enter center stage is fred p, the undisputed master of subtle four to the floor soul and tech infused house. we are proud to present his ibadan debut single energy soul and visions. the new york connoisseur delivers with futuristic conviction and his fire burns bright.

urgent’s main man deego fresh delivers the third release on odd music sub-label with a bunch of excellent dj tools with a soul, taking us on a deep and introspective journey while maintaining the drums as sharp and as tight as in the previous outings, characteristic of his inimitable production style. hot material right there.

a negative hallucination is an idea that was first put forward by sigmund freud in 1890. he used the term to describe how a hypnotised person could be led to be unable to see a person or thing that was right in front of them once out of the hypnotised state, creating a gap in their reality. sadly, this gap in reality seems endemic in the minds of many in the world, whether from lack of access to facts or from wilful ignorance. the result is the same regardless: a world where many oppressed peoples reality is edited out of the conversation. noleian reusse (half of africans with mainframes) and thomas cox (one third of pittsburgh track authority) got together in the studio in pittsburgh during a week of extreme social unrest in the usa in late 2015, resulting in these recordings. the tracks are crafted with a stripped back electronic funk and a stark, relentless feel that reflects the energy in the air at the time. as long time fans of politically and socially charged music like public enemy, underground resistance, nwa, dopplereffekt, and gil scott-heron, noleian and thomas have taken these influences and mixed them with their own styles to come up with a modern dancefloor version of those ideals. lead track solidarity fills the whole a side with its optimism. soulful melodies and strings conquer the driving rhythms, bringing a sense that through sticking together, a better future is possible. the b side s perspective is darker. police state is a crazy raved out banger that combines gritty acid and harsh tones that channel the day-to-day existence for far too many urban people. the third and final cut, surveillance, is a paranoid, spacey techno track that would be ideal as a soundtrack for closed-circuit television video reels. this snapshot of urban life is tied together through artwork by andrew burger, whose mix of throwback style and current ideas nails the dystopian existence that is now reality as predicted so long ago by orwell, huxley, lucas, and many more.

nice price deal !!! soul veritee kicks off with deep & soulful tech-house music from naples, made by carlo carita. single-sided release.

white label hand stamped limited to 300 units - vinyl only !
following the incredible success of 2014 s lunata (sr 004), john beltran s first ep, soul research returns with his melodic tunes. techno which emanates emotions and breathes detroit in and out in rhythmical arches. israel is a journey to faraway lands, with both hypnotic and melodic tunes while achva resounds ambient and techno filled with pathos. the long awaited israel remix by historical brit kirk degiorgio is a full re-intrepretation of rhythm and movement that only the great can creat

technosoul .03 comes from blazej malinowski, who has previously released on swedish phorma and canadian silent season amongst others. “mika” and “open closed open” might serve as blazej s sound signature – deeply rooted, hypnotic techno with a trance edge, which works both on the dancefloor and in comfort of one s home. remix number one comes from the legendary british dj and producer steve bicknell, whose take on “mika” is raw and very dense at once – it serves as the most brutal piece of music on the release. remix number two comes from “the mad ukrainian” stanislav tolkachev, whose vision strikes as a real surprise. instead of his usual beats stampede, he has provided the record with a beautiful, ethereal offbeat techno: this won t probably work as a peak time monster, but with a proper audience, it will have a mesmerizing effect!

basel based producer ben kaczor comes up with the 6th installment in the snx series. serious house/techno 4-track release. heavy drums and intense atmospheres.

one of swedens best kept techno secrets, kab, is back with a vengeance. remix done by karl m. dreamy, deep and funky ep for your soul!

die compost allstars, bestehend aus christian prommer, roland appel, jan krause von beanfield und michael reinboth, liefern hier die offizielle geburtstagshymne zum 20 jährigen labelbestehen. good day ist ein deep treibender tech-house track mit vocals der fingers, inc.legende robert owens. show-b steuerte einen mächtigen peaktime remix bei! das good day original ist teil der compilation v.a. compost 500, welche als download-code im jubiläumsbuch soul/love 20 years compost records zu finden ist!

a young dj/producer from brooklyn (deep explorer, finale sessions) pushing the line where deep house and techno join in emotive rawness. a deep moody selection of movements that suit any occasion as the vibe grows & culminates.

after making a great impression with its first ep, giant records serves up a second hot helping of house music from boss man grant dell, complete with fresh remixes by scottish techno stalwarts silicone soul. dell, also known as chicago transit authority, has been doing his do for 25 years now. as a dj he is at home in clubs in ibiza and barcelona as well as around the rest of europe, and is someone who always prefers to push his own brand of widely infused and influenced music than his own profile. once again here he comes up trumps with the emotive, glowing house cut ‘in your mind’. with a neat bassline and mid tempo house drums, subtle but effective synth smears add warmth and colour to the groove, whilst soul fuelled vocals add a real sense of personality. this is sure to get people grooving at any hour and comes with grant’s own space echo remix. as the title suggests it’s a more dubby and reverb rich affair with cosmic signifiers and sci-fi vibes pervading from start to finish. silicone soul need little introduction having been at the heart of real deep house and techno for decades on the soma label. their first remix is a darkroom dub - named after their own label - and is a seductively slo-mo and lazily unfolding house cut with languid synths that really suck you in. their lush hypnohouse mix is then a twinkling, late night bit of melodically rich deep house with starry skies twinkling above sombre chords. this is a patiently served but hugely alluring ep that is stuffed with plenty of tender feeling. one again then, both grant and giant have come up with the goods.

here is what being with your back to a psychedelic wall and deciding you got to go diy makes you do. raw, crisp, and simply honest 115 bpm organ techno with a distorted soul. two takes of it featuring a left-handed chord intro so surreal the exposition will softly draw you in before you realise you just got caught in drum loop heaven. this is a white label release with music played from the heart and live recorded straight to l/r on an old used cassette tape. mastered and cut by matt & barry at alchemy in london. the record comes in a black cover with a handwritten and burgundy riso printed 120g paper inlay.

fel sweetenberg strikes back with a new opus on effiscienz records! but this time it is more the beatmaker than the emcee that we discover even if he is featured on a few tracks. this new album is the result of the partnership between camdens finest emcee/beatmaker and queens notorious starvin b. fel delivers minimalist soulful beats that perfectly fit starvins devastating flow who drops precise and technical rhymes effortlessly all over the project.

remixes by fluxion and orphx.

limited vinyl only release.
absence seizure is a new limited edition vinyl nyc imprint. brought to you by dj matuss and nycs own abe duque. focused on late night dance music. deep techno, soulful minimal, shallow house, mesmerizing music.

hand stamped white label - limited to 200 copies - vinyl only ! john beltran, class of 69, is one who have surfed the musical scene for the last 20 years with unforgettable and unclassifiable tracks. detroit techno, jazz, ambient and electronica have all been part of beltran s career, just like the unchartered territories which are released here with soul research. lunata, with it s 3 tracks, is a record which brings back classic 90s detroit, enriched with soft and enveloping memories. a jump into the future with influences from the past.

the raw ten is a collaboration between pittsburgh track authority and nic offer of !!!. *funny thing* is the first release by raw ten, a brand new collaboration uniting pittsburgh and new york city for maximum dancefloor devastation. following the path laid down by inner city so many years ago, *funny thing* is a vocal techno beast ready to do damage in the sets of deejays from deep underground all the way up to more mainstream. everyone will be vibing together in dance thanks to the soulful vocals of lou tanning alongside classic techno chords, but with banging drums and production values that could only come from today. in case the original wasnt enough, detroits church boy lou was enlisted for the remix, and it is a dubbed out jacking monster itself. jams as distinctive as these deserve to be treated right, so each one gets a full side 45 rpm cut from one of americas best dance music mastering engineers, dietrich shoenemann. the original full-color sleeve artwork is done by up-and-coming pittsburgh artist julie mallis.

am kinem vereint house, hip hop, techno und electronica in dieser auswahl auf eine eigene art und weise. vereinzelt aufgenommen im studio h1-3, welches teil der größten ddr radioanstalt ist, wird -mavi soul- durch eine reihe von remixkuenstlern, mit verschiedensten hintergruenden aus hip hop, house, techno erweitert.

fred p immerses himself further into his techno alter ego, bringing more depth and insight to the saga, using sound to transcend time and space. *serinatatis* starts off the proceedings with a relentless drive and lofty pulsating pads that give you the feeling of a dismal oasis, with its brooding bassline and obscure vocals penetrating the construct. *dark population* takes us further down the rabbit hole into deeper rhythmic vibrations. this hypnotic ceremonial floor shaker echoes the cerebral ethos of the ep. last, but not least, *convective zone* cracks the sky and lets the sun shine in with its rolling baseline and ethereal chord structure. homage to the term techno soul is paid in full here as a trumpet blares through without losing the depth of the moment.

mauser hails from chicago, illinois, but his production covers far more ground than chicagos no.1 import, house music. the block sees mauser diving into his many influences, including house, techno, hip hop, drum & bass, soul, and funk. combining tight, funky drum programming with a diggers ear for samples, this diverse ep has a little something for everyone!

played by patrick luca (saft/pulp), mark forshaw, owain kimber (owain k), dnart (shift ltd), james ornate, alkalino, fred p aka black jazz consortium, anaxander

nice price deal !!! quenum is an extraordinary individual. a professional breakdancer that was raised in africa, he found love in london in the 80s through mastering the art of djing to early electronic music and broke into the spotlight as acess58 in the 90s before forming the cadenza label with luciano in 2003.
his debut album *face to face* is deliriously deep and melancholic, rhythmically complex and gives a fragile new voice to techno. across the eleven original tracks, phillippe quenum exudes a graceful temperance creating tracks that flutter and take flight (indulge in synth voices of *children of the sun*) as well as rattle the bass bins (sample the raw energy of *basic solution* and delicate power of *ritual*). both sparse and insightful (*my people*) as well as intricate and anthemic (*never loose my soul*), quenums delivery is always quirky and slightly surprising and *face to face* is a curious analysis into this honest musical soul.

anomaly, fred ps techno alter ego drops a hot bomb. as a producer renowned for melodic, ultra-deep house, its no surprise that his techno is as deep as a well.3 tracks.

new minimal soul release, 5 tracks of pure techno and a great follow up to population ones last 12inch. vinyl only.

this year sees dj uchikawa celebrate 30 years in music. in that time he has been a driving force in japan for quality soulful music from jazz through to techno, tirelessly working to push, promote and support the scene.finally, earth song sees uchis original groove laced with a killer guitar workout from hideki ikeuchi, completing the package.

limited to 200 copies! blooming soul strikes back with a very special release that certainly has its roots in the motor city. k-alexi shelby, rennie foster, rob belleville, laurent maldo and dave-g joined forces for a 4-tracks va ep full of expertly crafted techno funk that will undoubtedly raise the temperature on the dancefloor, and bring a smile to your face

theres something uncomfortable about finding things at places you dont expect. loskober arent afraid of unorthodox production techniques and sound crafting.

nikola gala (rekids, suara, clap your hands, brise) presents his new single on metropolitan: a summer-tech bomb with deep flavors and dark percussion. the duo mattei & omich realize an excellent remix with a 90 s sound and a very percussive break that will move many heads! enjoy!

groovy summer feel techhouse

excellent dark styled experience mini tech

chicago influenced tech house 4 tracker by stella soul. incl monkey safari remix. lets mambo!!

paper recordings continue their journey back to plastic with another vinyl release once again proving why they remain one of uks best loved labels. jamie l is a mysterious figure of undisclosed origin and history who fits in to the moodymann / theo parrish mold of heavy future disco, which his new production >(what we saw) in the burg< nails. it is a heavy leftfield groove laid over broken house beats with a filtered bass, samples and leftfield vibe. the detroit pad creeps up to the break and filters in and out as the track works its way through for locked down dance floor business. next up, havana candy breaks out the analogue and takes things deeper and techier. with a rolling bass and tweaking acid line, it cuts to a rhodes before filtering down and riding back to the heads down groove. cottam steps up for paper for the first time and demonstrates what all the fuss is about with a very special mix. clocking in at 9.41 it is deep, tough soulful house that crosses the 4/4 divide from techno to disco and deep house to soul.

noble square brings this amazing 12 inch featuring two killer house tracks. the title cut is a unique composition that is masterfully crafted around a guitar and brings tons of live energy to dancefloors. on the flip, ambient jaz one throws down another blueprint of technologic soulful house music.

as a follow up to the last years >radio anatomy< we are excited to present the >last day here ep< by brioski. it is a stellar effort from the talented italian and we are all feeling that he has really come into his own with this one. brioskis inspiration spans hiphop, funk, soul, disco, chicago house & techno, edging towards balearic / psychedelic atmospheres with deep percussive roots and old-school tendencies. combine this with some italian originality and a love for vintage gear and you are halfway there.

basic soul unit has been a fixture on torontos techno scene for the best part of the last decade, with releases on mathematics, crème organization and mule electronic, while skudge have made their name with a unique sound and an independent approach which has seen most of their material released through their own imprint. both artists show an interesting insight into boddikas curatorial approach for the label, and are indicative of the move towards 4/4 techno that the producer has been making for a while now – with both producers sharing a similarly weighty, yet deep approach to the genre that boddika has been moving towards in his recent collaborations with joy orbison

with the beautiful melodic sensibility of borais synth lines meshing with octobers jacking body beats, they fuse to create 2 sublime slices of warm, deep, but propulsive blends of slo-mo house, techno, & bass. >i didnt mean to< has a detroit techno soul feel with bukem style bass stabs and rainforest jungle ambient noises, whilst >palmarosa< is a sure-fire set starter, taking its time to build with cavernous bass stabs adding drama until the heads down jacking ensues.

following a busy year of stylistically varied releases under various guises on his own magic + dreams label, ralph cumbers delivers his first long-player for punch drunk. with a title lifted from the lysergic prose of a brian aldiss novel and grooves informed by the loopier, more martian aspects of chi-town jack and detroit techno-soul, >reeling skullways< marks a subtle, but highly alluring development in the evolution of cumbers primary recording project. long-term bass clef fans may be surprised by the lack of samples on this album, and in many ways it follows a similar creative process to his recent work as some truths, with most rhythms and textures sculpted from the raw, elemental waveforms of modular analogue synthesis. but with tighter editing, contagious melodies and perfectly positioned drum patterns, the end results reveal bass clef simultaneously at his most stripped-back, focused, playful, complicated, emotional and irresistibly groovy. unfettered by fashionable production tricks, imbued with a timeless machine-soul heart, >reeling skullways< is one of those albums you will be reaching for again and again.

loftsoul is the moniker of renowned dj uchikawa masahiko. he has been a dj for more than 25 years, and is deeply involved with the japanese nightclub scene since its early days. his borderless and genre-straddling playing style, from soul, jazz, dance classics, deep house, to techno tells of the impassioned music life of dj uchikawa masahiko. in addition to running regular parties at his club loft in nagano, (which has hosted djs such as joe claussell, jerome sydenham and glenn underground) and premier at loop, uchikawa has been recording tracks as loftsoul, and collaborating with pianist makoto kuriya as rhythm of elements. >soul inspiration< sees loftsouls continued collaboration with chicago house stalwart glenn underground alongside ricardo miranda aka the latin soul brothas. >soul inspiration< is a deliciously deep groove with trademark virtuoso piano for some esoteric soulful dance floor action. the b-side sees the latin soul brothas slow it down for them electronic soul of the moog mix. finally, dj uchikawa and hide koyama provide an essential dub.

ltd represshuge detroit-inspired compilation from the austrian label. features tough tracks from old hands shawn rudiman (finest blend, matrix, technoir, dust science) and dj t-1000 (tresor, pure sonik, submerge) alongside relative newcomer loner.9 (detroit techno militia) and seasoned producer wave effect (la synthesis), luxuriant full colour glossy sleeve!

frijsfo beats come with the biggest yet in their series of vinyl eps, compiling new work from cardopusher, desto, geiom, and submerse, assembled with the labels distinctive ear, tuned to wilder mutations of garage, techno soul, footwork, and dubstep.

quality extended player from smooth agent records featuring dope cuts from the uks nebraska who brings the super sick green marimba that is as much house as it is dirty tech, james black star johns techers untitled, & south africas blaq soul who finishes the 12 inch with down to my root.

perfect for fans of ricardo villalobos / perlon !!! just when we thought that thomas melchior and peter frank adshead had hung up their soul capsule boots and settled on sporadic solo work, they come belting back with two releases in a matter of months on peter fords trelik label. >deep dawn<, up first, is typically soul capsule. dark, twisted techno thats made for dark spaces and dark minds. sporting low, reverbed basslines that throb along to breathy and indecipherable vocals, >deep dawn< and <new day dawn< project the same eyes closed, foot stomping attack on their listeners as each other

although firmly entrenched in the minus camp for years, this latest four track ep from us born, berlin based ambivalent marks a widening of his sonic remit. as such it arrives on the broader techno outpost that is plus 8, and can be added to the likes of clink for whom the man known as kevin mchugh has also recorded. carefully blending the soul of his american roots with a european propensity for machine music, ambivalent’s ever evolving sonic blueprint here explores some of his most fluid grooves to date

this latest lovebirds ep on winding road records is another absolute masterpiece of chilled house soul and deep rave. a really excellent package and a must-have lovebirds release. on the a-side track, >want you in my soul<, lovebirds teams up with vocalist stee downes. stees acclaimed debut album >all in a day< was released on sonar kollektiv in 2008, and who has worked and performed alongside the likes of motor city drum ensemble, amp fiddler, dj spinna, and bugz in the attic. their collaboration for winding road is a driving vocal house bomb that will rock your world. the b-side kicks off with the dirty tech tune >give me a dubf*ck<, an injection of dark rave that has been causing serious explosions on dancefloors for a few months now. perfect chemical material for the harder floors. the b2 track is hot toddys remix of >want you in my soul< - a chrome-plated disco dimension to the track by crazy p man chris todd, which was licensed to tensnakes >in the house< compilation before it even saw the light of day. hot stuff indeed.

danish duo laid back made a most surprising comeback to the clubs in 2010 with >cocaine cool<. not that they had ever been really forgotten: their electro pop classic >white horse< remained a sure shot in clubs for the thirty years after its release 30 years back and a constant inspiration to boatload of diverse artists from techno to hip-hop. >cocaine cool< was recorded at the same session but the ironic vocals ridiculing label executives blowing up their frail ego with the chemical substance were deemed to risquee at that time, so the recording collected dust in some box until last year. bostons >soul clap< another duo hailed as one of the hotest things in clubland known for their eclectic funk-rooted taste. they opt for a cool sparser arrangement leaving out the “white horse -like chords. a loose, dry electro funk beat, hpynotic one-note synth, few dub effects and additional vocoder vocals do the trick bravorously. besides an instrumental version theres also a harder jacking dub take sounding like early chicago house edits. and while the boys are add it they also re-edited another huge one from laid back: >baker man< that managed the unlikely balancing act of not only hitting it bigtime in the charts but also in the emerging balearic scene. this 12 inch is cool in every which way!

andreas gehm returns to the mathematics imprint for another round of sick cuts. this is voodoo opens with an eerie basement banger that is followed by all soul day, a deeper journey into his production. the return of ra kicks up the dark acid while the title track ends the ep with more tech.

quality extended player from smooth agent records featuring dope cuts from the uks nebraska who brings the super sick green marimba thats as much house as it is dirty tech, james blackstar johns techers untitled, & south africas blaq soul who finishes the 12 inch with down to my root.

this summer seems to be the return of fabrice lig with his album on fine art, 12on r&s and this great third ear release with remixes by... underground resistance timeline (mike banks and jon dixon), luke slater, marco passarani and fluxion! slater delivers hot techno action... peak time big room sound that will get the hands up, nice job! ur delivers the hi-tech soul techno and is unique and special as always. passarani delivers some old school detroit influenced beats refering to the hay-days of kms and kevin saunderson. could easily be our favorite mix on this 12! fluxion drops some smoking hot dubby techno. total winner remix package!!

incl motorcitysoul remix