professor rhythm is the production moniker of south african music man thami mdluli. throughout the 1980’s, mdluli was member of chart-topping groups taboo and cjb, playing bubblegum pop to stadiums. mdluli became an in-demand producer for influential artists (like sox and sensations, among many others) and in-house producer for important record companies like eric frisch and tusk. during the early ’80s, mdluli projects usually featured an instrumental dance track. these hot instrumentals became rather popular. fans demanded to hear more of these backing tracks without vocals, he says, so mdluli began to make solo instrumental albums in 1985 as professor rhythm. he got the name before the recordings began, from fans, and positive momentum from audiences and other musicians drove him to invest himself in a full-on solo project. it was the era just before the end of apartheid and house music hadn’t taken over yet. there wasn’t instrumental electronic music yet in south africa. as the ’80s came to a close, that was about to change.

unobenga (louie vega remix) professor featuring ndu shezi & thebe remix produced by louie vega! with the music of south africa conquering it’s way around the world due to afro house leaders, black coffee, culoe de song, anané & her nulu label, shimza, da capo, black motion, mo black records, and more, from the shores of ibiza to bali and back everyone is feeling the emotions coming from such rhythmic and melodic sound.

professor inc returns to boe with a four track ep of low slung heady house vibes, thumping drums and searing soundscapes. punchy 4/4 rhythms and throaty chords of crazy grace the aside where neat percussion sections break up dubby sweeps and deft ambient samples. the rolling loose beats and haunting synths movements of undergound sit nicely inside and offer a pumping club cut. the glorious strings of life after asylum play nicely with vox synths, weird samples and some weighty low end. rounding out the ep, put up the vibe skips and swings with fizzy stabs, modulated percussions and warm grooving bass.

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2021 repress - to feel the future is to feel the fall into time. for the fourth instalment in tresor s kern mix series, dj stingray (urban tribe/drexciya) presents a device for decoding time in all directions, a sonic prism that refracts our senses into auxiliary components of a total future-rush. with a far-reaching selection that has been worked into his own unique form, dj stingray wraps our vertigo around a gritty pneumatic bump with high-velocity swing. his mixing style, prepared for hostile engagements as it is, throttles techno into counter-gravity forces. wading through a specialised cross-section of detroit s own dance-floor contagions as well as the contaminated feedback signals from across the global aqua plains, the mix can be summed up in just one word: hectic. raw, caustic, synthetic rhythm-code pumps frenzy itself through a cascading geothermal fog. never giving away the cryptographic keys, dj stingray works you harder than your heart, adapting your biology to a fractal timeline of viscous systems. discovery, or uncovering, has to do with what already exists actually or virtually, it is therefore certain to happen sooner or later with enough sweat in the club. and as kern volume 4 attests to, dj stingray has the access codes and the stealth sense to make a place of a space, and to let it fall into time. accompanying the mix is a double vinyl. the leading manoeuvre comes from the collaborative efforts of dj stingray and heinrich mueller under an exclusive nrsb-11 piece. seven more key titles of the covert assault make up this vinyl edition

with an enviable private collection of synthesisers amassed during his travels to the us in the early 1970’s and shipped home to tel aviv (where he was an established kinetic artist, as well as a professor of both philosophy and art) ami’s main focus was the desire to combine his love of electronic music acts such as tangerine dream, philip glass and new synthesiser technology, with his interest in the relatively new technique of biofeedback - a process in which technology was used to relay information about the body’s functions in order to enable a change of physiological activity.

this album has been many years in the making. around 2005 we were gigging, playing hip hop breaks and supporting acts like krs-one and raekwon. we wrote a lot of our own material, but we never properly recorded it in a studio, we did however make lots of -one mic- recordings onto a mini-disk player. tom kept hold of all of these recordings and in 2011 send copies of everything to the rest of the band. a short list of 30 were chosen to record properly. a basic studio was booked, and recording began, initially it was pretty basic, just drums, bass & keys with guitars overdubbed the following day. with these foundation rhythm tracks tom went away and edited them, creating structure, extra layers and demo mixes. these demo mixes were used to send to mcs. it was decided to go with american mcs as the type of thing we listened to when we wrote a lot of our material was classic 90s hip hop. el da sensei & sadat x were the first to respond to our request, and soon features were flying through ever other week. we actually had enough material for 2 albums, but picked what we wanted to represent our first release and continued to develop the material, including adding session musicians for harps, brass, strings and cuts. we chose 4 tracks to create videos for and got the ball rolling with various video makers. the final year was spent mixing, sequencing and deciding on artwork. the title cinder hill is reference to where the band spent many afternoons practicing at john & joe’s parent’s house, their mum maggie passed away in 2016 and the album is dedicated to her for her endless support and love for the music.

top-sampler als tribut an den legendären londoner flamingo club, dessen kultige all-nighters partys in den 1950er bis 1960er jahren dem musikbegeisterten londoner publikum jazzigen rhythm n blues, proto-soul und später ska beibrachten. mit 16 top-tunes von james brown, little stevie wonder, byron lee, ray charles, sarah vaughan, prince buster, earl bostic, u.v.a.

illuminating late night in pure electronic genius is this brilliant portfolio of ocean deep productions. leading off, drivetrains (detroit, usa) >together< rocks the floor from the first dropped beat. but the real surprise is the evolving melodies submerged in infectious groove. rubba js (brussels, bel) soiree debut >reflection< details a meticulous syncopation dancing through relentless rhythm. absent for over a decade, country gents (london, uk) return to soiree with >need me<. club-tested, the booming bass and powerful vocal provide a wicked sonic high. professor inc (paris, fra) brings another earth quaking, body-shaker. >luvin< fuses clever chord progressions, subsonic riffs and the tweaked-out vocals of kris magnetik. aqua marine – redefining the fathomless depth of the underground.

a soundtrack for the time of the day when nothing really matters but the music you love. an after-hours musical narrative, crafted in unadulterated authenticity. drivetrain brings on acclaimed writer/vocalist diamondancer, dropping seductive expressions of passion and desire on peppermint kisses, pads and strings provide the enchantment as the sub-bass quakes your body. nate mattimore makes his soiree debute with veteran, todd perrine (the p of the now defunct ph concept) remixing cloudmasterweeds, sunny. after years of individual involvment in the scene, the 2 joined musical forces in 2007 forming a strong production and performing partnership. the mattimoe-perrine remix defines pure, sterilized deepness. blackjacks ever-expanding repetoir of preeminent productions reaches a new level. triaxials impeccable orchestration and grooving bass line effortlessly fuse this late night odyssey. quindrant dub is professor incs dark and techy nocturnal poison. pounding rhythm under mind-bending effects generate proper dance floor dope at the time when you need it most. late night chronicles – music for the bewitching hour.

a journey into electronic, soulful, afro & latino rhythms
there are few labels who will get the opportunity to work extensively with the most dynamic remixers, djs and producers of this decade. bbe seems to keep coming up trumps. grammy award winner louie vega has been on top of the dj game for over 2 decades.

zombie-zombie is a crazy scientist and musical project based in paris, lead by two people, professor etienne jaumet and cosmicnemanusing sound and rhythm to explore the feeling of fear growing deep inside of you

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