Dead Rail
Mudman

"Following 2017 and 2018 outings on Concrete Music and Bass Culture Records, French producer Leo Pol returns to the Iile imprint he founded in 2016. There's plenty to admire across the five included tracks, from the rubbery acid bass, sweaty drums and glassy-eyed melodic breakdowns of opener "626 Mafia", to the sturdy beats, hustling drum fills, filter-laden chords and sweet vocal samples of closing cut "Keep This Thing". Leo's collaboration with Max Ulis, "On My Face", is a thrillingly high-octane fusion of ghetto-house, techno and woozy New Jersey garage, while "FEM" is an acid-flecked chunk of sun-kissed deep house breeziness that sounds like it could have been made in Italy in 1992." (Juno review)

Croisière Musique is back with an EP from Gibs, a wild Parisian back in his city after having lived in Bruxelles for some time. With this EP “You dirty little thing”, all sensuality of Gibs’ deep house with a minimal flavor fully flourishes in your ears and envelops you with its warmth.Rhythms remain stripped down and fitted with bouncy basslines which are strongly dance inductive, while the story tends to be narrated by the rich synths and pads reminding us of classical 80s/90s house sounds. Elaborate harmonies and synths lines cannot hide Gibs’ classical background as well as his taste for a wide range of musical styles. All tracks have several phases and atmospheres, starting anchored in the floor with a second part that introduces new synths, harmonies, modulations – an assembly of short musical moments akin to a sonata.Losing Control pays homage to the eponymous dbx track, but this time the feeling of anxiety has been replaced by a feeling of sweet decadence, the sensation of entering or exiting an orgy.SMGS,You dirty little thing and Nuisance all have this Croisière vibe, feeling of floating in the air or the sea, like an endless summer, tainted with a bit of melancholy, while the repetitive swinging drums make us dance continuously, combination making all those tracks trippy yet drivy.Music to make love or to dance to.

When they met few years ago in the funkiest vineyard of Occitanie (FR), Pierre and Adrien had a lot to tell each other. So much they started to feel the need of a musical journey together, barking in harmony. One thing leading to another, the two producers decided it was about time they’d put their skills to the test - and after countless CBD-Free jam sessions on some couches in Berlin, the Alpyren project was born. On a Tuesday.A duet project - four hands and twenty fingers (quick maths) - tailored for the floor and inspired by the quirkiest afters vibes. Their creativity is unleashed in this project, and they really let it all out.This new 3-tracker, made in Charlottenzbeul, evokes the thrill of the unknown - you don’t know where you’re going, but you’re getting there through tech-house. A dismal sound which catches you by the collar and transcends you. A Cold Case investigation, where you’re nowhere to be found - except on the dance floor.

Hard at work for over a decade now, EDND is one of those artists whose influence on her local scene rolls deep and yet feels subtle - she's been silently honing her craft surrounded by a healthy mix of VSTs, classic drum machines and second-hand synthesisers of all kinds in her home town of Portimão. She's also never stopped playing a part as an important cultural agitator in the south of Portugal and Lisbon alike, taking part in jam sessions or community-led parties in all sorts of DIY venues, as well as gracing established clubs and festivals with hers and her duo's Roundhouse Kick mesmerising live acts.For her first solo EP 'Rupture of Plane', EDND finds a fitting home at Paraíso, where she explores the border between inventive experimentation and dancefloor effectiveness. The opener 'Quartz Composer' layers a bouncy bassline with mystery-drenched melodies and carefully sound designed percussive elements while the sparse vocal inspires a state of loving ecstasy. The infectious rawness of 'Field Effects' follows; its visceral, playful kickdrum pacing a dizzyingly trippy synth and an enticing suggestion of the rougher side of acid. 'While Sleeping Watch' ensues, bringing an even moodier, industrial-leaning piece of top-form EBM and techno. Paraíso regular Photonz steps in for a powerful rework of Quartz Composer, infusing it with a tough, whole new broken electro groove and an addictive synth re-design.