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Umba – Not Too Young EP + "What You Get" [Exclusive] 0

Crowded and jammed are the front pages of web magazines with song and text claiming to break budding talent with bona fide sound. Numbers turn over to competition, giving way for the average lay man to critique, chew, and spit out the latest trends. Most will end up as digital cache and browsing history, but [...]

Kry Wolf – "Ninety-Nine" (Original Mix) [Exclusive] 0

London’s basement beatniks Kry Wolf show no signs of packing as they continue to flesh out sounds tuned to their conventional blend of canny future formats and stark old school influences. Heading the Sounds of Sumo imprint, the duo aims to leave a lasting mark on the scene by drawing fresh blood to the surface [...]

Meech – I Want EP 0

Toronto’s dapper house connoisseur Meech tailored the next piece to his catalogue earlier in the week, squaring up a new EP for Copenhagen’s vogue record label Demento Mori. Springing off his collaborative Discobelle release with fellow odd ball Meati, Meech takes the stage solo for the first time to flaunt his blend of classic house influences laid on top [...]

Savile – Being EP 0

Another day, another tender label sprouting out of the pleasant poison watering cans of basement dance floors. It’s hard to say where fate leads for Amadeus Records, still in its youth the deep house startup is cloaked in an arcane Greco Roman drobe. But beyond the leer and mystery lies four on the floor honesty, and [...]

Das Glow – Concrete EP 0

Hailing from France based in Berlin, Das Glow has been dubbed by just about every label you should care about. With cameo appearances dating back to 2008 on Boysnoize Records and carrying out original hits with Institubes on his shoulders, the man from Nice has continued to appreciate his upbringing by releasing his next EP [...]

Das Glow – Concrete EP 0

Hailing from France based in Berlin, Das Glow has been dubbed by just about every label you should care about. With cameo appearances dating back to 2008 on Boysnoize Records and carrying out original hits with Institubes on his shoulders, the man from Nice has continued to appreciate his upbringing by releasing his next EP [...]

Boys Noize & Erol Alkan – "Lemonade (Gesaffelstein Remix)" 0

A man that needs no introduction, Gesaffelstein is at the fore front of a techno renaissance with a name that preys upon conventions in innocent ears. His stamp is in high demand as none of his works have passed without bleeding of the ears making his catalogue carefully selective. The latest entry is a remix for one [...]

Get Flavor – Phutur Ba$e Vol. 2 [Compilation Giveaway] 0

As the hard shelled dubstep coon increasingly brittles, a forward minded bambino busts out of the seams to take those 2 step grooves on a ship to the future. There’s no denying that bass music is still flourishing outside the tops of festival bills and billboard charts. And in the thick French bass startup Get [...]

Djedjotronic – BNR Trax 12 0

2011 became a defining year for innovative dance music label Boysnoize Records as it birthed a digital offspring still alive and strong toasting it’s 12th release, and who else would be chosen to christen the new year with it’s next set of successes than the guy who rocked it the first time. France’s techno audiobot [...]

EARMILK Presents: Weekend Selector – Big Dope P (WKND08) 0

The weekend has landed and all that matters now is clubs, drugs, pubs and parties. You’ve got 48 hours off the 9-5, it’s time to unbutton your hustle and breathe vigor back into life. Whether it be through losing your soul on the dance floor or grooving to it, we have your soundtrack covered. The EARMILK Weekend [...]

Scuba – The Hope / Flash Addict 0

The past 18 months has shown the influential UK bass figure and record label hoss Paul Rose rise to the top as the forefront in dance floor research and development under the name Scuba in company with his own Hotflush Recordings. Spoiling the masses with an early release to the years most anticipated LP, Rose [...]

Handbraekes – #1 0

Boys Noize and Mr. Oizo are Handbraekes – setting chincy Top Gear jokes aside this new set of wheels has four on the floor drive and the power to steer crowds into dance floor pile ups and pill headed roll overs. Their debute EP set for a February release on the BNR time slot sports 4 originals [...]

EARMILK Presents: Weekend Selector – Kashii (WKND07) 0

The weekend has landed and all that matters now is clubs, drugs, pubs and parties. You’ve got 48 hours off the 9-5, it’s time to unbutton your hustle and breathe vigor back into life. Whether it be through losing your soul on the dance floor or grooving to it, we have your soundtrack covered. The EARMILK Weekend [...]

Jim-E Stack – Come Between EP 0

A fresh face from New Orleans with a worthy ticket on the hype train, Jim-E Stack is riding on a wave of  garage meets bass artists heavily influenced by hip hop. Just off the press his new EP Come Between showcases a plethora of lulling percussion and synth melodrama. The title track is bipolar in [...]

SNATCH025 – Prince Club x Poupon 0

Prince Club and Poupon – two of Canada’s brewing deep house bantams touch swords on Snatch! Records to pump out tracks that place beyond the gold. SNATCH025 opens up with “Platinum”, leery leads and smug commentary from Notorious B.I.G. the track is a strip-down of the genre to its core. A bonafide  loud mouth boosting himself [...]

Dirtybird Hatched Part 2 0

Claude Von Stroke’s dirtybird fam is back with another set of hatchlings, this line being even more rowdy and dysfunctional. Part 2 to their  compilation series picks up from nonsensical deep house grooves into ghetto bass crossovers made with the loony family recipe in mind. Expect nutty breakbeat experiments lead by label brother Christian Martin, [...]

EARMILK Presents: Weekend Selector – Myrryrs (WKND06) 0

The weekend has landed and all that matters now is clubs, drugs, pubs and parties. You’ve got 48 hours off the 9-5, it’s time to unbutton your hustle and breathe vigor back into life. Whether it be through losing your soul on the dance floor or grooving to it, we have your soundtrack covered. The EARMILK Weekend [...]

Southern Fried Presents – Fried & Tested Tracks, Vol. 4 0

London label Southern Fried Records is showing some of their cherished hospitality by greasing up the dance floor with another set of Fried & Tested Tracks for their fourth installment in their compilation series. Variety has always been the recipe but instead of straying off into droney oblivion each number feels carefully selected to do damage in [...]

Coni – "Suma" 0

A warm face on many sought after releases, French boy Coni ushered in his true entrance with a debute EP on forward bass thinking label ClekClekBoom. Three originals set out to flaunt a positive first impression with lush chords, flushed rhodes, and tight house percussion. But don’t write him off as another deep house darling, [...]

Club Cheval Tours North America 0

Future house outfit Club Cheval are out on the streets this winter to warm those stiff feet with their flushed thermal sounds. Packing their suitcases and filling their CD wallets with lessons meant to teach America how to be pioneers again. Canblaster, Myd, Sam Tiba, and Panteros666 already kicked off the tour on NYE in Toronto, [...]