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Robytek return with ‘Luna Africana’

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Robytekhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif return on Rebirthhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gifhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_l.gif with the minimal cosmic Afro funk of ‘Luna Africana’.

Like the bastard child of Tiga, DFA, Headman and Chicken Lips all rolled into one, it really could be classified as unadulterated oddball crystalline electronica, not least when African tribal chants give this a truly global feel.

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Matthias Heilbronn ‘Brooklyn Sub EP’

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• Filed under: Music News: matthias heilbronn sub static

Having been taken under the wings of Larry Levan, Francois K, Frankie Knuckles, Danny Tenaglia and even C&C Music Factory over the past two decades, Matthias Heilbronn’s resume makes impressive reading.

On top of that fine milieu, he’s also recorded for the crème of US house labels over the last decade, including Wave, King Street, SAW and MAW.

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Canada’s Finest House

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• Filed under: Music News: hi-bias records

Hi-Bias Recordshttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_l.gif, one of Canada’s premier dance labels, is behind what they are billing as the “first-ever original album featuring Canada’s top dance and electronica artists and producers”.

Not before time we say with the wealth of great dance artists to be found just north of America! 

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Super Mal travels ‘Light Years’

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• Filed under: Music News: bandito records super mal

Super Mal’s previous singles ‘Bigger Bigger’ and the vocal version ‘Bigger Than Big’ were heavily influenced by the likes of Daft Punk and Mylo, and whilst many others have staked claims to that fact, few have delivered the goods worthy of a place alongside their heroes.

Super Malhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif more then do with their latest Bandito Recordshttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_l.gif release, ‘Light Years’, offering the most simplistic of grooves that is as familiar as it is original with Gallic reference points aplenty.

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Thomas Schwartz returns with ‘A New Society’

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• Filed under: Music News: the clubbers thomas schwartz

It was only a few short months ago that we extolled the virtues of Thomas Schwartz‘s Jupiter Calling’, co-created with producer Fanizza Fausto of Starchaser fame.

No sooner had word of our glowing praise got back to their camp in the Apulia Region of Italy, than the duo headed back to the studio to record the follow-up with a mission to wow us all the more. 

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The Whitest Boy Alive’s ‘Golden Cage’ reaches for the top

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• Filed under: Music News: modular the whitest boy alive

The Whitest Boy Alivehttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif ‘Golden Cage’ on Modularhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_l.gif has been vying for the upper echelons of the Beatport chart in recent weeks, and in no small way down to Fred Falke’s stunning remix.

The man, who along with long-time studio partner Alan Braxe, has risen through the ranks to become one of the pivotal masterminds in the Gallic house movement turns in another mix rich in Parisian charm – filters set to maximum with compression on extra high deliver a mouth-watering concoction of bombastic beats and gruff basslines, creating a vibe that is pure Daft Punk. 

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Alex Gaudino and Shena ‘Watch Out’

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• Filed under: Music News: alex gaudino mos shena

Guess it was inevitable that Shenahttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif, one of the most popular voices to currently grace clubland, would sooner or later arrive at the door of Italy’s number one hit maestro, Alex Gaudinohttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif.

On ‘Watch Out’, their task of following up ‘Destination Calabria’ is made all the easier by a choice sample lifted from Pig Bag’s horny hit, ‘Papa’s Got A Brand New Pig Bag’.

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Mike Monday drops ‘The 11 11’ on Om Records

• Written by: Lewis Dene
• Filed under: Music News: om records

It’s been a while since we last heard from Mike Mondayhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif – almost two years, to be exact – when he delivered ‘Smorgasbord’, which won numerous accolades and superlatives in the dance press.

Lauded as album of the month in i-DJ, while DJ mag called it “an LP we just can’t put down”, others jump on board and claim it as a future classic. 

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François DuBois‘ ‘La Balance’ features Master H

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Having wowed us last year with ‘I Try’, Francois DuBois follows up ‘Blood’, his previous Urbantorquehttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_l.gif release, with the sublime ‘La Balance’ featuring Master Hhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif.

The combination underscores why the two are amongst the hottest new breed of electronica producers on this majestic release.

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King Unique returns with ‘Hinode’

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• Filed under: Music News: curfew king unique

Matthew Roberts and Matt Thomas return to the recording arena in April as King Uniquehttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif - one of the most influential dance production outfits of the past decade with a plethora of hits and acclaimed remixes to their name.

Their minimal tech-etched single on Curfewhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_l.gif is called ‘Hinode’. 

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DJ Disciple features Dawn Tallman in ‘Work It Out’

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• Filed under: Music News: dawn tallman dj disciple egoiste

One of the UK’s hottest club tracks right now has actually been on Beatport for over 18 months!

The record in question is DJ Disciplehttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif feat. Dawn Tallmanhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif in ‘Work It Out’, which first appeared on the New York producer’s Catch 22http://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_l.gif imprint back in October 2006. 

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Paolo Mojo hits hard with ‘Nightlaw’

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• Filed under: Music News: oosh records

“People who rise above the simple act of playing records to create something magical.

People who are born to play to a crowd, to heighten the senses and inspire reaction and emotion in both clubbers and their peers.

People that create a palpable sense of anticipation when they take to the decks because the crowd know they are in for a ride.

People that balance the atmosphere on a knife-edge and then drop you off pull you back up and throw your senses to all points of the emotional compass.

Paolo Mojohttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif is one of those DJs.”

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Trattner and Galvan bring us ‘Upward Into The Light’

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• Filed under: Music News: galvan hilo records trattner

Reminders of Vincent Montant’s drums from ‘Heavy Vibes’ starts off Trattner & Galvan’s stark drum attack ‘Upward Into The Light’ on Hilo Records.

Billed as a straightforward rhythmic track, it’s so much more with a trippy spoken male vocal reminiscent of Tenaglia’s classic ‘Elements’ dialogue.

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Jerry Ropero releases ‘The Storm’ on Kingdom Kome

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Kingdom Komehttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif may have already signed Jerry Ropero’s hot new single ‘The Storm’ onto Positiva for a summer release, but you won’t have to wait till then to download a copy.

What originally surfaced as an instrumental (as they invariably do) 18 months ago, won admiration from the likes of Axwell, Tiesto, Ferry Corsten and Sebastien Ingrosso, and now has a topline added by vocalist Cozi. (She previously recorded ‘Baby When The Light’ for David Guetta last album).

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Revisit Miami with ‘Om Miami 2008’

• Written by: Lewis Dene
• Filed under: Music News: om samantha james

If you miss South Beach or want to vicariously relive the Winter Music Conference (without the excesses and extortionate club prices!), you could do no wrong by savouring ‘Om Miami 2008’, and in particular the Deluxe Unmixed Edition.

In many ways the label’s sound is characterised by the opening cut, Samantha James [pictured] ‘Breathe You In’ mixed by Eric Kupper.

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