played by ben klock, jeff mills, marcel dettmann, truncate, rod, jonas kopp, andre kronert and many more! proper analog and psychotic techno. exactly the right to destroy the floor. one part of a&s - dimi angelis come up with his very own imprint. handstamped, vinyl only!

vasista, the first track of leskin’s ep is a pure analog techno weapon. it’s a vigorous rhythm makes of this track a proper dancefloor killer. its major asset is probably the break’s trick that offer leskin and which leaves no one indifferent at first listen. with monkey track ii , leskin if taking us on a dreamlike deep journey. half fanciful, half raw, the result of this combination is a captivating track! on the b side, the last track of the ep is a remix by “ el pingon “ (no one but greg beato himself). el pingon has captivated the essence of the original track and brings a hint of jungle and sprinkle drum&bass. the signature mysterious broken beats and blurry sound effects close this track with sublime class

3 weirdo ones on the cult of properness. propers cult, the label launched by amsterdam s san proper, present their second release, the debut of a jazz-fusion drummer who goes by the name of d., hailing from katwijk (nl). three deep and mesmerizing house workouts veering into techno territories, with an acid glitch to them. yes, they come with a lot of question marks and exclamation points

a new strong package from grey report. this time with takaaki itoh and adriana lopez. proper techno cuts.

from a small town called florence, alabama, gene the southern child has been quietly releasing music under the radar for years. florence is part of an area known as “the shoals,” which houses the legendary fame recording studios and is also the hometown of w.c. handy “the father of blues.” hailing from this rich musical history, gene’s unique style is smooth southern hip-hop, incorporating poetry, blues, and soul.

to rack & ruin comes thundering your way slap bang in time for summer courtesy of our italian disco brother in arms dj rocca and his compardre n2b. the usual high standard of sounds are as present as ever on the 6th instalment of our edits and reworks imprint. get up hits you with a rolling bassline that brims with plenty of pant flapping groove & wah wah guitar licks before that ever so familiar vocal kicks in for a full on reggae disco workout. weird safari certainly lives up to its name - a stripped back, dark & almost techno sound, alongside tinkering percussion and spaced out wild animal noises surely make for a weird safari. dubby pino has you from the off, all the foot stamping & money shaking elements are present - hooky guitar, fat bass loop, infectious percussion, soulful vocal licks and a gorgeous little piano break. mr rossi’s backpain starts off by getting the award for the best song title we’ve ever had on rack & ruin, but as well as that it’s in the proper groovy dance floor tackle category with a bassline & guitar that commands your respect and then when the 4/4 kicks in at 1 min, well just have a listen.

attic music announces its new vinyl series “almost there”. a trip starting from dark-ambient and experimental techno through new, forward-looking soundscapes. first episode is signed by mace., young talented artist from padova (it), already out on further and eclipse, presenting us a new crepuscular slow-tempo masterpiece. on the b side a proper dark techno remix by fabrizio lapiana.

back to the roots of uk techno starting from.. colombia! all the great feelings of the 90s style, no frills, just proper banging techno and your desperate attempt to survive on the dancefloor. an absolute retro flavoured gem!

a1 - gettindown: a nice rework of funky space reincarnation made for the floor, b1 - a proper tribute to one of stevies greatest. b2 - killer rework of a warehouse classic.

013 materializes as a long player titled spectrum prints on machining dreams by myself. a single 12 inch with seven compositions, 3 ambient and 4 proper tunes that dig deep into ones psyche with emotive sounds and highly rhythmic syncopation. recorded with mostly analog gear, so the warmth is present as the sound pallette is completely full of life. in this project i try to cover a full spectrum of waveforms that are printed on vinyl, hence the name spectrum prints.

12 inch release from evans pyramid aka blood deep featuring *where love lives*, an unreleased accelerated funk anthem from the late 80s, bridging the gaps between boogie, soul and house. the b side is a proper 12 inch pressing of evons side project royales *i want your body*.

pure, proper techno trips w/ welcome porter ricks reminiscence (coloured vinyl pressing)

sol asylum is back with their third release, this time around a various artist ep featuring tracks from friends and family members dana ruh, miss jools, and patrice meiner. this solid collection delivers a heavily swung slice of style and class without ever losing its straightforward dance floor attitude. the ep gets a proper start with dana ruhs >overcome<.a modern take on forward thinking house music with a cleverly swinging groove, pulsating filtered synths and provocatively soul stirring voices. all the rhythmical elements mold and evolve the track into a vibrant and energetic gem. next stop on our journey brings us to patrice meiners >uva< a broken beat dedication to his mother with fiery snares, atmospherically floating ghost like synths, intricately pitched hi-hat patterns and a tightly woven groove that is the signature sound weve all come to know and love from him. last but certainly not least is our trusted resident of sol asylum miss jools with >calamity cloud<. mysterious voices speak to us with an infinite realm of hovering synths, a playful but complex groove, driving hats, then a finely crafted layout brings us to alternate states between light and darkness creating a perfect balance that reminds us of a cloudy berlin day.

simon aka birth of frequency is back on board for his second ep on construct re-form. with four tracks he shows us different aspects of his talent as techno maker !! windy city is a relentless acid loop, with straight and sharp rythm parts. the kind of track you can play for a very long time. bad tempered is a proper techno, hypnotic and powerful : perfect to maintain a tangible tension on the dancefloor. huron will complete the destruction with a frantic and agressiv synth / hats duo. newcomer, comes from the ground with a sticky and heavy atmosphere …

kareem cali, the master behind brooklyns label inmotion music, is back on amir and butchs imprint with his first proper ep.

gene hunt is a prolific producer with an un-mistakable sound of his own. and although an originator of the acid house sound from chicago, he certainly didnt stop there. his music has naturally evolved over the years, often incorporating more mature melody and rhythm structures, but always in time with a proper underground style dance track. these tracks are a perfect fit for the direction and vision of the inner shift music label as well, and for this reason we are pleased to present you with planted seeds by gene hunt.

proper techno - in depth ruskin reworks of a dettmann original , 2014 repress

hot creations artist, demarzo is here to deliver a wild release on material sub label. quality over quantity and proper baselines to make ya move!

ltd to 200 copies, anthonys fourth album is simply called ** four ** and features 11 masterpieces of deephouse music. every track is a masterful lesson in the art of this genre. they are beautiful and originally composed, including elements of jazz, garage, disco, rnb and classic house. anthony nicholson clearly shows that he is gifted with an amazing imagination and also a proper knowledge of musicality.

fresh from impressing with the pulsating techno of boris werner and the fuzzy live house jams of san proper, tom tragos voyage direct label turns to a man who needs little introduction: dutch legend and man of many pseudonyms danny wolfers.
best known under his legowelt alias, wolfers has spent the last two decades flitting between strobe light acid house, 808 electro, fluorescent techno and shimmering space disco. throughout, he has kept his productions pleasingly analogue-heavy, making great use of classic drum machines and vintage synthesizers. while his music may be steeped in the past, wolfers productions always sound like the future.

mystical and proper techno! -marbacka- is a song originally written and composed by marbacka for one of their side projects, -the marbacka side project-. it was later made famous by another recording artist, who covered the song and released it as the second single from hen second studio album. however, not until this artist recorded and produced the version along with $ it become a worldwide hit. a music video, which has been described as iconic, was shot and received heavy rotation. its feelings explore an abandoned lover s point of view. on this special edition -marbacka- is surrounded by previously unreleased material and reworks.

vinyl only and silk-screened artwork! now that the isms ep has provided our favorite dance floors with magico moments and vivid arpeggios, nous klaer audio presents the second part of their collection of dance floor excursions. for the second release oceanic presents a ticket to another yet unexplored destination. this ep may count as his proper debut, though his kobo contribution to the rimini series of edits-to-go has already put joy to last summers festivals. on blanco bero oceanic follows on from the anthematic kobo on rimini with an ep of yet again uncanny but-powerful dance music, ready to explore.

two proper argentinian gentlement sharing this black beauty side by side, doing what they do best, shuffled beats, jazzy rhythms and loopy vocals printed on the surface of this groovy yet minimalistic release for rationalism family.lost decade is pure breed. a focal view of south american beats

fifth label compilation with four proper deep house / house music tracks

kicking off this new aussie label after releases on konstructure, proper trax, mystical disco. (a) combines warm synth lines w/90s inspired drum sequencing, & the flip, provides us with a hard hitting techno trip.

syracuse is back with two psychedelic songs, released on a 7 inch. a side is a dreamy pop song written & sung by isabelle. she delivers the first proper love song on the antinote label! b side is a killer synth groove ufo, that will fits perfectly with your summer romance.

the 50th instalment in the phoenix g series is a special one. a 4 track counting coloured vinyl affair of course from the hand of the labels head honcho and sole artist mr.g. proper machine funk drenched with synths and the significant samples make this 12 inch a journey through mr gs different sounds and mindstates.

cgi is proud to present the debut of 2 new duos who are experts at making their synths and sequencers sweat divine moisture. lyman-alpha forest is a new collaborative project between producers grey people (proper trax, finale sessions) and talk (deconstructure). as a duo they work to bring acid into new territories with their heavy, low-slung approach to producing melodic-and-spacious yet tight-and-focused slow-burning club-weapons. whether or not this is due to a stroke of compositional genius or if it is simply a side effect of the high levels of sizzurp found in the tap water in their hometown of nashville is irrelevant, but the effect is intoxicating all the same. travel 7 hours up i-65 and you will end up somewhere in chicago where afterburner spends long cold winter nights painting vivid synthesized tapestries as epic as the citys skyline. the duo of nicholas reed (windbreaker) and travis thatcher (voice of saturn) employ an aresnal of modular and analog gear to produce lushly cinematic tracks that chug along like classic moroder productions while simultaneously evoking the rich melodicism of kraftwerk. whether you listen to them at home in the headphones or on the dancefloor in the club, these tracks will take you on a wild ride.

strictly ltd to 100 copies! introducing charmin records. a new vinyl only label out of east germany started by long time dj and producer florist. the vision of the label is to release quality, underground house and techno by friends and fellow music evangelists on vinyl. the first release teams up producers tilman and florist for their first collaboration together and the result is a well rounded collections of quality house music focussed on the dancefloor. the ep kicks off with >sunday roll< which is a deep, laid back excursion into >proper< house music. the track is underpinned by solid percussion with easy rhodes and piano chords weaving in and out of distant vocal samples. the emphasis here is on warmth and soul. >blind< is a more heads down affair, with energetic drum patterns and a lovely, well rounded bass that bumps its way through the track. >i cant stop< takes us into more stripped down territory, with a rough edge to it. finally >deep reflection< pairs up dreamy, reverb washed chords with a heavy, unrelenting rhythm section. with this ep charmin records look to lay out their stall and show the public what is to come from this exciting new label.

talk about saving the best until last. if you thought that the first two parts of awanto 3s opel mantra trilogy were good, just wait until you hear part 3. it delivers a brilliantly breathless conclusion to what could well be one of the strongest debut albums of 2014. by now, you should know the script. amsterdam producer steven van hulle has previously shown glimpses of his musical talents, either with sporadic solo productions (see his superb 2010 debut on rush hour, for five), or alongside friends from the dutch scene (san proper, young marco and tom trago, in particular). opel mantra, a debut album split across three 12 inch singles (a cd version will follow later in the year), is his big reveal – our first chance to wallow in his unique and thrilling fusions of deep house, detroit techno and a multitude of vivid global influences.

limited double a side reissue of two classic disco bombs by 70s keyboardist don ray. with production duties undertaken by french electro-disco legend cerrone, both tracks are proper dancefloor weapons laden with heavy synths, bouncing b-lines and awesome punchy horns. first up is the amazing groove armada-sampled disco stomper standing in the rain, featuring powerful vocals over a searing groove that made it massive at the time. flip over for got to have loving, an exhilarating disco burner with hot sexy female vocals and a great breakdown later reworked by the revenge. superb double-header of must-have tracks - dont sleep!

pavel khudyakov aka brain crisis. a young producer making a sound that teebee has described as *like aliens mining a colony out of metal* and the producer to watch in 2014. brain crisis *hands up* is proper rude bwoy skanker and has become one of the biggest tunes in calyx & teebees dj sets. on the flip brain crisis & teddy killers join forces for *local 2* a cold piece of d&b pressure. creating a track that is full of bruising bass, techno fear & frantic drums.

ed shepherd delivers again a manifold release with a proper acid live jam on the a side and a classic housetrack with disco elements on the flip

pulsing, soulful house music from matthias wagner on the newly-founded noir et son imprint. skittering jams with a hint of jazz and left-field to keep things that little bit off-kilter. a proper bomb!

junior gee after his hot releases on 8bit, he delivers the goods on materialism ! proper laid-back tunes with a nasty attitude for the summer heads! limited copies!

nach seiner vielbeachteten compilation *nuggets 3* aus 2013 veröffentlicht der electronica-veteran luke vibert sein neues studioalbum auf dem jungen, ambitionierten hypercolour-label. *ridmik* ist eine hommage an den legendären roland tb-303 bassline-computer und knüpft an viberts warp-single *i love acid* aus 2003 an.

crafty, sparse, late night house cut b/w proper, warm house banger

for our 5h release, we decided to bring you guys one of the best producer right now: innershades with his toxic trax! straight from belgium, this young talent has been recently supported, thx to his releases via wicked bass, crème organization & now skylax by some of the best & well known djs around such as julio bashmore, serge clone, nina kraviz (he even wrote a track called *nina at the boiler room*! i guess you understood why), red d (fcl) & ben ufo. some real proper djs & producers who were attracted by his raw & hard hitting house he delivers uson this well named toxic trax ep 6 amazing cuts that are divided in 2 parts: the twilight side & the ghetto side.

the new year starts with the welcome news that the cosmologist returns with episode three of the cosmology series. trip 1 started life as a tribute to 70s radical firebrands the last poets and their 1977 clarion call to arms, *its a trip*. a loose and ever changing collective, the initial line up was formed on may 19.1968 to mark malcolm xs birthday, having all met at east wind, a harlem based writers work shop. they took their name from a revolutionary south african poet keorapetse kgositisile who rightly prophesized that the talking would soon give way to the persuasiveness of the gun. continuing that thought, civil rights for african americans was very much the beat of the last poets, a cause they would champion and indeed, were not afraid to back up their mighty words with direct action.

tennessee techno: alex falk brings the sound in purified form. his approach has already piqued the interest of many influential djs and producers, and the track *ptr* from his debut ep on proper trax is among the selections included on hessle audio co-founder pangaeas fabriclive 73 mix. falks previous releases have focused on punishing, pulsing, synthetic techno. for his cgi ep, we are treated to another side of falks sound as he allows a bit more house into the mix. limited to 400 copies.

proper, fresh, diverse techno banger - recommended!

proper floorfriendly house music

after highlighting two young french talents for its first releases with madben and oniris, astropolis records now invites two french techno legends for its third release. the driver, techno aka for french rave key figure manu le malin and techno veteran electric rescue join their forces for a first 12 inch * the wolves * : a dark fang strike, fierce, beastly. the encounter of these two french techno activist couldnt have result in anything else than an explosiv termination : two raw and nagging techno tracks blending up both artist proper musical background.

alexander kowalski is someone you should know. not only is he a resident artist at our club, but with uncountable eps and several albums on heiko laux label kanzleramt and others, he has contributed more to electronic music than many others. to have a separate platform for the darker and harder productions of his, he created the alias d_func. a while ago. when he approached us with the tracks that are now on the record in hand, we immediately fell in love with the mills-like energy of them. perfect drum programming, driving synth lines two perfect tools for any proper techno set. the dirt mix of revalism which is included in the digital release package puts the original in a more modern jacket with its stompy beat – another proof of how well alexander knows what the djs need to please their crowd.let the dancefloors burn!

following their acclaimed debut album, migration, on prins thomas internasjonal label in 2012, jamie paton and nigel hoyle (aka nigel of bermondsey) have seemed relatively quiet save for the odd remix here and there. tucked away deep in their south east london base though, a series of remixes and solo projects have been steadily forming. with new c&a material planned for 2014, plus more to come from jamies new solo efforts, as well as nigel making a long overdue reappearance in maurice & charles, now seems the right time to draw a line under their collective work to date. here then are a collection of unreleased interpretatons, including the sought after vocal remix of psychedlic darlings, in goats anthemic run to your mama. this is followed by a late night dub of 80s pop duo blancmange that mixes strings, guitar and some dub bass with a dose of space echo before bringing neil arthur s classicly recognisable refrain shining through. to finish is a remix of goats label mates teeth of the sea. fx-soundtrack vocal, bubbling 303 and 808 combine on a proper 3am dub that builds beyond some mere drug-chug.

in october last year, kompakt presented until the end of time (kompakt 288 cd111), a new full-length from hiroshi watanabe aka kaito putting an end to a long and meagre period of time for fans of the veteran producer who saw his last proper release and that was the way (kompakt 208) three years ago. as with hiroshis earlier full-length offerings, we are truly excited to bring you a special beatless version of the new album called less time until the end that shines a different light on the original opus.
the vinyl lp comes with a cd-copy of the full album.

japan based producer have developed amazing detroit style electro with this release. resist is defiantly a statement of funky electro. the track combines ghetto electro and funky grooves with futuristic cosmic feel. this track takes you on a eletro ride that is defiantly building up with vocoder vocals. resist gives the dance floor body bounce and will make the jit dancer hype on the floor. dj sting ray does a superb remix on this project. his approach with his futuristic electro give the track his signature sound that takes the track deep into sonic phases. the tracks bridge over to a synergy of electro and sonic soul with the signature electro detroit sound. mixworks cosmic gas mix has a direct techno mix that will ensure speaker dancers to groove to this mix. the remix has strong snares and proper base line that takes you on a direct techno sound experiment. the track has a full base drum that you can feel and groove too with proper cosmic bread downs and pickups. the b2 track express constant sonic electro. the vocoder vocals carry the track to be a bangin electrotec status. the track has clean hi-hats that steps the beat into a vibe that will keep you moving.

proper fachwerk style techno with vocals by envoy. comes with remixes by mike dehnert and roman lindau.

eintakt 29 >rauhv01< vinyl, including 2 exclusive remixes of nvelopes successful first full length >chords & scapes<, also part of the 3 track ep is the original song >tribute< by nvelope. nvelope presents his tribute version on a1, a track as simple as classic as good as you know what im talking about.longtime label fellow gunnar hemmerling (also man behind dock records) kicks off on the a2 with a quite reduced stomper (and as >stomping ground< is the tracks name he does good so). proper ancient techno vibes, enslaving the circuitry and drumming on the real heavy barrels. rob strobe and kai randy michel aka say what introduce themselves on eintakt on full b-side with a soupy submarine machine and you might dont know what to say (but the project name says say what) and i say get lost there then (and you probably will). the rauhv series are an upcoming collection of unreleased remixes of different rauhphaser releases