Alessandro Diga - Betelgeuze

Sunday's Chillout #011





You could't guess that Alessandro Diga is coming from Holland. At least, not from his artist name. He actually has a really Dutch name in real life. But you recognize the Dutch tracktitles from his releases. 
Most of his tracks are a combination of deep house en techno, but this track 'Betelgeuze' is a fine piece of electronica that a really really like.

Mees Dierdorp - Wild Window

Album of the Week #011

Debut album from Dutch producer Mees Dierdorp. Experimenting with a combination of Dutch poetry and techno music.
'Let music take you to places with undiscovered sense''

Release Date: 02 december 2013
Rating: still listening, to be rated soon

Olivier Weiter - Yearmix 2013

Saturday's Set #011






One of the best yearmixes I could find.

Tracklist:

00 Henry Saiz - All The Evil Of This World (Chaim Remix)
06 Ruede Hagelstein - Detuned
11 Daniel Dexter - Why So Serious? (Uner Remix)
16 Ten Walls - Requiem 
21 Solee - Sommerliebe (Eelke Kleijn Remix)
26 Miss Melera - Stunning
30 Good Guy Mikesh - Place of Love feat. Filburt (Maceo Plex Edit)
33 Guy Mantzur & Khen feat. Kamila - Moments Becoming Endless Time
39 Vincent Leijens - Rosette
44 wAFF- Love
49 Adam Beyer - Take Me Away
55 Mind Against - Atlant
1.02 Agoria - Scala
1.08 Chable & Bonnici - Ride (Olivier Weiter & Eelke Kleijn Remix)
1.14 Hot Since 82 vs Joe T Vannelli - The End
1.19 Daniel Stefanik - Confidence (Adam Port Remix)
1.24 Dominik Eulberg & Gabriel Ananda - The Space Between Us
1.30 Rebelski - The Rift Valley (Lee Van Dowski Binary Re-Up Mix)
1.34 Kölsch - Oma
1.39 Gregor Tresher - Nightcolors
1.45 The Smiths - This Charming Man (Luis Leon Bootleg)
1.51 Matthew Herbert - It's Only (DJ Koze Remix)

Applescal - From A To Sea

Album of the Week #010

Entitled ‘From A to Sea’, Applescal presents a 9-track mini album with various old works and journeys, as you would expect, through all manner of electronic influences. From minimal leanings seen on his releases for German label Traum, through to the pastoral electronica seen on his Atomnation releases, abstract ‘non-glitch’ IDM, bouncy brain-dance and more.

Release Date: 09 december 2013
Rating: still listening, to be rated soon

Weval - Rooftop Paradise

Sunday's Chillout #007





Weval is a collaboration between two pals from the Netherlands - Harm Coolen (1986) and Merijn Scholte Albers (1989). Both Harm and Merijn have roots in the filming industry, which is also where they met in 2010. When they found out they were sharing the same love and ambition for creating electronic music they decided to team up as a producers duo. Merijns background is more triphop and rock orientated, Harm is influenced by jazz and house music. Because of their different backgrounds they blend the best of these genres together in their combined work.

The track Rooftop Paradise is from their debut 'Half Age Ep'

Arjuna Schiks - Mahesvari

Friday's Classic # 004





Arjuna Schiks made some strong summer tunes this summer, wich are featured on the 'Storyteller EP' and 'Parkish EP'. But the all time favourite summer tune is still Mahesvari. More than 3 years ago came this beauty in my life. In my eyes it's still his best production so far. If you're sad or lonely, this track will cheer you up for sure!

Reinier Zonneveld - Maison

Melodic Monday #004





Reinier Zonneveld is a newcomer to the Manual family, continuing the tradition of giving talented (Dutch) artists a platform for their original melodic electronic music. Though new to Manual, Reinier is certainly not a newcomer to the global techno scene. With releases under his belt on labels such as Traum, Trapez, Illegal Alien and Deeperfect he has already built up quite the reputation for himself. Check out "Maison" from the 'Reach EP' and get acquainted with his trademark building dancefloor friendly melodic techno sound!

Robert Babicz - Dark Flower (Joris Voorn Remix)

Friday's Classic # 002




Five years ago it was a highlight on the Extrema Festival in 2008. Last month, at the ADE 2013, when Robert Babicz dropped the original AND the Joris Voorn remix as well, I went completely mad. This remix by Joris Voorn still rocks very hard.

Egbert - Warm

Album of the Week #002




Egbert has been dazzling us with the speed at which he has skyrocketed to being one of the world's top players in the techno scene. Within a short period of time he has managed to create a rapidly growing fan base who have all been avidly waiting for him to release an album for some time now. This November Egbert will finally be releasing ‘Warm’ on Secret Cinema's Gem Records.

With powerful pumping main room techno such as ‘Haasten’ and ‘Straktrekken’ under his belt but also melodic and somewhat minimal sounding techno, Egbert creates a broad spectrum of music within his own signature sound. So which direction did he go on Warm?

The album takes you on a trip through Egbert’s vision of melodic techno. Well produced and euphoric but without stepping in to known territory. In his own words: ‘One thing I often miss at techno parties is warmth. I would like to bring that back to techno’. While his live sets are usually filled with percussion and rhythm, this album compiles the tracks that bring warmth to his set. We also get a taste of Egbert’s raw side with the powerful pumping grooves and punishing dark basslines on ‘Tegno’ and ‘Shulgin’. There’s even a new flavour added to the versatile producer’s palate with the trippy ambient sounds of ‘Ondergronds’ and ‘Trip’.

After hearing Egbert’s first EP ‘Stroom’ on Myspace, Jeroen ‘Secret Cinema’ Verheij was quick to snatch up Egbert and take him under his wing. ‘He came walking into my studio with hundreds of brilliant tracks that only needed some polishing up’ says Verheij. After that Egbert released ‘Magie’ which was one of Sven Väth’s favourites for 2009 and made it onto Cocoon’s ‘Sounds of the 10th Season’. Suddenly, Egbert was a new player on the worldwide techno scene. Four years and many huge EPs and remixes later, his album is finally here!

‘Warm’ emerges with the delicate, rolling rhythms and pads of opening track ‘Fonkel’ that stretches out across eight minutes of expansive, emotional landscape before the ‘Magic Night’ tightens up the beats before going deeper into the darkness and the previously mentioned ‘Shulgin’ pulses ever further into the night. ‘Hemelpoort’ brings us back towards the light with shimmering chords as does the more driving yet eloquent ‘Leven’ with ‘Machtig’ proving a slow builder that really hits its stride in the middle. Finally the album disappears into the ether with the atmospheric resonance of ‘Trip’, showcasing another string to Egbert comforting, radiant production.

Release Date: 04 november 2013
Rating: 3.5/5

Ruttenbergs - Heating

Techhouse Tuesday #001




The Re:Cognition compilations by Solee always contains some nice unreleased tracks. Often tracks from Parquet artists, but also some new unknown upcoming artists. Like Ruttenbergs, a dj/producer duo, based in Amsterdam. This track Heating was one of the tracks that stood up for me. A really nice build up towards the break, creating some heat in the break and just letting it go after the break. Ruttenbergs is a project to watch out for sure in the future.

Noraj Cue - Once We Were

Melodic Monday #001





Noraj Cue is a guy who lives in the north of the Netherlands. He grew up in a partly Dutch / Indonesian family where music always was around either played by records or by family members on the piano or the guitar. At a young age he started with experimenting and used a simple keyboard, because of the drum computer and the synths. He delivers a brand new four track EP on Cinematique, filled with ingredients like beautiful melodies and an enormous amount of funk.