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Child Of Enters a New Portal Of His Life In The Melodic House & Techno World

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NYC-based producer Child Of creates melodic house and techno with real sonic character, influenced by his myriad musical passions. After touring the world in some hugely influential bands as a young, (formerly) straight-edge guitarist from Long Island, he gradually shifted his love from mosh pits to dance floors and Child Of was born. Infused with a sense of real, raw emotion: music that seeks to explore the idea that, ultimately, we’re all children of the same life source.

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Victor Ruiz and Tao Andra’s Remix of Shervin Hajipour’s “Baraye” to Aid in Iranian Women’s Rights

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German artist of Iranian descent Human Rias has partnered with EXIT, one of the world’s major festivals, on a human-rights project that supports the fight against oppression in Iran. Together, they bring The Remixes For The People Of Iran, on Rias’ new 7Rituals label, with all proceeds going to the “Woman, Life, Freedom”, Foundation.

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New Year, New Outlook, and New Energy With Julien Earle

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Based in America, Julien Earle is known for being a YouTube content creator who makes videos that share production tips and tricks with aspiring music creators. Showcasing his talents in the studio, Julien Earle’s style is mainly orientated around Techno, but he takes influence from other electronic music genres as well. Now, Julien is back on his record label REFLECTION with a brand-new peak time Techno release, the same Techno style that has also been released on other imprints including UMEK‘s 1605, Spektre‘s Respekt, Pleasurekraft‘s Kraftek, and Ramon Tapia‘s Say What?, as well as earning him collaborative projects alongside The YellowHeads and Beico. Julien’s recent peak-time project features two versions of Close Your Eyes, both produced by himself, as well as an extended mix with fast and furious grooves of electrifying synths and thundering percussion. From pulsating energy, flickering acid soundscapes, stabbing melodies, and throbbing basslines, Close Your Eyes is a ride full of enthralling energy — a rollercoaster ride of elements that Julien intends to carry into 2023.

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A Dead Body Falling

Lƍn Drops New Music with “A Dead Body Falling”

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Having released a remix by Los Angeles native Truncate in 2021, Arketip Discs has been on our radar and brewing nicely with simmering talent. Not only have they had Truncate’s Midas touch join the party, but they also list artists like Spain’s ORBE who has been on Jeff Mills’ Axis and Shlomi Aber’s Be As One for example. They even list producers from far out places such as Australia’s Albert Chiovenda, who has appeared on Ricardo Garduno’s Illegal Alien and Kessell’s Granulart labels. Read more

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What’s in Your Toolbox: POPOF

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Artists will never come unprepared to a party. They always bring a toolbox packed with tracks that are truly dance floor destroyers. “What’s in Your Toolbox” features artists’ secret weapons, aka, the tracks they don’t leave out of their USB. In this installment, Parisian artist POPOF Shares his 6 choice picks that scream original techno in the form of Acid, Rave, amazing remixes, and dancefloor stompers — as well as a couple of song picks that have also been released on his own imprint FORM Music. Being a highly demanded name within the world of Techno and House music, POPOF has worked alongside other well-recognized artists within the industry such as Depeche Mode, Chemical Brothers, Moby, BookaShade, Vitalic, Tiga, Maetrik, Martin Solveig, as well as many respected labels within the scene. From releasing many worthwhile tracks since 2015, it’s no surprise that POPOF is making 2023 another year of unforgettable releases and performances for his audience.

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Premiere: SCHRANKE "Safeword"

Premiere: SCHRANKE “Safeword” (Metaraph Remix)

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The Metaraph remix of the title track of SCHRANKE‘s second EP called “Safeword” combined scraps of political vocals, industrial soundscapes, ambient pads, raw kick drum, whipping percs and epic melodies to a pounding hard techno banger. The full EP will be released on tape and digitally on January 6th. Read more

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UMEK’s 30 Year Anniversary Tribute With New Remix

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Quadrophonia is a Dutch/Belgian duo of rave artists who in the early 90s dominated dance floors across the world. In 1991, the duo released the self-titled track “Quadrophonia” which became one of their seminal pieces of music that played a role in inspiring the next generation of electronic music makers.

One such artist inspired by that track was UMEK, who today, is an iconic DJ and producer at the forefront of the world’s techno scene; however, back then he was a youngster getting his first taste of electronic sounds. Fast forward three decades later, UMEK is about to celebrate his 30th-anniversary releasing music. He has also decided to remix the track that first inspired him, which is Quadrophonia’s track “Quadrophonia”.

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Late Night Disco

Premiere: Preston Zane & MC Flipside – “Late Night Disco” (Vanilla Ace & Venky Remix)

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Unlearn revisit one of the biggest releases from their catalogue, bringing us brand new remixes on Preston Zane and MC Flipside’s Late Night Disco from Vanilla Ace & Venky and label founder Doc Brown. Read more

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Music is the Medicine with Doctors On Decks

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Doctors On Decks have released their first studio-album and prominent names from different genres are involved: Chris #2 from Anti-Flag, Anna Heimrath, Nhoah and Tube & Berger.

Two EPs have already been released, the singles “Now” and “The Fog” have been heard in charts, clubs, events, and radio stations worldwide. THE MINUS is a concept album in the tradition of Pink Floyd‘s “The Wall”. Not only musical parallels suggest themselves, also in terms of content it is a critique of the world we live in today.

The album is based on a sci-fi story about a mysterious black hole in the middle of a megacity – and its effects on society. It is an epic tale of being human on the crossroads of change. It takes a look at what constitutes being human, the fight for it and what developments may look like. Great philosophical and timeless themes packed into a microcosm of four ruling companies. Currently relevant topics of our time now thought a little further into the future. There are allegories, symbols and metaphors about the pandemic, refugees, increasing social injustice, powerful corporations, and the glorification of CEOs like Elon Musk or Steve Jobs.

The track “NOW”, for example, is a statement about capitalism and the epidemic spread of pharmaceutical drug abuse. But of course, hope and salvation can’t be missing. “The Fog” and “Rules & Rebels” (with singer Anna Heimrath) tell love stories, “The Rats” is a co-production with singer Chris #2 from the punk band Anti-Flag in which the revolution that our world so desperately needs is instigated. The mesmerizing falsetto vocals of Severin Su run like a thread through the album, and it becomes a driving, melodic techno opera with influences of art-rock, punk, pop, and classical music.

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Cyber Vibe Records Is Giving All the Right Tools for Success

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This year, Cyber Vibe Records has released many phenomenal tracks from the likes of HassegawaH, Brian G, Da Fokin, X.V, Aisec, the imprint owner Alex Schlatweiler, and many more. From the label, it’s hard to find a track that is ridden with bad quality and bad quantity, and to keep up with this good track record, the label has upcoming quality tracks from Issac Blum‘s Progressive House piece Innerself, as well as more coming from Dozikur, INGVI, Deepaa, amongst many others.

The label is also excited to release Brian G‘s former remix Scripturient from a recent remix competition as well as announce their current remix competition that just launched featuring a Melodic Techno and dancefloor filler Sacramento by NIKMIND. The competition itself has acquired a lot of prizes including a hardware synthesizer that isn’t locked by region, allowing anyone to be able to win it worldwide.

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