electro madness on machine jazz

lerosa delivers a mixture of electro, italo, synthwave and imaginary film themes. profits will be donated to musicians without borders.

this collaboration between skatebård, philipp lauer & dj sotofett dives deep into flux borders of italo, new beat and the melodic sides of industrial. a-side is contoured by a synthetic bassline riff on trigged drums & percussions for a full club version. b-side’s two tracks are both differently bass driven, one with live piano solo and the other with airy whistles. all tracks cleverly composed with a richness of melody, rhythm & engaging arrangements.

gaining traction, gaining speed, the primaeval ritual reaches its boiling point, melting the borders of mind and flesh: a turgid vortex of unstable potential, constantly mutating and morphing itself. unformed and unstructured morphogenetic flows of matter-energy-information, self-organizing processes constituting a veritable non-organic life: the body without organs, that glacial reality where the alluvions, sedimentations, coagulations, foldings, and recoilings that compose an organism occur, a motherly womb detonating hydrogen bombs in her prefrontal cervix, atomizing the doors of perception with sheer gargantuan sonic tremor.

following their work compiling last year’s hugely well-received ten years of jaunt ep, blackhall & bookless return to their label with four varied, equally confident shades of their distinct, versatile dancefloor vision. ‘forward’ is an instantly enveloping slice of big-room techno that’s entirely club ready and yet focused on atmosphere and tension, taking no prisoners and yet unfolding on it’s own terms. that same ecstatic and almost ethereal club pressure reemerges on ‘voyager’, under which gently unleashes a skittering landscape of blissful breakbeats and vangelisesque synths. inspired by the unforgiving sea that borders their hometown in the north east of england, ‘ocean’ is perhaps the most intense moment on the ep, dragging listeners into wave after wave of undulating dub chords, always underpinned by driving, raw and percussive drums. ending in forgiving ambience, this moment of respite leads to the conclusion, ‘occupy’. a beatless send-off, it nonetheless remains equally compelling and vast in it’s filmic and complex sound design, showcasing blackhall & bookless’ finely tuned meld of the substantial and the subtle. tinged with the north sea air and the pulse of detroit, blackhall & bookless continue to master the sound of agile, accessible yet uncompromising club music.

hot on the heels of their recent eps on roam, correspondant and futureboogie, zombies in miami maintain the disco heat with their debut on mike simonettis 2mr. three tracks and one remix deep, the entire release is a full trip to the senses. take it off leads by example: strident, uplifting and dynamically arranged so a whole new level of feels is unleashed when you least expect it, theres a real timeless energy and focus coded deep into every element. new odisea takes more of a cosmic approach with its slinking bassline and soaring, yearning chords that weave and wave above it. buckle up even the slightest variations and percussive additions are so well placed, they create an almighty rush every single time. finally ‘where is the voice of that man on acid’ attempts to ask the question we’ve all been asking for years. fittingly psychedelic, layered and circuitous, its springy riff persistently tickling under waves of evocative atmospheres and it comes complete with a sublime, sub-loaded rolling technoid trip-fest from honey soundsystems jackie house. the duo describe the ep as the result of hours of jamming, trying to imagine and recreate the loudest, most energetic and sweaty dancefloor tracks that we could play in mexico, europe and all over the world no matter the borders. we’d describe that as mission accomplished.

electro-chanteuse und ex-model carmen villain überzeugte 2013 auf ihrem debütalbum sleeper mit einer melange aus royal trux und frühen sonic youth. auf dem nachfolger infinite avenue präsentiert sie interessante kollaborationen mit house-produzent matt karmil (mehrere tracks), noise-improvisator helge sten aka deathprod (quietly) und der norwegischen ausnahmesängerin jenny hval (borders). das cover zeigt hollywood-ikone und john cassavetes-partnerin gena rowlands.

in spaces, composed by the brussels based producer haring, talks about what is living between several spaces and places, the feeling of having several homes and the ability to appropriate these spaces. haring has indeed composed this album between brussels, paris and istanbul. the encounters, the anchoring and the discovery of these cities come together in these ten titles which are each in their own way an ode to these cultures which opened new musical perspectives for him.

we are seemingly headed towards dark and confusing times. the tension inside of the people is rising so instead of putting more gasoline to the fire and fueling the rage i submit to you these sounds of peace. not black music or white music. not borders or class. just music. it’s time to stop labeling music, just as it is time to stop labeling humans as 1st class and 2nd class citizens. if you can ignore my broken voice and if you could only look past my music’s imperfections, you would feel me instead of hearing me and maybe then you could get a small glimpse of the hope that the people feel when they are at my concerts and understand the idea that many great men and women before me like bob marley and john lennon had, that we are all one. the idea that had brought hope and countless others. the hope that makes them scream: peace forever. (charles x)

the 6th album from mia as double 12 inch vinyl in gatefold sleeve.

this is the second release from london producer/dj and apron regular shamos. -games and dreams- is the the follow on from his debut record -road works part 1-, carrying the same rawness, but with a bit more wisdom... this will be the last apron release of the year, so it makes sense to end the year the way we started. with a shamos record...

one of the most talented musicians of the new york jazz scene but who frees himself completely from borders of the jazz to have a walk in 4 corners of great black music. leron is already well known from public thanks to guts hit man funk, it is also him the singer and the frontman of guts live band the featuring of bilal and simon, the leader of hiatus kaiyote.

justice, the french duo formed by gaspard auge and xavier de rosnay, is the band of a whole generation. when the two friends were still bright students in graphic design, in 2003 they made justice a place to experiment a hybrid genre between music and image, which blends pop and electronic borders, and showcases the talents of 2 fascinating passionate pop culture craftsmen, bored with hierarchy. they met pedro winter who had just founded his label ed banger records, he immediately signs them after listening to >we are your friends< which, with its joyful and vitamin-enriched electro beats combined with exhilarating voices, became the hymn of a whole generation and one of the most important tracks of the year 2000, celebrating a reconciliation of pop music and the dancefloor.

these words are in the deepest part of douglass greed and the approach to his debut album. he allows his heart to lead, the better to look where it goes. therein hes distributing straight dope, however, in the sense of emotional impact – dance floor dictation it is not. greed crafts music that serves up euphoria for your mind on the terrace, mas- sage table, train or car trip and so on. a timeless effect stretches along the borders... an enduring touch, and to remain in the mind for seasons to come is his concern with this album. this is more weeping or laughing in the mirror rather than admiring the physical. douglas discusses not the luxurious but rather simplicity, in order to serve a sophisticated >author-future-pop< for the club under the bedspread. his fondness for other forms of musical self-realization shimmers on all of his releases up to now. on his own album, he expresses this passion to the fullest. the inclination for sensible beauty in the dark plays as the greed signature, a central role. featuring musician friends such as mooryc (poznan /polen), pascal bideau (a frenchman in london), kemo (a ger- man-hawaiian in new york), ian simmonds (uk) and delhia (jena), greed casts twelve expressive pulse beats of pure greed cosmos.

a stunning surprise is awaiting: label director florian schirmacher developed something completely out of the box together with the living techno legend mijk van dijk: the chaenge after the preliminary release of the single >love devotion< on david carrettas french label space factory now follows the debut album by the chaenge! funk is back? Ð its never been gone. this is what florian schirmacher and mijk van dijk are presenting. mijk >the legendary< van dijk has set the bar in the techno scene since the early 90s. he was one of the first european artist in japan and still follows and promotes his philosophy of thinking and acting without borders. probably only a few people know that he was a bass player in a funk band before he started his career in techno. the funk strikes back! florian >the voice< schirmacher is producer and singer of wareika, federleicht, hatikvah, here today , and of course the chaenge

the freaks are on the road again, ready to refuel your empty dancing-tanks! the 15th freakshow release should seriously be on the wantlist of everybody who is searching for timeless electronic dancemusic that is aiming at the peaktime moments of the night. it is grooving like hell by having a minimalsitic approach wrapped in carefully crafted high class arrangements, hypnotically pushing & uplifting all of your senses. on the a-side, fausto messina comes up with >bafile street<, a proper microphunk stormer slightly sounding like a tribute to baby fords alltime classic track >make a move<. bafile street, is a track that is more than predestinated for being found in the peaktime moments of one of ricardo villalobos dj-sets. the flipside track is a contribution coming from 2 real techno-wizards. on the one hand jackspot, whom we know from datapunk or highgrade releases alongside his mate diego. their track called >muchen< slightly reminds us a of evergreens in techno history from mathew herbert mixed with a bit of wishmountain. all in all one must quote that if-15 is crossing the borders of techno, techhouse and minimal techno, thus making it possible to satisfy the needs of a lot of deejays playing different and versatile styles of electronic music

second release on we are acid family sees flatlife and suf team up once again to show that there are no borders in acid techno music!!

bongo joe bands, breaking moulds & borders, celebrating 5 years of unity

the 4th studio album from radikal guru.

a snapshot of the rising dutch jazz scene, the super-sonic family compilation captures a refreshed spirit of talented artists that are shaping the new musical directions within the lowlands. this thirteen track collection connects these unique artists that express themselves beyond the borders of genres.

clikno is proud to present the second strike of dr.nojoke’s double ep “zero”. zero.two is purely audiophile electricity to twitch your body in all directions. do the clikno! again zero.two is a limited vinyl-only release pressed on transparent vinyl coming in a transparent sleeve - transparent as light, as ideas, as music and as the world should be - no borders, but freedom, peace and equality for everyone!

repress! the impression one gets of django django is of a band laying down the first, meticulously measured borders on some vast map of a world that only they are privy to. correspondent to that, each track is like its own nation of harmonies, rhythms and textures. >we didnt put much conscious thought into making it sound like an album - we thought wed let any similarities between the songs come out by themselves,< explains tommy.

swedish producer varg has cooked up four tracks using elektron gear. the first track is a probing, ambient and serendipitous take on soundscaping. the second is a hard-kicking, massive and gently authoritative dance beat. third, you have something out of a spacious mechanical workshop. the final track is an exquisitely mystical, moody, twin peaksy closure.

e.o.s. is the acronym of evod, oisel and syntaxism. the collaboration is born togheter with a new catalogue of evod music, called evod excursions. luna nuova is the first of the 8 releases planned on trasparent 7inch vinyls. the collaboration project was born to blend the main sonorities of each artist, with no borders of experimentation. all the sounds were created and processed with analog machines, live recorded. the final result is a track splitted in x and y on the wax, a full side and an ambient side, respectively.

figures creator len faki steps in to the spotlight once again with his brand new >street dub< ep. constantly striving for excellence in sound design and deadly arrangements, fakis wonderfully precise and well honed strand of club techno continues to shine on figures 70th release - a classic example of lens tireless approach to production. packaged together in three different versions, >street dub< stylishly treads the borders between classic dub techno and modern club weaponry. with just a handful of perfectly balanced elements, perching atop a weighty kick and rolling sub bass, both >street dub< and >street dub version< are sure to satisfy purist techno fans and newcomers to the genre alike. as a bonus, an >ambience< mix is included, stripping away all the percussion and letting the beautiful subtleties of fakis production bubble to the surface.

these days house music is often about a 4/4 beat and a catchy groove. the idea is to do something simple to which you can get your groove and, and not so much about listening. the borders of electronic dance music makes room for the hypnotic beats, the driving grooves, but not always the melodic universes. leman & dieckmann have been making music for several years, both together and apart, but almost all of their music was driven mainly by the beat. but both having an urge to discover the dynamics of melodic synths and melodic percussion they decided to make an album. they agreed that the album had to tell a story, and like so many times before in music the topic became love. the story they try to tell through the music on the album *takes two* is the story of a breakup, the denial of the need of love, and the discover of the fact that often in life it takes two, to be happy.

these days house music is often about a 4/4 beat and a catchy groove. the idea is to do something simple to which you can get your groove and, and not so much about listening. the borders of electronic dance music makes room for the hypnotic beats and the driving grooves

straight back with the deepness! moralez, up and coming producer from russia, gets his first ep on gigolo. leaving everything unnecessary behind, moralez delivers stripped back, analogue house somewhere on a highway leading to the borders of techno!early support from locked groove, terranova, digiteria, my favorite robot, jacques renault and murphy jax amongst others.

astaire is quoted as saying that the hardest thing about dancing is to make it look easy - a description that perfectly sums up eve, the fifth studio album by berlin duo booka shade

exceptionnel danceable electronic tracks with undeniable hitpotential. heartbeast have been quietly digging their own tunnel under the borders of genres and categorization in order to dig through to the light and influence audiences with pop appeal and style as well as artistic presence, new pathways for soul music and astoundingly independent professionalism.

here we are with 2nd release of the geneva based label caduceus records!
old friends quenum and lad are joining their forces for the 3rd time to make a beautiful trippy track called ithaca in reference to the greek poem of cavafy. this long melodic exposure is completely suitable for dance floors with strong and powerful bass groove mixed with subtle harmonies and melodic sequences. the track gives us this idea of a voyage full of adventure and full of discovery. and as the moral of the history says what is important in life is not the destination but the path. it is also true in music. think about it.
we have also the honor to have a beautiful remix of the master of the genre petar dundov. he borders with sublime with his interpretation of what ithaca should be ...

produced in london but recorded in ghana, the >friday night< ep by the busy twist transcends borders with its energetic and feel-good vibes, effortlessly mixing influences from the london bass scene and ghanaian highlife and hip-life. released on 12 inch vinyl, the physical release comes with a bonus 12 inch featuring the busy twists debut >floor excitement ep< release. code for free mp3 download included

brooklyn based madteo returns to meakusma after his critically acclaimed >sinister ministers< 10inch released on the label in spring 2009. his signature stylistic approach still borders on deep, ambivalent and engaging house music and hiphop influences. the five tracks here are some of the strongest material he has produced, with basslines, melodies and moods shifting in and out of focus all the time and once again setting a rough yet subtle mood. the >bangin on the ceiling< track features a new collaboration with hiphop legend sensational. for fans of deep and different club-oriented music.

tom tragos second album! lots of guests including om mas keith of sa-ra, tyree cooper, oliver daysoul, romanthony and san proper. tip! after releasing his double ep >voyage direct<, early 2009, tom has spent the last two years finding his signature sound. the outcome of this search has resulted in >iris<. where >voyage direct< was his homage to disco, >iris< deals with all of toms musical inspirations. shaping these inspirations into a new sound and creating an exciting mix is where tom really succeeds. >iris< can be best described as a futuristic soul album. its an album that takes the listener on a voyage into the future of dance music. a future where all genres and directions are fused together, from soul to techno, from hip hop to electro and from classical to disco. over the past two years tom has spent countless hours recording for >iris< in his studio, on the road and in los angeles, where he recorded >so cold<, together with om mas keith of sa-ra. other vocalists featured are tyree cooper, oliver daysoul, romanthony and san proper. the selection of vocalists underlines the diversity of >iris<. you are cordially invited aboard toms musical spaceship, which will no doubt bring you towards the borders of your imagination.

italian based eclipsemusics fourth outing comes with a serious release courtesy of passenger, talented artist whose productions can be heard on night drive music, paul macs sula muse, logos recordings and echoplexs soleil. this new 12 inch confirms his interest in the deepest and more underground side of detroit techno. >black varian< was the highlight of his digital-only release on radiance records back in 2008. eclipsemusics label manager instantly fell in love with it, and now, improved and remastered by aaron-carl (wallshaker, detroit), black varian finally lands on vinyl. with its evolving and ear-catching sweet strings, its delayed cascades of cymbals and pianos, swinging synth lines and subtle bassline, this is already a little new classic for the label, crossing the borders between detroit techno and deep, groovy house. the release is completed by two strong remixes: paul mac strips down the original and builds a dancefloor number keeping a few catching elements for massive impact. just out on connaisseur with her new album, estroe takes the track on an emotional ride creating new harmonic vibes while keeping the deepness intact.

nice price deal !!! following up on her unanimously acclaimed debut album may be later (vakant), chilean artist and berlin transplant alejandra iglesias conceived anemik entirely for the wagon repair label after being approached by label head mathew jonson. a musing on femininity and the fine line between romance and delirium, anemik transcends borders in its range of influence and reflects consciousness in the fluidity and tangibly live origins of its creation. recorded using analog equipment and acoustic instruments with a strong emphasis on voice, there is a wisdom and maturity to this work that suggests an artist in the prime of her life.

crazy retrostyled electropop tracks... incl rmxs by adriano canzian, mount sims, the scandals... schwefelgelb is a hot band from the underground ready to spread their tunes not regarding any genre borders. too special to sign a label so that they just release on their own and keep on doing whatever they want! and that means to create a very fresh mixture of different styles like electro and punk! this very pretty designed 12inch seems to be exactly the desirable piece for the grown up wave heads, as well as for the new generation of young and punky club kids.

forteba was born and raised in hungary where he chooses the occupation of an electronic music producer at the age of eighteen. his early compositions were settled near breakbeat and chill-out area but he soon found his passion in straight rhythms and arrangements inspired by german deep-house stuff. he likes to embed various elements of dub and ambient into straight clear rhythms, so his borders of style are hard to define. he produced some successful singles in his home country as >the garage< together with gábor pasztoriális and got released at hungary-based underground labels……

adilr has given us an album to fully envelop you with listening techno of the highest order.

2cd mixed, incl. tracks by diego azocar, shlomo, phil kieran, steve moore, pig&dan and many more

simon green, alias bonobo, kehrt mit seinem sechsten album zurŸck, dem meisterlichen, gebieterischen migration ein werk mit dem er sich ein fŸr alle mal an der spitze der elektronischen musik verortet. in abwechselnden zŸgen opulent, manisch, wunderschšn, melancholisch, freudig, voller emotion und technischer fertigkeit, ist dies womšglich sein bislang ehrgeizigster versuch, die grundlegende beschaffenheit menschlicher existenz und deren ausgedehnte dynamik zu erfassen. neben zeitgenossen wie four tet, jon hopkins oder caribou, zŠhlen wiz khalifa, skrillex, disclosure oder warpaint zu bonobos prominentesten fans. sein 2013er album the north borders erreichte im uk die top 30 und katapultierte sich auf platz 1 der elektronischen charts, sowohl in den usa als auch im uk. im zuge dessen spielte sein 12-kšpfiges kollektiv weltweit Ÿber 175 konzerte, darunter zwei ausverkaufte shows im sydney opera house, ein ganztŠgiges festival im londoner roundhouse, eine ausverkaufte show im londoner alexandra palace sowie einige renommierte festival-slots. inzwischen verfŸgt bonobo rund um den globus Ÿber eine umfangreiche, loyale und engagierte fanbase. mehr als eine halbe million verkaufte alben und Ÿber 150 millionen spotify-streams gehen auf sein konto und verdeutlichen den erfolg, den sich dieser ruhige, bescheidene mann erarbeitet hat. dank -migration- wird seine wunderschšn raffinierte und gefŸhlsgeladene musik in kŸrze ein noch grš§eres publikum erreichen. das zutiefst persšnliche kann schlie§lich ebenso gut allgemein gŸltig sein

jk soul had a new vision for his new album take me higher. he wanted to show the world his wide range of production skills and his capability of moving through the different styles of electronic music with class. not a lover of sticking to any stylistic niche to mark his territory. electronic music was always his playground so now house, dubstep, drum & bass, together with touches of reggae and soul are equal parts in his new creations all of which are there to enrich his unique and famous hip hop based beats and soul influenced trip hop trademarks. lala pumpkins voice moves the listener far away, across the european borders and in the west side of the atlantic, sounding so fresh and full of emotion but at the same time strong and certain of the capabilities that carries like a funk diva.

good price for good music! these words are in the deepest part of douglass greed and the approach to his debut album. he allows his heart to lead, the better to look where it goes. therein he s distributing straight dope, however, in the sense of emotional impact Ð dance floor dictation it is not. greed crafts music that serves up euphoria for your mind on the terrace, mas- sage table, train or car trip and so on. a timeless effect stretches along the borders... an enduring touch, and to remain in the mind for seasons to come is his concern with this album. this is more weeping or laughing in the mirror rather than admiring the physical. douglas discusses not the luxurious but rather simplicity, in order to serve a sophisticated author-future-popfor the club under the bedspread. his fondness for other forms of musical self-realization shimmers on all of his releases up to now. on his own album, he expresses this passion to the fullest. the inclination for sensible beauty in the dark plays as the greed signature, a central role. featuring musician friends such as mooryc (poznan /polen), pascal bideau (a frenchman in london), kemo (a ger- man-hawaiian in new york), ian simmonds (uk) and delhia (jena), greed casts twelve expressive pulse beats of pure greed cosmos

following her acclaimed debut album crave, french singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist leonie pernet returns with le cirque de consolation: a world where borders dissolve and everyone makes their own unique and singular utopia. the record questions the links between pop music, african cultures and electronic music, neo- classical music, or the place of the voice, whether human or synthetic