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Cyazon is back with yet another powerful banger titled ‘Tech’

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Alex Gelevski
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Cyazon is back with yet another powerful banger titled ‘Tech’. The DJ and music producer known for his signature style and impressive sound that blends a cyberpunk aesthetic and the sounds of genres like Dubstep or Electro-House with a futuristic twist; Cyazon is surely a name to follow.

Following the success of his hard-hitting releases like ‘Artificial Tears’ and ‘Netrunner’ featuring Becko, ‘Falling For You’, and most recently, ‘ARC’, through top-tier labels like FiXT, Bass Rebels and Monstercat and his time in the studio working on new productions and polishing his already remarkable skills, Cyazon is set to surpass previous achievements with a fresh and mighty sound that can’t be overlooked.

His innovative style that creates a futuristic, sometimes, dystopian, but legendary world packed with remarkable sounds created by the music production mastermind.

With a cinematic, uplifting and epic sound, ‘Tech’ displays the whole range of Cyazon’s genius, with a piercing and infectious main synth line, pads and sonic elements that add an ethereal and stimulating vibe that intensifies to reach the powerful and striking drop. With a revved up beat, growling pads and synth lines that glitch, explode and takes the listener into a full-speed sonic journey filled with adrenaline and a hard-hitting sound.

This new release further proves, once more, that Cyazon’s name deserves a top spot on the list of groundbreaking artists making their own way in the music scene, while taking the Electronic music world by storm, as each release on Cyazon’s catalog shares his unique and cutting-edge vision, as well as his passion for music and boundless talent.

Don’t forget to follow Cyazon as he continues to bring forward innovative music packed with his own style and sound that is definitely worth to follow.

Listen to the track below.

Synthsonic present their forthcoming debut multi-genre album, titled ‘Iconiq’

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Alex Gelevski
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Welcome to the wonderful world of Synthsonic, as they present their forthcoming debut multi-genre album, titled Iconiq – Scheduled for release in February ’23.

Synthsonic is the brainchild of London underground veteran producer Carl Nicholson, who with three decades of experience & over ninety releases on some of the world’s biggest Trance factions, came with an idea to break down the need for specific genre journeys, that seem to be the flavour of today’s somewhat stale and overused market.

Gone are the days when a DJ/Producer would throw caution to the wind for the sake of the art itself and create a piece that was totally against, but still somehow with the grain & Carl Nicholson set out to change this. The album itself took over two years to complete and consists of no less than eight different dance genres over 65 mins. With Carl determined to use only the best of the best to realise his vision, it was never going to be an overnight romance.

It turned out a truly iconic debut album if anyone could see one, and was painstakingly, yet lovingly crafted by true masters in their field – including Carl (MagikMuzik/Black Hole Recordings), Dave Parkinson (Happy Mondays/Tiesto/Mark Knight), Paul Skelton (Mauro Piccotto/FSOE), Renny Carroll (Never Forever) &NikiMak (Warner Bros/Ministry Of Sound).

In addition, guest vocal performances are provided by Eileen Jaime (who’s worked with artists incl. the late Avicii) & Sarah Howells (London based soulful artisan, who’s worked with Trance titans including John ‘O’ Callaghan & Simon Patterson). All this is then topped off with a sprinkle of Ronnie Scott‘s regular, Leo Richardson on the tenor sax – to polish off what can only be described as a truly unforgettable journey & love affair.

Stay tuned, as Iconiq touches down globally in the coming weeks.

Listen to the tracks here.

Avi Sic is here with her remix of Baha Bank$ ‘s track ‘Black Barbie’

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Metodi Gogovski
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Chicago-based DJ and music producer Avi Sic is here with her first remix of the year. The matchless DJ is ready to kickstart the year with an uptempo official remix of rapper’s Baha Bank$ original track ‘Black Barbie’, and is surely one not to miss.

Avi Sic, known for her highly-energetic and potent sound and style and outstanding live performances, is setting herself to outdo her previous achievements, aiming even higher and promising stellar new hits to take the electronic dance music world by storm.

Her impeccable and inimitable style is evident in every release, as well as, every exquisite remix she produces, putting her name higher on the list of DJs to follow.

Her version of ‘Black Barbie’ is a bass-driven track with a hard-hitting pounding beat, that puts Baha Bank$ vocals in the center stage, surrounding it with playful and groovy pads and sonic elements.

Infectious synth lines and acid striking pads join the party, as the track drops with a signature Avi Sic sound, and keeps the vibes going.

The powerful lower-end and eclectic mix of sounds and elements from genres ranging from house, electro, and tech house, make of this remix an absolute dance floor banger, displaying Avi Sic’s unparalleled style and impressive skills.

Make sure to follow Avi Sic, as she promises more and more smashing bangers to follow delivering a sound and style that can’t be missed.

Listen to the track below.

Tomorrowland presents CORE Tulum brought together more than 15.000 ravers in Mexico

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Marco Di
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Tomorrowland‘s mythical CORE stage has made a grand entrance in Tulum, Mexico!

More than 15.000 electronic music lovers celebrated together at the closing of Zamna Festival, dancing to the finest sounds curated by superstar DJs and producers such as Vintage Culture, Maceo Plex, Channel Tres (DJ set), Nina Kraviz, Brina Knauss, Mind Against, Cellini and many more across 3 stunning stages in the Tulum jungle.

The beautifully crafted CORE stage, one of Tomorrowland‘s most unique stages, left the enchanting forests of Tomorrowland festival for the first time ever to make its debut in the heart of Tulum’s jungle.

CORE Tulum

The iconic music festival curated a one-of-a-kind experience nestled amongst a lush natural scenery, immersing people in the jungle rhythms of Tulum, surrounded by the magical Zamna cenote and the raw beauty of nature’s surroundings.

Ken Bauer and Yantosh join forces to deliver a fresh collaboration ‘Breaking’

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Andry Bosk
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Ken Bauer and Yantosh join forces to deliver a fresh collaboration that brings forward the best of their sound. ‘Breaking’ is the title of the new banger being released via Future Rave Music.

With the label’s reputation and support behind them, being a household name when it comes to top-tier and powerful releases from gifted artists from all over the world, Ken Bauer and Yantosh are well prepared for their next move introducing ‘Breaking’.

Not being strangers to the mighty label that has seen Yantosh release ‘Feelings’ in collaboration with Nanoviola or ‘Collide’ alongside Bromo, with whom he also shares the stage as part of the duo ‘Bromo & Yantosh’, recently the Future Rave hit ‘About You’ and an older collaboration featuring NK/LA and Ken Bauer, titled ‘Darkness’, Yantosh is set to break his own records while drop this hot banger.

On the other side, Ken Bauer, acting not only as the mastermind behind the label, but also as one of its main talents, strikes back with this new production following the great acclaim of his latest release alongside Sonny Bass for Protocol Recordings ADE 2022 Album.

This time, both artists are set to surpass previous milestones and conquer dance floors all over the world.

‘Breaking’ features a steady beat, growling pads and staggering synths, that build up the urgent vibes of the track that contrast the uplifting vocals and the powerful drop where the rhythmic sonic elements, panned pads and acid synths release the track to a tasteful trance.

With a characteristic Future Rave sound from both artists, they have managed to convey and blend their signature styles to bring this unbeatable jewel of a track.

Make sure to follow Ken Bauer and Yantosh as they continue to drop high-quality hits.

Listen to the track below.

Len Faki announces ‘Fusion EP 01/03’ and releases its first single ‘Don’t Be Stupid Day’

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Metodi Gogovski
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Berlin-based renowned techno artist Len Faki has announced the release of his next 4 track EP ‘Fusion EP 01/03’ and has released its first single ‘Don’t Be Stupid Day’ out 13th January on his label imprint Figure.

Layered with intricate sonics and centered around the namesake vocal, ‘Don’t Be Stupid Day’ is a deep, slow-burning techno roller. The single is a powerful introduction to a significant project that will land later this year and plays into the artists’ eclectic approach to electronic music.

The following EP tracks, ‘Hymn (In The Name of Fantasy)’ contrasts a dreamy, wisp-like melody with heavy punches of broken up bass. ‘Hymn (In The Name Of Freedom)’ borrows on the trancey lead synths and booming bass from those early days, making for an unusually euphoric and uplifting Faki track.

Finally, ‘Tempel’ aligns with his reputation as a DJ, steadily layering mechanic percussion for an ever-increasing sense of rhythmic urgency.

Listen to the track below.

Australian DJ and music producer Spacey Gray presents an exclusive guestmix for Rave Jungle

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Andry Bosk
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The skillful DJ and producer Spacey Gray has curated an unmissable mix featuring the likes of Sander Van Doorn, Armin Van Buuren and Gareth Emery, as well as, some of his own hits like ‘Walking in Forests’ and ‘Hunter Forest River’ alongside Cosmic Squid.

His impressive DJ style is surely evident in this new powerful mix ready to be enjoyed!

Listen to the mix below!

Tracklist

Lange – Happiness Happening
Sunlounger Ft Zara – Lost (Club Mix)
Binary Finary – 1998 (Alex M.O.R.P.H. Remix)
Armin Van Buuren – Control Freak (Sander Van Doorn Remix)
GAIA – Tuvan (Gareth Emery Remix)
John O’Callaghan – Find Yourself (Cosmic Gate Remix)
Miyuki – River Flows in You
Luminary – Amsterdam (Smith & Pledger Remix)
Daniel Kandi – Child (Edit)
Menno De Jong, Sayla – Majestic (Arizona vs Passiva Remix)
Above and Beyond – No One on Earth (Feat. Zoe Johnston)
Fragile ft Alex Lemon – Inertia (Armin Van Buuren Remix)
PPK – Resurrection
Leon Boilier – Ye
Patrick Siech & Sandra Mosh – Rhythmic Reflection
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Spacey Gray x Cosmic Squid – Walking in Forests
Spacey Gray x Cosmic Squid – Hunter Forest River
Spacey Gray – Thinking

Richie Hawtin announces the ‘From Our Minds – To Be Announced’ 2023 tour

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Marco Di
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Foundational electronic music artist Richie Hawtin, aka Plastikman, announces the ‘From Our Minds – To Be Announced’ 2023 tour, the next evolutionary step in his lifelong commitment supporting the development of the electronic music scene.

On March 10th, this unique eight-date tour will begin in the birthplace of techno, Detroit, and come to a series of North American warehouses. With a mission to develop and increase awareness of the younger generation, the tour showcases a diverse group of North American underground artists moving the ideals of ’90s techno forward in their own unique ways.

The ‘From Our Minds – To Be Announced Tour‘ evolves from Hawtin‘s CNTRL tours in 2012 & 2015, when, as EDM was booming across the US, Hawtin toured American college cities by bus, giving a series of performances, lectures and workshops, aimed at educating a new generation of electronic music enthusiasts on the sound and origins of techno music.

Today, as techno becomes increasingly popular and commercialized, Hawtin, is once again seeking to provide context and nurture the underground, playing intimate warehouse shows with independent promoters, while highlighting a new generation of artists and celebrating the collaborative and cross-generational nature of techno.

This tour will mark the North American debut of ‘From Our Minds‘, which takes its slogan and ethos from Hawtin‘s ’90s label imprint Plus 8 and its ‘From Our Minds To Yours‘ slogan, connecting back to the early days of techno. The tour has been developed with Canada-based Genova Agency founded by artists Barbosa, Decoder, and Garrett Finn (aka Rhyot).

From Our Minds presents a fascinating insight into where Richie is channeling his creative energy. Initially discovering the tour’s rising techno talents via their demos and playing their music out live over the past two years, he turned his sights towards finding a way to provide them with the platform to grow and reach new audiences.

The artists picked by Hawtin to join this tour span the vastness of North America, from Canada to Detroit, to New York and across the South West, representing scenes beyond the traditional major cities. Label owners, visual artists, producers and DJs, these are artists that Richie believes are helping push the techno scene and sound forward in innovative new ways. The tour marks the first time they will unite together under one billing.

“Since starting my first label +8 in 1990, it’s always been important for me to help nurture, develop and promote new like-minded artists. Today with the ever-growing popularity and globalization of Techno, it’s critical to collaborate with the next generation, learning from one another and pushing forward together with open-minded curiosity.” – Richie Hawtin

Highlighting Richie‘s home country is the Canadian artist Barbosa, owner of the Heist Mode label and infamous for blurring the lines between hypnosis and brutality in his music. Out of New York is producer & DJ, Jay York, who runs the vinyl label TOCA Records with DJ and producer Decoder. Decoder, a Dallas based music producer and DJ who specializes in the realm of sci-fi & deep techno. Also from Texas comes Declan James, whose notorious experimental, genre-bending qualities have been described by Resident Advisor as “futuristic and transfixing”. Declan will also be playing b2b sets across the tour with Decoder as their side project “Frame.”

SF-born, Phoenix-based, Lindsey Herbert first encountered techno as an EDM fan on the CNTRL tour, and has been a champion of the sound in the South West ever since. Her journey now comes full circle, playing her alternating soundscapes that straddle the dark, deep and psychedelic alongside Hawtin. She’s joined by Octopus Recordings artist Michelle Sparks, another DJ that has been instrumental to the growth of the currently burgeoning underground rave scene in the South West.

Emerging from Detroit, Henry Brooks is penning a new blueprint for dark dancefloors everywhere. regularly draws parallels between the flow-like meditative state both he and his audience members connect to while he’s spinning, and his own spiritual practices. Detroit producer, DJ, and visual artist Huey Mnemonic will also represent the birthplace of techno, and the city that has been instrumental to Hawtin since he was a teenager. Mnemonic’s mission is to both preserve and add to the rich lineage of his region’s homegrown sonic culture, channeling sci-fi, technology, and the Black American experience into everything that he does.

On the West Coast, is San Francisco DJ Deep Pedi, founder of the “It’s a Journey‘ underground party, and JIA, the Guam born, LA based artist who champions the worldwide electronic community via his brand 6AM Group. Both of these artists and crews have been instrumental to the new era of warehouse parties that are at the heart of these two cities techno scenes.

Completing the bill is Richie himself, an artist who has embodied the core pillars of techno since the formative years of his career. His focus on technological advancement, coupled with the energy he puts into connecting with, and nurturing younger artists, has been a contributing factor in revolutionizing techno and keeping it moving forward.

Across the tour, all venue locations will be provided to ticket buyers the day of the show. ‘From Our Minds‘ is working with independent local promoters who are aware and respectful of the history of techno music, and its future with sustainability in the programming, planning and execution of their events.

“This is a truly exciting time in electronic music as underground warehouses are thriving and corporate structures are falling apart. We believe that working with Rich, who has always been fearless in pushing boundaries and taking risks for the sake of the music, will be a game-changing step forward for techno on this continent.

This tour is not just a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us as artists and rising professionals to learn and grow, but a chance to inspire and lead the scene as a whole. It’s surreal to have the chance to collaborate with someone who has been at the forefront of the genre for decades, and we can’t wait to see what the future holds.” Barbosa, Decoder & Garrett – Senior Partners of Genova Agency

Tour Dates – Venues ‘To Be Announced’

Friday March 10 – Detroit, MI
Barbosa b2b Jay York
Decoder
Huey Mnemonic
Lindsey Herbert
Richie Hawtin

Saturday March 11 – Toronto, ON, Canada
Barbosa
Decoder
Lindsey Herbert
Richie Hawtin

Sunday March 12 – Vancouver, BC, Canada
Barbosa b2b Jay York
Decoder
Lindsey Herbert
Richie Hawtin

Wednesday March 15 – Las Vegas, NV
Barbosa
Jay York
Lindsey Herbert
Richie Hawtin

Thursday March 16 – San Francisco, CA
Deep Pedi
Frame (Decoder + Declan James)
Jay York
Lindsey Herbert
Richie Hawtin

Friday March 17 – Phoenix
, AZ
Barbosa
Declan James
Decoder
Henry Brooks
Jay York
Michelle Sparks
Richie Hawtin

Saturday March 18 – Los Angeles, CA
Barbosa
JIA
Lindsey Herbert
Richie Hawtin

Sunday March 19 – San Diego, CA
Barbosa b2b Jay York
Frame (Decoder + Declan James)
Henry Brooks
Lindsey Herbert
Michelle Sparks
Richie Hawtin

Carl Cox and Secret Project Festival team up for exclusive live event in Amsterdam

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Marco Di
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Carl Cox

Carl Cox, in collaboration with Secret Project Festival, has announced an exclusive live event in Amsterdam. Secret Project presents Carl Cox Hybrid Live will take place on August 19th 2023 at the Hembrugterrein and will see Carl Cox performing his HYBRID live set as well as support acts DIØN, DJ Rush, DYEN, TRYM and several others. The festival will mark the legendary performer’s only appearance on the Dutch festival scene during the summer of 2023.

Carl Cox has recently reconfigured his performances into a hybrid live set up, (re-)creating music on the go in a way he has never done before. “It’s become increasingly difficult to stand out from the crowd in the DJing realm these days, so many people have become one! There are loads of DJs for each genre and so much variety within each genre as well but there aren’t that many live performing electronic artists.

With this new set up I’m trying to turn another corner in my career and push the space I’m in into a new level. I’ve got 35, 40 years in this game so I deeply care about it and where it’s going, I hope that I can contribute to it in a way through these performances” says Carl Cox speaking of the new concept.

Secret Project presents Carl Coc Hybrid LIVE

This new set up will be brought to life by Insomniac‘s Secret Project Festival exclusively in Amsterdam. The festival is uniquely focussed on a single stage, highlighting the iconic headlining performer. Secret Project Festival is well-regarded for their stage design capabilities as well as their inclusion of contemporary art pieces on their sites. With Secret Project putting all of their expertise into the production of the show and Carl Cox at the genesis of a performing renaissance, this live show is due to be one of the most talked about events of the summer.

With two widely celebrated ADE events wrapped up at the Hembrugterrein, the Secret Project crew are no strangers to the location. The organisation’s thorough familiarity with the festival site as well as their long-standing reputation as industry leaders in event production undoubtedly make for a top tier event. The Hembrugterrein, once serving as an industrial area, was repurposed as a creative and cultural hub in 2003 and has now evolved into the perfect backdrop for festivals and events.

Argy & Goom Gum Dropped Brand New Ep ‘Pantheon’

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Marco Di
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The long wait is finally over! Argy & Goom Gum’s long anticipated banger ‘Pantheon’ is finally out on Tale of Us‘ world-renowned record label Afterlife, just for your listening pleasure!

Afterlife‘s 2023 campaign commences with this collaborative single from Argy and two-man outfit Goom Gum. The trio get together for the first time ever on this amazing cut, pouring their respective energies into a very powerful composition.

Their track ‘Pantheon‘ utilises a rousing vocal symphony, with a rolling bassline, an urgent melody and a goosebump-inducing breakdown to devastating effect.

Listen to the track below and enjoy!

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