Egg London Podcast

Londoner Martin Ikin has been producing under various aliases since the halcyon days of rave, but it’s under his own name that he conquered the world of deep tech and bass-led house, making him a favourite in the White Isle and here in the UK.

Boris is the co-founder of the two London based parties Shindo and Boboxa. Two labels for two different styles of music and atmosphere. While Shindo, running for more than 3 years, aims to make people dance in underground venues on melodic techno and deep grooves, Boboxa is a more recent project focusing on house and disco music and taking place in intimate venues. The past year has been busy for Boris, throwing parties and playing in venues like Egg, Studio9294, Night Tales or Mick's Garage alongside the likes of Denis Horvat, Super Flu, Frankey & Sandrino, Locked Groove, David Mayer and many more!

One of the hottest names on the dance floor right now is Sammy Porter, whose breakthrough track “What We Started (A Bit Patchy)” on Mistajam’s Speakerbox Records has amassed millions of online streams as well as landing a Future Anthem on BBC Radio 1’s Dance Anthems.

Sammy keeps things rolling in style having racked up over a million streams for his latest tune ‘Talking Like Friends’, guesting on Rinse FM, as well as running the LoveJuice label and his Machine Made Records. Also, that’s before you factor in hot shows such as Egg LDN this Friday, July 19th and he delivers the latest instalment in the growing Podcast series.

Dynamic house mixer Jack Swift delivers a spicy new set ahead of his show on Friday July 19th alongside Iglesias., Sammy Porter and Powda.

Having played at Amnesia Ldn, Abode and The Cause, Jack’s versatility on the decks steers him between all points house and techno as we get in the mood for a big Friday night.

Without doubt one of the most consistently exciting house producers to break through in the last few years, best known for his Acid Jump EP on Hot Creations, Russian-born Ibiza based Eskuche plays his debut set at the club this Friday.

His signature house sound is characterised by growling basslines and resonating drum patterns, which has seen him helm the decks at some of the world biggest events including Elrow, Electric Zoo Festival, Paradise NYC and Green Velvet’s La La Land parties.

Eskuche has racked up over 500k streams for his ‘Concentrate’ release on Relief adding to an impressive catalogue of releases including the ‘Activator EP’ on Hot Creations, the ’Space EP’ on Elrow and watch the hype grow with forthcoming releases for Darius Syrossian’S Moxy Music and Amine Edge & Dance’s Cuff label.

Cited as kickstarting the electronic music scene in Slovenia, Umek is the country’s #No 1 music ambassador and techno legend criss crossing the world taking in shows that range from dark underground clubs in LDN and Berlin to massive techno stages on the world’s most renowned festivals. A tireless producer who mostly releases on his own imprint 1605, his signature sound can regularly be heard on his widely popular weekly radio show Behind the Iron Curtain, featured on more than 150 radio stations worldwide.

Master of three decks and FX performances, Umek delivers our latest podcast ahead of his show with Metodi Hristov on Saturday July 13th.

Originally breaking through with his 3 deck (now 4 deck) performances and seamless blending of all forms of house music Dutch DJ Roog shows off his musical skills on this Exclusive mix ahead of his show alongside Eskuche and Roger That this Friday July 12th.

Part of both of the Netherland’s most influential duos - Hardsoul and Housequake - Roog is behind the seminal vocal classic ‘Back Together’ as Hardsoul and his acclaimed Defected In The House compilation alongside the likes of Masters At Work, Dennis Ferrer and Bob Sinclar.

With fellow DJ Erick E, Housequake have taken their immersive 5 deck sound & DVJ light show to most major European festivals including launching their own annual Housequake festival, on top of a string of banging tracks and a successful compilation series.

An original pillar of the Berlin electronic music scene, having played for the Ostgut (now Berghain) and Sage clubs, DJ Jauche aka Oliver Marquardt is renown for an evocative multi-genre vinyl sets that’s seen him in high demand across the city’s leading clubs for the last two decades. 

Starting with original rave-style party ‘Jauchomatic’, which he launched with his brother Sven Marquardt, (best know as the ‘Iron Man’ selector and photographer of the Berghain Club) and which is still held annually in Berlin to this day, with his status confirmed by inclusions in the ‘Klang der Familie’ book about the early days of techno music as well as appearing in the documentaries ‘Deutsche Welle’ and Arte TV’s ‘Tanz auf dem Todesstreifen’. 

No slouch when it comes to producing too his first Jack Flash release, a cover of ’Love is in the Air’ lit up the legendary Love Parade and since then Jauche has notched up releases on Jay Haze's label Roots/Tunning Spork and his own Appeal Musique and current, Flaneurecordings including the sold-out ’Kaskadeur’ and recent ‘We All Need’ releases. 

Continually evolving as an artist Jauche has produced the album '15 Neue DAF Lieder' for electronic giants, DAF, remixed Frankie Bones and fellow Berliner Marusha with new reworks to come for Enliven and Anna Cavazos. Jauche will be bringing all his knowledge & skills to Egg London this Saturday for Berlin Berlin Pride special showcase!

At the forefront of the Australian dance music scene, duo Vance Musgrove and Mikah Freeman aka The Aston Shuffle are shaping up for their most significant international year to date. With a flurry of new releases and a busy touring schedule that’s already taken in the legendary Brooklyn club Output, and the Tomorrowland festival ahead of current US dates with The Magician and UK dates with Dom Dolla whom they make their debut alongside at Egg LDN on Friday, July 5th.

Whether its their new tracks including “Stay”, “Now Or Never” and “Back To Me”, a collab with TCTS, released on Idris Elba’s 7Wallace label plus remixes forthcoming for Labrinth, Sia & Diplo’s LSD project, or headline festival slots, The Aston Shuffle are two of the hottest names on the electronic music scene right now. Alongside their longstanding weekly radio show The Friday Night Shuffle (now in its 8th year) on Triple J Radio, the duo also host a monthly one-hour mix series Only 100s focusing on the standout tracks that hit their crates every month. The Aston Shuffle are also touring their Only 100s brand with guests like TCTS and Icarus.

From the sound of their piano-house jam “Everything I Got” to their era-defining record and Main Stage festival anthem, “Sunrise”, which also lifted the #1 slot on Beatport, the pair continue to evolve their sound.

An established face of the London electronic music scene, Tafkanik is a regular selector at Berlin Berlin and joins us once again for our Pride Special on 6th July. His versatile style combines elements of house and techno which he displays in his podcast for us ahead of the night. Showing his ability to bounce from spirited rhythms to more driving melodies, Tafkanik's mix gives us a glimpse of what to expect in the Basement with Homostash.