Russian trio Swanky Tunes’ 2018 was out of this world, or at least it felt like it when they boarded the Zero Gravity flight organised by World Club Dome and the European Space Agency in March. Launching off on a parabolic flight that simulates the sensation of weightlessness, they joined Timmy Trumpet and a cast of celebrities for the world’s first gravity-free party. Space, the final frontier, may not be far off.
Mladen Solomun has come a long way over the past decade. Emerging from the deep house scene of Hamburg, his adopted hometown — his family had moved there from the former Yugoslavia when he was a kid — Solomun founded the Diynamic label back in 2005. Initially, it served as a platform for local artists like Stimming, Kollektiv Turmstrasse and H.O.S.H, and their early, string-soaked melodic house EPs provided a sweet alternative to the robotic minimalism of that period. Solomun also pushed this sound in his own productions and DJ sets, and this distinctive, singular style has led him to become an increasingly popular international DJ.
