following a rapturous response from all quarters for his debut begin 12 >optical holiday<, james has taken the accolades on board and got back in the studio for release number 2 safe to say he definitley doesnt disappoint ! velocity is another balearic beauty in every sense of the word, already championed by the legendary moonboots & balearic mike (recently played on tim sweeneys beats in space show to much speculation !) and hotly tipped by the handful of players whove received upfront copies. its the musical equivalent of feeling the sun on your face, the crashing of waves on the warm breeze and sand between your toes for many of you james will need no introduction, being the chemical brothers tour dj for many years, as well as the longstanding resident at bugged out during its early manchester days and back to basics in leeds, he opitimizes everything wonderful about a resident dj, paid to make the main guy look good, but often infinitely superior at the job ! as youd expect james musical knowledge is vast, and a firm grounding in the vibrant manchester music scene means he wields it at will, each and every weekend proper

three brand new tracks from the mysterious arp 101! this is the producers second release on london based, but interstellarly connected, eglo records. his first release got the official dam funk stamp of approval, as well as gaining support from ramadanman, mary anne hobbs and falty dl. these three diverse productions, ooze with loose, low, funk, holding on to the bottom end whilst the clicks, pops and snares reach for the sky. stick em up!

first on decks.de, we got it upfront !!!! such a beautiful theme to start into a next decade. if you followed the two guys around the last months attentively you may already know this track very well. this one will wake up all the tired horses for sure.

including code for free download of this release.

i dont think i know, or heard of, anyone who share the same obsession in searching obscure disco records like kool dj dust (real name daniel savio). call him at any given time and he is in some flee market or second hand shop on the look-out for records. he even got an apartment just for his collection.
we talked about the idea of re-releasing >un-googable< music, old stuff that is not only very hard to find, but also so good that re-issueing it is an actual cultural necessity. dust tossed around with a few ideas and finally these three songs made the cut. we are very happy with them!
we hope you are too. we are also happy that we have the support on this release from so many djs. some of them being rune lindbaek, in flagranti, tim sweeney, horse meat disco, 6th borough project, parlour, dj rocca, bonar bradberry, parlour, hugo capablanca, cousin cole et al.

after the previous sold out 12inch featuring edits of dusty springfields thats the kind of love i got for you and supercharges think im gonna fall in love, the mysterious disco 3000 returns with 2 further inspired choice edits of music. an early production of carol jianis hit & run lover is chopped up and re-mastered for todays dancefloors, whilst an obscure b-side from 80s pop charges alphaville is re-edited into a proto industrial gem. bet you didnt see this one comi

brand new ep on qalomota records, after the successful >kolakola-dj steaw< (only on vinyl) we strike again with the new generation of french house music producer. the qalomota family is proud to present you lemy leopard. this young producer got 5 tracks to house u all night long. from old skool flavor with >from the jungle< featuring laetitia dana and >welcome to my house< lemy is crazy about old kerri chandler or bassmental stuff! on b side lemy and the wellknow jocelyn mathieu (maw rec, animal house, dj fudge) give us >state of the world<, this song is perfect for the actual dancefloor. the two other tracks, >lemy house music< sounds really detroit smooth house music, >true soldiers< is definitly close to larry heards work in the 90s. his first ep is just a little taste of what lemy could do, because this guy is absolutly incredible, from hip hop to house and electro, he is the man!

roberto bosco is a young italian producer with a short but highly impressive discography, citing labels such as samuel l. sessions klap klap, orlando voorns night vision and len fakis figure. lately, he has released on be as one, an israeli imprint thats attracted the tastes of loco dice, gui boratto, kate simko, agoria and gummihz. claudio mate has an unique kind of sound: there is something like classic atmospheres expressed into new spine-tingle grooves, a deep-cosmic-solid journey or more simply just the trip of his life story. claudio mate got the respect of such names like the godfather of techno music juan atkins (for him claudio remixed >game one< previously licensed on the legendary metroplex), orlando voorn, francois k, derrick may and manuel gottsching. the swedish techno heads like adam beyer, samuel l session, joel mull always supported him since the first projects. mate & bosco together are abstract souls, a new project set up to develop their deepest sound. >abstract souls ep< is their first release under their new moniker and contains 4 deep techno tracks, solid techno grooves infused with dark dubby atmospherics and cosmic influenced rhythms.

belgian house mafia keeps up the dancefloor-pressure with these tracks by tim berg, norman doray & sebastien drums, erick morillo & eddie thoneick, bingo players and dabruck & klein and jean elan.

incl penner & muder rmx! klasse recordings returns for a third release, this time showcasing the talents of label co-owner and creative director, luca lozano. the eps title hints at the producers obsession with opposites, clarity and contrast, heaven and hell, life and death, cycles and patterns are emerging as repeating themes within lucas music.

earlier this year they got together at martins studio in derby to create this classic deep house number. the parts were then taken to their respective studios to create their own versions. freds mix has a more straight forward vibe to it while martin takes things to the deep end, adding dub elements to the mix.

to the next, next next next. who?s got next? you got next. we got next. elevating higher! originating from the streets of brooklyn to outer space. blackfoot u-ahk takes us on a poetic rollercoaster ride. free styling his way to an outer body experience. only meeting a few times prior. jon cutler carries a pocket drive of tracks. runs into blackfoot at a mutual friends house. loads the cut and sets the mike up. records the vocals and heads home to his own studio to finish the original version. taken from the forth-coming album. a step back. on the remix duties, up and coming dj / producer victor casimir (boom tune) keeps it true nyc style. while marlon d (underground collective) bangs those drums!!! doc link (liberate) from chicago rounds of the package with some raw drums and neo-soul.

jeremy duffy (duffstep) brings us back to the deep, the spacey, the atmospheric, the groove. imagine blockheads, fly los, fingathings, mount kimbies and von ds sound, slightly reduce the beat to the soulful side, add synths and mid/heavy weighted bass and your almost there. as well as releasing music on his own label, join the dots, duffstep sent a copy of his demos to electric minds and after hearing >close< we immediately got in touch to sign the single. the track is one of the most powerful productions were heard this year and proved its worth when we heard it played as part of duffsteps av show on cargos huge system. big beats with a huge bass line, close is a powerful track that crosses the border of house and dubstep. to compliment the track we commissioned hreno & the mole to provide their take with a stripped back house version. in addition yam who also steps up for remix duties providing a killer boogie track. touching dub step , house and boogie the 12inch provides 3 sounds from the different corners of todays dance music scene.

philipp >santé< maier has made some crucial intrusions on souvenir: almost a brother-in-law for ali and basti schwarz, he has been fine-tuning tiefschwarz latest album >chocolate< , plugged the power to their new live-act and contributed daily to the good-working order of the imprint at kremmerer straße. as a producer on his own, philipp has got the soul as well as the muscles, two elements perfectly combined, which have made his live-sets one of the most exciting performances of the current berlin scene.

a name to watch for the future proviant audio is an 18 yr old norwegian superstar in the making. sheer class from the young man

2010 has seen some juicy, off-the-wall techno/electronic vinyl goodies from the head space of little nobody, including the acclaimed >metropolis how?< and >robota< records - with remixes by the likes of james ruskin, justin berkovi, inigo kennedy, dj hi-shock, si begg, patrick pulsinger and steve stoll. but its the originator of the tracks who continues to push the perimeters, recently leading hi-shock, the prolific innovator behind the essential elektrax empire, to suggest that honestly, i think you are at least a couple of years ahead in your musical vision compared to other producers. little nobodys alter ego andrez bergen has also had his head buried this year in the creation of a hardboiled/noir/sci-fi novel called >tobacco-stained mountain goat<, and it was in the midst of this project - with these heady influences - that the get away from it all 12-inch project came to light. thus we got on board bas mooy (planet rhythm/audio assault) and dave tarrida (tresor/musick) to do the two scintillating re-takes here, which are downright brilliant. meanwhile little nobodys troll, on the flip-side, lives up to its claim: its hardboiled and devastatingly dirty electronica. all up, think streetwise, smack-your-glitch-up techno - dark, uber-bassy, dirty and pulsating - just the way we like it, with sardonic samples and a freestyle, postmodern attitude thats invigorating. matched up with the cool artwork by marcin markowski, this is an essential slab of wax for 4:00 am head-caving techno!

beatform records are proud to present the 3th one in their series! the labelowner got a lot of fresh demos and decided to make a various artist ep out of it called los embajadores ep. brand new funky techno tracks by the hottest artists in the scene. a1 - goncalo m with his brand new submissions ep hot on the shelfs comes with life is a crazy thing. a funky bassline driven dancefloor anthem. big big big.

kelley stoltz, now a veritable godfather to the burgeoning san francisco under/over-ground (folks like thee oh sees, sonny & the sunsets, the fresh & onlys), has blazed a path since the late 90s as a home-recording guru and multi-instrumentalist. and, while stoltzs nigh-religious reverence for all things beatles, beach boys and kinks has been at the fore on recent albums below the branches, sub pop) and circular sounds, sub pop), his new album, to dreamers, blends a bit more post-punk abandon into its layered everyman pop. this new album maintains the kaleidoscopic core of sounds heard on kelleys previous records, while making inroads into new sonic terrains.

matt star with his first solo release on musique unique, therefore he made a very special ep with unreleased tracks from his last years livesets.
the main tracks >get funky baby< and >bauntz< are already dancefloor-proofed and got huge feedbacks all over the world.
>extract< (b2) appears in his liveset, too. a unique melodic summer track.
matt is back after his creativ break and we are proud to present the first solo ep after that.
already played and loved by:
2000 and one, daniel sanchez, xpansul, frank leicher, martin woerner,pfirter, robert drewek, sebastian altstadt, linus quick, locke aka dermaptera and many more

we warned you a few months ago: mumbai science is here to stay ... their ancova ep got major support over the summer from big names such as 2 many djs, boys noize, crookers, brodinski, erol alkan, ... (you get the picture)
mumbai science just finished its third ep on lektroluv records and they couldnt have picked a better name for its upcoming release: >gold< !
the new ep contains 1 mumbai science original, a remix by noob and a remix by nt89. you can decide for yourself which one is bronze, which one is silver and which one is gold. but one thing is certain: you will be taken to the next level.
mumbai science is here.
qed

sean dimitrie - one of canadas finest and usually praised for his take on blunted, dubbed out san fran inspired house - surprises with a versatile 4 tracker centered around r&b. from lazivious downtempo with nice female vox and a slow burning funk backing, to chunky deephouse with some nice soul crooning on top. fans of fred everything, seasons or adny shouldnt sleep on this one!

nice price deal !!! the return of dub recordings!?! 6 track debut ep of young dutch producer astroposer! after a period of silence this was a great reason to get clone s sub label specialized in the finest electronica (since 1996) back alive! especially after learning that astroposer got heavily influenced by the early releases on dub by of eog, syndrone (aka machine drum) and funckarma which he heard from his older brother. the circle is round and little brothers grow up and before we knew the next generation arrived to take over. heavy 6 track ep with futuristic hip hop, modern beat trickery, neon commodore 64 bleepy downbeat rave tracks. support: blawan, instra:mental, a made up sound, 3voor12 radio, funckarma, machinedrum etc.

donovans are back with >freakshow / krosscut<, >freakshow< is some kind of a cathedralistic anthem, with which they often start their dj set as this particular track can face any big tune, combining quite slow syncopated bassdrums, a killer melody, getting in your brain... >krosscut< is more a classic track from donovans, done on purpose for the dancefloor, ultra efficient, a bit fidget, naughty, the kind of nu techno we like here in citizen records ! fukkk offf & chaos in the cbd (duo from nu-zealand) are in the story too! fukkk offf gives some of his technoid skillness on >krosscut< a bit >à la fukkk offf<, then chaos in the cbd proposes us an old school house remix, using the current production tools, this will give all the music lovers a remembrance from the old days (this remix is already played by teki latex & many other frenchy!) >the french duo comes back with a bump-house bomb, hysterical breaks, extatic horn & powered bass, you got all< tsugi

re-issue of an 1979 gordons war release.

4 deep and soulful house trax... ltd 2010 repress

morning factorys second yore ep, after their critically acclaimed debut ep forgotten moments, is clearly bursting of talent once again and without a doubt. once again weve got a hard-grooving four-tracker from netherlands duo jean-pierre van der leeuw and jozef lemmens (aka loves got me high and enzovoort) thats a match for anything else in the yore discography!

here it is: the first tex-kraut dish that has been cooking the last months in c-rocks studio and got extra seasoning by hamburgs rising tech-house-heroes marc poppcke and kruse & nuernberg.

when we heard that this 12 inch was dropping and and in such limited quantity (250 copies), we had to pick it up especially as remixed by some our favourite house producers at the moment, juju & jordash, vakula, and san proper

while dj-ing at a party in slovenia glenn wilson met up with producer mike humphries and realised they had similar music & production tastes & set up punish records which they use to release most of there own productions. the raw edgy techno it was releasing soon got noticed by the likes of dj rush and dave clarke just to mention a few, and with the classic punish 4 release aural exciter the label truly got accepted as one of the great uk techno labels. infact the label went on to be the outlet for glenns debut album entitled nightshift which was true to the raw techno vibe the label had become famous for. 2010 sees the labels return with a classic heavyweight release. glenn wilson & mike humphries - aural exciter the remixes which has been remixed by the likes of adam jay, kimono, mattias fridell, submerge & virgil enzinger..

a hot, new, exciting project: fist or finger, a collaboration between like minded souls jozif goodman and craig richards. this is fist or finger volume one, which features an original track by jozif and a reinterpretation by craig richards on the flip. this is the format that the forthcoming releases will take. jozifs original >beat in space< is monster of a tune. a heavy ass, bass driven slice of sinister analogue space funk, complete with dark, ominous stabs, enchanting tripped out breakdown, creaking doors and beats fit for a king…>watch yer bassbins im telling ya, we got beats in space<. fans of jamie jones, jesse rose, pezzner and robert james will adore this, proper future funk

the follow up by this mysterious artist to the cult hit >first step<, that got big support from unexpected places. dark and twisted jakking acid for basements...

marcus lambkin, aka shit robot, is joined on this excellent debut full length by a list of notable contributors: james murphy co-wrote several tracks and mixed the album, while juan maclean, planningtorock, lcd soundsystems nancy whang, hot chips alexis taylor, house of houses saheer umar and ex-nation of ulysses and the make-ups ian svenonious all contribute vocals and co-writing to >from the cradles…< stellar arc of songs.

pure groove is delighted to be releasing the first single by new fiction (home of elbow, snow patrol, filthy dukes and new dave sitek superstar project maximum balloon among others) artist alice gold.
she has got a big year ahead of her kicking off right now, with solo shows, support slots galore (including the eels uk tour which touches down at brixton academy) and some late summer festival slots.
produced by dan carey (the sonic alchemist who has twiddled the knobs of franz ferdinand and hot chip among a gazillion other british musical luminaries) orbiter will be another delightful limited and numbered vinyl edition, with lovely packaging that will make it a collectors treat.

big release by italian producer duo die haustiere. we got also a fantastic remix by marquese on the b-side!

bottins debut for eskimo got supported by everyone from mylo over aeroplane to prins thomas, freeform five, pete herbert, villa and many many more. now there is finally a follow-up with >discocracy/august<. again two impressive tracks, go bottin!

million dollar disco records are supported by a diverse range of djs including dimitri from paris, jerome deradji, greg wilson, nik weston, red rack em, phil asher and craig smith

coloured vinyl! i met dwight in the desert of nowhere. we somehow knew we would be there at the moment where it took place. no surprise, i mean the crash. 3 times for them to finally got out of nowhere back into nowhere. while i was playing the flute dwight held a ritual, spreading energy through his voice. after the reboot, they took off immediately (i can swear something happened to the power plant controlà). for us it was like a b-movie, like all never happenedàbut the communication, talking to the spirits from language to language planet to planetàand the wind dont forget the wind. after we came home we wrote this oneà. rjc philpot presents this debut 12inch of the reboot joy confession - our brothers from nowhere! the title track is a mindbending spiritual journey hosting the fabulous dwight trible on some next level beatdown xtravaganca while the flip features the massive disconodisco 1999 and the equally heavy <funkin facets<. àmore than a proper statement and the beginning of the rjc aera!! >thanks for listening and purchasing a real copy!<

the 1st from a new latin project of john beltran is a stunning tune thats got plenty of swing, instrumentation, and features jeremy ellis aka ayro. the main vocal mix resides on the a-side while the drum junkie mix is on the flip. limited pressing of 300 copies with picture sleeve.

kate perrys album as double 12 inch in gatefold cover. incl teenage dream, last friday night, firewrok and more !

mass shivers aus chicago ver®ffentlichen in zusammenarbeit zwischen licking river recs. und drag city ihr drittes album. >contoured heat< ist ein dunkler trip irgendwo zwischen ananda shankar und black flag. aufgenommen @ shape shoppe in chicago zusammen mit blue hawaii (icy demons, beirut).

after taras van de voorde s ep who got playlisted by joris voorn, luciano & sasha amongst others, ec is back with another quality release!

nice classic house !!!

4 track split ep by sonny fodera and phonic funk for salted music, featuring funky summer vibes.

fresh new spanish minimal house and tech house sound by berlin based rekardo rivalo (killa beat)! you could discribe it as ska meets africa! fantastic! lets rock..

big with: raresh, joris voorn, sebo k, monika kruse, sis, dj t, agnès, brothers vibe, butch, gorge, luke slater, danny tenaglia, anthony collins, einelkind, julietta, ekkohaus ,.. after a short break of redefinition puzzle traxx gets back on stage and welcomes a new artist to the family. italians are well-known for being experts in pizza, pasta, amore and - thanx to artist like mirco violi - some impressing dance electronica. after well received releases on labels such as be chosen, all inn limited, bloop, off, hypercolour and adult only, the young rising star is giving his debut on puzzle traxx. -enchanté-, a bassheavy driving house track with weird infatuating vocals, is probably his most outstanding work to date and has already caused waves among chosen tastemakers worldwide. -pamplona- is not less unique, bringing some crazy sax and flutes on the floors. but not enough of the dancefloor madness, as the package gets crowned by a dirty as hell remix from amsterdam s house hero je dàvu aka melon, who received heavy support of the worldwide dj elite lately for his raw meat tracks like -i zebra- on platzhirsch, -music got you movin- or more housy melon reworks for artists like sascha dive or the rebirth label. + excl. bonus download against code hidden on vinyl!

eglo records reaches its tenth release, with another acid dripping banger courtesy of west londons funkineven aka stevie j. taking things a little harder than on his previous two records, heart pound jacks its way across the dancefloor, in a collision of chi-town and ldn beat based funk. another space comes even harder, drawing on a touch of early rave and hardcore, its twenty tenà it just went on a journey before it got here. funkineven has been busy of late, remixing for hyperdub recording artist ikonika, darling farah and practicing as part of the fatima live band, who made their debut appearance for deviation at fabric on wednesday, supporting bilal

the third and final installment of spectral sounds document 12inch series offers four choice cuts from our era-defining, ryan elliott-curated label comp. kassem mosses remix of lawrences >divided< is a fiendishly tight slow-burner, fitting its ricky-ticky hi-hats and sharp-edged snares together like cogs in a swiss watch. the german producer twists parts around, testing various permutations, and rewards his patient listeners with a dusting of synthesized bliss at the end. heiroglyphic beings rust-flecked >got no place to go< traffics in humid ambience and smoggy gestures, evoking a post-apocalyptic dawn, distant bird calls and all. on the flip, spectral newcomer gadi mizrahis masterful >she only looks at you< hints at krautrock and tech-house while a thoughtful organ hums in the background, and kate simkos buoyant >zhivago< plays ping-pong with a bucket of electronic toms while a crowd-revving synth swell makes itself useful at just the right moment.