imagine the audacity of fusing, in less than five minutes, the entire history of dance music: from the sexual liberation of 70s disco to the gimmicky black funk of chic, from dark 80s house to the ecstatic electro which lit up 90s raves and also from daft punks french touch to todays guitar riffs that are driving the kids wild. take an innocent childrens chorus backed by pulsing electronics and an arpeggiator that sends chills up your spine topped then top it off with disco violins, nice! and what better way to make bodies move, since it is dance music after all, than a mastery of production that rocks the beat in the mould of great american producers like timbaland, the neptunes and dr dre. this is a hit that is ten years ahead of its time , paying homage to the seminal house music of larry levans remix of sesame street, « d.a.n.c.e » by justice is already a classic as their pop music influences continue to revolutionize dance music culture

the music is playful, ambitious, simple, complex, fun and melancholic and not at least. it is extremely animalistic. they have an album >animals< ready to drop in 2007. elephant s parade was played completely live with drum machines, synths and analogue sequencers. the duo like to record this way (compared to stuck infront of the computer) as they get more free in creating a specific and spontaneous feeling. here one might imagine a big gang of crazy elephants getting lost on a psychedelic parade. in the middle of the track things are getting a bit weird, perhaps too much amarulla fruit, which gives the second part its childish and naïve playfulness. on the flipside bird song has a dirty, noisy, trippy vibe with a little touch of basic channel sound. shake a tail feather !! played by anja schneider, karotte, tobi neumann, troy pierce, woody

acos coolkas are konstantin atomas and vasiliy basalaev from omsk, russia. omsk by the way is the largest city of southern siberia situated at the crossing of transsiberian magistral and the irtysh river - 2500 kilometers from moscow to the east. its pretty hard to imagine where it is unless you are a geography expert. however - there are people that produce electronic music like this living there.acos coolkas are mainly known in russia for their domestic works and releases and >skyline< is one of their first releases abroad and first (but definitely not the last) appearance on theomatic. their atmospheric, freshness-breathing house seasoned original version supported by andrei zakharov aka an-2 with his more-serious-attitude-to-the-things stratospheric disco story on b-side

the mysterius series gets another edition. if you imagine that fdo03 charts groove magazine at#1 (!!!) this month you know its allways a must have. so make sure you order a few. this is future omd classics in the making !!

frenchman frederic faupain(aka fuzz) is a veteran of afro, latin and mediterranean sounds. under aliases such as sofian rouge, mr.fuzz and jack in da box hes recorded for labels such as deep touch, filtered, soulgroove and grab recordings. here,he drops the mr and just becomes fuzz for tropicanas 2nd single. on the a side, the original highlife mix is deep down and discofied afro house. imagine nile rogers & chic getting down in lagos. classic discohouse beats with juju style guitar and vocals for an uptempo and feel good mix.on the flip, fuzz takes us down into the rainforest, with a deeper and darker mix, while still retaining the musicality of the original version

desvio has materialized into a monolitihic label pushing the boundries of what is deep to new uncharted depths. here we are with the continuation of the sedation in noise series number eight and possible one of the strongest to date. the a side is classic slam mode, subtle, cinematic, dreamy and techy at the same time. take yourself to the b side and you are deep in ame territory. imagine a track like rej with much more nyc beats ala ibadan and dennis ferrer and you re close to what we re talking about. ready for the big systems

the 2 masters of tribal grooves got together and tributed with 2 trax each. boriqua tribez on the a-side is just the funkiest of shit you could imagine. the first track with a monster groove and after almost 2 minutes, the bass drops in and what a bassline! this is just massive. and after a white the beats comes in again. on the flip you find the other master of tribal techno, cave.

mysterious whitelabel strictly limited. if you remember fdo01 from 2004 , fd002 from 2005 , the you will be able to imagine what we are talking about with fd003 and 2006. perfectly crafted and masterly produced this is made to stay. tip!tip!tip! for all luciano & villalobos lovers

we re going fresh and with a new drive in the next round�with käthe and steffi we probably have the 2 hottest girls that you imagine. both are from the neighbourhood of the producer - probably to get a free ticket to the eternal live. you know how it works � girls love it when you take care of them � and that is what he did with love to detail!

this is the first collaboration between rennie and andrea lai. andrea is founder resident of agatha, the coolest night in rome. imagine an italian fabric run by anarchists. agatha manages to mix house, electro, breaks and drum n bass in the same room without the audience running for cover..

>through the door< is a classic chacona production - atmospheric space funk, combining more synths than a jean michel jarre stage show, solid disco beats and eyes firmly on the dancefloor. imagine lindstrom on disco biscuits and you get the idea. >the next< wears its italo influences on its sleeve, and will appeal to fans of francisco, morgan geist and chicken lips. the disco synths return (he loves his synths!) and ride over shuffling percussion, a rubbery bass and build into an epic piece of 21st. century disco

he is back! after releasing >radar rider< on ed banger records 001 back in 2003, and spreading love with >monsieur sexe< on valentine s day 2004, mr flash is now delivering the dope >champions< track with paris rap bastards ttc. a pure hip hop club banger with a medieval twist, you ll not resist. on the flip, disco dynamite will make the crowd going nuts, imagine bootsy & herbie gang banging the esg girls ! supporters include the likes of james murphy (dfa), the glimmers, midnight mike, freeform five etc. on the flip >tight humps< works b.e.p s vocal with an old disco joint � you work it out. rave on. ltd. hurry hurry...>lycra virgin< is mock & toof s re-edit of that famous madge track which has been buzzing via myspace for a few months

if there would be an award for the most well-known brand in the techno scene you would find isiah major aka dj rush ahead. born and raised in chicago, the legendary mecca of the disco and house culture in the 1970ies and 80ies, rush left the windy city soon to conquer europe s techno- and house scene. since his legendary club anthem >motherfucking bass< that became a consensus hit worldwide, one of these all time classics that are exciting dancers always and everywhere, one cant imagine the techno scene without him

frische und gleichzeitig oldskoolige pumpende funky house tracks mit dickem dj support: jesse rose, josh wink, laurent garnier !!!

up next on was kids is homebase from nürnberg (a small island next to iceland)! his 4-tracker by the name of >centrino ep< is acid at its best! imagine a mixture of drugs, sex & alcohol in a hotel room in las vegas� destroy rock n roll id say!! thats what dreams are made of! homebase definitely puts on a great show with his slamming ep and every single track is made for your floor! thank you mr. homebase for making my day!

this is the first outing on eintakt records for our mexican freinds luca and jerga aka lineas de nazca. swirling swishing sounds with samples from 2001 space odessey - deep pulsing bassline over a straight kick in a minimal techno and kool shuffling hats�.. a pefect combination of after hour party music and mean time party rocker� we could imagine this being played by the villalobos and hawtins of this world ! total 4 tracks

cool selection with mill's classixx tracks...cover foto by francois k(kervorkain)

imagine a bridge between blackstrobe and green velvet over some serious dubbed bubbling vocodered electrotech! (our tip: elektronic generation)

nice price, celebrating 25 years of uk garage

incl three bonus songs !

third studio album from imany , deluxe edition cd with bonus tracks

greyscale s next full-length release come from german based artist audhentik. titled hypno , this album encompasses 14 pieces that dive deep into a heavily-based synthetic world of atmospheric ambient and dub. imagine if you took some amazing pictures of a desert island then put on a pair of ambient dub filtered glasses on. a picture-esque nature beach scene has been processed so heavily that they evoke memories of a place you have been before. this is a true artistry in ambience. perspectives combines a wonderful balance of field recordings with washed out chords of grandeur. breathtaking and majestic like looking down on to a city from an amazing view off a mountaintop. period explores an off-kilter dub rhythm while feeling stuck in a languid moment of disorientation as the track disperses the tension near the end. that astounding build leads perfectly in to the title piece. hypno is a 9+ minute journey deep into the abyss with a track of pure aural pleasure. epic is an understatement here. a standout among many other standout s here. infinite edit is one of the key interlude s that link the tracks together on the album. this one provides a thinner airier stratosphere then the previous ones giving you a chance to catch your breath as you prepare for another trek into the depths of static . this one has you feeling adrift in a nautical theme of optimism through the arduous recent events of a shaky future. a wonderful storytelling is evolving on hypno ...

stealing sheep and the radiophonic workshop re-imagine a soundtrack for the 1973 sci-fi animation Òla plan�te sauvage (fantastic planet)Ó.

anthony nicholsons name has almost become synonymous with chicago deep & soulful house music.cd version containing two bonus cuts! gravity is his second album on swiss quality imprint deepartsounds. he once again sets his footprint firmly in the musical foundation, serving us 8 outstanding sweet soul tracks. the song gravitation is a mixture of wicked playful jazz and atmospheric ambient interludes. on the other side, anthony s cover version of john lennon imagine sounds already epic. he definitively never seems at a lack of musical ideas or emotions.

nicone on katermukke

63 tracks - 3xcds the definitive classic garage collection

jeep kjellberg, tomas barford and tomas hoffding aka whomadewho showcases pop, indie, techno, disco, punk and funk and anything they can imagine on the new watergate compilation 26

the biggest garage amthems classically reimagined. incl. bit of luck, sincere, flowers, closer than close, my love, gypsy woman

a remastered version of shenzhou on triple vinyl and double cd with the bonus album-the samphire tower. paul cooper, pitchfork: shenzhou, aside from being the name of the chinese manned-spaceflight vehicles, means magic vessel, and i cant imagine a more apt description for geir jenssen s latest excursion into ambient deep listening. after following an aphexian trajectory with his releases on apollo, the ambient sublabel of belgiums r&s records, jenssen veered from the padded sci-fi-inspired techno of microgravity and patashnik with 1997s substrata, a genre-defining exploration of drifting soundscapes. substrata remains for many the album that perfectly expresses the serenity and intensity of arctic wildernesses, a landscape jenssen knows intimately, having spent much of his life in the norwegian arctic circle. in 2000, jenssen nearly eclipsed the success of substrata with cirque, a frequently frosty submerging of excerpted conversations and found environmental sounds that rivals wolfgang voigts gas project in its rumbling, gauzy beauty. jenssen again relies on found sound as source material for shenzhou, but this time, the found sound is old vinyl recordings of the orchestral works of french impressionist composer and ambient precursor, claude debussy. jenssen lifts fragments of these scratched records in a similar manner as he did for cirques black lamb grey falcon and iberia eterea

the annual cocoon ibiza mix is back with another bang this summer with the essential 2017 edition mixed by two top talents in nastia and einzelkind.

cd format cocoon recordings presents q - the new edition of one of the longest running techno compilation series worldwide! we do not want to start again by mentioning how unbelievable it is that we have reached letter q already and we do not even want to imagine how fast we will probably arrive at xyz, if time continues to fly like this. the actual thrilling part of this compilation series is simply the fact that techno seems to not grow any older in this form - isnt this amazing? here, in the truest sense of the word, we have a compilation of timeless material before us. with a broad bandwidth ranging from futuristic-deconstructive compositions such as da dang by alex & digby and fragile by carlos nilmmns or the many contributions to q that fancy almost anachronistic acid and trance influences: everything sounds fresh and forward thinking!

als in den sp�ten 80er jahren die ersten outdoor-trance-partys im indischen bundesstaat goa stattfanden, h�tte niemand gedacht, dass sich dieser trend so lange halten bzw. weiterentwickeln w�rde. kaum eine andere dance-szene in europa hat ein gr�§eres zusammengeh�rigkeitsgef�hl als die goa-szene. hier wird musik und alles, was damit zusammenh�ngt, noch gelebt. zu keinem genre gibt es eine ausgepr�gtere und besser entwickelte -underground--partyszene, in zahlreichen foren und communitys stehen die fans in regem kontakt. st�ndig finden kleinere veranstaltungen statt, und im sommer sind die gro§en festivals und partys wie waldfrieden wonderland, vuuv festival, alice im wummerland oder psy-purgisnacht immer ausverkauft.

seit jahrzehnten ungebrochen, h�lt sich der trend zum goasound nicht nur auf den partys im indischen bundesstaat sondern auch hier in europa. zu kaum einem anderen genre existiert eine bessere underground-partyszene, in zahlreichen netzwerken und foren stehen die fans in regem kontakt. neben kleineren veranstaltungen, die das ganze jahr �ber stattfinden, sind die gro§en sommer-festivals wie waldfrieden wonderland, vuuv, alice im wummerland oder psy-purgisnacht immer ausverkauft. goa sky vol.1 hypnotic spirits- verbreitet einfach positive schwingungen!

mit unz�hligen chart- und club-hits von artful dodger feat. craig david, mj cole, daniel beddingfield, gabrielle, the streets, wookie, george morel, shanks & bigfoot und remixen von disclosure, armand van helden, mk, dreem team, u.v.a.! insgesamt 3cds mit �ber 60 tracks - i love garage!

imagine bringing together two distinct but complementary musical talents, already established as composers and producers in their own right, one male - with years as a performer on the festival and club circuit behind him - and one female - a rising star with a sirens voice, a maverick committed to live performance. imagine their astonishing sound: an intoxicating concoction of driving rhythms, lush synths, psychedelic effects and instantly memorable hooks drenched in a dark atmosphere of melancholy and brooding beauty.

throwback old skool anthems featured 60 tracks auf drei cds. cd1 widmet sich den 90er anthems von jamiroquai �ber crystal waters bis hin zu bobby brown. auf der zweiten cd gibt es old skool garage house mit den hits von artful dodger, mj cole oder shola ama, und die dritte cd featured funky house classics von modjo, david guetta, eric prydz, tom novy, u.v.a.! das britische compilation-imperium ministry of sound, bekannt f�r sein musikalisches gesp�r, bietet uns einen exzellenten �berblick �ber die facettenreichen clubsounds der 90er jahre.

zeitgeber is a german word that, loosely translated, means synchronizer. its also the new project of electric deluxe head speedy j and stroboscopic artefacts boss lucy. both artists make some of the most forward-thinking techno around, but zeitgeber sees them pushing together even further into uncharted territories.

lets start with the italian ilario alicante and his dj-mix to get the immediate scoop of what makes this guy so special: we cannot describe it other than saying this mix rules! strong but relaxed at the same time with a good variation and xxl deepness in the selection makes this mix a great house-excursion. this is the sound of hot summer nights and happy people dancing til the morning. you can imagine this very special summer party vibe while listening to ilarios mix which incorporates the right elements such as emotional piano-breaks, cool vocal-samples, kicking house-beats and hypnotic basslines.

imagine, you are sitting on a fluffy couch after taking the >pill that makes you larger< and having some great optics... what would be missing? some sound, eh? so here is the right dose of beats for that kind of setting: the new 10-track self-titled album by saskatchewan based artist virtual flannel. fragments of hip/trip-hop, catchy synths n basses and distorted kicks n snares are mixed all together in a booty-shakin funky way of slowmo-idm. in case of spontaneous need for movement, listen to that album louder than ever before and start moving your assssss...
á limited Èart packÇ including 1 cd, 24 stickers for reclaiming the streets with vf!-stylez, 3 dutone - risograph-printed posters (size a3) and 1 pair of shiny 3-d glasses for the right optics on all that stuff
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rome s egisto sopor has been making waves with his releases for quite a while now: he put out a cdr album on legowelt s strange life records and a cassette on the much admired 100% silk label, both under the name polysick. as theawayteam he released the dvd relax & sleep and cd star kinship on japanese label maomoo. he is also one half of the low-key video unit aavv, whose work has graced many of the important releases of the new lo-fi electronic movement. digital native is his first album properÑfifteen tracks of glowing, nocturnal, analog grace that recall the days of acid house and early techno, but with a mood and intent designed for watching images dance on closed eyelids. it s no surprise that his work as a video artist resonates so strongly with the music he makes. polysick has tapped straight into the synthetic pleasures of early dance musics otherworldly pulses: the hypnotic arpeggios of italo disco, soaring detroit chords, cosmic disco, the -fourth world music- of jon hassell and the library exotics of piero umiliani. this is body music for the resting body. imagine the nexus of early acid house and italo music used for mental therapy, exotic traveling and imaginingÑexciting the brain waves and journeying into imagined spaces.

goa trance , a journey thru 2012 psychedelic madness

come take a journey down memory lane with us on back 2 the old skool garage classics, the greatest collection of garage anthems ever compiled!this essential album retrospectively maps out a journey through garage with over 60 vocal anthems across 3cds and provides a documentary of the seminal tracks which have shaped clubland and beyond. just some of the anthems on this epic anthology include shola ama imagine, monsta boy sorry and tina moore never gonna let you go alongside chart favourites like artful dodger movin too fast, dj luck & mc neat masterblaster, pied piper do you really like it and shanks & bigfoot sweet like chocolate. not forgetting the darker side of the bassline - those with a penchant for mcs can get their fix on early grime foundations from so solid crew 21 seconds,ms dynamite boo and oxide & neutrino bound 4 da reload.

ministry of sound praesentiert -the sound of uk garage 2011-. 40 tracks auf 2 cds von den angesagtesten uk-underground garage-, 2-step-, breakbeat-produzenten und funky mcs wie alex gaudino feat. kelly rowland, mj cole, artful dodger feat. craig david, tim berg, j.majik, example, dj fresh, dj luck & mc neat, vato gonzalez feat. foreign beggars u.v.m.!

every summer, a migration takes place that puts mecca to shame. a small island, just of the coast of spain, is the destination of a frenzied crowd of party pilgrims from all over the world. the balearic sounds of ibiza have set the tone for the worldwide dance community for decades and its sizzling club-scene knows no equal. this popular party island isn t just the breeding ground for global summer hits, it also sets the trends for the european clubbin season. after a soothing warm up with one of the warmest springs in recorded history, it s time for the big league. big & dirty house sounds ibiza 2011 is the perfect soundtrack for the hottest season of the year. get yourself a hammock, a tropical cocktail and close your eyes and imagine the perfect ibiza beach club. sun, sea, beaches, blue skies and more images of summer will pass you by while listening to this joyful double album, expertly mixed by mell tierra & essential grooves, two of holland s fastest rising stars in house.