25 March 2013
Sandy Rivera’s latest release under his Kings of Tomorrow moniker highlights that his burgeoning relationship with UK singer April Morgan is going from strength to strength and possibly underlines his status as one of the top house music artists over the past two decades.
18 March 2013
Following the summer 2012 track ‘Through The Night’, Drumsound & Bassline Smith are back next month with their new single ‘One In A Million’, featuring the sensuous vocals of Fleur. 2012 highlighted with two UK top 40 singles in ‘What Can You Do For Me’, a collaboration with Utah Saints, and their own Radio 1 A-list track, ‘Through The Night’.
10 March 2013
‘Back To Basics’ is the debut album from Around 7 and the first release on new label Robsoul Jazz, an offshoot of the Robsoul Recordings house label run by Phil Weeks. The album and new label focus on laid-back jazz, hip hop and broken beats, and also reflect the art of sampling. Hip Hop influences such as J Dilla and DJ Premier are in heavy evidence, alongside the jazz of Miles Davis, Bill Evans and the legendary Blue Note Records.
08 March 2013
Proving that good electronic dance music can come from absolutely anywhere in the world, just 1210KM east of Australia is a group of islands known as New Caledonia, right in the heart of the southwest Pacific Ocean. It’s here that you will find Oniris, the producer behind Bedrock’s latest release, ‘The Rebirth | Leaving Earth’, and the creator of possibly some of the most sublime melodic techno that you will hear this year.
07 March 2013
Following Miguel Bastida & Florian Kaltstrøm’s ‘De Barcelona a Viena EP’ and Two Hand Salute’s ‘Scale Up’ / ‘We Are Drum’ offering, comes a peak-time double-header resulting from a new collaboration between Marco Bailey and Filterheadz.
06 March 2013
Michael Woods and Diffused Music bring together Paul Thomas and Andrew Bennet for their next release. Paul Thomas, fresh off the back of his release on Funkagenda's Funk Farm, joins up with Diffused HQ favourite Andrew Bennett for this year's Global Gathering official anthem, ‘Datfunk’.
04 March 2013
It’s time once again for Cocoon Recording’s annual in-house mix compilation, this year reaching number eight, or Acht as it is in German. The label looks back on another good year with compilations from Paul Ritch, Cassy & Joris Voorn and Sven himself plus Daniel Stefanik’s LP and the 13th Ibiza Season. Now, we journey through some of the imprint’s recent highlights compiled and mixed once again by Chris Tietjen.
01 March 2013
Pete Tong and Skream join forces on ‘All Gone Pete Tong & Skream Miami 2013’, which includes tracks and remixes from Hot Natured, Maya Jane Coles, Dusky, Jamie Jones, Midland, Maceo Plex and many more, with 11 of the tracks exclusive to the compilation. Tong – along with studio partner Paul Rogers - provides a new original production in ‘Dance With The Devil’ and a brand new reworking of Hot Natured’s ‘Assimilation’, both of which are exclusives.
01 March 2013
Maintaining a successful 10-year long career in dance music (is it really that long?) is no mean feat and The Shapeshifters (AKA Simon Marlin and his Swedish partner Max Reich) have not only managed to stay fresh throughout the course of their career, but they are possibly one of the UK's most successful dance acts ever. Their hits include the classic ‘Lola's Theme’ to ‘Back To Basics ‘and ‘Incredible’ and don’t forget the remixes for the likes of George Michael, Christina...