X-Kalay

18/03/2026

Argentinian newbie Guile bossing it on the debut proper.

Moving mad from the off. Real ones will have been acquainted via last year’s ‘Access’ EP cameo, otherwise, you better get to know.

Fellow ‘Access’ alumni Boss Priester and DJ Life tore it up with their respective solo EPs, and not to be outdone, Guile is taking on all comers. Expect some of the rudest incursions on the label to date rubbing shoulders with unreservedly utopian gear.

Some shades of Rolando, AKA The Aztec Mystic, as the anthemic potential shines through on ‘Funky Rain’. Elsewhere, he’s fronting up with Euro-centric party-starters, third portal acid prog and 808 breakbeat menace. Dancefloor wreckers front to back.

Having only emerged in 2024, the hit-rate over such a short period is nothing short of prolific. Big flex.

Available 17/04/2026

🎶 Written & produced by GUILE
🚀 Distribution by Subwax Distribution
⏯️ Mastered by CURVE PUSHER
🖊️ Words by Matt Blair
🧑‍🎨 Artwork & design by CMDP.FK

03/12/2025

How about a quartet of slick aces from top Brummie Subb-an?

We’re taken off-planet, and while endlessly transportive, it’s also strapping and triumphant. The radiant stabs and funked-out luminescence might evoke solar flares and the vastness of space, but we go broad, boisterous and in-yer-face straight outta the gate. Known for doing the groove-forward thing like the best of them, this is quintessential Subb-an.

Plush and opulent, horizons will be expanded and synapses fired. More than anything else, it recalls the exquisite, sophisticated output of Japanese donny Soichi Terada or golden era Italian dream house at its most direct. A far-cry from the raw, stripped-down intensity of that classic “Birmingham sound” popularised by Surgeon and Regis.

Chest out, big on the dramatics and he’s comin’ in hottt with that rousing forward momentum. Club-ready gear with plenty of earworm potential. Sublime.

Available 19/01/2026

👉 https://x-kalay.bandcamp.com/album/circular-motion

17/09/2025

Berlin based selector and producer evin draws on the deeper tones of house for number 15 in the series 🌀

18/02/2025

When DJ Life gives you lemons, press ‘em on vinyl. 4 zesty tech house nuggets bringing the swing and vitality in a big way.

Keeping it widescreen throughout and the percussion pulls focus. At times slick and sultry, at others more ominous and ill-tempered, we’re dishing out high-velocity dynamics across four distinct trax. Constantly nudging towards the peak-time, but with plenty of breathy sensuality and dappled melody as he flexes a detailed, sound-sensitive approach.

Drums, drums and more drums. You know the deal by now: direct torque in full effect as we traverse the rugged, funked-out and percussive. Plenty of trippy flourish for good measure too, from humid fusions of rainforest FX and hallucinatory detail to light trail synths punching through inky abyss.

It all recalls Terry Francis and his Housey Doingz project at the peak of their powers - big stabs, big forward momentum. Think the golden era of their Wiggle parties circa 1999.

🎹 Written & produced by DJ Life
📦 Distribution by Subwax Distribution
🎛️ Mastered by CURVE PUSHER
🎨 Artwork and design by .fk
📝 Words by Matt Blair

14/01/2025

I met Yana aka Unjack last autumn when I saw her play after Timur Basha at CDV, and knew right away that we had to get her involved in the mix series. Here we are a few months later and she kindly drops number 12 - a 1 hour 20 minute blend of bumping minimal and slick tech house >:) Thanks Yana!

👉 https://soundcloud.com/x-kalay/xkm012-unjack

04/12/2024

4 in the chamber as X-Kalay first-timer Boss Priester steps up to the plate. A quartet of the toughest joints you’re likely to hear, maximising that dancefloor impact with minimal fuss.

Flexing like a new-skool combination of golden era Todd Edwards and Nathan Coles right from the off. Groove-forward gear accelerated to new levels through the sheer pressure of that drum programming. Proper dancefloor wreckers.

Stripped back with only the most necessary components required, there’s a dreamlike warmth and sensuality to the funked-out chords and flourishes of hallucinatory detail. Heat-seeking tech house rollers and speed garage revisionism serving pure dancefloor propulsion from beginning to end.

Itchy 2-step into piquant, puckered sidewinders, if the Boss is making baseline and groove his hallmark, then this is a case in point.

Available 20/01/2025

🎵 Written & produced by Boss Priester
🔁 Remix written & produced by Harry Wills
🔈 Mastered by CURVE PUSHER
🚀 Distribution by Subwax Distribution
✒️ Words by Matt Blair
🧑‍🎨 Artwork & design by CMDP.FK

05/11/2024

Sandpit Alias, co-founder of Melbourne based party Techworld, serves up 1 hour of loopy tech house for number 11 in the mix series. Get it.

Techworld Melbourne founder Aidan Dimitrios, AKA Sandpit Alias, serves up 1 hour of loopy tech house for number 11 in the mix series. Get it.

11/07/2024

Velvet Velour's Clickin' EP has landed!

Available now 👉 https://tinyurl.com/vvnd7mmf

11/06/2024

Prior to the upcoming show at Platforma Wolff, Bucharest this week, Christopher Ledger delivers a blistering mix of club centric house sounds for the X-Kalay mix series 🌪️

22/05/2024

Rapid-fire with the releases like it’s effortless, minimal donny Velvet Velour steps up with his latest 4-tracker. Strong tech house currents in a similar vein to Kepler’s recent ‘Lowlife’ EP, but with extra zonk - it’s a head turning label debut.

Available 11/06/2024

Pre-order the 12" here 👉 tinyurl.com/vvnd7mmf