{"id":20311,"date":"2020-05-25T14:39:28","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T12:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xceed.me\/blog\/?p=20311"},"modified":"2021-03-23T11:59:42","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T09:59:42","slug":"10-tracks-picked-by-maxi-meraki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xceed.me\/blog\/en\/10-tracks-picked-by-maxi-meraki\/","title":{"rendered":"10 tracks picked by Maxi Meraki"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Maxi Meraki<\/a> is one of the names starting to hit the Belgian tech-house scene. The artist from Antwerp, at 28 years old, can already say that he is a resident at Destino Ibiza<\/a>, as well as in some of the hot spots of another of the most important scenes in electronic music: Amsterdam. Maxi Meraki is already a regular at the booths of The Butcher, Momo, Izakaya and the W Hotel in the Dutch capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tech-house and the funkiest minimal are the genres that characterize the Belgian DJ. The summer of 2019 was a turning point in his career: he released his first track “Reflections” on his own label Meraki Records<\/a> and he performed for the first time in cities like Marbella<\/a> and Barcelona<\/a>. Paco Osuna, Nathan Barato, Gene Farris, Erick Morillo, Mark Knight and Roger Sanchez were the first to highlight and applaud Maxi Meraki’s first steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Image: \u00a9 Maxi Meraki’s Press Kit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n

In the early months of 2020, before the coronavirus crippled the scene, his first EP Always There, in which he shows a more melodic version of himself, exceeded all expectations in terms of playback on major platforms, reaching, for example, 150,000 plays on Spotify. Maxi Meraki has already made two appearances on Datatransmission radio and one in Toolroom Records<\/a>‘ podcast series. The Belgian festival Extrema Outdoor<\/a> had already included him in the line-up of its 2020 edition, now cancelled due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maxi Meraki releases his latest EP Eastern Visions<\/a> today on the Dutch label 72 Pixels<\/a>. In order to know him more in-depth, we have decided to get closer to his facet as a selector. After two months already in quarantine, Maxi acknowledges that he spends more time than ever listening to other artists’ music and thus giving some fresh air to his sets, once the confinement is over. We asked him for 10 picks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

1. Matthias Meyer – Infinity [Liebe Detail]<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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