sandiego ist ein frisches talent aus milano. das a-seiten stück >axum< ist martialisch, sehr rhythmisch und geschickt in der ständigen veränderung des grooves der eine >clonkige< note trägt. >rogoredeo< verbindet post detroit einflüsse wie sie slg auch aufgreift, setzt sie aber in einen zusammenhang der europäische einflüsse zur geltung bringt und lässt nicht zuletzt deutlich mediterrane rhythmusvarianten einfließen, die auch ein wenig an alex under erinnern

known for his smacked up productions on 2020 vision and phonogenic audio, phonogenic aka tuomas salmela gives us his best work to date in the form or >orange leaves<. amazing production ties together this beautiful peace of finely arranged drums and humongous riffing, creating a fine mark for the wodka infused finn. for the b-side phonogenic delivers a slice of bubbly electronic funk with >dubby cop<. remixing >dubby cop< - milano s finest, boogie drama (aka lele sachi and sandiego) rocks the big floor with their trademark sound of phat kickdrums, bigtime breaks and lovely keys, ready to drop those stringpanties down. as a digital only special we include an unreleased phonogenic production >air moves< with a full-lenght freestyle man discotronix remix which warms up the disco flavoured hearts among us

the latest release on haiti groove recordings is from the italian star producer & dj joe montana. well known for his legendary dj-sets on the fashion weeks in milano (italy) and his many releases on reowned labels like strictly rhythm, stickman records or deep touch records. five stars is coming with 3 brandnew remixes as well as the original mix from 1999. packo gualandris provide us with an ultracool electro-big beat version and tom newman, well known through his remix for martin solveig s rocking music, comes up with a electrohouse version. side b contains a deep house remix by the us superstar dj vitamin d and the original version last but not least

hailing form oslo ost & kjex first got noticed on the planet noise label. their tast for flashy costumes, cheesy handbag house and fucked up electronic sounds caught the attention of crosstwon rebels and dialect, who now release this wonderful combination of crunchy beats like >milano model< which is a modern day new yor-style house anthem with a european electro twist or >foodchild< that is a melancholic piece between deep techno and minimal house. support laurent garnier, d julz, mike monday, jef k and more

another sureplayer (record of the week in recent dj magazine). the boogie drama mix is thrillingly intense with a bumpty dark and open produced electro vocoder sound aestetic you can just not get enough of. dazzling, irritating,forward thinking cool future clubmusic. there was a time when such good music was coming from america, people named danny tenaglia or pierre for example where able to do it.now listen to what they are and do these days and how 20 somethings from milano italy are taking over where they stopped in 95. stunning. sasse s mix again doe not dispappoint at all again. hes fast becoming one of europe s hottest house produers, someone who has the ability to effortlessly craft authentic italo and sleazy wild pitched acid house. top!

arc is a record series dedicated to mika vainio s archival releases. mika vainio wrote and compiled kiteet cd as a commission for snow crash-exhibition in milano 1997. finally it was not released for that show. tracks 1, 5 and 8 are not previously released.

andreas reihse is well known since 1994 in his role as musician with kreidler. sometimes he releases club music, for example using his alias april or with detlef weinrich (kreidler, tolouse lowtrax) as binford on labels like italic, onitor or smoothrooms. he also composed soundtracks for artist movies and installations (rosemarie trockel, maximilian zentz zlomowitz, thea djordjadze, andreas gursky, frances scholz/mark von schlegell, among others). romantic comedy is music for dark clubs, for places without much light and oxygen Ð its driving, percussive dance music. a comedy in six acts: from l.a. to dŸsseldorf and back. music and lyrics? - pop goes my heart! - of course its a romantic comedy, a bittersweet romance full of memories and a bit of sorrow. >der lange weg nach dŸsseldorf< the title reminds of mittagspauses der lange weg nach derendorf, derendorf, the district of dŸsseldorf where andreas reihse and stefan betke / pole in the late 80ies shared a rehearsal room. langeweg also was the adress of the studio of klaus dinger in zeeland. the titles of the other pieces refer to dubious characters that show that the trip on the west coast makes stops in manchester, milano, brussels and london without forgetting charlottenburg and williamsburg. places that hold up against oblivion and reinvent themselves. your club needs you. the cover was designed by artist thea djordjadze