Review: Armada Music 20 Years Classics pays homage to dance music's rich history and aims to educate a new generation of fans about the artists who shaped the genre. There's classics galore on this one as you'd expect, with several bangers by label chief Armin Van Burren, in addition to seminal anthems such as Joe Smooth's "Promised Land", Inner City's "Good Life" (remastered), Chez Damier's "Can You Feel It" (New York extended dub) and Olav Basoski's "Waterman" (extended mix), as well as appearances by newer artists like ANOTR, Patrick Topping and Jan Blomquist.
Review: Dub Police's MyStyle mix series has become a force to be reckoned with in dubstep, an annual showcase from some of their most exciting artists, each outing appears deeper, more involving and widescreen than the last. The Others has clearly gone to town here with a whole heap of his productions and collaborations. For mix lovers this is a must; 28 tracks all seamed together tightly, it explores the darkest corners of the scene with a brave boldness. Those looking for individual tracks will also be pleased to see the likes of Icicle's techno-like industrial VIP "Need A Job", Sleeper's disturbing "Civil War" and Thelem's tripped out mind-twister "Haunted Harmonics". Stylish, sonically arresting and consummately accomplished, The Others has represented himself with serious skills right here.
Review: Berlin hero Nico Stojan is back with his new track Blue Hour; a lush, drifting and atmospheric journey that is perfect for Sunday afternoons at Kater Holzig as it is for an All Day I Dream party. There's a bunch of killer remixes too by the who's who of tech house at the moment. Our picks are the equally as emotive and immaculate production on Markus Homm's remix, David Mayer's Life & Death style remix (complete with mandatory wonky synth lead), Thugfucker's dark rendition perfect for that wee bit of dancefloor drama and of course the legendary Guillaume Coutu Dumont who, as always, presents his wonderfully hypnotic style of minimalism and exoticism.
Review: Amsterdam Dance Event is finally happening again this year, and local label Armada Music (run by legend Armin van Buuren and David Lewis) is hosting lots of amazing events to make sure it will be memorable for all. Here's some of the anthems that are very likely to drop at ADE 2022, such as hometown heroes Glowal on the energising dancefloor drama of "Love Above" (extended mix), the mighty Adana Twins deliver yet another slinky and hypnotic journey on "How Far Can We Go", while hypnotic techno expert Sebastian Mullaert goes ultra-deep on the contemplative and understated "Whispering Of Knives" and veteran Robert Babicz goes out all guns blazing on the main room techno of "Earth Ship" among many more.
Review: With trance music enjoying a current streak of vogue through club culture today it's important to remember legends of the past alongside what's going on now. In Search Of Sunrise volume 15 does exactly that by pitching artists like Jam & Spoon together with Jerome Isma-Ae in a Blade Runner-reminding remix to "Follow Me" - full of tension and release! Furthermore the compilation highlights the Gouryella project from Ferry Corsten with the epicly synth-drenched "Surga", while other bona fide numbers come from Markus Schultz, and Fonzarelli with '80s Italo disco trance throwback "In My Dream", while Peppemansion & Angelo Di Franco' are another highlight with their minimal burner "Mariposa". A secret weapon hidden deep within.
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