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Q&A and Global Vibe Radio 131 Feat. BEC

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DJ and producer BEC, has had a string of successful releases signed under Pan-Pot’s Second State Audio and Carl Cox’s Intec Digital in the past years. She’s also been labeled as one of the most exciting newcomers by Pulse Radio and even got support from Charlotte De Witte who’s been performing back-to-back with her recently in Colombia.

More recently, she caught her ears with her latest EP Sines & Breaks on VOIGHT, now available on Beatport.

It seemed fitting then to not only feature this rising artist on our weekly Global Vibe Radio mix series but to sit down for a chat with her as things began heating up on her fall schedule.

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Digging Deeper with Paula Cazenave

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Barcelona’s Paula Cazenave has recently dropped her latest EP on her own Combine Audio, and it has been turning major heads since.

Crazy Trip features two originals from Paula, with each also getting a re-work by Ben Sims. After her Wildlife EP, the latest appearance on her own record label, Cazenave has produced two new cuts: a stripped version of her famous “Picky Pigeons” plus an entirely new track dubbed “Crazy Trip”.

Paula Cazenave has been producing techno for over 12 years, her name appears on labels like Beat Disaster, Patterns, Basics, Special Series, Audio Family, Ak-Recordings, Amigos, Wild, Different Is Different Records and more. She started her career in 1996 and has played in the most important venues and festivals of Spain, Europe and South America. To name a few: Awakenings, Aquasella, Dreambeach, F135, Fabrik, Metropolis…

We caught up with a busy Paula to discuss the release and what she has been up to recently. Check it out below and make sure you head to Beatport to get yourself a copy of Crazy Trip.




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Premiere and Q&A: Antonio De Angelis Releases Four Track EP on DiscogrĂĄfica 71

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After the success of their first vinyl release, here comes again Spanish label DiscogrĂĄfica 71 with another techno killer featuring a four-tracker from Antonio De Angelis.

London-based De Angelis is a producer/DJ born in Italy with releases on labels such as Gynoid, Affin and Childen of Tomorrow, amongst others. Eclectic, curious and constantly evolving, De Angelis’ style transmits passion, adrenaline, dreams and emotions, captivating listeners with every release.

Today we premiere the title track from the release and take the opportunity to have a quick chat with its mastermind.


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Rebekah Discusses Performing With Paula Temple, Playing Higher BPMs, Wearing Black and Women in Techno

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Rebekah is undoubtedly one of the most respected techno acts out there at the moment. With a heavy touring schedule, relentless no-compromise attitude and sound and regular release output through labels such as Soma, MORD and her very own Elements imprint, she has cemented her profile in the eyes of even the most discernible of techno followers.

2018 has also seen the Birmingham-born producer/DJ embark on more back-to-back performances with another well-respected artist in the genre, Paula Temple, playing together at huge festivals such as Awakenings and Dour.

Things are far from over this year for Rebekah, with huge ADE performances lined up both at Awakenings (again alongside Paula Temple), Verknipt and at Melkweg for her friend Dave Clarke’s yearly party. Those gigs will be followed by more announced shows in the Netherlands, as well as Poland, the UK, Sweden and finally back to California, where she is set to play in San Francisco on Nov 30th for Robot Ears, and in Los Angeles on Dec 1st for Synthetik Minds and WORK. You can find her upcoming schedule and all tickets here.

In a recent interview with The Brvtalist, Rebekah looked back at what has been an extremely busy summer discussing a series of important topics relating to her personal career and the music industry.

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Digging Deeper with DJ Meme

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Multi-award winning remixer/producer DJ Meme has worked with some huge names including The Bee Gees, New Order and The Pet Shop Boys, Shakira, Mariah Carey, Frankie Knuckles, and many more.

We chat to Brazil’s top house producer as he unleashes his new single “Fall To Raise Up” with Jay Sebag on David Morales’ DIRIDIM label, which is available here.

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Q&A and 6AM Guest Mix: BAD BEAT

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You have likely heard of Las Vegas’ MNTRA and Techno Taco Tuesday.

MNTRA is a humble, dedicated crew of more than 20 members whose goal is the creation of a community of those who share their passion for techno and other offshoots of the more underground facets of electronic music. They achieve this purpose through a series of well-curated events under the Techno Taco Tuesday (TTT) umbrella, featuring the best of the underground from an array of national and international headliners as well as their own Resident DJs.

MNTRA and its Techno Taco Tuesday brand have seen a dramatic expansion in the last few years, with attendance and support growing exponentially with each event. Their bookings have been on par with some of the best lineups in the country, rivaling markets usually considered to be bigger in the eyes of many.

This week we invited one of the minds behind MNTRA, Tino Gomez a.k.a. BAD BEAT, to provide a special Guest Mix and discuss their vision and upcoming projects with us!

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Digging Deeper with Dr.Nojoke

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Dr.Nojoke is a producer and live-act born, raised and still living in Berlin.

For two decades now he helps to shape deep electronic dance music with a vision is so unique as the history of his city itself. Dr.Nojoke’s next EP is entitled zero.two and is due to be released on September 28th through his label CLIKNO.

We invited him to talk about his influences and approach.

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Premiere and Digging Deeper with uhnknwn

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Summer might be on its way out, but We Are The Brave are definitely not! Alan Fitzpatrick heads up one of the UK’s much-loved underground labels of the moment and they continue to deliver release after release with club bombs and festival anthems to remember from Skream’s ‘Poison’, Alan’s ‘We Do What We Want’ and Gary Beck’s ‘Just One More’. Not forgetting a special collab with Sasha and a Trevino remix. With his crazy summer schedule, Alan has been smashing out the label’s finest tunes, from the dancefloors of Ibiza to the muddy fields of Creamfields.

Some crazy talent is out there, and We Are The Brave has showcased some of them in recent months, and the next release from uhnknwn is one for the books.

“uhnknwn is a brand-new project from an emerging talent who I’ve been impressed with for a couple of years. It’s all very hush hush and mysterious who he is, but I like that. It creates a certain type of creative space and freedom, and I really get why that is important” says Alan

uhnknwn’s debut Alpha in the Warm EP comes complete with an Alan Fitzpatrick remix, and is now available for pre-order via Beatport. Don’t try looking up uhnknwn on social media, for he doesn’t have any and never will. uhnknwn aims to remain unknown — hence the name — despite having released on a lot of labels in the past under different aliases.

With all that said, we thought there was no better way to learn more about this enigmatic figure than with an exclusive track premiere and a digging deeper feature.

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Digging Deeper with GRAZZE

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GRAZZE started his musical career as a DJ at the aged of 14, after having studied music theory and piano. With a degree in sound engineering, GRAZZE specializes in areas such as production, mixing, mastering or guitar and percussion in music ĂĄrea as well. With regards to his skills as a music producer, he is working with major labels like Universal, Sirup Music, Baroque or Tiger Rec., having caused a high impact and has even entered the top 10 in well-known music lists like iTunes, DJ Mag and Beatport, where he has attained Top 1 with his song “Blow your mind” receiving support from important media like 40 Principales (The most important Radio Station in Spain).

Since 2012 he is working in sound production and technique in broadcasting companies such as KISS FM, Hit FM or Unika FM (Spanish Radio Stations), being an official DJ of several radio shows like “Don’t Stop DJ” (Hit FM) taking part in 4EVERY1 Festival 2015, “U Rockz Radio Show” (Unika FM), nominated “Best Radio Show” in Vicious Music Awards 2016 by Vicious Magazine and his new radio show 2017/2018 “Sounds of GRAZZE ” at LOCA FM where he also works as a House Channel Manager (+100.000 listeners per month).

He’s currently working on his own artistic projects besides other national and international recognized artist and major labels. It is with all this in mind that we decided to catch up with GRAZZE to dig deeper into everything going on in his busy life.

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Stimming Shares His Top 5 Lists

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Few people bring a truly original sound to house music. It’s all very well making some nice grooves and working the dance floor, but when it comes to longevity and leaving an indelible mark on the genre and the wider musical sphere, you’ve got to bring something new to the table.

At a relatively young age, Hamburg’s Martin Stimming did just that.

“I’m neither afraid of showing my emotions nor to include them in my music. I want people to see me as an evolving artist, where you never know what exactly you get – but you know that it’s Stimming.”

An innovative producer, his productions are filled with a multitude of his own unique, charismatic field recordings, and he never uses the same sample twice. as a performer, he travels all over the globe on a regular basis, playing the world’s most coveted stages, from large music festivals to the most intimate club settings: his eclectic live sets have been witnessed in all corners of the globe.

On September 28th it will be turn of CODA Toronto to host the brilliant Stimming as part of the German artist’s North American tour that has already seen him play Cityfox at The Brooklyn Mirage and StereoBar in Montreal. Other gigs coming up are in San Francisco, Denver and Long Beach just outside Los Angeles, all of which you can find HERE.

Stimming is a busy man, but he carved out a bit of time to share with us a few of his Top 5’s, which you can find below!

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