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Minimaril gives us his Top Picks for this cold Fall. However, it is important not to forget that the young Mariano is currently exercing his great seduction talents on all the short skirts flying around in the Summer breezes of Buenos Aires. Preview this below or access directly to his chart on Beatport by clicking here

We are very proud to announce the release of our third record: El Erizo by the “Too Young To Be Famous”: Minimaril (see Extraction Argentina). The “Samba EP” followed, Minimaril’s first full release and AirDrop’s second digital outing, was a digital treat which is why AirDrop chose him to produce the next record: “El Erizo”. No problem at all as the young Venezuelan churns out tunes faster than an assembly-line worker on speed. The 19-year old DJ and producer prodigy who started taking over the clubs at the tender age of 14, is literally unstoppable.

After a happy childhood during which Mariano half-heartedly learned how to play the piano, he started playing the drums which would soon become his main instrument, happily drumming away in his mate’s garage every day–when he is not practicing his DJ sets that is. In his head, as he does not even own turntables!!! Yes, that’s right. The guy’s a miracle!

Electronic music fascinates him to the degree that he can’t ever stop making tracks! His unbiased, fresh and energetic interpretation of floor-friendly sound has made him AirDrop’s Number One Newcomer Hope of the Year, and now Minimaril actually excels himself again, ready to overrun the floors with his new release: “El Erizo” which translates to “the hedgehog” is a super special three-tracker that is bursting with bustling, heavily delayed beats and heavy-pounding, bouncy bleeps.

Exploring the deep-space sensation that a minima(ri)l arrangement offers as it leaves lots of room for great sonic experiences of the three-dimensional kind, Minimaril is offering three tight and sublimely sexy mid-tempo workouts that pound steadily while steering deep into psychoactive waters. What or whoever was the inspiration for “Canadian Football Match” and the whispering voice-sample filled “Suz”, it is down to Mariano’s magic mind that the whole experience turns into some dangerously dark, driving and seductive material to fuel the floors. You have been warned! And we mean it.

El Erizo EP received support by Butane, Chris Fortier, Derek Plaslaiko , Eric Cloutier, Mental Groove, Restart & Stone, Sebbo, Tom Hoch, Inanna and Minimal Land.

A. El Erizo

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B1. C.F.M

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B2. Suz

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We have decided to launch a new post called “Tastes of the Future” to give your ears a preview of releases that will come out on AirDrop. We are always excited when one of our artists sends us a new remix or a freshly baked super dope track. And we wanted to share that feeling with you too…

It was not too long ago that we first started to receive demos and thankfully we have found some talented producers around the world. The track that is being previewed this week is a remix by Restart & Stone featuring VieSse. They are 4 young upbeat Italian artists that have really shown us some great material and a very positive open minded attitude that is an integral part of AirDrop.

So without making you wait any longer… why don’t you take a listen to a Retart & Stone loves VieSse remix of Minimaril’s Black Hole Hooked track which we released as part of the Samba EP.

MINIMARIL – BLACK HOLE HOOKED ( RESTART & STONE LOVES VIESSE REMIX )

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Now that summer is here our weekends have been extended to include a sunday afternoon of partying. The minimoo crew has made its summer debut creating a paradise in the skies with a sun deck full of hidden gardens and a nice line up of DJs to keep the crew dancing through the lightning, rain, and carefully planned fireworks. It can be 95° or the middle of a lightening storm, but there are certain pleasures that make it worth getting a little soaked and the increased odds of getting hit or being around when those zeus powered bolts hit (maybe striking a huge water tank or a near by police station).The heat did not stop people from having a good time…

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As usual minimoo creates a very personal and private environment for us to a enjoy a strong musical line up which included Poker Flat and Cadenza’s Guido Schneider, Function who is also behind the Sandwell District label (check out the RA interview and feature) and minimoo’s own Memek, who is rapidly turning into one of NYC’s favorite DJs.

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It will be exciting to see Memek and of course Guido Schneider perform at Minitek the upcoming NYC electronic music festival, featuring many many more big names, our very own Fase Miusic Sender and more of the Argentine family with a very special debut US live set for Dilo vs Gurtz.

It has been made official, New York City will no longer be a dry desert for electronic music and to be honest, lately it has been a jungle. Several people have really watered up the NYC nightscape bringing in top talent and continually fostering local talent. Special thanks to minimoo, Blk Marketmembership, Bunker, Biatch Corp, LESS, Bar 13 and reSolute you have all participated in reviving NY. Last night was a very special evening for NYC electronic music, it was the official announcement of Minitek Festival, a 3 day event to take place on September 12th, 13th and 14th. For this special evening, minimoo united some of the leading artists of the NYC scene and it despite not having Matthew Dear, Paco Osuna or other more internationally renown name, I am not alone in saying that it was by far one of the best minimoos ever! Naudio, Alka Rex, Taimur, Memek and Elon all took turns destroying the dancefloor to pieces. Memek played Minimaril’s Too Young to be Famous and it was huge! Check out the video (we have more videos on airdroptv):

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As for the festival, just enough information has been given to keep our mouths watering and dancing for more. A few of the headliners are Richie Hawtin, Magda, Paco Osuna, Seph (live), Guy Gerber (live), Marco Carolla, Camea, Pan Pot, and more! for all announced headliners watch the video! The venue is not yet announced, but will be treated like an official festival, who knows beatport may even have a stage!

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AirDrop released its new compilation. It’s called EXTRACTION and unites 8 amazing Argentine talents that we respect a lot. Some of them are already out there in the world’s electronic scene, but most are still young and growing. EXTRACTION is a tribute to their different visions of electronic music, and represents AirDrop’s first aim, that is giving voice to the youthful and diverse talents.

All tracks were exclusively composed for the compilation. EXTRACTION opens with an other-worldly ambient track by our friend No Hay Pitch, and follows with minimal bangers and deep-techno hypnotizers by Fase Miusic Sender, Dilo, Peter Pan Project, Nexus DJ & Mon, McFly without forgetting our young favourite Minimaril! EXTRACTION closes on an amazing production by Acampante.

We have been distributing to a lucky few, a special edition of EXTRACTION limited to 250 copies, on the occasion of the Winter Music Conference two weeks back. For those of you who weren’t lucky enough to see one drop from the sky: the compilation is coming out tomorrow on Beatport for your personal pleasure.

Click play on the viddy below and see how Missing Keyframes, Fase Miusic Sender’s EXTRACTION tune, rocked Miami’s Townhouse Rooftop when Jamie Jones played it as his set’s closing track, before leaving the controls to Shonky.

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We are really excited by all these releases coming up on AirDrop, and we decided to throw a party on Saturday 22nd at 1070 Cerrito and Santa Fey (see map) before leaving for the Winter Music Conference on the 24th.
EXTRACTO is going to be a live preview, an essence, of what our EXTRACTION compilation is (view post). It’s happening on the night of Saturday the 22nd, and the venue is an abandonned office space on the World’s Widest Avenue that happens to be right here in Buenos Aires. Micro Sounds on the Big Street!