lars von licht’s -from arrows“ is exactly one of this sort: an almost 15min live jam, both simple and sophisticated. a track for special moments and for special people, perfect for reanimating supérieur. one of the frst persons whom i gave this tune last year s summer was lee burridge, who played it straight away at burning man. admittedly, this release took some time, but we wanted to fnd the right moment and the right remixer. we considered many options but came back to one of our own people in the end. dodi palese who released his connaisseur debut earlier this year, felt like the right person to challenge this track and we were right. he has transformed it into a tribalistic high energy bomb, with an unexpected, big synth theme, blowing you away. yes, we are more than happy about this release and it was well worth the wait.

100% ricardo villalobos, raresh style... heavily played by ricardo villalobos, raresh, joris voorn, gregor tresher, meat, italoboyz, john digweed, djulz, robert dietz, 2000 and one..

last record of sven vÄth @ amnesia !!! hit !! loved by: joris voorn, jimpster, raresh, audiofly, paul woolford, damian lazarus, josh wink, gusgus, andrew grant, hot chip, daniel stefanik... with yellow sky over reykjavík, part 1s a-side features a previously unreleased piece of music by thor from1999, which, had it been released in the year it was made, would definitely be a classic nowadays, similar tocolds strobelight network, the first catalogue number on his thule records. a track for those rare magicmoments, we all longingly seek for, a tune to reset the dancefloor. a true milestone!you are all lost on the flip side already was released in 1997 on thors famous aliens dont boogie release. atrack that might as well be a blueprint for deepness, raw yet warm, a subtle dub house experience, deserving are-release, properly re-mastered of course.

secret weapon of djs like ricardo villalobos, raresh, rhadoo and pedro from the ar:pi:ar crew, robert dietz, sascha dive ,.. some tracks are bigger than others – resulting of that perception we decided to bring some renewals for our sublabel superiéur and repositioned it as platform for reissues and unreleased treasures from the 90ies. first reissue will be the frankfurt early morning classic >sunrising< by mark ambrose & alexander purkart pres. bellringers, originally released on force inc. us in 1998. besides a new mastering of the original dat tape, we couldnt resist to include two amazing edits of the original. responsible for the reworks are our polish homies mike p and katowice academy of jazz graduate kacper bogacz, better known as pol_on, as well as finnish super house producer roberto rodriguez

classic dub techno monster ! big with jori hulkkonen, johnny d, meat, solomun, yousef, dop, anja schneider, davide squillace, stacey pullen, jimpster, steve lawler, mark henning, agnes..

big with karotte, laurent garnier, sebo k, sis, nick curly, gregor tresher, djulz, gummihz, fabrice lig, silicone soul, dj hell, marc romboy, agoria, orlando voorn, monika kruse, peter kruder,

one sided killer application!! some tracks are so weird, that they can neither be fit into a regular release schedule, nor an appropriate b-side be found. for these black sheep we have decided to create a small niche on connaisseur supérieur. the cnss black edition will sporadically present tracks that are way out of our usual categories… with >numb<, daso finally opens his >panteras< box and again proves his ability to rock reeeally hard. the track actually consists of two seperate tracks whose combination has proven itself during several of dasos live performances. it is the transition between the two tracks that makes the crowd go mad. the clonky intro (already published on ware records as mud max - zampone (maderfotor rmx)) morphs into a giant breakdown with perhaps familiar sounding spoken words before it suddenly reincarnates as a ravey monster from hell! numb shouldnt be taken too seriously and is definitely not for all occasions, but dropped at the right moment, this atom-bomb will cause serve damage on dance- floor-gro

big with sonar kollektiv posse, alex attias, peter kruder, dave ellesmere, kiki, agoria, fabrice lig, 3channels, chymera, simon baker, dan ghenacia, sasse !! + quarion remix... already featured on our current label compilation >grand cru 2008<, we now welcome andrès garcìa with his first regular release on our sub-imprint connaisseur supérieur. andrès, a geneva-based musician with spanish roots was early infected with the music virus. he started with classic piano classes at an early age, and moved from there to jazz and improvised music. this lead him to the conservatoire populaire de musique genève, where he attended classes in electro acoustic music. today he’sproducing solo or with partners like dandy jack, quenum or paris the black fu on prestigious labels like crosstown rebels, imploz and num, beside his work in the contemporary art section, for theatres and movies. >no more tears< is a genuine summer track with an alluring groove, mysterious oriental-sounding vocals and an excellent percussion work, which is tailor-made for deep and moody techno sets. drumpoet community’s man of the moment - quarion

big with: agoria, tiefschwarz, c-rock, m.a.n.d.y., daniel stefanik, sebo k, dave ellesmere, satoshi tomiie, djulz, gregor tresher, jimpster, marc romboy, mike monday, miss jools,...! sebastian roya back on conaisseur with a big pounding groove-monster in his familar style and a cool minimalistic jens zimmermann remix

incl reboot remix !! wareika is the collaboration of henrik raabe and jakob seidensticker, both specialists in dub techniques (voidcom / ministry of sound, jubilee rec., ostwind rec, lebensfreude rec.), jack-of-all-trades florian schirmacher (philpot, cadenza, perlon, poker flat) and michael hank. >men village< – their first production as a collective - comes up with almost 15 minutes afrorelated drums and percussions, accompanied by warm analog-synth raster scanning and highlights, served on a pushing, strong-force but simple beat, that carries one’s body and on and on. reboot – the below and cadenza artist reduced the original to its more rhythm-based elements and added his typical trippin percussion twist

incl huge daniel stefanik remix!! big with jimpster, 3channels, laurent garnier, djulz, kiki, philip sherburne, miss jools, fabrice lig, gergor tresher, dave ellesmere, 2000andone, mike monday, dj yellow, stephan bodzin and many more

firm fave of: ewan pearson, agoria,fabrice lig, ali schwarz, shinedoe, ben watt, jimpster, umek, bodzin !!! pele is back, this time in cooperation with shokh aka dave shokh, dipolder label owner and kiddaz.fm ambassador. peles last release >childhoods end< is one of connaisseur most successful releases so far in 2007, with plenty of licensings for many important summer compilations. thumbs was already released as a limited 250 copies white label release in february this year. finally this great rumbling techno track found its way to connaisseur, to be presented to a bigger audience. >thumbs< is a squeaky, twittery and kickin minimal techno track packed with a bunch of little astonishing moments. already featured on patrick chardronnets grand cru mix, this is more than a perfect mixing tool: a stripped down minimal hymn, no redundant emotions, strictly rhythm a quality ass-shaker! simon baker leeds-based shooting star of 2007. after his amazing releases on playhouse, connaisseur, viva and his own imprint infant, he drops this massively bouncing techno monster of a remix. kind of chicagoesque, kind of daft and massively pushing pure peaktime madness!

incl. a huge my my remix !! simon baker has been playing records for over 15 years now. being a true aficionado, his versatile and passionate dj sets are never bound to just one style. he is a firm believer of “if it’s good, play it”. his passion for deep electronic house and techno is further fortified by releases on his own imprint infant records. 2007 has been a brilliant year for simon so far, his fast-growing reputation is proven by current residencies at a number of uk’s acclaimed underground house nights including asylum & technique at the warehouse in leeds, and ddd at the key in london. apart from connaisseur, simon has recently been signed up to german top house label playhouse, and has also been picked by steve lawler as his worldwide support dj. for us, he opens his pandora’s box of production and delivers a masterpiece of current club music

in 2005 estroe had her debut on less is more recordings, and several stunning releases and remixes on bio elements, 7th sign, magneton, eevolute etc. followed. for connaisseur, estroe has contributed a real pearl of detroit-influenced timeless techno music.. jamie jones pacific mix dresses >driven< into a more deep house-oriented motorcity outfit.

incl tantastic patrick chardronnet rmx !! (pokerflat) from the deepest depths of the rural wooded westerwald hills in germany comes the producer duo daniel girresser and michael erb, professionally known as girrèsse & erb. these two old warhorses of electronic music met at a rave in the early 90ies. fascinated by the complexity and the aesthetics of this new, non-natural and repetitive music, they decided to start their own project. they produced their first tracks in a small cellar with rather humble means. these were followed by live acts and releases under of >catch22<.