Sophia Sigma’s (@velorraofc) path into electronic music comes from a background that is unusually broad and clearly defined. Born in Armenia with Yezidi roots, raised between Russia and France, and now based in Amsterdam, she moved through classical opera training, rock and metal bands, and eventually into techno about a decade ago. That transition shaped [...]

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There’s a point in a producer’s trajectory where refinement starts to replace control, and that shift tends to show up most clearly in remix work. Deviation from the source material becomes less about reworking structure and more about translating intent. That’s the space Deviu operates in on his remix of Nihil Young’s “Automatic,” and it’s [...]

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Leon Lobato has the kind of ear that makes a mix feel intentional from the first transition. There’s patience in how he moves through records, and there’s a real sense that he knows exactly what he wants the listener to sit with at each point in the set. That makes this mix a smart way [...]

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Above image shows Claimy Founders Pierre-Alban Mulliez (CEO), Guillaume de Lavenère and Gustave Larrouturou Claimy is entering the music rights space with a clear focus. The company is targeting unpaid royalties, which remain a persistent issue across publishing. With €1.5 million in new funding, the Paris-based startup is building out a platform designed to help [...]

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DJ Cards’ “Grab That Fall Feeling” works best when you hear it as a producer getting more precise about what he wants his records to do. The track lives in a melodic EDM lane with progressive house and lighter trance influence, but what gives it value is not the list of genre tags. It is [...]

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Shlump’s (@shlumpbass) debut album The Chronicles of Shlump – Sine Waves & Stardust dropped via WAKAAN back March 13, and it comes as the clearest full-length statement of his sound so far. After years of releases across labels like WAKAAN, Deadbeats, Circus Records, and Deep Dark & Dangerous, the LP gives him space to bring [...]

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Mustafa Ismaeel (@mustafaismaeelmusic) has built his name the long way, through records that move people and sets that hold a room together from the inside out. Based in Toronto, with roots in Iraq and formative years in Canada, he brings a perspective shaped by cultural range, club experience, and a real attachment to groove, pressure, [...]

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