Hallöchen! Jonsson/Alter! Justus Köhnke! Paradis!

Ah ha! Hallo! From us! It has been ages. 7 months by my last estimation.. How are you? Did you have a Merry Christmas? Ho ho ho?

There has been radio silence from our end over the last few months. Entschuldigung. Berlin sure is a busy place. 

As Omar was saying in the last post, we have reunited in Berlin recently. Many hugs have been shared - both on and off the Panorama Bar dance arena.

It was actually over the course of several of these nights out that we high fived and decided to get back to business on Blouse. Things will change a little. But it's alright. Let's go into it later. 

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Two Armadillos 'Ronin'

Two Armadillos did the track 'Ronin' as some kind of sense-play to feeling alone within a large group of people.

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Adultnapper, Roaming & Unbroken Dub

The month of May is rather in intense in Berlin. Three solid public holidays, a couple of excellent Kreuzberg street parties and an assortment of bullet-proof line-ups assailing the clubs week in, week out has made my weekends seem very short. 

I was almost techno-ed out after a few too many long nights, but I'm happy to report that I am fighting my way back to full health. A few more sunny days spent in the intermittent darkness of Panorama Bar should see me back to 100%.

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Felix Jaehn, Flex Cop & Cosgrove

We've been getting some stonking submissions from readers recently. Cheers guys! We really appreciate it.

Although there has been a lot of interesting stuff sent through, there were a couple that particularly impressed - coming via Australia and the UK from Flex Cop and Felix Jaehn.

These two lad's were both kind enough to turn in EP's which are available for free download in full - so get in while they are hot.

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Trevino Fact Mag mix rocks

I heard about the Trevino Fact mix not on a blog, or in a review, or even Fact Mag. I found this thing in the Resident Advisor forums months after it was released.

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Superpitcher, Pulshar... Steve

Between all this noise about Daft Punk's new single 'Get Lucky' (Is it real? Is it fake??), it is sometimes easy to forget that there is plenty of other excellent music about.
As perfectly nice as 'Get Lucky' is, I think that a suitable audible mind-number is necessary after all of it's shrill collateral.

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Lawrence, DJ Sprinkles & Pépé Bradock

We have landed in Berlin. Before many of the upcoming posts begin reflecting my surroundings by descending into techno debauchery, I thought I would share a bunch of upbeat, housey tracks. Let's get the tail end of this week going in the right way shall we?

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Axel Boman, Nicolas Jaar, Karol XVII & MB Valence

Right! Back to it!
It has been an looonnng month off.

Let's kick things off  on a fun note with this new little number from Polish duo Karol VXII & MB Valence.

It might seem at first glance to be a politely jazzy deep house track, but trust me - there is a dancefloor killer lurking under there somewhere.

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DJ Sprinkles, Mark Fell & Arnaldo

Monday.. Bah. Today is apparently the start of the Finnish Winter vacation, but I somehow missed the memo.
It is very lucky indeed that I have these next two tracks to keep me occupied throughout this lonely week. *sighs*

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Mood II Swing & Afefe Iku

From what I can tell, my second Winter in Helsinki is slowly starting to come to a close. Temperatures have finally started to rise above 0°, the ice is melting to slush and days are starting to lighten up. Fucking finally.

It has been so horribly dark, cold and depressing of late that I have been forced to turn to house jams to toast my chilly lobes. These two tracks have been doing a particularly good job:

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Saschienne & Ryan Crosson

No moikka! A hungover Sunday feels like as good a time as any to give my Blouse 2013 a decent kick-off. Let's hope that Sascha Funke and Ryan Crosson can help me do just that.

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Steve's Best of 2012

Sorry to be a little late off the mark!

2012 was a pretty decent year in electronic music wasn't it? In it, we saw a modern batch of tech house gain a steady foothold - names like Jamie Jones, Maya Jane Coles, Seth Troxler and Maceo Plex rang out often and all over the world.

But what were the highlights? Below is a wee little list of my picks of the year.

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Omar's Best of 2012

As another year comes to an end, we here at Blouse like to reflect on music that stood out or stuck with us. We've decided to keep it simple this time around and post five tracks and a mix that topped our 'best of' list for the year. We hope you enjoy them as much as we have.

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Move D, Tale Of Us & Metro Area

Have you wrapped your head around the fact that it will be next year in just over 7 weeks? And can you believe that it is nearly Christmas? I bet you haven't even thought about what gifts you will be getting for your loved ones.

I have. Here's what I came up with:

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Delano Smith, Christopher Rau & Ray Mang

Yowch! Another two weeks of silence on Blouse has come to an end. Work apparently didn't get the memo to stop burdening me with stuff so that I could focus more on my blog. Ah well.

It was by pure chance that I stumbled across this ditty in a random Dropbox folder on my computer recently.
My eyes instantly lit up when I saw my man Mang's name on the mix, but it wasn't until I popped it on that I realised the extent to the balmy bliss that would be found within.

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Andrés, Koze & MAM: Welcome Back

Hello! It's been a little while since my last post. And by "little" while, I actually mean "long" while. I'd like to welcome myself back into the fold.
It has been a rather productive month and a bit for me musically though, and I definitely have heaps to share.

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Kevin Griffiths, kinda juicy

Here's something for you to chew on bb.

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Rick Wade & Arto Mwambe

Its fair to say that we have been fairly well ensconced in the club of late.. 

I think an impending Mediterranean Summer has done enough to inspire me to step out for a second and get some air.. Some air with loads of nice synths and horns..

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Scuba and his Personality

It's not just that Scuba is a confident producer or his music can be somehow sexy beneath a brawling bearing that makes him magnetic.

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Jimmy Edgar, Oxia & Miss Kittin

Slackness afoot on Blouse! Apologies (once again) for that.. I haven't just been sitting on my hands though - I have taken a tiny bit of time to peruse some music that was close at hand..

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