Brighton’s My Digital Enemy continue to set the bar for British house music at every possible turn – their recent guest mix for Roger Sanchez’s Release Yourself Radio Show reigning no exception. With choice cuts for their own Zulu imprint and Sanchez’s Stealth Records, fear not the wrath of EDM – this is straight-up house music with a soulful backbone from start-to-finish. Plucked from their well-stocked arsenal of solo and collaborative offerings, Serg and Kieran forge a comprehensive insight into the Midas touch that the duo continues to shine upon the long-serving genre.
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No nonsense house music from the cream of British club land? It could only have ever been My Digital Enemy and Hoxton Whores. United for the first time for Roger Sanchez’s Stealth Records imprint, “Get Down” rolls with the grooves and celebrates some of the genres more timeless melodic hallmarks. With their Zulu Records imprint leaping from strength to strength and a debut compilation for Hotfingers enroute, My Digital Enemy return to the label in top form with a little help from two artists who have more than earned their keep on the European circuit. Hit more to hear the noise and grab the track on Beatport. (more…)
He may have kept us waiting well into 2013, but Roger Sanchez is back on the beat to preview the tone of his forthcoming full length endeavor. As the first single to emerge from Roots, Roger’s third artist album to date, GTO is back behind the microphone for this first peek of things to come from the Stealth Records ringleader. In true S Man style, vintage vibes and strong melodic resonance make “Troubleman” a strong addition to Sanchez’s generation-hopping discography of assorted house offerings. This is soulful and stylish house music that indicates yet another reason to believe that dance music might just be reclaiming its hold on the album format for 2013. Look for the full album May 20th on Roger’s own Stealth Records, DJ Sneak will provide a remix as well. (more…)
Best of the Rest is a daily feature from Dancing Astronaut that recaps the most important posts of the day as well as the stuff we didn’t get to. With the rapidity that dance music news and releases come out it’s difficult for us to hit everything — we hope BOTR serves as a catch-all. Make sure to check it out at the end of each day to ensure you don’t miss anything!
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Best of the Rest is a daily feature from Dancing Astronaut that recaps the most important posts of the day as well as the stuff we didn’t get to. With the rapidity that dance music news and releases come out it’s difficult for us to hit everything — we hope BOTR serves as a catch-all. Make sure to check it out at the end of each day to ensure you don’t miss anything!
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The ties between house institution Roger Sanchez and British duo Prok & Fitch run deep, dating back to the latter’s breakthrough release “Outro Lugar” on Sanchez’s Stealth Records. Six years later, the artists have made their collaborative debut with a jackin’ tech track out this week on the same label where it all started. Apparently “Take You There” was conceived when all of the above were hanging together in Ibiza, which helps explain its smooth synths, laid-back vocals, and buoyant vibe. The release also includes a Dub Mix and a more groove-driven Prok & Fitch Floorplay Remix. Catch them all on Beatport today.
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Year after year, Roger Sanchez collects his finest dance floor weapons and compiles Release Yourself. Despite recent controversy at Stealth Records, the label’s front man is back with his annual outing, a 28-track double-disc for 2012. Hand selected for some of the hottest dance tracks this year, Roger has included artists such as Zoo Brazil, Prok & Fitch, Stafford Brothers, Hoxton Whores, Mike Newman, Mark Junior, Denis The Menace, Darko De Jan, Benny Royal, and of course himself. Composed of a pre-party disc and a party disc, Release Yourself ’12 includes 23 exclusive tracks. Jump below the break for selected previews and the complete tracklist, and purchase Sanchez’s annual outing from Beatport today.
“As always, Release Yourself is a reflection of my current dance floor. This year my style has definitely returned to a more jackin & latin influenced house sound, as well as getting into the deeper vibes. Fron New York to Ibiza, these are the sounds that dominated the floor for me!”
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Best of Instagram is a feature from Dancing Astronaut that showcases our favorite pictures from our favorite DJs on Instragram each week. This week, we’ve got gems from Afrojack, Tiesto, Steve Aoki, and more.
Do you want to have your photos included in our Best of Instagram feature? All you have to do to be eligible is use the hashtag “#astrogram” in your photo entry on Instagram. Keep your photos DA or dance music-related, and we’ll choose one user-submitted photo to include each week. Click past the break to see this week’s #astrogram contest winner.
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Recently ranked 28th on the DJ Mag top 100, Arty is back again this week with his radio show Together We Are. This week Arty changes things up by picking “Another Chance” by Roger Sanchez as an an “old but gold” and Icona Pop’s “I Love It (Style Of Eye Remix)” as the best track. It’s nice to see Arty changing things up as always. Download the episode below and view the tracklist after the break.
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Earlier this week we told you that Stealth Records’ website had been taken down and replaced with a warrant calling for Roger Sanchez’s arrest. We’ve done some more investigating into the situation, speaking with a number of sources off the record and the woman named as the defendant in the case, Roger’s former manager and former director of Stealth Records, Olga Heijns.
Ms. Heijns tells Dancing Astronaut exclusively that she is a minority shareholder in Stealth and that she was its sole director until 2009. Her company, Unmanageable Artists, stopped representing Roger for bookings and management, and he subsequently fired her as the label’s director. We aren’t privy to why the two parted ways, but according to Ms. Heijns, it is “incorrect that I sued [Roger] to start with.” She claims that Roger and Stealth Records first sued her and her companies, forcing her to countersue, explaining the plaintiff and defendant designations on the warrant posted online.
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