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Inner Voyage: Music for psychedelic dancefloors by Owen Ni

There's no let-up on Inner Voyage, and no filler either: every one of these 10 tracks can be played by real working DJs in one context or another. They also sound amazing in your headphones at home. Brilliantly conceived and produced album by Owen Ni.
Love Insurrection: Primal Scream substantially improved by this killer remix package

Love Insurrection: Primal Scream substantially improved by a killer remix package

Proof that house music makes everything better here in this stellar Primal Scream remix release. Ready To Go Home and Love Insurrection get taken to the dancefloor by a house music remix dream team of Terry Farley and Wade Teo, Hardway Bros, and Black Science Orchestra.
Toribio and Sharin shine on the soulful & raw Daylight artwork

Toribio and Sharin shine on the soulful & raw “Daylight”

Already well-known on the New York scene and globally, Toribio turns in his debut release on Chromeo and A-Trak's Juliet imprint, and it's a hot one.
Jacksonville helms the brilliant Ski Jacket 87 EP for Chateau Chepere

Jacksonville helms the brilliant Ski Jacket 87 EP for Chateau Chepere

Chateau Chepere has released five EPs in the last four years and every one of them has a sparkle and a shine. Now they're ramping up: Jacksonville's Ski Jacket 87 EP is actually their second release of 2024, comprised of four tracks of deep house thick as marble and with that characteristic Chateau Chepere gleam.
Innate Editions debuts with reissue of Connective Zone's 2001 Palm Palm EP

Innate Editions debuts with reissue of Connective Zone’s 2001 “Palm Palm”

A new sub-label of Owain K's Innate digs into the ethereal, ambient techno sounds of the early '00s on Palm Palm.
Heaven On Earth: Bushwacka in top form for his first Rekids EP

Heaven On Earth: Bushwacka in top form for his first Rekids EP

Expertly crafted house grooves from Bushwacka, the kind of tunes that are a pleasure to play and likely to stay in your record box/usb for the foreseeable future.
Quest One: Sterling V/A from London imprint Soul Quest

Quest One: Sterling V/A from London imprint Soul Quest

Young London imprint Soul Quest Records, launched just last year by producer Max Sinal alongside friends Michael Mead and Leon Sweeney, has been making some impressive moves in a very short space of time. Quest One is a 5 track EP showcasing a talented crew of friends and music-makers on the rise, doing things the right way.
Surrender: Tony Humphries remixes Tranquil Elephantizer for Wicked

Surrender: Tony Humphries remixes Tranquil Elephantizer for Wicked

Soulful house, acid house and Jersey garage meet up for tea and microdosing on the "Surrender" remixes for legendary Bay Area crew Wicked.
Everybody Knows: Strong Swindlesque Sound Support EP on Toy Tonics

Everybody Knows: Strong Swindle-esque Sound Support EP on Toy Tonics

"Everybody Knows" is a four track house EP from Lars Dales, one half of Dam Swindle, and featuring multi-instrumentalist Lorenz Rhode, their second on Toy Tonics as "Sound Support."
The Beat: Highly flammable house tracks on black wax from Azaad.

The Beat: Highly flammable house tracks on black wax from Azaad

Azaad is from London, and he makes tracks like a man aware that his lifetime is just a blink on the geological time scale and it might end tomorrow. "The Beat" starts with the gas pedal nailed to the floor and it doesn't slow down.
Oh Annie Oh - Block N Delete

Oh Annie Oh debuts on Future Bounce with the anti-romance “Block N Delete”

The London-based Korean producer packs four tracks with a bassline so strong it sucks the air out of the room and pulls on your heart like a suction cup.
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UK tech house originals Spincycle launch new label Coin-Op Records

Spincycle are UK producers Dave Clements and Andy Davies, who put out a small but perfectly formed catalog of pristinely programmed, highly danceable tech house in the early 2000s, records that are still entirely playable today. This three tracker is the debut release on their new label Coin-Op.
Lovebirds Modern Stalking Vol 2 EP album art

Decadent dub disco edits from Lovebirds

A belated follow up to 2007's Vol 1, Lovebirds' "Modern Stalking Vol 2" is a four track EP, highlighted by the 103 BPM sultry disco chugger "Reachin'."
Deep house producer and DJ Abacus

Analog Trks: Abacus reissues one of the greatest deep house tracks of all time

"We Cookin' Now" anchors a classic EP from deep house pioneer Abacus, appearing digitally on his bandcamp.
Detour 007 10 Year Anniversary lp

Detour celebrates a decade of Pittsburgh electronics on DTR-007

A ten track V/A from Pittsburgh label Detour featuring techno, acid, deep house, breakbeats and everything in between, from Shawn Rudiman, Paul Fleetwood, Doc Sleep, Naeem, Gusto and more.
Jaymie Silk on Bandcamp

“Ghetto Capitalism” is a radical electronic manifesto from Jaymie Silk

Ghetto Capitalism is an eclectic and wonderful EP and there's a vital message behind Jaymie Silk's latest for !K7 but "You Can Do It" is music that sounds like it's having a heart attack and I love it.
Tall Black Guy

First Word to reissue Tall Black Guy’s seminal 8 Miles to Moenart LP

Special edition with new material from Detroit producer's debut album, which hasn't been on wax since the original 2013 run.
James Chance - The Contortionist

James Chance: The Contortionist

The confrontational and sometimes brilliant musician James Chance passed away this summer. Chance invented the future, and he had a lot to do with making people dance again.
Suburban Knight - 3 EP - Detroit Techno Records album art

3, 6, 9: Suburban Knight debuts new EP series for Detroit Techno Records

High caloric electronic nutrition from Suburban Knight and Detroit Techno, one of Detroit's best artist/label partnerships.
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True, Necessary, Kind: Gems from Lay-Far’s album remix project

Seventeen remixes of five album tracks from Lay-Far's True, Necessary, Kind album, covering various flavours of house, broken beat, bass, techno and drum & bass.

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