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One of the biggest producers of 2008, Funkagenda returns hotter than ever with his new single ‘Breakwater‘ (Toolroom, UK). After receiving prestigious awards for ‘Man With The Red Face‘ Funkagenda has skillfully crafted a deep, melodic and enchanting slice of house music to capture the imagination of dance fans worldwide. Slick, rolling drums and a subtle bass build the track to unearth a hypnotic, dreamy riff that filters in amongst echoes of FX, lush chords and crisp percussion. Sure to please fans across many genres with remixes from EDX, Dataworx, Seaman and Stel. This is huge!

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I had not heard a thing from Bart van Wissen for a long time now (actually 6 months since his last real post). But great news, a new EP is coming out on Deepology (Russia), called ‘The Bee’s Knees‘. A preview can be heard on his MySpace, and I can’t wait for the actual release to arrive, which should be late February. I’ll keep you posted.

First heard this track on Tiësto’s Club Life 93 (January 9th), and I thought it was a rather good track. Really surprised also that it was released yesterday as well! Good progressive trance track by Jonas Steur, called ‘Simple Pleasures‘. Released on Tiësto‘s Black Hole Recordings (Netherlands) along with a very nice remix by Ben Preston. Again, a really good trance track by a familiar name.

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Gerry Menu (real name Remy Unger), was an unfamiliar name for me, before now. Though it’s just an alias for DJ Remy. Recently he released ‘Ketser / Tram‘, which is a very nice tech- / progressive house track released on his own 68 Recordings (a sub label of Armada, Netherlands). This release is a digital only, check it out.

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During the past few years, Israel has been a sanctuary for emerging A-list producers, unleashing huge talents such as Guy J and Shlomi Aber (just to name a couple). Vik Shagal and Alex Krupenko, better known as Alter Breed, are surely the next big thing to come from the holy land; bringing to the table a very unique sound, which takes the subtle elements of progressive, techno and tech house, and breeds them into a chaotic storm of high-end club music. Their last EP, ‘Rush‘, got the remix treatment from big shots such as Jerome Isma-Ae and Luke Porter, and received support from big players across the globe. Their latest release, ‘Teleskop‘, on the high quality Tribal Vision (Czech Republic) imprint, is already turning heads across the scene.

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