The Sound of Renaissance Renaissance

42 arrives! As ever, the curation looks to the scenes brightest and best to cover it’s perfectly blended 70 minutes, which includes the rousing finale of Maceo Plex’ ‘Orbital Tribute’ alongside Four Tet, Mita Gami, Jenia Tarsol, Aera, Benjamin Fröhlich, Capoon and more… We’ve even managed to work-up a 3-deck ‘moment’ in and around the Soweto Gospel Choir cover of Inner City’s ‘Good Life’!

Our April label activity features a brace of welcome returns: the smokin’ hot Notre Dame delivers ‘Geisha’ with an amazing rework from Cioz, whilst Vini Pistori makes the jump from BAU_HAUS with ‘Electric Dance’. Beautiful stuff, check it!

1. Luis León, Unseener - Ritual Magick 00:00:00
2. Capoon – Victoria 00:05:28
3. Heiko Voss - Talking man (Ada Mix) 00:08:52
4. Benjamin Fröhlich - A Few Steps 00:12:40
5. Aera - Y.e.a.h. 00:15:49
6. Four Tet - 31 Bloom 00:19:50
7. Mood – Oblivion 00:23:13
8. Dead-Tones, Of The Moon - Forever Is Over 00:29:27
9. Notre Dame - Geisha (Cioz Remix) 00:35:44
10. Mita Gami - Doing Da 00:40:39
11. Soweto Gospel Choir, Groove Terminator - Good Life (Devitchi Remix) 00:43:45
12. Moritz - Taka Taka 00:46:51
13. Niv Ast - Monkey Island (Jenia Tarsol Remix) 00:51:46 
14. Vini Pistori - Electric Dance 00:56:56
15. Maceo Plex - Shine On & On feat. Kirsty Hawkshaw (Orbital Tribute) 01:02:50

Sasha once said, ‘progressive isn’t about genres, rather curating across the board and making it hang together’ (or words to that effect) and, with our 41st edition, we hope we’ve achieved just that! The bumper tracklist takes in minimal, bass, breaks, deep, tech, melodic, Afro and indie house across its 75 minute ride, with tracks from Bicep, Four Tet, Innellea, Christian Löffler, GHEIST, Johannes Brecht, Santiago Garcia and more…
Our label again welcomes old and new to the fold with Radeckt’s brilliant remix of Ebmath alongside Vicky Montefusco’s Italo-inspired bomb, ‘Prosopopea’. 

1. Doubtingthomas - Syncopation 1992 00:00:00
2. Parsec - Silhouette 00:06:18
3. Jamie Leather - Thats Enough Now 00:11:00
4. Ebmath - Faces (Radeckt Remix) 00:17:32
5. Hraach - Into the Woods 00:22:37
6. GHEIST - Marimba (Robag Wruhme Dimona Negeff NB Remix) 00:27:19
7. Nico Morano, MeWhy - Juno Love (Santiago Garcia Remix) 00:32:32
8. Vidza - Attah's Guidance 00:36:59
9. Feiertag - Ballon Sogni feat. Falle Nioke 00:42:27
10. Eden Burns, Christopher Tubbs - Shaker 00:46:13
11. Vicky Montefusco - Prosopopea (Club Edition) 00:51:47
12. Innellea - The Belonging 00:57:28
13. Four Tet - Daydream Repeat 01:00:04
14. Christian Löffler - Ease (Johannes Brecht Remix) 01:05:46
15. Bicep - CHROMA 001 HELIUM 01:11:25

Sound Of Renaissance hits another milestone and enters its ‘middle-aged years’ with another monthly installment of musical goodness. Fittingly, our labels are represented by a roster of returning family members, alongside two debuts: Fec, Omer Bar and Gal Kinnel keep their flags flying, whilst Agustin Giri and Last Men On Earth join the fold.

From the big, wider electronic word we spotlight the usual cavalcade of top-tier talent. Jamie xx, WhoMadeWho, Mind Against, Notre Dame, Kadosh, Basti Grub, Beanfield, Charles Webster and Mulya are just some of the names who make it into the mix.

1. Mulya / Agustin Giri, Last Men On Earth - Dark Idols c/w Corto Amanecer 00:00:00
2. DJ Balduin - Da Float (Martinou Remix) 00:05:56
3. Charles Webster & Ursula Rucker - Begin Anew (Clavis Remix) 00:11:27
4. Arno E. Mathieu - Ficus Carica (Beanfield Remix) 00:19:03
5. Hraach - Kasi 00:23:38
6. D. Diggler - Left Behind 00:27:09
7. Kadosh - Samurai (Alternative Mix) 00:35:12
8. Dorian Craft - Kiss and Fly 00:39:46
9. Basti Grub, Sonson - Robotooo 00:44:42
10. Omer Bar & Gal Kinnel - Split Side’s 00:50:25
11. Fec - Nocturne Danza 00:55:37
12. Notre Dame - Amuse 01:01:13
13. Jamie xx - It's So Good 01:05:37
14. WhoMadeWho - Children (Mind Against & Dyzen Remix) 01:09:18

The first TSOR of ’24 starts the new year deep! If ever a warm musical hug were needed in these colder months, then look no further than the first third of this 70 minute mix. Drawing on the likes of Steve Bug, Ashee, Dovim and, of course, Sasha it’s an opening chapter designed to fire-up the cockles of even the harshest critic. From there, as the set then shifts through the gears, it features the usual roster of marquee names with Solomun, Carlita, Mita Gami, Jonathan Kaspar, Rex The Dog, and Remcord all going ‘one louder’ on the thermostat.
January also marks our 100th label release, which we fittingly handed over to Sasha Carassi, one of our most-capped artists, who reinterprets his own ‘Ametista’ into a 4/4 bomb. Plus, we welcome the return of Radeckt, who continues his ‘Dope Dance’ momentum with ‘Snake Charmer’, confirming he’s one to watch in ‘24.
Energy crisis? Well, turn the central heating off because TSOR 39 is all the fire you need!
1. Incognita Alma / Dovim - The Heart Of (Intro) c/w Mirage 00:00:00
2. Pale Blue - The Last Song (Sasha Extended Remix) 00:06:34
3. Ashee - Poison 00:12:18
4. Downpour - Deeper Below (Steve Bug Re-Twist) 00:18:01
5. Radeckt - Snake Motion 00:25:49
6. Cubicolor - As You Fly (Mita Gami Extended Mix) 00:30:21
7. Awkward Moments - Life on Venus (Son of Philip Remix) 00:35:01
8. narou - again and again (Solomun Remix) 00:40:24
9. Remcord - Burn 00:44:54
10. Rex The Dog - Change This Pain For Ecstasy (Jonathan Kaspar Remix) 00:48:53
11. Sasha Carassi - Ametista (Reinterpretation) 00:55:07
12. Carlita, Calussa - Fell In Luv (Black Circle Remix) 00:59:51

TSOR rounds out the year with a bumper 15 track excursion designed to combat any Xmas music fatigue. Many of our favourite sons and daughters make the cut this month with Sasha, Kollektiv Turmstrasse, ANNA, Ivory, Dorian Craft, Robag Wruhme, Last Men On Earth and Sasha Carassi (more from him next month too…) all aboard for a festive knockout. 
Label wise we shine a light on gizA djs’ Solomun-championed ‘Dolore Amore’, currently avail’ on our sister label BAU_HAUS; plus Lehar, who closes out the year for us with the incredible ‘Maybe Yes EP’, which also includes electronica gem, ‘2nd September’. 

1. Kollektiv Turmstrasse, Tien Viet Nguyen - Unity of Opposites 00:00:00
2. Weval - Changed For The Better (Last Men On Earth Edit) 00:05:24
3. Lehar - 2nd September 00:09:52
4. RONA. - Aperleye 00:14:11
5. Awkward Moments - Life on Venus (Sasha Remix) 00:18:10
6. Elisa Elisa - Yellah 00:25:37
7. Saint Evo - Call 00:30:24
8. ANNA, East Forest - Currents 00:35:37
9. Arina Mur - Hummingbird (Peter Makto Remix) 00:41:51
10. gianpietro, gizA djs - Dolore Amore 00:47:13
11. Dorian Craft, Chambord - Lost in the Night 00:51:29
12. Dominik Eulberg - Die Dunkle Biene (Robag Wruhme Remix) 00:57:10
13. Lehar - Maybe Yes 01:01:26
14. Ivory, Filippo Nardini - Could You Feel The Love? 01:05:33
15. Sasha Carassi - Nexus 6 01:10:11

We really pull out the big guns with this month’s TSOR! RÜFÜS DU SOL, Keinemusik, Adriatique, WhoMadeWho, Moderat, Max Cooper, Yør Kultura, Traumer plus more all make it into the mix.
Joining them is the usual cavalcade from our label; Samer Soltan appears twice - ‘Time Machine‘ gets a super-cool electronica rework from Mehill, whilst Squire and his Pole Position alter-ego (with partner Loic Brunch) go full tribal Tenaglia-vibes with their highly creative take on ‘Is This A Dream?’. Also double-dropping is David Granha whose ‘No More’ comes remixed by Maori, hot from the breakout success of ‘Spring Girl’, alongside ‘Kalopsia’, which is one of the most beautiful breaks records you’re likely to hear this year and more than justifies finale-honours as it closes out the mix.

1. Harald Grosskopf, Tyler Ov Gaia / Samer Soltan - Aurelac (Relmer Interpretation) c/w Time Machine (Mehill Ndidi Remix) 00:00:00
2. Traumer - At Lanta 00:08:48
3. JADE (CA) - Dreams and Schemes (Doubtingthomas Remix) 00:13:35
4. Oddvar - Falling free (Bjoern Stoerig Remix) 00:19:54
5. Moderat, Keinemusik - More Love (Rampa &ME Remix) 00:24:33
6. Yør Kultura - Kvantum 00:31:15
7. Satoshi Tomiie - Love In Traffic (feat. Kelli Ali) (Ruhe Remix) 00:36:25
8. David Granha - No More (Maori Remix) 00:42:21
9. Samer Soltan - Is This A Dream? (Squire & Pole Position Remix) 00:47:07
10. WhoMadeWho, Adriatique - Miracle - RÜFÜS DU SOL Remix 00:51:37
11. Max Cooper, Kathrin deBoer - With Me 00:59:08
12. David Granha - Kalopsia 01:02:40