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Robert Henke, the artist better known as Monolake, will release a new album in September. Studio is Henke’s first studio album as Monolake since 2020’s Archaeopteryx. It’s a “celebration of human-machine interaction,” were told, and an “all-killer-no-filler masterclass in the true potential of an electronic long-player.” Across 11 new tracks, Henke reshapes deep abstract dance, […]
More than three decades have passed since John Beltran—an iconic American DJ-producer from Ann Arbor, Michigan—released “Aquatic” on Carl Craig’s Retroactive Records. With it, Beltran capsulized his musical interests and influences of the moment—Carl Craig, the futuristic jazz tracks of Larry Heard, and Logic—and earned the praise of the global house and techno community. Through […]
Pacific Rhythm has released a new album from ZG, a collaborative effort from Zansika Lachhani and Grant (a.k.a Tony from Frank & Tony). Out Of The Unknown is the followup to the duo’s first self-titled LP that landed back on New York label Scissor and Thread in 2022. Over the course of seven tracks, ZG […]
Or:la will release a new EP on fabric Originals. Moonlight Crush was created to be experienced in a club or rave, which is where Or:la, real name Orlagh Dooley, feels most at home. The heavy rhythmic synths and organs are reminiscent of losing yourself on the dancefloor, the scent of smoke machines and sweat is […]
Over the last decade, Haruka—a Tokyo-based DJ-producer—has emerged as a leading figure in Japan’s dance music community. He initially made a name for himself as a resident and co-curator of DJ Nobu‘s infamous Future Terror parties, but since then he has played at major clubs in Tokyo—including Womb, VENT, and Dommune—and globally. These experiences have […]
DJ Narciso has released a new track on PrÃncipe. Narciso will be familiar to XLR8R fans because he contributed “Saudades,” a deep and moody track, to XLR8R+018 alongside DJ N*gga Fox, BLEID, and Serpente. He also delivered an XLR8R podcast in 2021. He’s one of the youngest members of the Lisbon label and most widely known as the head honcho of RS (Rinchoa […]
Giulia Fournier-Mercadante, better known as GiGi FM, is a French-Italian DJ-producer who was raised in Paris but moved to New York during her teenage years after being given a scholarship by Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre. But she made her name as a fixture of South-London’s close-knit music community, DJing at the city’s squat parties as […]
Varhat will release a new EP on Up The Stuss. Varhat, real name Vincent Lubelli, is the creative mind behind an endless list of aliases, plus multiple Unknown Artist projects and mysterious labels via Paris’ Yoyaku. This is his first release on Chris Stussy’s Up The Stuss imprint, delivering “an eclectic selection of house cuts […]
Since he began spinning minimal techno records at friends’ parties in 2014, Italian producer D:fferent Place has never looked back. Shirking away from the limelight, he’s instead released a stream of quality EPs on the label of the same name. Last year, he released “Shades of Time,” five-and-a-half minutes of feel-good melodies and chunky low-slung […]
Wata Igarashi is one of the leading figures of Japanese techno—an XLR8R favorite who featured in our XLR8R+ series and delivered a podcast of deep, sci-fi tinged hypnotic techno in 2019. What we haven’t covered so much before are his productions, which have been released on labels including Figure, Semantica, Time to Express, The Bunker […]
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