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.
Change My Mind: Space Disco & Italo-Balearica from Rollover DJs
Narcotic glitterball dancefloor fodder and a bonus alt-garage-core Bawrut remix from Milan's Rollover DJs on Change My Mind.
Contrast Stitch: Garage vibes and fat fucking bass from Boink
We're as thrilled as you are to learn that there is finally a producer who goes by the name "Boink."
Slide: Pittsburgh Track Authority & Brandon Markell Holmes with a gorgeously deep vocal house cut
Pittsburgh Track Authority wave the flag for their hometown with a polished but lively single featuring vocalist Brandon Markell Holmes.
“Special Edition” caps a landmark 2023 for Toronto’s Selections
Lea Lisa, Black Loops, Dan Only, Javonntte and more on black wax from Toronto's excellent Selections label.
Straight Up No Chaser: deep house at its finest from Delano Smith & Norm Talley
Double twelve inch in which two of the greatest deep house producers in Detroit (and that means in the world) drop some of their dopest tracks.
“What Does It Do?” Deep jazz from Hugo LX
Hugo LX continues to build a discography of classic-sounding but forward-looking deep house releases, seriously sophisticated with an artistry or cleverness that is constantly bumping up against the bin lid of what deep house is supposed to, in good taste, allow.
“In The Garden of Mindfulness” is stately 70 bpm Balearica from Mudd
This two track EP from Claremont 56 and Mudd has a general breezy aesthetic somewhere between dub disco, soft rock and jazz fusion. Short version: right time, right place, this could work wonders on your dance floor.
Maxime Dangles: Les Délivrés Remixes
Remixes from Maxime Dangles and others of his album Les Délivrés, the soundtrack from a French documentary about the cheap and often brutal life of gig economy delivery drivers in contemporary France.
Deep House Heaven: Javonntte remixes “Trozo de Cielo” from Jorge C.
For the last five or six years, the name of the remixer on this, Javonntte, has been shorthand for "buy on sight." But when it comes to Trozo de Cielo, you get a superb A side track too.
Noise Complaints: This Is Nothing Volume II is a lot of something from Kuiper Noise
The Portuguese label launched by Holldën drops a three track V/A of blistering techno from R 417, Yoikol and Empath.
Sundown: Eddie Chacon’s blissed out Balearic soul surprise of the year
One half of '90s R&B duo Charles & Eddie, Eddie Chacon's Sundown album is a superb affair, released earlier this year on Stones Throw.
Love Exists: Kai Alcé heads a 4 track V/A from Mexico’s Short Attention Records
Thrilling cut from Kai Alce showcased on a four track V/A from emerging Mexican deep house label Short Attention Records.
Premiere: Gratts presents Trackhead T – Empyrean Crossing
New black wax from our friend Gratts showcases a new alias and a raw, spectral and esoteric side of house on "Empyrean Crossing" from the Klub Romance EP.
Dear Johnny: a V/A as lovely as its namesake from As You Like It
Pay attention, these are names you will hear again. Bay Area crew As You Like It drop a 14 track V/A compilation dedicated to the late Johnny Igaz.
Villa Memoria: Malik Hendricks drops a soulful standout track for Djoon
Every club with a soul should have an imprint like The Djoon Experience.
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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.
