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.
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...
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.
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 15th 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.