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 April 2016

April has already established major tones in the underground electronic music scene with a stunning releases by Roman Flügel, Bicep, Frankey & Sandrino, Christian Löffler, DJ Koze, Sefton, Denis Horvat, Lake People, Ryan Davis and The Drifter.

Track of the Moment

ZK Bucket - Let Your Body Control The Beat (The Drifter Remix)
Extremely talented and charismatic Irish producer The Drifter is rolling hot to 2016 with an utterly gorgeous, anthemic remix of ZK Bucket 's "Let Your Body Control the Beat" to be released on Zaun Records.

ReleasesIrina KotikApril 20, 2016The Drifter, zaun records, zk bucket, deep house