Category: Music

François Rengère – Equilibre (Original Mix) [Parquet]

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/146386570″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”500″ height=”100″ iframe=”true” /] I discovered this jewel by way of its inclusion in German producer François Rengère’s year-in-review podcast of his own productions, “11 Months (The Mixtape).” His debut eponymously named EP on Parquet highlights his uniquely rich and complexly melodic sound and diverse variety of style, no doubt…

December 22, 2014
Tomas Barford feat Nina K – Pulsing (David August Remix) [Unreleased]

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/175434957″ params=”color=ff2a00&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”500″ height=”90″ iframe=”true” /] With a tune as gorgeous and easy to get lost in as David August‘s remix of Thomas Barfod’s “Pulsing,” it’s a shame that, along with his other artistic works on his recent Boiler Room set, they will likely never be released, as he stated himself. While…

December 13, 2014
Hundreds – Ten Headed Beast (Christian Löffler Remix) [Krakatau Records]

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/178032085″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] “My truth is a ten headed beast, I’m possessed…” It’s also a truth that Christian Löffler has a particular knack for the creation of really uniquely special works with a blissful melancholia sound that is distinctly his. His remix of brother and sister duo Hundreds’ “Ten…

November 24, 2014
Gab Rhome – Shattered (Original Mix) [Last Night on Earth]

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/165331441″ params=”color=ff2c00&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”550″ height=”90″ iframe=”true” /] From the far (from Miami) and probably very cold reaches of Canada, Gab Rhome is known for his deep, extravagantly sexy grooves, as his recent lush Electronic Groove podcast is testament to. Probably best known for his amazing, breathtakingly beautiful collab with Maher Daniel for “Farewell…

November 22, 2014
Plastikman – Expand (Tale Of Us Remix) [Unreleased]

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/177529812″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”500″ height=”90″ iframe=”true” /] Masterminds of darkness Tale of Us have been playing this remix out recently, as heard in their “Live at La Nuit @ Grand Palais” set. It’s a subdued slow-burner, with tinges of restrained melancholy. The intro is understated, punctuated by intriguing arpeggiated chirps and faint radar-like…

November 21, 2014
Awesome Mixes // November 2014

This month’s hand-picked collection of our favourite mixes and podcasts features beautiful melodic sets as well as dark brooding ones. This list is continually updated over the course of the month as new mixes are released, so check back for more goodness. DeeplyMoved- DarklyMoved Podcast 001 [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/179335085″ params=”color=ff0f00&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”100″ iframe=”true”…

November 17, 2014
Mâhfoud – The Giant (François Rengère Remix) [Jannowitz Records]

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/171927986″ params=”color=ff1600&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”500″ height=”90″ iframe=”true” /] Extremely talented genre-blurring German producer François Rengère has a background in trance/progressive house under the alias “Armas.” But in just the past 11 month foray into deep house, he has created some really incredible tracks, ranging diversely from gorgeously instrumental to dark and brooding, and has…

November 16, 2014
Röyksopp – Sordid Affair (Maceo Plex Remix)

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/178916606″ params=”color=ff4000&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”500″ height=”90″ iframe=”true” /] Maceo Plex stunned captivated listeners when he dropped his remix of Röyksopp’s “Sordid Affair” in his September 2014 Boiler Room set. This as of yet unreleased gem has ethereal pads backing glitchy processed female vocals. It’s a lovely, imaginative, and slightly trippy tune. Linkage: Maceo Plex…

November 15, 2014
Recondite – Levo (Club Edit) [Innervisions]

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/174070341″ params=”color=ff0000&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”500″ height=”90″ iframe=”true” /] German producer Recondite has shown incredibly diverse versatility, from dark melodic techno bombs “Caldera” and “Fiery,” to far more chill, down-tempo tracks like “Leafs,” and yet still to lovely deep house, which brings us to “Levo.” Warmly tinted melancholy flavours this tune, with a persistent bell…

November 15, 2014
Sven Väth – L’esperanza (Âme Reinterpretation) [Cocoon Recordings]

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/173014884″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”500″ height=”90″ iframe=”true” /] Âme has been prolific in the creation of bomb after bomb this year, with “Turn Around,” and “From Nowhere,” as well as previous fire “Den Råtta” and “Tatischeff,” and their “L’esperanza” reinterpretation follows suit to this trend of stellar works. Nu disco synth arpeggios dominate but don’t…

November 15, 2014