this canadian artist rocks the place giving a happy smashing acidic electro shambles under helium. sounds like alter ego, tiefschwarz & all major electro producers

hercules and love affair is andrew butler with antony, nomi, and kim ann. butler emerged from making music for college based dance projects into a fully fledged recording artist, via the new york art scene. he hooked up with his friends from there and got them to collaborate and sing his songs and hercules and love affair is the result. antony rose to prominence when he won 2005s nationwide mercury music prize and this is a major step into a new area... a disco influenced mix of glamour and melancholy, happiness and clubbing that has sprung out of the mutual worlds of andrew and antony, kim ann and nomi. hercules and love affair is 2008s most exciting dancefloor concoction, an arthouse vision of pure pop by way of futuristic electronica, 4ad records and classic 70s new york disco, where beautiful, bruising harmonies and tensile rhythms collide in resurgent soundscapes and emotive disco workouts. the album is co produced by andrew butler with tim goldsworthy of dfa.

intense ep is the first laurent paranthoens 12inch release on elektrofon records. this french artist from paris is known for his production on the independent russian label q code. influence: kraftwerk, depeche mode, detroit techno, minimal techno, electro.

excellent deep detroit tracks / planet e - artist

first & very cool release of a new artist from the hot barcelona electronic scene!! a must have! with you re not in this movie, matus delivers us pure heavnly electronic pleasure. plays: francesco farfa, toni bass (deux), eric entrena, julio navas from fresco records, david gausa from sutil records and also from radio shows like siglo 21 and radio stations loke flash fm or maxima fm.

to kick off into the new year, highgrade brings you a new edition of its various artists compilation. this time we focus on two surprising collaborations from the middle of berlins club circuit who seem to follow the same aim with different methods: clique artist daniel.fx joins up with one of highgrades main producers todd bodine for a deadpan minimal house groover, as well as the massive and challenging monster track by guido schneider from pokerflat together with ostgut/panorama barimpresario dj andre galuzzi - a demanding and enthusing track just perfect to bring on the perfect headrush on the legendary ostgut floor as well as everywhere else

marcashken is part of the new breed of techno, the past couple of years have seen him come into his own sound within his home the leftroom imprint. ashken treats his productions as a personal journey, an expression of his influences and his environment, never conforming ashken is making his own rules. this release brings a remix package of >root rot<, one of the gems on his debut artist album >have you seen my dancing shoes< out late january on leftroom. >root rot< gets a rework from three unique and gifted producers that all add their charm to the tracks

+ big piemont rmx, the world famous confused label says hello to a new artist: richard belsom. his debut track on oliver huntemanns cult imprint is called banshee and literally rocking as hell. plain and dry techno beats with super cool cymbal toppings un

markus fix already known from his release on cecile recordings is back with his 2nd strike and we are proud to present thisr elease on below. this young talented artist for sure knows how to combine the deepness of house with today minimal techno styles. two tracks, two different journeys for the latenightmadness in your favourite club. but as always: listen by yourself

incl hertz remix !! greeces premier techno artist spiros kaloumenos launches his new imprint analog mode! from 2002 since today, spiros put his name on the map of techno artists you should watch out. his music is hosted by some of the biggest techno labels.

one of japans most intriguing graphic artists >baiyon< has also been producing ethereal and engaging tracks since 1998. having journeyed through cut up hip hop house and dub regions under his conceal moniker, d1 invited him to perform two ecstatically received live sets as baiyon at dublins deaf festival in 2005 and in 2007. now for our 41st in the d1 catalogue we are presenting 4 flawless minimal >trecks< of deep space activity. first up is >s soup< a slick fusion of traditional japanese block grooves and drum machine that climbs its way up into a cloud bursting deep dub house melody explosion. side a is completed by a remix of aforementioned track by south african dj/producer >shane berry< of synewave and trapez fame. the mission continues through >the middle< showing a slightly tougher side to this usually light hearted artist. the plate concludes with a stunning bouncy deep jerky house number >can ride, can walk, cant wait< sweet deep melodies dubbed out over club chuggin beats and a red hot squidge bassline

coyote being included on a forthcoming eskimo records compilation of artists that are an influence to the label. now we have ep 3, which features inviting lush balearic beats to warm up these winter days and a superb remix from bear entertainment artist max essa. watch out for ep 4 next year with a special dub influence and the of course the stunning debut lp.

byron bogues proudly presents a new artist on his label: cristian paduraru from rumania. on his debut you will find a groovy techhouse track with nice voice samples by his wife erica. byron bogues edit is deep and minimal and takes breath with its long hypnotic arrangement. robin jacob (skript) is a tad techno influenced and just as deep as the others

new release from one of the major portuguese artist, dj vibe. some call him the danny tenaglia of europe, but he needs no props or associations, only listen. incl peter bailey remix !!

after arkus p 1st own release on his very own label arcus sinus, his signs east-germany based artist fl-x for the 2nd one. frowning and athmospheric sounds rule over this classy 4-tracker. fl-x is also in the pipeline for releases on viper xxls animasola. definitely one of the future’s hottest artists in harder genres.

hyperdub kick off 2008 they way they intend to proceed, with new tracks from a new artist. on her debut release, ikonika comes with her own very unique, warped yet soulful bleep sound. with shape shifting beats that switch styles every few bars its hard to pin these two tracks down... cos if it was easy, it just wouldnt be hyperdub. both tunes are one minute minimal, one minute maximal, driven along by ikonikas special combination of wonky synth and deep swingin sub bass melodies that place them somewhere between an early, blocky grime instrumental and the sweeter side of detroit techno ? except with better bass of course! who needs a vocalist when your synth can sing like this? quite how kode9 manages to keep unveiling new producers of such abundant talent is a conun drum, but one to be cracked some other time when we?re not so busy keeping up with his astonishing labels ceaseless march into the future.

fresh release on article records comes out from czech producer nipp, who delivers unmissible ep for the label, artist himself talks about the best of selection. titel track named adagio is playful, minimalistic composition, rich in mood and tone with surprising break with aching strings, moodywise track with subtle details and brilliants sound. track sad like windows is a focus of emotive keyboards and combination of break and 4x4 beats nestled on bed of minimal rhythm.among others tune has more deep housey vibe with pure energy.watch out for this promising talent!

new mysterious vinyl only label dedicated to minimal techno tip! -- the new guise of a well known artist! guess who!!

taken from the forthcoming album !!knives was produced during the album sessions, but works best as a single for djs as its a massive club track. paul woolford has been the track playing in every set recently. this is the first single to be released from >the truth<, paul woolfords new artist album, and this is the only way vinyl fans can get hold of tracks from paul woolford presents bobby peru >the truth<. knives is purpose built for sound systems the world over. direct floor techno with some quick edits and quirky touches.

finest electro tech remixes !! discover the new musical phenomenon that everyone is talking about…,emerging artist on the electro-pop scene, reead has already won over a number of electronic music amateurs on the national and international level with his first two albums

big room electro house incl backside artist remix! yes, its indeed a remake of fehlfarben great early post-punk/ alternative dance tune >es geht voran<. monarchie + alltag

new stunning alex smoke stuff!! >hum & haw< is a new glasgow based record label specializing in quality electronic music. the label is the brainchild of successful record artist alex menzies aka alex smoke and experienced music promotion manager and dj jim hutchison. the label will be a platform for alex smokes own productions as well as showcasing local talent and international artists.

the 52nd release comes from london based artist cesare marchese aka cesare vs disorder and is a serious reduced dark techno sure-shot

monoman, new artist on robsoul limited for acid revival house.

edwin james aka corrugated tunnel is a fresh new electronic music producer from ireland with releases on labels like j&m, ork or seedy recordings. on his debut for huntemanns dance electric label he teams up with get physical artist and nightlife icon chelonis r. jones and delivers an epic and pop flavoured tech house anthem with flpating synthezisers, straight & sexy drums and cool vocoder efx, not to forot the deep vocals of mr. jones. incl remix by mark o sullivan

remixes are courtesy of roland dark soldier appel, and norwegian remix master prins thomas in his amazing balearic disco way. welcome to an exciting and innovative artist for 2008.

the rebirth of finalfrontier has brought some new friends within the production circle. carola pisaturo is a long time friend from naples, she has been djing around since 1997. her sound is warm and funky but still very technoish. >passione extra< is a perfect example of her skills. to celebrate this first collaboration with the neapolitan artist, marco passarani steps in with a re-work of the track under the moniker >bass-a-rani<, adding his characteristic synchopated techno beats to the original version.

incl jeff samuel rmx !! spinned by 2000 and one, chopstick, tom clark, woody, xpansul, karotte, laurent garnier, tom mangan. deeop (grzegorz demianczuk) and ketiov (wojciech taranczuk) aka 3 channels released their very first record on trenton back in june 2005. since then they became quite busy and after touring the world and releasing other kind of music on labels such as crosstown rebel, trapez and with their side house project catz & dogz, mobilee or dirtybirds they are now back on trenton with label boss reynold for a dirty and funky track called >macho lato<!!! polish housy beats and french electro chordy textures makes this track the perfect european cross-over and will fire up every womens panties where ever you are on this crazy planet!!! ist macho time and its lato fever . to complete this almost perfect record, a very very hot remix from our friend and respectable artist jeff samuel!

new dancefloor fillers from paco osunas mindshake label introducing with cat no 5 skoozbot, comes with a remix by labelowner paco osuna himself and minus artist jpls. essental tech stuff

this is the fourth 12inch of swiss label a few among others records, founded mid 2003. the artist jagged comes from bern, switzerland and drops the first tracks on this clubby vinyl. written by and produced by djs and record diggers smat and zukie173 and produced by benfay ( morris audio, stattmusik) this 180g deluxe pressing holds two excellent super funky, detroit influenced deephouse cuts for prime time action. limited worldwide to 100 copies!!

for fans od richie hawtin !!watch out! this one going to be huge. italian artist rico casazza has a varied musical background of classical, soundtrack and dub, but his core interest is quality, 4/4 techno. his style centers on deep atmospherics, bright as well as stoned melodies and lazy ambiences, with a subtle twist of tension...

incl reboot remix !! wareika is the collaboration of henrik raabe and jakob seidensticker, both specialists in dub techniques (voidcom / ministry of sound, jubilee rec., ostwind rec, lebensfreude rec.), jack-of-all-trades florian schirmacher (philpot, cadenza, perlon, poker flat) and michael hank. >men village< – their first production as a collective - comes up with almost 15 minutes afrorelated drums and percussions, accompanied by warm analog-synth raster scanning and highlights, served on a pushing, strong-force but simple beat, that carries one’s body and on and on. reboot – the below and cadenza artist reduced the original to its more rhythm-based elements and added his typical trippin percussion twist

another bomb that will definitely not make it through airport security undetected. explosive kicks serenade a nasty acid line over a signature dalessandro-style vocal. this peak timer is no holds barred techno armageddon. new york based clink rec artist elon makes his debut appearance for the siteholder team with a storming remix. twisted effects, a unique take on the vocal, and a pulsating bass line define this hard-hitting approach. fearless in its pursuit and certainly without any room for prisoners, this re-working of >are you there< comes out of the gate sprinting and never lets down. another successful new york-chicago connection has been made. rounding out the ep, brian ffar follows up his highly successful >ballroom hustler< ep with a take on the single reflecting his cultivated production style. an atmospheric tech house approach reveals well-placed synths over the drawn out vocal from the original. but dont assume this is child s play, ffars kick drum isnt afraid to pummel a club systems subs. the avalanche inducing bass line that follows caps off this fifth siteholder record with a very clear message: >are you there< is serious business

after their first various release with artist like barem ,sierra-sam, ditch and marcus vector, nomor is back with an entire artist ep, this time it’s redwan, the man behind indigp magenta net label and roman photo records together with sarah goldfarb, no need to present the dream team. this four tracker is like a tripy walk in marseille his own town… sometimes up sometimes down but always hot ! with a funky techno groove in the head. we like his fx, we like his bass, we like his dark side and we like this perfect peaktime record !

the latest release on two faces shows a slightly different side of the label and introduces the new artist björn leineweber. björn combines modern electronic clubmusic with rock and punk influences and his special german vocals to a very own style. the original mix of >dieser ton< shows his full talent for writing exceptional lyrics, beautiful harmonies and creating unique sound designs. a track with a lot of feelings. on a2 we find position:greenfield - an artist out of the label environment. he developed a remix with classic techno elements and unexpected variances. a track for the early morning hours to deeply touch the crowd. on the flip the label boss himself makes a very compact groovy floorburner. perhaps one of the hits in 2008 ... no more words needed

jeff bennett (poker flat, treibstoff, morris audio), tom pooks (ovum, kling klong, kompakt), neurotron (ostwind) to name a view artist on this amazing release. 4 tunes between minimal and techhouse to aim totally on the dancefloor. huge support by world best djs. white colored vinyl. strong limited pressing

remixes to jaxsons smokemachine from get physicals williams, dirty doering (all you can beat), ruede hagelstein (lebensfreude, upon you) and upcoming artist alex niggemann aka n.i.g.g.i. with forthcomming releases on labels like ostwind, micro.fon and sportclub

deep house master >kuniyuki< is back after his beautiful 1st album >we are together<. this is a 1st single cut from his 2nd album >all these things< which coming in the spring 2008. this time, some artist who love the music of kuniyuki like ian o brien, henrik schwarz, alex from tokyo (aka tokyo black star/innervisions) and name a few joined to the album. for this relase, very well known japanese trumpeter >shuichiro sakaguchi<, mule electronic artist >code e< as a guitarist and alex from tokyo (aka tokyo black star/innervisions) as a poetry reader joined. a side is a original instrumental long ver, b side is kuniyukis deep house edit and you can listen original vocal ver on the album.

dark vibe, pumping beats and incredibly drifty with a touch of detroit-techno. the hamburg based dj and producer hatzler started with releases as solo artist and various projects on labels like injection, confused, bush, superstition, spiel-zeug, terrace.

nico grubert, our new definition records – artist, comes from switzerland and is known for his awesome super flu – remix @ whirlpoolsex music. but he alredy did any brilliant own stuff too, for instance >body shaper ep< on 38db tonsportgruppe. his sound differs a lot from what one might expect: its a superb minimalistic and floor oriented piece of gold! check it out

supported by jeff samuel, someone else, lucio aquilina, mark henning, anthony collins, jorge savoretti and many more major-players.. mv 15 presents the first solo ep of suokas, a breathtaking artist from russia, this time doudou malicious makes another appearance on his own imprint to do a deep remix to complete this ep

one of the stand out tracks from osunlades excellent artist album elelments beyond from early 2007 hits the shelves with a plethora of remixes from dj gregory, deetron and manoo stella. dj gregory does what he does best, building and layering tribal rhythms with techy beats with a touch of off key xylophone action thrown in for good measure. the manoo stella mix starts deep before big pads and synths take it in a near progressive direction, while deetron strips things right back and does away with most of the vocal for a pounding house rhythm perfect for the late night clubs. a great track made better by a set of slick remixes makes this a promising start to 2008 for strictly rhythm and osunlade.

the last remix single from the >raw< album features some really nice and tasty mixes of boogie down that vary from deep and dark minimal techno to exstatic tech-house. first up are chopstick & johnjon who both are up and coming artist that most of you might know from their label criminal records and the collaborations of chopstick as eyerer and chopstick on great stuff recordings. their mix of boogie down is a real trancey one with a great bassline added to the original feel of the track. second man in line is substatics falko brocksieper who delivers a very powerful minimal techno joint with great effects and pitched down vocals, this is a true dark roller ! also our friends from montreal canada >les bouchers< better known as dj shine and poontz made a cool electro house cut and complete this fine release in style

one of the stand out tracks from osunlades excellent artist album elelments beyond from early 2007 hits the shelves with a plethora of remixes from dj gregory, deetron and manoo stella. dj gregory does what he does best, building and layering tribal rhythms with techy beats with a touch of off key xylophone action thrown in for good measure. the manoo stella mix starts deep before big pads and synths take it in a near progressive direction, while deetron strips things right back and does away with most of the vocal for a pounding house rhythm perfect for the late night clubs. a great track made better by a set of slick remixes makes this a promising start to 2008 for strictly rhythm and osunlade.

in our everlasting effort to push the next generations from berlin s mininal house scene, we are very happy to feature a quite new artist for highgrade no. 46. marcus schatz, who already released on berlins oposum records, coproduced these two energetic trax with highgrads mastermind tom clark. two exceptional minimal house cuts, flirting on >scribble mania< with a slightly abstract wildpitch feel and on 2 >scribble shock< giving the berlin after hour crowd their well deserved accelaration- soundtrack with this minimalistic hypno house gift!

incl massi dl rmx !! deep spheric and acidic powerful techmover by frankie, leftroom, s.electronique artist. the time has come for the young bloods to take over, and here we have 2 really talented young artists from the mediterraneans new bread delivering some brilliant peak time techno. yin elek aka cristobal jurado is one of valencias most active creators. his music has evolved through dark electro to techno, minimal, dub, house... no prejudices, just interesting music. currently holding a residency at overflows metro dance club playing with many national and international artists in clubs and parties all over spain. massi dl aka massimo di lena is already well know thanks to his releases on multivitamins, frankie recs. leftroom and safari electronique. the artists from naples, only 19 years old, has proven himself to be one of those music writers that are always able to create dance floor killers, with a jackin elegant sound that improves everyday and god knows where it will take him

belgian artist kolombo delivers a ep paired with strings and atmospheric sounds this is the perfect blend for 2008, deep, harmonic, groovy and shakin your aaaaaaaass!! incl. cass remix + original mix!!

ltd warehouse found! an excellent three tracker from the well known artist andomat3000 (cadenza / platzhirsch). he keeps the perfect balance with adding the warm groovy house feelings and the freaky sounds he stands for! kind of his typical dippy style flavour with a bit of that minimalism tech house sound…. wicked! >vertical smile< is a percussive rhythmic and powerful minimal house tune grooving with a hypnotic voice that can be used as perfect warm tool for any dance floor. >cicl?< has an old school touch in a futuristic production and gives you real power and more than enough matters to shake and rock the dancefloor. >hominid< is an modern crazy effective techno track, nice percussion, small cuts and a deep base…frickl wickl

mr bazz (bangin ) dee (wired/artificial beatz/pointed) has done the next stroke on synopsis. three tracks, full of energy and slamming beats. this artist will be soon in the hall of fame of hardtechno!