Toes in the Sand has been putting out quality progressive for a number of years now. Some of the early releases from Michael Lanning, Naveen G and Siberian Sun set the tone all the way back in 2004, a testament to the quality of their music and their obvious connection to it. This release comes from Mexican artist Redloft who’s been developing his name in progressive circles. H..

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Royal Sapien is an artist that has been building nicely in recent times. This release is Vol 2 of the "Everyone" remixes and comes on New York based Olaris Records with remixes from Opencloud and Blake Jarrell, the latter developed nicely for a quality trance influenced remix.

First up we have the Opencloud remix; this is atmospheric and more on the progressive tip. Very epi..

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Jetlag Digital of Germany brings us Federico Giust and his ”It´s Getting Late EP” (featuring remixes by Federico Monachesi, Santiago Deep, Noyd).

The It´s Getting Late original mix offers up some real authentic electro percussion which is well balanced with the upfront techy beats. Big stabbing synths drive throughout and give you real lift, so along with the nicely rounded ..

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Matthew Dekay has been one of the most respected names in electronic music for several years, and his ability to break down genre barriers has played a major role in his success story. In 2003, DEEP Records released his monster tune "If I Could Fly," which made its rounds all over the world, crushing dancefloors from Tokyo to Cape Town. Now five years later, DEEP brings us a mo..

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Jerome Robins is name you might know firstly as one of the founders and main men from the well-known Release Records outfit. In recent times he has diversified the Release brand into the Release Promo Pool, whilst spending an increased amount of his own time in the studio. This two-part EP can be found on the very respectable and rising Denver label Polytechnic Recordings. Part..

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Sango Music recently released the quirky and excellent "Looking Good" by Santa Fe with an excellent Retroid remix. Very cool indeed! Now the hot Mexican imprint is back with a 2 tracker from Ferdi Schwartz.

The title track Vanille is a progressive electro hybrid that kicks off the EP nicely with some cool ‘80s style bassline sounds and bleeps. In addition to that there are s..

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The Montenegro label, out of Mexico, is named after the label head and producer Montenegro (not the country!). Many of the releases on the label have come from the main man, although there was a sampler for the 12th release featuring several other artists.

It’s slightly disappointing that there is only the one track available on this release, "Magic,". Nonetheless, Magic is ..

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1986 - what a year! Mexico 86 World Cup, the Chicago Bears, A-Ha, the C64 and Top Gun, all leading the mainstream for this year of creation. Any track taking that name has a lot to live up to! Bravely taking on the challenge is P8, hailing from Quebec in Canada, on the Italian, Starlight label.

The original mix is full of energy with all the basslines and stabs you'd expect ..

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Underbelly Music is a newcomer to the label scene and is based in both Ireland and Australia. Perhaps the A & R is in one location and the label management another - sounds exciting anyway! We are honoured to be able to review the first release on the label from Aussie, Tony Stevens, aka Kultrun. The second release will come from fast rising Maine, USA native Jairus Miller.

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Frisky Records, naturally is the offshoot from the well-known progressive radio station of the same name. Following in Proton Radio's footsteps in setting up a label partner, Frisky Records has featured to date the likes of, Clubbervision, Pole Folder, and Federico Epis, to name a few. This release, the "Spektaqular EP," comes from Rome based, Max Gueli, and it features 3 origi..

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”The Others EP” from German progressive label, Jetlag Digital, comes from Marcelo Vasami, another notable artist from a growing number of Argentinean progressive producers.

The title track, The Others, luckily isn’t as spooky as the film of the same name! It's a methodical progressive builder with sounds and sweeps added in a subtle manner as the track progresses, a dark pro..

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Mexican imprint, Kansak Recordings, a sub-label of the well known BIT Records Mexico label, drops its 9th release coming from Italian artist, Matteo Monero, featuring an original and 4 remixes of the title track "To the Next."

To the Next is a smooth progressive number with some old school progressive elements, somewhat similar to various tracks found on the early Renaissanc..

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