plays both: 33 and 45 rpm

2022 reissue

incl printed sleeve with silver pantone, includes note from composer (insert)

techno masterpiece!

limited old school edition incl. stamped white label

the band scarletts fall is a duo formed in 2014 by ruth childs (british-american performance artist and singer based in geneva) and stephane vecchione (swiss performance artist and musician based in lausanne). they define themselves as dirty-girlie-kitchen-pop mixing catchy melodies and repetitive looping with fragile vocals and provocative texts. out of their playfully ironic and poetic universe you can ear shades of can, broadcast and young marble giants.

for fans of: - stone throw records - analog experimental sample based music - psychedelic rock - afro ancestral i may have no possessions, but here lies everything one needs this is alexandre francisco diaphras motto as governor of his own life. a multifaceted artist from guinea-bissau, based in lisbon: rapper, poet, edutainer & beatmaker, creating music based on improvisation in which he blends his psychedelic, black music, afro ancestral influences and love for the non-quantized beats in the same way as with experimental jazz, mixed contemporary and urban styles.
the 180 gram double vinyl is housed in a gatefold sleeve.

with four albums and two vinyls under its belt released internationally, this supergroup founded by geneva-based pianist leo tardin launches this spring their new ep, big easy, which is also the fruit of their debut collaboration with mental groove records. the vinyl ep includes a download code.

after two successful singles, >do me like< (remixed by chab from azuli, imago & saw fame) & >so bad<, heres the third single extract from the album, >making love & music<, just in time for the summer period! >makin love & music< has been remixed by top us producer morgan page in two version (instrumental & vocal). for those not familiar with morgan page, he is 24 and living in los angeles, has several remixes under his belt for grammy nominee wax poetic (norah jones), ashlee simpson, jean f. cochois, terry lee brown jr., nigel hayes, home & garden, and dozens of critically acclaimed eps out on labels like bedrock, saw, and nordic trax featuring collaborations with colette, gregory shiff, and astrid suryanto. recently, his music has garnered support from a wide-range of top level djs including sasha, deep dish, danny tenaglia, dave seaman, hernan cattaneo, john digweed, mark farina, and jason bentley

lp, silkscreened covers with stamped labels, ltd 100 copies

lp, half speed mastering 350gsm sleeve, inside out cardboard, limited to 500, half speed

ambient / drone

one sided lp, limited to 300

an inspiring collection of carefully chosen lullabies from all over the world

limited old school edition with stamped white label + 12inch sleeve.
mental groove records is ecstatic to announce the release of a collaborative musical effort between spanish producer extraordinaire orbe (hivern discs / analog solutions) and swiss adventurous mental groove label head oliver for a retro / phuturistic 4-for-the-floor e.p. mixing the science of hypnotic analog grooves with the wickedest sounds technique of the warehouse rave days.

mental groove records is thrilled and honored to announce the follow up to last year water vein ep (mg115) by asian psilocybe foundation & dj yogurt. entitled daikaku, a buddhist term for one who has achieved enlightenment. this second installment smiles on geinoh yamashirogumi akiras soundtrack. apf is an eccentric japanese musician who raised attention from the detroit. remixed by jon dixon of underground resistanceÆs timeline, apf first ep was released by once legendary producer orlando voorn (fix, game one, baruka). on the a side he achieves to capture akiraÆs spirit with his own organic and floating sound signature within a long, delicate and trippy techno number while on the flipside dj yogurt, a regular figure of tokyos nightlife who worked at cisco records, delivers two straight percussive numbers fueled with traditional japanese flavor to take the most discerning floors to a tetsuo state-of-mind. mastered by music matters mastering and cut at emil berliner studios, berlin.

trio kazanchis got together by coincidence in 2009 in addis ababa, ethiopias musical hotspot while playing jam sessions in melaku belays club fendika and mulatu astatkes own african- jazz club before touring europe most underground venues and related festivals.

mixed by donato dozzy / mastered by neel. one man, live on stage, concocting wild sonic mash-ups of the jazz and techno traditions - mark de clive-lowe connecting deeply with his vision of time, texture, rhythm, space, and soul! - carlos nino italian musician, producer, dj and composer tommaso cappellato is a musical maverick - running the gamut from free-form techno to hip-hop production and jazz improvisation.

vinyl lp in heavy reversed cardboard sleeve, 2 pantones printed sleeve, 60x60 double-sided poster, extensive liner notes in japanese and english.

the band: a french trio called france, using drums, bass and amplified hurdy-gurdy. they perform only live, in the middle of the audience - turned in to face each other - full on smoke machines and strobes. and they play only one song for the duration of their hour-long set. and its the most transfixing live experience of intense physical and mental focus. the distorted hurdy gurdy plugs frances sound into the countrys history of folk music and popular festivities, of communal trance and immersive pleasure.

tokyo offshore project are frankie valentine and simon lovejoy, djs and producers heavily involved in the construction of the underground uk house and electronica scene of the 90’s and japanese musician kiyoshi myaura. this album is a collection of their best underground house / electronica moments circa 1990-1992.

mental groove records is thrilled to announce the debut release of french dj/producer vax1 aka marion xavier delivering a subtle, gorgeous and much valuable house / electro e.p. for your eerie nightlife moments that will make a lot of people jealous. headlining the ep with his straight to the point remix is alexander robotnick, the amazing italian veteran, the one responsible for the 80s electro favorites problemes d’amour and dance boy dance who takes the track to stripped down electronic territories that will fit comfortably in any set with that satisfaction guaranteed label.

mental groove records is thrilled to announce the official vinyl release of the sought-after ambient house / minimal techno e.p. by japanese producer asian psilocybe foundation (apf).

limited 6x lp box set, colletors edition - deluxe thick matte black carton box with golden mirroresque print. handpacked and no shrinkwrap. please denote: boxes can face slight colour fade on print and spots on paper which is due to the nature of the manual bespoke printing and declare no fault. each boxes gets 6x12&#8243,,,,,,,,,, vinyls housed in their innersleeves: 1xmg084 1xmg086 1xmg097 1xmg109 1xmg112 a/b/c/d (2 records)

format 2lp + mp3 - with download coupon, glossy black innersleeves and glossy insert with a short history of kuduro music

format lp vinyl - limited edition + poster following the much-acclaimed bcompilation, french dj duo jess & crabbe return to curate a second collection under the bazzerk banner, exploring a criminally unknown dance scene. changa tuki classics takes us on an exhilarating trip to a venezuelan underground electronic scene. defining changa tuki as a genre is tricky, the respective meanings of the words themselves is a mystery yet to be elucidated. changa emerged in the late 80’s as a the word to describe all strands of hard-hitting electronic music, to this day it remains the one popular term applied to all forms of house or techno.

analog experimental sample based music - psychedelic rock - afro ancestral i may have no possessions, but here lies everything one needs this is alexandre francisco diaphras motto as governor of his own life.

bazzerk is the multiform label project run by jess & crabbe and is released under equal bazzerk and mental groove moniker.lcindo joaquim, known as dj afro pupo, was born in 1992 in the terra nova district of luanda. although the influence of us deep house and south african house are obvious on angolan afro house, its direct affiliation with the kuduro, or most traditional kazukuta and semba give it its own unique identity

4th and final volume in the analog grooves vinyl (and analog) only serie, a joint venture between spanish producer eduardo de la calle & swiss mental groove records focusing on futuristic / cosmic compositions for both clubbing and listening enjoyment, simply classic and timeless music.

including download card with full album + 2 bonus tracks (crazy in love and palabras). comes inexclusive vinyl cover artwork with lyrics printed on the jacket (available for the first time).

last copiues left... highly anticipated new release by unstoppable electro producer hailing from france, don rimini. >nlarge your parties< is the follow-up to the much acclaimed >time to panic ep<, >absolutely rad ep<, and >kick n run< which gathered amazing feedback and great success among both listeners and the media. more than just a single, >nlarge your parties< is a mini album that includes four brand new tracks.

format limited cd digipac, 500 copies remix (ambientesque) versions of their critically acclaimed 2012 album future that never happened - sonic boom from spacemen 3 provided 3 remixes, prelude to their forthcoming collaboration album maps due early 2015 geneva-based trio sinner dc return with an all new remix album, featuring 12 new versions and 4 interludes from their 2012 lp future that never happened

first spacemen 3 release in 10 years since live in europe 1989 - lp vinyl only - with silver cardboard sleeve, 500 copies - liner note by sonic boom - 29:12 version of suicide - recorded from the mixing desk - picture sleeve from the actual gig - 500 copies printed on shiny silver cardboard

while accurate for most washed up middle-aged rock musicians, the above definition does not apply to les has-beens.

one of the most wanted release from donato dozzy get finally available again!

announcing the forthcoming album ambient mixes.. …until the collaboration abum between sonic boom & sinner dc entitled maps get released, here are 2 colourfully mind-altering club version by the one & only pete kember, more usually known as sonic boom, founding member of alternative neo-psychedelia rock band spacemen 3 - a main influence for the like of my bloody valentine or slowdive & producer of the like mgmt and panda bear.

announcing the forthcoming album ambient mixes 4 brand new remixes off the album future that never happened. a side is fully filled with german freund der familie long & dark 10 minutes haunting dub-techno. flip on b side to find 20 minutes of mind cooling chills and spine-tingling thrills remixes by portuguese pedro magina, english lungwah & french polynesian zwei kreise in a pure i think therefore i ambient tradition.

here comes 3 in the analog grooves series, a prelude to eduardos forthcoming album on mental groove records

some people do music as a hobby, some people take it as a job, and some people just live for it. eduardo de la calle has been producing and releasing techno music around spain and europe for more than 16 years. a real veteran in the techno music scene, he has lived and worked in numerous cities developing his own projects throughout the years: lots of hours behind decks and in production studios. eduardo has an enormous potential, his love and passion for music, his production and his dj sets, deep and full of intensity have earned him a lot of respect.
limited 12 inch pressed on clear / translucent vinyl (no label paper on vinyl) & served in black innersleeve!

five exclusive tracks by the mighty mama rosin! this fantastic tropical session recorded in 2009 in sao paulo, brazil is finally available. includes >run through the jungle<, a cover from creedence clearwater revival. limited to 300 copies.

some people do music as a hobby, some people take it as a job, and some people just live for it. eduardo de la calle has been producing and releasing techno music around spain and europe for more than 16 years. a real veteran in the techno music scene, he has lived and worked in numerous cities developing his own projects throughout the years: lots of hours behind decks and in production studios. eduardo has an enormous potential, his love and passion for music, his production and his dj sets, deep and full of intensity have earned him a lot of respect. limited 3 x 12 inch pressed on pure black plastic vinyl (no label paper on vinyl).

repress !!! the young chilean- finnish talent with warm electro cuts with chicago & detroit flavours !!! enjoy this trip!! nr.1 in sven väths dj chart (may / june 2005)

after 2 smashing eps on switch and sinden s imprint counterfeet, radioclit is back with their brand new signature sound secousse on mental groove records. inspired by the street sounds of angola, pretoria or abidjan, secousse is a future afrobeat anthem and is currently being turned into a vocal monster starring all the great singers and rappers who came and tore the roof of the infamous secousse worldbeat residency that radioclit has been doing at the notting hill arts club over the last few months. backed up by remixes from crookers aka the biggest house producers these days, it also features a remix by bablee, a legend from the coupe-decale scene hailing out of ivory coast and author of the world wide hit sous les cocotiers .

während das glow für nasenbluten in der technofraktion sorgt und sich wie marcel dettmann beim rave-girlanden aufhängen anhört wird flo filla seiner detroiter herkunft gerecht und grooved ohne viel schnörkel immer der nase nach

elin aka autorepeat und crowdpleaser erzielen, jeder auf seine weise, pluspunkte in sachen Öffentlichkeitsarbeit. ersterer macht mit techno für die späten stunden in dunklen räumen mobil, während crowdpleaser die dubbigere & housigere variante wählt

aktivposten-mix von quenum & ein deeper tradionalisten mix von donato dozzy. da dürfte fast jeder seine freude dran haben. tiga, koze, & loco dice hatten auf jeden fall schon amtlichen spass

the second new track by water lilly. the vicious arpeggio driven track featuring lillys voice on the top comes with a richard bartz remix, also known as acid scout !!

the first volume of the 2006 remixes feat the acidhouse monster rework of french produced arnaud gratigny aka a jackin phreak, swiss rising star dachshund providing an already approved driven tech monster and italian duo und on a more minimal tip

lady water lilly is back on her favourite label, mental groove. with invisible ink, lilly shows us her signature for pounding beats topped with sublte and dreamy melodies. it comes with a monster electro rock remix by arnaud rebotini from black strobe fame

zwei dreidimensional trippende langzeitlieder vom fachmann für freischwebenden & hypnotischen techno der auf s neue beweist, dass eine lange spielzeit nicht unbedingt langeweile zur folge hat

sumo is a duo from geneva founded in 1999 by brothers fred and alex sumi. both played the piano when they were kids before they embraced freestyle-bmx. while they were riding, the ghettoblaster used to blast out punk hardcore or hip hop. in the 90’s, they moved quite naturally into music, playing bass and guitar in their originated funk band, swiss cheese connection. from 2000 to 2004, they have released on their own chiz recordslabel 4 vinyl ep s, supported by the press and djs like gilles peterson, jazzanova or luke solomon. in 2003, sumo makes its debut on yoshitoshi, label of grammy award winner duo djs deep dish, with the single >yes we will< which is played by top dj s like digweed, pete tong or paul oakenfold.

absolutely remix pack from the album >reflections of the dark heat< with an incredibly fresh dub version of >catch the buzz< as well as remixes by kalabrese (bruchstücke, perlon), roman flügel (alter ego) & crowdpleaser !!

hat schon jemand gemerkt, dass crowdpleaser & st. plomb mitunter den geilsten sound zur zeit machen? >the day after< war schon mal auf mgltd 009, wurde aber wegen grosser nachfrage nochmal neu aufgefettet. leute, das hier geht ab wie schmidt s katze...

beautiful deep electro minimal techhouse tunes with european ultra precise sound designs we like and subtle warm melodies, taking roots in both detroit and chicago tech feeling..

over the past 20 years, genevan duo sinner dc has built a solid yet discreet reputation on the international electronic music scene. their ethereal intergalactic yet catchy melodies, full on emotions and melancholy, became throughout the years the bandÕs trademark.

grand pianoramax is a supergroup consisting of three strong personalities, each possessing outstanding mastery of their craft: the acute lyricism of leo tardins keyboards, the immediate intimacy of black crackers wild poetry and the powerful, razor-sharp and pugnacious drums of dom burkhalter. the virtues of this rare alloy illuminate each of their concerts, which have taken place all around the globe.

for fans of: - stone throw records - analog experimental sample based music - psychedelic rock - afro ancestral i may have no possessions, but here lies everything one needs this is alexandre francisco diaphras motto as governor of his own life. a multifaceted artist from guinea-bissau, based in lisbon: rapper, poet, edutainer & beatmaker, creating music based on improvisation in which he blends his psychedelic, black music, afro ancestral influences and love for the non-quantized beats in the same way as with experimental jazz, mixed contemporary and urban styles.

french dj duo jess & crabbe return to curate a second collection under the bazzerk banner, exploring a criminally unknown dance scene. changa tuki classics takes us on an exhilarating trip to a venezuelan underground electronic scene. defining changa tuki as a genre is tricky, the respective meanings of the words themselves is a mystery yet to be elucidated. changa emerged in the late 80s as a the word to describe all strands of hard-hitting electronic music, to this day it remains the one popular term applied to all forms of house or techno.

das schweizer label mental groove hat sich mit dem dj duo jess & crabbe zusammengetan, um diese einzigartige compilation, die sich dem echten sound des kuduro ueber die laenge von zwei cds widmet, zu praesentieren. die musikrichtung kuduro entstand anfang der 80er in angola, als elektronische musik aus europa und amerika den afrikanischen kontinent erreichte. die musik ist schnell, energiegeladen und tanzbar und erreicht besonders in laendern wie portugal, cape verde, frankreich und brasilien zunehmend an popularitaet. das duo praesentiert auf 2 cds insgesamt 27 tracks, die den sound des kuduro umfangreich und authentisch portraetieren.

for fans of labels like ocora, smithsonian folkways records, buda music, nonesuch and traditional forms of music, ambient, (ethno)musicology

cd + 54 page booklet . 9th volume of the legendary radio show cd collection. luxurious packaging with 54 pages booklet in french and english

it is a great album! it sounds like he had passed through my lessons. (tony allen) although i did not think deeply about it but i felt that a certain time had come for me and i decided to produce my solo album. it was 20 years since i first started playing drums and since then, out of all the brilliant artists who live in japan that i played with, i wanted to freely enlist players who i really wanted to create music with. the initial catalyst was my strong yearning, wanting to know, what sort of creativity would result, if i produced my own album.

mental groove records is thrilled to announce bigenerics new double album entitled spielmanda in collaboration with the artist own inzec imprint. swiss artist marco repetto is the chromatic brain behind bigeneric musical project and has a strong background in the burgeoning scenes of minimal synth (grauzone with stephan eicher), early techno (synectics on aphex twins rephlex imprint) and ambient / trance (planet love on superstition). spielmanda album reflects the artist deep love for nature, psychedelia, health and futurism. the title is borrowed from a book by berner writer and myths researcher sergius golowin and is a fictional legendary and mystic place in the swiss pre-alps, a place that marco repetto explores through the 16 tracks of this album that he has constructed and tested at numerous performances. a truly justified and bright +2 hours long daydreaming walk across the deep forests and infinitively colorful meadows of imaginary spielmandas landscapes and beyond, with marco repettos heart rebel signature, a unique and modern mixture of technology driven hippie & punk culture. 117th release from versatile swiss imprint mental groove records (donato dozzy, bruno spoerri, eduardo de la calle, kenji kawaii, orlando voorn, nate krafft, sinner dc, orbe, lugano fell, keiichi tanaka, tommasso cappelatoÉ)

among eduardo de la calles expansive output of some sixty releases over the past half decade and aside from releases on his own analog solutions imprint, and the like of nonplus, cadenza and semetica - is a serie of four e.p. for mental groove, collected under the analog grooves banner. started in 2012, it focuses on a more experimental and meditative approach to techno, one suffused with jazz sensibilities and cosmic mindset. brian kolada, resident advisor (full article) ... this is the cd version of this 6x 12 inch vinyl edition... cd comes with 9 tracks

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