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#ListenUp Rabotat Records Launches with a Collaborative Techno Joint

Re-Animator from Ironfist and Madame de Fer is brutalism in sound and marks the debut of Rabotat Records from Los Angeles.

#ListenUp Thomas Barnett’s “French Loop” Will Blow Up Your Dancefloor

Thomas Barnett's catalog is full of delights, from the exposure of his work on the classic "Nude Photo" through his Groove Slave and work on his Visillusion label in the present.

#ListenUp – Dazzling Ron Trent Remix of Kyoto Jazz Sextet’s “Rising”

Listen to the dazzling brass and electric groove of Ron Trent's remix of Kyoto Jazz Sextet's "Rising" forthcoming on Local Talk.
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Warp reissues groundbreaking Artificial Intelligence compilation

30 years of electronic listening music preserved in 1s and 0s.
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Strega Musica is a free 13 track album made using Make Noise’s own Strega...

A unique and creative demo with more than a dozen electronic music producers and composers making beautiful music with the Strega patchable desktop instrument.
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#ListenUp Anaxander, Azuni Lead Cinthie’s 803 Crystal Grooves Collective Cuts 2 EP

"For Cinthie" and "Uranus" are two of the incredible deep and techy tracks from two of Europe's savants, Anaxander and Azuni aka Washerman, on the latest V/A EP from Cinthie's 803 Crystal Grooves.
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#ListenUp Mark de Clive-Lowe Remixes Coltrane & Whitney Houston on LOVE

Love is still the message: Listen to new remixes of Love Will Save The Day and A Love Supreme out this month from GAMM.
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Crosstown Rebels to Release Ae:ther’s Beautifully Intimate “We’ll Be Together”

The first single from Ae:ther's sublime 2019 album"Me" features Moscoman and Francesco Mami on remixes plus a new track.
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Franck Roger is pumping out tracks like a Bandcamp fiend

On "Get It On" Franck Roger loops a hypnotic sample to devastating effect. It's one of a dozen tracks populating the Real Tone Records bandcamp after a long hiatus.

#ListenUp Hifi Sean & Paris Grey are Lost Without U

"Lost Without U" finds Hifi Sean teaming up with the legendary vocalist from Inner City, Paris Grey, for a lab-born golem of funk.
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#ListenUp Antic Soul – Apnea (Jon Hester Remix)

Rolling drums, grooving baselines and dubby reverb for days: two talented cats from Berlin are Antic Soul and their new EP Apnea includes Jon Hester on a cinematic remix.

#ListenUp Nat Wendell Organizes Another Beat Down on Renditions

New wax from Nat Wendell, Renditions is all about the drums and the serpentine bassline that coils around them.

#ListenUp Strut to Release “Definitive” Patrice Rushen Retrospective

Remastered from original tapes, Strut's "You Remind Me" covers material from jazz, soul & disco singer Patrice Rushen's bountiful 1978 to 1984 Elektra recordings.

Friends Complete Tribute Album to the Late Chicago DJ Amar

TECHNO WAR is a compilation Chicago's Legendary DJ Amar was finishing prior to his death in March 2019.

#ListenUp: Just Not Ending is Pure House Music from DJ Cream

The Hustlin' EP is a surprisingly fresh take on the '90s Golden Age deep house sound from Bologna's DJ Cream.
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Patrice Scott Remixes Session Victim on ‘Isle of Taste’

Patrice Scott is one of five remixers to take on tracks from Session Victim's 2020 album Needledrop with his lush and dreamy mix of "Isle of Taste."
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Lost ’90s Electro on a New Album from The Advent

"Vast" has a swagger that could score a reboot of Escape From New York. It's the best track from The Advent's album of previously unreleased electro from the 1990s, Life Cycles.

#ListenUp Stompin’ House Tracks from Russian Producer Baltimore Chop

Baltimore Chop is not from Baltimore and has probably never played baseball, but the Russian producer has a preternatural understanding of house on this weird acid, NYC vocal and Chicago house stomper.
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#ListenUp Disco Fire from ESCORT for New Album City Life

New video, new single, new album, new tour - "City Life" from Escort, America's favorite live disco band.
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Spain’s Mate Prepares New Split EP with Javonntte & Blaxploited Orchestra

Mate, a vinyl exclusive label from Spain, returns in two weeks' time with their fifth overall release and second from Detroit deep house maestro Javonntte.

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The Sound of Tomorrow: Tom Roberts on the launch of Cyphon...

Freerange and Delusions of Grandeur add a new sibling to the label family. Tom Roberts on the launch of Cyphon Recordings.