maik loewen is back on his label niveous with an excellent atmospheric tune and a stunning remix by ray okpara. enjoy!

its just a small sample off the groove platter a little something to whet your appetite, if you will. and who better to get the juices flowing than mobilees own versatile house-maven, ray okpara.

anja schneider collaborate once again with close friends to muster, remix and vocalize for anja schneiders little creatures, the 94th release to boot! mobilee label-chief, anja schneider and bpitch wingman, kiki, solely dominate the release with minimal beats, in sync claps, soft baselines and a deep blow of infernal lyrics heavily breathing out, are you a saint or are you a sinner?

>a crowd teaser and crowd pleaser, constantly rocking it with music to make you smile< is a very fitting description of mobilees next new guest, ray okpara. with a string of big releases on labels including oslo, get physical and remote area, he has always stuck by his groovy, soulful and deep house trademark style and his brand new ep on mobilee >booty< is no exception to the rule! listening to soul, funk and hip hop at a younger age, he has carried these influences throughout his musical career, blossoming into an internationally renowned dj, live act and producer. title track >booty< is built upon an inescapable and never ending tightly swung groove, whilst >crabapple road< comes with a nice and deep bouncing bass line. >modern dance< and >coyoacan< follow suit with an equal amount of energy, creating a very strong collection of dance floor ammunition, which will likely be heard in clubs across the globe. get up on the floor and enjoy!

first ep from ray okpara with an remix by sean dimitrie from canada! nick curly (cecille): >full support!<

played by: ricardo villalobos, steve bug & matthias tanzmann… after his release on arearemote and drumpoet, ray okpara presents his debute on oslo recodrs. brothers a percussive journey based on repeted loopy sounds which flipps the dancefloor into extasy. an extra class tool, ending up getting to be a tru highlight. the deep and incredible pushing melodic chords give we keep the special touch. not to forget: the lovely round played bassline creates a uplifting atmospheric feeling. groove on! snice rounds out the ep more then enough to one inspiring piece of vinyl. be surprised.

newcomer johnny d, comes with his first single release on 8bit records. well known from his release on oslo records a few month ago his last single >manipulation< was featured by a lot of well known artists like ricardo vilallobos, richie hawtin or luciano. >walkman< sounds a bit like an oldschool chicago house track. 100% coolness and satisfaction guaranty when you play the it. on b1 >dejau vu< is another excellent deep frisky track, based on a nice chord line which finds a finish in a playful tricky guitarsolo. b2 is a walkman remix from ray okpara. he tuned the track in a prime time killer ones. big groove reduced to the max!

ltd warehouse found! support by josh wink, nick curly, 2000andone, dubfire, matthias tanzmann, raresh, davide squillace, nekes and johnny d... the new jewel from mannheim, ray okpara finally celebrates after his great records on oslo, drumpoet and area remote his debut on cecille records. ray okpara belongs, together with nick curly and johnny d., to the rajo crew. hes an inherent part of the mannheim house scene. what you get is a strong three tracker with soul, heart and energy, a great constellation for showing up rays skills and style. dear friends and music lovers, check your case for the new talent! hope you enjoy...

new ama recordings from onno, including remixes by okain and ray okpara.

fresh off the back of his recent gypsy ep on nic fanciullis saved recordings imprint, ray okpara returns to the mobilee stable with a deliciously dark double hitter. with his half-nigerian roots, hes often known for rhythmically intricate music productions built on addictive, loop-driven beats.

if house is a feeling, ray okpara has the sensation all the way down to his soul. the mobilee mainstay is a crowd teaser and a crowd pleaser year after year, teasing the boundaries between house and its sister sounds. after the acclaimed album good times became his crowning glory in 2012, midnight protein is a stunning return to form that showcases rays taste for groove and soul.

incl great remixes by chris carrier and ray okpara

after the cyh remixes vol. 1 with dj sneak & ian pooley from 2011 comes here round 2 of our remix series. this time jesse rose & ray okpara choose their favorite clap your hands track for their own interpretation. were more than happy to present the jesse rose remix of rafael kakudos work and ray okparas remix of malte seddigs downstream movement.

whether it is deep, tech, percussive, disco, chicago or minimal, ray okpara doesnt leave any sub-genre out of the pool. in a lucid representation of himself, ray delivers an 11-piece bundle of soul lifting, mind and body empowering dance tracks under the core title, good times.

incl. ray okpara remix! supported by: adam shelton, anthony collins, brett johnson, chris carrier,dan drastic, dj sneak, dj terry, dj jee, dop, echonomist, franklin de costa, john dimas, joris voorn, m.a.n.d.y, m.in, marc schneider, matthias tanzmann, martin eyerer, mr.statik, raresh, rene breitbarth, v.rotz, v.sexion, varoslav, werner niedermeier

supported by: lauhaus, boris werner, nick curly, federico molinari, kabale und liebe, nekes, johnny d, sascha dive, markus fix, dj wild, chriss carrier, ilario alicante, loco dice, mathias mayer, brothers vibe, karotte, tanzmann, matthias kaden, raresh, robert dietz, reboot, ray okpara

having released his booty ep on mobilee earlier this year, ray okpara has quickly become a very popular member of the mobilee extended team. with releases in the past on labels such as oslo, get physical and especially on his own label ama recordings, he is well renowned for his signature style house groove and soulful flavour, and hes bringing his sound back to mobilee once more with his brand new ep blues me blues. coming as both an original and instrumental, blues me blues,is atmospheric and hypnotic, sprinkled with a beautiful vocal. meanwhile bounce to this will wake the dance floor out of any kind of hypnosis with its punching bass line and hip house vocal. lastly hideout is the deeper and calmer compliment, balancing out the whole ep and providing a satisfying amount of variety. enjoy!

ray okparas ama recordings back again! with ray first release on his own label

keeping it deep with ray okpara. percussions, drifty hypnotic beats, a touch of soul and marvellously deep ... house is a feeling and ray okpara has his finger firmly on the pulse, leading the way.

support by nick curly, karotte, joris voorn, matthias tanzmann, davide squillace, shlomi aber, martin eyerer, solomun, okain, hot chip, brothers vibe, hernan cattaneo, david labeij, anthony collins, franck roger, jairo catelo, feygin, edgar de ramon, mendo, pawas, affkt, uner, andrew grant, wally lopez, nick daring, adam port, solo, alex neri and more... markus homm burst onto the scene back in 2009 with his tracks featuring on debut releases for ostwind and diynamic music. the romanian born german swiftly built on the success of those early releases as he teamed up with highgrade records to release a number of tracks throughout 2010/11. his mixture of deep, soulful, techy and minimal sounds has seen markus and his productions prosper and today we bring you his debut release for kiara records. the summit ep is a collection of three exclusive new cuts lead by the wonderfully deep and hypnotic title track. its the title track that receives the remix treatment too, as kiara welcome ray okpara to the label. with two remixes and one original release to his name so far in 2011, we find ray in excitingly fresh form as he harnesses the deepness of the original and adds a rough and gritty edge with the inclusion of an abrasive groove-locked synth line.

percussions, drifty hypnotic beats, a touch of soul and marvellously deep ... house is a feeling and ray okpara has his finger firmly on the pulse, leading the way.

support by: italoboyz, audiofly, timo maas, jesse rose, johnny d, sascha dive, einzelkind, chris carrier, rhadoo, lauhaus, nekes, julien chaptal, gel abril, luca bacchetti, karotte, anthony collins, luciano esse, riva starr, m.in, jamy wing, mirco violi, fabio giannelli

supported by 2000 and one, nick curly, johnny d, david labeij !! this time nigerian, german ray okpara with berlin and amsterdam connection strikes on area remote with his ultra sci-fi funky house tune. also known from his releases and remixes on amused records, 8bit, get physical, oslo among others.

supported by 2000 and one, nick curly, johnny d, david labeij !! this time nigerian, german ray okpara with berlin and amsterdam connection strikes on area remote with his ultra sci-fi funky house tune. also known from his releases and remixes on amused records, 8bit, get physical, oslo among others.

locker, flockiger deephouse mit folkloreeinschlag. auf der b-seite geht s trackiger zu. mit nekes remix

incl anton kubikov remix

bomb alert!!! 4 remixes by markus fix, ray okpara, jorge savoretti, david glass. full colour sleeve

2yc (2 years cecille) exclusive tracks by affkt & felipe venegas, nick curly, ethyl & huxley, premiesku, daniel kampf, negru vs boola !!

back to the origins for the 90000003 series ... vinyl only! no repress! 300 copies handstamped. worldwide. great expectations for the third release of citylow records f.t.g. & alex tea. raw, dubby and spaced out 3 killer tracks ... thanks to f.t.g. & siyah kuma for raw1.
already supported by: dubfire, dj sneak, robert dietz, ray okpara, nick chatelain, brett johnson, kasbah zoo, m.a.n.d.y., franck roger, gel abril, dj t., sis, drummer, kiki, alland byallo, tripmastaz, emanuel satie, hermanez, chaim, xpansul, oscar barila, franco bianco, javier carballo, carlos sanchez ...

early support comes from mathias kaden, monika kruse, nick curly, gregor tresher, paolo martini, ray okpara, gorge, tripmastaz, markus homm, toni rios, bunte bummler, huxley, steffen deux, johnny d, tuccilo

next bondage music release is a collaboration of mihai popoviciu and toygun, with remixes coming from tuccillo and el mundo. a big release, already receiving big support from shlomi aber, sidney charles, onno, animal trainer, gel abril, dubfire, gorge, anja schneider, bart skils, dj sneak, piemont, butch, sante, luna city express, affkt, marco carola, ray okpara, okain, franco bianco, solomun, stacey pullen, benno blome and more!

it is a huge pleasure for etruria beat to welcome to the family, for the first time on an italian label, martin swanstein, better known as martinez. the swedish/danish is best known for his release on labels such as moon harbour, cadenza, lomidhigh, love letters from oslo and la pena. martinezs first release, that kick started his carrier in 2000, was his >laidback grooves ep< on the notorious chicago based deep-house label guidance recordings. since that time he has been a regular on the worldwide deep/tech-house scene.
supported by: loco dice, richie hawtin, mathias kaden, mosca, ryan crossonshlomi aber, franco cinelli, reboot, lee curtiss, davide squillace, ray okpara, tini, oxia, luca bacchetti, karotte, alex celler, ambivalent, gary beck, gregor tresher, kiki, behrouz,thomas schumacher, danny howells, riva starr, layo, smokin jo, diesel, mauro picotto, carlo lio, danny howells, tiefschwarz, slam and more.

we love matt. supported and charted by: ritchie hawtin, danny tenaglia, luciano, paco osuna, seth troxler, camea, davide squillace, magda, daniel sanchez, tim green, karotte, gregor trasher, fabrizio maurizi, tim xavier, mikael srtavostrand, monika kruse, ray okpara, marko nastic, dominik eulberg, ilario alicante, italoboyz, andrew grant.

played by: monika kruse, karotte, gregor tresher, 2000andone, riva starr, meat, martin eyerer, &me, gel abril, noir, ray okpara

supported by roman flügel, joris voorn, matthias tanzmann, matt john, richie hawtin, dj sneak, daniel stefanik, pig & dan, claude vonstroke, stacey pullen, steve lawler, ray okpara, dirty doering, lauhaus, butane, jesse rose, mihalis safras, mirco violi

a joint venture with the mannheim label oslo records and their artists johnny d, ray okpara, nekes, christian burkhardt, roberto amormino, federico molinari, and makoto (nekes and tomio tremmels new project) resulted in a double vinyl, containing a choice selection of party hits as well as some deeper and more wayward house-tracks.

started in 2005 by gorge and nick curly in mannheim, 8bit records is celebrating its 5th birthday with a special compilation including more than 30 artists and only exclusive tracks to be released only within this big package. beside the hyped and sometimes boring minimal trend 8bit was one of the first imprints combining minimal deep elements with danceable house grooves. in a short time lots of turntablists and producers all over the world payed attention to their releases and the >sound of mannheim< was born. a lot of young and fresh artists like johnny d, ray okpara, veitengruber earned international attention and respect same as already respected artists like oxia, audiofly, marcin czubala or the timewriter find a new home for their music....

big with: davide squillace, gregor tresher, konrad black, ray okpara, tim green, joel mull, gel abril, mihai popoviciu, alexi delano, daniel sanchez, marc marzenit, dustin zahn, okain, doomwork, todd bodine, wally lopez, arnaud le texier, daniele papini, jorge savoretti, danny howells, michel de hey and more

big with: d julz, ray okpara, brothers vibe, mihai popoviciu, gel abril, mendo, phil weeks, chris wood, anthony collins, jacuzzi boys, affkt, meat

supported by: ray okpara, federico molinari, julietta, nekes, johnny d., sascha dive, anthony collins, ramiro lopez, danilo schneider, tolis q......>deep series< is a division of >diaphan music< founded by george p. and kaitow in 2010 to provide more soulful electronic music. enjoy it!

familientreffen bei oslo! ob johnny d, christian burkhardt oder sascha dive, alle sind sie dabei und zeigen wieso dieser hype auch wirklich einer ist !! qualitativ dicker techhouse für den club

supported by: brothers vibe, federico molinari, nekes, ray okpara, fimo ... we are happy to present on our first release for this year a new diaphan family member and one of the most up and coming young artists from athens. v.sexions releases on labels like safari, catwash, time has changed and many others shows that the youngstar from the greek capital knows exactly how to rock the crowd with his sound. pumping house music, thats it! and thats what he shows us on that ep with >do your head< and >you see<. however, >kadon< on the flip is a more deeper track wich is also the template for the >brothers vibes remix< who inspired and biased so many artists from the whole house scene with his amazing releases on his own imprints mixx records, jersey underground and som underground

massive feedback by : markus fix, dj sneak, doc martin, ray okpara, nick holder, jimpster, m.in, dj wild, andre crom, inland knight, mark farina !
it has been a while since fries & bridges have released anything but that was never going to last forever and the aptly title forever this was certainly worth the wait. the boys use old school skippy beats with a filtered bassline accompanied by the sweetest of vocals which is perfect last tune of the night material. theres also an instrumental for those who prefer a heads down mix...

big with: dj koze, brothers vibe, anthony collins, julietta, retrac(acid casuals), varoslav, nekes, ray okpara, johnny d., v.sexion, dimi angelis, ben anders, fimo ...
the 4th release on diaphan music comes as a va with 4 strong trax, that are already played by a lot of national and international artists like brothers vibe, anthony collins, nekes, ray okpara, retrac from the acid casuals and so on, just to name some of them. on a1 spiky makes his debut with forest trees: a minimal track that generates a very funky groove with its cleverly arranged horn sequences. dusty hands on a2 is much deeper with its fat bass lines and some housy chords & vocals. the track is written & prod by lee fraged, the mastermind of the net-label >this side music<. coowee on b1 is written/ produced by little fritter.

supported by: italoboyz, josh wink, shinedoe, matt john, einzelkind, federico molinari, lauhaus, markus fix, ray okpara, karotte, djw!ld, robert dietz, nekes & many more

feedback agaric - club tracks vol.1:
karotte : a seite ist super!
shonky (freak n chic): full support for revuelo, play for sure. like the vibe, the bass, the way it runs. good job
ray okpara (oslo): thx alot man, like your club tracks vol.1 ,) rock on bro...
ben parris (foundsound): these tracks be hot!
derek plaslaiko (ghostly): revuelo is a fucking jam dude!!! will be playing the shit out of it!!!
mark henning (soma): bombs!!! will chart em and play em both :) rock on!
sean o neal (foundsound): i love this release! i will play it for sure! and catchy title!
perc (perc trax): thanks for this, runner is a great track for me.
signal deluxe (persona): thanks a lot for sending your new release, its fucking bomb dude!!!kreon (below): loooove em...great job once again :)
carlo (metroline): thanks for the tracks once again, runner is the real business will defo play it this saturday..
nicolas duvoisin (siteholder): i will play it for sure, nice summer tracks!!
mr statik (perplex): oui oui oui!! great work, relentless grooves, can t wait to try em out!
kai limberger (plus+): revuleo is a really cool track! i really like the way it grooves! thumbs up
gummish (trapez): i m playing the tracks especially runner nice release!
additional dj support: adam beyer, alexi delano

big with ricardo villalobos, dubfire, tiefschwarz, 2000and one, sis, johnny d, einzelkind, gregor tresher, luca bacchetti, lauhaus, david squillace, nick fanciulli, anthony collins, marc romboy, markus fix, gorge, livio&roby, ray okpara, boris werner, bearweasel!!8bit & cecille label head nick curly starts with the first ep of his nick curly - series . the first one, a strong two tracker, will be released on 8bit records, the second vinyl is coming up in april on his second imprint cecille records. side a comes with a funky track with a hookin vocal line. perfect start for spring 2009. side b is a more deep and dark, with a powerful groove hitting the dancefloors. beginning of may 8bit also releases his first 8bit-reasons compilation, mixed by nick curly!!

new robsoul output by kreon (below, resopal, cecille)!! already played by mathias tanzmann, níck curly, daniel stefanik, ray okpara, lauhaus, serafin, sebo k, reboot, anthony clollins...

compiled by: (in alphabetical order) christian burkhardt, damian schwartz, einzelkind, ernesto ferreyra, franco cinelli, guillaume & the coutu dumonts feat. qzen, ivel tax, johnny d, juan sorrentino, skipson, leonel castillo, maayan nidam, michael melchner, markus fix, noidoi, reboot, ray okpara & nekes and sascha dive. all of the tracks are previously unreleased.