croatian nu-disco/funk/boogie overlord ilija rudman has swung by around here. once more he is spinning his audio gems on the legendary bearfunk label. this time is the ever so funky new release soul embrace . ilija gets his niles rogers hat on and peppers this sparkler with chingy-funk guitar. add in some big rolling, dx-style, chugger bass and lashes of darting percussion and there you have it...floor-filler dynamite. the original mix and the spectacularly 80 s styled extended mix make an appearance. our man also goes straight for the beat jugular with his drum, beat and percussion heavy bonus beats mix. to round things off, label head bear, stevie kotey, takes on the remix duties. he brings some real bass along to the party and new layers of slick keys. turning down the floor quotient just a notch, this one is pure slow-burn disco done well, very well.

japanese based, dry-witted, multi-instrumentalist, max essa, docks his yacht to the good ship bearfunk once more. this time its the title track from his soon-come lp >white shoes blue dreams<. the original morphs things on from his pundit-pleasing beach and summer grooves onto an 80s tilt. the original mix is full of slick grooves and melodic musicality. maxs own >marbella< mix discos things up with a catchy keyboard riff that makes one think of a certain van mccoy, floor-filling stuff. fellow bearfunk sailor, roberto auser, is up for remix duties. his angular dutch grooves strip things back and make things refreshing and cool like he does with just about everything he touches. stay tuned for the second max essa album on bearfunk in the autumn.

produced by visti & meyland

a new label is born...houseworx is the new plattform for special oldschool flavoured housemusic...
lets start with luca bear, a young talented artist from italy who hass just released on robsoul ltd, break new soil, viva music and many others...

2002 classic on sneaks magnetic imprint!

stevie kotey gives the bear some funk on this 2004 release.

fresh outa detroit comes the first release on beretta music sub label beretta red. a four track compilation featuring respected artists arthur oskan, third ear and kanzleramts dennis desantis, and label head honcho brian kage. bear trax ep vol 1 is a collection of luscious detroit inspired techno jams aimed firmly at the dancefloor. strictly limited to 200 copies, and if thats not enough comes on appropriately enough tasty red vinyl. it also comes with a code to download all tracks free in digital format... which we presume must be for the girlfriends ipod.

portuguese based social disco club (aka humberto matias) delivers some laid back mediterranean spiced disco groove. >the way you move< sleeks along with sultry keys, latin groove, lazy percussion and all the flavour of an early-evening island vista. maia adds his tastefully high catchy vocals to round off the vibe. up on the edit is our pal greg wilson who re-jigs like only he can, creating a more floor based mix. the original is all about the great vocals whilst new norwegian disco-don diskjokke gives us his late 80s balearic sounding re-rub.. its ibiza 88 all over again.. drop the deal friends

banging french house/disco mixes by fred falke!!

this time paul damage teams up with surgeon for 3 kicking remixes of tinas teddybear-tragedy!

sometime chicken lips collaborator and full time disco don stevie kotey keeps the momentum going on his longstanding and ever consistent imprint by going slightly off piste with the latest bearfunk 12inch. for my friends is the work of lusty zanzibar aka alex cordiner, cabaret voltaire fan and former holistic artist, and we re struggling to describe it effectively to be honest. its a simple concoction of fluttery synth riffs and fat bottom end, but has the sort of quirky melody that you just dont expect to hear in a noo disco record, or a house record for that matter. it is, however totally infectious, and destined to be one of bearfunks biggest of the year we reckon. solid mixes come from kotey and lusty himself, and all are dominated by the riff, as will your brain be after listening to this package a few times. beginning of the night, end of the night, all night, all aboard the wonky disco train to zanzibar

1998 tooltechno plus housy wildpitch-remix by dj pierre.

like many of us over here at bear towers, giorgio sancristoforo aka tobor disco experience has an unhealthy interest in the 1970s - the instruments of bob moog, vocoders, alan parsons - the cult sci fi series space 1999 - and here hes used the decade as a sonic palette to create the kind of ep that gets the whole office (ie: both of us, on pcs at home, occasionally) sitting up and listening. opener disco moog has already been used on our rools for rules compilation earlier this year and had many beards twitching at the prospect of forthcoming vinyl. shooting star is a more uptempo affair with blissful chords, slap bass, disco handclaps and gios trademark vocoder. i feel loved is a personal favourite of stevie kotey with anthem written all over it. this awesome clavinet workout has such a good vibe about it you cant help feeling nothing but loved. it could easy be mistaken for alan hawkshaw super rare bruton library track.

just brilliant , balearic groovy and deepa space disco ... or call it pure cosmic

excellent spaced out disco to deep disco stuff by the diaphanoids aka andrea bellentani and simon maccari

hypnotic infectious breaks two tracker

sankt göran from gothenburg sweden is the next nordish disco funkateer adopted by the ever growing bear family. the wonderful back2back is a mildly paced, twisting boogie cut drenched in warm, balearic synth cascades while angel babe the thin man crosses a smokin jazz funk bassline with dramatic italo sounding synth fanfares and falls into a electronic boogie break part in the middle. very strong debut!

excellent deep and groovin serious disco house !!

>where were you..< is taken from their cd >astral weekends< forthcoming on bear entertainment. so turn your dream machine on, get off your psychic asses and start walking on the laser s edge…. all aboard the space train captained by tin pac-men from toy planets.1972-1977-1978-1979-1980/// berlin-munich-london-paris-new york…they ve seen the best minds of those generations crisped and motherfunked by the active oxidants of brainium zythernitrate. the diaphanoids (visible division) are: andrea bellentani and simon maccari. no aliens nor humans have been harmed during these recordings. remixes for their debut single come from the exciting talent of toby tobias (rekids, bear funk gold, hi-phen…) in 2 forms: his epic proton mix coming in at over 10 minutes long and the superb lazer-disco dub mix. this boy’s on fire! massive and excited reactions already from padded cell s richard sen, idjut boys, tim sweeney (dfa, beats in space), lindstrom, prins thomas, toby tobias, stevie kotey, arturo capone, simon lee (faze action), chicken lips and fabrizio mammarella… they re silver, how about you?

house music at its best ! the a side start with the real floorfiller >keep on keepin on<! after a deep intro, this track get huge with its hypnotic synth. and the a2 track >catch the worm< continues in the house vein, but with a nu disco touch. a perfect link between all ny city producers, from mr v and masters at work to metro area ! the b1 >remembering mr k alexi shelby< sounds like a perfect tribute to all chicago masters. and with the b2 >spaghettidisco<, the cave bear cult get back to the 80s with a warm italo track. an ep for the like of pete herberts and reverso 68, metro area, lindstrom and prins thomas, mr v, louie vega, osunlade, house, italo, nu disco, chicago and ny house!

dj antoine and mad mark deliver a slamming electrohouse monster edit on the a side flip over for a funked up funky junction & antony reale mix and the stripped down keepers of melody e klaustro remix

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

ultraphat raw driven funky chicago house with dopeful jackin remixes by miles maeda, jake child & angel alanis

mixes by jerry ropero & michael simon !!!

whos taking disco to the next level? bear entertainment a perfect afterhour disco monster

two deep grooving tribal tracks a side with a cool female vocal sample that should not be missed

einseitig, rot, limitiert ! die neue minimise mit troy pierce remix. von führenden anlageberatern empfohlen

excellent 70s influeneced electro funky disco house with large giorgio moroder styled bassline !! wow, very serious

spacige disco beeinflusste tech tracks, very funky and still deep!!! tipp

more space disco from the bearfunk imprint somewhere between lindstrom and harway (sb)

techno twisted funky tech house number with an acid worked daniel poli remix (sb)

tough tech house styled afro tribal-house / incl grant dell remix

the stay is based on a vintage drum machine loop a la sun palace peppered with live percussion, an acidic synth line plus some bittersweet melody. flip over for a classic house excursion working some classic bluesy detroit house chords and sporting great twisted drum programming. also comes in new blinding, in-yer-face sleeve design

3 tracks from feedelity-artist and nordish disco-don hans-peter lindstrom. jodleknappen and naa er bestemor paa moten are 2 nasty tracks with lots of jazzy percussion and techno-ish disco-beats? arthur russell meets carl craig? gang sound is another percussive track from lindstrom with dirty disco-ish

phat dubby disco house 4 track...extra tipp !!

this is a semi live project from the boss bear steve kotey. 'so cheeky' feel likes an authentic 80's electro boogie workout but plays like a main room smasher the drumtracks machine is the key ! on the flip 'i get deeper' was a live jam that recorded in one take the effect laden monster also has a vocal message for afrobutt

rough and stripped down oldschool house with a mysterious vibe and urging, erotic vocals. flip over for a more instrumental version with heavy acid twist. reminds us of the early u-star records that lit up little heads many moons ago, truly amazing!!

repress...raw funky chicago house !! derrick carter rmx

limited edition pink vinyl.

solo debut album from erika angell of thus:owls.

comes on lemon yellow coloured vinyl.