the lobster white label series finally gets back into gear with a sublime five-track scorcher from core london member luke palmer aka ozel ab. after firing some deafening shots with last years crimes ep - which burrowed deep into some seriously trippy and journey d house, techno and acid - valis sees palmer develop those evolving arrangement ideas across five very different soundboards that bring his signature brain-fuzzed deepness, rubbery acid and dubbed-out sound design to the fore.

not so many things to say about this five all killer, no filler trax - except that this antonio ep is the perfect business card for the pescara guy in order to confirm himself as one of the most talented young-bloodied, rawness manufacturer around right now. from 130 bpm ghetto acid madness to a surf-house summer anthem such as -untitled- and the electro standout track -clara-. fasten your seat-belts and enjoy this ride provided by unintelligent trax outsourcing, milan.

that night, we answered a regular call, something about crazy loud noises coming out from a basement. while driving to the area all i could think when i first heard the bass stomping was: “man, whatever, this doesn t even sound like music to me.” and we were at least a 100 meter away from the source of the sound. when we got there, after knocking several times on the door, we decided we had more than enough probable causes to bust in. after a warning, we kicked the door open. what we saw inside was a five feet tall woman jumping around in that cacophony. we screamed and she ignored us, my colleague then panicked and shot her with his taser several times – she then simply pulled the probes out of her body shouting moments moments – and continued to jump around..

next up on titanic city is stephen lopkin, who serves up five new cuts on the strategic reserve ep. stephen is a massive talent and has really turned heads over the last couple of years with releases on m>o>s, bokhari records, and raw tools. needles to say were delighted to have lopkin on board

after a five year absence the illusive cottam label returns. since the original series paul has travelled the world djing, released on labels such as aus & versatile and started his own imprint ruff draft for his own original productions and tracks from other producers. currently taking a break from djing & concentrating on production it felt like the right time to reactivate the label that started it all with some new under-the-counter specials. first up we have ‘mixing tool’, a heavy beat and percussion setting the dark & foreboding tone, the unease increasing like something is creeping up behind you until the distant war cries reveal themselves - a deep track that is much more than the title suggests. next up, the long awaited vinyl release for the cottam re-wiring of a classic film title track, mixing the best elements of the originals synth score with a club ready beat and acid that adds to the original - this is one of the finest carpenter reworks you ll hear.

ritornell’s richard eigner & abby lee tee originally teamed up to provide the score for a collaboration with filmmaker andreea sasaran and illustrator katja seifert entitled »melting sphere«. sharing a passion for the combination of filigree electronics with playful timbres of diverse acoustic instruments and odd utensils, the cooperation of the two producers was a logical choice.
»melting sphere« merges subsonic bass, kalimba rhythms, accordion sounds and toy bells, all framed by eavesdropping recordings of abby lee tee’s cat, bathroom squeaks for five minutes of organic downbeat bliss.
»tired dancers« on the flipside offers a melancholy tale of seduction relayed from the shadows, with field recordings of nightly city noise, a reversed music box melody, hypnotic chords and meticulous percussion. delicate, celestial cello (by lukas lauermann) and contrabass flute emerge as counterpoint to this rhythmic hypnosis.
this record is as shimmering as you would expect.

after five well-respected digital releases with the likes of frazer campbell and iuly.b, munster/berlin based onegroove records drops its first vinyl release with 3 friendly minimal groovers. very playful rimshot madness by iuly.b on side a, floegel and retza keeping it dubby on the flipside.

ltd 5 lp box set
june 2016 sees freerange records celebrate 20 years at the top. the label, run by jamie ‘jimpster’ odell and tom roberts, is marking the occasion with the summer release of a carefully curated and lovingly assembled 20 track, five vinyl box set featuring exclusive new music from associates old and new, as well as with a worldwide events series. over the last two decades, generations of djs and dancers have gotten down to the freerange sound

they say you have your whole life to make your first album, years upon years of growth, learning and experience filtered into one perfect record. your debut is supposed to be the one you labour over, while the follow-up is meant to be served up within spitting distance of the last. well, not if you’re london based wild palms. “we did that in reverse,” explains the band’s sardonic, quick-witted frontman lou hill. “the first album was just the songs that we would play live, we wrote it really quickly. but this one took ages...” five years in fact.
recorded by the band in the same self-built manor house studio where they made their 2011 de-but ‘until spring’, the new album ‘live together, eat each other’ is a lusciously layered offering of hazy experimentalism and off-kilter alt-pop, that follows in the auspicious lineage of beach house, cocteau twins and tv on the radio.
the vinyl lp is housed in a gatefold sleeve with download code included.

nun erscheint nun das selbstbetitelte debütalbum von blackhill transmitter, dem seitenprojekt von brian dougans und gary cobain (future sound of london). auf den 15 tracks vermengt das duo krautrock mit grobkörniger synthese und klingt eine 70er-four tet-version. schwarzes 180g vinyl.

thomas urv and miss mostlys norwegian techno imprint ploink drops the second in its trilogy of releases celebrating the brands 20-year anniversary. following on from the first release that featured renowned scandinavian artists such as prins thomas, mental overdrive, urhaug, nordenstam, christian tilt and hutmacher, the labels next outing sees five more members of the local scene make appearances.

italo disco for the freaks out there! elitechnique with their new disques panoramiques project. five 45 s scheduled with italo styled cover versions of 80 s rarities. featuring female vocals on top of their slow and sexy disco grooves. original versions by patrizia pellegrino and valerie dore coming in fine crafted elitechnique versions. no samples used, all music performed with the elite technique from phako and florintintin. limited edition of 200 copies.

dba present another vinyl-only various artists excursion, once again mixing new arrivals to the label like london’s karen gwyer, raven cru and italys dukwa, with established label favourite lily.

on his first release on svedjebruk pistol pete delivers four full-on epic tracks. capturing the raw power and funkiness of his live-sets, stockholmska ryggdunkarsällskapet is a true tour de force of hooks and vibe.

paris-based beat x changers brings up to you a new record with a collaborative project in the shape of classic cuts.our new release introduces two new french artists brought together on a split ep: tell from paris and name from the sunny avignon city, both of them backed- up by exclusive remixes from three of our historical beat x producers: neue grafik and pulkone (aka x_1 & monomite). on the a-side, discover tell - a 20-year old jazz drummer - who releases two soulful and melodic tracks. you’ll recognize the heat of the mpc grain, obsessing samples and uplifting breaks. on the b-side, southern producer name offers a disco-like and funky house music via two dancing tracks with a clear reference to the clubbing universe of new york and chicago. this activist dj and experimented producer – he is an ableton teacher on the side – gained recognition in the south of france music scene in the last decade and reached the ears of producer kink.grand Écart (i.e. wide gap or split) recalls the time it took to release this ep. it’s also a geographical gap, a gap between the ideas of the five artists brought together on this release, a gap between our expectations and the reality of some passed – or cancelled – venues in paris. we have always believed in this project and in our flexibility!

give a warm welcome to a new afu member, mexican dj and producer israel toledo with his undertaker ep !all tracks convince right from the start, very fat produced and arranged with compelling melodies and a driving bass. after five years israel toledo is back again on vinyl. this ep is a welcome opportunity for all fans and vinyl lovers to enjoy the distinctive sound of israel toledo on the black gold again.

the mighty brassfoot (apron) going overseas with a devestating ep on the dutch bio rhythm imprint, delivering five grim yet hedonistic & intense post-modern voodoo jack tracks, kickstarting what appears to be the labels second phase.

the crate-digging credentials of psychemagik’s danny mclewin are well established. even so, he’s excelled himself with the first release on spacetalk, a joint venture with leng records’ simon purnell and paul murphy.
the trio have successfully worked together a lot over the last five years, with purnell and murphy releasing a string of superb collections, compiled by mclewin and psychemagik partner tom coveney. all three men were keen to continue this partnership, and have founded spacetalk to re-release long forgotten, little-known or overlooked music, as well as previously unheard archive material from some of the artists involved.
the label’s first release is as obscure as they come. morrison kincannon’s to see one eagle fly is stupidly rare, having initially been released by its’ creators as a private press record during the early 1970s.

red double vinyl in gatefold sleeve with download code included.

disciples of chaos “benvenga il chaos poiche l’ordine ha fallito.” healing to darkness, joining the united forces of techno, “disciples of chaos” is a twisting vortex of sickness conceived of five brand new tracks by lamanna & sirio grimaldi, fire at work, drvg cvltvre, valerio moscatelli, zone démersale, produced by love blast together with stirpe999.

one of kompakt s most mythical entities, superpitcher has always followed a thoughtful and rarified release policy, rather honing a record until it s perfect (and risking longer periods of time in between outings) than rushing it out, its a release rhythm that suits his idiosyncratic approach to dance music, not so much churning out floor fodder than creating timeless classics on his own terms. as one of our longest-serving artists, he has still managed to build an impressive portfolio, especially if you consider the ratio of iconic tracks per release. it s no wonder, then, that at any given time, a big part of his back catalogue seems to be sold out. five years after the highly acclaimed, award-winning full-length kilimanjaro (kompakt 222 cd 80), it is time to revisit superpitcher s unique body of work with so far so super, an enticing selection of some of his most cherished cuts - acting as our 2016 vinyl offering for this year s record store day, it collects highlights from all stages of his career, the underground club bangers as well as the conceptual album work. from opener jackson (as featured on pop ambient 2012) and early successes like heroin, baby s on fire (from total 4) or total confusion/speicher anthem i walk to signature tracks like happiness or rabbits in a hurry, you ll find lots of magical moments to unearth or rediscover - all in one jam-packed, gorgeously wrapped vinyl release that no serious fan of electronic dance music should miss out on.

channel#9 collects five tracks of free flowing techno from italy s ascion. a talent who has graced labels like 3th and repitch, this ep balances floor fervour with subtle warm washes and colder echoes.

lack of depth returns to resopal with his 12“ follow up that continues to push gently outward against the boundaries of house music. although with a somehow decent melancholic note, the five deep and reduced tracks are drifting like clouds on a summer day. spindly arpeggios and quiet chords bounce against restrained drums. lack of depth sets hand drums and wood blocks against a limber house pattern while birdcalls and choirs punctuate the music with jubilant outbursts. coloured vinyl

seven years and five volumes of treats down the line, retreat flips the script in 2016 and introduces a brand new remix series (cheekily) entitled re-treats! with nebraska, session victim and quarion reworking stables fromthe rtr back catalogue, re-treats vol.1 is a brilliant showcase of the art of the remix as each artist comes up with a truly personal take on the original material

im a cliches first release of 2016 comes from label boss cosmo vitelli. after a five year hiatus during which he was kept busy by his band bot ox and relocating from paris to berlin, this is the very first release to come out of his new studio located in berlins marzahn district.

from the depths of the dark net come telkhin, the latest addition to the shipwrec roster. following earth being recycled on detroit underground, the argentine project are debuting on vinyl with five tracks of off-world electronics. the chilling atmospherics of -body container- meet the needle before an electro iciness takes hold. spiking snares and echoed radiowaves orbit the moody walk in, that same frosted futurism central to level above human. telkhin melts man and machine, giving the computer age a humanoid form. processors whirr in the bassy bleeps and residues of brithomber before the final statement. leaving the human world behind flight 19 is a fast and future funk driven piece of 2050 music. forget the past, embrace the next step. limited run of 150 coloured copies.

here at bearfunk we have been pretty busy as of late it was a casual visit to geneva just like any other. we had just finished a buzzing set and soon after we found ourselves talking to a five bearded academic types. it turns out they were a bunch of theoretical physicists out on a cosmologists night out. they work them hard at cern and that day the large hadron collector had been a real beast rebooting five times before lunch. they were pissed off and needed a new challenge. we offered them a job on the spot and they promptly moved to our london hq working on a wage of tea, vinyl and nandos. we set them a challenge. build us a time machine! they started soaking up all those bearfunk-groove-boson particles and. you know what? they did it! a time machine of our own. our first task, jump back in time to 1985 and retrieve us something really cool. set controls to the manhattan office to celluloid records. fresh from their hit with herbie hancocks rockit, spearheading rap with fab five freddys change the beat and afrika bambata stompers the legendary label is preparing to release the debut album from nyc-paris emigre lord funk.

two late-night-to-early-morning bangers between experimental techno and krauty trance. dedicated to beautiful raum zwei, köln-deutz, 2010–2014. 7-inch, 200 copies in pvc sleeve w/ five different artworks on thick transparent paper, mastered by manes @ salz, cologne

a key label on the berlin scene since the 1990s, muller records—famed for a deep and chunky club sound from artists like dave dk, claude young and the hacker—is back with a new ep from beroshima feat rummy sharma with remixes from namito and pascal hetzel. beroshima, of course, is the production work of label frank muller sometimes accompanied by ethereal electronic music specialist ulrich schnauss. after more than twenty years together they have amassed a fine body of work that includes five albums and more than a hundred eps! always mixing up acid, techno and tribal into something fresh, the beroshima sound has its own unique signature.... for this latest single muller steps up solo to produce another gem. the stellar delhibelly is a slick and muscular cut that bubbles away on a bed of warming bass....

pascaal is the solo namesake of peter wiley. his second 12”, stils, is the first dance floor orientated outing for ways inner pass. stils is a stirring picture book of vivid locations - some physical, some formed by the unfettered hand of memory. the cuts are loose, throbbing with the mechanical simplicity of drum machines and synthesizers. five left-leaning frames to float the moving body or ground the moving mind. comes packed in a gorgeous hand screened card sleeve.

forecast label announces new vinyl ep -holysheep- by cheaper shepherd to be released in march 2016. samples, drum machines and old school keyboards: a straight ­to ­the point! cheaper shepherd is a duo of producers born in the 15th borough of paris. drived by their love of synthetizers and other analogic machines, they ve been working in electronic music for years. in addition to their own projects, they have produced several hip­hop, house and techno projects: timä, androma (savoir faire), la direction, dudmode, peterbär... their first ep origin came out on helpme records early 2013, followed by three other eps, released on their own label baldwin records among others. they joined the booking roster of forecast label in 2012, and released on vinyl their first ep for the label. this projects appears as the fulfillment of a collaboration that has allowed them to go on tour in france (paris, bordeaux, lyon and st malo) but also in china. in 2015, they also went to the us to record with cans. the project was originally an ep of five songs, but the chemistry was such that it has turned into a 17 tracks album that will be released in 2016, between old school hip hop, house music and trap... limited to 200 copies !

ark & pit spector continue their inspired journey with an extended ep full of groovy jams and absorbing rhythms for hold youth. the frenchmen have formed a potent alliance with a series of expertly-crafted, high-quality releases dropping over the last couple of years. on this new ep they go deeper into their sound explorations with five original works and a remix from their parisian buddy and hold youth member, le loup. first up, we go into bumping jazzy territory with ‘chauffage central’, a mesmerising cut with swirling pads, soulful vocal clips and a jaunty b-line. straight up after that, hold youth rudeboy le loup gives ‘chauffage central’ a funky little rework, throwing live sounding percussion, nubian vocal clips, trumpet parps and a pumping bassline into the mix which gives a totally different identity. the final track on side a, is a cheeky teaser called ‘petite ondée’. rolling out for just under two minutes the track has a muffled, jazz-esque feel to it with a warm rolling bassline and bright, sparkling piano keys. on the flip we kick off with ‘air conditionelle’, a lush, retro feeling with those oh-so-familiar heavy-hitting eighties snare licks. the bassline takes you to a new york city street and the whole atmosphere is that of an old school nyc neighbourhood, while a spoken-word sample adds a human touch just before the track comes to an end. ‘sub tropical’ goes a little leftfield with an unusual combination of sounds in tandem with a pulsating low end, occasional sax licks and punchy percussion to give it plenty of energy. ‘averse et contre tous’ closes out the ep with a slothish ride into the sunset – ark and pit spector show their experimental side presenting an odd union between blues samples, gruff electronic sounds and piano keys. another triumphant effort from ark and pit spector, in fact, some of the finest work to date. make sure you check it out!

fresh from his recent outing as hesperius draco, alessandro parisi is casting off for his debut on charlois. the italian is setting out his stall with a five tracker. honeyed bars are cut by sharp percussion as the brooding -meduna waves- opens. space soaked synthlines coil around a pulsing drum for the slow burning -cosmica 1999.- the flip sees a wave edge enter. cascading chords and a bolstered beats form the pain streaked beauty of -fear and money never had.- -exhibition of love- is brimming with meaty snares biting into thick strings combined in a power filled piece. parisi illustrates his enviable talent throughout, a talent that comes to the fore with the arpeggiated intensity of -virtualand.-

the mysterious but widely acclaimed r-zone series roll on to a 15th ep now with a new four track release that is as essential as ever. opener hired gun is a tough and raw concoction with coarse, snappy snares, rough drum pings and lots of abrasive texture all making for a physical listening experience. midwinter is a deeper and more emotive jam with warm pads dampening down icy hi hats and busy synth work. it is fresh and original and sounds like little else, then captive gets all deep and space-y with smeared pads and slick metallic hits tied together with a molten acid line. lastly, exile is five blissful and beautiful minutes of atmospheric, intergalactic electronic sounds that really take you to another place

maximized horny beats from the copenhagen underground posse! the 2nd ‘liderlige rytmer’ compilation featuring a fresh batch of local house heroes. a throbbing, thrilling v/a containing five originals ranging chugging bass beaters, oldschool 909 bangers to beautiful, dreamy groovers. on this 12” you’ll be introduced to: terry tester, drøm aka. frits carøe, b from e, anders dahl plus label owners daniel savi and daniel bruhn j. (aka. dee brown) as system d.

it’s been a while but hey-ho, coincidence is back on vinyl. the tracks we got from aussie based female dj trinity were simply too analog sounding, so slapping it on wax was the logical thing to do. the vinyl release adds remixes by two of our alltime heroes - steve stoll and daniela la luz. basically: the originals are deep and darkish, the steve stoll rework is a rework in one smooth jam so with plenty of energy while daniela’s version does it really smart and housey. so on with the friggin show!
early support from: amelie lens, charlotte de witte, codeless, didier beydts, electric indigo, eric cloutier, flash brothers (cr2 / armada), goldfox (forty five), jim poe (inthemix), joseph capriati (drumcode), mickael davis aka dolby d (italo business) , paco osuna, paride saraceni, radical g / linear straight, redhead, robert owens, seba lecompte , steve cop, trinity, twist3d (bunker records), ...

pisetzky’s sound comes from a walk through elevated paths, passing through obscure lanes of a mysterious soul. hidden between its urban inspiration, his music expresses a unique vibe that drifts from a dialogue though this inspiring metropolitan nature. shy spirits whisper wistfully synths of a never ending voyage, five alluringly deep tracks that hit their hypnotic impetus as soon as you let them lead their full ambitious course. elevation, born from a collaboration with primal, has been produced in a nordic desolated environment in the outlands of copenaghen.

this latest installment in the stroboscopic saga once again calls upon the talents of two label veterans, both having released eps on the label while also contributing to its five-year retrospective series.

delsin records welcomes back dennis van gemert aka area forty_one for a second ep on the label. it is a second part to the nocturnal passions series started back in 2013, and come five years after his first ever release, which was on ann aimee in 2011, once again fusing ambient with techno, downtempo and electro. nocturnal passions part 2 is seven minutes of slithering electro funk. full of twinkling keys and spaced out chords, it has rugged bass and bumpy drums all making you want to move. voyage is then a raw, beat driven yet still brilliantly serene affair with angelic chords, consolation is a comforting, mid tempo tumble through the galaxy with soft focus, rippling melodies and gentle churning kicks and orbiting is a suspensory, fully ambient track that sounds like a slow journey up to heaven. this is teary eyed, emotive stuff that comes from another world entirely.

resin label head & avian affiliate pris launches unbeknown white label series. pris offers up a floor-focused five tracker, hot on the heels of his debut on shifted’s avian imprint. where -this heavy heart- explored a more subdued aesthetic: tense, widescreen exercises in drone & reduced, heads-down club fare, unbeknown01 is fiery & immediate. three rolling 4x4 recordings open the ep, followed by a brooding half time dirge that segues into a noisy ambient cut to close

five tracks between trippy electronica, dreamy ambient, field-recordings and spaced-out guitars. cassette c30, clear case, full printed 3-panel-j-card, yellow colored cassette labels, mastered by manes @ salz, cologne

mos ferry, roland europe and dapayk proudly present the transformation remix contest winner ricky ambilotti. his remix got most of the votes in the final one-out-of-five public voting. and now it runs on the a side of mos ferrys 80th vinyl record. a reworked version from minimal techno beard-o marek bois on the b side completes the pictures. this is a perfect follow-up on dapayk solos well acclaimed album >nofilter<

after moods, an album full of fantastic and contemporary designs of electronic music which constantly flirted with modern classic designs hildenbeutel releases the remix-ep, all produced by himself like he often used to do in former days. the result is a package of five remixes (four on vinyl, the download version with a bonusstrack). you can hear the neo trance-influences of artists such as kink or others as well as the fine feel for the understanding of peaks and arrangements without gimmicky showing off. at the latest with the driving and upbuilding groove of lost - retouched the shaman in the desert peeps out from behind the cactus and offers psychedlische gifts. henceforward it is: everybody for himself and all together.

jetzt erscheinen bowies sechs studioalben aus den jahren 1969-1973 einzeln auf 180g vinyl, die bereits im umfangreichen box-set david bowie five years 1969-1973 zu finden waren, welches im september 2015 erschien.
für die alben space oddity, the man who sold the world, hunky dory und pinups! wurde die remasterte version von 2015 verwendet, während für the rise and fall of ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars auf das 2012er remaster bzw. bei aladdin sane auf die remasterte version von 2013 zurückgegriffen wurde.

the first 12” form new imprint un.t.o records. they present raw ambassador aka antonio barbetta’s debut which includes five unrefined, hardware only, hammering jams designed to punish dance floors.

brotherhood sagats and ludovic, together with steve murphy & dj octopus, are another duo coming from the venetian school of the now berlin based analogue cops. their sound reflects the typical approach where drum machines, synthesizers and samplers are recorded directly on tape without being digitalised. handmoon ep encloses five fine raw cuts, four pressed onto vinyl and a bonus track which is available though hardmoon london bandcamp only.

chris carrier delivers a box of steaming fresh hot techno jams with the latest release from his trusty adult only sub-label, sound carrier. over the last five years he has dropped five eps on the label, with this marking sound carrier’s sixth outing. as usual, the sounds here are a little more entrenched in the techno sound ethic.

ltd supply , max 1 per kunde (customer) .. back since we discovered him five years ago as one half of genius of time, alexander berg has been one of our favorite producers. under his dorisburg alias, hes built one of the most consistent discographies in contemporary club music. yet, his debut in hivern is one of his most captivating releases to date.

basic beach releases # two, three & five bundled up for one special price!