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2017

MY 2017 pt.2

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BUY DIGITAL - https://gooncluballstars.bandcamp.com/album/gca002-mssingno-ep
BUY 12" - http://gooncluballstars.bigcartel.com/product/pre-order-item-gca002-mssingno-ep

Release date: 18th November 2013
Format: 12” / Digital

Tracklist -

A1 Skeezers
A2 XE3
B1 XE2
B2 124th

'With their second vinyl release of 2013 Goon Club Allstars continue to carve out their own space in club-focused music, with Mssingno’s haunting debut 12” EP pitting cold, melodic synths and deftly cut vocal samples against growling basslines and off-kilter drum patterns. As well as being responsible for the huge ‘Brandy Flip’, a track played out across radio and clubs through 2013, last year the London-based producer scored some deserved attention producing ‘Drugs Don’t Work’ for masked Tottenham MC Cas (formerly Castro). His icy, romantic flip of ‘The Verve’ tune of the same name provided the ideal backdrop for a rare glimpse into Cas’ self-inflicted weaknesses and here proves to be just as effective at stirring the emotions without the aid of a vocal narrative.

Whether he’s toying with the slick ‘n’ sensual, as is unashamedly evident on the heated 808-driven opener ‘Skeezers’, or bittersweet quasi-R&B twisters on one of the year’s more unlikely watery-eyed earworms ‘XE2’, Mssingno’s first excursion on wax is earnestly dedicated to the feels; all of them. Case in point: ‘XE3’s weary-hands-in-the-air sunrise synths juxtaposed perfectly by ‘124th’s hood-up cap-down gulliness.

It may be a dangerously well-trodden arena, blending bold synths with pitch-bended vocals, but few producers in the last few years can hold a candle to Mssingno’s craftsmanship and knack for progression. Simply put, Mssingno is one of those rare ones, the ones that leave a mark and his debut serves as a bold statement of intent for both himself, and the rest of the Goons.'

Words - Joe Moynihan

Mssingno - XE2 [OUT NOW]

Rinse And Repeat feat. Kah-lo

Kamixlo - Lariat

Matt Mauldin AKA Wheez-ie has been exploring the far corners of footwork for years, first via releases on the likes of Fool's Gold and Trouble & Bass and now via his own Southern Belle Recordings, which launched in 2014 with DJ Rashad's posthumous We On 1 EP. Originally begun with the intention of showcasing Wheez-ie's own productions, Southern Belle's second release now comes in the form of his Missed Connections EP, out November 13th and featuring the choice cut debuted here, "OG Deth."

"OG Deth" is a thumping slice of footwork on an EP full of familiar samples, displaying a deep knowledge of genre tropes while also subverting them. The chattering vocal cuts through thunderous subs and scattershot percussion hits insistently like a stranger pounding on your front door, all making for a frantic but addictive listen.

If you're in Paris, catch Wheez-ie playing our Revolution 808 event on November 4 at Petit Bain, alongside DJ Funk, Feadz b2b Crystalmess, Toxe, Sevdaliza, Lil Jabba, and many more:
http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/events/paris-2015-revolution-808

@DjWheezie
@SBelle
http://southernbellerecordings.com
http://redbullmusicacademy.com

Wheez-ie - OG Deth

2014 Tokyo Academy alum Zopelar has since been making waves in Brazil and beyond, appearing on a split 12” with Soul Clap and honing his skills behind the decks as a resident at Warung in São Paulo. Now comes the 'Hamato' EP, Zopelar’s debut release on his freshly-inaugurated In Their Feelings label, run with his friend Davis and showcasing Zopelar’s taste for refreshing and affective tech-house. 

Opener “Piramidal” - which we're happy to premiere here - reflects its title inspiration's convergent structure, with a growling bassline and piercing alarm clock tones fluttering over concrete drums. The 'Hamato' EP also features a Davis remix of the title track that has gotten play from Innervisions don Dixon, and familiar “Lost In A Moment” emotional vibes likewise pervade “Piramidal,” with subdued energy percolating to the peak triggered by a classic acid line. Wiggling through the hazy melody, the 303 is ultimately interrupted by a breakdown of queasy pads, a break of sunlight through the clouds ushering “Piramidal” towards a celebratory conclusion.

Zopelar plays the RBMA stage at SonarSound Santiago on Saturday, December 5th.

@pzopelar
@intheirfeelings
http://redbullmusicacademy.com

Zopelar - Piramidal

Prolific edit maestro and one half of PBR Streetgang, Bonar Bradberry has shared with us this great mix of Bibio's 'Lovers Carvings'. Enjoy!

https://www.gourangamusic.com
https://www.facebook.com/ilovegouranga
https://www.instagram.com/gouranga_music

FREE DOWNLOAD

Bibio - Lovers Carvings (Bonar Bradberry Drukket Drummer Mix)

Of Paradise return with their second release the Smelling Salts EP, from UK-based producer Stratton. Featuring four pieces of music that paint an ever changing electronic landscape and showcase a true distillation of tough, jackin’ and underground house music.

A1. AM Transmission
A2. Smelling Salts
B1. Scrabble Dub
B2. Always On

Stratton: @strattontrax

Smelling Salts

OP002 // Stratton - Smelling Salts

Bordello is back with another volume in the Riviera Disco series featuring Forgotten Illusions from France, Comme Un Cœur from Latvia/Russia, Stijn Sadée from The Netherlands and Diane Vain from Belgium!

Forgotten Illusions - Blue Eyed Girl

Sinfol readies a two-part release on his Anagram Label featuring Anetha, Elad Magdasi, Octual and more.

Curated by Amsterdam's Sinfol, Volume 1 of ‘Phasing Faces’ will feature himself alongside Italy’s Dävide, Berlin’s Elad Magdasi and Parisian producer Anetha. Meanwhile Volume 2 will see core Anagram artist Octual helm the package, joined by Mathame, who’s appeared on Krill Music and Souvenir Music, as well as Maukook who’s also known under his DJ Playstation moniker.

Sinfol’s dark and ominous ‘Trembling’ lays down a cacophony of sounds whilst a mesmerizing voice operates on top. The ethereal and rhythmic ‘Ono’ from Dävide then introduces soaring synths and various spectral nuances before Work Them Records producer and Blocaus resident Anetha’s ‘Acid Train’ lives up to its name with an infectious 303 and ravey stabs. Tying things together, Front Left Records’ Elad Magdasi’s ‘Two Floors’ closes off the release in an epic manner with thudding kicks and otherworldly melodies.


Tracklist

A1 Sinfol - Trembling
A2 Dävide - Ono

B1 Anetha - Acid Train
B2 Elad Magdasi - Two Floors

Distribution by www.clone.nl
Artwork by Annemiek Höcker
Mastering by Marco Antonio Spaventi @ MASpaventi Studio

ANAGRAM007 | Sinfol, Dävide, Anetha, Elad Magdasi - Phasing Faces Vol. 1

nthng finally follows up his four stunning EPs with a full album proper, arriving in a whopping 3xLP pack.

Arriving a good 6 months after the LT029.5 album sampler which debuted both Soms and In My Dreams, nthng adds another seven hazy, hooded techno bangers to those to make up a pretty dazzling body of work.

Opener 'Touches' is true ambient bliss, with shrouded, blissful synths fuzzing into view and cut through by a soft low distant sunlight. 

Both Galaxy and Eternal thump into view with a hi-paced drums colliding and clashing with syncopated stabs and smooth dusty baselines, recalling the tender techno-trance precipice danced by Dutch producers at the start of the 90's.

The huge mysterious fan favourite and title track It Never Ends gets it's pride of place with 9 mins of deep, cavernous techno, all rippling with epic string-synths and washes of mountainous reverb.

Even deeper numbers are extracted from the hard-drive, including the pensively, digitally-bubbling computer jam Unity sitting tidily alongside the super deep and subtle rolls of Abyss.

Rounding the album out is the appropriately-titled Last. A dark, shimmering, almost emotionless number that cements a different idea of the future. A hard, pounding, yelping, depth-charged technoid closer.

For us, the album feels like a real masterpiece, conjuring a spectrum of intimate and emotive moods, feelings and nostalgia-tinged memories that float into the mind, like the settling fog in the valley on a crisp winters morning.

>> @nthngnthng

BUY RELEASE

LT029 // nthng - It Never Ends

Part of the DJ-wizard's split 12" with @marcelvogel on Lumberjacks in Hell. Get yourself saved!

LiH021 - The Deadpool EP

Karizma - Work It Out

LIES-092
Tzusing-東方不敗 lp
to be released Feb 28th 2017

東方不敗

Buy Vinyl Direct

Tzusing-東方不敗 lp Snippets (LIES-092)

Ellen Allien - Mind Journey

Taken from the Galaxian EP "Blowback".
12" vinyl and digital download out on Foul-Up on April 28th 2017.

Blowback

Galaxian 'Tunnel Vision'

Deep and dubby techno from producer on the rise, https://soundcloud.com/morelian

Read more: http://hyponik.com/features/first-listen-mor-elian/

Mor Elian - Echopark EP [Finale Sessions]

First Listen: Mor Elian - 'Light Pollution' (Finale Sessions)

Digital:
https://spaziodisponibile.bandcamp.com/album/between-the-lines

Vinyl:
https://clone.nl/item45514.html

Italian label Spazio Disponibile continues its fine run of form with a new EP that features four collaborative tracks by the bosses Voices From The Lake (aka Donato Dozzy and Neel) versus Semantica boss Svreca. The EP is a result of their first studio session all together in Rome. All three have been perfecting cinematic ambient techno for years now and have the cerebral, atmospheric aesthetic down to a tee. Here they offer up proof across a series of hypnotic tracks that take you deep into your own mind. It’s alien and abstract yet wholly consuming and will zone you out in no time.

A1.	Voices From The Lake & Svreca - Circa
A2.	Voices From The Lake & Svreca - Isolation
B1.	Voices From The Lake & Svreca - Between The Lines
B2.	Voices From The Lake & Svreca - Shado

Spazio008 - Svreca & Voices From The Lake - Between The Lines

Kelvin Funk

Collabortator Vol 1. 

Martin Buttrich & Tiga - Alpine Dub (Collaborator Vol 1)

see you in summer '17

prod. by @slackin-beats
presented by slackin crew

SLACKIN BEATS - DESCUIDADO

With the Motorforce EP, Pépe ( @pepmanpepe ) joins the Renascence family in its fourth installment. 
A both tear-jerking and hot-blooded collection of music inspired by long highway drives in the Spanish summer, Pépe goes from lost-in-the-tarmac-jungle percussions to relentlessly emotional energy with melllow and nostalgic synths.  Dan White brings you deeper than the Marianas trench through a light, spellbinding, dub rework under the Rings Around Saturn moniker to top off the emotional trip that this entails.

LISTEN ON YOUTUBE

PREMIERE : Pépe - Motorforce

Bernhardt - Alibi [Free Download]

Deep within the distant galaxy, a spaceship cruised under the glow of exotic stars. It's metallic frame glimmered beneath the shimmering light as it surged forwards through time and space. It was embarking upon a spectacularly perilous odyssey, a journey into the abyss. It's passengers sat eagerly watching their planet vanish out of sight through bubble windows. They made jokes amongst one another, cracking a smile as appropriate, but they were scared. 

Strip Steve might be a familiar name to some, his evolution through sound has seen him release music on the likes of Boys Noize records. However, more recently he has returned to a sound slightly more humble and orientated towards the smaller room. Listen to a track from his new release on Man Band, a Berlin based label.

PREMIERE: Strip Steve - Odyssey [Man Band]

Defected Croatia 2017: defected.com/croatia.

Spotify: http://defct.de/dithrsp
Apple Music:  http://defct.de/dithram
iTunes:  http://defct.de/DRadioSub 
Mixcloud:  http://defct.de/aBRt7v
Deezer:  http://defct.de/dithrde
Tidal:  http://defct.de/dithrti

Sam Divine is back in the hot seat, with the latest Defected In The House Radio Show. Expect fresh new cuts from Aeroplane, Jimpster, Jesse Perez, Autofac, Ian Pooley and lots more.

On guest mix duties this week is Classic Music Company label boss, Luke Solomon. You can catch Luke playing at Defected Croatia 2017.

01. Groove Junkies featuring Solara - Perception (Earnshaw's Hypnotronic Main Mix) [MoreHouse Records Inc.]
02. Human Movement featuring Eliot Porter - Right Thang (TÂCHES Remix) [Kitsuné Musique]
03. DJ Yellow - Ride The Rhythm (Ian Pooley Remix) [Compost Black Label]
04. Jamie 326 & Masalo - Testify [Local Talk Records]
05. FTLOH: Funky People featuring Cassio Ware - Funky People (Klubhead Vocal) [Slip ’N’ Slide]
06. Eli Escobar - Happiness Pt 2 (Kon's Discofied Remix) [Classic Music Company]
07. Aeroplane featuring Tawatha Agee - Love On Hold [Glitterbox Recordings]
08. MOST RATED: Benji Candelario featuring Lisa Shaw - You Got Me [Defected Records]
09. Sísý Ey - Mystified (Jimpster Remix) [Defected Records]
10. Autofac - Souls On Ice (Original Mix) [Let’s Play House]
11. Yoga Queef - Taking It Back (Jesse Perez Wuz Here Edit) [Mr. Nice Guy]
13. Sante Sansone - After Hour [Stereo Productions]
13. FINAL CUT: Dennis Ferrer featuring Ben Westbeech - Right Thing [Defected Records]

GUEST MIX: Luke Solomon

Defected

Defected In The House Radio Show: Guest Mix by Luke Solomon - 31.03.17

New bits from Contours, Medlar, Randomer, Florist, Vegyn & more... See you April 12th same time same place with two very special guests.. 

Full Tracklist: http://www.nts.live/shows/moxie/episodes/moxie-29th-march-2017

@DJmoxie
@ntslive

Moxie on NTS Radio (29.03.17)

Hurry

Zepherin Saint Ft Sara Devine - Hurry (Tribe Vocal Radio Mix)

Preorder here: https://17steps.lnk.to/BTWITHWEP

Alongside three whirlwind original tracks, the title cut on Bwana's new EP 'Three Is The Hard Way' features a remix from fellow Berlin-based artist, Avalon Emerson, another producer who's experiencing a blaze of glory surrounding her recent EP releases and widely-praised DJ sets. 

The two artists coming together is a match made in heaven and after they released a fantastic split EP via Emerson's​ Cybernedits series last year, it couldn't have happened again sooner.

Premiere: Bwana 'Three Way Is The Hard Way' (Avalon Emerson Remix)

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