Some of wauterboi's work is beginning to remind me a bit of NIN. This track has massively overdriven rock drums, electric guitar, screeching synths, buzzing bassline, and a very NIN-like delayed ambient piano bed. If you dig this track, check out wauterboi's Null EP here on Protagonist.

wauterboi - Null EP available now. $4.99

Glitchy, playful, jazzy, synthy, fun stuff from London-based Bitbasic. Track is from Bitbasic's forthcoming album, 'Pixel Mixel'.

There is now a new, dedicated Twitter account for Protagonist. Check out @protagonistfm. All news posts and music updates will come through this feed, instead of sharing with @sgxmusic (me, SGX). Start following! Also, there is now a Protagonist list, so you can follow all official Protagonist artists (those that sell here) in one shot. Check out the Protagonists List.

Epic, melodic trance here. Slow buildup in the first third of the song, a cool pounding breakdown in the last third, and a pretty piano end. Grab it. Grab more Pyroshock music.

Awesome! Pollicer has given us a new, awesome breakbeat epic trance anthem track with wonderful female vocals. Definitely a great, uplifting track. Say goodbye to this week and hello to the weekend!

There's more like this on Pollicer's Protagonist-released album Songs for Those Who Yearn available for $7.99. Check out the streaming previews!

Songs For Those Who Yearn Available NOW

I just had a post promoting the newsletter, but I just got a rad idea: at the end of February, I will choose at random one person subscribed to the newsletter to receive in the mail a copy of Hero of the Grey Area by ME, SGX. Since we're just starting out with the newsletter, your chances are pretty good!

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Stressful week so far? Chill out and be transported with this atmospheric piece from 12 Followers/Meteo Xavier. It feels like a great track for the soundtrack to a scifi movie or game where you are visiting an undiscovered planet. Great pads, delayed synths, and a subtle constant kick beat keeps things feeling in motion.

DJ SBX hits us with a slick progressive trance track featuring some chippy synths, syncopated saw bass, piano melodies, and the traditional trance DJ long intro and outros. Happy Monday.

Hope everyone is having a chill Friday. If not, take a listen to this smooth ambient IDM track from Vitz. Etherial pads, chime-esque synth melodies, and a cool slow breakbeat percussion element come together for a really dreamy, groovy piece.