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50 Tracks That Defined 2016

As another year comes to a close it’s time to look back at some of the finest tracks of 2016. This has been one of the most innovative years of underground electronic dance music, with a treasure-trove of productions that radiate with powerful musical elegance, boundless creativity, and infinite inspiration from both established artists, and new talent from around the world.

ReleasesIrina KotikDecember 29, 2016sfire, John Talabot, cocktail d'amore music, dj tennis, Roman Flugel, Life and Death, Dj Metatron, Giegling, hyenah, Frankey & Sandrino, Freerange records, zk bucket, the drifter, zaun records, isaac tichauer, bicep, Traumprinz, lost scripts, Hivern Discs, michele mininni, red axes, le temps perdu, acid pauli, Pampa, baikal, maeve, trikk, lossless, aera, Innervisions, Midland, regraded, clavis, recondite, lauer, Prins Thomas, Permanent Vacation, Patrick Bishop, Tuff City Kids, philomena, Eagles and Butterflies, oceanic, Nous'klaer Audio, human machine, connaisseur recordings, Love Over Entropy, Something Happening Somewhere, Ed Davenport, bicephammer, aus, Ripperton, Tamed Musiq, Hyneah, Andre Lodemann, objektivity, davis, Dorisburg, jimi jules, neil flynn, map.ache, Patrice Baumel, roman flugel, Eduardo De La Calle, jmii, lord of the isles, Kompakt, Nautilus Rising, peter pardeike, andre hommen, Kim Brown, Quarion, Just Another Beat, Zopelar, In Their Feelings, ashworth, needwant, Rampa, Keinemusik, fort Romeau, live at robert johnson, microcastle, todd terje, dixon, olsen records, Marcelo Giordani, oraculo records, Lee Van Dowski, Mobilee Records, cleveland, Chicola, chicola, Lost & Found

Best New Mixes from August 2016

Here are the mixes that we enjoyed during the month of August. From downtempo to disco to techno to house and back

Best Mixes from June 2016

Summer is here! Let these mixes be your summer soundtrack. Incredible mixes that range from chill out balearic sounds to peak time club bangers from names such as Madmotormiquel, Chymera, JMII, Sandrino, Dorisburg, Thomas Herb, Alex Smoke, Andre Lodemann, Âme, Finnebassen, Leafar Legov, Mark Barrott, Tsepo, Dominik Eulberg, The Drifter, Naveen G, Panthera Krause, Kurt Baggaley and Archie.

Best Mixes from March 2016

March brought us a deluge of incredible mixes and live sets from Max Cooper, Marc Poppcke, The Drifter, Pacifica, Olderic, Quarion, Eagles and Butterflies, Love Over Entropy and more.
Mixes are listed in no particular order.

Best New Releases from February 2016

February has been an exciting month with a plethora of outstanding new releases from Human Machine, Mathias Schober ( aka SHOW-B), Andre Lodemann, Agents Of Time, Patlac, Ed Davenport, Prins Thomas, Locked Groove, Stephan Bodzin, Chymera and many more.

Top Tracks of 2015

We have compiled a list of our top 50 tunes of 2015 encompassing every corner of high quality house, techno and the blurry areas in between.

ReleasesIrina KotikJanuary 23, 2016AUS, &ME, Keinemusik, Frankey & Sandrino, Innersivions, Stephan Bodzin, Herzblut Recordings, Roman Flugel, Correspondant, Axel Boman, Pampa, Objektivity, Dauwd, Ghostly International, Mano Le Tough, Permanent Vacation, Maceo Plex, Kompakt, Love Over Entropy, Something Happening Somewhere, Laolu, Compost Black Label, Andre Lodemann, Rodriguez Jr., Mobilee Records, Clavis, Pablo Bolivar, Desolat, Ripperton, Maeve, Arlane Blank, Doppelgaenger, Stil Vor Talent, Deephouse, techno, FictionLab, Florian Rietze, URS, Isolee, Patrice Baumel, Nu, URSL, Marc Poppcke, Crossfrontier Audio, Last Night On Earth, Crosstown Rebels, Rampa, Tiefschwarz, Watergate Records, Nico Stojan, Sol Selectas, Robag Wruhme, Shanti Radio Moscow, Alan Fitzpatrick, Fort Romeau, Running Back, Efdemin, Curle Recordings, Moodmusic, DKA, Bruxsel Jardin, Ame, Monkeytown Recordings, The Drifter, Bedouin, Kindisch, Monolink & Acid Pauli, 3000 Grad Records, Arthur Oskan, Cityfix, TB, Marcus Worgull, Ugur Project, Robot Ranch Records, MUUI, Midland, !K7 Records, Frank Wiedemann, Gronland, Melokolektiv, Chapter 24 Records, Luc Angenehm, Pure RecordsComment