the xx files ep is the latest from matrixxman, co-owner of the soo wavey imprint and formerly known for his work with 5kinandbone5, on brooklyns fifth wall records. the release culls influences from late 80s/early 90s dance music with particular nods to classic detroit techno and wbmx-era chicago house, and remixes come courtesy of londons ill life and irish producer myler.

glasgow based imprint tribal pulse launches this july with temujin by boom merchant, backed with a remix from pole folder. boom merchant was born in ireland, raised in spain and now resides in glasgow, the hometown of tribal pulse. merchant grew up on a diet of detroit techno, house and generally futuristic forward thinking sounds, which is evidently apparent in his own productions. tribal pulse therefore is a fitting home for this new release, as the label sets out to deliver deep, pulsating electronic rhythms designed for the dance floor.

swinging from the chandelier and setting fire to the feast, our original raison detre is back to raise merry hell and we couldnt be happier as accessories to the crime. ark was one of the biggest influences on circus company when it first formed from the freakier corners of the paris scene, and since day one he has been a guiding force in maintaining an uncompromising attitude towards house and techno in all its most flamboyant forms

the flatlife deep debut of liverpool-based artist binny, including remixes by oliver lieb & tim gaal. the oliver lieb remix of release is a pounding tech-house track based on the two major themes of the original and treated with the typical oliver lieb signature sound - peak-time material! the original version is a soulful and uptempo broken-beat detroit techno track. the journey once again takes you back to the motor city: a lush sounding pad sound is accompanied by a shuffled and funky rhythm track. the tim gaal remix slows it down and incorporates a retroish deep house feel. flatlife deep is run by jack wax (flatlife records) in cooperation with tim gaal (adepth audio), focusing on warm-sounding analogue techno music.

with his first release for disco bloodbath, london based scottish producer objects of illusion offers a powerful statement of intent. the > private games ep< features four tracks of raw emotional club music that, while there are nods to early chicago and detroit, go beyond mere pastiche and are instead something heartfelt and sublime. a stunning debut from an exciting new talent.

lovers of giorgio moroder, kraftwerk, aphex twin, drexciya, legowelt or ceephax will find it easy to relate to this wonderful melodic acid bath. with its foundations in synth pop, chicago house, detroit techno and electric dance, this album brings us a real taste of scandanavia, rather than the all too common swedish house mafia.

played by tim sweeney & dj nature
detroit has been stretching its influence over creative lisbon in recent years. helder russo, a newcomer, reflects that underground evidence on his debut 12 inch for groovement. you ll hear that inspiration manifesting not only throughout his musical output but also embodied on the b side remix, delivered by the iconic and legendary motor citys producer niko marks, long time artist at planet e . i dont know ep has been in the making for a while but its finally complete, containing 3 original tracks and one remix by the great niko marks

beautiful and unrelenting, understated and overwhelming, mr. osborn delivers on the promise ofall of those adjectives with back 2 here. four detroit inspired compositions guiding your night to all of the right places, from dusk to sunrise. back 2 here bridges an intense emotional resonance from the thundering physicality of the club, the purple skied, clear summer after hours straight on until a post-party morning breakfast. with each new release, todd proves himself one of the true alchemists of electronic music

terrence parker is a detroit legend and to celebrate this first edition of finally (terrence parker late night dub), in the pure house tradition with shaking bass, glamourous vocals, strings and piano, we decided to asked a remix to the one in france that keeps the houses flag high and strong: manoo. maya jane coles remixer, mixed on panorama bar 04 by nick höppner, signed on such labels as deeply rooted house, real tone record, ... with manoos remix, the vocal has been changed in an hypnotic mantra, synths are like rolling waves and the drum section is like a heartbeat. also two others remixers from the d!fus team lead the track in real different directions: laurent caligaris choosed the love and deep side: nostalgic and beautifull. maxco found the dark side of the deepness, miles away from the original reconstructed on rythmics, ambiance and deep synths.
already support from norm talley, ata, laurent garnier, fabrice lig, enola, claude monnet, grego g, patrick vidal, arno gonzalez, anton x, krispaglia ...

alessio alexsoul pagliaroli returns to whasdat music this time with the distinctive voice of none other than arnold jarvis. this piece simply titled *tonite* has already become a crowd favorite of terry hunters bang party sundays in chicago, received major play from kai alce and norm talley at movement festival in detroit, and is in the rotation of other top djs: louie vega, moodymann, rick wilhite, just to name a few.

muller records presents hiroyuki arakawa. hiroyuki arakawa is one of japans next generation djs and producers. this year we have already released an arakawa remix for beroshimas horizon ep on mad musician. this time he shows his carefully crafted deep techno on the berlin based techno label muller records. he describes his music a mix of detroit and berlin techno. brand new and good for you?

erster vorgeschmack auf das neue album des französischen produzenten danton eeprom, der bereits mit arbeiten auf versatile, rekids und hypercolour sowie mit remixes für royksopp, radio slave und andrew weatherall glaenzte. occidental damage ist ein energetischer hybrid aus detroit techno, chicago-house und leftfield-pop, mit remixes von andreas tome (fondation), lee burton (klik) und cardopusher (hyperdub/tigerbeat6).

large music returns to the show with the 4th edition of large wax! four fresh deep house cuts designed to rattle the bins and steady the needle. side a features londons james dexter dropping a nu garage bomb and jakobin & domino from luv shack records with a deep detroit-style workout. side b continues with a slow burner from rising star sek and finishes off with matt prehn from oh so coy recordings and his warm chords and vocal stabs on love u back. hot!

massive! vinyl only! first strong limited pressing in orange transparent vinyl! new anonymous project running and produced by a south american artist based in berlin , strictly detroit and chicago house music! shrinked. tip.

next up in the line of nina kraviz tracks to get a facelift is the sparse and eerie best friend. following on from the impressive detroit instalment of the remix series (provided by marcellus pittman and urban tribe), we travel 700 miles north-west from michigan to minnesota, where techno pioneer of the midwest dvs1 resides.

part 1 of 2, slamming detroit techno

part 2 of 2, slamming detroit techno

they come from livorno, italy but these four young men seem to have landed from detroit in the mid-90s. raksasa is the debut ep of the talkin robots who have been remixed by the dextrous brain of jerome sydenham who has once again shown immeasurable talent with soul research.
analogic and definitely old school, is the sound of the original mix while sydenhams mix is dark and refined: deep techno for all hours.

t u n n e l returns on etichetta nera with a terse, broken beat anthem asking the question, *how many of you out there ... have ever been ... part of a ritual?*. with cross-atlantic deep treatments by victor martinez (psycho skunk, calahorra), corbin davis (blank code, detroit), and darren quail (animal farm, glasgow), the ritual ep crosses datelines and sonic boundaries with one purpose: to get deep on the dancefloor.

bodies in pawn is a compilation constructed from a foundational sample set created by detroit producer len bartush aka mutate. featuring original versions crafted by mutate himself, as well as by project 313, audio injection and luis flores, bodies in pawn represents another critically functional techno release sure to find its way into the record crates of djs from la to berlin.

vinyl only, limited edition release. no digital & no repress.
canary first release with a great various artists are entitled beautiful chaos. detroit house legend rick wades alone at night is a cool grooving tune. spanish artist kresy provides beautiful summer breeze and kindimmer is perfect blend of deep house and 90 house styles. yusuke yamamoto (aka freischwimmer) propose new style deep house sounds. this ep will be loved by every house music lovers!!

three track ep with heavy influences from detroit. produced entirely with analog gear, this mature piece of music shows the true talent of this versatile producer.

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 sound of yss, is gravitating towards old school detroit, working beautiful harmonies as well as stabby chords, with classic 909 programing keeping the stems on a short leash. on the b side is a remix by the chicago based producer melvin oliphant iii aka traxx

singular records is really happy to welcome colin mckeown, aka the parallel, from dublin, for the third release on the label. known for making timeless detroit house and techno, he delivered another splendid ep this time, red flash ep, warm and emotional, perfect recordings from a very unique producer.

after a 3 year gap since his last release on nakedlunch our next release is from a bonafide detroit legend stingray313. pressing on grey marbled 10 inch vinyl.
dj support from ben klock, martyn, surgeon, boddika, serge (clone), ben ufo, brendon moeller, scuba, pearson sound, mark pritchard ...

eight years since his last ovum ep release and david alvarado is back with the land of the sunchild ep on ovum. hypnotic detroit / dub techno rooted killer stuff... a big one !!

vinyl only! very limited copies! vinyl runs from the inner side to the outer side like the old nsc cuts from back in the days. pure detroit house and techno.

dublin based duo, dave hargadon & phil long aka slowburn make their debut on lunar disko records with four machine-driven house and techno jams. fusing the percussive sounds of chicago & detroit with their trademark analogue soundscapes, slowburn once again push deeper into the realms of house and techno with their third full ep, crafted somewhere between the black pitts and contae sligeach. slow-rising cuts demonstrating precision drum programming, delicate chords and pads, alongside some acute arrangement, make for another outstanding ep from two fast-rising irish producers. lotus, is it?

huge remixes package, including the detroit legend rolando, plus brendon moeller and washerman.
this special release is the second vinyl from abstract theory, signed by the label founder francesco bonora and his studio partner rame (manocalda), after a big amount of quality productions around.
pressing on transparen, red coloured & marbled vinyl.

passarella death squad are back with an new ep and once again open up a world of brooding, twisted emotion brought to life by their unique sound. giant ep commences its twisted journey with french vocalist emilie albisser s style beautifully on blue lips running in parallel across thundering basslines, and clipped layered synth sounds. title track giant leads with a vangelis style combination of fear inducing sounds that entwine in perfect time with emilies ethereal voice, from a future where hope is dwindling the stars and stripes is an enigmatic homage to the home of electronic beats - detroit. where drexciya channels drone in a fiercely uplifting mantra to the power of america. giant ep ends with untitled which aptly wraps off this musical journey using metallic sounds melded together taking you back to that beijing smog with huge led screens and too many people.

ltd 2013 repress
- storming detroit techno
- from tribal to spacin stuff
- already heavy plays by sven väth !

ekhowax is the second personal release of george apergis (owner of modular expansion records). available in a limited 12 inch vinyl, ekhowax expands the artists club vision of his early detroit releases into a dub techno territory, filled with dark atmopsheres and a crowd pleasing vocal. the release inludes 3 massive remixes, the first one being the remix from the dynamic spanish duo nx1, that go darker with their pumping futuristic revision. the second remix comes from the legendary truncate aka audio injection, who creates the perfect club tool with his unique us chicago style, an instant hit. the release is sealed with the deep minimal and melodic cover, from the upcoming paris artist birth of frequency (of construct re-form crew).
supported by: laurent garnier, richie hawtin, damon wild, ben sims, mikael jonasson, the advent, umek, dj hyperactive , dvs1, paul brtschitsch, tommy four seven, francois x, bas mooy, vidal, space djz, speedy j, slam, billy nasty, alan fitzpatrick, perc, pig & dan, raffaelle attanasio, lee holman, mirko, kabale & liebe, spartaque, anderson noise, michel de hey ...

metro detroit frisky/risky dreamer dj coyote clean up serves up a heart n hardbody emotional saga with 2 hot 2 wait, his deep-debut freaky full-length on 100% silk. hot-under-the-collar horniness (a woman simply counts to three on zebra go seek and you start to undress), headphone-house grain (the fuzzy gut-bump on the least u could feel is like warm breath whispering in your ear), skrewed rnb freestyle strip-hop (stuttery layers give hopeful, life-affirming energy to the lover-lost awesome luv) and out-of-time mash-ups (double dip is a memory overlapping, with a classic 95 dial-tone under and over contempo edm knob-twists) blend blissfully, fashioning a sentimental journey through a sex-love-loss odyssey. 2 hot 2 wait is a sensua-stellar standout, beckoning, daring, colorful and celebratory in its exhibitionism and lust.

youand:themachines is the solo project of martin who is a part of youandme. new release information behind is his longplayer debut on ornaments and is a mirror of all his influences from dub techno, ambient, downbeat, detroit techno and house music. never before has martin incorporated his music so much in analog hardware, field recordings and hidden messages.

dario zenker delivers 3 tasty cuts of detroit rooted techno for frozen border.

3rd release on nocturbulous records, 1991 rave gener8tor ep is a collaboration with minimum syndicat and a tribute to the golden age of early 90 s rave parties, hoovers, stabs, subbass, tb 303, sirens, detroit pianos and other crazy sounds are back

espai music are proud to present energy 52, the first and long-awaited espai release from the inimitable spada.
having received the demo, we were in no doubt that this would warrant an inaugural and exclusive vinyl release. our finest of the year, the track embodies all that we love about electronic music with a fusion of rhythm, energy and emotion. a true masterclass.
it is fitting, then, that we recruit two of technos best loved stalwarts to offer pre-eminent interpretations. taho, known for his releases on labels f comm, delsin and ovum (to name a mere few) delivers a utopian techno piece with detroit flavour. jim enhances his bountiful reputation further with a groovy dancefloor filler and another sprinkle of detroit.

the italians are coming! luca ballerini with the 2nd awesome release on musical methaphor. this time slightly on a detroit tip with some classic house tracks with some light melodic topping, and an additional rio padice remix who adds some jazzy and funky sample flavor. recommended!

some serious tracks on the new dogmatik! produced by kuba sojka, a young producer and musician from mystowice, poland. with releases already on matrix records and mathematics, demonstrating his techno and house inspired sound, he continues the theme here with the you cant take it ep. delivering three tracks of chicago and detroit inspired grooves to round off another quality release on the dogmatik label... recommended!

ltd 180gr vinyl repress
vinyl only !! of course!! more than a year after his last ep, quarion returns to retreat for a fantastic expedition: a journey to the >moons around jupiter<. consisting of four tracks dedicated to the four galilean satellites, >moons around jupiter< is a sonic masterpiece that blurs the lines between house, techno, broken beat and disco. a certain detroit mystique (the futurism & outer space themes) also surrounds this mesmerizing ep which quarion himself ranks as possibly his best work to date … come and take a ride! we may share the ultimate bond with the moon europa: the presumption of oceans underneath its crust of ice as well as an atmosphere that is mostly filled with oxygen make this satellite a good candidate for possible extra-terrestrial life (more micro-organisms than 3-eyed aliens though). quarions >europa< hopes to reveal the secrets underneath the ice layer: beginning with a skippy beat and a tinkling piano, the track evolves rapidly as subtle keys and a cosmic choir appear from beyond.

with an overwhelming passion for chicago // detroit and italo-house, mayo soulomon has long studied the genres’ analog roots and carefully created his own studio spaceship of synthesis. it is with this that he has produced for fly by night music three classic translations of these essential movements in dance music history, which we have backed up with an authentic remix from detroits own, rick wade.

after his previous dancefloor corkers on lovemonk and kat records, casbah 73 returns to the fray with four more servings of deep & funky boogie-house.
casbah 73 has had a busy year, whether it is delivering intense detroit-influenced jams & twisted house originals or releasing some essential edits, stripping and rebuilding those disco & jazz bombs for dancefloor duties to great effect. his joints have been supported by names you can trust like gilles peterson, jazzanova, danny krivit or belle and sebastians chris geddes.

ultraphat spooky detroit / kraftwerk influenced electro monster , incl huerco s remix

for the fourth and final round of the stallions compilation, bosconi records closes in style with athena: muscular four tracks that run between detroit and chicago sounds, dub and ambient aiming at the discovery of new, unexplored horizons. selected big stallions, which feature the best of their talent trying to cover up unknown journey and territories but leading to surprising results. the oliverwho factory with a rousing mind free, nick anthony simoncino of an entrancing and picturesque tramonto techno, nicholas with a soaring and disruptive from somewhere else and ennio colaci on beautifully nuanced hinterland, close one of the most interesting art projects in recent years increasingly raising even more bosconi records in the olympus of globality.

new jersey based producer jorge velez returns to echovolt under his brand new guise bridge & tunnel kids with three tripped out, psychedelic journeys of the detroit kind plus a remix by fellow outsider willie burns! once again, only 300 copies.

percussive detroit mills classic with housey flavour

after last years spectacular return to our airwaves and the world of techno with the release of the excellent album from the far future pt. 2, the detroit veteran terrence dixon is back with a new release entitled the giant robot ep on monique musique imprint, while that enigmatic and experimental british producer actress has been brought in on remix duties.

what happens if you ask two up and coming and highly talented uk producers to create a track for local talk, then get a hyped house duo from manchester to remix it? you get the bitter love ep from the true rebels together with a fierce remix from deep space orchestra. its two very different takes in both tempo and energy. the original version is a battle of piano stabs with a bouncy yet filthy bassline that results in midtempo house burner with a slight techy feel. the deep space orchestra remix takes us straight to detroit, fusing classic techno sounds together with modern house.