detroits berlin-based jimmy edgar is on a mission to manifest dance culture on a level deeper than any bass can drop. synthesizing his passions for esoteric philosophy and 90s club music, edgar announces a new ep, label launch, and special projects with fellow multimedia mystics machinedrum and pilar zeta.

the allstar collaboration continues, following the previous bestselling golf channel releases from these two heavyweights rhythm odyssey is a production alias of the one and only dean meredith (chicken lips, goat dance etc) here he has teamed up with dr dunks (eric duncan, rub-n-tug) with a view to concocting the very finest analogue assembled proto house and modern disco.

having spent more than seventeen cross-genre years featuring on some of dance musics most prestigious imprints, blu mar ten have opened the doors of their own label to a host of fresh young talent emerging from the leftfield of drum & bass and beyond. blu mar ten music (bmtm) is a home for the beautiful and the ugly, the elegant and the awkward, the euphoric and the melancholy. the seventh release in this new chapter is brought to us by upcoming estonian producer, thing who joins bmtm with his trademark tribal, dubbed out audio. the sound of the frozen north.

needwant welcome back family member mario basanov with his bill ep to delve into the harder and darker side of his production skills with three bombs guaranteed to destroy any dance floor

little is known about mysterious producer tommy rawson. our first acquaintance was the aptly named shy track on red rackems smugglers inn 001 release. we tried to find out more but the trail got cold pretty quick. it was not until hearing gilles peterson playing a version of hugh masekelas dont go lose it baby on his show that word got around, tommy rawson was back. this particular anthemic track found its way to mats who then started playing it out and every time, in every club no matter where in the world the reaction was same, people completely lost it on the dance floor! we had but no choice to release the track and luckily enought tommy must have a sixth sense because at the same time mats blasted the track at the local talk office to convince tooli shouting: this is the next big release for local talk, i m telling you! another track made it into his mailbox, the soulful house jam brenda done died with no name. both tracks ended up on this 12 inch of course. mr rawson has delivered the goods here, warm, sunsplashed music all the way. a name to watch for this year and probably not mysterious for long.

the next instalment, we feature artists from the growing lht family jamie blanco opens the record with his accomplice sam mensah on singin duties - jamie and alphonse worked in the studio together on this version we think will appeal to fans of real house music next up is bintus of power vacuum with his first original track on lht and theres no messing about - raw acid and stripped drums and at a pace that we can dance too, label boss alphonse opens side b with a deep 808 jam and this is followed by lht studio wizz facade who finishes with another piece of what can only be described as big.

french producer fred siera comes along with two driving tech house tracks for rennbahn records. last glass on apollo is influenced by dark and deep sounds combined with a sexy female vocal. david jachs remix is full of groove and sounds more fluffy than the original. the b side boast with moonboots 69 a deep and melodic tune. with this pure deepness, percussions and open hats larssons powerful remix is definitely made for the dance floor.

ltd 2013 repress, vinyl only release. dutch newbie ivano tetelepta steps up to the plate for his 2nd release on fear of flying, >i think about you< is a sleek slow burning groove with hypnotic undertones, the repeated female vocal and sharp hi hats giving the track its dance floor impetus. >taksi< takes an altogether different path - pumping up the beats for a slice of pure peak time phunk whilst >open moment< injects a light melodic feel over dubbed out beats - one for early mornings and a fine way to end a really well balanced release.

deluxe book-style package, includes artist notes, complete musical scores and photographs - 2x12 lp + cd.
in 20 years of kompakt no one ever got bored: the cologne-based label always knew how to maintain its geographic and stylistic positioning on the fence. we owe that to all those great – and also wildly different – artists who have found their way to us in two exciting, sometimes exhausting, always inspiring decades. from the borderlands between faux pop and cheerful science also comes colognes multi-instrumentalist gregor schwellenbach, who separated 20 label classics from their dance roots and re-recorded them as chamber music.

sophistication and elegance have not always been the strobe light honey for die-hard divers into the dance genre, but it has been octo octas strongest suit since his 2011 debut 12 inch on 100% silk, and here again are those initial ideas of identity and hunger for intimacy all leading to an adrift, uneasy feeling, only they have materialized into that instantly recognizable, authentic oo sound.

the first release from under bron recordings highlights a firm and direct feeling, like being seduced and sharing something personal with somebody new, the a side showcasing a mixture of dialogue and trust. keeping a steady house groove and pace, sounds in the grass inspires the dust from the ceiling at your local warehouse to come down to the ground again, while waiting to exhale turns to the conversationalists standing by the bar or on the outskirts of the dance floor. delroy edwards (l.i.e.s.) remix on the b-side expands the wrd horizon and brings in a different blueprint, where swirling sounds combines the track into a beautiful palette of youth and decay

another esoteric offering from elastic dreams. ruff cherry presents the section 31 ep, explorations in analogue dance. featuring a dubwise re-dream from a sagittariun.

classic soul-album from 1976!

one of the uks most established and consistent deep house producers, jimpster, is due to drop his eagerly anticipated porchlight and rockingchairs lp. his first studio album in six years sees him continue where he left off on the 2006 masterpiece amour by taking the blueprint of house music and infusing it with an attention to detail and musicality often lacking in much of todays more disposable dance music. during the interim period, jamie has maintained a key role in two of the uks most successful house labels, freerange and delusions of grandeur, where he continues to pick up and establish new talent at an impressive rate. over the course of his 23 year career so far he has remixed everyone from josh wink, osunlade and solomun through to bob marley, airto moreira and seal, as well as continuing to dj week-in week-out at many of the worlds best clubs and festivals.

its always been about the bass. climb to the dark side of modern pop as you enter the fractured, hypnotic, dance of tristesse contemporaine. 2nd album is ready, its coming soon this year in sept. from record makers.

it is almost spring here in los angeles, and jesse rose is chugging along with the 12x12 series, this time with dance with me. two versions of the track here - one for the chi-town house heads and one for the dusseldorf beat junkies. wherever you are in the world, have a dance with us!
early feedback and support from joris voorn, heidi, zombie disco squad, round table knights, and more.

theres plenty of fresh faces in dance music and theres plenty of legends, but how often do you come across a legendary fresh face? christian taylor aka dj kon is about as fresh as it gets and yet has been doing it since before most of us knew how to cue a record.

vulkandance started as a party for african dance music in berlin in 2010. the amazing feedback and success of the party led nomad to turn it into a series of events and into a concept (including theme based decoration and sometimes catering) that travelled and hosted some of the cream of afro and global funk/disco djs, including legends such as beppe loda.

king street sounds and dope jams team up again in re-releasing more fine jewels from nycs heyday, all featured on the latters celebrated 2012 classic house grooves offering. essential and immortal dance music reissued for generations old and new.

disco bloodbath recordings latest is the debut solo release from one of the founders and original residents of the disco bloodbath clubnights, dan beaumont - formally of production duo jam factory and the man behind london venues dalston superstore and the newly opened dance tunnel. reality checkpoint is an atmospheric mid-tempo house chugger based around judicious use of samples and a slight dub-reggae sensibility to the groove. the original is accompanied by two alternate versions - one from neville watson, which pushes the track into club territory, and one from dan himself, which strips things back, further accentuating the tracks dub overtones.

africa friends is a tribal-inspired tech-house track with a lot of driving elements. the remix of yapacc however is rather a remixer typical interpretation somewhere between funky minimal and melodic techno. another centerpiece of this ep is the remix of quenum, who founded the imprint cadenza along with luciano a few years ago. as a small gimmick nicolas duvoisin serves an additional groovy track called people dance.

from shattered court dreams to booming international dj gigs, marius maier, a former german youth basketball champion, retired from the game after sustaining a knee injury a few years ago. but like any as one door closes…-story goes, re.you quickly channeled his energy and ambition into electronic dance music. he exchanged his jersey number for an artst alias and the reincarnation birthed a rising talent by the name of re.you. new to the mobilee booking roster, re.you has already delivered his second ep on the 112 mark titled, anyway. this three-parter includes the self titled anyway dominating the a-side while the flip side brings it down with you had enough featuring forrest. and a remix of the lead track from re.yous live act partner, rampa. the duo perform as rar and are available on cocoon records.

after the unanimous global acclaim of glass eights (dial lp 22), john roberts returns with fences, his second full length offering on hamburgs dial records. from elegantly dusted chamber pop and semi-psychedelic acoustic musings to turgid orchestral dance floor fillers, roberts creates a beautifully collaged symphony of recorded violins, cellos, cracked guitars, detuned pianos, faded samples, broken drum machines and manipulated answering machine cassettes.

slamming disco edits, huge dj support: dimitri from paris, late nite tuff guy, leftside wobble, ashley beedle, get down edits ...
cutting his teeth on the uk bar dj circuit with gigs six nights a week, as well as being a member of production duo casio social club, henry greenwood has nurtured an understanding of the vital ingredients required for a killer dance floor groove. from the early days of breaking both the pause buttons on his family stereo system (whilst crafting his first reworks) to spinning alongside derrick carter at londons disco-flavoured club night slide, henry is carving a razor-sharp niche in the ever-evolving re-edits movement.

genrehopper phon.o erreicht durch verschmelzung von uk bassmusik mit techno, garage und sogar house neue perfektion. nicht im wilden mashup-stil, sondern als organisch-natürlicher sound. schn33 ist ein garantierter floorfiller für alle sorten von dance-djs. und zusammen mit einer starken b-side wird diese maxi zur bislang stärksten von phon.o ever.

an updated re-imagining of a classic underground dance track. includes a new full vocal mix and a never released, devastating dub. dont let this love pass you by…

cmmva004 is the fourth various artists release from the superb and highly rated chilli mint music label. this ep features the hottest and best up and coming producers on the dance scene at the moment. on the logo side cmm gives you two very cool artists, firstly the great brazilian dj/producers dashdot, who have put together a super funky production called holla after a tune in a nu disco/deep house vibe featuring original vocals from zz & re nata, the combination of vocals and production highlights the quality and skills from these guys who are by far some of the best out there

berlin based oskar offermann finishes off proceedings with his stunningly hard-edged remix focused intently on the dance floor. the original melody line sits perfectly on a bed of subtle, dark stings and stabs of electronic noise to create those ghostly dance floor moments.

hmcs most recent offering of techno and house music, city rhythm, (juice 002) is a sound typical of his influence on dance music culture in his hometown of adelaide, australia. from pre-internet days when scenes throughout europe and the us were created on the back of techno and house music, a smaller but just as significant scene had developed in adelaide, celebrations were a weekly occurance on adelaide dance floors and dj hmc was responsible for the playlist.

state is the debut from ore, this is techno deftly delivered. four original tracks showcasing an artist ready to make their mark plus remixes from darling farah and jon convex. a debut that stands out - state showcases an artist ready to make their mark. prime-time berghain techno functions are triangulated with detroit in 1987, birmingham in 1997 and london right now. the result is sumptuously textured asymmetric dance music. richly harmonic, expressionist techno that takes in pneumatic hi-tech funk, warehouse-maddening propulsive hydraulic and rarefied low frequency dub chords. complete with laboratory-precise edits, cold, crystalline sampling and skeletal machine effects ore recalls richie hawtins plastikman all the while keeping a rooted afro-rhythmic swing reminiscent of theo parrish with shuffling hi-hats, deep bass and strokes of barely-tamed percussion.

back once again we serve the incredible, embracing the world of electronic dance clubs and open air raves with heartfelt warmth, organic basslines and a whole lotta love as the people out there simply deserve that. what does that mean at all? for the third time youre entering the musical realms ruled by the stiff little spinners collective which is represening a unique but shared musical vision on limited 12inch

earl jeffers is an alias and side project from chesus (local talk, ten thousand yen) and his second release for catapult records delivers two raw and infectious slices of filtered disco house revisionism. the goose and let it out are both crisp clean tracks of soul hacking euphoria that deliver some extravagant 4/4 dance floor ammunition.

the mole, philippe cam, master muzikbox and sucre sale present this new split ep with a part of the karat family. the mole already released a track on a past compilation, he is coming back with a nice built up piece, as good for djs than for home listening. philippe cam is one of the greatest french electronic music composer and there is nothing more to prove it that to listen to this new gem! master muzikbox strikes again with a powerful classic and updated house track, elegant. then the youngsters sucre sale show us whats the deal with the new generation, classy dance tune. enjoy!

with uncompromising deliberation jerome sydenhams imprint ibadan records forges its way through the overcrowded world of electronic music in search of diamonds. case in point: quell with his debut solo album them crowd kids. this montage of house music is a fitting addition to a label that has featured some of the worlds most poignant, illustrious and visionary dance music producers, including the likes of dennis ferrer, kerri chandler, joe claussell, function, joris voorn, and radio slave to name a few.

official re-edition of theo parrish classic on harmonie park (2004) with the full version of twin cities (12m17) & dance sing (15m04) which wasnt on 2004 pressing - classic!
black vinyl pressing.

limited 12inch release from japanese dance music producer/dj brisa with, teaming up with capitol a. our fave is the jazzier the soul. check!his 2008 album elevation perception (co produced by yukihiro fukutomi) featured singers like paul randolph, nadirah shakoor, monday michiru and he shows an original crossover sound of soul, jazz, house, breakbeats etc

with local talk release no. 30 we are moving further into territories of straight up no fuss dance floor action. already having releases on dirt crew recordings, murmur & hypercolour elef knows a thing or two about delivering jacking tracks. wake up call comes in two versions. the original version is a kick & snare pattern driven monster track with heavy arpeggios and deep pads. on the flip brennan green doesnt hold back either. the main melodic pattern together with percussions is unleashed straight on and as the tracks evolves he adds tr-303 lines making the track even more epic. as elef described the remix as perfect for a panorama bar set. the remix is worthy enough based on that one side alone.

gibt es einen besseren start? die berliner the/das betreten die musikalische bühne nicht gerade bescheiden. ihr erstes lebenszeichen ende des letzten jahres: die umwerfende und viel beachtete ep fresh water auf life and death, italiens label der stunde für geschmackssichere dance music am puls der zeit. die auf dieser ep begonnene kooperation mit tale of us, der schillernden life and death - speerspitze, findet zügig nachfolge mit zwei stilvollen remixes für me and my drummer. mit diesen beiden veröffentlichungen präsentieren the/das aus dem stand einen bemerkenswerten entwurf lässig unterkühlter, detailverliebter und hochgradig treibender technomusik. nun erscheint mit speak your mind speak auf sinnbus die erste eigene veröffentlichung von the/das.

the warning we all here at cocoon still remember their label-debut as a duo. timeless and kickin tech-house with hands-up-energy and potential to set dance floors on fire - until today!

founding sound traveller dj patrique collaborates with clarence on one track to be released on the vinyl edition only. clarence brandon is obviously inspired by the detroit heritage as all tracks bear the soul of this influential city. by using an uplifting track build-up, forward moving rhythms and inspiring melodies, all tracks are well suited for the lovers of fine techno and house. gracefully placing subtle sounds but never loosing sight of the dance floor, clarence diligently produced the first ever physical sound travels release.

blue love featuring the vocals of erika tele is aux 88 black tokyo love theme for the dance floor. in the vein of detroits 4/4 classics from the past, you can know see that aux 88 has some full circle in their musical quest.
blue love is a happy and beautiful take on love and spiritual release you get while dancing on the dance floor. erika teles angelic robotic vocal make this a keeper.
dark deceptions opens with emotional strings and arp like baseline intro creating a sense of a movie intro. erika teles vocal are spoken words in japanese. the track is clearly a sort of intro for more.
the ep gives you a soft string beat dance driven homage to love. pick this up quickly sure to be classic dj track for aux 88 presents plack tokyo fans.

ron trent does all the music and produces this single featuring tkumah sadeek on vocals. comes with 3 mixes: vocal (8:39), reprise version (4:16) and dub (9:02). the long awaited single that has been rocking the dance floors of joe clausell, danny krivit, lil louie vega and more. first single coming from the forth coming album journey to love featuring dynamic singer/song writer tkumah sadeek. big props from k alexi, moplen, jamie 326, dazzle drums and more.

returning with a second cut shortly after their first release, untzz brings more sonic artistry and club tools to another heavyweight slab of wax. inspired by the awesome people of adelaide and their commitment to the dance floor

new jacking retro dance mania chicago vibes on this new label from malmo! first release comes from patrick sjerén. he produced a whole lot of acid and techno back in the 90s (one which omar s picked up for his 998 release). this release comes with an cool remix by rivet!

wild oats is proud to present the kmfh debut album the boat party. after a year of collaborative releases, kyle hall, under the alias kmfh, has produced a debut album, a fusion of original work, sample tracks, and raw edits. the boat party album artwork pokes fun at european summer boat parties and juxtaposes the destitute state of detroit and its recent proneness to discarded luxury in financial crises. mainly, the inability to leave and the sometimes pleasant isolation of a boat party is what the album exudes. the listener has a certain commitment to the material which definitely has its place on the dance floor. you can find tracks that have soulful, funky, and organic feels, while others have a more abstract, mechanical, and robotic sentiments. the boat party was carefully constructed which makes the album a cohesive mix of soulful etherealness and roughly raw sounds, kmfhs cueing into the true aspects of detroit.

with uncompromising deliberation jerome sydenhams imprint ibadan records forges its way through the overcrowded world of electronic music in search of diamonds. case in point: quell with his debut solo album them crowd kids. this montage of house music is a fitting addition to a label thats featured some of the worlds most poignant, illustrious and visionary dance music producers, including the likes of dennis ferrer, kerri chandler, joe claussell, function, joris voorn, and radio slave to name a few. quell, already a dominant force in the underground house music scene, has upped the ante with deliberate focus and acumen. through his bespoke style of production, avant-garde dj sets and prodigious thinking quell has come of age. quells music is an amalgamation of images, sounds and nostalgia that derive from his perception of a universal club sound

vinyl only. 500 copies. french vinyl-only label latency comes back this spring with joey anderson. the former dancerand great house producer from new jersey gives us dark and melancholic vibes carefully combined with groovy motions and classical dance music elements.

in mood swings ep, miguel migs and shades of gray have come together to deliver a fine deep house affair drenched in rich textures, subtle undertones and moody melodies. aspects of both classic and modern deep house intertwine expertly on these four tracks, creating edge and dynamism that is dance-floor ready.