after the success of the last drumpoet community remixes 12inch for jamie lloyd, australian label future classic returns with another selection for djs in tune with the deep end of the dancefloor. westpark unit (herb lf and ingo sänger) are the founders of the excellent farside imprint from dortmund germany. in addition to their farside releases including 2007 hit >jeepah<, westpark unit have contributed productions to top imprints such as dessous, stir 15 and stormed playlists of steve bug, djinxx and rocco to name a few. hooking up with future classic in cologne in 2007 the bond was cemented, with the >bar of choice< ep further building westpark units reputation for extremely deep, highly playable and musical productions already in the playlists of jimpster, Âme, motorcity soul, lars behrenroth and the warm hq in london. jimpster (freerange): new future classic is awesome mate!! need to play it out!! Âme (innervisions): really like it! c-rock (motorcitysoul / cocoon): wicked ep! directly in my set erik (giant step): i’m really feeling the bar of choice ep (will definitely add to my personal chart for the coming month)… >bad weeds grow tall< and >goin steady< are my favs!! ric mcclelland (urbantorque): bad weeds no. 2 in chart asli (farside / thugfucker): brilliant stuff! lars behrenroth: would fit perfectly in my set

plays by davide squillace, joel mull, loco dice, marco carola, massi dl, technasia and many more.. the fifth release on alexander konings upstruct-imprint is all about the italian lookon techno. wellknown for releases on his own titbit-label and work for the german software-giant ableton, giancarlo lanza can be seen as one of the main representatives of the naples technoscene. with his project d.a.t.a. he is already served an international audience with strong, uplifting minimal techno, now culminating in a special release on the up and coming dutch label upstruct

excellent minilogue album comes with a great mixture from techhouse - electro & techno... without any doubt: a milestone, supported by sven väth, loco dice, martinez, josh wink, laurent garnier, matthias tanzmann, wighnomy bros, gabriel ananda,…

for everyone who has liked playing around with made to play tracks over the past few years but possibly missed the limited edition vinyl now is your chance to get your hands on four of the most popular tracks. as a little teaser from the forthcoming >playing around< label compilation, here are some of made to plays top moments. this includes a remix of magik johnsons >scanning for viruses< by the jolly giant himself, claude vonstroke, >would it?< by trevor loveys and jesse rose under the guise of izit, the huge >block party< from buckley and >wake up< which was a landmark collaboration between jesse rose and made to plays rising star, oliver $. with the hype surrounding the first re-release of these tracks, the made to play world tour and the >playing around< compilation cd, this will be at the top of every proper house fans shopping list.

kostbar musik is very proud to present one of the best singers around the world - chelonis r jones!! with releases on get physical, dance electric, giant wheel and many many others!! this time he spends his fantastic voice for c banks destination unknown. remix comes from daso!!!

this is a very cool meeting of minds here on this cool 12inch from adam beyers truesoul label. after nihads last release on tresoul he has receieved hi acclaim and this superb funky building club track simply rocks from start to finsh. joel has been on a superb steady rise over the last few months with releases on giant labels such as harthouse and cocoon. his track as always has an amazing twisted deep intensity.

upported by james murphy, prins thomas, jd twitch, dj naughty, skatebard and plastique de reve !! moon unit (part 1 & 2) hit decks all around the world in 2007, receiving massive support by carl cox, dj 3000 (ur), laurent garnier, klaxons dfa and many more. moon unit (part 3 & 4) has arrived! part 3 could best be described as being the black monolith from space odyssey 2001 draped with highly sophisticated light installations, oversized speakers and a giant smokemachine. part 4 features irish newcomer rosalind on vocals.

music, i need more music, music and more … with her previous eps >ultra glamour<, >hellraiser< and last but not least her collaboration with anthony rother on the >dont worry<-remix, xenia beliayeva, being in her mid-twenties, has established herself as an important representative for the new label sounds of datapunk. powerful and full of energy, beliayeva flirts with industrial noise but still remains full of emotion. this is also valid of course for her current single >music<, a co-production with the milan dj and producer dj remo, who until now has provided furore above all in his collaboration with singer chelonis r.jones, among other things on giant wheel and dance electric, (>black sabrina<, >empire<). >music< established a significantly pop music related side of beliayeva, certainly her most catchy datapunk release to date. on the flipside christophe dallarca aka kiko, who became a fixed component of the datapunk circle since his >tragolta<-ep, is brilliant with an energy loaded remix

in the middle of november we have a fresh and exciting new release from label-head mikael jonasson. after a hectic summer and fall with major releases onto labels like audiomatique, 852 and upstruct, it is now time for yet another release on mikaels own imprint. three stunning tracks on this forthcoming release prove that this man is indeed a guy to look out for

its now pig&dans turn to release the next big thing in the cocoon recordings universe. their electronic house sound – closer to techno than to guy gerbers deep house as regards content – is a perfect image of what is happening on the planet s dancefloors. trippy and driving electronic beats which are never flamboyant are combined with filigree basslines, giant spherical spaces and weird sounds in long sophisticated arrangements: modern minimal house with a good share of techno.

super giant 12 inch !! brill sublabel of legendary purple music... nyc inspired vocal house at it best !! support from jamie lewis & co

big with: roman flügel, sven väth, laurent garnier, tiga, hell, oliver koletzki stephan bodzin is going to be one of the biggest name in techno 2007! that s for sure. his countless productions and co-productions have created him a very illustrious fan base including the biggest names in the business. he invented his very own and outstanding definition of electronic music – released on labels like spiel-zeug, giant wheel, confused, systematic or get physical to name just a few. in 2006 he launched his own label called herzblut. this all sounds like a standard phrase for info texts, but in this case it simply is the truth. the next big step for stephan is to release his very first solo artist album called >liebe ist…< soon to be out on herzblut on triple vinyl and cd...!.…

incl. amazing audiofly mix !!! played by oxia, stephan bodzin, mike monday the italian super producer remo strikes back with another sure shot of dark and electro soaked house monsters – most of you will remember him from his collaboration with chelonis r. jones on giant wheel. big ball bass-lines are fighting against each other while a stomping beat and sci-fi synth sounds hold it tight. on the flipside no one else but uk upstarts and prolific producers audiofly (get physical, tsuba, connaisseur, …) deliver a super hypnotic and driving remix. smooth arpeggios and a slowly building melody make this a floor shaking bomb! not to be missed.

style of eye aka linus eklöw always saves his best work for tiny sticks. previous releases have come on the legendary classic recordings, mouthful, doubledown records, sugarcane and eye industries. following the success of his bigger sounding releases, hes back with a more stripped down, underground selection. rockett evolves around a very funky groove, a track with a lot of swing, it has all the hallmarks of a massive tune. sounding similar to john dahlback s huggotron style, a huge distorted electro riff takes over and drives it higher and higher. rockett comes with a dub version too. l.d.r. starts off with a bit more subtlety than rockett. starting with a lovely bouncy shuffling groove and expanding spacey keys and then getting more and more pumping as it goes on with giant drum rolls and shouty vox. another big one for the underground heads

one half of crosstown rebels with a nice melodic electro flavoured 3 track ep on suicide recordings

ultracool dark detroit sounds!!!!! cool jeff mills imprint

hart komprimierter dubtechno wie aus der guten alten zeit, als jeff mills noch um die ecke auflegte

the neurotic drum band began in 2002 by combining two enigmatic personalities known as >s< and >u< or john selway and ulysses. despite stodgy classical music training a, >s< has proven himself a small giant on global dance-floors as a producer, (memory boy, csm, serotonin). despite a diverse dj background that began in 1991, >u< has demonstrated the >can-do< attitude required to establish a foothold in the world of dance music.

phreakin brighton styled techno at its best

ultraphat electrohouse anthem with fantastic remixes by h-man (giant wheel) & tomas barford (get physical music)!!

john acquaviva >off is the best of the two and is such a big track! this will be giant...i will drop in in hong kong tonight! <

the ultimate electro house weapon!!! clever use of blacker than thou vocal sample from the ballistic brothers. very dark and twisted! superfine wonderful electrofunk-acid techhouse burner with beautiful sound arrangement to open up this three-tracker from each, french uk based, on new london-based imprint baystreet recordings... for all the lovers of the giant wheel , trentemøller, dahlbäck stuff!!!

ultraphat electrohouse anthem with fantastic remixes by h-man (giant wheel) & tomas barford (get physical music)

written and produced by lindstrom !! 'entle as a giant' comes with dry clavinet, heavy percussion, a monoton almost techo-ish synthbass and epic french horn. a2-track 'temperert' features acid synthbass and a very simple moog&flute melody. flip for the title-track 'arp she said', a balearic disco-groover. the ep ends with 'kontroll', slow-moving arpeggios and nasty hammond-feedbacksà enjoy yet another quality feedelity-release

neo classic / ambient

the 4th studio album from kutiman, based on field recordings from tanzania.

first official licensed compilation mix from leon vynehall.

detroitÕs pioneering techno giant robert hood is next to take the reins of the dj-kicks mix series. his timeless 22 track offering includes four of his own new exclusives.

oddball space disco/funk tracks, composed between 1970 and 1985. big tip! a master of the mixing board, from the late 60s until the 90s bernard estardy was the wizard of french musical recordings. as head of cbe studios, he shaped everything from gŽrard mansets concept albums to claude fran�ois hit singles, fran�oise hardys delicate tear-jerkers and michel sardous soul-stirrers. this giant had his hand in the whole range of mainstream french music by making his studio a veritable playground for experimentation. his legendary album la formule du baron, released in 1969, and the eight lps of production music he made between 1974 and 1978 for tele music are vivid proof. in the cbe studio, which she runs today, his daughter julie estardy discussed his singular career.

wed like to introduce you to this giant of musical endeavour, the colossus of rio, as hes known. for edÕs sweetly agreed to be our point man on all matters smooth for this latest tstd collection, where we take a dive into an often overlooked side of brazilian music: brazilian soul, funk and aor.

a collaboration between aphex twin (richard d. james) and µÐziq (mike paradinas), mike & rich - Õexpert knob twiddlersÕ was made back in 1994. richard edited the tracks into shape later in 1996 with his new apple mac computer and it was released later that year on rephlex, the label he co-owned and which released the first two albums by µ-ziq. this new reissued version has been carefully cleaned up, re-edited and remastered from the original dat tapes, put into a more fitting order and, more excitingly, seven new bonus tracks and alternative versions have also been added. the album was recorded over a few days during the 1994 world cup, back when richard lived in a big shared flat in stoke newington. richard had tried to collaborate with a few other likeminded artists but something clicked when mike and rich worked together and the sessions have a unique feel, playful and at times actually drunk. these are fun experiments in the spirit of lighthearted moog pop and ripe 70s british tv themes, standing out from the po-faced electronica of the time with a garish glee. the record was made on what is now seen as pretty primitive gear - an atari, roland mks-80, memorymoog, roland r8 and a handful of samples on a casio fz-10m - but itÕs to their credit that it resonates well with the hardware workouts coming out today. there s a broadminded but sloppy funk to the record, even whistling, singing and harpsichord in reg and wonky beat pile-ons in jelly fish . there s latin piano and wheezy drunken techno in ÔvodkaÕ, or the sleepy spaced out ambience of Ôbu bu bu ba with its barely contained laughter which seems to reflect the absurdity. the new versions and bonus tracks are an absolute delight - from a trancier version of Ôvodka to the wonky bounce of Ôportamento gosh , the 3/4 dub of waltz, the banging door bass of brivert and muonds , the creepy seasick atmosphere of clissold bathroom and finishing with the strangely graceful and serious organ plodder . a generous and welcome return to the racks

it is a smart and airy groove of atoms in space that rules this mesmerizing album, leading off with an irresistibly deconstructed downbeat monstrosity deceptively tagged as the modern hit midget as opposed to actually being a giant. one giant of seven, to be precise: safe in harbour are the seven giants of free funk who proceed through a variety of way-out psychedelicacies. which increase in flavour under headphones. the wane of villalobos and loderbauers free-floating energy of their re:ecm work is more than offset here by the increase in rhythmic push through sensual syncopation and eruptive bass energy. the duo is the impetus in perlons great new swinging machine.

2015 werden wir erleben, wie techno-gro§meister stephan bodzin seine neue, musikalische vision auf die welt loslassen wird. -powers of ten- besteht aus zehn tracks und bietet einen umfassenden einblick in den vor wunderschšnen melodien Ÿbersprudelnden geist dieses gro§en produzenten. stephan bodzins produktionen sind treibend und hypnotisch und besitzen ein reales und tiefes gefŸhl fŸr melodien, die einem lange in erinnerung bleiben. so ist powers of ten zweifellos eine sehr persšnliche angelegenheit. das album ist von geistesblitzen und durchdachten ideen und konzepten durchzogen, was es zu einer Šu§erst ansprechenden erfahrung macht, es von anfang bis ende durchzuhšren.

zusammengestellt aus den besten teilen dreier eps spiegelt es die ungezŸgelte kreativitŠt dieses von strictly kev zusammengehaltenen multi-produzenten projekts wieder, welches in den 1990er jahren von coldcut gegrŸndet wurde. die wahrscheinlich grš§te †berraschung bei the search engine ist der sound.die assoziationen zum frŸhen jazz breaks-dj food sound werden quasi Ÿberollt von einem psychedelic rock album der allerfeinsten sorte - donnerndes schlagzeug und fuzz bass zusammengebracht mit der dj food-typischen sampletechnik. das album erscheint als sehr smart aufgemachtes digipak mit stilprŠgendem und futuristischem cover design wie man das von dj food, der auch als ninja tune chefdesigner fungiert, gewohnt ist. als gŠste mit von der partie sind u.a. the thes matt johnson, natural self und jg thirlwell (foetus, stereoid maximus)!

2 cds of classic & contemporary progressive rock masterpieces

silent dust is the project of uk duo dan blishen (originally from manchester) and andy hobbs (hailing from kent), who produced drum & bass together for years under the respective monikers zyon base and hobzee. their self-titled debut,silent dust,brings their signature d&b sound into a different light, drawing from a wide range of influences - ambient, drum & bass, garage, dub, breakbeat and soundtracks. the result is a collection of deep, bass-laden productions that sound like absolutely nothing else, filled with lush arrangements, an array of found sounds (footsteps, vinyl crackle, sellotape stretching), cinematic vocal samples and glitchy, idiosyncratic drum programming. the album travels through a wide range of emotions and sounds - from the sublime intensity of the giant (equipped with floating operatic samples and tight drum programming) and the dark atmospheric grace of marlowe, to the weighted basslines of the club-suited zero nine zero and the sheer beauty of winter song lined with strings and a reggae-tinted vocal. though its driven by experimentation, this is a d&b record at heart: even the ambient tracks were written at 160-170 bpm. their debut album was originally signed to soul:r, but was pulled at the last minute: the duo bravely opted to start their own label, none60, to release their tour de force.silent dust is a downtempo, atmospheric album that will become an instant favourite for open minds, and for those who seek something new. one of the most unique records to come out of d&b this decade.

kanda bongo man is a giant of african music and the artist credited with introducing john peel to african music. his fans number vampire weekend (cape cod kwassa kwassa), paul simon and john peel. all the tracks were recorded for joe boyds hannibal records between 1984-91, an era we can look back on today as the high watermark of parisian soukous, and showcase a band at the height of their powers. behind his soaring voice kanda employed diblo dibala and rigo star, two lead guitarists who are widely considered as the best soukous guitarists who ever lived. diblo was recruited from the band led by the legendary franco whilst rigos scorching licks graced albums by paul simon and it was their twinning that gave kandas music a wonderfully joyous, ringing quality. they both feature extensively on the -king of kwassa kwassa-.

new exclusive tracks from henchs headman alongside those from komonazmuk, chasing shadows, lost and giant, as well as providing a platform for debut hench releases from minus, tek-one and mensah.

this winter, rjd2 returns with the highly anticipated 4th solo lp >the colossus<. making the 10th year of his career, the album showcases the myriad of styles rjd2 has spanned as a maverick,respected producer for himself, and others. collaborating with mcÕs, vocalists, and various instrumentalists, it displays an urgency and sophistication rarely seen. weaving together his trademark rock solid drums, soulful vibes and horns, samples and anything else available, the album is a kaleidoscopic look both forward and back. part impressions, part daft punk, part thin lizzy. he is helped along by vocalists kenna (star trak), phonte coleman (little brother), aaron livingston (the roots >guns are drawn<), as well as several underground mcs and horns, woodwind, and strings. a sound to behold.

musical aesthete, superstar dj, fashion icon and underground idol Ð tiga is ready to refresh your palette with a sublime collection of tunes aimed sometimes at your heart, sometimes at your head and very often at your feet and the raging clubber within you.he dropped louder than the bomb on us, we have danced to his fabulous version of hot in here, mouthed the words to >sunglasses at night<, got up to all sorts of misbehaviour to >you gonna want me< and he delivered a work of beauty with his last album >sexor<.now tiga is giving us a whole new set to enjoy with >ciao!< Ð which includes >shoes< Ð a hymn to his 3 favourite things, shoes, hair and gloves, luxury, a tale of opulent consumerism and a 10 minute modern disco extravaganza entitled >love donÕt dance here anymore< - countered with the club bangers >what you want< and >mind dimension 2< which will send you spinning into orbit. with collaborations from the likes of soulwax, jesper dahlback, gonzales, jori hulkonnen, jake shears and james murphy, itÕs a riot.of the writing process tiga explains, i thought this would primarily entail aging sheet music with teabags, but i quickly learned otherwise. itÕs ultimately a matter of trusting yourself, of having the courage to say, these are the times, and these are the rhymes.

this two swedish musicians present their groundbraking new 2 cd album of fabulous electronic music! supported by sven väth,loco dice,martinez,josh wink,laurent garnier,matthias tanzmann,wighnomy bos,gabriel ananda and many more