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『Palms Trax returns to production with his first release since 2019. The first single off his upcoming 2 track EP 'Soft Trance, Hard Gossip' is a journey through bold basslines, ear tingling acid lines and hopeful synth lines. It feels measured in its temperament for a listen on the bus home whilst punchy enough to earn ...Read more its place across festival and club sets this summer. The title track Keys To A Printed Garden captures him at his best, moving deeper into a lush, melodic setting that stretches beyond the dancefloor while never fully leaving it behind. The track is built around warm deep house grooves, hazy nu groove textures and subtle IDM notes. The record unravels with a dreamlike smoothness. Swirling synth work, jazz-inspired saxophone lines and soft lo-fi textures give the record an immersive, almost weightless quality, while moments of glitch and ambient drift push it into more experimental territory. Even at its most reflective, steady percussion and rolling grooves maintain a subtle club-rooted pulse, balancing emotional depth, introspection and atmosphere with movement, rhythm and understated precision.』

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『UK house mainstay Hodge releases his long-awaited second album, eight tracks of high-calibre house and club music with a focus firmly on the dance floor.』

Kinzua is a live duo consisting of Marvin Uhde—a DJ and producer who also releases music under the name Qnete—and Lucas Brell, founder of Sun Sad Records. Having released tracks on Vladimir Ivkovic’s label Offen Music and Elena Colombi’s Osàre! Editions, they now present their second release on their own label, Confusion is next to happiness. (Original Japanese text by Saito)

He has also released music on Second Circle, Brothers From Different Mothers, Warning, and Emotional Response, and has collaborated with Luca Lozano and Bufiman on analog and trancey machine music. Machine music. 2ND release from Berlin's Desirée Falessi. (Original Japanese text by Saito)

ネオ・トランス、プログレッシヴな4曲。じっくりチェックしてみてください。 (サイトウ)

"The album spans a wide range, from Balearic breakbeat workouts and intimate dub siestas to playful interpretations of world music and electro-funk. Liar’s talent for cultural and stylistic fusion permeates the entire work, featuring homages to Paisley Park, falsetto whispers, comical interjections, City Pop ornamentation, ’70s radio-style psychede ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Saito)lia, and samples from Final Fantasy—all vividly fused as symbols of unwavering hope, love, and peace.”
He’s apparently part of Infinite Machine, which also included artists like Bwana, WWWINGS, and Aphix, and has provided remixes for THE XX. Liar, aka Alin Mihai Ceauselu. I believe this is his first release on Newtone. (Original Japanese text by Saito)

A trilogy project staged on 〈HAPPINESS THERAPY〉, the label gathering minimal tech-house heavyweights like DJOKO, JESSE BRU and B FROM E! From the tech-trance opener "Siphonophore" (sample1), captivating with its beautiful bell synth phrases, through to the vocoder-laced dream house of "Planet Love" (sample3), these five tracks dive into music's spi ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Akie)ritual dimension under the influence of neo-trance and piano house. (Original Japanese text by Akie)

先行のデジタル・リリースで話題を呼んだSGurvinのデビューEP中の２曲プラス、ネオトランス・シーンの先駆けとも言える韓/仏のS.O.N.S.がSYO名義、PRINS THOMASのリミックスを加えて12インチ・リリース。初期のBORDEER COMMUNITYも彷彿せるようなメロディックなスロートランス、エレクトロニック・プログレッシヴ傑作「The Ambience I Love You 」と、ビートを抜きながら展開していく「131 Mods」のオリジナル。 (サイトウ)

TODD TERJEもプレイしている前述のオリジナルバージョン”Lille Vals”(sample1)はもちろん、テクノ方面のDJたちがサポートしている、テヘラン出身で＜IT'S ALL IN YOU＞レーベル主宰のNYMAことAJAKSによる螺旋を辿るトランシーなリミックス”Lille Vals (Ajaks Remix)”(sample2)も強力！そして、BPMをグッと抑えて時間帯問わずプレイできそうな＜RUNNING BACK＞のGERD JANSONヴァージョン”Lille Vals (Gerd Janson's Talamanca Dub)”(sample3)も流石です！