The Same Page by Kate Simko and Matt Tolfrey – Leftroom Records Collaborations happen for all sorts of reasons, and in the case of Leftroom’s next EP, it’s proof that not all festival hook-ups fall into the category of VIP-room ear-chewing or main-stage fist-pumping. Label head Matt...

Rain Come Down by Just Be – Maison D’Etre Just Be may not be a familiar name to many, but once you’ve unwrapped the pun and read the PR and the penny’s dropped, it’s simply another solo project from Matthew Bushwacka, he of the unmistakable surname, of the partnership with Layo,...

No Knock EP by Groove Armada – Hypercolour Groove Armada have been around so long that electronic music fans in their 30s must feel like they’ve grown up with them. For fifteen years Tom Findlay and Andy Cato have released house music that’s stormed the heights of the charts and...

The Trouble With This by David Garfit – Love Not Money Another product of Leeds’ vibrant and relentless scene, David Garfit’s penchant for deep and room-filling house has flourished in his sets as resident at the city’s Nest nights, and from this has come a number of EPs on labels...

Adventures of Tazz by Tazz – Tsuba Montreal man Tazz has put in the graft in his hometown over the last fifteen years before his emergence as a producer at the beginning of the new decade. The DJ has been part of the Eastern city’s scene since the end of the 90s, but his production...

Kazandub by Klartraum – Lucidflow Berlin imprint Lucidflow, helmed by Nadja Lind and Helmut Ebritsch, who also form the backbone of the label as Klartraum, has stamped its mark on the techno scene over the past three years, amassing close to thirty releases from a tight-knit group of...

Monument EP by Tevo Howard – Buzzin’ Fly Chicago maestro Tevo Howard’s productions are red-letter day events, with his famous Beautiful Granville imprint’s ten-release run in the last decade garnering him the deserved status of one of the city’s studio dons, sitting alongside...

Sound Byte EP – Alex Arnout – Turquoise Blue Alex Arnout is one of the UK scene’s stalwarts, a musical mutli-tasker from Sheffield who manages to divide his time between helming house imprint Dogmatik, promoting all manner of underground throwdowns in the Steel City, as well as...

The Wrap Around EP by Detroit Swindle – Saints & Sonnets New labels are ten a penny, even in such tight economic times, but having a late contender for the end of year top ten lists is a surefire way to get yourself noticed. London imprint Saints and Sonnets was formed in 2011 by...