Preview our first  collaboration together with my son Dantiez Saunderson 

Kevn & Dantiez Saunderson - Womp It

Dotwork - The Rhythm (Artema Recordings)

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐱𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 : https://tinyurl.com/2chtbv7e
𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 : https://tinyurl.com/ycxw2zn3
𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝 : https://tinyurl.com/54tchw38
𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲 : https://tinyurl.com/5n7pvsba

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FDF (Italy) - The Tune // Key040

Listen: https://Yo.lnk.to/MyselfEP

Somehow Brazil always seems to find a way into our hearts. After releases from Victor Ruiz and ANNA, we're very excited to welcome another native of the country to the roster - Dakar. Having made a splash already on labels like This Ain't Bristol, Snatch!, and Dirtybird, Dakar has gifted us with the dangerously catchy Myself EP.

The two tracks on this release showcase Brazil's penchant for twisting bass-heavy house into its own deep variant. Funky, staccato basses and bangin' drum patterns create lively tools that will catch the club's attention immediately. Dakar proves that with "Myself" and "Dynamite" he can craft fresh, fun tech house tracks that veer from sounding generic in any way, shape, or form. 

On remix duty is label regular Sacha Robotti, whose work in Robosonic has produced some of Yoshitoshi's most iconic classic remixes. Sacha flips "Myself" into a darker, twisted house track that careens through caverns of big, rolling bass swells over its seven minute ride.

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Dakar - Myself

Girona's finest Marc Dosem steps up with a debut trio of tracks for Break New Soil, having been invited by the main man himself, Gregor Tresher. The BNS boss has been a admirer for some time and reached out personally.. "I've been a massive fan of Dosem's productions, hammering each and every one over the past year. I was really keen to have him on the label and was very happy when he told us he was already a fan..."Dosem's enviable ability of matching beautiful melodies with floor driving power has seen him rise to become one of the hottest young producers of today. "I really dig how his tracks have that melodic edge without ever being cheesy" says Gregor. its those qualities that shine through again on the "Beyond Standards" ep. The title track is a perfect demonstration of Dosem's trademark sound, whilst "Invasion" sees the Spaniard delve into darker territory. Final track "Everybody Knows" is 100%% heads down tracky material. Perfect for the floor!

Dosem - Beyond Standards (Original Mix)

Gunnar Stiller "Tiago's Destiny" (Solomun Remix)

HIM_SELF_HER
House Music with Feeling...
Bookings / Info / Remix Requests: kal@theunderground.eu

Together / Aftermath

Together

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.