you dont meet many people that smile as much behind the decks as tom hades, the ever-jovial belgian producer and dj. a man who truly loves his chosen profession, he has been steadily climbing up the international ranks of the techno cognoscenti for many years now. this is the result of his dedication and hard work, playing to many thousands of people worldwide every weekend, and a great discography, with releases on the worlds biggest labels.
recently, he has been secretly working on a solo project in his studio, quietly creating a concise body of solo work, patiently honing his creations to his own exacting standards of perfection. now the time has come to let the world know about *the missing touch*, his debut solo artist album, set for release on his own rhythm converted label.

first choice records offshoot, focusing on the more disco-ish side of rare funk grooves. on the a side le cop with move your body and on the flip law order & peace, special backstock !!

in a few short years laurel halo has demonstrated an unnerving ability to question established idioms in electronic music. throughout her body of work the michigan-born producer has expressed musical representations of merged dualities, spirituality in the inorganic, space in the claustrophobic, hope in dread. as a result there is something uncanny about laurel halos sound - the sonic templates may change, but the challenging of divides remains. laurel halo returns to lp format after two critically acclaimed eps with the driving, meditative *chance of rain*.

end of level boss records is a joint project from tusk and cyclonix celebrating the world of video game technostalgia through electronic music. end of level boss 1 ganondorf. ganondorf is the humanoid form of ganon, the ultimate embodiment of evil and hatred, the nemesis of link, and the final boss in many of the legend of zelda games. ganondorf is a formidable sorcerer and a shapeshifter. his hatred is so intense that he can survive even the total obliteration of his body and remain conscious. an ultimate bad ass.

limited to 250 copies only
on white coloured vinyl
vinyl only
no digital
no repress
hand stamped & numbered
180g heavy vinyl

the seventh record released by the miteinander musik imprint extends summer for another couple of turns – the birds tweet and the waterfall splashes on mm007. trinidad, three swiss guys with an affinity for instruments and beats, deliver two melodious house tracks: >l oiseau< and >cascades<. two masters of their trade, stefano ritteri and yooj, take care of the remixes. italian expat ritteri, who runs his congaloid label out of london and who without a doubt counts to the ever-growing circle of friends of the miteinander musik family, lends >l oiseau< more tempo and swing. yooj, who found his way from his native san francisco all the way to the turntables of respected outlets such as berlins watergate, reinterprets >cascades< as a garage-influenced tune.

andreas gehm returns to abstract acid with another series of dark and demented basement jams. >a groove ep< features six tracks of his signature style so you know what to expect – its no frills, no nonsense, straight up jack your body business, made for those who still love the sound of that little silver box. limited to 300 copies.

kraak & smaaks new album *chrome waves* is already off to a flying start with debut single *the future is yours* topping club charts in the uk and germany and getting the coveted tune of the month accolade in mixmag. featuring ben westbeech on vocals and with a righteous summer groove that has made it a big ibiza hit, the track is a positive and uplifting vocal house anthem at a time when much of the scene is going deeper underground.

funky towns wide musical range means their ft005 work is perfect for both chilling at home and the next party in any worlwide place (club or open air). funky town music is proof of their finely tuned senses, it mirrors both the global audience it addresses and their very personal view of the world. delivering an intense and fantastically broad musical picture, where ep meets surround sound for body & soul!

the kicks started as a collective of different musicians, electronic & instrumentalists, that gathered together under one roof just for the fun of it, coming together and jamming at their own expense. a jam is a jam. theres no aim, no target. it is free from expectations and just like that the tapes piled up with no specific style or genre lines. whatever happens, happens is pretty much the attitude that created a label, not out of necessity but out of convenience of being free to release the more outstanding cuts recorded, regardless of their personal definition. the first release is from the curators and creators of the project, maayan nidam & alex picone. the record starts with the psychedelic tone of alice in the desert, continues to a still hypnotic yet down to earth 020 and ends with the stabbing butt shaker think about it. the next releases will continue featuring picone & nidam, joined by cool cats like aquarius heaven, san proper & cesar merveille.

the house reverends are a trinity of musicians in their own right combining talents through a love of vintage electronics, analogue tape, and downtuned rnb. they glide through londons club scene bringing a blend of fluid funk driven by their robotic drum machine. this ep is a three-stage journey into the hearts and souls of our shadowy heroes. it is a story of love. drivetime the first tune is a slow motion seduction. a musical massage. it is a high-grade slow dance that works from dinner til dawn. girl, i know one for the body poppers. a tense number expressing the addictive pain of lust. vocoder voices straining with desire as the fever grows. curious lady a dream-like climax. gaze across the galaxy in awe and surrender to the state of psychedelic ecstasy this song so easily conjures.

well worth the almost lifetime of waiting, luaka bop present world psychedelic classics 5: who is william onyeabor. spread across 3 lps wit download code included, this is the essential collection of one of the most unique and mysterious musicians in recent history.

little black book is a new concept series from moda black, part album, part mix compilation, part remix package, part crate digging expedition, the series will play host to some of the most interesting, exciting and innovative electronic music artists and will invite listeners into a more personal place than ever before, as the conducting artist creates a body of work that reflects on their past success whilst venturing into their future aspirations. who better to launch the series than moda black s dynamic talent hot since 82, with this two track 12 sampler laying down an exciting primer for what to expect from a unique new series

when walter merziger and arno kammermeier head to the studio to work on new material for their long time project booka shade, the result is a winning combination of underground sensation and club hit, as titles such as mandarine girl and body language have proved to great acclaim. its a balancing act that only the most successful electronic musicians can do so successfully over such a period of time. booka shades new single >love inc< is no exception. presaging the fifth studio album release from these berlin transplants,>love inc< is infused with pure club sound created by merging a refined sense of sonance with solid craftsmanship. the duo pays a contemporary homage to chicagos former king of house, lil louis, whose 1992 hit club lonely serves as the tracks sample

modern primitivism, the fifteenth release on get the curse music comes from the label head clement meyer. a 3-track 12 inch that showcases a new, albeit logical, direction for the producer, now blending electronic body music, industrial, downbeat and 70s electronics in its own raw, moody & distinctive style. as a counterpart to the left-field vibe on the ep, lumigraphs remix (opal tapes, mister saturday night) is a techno bomb ready to serve the dancefloor.

murphy jax delivers a fresh full length lp entitled *teleport: echo city* via the frankfurt based chiwax imprint.
murphy jax, over the past few years, has been steadily building up a back catalogue of solid electronic workouts. delivering content for the likes of clones jack for daze series, hypercolour, exploited and turbo,jaxs style meanders through a variety of styles, ranging from low-slung, chuggy grooves through to straight up chicago inspired house rhythms, always keeping the production intriguing and melodic. here murphy joins the chiwax roster (a sub-label of rawax, also running the dubwax and housewax labels), alongside heavy hitters like gemini and perseus traxx.

this is the vinyl edition of tigerskins album >all those goodbyes< this special vinyl features 3 exclusive tracks that are not on the cd version of the album. the essence, out of breath and the king always stays the king are three club bangers that will destroy your floor.

darkside is the collaborative duo of guitarist/composer dave harrington and electronic producer nicolas jaar. darkside summon a hybrid of electronic music, psychedelic rock, and dancefloor techno with the sort of artistic depth and breadth for which the term progressive was coined. darksides first fulllength album-released on nicos own other people label in conjunction with matador records-is called psychic. darksides psychic is a watershed moment for the duo, a quantum leap forward from their 3-song debut, 2011s darkside ep. at any given moment, psychic encompasses the ritualistic structures and methodologies of krautrock, the cosmic exploration of classic space-rock, and the immersive, body-moving transcendence of 21st century house and techno-but, working with the finishingeach- others’-sentences fluidity of kindred spirits, dave and nico synthesize it all into a living, breathing whole.

with fans like amon tobin, skrillex and noisia (whove signed them to their division recordings label), youd expect neosignal to offer something different - and the german duo (aka drum & bass heroes phace & misanthrop) certainly dont disappoint. their debut album raum und zeit including the single planet online is out now! their influences range from can to kraftwerk and joy division to led zeppelin, and, while their music has elements of early krautrock, industrial and 80s ebm (electronic body music), its powered by 21st century, bass-driven production.

roar groove follows on from the exceptionally eagerly awaited inaugural body fusion ep, with the bugles of truth ep that continues the revenges sterling association with quality productions.

following four releases in the bangers and ash 12 inch series, styles upon styles inaugurates the label proper with an ep from our friends and community cohorts, archie pelago. from their earliest digital releases on end fence and tectonic, through substantial 12 inches via mister saturday night, well rounded, and their recent self-released transmissions (sly gazabo ep and breezy whey), each body of work from the trio of hirshi, kroba and cosmo d contributes to a growing narrative in their catalogue of improvised, acoustic-electronic dance music. mastered and cut by matt colton at alchemy in london. pressed at mpo in france with artwork from calvin ho and sus sleeve design by tschiegg.

it is jam citys turn to deliver a batch of sweaty, streamlined dancefloor weapons on the 6th installment of the club constructions series. the minimalism and intensity of jersey club music remains a huge influence on the whole night slugs camp, and while jerseys impact can be felt across the cc series, jam city channels those devastating ghostly kick drums like none other. continuing on from where he left off with club favourites *the courts* the *how we relate to the body*, jam drops 5 lean and intense drum workouts build from scrap metal and primed for warehouse use. they move between thudding midrange persistence and just-sub-and-air minimalism, framed by jammed drum machine rhythms and splashes of re-sampled colour. jam decorates these sturdy and well-deployed undercarriages with silvery detail, percussion fragments, broken talkboxes, whispered vox and simple, beautiful chords.

after the pre-take before the summer, wph brings you take 1 in its tribute to the biggest belgian electronic music heritage…new beat! four new killer cuts by a 100% wph family line up, also welcoming long-time friend aril brikha to the family.... this is part 2 of a 4 part vinyl set

(incl collabs with etienne de crécy, alex gopher, zombie nation & john roman) collaborations is an ep on which the subs joined forces with both iconic names and underground producers.

after the last collaboration which saw them go out successfully on desolat, the label loco dice, finally and after so much hard work they have completed their first album on beatwax records and have entitled it a young long trip.

deluxe pack incl a beatwax sticker pack and the cd album (with 3 exclusive bonus tracks)! plux dj mix cd

remixes by fred p reshape, moomin, lauer, acid louis mix, orson wells!supported by, jacques renault, axel boman, roberto rodriguez, julietta, iron curtis, langenberg, ooft!, show b, san soda, tim sweeney, ian pooley, jimpster, permanent vacation, gerd, janson

second ep for spanish piek (sincopat, sphera) on einmusika. soulfull deep tech tunes for your pleasure.

someone sound the funk alarm … bumper, the netherlands-based duo of geoffrey t and mr pauli, live and breathe sizzling, floor-busting electro-funk with one ear cocked to the classic sound and the other raised towards some sci-fi future. “get into position” proclaims the goal here: get all those people on the dance floor, ready to move! jimmy edgar kicks things off with a deep techno remix full of swirling synths and an infectious bassline, then londons tad wily does a funky 4 on the floor remix. the flip features 3 original funk grooves of varying tempo. *get into position* stakes its claim on frenzied body motion. *s.o.s.* provides a deeper excursion into the boogie zone. *ten four* then pops along at an erotic city-esque pace. sweet!

since 2005 jepe and mrbeat joined forces as johnwaynes, and they are very successful with it. from their first releases up to now, they have produced under the same guise, a widely diverse body of work, from a very diversity house, to full-on orchestra oriented classics, with the occasional drift into the more elegant territories of disco. the new ep house-o-matic continues right there.

ever the shape -shifters and genre-benders, on their newest ep lullaby san-francisco dance darlings pillowtalk move away from their innovative brand of housified soul and look toward the misty terrain of lush, 80s-inspired synth-pop. turn down the collars on your izods, switch on your walkman, and drift into that delicious space between waking and sleeping, love and loss, making out and making up.

2013 marks the introduction of a new imprint in music: touch of class records. the labels founders, pillowtalk member michael tello along side ray zuniga, pay homage to their fathers business continuing the family name and artistic principle. originally from los angeles, the label mates migrated north, to san francisco. toc records puts a new west coast label on the map aspiring to exhibit the distinctive deep-house, indie dance and raw-techno textures that embody both hometowns.

extremely ill charles manier (double vinyl only) album on chicagos, nation. weve not heard of this guy since his impressive ghostly international 12inch some years back. this self titled album takes that noise and cranks it right up over tipping point! thunderous gear! seriously decent electronics! tip!

12inch with printed inner cover sleeve! the stl project continues on another dope something vinyl pressing that will take care for shaking bodies and overt minds in order to feed you with stellar emotions and the need for moving your bodily parts. this cosmic transmission comes in a typical stl manner with dirty raw cruising beats and infectious scoring synth activities, ranging from freaky danceabilities to more relaxed and groovy house coolness in all maniac beauty. something for your heart and bones.

...>i cant quite understand!...<

it has been a busy 12 months for trans-atlantic paraguayan trio lpz since their debut ep, 1983 was released to widespread acclaim, landing the disco single of the month award in dj mag and was featured online everywhere from xlr8r and dazed digital to gotta dance dirty and discobelle.
in the intervening months they’ve released another well received 12 inch on loungin recordings and remixed the likes of the herbaliser, compuphonic (get physical) and logo (kitsune), finally though they return to body work with a brand new 4 track ep, think for yourself.

when san franciscos icee hot launched its own record label last fall with a new record from ghosts on tape (one of the partys founders), there was a lot of talk about how quiet hes been in recent years. now, a mere nine months later, thats all changed

leave your body and transcend to another experience. go beyond the organic and explore the 3o nature with this classy old school techno release by the transhumans.

local lads hakim murphy & ike velez are bringing the heat worldwide with their contemporary take on raw classic chicago house sounds. here they give us body flicker, fan nation, & outer path.

nice price deal !!! hot-trotting french-canadian dirty-disco duo ezlv kick off silks new dj imprint, house of silk, with four fresh & carefree club classix led by *home*, the lush uptown house anthem/collaboration with multi-faced melbourne vocalist/mc/boheme romy hoffman (ex-macromantics). the rest of the ep spans funked-out nu-groove edits of prized salsoul sides, a magnetizingly deluxe *home* deelite-dub, plus a swank, androgynous slow-pitched re-imagining of the hard house heartbreaker *it s over now*. quebecois cultures finest body-rocking export of late, crafted expressly 2 b n-joyed. for fans of letting loose. black vinyl 45 rpm 12 inches mastered by a.p. for maximum stereo physicality in hand-stamped and stickered sleeves. one time pressing of 275.

doppel-vinyl im klappcover, inklusive cd-version des albums.

patrik sjeren keeps working that body with his 2nd release for virgo rising. the dancefloor approves!

dbc return with 3 more killer classics reworked for the dance floor.
- dj support: dave jarvis, sleazybeats, frank booker , phil cooper , craig smith, yamwho? & more

promising new label delivering hot hydraulic post-jack beating madness for both body and soul. many do house today ... few are fresh ... check!

3 tone dorsal fin, a new international band from berlin is pleoavcee from san diego, djcksatron from dallas, nora lune from switzerland and the producer count frankula also known as frank muller or beroshima: glistening is a tingling feeling in the skin as well as being perceived by sight or the hairs in your ears. perception of a sensation throughout our whole body - says the artist. lets see. listen up. or glisten up! all introduced by a distorted pitched alien space child rambling incoherently until shaken up by hesitant laughter. raps that rhymes euphemism with hypnotism and swagging with lagging better be good.

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.

boo williams the master from chicago is back on rowtag records!! after his remix on rtg002, we are very proud to release now cosmic teck ep, including remix by damien zala (rowtag label boss). boo delivered three new killer trax for body and soul, authentic, modern and powerfull! damien rework lil red and proposed a classic deep house version, with sweet electric piano keys and raw sound. rowtag records born from fire

*airglow fires* is the first new lone material to emerge since his masterful *galaxy garden* album, his most complete body of work to date. departing from the themes of the rave/hardcore revival and cinematic interstellar travel, *airglow fires* sees him exploring a more considered and intimate sound alongside a rediscovered love of classic hip-hop, as he explains: i love hip hop and house music when it is at it is rawest - to me airglow fires has that kind of 90s basement vibe to it, where the lines between the two genres are kind blurred.

the flames still burn white hot on friedas musics first record. this seems to be no reason not to throw more explosives on top. with the elephant carousel ep the second label maker don ramon inspires a dance carousel that makes even the most peaceful pachyderms on friedas soil rotate. all four tracks are infectious to body and soul. each for itself an original. all four tracks extensively tested on the party crowd by aunt friedas nephew. rather in a club night or at a funny after hour- hands were in the air and the corner of the mouths were rising high. a very special delight for the friends of the upper class reduction surely is the argenis britos remix of the track wild goats. all in all definitely an ep that streches the trunk in the sky!