2025 Summer

Masters At Work Feat. India  .  To Be In Love .  (MAW Mix)

Backfired

Backfired (Dave Lee Club Mix) [feat. India]

The Balearic Gabba Soundsystem is back, back with a new EP that features three more leftfield remixes from curious electronic specialist Enzo Elia that have all been licensed officially by Irma Records. The source material for his three unhinged reworks is a track by 90s Italian house duo Soft House Company and two from cult Italian DJ and producer Don Carlos.

Soft House Company released only two EPs, both in 1990, but made a big impact with them: pretty much everyone has heard ‘What You Need’ and that’s the track that gets remixed here. Elia turns it into a slightly more bouncy and disco leaning cut with raw silvery drums, huge vamping piano chords and those classic vocal cries and already Eddie C and Gerd Jansen have been playing it. At the breakdown there is the sound of waves breaking on a beach before pianos go wild: It’s a freewheeling and sure fire party starting track that still does the trick nearly quarter of a century after original release.

Don Carlos was behind such seminal club tracks as 1991’s ‘Alone’ and produced five studio albums in the nineties and naughties. He fuses Afro rhythms with deep house vibes and has DJed all over the world since the 70s. The first of his to get re-worked is ‘Overture’, which starts with tropical bird cries, whistles and loon calls. It’s the sound of a humid jungle that gets slowly consumed by lush pads, delicate piano melodies and stirring string sounds. With a truly magical atmosphere and uplifting joyousness permeating the whole thing, it cannot fail to make you feel on top of the world.

Finally, Elia tackles ‘Chicago’ (a track that’s already been supported by Soft Rocks) and does so with swathes of mesmeric effects. Organic hand congas, breathy vocal snippets and a bristling nebula of synths, pads and strings all dance around each other in reservedly euphoric symphony.

This might just be one of the most beautifully and bizarrely Balearic releases yet from the ever unhinged Balearic Gabba Soundsystem.

Soft House Company - What You Need (Enzo Elia Balearic Gabba Style)

Direct Me

Direct Me (Extended Mix)

Amsterdam natives Maarten Smeets and Lars Dales, aka Dam Swindle, unveil their third long-player with the release of a new track, the first to be shared from the upcoming album, ‘Open’ - out on 30 May 2025 via Heist Recordings.

The new album sees the acclaimed duo dive far beyond the deep sonic waters they’re most known for, exploring lower tempos, synthwave, hip-house, and ambient across fourteen tracks. With a gestation period that traces back several years, ‘Open’ is their most intimate and personal body of work thus far, birthed during a time of self-reflection away from touring and personal transformation as individuals.

“We felt the need to tell a very personal story through our music as a translation of our personal development in the past years. We also wanted to make music without a specific goal in mind; We simply wanted to create. By taking away the grid of dance music and any expectations of what a Dam Swindle song should sound like, the creativity started to flow naturally with songs in many different styles and tempos. The result is an album that feels refreshing and uplifting and still very much true to the heart and soul of our sound.” - Dam Swindle, January 2025.

While the trademark Dam Swindle four-to-the-floor beats are still ever-present on tracks like ‘The Present Is Always Perfect’, ‘I Need You’, and ‘Is This Love?’, it’s the gentle waves of synths on opener ‘Home’, the contemplative piano chords of ‘Bloom’ featuring Joep Beving, and the lo-fi ambience of ‘It’s Okay, I Can Wait’ that showcase a melancholic, ethereal sensibility previously uncharted by the duo. Collaborations with vocalists such as NYC’s Haile Supreme on ‘Not Enough’ and Neo-soul singer Faye Meana on ‘Girl’ expertly find room in between the dancefloor and home listening sessions, and a clear standout on the LP is the title cut where message-heavy rapped vocals from UK artist Samson ebb and flow amongst iridescent grooves.

Under the helm of Maarten and Lars’ adept A&R, their Heist imprint has become a beloved home for house heads of both schools old and new, platforming some of dance music’s biggest names from Cinthie to DJ Sneak as well as the musical dawnings of artists such as Kassian and Makèz. The Dam Swindle alias has achieved house music royalty-like status across a storied 15-year career that includes two critically lauded full-lengths, collaborations with the likes of Tom Misch and Kerri Chandler, and a globetrotting touring schedule. This album stands as their most profoundly personal work of art to date, and they can’t wait to share it with you.


Open

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Run, run, run

Flowers

Flower Moon

After the success of his last release “Turntable Truth”—which earned spins on BBC Radio 1 and support from Slam FM and Radio 538—Funkerman returns with the SXTRCK EP, a powerful two-track journey through the realms of house and minimal.

Featuring "SXTRCK" and "Classic in the Making", this EP blends crisp minimal grooves with rich live elements and that unmistakable organic feel Funkerman is known for.

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SXTRCK EP

Classic In The Making

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SXTRCK (feat. Kevin Alexander)

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I Feel you (Blaise Amoussou )

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Simon Sim's & Tymers & Luny - I Feel you (Blaise Amoussou )

solid

Nau Squaglia returns with two brand-new originals on the fifth release of his label Lost In Reverie.

Detour showcases his signature progressive house sound, where lush pianos intertwine with harmonic layers to build a wall of sound that perfectly complements the hypnotic groove.

On the other hand, This Moment dives deeper into the realms of deep house, driven by a pulsating bassline and a radiant melody that give way to a seductive vocal surrounded by organic percussion.

Label: Lost In Reverie
LIR005
Out: 17.10.25

Nau Squaglia - This Moment (Original Mix)

Out now on MURK 

Beatport:
https://pro.beatport.com/release/been-a-long-time/1602047

Traxsource:
http://traxsource.com/track/2742816/been-a-long-time-original-mix

The Fog - Been A Long Time

The Lost Tapes: Tony Humphries Strictly Rhythm Mix

Sindae (feat. L.G.) [Kenlou Dub]

Attack & Release

Psychotic Girl

An banger from Smokin Beats ! 
Firstly released in 1998, reissued by Smokin Beats themselves for digital use in 2012 - SMB020

I Feel Good

Smokin Beats - I Feel Good (Smokin Beats Disco Club)

https://strumpdump.bandcamp.com/track/turn-orchestra-youre-gonna

Direct Me (Extended Mix)

The Reese Project

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