support by: adam beyer, technasia, chris liebing, perc, brian sanhaji... side b from tokyo are the guys being responsible for a huge follow up release on kumo. a very interesting definition of modern flavoured techno, rolling and stomping at the same time. hazakura changes it character several times, turning from a groovebased effectmachine into a spacy peaktime-track while daybreak more focusses on the crunchy side of minimal techno. the tracks already caught the attention of alex bau so that he delivered a bau-like bass-driven technoremix for hazakura.

following his acclaimed eps on force sense opposum rec & minisketch pablo rez is back and delivers here his first ep on frankie records titled “samurai ep” including 4 original tracks with titles directly in reference to japan and its unique atmosphere starting with a1 tokyo a groovy track with a bunch of quirky sounds, heady synths and catchy drums and a dose of weird bleeps makes it a great production with a warm groove on a2 shibuya in a more mental and melodic way with lil atmospheric accents is a perfect afterhours track

following the intensity of mr. fosters infamous subject, tokyo release, his newest vinyloffering is a powerful combination of classic house and modern electronic elements strategically aimed straight at todays dancefloors.

played by mathias kaden, someone else, tim green, franco cinelli, katzo and many more. minimood redefines minimal once again, this time bringing you yet another unbelievable talent from the bubbling underground tokyo scene: shu okuyama. the weiter ep demonstrates how they do geometry in a beautiful and fresh non euclidean fashion deep down in shibuya! note how the extravagant a1 punkt represents an irresistible example of the hypnotic hip twitching water crunk sound which is fast becoming one of minimoods trademarks. moreover, b1 strich is simply genius as shu completely axes conventionalism, swinging his sword with samurai abandon through jazzy keys, percussive hits, vocal snippets, analog blurps,..., and then re assembles them all to devastating contemporary effect! one ticket to tokyo, please!

supported by ame, ben watt, dixon, dean da costa, jimpster, alex from tokyo, dj simbad, dj deep and many more.. stunning deepness guaranted

recorded live at the pit inn in tokyo during a 2005 residency

colorblind is a project of dj spider and tokyo dj jun matsuoka. influenced by afro-american music in its widest sense, their open-minded dj sets - a cross-over of latin jazz, two-step, soul or deep house - reflect the way they compose.the latin orientated >novo dia< is a deeper shaking bossa combining future funk synths with sweet brazilian vocals. originally released 2003.

after his latest hits >tokyo shangai< and >quivvery< on ovum, shlomi is back on his own imprint with another release just in time for the coming summer

konspiracy records is a techno label based in japan. bruce mennel aka dj sisk leads most famous music events in tokyo, this wasthe beginning of japanection. after he met yohei kozawa, in january 2007, he decided to create with him the label konspiracy records. already supported by ben sims, kazu kimura(sketch rec), dj yama(sublime records), fabrice lig and many more&#128,

hinode’ is a tribute and farewell to our favourite club, yellow in tokyo. we’ve played some great gigs there, six or seven hours in the dark with eight hundred people and one strobe light – perfection. endless saki in the bar, obligatory stalkers (“93!” and hedgehog girl step forward please), smoke and heat on the dance floor. finally emerging deafened and sun blinded into the brilliance of saturday mid-morning in tokyo… backing up the original is an exceptional remix from our favourite techno genius - fergie.

loved by alex from tokyo, alex attias, ame, dixon, marcus worgull, peter kruder, roland appel, tony lionni and many more.. fabrice lig, the prince of everything electronic, is back after his very acclaimed x-slaves. he delivers the goods once again, starting off here with chapter one in a purple raw trilogy. first up is the track, based around a jerky syncopated rhythm and a very dry kick, which remains light all the way. as usual, lig’s arrangements evolve progressively before they wipe us away with their screeching pads and synthetic melodies. a great mixture of minimal techno and detroit nostalgia. no doubt, the more efficient track produced by fabrice lig and hammered by dixon, ame, alex attias, quarion… much more aggressive, bump bump is built around fat analogue sounds, or acid noises if you prefer which seem to emulate screaming animals. one is easily carried away by an animalistic groove that keeps on building from the beginning till the end. it all ends with the very funky the riff pourpre, a perfect crossover between metro area and parliament. the retro sounds sit nicely on a big fat beat, the kind which lig excels in.

>ohhhh this is nice!< shit robot (dfa) >j adore that thing!< joakim (tigersushi) >very good edits< jerry bouthier (boombox) >really enjoying them. definitely want to play them of my radio show< tim sweeney (beats in space) >many thanks for these, all of them are fantastic.. groove me have been fave of mine for yonks..< pete herbert >i really like -that thing- and -my time- your time< nico de céglia >these edits are really great< matt walsh (turbo rec) >straight shooter is hot< jacques renault (runaway) >thanks for these edits< andreas leander (24hours blog) >those 3 edits are great especially the groove me edit which is a great favourite track of mine< alex from tokyo > love the edits but my fave of cosmo is still that pete shelley one!< roy dank (xlr8r) >great stuff!< dj morpheus >these edits rock !!! will play all three of them, this is just what i need in my sets! merci beaucoup cosmo< yannick labbé (tricski)

incl argy remix !! tokyo s rising star ryo murakami has already put his diverse, electronic sound on the map with the >rise< ep on dessous last year, and received great praise for his track >my soul<, snapped up by steve bug for the fabric mix series, which was piled high with atmosphere and dark, club energy. his next 12 includes two new tracks, the title cut being >down the sky<, cooly influenced by old school house, but also more recent european forays into night music. ryo demonstrates a heavy aptitude for stripped down futurism, with staccato, jilted beats, joined by layers of padded synth structures, looming somewhere between light and darkness. the b side, ‚coke‘ (no questions asked) welcomes another one of ryo‘s extended journeys, this time a stronger, peak time groove which never lets off, and builds around layers of spaced out, pitching fx. brain-tingling pitching synths heat things up, before laying down a super-funk hook that melts on top of the beats irresistibly. ryo then leads us head-first into a series of spac d out, jacked-up movements, characterised by risque, feminine vocal snippets. poker flat‘s young greek maestro, argy, creates a stunning hi-tech remix of ‚down the sky,‘ complete with mesmeric dub influenced chord stabs and tripped out washes of delay. once again carrying on the vibe of the original, but twisting it into an altogether different beast, argy takes ryo‘s warm synth stabs and shapes the remix into a slow paced yet pumping club tool.

good news from the merkur kunst headquarters, a.k.a the japanese diaspora embassy: our attempt to enrich berlin cultural activities with a japanese interpretation of electronic music has found its voice with a first 12inch vinyl release. merkur 01 features gonno, a tokyo based artist who already released on uks perc records and japans wc recordings. his track >es< is a pulsating dancefloor twister build on a solid bass substrat rising with warm and tripped out pads. the flipside brings two tracks by merkurboss shingo suwa. he operates the japanese machines in a classic chicago style - percussive, hypnotic and with this specific grasp only the inventors can provide. these tracks are well made uptempo technotunes with a slight touch of aristrocratic reserve

big with nacho marco, valentino kanzyani, audiojack, robin porter, james talk, shinedoe, jamie mc hugh, rulers of the dee. another fresh tune straight out of his endless library of ideas. ongaku, fieber, superbra, atlas, pornographic, primate and carl cox’,infamous intec label, not much more to say about the most successful man from spain besides the fact that he again shows his talent at a completely different stage –, finest minimal grooves and spheres!

great 6 track ep with excel. blue electro & tech house by stinkworx, dreesen a.o

deep house master >kuniyuki< is back after his beautiful 1st album >we are together<. this is a 1st single cut from his 2nd album >all these things< which coming in the spring 2008. this time, some artist who love the music of kuniyuki like ian o brien, henrik schwarz, alex from tokyo (aka tokyo black star/innervisions) and name a few joined to the album. for this relase, very well known japanese trumpeter >shuichiro sakaguchi<, mule electronic artist >code e< as a guitarist and alex from tokyo (aka tokyo black star/innervisions) as a poetry reader joined. a side is a original instrumental long ver, b side is kuniyukis deep house edit and you can listen original vocal ver on the album.

no worries this is not one of these endless cheap redundand big floor cover versions of insufferable 80s hits but a real solid techhouse tune with a great deep danny freakazoid mix & a tokyo sub mix, which is a bold statement: the remix of their life!

brill electro pop / indy styled longplay album

support comes from alex from tokyo (innervisions), chloe, muallem (compost), tim paris, will saul and philip sherburne (lan muzik). the belgian power-trio mugwump have gained solid support from the likes of ewan pearson, ivan smagghe and ata among others in the recent years for their floor crunching sound on labels such as eskimo, hi-phen, suicide, crosstown rebels and brique rouge. >memory lane refund< was projected for moodmusic as a proud statement. building on a solid house basement, the original is influenced by early chicago and uk house with jacking beats and excellent synth workout from the belgian maestros. their own acid retraxion remix works out some more rolling beats and an evil bassline straight from chicago ala 1987. for remix duties alexander maier (buzzin fly/criminal) turned the original upside down and injected a funky, yet melodic dose of new school house in its best form. this rocks. sasse deliveres a serious sunday afternoon rocker with same flow as his recent work with kiki & nick chacona

reverso 68 are pete herbert and phil mison. after tokyo disco and especial this is already their third outing on eskimo. piece together was released three years ago in a very limited run on their own specialist interest label, but both the guys and eskimo thought it deserved to be heard by a larger audience. as a special bonus theres an amazing slow motion disco remix by norwegian wonderboy todd terje.

aus tokyo kommend, bringt takuya uns die minimale technoszene aus japan näher. nach seinen erfolgen auf morr music & cmyk zeigt er uns, dass es auch auf adjunct ordentlich zur sache gehen kann

incl oliver hacke remix !! second release on plot comes by tokyo based takuya morita. plays by raresh, josh wink, j. jones, meindl and sian

fresh from the success of the first release by tokyo black star, reincarnation records is back with its second release by lausannes attias brothers alex & stephan another big one!

born and raised in tokyo, living in berlin since may 2007, akiko kiyama presents on neo010 two wonderful minimal- tracks, synthetic, acrylic, rough and raw, sober and straight, shy and yet damn clubby. akiko - whose delicately reduced musical style is partly defined by some earlier 12 inch releases on m-nus creates a fragile and surprising cosmos of subtle rhythmical structures and wobbling guttural waveforms, all this combined with this very special female approach that people all around the globe seem to love more and more. for those who like it a little bit less minimal, there are two remixes included. we have one by humantronic, the minitech (or tech?) berserk from france, who re-establishes an industrially strict balance of pumping and knitting sounds, with almost trancy elements good and healthy food for the club community

tokyo midnight is a tough electrohouse number with atmospheric keys and breakdowns. flip for sunset boulevard a smooth electrofunk track

brendon moeller returns to his home with 2 spaced and dubbed out minimal versions of faith. both are simply brilliant hurry to get your copy

nach seinen tollen releases für kompakt, shitkatapult & spectral lässt er es bei unserem geschmackshüter aus tokyo krachen. beide tracks sind filigran, haben aber dennoch sack, wie man so schön sagt. optimale allzweckwaffe an den schnittstellen von techno, house und afterhoursound

incl mental overdrive (r&s) remix !! the second single from cato canari, who was born in norway and gets going for his project in tokyo these days. the 12 single consists of 3 brand new tracks and the latest remix versions of which originals were heard on his debut album >out of tune<

a.mochi from tokyo, japan, delivers two deep and dirty percussive tracks that will really get your mind tripping. martyn hare produces another storming remix on the flip to elevate the tremors sound to new heights

4 scifi elektronika/tech tracks

representing tokyo-techno-scene, >co-fusion< (dj wada & heigo tani (wall five), their 2nd ep of their new project series is coming up again. as the latest work of 1911 ep, this is their day of todays work which they have assimilate as their career that they have been quite long time period in japan. the quality of sound is extreme elements to get deeply... >devgru< on side-a comes with funky sub-bass through to the end, tech house beat flows the track offer you if you like radio slave and claude vonstroke. >rink< on side-b as a stark contrast, comes with cut-up style of minimal taste, the elements of sampling subtle track. on the other side, sounds experimental throughout the track as clink or vakant

rmxs by guy gerber & meat katie moguais new sideproject >ataque< is musical excursion and subcollection likewise. this very first 12inch is the upbeat to a whole series that gains inside moguais future world. on b1. cocoon activist guy gerber shows his very interpretation of >ataque< with a dubby, agile forward motion. as usual, gerber has a smart grasp of building tension, as well as reducing this track to the max. the b2. remix was created by famous australian fellow meat katie, who shows his large straight potential, imposingly. his playful-plastical view rounds up the corpus and returns it into the tokyo night of tomorrow

the best bit about the muscles is the muscles. super explosive neu-rave-ish guitar drenched dance music for the hottest clubs from berlin to tokyo to sydney to paris… fierce vocals, out of time harmonies over the top of soft trance synthies + a dose of solid techno. whatch out for the muscles!

the most defining tracks from the legendary superradio family on a double lp. this will be a delightfull treat for every italo disco lover !!

here comes the eight ball in the software pool game… the labels colour is black and the labels boss hd substance is kicking balls. once more a luscious and deep release: on a side >someone down< is a driving track, full of 808 percussion work out over a sub bass frequency reminder of the old lfo records, on top of liquid synth layers and bubbles, hds trademark sound, a sure winner. on the flip side silicon cut goes more dubby and basic channel infected, with aquatic synth stabs and a moving bass line perfect for sub woofer testing.. future and tradition in one pack. as a gift a one minute japanese speaking intro for those who understand life in tokyo. spring comes, take your copy and enjoy

a brand new charismatic groovy minimal tech-house 2tracker, produced between frankfurt & tokyo topped with some female vocal support by japanese singer kaori. 1 a sound !!! big with: laurent garnier, c-rock, sian, ian pooley, shinedoe & … + raveline 5 of 6 points.

cool old school infected techno 3 tracker by a.mochi. he is a dj and producer in tokyo who also performs live. he has become one of the most remarkable artists in the tokyo underground scene

after the success of the first laka (phonique rmx) comes here the second with great peaktime electrofied techno tunes and a sasse remix.. hands up moments guaranted !! played by laurent garnier, dirt crew and amongst others

neil landstrumm techno classics back in stock

a heavyweight collaboration between vocalist lyric l & producer musician mark de clive lowe in the form of the future hip hop soul nugget ever (after), a soundtrack for the summer with a big crossover appeal. from west london to philly via tokyo and nigeria, lyricl is reaching the ears of the soulful masses

feel good (tv=off) sounds like an hommage for the 90s filtered house thing, as hes a true lover of the roule imprint, but its 2007 electronic tech house music. shinichi osawa from mondo grosso, tokyo, has made a special edit for the song (remember his edit for christopher just popper)

the country of the rising sun brings us four pressure - loaded tracks from the artist keisuke kondo and the axis tokyo - berlin goes into a further phase. 2 sides 2 views. the first two tracks are the berlin side of keisuke. pkg und eboy are massive tunes with reduced basslines and shorted spooled sounds which moves into the depth of consciousness. eboy builds it self verse whistling with the certain humor up in order to induce one to the internal. with digdag we are movin to tokyo a tool for every ekg which breathes with the pushing pulling sounds and however with the certainty lofi presenting the living digital time. downtown tokyo becomes conscious with the track zoomin – the tarmac_the_humans_the jungle. driving whipping with the trigger like spoiled pitch which pushes one through the masses. bleeps and freaks simple technoid minimal reduced

incl remixes by pop deluxe and rock parisi

here are the long awaited restless soul remixes of one of the biggest soulful tunes released early 2006 by still music. isoul8 & paul randolphs on my heart did the rounds this year with amazing support from ame, jazzanova, bugz in the attic, charles webster, alex from tokyo, needs, llorca, ralf gum, fabrice lig and many others

gunjack, brian gibbs moves to tokyo in 2001 and begins to release music through the british sheep label under the >gunjack< moniker. after spending more time in madrid/ spain, working with a local record distributor and releasing hard-edge pounding techno he returned to la in 2005. bas mooy, over the years bas has been a resident and member of organizations such as exposure of sound, compound, strictly techno, phaze!1, resonance and inside. the last couple of years he has been working the decks at established dutch venues/parties such as awakenings (graansilo, gashouder), de effenaar, doornroosje, 013, waterfront, het paard van troje, nighttown and simplon

ryoh was born in shiga, japan. now he lives and djs in yokohama and tokyo. in 2005, he contracted with >minimaxima<, managed by technasia, and released his 1st ep >haru-kaze< !! here comes the first on r & s with great floating minimal detroit techno

after his first release on psycho shoxxs 05 markus lange returns with 2 dark electro tunes with mystical breaks and his smart voice..

the goal of nataural anthemes is to provide listeners with releases that are inspired by themes of sound. antheme 03: showcases the music of tokyo based artists ryo miyashita and hiragi(kazuki mochizuki). ryo and kazuki have contributed releases to well respected net labels unfoundsound and indigo magenta so their sound is welcomed by fans of both minimal and experimental aesthetics