since the begining of the century underground is the ibizas meeting point of clued up music lovers and best international artists who made this club an outstanding place while staying out of the commercial scene. being the home of the vinyl club recordings label events from the first days it is naturally that underground and vinyl club team up to present the new imprint. vinyl club s owner luc ringeisen and underground s soul and dj don juanito deliver 2 deep house tracks that have been tested on the best dance floors around. underground records will present the best works of the international artits crew who made ibiza underground a legend.

supported by laurent garnier, jimpster, ame, manoo, dj deep, anja schneider, black coffee, anthony collins, mike huckaby, charles webster, glenn underground, alex kid, tedd patterson, marlon d...

played by anja schneider !!! the first catalogue number from the house of formatik comes from format:b the a-side (hotrod) is a pushing, wooden battering monster in the typical format:b manner the hugo remix gallops through the house arena like a thoroughbred stallion. extremely wonky breaks paired with a post modern house beat makes it the perfect alternative. redux on the b-side is a heavyweight techno layout. sirens, massive baselines and a dark atmosphere that sometimes, but only sometimes, reminds you of old black and white horror films make this track the perfect addition to this first ep.

quality double 12inch 4 tracker!!

loco dice support! its been a while since itamar sagis last release on be as one, when black gold and its remixes got into the most various record boxes around and became one of last year anthems. now, after a row of releases on soma, ovum and klapklap which consolidated his ever growing profile, itamar is back on his home imprint, with a real summer treat. in perfect sagis style, the a side >selio< is an uplifting and punching slab of techno, with a real fat beat and itamars distinctive trademark chord sound. once again another track to be one of the anthems of 2009. b side >series 1< is instead a paced down and trippy number. very atmospherical in the mood but with a bouncy groove, still carries the artist quality imprint. perfect for the summer ending.

lets have fun! - thats the mantra of big zis and the crew of nation music. the swiss black music label has been broadening its musical spectrum over the past years. just like the artist big zis, whose music could most likely be labeled electro pop alternative punk rap, they dont care about common conventions. while rap becomes more and more pimped out, house loopier and minimal narrow-minded, big zis hooks up with a top-class troupe to get it her own way. for her most recent album und jetz … (and now …) she worked with marton di katz and valentino tomasi (both members of kalabreses famous rumpelorchester), who laid the musical foundations for most of the songs. for the impulsive electro on the track suure räge (acid rain) however, big zis collaborated with the techno producer michal ho (tuningspork) at the studio. suure räge got remixed by several well-known producers: robag wruhme (freude am tanzen) and canson (gs zürich) are to be found on volume 1 and the soul brothers lexx (aka kawabata / drumpoet) and kalabrese (stattmusik) successfully combat boredom on volume 2. the sound scapes of the remixes couldnt be any more diverse and cover a broad variety of styles. and be sure: volume 3 - work in progress - will delight you as well

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ironic? no, it’s dead serious: sally shapiro keeps on dreaming of barbie and ken. sometimes good things come to those who wait, as is the case with sally shapiro. one shouldn’t really imagine the bashful swede from göteborg, who never performs live, setting a new trend for turning down lucrative offers. and the thought that she is working on something hip, is most likely even a little eerie for her. after all, she s just into something, which she’s been doing since her childhood in the 1980s — singing songs in the style of her idol sandra (”maria magdalena“). if she hadn’t met her companion johan agebjörn, who despite his musical socialization with techno in the 1990s has been deep into italo disco for the past few years and is a collector of zyx records, sally’s passion for synthi songs and fairy-like female vocals would have remained private. however, johan was screwing together some italo-style songs when he asked sally (whose voice he’d only heard from a previous christmas party karaoke) if she would improvise on his soft keyboard tunes, their collaboration was a done deal.
subsequent to their first releases on the labels diskokaine and permanent vacation, sally shapiro suddenly found herself in the midst of the ultra-hip neo/italo-disco movement, which is especially big in scandinavia. why of all things on the northern peninsula, where one traditionally listens to black metal and indie rock played with legs spread apart, the peculiar, yet sunny disco music became such an export hit, stays one of the mysteries of the pop business. it’s a fact, though, that next to internationally celebrated norwegian neodisco-heroes lindström, prins thomas and todd terje, the lovely sally has become the scandinavian disco-act in the mean time.

the third in struts inspiration information studio collaboration series brings together an intriguing pairing between one of africas great bandleaders, mulatu astatke, with the next level musicianship of the heliocentrics collective from the mighty roster of stones throw / now again. known primarily through the successful ethiopiques album series and the film soundtrack to jim jarmuschs ?broken flowers, mulatu astatke is one of ethiopias foremost musical ambassadors. his selfstyled ethio-jazz sound flourished during the swinging addisÑ era of the late 60s as he successfully fused western jazz and funk with traditional ethiopian folk melodies. the heliocentrics have become known as one of the uks foremost free-thinking collectives of musicians, inspired by a wide palette covering sun ra, james brown, david axelrod and all manner of psych, afro and eastern sounds. the collective have featured on records by madlib and dj shadow. now a fixture within the stones throw / now again roster, they forged their own genre-breaking directions in the astral analogue groove on their 2007 debut album, out there. a number of tour dates around the release and headline slots at festivals throughout 2009 have been confirmed.

big with konrad black, ambivalent, anton pieete, d julz, brothers vibe, deetron and many more..

white noise returns with a new killer after the summerbreak. this time dave clarke selected tracks by christopher kah (planet rouge). killer

picone (cadenza - bosconi) back with sweet revenge on mixworks

played and supported by nick curly, gregor tresher, joris voorn, sis, anja schneider, anthony collins, shur-i-kan, dÆjulz, sian, laurent garnier, oxia, deetron, gorge, monika kruse, josh wink, matthew dear, funk d void, konrad black, marc antona, florian kruse, slam, masomenos, gel abril, ramon tapia, guy j, brothers vibe, italoboyz, dj fex, silicone soul, varoslav, ... after the incredible success of his first ep on time has changed. andrade, the jewel of thc is back with a new amazing ep. included alex niggemann remix, no words, just listen. the september hit !

better known as one of londons top cult clothing designers, passarella death squads music is a diverse combination of contemporary electronica and haunting beautiful songs - incl perc and issakidis remix. ltd dj promo

we are proud to welcome the legend that is todd terry. rightly considered as one of the pioneers of the house scene, his work & reputation over the years are second to none, and with an abundance of chart hits & underground classics, its no wonder todd earned the nickname of >god<. a day in the life was one of the early todd productions under his black riot moniker, brought back up to date 20 years on and featuring an exclusive 2009 mix from the >god< himself

mumakils behold the failure detonates 27 lightning fast firebombs of grinding metal with all the subtlety and remorse of a suicide bomber. this is grind as fuck!

part 1 of 2 of the second volume with brill spacin and very soulful deep detroit house tunes !! ltd re-release !!

blasta s saga comes to an end with part 3 of his incredible adventures of kenzolika and quetzalcoatl among the air castles series. the product of an over-active imagination, this series has fused dubstep and post-garage riddims with traces of jazzy easy listening and psyched exotica. the most successful effort here has to be the garage rollidge of black muscatel offset by smooth and dreamy-clean synth keys, while zeppelin nacelle sails off with gently propulsive garage bass and trip42 brings the story to an end with down pitched dubstep beats subsiding into sunset 303s.

after a little silence from rotterdams sound architecture label they are on a roll again! after releasing music by joris voorn, shawn rudiman, rejected (when they were still rather unknown) they bring up some new talented producers! the sound architecture guys are hosting some of the best techno events in the netherlands.. and meet a lot of young producers.. and here is another example that with good a&r even young bedroom producers can release some hot club tracks! file this under the hottest new school house tracks on the market!

strut present the story of one of the most influential and revered labels emerging from new york in the late >70s and 80s<, ze records. after the late 70s punk and new wave explosion in new york, ze became a by-word for the anything-goes culture clashes that typified the big apple during the early 80s. formed by french art student michel esteban and british journalist michael zilkha, ze quickly created its own unique independent universe, signing artists as varied as alan vegas electronic postpunk pioneers suicide, trash disco queen cristina and maverick producer august darnell a.k.a. kid creole. with estebans sharp graphic eye leading the labels visual identity, ze hit the new york zeitgeist head on and became supremely hip û in 1982, the face magazine nominated it ôthe most fashionable label in the world.the labels early success led to a deal with chris blackwells island records, which gave zes releases worldwide exposure and brought worldwide fame to kid creole, was (not was) and more. over thirty years on and ze remains one of the great cult labels of its time. with this new compilation, strut takes a snapshot of the many weird and wonderful fusions that surfaced on its famous nyc cab-influenced yellow and black label. highlights include one of the earliest outings by was (not was), tell me that im dreaming, a disbelieving commentary on reagan-omics, bob blankÆs short-lived disco supergroup aural exciters and a larry levan mix of kid creoles biting parable about corruption in the caribbean, theres something wrong in paradise. other featured artists include ze label regulars cristina, bill laswells material, kookie french experimentalist lizzy mercier descloux, and camp disco-electro icons, les garcons.

the own baby from french dj and producer master h who decieded a few month back to launch his own imprint on the back of his success releases on labels such as soma, f.com! or vega records... so here are for the first time on vinyl all 3 first releases, at the same time as the very new 4th one.

limited backstock of this classic 1998 album by josh wink for his ovum imprint - a great showcase of his musical variety.

special collectors item - double 12 inch vinyl in gatefold sleeve. live album recorded during the razors edge world tour.

raumakustik gets remixed by alec troniq, felix bernhardt and microtrauma. comes as hybrid record - picture on side a and black vinyl on the flip.

quintessentials welcome the zohar! deep, raw and real? well then, thats exactly what the zohars music is all about - and much more! its soulful, its funky yet dark! its black music! what or who is the zohar? we dont know. no one knows. the mystery shall remain sealed. enjoy those 3 fabulous tracks! peace!

the original pressing of >get off< with serato control vinyl on the bside sold out before we even got them all back from the pressing plant. unfortunately we weren t able to press any more with serato, but we ve been getting requests all along and now that we ve got this jamming new remix from jack beats, we felt the time was right. if you don t know jack beats, they are plus one (of scratch perverts) and beni g. these guys are heavy on the uk scene and have recently done remix work for lady sov, white williams, ac slater, does it offend you yeah?, caspa, black ghosts and much more. they turn in an epic remix that switches from rough mid tempo drums and baltimore hey grunts, to one of the craziest electro wobble things we ve ever heard. seriously. crowds have been eating this thing up and with support from djs like craze, a-trak, kissy sellout, drop the lime and boyz noize this is bound to be a big tune for summer. of course you also get the original line up with the diplo produced >get off<, the awesome bonus beats, and the rob3 remix.

the smptm label is back again with another sick release! the a side sees dose & menace tackle psidream & pacific s runway track that was initially released on nightfall.. this remix couldn t be laying around doing nothing so no wonder benino syndrome snapped this up for another immense 12 inch!flip it over for menace taking it solo style with his thinking aloud tune.. oldskool vibes mixed in with proper future sounds!the syndrome force is up and running again and ready for global domination!
support: prolix, the upbeats, misanthrop, state of mind, black sun empire and more...

fukkk offf aka bastian heerhorst has been renowned for some time in his hometown of hamburg for storming live sets in the clubs scattered around the citys red light district. die sundige meile or the sinful mile as it is known has seen its walls shaked and thighs quaked by the throbbing depths of bastians big room fukkk offf sound. after the first two hit singles im a freak and rave is king, of which the latter went to # 1 on the german club charts, fukkk offf delivers his debut full length album love me, hate me, kiss me, kill me. the album which includes his previous singles delivers even more flavor from the hip-hose party rocking duet more than friends, featuring nyc rappers razor cain & hazel, to the fashionista anthem famous. by turns dark and menacing then veering towards moments of playful funk and kitsch, lmhmkmkm doesnt let up on its grand tour of the discerning late night dance floor

the third 12 inch in this essential edit series sees greg wilson reference his past as a disco dj in the late 70s and, subsequently, electro-funk pioneer of the early 80s. going way back to his golden guinea days, ruff wrap revitalizes a hidden gem from 1977 by lady love. this version of casey & finchs infectious miami groover, wrap your arms around me, was a record that, although never issued in the uk, was a particular club favourite on merseyside - its local popularity very much down to one of wilsons influences, terry lennaine, who championed the track on his weekly specialist soul show, keep on truckin. moving on 6 years to 1983, ruff rapp re-arranges the seminal west coast rap cut bad times (i cant stand it) by captain rapp, which was a monster tune on the black scene during the electro-funk era, having initially featured at wilsons club nights back then, legend and the hacienda in manchester, plus wigan pier. focusing on the social problems of the time, the subject matter of the lyric certainly translates to the current credit crunch climate. the crew behind >bad times< included jam & lewis and rich cason, whilst kimberly balls excellent vocal sets the whole thing off

the debut of sardinian mono records is committed to touane (resopal, persona, minisketch), mr bizz (tanto quanto, monomental, rohs!records, pong musiq) and to the same ness & bettosun (6th studio, splitsound, clonk records, nuhar records).
centred on a typical sound that include percussions and melodies, this release is developed starting from the guest touane that, so inspired, give us warm and involving melodies enriched by percussive elements really personally and never presumed. side b submited by ness & bettosun and the mr bizz duo, close the record with 2 tracks with an house taste with ethnic and hypnotic influences.

support by: konrad black, joris voorn, stephan bodzin, italoboyz, luke solomon, danny howells, kiki, gel abril, oliver huntemann, christian smith, francois k, robert dietz, pig & dan, gregor tresher, james zabiela and c rock,

excellent space disco re-edits.

nice price deal !!! black slipmats (pair) with blue imprint - wow

this is the first of 2 specially re cut remix 12Æs from the bent archives, leading up to the release of the hotly anticipated æbent..the best ofÆ album hitting the shelves in the summer. on the first bit of plastic we see the legendary ashley beedle remix of æmagicÆ alongside reverso 68Æs tripped out dub of æcomin backÆ. on the flip we the excellent soulchild with their version of æto be lovedÆ and to finish the package we have some good ness from nightmoves and their take on æwaiting for youÆ.

its already well-known that cocoon recordings is a sucker for tracks that stand out of the usual field of - lets be honest - often uniformly reduced tech-house, and the past nine years of the labels history have proven this sustainably. and the rhein-neckar area based team flatner/lopazz are again two hot candidates to leave their very special mark on the summer of 2009. after all, circlemusic manager alex flatner is rocking the floors as a dj and producer for already 10 years now, having been releasing for labels such as harthouse or black nation, whereas the heidelberg-born stefan eichinger aka lopazz has made himself a name with releases on imprints from the likes of output, international deejay gigolo and mainly get physical. together they celebrate a very funky understanding for percussive techno, which is setting highly meaningful moments for the primetime, particularly by means of lascivious vocals. i wanna take you all night long, for sure! and you definitely cant find a better expression for the perfect pounding symbiosis between bass-focused club stompers and economically dosed pop elements than its time to make up your mind.

seventh solo album and the follow up to you & me, which received raving reviews, entered the us blues charts at no.1 and was awarded the best blues album of 2006 by classic rock magazine, uk. sloe gin effortlessly ranges through heavy blues and acoustic numbers alike, a textured flow.

on this we find the duet of miche and mirzinho from croatia, owner of propeller rec., tech art, and already produced on yin yang, pornographic rec, pattern, and resident in club the cube, pula, croatia. they deliver four tracks, one track funky with a good classic synth and 3 tracks powerful tribal techno, with good breaks for re-launching the peoples... an ep for shaking the dancefloor all night!

when he isnt busy touring and recording with various artists as a session drummer (most recently with one beyonce knowles) guillaume jambel aka giom djs and produces deep house music. with only a handful of releases and remixes under his belt on labels such as amenti music, black cherry, tango, eight tracks and aroma its obvious that he is eager not too to spread himself too thinly. this makes us even more privileged to get him onto ornate music. and he certainly doesnt disappoint on blue matter ep which kicks of with bring down the walls a deep house disco builder promoting us to... you guessed it bring down the walls. with a metro area style bass line, warm keys and popping percussion this is bound to make you do exactly thatàin fact it should probably come with a public health warning. i know you were right, probably not something we say very often but here giom says it like he means with a tough kick drum, sweet seductive female vocal, bubbling bassline and a whole heap of other good stuff thrown into the mixer. this phat slab of deep house will brighten up the cloudiest of days, have a listen im sure you ll agree. hailing from brighton c soul are magnus asberg (head honcho of on the house records) and jimmy day. they have appeared on labels such as diy discs, suspect package and have also collaborated with house music legend robert owens on german label plastic city. for c souls on the house remix of i know you were right they strip it right down to the bone and produce a haunting, electronic house music rework. you know we were right!

this summer beni will continue to reign the dancefloor supreme with a new monster slab of black plastic, maximus featuring vocals from the mighty sam sparro. who put the fun in acid-funk you ask? the answer is: beni did. a low-slung exercise in dark and dirty arpeggiated sleaze, maximus marries a sparse bubble-groove that creeps up behind you and licks your ear with a very purple vocal performance by sparro to devastating effect. the resulting track is something akin to kiss-era prince and friends dirty dancing at a toga party while ancient rome burns down around them. on the flipside beni and nicky night time give maximus a night-time re-dub rubdown, taking the track away from the creepy funk freak and towards a straighter slammer jammer, favouring blatant dancefloor manipulation over the subtle and the sexy. also featured (and included on the next kitsune maison 7 installment) is fringe element, which encapsulates the feeling of surfing on a shooting star like never before, with beni sitting proudly at the controls. an electronic orchestra of descending basslines, vocoder snippets, bleeps and acid squeaks, fringe element caps off another compelling chapter in benis lifelong voyage through dance. after the cover of his first ep my love sees you made by geneviÞve gauckler, his new 12 is illustrated by french artist andre.

this release contains the original mix and three mixes of: trick & kubic (great stuff, black fox music), j?rgen kirsch (stil vor talent, gl³ckskind) and c banx (flash rec., kostbar).
tanzpolizei is already played by afrilounge, ascii disko, gabriel ananda, andre kronert, lars sommerfeld, blood and tears, dj linus, homebase, kiko martinez, mandy jordan, marc depulse, oscar, tolis q, toni rios , half stereo.

dj support by radioslave, derrick may, slam, robert dietz, heidi, konrad black, simon baker, matt tolfrey and many more..

this release is the first part of a remix series, which will bring the mellow atmosphere of alifs album to the club floors and lift it to another level. chloe impressively emphasizes her experimental potential by remixing alif trees reality in a quite dark, but still pushing way. different layers of vocals decorate the rather broken minimal house track and transfer it to a floor filling anthem. the renowned dutch producer-/dj-team tj kong & nuno dos santos already demonstrated their ability to create soulful but still deep and pushing house music. through their past releases on compost black label, such as the tranentrekker/dropout û maxi or the single merging which features vocals by house legend robert owens, the international demand for all kinds of collaboration with the talented tag team increased noticeably.

supported by dario zenker, danton eeprom, solumun, brothers vibe, gruber&nürnberg ,jennifer cardini, jesse rose, bearweasel, djulz, dj deep, benno blome, jimpster, karotte, m.a.n.d.y., channel x, markus kavka, youandme, luciano, todd bodine

2 more killer cuts after the massive success of # 53 !

4 amazing tech-house tracks, incl. alex bau and black hole remix!

infine celebrates with its xviith black chrome release the advent of the town and its >new innerstate strategies<, packages douglas best deep, house and techno beats and features the voice of 2009 springs awakening! the >tofu on ice edit<, a-side of the 12 inch, synthesizes german deep-house sound at its best. led by percussive beats, the voice of delhia reaches the heights of the stomping pleasures without losing the refinement of the original version. on the b-side, >sapphire< is a track which fully deserves its name. as hard on the dancefloors as the peak time should sound like. as blue as an unleashed sea, where dizzying waves break into bubbling beats, spreading the most compelling techno foam.

tedd paterson remix (rekids)
support by: karotte, osunlade, konrad black, dj t, 2000 & one

rekluse, the new label from excentrics fergie and henry von, is continuing to gain momentum and followers very nicely indeed. after the umek >2nd to none< smash that just wont go away and the carl cox cained >propaganda< comes the >dude people ep< from one of france s most consistent electronic producers to date, kiko. international dj gigolos, afu, confused and datapunk are just some of the esteemed labels kiko has released on previously. his rekluse outing heads down the more accessible techno route with all 3 tracks sure to find their way into a wide variety of top jocks sets. the first 2 tracks are driving monsters, >dude people< with its continuously sinking bass line and >black dahlia< with its intense percussion arrangement. the ep is brought to a dramatic close with >such erotic< which has electronic anthem written all over it

blockhead drop the æfunky soul sampler just in time for the summer months featuring some top notch names. australias d-t3ch hits the spot with æswingin for the fences with many djs charting and playing this 1 from the ep. magnus wedberg hails from sweden and has recorded for lables like black vinyl & groove baby. æbrooklyn has had support from the inland knights.the title track from the ep comes from scotlands craig hamilton having had tracks out on tango / greenhouse & flatpack traxx etc. æfunky soul is a wicked rework of the james brown classic, purple musics jamie lewis has picked the track for his new mix cd dj support from giom / dj heather etc. rounding things off we have singapores #1 dj kane ian who takes things a bit techier and finishes the ep rather nicely

mit >collaboratory< kommt bugs erstes neues album heraus seit 2002. aesthetisch und lebendig kommt jeder dieser tracks mit warmen und erfrischenden sounds daher, sodaß wir nun wissen, was wir die ganze zeit vermißt haben! featuring cassy, cle, donnacha costello & gigi...