three residents of london party half baked team up under their collective moniker >pap inc< to bring the 7th instalment of half baked’s record label

out on the floor firecrackers that ignited the northern soul boom on soul for dancers, journalist (mojo, record collector) and r&b authority lois wilson takes a trip back in time to the rare soul scene s roots, to where it all began if you like. many of the 32 tracks on this 2lp vinyl set (selected from the 61-track 2cd compilation) filled the floor at manchester s the twisted wheel and london s the scene club, both precursors of the wigan casino, blackpool mecca, the golden torch in stoke et al. the sparks that lit the fuse, these early triumphs would give rise to an era defining scene, one which became a treasured subcultural phenomenon.

this is the second release in a series of 3 eps with part one reaching critical acclaim with stunning feedback from test pressing and a whole heap of righteous djs and music lovers. with remixes from a man called adam, this release once again exposes bens folk credentials.

first up on the new passport to paradise imprint is the legendary beppe loda. a true pioneer of italy s club culture of which he has been applying his trade for 40 years. his unique sound was refined during his residency at the mythical typoon club from 1980 - 1987. beppe now travels the world rocking only the finest music establishments. here are four cuts plucked from the vaults of his vast record collection re edited to cause destruction on the modern day dance floor. secret weapons alert!

afrikan sciences returns lush, and rhythmic as ever with his latest offering “boss nova’s second pass ep”. continuing to push into spaces of other-world sonic’s, afrikan sciences locks together groove palettes that inspire, and challenge. four tracks all worlds within themselves filled with soul, imagination, and freedom.

this double a-side from fantastic man and francis inferno orchestra is first in a series of cheeky off-shoots via the superconscious label.

b-stock! one corner is broken. bolstered by the unshakable body of work behind it, brooklyn-born berlin-based techno label chronicle reaches its milestone tenth release with its gaze fixed dead ahead. ten releases in, it pays to make a strong, defiant statement of intent, toasting to what the label has been about so far. more important though is to remind those tuned in to take heed, because the next step is always the most significant. from the artists crafting the music at its beating heart to the all-important design that packages the records, chronicle is a label that pulls no punches in its creative vision. given that the vision in question matches unbridled futurism with elegance and intensity, consider this a warning is a fitting title for a salvo of sounds that set the tone for where chronicle will head in its coming chapters.
the double 12 inch includes a cd, featuring all traks from the vinyl plus 6 bonus tracks.

international feel introduce mini-album concept with len leise lingua franca

reissue of ken laszlos self-titled italo-disco album from 2004.

collection of hits and remixes from 80s italo-disco project scotch.

first release by real noise on their own imprint, backed up with a remix by manu gonzalez. the vinyl ep comes in a gatefold sleeve.

red laser conductor general il bosco once again turns his beam on 8 tracks of mind melding italo. providing a another superb double vinyl release of tracks that have been inspirational to red laser records and the labels releases. this isn t by any means your run of the mill italo selection. il bosco knowingly selects a set that shows the true girth of style and fashion in the genre. face grillers are ramped up next to sleazy pop sensibilities. goth-synth disco frottages with 8-bit machine gun bass lines. chugger masterpieces salivate on crystalline new romantics. as the compiler says truth is, loads of italo is shite but when its good it s up there with the best electronic disco music you will ever hear check this album and you ll agree. for maximum disco potential several red laser protagonists have suitably revamped and edited some of the selections with kid machine & il bosco uniting in the cut, flemming dalum sprinkling his magic dust over a bonafide classic & parisian romain bezzina repairing an old banger. as always red laser pay close attention to detail with all tracks carefully restored & remastered whilst the vinyl comes in full colour heavy card inners with two riso print poster sleeves & a gatefold pvc cover. limited to 500 & no repress !

manicured noise were manchesters prime art/post-punk-funk act. originally released as ctrue3 in 2006 on cd, this new restructured edition features superb new original artwork by highly regarded sardinian collagist/artist andrea floris.

volume 8 in the stag-o-lees series with more blues & rhythm, popcorn, exotica & tittyshakers.

mannequin records escavation into the archives of the italian minimal synth of the early 80s continues. this time we are deeply honored to present the 1982-1983 demos tapes of turins monuments, who released in 1984 their only official mini-lp age, comprising six incredibly fantastic electro-pop tracks, which was already reissued by mannequin back in 2013.

slamming remixes from mole, to rococo rot, edwards, christian s
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100% dynamite explores the links between reggae, jazz, funk and soul. the album is jam-packed with reggae tunes that have crossed-over and become cult dancefloor hits in clubland such as >greedy g<, >rocksteady< and >granny scratch scratch<. fourteen tracks of music that show the influence that american jazz, funk and soul music has had on jamaican reggae. the proximity of the west indies to the usa meant that many jamaican musicians would continue to be influenced by american styles of music whilst at the same time continuing to define new styles of their own such as ska, rocksteady and dub.

80ties at hits best. remastered from cassette by martin bowes. presented on high-quality 180 g heavyweight half and half colored vinyl (red and white) with sleeve design by steve lippert. limited edition release

r.i.p. jose .... decks is sad ... 180 gr gatefold 2lp with cd incl. jose padilla, a legend in the ibiza scene, has just made the most forward thinking balearic album of the year in so many colours.

rawax welcomes manooz to the family! manooz is a man on a mission. throwing down the sort of jackin house music that sounds like it was made with sweaty basements firmly in mind and still with a nod to his hip-hop roots, the manooz sound is making a firm impact on the global house music community. he constantly delivers a wide spectrum between raw & analog detroit/chicago/garage house and sophisticated warm deep house.

chicago house, deep house and techno meet on this vinyl only ep of volksfreude & ellen sunde on manual music. including strong remixes by rennie foster & adrian barron.

bnr präsentiert das debütalbum des venezuelanischen, in barcelona lebenden dj/produzenten cardopusher, absolvent der red bull music academy und mitbegründer des classicworks labels. inspiriert durch uk labels wie warp, rephlex, planet mu und schematic, zelebriert cardopusher einen erfrischenden blend aus frühem rave, 1990 er ebm/industrial und lofi-acid-house/techno, perfekt ausproduziert nach heutigem standard.

grime-pionier logan sama schźttelt fźr fabric ein spektakulŠres dj-set aus dem €rmel, bei dem 66(!) mcs - koryphŠen wie future-stars - ihre exklusiven accapella-vocals źber 24 souverŠn gemixte, brandneue, unveršffentlichte instrumentals von grš§en wie wiley, preditah oder jme legen. ein weiteres novum fźr fabric: neben dem cd format erscheint erstmals auch eine auf 500 stźck weltweit limitierte 4xlp mit allen 24 instrumentals in ungekźrzten versionen.

auji industries represents the most deepness side of the japan scene. in 2011 he droped love you more ep for pan records, an instant classic for all the real deep followers. now he joins the deep explorer army with this 4 track eo full of frozen emotions and winter sounds. it includes a sick downtempo remix by man-drake (the other face of dubbyman)

when the smallville record store was founded in 2005, people were surprised and regarded it as an experiment. everybody discussed the downfall of vinyl sales and the upcoming market of downloads these days. just a bunch of people regarded record shops, vinyl labels and wonderful warm sounding clubs as the places of true magic. smallvilles finest stefan marx, who is responsible for all artwork-related things and therefore the visual impact that smallville always had, got a call once at night from another one of those dreamers and activists, ata macias. he came up with the fabulous idea to create a standard 12inch cover saying: vinyl kills mp3.

lp with printed deluxe sleeve - original sound track of sundance film festival award indie movie *the summer of sangaile*, music written by j.b. dunckel (one of the 2 air members - his solo name also being darkel). pressing on translucent 12 inch vinyl.

first pressing in very limited red 180g vinyl.

andre kronerts seminal exu ep gets a comprehensive rework from some of the most outstanding on the scene. tense and sinister new cuts from kronert introduce both sides of the release, whilst the label calls upon remixes from berlin mainstays efdemin and ed davenport, as well as hollands finest export juan sanchez, plus stockholm ltd label boss par grindvik alongside fellow swede peder mannerfelt.

retaining the slurred vocal of the original, efdemin layers thundering effects over chasmic bass in his mix of into the zone, which saw heavy rotation last year. meanwhile davenport brings a wild yet streamlined intensity to c.o.d.e.2.
side b sees grindvik team up with mannerfelt to provide a joint interpretation of into the zone, which they manipulate into a peak-time epic, with a soaring melody over hammering toms. finally, juan sanchez channels funk through roll the dice with a twitchy, groove-laden rework.

the spirit of exu is made physical once again via 12 inches and 27 minutes of wax.

circle vision and new world audio team up to co-release cvnwa001 - a new 4-track vinyl featuring rdg, squarewave, gaze ill and k man.
cvnwa001 marks the first vinyl output from iconic new world audio in over two years, and follows the apocalyptic, nuclear sound design from piezo and clearlight on cv003.
the two labels claim one side each on the forthcoming vinyl, with circle vision introducing classic sub workouts by rdg and gaze ill, and squarewave absorbing the flip through deep, melodic chants.

for the past 6 years art feast share in their parties their passion for house music in lyon, paris and berlin. art feast records is the result of these few years, to highlight their beloved local scene of lyon, and friends met on the road.this is the fourth vinyl release, where afr keeps exploring the wide universe of house music, this time with a deep and groovy touch. 4 tracks by 5 artists from sister cities lyon and leipzig. for this release they team up with the famous leipzig based label kann records.

following a string of well-received outings for the project on his own black catalogue label, monty luke debuts his mandingo alias on matt edwards rekids with the parallel universe ep. firmly establishing himself as a brightly talented producer, dj and a&r over the past eight years with releases on planet e and mothership in addition to his own detroit-based imprint, the san franciscan s three tracks offer alternate perspectives on his richly honed sound, drawing on influences from his homes old and new as well as further afield, such as the hybrid electronic sounds of london and bristol.

new release on renate schallplatten. incl. manfredas remix

glorious re issue of this classic soul lp from the brunswick vaults. impossible to find on vinyl this album gets its first ever vinyl re issue since its original release in 1976. fully re mastered for 2015 and released officially in conjunction with brunswick records in its original artwork.

das (kurze) warten hat ein ende. nach nur etwas mehr als einem jahr kehrt umse mit einem neuen release im gepäck zurück.

kingunderground is proud to announce rebel base, the highly anticipated collaboration between nottingham based rhyme and beat duo cappo and nappa. with their first single dropping in 2013 in the form of boom bap gem red hot, this slick and sonically stylish project touches on sounds from the past, present and future of hip-hop.

nils frahms late night tales sind eine hypnotische reise durch moderne und klassische komposition, experimentelle elektronik, jazz, dub-techno, filmmusik und soul, gleichsam verstörend wie betörend.

>cissi moon changed my life! it was in a now refurbished part of stockholm in a futuristic cafe/club called holger that i had my first encounter with loudly played club music. the night was called db and we lined up with our fake ids every saturday to hear cissi moon spin drum & bass records and let the bass engulf our beings.< >at the time the art of making electronic music was totally alien to me, i could not for the life of me work out how to ever make music that carried the same emotional and physical impact as i felt on that dance floor. i have spent the last 17 years or so trying to get back to that state of being at one and completely lost with the music.< this record concludes a trilogy of eps by peder mannerfelt on his eponymously named label. what comes next is everything and beyond.

this is the first ep as love comedy for those two brilliant japaneses guys living in berlin. they are both playing on a special party as resident djs at ://about blank and

shadeleaf drop their eighth release in what is now established as essential catalogue ! joseph caserta (now known simply as caserta) is a multifaceted dj & producer based out of boston, massachusetts, who has worked with razor n tape, soul clap records, midnight riot, bbe, and kon s star time imprint. ricky is a little slice of traditional est coast, soundsystem house - a simplistic but textured workout aimed squarely at the floor, with it s lascivious narration and repetitive hook the jeep mix harks back to those 90 s b2 beats mixes on the big apple s prodigious hip hop output... digging royalty and a bona-fide master of the art of the re-edit kon handles the first of the b side re-rubs stripping things back a little and letting the bump and hustle ride to an altogether more hypnotising and atmospheric destination finally label boss that man monkz adds more than a little sheffield grit to proceedings, amping the rhythm section and laying out a deadly bass line... another shadeleaf sureshot !

a slamming balearic / cosmic journey

limited pressing on white double vinyl, housed in gatefold sleeve.

mark knopfler from the dire straits with his new album *tracker* on double 12 inch vinyl in gatefold sleeve.

restless remixe 1 featuring excellent contributions from danny daze, re.you and adam port

limited pressing on green vinyl! remixes by stephan bodzin and guy mantzur and roy rosenfeld. being the starter tracks of the 10 yrs systematic compilation stephan bodzins sungam and marc romboys hypernova have caused a massive stir around the globe. after the release of the transparent yellow vinyl of sungam its now time for part 2 of this three part series and this is a remix edition of hypernova. it comes along with a remix of, who else, stephan bodzin himself and a new interpretation of israels techno poster boys guy mantzur and roy rosenfeld who have just released convincing music on imprints like bedrock, kompakt and trapez. and not to forget the bonus track, the obligatory beatless synthapella which is not to miss.

techi techhouse tracks...

houmous pous tous is the first ep from unouzbeck & venturi for ostra discos. amazing energy on these new tracks.

initial release for the relaunch of mff (music for freaks). the label was previously responsible for releases such as turning orange, washing machine, where were you when the lights went out, the creeps and worked with artists recloose / kenny hawkes / doc l junior / mark farina to name a few. for lets do it again… ricardo villalobos delivers in an innovative reworking. sent a variety of parts from tracks released on freaks - the man who lived underground album, ricardo took his inspiration from all of them and mixes them into a distinctively villalobos track - it was originally 14 minutes long

electric minds began as a london based promotion outfit in 2007 before subsequently launching their label under the same name which is designed to act as a platform for their guests to showcase their productions. over the years they have amassed a lauded back catalogue of releases which has featured the likes of move d, endian, radio slave and mark e. now, in the follow up to their latest release from last magpie which featured trevino on remix duties they ready their next release from hypercolour mainstay shenoda. originally hailing from cambridge, shenoda is an artist who has astutely touched on many basis across a multifaceted back catalogue. releases on fear of flying, manmakemusic and hypercolour offshoot losing suki have seen him meld garage, house and techno whilst all the while keeping his eye firmly on the needs of the dancefloor.

the fine folks at moton, that will be diesel and jarvis, hook us up with something a little special this summer, slimming their usual 12 inch format down into superb colored 7 inches of edit delights. as we head onto the second disc, things only get better. *my guide* is a high emotion d-i-s-c-o trippy balearic rocker that is already making the playlists of the a-list. on the b side *mans lifespan* follows presently, hitting us with never can say goodbye as we ve never heard it before, thick with echoed vocals and spine tingling guitars. unreal! pressed on 7 inch limited transparent green vinyl.

der klang records is a disordine sub-label. this album will be available in a couple of months.vinyl only - limited to 200 copies on black vinyl and 75 numbered red vinyl. active on late 70s / early 80s teknospray were formed by andrea costa, mauro tavella (who later formed monuments), andrea lesmo, alberto ramella (who later formed carmody) and lucio lesmo they recorded few demos and an album which they never released until today as *god in land* is now reissued on disordines sub label der klang for the 1st time.