Progressive House Juno Download

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Big time player for the likes of Defected, Off Recordings, Simma Black and Saved, Dutch DJ and festival specialist Franky Rizardo debuts on Knee Deep In Sound! Arriving on Hot Since '82's label with this two-track Sprinkler single, Rizardo looks to trance, minimal and techno with warmer housey atmospheres, most overtly in this single's alternative number "You" through its funkier groove, mellow rhythm and bassline flow. If timed well "Sprinkler" should set off the ice canons with its massive melody, tearing synth progressions and epic peaks pushed over the line with jungle and breaks.

Stelios Vassiloudis

Videotape EP Balance Music

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.

Einmusik

Ignition Einmusika Recordings

A master in the art of progressive, melodic techno, Einmusik unveils the first release for his label in 2020, Ignition. With pulsating synths and shadowy basslines grounding b-side alternative "Dread", starry organs and heavy key-play land in an arrangement that sounds like a redefined, techno-fied Jean-Michel Jarre. Hinged on a twinkling arpeggio, the title-track channels a German psyche rock sound that after dropping, sprawls into action with trance-like grace of uplifting energy, melancholia and the fall of tumbling synthesizer motifs.

Kruel Intentions

NGFM (Callum Knight Remixes) New State

All time 'You're No Good for Me' vocals made infamous over the years by the UK's trance and rave scene are given the Callum Knight touch on this release for New State. Combining elements of classic US house with pumping bass basslines, EDM ideals and hints of Darude's "Sandstorm" as its influences, '90s rave and breaks have never sounded so fresh!

Yousef / Gorgon City / Evabee

Free Myself Circus Recordings

Maintaining party vibes for the lockdown period is Yousef Zaher and his Circus Recordings label with this hot hot hot collaboration with Manchester vocalist Evabee and north London duo Gorgon City. Sending in tech house beats alongside a whirr of peaking synths and progressive basslines, "Free Myself" is full of suspense, tension and melodrama just waiting to explode! Free yourself!

Michael & Levan / Stiven Rivic

Agony Balance Music

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!