we are not where we live, but the valley we built enjoyment through suffering. beauty in chaos. african ghost valley apply these principles to create their heavy doomsday electronics pulled in from the black bunker a d.i.y space under a multi-story car-park. separated from any scene on the surface, the record was put together by european / canadian duo childle grangier and gabriel ghebrezghi a partnership formed in the heat of heavily improvised recording sessions, where the pair would thrash out their versions of power electronics, industrial waste drops and rhythmic dub rumble to the cities homeless. keeping these raw fnal cuts away from any studio trickery, the microphone would be left on to archive feld recordings and wayward audio drops, capturing the hum and lifeblood of the bunker and the wheezing lungs of the dense concrete that surrounded them. titling this work colony, the album is a open-ended and multi-edged tool for agv to explore, allowing the listener to interpret the work as they see ft, bringing to mind images of corroded space settlements and the darkest recess of human history. you decide.

the new mic label launches with some previously unreleased and unheard material from uk diy jazz funk maverick, mike collins, or more the brains behind that spacey loft classic, rude movements as sun palace. mic presents a small archive of collins material (recorded around and after the time of rude movements) and reveals the more experimental side of collins production. five tracks that explore early, proto-house music, electro and fascinating drum machine observation. essential issue!

pino presti comes back in 2018 on best record italy with another top class disco production. this time featuring the hot voice of roxy robinson on three unreleased extended disco songs from his 1977 quality archive. the drum groove is enriched by the percussions played by one of the biggest italian drummer tullio de piscopo.

to kick-start 2018, happy skull serve up a rare ep from italy s d arcangelo brothers. the sibling duo have been active since the early 1990s, when they played a pivotal role in shaping the sound of roman techno alongside contemporaries lory d, leo anibaldi and their automatic sound unlimited production partner, max durante. in the two decades that have passed since, fabrizio and marco have consistently delivered off-kilter, futurist electronic masterpieces for the likes of nature, analogical force and, most famously, rephlex. the four tracks contained on this happy skull outing are not re-discovered archive cuts, but rather fresh slabs of mind-altering musical intoxication. the alternating bliss and acid-fired psychedelia of -saba tree-and the creeping late night paranoia of -pull seven- set the tone. the effervescent fun continues on the flip, where saucer-eyed chords and idm electronics combine on the rush-inducing -13th cider-. to finish things off fabrizio and marco treat us to -korty-, a mesmerizing, deep space slow jam full of backwards electronics and rumbling flashes of sub-bass.

summing up 2017, skudge dug through the archive material from the formative years of 2009 and 2010. for the keen ear and reflective soul, the basis of the much-liked skudge sound is present here in a updated, perhaps more refined record. while working hard to pursue a specific set of labels, sound and aesthetic, skudge 011 presents us a welcomed look into the retrospect of their unique sound

more fire from aaron broomfields archive, here we have two sought after sides. im gonna miss ya was transferred from tapes by aaron himself and is a brilliant boogie joint thats highly coveted on many scenes for good reason. on the flip we have got the super rare and relatively unknown does anybody really know, one for the heads, no master exists for this but jeremy underground kindly lent me his minty copy to master from, jeremy is a man who possess extremely good taste in modern soul and disco and who we will be working with more in the future

trevor jacksons second release on his unreleased archive recordings label pre is a heady collection of subterranean minimalist synth jams, blissful technicolour textures, somber distorted drones and expansive cosmic soundscapes. recorded during 2010-2014 with a limited analog vintage hardware set up elka sythex, roland jupiter 6, roland 808, roland chorus echo, bel bd80 delay & tape, these solo recordings were created at unearthly hours as lengthy improvised compositions and cathartic personal experiments. heavily manipulated using classic effects units, harmonic layers slowly evolve, arpeggiated melodies mutate, discordant drum machines and fractured voices merge elegantly into noise. design your dreams is jackson at his best, uncompromising and considered, progressive and unique.

killer early 90 s digi style from the riz records archive......produced by uk reggae pioneers and musical stalwarts the boombastic crew aka nick manasseh (roots garden records) and gil cang (tuff scout) previously only available on lp.....now lovingly made available on pristine 7- vinyl from partial records

max 1 per customer - no backorder possible - sold out by supplier ... 4 archive tracks (produced early 2000s) of strange and melancholic pop from crammed discs singer, sonoko. the latest from ghent s stroom! the label say japanese/french, girlish, mysterious, sensual, always longing, a bit out of this world, but in a way also open and frank.

first release on trevor jacksons new unreleased archive recordings label pre- is a timeless collection of twisted techno, militant ebm and filthy electro produced by jackson himself and featuring vocals from douglas (nitzer ebb) mcarthy & chloe from c.a.r. originally produced in 2003 as a playgroup side project, pinklunch made its debut with a demo track on a dj hell international deejay gigolo compilation, tracks also appeared on compilations for the exclusive parisian department store collette and the berlin club f.u.n. the album lay in hibernation for nearly 15 years, gathering digital dust, rediscovered in 2014 trevor lovingly re-edited and remastered the original mixes as well as getting guest vocalists douglas mcarthy from nitzer ebb and chloe from c.a.r to appear on two tracks.

suction records is proud to present the 4th and final volume of rx-101’s “ep” series of vinyl releases, showcasing a selection of standout cuts from dutch producer erik jong’s vast archive of previously-unreleased techno, idm, acid, and electro, recorded to cassette from 1997-1999. roland’s cover-star instruments, the sh-101 and juno-106, play a prominent role in ep 4’s sound - a playful mix of joyous, sometimes haunting synthesizer melodies, and raw, crunchy percussion. from the early-squarepusher melodies of opener themis, to the eerie boards of canada-like nostalgia of transmission, ep 4 delivers 6 tracks of classic late-90s electronix, with rx-101 affirming himself as an unheralded master in the rephlex/warp/skam domain.

following the success of last years reissue of vox populis aither, emotional rescue returns to the french / persian band with the first of two albums selected from their considerable archive. first, their experiments between 1984 and 1989 in what are essentially pre-aither sessions, magiques creations is in essence, an album of the imagination.

mit -galvany street- und der kombination aus modernen beats und sounds und 80er und 90er pop-referenzen, gelang booka shade in kooperation mit archive-sänger craig walker anfang 2017 das ambitionierteste werk ihrer karriere und das wichtigste seit ihrem meilenstein -movements- (2006). nun erscheint zum jahresabschluss ein superlimitiertes boxset mit 2xcd, lp, den drei 12--vinylen, sowie einer brandneuen pure audio bluray mit dem vollständigen album plus der extended version eines bonustracks in dolby atmos-mixes. kompatibel für alle bluray-player, erfährt man mit diesem für multikanal-filmsoundtracks entwickelten format eine einzigartige 3d-klangdimension und erhält zusätzlich headphone surround 3d-mixes für kopfhörer und hochqualitative stereo-dateien in 24bit/48khz. das boxset erscheint in edler, weisser vinyl-box mit schwarzer banderole (im original-album-artwork) und ist auf weltweit 300 stück limitiert.
- packaging: weiße stülpdeckelschachtel (316 x 316 x 30 mm) mit schwarzer banderole (im original-album-artwork)

inhalt:
pure audio blu-ray (dolby atmos mixes)
2cd galvany street (ltd. 2cd deluxe edition)
lp galvany street
12- babylon
12- numb the pain
12- loneliest boy/just like tonight

gray sky, desolate moor, cold wind and almost anechoic silence, that melt with raw and intimate sounds, acid synths and powerful rhythms. this is the vision of scena_731 label, with base in the hard city of rotterdam, holland. in this release the trio yari greco, ontal and ryuji takeuchi, has clear ideas, a label careful to the digital, but that finds its true and primordial analogical essence in vinyl, in order to -set/fix it-, some of the best releases in limited editions. the third release is on vinyl, sc731003 lp is the summary of an exactly -archived- path, collected and matured in the years from combined experiences of its producers. supported by bas mooy, orphx, violet poison, violet poison, paula temple, isolated lines, orde meikle, eomac, mindcut music, the zone fm, reclaim your city, and more...

acid jazz are pleased to announce details of the definitive leroy hutson compilation – anthology: 1972-1984.
a legend to soul fans, his catalogue has been increasingly sought after by collectors and producers since the last time it was widely available nearly 20 years ago.
college friends and early collaborator with donny hathaway then hand-picked as curtis mayfield’s replacement in the impressions, his solo career resulted in 7 albums for mayfield’s curtom label. they are considered some of the greatest of the era and the very best music from them is collected here.
licensed from mr hutson himself, this represents his first approved anthology, and comes in a beautiful package with an essay by soul expert and mojo award winning writer tony rounce and memorabilia and photos from mr. hutson’s own personal archive.
the first single lifted to preview the album – the previously unreleased positive forces has been championed at 6 music by gilles peterson who described it as one of the most important discoveries of the past ten years.

&#65279,,,jj funhouse compile thier long time favorite selections of dr. c. stein goodies. assembled from the plays for you cd-r (trumpett), the long sold out echo trip lp (treue um treue) and some obscure cor- ners of the trumpett archive. we couldn’t be more happy with this perfect dream sequence of softspot hitters. (limited to 500 copies)

collected works 1996-2017 champions an oft overlooked aesthetic in contemporary techno, opting for radiant bliss over darkness and placing the listener in enveloping soundscapes, admirable for their sheer detail and arrangement whilst never losing sight of the dancefloor.the realisation of this project follows a 3 year period of co-writing, programming and engineering on the new unkle album the road part 1, which is now released. since 1996, an accomplished career as a producer, and sound engineer has granted him releases on labels including tresor, delsin, void, archive, rush hour and ferox, as well as a monthly residency at tresor in berlin

mint condition - a reissue label focussed on excavating the outer fringes of classic house and techno. unreleased mixes, classics and overlooked gems mined from the last 20+ of contemporary dance music are the order of the day. from chicago, detroit and new york to london and beyond, mint condition have got their expert digging hats on to bring you exclusive heat and those rarer than rare jams that have been on your wants list for years! dig in....
hot on the heels of his relief sevensixty ep we are pleased to announce the latest instalment of jaime read cuts from the vaults. the target this mf ep is another collection of golden-era jams from read’s envious archive. steeped in history, these infamous tracks are now seeing the light of day again. you only have to have a quick online search to read the fascinating story of the journey of this music and then maybe this ep title will make sense!

in physics, entropy is a quantity generally described as the measure of disorder within any kind of thermodynamic system, including the universe. it counts the microscopic states that system can assume when open, interacting with others or getting altered by external conditions.
thus, entropy makes for the perfect description of the way ilpo väisänen (pan sonic, i- lp-o in dub) and dirk dresselhaus (schneider tm, a s s, locust fudge) have approached music creation since the establishment of their collaborative project angel (now die angel) in 1999. allowing energy to flow freely through machines, bodies and different acoustic conditions, they’ve generated a powerful archive of mutating sonic states. a kind of creative attitude that favors exploring the physical complexity of unstructured electronics.
that’s where the title for their first release on cosmo rhythmatic comes from, “entropien” being the finnish word and the german plural for entropy. getting back to the stripped down set of their beginnings (modular synths, effects, and processed guitar), they’ve come out with one of their most, intense, rawest and noisiest albums to date, showcasing an impressing scale of dynamics while attacking the senses with belligerent tones. oren ambarchi also shows up on two tracks, intertwining his drums, field recording, and guitar within the duo’s discordant layers.
entropien i is dedicated to mika vainio. may your soul rest in peace.

felt sense recordings delivers a four track compilation for its second release - moving and brooding techno par excellence from the local community.
an archive of a locality, the indirect but palpable influence felt by musicians of a similar ilk occupying the same city. transient experiments in dance-purposed electronics indelibly committed to wax.

‚cosmic future groove’ landet in der nächsten galaxie… auf volume 2 gravitieren sage und schreibe 18 bisher unveröffentlichte spaced out disco, funk & elektronik grooves! aus den tiefen diverser library musik archive aus deutschland, england, frankreich und den usa gezogen, präsentieren sich die verschollensten perlen in ganz neuem gewand! kaum einer der tracks existierte bisher in der digitalen welt, lediglich auf den originalen library lps, die auf diversen gebrauchtmärkten von rare groove und elektronik djs gejagt werden und ihre besitzer zu horror-summen wechseln…
pressung auf blau-transparentem vinyl.

following on from his stellar record store day 2017 double-pack, dimitri is back with another clutch of indispensable disco edits from his impressive archive for the legendary salsoul label. any self-respecting dj or disco-lover will be brimming over with excitement upon looking at this impressive selection of tracks, all respectfully and lovingly tweaked by disco-dim. salsoul orchestra s ooh i love it (love break) kicks things off, a true blue classic, just gently touched in all the right places and extended in the best possible way. following up is skyy s total anthem first time around , a classic garage groove and dimitri s version is near perfect, again, re-touched by someone who truly understands what disco all about! essential stuff. on the flipside the jammers - be mine tonight , is another massive garage smasher, here dimitri almost edges shep pettibone s og mix into the boogie stratosphere, just incredible! it makes perfect sense that this amazing double-pack should finish on one of dimitri s most sought after edits - love committee s just as long as i got you , an epic slab of soulful, almost dark, disco. absolutely huge

june records presents rr hearse - call of oedipus. completed between 1981 and 2013, call of oedipus is a collection of solo works and collaborations of rr hearse with s/m, a.rib and mr. cricket. the tracks were recorded live at concerts on greek university campuses, squats, in studio as well as in rr hearse s bedroom. this mini lp is a never released before document of the greek underground music scene, transferred from cassettes and reel-to-reels s from rr hearse s personal archive. very limited!

ltd repress --- after his comeback album on morphine in 2014, sote marks his return to rhythm by taking part in repitchÆs 10inch series with a banging twotracker extracted from his more than 20 years old unreleased archive. ôneuroenhancerö produced in 1995 is a heavyduty techno drilling machine, pairing an oldschoolmillslike groove with a throbbing mass of modular synths. on the other side ôin music i trustöÆs main engine is an incandescent hardcore/jungle beat, haunted by spacedout vocals in the darkness. the track was produced in 1997 with friend æsafarÆ a san francisco based dj/producer, shortly after sote&#835,,,,s initial experiments with jungle and drum n bass pre his warp ep in 2002.

after his banging ep 1 on aus, tee mangos back for the 5th installment in his tribute project, inspired by the much referenced theo parrish quote: love of the music should be the driving force of any producer, performer or dj. everything else stems from that core, that love. with that love, sampling can become a tribute, an expansion on ideas long forgotten, reconstruction, collage. time is now time is now comes off like adamski era seal rerub for the small hours. replete with hypnotic looped piano and drums sounding like they were lifted from vaughan mason s raze house archive. simply sweet sweet electronic music. make it last forever the b side is tee mango on home turf, with a selection of choice samples under his cap (from a record you might recognise), some simple loose sampled drums and a smattering of dub delay. love for this series coming from: axel boman, benji b, artwork, fred p, and a heap of others. these tribute releases sell out pretty quick, my hunch is that these will not hang about.

italys electrorites, holds a promising status among techno-heads. having released with the likes of decoy records, afu limited & morforecs - and simultaneously running his labels: nightmare factory records, shout records, he now brings forth his latest project, archives vol.1 with his new label structures records. technological/ computer-esk sound semantics make up the infrastructure of archives vol.1. the application of effects, whether itÆs arpeggiated midis or filter distortion, adds a driving personality to each production - with the potential to not only mesmerise, but trigger primitive urges among lovers of the genre. accentuation of coarse factors result in a full bodied synth lead that navigates the bulk of 001. octave separations anticipate drama and leave mood to the imagination. whether the track is experienced as dark or uplifting, itÆs sure to accelerate the energy of any early hour endeavor. dextral maneuvers within the detuned arpeggio emphasise an aphotic hysteria within 002. punctuated by a throbbing kick, dark landscapes of industrial chaos are brought to mind. classic layer exploitation is evident within the last production, 003. the automation of fades has been enforced in a way that teases the listener, intrinsic to the classic techno anthem.

blake baxter is undoubtedly detroit techno royalty. his unique style and sound has always found fans around the world since his first releases back in the late 80 s. we decided to reach out to blake here at mint condition hq and we were hugely under-prepared for the reply we d get back from him. master tapes?! we said - yes said blake. ok, who wouldn t wish to hear unreleased mixes and versions of some bonafide detroit techno classics we thought? that s what you re going to get with mint condition number 12, some unheard, unreleased, straight from blake baxter s 4 track tape stash heat. as you re all aware, 1991 s seminal prince of techno ep originally came out on underground resistance and we ve been given exclusive permission to reissue the ep (almost) in it s entirety, the only difference being that this pressing doesn t include vision of truth and features unheard versions of the other tracks that appeared on that ep as well as the original, classic mix of when a thought becomes you . yes, blake dug deep for us in his archive and we are proud to present this important document of classic detroit techno, never before heard - until now. exciting stuff! when a thought becomes you has been legitimately re-released with the full involvement of all license holders for 2017 and remastered by london s curve pusher from the original sources especially for mint condition. 100% legit, licensed and released. dug, remastered, repackaged and brought to you by the caring folks at your new favourite reissue label - mint condition!

re issue of timmy thomas s long sought after -afrcaino- 12- excavated from the deepest realms of the tk disco vaults. when it comes to this deep disco cut, africano is one of those tracks that became a dancefloor favorite of danielle baldelli who during the 80s played disco, african records, american r&b, and reggae to create what has been since become known as the afro-cosmic scene at the height of club culture in the discotheques of northern italy. remastered, represented and brought back into focus for 2017 s dj bags and dance-floors! as usual, these tk represses are always done in the proper manner. 100% legit re-edits, from the archive, remastered and released in conjunction with henry stone music / tk disco - miami fl.

reissue of elton s third album as part of the initiative to have a greater representation of elton s catalogue on vinyl in the marketplace, to tie in with the celebrations of elton s 70th birthday year and 50 years of the writing partnership between elton john and bernie taupin in 2017. all tracks remastered from the original analogue tapes by bob ludwig at gateway mastering, portland, maine, with vinyl cutting by sean magee at abbey road studios, london. artwork faithfully reproduced from original archive material.

lvis mejías third release is a self curated selection of his renewed old recordings. lostoys is the result of a well-polished archive looking through the glass of composed atemporality. perceiving it as a full circled voyage wandering through jazzy hues, adventurous electronica, analog warmth and edgy digital synthesis, lostoys represents his most ludic material released, so far.

it took me a couple of years get invited to christophe de groot’s (aka circadian rhythms) homebase, and a couple more years to dive into his sonic archive. but time tells and basic moves 02 is what came out. the two tracks were recorded at earguard studio in brussels around 1996, at a moment when his interest was moving away from club music towards other golden musical horizons. “frequency” is a macro tech-house track in mid tempo.
i’m super happy i could archive it on wax because we almost fucked up the master dat tape by blowing up the player during a marathon listening session at his place. we had to open the device, unroll the tape across his house (full of records) and fold it back into the mini dat cassette. after a few hours and twenty metres of tape, the problem was solved and the tracks archived: “a dose of authenticity at a time of post-counter-cultural stagnation”. “house speaker call” originated in proto-techno forms. christophe never sees techno as a type of music but as a process. as a producer, collector and deejay he always dives deep into authentic forms of electronic music. deg’s antic personality shines out in the middle of the harsh beat-driven electro/techno track like a hopeful melody passing by on its elliptic orbit. tune your cells into his vibrations and get ready for these two timeless club tracks.

3 overlooked jams on one 12inch single, excavated from the deepest realms of the tk disco vaults. remastered, represented and brought back into focus for 2017s dj bags and dance-floors. side a sees wizzdom s 1980 boogie jam free bass kicking off proceedings. a p-funk-ish, low slung jam indeed, it has everything you d want including some furious five esque shouts of free-bass! weaving in and out of the mix. this one is a true heads cut, one for the diggers! over on side b we get jimmy bo horne s slamming is it in? - a stomping piece of disco-funk that in the right hands will cause maximum damage. also, jimmy s mildly double-entendre lyrics are hugely entertaining! following up we have a cut from herman kelly & life, a refreshing love was an lp only release and is some serious downtempo latin tinged soul super soaked in miami sunshine! all in all, 3 majorly overlooked gems nestled away in the tk archive now brought back into the light. as usual, these tk represses are always done in the proper manner. 100% legit re-edits, from the archive, remastered and released in conjunction with henry stone music / tk disco - miami fl.

dritte und letzte 12inch auskopplung aus dem aktuellen booka shade-album galvany street mit archive-sänger craig walker. während loneliest boy an die genialen pop-ohrwurm-qualitäten der pet shop boys erinnert, bewegt sich das bislang unveröffentlichte just like tonight in richtung der besten momente von new order. beide tracks erscheinen in unveröffentlichten single(pop) und extended(club)-mixes und komplettieren als quasi doppel-a-seiten-maxi in perfekter weise die aktuelle 12inch trilogie von booka shade mit craig walker.

smile&stayhigh is label based in bologna and founded by dj cream.
pure house music for da blazers!

archive tracks from this much revered new jersey duo. we assume both the originals were recorded in the mid 80s. nieuwegein’s most warped mind parrish smith, on remix duty..tip! -smersh was the project of mike mangino and chris shepard. together they recorded more than 30 albums throughout the 80’s and early 90’s. their vision: rehearsal at monday night, record their improvisations, no live performances, only albums.

on thanksgiving 1989, kmart employee and audio enthusiast mark davis wandered behind the customer service desk to check out the store’s sound system, which looped muzak and top 40 plus ads and announcements under the banner of “kmrt, the kmart radio network.” when he found last month’s tape hadn’t been thrown out yet, he pocketed it and made a habit of doing this, collecting 56 tapes from 1989-1992. in september 2015, davis uploaded the tapes to archive.org with the humble intention of preserving them. but within a few weeks he became an internet celebrity among obscure media fans and supplemented the collection with reel-to-reel tapes from the 70s and 80s thanks to tom schwarzrock, who acquired them serendipitously along with a deck he purchased. the tapes are like a consumerist time capsule, a vaporwave trove of eerily familiar corporate ephemera extracted from its original context and purpose. similarly, attention kmart choppers is composed of pieces from this collection chopped up, resculpted, and mosaicked together by juicy the emissary, forming a new, distinctly contemporary sound while inheriting a haunting nostalgia that provokes memories burrowed deep in the subconscious

peripheral minimal is proud to present the new 12inch by the french electronic pioneer, philippe laurent, entitled, phoenix. this will be philippes second release on peripheral minimal after the infectious synthetic classic 12inch, mithra. phoenix is a three track ep featuring two brand new tracks on the a-side, phoenix (featuring philippe s trademark robotic vocals), and, agapao. meanwhile over on the b-side, we have the 13-minute electronic opus and highly representative of his early work, exposition 4, a never before released track from philippes extensive archive, and recorded in 1982. the e.p. is representative of philippe s latest forays into contemporary synth music, but still with a retro futurist edge and influenced partly by german pioneers kraftwerk/late 70s kosmische and au courant electro/synthwave acts, fitting into the current enthusiasm for early 80s synth pop and minimal wave. the ep is presented on white vinyl and limited to 300 copies. mastering by martin bowes @ the cage.

hiding slightly out of plain sight, australian producer mood j has been secretly crafting lush house jams for the last half decade bubbling just under the visible surface.
with the artist and asquith having briefly touched base at the beginning of the label’s journey, it took only a chance encounter in a ballarat bungalow in 2016 to reignite the flames of the artist-label relationship. jimmy surprisingly bumping into jon (mood j), as he was daze’s housemate in aus, whilst the lobster crew were on tour there.
mood j’s hard drive was stashed with archive of warm, sizzling, analogue studio tracks cooked to the nines, and so here we are just over 14 months later with the full epic debut in hand.

four high alert cyborg nightmare files. predictions of wars on hypergravity planet sectors in the distant future. fullmetal cyberspace. errand messages from off-world vegetation. “the mycelial body is as fragile as a spider s web but the collective hyper-mind and memory is a vast historical archive of the career of evolving intelligence on many worlds in our spiral star swarm”. support from.. perc, ancient methods, sunil sharpe, mumdance, joefarr, manni dee, j.tijn and jerome hill.

another side of steve rachmad. preceeds and album of archive tracks that shows the far reaching talents of this master producer.. tip!

after an amazing duo of vinyl releases from jordan fields and vincent floyd, chicago basement trax keeps banging out the jams! the boxed out ep sports another lost tape from jordan fields with oriental. no fake added noise here from this original 80 s synth and drum machine creation just more uncut raw from jf s archive that seems to have no end!! check out more old school and acid by jack jeremy williams, italy s giuseppe gatti and paris underground pushers wondernature! massive ep!

do you remember adolf filter… the swedish minimal electronics/synth duo? the 7” “the other hand on the knob” (petit enfant, 2008) is now a cult classic… the duo were also part of three compilations on enfant terrible… and now after all these years there is this new 7”… not truly new as these are tracks re-discovered from the et archive… but these two dark dance floor tracks are still way on top of the game… powerful and raw but catchy too… minimal elektro for both the old followers and new fans of the style…

brand new 2017 recut finally available on vinyl for the first time. 2xlp+mp3 in full original coverart. the legendary movie soundstrack based out of kingston, jamaica in april 2008, telling the story of the original vocalists and musicians involved. the sixteenth release on the moll-selekta label shares its title with a wonderful film, a heartwarming homage to the golden age of rocksteady. it documents the recordings being made for this very album at the tuff gong studios, kingston, jamaica in april 2008, telling the story of the original vocalists and musicians involved. excerpts from an all star reunion concert staged in kingston and older archive material complete the picture. never before in the history of jamaica, which already occupies a unique place on the world map of song, its sound embraced by western popular music, has such an illustrious collection of singers and players been assembled. the album showcases 15 rocksteady classics in sparkling, deeply inspired new versions, recorded in the studio which also played host to album sessions of a certain bob marley. under the musical direction of ernest ranglin, a guitarist of considerable renown not only on the reggae circuit, but also on the jazz scene, mixed by legendary engineer errol brown in duke reids employ at the treasure isle studio in the sixties - and freshly arranged by lynn taitt

for the past four decades, a growing cult of soul music collectors have sought two obscure lps and a handful of extremely rare 45s released on the vanity record label lad productions, inc. between the late seventies and the mid eighties by the mysterious south side chicago singer/song writer larry dixon. larry s raw songs capture the transition from r&b to boogie-down as disco was rapidly becoming extinct. they also perfectly illustrate larrys ability to overcome his environment and discrimination, transcended by his determination to write and produce music. with the support of his faithful musicians, larry s success was only hindered by lack of airplay and promotion, but his talent shines through. this is the story of larry dixon, his label lad productions, inc., and his friends and family throughout four decades of music in chicagos toughest neighborhoods. jerome derradji is proud to reactivate past due records the boogie funk division of still music to release this fantastic archive what many consider to be the holy grail of chicago funk, boogie and soul.

die zweite single aus dem neuen booka shade-album “galvany street” mit archive-sänger craig walker on vocals ist der disco-inspirierte feel-good-song “numb the pain”, für den das duo gleich zwei neue versionen abliefert: die knackig-kurze single version plus den clubfreundlichen extended mix, der an legendäre 80’er 12” mixes erinnert. wie üblich enthält jede singleauskopplung auch einen exklusiven, neuen bonustrack, hier ist es der instrumentale tech-house-tune “fade away”.

the thrid an final installment of archive material, selected by antinote. a killer suite if you ask us. tip!

‘h’ contains work retrieved from body boys’ archive, to be released in march 2017. body boys pulls strains from the past and interiorises the future throughout ‘h : the inaugural release for civilised life. hand stamped on white reverse board. previous work by the artist includes two cassettes and an lp on opal tapes, ‘growth window’ (2013), hood spectrum (2016) and ‘no face’ (2015). other released work includes a range of cassettes for indole, music for downers and strange rules. mastered by beau thomas. artwork by craig gallacher.

the arms of someone new fearlessly mix genres without sacrificing the unity of their vision. “’susan sleepwalking’ could as well be retitled ‘music for interiors’ - both architectural and of the mind” - the michigan daily 1985. all songs have been remastered for vinyl by george horn at fantasy studios in berkeley. housed in the original jacket featuring a blood red-tinted photograph with ghostly textures. each copy includes a 2-sided 11” square insert with lyrics and press clippings from the band’s archive.

the legendary west end records kick off 2017 with the a brand new re-edits series inviting like-minded producers with an underground thirst and a deep understanding of house & disco culture to collaborate on a very special project. first up, wolf music man medlar, applying his dancefloor know-how to west end’s rich archive of classic disco and boogie. hand picking four personal favourites, medlar reworks them perfectly for current club sets. picking out dub sections and skilfully reworking & extending them proving exactly why medlar has been such a draw to labels like delusions of grandeur and for discos only. “i put these edits together for myself and a few friends to play in our dj sets. west end was one of the key stepping stones to what would later become house music and for many is the definitive sound of early 80s new york. i d argue that it s aged better than any other label of that era and if you re relatively new to the label or know it inside out, the catalogue can likely still provide something new.” these four sublime new edits from medlar showcase his passion for digging deep, knowledge of house history and skills as a producer.