beyond plastic is a mixtape in book format about artists and vinyl labels that press music on »black gold«. it does not only trace the various processes entailed in the making of a record – from sound-production to the pressing plant and beyond – but also seeks to depict the blood, sweat and tears that goes into it.
the book includes interviews and articles of 60hertz, smallville, liebe*detail, pingipung, acker records, decks.de, de:bug, giegling, brothers in love, dubplates & mastering, aim vinyl, fauxpas musik, oye records, ortloff, kann, rand muzik, uncanny valley, freude am tanzen and workshop.
– edited and designed by alex ketzer (www.alexketzer.com)
– 288 pages, format a5 (210 x 148 mm)
– 19 extensive interviews
– 250+ pictures (coloured & b/w)
– 300+ cross references, accessible via short urls
– including audio-cd with tracks by the interviewee
– printed by gallery print
– isbn 978-3-00-043687-1

following their seriously strong debut release from rising talent & label mastermind that man monkz we have an absolutely superb duo of reworks (and dubs) from the man himself & chicago polymath khalil anthony, an author, musician and celebrated collaborator in theatre productions, including emmy award winning broadband series entitled, itsallinyourhands.com.

three formidable names from the romanian house/techno scene combine on this sumptuous new ep for the burgeoning wrong state imprint. in various combinations, jay bliss, mihai popoviciu and pagal have previously collaborated on tracks like bis com on diynamic and eucalipt / melange on fear of flying, and count releases on 2020 vision, popcorn records, suara, highgrade records and area remote between them. their first joint effort in some time yields some superb results.

great remixes by com truise, girl unit, keep shelly in athens and renaissance man.

this autumn bernard fevre returns with *black moon, white sun*, his 7 th album as the black devil, a mask he has worn since 1978 to conjure up analogue disco dreams from the ether and cast a spell over dancefloors around the world. released on the ancient festival of samhain (october 31st) when the barriers between our world and the next are said to be thinnest, *black moon, white sun* is your own personal gateway to an altered state of mind.

we first discovered young glasweigian talent barrientos in 2012 via the always on point synthglasgow.com blog. his debut mix for them effortly mixed tracks from atjazz and matthew styles to loco dice, vince watson and steve rschmad and took the listener from the early bounce as the club doors open right through to hands-in-the air madness of a packed dancefloor. we loved it. he alsoreleased the good-time, sun-soaked sky ep (for free via soundcloud) around the same time and the quality of both his music and production really stood out from the crowd.

- limited transparent blue marbled vinyl (200 pcs.) with screenprinted cover
- including download-code for flac/mp3/etc.
- mastered by emanuel geller (salz-mastering.com)

>leg spin< is the new vinyl spin-off for more dancefloor-oriented track

pins and needles are proud to present you the first release in 2013 and it is truly a special one! loquace - back again includes two remixes from ittetsu and yamen & eda. the original tracks back again and time is on time are straight up pumping house music for unforgettable peak time moments whereas the diversity pushes the limits with a deep and minimalistic ittetsu remix of back again and a more upbeat, housey yamen & eda remix of time is on time! we are very happy to have such a great selection of artists on one release and we are sure this ep holds something for everyone!
supported by dj sneak, tini, roland clark, fabrizio maurizi, enzo siragusa, gel abril, keinemusik, sasch bbc, nathan barato, moodymanc, hector moralez, anil chawla, hermanez, chad andrew, rich nxt, tim andresen, re-up, terry francis, jose maria ramon, dj simi, uglh, tony dee, olderic, alle borsari, julien loreto, mariano mateljan, clio, london fm, guerilla sounds, differentgrooves.com, tsugi magazine and many more!

st. louis soul trifft auf die los angeles beat scene. der spirtuelle r&b-sänger coultrain ist von künstlern wie lonnie liston smith, patrice rushen, miles davis und stevie wonder beeinflusst. sein selbstveröffentlichtes debütalbum wurde auf webseiten wie the roots okayplayer.com gefeiert. er hat sich durch gastauftritte bei künstlern wie sureshot symphony solution (nature sounds), hawthorne headhunters (plug research) und platinum pied pipers (ubiquity) einen namen gemacht. sein album mit detroit-produzent waajeed ist bislang leider nie erschienen. nun folgt mit jungle mumbo jumbo sein zweites studioalbum. für fans von bilal, platinum pied pipers und dj spinna!

the green series is the continuing art and music project from bleep.com, giveupart, and photographer shaun bloodworth. this will be the third limited edition 12 inch in the series. each record comes with a die-cut sleeve, embossed outer and hand-stamped detail. the double a-side single features the pairing of redshape and steffi and once again brings you raw techno. the mysterious red-masked producer redshape provides a track titled focus whilst berlin techno royalty steffi delivers the aptly named attacke.

support from ltj bukem, bailey, a-sides, technimatic, bachelors of science, phil tangent, pennygiles, lsb, bbc radio 1, bassdrive.com, and many more.

with three new tracks exklusively released on vinyl!the record comes with a handmade silkscreen cover and the graphic design concept was developed by alexketzer.com mastering by redshape. vinyl tastes better!

the green series is the continuing art and music project from bleep.com, giveupart, and photographer shaun bloodworth. the project will be a series of tracks exploring techno music released on limited 12 inch with deluxe art prints as well as on digital formats. the double a-side single features the pairing of objekt and cosmin trg and brings you raw techno. both tracks were mastered by rashad at dubplates and mastering, berlin.

die vielgepriesenen multiinstrumentalisten der menahan street band veröffentlichen ihr zweites album the crossing auf dem daptone records-ableger dunham records. der titeltrack des albums hatte seine premiere am 1. august auf rollingstone.com.
neben ihrer rolle als offizielle hausband des brooklyner labels dunham records hat die menahan street band bereits 2008 ein erstes album veröffentlicht, dass nicht nur von den kritikern bejubelt wurde sondern auch deshalb von sich reden macht, weil es so oft gesampelt wurde, wie kaum eine andere zeitgenössische funk- oder soul-platte. samples von made the road by walking finden sich unter anderem in songs von weltbekannten kollegen wie jay-z, 50 cent, kid cudi und vielen anderen. 2011 spielte die band no time for dreaming, das debüt-album der soul-sensation charles bradley ein den sie auf seiner welt-tournee auch als backingband begleiteten. das album wurde co-komponiert und produziert von mbs-gründungsmitglied thomas brenneck.

rawax is proud to welcome mr. k alexi shelby to the family!

chris clarks neue 6-track-ep >fantasm planes< enthält 3 brandneue tracks plus 3 reworks aus seinem anfang des jahres erschienenen, bislang erfolgreichsten album >iradelphic<, und zeigt den produzenten und wahlberliner mit psychedelischen synth-improvisationen, fesselnden beats und modern-melodischen sequenzen von seiner härteren, dancefloor-orientierten seite.

zafsmusic.com continues to bring you the rarest disco & boogie bangers with his new compilation titled >private wax vol 1.< 15 scintillating excursions into the deep disco & boogie world of privately pressed & produced gems. zaf zafsmusic is a disco weasel of the highest order!

inspired by the teachings of the earons (thats .22, .18, .33, .69 and .28 to the uninitiated, see www.earons.net for more background), a splinter group was formed earlier this year, with the express mission to bring back the message and connect it to a whole new audience. >land of hunger< is given a 2012 reconstruction from the cosmologist, a sturdy rework performed by the mysteriously concealed outfit, who identify themselves only as .40, and .44. whilst they are heavily influenced by earons beliefs on positive energy, which they seek to share, .40 + .44 are quick to point out they have no links with the earlier incarnation from 28 years ago, but felt a compelling force to unearth it once more. the universe knows when the time is right, and frankly the original broadcast was just too good to not want to fashion a 2012 edit, so a new chapter begins ...

geliebte provinz: solodebüt des frontmanns von the weakerthans.
inklusive mp3-downloadcode.

christian blends all the best funk,hip hop and house with his very own oslo style

limited edition of 300 copies. pressing on pearl white translucent & marbled vinyl.
to commemorate the x anniversary of the festival electrónica en abril (http://festivalelectronicaenabril.tumblr.com ) born in 2003 at la casa encendida, madrid, we have invited some of the artists that left their personal and sound mark in our event, right now the oldest music festival in madrid. all of them have contributed with exclusive tracks to this double lp that does not pretend to become a scanner of todays electronic music scene, but just an insight to the quality and diversity of our festival.

following their incredible debut album >alive in us<, darkness falls quickly return on hfn with their next release - timeline. including the brooding original version, then a real international crowd of remixes from the likes of trentemøller - who has already worked with darkness falls as producer of their aformentioned album, us upstart com truise, the uks tom demac and spains pional.

please welcome: its the arps! oslos magic music maker todd terje has already gained a wunderkind like reputation for his gentle yet potent productions (we wont mention the e-word here) on labels like full pupp, permanent vacation or running back on top of being one of the best remixers money can buy (shit robot, bryan ferry, dølle jølle et cetera et cetera). what is there left for him to do? establish a label of his own! >its the arps< is the starting signal for olsen. and what a splendid one it is. created from scratch and solely on the mythical synthesizer arp 2600 (check www.letsnerd.com for help), it features four tracks (reads instant classics) that couldn’t be a better follow-up to his 2011 super hit ep >ragysh<.

strictly limited to 200 copies. supported by dop, digitaline, ly sander, richie hawtin, danny tenaglia, peter kruder, mr.statik, ekkohaus, lula circus, dj linus, paco osuna, markus schulz, andrew grant, randall jones, crowdpleaser, franco bianco, rhiaz khan, danilo vigorito, andrea ferlin, ron shiller, horatio, gare mat k, simina grigoriu, daniel sanchez, de:bug, tsugi mag, igloo mag, resident advisor, noize radio, diversions radio toronto, deepvibes radio, global dance session radio, radio-fds, bln.fm radio and medellinstyle.com between many others.

spezial price!!! the creative hub of taron-trekka, as well as dj team and beat crafter furnishes an individual experience of togetherness, a complete understanding on a deeper level. they have this primal groove, around which everything rotates, internalized. they carry this groove with their own signature out into the world. this raw groove diamond is constantly sharpened without being completely polished on all facets. on the new fat release they stand for an electric-infected development, that allows only the solution to seep in: deep-in-the-peak! thereby the kraken clutches fiercely to the coral reefs of the soul. their vision of a living sound can thereby sometimes morph precipitously into a technoid, housy, fine-spirited sort and then at once jazzy. the required resolve as it pertains to the dance floor is hardly missed from taron-trekka. the desire-principle and body language mimic are most definitely functional. the big bang doesnt explode in the space, but rather in the heart. as a special treat, the fellas adorn the cover of their 12-inch from the illustrator, designer and photographer tine drefahl (http://www. tinedrefahl.com). thus is presented from freude am tanzen a worthy conclusion to a sometimes turbulent jubilee year, a complete package of artistic expression in tone and picture that is at home both on the mantel as well as the turntables.

aroy dee is proud to present the long awaited return of his peer and friend, melvin oliphant iii, with a stunning solo-project on mos deep. under his the poetic painter m pseudonym, the man here serves up maries transcendance backed-up by two reworks from com padre sean hernandez aka chicago skyway.aroy dee is proud to present the long awaited return of his peer and friend, melvin oliphant iii, with a stunning solo-project on mos deep. under his the poetic painter m pseudonym, the man here serves up maries transcendance backed-up by two reworks from compadre sean hernandez aka chicago skyway.

reso returns with the ishimura ep and further showcases production excellence. resos unique brand of hi-tech dubstep and sinister electronics are exquisitely presented across tracks >ishimura< and >vanquish<. the package is completed with remixes from dnb aficionados evol intent and trouble and bass drop the lime. vinyl comes with a free download code to redeem inside at civilmusic.com

the third release on the world unknown label is a very meaty affair that coincides with the second birthday of the club night in brixton. on side w timothy j. fairplay fuses ancient egypt with late 80s belgium and drops it slap bang into the near future with the monolithic techno beast that is >cleopatra loves the acid<. its already been played in discos and on the bbc by andrew weatherall, for whom tim handles engineering and co-production duties in his day job, and is set to become a pounding anthem on the more adventurous dancefloors over the coming months. side u is a more throbbing psychedelic affair. kalidasa is the production alter-ego of tim rivers who runs the always excellent theacidhouse.com website. it<s exactly the kind of heavyweight midtempo tune that causes sweaty pandemonium at world unknown. if the word balearic still meant now what it did to from 87-92 then thats precisely what youd call this, most likely with the prefix >heavy<. but it doesnt so you cant, or can you?

london based dj and producer brackles makes his debut as a rinse artist with his new 12 inch release, released on august 8. brackles has steadily built a name for himself as a dj and producer to watch after he started djing at 15 years old, going on to be a regular at londons world famous fwd>> club night and with his own weekly show on rinse fm.
as a producer he has released several highly sought-after releases for some of the best labels around - planet mu, appleblims apple pips label, berkane sol and numerous releases on his own blunted robots imprint with co-owner shortstuff.
brackles dj sets are renowned party starters, energetic and elastic, effortlessly taking in funky, grime, vintage 2-step and bassline. this 12 inch, a taster from his upcoming rinse presents full length release, encompassing all of that without losing that unique brackles production sound. catch brackles every thursday 3pm-5pm on rinse fm 106.8 fm london and www.rinse.fm

pirahnahead and diviniti, these names are synonymous with quality dance music. since 2004s >find a way< they have been two of dance musics most prolific songwriters (and even co-wrote a few songs for les nubians on their 2011 full length >nu revolution<). with each release they have provided powerful production, smooth vocals, angelic harmony, and overall, musical excellence. this time, the super collaborators return to the foreground with one of the best tracks of 2011, >(just like)a dream<. as the sixth release from whasdat music, this soothing track has been supported by the likes of vinny da vinci, ian friday, paris cesvette and neil pierce as well as phil asher (who included it on soul heavens miami sampler mix). also, joining in as remixers are charles webster and jose carretas. both have previously collaborated with pirahnahead & diviniti, topping charts on traxsource.com. (charles websters >learning to love me< and jose carretas >life in a box<). this release is a sure-fire floor rocker and a must have for any dj.

exploited serve an ace from consistent, a group of well known producers working under the cloak of anonymity. previously having released on frontroom and boe with remixes for tartelet and man recordings, consistents track >feeling high< dices vocals and disco vibes into a house heavyweight something like hot city meets soundhack, coming with certified anthem status. get involved for the polished berlin-meets-chicago modernism thatll get you sweaty as a taxi drivers neck in july. its difficult to say whether this is tech house or deep house, strictly speaking, but either way the title track bumps. it funks and, although were told it comes from berlin, its damned chicago. this is the 2nd single from consistent (remember aint no bump?) on exploited. early support by kink (rush hour), optimo (jd twitch), laurent garnier (f-com), dj t (get physical), dj hell (gigolo), erol alkan (phantasy), brodinski (turbo), feadz (ed banger), round table knights (made to play), ian pooley robert dietz (cecille), till von sein (suol), adam port (liebe*detail), lee jones (watergate), stuffa (trunkfunk), mosca (nightslugs), lazer sword (stonesthrow/numbers), pezzner (freerange/om), acidpauli (console/notwist), jamie anderson (artform)

first full e.p. from infrasonics man jamie grind sees him weld the juke/footwork style to garage vocal edits, team up with hackman to produce a classy house bumper and throw a charging u.r. meets 2step end of set epic into the bag. comes in lush yellow vinyl, and is wrapped in original sleeve art from www.drewmillward.com

hard techno slammer by italian chief cannibal albert kraner. put your raving gear on, its anthem time!

limited to 300 copies on 180g vinyl with neon green and black pantone sleeves.
davey jones is a new non-genre label focusing on a dark, primal aesthetic. run by unlikely of clandestinecultivations / dubpressure / platform 1 and designer letty fox. all design and videos by letty fox. visit the davey jones website for videos (www.davey-jones.com).
supported by laurent garnier / dj ez / reso / n-type / ben ufo / mumdance / donga / subeena / heny g / warlock / fused forces + more.

the second volume follows the story with the same phylosophy of the first one. different visions between techno, electronica/idm and electro. tracks generated by ideograma, arcanoid and miguel mendoza but now we introduce a new tesla agent: shadow runner. hes here to provide a dark and deep powerfull techno track.vintage electronics, future classic tracks, the ancient methods for the world of tomorrow, the tesla agents are here to control the voice of the energy. video: http://vimeo.com/17881668

this is one of a limited run of unique prints to commemorate the release of the new badly drawn boy single *too many miracles*. each print has an individual image of badly drawn boy on the front, taken on a reportage style photo shoot in august 2010. the album version of *too many miracles* is on the album *it s what i m thinking part one - photographing snowflakes*, released on damons own new label, one last fruit.
please visit www.toomanymiracles.co.uk/olf002tmm and enter your details to pick up a download including the single and an exclusive bonus track of *shake the rollercoaster (2010 recording)*. the original version of the bonus track appeared on *ep1*. the new version was recorded during the sessions for the new album.

cabin fever pulls in the production skills of alexkid (f com, cadenza) for this killer limited vinyl only release. >i want it all< is already turning into a bit of an anthem for radio slave with its relentless kick and vocal. whereas >lovemusic< is all about the groove. this time pressed on clear/transparent vinyl

supa supa sexy deep detroithouse !! perfect music for moodymann & theo parrish lovers !!! decks store tipp!

10th anniversary release celebrating the classic technasia anthem force, originally released in april 2000. on the a-side, catalan new talent dosem delivers a full-on brilliant 2010 remix, sure to cause mayhem on the dancefloor. on the b, whatpeopleplay.com remix competition winner, zadig, sends from paris an elegant and warm at heart complete rework of force, delicate yet bursting with vitality.

300 copies only. one pressing !!mysterious new label with an unknown artist (big name us producer who regularly plays fabric & panorama bar )and 2 cuts of deep & dubby goodnes. check out jus ed dropping it at fabric london recently... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzz8fnibks8

dj cuebism of ebonycuts.com fame delivers two new remixed versions of be you on this small hole 45. incredibly ltd @ 300 copies!

the answer is the freaksound...!!! superlovers is spoken by one of the freaksound labelheads, mr. junior freak himself. this track should reflect the spirit of the dj & label community www.freaksound.at this massive electro house tune has a monster break for raising hands on the dancefloor and an unmistakeable message for every party freak around our planet. new way shows the deeper, but not too minimal side of junior freak. very warm and atmospheric sounds with a drastic melody break that should never ends providing a special pleasure for fine selected electronic ears.

cr2 drop another killer underground ep!

1996 classic!

koljah is back on vidab with his 2nd solo record after the wonderful >coffee papa ep< from 2008.
the >berlin - usedom ep< contains 3 new tracks that breath the fresh air of our small island in the north-east of germany.
visit and enjoy www.usedom.de !

with the two producers marc o tool and criss source germany s electronic music scene has two of the worlds leading producers. with their worldwide dj presence both are counting to the most successful german music acts. working together since 1997 under different aliases like ballroom, motorcraft, black eyed or good fellas they had numerous releases on labels like marco s own labels underworld and mauritius of course. while criss is working as a&r at marc s labels mauritius and hosts his own radio shows on radio essen and proton radio.com, marc s productions appeared on different compilations like sensation white or ministry of sound the annual 2009. after their latest smasher on circle james at last ,now they are coming around with their next slamming two-tracker.

danish synth-rock band turboweekends first release in the uk is an atmospheric yet heartfelt cry of regret on the a-side and a jumpy celebration of the end of work obligations (with an ironic twist) on the b-side, featuring the royal company of bristols finest, joker, and indie prince russell lissack from bloc party.
- i am tipping them for very, very big things here in uk. the lead singers voice is amazing.(?)this is huge. -mista jam (live on bbc1 and 1 extra)
- natty danes turboweekends angsty single >trouble is< is like one republics >apologize< as seen through the bass lens of blank dogs (?) its an excursion into the dark crevices of your feelings, but dont even try and tell us youre not at least a little emo. ? the fader.com (julianne shepherd)
- wow. most remixes dont do justice to the original song, but this is from another world. this bass heavy remix is the reason i love british music. ? man movement.com (lsr)

world renowned bbc radio 1 dj gilles peterson compiles a spectacular collage mix tape from the vaults of far out recordings for this fifteenth anniversary celebration. a close friend to joe davis for 25 years, gilles peterson has been a constant supporter of the original and best uk based brazilian record label.