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Q&A and Global Vibe Radio 098 feat. Mike Agent X Clark

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This week’s episode of Global Vibe Radio comes from a true OG, the legendary producer/DJ & original house head that is known globally as the “Ambassador Of House Music”: Mike Agent X Clark. The mix was recorded Live at Northern Light in Detroit for Mike’s birthday party.

Mike is the founder of international record label, Strictly Beatdown Recordings and clothing line, Strictly Beatdown Detroit. Listen to the mix below, download it for FREE here and read on for our exclusive interview with Mike himself.

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Digging Deeper with CLiQ

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Who or what is CLiQ? We are willing to bet that you’ve heard “Wavey” at some point in the past few months, the track that has been absolutely flying in terms of Spotify, YouTube and radio plays. We’re talking over a million Spotify plays inside a month, tens of thousands of Shazams, being in the Top 20 most played tracks on Spotify in London, featured on New Music Friday (#14), UK House Music (#3) and Massive Dance Hits (#11), as well as #1 on the UK Viral Chart.

The crossover track is not only getting daytime radio plays, but also support from the likes of Gorgon City, The Magician, Tough Love and more, so it’s also translating to the dance floor too. There’s already a great story building behind the duo, so we checked in to dig deep and learn more about this enigmatic project.


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Digging Deeper with Brian Power

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Those who make music generally start planting their musical roots at an early age, however, UK DJ/producer Brian Power is somewhat an anomaly as he reveals his debut album at the age of
 54!

Feeling inspired by the brilliant level of musicianship of this ’new kid on the block’, we hunted him down for a chat to find out more.

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Digging Deeper with Ralph Zuckermann

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As the owner of Destroy All Monsters and a resident at Darkroom, Ralph Zuckermann is a pretty important cog in Asia’s underground electronic music scene.

An ex-pat from Germany, Ralph settled in Asia some time ago and is now firmly based in Hong Kong, where he’s earned a reputation for his long, winding sets and his passionate dedication to pushing discerning sounds in the region. It’s proved a remarkable journey for him thus far, and with his Destroy All Monsters label beginning to make traction outside of just Asia, we thought it a good time to pick the brain of the man who produces using solely his surname.

Here’s what happened when we checked in with recently
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Q&A and Global Vibe Radio 097 feat. User 87 Live in Los Angeles

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This week’s Global Vibe Radio comes from User 87, an enigmatic and relatively new figure in our home city of Los Angeles. This mix was recorded live at a private gig in the city.

Listen to it via the SoundCloud player below, download it for FREE here and read on for our exclusive interview with the semi-anonymous User 87.

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Digging Deeper with SHADED and Harvard Bass

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Turbo Recordings celebrates 50 releases spanning 6 years of existence in the simplest of ways: with an EP by two of the label’s most popular contributors over the years.

Turbo superstar SHADED and Twin Turbo MVP Harvard Bass rise to the meaningless occasion, delivering two tracks designed to bypass the brain completely and manifest in the overlap between the Festive Nervous System and the rich inner life of your downloads folder.

The foxy two-track EP titled Body Feels is perfect Turbo material, just as you would expect for the 50th release on Tiga‘s imprint. The EP, which is out on January 26th, is available for pre-order now.

We took the occasion to speak to the two minds behind the release to dig deeper into their connection and crack a joke or two.


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Q&A and Global Vibe Radio 096 feat. Pablo BolĂ­var Live at R33 Barcelona

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This week’s GVR episode comes from Spanish producer and DJ Pablo BolĂ­var, who was born in Santander and is now based in Barcelona.

The Spaniard has gone from strength to strength throughout his career, with releases on Regular, as well as on Curle Recordings, Galaktika Records, Desolat, Justified Cause as well as via his own labels, Seven Villas and Avantroots, also remixing the likes of Gui Boratto, Mario Basanov, When Saints Go Machine, Gorge, Parov Stelar or Juana Molina to name a few.

Listen to the mix below, download it for FREE here and read on for our exclusive chat with Pablo, which dates back to the December Christmas period.

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Digging Deeper with BEC

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British born Rebecca Godfrey, who is better known to Techno fans as BEC via her seminal releases on Pan-Pot’s label Second State, is the latest to release on Jon Rundell and Carl Cox’s Intec label with her Forward Motion EP.

Now living in Berlin, BEC has received critical acclaim from publications like Pulse Magazine who recently listed her alongside the likes of Helena Hauff, Dasha Rush and Rebekah as one of The Underground’s 10 Leading Ladies. It is no surprise then, that in 2017 she played gigs everywhere from London to Hong Kong and Barcelona to Berlin.

Including a release on Hydrozoa this is only her second release outside of Second State, so we took the time to chat with Rebecca in honor of her debut on Intec.

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Digging Deeper with Donatello

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Donatello‘s music has received praise not only from progressive house music fans in his home country of Lithuania, but from those around the world and international DJ peers the likes of UK producer Clive Henry, who has stated “Amounts of enthusiasm and uncontrollable energy exuding from his sets remind me about beginning of my own career. He has EVERY trait needed for a DJ. I mean – an impressive DJ”

Donatello was hand picked to represent the best promoters’ agency in Lithuania, ATARI. This resulted in Donatello becoming  an unofficial resident of the ATARI ORIGINAL nights at club Galaxy, in Vilniusm, sharing the stage with Booka Shade, Maceo Plex, John Digweed and others in front of  a packed club with over 1,500 clubbers and music enthusiasts. Moreover, he has kept busy playing Kaunas’ EXIT club, awarded as the best club of Lithuania twice, all the while continuing to perfect his burning mixture of deep, tech and progressive sounds, getting play time in countries throughout Europe and the U.S.

This week he is releasing his Futura EP on Chicago’s Vested imprint, complete with Rise And Fall Remix. We took the chance to speak to him ahead of the release, which officially drops tomorrow but is available for pre-order on Beatport now.


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Q&A and Global Vibe Radio 093 feat Carl Bee

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The Christmas week 2017 Global Vibe Radio guest mix comes from the Mediterranean island of Malta, located in between Italy and the northern coasts of Africa. The island has an effervescent music scene that has been exploding as of recent, and guest Carl Bee is a perfect testament of that.

Carl has been busy in the studio in 2017 with releases on Saved Records, Lapsus Music, Lost Records, Time Has Changed, 303 Lovers, CR2 and Deep Visionz Recordings and regular support from artists such as Dubfire, Groove Armada, Nic Fanciulli, Claude Von Stroke, Marco Carola, Josh Butler and many more. The end of the year has seen him release an EP on Carl Cox’s Intec, with a second scheduled for release on ABODE in January of 2018.

Kind enough to provide us a live recording from BLACK at The Playground Club in Malta, Carl also took the opportunity to chat with us a little about Malta and what is going on with his life currently.

Download the mix for FREE here and read on for the interview.

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