Adam Beyer continues to be busy this year. Following his track ‘Legend’, he then had a collaboration with Green Velvet on ‘Simulator’. Now as 2023 passes the half way mark, he returns with two new productions.
Third Bloom has had an interesting life. He caught the music bug at a young age, and was turned onto the likes of Gil Scott Heron, Donald Byrd and acid jazz artists by friends in the early-90s. He then got immersed in D&B, and a lost weekend in Amsterdam ended up lasting over a decade as he dumped his return ticket and submerged himself in the fast invading club culture of the time.
Paul van Dyk and Ciaran McAuley combine forces to create new single ‘Someone Like You’, which is now available to stream from VANDIT Records. The track is a van Dyk thumping 4/4 beat, driving a path with atmosphere and synths to create emotional instrumental electronic music.
HI-LO returns to Drumcode to share another pair of dancefloor tracks. The techno alias of Oliver Heldens has found a home at Drumcode, dropping ‘Hypnos’ and ‘WANNA GO BANG’ Eps in consecutive years, leading last year’s A-sides compilation with a Layton Giordani collaboration ‘Rabbit Hole’, while lending his touch to Adam Beyer & DJ Rush’s ‘Restore My Soul’ as well. Meanwhile, he’s been a fixture of Drumcode’s events at Miami WMC and The Warehouse Project.
Restricted and Topic release their first collaboration together, ‘Sleepless', a track which aims to become a summer anthem. Featuring Californian singer and songwriter, GoldFord, the two artists have come together to try and merge the boundaries between day and night in one track.
DJ Mag Italia Best Newcomer and Breakthrough Artist Brina Knauss recently announced the artist led record label EMAPTH and marks the first release with her very own three-track EP ‘We Know’, which is out now.
Apranik Records returns with their second various artist compilation of 2023, ‘Intended Consequence’, representing a fresh lineup of Iranian women musicians and producers from across the electronic music spectrum.
Luke Solomon’s upcoming compilation places him alongside Frankie Knuckles, Masters at Work and DJ Gregory, presenting a musical journey of un-edited and un-mixed tracks from the producer’s three-decade career.
James de Torres is back on UV Noir with the EP ‘Astral Connection / Solar System’. Set for release on 21 July, this two-track EP is filled with a selection of sounds that aim to demonstrate his grasp over intimate and deeply robust electronic music.
The last few years have seen a significant flurry of activity from the Activa camp, made all the more notable as it followed a period of pause for Rob Stevenson. His next restorative action is ‘Movement (V. 01)’ - a set of discs and mixes constructed in trance and progressive’s original ‘building’ manner.