he debut album, a genre-edgy variety of electronic music, is no different. even jumping through styles insomnia is nothing else but a colourful palette of tunes with distinct identity. limited to 250 copies, 140g black vinyl

portrait of a legend: 1951–1964 is a compilation album by american singer-songwriter sam cookethe compilation is generally considered the most complete and comprehensive collection of cooke s work. it has been included on various -best-of- lists by music publications, including rolling stone and time.

brooklyn duo xeno and oaklander are a minimal electronics girl/boy duo from brooklyn, ny. they began writing music and soundtracks in 2004. liz wendelbo is french / norwegian and sean mcbride is from maryland. they record their songs live in their brooklyn studio and play analogue synthesizers and instruments exclusively. this summer, xeno and oaklander bring their minimal electronic sounds to ghostly international with new album par avion, their first for the label.
the vinyl lp comes with download code for the full album.

limited repress of this huge classic album!

the horst sind zurück mit ihrem neuen album *tofte*. das wort stammt aus dem münster-typischen, rotwelschen sozialdialekt masematte und bedeutet so viel wie gut, oder auch toll. manfred schulz, als langzeitbegleiter der band, war erneut als co-produzent, tontechniker und freundschaftlicher berater am start. mehr noch als beim vorgängeralbum, fällt bei *tofte* die gemeinsame freude an guten songs auf, die von verschiedensten einflüssen aus der popgeschichte und den eigenen plattenschränken geprägt sind, sich aber jenseits von rock-klischees, muckertum, schlagerspießigkeit oder kunsthandwerk bewegen. aber wie auch immer: hauptsache der song tuts und er klingt gut.
die lp auf 180 gramm vinyl erscheint inklusive cd-version des albums.

single sided release of la rouxs *uptight downtown* from the album *trouble in paradise*.

limited double vinyl, including the full album cd (dreadcdlp029).

the m_rec ltd grey series offshoot aims at bridging the gap between a club track and a self-sustaining musical journey and this new concept ep by edanticonf is another soulful and mesmerizing experiment where ambient, proggy electronics and techno blend together. think of it as a parenthesis within an album, as the tracks work around a very clear idea, meant to be absorbed and examined in sequence. a special release that perfectly fits the vision behind m_rec ltd grey series.

some records are birthed through countless months or even years of studio hard yaka, drafts, followed by re-drafts, an eternal process of searching for that money shot musical moment. then there are albums that simply pour out of the collective minds of its creators more of a stream of consciousness and musical expressions that strategic beat creation

limited repress edition
three tracks from the four tet album *beautiful rewind* remixed by seven davis jr, photomachine and jay daniel.

mathew jonson & the mole, peter van hoesen and blue hour deliver three of the album tracks in remix form.

less than a year since he served up his third album *urban animal*, claude vonstroke delivers more brand new original material! based on the personal experience of starting at the bottom selling fake perfume out of the the trunk of his car, *califuture* foretells the sunny-sided ironies experienced by the legions of fame and heat-seekers who head out to the golden state each year in the pursuit of the dream.

*omicron segment* is a non-conventional language album. at the same time has been conceived with logical thread and it developes in two different paths.
comes with mp3 download code.

after blazing trails with his debut longplayer exits and wowing the sceptical chat rooms with his all-hardware boiler room blow out, the north country bit smasher returns. the iiva ep is mini album of experiments, re-animations and rebirths. like dr herbert west with a hypo of fluro-serum loops haunt plunges elbow deep into his hardrives sonic corpses unleashing an army of weaponised soundscapes. unlike its big brother exits, iiva sets an immediate agenda, drums burst through fizzing tape hiss and field recorded found sounds are given urgency and purpose. along with an army of hooded mystery collaborators pans nhk even joins the fray with a radiophonic technoid rerub of iiva. all action.

after hyperdubs first compilation of 10th anniversary dancefloor heaters, -hyperdub 10.2- features some of the labels best songs of the last five years or so. hyperdub is often associated with dark and brooding instrumental music, however, this mid-summer collection sheds some sunlight over that dread filled reputation, showcasing an underrated cast of talented songwriters, vocalists and producers. the album is laced with brand new cuts from kode9, cooly g, morgan zarate feauring. eska and ghostface killah, jessy lanza, dean blunt & inga copeland, and dva featuring zaki ibrahim. ranging from melancholy r&b, garage, funk, footwork and icy pop, -10.2- covers this overlooked side of the labels back catalogue. the album opens with dean blunt & inga copeland-s grime lullaby signal 2012, one of their final collaborations, moving into burials dubbed-out r&b on shell of light from his seminal album untrue, and jessy lanzas stand-out cut 5785021, before sliding into the digi dub meets r & b slow jam of south londons cooly g with obsessed. king britt features next, with his fhloston paradigm project, on the deeply emotive never defeated- featuring rachel claudio. after their collaboration on his pretty ugly album, dva is joined again by south african singer zaki ibrahim with their brand new summery mutant garage track solid. dam funk jumps on ikonikas funk bomb -mr. cake-, adding a fun, party vocal. continuing the -80s funk vibe is morgan zarate and roses gabors ice cold prince-influenced pusher taker, the lead track from his 2013 ep. jessy lanza contributes some more sparkling r&b with the brand new you and me, followed by another track from morgan zarate, a lost dub featuring the soulful eska and wu tang clans ghostface killah. the tempo raises in the final stretch of the album with dvas and fatimas collaboration just vybe, terror danjah & melekas shimmering r&g cut you make me feel and the 160 bpm soul of the late dj rashads only one from his acclaimed double cup album. the cd closes with the lo-fi, bashy mutation of kode9 & copelands lies lies. 10.2 calls on hyperdubs sirens to balance the moody energy of 10.1 with fourteen slices of hyper soul. let them lead you astray

on moving to canada from his original home of haiti, pianist and singer/songwriter henri-pierre noel brought with him much of the tropical island s influences. the kompa funk sounds of his homeland, along side contemporary north american jazz and disco, ran throughout henri s 1979 album piano, re-released by wah wah 45s in 2012, and now its time for a second helping with the re-issue of 1980s dance floor friendly one more step, both albums having been originally released on very limited private presses and since become holy grails of the back music scene.

british trio little barrie — the group with the unrivalled, trademark blend of rock, blues, garage and soul flavours — are back with their fourth album *shadow*, and sounding better than they ever have. the three-piece of writer-guitarist barrie cadogan, bassist lewis wharton and drummer virgil howe, have slowly and surely been honing their sound and maturing their style since the groups debut on record all of 15 years ago. *shadow* is the super-cool and confident sound of a band at the top of their game, full of brooding self-confidence, brilliantly combining texture and liveness.

*omicron segment* is a non-conventional language album. at the same time has been conceived with logical thread and it developes in two different paths.
comes with cd-copy of the album.

in what is a momentous occasion for soma records, we hit the milestone 400th release of the label and who better to see this in than label heads slam as they lead up to their new album due to drop this october. soma are proud to present the double a sided rotary/catacoustics. slam have been locked away in the studio these past months working hard on their latest album which sees them look to past machines and new technologies to form the base of this new album. these album sessions have spawned two raucous tracks that state where the veteran producers are with their sound. these tracks have the dance floor firmly in mind and display the years of experience slam have in knowing what exactly will whip up a storm.

brooklyns superband midnight magic meldet sich mit einer remix ep zu ihrem midnight creepers album aus dem letzten jahr zurück. auf der ep gibt es vier fantastische bearbeitungen von session victim, blase (aka suzanne kraft und secret circuit), hugh mane und bell towers

this release contains an album of 12 tracks, with a remix from hitechsoul. acid european influences combined to detroit techno with continuous dance melodies. orlando voorn experimental and innovative music strikes again!

a very limited one-sided 12 inch featuring an extended version of caribous new single *cant do without you*. first track to be taken from the forthcoming album *our love*.

die britische psychedelic-rock/pop band the moons meldet sich mit ihrer neuen single vom *mindwaves* album zurück. die b-seite enthät die buzzcocks coverversion *everybody s happy nowadays*.

the second of two remix eps for max coopers debut album human - this one bringing one of the albums most talked about tracks impacts for the first time, with an acid rework by pitchfork favourites factory floor and percs insane, obtuse and uncompromising abstract version. this is also the first release of harvey mckays version of an earlier max track, von der klippe fallen - one long grinding techno beat that opens to the dramatic piano of frequent maxs collaborator tom hodge.

its safe to say that without vito & druzzi, we wouldn’t be here today. indeed, along with the other members of the rapture (ever heard of them?) and james friedman, they founded throne of blood. our histories go hand in hand. after releasing classic albums on labels like sub pop, dfa, vertigo, and motown- and spending more than a decade touring the world with lcd soundystem, soulwax, the cure, interpol, and franz ferdinand to name a few- vito & druzzi have spent the last few years shifting their focus towards djing and production, building a studio in brooklyn and churning out the jams. its been a labor a love and were very happy to present you with the first fruits of their collaboration

slope s musical ingredients - dub, disco, house, electronica in a mix of soul - all are deeply rooted on their previous releases for sonar kollektiv / jazzanova and remixes for fat freddys drop, atjazz, 1luv / yoruba rec and 4hero. the producer duo from berlin share a number of classics tunes and are known for moody breaks and solid grooves, sincerely from the heart bringing movement to the floor. for their 4th album soultree slope have been jamming and recording with singer knixx to creating songs over the last 3 years, keeping it simple to be able to play as a trio on stage. what s left is the essence of tracks turned out to songs and songs turned out to jams . songs you can dance to, lyrically inspired by the streets of berlin, reflecting personal moments of a city, with it s very own pace and melting-pot characteristics - colorful and in constant motion. the ignition to the collaboration happened during a live performance by knixx on a birthdayparty for dj-mate m.path.iq. both of the slope guys, daniel paul & honesty where blown away by his interpretation of killer . a bit later together at the studio they formed a soulful and productive unit. right time, right place. capitol a - a soulmate of slope and responsible for various slope hits in the past joined again for writing and recording brown sugar - a song you would not want to miss on an slope album !

its not exactly a dance album, although there is music you can dance to on it. its more filmic in nature.

seven years after his last lp on alpha house, argentinas franco cinelli has finished his next full length, all frequencies, due for release on esperanza in may 2014. over the course of the last 15 years, cinelli has released countless eps on labels like bass culture, airdrop and ilian tape and has proven himself to be a master of the groove, be it a house, techno or disco infected one. this new album encapsulates all that and channels his decades of musical experience into one album that has the dance floor as a common denominator.

ein lang verschollenes und gesuchtes album ist jetzt wieder erhältlich! und dazu auch noch auf vinyl!
divine machte sich in den späten siebziger jahren zunächst einen namen als skuriller schauerspieler in john waters filmen (u.a. hairspray, pink flamingos), bevor der travestie-künstler dann in den frühen 80er jahren von erfolgsproduzent bobby orlando (u.a. pet shop boys, the flirts) auch für plattenveröffentlichungen produziert wurde, die den typischen bobby-o disco-sound hatten. innerhalb von knappen 3 jahren landete divine dann auch einen großen hit nach dem anderen, bis er schliesslich 1988 auf tragische weise ums leben kam. doch seine songs sind bis heute unvergessen geblieben.

*broken circuit* is the meeting of minds between max wheeler and victoria port aka anushka. the results are one of the most enjoyable, unpretentious hybrid dance soul records you will hear all year.
the double vinyl lp includes a code for free download of the full album.

barcelonas marc piñol and clip! add some extra oomph to two of the songs taken from pajaro sunrise equally brilliant and hard-to-pronnounce kulturkatzenjammer album.
one of the key tracks on pajaro sunrise latest studio album kulturkatzenjammer, the happy-sad *long forgotten flowers*, gets a hypnotic house treatment from hivern veteran marc piñol. the melancholy disappears to make way for a more hedonistic sound, more than doubling the songs length in the process.
more dance floor action comes from up and coming rbma alumnus clip!, who reshapes the introverted *good to see you* into a straight-up piano house monster.
as if that werent enough, these fine remixes are accompanied by the rather eerie non-album track *guess things happen that way*, a cover of the cowboy jack clement-penned 1958 johnny cash hit. yuri méndez, jr. at his darkest.

roll the dice reinforce their characteristic piano and synthesizer sound with a 26-piece string ensemble for this monumental third album. limited edition double vinyl in gatefold sleeve, cd-copy of the full album included.

for their 147th release, jazzy sport picked 7 tracks from the 2002 joe styles album *melodic era*.

nach seinem hoch gelobten album dripping point (2009), seiner ersten eigenen tacky dream ep und einem schönen remix für marbert rocel auf compost black label, ist der iraner shahrokh dini nun endlich zurück mit einer neuen 12 inch. für diese ep hat er sich mit dem production mastermind jan krause von beanfield zusammengetan. *shayan* ist ein mächtiger, düster swingender groover, der mit einem prägnanten cello thema überzeugt. die b-seite enthält zwei wahre deephouse monster! man wird durch hypnotische synthi-flächen und orgel-verspieltheit in den bann gezogen!

incl dont you want me !phil oakey and philip adrian wright the only original human league band members are joined by ian burden and jo callis on synthesizers and joanne catherall and susanne sulley on vocals for the bands third album on virgin records, *dare* released in october 1981. after three hit singles, *the sound of the crowd*, *love action* and *open your heart* the band released the final single from the album *dont you want me* which went to number 1 around the world and made *dare* one of the biggest selling albums of the year.
pressing on 180 gram heavyweight vinyl, housed in gatefold sleeve

jon hopkins mit *we disappear* aus seinem hochgelobten album *immunity* auf domino. auf der exklusiven single findet sich neben der singleversion (inklusive vocals von lulu james) weiterhin ein genialer, bisher unveröffentlichter remix von moderat, dem gemeinsamen nebenprojekt von modeselektor und apparat. das vinyl erscheint inklusive download-code.

the duo behind forward strategy group returns with their first release in almost a year. following the success of the “labour division” album and “the new formal” ep (both on perc trax), al matthews (bleaching agent, half of blacknecks) and patrick walker have worked with max_m and his m_rec ltd. to bring three complex and hypnotic cuts to vinyl fans and djs around the world.

after the highly anticipated release of his third studio album decay, efdemin presents the first part of a remix series featuring his favourite producers. bristols underground hero asusu inflates the reduced album opener some kind of up and down yes with deepest bass and beautiful scapes to the max in a true photek-style. last years control by staffan linzatti was one of the favourite constants to be played in every efdemin or lawrence set. luckily his version of solaris is another epic hymn here with futuristic enhancements of the third kind.the most extraordinary piece on decay versions part 1 is the borderland states rework of parallaxis. efdemins studio-mate john gürtler recorded that beauty with adding acoustic instruments only and sounds like a meeting of moondog with wim mertens.

tracks from the father-son duos debut album big strick and from generation next. from start to finish, smooth and heavy chords rain down from the gospels of house with fiery bass lines and thundering kick drums.

after his debut 12 inch on freerange in 2013, kito jempere (of saint petersburg disco spin club) releases this 5 track sampler from his debut cd album. chunky, percussive dance tracks including a hypnotizing house remix by juju & jordash. stamped and numbered this 12 inch comes in an intricate die cut custom sleeve. gorgeous packaging coupled with gorgeous music. out on his own fata morgana label.

die wild beasts veröffentlichen ihre zweite single aus dem aktuellen album -present tense- mit drei hochwertigen remixversionen als limitierte whitelabel 12inch. die midtempo-nummer entwickelt sich nach ruhigem beginn zu einer regelrechten hymne, die vom treibenden beat zusammengehalten wird und exemplarisch für das wohlbekannte gefühl aus zärtlichkeit, extrovertiertheit und perkussivem drive steht, das die wild beats seit jeher repräsentieren. trotzdem verpassen sie nicht die gelegenheit, sich auch auf diesem song weiterzuentwickeln. am stärksten wird dies wohl durch die parts deutlich, die zum mitsingen einladen und so -a simple beautiful truth- quasi zu einem selbstläufer bei live-performances machen. neben der albumversion des songs finden sich auf der whitelabel 12inch remixes von lone, darum und east indie youth!

having re-emerged to great acclaim on delsin in 2012 with an excellent album and ep offering, manchesters claro intelecto is back once again. this time out, following the label re-releasing his debut ep peace of mind, claro is serving up four brand new tracks that fuse his usual deep, dubby house and techno stylings to swathes of lush ambiance and delicate sound design.

marc houle meldet sich rechtzeitig zum sommer mit seinem neuesten artist-album, -cola party-, auf seinem imprint items & things zurück. -cola party- ist der heißersehnte nachfolger vom letzten, vielgefeierten houle-longplayer -undercover-, der 2012 erschien. das album enthält all jene elemente, die fans und liebhaber von marc houles releases so lieben und zu schätzen wissen. das einzigartige gemisch aus techno und jackendem, minimalistischem funk, das vom ersten bis zum letzten sound houles unverwechselbare handschrift trägt, beweist ganz klar, warum houle nach zehn jahren an der spitze immer noch einer der führenden producer im business ist

sacred geometry, complex polyrhythms and clean sound design all collide in the work of manchester outfit, akkord. with their critically acclaimed, self-titled debut album charting high in 2014s end of year lists, akkord are not resting on their success, and are already planning their next assault with this new body of work. hth020 consists of four tracks of much darker, moodier sounds, pairing monumental low-end frequencies with surgically precise production. the whole ep is centred around clammy, ominous atmospheres, underpinned by stomping beats and descending basslines, placing greater emphasis on the space in-between, and textured over with a doomsday ambience. the music that akkord create never strays out of their own minimalistic and direct approach to techno, but from there, and beyond, they touch on an ever-evolving variety of styles, which gradually drive us in front of an overwhelming and riveting soundscape. hth020 comes pressed on 180g grey vinyl, cut and mastered by matt colton at alchemy, with de-bossed artwork and a postcard insert.

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.

we are proud to announce new album from miguel lobo >miscellaneous minds< incl. 7 original tracks available soon on vinyl and digital... stay tuned! spanish young talent that with just 22 years has sign in many of the most important underground labels around europe. cécille, 8bit, defected, brise, just to name a few. he also get nominated in 2012 dj mag awards as best newcomer producer.

berk offset, dr.nojoke, coeter and vincent casanova – all outstanding artists in their field of work and specialists in modern electronic aesthetics – come together to remix the music from dinamoe s latest album l analogie d Échecs and move their pieces on the board. a record that seemingly slipped into our spheres from a future far away. interpretations and soundscapes not to miss!

brandnew full-length album by austrian shooting-star niereich … a must have in every recordbag!

truesoul records are proud to announce the release of *let your soul outside*, the debut album from reset robot in april 2014. behind the reset robot project is dave robertson, a producer who has released standout singles on labels like dogmatik, intacto and adam beyers truesoul imprint over the past 5 years. now he steps up with his debut album, the stunning *let your soul outside*.