washerman is back. rough, raw and armed to groove. have mercy, as the resistance of the lost poets has just begun, before we face the blank city we shout out to the holy drum!

after absolutely killin it for sound signature, ndatl, wild oats, and apron, jay daniel launches his own label, watusi high. coming in hot from the detroit scene, he expertly combines synths and samples he takes a jump on that special detroit sound concurrently funky and mind melting.

following on from the previous 3 volumes of high quality disco heat dug from salsouls legendary back catalog we have here the 4th and final installment of selections that were favored by dj-demi god larry levan on the dancefloor of his seminal, game changing nyc nightclub the paradise garage.

emergency cosmetics is new york hardware afficionado j. albert s second 12inch offering, and comes as the inaugural 12inch release for los angeles based hesperian sound division. a valient effort into capturing a fully realized aesthetic, the ep digs into all corners of the brooklyn producer s repertoire, nodding a head towards classic ny style house and contemporary electronics alike. side a of the record explores an etherial and transcendent voice, with tracks, beta 3, and cult classic, are you in. on the b side, a departure towards concise and minimalist dancfloor cuts presents itself, beginning with high hat clinic pick me up, and culminating in the weighty yet delicate floor burner, givin lip

its toby tobias time folks! ahead of his brilliant lp which will be dropping here on dog in september we give you a little reminder of why he’s one of the heroes of the underground uk house scene. toby has been honing his skills as a producer, dj, promoter and all round nice guy for years now and we’re very happy to be offering up fresh new club business from the man himself in the form of the rising ep. never one to go for the obvious, he always puts his neck on the line and pushes his productions in an interesting and often unexpected direction, making full use of his fully analogue studio to get those ‘happy accidents’ into his tracks which gives him the edge over so many others on the scene today.

chicagos original bernard badie is back and delivers four new tracks for mojuba! the creator of the classic time reveals is showing his skills with this new ep to the fullest! his vision of chicago house 2015 comes in four different flavours and will please everybody who loves quality and kicking house music! open up you ears and let the music make you dance!

standing beyond just todays current trends, eyetone has quietly gone about its business of releasing music with substance and picking up support along the way from some of the finest selectors in the business. doc martin, craig richards, sasha, evil eddie richards and honey dijon to name a few.

darkel is the solo project of jean-benoît dunckel, who is also known as half of the french duo air. his first solo album came out in 2006, at the same time as charlotte gainsbourgs 5:55 album that he produced alongside with his acolyte from air. as well as participating to mythical soundtracks with air (virgin suicides, lost in translation, marie antoinette, quartier lointain, pioneer), jean-benoît composed the score of bee, je mappelle hmm, and also the quirky film cyprien but always in a very organic and solar electronic spirit.

*the shakes* is matthew herberts first album under the name herbert since 2006s dark orchestral disco fantasy *scale* (k7!). the album deals with intensely personal issues such as raising young children against a backdrop of an increasingly unstable world and, amongst other things, utilizes the sound of used bullets and shells from ebay as part of its soundscape. herbert himself suggests that the record can be seen as a treatise on how *music helps to motivate, provide respite and divert us from the challenges of the everyday* and that it is *electronic music for the soul*.
the double vinyl lp comes in gatefold sleeve and includes a download code for the full album plus 4 bonus mixes.

after touring the world like no other techno artist on this planet and focusing on his ibiza-parties and mix-cd-projects our most wanted techno shamen sven vaeth returns with a new 12inch finally! well, its not really a new solo production to be honest as it is a remix-treat sven received from adam port who fell in love with the 1993 classic ritual of life.

ogun records returns for it’s second installment done by the incredibely talented alan backdrop. this northern italian has already gained a lot of appreciation amongst techno enthousiasts for his ep’s on enklav/motoguzzi records and his digitally released albums on prologue and ekar show his range of productions even more. with this release on ogun records he sticks to the label’s creed: an ep with a lot of value for dj’s, but still with intricate production techniques and enough warm layered textures/soundscapes to please even the most esoteric minds.

mojuba sub label a.r.t.less welcomes another addition to the label roster, but dutch techno boss darko esser is no stranger to the game. in more recent time he showcased his talents under the acclaimed tripeo moniker, but now its time to unleash a powerful and very emotional ep under his original name. the wolfskuil & balans cofounder turns in two tracks for his label debut that will catch your attention right away, being capable to maintain any crowd from sunny festival ravers to lost in a moment underground clubbers!

catenaccio is finally back with a new definition of groove noir, the final destination of the label. the result (aka benjamin fehr & falko brocksieper) comes with endeavour, a trippy and deep bomb that will blow all floors especially with its groovy bassline and its defined sounds from outer space that will grow together with you. alias of your mind is an more experimental track between distortion and dub, that is put together to a beautiful and sensitized journey . stay dark and clear.

originally released on richie hawtins minus label a decade ago, restore stands alone as houles very first long-player and helped to establish his penchant for the quirkier side of techno and his superlative production skills. spread across three 12inches & 11 tracks it encapsulated the dark, minimal, groove-driven sound purveyed by hawtin and the rest of the minus crew, while retaining a strong sense of houles unique character and identity. now its the perfect time to breath new life into an album that has stood the test of time, still utterly infectious and absorbing - a collection of music that captures an era of stripped back, yet captivating sounds. 10 years since its release, the album is getting the remix treatment and marc has called in some of the very best in techno talent to give restore a fresh makeover.

invade records goes vinyl only! ilario liburni brings us a 2 tracker. crackling beats and hypnotic synths on one side and a jet flyby on the flip side.
btw: 180gr pressing

medeia records launches with mioh, a young and talented artist from mannheim, germany, who is running medeia records. his deep vibes are suitable for everydancefloor. coming up with a remix from the ukranian based io mulen.
support by: nekes, ray okpara, sedee, matt star, robert drewek, julian perez, patrick klein, nils weimann, lowris, archie hamilton, rossko, bunte bummler …

haunted doorbell are timothy j. fairplay and matilda tristram who released xylophone together last year on astro lab recordings. picking up where xylophone left off unconnected thoughts on jacking is four tracks of naive melodies, rough slamjack drums, and new age atmospheres. starclash kicks off side a, with its dramatic arpeggios and sid chip crashes, techno to soundtrack the saturday night laser show at the planetarium. following is a night of adventure with its eastern scales and washy broken chorus unit hiss. on side b we have beautiful sheffield - an ode to electronic musics (possibly) most important british city and the title track rounds of the ep - house music for listening to while looking out to sea.

it takes time for a series of seperate ideas to evolve into a fully concepteptualized album if it wants to have a place in history for ali and basti schwarz, better known as tiefschwarz. since 1998 the duo, as both djs and producers, have perfected the art of dominating the moments only experienced on a dance floor, deeply immersed in sound. their music is unique as it is creative. the double vinyl lp includes a download code.

few labels could claim to share the creative purpose and pool of talent that cosmo records does. operating out of casablanca, morocco, the imprint has made its purpose clear, to fuse experimental house and techno with traditional african musicianship in a cultural dialogue that spans generations and continents in search of thrilling new musical forms. over the past five years, cosmo has called upon some of the finest producers in the most adventurous corners of 4/4 dance music to collaborate with players of the kora, guembri, lute and many more forms of percussion and melodic instrumentation. the chosen artists congregate at the cosmo recording studios in casablanca, which acts as a hub for these disparate musical energies to come together in a fusion of seasoned, learned performances and hyper-modern electronic processes. amongst the most notorious artists that have contributed to the label so far are masomenos, radiq, argenis brito and ricardo villalobos, while moroccan producer adil hiani provides a local focus to the electronic side of the creative process, as well as conducting the a&r for the label.

ltd nice price -
in 1976, nile rodgers & bernard edwards founded the legendary chic organization ltd. together they wrote and produced many number one hits and very quickly became the biggest hit music factory since motown.
the 12 inch singles collection includes the bands biggest and best-loved hits. cuts like *dance, dance, dance, dance (yowsah, yowsah, yowsah)*, *everybody dance*, and *good times* show why chic are the band who have been getting us on the dancefloor for over 25 years!
the five 12 inches (45 rpm) records are individually cased in disco bags, and housed in a hard slipcase. perfectly packaged for commandeering the dj booth!

nice price deal !!! lightfield marks the first release of the berlin based label soundscape records and debut ep in the long career of cem orlow whos own mindfulness and altruistic beliefs serve as the foundation and ethos of soundscape records. the ep features an instrumental version as well as a dancefloor-friendly remix from fred p who takes the track into after-hour territory with atmospheric chords and a beautifully crafted aesthetic.

new appereance as nasty boy, after his most recent nico groove ep on klapmaster. deep, raw, soul influenced. remix by the one and only big strick!

russias art crime seemingly came out of nowhere with his first record and it blew us all away at phonica. lead track release was pure nineties house nostalgia, a huge reverbed piano over skipping drums that became an instant shop classic. we just couldnt get it out of our heads!

following on from the success of narcosa and is this love? this newest offering from wys! resident cormac continues on a heartfelt trend of mixed emotions.

inspiration is taken from psychedelic rock, deep southern disco, rhythm and blues, classic house and techno also taking a key from the avant-garde

following the release of jay haze & esbs *finding oriya* lp, leftroom delivers a remix package of *refine to deepness* from the project, featuring reworks from nail and cottam.

matias aguayo gets down to the dancefloor with these 100 percent soundsystem-tested tracks. 12inch comes with an inlay and in coloured vinyl. limited to 300 copies.

lunar disko is back once again. this time to present ldr_17, featuring another firm lunar favourite - john heckle. heckle debuts on lunar disko with 5 raw cuts from a distant dimension. encompassing much of the merseysiders signature sound, *blues for a red giant* shimmers throughout with distorted percussion, otherworldly melodies, and driving basslines to create another masterful ep from an artist who continues to push the boundaries of house and techno.

luigi giomini and massimiliano miele aka marsupials have come a long way since their debut on seven music in late 2014, delivering a string of original content since via the likes of large music scucci manucci, dabit, and black key records. here, the duo push on by joining the roster of kerri chandlers madhouse records yet another substantial step forward for the rising duo.

some facts about duncan gray... he is a multi-instrumentalist tune smith... he has a label called tici taci... he was, along with our kid, one half of the criminally under-rated machine funk duo the sons of slough who produced an album of elastic electro (milk, milk, lemonade) and invented electro-bingo (two fat ladies... aux 88). he has recorded a cover version of robert calverts (ex-hawkwind) *lord of the hornets*... he has played space guitar on a number of my remixes (we like to call his sound pink wray). he has given me 4 tracks of low-slung sleazey loveliness to release on bird scarer...
andrew weatherall : march 2015

2 years after the release of his first solo album, favorite recordings presents solar, the second album by acclaimed brazilian composer lucas arruda, and the 100th release of the label! comes as double 12 inch vinyl in gatefold sleeve.

after 4 years, lowroller comes back on future sickness with his renewed vision of crossbreed. in this latest installment, hardcore and drum & bass stand in perfect balance creating unexpected combinations. despite the dark nature of this release, it already received support from both underground and mainstream deejays like evil activities, hellsystem, negative a, ruffneck, miss k8 and more. with *heartless machine* and *dreams of violence* lowroller pushed his sonics to the limit alternating disturbing atmospheres with insane dance floor drops, engaging with the crowd in brutal mosh pits. if you are looking for a shot of sickness look no further, we have your fix.

nice price deal !!! from perú in the a side -he did- show us a groove matching by deep melodies that subtly make us dance, on the other hand, the b side is produced by a romanian guy -suolo- who show us his quality on drums and strong party spirit. these are the talents that are part of the second installment of ipsum records, only for vinyl lovers.

for the second release on smeur we dig deep into the core of what the label is about. served here is two slices of trippy and quirky tracks. >blowstock< is framed by a vocal sample telling the story of a festival taken over by freedom of expression. on the flip >fivetwosix< serves you a rolling hypnotic monster perfectly conveying the feeling of the surroundings it was created in: a bunker five meters underground in the heart of copenhagen.

sensual welcomes on board markus sommer & phil evans for their debut on a limited 10 inch record. - strange advise- uses a stout breakbeat pattern and a cosmic melody with a deep flavour thanks largely to the bassline while the b side continues with a melodic content.

*repress. nb: comes in house bag now, not picture sleeve like original pressing.
after more than two decades of behind the scenes collaboration juan atkins & moritz von oswald present borderland - their debut collaborative album to be released this summer on tresor records. the album - made up of 8 sequences, which seamlessly blend the styles of both masters - was recorded at the beginning of 2013 over various studio sessions in berlin and will be released as a series of three 12 inches and a cd album

window window reflecting a nostalgic, classic love for the roland tb-303 and its oozing capabilities, paired with contemporary drums and detailed sound processing, the three talented musicians present their modern view of acid over four unique tracks. featured on the berghain 07 mix by function.

chicago duo, steve poindexter & jamal moss coming together once again for thanks 4 the tracks u lost vol 1, lost material created over 20 years ago. salvaged from cassette tapes and dats comprised of over 30 tracks of raw, original chicago sound that influenced the world.

brainchild of two passionate and likeminded artists, a sacred geometry was born as a platform to illustrate techno as a narrative, forgoing the strictly dancefloor nature of the medium. influences from noise, ambient and new wave coupled with their graphic identity play a crucial role in how the music is perceived, as the journey continues with each new cover art.

complex adaptive systems are able to adapte and change themselves based on experience. that is dynamic systems with self-organization which gave rise to global behavior called emerging, that cannot be explained by a single physics law. adaptation is reached through the constant redefinition of the connection between system and its environment.

for brstls first release of 2015 label boss shanti celeste steps up with two impeccable dance floor cuts. the last year has seen growing attention being paid to shanti celestes djing and production. with two sell out 12 inches for idle hands and brstl, plus a well received ra podcast and a packed dj schedule she is set to be big in 2015. here she presents two tracks, *moods* is a bubbling, warm spirited house jam and *lumi* is a heads down techno stomper. another great release on brstl.

sgr is a series of re-issues of the best of aubreys productions on the three labels he produced from 1991 to 2002: solid groove records / textures records / dark records
in addition of carefully re-masted versions of those classics each ep will feature an unreleased track from this time period. sgr 1 features two tracks from the solid groove 12 – spanky rogers ep aka (aubrey) originally releases in 1997. the a2 track is re-master from the under looked dark techno series: dark 1, originally releases in 2001 and finally b2 is an unreleased track with the self-explaining name *unreleased 1* originally recorded in 1997.

dark rose is back with the first v/a of the label, based on the argentinean upcoming techno talents, zedje, matt saderlan and julixo in co-operation with the argentinean barcelona based rising techno star flug (cl recordings). tones of energy in this one!

glasgow-based hi & saberhaegen are on to a promise with this ripper of a release. 4 solid slammers which have featured on joy orbisons beats in space and our own boiler room upfront mix in recent months

the ep has already been supported by dj qu, nina kraviz, ben ufo, palms trax, nick hoppner, aybee and more... bass cadet records returns with a strong ep from its founders arcarsenal.

lunatic with its second release. jennifer touch as the producer and singer presents three tracks in that beautiful mixture between cold new wave and dramatic synthpop that we all love. after several releases on ortloff, riotvan and female pressure she is now going to show full strength in her first solo-ep.
on the a-side, you just forces the listener on the dancefloor with its wild attitude, while the b-side shows the more calm and melancholic way of her musical spectrum with astra and boom. may you think you heard that style before - you dont. the jennifer touch ep is in the spirit of the time as it can be!

the second release on ftd is also the second release of lisbon based production trio niagara. although they havent released a record since *ouro oeste* dropped on príncipe back in 2013, their signature sound has travelled through many different guises. ftd002 charts such experimentations during this time, from the fall-over drunk guitars on *falcão*, to the wedding bells and released hounds on *mustor*.

frankey & sandrino, hailing from germany delivered one of the most outstanding 12inches in 2014. their track lost featuring london based singer jinadu was one of the most played tracks during the closing of amsterdams legendary trouw. it was championed by many established djs such as Âme & dixon...
this release is the remix package of their debut on drumpoet including a stunning version of lost by zürich based washerman, a detroit tingled masterpiece which is hard to resist, as well as the futuristic jacking remix for starchild by berlin s musk and the hypnotic african inspired version by hyenah, which was highlighted by dixon during the last couple of months.