Amateurism is a collective of record diggers and DJs who abide by the mantra: "It's our passion, not our profession", something most of us could take a leaf from in our everyday lives.

With over a decade of music industry experience behind him, Leo Walton has been DJing solidly and this labour of love doesn't look like it'll be stopping any time soon. He's scheduled in to play alongside the likes of Gerd Janson, Ewan Pearson, Man Power, Mark E, Jackmaster and the like at the Beat Hotel at this year's Glastonbury Festival - with a decade of experience playing the festival behind him so don't be surprised when you're treated to a well-polished performance. Before he heads off to the fields, Amateurism is already thinking about what it'll be like to be at the festival and has curated this mix that'll bring the festival vibe into your home.

So sit down, tune in and read on while Amateurism tickles your ears; 

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Sniper Mode - Riot Gear [Turbo 252]
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Germany’s Gregor Tresher revives his Sniper Mode moniker, bringing a timeless breed of electro to Montreal's Turbo Recordings.

The album features vocal performances from some of the most respected voices in techno, such as Dave Clarke, Jay Denham, Kira, Exzakt, and Turbo’s favorite Perel.

Top tier electro. Time to teach the kids.

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It Doesn't Matter If We All Die

A trio of hypnotic, shapeshifting grooves from Thomass Jackson that blur the lines between party and paranormal. Unpredictable yet always danceable.

Transcend into orbit with Uritorco Times. (Probably) an ode to Argentina’s most mystical peak, UFO synthesisers flash and bleep around a wonky bassline. The result is equal parts mystic ritual and late night mischief.

Sly yet crunchy Push Comes To Shove rides a killer bassline over off kilter percussion. Sleazy mechanical funk that teeters, entranced between tension and release.

Sonic Witchcraft ensues in Junk Be Gone as the shadowy yet playful bassline twists like smoke around the acid melody summoning rhythm from strangeness.

Junk Be Gone gets the Felix Dickinson treatment for the EP’s remix delivering an extra long rework that stays respectfully true to the original in all the right ways. Live acid bass envelops the original bassline whilst ever intensifying synth solos build to an Eastern flavoured crescendo.

Releases November 21, 2025

Credits: Thomass Jackson for the music, Felix Dickinson on remix duties, James Savage for the masters, Edward Tuckwell on artwork and to Jessica Lau on graphic design.

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Thomass Jackson - Push Comes To Shove [VTD003]

Flirt w/ @moskalus live from the opening of RBLs new home SOLID, a special event of Berlin's Tag Der Clubkultur

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Flirt w/ Moskalus | BRL-04102025

INCOMING : Adult Hits - SEMthing (Paperkraft Remix) #99FVR
Release date : 24/10/2025
BUY : https://99fvr.bandcamp.com/album/attitude-drums

Adult Hits makes dance music that sweats, mutates, and smiles back at you. A co-founder of Sensory Signal and a fixture in the Los Angeles underground, he builds worlds from percussion — grooves that start as a pulse and end as possession. His sound leans toward the playful and the psychedelic: prog swung through breaks, acid melted into color, humor folded into hypnosis. There’s always a wink in the chaos, a kind of sly confidence that comes from knowing exactly how the room will move.

Attitude Drums EP packs a sassy, proggy punch square in the chest. Euphoric wobbles and wibbly ear~candy collide with psy~esque licks and naughty breaks. No rest for the wicked, Adult Hits flirts across the EP with raw personality; his locked-in percussion, trippy pads and nasty vocal chops carry the floor effortlessly.

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INCOMING : Adult Hits - SEMthing (Paperkraft Remix) #99FVR

Un nouvel épisode 100% House/Deep House pour ce mois d'octobre.

Ygal Ohayon : Press Play - 25 Octobre 2025

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New single Static from Anwei Huss pushes the artist’s output into new territories. It features the familiar deep, driving rhythms Huss is known for, with an increased focus on live instrumentation to complement thoughtfully produced electronics. Healthy doses of dreamy keys and psychedelic guitar weave gently through floating pads and crackling percussive arrangements, while the alluring growl of a disarming acid bassline grounds the track to offer a brooding, cinematic listening experience.

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PREMIERE : Anwei Huss - Static

Mike Nasty - Sketches In Deep
Label: Nasty Tracks (https://soundcloud.com/nastytracksnyc)
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Set within a kaleidoscope of uplifting pianos, soaring harmonies, and infectious rhythms, label head Mike Nasty returns to Nasty Tracks with ‘Sketches in Deep’, a musical experience that beams with joy and delivers endless listening pleasure…

Mike Nasty’s sound is as quintessential as it is effortlessly dynamic, and it draws from sources of vitality that cross multiple threads of expression. His passion draws from multiple facets, with his DJing style and music-making outputs matching each other in terms of depth and diversity. Anchored firmly within the genre of House, he aims to explore many of the genre’s core fundamentals, with a particular focus on injecting Jazz motifs in all the right places. To say that his musical universe is unlimited is perhaps an understatement - it is perhaps easier to say that his music feels boundless, coated in an ethereal quality that makes each track simmer with feel and meaning as he criss-crosses between genres with joyous ease. At the core of each of his records reside a series of memories, experiences, and stories, with Mike’s flair for instrumentation providing plenty for which to delve within and be immersed within the music’s engrossing atmospheres.


PREMIERE : Mike Nasty - Copper Tones

DJ Cwrw - Love Drug EP
BUY LINK: https://berryjamrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dj-cwrw-love-drug-ep
Label: Berry Jam Records (https://soundcloud.com/berryjamrecords)
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> DJ Cwrw (https://soundcloud.com/djcwrw)
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DJ Cwrw is a DJ and producer from Cardiff, Wales. He learnt to produce music during covid lockdown periods and has been refining his sound for over 5 years. Cwrw has been a resident with local party Cynt from 2023 which has been running for over 17 years. He spent many of his formative years going to parties / events and festivals around Cardiff and the UK. The deep house sound 2012 - 2014 was a key gateway era to discovering other areas of electronic music. A few key influences includes Bristol club Motion, Jacobs Basement in Cardiff, the Rainbow Venues formerly of Birmingham and friends over the last 15 years.

As a producer DJ Cwrw is focuses on making music that translates to the club / party environment usually with a 4tothefloor kick, groovy bassline often punctuated by catchy vocal samples and lovely bleep bloop sounds. Cwrw is always looking to move forward as a producer making house and techno that blurs between genres.

The Love Drug EP takes a strong influence from labels such as Running Back, Permanent Vacation and Phantasy Sound. Each has a unique catalogue of leftfield house / techno and everything in between. The title track Love Drug has a strong leading vocal, rolling bassline, punchy drums with a slightly minimal feel. This track was developed and changed a number of times over a few months. Pumping Pads has a class off beat bassline that carries the track throughout with a deep 4x4 kick. The tracks gives an emotive feel with uplifting pads and could be used either at peak time or to close. Finally is Release with lots of forward momentum and recognisable vocal making it a perfect track for peak time on the dance floor. 


PREMIERE : DJ Cwrw - Pumping Pads

Olga & Bobek - Deep Cover EP
BUY LINK : https://create.ffm.to/deepcover
Label: Platypus Trax (https://soundcloud.com/reginaldplatypus)
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Olga & Bobek - an Estonian analog duo debuting on Platypus Trax. Electro and breaks with cheeky and inventive sounds bringing everything together nicely.

Timeless post-retro sounds from two creative minds.

MIXED OLGA & BOBEK
MASTERED BY ALEC TRONIQ
ARTWORK BY NIKLAS WIIK
DISTRIBUTED BY DECYPHER / CREATE MUSIC
℗ & © 2025 PLATYPUS TRAX



PREMIERE : Olga & Bobek - Leaker (Extended Mix)

Atlanta takes over the monthly Left, Right & Centre show with an hour of bass focused selections from across the globe.

Left, Right & Centre with Atlanta - 28 October 2025

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