Prins Thomas is now intrinsically linked to the eclectic and often termed “cosmic-disco” sounds emanating from his homeland, Norway. Alongside Hans-Peter Lindstrøm their eponymous debut album and follow up II have opened up their tripped out sounds to a whole new audience of music lovers. Having already garnered international acclaim for his own DJing skills the world over and with a staggeringly impressive remix CV it comes as some surprise that after all that music and after all these years, Prins Thomas releases his debut solo album!
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Tags: album, comic disco, disco, full pupp, house, prins thomas
Bleed, the first album by Paris-based cold-pop duo, aswefall, left an indelible mark when in appeared in 2005 on Kill the DJ, with enthusiastic reviews (Les Inrockuptibles, Libération, Nova, Magic, etc) and an advertising showcase (the track Between us was the Air France official theme-tune for four years).
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Tags: ambient, aswefall, electro, fun is dead, isolering, pop
There have been four official Time And Space Machine releases to date, including the mini-LPs Volume One (2008) and Volume Two (2009). As you may have gathered from the name, this project is an outlet for Norris’s most flightily cosmic tendencies, anchored with rhythms derived from disco, krautrock and slo-mo Balearica.
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Tags: 60s, album, balearica, psycheledic, richard norris, the time and space machine, tirk records, ttasm
Anjunadeep:02 demonstrates why the imprint has become the master navigator of the murky waters that lie somewhere between house, techno and trance, winning fans such as Laurent Garnier, Dubfire, James Zabiela and Eric Prydz along the way. Both discs showcase a unique melodic style that is spacey, hypnotic and at times soulful, underlining the widescreen vision of label owners Above & Beyond.
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Tags: anjuna, anjunadeep 02, atmospheric, deep, james grant, jaytech, mellow, progressive, tech, trance
Two and a half years after their debut LP, 23 Seconds dazzled critics and lit up dance floors worldwide, Cobblestone Jazz are back with a powerhouse new album that captures their live-in-the-studio energy like never before. A mixture of heady, jazz-inspired house grooves and below-the-belt analog funk, it raises the bar for electronic dance music in 2010.
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Tags: cobblestone jazz, deep house, house, k7, mathew johnson, tech house, the modern deep quartet, wagon repair
Following from ‘A Cheerful Temper’, released in 2007, “Immortal Changes” shows a warmer side to Babicz’s production skills. Bringing in warm melodies, deep and deeper grooves, blissed atmospheres, live strings, live sax, analogue bass – sometimes jacking, but mostly tripping; his journey takes you wherever you choose to let your mind go.
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Tags: acid rob, atmosheric, deep house, groove, house, immortal changes, marc romboy, robert babicz, systematic, techno
Starting with ep’s for well-known quality labels such as Eskimo Recordings, Future Classic, Liebe/Deatil, Motivbank or Connaisseur, and providing something special for compilations like Satoshi Tomiie’s famous “Renaissance”, Wareika’s work has inspired people around the world who like to listen closely.
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Tags: album, formation, house, minimal, techno, wareika
A rich tension has always existed between machine-made sounds and human emotions. One the one hand, there is equipment – exact, untiring, dispassionate, icy. On the other, there is the human heart – hot, messy, inconstant, yearning. This textural disjoint has made for decades of great pop music, from disco through house to Bjork and beyond.
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Tags: disco, electro, hot chip, house, messy, one life stand, pop, techno
EQ Recordings asked techno genius Agoria to mix number 016 of the well-respected Balance Series
French techno genius Agoria has been announced as the next in line to mix a volume for EQ Recordings’ Balance series. Following hot on the heels of critically acclaimed releases from Joris Voorn and Will Saul. Talking about Balance 016 Agoria explained that he took the name of the series quite literally when compiling the mix. “In my mind a balance is not a middle position; it’s a perfect equilibrium…” he said. “I have tried to find this fine line where the balance is just right. In the end, more than a DJ compilation, this is a manifesto of my passion for music and for mixing.”
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2009 has been a great year for Gui Boratto; he released his second artist album; brilliantly remixed the likes of Moby, Simian Mobile Disco, Sam Taylor-Wood & The Pet Shop Boys and Bomb The Bass; created one of the years best Essential Mixes, then perfectly capped it all by entering the DJmag Top 100.
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Tags: gui borrato, minimal, mix collection, renaissance, tech house, techno
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