Nirosta Steel – Everything Erik MacQueen (Gunnard Mix)
Following our recent five star review of Nirosta Steel’s ‘Foxy Pup’ on Hollie Records, we have a freebie from the same producer (AKA Steven Hall) who offers up a cover of Erik MacQueen’s song of the same title. Steven’s charming …
Monsoon Season ft. Miss Bee – Green On Blue (Moon Boots Remix)
Jkriv’s Deep & Disco Recordings serves up another record with the requisite soul and funk firmly in place. Moon Boots lay down a Balearic funk remix to go with Miss Bee’s sublime vocals. Read our five star review of Deep …
Mr Beatnick – Savannah EP
‘Savannah’ is the highly anticipated final installment of Mr Beatnick’s Synthetes Trilogy, each EP roughly spaced a year apart: the first episode, Synetheses, focused on his then-staple sound of crackling, off-beat hip hop-inspired house; …
Duke Dumont – The Giver (Greymatter Remix)
A bit of a turn up for the books but Duke Dumont has gone and topped the UK charts with ‘Need U’ (and should be hailed as good news if only for the fact it trampled the idiotic ‘Ding Dong’ …
Berghain does… ballet
Berghain is more readily associated with disheveled, early-hour ravers, but the clubbing fortress is preparing itself for a more elegant look: the ballet. On May 4th, Berghain will host a new ballet project scored by techno legends Henrik Schwarz and …
Marina Van-Rooy – Sly One (Greg Wilson Edit)
Disco don Greg Wilson turns in a gently bumping rework of Marina Van-Rooy vocal house classic ’Sly One’. The original was a steady favourite at Manchester’s legendary Hacienda club during the early ’90s. Cop the re-rub as a free download:…
Nirosta Steel – Foxy Pup
The sounds of yesteryear will always be emulated by musicians: there are a lot of new tracks that sound, or try to sound, old. But it is a lot rarer to find an old record …
Cosmic Kids & Fingerpaint – Manteiga
Title track from a new EP on Let’s Play House by two Los Angeles-based outfits, Cosmic Kids and Fingerpaint, a.k.a. Tyler Blake of Classixx. It a bright and breezy disco houser.…
Fold – Slime EP
Fold, previously one half of deep house duo Homepark (releasing on Bliq, Third Strike and Ornate Music), has ventured into his first solo EP. Released on George Fitzgerald’s up and coming ManMakeMusic, we have a …
Nina Kraviz causes controversy with a bubble bath
Resident Advisor‘s Between the Beats episode on techno DJ Nina Kraviz has sparked a debate over the age-old question of femininity in dance music. The dispute stems from a contentious scene involving Kraviz discussing the tribulations of life on …
