building on a series of releases on labels like true type tracks, illegal alien records, and abstract mechanisms, roberto espinosa launches his visionary rhythm designation with micelio: tecnocigalpa ep. drawing inspiration from the natural methods of decomposition and regeneration (essentially the power of mushrooms), vr’s first reference is a 3-tracker that combines social commentary with rhythmic analog and digital waves, reinforced with ceremonial shakers, percussion, and textures obtained by buried mics to propagate an elemental underground vibration, and integrates the sharpening of a machete with the hi-hats to provide the energy to cut through negativity.

smoke city music are quick to follow on from the success of the still buzzin’ smoke city allstars with this new set of mixes from cubase dan & the hoodfellas. an understated and restrained grower with the most potent tool, a salsoul influenced filtered groover tucked away on the b side, this sussed sister label to hudd traxx keep it flowing for those who like diggin that bit deeper

3rd part - 4x house smasher

supported by roger sanchez, demuir, dave mayer, javi bora, j paul getto lee walker, homero espinosa, luke solomon, christian nielsen, crackazat, charlie tee (kiss fm), french toast (djmag radio), golf clap, jason hodges

senales, spanish for signals, is the new work and debut at femur by rafa m. espinosa, aka geistform. it depicts a round trip to the darkest side, the sullen and dismal side of our sonic concept. the four tracks, which make up this 12- range from odes to smacking electro beat, obsessive mid-tempos, old industrial echoes and sinister and unsettling atmospheres.

californian modular synthesizer and audio equipment producter tiptop audio is proud to introduce a new project for 2015: tiptop audio records. in the recent years musical productions have seen a remarkable return to the use of hardware through analog synthesizers and digital control interfaces. this trend has proven so strong that it prompted a rebirth of modular synths in a new format (eurorack). tiptop audio has made a name producing sophisticated but easy to use modules, designed to form a complete system that is especially effective for dance-oriented productions and live sets. tiptop audio records selected for its first issue some of the most groundbreaking artists using such systems, to present a range of artists who, through their tracks, explore the landscape of dance music in a very fresh perspective. these are the artists who inspire the tiptop team to make more innovative devices, which in turn make new music (a nice feedback loop).

yerba buena discos is proud to offer the newest release from allen craig. the new style ep represents a move from allen craigs familiar jackin house into a deeper, more tech flavoured style. the ep is completed with a dub of yeah from robsouls phil weeks and an even deeper afrotech remix of deeper blue by homero espinosa!

this dope 4 tracker starts off with homero espinosa (yerba buena) delivering the goods on >le one<. tight drums, a deep pulsating bassline and superb keys are the order of the day here. wicked! next up we have the 1200 warriors dropping a remix of >le one< that gives us a different take on the origianl with it s boompty funk and spoken vocal samples. on the flip we have those two badasses from indianapolis john larner & slater hogan coming correct with a nice deep funker that is sure to get the booties shakin on the dancefloor. last but not least we have dani deahl s >too hot to handle<, which is exactly what the title says, hot with its massive sub bass. 4 heaters on this one