Enjoying house music’s current resurgence following the acclaim that gathered for their debut album ‘Different Sides Of The Sun’, Hot Natured recently revealed a new video for one of the collection’s highlights, the  summery grooves of ‘Benediction’. Starting with a teenager picking a lock in order to take control of a pick-up truck, the video depicts a day of wayward, hedonistic behaviour in which the destination – the pool-party – is all that matters.

Next up on Hardsoul Pressings is the latest installment of ‘The Dutch Talent EP’, a series of releases that allows Roog and Greg to place the focus on some of their favourite up and coming Dutch producers. This EP kicks of with ‘Forget It’ from The Voyagers. Greg picked up on this early and snapped it up for the label through meeting Luuk at the Herman Brood Academy in Utrecht and the Voyagers could well be set to make some serious waves this year. 

An eclectic demonstration of vocals and song-writing, Wallflower is a collaborative project between Alison Marks and Leah Floyeurs. Having made their name as separate performers, Wallflower sees these two English artists come together to deliver ‘Say You Won’t Ever’ on Defected Records, featuring remixes from Deetron and Asadinho.

As football fever grips the world ahead of the start of the 2014 FIFA World Cup today, a great way to get in the mood is by revisiting a classic football anthem. Originally released in 1998, Dario G’s ‘Carnaval de Paris’ has been embraced by football fans the world over and 2014’s Rio Remixes put a whole new spin on the track.

‘The Touch’ is the fifth single from Grum's forthcoming album. His previous singles ‘Everytime’, ‘The Theme’, ‘In Love’ and ‘Tears’ have been played across the board at BBC Radio 1 - from Zane to Annie Mac, Pete Tong to B Traits, Monki to Danny Howard (who recently had Grum do an exclusive mix for his Dance Anthems show). If you add in his remixes for the likes of Shift K3y, Sigma, Chromeo & Martin Garrix he's arguably one of the most consistently played producer/remixers right now.

'Searching4Love' is the fruit of a musical union between two Parisian house heads, DJ/producer Phil Weeks and vocalist Ladybird, who together have cooked up a slice of deep and soulful house for Robsoul. The song came about after Phil set about toying with samples from RAMP's version of the classic Roy Ayers 'Everybody Loves The Sunshine'. 

‘Dancin’ originally started as a bootleg over a year ago by young French brothers Mickael and David Couderc (who just signed to Armada) and was then found on Soundcloud by the Moody family. 

Australian duo Denzal Park continue to show their production skills with their latest track, ‘One Way Home’. Jon Hume (of Evermore fame) lends his vocal talents to the pair's new single, which was premiered on 9 May on Pete Tong's Essential Mix as the week's Essential Selection.

Forthcoming on Ministry of Sound, MK's Area 10 remix of 'Always' really has summer written all over it! Premiered by special delivery to B-traits as she sat in for Annie Mac on BBC Radio 1, this remix is has been championed by key tastemakers and is proving extremely popular in the cooler clubs around the globe

After the success of their debut Release for d:vision, ‘Let The Night’, which is still riding high in the Italian Official Top 40 Singles Chart after one month and now signed to Capitol Music in France, Germany and UK, Grammy winning duo Dirty Vegas return with their new single for the label in the shape of ‘Setting Sun’.

Fledgling label Love & Other’s second release comes from a pair of accomplished Glaswegian DJ/producers who really are on a bit of a roll just now. Falling on from their massive 'Do Anything You Wanna’ release on Glasgow Underground, Illyus & Barrientos return with their new ‘Ballin’ EP. 

‘Dimitri From Paris In The House Of Disco’  is the latest release from the French DJ/producer, an auditory smorgasbord of house and disco from the likes of Diana Ross, Hercules & Love Affair, Sister Sledge, Lindstrøm, Chic, Todd Terje, DJ Pierre and many more. In the late-70s and early-80s, after its bubble of underground popularity and credibility had well and truly burst, disco began it’s slow but steady mutation into house. 

Next month will see the release of a new, crowd-funded compilation on Hope Recordings, entitled ‘Nick Warren Presents The Soundgarden’. Nick Warren is well-known in electronic music, having released material via imprints such as Global Underground, Renaissance and Cream since the early-90s as well as being the A&R behind Hope Recordings and one half of the legendary Way Out West. Here we see Nick return to the mix CD format, which he tells us ‘has always been something I love’, via a 2CD compilation taking in downbeat and club sounds.

The ideal essential compilation has to be a continuum -- covering the ground between old and new, bridging the gap between timeless and bleeding edge. ‘Trance Essentials 2014’ is a double dose of the tunes of the moment, including reworks of some classics from the past. Well-known artists have made their mark on the tracklist, and possible rising stars find themselves well represented too.

Continuing their decade long partnership, The Revenge and Sub Club’s Harri emerge from their Glasgow studio under their Burnt Island Casuals guise to release the ‘Linger Longer EP’. If you've visited Subculture at Sub Club in Glasgow; one of the finest internationally-renowned underground clubbing havens, then you’re likely already to have absorbed Harri’s studious approach to production. Here the EP’s crisp and drum programming works to prove an enthusiastic and endearing backdrop to some 4/4 flexible synth work.

Zerothree is a new record label dedicated to unearthing the undiscovered talent that exists in the online community of dance music producers as well as working with established talent. Run in conjunction with music platform Wavo.me, Zerothree will release an EP from new and unsigned producers every quarter. Wavo and Zerothree will be hosting engaging, crowd-sourced label initiatives like an online demo submissions chart, remix competitions, and more to make the discovery process transparent and interactive. 

Next week will see the release of Craig Smith’s ‘Only When It Is Darkest’ EP via Teng Records, backed with reworks from Phlash and Fabio Della Torre. Craig has been involved in electronic music since the early-90s and over the years has earned critical acclaim for his collaborative guise with The Revenge; 6th Borough Project. 

Originally released by Musical Freedom, the instrumental edit of 19-year-old Oliver Heldens’ deep house track ‘Gecko’ has become a popular track in club sets for 2014, peaking at #2 in the Beatport chart and garnering support from the likes of Pete Tong, Danny Howard and Zane Lowe. The latest edit ‘Gecko (Overdrive)’, written and vocalled by Becky Hill during a late night recording session with MNEK, is being released by Parlophone’s new dance imprint FFRR. 

When turning back the pages of King Street’s history, DJ Roland Clark presents Urban Soul’s ‘President House’ would possibly have a chapter all to its own. In keeping with the rich tradition of mixing and mashing both old and new, King Street presents two new “re takes” on the classic that both showcase what’s fresh in today’s dance music world but also keeping true to the elements of what made a classic, a classic. 

Last week saw Dennis Ferrer’s Objektivity imprint release a new two-tracker, in the form of remixes of Ane Brun’s ‘To Let Myself Go’ from Dennis Ferrer and André Hommen. The EP showcases a tug of war between ethereal and electronic and with Dennis Ferrer providing a measured pace and André a driving bassline, Ane’s soul-drenched vocals ring out across this EP, forging a sonic landscape.

It’s been a fast rise for Sick Individuals. With two Beatport No1s secured in as many months last year, Jim and Ray have continued with new tracks into 2014, including the just released, ‘Rock & Rave’, which is out now on Ultra Records. Premiered on the YouTube channel Proximity, the track has already clocked up over 100,000 views in the space of a week. 

DJ Fresh is back with his latest track and is ready to 'Make U Bounce’. Fresh's love of working with producers that inspire him and adopting the 'VS' approach to production has so far seen him teaming up with Stateside producer Diplo and Moombahton's Jay Fay, on the hit records 'Earthquake' & 'Dibby Dibby Sound'. 

Jakwob aka London-based producer, DJ and multi-instrumentalist musician, James Jacob, recently released his latest track on Digital Soundboy. With Shy FX on A&R duties, Digital Soundboy is home to some of electronic music’s freshest talents including Breakage, Dismantle and Radio 1’s B. Traits, with a back catalogue of releases that include Skream, Benga, Redlight, Caspa, Rusko, Calibre and DJ Fresh.

Toolroom Records recently announced ‘The Return Of Wolfy’, the first single release of the year from one of our favourite DJ/producers, Toolroom label head honcho Mark Knight.

Moving dancefloors since the age of 15, South African DJ/producer, Cuebur, teams up with singer Vikter Duplaix to release ‘I See You’ on the very cool Soul Heaven label. 

As someone who has possibly opened the door to techno and tech house for a generation of clubbers with his Miracle, Brave New World and Hey! labels, Dutch producer Michel de Hey has now joined forces with fellow countryman and rising DJ Mulder to release their ‘Seven EP’ on Defected’s DFTD imprint.

Deep 8 Recordings is a brand new UK label intent on offering high quality house releases and its inaugural release comes from Andi Rivera and features the Robert Owens on vocal duty. A selection of remixes comes from Pezzner, A Lister, James Johnston and taMe. 

New Japanese talent, Shinichi Osawa, is apparently causing a stir over in Tokyo's clubland just now and has recently announced his debut double A side single, 'Breaking Through the Night / All I Need', via Kitsuné this spring. 

Fresh from mixing a disc of ‘Defected In The House Miami 2014’, Canadian artist Paolo Rocco has been going from strength to strength with his steady flow of releases in recent years. Highly regarded for his structured DJ sets as well as his productions, this artist of Italian descent has produced for a slew of creditable imprints such as Saved Records, Seaking, Real Tone and Klasse Recordings whilst also seeing his work praised by the likes of Damian Lazarus, Nic Fanciulli and DJ Sneak.

The next release on Leftroom revisits the debut album, ‘Word Of Mouth’, by label boss Matt Tolfrey, which was released in 2012. Four cuts from the full length get remixed by Mr Fingers, NYC’s Kenny Dope, Justin Harris and Luke Solomon’s Freaks project and Classic cohort Rob Mello’s No Ears. First up, Matt Tolfrey feat Jem Cooke & Kevin Knapp’s ‘Distant Story’ gets remixed by Larry Heard. The Alleviated boss transforms the track into a deeply soulful and spiritual track with otherworldly pads, feathery light hi hats and knock-on-wood beats.

Last year Rank 1 released their 13-minute track ‘13.11.11’ and their ‘Elements Of Nature’ bagged many credits, getting a MIXMAG Tune of the Month and landing the Dutch duo with a #5 position on Trancefix’s Tracks of the 2013 rundown. 

'Poolside Miami' offers a collection of sun drenched beats and  blissed out grooves, a great accompaniment to long hot days by the pool. 

DJ and producer Steve Lawler releases his new single ‘Do Ya’ today, on his own VIVa MUSiC.  Lawler’s latest entry into his label’s ever-expanding catalogue stitches together the groovy feel that he regularly instills into dance floors worldwide. The track continues to establish his distinctive house music sound, anchored around simple yet effective drum programming with the tracks own momentum emerging as the original’s charm. 

Pig & Dan’s Elevate label could be set to go from strength to strength in 2014 with a series of new releases planned. Pig & themselves return home for the label’s 12th release with two techno productions – the mind-bendingly ‘Slash’, and the equally disturbingly ‘Where The Wild Things Are’.  

After making an impact with his track, ‘My Love’ – now heading to the top of the UK singles charts – and producing a track for Katy B’s ‘Little Red’ album, 19-year old Route 94 is back with his debut ‘Fly 4 Life’ EP on Defected Records.

Fedde Le Grand’s ‘Don’t Give Up’, which steams in after 11 minutes to Final Kid’s backdrop on UMF’s 15^th edition after-movie, has had a TBC attached to its release since September last year. Now, on 24 March - as Miami Music Week kicks off - the full instrumental gets its Beatport release and Fedde recently teamed up with Final Kid once more for an extended preview, which you can check below.

The latest track from Glasgow Underground comes from a new collaboration between existing GU talent, Illyus and Barrientos. ‘Do Anything You Wanna’ is a two-track EP from the pair who have previously remixed Grum together (picking up support from Pete Tong’s Essential Selection straight off the bat) and delivered solo EPs for GU, Morris Audio and Seven Music.

Detroit’s Terrence Parker recently revealed his new single 'When Loves The Feeling' for GFY Black label. Armed with pure house feeling and a flavour of "how we used to do…", the track brings amore right back to dance floor central where it belongs, with its bumping ‘90s bass and classic beats laced with highly infectious vocal and classic piano hooks. On remix duty are label boss' Kenny Summit and Lenny RX who inject some punchy beats and dramatic breakdowns.

Clubbers that arrived at The Mid in Chicago, USA on Saturday night were greeted with a very special surprise set from legendary DJ duo Deep Dish. Although it was their first set together as Deep Dish since 2006, DJs Dubfire and Sharam didn’t miss a beat in one of house music’s great cities. 

In such a competitive scene, it’s always good to see new talent emerge, especially someone who’s not only making it as a DJ, but is multi-talented, and uses these musical skills to produce his own music. Drums, keyboards, guitar and vocals - it’s all in the mix when Karuva makes a new production – and today see the release of his debut EP, ‘Shockwaves’, on Canadian label Phoenix Music. Join us for a journey into the deeper side of house music…

With new edits coming from Muzzaik, Simone Vitullo, LaBass, Mark Ursa and Leonardo Glovibes plus stadium, arena and sunshine mixes which should be ideal for festival, Miami and Ibiza plays, Yves Larock’s ‘Zookey 2K14’ is back again and looks set to win over a whole new set of fans.

2013 saw Jason Chue AKA Wookie, release his own track 'The Hype' featuring Eliza Doolittle (Strictly Rhythm) and remix (amongst others) Disclosure’s 'Voices' (PMR/Island) and Wilkinson’s 'Too Close' (Ram/Virgin). All three records gained continued support from Radio One’s Annie Mac, Toddla T and Rob Da Bank, Kiss FM’s DJ EZ and 1Xtra’s MistaJam, DJ Target and Cameo.

Recorded last year at Albarn’s West London studio 13, his forthcoming album, ‘Everyday Robots’, is produced by Richard Russell of XL, with whom Damon produced Bobby Womack’s ‘The Bravest Man In The Universe’ - and features guest appearances from Brian Eno and Natasha Khan (Bat For Lashes).

US producer Jose Burgos has been a big name in soulful house music for the best part of two decades, with releases on Salt Shaker Records, NRK, Deep Vision and Sunlightsquare Records. Now, he’s reunited once again with the powerfully soulful voice of Kenny Bobien, one of our all time favourite soulful house vocalists.

Hot on the heels of ‘Move Into Light’ and remix duty on US duo Tritonal’s ‘Now Or Never’, Enhanced Music’s Juventa recently revealed that the next track to receive his spin will be one synonymous with one of the most successful video games of all time – Grand Theft Auto V. His reimagining of ‘Sleepwalking’ by The Chain Gang Of 1974 is set for release on Monday 10^th March exclusively through Beatport.

Prok & Fitch return to Toolroom Records with the recently released, ‘Man With Soul’, featuring the vocals of Max Linen. Following the success of their 'Toolroom Knights' album at the close of last year and recent BBC Radio 1 support from Steve Angello and NERVO, 2014 may well be Prok & Fitch’s biggest year yet. 

A man no stranger to Vandit’s discography, Scotland's Paul Trainer has been producing music for half a decade now. Following up the likes of ‘Totality’, ‘Face The Music’ and ‘Soundscape’, he’s returns to the door of Paul van Dyk's Berlin-based Vandit Records with ‘Receptor'.

Ray Foxx is back with a brand new release following on from his top 40 summer track, ‘Boom Boom (Heartbeat)’ and the funk infused ‘Fireworks’. This time he joins forces on the production with Australian bassmaker, Tom Piper and Ayah Marar steps up on the vocal delivery following her collaboration with Calvin Harris on ‘Thinking About You’. Together the trio create this dynamic, bass heavy, synth infused track, topping it off with a heavy percussion filled backdrop.

Like many tracks of its nature, ‘Bassline’ began its journey as an underground track and has since risen to possibly become somewhat of an anthem. Defected Records released the Bristolian duo GotSome’s debut last year, with ‘Bassline’ promptly climbing No. 4 in the Beatport House chart. Now, with so much remix potential the track has been picked apart by some of the greatest minds in house music.

2014 is already shaping up to be a decent year for Mixmash Records. The first release for the label head honcho, Laidback Luke, comes in the form of a collaboration with Project 46 and Collin McLoughlin, entitled ‘Collide’. The official video premiered on Vice’s Thump recently, and features two young friends who attempt to build the perfect man for their beautiful neighbour. 

British producer Gareth Emery is back with ‘U’, a brand new song featuring Bo Bruce that’s out today on his own label, Garuda. It’s the first single from his brand new album, ‘Drive’, set for release 1 April and creates an insight into what the forthcoming album has to offer. The track is a love song with ethereal vocals and euphoric synths combined to create a nice slab of music. 

Todd Terry serves another jam in the form of ‘Feel The Sun’, which comes with remixes from youngTEE, Mineo, Howson’s Groove and Sona Vabos. In his time, New York City’s Todd Terry has been Grammy nominated and has turned out seminal hits like ‘Keep On Jumpin’, ‘Somethin’ Going On’, ‘I’ll House You’ and has released on well established labels like Get Physical, Cadenza and Toolroom. This new single is made as a celebration of the global return of house music into the public’s conscious. 

Gorgon City's latest single ‘Ready For You Love’ received its first exclusive play on R1 recently as Zane Lowes' ‘Hottest Record in the World’ and features the vocal talents of MNEK who co-wrote the track with Matt and Kye. 

Serbia’s Shoxy and Alexandar Ivkovic are regarded as two of the finest DJs on the Serbian circuit and now they get set to release their debut on Desolat, titled the ‘Red Beans’ EP. The EP showcases the duo’s talents across four rhythmic house mutations. ‘Red Beans’ is an impressive opener which is characterised by its clever arrangement and off-kilter beat. Soaring synths, a chanting vocal and further deft sounds are added to the mix resulting in an engrossing and hypnotic track.

Rachel K Collier provided the vocals for Ray Foxx’s track ‘Boom Boom (Heartbeat)’. One of the memorable songs of the summer, the track was the latest in a series of collaborations for the 23-year old self taught grade 8 pianist and alumni of the Royal Welsh School Of Music.

Federico Scavo’s ‘The One’ is the latest and release from Steve Angello’s X imprint. The Florence, Italy-based producer is on fire right now and this offering connects bleepy tech house with sinister sweeping synths. Federico Scavo, is possibly one of the fastest rising Italian dance music stars. He spends his life working in the studio and devoting himself to his passion of DJing. 

It was a little over a month ago that a clip from a track simply called ‘Gecko’ appeared on the Musical Freedom Soundcloud page. There was no artist mentioned or any further information provided. 

Ultra Music recently released ‘I AM’, a collaboration between ex-Swedish House Mafia member Axwell, breakthrough electro house duo Sick Individuals and US vocalist Taylr Renee. Originally signed during the Amsterdam Dance Having already reached #1 on Beatport, this combination of talent results in a driving yet euphoric house track whose trajectory is constantly lifting. 

With his Vangelis homage ‘Love Theme From Blade Runner’ doing well in end-of-year polls, Solarstone’s next single excursion sees the Pure Trance guardian dip back into his latest album. Moving from ‘Love’ to ‘Lovers’, he’s teamed up with cult New York-based synth-pop outfit Lemon. 

Since first bursting onto the scene back in 2004, Tiger Stripes has released on a varied array of labels including Ibadan, Get Physical, liebe*detail, Drumcode and Strictly Rhythm. Now, January 2014 sees the Swedish artist make his debut on Desolat on the ‘Sisters EP’.

'Best Of Toolroom Records 2013' brings a collection of the best Toolroom tracks of the year. Celebrating the label's 10^th anniversary has led to a collection of releases from some of the biggest DJs and producers in the industry. 

Ministry of Sound is gearing up for its next crossover hit with DVBBS & Borgeous’ ‘Tsunami (Jump)’, with a new vocal from Brit Tinie Tempah, following his previous featured hits with Swedish House Mafia and Calvin Harris. The instrumental of ‘Tsunami (Jump)’ has already hit No.1 across Europe and on Beatport, clocked up 30 million collective YouTube views, over 800,000 Soundcloud plays, and received repeat UK radio support from Radio 1’s Zane Lowe (who has just premiered the vocal version on Radio 1), Pete Tong and a few other main presenters.

Bastian Salbart takes the next step in threading his way through the music industry to get straight into your mind. His latest track is ‘Run’, which is out 9 December on High Contrast Recordings / Be Yourself Music.

Danism join forces with vocalist Rae to unleash a deep house groove titled 'Gimme Love'. This outing sees spectral synth hooks dance over a deep haunting bass thump, backed by immutable beats and dusted with an eerie breakdown, where Rae's vocal shimmers throughout.

‘Balance 024’ comes as the next chapter in Danny Howell’s compilations that have proven the calling card of his career. His numerous Global Underground volumes, Renaissance mixes and more besides have found a fond place in many a clubber’s home-listening collection, earning him a reputation as a musical storytellers in the electronic world.

At 19-years old, Toronto-based half Brazilian/Argentinian DJ/producer Alan Aguero holds a residency at Toronto's largest nightclub,The Guvernement, where he continuous to be active in Toronto's dance music scene. He is signed to Burner Records (Canada), 6N7 Music (Canada) and Protoxic Records (France), where you can find his releases on Beatport.

Celebrating their 10-year anniversary, Armada Music is to release a set of brand new remixes of its classic highlights in ‘The Anniversary Remixes’ series, released on 2 December.

For their latest release, ‘Set It Off’, Tube & Berger are joined by the passionate Juliet Sikora whose role whether at the label, in the studio or in front of a crowd has made her an invaluable asset to the Kittball imprint.

You gotta love a slice of trance and when the Dutch pairing of Benno de Goeij and Piet Bervoets, aka Rank 1, produce a new track it's usually worth listening to. 2013 has already brought the M.I.K.E. collaboration 'Elements Of Life' and the big room 'Floorlifter'. Their latest track, ‘13.11.11’, rolls out at a tempo of 131.111BPMs, with its deep, bass-building atmosphere. Backed by top FX, de Goeij and Bervoets drive home its first elevating lead line, one that seizes the track’s centre ground. 

As a highly respected DJ/producer in the trance scene, Alex M.O.R.P.H. has already collaborated with some of its biggest names. His former collaborations includes work with Paul van Dyk and numerous other collaborations with artists including Armin van Buuren, Rank 1, Protoculture and most recently Jerome Isma-Ae on ‘Bang’.

Sonny Fodera and Amber Jolene have once again reunited in another collaboration exhibiting their complimentary talents as artists. Jolene is responsible for the vocals on tracks including Mowgli ‘Back In The Day’ and Myomi ‘Sun In My Eyes’ as well as experiences both recording and performing with famous English ska band Madness.

Fatboy Slim recently announced an eight-date club tour this December to coincide with the release of his new single ‘Eat Sleep Rave Repeat’ with Riva Starr on 27^th October via Skint Records. The underground club tour will commence at London’s XOYO on 5 December and culminates at Brighton Digital on 15 December.

Both of Selador records’ central tenets Dave Seaman and Steve Parry have been frequently involved with the ADE conference since its inception, so it was only natural that they would present the label there this year. This recently released ADE sample is the fruit of that representation and is a collection of tracks of forward thinking electronic music that outlines their signature sound.

After a hit record in 2000 with ‘Lucky Star’, the French DJs from Superfunk and Chicago-based singer and DJ, Ron Carroll, are back with a new twist of the track – ‘Lucky Star 2013’, out on Paradise Records. With the original version being a worldwide hit with top sales in France, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium, this new version is aiming for the same success.

Germany’s Thomas Gold gets set to release his new track, ‘Remember’, which is released 28 October on Axtone Records.‘Remember’ is the follow up to the Beatport #1 reaching ‘Sing 2 Me’ as well as the ‘Axtone Presents Thomas Gold’ compilation and describes the story of a couple spending the night out and experiencing the beauty of the morning sunrise together. On it, arpeggiated violins soar into Kaelyn Behr’s vocals, before gradually building up to a crescendo crammed with elation and energy.

‘The Truth (Feat Marshall Jefferson)’, one of the standout tracks from Matt Tolfrey’s debut LP, ‘Word Of Mouth’, sees a full single release with additional remixes from Gerd’s Geeeman project and John Charnis.

 Leftroom boss, Tolfrey, dropped his ‘Word Of Mouth’ LP late in 2012 and the project served as an insight into the influences and passions of the DJ/producer.

Having joined forces with Mark Knight and Toolroom Records, where they delivered the infamous underground anthem 'Downpipe', a relationship was forged many years ago that would see D.Ramirez release a number of tracks on the label. After taking a small hiatus from Toolroom, he makes a return to the label, delivering a more refined version of his trademark sound with his new track 'Open Your Eyes,’ which makes its debut on the annual Toolroom Amsterdam compilation.

Three musical minds have come together on Dim Mak's latest release, ‘Bring You To Life (Transcend)’. This progressive house track fuses label owner Steve Aoki with Rune RK, one of the creative minds behind the track ‘Calabria’. Defined by its warm lead sounds, ‘Transcend’ was one of the most popular tracks on Steve Aoki's ‘It's The End Of The World As We Know It’ EP from last December.


‘Soldier Ascension’ has been made in Angola, where Djeff is a DJ, producer and TV presenter, but this is not an Angolan album, it’s not defined or confined by national borders, and too 21st century in style and execution to be tarred with the ‘World Music’ brush. ‘Soldier Ascension’ is an album of cosmopolitan tracks that could loosely be described as Afro-house while incorporating elements of so many different musical styles that Djeff has heard and been inspired by growing up in Portugal and Angola, and on his travels as a DJ.

Berlin-based Mike La Funk reveals his brand new release 'Don't Wanna Be Alone' for Pacha Recordings, working for the first time with vocalist Max C who injects a rich gospel flavour. The package also features remixers including Soul Avengerz.who opt for a deeper and mysterious vibe, showcasing a sexy nocturnal side.

The first release on the re-launched Soul Heaven Records label sees Osunlade make his return to remix duties, crafting Terri Walker’s ‘He Loves Me’ into his own personal interpretation of music. The Yoruba label boss’ touch means that he draws on the key emotive elements of every piece he lays his hands on to create a carefully crafted rendition of the original with warm and uplifting vibes.

The new MK vocal edit of Storm Queen’s ‘Look Right Through’ will be released later this year on Ministry of Sound/Defected. ‘Look Right Through’ first surfaced on Defected in 2012, and MK’s Dub III quickly became an underground hit via Beatport and many DJ supporters.

Azari & III make their Get Physical debut by compiling and mixing the latest edition of the highly regarded tastemaker series, Body Language. Volume 13 features 2 mixes, one from Dinamo Azari and the other from Alixander III and together the two produce a techno-driven soundscape that shows a different side of Azari & III and a fresh sound on Get Physical Music.

The latest offering from Desolat sees Martin Buttrich come together with long-time friend Mousse T on ‘Session 1’. This two track 12” set for release on October 14, sees both producers release their first original material in over two years and demonstrate why they remain two respected producers in the scene.

Tribe Records continues its quality releases with DJ Angelo’s cover of Shannon’s ‘Let The Music Play’. Global Fantasy's DJ Angelo, whose club night is in, gives his own house-driven rework of the 1983 Shannon disco classic.

After a two years absence, Dutch/Austrian duo Hagenaar & Albrecht are back with their latest track, ‘Love Is Hell’, which sees them return to their distinctive ‘H&A’ sound with a rock intense vocal from Aussie rocker Sarah McLeod.

Next up in Toolroom Records Anniversary Remixes series is Mark Knight and Funkagenda’s huge ‘Man With The Red Face’, which has been reinterpreted by Dutch producer Hardwell, Toolroom regular Rene Amesz and longstanding house DJ/producer ATFC. 

Toolroom Records recently released their latest big track, Quivver Feat Angel Hart ‘I Don’t Wanna Wait’, with remixes by Ben Delay, David Penn and Pammin, with and a video shot in Miami. Quivver, who has gained support for his various club releases from A-list DJs such as Sasha, Pete Tong, Paul Oakenfold and John Digweed, has also garnered a loyal fanbase through his productions and continues to deliver lots of top productions.

Easily one of our favourite production duos, Gabriel & Dresden keep the momentum going with their brand new track, ‘Tomorrow Comes’, out now on their label, Organized Nature via Armada Records.

Sander van Doorn and Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike’s ‘Project T’, the track that launched the official Tomorrowland 2012 after-movie, finally gets its release on September 2 via Dutch label Spinnin’ Records. 

With Wookie’s debut release, ‘Battle’, and his underground track ‘Scrappy’, plus his remix of Sia’s ‘Little Man’, Wookie quickly emerged as one of the key players in the UK Garage scene.
 So it’s no surprise that the current resurgence in bass-lead, funk inflected tracks has found the East London resident being name-checked by the likes of Disclosure and Rudimental.


Out this week on Toolroom Records, ‘10 Years Of SW4’ captures the very best of the festival's history and diversity with a selection of tracks from its most iconic artists, hand-picked by the organisers themselves. Having started as a backyard party in June 2001 and growing in number over the next couple of years, SW4 was born on Clapham Common in August 2004. The first ever headliners included Erick Morillo and Sasha, with an extra three stages of acts helping SW4 become a huge sellout. 

Compiled and mixed by Defected’s Any Daniell, ‘Bargrooves Ibiza 2013’ was released this month, capturing the Balearic house spirit of the White Isle. Comprising 30 full-length, unmixed tracks that take in both current and classic Ibiza vibes, the release also includes two bonus mixes for an uninterrupted Ibiza experience.

Since 1967, Pacha has been exerting its reign of dance music and clubbing all over the world from Barcelona and Ibiza and nowadays you can find a Pacha nightclub in America, Brazil, Austria, England, Australia, Morocco, Russia, Germany, Portugal, Egypt and Argentina. With many top album releases over the years, this month Pacha gets set to release its latest compilation, ‘Pacha Ibiza Deep House’, which showcases some of the coolest sounds in the scene right now. 

Written and produced by Kevin Saunderson and featuring the vocals of Paris Grey, ‘Good Life’ was released in 1988 and went on to become one of the defining tunes of its era, maintaining “classic” status ever since. Some 25 years later, the latest producers to deliver their renditions for the first batch of 2013 remixes are Pig & Dan, Markus Lauc, Matt Smallwood, Ian O’Donovan and Dantiez Saunderson & White Chocolate.

London-based solo artist G.Logan continues to establish himself with his productions. Boasting previous production credits for the likes of Kelis, Jay Sean and Craig David, his latest release, ‘How Did We’, on Defected Records acts as further evidence of his talent.

‘Loving You’ from Kenny Summit, Director’s Cut & Yasmeen, was originally unleashed last year on Good For You Records, hitting No.1 on Traxsource and stayed there for a whole month. Now it’s been remixes for this summer’s dancefloors, getting a makeover from top DJ/producers Dave Mayer & Husky. 

Glasgow Underground continues 2013 with the late-summer debut release from new artist Barrientos, entitled ‘Feel The Waves’.

 23-year old Glasgow-based, Barrientos was discovered by Glasgow Underground via a DJ mix on the synthglasgow.com blog where he’d combined tracks from Matthew Styles, Vince Watson, Atjazz and more into an impressive flow. 

As part of one of their best year’s yet, which celebrates their 10^th anniversary, Toolroom Records will release remixes of some of their most memorable tracks from the past ten years, updated and reworked by some of their favourite artists. Leading the ‘Ten’ campaign, Fedde le Grand’s ‘Metrum’ gets the remix treatment from Umek.

British label, Vinyl Solution, celebrates its 25^th anniversary this year by making its entire back catalogue available digitally for the first time. The anniversary is spearheaded by the re-release of Bizarre Inc’s classic ‘Playing With Knives’. Released on 28 July, the track has been reworked by Utah Saints, Drumsound & Bassline Smith, Timothy Allan & Mark Loverush, and Magnus J, who are helping to introduce the track to a whole new generation of electronic music fans.

Enjoying house music’s current resurgence following the acclaim that gathered for their debut album ‘Different Sides Of The Sun’, Hot Natured recently revealed a new video for one of the collection’s highlights, the  summery grooves of ‘Benediction’. Starting with a teenager picking a lock in order to take control of a pick-up truck, the video depicts a day of wayward, hedonistic behaviour in which the destination – the pool-party – is all that matters.

Next up on Hardsoul Pressings is the latest installment of ‘The Dutch Talent EP’, a series of releases that allows Roog and Greg to place the focus on some of their favourite up and coming Dutch producers. This EP kicks of with ‘Forget It’ from The Voyagers. Greg picked up on this early and snapped it up for the label through meeting Luuk at the Herman Brood Academy in Utrecht and the Voyagers could well be set to make some serious waves this year. 

An eclectic demonstration of vocals and song-writing, Wallflower is a collaborative project between Alison Marks and Leah Floyeurs. Having made their name as separate performers, Wallflower sees these two English artists come together to deliver ‘Say You Won’t Ever’ on Defected Records, featuring remixes from Deetron and Asadinho.

With a crisp grand piano and sultry vocals reminiscent of Lana del Rey, the original track is full of unexpected melodic changes and lyrics, which entail a dark, misguided love. The Deetron Remix is based around an elevating synth arpeggio, which creates an ethereal backdrop for the vocals, while Deetron’s T-Line Version delivers a confident four-to-the-floor house rendition full of swinging, chopped vocal snippets and should be ideal for any dance floor. Asadinho’s Main Vocal Mix begins with a layered sound effect and lo-fi vocal intro leading into an array of spacy synth leads and a powerfully thudding bassline. The track evolves with the addition of eerie piano riffs that add to the original lyrical message of a love long lost. It’s out today on Defected Records, check it out below.

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As football fever grips the world ahead of the start of the 2014 FIFA World Cup today, a great way to get in the mood is by revisiting a classic football anthem. Originally released in 1998, Dario G’s ‘Carnaval de Paris’ has been embraced by football fans the world over and 2014’s Rio Remixes put a whole new spin on the track.

‘The Touch’ is the fifth single from Grum's forthcoming album. His previous singles ‘Everytime’, ‘The Theme’, ‘In Love’ and ‘Tears’ have been played across the board at BBC Radio 1 - from Zane to Annie Mac, Pete Tong to B Traits, Monki to Danny Howard (who recently had Grum do an exclusive mix for his Dance Anthems show). If you add in his remixes for the likes of Shift K3y, Sigma, Chromeo & Martin Garrix he's arguably one of the most consistently played producer/remixers right now.

'Searching4Love' is the fruit of a musical union between two Parisian house heads, DJ/producer Phil Weeks and vocalist Ladybird, who together have cooked up a slice of deep and soulful house for Robsoul. The song came about after Phil set about toying with samples from RAMP's version of the classic Roy Ayers 'Everybody Loves The Sunshine'. 

‘Dancin’ originally started as a bootleg over a year ago by young French brothers Mickael and David Couderc (who just signed to Armada) and was then found on Soundcloud by the Moody family. 

Australian duo Denzal Park continue to show their production skills with their latest track, ‘One Way Home’. Jon Hume (of Evermore fame) lends his vocal talents to the pair's new single, which was premiered on 9 May on Pete Tong's Essential Mix as the week's Essential Selection.

Hume's hooks meet with Denzal Park's signature progressive house sound, giving the track a promising display of possibly good things to come from the duo from Down Under.

Combining their production skills through a mutual affinity for electronic music, Denzal Park aka Kam Denny and Paul Zala, have carved their initials deep into the dancefloors and DJ-booths of their homeland's biggest nightclubs, darkest dance-halls and festival fields, delivering their concoction of melodies and rhythms to thousands of clubbers.

They kicked off their partnership five years ago with the Beatport #1 'Finally 2008', and proceeded to remix for names such as Dirty South, Avicii, Martin Solveig, Edx, Cicada, Full Intention and Pnau. Their original tracks 'Amarok', 'Nammos', 'Militia', 'Filterfreak', 'Ascension' and 'I'm A Drum Machine' have gained them support from Swedish House Mafia, Tiesto, Pete Tong, Fedde Le Grand, David Guetta and Laidback Luke. The duo have also written and produced two platinum-selling singles and received Australia's highest musical accolade, picking up an APRA award for Dance Work Of The Year.

Check ‘One Way Home’ below, it’s out now on Neon Records.

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Forthcoming on Ministry of Sound, MK's Area 10 remix of 'Always' really has summer written all over it! Premiered by special delivery to B-traits as she sat in for Annie Mac on BBC Radio 1, this remix is has been championed by key tastemakers and is proving extremely popular in the cooler clubs around the globe

After the success of their debut Release for d:vision, ‘Let The Night’, which is still riding high in the Italian Official Top 40 Singles Chart after one month and now signed to Capitol Music in France, Germany and UK, Grammy winning duo Dirty Vegas return with their new single for the label in the shape of ‘Setting Sun’.

Fledgling label Love & Other’s second release comes from a pair of accomplished Glaswegian DJ/producers who really are on a bit of a roll just now. Falling on from their massive 'Do Anything You Wanna’ release on Glasgow Underground, Illyus & Barrientos return with their new ‘Ballin’ EP. 

‘Dimitri From Paris In The House Of Disco’  is the latest release from the French DJ/producer, an auditory smorgasbord of house and disco from the likes of Diana Ross, Hercules & Love Affair, Sister Sledge, Lindstrøm, Chic, Todd Terje, DJ Pierre and many more. In the late-70s and early-80s, after its bubble of underground popularity and credibility had well and truly burst, disco began it’s slow but steady mutation into house. 

Lindstrøm, Skream and Todd Terje are stand-out, modern-day champions of the ‘unabashed’ disco sound cited by Dimitri, and all make an appearance here, the latter’s electric ‘Delorean Dynamite’ a neon-fused, hands-in-the-air highlight at the midway point of Dimitri’s first mix. Representing true disco heritage, Tom Moulton reworks Brand New Heavies ‘Sunlight’, while Dimitri himself gets in on the action, dropping his own remixes of seminal Disco artists Sister Sledge (‘Lost In Music’), Diana Ross (‘The Boss’) and Chic (‘LeFreak’), the last two of which are exclusive to this release.

CD2 celebrates all that is exemplary in ‘Neo Vintage House’, again matching House masters past and present, occasionally in the same track; the Fingers Acid Jam Vocal Edit of FCL ‘It’s You’ being a standout example. Elsewhere you’ll find a group that absolutely embodies the original spirit of House and Disco, the inimitable Hercules & Love Affair who’s ‘Do You Feel The Same?’ closes out the mix.

Dimitri: “This new compilation is a testament to how disco and house are intertwined three decades after their inception,” he says. “Rather than focusing solely on classic original recordings, I wanted to show how those sounds were made contemporary without losing their spirit.

“I would like to dedicate this collection to the recently deceased Godfather Of House, Frankie Knuckles. A key person in the mutation of disco into house, he best described house music as ‘Disco's Revenge’. And a very sweet one it is.”

Dimitri From Paris In The House of Disco is out 15 June (2CD and digital) on Defected Records

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Next month will see the release of a new, crowd-funded compilation on Hope Recordings, entitled ‘Nick Warren Presents The Soundgarden’. Nick Warren is well-known in electronic music, having released material via imprints such as Global Underground, Renaissance and Cream since the early-90s as well as being the A&R behind Hope Recordings and one half of the legendary Way Out West. Here we see Nick return to the mix CD format, which he tells us ‘has always been something I love’, via a 2CD compilation taking in downbeat and club sounds.

Nick Warren: ‘’Sourcing new music and making it into a cohesive album isn’t always an easy process, but something I find very fulfilling. Ever since compiling the first ever ‘Back To Mine’ in the ‘90s my passion for weird and wonderful ambient textures and melody-filled dance floor sounds has been one of the driving forces of my search for the perfect track.

”I feel that my role as a producer and DJ also includes helping new and emerging talent and giving them a platform to be noticed in this ever-changing musical world. This is something I’ve been able to pursue again with this new album that will be my 13th!’’

CD1 sees Nick explore soundscapes and ethereal textures, featuring records from the likes of Clara Moto and Nils Frahm as well as some exciting newcomers that Nick’s unearthed while compiling the mix. CD2 tips the focus over to the club, comprising an amalgamation of intricate and melodic dance floor focused cuts, with established artists on offer such as Barry Jamieson, Black 8, Da Funk and Waywork, as well as introducing some fresh talent into the mix as well.

To coincide with the release of the compilation Warren will also curate a series of ‘Soundgarden’ events, the first of which kicked off in London, early this month.

‘Nick Warren Presents The Soundgarden’ is out on Hope Recordings 9th June.

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The ideal essential compilation has to be a continuum -- covering the ground between old and new, bridging the gap between timeless and bleeding edge. ‘Trance Essentials 2014’ is a double dose of the tunes of the moment, including reworks of some classics from the past. Well-known artists have made their mark on the tracklist, and possible rising stars find themselves well represented too.

Continuing their decade long partnership, The Revenge and Sub Club’s Harri emerge from their Glasgow studio under their Burnt Island Casuals guise to release the ‘Linger Longer EP’. If you've visited Subculture at Sub Club in Glasgow; one of the finest internationally-renowned underground clubbing havens, then you’re likely already to have absorbed Harri’s studious approach to production. Here the EP’s crisp and drum programming works to prove an enthusiastic and endearing backdrop to some 4/4 flexible synth work.

Fresh from completion of 6th Borough Project’s sophomore album, The Revenge’s association with quality productions continues; expect reassuringly slow-mo dancefloor memories, as guest Esa Williams provides additional percussion and unified analogue power on ‘Theme From Easy Aces’ and the heady, block-laiden ‘Belshill Rendevouz’.

Their production partnership goes on through ‘Grouse House’ and ‘Clown Prosecution Service’; reproducing the house sounds of an elder era with painstaking, granular attention to detail and sneaky modernising touches. The latest offering serves as a befitting prelude to The Revenge’s production work for forthcoming and inaugural release on Sub Club’s new label.

If any label can claim ownership of a sound, the pair have honed their obsession into four lengthy cuts nailing Roar Groove’s thematic mission statement. Have a listen below.

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Zerothree is a new record label dedicated to unearthing the undiscovered talent that exists in the online community of dance music producers as well as working with established talent. Run in conjunction with music platform Wavo.me, Zerothree will release an EP from new and unsigned producers every quarter. Wavo and Zerothree will be hosting engaging, crowd-sourced label initiatives like an online demo submissions chart, remix competitions, and more to make the discovery process transparent and interactive. 

Next week will see the release of Craig Smith’s ‘Only When It Is Darkest’ EP via Teng Records, backed with reworks from Phlash and Fabio Della Torre. Craig has been involved in electronic music since the early-90s and over the years has earned critical acclaim for his collaborative guise with The Revenge; 6th Borough Project. 

Opening the single is the original version of title track ‘Only When It Is Darkest’, an understated number built around dreamy melodies, gritty analogue bass, off-kilter rhythms and spoken word vocal lines. The latter stages then sees the melodic elements unfold as Smith works in jazzy piano licks, pizzicato strings and tension building pads. Phil Asher steps up to rework ‘Only When It Is Darkest’ next under his Phlash alias, and as expected from Asher the mix is soul-drenched house music, fuelled by resonant, evolving synth stabs, punchy bass hits and bumpy, swinging beats.

Fabio Della Torre, founder of Bosconi Records, delves deep with his interpretation of ‘Only When It Is Darkest’ next, stripping back the percussive aspects to a swirling filtered groove, while the warm, ethereal melodic sounds take the reins and steadily blossom over the compositions seven and a half minutes. Closing the release is another original from Smith, entitled ‘Matter Don’t Matter’, the cut takes on a more organic form this time with natural percussive sounds, soft Rhodes melodies and throbbing low-end tones.

It’s out 19 May, check it out below.

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Originally released by Musical Freedom, the instrumental edit of 19-year-old Oliver Heldens’ deep house track ‘Gecko’ has become a popular track in club sets for 2014, peaking at #2 in the Beatport chart and garnering support from the likes of Pete Tong, Danny Howard and Zane Lowe. The latest edit ‘Gecko (Overdrive)’, written and vocalled by Becky Hill during a late night recording session with MNEK, is being released by Parlophone’s new dance imprint FFRR. 

When turning back the pages of King Street’s history, DJ Roland Clark presents Urban Soul’s ‘President House’ would possibly have a chapter all to its own. In keeping with the rich tradition of mixing and mashing both old and new, King Street presents two new “re takes” on the classic that both showcase what’s fresh in today’s dance music world but also keeping true to the elements of what made a classic, a classic. 

Hailing from the greater Frankfurt area, Sascha Dive has made quite an impression on the international house and techno circuit over the past few years. With releases on some of the industry’s most respected labels and performances at arguably some of the world’s best venues, Sascha is starting to make things happen. He kicks off the EP with a deep and techno based remix of ‘President House’ rooted in his European roots with a flair of classic King Street. Following up, Germany based M.in takes the remix reigns for both his remix and dubstrumental versions of the track. Smooth percussion, a driving bass, and vocal sampling make these remixes work! Finally the release closes with the original ‘President House’ acapella. Look for the mixes online.

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As someone who has possibly opened the door to techno and tech house for a generation of clubbers with his Miracle, Brave New World and Hey! labels, Dutch producer Michel de Hey has now joined forces with fellow countryman and rising DJ Mulder to release their ‘Seven EP’ on Defected’s DFTD imprint.

Deep 8 Recordings is a brand new UK label intent on offering high quality house releases and its inaugural release comes from Andi Rivera and features the Robert Owens on vocal duty. A selection of remixes comes from Pezzner, A Lister, James Johnston and taMe. 

In original form the single is classic house with a bassline straight out of ‘90s New York, with an emotive vocal, the percussion squelches along, taking you with it every step of the way. 

Seattle based deep houser Pezzner tackles the first remix and flips the track into something much more suited for late night back rooms. Owens’ vocal becomes a distant murmur and sensuous, liquid synths instead take centre stage. Next up is A Lister, a 24-year-old house producer and DJ from Bradford. His version is full on vibey, bouncy and bold with neon chord stabs, funky percussion and only the slightest vocal coos from Owens.

James Johnston, previously of labels like Black Key and No Matter What, then reworks the track into something that skips and skims with a jazzy old school energy similar to that of Kerri Chandler. Finally, the taMe remix is a fusion of garage skip, house warmth and bass heaviness. It’s out today. 

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New Japanese talent, Shinichi Osawa, is apparently causing a stir over in Tokyo's clubland just now and has recently announced his debut double A side single, 'Breaking Through the Night / All I Need', via Kitsuné this spring. 

Fresh from mixing a disc of ‘Defected In The House Miami 2014’, Canadian artist Paolo Rocco has been going from strength to strength with his steady flow of releases in recent years. Highly regarded for his structured DJ sets as well as his productions, this artist of Italian descent has produced for a slew of creditable imprints such as Saved Records, Seaking, Real Tone and Klasse Recordings whilst also seeing his work praised by the likes of Damian Lazarus, Nic Fanciulli and DJ Sneak.

The next release on Leftroom revisits the debut album, ‘Word Of Mouth’, by label boss Matt Tolfrey, which was released in 2012. Four cuts from the full length get remixed by Mr Fingers, NYC’s Kenny Dope, Justin Harris and Luke Solomon’s Freaks project and Classic cohort Rob Mello’s No Ears. First up, Matt Tolfrey feat Jem Cooke & Kevin Knapp’s ‘Distant Story’ gets remixed by Larry Heard. The Alleviated boss transforms the track into a deeply soulful and spiritual track with otherworldly pads, feathery light hi hats and knock-on-wood beats.

Next up, one half of Masters At Work, Kenny Dope, does his thang to ‘Turn You Out’. This one is a skipping, lively jam with crisp percussion and soft edged chord vamps. That unmistakable MAW bounce is buried deep within and the tune  builds to a subtle peak over time. Rob Mello’s No Ears Vox of Matt Tolfrey feat James Teej ‘Never Assume’ is a low down growler with a suitably warm and organic dub quotient as well as light footed percussive skip and snaking, bulbous bassline. It’s full of charm and dancing potential before Freaks get a little more late night and after party styled with their remix. It’s off kilter; full of murmuring voices and sharp hi hat slashes and marks a welcome return to the fray for the Freaks duo.

The remix package is out 21 April on Leftroom.

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Last year Rank 1 released their 13-minute track ‘13.11.11’ and their ‘Elements Of Nature’ bagged many credits, getting a MIXMAG Tune of the Month and landing the Dutch duo with a #5 position on Trancefix’s Tracks of the 2013 rundown. 

'Poolside Miami' offers a collection of sun drenched beats and  blissed out grooves, a great accompaniment to long hot days by the pool. 

DJ and producer Steve Lawler releases his new single ‘Do Ya’ today, on his own VIVa MUSiC.  Lawler’s latest entry into his label’s ever-expanding catalogue stitches together the groovy feel that he regularly instills into dance floors worldwide. The track continues to establish his distinctive house music sound, anchored around simple yet effective drum programming with the tracks own momentum emerging as the original’s charm. 

Steve Lawler: "Over the last year I have been experimenting with the sounds of old school acid house mixed with the new possibilities of technology. I have been editing and re-working lots of my old records from my extensive collection. Whist going through all this history of house it hugely inspired me to do what house music has always been about; to sample and be creative. ‘Do Ya’ was born from the depths of my record collection.”

The limited edition gold vinyl release, due out on 24 March features the original and instrumental version on the A-side, the B-side sporting two very different interpretations from Hot Since 82 and Patrick Topping. Hot Since 82 supplies a darker vibe that is unmistakably his own. Patrick Topping debuts on VIVa MUSiC, having seen considerable success with his Hot Creations output and brings a chunkier trippy taste to the forefront. The digital release also includes a dreamy yet rolling remix from Bunte Bummler.

“The remixes all came about organically and are from my favourite producers right now,” Steve explains. “First off, Hot Since 82 heard me play my original when we played together for Radio 1 and asked if he could remix it which I was really happy about, and of course he has delivered a bomb! He has produced a heavy foot stomping modern classic. Up next, Patrick Topping, a personal favourite of mine right now, delivering a groove infused colourful trip very much his flavour. Last but not least the infectious sounds of the mischievous outfit from Germany Bunte Brummler, doing in my opinion one of their best works to date with their techy and dubby yet rich in colour musical house jams. I'm very proud of this whole project; I have taken my time over it to ensure its life on the shelf and will come out with a limited run of gold vinyls."

Check it out below.

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Pig & Dan’s Elevate label could be set to go from strength to strength in 2014 with a series of new releases planned. Pig & themselves return home for the label’s 12th release with two techno productions – the mind-bendingly ‘Slash’, and the equally disturbingly ‘Where The Wild Things Are’.  

After making an impact with his track, ‘My Love’ – now heading to the top of the UK singles charts – and producing a track for Katy B’s ‘Little Red’ album, 19-year old Route 94 is back with his debut ‘Fly 4 Life’ EP on Defected Records.

Fedde Le Grand’s ‘Don’t Give Up’, which steams in after 11 minutes to Final Kid’s backdrop on UMF’s 15^th edition after-movie, has had a TBC attached to its release since September last year. Now, on 24 March - as Miami Music Week kicks off - the full instrumental gets its Beatport release and Fedde recently teamed up with Final Kid once more for an extended preview, which you can check below.

The latest track from Glasgow Underground comes from a new collaboration between existing GU talent, Illyus and Barrientos. ‘Do Anything You Wanna’ is a two-track EP from the pair who have previously remixed Grum together (picking up support from Pete Tong’s Essential Selection straight off the bat) and delivered solo EPs for GU, Morris Audio and Seven Music.

Glasgow Underground: “We're just a little bit proud of this collaboration. We've been working with these two guys for a while now and thought their talents would be a perfect match. After a bit of cajoling, we got the two of them in the studio and boy are we glad we did.

“There is no other way to put this – ‘Do Anything You Wanna’ is an absolute anthem. The vocals are hooky like ‘Shake That’, pianos classy like Ejeca's finest and its beats walk around like they are bigger than Prince. An instant dancefloor bomb that should propel two of Glasgow's hottest new talents on to seriously big things.

“‘The Times We Shared’ is a bit moodier, but equally floor-filling. It oozes vocal style like the best of Diynamic but with some added super-tough Glaswegian beats that take the record into the kind of territory Deep Dish would be in (if they were still making records as good as they did in '94 today).”

It’s out on Beatport on 10 March, everywhere else on 24 March, check it out below.

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Detroit’s Terrence Parker recently revealed his new single 'When Loves The Feeling' for GFY Black label. Armed with pure house feeling and a flavour of "how we used to do…", the track brings amore right back to dance floor central where it belongs, with its bumping ‘90s bass and classic beats laced with highly infectious vocal and classic piano hooks. On remix duty are label boss' Kenny Summit and Lenny RX who inject some punchy beats and dramatic breakdowns.

Clubbers that arrived at The Mid in Chicago, USA on Saturday night were greeted with a very special surprise set from legendary DJ duo Deep Dish. Although it was their first set together as Deep Dish since 2006, DJs Dubfire and Sharam didn’t miss a beat in one of house music’s great cities. 

Musically, it was a journey through house, techno and everything in between and the duo also premiered three brand new songs that went down a storm with those in attendance.

Deep Dish’s upcoming headline show at Miami’s Ice Palace Studios on 29 March is set to be one of WMC/MMW’s biggest shows and the duo have lots of surprises planned. Their brand new single ‘Quincy” arrives 17 March on Virgin Records and is currently Number One in the Buzz Chart and was Pete Tong’s Essential New Tune for his BBC Radio 1 show on Friday, 14 February. Check it out below. 

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In such a competitive scene, it’s always good to see new talent emerge, especially someone who’s not only making it as a DJ, but is multi-talented, and uses these musical skills to produce his own music. Drums, keyboards, guitar and vocals - it’s all in the mix when Karuva makes a new production – and today see the release of his debut EP, ‘Shockwaves’, on Canadian label Phoenix Music. Join us for a journey into the deeper side of house music…

Your debut EP is out today, can you tell us more about it? 

'Shockwaves' is released by Phoenix Music (www.phoenixmusicinc.com), which is a cool Canadian house label. I'm glad to be signed by this imprint, as others on the label include rising stars such as Will Clarke and legends such as Todd Terry. The 'Shockwaves' EP is out today as a Traxsource exclusive followed by release on Beatport and iTunes.

What have you got planned for the forthcoming months? 

My second EP (called 'Bomba') will be out in April; it’s a three-track journey through my interpretation of deep house. I've been taken on by a manager and booking agent, I'm starting a radio show and I’m looking forward to DJing in Ibiza this summer at various label parties.

How can people connect with you? 

Everyone is very welcome aboard the journey! For more info on future releases, feel free to join me at www.facebook.com/karuvamusic, www.soundcloud.com/karuvamusic and www.twitter.com/karuvamusic.

'Shockwaves' is out today, check it out below.

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With new edits coming from Muzzaik, Simone Vitullo, LaBass, Mark Ursa and Leonardo Glovibes plus stadium, arena and sunshine mixes which should be ideal for festival, Miami and Ibiza plays, Yves Larock’s ‘Zookey 2K14’ is back again and looks set to win over a whole new set of fans.

For 2014, the vibe is still the same thanks to the reoccurrence of the instantaneously recognisable central riff, but the tone has most definitely veered off in the general direction of all things deep. Long-term Larock stalwart Muzzaik offers up a chugging, escalating rendition perfect for that mid-set progressive power-up, while the package’s Main Mix takes the certifiably filthy route.

Italian nu-wave producer Simone Vitullo delivers a stripped back edit full of muted samples and undulating deep elements, Labass highlights the instrumental and choral sections that elevated the original. Brazil’s Mark Ursa brings the bass for a dirty rendition that twists and warps in and out of the original; Italian veteran Leonardo Glovibes puts together a Latin-inspired remix packed with syncopated beats and high-end percussion. Rounding off are the Stadium, Arena and Sunshine remixes, doing exactly what they say on the tin.

It’s out 7 March on Millia Records, check it out below.

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2013 saw Jason Chue AKA Wookie, release his own track 'The Hype' featuring Eliza Doolittle (Strictly Rhythm) and remix (amongst others) Disclosure’s 'Voices' (PMR/Island) and Wilkinson’s 'Too Close' (Ram/Virgin). All three records gained continued support from Radio One’s Annie Mac, Toddla T and Rob Da Bank, Kiss FM’s DJ EZ and 1Xtra’s MistaJam, DJ Target and Cameo.

Recorded last year at Albarn’s West London studio 13, his forthcoming album, ‘Everyday Robots’, is produced by Richard Russell of XL, with whom Damon produced Bobby Womack’s ‘The Bravest Man In The Universe’ - and features guest appearances from Brian Eno and Natasha Khan (Bat For Lashes).

US producer Jose Burgos has been a big name in soulful house music for the best part of two decades, with releases on Salt Shaker Records, NRK, Deep Vision and Sunlightsquare Records. Now, he’s reunited once again with the powerfully soulful voice of Kenny Bobien, one of our all time favourite soulful house vocalists.

Hot on the heels of ‘Move Into Light’ and remix duty on US duo Tritonal’s ‘Now Or Never’, Enhanced Music’s Juventa recently revealed that the next track to receive his spin will be one synonymous with one of the most successful video games of all time – Grand Theft Auto V. His reimagining of ‘Sleepwalking’ by The Chain Gang Of 1974 is set for release on Monday 10^th March exclusively through Beatport.

Having been the theme tune to the official GTA V trailer as well as featuring on the game’s soundtrack, the original has been gaining fans, support and millions of online plays ever since. Now the Dutch producer jacks up the tempo and breathes new life into the song by taking it to the dance floor and giving clubbers something they can really move to. Harnessing the vocals and guitar of the initial track, Juventa has transformed the hook into something ardent and infectious that sits perfectly on top of the beat.

With more than 100 million people who’ve played Grand Theft Auto V and countless more that have watched the TV ads, this could do well when it drops on March 10. Check it out below.

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Prok & Fitch return to Toolroom Records with the recently released, ‘Man With Soul’, featuring the vocals of Max Linen. Following the success of their 'Toolroom Knights' album at the close of last year and recent BBC Radio 1 support from Steve Angello and NERVO, 2014 may well be Prok & Fitch’s biggest year yet. 

A man no stranger to Vandit’s discography, Scotland's Paul Trainer has been producing music for half a decade now. Following up the likes of ‘Totality’, ‘Face The Music’ and ‘Soundscape’, he’s returns to the door of Paul van Dyk's Berlin-based Vandit Records with ‘Receptor'.

Ray Foxx is back with a brand new release following on from his top 40 summer track, ‘Boom Boom (Heartbeat)’ and the funk infused ‘Fireworks’. This time he joins forces on the production with Australian bassmaker, Tom Piper and Ayah Marar steps up on the vocal delivery following her collaboration with Calvin Harris on ‘Thinking About You’. Together the trio create this dynamic, bass heavy, synth infused track, topping it off with a heavy percussion filled backdrop.

Like many tracks of its nature, ‘Bassline’ began its journey as an underground track and has since risen to possibly become somewhat of an anthem. Defected Records released the Bristolian duo GotSome’s debut last year, with ‘Bassline’ promptly climbing No. 4 in the Beatport House chart. Now, with so much remix potential the track has been picked apart by some of the greatest minds in house music.

2014 is already shaping up to be a decent year for Mixmash Records. The first release for the label head honcho, Laidback Luke, comes in the form of a collaboration with Project 46 and Collin McLoughlin, entitled ‘Collide’. The official video premiered on Vice’s Thump recently, and features two young friends who attempt to build the perfect man for their beautiful neighbour. 

British producer Gareth Emery is back with ‘U’, a brand new song featuring Bo Bruce that’s out today on his own label, Garuda. It’s the first single from his brand new album, ‘Drive’, set for release 1 April and creates an insight into what the forthcoming album has to offer. The track is a love song with ethereal vocals and euphoric synths combined to create a nice slab of music. 

Todd Terry serves another jam in the form of ‘Feel The Sun’, which comes with remixes from youngTEE, Mineo, Howson’s Groove and Sona Vabos. In his time, New York City’s Todd Terry has been Grammy nominated and has turned out seminal hits like ‘Keep On Jumpin’, ‘Somethin’ Going On’, ‘I’ll House You’ and has released on well established labels like Get Physical, Cadenza and Toolroom. This new single is made as a celebration of the global return of house music into the public’s conscious. 

The original version of ’Feel The Sun’ has a classic feel with its quick licked piano stabs, trademark big kicks and boisterous house drums. The vocal is a nod to house music’s ‘90s heyday and the vocal sample finishes things off in top style. 

Southern Fried artist youngTEE then flips it into a rising, UK garage vibe with reversed basslines, coarse claps and all manner of urban flourishes before Mineo, who has released on Hot Creations and is soon to appear on Hypercolour, then strips the thing back to metallic hits and muffled bass blasts. It’s a slinky, percussive groove that rolls on and on. Howson’s Groove fuse many different urban styles to great effect and do so again here with their sketchy, echo drenched, bass leaning refix. Closing out the package is Sona Vabos who layers in plenty of malfunctioning synth blasts and chops up the original vocal into little stabs. It’s out 3 March on Southern Fried Records.

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Gorgon City's latest single ‘Ready For You Love’ received its first exclusive play on R1 recently as Zane Lowes' ‘Hottest Record in the World’ and features the vocal talents of MNEK who co-wrote the track with Matt and Kye. 

Serbia’s Shoxy and Alexandar Ivkovic are regarded as two of the finest DJs on the Serbian circuit and now they get set to release their debut on Desolat, titled the ‘Red Beans’ EP. The EP showcases the duo’s talents across four rhythmic house mutations. ‘Red Beans’ is an impressive opener which is characterised by its clever arrangement and off-kilter beat. Soaring synths, a chanting vocal and further deft sounds are added to the mix resulting in an engrossing and hypnotic track.

‘Tromotonik’ develops around a more familiar 4/4 framework, with strong bass and hard-hitting percussion from the outset. Additional vocal elements make this a possible peak time record to keep a crowd moving. ‘Seattle’ is another tightly produced energetic house track. Contagious right until the last note it sees glitchy vocal fragments and warm chords wash over the punchy beat, while ‘A Tale Of Rhythm’ feels like a ride on a rusty swing with a boom box on your shoulder.

The first 12” pressing comes on transparent green vinyl with the label artwork by Digital Primate. It’s out 3 February.

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Rachel K Collier provided the vocals for Ray Foxx’s track ‘Boom Boom (Heartbeat)’. One of the memorable songs of the summer, the track was the latest in a series of collaborations for the 23-year old self taught grade 8 pianist and alumni of the Royal Welsh School Of Music.

Since moving to London in 2012 from her native Wales, Rachel has been busy writing and recording with an array of UK producers including Lung, Wookie, Netsky, Mutated Forms and Mat Zo. Now stepping out into the spotlight, she debuts with her solo single ‘Predictions’. Produced by London duo Blue Slims, ‘Predictions’ is a bass heavy, club groove juxtaposed with Rachel’s songwriting and subtle vocal delivery. 

Federico Scavo’s ‘The One’ is the latest and release from Steve Angello’s X imprint. The Florence, Italy-based producer is on fire right now and this offering connects bleepy tech house with sinister sweeping synths. Federico Scavo, is possibly one of the fastest rising Italian dance music stars. He spends his life working in the studio and devoting himself to his passion of DJing. 

It was a little over a month ago that a clip from a track simply called ‘Gecko’ appeared on the Musical Freedom Soundcloud page. There was no artist mentioned or any further information provided. 

Ultra Music recently released ‘I AM’, a collaboration between ex-Swedish House Mafia member Axwell, breakthrough electro house duo Sick Individuals and US vocalist Taylr Renee. Originally signed during the Amsterdam Dance Having already reached #1 on Beatport, this combination of talent results in a driving yet euphoric house track whose trajectory is constantly lifting. 

With his Vangelis homage ‘Love Theme From Blade Runner’ doing well in end-of-year polls, Solarstone’s next single excursion sees the Pure Trance guardian dip back into his latest album. Moving from ‘Love’ to ‘Lovers’, he’s teamed up with cult New York-based synth-pop outfit Lemon. 

Across its original versions, ‘Lovers’ is a knowing glance back by Solarstone at his formative musical years. Its production and vocals draw affectionate inspiration from a wide artistic palette, with Erasure, Depeche Mode, Roxy Music and Joy Division being just some of its many touchstone influences. Featuring introspective and deeply personal lyrics and vocals from Lemon’s frontman Roger D. Smith, ‘Lovers’ lays and layers them against crisp percussion, atmospheric analogue synths and drum rolls. Bridging the decades Solarstone’s new Pure Mix version kick offs ‘Lovers’ remix collection. Throughout their intros they utilise high-impact kick-drums, echoing harmonics and the Pure Mixes’ leitmotif running basslines. Building potent levels of tension, the vocal affects a controlled burn on the drop before Solarstone hooks the swirling atmosphere and up-surging synths back in. It’s out 9 December on Black Hole Recordings.

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Since first bursting onto the scene back in 2004, Tiger Stripes has released on a varied array of labels including Ibadan, Get Physical, liebe*detail, Drumcode and Strictly Rhythm. Now, January 2014 sees the Swedish artist make his debut on Desolat on the ‘Sisters EP’.

Title-track 'Sisters' kicks things off with a bumping bassline and strong percussion and the track moves along until a distinctive vocal, which may possibly be one of the most memorable hooks of the year, enters the fold. ‘Sisters’ reminds you that there is always summer somewhere, a possible anthem.

Following on is ‘Keep A Movin’ which is a hypnotic rolling house track full of energy but with a darker vibe and an equally engrossing vocal. On remix duties, tINI instantly marks her personal stamp on the original by taking out much of the vocal, slowing the BPM and infusing a woosy meandering bassline with the original melody.

The cover painting is by Luio Onassis and  all tracks are available as MP3s via a download code that comes with the 12” release.

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'Best Of Toolroom Records 2013' brings a collection of the best Toolroom tracks of the year. Celebrating the label's 10^th anniversary has led to a collection of releases from some of the biggest DJs and producers in the industry. 

Ministry of Sound is gearing up for its next crossover hit with DVBBS & Borgeous’ ‘Tsunami (Jump)’, with a new vocal from Brit Tinie Tempah, following his previous featured hits with Swedish House Mafia and Calvin Harris. The instrumental of ‘Tsunami (Jump)’ has already hit No.1 across Europe and on Beatport, clocked up 30 million collective YouTube views, over 800,000 Soundcloud plays, and received repeat UK radio support from Radio 1’s Zane Lowe (who has just premiered the vocal version on Radio 1), Pete Tong and a few other main presenters.

To date, the track has spent 14 weeks in the Shazam Top 200 chart, peaking at No.13 in the Top 20 pre release chart. DVBBS are Canadian brothers, Alex and Chris, whose early singles ‘Initio’ and ‘DRVGS’, were big club tracks. They’ve also done shows alongside Deadmau5, Calvin Harris, Rusko, Eric Prydz, Dada Life, Borgore and Steve Aoki.

LA’s Borgeous is another producer riding the crest of EDM’s next wave. His original productions ‘From Cali WIth Love’, ‘GANGSTEROUS’, ‘Rags To Riches’ and ‘Aggro’, alongside remixes of Rihanna's ‘Pour It Up’ (with The Cataracs) and his reworking of Ciara's ‘Goodies’, have already raised his profile.

Tinie Tempah has just dropped his second album, ‘Demonstration’, featuring collaborations with Diplo, Pharrell, Zane Lowe, Labrinth, Emeli Sandé and more.

The track is forthcoming on Ministry of Sound.

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Bastian Salbart takes the next step in threading his way through the music industry to get straight into your mind. His latest track is ‘Run’, which is out 9 December on High Contrast Recordings / Be Yourself Music.

Danism join forces with vocalist Rae to unleash a deep house groove titled 'Gimme Love'. This outing sees spectral synth hooks dance over a deep haunting bass thump, backed by immutable beats and dusted with an eerie breakdown, where Rae's vocal shimmers throughout.

‘Balance 024’ comes as the next chapter in Danny Howell’s compilations that have proven the calling card of his career. His numerous Global Underground volumes, Renaissance mixes and more besides have found a fond place in many a clubber’s home-listening collection, earning him a reputation as a musical storytellers in the electronic world.

Putting together this mix was not simply a case of sitting in a dark room sifting through a load of tracks. His travels and experiences of recent years are all filtered into it, with manifold inspirations distilled therein. “Glastonbury had a huge impact on me this year and I used some of my time there to work on ideas for this mix,” says Danny. “I filled an old iPod with as many of my "shortlist" tracks as I could find and listened to them whenever I was in my camper van. I decided I really wanted to use The Mole’s tracks and the Will Saul remix one morning when the sun was rising and we'd all had a bit of a "moment" up on the hill.”

It’s out now.

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At 19-years old, Toronto-based half Brazilian/Argentinian DJ/producer Alan Aguero holds a residency at Toronto's largest nightclub,The Guvernement, where he continuous to be active in Toronto's dance music scene. He is signed to Burner Records (Canada), 6N7 Music (Canada) and Protoxic Records (France), where you can find his releases on Beatport.

Celebrating their 10-year anniversary, Armada Music is to release a set of brand new remixes of its classic highlights in ‘The Anniversary Remixes’ series, released on 2 December.

For their latest release, ‘Set It Off’, Tube & Berger are joined by the passionate Juliet Sikora whose role whether at the label, in the studio or in front of a crowd has made her an invaluable asset to the Kittball imprint.

You gotta love a slice of trance and when the Dutch pairing of Benno de Goeij and Piet Bervoets, aka Rank 1, produce a new track it's usually worth listening to. 2013 has already brought the M.I.K.E. collaboration 'Elements Of Life' and the big room 'Floorlifter'. Their latest track, ‘13.11.11’, rolls out at a tempo of 131.111BPMs, with its deep, bass-building atmosphere. Backed by top FX, de Goeij and Bervoets drive home its first elevating lead line, one that seizes the track’s centre ground. 

Rank 1: “When we decided to produce a track this way, it wasn’t with a ‘why should we make this?’ attitude, but more like ‘why the hell shouldn’t we!’ We know its not ‘the usual’, but who says we have to play by the rules all the time!?”

‘13.11.11’ swirls the atmosphere minute by minute, working its way towards its next sequence. Around the 9^th minute mark, Rank 1 instils a savannah-like atmosphere to the track, enacted by its angelic indolent flute-led riff. Then they once again begin to draw the euphoria back in, raising the tension sky-high again. It’s out now on High Contrast Recordings, check it out below.

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As a highly respected DJ/producer in the trance scene, Alex M.O.R.P.H. has already collaborated with some of its biggest names. His former collaborations includes work with Paul van Dyk and numerous other collaborations with artists including Armin van Buuren, Rank 1, Protoculture and most recently Jerome Isma-Ae on ‘Bang’.

Sonny Fodera and Amber Jolene have once again reunited in another collaboration exhibiting their complimentary talents as artists. Jolene is responsible for the vocals on tracks including Mowgli ‘Back In The Day’ and Myomi ‘Sun In My Eyes’ as well as experiences both recording and performing with famous English ska band Madness.

Fatboy Slim recently announced an eight-date club tour this December to coincide with the release of his new single ‘Eat Sleep Rave Repeat’ with Riva Starr on 27^th October via Skint Records. The underground club tour will commence at London’s XOYO on 5 December and culminates at Brighton Digital on 15 December.

Both of Selador records’ central tenets Dave Seaman and Steve Parry have been frequently involved with the ADE conference since its inception, so it was only natural that they would present the label there this year. This recently released ADE sample is the fruit of that representation and is a collection of tracks of forward thinking electronic music that outlines their signature sound.

After a hit record in 2000 with ‘Lucky Star’, the French DJs from Superfunk and Chicago-based singer and DJ, Ron Carroll, are back with a new twist of the track – ‘Lucky Star 2013’, out on Paradise Records. With the original version being a worldwide hit with top sales in France, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium, this new version is aiming for the same success.

Germany’s Thomas Gold gets set to release his new track, ‘Remember’, which is released 28 October on Axtone Records.‘Remember’ is the follow up to the Beatport #1 reaching ‘Sing 2 Me’ as well as the ‘Axtone Presents Thomas Gold’ compilation and describes the story of a couple spending the night out and experiencing the beauty of the morning sunrise together. On it, arpeggiated violins soar into Kaelyn Behr’s vocals, before gradually building up to a crescendo crammed with elation and energy.

The Berlin native saw his remix of ‘Set Fire To The Rain’ by Adele rack up over 15 million views and in addition to his radio show, Fanfare, hehas also been working closely with both Otto Knows and Deniz Koyu for a set of upcoming projects. Look out for Thomas seeing in 2014 in style, travelling to New York for the New Year’s Eve Pacha bonanza.

Australian-born vocalist, Kaelyn, has landed several platinum records and major awards back home and he co-wrote the track. He also supplied the vocals to the Aston Shuffle vs Tommy Trash 'Sunrise (Won't Get Lost)’ track. In addition to 'Sunrise' and several high charting Australian releases, Kaelyn has appeared on major label releases from Wiley ('Tomorrow'), The Aston Shuffle ('Can’t Stop Now') and the recent collaboration with The Knocks and St Lucia, 'Modern Hearts'. Check it out below.

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‘The Truth (Feat Marshall Jefferson)’, one of the standout tracks from Matt Tolfrey’s debut LP, ‘Word Of Mouth’, sees a full single release with additional remixes from Gerd’s Geeeman project and John Charnis.

 Leftroom boss, Tolfrey, dropped his ‘Word Of Mouth’ LP late in 2012 and the project served as an insight into the influences and passions of the DJ/producer.

Having joined forces with Mark Knight and Toolroom Records, where they delivered the infamous underground anthem 'Downpipe', a relationship was forged many years ago that would see D.Ramirez release a number of tracks on the label. After taking a small hiatus from Toolroom, he makes a return to the label, delivering a more refined version of his trademark sound with his new track 'Open Your Eyes,’ which makes its debut on the annual Toolroom Amsterdam compilation.

Three musical minds have come together on Dim Mak's latest release, ‘Bring You To Life (Transcend)’. This progressive house track fuses label owner Steve Aoki with Rune RK, one of the creative minds behind the track ‘Calabria’. Defined by its warm lead sounds, ‘Transcend’ was one of the most popular tracks on Steve Aoki's ‘It's The End Of The World As We Know It’ EP from last December.


‘Soldier Ascension’ has been made in Angola, where Djeff is a DJ, producer and TV presenter, but this is not an Angolan album, it’s not defined or confined by national borders, and too 21st century in style and execution to be tarred with the ‘World Music’ brush. ‘Soldier Ascension’ is an album of cosmopolitan tracks that could loosely be described as Afro-house while incorporating elements of so many different musical styles that Djeff has heard and been inspired by growing up in Portugal and Angola, and on his travels as a DJ.

Berlin-based Mike La Funk reveals his brand new release 'Don't Wanna Be Alone' for Pacha Recordings, working for the first time with vocalist Max C who injects a rich gospel flavour. The package also features remixers including Soul Avengerz.who opt for a deeper and mysterious vibe, showcasing a sexy nocturnal side.

The first release on the re-launched Soul Heaven Records label sees Osunlade make his return to remix duties, crafting Terri Walker’s ‘He Loves Me’ into his own personal interpretation of music. The Yoruba label boss’ touch means that he draws on the key emotive elements of every piece he lays his hands on to create a carefully crafted rendition of the original with warm and uplifting vibes.

The new MK vocal edit of Storm Queen’s ‘Look Right Through’ will be released later this year on Ministry of Sound/Defected. ‘Look Right Through’ first surfaced on Defected in 2012, and MK’s Dub III quickly became an underground hit via Beatport and many DJ supporters.

To date, MK’s Dub III has had over two million combined views, hit the Top 10 Shazam pre-release chart and so far received repeat plays from Radio 1’s Pete Tong, Annie Mac, Zane Lowe, Danny Howard, MistaJam and many more, with support from 1Xtra, Kiss, Capital and Juice (ROTW).

The video has just been released for the single, including an exclusive Shazam competition. The prize is one year of Ministry of Sound compilations and a Defected Records goody bag. To enter, users must tag the track with their Shazam app, click through to the competition page via the link provided, and enter their details. The competition closes on Saturday, November 2, with the winner announced the following Wednesday (November 6).

Azari & III make their Get Physical debut by compiling and mixing the latest edition of the highly regarded tastemaker series, Body Language. Volume 13 features 2 mixes, one from Dinamo Azari and the other from Alixander III and together the two produce a techno-driven soundscape that shows a different side of Azari & III and a fresh sound on Get Physical Music.

Mix two is from Alixander III who says: “My mix was born from memories of cassette mix tapes from my early-90s industrial/rave days. I’d get copies of mixes recorded from the radio in Detroit where cousins were going to school. These mixes featured classic Chicago and Detroit techno from the ‘80s, current jams from the day and also some genre bending inclusions tossed in, stuff by Depeche Mode, Cabaret Voltaire, and I’ll never forgot the first time I heard Cocteau Twins´ ‘Cherry Colored Funk’.

“With my side of the Body Language mix, I tried to recapture the flow and freedom of those seminal mixes, deep dark technoid excursions punctuated by the occasional moment of cathartic departure... I also have a love affair with soaring, blissful female vocalizations, they take me to a higher place, and those included here range from distanced infatuations to gropingly close friends.

“I began the process by listening back to my old Maxwell’s and reminding myself what was so engulfing about them. At some point during these listenings I must have shed a tear, of sentiment, joy, loss and the passage of time. Guarded memories and forgotten greatness from an era that forged who I would soon become... Fast forward to present day and I’m still swimming in that sea of unhinged emotion, random connections, odd beauty and dark love that has fueled and sustained me ever since. I hope this mix fuels and sustains you, the listener, if even for a moment.”

Various Artists - 'Azari & III Presents - Body Language Vol. 13'
 is out 18 October on Get Physical.

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The latest offering from Desolat sees Martin Buttrich come together with long-time friend Mousse T on ‘Session 1’. This two track 12” set for release on October 14, sees both producers release their first original material in over two years and demonstrate why they remain two respected producers in the scene.

Opener ‘Sunseeker’ kicks off the EP with a teasing guitar riff which is supplemented by resounding pulses of warm bass. Further elements are added into the equation soon enough, such as a warped spoken word vocal and numerous melodic textures and trippy flourishes which all come together, building and yielding as the track drops back into its rolling sun kissed groove.

On the flip-side is ‘Smack Back’, which is marginally the more restrained of the two tracks on offer, characterised by a succession of subtle misshapen sounds, twisted effects and an ascending synth which compliments the punchy percussion and melodic stabs. It’s out October 14. Cover painting by Luio Onassis.


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Tribe Records continues its quality releases with DJ Angelo’s cover of Shannon’s ‘Let The Music Play’. Global Fantasy's DJ Angelo, whose club night is in, gives his own house-driven rework of the 1983 Shannon disco classic.

After a two years absence, Dutch/Austrian duo Hagenaar & Albrecht are back with their latest track, ‘Love Is Hell’, which sees them return to their distinctive ‘H&A’ sound with a rock intense vocal from Aussie rocker Sarah McLeod.

Next up in Toolroom Records Anniversary Remixes series is Mark Knight and Funkagenda’s huge ‘Man With The Red Face’, which has been reinterpreted by Dutch producer Hardwell, Toolroom regular Rene Amesz and longstanding house DJ/producer ATFC. 

Toolroom Records recently released their latest big track, Quivver Feat Angel Hart ‘I Don’t Wanna Wait’, with remixes by Ben Delay, David Penn and Pammin, with and a video shot in Miami. Quivver, who has gained support for his various club releases from A-list DJs such as Sasha, Pete Tong, Paul Oakenfold and John Digweed, has also garnered a loyal fanbase through his productions and continues to deliver lots of top productions.

Easily one of our favourite production duos, Gabriel & Dresden keep the momentum going with their brand new track, ‘Tomorrow Comes’, out now on their label, Organized Nature via Armada Records.

Sander van Doorn and Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike’s ‘Project T’, the track that launched the official Tomorrowland 2012 after-movie, finally gets its release on September 2 via Dutch label Spinnin’ Records. 

With Wookie’s debut release, ‘Battle’, and his underground track ‘Scrappy’, plus his remix of Sia’s ‘Little Man’, Wookie quickly emerged as one of the key players in the UK Garage scene.
 So it’s no surprise that the current resurgence in bass-lead, funk inflected tracks has found the East London resident being name-checked by the likes of Disclosure and Rudimental.


Out this week on Toolroom Records, ‘10 Years Of SW4’ captures the very best of the festival's history and diversity with a selection of tracks from its most iconic artists, hand-picked by the organisers themselves. Having started as a backyard party in June 2001 and growing in number over the next couple of years, SW4 was born on Clapham Common in August 2004. The first ever headliners included Erick Morillo and Sasha, with an extra three stages of acts helping SW4 become a huge sellout. 

Compiled and mixed by Defected’s Any Daniell, ‘Bargrooves Ibiza 2013’ was released this month, capturing the Balearic house spirit of the White Isle. Comprising 30 full-length, unmixed tracks that take in both current and classic Ibiza vibes, the release also includes two bonus mixes for an uninterrupted Ibiza experience.

Music comes from Dennis Ferrer with his brand new track ‘Mind Ur Step’, Guti’s latest ‘Hope’ and the MK mix of FCL’s ‘It’s You’ alongside the latest sounds from Finnebassen, Forrest, Chasing Kurt and Julien Chaptal. The KiNK-produced ‘Follow The Step’ by German vocalist, Rachel Row, is possibly one of the underground vocal records of the summer, whilst Noir and Sandy Rivera’s ‘SOTOM’ remixed by Jimpster and the Larry Heard mix of Nick Curly’s ‘Wake Me Up’ spotlight the deeper Balearic house sounds for 2013.

Further tracks include Avec’s ‘Disappearer’ which features the tones of Scissor Sister Jake Shears and the new Rampa track ‘Where Did I Go Wrong’ featuring Azari & III’s S.Y.F (Starving Yet Full) on vocals. West Coast house favourite Miguel Migs returns with his brand new ‘Heartbeat’ sung by long-term collaborator Lisa Shaw, whilst London scene vocalist Donae’o performs on Copyright’s ‘My Desire’. Classic Ibiza comes in the form of the Yoruba mix of Soul Central’s ‘Time After Time’ and DJ Gregory’s ‘Elle’, whilst Laura Jones rejuvenates the Hollis P Monroe classic ‘I’m Lonely’. Have a listen below.

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Since 1967, Pacha has been exerting its reign of dance music and clubbing all over the world from Barcelona and Ibiza and nowadays you can find a Pacha nightclub in America, Brazil, Austria, England, Australia, Morocco, Russia, Germany, Portugal, Egypt and Argentina. With many top album releases over the years, this month Pacha gets set to release its latest compilation, ‘Pacha Ibiza Deep House’, which showcases some of the coolest sounds in the scene right now. 

Mix 1 kicks off with the summer anthem ‘Fall For You’ from Kings Of Tomorrow with Sandy Rivera on the remix, followed by ‘Wish I Didn’t Miss You’ by Electronic Youth featuring Alex Hart on vocals. Other highlights include the Zinc VIP of Shadow Child ‘23’, Hannah Wants, Lorenzo’s ‘Dappy’, and ‘The Feeling’ from Eden. Mix 2 takes proceedings even deeper, and is packed with exclusives from new UK producer Reset Safari in ‘Like A Drug’, and ‘Vibe’ from new London electronic band Disciples. Across the two mixes, you’ll find music from some of the main players in the deep house world including George Fitzgerald, Duke Dumont, MK, Bicep, Dusky, Ejeca, Huxley, Midland and NiCe7. It’s out August 18.

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Written and produced by Kevin Saunderson and featuring the vocals of Paris Grey, ‘Good Life’ was released in 1988 and went on to become one of the defining tunes of its era, maintaining “classic” status ever since. Some 25 years later, the latest producers to deliver their renditions for the first batch of 2013 remixes are Pig & Dan, Markus Lauc, Matt Smallwood, Ian O’Donovan and Dantiez Saunderson & White Chocolate.

Pig & Dan deliver a stripped back, instrumental version of ‘Good Life’, concentrating on its tough techno beats. Glasgow’s Marcus Lauc reworking puts the prominence on the house keys underlined with a stomping techno bass. Matt Smallwood takes a softer approach as his version focuses on more of the original’s core elements. Irishman Ian O’Donovan has a sound compared to Detroit techno and was a good choice for this new phase of remixes. Dantiez Saunderson is the middle son of Ann and Kevin Saunderson and has recently been impressing with his releases on KMS, proving that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. His musical partner, Kevin Castro aka White Chocolate, was born in Columbia, raised in New York and currently resides in Miami. Having last come together on KMS for ‘Logarythm’ (KMS-119), they now return for this adaptation. In addition, a competition ran on Beatport Play in June to remix the track for inclusion on the release and on 8th August the winner was announced, with the prize going to Contepella for this Breakbeat version. Phase 1 remixes are out August 27 on KMS.

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London-based solo artist G.Logan continues to establish himself with his productions. Boasting previous production credits for the likes of Kelis, Jay Sean and Craig David, his latest release, ‘How Did We’, on Defected Records acts as further evidence of his talent.

‘Loving You’ from Kenny Summit, Director’s Cut & Yasmeen, was originally unleashed last year on Good For You Records, hitting No.1 on Traxsource and stayed there for a whole month. Now it’s been remixes for this summer’s dancefloors, getting a makeover from top DJ/producers Dave Mayer & Husky. 

Glasgow Underground continues 2013 with the late-summer debut release from new artist Barrientos, entitled ‘Feel The Waves’.

 23-year old Glasgow-based, Barrientos was discovered by Glasgow Underground via a DJ mix on the synthglasgow.com blog where he’d combined tracks from Matthew Styles, Vince Watson, Atjazz and more into an impressive flow. 

Born in the USA and raised by Chilean and English parents, Barrientos studied classic music before making his forays into electronic music via remixes for Romanthony, Visitor and Walker & Royce for GU. ‘Feel The Waves’ takes in five tracks with each track bringing a different vibe. From the skipping garage funk of ‘And Uh’ and M1-led ‘On My Mind’ to the blissed out, vocal deep house of ‘Feel Waves’ there’s real musical depth here. When the tempos drop a little with the electronic disco of ‘Los Suenos’ and the beatless ‘Eventide (outro)’ the melodies breathe even more and further showcase Barrientos’ slick touch. It’s out August 19 on Beatport.

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As part of one of their best year’s yet, which celebrates their 10^th anniversary, Toolroom Records will release remixes of some of their most memorable tracks from the past ten years, updated and reworked by some of their favourite artists. Leading the ‘Ten’ campaign, Fedde le Grand’s ‘Metrum’ gets the remix treatment from Umek.

British label, Vinyl Solution, celebrates its 25^th anniversary this year by making its entire back catalogue available digitally for the first time. The anniversary is spearheaded by the re-release of Bizarre Inc’s classic ‘Playing With Knives’. Released on 28 July, the track has been reworked by Utah Saints, Drumsound & Bassline Smith, Timothy Allan & Mark Loverush, and Magnus J, who are helping to introduce the track to a whole new generation of electronic music fans.

After the success of 'World In Your Hands', Denis The Menace collaborates with one of Russia's top producers, namely, Alexey Romeo, to deliver 'Talking About Love', what they hope will be one of the records of the summer season.

Size Records, Steve Angello’s record label, is approaching its ten-year anniversary and to commemorate the birthday of the label, Size recently announced SIZE100, with 'SLVR' (pronounced ‘silver’). Teaming up with Russian duo Matisse & Sadko, this release should be another biggie for the label.

It’s nine years since they unleashed their anthemic ‘Be Thankful’, now Jamie Lewis & Michelle Weeks reunite once again for a new single collaboration titled 'Step Up', out this month on Jamie’s Purple Music label! Featuring all the essential Jamie Lewis signature sounds - a bumpin' bass groove, synth hooks, infectious beats and a little sice of disco - ‘Step Up’ is a slice of house which carries a positive uplifting message, beautifully delivered by Michelle.

Dome Records recently revealed the new single from soulful house trio, Tortured Soul. ‘Can’t Keep Rhythm From A Dancer’ has a certain familiar feel to it, sporting all those Tortured Soul credentials and also featured on the package are some tasty mixes from San Fran’s Miguel Migs, who adds a deep, nu disco/boogie vibe to the song. 

Dennis Ferrer gets set to drop a deep vocal house monster on London’s Defected Records. Out July 22, it’s the latest in an impressive run of releases and this new one, ‘Mind Ur Step’, sees the very cool DJ/producer team up with Chicago’s Janelle Kroll for what surely will be one of the tracks of the summer.

This coming July 6, on his home turf of Berlin and in the Renaissance confines of the Zitadelle Spandau, Paul van Dyk will helm the second We Are One event. As We Are One puts in place its final preparations, PvD has gone studio-side with Canadian tech-house/trance producer Arnej to attempt to crown the night with an anthem of large proportions!



Enjoying house music’s current resurgence following the acclaim that gathered for their debut album ‘Different Sides Of The Sun’, Hot Natured recently revealed a new video for one of the collection’s highlights, the  summery grooves of ‘Benediction’. Starting with a teenager picking a lock in order to take control of a pick-up truck, the video depicts a day of wayward, hedonistic behaviour in which the destination – the pool-party – is all that matters.

Next up on Hardsoul Pressings is the latest installment of ‘The Dutch Talent EP’, a series of releases that allows Roog and Greg to place the focus on some of their favourite up and coming Dutch producers. This EP kicks of with ‘Forget It’ from The Voyagers. Greg picked up on this early and snapped it up for the label through meeting Luuk at the Herman Brood Academy in Utrecht and the Voyagers could well be set to make some serious waves this year. 

An eclectic demonstration of vocals and song-writing, Wallflower is a collaborative project between Alison Marks and Leah Floyeurs. Having made their name as separate performers, Wallflower sees these two English artists come together to deliver ‘Say You Won’t Ever’ on Defected Records, featuring remixes from Deetron and Asadinho.

As football fever grips the world ahead of the start of the 2014 FIFA World Cup today, a great way to get in the mood is by revisiting a classic football anthem. Originally released in 1998, Dario G’s ‘Carnaval de Paris’ has been embraced by football fans the world over and 2014’s Rio Remixes put a whole new spin on the track.

‘The Touch’ is the fifth single from Grum's forthcoming album. His previous singles ‘Everytime’, ‘The Theme’, ‘In Love’ and ‘Tears’ have been played across the board at BBC Radio 1 - from Zane to Annie Mac, Pete Tong to B Traits, Monki to Danny Howard (who recently had Grum do an exclusive mix for his Dance Anthems show). If you add in his remixes for the likes of Shift K3y, Sigma, Chromeo & Martin Garrix he's arguably one of the most consistently played producer/remixers right now.

'Searching4Love' is the fruit of a musical union between two Parisian house heads, DJ/producer Phil Weeks and vocalist Ladybird, who together have cooked up a slice of deep and soulful house for Robsoul. The song came about after Phil set about toying with samples from RAMP's version of the classic Roy Ayers 'Everybody Loves The Sunshine'. 

‘Dancin’ originally started as a bootleg over a year ago by young French brothers Mickael and David Couderc (who just signed to Armada) and was then found on Soundcloud by the Moody family. 

Australian duo Denzal Park continue to show their production skills with their latest track, ‘One Way Home’. Jon Hume (of Evermore fame) lends his vocal talents to the pair's new single, which was premiered on 9 May on Pete Tong's Essential Mix as the week's Essential Selection.

Forthcoming on Ministry of Sound, MK's Area 10 remix of 'Always' really has summer written all over it! Premiered by special delivery to B-traits as she sat in for Annie Mac on BBC Radio 1, this remix is has been championed by key tastemakers and is proving extremely popular in the cooler clubs around the globe

After the success of their debut Release for d:vision, ‘Let The Night’, which is still riding high in the Italian Official Top 40 Singles Chart after one month and now signed to Capitol Music in France, Germany and UK, Grammy winning duo Dirty Vegas return with their new single for the label in the shape of ‘Setting Sun’.

Fledgling label Love & Other’s second release comes from a pair of accomplished Glaswegian DJ/producers who really are on a bit of a roll just now. Falling on from their massive 'Do Anything You Wanna’ release on Glasgow Underground, Illyus & Barrientos return with their new ‘Ballin’ EP. 

‘Dimitri From Paris In The House Of Disco’  is the latest release from the French DJ/producer, an auditory smorgasbord of house and disco from the likes of Diana Ross, Hercules & Love Affair, Sister Sledge, Lindstrøm, Chic, Todd Terje, DJ Pierre and many more. In the late-70s and early-80s, after its bubble of underground popularity and credibility had well and truly burst, disco began it’s slow but steady mutation into house. 

Next month will see the release of a new, crowd-funded compilation on Hope Recordings, entitled ‘Nick Warren Presents The Soundgarden’. Nick Warren is well-known in electronic music, having released material via imprints such as Global Underground, Renaissance and Cream since the early-90s as well as being the A&R behind Hope Recordings and one half of the legendary Way Out West. Here we see Nick return to the mix CD format, which he tells us ‘has always been something I love’, via a 2CD compilation taking in downbeat and club sounds.

The ideal essential compilation has to be a continuum -- covering the ground between old and new, bridging the gap between timeless and bleeding edge. ‘Trance Essentials 2014’ is a double dose of the tunes of the moment, including reworks of some classics from the past. Well-known artists have made their mark on the tracklist, and possible rising stars find themselves well represented too.

Continuing their decade long partnership, The Revenge and Sub Club’s Harri emerge from their Glasgow studio under their Burnt Island Casuals guise to release the ‘Linger Longer EP’. If you've visited Subculture at Sub Club in Glasgow; one of the finest internationally-renowned underground clubbing havens, then you’re likely already to have absorbed Harri’s studious approach to production. Here the EP’s crisp and drum programming works to prove an enthusiastic and endearing backdrop to some 4/4 flexible synth work.

Zerothree is a new record label dedicated to unearthing the undiscovered talent that exists in the online community of dance music producers as well as working with established talent. Run in conjunction with music platform Wavo.me, Zerothree will release an EP from new and unsigned producers every quarter. Wavo and Zerothree will be hosting engaging, crowd-sourced label initiatives like an online demo submissions chart, remix competitions, and more to make the discovery process transparent and interactive. 

Next week will see the release of Craig Smith’s ‘Only When It Is Darkest’ EP via Teng Records, backed with reworks from Phlash and Fabio Della Torre. Craig has been involved in electronic music since the early-90s and over the years has earned critical acclaim for his collaborative guise with The Revenge; 6th Borough Project. 

Originally released by Musical Freedom, the instrumental edit of 19-year-old Oliver Heldens’ deep house track ‘Gecko’ has become a popular track in club sets for 2014, peaking at #2 in the Beatport chart and garnering support from the likes of Pete Tong, Danny Howard and Zane Lowe. The latest edit ‘Gecko (Overdrive)’, written and vocalled by Becky Hill during a late night recording session with MNEK, is being released by Parlophone’s new dance imprint FFRR. 

When turning back the pages of King Street’s history, DJ Roland Clark presents Urban Soul’s ‘President House’ would possibly have a chapter all to its own. In keeping with the rich tradition of mixing and mashing both old and new, King Street presents two new “re takes” on the classic that both showcase what’s fresh in today’s dance music world but also keeping true to the elements of what made a classic, a classic. 

Last week saw Dennis Ferrer’s Objektivity imprint release a new two-tracker, in the form of remixes of Ane Brun’s ‘To Let Myself Go’ from Dennis Ferrer and André Hommen. The EP showcases a tug of war between ethereal and electronic and with Dennis Ferrer providing a measured pace and André a driving bassline, Ane’s soul-drenched vocals ring out across this EP, forging a sonic landscape.

It’s been a fast rise for Sick Individuals. With two Beatport No1s secured in as many months last year, Jim and Ray have continued with new tracks into 2014, including the just released, ‘Rock & Rave’, which is out now on Ultra Records. Premiered on the YouTube channel Proximity, the track has already clocked up over 100,000 views in the space of a week. 

DJ Fresh is back with his latest track and is ready to 'Make U Bounce’. Fresh's love of working with producers that inspire him and adopting the 'VS' approach to production has so far seen him teaming up with Stateside producer Diplo and Moombahton's Jay Fay, on the hit records 'Earthquake' & 'Dibby Dibby Sound'. 

Jakwob aka London-based producer, DJ and multi-instrumentalist musician, James Jacob, recently released his latest track on Digital Soundboy. With Shy FX on A&R duties, Digital Soundboy is home to some of electronic music’s freshest talents including Breakage, Dismantle and Radio 1’s B. Traits, with a back catalogue of releases that include Skream, Benga, Redlight, Caspa, Rusko, Calibre and DJ Fresh.

Toolroom Records recently announced ‘The Return Of Wolfy’, the first single release of the year from one of our favourite DJ/producers, Toolroom label head honcho Mark Knight.

Moving dancefloors since the age of 15, South African DJ/producer, Cuebur, teams up with singer Vikter Duplaix to release ‘I See You’ on the very cool Soul Heaven label. 

As someone who has possibly opened the door to techno and tech house for a generation of clubbers with his Miracle, Brave New World and Hey! labels, Dutch producer Michel de Hey has now joined forces with fellow countryman and rising DJ Mulder to release their ‘Seven EP’ on Defected’s DFTD imprint.