO003

More Sugar

Download: https://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2017/05/daniel-boon-demand-echoes/

[via XLR8R] - Boon & Bane

Download: Daniel Boon - Demand Echoes

Grabbing hold of 'Difficult to Love', Elderbrook's ​latest single, Amtrac puts his magical and graceful touch on the tune, highlighting the song's feathery vocals with emotional builds and sweeping break downs. The remix package that includes Amtrac's remix along with efforts from Monsoon Moon, Command Q and more is out on May 12.

http://mixmag.net/read/premiere-amtrac-offers-up-an-emotive-rework-of-elderbrooks-difficult-to-love-premieres

More exclusive music

Premiere: Elderbrook 'Difficult To Love' (Amtrac Remix)

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.