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• Rayne Talks “Techno Games” And Denver’s Underground

  14-09-2026 23:51 via magneticmag.com
  
  Rayne’s “Techno Games” comes from an artist who spent years learning the floor before turning fully toward production. Born in New Jersey, shaped by New York nightlife, and now based in Denver, Rayne brings a long club history into his current run of dark, peak-time techno releases. The record’s aim is clear: make something DJs can use when the room is already hot and needs the next push.That working-DJ mindset runs through his story.
  Before the recent Beatport charting r
  
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• Zamna Tulum 2027 Dates and Multipass Details

  14-09-2026 23:49 via magneticmag.com
  
  The ten-day anniversary season returns to Tulum from December 31, 2026 to January 10, 2027, with a three-event Multipass available now.Zamna Tulum has announced its tenth-anniversary season without naming a single artist, which initially feels like a strange way to introduce one of its largest events to date.Look a little closer, though, and that decision says plenty about what Zamna has become since its first gathering in the Mexican Caribbean in 2017. The brand is asking people to commit to Tu
  
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• How It Was Made: Nikita von Tiraspol & U-T – Maison Amper (Nikita’s Version) (Kontrapunkt + Deep House / Dub Techno)

  14-09-2026 23:15 via magneticmag.com
  
  U-T and Nikita von Tiraspol’s (@nikitavontiraspol) Nights In Tokyo EP started with a late-night studio meeting at Maison Amper in Tokyo, then split that original idea into three different interpretations. U-T takes the more rhythmic, energetic route, Ko Umehara moves toward minimal territory, and Nikita’s version pulls the record into dub techno, complete with a trumpet part he recorded himself.Released August 25 on Kontrapunkt, “Maison Amper (Nikita’s Version)” is
  
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• Kamil Nowak And Jakub Pietras Explain the Sound And Score Behind Bellwright

  14-09-2026 23:05 via magneticmag.com
  
  Medieval game audio can go wrong fast. Add a lute, throw birds into the trees, put a few wooden impacts under the UI, and the world may sound old enough on paper while still feeling like a set dressed for the player. Bellwright needed something more patient than that, because its world is not only there to be looked at. It has to be lived in for hours at a time.That is the part Kamil Nowak had to solve as Donkey Crew’s one-person audio department.
  He was not only making sounds and dropping
  
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• Chosen Masters Is Seeking a New Owner

  14-09-2026 22:50 via magneticmag.com
  
  Founder Elon Sharar is inviting acquisition discussions around an established browser-based music platform, its audience, and its technology.Chosen Masters founder Elon Sharar is seeking a buyer for the music-technology company he has spent close to ten years developing, with a proposed acquisition that could cover the software, intellectual property, source code, brand, domain, user accounts, search presence, and associated social channels.The company began as an online mastering service, then
  
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• How It Was Made: MARNIK – Synthetic Heart feat. Crooked Bangs (ARENA Records + Tech-Trance)

  14-09-2026 22:43 via magneticmag.com
  
  MARNIK (@marnikofficial) have spent the last decade operating at the festival end of electronic music, but the duo’s current phase is moving further into hard dance, techno and neo-rave without abandoning the scale that built their audience in the first place.
  That evolution now has a home in ARENA Records, their new label and live concept, which gives Alex and Lele a more defined space to develop the harder side of the project while connecting the studio work directly to what happens onst
  
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• Thechi Finds His Sound Between Memory And Movement

  14-09-2026 22:12 via magneticmag.com
  
  Thechi’s Echo State EP starts from a place a lot of producers know but do not always admit: coming back to music after a pause and realizing the old instinct to keep adding more is not always the answer. The London-based artist, born Arjun Yohannan, grew up in Kerala, India, where his first relationship with electronic music was not built through club records alone. It came through video games, Indian film music, hill-station gatherings, grassroots parties, classical training, and a slow c
  
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• George Voukanos Returns To Olympia Without Repeating It

  14-09-2026 22:05 via magneticmag.com
  
  There is an easy version of a project like TERRA OLYMPIA, and George Voukanos seems aware of it from the start. A Greek composer returns to Ancient Olympia, writes music tied to memory and heritage, invokes mythology, light, landscape, and the Olympic idea, then lets the ancient world carry the emotional burden for him.
  And while that alone has a real story behind it, it would also miss the most interesting part of what he is doing.Voukanos is not treating TERRA OLYMPIA as a historical reconstru
  
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• KONEKT Blends Bass-House Bounce and Romance on “WORTH”

  14-09-2026 21:11 via magneticmag.com
  
  KONEKT’s “WORTH” sits in a lane that more producers are starting to explore: club music with a little romance under the surface. The track blends bass house, slap house, and R&B influence, giving it enough bounce for a dancefloor setting while keeping the mood lighter, warmer, and more emotionally open than a purely drop-focused record.That combination is the main selling point.
  A lot of bass-heavy dance music leans on impact first, then tries to add personality afterward.
  
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• DJ Anguelov Wants the Club Off-Screen

  14-09-2026 21:09 via magneticmag.com
  
  DJ Anguelov’s “No Phone In” starts from an idea that feels obvious until you get into a club and see half the room filming the drop instead of feeling it. The track was made with a lot of energy after the Palma retreat with Suru, where Anguelov spent time around a creative circle that included Dan Duncan, Wehbba, Timo Maas, and Chris Spero. That setting gives the release a little more context, because this does not feel like a track built only around a hook or title. It feels l
  
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• The 15 Best Ambient Tracks of August 2026

  11-09-2026 14:00 via magneticmag.com
  
  Ambient continues to be most interesting when nobody worries too much about whether it is actually ambient. This month’s selection stretches from Carmen Villain’s skeletal dub experiments and Gi Gi’s blurred sample work to guitar improvisation, modular electronics, field recordings and some surprisingly beat-driven diversions.
  There are established names here, including Julia Holter, John Beltran and Windy & Carl, alongside artists working in some of the more interesting co
  
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• How It Was Made: VELVE – Be My Pony (VELVE Music, Berlin Underground Techno)

  11-09-2026 13:05 via magneticmag.com
  
  Berlin-based producer, singer and live artist VELVE’s Be My Pony EP has an unusual starting point. The three tracks began life as part of her work composing music for the documentary KitKatClub – Kinks of Berlin, before being developed beyond the film into a standalone release.That origin can still be felt across the EP, which pairs stripped-back, physical techno with acid, analogue textures and more fragile details that sit just beneath the surface. For this edition of How It Was Ma
  
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• LAYBE Finds A Harder Techno Language

  11-09-2026 00:13 via magneticmag.com
  
  Hard techno is crowded enough right now that “harder” barely means anything on its own.
  The real question is whether an artist can make pressure feel authored rather than anonymous. That is the line LAYBE (@laybemusic) seems to be chasing in 2026, moving away from a wider exploratory phase and toward something darker, more physical, and more clearly his.LAYBE · Laybe X Esoterica Radio GuestMixThe key detail is that the music changed before the public image did. LAYBE talks abo
  
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• Andrew Balfour Thinks Ten Minutes Is Enough

  10-09-2026 22:00 via magneticmag.com
  
  Most people do not stop making things because they stopped caring.
  They stop because the act of returning starts to feel too loaded. The guitar becomes a test of whether you are still a musician. The blank page becomes a referendum on whether you were ever any good. The project waits for some cleaner future version of your life, one with more time, more motivation, and fewer reasons to avoid beginning.Andrew Balfour’s The Ten Minute Rule is built for that exact standoff.
  The former touring
  
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• Yahn Dawn 2026 Gives Pretty Lights Nearly Ten Hours

  10-09-2026 21:52 via magneticmag.com
  
  The complete set times place a three-hour-plus Pretty Lights performance at the center of every night in Buena Vista.The first thing that jumps out in Yahn Dawn’s 2026 set times is how little the event tries to cram onto its Main Stage.LP Giobbi opens Friday with her Dead House set. Emancipator brings a live performance on Saturday, and Gramatik takes the opening slot on Sunday. Each artist then hands the stage to Pretty Lights for three hours and 15 minutes, giving the band nine hours and
  
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• FIFI FORTE Trusts The Groove Before The Plan

  10-09-2026 20:47 via magneticmag.com
  
  FIFI FORTE’s (@fififortedj) Gain My Trust EP lands on Diggin’ Records with the kind of house music that does not need to over-explain itself. The London-based DJ and producer keeps the release tight: three cuts, rolling drums, deep basslines, crisp percussion, and enough ’90s house memory to give the tracks character without turning them into retro costume.That economy is the point.
  “Gain My Trust” brings the biggest vocal-led energy of the package, “444&rdquo
  
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• How Lantern House Is Challenging the One-Night Promoter Model

  10-09-2026 20:17 via magneticmag.com
  
  A promoter can book an artist, sell the date, run the room, post the photographs, and close the accounts. Once the lights come up, though, the developing artist may leave with little that can support the next booking. Photographs and phone clips document the date, yet most of its attention disappears within days. Lantern House founder and curator Weiyi Xia has spent the past few years considering how a relationship established by programming an artist might continue after the date.
  His principal
  
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• MARS Builds A Club World For Misfits

  10-09-2026 19:58 via magneticmag.com
  
  MARS (@iammarsofficial) enters the scene with “Techno Dungeon,” a high-energy collaboration with DJ HPNOTIC built around relentless grooves, driving percussion, and a four-on-the-floor pulse. The track is designed as an invitation: leave the outside world at the door, step into the Dungeon, and let the room become a place where stress, expectation, and self-consciousness fall away for a few minutes.6AM · Hpnotic & I AM MARS "Techno Dungeon" (Extended Version)That premise c
  
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• Enzo Vood Talks “Self-Actualization” And DJ Pacing

  10-09-2026 06:15 via magneticmag.com
  
  Enzo Vood (@enzo_vood) recently appeared alongside Aaron Suiss on “Self-Actualization,” released this summer on Magnetic Magazine Recordings. The track gave the label another patient, melodic club record built for gradual movement rather than cheap impact, which makes Enzo’s interview a natural extension of the release, and he talks about the shape of a set, pacing, preparation, and the way a crowd can bring a planned set to life.That difference is important. Enzo prepares with
  
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• Label Spotlight: How Fejká Is Building Coexist Through Albums and Open A&R

  10-09-2026 01:39 via magneticmag.com
  
  There are plenty of labels that begin with a genre tag and build outward from there, though Coexist came from a clearer personal need. Brian Zajak, known through his Fejká project, had spent years making electronic music that moved between ambient restraint and club-focused momentum, and after a decade releasing through Christian Löffler’s Ki Records, he wanted a home where those sides of his work could sit together without being forced into separate lanes.
  Coexist grew from th
  
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• PAUL OAKENFOLD: MISSION UNDERGROUND, THE RETURN OF TRANCE AND WHAT COMES NEXT

  07-09-2026 21:35 via magneticmag.com
  
  Paul Oakenfold has spent decades moving electronic music forward, but the Mission Underground album finds him doing something more interesting than simply revisiting his history. Released on Perfecto Records, the album connects the emotional architecture of classic trance with the harder, darker energy shaping contemporary techno and underground dancefloors right now. The result is both retrospective and forward-facing: familiar records are reinterpreted, new collaborations enter the conversatio
  
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• RADL Pack 01 Review: Durability Comes First

  07-09-2026 21:33 via magneticmag.com
  
  Ultralight backpacking has become a dominant part of outdoor equipment design, and I understand why hikers count ounces across long distances. That calculation changes when a buckle snaps, a strap pulls loose, or thin fabric catches on a branch away from a maintained trail.
  The RADL Pack 01 takes a different position, and I appreciate that it does so without apology.This 65-liter backpack weighs 5 pounds 3 ounces before any equipment goes inside, so no one will mistake it for an ultralight optio
  
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• UMAY Fitness Makes Studio Movement Easier

  07-09-2026 18:47 via magneticmag.com
  
  Most producers already know what it feels like to sit too long. The loop keeps playing, the screen gets louder than the song, and a decision that should take two minutes turns into half an hour of clicking. That is usually the point where buying another plug-in is less helpful than standing up, moving for ten minutes, and letting the body pull the brain out of the same small circle.That is the creative angle where UMAY Fitness starts to feel relevant.
  The brand’s at-home fitness lineup inc
  
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• Roma Modulare 2026 Lines Up a Major Synth Weekend

  07-09-2026 17:50 via magneticmag.com
  
  Roma Modulare 2026 is shaping up to be one of the more interesting European synth and pro-audio gatherings on the September calendar. The two-day fair takes place September 18 and 19 at L’Opificio Italiacamp in central Rome, bringing manufacturers, artists, producers, engineers, educators, and gear obsessives into a 1,200m² venue tied to the city’s industrial past.That setting gives the event an immediate point of difference.
  L’Opificio Italiacamp sits in the Ostiense-Marc
  
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• Max Porcelli Returns to Magnetic With “Jaguar”

  05-09-2026 19:39 via magneticmag.com
  
  Max Porcelli (@max__porcelli) is back on Magnetic Magazine Recordings with “Jaguar,” released September 4 as MMR078, and this return continues a relationship we have been documenting since 2024.
  The package contains Max’s original and extended mixes alongside my own remix and extended version, though the focus belongs squarely on the Italian producer whose history with Magnetic now covers profiles, interviews, production discussions, playlists, and a guest mix so snag them all
  
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• Pivots Announce UK Tour With “Any Means”

  05-09-2026 19:19 via magneticmag.com
  
  Pivots’ “Any Means” comes with a tour idea that feels bigger than a normal single rollout. The UK-French electronic duo have announced a six-date UK run this September, bringing their live AV set and immersive pre-show concert Everyday Places to grassroots venues across the country. The dates begin September 16 at PLAYBACK Festival at Tramshed Cardiff, then continue to The Hug and Pint in Glasgow, Sneaky Pete’s in Edinburgh, Beyond Vinyl in Newcastle upon Tyne, THIRTEEN i
  
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• Carl Kammeyer Turns Breakup Fallout Into Motion

  05-09-2026 19:13 via magneticmag.com
  
  Carl Kammeyer’s “Since You Been Gone” is a breakup song, but its best moments come from what happens after the obvious pain has already hit. The track sits in that strange middle space where the relationship is over, the silence has settled in, and the hard part becomes figuring out what to do with all the feeling still left in the room.Released August 28, 2026, the single finds the Bethel Island, California artist working from a home-studio process that gives the song a person
  
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• Three Cities, One Garden: Milan93, 9ICK & Mauricesax on Their New Collaborative EP

  05-09-2026 19:04 via magneticmag.com
  
  There’s something beautifully organic about A Garden Between Us, the new collaborative EP from Brooklyn producer Milan93, Copenhagen pianist and producer 9ICK, and Cologne-based multi-instrumentalist Mauricesax.Released via LYAM by Oathcreations, the record finds three artists working across jazz, house and electronic music, bringing together their different backgrounds and musical languages into something that feels both deeply considered and completely alive.
  Across four original tracks,
  
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• STEZ Brings London Club Energy to “Work The Box”

  05-09-2026 18:52 via magneticmag.com
  
  STEZ’s “Work The Box” comes in with a clear purpose: get the room moving quickly and keep it there. The London-based DJ and producer returns with a high-energy house cut built around organ synths, heavy drums, and a driving club groove, giving the track the kind of directness that usually works best when the night is already warm and the floor is ready for something with bite.This is STEZ’s fourth release of 2026, following a run of DJ sets across London that includes XOY
  
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• Malcolm Zeller Reads The Room Before He Pushes It

  05-09-2026 18:47 via magneticmag.com
  
  Malcolm Zeller (@djresco) makes his Sound D’Elite debut with Lose Control, a two-track EP landing September 4 on Ilario Alicante’s imprint. The New York-based DJ and producer comes into the release with a growing club profile, having played rooms including Club Space, Hï Ibiza, and UNVRS while releasing across labels such as NUSONIDO, Deeperfect, WHYNOTUS, and South Of Saturn.The EP fits the lane he describes in the interview below. “Lose Control” leans into disco-in
  
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