otherworldly caribbean electronic dance floor cuts! arousing prog-zouk and abstract futurism from the french west indies by synthesist claude rodap, released on vinyl for the first time. huge tip! in the early eighties, a time where french caribbean musicians were searching for their own sound, claude rodap mixed traditional gwo-ka, bel air, biguine with synthetic sounds, resulting in magical, adventurous outcome. recorded in the nineties and in 2000, the dreamy, sensuous three tracks on beletronic are the deliberate result of more than a decade of his experimentation.

fresh from his triumphant return to detroits movement festival, where by all accounts he delivered the set of the weekend, claude young teams up with his different world co-hort takasi nakajima for their debut release on art. the original is no-nonsense but thoughtful future-tech, with plenty of analog modulations for the heads - and dance-floor thump for the party people. on the flip, the legendary ian o brien delivers a typically deep, detroit tinged remix with trademark warm bass and glistening top lines. ian planned to do one more mix-down of his remix when the huge earthquake earlier this year pretty much demolished his tokyo-based studio.

gatefold lp, with 1 poster from the film, 1 blueprint for la femme-objet designed by illustrator erwan terrier, and 1 erotic comic book with la cicciolina and marilyn jess in english & french, 32 pages b&w

incl claude money remix

incl philipp gorbatchev,claude vonstroke ark remixes

reissue

excellent detroit house from claude young

brand new future beat alliance featuring a remix from detroit god claude young.

... double header bombs, phaat

2019 remaster

great claude von stroke and green velvet collaboration

supported by laurent garnier, red rack em, kraak & smaak, nightmares on wax and more

the masterpieces of claude debussy, played by claudio arrau, charles münch, philippe entremont, manuel rosenthal, robert casadesus and fritz reiner.

the backroom club was packed with the hottest kids from the street. the movers and shakers wore their finest clothes to get down to the boassanova rock whilst the gangsters and players watched on from behind luxurious red curtains. in the murky shadows some exchanged more than just pleasantaries in the form of parcels and goods. they were devilish figures who existed only by night, when the streets were no longer safe for the do gooders to walk. this was a rough and ready town. cyrk is set to release a new ep on the infamous rawax record label. a charming assortment of well crafted house and some sophisticated electro cuts for the club. rounded up by a fantastci remix from claude young!

15th release of the strong barba records! and its fbk who s back featuring a remix by none other than claude young - a detroit heavy-weight who s been particularly selective with his output. kevin s previous record for barba, a 2016 twelve titled -screaming her name-, also featured a remixes by terrence dixon and plural. between then and now kevin managed to put out a track for -the cast project- va and a solo ep for radio slave s rekids imprint.

after decades in the making finders keepers records present the first-ever pressing of serge gainsbourg’s most elusive and coveted soundtrack studio recordings co-written, arranged and orchestrated by the genius jean-claude vannier (histoire de melody nelson) during what many consider to be the dynamic duo’s most definitive creative period.

2016 was a banner year for dirtybirds founder, claude vonstroke. he debuted his get real alias with green velvet in the winter, and followed up with another number one single in the spring with the rain break. he celebrated the 10th anniversary of whos afraid of detroit to kick off the summer, and finished in the fall by being crowned americas best dj by pioneer at a ceremony he shared with all the fans at the dirtybird campout. after a relentless touring schedule the first half of 2017, claude hit the studio with a couple ace producers, will clarke & sébastien v to collaborate on two giant singles for the works well with others ep. tiny tambourine is the product of will clarke & claude working together. its a bit of a misnomer, as tiny is the last word to describe the heavy bassline which starts to form immediately at the tracks outset. continuing to build over crisp and heavy beats and outbursts of drama before dropping back to the burly bassline, the result is monstrous. will clarke has been on a dirtybird hot streak having released 3 solo eps, 5 singles, an appearance on justin martins album, as well as a brand new collab with shiba san on the bbq compilation and a full takeover on the birdhouse radio show. on the flip side, claude teams up with one of dirtybirds freshest talents, sébastien v, for daylight dark room a light, melodic tone contrasts with a dark and funky acid resonance to create a truly unique masterpiece. the mysterious sébastien v was also featured on the dirtybird bbq compilation with his super-hot track funkulate, and there are rumors floating around that he is actually someone from the core dirtybird roster sporting a secret alias.

claude speeed returns to planet mu, two years after the “sun czar temple ep”, with his second album “infinity ultra”. he describes the record he’s been creating since he started making computer music as one “conceiving an interior territory: an abstract space to process the oppression, confusion and insanity of the contemporary age, and to formulate an honest emotional and artistic response - a psychic jumping off point into an uncertain future.”

beflügelt vom großen erfolg der ersten zusammenstellung hat es sich der dj, jazz-maestro, obsessive plattensammler und if-labelchef jean-claude thompson nicht nehmen lassen, zu einer zweiten reise in tiefe jazzlandschaften einzutauchen. sein dreifach-vinyl ist gedacht für alte hasen und junge dancefloor-hüpfer, arrivierte auskenner und neugierige novizen. denn: kaum jemanden dürften die obskuren, seelenvollen und natürlich längst nicht mehr regulär erhältlichen stücke bekannt sein, die thompson aus welchen plattenkisten auch immer ans tageslicht geholt hat. dabei sind es gar nicht einmal sonderlich viele, zeichnen sich die meisten der insgesamt neun tracks doch durch eine laufzeit von zehn bis zwölf minuten aus, “latin black funk” von sparrow währt sogar 20 minuten. der spirit lebt!

amazing master tape discovery of an original 1973 misplaced jean claude vannier single including alternate arrangements/instrumentation from the first days of the l’enfant assassin des mouches sessions.

fulgeance drops his own vision of club funk and future beats. 4 original tracks that prove fulgeance has no limit in sound. from dreamy vocoder poetry to broken dance moves, this ep is complete. even more with 2 remixes from claude (fulgeance bipolarity project) this one is for the 4/4 djs dollkraut the new sensation from amsterdam, analogue sound wizard as they’re calling him.

after a long break best works records is back again. this time with a nice remix package of andre lodemanns track « going to the core feat. nathalie claude ».

less than a year since he served up his third album *urban animal*, claude vonstroke delivers more brand new original material! based on the personal experience of starting at the bottom selling fake perfume out of the the trunk of his car, *califuture* foretells the sunny-sided ironies experienced by the legions of fame and heat-seekers who head out to the golden state each year in the pursuit of the dream.

stuck in the 9-5 grind, stifled by the impersonality of constant social media and mobile interaction, contemporary urban life can be suffocating. for a certain breed, release cannot be found in the vast, unpopulated great outdoors. urban animals congregate in heaving warehouses, seeking solace in the liberating beats of the kick drum. they are bound not by association, but through a shared experience of primal relief felt in those shadowy, dance floor corners swelling with the sounds of low end frequencies and brazenly sculpted grooves. this is the urban animals jungle.

>impolite to refuse< by claude young remade and remixed by santiago salazar and esteban adame as ican. originally released in 1996, >impolite to refuse< immediately inspired the future members of ican. it had that detroit techno soul with latinized bass and percussion, even before knights of the jaguar, claude youngs masterpiece had won us over. also included on this release are two new versions of >impolite to refuse<. esteban adame and santiago salazar did their homework to recreate the strings, bass and then added their own inspired twists for the ican remake. esteban adame slows it down to 118 bpm for a latin funk jam on his deep mix.

2008 mini lp sleeve reissue of this album from serge gainsbourgs right-hand man jean-claude vannier, originally released in 1972. recorded during the same sessions as gainsbourgs highly acclaimed masterpiece melody nelson it follows in a similar avant-garde rock-opera vein. lenfant assasin des mouches (the child fly-killer) is a supernatural tale written by gainsbourg depicting the journey of the young child travelling through a nightmarish -fly kingdom-. vannier narrates the story with sparse music concrete sounds coupled with choirs, funky beats, cowbells, wah-wah guitars and ethnic strings. comparisons could be made with some of frank zappas hot rats material and alain goraguers creepy le planet sauvge.

the -makeovers- project is a compilation of some of claudes best re-twists, some of which are so far removed they can almost be considered original works. this special edition vinyl includes one of the most sought after remixes, -warpaint- originally by pocket 808 in australia, vonstroke turned this into a late night anthem in 2007. played by techno djs, dubstep djs, and everyone in between this track was never cut to vinyl until now. on the flip side claude remixed the nublu orchestra out of new york. he was never completely happy with the original version of the remix and hes gone back and re-made it into a very special piece of music including a new vocal sample from his wife aundy who also did the vocal effects in whos afraid of detroit? this collection was put together with the theme that a remix can be an inspiring starting point for an entirely new piece of music. these are two of the deeper and darker remixes but we think you agree they are also very special.

with its intriguing melodies, strings and piano orchestration, >silk city< has got modern classic written all over it. nathalie is a jazz singer and the tone of her voice reminds of telepopmusiks >love can damage your health<. fred everything once again steps up to the remixes with a straight forward modern house production and a dub that brings back early influences of mauritzio and mood 2 swing. hope you enjoy the release as much as we do.

a second huge anthem from jean claude ades & mantu on great stuff with >blue note<. remixes by italian 8bit artists uglh & federico locchi and hot german newcomers robert heart vs. richtberg & wojkowski.
played by laurent garnier, riva starr, axwell, groove armada, stacey pullen, wally lopez, jon acquaviva, tiger stripes, seamus haji, zombie disco squad, larry tee, madskillz, d.o.n.s. ...

limited to 300 copies only! two killer remixes of tracks taken from the critically acclaimed claude vonstroke album >bird brain<. bruno pronsato and stimming offer their own dancefloor takes on each track.

>who is the person you would most like to work with?< for claude vonstroke, its definitely bootsy collins - the biggest personality in parliament funkadelic and funniest character the funk world has ever seen. we couldn’t be any more excited to have bootsy on dirtybird and this crazy collaboration of styles is the lead single on claude vonstroke’s 2nd album, “bird brain.” if you haven’t heard of bootsy we couldn’t write it better than rolling stone… “bootsy collins’ rubber band was the most entertaining and longest-running spin-off of george clinton’s eternal p-funk circus, and that’s because bootsy is a true star, the clown prince of comic, psychedelic, good-times funk – if he weren’t such a genius of the bass, you’d think he was jimmie walker in a sequined costume, star-shaped mirrored shades included. his career is like a horatio alger story based in chocolate city: plucked from teenage obscurity in 1969 to play with james brown, the former william collins of cincinnati brought a slap-happy zest to jb’s sound, then hooked up with clinton and was reborn in his image, with a little help from lsd.” it is certain that claude vonstroke is not nearly as accomplished as bootsy collins, but he takes the same tongue-in-cheek approach to his music and that’s why this collaboration really works. both claude and bootsy believe you got to get up for the down stroke and there’s no way to fake the funk or your nose will grow, pinocchio!

dies ist der erste release von best works records aus berlin. im original kombiniert andré lodermann analoge wärme mit digitalen skills während der deepe charles webster mix hypnotisierend alle aufmerksamkeit auf sich zieht. super start

includes dino angioletti from pasta boys remix, plus main mix and beat & bass

cool houser from the french mixture label, which if i am correct is owned and a&r d by martin solveig on this 2 tracker you will find an intriuging latin disco tune that clocks in at around 10 mins and echoes a bit of the gregory sound b side is another expertly crafted houser called are u elton as well as a tools mix of the title track tracks mafe disco/are you elton

heres another slammer on the mixture label. for those who are not get with the program and cop a feel of this extremely well produced africanism inspired tracky tribal number spoken words big echoes and a big bottom end and another jewel in the crown for martin

big with steve bug, jimpster, ewan pearson, james holden, kiki, sebo k, crock, marc romboy, agoria, mike monday, 3channels, fabrice lig, 2000andone, james flavour, pascal feos, philip sherburne,… big! plasmik – our connaisseurs for deep and oldschoolish techno tracks, were quite successful in 2007. their interswap release from april 2007 found its way in several top dj charts and on great compilations and mix-cds. due to this and also our celebration of our 20th catalogue number, we proudly present an extraordinary remixpackage, split into two parts. part 1 features supertubos in a remix by another king of oldschoolish techno – matt o brien. on side b, afrilounge gives mindpattern a special string treatment. part 2 has to be in no way inferior in the choice of the remixers. on the a-side, claude vonstroke goes with pitch it as deep as he has never gone before and on the b, perspectiv newcomer minz gives the dancefloor a lesson in hypnotizing state of minds

kosmos tom novy teaming up with the swings head honcho jean claude ades for this kick ass club bomb

deep claude vonstroke remix !!

top notched guitar driven funky vocal house with french touch style all over it!all vocals by michel piscopo aka mike sisco. all guitars, bass played by richard bagericz.

amazing italy remixes from electro to deep techhouse

the third release on true to form recordings comes from parisian producer mikael weill. here mikael starts off with the title track >silmarions<, which glitches and grooves with a warm kick, plenty of inviting keys and stabs programmed into mix

rekids present >ghouls< by the multi-talented music for freaks luke solomon. a massive stomper of a record with heavy drums aplenty - this is the peak time jackin house that luke does to perfection. this killer 12inch also features a hot remix from man of the moment >claude von stroke<. he takes things strictly minimal but bouncy then beefs things up near the end of his mix as the bassline turns much more snarling. perfect for the dance floor!

the original mix of someone by jona, sees him utilizing his trademark weird as you like sounds n snippets combined with some otherworldly haunting noises, making this a true connoisseurs dream, phucked up as hell, but groovy nonetheless. claude vonstroke (check his fabulous deep troat release on dirty bird, now coming out dj sneak remixes through ministry of sound) gets his hands dirty with a lowdown dubbed out lektro house workout, which stays cool until a freaked out intermezzo after which all mayhem breaks loose… plays by damian lazarus, djulz, hipp-e, graig richards, geoffroy (hi-phen), mandy, dennis ferrer, mazi, justin martin, dan ghenacia..

dj sneak & sebastien leger remixes !!

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das album besteht aus sechs kunstvoll gestalteten tracks und ist eine auditive odyssee, die die grenzen der genres überschreitet. ob in der nebulösen atmosphäre eines anspruchsvollen dj-sets oder bei einem introspektiven hörmarathon zu hause, diese kompositionen sind von einer fesselnden qualität, die evokativ und doch zutiefst innovativ ist.