Mostly at home in House Music the Stockholm based producer Tiger Stripes from time to time skillfully switches to Techno or, in case of “Out of Phase”, Nu Disco. But while the beat treads down the path Metro Area paved the vocals seem to reach out even further, to the golden age of Brit Pop as represented by Blur. An unexpected mix indeed.

Project E are Nat Woodcock and friend of the house (music) Mark E. Together, the head of Merc Records and his associate, who has a background as a classically-trained pianist, pretty much do what they do best: producing high-class house records! Their “Kinks” EP is a superb triarchy of songs and packed with celestial arrangements. We’d like to present its title track to you, which features Greg Bird on vocals and is just pretty, pretty, pretty good! Hit “play” to stream – live the dream!

Just as the “agalma” is a precious object hidden in a worthless box, so “objet petit a” is the object of desire which we seek in the Other (Lacan, Seminar VIII ). So, what is the precious object, and what the worthless box in the case of Harouki Zombi’s latest single “Objet Petit A”? Hard to tell, since the duo’s quirky avant-pop is only one part of a multimedia-experience of elaborated performances and colorful videos. Well, maybe that’s the worthless box: Trying to sum up what Harouki Zombi do with a simple genre definition, instead of just enjoying and downloading the music…

Everybody Rise is only Matpat’s second EP, but it already shows a fully formed artist who found his own sound. Or, better, found a way to emulate the well known sound of 90s House in a pre-apocalyptic 2012 style. And who would be better suited to help him than Ben Mono, another fan of classic 90s House? Nobody! So here it is: a stream of Matpat’s “Werk That Nerve” remixed by Ben Mono.

Düsseldorf’s own Lorenz Rhode has been releasing music on such illustrious imprints as Compost, Kitsuné and he is now signed to Berlin’s powerhouse Exploited Records. Cooking up an “alluring cocktail of ’80s-influenced electrohouse and all-out pop” with his various machines, this dude is definitely going places! Stream the provocative “Superficial Robots” (which features Coco Solid on vocals) right here to get with the program and to defy the weatherman!

Rachel Row: one alliteration under a groove. Beautiful, blessed with an incredibly soothing voice and of Bulgarian descent. The alumni of Sofia’s National Academy of Music has caused quite a stir in the realms of musical connaisseurs. Especially since she decided to team up with KiNK, who has been a trusted deliverer of great house records that immediately hit the nerve in a club context, while never being to obvious. Together, these two highbrow musicians produce music that is plain and simply beautiful. So make sure to follow their step while you can!

Hey guys,

the last weeks have been filled with nice treats and tracks from Nina’s goodie bag – and mind you, it’s still a couple of days left until this year’s holiday season! Since the end of the month is here, it is about time again to wrap up last month’s HUGO Tracks in podcast-format! Besides selecting the tracks for November, our dear Nina is kind enough to guide us through the selection in her own sweet way. The podcast contains great tunes by Ry & Frank Wiedemann, Monkey Safari, Christopher Rau and of course Nina herself, amongst others. To go on the journey with Nina, simply stream the podcast right here or download it for free on iTunes and take it on the road. Enjoy, everyone!

Hi Folks,

while I am looking forward to relax and enjoy some quality time at home during the holidays, I thought I’d share a couple of on the road memories with you from the past months. Whenever I can, I try to capture some special moments like these: The crowd going crazy for Trentemoller in Rome, Esben from the band Reptile Youth getting ready backstage before their release show in Copenhagen, me shopping for glasses at Campbell in Berlin, eating Snails at an event in Copenhagen where I Djed with Trevor Jackson – and some beautiful crazy skies in Ibiza.
Enjoy – and happy holidays everyone!

Cheers,
Kasper

Hey m’dears!

Well, you know how they say that all good things come to an end… sadly, this is already the last treat from my goodie bag series! While I’m truly not intending to toot my own horn here, this is also just a song I’ve really enjoyed recently and didn’t get tired of, even though I’ve listened to it a million times at least. It’s called “Aus”, features the great King Aus and is just another one of those nice hybrids of spoken-word and deep house grooves. Hope you guys like it! Thanks so much for checking out my little selection here and make sure to stay tuned for the HUGO podcast this month, which will be compiled and curated by yours truly!

Love,
Nina

Hey everyone,

it’s time for another one of my recent favorite tracks! Considered one of the greatest club records of 2012 by many dancers, I’d be lying if I were to say I hadn’t fallen for it myself. Ry Cumings’ voice is just so magically fragile on this song, and the production of Frank and Kristian from Âme is just as genius as everything they’ve ever done! Innervisions remains one of the greatest labels out there. Stream the song here to see why I’ve been so obsessed with it…

Love,
Nina