marco freivogels first solo release provides a fresh direction for this seasoned producer. marco will already be known to those in the techno world for his live project exercise one, with his partner of 10 years ingo gansera.

after a storming end to 2012 with the slow it down & elijah collins release in november swiftly followed by elias tzikas in december, retrospective is back with a monster of a release. we are proud to kick off 2013 with none other than italys finest, ajello! eclecticism is definately the keyword word of the ajello project comprising of luca (dj rocca) roccatagliati and fabrizio taver tavernelli. the ajello sound features a number of influences all of which can be heard in the tracks on this, their first e.p. on retrospective, electro, new-wave, italo-disco, disco, neurofunk, eurodance, space sounds, early house.

the green series is the continuing art and music project from bleep.com, giveupart, and photographer shaun bloodworth. the project will be a series of tracks exploring techno music released on limited 12 inch with deluxe art prints as well as on digital formats. the double a-side single features the pairing of objekt and cosmin trg and brings you raw techno. both tracks were mastered by rashad at dubplates and mastering, berlin.

side project from nycs willie burns.....

hidden recordings introduces its largest and most ambitious project to date – the debut full length artist album of mike wall. mikes history with the label and his rapidly expanding profile has led to this joyous moment. the break-through german talent seamlessly sows nine originals full of over- arching musical motifs: mood, balance, and character – there is a sense of depth and sophistication that underlies mikes unique sound of grime and toughness.

a unique collaborative project by visual artist charlie white and musician / producer boom bip, pressed on white vinyl. together the pair have created an ep of dance tracks based on in-depth interviews of teenage girls with accompanying photographic images. the magical, yet sometimes uncomfortable results are now made available on a very limited edition 12 inch. each of the 5 tracks captures the essence of a different teenager, from the privileged and popular georgia musing on the importance of being liked, to the sultry and complicated isabelle recalling her melancholy crushes of freshman year. the original interviews were painstakingly edited and set against the pin-sharp boom bip productions they inspired, whilst the visual element was born out of whites intensive photographic study of a teenage girl living in the isolated suburbs of southern california. white generated around 11k images over 2 years and has selected 12 for *music for sleeping children*. in addition to the 5 original tracks this package includes 5 instrumentals exclusive to this vinyl format. grab this while you can!

the project jack daniel represents a very original form of the fusion between techno and technohouse. - air ! is a real big club hit, claiming to - throw the hands in the air, - uwe sela combines technotechhouse with powerful vuvuzuela sounds, - sanaa is a melancholic and deep track

kinda soul recordings is finally back with a 3 track ep featuring chet, mnks (a project by m.napoletano & ksoul), isoul8 & k.tatham. this time the label wanna focus on the hidden sides of our past experience before starting a new phase of our little history.

my bare-skin balearic brethren left stranded in a supermarket with personnel from the arrowhead project and zealots reciting passages from the second epistle of peter and the revelation of st john, i beg you .. do not despair.

vae victis cant hide their love and passion for raw house and techno. on this 5th release there is another fine selection of hybrids between styles perfectly expressing their love for genre bending music. durant exsists out of a small collective of producers with main roles for steve murphy, die roh and lucretio. the dove ultimatum, a 4 tracks ep of punchy analogue electronic music! on the a-side lay general motors and at ten, 2 broken beat electro techno tracks a la drexciya showing the hardest and most experimental side of the project. while on the flip the trio bring things on a housier field, though staying loyal to the a-side vibe by delivering 2 dark and obsessive raw house tracks.

clone royal oak and chicken lips present randee jean. a new project by dean meredith and andrew meecham (chicken lips, bizarre inc) delivering some classic jazzy rhodes driven uk house vibes! classy production and some fine recorded instruments and vocals on the original mix. dexter & awanto3 teamed up for the occasion and deliver two fresh and sharp remixes. arttu,the finnish boy wonder played around with the recordings too and came up with a heavy 4/4 thump with layers of samples that let the funk out. killer package!!

notfromearth is not just a prologue project. notfromearth is massive passion for sound research with the strong desire to push cinematic sound in combination with electronic, ambient and techno. and that is exactly why we start in 2013 with notfromearth. the first contact ep shows the complete range of electronic music with massive pure electronic rhythms to deepest techno structures.

instruction is a new label based in rome. the politicy of label is only vinyl (300 ltd press), we want to expand our concept of underground music and for this reason we start this adventure with hakim murphy. the quality of the sound is the basis of our project for this we prefer products made with analog machine. analog schema of hakim murphy is a trip into industrial chicago. *hyperspace gate* (side a) is a mix of deep and techno chicago sound with space pad and amazing drum. *bumps* (b1) is more static, perfect for a sound dark and full. *throw up (maple ave)* b2 has a more minimal sound, amazing for after-hours psychedelic session ... have a good trip with instruction01!

the new year reveals a couple of surprises on stil vor talent. among others, we are venturing into the stormy waters of indie-pop with svt096 >keine sterne< by noerd, the labels next extraordinary band project.

germanys no.1 electro project the exaltics (bunker / creme / solar one) joins trust for a special ep: >muted world< shows the project at its most original, pairing subaquatic electro and electronica with acid touches and epic synths. bristol hotshot kamikaze space programme (decarhythm) supplies a sharp and hard hitting, afx-inspired rework!

there it is, keinemusik number seventeen. we know what you are thinking. you think you know how it works. you think, those keinemusik fellas will again be doing their little rotation thing, one producer getting a record out after the other, then a workparty-joint venture at some point and then it starts all over again. au contraire! this seventeenth edition is breaking the known beautiful, perfectly curled cycle. just like that, so that no one gets bored. this record here is an appetizer for a collaboration-effort between rampa, &me and nomi, the new york based singer that provided the recent movement of flamboyant disco-queerness with its sexiest and catchiest hooks, teaming up with hercules & love affair and doing her own project jessica 6. side b will take care of everyone who is expecting a safe playing house-rehash of the afore mentioned acts and tenderly let a lashing snare slap every preconception out of sceptic faces.

deep&disco recordings presents chicago-based band the right now with *call girl*, a gritty piece of live retro-soul with a package of varied and unique mixes. the a-side kicks off with hot toddy turning the funk up a notch in his characteristically musical way, in a mix that layers new live elements over the original and builds to a dazzling peak. following that is the original version: a straight-to-tape recording of the band with lush keys, tight rhythm section grooves, horn stabs, and vocals that drip with soul. then on the b-side, dicky trisco turns in a deep and dubby late-nite disco burner, and label head jkriv takes the tune into old-school house territory with thumping 909 drums and bouncing piano stabs. early dj support from kon, 6th borough project, lovebirds, ooft!, jacques renault and more.

steadfast is proud to present a collaborative project made up of speedy j and brendon moeller. neither of these artists need introduction. their contribution to electronic music and club culture is well documented.
these 4 tracks are the result of jam sessions in speedy js rotterdam studio in may 2012. inspired by their love of krautrock and techno, these tracks possess a spaced out psychedelic and experimental vibe but also maintain grooves that will adequately keep a dancefloor throbbing. music to immerse oneself in. enjoy!

finally on vinyl! the project between jay haze and lorenzo dada called echo park . really beautiful place in los angeles where lorenzo dada make this ep.

dapayk with a new freaky solo project on snork enterprises. three tracks which are out of a snorky evil underground world, dark, groovy and distorted. dapayk with a new freaky solo project on snork enterprises

the excellent beats in space label continues to impress with each release. following up lauers monster mascat ring down release, eddie rushchas celebrated secret circuit project steps up once again, bringing us *afterlife*. a typically freeform analogue synth workout with fx drenched vocals and that unmistakeable secret circuit vibe who better to handle the remix than the ukraines very own analogue ambassador, vakula. his treatment is a textbook vakula production, warm, expertly evolving, raw machine funk. wrapping things up we have a dub version, in the truest sense of the word, an utterly spaced out and remade rub down. typically superb artwork and shrinkwrapped sleeve packaging as you have come to expect.

scape one is producer of minimal electronic music from england. he rose to prominence with his electro work writing for labels like electrix, scsi-av and templedog. he has been writing music since the 1980s and uses mainly analog hardware in his productions. he also writes under his real name of kurt baggaley and also recently launched his tau sagittarii project into deep space with his experimental electronic scores.

for its tenth release, sharivari presents nakama ep, another special project with 4 tracks from the land of the rising sun. ufos acid jazz classic somewhere gets re-edited by the serbian duo j-house, aka jan nemecek and danilo tomic, while sapporo based musician kuniyuki takahashi brings his usual deep and percussive vision of house music. on the flip, rush hour artist haruki matsuo and japanese techno legend ken ishii deliver 2 straight but warm & deep techno cuts. 300 copies pressed on marbled vinyl.

doubleheart, the collaborative project of two of scotlands longest serving creative individuals in electronic music - jd twitch (optimo espacio) and neil landstrumm. taking its name from title song *roots* - a sub heavy, tension building track that re-imagines jamaican dub poet michael smiths original from the seminal 1982 album ‘mi cyaan believe it - the ep as a whole works as an analogue exploration into the rawer side of dance music. working together allows these veteran producers to fuse their individual styles and musical sensibilities, combining landstrumms raw aesthetic and mastery of hardware manipulation with twitchs unrivalled knowledge of what makes a dancefloor tick. spawning from the depths of their imaginations and machines are 4 club-ready tracks brimming with anticipation and menace. although taking its inspiration from 80s electro and 90s acid & rave, the final result is far from a throwback to a halcyon, bygone era. instead, they have managed to carve out a distinctive sound the bleeps and bangs its way firmly into 2013.
dj support from optimo, ben ufo, joe goddard (hot chip / 2 bears), nightwave, daniel avery, lando kal, sinden, clouds, west norwood cassette library, medlar, hot city, tayo, auntie flo, sei a ...

following the first release on my lit label is from the quite brilliantly named, bebop & rocksteady. this might be a new name to some but the guys behind this project are lukes anger & ben mallott. after playing catalunya throughout the year i felt this tune needed to see a release, its just so f***ing good. its response on the dancefloor was devastating. anyone who has seen me dj recently would remember this one in my set, it gets a massive reaction once that drop comes in. i will still be playing this all year, a proper slice of good wonky techno. -addison groove

vinyl only - no repress
randform - minimal art in techno. randform creates a new framework for concept minimalist techno. the project derives its fundamental inspiration from the pioneering and timeless work of studio 1, freiland, profan. randform envisions the revival, continuation, and development of the unique aesthetics of minimalism as an art form in and for techno. abstraction, reduction and repetition to extract the pure essence of techno.

sons and daughters follow up their silver spell / optimo remix package with a second 12 inch. this time round they focus on orion, taken from their latest album mirror mirror, which was afforded universal critical acclaim on release last year and described by q as a creative rebirth. the 12 inch features 3 mixes kicking off with the emperor machine remix, the solo project of andy meecham from chicken lips. next up psychedelic occultist umberto giving it some strange brew with his mix, and wrapping up the package are glaswegian djs wrong island with their own particular take on the track.

detroit veteran len bartush (mutate) returns to advance the series that began with the now classic circle 1. a full round kick and jack style upbeats are all that is necessary to support the deep, modulated synth lines that travel through lush plates of reverb. alberto pascual hits a homerun with his remix that will move any club, festival, or warehouse party. project 313s remix supplies moving synth lines are stripped down and replaced with driving rhythms and pulsating bass making this a superb techno offering. the plankton remix turns up the tension with warehouse style percussion and intertwining rhythms complimented by science- fictionesque stabs and pounding bass. the >circle 2< ep is an essential piece of detroit minimalism.

2012 witnessed the birth of a shadowy transatlantic musical conspiracy known as bohemian groove. taking their inspiration from the infamous bohemian club, a conclave of powerful men who met annually at the bohemian grove campground in california to plan world-changing developments including the manhattan project, this musical axis of evil spans toronto and helsinki, with their base of operations in berlin.

the next release on organic music features the deep house project chasing kurt from frankfurt. brought to life by the producer team pascal blanche and wojtek kutschke featuring the heartfelt lyrics of polish soul crooner lukas poloczek. after rocking the house at kater holzig last week-end, we are very proud to present you their last original tracks. to complete the ep, a simply awesome remix from jef k, who is on fire right now!

alan backdrop is a project started by alessio meneghello, a young artist born and raised in the north of italy.
fascinated by electronic music and since always inspired by nature and surrealism, his mind often combines these two factors imagining both, real and immaginary surrealistc places, always with a strong presence of water.
as producer & dj he concentrates in the realization of atmospheric musical journeys which are highlighted by his solid and exceptional production talent.

40th anniversary edition in gatefold sleeve, includes new introduction by elektra records founder jac holzman and new liner notes by original producer / compiler lenny kaye. mastered from the original analog album master and pressed on heavyweight 180 gram double 12 inch vinyl.

after a short hiatus, self defence records is back with a vengeance and unleashes a powerful 2 tracker on the dancefloor. backslash is the new project of alessandro bocci, aka m16.

david moleons moop up suprises with a special vinyl edition of their new project: gangsta techno staff. the gangsters on this edition are david moleon vs. dito masats and horacio cruz & c-system. spanish techno for the main stage!

this duo techno project of (denis cast, kilrill sil) as we know by the name of easy changes, who made lot of noise with they back to back two releases on foundsound records continue to develop they unique symbiosis of rhythmical patterns with the world of mysterious sounds and sub minded mood currents. easy changes create unique suspense that catch the ears of techno funs all over the world. as a result core of they music has continues progression, kind of like a story with multi scenarios between current and future life s.

nightlifes international treasure, heidi is back with the second release on her label project, this time presenting jackathon jams featuring alexis raphael & marc houle.

diva is a project which explores the outer regions of technos psyche - combining the trippy sensuality of chris & cosey with the brutalist analogue aesthetic of the likes of robert hood or liasons dangereuses. inspired by the vocal histrionics of strobe lit sirens such as loleatta holloway and jocelyn brown, diva calls on the protean roots of basement club music. lead track >paris stabbing< is a stunning excursion into motor city madness, abstracted disco vocals clash with a broken digi-arpeggio and hooverish bass break down, whilst the flip side >but i ve never< imposes a detuned synth siren over an industrial bass sequence and sp1200 piano stabs to eerie effect. also included is the >paris stabbing (beats)< which pares down the original, adding detuned melodic percussion into a minimalist after hours tool.

boris bunnik goes under many aliases. numerous smaller projects, some huge faceless projects but mostly known and well respected for his conforce project. as versalife he found his way to the clone familia for his night time activities project, and around this same period we just managed to pull out the best suitable tracks for frustrated funk. versalife is electro-techno in its purest form. deep and intense analog rhythms with crisp percussion patterns slightly touching the more experimental side of things. this ep is a nice balanced mixture of industrial drone material to more classic sounding electro with versalifes own signature strength. highly recommended as always!

vinyl only! two machines, two people, a lot of ideas. thats andiamo. born of passion, experience, and idealism, it was only a matter of time until this project saw the light. two characters, two ideas, one project. andiamo. the names of the songs need no explanation.

another fine forthcoming release on deso records. giovanni damico, fabio monesi and audio soul project on the same 12 inch - yes! giovanni damico delivers 2 amazing deep house tracks, and wilson recordss fabio monesi and mazi namvar aka audio soul project delivers stunning remixes, with releases on morris audio, albion records, wilson records, skylax records, dessous, nrk, fresh meat and many more, these guys are quality. pressing on translucent, purple coloured vinyl.

botox present >basement love<, the first part of their second album >sans dormir<. two years after their previous lp >babylon by car<, cosmo vitelli and julien briffaz decided to unveil this new project through six different moments - call them eps - like six volumes forming a single story, each one being released every two months. the slow title-song >basement love< is released as a way of introduction, along three dancefloor remixes that lift this basement up in the air.

atjazz & fred everything are back together again. their last collaboration dates 2010 on lazy days but the pair have been friends since the late 90s and have collaborated and remixed each other countless times. the beast and the ghost explores the deeper, dubber side of their production. the project was started in derby and finished in san francisco, while atjazz worked on his inside dub from home. this will be featured on the upcoming lazy dubs compilation, out in january.

steve lees (the project club) above machine label returns with a superb 12 from the vendetta suite, the brainchild of gary irwin - belfast resident and long-term collaborator with david holmes. irwins inspiration comes from weatheralls seminal a love from outer space and belfasts early 90s sugar sweet nights. irwin creates two pieces both in thrall to the keeping the faith balearic scene. additional remixes are provided by disco aficionado ray mang (dfa) and nottinghams heavy dub brothers shrinkwrap. above machine are heading straight for the dance floor on this release.

jack dice is a new project from john twells and walkmaster flex, now releasing their debut ep for modern love. john twells, amongst very many other things, runs the type label and has been producing music of various different disciplines and varieties over the last 15 years. although hes never released anything on modern love before, hes a long time friend and associate of the label. walker is the manager of main attrakionz and has been djing with them for the last couple of years as the official green ova dj. jack dice is fuelled by an interest in bass, twells being a car audio nerd and walker having an obsession with 90s southern rap music. these are their first tracks produced together, who know what might follow.

truss returns to sighas fantastic label ! twice hand-stamped, black label package with 24 x 12 inch folded poster in a poly jacket ! truss continues his recent run of form with a 12 inch on our circula sound that demonstrates the depth and breadth of his palate. audens slow burning groove and metallic dub call to mind silent servants historia y violencia imprint, while splots distorted kicks and frantic pace blur the lines between truss sound and his current mpia3 project. a huge mpia3 remix of beacon takes over the b side for maximum acid damage

ltd black repress!!! early sähkö / seico corp inspired goodness from new project, shadows. avian moves on from the last two highly successful releases by londons mpia3 with a new project from undercover operatives, shadows. taking cues from early sähkö or seico corp records and putting a modern twist on it, shadows first ep for avian features two bruised & scorched original productions as well as a reinterpretation by new yorks mike parker who takes distorted images and reconstructs it in his own typically restrained but super effective style.

custom 12 inch vinyl with hand-stamped labels, limited first pressing.
la producer gb and a race of angels, two mysterious figures in the west coast music scene, join forces as they bring to us their self-titled project, the steoples.
this 4-track ep is a beautiful hybrid of electronic and soul brilliantly put together in a most unique way. lush analog synths and syncopated rhythms animate this offering throughout, while the vocals embody an infectious feel that will have you singing all day.
each jacket has been individually and uniquely hand-sprayed by dame (msk). as every jacket is different, yours will not be exactly like the ones pictured. instead, yours will be totally one of a kind.

a culmination of over 35 years combined experience, classic house grooves: dope jams utilizes the classic deep house sound of americas cultural epicenter & infuses it with an uncompromising artistic militancy that screams through the mix full-forced party-rocking fervor. featuring seminal work from kerri chandler, mood ii swing & chris brann, as well as highlights from the likes of dj pierre, johnny dangerous and many more, dope jams? ode to king street sets aside the delicate programming niceties of restraint & conservative listening in favor of all out party warfare, setting the correct context for the labels brilliant output & using the music to its maximum effect. classic house grooves: dope jams is the definitive collection of king street sounds monumental contributionsa testament to what nyc once was, and what it can be once more.

nheoma welcomes a new member, roberto gemelins techno project groof, veteran producer from madrid with a vast background. after a brilliant mini album on oscar muleros imprint warm up, he presents a solid release with a remix by label owners exium. expect quality distinctive real techno.