after two years an-2 is breaking the silence with his new ep demonstrating a fully refreshed sonic palette he has been in the search of. built over a quirky synth bass line, >beside me< is filled with all the right melodic elements that walk a thin line between sounding baroque yet minimalistic at the same time. >chronos<, named after the greek god of time, rolls on like the second hand on a clock face - surely fit for an early night dance floor it will never become an anachronism in your record collection. and finally, >dare< which combines all the usual suspects: a funky bass guitar, dreamy arpeggios and ethereal pads - is set to please any discerning crowd!

2011 has seen a string of stellar releases from the dynamic force giving house music a new accessible heartbeat, mario & vidis. now, ahead of their album set for release in january, the >changed sampler< lands featuring a dub version of future classic anthem >changed< and three additional choice cuts. an apt advocate to the new age slow house sound they are making their own, mario & vidis will fully unveil their masterful debut album >changed< this coming winter but here lies a taste of both proceeding discs. a prelude to the wide musical terrain these lithuanian scene pioneers are striding through, the album sampler captures a glimpse of the epic soundscapes, hypnotic pop melodies and ghostly soul that ultimately leads into raw house on disc two.

this release comes packed with 4 massive remixes from some of the best artists faround the world in the ghetto funk & breaks genre. expect some hot dancefloor weapons from basement freaks, the captain, ninelives the cat vs rob da rhythm, and the funk hunters, the new shining stars coming out of canada and ones to watch for on the growing ghetto funk scene!

bouncing, deep and seriously funky is how you might sum up the latest futureboogie release from local taskforce christophe & lukas, but first and foremost this is dance music pure and simple. the three cuts on offer here will almost certainly cause involuntary dance-offs by the bassbin.

nazareths second 74 album >rampant< finds the group tempering the four-on-the-floor hard rock attack they developed on >loud and proud< by working a surprising and effective southern rock edge into the songs. the end result is an album that sounds like a early ac/dc meets lynyrd skynyrd at their hardest rocking. this gatefold sleeved, 180 grams audiophile edition of the album contains the b-side to the >love hurts< 7 inch single as a bonus. rock on!

one of camel s bandmembers suggested doing an entire album based on a book. a number of books were eligible but the emotional appeal to the snow goose by paul gallico was so strong they started writing and recording a concept album that would portray their vision of the story. the result, the instrumental the snow goose, turned out to be their breakthrough.
pressing on 180 grams audiophile vinyl, including full colour insert.

in 1973 focus were at their peak! they simultaneously had two top 10 albums (focus 3 (movlp022) and moving waves (movlp023)) and two hitsingles (sylvia & hocus pocus). all of the musicians were voted as top 10 musicians in each of their categories. jan akkerman was voted worlds best guitarist. with a live reputation that proved focus lived up to these best musicians claims, the right thing to do was to release a live album: focus at the rainbow. (fact: on the night of the recording, due to the demand for encores, focus ran out of pieces to play!)
180 grams audiophile vinyl pressing with insert.

wave turned out to be the last album the patti smith group would record, as it was also last album smith would record before a nine year hiatus. the godmother of punk decided to focus on her family life and moved to michigan, but not before leaving us with gems like the sexually mysterious >dancing barefoot< (dedicated to her husband to be fred sonic smith) and her amazing, biting version of >so you want to be (a rock n roll star)<. produced by todd rundgren, this is her most pop-oriented album, and many at the time could not appreciate her more accessible sound. nevertheless, wave, her spoken word tribute to pope john paul i (who reigned for only 33 days) is as touching and harrowing now as when it came out in 1979. available on vinyl for the first time since its original release!
pressing on 180 grams audiophile vinyl, includes 4 page insert.

limited to 278 copies, no repress! sam mcqueen is responsible here for some fine pieces of melodic techno. supported and played by rolando, dvs1, peter van hoesen, skudge, ben sims, laurent garnier, jonas kopp etc?

incl julian sandre, el mundo & satori, rhadow & alex e and sammy w, danilo cardace & elia perazzini

thomas hesslers ep is the first player through crepuscular shafts & sonic subways.. beware the trail. first track - lost - cements you into a vacuum of suffocating synths that precede a poundin kick.. you are propelled into a tunnel. the bridge of the track is a course in restraint, giving way to menacing drive & looping side sticks.. siren like washes takes hold, swirling & disorientating the listener. on the flip, - 12 channel madness - best conveys the tone and atmosphere of the release. the murky darkness & pace feels inhuman to the core, but not without infectious rhythm breakdowns with flavors of old & nu skool shuffle timbres. these tracks are also - tools - that do not sacrifice on complexity. the haunting synth washes carry us through but offer no comfort. insanity & intensity reaches catharsis but never overpowers the overall mix. - berlin movement - is the final track on the ep that affirms you are still inside the tunnel. the incisive hook lines impel you to find your way out. the kick is more subdued forcing you to go with the melody until the break & bridge lapses back & the restraint builds to hypnotic frenzy. a dry, howling wind prevails.. filtered and distorted. thomas hessler succeeds in taking us through his tunnel of contradictions: alluring, menacing, emotional yet coldly detached. listen up: you might not escape !
words: livia terri

next detroit - chicago bomb by echonomist. incl huge john dimas remix. like an aficionado of acid house echonomist returns with a stormer on third wave. this time his hyped chord progressions resolve into a groove that is more or less a reminiscence of the hacienda days. dans mon salon sings in black shades >i feel for you<, >to lock with a groove that i crave for<. a praise to jack, a praise to the way of jack. ultimately, >jack had a groove. and from this groove came the grooves of all grooves<… john dimas goes deeper underground with a simple primitive like pulsating groove. the insistent bass line tone (that slowly unravels an opening filter) clearly connects to old skool techniques of acid house masters.

nice price deal !!! another critical release,following the deadly djs pareja single of last month. perfectly timed and cued after the recent raudive long-player on stefan goldmanns macro label. raudive is oliver hos darker, more new-wave operative, and these latest productions have caught the attention of the folks at history clock - and its a perfect alliance. the levels ep is a debased mix of sleazy, after-hours acid-dancehall with the icy cool of minimal, machine-music dynamics. essential, in a word.

after hearing this release, one could ask himself why petar dundov and gregor tresher never did something together before?

music is about passion, not competition. in this spirit the something vinyl series continues again with another stl record in his diy do-what-you-wanna-do style, including 3 house tracks aswell as a astro-science thrilling farspace interlude and loop introductions. the ascetic elements on this ep are the result of an isolated one man musical universe, where the love and passion for sound research is perhaps the strongest driving force behind the machines output. a bit of squelchy mircowave-acid, some sunny analog sequences and someting that seems to come out of a lovely b-movie track, where humanoids moving death proof onto the dancefloor feeling addicted to the groove. something 18 is probably that kind of vinyl which can be enjoyed the most when the time has come to loose yourself and let things flow into the positive. this 12 inch comes in limited quantities of 500 copies and is dedicated to all believers of the something vibe.

swiss label cadenza have been living up to their unrivalled reputation as one of the strongest electronic music labels out there having already released nine solo eps from long time cadenza artists and exciting new family members since january this year. striking while the iron is hot they now announce cadenza68 from italian duo shield vs robytek with the >way of life< ep. meeting minds for >way of life<, italian rebirth records owner shield and veteran producer robytek fuse their individual virtues to create a two piece cut with a twist.

peter clamat returns with two downgraded state- of-the-art slowhouse rollers straight from south- west germany. the a-side with future and dispatch shows once again the great development of peters sound into more and more deepness and originality. slow,dope and shuffling like hell.

the veteran us producer continues the series he started in the 90s with a high-paced, pulsing slice of club techno.its not all high-octane thrills,either,and the offbeat electro of stained is also worth checking.

komisch welcomes another new artist to its fold for its last release of 2011.p.god aka paolo dioguardi hails from naples in italy. still in his 20s, he makes music that belies his youth and neptune iv sounds like the work of a veteran producer. lead track approaching an ocean planet sees grainy, dense beats and hypntoic bleeps take the lead, but hovering above the arrangement, tethered to the reverberated, doubled up claps, are ghostly, eerie chords. the title track adopts a similar approach, with bursts of metallic percussion underscoring spacey pads as p.god drops a droning, tunneling rhythm track. finally, geometric shadows on iced surfaces sees the young producer opt for a deeper approach. this time the chords envelop a purring groove, but the same sense of understated menace is still audible thanks to the austere hats and bleak subsonic bass. capturing jeff millss estoeric side and the hypnotic magic of sleeparchive, neptune iv is a real techno journey!

relativismi is the latest three track release from sonic groove artist dasha rush. side ways is a percussive industrial tribalesque groover that grinds it way through the airiness of droning soundscapes. relative perspective is a beautifully crafted deep hypnotic journey which will surely conjure up many a thought about space and time. ending this chapter of relativismi is dark light blind an eerily brooding acidic mind warper that leaves the listener wanting more and more. dasha delivers here with another great and very original sounding release for sonic groove.

beware! ultrakurt (aka cabanne & gluck) are out of the woods again, and this time, they are here to feast on your young! their latest mischief, the bled runner ep, is all about gooey shreds, wet sparks and slurry bits, all assembled with love to carefully irritate your eardrums and provide you with a decent nosebleed for a reasonable price. get it now from your favorite local zombie exterminator!

having released his booty ep on mobilee earlier this year, ray okpara has quickly become a very popular member of the mobilee extended team. with releases in the past on labels such as oslo, get physical and especially on his own label ama recordings, he is well renowned for his signature style house groove and soulful flavour, and hes bringing his sound back to mobilee once more with his brand new ep blues me blues. coming as both an original and instrumental, blues me blues,is atmospheric and hypnotic, sprinkled with a beautiful vocal. meanwhile bounce to this will wake the dance floor out of any kind of hypnosis with its punching bass line and hip house vocal. lastly hideout is the deeper and calmer compliment, balancing out the whole ep and providing a satisfying amount of variety. enjoy!

this is the virgin record on downfall theory, a new st petersburg imprint serving as the creative outlet for the persuasions and productions of discerning dance music sanys etiku. side a is a full-on entanglement of sandy synths, cell-block stabs, a murderous midpoint bassline and hats slammed through a sieve. this track will twist your face played on a real system, even if you don’t realize it happened until you see the party pics posted online. b is a solid brick of overpowering percussion pressed into an intoxicating terrine of implied melody so irresistible you will eat it raw. no mistake here. these are ensanguined techno tracks built for barbaric djs simply looking to smash your face.

on the heels of the hugely successful m.a.d.a. + plankton single >antiz<, hidden once again looks to france for another huge techno release. this time they tap the next hidden recordings artist from france, the young master of bass, alejandro trebor, who shakes the pillars of heaven with this massive original. >quemadura del sol< is well-crafted big room techno to keep the dance-floor in a frenzy. long time followers of the label may also sense the overall arc of the label on hiddens 15th release, the laidback textural techno of >wolkenreise< to the festival sound system sized >quemadura del sol< with a focus on high quality originals coupled with a diverse range of remixes from the top names in the global techno scene. its a recipe for success that has seen hidden join the company of some of the genres most trendsetting labels in 2011. hiddens latest >quemadura del sol< deserves all of your attention as one of premier releases this fall. remixes this time are handled by a balanced mix of established heavyweights and emerging new artists shows that hidden has its fingers on the pulse beat of the dance floor. the ep is ably book ended by another incendiary remix from label owners, deepak sharma + dieter krause.

fresh from starting us sister label fade to mind, kingdom is back on planet night slugs with a new 4 track ep. the long-awaited >let you no< continues where fogs (ns006) left off: a cinematic half-time environment of snap percussion and winding eski synths, with a longing performance from a disembodied diva, the track s anonymous guest star.

*** limited vinyl copies*** comprised of former members of hercules and love affair, new york citys jessica 6 has been commanding dance floors for years, globetrotting from london to miami, san francisco to santiago, bergen to belgrade, seducing the dancing, sweaty masses with an electrifying blend of disco, soul and r&b.
see the light opens with a classic-in-waiting, the behemoth of a single, >white horse<, that forces you to move like a witch doctor would. >champagne bubbles< is the kind of gritty r&b that isnt afraid to be as angry as it is melancholic, its piano flourishes punctuated with a heavy kick and snare. >prisoner of love<, which bridges electro and freestyle, featuring a soaring vocal melody that finds nomi and guest vocalist antony weaving their voices around each other to a stunning effect.

incarnations strike again with a fine batch of reworks of tracks off of the mesmerising >with all due respect< album. for starters, lexx turns love ballad >let love find you< into a haunting balearic jan hammered beauty, keeping bing ji lings vocals and adding some nyabinghi drumming and spectral synths. space ranger then take the uplifting >hindi ko alam< to jacking disco territory while sprinkling their cosmic dust all over it, and kare frisvold & rune lindbaek manage to transform the contemplative >sunset on punta paloma< into a psychedelic dancefloor affair.

the legendary sabor do brasil compilations are back, presenting the very best brazilian cosmic music. volume 6 of the series continues to mesh spacey bits of synth and syncopated beats with brazilian rhythms. expect a fusion of cosmic dancefloor grooves and elements of samba and bossa rather than a straight roster of brazilian music. the collection is including rare edits and long versions. titles include: partido alto, chosen ones, african roots, roda, drumm drumm, hey rio! and more. a must for all discerning disco and latin djs!

ramona is pretty nervous to welcome a new name to her ever-growing happy family. in fact, its actually an old band member. christian beisswenger alias cb funk alias one half of arto mwambe is not exactly one you would call a stranger. for >77 reasons< he debuts as the citizens band with some novel sounds on risky grounds. in love with details, fragile sounds, little tricks and with a fine ear for the action, the band leader tiptoes into deep bleepy house just enough to call >west 42nd< exactly that. >77 reasons< however plays around with a memorable little melody, a skanking lead and some boom sonics. whatever you want to call it, ramona is fine with it. orson and kane would be proud.

excellent 3 track vinyl, from deep , uk funky to dubstep and back... tipp

part 2 of 3 of the remix package taken from the triple vinyl album ?un?nished business by suspect - thug records as the apocalypse rages on, communications expert tevo howard has be assigned to help develop a strategy that can end the terror. with no known footage or visual sightings of suspect, tracking the enigma responsible for launching the virus known only as ?un?nished business remains dif?cult. the survival of humanity sits on a knife edge. the virus has been ef?cient in its ability to morph and remain undetected. previous vaccines have only helped slow the rapid spread of the virus. now a new hope beacons… the resistance is armed with 3 new bio weapons which have been developed from original strains of suspects material. transmitted via an injection of analog drum machines, dark rave synthesis and tevo howards unique arrangement techniques, the thug 004 remix package adds new weight to humanities plight for survival.

as 2011 unfolds, ld very much retains his own sound drawing from his roots: drum pan sounds of jamaica resonating throughout, flashes of soca drums, subtle tribal nuances, and the ghost of jungle reverberating in the warm, pulsating sub bass. it seems now is very much the time for ld to make the transition from behind the scenes and into the limelight.

jonny whites, white hot no.19 music imprint closes out the year with a one sided slab of vinyl featuring one of the its biggest tunes to date, >under the sheets< by maceo plex... no.19 music continues its meteoric rise with a record that has been building momentum for most of 2010. whilst the imprint has been drawing fans by the thousands with killer singles from tannerross, modern amusement and no regular play plus the awesome soul clap compilation and samplers, there have been a number of secret tracks receiving the art department road test in preparation for their release. at the top of that pile is >under the sheets< by cuban american dj/producer maceo plex!

desolats happy to present the third edition of our yearly christmas sampler, and probably the best so far: a bumper tribute to a year of fine music

cosmic cowboys are back on mgf. there would be no need to say anything else as the grooving armada from venice already left its trademark with releases like the > dusk ep< or the > piano africano ep< but of course theres more to say. nico and kaled, for their third release on > musik gewinnt freunde<, deliver a dancefloor monster that keep all of their quintessential romantic touch but reshaping it in a different way this time. fully oriented to the dancefloor the a-track >notre jour viendra< comes along the an amazing remix of the berlin duo youandme. signing a perfect reinterpreation that leaves the listener speachless

fourth step made by audio injection, the techno master from los angeles and part of the droid behavior crew,with a huge deep techno track, supported by three remixes from kyle geiger, ryuji takeuchi and octave.

second release on is records, the a-side, the future never was combines sparse beats and pads held together by a growling stuttered bass, which gives the track an industrial feel but on a techno/house tip. on the flip, fake the feeling, draws on sounds beyond the current trend for vintage analogue in an original take on the house blueprint. the b2 track out of orbit is 4 minutes 48 seconds of tech soul, for the floor or the headphones.

spezial price!!! the creative hub of taron-trekka, as well as dj team and beat crafter furnishes an individual experience of togetherness, a complete understanding on a deeper level. they have this primal groove, around which everything rotates, internalized. they carry this groove with their own signature out into the world. this raw groove diamond is constantly sharpened without being completely polished on all facets. on the new fat release they stand for an electric-infected development, that allows only the solution to seep in: deep-in-the-peak! thereby the kraken clutches fiercely to the coral reefs of the soul. their vision of a living sound can thereby sometimes morph precipitously into a technoid, housy, fine-spirited sort and then at once jazzy. the required resolve as it pertains to the dance floor is hardly missed from taron-trekka. the desire-principle and body language mimic are most definitely functional. the big bang doesnt explode in the space, but rather in the heart. as a special treat, the fellas adorn the cover of their 12-inch from the illustrator, designer and photographer tine drefahl (http://www. tinedrefahl.com). thus is presented from freude am tanzen a worthy conclusion to a sometimes turbulent jubilee year, a complete package of artistic expression in tone and picture that is at home both on the mantel as well as the turntables.

approaching the end of the year, pole presents another spacey and heavy bass 12 inch. two melancholic, quiet tracks full of crackles and endless space, made for this winter. it seems that the warmth of these two tracks is glancing around a corner of a cold urban wall, just to say:s-o-o-n, and it will be summer again.in contrast to the first 12 inch waldgeschichten, with its use of full chords, this new production is marked by its use of spaces, which seems to expand until they collapse and enfold the listener. this is the second 12 inch by pole, one of a new series of releases which will end in a cd release in 2012.

the second part of the >diorama< remixes offers again some of the finest producers around.
starting with kollektiv turmstrasse! what kicks off as a chez damier groove makes the transition into a loose dub monster. collecting traces of the original sound and dispersing them with magic movements we see why kollektiv turmstrasse are a top act. shifting the attention from the front to the far back from the obvious to the abstract... turmstrasse create that parallel groove on top of the groove which seems to tighten up with every minute. fine particles of sounds are sprayed onto the relentless groove and make it a real crowd pleaser.

the sixth issue on falkplatz schallplatten welcomes two new faces to our growing roster. this time southeast german partypromoters, producers and djs tres puntos and pelé joined forces to create two timeless laidback housegroovers. for tres puntos it is his release debut, while pele already catched the ears of clubbers via his solo stuff on quality labels like connaisseur, get physical or upon.you, to name just a few. also this time falkplatz brings you remixes of nothing less than established, qualityproofed producers. >einfach< gets the special joel alter treatment, while the remix of >zweizeiler< gets the typical youandme signature: deepness. enjoy!

ruede hagelstein wants it all, and not just that jazz. the berlin producer, known for his productions that straddle the boundary between house on techno, released on labels like souvenir and upon you records, will release his debut album soft pack together with his band, the noblettes on november 18, 2011. a priori is the first track on the indie-electronic lp, and cannot claim itself free from jazz influences. with piano, a horn section, and brushed snares, the track swings with the best of them. since ruedes vocals also require something a little more dancefloor-friendly, this digital appetizer will be served up with a remix from the man himself. the vinyl will follow with remixes from guillaume & the coutu dumonts, noir and tiefschwarz.

this is mina records 9th release with masaya, label boss, finally in the spotlight on production, arrangement and singing duties. her first ep on her own label: >again / get you< both have a minimalist melancholy feel in the electro pop vein.
>again< is remixed by nhar, (frenchman who has just brought out his own ep on ripertons perspectiv label), giving it an 80s soft synth pop sound.
>get you< is remixed by yapacc, resulting in a deeply rhythmic tech-house stomper.
4 totally different tracks to suit various club contexts.

phuture shock musik present their 5th release, this time procuring the reliable talent of one of the most slept on producers in the world of bass music - that is simon/off. those in the know will be aware that the austrian native has been simmering in the underground for quite some time now, having laid the groundwork through early releases on haunted audio, a noteworthy ep for immerse records, and further contributions to several other smaller labels. this latest plate by the name of >planetary communication< ep finds simon/off leaning more towards his techno and broken beat side, which has of late began to flourish in his recent productions, and consists of three well crafted afro-tech riddims oozing weighty low-end frequencies, funky drum work and finely detailed percussion. widespread support on sub fm, and increasing support from several other major players in the underground bass scene.

aroy dee is proud to present the long awaited return of his peer and friend, melvin oliphant iii, with a stunning solo-project on mos deep. under his the poetic painter m pseudonym, the man here serves up maries transcendance backed-up by two reworks from com padre sean hernandez aka chicago skyway.aroy dee is proud to present the long awaited return of his peer and friend, melvin oliphant iii, with a stunning solo-project on mos deep. under his the poetic painter m pseudonym, the man here serves up maries transcendance backed-up by two reworks from compadre sean hernandez aka chicago skyway.

*** vinyl only !!***
support already in from steve bug, jef k, agnes, christopher rau and many more

holgi star (kiddaz, rompecabeza, style rockets) kicks it off for keymono. remix support comes from pierre deutschmann and benno blome (sender, senzen, highgrade, great stuff). played & supported by m.a.n.d.y., hanne & lore, rene bourgeois, andreas henneberg, aka aka, lars wickinger, emerson, nudisco and many more

osman strauss split ep presents two great deep-house tunes by rahmi cihan & dj credes! >abgebrecht< on the info-side by turkish-rooted guy rahmi cihan is an outstanding shaker with a quote of german litterateur berthold brecht flowed by rahmi himself. >honz< on the logo-side by dj credes combines interplanetary groove, with a soulful speech of a beautiful jazz-queen, which create a deepkickin southflavoured late-nite hymn. rahmi cihan is busy in producing and playin music since over a decade now. being beatsport member since day one his contribution to this split ep is the well compromised result of long-year experienced flow including dark-dub vocals, major chords and echoing bells. >abgebrecht< for real can be described as ramis personnel signature tag of authentic dancemusic. dj credes was discovered by bespmusic in 2010 and now it s time to pop his cherry with >honz<. the house-addicted vinyl lover delivers a dark scattered bassline, funky claps and a resonant burning synth line. piano licks, vocal snippets and an acid line driven peak time speech issue proper instructions to the crowd.

the starterbag is a medium size bag that holds approximately 50 vinyl records or a (midi) controller, an audio interface, a headphone and cables. a perfect bag for the starting dj.