My Release Radar 06.06.25

Legendary DJ and nightlife icon Dave Beer, the driving force behind the immortal Back To Basics night in Leeds, is about to release his debut album, ‘What Goes Around’, alongside his long-term collaborators The Blessed. This deeply personal and uplifting collection of tracks reflects Beer’s journey through hardship and healing, transforming near-fatal adversity into a testament to the power of music and the human spirit.

The next single in the lead-up to the album is ‘Community’. Formulated on a breakbeat bedding, it’s all about coming together as a community — something that’s always been a part of the Basics ethos, and that took on renewed relevance during the pandemic a few years ago. With the forces of darkness looking to divide people, its message of hope and connectivity feels more contemporary than ever.

‘Community’ is given a high-octane remix by Utah Saints, the legendary duo who are also from Leeds in the north of England — the same city as Dave and the Basics family. The Utahs know Dave from the early days of Leeds nightlife, and have turned in a hands-in-the-air festival-friendly mix that will cause havoc on all manner of dancefloors this coming summer.

Dave had a health scare last year, nearly dying of cancer. He’s now in remission and has converted to Buddhism, a state of mind that’s allowed him to look back on his storied career with a fresh perspective. 

Dave has always preached the power of a clubbing community. Now we have that philosophy translated into musical form, a couple of kick-ass dance tracks that urge us to come together as one. Check them out.

Community (Utah Saints mix)

Dave Beer & The Blessed X Utah Saints - Community (Utah Saints mix)

problems.

How Long Is Forever?

Love Is Gone

White Blood

White Blood (10 Years On)

Walking With Him

Taste My Acid

Fight For Me

Hold Me

Fugitive Edit

Raw Forces

Beautiful People

Beautiful People (Miss Monique Extended Remix)

BRITNEY4EVER

Oops!...I Did It Again (BFRND Remix)

Evolve

Evolve (Marcel Dettmann Remix)

OMG!

OMG! (From F1® The Movie)

Push brings his distinctive take on hard techno to Filth on Acid with new Starlit It's Time To Play EP.

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Push - Starlit It's Time To Play

Hot summer rain hits the cracked pavement in uneven rhythms. A neon sign flickers above a café that never seems to close, its warm white light reflected in the wet ground like a fever dream. The air smells of summer and the world hums with an easy tone, as if the city itself is holding its breath. A light flooded film noir-ish scene, that needs a soundtrack like „POOL JAMS“, the new album of INIT, the Berlin based duo, that already caused quite a stir with their albums for Hivern Discs and Optimo Music. This time, they bring their latest creations out on R.i.O. - a label, with whom they are deeply associated. Their fourth longplayer is a playful one. One that brings trip hopping feelings. That has r’n’b grace, without catering regular trademarks of the genre. Dub, trance, drone, is all there too. Yet, nothing is present in pure definition. Rather suggested, interwoven, or newly twisted in a songwriting style, that haunts and
seduces. On top the voice of Nadia D'Alò dances, steps and hums tempting to the grooves she created with her partner in crime Benedikt Frey. Together they fashioned a record, that, as INIT puts it, is „some kind of old photo from an old dry empty pool that got faded by sunlight “. A dreamy, sunny piece of song art, made for endless smoky LA freeway drives, and other adventures that seek for infinite riddance. You can dream it. You can trance it. You can’t escape it, as soon as it rotates in your dream device for sound and vision.

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INIT - Pinata

Synaesthesia (Fly Away)

Synaesthesia (Fly Away) (Darude Remix) [feat. Sheryl Deane]

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The lead track from his forthcoming Anjunabeats Worldwide 07 mix, ‘Shining’ is a taste of the deep progressive sounds you’ll find on Grum’s new compilation.

My Release Radar 06.06.25

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