a1 nubian mindz - deep in raves: well known for his versatile and rich production, colin delivers once more. with a quite suitable name - deep in raves is just that. a deep plunge into dark and rave-like atmosphere. after a short intro layered with an ominous voice, massive bassline takes over and drives the track through the darkest curves. enriched with short percussions and a synth stab this is quite a stomper best experienced on a good club soundsystem, preferably in the dark. a2 volster - nebula: almost obsessed with audio purity, volster manages to combine new and modern sounds with old-school genre roots. nebula is all about complexity. although it is based on an electro foundations, it s so much more. space filled with an oscillatory synth motion perplexed with smooth pads that gives the impression of an interstellar properties. no detail is left unengaged, from the 808 that keeps everything in motion to the subtle amount of panning. this is a beautifully crafted story by a producer who is slowly but steadily growing into one of the best croatian artists. b1 lucretio - dracula: the most famed beard of cadoneghe/italy has pulled another magic gem from his music source. widely known for his relentless tendency to push the analogue spectrum to it s extreme, lucretio surprises once more with his ability to blend simple pieces into an effective sub storm with almost comic like features. dracula is not your conventional tune and it s pretty obvious why as soon as you put the needle on. broke down rhythm is heavily fueled by polished but enormous sub background with sparse and ¥in your face¥ shots. seemingly random notes take a gloomy and powerful form during the break and soon the lurky atmosphere comes into picture. this is truly brilliance in it s full simplicity. if only bram stoker could hear this, he would probably be both stunned and amused! b2 james booth - jxst do it: one of our goals on vakum is to be on a lookout for a new and promising talents. berlin based james booth surely fits the bill. jxst do it is a seriously crafted track with rich rhythmic section wrapped in a steady build up. after the initial break-beat intro sliced in short chunks, subtle 303 bassline takes over and the rhythmic game begins. booth delivers a perfectly timed cuts accompanied by a diverse palette of percussions. this is a perfect piece for those build up moments in the club..
italian house producer nicholas is back on home taping after a string of releases on labels like 4lux, quintessentials, 20:20 vision and nu groove. and it s straight back into business as usual on this release as he picks up where he left off with his best-selling love message and the music lives eps and delivers 4 raw and tracky dance floor bombs that will keep your dance floor pumping. all the cuts sit perfectly on that line between house & disco for maximum dance floor work. the bonus beats are back
when kellerkind published his first tracks on sirion records in 2008, nobody ever considered the success story of marco biagini s alter ego. eight years later he looks back on numerous releases, among others on stil vor talent, flash, katermukke or hive audio. his record debut on sirion in 2012 another breakthrough, with special mention required for the title song “disco on the dancefloor”. it’s with this song that kellerkind has definitely won the hearts of his audience and thus left a lasting aftertaste which continues until today. his fourth ep on sirion with the promising title “way out” builds up on the 2010 published “altro mondo ep”. three reduced techhouse tracks promising pure dancefloor feeling with finely assorted forward directional sound elements and smooth deepness. the slightly hypnotic vocal smasher in christian nielsen remix carries nicely with the three tracks in every way and completes the catalog number 42 elegantly.
custom leather construction: - dampens resonance from metal turntables - avoids static load - suitable for most turntables the mat improves performance by reducing vibration transfer to the playing surface, allowing your cartridge to deliver a more stable high-fidelity performance. the high-friction but smooth surface also allows for fluid record rotation with minimal slip. the mat is made from a single piece of high quality leather and the underside has been intentionally left with a rough and fluffy leather finish, whereas the top is a beautifully finished smooth surface. in use, the sound quality is enhanced giving a noticeably better-controlled sound overall and great imaging. due to the nature of the material, there may be instances of slight marking or deformation. as they are a feature of the material, items displaying marking, wrinkling, or deformation are not subject to exchange. diameter: 29.5 cm thickness: 2.0mm
custom leather construction: - dampens resonance from metal turntables - avoids static load - suitable for most turntables the mat improves performance by reducing vibration transfer to the playing surface, allowing your cartridge to deliver a more stable high-fidelity performance. the high-friction but smooth surface also allows for fluid record rotation with minimal slip. the mat is made from a single piece of high quality leather and the underside has been intentionally left with a rough and fluffy leather finish, whereas the top is a beautifully finished smooth surface. in use, the sound quality is enhanced giving a noticeably better-controlled sound overall and great imaging. due to the nature of the material, there may be instances of slight marking or deformation. as they are a feature of the material, items displaying marking, wrinkling, or deformation are not subject to exchange. diameter: 29.5 cm thickness: 1.8mm
pascaal is the solo namesake of peter wiley. his second 12”, stils, is the first dance floor orientated outing for ways inner pass. stils is a stirring picture book of vivid locations - some physical, some formed by the unfettered hand of memory. the cuts are loose, throbbing with the mechanical simplicity of drum machines and synthesizers. five left-leaning frames to float the moving body or ground the moving mind. comes packed in a gorgeous hand screened card sleeve.
in spain the soup is harsh but tasty served cold to staff in empty winter discos it replenishes their souls devoid of joy as they scavenge through left behind belongings the beatle grins and stirs the pot his recipe of gruesome memories reverberates through the stagnant air as tears fall into stale sangria.
for mimi music, komplexx (poolside recordings / silhouette noir) has delivered a melodic techno / progressive crossover. this moody tune is deep yet melodious and builds beautifully. it’s just one of those tracks that works, with its genre-crossing coolness and excellent production. the remix is provided by our lovely house-specialist sascha dive (deep vibes, cocoon, raum). the german master turns the original into a brooding techno affair which is driven by thumping bass and sparse percussive elements. the remix keeps building until there’s nowhere left to hide, turning the track into an absolute floorfiller!
amir alexander makes his triumphant return to argot with an exceptional and enigmatic new record, the butterfly. since providing the label’s inaugural release in 2012 with his gutter flex ep, alexander’s music has graced the catalogues of respected labels like secretsundaze, finale sessions, and hype_ltd, and expanded his vanguard sounds and anunnaki cartel imprints. the butterfly finds alexander picking up the conversation where gutter flex left off, but now he s speaking it in a new language.
the second chapter of the startup label series starts with the dreamy * oaas*. its gravitating ambient body music picks up right where startup label 1 left off. the sparkling dust of quarry_s has settled, and mutates into a liquid morphing bass drizzle. moving on to ‘found_weaver’ the hazy synths find a more rhythmical form accompanied by a staccato groove. when the record is flipped a new world gets exposed on the track * wolf*. a more consistent and articulate track with a killer groove. startup label 2 explores the musical map of clubland travelling further than the dance floor, not afraid of venturing behind the * here be dragons* signpost.
what happens when you take a track by a british power trio heavily influenced by blues and psychedelia, and get a master of wayward, left-of-centre balearica to remix it? that’s the premise behind claremont 56’s latest vinyl outing, which features magic feet recordings boss craig bratley delivering a pair of druggy, spaced-out interpretations of “better man”, one of the more laidback outings from fast-rising rock combo bella figura.
three releases from the rompecabeza family for one special price! contains rompe10 by sweetn.candy a.k.a. rico henschel and rompe14 & hulahoop004 by kotelett & zadak.
pris offers a brace of monochromatic recordings - bookending a pair of brooding soundscapes with distressed, reductivist club fare. an impressive continuation from past work, that surfaced via his own resin imprint and stephen bishop’s opal tapes project, the record is bound tight by a powerful sense of unease & bonafide emotion - finding itself sitting neatly in amongst avian’s most successfully articulated releases. printed inner and outer sleeve. black vinyl.
cristi cons and vlad caia aka sit conclude their sideways trilogy with three dancefloor oriented tracks, meant to awake different feelings in each one of us. the sample embroidery molded into the pure acid form of angels will leave us smiling in wonder. the fast paced scratch theme from reconnect may satisfy our dancing hunger, or we can just lose ourselves into the myriad filtered bits of shadow, with its breaks sequence as our only guiding path. this is the last piece of the sideways’ puzzle, when the last droplets of energy left inside our bodies, after this 15 tracks long analog ride, are spent for seizing the present. the closing moment, when the curtain falls and our minds are still trying to decipher the hidden message. a message that points out to the diversity of electronic music envisioned through sit s creative touch.
ian blevins is the keeper of the jewel in the crown. this is his second offering for the esp institute. picking up right where we left off, side a unleashes another explosive big room belter with resume a driving rhythmic monster that takes advantage of the whips and cracks in ian’s drum machine arsenal, while warm chords lay a foundation for a quirky lead melody and rubbery pulse to dance upon. akin to hannibal, blevins esp institute debut in 2015, the arrangement here toys with us before revealing the true guts of the track—this time characterized halfway through by a punctuating gangster piano hook. on side b, poor old head utilizes ian’s signature drum styling we’ve come to adore, but here he establishes swells of melancholy via bending notes that meow and purr, beautifully ebbing and flowing though an array of incongruous dial tones and bells—shakey and barely out of sync, yet cradling a loosely drawn chord progression. these two songs will smack you up before they rub you down.
THOSE GLORIOUS HEIGHTS LP (LTD GREEN MARBLED VINYL)
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(ltd green marbled vinyl) inspired by the sound and emotion of loscil, tim hecker and pan american, verwijmeren constructs a mu-sical cocoon to imagine a vision of a different world. through his dark but beautiful soundscapes, he tries to break daily routine and accept the dark side of life.
inspired by the sound and emotion of loscil, tim hecker and pan american, verwijmeren constructs a mu-sical cocoon to imagine a vision of a different world. through his dark but beautiful soundscapes, he tries to break daily routine and accept the dark side of life.
new york s gunnar haslam appears on l.i.e.s. with his third lp for the label titled lebesgue measures. picking up where he left off on his last long player mirrors and copulation we hear an evolution in his sound throughout the nine songs. still there are the understated yet grooving acid lines next to carefully programmed drums and attention to surrounding detail which creates beautiful and balanced atmospheres. there is a brightness coupled with an underlying sullenness tapping into some sort of mystical and seemingly obscured narrative which moves through the entire record. deep and immersive stuff to say the least.
jacob bellens new solo album polyester skin is set to amaze left-field pop enthusiasts and singer songwriter-fans alike. the locally celebrated and award winning singer songwriter jacob bellens is ready to release his first internationally signed solo album polyester skin through hfn music.
after a while, their deep voices fade away. a couple of years ago, they would sing for hours. now it feels like minutes. no one is left to listen to them. no one but you. this is albert s vanabbe03, the dutch minimalist s open invitation to his debut album coming this spring.
a45 has left this universe years ago. he is now living in another dimension from where he communicates to our galaxy through the traversable wormhole near sagittarius a.
finally a visitor from another meaning returns to earth, and vinyl. the viewlexx veteran is back on our world with lost encounters i, four cuts from the vaults. beamed in from a distant galaxy is the blazing brilliance of -dance of the happy shadows-. past film score greats immediately come to mind. vangelis. carpenter. moroder. -i rarely talk to strangers- pulses with crisp beats and rumbling arpeggios, cloudy skies ready to rain on a polluted l.a. in 2019. the blue dot is left behind for the elation of -j is for jupiter-. the stars are the place to be. -j is for jupiter ii- drifts from cosmic currents before illuminating the heavens for the lead out into end credits.
repress 2016 - vinyl only release, eklo 031 comes from label head seuil, bringing some swing-time beats with chocolate gangsta ep. a three-track package, the a side consists of two 909 swingy cuts, paying tribute to the 2000 s micro house sound.on the b side, a long and trippy house flavour for the late nights. tainted with weird vocals to twist your mind.
mosco fell asleep and awoke days later with red axes. this is their joint offering for the esp institute. dikembe manutu, the fictional character whos name gives title to our thumping a side, establishes a lush theme based on meandering steel drums and reverberating toms while a slew of rich percussion leads us through the jungle on a melodic galloping bassline. once this deep groove gets us rolling, were treated to a variety of twinklling melodies that float high above. on side b, rage in the cage is a true live drum machine jam, full of bleeps, detuned toms, abrasive cymbals, and plenty of left turns. we can only imagine the mood in the studio as these three old friends frantically smacked buttons and tweaked knobs, creating happy accidents and loving every menacing moment of chaos as they stirred this cauldron. these two songs will make you thirst for exotic nectars.
recorded in 18 different locations with numerous guest musician medulla was bjoerks fifth solo album and perhaps the most daring. re-issue on 180 gram double vinyl, housed in gatefold sleeve with download code included.
terrence dixon: orlando voorns in my world will be strong for album of the year 2016. really refreshing..and already classic. dutch legend orlando voorn restates his unique approach on techno! tip! orlando voorn has always been acknowledged as a master thanks to his unique sense for abstract melodies and drum programming. in my world restates that fact: beautiful, suspended, rich in detail. it s that high tech funk!
the double vinyl release includes a download code.
stereoma is our illusory reality derived from the original self, also known as samsara. bellomo s mind tries to communicate through beat making some of those ideas, using left fielded sounds and clicks to create a different kind of atmosphere for the ritual of late night dancing.
william thurman aka royer follows up two astounding releases for material image with a deep, curdling ep of wandering house for lobster theremin. picking up where his last excursions left off, collectively finds royer on typically dreamy form, taking micro-thought experiments and carving them into evolving, metamorphic journeys that capture as much the ambience of late night paris as the spirit of us house music. to even the balance, german newcomer trp fires up the cannons for a tough, bouncing remix on the b2. crackling and chugging with dust-coated drums and pads, this is a serious floor-banging rework right here. original artwork comes from royer himself, with full artwork matte sleeve, warm red centre labels and a mind-bending b&w a4 insert.
pulsating reconstructions of fragmented piano compositions, melded with gritty peripheral field recordings. transcending from flashbacks, lingering between natural and industrial landscapes. broken left-field electronica by maxim wolzyn for the third marionette issue.
soon after label boss dj dis.co began working with the always human tapes label in late 2014 to license tracks for the last doubt vinyl release, a kinship was born. dj dis.co dug deep into the prolific always human tapes record label back catalog and curated a selection of tracks and songs that seemed appropriate for vinyl release. the various artist compilation is a balanced blend of ambient tools and left of center dancefloor gems. dj dis.co isnt the only one to take notice of the burgeoning tape label, a number of always human tapes tracks featured prominently on the june 2015 karen gwyer truancy mix.
from the storming energy of opening cut the key of night all the way through to the deepertripping solar fields its a must-have ep for >those who know<. young uk based producer cleric has established himself not only as a bonafide new talent and key player in the international techno world, but also as a prolific artist on figure. now well known for his crisp, deadly club tracks and rich melancholic ambient studies, in this fifth single for the label he explores his hard-hitting yet luxurious sound ever further. whats immediate about the four tracks on offer here is clerics extremely powerful, yet masterfully controlled bass frequencies. coupled with his addictive, smart and dark 90s-reminiscent synth hooks, we are left with an array of stomping, percussive weapons primed for expansive spaces and killer sound systems.
repress , amadeus sees its catalog graced yet again by new zealand outfit chaos in the cbd. the kiwi brothers, birthed ben & louis helliker-hales, are no new faces to the label, or the wide variety of genre-bending acronyms they encompass. having recently relocated from tropical auckland to damp london earlier this year, the two take their productions along with them in their latest efforts, 816 to nunhead. title track and aside, 816 to nunhead, is tinged with whats left of summer. a nostalgic tune built for the sun and soaked in funk. its a track reminiscent of early french disco, almost as if built for the two robots themselves...
8 tracks of raw arabic funk music, none of these have ever been reissued before. so far fadoul (or fadaul, or faddoul, the transcribtion of his name to latin letters differs)& his music had not been rediscovered, as a matter of fact most of those songs still left no trace whatsoever in the world wide web. it took us 2 years and countless trips to morocco to find the artists family to license the release from them.
nyc experimentalists sheik n beik add to a series of successful parties in the capital as well as an extolled slew of 12”s from the likes of legowelt & xosar as xamiga and jeffrey scott with another weird and wonderful record courtesy of sheik n beik founder julio operating under a new guise: rechulski. also hailing from nyc and a regular at the collective’s parties - rechulski offers up a celestial 3 track ep as his debut and in doing so offers up an insight into a left-of-centre approach to production that lends him perfectly to a record with sheik ‘n’ beik.
new zealand based crate digger frank booker invites good friend julien dyne to drop the second release on his new imprint down in the basement. jd picks up where the man called booker left off on vol 1 and gets straight up to speed cutting up rare boogie, disco and afro jams and employing his trademark raw cuts in an old school style, while lacing oodles of fx n stuff into the mix. the overall sound is reminiscent of the early idjut boys material, which is so close to mr booker s heart.
introducing the super sassy, ultra sweet sugarz with her single- -city of lights-. produced by benny badge, the string-puller behind various other modern funk affairs including freekwency, nite class and silver linings and recent collaborations with tom noble and magic touch. backed by the acidic saturation of melbourne beatdown weirdo booshank with his shining b side remix (featured previously on firecracker records). private press vibes on this for the real heads, boogie aficionados, acid house reminiscers and just fans of the left of centre.
nach dem 6-track-minialbum math ilium ion anfang 2015 veröffentlicht der osloer produzent andré bratten, der neben todd terje, prins thomas und lindstrom, zur cosmic-disco-speerspitze des landes gehört, nun sein zweites full-length-album. gode ist ein eher dunkles werk, auf dem er einflüsse von arvo pärt, brian eno oder seinem landsmann biosphere verarbeitet, aufgenommen mit bandgeräten und unterlegt mit field recordings, modifiziertem piano, stringarrangements und sogar vocals (von susanne sundfor).
west side chicago hardware anthems. nick reads windbreaker project has been his refuge since the days of lazer crystal (thrill jockey). a chicago diy scene staple for over ten years, this is the first windbreaker full length. imagine kraftwerk being trapped in berghain and living off of floor scraps or christian hosoi pulling a christ air over the pyramids and you are somewhere close.
ltd nice price , last copies left ...crosstown rebels continue to demonstrate their incredible aptitude for astute and diverse a & r by unveiling one seven six and their first release islands in the sky, a carefully concocted blend of organic electronica oozing with pop sensibility and two killer brennan green remixes
lmtd nice price , last copies left, supported by spektre, namito, patrick lindsay, andreas henneberg, dubfire, mihalis safras, john acquaviva, joseph capriati, wehbba, ziel 100,jaxson,max cooper, alex capelli, electric rescue, citizen kain, frank kusserow, edgar de ramon, marco bailey, stephan bodzin, microtrauma
ltd nice price, last copies left... m for music and m for moguai. he has been a leading figure in the electronic music scene for more than a decade, setting new standards in production. no introduction is needed for ramon zenker, after having released already successful cuts with their own mark ,now this great new combination. on the two originals diamond back and ray we received 3 such great remixes, that nobody wants to miss one of them on the vinyl. we present here part 1 of a two vinyl set, containing andrea doria and pierce remixes
two raw extended trips from the mind of stl in a rare foray beyond his self-run something imprint. stephan laubner applies his usual auteur principles to these groove experiments, whose sounds circle round each other cagily, rough meeting smooth, organic meeting synthetic, all combining in a propulsive form thats classic stl. shifty hats on * crank notion* provide an insistent shuffle through which nauseous pads plot a dissonant course. * neat buzzl* is a grimier excursion in the undergrowth, little creatures scurrying left and right while the kick maintains its forward stomp. join stl and assemble music in these off-map excursions and see where you emerge.
field records continues to focus on its first run of solo artists eps with four tracks from uk pair szare. before now this frozen border and horizontal ground duo has excelled in crafting cavernous bass chambers and off beat rhythms with ease - just as they do here. riding up and down, skipping left and right and swelling with a sense of post apocalyptic optimism as it goes. this ep is full of fresh ideas, fulsome production and a dark energy that makes it fit perfectly on the most recent end of the hardcore continuum.
kindred phenomena marks mattheis debut album. after two cosmic eps on nous klaer and a mini-album on tape for ecstatic recordings, he now returns to nous klaer for his first full story. an album shaped for every occasion: driving from the city to the island, dancing in the living room, or raving at sunset. on kindred phenomena mattheis picks up where he left off: swell serves as another episode of the prisms, the modular synth excursion of bit fragments pushes his arpeggiator solos a step further, and album standout ben_m provides his most beautiful dance of melodies yet. the album consists of eight tracks and comes as a double 12 inch for deejay convenience, and for the ultimate experience: go see mattheis perform his album live on the road.
behind is an expansive collection for hackford, who draws from experimental, process-oriented composition techniques to create sensorially engaging dance music. an ethos of presence, enrichment and dissociation pervades behind - by stripping away the constructed-ness of so much dance music, hackford allows himself to produce music that is as much a joy to create as it is to share. an ambassador of -ecstatic states- as he calls them, hackford s music suggests heightened temporal zones may be ubiquitous if you allow them to be. behind is a proposition of such ecstatic states, its music pulsing vitally at opposite ends of the bpm spectrum. distinctly unmotivated by polemic dialogues around dance music, behind seeks a more soluble musical space for unmitigated engagement. it is music inspired by transitions, no less vital before sunset as it is after the curtain call.
killer price, for this secret dj weapon !!!. last copies left
this autumn sees the respected millionhands t-shirt company launch millionhands music with the fittingly excellent breathe easy release from the mh main-man, tom mango mangan.
tiefschwarz are back again on watergate with a dub version and stellar remixes of free falling feat. khan from their recent and highly acclaimed album left.
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