Reviews
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One half of ’90s R&B duo Charles and Eddie, Eddie Chacon’s Sundown album is a superb affair, released earlier this year on Stones Throw.
Thrilling cut from Kai Alce showcased on a four track V/A from emerging Mexican deep house label Short Attention Records.
DJ Jesse Leer’s ‘Position EP’ on Abstrakt Dance is a wonderful underground exploration of electro and breakbeat influences, showcasing the producer’s versatile and dynamic style. The EP consists of two tracks, with the title track “Position” leading the way with its bouncy tech grooves and off-kilter soundscapes. The second track, “Friction,” follows suit with breakbeat-driven […]
Baltimorean producer, MicFreak, and NY songbird, Angelica de No, combine their awesome musical talents on a stunning new release for QU3 titled, ‘Angel’. Showcasing Angelica’s strong song-writing game and heavenly vocal melodies, ‘Angel’ is a heartfelt song about love passion, and introspection, underpinned by a beautifully crafted soundtrack from MicFreak. DJ Spen and Italian maestro, […]
Pay attention, these are names you will hear again. Bay Area crew As You Like It drop a 14 track V/A compilation dedicated to the late Johnny Igaz.
Every club with a soul should have an imprint like The Djoon Experience. Djoon, which Czarina Mirani has profiled in 5 Mag in the past has a label that captures a bit of the essence of Paris’ soulful HQ and drops stand-out tracks that stand up on their own merit too.
ROLI – the company behind the original Seaboard, which came out over 14 years ago and then the Seaboard RISE more than 8 years ago – has returned with the Seaboard RISE 2. Today, we’re diving into our experience testing it out, and how it stands out in the space of MPE controllers. What is the […]
An accomplished and varied collection of house, synth-pop and Balearic, thematically based around the country and city landscapes of Teeside UK where Sally Rogers grew up and spent lockdown.
Shimmertastic Disco grooves set the tone for Sammy Deuce’s latest Re-Loved release, ‘Give It To Me’. Dishing out a large dose of happiness to the more discerning dancefloors, ‘Give It To Me’, comes powered by a feast of uplifting brass, bubbling live bass, and a feel-good vocals. Turning down the tempo a notch, ‘Melt Me’, […]
Now he’s going to be unstoppable. U FIT is a new label out of Italy presided over by tireless deep house mechanic Nico Lahs that launched with two dope EPs on vinyl.
In a musical landscape that’s in a perpetual state of flux, 2023 has bestowed upon us a musical treasure that transcends the confines of both time and genre. London’s illustrious Latin fusion duo, Juan Laya and Jorge Montiel, don their original Los Charly’s Orchestra personas to unveil “Vibration.” From the very first note, it becomes […]
Steeped in the sunshine soul where house, R&B and soul meet, Barcelona trio Kokoro Disco San shares Brightest Light on Rockafort Records.
French DJ and Producer Laroye’s second Freerange EP give you four tracks of melodic underground house.
Giant Arm debuts with Momentum Shift, a four track techno EP that’s as raw and uncompromising as it is clever and inventive.
Reps from two of the best new-ish deep house labels hook up on the 10th release from Canadian deep house mainstay Selections. Time To Dance features four original tracks from Rafa Santos, the dynamic figure behind Spanish deep house label Mate.
“Climb” features the hazy, dreamy and ethereal vocals of Argentine artist Barbie Williams backed by the live four piece Automat band, crafting trip hop as intricate and delicate as a spider web.
Jasen Loveland from Serenace and Infinite Refractions passed away in May of 2021; this rabid record that dismantles genres phrase by phrase represents a tribute and memorial of sorts by Serenace partner C. Cumby and the label Shaw Cuts.
Four finely-wrought, deep house cuts along with a distinctly un-house, gorgeous slow-paced piano and sax soul-jazz excursion on Retromigration’s Dead Tech EP for LYAM.
Chicago house music pioneer Harry Dennis and London’s deep house virtuoso Julian “JuJu” Garnett have teamed up once again to create a new deep house masterpiece – “Infinitely,” set to be released on JuJu Muzik. Following their initial critically acclaimed release “Press Reset,” this partnership has spanned continents and reshaped the contemporary house music landscape […]
Byron The Aquarius, Javonntte, Garrett David, Gari Romalis and more appear on a double 12 inch marking Spanish label Mate Records’ 5th anniversary, a multi-flavoured collection of reliable, and reliably underground, deep house.