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CIRCOLOCO IN THE ARENA
Birmingham's outdoor homage to DC10 returns
Q&A LETHERETTE
Ninja Tune's most exciting new signing.
WE ARE MODESELEKTOR
The Berlin duo on their new film, Moderat's second album and the true spirit of techn
VIDEO TUTORIAL
APP REVIEW: TOUCHOSC
Touch it, Bring it, Drop it
DENON DJ UPDATES ENGINE AND MEDIA PLAYERS
Fresh software and hardware updates
DJ MAG TOUR: CLUB MYST
Tempting Taipei
REVIEW: EXIT 10TH BIRTHDAY
The return of Bad Company
DRUM[ROLL]
The promotion teams bringing funk to the UK club scene
Flight - Moonbeam feat Leusin - Black Hole Recordings
More hyper-enigmatic deep trance absorption from the Russian duo. With all its enrapturing beguile, Leusin's vocal does somewhat steal the show across 'Flight's 'Original' and 'Club Mix'. Sensing an opportunity perhaps, Michael Calderone tips the tempo and tone scales in favour of a mix more playable (I suspect) by more mainline DJs. Perfectly measured, it becomes this release's weapon of choice.
More hyper-enigmatic deep trance absorption from the Russian duo. With all its enrapturing beguile, Leusin's vocal does somewhat steal the show across 'Flight's 'Original' and 'Club Mix'. Sensing an opportunity perhaps, Michael Calderone tips the tempo and tone scales in favour of a mix more playable (I suspect) by more mainline DJs. Perfectly measured, it becomes this release's weapon of choice.
Necessary Ingredients Part 4 - DJ Hero - Ground Level
The final album teaser release has our Hero crafting a solid breakbeat workout of 'If You Want It' by Break The Box & Andy McAllister, backed with a somewhat EDM-tastic 'Revelation'.
The final album teaser release has our Hero crafting a solid breakbeat workout of 'If You Want It' by Break The Box & Andy McAllister, backed with a somewhat EDM-tastic 'Revelation'.
Stormy Monday - Zilla Rocca & The Shadowboxers - iTunes
Dreamy production from that genius Has-Lo, Zilla & The SBs follow up March's Roc Marciano-assisted 'Young Blood' with a louche, damn-near latitudinal swish of Spanish-inflected funk, simple guitar and strings combining with the effect of Gil Evans. Not sure about the hook but that's held off til near the end - see this as a darker, grittier cousin to 'I Left My Wallet In El Segundo' and realise how that description in itself is clutching at straws. Hear it.
Dreamy production from that genius Has-Lo, Zilla & The SBs follow up March's Roc Marciano-assisted 'Young Blood' with a louche, damn-near latitudinal swish of Spanish-inflected funk, simple guitar and strings combining with the effect of Gil Evans. Not sure about the hook but that's held off til near the end - see this as a darker, grittier cousin to 'I Left My Wallet In El Segundo' and realise how that description in itself is clutching at straws. Hear it.
Xtep - u-Ziq - Planet Mu
A welcome return from the Planet Mu chief of staff, and clearly the medication has kicked in. Known for a more extreme perspective on IDM, this brand-new taster ahead of his summer LP is V.E.R.Y. different. The dank, clanks and distortion are gone, in comes in the quirky computer funk of 'XT', classic rave tropes on 'Ritm' (boy those keys!), to Moroder reincarnated on the disco inflections of 'Pulsar', to the washy Vangelis of 'Monj2', which hides a tough, breaky footwork element, a tiny glimpse of the beast from the past. All concluding on the rather flouncy melancholia of 'New Bimple', all making for a rather bizarre, but enjoyable listen.
A welcome return from the Planet Mu chief of staff, and clearly the medication has kicked in. Known for a more extreme perspective on IDM, this brand-new taster ahead of his summer LP is V.E.R.Y. different. The dank, clanks and distortion are gone, in comes in the quirky computer funk of 'XT', classic rave tropes on 'Ritm' (boy those keys!), to Moroder reincarnated on the disco inflections of 'Pulsar', to the washy Vangelis of 'Monj2', which hides a tough, breaky footwork element, a tiny glimpse of the beast from the past. All concluding on the rather flouncy melancholia of 'New Bimple', all making for a rather bizarre, but enjoyable listen.
