through the gate of hell a wild savage forest of wretched souls had let me frozen and faint. now all is heard. lux rec presents the second appearance of echo 106 on the label. free download included.

every deejay or clubber who ever been to brussels heard of the wood club. for 4 years, the house in the middle of the bois de la cambre is resonating with electronic beats and is full of party people and music lovers from thursday to saturday. 1-st release to new label wood records (12inch white vinyl)

local talk is proud to welcome back tony blitz from c.r.s.t. - remember monster munch ep back in january? t stands for tony blitz, the one and very same we got on this release.
on the a-side we are treated to two slammin tracks, vodka & valium & bring it back are both the perfect mix between uk garage & house. studio wizard crackazat, last heard on our sub-label oneoffs, re-built the track into a piano driven house track infused with lots of melodies.

its been a while since weve heard a jam as bruising as nonsense. titles in techno often dont tell you much, and wed go as far as to say this badboy is really more no-nonsense.

a few words by steffen bennemann: when i heard margot for the first time, i instantly fell in love with their synth-driven free- form kraut-techno. strong melodies, insanely well-shaped beats, sometimes driving, sometimes bravely bending the rules. after great releases on james holdens border community, ivan smagghes kill the dj and their own label we were more than happy to welcome them in our holger family. here they can show their more experimental side, far beyond common floor/listening conventions and full of synapse-tickling synth magic. plus a secret pop hit (trentaseitrenta), perfect for closing any exceptional club night.

love fever, the infamous and erogenous east london discotheque and record label returns with some late night works in the form of ron jason and kim ann foxman s the dream project ep . after ron jason s paradise garage evoking and much played paradise lost (with love fever regular larry heard remixes) caught the ear of label bosses alex & andy last year with its depth and sincerity, ron was tracked down, discovered as italy s enigma simoncino and connected with brooklyn s fly girl and modernist diva kim ann foxman to explore possibilities in house.

the mysterious lord of italo hooks up with il bosco on the latest hot 4 tracker from red laser. a simple and dark bassline with haunting lasers creates the bubbling imagery of a journey through manchester at night. where are we heading? to the fukin disco mate. how we getting there? in il bosco s 10 year old ford focus with the fat system g. why is the underside all crumpled? cos dj emerald beached it in tib street car park. windows down on a summers night? no, theyre broken. kid machine rocks the quickest shit i ever heard him make with this italo-electro-disco smasher. the title track to a film score that doesnt exist maybe ? this sci-fi thriller gives bass line collectors their monies worth and the beats are seriously heavy, but my favourite thing about this recording is the glittering euphoric interludes that appear twice in the track and make the whole composition complete. his strongest stuff yet. yes yes yes starion returns with another cosmic italo disco bubbler. its the soundtrack to a film set thousands of years in the future about a pimpin robot called night flanger. he makes sure all the fembots undercarriages are maintained and well lubricated when hes on a night out drinking diesel and smoking aluminium too hot to handle. too cold to hold. dirty girl is a boogie electro funk jam from il bosco. a chopped up rare as fuck record. can you find out what it is? probably. if you do and you know how to contact the artist let us know... do not miss!

dj support from larry heard, tim sweeney (beats in space), maurice fulton & eric duncan.

major people is a new label from santiago salazar. the debut track *new beginnings* is more of a theme song for salazar as he introduces the major people label. modulating synthes can be heard throughout the track and the catchy bassline will warm any dance floor.
*technik* is a slice of sleek, contemplative techno that is far out on a late-night tip, leaving only a bouncing bassline and skipping tech-house beat to hold down the groove amongst the tune’s more ethereal sounds. on the remix, chicagos defend:r (ricardo mirandas alter-ego) takes apart the original to form a hybrid electro style remix laced with sub bass grooves and just the right amount of synths to take it to the next level.
this is the beginning of much more to come from major people.

liquid spirit marks gregory porters blue note records debut, which arrives on the heels of two critically acclaimed indie label albums that quickly propelled porter to the upper echelon of contemporary male jazz singers and earned him two grammy nominations. don was, president of blue note, encouraged porter to stay true to his artistic vision.
*i firmly consider myself a jazz singer but i enjoy blues, southern soul, and gospel,* porter says, *those elements make their way inside my music. and i ve always heard them in jazz.*

jacking drum machine driven cuts. a return to form for aos, and certainly not an fxhe release you want to be missing.

old-skool acid house alert! these tracks were recorded by jordan fields in chicago during the late 80s. just recently re-discovered on reel to reel tapes and as soon as we heard these beauties, we knew the world needs to have these on vinyl! starting off with among the kloudz which is a very raw & mental analog groovin acid house track. on the flipside youll find keepin it together, a warm soulful but yet club friendly mr fingers, virgo four alike track. this ep is for all the true chicago heads, enjoy!

vinyl only! crystal structures brings together two very special people for this, our second release. aubrey and mark ambrose, some of you might have heard about these guys, and if not, shame on you. proper legends on the british scene, one of the most prolific producers to date

in september 2010, blame one hit j57 up via twitter when he heard that the legendary nyc record store and hip-hop cultural icon fat beats was closing its doors, knowing that is where j57 worked, to tell him he was sorry to hear the sad news. they immediately clicked and linked up for a project. fast-forward to 2013 and they give you the *walk in the sun* lp.
pressing on orange-red coloured & marbled vinyl, includes code for mp3 download of the full album.

the last 12 inch in the invisible sunrise remix series and to say they have saved the best until last would be unfair on all the other amazing remixes but this really is a doozy. quiet village do what they do best - an exceedingly epic 13 minute tropical jungle chugger that transcends time and space to take you on a trip you are never going to forget. without a doubt one of the best things we have heard from qv in quite some time. on the flip the advisory circle provide what is perhaps the most beautiful remix - melodic, inventive and deeply lush. an anthemic come down for those moments when you need a big audio hug. simply gorgeous. lastly seahawks leave us with an unreleased mix of crystal beach which sounds like george benson tripping his nuts off on a beach in hawaii at 5am….languid jazz guitar, slo mo beats, the sound of the waves and some deep electronics ... what more could you want? seahawks at their finest and one more reason this is an essential purchase. swim on forever.

mysterious producer gerstaffelen here debuts on dutch label mos deep with the old villagers, a four track ep of grainy analogue house. if youve heard label boss aroy dee dj recently you may well have heard one of the tracks, which has already proven a success on knowing dancefloors around europe.

extremely ill charles manier (double vinyl only) album on chicagos, nation. weve not heard of this guy since his impressive ghostly international 12inch some years back. this self titled album takes that noise and cranks it right up over tipping point! thunderous gear! seriously decent electronics! tip!

every label has a >release of doom<, a 12 inch that was an incredible pain in the ass to put together and where everything imaginable went wrong. well this new trevino record was it! i wont go into details but this ep is too good to let bad karma prevail. >gone< has been a staple in my sets ever since i first heard it and >regnie< is possibly one of the best nighttime highway driving tracks (try it!). trevino, is he the best golfer in techno, or the most innovative techno producer on the golf circuit? fact is, im so happy this record finally sees the light of day and would be even happier if youd be into it too...

vicissitude - zu deutsch wandel, wechselhaftigkeit, unbeständigkeit - ist der titel des neuen, dritten albums von maps alias james chapman, das anfang juli auf mute erscheint. schwang im zweitling *tuning the mind* noch der hedonismus des mercury price nominierten erfolgsdebüts *we can create* nach, vermittelt das wunderschöne indie-rock/pop-album *vicissitude* nun die unmittelbare konfrontation chapmans mit der realität: *writing and recording coincided with quite a lot of things in my life changing. although things are good for me now, every song on the record comes from a long period of me having to take stock, to start again almost. i took myself out of everything and had a hard look at what i wanted to do and where i wanted to take maps.* den letzten feinschliff der platte übernahmen produzent und sound engineer ken thomas (sugarcubes, m83, sigur ros), der zuletzt auch an *we can create* mitarbeitete, und sein sohn joylon, der schon als programmierer und produzent für bands wie s.c.u.m. und telepathe aktiv war.

just when you thought it was safe to get back in the water two of drum & bass longest serving soldiers return with an ep of immense proportions on their own product recordings. with years of experience between them shining through craggz & parallel show their stripes in spades here with four brand new productions designed to put hairs on your chest, some of the most powerful drum & bass you will have heard this year.

been a long time since we ve heard anything out of miami like this! producer greg beato follows up his blazing ep for funkineven s apron records with another killer three tracker....serious shit, 100% tip!beato somehow just knows how to get it right combining all the crucial electronic elements, creating three absolutely monsterous tracks that will crush the dancefloor. sure it s been said before, but the music does the talking and this ep is a pure unharnessed example of such. guaranteed to be in every djs bag this summer. further proof it s game over for weak watered down dance music.

- new label from the chicago legend k-alexi shelby
- pressed on limited edition green vinyl
- brilliant remixes from glenn underground and ian pooley
- already supported by: larry heard, marshall jefferson ,mr v ,joe smooth, tedd patterson, mauri

midnight moves. thats what comes to mind when you listen to cale parks s n1, preferably at an hour long after dusk has settled around you in some beautiful, insomniac city. parks finds – or more aptly, seeks – beauty and grace in ambience and shadows. n1 starts as pure atmosphere – it feels at first like a sort of lovely sonic nothingness slowly taking form – before growing into the darkly lit, gorgeous moodscape it later becomes. a sensual bassline, a pulsing downbeat, a cinematic piano, strains of italo disco, and the sensation of breezing down a lightless road. if you could make sensuous shapes of the night – imagine kneading the dark itself – it might, at the very best, feel like this. the task of remixing parks s original is taken up by french duo paradis, who can otherwise be heard making music on tim sweeney s beats in space label. the paris-based producers shine a brightening light on parks s dusky creation, quickening its pulse and trading in its darkwave undercurrents for enlivening techno and house. theres an element of floating here – a dreaminess in the rhythms, an astral aspect to the keys beaming through the beats. and with the addition of vocals, sung in french – a pop finishing touch on a song that already feels like an earworm – the transformation is complete. this excellent introduction to cale parkss music is also his debut release on the hakt label.

the wonderful bokhari label return with their fifth release. young hungarian super talent gnork joins the bokhari stable with two summer beauties. lead track *you are totally* is a melodic delight, underpinned with precision drum work and healthy dose of feel good - a festival track if ever we heard one! solar striker is a stunning slice of emotive techno, with hypnotic, oscillating riffs and more of those superbly crafted rhythms. everyones favourite ukranian vakula, transforms solar striker into a sweaty warehouse banger.

by now you have probably seen or heard about the oscar winning documentary *searching for sugar man*, if not, we strongly suggest you to… it really moved us. ditongo did a tribute edit of rodriguez song *climb upon my music*. be careful, this is quite special!

simply he has never done us. the low-key friendly turkish producer with the unpronounceable name, has never made music for the hip all-together-happiness-floor. the man comes from jazz and blues. and at tolga baklacioglu means electronic music production to test the depths of house music. sometimes tricky, sometimes playful, sometimes psychedelic, but always deep. his tracks have often a length of eleven or twelve minutes. music takes time. prime-time music sounds different. and that is why we like him. and so tolga published with *feeling now and then* his fourth lebensfreude - ep. music that was heard up to buenos aires, where the argentine producer and dj violett (telegraph/unfoundsound/igloo) contributed a functionally magical remix. one thing we know. this time it will not be simple again. luckily.

cardiff massive giovanni branciamore and bradley albertides heard nicoles amazing sultry folky tones on the flowers of flesh & blood album and just had to work up some nip and bop to sit with her voice. nicole loved it and this is it! we are not too sure what to label this music under but tags of future nip hop ambient folk bop seem to be close. sarah burgess is a secret forest folky vocalist from york with a super soft ambient tone to her voice which was crying out for a touch of flyypost nip. luv*jams ambient alter ego flyypost slides out some wobbled out bass lines, floaty synths and a 68bpm raw kick drum all gliding on a bed of waves with sarahs stunning memories vocal. what style of music do we label this as? neo italo nip folk acid whop?

without trying to making it into a thing in its own right, there is a bit of a coincidence that is appearing for some of our houndstooth artists. following dylan richards chrysalis-like metamorphosis into house of black lanterns, alec storey is the latest artist to shift phase and re-christen his output after signing to our label, progressing from the al tourettes moniker in favour of the more becoming, second storey. whilst his new name might be in homage to the musical path set forth for him by his father, the four-track margosa heights ep sounds very little like anything you have heard from the bristol based producer before.

every label needs a strong summer release and we are pretty sure we found ours for this summer. from the very first second we heard this demo from stockholm based producer claes rosen (1/2 of dubstep duo l-wiz) we knew this would be one of our fave releases on local talk. seriously, its a real beauty! with a slight r&b touch, melodic chords and thumping house rhythms both tracks have that perfect contrast of soulful deepness and an uplifting feel. on the a-side daydreaming is a club friendly track with a bumpy house rhythm and smart r&b samples…the perfect summer tune! the b-side with wonderful is exactly what is says it is…wonderful! it is deep soulful house at its very best and music that puts a smile on your face every time your hear it. all in all its a fantastic package of exquisite house music ... enjoy the summer folks :)

in the current flood of edit labels and releases, legendary sound research are among the few pursuers of quality left. the second installment of the legendary edits vinyl series compiles the hardest working edit arrangers of the past couple of years: alkalino, rayko, jimmythetwin and label owner, the legendary 1979 orchestra. tracks that you might know take an entirely different form and vibe and tracks that you never heard before are ready to make dance.

after several go-to 12s on the always reliable lets get lost series, the mysterious marvin & guy drop their first on the prowl release! first up is estacy with driving percussion and a string driven groove that keeps building with subtle drops and hits. marcos cabral takes it into deeper territory with his heavy remix, definitely pushing the bottom end for the big room where it should be heard. on the flip we have moon import, a moody rhodes driven vocal track with panning synths to get you in a daze. then some upbeat disco house with shot me - a perfect track for your next loft party.

the debut vinyl release of editors kutz brand new imprint joins summer period with three juicy disco-house edits on tracks that we all love and danced back in the days. the ep features on side a a fantastic house edit by the talented russian dj / producer buzz compass on a fav by chaz jankel, plus an outstanding club edit by the greek disco stallion leonidas deejay, aka alien disco sugar, on a rare 12 inch version of ray parker jr. on the flip, vinyladdicted upraises the bpms with a house edit on the boogie oogie classic like you have never heard of before! 70s and 80s aroma, beefed-up, sampled, filtered a bit, extended and strictly made for bringing on the dance-floor a real disco fever-pitch!
limited red / brown coloured vinyl pressing.

heavyweight legendary acid house music figureheads such as larry heard, phuture (dj pierre, spanky), armando, marshall jefferson, k-alexi, farley jackmaster funk and more all feature in soul jazz records new highly stylised album compilation of classic and rare chicago acid and experimental house music from 1986-93. first of two volumes of super-loud supreme audiophile 180gm double-vinyl housed in deluxe gatefold sleeves and polyethylene inners, complete with full graphic novel inside, contains complete full-length 12 inch original fully-remastered heavyweight chicago acid at its loudest and best. digital download code included.

nice price deal !!! the mole is back its been 4 years since we heard his wagon repair >high as the sky<

ms. smooth socal soul meets mr. nocal dirtybird swagger and they have a baby together. that baby is justin jay and at 19 years old he is already making his 3rd appearance on dirtybird. i have a feeling this is justin jays breakout record. the a-side static is at 119 bpm and will sweep you up then rip your pants off. but even when you get hit with the massive bassline, an old school anchor stays intact. waves b-side has a classic deep dirtybird feeling, with tuned 808s and a surprising melodic element showing off the sweeter side of this up and coming young gun. justin jay has more potential than anyone i have heard in a while and if he continues to play like he has been lately, he has a long dj career ahead of him as well.

superb new diagonal release! 1st edition on red vinyl also comes in a screen printed poly jacket.
john cage once stepped into an anechoic chamber expecting to hear silence. instead, he heard the low-end throb of his own blood pulsing through his body. this is the story that gave blood music, the first new act on diagonal, their name. it is an appropriate one too: simon pomery, the creative lead and only ever-present member of the band, strikes his guitar with screwdrivers, mallets and his own bare fists, frequently putting real blood into the blood music that spits violently from the band.

superb reissue of ron trent s all-time deep techno classic altered states. made when he was still school-age, and released in 1990 on armandos seminal warehouse label, this record was an immediate underground club hit, turning ron into a local hero, kickstarting his hugely successful production and djing career and making him probably the only chicago house producer to rate one of the best techno singles of all time! this classic acid workout is stunning in its simplicity and has been described as one of the most perfect and moving tracks ever heard. the other tracks are also very beautiful in their own right despite having been overshadowed by the epic altered states - the afterlife was included on dj hells x-mix-5. all tracks digitally remastered for superb sound quality

some of you are probably asking themselves: where the fuck has patrick chardronnet been the past years? its not like he has not been productive. patrick has been very busy and we are sure most of you have heard his works, even though you had no idea they were his.

our first release in 2013 comes up with a new varied artist. we are very pleased to introduce you to the cologne-based dj and producer pfeiffer. after several digital releases it is about time to give this exceptional talent a chance for his first vinyl release. as a co-founder of the cologne-based rheinrhythmik event series he has created his own idea of music within the last few years. we are impressed and fascinated by what we have heard so far. four tracks, each of them perfectly suited for the dancefloor. enjoy!
musical support for the b-side comes from sandru on b1 and the fourth track on b2 is a collaboration with alexander siegel from the ordinary subject.

1nce again is back, this time with the first single in a double package! this is the first of two 12 inches containing one of our absolute favourite tracks from prolific producer ken duke aka dj duke. closer was orginally released back in 1994 on dukes power music records and the amazing klubb kidz mixes quickly found its way into many djs record bags, including label boss mad mats who rates the flava dub as one of his favourite deep house cuts of all time. if u ever heard mats spinning a house set chances are big you have heard this mix blasted loud! first up for remixes duties this time is mark seven, parkway/parkwest label owner, a true djs dj, a passionate music lover and record collector extrodinare. the so close mix of closer is deep house at its finest, an homage to the classic prescription sound keeping it ultimately atmospheric. the stalker mix continues on the same vibe yet develops into something more meaty and pumping during its course. together with the original klubb kidz flava dub and the mark seven mixes this release got everything a true deep house head needs.

daniel kyo ist ein aufstrebender künstler aus valencia. mit all i want veröffentlicht er beim zürcher label drumpoet community ein house-anthem, das einerseits vom detroit-techno-erbe beeinflusst ist, andererseits aber von einer mediterranen brise umweht wird. als sänger glänzt hier mr. white, der vor einigen jahren gemeinsam mit larry heard den hit the sun cant compare hatte. remixe kommen von john daly, kayefes (ron shiller, foster und dj kejeblos) sowie adriatique (diynamic).

excellent hypnotic house groover !!
new yorks borned and raised fred peterkin needs no introduction to the electronic music, world. having released on labels like underground quality, strength music, mule electronic and his own soul people music, ahd welcomes him after being fans of his music for years already and this ep is no exception to his extreme and unique quality. *reach* on the a side is a total dancefloor burner. one of the best tracks we have heard lately. keeps building from start to the end, having the peaking point when the arpeggio comes up fading in at the middle of the track. b side, *in the blue*, is the deep cut of the record and its a perfect example of freds dubby and warm feeling. check it out

the record that keeps on keeping on! to begin with it was only the fcl guys themselves and a few trusted friends who had a copy of this ferociously uplifting vocal record, but we play house recordings eventually released vinyl copies of the record late last year. now signed to defected and played, heard, sung and screamed everywhere from berlin to miami, this remix package from 2 of the most established names in house music and one of the hottest guarantees that it’s surely set to conquer the mediterranean over the summer months.

release number eight on london house maven george fitzgeralds manmakemusic label, the laszlo dancehall ep, connects two of the uks most exciting young producers: leon vynehall and christian piers. the sample driven crunch of vynehalls earlier productions on manmakemusic can be heard loud and clear complementing the canny but irresistible percussive and vocal shimmies of piers. aside track gave up, championed by george fitzgerald on his recent bbc essential mix for radio one, sets the pace and aims straight at the dancefloor with its strange sonic palette, at once euphoric and gritty. on the flip we get aint no time on which vynehall and piers give us their interpretation of classic house. the final track, manley harrison, is the strangest and arguably most original of the bunch and leaves the listener in no doubt as to why there is such a buzz about these two producers at the moment.

i had dinner with breach in london and he told me: hey, i have a track that is really dirtybird. i would put it out but its really sounding right for you guys. i took this with a grain of salt but then i heard lets get hot and i found out he was right. it has got the swagger and the sound. it makes girls grind their asses into boys crotches on the dancefloor. perfect. signed. so i then asked him to make something even more sexual, thinking it would be ages before i got something back. 10 days later the a-side came back to me as a 2 minute clip while i was on the train to warehouse project in manchester. i liked it so much that i edited it on the train to stretch it out to 5 minute. as expected, it slayed the room and the final version breach has delivered is one of the best records of the year in my opinion. with the simple title of jack you can see for yourself when you play it. this is the real deal. love, vonstroke

topset is the first vinyl release of the nu music label from hamburg, called tach & nacht. topset is a rich mix of deep bass, dry minimal babble with calming melodies and tech house kicks. newcomer dice start with their own and first vinyl ep. dice, also known as rausch & metrik are together in style and sound and they complement each other brilliantly. they offer an individual form of music that doesnt fit into once specific genre. the release is backed up by the renowned remixer miyagi & m.tuschy (topset). they are both influenced by deep & tech house with slightly hypnotic techno sounds, what is heard in the remix of topset very clearly. and of course mareue, better known as heymann & stietzel with their northern seaside influenced style. have fun and listen

supported by: ben sims, ben westbeech, brothers vibe, chris duckenfield, d julz,xpress 2, iron curtis, kirk degiorgio, larry heard, lawrence, mr g, norm talley, nyra, phil asher, raresh, recloose, red rack em, trickski & more

recorded in 1989, this is one of the rare and sought after recordings by larry heard.

what did you do the year you turned 21? hip-hop prodigy fashawn earned a spot on the cover of xxl magazine, toured the world and built a rep as one of raps new rising stars. fashawns debut album, *boys meets world*, was heralded by critics and fans alike as one of the best albums of 2009 for its gritty, streetwise and intelligent rhymes. some even compared his introductory opus to nas brilliant *illmatic*. it was enough for xxl to name fashawn to its list of hip-hops best freshman.
fast forward to 2012 and over 200 shows and 2 mixtapes later fashawn is back in full effect with his latest release *champagne and styrofoamcups*. featuring taylor gangs wiz khalifa, mfn mr. exquire, kobe, k young, chevy woods and more champagne and styrofoam cups is considered a top release in 2012. working with boy meets world producer exile, fashawn also called upon hip hops next generation of producers in dj dahi (kendrick lamar, dom kennedy), rahki (eminem, 50 cent) and classic west coast producers jake one and hecktik.