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The saying goes ‘Better Late Than Never’. Modd’s Christmas mix has become a key end-of-year tradition for the When We Dip family in recent years. Unfortunately, due to traveling on tour in India and spending time in the mountains without internet access, the much-anticipated delivery didn’t make it in time for the holiday season. Nonetheless,... Read more »

Berlin-based musician HOVR conjures up unique house grooves on a superb EP for Kindisch that includes a retouch from TÂCHES. HOVR is an innovative artist who mixes up the crazy with the cozy. His productions and DJ sets spread real joy and have come on labels like Poesie Musik, Dantze, and Lauter Unfug, with appearances... Read more »

French techno titan POPOF celebrates the milestone one-hundredth release of his beloved FORM Music imprint in January 2022, as he enlists a selection of his all-time favourite producers to provide their own inimitable interpretations of his iconic 2009 hit record, Serenity. Almost exactly thirteen years to the day since the minimal juggernaut first did its... Read more »

Jessica Saves makes a scintillating SOL debut this January with an intricate three track release titled ’Weekend On Alpha Centauri’. The title cut sets the scene immediately, coating lush, wavering synth-work and distant vocal samples in a dense, cosmic atmosphere that is truly palpable.   ‘Final Approach’ paints a picture of its own through the... Read more »

A lot of musical roads lead to Israel for Renaissance in 2021, but could there be a new geographic trend in the offering? Whilst having always been passionate about their clubbing, there’s an undoubted movement coming out of Eastern Europe, more and more seem to be converting their dancefloor enthusiasm into production technique, which is... Read more »

All Day I Dream is ready for a triumphant return in 2022 with the latest edition of its Winter Sampler series. A Winter Sampler IV features tracks from Tim Green, Sébastien Léger, LEGATO, Öona Dahl, and more, and conveys the imprint’s ability to fuse thoughtful sonics and melodic production intended to transcend dancefloors moments to... Read more »

For its first release of 2022, Desert Hearts Black label boss Marbs kicks things off with his new EP, ‘Minds on the Run’, featuring an uncanny remix from none other than Oscar L. Made throughout 2021, Minds on the Run was written for the return of live music and as a reflection of the collective... Read more »

RX Recordings welcomes The YellowHeads for a pair of hot new tracks that come back with big remixes from Procombo and Kemal Vatansever. First up is the tense and hard-hitting techno of Liquid Tensions. It has bright chords, fire hi-hats and groove that powers on taking all with it. ‘Liquid Tensions (Procombo Remix)’ then gets... Read more »

Shimza returns to his KUNYE label this January with ‘Howling Moon’ featuring Kieran Fowkes and a remix from Innvervisions’ Denis Horvat. Having released on Cadenza Records and Knee Deep in Sound, Shimza launched KUNYE in 2020 as a platform for South Africa’s emerging talent. Now, the South African lodestar returns to his label with melodic,... Read more »

One of Amsterdam’s finest, Colyn expertly puts Armin van Buuren and AVIRA’s collab with Be No Rain in a new light. Gracing the original vocals with textured grooves and a new set of chord progressions, the studio magician gives fans more than enough reason to deep-dive into ‘Hollow’ again. Colyn evokes transmissions of emotions through... Read more »