excellent disco flavoured deep spacin techhouse !! the seventh theomatic release represents the unbeatable fact that besides chilling during the last summer an-2 didnt give up his studio work. put together the wide open spaces, shining sun, seashore, cool breeze and warm summer nights, add some outdoor recording, phazed synthlines, rhodes piano, engage a good friend to cut the burnin guitar solo, put on the decent beats seasoned with smooth bass guitar and you get the >wide open< ep

after his first release on flash recordings together with daso on the night express ep, pawas is now back with his very own three-track ep on the label of koletzki & meindl. all tracks were created in pune in india, pawas’ hometown, and the ep is about three different characters. alicia, charlie and edward. each one of them has a certain distinctive vibe about them: alicia is deep and eloquent, edward is more hectic and restless while charlie seems the funky and witty sort. in terms of music, edward is carried on a powerful, deep synthie melody, a big breathing bassline and some great percussive clicks and clacks that turn into a slightly ravey minimal burner later on in the tune. very hot! edward is a little lighter and is pushed forward by a great funky melody that creates the perfect after hour moment. imagine yourself on the beach when the sun is coming up. alicia on the a side is a deeper, more housy affair has a melodic, percussive and detroity appeal. pawas has managed to create a very fresh and unique signature sound and with releases on squonk, connaisseur and flash records, 2007 seems to be the year for him.

vivid array is a fierce uptempo track that pays tribute to some of the techno pioneers, originally to be released on clone together with >what to do< and a third track in the vein of vivid array. pure dancefloor xtc. very much recommended!

the story of steppah huntah is the story of two musicians - steven j, a bass player and oless t, a pianist, and a chance meeting at a strasbourg jazz club one autumn evening in 2002. the duo were soon inspired to work together to fuse their love for jazz, afrobeat & funk in the service of a new driven sound, powered by the seemingly endless possibilities offered by new computer technology. instinctively, the musicians looked west to the emerging beat and kind of jazz style, deeply influenced in their musical experimentation by pioneers such as incognito, talking loud label. remix made by japanese producer and dj whos made a name for himself worldwide in the last few years is mitsu the beats. that makes his beats very original & unique & not belonging to any one kind of music.

following on from the block busting torpedo bootz vol.1 the breakbeat bangers from germany are back once again cutting up some killer tracks with classics from their own collection in their funky breakbeat bomb style. not for the faint hearted these are perfect fodder for eclectic floors or for anytime that you need to raise a smile on the dancefloor. the knock off ninjas from deutschland raid the pasadenas back catalogue (cant make it to pasadena), make free with the first sisters of soul the supremes, (u keep me chickie pow) take their lives in their hands by roasting ugly duckling (ugly japaneeze) and finish off on disco! disco! disco song! by banging together three different disco hits into one disco funk classic. for everyone whos bored to tears by put your hands up for shit electro records.

incl. jay tripwire remix !! debut of stockholm based duo groovenauts alongside veteran charlie king in >brighter days<. together they have fought to maintain the original underground feeling of house music! on remix duty west coast veteran jay tripwire continues in a rich vein of form after releasing his album >gemini soul< on the impressive nordic trax! jay is culled in to provide a tripped out space workout providing us with a deep vocal and dub which makes us reminisce of them old herbi analgoe sounds!

bringing together chicagoan talents such as sal antalos, lewis ferrier and jay serano. keeping the focus on that windy city typical house sound that made people like derrick carter, paul johnson and others the reknown djs/producers they are...

salted music is happy to serve you the 3rd single from migs highly regarded new album those things. let me be features the soulful vocals of fred ross. migs has been bangin this one for sometime now with enthusiastic responses from dance floors and trainspotters all across the planet! already causing quite a stir among the few djs who have it, you are now in possession of this hot little gem. yes you are special! so now lets break it down. migs petalpusher dub turns on the heat for some deep, funky, upbeat dance floor appeal with key ingredients consisting of a warm, round, bumpin bassline, vocal snips and sax riffs floating in and out combined with smooth synth stabs and guitar licks all meshing together for an urban dance floor stompin dub! migs petalpusher vocal is in a similar vein as the dub while utilizing the full vocal and staying true to the original album version of the song. karol xvii and mb valence e dub provides sample amounts of dance floor pressure and tech appeal. a thick and techy bassline drives this electronic edged late night remix and toughens up the vibe using minimal vocal elements and leaving the main focus on the dirty groove! finally, the karol xvii and mb valence remigs utilizes similar elements as the dub while keeping more of a huge funked out sort of vibe and going for more of a main room appeal perfect for the larger club madness!

supported by ewan pearson, ata, daniel wang, boris, lawrence, ivan smagghe... jules etienne & alessandro tartari are the names behind the berlin based housemusic production team gui.tar. their previous releases for careless & punkt musix went straight into the record bags of djs like ata or ewan pearson and became secret hits in clubs like panorama bar or robert johnson. their sound is indeed very special ranging from dark sound scapes to deep chords all tied together by clever rhythms and sensitively placed percussions

supported by: miss kittin, pete tong, john digweed, jimpster, stephan bodzin, sander kleinenberg, laurent garnier, dirt crew, ralph lawson, hot chip, spirit catcher, danny howells, satoshi tomiie, jerome sydenham, prins thomas, phil kieran, toni rios, mistress barbara, paul woolford, tom novy, nick warren, tim deluxe, claudio coccoluto, sian, ben watt and will saul ! oh my god! what is this? incredible but true, this is a collaboration between mister systematic marc romboy and brasilian kompakt figure head gui boratto from brasil. both activists have influenced and created the current electro and house scene impressively and essentially during the last years. now they team up to write a song together and the result is the very emotional track named >eurasia<

acid house king todd terry returns to the uk dance scene with a bang sure to be heard the world over. strictly todd terry is an amalgamation of classic strictly rhythm beats and contemporary tracks which is a must for any self respecting music lovers collection. a double mix album which features many of strictly rhythm classics such as morels groove 4, colonel abrhams victims of loving and cls can you feel it (not to be confused with royal house). this is not just a retrospective album, far from it. look out for todds new projects play on and get down which see him working with the infamous my my my vocalist tara mcdonald. both are sure to be big chart successes worldwide. other highlights include the retro sounding marlon d jesus creates sound, and the tracky dance floor number grand high priest my guitar. get it.

be as one is back with an ep from the imprint owner shlomi aber (ovum). side a is home to >diosa< which is a freaky minimalish track with a hypnotic techno groove and a quirky enrollment. a peak time monster with no compromises in terms of quality as we are all used with anything coming out from shlomis studio. a real hit in the making. on the b side sits >sekur<. take one of shlomis infamous rolling and yet bouncy grooves and mix it together with the right uplifting and funky synth sound, make everything fit together as a master can and the result will be an assured asshaking on every dancefloor!

their first release after the massive lp on cocoon recordings ! big one! pig&dan have been away with their heads in the clouds working out a new way to make our minds twist. they have finally delivered the new remedy that will enhance our sonic listening systems to the maximum. >magic valley< which is named after the valley in which their studio is situated in, is a full on deep pumping journey, that includes spooky samples of the ambience thats surrounds them. you can pick up the birds and horses amongst the melodies and pumping grinding beats. techno meets nature all together a great feel good factor and fulfillment of the senses.

on this ep is wills exclusive new track 3000 ad and a wahoo remix of one of wills most beautiful tracks from the simple back catalogue. on 3000ad lush, inviting pads drift around the stereo pallet before clicks and bleeps introduce the undulating rhythm of the track. as the resonance of the bassline is opened out to a pulsating crescendo, the haunting atmospherics build in intensity. introspective chords chime around the warped robot voices, creating the soulful yet deeply futuristic sound that characterize will’s productions. for the wahoo remix of mbira who better to choose than the head of wills favorite label (innervisions) for the remix of one of wills best known tracks. dixon keeps the melodies of the original and lends a live and driving percussive feel that his label has become renowned for. his epic arrangement causes maximum dance floor devastation as first strings then stabs are introduced to push the track to its climax. wahoo is the berlin based duo of georg levin & dixon. they have just released their album take it personal on fine records. together they have been busy putting the soul back into house music sin

with the >minimum and maximum e.p.< kaufe musik strikes again and you should not miss this one. on the minimum side you experience extreme minimal-purism by the italian alex piccini (maschine rec.) and the swedisch duo donk boys (frankie rec./ floppy funk). on the maximum side of this vinyl there is a new piece by kaufmann & ferdinand, this time together with >esspapier< and the techhouse-duo grubert & schories (whirlpoolsex musik / big city beats rec.)

barcelona/ibiza based new electronic label indigo raw is composed of norwegian petter dia aka mirus love , ibiza resident jaime fiorito & l.a resident stuart patterson (colorola). they now proudly launch with first release and what a release! german producers andreas wiegand and jan iwanitz aka andomat 3000 & jan who have already released several tracks on labels such as cadenza, 9volt and more.. are now presenting one of their best records so far. amygdala ep producing together for the past three years the frankfurt duo has got the ability to mix the funk of house into the punch of techno. sexy beats for girls and powerful rhythms for boys. >salvarsan< is a percussive rhythmic and powerful minimal house tune grooving with a hypnotic ethnic voice that can be used as perfect warm up tool for any dancefloor. >sobre ebrietas< is more of a peak time record for all our minimal lovers. keeping the perfect balance with transitions adding the warm house feeling that makes you groove!

tommy four seven is a young successful and prolific producer : not only has he had tracks signed to labels like brique rouge, catwash records, io music, love minus zero and jm recordings, but he has also remixed artists such as mike monday, fex, tom pooks and mark o sullivan. being a permanent member of the br mob, hes the future of the label. mark o sullivan is half of dk7 with jesper dahlbäck and member of the mighty quark. hes currently leaving in sweden where hes listening to too much electro-house. but mark is a clever producer. together they teamed up to offer kill brique an absolute monster ep for the dancefloor. joining in is tag-team of.

planet mu celebrates its 200th release with a massive double album. released to coincide with our 10th birthday and titled simply 200, it is, as tradition dictates, a compilation. bringing together many of the last years classic releases such as darqwan and ceephax with exclusives from boxcutter, venetian snares, aµ-ziq, luke vibert, milanese, neil landstrumm, benga and many others,

cloud 9 dance will relaunch combined forces legendary clubhouse label walnut records with an impressive first release from producers duo h.i.p. since their commercial adventure with dj alpha life goes on, they finally started a new project with a slammin first release that has written anthem all over it. opposites is a fresh mix between clubhouse and electro which doesnt sound like all those other d. ramirez copycats. with a 3/4 beat, its got the same vibe like t.raumschmieres monster truck driver & hypetraxxs the darkside. the galloping beats together withthe deep & dark vocal makes this track an absolute winner.

real soon is proud to present the debut release by berlin-based producer hauke freer. hauke has an old-school production approach, working with contemporary software but using a palette of mainly vinyl samples to give a loose, effortless, raw-sounding edge. my beat is a dirty, gritty, house work-out featuring deep, filtered chords, lo-fi percussion and roughly chopped vocal pieces. old-fashioned in a good way - just the way we like it! we must face our fears is a smoother, minimal track with a delicate, beautifully measured mesh of percussive knocks, slides & bleeps driven by a pulsing sine wave bass. as the track builds, a classic detroit-flavoured chord wash brings it all together. bliss... biography hauke freer grew up in a small town near hamburg and moved to berlin in 2000 to work for the techno label kanzleramt. after spending a year in australia djing and working for the label future classic, hauke returned to berlin to work for the resopal schallware label

after his successful first release on meander, which is still on rotation by firends and international djs like dinky, lawrence, margaret dygas, onur ozer, audio werner and chica paula, dewalta is back. now together with aquatic, they hit the second meander-release with nice warm, groovin and deeply techhouse

support by joel mull, pascal feos, david duriez, mason, karotte, hernan cattaneo, wally lopez, marco v, sebastian ingrosso valentino kanzyani is in the middle of a successful development having reached everything to be desired as a global player and producer. amongst laibach and umek he is the biggest musical export of slovenia, works with labels as primevil, intec, tronic and many more, runs recycled loops and earresistible together with umek and recently remixed carl cox. pete tong chose the three-deck-wizard for his essential selection. circle music presents his new single >zvijaca<, a deep tribal and minimal monster with huge atmospheric impact on the dancefloor including a magnificent christian smith and john selway remix

here it is: the long awaited record from brothers inocognito feat. eve justine! the club mix is in heavy rotation in the clubs since month! finally the kosmetik-guys decided to release it officially together with a brandnew remix from electrixx! dont miss this ultrastrong electro-house smasher!

supported by dj t, jeff samuel, alex kid, mike monday, laurent garnier, sian, tom clark and many more… incl. dachshund rmx !! p.toile is a dj and producer from berlin who dedicates her work to an international standard. her music roots in funk and soul of the seventies you still here in her sets. later on she developed from french house to minimal techno of the present time. her releases on trenton, gold und liebe, channel records and gasoline rec. are especially speaking to the more matured audience. her debut >sticklip ep< with remixes of pan/tone and frank martiniq immideatly reached the top 50 of groove magazine. trenta cinque stelle claudia produced together with tigerskin aka dub taylor and currently she is working with on some new releases.

toolrooms mark knight hooks up with the amazing luciana. together they ve created a killer cut for all the house heads, club freaks and party animals across the globe, a sure fire anthem for 2007 with a remix package to die for including rene amesz, cedric gervais & second sun and vandalism

lucy lee quality recordings is proud to present uno the second single of ebbro project of gianluca pandullo. gianlucas other projects include i robots (irma) and nemesi (relish). i robots came into the light with the vv.aa. italo electro disco underground classics, together with the nemesi tracks, they have immediately gained support among the most important djs around the world and from specialized music press, i robots frau (produced together with und from trapez records) was included on ivan smagghes fabric 23 mix cd. later, kid alex produced 2 remixes of the single for his berlin based label, boys noize. gianluca pandulo also released cosmica on relish which was remixed by the famous neo disco duo lindstrom & prins thomas.

the latest gem in an ever growing series features a.paul which we all know from his collabs with the advent! together with newcomers slot and map he drops a infinitive bomb consisting of pile driving beats and breaks that will make your pulse go weak!

its with a big smiley grin on our faces that we present this killer soul funk r&b nugget from the almighty mr phil asher (aka restless soul). together with uk vocalist zansika they mash things up with a combination of raw break beats (spot the break) and soulful vocals which will appeal to anyone who ever got down to ameries one thing or beyonces crazy in love. basically, we got a full on floor filler that should go down with both r&b/soul heads just as well as the retro funk community. once again mr asher has joined the dots and delivered the goods...

vinyl sampler from shinedoes fuse-mix. part a includes the exclusive track >dialogue< that shinedoe made especially for this compilation, together with the all-time ron trent classic >feel the rhythm <

incl d-nox & beckers remix!! daniele tignino is one of the most prolific italian djs and producers. with more than 20 years of djing and 15 years of producing, he can look back on more than 100 records on respected labels such as hooj choons, azuli, southern fried, groovilicious, oxyd, rise, am:pm plus remixes for the likes of sugababes, who da funk & pete tong. if his real name doesn t ring any bell, then his pseudonyms such as psycho radio, klonhertz or love bite surely will. together with his production mate ottavio leo, he teamed up with vocalist mark kerr (brother of famous simple minds singer jim kerr) to form this promising club trio and to deliver this outstanding, emotional piece of progressive house music

rotterdams finest techno imprint invites the fastest rising producer from serbia dejan milicevic! together with marko nastic he forms the teenage techno punks and as a solo artist he has released on labels like orion muzik, zaebise, wet musik and adult! now he comes with a stunning four track masterpiece of futuristic bass heavy techno

luke viberts second album on planet mu brings together many strands of his work, drum and bass, trip-hop, breaks and acid. the album hangs together with the strands of acid, breakbeats, techno and disco at its heart, the reassuring hand of an old master triumphs again

breaks booty using raven maize together & howard jones like to get to know you

promise land is a solid deep soulful groove created by koyla. the demo floated around the bombay itunes player for a few of weeks, we needed someone to tear this track up. we tried a couple of options it wasnt working this groove needed something killer. thats were good friend jrod indigo come into play, san fran neo soul singer decides to come into lovely vancouver to hang for a while at bombay studio hq, and thats were the story starts for this track. jrod writes and lays down his song and creates the promise land over koylas ripping hooks and players. everyone is diggin the direction, timmy comes in and throws in some backups, inhouse producers sean dimitrie and nav take all the parts and put together a b side. the awaaz mix takes the track into a late night bumping funky direction with ambient tripped out textures and hard detroit style chords. overall this is a classic style ep with a real organic disco avour, that will never die for us. koyla and jrod are true musicians and deserve the fullest respect in this genre.

krischmann & klingenberg - germanys new faces of dance floor destruction - have a long history concerning their collaboration and music. they already met at school and soon after realizing that becoming musicians would be a dream they started living it: both infected by the hardstylevirus had been working together for a long time and after their first release at skull tunes and the immediately following >hammerhuhn ep< at unknown power the audience experienced raw power with a high level pressure. they spent nearly all of their living on equipment last year and one can truly say that they became a massive package performing live. prepare for fresh sounds and kicking beats

after the banging lordag 001 from terje & anders, the 19 years old terje bakke from bergen/norway returns with a solo-release on lordag. both tracks are displaying terjes unmistakable enthusiasm for warm and driving chords forming the linchpin of the tracks.on the flip we have two very strong remixes. the first one is produced by dirty doering together with donna k from berlin. he is a part of allyoucanbeat records from housemeister / otherfucker, so his remix is a kind of freaky electro stuff with cool rhythms and a catchy beat. blood & tears from karateklub is responsible for the second remix. his first ep was supported and played by chris liebing and pascal feos. the remix is an incredible hot peaktime burner

big with: dan curtin, gregor tresher, karotte, thomas schumacher, monika kruse.... fresh fried is a new project by chris wood, nedzad berovic and frank leicher. nedzad and frank have already made furore with their release on balkon records. the aside >50 ways< starts with an organic housegroove. during the song a minimal melody originates, which comes to its climax because of a clever arranged break and a pad that sounds like the old detroit tracks. hands up on every open air floor ! the b-side includes the titel >on my mind< in two different versions: chris b1 version shows us how deep beats and tricky vocals can work together, and comes after a short break with a warm baseline to a house appeal that stayes in your mind... the version from berovic & leicher is a little bit harder and more minimal. because of nice arranged beats and the drifting baseline this track has to be played at the clubs

brommage dub is jesper dahlbäck and jean louis huhta.the two has recorded music together under this pseudonym since the mid 90s when the first releases came out on svek. in fact this year would be a perfect 10 year anniversary for this duo. this is the first release on their own imprint bromma, which is a part of stockholm 5 km west of the city. this was the home for jean louis during the early years of their produciton phase and which gave the duo their name. carbon oxide is a gas which was produced in the factory where jean louis huhtas studio now resides

4 of the best big room house tracks around on 1 sampler this is a must have

metal on metal are three young guys who found themselves djing together at a small club in their home town of vilnius. 3 years later and the guys now run their own club in lithuania and are the only home grown act to share headline status with soulwax and the chemical brothers etc at festivals in the baltics.no front teeth is the first track they have ever recorded! it immediately started to build a word of mouth online with djs playing out the demo - one of these djs was kissy sell out who has been charting no front teeth in his top 5 for months.

slamming quality beats !! audio assault launches one more deadly projectile at its hungry crowd in the form of the sub label arms. labelboss bas mooy features as a part of the offbeat crew diabla diezco (together with charlton) and is followed by upcoming tag team radial, anton pieete (100percent pure), dj boss and newcomers rane & boex. bombs awayyyy!

tony blunt presents the first ep in the black series on dpress industries, a limited series of three ep in which the barcelonian artist puts together the very best of his repertoire. tony blends a perfect combination of melodic techno and detroit style, in which the basslines, pads and chords are the catalysts in an explosive mixture of rhythm and sound. the series starts with this ep of 4 cuts featuring the talents of the very special guest soultek (echospace, souldubsounds, usa) who provides two completely new and extraordinary versions of the track city rain, along the lines of his previous productions as echospace. this is an amazing job of liquid and deep techno with an emotive feeling influenced by the dub techno masters like deepchord, basic channel, maurizio…cv313 mix is a very deep dub-techno masterpiece rethought and reshaped in echospace, detroit while soultek mix reshaped & reformed by steven hitchell in chicago is a funky minimal techno tool. watch out for the upcoming releases and remixes by pantha du prince (dial) and brian aneurysm (iron box music).

toolrooms mark knight hooks up with the amazing luciana (last summers smash bodyrox yeah yeah and martijn ten veldens current hit wish u would) together they ve created a killer cut for all the house heads, club freaks and party animals across the globe, a sure fire anthem for 2007 with a remix package to die for rene amesz, workidz & richard dinsdale.

includes 2 electrohouse mixes by ben macklin! together with the ultra djs r&b singer tq discovers new territories in the funky house scene. the mix of electro, funk, house and the streetwise soulful voice of tq hits the dance floors and marks its spot.produced by scott simons from ministry of sound who composes and the young swedish talent carl ryden produces. carl ryden ranks nowadays together with axwell, eric prydz and sebastian ingrosso as swedish top dj/producers.

get physical are pleased to welcome paul ritch, following the well-received >fortuna ep< (together with anthony collins) with his first solo-tracks. over the past year ritch has earned his stripes with solo releases on resopal schallware, minisketch and paradigma, and as one half of handycraft, whose le bal masque ep on kickboxer was a recent underground hit. ritch saves his best for physical, though, with two minimal house tracks of real energy and sophistication comprising this new 12inch. a master of slowburning intensity, ritchs begins >june< in understated fashion, but build after build, and the onset of busy, chattering percussion, sonar pings and ravey acid lines take things to a wholly different level. ritchs skill is in accumulating layer over layer of effects and then, in a magical instant, stripping things back to raw elements, some of the compressed, filtered breaks on >june< will cause serious dancefloor damage and delight

one of the most italian talented dj mr mario piu strikes back together with electro mastermind ricky fobis and with the vocals with wellknown lady brian.4 tracker pure electro energy with up to day sound and the typical personal touch by mr mario più.including francesco vega and igor s remixes

farriswheel recordings continues to grow its musical library by adding one of greatest house music producers of our time mr. derrick l. carter.the original mix is a deep funky underground mix, funky transport joins together with jonee q to make it a space

on the occasion of the 40th release, tom clark is presenting the third release of the >various artists< -series: himself together with the club guerillo daniel dreier as well as tom clark solo plus multiinstrumentalist sven brede. three tracks reaching fr

donso offers two of their best trophies as starters on a wax plate signed by infine. the aside brings together howling bass, heady electro-beats and chopped kalimba sounds for a brisk celebration of modernism and tradition. the flip shows the spiritual an