Progressive Berlin - Rockin


Introducing German production duo Progressive Berlin, who activates a stir with their latest audio masterpiece, titled “Rockin”. This is anything but Rock as its title may suggest, rather to be best described as an entertaining formulation of electronica and House music collisions. Nonetheless as its title suggests, this one comes with a creative “Rockin” twist, packed full of a hard-hitting beats and a pulsating baseline (it had to happen!).


Progressive Berlin - RockinWhilst the production pair currently chooses to go the unidentified route, the track is anything but, with its extensive assortment of “Progressive” signature sounds, something that has been at the forefront of Germanys EDM exports. Progressive Berlin is two talented producers, from Berlin, Germany, and shall be releasing a bunch of exhilarating material via Jean Elan’s label Shake Me Please.

Progressive Berlin’s previous releases include records “Impulse”, “Rock This Club” and “Twilight”. Its about time you got “Rockin”, courtesy of Progressive Berlin, who will undoubtedly be causing more noise in the coming months! The talented duo is undoubtedly a name worth keeping close eyes on throughout 2014!


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Freestylers ft Laura Steel - Falling


'Falling' is the third cut from the Freestylers new album 'The Coming Storm.' It's hauntingly beautiful and melancholic bass echoes their 2011 single 'Cracks' - which was the biggest Dubstep tune of the year.    The jump up drums and drumstep FX are punctuated by the atmospherically visceral vocals of Laura Steel. 

On their Original version, ‘Falling’s early light-box atmospherics fade fast into whip-quick two-step snares & kicks, snapping rim-shot percussion recoil and speaker reaping distortion. Subbing up the LFO, ‘Falling’ walks the line between the viscera of its floor-capitalising jump-up drums, and the bravura of its cultured, darkly beautiful and moody bass. As the drumstep FX burns, Laura Steel’s vocal brings the track its coup-de-grace moment, sealing ‘Falling’s lightning into the bottle. 


Taking the track to stylistic spaces far and wide, Stanton Warriors, AfterHours and Wickaman marshal to deliver ‘Falling’ some speaker-kicking reworks. 
Firing their treatment up with chunky tribal house drums and loud, echoing percussion, through a mid-mix skim of the pitch-wheel, the Stantons’ skew ‘Falling’ back into break-beat terrain. Using its immersive opening pads & chords to underpin Laura’s vocals in the break, at the top of the drop they cut, chop & loop them to dizzyingly infectious effect. 

Carving out a soulful, late-into-the-night vibe for the track, the AfterHours crew brings ‘Falling’ some deeper house juice. Playing perfectly off Laura’s vocals, through its Todd Terry-like beats and subby London Town bass, it’ll prove an irresistible tonic for Disclosure and Duke Dumont heads alike. 
Recalibrating ‘Falling’ to its Original drum ’n’ bass theme, UK fast-riser Wickaman seizes the remix controls. Blowing up the tempo, he plies his mix with ram-raiding beats, swerving, mass event FX, renegade distortion and Laura’s outstanding vocals to create some seriously dark sonic matter. 
Be it house, breaks or drum & bass, there’s a mix here for you. ‘Falling' drops Jan 13th. 


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Counting Stars - GTF (cover)

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A lovely bouncy little cover of the chart tune, and it's a freebie!



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2013 Music

Featuring @amineedge @princeclubmusic @spearheadrecs.

There have been so many great tunes this year, these are just some of my favourites.

Sky Ferreira | Close ft Scuba | Ava Burelle | Madeline Duggan

Amine Edge & DANCE - Lost
My track of the year! Oooooh! I don't know what it is about this tune but it just gives me such tingles!!

BCee & Bladerunner - Fatal Attraction
I only wanted you to like me.. Gorgeous sweet vocals and a both dark yet airy in parts track to go with it.



 Prince Club & Poupon - Before
You make me feel like no one ever did before.. A nice chilled deep house track with gorgeous catchy vocals, simply a good tune. As well as their creation Only One which I'm listening back to again and ohhhhh!!




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Black Hole Recordings 2013 December Releases

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Subculture Nivaya brings us a dark edgy sound with interesting strands in the middle section on New Logo

Avanti 523-0 K.S.Y. gives us another edgy number with the Happy People EP.

TSR019X Adam Nickey's light summery tune gets a re-issue with lots of new mixes of Perfect Destiny.

Manufactured Music Vlad Rusu has us dancing away with this edgy number Eclipse.

Black Hole 600-0 George Acosta treats us to a selection of Trance goodness in his Some Of Me EP.




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DJ Pyro - Jungle Special

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A little mix for the oldschool jungle lovers.



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Adreyn Cash – Anthem

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Adreyn Cash’s avatarTaken from Adreyn’s debut E.P. “Rich Girls don’t Marry Poor Boys”, ‘Anthem’ is a teaser of what to expect from Cash! As empowering as its name suggests, “Anthem” showcases Adreyn Cash’s musical identity and future pathway, fused effortlessly with deep soul sounds, for a cultivating emotive experience for the listener.

Adreyn Cash’s sound consists of a smooth blend of emotion and fear, projecting music that is alternative: dark, but by no means depressing. “I create music that people can listen and relate to, but also music that reaches out to the person within, the one whom we hide from the masses, my music is the voice for the hidden ‘us’.”


Currently residing in London, but originally from Kingston (of Taino descent), growing up, Adreyn found himself in and around music from an early age. A strong musical heritage consisting of reggae artists RDX, Eric Donaldson and the all-important presence of his mother, meant becoming a musician was an easy choice, but by no means easy!

With and ever expanding fan base, Adreyn Cash promises much, and with the forthcoming E.P, the project will ultimately serve as an opportunity to move on to bigger and better exploits.

With an assortment of successful live performances already to his name, Adreyn’s attention has now turned to the release of “Rich Girls don’t Marry Poor Boys” his first full length EP, set for release during summer 2014. “Rich Girls don’t Marry Poor Boys” is still to be completed, but nonetheless the EP is sure to expose an abundance of rhythms and array of soul. The distinctive alternative/soul sounds delivered through his music are what make Adreyn Cash such an exciting talent. The futures bright!


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Flash Brothers ft Freakwency - Wonderful

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The latest from Manufactured Music, interesting dynamics and overall structure to this piece.




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Ad Brown & Shawn Mitiska - Pulse

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With ‘Ready And Waiting’ leading its single release charge, his long-player debut ‘Something For The Pain’ has brought a cornucopia of new Ad Brown studio material to DJs, clubbers and music lovers. For its second foray, the young Londoner has reached across the Pond to team up with LA-based trance wunderkind Shawn Mitiska. Together they have conjured the sophisticated instrumental sonics of ‘Pulse’.

With a contingent of both established and new blood remixers on board, further passaging ‘Pulse’ to places house, progressive and beyond, December 23rd sees ‘Something’s second play land. 


In its Original Mix form ‘Pulse’ delivers a gliding, thrilling, to-the-dawn trance-progressive ride. With a precision built production engine that dynamically threads together throbbing drums, super-crisp percussion and rolling bass, it builds its atmospheric tension high before emptying out into its harmonic, filmic, chasm-ing drop. 
Ushering it onto peak time floors, Ali Wilson redrafts ‘Pulse’ as one of his inimitable, formidable TEKELEC Remixes. Upping the tempo and uplifting the tone, through cantering drums, propulsive, subby bass and rhapsodic mainlines, he generates auditory updraft through its high-rise synths. 

Further in, and throwing some deeper hues under ‘Pulse’, Holland’s Jaap Ligthart uproot's the track from it's trance base and replant it in housier spaces. Injecting no small degree of groove into its system, Ligthart fashions his Deep Mix with funkier drums, liquid cool melodies and hot-tropic b-lines to deliver a wonderful afterhours vibe for ‘Pulse’. 

Offering up a secondary version for ‘Pulse’, Jaap’s Remix brilliantly summons inky-black techno-leaning metropolitan-ism. Making maximum stock of Brown & Mitiska’s ethereally charged lead line and the gentle indolence of it piano lines, it ties off a 360° remix package.


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Charlie Jacks ft Jermaine Riley - Speakerphone+


Charlie Jacks releases take two of her “Speakerphone” single, originally released back in the summer of 2012. With overseas radio play already achieved, including in countries Japan and Spain, its fair to say “Speakerphone” was a global success. Nonetheless the prevalent pop record is now given the remix treatment, a retitle of “Speakerphone+”, with an appearance from Londoner/R&B vocalist Jermaine Riley.

Charlie Jacks’s avatarThe infectious sounds of the original remain, but “Speakphone(+)” has been revolutionized, taking the record into a new direction, something that will undoubtedly further widen its appeal.


Charlie Jacks
Pop singer, Charlie Jacks is from Bromley, South East London, and has already had overseas success, with six number one albums and nine chart topping singles in the Japanese iTunes chart. Charlie’s “Come On” single sold 35,000 copies in one day!

Charlie Jack is signed to: BoomHaus Recordings, Sony Music Japan, Manhattan Records Lexington Corp (JP). More info on Charlie Jacks can be found via: www.charliejacks.com

Jermaine Riley
Jermaine Riley is a R&B signer-songwriter, from London, who notes musical influences as childhood hero Michael Jackson. Riley was also 1/3 of R&B group FDM. "Making music and being on stage performing come second nature to me, but doing it by myself makes everything new again."

An adept dancer and entertainer, Jermaine's song writing and signature tone have garnered the acclaim of fans, artists and producers far and wide. More recently, such noteworthy talent skipped managers and publishers but landed him on platinum UK rapper Chipmunk's album Transition, as the voice behind the emotive autobiographical track "Then And Now".


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2nd Phase - Snapback

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Scottish duo 2nd Phase release their new single ‘Snapback’ on the In Trance We Trust imprint. ‘Snapback is a sturdy and melodious trance track certainly emphasizes their own original style. 


2nd Phase is a DJ/producer duo consisting of Scotsmen Gary Edgar and Stuart McLellan. Both growing up in families with musical backgrounds, music has always been part of their lives. In their teens they both became captivated by the electronic sound and mixing music, a couple of years later they started producing their own tracks. From the beginning of their career the guys have been guided and tutored by DJ/Producer David Forbes, which resulted into their own original style. 2nd Phase are supported by the likes of Armin Van Buuren, Above And Beyond, Paul Van Dyk, Paul Oakenfold, Gareth Emery, Andy Moor, Super8 & Tab, Sean Tyas, M.I.K.E, Rank 1, David Forbes, Jochen Miller, Stoneface and Terminal, Lange, Ronski Speed, Richard Durand and more.


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Chris Royer ft Ronkat Spearman - Too High

Introducing Chris Royer, a multi talented instrumentalist / producer hailing from San Francisco. Chris’ talents are showcased effortlessly on this one, with full responsibility of writing and playing all instruments on his debut single “Too High”, minus the sax!

“Too High” features vocal assistance from fellow San Fran resident Ronkat Spearman, who serves up some almighty funk/soul on this one, for that perfect chilled blend. The duo are set to release their collaborative project album during 2014, boasting three completed records already!


“So I wrote this one with Ronkat Spearman in LA. We met through mutual friends from San Francisco. Me and Spearman have recorded three songs (this one "too high" is the first) and the plan is to produce a whole album together” Chris Royer. 

“I originally had a simple 4/4 beat and my bass line which then inspired Spearman to write some lyrics. As he wrote I was playing around with other instruments and came up with the riffs, chord progressions etc. Then I recorded his vocal parts, made all the arrangements, and finally decided to grab a sax player to finish the record off”.

Too High” featuring Ronkat Spearman serves as Chris Royer’s first official release, one which is sure to excite industry and fans alike.


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Fred Baker - Jump

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Fred Baker has once again produced a fierce electro house track with ‘Jump’ that makes it impossible to not dance. The remixes on this release are both completely different. Manuel Le Saux has transformed ‘Jump’ into an equally fierce trancer, while LCK created an upbeat progressive house version. Certainly a package with something for everyone. 

Belgian Fred Baker’s motivation has always been adding a ‘new wrinkle to dance music’s vibrant fabric’ with his sound and productions. This major producer and DJ applies his ‘less is more’ ethos to all his production creating music that carries his signature sound. Fred’s break through came in 1996 when he released the trance anthem Y-Traxx – Mystery Land together with Laurent David and TC Process, which became huge in the summer of 1996 and was re-released and remixed multiple times. These days Fred Baker is one of the big names in the EDM scene with his banging productions.


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100% Deep House Xmas Warm Up @ Chameleon / Woking




Friday 20th December 2013

XMAS WARM UP - 100% DEEP HOUSE

Chameleon / Woking
Chertsey  Road, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6HR


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Tomas Malo - Running On Fumes

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The latest release from Deep 8 Recordings sees the return of Tomas Malo to the label. Remix duties for this release are taken care of by Soul Conspiracy, Jazzloungerz, Jamie Haus & Tom Lown.




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Bass Elements - Video

AWJ Music is proud to present, Bass Elements. compilation by DJ Wad & Mizz Ruby.


Presenting music from the UK and Mauritius, this hand-picked selection of dubstep & drum n bass will knock your socks off! Drum & Bass vs. Dubstep compilation as never heard before. This should be played at high volume.




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Oggie - Just A Little Love


Just A Little Love is the brand new single from UK Singer Oggie who has flown out to Korea for the 'Thriller Live Korea Tour' playing a lead in the Michael Jackson Concert celebration!


The track was produced by PACO and is a taster of things to come on Oggie's 2014 EP.

The video is directed by his younger brother Nelson Ekaragha.


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Sean Tyas & Noah Neiman with Fisher - Lose My Logic

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What can be expected when a hot up-&-comer and a trance titan are paired with the heavenly vocals of one of the most adored singers in trance and progressive ? The answer is 'unpredictable.' 


In less than stereotypical fashion, "Lose My Logic" combines the talents of Sean Tyas, Noah Neiman, and Fisher into an unprecedented musical expedition. Like any other Sean Tyas record, this tune begins with a bang, yet incorporates a bassline not typical of his usual style. A touch of rage is added when electro-trance up-&-comer Noah Neiman enters the picture, while the sensual vocals of Fisher transcends listeners to a different kind of state of trance. 

"Lose My Logic" marks Tyas' debut on Black Hole Recordings, and the return to prominence of singer/songwriter, Fisher. While Noah Neiman is known for several trance top 10 hits, such as "They Have Laser Eyes [Lange Recordings]," this release proves a new chapter for all three acts has just begun.


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DJ D Elle - Naughties Part 1

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Sean Paul & Busta - Make it clap
Chingy - Right Thur
Lil Kim - lighters up
Akon & Styles P - locked up
Snoop - Drop it
Beyonce & Sean paul - Baby Boy
R Kelly - Snake
R Kelly - Thioa Thiong
J Kwon - Tipsy
Cassidy & R Kelly - Hotel
Blu Cantrell & Sean paul - breathe
50Cent - In The Club
Eve - Satisfaction
ja Rule - Put it On Me
Fat Joe & Ashanti - What's Love
Terror Squad - Lean Back
Lloyd banks - On Fire
Tony Yayo - So Seductive
50Cent - Lil Bit
Mariah Carey - Like That
Toni Braxton - Hit The Freeway
Nivea - Don't Mess With My Man
P Diddy - I need a girl
ja Rule & Ashanti - Always on time
T-Pain - I'm Sprung


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Sneijder - Silent Treatment

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Fast becoming a stable in the trance scene, Sneijder returns to Subculture with a classified piece of trance devastation. ‘Silent Treatment’ stands out as one of his best productions. Mixing powerful bass with a heavy kick, speeding synth lines into a dark break – and a giant dark trance climax… we have been enjoying this one for months in John O’Callaghan’s sets. Early support from Aly & Fila and Bryan Kearney.


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Tom Colontonio ft Amber Noel - See The Light

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Black Hole Recordings’s avatarTom Colontonio and Amber Noel release their new single ‘See The Light’ on the In Trance We Trust imprint. ‘See The Light’ carries Tom Colontonio’s signature driving and atmospheric sound, which is complimented by Amber Noel’s chillingly beautiful vocals. Surely a must listen.

  
Tom Colontonio is a DJ with a strong musical background seeing his longstanding DJ career and his many years in bands and as a session guitarist. This experience gives his productions technical depth and polished soundscapes. Tom had his breakthrough releases in the year of 2007 with ‘Rounder’, which received huge support by Paul van Dyk. He appears regularly in A State of Trance and Club Life radio shows and his releases rank high on billboards charts and music download sites such as Beatport, Audiojelly and Trackitdown. He can also be heard on his radio show ‘Electronic Pressure’ on iTunes and Z88.9 FM. 

Electro/Dubstep artist from Dallas, Texas, Amber Noel has really gathered a huge online and offline following from people all over the world. She had produced and collaborated with DJ’s and producers such as Cyberoptics, Tom Colontonio, Benga, Liquid Stranger, EightyNineGeeks, Funtcase, Chris Count and countless others. Amber is sure is a talent to watch with a great future lying ahead.


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Bal

Honey - directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu. A Turkish film about a boy and his mother searching for his father.. The way of filming and overall atmosphere is quite strange in an interesting way  The quietest scenes are the ones with most effect, you work your way through the usual day routines, look past those and find yourself looking closer, deeper into their emotions. It's dark and quiet, and completely intriguing.. It ends bluntly yet powerfully. 




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Ava Burelle & The Smoking Guns - Lovers Lie

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Gorgeous jazz elements along with that gorgeous voice.




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A Town Called Panic


A Belgian stop-motion animation following villagers in this little adventure. The cowboy is named Cowboy, the Indian is named Indian and of course the horse is named Horse! This is such a quaint dear film, with slapstick humour and quite an odd storyline. Peculiar may be the word, very interesting and amusing, and above all light-hearted. 


Co-directors, Stéphane Aubier & Vincent Patar were asked were their inspiration came from..

Vincent Patar: "From any and everything around us that we find amusing! Something we see walking down the street, a photo in the newspaper, etc. It’s the little details of daily life that nourish our work."

Stéphane Aubier: "What you see in A Town Called Panic is a good indication of what we've always set out to do. By using a relatively simple setting and a standard but versatile technique, we have total freedom to create a world of our own."


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