If you’re into progressive beats, man do we have a treat for you. Fellow Canuck Greg Benz has provided an exclusive 75 minute mix that exemplifies what the progressive genre is all about.

In pure Aurium style, Greg has touched down on a plethora of sound. From signature melodies to mega bomb floor fillers, this mix proves that Greg is still very much on top of things despite having so much going down in his life right now.

Greg and his hometown crew have recently taken their artistic talents to another level by opening a screen printing business in the heart of London Ontario’s stylish Richmond Row. They’re showcasing their illustrative gifts within some spectacular clothing and accessory designs and seemingly making a pretty penny in the process.

Add Fresh Ink Apparel to Greg’s DJing and production resume as part of Benz&MD, and Benzy has to be one of the hardest working, most successful entrepreneurs we know. We’re damn lucky to get such a slick mix from such a cool guy.

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Greg Benz – bringthebeats – May 2008

One crew we’ve been super impressed with over the last year is the guys from Harem Records in Montreal. The digital label started by Sultan and Ned Shepard in January has become known the world over with consistent Beatport Top 10’s in their first four releases.

Sultan recently compiled an exclusive promo for Mercuryserver’s 6th Anniversary. You can download it from their anniversary page along with sets from Chloe Harris, Taucher and Gustavo di Tomaso. If don’t have an [ms] account, trust us it’s worth it to get one, 90% of the music we download from the web comes from this forum.

I talk to Harem artist Mahar Daniel on a daily basis and am lucky enough to get some sneak peaks of his stellar production and mixes. He recently put together a super bad ass tech-house set for the Space Miami DJ contest second round. He’s holding it back for the contest but he’s served up another on the techy tip, quite the contrast from the housier vibe you hear in his In Demand submission from earlier this year.

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Maher Daniel - Something from Something

Ned’s set is a product of the gold mind that is the [ms] Promos & Recommendations section mentioned above. The mix originates from the progresshouse.com progcast and is aptly named as it’s pure progressive house perfection, a rare find in the commercial electro / minimal world we’re living in right now.

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Ned Shepard - Progcast 101

We’re working incredibly hard to have some bringthebeats promoted Harem Sessions here in Toronto. Hopefully we’ll be able to sort something out soon because as you’ll hear from these mixes, this is Canadian talent worth talking about.

Nial Kirk has been providing us with sexy house mixes for a few years now. Each and everyone is a joy to receive, as they often come in a timely manner, right when we’re at our wits end with dark and plodding beats. This mix stays true to form, it’s smooth, sensual and funky, exactly what sooths our soul.

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Niall Kirk- Spring Promo Mix - 2008

Late last year Jesse Potts added bringthebeats to the Recient Records promo list. Admittedly single tracks get lost in the shuffle for us, as we’ve always been a mixed set kind of site. However, we always make the effort to download any promo we receive and the Recient sound has intrigued us quite often.

But maybe even more impressive is Jesse’s passion and the number of releases coming through the label. I knew someone influence by the likes of Slam, Sasha & Digweed and the early days of the Toronto scene at Industry would produce a wicked promo set if we could ever get a hold of one, and we were right. Here’s a fabulous two-hour bringthebeats debut from Jesse Potts.

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Jesse Potts – Promo Mix – April 2008

One of the best aspects of this year’s conference was that I had some good face time with Tom Morgan. And unlike last year, I pretty much understood everything he was saying under that brrrroad Scottish accent. But even if I could never hear a word Tom says, his music speaks volumes to how cool this guy is.

I’ll never mention it again (a little cheesy and not fair to Tom’s individuality), but I’m starting to think Tom is the next Desyn Masiello. He has the looks, the personality, ambition and most definitely a pristine ear for great beats.

Tom had a great presence about him throughout the WMC and it’s obvious he has Desyn’s seal of approval, being sandwiched between Jody Wisternoff and Des & Omid in primetime at the Sex on Wax pool party.

This two-hour set live from a Renaissance meets Stripped party in the UK is everything I want to hear in a live club set. Tom was on the bill with Paolo Mojo that night… I hope Paolo was able to keep up.

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Tom Morgan - Renaissance meets Stripped, Southend - March 23, 2008 - pt1
Tom Morgan - Renaissance meets Stripped, Southend - March 23, 2008 - pt2

And then there were three. Another absolutely fantastic mix has been dedicated to the new bringthebeats, and go figure it’s from another Luc… Lucas Abadi!!

As with Luke Morrison and Luke Fair, Lucas has littered us with fantastic funky house sets throughout the years. And exactly like our Canadian Luke’s, this Argentinean is one of the coolest cats we’ve met in the business. This mix came our way at the beginning of our WMC trip and was blazed in our condo over and over and over again.

We felt guilty for not getting to the promos that were handed to us in Miami immediately, but we just couldn’t get enough of this fine, fine 70 minutes. I distinctively remember moments where both Luke Fair and I cut off conversations in mid sentence to point out sickening portions that needed instant attention. I guarantee you will do the same.

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Lucas Abadi - bringthebeats - March 2008

Virtually from the very beginning bringthebeats has had two very special Luke’s in its life. Luke Fair and Luke Morrison have supported us from day one and we’ve always been hyped to spread the love when it comes to their music.

The Luke’s have a lot in common. They’re both veterans in the Canadian club scene, with Luke Fair’s beginnings here in Toronto and Luke Morrison a long standing force behind dance music in Edmonton, Alberta.

Both are extremely successful in their chosen career paths. Of course Mr. Fair has achieved global recognition as a DJ, producer and fierce fantasy sports GM. And Mr. Morrison has become a legendary west coast underground talent and is only a few months away from being a full fledged lawyer in a big fancy firm.

But in the end, our undying respect for Luke Fair and Luke Morrison stems from their music. Time and again these guys come through with mixes that melt our hearts and move our feet. You can only imagine how pumped we were to be able to score exclusive promos from them both to launch the newest version of bringthebeats.

So without further ado, here are the beats. Thanks so much Luke times two, we owe you both big time.

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Luke Fair - bringthebeats - March 2008
Luke Morrison - bringthebeats - March 2008

Argentina is full of wicked under the radar talents and Max Cagliero is right at the top of this list. His mixes continuously rock, with a Dubby Progressive House sound that absolutely gets the chugga rolling. This is most definitely a name to watch out for.

Of course I found this and another killer Warung Waves mix in the mercuryserver Promos and Recommendations section.

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Max Cagliero - September 2007 Promo

I first heard the tatted up Emjae at the Sick Watona party in Miami, and then again at Porterhouse where he ripped a hole right out of the middle of the dance floor. His pumping Electro, Disco Funk style of House is super friendly to the dance floor. I found this and other very cool sets on www.organictheory.com.

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Emjae - Organic Sessions 015

For as much as I try to avoid the jungle that is the Guverment, I may brave it again during their 11th Anniversary weekend. Not for Carl Cox or for the debut of the disgustingly popular producer-turned-DJ, Eric Prydz. I may venture back into the darkness for Eric’s hand picked ‘Pryda North American Tour’ warm-up DJ, fellow Swede, Dana Bergquist.

Dana’s productions are all over the sets of my favorite DJs and his Deep House mixes are played over and over and over again in our pad. He’s the perfect set up man for any DJ, and I’m so pumped that Prydz recognizes this because Dana is going to get some mad exposure on this tour.

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Dana Bergquist - Through The Looking Glass

Yesterday, I had an excellent afternoon. I coasted through a busy day at my desk, and as it wound down I listened to this incredible mix by Lucas Abadi on one my favorite internet radio shows.

As I waited for the broadcast on Basic Frequencies I totally did my best to play this mix out. But really that was never going to happen. Actually, it sounded even better yesterday as the masses enjoyed it for the first time. Lucas is back to his impeccable Funky House form with this one… so solid.

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Lucas Abadi - Basic Frequencies - September 21, 2007

This is the pleasant surprise of the year so far. Niall Kirk sent us a mix quite a while back and we instantly shared it on the site. Unfortunately for us - definitely not for him - Niall has been studying and traveling in Australia, so we haven’t heard much from him since that first promo.

He’s now settled down again in Dublin and is resident at Housejunkies, a weekly that has hosted the likes of Switch, Zoo Brazil and Greg Vickers… nice company. So after way too long a wait, here’s round Number 2 with Niall Kirk on bringthebeats.

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Niall Kirk - August 2007 Promo

I first heard of Kosmos Epsilon in 2004 through a friend who I absolutely respect when it comes to fresh, underground beats. He passed on Kosmos’ Proton ‘Featured Artist’ mix with a stellar recommendation.

Ever since I’ve searched out Kosmos Epsilon sets as he’s one of the few DJs that has been able to maintain the “Communicate” style of progressive that I was completely addicted to back on the day I first checked into his sound.

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Kosmas Epsilon - August 2007 Promo