Ruf Dug - Future Zone

  • The closest most of us will get to Ibiza this year.
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  • Ruf Dug isn't afraid to try out new ideas. The Manchester-based artist can just as easily churn out anthemic disco house as he can smooth-as-butter UK garage. He's made Balearic moves before, but on his debut for No Bad Days, we get self-described "Balearic trance." To be fair, it's not an inaccurate coinage. The delay on the drums and the slower BPM have a specifically island feel to them, though the synth line and build are pure trance. It's a little bit like closing your eyes and imagining José Padilla mixing a Global Underground CD circa 1998.
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