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August 2018 \\u201cFor Those Who Stayed\\u201d
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Chilled Progressive House with a sprinkle of Balearic Trance. I love this one, I hope you will as well.
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Some context: from late June to most of July, my family went to Europe on a holiday and I stayed in wintery Melbourne. My presence here was necessary and the start of a lot of positive things, yet, I was nonetheless bittersweet and lonely. World Cup notwithstanding, (Allez les Bleus), I missed them terribly.
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Hence the darker and at times chilled and softer tone, interspaced with sun rays and Mediterranean rhythms and feel.
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A very, very current set (even the 2017 drops are from very late 2017. There is schadenfreude, emotions, sadness, hope. If all of it transpires, I have succeeded. In any case, a set I will listen to with pleasure once it settles.
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Check out my edits and last track mash-up.
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Playlist:
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Highlights:
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Let\\u2019s start with\\xa0Chicane. In the non-soulful, deep house realm, Chicane is by far my favourite artist! Because he is STILL an artist, someone who releases, lo and behold, \\u201cartist albums\\u201d, a concept most of the others have forgotten as it is not a smart commercial move.
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Not sure what\\u2019s going on in his personal life but there must be sadness and milestones because he just released a very personal album, probably his best for a decade \\u201cThe Place You Can\\u2019t Forget, The Place You Can\\u2019t Remember\\u201d.
https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/the-place-you-cant-remember-the-place-you-cant-forget/1380873958
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Do yourselves a favour and buy the album! I won\\u2019t tell you why I chose the particular tunes in this podcast as I would like you to sample the album and will probably drop most of the album tunes in the course of the remaining year.
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\\u201cNirvana\\u201cmight be my favourite track of the year in the progressive realm
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Chicaneon the net:
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https://www.musicglue.com/chicane/
https://www.armadamusic.com/artists/chicane
https://www.facebook.com/chicanemusic/
https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/chicane-presents-sun-sets/id745185047?mt=2
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Last word on Chicane, a 2018 remix of \\u201cSaltwater\\u201d was released in June by none other than Sebastien, very nice take on a pure anthem.
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Eli & Fur\\u2019s \\u201cSomething Was Real\\u201d.\\xa0Fitting track to start the set. Summarizes my mood at the time and it is an absolute beautiful track. Haunting vocal and the production work is faultless. Today Eli & Fur are my favourite producers and song writers. And yes, we are talking about two young British women showing that EDM has also had its #metoo moment!
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Since their debut release in 2013, Eli & Fur have been perfecting a sound built around infectious melodies with deep driving bass lines topped with their distinguished brooding vocals. Their sound has developed into something unique and has earned them respect from some of the biggest names in the industry.
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Eli & Fur\\xa0on the net:
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https://www.eliandfur.com
https://soundcloud.com/eliandfur
https://www.facebook.com/eliandfur/
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Enaya\\u2019s \\u201cGimme your Love\\u201d: not sure who Enaya is but she sounds like a fresh Rihanna.
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Do miss my \\u201cStory\\u201d from Sharapov. Great progressive sounds, very much what comes out of Russia currently and I am absolutely in love with the vocalist one! Can\\u2019t find much on Sharapov but have bought a few tracks from him, Progressive, nice low impact Trance.
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Sharapovon the net:
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https://www.facebook.com/sharapovmusic/
https://soundcloud.com/sharapovmusic
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\\u201cIt\'s Too Late\\u201d\\xa0from\\xa0Jay Santi. WOW! This track has everything! Production, great vocalist and such a rolling groove and piano underline! Do not know much either on\\xa0Jay Santi. He is Dutch and is always good for a real floor banger, no matter if it\'s funky or techy. Very cool producers and looking at my hard drive, just realized I have more than 20 tracks of his!
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Pray for More\\u2019s\\u201cMusical Freedom\\u201d. Do yourself a favour and check the track. Not only will you recognize what immense house classics it is the remix of (won\\u2019t spoil it for you), but you will be ON YOUR FEET and humming the tune in no time.\\xa0Pray for Morerealm ranges from from funky, pumpin\\u2019 and jackin\\u2019 House to techy Disco vibes, ending up with percussive Tribal Grooves\\u2026 The whole House package\\u2026
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Pray for More\\xa0is the brainchild of Austrian born and raised DJ, Producer, Label Owner and Club Promoter, Roland Bartha. He\\u2019s not a newcomer to this scene, having more than 25 years of experience behind the decks, including a 5 year Residency at one of Ibiza\\u2019s biggest and most prestigious clubs, Es Paradis Terrenal. A set by Pray for More is mostly a set of completely unreleased stuff that will destroy any floor, ranging from funky, pumpin\\u2019 and jackin\\u2019 House to techy Disco vibes, ending up with percussive Tribal Grooves\\u2026
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Pray for Moreon the net:
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https://soundcloud.com/pray-for-more
https://www.facebook.com/prayformore2
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With\\xa0Omar Gharbi\\u2019s \\u201cLost in Aegean\\u201d I both went to the dark side AND INTRODUCED a bit of Greek bouzouki to \\u201cHouse is a Journey\\u201d, well done Xtian ;). Pure House world music! London based DJ and Producer, Omar he is one of most requested DJ\\u2019s in London and on the international circuit. Demonstrating his own style in some of London\\u2019s most prestigious venues: Park Chinois, Buddha Bar London, Nozomi, Mayfair Club, Boujis, Penthouse, Tramp, Sugar Hut, Cafe Royal.
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Omar Gharbion the net:
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https://www.beatport.com/artist/omar-gharbi/603712
https://soundcloud.com/omar-gharbi
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More Progressive house World music with\\xa0Est8\\u2019s \\u201cEmhlabeni\\u201d.\\xa0Est8 seems to appear as a remixer of most Spiritchaser\\u2019s production. Always perfectly on point unsure as to whether they are one and the same or a true entity. Love the middle-eastern feel, blended in the Mediterranean feel of the set. A duo from Chichester, UK, comprising of \\u2026 Richard Earnshaw and Mark "Bamo" Bamford from the South Coast of England. With the two coming from different ends of the spectrum, Bamo from the DJ side and Richard from the production side, the ultimate result was a solid understanding of music right through the process of making to playing the tracks.
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Richard Earnshaw is most probably my favourite living house legend producer.. Here we go!
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Est8, Spiritchaser\\xa0on the net:
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https://soundcloud.com/spiritchaser-1
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https://www.beatport.com/artist/spiritchaser/32937
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Hope you like it
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A bient\\xf4t
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Xtian
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