After over a year’s hiatus and much hard labour in the studio CoastDream returns to X-Kalay where he follows up his successful breakthrough record, “Soft Moon”, with the “Shine” EP. Picking up very much where “Soft Moon” left off, this latest offering is classic feel-good CoastDream – sun-drenched house music inspired by the golden beaches
Opal Sunn are Hiroaki Oba and Al Kassian, two expats from Japan. After releasing two EPs on their own Planet Sundae label, they offer their follow up on Nick Höppner’s new label, Touch From a Distance where they continue to refine their style which displays and exquisite sense of space, melody, movement, and groove. Here,
Phantasm, the young label quickly establishing itself with innovative music, brings the trippy leftfield electronica and dark disco and EBM flavours of Pin Up Club alongside a remix from disco innovator, Perel. ‘Naoshima’ opens the eponymous EP with gentle deep house drums and organic claps, while Perel serves up a truly captivating remix that’s harmonically
After successful releases from Maetrik, Shall Ocin, Daniel Watts, and ANNA, Clash Lion welcomes the exciting and most definitely upcoming talent from Japan, Risa Taniguchi with 3 tracks of. Formerly known as DJ RS, Risa is one of Tokyo’s most established underground artists via her performances on streaming platform Dommune and radio stations Inter FM
This year marks another step into album territory with “High life” from Heist Recordings’s Detroit Swindle. To be released 28 May, its single features the album’s cut ‘Flavourism’ with vocals from Seven Davis Jr., which has come via a package including remixes by the amazing Pépé Bradock and Boston-to-NYC house duo John Barera & Will
‘Toba’ is the follow up of Polynation‘s ‘Muriatic’ single released last March on Atomnation. It’s their second outing of this year and one of their most up-tempo tracks to date. Recorded in Amsterdam, ‘Toba’ first was an improvised cut that highlighted the Polynation live-set the past years. Evolved and shaped by club & festival experiences,