joel hood makes escapist friday night music heard through the haze of a foggy monday morning. the north yorkshiremans music transports you straight out of a cold working town and drops you into a hazy world of intercontinental sonic voyaging, taking in fragments of family holidays and adult travel adventures cut and pasted into instrumentals that evoke dj shadow, twin peaks and the avalanches stargazing in the middle of nowhere, with hoods voice weaving between it all. already profiled by the guardian and music week plus picking up support from rob da bank and bbc6music, his debut ep for international feel features four tracks of psychedelic fusion carrying hints of 80s nostalgia amidst hedonistic futurism.
pressing on 180 gram vinyl.

grab the new s&c 005 record, a split 12inch by ender & stiletti-ana, put it on and lay down on your sofa. hear the opening groove from enders track p.l.i.h. and find your self getting up immediately to turn the stereo a little louder. adapt your self to the super tight, locked & futuristic and very original techno groove. watch especially out for the killer stab line in it as it is just something you will most likely find your self humming while shopping or taking your dog out. after the original mix of p.l.i.h. you will hear the stiletti-ana s stripped down version. he must have cut everything else out in his mix with his switch blade besides the ruthless stab line. dig the endless and ever growing stab jacking and remember that p.l.i.h side of the record is very serious and addictive for both club & home users. turn the record around and go back to your sofa. hear the twisted detroitian afro acid disco of stiletti-ana s track i got the master unit. filled with merciless synths and forcing rhythms i got the master unit leaves no questions of the keeper of that unit. the user of the unit seems to turn all things to the max and play midi tracks with tesla coil a like instruments. after the original it is ender s time to use the master unit and turn down the lights and ask the question: do you think that there will be something nice happening soon?

3 weirdo ones on the cult of properness. propers cult, the label launched by amsterdam s san proper, present their second release, the debut of a jazz-fusion drummer who goes by the name of d., hailing from katwijk (nl). three deep and mesmerizing house workouts veering into techno territories, with an acid glitch to them. yes, they come with a lot of question marks and exclamation points

in contrast to his *heart* release, scrases *another* ep provides a dark and twisted journey down more alien avenues - the streaming melodies & warm atmospheres of the previous ep supplanted by arcane wooden rhythms and mechanised bass movements. *another* delivers a slab of crawling, warehouse-weight with an eastern flavour, *movon* provides a minimal take on uk bass music fine-tuned to devastating effect. the three percussive tracks littered throughout the release explore a very different angle, combining dusty wooden rhythms with dread-filled tones and complex manipulations, lending the diverse collection of tracks a strong ritualistic feeling, topped off with a brooding remix of the title track by the ever consistent irish techno duo lakker.

charles dickerson alias mono/poly veroeffentlicht endlich sein debuetalbum auf flying lotus angesagtem brainfeeder imprint. nach diversen kollaborationen mit thundercat oder dem hip hop-projekt flash bang grenada, zusammen mit busdriver und nocando, erscheint jetzt sein mit spannung erwartetes debuet *golden skies* eine fusion aus electronic, instrumentalem hip hop, jazz und bass. incl. thundercat, niki randa und mendee ichikawa von der band free moral agents. seit seiner 2011 veroeffentlichten ep manifestations zählen zu seinen fans auch radiohead und erykah badu, und zweifelsohne ist mono/poly einer der talentiertesten produzenten der vergangenen jahre. die vinyl-lp erscheint inklusive downloadcode.

intercepts is a split album between pye corner audio and not waving.

cyber punk, poshgod, poshdoggydog. metro-zu hip hop crew affiliate, hailing from the miami cyborg world and now newly affiliated to trax couture crew. not just a producer, but artist in his own right poshgod gives his beautifully twisted view on club music which may sound familiar but listen close for the twisted glitched moments of his cyber perspective...

the new album by curtis jackson aka 50 cent on double 12 inch vinyl.

totally fresh 4 track 12 by ethiopian born and based artist mikael seifu - bluntly put under the house tag here, but in fact a melting pot of styles is coming together on this beauty. limited pressing. born and raised in addis ababa, seifu attended the french school lycee guebre-mariam as a child, and went on to study music production at ramapo college of new jersey. mikael seifu is an electronic music producer & performer from ethiopia. seifus music is a fusion of ethiopian folk, uk garage & his own dream brew, which he calls ethiopian electronic. his debut ep, yarada lij, draws from a long list of musical influences including endeguena mulu, ben neill, burial, zion rebels, and r.f. 1432 r is an independent record label based in washington dc.

loose records is proud to introduce retrospective - a celebration of our first thirty releases by europe s top, underground techno artists. coming from a broad berth of influence, retrospective represents the past, present, and future of european techno. our artists take electronic music to a new level with orchestral experimentation and their fusion of cross-genre.

mike parker is next to release on deep sound channel - a sub label of the dutch shipwrec imprint - and as ever the two tracks he offers up are made of twisted analogue frequencies that work their way into your brain.

twisted hulk hogan joints on 180 gr. vinyl

the second of the decadub vinyl-only releases dedicates three of its four sides to a volley of woozy and twisted footwork from most of the key members of chicagos teklife crew.

loose records is proud to introduce retrospective - a celebration of our first thirty releases by europes top, underground techno artists. coming from a broad berth of influence, retrospective represents the past, present, and future of european techno. our artists take electronic music to a new level with orchestral experimentation and their fusion of cross-genre.

simple, effective and downright deadly. mella dee serves up the perfect sountrack built for basements, dimmed lights and late nights. mella dees solo sound has evolved from a true passion for all things garage, a perpetual dedication to hip hop, combined with a love for house music which was heavily influenced by the darkness of uk funky and dubstep. together these influences have enabled mella dee to develop a unique approach to the fusion of these sounds, into one bumpy soundscape that is simultaneously house, garage and techno. omena omena is finnish for apple. its also a record label set up by tobias lidstrom aka tooli. dj & co-running local talk records & oneoffs.

dnaut is a brand new label launching with an ep from the mysterious collective mdec - music dance every chance. the first track *the treasure* is a spangled fusion of synths that variously rasp to shine, while the percussions lend a rough feel. the rubbery drums and bass line of *riz jungle* harks back to old school chicago. *hero* is a predatory, creeping and crawling house grove with a whispered voice to add yet more intrigue. *desire* featuring hayley blackman is a little more playful- rooted drums underpin elastic, swaggering percussive lines and a little disco dazzle is hiding in the subtle synth patterns. *glisten feathers* feat billy love closes the ep heartfelt style with a breathy male vocal. shimmering synths, lingering pads and tinkling pianos add color to the killer vocal.

after a twisted, introduction full of warped vocals and shifting percussion, villain builds into a track designed to kill the rave. dropping into a wall of contorted, metallic bass and vicious drums, minor rain switches things up throughout, maintaining interest - as well as that infectious groove. on the flipside, main core shifts gears with a pulsing, submerged bass driving things forward. combining elements of tribal beats, programmed drums and a stuttering rhythm, main core is a great example of future funk musics ability to put out groundbreaking, forward-thinking music.

ltd to 200 copies, anthonys fourth album is simply called ** four ** and features 11 masterpieces of deephouse music. every track is a masterful lesson in the art of this genre. they are beautiful and originally composed, including elements of jazz, garage, disco, rnb and classic house. anthony nicholson clearly shows that he is gifted with an amazing imagination and also a proper knowledge of musicality.

loose records is proud to introduce retrospective - a celebration of our first thirty releases by europes top, underground techno artists. coming from a broad berth of influence, retrospective represents the past, present, and future of european techno. our artists take electronic music to a new level with orchestral experimentation and their fusion of cross-genre.

feat piper davis, brill druggy twisted house bomb groover ... herrlich !!!

the constant state label launches in style with a record from ian blevins & phil moodys al gobi outfit, who had something of a breakthrough 2013 with releases for disco bloodbath, rothmans, culprit la and audio parallax. while the original mix of a cup of tea is dark and unsettled - beautifully balanced bass notes and piano cutting through heavy, storm-pregnant air, cottams accompanying remix is the distillation of a second wind. his tribal, twisted, acidic treatment of this 3am concrete bunker anthem never overwhelms the piano refrain, instead giving it a new life, like the ghost of a party suddenly bequeathed fresh purpose as tired legs find boundless energy.

morforecs new reference 002 has arrived! the saga continues with a new work in 12inch vinyl format which will not leave lovers of twisted and embracing techno indifferent. this new reference is meant exclusively for vinyl format and includes 4 songs of renowned artists

loose records is proud to introduce retrospective - a celebration of our first thirty releases by europe s top, underground techno artists. coming from a broad berth of influence, retrospective represents the past, present, and future of european techno. our djs take electronic music to a new level with orchestral experimentation and their fusion of cross-genre. retrospective vol. 1 features tracks by junction hands (the collaboration of rino cerrone and markantonio), nhb, minicoolboyz and tom hades.

correspondants 28th release, polina, delivers another brooding, evocative ep for the label, this time from the agents of time polyhedron: a fusion of ideas and concepts that make up a single reality. the italian trio of andrea di ceglie, fedele ladisa, and luigi tutolo came together in the summer of 2013, and their inaugural album was released via stem records in january of the following year. the group uses both analog and digital equipment to refine their unique amalgam of progressive, techno, and ambient music.

applescal the legendary traum schallplatten artist debuts on tarvisium electronique with the critcs, an analogic dancefloor killer, fusion of electronica techno and acid, accompanied by two airy and dreamy tracks, life of chen and ghost season. to complete the vinyl, label boss steve lorenz has created a futuristic detroit techno remix fusing the sounds of his mythical yamaha dx 7, dx 21 and casio cz 5000.

japanese dj/producer, dj wada has over 30 years of dj career. his reputation has grown as accurate technician. on the producer side, he formed co-fusion and atom with heigo tani (a.k.a. wall five), they have released over 20 titles on the labels as reel musiq, pro-jex, etc. this ep is released under his own brand new label dirreta. solid and deep minimal tracks

we were evergreen are a celebration of life�s messy magic: their world is beautiful and deep, happy the trio of fabienne, william and michael are originally french, settling in london to pursue their music four years ago, a literal movement that�s been hugely influential on their fusion of the french lyrical tradition sung in english, married to a very anglo-pop sensibility.

for their fourth transmission, happy skull presents a trio of dystopian fantasies from analogue maverick marco bernardi. opener floating is a throbbing trip in to rattling techno territory complete with discordant chords and bubbling acid lines. broken boiler offers a trademark bernardi fusion of sweet, visceral melodies and raw machine drums. rounding things off is upside in , a fearlessly wonky voyage in to freaky techno-funk.

irishman john daly takes a rare break from his one track label and delivers his magic to the tanstaafl planets imprint. floating house and spacey techno on the b-side that seamlessly merge daly and tanstaafls aesthetics, while the a-side delivers a pulse raising new fusion of jacking swing and dubby synths. john daly cant do much wrong!

killer ep of hypnotic late-night techno from the rapidly maturing dark arts imprint. the brooding * point blank* kicks things off, combining twisted low end darkness with eerie orchestral stabs and immense claps � a darkly elegant opening. next up, * panic* is an essential joint, riding in on a tightly-controlled broken rhythm before a unique, string-heavy motif provides the intrigue. side 2 opens with the tensile funk of * downstream* � a sleek, driving dancefloor offering to get lost in, with space-aged atmospherics and bristling percussion sitting astride a tunnelling techno groove. finally the motorik * ricochet* combines submerged dub textures with slinky synth work � a strong closing statement for this towering record. tip! with support from the likes of dvs1, nd_baumecker, answer code request and alex do, dark arts is becoming an essential label.

limited edition on black 180 gram vinyl, including cd-version of the album and poster.
following the release of their collaborative ep, chasing honeybees, in february, uk producer stumbleine (aka peter cooper) and welsh vocalist/songwriter violet skies deliver their first full-length album, dissolver. in dissolver, the duo continues to explore the fusion of stumbleines electronic beats and dreamy, shoegaze guitars with violet skies soulful pop / rnb vocals.

ambareesh invites you into a paradoxical fusion of murky sound that pushes boundaries beyond banality. the juxtaposed *emotionless sensitivity* penetrates the senses creating a canal for deep sensitivity that runs contrary to indifference. between the rugged, jagged appearance lay the intricate essence of hidden quality as tracks reveal provoking denotation. *illusion* reveals the deep trudging that cuts through the whipping vibe. *bipolar nervous system* brings a sense of suffocation as the tormenting tandem of fragmented sound haunts the solar plexus. *walking through sand dunes* is a carefully constructed piece, stimulating successive pulsation as frightful ambience permeates. virile, cagey crawling sensations infuse as ambareesh concludes with *dehydrated*, a hollow, sterile piece of synthetic techno. this second ep by ambareesh on amba amba records is truly a careful union of tumultuous sound, provoking rowdy sensation that stimulates visceral response.

emerging on the scene in 2008, luigi madonna has established himself as a young, extremely gifted italian dj. he pays tribute to old school european techno artists in a fresh way, blending in a fusion of experimental sounds and beats. his work not only would appeal to any dj or club-goer, but easily could attract the attention of major video game labels for an unforgettable experience.

back for more so soon? yeah! baby is back! wilson records has fabio unleashing house legend gene hunt and not so newbie chiwax and lobster theremin veteran, stevie murphy for the fourth edition of the not a trilogy anymore split grooves series. its the perfect mix to brew an appetite for some dance floor destruction. we have mr. gene hunt taking on the a side with his twisted tracks get down and s and s. over to the b side, our cherished friend, steve murphys groove is anything but relaxed! crank up the volume and dont expect to stay glued to your seat. this one is special. no surprise when its laid out on a 180 gram vinyl. for the lovers!

the sound of disco rose out of philadelphia in the 70s before being nurtured in new york and later rising to the top of the pops. by 1979 it made its way to india, where it was blended with sitars, tablas and huge orchestras in a wildly inventive, and often boldly surreal, fusion of purab aur pachhim (east and west).

first to go is evolent with their smasher *the legacy*. a slick, yet powerful journey through the depths of sound and rhythm. known for their 100% hardware based live performances, evolent proofed once again their love for depth and details in this massive tune. *we just keep on searching for the perfect balance between a somehow minimalistic approach and detailed storytelling* state the two guys from evolent. and thats exactly what they did. this wonderful piece of music will be available on a limited number of 12 inch vinyl, including a massive remix from michal ho (get physical, nice try) and a twisted afterhour remix from monkey maffia (freudeamtanzen).

after a barnstorming 2013 fat freddys drop are back with two brand new 12 inch singles with re-workings from theo parrish, ashley beedle & darren morris and colleen cosmo murphy & andy yamwho?.
the first of the set features a vocal and an instrumental translation of *mother mother* from theo parrish. the detroit producer and dj delivers a masterful yet twisted, ten-minute-plus re-wiring of fat freddys drops soulful, techno-tinged workout. taken from the new zealands 3rd lp *blackbird*, gilles peterson described the original as an incredible piece of music.

ein album im sinne klassischer songwritertraditionen. natürlich angereichert mit anleihen an ihre detail-versessene und floor-berauschende aneignung von house, aber überdeutlich zu einem in sich geschlossenen sound-kapitel verdichtet. es ist ein album, das neben der kooperation mit bostons e-funk wizard tanner ross auf zwei stücken vor allem in zusammenarbeit mit dem englischen sänger und musiker chris james entstand. james, der unter anderem auch mit seiner band stateless auf ninja tune und !k7 veröffentlicht, hat einen wesentlichen anteil an der strahlkraft dieses albums. seine wärmende stimme und seine intuitive entwicklung von gesangsarrangements fruchteten augenblicklich mit den vorstellungen der berliner produzenten und so erarbeiteten sie letztendlich elf gemeinsame stücke ...

killekill 017 by neil landstrumm is a three tracker with no less than three hits on it. the a-side is a dark slammer about someone trading his ass for drugs in a new acid / disco / synthwave / techno fusion style with an undisputed chicago flavour in it. what a hit!
this is the standard pressing on black vinyl.

limited edition of 270 handnumbered copies on red vinyl.
killekill 017 by neil landstrumm is a three tracker with no less than three hits on it. the a-side is a dark slammer about someone trading his ass for drugs in a new acid / disco / synthwave / techno fusion style with an undisputed chicago flavour in it. what a hit!

extremely welcome vinyl reissue for this highly collectible and obscure early 80s jazz-funk-disco fusion lp from david astri. originally released on tiny baltimore label award, the album oozes quality all the way from the excellent opening track, super-cool sexy floor-filler *get down to it* - with standouts including the superb brass-driven funk workout *do it right*, the beautifully delicate and dreamy *safe and sound* and breezy summer groover *everyone has feelings*, both with sweet vocals from karen goldberg. however, the lp saves the best till last with an amazing eight and a half minute version of the wonderful in-demand electro funk boogie burner *dancing digits*, a big play for many discerning djs including harvey, todd terje etc. dont miss your chance to own this fantastic slice of jazz-funk heaven.

esteemed techno producers and join the samurai horo fold for the first release post *scope*. the perfect fusion of experimental 170 bpm rooted music and techno, both *fvs* and *gva* unveil new approaches and structures that perfectly execute the desired welding of genres that we have always hoped to achieve with the samurai horo label. *1ac* adds a corrosive drone to the 12 inch pushing further into abstract electronica. limited lilac coloured & marbled vinyl 12 inch only.

back with a bang and brandishing four deep house cuts, london upstart label five fold records welcomes the adroit dokta venom o the fold. returning to his love of dirty twisted deep house, having grown up listening to mr.fingers, frankie knuckles and moodyman, the burnt roses ep is drenched in the gritty soul influence of the detroit & chicago house movements.
support from: dam swindle, laurent garnier, jimpster, osunlade, paul mac, rainer truby, anthony nicholson etc

when luke solomon got in touch and said he wanted to work with local talk we felt both honoured and happy, especially since we have been fans for a long time and mats actually booked him to his raw fusion club in the late 90s. he has been around long enough to be considered a legend within the scene. we couldnt agree more. lost channels, a 130 bpm piano driven and punk-dubby new york inspired house track comes in two versions. the raw & stripped version is exactly what the name says, sharp snares & hi-hats, piano chords, a driving rhythm with lukes trademark percussion sprinkled on top. the live piano version is actually the original version and is peppered with more of everything. bubbly fx, more of that staccato piano and of course that muscular bassline. for remix duties it is the return of an old local talk friend, wil maddams. it seems like wil has spent some time in detroit since last time. this remix sounds like something that would come straight out of the d, his clever drum programming holds this track together with its deep pads and bubbling bassline. it is a retro (but fresh) techno jam for 2014.

from the suburbs of stockholm korridor transmits three ultra deep and slowly progressing techno tracks, carefully crafted in a thin layer of ice cold atmospheres and twisted rhythms. another nice release on abullah rashims northern electronics label! (ltd supplies)

dublin born colin cloughley, aka anodyne, has been producing twisted electronic music since the 90s, forging links with labels such as psychonaviagation, combat and skam along the way. he creates emotive, yet dark futuristic tracks, inspired by ancient machines, experimental technology and desolate landscapes. produced using a mixture of analog and digital synthesis, the fractured ep fuses futurist electro beats with darkside breaks and analogue synths. limited to 300 copies worldwide, this vinyl version features 2 tracks exclusive to the physical release.

first ep on tanzbar musik including an amazing remix from jay haze!alex bizzaro is a 25 years old dj and producer of italian tech-house and deep-house scene.on 2007 he started to work in the studio, fusing, developing and improving his musical style.

after 3 storming installments ce closes the world electronix series with its final outing volume 4. this ep dives into deep and twisted electro realms with tracks from e.r.p, sync 24 & deixis, plant43 and steve allman.

among many other things saralunden proves to be a dismal disco star! on this ep she sounds like a stripped down and darker counterpart of sally shapiro, presenting moody and sexy music which is in some ways similar to the italo influenced stuff chromatics is doing and with the same twisted erotic vibe of pulp. this is dirty disco and we like to dance to it.