soul/disco/funk, brazilian reworks. limited pressing.

this record, and the full 2xlp that will follow it, are dedicated to and inspired by events in 2015 & 2016, which saw the spectre of global crisis come knocking at europes doorstep. during this time, more than a million migrants and refugees fled their homes in the middle east, northern africa, sub-saharan africa and other conflict ravaged areas in search of a better life. for many, hopes of a future for themselves and their families lay in continental europe. while the reasons for such displacement, on a scale unseen in almost a century, are many, so are the reasons for europe being seen as the ideal destination. the relative peace and calm of the continent and the prospect of building prosperous lives in western europe was enough to mobilize multitudes to embark on the treacherous journey to europe. one of the most well-trodden paths on this journey was the balkan route, a trail leading through turkey, greece, and the former yugoslavia. this route was not without its dangers, and the dreams of many were dashed by impassible security fences and discordant eu politics, as one by one they were turned away at borders, or worse, forcibly returned to their countries of origin.

europa is the first single that represents the seed of discontent, from which the 2xlp grew. it was recorded during long jam sessions in belgrade as the media spotlight started to dim. the city became the purgatorial destination for a large number of migrants, whose journeys had been cut short and this record reflects the atmosphere of disillusionment and uncertainty about the future, which descended on the serbian capital.

texas based analog producer gensu dean started in jackson, mississippi producing on the now legendary crooked lettaz debut grey skies for his friend and grammy winner david banner. since that time he has gone on to produce for some of the best to ever do it including ol dirty bastard (wu-tang clan), cl smooth, homeboy sandman, sean price, roc marciano, large professor, planet asia, denmark vessey, guilty simpson, and many more.

whispered words from the ancient earth. the biosphere metaphorically battered by dusty drum machines, synth swept landscapes, industrial hooks that ring out from the barren outback. was is das? die orangen are australian-expats kris baha and dreems, and together they have crafted a genre: krautback rooted in indigenous psychedelia, resonating the vast expanses of the island of gondwanaland, turnt up by progressive cultures, and multiplied by the logic of the german mind. hear the sound of the southern sun melt genres, feel it flow downstream into a languid ocean of sound. beware the punch of the red kangaroo, a bite from the deadly taipan, the neon stare in a tree-frogs eye, and the bleached siren call of the coral reef - these wild sonic reveries ominously soundtrack the future that nature has in store.

j.a.k.a.m is japanese artist takashige miyawaki, a long standing producer commonly found on crosspoint records. on this release for the ever intriguing malka tuti label miyawaki draws on a thrilling spread of influences to make a truly soul-stirring track. at times the vocals lean towards a middle eastern lilt while the saxophone burns with the fire of the post punk era. with monolithic drum hits, yearning violin and plenty more besides, wabi sabi is a many-headed beast of a track. moscoman takes the original and simmers it down to a more focused but no less exotic tribal house workout.

versand ab 03.07.2017. germanys edit maestro alkalino returns with vol 3 of his edit series on audaz. feat disco/funk & italo disco reworks. limited pressing.

khidja are back on malka tuti and this combo cannot and will not dissappoint. after their successful debut on john talabot s hiverndiscs, khidja continue their current direction of leftfield-club music exploration, this time in the form of microb, a track that is a wolrd of its own, fusioning heavy industrial vibes with their own take of -worldly music- to create this peak time dancefloor bonanza. on the flip side salon des amateurs tolouse low trax delievers two takes on the original track, stripped down and turned upside down, adding those massive vocals. these takes are hypnotic as they are groovey and they complete a unique package for the modern dance floor explorers.

originally released in 1986, “alkaid” was the first solo release of deca following his debut appearance on the cult various artists compilation “angelo segreti” the original edition was published in a tiny edition on the independent italian label videoradio and to this day remains a rare and sought after album. following mothball and bordello’s continued work with deca, we are proud to make this diverse and fascinating collection of music available to a wider audience. on this instrumental lp we can hear elements of modern classical, synth-pop, dark ambient and even some middle eastern influence.

(erol alkan rmx) slip into your tin foil hat and do the maskindans, its almost album time (not again!)

edit king, alkalino delivers wall of fame s first solo release with 4 tasteful reworks.

malka tuti presents its first label collaboration, this time with the italian roccadisco, and label bosses ed rodion and hugo sanchez. ed and hugo (aka alien alien) are no strangers to pitched down sexy dancefloor tunes. with previous releases on slow motion records they ve made a name for themselves as sexy bastards. with perfidia they present the vocalist igino, a friend from home. together they ve boiled a slow burning, constantly evolving song for the late late hours. on the remix for the a-side malka tuti present a collaboration of 2 disco legends ray mang and severino panzetta, that add a medditerranian flavour to the original tune, easing things up... on the b-side we have another slow burner with bella l estate, joined by a top remix by tel avivian prodigy naduve.

soul, disco, funk reworks. support by: kraak & smaak, dj sneak, alexander barck (jazzanova)...

vinyl only - 180gr pressing
catren hits the shelves with its second release, a 3-tracker slow cooked by emi nescu.
we jump on this house & techno bandwagon with maimultmodelat, a 12 minute piece stripped down to its hihat backbone, with the focus points centered here & there on the wobbly bassline and the sharp cut kicks. as for the side b, a more textured journey awaits us: soustra, encapsulating its warmth deep into the fading melodic strips and the fast paced walkabout, a breaks sequence that could easily hyopnotize the crowd with its electro reminiscences hidden under the percussions layer.
catren 002 exposes us to 3 apparently different tracks yet with one strong thing in common: emi nescu’s groove led energy

make it funky is an edit / rework of rim and kasa love me for real taken from the sought after 1982 12inch too tough on sum sum records. alkaline has toughened it up in the percussion section to enhance the serious pig skin workout that drives this afro boogie bomb. and the vocals will have the dance floor shouting out in unison

coming from the steaming underground scene of belgrade, brushed with dark abstract, yet romantic ideas of space and ambience, tapan presernt their first ep with the ever growing family of malka tuti. tapans dark atmospheric industrial sound, infused with balkan or even middle-eastern percussions sits perfect with the malka tuti soundscape. following their acclaimed releases on crimes of the future and wt recordings, tapan present us with tarantella and poison high, two slow chugging and very atmospheric, somewhat melancholic tunes for the late hours. on the remix black merlin delivers a great pushing forward slow dub-trance tun, driven by a massive bassline

soul, disco/funk, italo disco reworks. early support from solomun (2diy)

die orangen, aka aussie producers dreems & kris baha are teaming up for the first time with 2 new unreleased jams under their new alias. slow and atmospheric, yet punching and grooving die orangen managed to meltdown genres into 100bpm 11 minute long trippy trancey bonanza with a substantial amount of jungle psychedelia and heavy drum machines. one day in sheperton is a more drum oriented industrial power house tune. with the diggerido and distorted voices coming in towards its 2nd half. this ep includes, as expected from the malka tuti crew, with awesome remixes by italian maestros fabrizio mamarella (of slow motion records) and alessandro adriani (of mannequin records), oodandatta rain is an ep that throws the listener back to the early days of partying in anjuna beach, when trance was not yet a genre, but a state of mind, and where the tribal element could be found in all sorts of bizzarre contexts and remote corners.

mysterious producer kian t is a crazy guy living in a lonely house on a top of a hill somewhere in italy. surrounded by a collection of rare old synths and vintage samplers, a little dog and the best red wine of italy. kian is making beats all day long. that’s his life. he started his career on toy tonics last year and now is back with an own ep - full of that fucked up, jazz influenced cut & paste house sound that is taking over the house world since last year. similar to his friends rhode & brown, fouk, nachtbraker or the guys around oye records in berlin he loves to create this special way of sampling old jazz records and using rare vintage synthesizers instead of digital computer sounds. just listen to a normal deep house records of the last years and compare it with the sound of the kian. using these old synths makes a big difference. you can hear it on every of his tunes: there is no cheap sound here everything is fat and has a very warm, personal, always easy to recognize sound-aesthetic: courtesy of the four synthesizers he uses: the korg polysix, the sequential prophet600, a roland juno 60, and the legendary oberheim matrix 6. and courtesy of the way he mixes his tracks: not in the laptop - but the old way: on a fat old mixing desk. thats why he has that massive sound.

next stunning bass / dubstep monster on blacklist

the kloom surfaced one night in dusseldorf through members of autarkic, naduve, stabil elite and more. this is what they have to say about it: -kloom, in hebrew, nothing. the kloom were not a one-day-band. they did it because it was there, all around them. whether we like it or not, the kloom surrounds us, envelopes us, makes us confess that it really exists. and you, sitting now in front of this screen, you are literally touching the kloom, an illusion that in its exceptional complexity makes you feel like you have the option of joining the other 20.000 newcomers. who will be credited for future kloom productions? no one knows. is there even a point in that sort of thing? it just doesnt really matter, because its too fun to bath in kloom

after the sensation caused by its last release, cellaa music returns with their 25th release and label debut for a producer who has been setting the scene alight all year long. label bosses martin heyder, daniel igl and sven jaeger are happy to welcome dimitri monev to the family, with an ep that is bolstered further by a brace of remixes from artslaves and sven jaeger himself.

black crow is the third single to be taken from the album ‘the soft bounce’. part american gothic, part future movie soundtrack, it’s a song of haunting beauty. holly miranda s vocal glides across reflective strings and delicate crystalline snippets of sound, resulting in an epic torch song lament. it’s backed with white crow, erol alkan s mighty extended reworking of the song, placing it in spacious widescreen, where you can hear for miles.

limited edition of 300 handnumbered copies, pressing on translucent blue & splattered vinyl.

played by disco halal, red axes, rss disco, benjamin fröhlich, naduve
for its 4th release, malka tuti is welcoming j.a.k.a.m. to its ever-expanding family. born in tokyo japan, j.a.k.a.m. has been been one of the leading figures developing the music scene in japan from the early 90s as a dj, producer and a band member. his wide variety of musical influences ranges from house, hip hop, drum&bass, techno, reggae, jazz, rock and world music. with combining these different styles of inspirations and tradition, he creates the most unique time and space on the dance floor, a kind of fusion of early tribal house (recording live instruments in the studio), world music with a pinch of shamanic spiritual vibes. on his ep for malka tuti he delivers 2 original epic tunes, followed by a smokey dub version by versatile records boss gilb r and a total dance-floor smashing remix by aussie prodigy - dreems.

repress alert: for its 3rd release, malka tuti is welcoming khidja to the ever expanding family. the romanian duo appears to be in great form after their successful releases on emotional especial and love on the rocks

alkalino ep, is divided in two packages: the first one, was released on digital, on july the 7th, will slammin 3track vinyl and a remix by severino (horse meat disco, hot creations) and handzoff.

malka tuti are presenting a debut release from another tel avivian prodigy - yovav arzi. as part of the infamous red cotton band (with band mates who later formed red axes) he also part of the current red axes live band project.

the first release from the new malka tuti record label introduces us to xen, a multi talented multi cultural singer, artist and designer from tel aviv. for her debut ep she went into the studio with the red axes lads to produce 2 original tracks for the a side as well as 2 different versions on the b side. after already collaborating with them on their track -this is it- for a correspondant records compliation on 2014, this time she takes a step forward and really brings out her post-cold-wave-some-wave attitude and delivers 2 psychedelic poppy tracks, highly influenced by german krautrock as well as british and french post-punk and israeli late 80s new-wave. on the b-side you can find a massive dancefloor remix from the red axes themselves as well as a secret psychedelic voodoo b-side.

sub concious was originally conceived as the exclusive track for erol alkans fabriclive 77 mix, which was released to major critical acclaim back in august. a highlight track within the mix, sub conscious has now been remixed by tin man and new phantasy signing kamera.

erol alkan delivers two reworks of the manic street preachers track >europa geht durch mich<. while mesmerise eins takes the track on a peak-time acid trip, the warped out mesmerise zwei comes ready for the blurred moments just before sunrise. both mixes feature the voice of german actress nina hoss. europa geht durch mich was originally recorded in berlins legendary hansa studios. it is taken from manic street preachers forthcoming 12th album futurology.exclusively on vinyl via phantasy, limited to just 300 copies.

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

after the success of erol alkans debut illumination ep, phantasy is proud to present the first remix 12inch. man make musics u - delivers a psychedelic freakbeat version of check out your mind, while chicago producer and recent l.i.e.s. signing beau wanzer offers a mesmerizingly propulsive, mechanical rework of bang.

after the success of erol alkans debut illumination ep, phantasy is proud to present the second remix 12inch. bang gets another outing with emperor machines stunning 8 minute extended remix, bringing the crystalline synth to the forefront, and rush hours house maestro tom trago completes the 12inch with a rolling intergalactic take on a hold on love, titled his tokyo mix.

les disques de la mort is the new and highly anticipated label from ivan smagghe & the ginger prince. their first release is by the true originals rimini maestros margot, featuring a spellbinding remix courtesy the one and only erol alkan. previously released as a very limited white label, this ecstatic 12 inch now gets a full release!

munich based, lisbon born, lino rodrigues, more commonly known as alkalino, is the next artist on the quickly moving italian imprint dabit records. here the portuguese ex-patriot drops three tracks that traverse his musical output to date.

with six years of covetable releases under its belt its safe to say that erol alkans flourishing phantasy label is well on its way to establishing itself as the uks preeminent purveyor of independent music. 2013 has been a particularly golden year with daniel averys critically acclaimed debut lp dropping in early october, sao paulo wunderkind babe, terrors btu project with man make musics u, recent collaborations with emperor machines andy meecham as future four and disco mavericks in flagranti and a slice of perfect summer pop from nadia ksaiba, not to mention connan mockasins upcoming sophomore opus caramel and the debut release from mysterious new signing ghost culture.

balkan tribe, the two traveller sounds thorugh the angle of an unknown tchek artists wishing to keep his music anonymous. underground cirkus sound! hide your chickens away... because we might be intown some day!

phantasy are proud to be releasing a limited edition remix single for night works, fronted by gabriel stebbings (ex-metronomy). this double aa ep features erol alkans fantastic extended rework of album highlight long forgotten boy. on the flip side is a remaster of daniel averys remix of the eveningtime. the night works album urban heat is out now on loose lips records.

the words to describe this release should be: techhouse, underground, insane, lunatic, surreal, weird ... or simply dandi & ugo! let it blow your mind away!

at the end of 2006, erol alkan was at a crossroads. he’d been voted dj of the year by mixmag. he’dmade landmark, expectation-defying remixes for bands he loved: a crunching “glam racket” reworking of ‘do you want to’ for franz ferdinand, a wonderfully wistful reinterpretation of hop chip’s ‘boy from school’, a psychedelic take on scissor sisters’ ‘i don’t feel like dancing’ and a genre-defining reworking of justice’s ‘waters of nazereth’.

switch and erol alkan come together on what is possibly phantasys heaviest release to date. saturated acid lines, scratches, vocal snippets and the biggest kick drum this side the planet 808 dominate a track originally conceived back in 2009. brilliant remixes come from night slugs co-founder bok bok, and new yorks willie burns whos recent release on l.i.e.s has been staple in erol alkans sets for musch of 2012. released on limited edition acid splash vinyl. artwork by greek artist dimitris rokos, label and postcard design by north internet

just three months after the dropping of the 100percent analog tracks roland rat / brain storm (bnr075) we proudly presents two idiosyncratically interpretations by 2 legends in electronic music roland rat got reworked by techno pioneer and our hero lfo (warp records), who sampled the rat and moduled it to death. the second remix comes from >the baron of techno< dave clarke together with mr jones, who turned >brain storm< into a straight and dark pumpin monster. enjoy!

subland the club home of subdivisions labels in berlin, has represented many subdivision nights that have encluded the likes of cooh, dean rodell & sinister souls, so it only felt fitting to invite some that have drunk mexicarner with us and stormed the caged dj booth to add there dubstep style and pressure to the original dnb sister label subtrakt

erol alkan & boys noize - roland rat/brain storm after their gobal impact releases waves/death suite (boysnoize records 2009) and avalanche/lemonade (phantasy sound 2010) erol alkan & boys noize teaming up again, using their sound forces to produce two new tracks roland rat and brain storm. following the enormous success of recent lemonade picture vinyl re-release and the rework of avalanche, that included jarvis cocker on the vocals, roland rat & brain storm are again two fun, unexpected & 100% analog tracks.

limited picture disc, with gesaffelstein & justin robertson rmxs

once again, erol alkan and boys noize have teamed up, for what has become a stunning re-imagining of last years smash single >avalanche<. determined to avoid a taking an obvious route, the pair originally intended to commision a spoken word interpretation - the natural choice was the melifluous jarvis cocker. on the remix tip the duo enlist the maestro himself ewan pearson, who supplies the deeper underground re-version, that reroutes proceedings to dubbed out berlin basement afterhours to stunning effect. not to be out done, hot talent canblaster interprets the original as a low-slung bleeptastic old-school electro workout that rounds the package off in glorious style.

the original track is already a club anthem but that didnt stop emalkay from stamping his hallmark, head-smashing bass-lines all over the place. whilst roska, on the other hand, does what he does best flipping caspas infectious synth horns into a lustrous funky affair with a lethal combination of dancefloor drum-lines and his incredible sub-driven synth jabs. proper party music!