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Features
Boiler Room Staff Picks
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Tenderlonious Presents Ruby Rushton
Errol Anderson: "Tenderlonious and his posse of über-talented bandmates string together stellar cuts from their latest project. Magic."
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DJ Maboku
Errol Anderson: "Absolutely no filler in this 55min power play from one of Principe's most gifted souls, DJ Maboku."
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Noema
Gosia Herman: "The Magic Movement representative Noema, managed to take springtime Warsaw on a truly hypnotic, extravagant journey that no one was expecting. "
Recent Recordings
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Breakfast with Ringgo 004: Mndsgn & Koreatown Oddity
This month you might notice the scenery's a little different. Ringgo's moved from one undisclosed Los Angeles location to another, but the vibes are the same. Joining him is the Koreatown Oddity (aka Dominique Purdy). Expect two hours of musical goodness, dance videos and trees. Bonus points for the live jams with Ktown cutting up the record just by dropping the needle.
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Julio Bashmore B2B Shanti Celeste
Two of Bristol's finest, Julio Bashmore and Shanti Celeste, take to the stage to bring us their own brand of South-West flavour.
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Speakerfoxxx
There was no better way we could've set off this legendary show than with Atlanta queen Speakerfoxxx on the 1s and 2s to fire off our Superchef event with iLoveMakonnen and Ray-Ban.
Upfront Mixes
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100% Silk
100% Silk is in rude health, having perhaps the best year yet of its half-decade in existence – as this diverse mix of forthcoming exclusives proves.
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Hatcha
Hatcha invented dubstep and now he's taking it back to its roots "with a 2015 touch". Go in deep for an hour with the godfather himself, showcasing his back-to-basics label, Hatched.
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PBDY
Brainfeeder crew, TAR boss & FlyLo's tour DJ: PBDY quietly dominates. With 37 (mostly unheard) tracks in a lean 62m, his dazzling/dizzying mix keeps that winning streak up.
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J. Tijn
Skewing overwhelming toward homegrown originals, techno miscreant J. Tijn comes through with bangers galore for the second time in six months.
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Bedouin Records
An hour of dark and cerebral but stunningly beautiful electronic surround from a "sonic tribe" gathered together in the desert of the UAE.
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Tartelet Records
Hazy house jams and low-slung soul from a standout Copenhagen label riding a serious second wind — this week's Upfront comes via Tartelet Records.
Track Debuts
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Mike Dehnert “Rewerk”
This September, Fachwerk Records celebrates its eighth birthday with an exclusive compilation produced by the imprint’s three progenitors, Sascha Rydell, Roman Lindau and label founder Mike Dehnert. This Dehnert-Rydell-Lindau trio have spent the past eight years cultivating the imprint’s name, almost uniquely with releases of their own material, but also with events held at Berghain and other revered institutions in Berlin. The 8 Years collection recounts Fachwerk’s story through
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Ron Obvious “I Keep Down”
Ron Obvious draws inspiration from mid-1980s Chicago and Detroit with this retrospective exploration of house and techno music in its most orthodox form.
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Sage Caswell “Paper USB”
Sage Caswell is one of those talents that just bubbles away, ever restless and inventive. Between RWD FM drop-ins, Gifted & Blessed supports and ambient hangouts with Suzanne Kraft – which, LA heads, you should 100% go to if you’re reading this before it’s too late – he’s nothing if not proactive. If the time comes for a
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Claude “That Jazz”
French beatsmith, DJ and label owner, Claude (a.k.a Fulgeance) presents the purple-tinged funk house sounds of his forthcoming EP.
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Sísý Ey “Do It Good”
"Do It Good" is outrageously fun: a bobbling bassline, coursing synth action and emphatic earworm vocals interlock to supreme effect
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Bézier “皆 (Mina)”
Gas in the tank, beers in the trunk, boys in the van; Honey Soundsystem is back on the road.
