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Nico Szabo & Aske Izan - Aside (feat. SAM SHI)
Nico Szabo, Aske Izan and SAM SHI go warmer and more emotional on Aside. Beautiful Anjunadeep deep house with a real vocal center.Read more . . . →Subscribe →Weekly digestOne email per week with the tracks worth your time. No spam, no Coldplay. -
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Uptempo: 200 BPM was the floor, not the ceiling
Read more . . . →Uptempo is what happens when hardcore decides that slowing down is for cowards. It’s the fastest, most aggressive corner of the Defqon.1 site, kicks distorted past the point of melody, and the crowd that shows up for it knew exactly what it was signing up for. A couple weeks out, here’s where the speed lives. 1. Riot Shift - RUNNIN Riot Shift has turned into one of the sharper names in this lane, and “RUNNIN,” out in October, is relentless in the way the title promises. 2. N-Vitral presents BOMBSQUAD & Dimitri K - Energy Drink The BOMBSQUAD alias is...
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18 years of Viva la Vida, still wearing the costume
Read more . . . →18 years ago today, Coldplay released Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends. It still sucks. This was supposed to be the brave one — the big reinvention. They put a Delacroix painting of an actual revolution on the cover, zipped themselves into surplus-store military jackets, and hired Brian Eno to scuff up the corners. Then they handed in the most focus-grouped record of the decade. You cannot cosplay as the barricades and write songs engineered to play under a phone commercial at the same time. The title track is a man who has never lost anything in...
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Sevek, Lady Bee, Vikina - Corazon
Sevek, Lady Bee, and Vikina bring fire with Corazon, Latin-flavored house that commits fully to the vibe. Stick it on at a barbecue, watch the energy shift.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogSome shirts are statements. This one is a verdict. -
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LAXX - Step 666
LAXX opens Step 666 politely then kicks the door off its hinges. Metallic, menacing dubstep with a low end designed to rearrange your organs. Volume up.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogMade for people who left the room during Yellow. -
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Kiholm & LEA KEY - Take Me Back
Kiholm and LEA KEY nail the wistful dance anthem. Take Me Back is melodic and longing, dance music that feels something without being manipulative about it.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogIf you wear this and someone hugs you, that's a real friend. -
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Chase & Status: How DnB Crashed the UK Charts
How Chase & Status snuck heavy drum and bass onto UK daytime radio with No More Idols, never softened the bass, and ended up rave elder statesmen.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogLooks like Helvetica. Sounds like a closing argument. -
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Jude & Frank - The Sound Of House
Jude & Frank put the name in the title and back it up. Peak-time Toolroom tech house built for sweaty 2am rooms. Does exactly what it says on the tin.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogThree words. One opinion. Cotton. -
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Jey Vazz - wanna do
Jey Vazz dropped something effortlessly groovy through NCS. Wanna do sits between house and pop electronic and earns repeat plays without trying hard.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogWhat if your laundry was also a personality? -
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The Big China Deal Is That You Keep Paying
Read more . . . →Trump announced a “trade deal” with China today. Here’s the deal: the 20% fentanyl tariff stays, the 10% reciprocal tariff stays, the effective rate on Chinese goods sits near 30% — the highest on any country on earth — and the bigger tariffs he threatened get paused for sixty days. That’s the whole agreement. He held a press conference to tell you nothing changed and that this is a tremendous win. A tariff is a tax, and you’re the one who pays it. The Tax Foundation put a number on it: this trade war is the largest tax hike as...
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