Spectrum march head-first into 2022 with this dark matter platter from one of Manchester's most respected DJs: Jozef K.

Following releases on the likes of True Romance, Rawax, Last Night On Earth and Frau Blau, Jozef maintains the spotlight heat with his debut on the label founded by one of his biggest influences.

'I remember I closed an event DJing after Joris Voorn when I was 19 in Manchester,' says Jozef. 'It was surreal; I had watched him playing a few times previously and was completely awestruck to play after him when I was basically a little kid.'

Now 32 and really hitting his stride, Jozef lands on Spectrum with a distinctive, discerning minimal sound. 'These two 2 tracks are an accurate representation of where I am at musically at the moment - dystopian, hypnotic and atmospheric.'

We couldn't put it better ourselves. Stripped right back to the most mesmerising elements, tailored for deep mix creativity or those magic 4am moments, we suspect this isn't the last we'll see of Jozef on Spectrum.

Immortal Collapse

Jozef K - Collapse

CYB3R BULLI3S - Lost

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Israeli producer Yotam Avni is back with a fresh cut of uplifting, inspirational dance-floor music, along the same lines as some of the killer cuts he's produced for the likes of Robsoul, Be As One and Osunlade's Yoruba records imprint. Weaving elements of Detroit techno, jacking Chicago house and deep atmospheres, Yotam Avni's productions - either under his own name or pseudonyms - Avadon and Jersey Real Estate - are guaranteed to keep the midnight oil burning, no matter the crowd. It's with this reputation that Ovum Recordings welcomes the passionate producer to it's ever-swelling ranks.

Yotam's debut for Ovum Recordings is of the same quality and ilk that weve come to expect. The title track's original mix is proud and uptight, bursting in with a clipped but swollen kick drum, fat around the edges and deep in it's descent, before a vocal snippet chimes in through a mesh of bass gradually stomping its way into earshot with a gentle canter before those bass tones become a full on wobble and the driving rhythm to the track is notched up on the break, mixing Yotam's trademark uplifting house with galvanized, toughened techno beats. 

On the remix we welcome the Dutch bastion of techno Mr. Steve Rachmad, who delivers a superb rework under his darker and deeper Sterac alias. Jacking, rolling and pumping, his remix focuses on the filters. Dry flanges, acid stabs and filtered analogue synths sit atop a frenetic hi hat for a bass-less but high impact smasher. 

Closing the EP is the intriguingly titled Bbbooy Skat, that runs with a hypnotic, wavering acid synth lines and muted, clipped kick drums - reminiscent of his live looping techniques when Djing - before igniting into progressively building techno roller, adding elements of percussion atmosphere and melody, never once shifting focus from that hypno-top line. A subdued but effective midnight roller that offers an endless conclusion to another triumphant set from the Ovum Recordings crew. 

Huge Support from: Marcel Dettmann, Dubfire, Martinez Brothers, Mano Le Tough, Adam Beyer, Kolsch, B Traits,Danny Tenaglia, Rolando, Doc Martin, Blawan, and more!!!!


Yotam Avni - This Is How (Original Mix)

With his album “Tuono” Fango conducted an essay on the atmospheric agents. It now gets revisited by 3 of the most innovative producers around: Prins Thomas, Rebolledo and Barnt and Jens-Uwe

Fango - Tei (Barnt And Jens-Uwe Bayer Remix)

Consistency

Your Last Call

Williams - the shivering (pitch and hold in camera remix)

Dots and Pearls 4

Euphrasia

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Rose Ringed comes back on his own imprint, releasing three warm and flourishing tracks. ‘Rationality Kills the Mind’ has an energetic vibe, reminding you of playful warm summer days in the past. ‘That feeling’ is the kind of track that will completely smash up the dance floor with its breakbeat and heavy saw base. Furthermore, the EP contains a melancholic warm ambient track that takes you back to long forgotten memories, called ‘Bring me back’.

Rationality Kills The Mind

Coldcut - Timber (Maceo Plex Remix)

20 Years Cocoon Recordings

Eavesdrop

Set to release on BMG on the 26th of February, Dense & Pika's new album provides an insight into the artistic skills of Chris and Alex and marks a new chapter for their Dense & Pika project with a selection of tracks taking a more leftfield trajectory. Following a string of single releases from the LP over the past few months, we're excited to host their track ‘Hidden’, featuring Igor Cavalera, in front of tomorrow's full outing. Excellent and growling big room material from the Kneaded Pains head honchos.

Read more:  https://liquidyouth.nl/music/premieres/dense-pika-hidden-bmg/ ‎
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Premiere: Dense & Pika ft. Igor Cavalera - Hidden [BMG]

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Contact: roseringed@gmail.com 

 Support from Solomun, Joris Voorn, Ame, Jennifer Cardini, Hammer, Blond:ish; DJ Mag Spain, Beatport, Gray Area; Spotify’s Melodic Souls, Deep Tech House, Anjunadeep Progressive House; Apple’s Adidas Runners Playlist, Anjunadeep Trance and Prog. House; earlier, Kolsch, Spotify’s Techno Bunker, Electronic Groove, DMC World and more

With his own talent and high level support from the above industry names, such as Solomun, with ‘Never Stop’ recently on Diynamic and opening for Solomun on the Diynamic stage at the upcoming Sonar Festival in Barcelona.... Amsterdam DJ/ producer, label boss, drummer and jazz pianist, live artist from 2023, Rose Ringed is poised to be as big as his mighty streaming stats. His deeply felt mission is to ‘tell stories through sound’, using strong chord progressions, melody and harmonies. With a Marktkantine residency behind him and shows with the likes of Sven Vath, Joris Voorn, Mano, Mind Against, Eelke Klein and Ame, Booka Shade; with 19 releases on his own Closed Eyes imprint, Diynamic, and Voorn’s Spectrum this coming year, he’s also working on his first album for 2024, dedicated to his emotionally enlightened jazz ballerina mom, tragically lost to him in childhood.

Rose now creates upbeat, emotionally sweeping, compulsively danceable productions with big emotive breakdowns, having learned the cathartic power of music as a bereaved 11 year-old listening to his dad’s trance CDs, and feeling driven to share that power. His first EP 'Spring Memories’ became an instant success in 2018, when Kölsch played his 'In Your Arms Again' on BBC Radio 1. In 2020, Rose took the deep dive to follow his passion as a musician and DJ/producer. From the certainties of business he formed his Closed Eyes label, and started racking up his Spotify stats.
 His first all-nighter is soon to launch at Club Atelier, the venue of the former Marktkantine, his first residency. He’s now often at Het Sieraad, and has played with Sven Vath, Joris Voorn, Mano, Mind Against, Eelke Klein, Booka Shade, Ame, and this coming year, Solumun at Sonar Barcelona for Diynamic, with Yotto at Shelter, and what’s more, will be hosting his own stage at De Zon Festival Amsterdam.

Apart from the success of EPs on Closed Eyes label, like Broken Belief, and In Search for Truth, his Nov 2022 Diynamic debut had support from Michael Bibi, Joris Voorn, Tiesto and even David Guetta as well as Solomun.

His current DJ influences include Gerd Janson, Bicep, Kolsch, Job Jobse, Fort Romeau, Joris Voorn, Palms Traxx, Solomun, Paul Kalkbrenner, Todd Terje, Moby and Rufus. Early on, both his parents were music enthusiasts, but a huge influence on Rose’s music and life is his loss in early childhood of his mother, an accomplished jazz ballerina and an enlightened soul. The grieving 11 year-old instinctively turned to emotional such as Enya, Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore, and later, the euphoria and solace of electronic music, especially trance’s ‘high energy and emotive soundscapes’ from Rose’s dad who bought dance CDs from Ibiza beach vendors, with Armin van Buuren’s State of Trance and Tiesto as major influences. As a child, Rose learned drumming, later he took up jazz piano too, to expand his musical knowledge and ability to improvise. Rose still seeks to honour his mom’s legacy by sharing his own music’s drive and optimism with others and composing his forthcoming debut album in her memory.

Rationality Kills The Mind

Rose Ringed

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