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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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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DeepChord, Deadbeat & Basic Channel

I've been made aware that I have been talking about the bitter Winter here in Helsinki a little too much. What can I say? It's tough for an Aussie guy to be

living over here in this kind of cold. The good news is that the sun is finally out and Summer is well and truly in the pipeline. Other good pipeline related news is that there is some excellent dub techno in it. Alrighty..

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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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Kasper Bjørke & Jacob Korn

Hot damn it's getting cold up here. There is talk of snow. Am I feeling a little homesick? "Yes". Looking at the photo above has certainly not done me any good.

I haven't been freezing alone though -German Jacob Korn has been doing his best to ease us into Winter with his new debut album 'You & Me'.

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Oliver Huntemann, SIS & Basic Channel

Damn my toes are cold. Hello Winter!
Trying to warm my toes up via tapping to these tunes as we speak:

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Avatism

Avatism. Who is this guy? I'm certainly not sure.

To me, he is an Italian fella that has popped up fairly recently with a sound that is pretty damned irresistible.

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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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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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Fits, Vespertine... Steve

It certainly is getting towards that time of year isn't it? Everything seems to be getting longer.. The grass, the days, the drinking sessions (ugh).. Yup, it seems like there is some real energy floating around again..

On that note - I too have had a little burst of energy of late. Enough to put together a glistening new Summer mixtape..

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John Talabot not fin

Barcelona's John Talabot released his debut LP fIN earlier this year to critical praise.

One of the most lush tracks on it is 'When the Past Was Present'. And why?

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Double Hill, Sleep D & BB & Q Band

"Balmy" Helsinki seems to have gotten me comfortably settled in this deep thing for the past week or so. Great stuff. Organic, warm, instrument filled electronica gets the girls these days. That's what they say anyway.

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Telonius & Chemise

We seem to have pitched a tent in some pretty dark areas of late. Hope you don't mind if we get a bit happier for a sec? It is Monday after all.

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A5 on Udacha

Russian producer A5 has produced some deep house cuts for the first release of new label Udacha.

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