miguel seabra brings us four cosmic dancefloor bombs between tech house, breakbeat and electro, for the latest instalment in our lab series.

the no.11 release from carpet & snare records is here, welcoming pedro goya to the family. pedro is known for two decades of solid releases on the likes of brique rouge, classic, music for freaks, yoyaku and bloop.

carpet & snares boss jorge caiado is back

hand stamped, very functional club tracks, tip!

tech house monster

incl life shifting mix

carpet & snares records welcomes lukh on their label

ambient / techno

electro techno sureshot

other worlds vol. 1

two heady extended grooves from members of the portuguese collective aspen music.

ltd to 150

limited to 150

incl dan andrei remix, for fans of arpiar / one copy per customer

vinyl only

vinyl only. modern minimal house from a studio in the foothills of sintra. berllioz s labyrinthine modular setup and epic live sessions are legendary in portugal, and here carpet & snares bring us three compositions stemming from those hardware improvisations, plus a remix by playhouse veteran losoul.

vinyl only. lisbon-based record shop carpet & snares second release comes from owner jorge caiado. optimistic strings and sweetly melancholic keys bring a touch of wistfulness to both ap135 and choices : the former matches skippy detroit hats with deep berlin bass in the manner of derek carr, while the latter draws from a rawer palette more reminiscent of 3 chairs. on the flip, tarradas takes us into spacier territory, the almost-broken beat contrasted with a sustained background wash of synths and acid highlights, which s. moreira of the slow life crew turns into the main motif of his driving, funked-up remix, finding a place where techno, breaks and house influences coalesce into a new, exciting whole

vinyl only. first release from lisbon’s leading dance music record shop, carpet & snares records. andré leiria completes his journey from wide-eyed customer to fully-fledged producer, with three reflective originals and an outer-space dub from mosaic boss steve o’sullivan. ‘raining sun’ and ‘not the way home’ evoke wet spring days in the city, sustained chords and delayed accents swelling like morning river mist over the diligent bass and percussive clatter of urban life below. o’sullivan’s drifting dub of ‘raining sun’ steps boldly into a galaxy-scale soundspace, echoing the best of his dub excursions from the late 90s, while on ‘fear of death’ there are hints of another steve (reich), its cacophony of arpeggios propelling the groove into ever higher registers.