london based james what is a well known musician treading the more left-field and creative end of the tech house spectrum. his numerous eps alongside dan berkson have become poker flat classics in recent years and so we are happy to welcome him in his first solo effort for the label. lead cut >it feels wrong< fuses classic analog bass with lively synth work and satisfyingly complex question-answer passages that whisk us away into a sweaty, late night vibe immediately. berlin based lord of the witching hour lee curtiss adds his touch on the remix side with a killer acidic treatment of >it feels wrong<. tense, soulful and teasing, this warm and super playable version will no doubt find its way to freaky dancefloors everywhere. >in the dark< slowly builds edgy, spooky elements in a deep, dark and sexy trip. combining smooth chords and keys, with trippy synths and sinister vocal snippets, whats bright and clear production works wonders in this slow-burner.

strictly limited vinyl with no re-press, silkscreened artwork by house of traps, hand-stamped labels, housed in japanese poly jackets... this fudge fingas leviathan-like ep has been simmering for some time now, and is finally available as the next installment of the cult firecracker series. ukraines vakula re-shapes it slavik style on the flip and fingas completes the package with a bass-heavy, tropical cut >mass x<. as usual, artwork and silkscreening by house of traps. strictly limited with no re-press!

acid jazzs rare mod series is a collection of vinyl eps, compilation albums and books that shines a light on the forgotten side of the british mod scene.
one such album is live 65 from kenny bernard & the wranglers, which is an extraordinary historical document that turned up at a car boot sale a couple of years back.

what it happened again? but we still dont know! all we know is that once in a while every successful couple - and even passionate lovers - needs a break from each other. so this time, you get david woods on the green alone. no tiger around. just another man and his caddy. nevertheless, he has the >license to drill<, a >slazenger 1< in his pocket and >1:00:00< to kill. track after track after track by a true crack. funky peak time!

lodubs sublabel special request brings this fresh plate from jaybird. the main cut on this 12 inch is a heavy tune with a serious 808 workout. 6blocc also steps in for a huge remix on flip. expect big bass, high energy synth work, and a great dancefloor response. download code included!

happy birthday what! what!. here are the 4 tracks from the vinyl edition of the 3 years compilation!

the sun is shining, the drinks are flowing and the music is bumping. summer is well and truly here and what better way to top off the best season of the year than with a 4 track summer sampler from the blockhead camp. as we have come to expect from team blockhead, they have provided us with another solid release with 4 tracks of pure bumpy tech house that would appeal across a far and wide ranging dancefloor. deep basslines, high top shuffles and infectious melody hooklines will keep the feet stomping and heads nodding. give it a spin and see the floor bounce!

raised in haifa, israel, now located in amsterdam, this duo of sonic explorers have had acclaimed releases on a host of cult labels like psychostasia, underground quality, philpot & many more chelm is burning is the first in a four part ep & dvd series, an imaginary soundtrack to paul wegeners 1920 german silent film classic >the golem: how he came into the world< based on the centuries old clay monster which haunts jewish folklore. grounded in jazz, the duo soon began experimenting with electronic music, fusing influences as disparate as ornette coleman, can, mr fingers & cabaret voltaire into what can best be described as music from the future, gazing deeply into the past.

ok … the sad truth is we have been searching for this dat close to 6 years since rabbit in the moons david christophere and san diego native sotero finished the project. both mixes were done around winter 95 / 96. despite excitement around the label at the time, eventually the tracks fell to the wayside under the age-old excuse of >figuring out what to do with them<. meanwhile, knowing a good thing when he heard it, three made a dat copy and cut some actetates to play out. they made their way around a good portion of the earth via himself, some friends and one west coast dj who boldly vowed to just put it out on his own --- off the slate --- if we didnt get our act together. fortunately he didnt, but neither did we because both david and three misplaced the dat copies and sotero never had one!

pyramid is the third album by the alan parsons project and was originally released in 1978. the album contains numerous references to the egyptian pyramids, hence the name

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...

eine 12 inch reissue des b-side-songs >what we have known< von der single >sprout and the bean< aus dem jahr 2004. die b-side dieser 12 inch beinhaltet einen kupferstich der coverart-künstlerin becca mann, die auch das cover von joanna newsoms meisterwerk >have one on me< gestaltet hat.

a1: talk to me - matthew kyle delivers on this one! a huge track, great vocals as always and a brilliant beat, coupled with keys and light percussion. top class!
b1: anger - what a groove! heavy beat, cool percussion ­ this will get you moving! vocals stick in your head and the bass line is subtle but great! so good!
b2: the thrill - mk doing what he does best, the slow grooving track. beautiful. fits so well in the small world disco catalogue.

limited edition high quality re-release on blue vinyl of this classic 1983 album by the art of noise.

with upcoming releases on top class labels like american standard, sleazybeats and ene tokyo, edinburghs lord of the isles ventures forth with the debut 12inch on his own limited edition imprint little strong recordings. what you get is three excursions into deeper territories. the a sides >hot blob< is a slice of detroit inspired wonkiness designed for dancers. with a seriously seductive bass line, acidy techno flourishes, underground keys and soulful ghostly voices, the track heads off into the deepness with all the class of a planet e classic. on the flip side, deep house track >tell your soul< pitches that perennial question (and sample) which asks >what is house music ?< across a frozen lake of reflecting and melting keyboard maneuvers, with a definite nod to larry heard, this psychedelic shimmering beauty is made for afternoon drifting. last up >this way< is the gem at the end, built for early morning sub club styled revelry, this stuttering, sub aquatic jam is strictly for the heads. deep, churning and soulful in the right way. with this ep, lord of the isles offers us a glimpse into the mighty depths of his personal catalogue and its very deep indeed!

in the south of panama lies the darien gap, a vast unpenatrable jungle swamp that divides central and south america. it is so hostile that even the pan american highway stops there in what would otherwise be a non-stop highway stretching from alaska to argentina. many explorers never returned and it is believed that the 10.000 square mile piece of green hell is home to secret guerilla bases, drug labs and many mysterious & dangerous animals.

4 tiga tracks from the ciao lp

the original track warp by the tripodz has been causing a stir in the drum & bass scene worldwide. the mp3 of the original mix was given away about 1 year ago to a handful people but it made a circuit all around the world. thats why we reserved this new remix of warp for our treasure chest and are proud to announce it to you now!
besides misanthrop, phace & neonlight, proktah is the hottest neuro producer in germany and always delivers the highest quality in sound. these tunes have all what it takes to make it an anthem: epic electro synth edits, a massive bassline, fat orchestral string sounds and rolling drums & percussions - one neuro remix on the a-side and the original jump-up anthem on the flip. drop this as intro and you can be sure to get everybody on the dancefloor ... say no more

open air 2011 !!! this is definitely a serious movie, but in this case quite large. the swiss cowboy mario zar returns with his second ep on leutral the soundtrack to the movie the ocean plant. give the way he has managed to human emotions amid societal cold again, has something very enchanting. the very first track is the title theme from the film of the same. open air heartbreaking mood with an incredible catchy tune. finally one has the feeling again - that it is - the ultimate track - summer sun sunshine - large movies 2011 - 30 degree in the shade - and then this track. martin brunner has made a realistic study and there is the typical brunner sound with 3d effects and full speed ahead. in the film, two water plants are fighting for a piece of land on the ocean floor. they also use modified shiruken. the special feature is the integrated facebook app that posts the current status of the strikes. but otherwise the film is bursting with new-fashioned bio-weapons. a high-level cold saw turns the two water plants and over again in his way. at the end of the film, the two water plants enthusiasts. what they have experienced before you can watch and listen in this awesome movie. now playing in your cinema worldwide!

big with: matt walsh, jef k, kolombo, cosmo vitelli, joakim, luke solomun, morpheus, slam, alexkid, anthony collins,... meet sex judas (sex to his mother). a sexual vigilante and underground musical entrepreneur working in tandem with his trusted sidekick ricky since the dawn of time (or the death of jesus). myth has it that after the infamous >kiss<, judas was damned to live on earth for eternity. he decided to make the best of it and delved head first into his true passion, music. known as a motherfucker on the >uggav< since his early teens, he emerged in the underground sounds of judea and never looked back. judas & ricky state they are on a mission to play music that reflects the real life, in all its horny, absurd, joyous and yes sometimes evil ways…with emphasis on the bass of course! so what you now hold in your hands is the glorious first vinyl offering from sex judas and ricky >sex according to judas< telling the story as it is, blending the old school sounds of chicago with a modern day longing for bass and ass, with a steaming sex toy edit by tim from paris to go.

what a day indeed! fresh blood on the label puts a smile on our faces. this young italian had us dancing from first demo and here is the finished result. welcome to the family riccardo! deep, sexy grooves with that vital element of funk weare always on the hunt for. a modern sound palette sporting percussive grooves, vocal snippets and soulful harmonies. the title track comes with a rolling bass line, disco licks and an organ hook to get the groove on. typinic on the flip is built beautifully around vocal stabs, filtered keys and floating harmonies. the sound is very personal and riccardos mature sense of arrangement and room is impressive. quality deep all the way! equally exciting is our rmx pack from up?n coming producers mario aureo out of berlin and dimitri andreas hailing from brussels. mario turns up the heat on the title track with a firm beats package and very tasty use of the original keys. a true viber now, irresistibly funky. dimitri takes typinic to peak territories with a shufflesque groove, thick bass and sax stabs. just wait for the drop

planet rhythm and exium has been a succesful combination in the last few years. the supremist is the newest outing of the extremely talented production team from spain. following up their amazing album on nheoma you know what to expect. high quality techno beats, always with a twist, very energetic, crazy synths, bassss!

following the soothing >landscapes of the future< compilation, featuring selected ambient works by argentinas finest (jonas kopp, gustavo lamas, leonel castillo…) greener records is proud to present its first split ep, with label boss andres zacco and brother in soul franco cinelli. the greener 12 inch releases come out on vinyl only, for the simple reason that they are specically made for djs, and this is exactly what this record is about.

here is some more disco ammo from mdd. >me for you for me< may be based on a classic, but the crowd reaction when it was played at a recent warehouse party shows theres certainly still life in the old dog yet. john luongo thought he d nailed it when he put the breakdown before the verses? pff.. what verses? then theres >think< – not the usual sound we have come to know from al kent possibly – no strings? no percussion?? ah, but theres a squelchy synth. finally theres waltered states. this is possibly what it would sound like if walter gibbons and ron hardy went on a bender then made some edits together.

from the far away sound to the one that explodes in your face, from chicago to berlin, from delay to mute, tube & berger vs. fank sonic create here a timeless dance tune! we are speaking about >the swarm<. put steve bug in a room with dj pierre and this is what you might get. small stunts... reductive rhythm... controlled cool drive... a winner.
played by: umek, paco osuna, yousef, orde meikle/ slam, laurent garnier, john digweed, joseph capriati, igor tchkotoua (pig & dan), steve parry, alex tepper, jens lissat, sebastian russell, zidan, beatamines ...

single sided 7 inch with etching on flip.

including tracks by andre crom & martin dawson, varoslav & werner niedermeier, einzelkind, chris carrier!
big with: reboot, luciano, nick curly, sis, robert dietz, dj t, raresh, luna city express, martin eyerer, julian chaptal, lauhaus, kabale & liebe, phil weeks, audiofly, agnes, steve lawler, brothers vibe, inland knights, ekkohaus, gorge, markus fix, shinedoe, meat, andrew grant, nekes, anthony collins ...

a1 - hot beat: beautiful groove, heavy beat and awesome vocals. what a track to get swde back into the swing of things. absolute killer!
b1 - closer: another super track. heavy beat once it drops, nice deep bass, shuffling percussion and a brilliant vocal sample.
b2 - no you: the heavy beat theme continues on this track, nice bongo percussion and bass line is equally as heavy as the beat. cool chopped vocal sample, deep disco house at its very best!

smallpeople member dionne aka just von ahlefeld debuts on his co-owned smallville label! entering the smalville record shop in hamburg city on a rainy afternoon you would find co-owner dionne to be working on some arrangement of his tracks. the room fills up with that unique kind of deepness and beauty we already know from dionnes works as a part of smallpeople. after releases on jus eds underground quality, the dial sublabel laid, new deephouse imprint tersiptone and his own smallville label dionne is back on the planet with a heavenly 3 track ep to spread sweetness and love on the dancefloor.

in the impressive flow of new talent in 2011 on fokuz recordings we already had the pleasure to present the sound of brother, command strange and intelligent manners among others. the next flavour of the funky liquid melting pot called fokuz recordings goes by the name donnie dubson. berlin based irishman donnie o sullivan aka donnie dubson started releasing his funky rollers on have a break and influenza media and already featured on fokuz on the chronicles of the deep lp together with stunna back in 2007. the grapefruit / battlecat release on influenza media in 2009 got him a lot of attention and is still heard in dj sets today. now its 2011 and fokuz presents the beautiful debut album of donnie dubson! his sound can be described as refreshing and original liquid drum n bass with a touch of the well known atmospheric drum n bass vibes from the mid 0s. his basslines are the unique sellingpoint as well as his ability to create an organic feel in the music thats only done by the few who truly understand what liquid drum n bass is all about. pleasuring both critical listeners and the dancefloor audience this album is a perfect overview of the sound fokuz stands for. a great example of how music can be time-less in this decade of fast moving consumer goods.

the new blood ep part 3 in stock featuring dzeta n basile, burnski & tripmastaz. already support from seth troxler, nick curly, laurent garnier, josh wink, dj gregory, maya jane coles, deetron, djulz, dj spinna, marlon d, sascha dive, manuel tur…

the captain is back on resense and what a comeback with this two funky breaks from the highest bridge of boats!

dutch export ion ludwigs first offering for londons trelik imprint is a lesson in stripped back, mechanical groove-funk. title track >as the reaction followed i knew my feelings were right< is a rolling groover with nods to the kdj and theo school of deep house, with oven warm harmonies and vintage key sequences and lucid pads pushing the track along for its eight minute duration. flip over for >l sable<, which takes things in a more hypnotic direction with insistent stabs, a funky bubbling bassline and one of those vocals that you will be happily humming for days. forget what people are saying about old-skool and nu-skool deep house, this is simply house music at its very best.

the x-man has been locked away in the detroit psychiatric hospital for the last 30 years. as his release date drew near ppu had a moment to sit down and talk with the man behind the mask. ppu - how did you end up here? xman - my music style, often described as aggressive funk, was deemed by the state of michigan too mental for the listening public. ppu - what does the x stand for? xman - x is an executioner. ppu - what do you plan to do after your release? xman - i am here to eliminate everyone in funk.

peters love of obscure disco and house shows in this solo album - wide ranging influences have gone into the musical hot-pot. take the slo-mo lazy groove of lead track and opener love is the key . this sets the sonic palette, laid back, underground and understated (but cucumber cool) throughout. deliberately absent are the commercial and pseudo-poppy sounds from the visti and meyland 2010 debut. this record is a club affair, less in your face and more all around you . for example lost in space is one part elastic groove, one part melodious, enveloping ambience and one part progressive disco groove. tracks such as i m out the door , bubble bubble and drinking in darkness are more direct, straight dance floor booty-shaking grooves. as is what you would expect from the man who has dj stamped firmly into his dna.

palisade is a new project of redshape ! expect some awesome deep house music

davids first book with over 100 paintings and hundreds of sketches of more than 20 years of his work

five pals from leeds, england, who play scruffy but energetic rock & roll with no shortage of swagger, the pigeon detectives formed in 2002, but the group s members — matt bowman on lead vocals, oliver main and ryan wilson on guitars, dave best on bass, and jimmi naylor on drums — were mates from school and had known one another since they were 12.

already huge support by jimpster, scope, f.e.x., anthony collins, h.o.s.h., brothers vibe, m.in, secret cinema, shur-i-kan, pawas, mihai popoviciu, someone else, audiojack, guy j and many many more!! monster-spring-summer tunes!! incl. pol_on, slg and mikita & juerga remixes!one of us said, in the dziurka when it comes to naming our famous love-house track! we are two stupid gods, ormuzd and arhyman, both of us represents the light and dark sides of worlds nature, its all kinda complicated as we are actually always wasted and too lazy to know which one of us is which. but being honest... who knows what two old, weird and stoned gods would think of to name their music creation...

tsi returns with more dark, deep hypnotic hard techno goodness this latest installment of tsi. the >grinding machine< does just what the title intends. the same can be said for the adjective use in titling >dark, dirty & broken<. the people are asking who and where the secret initiative are from. tsi answers why does it matter? will knowing make the music sound better? the clues of whom it is be heard through the secret codeslocked in the grooves of the vinyl. listen closely and maybe you can piece it all together. if not listen closely and enjoy the music!

killer new 12 inch with no information or song titles, simply called >scott grooves white label of the month<. the a-side is an incredible techno track full of energy guaranteed to move the crowd at peak time. the b-side is a grimey, acidic drum work out that will have the heads banging and bootys shaking. cant wait to see what mr. grooves has in store for us next month

with age comes maturity, or that is at least what one would normaly think. together the three men (jin choi, walker barnard & tolga fidan) associated with private golds second release, the >i m just the rain< ep, clock in at over 100 years… and yet this release is all thrusting crotches and wriggling teen lust man-booties. only kidding, the songs on this release are nothing if not mature. sure the aforementioned sex is there. in the cooing vocals, stompy bass and 60s psych of the contrapuntal guitar of the eponymous >i m just the rain< or in the jimmy edgar-like funk and grind of >revolution for the lovers<.

this album builds more than just one bridge between the best worlds of frivolousness and dependability – horizontally, vertically, all the directions in between, and in time. no matter what the current when you cross, the beginning and the end dissolve into an everlasting flow in true 25 character. the journey is fueled by its own limitlessness, all the while delivering crucial reference points for a purposeful riptide ride.
the experienced hedonist lets herself be driven through her beloved quarter-note spheres, relishing the moments when, in certain beats, twinkling details lead her towards a different route – one familiar but long forgotten. she strings this pearl on her chain of rhythm-driven moods, calling upon it at the right times to amplify her individual push. the allure of the impacts unfolding redeems each secret whispered by the spirit of the sound.

maxmillion dunbar returns to future times with his first release there since it began with his >outrageous soulz< 45. >max trax for world peace< takes the house sound maxmillion hinted at on his 2010 >cool water< lp (for uks ramp recordings) into sublime territory. tip! in the hyper-percussive, shape-shifting opener >polo,< max mixes italian house, angelic choirs and a bouncing bassline, while >ballroom< sees a synthetic waltz become ambient disco as 707 claps echo from the corners. >piano & dream world< engulfs the entire b-side with a blissful, heart-wrenching workout indebted to those head-down, eyes closed house tunes of the past, adding what sounds like a smudged digital orchestra to a roller of a track that marches on (>and on<) forever