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Shockplay proudly welcomes well known Frank Martiniq onboard! Our Number 3 starts with his hymn "The Sun" which will put some hands in the air, an epic built up track. Followed by freaky "Halcyon" coming from behind and hitting you hard eventually. Extra Shockplay remixes of both tracks shouldn´t be missing so "The Sun" reveals its easy groovy side and "Halcyon" gets deep and mysterious.
Every club should have "A Meteor Moment" like this.

Feedback:

Patrick Bateman (Tic Tac Toe / Connect Four)

    The Sun & Halcyon are amazing. True xtc music! Remixes are no where near the quality of the originals. Frank is a master!


Ed Mackie (Bass Instinct Magazine)

    love this , really grooves well. will be playin both original mixes. 

Jamie Anderson

    All tracks good - especially the Shockplay Remix!

Nic Fanciulli

    Downloading

Phil Kieran (Cocoon Recordings/Soma Records)

    the sun really really nice 

X-Press 2

    The Sun is pretty cool.

Derek Taylor (Tilllate Magazine)

    Nice strong pacakage! Like the tow mixes of The Sun. The Halcyon mixes were pretty good as well. Cheer Derek

Roko (Sub.fm/B.O.M.B.)

    i hate to say "Nice" about anything, cus i find it an offensive feedback... but this i would say is Nice in the true meaning of the word! Will play.

Hipodrome

    Average

Tokio Recordings (Proton Radio)

    Not feeling this one as much as other stuff that i've heard from Frank

Luciano Sambati (Fabric London)

    The Sun is my pic!

Slam (Soma Records)

    great originals - playing in our MONOPODS -thanx

Atomic Jam

    The Sun is really really good house track. Halcyon is cool too!

James Huxley (Pulse Radio)

    Pushing for review on Pulse.

Dean Facer (Our House Magazine)

    Nice groove indeed :) supporting 


Bruce Tantum (Timeout NYC)

    Great release, really digging the slow build of The Sun and the acidic overtones of the remix. Nice!

Gradient Magazine

    Excellent

Echologist (Steadfast) (Echologist)

    the sun and halcyon are stunning. great release.

Phil Turnipseed (DJ Times)

    Quality mixes abound on this dark sexy EP

Danny Howells (Global Underground)

    Wow, this is *E* music - love The Sun but all sound fabulous.

Claude VonStroke (Mothership/Dirty Bird)

    Downloading for Claude VonStroke. Feedback to be sent out shortly. Thanks!!

Joshua Dahlberg (Blank Artists)

    I'm enjoying both mixes of The Sun and Shockplay's remix of Halcyon. Thanks.

Piratecat / Gridlock

    the Sun!!

Eric Cloutier (Resident Advisor)

    Good

Expander (Sonic Culture)

    Cool EP

Audio Injection (Audio Injection & Drumcell/Droid Recordings)

    shockplay remixes are my favs, nice ones

Noice Podcast Series

    The Shockplay remixes are both outstanding..... 

Conversation Recordings

    Huge fan of Martiniq's work right now! Looking forward to playing these


Max (M_Rec Ltd)

    Weird but interesting


Benoît Carretier (Tsugi)

    cool ep

MCD magazine / WTM radio show

    happy new mess...

Laurent Garnier

    very organic and moody -- will play this for sure

Jérôme Viale (Tsugi)

    Trippy & groovy, perfect for me :) 

Arnaud Le Texier

    The sun original is my favorite


Paco Osuna ( Plus 8 )

    thank you will try it :)

Sebastian Roya (Connaisseur)

    Great Release, i like all tracks! thanks

Angel Molina ( Sonar / Tresor )

    the sun original for me. 

Pig & Dan (Cocoon)

    Great tracks the original sun is epic, and both remixes will be great to play out also, High quality stuff

Xpansul (Ovum Recordings)

    Really into this release. Specially Halcyon. Thx!


DJ Nori (Posivision)

    cool release, The Sun (Shockplay Remix) : Ace!! really nice groove. 


Electric Indigo

    sweet! the sun puts an immediate smile on my face :) love the hiss in halcyon, all tracks are lovely.

Makossa (Fm4)

    will try sun shockplay rx


Jochen Ditschler (Groove Magazine)

    Nach dem Golden Dusk der nächste Klangmeilenstein des Neu-Berliner Boxerhelden, melacholisch treibender und narrativer Techno de luxe.

Christopher Bleckmann (Niederflur)

    Halcyon is nice! 

Richie Hawtin (Minus)

    downloaded for r hawtin

Tim Xavier (Tim Xavier and Camea/Ltd 400/Manmade Mastering/Clink Recordings)

    Downloading before listening...Im sure it's a wicked package

DJ MPLeary (Raveline)

    schön verspielter tech-house...

Sven Väth's Assistant/Booker (Cocoon Recordings)

    The Sun is great!

Christian Kausch (Partysan/Broque)

    Sehr schön!

Raveline

    schöner acid verspielter "the sun" track. Wird gespielt. 

Derek Plaslaiko (Spectral Sound)

    Halcyon is really nice! Both mixes! Thanks!

Martin Runge

    Download for M.A.N.D.Y.

Paul Brtschitsch (Rootknox)

    WOOW!! "the sun" is brilliant!!!!reminds me of the the legendary väth´s clubnight times ;-) overall amazing production... 

Axel Bartsch (Sportclub Music) (Axel Bartsch)

    halicon is special, i like.

Radio Z - Castrop Rauxel

    always good to hear new martiniq music, i´m not soo much into the mixes

Meat

    much respect 4 hulcycon!

Ruede Hagelstein (Upon You, Groove ) (Prinz)

    the sun shines ;) thank you!

Elie Eidelman (Sweatlodge)

    frank is the man!


Radio Suisse (dimitri (Radio Suisse))

    Nice release


http://teknology.free.fr/ radioshow

    Excellent EP, sounds wonderful ! Full support.

Switch / Studio Brussel

    top marks overall... 


Estroe ( Connaisseur Recordings, Mezzotinto )

    Weird but interesting

Speedy J (Collabs feat Chris Liebing & Speedy J/Collabs feat. George Issakidis & Speedy J/Electric Deluxe)

    love the modular tweaky vibe!

Daniel Mumbling Sanchez (Remote Area,Casbah rec!,)

    nice vibes on halcyon, like this dub feel to it!

Low End Community (LowendCommunity)

    Really loving the sun!

Michel De Hey (Hey!, FRESH FM)

    yeah the sun makes me feel warm:)

DJ Jerome (Outland Records)

    Lovely deep tunes, there is much to like :)

Frank Martiniq - The Sun

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Steve Parker - Mexilhao

An exercise in restrained tension. Available now on Truesoul.

Love's Made You Weak

New on Kompakt 
http://www.beatport.com/release/plastik-2014/1362858
http://www.kompakt.fm/releases/plastik_2014

Simon Baker - Plastik 2014 Remix

Ben Klock - Subzero

German DJ/producer Markus Suckut returns to Rekids with another 2-tracker on November, 4th. Here you can give the A side of his upcoming "Good Times" ep - "10 Y" - a first listen.

Head to review: http://bit.ly/2fxLX54

Markus Suckut schickt mit „Good Times" eine weitere EP auf Radio Slaves Rekids Imprint ins Rennen. Die A-Seite „10 Y" könnt ihr hier vorab hören.

Zum Review: http://bit.ly/2fxLX54

Good Times EP

Premiere: Markus Suckut "10 Y"

Donor - Confine

Incense & Black Light

subway

released to be on vinyl on confidential records ltd.

Jerome Sydenham & Function - Two Ninety One [ Chris Liebing rmx ]

Slam - Maffaking

Alone With You

Alone With You (Adam Shaw's Pretentious Remix)

Maceo Plex - Mutant Pulse Feat Paradigm Shift

Ploy / She Don't Like the Collar

Ploy

Sasha Carassi - Rowbells (Bravas edit version)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/DJ-Bravas-Official/113901188636722

Sasha Carassi - Rowbells (my edit version)

Matthias Tanzmann’s rich back catalogue of remixes are to be collected together on a new compilation for his own Moon Harbour label, to be entitled Remixes 2002 - 2012. All together they tell the evolutionary tale of a much-respected producer over the last decade.

The collection kicks off with Marlow - “Movin” (Matthias Tanzmann Remix), a track that proved to be something of a breakthrough remix and enduring summer hit after 2006’s Sonar Festival. Deep and subliminal, like many of Matthias’ tracks, it works its way under your skin and has you dancing form the inside out.

From there, the Circoloco / DC10 Ibiza regular turns his hand to Luna City Express’s “Rough Neck” featuring trademark shimmering percussion and liquid grooves. It was Steve Bug’s Poker Flat who came calling for a remix of Clé’s classic minimal cut, “Nomads” and Morris Audio were treated to a stripped back and haunted re-interpretation of Dash Dude’s “Apply To People”.

The compilation continiues with a tribal, buffed metallic re-imagining of Booka Shade’s melodic pop house sound on “Sweet Lies” before the choppy tech house vibes and languid grooves of Michael Melchner - Four To The Floor (Matthias Tanzmann Remix) sums up everything that is great about the German’s sound.

In 2010 Matthias Tanzmann's remix for “Photone” was actually a reinterpretation of his own project Gamat 3000’s track that was released on the very first Moon Harbour vinyl in 2000. The track is a quick paced but mysterious groove imbued with tropical drums and curious bird sounds that is impossible not to dance to once the diving, subby bassline kicks in.

Closing with a more deeper and subtly seductive cut, Freestyle Man’s “Gotta Need” (Matthias Tanzmann Remix) from ten years ago, this compilation shows Matthias Tanzmann to have his own sonic fingerprint 
and the skills to melt it to a variety of different situations. DJ, producer, label boss and remixer… he has it all!

Supported by: Schlomi Aber, DJ W!ld, DJ T, Anthony Collins, Re.You, Marc Scholl, Miss Jools, Steve Lawler, Afrilounge, Federico Molinari, Zohki & Roozlee, Livio, Satcey Pullen, Arado, Sven Tasnadi, Michael Reinboth, Enzo Siragusa, Blind Minded, Marco Faraone, Ray Okpara...

Schlomi Aber (Be As One)
Loving most of them, Movin remix is ace.

DJ W!ld (W)
Difficult to choose as i played almost all already a lot in my sets.

Anthony Collins (Curle)
Very nice collection of tracks, great work by Matthias.

ONNO (Moon Harbour)
Really nice collection. Missed one or two, so super nice to have m all complete now.

Miss Jools (Mobilee)
Nice package and plenty of remixes to choose from! Movin is my favorite.

Livio (Desolat)
Great pack, hard to choose. Going to try most of the remixes.

Sven Tasnadi (Cargo Edition)
All of them are classics in my opinion.

Michael Reinboth (Compost)
Tanz mann! Yeah groovy, clickety click, banging or nice. Fave maybe are the remixes for Marlow and Dash Dude.

Enzo Siragusa (Fuse London)
Some absolute classics here that have never left my record box!

Ray Okpara (Mobilee)
Rockin!!!

Cle - Nomads (Matthias Tanzmann Remix)

02-Dustin Zahn-Stranger To Stability Len Faki Podium Mix

Three years in the making only to be held up nearly another whole year due to COVID, this dark brooding monster of an EP by Brussels-based artist Strapontin, aka multi-disciplinary artist Patrick Belmont, is finally seeing the daylight on Invisible, Inc. Clocking in at over 35-minutes, the record is almost album-length and spans a multitude of depths and moods with elements of techno, new wave, rock 'n' roll, house, and tribal… all glued together with a sleazy atmosphere reminiscent of the electronic body music pioneered by Strapontin’s Belgian forefathers Front 242 and their German peers DAF. Add to this a heads-down-no-nonsense darkroom beast of a remix by techno maestro Sascha Funke and the package is complete.

About the track we were given to premiere, Strapontin himself said: “It started with a desire to move away a bit from my dancefloor side and go into more undefined fields, I wanted to work with blurry sensations that I can't understand. I like mixed feelings, and ‘Dramatex 300’ is made of that ambivalent mood. The voice is saying 'I'm feeling empty' and 'I'm feeling healthy' at the same time. I like that paradox”. 

You can find (and buy) this and other music pearls on the Bandcamp page of the label: https://invisible-inc.bandcamp.com/

Follow @strapontin & @invisible-inc, peeps!

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