+ big bruno pronsato rmx!! esperanza is happy to announce 11: am, a new musical project dedicated to expanded and rarefied atmospheres. as the first appointment we present to your kind attention an artist who doesnt need any introduction: seph. the argent

another smooth release by amplified orchestra which goes way beyond the hip disco edits we hear all the time. on this obscure chicago label (hand stamped and no further artist info) we get 3 tracks with the sublime moon voyage (based on an old cosmic disco-funk track, but completly rebuild), the incredible asteriod (reminiscent to early moodyman and rick wade. very good detroit house) and the disco-funk-soul stepper lets have a ball. nice one

carnage artist leo laker with a new project called leo luciano and he comes here with ultrahot pushing schranz trax

nice price deal !!! norman doray is a new french artist but already known with his track let u go produced under the name >the freshmakers<. he produce here a perferct ibiza sunny tune with 2 remix, by noir very electro and another one by the hottest belgium dave lambert!

rong music, the new york disco label beloved by the likes of lindstrom, idjut boys, glimmer twins, quiet village and harvey releases its first artist album. mudd (aka paul murphy) is more commonly known as a part of late 90s dub disco dons akwaaba, alongside steve fela kotey (chicken lips). akwaaba released 2 albums on idjut boys label discfunction and were championed by some legends such as francois k, ron trent and larry heard. under the mudd alias paul has released on key nu disco labels rong, noid, big bear, vertige, stranger, session, discograph and cottage. mudds signature sound is a live, song based take on the spaced out disco trip made popular by lindstrom & prins thomas/rub & tug/idjut boys & quiet village. an essential release for all fans of balearica and cosmic disco.

for the fifth release we can finally announce the expected solo release of miguel mendoza. the artist from madrid comes again with his dark, hypnotic and, of course, analogue sound to fill the dance floor with mystery and emotion

ext up on dj deeps deeply rooted house imprint is a sweet four track various artist ep of the highesst calibre. poker flats argy kicks off the festivities with a dope and quite deep number with shuffling hats, big storm noises, infectious and trippy synth riffs and big funky bass. it has an ame/innervisions vibe and has been getting plenty of plays from kerri chandler. next up prof delacroix provides a subterranean detroit flavored track with warm filtering strings that sound massive, delectable analog bass and sparse rhythms & drums. on the flip head straight for markus enochsons awa, a track for the deep defected heads for sure

switchstance recordings artist deela come up with their first solo ep that serves as a teaser for their forthcoming album mano mano. these guys already did remixes for mo horizons, issa bagayogo, greg long and many more. the ruhrfahrt ep showcases deela at its best. its a diversity of grooves and rhythms strictly aimed at the dancefloor.

dead famous artist delivers 2 pure raggea fused dubby breaks tracks this is pure summer feeling festival material and will be famous with the usual suspects not to be missed

rotterdam is known as a nutritious breeding ground for techno in its many shapes and forms. this very alive environment has caused a new imprint to arise: dinner. the label presents a rock solid sound based on futuristic offbeat patterns and industrial vibe. the artist featured on the label are some of the most outstanding dutch new talents, jeroen liebregts, fiend & friend and anton pieete. downwards-like techno trax

a brand new reworking of a track from amp fiddlers latest album, featuring the guest vocals of the uk’s biggest selling soul artist corinne bailey rae. >if i dont< is as uplifting a slice of summer pop as youll find in 2007. a 1930s ragtime inflected soulful singalong with the distinctive voices of amp fiddler and corinne bailey rae intertwined throughout the song. the single comes backed with a host of remixes featuring a spin by hip hop dons foreign beggars, a head nod to the 30s influence on the original by taylor mcferrinn (bobby mcferrinn s son) and a mix from garage and house supremeo wookie.

the 3rd mind your head release is a various artist thing 4 cool tracks ranging from techhouse to minimal tech sounds

in between working on their next album and touring america and australia, booka shade have come up with this new double a-side 12inch that makes the wait for their third artist album shorter. the a-side track, >tickle< is an emotive affair: over arnos shuffling drums and a pumping bass, walter drops a repeating hook and evocative synth chords. the ideal warm, summer tune, >tickle< is sure to be played on the terraces and at all the outdoor parties this year. then they turn their attention to karma car, which was inspired by booka shades us tour

the latest single on oliver koletzki’s imprint stil vor talent introduces a new artist and old friend of the label manager, kai kurve. his debut single “mir is schlecht” features two wonderfully crafted tracks and some really superb remixes by the already established producer daso and koletzki himself.

criminal records welcomes uk artist rebekah to their roster. rebekah, who is already well known as an international dj and just returned from a great china tour, strikes on her first release with a hypnotic and groovy track that will definitely make your ass shake. remix by markus guentner (ware, kompakt). supported by martin eyerer, dave dk and chloe

play rec artist gary dickenson with a fantastic debut on kumquat tunes. incl. lÜtzenkirchen remix!

boxer sport artist luca morris is back on french inprint magnetic disorder. very nice & well produced two techno tracker, straight no bullshit no comprise dancefloor techno here ! it packs a punch

psychischer postmoderner elektronica ambient, trippig , hypnotisch mit rock einschlag... sehr eigen!! border community artist

essential hot new tune from veteran producer and former twisted artist ralph falcon. the murk/funky green dogs main man delivers some big room tribal funk. major support by danny tenaglia, tom stephan…included in the azuli presents miami 2007 compilation

taken from the forthcoming artist album as long as the moment exists not to be missed

big with: shinedoe, ripperton, sian, martin eyerer & many others !!! this summer will be huge, because the guys of 8bit signed up the well known get physical, connaisseur and pokerflat artist afrilounge, for an ep which will hit the open air crowd like an hurricane. on a you ll find the track >wasser und sonne<, a combination of groovy pushing beats with an unforgettable melody, which forces you to move and stomp your feets into the ground and crying a river like justin did. on aa you ll find the track >cruisen< , a wonderful deep house track with an easy chilling character

essential compilation! already played by sven väth, karotte, laurent garnier, jimpster,…. >grand cru< is a term used in the wine business and normally denominates a special wine, which is made from the best grapes of both one wine-producing area and one vintage. the stylistic diversities featured on this compilation arent less refined and versatile. at the same time this compilation boasts of a representative selection of artists who already released on connaisseur as well as up-andcoming new members of our artist pool. this selection is the beginning of a periodical series which will be released on a yearly basis. apart from afrilounge coming along with an elegantly lowered house groove, another artist who has already released on connaisseur, surely jochen trappe will be setting the benchmark with his glitch-rock-tech track. there are more familiar faces to be encountered – for example daso teaming up with his ingenious partner pawas. they both make even the most lame couch potato taste their own very special beaujolais and freak out on the dancefloor - blood , sweat and tears!

wagon repair welcome a new artist to their ranks in the form of italian minimal master luca bacchetti. after a host of releases on italian label tenax, spawned from the cult club of the same name, this is a heavy dose of entrancing minimal - equally suited for the dancefloor or the late train ride home. a side >rolling brooklyn< pushes the envelope a bit further, a busy and investigatory track driven by sniffing snare sounds, moist synth balloons and screeching metallic accents. ascending from chaos to minimal bliss. distinctly urban, b side >what ever< progresses defiantly amidst reverb laden howls and sirens, throbbing to climax with stabbed bass and rolling percussion in an inpenetrable surge to the senses. final cut >flat mates< keeps up the pace. led by a dizzy synth haze and fueled by a tight house rhythm, luca adds acoustic metal drum sounds into the mix to broaden the tone.

everyone knows the original by amaerican idol kelly clarkson. here are 2 freaky electronic reworks done by manual music artist qbical. huge crossover appael, suitable for electrohouse, minimal, techhouse and progressive jocks

uk based four:twenty continue their 2007 release schedule with this huge release from james mowbray & leiam sullivan, >lost in the tropics<. a slow burning, bass heavy groover with steadily rising keys and oddball electronic fx, >lost in the tropics< is an essential tech house track which will more than satisfy the countless supporters of the duo s previous release on four:twenty,. known for drafting in the finest remixers, four:twenty do not disappoint with their current choice of artist, matthias tanzmann. with releases on dessous, poker flat and his much-lauded moon harbour imprint he is the toast of underground house music and techno and turns in a suitably wonderful, subtle house groove

>bio electronics<, shocasing the unique style of this exceptional detroit artist. from the high-speed electro experiments of >protein coat< to the kraftwerkian melodies of >eukaryotic< and the drifting deep electronics of >diffraction pattern< and >quantum encryptian<. throughout his recording career sherard ingram has managed to remain one of the most uncompromising and mysterious producers in motor city music.

cocoon artist guy gerber auf seinem eigenen label mit dem allerfeinsten neo trance im besten sinne, hypnotisch tech house & minimal techno infiziert mit verspielten melodien !! so hört sich der sommer 2007 an!! hit ! dj support : sven väth, dj hell , tiga and many more

the irish is the only artist from cork who can claim to be part of the infamous stockholm electronic music scene known as the swedish invasion. long before making up one half of the successful techno house outfit dk7 - founded with partner jesper dahlbäck in 2003 -, mark, also known as the mighty quark or as mark and john when he produces with jespers cousin john dahlbäck, who moved to sweden in 1994, started to make music with various swedish artists perfecting his skills as an acoustically versed soundscape sculptor. with the prayer ep, marks first release on plastic city, o sullivan is returning to his dubby roots that made up an intrinsic part of him as a producer in the past as well - something that already shone through on his first two longplayers released on his own imprint king syndrome sounds. o sullivan, who is known for his world famous remixes and collaborations for and with leftfield, olaf hund, susuma yokota and digi dub

the producers behind the hamburg based duo piemont are frederic möring-sack and christian de jonqueires. they have been releasing and playing under the name of phunklarique & dejonka since 2005.. here comes the second release under their newly formed artist name piemont

big with: roman flügel, sven väth, laurent garnier, tiga, hell, oliver koletzki stephan bodzin is going to be one of the biggest name in techno 2007! that s for sure. his countless productions and co-productions have created him a very illustrious fan base including the biggest names in the business. he invented his very own and outstanding definition of electronic music – released on labels like spiel-zeug, giant wheel, confused, systematic or get physical to name just a few. in 2006 he launched his own label called herzblut. this all sounds like a standard phrase for info texts, but in this case it simply is the truth. the next big step for stephan is to release his very first solo artist album called >liebe ist…< soon to be out on herzblut on triple vinyl and cd...!.…

the british sound artist >scanner< comes with an electro old school flavoured and trance synth infected >moskau disco< track on the a-side and a ambient masterpiece on the flip

another release for dead famous and another new artist full of promise in the form of sicilian boy wonder break the box. following in the footsteps of other italian giants like madox and santos you can feel the mediterranean flavour in luigi barones music, with healthy doses of tech and funk laid over solid breakbeats. with a string of releases on the way on labels including breakin even, basstard, big square and ritmic, 2007 is set to be break the box s year

label boss davide squillace launches another creme de la creme release on his sketch sub label. number 4 presents a relatively new artist. marco shuttle made quite a statement with his release on the french multi vitamins and pursues his course on a proper new minisketch. incl remixes by personas touane, phutura and davide squillace

10 rapid deliver a groovy breaks anthem with live sounding drums and wicked vocals from mister who already getting major support from the top jocks on the flip jackmoves artist david ekenback delivers a massive electro flavoured remix a must have

fantastic drill remixes of this top electrohouse tune by force inc. artist alexander purkart

cocoon rec artist with his next remarkable electronic techhouse monster !!

arturo has been championing the classiest nu disco sounds at his club miocuore in pescara, italy with guests like the idjut boys, stevie kotey, greg wilson, maurice fulton, joakim and alden tyrell and building the most loyal of followings.stevie kotey picked up his album on a recent gig there and the first single svolvaer is destined to take arturo around the world in a bear disco dub spaceship. svolvaer is aptly named after arturos favourite place in norway, a country that has been, in artists originally introduced by bear funk like lindstrom and prins thomas, a musical inspiration to him. arturo adds his own italian flavours though and even bear funk gold artist fabrizio mammarella was enlisted on the guitar lead flipside track rego dancer. its a family affair as they say, but you dont wanna mess with anyone from the capone family

klickhaus gains momentum with this trippy, late night minimal endeavor for their third release, produced by now m_nus artist, ambivalent. this is ambivalent s second ep, the first being on klickhaus successful sister label, clink recordings, titled >roomies< , and he again proves himself as a name to watch out for this year. ambivalent has a unique, rhythmically diverse and funky style that can be mixed in many different arenas and always has an element of personality to each piece, which makes it a unique experience in dj sets. on the remix side, camea takes the original to the next level by stripping down the rhythm and adding a peak time chromatic pattern to the bubbling lead tone provided by ambivalent. camea s unique style adds a great diversity to this ep. dj emerson is the techno gentleman of the berlin underground scene for quite a while now, on this 12inch he provides a stellar re-work somewhere between house and techno to palindrome

next up on oliver huntemanns label dance electric is ladomat artist and graphic designer ascii.disko aka daniel holc, mostly known for combining the dark & melancholic shades of wave & alternative rock to floor rocking electro trenched dance beats. >closer< is no exception from this rule, a super simple and keen bass upon some fierce drum programming build the perfect ground for his seductive vocals. incl club mix and arnaud rebotini (blackstrobe) remix

the french artist anthony collins is known from releases on players paradise and criminal rec. finest melodic techhouse with ludovic vendi (dialect, was kids) remix

(style of eye remix) 2007 introduces a brand spankin new label from established artist/producer troydon. don t sleep on this one kids, it aint gonna sit on those record shelves for very long at all! (b1) rotated by inland knights, mark farina.

new german artist moqito has obviously grown up on a diet of b boy sounds as displayed on this debut! the raw beats of headache of a poet cut to the edge and its definitely got all the drops down, crashing and breaking up as the whole mix thunders along.

as the first release by gianni pellecchia, markantonio and detail was focused on a minimal techno vocalised style, the second issue on loose records is an amazing new variation of innovative composit sound. >change< is a fresh groovy minimal long track by alex aspide, leader producer of detail duo. >meteor it< covers the a1. a powerful techno minimal track by rino cerrone and alex aspide. closing the ep >trick the truck< an ingenious produced broken beat dub track by the revelation artist maurizio vitiello. an indian vocal sample seems to drive up to an avantgarde post-detroit mood

we are happy to welcome on this 5th release one of the most important argentinian producers, franco cinelli, well known for his recent album on alphahouse, played by the most important minimal das around the the globe.he is finally back on the young spanish label esperanza with a couple of tracks, accompanied by a mikael stavostrand remix.on the a side we have a funky course track, >antenna<, characterized by his typical fat and vibrating bassline, thin and cleverly placed hi-hat patterns and unexpected bubbling delayed bleeps.this is the perfect to change the gear of the dj set from a warmup session to a serious rockin party, thanx its energetic restart after a mid breaking pause.>oscilator one< on a 2 goes more hypnotic though mantaining a funk rate, thanks to a huge variety of cycling loops featuring a dubby bassline and an appreciable rhythmic pattern.on b side we have >antenna 2< wich is remixed with knowledge by the swedish artist mikael stravostrand, bringing it much percussive on start and effective in every kind dancefloor, all that enriched by an exceptinal vocal performance by big bully that definte lyx make it a true bomb to detonate in the right moment of the night

3 classic sounding detroit tech tracks by polish artist echoplex useful tools a la jeff mills a must have record

lemos is again a greek artist, so we don t have to talk about cheese again. and he is also releasing his first ep on our label just like mud max (001), florian meindl (002), dario zenker (003) & berovic&leicher (006) before. motek from mud max was keeping sending us his stuff untill we heard junk track which got so much energy that we decided to change our sleeping room into a club. we switched off the lights and our asses where vibrating from the subbasses that this 22 year old guy was hiding deep down the track

huuuuge electronic and melodic techhouse at it best , very groovy and hypnotic!! dan berkson = pokerflat artist

after becoming a significant force in the western canadian music scene rennie >dubnut< foster expanded his artistic visions by moving to tokyo, japan. his deep roots in music and love for the detroit sound mfor the second artist featured for the subject detroit global series. all 4 tracks contain the essence of japanese inspired beauty while maintaining the grit and mentality of the detroit sound.

next 12inch from the french cocoon artist ! >boul de nerf< is a peak time dancefloor track, with an atmospherique beginning, a big length with talking between bass and freaky lfo synthé. after 6 minutes the strange co2 break came before a second time for the dance floor...>boul de neige< deep acid track, for the aerial moment, straight line with a house rhythm section.... >boul de gum< minimal with something as chicago, big strange ballade for drunken lover s couple...