Free Shelter invites Estonias power tandem, @abdulraeva, for their 27th guest mix on IDA Radio.

With the sudden rise of minimal-tech, or as some call it “nuggets”, Estonias Abdul Raeva can be seen as part of this rising generation. Even though the word “tech-house" can still have a bad clang in some ears (as written in a recent article on Bandcamp), these dudes prove it is the polar opposite.
 
With releases on respected labels like Haws, Tombolo, Be Told Lies, as well as a critically acclaimed EP on the local Echocentric Records; Abdul Raeva have learned how to walk on the thin line between breaksy progressive and minimal. With support from some of the biggest DJs in this sphere, their combination of clubby basslines and more easy-going breakbeat for home listening is nothing short of tipping your hat to. 

With this mix they combine all what has been written above and do it flawlessly. We recommend that you dip this 1h nuggety delight in some hot sauce and garlic mayo.

Free Shelter Invites #27: Abdul Raeva 🇪🇪

Panorama Bar resident, Love On The Rocks label boss and one of dance music’s most in-demand DJs, producers and remixers, PARAMIDA returns to her own imprint with ‘Devil’s Destination,’ her first EP in 3 years. Set for release on 9th May, it features two brand new solo tracks, a collaborative re-interpretation of a rare 2000s tech house classic with E-Talking, and a remix by the legendary Mathew Jonson.

PARAMIDA’s reputation as a digger and student of dance music is translated here into an EP that showcases her unique and interdisciplinary approach to production, curation and DJing, threading the needle in a way that pays tribute to the past, locates itself in the present, and pushes forward into a new and exciting future – the hallmark of her label, described by Groove magazine as “one of the best house labels of the decade”.

The EP opens with its title track, and wastes none of its 8-minute runtime getting to the point: a huge, enveloping bassline (courtesy of 90s progressive trance producer Musique de Marque), to the effect of instant chills. If Love On The Rocks releases can be defined by certain characteristics, one of them is undoubtedly the presence of big emotional hits. PARAMIDA wants her listeners to feel something, with the full impact of emotions that can only truly be felt on a dance floor. A swirl of vocal samples and hi-hats precede it, before it drops directly into a thumping percussive workout replete with huge kicks, dubby bleeps and rewinds. Calling back to the cross-pollinated sound of 90's house, breakbeat and rave to devastating effect, she punctuates segments of jump-up energy with pauses that propel the listener right back into the feels, before unleashing a groove as introspective and melancholy as it is connective and ecstatic.

The EP continues with ‘On Process’ – a collaboration with E-Talking and re-interpretation of ‘Incidental Beats’ by Jean Marie K and People On Process, a French deep/tech house release on Megaphone Records from 2002. Here, the two show their skill at identifying and reworking obscure gems and influential classics whilst paying respectful tribute to them (as demonstrated on their update to Anja Schneider and Sebo K’s ‘Rancho Relaxo’ from 2024.) Lifting the disco-leaning percussion and bassline of the original, along with its contrasting dub techno/tech-house pads and synth lines, they blend the components into a gentle, endlessly progressing dreamscape that shifts effortlessly between diverse genre lines.

This sets the stage for a stunning interpretation by the massively influential Mathew Jonson, who leans into the dubby tech-house of it all. Over 8 minutes of detailed and pristine drum programming and insistent forward motion, he effortlessly connects elements of minimal, electro and tech house, layering moody twists and turns that situate the remix pitch-perfectly on an EP that surprises in both its daring and its subtlety.

‘Devil’s Destination’ closes with ‘Sayonara’, a two-and-a-half minute beatless coda, which calls back to PARAMIDA’s predilection for ambient and dream house, previously explored on ’33’ from her 2022 EP ‘Moonrise VII’. It’s a patchwork of vocal samples, reverb, delay, pads, and a proto-house bassline sitting in a soft universe between dreaming and consciousness; perhaps, a glimpse into the mind of its maker.

In short: Essential.

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Written & produced by PARAMIDA
A1 Bassline by Musique De Marque
A2 Produced by PARAMIDA & E-Talking
Mixed by Mr. Lee
Mastered by Schnittstelle
Artwork by Vittorio Maria Dal Maso
Text + Design by Samuel Gieben

Pre-order: loveontherocks.bandcamp.com
Wholesale enquiries: distribution@loveontherocks.cc

© 2025 Love On The Rocks. All rights reserved.

Devil's Destination

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LOTR030 PARAMIDA - Devil's Destination

There was nostalgia in the air. You could almost taste it.

From behind his sunglasses he watched as they danced in the thick haze of the sunset. The orange light was scattered over the rippling water as they moved by the pool.

They were in the middle of nowhere, the outback of a dream.

Some others lay on the grass in the distance, watching as they came and went. Each with their own story of the days and nights which had come before...

Mexico based producer Mahkina draws influence from the 90's with a stellar assortment of fast paced sounds which bang hard and are set to have the dancefloor bumping.

PREMIERE: Mahkina - Sacoodelo [Re-Leaf]

My shy little debut at Halftime 2025.
Sweet invite: @goldiepalm
Graphic: Constanze Kohlhaas

Halftime · Conne Island · 250604

Jana Falcon - Clit Au Vin

Vayia: STEREO BAR 14/06/25

Long standing fellow house music lover @conor-macparland joins me for May's edition of Big Saldo's Chunkers on @refugeworldwide 

His guest mix was so smooth we had to kick things off with the sound of Conor Schmtz. Saldo for the second half. 

Music from Soulphiction, UBQ Project, Inland Knights, BELLA, Kasra V and more 

Sally C on Refuge Worldwide w/ Conor Schmtz 22.05.25

It were as if the system was operating all by itself, making decisions of its own accord without the same fear or prejudice as that of any man or woman.

It knew each and every answer, it feared not the consequences which may come thereafter.

This was artificial intelligence and this was the future.

The sun would continue to rise and set each day. However, this was very much the beginning of a new dawn, one in which technology reigned supreme.

Love On The Rocks are back with a stellar EP from Pancratio - a beautiful, sun kissed affair which sits somewhere between the realms of house and trance yet is packed with balearic influences. Think sandy beaches and big speakers and you'll be on the right track.

PREMIERE: Pancratio - Artificial Intelligence [Love On The Rocks]

BANDCAMP: https://craigieknowes.bandcamp.com/album/back-on-track

A1 - Back on Track
A2 - Breaksit
B1 - Ridge Racer
B2 - Digital Dilemma

Kosh joins Craigie Knowes for his label debut record ‘Back on Track’ delivering 4 tracks packed to the brim with Detroit heritage merged with his own original style and signature Casablanca take on the origins of house, techno and the spaces inbetween. Title track ‘Back on Track’ is an ever-building acid-journey guaranteed to rock in the clubs. ‘Breaksit’ gives us a chance to breathe as we embark on a trip that melds the signature Kosh and Craigie Knowes sounds into a pure and emotive composition. ‘Ridge Racer’ returns us to our feet with bounce, rhythm and octave changes to elevate your next DJ-set. ‘Digital Dilemma’ takes us from North Africa across the Atlantic to the Motor City and reminds us of everything we love about club-focussed, Detroit inspired, techno. It’s pure Kosh and it’s pure Craigie Knowes, enjoy!

Releases September 21, 2025

Written & produced by Youssef Benjelloun
Design by Guillaume de Ubéda
Mastered by Marco @ Analogcut, BErlin
Distributed by One Eye Witness
Promoted by RISEN PR
Released by Craigie Knowes


CKNOWEP70 | Kosh - Back on Track (EP)

@39-records

Descend into the Mines of Moron, where yourFlatmate and Yendor carve out mutant prog house from deep beneath the club floor. This six-track excavation unearths pressure-cooked oddities—raw percussive strata, mineral-rich grooves, and psychedelic fumes leaking from every fault line. Glen S. drills deeper with a Bodyfuck Remix that liquefies the foundations, while Cybernet welds a chrome-plated reconstruction fit for alien machinery. This is a multidimensional core sample cut from the weirder seams of the mine . Handle with gloves—some surfaces may still be volatile.

[PREMIERE] Mines of Moron (Glen's Bodyfuck Remix) - yourFlatmate & Yendor | 39 Records [2025]

Morgan Tomas is a DJ/Producer from France. 

He's also running the label Reloading Records and the weekly podcast with the same name.

In the past years, he has several releases coming out on labels such as Sleaze, Nachtstrom Schallplatten, Prosthetic Pressings or even Silent Steps and has been supported by great artists who often play his tracks.
Morgan's music is a deep rooted Techno, dark and energetic.

Tracklist : 

Diagonal - Perseus (Original Mix)  
Patrick Dsp - Hephaestus (Original Mix)  
Pierre Deutschmann - Poseidon (Original Mix)  
Unconscious - Cronus (Original Mix)  
CAST - 005 (Bas Mooy’s Version)    
Irregular Synth - Against The System (Original Mix)  
Hemka - A Sad Fatality (Electrorites Remix)   
Manuel Pisu - Interference (Michael Lasch Remix)  
Mari Mattham - Sadist Animal (Kike Pravda Rmx 1)  
Mari Mattham - Sadist Animal (Kike Pravda Rmx 2)  
Noneoftheabove - BallroomBlitz (Original Mix)  
Morgan Tomas - Scale (Original Mix) 
Bastian Balders - Nervous Disintegration (Original Mix)  
Monix - I’m Only Here To Kill You (Part 1)  
Monix - I’m Only Here To Kill You (Part 2) 
Pyramidal Decode - Infrared (Original Mix)  
Mikadroid - Six (Original Mix)  
CAST 005 (Luis Flores’s Version)

@morgan-tomas
FB : https://www.facebook.com/morgantomaas/

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129ème Pulsation - MORGAN TOMAS

Pulse Msc is a record label which provides house music releases, exploring all the subgenres of the domain with only 1 goal: make people dance.

Techno sublabel: @alkrecordings

Contact/Booking : 
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Pulse Msc DJs : 
- KLNR : @klnrv
- Fⱥje : @jbaptistefaje
- Pierre-François : @pfrichir
- Framboisier : @framboisiersound