Suburban Knight is dropping his first album in 12 years
Hi8tus is an appropriate title for the full-length from Deeptrax and a producer known for exceptionally high quality and deeply influential techno discography.
Henna Onna releases the gorgeous “Midori no Basho”
Making her debut with a two track deep house EP on Closer To Truth.
#ListenUp Inspiring Techno on Oktave’s V/A Visions 01
Visions 01, the first Oktave Records complation features five tracks from five producers with a special connection to Jeff Derringer's label and techno residency.
#ListenUp The Whistle Song’s Paul Shapiro Plays on Deep88’s HARMONY
The new mix of Deep88's HARMONY features a stunning and evocative performance on flute from Paul Shapiro, who played on Frankie Knuckles' The Whistle Song.
#ListenUp Lyric Hood Makes Her Solo Debut on NINETEEN
Half of Floorplan with her father Robert Hood, Lyric Hood drops a grooving two track EP on M-Plant.
#ListenUp Danced Til Midnight Drops a Funk Bomb with Real Love
Danced Til Midnight drops another explosive funk bomb on an unsuspecting world with "Real Love" featuring ferocious remixes from Karizma and Byron The Aquarius.
Larry Heard rarity Sceneries Not Songs reissued
Never reissued before now, Larry Heard's groundbreaking Sceneries Not Songs gets a reissued on his label Alleviated this month.
New heat as Tuff Culture remixes “Good For You”
The remix of Soulecta and Lee Walker's "Good For You" is out next week on Garage Shared.
Secret weapons: Club of Jacks drops “Infinity”
Four absolutely stellar deep house and garage-tinged tracks here & gone on vinyl.
Live techno vibes on System of Survival’s Handling EP
Techno that sounds jacked out of the PA from System of Surival and Fventi.
Bernardo Mota is Hustlin’ All Day, Every Day
At 1:05 you should be prepared to get happy. Hustlin' All Day by Portuguese producer Bernardo Mota gets positively joyful at that moment as this lovely little track erupts with bigger-than-Def Mix piano chords going up like fireworks.
#ListenUp: DJ 3000 Keeps Detroit Swinging on Sofra
Listen to SOFRA, the title track of DJ 3000's new EP dropping this week on Motech.
#ListenUp Nat Wendell Attains Deep House Virtuosity on The Blues
Coming this month on black wax from a dealer near you: Nat Wendell's gorgeous The Blues EP on Courtesy of Balance.
#ListenUp Bad Ass Disco Bomb YOU’VE CHANGED from XXXY & Super Tuff
"You've Changed" is a disco bomb liable to flatten a room from the shockwaves. It's the lead from the new V/A from Brooklyn weirdos Super Tuff.
Veteran Chicago DJ John Simmons Makes His Debut on Tevo Howard’s Label
Long overdue! Veteran Chicago house DJ John Simmons breaks it down with his premiere release ALL I CAN SAY on Tevo Howard's label. Listen to the Paul Johnson remix now.
#ListenUp Anti Patriot’s Ideology is Aggro, Politically Charged Techno
New release from D-Knox's Sonic Mind is an EP of techno on the theme of physical disobedience from the mysterious "Anti-Patriot."
Ethereal_Interface is releasing an album for cassette & VHS tape
Dream_Logs is a music and video collaboration from Modal_Plane and Sara Goodman debuting on cassette tape, VHS cassette and a chapbook.
#ListenUp Sonic blotter from Liquid Earth & Kalahari Oyster Cult
Liquid Earth's "Scope Zone" goes from blotter on your tongue to trails in the corner of your eyes in 7:30.
#ListenUp Cirene: Video Planet
Video Planet captures the '90s deep house vibe made by a man in the middle of the sea.
Acid Queen: DASCO hits acid perfection on Powerful Woman
DASCO's four track Powerful Woman EP on Shall Not Fade is an object of art, a record that aims for and achieves acid perfection.
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Beloved: Inside the new 5 Mag
An oral history of Freerange Records with Jimpster, Tom Roberts, Matt Masters, Pezzner, Manuel Tur and Fred Everything, plus Chicago house with Black Sjuan, DJ Paulette's welcome to the club, Elbert Phillips on Tears, Dark Heaven and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.