28 May 2014
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.
26 May 2014
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
21 May 2014
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’.
20 May 2014
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.
18 May 2014
‘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.
17 May 2014
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...
16 May 2014
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.
16 May 2014
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...
15 May 2014
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...
13 May 2014
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.