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Mind Dance’s first release of the year, ‘Furious Frank – Wavepool', offers up four emotive, yet unique, club cuts. Including a proggy remix of the A1 by NZ’s own Eden Burns, which skillfully weaves between energetic perc build ups, catchy vocal synths and indulgent chords.

Marco Funari’s Music Institute Records make’s a return with it’s first ever release from 1993, remastered and re-released. Another lost house classic !

Following a four-year hiatus, our main imprint is back with a new outing by our long-time friend, Laslo. His previous works found home on quality record labels like Greta Cottage Workshop, Greta Cottage Woodpile and Soundscape Versions. Now he is delivering three originals, all shaped and arranged along his dub-infused, peculiar sound. As label heads, we rarely focus on remixes, but in the case of this EP we could not resist the chance to get one by the Hungarian drum & bass veteran Ghost Warrior (31 Records, re:st, Well Street Records), who did his first ever remix for Tape Hiss, this time exploring the mid-tempo territory.

On his fourth EP, Tim Crombie aka A Psychic Yes invites us to follow him off the beaten track – or dancefloor. With their mix of leftfield grooves, intuitive instrumentation and dreamlike field recordings, these cuts apply club principles to the soundscape of a distant yet familiar world. A bus radio clamours in a terminus in South India. Industrious algorithms go about their daily routines. The sun breaks through a dense canopy, illuminating the damp undergrowth and the psychedelic critters that call it home. Close your eyes and let your mind and feet lead you.

Gem packed 12" by Eversines on his second EP for Nous'klaer Audio. Three rolling house groovers introduced by the blissful tune New Place.

Rave specialists OPIA Records mark release number 12 with “Trance & Dance” by Sentaku’s, Man/ipulate. A dusty nod of respect to the timeless sounds of the 90s with the five tracks sounding like unearthed gems rather than modern day productions.The opening track “Flight” gives you an instant taste of what’s to come, driven by trance energy with a pure sense of euphoria, taking the dance floor into an otherworldly state. Cruise control is initiated with “It’s Not A Mindtrip”; the upwards journey continues within this hypnotic soundscape.On the B side “WWA” is constructed upon clean broken drums, simmering throughout, never becoming carried away. “The Beat Club” is a raw and punchy encounter providing only feel-good energy from start to finish, pushing for the peak time moments. “Primary” rounds off this cohesive body of work with further innovative arrangements.Man/ipulate has managed to capture the essence of the Trance era, drawing elements from the past and giving them a new lease of life via his sound. The OPIA camp is firing on all cylinders in 2022, with fresh new branding, a slew of releases ready to roll out, and a European tour firmly pencilled in their calendar.