Early Morning

Balance Music

Early Morning

Affectionately known as 'Pappa', the Australian dance pioneer has earned his place in the annals of house music folklore for his 30 years of soundtracking peak time dancefloors and releasing some of the most sought-after progressive house. Fauxplay burst onto the scene in 2022 and has risen quickly with a series of incredible releases and an ever-increasing gig diary. Covering both 4x4 and breaks, his releases for seminal imprints such as Music To Die For, Global Underground and Forensic have attracted a large fanbase of elite DJs from Sasha and John Digweed to Gai Barone and Steve Parry. Opening with 'Plasmatic', tough drums and saw-toothed bass provide the solid base on which the melodics drift in and out. Building slowly and with menace, the reese bass in the midsection counterpoints the bright arps with consummate professionalism. Very much a wide palette soundstage, this is the sound of the pre-peak dancefloor ready to explode. On the flipside, 'Voltaire' continues apace. More percussive and spacious, its dark energy is powerful. The bass-led groover works through the gears with added melodics, bringing dynamism and style to the first half. Filthy bass in the break sends you off in a new direction, ever the better and hungry for more. Two essential summer jams to kick the party into high gear.

Balance Music

Always at the vanguard of modern dance music, "Convergence" finds Mango Alley moving toward a new singularity. Melding diverse ribbons of music into a collective woven strand, a new project brings together a collection of the finest underground house, curated by the scene's most important tastemakers, channels and influential voices. Where the confluence of music and mind emerge, a powerful new force flows from within to create a vortex of sonic patterns that reach the very core of progressive music's ineffable quality. Convergence 002 by EMERGE — A Compilation Built on Trust, Passion & Collaboration From the night sky a new dawn rises over the horizon. Emerging bright and clear, a golden thread weaves across the preeminent industrial heartland of Glasgow. A tapestry of cutting-edge electronic music transforms the cityscape with a global community of underground giants. This is more than just a music release. It's a gathering of artists who share a thread that leads back to Glasgow and to Graham, whose friendships, late‑night conversations, dancefloor memories and decades of club culture stewardship have quietly woven this community together. Every artist involved — whether a global icon or a rising star — has a story that intersects with this city and its people. EMERGE is a tribute to the legendary names that have graced a cosmopolitan skyline. From the clouds below a Clyde sunset, the moon lights the way across a diluted ink black sky where charting a path from Scotland to Europe and South America to Australia, finds a trinity of Steven McCreery, Kit Lawson and Gowzer at the heart of a bright and vivid constellation that can be seen the world over. Projecting outwards, a galaxy of leading lights in the underground firmament radiate sonic waves as Hernán Cattaneo, Nick Warren, Anthony Pappa, Dave Seaman & Danny Howells sit alongside a new breed of iridescent stars that has seen GMJ & Matter, Dmitry Molosh, Just Her and HAFT spark new connections and friendships.

Global Underground