In a world where experimental electronic music exponentially splinters into a multitude of rogue genres that slowly shuffle the globe from demilitarized dance floors to sleeper cell bedroom studios and back, a team of disparate scientists tracks this solanum-like pandemic while desperately trying to interpret cryptic field recordings of Samhain’s past, not one day at a time, but from Amen to Zombie…

AMEN

Ahhh, finally the spring heat has subsided and summer has people lazy in the shade sipping blood orange margaritas.  It also means that most working DJs are out working the festival circuits.  Which generally means that whatever is going to be the summer hit has already been released and the 12″ tap starts to squeeze shut and releases drip out.

However, Klute just put out Music for Prophet and ASC finally dropped Nothing is Certain in early July.  Both albums vie for top spots on the Juno bestsellers chart. And not much more in the way of good beats on the top of that list right now.

Icicle‘s Xylophobia is out on promo on Shogun Audio, a flash in the pan, been wanting a release of that one for a while.

Anyway, d&b as a genre has its summer persona and it’s all out in smooth vibe style.  Let’s check out the Juno catalog in our journey through C:

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