nach zwei gefeierten eps veröffentlicht jackson phillips a. k.a. day wave sein langerwartetes debütalbum the days we had. headcase aus dem jahr 2015 mit der durchbruch-single drag überzeugte sofort mit dem träumerischen surfpop, der nachfolger »hard to read« legte noch eine schippe drauf. inspiriert von den gesangsharmonien der beach boys auf der einen und den songstrukturen von joy division und den frühen new order auf der anderen seite, nahm der sänger und multiinstrumentalist die ersten skizzen ganz analog an gitarre, bass und schlagzeug auf.
jetzt folgt also die erste lange platte von phillips musikalischem soloprojekt. obwohl phillips sich selbst als seinen größten kritiker betitelt, hat er das album nur mit unterstützung des toningenieurs mark ranken fast im alleingang eingespielt und produziert. so entstanden elf wunderschöne songs mit gitarrenbasierter melodieführung und voller elektronischer tiefe und wärme. live wächst dieses soloprojekt zu einer band. zusammen mit seinen musikern erzeugt der kalifornier mit seiner weichen und gleichzeitig sehr eingängigen stimme und seinem lässigen charme eine zauberhafte stimmung. die melancholisch-melodiösen songs zünden sofort, wenn phillips und seine jungs auf der bühne stehen.

monsieur kapote comes back with another deep funk house ep on toy tonics. slap bass, wurlitzer jazz pianos, old school house drum machines, nasty talks. this new three- tracker continues the vibe of his last single the nose (that went no.1 on traxsource and juno and is still getting hammered by dj’s from all kind of scenes). this is slow grooving dance music. nothing is stressy here. jazz funk inspired mid- tempo house with live played bass, keyboards and lot of warm harmonies. played with a high musical level. pure quality. in fact kapote used to play keyboards and bass in jazz bands before getting absorbed by dance music culture. he is a big fan of late 60ies hard bob jazz as well as 1970ies jazz funk and disco. you can feel these vibes in all of his tracks. besides producing his own music kapote also is running toy tonics records with his buddies manuel kim and munk.

‘in time’ is the new album from renegade roots and reggae producer wrongtom and hackney’s veteran breakbeat/jungle mc’s the ragga twins. ‘in time’ strips back the jungle, d&b, garage sound that the ragga twins are recognised for pioneering today, to take you back to the ‘80s reggae and dancehall landscape where they started out. throughout the record, the ragga twins recall and explore a 30-year-long journey, where they uncover prescient lyrics and stories of their youth. wrongtom provides the beats and riddims as a perfect setting for this celebration of the dancehall and reggae scene.
the vinyl release comes as a 12” + 7” package, all housed in full colour sleeve. album download card also includes upfront ‘in dub’ version of the album, these dub versions will only be available on the vinyl download card for the moment, until officially being released later in the year.

new orleans’ grammy-nominated hot 8 brass band release their fifth lp, ‘on the spot’. in true hot 8 style, this album pairs hard-hitting, heart-on-sleeve sentiment with party-fuelling beats, hooks and grooves, raw funk and charismatic hip hop vocals mix with big easy jazz elegance. expect unshakable horn riffs and bubbling bass as the record transports you right into the centre of an electrifying hot 8 party crowd.
the double vinyl release includes a download code.

pavement und preston school of industry gründungsmitglied scott kanneberg aka spiral stairs veröffentlicht ein neues album auf domino records! es sind nun acht jahre vergangen, seit scott kannberg, seines zeichens gründungsmitglied der legendären pavement, sein solo-album the real feel veröffentlichte. in der zwischenzeit ist vieles passiert. von einer gefeierten pavement reunion bis hin zum ausbau seines familienlebens in australien war alles dabei. jetzt meldet sich der gitarrist als spiral stairs mit einem neuen album zurück. “doris & the daggers” wird es heißen und zehn rock songs enthalten. am schlagzeug sitzt justin peroff (broken social scene), am bass hat sich matt harris eingefunden, der schon seit der gemeinsamen band preston school of industry mit kannberg musiziert. als gastsänger sind matt berninger (the national) und kevin drew (broken social scene) mit dabei. scott kannberg über sein zweites album: “i guess i’ve been writing songs for a while now. i like hearing echoes of things i love in the music that i make. writing music doesn’t come easy to me - it’s hard to write a song that’s good. but our memories slowly escape us as we get older, and in songs you kind of relive those moments, the things that matter.”

it’s hard to get a handle on nigerian musicians nash dodoo, charlie cuul and jonas caulley. in 1980 they released an album of face-melting gospel boogie as the bml chapels. and in the same year, calling themselves the beta yama group, they put out free love, a belated love letter to san francisco’s summer of love and an album altogether focused on more worldly concerns. free love is a small slice of haight-ashbury transported to the polygram studios in lagos. ‘te revoir’ is mamas and papas jamming with sergeant pepper’s beatles. ‘free love’ offers a respectful nod towards je t’aime-era serge gainsbourg. sure, ‘revolution’ gets hard and funky and ‘rain’ flirts briefly with a calypso reggae sound, but the majority of the album is cheesecloth and flowers in your hair. insanely rare – and worth buying for the freaky cover art alone – free love is a funky, reverb heavy call for love, peace and sweet, sweet loving. what more could you want from an album?
(peter moore)

mukatsuku releases the second of the limited edition funk monsters series with two dance floor destroyers to slay the toughest of audiences.up first pearl dowdell who s surname on earlier saadia issues was misspelt with a killer female funk gem. on the flip the driving rare funk of billy cee & the freedom express with hard times for peak time play.

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the very first release of croatia’s moondance festival imprint - moondance records, brings 4 tracker of berlin based italian techno punk anarchist duo the analogue cops. after a great success of their first album since 2013, moondance festival residents deliver another dancefloor killer ep named unicorn.
put chicago, detroit and berlin ingredients together with a little of croatian flavour in an analogue kitchen, cooked by italian chefs, mix it hard and you’ll get some of the hottest underground techno sound of now.
already support by blawan, tini, john heckle, sierra sam, oliver deutschmann, forest people...

triple h rated techno goodness: hard, hitting, hexagonal

jungle gym records presents “rapids: the 2015 sessions”, the official label debut of vancouver’s minimal violence. following a string of hard-hitting vinyl releases for first second label and 1080p, minimal violence expand their fiercely independent strain of live and improvised techno into more romantic territory. as we experience the power of the rapids for ourselves, the confidence we once felt in youth and beauty fades, hopeless in the face of nature. an event both tragic and glamorous, jg04 narrates the existential coming of age, a beautiful realisation that nothing lasts forever.

dj t-1000 drops 4 classic hard-edged cuts of pure detroit techno on third ear. born and raised in detroit and based in berlin dj t-1000 is alan oldham, owner of detroit labels generator and pure sonik, and a gifted techno dj. also an accomplished graphic illustrator, known globally for his iconic artwork for djax-up-beats, +8 records, transmat, astralwerks and many other electronic music labels, including third ear. alan did the artwork for the defenders of the deep house world ep curated by mike huckaby, and he has done the artwork for his third ear ep also.

for the first release coming in 2017 macadam mambo strikes very hard with a very special ep of radical dance music by the german band the blech revisited by hambourg’s based artist wosto. the blech released 6 lp between 1985 and 1996. their albums have become a treasure-trove of extravagant, groovy dance hall artistry. the forcefulness with which the blech flung their conviction from the stage into the audience was at once hypnotic, irritating and erotic. here wosto has selected two tracks from the zip zip lp originally released in 1987 (nichts wie vorher and zip zip) and one from the ich wollte meine schuhe zerschneiden lp (die einame trane) released in 1989, and transform them into strong powerfull dancefloor cuts. be sure of the efficient of the product, no need to talk more, let the music speak by itself. special mention for the magnificient artwork of lyons based artist hugo charpentier from the mauvaise foi collective

starting 2017 off with a bang!! a steamy new chapter in the dc/bc love affair. very psyched to welcome vancouver s flørist to the world building familia. beautiful 12- naturally combining peaceful italo house elements, sexy uk garage vibes & dubby techno visions... true deepness! very stylish biz! hitting you hard and deep!!!

the pathway traxx journey continues! following the storming success of the killer pt06 from dj w!ld we welcome a stomping, home grown, 4 track ep from the pathway label owner niko maxen. this ep has been over 3 years in the making, since the early days of pt01 when niko produced the original tracks for the label. it has been an intention to follow that release with a solo ep, and that time has now come. true to form, niko’s ep delivers a hard dose of raw house, seductive vocals, slamming kick drums, and skippy hats.
2017 is set to be a big year for niko as he lines us several big releases and another 4 track vinyl ep all in the early half of the year. it seems now is the perfect time for this in-form artist to come out from the shadows and into the limelight.

der film der zweifachen oscar-preisträgerin barbara kopple begleitet die dynamische frontfrau bei ihrem kampf gegen den krebs im jahr 2013 und auf ihrer triumphalen rückkehr auf die bühne mit dem release von “give the people what they want”. der soundtrack besteht aus klassikern von sharon jones & the dap-kings: von frühen singles auf daptone bis zu songs vom album “give the people what they want” von 2014. der song “i’m still here” ist exklusiv auf dem album zu hören. so wie der film gewährt auch der soundtrack einen intimen und ehrlichen einblick in das leben einer frau, die sich weigert, auf ihre kämpfe reduziert zu werden. kurz: dieses album ist die perfekte ergänzung zu einem wirklich außergewöhnlichen film!

ltd to 225 copies , the smile for a while crew turn to italian producer andrew soul for their latest transmission, resulting in a loud and proud record of house music histrionics tapping into an old-skool sensibility. soul enlists hard ton for vocal duties on the a side tracks, which range from the emotionally charged deep house depth charge -sweet love- to the grinding dirtiness of -take me higher-. on the b side, nico lahs gets to work on -sweet love- and turns it into an irresistibly funky shuffler with plenty of new jersey garage flavour rubbed into its bones. -your breath- then rounds the ep off with a freaky cut perfect for the after party

ikebe shakedowns debut release is as heavy as an angry herd of elephants! recorded at dunham studios in brooklyn with the help of members of the budos band, these tracks are rough and tough to be sure and offer a variety of different sounds from the band. ikebe seamlessly blends the raw emotion and passion of 70s african funk with the danceable horns and rhythms of american soul music! bio: ikebe shakedown is brooklyn-based, eight-piece instrumental juggernaut that incorporates the sounds of 60s and 70s african funk and american soul music for a totally fresh sound. featuring dynamic horns backed by a hard-hitting rhythm section, ikebe shakedown (pronounced ee-kay-bay) will get you out of your seat and onto the dance floor! with obvious influences from legendary groups such as the j.b.s and the meters, ikebe shakedown is also looking to make their own mark on the brooklyn scene in the vein of more contemporary groups like the budos band, antibalas, and the menahan street band.

premium 180g double lp with printed inner sleeves in gatefold sleeve.

rfbcolours 004 is aimed at the dark, jazzy smokey affairs. from the off u can see the imspiration fro the ep title with the a1 track from sombro and embezzlement society capturing a low end, horn sampled groover with rough claps and an undeniable groove. georgi barrel delivers again with something that will warm up the coldest clubs or capyure you on sunset terraces. long island sound hit the pianos hard on the slower paced but equally as grabbing and tense -grit-. label owner jamie trench rounds off with night lanterns which is a track thats been waiting for a space on wax for a good few years now and fits beautifully with the rest of the ep.

rotterdam based 25 places are back on dirt crew with a bang! since their love more release in 2015 the boys have been hard at work and have just released an ep for chez damier on his prescription records sub label balance. the bounce begins with party in the hills hosting a huge kick, loopy rhodes, squelching bass, ragga flavoured vocal and squeaky lead, its straight up good times right from the get go. an infectious groove on this one! closing title song heads into deep soaring territory, its forward house beat and pulsing synth lead intertwine with loose tropical percussion and a rhapsodic horn hook. on the flip we have laurence guy who does not really need an introduction anymore, the man has been all over the place since this years releases on cin cin, outplay and the imminent church where he dropped two big eps bamboo and kojak. here he takes on the soulful deep chicago house of 25 places and turns it into a 90s breakbeat acid galore of ecstasy tingled uk house. 25 places wrap up the rave session with backyard stories, a raw and bouncing, bass face inducing jam. uplifting and dirty in one stroke, its thumping kick and feverous melodies make it impossible not to move.

blawans new side project bored young adults is up next on will bankheads label the trilogy tapes. the shy dancers on bungalowdorf beach features some restrained and slow burning techno experiments that differ from jamie roberts more usual hard-hitting sounds. the seething title track treads the same path as kassem mosse or vactrol park. the fentanyl techno of but we need this bench sounds like an old regis record played on 8, while devoted fans of the young uk producers sound will get something a bit more familiar on the menacing hypnotic techno grinder check up from the neck up.

hard ton, italy s extravagant duo of all things house music are back on luv shack records, unleashing six steaming hot tracks on the -queer nation ep- - a precursor to the first full hard ton album that is due for 2017. -queer nation- has singer max swapping his falsetto with a dark mangled voice, reciting names of queer icons over a dry acid house track that rejoices in repetition, and rightly so. classic music head honcho luke solomon s remix of -queer nation- builds up an intense 707 drum pattern, underlining rhythm guitars and max s voice, ending in a bold acid climax. italian newcomers younger than me also take on -queer nation-, marrying an early 80 s wave touch with a classic house approach.

basement find, 1998 berlin drum & bass.

the second single from chrissy & hawley’s debut album sees an impressive crew of hard-hitting house and techno producers contributing their own forward-thinking takes on this uptempo disco gem.

fuse co-founder enzo siragusa steps up for productions duties once more with his hard steppers ep. flexin kicks things off with a pared down groover of a track simplicity is the key here, all the elements combining beautifully for a deadly hypnotic head nodder. jump up once again harnesses enzo s jungalist past with a typical rave-inflected, monstrous b-line underpinning the brisk percussive nature of the track, a real treat for lovers of the black wax as the track is strictly vinyl only.

there’s a new (or old?) family of funk in town and their history is kind of a mystery. rumor has it the le’trells came close, but never were able to secure a record deal in their time. curious and unable to locate any master tapes, it took a younger generation of le trell boys to breath life back into the grooves and deliver an modern update to that which never was. on the one is sure to be a modern funk anthem certified floor filler already making the rounds in chicago, nyc, detroit and la with a moody sax filled b side that hits just as hard in the club as it does in the whip! heres to hoping the le trell boys prayers are finally answered!

essential repress of terrence dixon’s debut album and first release on tresor.
initially released in 2000, this new edition comes with a bonus 7” vinyl featuring two previously uncut tracks: “ what up” and “shuffle all circuits”.
from the far future embodies a specific and vital time of detroit‘s techno production, going hand in hand with juan atkins’ work as infiniti, terrence dixon signed this album with a masterful hand.

the 2 label honchos dj trebluf & dj beusta return here with the 4th release of hard beach entertainment - piano grooves, disco samples and ghetto dr660 & 909 drums to dance all night.

dave the drummer and marcello perri get together once again with 2 tracks of techno goodness.
in safe hands: this is a hard bass-driven industrial kick-drum groove which meets some carefully placed vocal loops and a piercing high synth shot which gives the track a distinct warehouse party vibe. this track is going to detonate those dance floors!
acid future: this is the first time a squelchy acid line has ever featured on a hydraulix release. a tough rumbling reverberated drumbeat, firing on all cylinders with a squelchy 303 sat on top. it’s even got a voice and some reversed bits of 303! what more could you ask for?

supported by : gary gritness, dj steaw, owain 124, dj capsa, nick v, dennis collado, inner sense, borussia
the mlh crew brings house music tracks based on raw rhythms, infectious stabs and hard hitting grooves, written somewhere between chicago, new york, london, berlin and paris. this time the label is back with four original tracks and a smashing remix by eclectic dutch producer gerd.

remastered von den original tapes, gepresst auf heavyweight vinyl! das zweite album “hard & heavy” (1980) der disco-formation wood, brass & steel mit doug wimbish (bass) und skip mcdonald (gitarre), die später mit keith leblanc die sugarhill records-houseband bildeten, bevor sie in uk auf adrian sherwood stießen und tackhead gründeten. mit den club-klassikern “long live music” und “fly with the music”, sowie den midtempo-raritäten “open up your heart” und “superstar”. limitiert auf nur 500 stück weltweit.

he followup to 2013’s “weird universe” (spectrum spools) and final unicorn hard-on record. it expands on the twisted, colorful world of previous releases from this long-running project with slowly unraveling acid tracks and psychedelic synth lines. ltd to 300 copies. artwork by cosmo knex.

necessary mayhem mastermind curtis lynch, in his musical guise as da grynch, lets loose seven slavering dubwise weapon dogs upon an unsuspecting public with this first instalment of the dub chronicles. nm has established itself as one of the best uk labels currently extant, much to curtis credit. this dub set should go a long way to enhancing that hard earned reputation amongst all lovers of dub, appealing to both old and new school adherents. lynch maintains the highest standards possible for his releases, this is reflected in the eye-catching sleeve - a homage to tony mcdermots classic greensleeves scientist sleeves - by ellen g of my lord graphics.

nice price deal !!! with an array of glittering worldwide hits under her belt and a brand new uk album due this summer, september is back and ready to take over the charts with the delicious cant get over. in the process of becoming an instant pop phenomenon last year, september hit 5 on the official charts with the huge cry for you, spending eight weeks in the top 10 and over 4 months in the top 40. the song was the most played dance record of the year on uk radio and received a massive 5.3 million views on you tube. remixes come from germanys dave ramone who also mixed cry for you, jason nevins pops up on the b side for a classic mix and rounding things off are the mighty real booty babes aka jens ophaelders & jens kindervater fresh from their i kissed a girl smash providing the trance mix.

blawan’s new side project bored young adults is up next on will bankhead’s label the trilogy tapes. the shy dancers on bungalowdorf beach features some restrained and slow burning techno experiments that differ from jamie robert’s more usual hard-hitting sounds. the seething title track treads the same path as kassem mosse or vactrol park. the fentanyl techno of “but we need this bench” sounds like an old regis record played on -8, while devoted fans of the young uk producer’s sound will get something a bit more familiar on the menacing hypnotic techno grinder “check up from the neck up”.

detroit enigma sharif laffrey makes a return to paramidas berlin-based love on the rocks imprint with pony ep. the two track ep marks his second release with the label (following key jam (a.c.i.d.) and his third release in three years - something of a roll for laffrey who typically allows years to pass between each outing.over 9 minutes of what sounds like nineties 4/4 indian acid-house bass music - in the best way. surprising vocals & a healthy 3 minute lead in. b-side: pony roger’ if the pony you were riding on the a-side was galloping through a grassy meadow - this pony heads into a dark cave. if the a-side is the never ending story then the b-side is the dark crystal. but with prince instead of bowie. sharif laffrey has been playing records and making music for 20 long hard years. born in detroit, michigan - hes worked on the line checking camshafts for chryslers & at submerge for mike banks - at the same time. he toured asia with juan atkins and once had to chase a grown man through the streets at night, who had crawled into his living room through an open window. an active member in detroits early rave scene, sharif remembers booking all foreign gigs with something he calls a fax machine.

limited 200 lp 12” units world wide, best italian quality, withe vinyl with double sleeve - very cool look (contains texts), excellent sound master, very good sound. this release contains 4 original n.o.i.a.’s tracks but reworked, and 4 exlusive remixs by: the hacker, hard ton, l.a.s.’s crime and potochkine.

special sales pack for all you tekktribe / free vision lovers out there - contains three classic releases:
- freevis002: arkus p - friendship ep
- tekktribe004r: o.b.i. - disturbing dreams (remixes)
- tekktribe005r: o.b.i. - double penetration (remixes)

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electrosexual who has been a mainstay of berlin s underground music scene since 2010, is releasing, in collaboration with hard ton on vocals and tb303, a new-acid single named i m your machine. remixes by antoni maiovvi, museum and abberline & santos ratos..

vox low come in hard, slow and dark on a new 3 tracker for correspondant. the pyschedlic parisian duo display various iterations of left field menace, ranging from glam rock on “the hunt”, electro disco on “some words of faith, and pitched down acid on “i am a strange machine sometimes”, but all with the signature analogue pulse which correspondant is famed for presenting

over the course of four albums, manchester based trumpeter, composer, arranger and band-leader matthew halsall has carved out a niche for himself on the uk music scene as one of it s brightest talents. his languid, soulful music has won friends from jamie cullum and gilles peterson to jazz fm and mojo as well as an ever-growing international following. his label gondwana records is home to gogo penguin and his own albums have found halsall exploring the modal jazz of john and alice coltrane, paying tribute to the hard bop of the late ’50s and early ’60s or most recently on fletcher moss park drawing on eastern influences in his most personal statement yet. his latest album when the world was one is something of a companion piece to fletcher moss park (much of the music was written at the same time) but draws more explicitly on halsall’s love of spiritual jazz and eastern music as well as his own studies in meditation and travels in japan. beautifully recorded at hasall’s favourite studio, 80 hertz in manchester, and engineered by brendan williams and george atkins it features the recording debut of halsall’s large ensemble, the gondwana orchestra, which utilises the exotic flavours of harp, koto and bansuri flute and eastern scales to create a global palate for halsall’s life-affirming sounds.

recorded in kobe, kyoto, tokyo, september 2015 photos by jim orourke. layout by shunichiro okada despite decades of activity and having crossed paths in various collaborations editions mego is honoured to release the first ever duo recording from two of the most highly regarded citizens of planet experimental electronic. individually, jim orourke and christian fennesz have been responsible for numerous legendary works which merge the traditional avant-garde with contemporary sensibilities. on its hard for me to say im sorry these giants of experimental electronic practice come together for an immensely powerful sonic experience. the signature of both o rourke and fennesz cohabit this new release with o rourkes gurgling harmonies swimming amongst the shimmering frequencies and strummed melodies produced by fennesz. two side long tracks situate themselves as a warm electronic adventure. simultaneously radical and comforting these works shift from gentle sonorities to fully distorted explosions all of which reside within a template of tension between musical and non-music matter. timeless in execution and presentation its hard for me to say im sorry is a deeply rewarding sonic experience from two of the most romantic gentlemen active in experimental music today.

it was too hard to resist another record store day outing once pontchartrain dropped these edits on us.

originally released in france in the early 80s, the highest bidder has long been a dancefloor classic, combining snappy boogie bass and a stepping groove with gordon’s soulful vocals. sofrito and gordon henderson are proud to see these tracks legitimately once more, cut nice and loud on a 45 for optimal club play.

in ihrer fast 15 jahre andauernden karriere haben the kills bereits vier alben veröffentlicht. jedes ist ein rastloses, gewagt hintergründiges kunstwerk, das gespickt ist mit spannung, unruhe, sex, natürlicher coolness und augenzwinkernder langeweile. dabei hört sich kein album an, wie das vorherige. „ash & ice“ ist der nachfolger von „blood pressure“ (2011), an dem die band über einen zeitraum von fünf jahren gearbeitet hat, was auch an jamie hinces handoperationen lag, nach denen er erst wieder lernen musste gitarre zu spielen.
das album erscheint als standard-version auf schwarzem 180 gramm doppel-vinyl, inklusive downloadcode.

ew york s p. leone is next up on spencer parker s work them records bringing a trio of hard-hitting cosmic cuts. born and raised in south brooklyn, p. leone cut his teeth djing during a short stint in tokyo as well as his home of new york before dedicating himself to the studio. he now arrives on parker s work them records, beginning his debut three-track release in mesmerising fashion with atria delivering spectral atmospherics and tantalising melodies. sequences of attraction then introduces thunderous kicks and soaring synths until miradouro wraps things up with dusky pads, echoing aesthetics and spellbinding arpeggio

das doppelvinyl erscheint im 5mm sleeve inklusive downloadcode.
nachdem seiten wie resident advisor, crack, thump und the wire sie schon mit lobpreisungen überhäuft haben, kündigen max graef & glenn astro nun endlich ihr gemeinsames debütalbum an. -the yard work simulator- erscheint ende mai via ninja tune. das ergebnis ist ein zehn tracks langer trip durch die köstlich verschlungene psyche der beiden, kanalisiert mit hilfe jeder menge hardware. max graef und glenn astro stehen für dreckige, disco-infizierte house-banger und staubige downtempo-exkursionen - bisher veröffentlicht auf labels wie das exzellente dänische tartelet, dem oye-recordstore-anhänglichen box aus holz, brand brauer fricks the gym und space hardware sowie wotnot music. außerdem gründeten sie money $ex records als outlet für die releases ihrer großen künstlerfamilie. im dezember letzten jahres feierten die beiden mit ihrer 12- -magic johnson- ihre allererste veröffentlichung bei ninja tune.