moving to london, producing two sell-out records with mall grabs steel city dance discs, and nailing mixes for rinse, nts and boiler room, made 2018 a landmark year for australian-born producer and dj loods. following his extensive touring across the uk and europe, loods has been working away in the studio to produce his classic music company debut. this two-track 12inch marks an impressive label outing for the artist, as title track walking away offers a summer-ready sound with soft keys, a soulful vocal sample and lilting beat. on the b-side is the deep and grooving the feeling, where the burgeoning artist presents another track primed for summer dancefloors with this disco house number.
a four-track acid ep by veteran producer warlock, out on kalbata s brush & broom label. ex-amount of jaw-grind action from the london underground legend. violent rays and swearings are both straight-up warehouse workouts, comfortably placed next to reflective after-hour gushers run dc and cave tone. once again, warlock demonstrates stunning crisp production, touched by old-school heritage, dating back to pre-94 legislation times. essential.
originally released on the seminal london housing benefit imprint,straight out of swag records many labels, swag classics 003 is the work of eddie richards and gideon jackson. since its 2001 debut the ‘a side biscuit barrel blues has steadily become what you might call a bonafide, 100% kosher tech house classic. delighting clued up clubbers the world over with its laid back, but strangely compelling, effortlessly driving groove, its a track thats grown in stature with each passing year. the other side pull tab to open (bit of a fast food theme going on here) is another dance floor gem in the original tech house style. now available again on vinyl for the first time in 17 years.
rush released!! not presold. star creature’s space funk bass hunk hero ourra drops this stylish disco boogie groove featuring london’s alena on vocals. originally slated for release in the fall, but rush released due to demand. peaktime summer dance floor heat in both vocal and instrumental versions. pressing on red coloured 7 inch vinyl.
A LOSS IS PERMITTED TO OPEN ITS EYES... (ORANGE LP)
Coloured 12 Inch 27.06.19
a loss permitted to open its eyes for but three hours and there glimpsed, finally in focus a mystery that begs earnestly, “ask me nothing” now, once more the problem is yours alone. keiji haino & charles hayward live at the copeland gallery, london. pressing on translucent orange vinyl.
frisk - a shortlived, late 90 s project brought to you by the team of terry francis, jiten acharya & gideon jackson, all active members of south london s infamous swag & eye 4 sound crews
stockholm limited is back with an amazing one sider! the b side gets an outstanding etching. strong limited remix edition on par grindviks very own imprint.
2019 repress ! heads up! the london based party opia delivers a stunning ep for their label debut.
a 4-tracker va ep with spacey techno infused breaks with the participation of artist from all around the world! the berlin based dj and producer audri, the uruguayan talent luis malon, basement space from sweden fresh from his debut ep on slow life and binary sound boss antoine sy directly from france.
placebo are still brimming with new ideas. recorded over three months by producer dave bottrill (chosen by the band largely because of his work with tool) in his toronto studio and mixed in london by my bloody valentine, smashing pumpkins and nine inch nails supremo alan moulder, placebos sixth album is a startling, alive, vital and boundary vaulting record that marks a whole new era for a band that were in need of a change.
as the end of our event series in london is approaching, we present a special release by binh to celebrate the last 7 years of parties in the capital. after many years of friendship and frequent guest appearances of the berlin-based producer at undersound, we present this special edition 2 tracker on 10- marbled vinyl.
meda fury welcomes tom wrankmore aka eliphino to the imprint for a stunning ep of thunderous breaks, 303’s and serious sub-bass pressure. hailing originally from the leeds, but with wider travels to settle down in both london and berlin, wrankmore’s music embraces hip-hop, rave, and uk garage. he now serves up a pungent confection pitched between the hessle audio crew, joy o and demdike stare’s most recent efforts. having released heaters for brownswood and hoya hoya over the years, eliphino now debuts as part of the meda fury family with the realistic sex ep. wrankmore has been locked away in his studio for the last 1.5 years, abstaining from gigging and releasing records to knuckle down and produce, emerging with a new darker edge and a much more hardcore sound. tom explains: “the theme of the ep is trusting your intuition in an information flooded world. i’ve collaborated with visual artists tom pounder & jon harris who have created two videos for the release, one for disc rhythm and one for realistic sex.- meda fury boss nick williams, “tom s new music epitomises to me what modern club tracks should sound like - wild, energetic, deadly. he’s discovered his own dark new world of sound fusing breakbeat, acid, speed garage and even industrial stylings”
italian house music pioneer ltj releases two funky edits and hosts a lush rework by canadian heavyweight dj and producer eddie c on london label untitled (recs) for the second installment of the imprint s u(r)blue series. 2 sides, 2 heavyweights groovers!
lapsus records proudly presents the first solo material from scottish artist ‘brick reds, black mauves’, and is due for release at the end of april. behind the brick reds, black mauves pseudonym is producer alex ander, better known as part of the renowned duo, dalhous, one of most interesting projects to emerge from london label blackest ever black
hearlucinate was born as a party in leeds, england and is now taking it s vibe to the capital london for a series of events. at each of these parties there will be a limited edition record created by resident tristan da cunha and the special guest of the party. for the debut release we have tone dropout s dance floor detonator dawl dropping two tasty cuts , tristan da cunha coming with a nice house club bubbler and freakenstein punching in with a strong debut in the shape of a booty banging electro jam. designed purely for the dance floor ... these jams are guaranteed to slam.
limited repress! carried by the eponym track that added the yt views up to 2 millions, bellaire’s first ep “paris city jazz” - sold out at 1500 copies – allowed him to make his first steps on the european scene with a summer tour through london, berlin and brussels before the release of his second ep.
spatial cues releases split singles and solo eps that sound out main(void)’s and kon janson’s shared musical space. operating out of berlin and london, the two artists join forces to showcase their mutual vision of techno music
theres no better man to mark the fiftieth release on wolf music than south london stalwart and og wolf family, medlar. marrying techy touches and ukg stylings, with sonar bumps and medlars signature, sample-heavy groove, its a fitting way to bring in the half century.
blond london wonder joe corti is back on better listen to kick off whats sure to be a big year of releases for him. fourth base balances big party tracks meant for roughing up the room (oh lord) and the title track, for instance) as well as the sly filter disco sound of lula and the surely anthemic the first time
the fourth release from london-based label eya continues to shape out an intriguing identity that nods to classic techno tropes while charging ahead with their own agenda. label boss jos -planet eya- sets a lively pace with its forthright drum machine jack offset by warm synth licks. evil knebel matches the tempo and weaves in a cosmic set of tones, which poten then cosigns with the equally trippy, propulsive -intransigence-. jos is back at the helm for closing track -purify-, which strikes a darker tone without losing that raw, vintage techno flavour that makes this label one to watch.
london based rico casazza has been sliding out warm, harmonically rich techno for over 10 years now, shoring up on labels such as bonzai elemental, archipel, stock5, cartulis music, variance and more. on his latest release, which lands on sterling techno imprint murge recordings, he s channeling the spirit of detroit in a plush spread of warm and expressive synth shapes. -transmutation- is strong in its original configuration, but it s also propped up by some classy remixes from big hitters. kirk degiorgio steps up first with a tense, darkside techno workout for the peak of the night. aubrey then pings things up into a trippy, heavy-rolling workout drawn from the freakier end of the spectrum.
contemporary house merged with space-age jazz & broken beat from copenhagen newcomer nejrup on debut release manda backed by a uniquely off-kilter remix from london soul stalwart k15 (eglo / wild oats) manda is a selection of intricate compositions for the dancefloor with a jazz centered approach to combining dance grooves with modular soundscapes & live instrumentation. for nejrup, a self-learned synthhacker, pianist and producer from copenhagen, his debut manda is a result of years of experimentation and never-ending practice and noodling on his fender rhodes & homebuilt synth collection. delivering a compositional complexity influenced by radiohead and floating points, while letting his tunes simmer with airy synths and improvised live instrumentation combined with a love for depthful harmonies. k15 backs the release with a soothing, heavily syncopated remix, as only he could do it. the londoner, whose soulful touch and ear for melody has earned him high status in the jazz encompassing house- and broken beat circuit, through kyle hall’s ‘wild oats’ and alexander nut’s ‘eglo records’ and as center of the culross close outfit.
formed in 92 with voice, distorted bass and drums. band s symbol comes from a sign placed on witches graves, which is jolly. the assurance of the old sound sustained through energetic expression rather than shallow noise. two mc s through energeia, simon dreams in violet ( 93), dreaming the lost ( 94).- had mick mercer s hex files: the goth bible been published a year later he would have added: -and the self-released mc follia ( 95) on their own label interior deus.- 25th anniversary limited edition vinyl of 341 numbered copies. comes with a 16 pages insert also including digital album + bonus track.
repress 2019 - all that jelly and no toast - like when you find a bomb tune that s unavailable on 12-. the new sublabel of smile for a while is exactly about this. clubby house music by well-established producers as well as from lesser-known guys. french guy alex agore opens the ep with the lowtone remix of -what did i do- - cut-up garage house to the maxx. max chapman from london delivers another belter, a bassline-driven organ house tune with a minimalistic but very effective set-up. oleg poliakov - aka skat and one of the guys behind circus company - comes up with a sublime but powerful tech house tune, in the original sense of the genre name. -jazzve- is a tune by russian producer mutenoise. it s maybe the most original, innovative tune on this ep. full of surprises and cutting-edge elements - hard to compare to anything else around these days.
ltd 2019 repress ... after a string of well received releases on the likes of 22a and alexander nut’s hotep, henry wu steps forth with his most bold statement to date with ‘good morning peckham’ on the rhythm section international imprint. arguably one of the most hotly-tipped producers in the uk right now, wu’s broken compositions and deep jazzy keys have earned him plaudits from scene veterans as well as peers, all keen to see what henry will do next. with a refreshing take on rhythm and a virtuosic musicality born out of years of recording and touring as a session player, henry wu represents a brightly shining light in the already glowing london community. equally adept on the keyboard as he is on the mpc, on good morning peckham, we are also given a further insight into the mind of wu as he takes to the mic - toasting along to the soon-to-be-classic ‘ croydon depot’ and spitting on the intro to the broken beat inspired ‘neezy’. a south east londoner born and bred, henry’s debut on rhythm section has been a long time coming and it seems that it was worth the wait as henry presents 6 tracks of white hot intention. henry wu is a name that we are going to hear a lot more of in the future….
a unique voice within the new uk jazz generation, sarah tandy’s “infection in the sentence” is shaped by london’s thriving and diverse live music scene.
shout out to my barrys da mix, leon, vonnett, james, tilde, jamie k, edem, mr2, fugee, 88.2 crew, leon at music house, loxy, mike p, logos, parris, mickey pearce, scratcha, all the silent listeners and all the bedroom ravers. run out groove etching im oldskool like stratford rex, i’m oldskool like templ
love for the music should be the driving force of any producer and lee gomez aka wipe the needle clearly shows this with his latest release for local talk. enchanted features alex lattimore s soulful vocals together with stunning instrumentation and takes you on journey that goes beyond the house genre, it is hypnotic as much as it is bumping. flip it to the b-side for a north london dub courtesy of wipe the needle. its the kinda track joe claussell would drop at body & soul and keeps you dancing until closing time.
rawax presents metropolitan soul museum to the family! -msm s latest bleu ep is a collection of 4 original tracks coming from the duo s deeper and harder musical imagery the ep showcases a futuristic mix of rough drum machine grooves, relentless 303 lines and hypnotic synths. the result is the perfect fit for rawax s vinyl series. - metropolitan soul museum (or msm for short) is a london based live duo releasing sonically melodic electronic music on labels like rawax, normals welcome, toy tonics, trunkfunk, dionysian mysteries, jungle gym records.
introducing t-flex london based artist and visual designer. discovered when datassette dropped one of his wips at the null+void recordings launch party, there was an instant hook on his playful and intelligent sound. we’re super honoured to be able to give his productions their first official home and cut to vinyl. its a bold and exciting debut - showing of a flair for pairing deep sub-bass with quirky off kilter rhythms and grooves. this from someone whos embedded himself in londons musical world - avidly following whats going on and interpreting it with a fresh new take.
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