following his first ep on field records in 2015, staffan linzatti presents the 25th instalment of the label with a perfectly balanced minimalist techno triple pack.

sundance presents two extended tracks. this is the second part of the project beautiful days

blue note is pleased to announce the release of legendary nigerian drummer tony allens new ep, a tribute to art blakey and the jazz messengers. the 4 titles featured in the ep moanin, the drum thunder suite, night in tunisia, politely provide a preview of his forthcoming first album for blue note (currently scheduled for release in autumn 2017) on which tony allen pays tribute to his longstanding idol, american jazz drummer art blakey.the ep s four titles and the other tracks that make up the album were recorded over three days in paris at the midilive studios, the former facility of the vogue label. the sessions were done in live conditions that saw tony allen and his 8-piece band together in the same room, with the sound channelled through 12 separate mikes onto 2-tape via a sony mci-jh24 analogue multi-track recorder.

roots-electro orientated on the classic electro vocoder. rap sound of the early 80ies to 2017. new sound by electrodefender limited edition 100 copies only, 180g vinyl

sundance presents two extended track. this is one part of the project beautiful days

ever reliable canadian producer fred everything makes his first appearance of 2017 with a selection of choice remixes of house classics for the lazy days label. on the a-side he s taking to crazy p s -like a fool- a vocal and dub version and laying down a slick, bubbling groover that fits perfectly with the original s warm, disco-infused elements. on the flip, he takes on roach motel s -the night- and makes it into a shimmering nocturnal cut peppered with impeccable synth lines and a sleazy vocal turn. by way of variety the final track sees fred create a laid back balearic, auto-tuned version of franky selector s -wind swept dune-.

album recorded at jazzy jeffs home, by numerous artists, in seven days - creative process was streamed live via facebook live from jazzy jeffs fan page - album includes soul, funk, hip-hop, jazz, pop and samba

charlie watts meets the danish radio big band is the kind of album that many jazz fans had probably given up hope of hearing. in the glory days of big band jazz and arrangers like oliver nelson coming up with brilliant music, albums like this were, if not commonplace, at least more readily available. the truth is there is nothing commonplace about this album, it is a sheer delight.
anyone who knows charlie, knows how much he loves jazz. a few years ago when he and i were looking at a photo of the stones playing in the 1960s he pointed at a particular cymbal and said, “i’ve still got that cymbal, but i don’t use it on stones’ gigs, it’s too good for them. i just use it on my jazz gigs.” there’s no doubt, that’s the cymbal you hear on the first part of the ‘elvin suite’.
charlie watts is one of the great ambassadors for jazz and every jazz lover will relish this record, and the fact that charlie is involved may bring jazz to the attention of some that are not sure if they like jazz. listen to this and you know you do.

seasick steves klassiker endlich wieder auf lp erhältlich!

schöne athmosphärische techno / detroit platte

special edition 10 inch cut on a 12 inch plate.

days of being wild continues their collaboration with berlin based french producer franz matthews, releasing his first solo ep, the spacey, cosmic ostkreuz. half of the duo languages, whose 1st ep the label released at the end of last year, franz matthews explores a very different sound on his first solo effort, all space disco, retro synths and funky guitars out. title track ostkreuz has been road tested by the days of being wild crew on dance floors all around europe all of last year and has created euphoria and anticipation in equal measure. this is a cosmic hit from outer space, all constructed around well known ingredients that thanks to franz matthews musical and melodic talent rise here to epic heights. the b-side guns of rixdorf is another devastating peak time tune. while remaining in the same vein as ostkreuz, it feels more high energy with its irresistible funky guitars calling and responding over a driving bass. days of being wild always try to pair producers with remixers that will shed a new light on their work. its no exception with ostkreuz, who gets the reinvention treatment from no other than moscoman and rodion aka the claydermans. the cosmic vibe is still here hovering on top in the opening chords of the remix, but soon enough a sub, housier bass makes its way in the mix and wont let you go until the end. carried by shuffling claps and a bouncier beat, the groove here is totally re-invented, taking ostkreuz from peak time to the darker edges of after land.

mit ihrem fünften album haben sich julian & roman wasserfuhr nun auf die reise ins mutterland des jazz begeben und sind im hotspot des internationalen jazz gelandet: new york. dort trafen sie auf die amerikanischen jazzstars donny mccaslin, tim lefebvre und nate wood und schlugen mit „landed in brooklyn“ ein weiteres kapitel in ihrer beeindruckenden karriere auf.
audiophile pressung auf schwerem 180 gramm vinyl, downloadcode inklusive.

imagine being dropped into a spiralling warehouse of acid and sub-base pressure with only four tracks to lead you into the light. the he-men compress three hours into a key change driver, stabbing and bubbling as you reach the surface gulping for air, bathing in the strings, dripping in acid-wash. before you know it you’ve been whisked away to the halcyon days of yore, creeping around castle corridors. leeds native djpc then kidnaps your soul for a spin in acid mundae (24 master) bombarding you with high hats, rolling baseline and old school pads and synths that take you to the dark underbelly of house music and beyond the black rainbow. the shadow of dawl’s electro powered hand then commands you with telepath, breaks and bleeps morse code that compel you to dance. the menacing sample, “i know what you’re thinking,” crawls around your skull until it finally shakes you loose from his imperious grip. dawl isn’t finished yet. his apache spirit breaks loose in freestylin’, a controlled dash of a tune that scratches all over your body, hauling you to his hip hop roots before dumping you, used and abused back on the dance floor waiting for an uber to teleport you to the darkest after party you can find

fokuz recordings proudly presents the better world lp by powerhouse duo macca & loz contreras. with their classic liquid funk inspired sound the leeds/portsmouth based duo have built a steady reputation as djs and producers pursuing the more soulful end of the drum & bass spectrum. no bombastic kicks and snares here. they tend to stay true to their uplifting ethos through reworking iconic soul samples into danceable feel good grooves underlined by natural-sounding breaks that roll with ease. the better world lp showcases the duo’s best work to date. in addition to a string of new cuts also 4 previous released tracks are included in the package. these works are some of their most highly regarded tracks which obviously couldn’t be left out. the new tracks include a vocal featuring by hannah eve + remixes by lenzman, fd and s.p.y. in addition to their work as a duo this extended album also includes solo efforts by both macca and loz contreras.

the untold stories label continues in cosmic vibe with their pro series single entitled spok, by franco cinelli. the bside features a remix by fellow argentine and emerging talent nektar agu. the two artists first collaborated earlier in the year with franco cinelli doing a remix of nektar agu s track rainy days, which received support from ricardo villalobos. now continuing in fine form nektar agu returns the favour with a superb remix of franco s 14 minute atmospheric dance floor filler, developing it joyously, with intricate percussion and an altogether enlivening mood filled with maasai voices which gives the remix a very different and earthly tribal spin in comparison to the more cosmic aura of the original spok. live long and prosper!

italian producer lucretio (the analogue cops), helps to launch brand new vinyl only imprint, paramount city records, with this analogue focused ep.

‘dazzle ship’ comes from the mysterious moniker of donald dust, switching the script for no bad days into something more cosmic, with five skyward songs of variety and velocity. think italo tinged burners, the greatest 80s sci-fi soundtracks that never were, and beatless drift with a synth bought off demdike stare to close.
dazzle by name, dazzle by nature…

limited deluxe edition vinyl release in gatefold sleeve with double cd included. cd1 included in the vinyl features the same tracks in the same order. cd2 features the same titles but demo version in the same order as the studio album.
the record cover shows a woman walking towards dusk - or is it dawn. two years after the success of night moves, a wander through a threatening nocturnal los angeles, h burns returns with a new record for twilight. kid we own the summer finds its identity between a few landmarks such as david lynch and angelo badalamentis california, the intimacy of bruce springsteens darkness on the edge of town, the relative calmness of suicides second album, and the elegant melancholy of the national.

standard vinyl release in gatefold sleeve with album cd included.
the record cover shows a woman walking towards dusk - or is it dawn. two years after the success of night moves, a wander through a threatening nocturnal los angeles, h burns returns with a new record for twilight. kid we own the summer finds its identity between a few landmarks such as david lynch and angelo badalamentis california, the intimacy of bruce springsteens darkness on the edge of town, the relative calmness of suicide’s second album, and the elegant melancholy of the national.

milos returns with receptive visions after his limited hand stamped msr & milos recordings projects. a label focused on dancefloor techno, kicking off with the euphoric yet raw reconery flight with razor sharp hats and massive drops pave the way for guaranteed dancefloor response, flip for away days heads down with a distinct snarled ragged intensity and thick pulsating grooves… one to watch!

“sometimes life can kick you in the nads”, says dominick martin (aka calibre). “when life does do that, i need to make music like this. with its tones of hope and gospel-level layers of self-recorded vocals. raw, uplifting, soulfull...” even to the most ardent of calibre follower, “grow” sounds like nothing else he’s done before. yet it’s not actually on the album it gave a name to. partly because its ultimately positive veneer (even though it was written in the midst of two toxic relationships - one personal, one with the bottle) doesn’t quite complement the deeper, more contemplative aesthetic of the album. but also because this is the start of a whole new story for calibre...

almost 20 years later, the fog is remixed and will be re-released on limited edition vinyl.
junk project are the masters of trippy acid techno for over two decades now. they placed their unique signature on the fog and the result is a deep driving acid techno burner.
oliver kucera’s remix takes no prisoners and he busts out a fat 909 and 303 sound.
belgium’s long time producers trax x vs sinesweeper need no introduction. their large number of acid releases set fire to many dancefloors and their remix of the fog is no exception.
last but not least, roger van lunteren s remix takes it to a more relaxing level. drift away on the deep detroit sound of the early days.

das komplex, aka marcin £ukaszewicz aka. what is this guys name? whoever he is, he is fucking slow. but word on the street is, he is super happy, to be slow, and to make records, and build ships, or whatever it is that he does, when hes not answering our emails. rumour has it, that henry is the man who built the ostbahnhof - with his own bare hands. before that he was making music. for twenty carefree, happy-go-lucky years. recently, he started releasing some of it, much to his surprise, on nice, family-themed labels such as young adults and father & son. this is his first offering for love on the rocks. its sublime, its soft, and it wants you to fall in love, at night, back in the days, under the electric light of your favourite dancefloor, with two major jams on the a-side, and a consciousness-altering, life-changing, dance floor destroying, 13-minute disco trip on the other. music to microdose to.

a simple walk in the park on the ways of the city, with a big coffee, waiting for the tram. simple choices, simple pleasures, tram days ep is the second release of aquaphresca. following the first established routine, chopped, arranged, smooth rhythm, you will probably recognize it immediately. music will always find its way, more like .. people. two long awaited eclectic jams on repeat!

in the summer of 2016 hove went to france for two weeks to start writing and recording his new ep portes du soleil. together with his girlfriend they spent two weeks at le pascalet, a house in the woods of the cevennes, right outside the small village of st. etienne vallee franc&#807,,,aise. equipped with a sampler, a drum-machine,some synths, effect pedals and a mic for feld- recordings, he built the foundation of the 4 songs that would later become the ep portes du soleil. all the songs started out as live-jams. the goal was to create different moods and patterns inspired by the surroundings of the forest, long walks, playing petanque and plenty of pastis. the tracks were later fnalized back home at hoves studio in zurich. musically portes du soleil feels like the natural follow up to his debut ep journey to arendal. hoves tracks are wavering between sozzled grooves and warm, woozy atmospheres. field- recordings from their daily routine in and around the house were either used to enrich the ambiance, or as in calme infni, they were transformed into a whole song. even though portes du soleil was written during the summer, the record is not bound to any season it is simply an excerpt of hoves life in 2016.

rather a freak than a follower.

bitten is amsterdam s hot techno imprint with 2000 and one and sandy huner at the forefront. for this release we welcome back raul mezcolanza and khat. this time the duo deliver two warm and groovy techno tracks inspired by the sound of detroit, synths, vocals and a dancefloor driven grooves are the key ingredients for this release.

the sweetest- volume 2 sees on a side the driving and elegant detroit jazzy styled house of twovi from bari, the soft chicagoish swing of tadao from perugia and the chilled funky - filtered and disco-infected vibe of the archivio record store s boss dj rou from bologna. b side starts more minimalistic and trippy with -lara sogna- by already known producer and masterchef livio improta from napoli (already on rawax) , changing then on a romantic and sensual direction with the perrone brothers s project -easy to remember- , unclear s duo from arezzo, and the closing piece by russian danny dust called -days on earth-

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!

32 mayday-klassiker auf limitiertem 4-fach vinyl im klappcover.

no bad days is back for round 2. ‘in the galleria’ slides in with dreamlike pads and a real euphoric feel to the whole track. just right for those balearic sunsets. second on the a side is ‘celestial bodies’ - a melodic freestyle jam that makes us feel like we’re down at the arcade playing ‘out run’ on a dusty mega drive.
over to the flip we start off with the title track, ‘lunar waves’ beginning with a tougher feel it hints at a hardware acid workout... but half way in roberto hits you with those dreamy pads again and just has us in his hands for that synth solo at the end! rounding off the ep perfectly is ‘when u come around’, a real ‘end of summer sitting down at the park with your mates’ kind of track...mmm...

quality house label fina records are back with their next carefully curated ep of 2016. this one comes from the choice house duo of rob glassett and sam fussell aka homepark, who serve up four more of their finely crafted cuts. over the last six years, homepark have slowly but surely built up a classy discography that takes in smooth and seductive deep house that has real drive. it has come on labels like ornate music and chez damiers courtesy of balance recordings, and always marries a classic sense of house history with fresh new perspectives for both head and heel.

argy s these days label is an occasional treat in the world of stripped down tech house, and it makes its first appearance for 2016 with a selection of club-ready remixes from the label boss, tackling various productions from german techno mainstay paul brtschitsch. the -floor adaptation- of -green- heads into subterranean pastures, albeit with a powerful beat propelling it, and -eternal aspects- maintains that underground mood with a warmer synth repertoire. on the more flamboyant b-side, -squeezed- takes on a wild old-skool quality perfect for more fiery moments on the floor before -subbass- continues the jacking theme in fine style.

“rainy days” is a subtle afterhours track, with an undulating groove and drums that feel like they ve been carved out of marblee. distant groans, hints of studio ambience and druggy, moaned half-words “edifeirwch” comes a long with the premise to sail off to vast open seas but also keeping you to the ground with it’s 4x4. fliping the side we have franco cinelli’s “rainy days” extended remix focusing on intrincated percutions wich making the groove give you this “forward and backwards” feeling.

packed full of cinematic textures, plaintive vocals and dusty house grooves, the last raw era is the stunning debut album from hollis parker: a vinyl-only love-letter to new york city that harks back to bygone days of us house music.

opilec music is proud to bring you the first ever remix album of san francisco s cult synthesizer-punk legends, the units! one of america s first synthesizer bands and pioneers of a genre now known as synthpunk, the units were notable for their use of synthesizers in place of guitars, and multimedia performances featuring multiple projections of satirical, instructional films critical of conformity and consumerism... predating mtv and 25 years before the birth of youtube! this is a definitive collection of over 24 of the band s original songs written between 1977 and 1984 and remixed for the dance floor in 2010 by a renowned and international cast of over 40 djs, producers and bands active in the contemporary club scene. this project celebrates the futuristic units along with the innovative djs that first played them.

camila fuchs (meaning fox in german) are the london based experimental electronic duo of camila de laborde and daniel hermann-collini (from mexico and munich respectively). after pursuing solo endeavours in various projects both camila and daniel left their native countries and gravitated towards london due to its vibrant and eclectic attitudes to different cultures and the arts.

with day out of days, scratch massive has made a modern electronic album, perfectly at ease with the influence of pop, as a way to revisit and reexamine its clichés, its stylistic effects, and the hungry nostalgia for the 1980s.

male productions comes back after the first release -secret doctrine-, with the second lp : -clouds- ! this release comes as collector s album edition of 475 copies only and it contains the songs -clouds- and -interface- released in 1991 plus four unreleased songs recorded in the same year but performed only live during house parties back in the days. this lp still features stefano di carlo, leo young and mauro tannino.

after gary beck, alexander kowalski, petar dundov & mark broom, serbian imprint lucky light ltd welcomes 2 more pioneers of techno industry: the advent & marco bailey. this release is single track from macedonian famous goran kan who is familiar with releases on soma records or minisketch back in the days. beside original, there are 3 remixes plus from legendary cisco ferreira aka the advent, marco bailey and label boss speedy.

five years after the excursion to san francisco schabel now returns with his combo to the haven of his hometown. “the night & the city” is an album tailor-made for sonar kollektiv: a melange of genres which deploys live instruments on an equal footing with samples and herewith becomes a highly explosive mixture of latin percussion, funk, poppy dub, moody, folky soul, afrobeat, ethno-jazz, bossa nova, hiphop und blaxploitation soundtracks.

pair of fresh cuts from portuguese disco-duo cisco cisco on apersonal music. continuing the love saga that started with -if you want me- and later with -higher- now they uncover two versions of the same single, jazzy days and nights.

gen next returns with his best ep to date - three lush detroit jams on big stricks 7 days ent label. highly recommended.

the smoke clears is the abstract ambient project of producer john daly (one track/izu/running back, feel) he debuted this alias with an eponymous lp in 2013 on further records and we re proud to present a part 2. following up his 2013 lp of the same name, this record builds upon it s predecessors ambient abstractions while adding another layer of nuanced melodic contemplation.

the revised brotherhood recorded their one and only 45rpm single tragedy b/w those things in 1971. the band was founded by organist john hurd who was taught music many days a week by roger troutman. the band released a full length album shortly after the 45 but it did not take long and they split up. thanks to john hurd all of you get the chance to enjoy these songs on 45rpm single, more than 40 years after its initial release.

2016 repress, comes with the original artwork. long time 154-compadre aroy dee, known for releases on rush hour (together with the m>o>s collective), comes with the goods on the immaculate nwaq-imprint. two bass-heavy pieces of euphoria bringing back the good old days of smaller towns, over-anxious smoke machines, lousy cocktails and smiling shirts. oh, and girls with perm, tracksuits galore and getting down with the pina colada magic tour. we had the moves, the style, the action and the pussy, and we glance back at it with a slight touch of melancholia.. thanks mr. dee, for bringing it all back.