r-zone is a new label launched by global darkness. who is involved isnt exactly a secret, those who feel so inclined can piece the information together quite easily. it is however irrelevant to the concept of r-zone, which would like to shift the focus away from namedropping and perception based on hype around individual artists and bring it back where it belongs, in the lap of the music.

heavyweight legendary acid house music figureheads such as larry heard, phuture (dj pierre, spanky), armando, marshall jefferson, k-alexi, farley jackmaster funk and more all feature in soul jazz records new highly stylised album compilation of classic and rare chicago acid and experimental house music from 1986-93. first of two volumes of super-loud supreme audiophile 180gm double-vinyl housed in deluxe gatefold sleeves and polyethylene inners, complete with full graphic novel inside, contains complete full-length 12 inch original fully-remastered heavyweight chicago acid at its loudest and best. digital download code included.

der housemeister ist seit den 1990er jahren aktiver und fester bestandteil der berliner technoszene, geprägt von illegalen raves, pioniergeist und diy. mit eindrucksvoller release-historie auf labels wie bpitch control, all you can beat und boysnoize, kehrt der produzenten-jongleur diesen sommer mit seinem neuen werk zurück. op-1 wurde ausschließlich mit einem transportablen synthesizer produziert und aufgenommen - im flughafen, auf dem flug, im hotelzimmer, an der bar oder vor dem abendlichen auftritt. op-1, ein gerät und ein album wie aus der zukunft!

claus voigtmann makes his vinyl debut on lisbon’s assemble music, applying the same high standards to his productions as he does to the toi toi parties he co-organises in london. in fact, you can imagine ‘spin’ greeting you on arrival in a moodily-lit shoreditch basement, its growling interplay of bass and kick drum instantly familiar and pleasurable. the plunging bass and pinpoint kicks of ‘junago’ bring to mind the refined soundspaces of peter ford or ‘the au harem’-era villalobos. it’s the kind of track that comes into its own the later the night gets, and just as the elements interlock then writhe apart from each other you can imagine the dance floor doing the same.

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after their hot contributions for treats vol. 2, session victim prove indeed that they are on the roll with a funkafied and no holds barred ep that pays homage to their hip-hop roots. move me so starts rather simply, with just a guitar and a vocal, but you can hear a moving bassline and distant rhodes chords creeping up from the background. two minutes into the track and theres still no kick drum, although the level of excitement produced by the magnetic groove is almost unbearable. a filtered drum break finally gives way to a four to the floor beat that should turn any dancefloor into a frenetic party. the track builds with high energy, as the pounding bassline seems to be directly lifted from an early 90s hip-hop classic. the breakdown sees the vocal/guitar loop being played differently until the second part shifts gear and brings more surprises in the mix with the intro rhodes chords coming in and out.

the curatorial direction appleblim has always chosen to take with apple pips is rooted in his dj sets, testing tracks to the nth degree and searching for those cuts which engender the desired emotional response in the club. arkists 2011 banger rendezvous held plenty of that weight in its original form, and it wasnt long before scuba wanted to get his hands on the parts for a more houseminded revision in line with his scb output. kept as a secret weapon of blims ever since it was first crafted, scubas dj kicks mix in 2012 finally brought about a public airing of his own edit. with the dust settled on that particular chapter, it is only fitting that this rock solid interpretation receives a full vinyl release over which the eight minutes of poised keys, unflinching bass and swelling atmospherics can prowl undisturbed.

after his previous dancefloor corkers on lovemonk and kat records, casbah 73 returns to the fray with four more servings of deep & funky boogie-house.
casbah 73 has had a busy year, whether it is delivering intense detroit-influenced jams & twisted house originals or releasing some essential edits, stripping and rebuilding those disco & jazz bombs for dancefloor duties to great effect. his joints have been supported by names you can trust like gilles peterson, jazzanova, danny krivit or belle and sebastians chris geddes.

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

teona will lead the third and penultimate stallions gallop along with home bosconi records. starting from dry scream by alex picone, a forest full of warm sounds and rough that only analogue instruments and a tape recording can give. follows, always on side a, quanto tempo ci rimane a track of the mysterious matrix nightdrivers edited in terms of house by label boss fabio corcos. the vinyl rotates, thoroughbred gallop in the b side, where they find themselves in a syncopated bassline with dirty vibes of i.f.ms, aka marcello napoletano and fran mela, and a broken rhythm and essential characterized by a hypnotic groove that aims at creating an atmosphere featuring in dark clouds, produced by young people from home bosconi, herva and marco daquino aka lifes track.

andres zaccos very own greener imprint is back with a brand new 12 inch release. as you can already tell from the labels frequency in output (the last 12 inch, andres zacco & franco cinellis the secret mission ep came out in may 2011), greener places its primary focus on quality, not quantity. for this fourth outing, greener is glad to welcome j.c. – a young, up-andcoming producer from madrid, who presents here his personal take on techno. both titles on the m-theory ep put forward a fine mixture of unyielding, grounding rhythmic structures and mesmerizing synths, building into grand momentums.

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illusion recordings is bringing an absolute stomper from the appropriately titled ny stomp with a track called >the ny house track<. a massive track inspired by new york, jersey house music and designed to get every party rocking! ny stomp is a special project by gerd (clone/4lux) who made this track to add to his live set with no intention to release it. it was just a cut made for his live sets and done as an hommage to the early days of ny and nj house. however after playing this at a party from the illusion guys in leeds he got tortured by the guys to make him release it... and lets be honest... it would have been a shame if these cuts never made it to vinyl! one the flip side a slightly more introvert track calles >can you feel it<. on remix duty its nicholas and dj aakmael both doing an excellent job by smoothening things up and take things a bit deeper. proper house music!

selected by joey negro & sean p, classic 80s boogie, soul & electro-funk nuggets.

huxley and jimmy posters introduce baslow on their saints & sonnets imprint with one two many threes - an ep of punchy, melodic house that has the stamp of approval from tensnake, no artificial colours and more.
intended as an ode to 123bpm simply because thats where its at, baslows one two many threes is another winner for the increasingly essential saints & sonnets.

emotional rescue certainly laid a claim for the most esoteric of reissue endeavours last year, and they are looking to maintain this approach in 2013. their first release sees the label dig further into the cassette archives of kevin harrison, focusing specifically on the neo project the coventry musician did in cahoots with fellow electronic explorer, peter every from neophyte records. as you can tell from the primitive drum heavy tone of the music, neo surfaced in 1985 with the 8 track cassette release global network. this twelve presents five of those tracks, all of which echo the pulsing electronic rhythms of the fly ep, emotional rescues previous harrison reissue, and will find as much favour with those who sleep on the left side of disco as fans of cold wave.

the shifted flow 002 ep sees another diverse release from matthew burton & kate rathod. the five tracker also has a couple of collaborations. a2 sees matthew team up with friend, tattooist, and lover of all things analog, bangla design (george from the island of cyprus). while on the flip side b1 sees matthew & kate along side their favourite producer and old friend blm. the whole ep is packed full of moody atmospheric textures and vibes which can be enjoyed at home spaced out or on a dark sweaty dance floor in equal measure

humans are an abstraction of animal life form – and this is their soundtrack. on the first release monomood shows some light. but the light is pulsating in stroboscopic rhythms and enlightens shadows of moving creatures locked into a murky basement. if this is too disturbing for you, the well known grounded theory mastermind henning baer slows down the frequency to turn the raging floor into a dark moving mass hypnosis. after that you can recognize some dark scientists are brewing a fascinating cocktail out of boiling bass anddistorted sounds capes. drink it and you will know!

detroits berlin-based jimmy edgar is on a mission to manifest dance culture on a level deeper than any bass can drop. synthesizing his passions for esoteric philosophy and 90s club music, edgar announces a new ep, label launch, and special projects with fellow multimedia mystics machinedrum and pilar zeta.

the new >5 seiten ep< by 60 hertz contains plays with the space in which it is meant to be played. corners. in a three-dimensional room. six two-dimensional surfaces. twelve edges, four sides the same length – parallel to each other. well, thats the theory. from outside one can only see edges, yet it is well curved inside. at first sight you wouldnt get it. you only see what you figure out. the question is - how deeply can you discover a space you dont understand? a fifth level, a fifth surface, a fifth side.

the next instalment, we feature artists from the growing lht family jamie blanco opens the record with his accomplice sam mensah on singin duties - jamie and alphonse worked in the studio together on this version we think will appeal to fans of real house music next up is bintus of power vacuum with his first original track on lht and theres no messing about - raw acid and stripped drums and at a pace that we can dance too, label boss alphonse opens side b with a deep 808 jam and this is followed by lht studio wizz facade who finishes with another piece of what can only be described as big.

hafiza innocenceis olugbenga’s debut release. having built a following djing at festivals and clubs worldwide, crafting remixes and producing mixtapes, olugbenga’s music draws on elements from techno, gospel and the claustrophobic soundscapes of post-rock.

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here are the two techno giants format:b and pleasurekraft take the underbrush like king kong and godzilla. one can see that the recent tour through mexico has only strengthened their artistic bond.

who would have thought that, when oliver koletzki released his blackout ep as svt001 almost eight years ago, stil vor talent would reach the catalogue number 100? with our 100th release, we can look back on lots of fantastic music, music by artists who have become part of a close-knit family of friends.

who would have thought that, when oliver koletzki released his blackout ep as svt001 almost eight years ago, stil vor talent would reach the catalogue number 100? with our 100th release, we can look back on lots of fantastic music, music by artists who have become part of a close-knit family of friends

the first official worldwide release of occulti label is the music of romans old dear friends maxim, cutworks, daniil(bulb) and julia marks - against the grain. we can find the song from cutworks and bulb with the lovely sensual voice of a beautiful russian woman julia marks on the a-side and cutworkss sick dub mix on the b-side

vinyl only, 180 gramm pressing, red vinyl and strong limited. this release is for every deeply packed record bag. primary >colours< is proud to follow up their blue release with another fantastic, limited, vinyl only treat. echo inspectors, ‘ghost flight’, is chosen for the red release in this 3 colour series. with a philosophical notion, ghost flight is an eclectic journey into deep, dubby techno. this scratchy, stepping, techno groove is surrounded by rootsy elements accompanied by superb bass. the delayed, washy elements and soul grabbing overtone are all superlative in aggregation – >a spirit of an age to which no one can return.<
salz dub has certainly salted up the flavor on this release. with their unique signature of swinging dub tech they deliver a faithful yet revived edit of >ghost flight<. this track sucks you in for the whole journey! the infectious groove, vocal edit and drop are nothing short of fantastic.

california analog dream is the new single taken from the vondelpark debut album seabed. tracing the sonic history of the song from initially being a highlight on the bands debut ep sauna to inclusion on the debut full-length, feels like uncovering the story of the band that produced it. on the songs initial version rainsburys voice kept you at arms length. on seabed his vocal take draws you in, feeling magnetic and intense. it is on this song in particular that you can really mark the changes that vondelpark have been through over the past 18 months of recording. rainsbury describes seabed as a coming of age record, and that is something that could just as easily apply to the impressive transformation vondelpark have made during its conception. on remix duties is fellow r&s artist bullion who always delivers the goods with his remixes and productions, on this mix he seems to be channeling a funky lower east side new york vibe, circa 1979. next up are dfa artists factory floor who deliver a signature industrial acid workout perfect for the dancefloor. pressing on white vinyl.

if you look into the night sky you can see a shadow of the headless horseman and his steel. this time around he has taken perc prisoner in the graveyard. as we know, decapitation does not come without con- sequence. rumor has it that the horseman is continuing his journey throughout the land and will strike again so beware.

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after sides from matthew burton, seuil and albert schwartz, sammy dees ultrastretch label returns in 2013 with volkan akin. a regular presence at berlin institutions like club der visionäre, akin has been slowly rolling out his brand of prickly, spaced-out club tracks since the end of the last decade, both under his own name and as v for volkan. but if volkan akin has up until now been unfamiliar beyond germany, his ultrastretch debut, voltage, featuring an absolute beast of a ricardo villalobos remix, stands to turn more than a few heads in his direction. densely packed and intricately constructed, voltage is an extended groove you can get lost in. cymbals ring softly amidst whirrs of faintly melodic clicks, scratches and voices. but at the center of akins churning, percussive arrangement lies a warm and weighty kick sure to keep dancers pinned to the floor. like so many great perlon records, voltage can be taken as a deeply considered exercise in sound design or as a deadly club track simultaneously, with akins musical sophistication and knack for an inviting beat working hand-in-hand. the original mix spends over 11 minutes unraveling, but as you fall further into the swirl of akins interlocking rhythms, youre likely to stop counting. a shorter constant voltage mix evokes sunrise, pulling back the originals heft to reveal gorgeous pads and hints of organic rhythm. ricardo villalobos, sammys longtime label mate at perlon and a producer who likely needs no introduction, digs deeper into the thump at the heart of voltage on his acdc remix. focusing on the originals wisps of melody, villalobos turns in a warm, zoned-in remix that feels of a piece with the singular techno trips found on his recent lp dependent and happy

outstanding ep on the mighty dolly again, who keeps on delivering at the highest level. four equally strong tracks (of which three will be featured on steffis upcoming panoramabar mix cd) by dexter, third side, john barera & will martin, and label lady steffi herself. crossing the thin line of contemporary house & techno with slight hints of acid and proper us deep house... but basically all just can described as strong & plain groove, for maximum dancefloor delight. strong!

fresh from the honey cave, where the master bears have been at it, slaving away, bsm is proud to present a sweet as honey offering today, a new four track vinyl of fuzzy delights! and as ever, coming up with the goods, to which already all the bears and bearettes are kickin it hard in the woods! so when you go down to the woods today, be sure to ready your ears, for the deep beats & other sweet treats designed to crank up the gears, featuring homeboy, the audiowhores, acid andee & manjane and gramophonedzie all displaying their wares, youll be pleasantly surprised at what soooper-phat tunes can come from a bunch of bears.

we have selected 4 great tracks by some of our favourite producers for this special release. jonas kopp, dustin zahn & flug have all been on fire this year and can do no wrong production-wise as far as we are concerned! the final track is an interesting collaboration between friends tony rohr, billy johnston & gennaro mastrantonio!

joseph capriatis remix of can you feel it is a funky techno track that uses stabs to really build a solid groove that will be a sure fire hit. the sandwell district remix of i feel it deep uses the original vocal in an ambient journey with pads and percussion to tell a story.

almost contemporaneous with the spring awakening colludo records launches a new ep.may we proudly present the house negro ep. neverm!nd created two brilliant tracks house negro (original mix) and lo4lo (original mix) which can be listened again and again

returning with a second cut shortly after their first release, untzz brings more sonic artistry and club tools to another heavyweight slab of wax. inspired by the awesome people of adelaide and their commitment to the dance floor

wild oats is proud to present the kmfh debut album the boat party. after a year of collaborative releases, kyle hall, under the alias kmfh, has produced a debut album, a fusion of original work, sample tracks, and raw edits. the boat party album artwork pokes fun at european summer boat parties and juxtaposes the destitute state of detroit and its recent proneness to discarded luxury in financial crises. mainly, the inability to leave and the sometimes pleasant isolation of a boat party is what the album exudes. the listener has a certain commitment to the material which definitely has its place on the dance floor. you can find tracks that have soulful, funky, and organic feels, while others have a more abstract, mechanical, and robotic sentiments. the boat party was carefully constructed which makes the album a cohesive mix of soulful etherealness and roughly raw sounds, kmfhs cueing into the true aspects of detroit.

release number eight on london house maven george fitzgeralds manmakemusic label, the laszlo dancehall ep, connects two of the uks most exciting young producers: leon vynehall and christian piers. the sample driven crunch of vynehalls earlier productions on manmakemusic can be heard loud and clear complementing the canny but irresistible percussive and vocal shimmies of piers. aside track gave up, championed by george fitzgerald on his recent bbc essential mix for radio one, sets the pace and aims straight at the dancefloor with its strange sonic palette, at once euphoric and gritty. on the flip we get aint no time on which vynehall and piers give us their interpretation of classic house. the final track, manley harrison, is the strangest and arguably most original of the bunch and leaves the listener in no doubt as to why there is such a buzz about these two producers at the moment.

few people stand for a real underground approach to techno like adam x does. for over 20 years he has been right in the center of the scene. before moving to berlin he ran the sonic groove record shop in nyc for 15 years. the sonic groove label also owned by adam is still a dominating force in the scene and has released music of legends like abe duque, blake baxter, frankie bones, kevin saunderson and many more. with djing, producing music adam in recent years has received a lot of support from people like chris liebing and many others for his productions as adam x as well as for his aliases traversable wormhole, admx-71.adam’s sound is dark and heavily influenced by his passion for industrial and old school ebm music. with coercive persuasion on the a-side he combines these influences with a functionality that can only derive from his extensive touring as a dj and live act. it is a dark anthem that will destroy all real techno floors. no doubt. the b-side deprogramming sequence comes along with driving bells that give the stomping beat of the track a little uplift and therewith balances out the heavy dark side of the ep.

i had dinner with breach in london and he told me: hey, i have a track that is really dirtybird. i would put it out but its really sounding right for you guys. i took this with a grain of salt but then i heard lets get hot and i found out he was right. it has got the swagger and the sound. it makes girls grind their asses into boys crotches on the dancefloor. perfect. signed. so i then asked him to make something even more sexual, thinking it would be ages before i got something back. 10 days later the a-side came back to me as a 2 minute clip while i was on the train to warehouse project in manchester. i liked it so much that i edited it on the train to stretch it out to 5 minute. as expected, it slayed the room and the final version breach has delivered is one of the best records of the year in my opinion. with the simple title of jack you can see for yourself when you play it. this is the real deal. love, vonstroke

treating the hot creations imprint to a dose of pure and unadulterated house, the rising partnership of darius syrossian & hector couto deliver a 4-tracker of chicago bumpin rowdyness. big, bad and heavy basslines are the order of the day and forthcoming ep >whos the douche?< is guaranteed to destroy the dancefloor

with this second annoucement release for the album >reunion< barck fuels expectations to the fullest. one can be assured though: he will live up to it.

so, here we are at loch lomonds fourth album, dresses, and its a spectacular, moving piece of work. employing piano, cello, flugelhorn, vibraphone, dulcimer, banjo, belle plates and, perhaps most affectingly of all, some dazzling choral arrangements, dresses can be remarkably understated for an album flushed with so many orchestral characteristics

doppel vinyl im klappcover, cd-version inklusive.
am abend, an dem eigentlich eva cassidys 50. geburtstag gewesen wäre, kündigte blix street records die veröffentlichung von the best of eva cassidy an, eine umfassende neue sammlung mit zwanzig der beliebtesten und erfolgreichsten songs der verstorbenen sängerin. nachdem eva cassidy bereits drei nummer 1-alben in großbritannien, eine nummer 1-duett-single in großbritannien und einen weltweiten umsatz von 10 millionen vorweisen kann, gibt es jetzt erstmals die besten titel aus ihrem repertoire auf einem album. diese zwanzig prägenden darbietungen dokumentieren eva cassidys musikalisches erbe für die nachwelt.

excellent balearic / cosmic journey

after the glorious debut we go straight ahead ep for luv shack last summer, a welcome return for lesale with his lesexe / symphony release. thumping drums and throbbing bass await prerequisite footwear in lesexe. and you better have a pair of some serious leather that can withstand a night heavy shuffling as lesale gets his boogie boots and swagger on. original gets tight and mighty with a groove that just demand you stomp up a floor or two in search of the booty. aroused and alluring vocals dampen all the right places and also set up for a long night of passion. the guy knows how to sex you up for sure!

another day, another motherfuckin dab-j! well, their release roster might not be that prolific, but well not let reason interfere with rhyme. and you guessed it: its another shadowy figure lifted from obscurity like a golden pearl plucked from the deepest depths of the ocean. could it be the work of an infamous producer, or the product of a hobo wizard whos borrowed a few machines from a home-owning friend? only thedabj illuminati know this. and the fact that they also have a sense of humor means that we can keep getting away with writing these increasingly ridiculous press releases. it also gives us reason to assume that the entire dabj back catalogue is the work of an 85 year old woman. o.d.d: ol dirty debra working that danceflo heat. but more than likely its not on a geriatric junt tip.

the third part of the black series trilogy guides authentic pew into a new year. according to a furious frist with releases by jonas kopp, kevin gorman and markus suckut the new e.p. is following the rising sun with a special guest from japan named tomohiko sagae. far east techno, straight and with some drops of acid. but befor you face his endurance on the a2 you have to bear down nyers by aerts. on the flipside you can find some more acid-drops, this time by perthil & aerts and called kin, first in the original way and after that remixed by secluded.

house is at home with bobby browser, who may be “still browsing” after 2012’s “just browsing” ep, but these four tracks feel like he’s finally splurged on the pleasure-purchase. never afraid to fuse sad soul ii soulisms with flute-floozy milan model-walk wonders, or blue lipstick, platform dance with classic groove-back ogle-voguing, bobby browser remains a san fran late-night-on-haight-night latin legend. browser’s known for djing gel-gems like “bad bad boys” and other, mostly forgotten, romantic thrift store singles and as producer he’s got the same no-boundaries deep-‘preciation for all that can be stirred in his stoopid stew. howard jones meets earth, wind, and fire meets n’dea davenport meets sade meets frankie knuckles but not at all straightforward, and nothing short of silky slip-peeling. always lovely and light, sleek and chic, bobby browser’s bought a spot on your yacht. it’s going to be a smooth cruise.