for the last 20 years hes plied the dub-ways as beat pharmacy & echologist, & here hes in one of his trippiest modes to date. where there is smoke has been road tested in fred p sets for months.

deep and broody one on lux! an introspective outer galaxy ride.tip for the ifm heads! there are so many lessons to be taught in life. through loneliness, suffering and inaccessible places of the heart.

there is in madrid a musical effervescence that nothing can tame. if the secular bleakness fits well the dark, sullen, industrial compositions of some of its famous musicians, an older tradition, looser, of dedication to the suave, stretched, paced nighttime

keno trax sets the focus on simple and functional club tracks but without taking things too seriously. they don t use a lot of melodies here. all that matters is the beat. and there is plenty of that on the release from the two romanian producers and djs called gruuv elements

special triple pack for all you cirque du minimaliste lovers out there - contains three classic releases:
- cdm002: daegon - subterrene / 525
- cdm009: tiari - on the edge (mekas / felix lorusso mixes)
- cdm017: felix lorusso - obey (luis flores, m.a.d.a. & plankton mixes)

brooklyn-based producer, composer, pianist, dj and live musician taylor mcferrin is set to release his first full length lp, early riser, in june 2014 on flying lotus brainfeeder record label. taylors musical style is equally influenced by the legends of 60s/70s soul, the kings of the modern beat generation, golden era hip hop, free form jazz and electronic music. by playing all of the instruments on his productions, while also relying heavily on sampling and chopping up his live takes, he has found a sound that seamlessly bridges myriad musical worlds and draws the listener into a constantly shifting audio soundscape. the vinyl lp comes with digital download code.

labelboss steffi hooking up with long-time buddy and musical boy wonder dexter again! over 15 years ago they started the klakson label and the rest is history... sounding more fresh than ever steffi & dexter deliver 3 razor sharp dancefloor bombs that will unite dancefloors worldwide. all the elements are there: aquatic electro arpeggios, jacking 808 beats, bouncing analogue strings and basslines, all topped off with that euphoric detroit techno feel... fffresh release!

bait & switch returns on sop with perlenspiel, a big summer smasher which is well-stocked with real strings, pianos & harp-liked sounds rotating on a dirty driving bassline. on top there are two massive interpretations by no less than david keno and schlepp geist.

without struggle there is no progress. a lesson over four movements. raíz returns on droid with a follow up from keep secrets and degrees of motion eps. originally conceptualized some years ago during live pas, the struggle has been revamped and reshaped into four tracks all evolving from the title. as the ep unfolds, various degrees of emotion and musicality are displayed building up to the intense close on trilliance.

franz meersdonk und günther willers aka rdf are back on the road. the speedometer obviously tweaked, turned up and back on track. on the way tramper simon sunset got on board, et voila: made himself comfortable in the back cabin. left a bunch of wood back there. they drove the semi right into the sawmill and took care of the rough pre-cut themselves. cutter lowtec supported the two street heroes with all he’s got, or rather, he actually applied his own cutting-machine-operation. simon sunset’s wood cuttings were molded by a bunch of saws, slicers, and files. and for a final fine-tuning herb lf came running out of the canteen. and lo and behold, the machines spit out three beautifully stable pieces of wood with the finest texture- pattern captured in a stable frame of bark. so good was the material to begin with that nothing was left over for old, stinky bark mulch

>> oh it was gorgeousness and gorgeosity made flesh. the trombones crunched redgold under my bed, and behind my gulliver the trumpets three-wise silverflamed, and there by the door the timps rolling through my guts and out again crunched like candy thunder. oh, it was wonder of wonders. and then, a bird of like rarest spun heavenmetal, or like silvery wine flowing in a spaceship, gravity all nonsense now, came the violin solo above all the other strings, and those strings were like a cage of silk round my bed. then flute and oboe bored, like worms of like platinum, into the thick thick toffee gold and silver. i was in such bliss, my brothers.<

whoever is behind the ac exp project has clearly worked very hard to ensure their identity remains under wraps, with zilch info out there on the big old internet. which is a shame because theres a degree of class to the two untitled productions on this 10- that demands some recognition. both are unassuming club tools that any deep house selector will appreciate a few hours into their set, all swirling, dubby atmospherics, tunnelling rhythms and snapping percussion.

professor inc on night drive music. amazing 4 tracker with the spirit of the good old times. 4 classic tunes with raw and authentic analog vibes of professor inc. there is nothing more to say about this record. its a masterpiece! 180 gramm vinyl. shrinked.

nelistening back, ‘interlude’ will feel like the perfect opening to ‘skylax’. a jazzy encore crawls in, morphing into a skippy hip-hop instrumental with jason’s signature flourishes all over it. aptly named as it is, this is the breathing space between whatever came before in your day, and the eleven deep house gems that are to follow. speaking of, ‘the love’ will have you gripped from the first bar. it glides the listener in, then subtly drops that signature, tightly-tuned bassline of jason’s and continues onto soulful vocals from there. ‘old dayz’ touches on a bit of a nostalgic note. the spoken vox cuts harken back to 90s hip-hop joints, playing over a looped latin sample-led beat. from there, ‘rawkicks 2’ shows jason’s rough and ready sampling style in action. a seemingly simple track, but one which has that special something which guarantees to keep people on the floor moving for its duration. ‘cut b’ contrasts this nicely, being a much cleaner production with tight drum programming and synth work. that said, it still has the classic jg atmosphere we love. closing out the first half of the album, ‘definition’ slows the pace ever so slightly, with its eternal pad structure that builds up the track’s momentum into something very mellow and deep.bringing in the second half of ‘skylax’, ‘john blue’ takes things back a notch further. a deeper tune, yet one that shows off an uncharacteristically punchy bass hit from jason. ‘last night’ is a track more reminiscent of jason’s first lost cuts ep on wax classic, sounding as if it had been freshly taken off an old tape with its sample-led beat and background hiss. the last four tracks of the album see a return to the ‘mastercuts’ and ‘lovedits’ series which fans will recognize from the ‘lost cuts’ records, with ‘lovedits 7’ and ‘mastercut 5’ respectively. the former is a laid back female vocal edit with the entire suite of signature jg touches while the latter is a garage house hit more crafted for the club. ‘bb’ brings the album to a close, twisting a disco/funksample over a pallet of drums and effects for the near six-minute duration of the track.all in all, this is the perfect follow up to jason’s debut album ‘313.4.ever’, with tracks for both the club and home listening. if you happened to miss the first album back in 2012, don’t forget that now you have the chance to grab it in a special double pack with ‘skylax’ on cd!so, needless to say, this timeless record is a must purchase for all collectors and djs out there

slam is back on bek audio! 2 typical peak time techno anthems by the masterminds and founder of soma records. there is no need to say much more about this record! just listen, repeat and destroy the floor wherever you play it.

enso stands for electronica naturescapes set onslow, a new imprint set up by romanian up n coming artist maruntelu. in zen buddhism, an enso is a circle that is hand-drawn in one or two uninhibited brushstrokes to express a moment when the mind is free to let the body create. and this is exactly what enso label is all about: sheer talent and creativity. hailing from bragadiru, romania, maruntelu is one of those well hidden gems of which there are so many within the emerging romanian electronica scene.

pauls rather unique vocals lie somewhere between david bowie and richard butler of the psychedelic furs. all songs have been remastered for vinyl by george horn at fantasy studios in berkeley. each lp includes 2 postcards with live photos, a list of instruments used and quotes, that are suitable for mailing. this collection highlights a lost duo with a big sound on par with ultravox, human league, omd or devo.

by now, frak needs no formal introduction. lets just say they are the swedish house mafia for people who actually know what house music is. lately, there has been somewhat of a surge in house and techno influenced by synth, ebm and obscure sub-genres that ends with >wave<. so the timing couldnt be better for frak to return to kontra-musik with this remarkable synth and acid flavoured release.

imagine the early 80ies, cold war is on its peak, you are a young lad in american occupied germany and dont feel like joining the army. what you gonna do? there is not much choice. you could crash your dads car into the next bridge and get invalided out or you just move to the island of west berlin and buy a drum machine?

considering the combined talents of detroit veteran terrence dixon and black jazz consortium man fred p, you d expect this split ep for finale sessions to be a lesson in warm, soul-flecked depth. pleasingly, that s exactly what it delivers. dixon excels with the sub-sporting alien futurism of -to the bridge- - the aural equivalent of staring into space while dancing to electronic jazz - and the sumptuous, minor key bliss of the casual deep house jam -starting over-. fred p, meanwhile, delivers two contrasting cuts. there s some acid-fuelled deep house futurism in the shape of -circuit-, and a chunk of bongo-laden dancefloor humidity in -the road-, whose rising strings and sweet melodies are arguably the highlight of a superb ep.

naoki entered the spm universe via earth tones 3 along with joey anderson and leonid nevermind. naokis music is understated, yet effective & there is a quiet restraint that leaves the listener wanting more.

190 to 220 bpm hardcore, with a complex structure, loads of breaks and beats... but not crossbreed yet. more axed on a kind of breakcore, glitch and drill at some points... but of course, hardcore is there, with its classic expected tricks and its 4/4 constent, coming often after 2 or 3 minutes, like a candy

argentinian dj and producer, ernesto ferreyra, provided cadenza with a rich and inspirational album back in 2010, the intricate and balanced el paraiso de las tortugas was a masterclass in minimal electronic dance. four years on, and ernesto returns to lucianos label with the insight single, and a precursor to another album for the label, slated for october release. voltage poem displays a huge progression for ernesto, a stomping, elastic backbeat, peppered with live percussion, shakers and micro glitches dances around the mechanical funk of the bassline.

hailing from bari, nico lahs has become a beloved member of the stock5 family. on the latest instalment of the label that guy blesses us with his runway ep. but don’t mix up the title with some anorexic chicks that stumble along the catwalk heidi klum sent ‘em on. if there is one direction, it would lead straight into a planetary orbit. the opener “shreder” sets the pace and mood, a decent composition of pulsating synths, a vibrating bass line and a whispering voice, telling us to fasten our seatbelt because our next stop is going to be “orion”. actually this is in one of the biggest astral objects having been discovered yet. nico takes us there on his spaced out trip, while we are watching stars being born and dying in super novas. on the flip we’re finally approaching “runway” the title track. dive into a world that is undiscovered, promising and overwhelming. all in all this ep is way more than “mystic”, which is the last track. we left our planet as humans and we landed as androids in stock5 galaxy, which is ever expanding, crossing boundaries and creating new life on the universal dance floor.

rothmans are back with there first release of 2014 - coyote - the socrates ep. this time the guys are paying hommage to one of the more contriversial stars of the late 70 s/ early 80s the absolutely legendry dr socrates! this 6th release by the the retro, football mad, perm loving lot sees them take a step away from the various artists format into the world of ep s. and what a stomper they have in the form of the is it balearic...? boys coyote. featuring on last years claudio gentile release the boys are back on rothmans and in fine form with a mixture of psychadelic disco and funky balearic beats that would make dr socrates himself stand up and shake that afro all over the dancefloor. and joining them on the team sheet are a pair of knock out players in the form of mark e & ste spandex. mark e putting his silky skills, and attacking mark on passing memories, and then ste spandex bringing it up the rear and joining him in attack with a live vhs remix of act like you know. the rothmans label seems to be taking shape now and looks like it could be also putting together a dream team of releases

luckily there werent any of the anticipated refund claims for the first two chapters of >if this is house i want my money back<. so we finally dared to compile number three. the concept of the compilation is pretty simple: we ask friends, pv regulars, and other good looking producers, who are famous for dancing around the edges of the genre, for an exclusive track, all of which we put together on one neat compact disc. this time the bill reaches from hot shot producer mano le tough (who celebrated his permanent vacation debut on vol. 2 of this series), maeve label buddy the drifter, the swedish house mafia in form of house dandy axel boman and edit ramajam hnny, rising star lake people, long time vacationer bostro pesopeo (together with local munich dj san quentin) and sizzling newcomer boska to the jack of all trades willie burns, fellow nyc resident octo octa, berlin-based melody masters kim brown, the neukölln acid kingpins achterbahn d’ amour (aka iron curtis & edit piafra) as well as hotflush and we play house regular locked groove. each and everyone of the participants are more than convincing in what they are doing and although they have different perspectives on the long runner house music, the tracks come together in sweet harmony on this compilation

special triple pack for all you voltage lovers out there - contains three classic releases:
- vmr 10: sneak thief - body militia
- vmr013: andreas henneberg - ask your druggist!
- vmr 44: the glitz - all the ladies

adventurous electro project 2 years in the making featuring works from ian martin, shemale, federico leocata, das muster, obergman, koova, linear synthesis (new project from kobol electronics and heinrich dressel), dmx krew, elec pt.1 and dj stingray. think kraftwerk, drexciya, dopplereffekt and bunker-style dark basement vibes all rolled into one neatly presented package and that’s pretty much what is on offer here. a fine selection of tracks which successfully presents fresh sounds by tried-and-tested names, while simultaneously introducing upcoming and arguably lesser known, but by no means any less talented artists. thoroughly essential for all electro fans out there. limited edition vinyl pressing

lux rec continue their endless research at the margins of music, what is underground, at every latitude, to find rough gems and bring them to light. after a series of releases which explore techno in various ways, they turned their attention to another field. that of the cold electronics and new wave movement, and french musical existentialism. cold colors comes from bordeaux, france. to lux rec he is the best expression of and a new take on that type of music. a sense of solitude is the first reaction to his music. melodic longings for something that is not there, unreachable. four songs to depict a hopeless stare into emptiness. shadows of a love long gone.

this record tells the story of a detroit groove from the perspective of the speaker, taking you through time from luomo s to the hardware syst3m parties, and the first leaky warehouse roof no way back where dean syst3m worked the door, with all the disrespectful nature one would naturally expect from a true detroit groove. created by two veterans of detroit grooves, bmg & derek plaslaiko, who now calls berlin home, in bmgs studio in the center of detroit. this song celebrates some of the out there characters and crazy cowboy outlaws that made this detroit scene happen on the underground level, that made such an impact that is still felt around the world today.

special triple pack for all you microfon vinyl only lovers out there - contains three classic releases:
- mfvo02: m.in & patrick kunkel / dj emerson - split ep
- mfvo04: dj emerson - selected remix works vol. 2
- mfvo05: pawn shop people - 5 seconds to jack

that dope loop pinning down sascha dive as cocoons deephouse wunderkind wouldnt really hit the nail on the head however it isnt far from truth. compared to most other artists of this genre he can for sure be classified as a young gun but there is no soundproof for his age in his music at all.

this is essential house music. the 2nd ep by the obscure · n s y d e · family members project01. on the flipside africaine 808 is evolving the groove into a mesmerising floorpiece of an extraordinary quality and challenging the best jazz&house dancers out there on the dancefloor.
support by: simbad, isoul8 aka volcov, ... and many more!

three tracks of frantic back alley under the table techno by brooklyns matthew morandi and max ravitz aka inhalants. scathing, morphing, abstract workouts for the floor, these three tracks are rough and ready for club use to the fullest. just take heed if the local pd are in the vicinity.

i d been thinking about starting a label for a few years but it never really seemed like it could work. nowadays there is more coherence in my productions it seems like the right time. i will be releasing music from other artists as well my own stuff - underground house, techno and the rest, stuff with darkness and sexiness. hopefully it is music that will speak to (somebodys) heart as well as their feet. the first release is called no splice no playback and it is two tracks of house music. vinny (flamingo) is a basement thing, suckle (twenties) works in warehouses too. thanks for reading. -mosca

geschickt verpackte mehrdeutigkeiten, die sich auf tracks wie dem nach vorne walzenden opener *game*, dem poprockig-treibenden sex-song *perfect match* oder dem manisch-funkigen *big hole* wieder finden.

p. lopezs new ep may be called the same beat. however, rest assured that this is most definitely a showcase of the paraguayan urban and tech house producers chameleonic capabilities. we ve seen lo¬pez on labels such as dogmatik, tirk and rationalism just to name a few, and he s even grabbed the attention of berghain who welcome him for his debut performance there in april. now he stamps his sonic dexterity all over this five track dark techno aeon ep. expect to be led through a progression of styles and emotions, fist pumps and foot taps all in the name of true quality music.

with credits between them ranging from hypercolour, future boogie, fear of flying, southern fried, save you and wolf, dj/producers james welsh and ste roberts team up under their r&w pseudonym for this, the 7th release on initials with its clear mandate from the word go back in 2012 to release only the most underground house and techno, initials (helmed by ste himself, hypercolours alex jones and 1trax label boss dave elkabas) delivers the goods yet again with the socks & scandals ep. at just 2 tracks, there is no need to say more, with opener meat an understated mechanical exploration into the art of evolving and hypnotic beat-crafting, while bucket sheep employs rhythmic detail in a broader soundscape to great effect, offsetting the incessant marching bass expertly.

more exquisite heat from one of the most consistent producers out there. mihai popoviciu has been racking up an enviable discography in the past few years, as releases on highgrade, hudd trax, bondage music and popcorn records testify.

upwellings is vincent raude, a professor of modern art at the academy of brest who has been releasing dub and reggae music since 1996 and has written music for contemporary dance and theater. he created his dub project lower groundz in 2004 where he experimented with reggae and in 2008 started his dub techno project upwellings under which he realized several 1s. his music was supported and charted by people like cio d or, laurent garnier, alexkid and more. upwellings music shows a great deal of recording knowledge and love for the details of electronic music. his a-side track zu zurich has a classic dub techno surface but we believe the skillful complexity on many levels will have us listen to this track many many times. there are things to discoverin >zurich< one might say. so it is no surprise that the flip side track >lower ground< shows more reggae influences which he uses in more abstract ways, employing vocal splinters he masterfully embeds in his recording.

klara lewis debut release presents an electronically charged reconstruction of organic sound matter. 10 tracks featuring a wide variety of sonic material which is subjected to lewis unique approach to the sonic landscape. field recordings, small sounds, samples, ambient pot holes, repetition, and giddy disorientation are all tactics deployed by lewis. on entering these works we take a voyage through a series of audacious audio adventures, playful musical miniatures and choppy sonic seas. there is a human warmth to much of the material as lewis expertly crafts musical matter from the living world. *ett* is an exemplary investigation as lewis reconfigures sounds of life itself, from the delirious to the tender. a bold vision from a bright new talent. recorded, sampled, edited, manipulated, mixed, produced and arranged by klara lewis, artwork by dave coppenhall.

special triple pack for all you highway lovers out there - contains three classic releases:
- hwr003: scsi-9 - tierra del fuego (gui boratto, pascal feos mixes)
- hwr004: pr. moriarti - mystic smile (tigerskin, robert babicz remixes)
- hwr007: wols - bushmans oversized vibe (guti remix)

this was southside chitown 89. if you werent there you werent there…. lots of underground unreleased music circulated on the southside on maxell and tonemaster tapes from walgreens - 2 dollars for a pack of eight! leron gave me some collabos…

ever since digitalism played boiler room at 2013s !melt festival the internet has been asking what this track might be. there have even been bootlegs made from the audio, but the version we release on vinyl was the one that lit up dancefloors from i love techno in belgium to genban in tokyo, output in new york and razzmatazz in barcelona.

andy meecham is a man of many musical incarnations and has been since the early 90s. following on from projects like the now dormant bizarre inc and revived dub-disco duo chicken lips, it is as the emperor machine that he explores his most experimental sounds. to date there have been three full length albums on dc recordings after the project was initially started with the idea of creating music using just one synth, the roland sh-3a. the results lay out the staffordshire mans love of vintage synthesisers for all to see, and combine tough edged disco beats with more cerebral cosmic melodies into alluring soundscapes that bend your mind and drive your feet. as well as a slew of 12s and lps, the emperor machine has also turned his hand to remixes of giants like moby, daft punk and royksopp, and has previously taken a live and inspiringly psychedelic incarnation of the project to clubs and festivals across the planet.

professional dj bag carrying 75 of 12inch records. two equal subdivisions when opened. extra strong bel, cruchioned ground for easy record selecting. for a good party we recommend to carry 130 of you 12 inchen safely in two of there functional >> chateaux <<

professional dj bag carrying 75 of 12inch records. two equal subdivisions when opened. extra strong bel, cruchioned ground for easy record selecting. for a good party we recommend to carry 130 of you 12 inchen safely in two of there functional >> chateaux <<

special triple pack for all you superfancy lovers out there - contains three classic releases
- sfr10: stereofunk & andre traenkner - rakete
- sfr19: funkwerkstatt - spreegold ep
- sfr20: carlos sanchez & dj ray vs. dole & kom - i sat tiroije / destiny calls

in our corner of leftfield dance music, there are not many of our heroes that we havent had the pleasure of hosting on circus company. from the early days of ark and akufen to robag wruhme, deetron and franck roger, we are privileged to have welcomed some genuine legends onto our label, and now we are honoured to add another all-time great to the list, soulphiction