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Serenade

Nob Hill

Now available as a bonus track on 'The Inevitable End':
http://royksopp.com/music/the-inevitable-end

’Running To The Sea’ and ‘Something In My Heart’ are in essence both expressions of compulsion and its strong, often uncontrollable, persisting pull. Dependence is a returning theme in our music 
-B+B

The equally elegant singing on b-side ‘Something In My Heart’ - a melancholy, synth hybrid - is provided by Jamie of cult orchestral pop ensemble https://soundcloud.com/the-irrepressibles.

Something In My Heart (feat. Jamie Irrepressible)

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Skylines
Release Date: February 12, 2016
© 2016 Keith Richie

Skylines is a cinematic electronic journey that explores the architecture of sound through a global lens—an immersive album inspired by the skylines of iconic cities around the world.

Blending elements of electronic rock, synthwave, and dark synthpop, composer Keith Richie crafts an atmospheric tribute to nine cities—each track echoing the energy, emotion, and identity of its urban muse. From the rainy pulse of “Seattle Walk” to the neon-tinted melancholy of “Goodbye Dubai” and the chaotic haze of “Lost in Beijing,” Skylines invites listeners to travel without moving.

This isn’t just a sonic travelogue—it’s a fusion of geography and emotion. Each composition evokes the sensation of standing beneath towering structures, feeling the movement of life around you, and absorbing the invisible rhythm of the city itself.

The album features exclusive versions of fan-favorite singles including “Seattle Walk,” “Lost in Beijing,” and “Goodbye Dubai,” all reimagined as part of a cohesive global experience.

Whether you're drawn to lush synthesizer textures or inspired by the spirit of travel, Skylines offers a powerful soundscape that stretches across continents—and deep into the imagination.

🌟 What Others Are Saying About Skylines

Keith Richie’s Skylines has earned praise for its cinematic scope, emotional depth, and atmospheric precision. Reviewers highlight Richie’s ability to translate global skylines into immersive soundscapes that blend ambient, synthpop, and electronic rock. With standout compositions like “Seattle Walk,” “Sun in Central Park,” and “Seven Hills,” the album is recognized as a cohesive sonic journey through place and feeling. Explore what reviewers are saying:

Sleeping Bag Studios – "Skylines is a beautiful, gorgeously-composed album full of richly layered textures and emotional nuance, with standout moments like 'Seattle Walk' and 'Sun in Central Park' pulling listeners deep into Keith Richie’s immersive world."
👉 Read the review: sleepingbagstudios.ca/category/special-reports/

Soundlooks – "Skylines is a complete work of astonishing freshness—an expertly crafted tapestry of sound that captures the essence of cities both iconic and obscure. Keith Richie proves himself a consummate composer with a gift for sonic storytelling."
👉 Read the review: soundlooks.com/2016/02/keith-richie-skylines-weaves-instrumental-textures-into-a-tapestry-of-places-iconic-obscure-and-intriguing/

Seven Hills

Du Du Dum

Release 19th of August.

Permanent Vacation returns with the fourth instalment of, well, Permanent Vacation. The longest on going compilation series of the label (the first volume also marked the very first release of pv) is dedicated to the more beachy side of the dancefloor. But no need to stress the B word, the C word or even the big D. Blissed out vintage modernism from around the universe. 12 exclusive tracks by old heroes and new stars for eternity. Presented in a lusty deluxe cover edition.


PERMVAC150 D3) Lucid Dream

Out on the 19th of September @pin-up-club remix of @flvnfr  on @nightnoisemusic

We were massive fans of the original and immediately in love with this great remix from fellow Amsterdammers the Pin Up Club.

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A mix full of energy and strength. We are presented with a most distinctive and interesting harmony played by the two voices of the synths. The rhythm and pace are a moving mechanism, contagious by its on nature. The influence of the sun, bounded to a masculine feature, leads the mix, crowned by a distorted electric guitar which suspends us in time, as if floating,  with bold and charming sharpness, before the big release that leads to the final crescendo. A crescendo that works its way subtly, so we can’t be fully aware of its advance and comfortably be taken by its driving will.

Orasol Fate (The Remixes) EP

PREMIERE - FLVN - Orasol Fate (Pin Up Club Remix)

More info: https://www.xlr8r.com/news/2016/09/premiere-stream-john-dalys-new-lp-as-the-smoke-clears/

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The Smoke Clears

Premiere: The Smoke Clears - Fathoms

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Kamandi = @kamandi-1

Full EP Out Now

Full EP

Kamandi - Every Day (Gatetrasher EP Out Now)

Final episode in Decades, our retrospective series focusing on the work of Tolouse Low Trax.

OUT NOW

TOLOUSE LOW TRAX - METAL TENT WICKED

Chew some more

LXRC31 - UnknownmiX - Chew the Gun

The Smiths Some girls are bigger than others

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]

Transient Moods

Mistakes Are Ok - Distress

This long awaited cd compilation marks the end of Mark Stewart's 'Warehouse Sessions', with all the tracks in the series re-mastered at Berlin's dubplates and mastering including a bonus, previously unreleased track, 'W6' available for the first time. 

Thieves

After his third studio album Reminiscence last year Jonas Saalbach returns with a very diverse EP on EINMUSIKA, including material for sunrise festival sets as well as dark winter club nights.

„Second Surface" will cause a wild stampede on the dancefloor with certainty. „Catamount" on the other hand is more like the Oasis after a long walk through the desert, appearing from far, far away and soon transforming into a bath of pure joy and ecstasy. And with their thirst quenched the heard would then contentedly move on into the night carried through the solid groove of „Rapture".

Second Surface EP

Buy here

Jonas Saalbach - Second Surface

Accelerating music & culture for twenty-five years.

Please note: We do not accept music for review sent via our SoundCloud account.

BEFORE EDM THERE WAS EBM 😉

I am breathing electronic music since late 70s and that's over 45 years now. From Kraftwerk, Jean Michel Jarre, Mike Oldfield, Depeche Mode, Erasure, Yazoo, Alphaville, Men without Hats, Nitzer Ebb, Die Krupps, Front 242, Anne Clark, Camouflage, Gary Numan, OMD, Apopytygma Berzerk and even the Commodore 64 demo & break dance scene to more contemporary Electronic music artists, I witnessed the evolution of Electronic music, which basically means I am an old fart and consider myself an authority in this music genre 😵 Currently I listen DnB almost exclusively. But I do not like to restrict myself at all, enjoying flavors like Electronica, Trance, Psytrance, Tech House, Dubstep, Deep House, Future Pop, Trap, Techno, UK Bass and of course EBM/Industrial as well.

What you will find in my likes and playlists is the top of the crop in Electronic Music, I will  absolutely not list any bullshit. A track I have not listed might be just that: Bullshit, just mediocre or an artistic gem which I haven't discovered yet.

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