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Dirtybird Radio 536 - Ustrell
Read more . . . →Not a single track this time but a whole Dirtybird Radio episode, and if you don’t know the label, this is a decent hour-long crash course in why they matter. Dirtybird built its reputation on tech house with a sense of humor: weird vocal samples, basslines that sound like cartoon frogs, a flat refusal to take the club too seriously. Episode 536 is full of that spirit. Ustrell handles the selection here, and it rolls from stripped-back groovers into the label’s signature goofy-but-heavy bombs without a single dull stretch. This is what I put on while cleaning the apartment or...
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Spinnin' Sessions Radio - Episode #684
Read more . . . →I don’t usually post radio shows because most label mix series are just glorified release calendars with a four-on-the-floor stapled underneath, but episode 684 of Spinnin’ Sessions is a decent hour if you treat it for what it is. This is the sound of a major dance label showing its hand, an hour of upcoming and recent Spinnin’ material strung together for people who want the new stuff without doing the digging themselves. The mixing is functional rather than artful, which is fine, because the point is the tracklist not the transitions. What’s useful about something like this is the...
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Spinnin' Sessions Radio - Episode #683
Spinnin' Sessions Episode 683 is here doing what it always does — two hours of dance music, no filler, hit play.Read more . . . →Subscribe →Weekly digestWhat you missed this week, minus the corporate emo. -
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Dirtybird Radio 533 - Victoria Rawlins
Read more . . . →This one’s a mix, not a single, and that’s exactly why it earns a post. Dirtybird Radio 533 hands the controls to Victoria Rawlins, and an hour-plus in the Dirtybird universe is one of the most reliable ways to get your week moving. Dirtybird has spent years being the funniest weirdest most danceable corner of tech house, all booty-shaking grooves and a flat refusal to take itself seriously, and Rawlins clearly gets the brief. The selection rolls through exactly the kind of low-slung slightly ridiculous house and tech house that makes the label’s parties legendary. A good mix is its...
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Spinnin' Sessions Radio - Episode #682
Read more . . . →Okay, this one’s a bit different, it’s a full episode of Spinnin’ Sessions rather than a single track, but sometimes you just want an hour of someone else doing the work of finding the bangers. Spinnin’ Records has its fingers in basically every corner of mainstream dance music, and their radio show is a decent pulse-check on where the commercial end of the scene is heading. Episode 682 rolls through a parade of big-room drops, festival-ready vocal hooks, plus the occasional left-field pick that reminds you they didn’t get this big by being totally predictable. I won’t pretend every track...
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Eelke Kleijn - Tonco Liveset (Armada Invites)
Read more . . . →Sometimes you don’t want a three-minute hit, you want to disappear into a full set, and Eelke Kleijn’s Armada Invites session at Tonco is built for exactly that. This is melodic, progressive, deeply-patient house and trance from a guy who has been doing it long enough to have nothing left to prove. The setting helps: gorgeous location, golden-hour light, the kind of crowd that came to listen rather than film. Kleijn reads a room better than almost anyone, layering tracks so smoothly you stop noticing the transitions and just let the thing carry you. Put this on while you work,...
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Day Hacker Zero One
Read more . . . →Day Hacker is a new EDM production outfit from Canada and if you haven't heard their energetic Zero One stop what you're doing and start playing it right now:
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Len Faki Live at Tomorrowland
Len Faki live at Tomorrowland. Deep techno. If you like deep techno, you'll like this.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogThree words. One opinion. Cotton. -
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Feed Me at Babylon June 2, 2011 part 3 of 3
Feed Me live at Babylon Ottawa, June 2 2011. Part 3 of 3 — the final video. Check the other two parts for To The Stars and Silicon Lube.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogWhat if your laundry was also a personality? -
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Feed Me at Babylon June 2, 2011 part 2 of 3
Feed Me live at Babylon Ottawa, June 2 2011. Part 2 — end of Silicon Lube plus two IDs. Still no idea what those unreleased tracks were.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogShips in 3–5 days. The outrage ships immediately.
