dublin’s lime street music follows up on their debut release by marvis dee with another release from a shadowy alias in the form of esoteric orchestra. four machine driven jams packed with heavy drums, dreamy pads and lumbering bass.

the next set of the japanese musical tales on hhatri s imprint comes from takecha (aka takeshi fukushima), a producer who has played a part in creating some of the seminal pieces of house music that have originated from japan. his music is characterised by the perfect marriage of experimentation and emotional content. for those that know, takecha s first ep kind of deep released on his own imprint, gwm records, in 1995 is a secret gem among japanese house music collectors. only 100 copies were ever available and it is a subtle reminder of what and how deep house should sound like. takecha provides no less in a tale of shiga four gorgeous tracks that provide some insight into his own creative, albeit humble genius in his approach to producing music. fresh off the press are three previously unreleased tracks with the addition of freak out. released in 1998. tip!

after years of releasesing tapes and collaborating with artists from seattle and beyond, budget cuts is proud to announce the launch of our vinyl series. decoy’s lake city way ep is a celebration of seattle and life. the material on the ep features four original tracks of vibrant techno, which range from the melodic “glide synth” to the intensely polyrhymic “heavy track”.

after 100hz bosconi is proud to announce another hero from the undergorund uk techno scene joining the family: having previously released on such labels as down low, headspace, 7th sign and his own iridite label, rei loci from glasgow makes his debut on our the florentine imprint with a massive four tracker ep called -holding pattern-.the record starts with deep driving transportation of the detroitish techno and hard-to-find dancefloor weapon -deep blue-, previously released on iridite, here on it s original -unedited- version, followed by the jacked out swing and soulful vibe of the more atmospheric a2 track -horizons-. flipside instead consists in the subliminal acidic pump and sensual mood of -serchin- as b1, while last cut is taken by the ethereal, psychedelic, afterhour jam named -mal-. oldskool, good school

!! ltd 50% deal !! following up on an excellent 12inch for karakul, a phonica records sub-label, he channels the spirit of legendary rhythm architects herbie hancock, theo parrish, kenny dope and lil louie vega, collating four rough gems made using an mpc, nord lead 2, roland sh101, roland 606, juno 106, jen sx1000, rhodes 88mk1 and with the help of mark hand on keys, misumami on vocals and ian blevins. each track packs incredible punch in the groove stakes, undoubtedly the characteristic that has attracted the likes of moodymann, seven davis jr and gilles peterson to ny*ak s music.

!! ltd 50% deal!! hong kong born / toronto raised stuart li lands an ep on skudge records, delivering four tracks for your late night escapades. four tracks that will make your head spin li-ke a crazy cantonese tongue twister. comes on natty red vinyl with a folded poster insert

shadow play, the brand new label owned by parisian artist le loup and his partner pura, drops its second release courtesy of the bossman himself alongside chris carrier. the two men got together in the studio and cooked up some tasty goodness. the first of four tracks on this release is the intergalactic opus phoenix lights , which works off serene pads that transport you out into the cosmos, along with a warm, soothing bassline and electronic chirps and bleeps. research programm (outro) takes us into more obscure realms, as chris carrier and le loup sample a scientific vocal and create a mesmerising bed of sounds underneath it. on the flip we kick off with clouds reflection , another track which features a sample from an old instructional video. this track has minimal composition, with dreamy astral pads, shuffling beats and a grumbling low end. in the second half chris and le loup introduce more twinkling fx, to engage and hypnotise you... to bring the ep to a close we re presented with v-shape , which begins with a layer of clever drum programming aimed straight at the hips. once you re moving get ready for the juicy bassline, and a sultry top end that grips you and gripping progression. the perfect to end an utterly fresh ep..

!! 50% deal !!!new york by way of miami, nick klein has strung together an impressive discography over the last couple years releasing music for alter, ascetic house, and bank among others, while at the same time handling his own primitive languages imprint bringing to life music by a wide range of cellar dwelling freaks. some time in the making, we now see klein with his debut on l.i.e.s. displaying, over four tracks, a wide range of production styles, each effective in their own right. from side-chained jack to peak red drum work outs to computer based minimalist bit destruction this ep proves to be a crushing statement from an artist coming into his own

argentinian disco maestro ric piccolo with four slamming cuts!

first ep by vaskular (the creator of black jesus) on comeme will appeal to lovers of south african beats and hip hop four jacking tracks of heavy dancefloor elegance probably one of the best bassdrums you will hear in 2017 100% comeme dancefloor approved. fun facts: yula kasp, who has recently released her own music on kill the dj is not unknown to cómeme insiders - she did the videos to comeme classics guerrero, el sucu tucu, levantate diegors, do you wanna work and more, and did backing vocals on philipp gorbachevs hero of tomorrow ep! m. aguayo played drums for her on some of her tunes, too

adballons (made-up word from ”advertising balloon”) was a duo formed in tokyo and active only between 1986-88. equipped with some gear (casio cz-5000, teisco s-110f, roland mc-202, roland tr-909, korg kpr-77) and influenced by the music of d.a.f, kosmonautentraum, tommi stumpff, propaganda, the flowerpot men, cassandra complex, this heat, the pop group, spk and laibach, they released just one 7” in 1987 and played some shows in local clubs before disappear and become part of the obscure and inscrutable japanese underground scene. limited to 270 copies on 10” vinyl including the four original studio. everything remastered from the original reel-to-reel tape. each copy comes with a obi strip, an insert with some photos/lyrics/credits and a numbered card.

unknownmix was a band active in zürich between 1983 and 1992. their music is a mixture of free vocalism, new wave and industrial, they released five lps and three eps. out of their discography lux rec selected four tracks, remastered from the original tapes, and presented as a sampler ep. four tracks that fit perfectly to the label’s tonal view. an ode to those zürich days, when excesses and uncompromising choices were a badge of honour. and music was something to fight for, or fight with, or dive in and die.

elephant moon proudly welcomes one of our good friends from barcelona, sonodab.
sonold is the starting point for this four-track ep. there’s a distinct air of mystery looming over this minimal workout. the globulous bassline bounces along supporting by clapping beats with an eerie tone that prevails throughout.
this is followed by more alluring atmospherics on ‘aporia’, a track that has an elastic b-line and every once in a while an enchanting melody drifts in, switching up the vibe turning things a little more dreamlike.
turn the record and prepare to embark on a ‘random night’. this is sonodab turning up the energy levels and taking you on a trip into another dimension to close out the ep ‘elecmann’, plays out like an ode to the good old electro days, slightly reminicent of juan atkins’ early work as model500. like the rest of the tracks on this release, sonodab adds soft pads in places to change the mood and keep things moving.

here comes the new black loops ep! and by now you know what to expect: these irresistible rolling groove patterns with that unique warm black loops-feeling. that special vibe that made black loops one of the leading artists on toy tonics. by now its exactly four years that they released their debut ep right now on the gomma sublabel. they did four eps on toy tonics since then - followed by selected releases on neo vinyl, pets and gruuv records

the second instalment from the bristol based fate and fiction stables follows the v/a ep from ishmael, thrilogy, admin and remotif with a big four tracker from label boss, lee pattison aka thrilogy. again, expect organic, bass heavy, deep house with dusty samples and an acidic, big room, 6am moment in the special the fate also, includes a signed, limited edition (1of 350), pink 12 inch hand-drawn print from bristol artist, anna higgie.

brian is about to open up his „multiverse- to us and proves again his outstanding skills on his modular gear. this time you will listen to tracks off the regular four to floor dj-tool. focusing on melody structures, this ep is right in time to kick off the festival session. spaced out, sequence driven analog techno
support by: angel molina, richie hawtin, florian meindl, alex dolby, cain, etapp kyle, jonas kopp, nihad tule, kirk degiorgio, norman nodge, arnaud le texier, laurent garnier, bas mooy, regal, dave clarke, blank code, donor, chris liebing..

while carefully handling their respective careers, postponing then their obvious collaboration, möd3rn trio s members have capitalized its desire and now deliver its mere substance, in the rightest moment, where, simply, all the distant forces converge. the six daring, expert hands merge now into a unique entity, unanimously moving within the same effort towards techno music. the formula is elaborated freely: each one s adjunctions -subtle keys, nervous chords, underground blows, rhythmical uproars- pour into a thick maelstrom, opaque, condensing detroit s grieving sensibilities as well as last decade s bewildering cacophonies.

dungeon meat hit hard once again with a slammin ep from another pioneer, a force that needs no introduction. mr g. its our honour to present the sweatbox ep from a producer that has inspired us for many years with his prolific discography and his own phoenix g imprint. here he swings his axe between house and techno and delivers four killer cuts that represent the classic mr g sound. a sound and style that effortlessly connects with the dungeon meat vibe.raw grooves and beefy beats aimed straight at the heart of the dance floor. repress 2017

release number two on pleasure wave comes from jonny 5,known for his releases on the bahnsteig label, here the edit meister delivers four tracks of cosmic goodness, adding synths and drums to the cut n paste..

korsao lasar is an audio-visual project founded in 2016. korsa-001, the first material that opens the series, is a four track ep which invites you to dance in different moments of a clubnight. on the second side it contains a photo made by korsao himself. this will be the future layout of the vinyl series, that wants to become a double exhibition: first of all a musical journey and secondly a visual trip to special places around the world.

echocord returns late june with a new release, joel alter under his jor-el alias, entitled ‘tilted reality’ and comprising three originals from the swedish artist. currently based in copenhagen, sweden born producer and dj joel alter is a name synonymous with the contemporary techno scene on both his home turf and across the globe, his back catalogue to date features a long player for the uncanny valley imprint, solo ep’s for d’julz’ bass culture, sweatshop and collaborative works for kontra musik alongside henrik johnsson amongst much more. this time round though we see alter return under his jor-el guise under which he first started releasing material on dj hell’s internation deejay gigolo imprint. up first is title-track ‘tilted reality’ laid out over seven minutes with a slowly unfolding dynamic feel, encompassing spiraling atmospherics, distorted rhythms and blooming stab- sequences. ‘elevation’ follows and takes a more direct groove-driven approach via straight four-four percussion and hooky bass chops, whilst tension building pads and fluttering dub echoes gradually build around the foundation. ‘solitude’ closes out the package deliving into deeper realms with soft ethereal dub chords, acid tinged leads and emotive strings.

eric cloutier launched palinoia last year with a single of his own, but now he s turned to berlin mainstays exercise one to lay down some of their trademark psychoactive machine music for the second installment. heptagon sports metallic synth notes clanging out over a freight train of techno drums, while prism takes a more nimble approach to twist out its various synthetic squeaks. nitrogen is a warmer proposition, placing the emphasis on chords and melodies while still aiming squarely at the dancefloor. thirty four finds the duo veering away from the 4/4 dogma to deliver a captivating kind of broken techno in a soundscape loaded with tension and ominous empty space.

the opening track from the award-winning toy album has been extensively remixed by andrew weatherall. frautonium is andrews favourite track from toy and hes produced four very different mixes covering electro, house, minimal and cosmic disco. with a wide-screen ambient version from ian tregoning. limited edition of 1.000 copies and released only in the uk as a double 12inch

returning with four tracks from four upcoming artists, lkr003 explores a variety of styles on the fringes of modern techno, with elements of industrial, noise, atmospheric ambience and clattering breakbeats forming an uncompromising whole.
on the a-side, strahinja arbutina’s brutal four-to-the-floor techno screamer ‘dehumidifier’ rattles the roof, leading into iazikzazubami’s slower, mysteriously murky ‘brmaa’, where visions of dark landscapes are conjured. on the b-side, consulate drags you further deep into the nightclub dungeon with his techno + breaks laden stomper ‘klattenburg’, while the ep is drawn to a determined close with hymns’ ‘map 7’, which gathers the eerie, robotic vibes of the previous cuts, and projects them into an energetic, mechanical climax.

spiros kaloumenos has been one of the key artists of planet rhythm at an earlier stage. this time he’s back with a completely recrafted style that perfectly fits the label’s current state of mind. adventurous techno with thumping beats and at times a little acidic touch. the greek artist comes up with a killer four track ep that goes from the sturdy beats of introvert shadow, through the acid tainted 101 reasons to the rave inspired anthem called de forme. we’re happy to welcome spiros back to planet rhythm.

nice price deal !!! kaleidoscope is the first ep by the very talented and young producer individualsim from amsterdam nl. winning the grote prijs van nederland in 2010 is a great start and shows something special is going on. pure and gentle electronic music combining styles like house, ambient, jazz, dub and pop without ever being predictable. this first vinyl release features four tracks that show a great amount of creativity and the vision it takes to transform certain feelings into music. limited to 200 copies, pressed on crystal clear vinyl.

nice price deal !!! four track ep of thumping sub lo techno, inspired in part by the schlocky writings of h p lovecraft. precision styled explorations into the outer side of the dance – hyperactive percussion, jacking kick drums and some serious low end bass create a dirty machine funk to shake booties as much as tickle the cerebral heads.

nice price deal !!! once more a great four tracker on luetzenkirchen’s label platform b. again with two peaktime tunes by the labelbos himself plus a great deephouse track by his mate tonio barrientos from munich. lutzenkirches new swedish discovery johan afterglow adds a dark and slamming techno track.

still reeking from the filth of the tv studio, tabloid mongering and howls of blasphemy from the old guard, dj seinfeld is proving to be a hardened veteran of the circuit. a new anti-hero for a humourless and devoid internet age kicking against the hollywood reptiles. ‘ruff hysteria’ is the sounds from the cutting room floor deemed too unsavoury for public consumption. it’s the grind of acid in the hotel lobby and the incessant pulse of a walkman tucked into a tuxedo pocket oozing it’s way into the central nervous system. it’s four tracks abandoned by the mainstream studios picked up by the grotty b-movie generation. the losers, the freaks, gore heads. bare bones tackle for the floor and analogue anthems for the disenchanted.

the latest ep on tresor records comes from reduction luminary terrence dixon. detroit’s most puzzling genius debuted on the label in 2000 with his first ever full length work – from the far future. it took over a decade for its sequel to follow – from the far future pt.2 released in 2012 to great public acclaim. this year, terrence dixon prepared a matchless four track ep, going ever further in his very own tenor of collided electronics and mesmerizing tones. words can simply not describe.

16 years after the first volume, ‘deepsounds two’ marks the return of red ember records’ various artist imprint. featuring four diverse producers from four corners of the globe, joe jones, wade norris, nuno azevedo & jerry seaman band together with one guaranteed common trait … the pursuit of underground electronic deepness … house music and beyond.

snuff trax is thrilled to announce that andrew soul is back with his big love for house music on this new record. the „wide range of experiences ep“ features four tracks full of irresistible grooves, driving beats and sweet melodies. you can even catch up with klaudia bringing fantastic and emotional vocals on the opening track „strange feelings“. enjoy the music!

the second release from mic comes from ladies as pimps - laps for short - is an anarchic glasgow duo formed by lady two collars of golden teacher and sue zuki from organs of love. their duets take centre stage on who me?: the vocal performances range from the stretched, soulful projections of ode to daughter to the lawless, clipped, sweet &, sour, spat-not- spoken word of edges. spirited percussion scatters in all directions and bass is smothered in tape delay, as the four tracks beat through dub, rnb, house, and way beyond, circling around acts like madame x, the bug, stuart argabright, francois k, mashing absurdity with dread. recorded at green door studios in glasgow (where the two met) and layered with the analogue production techniques learned on the first youth unemployment programme there, the energy and charisma of these recordings promise a pretty unique live show when they support princess nokia later this year. supported by ben ufo, dj moxie, pariah, optimo, nts, vinyl

sunday money returns with another indicative vinyl-only release in the form of the alien funk ep from australian born producer morgan hyslop aka morgan. this is her second release on the label and features four stunning new tracks that are very much an extension of her imprint debut, queens ep. expect more of her signature deep & sparse grooves and deft production from this most singular of talents.

label boss tonbe is back on disco fruit under the moniker loshmi for the first time. loshmi is specialized for great disco and funk re-edits and he is a well known with his serious edits series on digital imprint. he constantly trying to blur dots between disco, funk and house music. these four tunes are selection of loshmis best selling pieces on digital imprint. highlights include the pounding disco-rock-flute workout drugstore. sweet & nasty is just about as seductive as you can get those strings do some real damage in that groove, while wsoop wsoop deliver heavy, floor friendly p-funk workouts.

what s two metres tall, plays music on four channels, lives behind the iron curtain, has 1605 reasons to run an awesome label and flies over a 100 times per year? ladies & gentlemen meet umek. the 1605 boss returns on wax with four trademark techno jams which have been lightening up festivals & dancefloors worldwide over the last six months & will continue from now until the closing parties in ibiza at the end of the summer.

its been some time since we ve heard from colin (way back in 2015, when that fruits of zion tape had our shop staff and shop regulars in a real spin). now the long wait is over, and we re drip fed four new tracks from a source not specified. rugged techno tales. info as it comes.. small run, be quick!

this is a collection of works from british musician gp hall, recorded between 1994 and 1999. for over four decades, guitar in hand hall encountered many styles, jazz, blues, flamenco, rock, folk, and classical improvisation. all contributed to the creation of his unique style. emerging from the british blues boom of the 1960’s, he then followed a long and winding path through various scenes and cultures. in spain, he was influenced by flamenco master manitas del plata before touring europe with liverpool band casey jones & the governors. he was commissioned three times (twice by the arts council of great britain) for original music and was immersed in the avant-garde scene of the 1970’s as an improviser, a pioneer of electric flamenco and a composer of large-scale ensemble pieces. during the 1980’s hall turned his focus to soundtrack music before reinventing himself as the solo performer he is today. with this strong foundation he branched into a tactile expression of his craft, discovering a new style which he called industrial sound sculptures. these sonic compositions are performed on electric and acoustic guitars as well as the six-string bass and are played with various techniques and implements including slides, battery fans, the psaltery bow, razors, toys, velcro and crocodile clips which are fed through sound processors to create a rich sonic environment.

nick beringer is back on taverna tracks with another bangin ep, dishing out four trippy, dreamy jams with a classic house attitude. the foundation is set!

!! repress !! , following a recent outing under the mandar alias alongside studio pals samuel andre masden and charlie naffah, nick putman presents his first solo single under the malin genie guise for two years. predictably, he explores a range of deep house styles over the course of a four track ep thats both quietly confident and largely impressive. theres a real bump to sense of swing, despite the presnce of warm, fluid keys, while propter successfully joins the dots between loopy tech-house and shimmering deepness. the techno influence is more obvious on the flip, where redskap and ulux both derive potency from the hypnotic nature of putman s immaculately produced groove.

hot off the heels of his latest release on dirtybird and ahead of a ten date us tour, toolroom favourite weiss is back with the next edition in his weiss city vinyl series with weiss city vol 4. with sell-out self-branded shows all over the world under his weiss city guise, weiss continues to go from strength to strength on the underground house circuit, racking up more and more fans and creating more dance floor anthems along the way. kicking things off on the a-side is his latest weapon, you better run , which offers that signature weiss sound with a serious chunky and funky groove accompanied with a retro vocal and tough, classic sounding pianos. the dub mix sees weiss lay down a tougher and darker take on the original with additional trippy synth patterns, this is one for the more forward-thinking floors. the b-side sees weiss team up with label favourite harry romero with the contagious, chunky, groover, let me show ya and rounding off the package is feel for me with its funky, infectious baseline and hooky vocals. four essential slices of dance floor mayhem from one of toolroom s main men, not to be missed!

for the past four years francesco leali kept busy running parachute alongside co-owners manfredi romano and thomas feriero, producing under different monikers and touring the globe as half of cw/a. finally back as clockwork, leali reveals a five track ep featuring some of his rugged music to date. a briery shift into foggier territories where leali explores layered sound-design and broken rhythms, something he had only hinted in his previous work. online entity depicts lealis hindrance with modern societys social networking obsession. in contrast to what these services were actually intended for, leali explains, they seem to have impacted a lot of people negatively, resulting in unnecessary resentments, misinformation and feelings of proximity when these tools can easily alienate you from reality. constantly worrying about how you want people to perceive you is absurd already, but for many of us this constant sharing has become the only way to achieve happiness, to be satisfied. in an era where all of this is getting out of hand its essential to remind yourself of the things that truly shape you as an individual. with online entity i aimed for feelings of release, mutating resentments into something positive - more physical. i imagined it as a soundtrack to an escape from these very situations. the release showcases this approach with five club-ready numbers filled with calculated, pounding drums and gloomy atmospheres, with only rare glimpses of hope scattered throughout. to round things up we mobilised fellow parachute affiliate ayarcana and serbian techno pro lag who both deliver two startling interpretations of escape sequence and rumination.

brandneues material der britischen elektronikpioniere the radiophonic workshop, die, 1958 gegründet, zahlreiche soundtracks für die bbc produzierten, vom nme als -the british kraftwerk- bezeichnet und von the orb, four tet und aphex twin (der 2003 auf seinem label rephlex eine 4x10inch retrospektive veröffentlichte) verehrt werden. das neue album burials in several earths entstand in kollaboration mit synth-pionier martyn ware (the human league, heaven 17) und steve dub jones (mit dem grammy ausgezeichneter toningenieur der chemical brothers, unkle, new order). trw verbinden experimentell-analoge und neueste, digitale techniken zu eindringlich-atmosphärischen klangstrukturen.

for its 6th release, bjarki and johnny chrome silver’s bbbbbb records welcome new signing eod (aka stian gjevik) to their unholy alliance with his swurlk ep . the norwegian born, strictly analog producer takes the label off-roading with four outstanding productions channeling ambient, electro and hard bloody techno. having released on imprints including rephlex and weme records, it was actually on soundcloud that bjarki discovered eod’s music. after getting in touch, the scale of his work emerged as gigabytes of unheard music dating back to 2002 were exchanged, all of which was made without the use of a pc an approach which speaks for itself through his instinctive, playful melodies. swurlk ep boasts an impeccable sense of arrangement, more like that of a composer, and even more impressive considering the absence of any computer. the title track opens with a velvety smooth synth melody building with bass textures.‘evenhark uses a broken beat framework to carry floating harmonies. swarm uses layer upon layer of stuttered percussion to build into a relentless techno cut. elcaset_testgroove pairs catchy, interacting melodies with pensive harmonies. swurlk ep is a must listen for fans of melodic electro and an exciting move from a label that continues to challenge all our fucking expectations

for the fifth installment big gosu manuel is in charge. delivering four tripped out minimalistic techno tunes. stay geil

from paris with techno! taapion records is back with a second compilation: four tracks made in the french capital city with shlomo, francois x, pvnv & birth of frequency.
2017 repress in regular sleeve.

the london based dmk label returns after releases from kuba sojka and stojche with the deepblak recordings label head honcho aybee, with four tracks of deep house on the ‘syntax ep’.

dfsant is a new label from lord of the isles

dark entries is proud to present a 4-song ep of songs by the italo disco duo of domenico ricchini and joe garrasco. domenico formed his first rock band in 1974, and four years later his first disco band. during the early 80 s he produced records under various names like delanua, bob salton and sylvi foster.