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Onyx Recordings level up with their first artist album - 'Tokyo Nights' from one of their longest standing artists DJ Gaw. An interesting concept piece where all the tracks link or segue super smoothly into each other, it's one of those magic drum & bass albums that works perfectly at home while still kicking hard in the dance. Highlights come in all shapes, sizes, forms and flavours including the bulbous roller 'Kyoto Days', the sweet two-step delights of 'Feels Wrong' with A Little Sound and the devilishly stern and steppy 'Disillusion' with Madrush MC. These are just a handful of many highlights from this impressive and highly accomplished debut artist album. Big up DJ Gaw.

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Dj Laurel

Katakana Edits Vol 110 Katakana Edits

The unstoppable behemoth that is the 'Katakana Edits' series reaches Vol 110, with regular contributor DJ Laurel back at the controls. The EP opens with 'What About You' and 'Asking For Trouble', both of which draw on sadly unidentified sources - but think 60s soul/deep funk (Georgie Fame, maybe?) for the former, and blues/country-infused 70s soul for the latter. We then fast-forward to the disco and boogie era, with Melba Moore's 'You Stepped Into My Life' (1978) and the Michael Zager Band's 'Don't Sneak On Me' (1980) both getting the Laurel treatment. All four are very playable, making for a strong addition to the Katakana catalogue.

Felipe Gordon

Keepin' It Jazz Shall Not Fade

Is there a more on-form deep house producer around than Felipe Gordon? If there is, we've not come across them. The Colombian can do no wrong right now and his latest EP for Shall Not Fade is another must-check affair. He goes in hard to begin with, peppering a retro-futurist Chicago house groove with heady piano riffs and tactile chords on 'Analog Only', before cannily combining jazz-funk bass, Herbie Hancock synths and sturdy deep house beats on 'Continuous Develop'. Fans of jazz-house will love the vintage St Germain vibes - albeit with a touch of squelchy synth-bass - of 'Keepin' It Jazz' and the more becalmed 'Looking Your Reflection on the Water'. Closing cut 'What You Say', a simply sumptuous chunk of warming, heavy-eyed deep house headiness, is also excellent.

Red Axes

Some Lights EP Phantasy

Having lent a couple of the label's finest moments previously such as the Sipoor and Sound Test EPs, not to mention a killer self-titled full length last year, esteemed Israeli duo Red Axes return to Phantasy with another bunch of leftfield club tracks on the Some Lights EP. Features the tunnelling, acid house-inspired stomp of the title track, which leads into the transcendental and psychedelic dark disco journey of "Skulls" and proving there's plenty in the duo's sonic repertoire, they close it out on a low slung tip with the deep down and dirty "Professor Grasstov".

Sven Vath

Feiern Cocoon Recordings

The lockdown meant that Sven Vath had the opportunity to spend time in the studio, making music instead of playing it. Now the first fruits of the Cocoon owner's Covid production period are available. Feiern, which appropriately enough is the German for 'celebrate', provide a taster for an imminent artist album. It is also sure to dominate dance floors. Powered by an ominous electronic bass and a mysterious vocal narrative, it's exactly the kind of rousing techno you'd expect Vath to spin. On the dub version, the absence of vocals serve to accentuate those moody bass tones, while the radio edit offers a condensed take that could well cross over into the mainstream - even more reason for Sven to celebrate.

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Rory Hoy / Ramskank

Rory Hoy & RamSkank EP 2021 RamSkank

Rory Hoy is a multi-award winning music producer, film maker and DJ. He has supported Craig Charles on his Funk & Soul Club tour since 2015 and even wrote The Little Big Beat Book. His latest release comes courtesy of UK breaks and house specialist RamSkank and features the emotive and uplifting funky house energy of "Butters" followed by RamSkank's ravey 2 Unlimited style remake. RamSkank goes solo next on the euphoric early '90s dance music of "Gonna Let You Go" (think Nomad or Snap!) with Hoy returning the favour to take the track and reinterpret it as a 303 acid and Reese driven thriller.