africa seven is taking its first trip to germany... well germany via cameroun. charlie kingue soppo is better known as charly kingson, cousin of manu dibango and a cameroonian emigrant in the 1970s. charly first headed to paris and then found his way to munich in 1978. he recorded two albums in his career, “born in africa” in munich in 1978 and “dance to the music” two years later in new york. for this outing we focus on his debut “born in africa”. it was recorded in union studios in munich with some of the city’s finest (and surprisingly funky) session musicians of the day.

the inimitable seth troxler is next up on his own influential label with something of a milestone release: his finally physical ep is a precursor to a compilation album, this is then, due in may this year. this is then will be a typically unique celebration of seths 10 years as a major force in the europe underground scene. it will draw a line in the sand on the first part of the michigan born artists recording career before he embarks on the next chapter. this preceding ep features four productions that were never properly released and they serve as a taster to the forthcoming compilation, with two originals and two remixes, one of which comes under seths lesser used alias, thrill cosby.

two of dance musics hottest producers coalesce on the latest hot creations release. frank storm and matteo spedicati bring us gimme tha honey, a throbbing three-track ep that gifts us with a rework from robsoul label boss phil weeks. frank storm reveals -this is our first collaboration which was born a year ago in our studio in barcelona. we share the same passion for our own definition of the ghetto sound, blending fresh and techy vibes.” with this inspiration they weave an almost menacing vocal into the pulsating bassline of lead track gimme tha honey. the phil weeks remix brings a slither of light with a shower of synths and warm, bubbling bass. the ep closes with the long wait shaking the record into heavier terrain, as the industrial keys are underpinned by a flurry of tough drums. frank storm has been a key player on the white isle having played at some of the island’s biggest clubs, space, sankey’s, pacha, ministry of sound and zoo project, as well holding down a residency at the night unusual suspects. matteo spedicati began releasing music in 2006 and has received support from ricardo villalobos and richie hawtin. since then he’s gone on to work with such high profile names as joseph capriati and mendo, as well as releasing records on an abundance of top labels.

craig david’s debut album from 2000 back on double vinyl

adam beyers drumcode is growing from strength to strength, year after year, with a non-stop release schedule showcasing both the labels new and most established artists with cutting edge techno beats. after 20 years since its inception, drumcode continues to push the boundaries, firmly grounding their position as the worlds no.1 techno label. drumcodes youngest rising star, layton giordani, exploded on to the scene after his debut album >where it begins< back in february, after scoring some of the biggest festivals in europe this summer, he now returns with an exciting collab titled live again. ny born and bred, danny tenaglia has always been a true inspiration for layton since his teenage years, so when the opportunity to collaborate with the fellow ny legend was on the cards, it was a dream come true. danny and layton join forces for the lead track live again . its deep and dark with a slowly building pad wrapping around a modulating synthetic hook. the dark and effected vocal echo takes the track into a hypnotic vibe. ‘take it back delivers a pumping drive the moment it fires up. snapping percussive force and an infectious rhythmic groove will unhinge dance floors nationwide, whilst secrets of vibration has a rattling, yet blistering low end presence to it. the new yorkers unite on this energetic and exciting collab

born to touch your feelings - best of rock ballads from the scorpions on double vinyl, housed in a gatefold sleeve.

man of war is a significant sonic progression for the band. opening track gaia sets the tone for the release perfectly. heavy, brooding bass and glitchy, synth stabs create an imposing sonic backdrop for tom’s menacing vocal to hang on. lead and title track man of war is driven by its propulsive beats and more washes of bass and eerie electronic touches. fall crocus finds the band in contemplative mood. a heavy, regretful air hangs over the track and brings to mind the work of international superstar and mercury prize winner james blake, who the band has toured with, as well as mount kimbie and ghostpoet previously. final original cut cosmos pink is perhaps the album’s most touching effort. cloud boat have always been a band capable of inducing sincere emotion and this release is no different, taking the listener on a powerful, cathartic journey through life’s big issues. remix wise, the release features offerings from phaeleh and la – 4a. each act brings its own distinguishable flavour to man of war. phaeleh’s version features his trademark, cinematic, take on house electronics and is a typically atmospheric effort, while la – 4a takes cloud boat in a modern techno direction.

louis guilliaume rotterdam-techno explorer on born free with a three tracker. electronic funk made with his best friend, akai.

this debut ep from berlin-based producer duo and best friends in the world, funky espresso, features all-new original disco productions recorded with live instruments and singing done by funky espresso and their group of amazingly talented friends!
the a side features two tracks with a distinctly latin flavour that work to settle the tone and build up a vibe while the b side features two tracks that capture the bright, colourful and dreamy vibe of french disco on the riviera in the late 70s.

three long lost gems found deep down in samos bomb shelter. fresh oldschool-not-oldschool music for days and nights, nights and days!

our hero, jo tongo (born joseph ekambi tongo mpondo) was born and raised in douala cameroon. in 1964 he headed off to paris to begin pharmaceutical studies. somewhere along the way the music in his soul eventually won out and he embarked on a life of music. in the latest of our series of funk experimentals lps we dig for the funk. not necessarily the artists greatest hits but most definitely the funkiest ear benders. we proudly compile together tracks from 1968 to 3 new brand new exclusive tracks from present day 2017. and yes, they all have the funk. in spades.

two late summer tracks from baba & samo mixed and dubbed at the hidden operators hq

…speaking of air and darkness, “born on a gangster star” came into the world in a big damn hurry, like nightfall on an island. you can see it happening, but then again it’s so gradual that the next thing you know - it’s dark.
imbued with the energy and ideas from all the creative embers floating in the atmosphere like fireflies, shabazz palaces recorded this entire album over the course of two weeks with blood in seattle. new gear and new equipment disintegrated comfort zones into dust and a new path appeared in the rubble.
herein the palaceer continues the tale of quazars, a sentient being from somewhere else, an observer sent here to amurderca to chronicle and explore as a musical emissary. what he finds in our world is a cutthroat place, a landscape where someone like him could never quite feel comfortable amidst all the brutality and alternative facts and death masquerading as connectivity.
the vinyl release includes a download code.

nice price deal !!! 2 hip hop tracks feat trick daddy, pitbull, rick ross & the flip side feat kanye west & john legend !

pedrodollar formerly known as petter hands in his first solo-single since his border community release some polyphony from 2006. this maxi single features reggae-not-reggae movers and other tricks only petter could pull off. dont snooze!

roll the dice are back with a new full length album, ‘born to ruin’. the swedish duo, which consists of malcolm pardon and peder mannerfelt, are established musicians in their own right. pardon’s background producing scores for film and television is reflected in roll the dice’s cinematic aesthetic. while mannerfelt’s acclaimed third solo album ‘controlling body’ landed in 2016, he counts the likes of fever ray among his producer credits.

sunday money returns with another indicative vinyl-only release in the form of the alien funk ep from australian born producer morgan hyslop aka morgan. this is her second release on the label and features four stunning new tracks that are very much an extension of her imprint debut, queens ep. expect more of her signature deep & sparse grooves and deft production from this most singular of talents.

london-based producer cera alba pairs up with vocalist zahra for a pair of tough tracks on jamie jones’ hottrax this june featuring a remix from stockholms tiger stripes. since his humble beginnings several years ago the newcastle-born artist has cemented a reputation for consistency, with releases appearing on the likes of hot creations, moon harbour, viva music, avotre, madtech and gruuv. as a dj he’s been making regular appearances across europe, including venues such as watergate berlin, sankeys ibiza, brixton academy london, not to mention festivals such as hideout. taking over me is a dark and moody roller from the get-go. robust drums and mesmerizing atmospherics form its basis whilst zahras soulful vocals and a cavernous low-end rumbles throughout to its rhythm as a piercing vocal and metallic elements ebb in and out of the mix. tiger stripes then provides a crunchy remix of taking over me, distorting zahras vocals whilst incorporating tantalizing synths into his own stomping rendition.

sia’s 2010 album “we are born” back on 180 gram vinyl. housed in a gatefold sleeve.

empfanger stay in the sewers like tmnt. back with four tracks of their crackbrained ebm - disko.

dj unrefined may be born to be a singer but ended up with a collection of fresh dance-floor tracks telling a story where raw drums marry sharp organs whilst flirting with obsessive voice samples! featuring a guest appearance by gari romalis providing a solid remix with buttery chords and delicious detroit vibes! keep it raw!

on the one hand, there s cheveu, the french three-member band, whose soundtrack has never ceased to question music codes by exceeding various genres and pushing back their limits. on the other hand, you have group doueh, a combo of tuaregs coming from the sahara desert (dahkla). their music spans across many styles and hammers tradition with unprecedented finds. vinyl lp + 8 pages insert + download code

analogue is back with the fearless endlec. the man from thessaloniki is one of the best greek techno exports and delivers 4 solid, aggresive tracks that make no compromises.

a keep it loose kind of ep with six tracks. various styles and smiles featuring. dj pedrodollar, sling, baba stiltz, sleep d, samo dj & tzusing.

dark late night groovers by the odopt bad boys, straight out the kitchen of bar simachev. horrungruang is simply a killer track.

a compilation of highly collectable and rare surinamese 45 s and lp cuts. compiled by antal heitlager & thomas gesthuizen this is the follow up to the kindred spirits released surinam! compilation. this volume goes even deeper into the field of 70ties and 80ties funk music from the surinamese dance floors. recommended! fresh artwork by cosmo knex.

nice price deal !!! what can we say, the master hellfish is back in action. this 2 tracker on born ultraviolent has it all. heavy kickdrums under insane rhythms/ breakbeats, dark melodies all combined with the perfect hellfish flavour. not to be missed, a hit for the dancefloor as well.

180 gr , vinyl only
drawing its energy from the rapid waters of the bio bio river and its grace from viña del mar’s golden sand, a secret society was born. and with its first release we get to feel this newborn record label’s mission: to bring together contrasts and smoothly harmonise them. extending on the whole a side we find sit’ near jam, provocative on all our perception levels, with sudden rhythm changes yet still loyal to its silky soft percussion. on the flip side funk e and luc ringeisen collaboration your house proposes a rough and ruthless bassline, high paced by uber obsessive hi hats and subtly softened by dreamy melodic bubbles. and how to better close this release than placing our states of mind into juice and bread, an enigmatic high altitude minimal landscape imagined by cleymoore and joaquin lledoo, filled up with buzzing sounds and washed away by strange windy loops. so this is it! secret society chile revelled its plans to the world: stay true to its chilean roots and expand its visions to far outer-lands.

some more uncut diamonds by s4aw... robert nedelcu aka lecsicu from rural romania is only 26 but already a skillful and dedicated producer of oldschool-flavoured house music with a tek-edge. on top we ve got vocals by berinika van wyk a singer born in south africa. robert was inspired by guys like rick wade, mr. g, kerri chandler, and of course moodyman. his trademark are strong percussions, little harmonies every now and then and a “tracky” atmo to his tunes that sound very chicago-ish. all three original tunes are pure, vintage-style house music a little on the tech side. so this clearly is an ep for the dancefloor and for early morning sessions when the sun s coming up again... “route to 95” received a groundbreaking rework by detroit house music veteran gari romalis. with incredibly deep subbass sequencies he makes this tune a deep jam like you never heard one befor

oddball space disco tracks compiled from library tracks composed between 1975 and 1978. big tip!! from the early 70s to the mid-80s, this self-taught musician composed about twenty albums of production and library music with generic cover art and titles (out of the way, magical ring, keys of the future, pulsations, more and more, etc.) that evoke interstellar travel. these experimental discs, made with love, humility and rudimentary means, had no ambition other than to accompany other peoples images. by exhuming these obscurities from the dustbin of history, born bad have decided otherwise. archaeologists with an agenda, they seek to give jean pierre decerf the renown he deserves: that of an innovator whose rhythmic, synthetic compositions inspired the harbingers of the french touch (air comes to mind), not to mention some east coast rappers.

powder following up her doubt release with more of that far out and far eastern electronics!

following massive props recently via industry tastemakers from fact to four tet, pedram s music continues to define him as an ever growing and exciting producer to check out and with his latest track cloned this holds truer than ever. pedram doesn t fit into one particular electronic genre easily swimming up stream against the steady flow of tempo, style and sound.

zeitlose stil-kombination: neuauflage einer 1966er-single.

sexazoid, a name that we’ve seen in writing on the streets of stockholm now finds its way to the world of music, with synthetic sounds from a metal chamber dripping with pheromones. fine acidic house sleaze!

stellar debut from 22 year old stockholm loner assar jansson with the mesmerizing house track pant. remix duties are handled by samo dj and elias landberg (skudge) who together form the group called four legs.

rising manchester born producers mason collective and teefunk deliver the third release on the mekanism s vinyl only imprint worx.

since setting the tone at born electrics boiler room take over and releasing a widely acclaimed debut release on born electric, pedram s production has found its musical feet in unique ground, which his second ep on born electric firmly cements. the ep opens up with lex. a track which personifies what is gradually becoming pedram s signature sound, ethereal soundscapes, full bodied arpeggiated synths, off-kilter drum rhythms and full of electronic emotion

zackey force funk was born into this wild world in tucson, az in 1974. in and out of prison since the age of 17, zff began producing on pirated software his brother gave to him once he had given up a life of crime to focus on writing tunes and raising his family. first discovered by kutmah back in the golden era of myspace, zackey’s signature “force funk sound” swiftly grabbed the attention of a number of formidable producers. as these tunes were scattered across various labels, finding their homes on their respective collaborator’s projects, zff continued to hone his style, delving deeper into the psychedelic future funk realm of which he has created for himself. the fruits of his discipline all add up to “electron don” hnr52 a 15-track collection of early productions that serves as the initial transmission of a fantastical mind that has many more stories to tell. “electron don” gathers together various unreleased and classic tracks recorded by zackey force funk circa 2009-2011 in tucson, az. included here are a treasure-trove of classic productions by the electron don himself, as well as tracks by luminaries salva, mike gao, lorn, jellphonic, cupp cave, crimekillz, mark lowe and paolo xz.
pressing on white vinyl.

special occasion are david c. gray and enchante. together they make music for the early lonely mornings between the sheets. on the b-side you find the tear drenched versions of maxxxbass of kwc 92.

reissue of dooms 2009 album as deluxe double lp with embossed / debossed, spot-glossed and foil-blocked sleeve.

next up on crosstown rebels is the hauntingly beautiful release sabor from the tel-aviv based duo red axes, with brazilian-born abrao on vocals, and featuring a brilliant isolée remix to boot!

from a dark and depressing country in the northern hemisphere called sweden, comes this duo consists of towlie & sling. here with another slab of demented mongo ebm. creepy asylum music! alessandro adriani: * a2 sounds like snowy red on mdma.. amazing one*

the undisputed masters of brain-altering, transcendent electronics return with their first studio album since 2010’s further. released to coincide with headline slots at glastonbury, sonar and bestival, the chemical brothers’ eighth studio album - born in the echoes - is a magnificent eleven-track collection of lean, propulsive machine driven music. from juddering robotic funk to unhinged futurist freakbeat, icy spectral psych to rhapsodic analog synthetics, from euphoric spiritual acid to harmonic ambient distortion, the album is the sound of a reinvigorated chemical brothers creating some of the most mind-expanding music of their career to date.

debut single for this hi-tech low-life straight from the slums of hong kong. the music of scott young is much like the city itself, intense and claustrophobic on one hand, dreamy and cinematic on the other. these tracks were made in what he calls the spaceshuttle energized by late night noodles under the shimmering neon signs.

debut ep for this young cos/mes relative. every night before sleep she spends time hammering tracks alone in the dark. far out and far eastern electronics!

hinter mias void verbirgt sich der vielseitige elektroniker, dj, keyboarder und jazzpianist matthias vogt, *return to bliss* ist seine debüt-ep für das label born electric. das titelstück bezieht sich auf vogts titel *bliss* aus dem jahr 2011, für dessen remix er sein techno-pseudonym mias void nutzt, unter dem er 2013 bereits die ep *tactics* veröffentlichte. *return to bliss* wird begleitet von drei mixen: ikonika club remix von sara abdel-hamid alias ikonika, the models dance to trance remix von radu munteanu aka the model und ikonika bliss pop remix. die platte ist limitiert auf weltweit 300 exemplare.