A couple of DJ sets from Nora En Pure

I'm back with a pair of wonderfully deep DJ mixes from South African-Swiss producer and DJ Nora En Pure. I managed to catch the pair, yesterday, while back at work, trying to set an upbeat, speedy tempo for accomplishing a rather insurmountable task in a relatively unrealistic amount of time.Yup, you heard that right. I've …

“Highway No. 4 (Skober Remix)” from Monika Kruse @ Voodooamt

It's been awhile since I've thrown any techno in the mix, deep, progressive or otherwise. So I think it's time to get that groove rolling again. This one's called "Highway No. 4" from German DJ/Producer Monika Kruse @ Voodooamt. I hope I got that right. Beatport credits this as two names with a comma - …

Julian Wassermann’s “Alpha”

I'm just really diggin' this deep techno track from Munich-based DJ/producer Julian Wassermann. It's called "Alpha," and it plays like it's number one. I caught it earlier today, while I was sampling some electronic tracks I recently acquired, and I instantly found myself grooving to its snappy locomotive rhythm. "Alpha" ricochets and rolls at a …

UMEK’s “Double the Lust”

UMEK. Press photo by Luka Kase.
I was awoken this morning by my increasingly annoying neighbor's construction efforts to remodel her perfectly fine kitchen. To say I'm irritated would be severely understating the point. Given such circumstances, and the fact that the rainy season is hindering my abilities to seek refuge in the peaceful surrounding beach areas (unless I wish to …

The “D. Ramirez Fully Analog Remix” of David Penn’s “A Different Story”

It's been one of those low energy days, a little scatterbrained, tired, and unfocused. So hopefully, this one doesn't sound too incoherent. I've been thinking about this funky little tech-house groove I heard the other day, called a "A Different Story (D. Ramirez Fully Analog Remix)." For tech-house, it's pretty slick, and sounds a heck …