All posts by Sam Cooper
Studio Essentials: Rudosa
Manchester-based DJ, producer, and label owner Rudosa has been one of the cities most exciting techno artists for sometime now, releasing a consistent stream of...
Premiere: Lee Ann Roberts – Alter Ego (Milo Spykers Remix)
Rating: 8.5 Amsterdam-based DJ, producer, and label don Lee Ann Roberts welcomes another stellar sonic offering via her consistently impressive NowNow Records imprint. The label...
Premiere: Lazy Ants – H24
Rating: 7.5 With more than 10 years of studio experience under his belt, Lazy Ants has built an impressive catalogue of music which includes releases...
Premiere: N/UM – An Order From The Top
Rating: 7.0 A run of past outings with record labels such as Lost Diaries, Duro, and Ninetofire have given N/UM the ability to develop a...
Drumcode close WHP’s 2022 techno calendar with Adam Beyer, Maceo Plex, & more
Drumcode founder Adam Beyer will host a 10,000 capacity crowd for The Warehouse Project in Manchesters former railway station; Depot Mayfield, on December 3rd. The...
Premiere: VNTM – Sonar Repetition
Rating: 8.0 One of Amsterdam’s hottest club talents continues to further his strong run of form as VNTM makes his inaugural outing with Italian imprint...
Premiere: Andres Line & Jdee – Country Hill
Rating: 7.5 Steve Lawler is without a doubt one of the most prolific label owners in all of UK club music, as alongside his flagship...
Premiere: Maya Evers – Don’t Walk
Rating: 7.5 The German techno scene finds itself with a fresh new talent as Hamburg-based DJ and producer Maya Evers drops her debut release on...
Premiere: Vridian – Caspian Sea
Rating: 8.0 Qilla Records welcomes Indian producer Vridian back to the label for the first time since his ‘Knowbot’ EP dropped with them back in...
Premiere: Darlyn Vlys – Geronimo
Rating: 8.0 Valencia-based Frenchman Darlyn Vlys returns to Adana Twins’ TAU imprint this week for the release of his brand new ‘Return From Delta’ EP....
Noizu drops ‘Moon Groove’ on his own Techne imprint
Noizu’s past releases for top shelf record labels like RCA Records, OWSLA, and Polydor Records have made him an enormous prospect on the Los Angeles...
Premiere: Audio State & Filtrack – Overthinker
Rating: 8.0 Two of Romania’s most promising techno prospects combine their skills as Audio State and Filtrack collaborate for their brand new ‘Duality’ EP. The...
Gabe Gurnsey marks sophomore album release with ‘Push’
UK-based production maestro Gabe Gurnsey will return to Erol Alkan’s Phantasy imprint for the release of his sophomore studio album next month. Following up his...
Judge Jules releases new single ‘Deep & Meaningful’
Seminal UK DJ, producer, label boss, promoter, and radio talent Judge Jules has done more for trance and progressive in Britain since the early ‘90s...
Premiere: Harada & Wollion – Honey Penny (SUDO Remix)
Rating: 8.0 Ackermann’s Ignite! Records has seen releases from the likes of Markus Homm, Dave Seaman, and Namito in the past, now the label welcomes...
MIX313: Anna Tur
Ibiza-based DJ, producer, and label owner Anna Tur joins us this week for the 313th mix on our series, where she delivers an infectious and...
Premiere: D3FAI – Ecliptic
Rating: 7.5 Following a stint as a big room producer that seen him release tracks on top labels like Steve Aoki’s Dim Mak Records and...
DJ Spen talks 10 years of Quantize Recordings
For more than three decades, DJ Spen has been a highly productive contributor to the world of club music, and in that time he’s seen...
Studio Essentials: Juheun
Following a number of stand out releases for leading techno imprints like Octopus Recordings and Set About, Arizona’s Juheun has found himself going from new...
MIX309: Julien Earle
Julien Earle is known to most as the laidback YouTuber that has seen more than 11 million views on his production and music tech tutorials,...
Premiere: Nico Cabeza – The Mind Of God
Rating: 8.0 Nico Cabeza’s SoundCloud profile describes him as ‘The Destroyer Of The Worlds’, and if his latest techno EP is anything to go by,...
Premiere: JP Lantieri – Magma (THE RENA Remix)
Rating: 8.0 Despite only launching the label at the beginning of 2021, the Chicago-based team at Idyllik Records have already managed to build a reputable...
Premiere: Steve Cole & Ronald Christoph – Scout
Rating: 7.5 The first track to drop on new techno label Gottart comes from Berlin-based label boss Ronald Christoph, and his long time collaborator in...
Premiere: Teleporters – Tangerine (Pysh Remix)
Rating: 7.5 Polish DJ and producer Pysh has built up a solid reputation as a go-to provider of deep and energetic house music, with past...
40 Questions: Ramon Tapia
Ramon Tapia has made a career out of releasing lean, mean, club-primed techno productions, not only from himself, but also from others via his own...
Interview: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith on making ‘RUIN: It’s Not Just Music’
For many artists, making one album is enough of an endeavour to define a career, with a second often arriving only after their debut finds its audience. Kaitlyn Aurelia...
MIX420: Nandu
Nandu returns to our mix series more than a decade on from his first appearance for MIX088 back in 2016, this time handling curation duties for MIX420. The Dannish...
Eoin DJ announces five-track ‘We Need It’ EP featuring Kim Ann Foxman remix
World of Worlds label head Eoin DJ steps up for the imprint’s third release, following music from Maruwa and Bella Sarris. Their five-track ‘We Need It’ EP was written...
Premiere: Futuristant – Feels Like A Circus
Futuristant returns to Obscura Music following a remix for Cafius and Victoria Rawlins’ ‘Stars Are Kind’ back in March, and an August collaboration with Berny titled ‘Movin’ In’. Releasing...
