Most artists tend to need a couple of or a few years for new releases to appear, unless it is an exceptionally productive one. The Swedish artist Robyn is not an exception, and in October last[…]
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Author: Gert Johnsen
Denon DJ – Prime 4
When it comes to HW-based DJ-gear there have only really been a few players to speak of. For turntables the one on the throne is obviously Technics 1200/1210. I guess Vestax had turntables popular amongst[…]
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Tune of the week #62
The artist XRS land, or simply XRS, is a brilliant musician from Brazil. I met him a few year back at a Redbull academy event, great guy. At that same event I also met with[…]
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Payday Mixtape January 2019 – Young Marco
Let’s kick off the year with this DJ set from Dekmantel in 2017, this set is by Amsterdam based Young Marco. His real name is Marco Sterk, and together with a bunch of the Dutch DJs,[…]
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Tune of the week #61
In 2003 “Beauty in me” by Stisch was released on Sound Of Habib (SOH), a Gothenburg based record label run by Johan SOH. The “Splitloop Remix” and The “EK Dub” are the breaks versions, and they are both[…]
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Tune of the week #60
Chicago based DJ and Producer Gene Hunt has put together a lovely compilation called “Chicago dance tracks”, released on Rush Hour Recordings. From this release is the tune of this week, Larry Heard Vs. Marshall[…]
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Tune of the week #59
“Philly call” by DJ Meme contains a sample of “T.L.C (Tender Lovin’ Care)” by MFSB. This is a purely euphoric feel disco house tune. Of course Marcello Mansu, which is DJ Memes real name, has made[…]
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Tune of the week #58
This time let’s look at a favourite tune of mine, it’s “True house” by C&M Productions. My own favourite is the “Hard steppin Dub” version, but the subject for this week is “Eddie’s ‘Spirit Filled’[…]
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New years Definition of Done (MixTape) – Motor City Drum Ensemble
Hope you are having an awesome new years so far. To get the temperature up, let us listen to Motor City Drum Ensembles Boiler room set from the Dekmaktel festival in 2014. Listen at your[…]
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Tune of the week #57
EFDÉ – “Oy” Sjoerd Dijk is perhaps better known under his artist name EFDÈ. In any case, EFDÉs tune by the name of “Oy” is awesome, and featured on the “Move on” EP. Sounds like[…]
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Boxing day MixTape – SURAJ
On this day of partying, in Sweden Boxing day is a day to party, let’s get the pre-party going. This awersome set is by Suraj. It is a Boiler room and Ballantines True Music Kenya[…]
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Tune of the week #56
Kyle Hall, aka KFMH, has been on the agenda a couple of times before. His tune “Strut garden” was the Tune of the week #17, and recently the album “From joy” was the subject of[…]
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Tune of the week #55
This week we listen to a nice little tune from 2012 called “Set it off” by another Dutch, Amsterdam based, DJ and Producer named Boris Van Zuilen, aka Boris Werner. The tune reeks of the netherlands,[…]
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Tune of the week #54
Matthew Herbert is a brittish musician, DJ and producer. To quote his discogs page he is “well known as taking sounds from everyday items to produce electronic music“. Listen to “It’s only” in a DJ Koze[…]
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How I play – Carl Cox and Richie Hawtin
Get an insight into what gear and setups techno gurus Carl Cox and Richie Hawtin use playing live. For their style of Music I would say these are very interesting setups. However, and in my[…]
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Payday Mixtape November 2018 – Andrés
To kick off and ease you into the weekend of blurry moments, I present to you Andrés. This set is from the Lab in London last year (2017). From the comments of this mix I[…]
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Tune of the week #53
“Mys” by Johan Cederberg, more commonly known as HNNY (Honey), is a Cosy tune in its original version. This weeks tune though is the Young Marco remix of it. It has all the trademarks of[…]
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Tune of the week #52
“Sacred chant” by Cee ElAssaad is what the title indicates, a sacred chant over an Afro house beat that becomes more intense as the tune goes. I would say it is a one chord tune, although[…]
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