a little quiet so far this year but now one of the new power generation drum & bass production crews are back with an absolutely sick two part ep that is anything but quiet. michael willer and robert stefan aka body & soul have been busy, very busy creating what is undoubtedly their most explosive release to date on their own nasca records. get ready for a great big bag of awesome!
part 1 lets rip with the title track >shipwrecked<, with an ominous intro it sets the scene perfectly for whats to come with an outrageously horrid bass that snarls and pulls at its lead, snapping at anything that comes close. you d better start running though because when that lead breaks its gonna get you! add a nasty vox and the package is complete. demolition drum and bass that’s ready to take out the whole club!

part 3 of the legends series just gets better and better part 3 features eric prydz / tim deluxe & switch

once again another masterpiece from the dynamic reflection squad! this time its from the young guns dynamo with amazing remixes from the heavyweights peter van hoesen and samuli kemppi. dynamo is a collaboration between paul boex and marco rane.all n all a superior release by these young guns and remix heavyweights. lets pray for more of this pure quality stuff and keep our eyes on the the future. the scene need more labels like this which reflects the current techno movement and promises loads more of that sweet stuff in days to come. dynamic reflection will represent only the true spirit of pure techno, they will put only the quality stuff back on the dancefloor!

tsi returns with more dark, deep hypnotic hard techno goodness this latest installment of tsi. the >grinding machine< does just what the title intends. the same can be said for the adjective use in titling >dark, dirty & broken<. the people are asking who and where the secret initiative are from. tsi answers why does it matter? will knowing make the music sound better? the clues of whom it is be heard through the secret codeslocked in the grooves of the vinyl. listen closely and maybe you can piece it all together. if not listen closely and enjoy the music!

desolat is proud to present a release where veterans meet manon aka manon maeder has been part of the swiss techno and house scene since the early nineties. starting with illegal parties in bern, later involvement in legendary early days afterhours at the >oxa” in zurich, followed by first productions in 1996, residency at >hive< club and her involvement with the >vision< festival, manon is today probably more thrilling than ever before. for desolat, she delivers remarkable tracks that sound like a sonic snapshot of a balearic sunset. pat carnal speaks about manon getting lost in brasil 20 years ago and the conversation was recorded at one >formbar< afterhour. guitar virtuoso mats küpfer added his part at studio willeneger in bern. we d like to tell you more about >que cara é essa” but its probably better to listen to the music. first remix comes from another veteran and one of our heroes, stacey pullen, a kosmik messenger and an innovator from the second wave of detroit techno. he takes vocal snippets from the original and wraps them up in his trademark percussive, driving, stripped down sound. second remix comes from desolats own tini representing a new generation of electronic music talents. she turns manons original in a dark claustrophobic shaker that will gently take you by the hand and stay on your side until the next sunrise

deepe house-musik mit old-schooliger attitüde in perfektion! cavalier alias agnès ist für seine deep-dubbigen minimal-techno-produktionen bekannt. doch der schweizer, der auch als macher des genfer labels sthmlaudio umtriebig ist, kann auch anders. das beweist er unter dem pseudonym cavalier auf drumpoet community. die ep >a million horses< ist ein wunderbarer vorgeschmack auf das erste cavalier-album, das im herbst auf dem züricher label drumpoet community als doppel-lp und download erscheinen wird.

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the 12-inch sampler for >panorama bar 03< could have hardly been better. hitherto unreleased, the tree tracks on ostgut ton 47 tick all the boxes that make prosumer such a unique dj: house in its various identities. soundstore starts the triptych with >take u<. greatness and frantic fever visions go hand in hand while hitting the core of chicagos second wave: dance mania, cajual, and relief with siren-like hooks in a feverish delirium. irresistible. prosumers panorama bar fellow steffi slows down the pace. >sadness< that surprisingly did not make it on her album debut is not only the opener of the actual panorama bar mix, but also a tribute to that kind of deep house that doesnt take its prefix lightly. in the end, berlins hunee teaches you a freestyle lesson. in a similar way to the young pal joey, he feeds his sampler a well-known dish, but throws in peculiarity, rascality and deviation to get new results. after all the time, this music is still not getting a bit long in the tooth. lets take a love break.

taken from the brit funk cd we have some mighty fine edits from faze action / onur engin / ashley beedle & boy norty aka dave lee.

braille serves up a firing couple of tracks on rush hours direct current sub label.... tip!! braille is better known as praveen, who forms sepalcure together with machinedrum. he uses this new alias for his house orientated output. >the year 3000< is a vocal house mover of anthemic proportions. it craftily reworks a classic chicago house vocal and gives it new life back into the future. banging! >leavin without you< is built around a heartfelt vocal soul sample, which cuts in and out of the mix leaving room the music to take off leaving planet earth.

christian burkhardt returns with his fourth solo single for raum musik. the title track of this ep which is called >bass horse< has been produced together with reuben woods from cape town better known as mey. if you listen to the tracks that are featured on this ep you will find out that all of them have a different mood but still they all got the non reversible burkhardt funk. all killer - no filler!

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limited release of 300 copies and no additional information - better be quick!

repress on black vinyl ... luigi rocca (better known as marshall) is back withhis friends buratti on sphera, with a massive slamming tech housetune. as patners in this adventure we present two excellent remixers:the italian hugo (great stuff, mobilee, formatik, kling klong) and thefrench hero kiko (goodlife, rekluse, datapunk, break new soil)

this is the 4th and final release from our shake shakir re-issue series. three total corkers from the don!!! features an exclusive track, the other one.... tip! >the floor filler< is exactly as the title says. this disco frenzied track was originally released in 1997 as part of club scam ii. the track is still a valid club tool and will fill a floor for sure! >plugged in< is also taken from the same ep and reminds of carl craigs paperclip people tracks of that era. disco meets techno! on the flip we find >the other one< which is a track from the vault and has never before been released. detroit house doesnt come any better than this...

first pressing on marbled coloured vinyl! 10 inch in a hard plastic bag - better be quick on this special decks tipp!

manmade is back again with another collection of floor filling club bangers. this time with busta, one of the uprising beat kings from down under, timothy wisdom & the funk hunters, out of canada, with another shining example for unbelievable mashup work, and the well known funky breakbeat builder jayl funk from bavaria. as you expect cmc&silenta did it again with something for the ladies on the dance floor. check out the dynamite side! two versions on here, couldnt decide which one is better, both are killer tunes in different ways.

kicking off 2011 with a killer e.p. is our favourite artist art bleek featuring a number of remixes from the new art supplies album released on loungin this month plus some fresh cuts exclusive to this release. starting the e.p. is a floor filling remix of clap your hands by our own trevor loveys. the original has been out for a few months in the blogosphere and has been picking up some heavy props. next up is hold it (a little longer) where art shows off his true talent of the master of the musical groove with a rolling bass and a choppup vocal lick to keep the party rocking. flip over to side b and you would be excused if you thought someone had swapped the record out for a disco classic. with vox by noelle scaggs and a harmony that nile rodgers would be proud of arthur creates a boogie classic that is very much flavour of the moment. following on is an exclusive remix of the hunt dance featuring the unmistakable voice of ursula rucker. the original on art supplies has had such amazing reactions that we all thought it would be hard to better it, but again arthur has done it delivering a groover for the heads. finally is right on featuring l.as finest charlie sputnik. art delivers a more techy grove to this classic which is a sound he is becoming more recognised for which contrasts so will with charlies trademark smooth vocals.

who better to provide our first release from an artist based outside the uk than starkey? having worked with a who s who of grime including trim and p money as well as playing an instrumental part in pushing the sound overseas, no hats no hoods are proud to have starkey at the helm of our 15th vinyl release.always keen to focus on emerging as well as established artists starkey teams up with up and coming mcs merky ace and kozzie on >pc<, whilst delivering a high octane lesson in fluro-grime with the instrumental >peacekeeper< on the flip.

nice price deal !!! rippertons wonderful perspectiv imprint look to kick off their 2011 vinyl releases with the bribe em with candy ep. a debut on the label for german duo motec and daniel gelbe under their production pseudonym, eve white. some exquisite house tracks on this ep. lead track sugarbabe with its velvety tones and chocolate coated piano chords is the most delicious of starters. backed brilliantly by its timeless dub. its the cymbals that initially stand out on feel better. the open hats and ride shimmer alongside the twinkling keys. its unique vocal is underlain by an acid line thats contrast to the other elements, is the real key its success. rounding out the ep is anything goes. with pianos being the instrument of choice for eve white, its no surprise to find that the ivory rain-drops and warm throb of the rhodes are key here. this really is the finest of sunset and sunrise territory. bring on the summer!

the fifth neurhythmics release is a compilation of befriended artists, and this is reflected by the different interpretations of the individuals to what the labels sound is about. juergen provides the a-side with >common sense< a vocal-snippet driven house-track, that once again underpins his sound-aesthetics of having it sound live and mixed on the fly, straight out of the machine. the flip-side could not start off any better. quite possibly a future classic, >signature< by mike binary, has soul and emotion literally squeezed in between each of the effortlessly programmed beats, and has become one the favourite tracks at the neurhythmics hq to ever been put on the label. last but not least, >no other< by the dirty soul project (you will know these guys, but we were sworn to secrecy) firmly pulls the hand brake and slows things down to just over 110 bpm. this doesnt mean that this very hypnotic number isnt going to work in the early morning slots…au contraire, actually...

scb is a house/techno project by paul rose, better known as uk bass pioneer and hotflush recordings owner scuba. scb was born in 2008 with a now-seminal rework of >hard boiled< from the first scuba album, a mutual antipathy, and has since developed with two full 12inches and remixes of mount kimbie and phil kieran amongst others. >loss / futureunknown<, on will sauls aus music imprint, is the first original scb material to surface outside of roses own circle of labels. >loss<, with its space melodies and repeating vocal slices, builds and builds into a slice of pure unadulterated dancefloor joy, very much in keeping with the musical territory occupied by aus at the moment. on the flip side, >future unknown<, fills out the atmospherics with dark stabs and driving rhythms which eventually give way to an almost scuba-esque brand of floating euphoria

mintechsoftech is tonkberlins new ep for 2011 with two sides of different minimal sound. if you want to dance listen to the first side. if you want to relax listen to the second side.

fried tofu exists to bring some soulful sounds back into the mix. they have a militant approach to their output, selecting only the finest source material, and sympathetically reducing the ingredients to their raw, dancefloor friendly essence celebrating the often superior production of the 70s and 80s and avoiding the loudness wars which has seen club music recently distilled into an overcompressed and lifeless mass. far too many words have been wasted in the average release info sheet. so lets keep it short and let the music speak for itself.

a big blast coming here from multi talent broombeck. broombeck is known for some fine releases in the past on opossum rec. and terminal m, creating a big stir with his track >the clapper< in 2009. his track wtfai is a mega rocker coming with a monstrous vocal and a seductive speedy drum programming getting it to the die hard fans in a big way. broombecks trademark is dance floor energy exercised in perfection, this is a frenetic club smasher from the future with a big nod to the past. bassdriven techno on the highest level and frankly if you dont move your feet to this tune, you better retreat back home. the remix was done by m.in who teamed up with the frankfurt artists jonas fort his. the remix works great with a long intro and adding percussion step by step creating a rush in the second half that makes it a worthy companion.

first press in red vinyl ... luigi rocca (better known as marshall) is back withhis friends buratti on sphera, with a massive slamming tech housetune. as patners in this adventure we present two excellent remixers:the italian hugo (great stuff, mobilee, formatik, kling klong) and thefrench hero kiko (goodlife, rekluse, datapunk, break new soil)

maurizio vitiello delivers the ninth release for the bauns imprint he set up with gianni pellecchia in 2007. entitled aint nobody, the ep is 4 tracks of low slung tech-house imbibed with the sort of off-kilter,drunken funk that the prolific italian producer has become known for.

it really is an unbelievable honour for us that we may release this fantastic track by von spar, a track that might as well be found on their outstanding album >foreigner< from 2010. maybe it is because we are such a big label and this crude, elegiac, and emotionally mighty sound of these guys fits just perfect for us. and whoever would like get out of this tunnel of infinite deepness should rely on the remix ada comes up with. trust is good-but no doubt, control is better.

luv jam - better known as andy cole - made his name through outings on we play house and lany recordings, and >mature oak< finds him in fine form, an epic, atmospheric track poised on a bed of analog synths and warm pads, driven by galloping drum mechanics that gradually give way to its climax, an irresistibly squelchy acid bassline that marks it as one of coles most memorable productions to date. on the flipside we get treated to cottams first ever remix. cottam has made an impeccable name for himself, with his signature colourful series of untitled 12s and a contribution to the story imprint. true to his roots, cottams re-rub of >mature oak< is a slo-mo, motorik chugger that makes excellent use of the originals acid line while taking the whole track a step further. its a proper heads down affair that begs for a soundsystem loud enough to do it justice. limited vinyl pressing of 444 copies – hand stamped and numbered. special artwork by pedro carvalho de almeida.

the eponym track of the album could not deserve any better musical researchers than ben klock, ark, tom taylor & paul woolford and fumiya tanaka to endorse his first prolog and the 30th vinyl of infiné s catalog.

niconé is back on stil vor talent with his very much loved project that has already brought us an absolute scorcher on stil vor talent before. again he features the wonderful vocal of narra on this hypnotically happy percussive house affair >caje<. the original track grooves on some free swinging percussions and a softly moving house loop making this a very subtle killer for any afterhour. while narras vocals carry the track as light as a feather it is after the breakdown that things get really musical! for the remixes stil vor talent has aligned a high-quality and diverse array of current top-notch producers. things go dark, minimal and very technological with pan-pots take on >caje< that still keeps a very soulful element in its approach. then, berlins coolest kid on the block adam port knows that every track gets better with a lot of claps-and he sure is right in his interpretation of >caje<. this 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! for his very soulful groove dirty doering adds some wonderfully melodic synths and guitars to his track that turn >caje< into an even more summery house affair. this release is filled with tracks that will long echo on the dancefloor!

super limited edition re-press on heavyweight vinyl with brand new sleeve notes.

2nd release by tropic of cancer aka camella lobo and john mendez (aka silent servant, sandwell district) for downwards brings more industrial drones and distorted voices. comes with a remix by richard h. kirk. pressed on clear/translucent 10 inch vinyl in stampnumbered cardboard sleeve. better be quick - the do2 from 2009 sold out in no time!

hot vinyl only house release, limited to 200 copies worldwide! hand-stamped, numbered and shrink-wrapped with love by dr. love. better be quick - the stock is already melting like snow in the spring-sun!

>fireworks< ist die erste single aus dem fantastischen debüt-album von wolfram aus wien. der hinreißende disco-song mit kapitalem pop-appeal wird von niemand geringerem als andy butler und kim ann foxman von hercules & love affair gesungen - einmal im ohr, für immer im herzen! mit andy butler verbindet den wiener eine langjährige freundschaft. die remixe kommen allesamt aus schweden, nämlich von axel moman (pampa records) sowie tiedeye (italians do it better), die >fireworks< auch gleich noch in balearic rock-manie gecovert haben.

incl. 3 brennan green remixes !!! supported by horse meat disco, cosmo vitelli, tim sweeney, space ranger, inflagranti, massimiliano pagliara, marcello giordani, bottin, discodromo, michael reinboth, luke solomon… danny was a drag king is back with an hot tune. chocolate black leather is ajello new single. driven by the one and the only hard tons vocals the track is an orgy of vintage synths, bouncy bass, a sure winner for the italo disco fans. brennan green needs no introduction, when he dust off his 303 and everything goes acid disco paradise... you really cant get any better.

tony christie is fast approaching his 50th anniversary in the music industry and to celebrate, new label acid jazz put him back in the studio to make an album that takes him back to his roots.
>now s the time!< boasts a collection of original and new well-crafted soul songs that have been beautifully conceived and movingly delivered. there are nods to johnny cash and spaghetti westerns, and collaborations come from jarvis cocker and roisin murphy.

limited to 400 copies!! second release on the hot new rebellion label. after siss monstrous >gallian< release solomun delivers another knock out blow in the sonics with a heavy weight slab of electric moon groove. pan-rattling percussion and a bass funkier than a trunk of funk underpins the stupendously catchy and incessant vocal licks, and then theres the guitar.. oh my god, does it get any better than this? on the flip parisian funkateer d julz hikes the tempo and kicks the groove headway into the bass bins as its heads down for some serious dancefloor action. a great second package on this rebellious new label! please note this is a limited release, so get these hot puppies whilst you can, because when they are gone, they are gone

estonian duo kgb step up for their debut release on dub police and they certainly arent pulling any punches. the production partnership hit you with two cuts of pure dance floor energy and impact that display their versatility and uncanny knowledge of how to get a crowd going. if you dont know about kgb, you better get to know, as they are quickly establishing themselves as one of the rising stars in underground dance music. with plenty of tricks up their sleeves, there will be no stopping them in 2011!

a message from claude vonstroke: >sascha braemer has got the funk! i first heard him on the amazing thrill on kindisch which i charted in my top 3 tracks of 2008. after that i heard the even more amazing heinrichs and hirtenfeller album dark orbit, (my favorite album of 2009) on highgrade. i usually like to break new dirtybird artists but this time i had to go find this guy and beg him to make us something. sascha has got that tech-funk, caveman quality that is so elusive and hard for me to find as an a&r. and on this record you will hear why i went and found him. this is an absolute beast! both tracks are tried and tested club killers. truthfully, i cannot think of a better dance-floor record on dirtybird this year<

this is byron and the boys at their best - vocal house never got better! 3 classics on a special reissue 12 inch: >only time will tell<, >all loved out< & >suspicious<.

party breaks unabashedly shows its colors with 4 new brilliant marcos cabral edits. with samples ranging from boogie, to piano house, to a beefed up disco ballad, marcos layers sounds and phrases in an effortless manor for major effect. sometimes robin s will peak through, sometimes bob-a-rella…all within a strict drum machine groove. all the tracks were clearly built with the dj in mind, repetitive when wanting to hypnotize, and pop when wanting to catch listeners.

ldr returns with the labels first various artists release, four house expressions - from four cutting edge producers. dublin based italian producer, lerosa opens the ep with longing…a warm, proficiently produced electronic house cut as always from the adopted dubliner. smooth percussion and synth sounds layered and arranged to perfection while still keeping that free-flowing lerosa style. rotterdams mark du mosch delivers an uplifting house / techno influenced workout blessings. re­fined percussion and wonderful space-synth soundscapes alongside a driving bassline that will get the dancefloor moving for sure! glaswegian meschi debuts with concrete island , the london based producer delivers a blissful deep house track. a laidback rhythmical production that just gets better and better throughout, with clever arrangements of elements including a classic voice sample and a soothing and delicate piano line. wicklows automatic tasty concludes the ep with another killer analogue jam, 707 percussion, a rail­way raver-esque bassline, and ats trademark pads and synth melodies combine to make >welcome ohm luv< another classic from the machines of mr.tasty

aax donnell put up >tracks< in 1982, the band rearranged the classic >long train running< by the doobie brothers and brought it up the charts worldwide gathering gold records in france and in germany. in 1983 they released the album >tracks< and consolidated their hype selling more than 6 million records.produced and arranged by paul mazzolini better known for his worldwide hits with the stagename >gazebo<. purple music is proud to have signed this masterpiece of the 80s & to bring it back to the future after 29 years as first 2011 release. including superb reworked and remixed versions by misteralf who has already delivered club anthems with >around the world< >a love defined< & >im over it< and the story continues soon with a full >misteralf e.p< coming soon. and thats not all we decided to add the cherry on the top of the cream with an additional bonus mix deliverd from the purple man >jamie lewis< with his >psyco disco remix< he shows once more that house music is a spiritual thing for what purple music stands for. 100% quality

we dont need to tell you that rolando is a figure synonymous with the roots of techno. regularly djing in berghain, his unique brand of techno and heavy electronic funk has continued to evolve naturally into the sound youll here today. on rolandos first 12inch for ostgut, we find two diverse tracks each shedding light on the different poles of his current sonic focus. ben klock featured both >de cago< and >junie< on his >berghain 04< mix, and now we can enjoy the full tracks in their own right. the proud heritage of >de cago< is clear from the outset, yet rolando works crisp modern drums and edgy acidic synths into the mix, resulting in a potent concoction of jacking, edgy technofunk. unapologetically raw and gritty - and all the better for it - is >junie<. introducing a different production methodology, this multi-layered half-tempo exploration into eerie harmonics and slow building passages is the latest incarnation of rolandos emotional and instinctive melody writing

second release from lepizig / germany based doumen records comes in re-painted sleeves of various old records. great record, file somewhere in between ambient / deep / triphop / leftfield - or better dont file it at all and just enjoy your flight!