Review: Amonita's latest EP is a cloud-walk through enchanting soundscapes and ethereal melodies. With tracks like "Fairy", "Azure", "Secret of Happiness" and "Dream Together" each clocking in at over seven minutes long, the EP showcases Amonita's ability to craft immersive compositions that effortlessly captivate listeners. Glide through a mix of linear grooves, steady percussion lines and holdings strings that glistening deep ambiance, these magical arrangements are delightfully, and playfully, evocative. With touches of tech house that meets tribal house - subtle touches of baroque atmospheres and classicalism thrive throughout - immense instrumental music for the wandering mind.
Review: All Day I Dream's latest compilation journeys through the enchanting realms of snowflake house music. Curated by Lee Burridge, A Winter Sampler features a diverse lineup of established and emerging talents. From the euphoric remix of St Germain's "So Flute" by Simon Vuarambon to Wassu and Bona Fide's deep yet playful collaboration "Threshold", the sampler offers moments of stillness, echoing the beauty and crispness of a northern season filled with ethereal melodies, reminiscent to ice crystals forming in the wind. Delivering other cuts by Double Touch, Fulltone and Somelee to newcomers like Limara, Dimitri Nakov, Arina Mur and Fluida - expect a sonic stroll that bypasses Ibiza for the winter wonderland of landscapes like Chamonix, Aspen or the Dolomites.
Review: All Day I Dream's 'Summer Sampler' releases have always been action-packed treats, so it's no surprise that 2023's edition - which appears to be the most expansive to date - is another strong offering. Those who enjoy the imprint's trademark blend of tactile, tech-tinged house grooves, dreamy chords and melody-rich instrumentation will find plenty to set the pulse racing throughout, from the soaring, trance-inducing builds of Double Touch's 'Should've Known' and the warming, dancing-under-the-stars headiness of Lee Burridge's on-point remix of Luciano's 'The Amazing Lilou', the the deep and trippy wooziness of Lost Desert's 'Kuiki', and the immersive, sunrise-ready deep house bliss of 'Preciosa' by Mass Digital. In a word: essential!
Review: Like its two predecessors, Lost Desert's third collection of collaborative cuts is packed to the rafters with melodious, atmospheric, tactile treats. Fittingly, they first hook up with regular studio buddy (and regular boss) Lee Burridge on 'My Time With You', a gorgeous, deep and dreamy house workout blessed with twinkling electric piano motifs and a suitably squelchy bassline, before joining forces with Mwinda in the bittersweet brilliance of 'Mwinda', where simmering synth-strings, enveloping chords, West African vocals and a subtly garage-influenced deep house groove catch the ear. Madrass lends a hand on 'Dwokire', an immersive, tech-tinged deep Afro-house number, while Lost Desert go solo on tactile and saucer-eyed deep tech-house cut 'Liebe Dich'.
Review: Coming from that point on the musical spectrum where Balearica and progressive house collide, this three-tracker from Israel's Roy Rosenfeld has 'Ibiza' written all over it. 'Simi' takes the gold for this reviewer, thanks to its combination of energetic tribal percussion and horns that, though muted, have an oddly nu-NRG-ish feel - file under 'surefire terrace stompers'. Elsewhere, 'Sansi' is a more contemplative, playa house-ish affair with perhaps the tiniest hint of Balkan flava to its jaunty rhythms, while the Casio-tastic 'Moonshine' has the tuffest drums of the lot, married to some ear-piercing synth doodles.
Review: Lee Burridge's celebrated imprint presents the fifth installment in its annual Winter Sampler series, featuring a collection of typically sublime sonic fantasies that exist on the more ethereal fringes of deep house. Whether it's Limara & Dimitri Nakov's deep dive into the exotic that is "Nocturne" (feat Natacha Atlas), Fulltone's sensual vocal cut "Nowhere To Go", Valdovinos' slinky and hypnotic "Extremely In Green" or Atsushi Asada & Hiroyuki Kajino's evocative "Utopia" that takes you on a journey into glacial dub territory - this is absolutely made for dancing on a snowy rooftop in a winter wonderland.
Review: British producer Tim Green returns to All Day I Dream with a mini-LP titled Eastbound Silhouettes, which is his largest body of work on Lee Burridge's label to date. Of the project, Green has stated that he hopes to take the listener on a mini journey with this selection of dance floor and home listening tracks, which is for a label he thinks of as his home and family. Whether it's the sublime ambient opener "Water Steers", the evocative and sun-kissed deepness of "Sequoia", the late-night mood music of "Lune" which really nails that ADID sound, or the seductive title track featuring some lovely vocals by Felicia Douglass - Green once again shows his mastery across the spectrum of electronic music.
Review: Lee Burridge's All Day I Dream brings us its annual Summer Sampler; the perfect soundtrack to sunny, open-air rooftop soirees, featuring a dozen tracks all presented in the label's distinctly deep and evocative style. Highlights on the 2022 include vocal-led cuts like the sensual groove of opener "Fizzy Pop" feat. Max Milner, the sexy late-night mood music of "Little Things" by Mass Digital, Argentinian artist Nebula takes you deep into the exotic on "Visionaire" and finally Burridge himself appears - with the label chief going for an uplifting disco-influenced number (in collaboration with D*Note and Lost Desert) on "The Garden of Earthly Delight".
Review: In which UK scene veteran, playa house originator and all-round good egg Lee Burridge teams up with Belgium's Lost Desert, a regular on his All Day I Dream label, for an EP that packs few surprises, perhaps, but makes for a very enjoyable 26 minutes of listening/dancing all the same. The title track is every bit as deep, dreamy and drifty as you'd expect, with the other three essentially adding variations of the theme: 'Slave To The String' features a rather lovely strings breakdown, while 'Here With You' adds a dose of subtle funk. As we said at the start, no big surprises but if you're a fan of the label and/or either artist, there's much to enjoy here.
Review: Following a string of admired releases on Anjunadeep, African electronic music collective Bantwanas returns to All Day I Dream after a near three-year absence. They're in fine form, too, delivering two typically tactile, dreamy, tech-house-tinged deep house numbers. Totle track 'Ixesha' is full to bursting with poignant piano motifs, sweet female vocals and atmospheric field recordings, while 'Izolo' is a sunnier, more sparkling affair rich in marimba and kalimba melodies, warming chords and shuffling drums. Lee Burridge joins forces with Lost Desert to provide remixes of both cuts: a more minimalistic, stripped-back tech-house take on 'Ixesha', and a hypnotic, dreamy, locked-in version of 'Izolo' that impressively enhances the track's inherent beauty.
Review: All Day I Dream has always felt like a label re-inventing progressive house for the 21st century, with the majority of its' releases choosing to combine contemporary tech-house beats with the dreamy tacticity of deep house and the kind of grandiose, musically expansive instrumental movements that were the trademarks of the late-89s prog sound. The label's latest release, from Faundo Mohrr, ticks these boxes. Lead cut 'The Morning Song', is a gorgeous, 12-minute epic that boasts a lengthy, spine-tingling breakdown and cowbell hits aplenty. Mohrr joins forces with Valdovinos on the almost as epic - and almost breathtakingly beautiful - dancefloor bliss of 'D?j? vu', while 'Alone', featuring Juan Hansen, adds bittersweet strings and melancholic chords to a chunky micro-house beat.
Review: Fresh from contributing to multi-artist extravaganzas on Peace Symphonies and Shanti Radio Moscow, Hermanez delivers his first full EP for All Day I Dream. He begins in typically atmospheric, immersive style with 'Alavanca', where melancholic strings, gaseous chords and woozy melodies tumble down across a locked-in tech-house groove, before opting for a slightly warmer sound on 'Tale of the Unexpected', which sounds like a house head's take on Thomas Nuemann's much-loved score for Oscar-winning movie American Beauty. 'Areia' is a bright, breezy and sun-splashed chunk of melody-rich deep house positivity, while 'Wutaf' peppers a drowsy, dreamy backing track with intricate electronic sound-splashes, snappy drums and swirling strings.
Review: Following rather good - but arguably slightly overlooked - EPs on Tale and Tone and Akbal Music, Jim Rider brings his trademark brand of melodious, atmospheric and soul-enriching house music to All Day I Dream. We're particularly excited by EP opener 'Final Straw', a full vocal collaboration with Black Soda piled high with chiming melodies, drifting chords, bittersweet clarinet snippets and chunky bass. That said, there's plenty to enjoy elsewhere across the EP, from the (synthesized) stell pan sounds and beefy beats of 'Rascal' and the sparkling, life-affirming cheeriness of 'Los Que Caen', to the immersive, sub-heavy deep tech-house wonder that is intoxicating closing cut 'The Cypriot'.
Review: Masters of melodic, atmospheric and - whisper it quietly - progressive house music All Day I Dream can always be relied upon to deliver the goods, especially on their twice-yearly 'sampler' compilations. The imprint's latest volume, the fourth winter-themed set in total, is another expansive, action-packed affair featuring no less than 16 cuts capable of warming the cockles of your heart. After starting with an ear-pleasing chunk of bouncy, tuneful sonic bliss from Sebastien Leger and Tim Green, the set confidently rolls between richly percussive deep house warmth (LEGATO, Double Touch), hazy early morning wooziness (Zone+), glassy-eyed vocal loveliness (David Orin), fluid broken house (Padre) tech-tinged, dubbed-out hypnotism (Ramiro Drisdale).
Review: Since making his debut back in the noughties, Valentin Huedo has shuffled between Balearic-minded deep house, tech-tinged fare and, most recently, the kind of melodious, gently uplifting fare that would once have been described as "progressive house". It's the latter style that he explores on the Tonight EP, his first outing on All Day I Dream. Female singer Bird provides attractive and seductive lead vocals on 'Tonight', a warming chunk of hybrid deep house/tech-house fusion rich in sustained chords, bubbly electronic lead lines and glassy-eyed intent. Huedo's ability to deliver tactile, sun-kissed dancefloor gold is successfully showcased on the melody-rich 'Salinas Sunrise', while Igor Marijuan hook-up 'Neo' is a sparkling, gorgeous and effortlessly summery affair capable of calming your mind while moving your feet.
Review: Over the last quarter of a century, Dim Kelly has slowly been developing a trademark sound all of his own. Melodious, atmospheric, musically intricate and rich in neo-classical style string arrangements, this style is at the heart of his first full-length excursion for All Day I Dream. Nocturna Animal, then, should be considered a genuine "complete work", but that doesn't mean that there aren't individual highlights. We'd recommend checking simmering, slow burn opener 'Duplicity', the sun-soaked vocal tech-house warmth of 'Halo', the string-drenched deep house goodness of 'Glow', the pitched-down, heavily orchestrated haziness of 'Nocturna Animal' and the typically tactile, percussively complex 'Emburns Marins'.
Review: Soon the summer of 2021 will be all but a memory, but All Day I Dream are determined to keep it going just that bit longer via their latest Summer Sampler - a collection of warm and melodious club cuts tailor-made for humid evenings, crystal clear nights and sun-drenched afternoons. As you'd expect, there's plenty of musical highlights to be found across the hugely atmospheric and entertaining 12-track set, with our picks including the quietly ghostly chunkiness of Lost Desert, Simon Vuarambon and Hernandez's 'Moon By Day', the picturesque joyousness of 'Evergreen' by Pippi Ciez and the rolling, extra-percussive delight that is Max Degrassi's 'In The Light of Laughter'. We'd also recommend Madraas and Eduardo MacGregor's stunning 'Searching The Sun', as well as the melodic, far-sighted rush of Vince Watson's 'Quiriwana'.
Review: Following a trilogy of top-notch releases on his own label, Lost Miracle, Sebastien Leger returns to All Day I Dream with another typically melodious and atmospheric collection of cuts. Opener 'Feel' is as stirring and emotive as you'd expect, with cascading synthesizer solos, sustained piano motifs and swirling chords riding a hybrid deep house/tech-house groove. Leger switches focus on 'Lava', a percussion-rich affair in which (synthesized) marimba melodies, starry pads and bubbly bass weave their way in and out of tactile groove, before serving up some more sun-kissed positivity via the utterly gorgeous closing cut, 'Son of Sun'. Full of layered melodic elements, rising electronics and shimmering chords, it's easily the EP's most rushing and mood enhancing moment (and that's saying something).
Review: Serial collaborator Lost Desert has been involved in some superb joint releases over the years, with last year's Lost Desert & Friends EP on All Day I Dream arguably being the best of the lot. This sequel is similarly impressive. He begins in typically atmospheric fashion on 'Open Form', a shuffling slab of tech-tinged vocal deep house co-produced by Amand that benefits greatly from some simmering synth-strings and Reigan's gorgeous lead vocal. Regular studio buddy Lee Burridge lends a hand on the picturesque, bass-heavy dreaminess of 'Loopyjazz' - all fluttering ambient chords, hypnotic grooves and starry electronics - while Junior makes his presence felt on the trance-inducing progressive house pleasantness of 'Bo Singi Yo'. Finally, Lost Desert hooks up with Hernandez once more on the deep, dusty and piano-laden haziness of 'Other Side'.
Review: We were rather impressed by Natalia Shapovalova's most recent single-track missive as Amonita, the "delicious deep house bliss" of the Peace Symphonies released 'Milky Way'. The Russian producer is in arguably even more impressive for on the Aura EP, which marks her first multi-track missive for All Day I Dream since 2019. She begins via the picturesque and fittingly dreamy title track, where marimba style motifs, hazy female vocal snippets and gentle electronic melodies ride a hypnotic, shaker-heavy deep-tech groove, before delivering a warmer and sunnier chunk of deep house/tech-house fusion ('D?j? vu'). 'Amfora' smartly adds sharp, trance-style motifs to another dancefloor soundscape full of smooth drums and lilting chords, while 'See The Light' sees Shapovalova smother a crunchier house beat in poignant piano sounds and melancholic pads.
Review: In recent times, Tim Green has specialised in immersive, melodic and slowly-building dancefloor epics that are as emotive and mood-enhancing as they are infectious and floor-focused. This EP for All Day I Dream is similarly-minded, with epic title track 'Moss' building via waves of sparkling, sun-soaked electronics and smooth grooves, before dropping into a deliciously hazy, dubbed-out breakdown. Once the main groove kicks in again, you'll be giddily reaching for the lasers. Elsewhere, Green's remix of Swoof's 'Tidal' is a gentle, swelling dancefloor treat and 'Coriolis' sounds like Orbital's 'Belfast' for the tech-house generation. Given the timeless quality of the Hartnoll brothers' track, that's a big compliment.
Review: Since making his debut eight years ago, Cairo-based Fulltone has offered up occasional EPs that tend towards the gleefully melodious, emotive and tech-tinged end of the deep house spectrum, making him a perfect signing for Lee Burridge and Matthew Dekay's All Day I Dream imprint. There's plenty to get your Serotonin levels rocketing across the EP, starting with the picturesque lusciousness of 'Love in Space', where twinkling synthesizer melodies rise and fall atop a shuffling, tech-tinged deep house groove. 'Castles in the Air' is warmer and woozier musically, with crunchier drum sounds and more nods towards the melodious end of tech-house, while 'Happy Accidents' is a bubbling tech-house roller smothered in gorgeous piano motifs. Finally, 'Oceans of Wisdom' cannily joins the dots between electro, deep-tech and flowery progressive house.
Review: Over the years, Gorje Hewek has released numerous singles and EPs on All Day I Dream, almost all of them alongside long-time studio partner Izhevski. On debut album Collages he's largely operating solo, though there's no discernible dip in quality. Musically, it's as melodious, colourful and mood-enhancing as you'd expect, with Hewek wrapping tech-tinged deep house beats and warm, smooth basslines in all manner of vibrant melodies, chords and exotic instrumentation. There are a handful of quietly impressive collaborations - see the picturesque, sub-heavy Lost Desert hook-up 'Aya' and fragrant M.O.S joint production 'Amulet' - but for the most part it's the genuinely solo efforts the linger longest in the memory. If you dig the melodious All Day I Dream sound, then you genuinely need this album in your life.
Review: Since emerging on Shanti Radio a few years ago, Russian producer Makebo has made multiple contributions to All Day I Dream's popular label samplers. Here the Moscow-based artist delivers his first EP for the imprint, kicking things off in style via the lolloping but locked-in drums, hazy female vocal snippets, twinkling pianos, swelling orchestration and warming riffs of 'Skyline'. 'Whale' features bolder strings, longer breakdowns, double bass and more tech-tinged grooves, while 'Dark Places' is smooth, deep and alluring with some wonderfully melancholic and poignant musical elements catching the ear. Rounding of a rock-solid EP is 'Freedom', another toasty fusion of deep tech-house and deep house that boasts a lengthy, sunset-friendly breakdown two thirds of the way through.
Review: Here's something to savour: a rare solo outing on All Day I Dream from label co-founder Lee Burridge. The former Craig Richards collaborator hits the ground running with opener 'Satelite Girl', where melancholic lead lines, ghostly chords and blissful electronic motifs rise and fall over a smooth beat that sits somewhere between deep house and tech-house. There's a more outer-space feel to the dreamy, drowsy and atmospheric cut that follows, the picturesque and pleasing 'Diving Bell', while 'A Hymn For Your Dreams' is a chunky, deep tech-house treat. Tim Green provides the obligatory remix, brilliantly re-imagining 'Satellite Girl' as a sparkling slab of ultra-melodic dancefloor positivity.
Review: If it's emotive, melodious dance music you're after, All Day I Dream's twice-yearly 'sampler' compilations are hard to beat. 2021's edition of their Winter Sampler series is another cracker and offers an attractive mix of previously unheard treats from both established label regulars and relative newcomers. There's naturally plenty to set the pulse racing throughout, from the warming haziness and rising melodies of Somelee's 'Sansara' and the Isolee-influenced bubbliness of Mono Electric Orchestra's 'Antartica', to the glacial electronics, deep chords and shuffling grooves of 'Endora' by Slow Hearts. Additional highlights include the pitched-down chug of Qess's 'Sarraqa', the rushing bliss of Nopi's fittingly titled 'Unforgettable Dawn', and the twinkling lead lines and bass-heavy grooves of Paul Deep's 'Aeras'.
Review: Over the last few years, All Day I Dream has successful carved its' own post-progressive house dancefloor niche, largely via a string of singles and EPs that prioritise atmospheric chords, tactile grooves and ear-catching melodies. Here they begin 2021 with a slightly surprising release: a first full-length from one of their cherished artists. The Beauty of a Polaroid ticks many of their usual boxes - shuffling deep house and deep breakbeat drums, picturesque piano motifs, immersive pads, African and South American-influenced percussion here and there - but successfully balances Powel's natural dancefloor urges with tracks tailored to sofa-bound headphone listening. The result is a gorgeously musical and wonderfully melodious set that deserves to be appreciated as one dreamy, life-affirming whole.
Review: We first became aware of VICTHOR via his contribution to All Day I Dream's summer 2019 sampler compilation. It seems fitting then that the little known (but fast rising) artist has returned to the imprint to release his first full EP, a collaboration-heavy affair that outs mood and melody right at the forefront. He first joins forces with Romanian tech-house type Bross on the smooth, semi-symphonic peak-time melodiousness of 'La Caminata', before getting Alex Twin on board for 'Amarr', a similarly attractive affair that adds Middle Eastern and North African instrumentation to a gorgeous deep house groove. There's a similarly exotic, mind altering feel at the heart of Christian Lepah collab 'Sundar (Newman Retouch)', while fully solo outing 'Walk Away' is deliciously dreamy, loved-up and musically detailed.
Review: We've been impressed by Maxi Degrassi's output this year, which has included melodious, must-check EPs for Sag & Tre and Melody of the Soul. Pleasingly, the Argentine producer appears to have stepped it up another notch on this fine four-tracker, which marks his debut on All Day I Dream. He begins by adding South American percussion, chiming lead lines, ethereal female vocal samples and spacey synth sounds to a chunky beat on 'The Love Goes First', before reaching for the pianos on the deeper, warmer and hazier dancefloor bliss pf 'String of Feelings'. 'About Energies' is a smooth, string-drenched treat, while closing cut 'Keep Moving' is dreamy, tactile and wonderfully hypnotic. Undeniably one of All Day I Dream's best EPs of the year - and that's saying something.
Symptom Of The Sound (extended version) - (8:58) 123 BPM
Nothing Else (extended version) - (8:07) 121 BPM
Nothing Else (Hoj's Blue Sky edit) - (8:46) 121 BPM
Review: As well as co-founding All Day I Dream, Lee Burridge is also co-owner of the Tale of Tone label, alongside DJ/producer Hoj. Here the latter makes a relatively rare appearance on All Day I Dream, working alongside rising star Newman of I Love fame for the very first time. 'Sympton of the Sound' is typical of both artist and label, with waves of simmering chords, blissful melodies and sunrise-ready sounds rising above a locked-in, tech-tinged deep house groove. While also atmospheric, alluring and laden with a mixture of evocative electronics and synth-strings, the extended mix of 'Nothing Else' is slightly moodier and hazier. This is also true of Hoj's accompanying 'Blue Sky Edit', a hypnotic, mid-set revision that makes great use of processed vocal loops and additional percussion.
Review: More typically deep, dreamy and melodic house tackle here from Lee Burridge's All Day I Dream stable, but this time served with an Afro twist, as Birmingham-based producer Pippi Ciez teams up with Idd Aziz, a Kenyan vocalist who's worked with the likes of Youssou N'Dour, Angelique Kidjo, Alpha Blondy and Salif Keita. The Original is the more floor-friendly of the two rubs, thanks largely to its deep, rumbling bassline, but both are pretty laidback and would be perfect for kicking off those warm-up sessions and longer mixes. Burning Man is taking place virtually this year anyway - spin this, and you're virtually there!
Review: Lee Burridge and Matthew Dekay's All Day I Dream label have successfully carved out their own very particular niche in the house music canon over the past decade or so, specialising in melodic, mellifluous grooves coming from that place where deep house, progressive house and Balearic/chill-out/downtempo blur into one. And here, they serve up a 12-track compilation that sticks more or less entirely to that same blueprint. As such, it's perhaps unlikely to win them many new converts, but with cuts from the likes of Mass Digital, Squire and Death On The Balcony, fans of the label will be more than satisfied.
Review: Lee Burridge's All Day I Dream bring us a three-tracker by Tel Aviv's Roy Rosenfeld, coming from that place where the boundaries between deep and melodic/progressive house get decidedly blurry. 'Lift Of Love' itself tops a light, rolling tropical groove with constantly evolving synths that are one-part muzak (hence, presumably, the title) to one-part 'Star Trek', while elsewhere 'Veetoo' has the dreamy, floaty feel of Balearic prog and 'Honey' treads similar ground but in a more sunrise-friendly, "the morning after the night before" kinda way. It all makes for very pleasant listening - just add sunshine, sand and a certain Mediterranean island for maximum impact.
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