Berlin Based / Canadian born Sheldon Thompson AKA Sid Le Rock has been wowing music lovers with his unique electronic fusion sound since first bursting on to the scene almost 10 years ago. Some are probably even more familiar with his monicker Pan/Tone.

Going back to his Canadian roots, Sheldon has recorded a full album for Torontos (Canada’s?) most famous label – My Favorite Robot. The 11 track album will hit the shelves and the DJ boxes on April 22nd.

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Lovely Vienna based HVOB recently released a new EP called Jack. Above is the “official” video for the B-side called Moon.

Below is the preview of four more tracks off the album that will be hitting your charts and the stores on March the 8th.

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The multitalented Stockholm based Özgür Can is just about to release a much wished-for debut album.  October the 25th ‘ Put me in a box and label me’ is out on newly started label ‘ Eat My House’. We caught up with Özgür for a album preview and a short interview.

1: It’s your debut album – Describe it.

Özgür Can: it feels amazing! finally after all these years! i dont know how many albums ive started in the past but never finished.

2. What’s the difference between this album and your older productions?

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The Chilean techno-mystic Ricardo Villalobos has for many months kept us on the tipping point, waiting for his 7th full album. Finally Dependent & Happy is about to hit the stores released by Perlon - either as a 12 track cd or a 5 x vinyl on the 25th. Watch out for some serial, schizophrenic goose-bump warning on I’m counting. The rest is all magic.

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01 Experiment Musik
02 Prophetic Dreams
03 The Bells Of Jericho
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
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…

Butch is finally releasing the long awaited full lengther the november the 2nd on his newly started imprint Bouq. It’s titled Eyes Wide Open and contains, among club banger such as Soul Motion, Joy Part II and In Gods Arms some livingroom goodies like the one above. For Her Smile is the last epilogue track of the album. Full review coming soon.

//Skyjacker

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My journey into electronic music started back in 2000. No mp3s back in those days, it was all about original CDs. I used to bartend in London back then and spent most of my hard earned money on buying trance and house albums at HMV and trying to catch PVD, Tiesto and Matt Hardwick in action every time they were having a DJ gig in London.

Paul Van Dyks Out There and Back was one of the first trance albums going on repeat 24/7 in our appartment in Bayswater back then.

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