“Basement Philosophy” is a proper house debut album from Domenic Cappello
"An audio love letter to American 4/4" - Harold Heath on the proper deep house & techno debut album from Sub Club resident Dominic Cappello.
Mira Ló’s electrifying night in Chicago
A winter trip to Chicago resulted in an electrifying new EP from France's Mira Ló.
Long time coming: Chicago’s Aathee drops “Late Arrival (Life of the Party)”
It's easy to hear what Virgil Abloh liked about this: a dubby, stripped-down track of the sort that DJs need in an abundant and steady supply.
Worldship drops 25th anniversary reissue of “Tomorrow People” featuring Gregory Porter
"Tomorrow People" was acclaimed vocalist Gregory Porter's first record ever - and the original session was done in a single take.
Keeping The Legacy: Hizou drops the third installment of their deep house V/A series
Dazzling new deep house tracks from Huerta, Nico Lahs, Jacksonville and 100Hz on the third installment of their deep house V/A series.
Radiant remixes of “Jennifer Pastoral” from Love Injection
Two gorgeous remixes of Jennifer Vanilla's "Jennifer Pastoral" that grab you by the scruff and shake you about a bit to anoint you for a journey to heaven.
Big Churning Acid Monster: Hardway Bros remix Jason Merle’s “Fester”
Nice four track package from Austin Texas' Whiskey Pickle label featuring two originals by Fresno DJ/producer Jason Merle and a pair of Sean Johnston Hardway Bros remixes
Kirik & Imbue collaborate on the impossibly bright On Distance
From Kherson, Ukraine comes one of the most extraordinarily bright and even outright sunny EPs hitting the racks this year.
Triton: Five point five minutes of neon garage from Lone
Out of the blue, Lone dropped a track just as the year was winding down and "Triton" may make all of the bullshit of 2023 worth it.
GRTMN: Rephlex drops a deep & slinky 3 track EP on Closer To Truth
Closer To Truth has a knack for tapping into a rich vein of young producers and giving them a spotlight and with output like this they rarely disappoint.
Without You: Sparkling Athenian house from Lex on Delusions of Grandeur
More house excellentness on Delusions of Grandeur, this time featuring four cuts from Athenian DJ / producer Lex.
Sailing Away: Yacht Soul – The Cover Versions 2
The concept on Too Slow To Disco's Yacht Soul compilation is collecting soul and R&B cover versions that fit that nebulous, slick, smooth, West-coast soft rock "yacht" aesthetic.
Marli debuts on Unknown To The Unknown with the deep, hazy grooves of “Change of Seasons”
A remarkable label debut for Marli, who has been producing for a few years but emerges with a nearly pitch-perfect release on Unknown To The Unknown.
Decoder returns to Molecular with the techno tribalism of XX 15
For people who know what the term "Midwest Techno" means and love what it sounds like, Decoder has that whole aesthetic on lock on XX 15 from Molecular Recordings.
Cleveland’s Lolo Knows makes a lovely debut on “Say Ya Love”
DJ Lolo Knows, for long a fixture in the Midwest scene, makes her debut on the Import Tracks label with an assist from Jordan Martinez.
Fata Morgana: live, hallucinatory techno from Vasco Ispirian
The sound of Fata Morgana I is stripped down, raw, playing out how you'd hear music in a live PA - which is how Vasco Ispirian perfected this style of producing techno.
Hold On: Citizens of Vice returns with Dutch duo Offshore & Coen
If "Deep Inside" was an imagined time and place it could be 3am, summer 1985, on some silk-draped, fern-adorned Ibizan terrace dance floor coming up on some expensive narcotics. A light, classy Balearic-infused floor filler.
Azzurro: Sondrio drops one of the finest deep house EPs of the year
"Azzurro" is blissful deep house of the sort that you have to knock around for awhile before you can make it.
Luscious deep house on June Jazzin’s NDATL debut
Kai Alce's NDATL introduces us to the smoky, warm sounds of South African producer June Jazzin on his self-titled label debut.
John Tejada announces The Monitors rerelease with Silent Servant
The secret project originally dropped on vinyl in 2011 and the rerelease was in the works for a few weeks prior to Silent Servant's death.
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Library of Congress adds Jamie Principle’s “Your Love” to National Recording Registry
The classic of classic Chicago house tracks was selected for preservation as one of "the defining sounds of history and culture." Here's how it was made.
