Have fun 10 Years of Westwood Recordings With Invigorating Anniversary Album

Westwood Recordings was based in 2013 by Nick Middleton, a member of the celebrated digital music duo The Funk Hunters, as a method to get their music to the correct folks.

“The labels that have been giving us consideration weren’t doing an excellent job. We felt actually underserved,” Middleton lamented in an interview with EDM.com final yr. “The extra I regarded into it, I noticed that we might do it ourselves—and possibly do it higher—and be capable of personal the entire a part of the choice about how, the place, and after we put out music.”

Since its inception, Westwood has been based mostly out of Western Canada, providing artists greater than a typical label would. The truth is, Middleton mentioned he thought-about it extra a “group or a platform or a music firm” than a run-of-the-mill report label.

In celebration of their 10-year anniversary, Westwood Recordings has now launched a compilation that includes a lot of their fan-favorite artists. Dubbed 10 Years of Westwood Recordings, the album options new music from Defunk, Stickybuds, Moontricks and extra.

The primary observe is “Freak,” collaboration from The Funk Hunters and Defunk, who’ve delivered an electrifying midtempo soundscape with a barrage of hovering synths and a chorus encouraging us to “keep up all night time and freak.” Moontricks‘ “Nebulizer,” then again, has an analogous name to motion, however with a a lot totally different method. Urging you to “let your hair down,” the gorgeous single is considerably of a serenade with its use of intricate guitar riffs.

Subsequent up is K Theory‘s “Outlaws” (with Peytn), a high-octane heater. Providing a polarity to the outlaw persona, Stickybuds contributes a light-hearted, funky groove referred to as “Household Man,” that includes beloved New Orleans musician Glen David Andrews.

“Cease what you are doing and dance with me” directs Kotek‘s new tune. With gritty drum & bass rhythms and distorted, glitched-out synths, “Dance With Me” can pull anybody to the dancefloor.

Switching gears, LIINKS‘ “One Factor About Me” instills a rediscovered sense of energy after strolling away from a scenario that now not serves. Closing out the compilation with a ferocious rush of synths is SugarBeats, who delivers the dominant “Wild Cat.”

“Celebrating 10 years of Westwood feels surreal, it’s a milestone I am actually pleased with,” Middleton mentioned in a press launch. “What began as a ardour mission for our personal music has grown right into a group of artists, creatives and like-minded music lovers that has exceeded each expectation I’ve had.”

The discharge of 10 Years of Westwood Recordings arrives simply two weeks earlier than a lot of its featured artists carry out at Canada’s beloved Shambhala Music Competition. Within the meantime, you’ll be able to discover it on streaming platforms here.