Electronic Trax (2020) Part 2

Ejac

Melodic Concentration & Work

Track ripped of the Boiler Room set from Cinnaman and Job Jobse. Track-ID still unknown..

Selection of my favourite tracks at the moment:
https://soundcloud.com/space_house/sets/spacehouse

Unknown Track - Cinnaman b2b Job Jobse - Boiler Room Set

It is a wonder it has taken us this long to get Tom Trago involved in our series. The Dutchman has been a pillar of the Amsterdam scene for years, either as a producer for Rush Hour and a veteran of no fewer than three artist albums, or as a resident at places like the sorely missed Trouw. He also runs his own Voyage Direct label, has worked with everyone form Aardvark to Bok Bok and, of course, played our festival once again this past weekend. Trago’s sound--in both the booth and the studio--is a colourfully eclectic mix of disco and afro, hip hop and jazz, as well as house, techno and electro, and it as charming as the man himself. 

His two hour session for us is a perfectly soothing selection to get you back into the groove after a full on weekend at the festival. From horizontal ambient and deeply seductive house, the mix stays pretty spaced out and lazy for the first hour, before more driving drums and pumping chords colour the second half. Always warm, human and inviting, it is a suitably personable mix from one of house music’s nice guys. 

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 082 - Tom Trago

Sunset Rhodes the debut EP by Akumen travels through the different sounds and textures of house and techno. Each track  features is own unique motifs that grab at different pieces of the genres coalescing into Akumen's unique sound.

3AM Bump (Worn Out Mix)

Hypnotic Dream

From Portrait With Firewood, the forthcoming album on R&S

Buy now: http://smarturl.it/portraitwithfirewood

Portrait With Firewood

PDA Compilation Volume 1 - And the Beat Goes On

The always on-point and culturally significant Tuskegee Music is back with more essential music, this time from venerated American producer D’Marc Cantu. 
Over the course of a distinguished career, Cantu has contributed to everything from jackbeat to acid, house to techno on labels like Creme Organisation and Les Disques De La Mort. Always serving up raw-edged, uncompromising sounds, he does so again here on another standout EP. The sublime ‘In The Forest’ is a tripped out bit of restless electro with skittish hits and rueful pads that gets right to your heart. Relentless and noir this is pure electronic nihilistic futurism for the dance floor. Keeps in breakbeat futuristic vein brutal and elegant at the same time, relentless and pulsing to the end of the night. Hypnotic. All bouncing bass and trippy synth sequences, it feels more techno but somehow manage to bring out the cinematic and romantic sides of this amazing track which I loved from the first audition. 12" record out tomorrow, buy here:  https://www.rushhour.nl/record/vinyl/la-frontera

https://soundcloud.com/dmarccantuofficial
https://soundcloud.com/tuskegeeecords

La Frontera

Watch On YouTube

PREMIERE #619 | D'Marc Cantu - In The Forest [Tuskegee Music] 2019

Balance 014 by Joris Voorn - Cd2 - 'Midori Mix' - Track 14

KG - Obsession x Aaliyah - Rock The Boat

happy bday aaliyah! 

DL here: https://milliarage.bandcamp.com/track/aaliyah-x-kg-rock-the-boat-obsession-mix (name yr price!)

new music from me coming out in 2020 <3

Aaliyah X KG ‎– Rock The Boat (Obsession Mix)

S.Kull & Funk Fox - Like This

The clouds moved slowly across a sun kissed sky, little fluffy shapes shuffling across a dense blue backdrop in the midst of the afternoon heat. They were shifting and shaking in the wind, passing over earth as they gazed down upon an empty planet from miles away in outer space. Beyond them were the stars which danced in an ocean of blackness, the planets bounced and moved in ways we could not comprehend. Beneath it all was us, a humanity lost in its own sense of self entitled worth. However, it was all about to change. 

Today marks the release of a new album on the dance and electronic music powerhouse that is Cocoon Recordings. The German label has acted as an outlet for an endless wave of cutting edge musicians and their latest offering is no different. An LP from Harald Björk, a hugely talented producer who has released music previously on Studio Barnhus and Traum Schallplaten.

Shiftings

PREMIERE: Harald Björk - Shiftings [Cocoon]

United We Stream.
United We Stand with our Sisters and Brothers.
I have always tried to "tell a story" while playing records, this is a short 1h journey through House and Techno paying homage to the roots and culture of our Music, as well as presenting new and exclusive productions of mine, i hope you will enjoy this mix recorded live for United We Stream / Arte at Rex Club over the summer 2020

Dj Deep United We Stream Rex Club [2020 - 08 - 25 080045]

Dormancy

Buy: linktr.ee/nara_records

https://soundcloud.com/hooleymusic
https://soundcloud.com/awnazor

Release info

Premiere: Hooley - Tempo Paradiso - NARA

Faith

Ransom Note is an online music, arts and culture magazine. We provide a home for readers and writers with boundless enthusiasm, esoteric knowledge, fierce opinions and impeccable taste.

With our core team immersed in all aspects of dance music, we publish news, articles, and interviews covering the greatest in innovative, underground culture from across the globe. We offer regular, exclusive music and mixtapes from our favourite artists, and publish features shining a light on everything from the freshest new artists to the untold tales from rave history.

Alongside this we offer musings on film, books, life, and art, generating some context and controversy as an antidote to the reheated PR that clogs up the internet. Our office is fuelled by Tunnock’s Bars, cat memes, hangovers and a ridiculous, never ending love for our culture.

We're always interested in getting new writers on board – feel free to get in touch if you’ve got a story to tell.

With love until the grave.