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We land in Europe's most exciting new party destination

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Croatia get set

60 SECONDS WITH...GOLD PANDA

We interview the alternative electronic star
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KILLER SOUNDS: ADAM FIELDING

We find it out 'Icarus' style

NATIVE INSTRUMENTS KONTROL Z1

Native Instruments release yet another new controller

REVIEW: SCUBA LIVE!

Scuba (stage) diving!

RICHIE HAWTIN: LAND OF KINGS

Feast of fury

GUY WILLIAMS GOES BIONIC

Supersonic
Mystery - Ash Preston - Tech Fu Recordings
The old school collides with new techy sounds to devastating effect on this EP from Ash Preston on Rodi Styles' Tech Fu label. Get your glowsticks and whistles out for this one, as the break is back to the '90s, with the drops very 2013!
Woman You Want - Miguel Puente & Robbie Akbal feat Cari Golden - Akbal Music
This is totally Mexico, as Nathan Barley might once have said loudly on a bus through Shoreditch. But seriously, this is almost totally Mexican, from the producers Puente and Akbal to the label, Akbal's own house music concern. The fabulous Cari Golden adorns the thing with her silken vocals, while the peerless Pole Marcin Czubala, he of Your Mama's Friend fame, goes deeper still with his very, very late night take on matters. It's well cheeks.
El Untitled - Various - Comeme
The label examines the function of the club with these six, stripped-back, reduced tools that dabble in proto-house, new-wave and vintage European-style synth music. The EP features Comeme regulars, Alejandro Paz, Christian S and the rarely-sighted Matias Aguayo delivering the goods; whilst the remainder is a sterling selection from new talent, Gladkazuka, Lechuga Zafiro and Charisma. Hailing from Colombia, Uruguay and Argentina, these three new label recruits bear outrageously catchy tracks of disco noir and Chi Town style box jams, inspired by the heady club culture of their respective cities. An inspired selection that attests the label's reputation as being one of the most original and exciting today.
Breakdown Analysis EP - Turbo Turbo - GND
With the great remix from Turbo Turbo of Bad Life's indie act Swim still ringing in my ears, it's good to have their own new release. The three tracks all plough a similar furrow, whilst being separate enough to warrant repeated listens. 'Shells' is quirky/urgent, the title track has a catchy, housey insistence and 'Your Mind' opens things up with a militaristic beat and more old skool housey flavours.