Jason Edwards 'Codeine' Tim Paris rework

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]

Sincere, energetic and dancing electronic music to make your body and spirit dance, by Lulu & Tomé.

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Whispers Behind the Eyes 

Release Date: 29 August 2025

3. Sphecific - Beyond the Surface (Preview)

Ands Mega (AKA Andrés Gómez) is a young music producer from Puebla City, Mexico, who specializes in chuggy techno and creative electronic music ‘without limitation’. After releases on Logical Records, as well as cuts for Nein, Play Pal, and others as part of the duo FLXXX, Ands Mega makes a bold statement on Roam Recordings with “ Hypermanic ”. The track is awash in dark synths and throbbing bass, building steadily over seven minutes with its delightfully
foreboding groove. The cut is dynamic and special, evoking John Carpenter film themes and the European underground in sound and melodic flavor. Two remixes accompany “Hypermanic”, led by a version from Madrid-based producer Telesketch (Logical, Nein) who adds a more insistent rhythm and a gloriously huge mid-song breakdown. El Fulminador (Fulmen Records), hailing from Berlin-via-Argentina, follows with a version of “Hypermanic” that gets into a
spacier and sexier zone. The original’s ‘chug’ is there, enveloped in obscure pads, gentle keys, and mysterious vocal snatches. It’s another captivating release from Roam Recordings, signaling an ambitious 2017 release schedule.

We’re always digging the sounds coming from Mexico of late. So when we were offered an exclusive sneak peek at another choice cut from Andrés Gómez aka Ands Mega, we thought we would of course take up the offer. His new Hypermanic EP is an absolute peach, and we’ve managed to land the wondrous Telesketh remix. Prepare to be blown away.

Hypermanic EP

PREMIERE | Ands Mega - Hypermanic (Telesketch Remix)| Roam Recordings 2017

We've been keeping track of @Playgroundrecords from afar for some time, as one the most interesting labels coming out of Argentina. The label having a strong emphasis on introducing young producers from the country and often featuring remixes from many of the hottest names in Europe. In this thirteen edition, @Attom-official joins the roster.

The release is polished, dealing with many atmospheres, complex rhythmics, full of syncopes, sparkling, mysterious and tripping sounds with a decided beat.

@The-Two-Mamarrachos is on remix duties for Acd Dnc and lead it into dark disco territory. With modulations of macabre vibrations they take us to a perverse and dystopian club.

Release date: 04/09/2017
Cover Art: Victoria Zaffari
Mastering: Javier Ferreira

PREMIERE - Attom - Acd Dnc (The Two Mamarrachos Remix)(Playground Records)

KUMP is delighted to release the first EP by HLM38, the naughty half of duo Ricco and member of the Notte Brigante crew from Lyon. The three original tracks, a mix of ethnic looting and industrial racket in slow motion, feel like steel wrapped in Turkish delight. Front de cadeaux’s take on “Illicite Cong” is reminiscent of an erotic rave flavoured with Oriental spices. Last but not least, Kris Baha slices up “Exit” like a tablier de sapeur (local Lyonnais dish) served on a julienne of  syncopated samples and noisy beats.

12’’ Out May 2018

Producer : HLM38
Guitar and additional bass on "Exit" : Faicel Iboudg 
Distribution: https://chezemile-records.com/
Mastering: Paul "Pilah" Kozmik at Paul's Boutique  studio
Artwork : ETUS - www.facebook.com/etusart
Graphism : Florian Gomes

A1 - HLM38 - Illicite Cong (snippet)

This summer anthem is among Tim Sweeney's (Beats in Space/NYC) Top 20 singles of 2012!!!
Skatebård on Movement: “I really enjoyed doing the remix. It was in a special style for me too! Kind of Madchester/gaze/summer of love/early trance/chillwave-ish/love -style!” There's nothing else to say - it's a new movement!

Released by: Emerald & Doreen Rec.
Release/catalogue number: EDR02
Release date: June 01, 2012 

Emerald & Doreen Hit Selection Vol.1

go nogo - Movement (Skatebård Remix)

With its swerving bass slithering over a slow tempo, Leopard Gum is the perfect slow burner, a slice of comatose disco that will find its way to the darkest corners of nightlife – and haunt its DJ sets. The synths that come crashing across the track’s Smagghe & Cross remix add their saturated signature that provide a different kind of hook through its breathless nineminute run.

https://soundcloud.com/lumierenoirerecords

Out on May 31st!

Pre-order!

PRÉMIÈRE: Local Suicide ft. Nicki Fehr - Leopard Gum (Smagghe & Cross Remix) [Lumière Noire]

MISS REPRESENTED has such a voice, raw and fearless, an educated woman of experience, who has lived her life on the dark side of Scotland's acid house scene, where she has found plenty of food for thought.

Co-produced by Thomas Von Party of Multi Culti and Turbo Recordings A&R, who enlisted the talents of Kris Baha and Matt Karmil to mix, and brought in the elusive UK-underground legend Johnny Aux to rough up the already rugged Crack That Habit into an extended house banger.

If there's one thing dance music is guilty of, it's escapism. A refusal to confront reality. None of that here. Calling out a culture of lies, empowering female sexuality, facing the perils of addiction, and speaking of the resilience of the human mind, this is heady stuff for the rawest of parties.

https://partycentral.bandcamp.com

PRÈMIÉRE: Miss Represented - "Crack That Habit" [Party Central]

The sixth pack of edits to play at parties. Now it has four tracks.

More free edits

Moonoton - Edit #13

It’s not easy ploughing a furrow that ain’t already been ploughed in dance music, but Tim Paris makes it look easy. Nestling somewhere between the sideways slant of a sepia Sunday morning and the electrostatic seduction of a Saturday night, Tim has carved out a cultural niche that is his, and his alone. His original productions range from the jaw-droppingly original (It’s a Fine Line – Woman), to the heartbreakingly sublime (Tim Paris – Outback, Stones & Vinyl), and his remixes (the XX; Silicone Soul; Salif Keita; Telepop Musik) reflect his unique musical position.  Tim’s label, Marketing Music, has quietly gone about releasing some of the most innovative and gloriously confounding electronic house music of the past decade, and his collaboration with ex Black Strobe bohemian Ivan Smagghe, It’s a Fine Line, has borne fruit, after juicy fruit. Dancers, his first full-length release, was signed by Canadian label My Favorite Robot and is an astonishing piece of work. Switching effortlessly from metallic electro purring, to slack-jawed new-wave disco, to shimmering, bewitching, house, it marks a new high point in a career rammed full of them.