the official reissue of erb, a collaboration between braxton holmes and ron trent on clubhouse records from chicago

dj hero, dance music trailblazer, french canadian heartbreaker… you see the hat, you know it’s a-trak! he’s been hard at work cooking up new music just for you, and fool’s gold is proud to present them as the tuna melt ep – four tracks of inescapably catchy, high-powered electronic jams, hand grilled by trizzy in the studio with his buds tommy trash, gta, galantis and oliver. just like a-trak’s dj sets around the globe, the ep masterfully flips between styles, with the title track’s enormous festival riffs breaking down perfectly into the half time slap of landline, while the rave bounce of jumbo builds up to the ecstatic, hands-in-the-air anthem disco nap. tuna melt is easily the funkiest meal since tom’s diner, bring yer appetite and come get greasy ...
prerssing on (orange)red coloured & marbled vinyl.

decks tip! after the great success of veitengrubers supervision ep as the first degree record, the label now comes up with the second hit ep by a very well-known artist - nick curly. the smart owner of the famous and dearly beloved labels cecille and 8bit thereby is giving one of his rare guest performances on other labels. in addition these three tracks are his first ep after his debut album >between the lines< in 2012. by this record, we will divide the long and desperately awaited summer in three parts to cater for all tastes - deep (time will tell), techhousy (people) and a tooly (beat the clock) - available digitally and on vinyl. the time will tell ep is the typical nick curly sound with a fresh note of 2013. so we radially spread warmth and power with sun and sound deeply into your mind.

dublin based duo, dave hargadon & phil long aka slowburn make their debut on lunar disko records with four machine-driven house and techno jams. fusing the percussive sounds of chicago & detroit with their trademark analogue soundscapes, slowburn once again push deeper into the realms of house and techno with their third full ep, crafted somewhere between the black pitts and contae sligeach. slow-rising cuts demonstrating precision drum programming, delicate chords and pads, alongside some acute arrangement, make for another outstanding ep from two fast-rising irish producers. lotus, is it?

twd or the wild division records a new techno label based from terrassa (bcn) founded trough the collaboration between spear, dustertraum and miki craven. the label aims to follow a dark moody side of techno music, with simple structures and analog sounds reminiscent the old mid 90s productions. this label is the result of the work of the last three years between this three artists. the label will count with more international artists who will take part with the label signing and remixing further references.

panic girl returns with her long awaited first studio album lowlands to be released on infiltrator records, following the critically-acclaimed burn and rise ep and the panic girl remix ep, which joined together artists like dbridge, phace and duo infernale.
this 12-track lp is a very personal and unique journey into the mind of panic girl, exploring the depths, dark corners and sparkling mysteries of trip hop and electronica and not only thrusts panic girl to new heights, but is also highly addictive and deeply enchanting. with this album panic girl is further developing her own sound, taking in haunting melodies, a love of the bass, heavy synth work and oldskool sounds. lowlands will leave you wanting to hear more and is going to be an album to treasure for sure - if you let her take you on a spellbinding journey into her raw, dark and pure electronica universe.

delicious music to lean back to, enjoy and let that special swing inside your ears. a mix between relaxing summer vibes and absolutely danceable floor sounds is awaiting you! the b-side is hosting also a delicious remix of hello darling from the good guys of super flu!

bunkered between an arrangement of stackable synths, the squad jams workshop-style, 1 part airy coastal jazz, & 2 parts sci-fi soar into the new age, complete with philip k. dick winks, tech-know wonks & sleek daft punk-choreographed boogies.

killer! praterei asserts its septenary in confidence with a double aa-side collaboration between label proprietor 7 citizens and berlin based producer rydim.

freitags first vinyl: the beauty of dueling creative energies almost over is a first on a couple of fronts¿ its the first finished collaborative project between submerge and ricardo garduno, and its freitags first release on vinyl.

the next sintope vinyl series release comes from damien roussel also known as the mekanism. it is a project founded in paris in the summer of 2011. his raw deep house sound saw releases with some of the world s finest electronic labels like need want, noir, electronique and under the shade.
small things ep includes two original tracks and two remixes - one signed by kolombo who brings up his mixture of electronic house and disco vibes and another one by ntfo & rhadow, a dancefloor oriented track that keeps a great balance between melody and groove.

sumerian fleet, roger 23, duplex & louis guilliaume bring you pleasure... covering the twilight zone in between ebm, wave/disco noir, house not house and technosoul, all in 21st century fashion.

phonica records welcome the latest addition to their ever-growing stable of talent, pick a piper! the brainchild of one brad weber, usually found behind the drum-kit at caribous live shows, angus fraser and dan roberts, pick a piper combines dance-music structures, polyrhythmic percussion, atmospheric sound design, loopy melodies and a focus on electronics and production technique to create a sound poised between the organic and the synthetic and phonica white have been blessed with two killer remixes to release on a limited stamped and numbered 12.

making a clean break with the poisonous digital dubstep rhythms in his first ep, dogboy’s basement to the attic is an fearless musical odyssey where the confines of this world end in intriguing organic sounds. in a way that wishmountain or burnt friedman would, dogboy scrutinizes the boundaries between experimentation and pure dance music. using recordings made in the different rooms of his family home, the four tracks on the ep start with laying down the subtitle emotional cool yet wobbly riddim card on the table, before gradually rising the subs and the pressure into a rave like burst of pride. futuristic, organic, progressive and utterly baffling, what makes basement to the attic so successful is it is purely unique.
pressing on 180 gram vinyl, free download card included.

streetwalker is a collaboration between chicago residents elon katz (white car/hippos in tanks) and beau wanzer (mutant beat dance/l.i.e.s).

ltd 180gr vinyl repress
vinyl only !! of course!! more than a year after his last ep, quarion returns to retreat for a fantastic expedition: a journey to the >moons around jupiter<. consisting of four tracks dedicated to the four galilean satellites, >moons around jupiter< is a sonic masterpiece that blurs the lines between house, techno, broken beat and disco. a certain detroit mystique (the futurism & outer space themes) also surrounds this mesmerizing ep which quarion himself ranks as possibly his best work to date … come and take a ride! we may share the ultimate bond with the moon europa: the presumption of oceans underneath its crust of ice as well as an atmosphere that is mostly filled with oxygen make this satellite a good candidate for possible extra-terrestrial life (more micro-organisms than 3-eyed aliens though). quarions >europa< hopes to reveal the secrets underneath the ice layer: beginning with a skippy beat and a tinkling piano, the track evolves rapidly as subtle keys and a cosmic choir appear from beyond.

once again, raphaël laredo slipped through the authorities fingers: he does not care about the rules anymore, he infringes the standards and delivers us an ep beyond the correct and required limits! the only indication, its address: the club -akasha-.
rafaël murillo is already there, armed with a bomb. despite everything, laredo is a believer, he knows all the good and the bad theories. he insists on involving us, from the top, on the traces of the plot -crop circles- supported by the strong foundations of his brother, gaffy. the tech house spirit of laredo glides between paris and barcelona. eloïse oddos totally seized it when she designed the amazing record sleeve of crop circles for seconde.

for the fourth and final round of the stallions compilation, bosconi records closes in style with athena: muscular four tracks that run between detroit and chicago sounds, dub and ambient aiming at the discovery of new, unexplored horizons. selected big stallions, which feature the best of their talent trying to cover up unknown journey and territories but leading to surprising results. the oliverwho factory with a rousing mind free, nick anthony simoncino of an entrancing and picturesque tramonto techno, nicholas with a soaring and disruptive from somewhere else and ennio colaci on beautifully nuanced hinterland, close one of the most interesting art projects in recent years increasingly raising even more bosconi records in the olympus of globality.

>bridging the gap between the old & the new, the minimal & the maximal, minmax represents a widening of scope as we explore the area between the sounds of classic minus & plus 8. as others subdivide and categorize we bring things back together, opening things up more freely and allow a closer connection to the music that i love and the sounds & textures that many of my dj sets journey through.< richie hawtin

ryan elliott presents his second 12 inch ep for ostgut ton. his groovy us-sound is still present in these new productions and the stepmode ep builds a bridge between euphoria and darkish club moments.

for the second installment of the stallions saga, bosconi records entrusts the fate of the muscular thoroughbred neged. the stallion is flanked by five stallions at an older age and with four tracks have a responsibility to drive the seductive ride, set synergy between uk, bass and balearic sounds.

olin inaugurates the god particle party into orbit with the title track. sassmouths remix stays true to the original, but adds organic percussive touches. the b goes into darker warehouse territory riding between gritty punch & deep groove.

rounding up the finest of our rare breeds for a show-stopping steeplechase, bosconi is proud to invite the world into our stables to demonstrate the sound we have been rearing for the past five years.leaping from the stocks in a flurry of high-pedigree house and techno, our stallions bring forth the values we hold dear in electronic music, from young foals such as herva and nicholas to seasoned steeds like a guy called gerald and nick anthony simoncino.
the first of the four records of the saga bosconi stallions is here: in honor to apacz between house and disco, he will be the first thoroughbred that will guide us through the first stage of this historic project that will revolutionize bosconi records. in his adventure will come accompanied by herva foal to race, with its powerful stay, followed by rondenion with the dawning output sunrize that bridges the solar put the man out of riccio until the darkest voices of san proper & the clover. it is the beginning of a long ride but absolutely pleasure.

shades rises from the minds of korova. the aim is at drawing new nuances in the immaginary spectrum of techno, to get the hearing closer to the sound of those hidden mechanical shadows. shades lives on dark visions and primitive rhythms, but nevertheless trusts in a future controlled by a lightning plot between humans and technologies.

on different ends ep diaphan music returns with a 3 tracks strong ep featuring last mood, kindimmer and the collaboration between george p. and wichniowski. starting with staged authenticity, last mood builds a solid house fundament around a hypnotic bassline followed by kindimmer who gets you jackin again with his stab driven track bprick. site b contains a rough house cut called life in sequences being a result of a studio jam of george p. and wichniowski.
supported by: brothers vibe, ekkohaus & more

gerardo frisina joined forces with italian hip hop legend dj skizo (maurizio bonizzoni). an amazing encounter between two jazz lovers and record collectors - afro-cuban influences, 4/4 rhythms, refined use of samples and exotic atmospheres.

with the name of his new ep, ruede hagelstein sticks to the maritime visual theme of his recent watergate 13 compilation. the parrotfish is a colourful thalassian, who is as much skilled at submerging in mystical depths as ruedes light-footed producer-style. the grooves on the first side are filled with a collaboration between hagelstein and emerson todd.

special remarks: 1st pressing of 500 copies in limited embossed sleeve & 180g vinyl! an exploration of the space between min and max, joran speeds at an hypnotic pace exploring the outer reaches of space and dimensions, returning through a wormhole of frequencies & echoes and optimism of new worlds.

!k7 are proud to announce the forthcoming album of will sauls moniker close. within the world of electronic music, will saul is perhaps best known for aus music and simple records, the labels he set up and has a&red for over a decade. between them there have been over 100 vinyl releases from the inuential likes of joy orbison, carl craig, pearson sound, scuba and actress, as well as eps that helped to break upcoming talents like bicep, dusky, midland and george fitzgerald.

with his debut album back to bedlam, elia vens presents the astonishing result of his musical rebirth. no doubt, he keeps the balance between underground techno and rhythmic house music with a dash of haunting melodies. the production time of one and a half years proofs his will to accurately establish a serious musical base and that he took his time to collaborate with several artists from divergent fields. the element of surprise runs like a golden thread through all tracks and eventually leaves behind the answer to the very question for the identity of elia vens.

lokee musiks sophomore release features newcomer afriqua. a 21 year old from virginia, usa and currently based in berlin. this fledgling producer and student of the royal academy of music sparked interest with lokee when they met at one of their famous after hours in london. the title track here is melt & features broken groove with afriquas minimal perspective. electric pulse stabs are at the heart of this rhythm and drive it with a much appreciated space. vocals from sorcha richardson adds an eerie anthemic touch reminiscent of somewhere between the cocteau twins & fever ray

mystic ep is made by one of the most confidential producers in spain. his rarity and his value are like a noble metal : eduardo de la calle sounds are warm, elegant and meticulously cuted. eduardo de la calle comes with 3 tracks that oscilliate between deep and dubtechno in his typical style.

deluxe book-style package, includes artist notes, complete musical scores and photographs - 2x12 lp + cd.
in 20 years of kompakt no one ever got bored: the cologne-based label always knew how to maintain its geographic and stylistic positioning on the fence. we owe that to all those great – and also wildly different – artists who have found their way to us in two exciting, sometimes exhausting, always inspiring decades. from the borderlands between faux pop and cheerful science also comes colognes multi-instrumentalist gregor schwellenbach, who separated 20 label classics from their dance roots and re-recorded them as chamber music.

on the a-side, the delectable solk clearly proves that the exact midway point between mostar and malmo is in fact chicago. meanwhile, inter gritty takes you back to mid 90s stockholm with a viciously pounding remix. the closing track loksyra is quite simply the perfect marriage between onions, knives and a 303.

a set of minimal synth recordings, captured live with in-studio performance. these pieces are a tribute to the golden era of electronic music that mainly emerged in europe between 1978-1984 and is often described as minimal electronics, synthpop, synthwave etc. sinister melodies, shadows and frost making up a haunting, dystopian sonic environment. drum machines driving step sequencers and mono-synths, hand played polyphonic synthesizers, all enveloped by the industrial sound of the spring reverb. he only feels night within.

new collaboration between deep88 and melchior sultana (underground quality - batti batti). massive project. vinyl only!

apersonal music is excited to introduce a very special collaboration between massimiliano pagliara and jules etienne that goes by the name of egyptian nipples. the duo has extensively worked together on various projects and as very good friends it was just a matter of time before egyptian nipples was born.

africa friends is a tribal-inspired tech-house track with a lot of driving elements. the remix of yapacc however is rather a remixer typical interpretation somewhere between funky minimal and melodic techno. another centerpiece of this ep is the remix of quenum, who founded the imprint cadenza along with luciano a few years ago. as a small gimmick nicolas duvoisin serves an additional groovy track called people dance.

for the labels fourth release the aula magna team welcomes our first international guest, uks rising sound architect tomas rubeck. with inster ep the artist presents carefully crafted dub techno cuts and for remix duty we invited swedens mattias fridell to cast his techno spark to the package. its clear that rubecks sound and groove palette is born from producer whose artistry has taken a major leap forward. richly textured soundscapes define inster 01 and inster 02 on the a side, deep and warm tracks that hypnotize on steady but pushing beats. an inspiring experimental attitude gives shape to the aforementioned and the rest of the record. b sides inster 03 rests on a more broken-beat focus and the digital exclusive inster 04 shifts back to the dancefloor. in between, fridells cleverly designed rework of 03 boosts rubecks sounds into peak-time mayhem. a futuristic odyssey through unexplored acoustic dimensions awaits the listener

as if our recent releases hadnt already been spreading the sound of circus company into new and exciting places, now our very own silver-tongued enchanter jaw emerges with the first details of his own autonomous project. somewhere in between the electronic drive of his day job in dop and the folky, organic instrumentation of les fils du calvaire, jaw shares with us a new venture that has thrust him into the studio with lebanese musician kevork keshishian.

early support by chris liebing, dave clarke, sasha carassi, xpansul, gary beck, alex bau, terence fixmer and various others!!! thomas p. heckmann drops the bomb and delivers his brandnew full-length album *dark matters* on nachtstrom schallplatten. what a masterpiece and deadly alliance between one of the most influential techno artists since decades and the notorious german techno imprint. thomas outstanding production skills and the raw, dark energy of the tracks make this album a true weapon in any serious dj-set. as a keyfigure of early german techno, ebm-techno and acid, thomas p. heckmann has shaped the landscape of electronic music since his very beginning in 1990. his huge success as drax ltd. ii - amphetamine, knarz - tanzmaschine, silent breed – sync in, welt in scherben, exit 100 and countless others set standards and beyond in the under- and overground.

summer!! open air!! big one!! strong limited! this first release from the belgian label brings out a collaboration between two berlin-based producers for an exclusive locked groove track. they shared their experience together and the result delivered by the duo is a warm and analog track by developping the complementary aspects between house and techno.

preview of struts upcoming release rodion g.a. - the lost tapes, a collection of otherworldly sounds from the elusive romanian composer / recording artists rodion ladislau rosca and his band rodion g.a. originally recorded between 1980-1984, and will now be available for the first time ever.

culprit kicks off its extended summer series of releases and finishes its five-stop european talent scouting tour in, appropriately, spain. two new immensely gifted additions to the culprit production arsenal are valencia and madrid-bred(and ibiza-based) team of edu imbernon and los suruba.the trio deliver one of culprits most distinct singles in recent memory,fayer, a composition of almost timeless sound palette, whose analog warmth and upbeat feel make the labels customary transition between its indoor and outdoor programmes.

antigone is an artists coming from the depth paris producing and digging for several years now. the three tracks are a travel in to different style of techno with the intention to reach a certain emotion that is close from nostalgia and really deep feeling. the challenge of this work was to find a good balance between sound and colour, focusing on an old sci-­&#8208,,,fi landscape. with a really mature perception this young artist is developing his own sound, a detroit atmospheres, openly characterize this ep, but it remains antigone work at the end with all his sense of details and perception.

may 20th 2013 will see koreless release his debut solo ep yugen on young turks. following on from previous releases 4d/mti and lost in tokyo, and his collaboration with sampha for short stories, welsh born producer koreless has well and truly defined his own sound. existing somewhere between soulful electronica and eno-like ambience, the emotion filled soundscapes of y?gen give the listener a glimpse into the vast concepts imagined by koreless and presented through his music, artwork and performance.
remarkable in its restraint, sophisticated despite its simplicity, and almost entirely beatless, y?gen is a bold statement that deserves to be listened to and lost in.

limited edition of 300 copies on red vinyl.
not waving --> remote viewing --> extra- sensory perception --> sensing with mind --> remote listening --> i want to give a sound to places i dont know - throbbing // textural // noise // processed // casualties // mistakes // accidents // anxiety // claustrophobia // abandon // absention // escapism. inspired by 80s weird italian electronica, manuel gottsching, peter bauman, this heat, ike yard. remote viewing is a powerful, paranormal technique developed in the 1970s at stanford research institute and used by the us government. analog pedals//synths//drum machine//guitar//violin//voice written, produced and recorded between september and december 2012 in london.

first pressing - limited edition of 500 copies - black vinyl - 12 inch double sided insert - download card.
desire is proud to present an unique record: a limited split between two of the hottest bands in la, bestial mouths and deathday in collaboration with sweating tapes.

freakadelle, the vinyl and digital record label of salzburgs cultural association freaksound starts with four extended tracks and one remix of gerald peklars album freiflug, which has been released on lamb lane records in january 2013. the uncut vinyl versions of the tracks all have a melodic and spherical touch in common and stand somewhere in between tech-house and techno. in addition, juergen vonbank delivers a moody deep house remix of the track abflug. gerald peklar is founder and head of the non-commercial electronic music club freaksound, which serves to foster the local scene and especially young musicians. freakadelle embodies the club members subcultural understanding of innovative non-commercial club music.