last time out, much love impressed djs and record buyers the world over with a sought-after 12 inch featuring tracks from james johnston, bartellow, roman rauch and label owners alkalino & alphabet city.
for the label s third release, much loves bossmen take a backseat and hand the reigns over to a quartet of emerging and up-and-coming production talents. the results are, thankfully, every bit as intoxicating as previous releases.
four tracks, four hot talents, four killers. much love all round.

label like soma records, universal, get physical and also highgrade, all contribute to the impressive credentials of the spaniard, prompts breathtaking live sets and releases. but prompt, himself the founder of his own label 7noise, is never one to rest on his laurels: instead he continues to push boundaries with his new live project: the prompt live band, a fusion of electronic sound production and jazz. this is not the first such step for the clasically trained musician, with his onuba project he has already mixed the flamenco sound of home country with electronic music. the three tracks to be released on highgrade records, created in collaboration with the chop suey quartet, bring to life what would appear to be almost impossible: a real connection between the highly concentrated nature of electronic rhythms and the loose and improvised sounds of jazz instrumentation. the result is a very special kind of studio jam session: victor tarín on piano, david blanco on bass, daniel del val on the drums - and prompt on a computer! with so much pasion for musical innovation on show, its no wonder that highgrade co-boss todd bodine wanted to get his fingers into the pie and deliver his own remix for the ep

highly anticipated since their first ep, 51 ways to leave your lover, broke its way into the hearts of all who heard it, tristesse contemporaine has perfected this magic by taking it all the way to the parisian and french stages. crystalline arpeggios, dreamy loops and whispered vocals creating a world of destabilizing and refined emotions which carry a thrilling light to the darkened dancefloors. the trio of enigmatic donkey masked singer, maik, leo on guitars and narumi on synthesizers, trusted their minimalist melodies to the expert hands of dj / producer, pilooski. romantic and flamboyant, arrogant and haunting, this first album imagines a world in chiaroscuro, where the electrical illuminations of shoegazing merge with electronic beats, with a heightened new wave sensitivity. climb to the dark side of modern pop as you enter the fractured, hypnotic, dance of tristesse contemporaine.

fresh from a full tour of the uk, django django are pleased to announce the release of new single ‘default’ through because music. the band have been busy doing great things in the east london bedroom slept in by their drummer, producer and de facto leader david maclean. amongst those great things is stand-out album track ‘default’ and of course their self-titled debut lp which will grace us with its presence on january 30th. vincent neff (singer and guitarist), jimmy dixon (bassist), and synth operator tommy grace make up the quartet, who met at art school in edinburgh. django django’s story looks set to be a long and compelling one going by early response to their debut record. by banging together their thirst for adventure and their exacting high standards, they’ve produced an album that seems to have everything, but on which everything never seems too much.

2011 repress! support from mathias schaffhäuser , daso, the glitz, hernan cattaneo, martin eyerer, laurent garnier, franklin de costa, subsky, maik loewen, estroe, dubnitzky, marc ashken, matt tolfrey and many many more... after releases on labels such as spectral sound, flash, squonk, fear of flying, brut or connaisseur plus smash hits such as >bummelzug<, >det< and >crawl around<, a legion of the worlds top djs producers have all joined the pawas fan club. this 4-tracker on night drive music will explain, why he is one of the upcoming producers.

torontonian quartet, azari & iii have announced their debut self-titled album on turbo recordings / loose lips records / modular. it follows the release of the single >hungry for the power<, which erupted a storm of awe on the underground music scene, and a collaborative track >stay here< with friendly fires in 2010. the record is set to become the sound of a dystopian summer with their innately brooding beat and sordid-pop edge.
azari & iiis unique blend of moody electronica, dark yet hooky vocal choruses and analog-thick rhythms has earned them a hardcore following and sees this album as one of the most-anticipated in the calendar. the four-piece, consisting of producer/musicians dinamo azari and alixander iii with vocalists fritz helder and starving yet full, have crafted a defining sound that relishes in its references while maintaining a future perspective.
from the velvety refrains of >reckless with your love< through to the creeping melancholy of >manhooker< and the unhinged technopera of >undecided<, their album possesses an individual classic-future feel, with trademark lush synthesizations, biting soulful choruss and ominous overtones.
double heavyweight 180gr vinyl in a gatefold sleeve.

the torontonian quartet, consisting of producer/musicians dinamo azari and alixander iii with vocalists fritz helder and starving yet full, have crafted a distinctive sound that references the best of dance musics past with a firm vision of its future. with manic , azari & iii mix slick modern production with retro vibes, and incredibly catchy vocal hooks with dark lyrics, striking a balance that has earned them critical acclaim and a cult following.
this limited turbo 12 inch includes remixes from red-hot crosstown rebels star maceo plex, the legendary house-cat dj sneak, and breakthrough spanish sensation borderline.

torontonian electronic quartet, azari and iii drop their second single >manic<. this perfectly sculpted piece of minimal-house-pop, taken from their highly anticipated forth-coming debut album pounds funk-induced beats and has remixes from dj sneak, tiger & woods, finger prince and christian aids. come summer this track will be filling warehouses, basements and clubs the world over

now into their seventh year, horse meat disco have continued to lead the way with packed residencies at their hq at the eagle in london s vauxhall, lux in lisbon and tape in berlin. inspired by the music and inclusive ethos of new york’s club scene during the 70s and 80s, the collective have garnered a unique reputation for amazing parties and unmatchable sets, the quartet of djs each mixing their own quality blend of disco juice. during 2011, as well as playing their annual uk festival dates at glastonbury and lovebox, they will be spreading the love to some of the world s leading festivals including vivid in sydney, electric elephant, bestival and san francisco s pride.

part one of two, featuring remixes by plaid for various artists.

die 4 herren der harten schule zeigen was die heute noch alles drauf haben ... the quartet don?t just push all the right leftfield buttons and bling the tweak fantastic, they also reinvent the contemporary groove and find funk in the freak. superb stuff that defies classification ? just like the producers themselves.

after the echocord jubilee compilation we are now back with a new artist on echocord. we welcome sasu ripatti aka vladislav delay from finland. sasu is known from many projects, like luomo and from the moritz von oswald trio. now that sasu have the quartet where he can fully search for the acoustic music and jazz-influences and beyond, the vladislav delay solo stuff will be again focused on electronic experiments. these 2 tracks give a light on where the project is heading. something old, something new. the remix is from no one else than ricardo villalobos and max loderbauer.

a classical neil young album mastered from the original analog master tapes

the uncanny valley-quartet is rounded up by the ace of spades. before starting to release its first artist-eps, the compilation-series is rounded up for now with the roughest ep so far. sneakers you think you think! takes no prisoners and comes with a dark bass line you cant really resist. the track is a musclebound monster and includes claps that are out of control and freaked out vocals by sneaker himself. no less rough is cvbox machinematch, even if its acid-thunderstorm builds up far more subtly. finally, plätschern by stefan lohse takes us on a 100-bpm-journey straight into analogue wonderland..

just over a year after it launched, jay shepeards retrofit presents its fifth release, with the label boss teaming up once again with matthew burton for a quartet of classy deepness you would expect from the imprint.

imitori is back flom tokyo with another le-edits ep. our favorite old school pioneer leturns with a quartet of dance crashics re-edited for maximum dancefror action. tlied, tested (and found tlue) to lock many an international crub, they have been receibing the gleat feedback on the soundcroud. we are ploud now to rerease them by the popurar demand. for dancing times make it dimitori time

the eagerly anticipated debut solo album from the well respected and well know electronic artist danuel tate, who remains in heavy world-wide touring schedule with cobblestone jazz and the modern deep left quartet. danuel is featured on the new jules chaz album (in stores sept 13) and great upcoming releases by fellow cobblestone jazz member tyger dhula.

deep minimal techhouse with a jazzy touch.

who wouldnt want to be kept by a beautiful rich woman? no matter how you look at it, its not the worst way to make a living. in 1982 the german new wave quartet ideal even wrote a song about it. >schoene frau mit geld< is thestory of a young man without any other drive or desire in life than to find such a woman and turn this state of utopia into reality. tough goal! twenty-eight years later, one of germanys finest and merited producers decided to do afresh interpretation of the song. sir losoul of playhouse fame presents two mixes (a dub for the faint of heart) that hone the hook and tag line of the original for maximum dance floor and repeated listening pleasure. and that, ladiesand gentlemen, is sometimes really the only thing you need in the world…

on this record, you can find 4 deep house tracks with different atmosphere from artists such as alex danilov (denkbar/ compost /niveous), uncle deep (chevengur), a5 (exquisite music), 2loop (altered moods recordings). early supported by loco dice, josh wink, anthony collins, brothers vibe, ekkohaus, margaret dygas, pablo bolivar, alexkid, maik loewen, mathias mesteno and many more

first on decks.de !! niveous introduce the cologne-greece connection on the 8th niveous. lostra & jeanm, remixed by lemos and maik loewen. support by rozzo, robert dietz, dj sneak, livio & roby, dop, luciano, dj deep, john tejada, shinedoe, matthias meyer, dubfire, lauhaus, dj w!ld, yakine, technasia, todd bodine and many more...

von spar is an artist collective from germany consisting of sebastian blume, jan philipp janzen, phillip tielsch and christopher marquez. the cologne-berlin quartet serves up a veritable ear-worm as an amuse bouche prior to their third album >foreigner<, which will be released at the end of may 2010 on italic recordings. the four deliver a rousing anthem enriched with a krauty disco groove and soulful close-harmony vocals for all of those late-night culture-vultures, oddballs and mother-in-laws nightmares propping up the bars at the discotheques of this world.

impelled by an insatiable hunger to impose their musical concepts on the unsuspecting (yet inevitably thankful) masses, the visionary electronic circus ringmasters monosurround are finally poised to unleash the latest act of their hello world story. with >hello world remixed<, erik and ramtin offer up a quartet of wildly unique musical pieces, each specifically designed to tickle the ears, whether heard on a crowded dancefloor or in the comfort of home.

two and a half years after their debut lp, 23 seconds, dazzled critics and lit up dance floors worldwide, cobblestone jazz are back with a powerhouse new album that captures their live-in-the-studio energy like never before. a mixture of heady, jazz-inspired house grooves and below-the-belt analog funk, it raises the bar for electronic dance music in 2010.titled the modern deep left quartet, the record marks an important addition to the cobblestone jazz lineup, as the trio of mathew jonson, danuel tate and tyger dhula brings aboard colin de la plante (aka the mole). de la plante is no newcomer to the cobblestone crew: the four musicians have been playing together for nearly 15 years, since their first performances in small-town victoria, british columbia, and theyve all shared the stage as the modern deep left quartet

another effortlessly excavated and amended quartet of surefire, cone rattling club cuts. all four tracks have been, as ever, lovingly reduced to their bare essence, ensuring they re as indispensible as the mangled label they re on alongside the much hyped forthcoming release on dfa ray mang has been behind a plethora of releases on labels like noid, fiasco, u star, nuphonic etc etc over the years and has cemented his reputation as an amazing producer in his own right as well a studio engineer extraordinaire for the likes of the idjut boys, glimmers & many more. ray has delivered yet again!! as always, only one limited pressing will be available - you know the deal!

massive support by loco dice, joris voorn, brothers vibe, renato cohen, andy kohlmann, matt star, maik loewen and patrik batemann!
a great follow up from momé! on the flipside - a big and exclusive remix by göran schenker! this stuff is speakermelting!

this is a long awaited release on theomatic from a russian-born (now czech-based) house-quartet d-pulse. this definitely should have happened before as all d-pulse members and theomatic’s commander andrei zakharov (an-2) are fellow-townsmen and have known each over many years. d-pulse are known for their expressive live performances (guitar, bass and keys), everything you hear they play live and their unique vibe can shake any audience, be it hip moscow cuties or shy hick-town chicks. the band’s hectic schedule has put this ep on hold for several months, but at last guys managed to organize themselves and lay final touches to the production. the a-side is a mellow, spaced-out disco jam called ‘prekrasna’ - the russian for ‘beautiful’, especially when referred to ladies. the dancefloor-aimed ‘moments’ on the flip side starts off with hypnotic, dubbed-out guitar and atmospheric synths laid over fat house beat. it gradually leads to the breakdown followed by guitar driven blast-off and takes you to the orbital heights from wherever you are.

never been in africa remixed by dreist aka mattstar berovic & leicher, locke and der eine und der andere the labelowners of onewayticket...allready played by: matt star, frank leicher, nicholas duvoison, jonas kopp, milos pavlovic, maik loewen...

support by: jimpster, steve bug, anthony collins, c-rock, hell, m.a.n.d.y., james flavour, martin eyerer, mijk van dijk, danny tenaglia, chloé, sian, makossa, ante perry, twotracker, p.toile, franksen, maik loewen, jussi-pekka, mark henning and many more

in the summer of 1975 peter gathered his collective to record 5 compositions. the outcome was this great album ?the silver apple? heavily influenced by coltrane and his quartet, as well as by cecil taylor, maurice mcintyre, roswell rudd and many musical greats. it?s a monumental lp as it will take you back to a truly unique time of jazz in new york.

supported by: matt star, tim green, angel molina, butane, nico purman, daniele papini, okain, maik loewen, syntec...
for >la gorgona< luca has been working at studio with his old friend telly quin in hamburg. they ve been recording several sessions using different drum machines and analogue gears. their sessions resulted in two creative cuts >la gorgona< and >2 de noviembre<. this ep comes along with spicy remixes from 2 of todays highly acclaimed latin american electronic music artists. argentinian virtuoso franco cinelli delivers a very hypnotic and deep interpretation of >la gorgona< while chilean talented artist alejandro vivanco stays more on the melodic & tech-house side.

they are from new jersey. they are a trio (well, a quartet if you count parrot shithead). they were one of the lucky winners of 2008 issue of the international nuclear blast myspace contest and they will teach you how to thrash the right way! arrrrrr!

last release of starbug !!! allready played by renato figoli, milos pavlovic, nicholas duvoisin, maik loewen, emerson, angel molina, frank leicher...

allready played by tim green, anthony collins, renato figoli, daniel sanchez, perc, joseph capriati, matt star, frank leicher, maik loewen, nicholas duvoisin, daniel mehlhart...

early support by: renato figoli, gel abril, emerson, benno blome, tim green, matt star, milos pavlovic, nicholas duvoisin, sebastian altstadt, maik loewen,...

early support comes from benno blome, tim green, daniel sanchez, matt star, jonas kopp, maik loewen

the final record from oakland, cas psychedelic quartet, the gris gris, was recorded live at the warehouse where greg ashley resides. the twilight had come and the fat lady sang. the final bell tolled for the brightest sons of the oaklandish psychedelic revolution. here is the final piece to that hazy, mysterious, yet strangely familiar sound this band created. with songs from both records played with ferocity and sonic mayhem, the story of the gris gris is here. bright. swirling. gnarly. electric...

next hypnotic techhouse groover !! playlist of: luciano, brothers vibe, lauhaus, einzelkind, super flu, gruber & nürnberg...

when surfing on places and spaces like myspace you sometimes bump into something special, a rare diamond. so we of sound architecture did when we got tipped to check out the myspace of this dutch guy named dollkraut. the following week the only music played in our office was his... when we found out to by surprise that dollkrauts music was not signed yet to any label, we did hesitate or think twice and invited dollkraut to one of our events and asked him to do an ep on our label. inspired by artists such as dave brubeck, glenn miller, pepe bradock, recloose, jazzanova and krause duo, its sounds like dollkraut mixed them all in a big shaker, adding some of his secret ingredients. serving a dish to die for.. full colour sleeve with handstamped releaseinfo on whitelabelcopy.

castle donington quartet late of the pier return with brilliant new single the bears are coming. the single will be available on limited edition 12inch vinyl and digital download and will be released on the bands own zarcorp label. this amazing package features remixes from the fantastic emperor machine, joakim and beyond the wizards sleeve.

born in the same star sign as joey negros sunshine band project, the super phonics are all about invoking that classic soulful 70s disco sound, but to an updated house blueprint, with a little bit of soul and funkn thrown in for good measure. performed by a stirling group of live musicians, including session players for groove armada, incognito, us3, the james taylor quartet, the brand new heavies and the herbaliser, you know the tunes are gonna be good to go! first up is their cover of the linda williams classic elevate our minds - a timeless soul number that has graced the decks of many a southport weekender as well as being recently sampled on ben westbeechs drum and bass smoocher get closer. the super phonics take it back to the raw, with this soul drenched cover. over on the flip, is the bands own composition have a good time, a jumping and pumping disco groover that should find favour on most open minded dancefloors.

quagmires third >artist ensemble< ep introduces the first four new artists to the labels roster. this quartet hails from dutch soil, william kouam djoko residenting in amsterdam as mical rhebess, pevanu and tim woestenenk living in the so called >backcorner< of east holland, near the german border. non of these young and talented producers released solo on vinyl before, which gives quagmire the absolute releasing debuts for these close friends of the label. william kouam djokos serialism repetition fills the complete logo side. this loopy bomb sucks you in a whirlpool of wet percussions and snareriffs. transitions are hardly recognizable and changing elements seem to continue. dynamic and delicate techhouse as never seen before on quagmire. tim woestenenks sunset love on the info side sets the elegant mood for this ep. microhouse in its purest form, stripped down to the most functional sounds. a big stab and a broken oriental stringinstrument give this track a incredible sense. timeless club music

finest karmarouge double pack with new exclusive tracks by franklin de costa, paul brtschitsch & gabriel ananda, daniel mehlhart, sian, max cavalerra, maik loewen and oeler

music from the tv advertisement for volvic fruit. very nice electro/club project with a rocky edge.a song that everybody seems to have on their lips at the moments because of the tv add.

montréals guillaume coutu dumont doesnt lack for collaborations. he works alongside julien roy as egg (karat. m_utek), with david fafard under the luci (morris audio, titbit) moniker, and collaborates with argentinas ernesto ferreyra in chic miniature (raum musik, musique risque). but now its time for guillaume to continue his quest for the ultimate ham bone funk recipe with his solo project: guillaume & the coutu dumonts! a special blend of funk, house, techno, gospel, swing, barbershop quartet and afro-beat! >boogie woogui<, his second solo output after his hartchef debut, presents two special tracks of sweet and hypnotic grooves that will make any dancefloor climb a few steps towards a better place. the funky basslines wrapped in warm and soulfull blanket of old bluesy samples will seduce even the grumpiest. this 12inch is completed by a matt john (perlon) remix which keeps the groove steady and focused on one goal: make you all dance, smile and wiggle! jump on our soul train and shake your ass... shake your ass!

d-pulse is a unique live-house quartet from izhevsk (russia). after appearances on exun and polyphonics comes here an emotion 3 tracker on pro-tez

top house rocker! feat. bonus track >quartet / is not rock< ... played by alan braxe!

alter schwede! wahrscheinlich die fetteste trapez aller zeiten. techno in perfektion. was für eine platte!, kommt mit break 3000 & maik loewen rmxs

brill raw funky house incl phil weeks rmx