Tortured Soul: Makin’ Me Better
Tortured Soul makes music with bright-eyed optimism and soul, and Makin Me Better is no exception.
Kai Alce: Movin’ Thru
Kai Alce is making better records than anyone right now, and this release on Sounds of the City feels almost effortless.
John Tejada’s Therapy
Palette drops this minimalistic but warm and inviting EP from John Tejada.
Low Noise Productions Sampler Vol 1
Three tracks here preserved from the 2014 Compilation Tape 1 cassette and a new one make for a solid EP from Ottawa.
5 Years and 21 Tracks of Deep & Disco
A marvelous catalog of music compiled over 5 years of Deep & Disco's reign.
Razor-N-Tape Drops Some Nasty Eli Escobar Edits
Edits from Eli Escobar's personal arsenal served up by Razor-N-Tape on vinyl.
Hizou Deep Keeps The Legacy Alive
Abacus & Chez Damier's Classic "Closer" gets luvved up by Jorge Caiado along with 3 other golden tracks on the new Hizou Deep EP.
Stealing Sunrise 2: Malibu Trail (Night Runner)
A synthwave soundtrack for an actual movie, Night Runner's scored pieces and various additional tracks powerfully evoke the mid-1990s American landscape.
Lost Remix of Colonel Abrams’ “I’m Not Gonna Let” Surfaces
Victor Simonelli's tribute to the late Colonel Abrams featuring a previous unreleased remix from Bassline Records' mid-1990s version of I'm Not Gonna Let You.
im/Print: Closer To Truth and David Nicol
5 Magazine's new label profile series talks to David Nicol of Closer To Truth - with a free EP of tracks from Alex Agore, James Johnston, Intr0Beatz, Snazzy Trax, Nicolas Meyer and Thomas Elder.
Yoshinori Hayashi: Asylum (Lovers Rock)
Inside the strange world of electronic music producer Yoshinori Hayashi, who makes tracks like no other man or woman born.
Titonton Duvante: Recapitulate EP Vol 2
Soul Research has brought back Titonton Duvante for a second EP, closing the books on Recapitulate in dramatic fashion.
Marquis Hawkes ft. Jocelyn Brown: I’m So Glad
Marquis Hawkes' "I'm So Glad" featuring Jocelyn Brown is a track so good that even haters will buy two copies for their kids.
Colette Prepares 20 Track Remix Project “Retrospective”
Colette's gigantic Retrospective project is available for pre-order, featuring remixes from Derrick Carter, Sonny Fodera, Kaskade, Scrubfish, Justin Martin, Rubb Sound System, Johnny Fiasco, Change Request and more.
Garage Favorites from Plastik People’s Collections #6
Hi Times, DB Selective and Ruff Trax get repressed on shimmering black wax by Marc Cotterell's Plastik People.
Miguel Migs and Lisa Shaw: Waterfall (Salted Music)
Can we get a documentary or telenovela about the years of collaboration between Miguel Migs and Lisa Shaw?
Michael The Lion vs Jay Airiness (Diggin Deeper)
Black wax with (partially) Philadelphia roots, this split EP by Michael The Lion and Jay Airiness makes disco heads turn.
Tape Hiss: In the Realms of the Unreal
Love Notes from Brooklyn drops Tape Hiss' In The Realms of the Unreal, seemingly inspired by Chicago outsider artist Henry Darger's 15,145 page opus.
Syntax: Live at Kavalounge 09.21.16 (30th Floor Records)
Syntax takes his best records and boils them down to what a man with a bank of synths can physically handle in a live setting.
Scan 7: Direct Effect (Detroit Underground)
Massive collaboration between Detroit Techno Militia and Detroit Underground: Gorgeous record, good people, good music all around.
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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.
