Pedro Mercado & Karada - Spontex

Techhouse Tuesday #010

Two guys from Belgium with a deep tech house track on the new Parquet release. 

2013 Flashback #7 - Best Tech House

My top 5 best tech house of the year 2013

#1 
Solee - Sommerliebe


#2
Olivier Schories - Sunset (Joris Delacroix Remix)
  
#3
Vincent Leijen - Rosette


#4 
Dusky - Careless


#5
Ruttenbergs - Heating

Joscha Berg - Sweet Tension

Techhouse Tuesday #009




Soul and harmony are the essential thoughts 18 year old Joscha Berg bases his productions on. Sascha Braemer took notice of his talent and as a result Joscha released his EP “Soul Motion” at the Berlin Label “WHATIPLAY”. Soul Motion – four warm, harmonic dancefloor-tracks which tend to big emotions. It’s almost impossible to choose a favourite among them. 'Sweet Tension' could be it.

Tale Of Us & Vaal - Concor EP

Techhouse Tuesday #008





After the sensation caused by its last release, Life and Death comes back strong with another battle cry into the darkness. With a prized new member of the family, Vaal, joining forces with a Life and Death mainstay, Tale of Us, the stage is set for another epic EP from the forward thinking label.

On the A side Concor grabs the listener with its immediate sense of urgency and a beckoning, slightly exotic melody. As it slowly twists and turns, moving ever more insistently towards its peak it propels the listener to a distant exotic land, as a throbbing beat and cymbals accentuate and elevate the tension. Already a mainstay of the few DJs lucky enough to get their hands on it early, this is sure to be one that will lodge itself deeply into the collective unconscious as we make the long march thru winter and back to summer again.

Over on the B side comes Seahnak, an equally beautiful piece of music that manages to present its intricate melody without ever letting its energy dip. Gothic and yet regal at the same time, as the lead synth shoots out the gate, it takes us on a surprising journey as it pushes the limits of what we might expect from dance music while raising our expectations of it in the process.

Chi Thanh - I Like The Way (Animal Trainer Remix)

Techhouse Tuesday #007






Chi Thanh, a Berlin based multi talented beat wizard who brings us an debut EP for OFF Recordings named 'Let's Play EP'.
On the remix front we have Animal Trainer from Switserland, who craft a trippy driving techy landscape for the track 'I Like The Way'. 

Dusky - Careless

Techhouse Tuesday #006





As Dusky, the British duo of Alfie Granger-Howell and Nick Harriman have asserted their position amongst the top producers working in electronic music right now after releases on Anjunadeep, Naked Naked, Aus, and its sister label Simple. Their Careless EP on Will Saul's Aus imprint has a relaxed flair, melding a diverse range of classic house, techno and garage influences with a wholly modern energy here, marking yet another step forward in their technique and approach.

The track 'Careless' is crackling and expansive with just the right amount of dance floor-centric coloration, detailing a more roughed up and rugged example of Dusky's deft ability to rethink and reshape their sound for the modern club context.

Chymera - Disc

Techhouse Tuesday #005





We welcome back Chymera for another stellar release on Dirt Crew. Two years Ago he gave us one of our biggest tracks ever on Dirt Crew with the amazing "Curl" a track that became an instand classic across all genres. Now we are very proud to have him do it once more, the title track "Disc" is an absolute Club Monster, we have been playing this one out for months now and people go crazy when its bassline drops. Reactions are overwelming and we are happy to finally put this one out. Chymera gave us two more tracks that show his great talent composing very melodic Techno and House tracks, "Valise" is a beauty of a track, very deep and spacious. The B side track "Isa" is just plain ecstacy on the dancefloor, a perfect late night or early morning tune. And as a bonus we asked one of our favourite producers out there to lay his hands on "Isa" the marvellous Mark E who has been doing great things in the last years on his Merc label, he made an slow balearic Proto House kind of remix that hits the spot perfectly....

Louis Kolben - Don't Lose Your Way

Techhouse Tuesday #004





Louis Kolben aka Luigi Tutolo was born in Bari,Italy, on July 11th, 1986. Dj and Producer, his main interest, from a young age, is music in all its facets that brings him to deepen the concept of 'home recording' and to the study of the sound synthesis.His first musical project is realized under the name "Sugar Puppetz", a duo characterized by progressive and techno sounds. It's the progressive influence and the passion for arpeggios that still characterize his sound. In 2013 he has his musical breakthrough, his first EP, released in June on the label 'Outside The Box Music'. It opens the doors to a new sound research that aims to create a fusion between various musical genres.

Ten Walls - Requiem

Techhouse Tuesday #003





The concept of Ten Walls is simple. A music driven project where the focus is moved away from the personality of the artist so that the music can more directly speak for itself. And that concept seems to be working well so far. After first appearing on the scene in early 2013 with its debut 'Gotham EP'  on Innervisions, Ten Walls quickly became a sensation as Gotham became a staple of DJs worldwide. One of those ubiquitous tunes that you can't escape but never seem to get enough of. Now with its second EP, Ten Walls joins Life and Death with a follow up that sits perfectly with the ever evolving yet quite distinct Life and Death sound. An EP that takes artistic experimentation and meshes it with a technical prowess that translates to music that works equally as well on the dancefloor as it does off of it. With "Ankaris", Ten Walls sets the tone with a droning soundscape over solid beats and arepeggiated synths that combine to tell the tale of a distant land, somewhere off in a far corner of the galactic federation. A journey to a faraway place but with emotions every listener can very quickly connect to... Picking up the pace slightly, "Mongol" tells the tale of nomadic tribes and ancient conflict. With a throbbing bass, haunting pads and an ethnic lead that seems to come from another era, Mongol seamlessly mixes sounds of both the past and the future to create something that stands out of time and firmly on it own. With a name like "Requiem" one might not expect the big tune that is hidden behind the understated title. But a big one it is, with an infectious lead that builds and builds as a beckoning cowbell dances around its center. Deceptively simple yet anything but, the whole of the track continues onwards and upwards taking the dancefloor along with it. A  euphoric embrace that will hold any dancefloor in its grip and is most certainly a worthy successor to Gotham -- as Ten Walls proves that its focus on the music is most certainly a fruitful one. 

Lulu Rouge Feat. Fanney Ósk - Sign Me Out (Lulu Rouge Remix)

Techhouse Tuesday #002




Lulu Rouge is one of a kind on the Scandinavian electronic music scene. Not because Lulu Rouge has been around for many years, but because the two young men in Lulu Rouge have both been crashing clubs for the last decade. Lulu Rouge is DJ T.O.M. and Buda, two of the most respected DJs and producers on the Copenhagen scene.
They teamed up together with Fanney Ósk, female vocalist of Kúra. 'Sign me out' was the first single of the second artist album 'The Song Is In The Drum'.
The remix pack of 'Sign me out' contains some excellent remixes, including remixes by Klartraum, Kúra, and of course an own remix that wil bomb any dancefloor!

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.