Swedish producer/DJ Nima Khak has, for years now been delivering a killer sound the techno scene of today. Having also set up his own label ‘Sand’ back in 2014 he has gone on to work with such substantial artists as Jesper Dahlbäck, Cari Lekebusch and now turning to remix...
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Artist – Radiolevel Title – Enter The Square Label – Hit By A Truck Records Release Date – Out Now Hit By A Truck records warmly welcomes Radiolevel, an artist whose star is rising. His music comes with a message: where words are...
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Artist: Martin Lewis Title: Monoklo 2 Label: Holic Trax Release: Out Now Cat. No. MNK002 Monoklo is a new sub label of Holic Trax that focuses on darker, deeper techno and house sounds, away from the more groovy and...
5 Minutes with….De La Swing
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El Row resident and label boss De La Swing has been making some serious noise on the international circuit lately and with his new remix on El Row Music just dropped, we find out more from the man himself…. How has 2016 started for you? Do you have any New Year’s resolutions? Hello guys! This year started with the right foot for me, I’m anxious to get to work in the studio every day, with well-defined goals like only producing original tracks and one collab as maximum, and hopefully get to sign the tracks in big labels… In a few words, get myself known as a good producer. El Row is taking off in a big way around the world, what...
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Artist – Gunn Title – Shallow Label – Subdrive Release Date – 26th February 2016 Subdrive keep up the pressure with a great new single from Scottish producer Gunn. He serves up a great original that is one of many he has contributed to...
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Artists – Vibe Killers, Andrea Di Rocco Title – Hypnotised EP Label – Killer Vibe Records Release Date – Out Now The now well established Vibe Killer Records label is back with an essential fifth release. Once...
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Artists – Fennec & Wolf, Kevin Over, Boy Next Door Title – Cassini EP Label – Incroyable Music Release Date – Out Now Fennec & Wolf has put up an interstellar-deep-house-track and named it after ‘Cassini’, an unmanned...
5 minutes with….Los Suruba
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The Spanish duo of Los Suruba have gone from strength to strength on the back of their ANTS residency and with a slew of new tracks coming out from the pair and on their own label’s the future is looking very bright for Los Suruba. EQTV caught up with the guys to chat about what they have up their sleeve for Plus Minus and for 2016…. 2015 was another amazing year for you guys, what was the highlight above all else? It was probably our best year to date, especially in Ibiza. It was our 3rd year being residents at Ants, which of course is for us one of the best parties in Ibiza and also with our 9 dates at Space (including the...
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WetYourSelf is a well estabished clubbing institute that has firm graps on the London clubbing circuit. Their weekly Fabric shows lighten up everyones dark and dreary Sundays whilst their imprint has seen the likes of Marc Houle, Chris Leibing,...
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Artists – Dandi & Ugo Title – Totally Indigestible Label – Opia Recods Release Date – Out Now Opia Records races to release number six and this time turns to Dandi & Ugo for the beats. This talented pair cook up a brilliant original,...
5 Minutes with…Pig&Dan
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For some, the name Pig & Dan conjures up visions of big room techno being slammed out by one of Sven Vath’s Cocoon early protagonist. This is only half the story of this enigmatic and highly grounded duo. Accomplished producers in their own right, we lift the lid on where they have come from and where they are going in 2016…. What were your highlights and low points of 2015? All in all it’s been another amazing year as far as our progression as producers and DJs. One of the biggest highlights was finishing our brand new album “Modular Baptism” which is due for releases in March 2016. Also, we’ve had an insane year of...
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Artists – Exon Bacon Title – Crepuscule EP Label – Play Label Release Date – Out Now The influential Play Label Records is back with a great new package from its manager Exon Bacon, who has previously released a big...
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Artists – Nathan Barato, Pirate Copy Remix Title – When I Do (My Thang) Label – Kaluki Musik Release Date – Out Now We are extremely proud to announce Nathan Barato’s premier release with Kaluki Music. As well as being a key player at Marco...
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Artist – Real Nois & Manu Gonzalez Title – Nite Rider Label – Real Nois Release Date – Out Now ‘Nite Rider’ is the third single from the Real Nois stable, the Ibiza-based production studio that unites the audio and design experience of its...
IN DEPTH WITH…tINI
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With tINI’s relentless touring schedule taking in all corners of the globe, it is small wonder she is yet to touch down in the jewel of the Middle East’s clubbing crown – Dubai. In advance of her playing the last party of the year for the unstoppable Plus Minus crew, I caught up with the lady her self to find out how her tINI and the Gang parties in Ibiza have gone and also to chat about her new releases in the works…. You have just put the finishing touches to another summer in Ibiza, what was the stand out parties for you? The last month of tINI and the gang held at Lip’s were some of my favorites parties....
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Artist – MdS & Andrea Frisina Title – Lexman Label – Gate Null Recordings Release Date – 14th December MdS lands on Gate Null with a massive single track release featuring a brilliant remix coming from the label boss Andrea Frisina....
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With another stunning release just around the corner on the SSOH imprint, Geil stopped by for a quick 60 Seconds to tell us some more about this future release and what is in store for the new year. You have worked for some time under a different name, delving more into the techno sounds,...
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To celebrate the milestone of their 22nd birthday Hard Times favourite Kenny Dope Gonzales, one half of the legendary Masters at Work who played on their first birthday all those years ago in Huddersfield. Kenny is one of the most prolific artists of the modern music age who was amongst the...
EQTV:Exclusives Hot City Orchestra “The Obse...
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EQTV:Exclusives is a brand new, but very simple concept. Basically, we give you the first public listen of the best House and Techno artists in the world. Told you it was simple. We kick things off with a brand spanking new release on Enzo Siragusa’s offshoot label – INFUSE. This comes courtesy of Einzelkind & Simon Birkenfeld, better known as Hot City Orchestra and we can now share with you the title track from their “Observatory” EP. EQTV also caught up with Hot City Orchestra to hear more from them on their release and the project as a whole.. What has been happening within the Hot City Orchestra of late?...
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Artist – Fovus Loîr Title – Missing Pieces Label – Touch Of Class Release Date – Out Now It is with excitement and pride that Touch of Class Records unveils the music of Fovus Loîr — the new moniker of Daniel Gardner (aka Frivolous), an...
In Depth With…Sasse
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Klas-Henrik Lindblad, also known as Moodmusic label boss Sasse, has been a long time in the game and has pretty much seen it all and done it all. EQTV caught up with Klas to chat about his new release “Eko Masala” on Mina Records and to find out what he has planned for his label’s 20th birthday celebrations…. Nice to meet you Klas, how have you been and what have you been doing lately? I´m very well thank you. I’ve been locked most of the summer and autumn in the studio producing & mixing exciting projects and recording some bits myself. It’s really refreshing to be in the hometown Berlin for a longer period of...
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Artist – Torsten Kanzler Title – Makro Label – TKR Release Date – 11th November With all his heart, every pore and all his blood cells Torsten Kanzler is feeding us with his definition of impulsive, powerful techno –...
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Artist – taMe Title – Quantum State Label – taMe Music Release Date – Monday 16th November Right on queue comes this next release from rising London-based duo taMe. Quantum State is the seventh release on the pair’s taMe Music imprint and...
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Artist – Yousef Title – Are You Ready Label – Circus Recordings Release Date – Monday 16th November Fresh off the back of the success of his storming release on BPitch Control earlier this year, Yousef returns with a more upfront EP on his own Circus Recordings imprint. The title track to the...
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Production duo D.S.E.M. just dropped their exquisite ‘Dance With Me’ EP over on the Rec Division imprint, a collection packed full of innovative and dynamic sounds and groove. We were lucky enough to get 60 Seconds of their time to jump deeper into the D.S.E.M. world…...
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Spanish producer/dj’s Georgeous and Souldate have recently joined forces to create the empowering EP Lobby Boy. With this release set to drop Monday we caught up with the newly formed collaboration for a...
60 seconds with Acid Mondays…
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The duo that make up Acid Mondays have had a rip roaring summer with gigs at DC10 and tracks on good friend Yousefs Circus label, the two piece have set the bar even higher for the Autumn season. With forthcoming tracks on Hotflush and Guy Gerbers Rumours imprint, we sit sit down with Negghead and Lex about their next show at The Rainbow this weekend. How has Ibiza been this summer? What’s it like playing DC10? Ibiza’s been great as usual. It’s always changing and different every year but always a good experience, even if it gets a bit bumpy at times. Playing at DC10 is amazing, really grateful to be able to play at one of our...
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Artist: Real Nois Title: Chekechela feat. Diabel Cissokho (Sun-El Remix) Label: Real Nois Release: 16th October 2015 Chékéchéla is the follow up single from the Real Nois label founded by Reza Kharaghan and...
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The Dirty Disco started back in 2005 as way of bringing friends together for a little blow out. Un be known that the first party would draft in over 1000 people with Jon Carter at the helm, it would penetrate ideas for the future that none of the promoters (Stu/Foz/Pete) would have ever...
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SICHI is a DJ/Producer and label owner who has had 15 years already in the industry, mostly in the breaks scene under a number of aliases. Now working on his new project Dichotomic Records, we caught up with the man to find out more about his future plans… Hey, how’s things in...
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Artist: Nils Penner Title: Mustang EP Label: Moodmusic Records Release: 30th October 2015 Cat. No. mood-168 Nils Penner is the next to get the nod for an EP on Sasse’s perfectly deep Moodmusic Records. He serves up four tracks of absorbing club music that veer into techno territory and mark a...
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UK production duo Vibe Killers are next in line for 60 Seconds With having just released a monster EP ‘Underground’ on their own imprint of Killer Vibe Records. So your Underground EP is out now on your own label Killer Vibe, tell us a bit how you went about...
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Alec Chizhik & Markus Mehta stopped by to chat about their recent release on Loot Recordings… How is it you two first came to create music together? We were friends before we were collaborators. We used to go to the same events and hung out with a similar group of...
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Artist: Slumber Title: Body Clock Label: Rhythm Digital Release: Out Now Cat. No. RCD001 Paul Loraine is excited to announce a new sub label to his main charge, Rhythm Cult, entitled Rhythm Digital. This new label will showcase fresh sounds from artists like Dan Baartz, Brenn & Cesar and...
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Mexican DJ/Producer Vazik dropped us a line last week to talk about his summer and his recent Ep on Sprout Records. Here’s what he had to say… How has the summer worked out for you? Any special moments you would like to share with our readers? I was living in Germany almost half...
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Artist: James Dexter Title: Everything EP Label: Inermu Release: Out Now Cat. No. INERMU001 James Dexter is a talented London based house artist who now branches out with his own brand new label, Inermu. The focus will be club ready house and techno with a modern twist. Dexter serves up a...
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Artist; youANDme Title: Take Away feat. Black Soda Cat No: Desolat 44 Release: 31.8.15/11.9.15 Format: Vinyl, digital Next up on Desolat is acclaimed deep house and techno pair youANDme with a new single that comes with remixes by label boss Loco Dice and label associate Pablo Bolivar....
In depth with… Ralph Lawson
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Ralph Lawson needs no introduction, however we shall give him one. The founding father of Leeds most loved imprint 20/20 Vision and the very first DJ to perform a Back to Basics soiree, Ralph has recently reinvented the label and we went to find out why. We also get a sneak preview into the latest tracks from the label as well as an insight into their new residency at Headrow House which opens on 2nd October. You pretty much helped Leeds shape its foundations within dance music, did you ever envisage the progress and achievements you have brought to the city? It’s great to see Leeds with such a healthy and vibrant nightlife including,...
Azimute Interview
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Azimute is a DJ/Production duo consisting of Cesare Marchese & Philippe Quenum. Together they have already released on such formative imprints like Bedrock and Crosstown Rebels, but having recently released ‘We Are The Sound’ and Cesare’s very own Serialism Records, we...
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Artist: Terrence Pearce Title: ‘Last Night Lover EP’ (inc. Francis Inferno Orchestra remix) Label: FINA Records Vinyl: TBC Digital: TBC Cat No: FINA019 FINA Records presents Terrence Pearce’s ‘Last Night Lover EP’ featuring the return of Francis Inferno Orchestra on the rework. Having...
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Deo & Z-Man are brothers from Hamburg with Italian roots. A musical past influenced by countless genres, their sound is most definately unique. With a release just out on Jeudi Records, we dropped in on them to find out more… How has your year been so far? What’s been keeping you...
5 Minutes with Phi...
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Phill, a new face on Extravaganza, and a super cool music producer and DJ resident of the party LIQVID in Livorno, popped into the office to talk his latest release ‘Displaced’ and his roots in electronic music… Tell us a bit about yourselves, how would you describe your...
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GotSome have exploded on to the UK House scene with their debut single landing on Defected and being championed by Radio 1’s top jocks. I caught up with Adam and Alex to find out how they got here and what they have in store for their Middle East debut for Superheroes this...
5 minutes with Bil...
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Dubai outfit Plus Minus continue their run of top notch parties with another on point lineup. Stu Todd catches up with US DJ Bill Patrick ahead of his return to the Middle East….. How has your 2015 been so far Bill? Very chill, relaxing, maintaining low stress levels. You have...
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Artist: Cubik & Checo Zac Title: Horizons (inc. Arco & Ian Metty mixes) Label: Deepwave Records Release: 12th October 2015 Cat. No. DWR014 Ian Metty’s three year old and perfectly formed Deepwave label is back for release number fourteen, and it is a fine collaborative affair that...
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Owen Howells has performed every where from Fabric to Dommune over the past few years, all to sell out audiences. Facilitating his dream within production and DJing has been well achieved however his latest project Carousel tests fresh boundaries from him personally and professionally. An...
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Artist: Various Artists Title: Black Key EP (Vol 3) Label: Black Key Records Release: September 21st 2015 Cat. No. BKR012 Format: Vinyl, digital Assured UK house label, Black Key Records, once again open up an EP to a carefully considered selection of artists who provide one excellent track...
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Gardens of God has fluttered through genres quite effortlessly with some sublime cuts on Ellum and BOSO respectfully. With a career carved in stone his music has featured in some major players sets this summer alone. Now set for a return to London with Lake People at Avant Garde this weekend,...
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Artist: Sandy Rivera Title: Take Away My Pain Label: Deep Visionz Inc Release: September 18th 2015 Cat. No. DVR003 The return of the Deep Visionz label continues apace with its 3rd release and see’s the label owner, bona-fide house legend, Sandy Rivera step up on one hot solo track...
In depth with… Ray Okpara
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Ray Okpara has been a stalwart performer over the years providing with instant bombs like Brainows. Pushing the clocks forward to 2015 his own imprint is now home to a gem or two with Marcus Nastic and Brodanse already to drop EPs on the label. Further more he has now released another stellar cut on his home away from home label Mobilee titled Rao Del Rani. Here Stu Todd sits down with the man himself about the track and his epic 18 hour sets with Mr Nastic. How has your summer been so far? Hey Stu, the summer been busy and sweaty; there have been a lot of airports but generally I have so much fun playing many a destination around the...