Zone Magazine Issue 036 - DJs From Mars

TUNES
PROG - TECH Albums HOUSE - Dance// Paul Hawcroft
TOP TUNE //
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Sasha & Sentre - Track 10 [Last Night On Earth]
I've been after this for literally ages, since I heard Sasha drop it on his radio show so long
ago, and nearly one hundred Last Night On Earth releases later, here we are. A welcome
collaboration by Sasha with Sentre, with the 2016 version having a very cheeky familiar vocal
from a well known pop act. When this first surfaced it went on to be Pete Tong's Essential
New Tune, and Annie Mac's Hottest Record. Sadly the vocal couldn't be cleared and was
reworked, however it still sounds awe inspiring. Lovely warm synths, glitchy percussion and
lots of detail make this one very special indeed. I can't stop playing it.
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https://www.beatport.com/track/track-10/16977948
Lostep - Burma (aname AM Remix) [Anjunabeats]
Easily my favourite label of all time by far, Anjunabeats are not only the label I always send all my
demos to as soon as they are fresh out of the studio (one day I'll hopefully crack them), but their
consistency and production finesse in their output is unrivaled. Burma by Lostep first surfaced in
2004 on GU Music/Global Underground, and had a mighty remix from Sasha. However some sixteen
years later the Anjunabeats team have enlisted Marcus Schossow & Thomas Sagstad under their
'aname' alias to rework it, and what a job they've done, fusing progressive house and trance together
in an awesome fashion. Well done.
https://www.beatport.com/release/burma-aname-remixes/3934456
Tokyo Fan Club - Horses (Echonomist Remix) [Bedrock]
On paper a meeting between Progressive House all-star Luke Brancaccio, his wife, the
excellent vocalist Kiki Cave and progressive trance hero Gai Barone sounds too good to be
true, but thankfully this is not the case and all what I've heard from Tokyo Fan Club so far
is breathtaking. You only need to check out their 20 track album, 'We Live Electric', as
proof of this. No surprise that the trio have ended up on John Digweed's Bedrock imprint
when the music is as good as this. Echonomist are on remix duties of 'Horses' and turn
the smooth original into a peak time progressive wonder!
https://www.beatport.com/release/horses-echonomist-remix/3903566
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RECOMMENDED
Mind Against - Dreamcast [Afterlife]
Very narrowly missing out on the 'Tune Of The Month' and it would have so been it if Sasha's
long awaited 6 year anthem 'Track 10' hadn't officially had a release, Mind Against deliver one
of my favourite tracks of 2022 in the form of 'Dreamcast'. Something must be in the water in
Italy as this is just fantastic. Definitely one of the more ethereal and soothing, yet driving
tracks to come out on Afterlife, this has it all, mind bending synth work, driving percussion, a
nice warm bass and all the elements in the right place to make me instantly want to play it
out.
https://www.beatport.com/release/dreamcast/3953031
Audioglider - I Feel The Rush (Framewerk Remix) [Melodic Beats Recordings]
Based in my home city of Plymouth, the Melodic Beats collective strive to provide high quality house
and progressive in every aspect they do, be it their nights (and I've played for them a few times),
their record label and their podcast series. The label recently celebrated thirty releases, which is a
mean feat given they only formed the label at the beginning of lockdown in 2020. When 'I Feel The
Rush' from Audioglider first surfaced, it was one of the biggest releases on the label to date, and who
better to remix it than Framewerk (who also provided a killer remix of DJ San's Substance Carrier for
my E=MC2 label). They deliver three awesome versions that have unsurprisingly received huge
support.
https://www.beatport.com/release/depth-perception-ep-the-remixes-pt-2/3931779
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