Mano delivers a killer alternative remix to New Jackson's classic The Night Mail for a very special Bandcamp Friday drop x

New Jackson - The Night Mail (MLT Panorama Conga 1176 mix)

TULPA OVI RERCORDS 2021

https://tulpaovi.lnk.to/SpoddySpyEP

T.O.R. 001 ROBAG WRUHME - QUOKKA SUPRA

Out now on Crosstown Rebels: lnk.to/CRM267

Having become one of Crosstown Rebels’ key artists in recent years, Barcelona-born Tibi Dabo returns to the label this February with his latest EP, the four track Isla. Since debuting on the label in 2019, Tibi Dabo (AKA Max Guardans) has cemented his place amongst the Crosstown family with standout EPs such as Disbelieve and The Distance We Share, the latter of which featuring two remixes from David Morales.

Sharing his thoughts on Isla, Tibi Dabo asks “What to do with our time on earth? Find an island of joy and comfort, a modest retreat. A place to stay sane... I was feeling quite empty during our months of isolation, no influences and no external inputs. Then this idea of creating a conceptual island came to existence, an entity where I could play and put contrasting influences of electronic music together in one place. My little island was born, a space I feel as an optimistic outlook towards the future, something that I find hard to achieve.”

Tibi Dabo creates this scene perfectly as the title track opens proceedings, easing the listener in with delicate pads before waves of harmonious elements and finely placed percussions dance in and out of the track. Mothball then further emphasises the artist’s attention to detail as its lead melody and vocal-chops develop in tandem throughout. Brain The Cut follows, acting as a metaphorical signal of nightfall on Tibi Dabo’s conceptual island. Rounding off the release, Arp 8 delivers warming melodies atop of a subtle break beat in an exquisitely emotive manner.

Still in its infancy, yet mature in its intention, the Tibi Dabo project sees Max in his element; drawing on over a decade of playing and making music, perfectly demonstrated on Isla. Emerging from a new generation of multi-disciplined artists, Tibi Dabo’s refreshingly unique sound has also seen him remix for Crosstown Rebels head Damian Lazarus on two occasions. Determined and full of creative energy, Tibi Dabo thrives on producing music with no restrictions and, driven by his own need for exploration together with the support of influential industry figureheads, he has a locker full of fresh new music to unleash.

Tibi Dabo

Brain the Cut

Tibi Dabo - Brain The Cut

Milio - 2094

Buy/stream: https://kompakt.fm/releases/total_22

It’s common knowledge that KOMPAKT’s TOTAL series serves as our yearbook, a musical wrap up of the past 12 months. Therefore it doesn’t come as a surprise that this year’s edition is informed by another pandemic year, where dancefloors were still mostly deserted and the devastating developments in Eastern Europe. Kompakt’s A&R team still kept on foot on the imaginary dancefloor, while scouting different realms apart from the big room euphoria. Anyway, brain dance has always been a key ingredient to our catalogue.

The Voigt brothers are opening this year´s vinyl edition in an unusually romantic fashion. ‘Why’ combines a bubbly FM bassline with lush washes of looped guitars. High off the (presumably high) heels of her recent album ‘Jesus Was An Alien’ she delivers a spanking new excursion into her sonic world, ‘The Hill’. Our Mexican friend Rebolledo makes his first ever solo appearance on TOTAL with his trademark hypnotic desert sound. Jürgen Paape is calling a spade a spade with ‘Le Monde À Changé’ – The world has changed indeed. Our prodigal son, Matias Aguayo, returns to the mothership with ‘Cinco Y Rojo’. An exercise in Chicago-esque groove theory paired with a cheeky visitor from Denmark. Spot the reference and win a pair of hooves. It’s hard to find a quality party around Cologne without Jonathan Kaspar on its bill. Rightly so, as he continues to hone his craft as an impeccable DJ and producer. Michael gives the tremendously talented Danish singer songwriter eee gee a proper Mayer treatment and Kompakt founding member Jörg Burger closes off the festivities with a groovy midtempo chugger that reminisces ‘Blue Lines’ era Massive Attack as much as the late Andy Weatheralls low slung psychedelia.

Total 22

Jonathan Kaspar - Where Am I

The Transfer is a track from our friend Nathan Jonson that came out back in 2018 on Skrufix - our resident remixer The Drifter wanted to put his own twist on things and the result is a bassline driven pumper. 
Free download as it is the season for sharing!

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Nathan Jonson - The Transfer (The Drifter Remix)

Sifa - Capsule EP
Release Date: 18.01.2023
Download/Stream: li.sten.to/sifa_capsule

Tracklist:
1. Sifa - Weighing of the Heart
2. Sifa - Capsule feat. Aquarius Heaven
3. Sifa - Capsule feat: Aquarius Heaven (Instrumental)
4. Sifa - Phase 2

Sifa is back with another richly infused EP of house music on Capsule Music. He is a long-time creative talent from Brussels who has brought unique musical styles on a range of labels such as Kompakt, Sol Selectas, MoBlack Records in the past.

Weighing Of The Heart is first with a slick groove that has real snap. A wonky synth line brings fresh energy up top and an enchanting Middle Eastern vocal ensures plenty of dance floors will lose their heads to this one.

Capsule feat. Aquarius Heaven is a cosmic house cut with delicate and bright synths pacing about the mix as legendary vocalist Aquarius Heaven offers his deep lyrics over the top.

After the instrumental comes Phase II, a mad synth workout that will melt the mind while fresh drums hop and bounce below.

These are inventive and original cuts as always from Sifa.

Capsule EP

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Sifa - Capsule Feat. Aquarius Heaven [Capsule Music]

Buy/stream: https://kompakt.fm/releases/speicher_125

Speicher 125 is a most auspicious collaboration between two great, inimitable voices in techno: Kompakt co-founder Michael Mayer, and Magazine’s own Barnt. They’ve both been productive of late, Mayer with his “Brainwave Technology” EP in 2021, Barnt with his first release on Kompakt, "ProMetal Fan Decor Only Product" in 2022. Of course, they’re also busy with their respective record labels, and international DJing schedules.

You may already have heard their first track, which appeared on Michael’s "&" album from 2014, the psychedelic “Und Da Stehen Fremde Menschen”. For Speicher, though, they set their sights firmly on the peak time dance floor – the result is two stunning cuts of techno euphoria. 

On “Teller” Barnt and Mayer unleash a synth storm, tense and thrilling. Percussion piles up against the incessant buzz, but before too long we’re submerged in waves of dense texturology, making the track an object lesson in tension and release. “Duration” is a bittersweet anthem about "life long love". A moving voice tells us about "faith in life" while gleaming, synths, choral swarms and snares shower down from above to form an epic tale about duration and devotion.

Weirding the groove and updating the emotions, Speicher 125 is a monster.

Speicher 125

Barnt / Michael Mayer - Teller

Track: Return of Saharana 7:46
Artist: Fabrizio Carioni
Label: WKB Records
Genre: Minimal Techno
Release date: 24/05/2024
Code: WKB066

WKB066 Return of Saharana

Return of Saharana

âme - Rrose Selavy

Gottwood festival fundraiser compilation on Gottwax. Written and Produced by Manfredi Romano and Joseph Ashworth
> 2020

Dj Tennis & Joseph Ashworth - Cariad (Original Mix)

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Contact: sifa.music87@gmail.com

From the streets of Brussels, Sifa emerged, a product of the vibrant hip-hop culture that coursed through his veins. His destiny, however, lay in the electrifying realm of electronic music, a dance-floor odyssey that beckoned him with irresistible allure.

In Sifa's world, grooves and melodies unfold like gripping narratives, captivating audiences with their symphonic arcs. His compositions are a delicate balance, meticulously structured and flawlessly executed, a testament to his artistic vision. #sifaishere

Sifa - Capsule Feat. Aquarius Heaven [Capsule Music]

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