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Staying Positive with Audio State

Romanian-born DJ and producer Audio State is proving to be an intrinsic name within the next generation of rising techno stars, with a rich catalogue of high-impact records to his name. Having only been active on the circuit for  a few years, the burgeoning talent has already graced some of the most influential labels in the scape, including Terminal M, Elevate Records, Unrilis, Legend Records and Extima Records to name a few. Championing an adaptable blend of melodic-driven, peak-time techno alongside raw, hypnotic cuts, Audio State’s boundless creativity is setting him on a path to dance music royalty. Read more

6AM Guest Mix: BEC

BEC is a relentless techno talent who has got to the top in a very short space of time. Read more

Getting Down To The Brass Tacks With Bross

Bross is one of the most vital electronic artists from the vibrant Romanian music scene.

Scoring Beatport No.1’s with “La Caminita” on All Day I Dream and “Trubadour” on Amunanga, he established himself with deep, organic, melodic releases, before switching his sound up to become more house-focussed at the start of 2022.

Co-founder of the Deep House Burcharest community and an in-demand touring DJ Bross lives and breathes house music like few others. Read more

6AM Guest Mix: Soko & Sev

6AM Guest Mix: Soko & Sev

Marko & Antonio, AKA Soko & Sev, are a duo that seems as though they have come out of nowhere. Read more

The Best European Party Countries of 2017

Summer is fast approaching, so why not make it a worthwhile one by taking an unforgettable vacation to Europe, where some of the hottest and most fun parties are being held at this time of year?

With so many events happening throughout the continent this summer, it can be daunting to plan a trip there and determine where to go exactly. Fortunately, we have prepared this handy guide that gives you the lowdown on the best countries in Europe to go to. This guide will also tell you which specific events in each country we highly recommend you check out. And while you’re at it, we give you the opportunity to learn some practical culture and language lessons that will be particularly useful for the occasion.

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Sunwaves Romania Announces Phase I Lineup for SW20

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Following another successful edition of Sunwaves this past spring, the Romanian beach festival has announced the initial roster of artists set to play SW20 this upcoming August.

Located on Mamaia beach, the festival has long been synonymous with the sounds of Romanian minimal techno and house, featuring the best of the country’s artists mixed alongside a great selection of top-tier guests from around the world. SW19 made headlines when Marco Carola played for nearly 24 hours straight, only to be beaten later that weekend by a 31 hour marathon back-to-back set by tINI and Bill Patrick.

This upcoming August, festival goers will be treated by another stellar selection of music curators: Andrey Zots, Audiofly, Carl Cox, Carlo Lio, Cassy, Cezar, Dj Sneak , dOP, Dubfire, Fumiya Tanaka, Gaiser, Gescu, Jon Rundell, Margaret Dygas, Mind Against, Paco Osuna, Paul Agripa, Petre Inspirescu, Priku, Raresh, Todd Terry and Xandru. More names are set to be announced next week.

Sunwaves has partnered up with Wave Travel to provide attendees with hassle free travel to the festival. Festival tickets are available HERE.

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Listen to 1.5 hours of Ricardo Villalobos at Sunwaves 19

Photos by Anton Ogarev

Photos by Anton Ogarev

What else is there to say about Sunwaves 19? The Romanian festival made headlines for not one but two seemingly endless marathon sets: the first, a solo 21hr effort by Naples’ own Marco Carola, and the second a tandem 31hr achievement by tINI and Bill Patrick.

There is no doubt that the five-day gathering on Mamaia Nord Beach in Romania certainly produced even more stellar music moments. Not many of the sets appear to have been posted, but a one-and-a-half-hour recording of Ricardo Villalobos did in fact appear on SoundCloud.

We must warn you, it’s not the best of quality recording but it certainly plays good homage to the set put on by the Chilean producer and DJ. The set includes plays of Chris Carrier and Dan Ghenacia’s “Cherie” released on Apollonia, Franco Cinelli’s remix of DJ W!LD’s “Plus Lion” out on Vessel Records and Josh Wink’s “Meditation Will Manifest.”
 

 

If you’re looking for more music from the 19th edition of Sunwaves, our friends at XLR8R have released an exclusive three-hour recording of Faster’s set from the festival. Together with Ricardo Villalobos’ they provide over four hours of rolling minimal techno and house for your listening pleasure.

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tINI and Bill Patrick Play Over 30 Hours at Sunwaves 2016

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tINI and Bill Patrick playing back to back. Photo courtesy of tINI Facebook

Yesterday we broke the news of Marco Carola’s near-24 hour set at Sunwaves festival on Mamaia beach in Romania. The Italian DJ came close to beating his day-long record set last year at the same venue, but came short of a few hours – reportedly he also suffered from technical difficulties in the middle of the set which cut the music off for an unspecified time period.

While 16 hour sets at Sunwaves are barely newsworthy, playing for 24 hours straight is quite the feat. News coming out of Sunwaves right now talk of a back-t0-back set that has now broken that 30 hour mark and is still going strong!

Behind the decks are none other than tINI and Bill Patrick, who have been championing the last day of the festival with a true marathon performance that is still going on as of 13:30pm PST of Monday May 2nd/1:30am local time of May 3rd.

 

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Hats off to both tINI and Bill Patrick for breaking the 30 hour set mark and reaching a total of 31 hours played!

Minimal and Techno Reign Supreme on Sunwaves 19 Phase Lineup

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Romania’s Sunwaves is returning for a 19th edition next April. The iconic festival will take place in the North of Mamaia across six different stages on a beach of ideas, colorful outfits and literally never-ending hours of dancing.

The first lineup release for the acclaimed festival contains a packed list of Romanian minimal techno talent such as [a:rpia:r] trio Rhadoo, Petre Inspirescu and Raresh, as well as Barac, CEZAR, Dan Andrei, PrikuHerodot, Piticu, Alexandra, Arapu, Dubtil, Praslea, Vlad Caia and Suciu. They are accompanied by a roster of guests the likes of Marco Carola, who famously played 24 hours straight at the fest last year, Loco Dice, Ricardo Villalobos, Zip and Seth Troxler just to name a few.

This year, Sunwaves will take place from Thursday, 28th of April until late Monday, 2nd of May 2016. As usual attendees can expect extended DJ sets, after-parties, after-after-after-parties set against the picturesque backdrop of a beautiful beach on the Black Sea.

As we stated, this is only Phase I, so be on the look-out for more announcements to come.

Tickets have been on sale since early February. And yes, they are only priced at 40 Euros right now for the entire extended weekend!

The full line-up in alphabetical order:

Alexandra . Arapu . Barac . Bas Ibellini . Bill Patrick . Cap . 
Cristi Cons . Cezar . Dan Andrei . DeWalta . Dubtil . Gescu . Hector
Herodot . Ion Ludwig . Kozo . Leon . Livio & Roby . Loco Dice . Mahony 

Marco Carola . Mihigh . Petre Inspirescu . Piticu . Praslea . Premiesku(live) .

Priku . Raresh . Rayo . Rhadoo . Ricardo Villalobos . Seth Troxler . Sonja Moonear .

Suciu . tINI . Topper . Vlad Caia . Zip

 


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Q&A and GVR: An Inside Look at Tzinah Records

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There’s been a consistent topic brewing recently in the international dance community – “The Romanian Sound”. While it may be easy to generalize the warm bubbly tech grooves by the artist’s origin, it certainly extends further into the realms of minimal, house, and techno, and even experimental electronic music.

One label that prides itself on this high quality sound is Tzinah Records. Starting in 2010 under the guidance of Primarie and Adrianho, the two Romanians set out to deliver and create their musical interpretations to the world. Both were involved with the A&R process when establishing the sound of the label, but Primarie continued to develop the brand and larger creative vision for what would become Tzinah Records. Both climbing the ranks as DJ’s in the Romanian scene, it was a natural progression to start making music, eventually leading to where they are today with Tzinah Records, one of the most respected minimal labels in Romania.

In speaking with Primarie, his enthusiasm and sincerity is clearly evident, which is the only necessary explanation needed when understanding how the label has come to fruition.

“The best part of being involved with this is meeting people that are in the same frequency with us – Meeting people that we follow and that we respect as artists and starting to work with these people…Tzinah really changed my life for the best” – Primarie (Founder of Tzinah Records)  Read more