Ertan Koculu – Don't Stop Chart: A Melodic House & Techno Selection With Its Own Voice
Turkish DJ and producer Ertan Koculu presents Don't Stop Chart, a sixteen-track selection that maps the most compelling corners of contemporary Melodic House & Techno. Released via Beatport, this is not a vanity project — it is a carefully considered curation that weaves his own material alongside some of the scene's strongest current output.
The chart opens with Don't Stop (Original Mix), co-produced with Anza on HYPECUE at 124 BPM in A Major: a warm, melodic entry point that sets the emotional register for everything that follows. The tension arc is built with intelligence: HotLap's Recall (One Seven Music), Fahlberg's Feeling Good in G Minor, and Korolova's atmospheric Another Life at 128 BPM form a central block of remarkable depth.
The most heterodox moment arrives with Space Motion's Baiana — Afro House DNA in D Major at 122 BPM — injecting the organic, percussive counterpoint that any ambitious set demands. Mathame then delivers the energy peak with Yogen at 130 BPM in Bb Minor, the tensest moment of the entire selection.
- Editorial pick: Hino (Andrea Oliva Remix) – Emanuel Satie, Maga, Rosbeh. The Ibizan's touch adds layers of dark groove in Ab Minor that push the original to another level entirely.
- Discovery: Our Dreams – Alex Macondo, CHERÖ, Yeke! (AMOX Frequencies). An emerging label delivering rich textures and hypnotic progression worth tracking closely.
- Perfect closer: Call Me – Ertan Koculu & Kaisser Bouzriba (HYPECUE). 4:41 of direct, effective Melodic House in C Major, the host's signature sealing the session on his own terms.
Taken as a whole, Don't Stop Chart reveals Ertan Koculu as a curator with solid judgment and panoramic vision. Labels like One Seven Music, Captive Soul, Astral Records and Scenarios coexist without friction, testament to a selector who listens beyond names and prioritises the coherence of a sonic narrative.
