valerio dittrich aka motsa grew up in the scottish highlands surrounded by various styles of british electronic music. this period of his life, and a lust for soulful music from any country or continent, has clearly left marks in his production style today. through the years he has collaborated and experimented in various genres to keep his output versatile. his current sound is somewhere between glitchy yet dance floor oriented beats and bass driven electronica.
includes remixes by roman rauch and lupo and a code for free download of this release.

ambivalent & michael l penman debut on ovum with *shimmer*. having found a very fruitful collaborative friendship, michael l penman and ambivalent (aka kevin mchugh) have begun exploring the intersection of their approaches to music-making. they originally connected when kevin discovered michaels music in 2010. after playing many of his productions in his dj sets and including them in a mix-cd (_ground) release for minus, kevin made contact and the pair began exchanging files and swapping ideas. this led to time in the studio together and yet more file exchanges. quickly a natural creative balance emerged as they found that their production techniques were complementary as is their shared love of groove, bass and musicality. for their ovum debut the duo have delivered a trio of tracks that have those three elements at their core. title track shimmer brings together raw jackin funk with a warm driving bassline and scything techy stabs whilst chevalier matches its fun bouncy groove with an infectious and spritely melody. final track memogram comes heavy with the oldskool, delivering a bed of beats and samples beneath the very heaviest of acid-kicks. not for the feint of heart!

brill house classic , incl kenny dope gonzalez rmx
special 2017 warehouse find

after 2012s la fin de lespèce, french hip hop producer klub des loosers returns with last days, his first instrumental album (springtales released in 2010 was more a collection of beats produced along the years).
includes free download code.

big with: tim sweeney (played on beats in space radio), gerd janson, axel boman, smallpeople, sotofett, oracy

featuring charlotte le rouge on vocals this is a haunting balearic song with sparse, but tense beats. the cosmic metal mother remix adds some sax and takes the track down to lower manhattan with a lounge lizards vibe. b/w a remix by label head dennis kane that brings the party vibe.

dave dk comes up with a delightful amalgam of swathing synths and heart-warming beats.

what do you get when you cross the legendary group harmony of the impressions, with the savvy production stylings of daptones very own master of ceremonies and guitar dynamo, binky griptite? easy, you get one of the finest collaborations that has ever been realized onto 7 inches of high quality vinyl. ladies and gentlemen we present to the greater daptone universe, the first single by the impressions in over 30 years. featuring original members, fred cash, sam gooden, as well as reggie torrian, who has been singing with the group since the early 70s - this single is the sweet soulful beauty you would expect from the impressions. no cheesy synthetic instruments or tryin-to-stay-contemporary beats here. this is real soul music played by a real band and how sweet it is!

- triple vinyl pack
- incl remixes from david morales, david holmes, howie b...

ikonika is one of the outstanding producers of her generation. her 2008 debut >please< (hyperdub), announced a forward thinking, highly melodic, twisted take on uk underground dance music. after further singles for planet mu and hyperdub, she went on to release one of the best albums of 2010 ‘contact, love, want, have’, receiving glowing reviews from the guardian, bbc, nme, fact, resident advisor, pitchfork among many more. her remix projects have included interpol, caribou, cubic zirconia and dj mujava.

daumen rauf fuer arts & lenis beitrag zum sommer, auf tach & nacht #006 gibt es sonnige beats zum mitswingen, ganz im typisch erfolgsverwoehnten style der beiden norddeutschen jungs. unterstuetzt diesmal von the one and only fipse drauf & dran, der holiday zum special remix verfeinert hat. und bunched, dessen mitswinger-mix zum traeumen einlaedt und tanzen mitreisst

special nice price action - 3rd release of copenhagen based aeaoeaa is a split ep composed and produced by artists philip nicolai flindt and emil alenius boserup. tenant delivers a sample based dusty house track. with a strong vintage-sound and an on-going chord-theme, tenant has strong references to classical techno/house and at the same time modern discofied beats. lager enters a darker universe with a straight forward beat and a noizy detuned chordtheme. straigh arrangement with an exploding bass figure. lager earns it dues in the deep frequencies

midnight moves. thats what comes to mind when you listen to cale parks s n1, preferably at an hour long after dusk has settled around you in some beautiful, insomniac city. parks finds – or more aptly, seeks – beauty and grace in ambience and shadows. n1 starts as pure atmosphere – it feels at first like a sort of lovely sonic nothingness slowly taking form – before growing into the darkly lit, gorgeous moodscape it later becomes. a sensual bassline, a pulsing downbeat, a cinematic piano, strains of italo disco, and the sensation of breezing down a lightless road. if you could make sensuous shapes of the night – imagine kneading the dark itself – it might, at the very best, feel like this. the task of remixing parks s original is taken up by french duo paradis, who can otherwise be heard making music on tim sweeney s beats in space label. the paris-based producers shine a brightening light on parks s dusky creation, quickening its pulse and trading in its darkwave undercurrents for enlivening techno and house. theres an element of floating here – a dreaminess in the rhythms, an astral aspect to the keys beaming through the beats. and with the addition of vocals, sung in french – a pop finishing touch on a song that already feels like an earworm – the transformation is complete. this excellent introduction to cale parkss music is also his debut release on the hakt label.

2013 repress / release number 6 from our label brings us oscar muleros latest work, proof that the new sounds hes experimenting with do not constitute at all a departure from his command of the rawest side of the purest techno. horses, oscar muleros new ep, takes us back to the mulero that the majority of the public will recognise, to the overwhelming sound that has led him straight to the top over the past two decades. the record opens with like a wolf: broken drum beats, sharp hats, fm basses and dynamic white noise drones whose energy never falters throughout the track. horses, the second track, gives the record its name and offers intricate rhythm programming, dark atmospheres and acid sounds that, as a whole, create a mental and hypnotic feeling. the closing track is in a silent way, which runs along similar lines to the previous two, but with less bpms and with an obsessive sequence that mutates and develops throughout the track leaving the listener with a mills aftertaste, but with a berliner touch.

after 17 years at the top of its game chronic is undergoing an evolution. from its beginnings as an undercover outlet for some of the scenes biggest names chronic has always kept its feet firmly on the dancefloor. with d&b now commercially accepted the world over, 2013 sees one of the scenes original no frills labels reborn, with a new look and a renewed passion to cater strictly for the underground on which this scene is built.
a new roster of fresh talent joining forces with established artists to produce what can only be described as raw, uncompromising drum & bass. switching between straight up rollers, deeper darker beats and dancefloor smashers. 4 huge tracks taken from the 20 track chronic rollers album this double pack gives a snapshot of the chronic sound, and you need that sub turned up loud to feel these – these tracks are not for daytime radio!
club support: bailey, bryan gee, crissy criss, dj hype, sub focus, dj marky, dj krust, dj craze and more!

moderat sind apparat (sascha ring) und modeselektor (gernot bronsert und sebastian szary). hier der bedächtige klangtüftler und pop-poet, dort die beiden techno-b-boys. beide acts stehen für die berliner elektronikszene jenseits der geraden bassdrum. modeselektor sind die großmeister der unterirdischen bässe und elektrisierenden breakbeats, apparat ist der feingeist der elektronischen popmusik. die verweigerung, sich mit dem vorhandenen abzufinden, schweißt die drei in einer künstlerfreundschaft zusammen. auf dem ersten album definierten sie 2008 den moderat-sound. wobbelnde bässe und zuckende beats auf der einen seite, apparats filigrane stimme auf der anderen: gerade der extreme kontrast erschuf das einzigartige moderat-gefühl. in den nächsten jahren wurden beide acts zu international bekannten künstlern. sie definierten mit bahnbrechenden alben den elektronischen sound der zeit. heute ist das spektrum emotional und stilistisch größer geworden. es gibt keine grundstimmung mehr. in elf tracks erzählen moderat ein facettenreiches und doch kompaktes epos. sie sind verführer und hooligans, grübler und partysäue. in ihrer welt sind partytaumel und tiefsinn kein gegensatz. sie lassen kein kapitel ihres elektronischen und ihres analogen lebens aus. im clash zeigen diese großen musikerpersönlichkeiten neue charakterliche facetten. so ist in dieser wiederbegegnung eines der großen alben der elektronischen popmusik entstanden.

swedish mastermind joel alter with a superb mixup between techno and house. incl trippy and driving samuel l session remix. klap klap!!

part 2 concludes killawatts largest body of music to date, the opposing rhetoric ep, a 6 track opus of truly progressive uk underground sound that melds his influences from dubstep and techno with expansive, high-tension sound design. the eps second triplet of beats feature his most overtly techno-focussed sounds yet, expanding his horizons and dropping the pace down to 125bpm, and delivers punishing dancefloor rigidity and bass-immersed sonic force. on black air, killawatt threads tightly coiled syncopations above a grinding 4×4 structure, and delivers a near-cacophonic but ultimately heavy full-sensory overload. the flipside is divided between the churning swell of dark industrial aesthetics on art of discourse, and the moody permutations of reactive technique, where rippling melodic shimmers provide accentuation to its pounding sub-density.

rhythm plates re-emergence through their pressed for time label continues apace on this second release, a split 12 inch that pairs a new cut from matlocks finest with solo productions from ant plate as yse and yse saint laurent. hissy warehouse beats, simple chord vamps and rapturous oh-vocals characterise yses dryish yet muscular 99% invisible, whilst plates yse saint laurent contribution when you love me pairs some r&b vocal sampling with drawn out synths and wispy percussion placed on top of a grooving bassline similar to bernard badies 09 mojuba hit move to the beat. rhythm plates submission, i think i ve dreamed this before adds a warming calmness to the ep, allowing a spirited synth line to traverse its arrangement like a geisha float-walking through an japanese garden of snowy arpeggios and moss covered basslines.

the next release on lo note uk sees the second installment of excursions, lo notes 10 inch series focused on the darker, more experimental sounds in underground electronic music. excursions 002 sees unknown london producer tum hulbruk make his debut with these two dark, stripped back cuts of raw mutant techno. intricate sampling, complex rhythms, and an awareness of space suggest a maturity beyond his years and a producer who has already developed his own unique sound. tough dancefloor beats for the heads.

tyree coopers all you need is house ep is a proud celebration of the genre, done chicago style and rammed home by marco’s wailing vocals. through solid drums and strong vocal hooks, coopers original beats down hard justifying the need for a 180g pressing. it rattles and hums until dropping into a tom-drum and snare solo similar to runaways *brooklyn club jam*. bobby starrs mix brings marcos teddy pendergrass-sung vocals to the fore, while milty evans gets a little techier with a cut up approach, adding white noise flashes and lots of filterwerk. cooper second take comes via a classic dub which draws a link between squelchy baile funk and a masters at work drum track.

visionquest’s ryan crosson, mighty duo tale of us and the unique aquarius heaven all unite for the into later habits ep - the next release on the visionquest imprint. a-side angel is a collaboration between crosson and tale of us, a multi-layered head trip with a moody intro of broken beats that builds with intricate textures until a rolling groove drives the track into another dimension. b-side head under water is structured around the penetrating and distinctive voice of aquarius heaven as he weaves a story of the importance of family and love. beginning on a sparse, ambient tip with electronic bleeps and fx, the track develops with a hypnotic percussive groove that vibrates beneath the powerful narration.

kicking in with analogue sounding toms a rather tense and high pitched string and some nightclub crowd samples, munichs henry gilles immediately brings the tension before dropping the beats and some serious funk.
pressing on translucent 10 inch vinyl.

limited 3x 12 inch summer pack

our third drop is a huge one. tomas malo (outernational, 20:20 vision) delivers two deep and gorgeous cuts of house music in its truest form, with nods to early blues and gospel fused with stunning chord work. remix duties are taken care by two of the industrys best: the inimitable manuel tur (freerange) and red-hot ben la desh (sleazy beats black ops, outernational, dirt crew).

limited edition of 300 numbered copies - 6 full length tracks including valance drakes remix + dj intros to each side, dspscratch noises, bonus fressh + ahhhh skipless and beat workout skipless breaks curtesy of ¬ae o¬e ... handmade covers featuring artwork by renard perplexe, 33rpm mastered without flat blasted dynamics please use your volume control knob.

deep in the caverns underneath shibuya district in tokyo there is one of the most debouched club nights the city has ever scene. this night known only as mass has been a stalwart of techno for over 10 years and is still going strong. the label mass united is the bastard child of the club night and on this release features k.n., cydeboard, dj 2.003 and yoshinori, the crazed cosmonauts that spin the tracks that define the club night. this release is step inside that world with deep and mad styles over club floor beats.

nice price deal !!! oh how we love the dancefloor and its magic! every weekend we lose ourselves in endless grooves and jacking beats. we forget about time and space and let the music hypnotize us. we move our bodies. we sweat and feel happy and high. for moments like this snuff trax 009-b with tracks by affie yusuf, john red hawk, ricardo miranda and arttu was made. dedicated to all you dancers out there.

opener getting run down loops up a nagging hip hop sample over skittering dukey beats and washes drifting pads and spacey keys over the top for a hypnotic late night groover. reach out goes at a calmer pace, but revolves around intense builds, insistent polyrhythms and detroity riffs for a bit of hypnagogic drama. on memix duties, om unit does what you hope hes going to do, injecting reach out with seemingly infinite swathes of space and bottom end, looping about at his own pace, but with that constant sense of om unit purpose. nphonix closes out proceedings with a tweaky, rubbery acid style workout that will find friends in bass and house camps.

vinyl edition - double pack #2: omar-s new album thank you for letting me be myself, is alex smiths best album to date. the fourteen tracks on this disc demonstrate smiths studio prowess and his dynamic range as a producer - from uplifting house to raw techno beats and acid! albums dont come much better than this one...listen for yourself!

vinyl edition - double pack #1: omar-s new album thank you for letting me be myself, is alex smiths best album to date. the fourteen tracks on this disc demonstrate smiths studio prowess and his dynamic range as a producer - from uplifting house to raw techno beats and acid! albums dont come much better than this one...listen for yourself!

cavaan is the alter ego of a rather well known berlin producer and his fellow from milan. the duo debuts with their very much loved project. they feature a studio-recorded wonderful vocal on this hypnotically modern percussive house affair titled black snow. the original track grooves on some free swinging retro percussions and beats from the 80s machinery and a softly moving house-beat making this a very subtle killer for any dancefloor. while the vocals carry the track as light as a feather it is after the breakdown that things get really musical - you will hear yourself while listening the melodies and sequences. for the remixes turdjr has aligned a high-quality and diverse array of a current top producer. one of heidelbergs coolest kids on the block, lopazz knows that every track gets better with a lot of handmade music-and he sure is right in his interpretation of black snow. last not least i is under on the flip which is one of these tracks that sucks the listener in so deep that there is simply no escape: repetitive yet constantly changing and constantly grooving while remaining very pure! this release is filled with tracks that will long echo on the dancefloor!

tach&nacht proudly presents: oliver rado! der hamburger dj und produzent ist bekannt für seine gefühlvollen edits und remixes. auf minas verbindet oliver rado dieses nun mit treibenden beats und tiefen bässen. absolut tanzbar und voller emotionen, geht ins bein und unter die haut.

slinky title trk w/quirky synth, chants & huge stereo field. ‘freespin’ is dubby slow house w/swimming chords’evil outing’ is darker tech-house w/percussive energy. q-burns abstract message remix trades live house beats, backwards pads & spiraling synth.

4 hard techno reworks that are all equally ready for the dancefloor. heave beats to allign with the of course sample laden vibe. excellent reworks as always. unknown artists.

parisian acid crew minimum syndicat drop their trademark techno on pareto park, with an ep of industrial beats, evil acid and brooding analog synths. spanish techno mainstays exium remix the title track, fracturing the beat into an intricate broken rhythm underpinning evolving bleeps and dark synths. four tracks of warehouse techno for peak time play.

passarella death squad are back with an new ep and once again open up a world of brooding, twisted emotion brought to life by their unique sound. giant ep commences its twisted journey with french vocalist emilie albisser s style beautifully on blue lips running in parallel across thundering basslines, and clipped layered synth sounds. title track giant leads with a vangelis style combination of fear inducing sounds that entwine in perfect time with emilies ethereal voice, from a future where hope is dwindling the stars and stripes is an enigmatic homage to the home of electronic beats - detroit. where drexciya channels drone in a fiercely uplifting mantra to the power of america. giant ep ends with untitled which aptly wraps off this musical journey using metallic sounds melded together taking you back to that beijing smog with huge led screens and too many people.

mobach drops his lush melodic debut album cold rain on syncom data records. four years after his metrobots twelve inch mobach delves deeper into his unique hybrid form of techno, house, electro, dub and downbeat experimental electronics. ten tracks full of infectious melodies, clever beats and weird soundscaping that creates this typical mobach audiosyncratic world, probably best reflected in the beautiful artwork, also from the hand of the artist.

julie marghilano and miss jools team up on chasing illusions for the 5th release on hypertone. the original mix features mz sunday luv and brings bass laden beats speckled with seductive vocals. noel jackson drops a hot percussion heavy mix while scott kemp & cris j strip down the original. limited to 250 copies and no repress

ltd 2013 repress
prime numbers return with m7. the first side is taken by a remix of wireman’s >armour<, the original of which was included on pn04 released at the end of last year. the remix is from move d (deep space network, source records), he ups the tempo and in trademark fashion softens the surfaces of the original, warming the core of the track whilst creating a bass heavy groove with twisting beats, synths and a husky hypnotic vocal sample. the flip includes two tracks. to start we have >crushed< by actress. darren j. cunningham aka actress runs the much lauded werk records and this track is taken from his limited cd only album >hazyville< (released on werk in the autumn of last year ) >crushed< is slo-mo, extra bass heavy, low slung house with an addictive lofi synth riff and submerged strings. the track bumps along with hiss and crackle to good affect before turning into a badalamenti-esque loop to finish. to round things off be, the up & coming manchester based producer provides >when you left<. be cut his teeth with the chicago based still music and a great al hudson reedit which found extensive dj support on its release. >when you left< is a shuffling downbeat house groove with a jazz sentiment featuring deep rhodes keys and clipped drums, the track breaks up into a bluesy accapella section then builds up to a more direct 4/4 groove to the end

this is the third and last release of >unknown possibilities 3< trilogy. >unknown possibilities 3-1<, the first title of the series, was released in 2005, and the second one, >unknown possibilities 3-2<, followed in 2006. both of them were released only on vinyl from torema records. all tracks on this double pack were remastered by rashad of dubplates & matering to offer even more beat-oriented sound

herrmutt lobby is back for more. their third release on eat concrete (one as bretzel zoo) reveals a more soulful and laidback sound then ever before. the new haters gonna hate ep reaches beyond their previous material but still comes with their own style of improvised beats, lowend bumpers and weird time signatures.

debut ep from one of houses best kept secrets: kask! dont let the newcomer status leave you doubting, kasks sound is timeless: the entire ep is a soulful blend of stomping beats and synth manipulations! thick bass lines and jazz chords hover over beats without being shy of experimentation! were sure youll be keeping up with kask after this release!

compilation w/ acts & bands that played at the off istanbul festival...incl. acts like grup ses...the comp. is especially interesting for the tracks by the acts daire 2 & klaustro...check it out!

piticu and jeefo, most valuable updates to the thriving romanian scene, are sharing sides at the latest release by arma label. warm morning beats in >arzi unde< and >moa phoa< give the idea of what piticu is doing to late dancefloors getting people on board for continuous euphoric journeys. jeefo develops his sound as if it were a motion. sharp and focused >attack< is a persistent virtual flight that goes through the array of stunning futuristic objects. >limonada< has more close-ups and the intimacy much needed to enjoy the beauty of idealistic soundscapes

rebirth is proud to present agorias beautiful track for one hour featuring scalde for a release in 2013!
originally released by infine in 2010 and a classic in the sets of ame and dixon, for one hour features the amazing vocals from scalde, complemented by a soaring violin, dessicated horns and agoria s typically rhythm pattern. epic and elegant.
the package include new mixes from oxia, paradis, jack dixon and kosme. the parisian duo paradis follow their release on tim sweeneys beats in space with a very special remix, a late-night melancholic and sophisticated reinterpretation with soaring vocals,an effective synth lead, and a deep bass to die for. man of the moment jack dixon strips back the vibe of the original in an entirely different direction, focusing on drums, bass and vocal snippets to create a peak-time dub version. oxia delivers a special reprise version, while kosme gives us a weird trippy mix with a solid drum pattern, reminding the old basic channel vibe.

hot on the heels of his sweet & spicy ep on the w label, dj w!ld now unleashes rainbow in my pocket ep. the four tracks see w!ld at his most underground and dirty, it is 3am music for when the freaks come out. another must have ep from a man at the very top of his game!

it s almost spring here in los angeles, and jesse rose is chugging along with the 12x12 series, this time with dance with me. two versions of the track here - one for the chi-town house heads and one for the dusseldorf beat junkies. wherever you are in the world, have a dance with us! ltd vinyl copies available

character is techno as you can expect it from deetron: deep but uplifting, refined but powerful. the b side drives on a catchy vocal and goes more toward the (deep) house spectrum, but with a punchy kick to keep that dancefloor going. swiss funk!