return of one of the most prominent characters in house music elbee bad has been around for ever and with a discography that reaches from nu groove to gigolo has had his fair share in the developement of house music. now he stands in the limelight again with a versatile four tracker that gets already thumps up and plays by sven vaeth. victorious is offered in two mixes and if you like some beauty within your house the video mix is for you beautiful layers of strings, classic piano. a crowd favourite the epic build ups and drop ins over a stomping beat. the blazin brooklyn mix hits you from a tribal point of view it holds on to the beauty of orchestrated music with all the string backings in the mix but strikes with a harder, more percussive beat. the tribe vibe on the flip has elbee yelling on the mic asking over & over again do ya ll want this party started” accompanied by a stripped down, devasting beat the answer can only be yes. bonus track is conny, elbees tribute to fingers inc. the classic donnie sung by robert owens is reshaped from a mr. bad point of view and layed straight up over a famous dj falcon instrumental rough and rugged, just real house music

first kismet release in 2007 by label boss rui da silva himself spreading isolation is a techhouse track on a straight proggy trip with massive synth layers the regressors on the flip is a straight grooving minimal affair not to be missed

third of a series on the london electronic label mean, expired eggs ep offers as usual a different view of minimal techno nowadays, with cesare vs disorder further establishing his own unusual sound. quirky and groovy but still deep and abstract the ep goes from the highly danceable >motor curry< and >london vertigo< to the inner side with >fernanda< and >heartless<. weird voices and liquid layers underneath characterize the production of this young talent who promises to fill up the early morning dancefloors as well as catching the heartbeat of peak time situations

the music of jerk belongs to dirty mornings in sark techno clubs. complex and raw rhythm layers build up into huge mad max scenarios, dusky & coll bass-lines, simple and effective drums and irritating efx form a fucked up and dry sexiness..

leandro gamez and nico arianoutsos aka cio + resonic make a nice mixture of minimal beats, cosmic synth layers , 303 lines and detroit style sounds

detroit producer colin zyskowski has quickly established himself as one of the top producers coming out of detroit. releases on toratoratora, people mover as well as tracks for paxahau mixed with his dynamic live sets propelled colin’s output. ‘adrift’ is the long player. grabbing build up on layers of mimimal grooves and digital sequencing. flip it for the wandering ‘always have’ and the soft beats of ‘fuck up’

louis benedetti followed the footsteps of his previous floor anthem 7 minutes of drums and delivers this new afro fused electronic instrumental, featuring multiple layers of synth sounds blended with an array of live percussion and drums programming

cesare vs. disorder returns to the studio with argentinean partner perro magnetico with this deep and hypnotic four tracker that will help further cement the mean london sound. a deep and brooding first track introduces twisted, down tuned vocals and liquefied layers built inside tight arrangements before a throbbing bass takes the driving seat. a2 holds a playful and quirky electronic excursion >clarete< warming us up with romantic, light melodies. on the b side, ale ross aka perro magnetico drives you deeply into the sunset with two minimal gems that build but never explode. a demonstration of where minimal techno could go from these two young artists.. a must have for all minimal fans / sleeparchive fans!!!

the members of my my met and became friends through common interests in music, but it wasnt until they ended up as neighbours in berlins mitte, that a lifestyle of committed partying, cake baking and long studio sessions lead to their debut release on playhouse >klatta< in early 2005. it was the result of previously downtempo producer lee jones (hefner) working and partying with local berlin djs nick höppner and carsten kleeman, who are residents respectively at panorama bar and watergate. following up their recent fantastic 12inch on circus company butterflies & zebras is beautifully tripped-out expansive ambient house, summer after-hours here we come! recorded live with nick and lee layering fx over the organic percussion as the mix develops. an acid infused bassline is slowly opened out as layers of lush strings and shimmering pads are teased into the arrangement. on moneybowl the boys show the more jacking side of my my. taught and lean with a groove that keeps on evolving, while weird and wonderful bleeps and clicks bounce around the mix. for the remix, john dahlbäck twists the pads from the original and adds his own synth stabs. then pulls out a bassline and arrangement that jumps straight onto the dancefloor

mr shine sees b. smiley (todd christenson) crank up the decibels for this catchy full frontal breaks scorcher featuring rave stylee 303 acid driving the tight percussive layers on the flipside, pigs 4 dinna produced by simo pushes the limits with some old school guitar riff samples taken to a new realm. pigs 4 dinna is a trippy excursion into sonic fiction

nice price deal !!! one of the strongest sinister releases to date. deep, phat, bottom end booty shakin nonsense with some twisted electronica madness riding the ridums. pounding beats, glorious riff action and stuttered vocal edits all embrace in perfect production harmony that collectively make an essential dancefloor purchase.spectrometer on the flip sees the beats sharpen up and the dynamics take on a techbreaks formula.spectrometer drives harsher forever building the acidic layers. atmospherics fill the drop out before a solid wall off full force tech frequencies launches skyward maximising dancefloor obliteration.

it should be no surprise to anyone that >e.c.ged< is a brilliant piece of stripped down, rolling detroit-influenced deep techno.acid undertones supply the backbone to this brooding groove, followed closely by layers of sharp percussion and instantly recognisable live analogue effects. coupled with the huge disco horn section make this subtle but dark beast in to somewhat of an epic!it would only be right for matt to get in on the action and his remix under his rekid alias is an exceptional alternative to what is already a class a-side producing a hypnotic floor-filler

nice price deal !!! 3 hauntinmg tracks where the thumpin basslines icey key layers and driving forward funk of soopa fi s best moments remind on a mix between steve bug minimal funkiness best phazin chicago grooves and uk nu school tech sounds. cristal clear foward dancefloor gear supereme kidz

canada s bombay imprint with a mesmerizing new outing from the montreal-based singer songwrtier harmonics. this four-tracker is heavy on the deep and trippy side, an essential release for the late nights and side room sets. a-side kicks offwith two mixes from sean dimitrie and nav bhinder, a spliffed-out midtempo percussive radio mix and a deep and dubby club mix. on the flip rise ashen and trevor walker both turn inmixes, each on the driving percussion tip with some nice layers of samples and sounds, and even a touch of brazil in there. tasteful, groovy goods

mark e does it again as he turns two great funky disco classics into modern day dancefloor winners this time gabor szabos keep smilin is the lead track here a slow lolloping tripped out disco groove that lasts for several minutes teasing with more layers until finally the original track comes in for dancefloor devastation already garnering plays from giles peterson on the flip tata vegas give it up for love has the same treatment two astounding re edits on one twelve

a sublime epic slice of electronic disco this track will draw you in and space you out with its layers of synth pads pulsing bassline and rolling groove jimpster takes the bare bones and builds up a more chunky funky deep house remix with a little help from the jones girls on the flip the spirit catcher boys work up a peak time mix that should please all fans of their pumping futuredisco sound

two of the hottest producers around did some fierce remix work: mister >love dose< argy of pokerflat fame and matthias >bulldozer< tanzmann, head of moon harbour and dj all around! argy delivers two superb mixes: the >horserider mix< is very close to his pokerflat material and works with different layers, whereas the >morris audio mix< is a more stripped down pumpin club tool! matthias tanzmann turns >apply to peopley< into a real minimal monster

the original of special powers is a throbbing beast of a track that s just crying out to be played on a big room soundsystem where itll wreak complete havoc! twisted, psychedelic s**t from outer space is one way to describe it! shur-i-kan calms things down a bit for his latin workout mix, but only a bit! tight brazilian beats keep things grooving while the layers of tripped out keys and fx swirl around on this alternate version. finally we see milton jackson revisit i want it so he can turn it upside down and inside out creating a darker, more tribal version for the headz. all in all another fine collection of underground goodness that we re sure youll get plenty of use out o

ben gibson with the latest offering from axis sub-label, 6277. a pair of dark, intense minimal techno excursions from ben here, with both utilizing moody synths and bass, and layers of crisp techno beats, whilst keeping the pace of the track very brisk. a fine example of soundscape-styled detroit techno

here we have label owner billy nasty teaming up with germany s gregor tresher. the a-side >black scorcery< is a shufflier and straighter affair compared to the labels other releases. combining interesting layers of percussion, bleeps, clever edits and a monsterous bass line. on the flip robot repair is a more traditional styled track. including eithnic style tablars shaker hit-hats and gregors now trademark sawtooth bass line. support from: carl cox, adam beyer, agoria, dave clarke, damian lazarus, james holden, to name but a few

the long awaited debut album of duplex. produced in the suburbs of rotterdam, duplex are suppliers of deep inner city techno of the highest quality. 8 timeless tracks perfect for the dance floor or as a late night soundtrack for driving through the city. people who heard previous duplex releases know their quality and their love for true techno. atmospheric tracks with several layers of sounds... deep driving bass lines, beautiful synths and smooth but dirty drum machines

lars sommerfeld underlines once more fumakillas unique new grown up sound profile - cool reduzed long growing tracks somewhere between sparkling electroniquness, thumping minimised grooves, bumpty discotech layers and at times even classic real underground new york house pitches in the like of early nervousstuff thrown in. sommerfeld combines it all to an ultra ônowö three track smasher ( a1- sundowner b1 - the next step b2 - transport) from what we think is his best and most worked out release to date. no denying, to get massive play here we dont need no whippin , this wild ôlife of oö will ôdominateö floors all over until full satisfaction!

song in mayleads in with clarks vocal and a deep funky bassline, before being joined by warm chords and crisp beats on this deep house gem, with both the main mix and instrumental takes sure to please. on the flip, kemit goes out in his kemistry guise, reworking the track with rearranged drum patterns, added layers of synths, and a great guitar hook.

10th anniversary release in honor of the labels birthday - 1 year. we have gathered on it our artists and new friends. postdynamic expresses gratitude to our fans and supporters. the release includes 2 parts, 2 sides of our vision.

aparde is back on ki records with his third longplayer.

with ÈredsuperstructureÇ, robert lippok created a new foundation for his musical endeavors. now Ð 7 years later Ð this system properly comes to life on Èapplied autonomyÇ. the title of the new album is a clear indicator as to what the berlin-based producer has been up to during the last couple of years, both on a conceptual level as well as how he molds his ideas into tracks. Èapplied autonomyÇ orchestrates a certain state of frantic standstill, which occurs once a structure is set. has this state been reached, the artist is free to focus on other equally important aspects, balancing the various shades, pushing ideas even further to really make them shine and blossom in their self-declared autonomy. the more light one lets in, the more layers become visible. layers are key when it comes to understanding Èapplied autonomyÇ. big chunks of the material with which the album has been produced derive from sketches specifically made for a club performance. rather than meticulously devising each and every detail, lippok focussed instead on recording as many fragments as possible in a short period of time, elements which he could later combine and layer on stage. based on this material and his experience experimenting with it in a live environment, the album slowly began to shape. an album culminating in a collaboration with klara lewis, with whom lippok spent 2 days at the ems studios in stockholm, approaching the idea of autonomy from yet another angle. during the session, both musicians played and performed simultaneously, yet not explicitly together, lost in their own thoughts and ideas, only subconsciously taking in what the other one was coming up with. the result is ÈsamtalÇ, 14 minutes of a constantly evolving state of poise, magically connecting all the dots lippok had already defined as Èapplied autonomyÇ. the artwork for Èapplied autonomyÇ has been created by the berlin-based argentinian artist luca gutierrez. over the last couple of years, he has made a name for himself with his spectacular av performances.

its that time of year when thoughts turn to lazy afternoons down the beach, early evenings sat watching white isle sunsets and sticky nights of loved-up debauchery. in other words, it s the perfect time to dive into the latest volume in the consistet balearic compilation series. there s naturally much to admire in the now-familiar cafe del mar/cafe mambo style, from the horizontal, flute-laden samba shuffle of the madrigals the ride to the moon and shay lovers exceedingly drowsy black & white, to the warm chords and head-nodding beats of steve cobby s remix of tradewinds by penelope antena, and tropical exuberance of maajos musa paradisa. best of all, though, is mudd s impeccable mix for emma of zee erf s blissful cover of southern freeez, which is one of the most stunning tracks you ll hear all year.

kuf create emotion-laden dialogues across layers of time and dimensions of sound. voices recorded in private are chopped up and brought out center-stage to sing with beats hammered out right here and now. glowing synths push forward. basslines rise to grab the melodic role of a track while a vowel is truncated and locked into a grid, driving the rhythm. voices move within the frame of a sample, performed by hands pushing keys, guided by the ear, immersed in a trio sessions deep flowÉ a vortex of quirky hands, responsive ears and glowing circuits. since thomas a. edison first recorded the human voice in 1877, the recording arts have changed music forever. musicians have explored the endless possibilities of bouncing their input onto layers of tape, off the walls of an echo chamber or the circuitry of electronic helpers - technology that modulates, spatializes, shifts, divides or multiplies the work of human hands and mouths. an era of sampling offered a cubistic analysis of the recorded past and djs took dancers onto intricately fractured time travels. this is the historic foundation that kuf keep probing. just like the sampler and the dj before them, they found new ways to re-allocate where machine and man stand when making music together. most importantly, they turn the resulting friction into sparkling bursts of energy. Ôuniverse digs deeper into the android vocal chords. the album offers sweeping melodies, different beats and persistent bass. immerse in the intimacy of the voices, probably recorded in trains, backstage areas and at late night private parties during berlin lichtenberg warehouse rehearsals. by striking the keys, kuf squeeze out and serve up all the soul accumulated in those savory phonetic shreds.

sometimes he sounds like the euphorigenic warmth of a spring wind, sometimes he send us on a fluorescent roller coaster ride through the bends of our brain: mollono.bass creates a world of sound that has many different climate zones. his remixes are probably the most vivid proof of this characteristic feature. they cover quite all aspects of electronic dance music, but frequently they also come from genres that are surprisingly remote. somehow he manages to merge all these different vibes and inspirations into one compelling flow of danceability. thats why the fourth part of the mollono. bass remix collection is like a panoramic view of all these different layers of mood and atmosphere.

laslo, a hungarian producer, and newcomer to the greta cottage woodpile, creates and then inhabits a sonic world that is uniquely his own on minden nap vasarnap. through layers of delays, cavernous reverb, the ever-present crackling high end of light noise, tones and melody flicker through and decay into a washed out dub oblivion.

this is gajek. this is 17. come in, feel free. dont worry if you see a flute in the sink. matti gajek s followup to his 2014 debut album restless shapes opens the floodgates to signals from a future best navigated by ear. moving through polyphonic pulses, layers of grooves and sounds, zooming in and out of ever evolving patterns of concentration and decomposition, the ten tracks of gajeks 17 are electrifyingly futuristic clubmusic true to the almost five decades old motto of berlins zodiak free arts lab: ãtotal freie musik - totally free music. paying tribute to electronic pioneers like hans-joachim roedelius and florian fricke while staying clear of historical mystification gajek revisits the abstract clarity and improvisational audacity of 1970s electronics from a perspective this is not 71. today motoric rhythms emerge and elapse from postdigital aural scapes, intense and sublime, linking the thermodynamic to the ephemeral. beyond the echoes of past utopias 17 discovers present signs for possible tomorrows.

for its ninth release, italian label spazio disponible looks to countryman marco shuttle for a first full length. systhema comes three years after his last album on his own eerie label and finds him again focussing on an absorbing ambient techno style across eight enthralling cuts. shuttle layers sound in subtle ways and has a meticulous attention to detail that results in a cinematic techno style that is cavernous and hypnotizing. always operating in a region where ambient, techno and heady soundtracks become one, with this album marco shuttle once again confirms he is one of the finest sonic sculptors out there.

paul woolford aka special request bleibt seinem typischen, sehr britischen rave-stil treu und liefert - nach releases auf namhaften labels wie planet e (carl craig), running back (gerd janson), xl recordings oder houndstooth - ein atemberaubendes fabric-set ab, das mit klassischem uk und detroit techno von richard d. james (caustic window, polygon window), cristian vogel und dj stingray beginnt, um sich im verlauf zu einer tour de force diverser schattierungen von jungle, drum & bass und noise zu entwickeln.

through dense layers of noise, brittle beats, found sounds and a general haze, francis harris returns to his own scissor and thread imprint, with the aid of frequent collaborator, and longtime friend, guitarist gabe hedrick, under the guise aris kindt. following harris 2014 sophomore solo album, minutes of sleep, (named electronic album of the year by mojo magazine,) the duos quintessential album debut, floods, takes as its focus, the late author w.g. sebalds profound interpretation of rembrandts 1632 master work, the anatomy lesson of dr. nicolaes tulp.

on his debut as tricky d the artist, he presents us with equanimity introducing a different side of his musical productions, a fusion of downbeats, soul, dub, deep dubstepy / future garage beats and cinematic ambient layers, with a twist of balkan funk hereÉ and there of tango É and cumbia. a beautiful adventure in music, mirroring those of his life. on the album bagar features vocal talents from both sides of the atlantic hemispheres É european and south american.

while >sweet nothings< was a balancing act between clubsound and listening-electronica the duo is now turning its back on the dancefloor, to take the listener on an accustic tour through their personal amber room. with their chamber-electro mix, containing characteristics of dubstep, catchy pop-elements, classical string arrangements and and a singer/songwriter like intimacy, they achieve to create new sound-rooms

aardvarck returns with his third full length album for eat concrete records. anti concept showcases a taste for deep ambient and minimalstic soundscapes, dub, detroit techno and bass heavy beats, mixed into a perfect flow. as the title suggests anti concept leaves aside musical genres and focuses on atmosphere rather than style. on anti concept aardvarck carefully and patiently builds his own world of sound, adding layers and complexity with each track.tip!

byetone s new record symeta opens with a combined track - a transit - since topas and telegramm could be seen as one single piece. both tracks convey the atmosphere of a live session rather than the character of a studio production. the tracks are quite long and deal with repetition, layers of sounds, density and energy, more than melodic and engineering finesse. the whole album follows this approach, as it was fashioned within the context of live performances during the last two years. neuschnee Ð the third track Ð has an obviously reduced tempo, creating a wide landscape of sound with an intimate aura, which works as a counter draft to the other tracks of the record. with opal, the tempo speeds up again, a polyrhythmic phrase whirls around a straight beat, filters are turned, all that evokes the impression of early-90s minimal techno. byetone is basically interested in remembering, in a way to preserve, in citing rock/pop styles, without getting stuck in the past, whereas non of the tracks really fit into a specific genre. seen from this perspective, helix opens the final, more rocky block of the album. here, the tracks are offensive and rude and sound like a band in a rehearsal room. this part peaks with black peace in a high speed heavy metal session. finally, golden elegy closes symeta and a band-like situation occurs. the track ends with a wired lament, presented by jan kummer in the tenor of chemnitz, hometown of both artists. in former gdr-times, they started their musical activity with the brilliant-dilettantish ag geige, together with frank bretschneider (komet). symeta , the title of the album, appears mysterious. this synthetic word arouses associations with symmetry, synthesis or (meta-)structures. it doesn t stand for a definite object, there isn t any solution, and that is the reason why the title has been chosen. byetone s music tries to create such associations without really fulfilling these expectations. in this sense, symeta consequently follows death of a typographer (r-n92), the well received predecessor.

fragments is the sound of a band discovering its true identity: peeling back layers of bouncy math-pop beats and angular guitar hooks, leaving at its core a body of work that swirls with deep intensity and primal emotion. musically, fragments scrapes and slides like tectonic plates between the glistening melodies of foals and the raw drive of the joy formidable, whilst frontman matt holliday emits powerful and heartfelt declarations that leave you feeling like youre sat in a self-help group with the nationals matt berninger taking register.

rising up to take his place as king of the underground, dj w!ld, one of the key residents at circo loco opens the doors to >palace<, his debut artist album that is bursting with raw layers of funk and pure jacking beats and perfectly captures the infectious sound he is renowned for