DJmag Releases And Charts
2011-12-15 01:29
Javeon McCarthy - Love Without A Heart - PMR
Look, it's a known fact that most of the best producers harbour a desire to produce for pop singers. Julio Bashmore - a man already more than adept with slow, hypnotic grooves, as fans of his house music will tell you - suits the role more than most, and launches full force into the role here, with a backing track that's perfect for McCarthy's Amaretto-sweet voice, while instantly making you want the instrumental too.
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2011-12-15 01:29
Technikore feat. Mark Slammer - Like A Star - Supersonik
Hard dance and hardcore wonder kid Alfie spreads his wings beyond his Raver Baby home, and sets up his own new label to release his more experimental hardcore releases. His first release featuring Mark Slammer on vocals is a pounding, spine-chillingly euphoric stomper, as superbly produced as you would expect from this guy, and adds another exciting label pushing new sounds to the UK scene.
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2011-12-15 01:29
Benis Cletin - Jungle Magic - Sofrito Super Single
Just because a record may be super-rare, as you know, this doesn't necessarily make it any good. Well, this isn't the case for this latest from this Honest Jon's endorsed label; it's super-rare and super-good. In fact, it's rather incredible. Originally making an appearance on Nigerian disco label, Afrodesia, this slice of idiosyncratic acid-disco is the work of little known artist, Benis Cletin, who employs the most bonkers, modulating synth into this almost no-wave disco oddity. Beguilling, captivating, unique and utterly unmissable!
DJmag Releases And Charts
2011-12-15 01:29
Neek The Exotic & Large Professor - Still On The Hustle/Hip Hop/My Own Line - Fat Beats Records
A trio of total doozies from the lip-smacking 'Still On The Hustle' LP. 'Hip-Hop' and 'My Own Line' see Marco Polo unintimidated by the Large one, throwing down beats the ol' master himself would be proud of under some fantastically free-flowing verbals courtesy of veteran rhymeslinger Neek. Queens rap at its finest.
DJmag Releases And Charts
2011-12-15 01:29
Art Department feat Soul Clap & Osunlade - We Call Love (DJ Harvey & Daphni Remixes) - Crosstown Rebels
Kenny Glasgow and chums follow up their album debut with fellow emo-house crew, Soul Clap, plus the spiritual aid of Strictly's Osunlade. Caribou's Daphni tweaks a skewed electro/boogie version of sorts, before handing the reins over to DJ Harvey, whose slo-mo, surf-disco provides the EP's highlight. His dirty dubby electronics deliver just the right amount of sleaze and give a little nod to his forthcoming album on Balearic/cosmic-revival stalwart, International Feel. Ace.
DJmag Releases And Charts
2011-12-15 01:29
ASYS - Bassterbation (Organ Donors Remix) - FE Recodings
A former Money Shot anthem here reworked by one of the most exciting acts on the scene at the moment, with that techy futuristic Organ Donors sound running throughout.
DJmag Releases And Charts
2011-12-15 01:29
Classixx - Into The Valley (Yacht & Julio Bashmore Remixes) - Green Label Sound
Suitably timed release that will function well in the Balearics as much as it will the local, inner-city discotheques. Current darling of the fertile UK house scene, Julio Bashmore (with a few cracking releases under his belt for the likes of Martyn's 3024 label and PMR Records) delivers a practical refix, but the disco heads will take more notice of the No Wave-inspired, electro-disco remix from DFA's Yacht. Both work really well, even if you find the vocals a little unpalatable.
DJmag Releases And Charts
2011-12-15 01:29
Andy Whitby & Karlston Khaos - One Middle Finger - Awsum
The king of bounce mashes up two big tracks I've been playing in my sets over the past year with the riff from Swedish House Mafia's 'One' mixed in with the "put your middle finger up in the air" vocal. Big yet very cheeky!
DJmag Releases And Charts
2011-12-15 01:29
Processory - Recovery Measures EP (Aeroplane & CFCF Remixes) - Sugarcane
The first of three precursory singles leading to an album debut from Jori Hulkkonen & Jeri Valuri's Processory project. Leading album tracks such as 'Nightfall' and 'Young Italians' fall under the production scrutiny of XL's nu-disco superstar, Aeroplane, and h-pop/chillwave hero, CFCF, respectively. Aeroplane delivers exactly what you expect, a euphoric remix that will no doubt be the tune that will get the most Shazam hits over the forthcoming festival months; but it's CFCF's version that is the highlight, with its delicate, nebulous, hypnogogic beauty.
DJmag Releases And Charts
2011-12-15 01:29
Leon B - Lucky 13 - Riot!
New wave UK hard trance producer Leon B is really pushing the UK sounds forward with his electro-fused hard trance, still keeping those UK influenced uplifting melodies and epic breakdowns but adding clever hard house electro-fused drops.
DJmag Releases And Charts
2011-12-15 01:29
Stallions/Anonstop/Lovefingers - Black Disco Part 10 - Black Disco
More impenetrably obscure disco/rock/Afro cover-ups, re-edited and remodeled by this cabalistic cast of three. Digging deep into what seems like an endless resource of covetable relics.
DJmag Releases And Charts
2011-12-15 01:29
Jehst - Startin' Over - YNR
Precision of imagery. Nonchalence of delivery. A totally unique vision where "the paper that I'm folding is like wet tissue dissolving", where every affirmation carries with it its own vicious paradoxical denial, where the music (a gorgeous thrum of lo-end and smoky beats) serves only to make the words even more hypnotically driven into the skull. Fantastic stuff as ever from Jehst, if this is any sign then the soon-come 'Dragon Of An Ordinary Family' LP should be one of 2011's major high-points. Get in early.
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2011-12-15 01:29
Sick Sense - Werk That Body - Foot & Mouth
Excellent Royal House 'Can You Party' homage from Rob Mello and Tristan De Cunha as Sick Sense. Features an amusing, skewed take on the Techotronic rap too. Fun.
DJmag Releases And Charts
2011-12-15 01:29
Trellion - Ouch - Bad Taste
Astonishing, twisted, ultra-stoned slo-mo abstraction from Sheffield loon Treillon, rhymes that almost fall apart with their own reality, music so sparse and devestating I genuinely can't think of any antecedents. 10 million times more interesting than Odd Future. Hear it before any of the hipster fucks jump on it.
DJmag Releases And Charts
2011-12-15 01:29
Alex Jones - Disappointing Dancefloors - Hypercolour
Only the most churlish of dancefloors would be disappointed in these four tracks from Alex Jones, particularly 'Romania Pika', a slab of spectacular '80s vocal aceness.
DJmag Releases And Charts
2011-12-15 01:29
Isaac vs Skrillex - Throw A Monster (To The Organ Donors) - CDR
Cheeky little mash-up of the biggest hardstyle and electronica producers at the moment. Sadly will never see legal release, but definitely a floor rocker!
DJmag Releases And Charts
2011-12-15 01:29
Ding Dong - 'Badman Forward (The Bug feat Flowdan Remix) - Greensleeves
Another classic recording from the Greensleeves catalogue gets the remix treatment from the dubstep cognoscenti. Horsepower, Goth Trad and Coki have all taken a pop. But high up on the wish list is Kevin Martin, aka The Bug. Roping in Flowdan for mic duties, this classic dancehall bomb gets dealt with. Riffling 4/4 structures and penetrating sub bass underpin Flowdan's coffin-gravel delivery: an unerringly quality Bug production. Bad man pull up, indeed.
DJmag Releases And Charts
2011-12-15 01:29
Fast Distance feat Stine Grove - Another Life - Infra Progressive
One of his first vocal-led numbers, 'Another Life' shows a clear advancement in Mr Distance's studio abilities. While Stine Grove's vocals/lyrics are a touch indistinct at times, her delivery nonetheless proves to be both hooky and attention-grabbing. With more than a hint of fragile lament about them, they prove the perfect foil to Hlusek's uplifting backing.
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2011-12-15 01:29
Enter Shikari - 'Quelle Surprise' - Ambush Reality
It's safe to say that the Enter Shikari chaps aren't a bunch of bandwagoning dubstephiles who think that Doctor P is a demi-God (well, I bloody well hope not), nay, they have been propagating their mongrel rock-step for some time. The title track is rather fun, and will get many an indie oik going apeshit. 'Destabilise' gets three remixes, with Rout producing a floaty dubstep de jour remix, but I really love Jonny & The Snipers version, which pleasingly has no "step" at all.
DJmag Releases And Charts
2011-12-15 01:29
Sander van Doorn - Koko - DOORN
'Love Is Darkness', Sander's first 2011 outing, divided fans and critics alike. The follow-up should calm any quivering nerves. A catchy, whistle-y intro, high-drama symphonic string midsection and a blistering, synth-propelled end to the break, 'Koko' doesn't put a foot wrong anywhere. Matching both high-end originality with an ability to rock the most mainstream of trance floors, it's Van Doorn's best in ages.