Canadian artist Gab Rhome has come a long way since breaking onto the scene in 2013 with a release on Guy Gerber’s Supplemental Facts label. Delivering his trademark sound for The Gardens of Babylon, he now provides 2 original cuts for the Dutch label. On remix duties we've Francesca Lombardo, Baham and Sorä.

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I've Made The Bed For You

Premiere: Gab Rhome - I've Made The Bed For You (Francesca Lombardo Remix) [Gardens Of Babylon]

Following its 5 Years of DGTL anniversary release, DGTL Records welcomes French artist Chloé (@chloe-dj-producer) to the family with Night Rider. Complete with a Roman Flügel (@roman-fluegel) remix of its title track, the EP offers the latest in this multi-talented artist’s accomplished and diverse repertoire. Night Rider is set to release on May 27th with pre orders available on May 20th.

In leading an entire generation to her formula-defying music, Chloé’s music goes beyond club and techno. The Lumière Noire boss has been releasing unwavering sonic compositions since her 2002 debut. From there, many releases would follow on the likes of BPitch Control, Live at Robert Johnson, Kill the DJ, My Favorite Robot, and Throne of Blood. But Chloé’s interest in art and human matters goes beyond simple sound machines, having also produced work within the 3D sound, photography, musical analysis, and film composition spaces.

Night Rider kicks off with its eponymous track. Featuring soft vocals set against a synth driven melody, the track harkens back to the cassette futurism of its classic-series source inspiration. From there, Three Nights in a Row is an anthem to the long haul. Is it for the afterhours or the early minutes? When the days and nights blend together, who’s to say? Wrapping things up comes a Night Rider interpretation from the one and only Roman Flügel. The German legend maintains the original’s oracular tone, ramping up the percussion and tension as only the master of machines could.

An obsessive seeker of sound, whether in her prodigious DJ sets or original compositions, Chloé embodies the life within the digital. With a career unfolding through a narrative of subtle contrast and ever-inspired curiosity, Chloé is a singular artist in a permanent state of reinvention.

Night Rider

Chloé - Night Rider (Roman Flügel Remix)

Live At Robert Johnson proudly presents the new »Holographic Witness« EP by Niall Mannion aka Mano le Tough!

Please enjoy four very special tracks made by experienced Irishman Mannion near beautiful Lake Zurich. Four tracks to jump into like Zurich folks jump into the Limmat to get carried away. Now here's YOUR chance to get carried away too!

Let's start with the hypnotic grooves of »Holographic Witness« with its subtle handclaps and percussions turning this bass-line driven monster to further heights - a bass-line quite reminiscent of that special Miami sound made famous by the Murk guys back in the early 90ies. Add some balearic guitar riffings and wait until that mighty bass drum comes back in after 6 minutes and you'll find yourself dreaming on a dancefloor in heaven.

Niall continues with more pounding drum sounds in next tune »Kakooja«. Stabbing synths sounds dominate this track while Niall manages to create another dreamy vibe again for this monotonous (in a very positive way that is) work of art - a dreamy vibe which can be found on any of Niall's EP's tracks. This leads us directly to »Last Floating Figh, Liufe Floating« where Mr. Mannion floats into much quieter shores. It's a very meditative affair which makes you want to listen to it over and over again once the tune comes to an end. We think that Señor Villalobos might unleash this one very soon onto some European dancefloor … don't you think?

On »Weather Master«, this EP's last track, Niall masters the art of trippy sounds for a fourth time building another dreamy hypnotic groove that is just beautiful. Maybe too beautiful for this world … we don't know, but what do we know? We're fans. Fans of Mano Le Tough who does not seem so tough at all considering his first offering for Live At Robert Johnson.

Maybe you should consider becoming a fan too - in case you aren't already …

Holographic Witness

A2 - Mano Le Tough - Holographic Witness - Snippet

Exclusive: Mano Le Tough - Kakooja

It’s an Irish-man in Rhine-Main, it’s Mano Le Tough on Live At Robert Johnson. After EPs, LPs and single contributions to labels like Permanent Vacation, Maeve or Pampa Niall Mannion, Mano Le Tough’s real name, delivers his debut EP, Holographic Witness, on the prestigious LARJ-imprint. In total musical dedication, a devotion to sounds and strains of pure deepness with a dreamy touch, a nuance in Mano’s tracks he’s become acquainted with, the artist weaves his way through and around stabbing synths and pads to create musical pieces for eternity or as long people can hear. Speaking of the before mentioned characteristics, it’s the B1 of the EP, namely Kakooja that catches one’s attention as the track contains everything a musical piece needs to be remembered as classy. Despite or for this very reason the floating or repetitive chord-arrangement of Kakooja - not sure if the title is a reference to Tokyo Ghoul - the track lures one into its vibe with its hypnotically seeming cleverly merged soundscapes that highlight the momentum it creates from start to finish.

Mano Le Tough's EP Holographic Witness will be released on Live At Robert Johnson on September 9th, 2022.

Buy the EP: https://liveatrobertjohnson.bandcamp.com/album/holographic-witness

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Kakooja

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EXCLUSIVE: Mano Le Tough - Kakooja [Live At Robert Johnson]

Buy/stream: https://kompakt.fm/releases/total_22

It’s common knowledge that KOMPAKT’s TOTAL series serves as our yearbook, a musical wrap up of the past 12 months. Therefore it doesn’t come as a surprise that this year’s edition is informed by another pandemic year, where dancefloors were still mostly deserted and the devastating developments in Eastern Europe. Kompakt’s A&R team still kept on foot on the imaginary dancefloor, while scouting different realms apart from the big room euphoria. Anyway, brain dance has always been a key ingredient to our catalogue.

The Voigt brothers are opening this year´s vinyl edition in an unusually romantic fashion. ‘Why’ combines a bubbly FM bassline with lush washes of looped guitars. High off the (presumably high) heels of her recent album ‘Jesus Was An Alien’ she delivers a spanking new excursion into her sonic world, ‘The Hill’. Our Mexican friend Rebolledo makes his first ever solo appearance on TOTAL with his trademark hypnotic desert sound. Jürgen Paape is calling a spade a spade with ‘Le Monde À Changé’ – The world has changed indeed. Our prodigal son, Matias Aguayo, returns to the mothership with ‘Cinco Y Rojo’. An exercise in Chicago-esque groove theory paired with a cheeky visitor from Denmark. Spot the reference and win a pair of hooves. It’s hard to find a quality party around Cologne without Jonathan Kaspar on its bill. Rightly so, as he continues to hone his craft as an impeccable DJ and producer. Michael gives the tremendously talented Danish singer songwriter eee gee a proper Mayer treatment and Kompakt founding member Jörg Burger closes off the festivities with a groovy midtempo chugger that reminisces ‘Blue Lines’ era Massive Attack as much as the late Andy Weatheralls low slung psychedelia.

Total 22

Matias Aguayo - Cinco Y Rojo

Jozef K debuts on Maeve 26 with his Loved and Lost EP. This 5-tracker touches on rave, breaks and straight dancefloor fire, complemented with a killer remix from our boy Kev Sheridan.

Loved and Lost

Part 5 of the various artists series is at it again with 5 tracks by 5 different producers and a mixture of feel good party time music and contemplative music. You will hear familiar Running Back names like Storken (this time together with JStaaf) refining their comic tropes (or imagine Foreigner doing house music) next to newcomers like Archie Ward. His Pizza Girl puts musical toppings on a pounding underbelly that wouldn’t be out of place in any warehouse, while Moritz and Amount dial it back a bit. Their respective tracks are gleaming with a special kind of elegant end-of-night euphoria that is hard to come by – and all the nicer if it happens. Remember: trance is a state of mind! Last but not least, Australia’s Jonus Eric delivers an IDM-leaning piece of outsider dance. Hot soup, hot swallow!

A1. Moritz - Flying Saucer

Black Ice/Instrumental

Lotus

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Luminous Horizon

Spectrum SL is a color coded compilation series dedicated to releasing music in many guises from artists represented by Sweat Lodge. It is a way to continue to work, support, and promote the fine artists the agency collaborates with.

EMERALD is the third release of this series focusing more on electronica and leftfield house.

Mastered by Ed Davenport

Mano Le Tough - Alucination

As the name states Live at Robert Johnson is the associated label of the respected venue in Offenbach and incorporates what the club stands for. The imprint has been establishing a solid ground for the new Frankfurt sound since 2009. By featuring internationally acclaimed artists LARJ has been providing DJs and audiences with essential tunes in an extensive range of high-quality house music. Laid-back dance-floor awareness with a sense for particularity in sound is what might describe best most of the releases and artists.