Oh Balance how we love thee… We promised ourselves we’d stop using the world “journey” when we review compilations.  The whole concept of a journey has been so misconstrued that no one even knows what the hell that really means anymore.  Instead, we just try to review music for what it is, and not what [...]

Balance Records is synonymous with quality dance compilations, constantly locking in quality DJ’s and producers to create their magic.  Most mixes these days are made using Ableton so it’s tough for DJ’s to make compilations that stand out from an already flooded market of commercial dance music comps.  Balance works hard to separate itself from [...]

We’ve been a fan of the progressive house scene for years.  Going back to parties in the late 90′s, the sounds that were coming out of labels like Hooj and SAW were all the rave in New York, and clubs like Twilo were seeing 7,000 go through their doors each Friday night.  Fast forward to [...]

At Nokturnalist we don’t normally toot the horn of too many in the dance music world, most because their work speaks for itself.  In an already over flooded market of DJ’s and producers, it’s often hard to weed out the talent because of the vast amount of electronic music available on digital dance music sites.  [...]