The latest in our free download series revisits Chicola & Sahar Z's 'It Happened One Night EP'. Released in February of this year the three track offering earned play and support from Hernan Cattaneo, Sasha, Guy J, Nick Warren, Guy Mantzur, Fur Coat and more. The release reached #1 in Electronica, #2 in Progressive, #3 in Techno and #6 overall in Beatport's Top 100 releases charts. 

Long awaited on the EP was 'The Stage', a track which was written over two years ago, the 14 minute techno jam earned praise from Agents of Time and Stephan Bodzin, also reaching #7 in Beatport's Electronia tracks chart, and still sitting in the Top 100 today, over 6 weeks later. As a thank you for the great support we received on the release Chicola has done a new version of the track aimed squarely at the dance floor. Big, groove driven techno primed for peak time is the vibe here with just hints of the original trailing through the framework, and although the label is heading into deeper territories we thought you'd enjoy it as a free gift. Please see more info about Chicola and Sahar below, until next time.

'It Happened One Night EP' on Beatport: https://pro.beatport.com/release/it-happened-one-night-ep/1701530

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Chicola & Sahar Z - The Stage (Section Re-Edit) [microCastle] | Free Download

Never Too Late: It’s never too late to follow your passion
Ludan Schmid (DJ LudOne) was born in 1975 and has been a dance music fan since the late 1980s. In addition to making his own tracks on the Commodore Amiga, Ludan attended many parties and played at small-scale dance and school parties in the north of the Netherlands. From Kevin Saunderson, Roger Sanchez, Deep Dish, and DJ Dimitri to DJ Tiesto, Paul Oakenfold, Ferry Corsten, and DJ Gizmo, Ludan has witnessed the rise of the different styles and artists within the dance scene. But one style has remained his favorite all these years, and that is progressive house. Stacks of CD’s and records are still in his closet, and he has worn out self-recorded DJ sets that were often broadcast on the radio at night by artists such as DJ Sasha, John Digweed, Nick Fanciulli, Lee Burridge, Hernan Cattaneo, and Guy J. He went to the local record store every Saturday to listen to the new 12-inches, and of course he went to parties all over the country on a regular basis.
And then, graduating, love, cohabitation, work, children, own business, etc. All reasons to no longer pay attention to DJing and music production. But fortunately, Ludan has always remained involved in the dance scene by following it closely, spotting new music every day, and attending many parties.
And then, due to a major event, his life suddenly came to a standstill. When he was picking up his life again and finding a new balance, the big question came to him about why he had pushed his passion of “making music and DJing” to the back for all those years and set other priorities that were further away from him and his passion. Stimulated by his social environment, Ludan started to experiment again as a producer and bought a DJ controller to learn how to mix with digital music. The passion started to flow and so did his enthusiasm. And that enthusiasm has been expressed in the development of the Never Too Late concept, for which he contacted Hilbrand Wouters.
Never Too Late is a 30+ club dance event that aims to bring the progressive dance scene and its accompanying cozy atmosphere to outside the Randstad on the eve of clubs in the Netherlands. The Never Too Late parties therefore start at the end of the afternoon to end around 1:00 a.m. and flow into the regular club night. This ensures that Never Too Late provides an attractive pre-club evening and the parties end Never Too Late.
For DJ LudOne, Never Too Late is a great platform to give more expression to his passion for music and we will see what life will bring him from there.

Dj & producer, he experienced worldwide for more than 20 years in the application of music and software in the fitness market.

microcastle | est. 2009

microcastle is an electronic music imprint from the north, Canada. Releasing on vinyl, cassette and digital, the label is an outlet for borderless creation. The selective nature of the platform allows each artist to operate freely, where stylistic blueprints and conventional dance floor dynamics are lifted. A home for anyone who carves their own path, each microcastle project is unique unto itself, unmindful of trends, refreshingly organic and initiated with the intent of entering the unknown, from leftfield headphone listening to rebellious dance floors around the world. 

Label Artists: 16 Bit Lolitas, Spooky, Cornucopia, Guy J, Eagles & Butterflies, Echonomist, Upercent, Olaf Stuut, Ivory, Adrian Roman, MULYA, Ditian, Yubik, Radeckt, Solique, Presia, Auggie, Colossio, Shiffer, Speaking In Tongues, Kadosh & Nariz, Ruede Hagelstein, Santiago Garcia, Marvin & Guy, Chaim, Darlyn Vlys, Zombies In Miami, Mathias Schober, Love Over Entropy, Luca Bacchetti, Brian Cid, Khen, Chicola, Sahar Z, Cid Inc, Jamie Stevens, Henry Saiz, Monkey Safari, Third Son, Jeremy Olander, GROJ, Fairmont, Charlie May, Max Cooper, YokoO, Petar Dundov, Nhar, Clarian.