paper recordings are hitting their 200th single release on record store day with a 12 inch featuring crazy p, steve cobby - producer / dj and flash atkins music. it will be a limited run sold in numbered brown paper bags in a throw back to our very first promos twenty two years ago. the three tracks span the paper sound from electronic funk to stripped back electronic disco and proper deep house that sounds as fresh today as it did when it cdjs were something you looked at on tomorrow s world

on a fishing trip two years ago, the two main guys behind africaine 808: d leyers and nomad - went to a tackle shop to buy some creepy crawlies (saltwater worms), not knowing that they were about to make a life changing discovery. in front of the shop a blind man was jammming on a little electronic organ, stomping his feet, singing, growling and basically making a scene. the boys were quite impressed with the fella, who introduced himself as blind double d . they offered to bring him home and record him. he turned the offer down, but offered instead that they could record him on the spot in front of the tackle shop - if they bought him a bottle of good bourbon. he explained that he would never set foot into a studio again in his life: he was sick of music production and the music industry in general, and that he just wanted this bottle of bourbon and to be left alone. the boys got him the bottle, and recorded blind d.d. on the spot with a tape recorder they borrowed from the tackle shop. unfortunately, the tape was stored in one of the tackle boxes over the trip, and some of the creepy crawlies crawled into the tape and stank it all up. this added some extra funk to the recording. with dirk and nomad s usual studio trickery and production skills, they created the two versions of this very very funky, creepy, stanky track. we hope you ll enjoy it as much as we do.

gc records is proud to announce the discotizer ep from madrid s main man javi frias. fresh from a release for rahaan s street edits & with a release for lumberjacks from hell upcoming things are looking good. we commissioned this tasty 4 track disco / funker from javi sometime ago.

1 sided + large gravure on other side. love on the rocks is very excited to present sharif laffrey’s key jam (a.c.i.d.). his first release since the sleeper hit turn it up was released on discos capablanca over two years ago. key jam (a.c.i.d.) is the treasure + the mystery. laffrey’s signature raw edit style is in full effect on this 9-minute proto-dance heater. sharif laffrey has been playing records and making music for 20 long hard years. born in detroit, michigan - he’s worked on the line checking camshafts for chryslers & at submerge for mike banks - at the same time. he toured asia with juan atkins and once had to chase a grown man through the streets at night, who had crawled into his living room through a open window. an active member in detroit’s early rave scene, sharif remembers booking all foreign gigs with a fax machine - and would still do it that way, if anybody else had them anymore. he drove a black trans-am from 1990 to 1995. acid, tons of random stuff, tough, sexy, lovely, slow. freak mode. he is dealing with the fame. more to come.

absolutely seminal danny krivit re-edit of garys gang * lets lovedance tonight*! originally released on nurvous records a decade ago this finally sees the light of day again... original 12 inches go for $100 each on some marketplaces. re mastered for 2016 and released in conjunction with the original sam records.

red ember records is still legendary in certain circles despite shutting up shop 15 years ago. after some time out of the public eye, though, ewan jansen himself is still very much in business, and here he is with four brand new cuts on his debut for chez damier’s inner balance label. after the appropriately pastoral intro to ‘harvest’ we dive headlong into a flurry of vibrant, detroit-influenced programming of the kind kept alive all these years by rei loci and kirk degiorgio. ‘sines of life’ takes a well-earned breather on the flip, its laid-back setting and all-enveloping bass a massage for the weary body and soul. finally the mood turns playful on ‘square dance’, the chopped, breaksy and off-key groove completely at home alongside uk technicians norken, herbert and ben nevile. it’s rare for people to stay on their game for this long but, as this ep aptly demonstrates, ewan jansen is no ordinary musician.

two years ago i played at studio 9 in vilnius, lithuania. the following day i missed my flight home and ended up spending an extra day, which gave me a chance to explore the city with my friend linus, who took me to the contemporary art centre. it was there i spotted a book named ‘rojus’, that linus told me translated as ‘paradise’. the word and striking cover of the book stuck in my mind. a few days after returning home, i turned on to a national geographic documentary named ‘designed to dance’, explaining the courtship rituals of birds of paradise. as i watched, i jokingly began drawing similarities between these birds’ attempts to captivate and impress the opposite sex with dance, and the way strangers try to attract one another in clubs and interact on the dance floor. this gave me the idea of creating a record of functional club music, sequenced as if it were a club night, from doors to closing, using samples of these birds of paradise and their habitat. thus, rojus. leon vynehall 2016

25 years ago the pacha ibiza vibe was brought to belgium by patrick soks, who has been hosting the paradise parties at café danvers since then. derrick may, derrick carter, stacey pullen, todd terry, pete tong, dimitri, marcello, doc martin, laurent garnier, sven väth, bob sinclar, luciano... they all played their first belgian dj set at this legendary belgian party. enjoy this anniversary release full of seminal tracks... music is the answer!

lost trax embody the idea of underground techno. the shadowy group, members unknown, began their music careers over 20 years ago. output may be low, but quality is high, the style being no compromise techno brilliance. and thats whats on show here. kick drums and squirming acid bars are at the core of faith, a track where soaring strings shift and reshape. the chiselled claps and barbed bass of flatliner follows, taking its cue from the heyday of detroit. a watery world of analogue abstraction greets the listener on the flip, lost being an atmospheric journey into to the squelching swamps of the tb303. sniping beats introduce the lush tones of renderer. blurring the lines of electro and techno the track is an elegant end to an ep of deep and dense layers.

made 10 years ago in only 2 weeks airport west the rev. thorn s debut lp brings the world of easy listening muzak and chilled out disco. it his second release on his very label dreamtime uk, releasing goldie thorn canal life. after being played heavily in melbourne cafes and bbqs, it now due to make waves across the world. romanticly bitter sweet strings with a vintage disco beat, analog synths on an lp journey to heartbreak and back.

leave your preconceptions behind because ital tek’s brilliant new album ‘hollowed‘ is his best and most rewarding yet. created from new beginnings, it’s a journey through the naïve exploratory methods with which alan myson started to make music over a decade ago. the record is dark and maximalist but at the same time the huge sounds are minutely detailed and elegantly rendered.

we warmly welcome back kettel who makes his return to clone/dub records since his debut cenny crush 15 years ago (which was followed by the brilliant whisper me wishes in 2007). after a hiatus of 3 years since his last release kettel is releasing his new album on clone records.

killer deep spaced out electro tracks!!! over 20 years ago shad t. scott and his pal seven set up isophlux records, miamis infamous first electronic imprint releasing, as they put techno, electro, funk, experimental, and anything good. now in year 2016, shad under his gosub alias releases this sunday at battle ship key titled ep for barba records, staying true to that initial principle. its far away from just being good though, its beautiful and warm electronic music at its best, oozing chill and feel good moods. original two tracks are accompanied with a remix by second time appearing on barba - jtc aka tadd mullinix who this time nicely surprised us with his ol school ny style house beauty. overall one fine classic record this, period.

last spotted on ovum just over a year ago with moot point, irishman-in-berlin chymera returns with two more stately sonic workouts.

heady and spaced out seductive techno by j.c. aka jose cabrera who made a storming debut with his fine album on fred ps soul people music some time ago and released on labels such as tresor, deeply rooted, symbolism. now he is launching his own new label, cabrera. starting with his personal project, but with releases in the pipeline by tadeo and population one. this 1st release that includes a strong remix by jonas kopp will be the starting point of an adventurous fresh new techno label that is promissing to reach for the dark corners of the dancefloors! a rich and varied ep that launches the new cabrera label in a great manner

for those that knoe is proud to present some of the freshest and timeless sounds the uk has to offer from numonika, sounding as good now as they would have done when recorded ten years ago. three tracks from the original demo cd have been selected, compiled, re-mastered and pressed by for those that knoe onto a special 12- for collectors and club djs alike. in true knoe fashion, release 4/1 is a compilation of tracks unearthed from a cd squirrelled away for a decade in a dusty loft. the cd in question was loaded with unreleased and untitled material from the owners of and producers for two of the uks rarest and sought after tech house labels rinsed by djs such as craig richards in the late 90s.

coming from geneva (switzerland) but napoletano by heart, pascal viscardi is a new face in the deep-house panorama. the 31 years old fellow started his career (as a producer) a few years ago with 2 twelve inches on *the exquisite pain*, including remixes from some heavy weights: mark e, session victim and agnes.
for his debut on frole records, pascal kicks in with a single track. *the warmest color* is the kind of cut you might play when the sun shows up and the bodies are ready for the slower and sexiest loops. in a totaly modern swiss vibe (did you say agnes...?) this double kicked tune offers you a straight, extra-shuffled, moodygritty and dubby moment. is this love at first sight?! yes, it is...
our new friend didnt come alone, chosing carefully his remixers to complete your wax in a most accurate way.

ltd supply , max 1 per kunde (customer) .. back since we discovered him five years ago as one half of genius of time, alexander berg has been one of our favorite producers. under his dorisburg alias, hes built one of the most consistent discographies in contemporary club music. yet, his debut in hivern is one of his most captivating releases to date.

italian trio agents of time make their ellum debut with a weighty, two track release. magma shares remnants of label head maceo plexs own formidable style, with compelling synths, punchy claps and a rumbling bassline. obsidian is finally seeing a release after causing heat from fur coat’s feature in their bbc essential mix a few months ago. heady, powerful, stirring, expertly crafted, adjectives that are regularly used for ellum releases and agents of time have confidently followed their predecessor’s footsteps. agents of time are andrea di ceglie, fedele ladisa and luigi tutolo. making music together since july 2013, they have clocked up an album on stem records and the massive polina ep on correspondent. their supporters include dixon, agoria and tiga, and their sound has been brought to over 20 countries through a live platform with analogic instruments.

the last release of l.s.g. on superstition the best of l.s.g. - the singles reworked in 2004 is now over 1o years ago. in this days l.s.g. was officially set to finished by oliver himself, in order to create a distance to the former commercial trance scene. from the first day l.s.g. was standing always for a variety of sound directions. some called it trance, downbeat or triphop well, with the slight difference of having 2015, l.s.g is back and has now taken the step into a very deep sound - so to speak: back to the roots and restart.

the organ grinder mints his new record label with a bulked up reissue of a gem from his back catalogue that will make djs - and dancers - very happy. far from throwaway, this is music rooted in the 90s us garage sound of kerri chandler, masters at work and early todd edwards, with the intensity of true deep house and the light rhythmic touch of ukg. obsession originally came out almost 5 years ago, but there s simplicity in its skittering rhythm and a mantra of rising minor-note synth hits that keep it burning into the dancefloor. x rated hits like its inverted counterpart, with a more heavily weighted drum groove and garage stabs that spiral down your spine. physicality finishes the ep with cunningly-sampled soul music, sung notes of passion belted out over a tense background of keys and rhodes chords, weaving an atmosphere that only comes out of expertly woven harmony

stereociti aka ken sumitani presents his second album lost land for mojuba and like its predecessor kawasaki his new oeuvre is some of the finest japanese deepcore you will come across these days! this long player is taking us on a journey into an adventure to stereocitis ever-changing vast sound landscapes, narrating the story of a lost land. each of the ten songs is contributing to paint you a in-depth picture of a forgotten city which vanished from this earth long time ago, exploring even the tiniest details through a remarkable sound design. a album that will find a place at home, in the club and you heart! available as limited edition 3x12inch lp in a hand-printed silkscreen cover.

though ronde music is a label gathering producers from various horizons, might it be ambient, noise, experimental or electroacoustic, they all have a common creed : the loop. jo created this locked groove label just one year ago, spreading extensively the sensitive patterns of artists such as vadim svoboda, sharp, antigone, edith progue, dscrd and cédric pigot & jow. a single 1 loop bar is to be repeated until harmonies free themselves, patterns are then stretching to the point where they merge into a psychoacoustic phenomenon. -wouldn t it be nice to have this dance last forever ?- ronde music asks all of those who haven t yet joined the round.

after a while, their deep voices fade away. a couple of years ago, they would sing for hours. now it feels like minutes. no one is left to listen to them. no one but you. this is albert s vanabbe03, the dutch minimalist s open invitation to his debut album coming this spring.

a45 has left this universe years ago. he is now living in another dimension from where he communicates to our galaxy through the traversable wormhole near sagittarius a.

super secret bergen/stavanger/oslo/haugesund/berlin based collab label glueuntz is back with another release, after the very successful q&a 12 two years ago.

youth isn’t usually associated with wisdom, or depth or complexity for that matter. most 22 year-olds are still figuring out how a washing machine works but in the case of howes (the solo project of manchester-based john howes) he’s making electronic music that is operating on innovative and experimental levels one might expect from a hardened career musician hitting their stride. having released a more house-oriented 12” on melodic a couple of years ago, his debut album proper is a record that is as expressive as it is cohesive. it’s a release that floats between nocturnal stillness and insomniac driven intensity. the shift, howes says, “comes from the forced and narrow nature of a lot of electronic music. most modern electronic music to me is too safe in terms of ambition, sound design and intention.”
the limited edition 180g heavyweight vinyl includes a download code and comes housed in reverse board outer sleeve and black inner bag.

we ve got the 200th! seven years ago coyu started suara as a sub-label of his main project. the baby grew up until today, becoming a big community with the best electronic music producers of the moment and thousands of supporters around the world. for this anniversary, the big cat teamed up with sezer uysal for an special and unique tune. cygnus is the right production for melodic, sophisticated sets or deeper moments and works amazingly well as a closing track. lets enjoy this two hundred release from the kitty family!

new minuendo various artists, after years ago deymare & satore are back. finnish artist deymare show with two deep fresh tracks called meditation and rise. satore publish one track called moving soul sounds like raw and american. welcome japanese yusuke yamamoto with a track called my house

bordello a parigi is returning to where it all began. four years ago dj overdose inaugurated the label under his masked model man moniker. now he s back. missile crisis and intercepted communique, hidden waves collects six underhanded secret music documents of cold war espionage.

arts is a collective of very blessed artists, this time is the prime debut of the best youth talent i discovered long time ago, farceb is coming from argentina, he is young more then what you can imagine, i never found any artist with this quality in this early stage. 4 cuts to dominate the floor.

the last few years has seen parris make a name for himself across a number of scenes, to the extent he is just as likely to be found spinning records for butterz as he is putting records out on berceuse heroique. here at idle hands we first touched base with parris many moons ago when he bought copies of the first release on his soundman chronicles label into our shop. as it is one of our favourite labels we were intrigued to hear what he would come up with as producer himself. needless to say we were impressed. presented here are two tracks that perfectly reflect his sound and our own a nod to techno here, a weighty bass line there, a love of reverb everywhere and all with a view to being played in dark rooms late at night. the 12 inch of burr and blue is idle hands last release of 2015 and we think it rounds off nicely what has been a great year for the label.

out-er reaches its seventeenth release welcoming back buck – also known as alessandro stefanio, label manager of transition lab – experienced dj and producer who has been actively contributing to the birth of out-er since the first brainstormings almost five years ago. nuove sessioni features three atmospheric techno tracks plus an additional remix from ed davenport, offering the only remix as inland out in 2015.

a defining moment in dance music history was the day that roy davis jr. teamed with vocalist and writer peven everett in 1997 to create this deep, ethereal, soul-music gem that helped launch an entire musical movement known affectionately as speed garage. the live garage mix is the most popular but the other mixes have grown in popularity over time. it is hard to believe that this record is almost 20 years old yet it still sounds as fresh today as it did so long ago. truly a classic that deserves to be celebrated by a new generation of dance music lovers. gabriel play!

these are only the first two new dundov tracks since his critically acclaimed album sailing off the grid , released 2 years ago. petar s melodic signature sound in full effect. a must for the fans.

weve been meaning to put out some music by our friend harald ever since we started this wee operation five years ago. imagine our joy now that were ready to release not one, but two masterful records signed mr. bjoerk!

10inch ep, clear vinyl record in cardboard sleeve - launch of the first new break single in 3 years fronting the new album expected in 2016! breakbot has created a genuinely great pop album3 years after by your side and the very popular hit baby im yours the wait is now over! breakbot finally comes back with a new ep which announces the forthcoming album still waters to be released on 5th february 2016. a-side of this limited 10inch ep reveals the new exclusive single get lost, a very catchy song as always with breakbot accompanied by irfane on vocals and also production. the same duet signs the b-sides song back for more which was the first single released on the web few weeks ago bringing fans more excited than ever.

american label beyond the speaker made an impression with their first release angels against dust two years ago, a tasty 12inch split between legowelt & willie burns. for the latest outing, canadian mastermind michael silver aka cfcf (rvng, ghostly, 1080p) celebrates the soul and grooves of house, electro, and techno. three tracks that balance dancefloor hustle, intricate detail and flourishing melodies. lead track head up is a poignant call to the dancefloor, a peak hour house cut with an emergent vocal sample that rallies all for a blissful groove excursion. the b-side is a moodier affair, with mossy wall submerging the listener with potent rhythms as ominous bass intersects with a waking metropolis of melody. and the classic techno sound of sea of love deftly lulls us with gentle vocals and a looping guitar phrase.

weve been meaning to put out some music by our friend harald ever since we started this wee operation five years ago. imagine our joy now that were ready to release not one, but two masterful records signed mr. björk! solemn chord improvisations recorded in the secret gardens of nacka pair up with a shameless yet humble cover version of a techno evergreen on this perfect little vinyl exclusive record, beautifully designed by malin gabriella nordin. this 7inch single is released synchronously with the 12inch fritids ep

last spotted together on the cut some three years ago with their eponymous debut lp, the crew like kaidi tatham, akwasi mensah, matt lord, and dego ‘ranks’ mcfarlane reunite for this fresh 2000black 12&#8243,,,,,. off the christmas card list is apparently a precursor to a second album from the quartet and it’s the last 12&#8243,,,,, in a fine year for 2000black that saw the killer dego lp as the centrepiece. the a-side is dedicated to the title cut, an endlessly slinky boogie number that really showcases the collective musicality of this crew, whilst the b-side is split between “hurry whilst they are away” and “fila high”. the former is bugged out beat down west london-style, and the latter a killer latin-flecked cut.

amir alexander s anthology one brings together 4 of his most in demand tacks spread out over 3 ep s onto one 12 inch compilation. necessary sanctuary has proven to be an instant classic since it s quiet and humble release 5 years ago. only 200 copies were made with 150 ever making it to the stores, by the time people knew about it, it wasn t available anymore. that is,until now. both tracks are included. the original mix and the 3 am dub. also included is the universe from his deep vibes released outsider music ep, as well as the lovely transcend for amir s first full solo ep on machining dreams. both universe and transcend were given a fresh mixdown, and all 4 have been remastered at hard groove mastering uk. this is the first of what will be an ongoing series for collectors, dj s, serious archivists.

the deewees say: five years ago we met emmanuelle in an office in milano. for years we asked her to play us some of the music shed been making on her laptop in her bedroom. when deewee was built we invited the rio born / miami raised / milano based artist to make some music together. this is the first of many things weve done so far

studio is benny’s 5th studio album. not just casually called by its name. no, there is something else happening here. the word ‘studio’ originates from the latin word ‘studium’, which stands for ‘studying’. the studio is the place where painters, artists and musicians learn, study and create. it’s the place where benny is most comfortable. benny’s amsterdam based studio has an amazing view of the canals. studio is an ode to this place, which he built 4 years ago, and everything it has brought him. because it brought him more than just the music he produced there. it gave him his place in the world and with it so many other things. all of which is to be heard on his new album. you find him exposing true love, follow his search for a home, he opens up about settling down and he speaks of breaking through old patterns in which he found himself being stuck for years.

this is the birth of b00m jack s new baby my dear friends n freaks... being asked to describe the 22 year old german musician kolja gerstenberg - one possible answer could sound like that he might be the lost twin brother of jamie jones (but it s just one among many other suitable answers) the youngster and music student (he s studying drums at university) kolja is a total opposite of the typical modern-music-scene-kind-of-guy as he sticks to his passion, which is house music in it s classic disguise like 20 years ago. kolja is not interested in following hypes or trends. what he loves are raw & dirty us house like trax or disco house flavoured tunes with loads of jazzy smell and glitter all over. kolja is and will stay real & authentic by keeping this behaviour. he is not aiming at superfi just for the higher potential of success or money or fame . . .

the third album from adele on vinyl lp.

after remixing idriss d’s “alger”, eduardo de la calle returns to memento records with a 2 tracker. the spanish vinyl maestro, analog solutions label owner and beatz documentary maker delivers 2 majestic cuts of deep techno at its best, inspired by the early ricardo villalobos music released on kanzleramt or playhouse some 15 years ago. following the same ideas of building and de-constructing sound patterns made up of pure minimal elements, eduardo here tries to be as simple as he can: direct and repetitive, back and forth non stop compositions that take on a life of their own as they expand and contract. the ep was made in a week of intense and mesmerizing studio work. * die einführung* is a 10 minute number where korg poly 61 arpeggios and spellbinding melodies draw the listener down a psychedelic hole of frequency shiftings and lysergic percussions. * sonst werden* is built around hazy chords and ghostly vocal snippets soaked in a feedback of tape delay, sinister ambient sounds vibrating in the background.

odd009 comes from bologna-based duo, nas1. the boys got in touch a wee while ago with a handful of rattling, spaced-out, detroit-edged demos. the rest, as they say, is history. we are very proud to present this record, and to welcome nas1 to odd socks. enjoy!

after a very promising debut almost an year ago with their *super quartet ep*, nas1 are back on bosconi extra virgin with another 6 tracker of modern detroit influenced house. the record starts with the wobbling shuffles of 2 bass heavy cuts, the robotic melancholy of *head on* and the funkier-ecstatic *bravo cafe&#769,,,*, while on the closing cut of a side appears the stomping garage beat of *la tosse*.
the talented duo from bologna then shows its great technical skills within creating unique grooves: nastier vibes those look like coming from a dirty and dark basement open b side with the dusty, dubby and whirling jam of *rabbit backbone*, while with the following *seemed* track they keep the mood in the same hypno-delic direction just making everything sweeter and smoother in order to end in a proper way this vinyl with the soulful and joyful downbeat of *seduta*. italian docg modern soul!

the 4th and final part of hudd traxx 10th anniversary series comes from ekkohaus, mihai popoviciu, rio padice & jt donaldson. previous parts featured tracks from the likes of chez damier, agnes, iron curtis & luna city express