the highly anticipated squeaky lobster ep has been worth every second of the wait. in terms of sample / synth selection, song structure and sound quality, no expense has been spared. hi-fi synthetic drums intertwine with lo-fi sampled kicks & snares whilst heavy stretched out synth bass lines are topped with bollywood-esque string samples, 80s guitar bridges & plenty of other orchestral mayhem. the lush, thick melodic layers mount up into a frequently spine-tingling whole whilst the rhythm section, although outside the box, does by no means neglect the headnod factor. the incredible feat here is that although no 8 bars are quite the same as the next, a sense of unity is preserved within each genre-defying track, making it the stuff of epic journeys. you may start your listening experience in front of your turntable, staring at the record spinning, but you will end up somewhere quite different, squeaky lobster has made sure of that. as man from phone number 770021 would say: >this is $50.000. good luck.<

nice price deal !!!

here is the next instalment in kat records, sub-label kat45. this time sees rossoulano from the blackbeard camp, who were infamous in the early noughties with their soulful re-workings of stateside nu soul & hip hop originals into a more organic sound and championed by the like of giles peterson.
first up here we have rossoulano’s extended version of the supremes – stormy. originally produced by henry cosby in 1968, the man behind motown classics stevie wonders ‘my cherie amour’& smokey robinson & the miracles tears of a clown, stormy is one of the hidden gems from diana ross’s supremes. released on vinyl for the first time here and sounding all the mightier for it…
on the flip we have an the mysterious friends in lo places… an rnb/neo soul melter that harks back to blackbeards edit hey day and acts as a nice reminder as to why the name still rings true to many a soul aficionado.

repress! really nice 45 from the same people behind the maxmillion dunbar project. on the a side theres a stripped down cut with electronic bassline (boogie vision), the flip goes warm and deep, also with big, synthie bassline and a tweaked out synth hook. if you are into dam funk for example, then check this out for sure!

mayer hawthorne covering the james pants track >thin moon< and james pants covering mayers >green eyed love<.

having subtly seduced us all with their debut single, ants, london based duo elephant return with their second seven inch offering on memphis industries. french-by-way-of-pontefract chanteuse amelia rivas met christian pinchbeck back in may 2010, since when they have been quietly creating some hauntingly fragile songs with a sense of mystery and history that belies their teenage years. so side a, >allured< strips away layers, to produce a pure expression of the confusion of love (and lust). amelias disjointed lyricism speaks of anatomy and of carousels, hinting at both the poetics and mechanics of unrequited desire. and on the aa side >actors<, elephant explore the tension of attention, both the craving to be noticed and the desire to melt away into the crowd.

eleventh and conclusive ten inch of the la series comes from two thirds of the sa-ra creative partners shafiq husayn and om mas keith. working solo on each side shafiq is first with seven minutes of funk split into three parts. >dna splice mix< is an intense mix of hip hop and funk beats, chopped vocals, jazz and soul combining to form an infectious for-the-heads downtown la sound. flipping over om mas goes uptown and gives us a more polished sound with a leftfield r n b - hip hop vocal track >girls a player<. instrumental plus accapella included for potential remixers.

nice price deal !!! amsterdam-based producer fyoelk and the duo les trucs from frankfurt/germany join forces on this beast of wax! the fyoelk side is a tribal casio/sampling tune, les trucs spit out two tracks of spastic beat inferno, surprising breaks and punching vocals. marble vinyl in different colours and stencilprinted.

downwards sidestep expectations again with this glorious limited 10inch vinyl release from tropic of cancer. two beautifully dark compositions that remind slightly of angelo badalamenti in >twin peaks< mode, or maybe reservoir dogs, if it had been filmed with a huge cavern as the soundstage. processed guitar and drones wash swampily over a simple drumbox beat, as eerie snatches of melody float in and out. as badalamenti himself said of his own work, >my (musical) world is a little bit dark... a little bit off-center. i think of it as tragically beautiful. that is how i would describe what i love best: tragically beautiful.< seems to sum this release up quite nicely too...

mehr northern soul-rarit§ten auf 7 inch vinyl mit b-sides, die erstmals auf 7 inch erh§ltlich sind!

barcelona is hip, barcelona is beautiful, barcelona is funky. if you dont believe us, check out these fantastic tracks by cardova. on one hand there is the speedy >baccarra<, the ideal soundtrack to your anxious search for the last tickets for the footy, with a nice little nod to the fab four. and then there is that doo-woppy and soulful cover of, err, omds >enola gaye<. now this is what we call calite!

nice price deal !!! 2 bears is joe goddard (from hot chip) and raf rundell and the remixes are by darkstarr diskotek which is colleen cosmo murphy and ashley beedle. the 10-inch has limited edition hand silk-screened covered and hand stamped labels courtesy of artist james morrison and is the fifth and final in the bitches brew 10-inch series. getting the big up from the loft party in london, chris coco, ross allen, liv spencer (houseofhouse/still going), jim stanton (horse meat disco), leo zero and more.

fennesz writes: seven stars was recorded in vienna in january 2011. i recorded and mixed the album within 3 weeks. liminal and july were existing pieces which i have reworked. (i wrote an early version of liminal in a hotel room in bali in 2010). there is also a version of liminal that i have been playing live for some time. my friend steven hess, with whom i have worked before, happened to be in vienna at the time of the sessions, so i invited him to join me in the studio. christoph amann recorded the drums using a selection of his great microphones including his amazing new josephson

ltd 7 inch ! funk / disco classic

something so personal which features vocals from rain phoenix comes from a collection of unfinished unreleased tracks and is a smooth soulful track. on the flip, what is false gets an extraordinary remix from machinedrum. another great installment of the 4 seasons series.

girl unit and funkineven roll out the lino and prepare for battle with two top-rocking 808 variations on bretons originals.
a. breton – rdi (girl unit remix) – first in the circle, >girl unit< cranks up the boom-box and makes it all look too easy with a straight-illin beats and bass bomb.
aa. breton – december (funkineven remix) – next up, funkineven falls in like a drunk bambaata with some brilliantly deranged electro boogie.

fourth release for etichetta nera made by simone burrini (mallory, housenation) delivering a groovy and hypnotic 2 tracker on 10 inch vinyl.
played and supported by: slam, paco osuna, daniel sanchez, michel de hey, technasia, david labeij, luciano, dj sneak, yaya, kabale und liebe, alex flatner ...

again telrae releasing masterpieces of deep going dub techno! strictly limited to 200 copies in a special handmade cover

psycho trill anniversary pack, limited to 100 copies! including:
aut 2011 carsten rausch: cat eyes ep
ptne 2110 bv ltd. re-press_ casey hogan: red shift re-edits
ptne 2117 ltd. ed. jonzon: reflections of my mind #2.0
sar 0005 ltd. ed. flextronic: old boy needs a dirty rave
… plus several add-ons like stickers, posters and flyers!
>whats worth the bucks<, though for its 19 years of psycho thrill anniversary the world-wide respected, cologne based, cutting-edge techno imprint strikes again with another technofied steppin quad-pack release.
this fourfold-dash specialises primarily on the long demanded 100 copy limited re-press of carsten rauschs classic techno/house hybrid >cat eyes<. an unbelievable ever-fresh workout from contemporary minimal splashes to rolling techno and acid infected beats, proving that you dont really need a worn-out 90ies tekkno or house sample in order to rock the house all the time and lift us finally up into an eerie, energetic world of wicked bass and driving beats.

the other site of daniel stefanik: dambala experience is starting with the three tracks by this leipzig-based artist. in difference to his releases on cocoon, freude am tanzen or mobilee you can listen to his freeing from minimal-four-to-the-floor-arrangements into an experimental dubby/dubstep - affair with a great influence of african sounds, made for the dancefloors too! available as limited colored 10inch ,check it out!

picture 7 inch! luke million is a fellow out of adelaide, australia and is the hectic keys player and synth wizard from the swiss. he often starts his morning by bench pressing his yamaha cp-70 and drinking 3 or 4 shakes of reel to reel tape. this limited edition 7 inch picture disc celebrates the arnold we used to know… on the first side is the stella italo jam >arnold< . on the flip side is >sun splash< - a smoking new tropical jam that should please fans of our poolside 12 inch and early metro area workouts.… dont get big, get massive.

runs on 78rpm.

nice price deal !!! peaktime! this one definitely qualifies as a summer record. a.j. holmes is the self-titled >king of the new electric hi-life<. after moving back to london three years ago the guitarist and dj has played quite a role in the booming afrobeat scene there and formed a new band called >the hackney empire<. for the summer of seven series he contributes two remixes of tracks from the very best and xylitol that are simply made for the summertime love.

bite sized beats vol. 4 brings back the kentucky fried duo corduroy mavericks to partake in a deep fried fandango. some jams are fantastically tasty on their own just like a lot of your favorite foods, but sometimes you take that extra step by battering it, and throwing it in the deep frier till its a nice golden brown. that is just what c-mavs did to a stevie wonder classic on their crispy bit >funky jazz<. they fried that bitch up just right and shot the flavor units through the roof just like the miracle of a deep friend twinkee.

buddy holy goes ramones! summer hits ist die zweite singleauskopllung der britischen band mazes, die schon vm nme und bei radio1 abgefeiert wurde!

inclusive with cd

new ep from deep techno french act pulse code modulation after several years of silence. two huge deep techno tracks between detroit/basic channel and berghain. highly mastered at dubplates & mastering in berlin, ltd 10 inch grey edition. a mysterious project already support from dj deep, echospace, los hermanos, fabrice lig, jack de marseille, sebastien bromberger, dj morpheus, paul nazca

the 40 thieves turn up in lengs back garden for a bit of late night skulduggery. kicking off side-a with >backward love<, a deep wobble of dub guitars, weird out fx, large 80s synth lines and lovely throbbing bass, more than enough to get people freaky. on side-b, >crystal mountain thunder< has a genius intro of ambient electronic atmosphere, which gives way to another slug of late-night dub wonkiness, with massive guitars and a hefty drumkit. as expected, a meaty joint of late night disco, for the murkier end of the dance-floor. we hear an album is coming up and if it matches the quality of this release then weve got a veritable treat on its way. check!