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BPM Festival Packing List: You’re Going to Forget Stuff.

If you’re a disorganized mess like me, you’re going to forget stuff. Some stuff you can buy at the various shops on 5th Ave or the Mega, but for some stuff, you will be totally screwed if you don’t plan ahead. Let’s discuss. ► Clothes for hot, humid weather– think 27°C/80°F and upward,…

January 3, 2015
Don’t Get Sick at BPM Festival! Healthy Hacks to Stay on Top of Your Party Game

Montezuma’s Revenge. The BPM cough. Food poisoning. Monster hangovers. Chances are you know someone who got sick at BPM last year, and as they can tell you, nothing sucks more than missing parties you flew halfway around the world for into order to pray to the porcelain god of party sacrifice. Mexico is…

December 29, 2014
2014 ‘s Top 6 Labels for Coolest Artwork

With digital audio prevailing over records, some may feel the importance of album artwork is lost without having a tangible item to hold. But in a sea of tracks online, the visual impact of the artwork often connects with the eyes far before the sound hits the ear, and serves to visually entice…

December 27, 2014
NYE Miami: New Year’s Eve 2015 Party Guide

It’s that time of year again, where we reflect on our failure to commit to last year’s resolutions (what gym membership?), and celebrate the oncoming year’s impending and inevitable resolution fails with copious amounts of alcohol and dancing into the early hours of the first virginal sunrise of 2015. I can’t help…

December 25, 2014
François Rengère – Equilibre (Original Mix) [Parquet]

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/146386570″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”500″ height=”100″ iframe=”true” /] I discovered this jewel by way of its inclusion in German producer François Rengère’s year-in-review podcast of his own productions, “11 Months (The Mixtape).” His debut eponymously named EP on Parquet highlights his uniquely rich and complexly melodic sound and diverse variety of style, no doubt…

December 22, 2014
Awesome Mixes: December

DeeplyMoved’s favourite mixes of the month by Agents of Time, Adriatique, Patlac, Joachim Pastor, Ominous Live, Matt Hardinge, Mashk, Stan Ritch, Hunter/Game, Moosefly, Solee, Dahu, Camea, and Timelapse. This curated list is continuously updated throughout the month as more mixes are discovered/released. Patlac – My Releases 2014 [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/179637037″ params=”color=ff1200&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”550″ height=”100″ iframe=”true” /] I…

December 22, 2014
Tomas Barford feat Nina K – Pulsing (David August Remix) [Unreleased]

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/175434957″ params=”color=ff2a00&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”500″ height=”90″ iframe=”true” /] With a tune as gorgeous and easy to get lost in as David August‘s remix of Thomas Barfod’s “Pulsing,” it’s a shame that, along with his other artistic works on his recent Boiler Room set, they will likely never be released, as he stated himself. While…

December 13, 2014
Hundreds – Ten Headed Beast (Christian Löffler Remix) [Krakatau Records]

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/178032085″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] “My truth is a ten headed beast, I’m possessed…” It’s also a truth that Christian Löffler has a particular knack for the creation of really uniquely special works with a blissful melancholia sound that is distinctly his. His remix of brother and sister duo Hundreds’ “Ten…

November 24, 2014
Gab Rhome – Shattered (Original Mix) [Last Night on Earth]

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/165331441″ params=”color=ff2c00&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”550″ height=”90″ iframe=”true” /] From the far (from Miami) and probably very cold reaches of Canada, Gab Rhome is known for his deep, extravagantly sexy grooves, as his recent lush Electronic Groove podcast is testament to. Probably best known for his amazing, breathtakingly beautiful collab with Maher Daniel for “Farewell…

November 22, 2014
Plastikman – Expand (Tale Of Us Remix) [Unreleased]

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/177529812″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”500″ height=”90″ iframe=”true” /] Masterminds of darkness Tale of Us have been playing this remix out recently, as heard in their “Live at La Nuit @ Grand Palais” set. It’s a subdued slow-burner, with tinges of restrained melancholy. The intro is understated, punctuated by intriguing arpeggiated chirps and faint radar-like…

November 21, 2014

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