mak & pasteman are pleased to announce a pair of new artists into the materials fold, woz & troy gunner aka wxt. with success across the board in their own right on black butter & mindset the pair join forces for their first joint venture on the materials imprint. convo is a big room arpeggiated techno heater, pairing emotive vocals with an air of darkness that fits perfectly with the materials aesthetic. hudson moore uses clanging metallic percussion and rattling sub notes to meld grime influences and techno mentality into a tough roller that was built for the club.

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after the latin flavoured always and forever the multi tasked twosome hits back with another great vocal production. the original mix does all the right things in the right places, with a memorable hook to keep you interested, a curious blend of original house bounce and contemporary wrapy bass grooves that wear its commercial leanings without shame! another day is set to be huge !! special backstock !!!

repress !!! since launching in early 2014, the hong kong-based homesick series an offshoot of cliche records has provided disco djs with some of the strongest edits of recent times reverential but floor-friendly reworks that get the right balance between re-mastered original parts and house-friendly additional beats. this third volume comes from borrowed identity, a house producer whose edits and productions have appeared on an impressive list of labels. these four reworks are predictably tidy, soulful and groovy, with familiar disco and soul staples being given loose but heavy rearrangements. picking highlights is tough given the high quality threshold, but we re particularly taken with the vibraphone-laden party shuffle of run run run- and lowslung afro-disco strut of you cant change a man-

part 1 of editors kutz 005 pressed on hot pink vinyl feat cuts from luvless / trujillo / jean claude gavri & label boss vinyladdicted who teams up with sleazy mcqueen to round things off nicely. with edits and reworks on little known or impossible to find originals, and some beloved classics, this release covers various disco styles, keeping the right balance between the uptempo and lowtempo vibes. limited repress act fast.

jordan peak fits the instinkt brand like a glove. this grenade of a release has concrete boots that will be smashing holes in dance floors for months to come. ‘drums for days’ is the most powerful release on this label to date with two tracks combing some stunning drum programming and the trippiest vocal hook you’ll hear this year. new-school house with just the right amount of nostalgia done in the classy way only jordan peak is capable of.

fresh off the release of his remix of dorisburg s -dimension sculpture- via his own label myth music, lando offers up five slick hypnotic tracks, with pulsing basslines that are right at home in the ultramajic universe.

metereze keeps a steady path of releases and this time around it is young star vincent iulian who picks up the ball and delivers four astounding tracks on his four quarters ep. also a native of bacau like dubtil and raresh among others vincent has already released on labels like naural or moment.
started is probably the grooviest of them all and for sure youve heard it before if you’ve been attending the right parties. breaking the boundries between techno and house this is a true masterpiece. on the same side he also shows a more relaxed atmosphere filled with jazzy percussions and easy synths. stors kinda makes you stop and dream for a while.
first on side b we have another dancefloor monster. no more is is driven by a hypnotic synth and infused with enough drums to keep you on the move for the whole 7 minutes. le van a cantar keeps the catchy driving mood but this time iulian explores a more broken path. bubbly voices, snares and a haunted synth emerging now and then make this corner as interesting as the rest.
four quarters is a must have for any serious collector. not to mention if you are a dj.

ready to lose control? paul c. & paolo martini are back on 8bit and better then ever! after their huge success with bermuda last year, nick curly & gorge are happy to have the outstanding duo back in their catalogue. control tower ep hooks you from bar 1 and once more proves, pauls & paolos years of experience and feeling for the right groove. to top off this quality release, joyce muniz turned in a tight and dirty remix with a little saw bass to make them shake it. dont miss out on this quality ep!

limited to 250 copies only / on red coloured vinyl / vinyl only / no digital / no repress / hand stamped & numbered / 180g heavy vinyl

it has been two years - more or less - since the debut release of editors kutz and the label proudly presents its sixth installment right on summertime. pressed on a chillin, doublemint opaque wax.

*raunchy sugar* ist der 5. teil der sugar-serie und erscheint nun mit einer auswahl von 32 highlights der 75 aufnahmen der gleichnamigen 3-fach cd zusammenstellung von rock-n-roll-songs aus memphis. die zusammenstellung wurde vom produzenten und musikhistoriker stuart colman durchgeführt und enthält einige super-rare titel der rock-n-roll-geschichte. das limitierte doppel-vinyl erscheint im klappcover.

the drumcode a-sides compilation is quickly becoming synonymous within the techno world as a go to compilation for the hottest tracks that are deservedly a-side material in their own right. each specific track has it own unique character that brings an outstanding and electrifying aspect to the compilation that as a whole makes it something extremely special. mixing both highly experienced and new artists has helped to bring a new dimension to the compilation that makes it such a special array of tracks.

hier kommt die erste remix-ep zum neuen funkstörung album: futuristische dancefloorsounds in allen farben. alex banks und funkstörung höchst-selbst bringen tiefergelegte breakbeats in gedeckten metallic-tönen. richtig ab geht es bei mouse on mars, die ihre perkussiven sounds abfeuern wie eine roboterarmee, die über den dancefloor peitscht, musikalisch irgendwo zwischen trap und footwork. der letzte remix kommt von anstam und macht das gap in sachen zukunft richtig weit auf. es entsteht eine hypermoderne, glänzend-schwarze skulptur aus rythmen, die in unterschiedlichste richtungen streben, aber dabei in perfekter symbiose einheitliche bewegungen ausführen. this is the future right now.

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nyc label kicks off with 4 edits, thoroughly field tested with 100% guaranteed results: a rejiggering of a 90s rave classic, a glitzy, flute-laden disco boogie, a more driven thumper, & a slow-burner, a sexy number that is all velvet & satin.

super-house, so hot right now, super-house.

you might have heard of happa by now. hes the leeds native who first burst onto the electronic scene in 2013 with his blistering 12inch-single beat of the drum/ bring it back, the wildly precocious teenager (also known as samir alikhanizadeh) who won instant fans in the likes of mary anne hobbs, loefah and even four tet, the one who scorched a trail with his dark, bass-heavy sledgehammer house, which sounds quite unlike anything else out there right now.

long awaited and right in time for summer: sandrow m follows up his much loved -prayervan ep- from 2013. being one of uncanny valley s mainstays since the very start, the dresden based artist once again proves his versatility as well as his knack for synth based melodies with his new ep -kuiper belt rose-. sandrow m seems to love singing along with catchy tunes as much as dancing in the club. we hear it in every note, whether it s the dreamy title track, the elegant -dream controlling- or -next stop hessdalen- which is a veritable dance floor bomb thanks to the rising synths. finally, the aptly titled -miss you again- proves that sandrow m doesn t need a kick drum to move us

untitled 100’s label series kicks off with the release of two of its co-founders. in an experimental session of three conceptually unique tracks the austrian duo foehn & jerome definitely prove their hands on analog gear. the outcome is a peerless sound that hits right at the label’s notion. expect more!

a transverse flutist is an arguably rare sight in electronic dance music, but thats not the only thing setting apart trained instrumentalist and upcoming producer l_cio. having become known to a wider audience thanks to his collaborations with floor-savvy artists like portable or patrice bäumel, the sao paulo native doesnt aspire to be a dj, but instead delves deeper into live performance in a club context - which led him to become that rarest of all things, a live electronic musician holding residencies in regular clubs without ever so much as touching a record. for the latest release from d.o.c., l_cio sat down with aroop roy and the labels mastermind gui boratto to produce an exquisite ep full of enticing grooves, lush harmonies and organic flow, engineered to perfection by gui himself. its an exciting step for both the imprint and the artist - pointing in different directions, but all of them right.

twenty-eight homespun stunners from the alamo city s scrappiest souleros. the royal jesters were the kings of san antonio s cross-cultural teen scene in the 1960s, soundtracking lovelorn slow dances with their heart-sick harmonies. for the first time, english oldies gathers the best early doo-wop, r&b, and blazing latin rock and soul from these tex-mex masterminds - a simmering melting pot of diverse regional flavors, best served hot.

the second loveit press comes right in time for the festival season and for dusty basements too. suolcity is a young producer from stuttgart, the spot for house business again. probably he felt it already as intern at rocker 33?, the club such as panorama bar and robert johnson. how else could you explain the b-side rush, you had to feel this dubby, gritty bassline. not hard enough - so maybe rush harder, you can have it all.

180 gr vinyl as soon as the first sunset of the year forms on the horizon, barrott s thoughts always go back to his beloved sketches project and he now returns with four new tracks for ep 3, again with beautiful artwork from stevie anderson.

mickey (cosmic chronic) and ppu group effort here, long over due. check! mickey de grande, member of the cosmic chronic label collective, has long been making waves in miamis underground for blending his affinity for synth boogiefunk with just the right amount of 80s-indebted, slowjam cheese. eye witness, released in collaboration with peoples potential unlimited and rated x records, is his long-awaited debut full-length.

surprise reissue of this near mythical 12inch! it seems nearly everybody missed it the first time round. dekmantel & magnetron team up and do the right thing and polish up the old girl to 2015 standards. expect to hear this absolutely everywhere this summer!

porn sword tobacco and svn return to kontra-musik for another untouchable release far off the beaten techno track. trying anxiously to get with whatever is fashionable right now has never been kontra-musiks way of doing things, and the same goes for porn sword tobacco and svn. thats why were such a good match

archie hamilton unleashes the works on sunday ep on fuse london, kicking off with mind blank - a kinetic slice of pure peak time goodness, the track kicks into a high gear right from the start with rolling percussion leading to the bass line which serves as the grooves motif. the eps vinyl only track works on sunday switches gear, delving into deeper, headier territory with a more melodic leaning, an ethereal vocal snippet imbuing proceedings with a blissful feel whilst label staples enzo siragusa and seb zito take works on sunday into a techier direction, toughening up the drums and roughing up the percussion on their remix...

after the killer debut, money sex returns with another jaw-droppingly good selection, this time from imyrmind. another triumphant tapestry of sample sources, reinvented and ramped up into an effortlessly effective 6 pack. these guys are untouchable right now - accept no substitute!

london deep house, heavily influenced by jazz and dub. three master- pieces of house-groove minimalism for the foggy, hazy clubs of today and tomorrow

after releases for discos capablanca and moon glyth, minneapolis collective food pyramid align with especial for a remix ep based around oh mercy, a track from their 2012 album mango sunrise. apparently a long term favourite of label boss stuart leath, the warped breakbeat jam fusion of the original is ripe for reinvention and gets the remix treatment from especial in house team apophenia, inhalt and jamie paton. its the full on italo pumper remix from san francisco s inhalt that really impresses too, with especial right to compare it to timmy regisford classic remix of >rules to survive< by noi

brand-new 10 track collaborative album from the legendary easy mo bee and emskee.

after previous releases on hija de colombia, el nino andres (here credited as el nino only) debuts on new vinyl label called jackie brown. jackie brown aims to release series of mini lps, providing conceptual music stories, while at the same time not neglecting the main consequence of good house music – dance groove. house music infected with funk, soul and boogie grooves – we are not inventing nothing new, we’ve been inspired by many labels that came before. el nino delivers first story on our label, and in our humble opinion shows the very best side of house music with a groove and soul. though not all tracks are lengthy and floor ready, they make a great ensemble on “no boogie nights”, while tracks like “odds against tomorrow”, “thieves in the night” and “something ain’t right” work great on their own. everything is rounded up with amazing artwork from maximilian moser.

the people behind the amazing mareh festival in brasil (the southern hemisphere s answer to electric elephant), drop yet more top drawer music as their label journey continues to gain strength. set in the lush settings of bahia where day blends into night and sun into moon, mareh continues to attract some first class artists from around the world to release on their imprint. the second release kicks off with glasgow based production wizard the revenge letting loose a late night groove that takes a blissful string sample and then works it for the dance floor. it s top stuff from the man with the roaring grooves. and rumours have it that the revenge himself will be headlining at this year s legendary nye event in bahia alongside tim sweeney, pete herbert & dicky trisco. next up is berlin based disco and house aficionado eddie c who drops an uber cool, cut up disco chugger that is likely to work your sunset and early morning sets to the max. mareh favourite pete herbert then steps up to the controls and delivers an upbeat, balearic dance floor banger that hits all the right notes and then hits them again. you can almost smell the hierbas on this one! last but not least, tokyo based englishman max essa delivers an electronic ode to late night dancing and early morning dips as he joins the dots between the tokyo underground and the fresh bahian surf. wonderful stuff. so mareh really are out to pull in a truly global sound to their label outing with glasgow, berlin, london, ibiza and tokyo all represented as well as their spiritual homelands sao paulo, and of course the place where it all happens each new year... bahia.

with sounds as smooth as butter and grooves as juicy as jam fillings, joe the baker gill has cooked up two fondant slabs of disco funk right here. theres a sweaty post-punk sheen to cant explain thanks its slaphappy bassline, fuzzy guitars and sultry vocals. mamba gascoine, meanwhile, is a foggier, swampy slice of cosmic, dub-minded funk designed for the darker, heads-down moments. remix-wise the everreliable emperor machine step forward with two epic, 10-minute workouts that explore every possible corner of joes jiggling, party-friendly groove.

very limited 250 run on 180g vinyl in printed sleeve with hand stamped centre labels.
a new vinyl record label founded and run by long time birmingham based producer & dj, etym. the label initially serves as an output for self-penned productions focussing on techno in its many guises. st001 - trial 01 is the first release and is a four track ep. taking in a broad ranging musical spectrum, these tracks range from the dubby, sinister edge of 01.1 and heavy 4x4 rhythm of 01.3, right through to the more melodic sounds of the 909 led workout 01.2 and the swelling juno pads of last track 01.4. all tracks created using hardware synths, drum machines and field recordings.

summer is here and we got just the right beat to go along - andré butano & miguel lobo are back & funky as ever! for their first joint release on 8bit, the two deliver a perfectly balanced mix of uplifting & latin influenced tech house grooves to get almost any party going. sizzurp overdose ep is a journey through deep bass & driving rhythms: we are excited to have butano & lobo back for this quality release!

*déjà vu* ist die lead-single aus und der titeltrack des ersten giorgio moroder-albums seit über dreißig jahren. die weiteren featured artists des albums sind u.a. britney spears, charli xcx, kylie minogue, kelis mikky ekko, foxes und matthew koma.
180 gramm doppel-vinyl im klappcover.

for centuries, young wild boars have been denied of their right to gather freely and fall in love. their military based rituals were designated to reinforce twisted ethical principles in the minds of the followers and were the only social interaction allowed. a group of young infidels finally stopped fighting the urge and created a new ritual based on dancing, called lambada. this spiritual journey awoke the suppressed spirit of the wild boar and revealed the sincerely beautiful nature of this noble animal. sadly, lambada soon became known as the forbidden dance and all its partakers were persecuted. to this day, lambada remains an underground ritual and the legalize lambada crew is on a quest to revive it by throwing disco parties and pressing undercover vinyl. true infidels in the likes of riccio and mikeburns are sending us the first manifest!

finally hydergine joins the knotweed records family! hydergine (aka roberto corizzo) is a techno producer from southern italy. he is best known for producing raw dub techno, and has come up with a string of fantastic releases in the last 3 years on labels such as separate skills and ranges.we have been talking to each other since the early days of knotweed records, trying to find the right tracks for the label. roberto approached us at the beginning of the year with some tracks that were a bit -different- than his usual productions: he was experimenting, and we liked it a lot. that s how the gamma experiments e.p. was born.the a side of the gamma experiments e.p. is a heavy atmospheric techno bomb. both tracks on the b side have more an acid feeling to them, incorporating weird arps, rawness and pad trips.enjoy the ride!

fumiya tanaka s double-tracker >beautiful town< was fully inspired by its cover artwork: a set of carefully selected old pictures with a layer of masterful signature paintings by romanian artist and fine-arts student bonjour bonsoir. a-sides >abacus avenue< is the ep’s most dense and eerie side. an addictive piece that utterly succeeds in sucking you right in like a vortex would. the locomotive bassline serves its purpose of movement in a strong loopy groove, while the pads and poltergeist y sounds reformat our heads with an inability for space-time tracking. the otherside of this town, >himegami marathon<, is another mysteriously intricate work. its a microcosm of grooves, sinister details and voices locked in a tight groove built on a single bass stab and a flowing, never-ending set of wet claps. a piano kicks in at key points, alongside percussive elements, reminding us that this town is alive.

ready for some modern acid? after he has been traveling through club land for a considerable amount of time with his extreme pumping live performances, etcher left issued his first black gold sound imprint in 2014. o.k. we have to admit that his excellent first release polytom dusk (released at abstract acid) convinced us right away. therefore we are very pleased to present with corrosive days a marvelous acid-bass 4-tracker.
pressing on translucent, yellow marbled vinyl.

summer 2015, illustrious festivals everywhere, gigantomania and superlatives without frontiers. who is looking for the small, fine and familiar alternative to the existing festival formats will find what they are looking for at the *day at the sea*. once a year the picturesque backdrop at the beach on the island of rügen get filled with life. at our festival in prora a lot of hand-picked live-artists and djs create a musical universe from reggae over downtempo up to house and techno. with the first *day at the sea* ep our acts bondi, verschnibbt & zugenäht, masterton with his remix for moby and tagträumer² bring a bit of that special beach feeling onto the black gold. exclusive songs let you imagine the scent of salty air and make the anticipation of a refreshing jump in the baltic sea come alive.

it’s not often that a breakthrough producer manages to cause major hype after just one release but when that artist is from the uk, putting out a brilliant ep on moodymann’s mahogani music, you start to realize how it happened in dan shake’s case. now its time for dan to build on this incredible start and from the way things are looking it’s safe to say it’s all going in the right direction. another rising star from the uk is wolf music regular medlar who has been making serious waves the last 5 years. remixes for the likes of glenn astro and disclosure have all helped put him in the spotlight and his debut lp sleep from 2013 delivered in spades. so when the news that these two were joining forces for a collaborative project reached us here at d.o.g we wanted in on the action.

here are some plain and simple cuts by yours truly credit 00 that push just the right buttons to make people move. the tracks were made exclusively for his live set but they are too good to keep them back. without superfluous frills these four bangers scream party in every note but as usual with credit 00 theres also a melancholic side somewhere behind those tricky beats. house is a feeling!

steve murphys curiously long shadow casts itself ever further over the realms of gritty house and techno with a barn-storming follow up on the lobster theremin core series, this time ratcheting up the tempo and rhythm to epic levels. shed-esque kicks thunder over asteroid-crumbling basslines, crackling wooden percussion is slammed into the muggy dirt and leaves, seriously filthy, rolling numbers for the all night crew.
*uk treatment* kicks and thumps in all the right places, with a stuttering synth stab loop and vocals giving it some serious peak time currency. *spleen* is all sludgy, skittering mpc business, while *rules* goes off-key chicago and *total recall 2084* swims around, pestered in the mud until a lonely, droning piano key scares away the flanged swarm of wasps and noise.

slowmotion is born from a collaboration between hakim murphy and vince noog. noog has been rocking more on the techno tip over the years with releases on his label, but when the collaboration took place, beat-down feels appeared causing some house jams to develop. the ep is called beats from lugdunum, but why? lugdunum is the old school name for lyon and the surrounding areas, and these tunes were conceptualized, composed, and beated right there.

oliver dollar is known for his loyal service to the underground for the last decade, and more recently, for his cross-over chart hit pushin on. today he announces news of the first single which will see the launch of his brand new label, industry standard. shout away is a collaboration with chuck daniels, a dark-disco club ready cut that was made recently in detroit. of the new label oliver comments i always wanted to do a label, but i think now is the right time to do it. the vision is to have crazy quality control, i dont want to put out a release every month. shout away sees a release just in time for summer with info of new music from the label coming soon.

after kicking off their label in style with burnski s your love backed up by remixes from trus me and steve o sullivan, constant sound use their second release to showcase a pair of up and coming producers from newcastle., a scott & richard rowell. mrs j has been burning a hole in burnski s bag for some time now, waiting for the right opportunity to get unleashed on the public good and proper. the quality of the production belies the youth of the pair behind this addictive, bumping tech-house cut, although years spent as residents for the jaunt parties in newcastle and london have undoubtedly fed into the quality of their sound.

a separate lineage is the brand new ep on ownlife label. this release retrieves leiras usual footprint sweeping through different intensity levels and soundscapes. genetics supplies the right amount of energy to open the record while no partial truth evokes a rougher sound reminiscent of the 90s. a separate lineage is a showcase of contained pressure, guiding the listener into a hypnotic state. the final track, dry ocean, rounds out the ep as it dives deep into an otherworldly sonic plain.