tokyo prose now returns with his 2nd album on the north quarter. with wild grace the auckland native returns from an extended absence to deliver a masterclass in emotive musical storytelling. the project features some of his most sought-after works and includes vocals from steo, cleveland watkiss and rising star k s r as well as collaborations with race banyon, nether and lsb.

the 20th volume of our flagship eccentric soul series has all the boxes checked: guntoting, skip-tracing record producers, child stars, rip-offs, the worlds greatest bail bondsman, swindles, soaring falsettos, and a dwindling rust-belt cityscape offering mere glimpses of hope before the record industry escaped for the coasts. helmed by the ojays bobby massey, saru was a creative vortex that pulled cuyahoga countys greatest talent in, making a strong case for cleveland to contend with detroit, philly, and memphis as americas soul music’s capital. includes obscure and unknown sides from the out of sights, the elements, pandella kelly, david peoples, sir stanley, the ponderosa twins + 1, ba-roz, bobby dukes, and of course, the o’jays.

der londoner drummer (und produzent) richard spaven schließt perfekt die lücke zwischen jazz und clubkultur und wird regelmäßig von größen wie josé james, gregory porter, guru’s jazzmatazz, flying lotus, the cinematic orchestra oder ty engagiert. auf seinem neuen album für soul has no tempo, -the self-, arbeitet sich der jazz-drummer durch clubstyles wie drum & bass, broken beat und dubstep und lässt sich von r&b-sänger jordan rakei, metalheadz-mc cleveland watkiss, electro-jazzer jameszoo, jazz-pianist kris bowers und gitarrist stuart mccallum begleiten. ein highlight ist dabei sicherlich sein cover von photeks -hidden camera-.

zwischen gospel-rock und punk-soul: revolution ist kein tv-programm.
limitierte pressung auf cremefarbenem vinyl.

another alias launches the first release in the series of white of my eyes. 001 showcases the first in a collection of his most original works, true to his style and outlining his perspective on contemporary techno with busy percussion and irregular synth work. another alias launches the first release in the series of white of my eyes. 001 showcases the first in a collection of his most original works, true to his style and outlining his perspective on contemporary techno with busy percussion and irregular synth work.

two previously unreleased tracks from the outsider disco outfit - strange.
christopher spraggins & the strange band out of rochester, n.y released a total of one record. a spaced out druggy disco band that had a hint of rick james with a deeper trippier vibe that’s truly unique, reproduced for you here for the first time since 1978. the band was introduced to the world by cleveland unlimited records who still exist to this day, unfortunately as these things go, the record failed to gain sales needed to justify further but a whole lp was recorded, here we bring you the best tracks from that unreleased lp on your favourite format.

abstraxion returns to his own biologic records to release this impressive revisited album - giving tuff city kids, kasper bjørke, vessels, clarian, conforce, mattheis, ripperton, init, eduardo de la calle, cleveland the freedom to have their own take on tracks from abstraxion’s ‘she thought she would last forever’ lp released in october 2016. ripperton’s first mark on spazieren is one of meticulous sound design and textures complemented by a poignant vocal that provides a wicked ambience. his second offering is rapt around a warm bassline with orderly percussive stabs. init’s remix has been crafted with precision - an unhurried and mysterious track that builds and anticipates smoothly due to the precise instrumentation and adept reverb that’s been applied on the vocal. conforce closes out the ep with intent by delivering a dark, forceful and abstract take on spazieren. pr report : dj feedbacks : supported by : barnt, mano le tough, jennifer cardini, joris voorn…

chicago producer savile returns to his home base, argot, for his second release of 2016 -- share power. here, savile skirts the bleeding edge of american dance music, proving without a doubt that he s mastered his own minimal sound. lean, hypnotic, and syncopated. share power is an ode to collaboration, kindness, and making space, distilled through his vision for midwestern house and techno.
share power is dedicated to two parties savile played in ohio during 2015 -- in training in cleveland and midwest fresh in columbus. on -three hours in the meat sink,- savile wrests maximum impact from the barest elements — a sparse, moaning bassline is the track s backbone, upon which rippling synth, hypnotic hi-hats, and a carefully placed call to arms roll out in stride.
flip the record over for -effort won t betray you,- where explosive chord stabs fill a sharp, syncopated skeleton of percussion — that s all there is, and that s all there needs to be.

release & versand am 29.08.2016 this will be the final release of white. after almost 10 years of releasing music on white we decided to move on and to end this era. we like to thank all our artists, fans and people behind the scenes who were involved and hope this release will make for an appropriate goodbye. see you somewhere in some galaxy sometime…
yours oskar and adam.

hailing from cleveland, ohio, james donadio s prostitutes project has been one of the american underground s most unique, prolific and consistent forces for the better part of a decade. now he brings his raw deluxe sound to cgi with -straightened out-, a new ep from beyond this world.

dan curtins musical quest began in early 1990s cleveland and continues today in berlin, where the pioneering dj and producer carries on defying conventions and pushing boundaries.

ltd nice price action !! >give it to me hot< is a 4-track ep that pays tribute to one of the hottest, raunchiest (but sadly short-lived) funk/punk groups from the early 80s, sexual harrassment.
sexual harrassment was started by radio dj lynn tolliver whilst he was working at mca records, and the cleveland-based group had a gold single on the heat/montage label. their rarer 6-track album from 1983 has become a collectors item. to do their tracks justice, we asked modern day artists who are synonymous with a sex-driven funk attitude to either cover or reinterpret the originals.

prostitutes – aka cleveland, ohio marauder james donadio - flexes a whole new set of muscles on nouveauree, his first work for night school. sticking to an all-analogue machinebased strategy, donadio has warped and stripped his palette to create a juddering force majeure across 5 tracks and 28 minutes of power play.

vibe batti batti delivers the anticipated followup to basement tracks ep. continuing in its tradition, atmospheres ep brings together 4 artists who once again set their sights on varied atmospheres within the deeper sides of house and techno. owen jay & melchior sultana (underground quality / rawax), natan h (ethereal sound / manmakemusic), cleveland (batti batti) and bittersuite (finale sessions / swedish brandy).

incl 2 bit crew, lgg, volta cab and rosenhaft. 2 bit crews just cant seem. taking a sound heavily influenced by the underground house music / garage sound of the 90s, this is a bumping groove with a driving bassline and hatswith a simple female vocal sample that will stick in your brain. the second track takes things deeper with bastien carrara aka lgg with let me, smooth rhodes chords with a love sensation sample underpinned by raw beats and sub-bass. on the second side things get a little tougher. the third track is from a producer who has had many releases already on labels such as balance alliance, seven music and undertones, konstantyn isaev, better known as volta cab. his track what is underground focuses primarily on a killer bassline, retro synth stabs and a cheeky hip-hop sample used to great effect. finally is haim rosenhaft, a young producer from israel with 1992, his homage consists of an old school organ sound with heavy kicks and snares influenced by the sound of labels like umm and cleveland city in the 90s. again this will be a vinyl only release

auf 500 kopien limitiertes live-album, nur auf vinyl! wer es bisher versäumt hat cloud nothings live zu erleben, hat nun die möglichkeit dazu. >live at grog shop< wurde wurde am 5. april 2012 (das ende der us-tour) in ihrer heimatstadt in cleveland, ohio von james kananen aufgenommen und gemixed.
one-off pressing white label clear vinyl. knapp ein jahr nach der veröffentlichung ihres debutalbums legte die amerikanische band cloud nothings ihren nachfolger vor. das album bietet eine echte musikalische weiterentwicklung zum debüt und vereint post punk, noise und indie pop. produziert wurde das neue album von der legende steve albini (pixies, nirvana, etc).

thieveland jams … thug records next 12 inch presents a new 4 track e.p from one of the undergrounds commanding lieutenants, jeff samuel. named after his hometown of cleveland ohio, the thieveland jams e.p hits hard with 4 hammer minimal house jackers. punchy bass, looped up percussion and jazzy chords sit tightly against the back drop of jeffs signature soundscapes. a seminal house & techno artist, jeff samuel has a back catalog of street ready bombs on some of the most respected labels worldwide including spectral sound, logistics, trapez, poker flat and dan bells legendary 7th city. not much else needs to be said really … hope you dig the tunes as much as we do!

o jays road manager, don king prison chauffeur, window washer, house painter, ink spot, domino, producer, engineer, label owner, guitorgan technician, and one-time steward of a coveted jet magazine delivery route, lou ragland is cleveland s eastside success story. though suffocated by lake eries nitrate rich waters and the burning oil from a cuyahoga river fire, between 1967-1977 lou ragland produced the most thoughtful, hopeful, and downright soulful work to come out of the forest city. bookended by his dynamic albums hot chocolate and understand each other, i travel alone gathers period singles, collaborations, and an unreleased live album cut in 1973, revealing a cleveland genius in a musical microcosm of fearless and confident creation.

madrid-based hip-hop, jazz, funk, dj and producer al-x rocks teams up with up there cleveland rapper replife.

feted kosmische synthesizer wizards from cleveland oh, emeralds, have never had any of their music remixed before. let alone having the title track from their acclaimed 2010 album reworked (twice) into a floor-filling behemoth by daphni (aka dan snaith aka caribou). >we toured together in 2010 and since then ie always wanted to play their music in my dj sets. so i did my own version of this track<, says snaith. >is one of those tracks that whenever i play it i can feel the energy in the room lift.< luckily emeralds were equally enthusiastic and so this unlikely hybrid see the light of day. …or rather the dark inside of a club.

house is the 2nd official full-length offering by cleveland, ohio duo mist featuring sam goldberg (of radio people) and john elliott (emeralds, outer space, imaginary softwoods etc) after 2009 s self-titled debut effort on amethyst sunset.

this time metamorphic recordings is in full on boundary pushing mode with a new sound from dan curtin. techno always has been and always will be about taking risks and going where no one has gone before and this ep, facts is right there. modern techno that will work for djs playing the gamut of techno, tech house, house, minimal and more. vocalist jason byers from cleveland based rock band disengage worked side by side with curtin to add a powerful vocal touch to the intense musical journey presented here. to all you djs working hard to keep it real, to move forward, to advance our scene, and to have a voice of your own, this one is made for you!

6 track 12inch starring: dan curtin, lackluster, cane vs. polycorn, syncom data, sir stephen and inkinen with tracks about their hometowns. deep electro from all over the globe. banging dancefloor oriented anthems with a little nod to the legendary plus 8 label....

passend zum sommer gibt s die 4. auflage der permanent vacation compilation serie. volume 1 der serie markierte vor 10 jahren zugleich den startschuss des labels permanent vacation. 12 exklusive nummern fźr die ewigkeit, alles fein selektiert von benjamin fršhlich und tom bioly. das artwork stammt von arnau pi aus barcelona. cd kommt in schšner kartonverpackung