50 Tracks That Defined 2016

As another year comes to a close it’s time to look back at some of the finest tracks of 2016. This has been one of the most innovative years of underground electronic dance music, with a treasure-trove of productions that radiate with powerful musical elegance, boundless creativity, and infinite inspiration from both established artists, and new talent from around the world.

ReleasesIrina KotikDecember 29, 2016sfire, John Talabot, cocktail d'amore music, dj tennis, Roman Flugel, Life and Death, Dj Metatron, Giegling, hyenah, Frankey & Sandrino, Freerange records, zk bucket, the drifter, zaun records, isaac tichauer, bicep, Traumprinz, lost scripts, Hivern Discs, michele mininni, red axes, le temps perdu, acid pauli, Pampa, baikal, maeve, trikk, lossless, aera, Innervisions, Midland, regraded, clavis, recondite, lauer, Prins Thomas, Permanent Vacation, Patrick Bishop, Tuff City Kids, philomena, Eagles and Butterflies, oceanic, Nous'klaer Audio, human machine, connaisseur recordings, Love Over Entropy, Something Happening Somewhere, Ed Davenport, bicephammer, aus, Ripperton, Tamed Musiq, Hyneah, Andre Lodemann, objektivity, davis, Dorisburg, jimi jules, neil flynn, map.ache, Patrice Baumel, roman flugel, Eduardo De La Calle, jmii, lord of the isles, Kompakt, Nautilus Rising, peter pardeike, andre hommen, Kim Brown, Quarion, Just Another Beat, Zopelar, In Their Feelings, ashworth, needwant, Rampa, Keinemusik, fort Romeau, live at robert johnson, microcastle, todd terje, dixon, olsen records, Marcelo Giordani, oraculo records, Lee Van Dowski, Mobilee Records, cleveland, Chicola, chicola, Lost & Found

Best New Mixes from November

As usual we hand picked 20 mixes that we enjoyed listening during the month of November. There are some live recordings, podcasts, eclectic mixes, something for all types of occasions from top selectors like Konstantin, Recondite, Prins Thomas, Quarion, Ame, LOR, Pional, Rebolledo, Lord Of The Isles, Krink, Neil Flynn, ZK Bucket, Rodhad, Aera, Sevensol, Totto Chiavetta, Lauer, Vril, Jonas Saalbach and Lee Burridge.

MixesIrina KotikDecember 6, 2016konstantin, Recondite, Prins Thomas, quarion, Ame, LOR, pional, rebolledo, lord of the isles, krink, neil flynn, zk bucket, rodhad, sevensol, toto chiavetta, lauer, vril, Jonas Saalbach, lee burridge

Best New Releases from October

October was music heaven for the underground electronic music scene with a slew of stunning releases and remixes from the likes of Joakim, Jimi Jules, Neil Flynn, Davis, Echonomist, Young Marco, Human Machine, Beanfield & Thomas Herb, Quentin and LOR through leading labels such as Life & Death, Zukunft Records, Lossless, In Their Feelings, Hivern Discs, Cin Cin, Compost Black, Diynamic, Rotary Cocktail Recordings, Smalltown Supersound.

VA - Secret Weapons part 8

Innervisions label, run by its founders Ame & Dixon, is set to release its 8th installment of the Secret Weapons series later this month, roughly a year after its 7th release.

ReleasesIrina KotikSeptember 8, 2016Innervisions, Yotam Avni, Ingrid Lukas, Manuel Tur, Rampa, Prins Thomas, MOsca, Alex.Do, Eagles and Butterflies, DAvis, denis horvat, quarion, Dino Lenny, Culoe De Song, Francesco Chiocci

Best New Releases from February 2016

February has been an exciting month with a plethora of outstanding new releases from Human Machine, Mathias Schober ( aka SHOW-B), Andre Lodemann, Agents Of Time, Patlac, Ed Davenport, Prins Thomas, Locked Groove, Stephan Bodzin, Chymera and many more.