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David Rodigan House Of Roots

Electronic

David Rodigan MBE Reworks the Rules With House Of Roots

I love artists with vision. Especially when that vision starts with three Defected classics, a reggae legend and the simple idea that people have always wanted roughly the same thing from music: a big sound system and somewhere to dance. David Rodigan MBE calls the project House Of Roots, bringing house, reggae, dub and jungle together for one rather loud family reunion. Turns out, they get along pretty damn well. From Jamaican music to the Olive Grove Rodigan discovered Jamaican […]

today17/09/2026

Denis Sulta Capri Push The Tempo

Electronic

Denis Sulta & Capri Bring ‘Push The Tempo’ to Defected

Do you want some fun? Good. Push the tempo then. Denis Sulta and Capri clearly had the same idea, because Push The Tempo gets straight to business. Big drums, brassy stabs and a bassline that becomes the boss of the whole operation. I gave it one play. Then another. You know... quality control. Denis Sulta finally gets his Defected debut Yep, finally. Denis Sulta makes his first appearance on Defected, although he and the label already know each other pretty […]

today11/09/2026

Stamina LEYO & Thierry Ganz

Electronic

A Pocket Full Of Stamina by LEYO & Thierry Ganz On Defected

Amsterdam has done a lot to dance music over the years. Some good, some slightly mental, some probably responsible for people losing a few weekends completely. LEYO comes from that world. He was one of the founding members of Yellow Claw, so trap was a big part of his story for years. Then he moved into his own lane and started digging deeper into house music instead. Hail Mary for this kind of switch. And judging by what followed, house […]

today04/09/2026

Alex Parker

Electronic

Alex Parker: From Bucharest Guitars to Los Angeles Beats

Alex Parker has one of those careers where you start reading the credits and go, “hang on... he did that too?” Festivals, charts, pop records, electronic music, TV work - the man gets around. The Romanian-born producer, songwriter, composer and DJ now works between Los Angeles and Bucharest. More than 15 years in music, over one billion lifetime streams, platinum and gold records across Central and Eastern Europe, and credits stretching through pop, EDM, R&B, house and plenty in between. […]

today02/09/2026

Karen Salicath Jamali OM Mare Shangri-la

Pop

Karen Salicath Jamali Finds Her Voice on OM Mare Shangri-la

The longer I make music, the more I think the bloody thing has a life of its own. You can have all the gear, plans and clever ideas you want, but when a melody pops into your head from absolutely nowhere, everything changes. Maybe we make music. Or maybe sometimes music makes us. Honestly, I gave up trying to figure that one out years ago. Karen Salicath Jamali gives me another reason to think about it with OM Mare Shangri-la, […]

today01/09/2026

Pocket Lint Nyx

Electronic

Pocket Lint Enters the World of the Goddess of Night With Nyx

Happy readers, I found Mark Heffernan by chance a couple of weeks ago, listening to what he had prepared for release. And now comes the part where “Who’s Mark Heffernan?” strikes in. Well... despite the lack of syrupy information people seem to crave nowadays, I think you may find your answer by listening to his music. Pocket Lint is the name of Mark’s solo project, and today we’re introducing his latest release, Nyx?, taken from the Wunderkammer album. From purple […]

today31/08/2026

LunaRover with Throw Me A Line

Electronic

LunaRover with Throw Me A Line: Survival Gets Funky

Life, when you think about it, can feel similar to surviving a plane crash. You’re floating somewhere, grabbing onto whatever is still floating, wondering how you ended up there. The plane could be your job, your bank account, your love life. You hold on, improvise, and wonder if you’re actually going to make it. Hopefully, though, your debris has Wi-Fi. That’s what came to mind when I heard LunaRover with Throw Me A Line, their latest release. They took that […]

today28/08/2026

Alt Folk

Victor V. Gurbo – The Ballad of Renée Nicole Good

I always wanted to see America. Like millions of others, I grew up with that huge, slightly ridiculous dream fed by films, music, highways, and places whose names somehow sounded familiar before I had ever been there. Then January 7, 2026 arrived. Renée Nicole Macklin Good, a 37-year-old US citizen and mother of three, was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After that, I wasn’t so sure I wanted to go anymore. But a few days ago […]

today26/08/2026

Noah James Mass Misery Winter

Rock

Noah James Mass Goes Back for More With Misery Winter

I don’t necessarily like winters. I hate the cold, the red clown nose, the gas bill, and the ritual of dressing like a human punching bag just to buy milk. Absolute chaos and misery. Fortunately, Noah James Mass has found a different flavour of misery to discuss, and his latest single, Misery Winter, brings guitars instead of thermal socks. The title already tells you the weather inside this thing. “Time slips away / While standing still,” Mass sings early on. […]

today24/08/2026

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