the journey begins with lose my life. lady blacktronika lays down her soulful vocals, deep bass and moody keys over simple and captivating motorcity beats. deep, groovy and hypnotic, the overall sound is far more than the sum of its parts.

stojche is a fresh, creative and promising talent from macedonia. his new three track ep for the blossoming consistent platform flows through strong, deeply rhythmic house music, rich with high quality production values and unstoppable, addictive grooves.

the esteemed mr. nick chacona, he of moodmusic, hector works, and 2020 vision fame, makes his stunning solo debut on wurst. we reckon >slice of life< is the mans finest work to date, the culmination of the past decadeÆs worth of his most excellent musical output. taking in elements from both disco and house, the song fits quite neatly beween the two genres, with its slow burning groove, rich synth textures, and a soaring, ecstatic synth solo to end all synth solos.

first release by new label apersonal music. project created by andres vegas and maurice aymard, who challenge the current music business crisis by joining the list of adventurers who releases on vinyl during times of retreat. the label is intended to publish music that points back toward the classic sounds of electronic music, the eternal sound. for the ever loved and well remembered 001 they sign producer trujillo. a pioneer of the electronic music scene on his country venezuela, also native land of the label heads. the single runs at 110bpm with a retrospective feeling, built by melodic synths, low bass and provocative voices. “baby you’re still the same” a slow burner that takes you on a journey of inspiration

first release on the new label from dave ellesmere intacto / rekids / thirtyonetwenty sees simone burrini kicking it up with a massive floorfilling peak time monster ai ai !.... on the rmx front we have romano alfieri & marco effe 2 of italys major upcoming stars ... who slow things down a little but still keep it solid and pumping in their own inimitable style! to round things off simone offers up to love. lovely deep summer vibes

wow! can this label get ay better? after three absolutely rocking releases, jamie jones & lee fosss stupendous new label hot creations, unleashes another absolute corker of an ep! burnski (20:20, poker flat, morris /audio) & robert james (hot creations) deliver an irresistible slice of heavenly house pie. the title track >malibu< is something very special indeed, an effervescent, super-groovy, disco-tinged, house hybrid, with detroit inspired chords and a hooky-as-hell vocal too boot! the flip side features another choice cut from the same stable, >perception<. hot as hell, and again so, so catchy youll dance yer socks off! finally jamie jones delivers a fantabulous remix of >malibu<, adding a sweet guitar lick, a new vocal, and a monster of a breakdown and bassline! again another sure fire winner from the hot creation crew. burnski has recently released >coming home< on 20:20, whilst robert james and jamie jones have recently remixed last years >summertime< anthem by jamie for release on crosstown rebels in the very near future. these tracks have all been proving a hit with this summer wit the more discerning jocks. a fantastic release from a great talent, on a label that is proving to be one of the hottest around this year!

you just wouldnt write a weird piano melody, put it through all your distortion pedals then write an epic post-disco jam around it. basically that doesnt work… or at least shouldnt… but das moth (aka: tokyo-dwelling dj, producer and punk bassist tim sullivan) has provided us with proof to the contrary in his debut 12 inch release featuring >moon< and the aptly titled >wrong<. yes it works, and its genius. we wont do any more head-scratching on how to describe this release, except to say that the vinyl is an absolute must-have, also featuring proto-house workout from heavyweights kink & neville watson.

numbers follow up the instant sell out that was redinhos bare blips with this red hot collaboration between two of the most exciting producers around just now - roska and untold. collaborations of this sort have a tendency to be a little bit underwhelming but on myth and long range the two producers have dug deep to come up with a perfect marriage of each others styles. this is house music as it should be - fresh, exciting, raw and banging. untolds grimey sub fit perfectly with roskas syncopated drums and the wailing horns on myth are gonna be stuck in your brain for days. one of the most exciting records around at the moment, dont sleep on it.

international amateur rifle shooting champion, julio bashmore, has just returned victorious from the world championships in helsinki, finland. whilst there he was inspired by the local landscape and has delivered these two beautifully scandinavian ice cold classics.
the release is number three in a five part series of coloured 10 inch vinyl, strictly limited to 350 copies each. all vinyl are coloured and numbered, with hand screen-printed sleeves.
each vinyl order includes a download code for instant mp3 / flac / wav format.

nice price deal !!! antennae international present >all the engines< from chicago producers josh werner (former partner of dj sneak on strictly rhythm, force inc. & relief records) & steve hitchell (of echospace) with their long running collaborative project. a modern look at the jak track aesthetic, the original mix melds boomin 808 and crispy hats with a slippery, funked up bassline while the flip tamps down the bpms to a swingin 116 and amps the analog machine funk in the sleazy turbine mixx. the release rounds out with the atmospheric soundscape of >retrofit< drenched in reverb and subterranean bottom.

michael boenig who has just released his first 12inch on trapez.michael is a real player on the techno floors in the area around cologne, frankfurt and duesseldorf. a man who can make strong decisions and has simplified the rollercoaster in its original version into a big >peak time< tour de force.

chicago-based area has been seriously on the rise in 2010, with 12inches and remixes recently out on francois ks wave music, echospace, mathematics, matrix records detroit, anton zap s new ethereal sound, and a dubby collaboration with brendon moeller under the lightness guise.

windy city producers steven hitchell and josh werner continuing to challenge and confound expectations as antenna international drops >fractalrip< a speaker-melting 303 drenched bomb from chicagos southside, harkening back to the earliest days of outlaw warehouse and loft parties this track is already doing damage in the crates of justin long, traxx and adam marshall. while on the b-side we partner with fellow chicago independent imprint nation to bring the >preludes and nocturnes< mixx of >introspective< from traxx faith cd to light. this version has been put through the sonic cacophony that is hitchells echospace studio, packed with myriad gadgetry of assorted compressors, delays and the infamous echo chamber to create an ominous, building, dark entity not for the faint of heart.

gem sampler 2.1 and 2.2 come just in time for a gem records >amsterdam dance event showcase< at the westerunie on saturday october 24th including a big poster and advert campaign for the sampler! artists featured on gem sampler 2.1 (gem006) are secret cinema and tom laws who both dropped a big fat techno bomb and peter horrevorts who supplies us with a huge peak time loop-disco techey stomper. nice… on gem sampler 2.2 (gem007) egbert provides an energetic yet deep and hypnotic techno track while roger martinez delivers a giorgio moroderesque italo influenced tech houser. on the flip, its kaap de goede hoop who bring some warm deep housey flavours to the mix and arjuna schiks who finishes it off with a big funky percussive groover.

two true heroes of underground electronic music, alex flatner & lopazz step up the game with this brand new outing on poker flat. the original version of >dinosaurs< is a pacy, energetic jam with a super-solid bass foundation. tracky, urgent and of course wonderfully produced, it harks back to the trippy, percussive sound worlds of classic poker flat releases from the likes of guido schneider. paul woolford hands in his >mannheim< remix, which takes a freaky, percussive edge and steps up the energy even further in this amazing workout.

beretta grey proudly brings to you the >finite ep< by the talented new producer hailing from san francisco, christina chatfield. christina chatfield was raised in a family of classical musicians, geographically and culturally located between the warm jacking beats of chicago house and cool soulful stabs of detroit techno. espousing her genetically rooted appreciation for music, christina attended the berklee college of music in boston where she quickly absorbed every detail of electronic synthesis and began her analog hardware and studio gear addiction. with the >finite ep< on beretta grey, christina has created two timeless pieces of music that are sure to please intelligent dance floor goers around the planet.

lee holman strikes us down with some seriously deep rooted techno, bombarding us with elements of gabriel and curtin cutting into the mixes.
the first track on the ep is seek, straight forward hypnotic dance floor business elevated by shaking percussion and vocal stab. search hits us straight away with deep detroit feelings shivering and unwinding as the track progresss, you get to see why lee has released on labels such as ferox, fine art and voorns nightvision imprint. found has to be highlighted as one of the must haves on the ep taking us on a journey right from the off. beautifully layered pads mixed with a tight and funked up bass line. berlins mike dehnert hits in with his signature sound of deep late night bass heavy groovin techno, twinkling and making every bone in the body jive to the off beat, a serious ep with serious intention.

supported by carl cox , marco carola, anja schneider , arado , mendo ,andrew grant , tim green , yousef , julien chaptal lemon popsicle, wollion

fantastic mix compilation incl. dj hell, pantha du prince and hot chip

slow groovin disco and funk edits!! fresh back in

oh! there is one more 12 inch release in the vibes series! the fifth and last ep features 3 tracks by new recording artists from detroit. first up is mark king who gives us an emotive, deep vocal work-out that lasts close to nine minutes… just how we like it, pure soul! on the b-side there is detroiter dj raybone, who teams up with tj as well as rick wilhite for two more deep detroit late night house tracks. what a nice way to finish of this series. deep detroit deep! the b-side tracks are exclusive to this 12inch and wont be on the cd release

a new sublabel has grown from the finnish imprint, x0x records. the proform series is a new offshoot which plans to focus on the sounds of acid and acid house. with their 303, 202, 606, 808 and 909 warmed and ready the first to start down this line is virta with their spammers ep. limited to 200 hand numbered copies

the follow up by this mysterious artist to the cult hit >first step<, that got big support from unexpected places. dark and twisted jakking acid for basements...

pardon our references, but every once in a while it hits ... truly epic and devastating techno jak from 2amfam (tadd mullinix & dmarc cantu)!

fierce jacking chicago influenced tracks as only legowelt can do it! very much in the vein of his dx days release with straight forward jacking analogue drum machines, trademark legowelt string sounds and wobbly bass lines.

worthy follower on the first release of this new label from rotterdam (which was cat#00). philogresz is expressing himself with 2 well crafted and lush house tracks. deep, bright and crafted with care! dependance of distant us also some as sinner dc remix on the a2. lowrider on the flip is a heavy slower paced modern sub driven house track with a lot of tension thats slowly builds and builds. seriously good!. just a small run of a crazy 150 copies coming on nice silver vinyl and silver labels. check!

remixes by paolo driver, mirco violi and allen.

rico henschel aka sweet n candy teams up with up and coming producer daniel kampf, well known from releases on cecille, flash & opsm

killer deep house release on ripperton s perspectiv label. up and coming artist st blomb with a epic building track with a tribal feel to it and an almost cosmic psychelic synth line. one of those tracks that takes things to another level once played at the right moment! soulphiction taking things back to the floor and keep them feet moving by added a warm blanket of chords and lush grooves. and jackmate turns precious soul into a proper dj tool adding some chicago flavors, immediately resulting in raving feedback and chart positions with several key players and german groove magazine. nice one!

hailing from finland, deymare and has been into house/techno music since 1991 from buying his first techno records, going to parties as well as djing. nowadays his focus is on music production.

supported by nick curly, ray okpara, efdemin, peter kruder, ian pooley, djulz, matt tolfrey, shinedoe, melon, anthony collins, lee jones, jimpster, catz n dogz, and many more.

his name gives away the fact that he is italian, otherwise you’d be forgiven for thinking a chicago native produced these tracks. napoletano already spoiled us with his releases on labels like mathematics and yore, now he goes back to basics for hhyr. three tracks that show the original spirit of raw, emotive, jacking music. one word: madness

cosmin trg is back with his 2nd release in the direct current series on rush hour. this time he loses the steppy beats and turns out two fierce house tracks, yet he keeps his signature cut up r&b samples and the future attitude. trg is fast becoming one of our favorite new house producers

in the 3rd downbeat release, the main star is the waldorf sound. this release means the debut of one of the heads of the label, jose rico. his two tracks (restructure again and >about it<) are obsessive, direct and forceful and define clearly his tastes and influences. detroit and above all, detroit. on side b, (the essential) mike huckaby gives us a bright pearl with a piano solo reminding us of his works on deep transportation. slow but sure

an amazing ep from mysterious producer pjotr###3 unbelievably deep house cuts to feel and play.

supported by sasse , wolf& lamb, djulz, trickski, chris duckenfield, willie graff, vera, huxley, afrilounge, lee jones, kris wadsworth, yakine, hauke freer, james teej (rekids),.. yes, its the man again, iron curtis! he has been climbing up for the last few months with various top releases (like on mule electronique, hudd traxx, undertones or his dirt crew recordings remix) and this is another proof why iron curtis is a man to watch. its all there: fat basslines, well crafted beats and great synths. real neighbour baaz (no joke, they live door to door) is adding a smooth remix to finish this well balanced pack. go and get 70!

straight from spain this label is run by cesar almena. he is also responsible for the good work on the infamous code label. for reset mr. almena took a bunch of wicked tracks from his roster by the likes of darkrow, carl falk, nuke, jean simon and himself. wicked release on reset!

all the sounds you want to hear just come rushing out to you in all the right places in this great ep from mladen tomic who is accompanied by eclectic remixes from a couple of the finest techno stars: lutzenkirchen and markantonio.the funky kick descends into darkly atmospheric numbers of driving upbeat tech house rhythms.these are a couple of the biggest tracks featuring now on night light records.

mataduo is a project created by two young italian guys, francesco resta and alessandro sensini. they live in bologna and they are resident djs in two different but very important club in the city as cassero and kindergarten. they started this project (mataduo) about 2 years ago with the intent to create a tech-house sound out of the trends of the moment and characterized by a strong bass and percussions suitable for different kind of dancefloor.

grind records is a new techno label focused on funkytechno and hardgroove. the style of this new label will always be focused on techno with a funky touch. in this second release guest appearances by boriqua tribez and sergy casttle alongside the labelowners mooz and daisychain bringing another high energy release for the techno crowd.

latest release on lmd comes from a new signing, a man that needs no introduction. musical pioneer mr. thomas melchior.
the apariciones ep opens with >cinza de fenix<. a unique stripped down groove dripping with funk builds & builds, layer upon layer into a spaced out helter skelter of a ride.
>todo mundo< digs deeper into a darker more sexual world. twisted moans mixed with seductive vocals from argenis brito create an intense and surreal, sensual feel.
the apariciones ep shows melchior at his finest!
support from :ricardo villalobos, zip, raresh, matthias tanzmann, baby ford & craig richards.

virgil enzinger - shadow of the mind ep on gynoid audio is a release of balance.on either side you have absolute gems that either tick the >big, crisp< production boxes and/or the >gritty, funky< boxes. no matter what the occasion calls for, what a tool to have. to be in the shadow of virgil enzingers mind, from a production standpoint, is nothing to be ashamed of but these 3 remixes (to accompany the original) all step out of the shadows to share the limelight with virgil equally. balance!

audio family is steadily building on its fanbase and its growing by the day,as we see the backstock is flying out lately. another big addition to the roster in the form of the french techno dj/producer josh love!classical style with some old skool feeling and hints to the old days of tribal techno mixed with catchy synths and pounding beats!

the first release on monkey records is a big succes and now its time for a worthy follower. a great new various artists release feat. toni alvarez, carl falk, wyrus and a.paul remixed by j.leyend. feel good techno music that will appeal to all those who are in to sound of labels like patterns, basics, adult and relatives. warm music for the coming winter months!

part 2 of the vx-remixes, produced by virgil enzinger & xavier morel!
the ep is played and supported by dave clarke, the advent, chris liebing, speedy j, tommy four seven, audio injection, matt k, gary beck, submerge, mike humphries, xpansul, hi-shock, tony rohr, cari lekebusch and many more!

supported by: dubfire: doc martin, jamie jones, mandy, sebo k, ewan pearson, geddes the relentless duo subb-an & adam shelton get the floors shaking with the next release on their one label, ‘it’s time’, complete with a jozif and death on the balcony remix

even the last ep >contemporary box< by christian burkhardt was an exceptional experience for every listener. now, after two years of abstinence on oslo, the gifted artist surprises us with his next album >redford.< on the a side christian burkhardt presents us with >scream< a funky track, in which mainly the vocals let shake the dance floor and draws the audience into his spell. >redford< on the b side stands out with its concise and groovy bass line and stands with its hypnotic sound. an experience for the upcoming club season!

we are proud to present one of the most awaited sabotage eps: mauro alpha & dalbe >sabotage< track, already ultra supported from paco osuna & marco carola themselves. this strong release contains remix from one of the most talented italian producer and owner of heatflow rec, ndkj, that is strong and straight. both tracks are dancefloor killer !you cant miss them. play it louud!!
the release is strictly released on 300 white copies vinyl only.

not content to simply sit back and watch his 1605 baby grow from strength to strength, label head umek makes it a strong point to make regular contributions to our output and so he has obliged with the imaginatively titled >omgwtf< track. a superb new composition from mr 1605 himself, >omgwtf< is everything one can expect from umeks sonic arsenal. funky, pounding, innovative, fresh and a surefire dancefloor mover. if the title is anything to go by, we d say you have been warned!