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WIN 'DEFECTED IN THE HOUSE MIAMI 10'

Win 'Defected In The House Miami 10'

It's that time of the year again... Pack your bags and head for the beach! Sorry, head to Miami for the Miami Winter (ha!) Music Conference. It's at this mighty event that the best dance labels, DJ's and impresarios get together....

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Freestyle Man: The Bottom Line

Freestyle Man: The Bottom Line

If you aren’t familiar with Freestyle Man you’ll discover he has the most misleading name in music, if he were a gardener his name would no doubt be The Baker. Sadly there are no freestyles to be found on 'The Bottom Line'

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Sienna: Essence

Sienna: Essence

Comparisons with fellow Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto can’t be avoided when listening to Sienna’s fourth album, the keyboards salute his mid 1980’s work with the respect of a devoted fan...

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Win  ATFC In The House 10

Win ATFC In The House London 10

Defected releases it’s brand new ‘In The House’ compilation and this time round it's time to celebrating the vibrant and unparalleled centre of dance music found on our own doorstep- the London scene! And you can win it here.

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FABRICLIVE 49: BURAKA SOM SISTEMA - VARIOUS ARTISTS (UK FABRIC)

FabricLive 49: Buraka Som Sistema - Various Artists (UK Fabric)

Portugal’s rated Buraka collective, champions of a more progressive form of Kuduro (the 80s-originated Angolan sound that fuses Afro-percussion and electronica, and was exported to Lisbon in the mid-90s,) provide FabricLive’s 49th compilat

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MICHAEL GRAY + KID MASSIVE PRESENTS: AUDIODAMAGE WORLD SERIES VOL 1 (UK AUDIODAMAGE)

Michael Gray + Kid Massive Presents: Audiodamage World Series Vol 1 (UK Audiodamage)

Brit house producer Gray teams up with great Dane Kid Massive for a bouncin’ compilation album on the latter’s two-year old label Audiodamage. The imprint’s first compilation, World Series Vol 1 is made of stern, infectious stuff

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Jamie Lloyd: Beware Of The Light (Aus Future Classic)

Jamie Lloyd: Beware Of The Light (Aus Future Classic)

Great sophomore outing for the Aussie tech producer. Lloyd puts psychedelic funk and disco influences through his smart ‘n’ peppy tech filter and comes up top trumps

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Soulfricans: Sex In Africa

Soulfricans: Sex In Africa (US Launch Entertainment)

Legendary Queens producer Jovonn has the avid attention of Louie Vega and Tony Humphries among others for his latest, exceptionally accomplished house record

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Angela Johnson: Better (UK Dome Records)

Angela Johnson: Better (UK Dome Records)

Johnson’s effortless nu-soul vocals get attention from Italian producer Micky More on two quality remixes dropping neat Rhodes keys, smart trumpet solos and general, all round jazz-house class.

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SOLITAIRE & KATHERINE ELLIS: YOU’RE MINE (UK MUZIK-K RECORDS)

Solitaire & Katherine Ellis: You’re Mine (UK Muzik-K Records)

Anglo-Americans Solitaire hook up with Brit dancefloor diva Ellis for this sweet disco-house excursion, pivoting as it does on punchy drums, tight breakdowns and those solid vocals

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