This is a sleeper hit if you ask me. Caught me off guard with the groove. 

R$N Premieres: November 2016

Leon Vynehall - It's Just (House Of Dupree)

PREMIERE: Laurence Guy - Les Mur

Following two seminal EPs for Lobster Theremin and a breakout debut for Nous, Route 8's 'Dry Thoughts EP' gets a wavy rework. Gone are the title track and B2 and in is 'Relaxed', a summer house anthem that slams from the high heavens. Eagle-eared LT fans will spot what this track was in it's previous guise, the rest can just sit back and be cuddled to death by warm synths.

BUY RELEASE

Route 8 - Relaxed

Crackle & Ignite

Church FDL010 - Warren Raww - DFLFHT

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Warren Raww - DFLFHT

Tyra Banks EP

The empty space lay abandoned and bare. In the middle of the warehouse there was nothing which demonstrated that an enterprise had ever existed here. The brick walls lay bare and cold, the metal pillars loomed hauntingly. This was now a place which would soon be forgotten, one of the many buildings lost to the grunge and despair of a city in a state of alert. All around this place businesses had begun to leave, they had been bought out, priced out and as a result their ability to produce had collapsed. Cavitation was all that existed, all around. The shells of a life now vanished. 

Raccoglimento Parziale releases on Oltrarno Recordings as he unveils his new body of work titled "Observing Organic Structures".

Observing Organic Structures

PREMIERE: Raccoglimento Parziale - Cavitation [Oltrarno Recordings]

Utterly bent and disturbing in unequal measures, Messrs Smagghe and Cross take Mugwump’s Factory paean and provide a new beat. Mangled with anxious bass, reverse white noise, sub earth oscillations and Stuka riffs, it’s the perfect thing to open the door to small kids with this week. That’ll learn ‘em.

Pre-order here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/metempsycho-ep/id1154915232

Metempsycho EP 

PREMIERE: Mugwump - Breakdown (Smagghe & Cross Version)[Subfield]

The voice echoed down the corridor. He could hear it from a mile away. In all honesty, now he came to think of it he could probably hear it from a hundred thousand miles away. He might as well be on another continent, the nagging would still somehow find a way to penetrate and torment his brain. He had heard about the trouble the noise had caused for others. They had been haunted, some had even gone mad they said. He had always hoped it would never be this bad but right now it was unbareable. 

Mike Simonetti & Ryan Parks have recently compiled a release called 'Harsh Riddims' which is set to be released by 2MR on Friday this week.

PREMIERE: Love Letters - Nag (TWIN'S 'can we?' Mix)[2MR]

The sun cast a dreamy glow over the sand dunes. Night was about to fall across the Gobi Desert and not a sound could be heard. The blue light faded into the distance and all that was left but darkness. You could smell the heat in the night's air, it clung to you like a warm embrace. Many people had longed to walk across this beautiful landscape but few had ever been brave enough to take the risk. The possibility that one might die in the middle of nowhere was too haunting for many, no matter how stunning the burial. 

Peur Bleue return with yet more charm and lush sounds as they are set to release a new EP from Benoit B. His new EP, titled 'Tropico Timelexia', sees an enchanting take on house and soundscapes.

PREMIERE: Benoit B - A Night In Gobi Desert [Peur Bleue]

Something had happened. But our minds were too nebulized, our visions to blurry to remember what it was. When we stopped searching for our inner and outer selves in past tenses we eventually fully realized it was the future we had to sharpen our senses for. In the things that lay upon us, things that were bound to happen, we would find shelter. That universally necessitated shelter, which we could rely on, would give us possibilities to conquer unseen grounds to walk on. Only then we would find out it was not us envisioning this new land, but the land that envisioned us, that saw us firmly walking on its unspeakable grounds, allowing us to go wherever we could imagine ourselves to go to. We fly toward grace.

Rhytch is an artist based in Berlin. When we were originally approached by the label about featuring a track from his forthcoming LP 'Baba Ganoush' it was through a friend. It was quite the introduction and the record is an exciting prospect. Ancient Future Now, a label from Cologne, are set to release it.

baba ganoush

PREMIERE: Rhytch - Glueck [Ancient Future Now]

His smile was distorted in the glare of the sunlight. It sat eerily upon his usually glumstruck face, Brando had arrived. There was an evil sense of foreboding as he marched towards the crowd of onlookers. He was the star of the show and everything he had ever wanted was waiting for him on the other side. All he had to do was walk forwards, disregarding their cries and the shock from those whom quite simply did not understand or know any better. Brando had risen. 

Axe Traxx return with their third release. This time they feature an array of talent including Kid Mark, Dj Pegasuz, FTPup and Fede LNG. However, it is the Ruff & Stax track which steals the show in our humble opinion.

PREMIERE: Ruff & Stax - Brando [Axe Traxx]

'Hiccup' is a dainty and soft house cut that showcases luscious pads, trickling percussion and a groove that's going to cure any NYE hangovers. Reminiscent of Lobster Theremin's Route 8 but also telling that Theremin will be doing the vinyl distribution for Valby Rotary this year.

We've got high hopes for Valby in 2017 and you should do to. What better way to delve back into music this year than with an outfit starting a musical journey of their own. Happy new year.

More exclusive music

Premiere: Louf 'Hiccup'

It's foggy outside (Out now on Artesian Records)

Bandcamp "From da Block" #1 : http://bit.ly/2swpQ5h

Produit par : Increase the Groove Records 
Distribué par : House Monkey Records 
Masterisé par : DJ Steaw 
Fabriqué par : MPO 
Designer par : Valentin Ollivon

Deep Hop

A2 / Aurelian aka KM3  - Deep Hop

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PREMIERE: Ruff & Stax - Brando [Axe Traxx]

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