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We’re very happy to welcome on board JackWasFaster for our 12th release at LATIDO.

JackWasFaster, born and based in Madrid, has spent the last few years contributing to the effervescent Spanish scene with releases/remixes on Rotten City, Factor City, Latido or Playground. He has played live/dj sets at Sonar, FIB, Brunch, Mad Cool, Paraiso, Mondo or Razzmatazz. His tracks have been played and supported by many artists that we admire such us Andrew Weatherall, Massimiliano Pagliara, Curses, Terr, Echonomist or Mugwump to name a few.

In this new Ep, The South, Manu Cachero shows some of his main hallmarks. Thrilling synths, intoxicating and unexpected melodies, and a cosmic and synthetic envelope that teleports you to a new dimension. From the detuned and intricate synth lines of the sparkling title track, to the acid rush of “Silver Ships”, to end up on the killer and mental bassline of “It Started In Jamaica”.

Along with the three original tracks on the EP, there are two amazing remixes by the unmistakable Freudenthal, and the always forceful Señora, to make The South a magnificent Ep.

Artwork by Jesús Linde. Mastered by Alex Ferrer (thegroove.es)

Tracklist: 

1. JackWasFaster - The South
2. JackWasFaster - JackWasFaster fet. Gela - Silver Ships
3. JackWasFaster - It Started In Jamaica
4. JackWasFaster - The South (Freudhental remix)
5. JackWasFaster - It Started In Jamaica (Señora remix)

PREMIERE: JackWasFaster - The South [Latido]

After 2 years since the last compilation, we are really excited to be able to presents a new selection of lysergic tracks from different artist around the globe.

From Berlin to Buenos Aires, passing through Paris, Spain or Colombia, from legendary producers as Kiki (BPitch Control. Crosstown Rebels) to the newcomers as PeterIFellla, Enjanzea2. baby angel, Prinze, Ravetop or Julia Konor & Alxs.f, plus usual the suspects as Class B Band or JackWasFaster. Nine tracks for your delightment and to enjoy mixed them up at different moments in your club sets!

Rotten Citizens Vol.6

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JackWasFaster - Fiume

This posthumous EP gathers the final tracks JackWasFaster worked on, a re‑imagined take on his debut cut Bitter Pill, and a blistering remix from Anatolian Weapons. Maybe they’ll help crack the case. Or maybe one day JackWasFaster will rise from the dead.
Until then, peace and love.

Who Killed JWF?

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PREMIERE! JackWasFaster - UFO (RCF049)

Who killed JackWasFaster?

Was it the post‑pandemic skyrocketing BPMs and the slow death of soul in club music? The exhausting 90s revival — dredging up even its least glorious moments? Maybe it was the nightlife crowd: more “intense,” with Jäger‑tainted breath, white-powdered noses, and the same recycled small‑talk clichés. Or the current musical climate, obsessed with constant novelty over meaningful transformation. Perhaps it was the mainstreaming of tacky spectacle — DJs dressed as mermaids, horses, or bullfighters — a bargain‑basement sublimation of kitsch.

Or maybe it was suicide. A slow collapse brought on by the inability to find new ways to express oneself in this environment; the blur between conviction and inertia; the endless déjà‑vu; the weariness; the age. Like in Murder on the Orient Express, maybe everyone took a stab.

This posthumous EP gathers the final tracks JackWasFaster worked on, a re‑imagined take on his debut cut Bitter Pill, and a blistering remix from Anatolian Weapons. Maybe they’ll help crack the case. Or maybe one day JackWasFaster will rise from the dead.

Until then, peace and love.

https://rottencityrecords.bandcamp.com/album/who-killed-jwf

JackWasFaster - Spiaggia La Pelosa [Rotten City Files]

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JackWasFaster - Bitter Pill To Swallow (2025 Mix)

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Nina Kraviz - Ghetto (AkizzBeatzz Tribalized Remix)

Brainchild of Multi Culti A&R, Sascha Funke and Niklas Wandt were introduced by Dreems, who charted a course for the seasoned Berlin-based producer and funky multi-percussionist and singer. 

Wandt was just about to enter the scene forcefully with his collaborative 2LP with Wolf Müller and the debut single of his band Neuzeitliche Bodenbeläge. In the icey cold of his warehouse rehearsal space, Funke had him record a variety of slapped, bowed and scratched percussions (congas, talking drum, prepared cymbals played with a bass bow) over his tracks. These first efforts were later expanded into joint sessions at Sascha's home studio and, within a few weeks, the journey reached it’s destination: Wibe strasse, Deutschland.

At first glance, they seem an odd couple: a techno veteran of almost thirty years meets a side-burned upstart socialized in Free Jazz and Krautrock. but the shared sonic influences come through in the hypnotic, dubbed-out sound, perhaps rooted in the close connection the two share to the Rheinland region in West Germany, Funke as part of the Kompakt family and Wandt by origin and socialization in the Cologne and Düsseldorf music scene centered around the Salon des Amateurs. Regional flavours, global appeal. Multi Culti, promoting local collaboration, one freaky record at a time.

Sascha Funke & Niklas  Wandt - Für Die Paar Heller [MC043]

https://disco-halal.lnk.to/genuine

@mrmorek is the latest membe of the singles club family!

Mr Morek - Genuine (DHSC06)

The Hebrew Electronic Ironic project ‘Megaphonim’ is truly one of a kind. Back in the 90’s the duo was a well known act from Tel-Aviv.
After jailed for 18 months for unclear reasons, they started creating music accompanied with despair, hope and bits of humour.
Their debut album ‘Sofer Stam’ Which will release on Unterman during March 2020, is highly anticipated among their growing crowd and free thinkers in Asia.
Including remixes by 'Red Axes’ & ‘Simple Symmetry’ premiered here !

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PREMIERE : Megaphonim - Kesef Katan (Simple Symmetry Remix)

3 Remixes for 3 different moments on the dance floor.
Digital only.

Balagan - Moonlight (Simple Symmetry Remix)

'Through Golan Zocher and Eric Lune, Proton Music is delighted to showcase "North to South. Remixes come from outstanding Polish and Belarusian artists.

With impressive artistic pedigrees in their own rights, Golan Zocher and Eric Lune have individually found success with a host of impressive production credits to their name. Owner of the Bloom Records imprint, Zocher has seen his own music feature on the likes of JOOF, Perspectives Digital, and fellow countryman Juan Pablo Torrez's Clubsonica Records. Similarly, Eric Lune has been a staple on such celebrated imprints as 3rd Avenue, Juicebox Music and Guy Mantzur's Plattenbank. Remixing GMJ's "Mystic Sea" for Proton in June 2020, Golan Zocher now joins forces with Eric Lune as the Colombian/Australian axis deliver a glorious, bouncing progressive house gem as a head-shaking bass groove and shaker-fuelled percussive top-line combine with harmonically detuned analogue chords and delicate keys that shimmer in rich delays. Building to a crescendo at the the mid-point breakdown, the track rises and falls with ease to dramatic effect. A beautifully crafted "Ambient Edit" adds an extra dimension as rhythmic elements are stripped away to reveal a glorious array of motifs and melodies that cascade and coruscate in counterpoint fashion to produce a wonderfully evocative edit.

Michael A is another Proton Music regular with a long and distinguished career with the label. Starting on Particles with his "Behind the Moon" and "Sapphire" EPs in 2014 and 2017, a clutch of originals saw "Bright Hope", "My Style", "Aura Tears", "Geometria" and "Twinkling Stars", light up the label between 2017 and 2020 with a distinctive and evolving melodic sound. Remixes for the likes of James Monro, Rauschhaus and James Warren are now accompanied by a stunning interpretation of "North to South". A smooth and silky use of the central melody from the Zocher and Lune original has created a Sasha-esque remix that is reminiscent of the legend's "Airdrawndagger" sound with its cascading and overlapping delays. A typically impressive rhythm section provides percussive power aplenty as counterpoint melodies and new distorted motifs add depth and range to a highly impressive offering.

From "North to South" Golan Zocher and Eric Lune have been joined by Kobana and Michael A on a true voyage of discovery.'

Follow: @michael_a_official // @golan-zocher // @ericlune // @proton

North to South

Premiere: Golan Zocher, Eric Lune - North to South (Michael A Remix) [Proton Music]

Follow: @plusmoremusic

Free Download: https://hypeddit.com/track/xez1ln

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Free Download: Plusmore - Into Acid (Original Mix)

'Ken Kelly serves up a red hot debut EP on NYC based Andhera Records that features two originals and a remix from Coral O'Connor.

Tell Me is a fresh house opener with lush synths and diva vocals. The chords are bubbly and the beats are slick, with plenty of sunshine beaming into the groove.'

Follow: @kenkellyofficial // @andherarecords

Ken Kelly - Close To You EP

Premiere: Ken Kelly - Tell Me [Andhera Records]

'A regular contributor to the Proton Music catalogue, Michael A continues to find himself at the forefront of underground dance music, now returning with the 4-track "Fantasy" EP.

As prolific as he is talented, Michael A has been a central figure in the progressive house scene with occasional forays into melodic techno and electronica. Since a 2012 debut for Stereofaza, the Belarusian has seen almost 900 production credits against his name for a formidable array of high-profile imprints that include Hernan Cattaneo's Sudbeat, Darin Epsilon's Perspectives Digital and Cid Inc.'s Replug. Moreover, Michael's own Genesis Music imprint has been a vital source of music for both himself and a leading band of new and established artists. Support for a growing portfolio of releases has come from industry's leading DJs and tastemakers that include Guy J, Nick Warren, Max Graham and Cattaneo himself.

The subtle energy of "Flyaway" ripples enticingly forward atop cleverly programmed hi-hat and shaker cadence. Hitting its stride with consummate ease a glorious melodic evolution sees the track provide a moment of understated magic and delayed keys shimmer in overlapping delays over a growling and sustained bass note.

Four new tracks find Michael A offering a magical moment of "Fantasy" on Proton Music.'

Follow: @michael_a_official // @proton

Fantasy, Vol. 1

Premiere: Michael A - Flyaway [Proton Music]

'Open Records is proud to present The Forest, a stellar new single from Melbourne artist Liam Sieker with remixes by fellow Aussie wizard Doppel and Indian innovator Weird Sounding Dude.

After making his Open debut in collaboration with John Baptiste on our hit compilation Expansion Pack II, we are proud to welcome Liam back to the label for his first solo EP, this time featuring vocals by Alice Campbell.

A feature of his dynamic live set for some time, The Forest’s deep, organic and analogue sonics invoke vibes of misty sunrises and dusty sunset dancefloors in the Australian bush.

Taking the original’s lush melodics and stepping it up a notch with a grinding lead, Doppel’s rework is raw, powerful and another example of why he’s the hottest artist in Australia in 2020.

Closing out the release with style, Weird Sounding Dude delivers a classy, hypnotic cut that is atmospheric progressive at its finest. Enjoy!'

Follow: @weirdsoundingdude // @liam-sieker // @alicecampbellaus // @open-records

Liam Sieker & Alice Campbell - The Forest (Incl. Doppel and Weird Sounding Dude Remixes)

Premiere: Liam Sieker - The Forest feat. Alice Campbell (Weird Sounding Dude Remix) [Open Records]

She was elegant and daring, beautiful and hypnotic as she danced the night away. Who knew where she'd come from and what magnificent spirit had brought her to life beneath the cloak of darkness and the dancing stars. The way in which she moved was fascinating and perplexing, dancing atop the sand as the wind howled and the rain poured. It were as if she was commanding some great orchestra, up there in the sky, as the thunder crashed and the bangs of drums echoed between the clouds. She was god, her name was Hestia. 

Inflect Records are set to release a compilation of new material from an assortment of artists, proto disco, italo, acid and beyond on a fun filled record set to move dancefloors and festivals. This track, "Hestia", features on the release, an arpeggio driven affair by JackWasFaster.

Arche

PREMIERE: JackWasFaster - Hestia [Inflect Records]

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