rothmans are back with their first release of 2016 and who better to bring in the new year than italian electropsycho s dj rocca & daniele baldelli. of course this record would have to pay homage to an italian great and who better than 1982 world cup hero marco tardelli. first up on the ep is a synth funk journey called kratos. rocca goes full on here and doesent hold back as he takes us on a journey of synth wizardry and classic italo beats. up next is an another original from rocca called fonk 400 another track that could have been plucked starigt out of the golden age of italo disco, again rocca is pulling no punches here. the ep is rounded off in spectacular fashion, just like marco tardellis famous world cup final celebration we have nothing short of genius with daniele badlellis electropsychomix of kratos. baldellie doing what he does best and taking us too another level yet again.

having first surfaced last year with their first various artists release featuring the dearly departed andreas gehm, the stealth mission label is back with another four-strong salvo of no-nonsense acid, electro and techno. naked eye people kicks off proceedings with the punishing jacker -short distance- before barrow boy whips up a perfect slice of malevolent 303 mischief on -btb (demo mix)-. on the b side there s space for a little more reflection with the spacious pings of bobby durst s -shape shifting- before mike storm turns the heat back up on the delightfully unhinged -dark sight (sims jff edit)-.

a rosy light, shows her profile bleeds of tears and the bruises over her face. the shouts, have deafened of herself, the ears short is the breath, given by the humiliation the curled up limbs, to do not feel pain. and those tired eyes, to see of her nightmares, the faces they fade, as dissolving the dim light is, of another, damp, sun. -utopian soul –

uk wave funk veteran dmx krew returns to abstract forms with his latest double album project. escape-mcp features 13 tracks of synth drenched electro and elastic techno grooves drawing inspiration from a 1983 computer game where the player is trapped inside a computer by a rogue processor. fortunately dmx krew isn t trapped inside a computer and is still with us making killer grooves. don t sleep!

coming straight off the back of a melodic and exhilarating release from induction, fledgling dutch imprint and management house ravage are proud to announce the first ep release in their new black series. focusing on the darker and unchartered spaces of techno music, the black series kicks off firstwith fellow dutchman and upfront upstart s.a.f with the hunter ep.

hailing from the small town of stroud, south west england, marcel lune has been quickly building his reputation as one of the hottest new talents in the uk bass music scene. having discovered an 808 in his parents attic at a young age, it quickly became one his favourite toys and set him off on a musical voyage which is beginning to gather momentum. having already released a string of releases including a full album for studio rockers last year, this release with local talk is a new chapter in the ever growing marcel lune saga. this debut for local talk is nothing short of brilliance. an ep that sits somewhere between the early floating points days and local talk s very own crackazat jamming with harvey sutherland. from the opening track sketches marcel brings broken house rhythms, piano chords and dancing acid lines in a glorius way. the clever vocal arrangement on eat good takes no prisoners and on the flip crazy love , another vocal track, marcel slows things down a bit together with vocalist bluesz. the ep ends with soul music, upping the energy level slightly with its snappy, jazz-influenced beats and dancing synth lines. a beautiful and fitting addition to the ever expanding local talk catalogue.

he cd included in this vinyl edition features the 14 tracks in the same order short info: cerrone is one of the main architects of disco music. his influence is well known around the world and a new release will soon be added to the monument that his discography represents. during 3 years, he travelled back and forth to london, paris and new-york to record ‘red lips’, working with some the most promising young artists (kiesza, yasmin, brendan reilly), collaborating with well-established stars (aloe blacc, alexis taylor from ‘hot chip’) and also worldwide famous legends nile rodgers and tony allen. get ready to dance, the king of the night is ready to claim back his throne.

aus music follow up a string of new signings with the return of 2 of the long-standing staples, label owner will saul and long term affiliate komon. the duo most recently collaborated on a 12inch for kompakt now together they ready the ‘eve’s seven’ ep a deep and dreamy 3-track ep that comes with a remix from recent signing recloose. bloom sets arresting riffs circling through rich textures that thicken and thin to startling effect. ‘eve’s seven’ follows up with dusty drum samples and bold melodies before the brooklyn native does what he does best in offering up a typically sunny take on komon & will sauls eves seven. sweeping filters and a short, driving bass line propel a highly energetic but playful rework primed for brimful dancefloors.

those who preordered, do not have to do so again, we will contact you when we have stock! the music fell into the lap of wt records and it seemed only natural to release this 2 part big room art piece. moon temple is gabriel andruzzi. you may know him as the bass player/sax guy/engineer of a well known defunct nyc band. this well polished piece contains 9 tracks of delicate interludes, big room acid stompers, and weirdo spastic mechanical marches. there is no way to know if this release will end up in a big room, a sweaty basement, or a museum. not only does it sound good but there is a visual aspect too. both 12inchs (pressed on 45) are packaged in beautiful silver foil op art by moscows art crime.

• exclusive track by marcel dettmann and levon vincent
• includes 6 unreleased edits and remixes
• full tour schedule to support release
• cover art short by infamous berghain doorman sven marquardt
• download card included with lp format

four never before released or publicly available demo cuts from the writing sessions of craig peyton and jolyon skinner circa 1983-1985. the duo produced and wrote hits for artists in between working on their own projects. these songs survived the past 30 years on a cassette tape, which was lovingly transferred for this exclusive to peyton records release. after their short but fruitful collaborative period, peyton went on as a writer and band leader and skinner went on to have a career as a songwriter for pop acts such as joe, nsync, and freddie jackson. in the words of craig peyton: “jolyon skinner and i met in the early ’80s through our mutual friend keith diamond (the trinidadian producer of hits such as “caribbean queen” by billy ocean). after we met, jolyon and i started regular writing sessions at my nyc p-factor studio. our first break came in 1983 with howard johnson’s “let this dream be real-. that was followed up with “love of a lifetime” by melba moore and “where ya gonna be tonight” for will collins. after this we were offered a recording deal by april blackwood music, but due to my contract with profile records at the time we couldn’t accept it. shortly after skinner got signed to zomba and we stopped writing together around 1985.

friends & relations is a freshly minted imprint based in peckham, a neighbourhood that has gone from run-down dump to hipster haven in the space of a few short years. the label s first missive comes from its founder and proud peckham-dweller, ali nebraska gibbs, a producer best known for his missives on rush hour and mister saturday night. it s a predictably strong release, with both -stop playing with my heart- and -keep what ya got- showcasing gibbs skill for turning rubbery disco and soul gems into tasty, club-ready house cuts. he s particularly good at teasing out tracks via judicious use of sampled loops, as the deeper and smokier closer, -rat boogie-, deftly proves.

the vanguard project is the brainchild of steve bcee & andrew villem wilson. both already being established producers this new project sees them truly going from strength to strength with every release. for the daredevil ep they deliver four soul-soaked slices of deep spaced drum & bass with rolling drums. to keep things short and simple, this is dope.

after a run of releases including music from rex club residents d julz and phil weeks, and a beautiful atlantic breakaway with fred p, rex club music brings in the boss of poker flat recordings, the maestro himself, steve bug. a gentleman and a scholar who has been a key figure of the techno scene since its very early days, steve bug is also the mastermind behind a prolific and in demand label. he is a man who is always on point, looking to the future, maintaining the present and drawing on the past to operate in that magical intersection between the different eras of time.indulge in this short course of rexology for proof of his mastery, which is expertly applied with this polished new ep.first up we have ‘what’s happened’, a track that occupies the space between tech house, acid and dub. get ready for some hard stepping on the dance floor when this track is unleashed. then rod goes in hard with two remixes of ‘what’s happened’, upping the ante, increasing the tempo and urgency to create an air of emergency. with ‘remix one’ rod has us on high alert, while ‘remix two’ focuses a little more on the groove and catchy analogue flashes. on the flip we have a night of ‘berlinian rexing’, with its time-lapse atmosphere allowing us to teleport between berlin and paris in a cacophony of whirring synths and uplifting stabs. the track plays on timelessness, creating classic tropes and creating the kind of atmosphere that underpins all of the most unforgettable nights.

tale of 2 cities (or t.o.2.c for short) is the culmination of what was just a whim of an idea from label owners mike & justin. it s the first of its kind for us & anyone who knows anything about kolour ltd should know that we shall leave no stone un-turned on a release of this magnitude. this 14 track, 3x12 vinyl compilation is a smooth journey throughout the realms of deep house, mid-tempo grooves, funk/soul, with an edit (or two) for good measure. disc 1 features the incomparable talents of jimpster (under his franc spangler alias), admin, ugly drums & lady blacktronika, henry wu, and the hue ft. kissy asplund. disc 2 features the fouk boys, frank booker, vincenzo de bull & halve soul, & inkswel. disc 3 features the talents of eddie c, napoleon, sleazy mcqueen & vinyladdicted, patchworks, and leblanc. 3 x lp in a trifold sleeve & poster.

short run of this 2001 banger using original plates and labels. when theyre gone

vinyl only - 12inch with deluxe clear pvc vinyl sleeve in neon print short info: bottom heavy techno cuts from bristol.

rain text is a new project by giovanni civitenga and giuseppe ielasi. this 4-track ep is the first in a series of records produced using each time a different and fairly limited bank of sounds. giovanni civitenga is a producer from rome, currently living and working in berlin. he has released albums under different monikers on various labels including brainfeeder and huntleys + palmers. in 2014 he started skyapnea, a label and series of broadcasts on nts radio. giuseppe ielasi grew up in the south of italy and now resides in the outskirts of milano. he mostly plays solo, but also in bellows (with nicola ratti) and in duos with enrico malatesta, kassel jaeger, andrew pekler. he has released (short) records on 12k, entr acte, senufo editions, dekorder, error broadcast and other labels and also produces music under the -inventing masks- moniker.

unblock label boss tuccillo strikes again with another solid release with the ep black talk. this is the 5th release on this respected vinyl only imprint that has previously showcased talent such as tomoki tamura and djebali but this time, comes from tuccillo himself with his unmistakable signature sound. headlining track -black talk- has a great rolling baseline with plenty of swing with some subtle vocal snippets thrown in here and there. -ride on- has a tougher edge with some old school flavours driven by a rhythmic snare with lots of energy perfect for the height of club dj set shopwork offers a more percussive sound over an infectious warm chunky groove, again with some cool short reggae influenced vocal snippets. a timeless release that can stay in the box.

is it heavy industrial machinery or the loud noise of a tropical jungle? do we hear a swarm of exotic insects over our heads or the sound of permanent construction overshadowed by sky-scraping cranes? this is los muchachos, the latest release of sano, from medellin, colombia. a strangely swinging 12inch with 2 heavy stomping downtempo tracks for those who know and those who want to learn - plus a mesmerizing interview – remix produced by toulouse, salon des amateurs resident and member of kreidler. los muchachos is a house music short story – both tropical and industrial – about adolescence in medellin, about kids selling their cd-rs at undocumented raves, about drawing flyers and stealing 16.09.2016 kisses, testing substances and kicking stones, about bedroom production, about dance and more dreams and adventures of los muchachos - the kids

midnite spares, australian music devotees andrás and instant peterson hold a candle to overlooked avant-pop and electronic works by antipodean artists and outsiders working through the 80s and 90s. through co-presenting weekly radio show strange holiday, the duo slowly upturned their locale for inspiration - archives, country bookstores, private collections and convenience stores, searching for a place to anchor their own identities in the oceans of the island continent. the 10 tracks acknowledge a minor history, passed on via a network of friends, friends of friends, the libraries of radio station 3rrr and more often than not, the artists themselves. renowned mixed media artist maria kozic enters with the mysterious downbeat of trust me, her partner philip brophy responsible for digital and analogue sonic construction. a recurring character in andrás and instant peterson’s investigations, brophy reappears with a score piece from his divisive feature film salt, saliva, sperm and sweat, recorded as ??? (pronounced “tch tch tch-). other links are thread under the surface. melbourne inner north experimentalist david chesworth explores his australiana songcraft leading whadya want?. the short lived project also featured philip jackson, whose duo the couch is restored from fast forward’s dance issue - a pioneering cassette fanzine published by early-80s 3rrr

few records have gained such a legendary status as chiapet s tick tock. the 12- single, released in 1997, brings back memories for any house or techno dj of the era. now it is making its return as a yoshi classic, with fresh remixes from loco & jam, robosonic, and perc. loco & jam s mix is a nothing short of a powerhouse. about as driving as techno gets and armed to the teeth with noise, it has become a staple in sharam s recent sets.

played by neuman (maddisco edits), eddie c
emotional especial comes together with future nuggets for a -special- one-off collaboration. reinterpreting the music of steaua de mare are four remixes from rising (eastern) stars khidja and mehmet aslan. the first in a short series of especial -specials- - where new artists are brought together for unique releases - we start by teaming up with future nuggets to present again the sonic offshoot in the unique band, steaua de mare. returning in remix form, songs from their self-titled album, as well as extra additions, are specially reworked. first khidja take album track babadag to new psychedelic depths, adding multiple layers of guitar and synths, all inexhaustibly dubbed and re-dubbed until a whole new track emerges for the more discerning minds. next mehmet aslan is focused on the dance-floor, carefully reconstructing new track shop into a club orientated groove, aiming straight at the feet with inevitable results. on the flip, mehmet then reworks album highlight, doamne ce greseala am, amassing tension in careful, subtle ways, crafting a version that is a proper meeting of hearts and minds. to finish, khidja return to remix the previously unreleased 1 septembrie. going to great lengths in managing a myriad of details, with balearic, kraut, pseudo-disco and exotica reverberations all pulsating, here then are on point examples of remix manipulation. a perfect way to start this series and showcase these wonderful artists.

after a short hiatus, eddie c s red motorbike blazes back through we re back to the 7 inch format for this one, as eddie splits the release with long time compadre roberto who rewires a smooth tropical groover with a warm, absorbing low end, marimba noodles and an imaginary palm tree overhead on the flip eddie proves yet again why he s one of the best in the business, with a heavyweight funk strut another keeper... hand - stamped, 7 inch vinyl only business

after a short break adelaide soundworks returns with an exciting new release from perth based artist ewan jansen. following up from successful releases on going good and chez damier’s inner balance imprint this past year ewan is back with the ‘dispersion ep’ featuring 6 new beats from the present and days gone past.

played by monsieur cedric (serie limitee), jason hodges, phaze dee, bradford james (ds records)
after a short break in releases, plastik people are back with the third installment of the various people. we see label owner marc cotterell up first with his slice of 90 s house music, incorperating slick grooves and catchy cut up vocals, along side mark on side a, a new addition to the plastik people family from london, charles caliber, who graces the ep with a stunning soulful house groove called moving on. on the flip side nyc artist doug gomez brings us a classic sounding, deep head nodding track which was originally releases on frole records and we loved it so much that we decided it needed a vinyl releases, to round off the release, we are very pleased to have mikki funk back on plastik people. he delivers us a splendid cut of uk garage, mikki funk has also previously released on rm records and music is love.

nice price deal !!! nice mediterranian mood, created in 2000 by olaf hund and ole martin vilberg aka mood makers for french label musiques hybrides. remixes by monsieur dinosaure and those norwegians.

nice price deal !!! besides delivering impeccable back2back performances behind the decks at events world wide (such as sensation, extrema festival and a day at the park), organizing their own housequake events (15th august & 13th september at blm9, bloemendaal) dj duo roog and erick e also made their way into the studio! after spending quite some hours behind the mixing console, the result is nothing short of amazing: housequake & anita kelsey shed my skin.

nice price deal !!! mike sulu established himself with his brilliant digital releases (bacteria records) to the electronically oriented audience. >insects on ice< = soft deep chords are in correspondence with synth fragments. short, minimal melody arms turn slightly out to the tribal touch of the original songs. big support by: guy gerber, luetzenkirchen, roger sanchez, cassius, nudisco, monoroom, mistress barbara und felix kroecher... special rerelease

nice price deal !!! danny clarks solid ground label is already in its short lifespan proving to be one of the most indemand soulful labels around – working with the crème de la crème of vocalists, and mixing up their own productions alongside key names on the mixes, the winning formula is firmly fixed on quality. for the fourth release, jay & danny diversify their sound by taking on a deeper tone and working in the haunting vocals of the outstanding nica brooke, with a killer remix package from underground collectives marlon d & the ever impressive atjazz taking the track on different routes.

nice price deal !!! brand new release on the celebrated golf channel label. already causing much online and mixtape fervour from a handful of tps released late last year, this is sure to be another sought after cult classic from the catalogue! dominik von senger may be something of a mystery to most, but his early 80s kraut rock / electronic work on german labels f³nfundvierzig, harvest & verabra have become firm favourites with kraut-rock afficionados and balearic types alike. wonderfully melodic and suitably epic >no name< takes its cue from this fertile era of deutsch muzika and updates it for todays ears and dancefloors, with the kon tiki voyage mix especially spicing up the structure of the original into a more toe-tappingly beautiful piece. the real deal folks! in short, another totally essential hole in one from gc - dont sleep!

nice price deal !!! mixes by mikdat & sebastian klein after a short break schieber returns with release number 05 - and what a return it is! for number 05 the label has signed japanese producer ditch who is already known for releases on minibar and adjunct and who picks up and refines the swinging minimal groove which dinamoe has shown on schieber 04. on >euphony< ditch initiates fireworks of samples made out of vocal snippets and mulitcoloured sounds which are held together by a dark piano sample and a straight groove. in his remix mikdat succeeds in delivering another one of his inimitable tightrope walks between house and techno

nice price deal !!! third release on komplement recordings for label s owner ludwig buez. after a short break we re happy to hear him again with quality tracks both very different. day after is a more detroit techno oriented sounds with huge chords,smoky synths topped by huge toms & drums rythms for a dark and effective result.this is techno the way it should be! on the b side with mesa verde ludwig give us his vision of an atmospheric and melodic moment by adding seductive synth melody lines on top of uncluttered & tight minimal drums.

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nice price deal !!! stomping spain proggy house 4 da big rooms

nice price deal !!! the moody boyz remix of ‘know my name’ lends ms omega’s vocal a more calescent energy, purely due to the lucid dependability of its boisterous, bolstering bassline. it seems only natural that a trailblazing spearhead of the genre of dub should be one to reconstruct the soulful precursor to this experiential achievement, in a version that compels the attentions of both the passive tranquilized listener and the active dancefloor denizen. mischievous percussive splattering, playfully arpeggiated sonic energy and clarified stereo legroom are all integral elements of this dazzling interpretation, as it retains the unornamented, spatial candor of the original, while simultaneously instilling it with a current of what can only be described as voltaic charisma. in short, this tune is a powerful invocation to an inestimable ensemble of musical heritage: concurrent harmonic simplicity interleaved with melodic ascension make the moody boyz remix a consolidated torpedo of euphoniously triumphant achievement and savvily creative coordination.

ancient methods & cindytalk, pay homage to the white rose figurehead, sophie scholl - remembered for her role in the passive resistance to the nazis during wwii - with a passionate and unflinching trio of noise/techno girders for diagonal. for those aware of cindytalk’s illustrious industrial heritage - she has collaborated with everyone from cocteau twins and this mortal coil to revolting cocks’ chris connolly and dj scud, this is nothing short of a momentous meeting of epochs, styles and mutual intent. and it’s f**king deadly wi’ it, too.

the second of this year’s smd singles on their own delicacies label is features another two original tracks, leading with the hypnotic, late night techno loping of “remember in reverse”, drenched in glistening synths. the second track, “soft attack” takes a much more direct approach, with a brash battering of crash cymbals on every 4th bar marking time as a sinuous synth melody curls around the rhythmatic trunk. “soft attack (drum version)” pares it down even further, excising the melody for a minimal dj tool. also included here is a remix of ‘remember in reverse” from 90s mid west techno legend, dj hyperactive, who we’re super excited to have on this release. he extensive 11 minute rework transforms the track, sprinkling it with subtle doses of acid. after a short hiatus following their modular-only, desert recorded last album “whorl”, during which smd s james ford found himself on production duties for everyone and their dog, smd are back with bunch of techno cuts on their own delicacies label. over a couple of months in jas shaw s newly re-located synth-dense studio in leafy kent, which saw smd once again experiment with live jams as the basis for their production, they’ve pulled together a selection of eight tracks for release as a series of four singles over the coming months. smd fans will note that the earlier naming convention of delicacies has fallen by the wayside – for the simple reason that we’ve pretty much run out of weird and wonderful food stuffs to steal names from. instead, a semi-random automated process has been used to create the track names.

um:bros project is back from 1984, they played mainly live during mid-eighties in one of the first italian electronic club called suburbia (perugia). they signed for the legendary house of music italian label but this album never saw the light (due also for the short life of the label). um:bros put togheter elecronic, new wave and italo-disco in a modern and updated style!

hart auf den fersen von moonbuilding 2703 ad remixes / sin in space pt. 1 (kompakt 336) erhält das pionierduo the orb nun eine fürstliche remix-behandlung von prins thomas: für alpine diskomiks / sin in space pt. 2 hat der norwegische disko-könig den track „alpine evening“ von the orbs aktuellem release alpine (kompakt 339) neu interpretiert und mit seiner typischen tanzflurmagie versehen – der psychedelische klopfer wandelt sich unter seiner hand zur gutgeölten, hochenergetischen tanzmaschine. es ist nicht das erste mal, dass prins thomas material von kompakt-künstlern in die mangel nimmt (man denke an seine exzellente arbeit mit justus köhncke und vermont), doch diese neufassungen zählen sicherlich zu seinen besten (und treibendsten) remixen bisher. der zentrale diskomiks erhält unterstützung durch zwei versionen auf der rückseite: das simpler tool for dj fools kratzt das streicherjucken, während der short yoga break die beats zur erweiterten atmosphärischen vertiefung ganz rausnimmt – eine perfekte manier um dieses release abzurunden.

ancient methods & cindytalk, pay homage to the white rose figurehead, sophie scholl - remembered for her role in the passive resistance to the nazis during wwii - with a passionate and unflinching trio of noise/techno girders for diagonal. for those aware of cindytalk’s illustrious industrial heritage - she has collaborated with everyone from cocteau twins and this mortal coil to revolting cocks’ chris connolly and dj scud, this is nothing short of a momentous meeting of epochs, styles and mutual intent. and it’s f**king deadly wi’ it, too.

der irische produzent und dj space dimension controller - bekannt von veröffentlichungen auf r&s, clone oder royal oak - veröffentlicht ende juli sein albumprojekt “orange melamine” auf ninja tune. darauf enthalten sind produktionen, die er 2008 im alter von gerade 18 jahren in seinem schlafzimmer in belfast bastelte. knackig, zerstreut und angenehm merkwürdig - “orange melamine” ist ein mit viel liebe produziertes und sehr persönliches album, das übernatürliche sounds und durchscheinende synthies mit einem gefühl von überquellender harmonie verwebt. das album bezieht seine inspiration aus alten vhs-tapes, die er von seinen brüdern und cousins bekam, sowie von künstlern wie boards of canada, brian eno oder william basinski. das album ist außerdem reich an audio- und filmreferenzen aus sci-fi filmen und animationen aus den 80er und 90er jahren. die palette reicht von streifen wie the guyver, short circuit, the gobots und ghostbusters bis hin zu the fifth element, escape from new york oder den power rangers. das doppel-vinyl erscheint im klappcover inklusive downloadcode.

maeve 09 is a special record. it welcomes the return of one of the founding members of the label, baikal. although the dutchman has had somewhat of a hiatus from releasing music, his hard work and struggle with the process of creating forward thinking electronic music has always continued. “pelican’s flight” reaps the rewards of this carefully nurtured process and proves most definitely it was worth the wait. the title track “pelican’s flight” is a mesmerizing ten-minute techno trip. a throbbing kick drum is decorated with sparkling synth lines all moving on their own orbit creating a trance like effect on the dance floor. the pinnacle of the trip hears rasping chords blast through the swell in a glorious moment of elation, in short this is a bomb. the b-side “all forces occur in pairs” goes deeper again, drawing the listener into a similar hypnotic state. various sonic ideas breathe in and out of the foreground creating a swirl of expectancy and excitement. this track will cause you to close your eyes and be carried away to another dimension… maeve are honored to add this record to their repertoire.

with the ep mental scapes, alva shows a first short format resolutely house. every track is an evolution, a progress. downtown - with its rhythmic part supported by the disco and deep atmospheres - is reminiscent of the influence of the 90s french house on the duos tracks. the shore is a very deep production with a groovy and a minimal bass, with these incisive hi hats and rides, and this sensual vocal. lighthouse uses several musical registers between techno, soul and ny house. the outro, playground, recorded in one shot, is a short downtempo track to enclose in a groovy way this first ep from the parisian duo.

in the short time since his debut, chairman kato has developed his own sound, as unique and offbeat as his personal reputation. launching his live show in 2011, as well as his own art exhibitions, chairman kato has staked his territory as one of the most keenly watched producers in london, now stepping on to the international stage at the top of the underground. its with great excitement then that we share this release on awkward movements. science & romance consists of four original tracks, influenced from all aspects of chairman katos life, as immediately heavy as they are emotionally layered.

strength lies in calmness – and vice versa. marcel fengler returns on imf and offers three new inspirited musical pieces that protrude from the club context just as well as cater for your home stereo, picking up on the diverse musical moods defined by his debut album fokus (ostgut ton, 2013) while concentrating on intertwining sound aesthetics. with “kyu” laid out on the a-side, this new 12- starts off with a delicate yet muscular floor-pleaser – its subtle 4/4 rhythm is counteracted by lush claps on 2/4, but the true finesse comes in form of its varying rhythmic details, crisp hi-hats and underlying, subtle melodies, most notably the twirling organ trills, sustained synth pads and alienated shout outs. “shitau” on b1 picks up on these introverted and adoring musical moods with more organic bell percussion and swelling synth layers adding a more cinematic touch to the complex rhythm patterns—then pausing for a short dreamy break, gaining speed again before culminating in a grand finale. “zen” follows up with intimate string arrangements until fengler varies the tone and tempo with tribalist percussion and a lush kick drum. this ep is an ideal companion, whether you re pruning your bonsai or branching out a club set.

a secret weapon from london featuring a remix from bleaching agent.

brian close and justin tripp, following up asemic club, for this promising, young berlin label, founded for hedonistisch, free-spirited music lovers. the short run releases shall be dedicated to the underground and casually combine selected tunes from all kinds of music. dont ride your horse backwards to the future!