the chasing voices collective returns with another offering of ambitious electronic music from the other side. scold is a forced march through the acid-burned depths of new york citys depravity. sprawling, syncopated patchworks gradually form a vision of asbestos infested warehouse spaces and rusted-out ruins, throbbing with the pulsations of technos transformative promise and wounded sentimentality. combative, brilliant and dynamic new music for and from new rome and beyond.
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dj w!lds sweet & spicy ep is the 10th release on the parisians own imprint the w label and sees w!ld continue the fine form that has seen him reach the #8 spot in resident advisors most charted artists of 2012. w!lds unique style of strippedto-the-bone crunching beats, probing basslines and almost impossibly long, captivating breakdowns have seen him grace labels including cabin fever/rekids (who released his album d!rty), one records, act natural, snork enterprises, robsoul and catwash amongst many others in the past 12 months. the sweet & spicy ep continues in the same vein – all carefully roadtested by w!ld, the focus is on the dancefloor with influences from funk to acid all underpinned by those strong relentless grooves.

rob duke is back on the field with several new weapons to spin out! three original track and one featuring with noon. this new ep represents a nice form of the fusion between house and tech house. a great journey into a deep addictive groove surrounded by fat bass line and surprising organic sound

im:ltd, the label with more treats in his pockets than your sugar daddy, is back once again to unleash the latest efforts from ukrainian producer hibea white owl.filled with with bass frequencies lower than a strippers self esteem, fierce percussions and jungle-like wild breaks and backed up with some heavy duty remix works from rising sex symbols phil tangent and fade, that 4 track collection is a definitive must have for any lewd dnb fan.when these drop, owls wont be the only birds whose heads are spinning!

topset is the first vinyl release of the nu music label from hamburg, called tach & nacht. topset is a rich mix of deep bass, dry minimal babble with calming melodies and tech house kicks. newcomer dice start with their own and first vinyl ep. dice, also known as rausch & metrik are together in style and sound and they complement each other brilliantly. they offer an individual form of music that doesnt fit into once specific genre. the release is backed up by the renowned remixer miyagi & m.tuschy (topset). they are both influenced by deep & tech house with slightly hypnotic techno sounds, what is heard in the remix of topset very clearly. and of course mareue, better known as heymann & stietzel with their northern seaside influenced style. have fun and listen

the latest emotional response release provides something very special indeed, in the form of a new track from under the radar psychedelic rock musician nick nicely. nicely has been making music from the 70s onwards, but his music has recently undergone something of a critical reappraisal, with the likes of robert wyatt and robyn hitchcock supposedly inspired by his work, wrottersley road provides the ideal entry into his music, a masterful piece of shoegaze pop filled with fuzzed out guitars and eastern psychedelic tones. remixes are provided by invisible hands, who provide a minimal 80s inspired electro-pop version, which comes saturated in radiophonic textures, and the oscillation, who take the track into even more abstract ambient territory than the original, deep into a place where time seems to stand still entirely, drawing its rich textures out into infinity.

kool vibes groovin ep oozes classic french house vibes form the get-go thanks to the opener no more wastin. stocato rhode stabs are met with quick-jangled percussion, cut vocals (like the french only know how) and thumping beats. underground settles down a little, maintaining a sultry groove with a chord driven hustle, while groovin is upbeat french house at its best. feel it features more juicy and looped up sample action with call and response vocals thrown in for added effect. a must have for the french house connoisseur.

what is good music? most of the time you judge by your feelings. and feelings differ. one step back ahead is a mindset shared by the wupwup group of creatives connected through their passion of music, this passion has resulted in the foundation of a record label without a musical focus. this freedom allows our artists to produce music that reflects their own personality - true music for warm souls is the heart of one step back ahead. a gathering of international artists operating in different fields of expression form the debut release. judge for yourself. underground is a fairytail.

brighton s black key records launches its vinyl only arm, in the form of black key limited, with a superb double a-side from german producer, ugly drums, featuring 2 excellent tracks of deep, sophisticated house music.since its launch in 2011, black key records has firmly cemented itself as a label consistently outputting quality house music from an array of highly respected artists. in just 18 months the imprint has released music from the likes of blm, flori, milton jackson & giovanni damico, with their releases picking up support from a number of top names on the scene. resident advisor recently stated: brighton s black key records may be small… but they re consistently on-point with their take on deep house. this is no small feat considering the volume of labels offering their interpretation of the in-vogue sound to an increasingly saturated market

little do people know that coober pedy is an opal rich town buried deep within the red and arid outback of south australia. lewie day (aka tornado wallace) and tom moore may be from melbourne, but the duo make up the coober pedy university band, coining the term krautback to describe this moon plain ep. drawing upon italo synths and mid-tempo balearica as inspiration, the first release comes in 10 form via soft rocks kinfolk label. the reverb washed australian crooner chet faker appears on the title track moon plain alongside heavy struck piano chords, while sentenced beyond the seas is a flow of groggy atmospheres and downtempo beats. oblong is the the eps stand out italo track with short bass arpeggios a highlight, while soft rocks acperience mix of moon plain takes on an acidic and space western theme.

a/jus/ted is the musical concept of veteran producer justin strauss and analog aficionado teddy stuart, better known as eddie mars. the pairs inaugural release comes in the form of a brighter light featuring the incandescent vocals of jeremy glenn for london based under the shade records.

ltd to 170gr vinyl (500 copies), traxx underground continues its fine form in 2013 with the release of a debut ep from hotly-tipped canadian mike sharon

fresh again, silks favorite dunce-dance diva, maria minerva, tries on a new wardrobe with her bless ep. busting out with sweet n swingy single black magick, minerva caters her classic la-la lyrics about an occult/joke-cult romance over a new waif, schneider-esque pop-rock lobsta beat. space 4 u slips echo-drone vocal monologues over a laface-style rnb booty bumper, while symbol of my pleasure sneers with a walk this way funk lick, both reminding fans of minervas naughty/playful creep-creativities. rounding out the ep are soul searchin – a sleazy, down-tuned, junk-jungle comatose doser – and lady blacktonikas black magick garage trippin remix – a layer cake of luscious tush pushin and an ode to another sassy lady, miss kier herself. confidence is key, and this is maria minerva struttin,’ on and off key, through her newest collection of wand songs.

hypercolours latest release comes in the form of haggerston ep, a brand new release from label co-owner alex jones who drops a 3 track ep of proper dancefloor bombs heavy basslines, breakbeats & vocal samples all held together in jones unique production style.

first pressing in dark red vinyl! in remarkably short time, van bonn has developed a well-deserved reputation as a forward-thinking dub music producer. he is tying up electronic listening music with dance music structures for the german label telrae and trapez since 2011, but his newest invention van bonn01 is another step forward. van bonn records now for the first time provides him with a platform, that is his own. it is a sound laboratory pushing his ideas as well as giving him the possibility to feature like minded people. the first edition on vinyl, comes in dark red with a nice artwork. gradient (cph dub) shows a new side with van bonn, expressing a certain form of industrial & romantic privacy in a very radical way. his epic 12 minute track explores the time and space continuum in ways of symmetry. this is a perfect extension of what we know from various dub techno productions of the past. rich filtered delays balanced with a monotony of a mighty & distant beat, makes it an hypnotic piece of music. gradient in its original version is the more hardish and forceful..companion of the a-side, being more raw an direct. van bonn uses here a lot of fx sounds to build a bubble which perfectly embeds the stomping machine liked beat. the >do not resist the beat< owner milton bradley and artist on prologue (and more) has delivered a remix of >gradient< in his genuine style avoiding commercialism and creating his own atmospheric, claustrophobic, cinematic style of techno. listen here to his remix for van bonn.

the labels inaugural release comes in the form of 3 tracks from point break, the dj collaboration between the new york label head arthur kimskii and cory james. the a side sidewalks is a dance floor workout that has subtle and not so subtle nods to the detroit sound. on the b side you have wendes and late for lunch. on the b side we have wednes, a kick heavy crunchy techno tool followed by late for lunch, a steady building percussive, textural composition.

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kls008 sees klasse recordings welcome a new addition to the kls family, in the form of tel aviv based act, red axes (aka niv arzi and dori sadovnik). the bela ep is an impressive debut of percussive rhythms and skilled production, both original and unique.

two thirds of the hypercolour label team, alex jones and ste roberts, present the first initials 12 inch of 2013 in the form of shard in the hole by blue & green. otherwise known as bareskin & j.wiltshire, blue & green have already developed respectable reputation for themselves. bareskin, aka 19 year old josh thompson from winchester, has set his stall out with non-standard house workouts for losing suki and hypercolour while j.wiltshire has an imminent ep for the prolific imprint.as with previous initials releases,shard in the hole has a techno leaning stance, albeit one with a far from purist outlook. the title track is a broken 4:4 track that builds towards a solitary pulsing bass note and skittering high end percussion and arpeggios. bring me down on the flip is a housier groove complete with an unnerving bassline and clipped vocal samples complimented with distorted washes and theremin-esque tones.

2013 is the year of milestones for the ever understated and under the radar boe recordings the label for those that know. this year the imprint turns a grand 5 years old and celebrates a 20th release in the form of boe xx, a limited 12inch coming on commemorative marbled vinyl only.

london staple deadboy returns for the first time since 2011s here, releasing new four track ep blaquewerk on 25th march. the release is the first of a set of many to shortly be announced, joining festival pleasure principle to form part of our 10th anniversary in 2013.

omar s starts 2011 in fine form with this absolutely incredible track. this is up there with the likes of >psychotic photosynthesis<. one sided release.

5 years ago lokee started as a daytime gathering in a warehouse apartment in east london which quickly became londons most respected and intimate sunday setting. fast forward to today & you have lokee musik - a record label that aims to capture the broad appreciation of music found at these famed private parties. the first release comes in the form of ejeca.

chasing voices breaks its short ceasefire and rearms for the 5th installment in the ongoing series of musical theses at the forefront of new york citys electronic scene. purging the emotional distance and ironic poise of an increasingly numb aesthetic culture, *awoken by tears* is the naked, stark and barren truth of a deeply sentient musical form. heartbroken and angry, this is the new techno militancy taking on the classic materials of creative drive: pain, loss, memory—those negative spaces of the human condition that lay waste to so many weak souls, leaving behind piles of dust and rubble in their path.

the fifth installment form the panacustica label is a collaboration between cosmic metal mother and sal principato, the voice and percussionist behind seminal new yorks band liquid liquid.

named in homage to the series of collectable football cards from the 1970s, the rothmans label follows the inaugural mario kempes release with another long-haired icon being given his dues in the form of the harald toni schumacher release, complete with another four tracks of chugging techno-disco. emotional responses timothy j fairplay kicks things off with *off the rails*, an expectedly dark and tense piece of carpenter-esque synth, while lwe writer per bojsen-moller delivers the atmospheric techno of *staying late*, whose rippling analogue bassline gives way to an unexpectedly funky breakdown. on the flip, steve cooks *noahs arp* takes things a balearic house direction with its thick, filtered analogue textures adding some psychedelic colour to its mid-tempo grooves, while emile strunzs *magnetic* adds some acid flavour to its low-swung, vocoder saturated italo swagger.

re(form) owner myles serge brings forth his limited white-label series (ms). the first installment ghosts is a 1 track banger that was inspired by berlin night club about blank. ghosts represents the stripped down, organic, and raw energy myles is known for.

after sweating out the winter heatwave generated by chris mitchell and grey people with proper trax 4, alex falk distills a purified form of techno from the often unnecessary complexities of the style. terse—the fifth limited twelve from proper trax–further solidifies the labels unflinching commitment to the rough n tough sounds of the southern us underground. dont sleep, as this one is aimed to take its place in the record bags of the globes in-the-know heads. measure ones approach for a drastic result.

the detroit threads record store has survived in one incarnation or another for more than16 years. in this time personal relationships have formed with music makers of every circle over the common bond of vinyl sound. it was a logical step to give back to this community a product that reflects the many faces that make up the store. a store that has been and will continue to be a hub for the exchange of ideas, kept alive by like minded people who still believe in the independent detroit spirit. this spirit shines upon the unique artists that move to their own beat, and never compromise their vision. detroit threads gives a voice to these artists that should be heard. nospectical is walter wasack, jennifer paull, and chistopher mcnamara. they are a team of detroit sound artists that lean into e.d.m. on the minimal tip. their comfort zone is inside of a sounds cape near the sphere of unconsciousness. nospectical is a cool dark breeze that is alive with a pulse. they tread into strangeness and let it come together to form a neurotic world. nospectical works to broaden the view and redefine the depth of detroit techno. detroit threads is proud to support this cause.

following his well-received animals ep with paola poletto on desolat in the summer 2012, loco dices imprint is pleased to welcome back francisco for a solo ep that sees him continue his fine production form.

streaking through the ether at twice the speed of sound, mr 8040 is on a date with destiny. he is heading for mikrosector-50, his home planet, but things are not going as smoothly as planned. en route he finds himself in sticky situations, cosmic encounters that trigger flashbacks to a different time and place. will he ever make it home? and who – or what – is he running from?
this, more or less, is the narrative thrust of jack hamills debut album as space dimension controller. welcome to mickrosektor-50 is a swashbuckling sci-fi odyssey that unfolds like some long-lost star wars episode scripted by philip k dick and scored by tangerine dream. the record is fantasy in its purest form: a futuristic boys own adventure concocted in a belfast bedroom, it is the sum of jacks musical influences distilled into 68 minutes of unalloyed electronic pleasure.

one more heavy hitter on credo, and this time we could even say two tracks that form an ep as strond as the so far most sold credo-release from 2007 - bullet in your heart. the name tells already some connection to australia and indeed the basic idea came up during alex tour down under in fall 2012 where he played three cities within three days and a total of 9h playtime for which he travelled 64h in total. sydney acid is the main track of the ep, no doubt and hard to describe. it is a pure, driven technotrack with a fierce, no blubby, but very powerful acid bassline aiming at riots on the dancefloor. melbourne dub tells exactly what the track is all about and by the way featuring the sound of the local traffic lights that made alex thinking about creating some tracks related to it.

after two in as many years, low-key german producer yor returns to similarly low key dutch imprint purple maze for his third full outing on the label in the form of the sublimation ep. across the four tracks yor continues to explore the same frayed and decayed, abstract electronics as he has in the past, with distant kins like kassem mosse and morphosis still resonating.

myles serge is a dj, musician and recording artist who has released on a vast swathe of labels including 6one6 | defrec, eshu records, knotweed records, dirty planet, sub sequent records, miga, wallshaker music, 3rd wave music and night drive music, and personally owns imprints re(form), space and dosed recordings. including remixes by myk derill and aubrey.

two producers at the top of their games. silent servants expert handling of noise and distortion and lucys ability to create narratives where you least expect them form a startling hybrid.

ltd. to 500 copies. schwarz original is a vocal-based house-anthem, which emerges from his musical finesse to gasp for air in form of a folk-inspired hookline. after a percussive break the records to-the-floor efficiency is unleashed. this is where carl craigs remix begins. from dreamy to sawing synth-lines, he utilizes the originals massive potential - to 12 minutes.

the project jack daniel represents a very original form of the fusion between techno and technohouse. - air ! is a real big club hit, claiming to - throw the hands in the air, - uwe sela combines technotechhouse with powerful vuvuzuela sounds, - sanaa is a melancholic and deep track

the new vinyl release by stefan gubatz features unreleased new dance floor versions of his tracks >byte and scratch< and >offshore< (which had originally appeared as electronic versions on cd) which appear now exclusively for the first time on the telrae vinyl 10 inch series as reworks. >byte and scratch rework< generates a subtle form of urgency which slowly step by step takes possession of yours and does not loose its grip till the very end. stefan has reworked the original for the club, has kept many details in the process of the sound shaping while on the other hand has changed the arrangement and dominance of key sounds very skillfully. he has transferred a piece of electronica into an intense piece of dub techno. >offshore rework< is the counterpart of >byte and scratch rework< being much more ease and repetitive... more in the fashion of some of stefans 10 releases on telrae before

fluxus is danny scrillas first transmission for civil music and the munich based producers second release. following on from 2012s flash powder ep for om units cosmic bridge label, *fluxus* sees scrilla in expected fine form, and takes in four original neck snapping instrumental tracks plus two remixes from japans deep medi member goth-trad and london producer and one to watch deft. on fluxus scrillas productions run at 80-90bpm / 160-180 bpm exploiting slowfast halftime tempos yet are seemingly engineered from the sonic essence of 06 og dubsteps dark sparse dreadnought sounds, with waves of quaking bass growing under iced-out percussion accentuated by toiling snares. floating chords and hypnotic melodies drive skeletal riddims, sci-fi synthlines arc over the spacious heavyweight ruffage built for towering stacks and pitch black rooms.

subdivision of construct re-form, the purpose of ars mechanica is to explore a more mysterious side of the electronic music, an oniric and spatial travel, an endless dive into the sound. for this first opus, antigone offers us 4 music parts, 4 travels in the confin of the universe, through stars and nebulas. on arrival: the unknown... black pressing

with releases under a range of pseudonyms (orpheus, sir leon greg, nite vision) and support for his previous explorations of depth coming from the likes of john heckle, dj deep, aroy dee, chicago skyway and steffi to name but a few, once again perseus traxx unashamedly shows his nature on this release. thoughts, feelings and emotions are by far the most important influences on music, and capturing moments then translating into a musical form he once again documents the more personal elements of his life, taking you deep. perseus weaves a rich tapestry of emotions and desires using heavily weighted bass tones and skipping percussion that thread together with expansive strings and pads. these are married with more detailed melodies and modulated tones that shimmer in and out of the psyche as he uses analogue boxes and their warmth like a loom. this collection of music ranges from the deep and dreamy, to total transcendence within steady dance floor rhythms clothed in a warm yet spacious fabric of sound. deep house, sometimes with a real sense of urgency that juxtaposes with it is inherent flights of fancy.

without army nor rhetoric, dying & barakat are proposing nothing but the ethereal conviction of their senses. floating musical matter, strangely ligatured, convicciòn pours its complex epigenesis, reveals its wefts, searching for its most authentic form, loosing languages, only surrounding its audience towards its curious euphonia. a bizarre composition altering our perception, reaching each mans tempers, inviting into its chinks every sonic metamorphosis: from its aerials peels, oxidized by mtds industrial catabasis, from its chaotic progression, engorged into jeroen searchs inebriant loops, from its blueish layers thicken by mattias fridells cavernous tribal grain. supported by the kind sympathies of: eric cloutier, lee holman, thomas hessler, ben gibson, albert van abbe, philippe petit

nice price deal !!! clouds return to ramp after a long hiatus in the studio to deliver their upcoming usb islands mini-album. from the orchestral opener cannibal generals, to the tapped auto-tuned euphoria of i ll be broke, to the loose and rattling dubstep of you go to my head, finlands clouds are very much back on form.

mit der veroeffentlichung >risk< setzt martin woerner neue maßstaebe im bereich des minimalistischen techno - martins form der basslaeufe und den groove den er damit erzeugt, kann man bedenkenlos als außergewoehnlich bezeichnen. das ist seine koenigsdisziplin

voiski (one of polar inertia) & ever seen on contruct re-form is now on syncrophone recordings.

heading into 2013 drumcode are keeping up the refined techno that they have displayed and are making sure that they continue to keep up this form throughout the coming year. gregor tresher is has thundered back with his second solo ep for drumcode.

the first vinyl slab of capital bass imprint comes in form of 10inches

here we are to introduce you a young talented dj & producer from salzburg, austria jakob drews alias taaaz, who tries to combine pure funkyness with the pumping techno minimal sound. an additional rmx form suspect one. come on, try it!

as the rumors tell, this obscure piece of music was arranged by three acquaintances, who, by mere coincidence, formed a spontaneous, poly-toxic think tank one marvellous sunday morning, celebrating the beauty of old house music, while at the same time mocking the somehow cheap and predictable functionality of the four to the floor sound design. to honor the inspirational value of situations like these, the decision was made to share the result with a bigger audience. as a meta text, the lyrics form a tongue in cheek comment on nostalgic good old days aesthetics, and are simultaneously, and quite paradoxically, reminiscent of the utopian and transgressive vision of early house and techno music. if there is anything that we can retrieve from this vision today, it is the encouragement to create funny, pleasant and playful situations for ourselves and the like-minded, escaping the seriousness and boredom of the professionalized party and music business. and this is exactly the spirit, which is materialized on this piece of wax.

sie kennen sich seit jahren, schätzen die persönlichkeit und die musikalischen fähigkeiten des anderen und haben beide ein faible für die deutsche sprache. die rede ist vom king of rap kool savas und dem deutschen soulkönig xavier naidoo. auf den ersten blick sicher eine ungewöhnliche kombination, wenn man die musikrichtungen der beiden künstler vergleicht, jedoch zeigt >gespaltene persönlichkeit< eine musikalische synthese der ganz besonderen art.
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