Having spent the last few years experimenting with various genres and working with and/or securing the support of a number of internationally recognized artists — including former Deep Dish member DJ Sharam, Incorrect Music boss Anthony Attalla, and tech house superstar Pirupa — Nicolas Oliver has recently relaunched his career, focusing exclusively on the sound of techno. His DJ sets are always high energy, often featuring the fast-paced productions of artists like Alex di Stefano, Phunk Investigation, Beltek, and A.K.O. From a production standpoint, Nicolas’ debut release will hit download stores late winter/early spring 2012: ‘The Decimate EP’ will be released on Subfractal’s Frakture Audio and will feature two original tracks — ‘Decimate’ and ‘Need To’ — as well as remixes by Electrorites and Frankyeffe, respectively.

Nicolas’ follow up release will be his remix of ‘C99′, an original production written by Dimitri Fusky which is set for release on Lance Blaise’s Teggno Records. Be sure to head over to Nicolas’ Soundcloud page at soundcloud.com/nicolasoliver where you will find links for his latest promo mixes, previews of his upcoming productions, and all his contact information

1.A.K.O – Rolling (Original Mix)
2.A.K.O – Jackpot (Original Mix)
3.Christian Cambas – Violator (Alex Di Stefano Remix)
4.Lutzenkirchen – Don’t Fear To Rock (Beltek Remix)
5.Spektre – Harpoon (Alex Di Stefano Remix)
6.A.K.O – Back to the Future (Original Mix)
7.Umek & Beltek – Back In The Race (Original Mix)
8.Phunk Investigation – VMX (Original Mix)
9.Mad Raf & Tom Zenith & Ramirez Resso – Run Or Die (D-Funkshion Remix)
10.Spektre & Subfractal – Ram Raid (Alternative Mix)
11.Tom Hades – Einsatz (Original Mix)

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Grown in the political, and clubbing, hot spot of Tel Aviv, Itamar Sagi has been entertaining dancefloors for the past 15 years and his dj career include a 7-year residency at the legendary “Haoman 17”, a club which was elected as one of the best worldwide.

It’s 2007 when, after a series of successful first releases on his home label Be As One, “Cancun / Dreams Theaters” and “Sparta / Weird BAO”, the latter co-written with fellow label mate Gel Abril, Itamar’s name got worldwide attention with “Blonda”, co-produced with his friend and contemporary Techno star Shlomi Aber. The success of these releases propelled Itamar into the global scene and expectations grown strong around his name.

Itamar quickly surpassed those expectations in 2008. First with “Black Gold”, a sublime combination of classic Detroit techno and Chicago house, tech funk and killer stabs, that was announced as one of the 10 best track of WMC08 by DJ Mag. Then, later that same year, Itamar cemented his reputation releasing two Techno monsters: “Later On” on Samuel L Session’s KlapKlap, and “One Million Oaks” on Soma, which was one of Itamar and Soma’s biggest hits and recently selected by the label to be remixed for its 20 Years Anniversary celebration project.

Tracklist:
1. Itamar Sagi – Dustin’g
2. Malek – Invaluable (MINT Remix)
3. Itamar Sagi – Changing Colors
4. Ducky – Little Helper 25.6
5. Itamar Sagi – Wrap
6. Agent – Voodoo Chant
7. Romanthony – Bring U Up (Deetron Edit)
8. Gel Abril & Andrea Oliva – Scene
9. Rozzo – Meta003.2
10. Sable Sheep – Painting My Fur
11. 2Vilas – All Right
12. Shlomi Aber – In Dancetrippin
13. Steve Rachmad – Boogie Moogie
14. Steve Parker – Escuro

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Techno and House are both common place on his dance floor, carefully woven together in a fusion unique to Hal. He knows that it is essential to create an exotic and intoxicating blend of rhythms that defies the gravity of closed minds.

DJ Hals energy, and elation inducing turntable antics, are already spreading across Europe and America, and threatening to encompass the world. For it is his ability to mesmerise with his musical invasion of the senses, that is proving irresistible wherever he lands.

Unleashing a mind-blowing, hip-shaking, blend of techno funk and acid house, he is inspirational and somewhat sexy, whilst everything is stirred with a healthy dose of soul. He is a man on a mission, an Earth Odyssey with the sole intention to make you dance. You are advised to catch him if you can !
Hal has played at Festivals (Glastonbury, EXIT, Dance Valley) Clubs (The End, Space, Heaven, K4, Movida etc ..) Events (Basics, Spectrum, Carl Cox & Friends) and is resident at STEALTH

Tracklist
01 Intro – 6th Borough Project – Delusions Of Grandeur
02 Dave Nash – Keep It Up – Flaming Souls Remix – Ready Mix Records
03 Maetrik – Caught Between – Cocoon
04 DJ Hal – Monkey Magic – white
05 Tomoki Tamura – Frustration – From P60 Remix – Tronic Soundz
06 Joe Morris – Wired For Sound – Baker Street Recordings
07 DJ Hell – Electronic Germany – DJ Glen Remix – Embassy Of Music
08 Paneoh & Maetrik – Follow – Bedrock
09 Rebel Crew – Biala Con Mig – DJ Hal Remix – white
10 Wehbba – Dirty Pictures – 100% Pure
11 DJ Hal – Saving Dave – Alan Barratt Remix – Fierce Animals
12 Nelski – Dancing – Rising Music
13 Nice 7 – Gray Piano – Tiger Stripes Paradise Mix – Great Stuff

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On his highly anticipated debut artist album, Dutch producer Pitto displays a mature and genre-defying sound. Working with a number of gifted musicians and vocalists (and even singing on a couple of tracks himself) he has taken a bold step, joining the dots from filtered house to fragile electronic pop.

In a time when the LP has become a promotional tool rather than a form of expression, Objects In A Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear stands out as a truly sincere and compelling artist album. Over the past two years, Pitto has invited an international cast of vocalists and musicians into his studio.

01. Pitto – Don’t Come Any Closer
02. Pitto – Ceiling in Paris
03. Pitto – Unknown
04. 360 – Neon One
05. Dj Sneak – All Over my Face
06. Paul Kalkbrenner – Square 1
07. Pitto – Mono Desire
08. Alan braxe – Intro
09. Beanfield – Tides (C2 Remix)
10. Fourtet – Angel Echoes (Caribou Remix)
11. Pitto – Walking by the Sea
 

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After playing many of the world’s most revered clubs over the last two years – including Tokyo’s Womb, Chicago’s Spy Bar, London’s Ministry Of Sound, Manchester’s Sankeys and Toronto’s Footwork – he’ll be continuing to tour the globe extensively throughout 2010, with many more exciting plans afoot for the year. His successful Radio 1 Essential Mix from September 2009 will be followed on by a third guest mix for John Digweed’s Transitions show.

In an age when the continental European sound dominates the house and techno scene, James Talk remains one of the UK’s brightest talents, reminding the world where tech house came from in the first place. A breath of fresh air from the droves of posturing scenesters and minimal chinstrokers, his is a sound which goes back to the visceral essentials.

1. Motorcitysoul – Ushuaia Night (Simple)
2. Simon Rogers – EC1M (Tom Budden Remix) (Oosh)
3. Alex Dolby – Younde (Acumen & Timid Boy Remix) (Rawthentic)
4. Marco Effe – Sexgas (Paco Osuna & Andre Introvigne Remix) (Memento)
5. Smak – Can’t Live Without (Sketchbook)
6. Ou Est Le Swimming Pool – The Key (Ridney Dub) (MOS)
7. Steve Mac & Stripper – Whistle (Rejected)
8. Christian Smith – East Village (100% Pure)
9. Fan Est – The Going On (Plastik Philosophy)
10. Jay Lumen – Instincts (Mistakes)
11. Pete Tong & Paul Rogers – Headstrong (Toolroom)

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Excuse me, would you mind turning up the bass?

DK8 – Murder Was The Bass (Reworked) [2003] – enjoy.

Milton Jackson (aka Barry Christie) Released his first EP aged 19 on Solemusic’s Tronicsole imprint. Known for his dark, almost techno influenced deep house music. Milton Jackson tends to fuse straight driving beats with eclectic, techy production styles. His first and so far only long player, ‘The Bionic Boy’ was received well by critics and the house fraternity and it spawned the Pepe Bradock influenced ‘Sunlight’.

After having mainly appeared on Glasgow labels such as Solemusic and Glasgow Underground, 2006 sees Milton spread his wings with EPs due out on Freerange, Silver Network, Urbantorque and Luke Sardello’s Icon Recordings. He has also recorded under a variety of pseudonyms, even venturing into the down-tempo domain as Napoleon Solo. His Bear Trax imprint released Mylo’s first vinyl release when the pair recorded as ‘The Pretty Boys’.

Enjoy this delightfully laid back, but deep/dark mix! I know I did.

Tracklist:
01. Langenberg – Jalousie [Liebe]
02. Baaz – Get It [Eklo]
03. Chopstick, Johnjon feat. Fritz Kalkbrenner – Keep On Keepin’ On [Suol]
04. Sascha Dive – Jus Groove (Chez Damier Alternate Mix) [Tsuba]
05. Slok – Paris Feeling [Electronic Petz]
06. Pol_On – I Need [Freerange]
07. Trentemoller – La Champagne [Naked Music]
08. Jaffa Surfa – Feel It (Dub) [Off]
09. Christian Burkhart – Tres [Oslo]
10. Anonym – Geile Muziek (Makam Mix) [SushiTech]
11. YoFunk – Marmot [Dark Energy]

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For hour one of Episode 93 we turn to Mahan M2J Javadi, a DJ who keeps all sorts of electronic music genres in his back pocket.  The intent is to always keep crowds guessing and excited. Flowing from style to style, his DJ sets revolves around music, rather than specific genres.

Listeners experience and discover something new each time as it is mixed in with music they are already familiar with. These connections provide a set off point for exploring and noticing new types of music.

For this week’s show he’s got a whole lot of techy sounds to explore inside the Vital Radio Resident mix.

Tracklist:
1. Trentemøller – Sycamore Feeling (Gui Boratto Remix)
2. Kevin Griffiths – Oh Yeah (Julien Chaptal Mix)
3. Acumen & Timid Boy – Chicago Story (Oxia Reinterpretation Mix)
4. Andreas Henneberg & Simon2 – Bolingo Grigo (Original Mix)
5. D.H.S. – House Of God (Martin Landsky Remix)
6. Jerome Isma-Ae – Hold That Sucker Down (Original Mix)
7. Depeche Mode – Everything Counts (Oliver Huntemann & Stephan Bodzin Dub)
8. Steve Mac, Paul Harris – You (FPS Remix)
9. James Harcourt – Moob (Quivvers Moob Deep Remix)
10. Tomcraft – Loneliness 2010 (Lissat & Voltaxx Remix)

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Hailing from Tel Aviv with his roots based in underground Techno grooves, Itamar has been spotted as one of the new breeds of the latest techno wave.

His unique and floor-filler productions have caught the attention of Laurent Garnier, Josh Wink, Carl Craig , Francois K and many more.

This talented 27 year old already has 7 years of club residency under his belt in the legendary “Haoman 17″ in Israel (Which was selected as one of the top 10 clubs worldwide by the uk based Dj Mag.) Itamar Sagi is our Vital Radio guest.

Tracklist:
1. Jay Bliss – Eucalipt
2. Nick Curly – We See Us
3. Jacksonville – Volant
4. Gel Abril – Spells Of Yoruba (Shlomi Aber’s Mix)
5. Hermanez & Massimo Girardi – 11.11
6. Michael Cleis  – Pichira
7. Itamar Sagi – Now That I’ve
8. Andrea Oliva – Arosa
9. Sanasol – Tambourine Man
10. Deetron – Orange
11. Itamar Sagi – Selio
12. Itamar Sagi – Coffee Beans
13. Shlomi Aber – Create Balance
14. Peter Dundov – Waterfalls

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