following their second album >demiurge< released in may 2011, >medium< arrives as the first non-studio based production by emptyset, recorded on location in the remote woodchester mansion in gloucestershire. the collection of tracks explores the duos preoccupations with the elemental properties of sound and bare rhythmic structures and overlays it onto the textural possibilities of space and material. the project marks their first act of adapting their analogue-based studio system into an architectural intervention, pushing extreme bass and feedback into the irregular spaces of the unfinished building.

for more than 10 years,philip bader has been mixing it up in the berlin electronic muisic scene as a producer, dj and label founder – no wonder then that his first studio album,wishful thinking,to be released on berlin label highgrade records, is such an eagerly awaited piece of work.philip, a native of the capital city, has taken a year to complete this debut long player that seemlessly juggles a wide range of musical styles.

vinyl only release, limited to 200 copies!! as the twelfth release of all inn we represents a lawbreaker of modern techno music. coldfish also known as laurine frost, is a hungarian producer who always delivers unique and detailed music structures. now, after he spent two years with studioworks the time has come to return. his sound today is much more independent, futuristic and galactic than ever. >revelations< is an expedition into the dark space guided gently by percussive polyrhythmia, warm basslines and wide atmospheres. crossways of dub, techno and modern electronics in impressive conceptions.

dustin zahn with his own interpretation of techno... four proper techno remixes... a bad ass behind the decks, and in the studio since 1998...his productions ended up on some bigger techno labels as well as more obscure imprints. along with ian lehman, he forged the well-received attack people live performance… bringing his show across the us, to south america, and europe as well. when he is not on tour with his dj sets or supercharged live pa sessions, he co-promotes some of minneapoliss biggest techno parties. in addition, he also manages his labels abiotic recordings and enemy records, which both receive wide support from the techno community.

the italian slok consider himself more a great pasta chef than an underground contemporary electronic music artist...by the way, he had big influence on the italian breakbeat, drumnbass and jungle scene with his two debut albums they call it jungle and freak 2000, both produced for the renowned irma records. after a natural change to electronic and personal house music beats and sounds in 2006, the international club hit lonely child, released with the collaboration of satoshi tomiie & hector romeros saw recordings label (defmix production), boosted his musical career quickly. his discography also includes releases and remixes on hi profile records labels like get physical music, my favorite robot, circle music, one records, turbo, om, harthouse, plastic fantastic (stereonova), futic tokyo and many more. he currently runs on his own imprint electronic petz, a structure created for support brand new talented electronic music minds. in 2010 he released two different albums: rain, on alex flatners label circle music germany, and the fat pasta grooves on electronic petz. after an intense studio work and sounds research, the year 2012 promises to be full of new collaborations including the release of a new artist album and a live set.

this selection is about the tracks that would inform henry street, the tracks found deep within the complex strings of its dna, the tracks championed by pettibone on kiss or by washington at the studio, or those dredged from crates across the city. half-heard anthems from italy tracked down through forensic research in the record shops of the five boroughs, rare dub versions of classics that you wont be finding on ebay anytime soon. this is real disco.
>these are the secret weapon tracks, but more personal to me and people from my world. i m pulling records from different places. this is how i play records. its not fake. i have never been a set dj and always played just about every genre of music, from the fastest uptempo disco anthem, to the most ghetto rap jam to zeppelin. music is music. a good dj can play it all. a great dj can play it all technically correct!<

pleasure has clearly been busy in the studio over the christmas period and he has a string of really strong releases that are now seeing the light of day. both >minute man< and >move easy< have been bouncing around on dubplate and now its your turn to have a piece of the action.

>the loudest engine< is the third studio album of london-based australian indie rock band howling bells. the album originally came out last september. the band wrote most of the material whilst on the road supporting coldplay during the viva la vida tour.
180 grams audiophile vinyl pressing including full colour insert. features the bonus track arrows (acoustic version).

1974s >tattoo< (movlp 456) shows a man that is comfortable with his backing band, loose and impassioned despite a heavy tour schedule, this fourth studio album provided many live-favourites, and many of the songs became concert staples.
remastered audio on 180 grams audiophile vinyl with printed innersleeve.

valanx is the new project of arne weinberg. after deciding to stop releasing under his own name, the project is focusing on his new-found passion for electronic music beyond the techno productions he is best known for. this first album is the result of liberation and recovered inspiration in the studio, and the ability to express musical experimentation without boundaries. this is how arne weinberg sounds in 2012. valanx stands for edgy, dark, sinister and thoughtful electronic music without limiting rules such as club compatibility, crowdpleasing or certain expected structures, tempos or sounds that confine most of todays musical genres. everything is possible, expect the unexpected. 300 limited lp copies - no digital distribution.

an incredible u.s.a.-belgium collaboration between the dirtiest mc juan huevos and phranteek. all started when phranteek was sound engineering a juan live act. he just says >man? i guess you ll like to records some miami bass tracks?<. juan was like >of course!<. at the end of is tour, kick the lyrics on some phranteeks 808 beat. and the magic happened! phranteek says that mr. huevos is a studio beast… and we can feel it.
on b-side, daveluxes dubstep remix is incredibbly fat. we never thought releasing dubstep music, but this is not dubstep… this is deep schizophrene robot sounds highly doped on bootybass music!
winner of octaves de la musique award in 2011, dj elephant power remix sounds like a travel in a futuristic india. while listening to it, you can imagine some elephants in disguise dancing on ghettomusic!

the ladykiller 7” also features never tear us apart(inxs cover live at sirius/xm studios in nyc.

it marks the long awaited reunion of electronic pioneers vince clarke (erasure/ yazoo/ depeche mode) and martin l. gore (depeche mode), who have joined forces for the first time in over thirty years to craft an album which, demonstrating their mutual love of electronic music. after initial tentative discussions, and a meeting at short circuit presents mute festival in london, where they both performed, these two influential musicians and songwriters, began work on the 10-track album, working in a typically unique way with the pair working alone in their respective studios, communication only via email, exchanging files until the albums was ready. the album includes the recent 12inch ep1 / spock, described by the quietus as one of the best tracks of 2011, plus the forthcoming ep 2 / single blip. the album was produced by vince clarke and martin l. gore and mixed by the influential californian electronic artist Überzone / q.
comes as double 12 inch in full artwork gatefold cover, including cd-version of this album.

two collaborations between two highly respected producers. photeks >closer< marked the 50th release on pinchs tectonic last year, and some time in the studio together has produced these standout tracks. acid reign first appeared in january on pinchs fabriclive mix compilation, his dubplate version described by fact mag as >a slow-burning half-stepper with a twisted acid melody fighting for air in an oil spill, as claustrophobic as you like, basically<. m25fm appears on photeks instalment to the highly respected dj kicks compilation series, its another acid-tinged track, taking us into much deeper territory.

the final single from the self-titled holy ghost! lp before alex & nick return to the studio, commencing work on lp2. the b-side features an amazingly retro extended 12 inch remix by dimitri from paris. limited to 300 stamped white label copies.

nice price deal !!! we have been working on new material for the last couple of years - honing, rejecting reworking and occasionally performing it out live. the objective of this gramme re-birth has been simple, but the decisions involved are always complex: simplicity is always the toughest of aspirations. we have been jamming together over the last few months and we have set up mobile studios wherever and whenever we have been able, including some of our office spaces after hours

vinyl only release from lobster boy. immense production on this new 12 inch. taking in influences from the full spectrum of uk music. from uk funky, to garage to dubstep to house and even some jungle bass vibes. truly a unique piece of studio work. dj support from redlight & oneman.

once again, we are happy to welcome a new artist to the hivern family. new jackson hails from dublin and produces nocturnal disco-adventures from his studio by the sea. *sat around here waiting*, his debut for the label, features two of his trademark ghostly jams alongside two remixes by british uprising talent fort romeau and our very own pional.

hitting the ground running in 2012 ruben & ra are taking a break from the studio for the first full artist release on retrospective. who is capable hands better to choose for this one than our in house hero rayko? after bringing fil lavin to the ever-growing retrospective fold for retro005 - soul brother, featuring ruben & ras souled out dub, rayko is back with a 4 tracker of edits, which are sure to please.

copenhagens favourite wonderchild kasper bjørke is back with his second artist album on hfn music, entitled fool. set for release on april fools day 2012 (april 1st), the album is a playful mixture of abundant, pop-infused bittersweet love songs on the hunger side, and more spaced-out pschedelic disco voyages on the foolish side. amongst the plethora of quality on offer on the lp, we find lose yourself to jenny, one of a handful of songs yet again featuring the wonderful talents of jacob bellens, of murder and i got you on tape fame. the original version is bound to roam the airwaves with its super catch melody line,and bellens mature and intruiging lyrics. 80s newbeat and nu-wave meets modern studio charms in this catchy synth-pop ballad for 2012.

the impeccably talented organ grinder returns to the catapult records fold, with, believe it or not, only his 2nd solo single to date. the artists first sell out release obsession gained him some serious global attention with steffi charting the title in her 2011 end of year round up for clone. the organ grinder introduces vocalist jessy allen who will be a familiar name shortly with appearances on what i want by crst (forthcoming on valve records) and will also make an impression with her vocal contribution on the fourth studio album from high contrast the agony and the ecstasy on hospital records. for this outing he offers a simple and accessible track with an anthemic scope whipping up a combination of some serious teutonic funk and floor friendly, party-wise golden era of house vibes.

born out of a shared vision of musical inspiration, the duo of d-nox & beckers has, over the last 4 years, firmly entrenched itself into the landscape of the worldwide electronic community. working as a perfect fusion of studio expertise and an impeccable dancefloor touch, this creative combination of christian d-nox wedekind and frank beckers has become a an unfailing source of massive grooves which have successfully infected (infiltrated?) all corners of the globe. with more than a quarter century of combined djing and producing experience between them, d-nox & beckers effectively merge a seasoned musical grounding with a dynamic creative spark that never fails in its ability to adapt to the ever-changing vista of electronic dance music.

born out of a shared vision of musical inspiration, the duo of d-nox & beckers has, over the last 4 years, firmly entrenched itself into the landscape of the worldwide electronic community. working as a perfect fusion of studio expertise and an impeccable dancefloor touch, this creative combination of christian d-nox wedekind and frank beckers has become a an unfailing source of massive grooves which have successfully infected (infiltrated?) all corners of the globe. with more than a quarter century of combined djing and producing experience between them, d-nox & beckers effectively merge a seasoned musical grounding with a dynamic creative spark that never fails in its ability to adapt to the ever-changing vista of electronic dance music.

after investing all his sweat and blood into labelwork, mastering and his fellow artists for many years, thomas p. heckmann found the time and inspiration to get back to the studio for new music of his own for 2012. we start with this analogue beast named glitter and tand that is pure live recording and a bit of editing in the cockpit of the trope studio. wires and leads all over the place and leds blinking like mad, that?s how he likes it ! techno with no boundaries or categories and loads of knobs?

titans of the tech-house world clash with jack006, man of the moment eats everything jumps into the studio with idiotproof and turns out a couple of ethnically flavoured bangers for your listening pleasure.

tunnel signs is the new studio project of ash moses - graphic designer, dj and exactly one half of death strobe records.
sun is his debut release - a driving disco-house jam written over a glorious sydney summer with axe provided by ghostwoods paddy harrowsmith and cutters records house legend nile delta on production duties. the ep neatly ties together the various influences and vibes that have inspired ash in his never ending tumble down the rabbit hole of techno. dark yet happy, serious but fun ... the stuff they call dance music!

nice price deal !!! vae victis is back for its 2nd release and is glad to welcome the very first debut of nightjars. with this 4 tracks ep the label shifts on a different musical path, sound and style wise. sound wise, both sides are written, mixed and produced on hardwares and polarized on a ferromagnetic tape. technically, side a (raw side) is mixed with a tough multitrack mixer brought to its saturation limit: the sound is indeed distorted, raw and unfriendly. while the flipside (clean side) is instead mixed with a big class a vintage studio mixer. the sound is brighter, richer of harmonics and the infrasounds are charged thru a wide dynamic range. style wise,the label shifts on a more broken beat field, lets call it bass, dubstep or whatever, but anyway something which should put this vinyl in the records bags of all the lovers of shed, peverelist and horsepower productions to name a few.

funky and laid back jazz constructed house tracks with spacy dimension by dewalta. we are very happy to release such a fantastic long player which keeps alive our dear paris-berlin connection and our taste for subtle melange between jazz and house music. both tracks malbec and syrah will bring you far on the dancefloor like a good wine does with its fine and deep flavours of fruits and whatever it can tell about the history of its ground. david koch under his artist name dewalta persuades first on the a side with malbec. a dry clap introduces to the affair, short followed by a kick and a driving funky deep baseline which could be far enough to convince any dj fan of minimal hypnotic loops. having set up that strong base, he plays then carefully some light but brillant layers of jazzy arrangements. santé! syrah, follows up in a more trippy way performing a jazzy and elegant journey which destination is certainly somewhere in the cosmos. mastered and cutted by mike grinser at the berlin studio man made mastering.

dancefloor killer -take a trip-, led by hector moralez vocals, is the story of a mad after hour where dj w!ld got two years ago in ibiza. a funky house track with old school beat and a mesmerising fat bass. remixer-s monikers do not necessarily need some more explainations, just feel the quality and consider their legacy. long-playing a-side -radio slave-s gotta get up remix- is the reflection of matthew edwards- love of re-edits and remixes, with his particular taste for jackin- sound beloved of house aficionados and fractured funk, oddball beats and mechanical soul. incendiary tune. veteran on the remix world, with highly expected remixes that drive dance floors across the globe to ecstatic conditions by means of his intense beats and rhythms, dj sneak delivers a furious banging house remix on b-side, with melodic rhythms that will suit dancers- soul. duo having instant chemistry as friends and in the studio, fries & bridges a.k.a phil weeks & hector moralez set the bar high with their consistent quality of house music. their -ghetto mix & dub- are sick, tight and tasty, and will for sure ingnite dancefloors worldwide.

the irresistible electronic trio formed by antonio pecori stefano meucci and andrea giacchetti mainly known as the clover strikes back on bosconi records with another strong 4 tracks ep. after an year spent into researchin and experimenting in their own studio, jammin for hours like a proper band as they are, using analogue machines, freaky instruments and concrete sounds, our lovely boys, always keepin their distinctive funky n groovy attitude, turned the page of their past west-coast inspired funky house vibe and changed the way of seeing club music into giving life to a completely new, fresh and personal house style. the whole ep sounds like house music influenced by post rock bands like tortoise and kraut legends like can and this 12inch is an absolut winner that sees on a side the psychedelic tribal funk of goodies while on the second cut theres the subliminal mood of wandering souls, b side instead goes more spiritual and rockin thanks to the manipulated percussive trip of find yourself and the darkdroning session of amsterdam house don san proper remixing goodies. a real four season ep!

bria valente (born brenda fuentes) is an american singer based in minneapolis. she released her debut album, elixer as part of a three-album set with princes lotusflow3r and mplsound in 2009, which debuted at #2 on the top billboard albums chart.
she first met prince at the age of 17 at paisley park studios while working with keyboardist morris hayes and later began her association with prince, contributing vocals to his 2007 album planet earth.
in 2009 she recorded the elixer album, singing lead vocals with prince on guitar and morris hayes providing beats. out this week on vinyl and picture disc formats featuring brand new club mixes by jamie lewis (purple music) & david alexander (icon collective).

limited picture disc edition!
bria valente (born brenda fuentes) is an american singer based in minneapolis. she released her debut album, elixer as part of a three-album set with princes lotusflow3r and mplsound in 2009, which debuted at #2 on the top billboard albums chart.
she first met prince at the age of 17 at paisley park studios while working with keyboardist morris hayes and later began her association with prince, contributing vocals to his 2007 album planet earth.
in 2009 she recorded the elixer album, singing lead vocals with prince on guitar and morris hayes providing beats. out this week on vinyl and picture disc formats featuring brand new club mixes by jamie lewis (purple music) & david alexander (icon collective).

joey negro is the most well-known pseudonym of master british dj/producer/remixer dave lee. under a plethora of other monikers including jakatta, akabu, doug willis, raven maize, the sunburst band, sessomatto, and z factor, dave was one of the first artists to incorporate disco samples in house music when he began his production career in 1988. indeed, he was in the studio making credible and outstanding british house music when many luminaries around him were still busy getting to grips with their decks. in 2011 little has changed and dave is widely regarded as one of the most commercially successful and in-demand artists on the global scene

support by: gabriel ananda, patrick lindey, karotte, samuel l session, phil kieran, laurent garnier, stephan bodzin, angel molina, alan fitzpatrick, ben sims, joris voorn, dustin zahn, joseph capriati, marco bailey, karotte,.. after the big success of his remixes for david durango & sven elmlund, label boss alexander kowalski returns with a new release of his own on damage music berlin. crossing the borderline is a track from his live-sets and has been played all over the globe. for the studio version he used all of these experiences to edit and create the techno bomb you hear today. the heavy bassline and the pumping percussions give the track a strong drive that delivers us to the break. sweet strings and flying hypnotic synth-sounds bring us to its peak, before releasing us back to the bass once again

the name tim xavier should be well known by any music producer from berlin, who has ever thought seriously about the mastering of his tracks. the owner of manmade mastering studios is usually the last link in the chainbefore the final pressing on vinyl. with his >play on words ep< on rrygular, tim xavier proves that he can realise the earlier production steps - the creation of proper club music - as well.

nice price deal !!! he one and only studio rocker tony thorpe - aka moody boyz, illustrious low end manipulator of some 30 years acclaim - teams up with three of the most exciting and original uk producers in si begg, nuphlo and pempi, to present the first release from his monumental globe stepping project, taking world music atmospheres and giving them a sideways twist to create a new flavoured selection of dancefloor killers and chill-out epics.

in september 1985 four of the greatest musicians of the 20th century returned to the studio in memphis where it all began: carl perkins, jerry lee lewis, roy orbison and johnny cash went back to sam phillips sun records studio to record an ode to elvis presley & the city they all loved.
it was their goal to reassert the vitality of their art outside the often stifling definitions of the music industry and to reassert the vitality of memphis as a music-making centre of great potential.
>memphis rock & roll homecoming<, with its mix of jazz, blues, country, gospel, rock n roll and soul, is now a proud part of the legendary citys legacy!
re-issue on 180 grams audiophile vinyl.

after a break for over a year pattern repeat is back again with another two tracks on their own label. both kenneth & resoe has been really busy last year, so it has been difficult to meet up in the studio. but now they had the time to finish two tracks of deep dirty techno from the capitol of denmark copenhagen. again they set it of with raw dirty dub infected grooves and the a side starts up right away with the dub elements intact, and then keeps building through the rest of the track. after the short break a hypnotic atmosphere kicks off in best pattern repeat style. the b side starts slowly with an almost alfred hitchcock kind of atmosphere, with a dull kick underneath. the track keeps gettin more dirty through the 6 min. and 15 secs. it last, with more distortion added to the dub stabs. its a good way that kenneth & resoe returns since the last 12 inch they put out in december 2010, to set the stage for 2012.

ndatl continues with new remixes crafted by label head kai alce of sacrifice, by house music legends robert owens and larry heard. owens and heard have not recorded together in more than a decade after countless classics such as bring down the walls, im strong and mysteries of love. after hearing the track when heard stopped by the ndatl studio, kzr was compelled to remix the song, and was quickly given the green light.

phil weeks introduces his third studio album raw instrumental with a strictly limited edition white label vinyl sampler in february. each copy of the limited pressing will be hand tagged by phil and contain four tracks - dirty groove, on da raw, pimpin 4 weeks and do that dance – that give a sneak preview to the album, scheduled for release in march. the four tracks continue the parisian?s dedication to the akai mpc3000 sampler, with samples cut, chopped, sliced, diced and expertly tweaked into fresh dancefloor bomb

krakow loves adana sind deniz cicek und robert heitmann. mit >avantgarde< (produziert von johann scheerer, aufegnommen und gemischt im hamburger cloud hill recordings studio) veröffentlichen die beiden die zweite singel aus dem am 24.02.2012 erscheinenden album >interview<.

audio phreaks are proud to present an astonishing new ep from their exciting new signing, diesel! diesel has been locked away in the studio perfecting his sound to a very high production level and you can instantly hear this boy has been putting in the hours since his earlier recordings. his productions are just insane and are certainly not for those who are looking out for an easy listen. basslines and beats collide with some very imaginative arrangements that make up a truly unique and distinct sound that only can be associated with the rising young talent that is diesel.

juan atkins returns to r&s on a model 500 solo mission. the last model 500 single enlisted the help of the live line up that includes detroit techno royalty mike banks and ur alumni mark taylor, but this latest release is just juan in the studio and back at his best. >control< is vintage model 500, the classic electro that atkins pretty much invented, with his treated vocals riding over the crisp rhythm programming, dark basslines and detroit synths. >the messenger< on the flip is a moodier affair, with the liquid synths almost running away with themselves over the rough beats. model 500 and r&s has proved to have been a classic combination over the years and this release is one to file next to the classics.

to celebrate his mos deep sub label reaching its tenth release, boss man aroy dee has teamed up in the studio with ma spaventi for the labels next release, namely a split 10 inch featuring two tracks: >wrecking< and >mr. floyd<. first up is amsterdams best kept production secret aka marco the doctor spaventi. his >wrecking< is a blisteringly raw house construction with ripping synth lines, delicate hi-hats and slow, crawling kick drums building up to an incendiary, chicago referencing peak where pinging cow bells shooting in all directions. its a bold track designed for maximum dance-floor damage. on the flip, aroy builds in layers. his >mr floyd< is all muted synth growls, clattering percussion and blissful pads. its a tortured deep house track that challenges you before really soothing you, but once the inner beauty is revealed, it really has you under an enchanting spell. another quality release from mos deep, this time on highly collectible 10 inch vinyl.

physical records is happy to present their 6th vinyl release: physical driver part 1 & 2 by explosive french duo mik izif & midwooder. two original tracks filled of heavy rhythms and dark melodies, in the mood of their latest output physical records 05.production of those tracks started in canada during mik izif tour and were finallised by midwooder at his studio in nîmes so the ep well fit to be so called: trip france to canada ep.

classic ny house cuts on 2 x 12 vinyl... proper !!

amsterdam label, rejected are proud to announce a special remix of techno pioneer moby from their very own head honcho, joris voorn. the on-fire producer has delivered a brand new re-work of >after< taken from the american stalwarts tenth studio album, destroyed which has since seen a series of remix packages through the little idiot label.
taking mobys original, joris injects a club sensibility with rolling bass and punchy beats. instilling his unique feel for dancefloor-funk, the dutchman adds plenty of soul to remix, leading the original away from its darkened edge and into the light. subtle melodies and progressive keys build purposefully throughout the track to deliver yet more party fodder from joris voorn and rejected. this will keep you dancing after the after!

very spezial collectors item... the sandwich records --- under the supervision of with nashville über-craftsmen united record pressing, we created the sandwich record?. mastered by chart-topping producer mark saunders in his manhattan based mastering facility beat360 studio to secure optimal sonic impact. 10inch clear vinyl record ? one side has the remix on it, the other is blank ? contains a remix by ronnie & renzo of naruto, a track by cos/mes the 7inch gold single that s hidden inside is the only physical release of taboo, an unreleased ronny & renzo track. 100 copies hand numbered

between 1978 and 1984 can as a group were utilising the innerspace studio in cologne less frequently in order to search for new ways to develop their sound and creativity. however drummer jaki liebezeit and holger continued to record and experiment at the studio and czukay considers this time as the most fruitful and creative period they spent together. born from this time was >secret life< and >in space< and these are presented on a white vinyl disc in a fantastic full colour thick card sleeve. limited & hand-numbered!