we release here on vinyl the top tunes from microtrauma for all the fans who were bugging us and were disappointed that they could not get the tracks on record. so now here find a good selection of the strongest tunes by microtrauma based on the feedback of the fans and the feedback in the clubs. the tracks come from the first three releases now for the first time on vinyl. for what is missing we apologize but promise to have the next microtrauma release on vinyl!

word on the street is sleazy and we continue fine-tuning our ears, delivering the most current and upfront cuts for you, the discerning dj. here we present a special limited transparent blue vinyl release from max belobrov, a young russian sporting his moog and a serious passion for music. his sound swings between deep house and techno fusing nu school disco elements and beats… we knew we were onto something with max when radio 1s essential mix aired with maceo plex stepping up and playing maxs title track >magic walk<.

max duke (delphine records, smiley fingers) is debuting for shaker plates and gets remix support by rené

it has been half a year since we released the last max cooper ep on traum, so his new finished ep comes in handy for all of his fans and people interested in the grey zone of techno vs. electronica. max coopers new release the >egomodal ep< comes as a 4 tracks ep and adds up to a great piece of music. once again it focuses on dynamics and tangents, along with the concept of complexity and simplicity. the >egomodal ep< stays true to max coopers approach to link a mathematical structure with a simple one. we are happy to say he has succeeded to fuse complexity with variations by still finding time to focus on details and keeping up that nice randomness which makes his music so appealing also for clubbers and djs.
this release is extremely diverse in styles and offers in its vinyl version everything from the dark detroit electro styled techno piece >epitaphy< that evokes old detroit days… to the melodically trembling >autumn haze< that is a huge track because its flow is superbly programmed ... to rippertons mighty house hymn of a remix, ending in the basseline monster >raw< which looses its teeth towards the end.

incl max cooper remixes, very trippin electronix / electro pop

max prosa, im letzten jahr mit clueso auf hallentour, wurde jüngst mit kraftklub auf spiegel.de als newcomerhoffnung des jahres angekündigt. in 2011 ist er ausgiebig durch die nation getourt und konnte sich eine solide fanbase erspielen. magazine und zeitungen wie die zeit, melodie & rhythmus, kulturnews, intro und viele mehr berichten durchweg positiv über den jungen berliner.
enthält doppel-vinyl und cd-version des albums.

fresh up specialise in strictly limited edition 45rpm singles showcasing the finest in library funk, moog disco and vocoder boogie sounds. black devil disco club founder bernard fèvre blesses fresh up with the unreleased 1975 moog gem max stroke. on a similar tip to his highly sought-after library lp the strange world of bernard fèvre this track combines a driving rhythm with pulsing dr who bass and soaring moog melodies. yellow peril disco group bring us the yellow magic sounds of bamboo disco. moroderish synth bass and disco drums from japaense-born globetrotting artist yuri suzuki with synth and vocoder flourishes from fresh up founder ed dmx.

defined drums with a splash of awesomeness create this uptempo body mover with its belting beats and ravey soars. hold on tight as you race on this white-knuckle techno wave.

new years deal - more berlin, less monacco. thats the ethos of the new max essa project, jan ken po: less sun, less sea, yachts and money, more twilight hour, basement clubs, up-tempo rhythms and dance floor politics.

on brothers in loves first release, max k. gets right down to business introducing himself and this family project: booming kick drums, thumping toms side by side with sharp hi-hats and staccato claps. machine grooves with sounds as raw as the musical approach of the artist. >losing your cool< builds on a massive kick drum, with a tom groove shuffling the track. it develops into a late summer bloom, which is over as fast as this years berlin summer was – with piercing percussion to remind you that winter is already here! >overdrive<, the first track on the flip, starts as a heavy slow groover with thumping kick, crashing snare and acidic synth lines until a punishing hook enters knocking you upside the head. the second track on the b-side, >indulgence< comes disguised as a stepper with a raw, pulsating analog bass line, but reaches its apex with a whirling synth lead on top of a vocal that could never be classified as your ordinary preachapella.

full support by: joris voorn, troy pierce, mauro picotto, joseph capriati, dave seaman, monika kruse, laurent garnier, alan fitzpatrick, marc romboy, pan-pot, kaiserdisco, nick warren, hernan cattaneo and many more!
label chief stephan bodzin is happy to welcome to the herzblut family max cooper and his latest release >miocene<. max is a producer, whose previous work resident advisor compared to that of philip glass and aphex twin and all this due to his meticulous tracks design and wild creativity. in addition, the vinyl comes with a super flu remix of the title track - miocene. the german duo shows off their enviable ability to push each individual sound to its maximum. an ep that is a must to your vinyl collection.

killer dubbed out house stepper rv & ml version b/w some peverelist magic - tip!

played by: secret cinema, laurent garnier, martin eyerer, hot chip, ryan davis, orde meikle/ slam, gui boratto, paco osuna, mauro picotto, steve parry, joseph capriati, phil kieran, microtrauma, ripperton, mihalis safras, florian meindl, maxime dangles, davide squillace, lanny may, taster peter, sql, scott byrne, king unique, zidan, angel alanis, nick bugayev ...
max coopers returns to traum with his brand new >empirisch< ep. he opens his ep with >echoes reality< and we realise right away this might be another cornerstone of max coopers musical carrier. inspiring and beautifully crafted as it moves from wonderful lush sounds to a sequences of screeching tones and back to heavenly sounds, >echoes reality< shows all signs of an etamorphosis deluxe realised on the highest possible level of production. from roaring basslines to cadillac squeaking tires to ambrosial vocals ... this is max cooper at his best and a true tour de force.

max essa returns to feel music! its almost impossible to convey the scope of >iberia sequences< in a 45 second clip, so you gotta take our word for it, 10 minutes of pure bliss, the definition of a musical journey. on the flip side >islands< mixes 80s club sounds with a touch of classic house and of course that by now classic max essa feel, while mr. fabrizio mammarella on remix duties takes the a side up a notch with some acid disco dancefloor action. summer starts here!

the second serving from schmorgasbord brings together two relatively disparate and unrelated artists, but who both share a uniquely twisted approach to making music. s-max has been doing his thing for some time, running legendary home all things bizarre in house and techno, boogizm, and releasing a special kind of groove on labels such as telegraph, 7th city and karloff. his original track, >ms. rosen dub<, swaggers and sways with the spirit of classic yorkshire bleeps and bass. the groove is house, but the spirit of adventure is most definitely techno. his remix of spatials >corti< takes a very different approach, taking a rolling, jungle-like approach to dubstep and nailing it to the groove with stabbing bass notes. spatial leapt onto the bass music radar late 2008 with his shadowy infrasonics imprint, and quickly snapped heads with his crisp, refined approach to 2-step rhythms. since then he’s done things on his own terms, only releasing for himself and mutating his sound over a series of 10 inches. >corti< perfectly demonstrates spatials unconventional tendencies, lurching and buckling around a perfectly honed splatter of beats, off-centre synths and delirious vocal snippets. meanwhile on his remix of s-max, spatial flips the script once again with a stomping, swung techno angle that hammers the original into an uptempo, fist-pumping banger.

after the success of the first release, max duke gives us another great deep ep on delphine records. full of moody and jazzy vibes.

max essa is a producer who has been shipping over his extremely coveted brand of disco and balearica from the land of the rising sun for some time now. having had a long running string of sought after releases on labels such as bear funk, nang, to is it balearic, max is now making his needwant debut with >how do you feel?< which includes an awesome remix from kim ann foxman

supported by: reboot, sascha dive, ricardo villalobos, markus fix, einzelkind… jax is back !!! after the revolver lp of christian burkhardt & einzelkind we are proud to bring a new face to the scene. max piske from heidelberg delivers two dancefloor anthems for jax. if you like it raw and dirty this on is for you. no more words we let the music do the talking...

after the echocord jubilee compilation we are now back with a new artist on echocord. we welcome sasu ripatti aka vladislav delay from finland. sasu is known from many projects, like luomo and from the moritz von oswald trio. now that sasu have the quartet where he can fully search for the acoustic music and jazz-influences and beyond, the vladislav delay solo stuff will be again focused on electronic experiments. these 2 tracks give a light on where the project is heading. something old, something new. the remix is from no one else than ricardo villalobos and max loderbauer.

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

part 2 of mainlp001 + mainltd004 as limited doublepack for a single 12 inch price. be fast!

a collection of tracks and remixes by max tannoe, released under his own name & for other artists.

milan based heels of love is made up of luca saponaro (from krautrock-disco hybrids the love supreme) and michele tessadri (aka fratelli riviera). the pair of them create incredible 80s-tinged, earthy, synthesized music with healthy dose of real instruments. after some nifty releases on mad on the moon and under the shade labels we are pleased to welcome them to the nang family. with an lp poised to drop later in the year, the welcome first dose is the train >chain gang<.
the track features the dulcet (and ever growing in confidence) vocals of tokyo based max essa. the original is a pacey combination of maxs devoesque song, driving drums and the wide-as analog bass synth from the italian duo. are we men? we certainly are.

the much anticipated follow up to last years balearic opus >panorama suite< by max essa. >heartache (original 86 club mix)< - this funky early nineties inspired house groove seems to be channeling all the best bits of fpi project yet manages to still sound brand new and wholeheartedly relevant. this track is heading for the dancefloor - unashamedly uplifting and funky - a real breath of fresh air. sample free and featuring max on vocals. i challenge you to not move to this. >feel it in your body< is a more chuggy, dubby affair featuring a vocal chant not dissimilar to e-man grooving. funky guitars groove the track along until the synths lift it up to the next level. trancey balearic synth slo-mo goodness.

we are sure max cooper does not refer here to one of traum boss triple rs favourite writer thomas pynchon but rather connects here to the technical terminus of the parabolic trajectory often mentioned as rainbow-shaped. nevertheless we wish to express that the transgressive quality of max music, does it question or break down the boundaries and categories of western culture and reason, is a challenge we have at traum always aimed at, with tracks that were very far away from the norm in the same way as maxs tracks are.

fresh repress ... max duke aus frankreich startet delphine records mit dieser wundervollen 4-track ep. hier ist der labelname definitv programm, denn die tracks tauchen ebenso tief in das house-meer hinab wie sie lebendig & freundlich sind. swingende shuffle-beats, ein hauch von jazz und perfekt eingesetzte vocals und instrumente erzeugen eine entspannte quirligkeit, die einfach nur lust auf frühling und noch mehr delphine-releases macht.

because we still love real stuff, this ep will be released on vinyl as well on a limited quantity. championned by artists such as sebastien leger of popof, max bett delivers a very soulful techno/tech-house music that aims straight to the clubs!

japan based, multi-instrumentalist, max essa, has done it again for us here in the bearfunk forest. his splendid second album >white shoes, blue dreams< has pleased the public and reviewers alike. the >midnight and dub direction ep< takes some of the albums finer moments and gives them a more dance-floor friendly, dubby makeover.

slamming big room bomb!!

optimum is malcolm chen, a new producer from south east london. he has collaborated with ikonika recently but planet mu are very happy to be releasing his first solo 12 inch.
the lead track >max power< lives up to its name, mixing tight electro-soca drums with a barrage of ravey riffs that build up with strange transporting noises, creating an almost unbearable, driving intensity without ever having to reach for the wobbly bass or other cliches.

bigbait006 - bigbait006 explores the undefined space between elektro, house und dub-step. on this four-track-vinyl-ep s-max, peter clamat, 2=&#824,,, geweih and citizen funk mingle together to make a statement on electronic dance music. bigbait006 is actually a vinylized idea – the title occurred to the two citizen funks during a studio session in france in 2009. around the head note >dj killed 90 people< the four tracks cristallized into a record in the subsequent 12 months. each records cover is hand-printed individually and therefore unique

incl. florian meindl & max cooper rmx... hammered on beats in space by tim sweeney! hot on the heels of remixing royksopp, dapayk & padberg, juan maclean, crimea x florian meindl has been asked to remix hot chips massive >i feel better<. the result is a nine-minute floor-rocking sonic slayer with huge breaks and deep, meindl-style bass. it received massive ibiza support by the hot chip djs and has been rinsed by florian, to great response worldwide. it is now available on a special flash 500-run limited edition vinyl, boasting an additional hot max cooper remix

max cooper has over the last 2 years become one of the figureheads of modern composed electronic music on traum and is gaining popularity rapidly amongst those who like beautifully crafted and composed electronic music.opening with >ripple< this epic builder, heavy with bass, tripped out fx, haunting abstract vocals, spiced with teasing climaxes,this is surely another top cooper track in the making.

der finnische produzent roberto rodriguez (future beat investigators/acid kings) hat bereits zwei tolle maxis auf composts black label veröffentlicht. das original von >ride with me< ist auf der black label 33 zu hören. geremixt von the revenge (unter dem pseudonym burnt island casuals) und matthias meyer (liebe*detail) erstrahlt dieser floorfiller in ganz neuem glanze.

is it balearic come back from their summer holidays with a release that is showing their intentions to set the standards in the world of balearic music. max essas latest 12inch for iib has the 20 (yes 20!) minute odyssey that is panorama suite. a sunset soundtrack of lush pads, guitars and synths that takes the listener on a super chilled balearic slo-mo disco magic carpet ride over the mediterranean. turn the page for something a little different. reminiscent of the talking heads/tom tom club 80s nyc funk boogie sound and with a killer sample - a little bit steinski ,uptown vibration is a slice of pure laidback dancefloor goodness. the man that is mark seven steps up to remix and mould the original into a (nu) dub disco classic. dancing to the vibrations through the floor indeed.

japanese based, dry-witted, multi-instrumentalist, max essa, docks his yacht to the good ship bearfunk once more. this time its the title track from his soon-come lp >white shoes blue dreams<. the original morphs things on from his pundit-pleasing beach and summer grooves onto an 80s tilt. the original mix is full of slick grooves and melodic musicality. maxs own >marbella< mix discos things up with a catchy keyboard riff that makes one think of a certain van mccoy, floor-filling stuff. fellow bearfunk sailor, roberto auser, is up for remix duties. his angular dutch grooves strip things back and make things refreshing and cool like he does with just about everything he touches. stay tuned for the second max essa album on bearfunk in the autumn.

massive dancefloor bomb by harstyle hero max enforcer

we are proud to introduce 2 new talented guys from amsterdam: max & kalle aka specker music. 4 amazing tracks inspired by a crazy weekend stay in ibiza. it has a massive tribal remix by our matteo milleri. b2 track >allright< will be released as vinyl only.
have fun and may the summer begin!

>chaotisch serie< kicks off with a human sound that could only be composed deep in your throat, a sound that can hardly be described in words... rough and smooth at the same time... screaming for help it seems. then suddenly metallic sounds delay and tumble in... turning into an army of steel beetles swarming the place. plunging into a sweet melody that contorts being followed by trippy delays reminding us of the opening sequence of >the hunger< with catherine deneuve and david bowie at a bauhaus concert, we know this track will be huge.

1996 classic!

ladies and gents, a round of applause for max essa >2 be the one u want<. max has been behind a slew of classic releases over the years, including his recent and amazing work with the bearfunk label in collaboration with owner and international disco svengali stevie kotey. max is a true soldier of the balearic cause, the isit boys are more than pleased to have him at the helm of their tenth outing.

easy-going dance-like tech-house release with strongly marked progressive features. plenitude of strong emotions, colorful supersensual layers and improvisational motives. unwrapping new worlds on the fly and providing food for thought. enjoy!

finlands roberto rodriguez (acid kings, future beat investigators) continues his mission to save house music from fading into irrelevance with a shining example of soulfulness. includes remixes by crazy p and shahrokh sound of k.

playlist by jamie bissmine, ben long, max walder, dj kamikaze, dj hs and many others...