archipel brings in two of its friends from uk, newcomer sozadams and moes ferry superstar croatian luka & lazo, for its fifth vinyl outing >tahiti excursion vol. 2< on which soz takes the a side and luka & lazo take the b side both bringing the dirty warehouse funk. soz starts things off with >broken thought< which is a thumping, sweaty late night floor mover which is sure to bend limbs in ways never witnessed before. >liars chair< is a slightly slower pusher which twists and melts along through corroded vocal snippets and dark polyrhythmic moments. luka & lazo take the same attitude of dark funk from sozs a side journey and shred it into a million pieces. >the safe< is a warmer tinged funk but still keeps things moving and grooving while >mood mode< jacks along and rips up a world of digital fabric. archipel keeps up the quality with ease and this is yet another piece of aural evidence to prove it

julio navas and david amo (main responsibles) of fresco records strike alone again. if you remember memory cell, electronic electro, pressure, alto voltaje or open your eyes, you will not forget this new release. every time they join forces with other producers they create big tracks but when they work alone their imagination flows to other limits modelling other ways to understand and feel the electronic house music. pamtomaket and allioli are 2 very popular courses from catalonia (barcelona), they want to do a tribute to their country doing 2 really amazing tracks !!! >pamtomaket<: a big big big bassline makes the dancefloor go crazy. b-side >allioli<: overwhelming track. basic instincts make this track have the best results with people

furztrockene und hölzern wirkender minimal techno mit düsternden bruno pronsato als remixer an board

cool double 12 special edition including 18 of their biggest singles and a great photo and lyrics booklet this is a must have

mochipet is back with a techno-electro-hyphy-folkexperimental-musical extravaganza.. a underground pool party with guests like ellen allien, scissors for lefty, apendics shuffle, smash tv, phon.o, broker / dealer, caltrop, and much more.

incl harmonic lovely anja schneider rmx !! plasmik are the brothers roman and marcel fritz. both originate from black forests finest city freiburg, located close to the swiss border. the time came, when both went different ways but now in 2006 the brothers hooked up with each other again in berlin and continued where they stopped ten years before. since then they are on the quest for that timeless sound, which fascinated both in their musical past so lastingly. the first results of their promising reanimated collaboration are the tracks >eight to nine< and <ahead>

the fourth release on anfnotor features yet more top-drawer electronic emissions from cledus snow and aleksandr jurczyk two individuals based in glasgow. their sound is of late nights in clubs and early mornings under the sky with the party scene of glasgow evident in various distinct ways. cledus snow is the latest project from callum campbell, who has risen from the sound of the late 80s and early 90s heavily influenced by machines such as the dx7, and musically by the tones and textures produced by detroit, eindhoven and london. since moving back to glasgow aleksandr has been involved in new musical projects and has started to carve a niche with his unique electronic sound. his latest offering sees him assault the dancefloor with an italo bassline fuelled late night thumper. so far this 12 has received praise from mark bell aka lfo, erwin van moll aka max 404, $tinkworx, kenny larkin and kurt baggaley aka scape one

part 2 of the juan maclean includes a live version of you cant have it both ways and my time is running out great stuff for the electro heads

drama from everyday life.. you know how shit goes.. its a struggle. for this new 12 we asked shad t. scott from miami to do his thing. he came up with a beautiful dramatic and melancholic 4 track release that is a bit different from the usual fr sound.. but hey.. you can find drama and frustration in all forms and shapes

ultraphat disco house tunes !!

das aufstrebende franz. minimallabel geht in die dritte runde. trapeziger sound mit wumms und tiefe

new ways from blake baxter..abe duque prod./ brill detroit techhouse - laiback mover

exzellenter flächiger tribal techno, adam beyer umfeld, 1 a sound

smashing 4 track ep between minimal jackin sound & modern vs old skool electro acid

excellent deep house 4 track ep

>> limited picture disc…selected by ivan smagghe (blackstrobe), tracklist : a: quarks - i walk (superpitcher schaffel mix), b1: the vandenplas - lets stop marx, b2: dub pistols - six million ways to live (paul daley six mil ver.)

5th album

cd

cd in gloss laminate cd gatefold sleeve and lyric booklet. produced by dj koze.

collaboration album of amiira aka klaus gesing, björn meyer, samuel rohrer

collectors item

incl kate bush running up that hill, tarzan boy, californioa dreamin a.m.m.

special backstock

kuschelrock!

rock

les is an album full of dreamy, melancholic pop that now and then bursts into passionate eruptions of rage

incl. tracks previously unreleased on cd

its time again to add another sonic journey to the watergate mix series catalogue and for this endeavour we have enlisted one of the scenes brightest shining stars and club mainstay jimi jules.

in the mid 90s, while playing in bands, max wŸrden started to record ideas on 4-track tapes. amongst other instruments the guitar was his favourite. since then the guitar is a steady constant during his sound production. predominantly he utilizes the intrument in experimental ways: he sticks screws and metal pieces between the strings or let s marbles run down the guitar neck, triggering a feedback, which becomes the foundation of a track. on his album momentum he went beyond the guitar, but he placed the intrument into focus of the production. max creates energyladen and experimental ambient music that always aims for what genre listeners looking for: the ultimate relaxation moment. the tracks are carried by slowly building string-generated sounds. live recordings and complex arrangements find a delicate symbiosis of ambient and strings.

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.

massive drum & bass power

a diverse selection of remixers from todayÕs generation of detroit producers and musicians, looking back at the immense legacy of funkadelic and re-imagining it for now, with the re-interpreters chosen to prismatically represent the vastness of funkadelicÕs genre-bending music.

since the millennium 2raumwohnung unites electronic sounds and pop melodies in a variety of ways. the early singles wir trafen uns in einem garten (2000) or 2 von millionen sternen (2001) playfully communicated the life-style of a new berlin. the duo, consisting of inga humpe and tommi eckart, started as a studio project and continued to develop via eight album productions. at the same time, an important impulse included developments in techno or house music. their most successful album 36 grad stayed in the german album-charts for 33 weeks, 2raumwohnung continued to expand their stage range as well.

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.

a lot can be said about the stubborn and confrontational ways of prolific dutch producer drvg cvltvre and his new york haunted label, but one can never accuse him of taking the easy way out. musically, his output of experimental electronics has swayed between heavy industrial techno and noise, composed music and slow, doomy and experimental house. on this new, full lenght album nobody cares forever he blends all of the above. from the orchestral hit, rave fueled opener to the melancholic synths of closing track all of my heroes and everything in between is pure experimentation and decomposing of standard house, rave and techno elements. now, here, in this #trumpage, you can feel his resistance to authority and the readiness to confront in every inch and fiber of this album...

when it comes to a state of trance, thereÕs no desire stronger. we need it in order to make the most of life, to fill the gap that would otherwise remain unfilled. to make us want to be in that moment, to have the very essence of our existence looking for that emotion. itÕs what we live for. with Ôa state of trance 2017Õ, the titans of trance have gathered round to show us all that we envision. it is a happy place where we can celebrate music and life, chock-full with exclusive records and emotion-driven cuts from flag-bearers such as alexander popov, armin van buuren, marlo, omnia, orjan nilsen, protoculture, super8 & tab. the compilation has captured the essence of all we hold so dear, touching us in ways that makes us shine even brighter. if you are part of the movement, you will share its beliefs and swear by its ideals. yet, few words are needed to explain the feeling. one phrase says it all. i live for that energy.

electro sounds by akase

a good place to start. her basic sound and image were interior-life bohemian, and in some ways she was cagey with her talent. she didnt belt or improvise broadly. she picked a limited range of notes and climbed into them, applying a pinch of vibrato, letting her voice fade and crackle. these tracks clearly demonstrate her guiding desire, which was to explore the possibilities of the slow blues in the late 20th century, whatever that might mean. some of the most intense recordings she made were english-language covers or japanese rewrites of american jazz standards, blues songs and spirituals, backed by only acoustic guitar and drums. she sang slowly, as if there were weights on her. and after a while of her working and your listening, youll hear it: the way she connects intimately with her task but keeps something private for herself (new york times)

based on the eponymous play by brothers and author/performer team tobi and mike mŸller at schauspielhaus zŸrich, swiss experimental documentary film a1 traverses through time and space along switzerlandÕs first and most elongated highway structure. rich in archival sources, it sheds light on the costs and benefits of rapid movement: social, migratory and ecological patterns, economic and military designs that are mostly not immediately obvious to the casual motorist. stefan goldmannÕs soundtrack engages the filmÕs multi-layered aesthetics full on, providing a dazzling array of short compositions. profoundly synthetic in production, this free-wheeling phantasmagoria of peculiar, yet intensely likeable miniatures branches off into all directions Ð from minimalistic to overflowing, calm to banging, nightmarish to soothing. the visual patina of historic documents is playfully mirrored in intense distortion and noise artifacts, bound into rhythmic units and melodies formed of ghost notes. finding ever new ways of mining his techno background to yield surprising new forms and ideas, stefan goldmann has proven his abilities in a dazzling range of projects over the past years. works for dance, ensembles, an opera and various object-based creations made him a natural choice for the job of finding a refreshing way of linking sound and image. on its own, the music holds up by putting the listener on a high-velocity road trip of the curious mind.

weval beziehen ihre inspiration nicht aus einem einzelnen musikalischen genre, sondern eher aus einer akkumulation von musik, die sie inspiriert. die ergebnisse zeichnet eine beeindruckend kohŠrente vision aus aufnahmen wie das dramatische the battle, der bassknurrer i dont need it oder die trip-saga madness teilen diesselbe dna aus schwungvoller nostalgie, einer schwŠche fŸr immersive klangschnitzerei und einer gewissen delle im groove. sie nŠhren sich auch aus zutiefst persšnlichen erfahrungen und stimmungen, wie zum beispiel bei der eindringlichen elektronischen ballade you re mine, dem vorsichtig geschichteten, polaroid-gefŠrbten just in case oder dem wunderschšn gesungenen schlussakt years to build. und manchmal ist es nur ein altes, verstimmtes klavier, das im flur herumsteht: immer wenn ich dran vorbei lief, musste ich darauf herumklimpern, erklŠrt merijn, also wurde es ein zentraler bestandteil von you made it (part i). kein zweifel: dies ist wevals stŠrkstes und organischstes material bisher, was durchaus was bedeutet, wenn man das talent bedenkt welches bereits in schmalen, doch gewichtigen portfolio der band steckt.

pomrad aka adriaan van de velde ist ein belgischer produzent. sein sound bewegt sich irgendwo zwischen 80er jahre synthesizer funk, analogem trap und 90er jahre hip hop. seine musikalischen fixpunkte reichen von george duke bis hin zu hudson mohawke. analoge wŠrme meets bassgewitter und das live eingespielt, in der liveversion als trio mit mehr als einem dutzend synths auf der bŸhne. knights ist sein erstes release auf jakarta records, welches das album zusammen mit on and on records (c2c, 20syl) aus frankreich veršffentlicht. auf knights kondensiert pomrad all seine einflŸsse in ein kohŠrentes werk, mit der hilfe einiger gŠste wie beispielsweise selah sue, und schafft dabei etwas besonders: zu klingen wie pomrad, einzigartig und originell.

brooklyn duo beacon explore the dark side of sweet melody with a sound thats as seductive as it is subtly discomfiting. thomas mullarney iii and jacob gossett are unstoppable. the new york artists, collectively known as beacon, have been on a productive hot streak since 2012, and their efforts continue to pay off. when we werent writing, mullarney starts, we hit the road and didnt really look back. we toured the us five times since the ways we separate came out, building this project the old-fashioned way. and beacons natural, time-tested process has brought us escapements, their sophomore album for ghostly. we went into this feeling liberated, continues the singer/producer, and gossett seems to echo his thought: this record is in part our attempt to formulate what beacon is going to look and sound like going forward.