Premiere: Peter Rocket – Esai
Peter Rocket's BEAM debut delves deeply into the mind's eye like the most potent of psychotropics. This is music to soundtrack the traversing of wormholes, and having lain dormant since 2018, the Mr Assister-h...
Premiere: Violet – Psyche
Violet made waves with her Togetherness EP. In fact, if you found a dancefloor around the time of its release, there's a good chance you heard the anthemic titular cut. It was the inaugural effort for her then...
If-Only Podcast #85: Amelia Holt
Amelia Holt is such a mainstay of the Brooklyn circuit, she's practically part of the furniture. A prime example of what good can come from the blending of cultures, the Mexico-born, New York-based DJ is very ...
Paramida’s favourite proto-trance tracks
Paramida is no stranger to trance-inducing dance music. That's probably why it came of little surprise when she set sights on Slack's remix of 'State Of Mind' by Peyote Dreams. The handiwork of Justin Drake an...
Premiere: Projective Vision – Apocalypse
Inspired by Scottish institutions Rubadub and Club 69, Projective Vision's Apocalypse EP is something of a time capsule to clubland circa '94. Giving us trippy, wormhole techno, the A-side was straight peak-ti...
Premiere: Seo John – Dive (Omformer’s ‘Deep Dive’ Mix)
Seo John's debut release is a gift of the GODDEZZ. Bestowed upon her fervent acolytes, it's manna for those wanting a bit of prog in their dance music. Gracing the London label with four cuts built for the pea...
Premiere: Giorgio Celeste & The Cobra – Altered States
The S.O.N.S canon swells with new bounty in a new collaboration with Seoul's Pyramid Of Knowledge, AKA Serbey Gubka, whose releases on Braindance and Chi-Ching suggest a local connection (S.O.N.S is also rumou...
Premiere: Alpha Tracks – Golden Shot (Omformer ‘Energy Cycle’ Mix)
Trance, a term too often used as a blasé, short-hand appraisal for production sounding too cheesy, e.g. endless build ups and breakdowns generally deemed unnecessary. Done with finesse, however, and you have a ...
Premiere: Hybryds – Lust
Belgian producer Hybryds is obsessed with rituals. His music is specifically made with them in mind: see '92s Music For Rituals, '94s Rhythm of the Ritual, '95s Ritual of the Rave and so on. Like a cyberpunk wi...
Premiere: Gacha Bakradze – Inside
Is it surprising the Die Orakel back catalogue seems to breathe an all-enveloping mysticism? With a name that literally translates to "The Oracles", probably not. Unsettling dancefloors with the murky and eerie...