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Vested Recordings 2022 EP

Premiere: From Chicago With Love 2022 EP – Vested Recordings

This 25th label release offers four wonderful and carefully-chosen selections of melodic electronic grooves, ranging from breakbeats to progressive house to melodic techno to house, produced by a handful of the Windy City’s finest.  Music has continued to prove to be the fabric keeping us united in the face of uncertainty, and we’re both happy and proud to showcase some truly top tier work from some of our chosen family here in our home city.  To all of you the world over, from us in Chicago – with love. Read more

From Chicago Love

Close Out the Year ‘From Chicago With Love 2021’ EP

Vested Recordings’ 21st label release From Chicago With Love 2021 EP offers five carefully-chosen selections of melodic electronic grooves, ranging from progressive house to techno to melodic techno, produced by a handful of the Windy City’s finest.
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Vested Recordings Welcomes Or Sade, Tel Aviv via Chicago

This 18th Vested Recordings label release offers a pair of standout deep progressive originals from a rising resident artist in Tel Aviv, Israel: Or Sade. These two songs take us on a pair of deep and driving avenues, beautifully-textured with seductive melodics. Having an artist residency at the world-renowned club “The Cat And The Dog”, or sharing the stage with the world’s finest electronic music artists, Or Sade has truly turned in a shining duo of songs on this release. Read more

Guest Mix RJ Pickens

6AM Guest Mix: RJ Pickens

This week’s Guest Mix features RJ Pickens. The Chicago-based producer, DJ, and Vested label boss has roots as a longtime participant in the city’s electronic music scene. RJ Pickens is helping shape the future of the Windy City’s dance music. Read more

Premiere: Vested’s Fourth Label Release Features Original From Lithuania’s Donatello and Remix by Rise And Fall

As a record label, Chicago’s Vested does what its event mother brand has been doing since inception: curating quality music that blurs the lines between genres while keeping musical integrity whole.

The label’s fourth installment is no different. Featuring an original track from Lithuanian international music powerhouse – Donatello, and a quality and finely crafted reinterpretation from Russian progressive house mainstay Rise And Fall, Vested’s Futura EP drops on 29th December. A perfect holiday present for music fans world over, the EP is available via Beatport for pre-order now.

Both artists involved with the release are recognized names in the own right, each known for carving their journey within their own musical landscapes for years now and with hefty release resumes to prove it. Today we are premiering both tracks, beginning with Donatello’s original entitled “Futura,” a deep and driving track that is Progressive House through and through, although peppered with elements of depth and tech that take listeners on a unique path through the track’s length.

In contrast, Rise And Fall’s remix is a darker and more melodic approach than the original, a timeless and classic progressive take that gives “Futura” a different take perfect for a DJ looking for a modern progressive track in their arsenal.

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Q&A and Premiere: Chicago’s Vested To Release Emod’s “Videogame Warfare” EP

Keeping true and parallel to the musical vision of Vested as a Chicago-based music and event brand, Vested Recordings is the home of a range of forward-thinking electronic music sounds, ranging from deep to tech-house to progressive to techno to house, with the common thread being the timeless low-end prime-mover groove that proper progressive house has always championed.

Vested’s second outing offers a compelling contrast to the label’s first release, a two track EP by 17 year-old German “wonderkid” Emod that fuses techno grooves and percussion garnished with progressive house melodic elements and textures. Inspiring creative elements give each of the two tracks their own distinct themes and moods, and are great selections to play during a music-forward peak hour DJ set. The title track, “Videogame Warfare”, features clever use of NES videogame samples giving the track a retro flavor with killer energy, while “Ablaze” features a higher tempo and sounds reminiscent in tribute of classic techno, while both compelling the listener’s attention with a cutting edge sound of “now”.

Enjoy a premiere of the full EP and read on for an in-depth interview with DJ, producer, party curator and Vested label founder RJ Pickens.
 

 
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