we are sure max cooper does not refer here to one of traum boss triple rs favourite writer thomas pynchon but rather connects here to the technical terminus of the parabolic trajectory often mentioned as rainbow-shaped. nevertheless we wish to express that the transgressive quality of max music, does it question or break down the boundaries and categories of western culture and reason, is a challenge we have at traum always aimed at, with tracks that were very far away from the norm in the same way as maxs tracks are.

the next release on claap is a joint venture between two label favourites. on side a, nikola galas >oasy< and >paradise (tool)< are two very tightly structured affairs! perfectly produced and oh so functional, they are another strong proof of the reasons for which nikola has been making waves in the scene for more than a decade. the overall feel in both tracks follows the same path along nikolas previous work on rekids and ibadan records, amongst others, along with releases on his own label escada music. we are also very glad to welcome a long time favourite john dimas. hailing from the beautiful city of thessaloniki in greece, john is a young and aspiring dj and producer who has been working with labels such as d julzs exciting bass culture. john has been steadily making a strong impression with his colourful, solid and passionate dj performances! >get it< is a very groovy, playful and smart track. reminiscent of older chicago house with a fresh touch. to round up the package, label head gummihz offers a disco orientated >get down mix...

supported by: reboot, satoshi tomiie, dop, ralf, melon, ryan crosson, raresh, nima gorji, sascha dive, d julz, osunalde, matthuas tanzmann, charles webster, nick curly, lauhaus, shlomi aber, radio slave, robert dietz, okain, anja schneider, mihai popoviciu, mirco viloi, julien chaptal, alex celler, anthea, gregor tresher,.. ibiza based label isgud, for their next release, welcome a duo that are synonymous with the island. born and bred, willie graff has been a mainstay of ibizas musical culture since the age of 16. the exact age that he spun his first record in pachas >funky room<. his own tiny, principality of funk. over the years willie has split his time between ibiza and new york city, where he is also resident at cielo

excellent groovin techhouse, already supported from mirko loko, mathias kaden, alex picone, massimo di lena, phil weeks...

supported by: sebo k, laurent garnier, Âme, jimpster, hell, deetron, marc romboy, doc martin, robert dietz, catz n dogz, willie graff, martin landsky, ian pooley, d julz, adultnapper, dirt crew, lexx, jef k, trickski, andre hommen, iron curtis,.. essen-based band festland get the remix treatment by innervisions marcus worgull and mild pitch head honcho manuel tur. festlands music is based upon beats and sounds used in dj culture, but played with a drumset, bass and keyboards. lets call it krauthouse. they sing german lyrics written by a friend, the painter fabian weinecke. the bands latest album >welt verbrennt< received critical praise from the german press, making it into zeit magazines list of 2010s best albums.

first on decks.de!! sincopat showcases our first va for the third reference. four artists have picked up the baton from the successful >soleil levant< (sincopat 002): jairo catelo, feygin, samuel dan, kid culture all give us an album full of feeling and magical moments

what do you get when one of the worlds most in-demand producers and one of the worlds most in-demand vocalists combine their talents?
what if the producer was hit maker and ambassador of club culture david guetta and the vocalist was internationally revered pop/r&b goddess and grammy winner kelly rowland?
following an astounding live premiere at this years winter music conference, david guetta presents >when love takes over< feat. kelly rowland, a song that will cross pop culture barriers from all over the world. backed up with dnb-remix by blame.

triple vinyl powerpack from stop clone music, containing these releases:
- scm002: dinamoe - in my totem ep
- scm006: abnormal boyz - unlucky day remixes by dj emerson & simon stokes
- scm009: kid culture - its time 2 jack ep

being one part of the dj team kassette boys, ferri borbás aka superlover is widely known as m_ferri. he was raised in berlin and after the wall came down he got musically influenced enormously by the then arising techno culture of the mid 1990ies. his early productions have always mirrored the influences of the rough, industrial and dark sounding techno sound which was brought to berlin by artist like jeff mills, laurent garnier or joey beltram. simple, radical sounding and functional: tracks like his >tanzgenerator< or >open the watergate< had shaped these asthetics into a trademark sound. his latest superlover project is slightly shifting his musical coordinates : instead of a reduced and purely funtional >m_ferri sound< his new project presents a rather emotional and energetic mix of warm sounding rhodes pianos and string synthesizers. the three tracks of the e.p. combine those sounds earworm-like to catchy melody riffs and being the metamorphosis of a new disco influenced, poppy superlover sound

its a double a sided 180gr and first up is the widescreen cinemascape of >american dreamer<. the 2nd track >mz medley< takes us back to the heady days of the late 70s and the pioneering edit culture of tom moulton, walter gibbons and francois k.

throughout a recording career spanning almost two decades, dj stingray aka. sherard ingram a.k.a. urban tribe has consistently avoided the mainstream to create a musical world of his own. responsible for the early techno classic >covert action< on retroactive (reissued on planet e), ingram was joined by carl craig, anthony shakir and kenny dixon jr. (moodymann) for urban tribe s debut album >the collapse of modern culture< on mo wax and their latest project >program 1-12< released on kenny dixon jrs label mahogani music and the recent >loyal opposition< releases on planet e. touring as drexciya s official assault dj, stingray collaborated with james stinson for the >other people place ft. mystic tribe a.i.< project on clone in 2002. his two recent albums (>authorized clinical trials< and >acceptable side effects<) and singles for rephlex have remained true to their drexciyan descent, not through imitation but through remorseless innovation in electro aesthetics.

this outstanding piece from jackie misfit, london based deejay, producer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist presents a harmonic collision between primal africa and western culture. complex in its structure, based on polyphonic singing technique called jodel and articulated together with the dance, pigmy music has much in common with contemporary dance music. the concept was to create the impression that the instruments were played by the tribe to give the impression of being around them. to gain that, jackie used a variety of drums, whistles, harps, instruments built of coconut shells, animal skins and sanza wood by pigmies and vocals recorded in congo rainforest during the tribal rituals. its crafted in the western manner but the inspiration. basic repetitive patterns, vocals and instruments used in this production are original. together with the title that translates as the community of love, and works as homage to the humanitarian organization in congo that is focused on preserving pygmies and their culture.

tejada and humphrey made their debut together late in 09 with their >marooned ep<. >assimilation< continues the theme of being marooned in los angeles. the four works compiled here are the result of the best moments out of 20 recording sessions. the music is for the most part assembled with analog instruments with humphrey and tejada bringing their modular gear together for the sessions. humphreys knowledge of synths and programming is quite extensive. he until recently helped operate la based big city music, a dealer of modular and boutique synthesizers.

curly project is a project created at the end of 2007 between giacomo ziani and jacopo vendramin, two venetians guys borned in 1987. growed up as techno-minimal djs, with performances in some of the best clubs of their area, today their dj-sets and also their productions are more melodic and influenced by the house culture, with contaminations from different genres such as jazz, rock&roll, classical and ethnical music. perfect for their debut on workbench !!!

double a side release from a london based unknown artist on this dark dubstep label inspired by early 90s sampling culture. first tune up is a dark and heavy stepper with sinister vocals drenched in echo. mutated basslines sit nicely under face slap snares. flip side is a nice roller that never lets up, a chunky bassline plays off the relentless beats while paranoia samples bring on the thc induced psychosis.

pablo mandelbrot claims to be from bar harbor, maine on the north-eastern coast of the u.s.a. when asked about his upbringing he mentions various occupations including sardine canner and quota negotiator as well as hinting at some dark years spent working in the aqua-culture industry. about his music he says little, summing up his productions with the cryptic declaration: >disco is a deep sea<. we are not entirely sure where or when the two tracks on this 12inch were recorded and the only information from mandelbrot himself is that he has sometimes collaborated with the late conny plankton (who also engineered these two tracks), a legendary figure of the maine/nova scotia electronic music scene. pablo also insists that both tracks are >under exclusive license from lob-starr records<, although we have never heard of this label and their representatives have yet to contact us. we hope you enjoy these two slices of hypnoboogie disco, smoked, cured and de-boned for your convenience.

komonazmuk drops a tough slice of deep, stepping, and melodic dubstep for our 11th release… with his history in rave culture stretching back to the oldskool days, through releases on hardleaders & moving shadow with ice minus, right up to his current cutting edge productions, keiran lomax aka komonazmuk has got his fingers in many musical pies. having had big releases on scene-leaders like tempa, and his debut album coming on h.e.n.c.h. later this year, his versatility as a producer and engineer is second to none.

like a guided missile comes here a splintering speedcore record from the depths of canada. relentless beats & pristine production this record delivers agro culture in its purest form. 8(!) tracks from short controlled 1 minute bursts to serious party bangers this is one of the best tni records to date! who said canadians cannot make great quality speedcore!? up yours biatches!

big with: dj koze, ellen alien, timo maas, delete, nathan coles, alexkid, davide squillace, xpress2, ivan smagghe, shlomi aber, kabale und liebe, tania vulcano, sascha funke, nick curly,… safari regular de angelis last appearance again alongside arnaud on breath of night as part of the various artist ep that was safari 041. one of the key dj s on the london scene, antonio can be found spinning at many of the capital s finest nights. on the production front, he has released and remixed for labels including material, trapez, leftroom and of course safari. arnaud le texier s 2010 got off to the best of starts with a highly successful australian trip and the release of his perfumes of our dead times ep on safari and the hugely supported ivory machine ep on d julz s bass culture imprint. now arnaud is working hard on new music and the future safari catalogue

coming from france, oleg poliakov, also known as skat, has just worked in labels such as circus company or eklo recordings. after big success of ‘,caravan’, on bass culture, he’,s back with another smash summer hit. enjoy!
supported by luciano, raresh, laurent garnier, sebo k, estroe, djul’,z, osunlade, ken ishii, dj koze, okain, varoslav, stel, roberto rodriguez, charles webster, paul woolford, 3 channels, claudio coccoluto, anthony collins, chris carrier…, ...

2004 downtempo release by nsm aka new sector movements aka ig culture aka ian grant, featuring eska and cecile.

the detroit duo known as reference focuses on the soul of electronic music, not the hype, staying true while working to promote the expression of underground music and dance culture. luke hess is a name synonymous with a new wave of detroit techno producers, but his roots go deeper than that. his continued dedication to musicianship and his natural talent as a dj have allowed him to release music on some of the most respected labels in the genre, and play some of the most prestigious clubs in the world. brian kage is the founder of the record label beretta music. along with a countless number of successful releases, brian s experience as a producer, dj, and label head has helped catapult the careers of some of today s brightest and best artists in the dance music community.

the ex - culture club frontman with slamming remixes from sharp boys, kurd maverick, filo & peri tech workout....

the >lazy mouth< project, brought to life by jean-daniel tömör & thomas tietz, primarily wants to express their passion for electronic music culture, to present it in its multiple facets and to make it accessible to a wide public. mainly performing as live-act in the club scene, the two guys enthuse their audience with fresh, funky-experimental sound.

afro, afro-house thats how we can describe the new joyful noise on qalomota records. always inluenced by afrobeat they bring us this masterpiece of rythim, percussion and sweat. a side: ouganda, big hit for the dan ce culture party house dancers, with crazy drums, perfect afro feeling, flutes and keyboards. b side: mombassa, more hypnotic between joe claussell prod. and ron trent and kanaly the perfect afro tools for dj. this 12inch is now played by rocco, jephté guillaume, greg gauthier.....they already ask us some more!

180 gram vinyl lp

von spar is an artist collective from germany consisting of sebastian blume, jan philipp janzen, phillip tielsch and christopher marquez. the cologne-berlin quartet serves up a veritable ear-worm as an amuse bouche prior to their third album >foreigner<, which will be released at the end of may 2010 on italic recordings. the four deliver a rousing anthem enriched with a krauty disco groove and soulful close-harmony vocals for all of those late-night culture-vultures, oddballs and mother-in-laws nightmares propping up the bars at the discotheques of this world.

only a few hundred copies !! be fast !!

nice price deal !!! once again we are searching the globe for music that makes you move, music that you dance too! we welcome the newest members of the family straight out of the french underground movement! dagui rodann & timoth ee milton are no strangers to the dance culture in eille , france.

supported by dj spen, tony humphries, dimitri from paris, deli g, brother’s vibe, danny krivit, ralf gum, yass, ian, friday, dj pope, black coffee, nacho marco, neil aline, jamie thinnes, andy ward, grant nelson.

how is it that every time we come across a band from paris it makes us want to be right there, in their beautiful, hipster culture? its probably the same factor that made us want to live in brooklyn when we discovered sleigh bells, or los angeles when we first came across heartsrevolution, or berlin when, or manchester when, or, or, etc. ok, to be fair, our home town of brighton is plenty cool enough thanks, but this three piece from the gallic capital are definitely made from that most attractive of purest hip. we are suckers for the sexy vocalist, complete with every word seemingly breathed out, rather than sung. its all so effortless and...

portugals finest exponent of the disco re-edit culture, social disco club, finally delivers his debut release on disco deviance. and wow has it been worth the wait! sdc has had releases on mindless boogie, eskimo and big bear amongst other top labels. he is also a top notch disc jockey and his dj sets are fuelled by his own disco re-edits. for this release sdc slices up the saturday night bands >dont< and extends it into a joyful heavy disco groove that rocks the dancefloor. while on the flip, he demonstrates a more slow mo disco style in his reworking of leo sunshipps >sunshine<, which brings to mind the work of mark e and the revenge, while still keeping a firm eye on the disco ball. both tracks are respectfully edited, lovingly re-mastered and cut loud at 45 rpm for maximum dance floor pleasure and dj delight.

new rufuss on qalomota, always deep, always dub, always strong, a masterpiece from the underground master. hes proud to make you dance with his feeling, hes proud to make you house with his sound. already a classic for the dance culture party dancers @ club djoon!

remixed by cesare vs disorder & hidenbu ito!

the ministry of sound is dance musics most iconic institution. the south london venue has remained at the forefront of cutting edge club culture for over 18 years, its underground roots always intact...

its been three years since uffie took the underground by storm with her killer electro crunk anthems hot chick, ready to uff and pop the glock. 17 million my space plays later, the 22 year old star of parisian club culture is ready to release her new single mcs can kiss. produced by mr oizo, its an old school soundclash of heavy beats and sharp rhymes, a pass the dutchie for the modern era. remixes come from some new kids on the block, zombie disco squad and starkey. zombie disco squad have delivered the perfect big room remix, while starkey has given it a dirty philly street feel with his dubstep rework.

from the great success of smallvilles first label compilation >and suddenly its morning< a new deephouse collective evolved: the smallpeople aka dionne, steinhoff & hammouda, jaques le bon and christopher rau. hanging at their record store, djing together and exchanging beats and samples made the lovely hamburg house gang around smallville owners julius steinhoff and just von ahlefeld (aka dionne) an new source of deepest club culture. due to their large output jus ed from bridgeport ny signed another 12inch of the smallpeople for his underground quality imprint to come out right after their amazing debut on laid recordings.

tonbaumeister’s love for electronic music roots deep in the late eighties when he got his first computer, a commodore c-64, and when he instantly fell for the distinctive sounds of its sid chip. always driven by this passion he since then devoted himself to producing electronic music on various computing platforms and with multiple different programs to discover and soon constantly reinvent his own style. growing up in hessen, in the very heart of germany, he was deeply influenced by the endlessly evolving styles of house music and techno, which shaped the face of the vibrant club culture in cities like frankfurt and kassel. although tonbaumeister’s style might prematurely be declared as house music, the diversity of his productions makes it almost impossible to put them in a box and label them. his energetic tracks range from straight house to tech house to almost dark technoid characteristics, but suddenly one finds oneself surpr ised by the aforementioned sounds of late eighties computer games embedded in a psychedelic landscape with rough sawtoothy baselines. as hard as it is to pin down his production style, it is even harder to label his dj sets, which, as well as his productions, constantly evolve and morph while mirroring all of tonbaumeister’s influences. since 1999 he developed a passion for djing and he has had the chance to transport his enthusiasm into a number of clubs, infecting many clubbers with his verve. at the moment he is about to launch his own label subclinical

a tribute to sun ra & >latino in cairo<. this record represents the cairo jazz band responding to the american jazz scene of the 60s & 70s with influences from mongo santamaria to randy weston and sun ra. these tracks were first presented by the ministry of culture in cairo as a prism music production and released with an additional disk by the composer soliman gamil musical images. this release marks the first time salah ragab and the cairo jazz bands definitive works are presented to the west. salah rageb r.i.p
now available on limited edition with 180grams vinyl and a heavy cardboard sleeve!

brand new ep on qalomota records. we proud to present you a new producer. directly influenced by the dance culture party from club djoon. dj steaw dj/producer from the city of rennes (brittany, france), bring us this ep. a good piece of deep, soulful, cluby and arfo influence, just create to feed the housedancers and househeadz. you will able to recognize the old skool feeling like nervous records or nu groove and also feel the touch of the more recent procucers like ralf gum, culoe de song, marlon d, dennis ferrer... first but not the last ep on qalomota records for sure...

emptyset is a bristol based production project formed by james ginzburg, aka ginz, boss of the multiverse network of labels and paul purgas a longstanding electronic dj/collector and curator of this years we can elude control compilation. their collective agenda has been exploring techno music’s diverse influences and compiling them to a studio template focused on tight production and detailed sound design. inspired by the city’s culture of bass lead production as well as the global resurgence of electronic music, the sound has been described as techno meets dubstep folded back onto techno again, a description which is perhaps the most insightful to date. the project owes credit to the classic releases of m-plant, sahko and chain reaction as well as more recent producers such as alva noto, deathprod and burial. emptyset acts as a research project connecting the ideas of a modern dancefloor with experimental approaches to music and its design.

over the last year a new generation of young and ambitious electronic / house producers from italy have caused lot of rumors. adriano is a great interpreter of the scene in the heart of italy, which is going to become the new centre for house and techno culture. eimaleins captures the essence of adrianos style, releasing this two tracks which have the houzy and techy flavours, wisely mixed with solid but quite funk groove. adriano calls his friend matt brown to remix his track voices. its an amazing super warm and smooth piece of house music.

nice price deal !!! this summer example returns with a brand new single, having killed the crowd with the demonic overground club smash (sunday times culture), hooligans, he has left the klaxons behind in favour of the sound of pop and produced one of the biggest tunes to hit the 09 heatwave. watch the sun come up will be released through data records.

longtime fan of the 80s , digikid84 draws his inspiration from both the classics of this period in music (run dmc, michael jackson, midnight star, eurhythmics) and from cartoon classic trailers such as (thundercats, silverhawks, galaxyrangers,). this funkadelik touch has earned him an unwavering support from artists such as benjamin diamond, cassius, grand master flash, dj mehdi or vicarious bliss.

support by stephan bodzin, h.o.s.h, hugo, paco osuna, someone else, youandme, holger nielson, oliver klein, dj emerson.... incl. daniel steinberg remix.
nils ohrmann moved to berlin in the middle of the 90s, where he knew the rave culture was in full bloom- from e-werk to ostgut. he himself was a dj at the infamous schnabelbar in kreuzberg for eight years. since 2004 he has been a resident at rosis in friedrichshain. in may 2009 he made his first ep for hula hoop recordings (a sub-label of rompecabeza), which was a hit in the berlin clubs. coming up next is catalog number 2: >green sleeves<.

the om 15 year anniversary compilation is chok full of tasty treats. one of our favorites is this >the latest< by sygaire & defcon featuring capitol a. sygaire (sonar kollektiv, raw fusion) is the the moniker of roskow kretschmann, who has quite the resume of contributions to modern dance music culture. starting with his role as member of jazzanova crew, to his later offerings as kosma, forum, and integra (compost, infracom!), roskow is obviously a man on a mission to spread incredible music throughout the world. here he is with partner defcon (raw fusion, melting pot), the alias of one philipp wohlleben. as innocent as that name might sound, do not be fooled. defcon stands for defense condition 5, and dj defcon brings the heat like a missile in the night. together these two have come with what clearly translates as a respectful bow to the old skool days, presented in true double 12 inch extended mix fashion, and complete with vocals from none other than capitol a.

in spring of 2006, jackpot began to fester in a stockholm apartment. without fresh air or natural light, the group developed its uniquely mutant strain of italo disco mixed with early 80s body music aided only by the sickly blue rays of late night tv. while the jackhammer rhythms of their music were proliferating in stockholm, jackpot dove into the deepest recesses of the electronic dance music psyche for the most primal of all rhythmic impulses - their own unmistakable sound - the sound of western culture falling apart in a blaze of shudders and hiccups. as late night sci fi reruns colored the room, jackpot also picked and chose amongst the psychotic debris of previous eras - the movies of kenneth anger, the music of suicide, velvet underground and bruce haack, the words of william s burroughs. and then they added the junkiest element of all - themselves. after two critically acclaimed records, the third chapter of the jackpot saga is about to be told. its called greased lightning (also features remix work from such talents as in flagranti and rory phillips). you hear that beat? thats them knocking on your door.

here comes the freakshows 14th chapter - yeah, yeah, yeah! what you will get with buying this record is an extraordinary kind of culture clash in electronic music. we have the young guns m.in, patrick kunkel and basti grub in the red corner and the blue corner comes up with no other than the legendary dj sneak accompanied by mr. harold >lenny kravitz saxophone god< todd. some might say that the combination of names who contributed their skills and creativity to the production process of this release alone should make any electronic music freak become desperately interested in this record - but - if that aint reason enough to at least give it a try, you will find 3 timeless state of the art house tracks on intl. freakshows 14th vinyl release, from which each one has its unique, carefully crafted structure and arrangement. all of them manage to develop a superb uplifting energy, ideal for the upcoming hot summer nights and the daytime partys, too! additionally, as an if-14 - digital only released track - you will get an absolutely stunning and exclusive dj sneak instrumental mix, which we think must be described as an epic, typical sneak-like, massive groovin housemusic bomb, a must!

strut present the story of one of the most influential and revered labels emerging from new york in the late >70s and 80s<, ze records. after the late 70s punk and new wave explosion in new york, ze became a by-word for the anything-goes culture clashes that typified the big apple during the early 80s. formed by french art student michel esteban and british journalist michael zilkha, ze quickly created its own unique independent universe, signing artists as varied as alan vegas electronic postpunk pioneers suicide, trash disco queen cristina and maverick producer august darnell a.k.a. kid creole. with estebans sharp graphic eye leading the labels visual identity, ze hit the new york zeitgeist head on and became supremely hip û in 1982, the face magazine nominated it ôthe most fashionable label in the world.the labels early success led to a deal with chris blackwells island records, which gave zes releases worldwide exposure and brought worldwide fame to kid creole, was (not was) and more. over thirty years on and ze remains one of the great cult labels of its time. with this new compilation, strut takes a snapshot of the many weird and wonderful fusions that surfaced on its famous nyc cab-influenced yellow and black label. highlights include one of the earliest outings by was (not was), tell me that im dreaming, a disbelieving commentary on reagan-omics, bob blankÆs short-lived disco supergroup aural exciters and a larry levan mix of kid creoles biting parable about corruption in the caribbean, theres something wrong in paradise. other featured artists include ze label regulars cristina, bill laswells material, kookie french experimentalist lizzy mercier descloux, and camp disco-electro icons, les garcons.