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Roman Flügel, Matthew Herbert & Wajatta remix Muzak for Broken Elevators

A deadly line-up of remixers take a swing at the remarkable Muzak for Broken Elevators album by Brigitte Barbu aka Pepe Bradock.
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Hakim Murphy’s Analog Scriptures

What happened to Hakim Murphy? He's right here. The Chicago producer's latest album Analog Scriptures is under his hm505 alias.
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Daniel Bortz to release new album, STAY, on Friday

Daniel Bortz will release STAY, his first album in 7 years this week on Permanent Vacation - listen to two tracks ahead of the release.
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The deep, smooth & soulful sound of “Like Honey”

Originally released on Candace Bellamy's solo album In My Lane, "Like Honey" is a great soulful song with a stellar performance, resurrected here with some solid production by the team of Chris Sen and Thorne Miller for Just Move Records.
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Ciara B debuts on the mental techno EP “The End Is The Beginning”

The debut release from Ciara B features two original tracks of mental techno primed for DJ sets and, if you're lucky enough to see one these days, a dancefloor.
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Hotevilla & Javonntte’s “If I Told You” Gets Lit Up by the CTT All-Stars

Remixes from Alex Agore, Intr0beatz, Fizzikx and Sakhile SK highlight this choice EP from Hotevilla, Javonntte and Closer To Truth.
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Rick Wade Remixes Umberto’s Subjectivity

Rick Wade with the masterful deep house remix of Umberto's lo fi Subjectivity EP on Daphian.
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Long Island Sound releases Nowhere But Here

With a love of gritty breakbeats, the un-googleable Long Island Sound's music plunges between genres that usually only intersect on an adventurous DJ's turntables.
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Remember this? Remembering Blue Boy’s 1997 smash “Remember Me”

There was a point in time when Blue Boy's "Remember Me" was inescapable, as ubiquitous as sunshine, cheap gas and bucket hats on weed dealers hangin' in doorways.
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C. Scott returns to Pittsburgh Tracks with Leaving U

The finest specimen of classic soul'd up deep house you'll find this week is "Leaving U" by C. Scott, out Friday on Pittsburgh Tracks.
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Gorgeous Garage vibes on Rissa Garcia’s “You Be The One”

Rissa Garcia offers up a riff'o'rama of fat piano chords and stuttering side-swagger beats on "You Be The One" from the EP of the same name on NightChild.
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Cosmic Trax: The Electronic Sutras of Scape One

Kurt Baggaley is a techno producer born for the Bandcamp age.
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Kenny Dope, Kaidi Tatham, Daz-I-Kue Remix the Happy Song from MF Robots

MF Robots previews the remixes from Kenny Dope, Kaidi Tatham and Daz-I-Kue from the first single from their forthcoming album Break The Wall.
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Vincent Floyd Heals Souls on Music Therapy

Vincent Floyd and Italian label Nicepeople unveil a new EP of achingly beautiful tracks remixed by Nico Lahs.
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Acid is Love, Acid is Life & Kerrie Debuts on I Love Acid

Acid is dance music in its natural state and no 1983 record from your dad's basement crates will convince me otherwise.
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Niko Marks Revisits “No Fairy Tale Love”

Niko Marks is a record-making machine. Now when's the rest of the cool kids clique gonna give Niko Marks his due?
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Lyric Hood drops second solo EP, Everything/Social Distance

Another strong EP from Floorplan's Lyric Hood on M-Plant.
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Going Free Form with Hugo LX on People of Earth

It takes about 30 seconds to recognize a record like this as belonging to some higher realm.
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Detroit’s Filthiest dropping 8 spicy buds on Casa Voyager

Original, Not Cripsy, All Filthy: Detroit's Filthiest Returns on Casa Voyager with a new 12".
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Larry Heard rarity Sceneries Not Songs reissued

Never reissued before now, Larry Heard's groundbreaking Sceneries Not Songs gets a reissued on his label Alleviated this month.

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