to mark the 20th release on essential house label holic trax, boss man tomoki tamura steps up wth his first solo outing on the imprint. coming on vinyl and digital, one of the cuts is a sample for you to use on your own tracks that you can then fire back to the label.
the first record on new york trax imports is a split ep by the stockholm-based artist dawid dahl and another alias, a seasoned techno producer from ireland. dawid dahl’s ‘krig’ and ‘gehenna’ are two beautiful, yet intense and dark tracks. they are accompanied by ‘craic fiend’, a ruthless face melter combining fast tempo, distortion and a mind-blowing off-beat breakdown.
fuckthegovernment.ltd, a.k.a. f.t.g (alfredo trastulli) and music box head honcho, marco riff, return to the skylax fold in 2016 with a cache of house nuggets for our listening pleasure. their last venture on skylax saw f.t.g collaborate with a bunch of his friends, resulting in some of the best tracks we’d heard all year, including the unforgettable fuckthegovernment theme. their tracks have been celebrated and hailed by some of the best djs in the game, names such as derrick may, ricardo villalobos, raresh, and dj harvey. the bar set by the first record remains sky high, and somehow, these two manage to raise the bar even higher. it may be the biggest cliche going when talking about an album, but the duo certainly do take us on a journey, through the past and present of house music. it’s a record not too dissimilar in tone to paranoid london’s from a few years back, but f.t.g and marco strip things back even further than those guys did, in our opinion, the sound is more raw with less frills, and no track names to predispose feelings in the listener either. this eight track project is cohesive and elaborate, with movements through sounds both acid and jazzy, minimal and maximal. it explores sounds that came to prominence in famous house locales such as detroit and chicago over in the u.s., but the underground european influence is definitely present, from paris to berlin, and of course f.t.g and marco’s home of italy. with this album, these guys add to the underground sound that has cultivated in the city of perugia for years now, a place that has seen the likes of simoncino and nicholas hone their craft.don’t miss out on a piece of skylax history
select remixes of tracks from the recent stowaway lp
perc trax s very own potter-loving boy wizard ansome returns with some of the choicest cuts from his debut album stowaway remixed by an array of uk talent. opening up the ep are james ruskin and regis working together as o/v/r. the blueprint and downwards bosses show their class with a precisely produced stepper of a remix, built on a wall of sub bass...opening the b-side perc provides the peak time moment of this 12- as he fires up the already energetic bad blood in his own confrontational style. closing things off, london s randomer makes his debut perc trax appearance with a radical take on ansome s original mix of back alley sally as swarming live percussion and synth stabs lead the charge… as with the original stowaway album elliot fox provides the main illustration, with perc trax design guru jonny costello creating the centre art
nice price deal !!! ourvision recordings is back and we will now start releasing on vinyl again. support by argy / karotte / alex g / mr. statik to name a few...
mak & pasteman finally make it to uttu, something that has been in the works for a while, dj haus launches a new off-shoot ‘dancetraxx’ for the occasion and here we are with volume 1. two tracks, a deep house number and the crazy cool garage inspired “t2000”. fresh from their release on lobster boy which is out now.
debut album from label boss rushmore. his most concise and holistic body of work to date. spanning a wider range of styles and influences than ever before, digging deep into his musical influences beyond typical club music. pressing on translucent orange vinyl.
limited edition - only 300 copies pressing.
1991 production by flavio vecchi and ricky montanari for ethos mama production and irma records rimini , riccione and all the - riviera - always been the place where there is the highest concentration of clubs and ethos mama was definitely one of the most underground of that period ... ricky & flavio imposed their unique sound and realized one of the most played and danced deep house record ever!
zizkov is the name of a certain shady prague neighbourhood, where fox experienced a lot of happy, and at the same time sad moments. favourite place on earth.
obus x represent our four vinyl release. acid trax ep is the fruit of a musical union between sishi rosch, who together have cooked up a delicious slice of tech with hip-house vocals and acid sounds. 3 unique original tracks + rmx by sammy w & alex e, who took -werk dat body- to the new level. every bit as punch super-strong fluctuations of the dance floor. 100% right place, right time, right and quality release at a high level
temperature s rising, the very first collaboration between perc and passarella death squad,came out quietly in 2010 and has since grown steadily into a cult favourite.now it returns on perc trax, remastered for 2016, with the original vocal mix having a full side of vinyl to itself for the first time.on the b-side is the temperate dub,originally created back in 2009 but which until now has remained unreleased. dubbing out the original mix by reducing the vocal to a few echoing syllables it is a fresh take on an well loved favourite.released on transparent red vinyl
from oporto, portugal but now resident in london, trikk presents a 4-track ep for optimo trax. each of the tracks is a dubbed-out, percussive hypno gem with advanced production and while not dub per se, the use of dub effects is up there with the finest ja studio experimentation. all 4 tracks have been extensively club tested and may cause subtle pandemonium. dj tip : watch out for the slow down in modo ritmico!
the new ng trax, nima gorji and friends ep arrived and its a great split record. on his last visit to moscow few month ago, nima pop by ody art studio and together created peredelkino. back in his studio in ibiza, nima invited resident of ibiza underground kevin cook and together they worked on the second track of the b side called capish. a side comes from nima gorji him self.
the first in a series of special 12inches to mark the 20th anniversary of the labels inception sees much sought after tracks from mark ambrose , kumquat kids and steve o sullivan reissued in remastered and edited versions. deep minimal rollers for those that know.
after the success of their debut split ep with muslimgauze which sold out in record time, the southern italian male/female duo underspreche return to optimo trax for their first ep in their own right. three tracks of deliciously psychedelic advanced techno grooves filled with subtle syncopations and head melting sound design. first release in the new optimo trax colour scheme.
killer old school analogue hardware jacking acid tracks by perseus traxx by this bunker artist. expect those raw bunker/acid planet vibes on this new barba release! recommended!
martin landskys long association with poker flat recordings continues with yet another exquisitely realized three-tracker. long since a staple of the underground electronic music scene in berlin and europe in general, landsky’s deft ear for dynamics and sense of off kilter dance-floor knowledge continues to do the business for djs and dancers alike. after the great success of vol.1 , landsky now presents ‘ekko traxx vol.2′,,,. ‘echo my head’ is the perfect example - driving, focussed and funky, yet with a subtle undercurrent that keeps you slightly out of your comfort zone and locked in to the groove. weird night contains a spooky, discordant synth that raises the tension over and over, before giving way to a hard driving rhythm track that will see the late night heads fully losing themselves classic landsky style. that organ has a similar aesthetic, chunky rhythms and bass pulses for the floor, and synth stabs and melodic hooks that keep the track in constant forward motion.
traxx underground present the man from basel, switzerland, shaka. after an great ep on chez damier labels, balance recordings, we are proud to release 3 very deep tracks plus fantastic remix from m.ono & luveless.
• and finally make their full perc trax debut !
• features full printed jacket
• dj feedback to follow
• berlin / manchester noiseniks and finally make their full perc trax debut after first appearing on the label in 2014 when they served up a suitably screw-faced remix of drax s phosphene . now regarded as one of the most uncompromising production outfits on the european techno scene they widen their musical vision across these four tracks without leaving behind the raw aesthetic and driving energy that has characterised their music and their live performances over the last few years. from the kind of straight up 4/4 pounders that have made the closing slot at electric deluxe s awakenings events their own, to experiments with off-kilter drums and caustic noise this ep is as good a statement of and s present and future as you ll hear all year.
real recognise real is what they say so this colaboration is no coincidence. ptx daddy frost teams up with hardworksoftdrink hardliners cédric dekowski & felix reifenberg., bringing you -forcer-. a quirky, acid filled funk flex for the whole family. on the flip side we ve got dietrich thilo with cedric dekowski. you better expect the unexpected. pushing boundaries and themeselves is what they do all day everyday...can t knock the hustle..
this is the debut release from london duo dark circles who first emerged on the scene with their remix of future four s into orbit ( future four - into orbit (dark circles remix) ph23rmx ) getting play from the likes of andy weatherall, gerd jansen and krystal klear. the 3 track ep has already featured on erol alkan s first ever boiler room set, george fitzgerald s bbc radio 1 residency, and the justin robertson mixmag live show. here s your chance to sample the ep before a forthcoming limited vinyl run and the start of the duo s own dctrax label.
phonk d presents his second solo ep on footjob and its a goodjob once again. four sample-based tracks are cutting up disco and funk and bring it back as classical partystompers.
trax launches a new re issue series chicago trax, which delves deeper into the archives to unearth more lost tracks from the legendary chicago house label.
perc & truss return with * leather & lace* - their first ep in almost two years
limited clear vinyl, poly bag and full colour insert
strong dj support - see below perc & truss return with * leather & lace*, their first ep in almost two years, during which time they have been busy touring europe and australia together and working on all manner of solo projects.
the hip house boom was in full effect, thanks to tyree coopers efforts, and trax responded with this double-header. power move is straight up hip hop, but its the flip, producer by trax regular lidell townsell, i ll make you dance that does the business here. kool rock steady, also known as edward rudolph, had serious credentials for an mc, being cousin of one africa bambaataa. this release is also notable for yet another misspelling of lidell townsell s christian name (lydell, since you ask).
so far the most -punk- release in the borft catalog. this is the meeting between johan sturesson (kord) and petter svensson (nebula). while petter has his background as a punkrocker johan has some years of experience in the electronic vein this meeting result in a ebm/punk/techno ep dirtier than ever. lim ed 300x handstamped + sticker.
one of the early big records in the uk that preceded the acid house mania that followed in 1988 and mr. lee s first in a string of releases on trax. adonis recalls bumping into mr. lee in the street: what s up with you, adonis? and i said, oh man, i got a record out. i m doin house music and makin money at it. the next time i saw him, he was sayin , hey man, i got a record out too! i can t forget features a more spoken word delivery in comparison to his later productions where he d retooled and become a rapper (of sorts).
nice price deal !!! after completing the “moog your body “ series, for this fifth reference of polybius trax we provide with a split of two of our personal bids for the label: cream soda aka locked club and roy of the ravers, which already appeared in past references of our sound factory.
wabi sabi is a jam-based collaboration between nyc underground notables, including matt gardner (terekke), rezzie (weird magic), jan woo and patricia. their first release, and the kickoff for the much anticipated purple trax label, pt.01 showcases their dada-esque hypnagogic techno jam-band vibe, as well as some of the hardest-hitting terekke material yet.
proud and honored are the right words to describe, how we feel like to announce legendary transparent sound on pressure traxx. we ll present the previously unreleased full length original version of -punk mother fucker- on a single sided, sealed and etched 12 inch. be prepared for this rare and massiv all time killer classic. live recorded 1997. hands down. on vinyl only!
mike ash returns to super rhythm trax after providing the very first release and gives us 4 authentic and acidic warehouse smashers. mike ash may be familiar from early releases on moving shadow and rising high records under a variety of pseudonyms in the early 90s but in the last 10 years has become synonymous with releasing mind blowing and true electro under his own name. when he turns his hand to acid house, the results mirror the high quality and his no nonsense approach shines through having lived and breathed the music and culture back when it was exploding in the late 80s and early 90s. in his own words i tried to keep with the original 1988/1989 vibe. i didnt use any synths / sounds / samples that weren t available past 1990. its all juno / sh-101 / 303 / jupiter / 808 / 909 / 707 / 606 and samples from the beats breaks & scratches vol 1&2inch the tracks exude a raw and strangled soul and are a bold and comfortingly honest take on the warehouse and pirate radio sound of the uk.
the original palingsound from rotterdam continues in 2016 and following up on paling trax 2 is a collaboration that finds its roots in the ghetto streets of rotterdam. paling trax 3 is a split ep featuring two rotterdam-based underdogs, mitchell goor and tafkamp. raw club techno cuts. forthcoming in april 2016 during fishing store day.
* hardware fanatic and south london analogue material / mord artist ansome brings us his debut album for perc trax !
* features full printed, shrinkwrapped jacket designed by resident perc designer jonny costello
* very limited first run on white vinyl
after the mindblowing release of andy kolwes, its time for matei tulbure to step up and do his thing. first making waves as part of the infamous groove duo tc studio, matei is here exploring sonic science on his own. for ptx007 * gateway ep*, he crafted three superb and diverse cuts for any occasion. we are really looking forward to this one!
ng trax is pleased to announce the 5th release on this quite delicious label, the brainchild of nima >only the juice< gorji. welcome into your heart romanian duo >the dubsons<. as you will hear and soon see and feel they have all the tools to get your toenails twitching. cracking name also.
dabj favourites denis sulta & ct trax make a welcome return alongside mysterious new boy fear-e! denis sulta lives in a bedouin temple in a far off eastern land where he lounges in his imperial bed chamber surrounded by a bevy of beautiful women. these scantily-clad, exotic felines soothe his body and mind with an array of mystical massages as he lies on his luxurious ruby red, egyptian cotton sheets. he only drinks the finest buckfast wine and dines on delicious delicacies from far flung corners of the globe. so, thank the lord he was willing to give this up, jump down to the basement and lay down time 4 prayer, another fucked up dirty funk sulta classic. denis tags in fear-e for his dabj debut. candis quadra is a sexy wee off the shoulder number that’ll have you goggle eyed and panting for more. on the flip, ct trax completes the mouth-watering line up to smash home two winners and lift the trophy for the all stars.
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