great dark driving techno tunes styled up with some detroit and electro vibes and a more proggy touched remix by ignition technician

entered buzz charts this week, huge hit expected for this end of a year. after making a name for himself as the hottest young producer on the block (bloc party, maximo park, the rapture to name a few) paul epworth finally releases his own much anticipated solo material as phones. for those familiar with his floor slaying remixes under this alias for artists as varied as new order, goldfrapp, roxy music and black strobe, sharpen the knives and worryin hit the dancefloor hard. sharpen the knives is an agitated, visceral monster that climbs to a breakdown, leaving you begging for mercy, but with a huge grin on your face. >worryin< is a slower affair, still dark and digital and ever so slightly menacing. both tracks are a taste of great things to come from this prolific talent, leading into an album some time in 2007

""highgrade is back with another smash by our heroes phage & daniel dreier, a crew having an enormous flow at the moment, be it on the wheels of steel, as an explosive live act or on vinyl.they submitted us three more minimal trax out of their dark chambers, dry as hell, hypnotic and psychedelic, but with such an outburst of creativity and flexibility you just can`t categorize these trax. we are pretty sure this trax will validate some floors on their stableness; file under hypnphouse and keep the damn frequency high!.""

three tracks that look straight to the dancefloor and shout out loud: fight for your right to party! pablo clearly reveals that he is up to pushing grooves, provocative tunes and approves the more functional gangue of karmarouge noir. pablo akaros distances himself from contemporary explicit minimal techno by adding some real dirdy sound elements always well touched with a pinch of vodoo. the a-side track >konnekt köln< is an euphoric rave track wich is characterized by a sophisticated sound architecture of lovingly selected rough and disturbing elements. hands up. >pestana pegada< on the flip side is dark but funky

here comes part 3 of the >a place called nowhere< series by hard techno masters michael burkat & lars klein !!

hot italo disco single by sally saphiro with some authentic italo disco for all lindstrom, daniel wang, i-f, alden tyrell fans! also including the very nice by your side in the extended club version and two nice mixes by old disco-wave freak mr rude 66. nice package to get you through the december month!

the makers of the capital of quality techouse that is constantly changing, expanding, relocating and restructuring itself, are entering futuristic territories, recalling some of the finest moments of the present before setting off into the future...

ireland s legendary fish go deep duo team with the unique soulful singer songwriter mary cigarettes for this killer two-track vocal release >chemical god.< don t be fooled by the name - mary is a guy with a rugged, scratchy flow that reallyshines through on the main mix, highlighted by the tight percussion and key stabs of the track. definitely an appealing vocal for the ben watt and buzzin fly heads. on the flip the dub strips things down nicely with some disco strings and a tight hypnotic groove. not your usual generic house musicmessage but a real powerful song. great stuff on this one

vol 3 of the excellent dark side of disco compilation feat some long lost dancefloor gems from the nu wave early 80s periode including soft cell, david byrne, the police, david bowie and many more a must have

after the highly successful debut release on moodmusic >machine ate my homework< (played/charted by roman flügel, hell, tiefschwarz, james lavelle, kiki, loco dice etc) from london based gavin herlihy, we offer you the next step in the form of >so thats what happens<. produced together with partner in crime craig torrance, this bad-ass funk fuelled minimal influenced dancefloor monster has allready created a huge buzz on ultra limited promo cds.. allready hammered by ewan pearson, kiki, tiefschwarz, damian larazus among others this one will prove that these guys are no one-hit wonders! for some extra kick we asked isolée aka rajko müller to drop his kraut electronics all over >so thats what happens< – beefing up his 808 and assorted rattlesnakes, isolée creates a stellar arrangement with so much finesse and soul it could be another future classic

for some people this track was one of tiga s next freakin electrohouse burner, made for the peaktime. contains remixes from erol alkan and boys noize

raise your voice features the vocal talent of one juan wells. the production skill set of jaimy is outstanding. it has a kick drumthat isnt stale, a growling bassline and some percussion in the high end that shows some real emotion. tcks remix brings amazingelements to the table! the song really breathes life into itself when it comes out of the break

dj venom is one the producers behind of the latest incognito albums, and the album >equilibria< on far out recordings by the new brazilian diva sabrina malheiros, (daughter of alex from azymuth). been a regular at the arision s camp from the beginning with his alias vipersquad, he finally drops a visionary album, reworking some of the greatest tracks by marco di marco (from the album >my london friends< with guest like nathan haines on sax/flute) but also some jazz dance original classic like >par avion< or >bossa with regards<. on this 12inch sampler you find a masterpiece created in collaboration with big bang >bossa of the future<. it s an authentic piece of pure techno-jazz that slides from past to future with his jazzy double bass and his carl craig s styles synthetisers. on side b side there s the massive bossa reconstruction of >up west<, lost between the sax of mr nathan haines and the percussion of the quintet from >my london friends<, mr venom introduces his distinctive sounds, echoes of new jazz revolution

it has been over four years since koops last album waltz for koop was released. today the record is still considered their breakthrough record because it sold over 160.000 units worldwide. the critics and fans were raving about the band and even the legendary director woody allen fell for the stockholm based duo and featured their hit single waltz for koop in his film match point. on their new album called koop islands they take us back in time on a enchanting journey into the era of swing orchestras and jazz crooners spiced with some exotic mento, calypso and chanson elements.the first 12 features three nice reworks done by some of swedens finest producers in club sound. markus enochsons transforms i see a different you into one of his trademark deep house tunes while hird puts the vibraphone scented ballad koop island blues into a completly new context by creating a slow rolling dub mix. tiger stripes picks up the pop appeal of the album and delivers a sunny house version of lets elope a perfect radio tune!watch out for a second 12“ coming up on compost records with more fresh remixes by beanfield, alif tree and the innocent sorcerers

the new enliven music release comes with a minimal clubtrack that is ruled by a rolling bass and some wooden sounds that will power up the melancholic voice and some mysterious special effects resounds out of the autumnal foggy woods. the mobilee and einmaleins artist pan-pot supplies this release with a bit more aggressive remix

after his much applauded tribute to manuel göttsching, norwegian martial arts grand wizzard blackbelt anderson returns with another deadly sample of his secret technique: the main cut >alfaz de pi< molds the ancient styles of cowbell driven space disco and ruff acid into a powerfull weapon for dancefloor action. >sandoz< overwhelms in a more gentle way with its sweeping balearic chords and the melancholic melodie while the prins thomas edited >snake eyes< hands out some hard capoeira style slaps. surely one of the most crushing releases on full pupp so far.

pedro delgardos yin yang has become a worldwide trademark for solid floor techno with a true funk vibe. with an ever-growing catalogue featuring some of the finest artist in the scene, it includes many of the mans very own productions and remixes. pedro again drops a massive peak-time rework of killians fresh outing. volume 15 presents some of that sweet and funkin stuff we all come to love so much, and ep filled with rolling bassline, sharp snare action and nothing but explosive energy!

new electro-tech-house label founded by norm (king kong records). parquet recordings starts with an electro-tech-house peaktime track from the label-leader himself with his new project solee. next to the original mix there are 2 stunning minimal-techno mixes... the first remix comes from yassin & arne, one of the hottest newcomers in the minimal techno, scene at the moment. they already released on 3rd floor records next to trentemøller and duplex 100. 2nd rmx by schatz & wickinger (releases on elektro komfort & traum schallplatten), who work closer to the original but adding some new flavour. great start for this new high-quality label. don t miss it! full dj support by: satoshi tomiie, martin landsky (pokerflat rec.), joachim garraud, dms (great stuff rec.), joe t. vanelli, mijk van dijk, flash brothers, monoroom and others…

unreleased mixes ep with some interesting new directions from some of nite groove s best. guy gerber s track has expertly layed out parts from funky clavs and disco shakers to a powerful bass beat and dreamscape chords. the other tracks include a deep and lush dub instrumental by mr v of jon cutler s and romain s classic >deja vu<, also by mr v a roots instrumental of johnny dangerous s >beat that bitch< and to finishis agora rhythm s latin themed >viaje<

one of the biggest tracks from 2006 getting a fresh set of remixs courtesy of some serious chicago house all stars. green velvet s -shake and pop- blew up dancefloors worldwide with its cool vocals, and now this ep features some real funky dancefloor pleasers. mark grant sets it off with a vocal and dub mix that highlight the vocal and the quirky electro bass funk from the original. meanwhile the big poppa dj sneak turns in a jacked up mix that focuses nicely on the vocal from the original. some very hot dancefloor material, don t sleep on this one

missile records welcomes back slovenias alenia with the follow up to his party starting >rough cabaret< on missile 59. for >stranger in sao paulo< he enlists the high-energy assistance of label boss tim taylor to whip up a very striking and memorable funky journey with some old-skool italo influences

label owner glenn wilson kicks of his 2006 assault by teaming up with stockholm new breed manuel fuentes. a1 sees glenn lay down a slamming stripped down twisted fat cut, >make um clap< which rips through some analogue sequences and pitched voxs, while keeping some solid twisted funky edits this cuts never eases up from start to finnish, manuel pumps the b1 with unity a fierce slammer which breaks down into nice grooves while layered with funky drums and percussion. glenns >we got too< cut, completes the release with once again a tough voxed workout appealing to the harder funk mob

sweden s mighty joia label team up 3 key producers on >strike me down< more proof if needed that they are one of the worlds key underground house labels set on making the industry sit up & take note. remix of strike me down courtesy of sweden s henrik b adds a whole new edge to the track working in some driving riffs & a punchy charged elements to perfectly compliment the driving, deeper original mix. >strike me down< has been a firm favourite track this summers session among djs like sebastian ingrosso, steve angello david guetta steve lawler eric prydz erick morillo, mark knight…

the restart of the legendary evolution/universal language label! the first 3 mind blowing releases (re-mastered) and presented as a limited 3x12 package (the reload ep, the autoreload ep and the biosphere ep). mark pritchard and tom middleton released in the early 90s some highly limited records on their evolution label which later became universal language. all records were groundbreaking releases and tom and mark continued to produce many great records as reload, global communications, jedi knights, harmonic 33 and several other projects. these 3 records represent the beginning of the electronica movement which they started with like minded artist such as aphex twin, the black dog, autechre and some others. deep raw and forward thinking techno in the same style as aphex twins early releases, as one or balil. mark and tom were strongly influenced by derrick may, juan atkins, carl craig, kraftwerk, mike dunn and richie hawtin to name a few and they produced some amazing records which still are not outdated almost 15 years after their original release. among their fans of their releases is a huge list of big names who all recognized the quality of the music made by these two guys. this is a great package with all three of the ultra rare original releases together. must have

support by: hell, mandy, o. koletzki, inaqui marin... it is already here the long awaited album of citizen kain. the meteoric progression which they have represented all their maxis and specially its spectacular live act ones over europe, together with its increasing international recognition, causes that this disc becomes its definitive consolidation like one of the bands of the moment

hypnotic and deep, but always funky, stuart li takes the listener on a journey back into time to early days as well as providing us some classical techno groove. instead of just utilising tools to create sounds, he is a good deal more telling us little, well selected stories.with his elaborate and sophisticated arrangements, his melodic loops and the seductive, pushing bassline, he delivers three different, sometimes minimal, but always melodic new pieces on this second vinyl on versatile records

just need music is an uplifting production with a dark and dirty groove with an overall fresh sound. kemist has used weird sound effects and elements very creatively.the message equals the title of the track and one can say that it comes from his heart. jaimys remix on the flip starts off with a tribal rhythm and builds up to a very energetic uplifting tribal progressive tune with some old skool house flavors.kemist has released tracks on labels such as hooj choons, low pressings, tommy boy, j records, jellybean, lajja recordings, fatal music and tweekd.

rob is back with some fire for your decks. after some releases as robert babicz on labels like k2, treibstoff, audiomatique, punkt, etc.., he has done it again. now its time for some acid !!!

stay around was supposed to be the follow up single of let the sun shine .unfortunately,it wasn t more than a supporting role beside the strongest milk & sugar track ever.but sometimes a good song is like a good wine it may take some time until its real quality is revealed.after erick morillo was hammering stay around as the opening anthem of his 2005 pacha ibiza sets,everybody recognized that time had come now. this limited spain pressing contains mixes from the superstars dj delicious & till west, eddie thoneick and milk & sugar original 2006 mix

kanzleramt freshman peter horrevorts continues with his follow up 12 inch >vaporize<! once again he kicks over the dancefloor as sound-vaporizer. he ties up his debut single >birth< and delivers a stunning two tracker of timeless electronic masterpiece. both parts come in a playfull spheric soundscape and will sure rough up some dancefloors together with the bouncing bassdrum..

david love calò and saba san are back with the second chapter in the loudtone vinyl series. with previous moon gas ep they touched hearts of some of the most influential djs around like timo maas, ralf and alex neri. the new music output of this weird duo from florence is, as always, a superb melt in pot of styles, grooves, samples and cultures, all driven by africa, a killer little track for all the leftfield disco spinners out there. come and discover the loudtone world

first remix features rick preston and dtc doing a deep house rework. the infectious groove is set off with crisp percussion, bubbly washes, electric guitar riff and chopped up vocaleffected into heady subliminal hooks. sunny guitar sols, warm chord progressions and timely effects round out the cut. trademarqs approach on their mix is a bit left of cente as they twist and mangle the original. they stretch and deform a few key parts into a truly unique cut. a cutting edge sound with shuffling and jacking beats leading into some massive sub bass and a haunting sustained synth line.chopped up vocals and dubbed out playful piano complete the sound

layne fox and triangle orchestras corey black team up as ruffy & tuffy for some tracky deep house with disco derived boogie action green gorilla lounge. mr. badass walkin fits that description perfectly, hinting at disco mania with the odd sample snippet while keeping the groove nice and sensible. dj m3 alters the track in an electronic style, adding a new wave accent, vibrating bass and the odd guitar lick. b side sookie nah is cool, building, slice of boogified house

huge collaboration here between sweden s top duo tiger strips and the red-hot kerri chandler. >rain song< is an absolutely stirring vocal cut with some heavy duty afro-latin percussion and powerful brass moving things along. top peak hour track right here. on the flip you ve got two tiger stripes mixes - a hot dub and an instrumental - that take a more techier approach. very similar vibe on these to kerri s massive >bar a thym<

cool mashups between some vocal classics and recent electro house tracks for a lot of peaktime action not to be missed

better known as volum and as one half of angry robots volsoc (his musical partnership with justin maxwell), jean-paul bondys output to date has often been categorised as electro, but not as we know it, jim. since the early 90s bondy has been bringing us his vision of a cartoon future of blips, bleeps, squeaks and tweaks, all fed through your speakers and straight into your brain by a rhythmic salvo of breakbeats, bass, and straight-up, glitched-up funk.. bondys first solo album, >the path of most resistors< marks the culmination of this effort to date, while at the same time representing a subtle departure – not just for bondy, but for compost too. make no mistake, this is a record that is grounded in the kind of solid, machine funk grooves, synthetic melodies and sci-fi atmospheres that the best electro has always brought us

repress !! the man behind the fantastic, collectible mojuba imprint and producer of some in-demand releases on styrax don williams is behind another high-class project: on the a.r.t less imprint he showcases more his detroit side and gets right down to business with a fantastic one-sider that holds a cracking peak-time cut reminiscent of maurizio s legendary >domina< track, a beautiful melodious ambient cut ( pressed inside out! ) and plus a locked-groove.

the fourth 12 is a best of sees some of his mid 90s dark comedy material, like track and chasers. both these tracks were initially released on his own art of dance label as a 12 inch only. if this is not enough to excite you, we also included another dancefloor bomb entitled >dark disco<, which was released more recently on a demf cd only and is now available on 12 inch. another slice of essential techno history!!

opossum recordings owner marcel jochmann tortured the controllers in company with tigerskin. the result a 3 beautiful abtilopses, full of grace and ready to rock the easy way, expect some real nice bootyshakers

dark and spooky. osvaldo steps up to the couldron with some mysterious rhythm trickery. please welcome our new vampire buddy osvaldo. he is not scary but funny and geeky. recording here from now on, you will know him as bruno pronsato that fly italian dude who has been rocking the scene! so here it is, a full ep of four cultured cuts to stoke your fires and increase vibes in general... support from shonky...

stevie sole and milton jackson have teamed up again under their baracus guise to roll out a todd terry inspired cut jus beats backed with some more stomping house music

while everyone else was enjoying the summer of the century ( and probably the world cup ) the botox boys hurled themselves in the studio and indulged into a cosmic electronic >kraut< session. on the hard stomping >lada rock< cosmo vitelli lays down a stoic one note bassline and grants tekels julien briffaz some time to get freaky with hard metallic, stumbling beats behind his drumkit before skanking guitar chords preludes several minutes of countless dramatic organ and synth erruptions. after this wild freak-out your body gets a rest, its now the mind that gets messed with, the slow moving >drive by shooting< with its neverending, grinding, menacing cascades of hot-lava like synth tides sounds like a dark balearic tune on bad acid

ortin cam is only 23 years old but already has releases on labels such as missile, traum, minimaxima, session, lupp, spilo... this year hes also being asked to produce the i love techno 2006 anthem!on selected worx we can find some of his best tracks to date. gladiator is a speedy j kinda brutal dancefloor destroyer for those peaktime moments. crack music sounds a bit funny and could have been made by daft punk! find my way is a truly beautiful dreamy/trancy minimal stomper and miles apart is ultra funky dancefloor stuff that will make your crowd go wild

as a coproducer of jennifer cardini he could already rest on some laurels, but he still has own plans. after a lonesome 12inch on freak n chic this likeable party terrorist, not goes free of charge with paris anarchos like dj:terry: co-operates, now to the attack. sub static presents two properly psychedelic minimum racketeers as they could hardly fall out more individualistically.correctly fitted with spring beats deliver the through ball for precisely placed schizo chords and who is still responsible there, has missed the takeoff. hypnotically the sounds mill themselves by the bodies and hatch behind the diaphragm, only to press ahead at the right moment like alien out of ripley. techno, how he raves and dances. to one howls, yesyes

markantonio strikes again with something you cannot afford to miss. the dj and producer from italy created a very steady label that always delivers the good in style and features some of the best artists around, like the advent on the previous volume and valentino kanzyani on this fresh new cut !

played by: ricardo villalobos, luciano, magda, dan curtin, zip,.. its been a great year soo far for the talented mr. haze, as he continues to push the boundries of electronic dance music. this record is a clear cut example of why things started to get real, real hot all of a sudden. with this special release, jay s first release on the label he started 7 years ago - jay translates what it is like to be >big pimping< in berlin, germany. jay moved to the electronic music mecca just 3 years ago and has steadily advanced through one of the most competitive market places with lightining speed. so in some sense this record >berlin pimping part2< is another fond dedication record to the city which provides soo much for jay. (the first was jay s record on german label musik krause >berlin pimpin/love affair<)

cocoon artists and spanish residents are new on the pickadoll roster. their first ep for jd answers all questions.. body jackin electro flavours combined with some truly hypnotising neo trance elements all plugged together with hot minimal house sexiness in the rhythms

montreal born native alex hender started his career in the mid 90s. after watching one of his friend djing at a high school dance party, he decided to buy a pair of turntables, a mixer and began shopping some records. its in a record shop,at the age of 15, that he discovered the sound of new york and chicagos house.alex has been a resident in some of montreals most famous clubs. the legendary limelight was his first home. he also played at redlite, gravity and a lot of other gigs around the city. being a buyer for years in a record shop, alex got in touch and upfront with whats hot & whats the next big thing.his musical style got a lot of influence from the funky chicago stuff and the dirty german minimal tech sound.since then, aside from djing and collecting an amazing amount of vinyls, alex focuses more into production, to reach another step in his career. we can only expect greater things to come from him in the future

the first release on the new sushitech sub division pariter. produced by alejandro lopez (minimise) who hails from gijon in northern spain. alejandros first meeting with electronic music was in the mid 90s when he started listening to detroit techno and chicago house. this is where alejandro has taken his influences from to compose his own music. this ep holds 3 incredible techno tunes. on the a side you will find poligono, using a dark twisting melody over immense techno beats all tied together with a bassline that is sure to sound fat on any big sound system. this track sounds better and better every time we play it! on the flip side you will find another 2 great tracks, bigudi is another big techno tune with a driving bassline and vocal cuts all fused together with an amazing rhythm. this tune is definitely in the right direction of where techno is going in the world today! the last track on the ep estaferia continues on with the groove of the ep with some lush programming. let the music do the talking