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Balance Music
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Review: After a three year long hiatus due to the global pandemic, Aussie label Balance Music's main compilation series is finally back with its 31st volume. This latest release features an absolute stunner of a mix, curated by none other than the UK's very own Tim Green. As a celebrated artist of various acclaimed labels including All Day I Dream, TRYBESof, Cocoon, Siamese and more, Green brings his unique creative perspective to the table, crafting a truly beautiful story in this 2.5 hour long mix. This latest addition to the series follows in the footsteps of past epic contributions from industry titans such as James Holden, Joris Voorn and Agoria.
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Review: The Munich based producer Julian Wassermann is currently one of the most respected producers within melodic house and deep techno, racking up releases on fine labels such as Renaissance, Systematic and Einmusika. His latest comes courtesy of Melbourne, Australia's Balance Music titled My Side featuring four excursions in pure dancefloor drama. The title track sets the scene well; a slinky and hypnotic affair that leads perfectly into the moody and highly engineered progressive house of "Tetra" before the euphoric peak time energy of "Faro".
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Review: Next up on Melbourne, Australia's Balance Music is homegrown talent Sam Hopwood following up some promising releases on Selador and Laika Sounds. He serves up some slinky and hypnotic progressive house on this fine two-tracker; first up is the moody dancefloor drama of "Oceans" with its seething bassline playing centre stage, underpinned by a backdrop of clipped yet immaculately programmed rhythms. Next up is the deep and evocative mood of "History" which is perfect tackle for the warm-up or closing set alike.
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Review: After a decade showcasing his wares on Bedrock, Stelios Vassiloudis has transferred to Balance Music. There's a lot to like about 'End Transmission', the Athens-based producer's label debut. In the EP-leading 'Single Version' form, the track is a genuine blast of squint-worthy audible sunshine: a slowly building ambient soundscape where shimmering pads and glistening guitars cluster sparse, laidback beats and warming bass that seemingly build in waves. Vassiloudis rebuilds it for the dancefloor on the 'Dub Variation', re-imagining it as a loopy chunk of weighty soundscape tech-house, but it's John Beltran's 'Sweet Sunny Remix' - a sublime, awe-inspiring ambient take tailor-made for spring runrises - that really sparkles. It's genuinely breath-taking.
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Review: Back in 2019, Tel-Aviv-based producer Stereo Underground released his debut full album "The Art of Silence" on Balance Music, which showcased his musical journey and perspectives on sound and life. Fast forward to 2021, he's back on the Australian label with his latest offering titled "Spinner", a dirty and sleazy bass house groove that makes for perfect tackle during the warm-up or afterhours alike. This is followed by the euphoric progressive house sound of "Cyberia" that many of the artist's supporters will find to be more familiar of him, with its slinky and hypnotic groove reminiscent of material heard on labels like Lost & Found or Sudbeat.
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Review: Swiss veteran and Cadenza co-founder Quenum brings us a tech-house EP that's about as far from the colour-by-numbers, sample-pack variety favoured by sleeve-tattooed Ibiza/Miami "bros" as you can get. 'Briggs Street' starts out with a blues-y vocal lament, then spends the next five minutes building and building but never QUITE resolving. The psychobabble spoken vocal and deep Afro drums of 'Step By Step' could work just about everywhere from soulful house to techno floors just as long as it's 4am, 'Small Brains' leans towards straight-up techno, and finally 'Batman Wake Up' delivers a dose of classic twitchy, glitchy minimalism. Classy stuff.
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Review: A Canadian producer slowly starting to make his mark on the progressive scene is Micah Paul Lukasewich. With music so far released on labels like Global Underground, Ruhnsong and now Balance Music, he teams up with vocalist Kiki Cave to deliver two tracks of bona-fide progressive bliss. With super crisp production to boot, Micah Paul Lukasewich goes the whole-hog in "Evening Winds" that takes the track through a sidewinding session of effervescent synths, turned-out crescendos and subtle yet flying arpeggios. Kiki Cave gives it that extra sultry, God-like touch with her breathy vocals and melancholic charm in a single that's got HIT! written all over it.
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Review: Austrian producer Philipp Straub has previously appeared on top labels such as Bedrock and Ovum, while Brazil's Morttagua heads up the Timeless Moments label and podcast. For their debut release on Australia's Balance, they serve up an atmospheric expression in dancefloor drama on the mesmerising epic "Bwell". With its foreboding bassline contrasted by a rich tapestry of lush melodies, it is just as worthy of a moment in the club as the fine remixes which come as part of the package. London-based Mexican Betoko gets onboard with a sublime rework which accentuates those plucked strings, while Staub himself hammers the message home with his sensual deep house perspective.
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Review: US producer Brian Cid returns to Balance Music following his 2019 Meteorite Man LP! This Cease The Mind triple-packed sees three bassline focused numbers glow in a halo of atmospheric textures, endless grooves and highly electrofied synths. With sustained chords and evolving melodies adding to the luster of the title-track, Brian Cid converges on trance, techno and touch of deep house at large, harnessing the percussive effects of solid tom drums inside the spacey groove of "Open Centre" while the slightly menacing dub progressions of "Field Of Play" call upon themes that inspire both hope and melancholy. True trance.
Review: Australian label Balance Music welcome back the Georgian duo Michael & Levan Dunamalyan, once again in collaboration with Croatian artist Stiven Rivic - who altogether head up the imprints Mistique Music and Kunai Records. The Eye Candy EP features some wonderfully melodic progessive house action: from the glassy-eyed and bittersweet dancefloor drama of the title track which is reminiscent of German legends like Wighnomy Brothers or Extrawelt, while the slinky and hypnotic bounce of "Portal" is proper headrush inducing material that's perfect listening under the strobe lights.
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Review: Sharing associations with labels like Mobilee, Get Physical and Bedrock, LA duo Dance Spirit arrive on Balance Music out of Australia. Delivering the pair's first release for 2020 it sees Dance Spirit reach deep into synth-laden, arpeggiotic, progressive electro territory. WIth the searing strings of "Close To The Sun'' combining with the percussive melodies of its bassline and skittering hi-hats, similar rhythms and deep tones match its aquatic counterpart in "Roses". For something a little harder and dubbed out there's "What A Soul Sounds Like", a minimal-esque power ballad of crackles, fizzles and pop given an ambient remix with its groove and drums totally removed for a science function blast of sound.
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Review: St Louis' finest Andrew Rasse aka Butane is a veteran of the minimal techno scene, who should require no introduction. Having released on some top labels over the last decade not limited to Crosstown Rebels, DeePerfect and Hottrax in addition to running the alphahouse and Little Helpers imprints, he returns to ever reliable Aussie imprint Balance Music. This one is with Extrasketch alumnus Italian Riko Forinson again, on the La Natura EP. From the slinky and hypnotic mood music of "Status Quo", to the pumping euphoria of "Rain Dance" which shows off their penchant for well executed melodic techno, and the lean afterhours bounce of "Repair" - here's a surefire set of summertime grooves for any occasion.
Review: Vassiloudis, who is best known for his work on Bedrock, follows last year's Crossroads EP on Balance with this immersive affair. "Building Better Worlds" is an atmospheric but driving track that resounds to layered textures and chiming melodies. Meanwhile on "Supermodel", he drops the tempo to deliver dubbed out drums and a brooding bass that provides the basis for dreamy synth lines. "Tunnel Vision" sees Vassiloudis focus more on this downtempo approach, as slow-motion beats are fused with shiny melodies and robotic vocals. The Greek producer's journey into the home listening realm continues on "Manual", where cosmic keys and guitar licks are fused with a chugging groove.
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Review: Giving hope to words which otherwise evoke the opposite, Mistique Music and Kunai Records founders Michael & Levan and Stiven Rivic return with Agony. Trance is the name of the game here, with the lead track's skipping groove weaving through a sonic field of synths, melodic progressions, soft, glass-like percussion and swathes of pads and breathy textures. "Neglected" delivers a more club-concentrated mix that's reduced in texture but big in dub and warehouse bounce. A little more tech house than trancey but all good!
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Review: Jet setting German DJ and producer D-Nox matches up with his Brazilian associate K.A.L.I.L. for two different shades of epic. "Mahayl", on the one side, with it 90s, almost Robert Miles-tip, surfs a wave of mellow before breaking down in a massive section of murky bass, only to then return again to the surface. "Meteor", like a rock reentering the atmosphere, burns long and hard into its final synthy descent. Spectacular deep trance.
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Review: Argentinians Zagitar (Mango Alley) and homeboy Who Else(Get Physical/Knee Deep In Sound) serve up some captivating grooves on this four-track EP for Aussie imprint Balance Music, where they combine for an exciting release which will satiate those looking to inject some excitement into their DJ sets. Delve deep into the exotic on "Circus" where a razor sharp bassline rides atop of majestic middle eastern folk arrangements. For something a bit different, they serve up some lo-slung indie dance shenanigans on "Map 76" in the same vein of of Israeli heroes such as Red Axes and Niv Ast, while crossing genre boundaries once more on the addictive tech house/nu-disco/minimal hybrid of "Hipster".
