amazing debut release of these talented guys from napels, italy. they deliver three classic yet fresh deep house/tracks that can easily compete with the best that early u.s. labels like kms or prescription had to offer back in the days. with their warm & lush chords & basslines and superb analog drum programming they showcase a deep understanding of what this music is about. very deep, warm, funky & mysterious release. tracks by leskin, rio padice and massimo di lena.

*** first available via decks.de ***
a new year, a new record. der turnbeutel brings its third vinyl into the recordstores. on the a-side you will find our old acquaintance datastix, who again show their lucky hands in finding the right track in these dark times of the year with their >penumbra<. it is accompanied by a remix from nadja lind (klartraum/lucidflow) – a remix that fills espacially the guys of datastix with a lot of pride. on the b-side clark davis turns his rounds with his >tretroller< (engl. scooter), a track which will drive the atomsphere on any dancefloor. the disk gets completed by a tretroller remix from andre kronert (night drive music), that comes so massive that even big boys can ride it smoothly.

for this 2nd release,we give you the opportunity to grab 5 fantastic trax done by nicholas, new incarnation as soul systemthe brains behind the no more hits imprint is back with one of his biggest 12inch to date ! the ep opens with never gonna be the same,an exquisitely produced track, full of depth,its a melting pot full of sultry vocals,soulful disco samples and an irresistible groove on a2, we get the wonderfull & lushy keep on giving,it sounds to us like a 90s lost deep house classic workout with crisp kicks and pulsing synths & bass.and then on a3 soul beats is an old shool 90s house nugget too that result in guaranteed dancefloor mayhem! b1 comes up with one of the best track hes ever done to us (theme from) soul system, think proto - techno, man parrish, it sounds like an hybrid between hip – hop & electro, killer!and to end on b2, we are again back in the 90s. >everything must change< moves the body on a deeper level with chugging some solid house grooves & some syncopated beats. for anyone who likes deep,analogue synth heavy groove, moodymann, theo parrish, mcde... this ep is clearly for you.

toolroom trax completes a phenomenal year with their fourth installment of winter samplers packed with toolroom treats from leading artists mark knight, manuel de la mare, copyright, prok & fitch, pete griffiths and more!
yet again another more for your money vinyl sampler that is packed full of club anthems!

this fine westcoast imprint does deliver the goods again: beautiful, melodic deephouse with a few 80’s sounds in between and enough bass- and beat action to keep the people on the floor happy.

after bringing spanish boogie don rayko to their increasingly watched retrospective fold for retro003, the still unmasked ruben & ra emerge once again from the looming shadow of trellick tower with another 4-tracker.
dedicating the a-side to the golden era of stateside electro, >street machine< lifts samples from break machines east coast anthem >street dance<, while >moving on< pays homage to the californian soul of ollie & jerrys iconic >theres no stoppin us< from 84.
over on the flip, the sun is shining brightly with two poolside jams in the form of >do you need my love?< and the eps secret weapon >island living<.

played by sven väth!!! teaming up with teo once again and returning to rejected for the first time since 004, heiko presents a couple of stunning mixes of >polyrhythm<.

nice price deal !!! ahoy ostseeeule dennis reich. the days are getting shorter. he was now the summer of 2011. what remains is the hope of a golden autumn. the dennis has brought him to us, the golden autumn in all its facets. it has caught the fever, the baltic sea fever. since he gets the freedom for creativity and outs of everyday life. now, yes now that the days are getting shorter again, we have had the time to finally rest the soul. the titles tell of the longing for the sea. time on the waves billow, now the sea is very gentle. we are again at one with nature and music.dennis has taken up all his feelings and emotions in these two titles, and takes us on a journey, a journey to the sea. he is not alone. on his journey he meets sven tasnadi, what else one finds on poker flat and cocoon and the emotional feelings picks up and tells ist own story. but what is that, yes there are more shadows seen. the kollektiv ost and even have what to tell...

ales boek alias alex long delivers yet another fine ep filled with four hot peak time techno-house tunes for the cold winter days to come! he sure loves his chords and stabbs and has turned his style into his distinctive sound, that can easily cross the bridge between techno and house! but once again let the music speak for itself!

after the last crazy studio session, matt k created a brandnew remix from the legendary release from carsten fietz s rappelkiste. matt k s new remix is based on a crazy percussive baseline with some tribal elements. on the flipside we release the original mix from 1998 again, because it was a long time out of print !

support by : raresh, dop, le loup, franco cinelli, dj hell, reboot, martinez, d julz, dario zenker, jimpster, manuel tur, sebo k... fragil musique is banging again with san proper & gerd remixes on the same ep

telrae again with 2 dubbish and dreaming tunes. strictly ltd to 200 copies in a special handmade cover...

beat a track that already is a hit? nearly impossible ? but not for noir music. they just took superfunk s lucky star and dropped it into a damn hot new edition for 2012. thanks again to solomun (diynamic, supernature) for another brilliant remix work. kolombo takes it back to the oldschool days with a deep work and a real 303 acid edit. overall a superb must-have package.

future perfect breaks the tension yet again with another absolute smasher from troublegum. dance-floors around the planet have chosen the sound of the new decade and it summed up by the releases on this label, phatness of sound and the roughest bass-lines imagineable. smack down.

soundway set sail for colombia once again, delving deeper into the south american countrys rich musical past. 55 tracks spread over two triple vinyl releases. the original sound of cumbia is soundway’s definitive guide to the origins of colombian cumbia and porro and the result of five years pain staking re-search by will quantic holland. 1500 copies limited worldwide.tip!triplepack 1 tells the story of some the earliest colombian cumbia recorded, a genre that captured a nation, spreading from its birthplace on the caribbean coast in land to central colombia and the capital bogata

youre about to feel (again) why every record ka§par does for groovement takes a while to be released. simply because special things need time to emerge. after whatchadoos underground buzz hes been intensely working in the studio, readying his most mature record yet. inspired by the great masters and their legacy, ka§par pushes himself towards the future with his own galactic sound palette. ode to the ancients ep is certainly his most accomplished, consistent and authorial work to date

the next release coming out of the roska camp is this smart vinyl-only followup to the roska allstars release. this second instalment brings more of the same versatile movements from some fantastic producers currently leading the way for upfront danceable material. main man roska signs up terror danjah to pull of a smart remix of his track >without it<. its somewhat of a guilty pleasure hearing both artists signature idents in one song, terror with his evil gremlin laugh and roska with his ubiquitous shout out! however its all about the arrangement here as terror reforms those original trumpet sounds and adds some heavy distorted bass. j:kenzo serves up >let it move< which is all out pure electro style with punchy drums and dirty synths, again lending to the surprising nature of this labels output. tickles completes the vinyl only package with >da growler<. drums are tougher than iron and bass harder than rock as tickles blends funky, dubstep and house into his own dance-floor destructive mould. all three records show a different side to the current uk bass and funky scene, yet they somehow could only belong on kicks & snares. a fine package for a burgeoning label.

for the 7th release on his burning hot dpk imprint, dapayk once again drops two beauties onto this equally beautiful, smokey red vinyl. make it go longer!

following romantic thrills part 1, the first ep connected to nicone & sascha braemers recent lp of the same name, vinyl lovers are now being treated to romantic thrills part 2, which dazzles with three distinct remixes by stil for talent heavyweights oliver koletzki, florian meindl and dan caster. again, all tracks are geared towards the dance floor as they appropriate those special moments of the originals, while employing them to a diverse range of new contextual frames.

continuing its string of stellar releases, alphahouse welcomes ilario alicante to the family, with the versatile 4-track ep, aptly titled xxx. the young phenom from livorno, italy just 23 years young, has once again shown why his music appears on the worlds top electronic music labels such as cocoon and cecille. there is something for every discerning taste here, from warehouse rave cuts to thick, slow-grooving afterhours jams, united by a provacative, mature thread running throughout.

6 months after we first ventured into vinyl territory were back with a new ep. the follow up to kastils dusty edits is a sampler containing 4 tracks by 3 artists we are heavily supporting at the moment. the a1 is again by basque county based kastil. shes back is a wonderful sample drenched house track containing soul touching vocals. definitely one for the dancefloor. on the a2 we have doctor bills by fellow rotterdam native ben la desh this is actually his first release out of many to come. this track has been circulating the soundcloud for a few months and was played by ooft! in one of his excellent podcasts. on the flip we find two tracks by taiko mochi name:tomas malo. while the b1 scenesters is a great more uptempo disco house track with quite an emotive break its the b2 slomo track shelter that has been stealing the show until now. if youre in to real slow and mesmerizing music this might just be the one for you. support by: ooft!, the dead rose music company, miguel campbell, craig smith (6th borough project), andy ash, james johnston, soho808, sleazy beats recordings, zoo look, kirill tipo, fulbert, satore.

a summer special? in the winter? well yes, why not? the wph summer special 2010 is the stuff of discogs legends by now, so we figured wed do this again: a split label release between we play house recordings and lany recordings with very good music.

nice price deal !!! exercise one return to their exone label for the end of 2011 with a low slung slice of electronic indie featuring zach van hoozer of the zulu pearls on the title track you ought to know. exercise one and van hoozer first met when the zulu pearls played with them in berlin and impressed with their melancholic pop melodies and minimal arrangements, coupled with zacs distinctive voice and swagger. peter van hoesen delivers a standout remix, working for the first time with a full vocal arrangement. peter is a long-term friend of the duo, first recording on their lan muzic label when he began producing techno again and having released previously on exone this year.

the next fresh techhousesounds from erfurts polar-rec. raycoux jr. & stefan barth are dropping the bomb again. after the big success of their open the doors, they let go concarte, which will bring back the summer into your minds. fabian reichelt, famous for his collaboration with marek hemmann as marian, shows up with his first clubtrack and that he has got more than his nice voice to rock the floor. the next fresh techhousesounds from erfurts polar-rec. raycoux jr. & stefan barth are dropping the bomb again. after the big success of their open the doors, they let go concarte, which will bring back the summer into your minds. fabian reichelt, famous for his collaboration with marek hemmann as marian, shows up with his first clubtrack and that he has got more than his nice voice to rock the floor.

chicagos richard pegue was one of the most intriguing figures to come out of the chicago soul scene in the 1960s and 1970s. raised during the citys fertile doo-wop era, pegue immersed himself in music immediately. he cut his chops as a mobile dj, record store clerk and recording artist before stepping into the booth as one of chicagos most enduring radio personalities to grace the citys airwaves. the nickel and penny labels featured in this compilation are twin sides of the same eccentric coin, pegue himself.

veteran uk producer/dj paul macs debut release for art shows his remarkable versatility and meticulous production skills. odd things amount to nothing is very much a modern techno wall-shaker. it’s incessant drones and wails ride upon a wave of relentless beats. the track pauses to catch its breath after a tremendous build before once again going clattering down the rails. the flipside is the track that original caught label-owner and a&r kirk degiorgios ear - a modern take on the classic chicago/detroit hybrid sound of the late-eighties, brought up-to-date with a crisp sound

for the first time on this planet dial owner lawrence shows up on an excursion to his beloved pampa imprint. the double feature >kurama” presents two deepy enchanting anthems, a timeless vision of love. after touring around the globe with his new label mate dj koze since ages, having the most successful release in dial history with kosis efdemin remix, sharing music with each other like crackbrained, it is not a big surprise for lawrence to occur with two of his best pieces on pampa records. well known for his releases on mule electronic, ghostly international, styrax and his own imprints smallville, dial and laid, it was his first mix cd on cocoon >timeless< which made lawrence put some cats among the pigeons. with the new pampa again he has proved that the holy temple of deepness has to invite some flawy hypnotists once in a while to get clouded and shaken. the number 09 is dedicated to two most famous experiences in japan: the kurama mountain in kyoto, one of the most amazing places on earth, and oolong high, one of the most amazing drinks on earth- cold oolong tea on the rocks with a zip of japanese shochu liquor. after koze and lawrence had another few of these beverages again they started dreaming of this wonderful release

knowing looks kicked off 2011 for wncl recordings with with his much loved, hard stepping abandoned skip, backed with the acclaimed symphonic masterpiece that was last kiss at the plains hotel. jason hopfner is back again to neatly tie up a busy year at wncl hq, unveilling the classically constructed epic listen to my 45 - described by ben ufo as >lovely. gorgeous. slick. buff etc< … and who are we to disagree. just do what it says on the tin, then flip over for ghost baby - yet another fine example from hopfners rich and varied production cannon, melding super cool minimalism with party breaks. merry christmas from the cassette library!

this is a really strong release from viper and they have once again enlisted the production talents of metrik. on the flip he links up with vocal legend kathy brown to really put the finishing touches to this epic release.

uncanny the label that took everyone by surprise comes with more goodness! the third artist-ep by dresden-based label comes from house- and hip hop-mastermind cuthead and is nothing less than a proper power package. with vibratin things start off as deep as the bottom of the sea. underneath cutheads dense drums there is an intense and meditating synth line which is eventually complimented by an acid figure as if it was an evil twin. brother rolls in with a mighty kick drum, before a catchy sample and not less catchy piano motives prepare for a propitiating end. with transgressions and its bass line for the bigger floors things get down to house business once again. the remaining two tracks then give an impression of what happens, if cuthead takes to the mpc for his liveset. in seram lembah und heartless cuthead combines his drumming with south east asian disco-mantras und bittersweet blues chants to heavy hip-hop-grooves. loving it!

skylax records, the company focused on realeasing original obscure dance classic and everything that sounds fine to their ears! for our 25th release, we are back again with simoncino for the warrior dance iii, this brand new ep will feature on a side the wonderfull >warriors dance< (chicagos jackin heaven is not so far we guess), >tropical vibe< that has got this kind of disco feeling without sounding (thx god) nu-disco & to end >hey detroit< that speaks for itself. on the b side, we have the very big honor to get 2 extraordinary remixes, one from the legendary ron trent (more than 10 min long!) & another atmospheric & deep as hell one from chez damiers morning after mix part ii. this is the kind of release that will remind you what house music is all about. useless to say that simoncino is on top right now & is writing some future & cult club classics. a must to have in every djs collection

enter the purple maze again with three subtle techno tracks from yør.after some challenging an experimental offerings last time out, secretive musicos purple maze are to release their second offering, the rave ep, in december 2011. it comes from equally low-key producer yor, and is a release that operates a little closer to the dancefloor than maze 001.

coloured vinyl: solid dark green and white mixed. after tokyo prose successful entrance onto the scene with their introducing series creativity began to flow. a series of collaborations with numerous producers began and it was inevitable some of these would bare great results. phil tangent had one of the singles of 2010 for marcus intalex soul:r label and was a perfect creative partner for the ideas charged tokyo prose. >parity< marries the pairs styles perfectly, with a euphoric vocal tempered by subtle gliding beats and bass. >rearview< is a sign of what drum and bass is missing in 2011. smooth, deep and soulful music that reminds us again how powerfully emotive the genre can be.
dj support from marcus intalex, dj marky, spectrasoul, presha and more to come..

proper trax is proud to present its second 12 inch release – proper-002 - split personalities ii – keeping true to its title with another double feature of raw house and techno cuts. featuring a pair each from proper trax newcomers piltdown sound, and a reappearance from 001s will azada. staying true to its mission, proper trax is once again delivering focused, modern house and techno–with a pinch of nostalgic bite–built for the floor-minded listener.

he?s already caused mayhem on the dance-floor with his three earlier releases on 100% pure (the groovy stuff, mooovin, bop doo) so hold on tight as he storms us again with more of his pure lumen pleasures

peter clamat returns with two downgraded state- of-the-art slowhouse rollers straight from south- west germany. the a-side with future and dispatch shows once again the great development of peters sound into more and more deepness and originality. slow,dope and shuffling like hell.

music is about passion, not competition. in this spirit the something vinyl series continues again with another stl record in his diy do-what-you-wanna-do style, including 3 house tracks aswell as a astro-science thrilling farspace interlude and loop introductions. the ascetic elements on this ep are the result of an isolated one man musical universe, where the love and passion for sound research is perhaps the strongest driving force behind the machines output. a bit of squelchy mircowave-acid, some sunny analog sequences and someting that seems to come out of a lovely b-movie track, where humanoids moving death proof onto the dancefloor feeling addicted to the groove. something 18 is probably that kind of vinyl which can be enjoyed the most when the time has come to loose yourself and let things flow into the positive. this 12 inch comes in limited quantities of 500 copies and is dedicated to all believers of the something vibe.

beware! ultrakurt (aka cabanne & gluck) are out of the woods again, and this time, they are here to feast on your young! their latest mischief, the bled runner ep, is all about gooey shreds, wet sparks and slurry bits, all assembled with love to carefully irritate your eardrums and provide you with a decent nosebleed for a reasonable price. get it now from your favorite local zombie exterminator!

remixes this time are handled by a balanced mix of established heavyweights like: raiz remix luigi madonna remix subfractal remix tess wassila remix on the heels of the hugely successful m.a.d.a. + plankton single >antiz<, hidden once again looks to france for another huge techno release. this time they tap the next hidden recordings artist from france, the young master of bass, alejandro trebor, who shakes the pillars of heaven with this massive original. >quemadura del sol< is well-crafted big room techno to keep the dance-floor in a frenzy. long time followers of the label may also sense the overall arc of the label on hiddens 15th release, the laidback textural techno of >wolkenreise< to the festival sound system sized >quemadura del sol< with a focus on high quality originals coupled with a diverse range of remixes from the top names in the global techno scene. its a recipe for success that has seen hidden join the company of some of the genres most trendsetting labels in 2011. hiddens latest >quemadura del sol< deserves all of your attention as one of premier releases this fall.

on the heels of the hugely successful m.a.d.a. + plankton single >antiz<, hidden once again looks to france for another huge techno release. this time they tap the next hidden recordings artist from france, the young master of bass, alejandro trebor, who shakes the pillars of heaven with this massive original. >quemadura del sol< is well-crafted big room techno to keep the dance-floor in a frenzy. long time followers of the label may also sense the overall arc of the label on hiddens 15th release, the laidback textural techno of >wolkenreise< to the festival sound system sized >quemadura del sol< with a focus on high quality originals coupled with a diverse range of remixes from the top names in the global techno scene. its a recipe for success that has seen hidden join the company of some of the genres most trendsetting labels in 2011. hiddens latest >quemadura del sol< deserves all of your attention as one of premier releases this fall. remixes this time are handled by a balanced mix of established heavyweights and emerging new artists shows that hidden has its fingers on the pulse beat of the dance floor. the ep is ably book ended by another incendiary remix from label owners, deepak sharma + dieter krause.

incarnations strike again with a fine batch of reworks of tracks off of the mesmerising >with all due respect< album. for starters, lexx turns love ballad >let love find you< into a haunting balearic jan hammered beauty, keeping bing ji lings vocals and adding some nyabinghi drumming and spectral synths. space ranger then take the uplifting >hindi ko alam< to jacking disco territory while sprinkling their cosmic dust all over it, and kare frisvold & rune lindbaek manage to transform the contemplative >sunset on punta paloma< into a psychedelic dancefloor affair.

approaching the end of the year, pole presents another spacey and heavy bass 12 inch. two melancholic, quiet tracks full of crackles and endless space, made for this winter. it seems that the warmth of these two tracks is glancing around a corner of a cold urban wall, just to say:s-o-o-n, and it will be summer again.in contrast to the first 12 inch waldgeschichten, with its use of full chords, this new production is marked by its use of spaces, which seems to expand until they collapse and enfold the listener. this is the second 12 inch by pole, one of a new series of releases which will end in a cd release in 2012.

the second part of the >diorama< remixes offers again some of the finest producers around.
starting with kollektiv turmstrasse! what kicks off as a chez damier groove makes the transition into a loose dub monster. collecting traces of the original sound and dispersing them with magic movements we see why kollektiv turmstrasse are a top act. shifting the attention from the front to the far back from the obvious to the abstract... turmstrasse create that parallel groove on top of the groove which seems to tighten up with every minute. fine particles of sounds are sprayed onto the relentless groove and make it a real crowd pleaser.

this is mina records 9th release with masaya, label boss, finally in the spotlight on production, arrangement and singing duties. her first ep on her own label: >again / get you< both have a minimalist melancholy feel in the electro pop vein.
>again< is remixed by nhar, (frenchman who has just brought out his own ep on ripertons perspectiv label), giving it an 80s soft synth pop sound.
>get you< is remixed by yapacc, resulting in a deeply rhythmic tech-house stomper.
4 totally different tracks to suit various club contexts.

percusa is back in 2011 with special colours, hot tunes and the third va ep! this time we start again with tracks from our greek label-mates v. sexion and bodj, also on board the mannheim duo sasch bbc & caspar, rounded up with the first release from jules & moss.

freerange welcome back salvatore freda once again for possibly his strongest track yet, along with three very different remixes. remixer nebraska has had a string of excellent releases on rush hour, with his recent album displacement getting rave reviews on resident advisor.

having finished recording the new zombie zombie album (out: april 2012), etienne jaumet leaves temporarily the duo to record a solo piece, as a need to find oneself again … if the word satori means spiritual awakening, the title track that offers etienne seems to describe the way to this awakening … a winding and sometimes dark path, taking inspiration from both dark disco and synth wave (etienne is particularly keen of those genres, you can listen to his new podcast for versatile records as an evidence) and also to some kind of trance… on b side, jon convex, newcomer on the dubstep / uk garage field and signed on martyns label, delivers a clearly club oriented version, by injecting syncopated beat and the funky groove unique to uk garage.

bulgarian artist strahil velchev aka kink for the second volume of the tracks from the vault series. after the aphex kink ep and kinks tribute to richard d. james, sharivari releases another 6 tracks from the man, all produced between 2004 and 2009 in sofia and showcasing again his love for the dirty side of electronic music, from pure warehouse techno to some funky and warm broken beats, with a subtle touch of acid, as always with kink. 300 copies pressed on grey vinyl.already supported & played by laurent garnier, marc romboy, coyu, jimpster, tripmastaz, dan curtin, rennie foster, hardrock striker.

fresh on the heels of their last ep for lip service, the main stem deliver again with a delicious full-length that sees ten years of musical trials and tribulations amalgamated into one lean danceable form