custom leather construction: - dampens resonance from metal turntables - avoids static load - suitable for most turntables the mat improves performance by reducing vibration transfer to the playing surface, allowing your cartridge to deliver a more stable high-fidelity performance. the high-friction but smooth surface also allows for fluid record rotation with minimal slip. the mat is made from a single piece of high quality leather and the underside has been intentionally left with a rough and fluffy leather finish, whereas the top is a beautifully finished smooth surface. in use, the sound quality is enhanced giving a noticeably better-controlled sound overall and great imaging. due to the nature of the material, there may be instances of slight marking or deformation. as they are a feature of the material, items displaying marking, wrinkling, or deformation are not subject to exchange. diameter: 29.5 cm thickness: 1.8mm

soft talk is the latest alias that natal zaks - our longtime danish friend and a musician we have been constantly releasing under different monikers throughout the last 5 years - picked out for us. he is hands down the most talented producer we have ever met and it is always a privilege to be able release his music under any name he chooses. we have seen his music go through many transformations and they were always for the best. this time we feel the exact same thing, that this is our favorite music ever and we will never want to release anything else again. that is never true of course, but the mercy ep does feel a lot like that.

in spain the soup is harsh but tasty served cold to staff in empty winter discos it replenishes their souls devoid of joy as they scavenge through left behind belongings the beatle grins and stirs the pot his recipe of gruesome memories reverberates through the stagnant air as tears fall into stale sangria.

kenny summit s dirty lowdown and sunshine boogie spent some time atop the digital charts and have been remastered for your vinyl spinning pleasure. nudisco party anthems in their own right, both tracks have become go-to jams for the leaders in the genre. house legend, lenny fontana has been making underground classics for the past 30+ years and his bump track shows why this man has been running things for so long. timmy vegas & the boogie down deejays rework one of the all time paradise garage classics, turning funk to stank and spank to spanky. pressed on limited purple vinyl get em while they re hot!!

over the past 7 years wolf music have steadily blossomed into a bonafide platform for both auspicious and established producers of classically-minded house and disco catering for listeners and djs alike. having amassed a catalogue of eps and lps including the likes of frits wentink, medlar, krl, mr fries and inkswel they are now ready to release their 4th full length lp this time from long term label friends nicholas church and joseph spencer a.k.a casino times.

terence fixmer his known in the late 90s , early 2000s as the creator of the tbm, described as techno body music. a mixture of the ebm soundscape with the modernity of techno. his muscle machine album (including tracks lile electrostatic, body pressure) released in 2001 became a reference of the genre. in 2003, musician terence fixmer and legendary singer from cultissism band nitzer ebb, douglas j mccarthy embarked on a project that spearheaded the fusion of techno and ebm. they named it fixmer/mccarthy and they were the precursor to a new breed of techno artists that manage to traverse between an array of scene specific genres without being tied to any. since releasing their first album, >between the devil<, in 2003 terence and douglas have ridden the line between pure techno and the recognizable song structure of classic electronic music and ebm. now, with over 13 years working together for this project and playing around the world, they return to their signature raw sound and delivery. >so many lies< is quintessential and brooding techno, while the instinct mix epitomizes their ability to craft a catchy bubbling baseline whilst all the while dispatching cold steel aggression.

ng trax is pleased to announce the 5th release on this quite delicious label, the brainchild of nima >only the juice< gorji. welcome into your heart romanian duo >the dubsons<. as you will hear and soon see and feel they have all the tools to get your toenails twitching. cracking name also.

forecast label announces new vinyl ep -holysheep- by cheaper shepherd to be released in march 2016. samples, drum machines and old school keyboards: a straight ­to ­the point! cheaper shepherd is a duo of producers born in the 15th borough of paris. drived by their love of synthetizers and other analogic machines, they ve been working in electronic music for years. in addition to their own projects, they have produced several hip­hop, house and techno projects: timä, androma (savoir faire), la direction, dudmode, peterbär... their first ep origin came out on helpme records early 2013, followed by three other eps, released on their own label baldwin records among others. they joined the booking roster of forecast label in 2012, and released on vinyl their first ep for the label. this projects appears as the fulfillment of a collaboration that has allowed them to go on tour in france (paris, bordeaux, lyon and st malo) but also in china. in 2015, they also went to the us to record with cans. the project was originally an ep of five songs, but the chemistry was such that it has turned into a 17 tracks album that will be released in 2016, between old school hip hop, house music and trap... limited to 200 copies !

when we started heist a few years back, our idea was to give a stage to talent in a same way as we have had a helping hand by the labels that have supported us from the beginning. therefore, i’s our pleasure to share this release with you by newcomers ouer, a berlin based duo with only a handful of tracks out so far on their self released debut last year. their approach to producing is very much jam based, and with a compact collection of synths, drum machines and a fair level of distortion, they succeed in creating their own sound with hints of classic electronic music from chicago and detroit. theres a nice mix of energy on the whole ep, the ascent being the most driving track of the package. fans of classics mcde tracks will love show off with its dreamy dx7 style chords and cracking acid lines. move over feels like a jam session that was way too much fun with some lovely solo work on the synths, whereas mess around goes down in similar free-ride style on the synths and again, has some lovely sampling going on. an impressive ep were just all too happy to have on our label. sincerely yours, lars & maarten

25 years ago the pacha ibiza vibe was brought to belgium by patrick soks, who has been hosting the paradise parties at café danvers since then. derrick may, derrick carter, stacey pullen, todd terry, pete tong, dimitri, marcello, doc martin, laurent garnier, sven väth, bob sinclar, luciano... they all played their first belgian dj set at this legendary belgian party. enjoy this anniversary release full of seminal tracks... music is the answer!

ark & pit spector continue their inspired journey with an extended ep full of groovy jams and absorbing rhythms for hold youth. the frenchmen have formed a potent alliance with a series of expertly-crafted, high-quality releases dropping over the last couple of years. on this new ep they go deeper into their sound explorations with five original works and a remix from their parisian buddy and hold youth member, le loup. first up, we go into bumping jazzy territory with ‘chauffage central’, a mesmerising cut with swirling pads, soulful vocal clips and a jaunty b-line. straight up after that, hold youth rudeboy le loup gives ‘chauffage central’ a funky little rework, throwing live sounding percussion, nubian vocal clips, trumpet parps and a pumping bassline into the mix which gives a totally different identity. the final track on side a, is a cheeky teaser called ‘petite ondée’. rolling out for just under two minutes the track has a muffled, jazz-esque feel to it with a warm rolling bassline and bright, sparkling piano keys. on the flip we kick off with ‘air conditionelle’, a lush, retro feeling with those oh-so-familiar heavy-hitting eighties snare licks. the bassline takes you to a new york city street and the whole atmosphere is that of an old school nyc neighbourhood, while a spoken-word sample adds a human touch just before the track comes to an end. ‘sub tropical’ goes a little leftfield with an unusual combination of sounds in tandem with a pulsating low end, occasional sax licks and punchy percussion to give it plenty of energy. ‘averse et contre tous’ closes out the ep with a slothish ride into the sunset – ark and pit spector show their experimental side presenting an odd union between blues samples, gruff electronic sounds and piano keys. another triumphant effort from ark and pit spector, in fact, some of the finest work to date. make sure you check it out!

a man in texas was reportedly seen jumping onto moving cars and running around with his tongue out, convinced his life was in danger. authorities first attributed the man s behavior to the fact that he was high on medical weed, but later found out he had discovered a record in the middle of his backyard inside a small crater. backyard aliens - burial grounds. i/y 006, silver vinyl 12“

quartz rec is pleased to welcome the duo doomwork based in rome and well known for them amazing groove, there music is emotive and immersive with melodies and riff locked into rolling rhythms and subtle atmospherics.and its with no surprise that they are coming with an outstanding ep on quartz rec, first track « nihil sine sole » super trippy track with some great congas slowly and this beautiful pad building a great atmosphere. second track « memento » getting more into deep techno with class, tracks talk for itself. we have also two remixes, first one is from ambivalent who deliver a big stomper techno mix ready to smash the dance floor, second is from ness who bring a driving techno track melt with the pad from the original who will make lose yourself.

dueve is a very mysterious project, probably due to the intense (albeit exotic) eastern folk instrumentation that populate their sonic structures. rené audiard & ali Çak&#305,,r have been exploring a bit of it all from crunchy techno grooves to emotionally charged slow drives, and together they managed to create a very peculiar sonic balance that captivates from the moment it passes our ears.

liberation technologies continue to work with innovative artists and encourage experimental and challenging perspectives in modern electronic music, welcoming newcomer hex with their latest release. hex is comprised of london based artists charlie noon & tom field. drawing influence from and exploring the outer realms of techno, experimental, rave and grime they breathe new energy into the dance floor. their spacious sound design fuses unfamiliar sound elements and building waves of melody with blistering percussion and kinetic soundscape.

after releasing brand new material on dum034, dum records are dipping into the label boss’s production archives for the next one: it is a reissue that features tracks from a number of classic mono junk releases. two came on trope records, one in 1995 and one in 1993, and the last pair of cuts come from 1996 when they were released on plug research. arguably some of the influential finnish producer’s finest work, all of the tracks here emphasize how long he is operating on the top of his game already.

when they come to and strike you, they work.
inwave is proud to announce its 6th release with a new amazing solo ep by the newcomer electronic art man vendi. 3 excellent and sexy tracks with strong personality! serious sounds and techno minimal grooves right for the dance-floor and perfect for the finest underground listeners. hypnotic and superb stuff that reveal inwave a perfect place to be.

the first spinning plates ep back in february was picked up by print media and radio tastemakers from ra and dj mag to b.traits and moxie, whilst djs as diverse as ivan smagghe and francois k slotted it into their dj bags. as such there has been much demand for a second release, and now it arrives in the form of a fascinating split ep from scene veteran andy rantzen and relative newcomer bruno schmidt, who helps a&r for the label. in fact it was bruno who came across andy’s tracks during a late night youtube session. andy, who remixed inxs and severed heads back in the day and is a sydney based producer who has been active for three decades, had upped a load of his old demos to youtube in the faint hope that one day someone might find them. and damn are we happy he did, because they are brilliant affairs that sound like little else. for his part, bruno has been a louche resident and hifi creator alongside andrew james gustav and gwenan and delivers an exceptional stripped down late night trip/early morning trip.

a new long-form offering of poignant, isolationist machine music from secret boyfriend. eschewing the cryptic and compact song-sketches that characterised his 2013 blackest ever black lp, this is always where you’ve lived, ryan martin instead guides us through vast interior topographies and nerve-damaged ambiences that comfort and deceive like memory itself. the vinyl release includes a download code.

nice price deal !!! this graze release is in the superfluid phase. as long as it remains superfluid, it will exhibit the principle of continuous flow. properties such as mid-range density, bass pressure and sonic velocity are assumed well-defined in this state, and are assumed to vary continuously from one track to another.
sounds may be artificially introduced, like percussive tracers, or they may be naturally occurring, full-spectrum tracers may be either. quantized tracers remain constant following bass parcels, whereas off-grid tracers (such as snares or toms undergoing a mutual reaction) grow or decay with frequency.

seegweed is back with three diabolical edits in three various directions but all with one thing in common...they all got soul! this time around you ll get an peak time aretha franklin rework, a latin-soul escapade with bill withers and a jazzy house jam from nancy wilson. gamm does what gamm does best make you dance !

as point g first compilation is comin out digitally they were no way the vinyl scene gets a real dose of exclusive treat .for this triple pack vinyl only release point g revamps some classics of the label , adds a new cut and get lazare hoche for a reshape of a 98 classic in other words : “braka” gets a serious new mix down with a frenzy pad , “indian “ some dope additional keys “ druker” becomes a soulish fun break beat oriented type of remix ( check also the druker dub )“melik” a new ruff cut “hands” this 98 classic get a reshape by lazare hoche , fat & fay

roman poncet returns to figure with another batch of deadly efficient tools featuring four productions in his stripped-back signature style. opener vicious sets the stage with a snappy and muscular breakbeat holding the rhythm down tightly until creeping synths reveal the track’s true, eery intentions. marguerite is more welcoming, with gentle percussion and dubbed out chords making for a loop that could go on forever. the b-side is another example of skillfully sculpting sounds both lean and powerful. on atome i ricocheting synth echoes and fine layers of percussion sway back and forth until they collapse into an extended atmospheric breakdown. starting out reduced to its very nucleus, the second version slowly lets an electrifying tension fill the blank spaces. comprising a set of bare-bone grooves as slick as they are powerfully moving, roman poncet delivers another ep in true figure fashion that is sure to stay in the bag for a long time.

with their second longplayer meanderlust, randweg undertake a trip along melodic fields and rhythmic turns. the songs sound self-willed yet catchy: they are feel-good-music with an experimental core. with unusual instrumentation (clarinet, guitar, bass, cajon, computers) and unique style, randweg treads a previously untrodden path: a detailed one, sensitive, gentle and scratchy, one that you would like to go more often now. (de: bug)

sonic fissures sizzle the bacon they ain t faking -blow your zip code-. a subterranean world of street wisdom and cosmo-ghettology. sensational spits grit over the grit, keep them swaying as they stagger from grey luminous fog coming in off the atlantic. a cohesive nugget of rolling energy my presidential rolex. kruton whips up jagged shards of rhythm into the air. elaborate thought processes conveyed through instinctive vocal responses cake! weapons grade prana, hooks and bass

if we do the unthinkable would it make us look crazy? probably yes, although we dont really care. tip top, heartfelt beats with soul by some unknown geezer pressed on clear transparant 12 inch vinyl with a silver sleeve. they are bound to sell like hotcakes, dont sleep on it!

after the debut release on do not sleep become a sure fire club hit, the ibiza party turned much loved house and tech label now has another weapon up its sleeve. the next release is from perel, is titled charles manson and features another standout remix from resident darius syrossian. perel is a berlin based dj, producer and vocalist who is quickly rising through the ranks. she has released both originals and remixes on o*rs before now, and has a robust house and techno infused sound that simply makes you want to dance. as a dj she is a regular at cool spots like farbfernseher and impresses here with what she serves up for do not sleep. the original is a chunky, no-nonsense house track with bouncy bass, subtle vocals and the sort of futuristic and soulful pads that help make it really stand out. it s a slick, well produced sound that is sure to make it into many top record bags in the coming weeks and months. the remix from darius is a subtle one that layers in some trance inducing vocals and extra breakdowns so as to really highlight the powerful effect of the drums each and every time they drop.

kicking cheerfully against the compression and conformity of the modern digital age, antique futurist analogue wizards metamono return with their finest, fittest album to date. comprising jono podmore, aka kumo and sometime collaborator with can members irmin schmidt and jaki liebezeit, paul conboy and fine artist mark hill, the crystal palace based trio enchanted audiences during 2014 with their live soundtracks to secrets of nature, early 20th century short films using new photography techniques to reveal the processes of the natural world including the lives of cuckoos and barn owls. many of the pieces they wrote feature on the new album. it was an ideal fit for the metamono sound - organic, playful, basking in the joys of new mechanical possibilities. recalling the early electronic adventures of raymond scott, brian eno, cabaret voltaire, cluster and acid house but always bearing their unmistakable bespoke signature, metamono are as unmissable live as they are on vinyl. do not miss this!

tt/dok is kenton slash demons third ep on future classic. the two track ep is set to hold down the same amount of anticipation and support of precious offerings of the danish duo. this release affirms again the strength of kenton slash demons organic and futuristic sound, and their obvious skills take their productions further than the typical frame and dramaturgy of a club track. they want to create soundtracks for clubs as well as music that you can listen to on your home stereo, thus blurring the space between the public and private experience. the vinyl release includes a download code.

killer deep spaced out electro tracks!!! over 20 years ago shad t. scott and his pal seven set up isophlux records, miamis infamous first electronic imprint releasing, as they put techno, electro, funk, experimental, and anything good. now in year 2016, shad under his gosub alias releases this sunday at battle ship key titled ep for barba records, staying true to that initial principle. its far away from just being good though, its beautiful and warm electronic music at its best, oozing chill and feel good moods. original two tracks are accompanied with a remix by second time appearing on barba - jtc aka tadd mullinix who this time nicely surprised us with his ol school ny style house beauty. overall one fine classic record this, period.

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heist kicks off the new year with the first ep of dam swindle since they put out their album boxed out back in march 14. the punch drunk ep is the result of a series of jam sessions in their studio, experimenting with their ever growing studio setup.

ltd 2016 repress.. session victim can do no wrong in our eyes. not only do they run an absolutely brilliant vinyl-only label known as retreatwith the help of fellow berliner quarion. not only do they play an amazing live set which has seen recent fans at londons corsica studios get so worked up they started crowd-surfing. not only were they responsible for last years underground hit good intentions which is so good it had move d in tears as he closed a festival set with it last summer. on top of all this they are the nicest and most focused couple of chaps you ever did meet. in short, we are very proud and happy to be pres their debut lp the haunted house of house on our humble label

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the first 12” form new imprint un.t.o records. they present raw ambassador aka antonio barbetta’s debut which includes five unrefined, hardware only, hammering jams designed to punish dance floors.

doublet is the production moniker of friends and musical partners tomoki tamura and tuccillo, previously releasing together on other labels, they have come together to form the new eponymously named doublet imprint as a channel for their own music which is vinyl only. tomoki and his holic trax label have long been serving up solid house music...

repress - afrobeat makers vol. 3 >> nu guinea comes back with a joint venture between comet records and early sounds recordings. by re-working the original magic drum patterns from the afrobeat master tony allen, they created a compilation of tracks which is charged by a voluminous electronic jazz-funk imprint.

enormous support by dixon, Âme and solomun for the title track * 146*, which they have hammered in almost every set in the past months

nice price deal !!! frak are björn isgren, johan sturesson and jan svensson, a trio of synthesizer lovers from sweden. the band was formed when svensson and isgren’s older sisters were best friends and they introduced their little brothers to each other. inspired by severed heads, daf, human league, devo, skinny puppy, the boys began collecting analog equipment and started studio styrka. while the band were still in their early teens they released the first frak cassette album in 1987 on their own record label börft.

strictly mood ii swing is a new track collection of music from one of the most influential house music duos of all time. as mood ii swing, production duo lem springsteen and john ciafone will go down in history as one of the most prolific and respected house duos of the last 25 years. at their best, they were simply untouchable, with their drum programming often cited as what set them apart from the rest of the field: always busier and more intricate than straight-up 4/4 house tracks

wolfskuil starts 2016 with a bang, introducing three emerging artists to the label on one fat various artists ep. discrete circuit, rumah, and nettling take the stage delivering one track each to showcase each one of their personal styles.

pocket money returns for their third release and they are back with what could easily be their strongest output yet. just hitting the ripe old age of one, and a couple of releases in, this label has found its stride nicely and starting to turn heads in the scene. taking the spotlight for the deep basics ep is the producer keepin soul, who may only have a handful of releases to his name but puts himself in the spotlight with this deep and meaningful pocket money release. this is a beautifully dusty sounding record, it opens up doing exactly what it says on the tin deep basics and doing them well. this a1 is all about hypnotic grooves undulating against the drive of crisp, warm and exciting percussive grooves.

fulgeance drops his own vision of club funk and future beats. 4 original tracks that prove fulgeance has no limit in sound. from dreamy vocoder poetry to broken dance moves, this ep is complete. even more with 2 remixes from claude (fulgeance bipolarity project) this one is for the 4/4 djs dollkraut the new sensation from amsterdam, analogue sound wizard as they’re calling him.

with their new album entitled trembling air, hungarian electroacoustic duo 12z (onetwozed) present an eclectic palette of intricate, improvisatory tone poems.

strings 001 comes to us from oporto boys fauvrelle & serginho. the duo have really been making a name for themselves lately when they play b2b, so it was about time they have their ideas come together in the studio! they delivered 3 solid tracks and to complete this start up release we have invited our friend and la vie en rose owner terence terry for the remix duty! dj support shonky djebali tuccillo mr. ks terence terry

for those that knoe is proud to present some of the freshest and timeless sounds the uk has to offer from numonika, sounding as good now as they would have done when recorded ten years ago. three tracks from the original demo cd have been selected, compiled, re-mastered and pressed by for those that knoe onto a special 12- for collectors and club djs alike. in true knoe fashion, release 4/1 is a compilation of tracks unearthed from a cd squirrelled away for a decade in a dusty loft. the cd in question was loaded with unreleased and untitled material from the owners of and producers for two of the uks rarest and sought after tech house labels rinsed by djs such as craig richards in the late 90s.

repress 2016 !! last year stockholm based producer hnny provided us one of the biggest releases on local talk to date. now he’s back with a follow up, yearning, a straight up jackin’ house track to prove he’s not just one trick pony. dirtytwo got lot’s of music planned for 2013 on local talk. first up is a remix of hnny’s ”for the very first time”. this particular version started out as a secret weapon which they guys used in the liveset. mats & tooli heard it and decided that their version had to be released. simply put, the dirtytwo midas touch version is pure gold.

thomas mullarney iii and jacob gossett are unstoppable. the new york artists, collectively known as beacon, have been on a productive hot streak since 2012, and their efforts continue to pay off. here they are with their 2nd album “escapements”, once again released via ghostly international. the vinyl release includes a download code.

italian trio agents of time make their ellum debut with a weighty, two track release. magma shares remnants of label head maceo plexs own formidable style, with compelling synths, punchy claps and a rumbling bassline. obsidian is finally seeing a release after causing heat from fur coat’s feature in their bbc essential mix a few months ago. heady, powerful, stirring, expertly crafted, adjectives that are regularly used for ellum releases and agents of time have confidently followed their predecessor’s footsteps. agents of time are andrea di ceglie, fedele ladisa and luigi tutolo. making music together since july 2013, they have clocked up an album on stem records and the massive polina ep on correspondent. their supporters include dixon, agoria and tiga, and their sound has been brought to over 20 countries through a live platform with analogic instruments.

ian blevins is the keeper of the jewel in the crown. this is his second offering for the esp institute. picking up right where we left off, side a unleashes another explosive big room belter with resume a driving rhythmic monster that takes advantage of the whips and cracks in ian’s drum machine arsenal, while warm chords lay a foundation for a quirky lead melody and rubbery pulse to dance upon. akin to hannibal, blevins esp institute debut in 2015, the arrangement here toys with us before revealing the true guts of the track—this time characterized halfway through by a punctuating gangster piano hook. on side b, poor old head utilizes ian’s signature drum styling we’ve come to adore, but here he establishes swells of melancholy via bending notes that meow and purr, beautifully ebbing and flowing though an array of incongruous dial tones and bells—shakey and barely out of sync, yet cradling a loosely drawn chord progression. these two songs will smack you up before they rub you down.