strong raw and dirty electro / neopop infected

mothership transmission #4… todd bodine has been one of our favourite producers for a long time so we are very excited to be able to bring to you this ep on mothership. todd always brings a swinging groove that works for both minimal and house djs and this release definitely delivers the doughnuts. side a, >secret edge< will turn any stale room fresh and get everyones toes tapping and asses wiggling. its got elements of detroit, chicago, and berlin all wound up into a really nice party starter. you can never underestimate a fun grooving track thats easy to mix and fun to dance to. side b, >back to back< is a submariners dream with bubbling water sounds floating and popping over a low funk groove. this is the track for when you want to take it down a notch without losing any dance-floor magic. its a real dreamy affair with a fat bottom end. thanks todd!

with there trademark gold-colored vinyl pressings and forward thinking sound - the dinner label created a serious buzz amongst many serious players! the talented anton pieete finally receives the credits he deserves and many of his productions (and co-productions with for example bart skils) are charted by top jocks like adam bayer, 2000 and one and shinedoe! museum is a collab between radial man jeoen liebregts and anton. the boys spit super clean, hefty material and fuse dark offbeat with stripped down grooves. this is another showcase of topnotch productional craftsmanship! they do deserve there own money!

part 2 of 2 !!incl the hot remixes from röyksopp s what else is there and the knife s we share our mothers health

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!

nice price deal !!! pitched by our own roger sanchez at pacha ibiza. when this records played out: people go bezerk ! italian hero stefano noferini is making his debut on stealth records and so is alex gomez who are on remix duties

the original mix of tape replay is nearly nine minutes long and can only be described as a journey. its the perfect transition track, able to turn minimal sets into future disco, a house set into electro-funk, a techno set into a live jam-a-thon or a rigid set of any kind (like too many these days) into something with emotional depth. for remix duties we have enlisted our favorite producers will saul & tam cooper from simple records. much like their tech-house revision of phoniques bang, recently released on dessous, here on fresh meat they have put together a subtle yet bassy response to the wow & flutter original. the track builds and builds and at about three fourths through it explodes with lush keys, rich pads and a breakdown thats executed perfectly. these gents are on point and we are more than excited to have them along for the trip.

some fresh tunes from western hamburg are scored on our 9th release. heerhorst & meissner do it again! after their debut release >platzwart (kompa004)< in early 2007, they now contribute another three fresh and extraordinary tracks. >fahrstuhlmusik< on the a-side is build on an extra-deep bass, evolving slowly but surely to a lovely high-end harmonic anthem. for the good moments in life! the b-side holds two more masterpieces of the guys. >whoop< on b1 is a real minimal tech-monster, twisted and funky in its minimalism. afterhour-proved! on b2 you find >heroin<, an deep & reduced tune

igor tchkotoua and dan duncan are true workaholics. not only are the two mallorquinos forming one of the most exciting techno duos of our time and play in the most famous clubs worldwide, they always make it to pop up in the studio to work on their releases on sonic society, wig records or like in the case of >deliverance<, the new 12inch on cocoon. >deliverance< starts quite cautious but the track becomes more and more complex – pig & dan give the dj a tool that fits the minimal raver like a custom-made suit. the b side is again one of those tracks that put a smile on your face. in >sly detector<, atmospheric techno sound unites with energetic celebration pleasure, just as we know it from tracks like >after ibiza< or >on to the beat<. the rolling hookline which has the necessary splash of acid is, together with the floating trance layer, adrenalising to such extent that nothing else remains to be done but to raise your hands in the air. the track was already a hit with many djs in 2007, and will be one – chosen in the right moment – on many dancefloors in 2008, too

superb set of remixes of this classic sean deason gem in this classic basic channelesque style. previously released on kenny larkins art of dance label. thrilling set of three remixes plus original make a perfect start for our new collaboration. ...ltd repress!

nu school of deep house ! baaz music has matured so much in a couple of years, it is now something very special, that appears simple to your ears but is indeed properly produced and incredibly deep. baaz gained as well with hes recent works hes very own sound signature that is really incredibly sweet, groovy, intelligent and properly swinging. we think that this is one of our pearl record and we are simply proud of pressing it on black wax. dont believe the hype, copies remains copies, the truth is in the original !!

incl remixes by joakim and speakerine. a space hymn with martians on juno synths, jupitarians at the mixing desk and our cosmic prophet sebastien tellier on vocals. it comes with a remix by our new french discovery, speakerine, a very young kid from the deepest country side in the south of france, with a true love for the dark side, mr oizo and el-p. on the flip side, our man joakim remixes the title track and does what he does best, forward thinking dance music.

original underground resistance member robert hood is a true icon in techno music, with releases on legendary imprints such as tresor, axis, peacefrog, logistic and his own label m-plant. one could even call him the godfather of minimal techno. hoodmusic 3 is the follow up to his 2005 and 2006 releases on music man. theres a little bit for everyone on there and we are pretty sure youre going to like these tracks as much as we do!!

for the final of the simple sounds ep, we bring in the disco courtesy of two of wills favourite fellow artists. putsch 79 take wills album cut >speak & spell< deeper and darker but maintain wills original chord progression. the undulating dark disco mix slowly evolves into a fabulous euphoric crescendo that’s already proving to be irresistible to our feet. on the flip, northern lads 2020 soundsystem, led by ralph lawson and dubble d, re-interpret wills underground classic pause in their signature live style.

it is time for another minimal explosion from pisa ! our dear friend marzio arico comes up with two new tunes in his typical funky minimal style as we know from his last releases on dirt crew recordings and players paradise with his partner eclat as alfa romero.

a new month, a new highgrade release! this time we have our heroes phage & daniel dreier back in the house, with their new static bubbles ep full of finest dubby influenced and moving tech tracks

capture records was born to deliver deep house music. deep grooves and deep emotions. the founder of capture records has a great passion for music and through this passion a musical energy is formed to capture the moment and memories of the music that moves us. its not all about the music but sounds in a particular song and how we translate them into feelings. its all linked to certain parts of our lives and how we relate to them. its a memory, a connection, a crushing feeling, and a state of mind. so after a while blueless is back with her latest single… house music the way house music is supposed to be…

neu rave manifesto from australia! incl. rmxs by spruce lee & kato , knife machine, waxmaster .. its that time again... is what james said to me on the 7th of oct. time to write the jargon for our next bang gang 12 inches release mr icecream by the soft tigers. ok. lets get to it. they are a band from *canberra (*canberra is aboriginal for meeting place) they are young (please dont think operator please) think late high school early uni or first job freedom type young. ummmm.

we are back after the ibiza season with some hot new material. once again, our guest is a good friend of the fresco family, les schmitz, resident deejay at amnesia ibiza and one of the most important artists on our label, plus david and julio who have been playing at cassagrande parties as resident djs every friday morning at space ibiza ... we have a powerfull ibiza team .. with lots of ideas that you are going to enjoy in our two new tracks: positive is a huge track that has incredible power of attraction, easy sounds and a lot of magical grooves to move your body on the dance floor and an incredible build up that brings you to the top

the second split-12inch on our philpot division is shared by move d & bouillabass as well as michel baumann a.k.a. jackmate. david moufang better known as move d from source records heidelberg comes along with a collaboration with his dj partner >bouillabass<. their track >sweet heini< dates back to 1998 and is in a way a dark acid driven peace of techno which is just made to rock on… jackmate is with >buccaneer< delivering a dirty bouncing minimal-chicago-monster … fat bass, jazzy keys…

new project by nuel/alex stone/touane

here s an appetizer before the full length nebraska album drops on dl. vicarious disco (alt. mix) is a slightly different mix of one of the key album tracks, a combination of an insistent looped up riff, soaring orchestral strings, and a hot nickels synth bassline. me me me goes more juan style techno, all portamento slides and peppered staccato melodies a jacker! for the b side, we asked one of our all-time favorite producers to remix vicarious disco soul 223, aka stasis. its similar in style to his other soul 223 stuff, his personalized take on detroit beatdown house.

this time, doctor pepp and doctor hugg investigates the secrets behind the pappas mechanism that is the source of the love explosion. in the 2007 report >pappa love mechanism and it social economic studies< we have tried to cover the whole process from the first eye contact on the dancefloor to the sucessful stimuli of ollon and completion of the explosion. it is reported that at least 52 sucessful explosions inside the mamma during 2007 (percentage of error 3.45%) where produced under assistance of the special hugg & pepp frequency spectrum in our test envrioments. we are very proud to present this spectrum in two separate files, the pung spectrum and the ollon spectrum, each one being specially designed to meet the high level criterias of today. the pung spectrum has a base frequency of about 75.5 hz for wich most pungs will be mostly efficient. how ever, this special spectrum has such a rich and joyful tonal range making contact on the dancefloor under influence of alcohol is no longer necessary

an hybrid sound, explosive and melodic. in the higher reaches of electronic music a new label appears intending to disrupt our habits. proposing an alternative to the stereotyped dance music and the boring minimal, basilic records permits new talents to release their maxis. the founder of this label is not focused on exclusive type of electronic music, he is keen on hard tech as well as minimalism. the only condition is a brilliant techno sound dedicated to space. this first release is influenced by border community & skryptom.

kontra-musik 006 moves the label into the analog domain of electronic dance music. this kind of sound you only get with the good old analogues. the a-side, produced by the master of the modular system, pseudonym scaff, takes us deep down our favorite techno memory lane. if techno was the meeting of kraftwerk and george clinton in an elevator, ssm 440 is the outcome of jeff mills and maurizio having breakfast at tiffanys. this track is warm, dubby and monotonous but with a drive heading straight for the late night dance floor. the b-side gives us two unique sounding tracks from pseudonym aparatus. city tunnel slowly and elegantly grinds, cranks and turns while building its way towards dance floor bliss. x-presso is best described as periodic fluctuations of voltages in the analog domain. elegant details of beautiful sound take us back to the time when minimal music still was interesting. this is >techno< in the sense that the term was originally intended. enjoy cause analog is the bastard

highly acclaimed with his first ep >un/mute< minz strikes back with 3 massive tracks to dance on to till the end of time. on the a-side, darkslide, with his huge rollin bassline and the clever housy breakbeat is like a road roller crushing everything on his way! chaton from plak records as offerd us one of the most crazy and burning remix ever on perspectiv. his reisit of the previous ep smashing track >chinese drip< is unbelievable. massive rhythms long walk to the top, catchy loops. exactly what you need to explode all the shy audience! this remix his taken from our forthcoming compilation >family tree<! on the b side, a masterpiece from our family tree compilation: the man with the kite. this is an odyssey about love, wind, friendship, unbelievable melodies, flyin beats and perfect edit

the long awaited follow up to love wont give up is finally here! hold on to me is a powerful duet performance delivered by the first family of our house music scene mr. kenny bobien and his wife stephanie cooke. kenny bobien sets his falsetto style aside and surprises us with his tenor vocal abilities, which added a fine r&b flavor to his performance. on the background vocal duties, mrs. stephanie cooke brings just the right balance and blends in beautifully with her husband. soulshines own louis benedetti seats behind the mixing board and comes up with a stellar set of mixes. tested and approved by a handful of tastemakers hold on to me is without a doubt another soulshine classic!!!!

after quite long pause methadon strikes back with 8th release. like on the previous one we meet our hero tomash gee again! crack machine is a crazy distorted shit with unbelievable breaks inside!

yelle, the explosive rappin french girl, is covering an 80s electro-pop hit. when its mastered by her friend tepr, our friends punks jump up and riot in belgium : its a hit in the two hemispheres. parlez vous français ? yelle is young and pretty. also a very explosive character entering the more rigid french pop scene. this stage freak with a unique flow is fully driving the new non-aggressive girl power scene, focusing on delivering kick-ass lyrics. she also doesnt take herself seriously and is refreshingly laidback, especially when she proudly covers the song >a cause des garcons< (>what we do for boys<) a french 80s anthem, so thrilling and amusing, that it looks like a sure hit for the charts this summer. tepr has just released a single on wall of sound and hes back with his thrilling remix.

ramon tapia delivers an outstanding example of modern electronic clubmusic on our imprint yellow tail! deep but raving & uplifting at the same time. with dancefloor bombs like >e.v.i.<on the a-side or moody tracks like growingon the flip

new release on the sublabel of styrax.. a hot one sided called inchain fx.. very nice forward thinking techno in the best tradition of our big influences but with a nice new twist

their first release after the massive lp on cocoon recordings ! big one! pig&dan have been away with their heads in the clouds working out a new way to make our minds twist. they have finally delivered the new remedy that will enhance our sonic listening systems to the maximum. >magic valley< which is named after the valley in which their studio is situated in, is a full on deep pumping journey, that includes spooky samples of the ambience thats surrounds them. you can pick up the birds and horses amongst the melodies and pumping grinding beats. techno meets nature all together a great feel good factor and fulfillment of the senses.

nice price deal !!! conya returns with pure late summer nights dancefloor madness and new logo after the summer break. conya welcomes the italians ciappy dj and davide murri in the family. the paradise remix from our main man from rome haldo already caused euphoria during the summer on our clubstar family ibiza 007 sampler. now we release the full package to the global dancefloors. the ciappy magic main mix will tear the roof of any club if used in the right time and will lift the crowd to another dimension for sure. on top we spoil you with the dreamy david & ciappy n japan mix and the musical unplugged journey.

new bell is a stone cold classic piece of afrobeat that only appeared on 12 inch on an extremely rare dutch pressing and is a big play for everyone from masters at work (who made a pretty nice remix a while back) to gilles peterson. quite simply if you have any interest at all in african dance music you need this record. the flipside cut yoyo was only on a very rare french 7inch to our knowledge, this lesser known piece of afro disco really does get the party shaking its collective rump and sounds super fat on 12 inch for the first time

integral members of the funky house scene for well over a decade, soul avengerz state their mission as simply >to create feel good funky house for the music connoisseur.< dj/producers paul gardner and wayne o connell exude true passion about the scene, testament to their many nights of gigs and hours spent in the studio. >we are, and have been for years and years, true house lovers of a funky style,< says paul. >we play it, we make it, we love it! music is about having fun and thats what we do, and we believe it shows in our productions.…<

baby, when the light is on, you see who is who & who is doin what.julien jabre has always been amongst those artists we love & admire, because he delivers truly good music, soulsearching, without having the need to run after the next hit single. this warm production will stir our feelings through to our roots & seems to be a magic track inspired by chicago house figures lil louis and memphis house boss, mr. fingers aka larry heard. with its incredible and amazing atmosphere the stook is going to send all the listeners into a hypnotic and euphoric voyage.on the flip, he is said to be of the best underground producer, david duriez gives you his vision of early acid house with a wild and rough track. wilderness sounds like a tribute to davids musical father, afro acid man dj pierre.

barcelona/ibiza based new electronic label indigo raw is composed of norwegian petter dia aka mirus love , ibiza resident jaime fiorito & l.a resident stuart patterson (colorola). they now proudly launch with first release and what a release! german producers andreas wiegand and jan iwanitz aka andomat 3000 & jan who have already released several tracks on labels such as cadenza, 9volt and more.. are now presenting one of their best records so far. amygdala ep producing together for the past three years the frankfurt duo has got the ability to mix the funk of house into the punch of techno. sexy beats for girls and powerful rhythms for boys. >salvarsan< is a percussive rhythmic and powerful minimal house tune grooving with a hypnotic ethnic voice that can be used as perfect warm up tool for any dancefloor. >sobre ebrietas< is more of a peak time record for all our minimal lovers. keeping the perfect balance with transitions adding the warm house feeling that makes you groove!

planet mu celebrates its 200th release with a massive double album. released to coincide with our 10th birthday and titled simply 200, it is, as tradition dictates, a compilation. bringing together many of the last years classic releases such as darqwan and ceephax with exclusives from boxcutter, venetian snares, aµ-ziq, luke vibert, milanese, neil landstrumm, benga and many others,

we are have found some amazing tracks to release on the golden number ten of our 10 inch series. the aside track goes under the working name passing and is signed raudive. londons prime techno producer oliver ho is an old favourite of ours and really hits the spot here finding the perfect middleground between dancefloor drive and trippy flow with a solid hypnotic bass, voice elements, distorted instruments, simply great work. for the flipside we are very proud to introduce the debut track release of kroppssprak. we just love this track for its out of this world funkyness and miniscule detailing.

joel mull is more than a contemporary techno artist. he definitely will be known as one of few who more than rode but created the wave and will always be mentioned regarding the fact that he underlines the message that techno will never die! he made his choice in his early adolescence attending a music school and spending hours and days at the piano and keyboard. he is amongst the top 4 swedish electronic musicians with the likes of adam beyer, cari lekebusch and jesper dahlbäck. he started traveling around the globe more than a decade ago and quickly made himself well known as tasty bit of the electronic world with great dj-sets and astonishing live performances which are a must have seen even for the hardest critic. he is a quiet guy who learned his handcraft and evolved into a genius producer who incorporates all his listening experiences in his music. code red, drumcode, kanzleramt, inside records, primeevil, loop records, superstition records, svek, tortured records, turbo, underwater …are some of the platforms which aid him spreading the message

after several works on sound division, southern fried and remixes for some of the most popular producers worldwide such as david guetta, bob sinclair or erick morillo he presents his first ep on our own imprint with this massive 4 happy people ep. his original mix is all about bass. distorted, mean and loud and actually a pleasure to use for kicking serious ass. the tea mix is more driving and fluently building up with steady percussions and filterings on the bassline while the alex delia remix focusses on minimal aspects and fragments perfectly twisting the tune for the likes of any underground set

next deep trance/neo trance gem on our top bcb tec label! in the lines of a&b, amir ad fontes, border community,.. this very talented new g from israel has created a buzz and sure on this summers ibiza highlights

mathieu bouthier and muttonheads signed another electro dance tune. if you like big bass this release is for you. french producers enzo mori & stephan clark (vanguarde, starting rock) made a fantastic remix buzzing everywhere. on top of that we are spoiling you with a remix from our main man, didier sinclair, one of the biggest french electro house artist. dont miss it! produced by mathieu bouthier & muttonheads featuring chaff. additional remix by swindlers.

supported by: chez damier, jimpster, chris duckenfield, leandro gámez… from the hands of nacho marco, who recently had a big succes with his >sweetest ep< on freerange, various forthcoming releases on pacha recordings and with a bunch of releases during the last years on labels like odori, shinichi, mutes future groove, d.press industries, exun or hypnotic, comes this new label focused on house music in its most deep, electronic, tech and groovy side. based in valencia, spain, loudeast records will be bringing the most elegant, quality, moody tracks to your favourite dancefloors. for this first release own nacho wrote >sundays in love<, counting with the special remix collaboration of partners mike shannon (cynosure records, montreal) and garcynoise (justified cause recorthings, barcelona). on the a-side you will find nachos original mix letting the melody and bass persist amongst the rest of elements. a2 is the turn for our canadian man mike shannon, who with his >tuesdays in love< mix drives you to an uncertain techy point between montreal and detroit cooked with hot spicy percussions.

second octopus is mr statik with an excellent 3 channels remix, stathis is a greek gentleman of some refinement, his tracks caught our ear on mathias schaffhausers ware imprint as part of the mudmax duo and his talent for combining careful modern production and late night hysteria drew us to him as a future roster artist. then we come to 3 channels,what can we say,they have blown up on crosstown rebels and trapez and their own imprint channel records, their dj sets kick ass all over the place and their remixes, from claude vonstroke to decryptor have proved them as the bright stars of the european house movement. this mix is inspired,relentless, unusually energetic and yet typically 3 channels, aimed straight into the heat and haze of the night

>kroy menya…< had been in our record boxes since it first appeared on scsi-9s excellent and highly acclaimed >digital russian< lp back in 2003. liking it as much as we did we though itd be rather nice to give it a leg up into the year 2007 with a nice lil rmx package. so firstly we employed the services of moon harbour starlets and all round good uns luna city express to give it a rub down in the form of their >lovely luna people< rmx

huge hypnotic minimal techhouse, ... this is the best neuton music ever !! our tip : b side : >touched by this<

following the massive squeeks and kaoss ep by active sense the pressure was on to keep the bar high! next up on immigrant records we present monoblock, the first of our digital artists to make their way onto vinyl. since their la otra cara del enano ep released on immigrant digital in february they have since been snapped up for releases on freak n chic and cynosure. their debut immigrant ep was so well received we decided to create a remix ep for vinyl. the crazy garden dwarf is back, this time with his mutated friends

palette is proud to debut its newest artist, dave hughes. the irish born, la-resident sound engineer finally let palette in on his music making secrets. the result is daves debut ep >lets do it<. a three tracker showcasing what is to come from this visionary artist. >lets do it< kicks the ep off with a strong rhythmic solid base which alone would be enough to solidify it as a stand out track, but without delay the song quickly develops into a musical journey with rhythmic chords at the end providing the icing on the cake. the flip side provides two more tracks of the same calibre, >it all deepends< and >realization< showcase great sound design skills and a message about our own humanity. take in to account the heavy subs and intricate drum programming and you have what we feel to be a classic palette recordings single