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Artist |
Dominic Plaza |
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Title |
Sounds Rushin |
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Label |
Fokused |
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Genre |
Progressive |
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The first release on the Swedish Fokused label is mind blowing. Behind the
Fokused label is Parham that has done a lot for the Progressive House music in
Sweden and he has now entered the world of record labels. “Sound Rushin” is a
dark trippy ride, a mixture of deep trance and progressive house and a vocal
that beautiful wears in and out of the melody line. On the flip you find a more
upbeat David West mix that also will appeal to the trance floor. David West has
emphasised the melody line and has given it a more Matthew Dekay and Luke Chable
sounding universe. Look for this release and label in the future. (CA) |
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Artist |
Yellow Blackbird |
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Title |
Superfly |
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Label |
SOG Chrome |
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Genre |
Progressive |
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No doubt that this Swiss label has been a favourite of mine for many years. The
man behind the label is Tobi (GREED) Wirz and he has also done a killer remix of
this new release “Superfly” a vocal driven progressive monster that will find
its way to the club floor and will get your feet moving. An Andy Moor remix is
also included. SOG rocks. (CA) |
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Artist |
Son Kite |
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Title |
Colours Remixes |
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Label |
Digital Structures |
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Genre |
Progressive / Deep Trance |
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Our Swedish friends Marcus and Sebastian have put together a great collection of
mixes of their tracks from their “Colours” album. The EP features Luke Chable´s
progressive break beat remix of “Colours” a dreamy trippy journey. Vibrasphere
goes full on with “Let Us Be”, Nos takes on “Focus”, Dino Psaras “The Stars
Within Us” and Aztech goes chill-out on “Let Us Be”. The last track on the EP is
Shiloh´s remix of “Focus” a more proggy ride for the early hours. (CA) |
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Artist |
Rocco Mundo & O.N.N.O |
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Title |
The DJ took Pills / I Love You |
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Label |
Little Mountain Recordings |
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Genre |
Progressive |
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Another great release on Little Mountain Recordings. This time the two Dutch DJ/Producers
Rocco Mundo and DJ O.N.N.O have cooked up this wonderful tour de force of a
track “The DJ took Pills” with a bobbing melody line that will take you into the
night. “I Love You” is as even fantastic, a bit more driving in the beat and a
killer riff and playful vocals. Look for Rocco Mundo & O.N.N.O in the future. (CA) |
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Artist |
Frome |
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Title |
Let It All Out |
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Label |
Marine Parade |
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Genre |
Break Beat |
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A dirty break beat driven track from Frome has been released on Adam Freeland's
label Marine Parade. “”Let It All Out” will surely get you rocking when the beat
and vocal kicks in. (CA) |
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Artist |
Psycatron |
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Title |
7th morning / 7th Night |
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Label |
Little Mountain Recordings |
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Genre |
Progressive |
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Sander Kleinenberg´s label keeps on releasing some of the best and innovating
house tracks around. After an excursion into electro house the label returns
with this double a side that will knock your shoes off. Behind Psycatron are
Paul Hamill and Phil Johnson and they have with the track “7th morning” combined
a groovy beat and a fantastic melody line. “7th Night” is a pumping track with a
great female voice that will leave you breathless – essential. (CA) |
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Artist |
Depeche Mode |
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Title |
Enjoy The Silence 04 |
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Label |
Mute |
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Genre |
Progressive |
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One of Depeche Mode´s biggest hits “Enjoy The Silence” from 1990 gets the big
remix treatment to mark the release of their “Remixes 81-04” album. Timo Maas’s
remix is a slowdown version of the track and on the flip Ewan Pearson’s mix is
very close to the original, but with an extra kick. (CA) |
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Artist |
Pavel Bidlo |
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Title |
My Pills |
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Label |
Tao Recordings |
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Genre |
Progressive |
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From Tao Recordings comes this dark and funky night time belter that surly will
rock the dance floor. “My Pills” is made by the Czech DJ Pavel Bidlo that also
has released a track on Shinichi as Rock Scissors Paper. His unique take on
combining break beat and progressive gives the track a bumping sound. On the
flip Maurel & Fauvrelle gives it a nice rework. "My Pills" is also included on
Anthony Pappa's “Balance 006”. (CA) |
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Artist |
AudioGuys |
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Title |
All Your Love |
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Label |
Automatic |
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Genre |
House |
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Chris Bickley & Jay Pete aka AudioGuys new release sees the light on Automatic.
In 2001 they released “Silken Steel” on the Mashed Mellow Grooves 2 on
Transient and are back with a lush soulful house track that clearly is inspired
by the late 70’ and 80’ electro house. On the flip a remix by Wintersun can be
found. (CA) |
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Artist |
Ericke |
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Title |
Ya don’t stop |
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Label |
Little Mountain Recordings |
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Genre |
House |
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Ericke’s second release on Sander Kleinenberg’s Little Mountain Recordings label
once more prove that this Dutch producer/DJ knows what the dance floors want – a
groovy beat and a fresh melody line. The flip side includes a fantastic ambient
Syncopation remix. (CA). |
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Artist |
Jase From Outta Space |
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Title |
Do What U Want |
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Label |
Shinemusic |
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Genre |
Progressive |
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This is going to be one of the biggest tunes of 2004. It has it all; a fantastic
female vocal performed by Claire Sky and a fantastic remix package spread over
two 12” that will apple to all dance floors. Max Grahams´s Third Street Remix
kicks the track into the 132 BPM range and can e.g. be used on the trance floor,
with its rolling sounds, breakdowns and riffs – wow this is one of the best
remixes from Max Graham in a long time. Infusion’s remix takes the track deep
and dark for the house floor. Martin Villeneuve’s (MV) Summer Daze remix and the
Max Graham Afterhours In Montreal Mix gives it the progressive treatment with a
twist. This release is massive. (CA) |
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Artist |
Sumantri |
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Title |
Imagination |
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Label |
Vapour Recordings |
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Genre |
Progressive |
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Once more Kasey Taoylor´s Vapour label shows how it’s done. Sumantri
“Imagination” is a dark progressive ride with a fantastic drawing female vocal
and a lush but deep melody line. The original mix is a very dark trippy ride and
the Kasey Taoylor & Chris Meehan remix is just another proof that these two
really are a force to be recon with – top notch mix that will rock the
progressive dance floor. (CA) |
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Artist |
Dirty Vegas |
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Title |
Walk Into The Sun |
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Label |
Parlophone / EMI |
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Genre |
Progressive |
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The first single to be released from their forthcoming album “One” is the
uplifting track “Walk Into The Sun”. The Dirty Vegas Club and Dub mixes have a
Planet Funk’eks tone over them and the riffs are terrific blended with Steve
Smith’s vocals. The King Unique vocal and dub mixes kick the track into high
gear and give the track a more explosive impact on the dance floor. No doubt
Dirty Vegas are back with a bang. (CA) |
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Artist |
José Amnesia |
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Title |
The Eternal |
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Label |
Vandit |
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Genre |
Trance |
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Well what can say – IT´S HERE - the track that Paul Van Dyk featured on his
Muzik compilation in 2001, the track that so many DJ´s and trance kids have been
searching for so long – it’s finally here!. The mind-blowing, euphoric,
beautiful and epic trance track is as fresh as when it was released on promo in
1999 on EvaNova and later on FFRR. The Vandit release features the original mix
and two great updated remixes from Thomas Datt and NU NRG. The NU NRG boys give
the track a notch up on the uplifting side with their fantastic sound and the
Thomas Datt remix takes it in a way that Paul Van Dyk would have been satisfied
with if he had made the remix himself - but still the original is my favourite.
José Amnesia “The Eternal” is from my point of view one of the best trance track
ever made and I’m extremely happy to see it’s finally getting a proper release –
it will make a blast on the dance floor – trust me. (CA) |
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Artist |
Kasey Taylor and Chris Meehan |
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Title |
Biotics |
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Label |
Vapour Recordings |
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Genre |
Progressive |
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From Australia comes this monster of a progressive cooker. Behind the track is
Vapour Recordings boss Kasey Taylor and his new partner in music crime Chris
Meehan. The two have worked together for some time now and have released
“Between The Lines” , “South Of The Border” , “Parallel Reflections” and done a
few remixes. On the vinyl you find two mixes. Mix One is a slow deep progressive
journey and Mix two is more tribal and will move any dance floor. (CA) |
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Artist |
One Man Army |
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Title |
The Anthem |
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Label |
Joof |
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Genre |
Trance |
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Sweden’s own Jezper Soederlund is probably best known as the man behind Airbase,
but also the producer behind many other projects, such as Scarab, Rah, Ozone,
Loken J, Mono and One Man Army. “The Anthem” is a real summer anthem with
beautiful melody line and a very long breakdown with strings and all. On the
flip you find “Ballroom Dancer” and are yet another example of this 23 old
talent. Yet another strong release from Joof. (CA) |
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Artist |
Hydroponix |
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Title |
Don’t Stop, go! |
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Label |
Little Mountain Recordings |
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Genre |
House |
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From Sander Kleinenberg´s label Little Mountain Recordings comes this mashed up
electro house track that builds around a riff from Human League – “Being Boiled”
and looped sampled vocals. “Don’t Stop, go!” is made by the Liverpool based
outfit Hydroponix (Colin Airey and Rob Jay) and the Mirabeau main mix it’s a
fantastic cooker and the Mirabeau dub is more of a techy version of the track. (CA) |
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Artist |
Sarah McLachlan |
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Title |
World On Fire (Junkie XL remix) |
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Label |
Arista / BMG |
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Genre |
Progressive |
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The wonderful voice of Sarah McLachlan once more comes alive in club land, this
time Tom Holkenborg aka Junkie XL has done his wonders. Sarah McLachlan’s voice
is perhaps best known from the massive Delirium “Silence” track, but she is a
very good songwriter herself, logging 7 album releases and a fantastic remix
album. “World On Fire” is the second single release from her new album “Afterglow”.
(CA) |
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Artist |
Duran Duran |
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Title |
Sunrise (Ferry Corsten remix) |
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Label |
Epic Records / Sony |
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Genre |
Trance |
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Well this might seam a little bit odd that a pop release has found its way into
the review 12” sections – but I had to draw your attention to the Ferry Corsten
dub mix on this release. For many people Duran Duran is nostalgic, but yet again
the group is together in its original line-up with their new great album
“Astronaut”. (CA) |
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Artist |
Astrolab |
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Title |
Nightvision |
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Label |
Automatic Records |
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House |
House |
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The 50th release from Automatic Records is a funky house encounter featuring the
vocals from Natasha Bryce that also had a big hit with Salsoul Nugget by M&S
presents The Girl next door which reached #6 in the UK Top 40 in the year 2000.
The original mix is a rocking house track that’s going to make you dance and the
Paul Woolford remix is a dirty electro version of the track. (CA) |
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Artist |
Quasistereo |
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Title |
Sex Fiend |
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Label |
Four:Twenty Recordings |
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Genre |
House |
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Timo Maas´s label keeps on bringing wicket deep house tracks. This time it’s
DC10 resident Cirillo and friends that has created a real deep cocker with dirty
vocals. The original and dub mix is over the 10 minute mark each and they never
get boring. So look out for this killer release in October. (CA) |
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Artist |
U2 |
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Title |
Vertigo (Redanka remix) |
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Label |
Island (Universal) |
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Genre |
Progressive |
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U2 has always released great remixes of their tracks and has been in the
forefront in trying out new producers. The Redanka (Andy Holt) remix didn’t make
it in the original release of “Vertigo” but now after it has been hammered on
the dance floor as a promo it’s been released on the new single “Sometimes You
Can't Make It On Your Own” – it’s a killer. (CA) |
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Artist |
The Killers |
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Title |
Somebody Told Me (King Unique remix) |
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Label |
Island (Universal) |
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Genre |
House |
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The Killers have been reported to be a mix between The Smiths and Duran Duran,
and in the form of a remix of their new single “Somebody Told Me” by King Unique
they sound very much like Planet Funk but a bit harder on the guitar. The track
is very catchy and has a potential of becoming a hit. (CA) |
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Artist |
NUfrequency |
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Title |
808 |
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Label |
Little Mountain Recordings |
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Genre |
Progressive |
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NUfrequency project is a collaboration between Shield, Alessandro Ripamonti and
Cristiano Massera. “808” is a cross over track with a great bass, fine guitar
hooks, breakdowns to die for and a lush melody. The vocal is a bit Dirty Vegas
inspired – but all in all great. The Original Instrumental version was
exclusively featured on Sander Kleinenberg’s Everybody Too compilation. “808”
has commercial potential – not bad at all. (CA) |
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Artist |
Progresia |
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Title |
After Universe |
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Label |
Vapour Recordings |
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Genre |
Progressive |
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From Kasey Taylor’s label Vapour comes another great track. This time more
melodic than we have seen from the latest releases. The melody is hypnotic and
it will fit nicely into the start of a set or when your winding down. No doubt
this also will have an appeal to the trance scene. On the flip a Perry O’Neill &
Ozgür Can remix can be found – it takes the track a bit darker. (CA) |
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