HOTMIX presents another timeless release by Deep88, Italian House producer based in the province of Forlì-Cesena. He is the founder of Zomarec, 12Records, Juice Records Us, Ascii Records and What About This Love.
Deep88 – Summer Of Love EP [HM037]
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Romansoff – Bean Soup LP [TONTON05]
Tudor Gheorghe, aka Romansoff, is a Bucharest DJ, producer and vinyl collector with over 13 years on the capital’s underground scene. Inspired by small local parties in the 2000s, he started collecting vinyl, then DJing, becoming a key figure who’s shared decks with international guests. Since founding his imprint Raw Tools in 2013, he’s released on Lobster Theremin’s Mork, Creme Organization, Les Yeux Orange and Solar Phenomena. In 2018 he co-founded venue Platforma Wolff, a full club by 2021, as booker and resident, hosting headliners like Prosumer, Paramida and Tornado Wallace. Versatile and creative, he stays a fixture at Bucharest’s best nights. His debut LP ‘Bean Soup’ lands on Bar Ton’s vinyl label. The A side opens with two ambient pieces: “Inception,” gritty and haunting, built from field recordings and layered chords, and the dreamier “Regulator Dial.” “Air Lock” and “DFtB” turn breaky and low-tempo, evoking early electronica. The flip moves through “Waterproof’s” downtempo electro and “Make Right,” the LP’s most club-ready cut. Title track “Bean Soup” channels early Four Tet: bleepy, minimal, emotional, while “Sunlight” closes with blissful, calming sounds, rounding out a beautifully balanced record.
STL – Take Me To Your Leader LP [SOMETHING33]
STL’s music has always been free and imperfect – sketches rather than songs. He operates in a smoky and smoggy world somewhere between house, lo-fi, dub and ambient and his tracks always arrive fully formed, as if they are looping infinitely in some parallel dimension. ‘Take Me To Your Leader’ is another magnificent collection of all that, with sublime extended psychedelic workouts that range from the wonky, malfunctioning sounds of ‘M-Brainiac’ which is like the machines have taken over then realised they can’t cope, to the more cuddly and soft-edged but still ramshackle rhythms of ‘Fat Sunday’ which are as heady as can be. Brilliantly dusty and analogue as ever.
Frits Wentink – Redline EP [ROYAL064]
Dutch producer Frits Wentink returns to Clone Royal Oak with a set of heavy-grooving modern house cuts. Road-tested during a recent Royal Oak label night, these tracks stood out immediately as essential selections for release. A versatile collection of bassline-driven club tracks, unmistakably stamped with Frits Wentink’s pristine signature sound… and Clone Royal Oak approved.
John De La Noise – Piacere D’Estate [SST102]
Supreme Striker returns with its second release confirming the label’s direction: uncompromising underground music built on culture, not trends. The new chapter comes from Italian producer John De La Noise, delivering a powerful and deeply authentic EP entirely co-produced by Michele Lamacchia.
Danijel Kevic – Back In The Days EP [VIBR029]
Vibraphone Records is back with a new release by Danijel Kevic. Classy retro Acid House with the remarkable Vibrapohone sound.
The Naif – Road To Meditation EP [VBRPDD001]
The Naif aka Nicola Facchineri creates ‘Road To Meditation’ EP, an instinctive project inspired by the historic Vibraphone Records label. The mission of The Naif is to create primarily authentic music, in order to suggest differentiation from multiple perspectives both for DJs and for listeners.
Takuya Matsumoto – Song Of The Ocean EP [INEX021]
Japanese DJ and producer Takuya Matsumoto has quietly established himself as one of the most distinctive voices to emerge from Japan’s contemporary house scene. Known for his warm, deeply musical approach to production, Matsumoto blends classic house sensibilities with jazz, funk and soulful influences, crafting records that balance
dancefloor functionality with rich musicality. Across the six tracks Matsumoto once again radiantly showcases the depth of his production skills as the project sonically traverses Balearic-tinged House, bouncy acid-laced electro, cosmic nu-disco, breaks driven jungle and dub infused deep house.
Toronto Hustle & Sean Roman – Social Narcotics [WOLFEP087]
Back for round two on Wolf Music, Toronto Hustle & Sean Roman present their ‘Social Narcotics’ EP. The deep house dons from Canada don’t disappoint with a hard-hitting slammer, and a suite of remixes courtesy of some of the scene’s most-respected producers Byron The Aquarius and Nick Holder & Tyrone Solomon.
Shin Watanabe – Red Zone-Ethos Mama Trax LP [LIES-227]
The elusive Shin Watanabe, gives us an insane 13 track double LP of absolute deep house mastery. When talking about deep house here, we mean along the lines of greats like Master C+J, Quest, Burrell, or Blue Jean to name a few. Late night mid-tempo dark house sleaze for the corners of the club. Total old school deep cuts in the truest of traditions.
Byron The Aquarius – The Actual Proof EP [PHONOGRAMME75]
Straight from Byron’s lab, The Actual Proof EP rides that soulful deep-house lane with live‑feeling keys, dusty drums and basslines built to lean on a big system. Jazz spirit, hood attitude and late-night club energy all locked into one heavy wax document for real groove addicts.
The True Underground Sound Of Rome – The True Underground Sound Of Rome LP [SEJFLP006]
In 1991, Rome, Francesco Chicco Furlotti founded Male Productions, an independent record label – small, determined, and far removed from the commercial logic that dominated at the time. Male was not a label like any other: it was a workshop, a gathering point, a creative hub where DJs, producers, friends, and wanderers converged. Within that environment, an artistic core took shape – Stefano Di Carlo, Leo Young, and Mauro Tannino, along with other collaborators orbiting around Furlotti. From their synergy emerged a project whose very name declared its mission: The True Underground Sound of Rome. The collective did not simply aim to release music; it sought to tell a story of Rome through sounds that defied categorization: house, techno, ambient, electronic mysticism, psychedelic visions… a unique blend, instantly recognizable, emotional, and experimental. Space Echoes presents – at last in a complete and faithful form – the first two mixes created for Male Productions, now released on a double vinyl that brings back into the present the exact moment when it all began: the nomadic nights of the raves, Furlotti’s vision, the creativity of Di Carlo, Young and Tannino, and the sonic identity of a Rome in the midst of transformation.
Orlando Voorn – Vibrations EP [LC2097-007]
Dutch titan Orlando Voorn plunges into deeper waters for his Lost Control 2097 debut. The opener “Vibrations” hits like a hazy ’90s hip-hop daydream, wrapped in the glow of soulful deep house. “Summer Breeze” is strictly for the heads—pour up the gin and juice, kick back, and let the world melt for a minute. If you’re hunting for that golden first strike, “Purpose Pursuit” cruises in with a boogie-soaked groove that feels like flipping through dusty dance-floor memories. And to top it off, label chief Black Eyes, the Prince of Hydro himself, delivers a remix that sinks you into a warm, tape-scarred drift.
Boo Williams – The Recovery [RHM051]
The very special return of Boo Williams on Rush Hour. A trip from the Strictly Jaz Unit member that reflects on the sound that has been and where it’s going. Timeless house music from Chicago that draws heavily on Boo’s styles and influences from the past, fusing it into a completely idiosyncratic style that is paying tribute to past yet simultaneously looking to the future. As deep as it gets without losing form for the dancefloor.
VA – Freedom, Innovation, Resonance Vol. 2 [EMSLDV002]
Some big names feature on the second volume of Ensouled’s ‘Freedom, Innovation, Resonance’ series, and they serve up suitably profound sounds. Dutch mainstay Orlando Voorn gets the hairs standing on end with his ‘Deeper’, a sumptuous blend of soft synths, undulating rhythms and spiritual keys. The Cee ElAssaad remix has still soft edges but a little more upright groove, and then Chicago legend Boo Williams cranks it up further with his loopy, melodically intense ‘Loose Cannon’. Lastly, Nawfel’s ‘Fight Or Flight’ is a textural deep house affair with mechanical, rigid rhythms softened by the lush pads.
Franck Roger – My Illusions EP [SL117]
Franck Roger lands on the Seasons Limited imprint as they head into their 30th year in 2026. This typically soulful EP opens with ‘My Illusions’, which has Roger again centreing his own vocals to beautiful effect. ‘Organika’ is a supple, subtle and smoky deep house gem for cosy vibes and ‘Emotive’ shuts down with a lush, slow-burning sound that taps right into the earliest house roots.
Kerri Chandler – Downtown EP Pt. 2 [KC050V2]
This release includes four tracks reconnecting with the spirit of Kerri’s iconic Downtown Records era while offering something fresh for the next generation of listeners. Three of the tracks come straight from that timeless catalogue and firm favorites among Kerri’s community, now beautifully presented on vinyl once again. Downtown EP Pt. 2 captures everything Kerri Chandler represents, soulful, honest, and made with nothing but heart.
Abacus – The Relics EP [C#CC037]
Somewhere around 1993 or ’94, a quietly profound landmark in deep house emerged: The Relics E.P. by Austin Bascom, better known as Abacus, originally released on Chicago’s Prescription Records. Now, three Decades later, Clone Classic Cuts present a fully remastered edition, including previously unreleased material from the same recording sessions.
L’oggetto – Dance Vol. 2 EP [MKDF005]
After the seminal Musica da Discoteca trilogy, L’oggetto continues his exploration of electronic music subcultures with Dance. This new series expands his research into the mutual connections between Italian and American sound cultures that gave birth to house music in the ’90s, while venturing into more introspective territories between Balearic beats, deep house, and techno. The new 12” EP, Dance vol.2, unfolds across four tracks that capture the night’s shifting moods and tempos, balancing collective euphoria with moments of personal transcendence.
Zopelar – Cosmic Trance EP [XY9-03]
With “Cosmic Trance EP” Pedro Zopelar makes his first appearance on Frequencies Rhythm Life, channeling his signature sound through hypnotic synth work and gritty drum programming. Deep vibes and raw beats for this superb release from the Brazilian artists.
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