// SHEPHERD SELECTS is a continuously curated playlist consisting of the tracks I play out the most in a variety of my sets. From rave influenced belters to disco groovers, this playlist is fuelled with whatever it takes to keep you moving. Follow my socials to keep up with future playlist updates at:

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Ron Costa - Superstition / @potobolo-records
https://www.beatport.com/release/superstition/3321215

Superstition

Ron Costa - Superstition [Potobolo Records]

One, Two, Three, Four

Ron Costa - Strange Pipes [Potobolo Records]
https://www.beatport.com/release/strange-pipes/3487613

@potobolo-records

Ron Costa - Strange Pipes [Potobolo Records]

Trouble

Ramiro Lopez - Roses(Original Mix)

                              

Pattak

Adapter - Pattak

Download/Stream >> https://fanlink.to/glasgow_kiss

With his second studio long player ‘Anatomy Of A Drum Machine’ due for release on Kneaded Pains later this year, the seasoned DJ/producer Harvey McKay fires out another prequel single, with ‘Glasgow Kiss’.

A menacing tone is set on the lead track, as haunting and tense strings hang over a punishing drum workout and a regimented modular synth refrain that swells with intensity.

Dark synth influences can be heard on ‘Milk Snatcher’, as McKay carves out an industrious and enigmatic track that owes as much to the 1980’s electronic pioneers as it does to the modern-day techno sound.  A powerful cut here from the Glaswegian producer, and a great taster for his upcoming new album.

Download/Stream

Harvey McKay - Milk Snatcher [clip]

October the 8th meet Slovenia based dj and producer - Lim Nylon to deliver his two-rave-tracks release that pump the floor to IAMT! 
Made from the inspiration of old-school rave tracks that were the basis of techno now. I enjoyed making them as they are a true representation of what Lim Nylon stands for - Reaching for catharsis on the dance floor.
Enjoy!

Impulsive Behaviour

Lim Nylon - Impulsive Behaviour (Original Mix)

Be Your Dog

Be Your Dog (feat. Madge)

Patrick Topping - Planet Session Remix EP TRICK041
Remixes by Reinier Zonneveld, Deborah De Luca and Rebuke 

Recruiting some of the most sought after acts in modern dance music, Patrick Topping pulls together a no-holds-barred collection of techno reinterpretations of his space-themed ‘Planet Session EP’ for his consistently impressive Trick imprint.
“Buzzing with these techno remixes! All three are absolutely banging and take the originals to new levels.
Reinier, Deborah & Rebūke are three of my favourite producers, and I’m so happy they agreed to do it and smashed them to bits!” - Patrick Topping. On Reinier Zonneveld’s remix, the Filth On Acid boss warps Topping’s vocals from ‘Planet Session’ into a pounding track complete with ravey stabs and grinding low-end. Sola_mente Records founder Deborah De Luca flips ‘Quick To The Mothership’ into a trippy, late-night techno cut, before Drumcode, Hot Creations, and We Are The Brave affiliate Rebūke rounds out the release with a sharp, jacking take on Topping’s ‘Lift Off’.

Planet Session Remix EP

Lift Off

Patrick Topping - Lift Off (Rebūke Remix)

Expansions - Vol.1 

Out now on Arcane

Listen/Stream: https://bfan.link/expansions-vol-1-1

Tracklist:

1. Inafekt - Feeling Me
2. Loco & Jam - Dance With Me
3. Eldon - Work It Out
4. Sergio Pardo - Move
5. Dyon - Lift Me Up
6. Inafekt - Revolt
7. Apollo - Forever
8. Skayem ft. Dianna Marini - Overstimulation

Inafekt - Revolt

Inafekt - Feeling Me

Andrea Oliva - Alley Rave
Available here: https://lnk.to/TRICK042

Leading the release, title track ‘Alley Rave’ brings together pumping basslines, rolling percussion, and energetic vocal samples for a hair-raising start to the EP. ‘Out and About’ follows, with loose and swinging drums meeting rumbling low end and analogue synths. ‘Locomotive’ brings tense build-ups and earth-shattering drops along with an earworm lead, closing out the EP in a memorable fashion.

Alley Rave

Andrea Oliva - Alley Rave

GET IT ON BEATPORT : https://bit.ly/Shades_of_Summer_EP

My new drumcode release is out now...enjoy!

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Bart Skils & Weska - House of Lords [Drumcode]

New Generation

Tasty Techno Volume 1 Matthew Erskine - 10 Missed Calls

Label head Patrick Topping recruits a wide range of modern dance music’s most exciting talents for ‘Tasty Techno Volume One’ on Trick, showcasing his ear for A&R and a willingness to push new names to the world. 

“This is such a special release for Trick. It’s our first time releasing a compilation and it’s two years’ worth of curation, which I think has resulted in such an exciting and unique collection of 22 techno tracks. There’s so many diverse styles here, but they are all unified with the theme of just being exciting and different! I’m so happy with how this has turned out and that Trick again has been able to push so many up and coming artists, as well as welcoming back some regular names and also for a couple of the artists, this is their first-ever release.” - Patrick Topping.

Tasty Techno Vol. One

10 Missed Calls

Matthew Erskine - 10 Missed Calls

Tasty Techno Volume 1 Ben Hemsley - Back track's Tune

Label head Patrick Topping recruits a wide range of modern dance music’s most exciting talents for ‘Tasty Techno Volume One’ on Trick, showcasing his ear for A&R and a willingness to push new names to the world. 

“This is such a special release for Trick. It’s our first time releasing a compilation and it’s two years’ worth of curation, which I think has resulted in such an exciting and unique collection of 22 techno tracks. There’s so many diverse styles here, but they are all unified with the theme of just being exciting and different! I’m so happy with how this has turned out and that Trick again has been able to push so many up and coming artists, as well as welcoming back some regular names and also for a couple of the artists, this is their first-ever release.” - Patrick Topping.

Back Track's Tune

Ben Hemsley - Back Track's Tune

Buy/stream - https://drumcode.ffm.to/dcx002

Kaiserdisco return to Drumcode for their first offering since 2016, with a stellar hook-driven slice of techno inspired by a classic house record. ‘Together One Time’ fizzes and rolls, building up pace throughout, while the stirring vocal sets it up perfectly for peak-time impact. An essential weapon as we move into the spring raving season.

Kaiserdisco - Together One Time - Drumcode - DCX002

OUT NOW: https://www.beatport.com/release/pride/3703801

Jonno & Gibson - Pride (Original Mix) [UNITY RECORDS]

Layton Giordani crafts his most accomplished work to date with ‘New Generation’, his second album on Drumcode. 
 
Since 2017’s critically acclaimed debut album ‘Where It Begins’, the New Yorker has entrenched himself as one of the label’s most vital artists and leader of techno’s new school brigade. At just 27, he’s collaborated with Adam Beyer and Green Velvet on multiple occasions, linked with the legendary Danny Tenaglia for the now-classic ‘Live Again’ and played everywhere from Awakenings, Melt! Festival and Warehouse Project. He’s also lived the Transatlantic life more than most, splitting his time between the Big Apple and Amsterdam, absorbing influences from across the electronic spectrum.  
 
It’s these experiences that inform ‘New Generation’, a masterclass of techno futurism and glistening example of Giordani’s ever-developing talents as a producer. Opening with the shimmering soundscapes of ‘Shinjuku’, a beatless two-and-a-half-minute mood setter, the album swings between timeless multi-faceted dancefloor weapons, and more lilting, ambient techno cuts rips for the golden hour. 
 
Already a favourite of the Drumcode faithful, the album’s title track hits with a swarm of synapsesearing synths that saw it go down a treat at Awakenings Festival, Tomorrowland and Gashouder in the second half of 2019. ‘System Majority’ balances atmosphere and propulsive rhythms on a knife’s edge and featured in Beyer’s DCR 515 radio show. Giordani reunites with the legendary Green Velvet for ‘Life Lesson’, a pulsating roller, which notably features the young New Yorker’s hypnotic vocals on loop. Teaming with friend and fellow East Coaster Avision, ‘Power’ is punchy techno at its finest, driven by energetic stabs and a stirring vocal from Chicago journeyman Cevin Fisher. After playing b2b a string of times, Layton links with good friend Bart Skils for a maiden collaborative track. Driven by a strong melodic lead, ‘Midnight Magic’ typified the moment when the duo played it at Drumcode’s Awakenings event during ADE last year. ‘Feel A Vibe’ is an album highlight centered around plump bass, reverb-heavy sonics, distorted bleeps and a spoken word vocal, which begs for a peak-time rinse. 
 
Elsewhere Giordani demonstrates his breadth with cuts such as ‘Nirvana X’, a lush breakbeat-laden cut; the laser-kissed ‘Translation Lost’, where his musicality is in full view and the progressive-tinged 
‘Memory Fragment’, which reinforces the expansive Drumcode sound palette. The beautiful ‘Human Error’ closes out the work, as muffled horns, delicate keys and sparse bed of percussion unify for a momentous finale. 
 
“This album is a summary of my life experiences up until this moment. Traveling around the world, living abroad, looking into the future and bringing atmosphere and textures from different places into my music. The evolution of music is a systematic cycle that never ends. It’s a composition of all matters experienced and visualized up until this very moment. From futuristic realms and ambiences, to city soundscapes within our reach; ‘New Generation’ is the future distilled into album form.” - Layton Giordani

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Layton Giordani, Avision & Cevin Fisher — Power — Drumcode — DC231

// SHEPHERD is a sound curator and creator out of Toronto, Canada.

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