duskys 17 steps opens 2015 by welcoming its first signed artist to the label in the much-admired london producer christian piers. one half of laszlo dancehall with leon vynehall, christian piers *beat wiser ep* follows his recent single on curle recordings which has been supported by the likes of dvs1, Âme, axel bowman and jonas kopp.

speaking minds heißt das neue projekt zweier produzenten und djs aus dem norden italiens. ihre produktionen und dj sets sind im deeperen techno bereich angesiedelt. die veröffentlichungen auf labels wie my favourite robot, aeon, cityfox und jetzt musica autonomica finden großen anklang in den wichtigsten clubs und festivals ganz italiens und europas. geremixt wurde unter anderem schon für dj sneak und flowers and sea creatures. der track who the f..k cares ist eine mischung aus deepen, meditativen arpeggios, melodie und minimal gehaltenen drums, der auf den dancefloor abzielt. christian prommer verleiht dem track ein neues organisches gewand, mit dem fokus auf sub bass und drums. early support by: mind against, my favorite robot, laurent garnier, rainer trüby, dj yellow, roland appel, clarian, hyenah, nunos dos santos, ruede hagelstein, jon charnis, hunter/game, adratique, animal trainer

die zweite 12 inch auskopplung aus dem debütalbum von alec storey (früher bekannt als al tourettes) enthält den albumtrack *one sound* sowie das brandneue *layer lock* mit zusätzlichen top-remixen von luke vibert und cristian vogel. psychedelischer, bassiger dark techno. auf 500 stück limitiertes 180g vinyl.

celebrated and mercury-nominated uk duo rae & christian released their first new material for ten years in 2013 on night time stories/late night tales after spending the last decade meditating in a buddhist monastery in swindon. this year the label commissioned a series of remixes from mercury rising and mang dynasty (aka ray mang & bill brewster) take on favourite game featuring rising star of the swindon buddhist circuit jake emlyn. mang dynasty focus on gita langley s backing vocal hooks adding a chorus piano motif and stretch things out into an epic nine minute plus main version aimed squarely at the dancefloor (and afghanistan). jake emlyns more aurally-pleasing melodic parts are utilised towards the end taking things up another level to a happy finish. initial reactions have been so strong it seemed rude not to slip out a 12inch on mangled, home of the hits!

berlins away music imprint extends a warm welcome here with its debut release, a label inspired by the spirit of the >away< series of parties they have taken from berlin to barcelona, with a launch release from compatriot christian vance. fuelled by an uncompromising ethos that will see the ep via a limited run of 350 vinyl copies, vance is supported on >away music 001< by remixes from nuno dos santos and label bosses discrete circuit themselves. lead record >mustang fm< offers the perfect example of vances polished production talents, a groove-driven techno number that simmers with a midwestern pulse around the edges. the grittiest of the offerings you will find on this ep, its propelled by the twisted riff at its center, around which vance skillfully deploys a cast of hi-hats to compliment his bouncy percussion. strictly limited to 350 copies

lola trax limited is the new record label from the infamous shanghai venue lola club, one of the best locations in asia to enjoy electronic dance music.

killer hypnotic tech house

hlanganani music is a new label with its roots in south africa and london, focused on bringing international attention to south african artists. hlanganani music, which translates from zulu as come/get together has its first release from zulu artist butiza. entitled baphuma ezulwini (they came from heaven) the track features vocals from butiza in the style of maskanda (or maskandi-a kind of zulu folk and scathamiya as well as remixes from european mainstays, xdb and christian prommer. the project itself best illuminated by hlanganani label heads and south african expats shy & linda aka sahin meyer with the label the goal is to really help all the artists involved and open new doors on both ends. support by: mr g, jimpster, mano le tough, steve o sullivan, dam swindle, auntie flo, ooft, severino, cottam, lo shea, a sagittariun, drums of death, trickski & more.

oscar mulero and christian wunsch have been making waves in the scene as their spherical coordinates project on the previous release on tsunami which was sold out in no time. now they return on christians flagship with 2 banging solotracks and on top of that a track by sleeparchive! dont sleep on this as it will fly out the shops as usual.

limited edition to 300. hand numbered, spraypainted gold & white sleeves. heavyweight vinyl.

hot city orchestra is a reformation of a band, which was originally formed in 1998. at the age of 17, arno völker (einzelkind) and simon birkenfeld became friends and started making drum and bass music together. they toured all over germany with their record label and had residencies at robert johnson in offenbach and tanzhaus west in frankfurt. after gaining years of experience within the breakbeat scene, arno went on to become einzelkind with releases on playhouse, cocoon, white and his own imprints la peña, jax and pressure traxx as well as worldwide dj gigs. simon was still focusing on his breakbeat career for another year, making an album with a uk drum and bass legend, but it was never released. he stopped making music and started focusing on his career in pr and marketing, where he mostly worked on music and art projects. during this time, the long-time friends arno and simon came up with the idea to launch the blog-network-project www.disco-very. net now, 16 years later, after making first beats together, the boys are back! a tiny bit older, much wiser, more handsome and around 50 bpm slower.

for the second release on cb sessions christian teamed up with his old friend tomio tremmel, who is better known as -the sushi club- the guys spent some all night long sessions to tweak the gear. influenced by modular systems, the virus ti, tanzbär and the jomox 888 this ep offers a widespread variety of club sounds and results in three different electronic tunes, which are hard to describe … so you have to listen to it! also represented on this ep is italians best markus fix. since he has first heard christians -doubledub- he secretly trained everyday to sing the -supi dubi- hook. finally, after six years, he had the chance to present his skills in christians studio. don t miss the final tune - just supi dupi!

ultraphat stomping dubstep infected techno... prime time

this is the new full-length album from techno veteran christian wunsch, a collection of nine tracks, slowly crafted that shows his own personal vision about techno. this is his first full-length album after a whole bunch of twelve inches spread out among the best techno labels around and his very own tsunami imprint. more than twenty years in the business establish him as one of the stepping-stones in the pure techno scene.

imagine cocoon would be a big international football club chris tietjen would be definitely one of the talents coming out of the clubs very own player development program. and he has been pushed step by step to this point to stand on his own feet.

mercury rising is the third studio album to be released by rae & christian

this is christian liscos first ep. its rhythms and beats are tough and robust, its early 90s techno melodies are irresistible, the acidic bleeps also redolent of early dance music and liscos arranging is

300 only - no repress - first come - first serve

the second installment from the australian label nightime drama is a 3 track ep of solid dance-floor friendly grooves.fair game - put on your war pants as christian starts off with a brilliant remix, infusing afro percussion and blissful strings that capture the feeling of the morning after.hunting - a real masterpiece from cristian vance, with detroit stabbing strings and deep pads setting the tone of this track.shake that bird up – has a gritty, provocative deep house vibe with a tight disco bassline that will shake you up on the dance floor. all tracks written by christian vance except a1 – fair game which is a remix by christian vance (original track written by vibrio).

danish christian nielsen joins 8bit with a 4 track ep and a grooving collab track with new yorks very own mr. v. spitting out unashamedly funk jams that are solely cut for the dance floor, christian is climbing the house ranks and showing his profession in music production. timeless uncompromising house sound makes this ep a winner for good. 8bit078 played by dubfire, steve lawler, anja schneider, felix da housecat, huxley, hot since 82, noir, glimpse, betoko, nick curly, gorge, uner, tim green...

support by: pig & dan (cocoon), danny tenaglia, axel bartsch, hermanez, terry francis, andre rozzo (mountain people), luke miskelly (fuse), this is why we dance, enzo siragusa (fuse), marco duranti (uglh), lewis ryder, andrea ferlin (sleep is commercial, contexterrior), magda, orde slam (soma/paragraph), hernan cattaneo, paco osuna, richie hawtin, dubfire.

chinese whispers favourite dj for years, christian s has been around since the mid 1990s, getting his education from the legendary cologne house underground of that decade....

before his upcoming extended ep christian loeffler returns with this seven inch sized record. just like its unusual format this release features two unique pieces of music and an artwork created by loeffler himself. as on his debut album a forest, he teamed up once more with danish vocalist gry bagoien.

christian prommer veroffentlicht mit dieser ep einen großartigen vorboten auf sein im märz 2014 erscheinendes, erstes solo-album >Übermood< auf compost black label! gespickt mit tollen kollaborationen und remixen. zum einen gibt es - unglaublich aber wahr - mit duckwalk die erste gemeinschaftsproduktion mit dem langjährigen münchener weggefährten und compost-labelkollegen jan krause von beanfield. 70s synths, futuristische beats in kombination mit klassik-vocals und eine äußerst crispe produktion bilden das fundament für diesen erhaben anmutenden midtempo-tune.

vinyl only !!
for the 1st djebali reworks, christian burkhardt and hreno & the mole made 2 excellent remixes of djebalis track

catz n dogz & christian löffler rmxs

as an artist, christian burkhardt, is not content with existing within the realms of house and techno, but is determined to further stretch its limits with his signature sound originally from heidelberg, germany, he has carved out his own unique path in production, something which perfectly evident on send the money back.

its been a while since we brought you the last ep on llfo by sascha dive. we havent been lazy though. now we present you another exceptional split ep, this time including tracks from christian burkhardt and daniel roth.

tobsen graale, head of paperjet recordings presents his debut on tanzbar musik! including a amazing groovin remix from cocoon hero christian burkhardt!

christian prommer kehrt mit einer superben ep zum black label von compost zurueck. diese drei tracks sind wie gemacht für jedes open-air-set am strand - sommerliche vibes, die soulful und erhebend sind. ein wirklich neugierig machender vorgeschmack auf das kommende neue album von christian prommer. ambach wird es heißen, erscheinen wird es im oktober als symboltraechtige 100. folge der black label-serie.

patterns returns to the vinylscene with another banger for the techno djs who like to play out the vinyl! 4 pumping high energy tunes by some big shot names from the scene. christian fischer / mark broom / stefano noferini & spektre!

streng limitierte 10 inch des legendõren hamburger pudel labels! weltweit gibt es nur 500 exemplare und nur erhõltlich auf vinyl (nicht digital!). mit einem fantastischen remix des londoner acts cloud boat, die sich me suceeds track thats why i cast a shadow vornehmen. auf der b-seite ³berzeugt der dial-artist christian naujoks mit einem wundersch÷nen meditativen track. coverartwork von alex solman.

vinyl only. get slow is back with its 3rd release. christian malloni delivers his best work to date for his get slow debut, outstanding sampling techniques building his fresh and cutting edge vision of contemporary underground club music. played and supported by : damian lazarus, clive henry, tricksi, brett griffin, feygin, chris duckenfield, silicone soul, zev, daniel solar, crispin dior, cosmonauts and more.

debut release from sourceunknwn label head, christian piers, exercising his love for machine lead music, with three tracks that dabble in the splice of techno and house without indulgence.

uneasy me signals the first artist to feature original music on art of vengeance. australias electronic export, christian vance, delivers a title track with both tension and dancefloor romance. pursuing a restless path, the rhythm and melody come together like an intimate rendezvous caught in the headlights late at night.

collaboration between, frost, einzelkind and christian burkhardt

the new year starts for raum with the second single by two of our key artists teaming up again, namely christian burkhardt and sascha dive. the a side is produced by sascha alone and is definately standing out from his more house related productions of the last months. halfway is a true peak time monster that already got deck sharks nervous throughout the end of last summer in a few sets of djs like ricardo villalobos or raresh for example just to name the most important ones.

burkhardts latest stroke, including the hit delight. now we are back again with a charming selection of remixes, including work by tobi neumann and julien veniel aka djulz. tobi neumanns remix reminds the attentive listener to the old days of oslo. it is so to speak on the point. its light, but still complex in a special way. tobi carefully unhinged the catchy vocals of delight, added it at some points and put his glance over it. the b-side is home to djulzs interpretation of pianissimo. a dark and powerful house track, that finds its glory in its simplicity. a subtle piano sample is the basis for a forward moving drum pattern. here and there an eerie vocal shot rises and guides the dancer through the musical mind of djulz.

almost two years have gone by since the team at injected poison records launched its previous vinyl record. now, the label headed by the spanish artist jose pouj brings us its fifth release. this issue will be jam-packed with the best and most up-to-date techno, because they have enlisted the most outstanding spanish producers: oscar mulero, christian wunsch, exium and the labels boss himself: jose pouj.

our seleccion natural compilation series is back in shape with this 6th instalment, featuring as always music from our all star team: oscar mulero, exium, christian wunsch and reeko.four fine cuts of futuristic techno, each one with its own particular mood and feel.the release starts with reverberation by oscar mulero, an intense workout beginning with a straight and dark beat, salted with precise sub bass frequencies. the track grows and evolves till fm bass galore takes over and synth drums and white noise infect the arrangement, taking intensity to peak levels.exium show their electro side in the second track no sign of weakness. they depart from 4x4 beats on behalf of broken beats with an industrial flavour and the traditional drones, dark atmospheres and moving arrangements they are known for.christian wunsch reveals his darker side in sleeper cell, based on an enormous kick, side by side with sharp hats, digital percussions and dark and sticky noises.lynx is reekos input into this 12inch. complex and intricate rhythms, thick textures, multiple layers of drums and a constantly evolving structure, dark and sharp at the same time.an excellent sample of contemporary techno created by four of the best european producers of the moment.dont miss it.

christian blends all the best funk,hip hop and house with his very own oslo style

label chief master-h stepping up and not for the first time, raising an already high bar, once again skyward. >stabs call< sees h team up with the wonderfully talented saxophonist, geoffrey secco. not only does geoffrey play regularly with the legendary tito puente, but he has now joined h is their own band ... more on that, very soon
support from deetron, len faki, laurent garnier, slam, steve rachmad, nuno do santos, soul clap, samuel l session, rainer truby, sis, norman nodge…, ...

the rebirth of cool m=minimal is pleased to release a masterpiece of the early 21st century on vinyl. till the old worlds blown up and a new one is created is an outstanding work of reductionism and minimalism. martin brandlmyar ( radian / trapist / kapitalband 1 ), werner dafeldecker ( polwechsel, david sylvian, autistic daughters) and christian fennesz ( touch / mego / thrill jockey ) on this record created a new kind of cool jazz coupled with a big portion of new york school ( cage, feldman, brown und wolff). its hard to describe the music with words. this work reveals his secrets only after listening to it a couple of times. it grows with each time you listen to it. in this work, silence and noise are never used as an end in itself. as equal parameters they stand in the composition that also has space for some tonal >flower<. our recommended listening time is – round about midnight.

third vinyl from australias haul music camp with a track by label co-founder christan vance, backed up with remixes by kirk degiorgio and brick veneer.
already supported by laurent garnier, troy pierce, guy j, jonas kopp, echologist, peter van hoesen, tim green, jackmate, sei a, toni rios, samuel l. session, shlomi aber and many more.

umek teams up with christian cambas for the latest music therapy release and pleasurekraft joins the party with a huge remix.

christian comes back in perfect shape for our polegroup number 12, with his trademark techno sound, punchy and full of soul.this three tracker ep shows new progression on christians skills, improving his studio weapons on behalf of a redefined sound approach.planetary alignment opens the a side with dark reverberated beats, fixed sequences and fm bass. subtle spoken vocals appear in the middle of the arrangement till more synth sequences are added to create a pulsating and spacey feeling.seismic waves continues on the b side on a more relaxed vein, where the drones are the starring element, drums are more mental, and also the tempo is lower.pole shifting has another point of view, going deeper into the sound, with detroit style stabs, strings and percussion workout. a track that is for the mind as well as for the body.a complete release with a wide sound palette, showing one more time the studio skills of this veteran who is constantly reshaping himself, but keeping pureness in essence.

candy land is dj pi-ges first solo release from arpa records. it follows on from his previous collaboration with mathias kaden as unit mathi midori& pi-ge who released the konomama ep on raummusik the ep gained critical acclaim, especially for the inspiring remixes by reboot and maayan nidam. “candy land( original mix) - track one is a minimal track structured with profound bass, crunchy guitar samples and simple rhythm, peppered with minimalistic voice samples, it features a high impact breakdown. on the track 2 is a remix by christian burkhardt, one of the most remarkable producers at the moment and his tracks have been released various leading labels such as raum…musik, oslo, and cocoon to name a few. his remix fuses the characters of the original track with a unique new school rhythm and groove. on the 3rd track is deep and dark remix by dj sodeyama, label honcho of arpa records. this remix form an extended journey of over 10mins with a deep and dark introduction thats combined with experimental sounds as the track builds. all in all a great package for djs of deep house, tech house and techno.

like hardly any other ambassador of modern rhein main house music, christian burkhardt has experienced a true rocket-like takeoff in the last year. burkhardts cocoon debut ep stopover goa has, after one year, still a place of honour in many djs record cases. also his legendary live set in the pouring rain at last years green & blue may belong to the lasting memories of a life dedicated to electronic music. the heidelberg-born producer has already worked for la peña, raum…musik and oslo, and his collaborations with einzelkind and sascha dive became a talking point, too. with his second ep for cocoon, he again sets new standards. theres nobody around who is able to alienate vocals from the collective memory of afro-american culture into a hallucinogenic cocktail without harmful side effects in such a way than burkhardt is. nevertheless, and despite the massive, forward-pushing bass drum and hand claps, he never loses the focus of his soul. so - open your mind, we wish you lots of fun with heart and mind and the considerably acid-like waffles, while the tropical-hypnotic seagull atmosphere of twentysecondcenturydrama already whets the appetite for the upcoming club summer season of 2012.