For his second offering to the BNJ Tribe, @Kolomensky traveled all through the cosmos to delivers us a simple message : gravity is no more important. Let you flow into his energetic and mystical vibes, for he is strengthen by @AnastasiaZems and the duo @Tushen_Rai & @CorneliusDoctor, three well received figures of european electronic musics.

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Mastered by DHS Mastering

Kolomensky - Every Time

Madrid's finest lines up five absolutely slammin' Chicago-house weapons that will land later this year!

PREMIERE : Jose Cabrera - Madrid No Para

An eerie calm had settled on the beach. The sea was still under the jet-black sky, which was dotted with pinprick stars, like a billion tiny torches shining down from the heavens. The moon cast shadows on the sands and the tranquillity was enhanced by the gentle sound of the waves as they drifted up onto the shoreline and back again. In the distance you could just about make out the thrum of the soundsystem from the bar in the far corner of the beach. It could be playing any song you wanted and anyone you knew could be in there, waiting for you to arrive with a hug and a smile and whatever else you fancied…

It’s a double celebration for the Ransom Note and Bytes family today! As well as being the release day for the four-track Remix EP featuring reworkings of tracks from Water Groove, the stunning debut album from the multi-instrumentalist composer and visual artist Yoann Pisterman, it is also the 40th birthday of R$N friend Enrique “ELO” Leon, the Venezuelan/Colombian DJ also known as Leeon. He just so happens to have provided one of the remixes on the EP, so R$N is posting it to mark this special day.

ELO’s ethereal take on Marbling soothes the mind with a meditative aura of sonic crescendo. As the music evolves, it feels as though we are transcending through unknown dimensions, pervaded by introspection and bliss. This take on Marbling was inspired by a recurrent midnight sitting down at Playa Marmol in Río Claro, a nature reserve in Colombia.

PREMIERE: Yoann Pisterman - Yoann Pisterman - Marbling (ELO Marble Beach at Midnight Remix) [Bytes]

Tracklist: 
Back Time (Anatolian Weapons club mix)
Kris Baha - Push
BETONKUST/INNERSHADES - In Love With A Girl That Doesn't Exist
Unknown Artist
Daniel Monaco & Futurist - Summer ’96
In Aeternam Vale - Monologues V2
Hyboid - Utopia
N-Gynn - Dinero
The Rhythm Odyssey & Dr Dunks - El Cid
Autumns - Absolute Faith
Nicola Kazimir - Never (A Perpetual Transhumanist Curse)
Neil Landstrumm - 127
Westlake & Hayter - Chain
Fader from Borneo - Sound Fondue
Passarani - Road to P’JemThis weeks instalment took us on a journey and provided an anthem that counteracted even the wrath of storm Eunice!

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Pageant Erotica  w/ Bird Of Paradise

The restaurant was teeming with wonderful smells that seeped through the doors to the kitchen and filled diner's nostrils. There was nothing more inviting than a freshly prepped dish made with the finest quality ingredients, and this was truly the spot to frequent if this was what you were after. As soon as that first mouthful hit your lips you were in heaven; food truly was the key to anyone's heart.

Miami-based producers DJ Ray and Goiz welcome a new batch of producers for the second instalment in their Club Tools series. Just like their first collection, round two brings a pack of tunes custom-made for the "explorative club deejay", ranging from raw drum workouts to hypnotic, shuffling beats. On this one we're treated to fresh material from a handful of US producers - Miami's Bong Soup, NYC producer Will Dimaggio and Canadian-bred-Berliner Logan Sturrock aka FlØrist - as well as Seoul-based maestro Mogwaa.

PREMIERE: Bong Soup - Dr. Eggman [Open Space]

The enigmatic New York-through-Brooklyn producer takes us by the hand and leads us through the darkness, forcing us to feel our way to the light with the aid of an intricately woven tapestry of industrial textures and bodies of metal.

Whilst at first the buildings threatened to topple him, the lights to blind him and the traffic’s hiss to penetrate right through to his bones, he now found himself at peace with the city. Realising that he himself made up one part of its hostile landscape – his body litter on the pavement and his breath pollution in the air – he wondered what it meant to live in harmony with one’s surroundings. Did his apartment floorboards cry as he moved across them? Did the tram ache with the the heavy load of every day? He resolved that the city was necessarily a place of angst, and in that knowledge he found clarity and comfort.
 
Rookley presents the ninth addition to the Aimend catalogue – the imprint he established in 2017 as a platform for the moody atmospherics which he produces as meditations on the city as place and environment. The 7-track LP entitled ‘Playground’ is at once introspective and outward-facing, casting the intimate sensation of human flesh as well as the alien hardness of metal. Translated in three singles already made available, this at times sounds like mournful synth swells (‘Garage’) and at others clattering breaks and confused vocal fragments (‘Run’ and ‘Parasite’).

A hard-hitting, syncopated beat lends ‘Panic’ its driving propulsion, maintaining its solidity as other percussive layers are drowned in reverb. The track reaches a climax with the help of choral wails which build under Burial-esque ambience which is seemingly identifiable yet composed in a way that makes it bizarre.

Pre-order 'Playground' now via Aimend Bandcamp.

PREMIERE: Rookley - Panic [Aimend]

Blossom Kollektiv is proud to unveil their first full-length release since relaunching in 2022, with Porto’s Pixel82 and his first album “Infinity” set to make its appearance this June.

Pixel82 talks about this work, which was produced during a time of forced introspection and uncertainty, as a rediscovery of the past to find the future. He wanted to create an uplifting vibe for the songs on the album while still having a subtle dystopian feel in them.
To achieve this sound, he experimented with polarities and used sounds that are personal to himself including organic sounds from nature and even from his personal life with the use of a recording of the heartbeat from his own daughter.

During the nine-track expedition, the artist creates an honest tour de force,
without the constraints of making dance floor shakers and the end result is a highly effective trip that electronic music lovers around the world will adore, not only for listening but also with various moments that will work wonders on the dance floor. Each track is carefully crafted to play off the other with lively alluring synths, eclectic beats, and clever use of vocals throughout the album that seals each track together cohesively.

Beginning with “Breaking Free” its creative use of vox paired with uplifting synths sets the mood of the album that leads to the title track “Infinity”, an underground pop venture with the same feel-good vibe but with catchy vocals that are sure to be stuck in the listeners head long after hearing it. Then the broken beat tracks “Beyond” and “Alien World” whisk you off to strange new worlds with interesting broken beat drum patterns and synths that keep the same harmonious vibe as the rest of the album.

Moving on to the second half of the album “The Grid” takes you straight to the dance floor with bouncy synth lines and tight grooves that is sure to keep the energy high. “Space” and “Sunset” present the liveliest tracks on the album that are perfect for those early morning sunrise moments if used in a set but also very pleasant to the ear for home listening. Arriving at our next destination to slower jams with “Music Box” the minimalistic approach to the drums along with the pleasant melodies keeps everything woven tightly together until finally arriving at our final chapter. “Theta” brings everything effectively to an end with an ambient beatless experience that brilliantly wraps up the release and will keep the listener coming back for more.

The final message of the album leaves an impression of hope through the title “Infinity” that comes from what the artist calls a simple idea of a loop, the continuum of life, togetherness, and union, which he has seamlessly expressed through his own experience during a time of the unknown. As the listener takes an intimate tour of the album’s soundscapes, they will surely find the light at the end of the tunnel, either at the intimacy of their own home or on a sweaty dance floor.

Infinity

PREMIERE : Pixel82 - Beyond

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/magic-pink
Track: Timelapse of Blossoms
Label: https://soundcloud.com/bed_of_roses-1
Format: Digital LP
Release date: 07/06/22
YouTube: https://youtu.be/InDinq1FBRc

MagicPink aka Tara Swenson delivers her debut EP on Bed of Roses. Starting with the skittering seance of Wetsundream - a brooding introduction sets the table for a dish of tense frozen vocal breaks. The energy builds as Timelapse of Blossoms erupts into pulses of petals floating towards the dancefloor. In Waves hones the edge of the blade, impelling you to seek your internal horizon. The voyage continues with Night Visions, a hammering breathy beam of energy welcomes you into a parlor of the delights you’ve deprived yourself of.
The EP is rounded out with Cole Baby’s playfully twisted mix of Wetsundream followed by Break Mode's Subaquatic Mix, taking Timelapse of Blossoms to the ocean floor, leaving the finale to Toulouse’s own - Blind Delon whose interstellar version of Night Vision is sure to have you dancing in the shadows of the cosmos.

Night Visions

PREMIERE | MagicPink - Timelapse of Blossoms (Break Mode's Subaquatic Mix) [Bed Of Roses] 2022

@tadan127 - Muses (vinyl EP) available at https://area127.bandcamp.com/album/muses

Tadan - pure idea [127AREA005]

@IakobMusic / Rotasu @Giorgi-Tatishvili-677635933 / @StigmaTribale 

Bandcamp - https://stigmatribale.bandcamp.com/album/resistance-st07
YouTube - https://youtu.be/BdjI7JuV2lk

Stigma Tribale is a Spanish imprint that has featured national talent such as Cheff, Mario Tishok, Danza Macabra, JFernandez, and Pablo Suave.

The first two international artists on the label hail from Georgia, and they bring a glimpse of their raw, minimal sound, shaping an EP that is as danceable as it is introspective. The pair list appearances on labels like Diffuse Reality, Solemne, and Rebel Union.

For this DT:Premiere we selected "Mystic Soul" with a mechanical and purist groove of raw analogue flutters and thundering percussion. Tense and dance floor orientated, the abstract sound design creates a mesmerising, dystopian, and cinematic vibe.

LABEL: Stigma Tribale

CAT#: ST07
ARTIST: Iakob & Rotasu
TITLE: Resistance

FORMAT: Digital

RELEASED: 1 September 2025

01. The Orchestra is Inside You
02. Drama
03. Mystic Soul
04. Tokyo Birds

Buy @ Bandcamp

DT:Premiere | Iakob & Rotasu - Mystic Soul [Stigma Tribale]

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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.

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