hannah holland remix...

who is the legendary lost cowboy? hes not an act who has appeared on playtime before. and hie new track spinach boy is wonky, a lot more than playtime used to be - with a lead noise like an explosion in asynth factory, if they made synth that do that clown-like >honk<-noise. fantastic remix by well known luke solomon

probably the most outrageous promo reaction playtime has ever seen, jazz thang is what happens when you ask two producers to work together who are both just millimetres away from the bigtime. on one side you ve got andre crom s jazz thang, an - unsurprisingly - jazzy number that builds on the wonkier material he s already known for with safari electronique, leftroom, memo and sender. also on the a is gettin funky, a retro-90s house number with contemporary bass. but then on the b, you ve got riva starr s amazingly catchy and fluid re-rerub of jazz thang - which has struck a chord from the nu ravers (massive - tommie sunshine) to the commercial djs like d ramirez and even tocadisco, the ubercool underground types like karotte and marcus vector, and of course the king of wonk, claude von stroke

this funky electro pump bombs are big with john acquaviva, serge santiago, mason, rene amesz, digweed, dan kahuna, audiojack, worthy, (dirtybird), james talk, electric press, mark knight, d ramirez, sander klienenberg, mousse t, tom neville, groove armada, justin robertson, martin ten velden.

the hype for mike monday is really hitting home. just this issue theres two pics in dj mag and three mentions plus hes in two separate charts –his new track on simple, bhalobashi, #10 in the hype chart and the album top 10 in the downloads chart. a >producer to watch< in mixmag – and were promised a rave review for the album in a fortnight as well. and thats not to mention the 5/5 review in idj with a raving three page feature, the continued presence of smorgasbord in dj mags >lps we cant put down<, its album of the week status in owtl and the profile out next week

after making an initial splash with their much feted remix of jl henney – me & my moog (fine) in spring 2005, cass + mangan got to work. their unique take on electronic music has resulted in their remixes and original productions worming their way into the boxes & charts of djs like laurent garnier, erol alkan, sasha, kiki, mike monday, tiefschwarz, fergie (radio 1), john digweed and simply too many others to mention

and this first vinyl sampler covers both sides, with the traditionally monday thing to the slowed down funk of fun with a k. these are the 12inch versions, by the way – so for the next 6 weeks the vinyl will be the only place that djs can get the more club-oriented tracks on the album. only limited copies will be printed, and this is the first of a set of three samplers to release 12inch of the entire album on vinyl. dj support - does any label cross as many boundaries as this? claude von stroke to ame and the unabombers

nice price deal !!! and this first vinyl sampler covers both sides, with the traditionally monday thing to the slowed down funk of fun with a k. these are the 12inch versions, by the way – so for the next 6 weeks the vinyl will be the only place that djs can get the more club-oriented tracks on the album. only limited copies will be printed, and this is the first of a set of three samplers to release 12s of the entire album on vinyl. dj support - does any label cross as many boundaries as this? claude von stroke to ame and the unabombers. plus john acquiviva, paul woolford, d julz, fex, james talk, jerome pacman, mazi, ralph lawson

there s a serious new scene forming around playtime records. mike monday, king roc, cass and mangan, the insignificant others, claude von stroke, david duriez and big daddy are spitting out a new house / electro hybrid that s not commercial but works bigtime on every floor. dj support from: fergie, erol alkan, tom neville, mike monday, king roc.

a big jump-up number, its popular with a huge range of djs ûsteve lawler's track of the summer, went down a storm at secretsundaze and it's being played at every type of dj at every time of venue û ewan pearson to tall paul to jo jo de freq. then there's belter. our tip with this release is playing it loud and wear something absorbent. it's a sinister, liquid little number û the opposite of the jauntiness of tooting warrior >>dj support steve lawler, david duriez, dirt crew, ewan pearson, john acquiviva, king roc, phonique, will saul

it's the uk's answer to mega underground hit geht's noch. a big trippy number that asks the question we've all asked when we finally came to on some strange dancefloor the day after, or even the week after that ... 'what day is it?' big with: josh wink, xpress2's rocky, laurent garnier, tom stephan, lee burridge, ewan pearson, phonique & mylo