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Max Styler and Friend Within Partner for Exciting New Artist Project, Atlantic Garden

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Joining forces for a brand new venture, Max Styler teams up with Friend Within to launch their new collaboration under the guise of Atlantic Garden, and present their new single on Spinnin’ Deep entitled “Everything To Me”. With releases on the likes of Toolroom, Realm, Sink or Swim and Musical Freedom, Max Styler has crafted some of the finest tech house tracks as of late, and is continuing to build his already impressive arsenal of tunes.

Meanwhile, Friend Within exploded into the scene back in 2013 with his release of one of the largest essential club tracks of the year with “The Renegade”, which today ranks in over 18 million streams on Spotify. With more recent ventures on the likes of Toolroom, Solotoko, Rinse and Good Company, Friend Within continues to make his mark within the House scene. Below the duo shares more about themselves and what inspires their collaboration and new artist project, Atlantic Garden.

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Steve Rachmad Delivers a Dark, Groovy Remix of Vince Watson’s “Second Wave”

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This has been a monster year for former Tresor Berlin resident, Vince Watson. The artist released new tracks on Get Physical, Tronic, SushiTech, All Day I Dream, his own Everysoul Audio alongside a slew of remixes. Watson rounds out the year by kicking things up a notch with his label’s biggest and most adventurous release to date: DnA [re]Sequenced.

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Is Modern Techno Resurrecting 90s Trance?

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Techno has a stronghold on the electronic music scene, but is trance making a comeback?

“Come on dance with me, Move your body
” The main sample phrase that hypnotized so many this year with Charlotte De Witt and Enrico Sangiuliano’s Remix of “Age of Love”. The song gained so much traction that it immediately shot to the #1 spot on the overall Beatport charts. It dominated the charts for well over a month. What many might not know, is the original track was released in 1990 and was considered to be one of the first trance tracks. With increased diversity in music, the lines separating genres are becoming more blurred.

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T Y Remixes Shadym ‘Madtype’ Giving It an Industrial Techno Touch

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T Y adds an industrial techno spin to Shadym and his original track titled “Madtype.” T Y is a composer of electronic music in the styles of techno and sub-ground. His music is submerged by retro-aggressive energy with a little touch of trance and electro.

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Micky Hopkins

Micky Hopkins Debuts on The Yellowheads’ Reload Records

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Young rising Irish talent Micky Hopkins is making his debut on techno giants The Yellowheads label Reload Records. His Cosmic Love EP features two dark heavy-hitting techno tracks “Cosmic Love” and “Astrob.” It has already gained support from Rebuke, Xenia (UA) and Alex Mine. Read more

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ElezD and Ophanim Blend Techno & Trance to Deliver ‘Conjunction’

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Two of San Diego’s renowned producers ElezD and Ophanim (aka Horge) bring you their newest track, “Conjunction.” The track is part of an EP slated to be released on May 21, 2021 via the Chile-based label Playoff Records. ElezD will also feature “Bunker Hours” to complete the Conjunction EP. This past December both artists were working on this project amid the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. The great event inspired the mood and title of this EP. Read more

Cory Goldsmith Spans Techno And Trance With "Before Long" EP

Cory Goldsmith’s ‘Before Long’ EP Marries Techno and Trance

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“Before Long” marks Cory Goldsmith’s first outing on VRTN, putting forward a trio of tracks that are equal parts dynamic and introspective, capturing the ear of the listener in any setting. Read more

Etre EP by Parnassvs marks a return to Eclipse Recordings

Parnassvs’ Etre EP Marks His Return to Eclipse Recordings

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Parnassvs’ Etre EP marks the producer’s return to Eclipse Recordings adding to his quality discography. As both a trance and techno producer, Parnassvs has released numerous tracks for both genres. He is known for crossing over styles, borrowing elements from one another, and seamlessly incorporating them into his productions.

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Guest Mix: Parnassvs

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This week’s Guest Mix features Parnassvs. The DJ and producer continuously travels between the realms of techno and trance. Creating tracks in respective genres as well as “in-between” sounds that combine techno’s dark tones and trance’s melodic, uplifting swells and pads. Parnassvs is quickly earning his stripes in the industry as a premier dance music tastemaker.

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Playlist: 747 Shares 10 Key Tracks Released on His Birth Year (1993)

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This week Ryan Chan aka 747 returned to Canadian imprint Aquaregia Records with his debut full-length album titled The Gate of Life. 

Following the critically acclaimed Paleo series of EPs, Vancouver DJ and producer 747 continues to push boundaries with this debut studio album. The album, which came out earlier this week on November 4th, was released on Aquaregia where 747 signed his first record and has since helped spearhead the hypnotic sonic pathway that the label is known for. Written over the past year with predominately analog hardware in Vancouver and Berlin, the album draws influences from both cities as it flows between serene soundscapes, techno, and acid to form an introspective collection of music. Over the same period, the tracks have been tried and tested during 747’s bustling live schedule which saw him at some of techno’s highest regarded clubs including Fabric in London and Rex Club in Paris.

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