It's starting to get quite difficult to put posts together, not because i don't have exciting tracks to showcase, but because i have no feedback on which to structure my posts! So can we please get some feedback going - you can either rate my posts, write me something in the 'Shoutbox,' get involved with polls or (ideally) write comments at the base of posts - it makes my life easier, and it will make the site much more rewarding for you, plus i would be very grateful!

Now to spread the love....

Fantastic Tech-House released in 2009 on Einmusiks' label 'Einmusika,' - a dreamy journey of undulating chords and sharp synth stabs -  its uber groove! Pick it up here

Atl Antis (Original Mix) - Einmusik.mp3

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The album 'The Night' was released in 2009 on the digital label 'Proton' - it came with a couple of sweet remixes - however the highlight for me is this cool little number. The 'Add2Basket Remix' retains the funk of the original, but i like the minimal feel more, distinctive synths, fantastic sine melody and a muted bass-line - really great!

The Night (Add2Basket Remix) - Eelke Kleijn.mp3

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'Fasano' is taken from the best album 2010 has seen thus far 'Standing on Top of Utopia'- Kasper Bjorke. I love the brooding, deep, throbbing synthesizer, its the perfect building tool for the start of a bass-bin smashing set- get it here

Fasano - Kasper Bjorke.mp3

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Michael Woods rips Deadmau5's 'Strobe' apart, plasters on some sparkly synths, sprinkles in some bigger drums and create this really tight piece of Techno... loved the original, really love this!

Strobe (Michael Woods Remix) - Deadmau5.mp3

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Its 'BPitch Control' so you know its good, i love the Oompa band vibe of this track - the Heartthrob Remix is six minutes of gently progressing experimental sounds interspersed with echoed chopped up vocals and brief bursts of softly spoken lyrics, top notch production chosen by Ellen Allien as one of the tracks for her (slightly disappointing) DJ Mix 'Watergate 05' - get the full track here

Connection (Heartthrob Remix) - AGF & Delay.mp3

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I don't often listen to music that gets me immediately posting, but every now and then a track/tracks pushes my buttons - and i feel obliged to share. This latest piece of audio ambrosia comes from the artist Nicolas Jaar, who i have only just discovered due to recently browsing through Chilean DJ's (a small list) - weird i know, but justified as i am in fact currently based in Chile.

Nicolas Jaar is a very interesting artist - he released his first EP 'The Student' via Wolf & Lamb records in 2008, aged just 17 - W+ L records was and is a perfect match, the label (which is renowned for their tranquil releases,)  have nurtured Jaar's vision of slow productions of post minimal house & techno - and i mean ultra slow, 100 bpm and lower - and, if some of his interviews are anything to go by - he plans to get slower...

However, if you are expecting languid relaxed tracks...think again, despite their speed, this music will have you moving (in my case bobbing up&down on my springy chair)

Both are taken from Jaar's latest EP 'Time For Us' available for download - first up is 'Mi Mujer'

Of course this track is awesome - it's a smooth affair of plucked guitar and soft vocals, nicely complemented with buckets of Latin beats, it builds and builds but is agonizingly unhurried, which makes the journey of funky percussion even more enjoyable

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Dear Readers,

Let there be rejoicing in the streets - ONEUPMANSHIP is back - but with a brand new look, two fantastic new writers and one shiny new rule

From now on we will NOT be posting 320 kbps mp3's - the exception to the rule is if we have the express permission of the artist, if we do post a link, it will be YouTube quality

I am sorry for the ridiculously long down-time, i had plans for a .com collaboration with our old blogging friends APEWITHBARRELS, however the cost was too high, so for the time being .blogspot will have to do!

In the sites down-time i continued finding, expanding and refining my music collection - in doing so i unearthed a mountain of old school finery which i will be sprinkling throughout the blog over the coming year... i will continue to post whatever is in my current most played - the music that delights and inspires me - as usual i will try not to focus on any particular genre... and if i am struggling for inspiration i will be looking to the Shoutbox to provide me with ideas for posts.

So here we go (in no particular order)

As per usual Hospital records maintain their ridiculous signing standard by bringing Blokhe4d onto the scene, i have had their debut album 'Bad Taste' for a while - and it doesn't disappoint,  Frictions' review sums it up in a nutshell - 'Super dark, super dirty, what did you expect?' - suffice to say they are certainly good enough for this whole post to be devoted to their sterling efforts, instead i am giving you a taster of NHS162 release 'Full Circle' - its out on promo now (and i was lucky enough to bag a copy) - get yours direct from Hospital Records on March 22nd

Scratchy, thumping and oddly relaxing check it out here,


Next up a techno track from Spektre, this ridiculously exciting duo hail from Leeds, i have been watching their growth with interest since i stumbled upon their remix of Wake Turbulence by Koen Groeneveld - they are England's roundhouse kick to Berlin's Techno scene, and definitely ones to watch - here is a sample of their latest burnt offering 'Tesseract' from the Black Ice EP available here for digital download

Tesseract - Spektre.mp3
 

While Spektre seems to heading for greatness, this artist is already out the other side, a veritable Techno god... master of all he surveys - Sascha Funke is a veteran producer and firm member of the Kompakt and BPitch Control club,  i have always admired his work - and once again i was forced to pull my jaw off the floor after listening to his latest album 'Mango' - it is a masterpiece, this is one of my Desert Island Discs - and here is a taster - 3.05 in and you will be throwing money at the computer screen for the 320 (i guarantee it!)

Feather - Sascha Funke.mp3
 

I posted a Netsky remix of Miike Snow back near the birth of this blog - just like Calvin Harris, Miike Snow has a remarkable pull for remixes, his latest song 'Silvia' is literally drowning in them... to be honest this version can get a bit grating after the first few plays - however i am going to post it here cause it would definitely make a crowd jump - i must confess i know nothing about the artist responsible for the remix, but their juddering rework of the vocals is spot on and definitely lives up to their name

Silvia (Robotberget Remix) - Miike Snow.mp3
 

Last but not least a song that i have been searching for since Sonar 09 - Joker dropped it in his EPIC set at the Sonar Lab Stage (check it here,) there was a possibility that this song would never be released because of difficulties getting sample rights cleared - but i waited nearly a year and one month ago my prayers were finally answered by Black Box Recordings when the nicely wrapped vinyl dropped through the post - so here you go, one of the best dubstep tracks of the decade - the vocals are sublime and the drop is oh so heavy

Naked Mario Kart - RSD.mp3
 

ONEUPMANSHIP is back boys and girls - and it feels good :)

Enjoy!