This track represents a milestone in the history of Unique2Rhythm the label and sees a welcome return with new remixes by Lamont Dex who gives the original a smooth 2 step garage rerub that fuses the best of the old and the new of UK Garage. OskiDJ gives ‘Temperature Rising’ his funky reinterpretation and a marvelous one at that.

As much as we love these new versions, it’s the original featuring the vocals of Sheree Hicks that rocks our world. Its the combination of those rich soulful sounds and the wonderful vocals that has our temperatures rising. If you ever wanted proff that house in the modern era can be every bit as good as it was back then, this is it, amazing!!!

Click here to buy ‘Temperature Rising’

Unique2Rhythm- Temperature Rising [Unique2Rhythm-]

We’re big fans here at LSM of London based producer, Ettica. He makes the kind of House music that gives you that fuzzy feeling inside and makes you wistfully drift away to party times held in  sunlit spots, where many of your friends are out to play and the rest of the crowd are there for good times only. His new Tech House track ‘Moving Shapes’ embodies those words perfectly and with a hint of Donna Summer‘s ‘I Feel Love’ about it, it’s got some serious groove goin’ on! With the weekend just around the corner, this needs to be added to your party playlists.

Download ‘Moving Shapes’ here via Hypeddit.

Links for Ettica :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Beatport / Death Proof Recordings

You can’t deny the fact that Shimi Sonic is a dude that thrives on Funk and he’s back on the ward with his jazzy little number ‘As Oppose To’. Horn stabs kick the track off which adds an instant brightness and are soon followed by the smokey beats and versatile vocal of, Talisman, who takes her vocal from sensual to feisty and back again, with total ease. It’s a great, late afternoon listen, so get involved and feel that Funk.

Download ‘As Oppose To’ here via The Artist Union.

Links for Shimi Sonic :

Soundcloud / Facebook

Monoman Ft Aimee Montague ‘More Than You Know’ a great love song wrapped in warm textures of chilled future bass. It comes with lovely remixes too. Lush late night mellow house vibes from Tom Luka and relaxing deep tech house from Ulex

Streaming Links below, click the ‘buy’ button in the soundcloud player to purchase a copy

Monoman Ft Aimee Montague- More Than You Know [Horizon Recordings]

NexGen are doing an awesome competition where people submit their music and to win $250 and a release on the label. We caught with Dan, owner of NexGen for a chat about the label, read on for details of how you can enter the competition and what you can win…………

Hey Dan, can you tell us a little about how NexGen music started and how its progressed?

Well, like most aspiring DJ/producers it all started in my bedroom studio back in ’95. My underground musical influences started in early Dance, Rave, Hardcore, Breakbeat, and later Jungle/Drum & Bass, which when I started producing.

I first started dabbling with music management when I set up a mini-audio production company on a local college campus in London, where I went on to be quite successful at producing TV commercial/advertising jingles for a few recognized British brands. One jingle I produced in 1997 ending up being used by the #1 washing detergent company in the UK at that time, which ended up running for nearly 8 years!!

In the late 90’s I really started getting into the new sounds of Downtempo and Deep/Chill-House which essentially inspired me to expand the audio production company into a record label that would eventually include the wide array of style and genres that NexGen Music represents today. In 2001, I re-branded the audio production company to NexGen Music, and in 2003 I moved the company across the pond to Brooklyn, NY where I officially incorporated as a record label in 2004.

It’s now been 13 years since that happened, and I have to say today the label is stronger than ever musically. We have 3 labels under NexGen: NexGen Records, Migration Recordings, and Affectionate Grooves – which all have and serve very different and distinct sounds in underground music. We are still very much doing projects closer to our roots in film, TV, and interactive, however our focus today is very much on evolving our artists, brand, and blend of sound.
Who are the core artists on the label that people should look out for?

I would say our “core” artists today are Earth Leakage Trip, Rob Sparx, Kachina, Neveready, Wigz, and myself — representing all three of our imprints.
You have released some massive EP’s in the last 6 months from the likes of Digital, Rob Sparx & Kachina across the label group. There is obviously a strong focus on quality. What are you looking for in the competition entries?

I’m REALLY looking for music that pushes the boundaries of sound… And, I’m not talking in a “who can make the gnarliest bass” type of way. Today, underground music genres are so intricately divided — yet still very connected — that for me the platform of these genre are really just defined by the tempo. What I hear all day long in most new music is producers that are simply following the ‘blueprint’ of the genre in terms of its typical sounds, samples and arrangement. I’m looking for producers that are striving to create NEW blueprints. So, in other words we are seeking music that is out-of-the-box, non-formulaic, envelope pushing, but yet still groovy and melodic.
How do people enter the competition?

It’s super simple. We are looking for 3 to 4 original tracks in one of the following genres: Drum & Bass, UK Garage, Bass Music, and Downtempo. All we are asking from entrants is a follow on our Soundcloud.

What can the entrants win?

The lucky winners will have their release backed by a strong PR and social media campaign, and also receive $250 in cash! On top of this, the submission that we are feeling the MOST out the four winners will receive an extra $250 cash. The total package is worth a couple of of thousand dollars per entrant as well as place on our growing roster!

Finally, what does the next 12 months look like for NexGen Music?

Its an understatement to say that we have got so much good music lined up its ridiculous. I mean it really is. Even though we’ve been around for a while now our sound never stops evolving. We’re always challenging each other to push those boundaries that I was referring to earlier, so we still consider ourselves in “build” mode right now and through to around this time 2017. By the summer of 2017 we will be looking to take the labels on the road making some festival appearances and getting some tours going by locally in the US & UK, and internationally.

Soundcloud W/Fangate:­ ­

Competition Links­ ­https://www.nexgenmusicgroup.com/new-arti­st-competition-june-2016

T&C’s:­ ­https://www.nexgenmusicgroup.com/new-arti­st-competition-terms-conditions ­

YouTube Video:­ ­https://youtu.be/BfRyGZKfA4w

NexGen Music Competition

Throughout the month of May, Phibes have been dropping D n B bombs! One a week in fact as they get themselves and us warmed up the summer of festival action ahead. If you’re lucky enough to catch them playing in field somewhere in the UK this year, you’re bound to catch these four remixes of theirs and there will be doubts that when you do, you and the rest of the crowd will be bouncing around because of the energy, singing along because of the familiarity of the originals chosen to be remixed and feeling like you’re having the best time ever because the tunes are that damn good! Total party starters, the lot of em!

Download ‘Good Luck’ here via Hypeddit.

Download ‘No Diggity’ here via Hypeddit.

Download ‘Paper Planes’ here via Hypeddit.

Download ‘Lean Back’ here via Hypeddit.

Links for Phibes :

Soundcloud / Phibes D n B / Facebook / Beatport / YouTube / Twitter

Simztek & Dubz- ­ Wanting

Combining uplifting pianos with power keys, this one goes in !!!
Optimator Ft Troy Dillard- ­ Paradise

Gorgeous soulful vocal house taking it back to the true house sound
Andrew Greatorex- ­ Together

Driving and infectious, buzzing and breezing house from Andrew Greatorex
The Goons- ­ Ghetto Belles

Big big oldskool 90s style funky house!!!
Barb & Cust- ­ Uninvited

Dark and dubby take on the vocal house sound
Axel- Doorman ­ Whatever You Want

Melody loaded fruity n funky tech house
AKA- ­ House Nation

Tough jackin track featuring the ‘house is a nation’
Wainscott- ­ Acid Sunrise

Like a glorious sunrise, this beautiful slice of classic acid house is worth the price of this awesome EP alone
Inside Out- ­ Nerve (Work That)

One for the terraces, stripped back n bassy with oldskool diva style vox
Fix- ­ Move

Our favourite track on this EP, with a nod to oldskool hardcore/rave and even earlier Detroit/Chicago sounds. We love the tempo of this track and the ethereal ravey vibes
Detroit Project- ­ Flamenko

Just made for the White Isle with lovely spanish guitars and gentle beats
9Bar- ­ You Don’t Like It

Anthemic and soulful vocal garage/house that will set the party alight
Dave Crane- ­ First to Cry

Building and peaking soulful tech house with warm vibes
Sub8- ­ The Fool

Stripped back bumpin’ n jackin house for the heads down and dance crew!!!
Oliver Viking- ­ Soul of Chains

Could this be 2016s’ ‘Ripgroove’? A massive slice of bass house with a huge infectious riff
A.S.R- ­ Response 

A dark opus of a techno track to finish off the Ibiza EP. Shades of the seminal Rising High imprint on this slow builder of a monstrous techno track

Stream clips here: Out on all major download stores 14/06/16

VA- The Ibiza EP [Sweep The Floor]

Swerve Digital reveals its’ first artist compilation loaded with quality sounds across the house/techno spectrum…. ‘Deviate Vol One’ is due out soon on Swerve Digital, we breakdown the the highly lovable tracks on offer

James Wesley ­ MK 1

A deep house track that shuffles along with low slung bas melodies and dubby goodness
Andy Ho ­ Drop It

Pounding tribal beats and old skool acid make for a great modern take on the early 90s sound of imprints such Guerilla
Faulty Minds ­ Shovel

atmospheric late night techno assault that we absolutely adore!!!
Vitor Saguanza ­ Garboil

Pounding, swirling and growling techno that totally rocks our boat!!!
Avesie & Luke Davidson ­ Eledance

Locked in the groove tech House excellence with subtle keys, turbulent bass and rolling beats
Banb Ace ­ The Murder

Verging on Techno with dark dark stabbage and bumping beats, goes down a treat!!!
Barnaby James & Ali Emm ­ Back To Time

For those messy and frantic moments, the beat goes on as do the room filling keys and intense melodies
FlipstiK ­ Bring It Back

Funky club house with a jagged side, the funk filled riffs are accompanied by mutated basslines that’ll drive you crazy!!
Jamie De Von ­ Technology

London style bass house with jackin beats, eerie strings and bouncing bass
Mayeye ­ Checkmate

Super crisp beats, a ridiculously funky bass riff and plenty of bleeps and bloops, a great closer to this awesome compilation. We can’t wait for vol two!!!

Get ‘Deviate Vol 1′ on Swerve Digital from 27/06/2016 on Traxsource http://www.traxsource.com/label/26710/swerve-digital and all good download stores

VA- Deviate Vol One [Swerve Digital]

The Brazilian label, Sublime Music, may well be in it’s infancy, but already they have managed to drop 6 free Tech House tracks over the last month or so that are bound to be penned down as summer sizzlers. Sublime Music brings us the type of House music you find yourself fully involved with and fully invigorated by until the very last beat and it all comes from some of the best producers Brazil has to offer. In this free download playlist of theirs you’ll find music from, Joy Corporation & Funky Fat, Luthier & Thomaz Krauze, TouchTalk, Arnaldo Miranda, Gabe and Eudi. All of the guys mentioned have plenty more sounds of the same quality as you’ll find here in their back catalogues, so the music hunting that will follow on from this post is going to be a very, very good experience. Stay tuned to, Sublime Music on the links below as there’s more top House music on the way.

Find all the tracks and download links here from Soundcloud, then onto The Artist Union.

Links for Sublime Music :

Soundcloud / Facebook / YouTube / Instagram

London based, new kid on the block, Rhyvms, has put together this really neat edit of ‘Peace Go With You Brother’ by, Gil Scott Heron, in commemoration of the great mans legacy. The spirit of the original still shines bright, but Rhyvms has added in a snare hook that gives it an extra level of crispness. If you’ve been ‘avin it large over the bank holiday weekend like I have, this edit is very pleasant ‘pick me up’ to help us return to some kind of normality.

Download Rhyvms edit here via Hypeddit.

Links for Rhyvms :

Soundcloud / YouTube / Twitter