vakula teamed up with live musicians for this release and it definitely shows: maybe his musically most realized release yet. 4 equally fantastic, jazz-drenched deephouse tunes. absolutely timeless stuff!

techhead toolbox is a vinyl series concept brought to you by techhead recordings based on the idea that the most basic tools are simple machines. the audible result aims in crossing the line between techno as we know it and techno as we dont. each record is inspired by the usage of different tools and each tool plays a significant role in each record.the fourth release orrible saw by type 1 and tom laws is another killer, feat. two remixes by space djz and semtex! get into the concept!

very decent 3 track 12 inch on this cool swiss label, lux rec! crossing over into a number of territories on a jak tip... strong release! tip!as drumman, jori hulkkonen is taking his live music back to the roots. illustrating his multifaceted musical skills he is redefining his gigs using drum machines, analog sequencers and synths. after a number of gigs under his new moniker hes delivering an amazing e.p. in the same spirit. the quasar e.p. will make you revisit your perspective on joris work.

ghettomania delivers another jacking ep crossing the old dancemania style with a hard-edged note – save the vinyl !

chopshop vol.4 rides into peak-time disco and house party bombs, featuring devious mashups and remixes from australias 2009 dj/producer of the year dj agent 86 and media - connoisseur, almighty remixer and producer pied piper. side a, by agent 86, kicks off with an exquisite edit of >another one bites the dust< that is bound to rock any dance floor. agent 86 combines forces with t-rice to produce the next track, a straight-ahead, get down disco and hip-hop mashup of >whoomp! there it is<, guaranteed to funk-up the crowds. the flipside is dedicated to pied piper, delivering the goods with a killer mix of <mostly dub,< a classy and melodic disco groove. >concerto prelude< finishes off the release with an epic 7 minutes peak-time disco bliss. chopshop music vol.4 is the ideal package for crossing over styles with its dj-friendly edits that make people want to dance and party. as always bpms and timing is included on the artwork.

bassbuero a.k.a. thomas ingold and his partner björn müller are long-year resident djs and promoters in our hive club and come around the corner with a smooth customer debut. the title could not be any more designative, as with this is not house music we have a knotless and outstanding 90s number with lots of pathos and - declaredly - they have looked over some shoulders of big protagonists from france. when the vocoder chords are crossing swords with this insane bassline, every ravers heart must beat at least one octave higher. this is the tune for a perfect sunrise and big feelings on the floor. on the flip we have gruber & nuernberg, some good pals of bassbuero that played in hive several times as well - they contribute a complete antipole to the the original. almost a bit trancey they spin the chords over a straight old school house groove, never let the basic spirit of the original out of sight and though don t forget to leave their very own traces on this remix. in addition we have - as with every release - a digital exclusive bonus track, that certainly does not deserve the rating house music - lets call it rather fidget than deep. but be sure, its all gone will blow your mind out.

nice price deal !!! second chapter for the >portraits series< on thisorder delivered from patrick di stefano. a stunning track crossing styles and elements with soulful vocals and pure electronic sounds mixing warm rnb feelings and synth crafted patterns to create a huge emotional flow as tested already on many dancefloors!
bpitch controls top artist kiki couldnt wait to put the hands on the track and here is an hypnotic and groovy rework!

fiction are a band who have been getting lots of love in the short time they have been together. their sound is hard-to-pin-down and idiosyncratic but that hasnt stopped 6music, artrocker and dummy all falling in love. comparisons? orange juice, adam and the ants and echo and the bunnymen with the intricacies of early foals.

italian based eclipsemusics fourth outing comes with a serious release courtesy of passenger, talented artist whose productions can be heard on night drive music, paul macs sula muse, logos recordings and echoplexs soleil. this new 12 inch confirms his interest in the deepest and more underground side of detroit techno. >black varian< was the highlight of his digital-only release on radiance records back in 2008. eclipsemusics label manager instantly fell in love with it, and now, improved and remastered by aaron-carl (wallshaker, detroit), black varian finally lands on vinyl. with its evolving and ear-catching sweet strings, its delayed cascades of cymbals and pianos, swinging synth lines and subtle bassline, this is already a little new classic for the label, crossing the borders between detroit techno and deep, groovy house. the release is completed by two strong remixes: paul mac strips down the original and builds a dancefloor number keeping a few catching elements for massive impact. just out on connaisseur with her new album, estroe takes the track on an emotional ride creating new harmonic vibes while keeping the deepness intact.

58 minutes of alienated, global sound oddities. mixed by dom thomas (b-music/finders keepers). following on from the highly acclaimed ‘miscellaneous mutant mishaps’, b-music and finders keeperslinchpin dom thomas digs deep into his library of forgotten and unloved sound oddities. blurring the lines of mixtape and original composition, this is an explosive mix of denizen funk, psyche rock and proto house, effortlesly crossing boundaries and uncharted sonic soundscapes, defying genre classification. check!

datenzauber is electronic dance music following the traces of krautrock-electronica. datenzauber is a crossing of 1/8-bass rock beat and shuffle romanticism with a minimalist disco feeling. datenzauber takes kraftwerks and klaus schulzes analogue soundscapes over the digital highway back on to the dancefloor again. datenzauber commutes in an electric car between cologne and dusseldorf. datenzauber has fun with the necessary seriousness. datenzauber is free of sampling residues, yet nevertheless its historicising, because datenzauber is non-retro, electronic music feeling from the 1970s for 2010. happy new year.

encer kincy was giant in chicagos house music revival - part of the second wave of younger djs and producers that took the music of the early 1980s, rubbed it up and dropped it in places like 500 west cermak, medusa’s and the vault. a lot of people who are now superstars of the scene - mark farina, sneak, derrick carter, and dozens of others - were a part of that movement, too. spencer released a number of tracks on relief, planet e, cajual, peace frog - labels representing the classics of that era - and he usually recorded under the name gemini. as a dj, he operated in his own space - i’m sure he could play for a room, and sometimes did, but the unrestrained madness of a spencer kincy dj set had to be heard over several hours to appreciate. he could blend a sleazy disco track into hard acid, downtempo into a punishing armani track, jazz into detroit techno and so on. it wasn’t technically brilliant or tricky, but the selection was exquisite. a number of figures from his era still list him as an influence. his productions, viewed as a whole, are so much like his sets: going softer than many dared to go, and going much harder than just about any dared to go. simple jack tracks! respected by the standards of the industry of the time, and you certainly couldn’t go anywhere in chicago without hearing derrick, sneak, mark, lego, gene, jevon, diz, johnny or the other djs beating them. and so many of them have a timelessness - a little piece of eternity stuck like some bit of wax between the grooves

traversable wormhole has become one of the hottest mystery artist projects/series in the techno scene in 2009. crossing the spectrum from deep techno to hard techno, tw has even found its way into the dubstep scene. traversable wormhole has been played from a huge array of djs from many scenes. reports through the wormhole have heard tracks from tw played by world famous djs such as chris liebing, ben klock, marcel dettmann, mathew herbert, andrew galluzi, surgeon, function, frankie bones, luke slater, surgeon, dj deep and a whole lot more... tw has many years experience in performing both as a live act and or djing with turntables under his his/she/there well known projects names. will tw reveal their identity on the upcoming worldwide tour that question remains unknown.

every year hundreds of thousands of dance records are being made and released. with the output from dance producers at an all-time high and with so many records crossing over it takes something a bit special to break-through from underground groover to worldwide mover. 2010 is the year of >sidney samson – riverside (lets go!)< on data records.
the facts above dont lie, this isnt just a dance record, its a dancefloor phenomenon and theres good reason for the comparisons with >day & night< by kid cudi vs. crookers and fedde le grands infamous >put your hands up for detroit<. its got exactly the same appeal and has had exactly the same effect, i.e. unstoppable support and praise from the coolest underground djs all the way up to the global superstar djs and via every european summer holiday resort. sidney samson is a name you simply cannot ignore right now.

with a slew of top 10 hits, a multitude of remixes under his belt, and a frightening tea habit, funkagenda has been called in to mix the next toolroom knights installment.

techhead toolbox is a vinyl series concept brought to you by techhead recordings based on the idea that the most basic tools are simple machines. the audible result aims in crossing the line between techno as we know it and techno as we dont. each record is inspired by the usage of different tools and each tool plays a significant role in each record. the always innovative duo of john karagiannis and paylipservice (techhead recordings, soulaccess, relatives, techment) put out tonsil guillotine while perc remixes this special gem. the surreal scissors was already great, this is even better! get into the concept!

traversable wormhole has become one of the hottest mystery artist projects / series in the techno scene in 2009. crossing the spectrum from deep techno to hard techno, tw has even found its way into the dubstep scene. traversable wormhole has been played from a huge array of djs from many scenes. reports through the wormhole have heard tracks from tw played by world famous djs such as chris liebing, ben klock, marcel dettman, mathew herbert, andrew galluzi, surgeon, function, frankie bones, luke slater, surgeon, dj deep and a whole lot more. tw has many years experience in performing both as a live act and or djing with turntables under his his/she/there well known projects names. will tw reveal their identity on the upcoming worldwide tour that question remains unknown. tw is only getting hotter by the minute as traversing the wormhole continues with vol 5. improved packaging for your eyes

the italian rising star team daddys groove and the most popular dj & producer in the world bob sinclar, join their experienced vibes, crossing down into a magic brand new tune...

the freaks are on the road again, ready to refuel your empty dancing-tanks! the 15th freakshow release should seriously be on the wantlist of everybody who is searching for timeless electronic dancemusic that is aiming at the peaktime moments of the night. it is grooving like hell by having a minimalsitic approach wrapped in carefully crafted high class arrangements, hypnotically pushing & uplifting all of your senses. on the a-side, fausto messina comes up with >bafile street<, a proper microphunk stormer slightly sounding like a tribute to baby fords alltime classic track >make a move<. bafile street, is a track that is more than predestinated for being found in the peaktime moments of one of ricardo villalobos dj-sets. the flipside track is a contribution coming from 2 real techno-wizards. on the one hand jackspot, whom we know from datapunk or highgrade releases alongside his mate diego. their track called >muchen< slightly reminds us a of evergreens in techno history from mathew herbert mixed with a bit of wishmountain. all in all one must quote that if-15 is crossing the borders of techno, techhouse and minimal techno, thus making it possible to satisfy the needs of a lot of deejays playing different and versatile styles of electronic music

for the 5th installment of adultnappers illustrious ransom note, we welcome into the fray paul kominek, otherwise known as pawel (dial/orphan ear) with two sublimely beautiful compositions of modern electronic music. there is not many words to describe the feeling of these pieces. they run deep into the soul of house and techno. moving, yet intelligent, pawels plaintive take on dance music is unique in sound, but profoundly universal in feeling, connecting to emotions that seem rare these days on the dance floor. with powerful peak time remixes by new yorks alexi delano and brendon moeller, ransom note part five should make some noise in the coming months. from the desk of adultnapper, as inspired by lines and curves… as you well know, parallel paths are foreordained entities of diversity. as they travel further away from their origins, the more attraction tends to set in, not as a spiritual mechanism, but, rather, as a physical replication or limitless mimicry. one trajectory makes reference to the other, leading to a barrier, a zero crossing, some sort of cessation of thought. lines become curves and act as waking agents for the soul as it approaches its limit. sometimes this process is disrupted, as is the case this time. i have lost something on the way and i seem to be stuck in the place where i lost it. i feel anchored here and need to find a way to move again. there is not much time.

support by anthony collins, laurent garnier, hernan cattaneo, alex flitsch, shur-i-kan, funk dvoid, tiefschwarz ...
switzerlands mina records may be young, but their freshness and commitment to all that is lush and deep can not be matched. today label boss claudia ayala brings us a wide ranging and far reaching bumper 5 track release from berlins rene breithbarth. known for his ability of crossing genres, rene has produced in a variety of styles from minimal, techno, deep, tech and house. his releases, remixes and two full length albums have featured on labels including pokerflat, treibstoff, spectral and dessous. the >freshin up ep< is vast collection of the finest sounds, woven together with the magic touch of breitbarth. the heavy bassline, amazing cymbals and hip-hop vocal of >freshin up<. lush, deep, atmospheric synths of >moody<, trippy flavour flav action on >you keep on< and the smokers delight, key-fest that is >brothers & sisters<.

more exciting deep house cuts on the new wt records done by will speculator. this time its another new name (well.. sort off.. hunee already did release on feel music as hunch, and is slowly building a reputation as dj) this 12 vinyl release fits well between genres, crossing deep house, disco, and detroit techno. the title track even has some quite jazzy keys. but the killer is probably rare silk which is simply magical. quality release just like the 1st wt records! check!

a: the flight: the deadly combination of rune and sydenham who brought you the classic >elephant< are at it again. >the flight< is a tech house delight. futuristic beats combined with old school snares and rhythms and a subtle hypnotic vocal will draw you in. the simple organ stabs glue everything together. a damn fine track that will surely cross genres. b: the >crossing< is a humping dubby deep techno monster. the bold bass line drives forward while the fanatic efx put you over the edge. the rhythms are constant are the results are deeply satisfying.

this release is a very special one for us… indeed, roskow kretschmann has been for years one of the music makers that surprised us constantly and teased our appetite, displaying his rich musical background inside of projects like jazzanova, kosma or sygaire. the tracks selected by dairmount (after hours hanging out in roskows sound lab over the years) are genuinely outstanding in his entire discography. they sound like no others and reveal rare aspects of his >musical persona<. this is why they are representing perfectly our quest for >hybrid club music< crossing the lines of the original spirit of house & techno. the ep opens with the futuristic techno soul of the time is now. perfectly named, the tune fuses with class, dusty jazz samples, obscure soul vocals, juicy claps and overwhelming detroit techno keys. the result is a timeless club monster for the deepest moments. the second track that blasted us is mono:poly rightly shaped for audacious djs that enjoy to play >special< things. the track is supported by a solid programming as fellow beatmakers like mark pritchard, recloose or kenny dope originated in the 90s, mixed with biting analogue pressure, crazy batucada elements & a magic breakdown for all the lucky ones that will play it in the sunrise this summer. and last but not least, one of the label mavericks, marlow created a hell of a remix by delivering a 10 minutes techno epic that would make our detroit godfather c2 blush of satisfaction. thanks to all of them for the fantastic music

techhead toolbox is a vinyl series concept brought to you by techhead recordings based on the idea that the most basic tools are simple machines. the audible result aims in crossing the line between techno as we know it and techno as we don t. each record is inspired by the usage of different tools and each tool plays a significant role in each record. the always innovative duo of john karagiannis and paylipservice (techhead recordings, soulaccess, relatives, techment) put out their scissors while wehbba (jesus loved you, great stuff, get physical) and paul hazendonk (stolen moments, adult) work with them creating the first record of techhead toolbox, surreal scissors.get into the concept!

nice price deal !!! essential & deep album by the man monoder aka jussi pekka! timeless beauty ! monoder. born in the cold north among industrial warehouses, people wearing only gray and random rabbits crossing the streets. his home town has two-lane streets which were made for the mass movement that never happened. physically close to civilization but mentally light years away. with the economic regression hitting hard, the town is filled with unemployed and old people wandering the streets and trying to find out what went wrong. like zombies of a mental desert. monoder. though the name sounds familiar, he has nothing to do with italodisco or electropop. the music, as the name, is filled with cold, stripped down and hypnotic atmospheres. taking you on a trip filled with hunger, cold breeze, forests and frozen tundra. the studio is on the roof-level of abandoned rubber factory, where disillusioned entrepreneurs try to get their daily bread doing what ever. moist pushing from the sealing and walls. water dripping during the mixdown. someone pulling cargo in the hallway.

our third release is introducing to you more intensely the musical personality of dairmount, founder & a&r of our the label. longtime independent music activist born in belgium (formerly known as philarmonix), dairmount is a natural born “freestyler” who embraced anything soulful & groovy since the late 80‘s, playing & travelling the world for 15 years. hamburg is the city where he settled down in the last 6 years and 2009 marks the accomplishment of his personal dream to found room with a view, shelter of his musical fantasies. friendship & challenge are two values that defi ne phil pretty well so it is no surprise that musical collaborations & versatility tightly express his musical approach and personal ethic. after displaying bass-ment tale, an old school house tribute produced with his partner in crime marino berardi, on the fi rst episode of the perspectives serie, dairmount is presenting subakuatik blues on his fi rst ep. recorded in 2007 with his good friend ralf petter, an “old cat” of the hamburg music scene, this track managed to capture the essence of these great studio sessions : phil’s natural obsession to create hybrid club material & ralf’s amazing engineering skills matching perfectly to create this sub-aquatic dream that resulted in the track name. lost in the world of analogue synths of ralf’s studio, they created a 9 minutes odyssey crossing the lines between deep house, disco futurism & detroit infl uences topped by a surprising “ravy” breakdown. phil approached naturally two of his longtime favorite producers to give their own perspectives of the timeless feel of the original : russ gabriel, who phil has always admired for the depth of his output on ferox, planet e or his own soul on wax, has signed a beautiful version of the track. extremely subtle & hypnotic, this remix is a true blessing & a great pride. mood music’s honcho sasse, old friend of phil, retouched with lots of love & care the track that he went crazy for and even realised 2 vers

albin myers, this is a foo fighters remake blowing up in clublandsidney samson, is the previous n?1 in the dutch charts and now crossing over into europe. john dahlbõck does it again. played by all the big shots. massive daniel bovie remix from this worldwide club classic.

italian techno-soul promise roberto bosco has been getting the attention of many legendary artists lately. after his first works for orlando voorn and samuel l. sessionÆs labels, his talent has been soon recognized by be as one, signing his ep ôthe way is always the same , a two tracker of old school flavoured techno. the way is always the same is a stab-driven techno tune with a straight groove and an uplifiting vibe, perfect for those carefree dancing moments. already road tested by a few lucky ones.on the flipside, the slow paced dub piano is a deep number of pure emotionally-driven music, crossing boundaries between dub, house and techno. a wrapping heatwave which will warm up hearts and souls at every airplay

working with production duo soundsilo, clara moto has released 2 highly acclaimed eps on french label >infine<, and more recently remixed petters >robotfood< on manual. today she delivers her debut ep for masayas mina records. 3 tracks that show moto<s diverse range of sounds. the deep, atmospheric, driving electronic sounds of lead track >persephony< is backed by the throbbing, grooving bass of the excellent >montana wildhack<, and the deeper, melodic, french flavored >become<. providing the remix on the package is cologne born, berlin resident rene breitbarth. known for his ability of crossing genres, rene has produced in a variety of styles from minimal, techno, deep, tech and house. his releases and remixes and two full length albums have featured on labels including pokerflat, treibstoff, spectral and dessous. today rene has his deep and lush hat on. taking >persephony<, stripping it down and reconstructing it with a tender touch. he creates a wonderful soundtrack for hazy summer nights. beautiful! support by anthony collins, laurent garnier, hernan cattaneo, alex flitsch, shur-i-kan, funk d void, tiefschwarz

with dj support from martyn, appleblim, goldie, you know this 12inch is special. debbit and 4-3-3 see him crossing styles again, with emotional techy/dubstepy bizniss. recent techno sets have also seen him draw from labels such as kompakt and wagon repair and explore his own roots and influences, whilst bringing something different to the dancefloor.

giorgio s mixture of house, disco and techno sees its result in these 3 tracks which are fuelled with a lot of euphoria and don t hesitate to make brave/courageous changes when crossing over from one genre to the other

alec is one of the most-promising acts from east germany at the moment with a very own unique style crossing reduced techno with epic and mystical influences. his debut single >passengers< on etui records brought him very good support from various key-djs like karotte and his last ep >sub aquers< on ipoly music is dreamy grooving the clubs at present, played by laurent garnier etc. >orville< is matching with a teeting drive and its beautiful spheres while alex carbo puts the theme into a powerful minimalistic remix. >not in violet< is a well freaky dancefloor track with some vocoded voices

der kopf von monolake mit einem spannenden album das die grenzen jenseits der puren funktionalität auslotet. erscheint auf 180 g vinyl und im schönen klappcover

4 track ep covering soulphictions unique styles of soulful house music to jackin trax! ...while beachhead is twisting back and forth on the mombasa beach sample, get the point is straight jackin over a raw bassline, with a vocal that clears everything out ...from jump off the bandwaggon, crossing the bridge to detroit with its urban athmos and soul features, we come to malindi, which is a love supreme deep house track classical style!

here comes the follow up to our current release uncle fly which is causing quite a buzz in many of the mp3 stores genre charts right now. this one is a double edged sword giving you one rather large techno infused cut sampling the hong kong pedestrian crossing signal in keep walking and the other, a rather heavy electro flavored track called fiasco.

dj plays - nic fanciulli, joel mull, paolo mojo, mark knight, mark brown, steve mac and spencer parker how pretentious is a peak time monster of a techno track, having been cained now by dubfire, nic fanciulli, joel mull, paolo mojo and then crossing over to mark knight, mark brown, steve mac and spencer parker. vertigo has received equal support and is just as big, there really is no letting up with this ep, great melodies in vertigo and relentless carnage from how pretentious

kevin saunderson, one of the creators of techno, celebrates 20 years of productions. 3rd installment double a side 12inch of the kevin saunderson history project where kms invite selected contributors to remix prime cuts of kevins productions crossing all his monikers, from inner city, reese project, e dancer, resse and santonio and tronik house.

the big follow up to the smashing hit single no sudden moves/circles. two brand new tracks of glenn morrison on the border crossing label coldharbour red recordings

another impeccable production from the slyde boys, with driving beats, infections vocals, and outstanding remix by man of the moment twocker. the a side is breaks at its best. the bassline weaves its way through the sonic stack as posh seduces with her flirtatious lyrics. an outstanding remix comes courtesy of pete tong faves twocker, whose previous remix skills have run riot on cj bollands sugar is sweeter and morillos we like to move it. their genre crossing slyde remix hits all the house buttons, with a jumping jack intro and intense punchy bass lines which juxtapose perfectly with poshs vocals.

following the huge gabriel ananda mix of the subliminal kid (which has reinforced the perspex mantra of crossing boundaries and scenes - being supported by everyone from luciano to ivan smagghe and pete tong to hot chip) comes the debut 12inch on perspex from parisian rising stars chef.

marbert rocel are composts latest signing. hailing from thuringia, germany, the are combining deep minimal house, electronica and jazz and with a great sense for pop music. you got to be patient when crossing marbert rocels path late at night or listening to one of their tracks because you will start thumping with your eyelashes until you see your whole body turning into a non stop wet wet wriggling - waterfall esque armpits inclusive!

canadian producers greg benz & marco di carlo have established themselves over recent years of suppliers of solid, floor friendly house music. crossing house, progressive, trance & electro in one swift wave of their production hands!!

a stunning 3 track single, in the vein of classic planet e, basic channel and 3 chairs productions. a fruitful venture into the crossing zone of deep house, techno and dub

who needs an obtrusively acting kickdrum, when the decent wobbling bassline of breezin does the job just as good. right nobody. or, at least peter grummich (shitkatapult/ spectral/kompakt) doesnt, whose proverbial deepness constantly gets the floors into rapturous body rolling. thus it was just a question of time to welcome this man to karloff, the label for everything thats different. here, all medium dated orientation to felt (rather than experienced) standards is gladly left to other persons of great hope, whilst enjoying the border crossing between dorky monkeyshine and serious spirit of adventure. consequently, quick thinking misbehaviour is also the attitude of the (for formal reasons called) b side, where the horizon gets canvassed for both weird and life affirming sounds, in grasp of the groove. summarizing dance music to breathe deeply.

genre crossing remixes on this on this nice club bomb includes a massive julian the angel & pedro del moral rmx on the flipside

genre crossing little number from the dragonette sweet female vocals in a cool fusion with electro and techy vibes on the a side flip over for some broken beat action not to be missed

native irish producer jape getting 2 excellent remixes here a side feat prins thomas diskomiks taking you on a spaced out disco journey flip over for a crossing all genres alex metric mix a must have

finest groovin minimal tech funk with great remix by mobilees marcin czubala