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Another Place

XKM Mix Series

Maara drops her second EP of 2022 and debuts on X-Kalay with the seductive ‘Spiral 2 the Other Side’. Channeling divine feminine frequencies the Canadian delivers a hypnotic, ritual-ready 4-tracker dripping in dark room throb. We’re hyped to welcome her to the label, this one SLAPS!

Pre order: https://bit.ly/3trKgu2

Available 01/07/2022

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XK027 | Maara - Spiral 2 the Other Side

Maruwa drops her first EP of 2022 and debuts on X-Kalay with "Liquid Night" - a noirish exploration of big room rave and proggy NRG 😈 Comes correct with a Rudolf C remix on the flip!

Pre order: https://bit.ly/3E2ENjz

Available 21/10/2022

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XK029 | Maruwa - Liquid Night (incl. Rudolf C Remix)

From the fertile ground that gave us X-Kalay comes a new initiative. Christened "Another Place", the inaugural release, courtesy of London’s Ocean Stirs (aka Tom Jarmey), sets the label’s stall out with a glorious volley of lush breakbeat ballistics. Future Retro founder Tim Reaper assumes remix duties, bringing a hefty dose of jungle acceleration 🔥

Pre order: https://bit.ly/3Whpfzm

Available 25/11/2022

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ANP001 | Ocean Stirs - Luminescent (incl. Tim Reaper Remix)

Next up on X-Kalay it's fresh heat from one of the finest among a current generation of prog-inclined producers. Navigate the mystic zone and achieve ascension with Guy Contact's "Out of My Head (Into My Body)" - a sublime exploration of utopian dancefloor utility ♨️

Pre order: https://bit.ly/3YC5YK4

Available 30/01/2023

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XK031 | Guy Contact - Out of My Head (Into My Body)

The fifth instalment in the fledgling X-Kalay mix series is delivered by Berlin based DJ, Zeynep. Here she contributes a heady blend of propulsive club centric sounds; seamlessly moving through contemporary styles of house, acid and trance. 

In her own words: "I recorded this mix in winter dreaming of warmer days and sunny raves. One and a half hours full of energy driven stompy tunes that release huge euphoria in me. I hope you enjoy this mix as much as me when I was recording it since it’s for one of my favorite labels out there. Hi-NRG 4 EVER 🗣️!"

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XKM005 | Zeynep

Bristol mainstay Remotif debuts on X-Kalay and heralds the label's 30th release, complete with a bonus digital-only remix from Youandewan.

Pre-order: tinyurl.com/2b5mmj93

Available 31st July 2023

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XK030 | Remotif - In the Blink of a Cosmic Eye (incl. Youandewan Digital-Only Bonus Remix)

Ronan lands with renewed focus and a new EP for nascent X-Kalay sub-label, Another Place. Musing on personal crossroads, ‘Leaves of Life’ is evocative and truly genre-spanning; the lush and introspective sounds of Ronan at his finest 💠

Pre-order: https://tinyurl.com/e7xpc69a

Available 01/09/2023

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ANP002 | Ronan - Leaves of Life

Qnete’s back in the building for a third X-Kalay release and it’s an anticipated return for the Leipzig native - four diverse but coherently related tracks with pit stops in prog, deep house and midwest electro 🪐

Pre-order: tinyurl.com/2p89rxrc

Available 29/09/2023

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XK032 | Qnete - Still Play This EP

Rising UK talent Kepler strikes a balance between dancefloor utility and introspection on his X-Kalay debut, “Lowlife”. Huge tech house incursions straight out of Leeds!

Pre-order: bit.ly/46KsSlO

Available 30/11/2023

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XK033 | Kepler - Lowlife

In dialogue with both past and future, Slapfunk protégé Julian Anthony drops his debut solo EP and touches down with a 4-track invocation of classic 90s house 🌪️

Pre-order: tinyurl.com/c6n8xt3w

Available 12/02/2024

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XK034 | Julian Anthony - Full Moon Fever

Australian duo @in2stellar serve up one hour of deep space minimalism for number 009 in the mix series 🌀

XKM009 | In2stellar

Following in the sublime wake of releases from Ronan and Ocean Stirs, Christopher Ledger is the latest to make Another Place his home. 

Splitting time between Berlin and Rome, ‘Access Denied’ is the latest addition to a back catalogue paying no mind to shifting trends. Timeless, ultra-refined deepness flush with wide-eyed wonder and positively utopian NRG 🫶

Available: 05/04/2024

Pre-order: https://tinyurl.com/3tcs3k4t

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ANP003 | Christopher Ledger - Access Denied EP

Rapid-fire with the releases like it’s effortless, minimal donny Velvet Velour steps up with his latest 4-tracker. Strong tech house currents in a similar vein to Kepler’s recent ‘Lowlife’ EP, but with extra zonk - it’s a head turning label debut.

The growing catalogue of releases belies a relatively short time spent producing. That said, he’s already a key proponent of the sound’s contemporary vanguard and XK035 might be the most vital effort to date.

Playful moves from the off. All forward momentum but streamlined and precision-tooled for optimum velocity, both sides of the record kick it on a buoyant flex. Puckered, piquant groove in full effect as the Bristol native keeps things nice n’ direct.

From the lithe, zesty A-side to the sci-fi tendencies and intricate drum programming on display for the second half, this has all the hallmarks of a bullet proof 12”. Next level gear destined to light up dancefloors far and wide.

Available 11/06/2024

Pre-order: tinyurl.com/vvnd7mmf

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XK035 | Velvet Velour - Clickin' EP

Prior to the upcoming show at Platforma Wolff, Bucharest this week, Christoper Ledger delivers a blistering mix of club centric house sounds for the X-Kalay mix series 🌪

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XKM010 | Christopher Ledger

Sandpit Alias, co-founder of Melbourne based party Techworld, serves up 1 hour of loopy tech house for number 11 in the mix series. Get it.

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XKM011 | Sandpit Alias

4 in the chamber as X-Kalay first-timer Boss Priester steps up to the plate. A quartet of the toughest joints you’re likely to hear, maximising that dancefloor impact with minimal fuss.

Flexing like a new-skool combination of golden era Todd Edwards and Nathan Coles right from the off. Groove-forward gear accelerated to new levels through the sheer pressure of that drum programming. Proper dancefloor wreckers.

Stripped back with only the most necessary components required, there’s a dreamlike warmth and sensuality to the funked-out chords and flourishes of hallucinatory detail. Heat-seeking tech house rollers and speed garage revisionism serving pure dancefloor propulsion from beginning to end.

Itchy 2-step into piquant, puckered sidewinders, if the Boss is making baseline and groove his hallmark, then this is a case in point.

Available 20/01/2025

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XK036 | Boss Priester - No Exceptions

I met Yana aka Unjack last autumn when I saw her play after Timur Basha at CDV, and knew right away that we had to get her involved in the mix series. Here we are a few months later and she kindly drops number 12 - a 1 hour 20 minute blend of bumping minimal and slick tech house >:) Thanks Yana!

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XKM012 | Unjack

When DJ Life gives you lemons, press ‘em on vinyl. 4 zesty tech house nuggets bringing the swing and vitality in a big way. 

Keeping it widescreen throughout and the percussion pulls focus. At times slick and sultry, at others more ominous and ill-tempered, we’re dishing out high-velocity dynamics across four distinct trax. Constantly nudging towards the peak-time, but with plenty of breathy sensuality and dappled melody as he flexes a detailed, sound-sensitive approach.

Drums, drums and more drums. You know the deal by now: direct torque in full effect as we traverse the rugged, funked-out and percussive. Plenty of trippy flourish for good measure too, from humid fusions of rainforest FX and hallucinatory detail to light trail synths punching through inky abyss. 

It all recalls Terry Francis and his Housey Doingz project at the peak of their powers - big stabs, big forward momentum. Think the golden era of their Wiggle parties circa 1999.

Available 17/03/2025

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XK037 | DJ Life - Bring the Beat Back

2 hours of DJ Life live on the tekkers. Hawt! 🔥

XKM013 | DJ Life (Live @ Vertigo x Midnight Elevator Perth)

b0n shells out an hour of y2k inspired breaks and big beat 👀 if u know u know!

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XKM014 | b0n

Running some cranky, tempestuous currents on the latest, courtesy of Berlin’s Okain.

A quartet of the meanest cuts to grace the label for a minute as he pulls no punches on propulsion. Hurtling through the temporal plane at break-neck speed.

Proper strapping accelerators rooted somewhere between third portal freak-out and girder-strength tech house flex. All four built like a brick shithouse, but the foundations have given out and we’re falling down a wormhole. Transcending epochs and realities with one foot in the free party and another in the big room.

Organ synth, searing 303 and lysergic flourish in abundance. Synths darting, drums impeccable.

Trippier than we’ve come to expect from the Talman Records founder, but no diminishing returns on dancefloor potency.

Available 23/05/2025

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XK038 | Okain - Acid Spin

Joining the X-Kalay roster for his debut EP, Slim Steve delivers four impressive cuts of infectious, lust infused house. Produced on an array of hardware in Steve’s bedroom in Rome, this is a refreshingly honest EP and takes the label into somewhat nostalgic territory. 

90’s ballads meet sampled italo percussion, skittish pitched up vocals pierce dangerous basslines and lung busting breakdowns give way to searching lasers in smoke filled rooms. English born Italian Steve Langrish accomplishes all this with a level of effortlessness that belies his astonishingly young years. 

An impressive debut for sure. Watch this space – Slim’s comin!

XK005 | Slim Steve - Bedroom Jams EP

The elusive and enigmatic Brazilian producer ‘CoastDream’ resurfaces this spring on X-Kalay with his third EP, and arguably best work to date.

CoastDream has garnered something of a cult following of late; his instantly recognisable brand of woozy 5am power house and DIY club tracks form a signature sound few can touch. We’re super excited to welcome him into the X-Kalay family. 

Title track ‘Soft Moon’ opens with those thundering CoastDream drums and a buzzing, infectious bassline before evolving into some seriously expansive blue sky house. Classic piano stabs, dreamy pads and woodwind-esque melodic interplay combine to carry us high into the South American sunshine.

A2 continues in a similar vein but leads us down a distinctly more tropical path. Bongos, shakers and that massive tom underpin the rhythm whilst we are serenaded on the breeze floating from a distant desert island, ‘Oh La La…”

On the flip, B1 takes us back to basics with a classic CoastDream club jam. More closely resembling the aesthetic of his earlier releases; ‘About You’ hits hard with punchy drums, that trademark kick, and a basement groove that just cannot be ignored.

Closing things out ‘La Esperanza’ launches a real curve ball; splintered breaks and growling bass paying a bone shattering homage to the darkest of 90's jungle >:)

Don’t take your eyes off this one!

Released 31st March 2017.

XK007 | CoastDream - Soft Moon

Lou Karsh’s massive 2018 “Ataraxia” EP gets a repress this spring with a fresh B2! 

“Ataraxia” opens the A side and sets the tone with a huge off beat kick and sparse 909 drums. Neatly evolving through swelling pads and a sculpted 303 there’s something not too distant from the emotive power of early 808 State coupled with the lucid basslines of Phuture. “Infrared” is all punchy drums and crisp breaks shrouded in melancholic pad work and wistful melody… Recorded in one take the spontaneity bleeds into the groove, lead perfectly by a truly elastic bassline.
 
On the flip, “Robotnik” is a definite label favourite. Channelling the stripped back styles of early Jack Frost and the Acid Trax compilations, with a nod to their contemporaries Paranoid London; this one is red hot. “Wasp Tracking” is the new cut – a pacey, buzzing 4x4 acid work out aimed squarely at the floor. 

Don’t sleep!

XK011 | Lou Karsh - Ataraxia

CoastDream returns to X-Kalay with the summer heaters! After over a year’s hiatus and much hard labour in the studio he follows up his hugely successful breakthrough record, Soft Moon, with the Shine EP. Picking up very much where Soft Moon left off, this latest offering is classic feel good CoastDream - sun drenched house music inspired by the golden beaches of his native Brazil.

Title track “Shine” is the anthem in waiting. Classic house pianos overlay an infectious staccato bass whilst a huge euro kitsch vocal pours on the soul. Big one! “Higher” takes us back into early CoastDream territory with that signature under produced sound; big warehouse kicks, sharp percussion and subby grooves.

On the flip, 2k7 is a dreamy club ready cut full of drifting wistful melody and crisp drums, a punchy walking bass holds down the bottom end. Finally, Into the Silence is a homage to 90s jungle; pitched down into a shuffling 122bpm jam with skewed breakbeats, huge sub bass and pure lazy melody.

Don’t sleep – it won’t be around for long!

Track List:
A1. CoastDream – Shine (Euro Mix)
A2. CoastDream – Higher
B1. CoastDream – 2k7
B2. CoastDream – Into the Silence

XK014 | CoastDream - Shine

Lou Karsh’s massive 2018 “Ataraxia” EP gets a repress this spring with a fresh B2!

Available now >>> https://bit.ly/2U9zfZY

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Lou Karsh - Wasp Tracking

Lou Karsh reworks Posthuman's "Airwave Uranium" into a tripped out 303 masterclass. Tip!

Pre order >>> https://bit.ly/2VJaaGS

Released 17th May

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Posthuman - Airwave Uranium (Lou Karsh's Acid Flashback)

Adam Pits lands on X-Kalay with three cuts of hard hitting, wigged out club music. Includes Bliss Inc. remix on the flip!

Pre order: https://bit.ly/31FG6Ro

Available 27th November 2020

XK023 | Adam Pits - Piston Pump

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