Volume one of Retrospections, pairing Edinburgh's Craig Smith and fellow Scots Soul Renegades. A thirty-year underground fixture rooted in soul, boogie and jazz-funk, Smith turns in three deep-house cuts at 123 BPM while Soul Renegades add 'Flying Free'. Warm, musical deep house from the Scottish scene.
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Brighton-born, Lisbon-based Rene Wise brings 'Lucky Number 7' to Bassiani, the recording arm of the Tbilisi techno club. Four cuts of atmospheric, low-end-focused techno with a raw but modern touch — 'Sucker Punch' and the title track on the A-side, 'Devil in The Saloon' and 'Gorilla' on the flip, all...
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Chapter six of The Directors Cut on Axis, the label of Detroit techno titan and Underground Resistance co-founder Jeff Mills. Led by his definitive 'The Bells' at 136 BPM, plus a slower Blue Potential version and 'The Homosapien Sapiens'. Stark, relentless Detroit techno from a genre architect.
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Rising Israeli producer Adam Sellouk lands on Tale Of Us's Afterlife with three cuts of melodic, progressive techno and house. 'Chronic' pairs him with KAS:ST and 'Confusion' with Glowal, before the solo 'Poison', all sitting at 123–126 BPM. Captivating, big-room melodic material in the Afterlife mould.
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Woo York on Berlin's Watergate, the club's own label. The Kyiv duo perform live from synths and drum machines, weaving trance melodies through a tech-driven frame; 'Samum' and 'Prophet' sit at 123 BPM, with neotrance-leaning remixes from 8Kays and Echonomist. Melodic, hypnotic and floor-built.
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The tenth Couple Affair, a 2x12-inch from Berlin's Steyoyoke. The various-artists set pairs label producers — Soul Button with Michael Warren, Haffenfold with Clawz SG, MPathy, Monarke, Grammik and more — across six cuts of the collective's 'Ethereal Techno' at 123–126 BPM. Deep, emotive melodies and intricate production throughout.
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A 2x12-inch of remixes of Marc Romboy's 'Music Made For Aliens' on his own Systematic Recordings. The Mönchengladbach producer hands his melodic techno to a deep roster — Toto Chiavetta, Ivory, Bawrut, Pfirter, Will Clarke and Josh Wink among them — across tempos from 123 to 136 BPM. Forward-thinking and...
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A double-pack album from The Soundgarden, the UK label curated by Nick Warren. Across eight cuts at 120–123 BPM Warren works his blend of deep house and neotrance — driving percussion under soaring musicality — with studio partners on 'Siete Largos' (Nicolas Rada), 'Herrera' (Mattias Herrera), the title track 'Turbulence'...
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