Crate Digging with Andrew Wowk – January

Our in-house selector Andrew Wowk pics 10 essential tracks for your crate

Manakinz – Snakehips [Mitchell Street Records]
https://fanlink.to/Manakinz-Snakehips

The Glaswegian duo channel New York on this infectious, tribal-flavoured house cut that blends chunky drums with a heady siren lead and chopped-up vocal stabs.

Roger Gerressen – Cerendipity [Yoyaku Records]
https://www.yydistribution.fr/vinyl/yoyaku003lp/

Sparkling melodies and dusty chords come together on this delightful, airy slice of deep house.

Adonis Rivera – XX Acid [Crosstown Rebels]
http://www.crosstownrebels.com/releases/crosstown-rebels-present-spirits-iii/

Driving, peak-time acid that harks back to the golden era of early 2000s progressive without overdoing the nostalgia.

Blixaboy – Molo [Audiophile Deep]
https://www.apmg.io/audiophile-releases/blixaboy-desert-blaque/

The Dallas native offers up some lush, soulful electro that stands out amongst the stark, mechanical sound dominating the genre at the moment.

Chrissy – In Paradise (Loods Remix) [17 Steps]
https://chrissy.bandcamp.com/album/new-atlantis

An absolutely huge, uplifting rave-inspired house jam that would easily have sent a Mancunian warehouse crowd nuts back in the 90s (and will do plenty of damage on contemporary dancefloors, too).

Dstm – Selfish Attitude [Entail Records]
https://dstm.bandcamp.com/releases

Hard techno doesn’t have to be serious all the time – this absolute belter has a fun, playful attitude that nicely complements its thunderous, driving groove.

Bomat – Classy Talk [Nurvous Records]
https://www.beatport.com/release/classy-talk/2786291

Pure, unadulterated house music. Nothing more needs to be said.

Rob Clouth – The Vacuum State [Mesh]
https://robclouth.bandcamp.com/track/the-vacuum-state

Taken from Clouth’s forthcoming album Zero Point, The Vacuum State is a chaotic-but-beautiful exploration of chance and coincidence in musical form. A fitting tribute the zero-point energy in quantum mechanics it takes inspiration from.

Om Unit – Peninsula [Submerged]
https://omunit.bandcamp.com/album/submerged

Om Unit once again defies convention and categorisation with this up-tempo, dub-inspired, and super deep jungle cut.

Glaskin – Ratunek [Yael Trip]
https://glaskin.bandcamp.com/album/ratunek-3

Slamming, gritty electro from the rapidly rising Munich duo. The bassline on this is absolutely filthy, and the twisted vocals add a layer of weird playfulness to the mix.