Order Seasoned style master general, Argy joins Afterlife with this two-track expedition “Tataki”. Argy’s credentials demonstrate his diversity and innate talent, which is evident here on this EP.
The title track opens the release, Argy demonstrating his dexterity with a mesmerising looped vocal clip and mystical atmospherics. On the flip it’s ‘Magic Order’, a driving cut with beautifully haunting choir-esque vocals played backwards, emitting a spinetingling aura of sound.
Motion’s hugely anticipated 2022 season kicks off with an explosive mix of everything from techno to drum & bass, house to disco. January, February and March will see Bristol’s most famous matrix of warehouse spaces come alive with world DJs including Floating Points, Pearson Sound, Adam Beyer, Aurora Halal, Camelphat, Skream, Dan Shake, Solardo, Ewan McVicar, Elkka (live) and many more. Sign up at https://motionbristol.co/Jan-Mar-Signup to access early bird tickets and the chance to win a season guest list pass for two people.
Widely regarded as one of the UK’s most important and influential clubs, Motion is a famously multi-dimensional club space. It offers everything from raw and intimate rave spaces to vast main rooms that turn into intense party cauldrons. The club has always been broad in its offering: as well as showcasing the most influential artists from around the globe, there has always been a real focus on giving the stage over to red hot and rising local promoters, production teams and artistic talents.
A diverse and safe dance floor has also always been a priority for Motion, so new measures have been put in place in response to recent reports of increased spiking incidents across the UK. Some of these include offering lids on drinks, increased security presence and non-uniformed operatives patrolling the club to ensure customer safety.
This monumental new season kicks off on January 21st with Possession x Boiler Room headlined by Hadone, then 22nd with The Blast, then Motion x Dad Bod Boogie brings Dan Shake, Ewan McVicar, Elkka [live] and Charlie Boon on Saturday 29th.
February 4th sees the return of house heroes Solardo and friends. Following this on February 5th is the one and only Floating Points who is joined by Pearson Sound and Helena Star amongst others. On the 11th there will be a gigantic hard house celebration with genre kingpins Goodgreef and names like Aly & Fila, Will Atkinson, Lange, Menno De Jong and more. Drumcode boss Adam Beyer headlines another techno special on Saturday 19th February, with more to come. A big Glitterbox party will also be announced for February 25th.
In March, Skream & Lala play from open to close, Camelphat headline a special Day & Night party and Motion Presents LSDXOXO with forward thinking sounds from Aurora Halal.
This is a mouthwatering first wave of names that once agains confirms Motion leads the UK’s underground electronic scene from the front.
Ukrainian duo ARTBAT have linked with dance legend Pete Tong for what is set to be one of the pair’s biggest ever tunes: a forward-thinking new take on the Balearic dance classic ‘Age of Love’ on Ministry of Sound. The stylish new single is out digitally on January 7th and on vinyl on February 4th 2022.
This latest new ARTBAT track comes just a week after the award-winning pair sold out their much talked about UPPERGROUND label on New Year’s Eve in Tulum with next level visuals making it an unforgettable night. More than 6000 people came together to dance to a majestic set that took in ARTBAT classics old and new. The high spec production added an extra sensory element, with vast LED screens showing abstract imagery and ARTBAT in space suits, pixel-thin lasers beaming into the crowd, and iconic Mexican palm trees towering next to the main stage. It was a perfect way to see out the old and bring in the new with ARTBAT doing what they do best.
This hypnotic new track is a perfect follow up to that party. It is designed for huge dance floors and is a driving, melodic yet deep affair that will sound perfect in the world’s best superclubs. The remix pairs big synths and elements of stylish trance and potent techno to make a big emotional impact, as is the ARTBAT way.
With this new collaborative single, ARTBAT start 2022 in the same superb fashion with which they ended their successful 2021.
Noisily returns after two years away from the woods like a phoenix rising from the ashes, the wind of its loyal family driving it forward into a new era. A festival reborn, taking great care to honour its past whilst looking firmly toward a bright and bold future from 7th – 10th July 2022. Joining them for the big return will be a mouthwatering line up that covers a wide range of sound featuring the likes of Eats Everything, a Noisily debut for John Digweed, plus more from Frida Darko, Carbon, OC & Verde, Luis M, Life, Pauli Pocket, Audley, Atlantik, Audio Anonymous, Beth Lydis vs Andreas Henneberg, Ben Coda, Henri Bergmann, Ipcress, James Monro, Lampe, Quivver, Tony Casanova and more.
Noisily endeavour to stand on the edge of knowledge, creating an environment that inspires conscious awareness, kindness and caring, for ourselves, for one another, and for the planet we call home. Of course, a carefully curated line up is key to that and in 2022 Noisily will sound like never before as UK progressive house legend John Digweed plays the festival for the very first time. Closing the Noisily Stage on Sunday evening with an epic four hour set he is sure to bring real class. Over the last two years Carbon has delivered a consistent set of incredible releases and alongside his compadres Lampe & Luis M, Carbon will be part of a seismic psychedelic techno session on the Saturday night.
Opening the Noisily Stage on Saturday alongside her good friend Tony Casanova, Frida Darko will bring the forest to life with her blend of psychedelic downtempo techno. Her music, although downtempo, has a driving quality which will ignite the dancefloor as she takes us through the gears and brings another day on the Noisily dancefloor into full swing. On top of this will be red hot tech house from OC & Verde, big bass sounds from across the spectrum by the legendary Bristol tastemaker Eats Everything and much more besides.
Following on from their essential Zukunft album on their own Radau Music label in November, GHEIST now serves up a hugely poignant new video for ‘We Are Not Alone.’ The video touches on the subject of mental heath, which is close to the German pair’s heart as they recently lost a close friend and tour manager due to suicide.
The album explored a world of emotional, colorful, diverse, and delicately crafted electronic music with hints of melancholic optimism. This single is another standout that finds the duo really evaluate their sound and skills to new levels. It features their signature mix of breakbeats, beautifully crafted synthesizers and exciting vocals delivered with real melancholy. They touch on the difficulties of being alone while the video shows someone in isolation at home and looking lost.
Say the pair, “Coming out of these exhausting and strange past 18 month there appears to be a topic that has always been around us but seems now bigger than ever. We’ve been isolated, we’ve been alone and highly in danger of suffering from depression. It’s a matter of the heart for us to talk about this sad phenomenon and get loud about it. We just recently lost a close friend who committed suicide and no one saw it coming.”
“We see it as our duty as artists to point out this problem and create a safe place to open up and destigmatize mental illness as such and built awareness especially for people with suicidal tendencies. We are about to head into winter and we are still in a post pandemic phase as a society. We should sensitize ourselves for those who need to be seen and make sure that no one feels alone or left behind. Please let us all take care of each other and make the time to listen because WE ARE NOT ALONE.”
‘We Are Not Alone’ carries a vital universal message that should be shared as far and wide as possible.
Credits:
Story + Direction: Taha Ismail
Starring: Taha Ismail
Camera Operators: Masroor Moin, Zayan Khan, Taha Ismail, Tajriyaan Chowdhury Edit & Grade: Taha Ismail
Charlotte de Witte rounds out another big year with the news that the second annual limitededition KNTXT 2Y Collector’s Box is available for pre-order. The box set includes all 6 releasesreleased in the label’s sophomore year, featuring music from Charlotte de Witte, ONYVAA,Alignment, and Indira Paganotto. It will feature a limited edition version of Charlotte de Witte’sFormula EP on clear red vinyl. This limited edition version of the EP will exclusively be availablefor purchase via the box.
Charlotte recently retained her Number 1 title in DJ Mag’s Alt Top 100 poll after a non-stop yearof exciting projects and high profile gigs. There was the unforgettable live-streamed set from theItalian Formula 1 race track Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello as well as a Charlotte deWitte x Tomboy Collaboration featuring bespoke racing t-shirts. There were further standout setswith the Onassis Foundation at Ancient Messene in Greece and with Mixmag to celebrate 10years of The Lab. There was also a second Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1, a special range ofKNTXT athletic wear in collaboration with 4254 as well as the launch of the Apple Music xKNTXT page.
Music wise, Charlotte continued to innovate with her own productions, namely the Formula andAsura EPs which brought more of her powerful techno sounds next to fresh trance, psychedelicand ambient influences, and her huge remix of ‘Age Of Love’ alongside Enrico Sangiuliano. HerKNTXT label meanwhile put out new music from Alignment who served up the Nothingness EPand Power EP,Indira Paganotto’s Himalaya EP, and ONYVAA’s Lost Angeles EP. All of thesewill be presented as part of the KNTXT Collector’s Box on 140g black vinyl with exclusiveartwork in a bespoke, hand crafted box.
Charlotte will soon head to VW Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, on December 17th for a final KNTXTparty of 2021 before the biggest ever KNTXT rave in February at Flanders Expo in Charlotte’shometown of Ghent, where she will play an exclusive 10 hour all-night set.KNTXT 2Y Collector’s Box is a unique piece that is a must for all music fans.
Magdalena will bring her unique SHADOWS brand to Tulum alongside guests Stephan Jolk and Eelke Kleijn SHADOWS @ Tulum, 3rd January: https://www.facebook.com/events/601206854500087 Magdalena’s SHADOWS party makes a long-awaited return to Tulum on 3rd January. The acclaimed DJ and producer herself will headline with Stephan Jolk, Eelke Kleijn and a support act will also line up at Mía Tulum. Magdelena is the driving force behind her own SHADOWS party brand. The afternoon-into-evening events are known for electric atmospheres in Ibiza and around Europe, with her own forward-looking sets of richly melodic house and techno at the centre of each one next to a special guest. She has also long been a core part of the Diynamic family since day one, helping to organise events, playing with the brand all over the world and releasing her expertly crafted grooves on the label. She is currently on tour of India but finally heads back to Tulum after making great memories with parties there back in 2019 and 2020, but forgoing 2021’s party due to the risk of COVID.
Says Magdalena, “Hosting SHADOWS in Tulum is always very special to me, because the SHADOWS brand fits very well with the Tulum kind of vibe. SHADOWS was born under the Ibiza sun and taking it to the palm trees of Tulum for us is a logical path to walk.” Mía is the spectacular venue for this. Strategically located in the best area of Tulum´s Hotel Zone, you will find Mía Beach Club offers the perfect atmosphere with gorgeous sand beaches and crystal clear blue sea close by.
Joining Magdelena will be Stephan Jolk with his emotionally-charged techno, which is laden with spiralling melodies and lots of subtly-evolving layers. Eelke Kleijn also plays and is a Dutch producer and DJ from Rotterdam who has played all over the world and released on labels like Armada Music, Ministry of Sound and Days Like Nights. This is set to be an unforgettable open-air and sun kissed experience that is the perfect way to start the New Year. Central America Dates
Jan 3rd: Mia, TulumJan 9th: Ocaso Festival, Costa RicaJan 12th: TBC, Costa Rica
The first headliners announced for Electric Love Festival 2022 were already coming in with a bang, but those who thought that the organisers already gave it their all during line-up, were wrong. With this illustrious selection of absolute top DJs from ARMIN VAN BUUREN, ACRAZE and HEADHUNTERZ, to SEFA and GIGI D’AGOSTINO, it is clear: #ELF22 is going to be absolutely legendary!
ARCAZE is THE rising star in the international DJ scene. The American producer broke all records with his track “Do It To It”. More than 100 million streams and almost 20 million monthly listeners: ARCAZE catapulted himself to the Top 200 artists on Spotify within no time. With those ground-breaking achievements, it is now time for him to turn the Electric Love Festival 2022 mainstage into his Colorful Playground with his Tech House sound.
ARMIN VAN BUUREN – there’s not much more to add here. He is like the Lionel Messi of the DJ scene; for years, he has been one of the world’s top DJs. The #ELF22 organizers are exceptionally proud that the Grammy-nominated Dutchman will transform the Salzburgring into the place-to-be for EDM fans in July 2022 with his unique spherical sound.
Anticipation is the greatest joy! Festival visitors can be especially excited for the German DJ-Duo HBz. In 2021, they celebrated their breakthrough with the single “King Kong” and have been in the German single charts for weeks. At their Electric Love Premiere, they want to prove that they can rock one of the biggest stages in the EDM scene.
With SEFA and HEADHUNTERZ, all Hardstyle lovers and Frenchcore enthusiasts will have the time of their lives at Electric Love Festival 2022. Frenchcore prodigy Sefa is known for involving elements of classical music in his tracks and for his unbelievable live piano shows during his sets. Some even call him the “Mozart Of Hardcore”. With Headhunterz, one of the most successful Harder Style artists will perform at #ELF22. If some knows the genre of 150 BPM and beyond, it’s the 36-year-old Dutchman. Living legend performs at Electric Love Festival 2022Gigi D’Agostino is back in town. This news will spread like wildfire – who hasn’t danced and sang along to his world hits “L’amour Toujours” or “The Riddle”? The Italian DJ made a massive impact with his 90’s sound and built a huge fanbase. Gigi D’Agostino has experienced a real renaissance in recent years and musically unites generations like no other. His appearance will undoubtedly be one of the emotional highlights of the Electric Love Festival 2022!
Super Early Bird Price until December 31, 2021With line-up announced, the demand for Electric Love Festival 2022 is tremendous. Numerous ticket categories such as Caravan Camping or VIP Gold, Silver, and Bronze were sold out within hours after the first line-up phase was announced. Who wants to experience #ELF22 should get their tickets now. Up to December 31, 2021, the Super Early Bird prices are still valid for the ticket categories that are still available.
For those uncertain because of COVID-19, it is also guaranteed in 2022 that in case of a COVID-related cancellation, every ticket buyer will be able to swap their ticket for the following edition or receive a refund (excl. service fees). The legal requirements applicable at the time of Electric Love in July 2022 apply as entry criteria.
The confirmed DJs at a glance: · Timmy Trumpet· KYGO· Fisher· Don Diablo· Solardo· Brennan Heart· Dr Peacock· Dan Lee· Felice· Paul Elstak· GPF live· Aftershock· Dr Rude· Scale Vs. Anodyze· Toby Romeo· Dominique Jardin· Acraze· Alan Walker· Armin Van Buuren· Caine· DJ Shany· Gigi D´Agostino· Hard Driver· Headhunterz· HBz· Krewella· Latmun· Levex· MC DL· Primeshock· Sefa· Tarik Asadi· Tungevaag· Vize
Colorful playgroundElectric Love is more than just a music festival. Since 2013, Electric Love means a feeling of life, music, and adventure, embedded in the beautiful Salzburg Lake District. It means spending a short vacation for all senses in the Fuschlsee region and dancing into the night on one of the five stages to more than 160 international EDM, Hardstyle, Techno, Tech House, Bass, or Hip Hop artists.
Electric Love means getting the full festival experience at one of the four campsites or sleeping in one of the 1* – 5* hotels around Salzburgring. It can also mean celebrating life in four different VIP areas and recharging drained batteries with various activities, fancy drinks, and soul food. ELF is also culture and sightseeing between festival days in one of the most beautiful historic old towns in the world, Salzburg.
“We want visitors to have the best time of the year at our festival”, organizer Manuel Reifenauer said, looking forward to the festival summer 2022 and the 9th edition of Electric Love Festival at Salzburgring. Electric Love is a feeling of life, music, adventure, and experience from July 7-9, 2022, at Salzburgring, Austria.
Kiki Solvej makes her debut on the mighty Filth on Acid label with a superb set of tracks that speak to her years spent raving on the dance floors of her native Germany. Kiki Solvej is just 25 and is starting out on what promises to be a fine career. She has a hard and banging techno style that is perfect for this label and comes with her vocals on top. This is Filth on Acid NOW!
Deutsches Rave Mädchen is the first high speed, high impact banger. It has industrial textures, steamy vocals bring a layer of human warmth, and laser like synths. Heute Nacht then gets more raw and frazzled, with stomping drums and busted synths all electrifying your every sense.
This is a big debut from a big talent. Artist:Kiki Solvej Title: Deutsches Rave Mädchen EP Record Label: Filth On Acid Release Date: 17th December 2021 [Beatport (2 weeks)], 31st December 2021 (all other stores)
Tracklist: 1) Deutsches Rave Mädchen 2) Heute Nacht
Cancun Music Week is excited to announce its maiden event will be held this coming April 13th – 17th, 2022. The first-of-its-kind event will be a unique hybrid of online audiences from around the world and in person offerings that will see thousands of music professionals come together for a diverse programme of discussions, parties and networking events hosted by Breathless Resort and Spa Riviera Maya and presented by XKYY Entertainment.
The much-anticipated five-day Cancun Music Week is set to be a groundbreaking affair that offers global online passes for people to join in from anywhere in the world, as well as in-person offerings in Cancun. It is a unique conference in that it has a firm focus on underground electronic music and will see leading creatives and thinkers come together to explore key values and issues within the industry while also showcasing the latest innovation at the Technology Trade Fair. The beautiful resort itself is fully Covid-19 secure with all hotels and venues operating in line with current restrictions.
The event will include workshops and masterclasses to help inspire the next generation of industry superstars, while there will be various 1-1 networking events throughout the week. With mental health issues and global warming issues coming to the fore during the pandemic, Cancun Music Week will be offering a free wellness platform for visitors. This includes strategies to run more eco-friendly events, understanding the difference between American and European events, how artists can release music in the modern world, cryptocurrency, and much more.
While Cancun Music Week is designed to bring the industry together to focus on bolstering the industry and empowering the future of electronic music, it is also set to be a celebration of the genre. That is why there will be a host of unique parties, including dinners with DJs, day and night time pool parties, beach parties, boat parties, and exclusive after parties. On the final evening, a special closing celebration will bring what is set to be an incredible 2022 event to a spectacular end.
EARLY BIRD TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE NOW!
**For safety and security some events during CMW may have restricted capacity
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