Spring has sprung and along with it a cavalcade of fantastic releases from Denis Horvat, Olderic, Rampa, Laurent Garnier, SBTH, Hammer, Benjamin Fröhlich, Patrice Bäumel, Abstraxion & Kasper Bjørke.
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It’s officially springtime! The sun-drenched vibe keeps on flowing with the amazing releases, stunning albums, and impressive remixes coming from Jimi Jules, Talaboman, Davis, TD, Eagles & Butterflies, Nuno Dos Santos, Cologne Tape, Map.ache, Cleveland, Pixilife released via Innervisions, R&S Records, Altin Village & Mine, Permanent Vacation, Something Happening Somewhere, Magazine, Engrave Ltd., Equation Recordings, Art Imitating Life, and Samo Records.
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Creative Belfast producer Lunar Orbit Rendevouz or simply LOR is a name we’ll be watching closely throughout 2017. Equally focused on twisted grooves and intricate melodic structures, the versatile producer has been consistently stamping his authority on underground electronic music with his multiple perspectives on sound, and his innovative approach to production.
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Mathew Jonson & Sebastian Mullaert - Pollen 4 Life
Sebastian Mullaert has yet to meet a long production he doesn't like. His tracks often clock over ten minutes: an eternity in the ADHD world of dance music and a great way to ensure that your track is labeled "unusable" by an average DJ. But then again, when one is talking about Sebastian Mullaert one is rarely talking about anything average.
After hosting Nuno Dos Santos and his label showcase Something Happening Somewhere North America premiere in Brooklyn last week, we were absolutely thrilled to get our hands on a preview copy of his stunning new EP. ’Trigonometry of Love’ is set to be released on March 24th and features four incredible tracks.
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February was a fantastic month in the underground electronic music world with a gorgeous album, stunning releases, and amazing remixes coming from Khidja, New Jackson, Alex Niggemann, Roman Flügel, Frankey & Sandrino, Falke, Aera, DJ Koze, Amberoom, Andre Hommen and André Hommen.
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New Jackson - Electric Blue
After a blazing 2016, Fort Romeau and Ali Tillett’s Cin Cin label kicked off the new year with its flame burning bright. The spritely taste-making label exploded onto the scene last year with a philosophy of bringing established and new artists together on split EP format releases.
Joakim - On The Beach (Superpitcher Remix)
Through a small window cracked open, a sliver of gray gloomy sky is seeping through, illuminating a man, sprawled out on his bed, asleep but tossing and turning as about to wake up.
If we can take anything away from 2016, is that it was a pretty awesome year for music. A lot of very talented producers really accelerated their careers and put out some amazing releases, EP’s and took on some seriously hectic touring schedules around the globe. Things look to only be speeding up these producers of deep house and techno and we couldn’t be more excited to see the journey they take us on in 2017.
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The new year has brought so many fresh albums, exciting releases, and impressive remixes that cover a wide range of underground house and techno music.
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From time to time, you hear an EP and instantly can sense that it’s going to be significant. Sad Girl, a relative newcomer, has been kind enough to bestow one upon us.
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The month of December is full of divine moments of mesmerizing sonic beauty, working its magic on all of the stunning releases, exciting remixes and amazing albums of the electronic music.
Read MoreAs another year comes to a close it’s time to look back at some of the finest tracks of 2016. This has been one of the most innovative years of underground electronic dance music, with a treasure-trove of productions that radiate with powerful musical elegance, boundless creativity, and infinite inspiration from both established artists, and new talent from around the world.
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Kettenkarussell - Of Course (Lawrence remix)
The road to electronic music hell is paved with minimalistic tracks that fail to elevate themselves from simply being repetitive and, well minimalistic. Miles Davis once famously quipped: ' Don't play what's there; play what's not there'
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Fabio Montana - Ortygia (Love Over Entropy repattering)
Without any doubt Love Over Entropy is an incredibly talented and charismatic producer with an innovative, cutting-edge vision. The Dutchman is a supreme alchemist of the musical realm, transmuting everything he touches into the purest gold.
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Guido Cusani - Turn Out Alone (Patlac remix)
Patlac, no stranger to FictionLab, has been hard at work in the studio this year. Having only been a couple of months since the release of his fantastic EP, Velox, Patlac has delivered a powerful remix of Guido Custaini’s “Turn Out Alone”.
It’s November and we still feel the warm halo of ADE with a full slate of incredible releases, exciting albums, and amazing remixes that span across a wide spectrum of underground house and techno.
We selected our ten favorite tracks of the month featuring talented producers such as DJ Metatron, Cleveland, LOR, SBTH, Tlak, Fort Romeau, Rodriguez Jr., Johannes Brecht, Recondite and Cubicolor.
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Germany has always been a consistent platform for an innovative and engrossing techno nurturing fertile underground music scene, and Berlin-based creative mind Krink is set to cement that reputation.
Bringing the future to the present, the incredibly talented producer will take his listeners on a genre-spanning and forward thinking psycho-penetrating journey with his new “Two sides” EP to be released through URSL imprint on November 28.
DJ Metatron - State of Me
Cult techno powerhouse Giegling is set to end 2016 on a major high note. The Weimar-based collective brings their very special long-awaited compilation that is without a doubt the finest emotionally-driven release to grace techno lovers and electronic music connoisseurs.
October was music heaven for the underground electronic music scene with a slew of stunning releases and remixes from the likes of Joakim, Jimi Jules, Neil Flynn, Davis, Echonomist, Young Marco, Human Machine, Beanfield & Thomas Herb, Quentin and LOR through leading labels such as Life & Death, Zukunft Records, Lossless, In Their Feelings, Hivern Discs, Cin Cin, Compost Black, Diynamic, Rotary Cocktail Recordings, Smalltown Supersound.
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