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Nic Fanciulli – Balance 021

Nic Fanciulli – Balance 021

Following on from Deetron’s brilliantly executed Balance 020 project, Balance Music presents Balance 021 mixed by Nic Fanciulli. The Saved Records boss delivers a stunningly intricate mix that Highlights his ethos as DJ and label owner. CD1, entitled simply ‘Balance’ is a subtle and expertly crafted mix that balances a plethora of diverse tracks, often [...]

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Jody Wisternoff – Trails We Blaze

When it comes to electronic music, Bristol’s history stands taller than most. Think back to the reggae/hip-hop soundsystems sound of Smith & Mighty and Full Cycle’s drum & bass legacy, right through to today’s bass/ house innovation from Julio Bashmore, Eats Everything et al. Born and bred in the city, Jody Wisternoff’s 25-year musical journey [...]

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Fabriclive 63: Digital Soundboy Soundsystem

Launched in 2005 by original ‘90s Jungle pioneer, Shy FX, Digital Soundboy quickly established itself as one of the UK’s most exciting labels, its quality over quantity ethos making it a standard bearer for the UK’s world leading bass music scene. With a back catalogue that includes some of the biggest club hits of the [...]

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Human Woman – Human Woman

Forging a fantastic fusion of modern electronic pop, Human Woman are the new signing on Hamburg’s HFN Records. Originally hailing from Iceland, the band consists of Gisli Galdur Thorgeirsson of prolific Icelandic band Trabant, and producer Jón Atli Helgason aka Sexy Lazer. Now after the launch of their debut single, ‘Delusional‘, with its sensual, indie-dance [...]

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Oxia – Tides of Mind

Oxia – Tides of Mind

Almost eight years after the release of “24 Heures” (on Goodlife), Oxia, pioneer of the French Techno scene, is back in 2012 with a surprising new LP entitled “Tides of Mind“. Deep, melodic, soulful and irresistibly groovy! For “Tides of Mind”, Oxia put aside the trendy electronic patterns and to move back to his earliest “Black Music” influences. [...]

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Dave Aju – Heirlooms

After a string of successful collaborations and remixes – including an ace on one of ours, Nicolas Jaar‘s ‘Space Is Only Noise’, we are delighted to present Dave Aju’s sophomore album, Heirlooms. It’s always exciting to hear new music from Mr. Aju, as he consistently offers a fresh approach to the usual dance music formulas [...]

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Marc Miroir – Hitting Home

‘Hitting Home’ is a dream come true. In the life of Marc Miroir who is on tour every weekend and every holiday of the year, ‘Home’ gets an extra meaning. It is in front of the crowded dance-floors he is at home. Here he knows best what buttons to push. Like he does in the [...]

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Call Me Kat – When the River Turns Black

Where The River Turns Black is the first international album by Copenhagen Resident and Musician Katrine Ottosen aka Call me Kat. Call Me Kat are adorably intense and mesmerizing songs, an enchanting melancholic, almost translucent drift into this sonic world best described as alternative pop, music that gives spoken word of the ever-expanding Danish music [...]

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Lovelock

Lovelock – Burning Feeling

With releases on Kompakt, Permanent Vacation, Eskimo and K7, Steve Moore aka Zombi, aka Gianni Rossi, and now Lovelock is a man whose sound is truly beginning to permeate the ether wherever we go. Lovelock is big 80´s production, infected discoid power pop, the kind of which would fit perfectly into the neon lit backdrop [...]

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NRK

Various – Forever Underground

Not many record labels can lay claim to a 15-year stretch, but NRK Music has been a consistent and trusted source of the finest deep house and tech house music for the last decade and a half.  Set up in 1996 in Bristol, UK, NRK Music quickly delivered a hefty slew of releases from the [...]

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John Digweed

John Digweed – Live in Cordoba

“Wow, what can I say about this party in Cordoba earlier this year to do it justice? The crowds in Argentina never disappoint and are always up for a great night but this party took things to a whole new level for me. It was the first time the venue, TRES AGUAS had been used for an event [...]

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The Blues Brothers – Soul Biscuit

The Blues Brothers (or, more formally, The Blues Brothers’ Show Band and Revue) are an American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedy actors Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on Saturday Night Live. Belushi and Aykroyd, respectively in character as lead vocalist “Joliet” Jake Blues and [...]

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Judas Priest

Judas Priest – Unleashed

British heavy metal band Judas Priest was formed in 1969. It wasn’t until August 1974 that they released their debut single “Rocka Rolla” after five years of what is termed in the music industry as “paying their dues”! The immediate success of the single was followed by their first album of the same name, and [...]

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