for the next of our adventures on the black stuff we hand the wax honours over to one of our belfast crew and robust house head jc williams.

ahead of the release of a fantastic compilation of music under the title music for balearic gabba dreams comes this, a four-track vinyl sampler showcasing some of the out-there sounds on offer from hell yeah next project

next up on magic feet is a release by dark strands. tonys first release came via the first magic feet label sampler. since then his releases have caught the attention of a number of acclaimed djs, with daniel avery citing one of tonys tracks as one of the best he had heard last year. this is tonys first full vinyl release and shows exactly what he is capable of. the title track *return of the oscillator* has had people running to the booth every time its been played from london to croatia, as well as being fully road tested at alfos by sean johnston who also provides a superb remix under his hardway bros guise. the second track *galactic* slows the pace down and is perfect for those warm up sets.

wilkinson, the hottest d&b producer to emerge from uk scene in 2013, today announces too close ft detour city, the next single to be taken from the album lazers not included. the single follows the top 10 smash afterglow, the biggest d&b breakthrough tune of the year which has now sold over 150.000 copies in the uk alone and spent 5 weeks inside the top 20.

every vinyl comes with individual screen printed artwork and hand stamped labels limited to 200 copies.... next for brokntoys is prolific producer of the underground uk electro scene, scape one. kurt baggaley has released on many electro labels over the years including scsi-av, drivecom, billy nasty’s electrix and sync 24s cultivated electronics. for this ep scape one serves up 4 tracks of deep and murky electro and techno for the early morning and afterhours.

the name sabota comes from the infamous area in nelson bc, where kids congregate late at night to smoke weed, hook up and watch the sun come up. both max ulis and robbie slade (of humans) both have (if somewhat indirect) roots in the area, making it a fitting concept for their collaboration. with the release of next time on discobelle, sabota immediately caught the attention of journalists and fans alike, and before any kind of formal release they have played sxsw, sled island in calgary, vancouver international jazz festival with nosaj thing, and symbiosis gathering. the two full-time music collaborators have been making ethereal goodness.

skylax records, the company focused on realeasing original obscure dance classic and everythings that sounds fine to their ears. for this new release serie, we decided to bring you guys a regular member of the crew & one fo the most talented producer : carlos nilmmns. indeed, the man is back on skylax! the scottish producers skills again ranging from soundtrack to dirty machine funk. songs such as brooklyn walk and moments of happiness demonstrate time and time again why many critics are calling him the next lalo schifrin. hardrock striker skylax mainman & optimo once said about his music should be signed to a hollywood movie studio!raw tape cutsand i thought i had youtake things onto the dance floor. the listener is greeted by a healthy range of classic machine workouts and nilmmns signature old school techniques. gwens songcaptures moments of paris and the good times. soul patroltrack contains elegant synth work and beautiful live keys which kind of reminds one of drexciya or music from the other peoples place. 106 shows hardware programming at its finest with lush sounds creating warm fuzzy moments perfect for the warm weather. a timeless record packed with imagination, talent and skill. a record that we believe will still hold relevance in 30 or 40 years time, c l a s s i c ! a must to have in every djs collection. essential item no digital .

we start this year with the next release on freebase records and we are veryhappy, that our friends from dop made a killer remix for us!

in the past two years moral fiber esthablished worldwide support and success in the underground scene as a digital label. to take it to the next level moral fiber comes with his first vinyl produced by the romanian duo vinyl speed adjust. the ep contains 3 originals tracks and a remix by dilated pupils a.k.a. roger gerressen & ivano tetelepta. this will be a vinyl only release with only 250 copys available. so grab this dark groover while you can!

so far in the highlife series, weve touched on south america, the caribbean and turkey in our globetrotting excursions. our next port of call is south africa where h+p crew member, esa serves up two outstanding acidic takes on music from his homeland.

our friend affie yusuf delivers the next release for our house imprint.better known as a master of acid house and techno, he shows off with his other side here. with its 4 groovy tunes this record offers anything you can expect from a good house record, may it the subtle groove of rinse & dry, which reminds of the early works of herbert, the ironical drugged out guantanamo rave, the uptempo ferox-like get involved or the funky house fm.

2 original tracks plus 6 vinyl only locked grooves! next number on claap and it is another special offering. for our 16th release we welcome new kid on the berlin block kindimmer. we have had an eye on this upcoming creative spirit in a while and everyone was buzzing at claaphq when we got the tracks that kindimmer sent over. the grooves on both tracks got us so hooked that we asked kindimmer to produce locked grooves out of these beauties and turn this release into a locked album!

crown, french beatmaker, member of the grim reaperz collective (enemy soil affiliate) exclusively presents its two first brand new titles taken from its next beat production album *pieces to the puzzle* scheduled to air february 3rd 2014. these two titles are a collaboration with rasco, member of the cali agents and belgium artist scylla with whom crown has realized number of smashing hits in france including the world famous clash video *emcee versus beatmaker*. crown is introducing his new opus with two titles *ecrans de fumée (smoke screen)* and *pieces to the puzzle* available on 12 inch lps and limited to 300 copies, all numbered, with and instrumental as well as acapella version all in bonus!

third release for serie limitée. still 300 copies, 180g, no digital and no repress. a1 is, once again, reserved to chicagos underground pioneer joey kay who released his first record back in 1994. a raw house track with a neverending intro. the next track is pure deepness with another production from moscows young talent shyam. as deep and dark as russia s winters.. as usual to complete this side, the label manager, monsieur cedric, prepared a short bonus track. on the b side, the french co-founder of serie limitée, steve frisco, strikes back with a classic deep sound inspired by the early 90s after hours... ... while our friend from denmark, desos, owner of deso records, vibes ltd etc... closes the third volume of this story with a nice and deep house gem.

nice price deal !!! aggregat is a club existing nearly 6 years in the northwestern area of the county brandenburg in germany run by a few passionated djs who teamed up to a community named prignitzkombinat.the club aggregat stands for a high quality selection of music and a well considered booking policy. techno and house are the two pillars on that the club is built. the new label >aggregat concept series< shall reflect the spirit of the club and its events. so every release presents both styles of music the club is standing for. kenny lane and stefan rein are the first two producers/ djs which we are proud to present with its very own tracks. additional remixes are made by the french genius producer mome (fragil musique) for kenny lanes >different voices< and imugem orihasam for stefans >endless trip<. keep your eyes peeled for the next releases on aggregat concept series. quality music will be expected.

pascal blanché, wojtek kutschke and vocalist lukas polocze – better known as chasing kurt –originally released this track on their album of the same name. now * from the inside* has been given the remix treatment by some of worlds most respected house producers. first up is legendary german artist henrik schwarz, who has a knack for making every one of his productions as exciting as the next. his rendition of * from the inside* is no anomaly as he demonstrates his sublime approach to music making by using analogue bass stabs and violin bowing before floating atmospheric synths emerge to take centre stage. konstantin sibolds mix is a completely different beast altogether, using denser kick drums and haunting claps as the bed for reverberating vocals and a bouncy hook

next masterpiece in clear marbled vinyl

piston recordings label boss rogerio martins is next up on his own well-established label with a new track that gets plenty of great remix treatment from joss moog, james dexter and jr from dallas. martins has steered his label through a dizzying amount of quality releases since 2007 picking up support from the likes of laurent garnier and john aquaviva who have confirmed themselves as fans in the past and this new release is sure to find just as much favour with the top dogs. >gonna be mine< is the one martins original and is a classical inclined bit of mature house music with sombre piano chords draped over nicely shuffling percussion. subtle human sounds litter the arrangement and more lively stabs enter the fray in the latter half but essentially this is all about the warm and inviting groove.

mojuba kicks off the new year with the next part in the epic episodes series by jouem. the third part is a great example of the ever evolving sounds and unique styles of jouem

gipsy music is a new music label offshoot of the famous gipsy club in moscow, the current russian home of everybody from big stars like sven vath, luciano and loco dice to great underground acts and parties like half-baked, next wave and many others! the label enters the world with style to the swinging rhythms of house gangster #1 from russia - tripmastaz. with remixes by the leftroom boss matt tolfrey and parisian house breakthrough djebali. pressing on translucent, blue colored vinyl.

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for the next release we have set the bpm slower, we offer you the 1st collaboration between jaw, gaffy & varoslav, all good friends for years. its a pleasure to deliver such a superb original track made of vintage warm analog sounds surrounded by the mystical vocals by jaw. and there was something interesting to say about the parts of the track... we have invited some friends and producers from totally different places but one they all have in common is their passion for the warm sound. edward (from white-aim) who just delivered some of the most beautiful tracks & remixes this year so far and the lovely new comers from netherlands: times are ruff who has as their name indicates has a very personal touch and ruff sound.

limited to 300 copies. odd music really throw down the gauntlet on this next various artists release featuring deloopeds loopdeville, innominati and of course odd himself who lays down a particularly dark, dubby cut. incredible stuff!

next slammin desolat output!!

in 2014 voltage musique records is still on top of things. the well-known vinyl-series les amis transforms into a compilation of now four a-sides on vinyl with tracks from known and new faces. next to the glitz, faray and marquez ill they welcome douglas greed and tigerskin to the party. les amis 05 brings four killers and no fillers to the floors

180gr, reissue of the 1998 classic!! produced by ?uestlove, jay dee, james poyser, scott storch, a.o....feat mos def, jazzyfatnastees, erykah badu...

welcome to the next adventure of south germanys techno pioneers nico dacido & robin hirte.hara kiri is 4 track floor smasher with underground peak time burning potencial.a must have for all techo djs these days.

dta2 is by alex w and denizo with a solid 6 track ep with techno tracks that are rooted in transmats share in classic detroit techno.

trackwork ep.no.2 is headed up by a super swingy acid tinged wigout multiculture - simple but deadly on the floor. next we have the stone-age-cave-rave of a billion years ago - a clash of de-tuned vox and live dub delay edits and to round side a off - feel it warps and mangles a classic paradise garage disco sample into some dark heads-down tracky gear.

next alex bau bomb... acid fused techno monster

up next on the decade strong crosstown rebels is class live act pezzner who joins forces on exit with vocalist and co-producer amina. exit is a charged edgy slice of disco-darkness, where the power of raw electronic stabs meets the sultry tones of aminas incredible bjorkesque vocals

following a busy and fruitful 2013 that saw the release of his exceptional second album half of where you live and shows worldwide, uk electronic artist gold panda next week re-issues one of his earliest releases, quitters raga. the two-track 7 inch, long since sold out, was originally pressed by make mine records in 2009, with the now-cult track still being a staple of the artists live set. newly issued on gold pandas own label notown recordings, the vinyl-only release is limited to 600 copies as a deluxe heavy pressing and features the original.

maxi mill drops his second release on tom trago s voyage direct series.maxi mill is a young producer from amsterdam that worked behind the scenes with tom trago for some years, garnering co-production credits on some of trago s tracks such as steppin out and 200 b.c after a hot debut on vd with to the next / sun rays , maxi mill pops up with another relevant release on voyage direct!

two tracks from the jean pierre massiera produced band revolution francaise, along with updated versions by dwilt sharpp and psychemagik available again on this 12 !!“translocomotion” was only issued on 7 as a promotional gift called bon baisers d’antibes and next to that, favorite discovered the “discocorico” song: a crazy disco-baroque version of the french anthem, which perfectly demonstrates how eccentric and outrageous mr massiera could be

superb collection of early 90s underground deep house classics by the legendary dub maestro mk. first up is the hard-to-find remix of terence trent d arbys >surrender< which takes d arbys soulful vocal and puts some classic mk fire underneath it to create a awesome deep house banger which received heavy rotation both in the clubs and on the airwaves. next we get one of mks best dubs - his brilliant take on the b52s >tell it like it t-i-is<, a chugging house belter which adds a haunting bass and melody to the bands expertly chopped up vocal chants. the flip side keeps up the pressure with the awesome dub mix of betty boos >thing goin on<, another of his finest dub mixes, and lastly the in-demand classic >bicycle dub< of the pet shop boys >can you forgive her<, only ever available as a limited promo but huge on the underground scene.

next release from the düsseldorf label gua ltd. again this record is limited up to 300 copies and will never repressed. vinyl only

patrick arbez presents the next vinyl release on vi tva records. its called der rote rabauke and again we dont miss the typical dark and driving arbez-sound. this release contains 3 remixes of der pechvogel - the last arbez vinyl

136° club - known as a established club in hamburgs redlight district, is now launching a new music label: 136 degreerecordings. a symbiosis of club and music is about to begin. their first release named sinus ep comes along with strong and arms wide open sounds. frederick alonso, kevin over or neal porter are just some of the names to be mentioned who add their great sound to this first ep. special focus on tapesh and his great remix of muovos track called clap your hands. grooving, pumping and drivining deep and tech house will be characteristic for the first release. a great album in all its facets - it makes you looking forward to whats coming up next. its all about their love for 4/4 grooves.

next up on the silence in metropolis label he co-runs is funkdamentalist aka bilal a, who has previously released on i! records and something different records, picking up support along the way from djs like roger sanchez, luna city express and no artificial colours.

we are extremely excited to have the talent that is chocky featuring on our next release. since he burst on to the scene, we have been following this artist. his music captures emotion & combines breaks, house and electronic experimentation.

sex panda white next release is the vinyl one again.british producer vanilla ace with the raw of successful releases off records, toolroom records and nurvous records presenting his reaching out release.

its 7am at the after-hours. youve been working the object of your affections all night. next thing, that mf paris brightledge floats in the room, whispers in their ear & takes them home right in in front of you. damn! first 300 units limited to 180g heavyweight vinyl!

after his 1st release on gold rcrds the next ep on karera sublabel ahoi audio!

more fresh & effective techno tools from blue hour. limited clear vinyl with insert and poly sleeve... in quick succession after his debut ep, blue hour continues to deliver raw & effective techno on his self-titled imprint. the second release >axis motive< pushes the next instalment forward into slightly austere, jacking territory.

if you thought in past times…what does…pastamusik – well then, here’s a short update. we had to take a creative time-out, enjoy the summer and besides of that play numerous raves and club nights. label manager was still very active during that period. between playing gigs in barcelona, istanbul, london, berlin and brandenburg, she prepared the next ten pastamusik records (or files) which will be released during the next couple of months. here we go, winters here and it’s time again for some hot music.

vinyl only. 180 gramm. following on the success of our first studio r release, the imprint returns for the second time with the same concept: a documentation of friends making important contributions to contemporary culture. on the next go around, we focus more on known talent to deliver a balanced, powerful blend of modern club music. as summer makes way for the annual rebirth through fall and winter, studio r s second compilation illuminates the mood of the seasons long dark nights, tailor-made for dancing. mastering by stefan betke (scape mastering)

django django are pleased to announce that they will be headlining the legendary nme awards tour in february 2013. they will be supported by three more of the most exciting live acts around - miles kane, palma violets and openers - peace. django were also recently announced as the headline act on the laneways stage at next years field day - taking place on may 25 in london. in addition to this brilliant live news the band are treating fans to the release of a remix album of their mercury-nominated self-titled debut lp. the double lp comes in gatefold sleeve, including cd-copy of the album.

a diamond in the rough. echologist aka brendon moeller is undoubtedly one of the most hardest working techno artists around the globe and has left a prolific trademark in the electronic music world. his 10th album, storming heaven, floods us with deep emotions and a unique sound experience. prologue is always looking for new directions of electronic music and we feel strongly that this album fulfills the labels pursuit in a extremely exciting way. it will be treasured for years to come.

next up on visionquest is the second single from wareikas righteous and raw wternal album. all little things, here in its club mix incarnation, is another example of the trios hefty musicianship and unbridled eccentric energy, where jazzy textures and pulsating grooves build up with a rising melody to the powerful vocal drop. on the first remix visionquest & nikko gibler develop expansive piano melodies alongside an elasticated bassline and vocal snippets. fred p reigns over the b-side with his raw, deep hypnotic reshape and warmed up spirit dub. this is a distinctly diverse remix package from a rich artistic source.

the night voyage pop-up label pops up once more as amsterdams tom trago and londons bok bok resume their collaboration. the first in a series of new 12 inchs sees the pair delve even deeper into drum tracks and next-level dj tools.