Mesmeric Records have followed Local Talk’s lead with their raid of the vaults for a Circulation classic to bring up to date. Where Local Talk, last year, plucked a slightly more obscure release, 1997′s The Return from a subsidiary of Global Communication’s Universal Language label, Mesmeric have plucked what is easily the most iconic of the colours series.

Circulation’s knack of keeping things deep and equally pumpy reached a peak when Turquoise was added to the spectrum. It was a track full of breathy organs and gentle xylophonic melodies, yet had the tempo to carry itself as a dancefloor monster, ideally suited for cutting a shard of light across stormy progressive dancefloors. So successful was the track that it saw further exposure via the Hooj Tunes release and accompanying remix package, hitting at the exact peak of the seminal progressive stable.

The light flowing and melodic nature of the track is about as natural a fit for the Guy J template as you are going to find; everything remains intact from the original, but given the directors cut HD remaster through even lusher layers of texture and bright techy beats.

At the end of it all, its Turquoise, a track much loved from the past, and having lived through one set of remixes already, its hard to move away from the angelic tones of the original. What Guy J does, however, is provide you with a way to enjoy perfection once again with a little nostalgic smile.

Release Date: Out Now
Words: fourfourfun

Following on from the recent review of LEM’s European Boy, It comes with great pleasure to accept a personal request from remixer DJ E-Clyps to check out his brand new mix compilation on House maestro Todd Terry’s InHouse Records.

E-Clyps has been championed by InHouse in his early career and this mix almost comes as homage to the NYC Godfather Terry with a bounty of Tee’s original productions and remixes included in the 18 strong tracklist.

With 18 tracks squeezed into an hour, quick mixing is the order of the day and E-Clyps demonstrates a deft touch to keeping the listener entertained throughout, never letting the pace drop or interest wane.

Opening gently with Astrid Suryanto – Flexxx (Tee’s Freeze Mix) the tempo is quickly raised and the next few tracks increase the jackin flavours and almost tribal feel with tracks from Packrat, Danny ‘Buddah’ Morales and of course, Todd Terry. This is merely a pit stop as several more house genres will be encountered before this mix is out.

Now up to track 7 and only 17 minutes in, the funk is brought to the fore through Todd Terry – Amerinigga before we quickly swerve into the latin tones of Sted-E & Hybrid Heights – New York Boogaloo (Tee’s Gypsymen Dub) and then back to the funk of Tee’s own Baby Baby and Ready To Go, with a cheeky use of Freeez – I.O.U to bridge into Bac 2 Da Old School.

Halfway through the mix, things take a darker turn with the introduction of Todd Terry & Robert Owens – Show Me (Tee’s InHouse Mix) and this continues through a brace of Roland Clark tracks, Roland’s Revelation and Alright (2010 Skywalker Mix) E-Clyps briefly drops his own recent release Disco Dancin’ (preview below) on the 45min mark before progressing to finish with the seminal Todd Terry track Keep On Jumping (Tee’s Freeze Mix)

All in all, a worthy mix for the old school house heads to check out. Something almost forgotten in today’s current deeper and tech laden climates but with mixes like this and DJ’s like E-Clyps, has not been laid to rest quite yet.

Release Date: Out Now
Words: Craig Fraser

Artist: Various Artists
Title: Cocoon Heroes mixed by Joris Voorn & Cassy
Label: Cocoon Recordings
Release: 25th June 2012
Cat No: Cormix040

Not without good reason is the motto of this year’s Cocoon Ibiza season “Into the Magic”, as the sun-drenched Balearic island is steeped in a special enchantment. So, with great enthusiasm, the team around Sven Väth are applying themselves to the 13th season in Ibiza, and you don’t have to be a prophet to predict some historic club nights ahead at Amnesia. As is the annual custom, at least since 2007, Cocoon lay the way for this season with
their Cocoon Ibiza Summer Mix CD, this time featuring mixes from two of the years DJ highlights Joris Voorn & Cassy.

An open artistic approach is what Rotterdam-born DJ and producer Joris Voorn shows on his mix for this stunning new compilation. Since the beginning of the 2000s, Voorn has stood for an inspiring alliance between European club traditions and the aesthetics of Detroit Techno, and thus won the hearts of Technasia, Carl Craig, Laurent Garnier and Sven Väth. His mix elaborately intertwines a total of 30 (!) tracks by, among others, such well-known producers/remixers as Oxia, John Tejada, Guy Gerber, Samuel L. Session and Radio Slave. in his own inimitable way he delivers a complex yet seamless mix illustrates the aesthetic bandwidth and deepness of modern electronic dance music perfectly. Constantly altering the tension, Voorn draws the line from Lawrence’s melancholic and emotional sound sketches (“The Swan”) to Matthew Dekay & Lee Burridge’s “Für die Liebe” via the sensualpercussive Dub House of Microtrauma’s “Pollenflug” and the groove-accented “Acid Jam” by Rhauder. Right up to the epic finale featuring the tropically-dense cover version of the Derrick May classic “Strings Of Life” by the British producer Astro Fram aka Soul Mekanik, this is a mix that keeps you drawn in and gasping for more. There is no better way to pay homage to the Balearic island’s magic.

Turning to disc 2 and we meet once again with Catherine Britton aka Cassy, a key players at this year’s Cocoon Ibiza, who will be playing both the opening and closing parties. For more than ten years now, the multi-national Berlin resident has been an essential part of the global Tech House scene and looks back on numerous releases for the likes of Perlon, Ostgut Ton, Playhouse as well as her own label Cassy. Her DJ style is characterized by an intensive and groove-accented mixture of reduced rhythmic elements with an intuition for warm and sensual Soul, which has led to her residencies at Berlin’s Panoramabar, the Rex Club in Paris and the Trouw in Amsterdam, and excited the audiences on her 2009 Cocoon mix CD “Simply Devotion”. In her current set, Cassy dives deep into the magic of Dub House: with a stunningly deep delay wonderland, “Kaimanawa” by the Swiss Cavalier aka Agnes sets a distinctive exclamation mark right at the start of the mix, while the percussive “Put That Record Back On” by DJ Dan remixed by Peace Division remains committed to the traditions of US Housetrax and “Cortometraggio” by Alfredo Caforio and Gianni Sabato aka Rush? applies a very literal sense to the name of the French label Bass Culture. Apropos Bass Culture: Cassy’s favourite producer at the moment, Mr. G (former member of The Advent), embellishes the track list with three jewels: with tropical House deepness (“New Dayz”), the Kasper remix of “Sunday Blues” and at the end of the mix with tribal Subsonic Jazz (“Lex”) and thus gives CD1 a more than precious finish.

This is another landmark compilation from Cocoon featuring two mixes that will help define the coming season.

CD1 Joris Voorn
01. Olaf Stuut – I See
02. Matthew Burton – Soul Groove
St. Thomas – Romochalumo
03. Egal 3 – A51
04. Lawrence – The Swan
05. Philip Arruda – Seeds Of Brooklyn (&ME Remix)
Robosonic – The Sweetness
06. Matthew Dekay & Lee Burridge – Für Die Liebe
07. Gerry Read – Roomland (Youandewan Remix)
08. Microtrauma – Pollen Flug
09. Jason Justin – Tab Jack (Springwater Dub)
10. Steve Lawler – Caracas
ONNO – Mumblin Groove
11. Hot since 82 – Let It Ride (Nicolas Masseyeff Remix)
Hobo – Ipperwash Dusk
12. Stefny Winter – When The Rain Fell
13. Truncate – Truncate 17
14. Clio – Poem
15. Otra feat. Argenis Brito & Pier Bucci – Part7 / Amarillo y Verde
16. Guy Gerber – One Day In May
17. Someone Else – Barbay (Ronan Portela Remix – Joris Voorn Edit)
18. Soy Mustafa – Return of the Anunnaki (John Tejada Remix)
19. Rhauder – Acid Jam
20. Oxia – Harmonie
21. Luis Flores – New Flesh (Drumcell Remix)
22. Back Pack Poets – Objective T
23. Himan – Midnight Express (Samuel L. Session Remix)
24. ReUP – Back In A Day (Marco Faraone Darkness Remix)
25. Intruder A Murk Production – Jei Amame feat. Jei (Radio Slave Dub)
26. Astrofarm – Strings (Ain’t What They Used To Be)

CD2 Cassy
1 Pearson Sound – Stifle
2 Dario Zenker – Works
3 Cavalier – Kaimanawa
4 Sigha – Fold
5 DJ Dan – Put That Record Back On (Peace Division Mix)
6 Rush? – Cortometraggio
7 Paul Woolford & Psycatron – Stolen (Dub Two)
8 Mr. G – New Dayz
9 Shed, Wax – Wax30303 B
10 Mr. G – Sunday Blues (Kasper Remix)
11 Tennis – Make It Good (Ryan Elliot Remix)
12 Adam Marshall – Thelon
13 Mr. G – Lex (Flip Flopping)

Artist: Various Artists
Title: Cutting Edge (Mixed by Luke Solomon)
Label: D-Edge
Released: 2nd July 2012

Prominent Brazilian club, D-Edge are happy to announce their next release is a mix CD compiled and programmed by The Classic Music Company co-boss, Luke Solomon.

Recently described by Andrew Weatherall on BBC 6 Music as the ‘unsung hero of British house music’, the longstanding house producer, label boss, A&R man, DJ & live performer, engineer and peerless selector has been a fixture on the house scene for decades. Luke’s Classic label, run with Chicago legend Derrick Carter, has also been responsible for a plethora of seminal and idiosyncratic house cuts and has now been revived to a rapturous reception.

D-Edge, meanwhile, has had another excellent 12 months and has continued to change the musical landscape in Sao Paolo & indeed Brazil each and every weekend with its forward-looking bookings. The club’s owner, Renato Ratier, goes back a long way with Luke, and it’s for that reason he has managed to coax a very rare official mix CD out of this unique DJ. D-Edge’s reasoning for releasing it as a physical format, in a sea of free downloads and podcasts, was to provide an album that exceeds any shelf life and that avoids being adrift in a flood of disposable online material -
something that will last.

Luke’s mix is a taught selection of moody and broody house and techno. It waves and skillfully snakes its way through sultry vocal stuff, tightly wired synths and bare machine grooves of a decidedly timeless nature. Contemporary names like Kink, Neville Watson and Kris Wadsworth sit next to the more mature likes of Chicago’s Boo Williams: the results, though, are always engaging and never obvious. Whether arms are flailing and the sounds are
unhinged, whether pushing through more frantic techno or going deeper underground, the desire to dance always remains, as trippy overtones gently percolate all around.

Along with D-Edge’s reputation for futuristic clubbing experiences, this finely mixed selection from Luke Solomon is as fresh as you’d expect.

www.lukesolomon.com
www.dedgerecords.com.br

Tracklist:
01 Wonder & Amazement -The Grand Corporation feat. Jeremy Glen
02 Angels Looking Down On Me – The Digital Kid
03 How I Program – Red Rackem
04 Lime & Pink – Kris Wadsworth
05 This Machine (Kills Me) – Crooked Man
06 Seven Reasons (Roberto Rodriguez Vocal Mix) – Scope feat Terry Grant
07 Metropole – Kink & Neville Watson
08 Preset – Crooked Man
09 Vital Signs – Jonny Fiasco
10 Morning Banger – Andy Meecham
11 Juvenated – Iz & Diz
12 Leave Me Alone (Brett Johnson Remix) – Trademarq
13 Devil Music – Boo Williams
14 I Really Do Believe – Duckbeats

Toolroom Records:

Matty Menck & Social Phunk’s hit summer smash – ‘Are You Ready For Love’ lands on promo over at Beatport today! For the worldwide release we want YOU to be the stars of the next music video! For your chance to feature simply check out the funktastic moves in the video promo below, and get your OWN groove on; we want to see your own interpretations on the small screen!

To enter simply upload a video response by signing in to YouTube, uploading your video, and then posting as a video response via this URL:
http://www.youtube.com/video_response_upload?v=21mdCu8lQxY

Alternatively email your video clip to win@toolroomrecords.com

Remember to get your mates involved! Share this with your friends who have got the moves!

We will then select the best clips to feature in an official Toolroom montage to accompany the worldwide release. Plus every single entry will receive a Toolroom goody bag containing a Toolroom mix CD – just email your name and address, along with your video response URL, to: win@toolroomrecords.com

To get practicing, make sure you pick up the official soundtrack to the video – Matty Menck & Social Phunk’s ‘Are You Ready For Love’ – over on Beatport here:

Camea’s credentials cannot be disputed, as an artist who has released tracks on Minus, Soma, and Get Physical, she is someone who is adept at sitting delightfully between the house and techno pedestals at the highest level. Obviously this is why Ellen Allien has picked up this four tracker of tech house for her Bpitch Control behemoth.

Tech house is often a dangerous weapon to wield, with a fine lines existing between insipid ineffectiveness or firing fabulousness, and Camea’s touch seasons the four tracks on offer perfectly. For example, its the way that the nonsensical effected vocal bounces off Body Magnet’s plastic bass, and the tumbling echoes and summer rhythms that breeze through City Watch Over Me, toy with your auditory system in a most playful manner.

Only The Shadow knows offers more in terms of sonic content, teasing with an extended beaty intro full of excitable wind rushes, before introducing a twanging bass. Dialling down the drama somewhat, Skitz’s wind rushes are more of a ghostly breeze, the low end shaking deep in the speakers rather than loud and proud, twisting proceedings up with ping pong delays and pitch decays.

Release Date: Out Now
Words: fourfourfun

Recently I spoke about how that low slung House sound had a knife edge chance of hitting the mark or shooting just wide. “R&B vocal snippets, subterranean bass and a constant groove that builds to a watery finish”, scratch out the watery finish and my copy and paste claim rings pretty much true. There is just something missing in the mournful plead of Toni’s Pain and the ever so slightly acidic Rollin’ Stone and it is that unquantifiable ingredient X.

Don’t just leave yet though, as shaking some seasoning into the mix are a couple of remixes from Inxec and and No Artificial Colour. Dalliances with the likes Crosstown Rebels has obviously had an effect on Inxec, the rolling tech house of the past has been replaced with a warm and deep lushness. Little bendy synth twangs and bass flourishes defibriliate the eyes down and slouched Toni’s Pain into something much more wondrous, heightened by an ethereal breakdown that has an almost Plaid like melodic structure.

If mystical wonder is what Inxec supply to the mixture, then downright dirty urbanism is what No Artificial Colours are supplying, scooping up a nice pile of grit from outside the nightclub and dumping it right in the batter. A quality ’92 era Rave piped bassline and firm kicking beats add a frowny and purposeful edge, showing that you can be moody without being depressing. Let this package be a lesson in the importance of seasoning to your productions.

Release Date: Out Now
Words: fourfourfun

ARTIST: KRISTIAN HEIKKILA
TITLE: KOMBINATIONS
LABEL: EPM
FORMAT: DIGITAL
CAT. NO: EPM18
RELEASED: 02 JULY 2012

Following his recent two singles ‘Khordium / 02’ and ’01 / Noid’ EPM is proud to present the debut artist album from Sweden’s Kristian Heikkila.

With a history of producing some of Sweden’s finest underground Hip Hop artists, Kristian Heikkila went back to basics a few years ago. Techno and House has always been the real passion of his life and after a few releases on different labels he teamed up with Christian Lundqvist in 2006 to form Kristian & Christian. After a digital release on Kupei Musika, they ended up on Thomas P Heckmann’s label A.F.U. Lab. Some live gigs later Kristian & Christian decided to take a pause. Now Kristian Heikkila returns with the essence of what they did, delivering productions influenced by Acid House, Hip-Hop, Drum & Bass and Techno.

‘Kombinations’ draws from elements across the techno spectrum. Short atmospheric passages like the opening eerie tones of ‘Ambiencum’ and the distant echo of ‘Noises’ highlight a producer eager to extend his palette away from the dancefloor whilst ‘Khordium’ and ‘02’ (one of two tracks from the album which features his Kristian & Christian production partner, Christian Lundqvist) blends house grooves with minimal tech beats, whilst exploring tribal rhythms and experimenting with striking drops and breakdowns to keep your attention throughout.

Then there are the big room techno tracks, the obvious starter being the vocal driven refrain of ‘We Want Techno’ featuring Infy on vox duties that builds into a driving dancefloor anthem. ‘Filter’ retains the same punch and drive whilst exploring a darker and more industrial channel and ‘Konstruktion’ sees the addition of syncopated pads and a looser groove.

Elsewhere Kristian digs a deeper and more minimal furrow as ‘01’ (produced alongside Christian Lundqvist) echoes the shrouded compressed rhythms of a ‘Consumed’ era Plastikman, ‘Svaj’ draws from the tight funk of nocturnal Chicago jack and ‘Kult’ rolls with the dancefloor into a storming tech-house stomp. Finally Kristian closes out with the hypnotic inflections of ’Noid’ showcasing yet another facet to this Swedish producer’s artistic flair.

Kristian Heikkila’s album release party takes place during IMS on 24 May at the Players Club party @ Es Vive Hotel, Ibiza. Full line up and details here:
http://epm-music.com/digital-distribution/news/248-epm-bulletdodge-records-presents-the-players-club & www.epm-music.com

Tracklist:
01. Ambiencum
02. 01
03. We Want Techno
04. Khordium
05. Filter
06. 02
07. Stakker
08. Konstruktion
09. Kult
10. Noises
11. Svaj
12. Noid

Artist: Various Artists
Title: Title: Remixed, Remastered, Rereleased
Label: 22 Digit Records
Released: 4th June 2012

Newcastle’s 22 Digit Records are back for the second instalment in the ‘Remixed, Remastered and Rereleased’ series with another bumper crop hand picked from the label’s impressive catalogue. Artists include Tom Ellis, Ricardo Jefferson, Melos & Kyber, Jerico, Michael McLardy, Midicult, Ludowick, Ruthit, Dan Drastic, Tom Ellis, YokoO, Pedramovich, Pete Weasel and William Welt.

The EP is packed with deep and tech house grooves as we’ve to come to expect from 22 Digit, ranging from late night deep-tech sound of Tom Ellis ‘Messing (Ruthit Remix)’ to the intense mood of Michael McLardy’s ‘Yellow Brick Road (Pedramovich Remix)’ with so many more excellent choices in between.

Newcastle’s 22 Digit, now in their fourth year, continue to showcase a who’s who of deep and tech house, with several of the artists on this release being label regulars who have built their reputation over the years.

The Tracks
1: Tom Ellis – Messing (Ruthit Remix)
2: Ricardo Jefferson – Spacecrafty (Dan Drastic Remix)
3: Melos & Kyber – Stroboscopic (Tom Ellis Remix)
4: Jerico – Auto Type (YokoO Crystal Remix)
5: Michael McLardy – Yellow Brick Road (Pedramovich Remix)
6: Midicult – Wooden Collar Paper Tie (Melos & Kyber Remix)
7: Ludowick – Monoplastic (Pete Weasel Remix)
8: Melos & Kyber – Boo Boo The Fool (William Welt Remix)

As the whole of Edinburgh are gearing up for a trip through to the west coast this weekend, SHA manage to get the jump on the rest of the Capital with an early trip through to catch up with the soulful house brothers, Peter & David. This is the guys third guest mix for us and as we have come to expect, it’s full of top quality soulful house jams.

Peter & David

‘We have firm ideas on how house music should be played and we hope you enjoy listening to our mix as much as we enjoyed putting it together!’ Peter

Peter & David’s sound is heavily influenced by soulful, vocal, uplifting house music and they draw inspiration from artists and producers like Grant Nelson, Shane D, Knee Deepto name a few. Peter and David have also been inspired by fello Scot and close friend Dj,producer,broadcaster and musical journalist, Iain Thomson.
Having played at various venues in Glasgow you can now find the brothers DJing for Strictly House in glasgow a couple of times a month, We Love Fundays, Sonar Fm and some bars and clubs such as the Courtyard, Bar petite and Ocouture.

TRACKLIST

1. Terry Hunter feat Eric king – Inspiration to me (Terry Hunter 2012 classic club mix)
2. Mind street Feat Jalley – Inside (Groove assassin classic remix)
3. Yass – Tell me (Dj Spen & Gary Hudgins remix)
4. N’Dinga Gaba and Dj Spen feat Marc Evans – Until you (Original mix)
5. Frankie Knuckles pres directors cut feat B Slade – Get over U (Directors cut mix-Sami Dee edit)
6. Jamie Lewis & Marc Evans – Without you (Jamie lewis mastermix)
7. Dennis Ferrer feat KT Brooks – How do i let go (Dj Slider remix)
8. Dutchican soul Feat Chad Trent – Deny (Original mix)
9. Yogi & Steve K – Rhythm turns me on (Original mix)
10. Agent Stereo – nightlife (Original mix)
11. Audio jacker – So Disco (Original mix)

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THIS MIX…..

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