number one for splitsound with abnormal boyz & joseph capriati... presenting their image of >electronic music< like a >picture impressed in the vinyl< with an ep with different points of views and the consciousness that the music will break the senses of the listeners... >termal eyes< is a minimal house track of excellent quality, for exigent djs, >another vision of space< is a killing floor track, dangerous alchemy of hypno-grooves with techno flavour. >things changes< remixed by andre crom (heimatmelodie, memo & leftroom) is with his authors words: >the maximise of minimise<, essential structure of bass lines and riffs gives a direct kick into the bones

luis radio & raffo drop some serious pumping house and a strong organ/synth which is hypnotizing and rocks the dancefloor. best of seasons limited for a while now this track is essential for the true house sound crowd!

another big release on winding road records!! two of the hottest names in deep tech house music, shur-i-kan and milton jackson, team up for 3 epic adventures through sizzling electronic waters. this ep is slick stuff indeed, and rivals their best work to date on freerange. strangezensation is a heavy burst of analog chords and bumping bass, pinned down by the crispiest beats you heard all day. swap shop is a subtle brain fiddler with mischievous hooky chord stabs, which builds, builds and builds again. itzwotwedoo is an explosive tune which slowly unfolds into a tough cyber-boogie new-school rave sound. essential.

the third release in a row from red music! an epic release from the 4 legged groove machine that is pbr streetgang who have rifled through their old goth collection for a couple of essential deep, trippy, out there disco joints for adventurous and serious jocks!

vendetta makes a few heads turn with a stunning new ep from the hands of one of the most fierce producers around. greg notill has previously released on labels like carnage, cannibal society and definition of mayhem. many of his tracks were also licensed to hard techno compilations like essential hardtechno 2.0, hardtechno vol. 3 and the recently appeared hannibal lp 01

repress !!this time the mojuba sublabel brings us the second part of the detroit-series by the label owner don williams himself. this one-sided record features two fine examples of music inspired by the city of d. the first one is a pumping peak time cut to hit the dancefloors and might become an essential tool for the ambitious dj. the second track convinces in its very own character, providing a feeling that many will recognize from the early years of techno, when this music was connected to the listener more in a deep and emotional way than we know it from today!

nice price deal !!! tom stephans chumbomundo label is setting the standards again after his massive clubhit hold on me. martin accorsi teams up with tom stephan and the result is a massive corker! remixes are done by no less than current essential new tune holder laidback luke and kobbe.

the los angeles native kemal continuing the rich vein of recommended productions released on indeependent recording such as medusa & my faith presents now another essential one on purple tracks! city street walking featuring the killer sexy vocal by foxxee includes 3 mixes: the main, the organ dub & the instrumental. a perfect package for every club and every floor. thats house music from the best side & we all at the purple tower are sure - thats the track to dance your ass off!!!

essential re-release by chain reaction’s originators substance & vainqueur

incl. binis percussive re-touch and instrumental dub mix!!

roberto rodriguez is going deeper with the hypnotising camera obscura ep to end 2007 with real housemusic for 2008. if warehouse would be still alive, itd sound like this. essential, soulful & timeless masterpiece from one of the hottest newcomers this year !!

comes with a nice disco mix by bangkok impact. big new track by unit 4 called new day which was scheduled to be released on clone records during the summer but due to delays now only available as white label release. massive sounding track that follows up on their big body dub. this track is in the same vein as their previous release but has a bit more electro-techno-ish feeling. nice mixture between disco, electro, house and techno. great hook line and powerful bassline makes this another essential track

the man machine deadmau5 returns with another storming release, proving yet again can consistently pull cats out of the bag. this awesome 3 track ep sits ... somewhere between tech house, progressive & minimal. already garnering support from nic fanciulli, sven väth, john digweed, desyn masiello, lee burridge and laurent garnier. from the bleeps of complications to the grinding basslines of everything before/after, this is an essential ep

already licensed to pete tongs essential pacha ibiza compilation and played by timo maas, danny howells and more!!

radius unleashes part 3 of its best of superradio series treating us with yet another timeless classic. fuerza major by camaros gang, one of the more edgy italo disco groups, is one of those tracks that effortlessly show us how those mad italians went on to influence 80s pop music for years to come. fuerza major has all the essential elements, typical vintage bassline, cheesy pop melodies, catchy and vague i met this girl in a new york discotheque vocals straight from a melancholic heart. its simply joyfull nostalgia from 1985. as to the remix, tensnake, who already released a brilliant ep on radius, did the honours and gave fuerza major a deeper disco vibe with plenty of his own funky twists and turns. radius set off once again to make you shake your hips to the past of the future!

some clean, remixed, re-edited tracks by amplified orchestra. quite obscure material, essential stuff and a must have for all the italo / cosmic disco heads & cbs.nu addicts, fans of lindstrom & thomas, clone, environ, rong music, idjut boys

another great selection of very rare, or maybe even newly made tracks by amplified orchestra. some essential re-edited, re-arranged and remixed cosmic disco, italo disco or whatever disco boogie tracks.. wild!

loved by: laurent garnier, dave clarke (top 10!!) and funk d void, featured on bbc essential by deep dish !! the third installment in the dk7 remix series. an across the board affair where scene stalwarts slam take the dark path to the floor with heart like demon,steve rachmads two schools of thought on life is everywhere and 6am weather girl fan phil kieran dubs it up. in 2001 >the difference< was released on dk recordings as the seventh release and it later got licensed to output recordings,thus the project was called dk7. dk7 recordings was funded by jesper dahlbäck and mark o sullivan and is not to be associated with dk recordings.

deadmau5 mau5trap label returns, this time with 2 monstrous melodic gems from close friend and production ally glenn morrison (morrison recordings). tiesto featured contact on his brand new in search of sunrise cd, and its easy to see why. essential lush melodic housers, as supported by sasha, tiesto, kleinenberg, matthew dekay and many many more.

skat, the paris underground groove machine, the ever banging and so respectably personal sounding producer is onboard with us at sthlmaudio! mais oui!!! fred aubourg a.k.a. skat made his first musical education in the early 80s in rouen by listening his father during his radio show. hidden behind the mixer, he discovers artists and musical styles which would soon become essential for him, and would naturally lead him towards house, hip house and hip hop as well. he will then build his first loops with a k7 recorder in the mid 80s... skat comes here with a deliberately house ep. and it makes us all happy, because weare tired of the sterile, tired of the clicks with micro kicks

for its 20th release, cadenza turns to romanias petre inspirescu, aka pedro. he may be a new addition to the label, and for that matter a new name to many listeners. (until now hes recorded two compilation tracks and one ep, for the labels vinylclub and a:rpia:r.) in his home town of bucharest, romania, however, petre has long been a pivotal figure alongside his frequent accomplices raresh and rhadoo, and in the last two years, his appearances in ibiza and throughout europe have brought his name to many listeners lips, heightening interest in the fertile romanian scene—an unexpected outpost of advanced electronic music whose rise recalls chiles emergence as a central player in contemporary techno, despite its location on the socalled margins !! this 2x12 brings us four another outstanding minimal and hypnotic tunes. essential !!

following his debut single breathe to fly on skipper records, parisian resident and label head honcho di pascali follows up with a fantastic house floorfilleron his new label dp records titled heaven. a sparky funky electro house groover. heaven comes packaged with all the essential credentials to va va voom the dancefloor! fellow frenchman distorded delivers 2 fabulous remixes jammed with punchy beats, soaring synth sounds,addictive key hooks, dramatic breakdowns, topped off with heavenly vocal harmonies. whilst di pascali puts one in the back of soulful house net with a deliciously bubbly us garage flavoured groove with more kick than thierry henry!

a little less than two and a half years after its conception—and close to 30 singles, one compilation, one mix cd and one sublabel later—berlins mobilee releases its first artist album. naturally, who better to represent the milestone than pan-pot, who so far have delivered five essential singles to mobilee, helping to anchor the ever-shifting sound of one of europes most exciting labels. in just two short years, with 10 singles (for mobilee and einmaleins musik) and lots of remixes, theyve become known far and wide for their distinctive, groovy, and above all ominous sound. pan-o-rama finds the boys stretching that sound in every possible direction: twisting, tearing, and using the shreds to drag a wide swath of techno history into the future (and, just maybe, to drag a few pieces of techno future back into the past). call it minimal if you must, but this aint no clickity-clack shit. you can hear the agonized gurgle of isolationist acid, reminiscent of plastikmans darkest nights. you can hear the percolating urgency of classic bleep techno. tried and true hardware collides with restless digital experimentation as dance musics dna worms its way into twisted new shapes. pan-o-rama is dark, thats for damned sure. eerie vocals that seem to come from within the listeners own head creep across the stereo field. throughout, restrained minor-key melodies conjure 21st century noir, and a relentless low-end rumble seems to suck up all the light around it

support by joel mull, pascal feos, david duriez, mason, karotte, hernan cattaneo, wally lopez, marco v, sebastian ingrosso valentino kanzyani is in the middle of a successful development having reached everything to be desired as a global player and producer. amongst laibach and umek he is the biggest musical export of slovenia, works with labels as primevil, intec, tronic and many more, runs recycled loops and earresistible together with umek and recently remixed carl cox. pete tong chose the three-deck-wizard for his essential selection. circle music presents his new single >zvijaca<, a deep tribal and minimal monster with huge atmospheric impact on the dancefloor including a magnificent christian smith and john selway remix

kick ass electrohouse bomb. 3 quality mixes to work with. must have record

brilliant deep minimal tech track , incl super deep & dubby echospace remix (aka rod modell & stephe hitchell soultek)... all you deepchord fans : watch out!! this is essential

winding road returns with yet another top class release by office gossip. office gossip ranks amongst the cream of deep house producers, and this ep is arguably the best and most rounded og release to date. from the slick old school flavour of strangers to the pumping intensity of carbon copy, via the heavy vocal crunch of say it, this record has quality in abundance. plus theres a fine remix courtesy of new winding road star lovebirds, which transforms the original into a sunshiney analogue disco monster. essential

the first release on on tha floor music reached the top of the dutch dance charts and was featured as hot new release in the worldwide broadcasted radio show of roger sanchez release yourself. on tha floor music now brings you dekky & sebastian d. with the result of their first but definitely not last collaboration. with olav basoski and silverius supporting on the remix, it will be very hard to keep your body under control on tha dance floors worldwide. latin electro beats and phat bass lines are the key words to this essential release

another 4 track banger for your brain !! due to an ongoing uprise of the hard-techno scene you can expect a whole new range of new talents and technical developments. in the midst of all of this you will find tomash gee as one of the pioneers of hard techno. this don of the dark forces presents yet another 4 tracks banger, that has already been qualified as an essential tool in the bag of those who seek true dancefloordestruction!

here is another print of violent plastic on the cardiac arrest offshoot. the special series tend to push the throttle just a bit further, taking things just that essential bit beyond to make it worthwhile. after numerous productions for labels like beast music, braindamage, working vinyl and alphabet city - young lexis proceeds to cause addictive agony on cardiac arrest special

the worlds the loop (extended edit) is hiding on this rare as you like italian promo 12 inch. an absolute stinker is this euphoric piece of instrumental cosmica. massive drums, crunchy guitars and soaring synths combine to make a huge sounding fanfare of a tune. nash the slashs wolf on the b side comes from a classic cosmic obscurity of an lp produced by steve hillage and this is our favourite track from the album. no drums, no synths, just a heavy wall of warm violins and wordless vocals. an amazing piece of music from way left of centre. essential for all fans of the true cosmic sound

get down on it! the next essential release from deep factor. a hook filled track with a seriously heavy bassline underpinning a blend of house, soul and jazz to make one of the biggest disco/house hits of the year so far. the original written by womack and womack performed by the legendary songstress millie jackson

support from claude von stroke, tiefschwarz, ricardo villalobos, laurent garnier, steve lawler, radioslave, sebo k, ripperton, misstress de funk (radio 1), kiki, xpress 2, guy gerber… this is the second part of the >three arches ep< from freak n chic and cocoon star david k. the deep and dub mixes were made with the afterparty in mind and centre around a low slung bassline, hypnotic groove and a tripped out melody. in david s words >this is one my favourite productions this year fusing the best elements of deep house and techno – i love to play these tracks<. samim ups the ante and delivers a killer club mix, adding a heavier bottom end and old skool riff whilst maintaining the dubby vibe of the original. one of his best mixes yet! an essential tsuba release.

essential deep detroit masterpieces !!

the track starts off with addicted grooves & basslines building up with clever vocal use and lovely drum patterns which create this cool atmospheric & accomplished piece of work!on the a side we find the fantastic lutzenkirchen remix, of course well known for his top releases on great stuff recordings, his russian experience ep on tomcrafts label craft music and their collaboration with tech house master john aquaviva on blu fin records. on the flip the the great original mix by lush7 & bas molendijk! this excellent 12 already receives heavy support by top jocks as benny rodriques, michel de hey, phonique, warren fellow, lutzenkirchen and many more so make sure to not miss out on this essential disc, pure quality stuff!!

panorama bar house killer big with cassy, boris, daniel wang,… mr. g aint no stranger to the electronic music scene, he has been constantly producing outstanding material since the mid 90s on labels like moods & grooves, defected, end recordings, his own phoenix g or most recently on radioslaves rekids label. his style ranges from hard hitting techno over acid trenched beats to deep and souldful house productions. for the berlin based special label careless he delivers two very special cuts. deep house tracks with an oldschool feeling and a superb club appeal - right in the vain of the new wave of housemusic. essential release.

jt donaldson follows up 2 outstanding eps for hudd traxx bringing his untitled orchestra partner cpen with him appearing under a new guise. the title track lives up to its name as it d bang the lights of any club! jt & cpen work out smooth beats, techy keys and melodic strings with a killer bass to make this track the pick of the ep. flip for the b side and jts signature deepness shines through starting with intimate friends. crisp beats and crunchy hi hats accompanied by low swung piano keys will keep the heads nodding into the early hours. spaced out is a late night deep viber which rounds off this ep nicely. full marks to the slum science crew for another essential release.

serbia takes center stage, as the concrete djz storm onto the groundbreaking blackout audio imprint for the very first time. consisting of four members, nemanja mitrovic, filip jovanovic, vladan macura and luka petrovic, this is one of the most exciting eps to have hit the label in years. a new and uncompromising style that oozes originality and flare. essential electronica for the discerning dancefloor

rmxs by etienne de crecy & proxy – essential 12inch !! …new single called tenderoni......i love the song. makes me dance. killer bassline, serious groove. groove. funk. groove. yeah! its my second fave on the album. mixed by zdar. its a funk bomb. theres that word again. we needed remixes and we spent so much time on it....oh man, its soooo annoying! why isnt there just a machine you can drop the track into and it comes out with remixes.i should list all the people that almost did remixes..... we got proxy to remix it, cuz hes russian and on turbo, and hes the future,and it was a great way to hype him up and save some cash.....but that does not mean that the mix is a compromise... in fact it is my favorite remix in ages....total rave-pop-bomb. i love it so much.... but maybe it could have been louder. i also think this is proxys first ever remix....a piece of legitimate musical history can be yours for under 10euros

disco volante is a super freakin release, grinding the edge between bullet -proof electrohouse flavours and more melodic neo-trance elements- beautiful & jackin in the same time.to round up the package - its up to label boss john dahlbäck with jesper dahlbäck and french pickadoll member sebastien leger (bits rec) to deliver terrific remixes !! while john & jesper arent scared of real trance adventures, leger twists the original into a more psychedelic direction ! essential !!

never change a winning team: tjark s first ep on karatemusik was played from djs all around the world! now he is back with 3 new tracks - essential tunes! incl. audiophile remix

disco volante is a super freakin release, grinding the edge between bullet -proof electrohouse flavours and more melodic neo-trance elements- beautiful & jackin in the same time.to round up the package - its up to label boss john dahlbäck with jesper dahlbäck and french pickadoll member sebastien leger (bits rec) to deliver terrific remixes !! while john & jesper arent scared of real trance adventures, leger twists the original into a more psychedelic direction ! essential !!

-limited one sided release- miami summer hit !!! hammered by pete tong, steve angello, axwell, eric prydz… this release is the highly anticipated john dahlback track >everywhere<. after a mammoth seven plays from pete tong (including being the essential n

disco volante is a super freakin release, grinding the edge between bullet -proof electrohouse flavours and more melodic neo-trance elements- beautiful & jackin in the same time.to round up the package - its up to label boss john dahlbäck with jesper dahlbäck and french pickadoll member sebastien leger (bits rec) to deliver terrific remixes !! while john & jesper arent scared of real trance adventures, leger twists the original into a more psychedelic direction ! essential !!

massive new sandy rivera hit pete tong essential new tune coolcuts & buzz chart number 1 happy music mixes part 1 includes remix by jerry ropero

sunset diskos presents a new amazing four tracker by pheek. with kamakura, jean-patrice rémillard aka. pheek goes beyond the borders of bouncy, carefully shaping and twisting four tracks into rubbery minimal masterpieces. each track ricochets back and forth, twisting the sounds to the max, but always with that rubbery groove we learned to love. often there is inspiration behind music,and pheek has always been known to get ideas from traveling. kamakura is a japanese city that pheek visited in february 2007, there he discovered a wealth of ideas, primarily from the essential mood surrounding the city itself. pheek runs the labels archipel and kalimari, and has released records with numerous labels including m_nus,telegraph and contexterrior, and on mix cds from sven väth and matthew dear

essential proggy 2 tracker by sam ball quality stuff as you would always expect from the eq imprint

thommy davis with the next amazing strike from the code red camp includes the spen & thommy essential mix plus the jack the trax mix essential package

rong music, the new york disco label beloved by the likes of lindstrom, idjut boys, glimmer twins, quiet village and harvey releases its first artist album. mudd (aka paul murphy) is more commonly known as a part of late 90s dub disco dons akwaaba, alongside steve fela kotey (chicken lips). akwaaba released 2 albums on idjut boys label discfunction and were championed by some legends such as francois k, ron trent and larry heard. under the mudd alias paul has released on key nu disco labels rong, noid, big bear, vertige, stranger, session, discograph and cottage. mudds signature sound is a live, song based take on the spaced out disco trip made popular by lindstrom & prins thomas/rub & tug/idjut boys & quiet village. an essential release for all fans of balearica and cosmic disco.