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Up and coming EDM artist DJ Bokaj has recently released his second single “Dragonfly”, it’s safe to say I haven’t heard a more progressive Electronica track in a long time.

As the beat kicks in you prepare for an archetypal Ethnic Electronica track, then the bass and the heavily dubbed kicks add an infinite amount of depth to the track as you switch between rhythms under the impression that DJ Bokaj set out to tease audiences with his unpredictable style. The midway switch up will absolutely floor you. Whilst the build up teases one hell of a drop, what follows is completely unpredictable and potentially leave you palpitating. Before I give away too many spoilers, why not have a listen to DJ Bokaj’s latest drop Dragonfly for yourself by heading over to Spotify now.

It may only be DJ Bokaj’s second single, but it’s already perceptible that with his pioneering vision when it comes to Electronica he won’t have a hard time standing out from the pretenders.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

“For Something Real” is not a sound that you’d ever come to expect from an EDM track, so it’s safe to say the Dance producer Mauway created something pretty prodigal with his latest mix.

The prelude kicks off with a dreamy, ambient arrangement before kicking it up to a more resounding beat which would sound infinitely better blaring from club monitors. The track has everything that you’d expect from a dancefloor hit along with sweet, accessible vocals which flow in an R&B style. There may be a tad too much effect on the vocals, yet they flow synergistically with the beat expressing sweet offerings of romanticism to make sure For Something Real isn’t just a track which hit your eardrums, if the amount of soul poured into this track doesn’t make you feel something then it’s pretty safe to say that you’re dead inside.

You can checkout Mauway’s latest mix For Something Real for yourself by heading over to SoundCloud and Spotify now.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

ṨȠ☮Հℤ♭εℝ®ⅈ϶⑀ is just one of the tracks from Luminissi’s (Steven Oritz) 2018 album. It’s clear that when the Chicago based electronica artist set out to produce music, he did it with little intention to create just an assimilation of pre-existing sound. The overall tonality and essence of the track carries a macabre decadence, that might have had a little to do with the sampling of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Because instrumentally, the beat is vibrant and packs in plenty of euphoria that would sound just as good on the dancefloor as it does when it is blasting through your headphones.

You can check out Luminissi’s darkly twisted EDM hit yourself by heading over to SoundCloud now. You may want to add it to your playlists, there isn’t a chance in hell you’re remembering that track title. For the full experience of Luminissi’s Dub-drenched Acid House sound you check out all six tracks from the album to fully embrace the ecstatic dread which is carries in the soundwaves.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Feel Good is the title track from Yungpersh’s (Luna LaRae) latest studio album which was released August 11^th, 2018. The EDM artist packs a rhythmical punch with her digitally mastered renditions of soul.

There may have been a touch too much repetition within the progression of the track, yet in contrast to the sensual emotion which is poured into the mic, that fact almost becomes trivial. The feel-good vibe beat sits at a mid-tempo, to allow you to drink in the soft yet compelling waves of synths around the drum machines, but more importantly around the strength which Yungperch demonstrates is in the range of her vocal capacity. The emerging Texan artist has audibly taken the feel good vibe to the next level with her track with her personable approach to sound production. I can only imagine how well this track would go down on a dancefloor, I can imagine I only received a fraction of the hype through my headphones.

You can check YungPersh’s latest single Feel Good along with the rest of the album for yourself by heading over to SoundCloud now.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Where has Richie Ravello been hiding for all these years with their ability to create piercingly pioneering Electro Pop?! I was beginning to become under the impression that monotony is the only thing that Electro Pop had to offer. Yet with her single Cold Juice which was released back in 2017 Richie Ravello took the contemporarily archetypal sound and threw in some friendly 80’s synth that bring an immediate accessibility to the genre. And there’s plenty of texture left in the EDM beat to get fully immersed in electro firing of the drum machines around the chaotic counterbalance of digital effects. It’s not all too often that I find myself thrilled to be faced with an extended duration track, but my God, you never want Cold Juice to end as the EDM beats take full control over the mix and provide some of the best dancefloor beats I’ve heard created by an Electro Pop artist. You can expect a myriad of muddy drops thanks to the clouds of dub that float above the synth.

You can check out Richie Ravello’s single Cold Juice for yourself by heading over to Spotify now.

Review by Amelia Vandergast