Michael Ellsworth is an emerging electronic music producer and artist. His latest single “Lantern” is a woozy, deep house banger, anchored around scorching synths, tweeter and woofer rattling skittering beats and a seasonal vocal sample […]
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New Audio: Bad Robot Shares Spooky House Banger “Zombie Process”
Micheal Ricker is a Delaware-based electronic music producer and artist best known as Bad Robot. Over the course of hit year, I’ve written about a small handful of Ricker’s Bad Robot material, including:
- The aptly named “Supermassive,” which features skittering, tweeter and woofer rattling thump, scorching bass synths and a woozy and wobbling synth melody. Fittingly, it’s the sort of club and festival banger that sounds as though it should knock a building over.
- “Close To You,” which according to Ricker, is “a bit of a departure into a brighter, more ‘pop’ sounding progressive house style.” Built around an almost mantra-like glistening synth phrase, shimmering synth arpeggios and skittering beats, the motorik-like “Close To You” is both summery and remarkably catchy, while seemingly nodding at Discovery-era Daft Punk-like French touch.
- Max Blücher‘s remix of Year One single “Aero III.” The Blücher remix retains the original’s woozy polymeric melody but pairs it with more aggressive, skittering tweeter and woofer rattling thump, some brief bursts of industrial clang and clatter, and some ethereal synths that create a spacey, house music feel. “Inspired by the gritty sound design and frantic polymetric melodies of my original track ‘Aero III,’ Max has taken the musical DNA and infused it with his own. While the original is great, Max definitely improved the quality of the track with his production skills and imagination,” Ricker explains. “This house remix is an ethereal journey through space and time with elements of Deadmau5 that are felt even in the cover artwork.”
Ricker’s latest single “Zombie Process” is an another deep house banger featuring tweeter and woofer thumping beats, scorching synths and a horror movie sample that’s perfect for the spooky season. Dress up in your scariest, bloodiest costume and hit the dance floor y’all.
New Audio: LENny (IT) Shares A Lush Club Banger
Lenny Lorenzi is a Romagna, Italy-born, New York-based electronic music producer and DJ, best known as LENny (IT). Lorenzi’s career started in earnest when he was a teenager with his first DJ sets and first original productions.
By the time, he was 17, Lorenzi was on the decks at Titilla, a room at the Riccione-based club Cocoricò. And in a short period of time, the Italian-born, New York-based producer and DJ played some of the most important, internationally renowned clubs including Ibiza‘s Sankeys, Barcelona‘s Macarena, Brooklyn’s Output and Miami‘s Clevelander, as well as the most important clubs of the Romagna Riviera.
Adding to a growing profile in the electronic music scene, back in 2011, Lorenzi started the Wave Music Boat, a traveling party that cuts across the Adriatic with stops in Catalonia and the Balearics that featured guests like Sam Divine, Michael Cleis, Argy, Supernova and a lengthy list of others. Wave Music Boat is a major backer of the Molo Street Parade, an event that pairs seafaring traditions with contemporary electronic music. Lorenzi also serves as the artistic director of the event.
Currently based in New York, the Italian-born DJ continues to push the sonic and stylistic boundaries of electronic music. Earlier this year, I wrote about “Night Lights,” a lush club and lounge friendly track featuring glistening and arpeggiated synths, skittering beats, bursts of African-influenced percussion and twinkling keys.
The Italian-born, New York-based DJ and electronic music producer’s latest single “Encontarte” continues a run of lush, soulful club friendly material that recalls a slickly produced synthesis of Between Two Selves-era Octo Octa, 90s house.
New Audio: BIJOU Teams Up with Jenny Voss on a Club Rocking Banger
Best known in electronic music circles as BIJOU, Ben Dorman is a rising house music producer, who exploded into the scene with 2016’s “Hello” with Dr. Fresch. Over the past handful of years, Dorman has released a series of bangers that includes “I KNOW” with Marten Hørger, “The Players Anthem” feat. Benny the Butcher and “Gang Gang,” along with chart topping EPs 2019’s Gangsta Party and 2021’s Street Knowledge. That material revealed a producer, who melds timeless hip-hop vibes with classic house undertones that remain underground while being main stage ready.
Along with production, he started his own label, Do Not Duplicate Recordings (DND RECS) while heading out on a multiple sold-out tours.
Dorman will be embarking on a Stateside tour that will see him playing sets in NYC, Seattle and Chicago, as well as making a run of the festival circuit with a set at Orlando‘s Home Bass Festival.
Dorman’s latest track, the anthemic “Seduction” is an slick and swaggering “Rhythm Is A Dancer“-like tune with skittering beats, euphoria-inducing drops and hooks and twinkling synths anchored around Jenny Voss‘ soulful, powerhouse delivery. “Seduction” reveals a producer, who can boldly craft an enormous, crowd-pleasing, club banger.
New Audio: Major Lazer’s House Music Remix of Amadou & Mariam’s “Mogolu”
Over the course of their almost 50-year career, the iconic and beloved Malian duo Amadou & Mariam have an illustrious career that has been them take the Malian blues that made them a household name in Africa and opened it up to rock, hip-hop and EDM/dance influences, spreading their unique Afropop message and joie de vivre. “We’ve always dreamed of tearing down walls and opening people’s ears to new sounds so the whole world can discover and appreciate Malian music,” Amadou & Mariam says.
Released last month, the compilation album La Vie Est Belle highlights the pairs legacy as one of Africa’s most famous duos and the massive influence they’ve had paving the way for an exciting, new generation of African artists, who have begun to dominate the Western mainstream. The Malian duo have also been ambassadors of Afro-pop, who have collaborated with some of the most iconic and biggest stars of Western mainstream music, including U2, Coldplay, Stevie Wonder and David Gilmour — with their seven studio albums selling over one million records globally.
Amadou & Mariam have made the rounds of the global festival circuit with stops at Coachella, Lollapalooza and Glastonbury, as well as at The World Cup, NPR’s Tiny Desk and this year’s Paris Paralympic Games Closing Ceremony, where they covered Serge Gainsbourg‘s “Je Suis Venu Te Dire Que Je Me’n Vais.” They’ve also made the run of the late-night TV circuits across both the US and U.K.
And adding to their global profile, the duo have collaborated with JOVM mainstays Sofi Tucker, BLOND:ISH, Santigold, Akon, TV on the Radio and Damon Albarn.
La Vie Est Belle features new and exclusive material, as well as essential songs recorded and released over the last 20 years, including material off Dimanche à Bamako, the album that propelled the duo into pop stardom, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Album single “Mogolu,” which derives its title from the Bambara word for “people” is a celebration of all things human — human encounters, travels, cultural exchange and diversity, echoing the acclaimed pair’s longstanding commitment to global peace. Featuring layers of skittering and propulsive African polyrhythm paired with the Malian duo’s gorgeous boy-girl melodies and harmonies and glistening guitarrs “Mogolu” is a sleek and incredibly catchy synthesis of the traditional and the modern that has managed to burn up dance floors while subtly recalling the likes of La Confusion‘s “Bofou Sakou.”
Mogolu Remixes EP features remixes of “Mogolu” by a series of acclaimed producers including PPJ, Busy Twist and Major Lazer, the powerhouse production outfit led by Diplo. The Major Lazer remix of “Mogolu” turns the song into a slickly produced, club banger with dense layers of oscillating synths, skittering tweeter and woofer rattling thump while retaining the gorgeous melodies and soulfulness of the original.
New Audio: Miami’s Diamondz Shares a Thumping Banger
Diamondz is a Miami-based DJ and electronic music producer. As an open format DJ, who has blended genres together for crowds at clubs and venues across Miami, he has shared stages with a number of luminaries including Rihanna, Lizzo, T-Pain, Darude and Roger Sanchez.
Last year, the Miami-based DJ stepped out into the spotlight as a producer and artist, who continues his long-held genre-blending approach to his own original music, with his work blending elements of hip-hop, electronic music and pop, influenced by producers like Diplo and David Guetta.
His latest single, “WTF” is a swaggering and high-energy, club friendly banger featuring relentlessly driving four-on-the-floor that manages to bring Larry Levan-era house music to mind. If you’re not on the dance floor, moving your ass and breaking a sweat, there’s something deeply wrong with you.
New Audio: A.K.A. Returns with a Wide-Screen, Club Friendly Banger
Paris-based sibling production and DJ duo Audio Key Architects (A.K.A) is driven by a deep and abiding passion for electronic music and techno. The siblings’ collaborative project is guided by a shared vision of sharing what they love to create and listen to with the rest of the world.
Clocking in at seven-and-half-minutes, the French sibling duo’s latest single, “Star Lord” manages to be simultaneously cinematic and club friendly, with the song being anchored around dense layers of glistening and arpeggiated synths, tweeter and woofer rattling thump and some mind-bending melodicism. Sonically bringing Magic Sword, Giorgio Moroder, The Chemical Brothers and a lengthy list of others to mind, “Star Lord” reveals a duo that’s boldly pushing their sound in dynamic, new directions.
New Audio: The Real Mack The Knife Shares Lush and Sensual “Côte d’Azur”
The Real Mack The Knife is the creative project of a rather mysterious and prolific American-based electronic music producer. Anchored around glistening synth arpeggios and tweeter and woofer rattling beats, “Côte d’Azur” is a lush and sensual bit of club friendly house meant to evoke sultry summer nights in the luxurious French Riviera.
Throwback: Happy 54th Birthday, Keith Flint!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates the 54th anniversary of Keith Flint’s birth.
New Audio: JOVM Mainstays Bubba Brothers Share Chicago Meets Ibiza-like “Nirvana”
If you’ve been frequenting this site over the past couple of years, I’ve spilled quite a bit of virtual ink covering Portuguese DJ and production outfit and JOVM mainstays Bubba Brothers — Eliseu Correia and Justino Santos — and the during that period, the duo have been remarkably prolific, regular releasing banger after banger after banger after banger after banger . . .
The duo’s latest single “Nirvana” continues a remarkable run of slickly produced euphoric, club bangers that draw equally from Ibiza and Chicago house while simultaneously displaying their uncanny knack for crafting melodic house with catchy hooks.
New Audio: Paris’ Dabinski Shares Ebullient and Summery “Meyeh”
Sacha Dabinski is a Paris-based DJ and producer, best known as Dabinski. Inspired by Armand Van Helden, Roger Sanchez, Pablo Fierro, Sparrow & Barbossa and more, the Parisian DJ and producer’s work transports listeners to sun-drenched locales that feature bright, soulful vocals, rhythmic percussion and a blend of organic and electronic instruments to create a rich, immersive experience. His work is meant to evoke the sensation of being on a vacation, of experiencing a delightful respite from the mundanity of the everyday, filled with sunshine and joy.
The Parisian DJ and producer’s latest single “Meyeh” is an ebullient, Afro-Caribbean take on house music that features a looping guitar line, shuffling riddims, a strutting bass line, a bright horn line and a soulful call-and-response-like vocal paired with an incredibly catchy hook. With the nights getting cooler, it’s a reminder of sultry summer afternoons and nights at block parties, rooftop parties, barbecues and parades.
New Audio: Jeremy Weizman and Kachel Team Up on Euphoric and Crowd Pleasing “Loud Enough”
Emerging, French electronic music producer and DJ Jeremy Weizman started his career as a rapper, known as Weizmann. The French producer and DJ’s transition into techno has been seamless. His sound features elements of minimalist., industrial and dub techno, as well as tech house.
He’s also an entrepreneur and the CEO of several music platforms that operate across the US and France — Studiomap.fr., a marketplace for recording studios and Sound-Academy.co, a leading training organization for sound engineers, DJs and beat markers, Vibes-Studio.fr., a franchise of self-service music studios and Studiomap Records.
Weizman’s latest single “Loud Enough” featuring Kachel is a fun, house anthem anchored around punchy thump, skittering beats, twinkling synth oscillation and a chopped up, soulful vocal sample. Sonically nodding at Larry Levan house and Between Two Selves-era Octo Octa, “Loud Enough” is a lush, crowd-pleasing banger that reveals a producer, who can craft a euphoric hook.
New Audio: Ravdawg Returns with Euphoric Banger “The Way You Get”
Ravdawg is a mysterious and emerging Chicago based electronic music producer, DJ and JOVM mainstay, who generally specializes in tech house and bass. Over the past few months, the Chicago-based producer and DJ has released a handful of tracks, that include:
- The Larry Levan-like “U Know U Know,” which I wrote about earlier this month.
- “Your Body,” a deep house banger, built around glistening synths oscillations, a fluttering flute, skittering hi-hats, tweeter and woofer rattling beats paired with a pitched-up, soulful vocal sample that manages to remind me a bit of Octo Octa and others.
- “Believe in Me,” a euphoric and club friendly bit of house music built around skittering hi hats, glistening synth arpeggios, tweeter and woofer rattling thump, and a pitched and chopped up vocal sample.
Ravdawg’s latest single “The Way You Get” is a euphoric club banger anchored around dusty skittering beats, twinkling synth arpeggios, a glistening guitar solo and a pitchy yet soulful vocal sample paired with the JOVM mainstay’s uncanny knack for a catchy, euphoric hook.
New Audio: Bad Robot Shares Max Blücher Remix of “Aero III”
Micheal Ricker is a Delaware-based electronic music producer and artist best known as Bad Robot. And if you’ve been frequenting this site over the past couple of months, you might remember that I’ve written about two of Ricker’s latest Bad Robot singles”
- The aptly named “Supermassive,” which features skittering, tweeter and woofer rattling thump, scorching bass synths and a woozy and wobbling synth melody. Fittingly, it’s the sort of club and festival banger that sounds as though it should knock a building over.
- “Close To You,” which according to Ricker, is “a bit of a departure into a brighter, more ‘pop’ sounding progressive house style.” Built around an almost mantra-like glistening synth phrase, shimmering synth arpeggios and skittering beats, the motorik-like “Close To You” is both summery and remarkably catchy, while seemingly nodding at Discovery-era Daft Punk-like French touch.
Last year, Ricker released his full-length debut, Year One, which featured “Aero III,” a gritty banger anchored around a woozy polymetric melody and skittering, tweeter and woofer rattling thump. Recently, Max Blücher remixed “Aero III” that retains the original’s woozy polymetric melody but pairs it with more aggressive, skittering tweeter and woofer rattling thump with some brief bursts of industrial clang and clatter, and some eerie ethereal synths. The result is take that gives the song a spacey, house music quality.
“Inspired by the gritty sound design and frantic polymetric melodies of my original track ‘Aero III,’ Max has taken the musical DNA and infused it with his own. While the original is great, Max definitely improved the quality of the track with his production skills and imagination,” Ricker explains. “This house remix is an ethereal journey through space and time with elements of Deadmau5 that are felt even in the cover artwork.”
New Audio: LENny (IT) Shares Lush “Night Lights”
Lenny Lorenzi is a Romagna, Italy-born, New York-based electronic music producer and DJ, best known as LENny (IT). Lorenzi’s career started in earnest when he was a teenager with his first DJ sets and first original productions.
By the time, he was 17, Lorenzi was on the decks at Titilla, a room at the Riccione-based club Cocoricò. And in a short period of time, the Italian-born, New York-based producer and DJ played some of the most important, internationally renowned clubs including Ibiza‘s Sankeys, Barcelona‘s Macarena, Brooklyn’s Output and Miami‘s Clevelander, as well as the most important clubs of the Romagna Riviera.
Adding to a growing profile in the electronic music scene, back in 2011, Lorenzi started the Wave Music Boat, a traveling party that cuts across the Adriatic with stops in Catalonia and the Balearics that featured guests like Sam Divine, Michael Cleis, Argy, Supernova and a lengthy list of others. Wave Music Boat is a major backer of the Molo Street Parade, an event that pairs seafaring traditions with contemporary electronic music. Lorenzi also serves as the artistic director of the event.
Currently based in New York, the Italian-born DJ continues to push the sonic and stylistic boundaries of electronic music. His latest single “Night Lights
s” is a lush track featuring glistening and arpeggiated synths, skittering beats, bursts of African percussion, and twinkling keys that manages to be club and lounge friendly while possessing a cinematic quality.