Melodic Techno

Up-and-coming talent Holly North steps in with his debut four-track EP on Stil Vor Talent. Having transitioned from a classical training in music towards the hypermodern potentialities of the club sound, Chosen Sides exhibits the young Berlin producers constant search for instantly impactful melodies and trance-inducing climaxes. A case of outer spatial melancholy, ‘Longing’ starts... Read more »

With his third EP, ‘Through’, Mexican musician Pablo Pina, best known as Sainte Vie, plunges deeper into music’s power to evoke emotions and make memories come to life. Both tracks that make up the EP, out on Akumandra, are high-energy, innovative soundscapes. In ‘Heart’, a syncopated kick groove and filtered drum roll, accompanied by unusual... Read more »

Stirring anticipation amongst the dance music community for the past few months, Jerro’s impressive album rollout finally comes to a close with the release of his debut full-length LP. The collection features some of Jerro’s best work to date and includes collaborations with Panama, Fractures, and Tailor. The Belgian producer’s poignant melodic soundscapes have quickly... Read more »

Round Robin Recordings label boss Jack’s Cab has assembled an exquisite, premium bounty of audio along with two powerful remixes. ‘The Dance of Zion’ is deeply rooted in the DNA of tech-house acoustic energies carefully moulded with premium expressions and pad movements all complimented by enchanting vocal fills. A magnificent addition to this package comes... Read more »

Argentinian native Emiliano Demarco makes his debut on Yusual with ‘The End Is The Beginning’, which includes a huge remix from Julian Wassermann. Emiliano delivers a powerhouse of a record brimming with distinctive leads that carry the anthem throughout delivering a real melodic experience. In contrast to the heavy drops, the breakdown takes you on... Read more »

Vivrant‘s fifth release of 2021 is set for release on October 1st, and it’s from the Swedish melodic queen MOLØ’s second original in her career project, as well as on the label she now calls home. It follows up on the reimagined ‘Vangelis Dreams’ EP, Marino Canal’s debut project on Vivrant, which featured remixes from... Read more »

At the helm of Stil vor Talent‘s newest split transmission are two geographically opposed production units, Collective States and The Journey, respectively hailing from the UK and Australia. Reunited through their shared attraction towards empirically rich dance-floor experiences and ambitious big-room buildups, both outfits have been hammering out an ubiquitous sonic imprint, prodding just as... Read more »

With undoubted talent and a history of stunning releases, Rudy once again returns to Proton Music, this time with his “Substrate” EP. First coming to the attention of Proton after his 2017 ‘Qualia’ EP for Oleeva Records, Rudy found his way onto the flagship imprint with a remix of David Calo’s ‘Chronomatic’ at the end... Read more »

Watergate family member Matthias Meyer returns with his first original material in more than a year, teaming up with rising Dutch talent Budakid for a debut collaboration. Matthias Meyer’s contributions to Watergate’s imprint are never short of supreme; from his link-ups with Ryan Davis ‘Love Letters to Sicily’ and ‘Crying June / Cafuné’, to his... Read more »

We first came across Cédric Sheva in March of this year, when his debut offering on Labyrinth Records arrived subtly in our inbox. The young Frenchman may be early on in his career but his sound stretches far beyond his years – that was the assertion we made in our last review and it’s a... Read more »