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Maze has just released her second EP, a new record via the longstanding Permanent Vacation label. Her musical outlook is broad, her DJ sets tend to sit within the realm of House but have been known to extend into deeper, more progressive sounds when the mood is right.

She isn’t focussed on euphoric drops or massive moments and is far more interested in telling a tale which will soundtrack an evening spent on the dancefloor or in the darker corner of a club with a friend or two.

This mix demonstrates a well rounded understanding of the fundamentals of House music – pairing the more intrinsically head down experiences alongside highs and emotional release via the rise in tempo and sound.

For her it’s in “those subtle moments when everything comes together that you really remember.”

We reckon you’ll like this.

Maze: The 'Shine A Light On' Mix

Upcoming Altered Circuits stuff for 2025 only!

Innershades @ Kiosk Radio 12.12.2024

Recording of Soft Break's set at Dekmantel Selectors 2024.

Dekmantel Selectors 2024

Soft Break at Dekmantel Selectors 2024

Big feelings for big rooms with the Club Heart Broken founder.

Club Heart Broken is perhaps a misnomer. The party and label, founded in Cologne by MALUGI, may take its name from one of life's tougher emotions, but the vibe is all about unfettered, unadulterated joy. 

It's a state of mind its founder fully embodies—he's called himself the "happiest man in dance music." (We tried fact-checking this, but watching him perform seems proof enough.)

Club Heart Broken's motto is simple: a party should be fun. A "party for lovers, loners and losers," the crew also made up of ferrari rot, SURF 2 GLORY and fellow maximalist Marlon Hoffstadt, represent the sound of young Berlin in the 2020s, notorious as they are beloved. 

Since relocating from Cologne, the party has snapped the German's capital infamously serious techno stereotype with its anything-goes, unpretentious music policy. It's made him and Hoffstadt especially in-demand worldwide—queues used to extend out of the door of Watergate and across Oberbaumbrücke.

Musically, MALUGI is the most eclectic in the crew. His metaphorical record bag carries a lot of label material, from zingy Eurodance to upbeat pumpers, but also plenty of steppy, tuff UK bass music. Releases from Main Phase and Interplanetary Criminal, the likes of dubplate label ec2a, and even the odd Big Ang record pepper his sets, much of which you'll hear here.

MALUGI's RA Podcast is a window into the more house-y side of his sound. From bubbling garage to chunky chords, RA.981 is a testament to MALUGI's belief: the best parties should leave you grinning, not crying.

@malugienergy

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/981.

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