If you ever complain that being an electronic DJ/Producer in 2012 is too much work, make sure to benchmark against Nick Curly. Except for co-running two of the 2011′s most praised labels (Cecille and 8-bit) he also manages to deliver new top 10 track on almost monthly basis to Cocoon and to make a bunch of remixes for Soma, Liebe Detail ans Sci+Tec. And now finally, after a few years of anticipation to prepare a full length debut album to be released on Cecille in the middle of march. And it does sound quite great!

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01 Experiment Musik
02 Prophetic Dreams
03 The Bells Of Jericho
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04 Morgengebet
05 Sparkling Energy
06 Keep That Feeling
07 Femme Fatale
08 Assistance From Beyond
09 The 13th Sign
10 Wir Tanzen
11 Mental Trainer
12 Yeahwoodya (digital only bonus)

Axel Bartsch have been producing for over 10 year with EPs, remixes, full lengthers and collaborations on Ostwind, Soul, Kompakt and Harthouse. Now he’s back ready to fire off his second album, a dark one yet full of deep melodic grooves. A few tunes are made for the dance floor, like Bells of … Continue…

HMWL introduces DJ and production wizard Mike Frade from New York City.  Along with megastar partner Victor Calderone they form Brooklyn-based Waveform Recordings, one of the hottest independent  recording labels impacting the underground scene worldwide.  Mike is also the mastermind behind the immensely popular Waveform Recordings sample pack series dominating Beatport’s ‘Sounds to Sample’ charts.  Mike takes some time out of his busy schedule to talk to HMWL about his take on all things electronica, his DJ career and, drops some exciting news.  He also shares TWO exclusive unreleased promos with the HMWL readers.

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Photos by Natascha Romboy



The Mannheim wonder!  

Forget about Steffi Graf or the Time Warp festival, what Mannheim is recognized for today is Pit Waldmann, most known under his artist name ”Gorge”. The flourishing producer is also co-owner of the celebrated record label 8-bit Records. There is no sufficient adjective to describe the story of success…

Gorge with friends in Mannheim has formed a creative roll sending waves all over the world with their very unique sound and it’s safe to equalize this movement with such as Warhol’s ”The Factory” or Fac 51 Hacienda. The Mannheim-sound has made … Continue…

I am so excited! I have longed for so long to present one of the most exciting artists of this past and present decade: Henry Saiz. This Spanish matador popped up from practically nowhere with a remix for Global Underground and was later handpicked by John Digweed to remix his epic ‘Gridlock’. He has within just a couple of years from his entrance to the scene released on Renaissance, Global Underground, Bedrock, Ultra, Hope etc. I don’t blame the label directors; this guy does magic tricks. I have never heard such an innovation and development within tracks – the tracks … Continue…

Well, here we have him, British Jody Wisternoff, one half of Way Out West (the other being Nick Warren). These blokes have been around since the dawn of times, or at least since the dawn of the early 90s. Way Out West released their forth studio album ‘We Love Machine’ at the end of last year, a long anticipated album, and followed up with a remix compilation ‘We Love Machine – The Remixes’ last week, with remixes by Henry Saiz, Eelke Kleijn (whose remix we had the pleasure to introduce last week), Guy J, D. Ramirez, Jaytech and others. It … Continue…

Folks! As you’ve noticed, I assume, HMWL is pushing interviews hard. All for your sweet loving pleasure. Well, here is one which we’ve been aching to share with you; today we present none other than Eelke Kleijn. This dutch master has been add it for many years now, despite his young age. But not until fairly recently, he rose stromg on the scene. And with pondus! In 2003, he released his first EP ’4.5 Billion Years’, which received imitiate attention from John Digweed and Seb Fontaine. Talk about acceleration! Continued on Baroque with ’8-Bit Era’ a while later, and now … Continue…

We all have heroes. It could be Daft Punk, Michael Jackson, Metallica or Batman. For me it is Hybrid. And Batman. One of the best times in my life was in 2000-2002 when Hybrid was on their remix spree, releasing 2-3 remixes a month(!!), around the same time hybridized.org was formed, releasing mixtapes by Hybrid. Ammagad! The exciting times. Hybrid’s style and my personal taste have diverged slightly ever since, but it doesn’t keep me from feeling like a child in a candy store when Hybrid announced a new album.

In 1999, Hybrid did a batman’ish entre, emerging from practically … Continue…