Touching down in new cities is almost as much a part of being a DJ as working the turntables themselves – a fact that’s never been lost on one of the world’s biggest DJs, Markus Schulz. In the last five years alone his always-rolling World Tour has taken him to more of them than many will see in a lifetime. It’s this ever-transforming melting pot of sound, sight and musical taste that fed his desire to capture them musically. And in 2005 that’s what he started to do…

Since then they have shuttled us between some of the most iconic and best known clubbing metropolises in the world; Miami & Ibiza and Amsterdam & Toronto have all had their clubbing credos encapsulated in mix form. Markus, himself explains further: “Many people say that you see great differences moving between countries – that’s natural. I actually think though that you experience some fairly major ones just going from one country’s city to the next. That’s long been a source of fascination to me. The City compilations are a great way for me to document a place through music, by picking out and turning the spotlight on exactly which tracks & sub-styles are working particularly well in specific cities that I’ve played & loved. ”

Now at the start of the new decade, for the next instalment of his audio-travelogue, Markus is dedicating the ‘10 edition to a place not only increasingly close to his heart, but one that resonates with hundreds of thousands of clubbers worldwide… Las Vegas.

Read on for more details on this exquisitely crafted 2 disc compilation!

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Speaker go BOOM

Last summer Flux Delux launched the first in the album series “Underground Anthems” with a stunning compilation mix from Discover artist Thomas Datt.

Following on from that, they are pleased to announce Volume 2 in the series which has just been mixed by Italy’s No 1 trance DJ and producer Manuel Le Saux. The album will be released as a mixed CD and digital download which will include the downloads of all the single tracks – a significant proportion of which will have not yet been released!

I’ve had the opportunity to run the mix CD through it’s paces ahead of the rush and I must say I was pleasantly surprised.  Many of the tracks I’ve acquired over the past few months, and I’ve been making extensive use of them in my own mixes and livesets, so it was a treat to hear Manuel’s take on them.

The mix is pounding, relentless and definitely indicative of a typical night clubbing in the UK.  Read on for my full take and a 15 minute sample of the CD!

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