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JAMES BRAUN – PROTO 0

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Always been a fan of James Braun’s output, his previous releases on Tartelet & Jackoff ooze with rhythmic grooves and funk. He may have been a bit quiet of late but a little birdie tells me he is prepping a return to the forefront of underground clubbing. In the meantime, he is kindly giving away a track for free over on his Soundcloud. “Proto” steadily builds into a deep, driving, chuggy monster; it stays just on the right side of bizarre and it clearly epitomises the raw vibe James Braun has been championing from the offset. Ultimately, it’s free, so go cop.

As a small bonus, go grab this hour long mix recorded for Sceen.Fm alongside Tartelet head honcho Fredski. As a welcome change of pace, it’s not a club mix, it traverses jazz, hip hop, folk, highlife and more weirdness.

JMX 0

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Absolutely stomping mix from Belfast’s JMX who delivers an hour’s worth of the good stuff for the 2020Vision podcast series. With releases set to drop on Tsuba, One Records and 2020Vision, he is definitely one to look out for this year. The mix starts off with some fresh cuts from Huxley, JMX, Detroit Swindle and ends with some classic house moments from the likes of DJ Sneak and Lou2.

JMX – 2020Vision POD

JMX also happens to run the Extended Play label alongside Timmy Stewart, with whom he happens to tour and produce as Jet Project. The label’s output of late has been superb as they seek to push young and upcoming talent primarily out of their hometown of Belfast. Check out my pick from their recent releases below and make sure you go give them some love on their Soundcloud where they have uploaded their entire discography.

Amirali – Falling Down 1

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The mighty Crosstown Rebels are on the verge of unleashing their secret weapon onto mankind in the form of rising starlet Amirali. After taking centre stage on Damian Lazarus’ seminal Get Lost mix compilation, which was followed by the release of his deep, dark and dubby “Beautiful World” EP and a string of superb live performances at WMC 2012; there’s no doubt that Amirali is preparing a mammoth assault on dance floors with the release of his debut album “In Time” imminent. The soundscapes in this album are incredibly broad and in my opinion it’s nice to hear something come out of that camp that can actually transgresse dancefloors and become, in parts, a home listening piece. Not to say that it isn’t geared up to the club because in places, it very much is but its the diversity that I appreciate.

Not forgetting that it is his growing number of loyal followers that have put him where he is today, it would seem that by means of saying thank you, Amirali is giving away a new & unreleased track for (kinda) free on his Facebook page. The track, entitled “Falling Down” is laced with Amirali’s mesmerising and haunting vocal and is drenched in his immaculate production skills. This dancefloor destroyer will undoubtedly send hearts pulsating and arms a’raising as that sweet, soft, soppy bassline serenades you to the stars. Go grab this piece of
electronic excellence and see for yourself the impact it will have…
Download this certified weekend weapon over here: Amirali – Falling Down

Furthermore, for all you London heads out there, you can catch Amirali playing his debut live set on Saturday at UK institution: Fabric.

Oh my days, a free Danny Daze… 0

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The release of last year’s highly hammered “Your Everything” ft Louisaahhh saw Mr. Danny Daze break into many end of year polls, notably the Resident Advisor Top DJs of 2011 (in at number 55 no less). It’s hard to imagine how he will set about topping last year’s success but it seems, by means of saying thank you, he is dishing out a free download. How kind!

For the SoundCloud surfers out there, you may have already heard his collaborative bootleg with Young Edits entitled Million well now it’s available to download via Pulse Radio’s Facebook and Twitter.

To get your hands on it, simply click one of the two following links… Yeah sure there’s a tiny little bit of mindless self promotion going on here but hey, a free track is a free track! Regardless…

For the Facebook crew: http://tiny.cc/pulse-free-dl

And for the Twitter inclined: http://tiny.cc/pulse-tweet-dl

Danny Daze’s SoundCloud is laden with free downloads of mixes and edits so may I suggest you have a small browse and pick up a few movers’n'shakers prepped and primed to get the ladies grooving on the dance floor…

Phlip’in ‘eck. 0

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Big fan of J. Phlip’s output. Ever since her speaker destroying Rumble Rumble came out on Dirtybird a few years ago she has consistently come up with the goods by treading the fine line between booty shaking juke and house music. This year she seems to have really upped her production game with a superb EP for Dirtybird and a beautifully stunning EP on Pets Recordings as well as this cheeky vinyl only collab with the Grizzl (aka CVS).with more exciting releases in the pipeline.

As far as her DJing credentials are concerned, let’s face it, when Claude VonStroke himself requests you to be his own tour DJ then you got to be a’iiite. If you have yet to hear her play, I suggest you take a peep at this live audio/visual recording of her playing at the Beatportal studio where she even provides an interview.


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