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Bitvert reigns supreme in the pantheon of IDM with ‘Neverzone’

Posted on 27 January 2025

Enter the ‘Neverzone’ with Bitvert’s experimental dark techno single, which thrums with the pulse of trip-hop, bass-heavy beats and the scintillating aura of mechanised darkwave industrial.

Visceral enough to take your rhythmic pulses to another dimension, the instrumental score demands surrender to its intensity as the brainchild and producer behind Bitvert ensures there is enough control to the chaos that you’re not completely overwhelmed by the magnitude of the deep bass progressions. Instead, you fade into the monochromatic depiction of a sonic dystopia, where autonomy gives way to automation, losing yourself within the layers of the forebodingly electrifying single.

The kinetically chill-inducing reverberations within Neverzone are yet another attestation to Bitvert’s disparately magnetising command as a producer and a live artist. His ability to sink Avant Garde elements into commercial potential-swathed electronica scores is second to none, allowing the London-based luminary to reign supreme in the pantheon of IDM.

Neverzone will hit the airwaves on January 27th via We Are Not Content. Stream the single on SoundCloud.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Like an intravenous shot of adrenaline to the rhythmic pulses, MAEVE’s dance-pop anthem, Secret Places, is a kinetic tour de force

Posted on 23 January 2025

If the placid pop trend is leaving you uninspired, MAEVE’s latest single, Secret Places, shatters that monotony. The progressive dance-pop anthem, laced with ecstasy and unapologetically empowering lyricism, pulses with the kind of energy that could send a dancefloor into a frenzy. Listening solo? You can still expect sharp shocks of electricity to the soul and senses.

Each drop in the track feels like a rush of pure euphoria, perfectly tailored to sync with your heartbeat. Short of injecting adrenaline directly into your rhythmic pulses, there’s no better high than cranking up the volume on this perennial pop earworm.

At just 21, Maeve is already carving out her own path as a multi-genre artist. Originally from Massachusetts and now calling Miami home, her powerhouse vocals and sharp-witted lyrical chops reflect the influence of artists like Lorde, Rihanna, and Miley Cyrus. With roots in pop, folk, RnB, and country, her versatility fuels the authenticity of her sound. As a student at the prestigious Frost School of Music, she’s mastered the art of fusing vulnerability with a sense of empowerment, creating tracks that resonate with intensity.

Secret Places is a testament to her high-energy ethos and exploratory spirit. The track is swathed with self-confidence and clarity, embodying Maeve’s belief in embracing life’s challenges and carving out new beginnings.

Secret Places is now available to stream on all major platforms, including Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Preaching to the Converted: Nicco Lupen’s ‘Sunday at Church’ Reimagines Worship on the Dancefloor

Posted on 22 January 2025

Nicco Lupen’s latest single, ‘Sunday at Church’, doesn’t just bring beats to the congregation—it delivers the gospel of tech house with an intricately cultivated sense of purpose.

Hailing from Italy and now based in Prague, Lupen has carved his reputation on grooved-out rhythms, deep basslines, and euphoric melodies, earning recognition on platforms such as Spotify, SoundCloud, and Beatport. But with this release, he transcends the archetypes of house music by imbuing his production with a soul-affirming euphoria that hits deeper than the average dancefloor anthem.

By swathing his pulsating rhythms in sermonic samples, Lupen invites listeners to experience the transcendence of music as energy. It’s a far cry from the hand claps and foot stomps referenced in the samples, which bring the rhythm to church, but the mix is sanctifying sonic scripture all the same. Lupen wrote a New Testament by blurring the lines between sacred spaces and late-night clubs. The vocal outpours contextualise the track beyond its beats, urging reflections on how rhythm and ritual connect people across all walks of life.

The call to communion challenges the predictable structures of tech house and carves a cerebral edge into its hypnotic progressions. Nicco Lupen’s ability to bridge soulful introspection with dancefloor ecstasy solidifies his position as a standout in the electronic scene.

Sunday at Church is now available to stream on all major platforms via this link.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

‘sssnake’: r/ginola’s Venomous Dive into the Electronic Spectrum

Posted on 17 January 2025

With sssnake, the up-and-coming artist and producer, r/ginola, strikes again, delivering a sonic venom that bites hard and fast. Forgoing the usual slow-burn build-ups, the track hooks instantly, plunging listeners into a speaker-slamming anthem that meshes bass-heavy EDM with hyper-pop chaos. The glitchy techno interjections and euphoric house swells create a kaleidoscope of sound that refuses to play by the rules, colouring far beyond the conventional lines of electronica.

Building on the foundation of his first official release, Edgar Allen Poe, a genre-defying electrotrap banger, r/ginola continues to scribe his unique sonic signature across uncharted auditory territory. While his chaotic approach to production lands firmly in the remit of modern trends, his distinctive style carves out a space that’s entirely his own.

sssnake not only showcases r/ginola’s adventurous approach to sound design but also hints at his potential to become a trailblazer in the EDM scene. With a tighter structure and a little more polish to his sound, he could be poised to dominate the electronic frontier.

sssnake was officially released on January 17th; stream the single on SoundCloud and Spotify now.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

NI-RAVE earned a PhD in rhythmic anatomy with his techno anthem ‘Play Right’

Posted on 16 January 2025

With ‘Play Right’, NI-RAVE proves himself as a sonic architect capable of building euphoric tension and releasing it in ways that defy expectation. Hailing from Mumbai, NI-RAVE (Nirav Advani) has crafted a reputation for his versatility and profound understanding of techno’s rhythmic anatomy, synthesising electronic textures with an innate sense of pacing.

After cutting his teeth as an electronica artist at just 14, NI-RAVE has evolved from small, intimate events to prestigious international stages, with global releases on labels like YHV Records and Trippy Code Records.

‘Play Right’, a standout from his 3-track EP, Karma, featuring collaborations with techno heavyweight Datlow, pulses with kinetic energy. NI-RAVE’s meticulous progressions lead the listener into a sense-seducing frenzy of anticipation for the drops which he teases with tantalising precision, ensuring the build is just as exhilarating. His ability to subvert rhythmic expectations pushes the boundaries of the genre without losing its intrinsic dancefloor appeal.

The track’s hypnotic and subtly transformative textures echo NI-RAVE’s philosophy that techno offers a healing escape.  Having shared stages with artists like Stereo Express and Almost Human, NI-RAVE is shaping the rave scene’s future with his innovative touch.

Play Right was officially released on January 3rd and is now available to stream on all major platforms, including Spotify, as part of NI-RAVE’s 3-track EP, Karma.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Becky Raisman started a ‘Love Revolution’ with her latest EDM anthem

Posted on 9 January 2025

It’s rare for authenticity to seep through the polished veneer of an EDM mix, but Becky Raisman dismantles expectations with her standout single, ‘Love Revolution’. Nestled within her ‘Peace, Love and Harmony’ three-track single, it’s more than just an earworm—it’s a pulse of pure, unadulterated euphoria.

Raisman’s approach to production stands apart from the formulaic tropes of the genre. Her infectiously twee, endlessly endearing vocals glide effortlessly over beats tinged with nostalgic nods to 80s pop aesthetics. Instead of homogenising her harmonies with autotune, she allows their charming idiosyncrasies to take centre stage, proving that imperfection can be just as impactful as polished attempts at ‘perfection.

The anthemic rhythm invites you to lose yourself in a soundscape built for communal elation. Flanked by the equally impressive tracks ‘Feeling Groovy’ and ‘Harmony Blooms’, ‘Love Revolution’ amplifies the ethos of its parent project: unity through sonic bliss.

Raisman’s beats may be meticulously crafted, but it’s her knack for threading emotional resonance into every loop and drop that puts her in a league of her own. With ‘Love Revolution’, she cements herself as far more than a beat maker—she’s a curator of moments that resonate far beyond the confines of a setlist.

Love Revolution was officially released on December 3rd; stream the single on all major platforms, including Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

GiNN 諸葛靖 Darkened the Sphere of EDM Hip-Hop with His Seductively Entrancing Hit, Dizzy

Posted on 20 December 2024

One hit of Dizzy— GiNN 諸葛靖’s biggest single to date, which has racked up over 141k Spotify streams—slams you straight into a dark intersection between EDM & Hip-Hop.

Fans of both genres have had no trouble clocking the ingenuity behind this dark, reverberant, pulse-commandeering anthem that drags you into rhythmic submission.  GiNN’s bars become a magnetic focal point in the track as they wrestle the thick, pulsative progressions into line, a feat few could pull off without buckling under their own ambition.

Every progression is a juggernaut, hell-bent on stomping its influence onto the dancefloor and sinking into your synapses. It’s seductive but never salacious. Instead, it’s powered by the raw magnetism of GiNN’s enigmatic presence.

As a Los Angeles-born, Chinese American starving artist who grew up drifting between East and West, GiNN 諸葛靖 channels House, Techno, DNB, and ATL influences into his own Electro Hop blueprint. The lyrics may be indecipherable at times, but who cares when the vibe slaps this hard?

Stream Dizzy on all major platforms, including Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Kendra Erika let her beats talk rhythmic anatomy in her latest EDM Pop earworm, Body Language

Posted on 30 November 2024
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Kendra Erika’s latest hit ‘Body Language’ is a monumental dance-pop anthem that could easily hold its own among the illustrious hits of Dua Lipa and Calvin Harris. With its kinetic euphoria pulsing through every beat, this track is a masterclass in rhythmic anatomy.

The music escalates from shimmering disco-pop crescendos to deep, heart-thumping drops, creating vortexes of ecstasy as Erika’s harmonies weave through the meticulously polished layers of the track, binding seductive hooks with a vibrancy that resonates deep within the psyche.

The success of ‘Body Language’ is evidenced by its ascent to the number two spot on the iTunes Chart and the virality of its accompanying music video, which has amassed over a million views on YouTube. This achievement is punctuated by its rotation on MTV’s “Spankin’ New” Music Video Show, signalling Erika’s undeniable impact on the EDM scene.

Further solidifying her influence, Kendra Erika has secured a distribution deal with KDM Music, expanding her reach across 19 Asian territories. Collaborations with industry heavyweights like Ellis Miah, Marvin Buessau, and the GRAMMY-nominated DJ StoneBridge, who remixed the track, underscore her pivotal role in shaping the dance music landscape.

Body Language is now available to stream on all major platforms, including Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Dr. Void and the Skinjob’s latest darkwave horror punk anthem, Rave to the Grave, transmits the ethereal echoes of midnight ecstasy

Posted on 16 November 2024

Step away from sonic mundanity and into the pulse of ‘Rave to the Grave’ by Dr. Void & the Skinjob’s, a track that redefines darkwave electronica with its fusion of horror punk and darkwave industrial synthpop.

The Glasgow-based Synth, Bass & Drum trio have amassed reverence through their seductively sinister discography, now home to their new EP, ‘Sexy, Scary, Doomed & Dangerous‘. With synths that drip arcane textures and beats that pulse with a life of their own, the standout single, ‘Rave to the Grave’ is a Lovecraftian incantation wrapped within a floor-filler of an earworm.

The hedonic anthem vibrates with kinetic energy and phasers capable of transfixing you to the track, allowing you to imagine Sisters of Mercy stripped of their pretence under the influence of Misfits. After just one hit, John Carpenter’s scores will never sound the same.

The manifesto from the maestros of the macabre is an invitation to lose yourself in the depths of electronic ecstasy. If you dare to descend, be prepared: this is a full-on collision with the spectral heartbeat of dark synthwave.

Rave to the Grave dropped on Halloween; experience the euphoria for yourselves via YouTube.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Daniel Aether tore through the EDM scene like a ‘Tsunami’ in his latest track, featuring Princess Lourdess

Posted on 15 November 2024

If your playlist is missing a track that can thrash through the mundane with visceral intensity, ‘Tsunami’ by Daniel Aether featuring vocal lines from the salacious siren, Princess Lourdess, will fill that void.

So much more than an anthem; it’s an unapologetically soulful storm that melds afrobeat grooves, textured RnB vocals, boom-bap beats and a relentless EDM drive, allowing it to tear apart genre boundaries with hedonistic heat. Once you’re caught in the rhythmic momentum of ‘Tsunami,’ you’ll have no option but to surrender to its evocative pull.

Raised in Italy, based in Scotland, and rooted in Nigerian sounds, Aether’s cultural melting pot of influences pours seamlessly into this track. His appreciation for RnB, Afrobeats, and K-pop harmonies shines through, as does his affinity for MNEK, Little Mix, and Mariah Carey, but it’s the ad-libs and harmonies—think Destiny’s Child with a twist—that distinguishes this single. His seamless integration of influences makes the single as versatile as it is slick, complete with polished production that belies his underground indie status.

‘Tsunami’ may be a love song for volatile hearts, but it’s the refined production and sublime vocal layering that should have this track shimmering at the top of the EDM charts.

Tsunami will hit all major streaming platforms on November 15; stream the single on SoundCloud first.

Review by Amelia Vandergast