dustin zahn makes his album debut in march 2014 with the release of monoliths on adam beyers drumcode label. gestating over a period of a four years during break from releasing original solo material, monoliths sees the minneapolis native capturing the full breadth of his production style in the long-player format for the first time. having become a mainstay of the drumcode line-ups for their berghain residency and beyond, the challenge was set for the berlin-based zahn to build upon the reputation he has established in the past decade-and-a-half since he first arrived on the scene, during which time he has also given a platform to artists such as dvs1, minilogue, psyk and truncate via his enemy records imprint.

techno alert!! pascal roeder back on nb records with his lightning track lucia, with booooombastic remixes by dema, ortin cam and miss sunshine. one of frances finest techno producers pascal roeder back on nb records with his lightning track lucia. unbeatable strong remix business by shootingstar dema, ortin cam - the master of hard beats from belgium and miss sunshine, croatias techno queen.

the lone roamer is the experimental and deep side of riccardo dagostini, inspired by a dystopian world in which almost all the life forms are dead after an unspecified event. wandering alone through that devastated world is not just a physical act, it is a real personal and deep journey.

the debut album by alle farben as translucent double vinyl with muliti-color splatters. comes in gatefold sleeve with cd-copy included.

the fourth remix 12inch from last years livity sound compilation features remixes by uk techno legend surgeon and ostgut ton founder and panorama bar resident nick höppner.

barely has the dust settled on the first cold tonic, yet label boss krystal klear is back already with two more heavy hitters for tonic002. building on the foundations of the debut release, dance 7fs shows a darker shadow rarely seen in previous krystal klear music. moving into lights out, eyes down territorywith the driving breaks of west end disco, this is kk stepping into his own. fumer tue features relics-esque string laden melancholy but never ever goes fully pg. this is r-rated lovers music and, if the feedback is anywhere near the mark, could easily go straight into last-tune-of-the-night-classic territory for the next generation of dance music connoisseurs.

190 to 220 bpm hardcore, with a complex structure, loads of breaks and beats... but not crossbreed yet. more axed on a kind of breakcore, glitch and drill at some points... but of course, hardcore is there, with its classic expected tricks and its 4/4 constent, coming often after 2 or 3 minutes, like a candy

dext recordings is a brand new label kicking off with an ep from dubspeeka complete with remixes from apple pips boss appleblim and aus artist komon and it is a bit of a bristol affair. dubspeeka, the elusive bristol based producer who has released on oliver huntemanns ideal audio, waveform and has remixed for evolution, is sure to become big news in 2014, especially once the world gets to hear this new ep.
pressing on translucent, orange coloured vinyl.

the phrase *feux follets* from which archipel 105 draws its title, comes from the latin ignis fatuus, and translates as will-o’-the-wisp. the etymology reaches back to old folktales in which ill-intentioned spirits would cast an atmospheric glow at night, in order to lead weary travellers astray. today, the term refers to ghost-lights - artificial light reflections caused by decomposing organic emissions. anyway you choose to understand it, this music contains the mysterious and unattainable. feux follets are meant to depict an elusive (and perhaps also illusive) ambition. a tense equilibrium colours the constant, foundational sounds with aleatory movements. the compositions are detail-oriented, and boldly explore their tangential elements.

acid night keeps on quatting the 303 new generation. and goes to mr from rehkold and tomeen. in italy. for 4 4-tracker opening on an psychedelic hard tribe 170 bpm grower. then begins a 150 bpm hard techno acid hanging-on track. b-side opens with a break acid digger, carrying a 70s synth ambiance in the backward. finally, the last tune returns back to the 170 bpm wiith a cool story of acid waves searching the digging possible way

ladies and gentleman, were about to take a flight on an airline called l-o-v-e. dont need no ticket, just get on board. naomi shelton is our faithful captain, and the gospel queens our in-flight crew, ready to serve you soulfully to your highest elevation.

fantastic re issue of bassmental aka kerri chandlers epic 6:23 again trackin ya down ep on nite grooves. re mastered from dats and re issued in original artwork for 2014 in conjunction with nite grooves / king street sounds.

drawing from his inspirations like never before, urban animal is claude vonstrokes most personal lp to date. naturally this remix package has been curated with the same amount of passion and features some of the california birdmans favourite producers. solomon (diynamic) and dixon (innersions) - old friends and kindred bolster the original message of the album with clarity and creativity!

first release in a series of vinyl-only 12 inch eps from new label balearic blah blah featuring a choice collection of original balearic gems and edits carefully selected and respectfully reworked by kbe. dont sleep – limited edition.

second ep of choice cuts and edits/remixes from new label balearic blah blah carefully curated by kbe. limited edition - dont sleep!

(finnebassen rmx) lust for wrong is the debut release for vinny villbass on eskimo recordings. this haunting house cut features the vocal funk from the renowned ost (from oslo duo ost&kjex) and comes with a finnebassen remix.dj support w count pete tong bbc radio 1, brandt brauer frick, noir and tim sweeney.

vinyl only - limited 2014 repress !!
support from : ricardo villalobos, radio slave, ame, craig richards, onur ozer, dixon... petre explores his skills in classical music and his understanding of dance floor rhythms to create a stunning vinyl only release >marcel si fiii<

early support from the likes of mano le tough, adam beyer, dop and felix da housecat. belgian duo goldffinch finish off turbos latest series with three prime cuts of springy warehouse thumpers

tom dazing breaks the self-imposed silent period with back in the daze ep, a dubby crafted techno meets acid track that builds from idea to idea without losing the thread in its own story book.early support from angel molina, alexi delano, ben long, dj pierre and marco bailey.

a collection of moton record incs best beats & pieces. found, loved and re-edited by jarvis & diesel.

circling sydney as the most prodigious producers in their adopted home, tuff sherm (perth-born eugene hector / dro carey) and cassius select (canadas lavurn lee / guerre) guise-up for a split 12 that follows dros seven-date debut european tour, and cassius breakout one ep on gardlands hunter gatherer imprint. returning home after a string of releases via merok, ramp, opal tapes and the trilogy tapes, tuff sherm shifts the counter balanced brilliance of dro carey with beast numeral - a six minute succession of classic house jaunts.

opening the single is title track rain away, a smooth atmospheric slice of house embracing a lowslung and dubby aesthetic

following the release of little big orchestra last year, good ratio music presents its fifth installment named: the time is now. a four tracker ep that collect forces onto the same piece of wax from kresy, tom ellis, baldo feat. lady blacktronika and carlo.

doc scott was on the decks. it was at tribal gathering (i think), 1996, standing in front of a wall of speakers to one side of the stage, enjoying myself, like you do, when this sound started growing inside my brain. my head was then ripped clean off my shoulders! words are still hard to find! it was the first time i ever heard shadow boxing and its the only thing i still remember from that night. om units 2014 remix is paired with the 1996 original.
dj support from: fabio, mark pritchard, friction, surgeon, toddla t, laurent garnier, pinch, zinc, baliey, rob both, billy nasty, krust & john b.

after collaborating with droid brothers raiz back in 2012, jeff derringer returns to electric deluxe with his first solo effort for the label - a solid two-tracker of rigorous dancefloor material weve come to expect from the chicago resident. behind the decks, jeff derringer is a name well known as founder and visionary of the renowned oktave parties in the us.

argentinian dj and producer, ernesto ferreyra, provided cadenza with a rich and inspirational album back in 2010, the intricate and balanced el paraiso de las tortugas was a masterclass in minimal electronic dance. four years on, and ernesto returns to lucianos label with the insight single, and a precursor to another album for the label, slated for october release. voltage poem displays a huge progression for ernesto, a stomping, elastic backbeat, peppered with live percussion, shakers and micro glitches dances around the mechanical funk of the bassline.

brand new label from dense & pika !!!
a heavy focus on analogue equipment, releases on hotflush and the recent development of a live performance have enabled them to stamp an indelible mark on modern techno with their success being largely attributable to the clarity and consistency of their output.

russian producer sanys has impressed with a series of raw techno records on his downfall theory label - and his latest release further showcases his talents. dominance starts with atmospheric synth washes before a granular bass and relentless percussion propel it forward. like previous sanys releases however, this is not straightforward linear techno and a rumbling vocal and insistent drums will keep the listener engaged. my concern sees sanys opt for a different approach, with a pulsing bass and a crystalline synth line going up and down the scales, intertwined with a vocal snippet, while told you so features another stylistic shift. on this occasion, it s back to the darker sound that was audible on some of the earlier downfall theory releases. tight, snappy drums and robust, insistent claps provide the basis for a droning, murky bassline that cuts through the arrangement like a lighthouse rays in the dark of night. finally, irish producer eomac, one half of lakker, delivers a version of dominance that centres on lithe broken beats, ghostly melodies and insidious tonal shifts. as its title suggests, dominance shows sanys has become a master of the techno form.

new collaborative project by two london based producers and djs, sam williams (aka chamboche) and sam halsall (elevator), drawing influences from artists across the house and techno spectrum.

*friendly bacteria* ist das erste reguläre studioalbum von mr. scruff seit dem 2008 erschienenen *ninja tuna*. mitte mai wird das album via ninja tune erscheinen und am 31.05. im londoner roundhouse mit freunden und gästen inmitten eines besonderen abends präsentiert. gestärkt und erfrischt durch seine lange studiopause, zeigt *friendly bacteria* den weltweit hochgeschätzten platten-afficinado, dj und produzenten in einer eher reflektierenden stimmung. sein album beschreibt er kurz und bündig als *tough, sparser, less samples, more bass. more vocals and collaborations and shorter tunes*. *render me*, der erste vorbote aus dem album, ist exemplarisch für die atmosphäre auf *friendly bacteria*. ein schleichender und gefühlvoller groove unterlegt die stimme von denis jones. scruff traf jones vor etwa fünf jahren, während dieser amp fiddler in liverpool supportete. nach diversen treffen und einigen jam-sessions wurde beschlossen, dass der singer/songwriter und multi-instrumentalist denis jones einen erheblichen beitrag am album leisten wird. desweiteren kann das album mit hochkarätigen gästen aufwarten, darunter house-legende robert owens und vanessa freeman!
das doppel-vinyl erscheint im klappcover inklusive download-code.

no. inc. are material object and atom. both artists are launching their no. label imprint this may, by releasing the full length early reflection album and the herewith presented early reflection ep i. the tracks featured on this ep are the ambient piece early reflection part i (side a) and the technoid refraction i (side aa).

picking up where open water versions left off, the habits versions ep is another techno inflected project which again allows a cross section of the osiris roster to leave their own stamp on one piece of anonymous source material. leading the charge on habits versions is the second appearance from mønic whose tense, breakneck offering is the perfect complement to oscar muleros spacious interpretation, arguably the most dancefloor orientated of the release. the second half of the ep sees a heavyweight pairing of the seemingly inexhaustible killawatt and the lithe, forceful sound of amorce on their debut appearance on the osiris roster.

after the release of his album angular half a year ago mathias schaffhäuser and mos ferry invite to discover the new remixes. the frenchman nicolas masseyeff and jorge ciccioli from argentina ensure international scope as well as musical variation.

this is only a usb stick - not a vinyl !!
pets recordings are partying at the very forefront of house music right now… with each release stretching their consistent-yet-excitingly unpredictable remit further into unchartered territories, the latest in their well-established friends will carry you home series compounds their curatorial creativity like never before. now on its third outing, this is the labels largest in the album series so far, tethering its myriad wild talents for one giant audio class photo, label bosses catz n dogz have successfully represented their labels vast remit with clarity and harmony.

the skokie intruder ep is the first ever release by the french / american producer royer. his productions reflect astounding sampling skills and a penchant for detroit style grit and groove. skokie intruder was mastered and cut by helmut erler at dubplates and mastering and will be a hand stamped red label in edition of 300. featured on the release is a remix by brian leeds (huerco s., royal crown of sweden) under a new alias: independence ave. orchestra.

these tracks are fairly special in our opinion and we are very honoured to be releasing them as the first optimo music disco plate.noo are daze dasen (aka plastique de reve) and sami liuski (aka bangkok impact / putsch 79). this is a double a side 12inch single (plus a digital bonus track that we couldnt fit on the 12inch and still have maximum pressing volume). built out of imaginative sampling combined with analogue hardware, these tracks are phenomenally produced, lush disco string fuelled epics that fully work their magic in a club setting. this is modern disco, most definitely not nu disco.

bristolian duo, forget me not, return to losing suki after 2013s the stronger ep, keeping up the pressure with their deep and raw garage house sounds on the everything but love ep. pressing on translucent, red coloured vinyl.

limited 2014 repress !! 1st time available since two years - vinyl only release - no digital bullshit !!!!
thomas melchiors beautiful apariciones ep has been reworked by two iconic pioneers of electronic music, baby ford and ricardo villalobos. this is the first time ever melchiors solo material has been remixed, both baby ford and ricardo villalobos respect this by producing two beautiful gems that show the unique characteristic sound of each artist. baby ford takes on cinza de fenix creating a lovely deep and funky adventure that will lighten up any dance floor. ricardos remix of todo mundo jacks things up and strips things down taking us on a dark trippy hypnotizing journey, pure villalobos magic !

fad is born in 2013 fruit of the collaboration between felipe valenzuela, argenis brito and dani casarano. the three cadenza artists began working together under the guidance of ricardo villalobos in berlin and have produced this exquisite ep full of elaborate textures and intricate phrases. the ep comes with a remix by alexkid, already a living legend in underground music.

dachshund was born and raised in geneva, switzerland. he got his first introduction to music in the 90 s, playing guitar in reggae bands. that was the beginning of his long lasting love story with dub music. he produced his own dub music in the following years, at the same time learning about every piece of studio equipment. with his roots in dub music, dachshund first experimented with electronic music in 1997, producing his own jungle and drum n bass tracks. his music turned more into house and techhouse and was released on several imprints while playing live sets all over the world. we give him a warm welcome to the 8bit family!

after the successful album tour and time for new inspirations nayan soukie and fritz windish come along with their new ep on ursl. inspired by the poem kubla khan from s.t. colerige they made three special tracks that are soundmethapors for some images in the poem. read it and listen to the tracks at the same time and you may find some parallels.

vinyl exclusive for 3 months - limited 200 copies hand numbered - crafted artwork one of the most promising artists we hosted on etichetta nera returns with a massive track and we decided it had to be definitely on vinyl! reworked by dez , quail (animal farm) and our gez varley aka g-man you ll find for your pleasure!

vinyl only - white label hand stamped - 250 copies limited and numbered!

vinyl only! limited promo 200 copies worldwide! ko tunes ready to release his first limited edition vinyl with no label. the vinyl counts two tracks. a-side: harm suffered. extraordinary bass line, very sharp sounds, dirty speaker, coherent and gloomy vocal b-side: et a bientot. rough speaker, sustained bass line catacherized by filter games and vocal allusions.

jennifer and david have joined forces for a project which will bring the dance floor walls crumbling down!

philipp weber is a musician living and working in leipzig, germany. his main focus when creating music is to capture the moment by using all kinds of instruments in a playful and intuitive way, experimenting with rhythms, sounds and melodies. his songs are ideas, emotions and thoughts that he tries to translate into music. »its like speaking a language«, he says, »without knowing its grammar, still trying to find the right words.« philipp is one half of the project webermichelson a two-piece band focused on merg- ing kraut and experimental music through drums, synths and guitars. webermichelson have been a core ingredient of the holger universe from the very start, one of their live shows actually being the moment where it all began. with his first mini album weber now joins the holger family also as a solo artist

played by: bas mooy, chad osborn, dolgener, drumcomplex, elektor, empty_room, flex, forest people, gery otis, joseph capriati, krenzlin, mtd, niereich, octave, primal beat, rvde, ryuji takeuchi, slam, space djz, stevie wilson, submerge, the welderz, unam zetineb, uun...
morgan tomas is a dj/producer from france, who also runs the label reloading records along with a weekly podcast. in the past years, he has had several releases out on labels such as sleaze, nachtstrom schallplatten, prosthetic pressings and silent steps. he has been supported by great artists who often play his tracks. his music is a deep rooted techno, dark and energetic. with this album, he tried to reflect on several types of techno, using different environments, with a wide range of musical styles.

handstamped and limited vinyl sampler from the various artists compilation being the first release on credo including original recordings from other artists as alex bau himself. the tracks picked for this vinyl reflect the more darker side of the credo-definition of techno. highly functional weapons with a vibe for the energetic moments on the dancefloor-life.

a solid 2-tracker by unknown producer, though traces lead to standa in bratislava. no matter, listen and enjoy! limited 200 copies / no repress