Syndaesia, a.k.a. Niels Craenen, is making quite a name for himself these days. It started more or less last year when he won Studio Brussel’s producers contest with the dubstep anthem Bad Karma. He also made a remix for the album “Wu Tang meets Indie culture VOL 2: Enter the dubstep” and signed record deals with american labels Code of Arms records & Abducted records. Just recently he released his first album called Turbulence and I must say that it sounds really really good! There’s a lot of mediocre dubstep floating around these days but on this album you get a brilliant mix of wicked distorted basslines, often with Prodigy influences, and the more melodic and relaxing vibes. Besides Syndaesia, Niels is also the official guitarist for Belgian electronics collective Addicted Kru Sound (AKS) and he will also co-produce their upcoming singles. If you haven’t seen AKS, one word pretty much sums them up: energy! I saw them on Pukkelpop festival and the crowd  just went insane the whole time! Actually this also counts for Syndaesia, the energy coming from his music can really push you into a state of madness!

Now, we’re proud to be the first to present to you Syndaesia’s latest track, called Blackmail! Enjoy!

Syndaesia – Blackmail

Buy Turbulence right HERE or HERE.
More Syndaesia tracks on Beatport.
Syndaesia on Facebook.

Oh yes, to give you an idea how the Addicted Kru Sound gigs work, have a look at this vid brought to you by AOOA TV.

AKS ft. SELAH SUE from An Overdose Of Awesomeness on Vimeo.

By Victor Tango; Half virgo half libra, disturbing

News from Edinburgh! Wira, Hostage’s new alter ego, has released 2 new tracks. They’re being released by the brand new Phuturelabs label from Glasgow. The track you’ll find below has some recognizable and popular “Afrojackish”, “pon de floor” characteristics but it still is special enough to deserve a place right here IMO. It has a darker and more underground feel than the usual “happy” Hostage stuff.

Wira – Playground / PL001 – Wira/ Phuturelabs

Right, something more funky now. Dejan Dex aka Dejan Talevski is these days considered to be one of the most talented producers in Macedonia! His sounds go from deep house to tech house and techno. Now Artefact records has released the “Fuel Up The Beat EP” which contains two very funky tracks! The track below will certainly make your head move, hell, it will be hard to not shake your asses on the dancefloor when this one kicks in! Buy it HERE!

Dejan Dex – Give it to him / Fuel Up The Beat/ Artefact Records

S-File,  from Bremen Germany, started his music career back in 1994 with his own radio show. Now 16 years later, and with all his experience, he’s producing high quality danceable music. His new double A side EP, called “Out of control” “Box Star” will be out on September 3 and will feature 4 superb new tunes. Besides the two title tracks, there will be remixes by Belgium’s Shameboy and the Cologne duo Wazabi. Expect some hard rollin’ electro beats, a lot of synths and of course the old school peak time moments. You can already check out the original “Box Star” here on Phase02 but make sure to check out the other previews too (Shameboy remix is huge).

S-File – Box Star (Original Mix) / Out of control | Box star / Guys N Dolls Records

S-File – Out Of Control // Box Star by Guys N Dolls

England based Freedom mailed us a new production, called Ruptured Skies. Triphop meets dub you can say in this one. It has a very steady opening with obscure vocals and the sound of rain untill at one point a very deep sub bass kicks in (make sure you use a subwoofer). Reminds a bit of Massive Attack’s darkness at times! The perfect song to drive back in your car at night without your headlights on and just let your mind wander…

Freedom – Ruptured Skies

Freedom on Soundcloud

Here’s something for all you ravers out there! Monsieur Magnetik from Belgium has a new EP called Animatronik. It comes with three grinding synth driven tracks for anytime of the night or into the morning. First up is the EP’s namesake with a builder primed to jump start any party into gear. ‘Born To Rave’, with it’s jumpy rhythms and snare rolls will keep you marching into the wee hours just in time to drop ‘My Friend’ on the crowd to jolt the whole scene back to earth. Personally I’m a fan of the ‘my friend’ track, so take a listen to it right here and make sure to check out the other two tracks too!

Mr Magnetik – My Friend

Buy the EP right HERE

Mokusch, a project of 2 guys from Germany, has mailed us two fresh tracks. They’ve been a DJ-Duo for about 4 years, they call themselves “fictive brothers” and they create techno music with a minimalish flavour on top of it. The first track has a rather weird title((Die Wissenschaftliche Geheimpolizei Aus Madrid), btw I personally love weird titles, and it even has a woman speaking Spanish throughout it. This could be a great afterhours tune! The second track builds more to a central point and from there on you really get into the right vibe! It’s more of a floorfiller than Die Wissenschaftliche Geheimpolizei Aus Madrid
, and yes… I really had to mention that title again! Check it out!

Mokusch – Die Wissenschaftliche Geheimplizei Aus Madrid
Mokusch – Max Hold

Via Hobogestapo

Time for a new load of tracks! Every day we receive tons of new things and trying to listen to everything is not that easy, but we try! Therefore, here’s a personal selection of the things we’ve recently received. Lot’s of variation so fun for everyone!
Let’s go downtempo first, shall we! Egotomb did a rework of Daft Punk’s Tron Legacy. It’s a couple of BPM’s faster now than the original and it creates a nice vibe! Really love this one!

Daft Punk - Tron Legacy (Egotomb Rework).mp3

Jordon Saxton has produced a couple of stunning dubstep tunes again. Be aware, ’cause your ears might explode while listening to this!

Groove Armada - Wont Kneel (JSaxton Remix).mp3

JSaxton - Game Over.mp3

Time for something completely different then! Moscow Youth Cult, based in Nottingham UK, produces tracks which they call “VHS pop”. In their e-mail they also referred to Four Tet, Fuck Buttons and Boards of Canada, having more or less the same style/sound. I was intrigued by that description so I listened to their latest album.. and yep it’s good! Really reminds a bit of obscure 70′s sci-fi films! They even have a track called Phase IV, so we really couldn’t ignore that .

Moscow Youth Cult happiness machines 11 happiness machines.mp3

To finish, here’s the sickest track I’ve heard in a while! The guy calls himself Wondawulf, he’s from Budapest and he creates drumstep. Yep drumstep… take some drum&bass, add a bit of dubstep and there you have it.. moreover the following tune also has a bit of a jazzy feel.. take a listen, you’ll know what I mean! Also check out the video, hilarious! It’s a 320, let’s see if you guys dare to drop this one in public!

Wondawulf - Too Hot For Drumstep.mp3

By Lorelay Parade

Sheee-iiiiiiiiiiiit, it’s gettin’ hot in here! Don’t know where you guys at but 35 degrees really is something! Therefore today a mixtape that perfectly suits these burning temperatures. Kiani & his Legion, a.k.a. Thomas Neyens, may not immediately ring a bell, still, if you mention his name when you’re in his hometown Genk in Belgium, everyone will tell you about the mindblowing parties that often go on untill noon! The “legion” in his name basically refers to the art of spinning vinyls together with friends, it’s all about the music and having a good time! Being influenced by the ’97 – ’04 Berlin scene  and also the late ’80′s, begin 90′s Detroit techno, this really is the stuff that keeps you going in your head, holding on to a groove that simply never ends. The afterparty vibe for all those after hours souls or as he says himself:

Them darkened souls need sunrise disko!

He used 2 turntables and two cd players, all very oldskool and underground, to record the mix. With 90% vinyl, expect the real deal and no nonsense touch! The mix lasts for almost 3 hours and features tracks by John Beltran, Soul Capsule, Isolée, Common Factor and DJ Qu. For specific track ID’s, leave a comment .
So sit back, relax, have a drink, put on those sunglasses and enjoy, this is simply awesome my friends!

Kiani and his Legion – Zomer Mix 2010 (Live @ BamBam ’10) by Kiani and his Legion

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