juan mc clean (dfa) & argy (these days) remixes

boys and diamonds is unmistakably a pop album but also one that comfortably fits in with kompakts long-standing lineage of genre-refracting releases. you will be hard up find another record that cohesively brings to mind siouxsie rubbing elbows with shabba ranks, giorgio moroder sipping daiquiris in bali, desmond dekker envisioned through skittering footwork, tom tom club sitting in with congotronics, even early madonna produced by chris and cosey. unlikely as all of that sounds, rainbow arabia makes it sound easy. mostly recorded at their home studio in echo park, muppet palace, boys and diamonds was written and produced by the couple with help from their friends in los angeles and beyond. drummer/producer extraordinaire butchy fuego (pit er pat, boredoms, mia) contributes arrangements and beats in places, and icy demons dylan ryan plays on the percussion-heavy island shuffle nothin gonna be undone . the album was mixed at the wonderful hobby shop studios in la by mudrock, who also adds some final production touches on the record. the 11 new songs on the album, were also made possible by the encouragement of peers/heroes in la like former ghosts, fool s gold, secret circuit, abe vigoda, and part time punks dj crew. outside of their hometown, they also found support and inspiration from kindred spirits like pictureplane, spoek mathambo, as well as their new home, the ever-illustrious kompakt

the niallist is back after his first release of 2010 on little rock records - his last (house machines >a.c/i.d.<) selling out its limited edition run and gaining support from james murphy, trevor jackson, cosmo vitelli, ali renault and old school acid legend adonis.
>i came< is favela-funk meets chicago house, with the sultry vocals of ms mac d lending it an accessible and sexy edge. it has already gotten plays on kiss fm by sinden, and on bbc radio 1 by both vic galloway and optimo. the release has been getting some strong reviews already and the remixes have been proving popular on the blogosphere, especially brassicas icy italo remake.

the >calling planet earth ep< continues his journey of his experimentation with sound. in addition to the title track, >the magic city< and the sun ra homage >conversations in an analog dialect< showcase more of the evolving production from the mathematics label boss. hand stamped white labels. limited to 250 copies (no repress!).

super limited pressing! glaxo babyËa year ohm from his blinding debut albumm vindicatrix exhumes mj and traverses reversing deer thru an alphabet forestËlimitedËthis will not heng around longitudeËbuy before you tryËbm

after house releases on rush hour yore, tony takes it back to home grown detroit techno. from new millennial acid house, to disco string stabs, to human beat box samples, he works new angles into the timelessly classic detroit vibe.

>in the absence of gravity please note the position of the sun / loosely based on bees< is a vinyl-only release featuring two side-long tracks and is packaged in an lp jacket with beautiful letter-pressed artwork hand-pasted to the front and back.

r&s follow the massive singles from pariah, james blake, model 500 and space dimension controller with the debut release on the label by untold.
>stereo freeze< is aimed directly at the dancefloor, updating the electro sound for 2010.
>mass dreams of the future< mixes muted rave stabs and more electro basslines over house beats and sub bass, and perfectly accompanies the lairier a-side.

released on the always reliable hit farm neon gold, which has given the world marina & the diamonds, ellie goulding, your twenties and penguin prison among others, starsmith is a super-hip young producer who has worked with ellie on her album, as well as remixing marina, passion pit, nerd and loads of others. its a scorching electro-tinged pop demon, glam without the cheese, and reminiscent of the kind of smashes that the french house lords of the mid 90s (like fred falke and alan braxe - more on him later...) were ruling dance music with. great sample from an old ritchie family (clip below...) disco stomper from the 80s which powers the whole thing with a undeniable hands-in-the-air vibe. a big autumn hit!

anfang des jahres hat kasper bjørke ein großartiges electro-pop-album auf hfn veröffentlicht. als kasper bjørke & his friendly ghost präsentiert der mann aus kopenhagen indes einen sound, der seine wurzeln in techno, minimal und house hat. mit dem >go away song< feiert er einen starken einstand auf der black label-serie von compost. remixe kommen von wareika (eskimo, perlon) und holtoug.

spooky eddie amador hypnotizer

french house is sort of back! after hitmachine carlo lio sk supreme presents another promissing guy called eric volta. including hot remixes by kanio (traum, trapez. lower east) and david west (anjuna beats, pickadoll, armada music).

tech-house stomper with a reggae dub edge. side a featurs loads of percussion and a funky deep bass. the dub goes deeper as a true reggae dub, taking on a fantastic, skankin off-beat dancefloor vibe.

the b.t.s are a detroit deep house live act crew. this is there first release in the world. the ex-member of underground resistance, derwin hall bang the dam walls down with this groove. this remake track with the late ron banks vox sample >treat me like man< is a detroit killer! derwin had some extra production on the drums by delano smith. this track is so hot, me (eddie fowlkes) and my momma had to get this for the cityboy music. what a great track for their first release.the black exterrestrials come back with >the journey< on the flip side. this deep minimal soul house groove has that element of a underground banger with euro flavor - with lead vocal by angie sexy ass!

after the untimely passing of ben bracket brydon in april 2009, his friends got together to pay tribute to him in the most fitting way possible, by creating a not-for-profit label that showcases some of the incredible music that he made. and what music it is, fierce, interesting and above all, fun with an instantly recognizable production style. check it...

new signing for data - unicorn kid aka oliver sabin, a scottish producer on the 8 bit electro scene. remix from last japan & photomachine.

clone crown limiteds first one! its jellphonic and zacky funk force throwing some bad ass dirty p-funk influenced tracks so sick that we had to put them out! a-side cut >100 snakes< rocks it like the neptunes could do... dirty and effective! on the more softer side we have >sexxy< that is sexy as freaky can be. both tracks has zff on the mic (backed up by reggie blount and st liquor-ish). and lets not forget the only one! the best cut in years (and for sure on this record) if you are into love songs. serious heat from these funkateers!

2003 deep and soul house by hundrid birds

incredible deephouse track with a lot of energy. minimalized bassline is giving it a masculine drive and the lush melody is very lively giving the track a loose feel and nice build up. comes with one of those well crafted mark e remixes with that driving slow house beats and measured and steady build ups. after fa016 another strong fine art release! limited to 300 copies.

tasty summer sampler from the size camp - ft_paul thomas & myke smith/pirupa & pig

hot on the heels of the recent sold out fine art sampler 2 (with the amazing henrik schwarz mix) fa is back with another strong package. here a special collection of remixes from rodriguez jr who delivered a deep house mix of pedro calis original track. an exciting electronic techno funk mix from orlando voorn for jens loden and middle eastern exotica mix from panoptikum on the sublime sheharzads yalla yalla track. another winner and highly recommended! comes with a voucher to download all of the included tracks for free...

this release is the first part of a remix series, which will bring the mellow atmosphere of alifs album to the club floors and lift it to another level. chloe impressively emphasizes her experimental potential by remixing alif trees reality in a quite dark, but still pushing way. different layers of vocals decorate the rather broken minimal house track and transfer it to a floor filling anthem. the renowned dutch producer-/dj-team tj kong & nuno dos santos already demonstrated their ability to create soulful but still deep and pushing house music. through their past releases on compost black label, such as the tranentrekker/dropout û maxi or the single merging which features vocals by house legend robert owens, the international demand for all kinds of collaboration with the talented tag team increased noticeably.

our third release is introducing to you more intensely the musical personality of dairmount, founder & a&r of our the label. longtime independent music activist born in belgium (formerly known as philarmonix), dairmount is a natural born “freestyler” who embraced anything soulful & groovy since the late 80‘s, playing & travelling the world for 15 years. hamburg is the city where he settled down in the last 6 years and 2009 marks the accomplishment of his personal dream to found room with a view, shelter of his musical fantasies. friendship & challenge are two values that defi ne phil pretty well so it is no surprise that musical collaborations & versatility tightly express his musical approach and personal ethic. after displaying bass-ment tale, an old school house tribute produced with his partner in crime marino berardi, on the fi rst episode of the perspectives serie, dairmount is presenting subakuatik blues on his fi rst ep. recorded in 2007 with his good friend ralf petter, an “old cat” of the hamburg music scene, this track managed to capture the essence of these great studio sessions : phil’s natural obsession to create hybrid club material & ralf’s amazing engineering skills matching perfectly to create this sub-aquatic dream that resulted in the track name. lost in the world of analogue synths of ralf’s studio, they created a 9 minutes odyssey crossing the lines between deep house, disco futurism & detroit infl uences topped by a surprising “ravy” breakdown. phil approached naturally two of his longtime favorite producers to give their own perspectives of the timeless feel of the original : russ gabriel, who phil has always admired for the depth of his output on ferox, planet e or his own soul on wax, has signed a beautiful version of the track. extremely subtle & hypnotic, this remix is a true blessing & a great pride. mood music’s honcho sasse, old friend of phil, retouched with lots of love & care the track that he went crazy for and even realised 2 vers