billy dalessandro – working as a multimedia designer during the day, the american with italian roots creates his music in his legendary dojo studios in chicago while releasing it mostly on german labels – which is not as paradox as it seems…. his productions, thought-through, fluid, rolling monsters that surprise with darkness and groove, are released on labels such as resopal, force inc, forcetracks, konvex-konkav, disco inc., relax, kompute and soniculture, as well as his own imprint siteholder, and make the dj and producer a much sought-after artist whose records end up in crates of well-known artists as diverse as mathew dear and john digweed.

the crusades of 2006 ended well, now pär grindvik rejoins his flagship sthlm ltd for another year of devout determination. >attle of berth elisabeth< has a cinematic storyline that takes you to the depths of the oceans and a battle beyond human warships. and >battle of berth elisabeth< is already in the crates of richie hawtin and adam beyer to name a few

the track bandits series continues with legendary us house music producers diggin through the crates and adding new life, to lost forgotten disco/funk tracks, from the 1970s and 1980s us underground. the tbs this time dig that lil bit deeper to provide two more disco classics, cut up, extended and re arranged in an old skool re edit style especially for the dancefloor. first up we have the genius that is curtis mayfield with what is my woman for, taken from the 1979 album heartbeat on rso records us. the track gets the track bandits treatment turning it into a cosmic disco/boogie gem, whilst the flip sees lenny williams with please dont tempt me originally released on 12 in 1977 on abc records us. the track also appears on the album choosing you released in the same year on abc. this again gets the old skool edit treatment with the dancefloor in mind, making this another essential release by the track bandits

viewlexx comes with another obscure disco gem from the crates of i-f. nasty disco from the early '80s. 'castro boy' is a really warped take on frank zappa's classic 'valley girl' (on the lp 'ship arriving too late to save a drowning witch'). a seriously hard edged disco/hi-nrg tune with some very x-rated lyrics. so you thought lcd soundsystem is cool and all.. well check out this one... note that this record can be shocking for some people

cd powder is an alchemist of time. her ceremonious dj sets invite listeners and dancers to extend their imaginations to abstracted spaces, while allowing the body to vessel the voyage in free, flowing style. playful, thoughtful, and natural without knowing, powderÕs crates encourage abandonment of arbitrary boundaries and expectations surrounding genre, movement, schedule, and societal convention to revel, spirited and harmonious, in the passage of time. momoko goto relocated from her hometown of nagasaki, japan to tokyo in 2011. this is where the story of powder, as the international dance music community knows her, begins. with the change in location came a change in lifestyle, where a balance of 9-to-5 office life and sacred, nocturnal recording sessions invited moko to reflect on musics unique ability to stop the clock and expand or shrink our sense of time.