superb new release on mark ankhs sound evolution imprint feat a storming original track & heavy remix action of three of his other tunes from dj bold, d.a.v.e the drummer and mark verbos

support from artists like: adam marshall, solomun, d julz, brothers vibe, alejandro vivanco, tadeo, dubfire, davide squillace, alex dallas, butane, 2000 and one, cassy, len faki, lauhaus, dario zenker, matthias tanzmann, luca bacchetti, sebo k., mikael stavöstrand... its not a surprise that mathias kaden releases a terrific and energy-loaded track for the young label gs zurich. too many all-nighters and a close friendship unite the label - also well known as one of the best party labels of zurich - with this exceptional artist. on the b-side is a track from the young zurich producer knor. with >la plage< he reflects the perfect atmosphere of a mild summer evening on the beach with all its surprises. knor also causes quite a stir as drummer of the band rizzoknor, which recently played one of the best concerts this season at bar25 in berlin

incl tracks by dave tarrida, michael forshaw, cynthia stern, tobias schmidt and tobias von hofsten

excellent schizophrenic electro dub

played by: karotte, mathias kaden, sebo k, stefan goldmann... franklins early musical roots began with a taiwan drumset and a hohner organ. after some training years under the influence of metal, jazz, 70sprog/rock and live perfomances as a versatile drummer his transition to electronic music began with an amiga 500 computer. the trackermusic of this machine lead him to the early techno music of the 90s and early production experiments in his fathers home studio. first releases followed in 1995 to 96 on the label fusion records (w/ 303 nation member, patrick vauillaume). later he released as tichy on various frankfurt techno labels until at the end of the 90s his search for inspiration brought him to a very experimental production phase without the 4 to the floor presetting. from this he developed his distinctive trademark sound with straight grooves and frisky sound design. meanwhile franklin was gaining more international recognition with releases on well-known labels such as trapez ltd, karmarouge noir, einmaleins musik and treibstoff. his singles entered the charts of the german groove magazine, german dance charts and the charts of djs worldwide. after his last release on resopal red he is coming up with his debut on leena music.

alec storey has been making quite a name for himself in techno & electro circles since his debut release on kracktronik back in 2006. renowned for his no-holds-barred live shows (which often incorporate stunning demonstrations of his considerable skills as a drummer), he has also been making considerable progress in the studio, with new equipment and new techniques. the troglodyte ep is a distillation of all these things and more, and although calling it refined might be stretching it a bit (its not called the troglodyte ep for nothing), its certainly fair to say that he has honed his sound into a near-perfect combination of brutal beats, bowel-busting bass, and mind-mangling sound design, all presented at slightly-higher-than-normal tempos, guaranteed to get the pulse racing. for remix duties we called in two heavyweight producers! carl finlow (aka silicon scally) has been turning out immaculate electro, house and techno for over 10 years now, with releases & remixes on such respected labels as mute, warp, playhouse, satamile & scsi-av . here he turns troglodyte into an off-kilter, but driving, electro workout full of twists and turns. kracktronik fave volum doesnt disappoint either. he drops the tempo and increases the spook factor by a few notches, and as always his intricate programming reveals layer after layer of nutritious electronic brain-food.

kemado records, home of swedish psychedelic rockers dungen and interpol esque new yorkers elefant, has just signed folk/soul rocker langhorne slim. the eponymous release features 13 new tracks, which were recorded at the great north sound society in maine. the album was produced by langhornes drummer malachi delorenzo and josh ritters keyboardist/producer sam kassirer, who also contributed piano, organ and accordion. slims fun, gospel fied, punk grass will move you and get you movin. this collection of songs represents their most comfortable, cohesive and soul shaking music to date.

wieder eine starke safari, bei anthony collins auch kein wunder. oben drauf gibt es noch einen tollen andre crom remix !! played by d julz, pedro, raresh, terry francis

smashing dancefloor track with great driven beats!! amigos 001 and 002 were some of the best records that came out on these last months in this frame, and were played and charted by many of the biggest djs in the world such as charles siegling, preach, dave the drummer, and many others. dj murphy from brazil also included 3 tracks from amigos recordings on his mixed cd lets go techno that just came out by beat disaster.

two years ago, honest jons travelled to lagoswith the great drummer tony allen, to make his first recordings there since his time with fela kuti an album entitled lagos no shaking, a classic of contemporary afrobeat. since then, the label has widely commissioned numerous responses to those new sides. from legends of dance music culture like basic channel in berlin, for example, and founding father of detroit techno, carl craig, and young tigers like dizzee rascals newham generals, mia producer diplo in baltimore, and carioca sensations bonde do role from rio de janeiro. and newrecordings from cairo, saturn, bogota and kingston, jamaica fresh interpretations or complete reworkings by the space jazz pioneersalah ragab, a street brass band descended from sun ras arkestra, highlife inspired afro colombian drummers from the maroon village of san palenque de basilio, and a veteranof count ossies mystic revelation of rastafari.

produced by j.rawls. vocals by middle child! debut album by singer from j.rawls hometown columbus, ohio, who was featured on several cuts from his essence of soul album

funny a side!! the danish scene has evolved a lot over the last years, with acts like trentemøller, martinez and whomadewho. the new label tartelet records is rising from the horizon of the copenhagen club culture. tartelet records is founded by fredski (the man behind the greatest copenhagen parties ) and tomboy (aka tomas barfod, dj, producer and drummer of whomadewho, with previous releases on turbo, kitsuné , get physical and gomma). the two founders themselves are also behind this first tartelet release, which is a true showcase of what the label stands for: tech-house with multiple flavors like ghetto, funk, disco and a bit world. the a-side ‘do the tartelet’ is a schizophrenic yet effect full combination of sampled horn-madness, hand claps and techno bass. on the flip side ‘cereal’ sounds as if james holden and paul jonson were trying to make minimal house together. the future releases from tartelet promise remixes from world-league remixers (tba) and tracks by danish kleshmer-techno-reggae band analogik do the tartelet

son palenque presenting the legendary afro colombian band from san basilio de palenque, a village established in 1706 by runaway slaves near cartagena, and the caribbean coast of colombia.another version of the folk song awa na re (from tony allens lagos no shaking album), samba is a homage to nigerian musical heroes, in particular the great drummer himself. sizzling horns arranged by the all time maestro ramon benitez. el lobo tells the story of a wolf lost in the palenque bush, aguata a tambora rhythm - is about rain.

monotonix are a punk trio from tel aviv. they formed in november 2005, set up on the floor of the club with the audience, and the party began. but the party usually got too wild, the power got cut, the cops were called and monotonix were banned from playing again almost everywhere. before long, they were looking for good places to play outside of israel - and they were delighted to find that there are more rock and roll party places outside of israel than inside! today, monotonix are the hardest working rock band in the world. sure, lots of other bands work up a sweat, but monontonix are definitely the only band who puts in the kind of miles they do, and they rock rings around pretty much the rest of us too. these guys do two different shows in two different towns on the same day whenever they can manage it. but thats only the tip of the hard working iceberg. body language sounds almost like a monotonix show. the only thing you cant hear is the sound of your heart beating in your ears after having been chased around the room by a vocalist with his pants literally on fire, then getting dousedwith beer and dancing your ass off to the guitar riffage, then ending it all by carrying the drummer around on your shoulders while a few other guys hold his kit up so he can keep drumming. you dont end up quite as out of breath when listening body language, but you do get a ton of excitement anyway, courtesy of a killer guitar sound, precision power drumming and lusty lead vocals. they recorded body language with tim green (of the fucking champs) at louder studios in san francisco. it twists and grooves with all the fun and fervor of great rock and roll.

rock trio year long disaster is led by guitarist and vocalist daniel davies who grew up with an insiders perspective being the son of kinks guitarist dave davies. rich mullins has toured the world in his past rock lives with karma to burn and speedealer, and brad hargreaves is certainly no stranger to bright lights and big cities as his moonlighting gig is as the drummer of eight times platinum third eye blind. together, they are indeed, year long disaster.

in the year of punk 1977, the jams exploded onto the music scene with this seminal debut album. the raw, unfettered aggression of the bands approach was well in keeping with the spirit of the times, but the heart of their songs and sound lay in the mod movement of the mid 60s. singer/guitarist paul weller comes off like a cross between joe strummer and the young pete townshend, bashing unreservedly through slow down, one of the r&b tunes that inspired the original mods. weller extols the virtues of frenzied dancing and nonconformist youth culture over the raging three chord attack of bassist bruce foxton and drummer rick buckler. the pure punk insouciance of his words and delivery is a perfect match for the raging but hooky arrangements, which basically consisted of the band walking into the studio and blazing through their live set. rickenbacker guitars never sounded so thick, and skinny ties never seemed less geeky.

reggie b has been working on music by himself since beginning of his career. but in 2007 he was suddenly gotten attention in the new school beat scene via myspace, had been airplayed from opinion leaders like benji b and gilles peterson, then just put out his solo debut album go. this is first of 2 ep series off from the album. we r here is produced by the instrument genius, motor citys best kept secret saadiq, the 1/2 of platinum pied pipers, who is also going to drop his first solo joint from circulations. reggie b delivers the next level mid west funkiness over the detroit manner head banging of this tight minimal beat. on this intergalactic p funk biz, japanese beat trio super smoky soul twisted with opposite direction of arrangement into dreamy hip hop psychedelia. for all the beat geeks they serve another track of doper spaced out beat cosmos as re edit. including a bonus song of the album title song go, the manifesto of his music with sick bass & beats by lenny d, the producer of innatesounds. from 4lux recordings, reggie b also released another project future music with slum village drummer daru recently

nice price deal !!! drum addict (aka erb n dub) is the newest addition to the back2basics family. drum addict has made 2 tearing tracks to be released in the first of 2 12incher lined up from this new bad ass producer. drum addict is a talented urban musician. he is a producer, dj, drummer & teacher. his production is centred predominately around drum and bass.

impressive debut ep from new duo bearweasel are a new production duo, consisting of dean muhsin and louisa page. with a remix already out on perc trax they debut with this superb ep for audioflys new label. opening track >monkier< is brilliant. combining a touch of latin percussion with swollen basslines and brilliant horn stabs scattered througout its one of my favourite tracks of recent months. second track >drummer< is just as good – its wonky techhouse with a funky bassline and small-but-effective breakdown. remix of >monkier< comes from my favourite hamburg-based croatian, solomun. his version takes it deeper, with a lazier attitude but a warm vibe. a quality debut and a duo to watch out for in 2008.

driving uk underground techno - dave the drummer remix

refunk aka jay stewart has evolved into the scene through his talented skills as a drummer. jay has performed with all kinds of live acts from drum n bass, jazz, hip hop, soul, acid, gabba and obviously funk! 2007 is going to a top year for this man with a string of releases on re:connect, menu and a guest appearance on the groove diggerz label breakin even. fat and fucking funky shizzle all year. look out for this man hes coming up!

wonky hardtechno !! the still music classix series continues with michael burkat, henry cullen (dave the drummer) and lars klein on board. true classix

connect four records is the new sub-label of tic tac toe records. weve established it to focus on all the brilliant sounds in the deep minimal house neighbourhood – and after 2 very successful releases, were now ready to give you the fabulous 3rd – this time from turkish newcomer murat Özer. murat was born in istanbul/turkey in 1977 and fell in love with music at such an early age that hes forgotten when. he started out his active musician-ship in the 90s as a bassist at a junior high rock band then went on as a guitarist and finally as a drummer in various jazz & rock bands. however, since his childhood, bands like >depeche mode<, >tears for fears<, >spandau ballet<, >human league< and such have always drawn his attention towards electronic music

goldfish & der dulz mit einem mächtig treibenden 8 minuten track inklusive funky drummer & einem daso der dem ganzen mit seinem remix die krone aufsetzt

great harder uk techno two tracker for fans of chris liberator, d.a.v.e. the drummer and & co

chicago ghetto classic from 1995 by david grantham !!

rave infected remixes to this smash hit from dave the drummer and d.d.r.

after several 12s on gomma, get physical or kitsune tomboy aka tomas barfod will release his debut cd in february/march. besides being the drummer of whomadewho the danish producer has produced a few own club killers between futuristic party boogie & rekid styled nu rave! already getting heavy props from djs such as tiga, t.jackson, mylo or pete tong

andreas kremer and martyn hare goes with this release back to their routs of banging techno... supported by rush, liberator djs, dave the drummer, felix kroecher and obi

in persuit ot two previous killer releases featuring artist like eric sneo, tomash gee & redhead the label drops a fresh new cut with 4 peak time hard techno tracks with london taste..

frankfurt based power drummer & full time action dude p. lauer (punkt music, real soon) starts his own label. lauer felt the urge to launch this small low key ego-label just for himself and maybe some friends to put out some explosive proto dance music. the first record contains non-sensedisco flavoured freak tunes between 120 & 124 bpm!

12inch sampler offering the rare 10 minutes mix of maurice starr electric funky drummer, and exclusive tracks of justice + jackos & reanimators from the toxic crew. ltd!

4x4 has featured such world class techno artists as dj rush, christian varela, renato cohen, leo laker and dave the drummer to name but a few, julian libertor's own releases always feature tracks to keep those techno minds fully wedged to the 'open' position

andreas kremer is back on expanded with a brand new mini album, and he offer us a wicked new sounding release with some modern acid and techno tracks.. support by mike dearborn, dj esp, chris libarator, joey beltram and dave the drummer !!

chasing the buzz is a real peak time monster with wobbly bass and a hypnotic vocal loop backed up with pure 303 madness (sb)

3rd floor records labelowner martin decara with an excellent electro techy 3 tracker.. minimal power techhouse or grooves along moody harmonies and crunchy sounds.. hes pushing the boundaries of the copenhagen electronic sound with this release..

eric sneos 'tanz der familie' with ultimate remixes by d.a.v.e. the drummer, masters of disasters and ot course the famous original..

melody maker is a electro-broken-disco-funk? many influences there.. surely here mashing up to be funky as hell. on the flip, 2 more songs from sexy dub house to funky drummer but drawned by reverb and echo's and then twisted with some filters....some say in flagranti's music could be called dwa (disco with attitude )

4 hot hardtechno remixes!!!

stunning harder tech remixes !!!

slamming schranz -hard techno by dave the drummer !!!

collaboration of nigerian drummer tony allen and deroit techno dj jeff mills

thomas blanchot, 40 years old percussionist and drummer, started his production structure mato production in 2001, with which he collaborated and directed for many projects. composer, music publisher and producer of music for tv, advertising, films and records, he also began a career as reggae producer since 2006, under the name -mato-. since then he’s released music through various projects concepts, coming out through labels such as makasound, edr records or big singles. in the meantime he developed a real trademark: taking over classics french, hip-hop, or pop song, into roots reggae-dub new versions. besides since 2010, mato’s built a solid reputation thanks to his many remixes of hip-hop classics on stix records. it is therefore natural to find him back with a new attractive concept on the favorite recordings’ sub-label: seasoning the notorious -homework- by daft punk, with his special reggae-dub sauce. once again mato achieves a brilliant rendition with this homework dub, making almost dreadlocks grow on the french robots’ heads! using kick-effects, delays and roaring bass, he reinvents one of the most famous albums of electronic music, as if it was straight-out from scientist, king tubby or mad professor’ studios in jamaica.

nist-nah,aka nantes-based australian drummer and percussionist will guthrie.

the third solo album from kreidler drummer thomas kleins aka s¿lyst.

the radical discovery by amir abdullah of 5 two-track master tapes in the care of hermine brooks Ð widow of innovative detroit drummer roy brooks Ð of the charles mingus quintet recorded live in detroit at strata concert gallery is cause for some serious celebration. these electrifying recordings took place during mingusÕ week-long residency in february 1973. they were broadcast live by drummer/producer and broadcaster robert ÒbudÓ spangler for wdet fm Ð a public radio station dedicated to jazz Ð from kenny and barbara coxÕs multi-purpose home for strata records at 46 selden. entrance to the gig was $5 dollars in advance and $6 on the door.

beraadgeslagen, or drummer lander gyselinck (stuff., labtrio, etc) and keyboardist / singer fulco ottervanger (stadt, de beren gieren, etc) together on the tandem. a musical think tank with drums, keys, texts and bells. for ten years they have been playing together in the most invisible places, but every now and then they show themselves to the world with disco classics that never reached the market. soulful and unpredictable

this compilation spanning a period of 37 years features burnt friedmanÕs releases and edits thereof from vinyl-only labels (latency (fr), marionette (ca), dekmantel (nl) amongst others) plus 4 hitherto unreleased tracks, making them available on digital formats. friedmanÕs music from 1980 to 2017 covers a broad spectrum of played and programmed rhythmic styles that traverse not only club music from techno, electro and dub, but, above all, trace friedmanÕs own artistic development. a trajectory that owes a lot to his long-standing collaboration with can drummer jaki liebezeit, who died at the age of 79 in 2017. like liebezeit, friedman already explored even and uneven rhythms back in the late 1980s. this selection of 17 tracks documents this pursuit while bringing rough or discarded tracks to light, which did not fit onto any album or were intended for the nonplace label. the compilation runs the entire gamut of his work on percussion, keyboard, samplers and toys of all kinds using various production methods (tape, atari, midi, sampler, hard disk recording, digital audio tape). studio work (instant-composition, programming and recording) underwent major technological changes and revolutions in the 1980s and 1990s, but friedmanÕs distinctive signature style prevails throughout. surprisingly danceable tracks, interrupted by alien atmospheric periods, defy any genre.