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New Audio: LutchamaK Shares Dreamy “No Right Or Wrong”

French electronic music producer and JOVM mainstay LutchamaK further cemented his reputation for being restlessly prolific with the recent release of the five-song Libra EP. 

Libra EP features opening and title track “Libra,” and the EP’s latest single “No Right Or Wrong,” sees the JOVM mainstay effortlessly balancing in-your-face swagger and skittering boom bap with dreamily ethereal yet soulful synths. And much like its predecessor, “No Right Or Wrong” manages to be simultaneously lounge and club friendly.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: JOVM Mainstay LutchamaK Shares Ethereal and Soulful “Libra”

French electronic music producer and JOVM mainstay LutchamaK further cemented his reputation for being restlessly prolific with the recent release of the five-song Libra EP.

“Libra,” the EP’s opening and title track is a deep house banger, anchored around a hypnotic and rave-friendly motorik groove, broodingly atmospheric synths, skittering boom bap., electronic glitch and robotic vocal samples. Channeling Larry Levan, Kraftwerk and Between Two Selves-era Octo Octa, “Libra” manages to be simultaneously ethereal, soulful and dance floor friendly.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: Analine Shares a Lounge and Club Friendly Bop

Analine is a French composer and producer, who describes their sound as a fusion between pop, rock, jazz and electronic music. Once a former academic, who specialized in medieval history, the French composer and producer […]

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: TONNUP Shares Woozy and Euphoric “Dream of You”

Craig Ferguson is an electronic music producer and artist, best known as TONNUP. Over the past year, Ferguson has released a growing collection of club bangers. His latest single “Dream of You” is a club banger featuring a punchy bass line, tweeter and woofer rattling beats and glistening synths serving as a lush bed for a soulful and yearning vocal sample.

Arguably, one of the more summery, almost Ibiza-like tunes of Ferguson’s growing catalog, “Dream of You” is a fun song with a euphoric hook that manages to capture the woozy joy of thinking about a crush — and realizing that it’s mutual.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: Tony Shamanski Shares a Slickly Produced and Soulful Banger

Tony Shamanski shares a slickly produced and soulful banger.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

DJ Rukhlove is a mysterious and emerging Spanish electronic music artist and producer, who has been busily and prolifically releasing material over the course of the past year or so. HIs latest single “Zara To Astra,” is a slickly produced, deep house banger that seemingly channels JOVM mainstay LutchamaK and Kraftwerk — in particular, Radioactivity-era and Tour de France-era Kraftwerk.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: Tori Bell Shares a Summery, Club Friendly Banger

Splitting time between Santa Monica and San Francisco, Tori Bell is an emerging singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, whose deep passion for lyricism, storytelling and melodies has been the driving force behind her restlessly exploitive creativity; “I use technology to take on different voices across many genres to tell my life story,” the California-based artist explains. “Most songs are autobiographical or detail commentary on heavier topics like social issues, love, rejection, longing, limerence, mental health release and more.”

Bell’s latest single “bad good” is a slickly produced, summery Ibiza-meets big festival stage bop featuring glistening and glitchy synth oscillation, tweeter and woofer rattling thump and enormous drops which serve as a lush bed for Bell’s sultry pop starlet delivery.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: ZODIAC Shares Lush and Summery “Horizon”

Formed back in 2023, the rising London-based production and DJ trio ZODIAC — Joe Doyle, Will McMullin and Ellis Moss — quickly signed to [PIAS] Électronique, the label home of artists like Tinlicker, Eli & Fur and Innellea. Each member of ZODIC brings a distinct sound and vision to the project, blending their talents to create a captivating electronic-driven soundscape that’s both evocative and immersive.

The London trio’s debut single “Blink,” featuring The Boxer Rebellion‘s Nathan Nicholson received support across the global electronic music scene, earning endorsements from Joris Voorn, Above & Beyond, Sister Bliss and Alfa Romero.. Adding to a growing profile in the global electronic music scene, the London-based trio have had opening slots for Armin Van Buuren, Korolova and a growing list of others.

The trio’s highly-anticipated debut EP Constellations I was released last week. While showcasing deep, driven and rhythmically rich melodies, the EP marks a new chapter for the group — the first batch of new material following the addition of Ellis Moss, an already established name in the electronic music scene.. The EP’s first single “Horizon” is a club banger anchored around glistening synth oscillation, a relentless motorik-like groove paired with tweeter and woofer rattling thump. The production serves as a lush and hook-driven bed for a soulful, pop belter vocal sample. Ultimately, it may be one of the more Ibiza/summery songs I’ve listened to and covered in the past few months.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: Helang Shares Swaggering, Club Banger “Firehot”

Helang is a Chinese American producer and DJ, who specializes in crafting an eclectic. club friendly sound that blends elements of house and techno with ethereal soundscapes and driving, dynamic grooves. Throughout a series of releases through HE.SHE.THEY., HILOMATIK and Set About, before she launched her own label Dauntless Records, the Chinese-American producer and DJ had developed a reputation for being an outspoken artist, who always stands her ground — and for a sound that’s an authentic and deeply artistic expression of herself, in which she never shies away from pushing back against conventions.

She has played sets at The Brooklyn Mirage and Kappa Futur Festival and others. Building upon a growing profile in the electronic music scene, she has shared stages with Adam Beyer, Charlotte De Witte, Eric Prydz, Amelie Lens, Nicole Moudaber, CamelPhat and a growing list of luminaries. Additionally, she has received features in Billboard, DJ Mag, Forbes, Mixmag, Beatportal and 6am group.

Her latest single “Firehot” is a bombastic club banger that sees Helang pairing wall and ceiling rattling thump, glistening and wobbling synth stabs and a sultrily yearning vocal sample with euphoria inducing hooks and massive drops. Sonically recalling JOVM mainstay LutchamaK and Between Two Selves-era Octo Octa, the song sees Helang boldly challenging gender roles and norms in a way that feels mischievous.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: French Producer HOJII Shares Summery ” Báilalo”

HOJII is a mysterious and emerging, French electronic music producer. His latest single “Báilalo,” is a summery, hook-driven blend of Latin house and reggaeton, anchored around skittering beats, a chopped up vocal sample, a looping and arpeggiated synth melody and a bombastic horn line. Inspired by the club music of 2000s era Latin clubs, “Báilalo” sees the French producer specifically crafting a song meant to get you to get on that dance floor and move your body. But it you’re old enough, it’ll remind you of sweaty night’s at BOB’s,. The Canal Room and Webster Hall.

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New VIdeo: Tame Impala Shares Euphoric and Trippy “End Of Summer”

Tame Impala’s latest single “End Of Summer” is the first bit of new material from the acclaimed Aussie multi-instrumentalist, producer, and singer/songwriter Kevin Parker since 2020’s The Slow Rush — and is the first release on his new label home Columbia Records.

“End Of Summer” sees the Tame Impala mastermind pushing his acclaimed project into a completely new direction as the euphoric track channels acid house, deep house while still remaining trippy and mind-bending.

“End Of Summer” is accompanied by a narrative visual directed and edited by multi-disciplinary artist Julian Klincewicz that follows Parker in the creation of the song, while on an abandoned train car and wandering through the streets of a city in a fashion that kind of reminds me of Purple Rain.

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Throwback: Happy 71st Birthday, Larry Levan!

William Ruben Helms celebrates the 71st anniversary of the birth of house music pioneer, Larry Levan.