fresh from the new and note-worthy axe on wax stable, this various artists ep has a bit of bite. aow has been turning heads with previous releases - from the likes of rhythm operator - they have been pushing that chunky and powerful house sound that is meant to keep you dancing well into the small hours, their music is a mixture of the raw and physical with the deep and texturally interesting.

cera alba returns to electronique for our first vinyl release of the year with his equilibrium ep

exotic refreshment presents symmetry, the new ep from talented producer and vocalist eluize, the moody dreamscape, inspired by her fascination with the connection & pattern in all things, is a dark, beautiful journey of ethereal arpeggios, distant strings and vocals from eluize.

>call me< is a welcome dose of precisely what we all need right now: a brilliant ray of sunny electro disco to warm up our winter dancefloors. dj nibc, the berlin-based, gothenburg-born dj, producer and trunkfunk records label owner has joined forces with fellow swedish house cat patrick l for a collaborative effort that offers a fresh, playful and breezy take on deep disco grooves. the dj nibc mix rides a languid summer afternoon tempo, accompanied by shimmering light beams and sweet synth chords, rising to a peak of uplifting strings and soulful vocals that weave around the tracks core retro melody. the patrick l mix gives the full polyphonic treatment, shifting the filtered strings to the intro, intensifying the bass, and using subtle punchy cut-ups in contrast with patricks crystal-clear vocal treatment. fellow swede tiger stripes completes the trio of countrymen, with a tiger stripes remix that moulds the track into an urgent dancefloor cut, emphasising an irresistible bass melody, a thudding kick drum, and classic house stabs of synths and voice. londons newest simmering hot creations signee funnels even more sunshine into his rework, as the crea albas lost soul remix splays out the the tracks high hats and fills all available spaces with arcs of retro synths and cosmic reverb.