lost and found new jersey house and more freestyle tracks by ray escortienda recorded at his basement studio in newark during the moody winter of 1992

beach mode (keep it simple) is the perfect snapshot of ikonikas new album aerotropolis. it is also her first vocal track, graced with the voice of *one to watch*, jessy lanza. beach mode combines sunny salsa-like chords and claves, inspired by latin freestyle dance music from the 80s, with jessys vocals cutting in over some soaring rough synths. it is a refreshingly straight forward and sensual piece of pop dance. side b starts with a dub mix for all the vocal haters, while the percapella version breaks it down into a syncopated drum track and a slightly dubbed take on the vocals, giving it a tracky and colder toughness reminiscent of early chicago house music. get into beach mode.

its time for another epic release from rollerboys, and this time the journey goes to land of hypno this hypnotic masterpiece is a carefully selected blend of latin proto-house, freestyle, chicago & balearia. the moment you stick the needle into the groove you are instantly teleported to some deserted island in middle of the adriatic sea, where the breeze is warm, the sand is white and you dance into the endless night!

metro detroit frisky/risky dreamer dj coyote clean up serves up a heart n hardbody emotional saga with 2 hot 2 wait, his deep-debut freaky full-length on 100% silk. hot-under-the-collar horniness (a woman simply counts to three on zebra go seek and you start to undress), headphone-house grain (the fuzzy gut-bump on the least u could feel is like warm breath whispering in your ear), skrewed rnb freestyle strip-hop (stuttery layers give hopeful, life-affirming energy to the lover-lost awesome luv) and out-of-time mash-ups (double dip is a memory overlapping, with a classic 95 dial-tone under and over contempo edm knob-twists) blend blissfully, fashioning a sentimental journey through a sex-love-loss odyssey. 2 hot 2 wait is a sensua-stellar standout, beckoning, daring, colorful and celebratory in its exhibitionism and lust.

over four instant classics as suitable for a humid dancefloor as an outdoor bbq, navids feeling purple ep exudes an unmistakably summertime vibe. think spike lees cracked brooklyn concrete, a crisp new pair of white levis, your older brothers latin freestyle mixtapes, high-tops straight out of the box, an afternoon cruise around the block.

in january the debut album the damage is done by hot coins, the disco crossbreed project by danny berman (best known for his house productions as red rack em), was released. his personal time machine journey into the sights and sounds of downtown new york sometime around the late seventies/early eighties is much more than a tribute to his heroes of those times. its also a brilliant examination of todays club music.

with only 3 releases save the black beauty has created such a buzz around the label that we can talk about a meteoric rise. filippo naughty moscatello delivered the goods and bow is is another veteran of the scene hitting the buttons on the 909. klas lindblad aka sasse give us treat, a detroit tingled old school cut in a glorious rob mello remix a freestyle man acid mix from sasse himself. raw, uncompromising and dancefloor friendly. the party is on.

american hip hop recording artist from compton, california currently signed to top dawg, aftermath and interscope! double vinyl release, housed in a gatefold sleeve.

four exclusive tracks from elbee bad that conclude the true story of house music compilation on rush hour ... more class cuts!
following the recent elbee bad compilation, we bring you four more tracks that were not included on the album. this ep showcases tracks that he produced for and/or with other artists. more classic stuff that was released on some of the leading nyc house labels at the time. keith, kat & blondie for nu groove, lord kcb for easy street and the wizard & the prince for city limits.
this release again shows the early house mastery of elbee bad as well as his diversity. the keith, kat & blondie shows his deep, eerie side, his freestyle vibe on the wizard & the prince track (which became an early uk warehouse/breakbeat hit) and his hip hop roots on the lord kcb track.
again, a fine example of the formative years of nyc house music. unmissable!

after volume 1 with tracks from oliver deutschmann, markus suckut, tres puntos and xdb, here is already volume 2 in the compiled pleasures series. this time we invited some underground key figures and tastemakers to join the compiled pleasures series. aim vinyl labelhead tristen delivers an ultradeep and rolling deephouse track in his very own tradition. dario zenkers >dining< is an uncompromising lecture in clever simplicity, straight in your face and stomach. freestyle man, the finnish oldschoolmaster drops nothing less than a big synth-peaktime bomb. and british newcomers dax j and chris stanford (half of the great london eartoground techno label) deliver a dubby and deep dancefloor shaker. enjoy!

mit freestyle lover vermengt berman gekonnt die schnittstellen von electro, postpunk, new wave und disco. genau so wie es seine vorbilder aus dem alles-geht-new york der späten 70er vorgemacht haben.

sixteen indie-dance tracks including amongst others friends, citizens!, peter & the magician, moonlight matters, rufus.. as well as a world exclusive premier remix of sun, two door cinema clubs second single, by kitsunes founder himself, gildas loaec!

martin brodins second single from the forthcoming album which is due for june 2012. it follows the successful badabing which featured diskjokke as remixer. strings attack is all about the strings for disco. ok,now you may think he gone all cheesy here, but that’s totally wrong.it still have the funkyness and groove it needs to be a full-fledged disco anthem in our ears. and we invited two of the most prolific producers out there to make this a rock solid release. switzerlands finest, headman (robi insinna), who we all know from his own relish label and releases on gomma. he turn the original to an uber-cool bass-laden track and makes it a bit more in-your-face to speak, while the original is a bit more freestyle. second out is spanish born ilya santana with his funky mellow take. its a perfect remix for those beach parties we all love.

for another record store day release, british singer-songwriter victoria christina hesketh (little boots) teamed up with historic chicago house label trax to release the 12 inch for >every night i say a prayer<. she wrote this one with hercules & love affairs andy butler and it is better than anything on his groups sophomore dud blue songs. (it is also better than pretty much everything on little boots own spotty debut, 2009s hands.) the housey original version of >every night< incorporates a sort of cleaned-up old-school chicago aesthetic (dig the claps), but tensnakes posh freestyle rerub is the vinyls real winner. you can never go wrong with clinking 808s and pretty female vocals. fact.

foul & sunk, the swiss-german house-imprint based in freiburg and zurich, rings the bells for round 4 with the eriswil ep by jagged, a spunky release that blushes your cheeks like a strong sip of bernese apple brandy. and bern is the code word that sheds light on the origin of jagged: behind the name hide three veterans of the swiss house music scene - the djs and producers benfay, jay sanders and zukie173, who emerge from the vicinity of the now discontinued freestyle label a few among others, whose founder was zukie173. as jagged, they are releasing house music built upon hard-hitting drums, sinister bass lines and soul-drenched instrumentation for over four years by now. they debuted on quintessentials with hello kool nice in 2008, and didnt lose their gritty energy since then. now, theyre back on foul & sunk with eriswil, a deep rolling, dark monster that also gets a remix-treatment by the abstract eye

memory ist nicht unbedingt eine abkehr von lazer swords frühen stücken, aber diejenigen, die peitschende hip hop-beats und gecuttete vibes erwarten, werden überrascht sein: antaeus roy (aka lando kal, neuberliner) und bryant rutledge (aka low limit, san francisco) haben sich zurückgenommen, aber gleichzeitig ihre soundpalette erweitert. sie präsentieren eine schlankere, sexiere, cluborientiertere version von lazer sword, die auf 80er electro, detroit techno und verschiedene uk futurism-einflüsse zurückgreift. die palette reicht von klassischem techno, über einflüsse von juke und footwork, infiziös-mutiertem 80er freestyle bis zu gastproduzent jimmy edgar mit seinen berühmt-berüchtigten roboter-sex-vibes.

this is the catalogue number one of the freshly launched falkplatz xtracts series. here you will find some of the pearls of falkplatzs digital sublabel for the first time on coloured or transparent vinyl. all the tracks are remastered vinyl versions and essential. have fun!

classic techno album from the network vaults. featuring the biggest names from detroit who pioneered the techno sound. derrick may, juan atkins, kevin saunderson they are all here on this superb ground breaking album

marc houle ist bekannt für seine veröffentlihungen auf richie hawtins label minus. nun veröffentlicht der us-produzent sein neues label auf seinem eigenen label items & things, das er gemeinsam mit magda und troy pierce betreibt. auf undercover schwingt sich sein synthesizer-getriebener techno zu ganz neuen höhen auf. es sind anklänge an old-school-chicago-house, die frühen lfo, die bleeps und clonks von sweet exorcist, nitzer ebb oder den new yorker freestyle-sound. natürlich steht marc houles neues album abermals auch im zeichen seiner alten liebe zu detroit techno. trotz aller einflüsse aus der vergangenheit ist der sound von >undercover< ganz klar aus dem hier und jetzt. erneut setzt der mann techno-standards

nova gain records return with their latest 12 inch! after the successful debut ep >dont wanna lose it< and their full length dlp: >on the beatbox<, mr. konfuze & lunatic are back with their highly addictive >so good< ep. it features two brand new tracks plus two remixes from the album >on the beatbox< by well known producers para (breakin bread) and random heroes (jack to phono / freestyle records).
cop it now, since there wont be a digital release and once the vinyl is gone, its gone!
nova gain records - the home of soulful refunked beats and breaks!

black vinyl repress !! debut for blawan on clone records! this is his first 4 track ep containing cuts that are more straight forward compared to his early releases. 4 relentless tracks. big one

debut for blawan on clone records! this is his first 4 track ep containing cuts that are more straight forward compared to his early releases. 4 relentless tracks. big one!
transparent dark green vinyl with a smokey touch (black marbled).

*** limited vinyl copies*** comprised of former members of hercules and love affair, new york citys jessica 6 has been commanding dance floors for years, globetrotting from london to miami, san francisco to santiago, bergen to belgrade, seducing the dancing, sweaty masses with an electrifying blend of disco, soul and r&b.
see the light opens with a classic-in-waiting, the behemoth of a single, >white horse<, that forces you to move like a witch doctor would. >champagne bubbles< is the kind of gritty r&b that isnt afraid to be as angry as it is melancholic, its piano flourishes punctuated with a heavy kick and snare. >prisoner of love<, which bridges electro and freestyle, featuring a soaring vocal melody that finds nomi and guest vocalist antony weaving their voices around each other to a stunning effect.

super dope debut from this new producer... 3 great tracks that remind us a bit of the aardvarck sound with some recloose style funk thrown in... another new signing on rush hour. this time b.d.i. delivers the goods. city & industry is a fierce builder that balances between house and techno, which we shall dub peak time music. the wod balloon dud is a more freestyle affair, which reminds us of finer todd terry days. with industrial kites we go rumble in the jungle with a huge percussive workout.

new release by kink and neville watson with sexual appeal made by the vocals of kim ann foxman (of hercules love affair). nice dub mix on the flip! their future-retro chicago house output made quite an impact on the scene over the past few years. with >a saturday in november< they keep their signature retro sound, but shift their tribute focus slightly on late 80 s new york and its >freestyle< days.

after two buzzing releases, senzen is quickly getting recognition it deserves. but third time is the charm, right? well, at least in this case. senzen 3 title track, >gonna b<, is based on studio sessions of label boss benno blome together with his long time friend armin engel, who has worked on projects with fela kutis band rhythm taxi & jimi tenor, and had a show on jazzradio berlin for years. the track itself has influences from both producers. tech house meets jazz, what a fascinating concept! freestyle drumming, keyboard jams and effects tied together, creating an original approach to club music. remixers of >gonna b<, marcin czubala (mobilee) and jin choi (contexterrior, private gold, archipel), are two of the hottest producers at the moment. after his excellent streak of releases on mobilee, marcin makes an outstanding debut on senzen and delivers a deeply rooted house remix concentrating on tiny tweaks and variations while carrying them solidly throughout the track. jin, on the other hand, doesn’t let functionality stand in the spotlight of his remix. his music is supposed to touch emotionally and to move the head and the body - and believe me, it does!

lando is known for teaming up with low limit as lazer sword, a future hip-hop from group from the bay area. his solo tracks are freaked out juggernauts of electronic music, primarily experimenting with various mutations of house. dense instrumentation, analog synth and drum machine work, complex melodies, and creeping basslines are pooled from his musical obsessions with 90s rnb, classic house, freestyle, garage, detroit techno, early synthesizer music, timbaland, and… to be honest, everything in between.
>maneuver< is a sure shot banger, a futuristic synth piece with heavy garage leanings and even a hint of robin s classic >show me love<. on the flip we find >run it<, a more introvert electro fused b-boy classic from future times.

vault series is a cheeky little series where rush hour drops never before released tracks and mixes from its vaults as well as tracks which are in dire need of a re-release.
the series kicks off with an unreleased track by the mysterious duster valentine. an anthemic disco track that, with its catchy piano loop, pays homage to the golden days of new york house music. music that will make you sweat!
on the other side we find aardvarcks fun-loving-freestyle-disco-mash-up-party-jam. its original release a few years ago saw support by many djs around the world. it was only released as a limited once sided promo. here is a chance for those who missed it to own a copy. this version is remastered and extended!

expansive new ep from the vr camp! label founder tyson ballard weighs in with melodic, analogue bounce on the original, laced with a husky soul vocal that climaxes in a hip shaking freestyle percussion jam. sidwho? on remix duty and builds up a dark, steamy synth-driven dub, complete with snarling vocoder on the late nite mix ... ben sun comes with a version that slowly unveils a cracked, shimmering melody over the top of his dusty drums and sub bass, as the vocal gently persists on the dawns arrival mix. voyeurhythm prooves to be one of the hottest australian labels!

zeitlos, a german word meaning timeless is one way to describe chris wood & meats new ep, triple s. this is house of a different flavor, pulling influences from freestyle jazz and funk. we find ourselves late in the night. we enter triple s, a smoky cool atmosphere, relaxed and ready. light percussion leads us into the back, where a lone wandering bass line takes the stage. the simmer of hi hats and trample of toms usher in the kicks. chugging along, a single jazz flute, and sassy women punch through the fog. the strings rise and the bass sinks into the cellar. downplayed with style and elegance, triple s is the perfect track for half past midnight, opening the gates and pouring your body on to the dancefloor.

hot on the heels of the brilliant in trust we space ep, redshape delivers two more top quality techno tracks on his own label present. son of a... brings back the freestyle craziness of the masked one, which we know of tracks like dog day. going wobbly acid bassline in the redshape-way! kracken s game is more of a synthy slow builder - setting a densed atmosphere. great timeless release and as all present releases only available in limited quantities!

ltd 2011 repress, rare stuff

jin choi is a musician, producer, dj and live artist based in berlin, germany. equally focused on groove and melodic structures, his music fuses electronic and naturalistic sounds to move the head and body. once coined modern minimal, chois productions are equal parts emotion, melody and rhythm. full range is his first release on serialism records. in a recent interview, choi described himself as a burial loving music-nerd who is simply trying to create his own musical language. he has released on lessizmore, contexterrior, romanphoto & archipel, to name a few. for ser10, he joins forces with maceo plex (aka maetrik, the moniker he saves for his darker techno productions) to do just that. most known for his recent revered deep-house single, vibe your love on crosstown, plex makes the release the perfect late-night tool. first up is full range, a dubby tech-house number with ominous and increasingly glitchy repetitive vocals that remind the listener of what choi seems to already know - music is the universal language, music is no longer irrelevant. next, half baked, the eps star, manages to perfectly fuse industrial sounds with melody making a blissed-out, deep- house track. mysterious squeaks, hisses and factorial inner workings provide the backdrop while warm time-stretched freestyle vocals guide us through the production. maceos deep remix is around 9-minutes of chicago house inspired sounds layered with snappy high hats and emotive chords.

the underground electro series by city beat records continues with a mindblowing vol. ii, featuring 18 artists from 10 different nations around the globe that make it the ultimate, new electro funk and rap compilation of the year 2011. as volume 1, this double album is strictly limited to 300 copies and no repress! tracks by artists such as arabian prince, t la rock, dj salva 808, debonaire, planet patrol iii, jock d, freak force crew.

>lifes track< is the mysterious and anonymous bosconi homemade project of two promising artists,100% build through an analogue and raw production and mainly based on a psychedelic, futuristic and freestyle musical approach.
no names, titles and any point of referement has been added to this release, what you get now is a 4 tracker ep, 4 sonic artworks of detroity inspiration and impulsive creation, in the vein of a more sensitive, delicate and spiritual omar-s, smooth like an early mathew jonson, dreamy and a bit acieed like some of the first intelligent techno tracks done in the 90s but with a more catchy pop music feeling.
shake all the ingredients and you will get the whole mistique and ghostly enigma of lifes track, timeless music made to dig in the depth of your soul.

the 12-inch sampler for >panorama bar 03< could have hardly been better. hitherto unreleased, the tree tracks on ostgut ton 47 tick all the boxes that make prosumer such a unique dj: house in its various identities. soundstore starts the triptych with >take u<. greatness and frantic fever visions go hand in hand while hitting the core of chicagos second wave: dance mania, cajual, and relief with siren-like hooks in a feverish delirium. irresistible. prosumers panorama bar fellow steffi slows down the pace. >sadness< that surprisingly did not make it on her album debut is not only the opener of the actual panorama bar mix, but also a tribute to that kind of deep house that doesnt take its prefix lightly. in the end, berlins hunee teaches you a freestyle lesson. in a similar way to the young pal joey, he feeds his sampler a well-known dish, but throws in peculiarity, rascality and deviation to get new results. after all the time, this music is still not getting a bit long in the tooth. lets take a love break.

2001 double vinyl lp by s.i. futures aka simon begg.

the second release from jackoff records brings you two of nyc underground house and disco producers filipsson (holmar from thug fucker) & ulysses (neurotic drum band). after their collaborative success on internasjonal records the duo joins jack off to give us a modern interpretation on 90s house. featuring the late nyc poet and performer bingo gazingo on vocals, this ep is dedicated to his memory. to add to the package, the one and only freestyle man delivers a deep and inspiring remix.

vinyl only release!! 50th anniversary release dedicated to all of philpot artists, friends and supporters helping to gain this reputation of a proper freestyle label over the years! this double vinyl only compilation features some of our artists, present and future, but covers every musical aspect that philpot is about.

2010 has seen some juicy, off-the-wall techno/electronic vinyl goodies from the head space of little nobody, including the acclaimed >metropolis how?< and >robota< records - with remixes by the likes of james ruskin, justin berkovi, inigo kennedy, dj hi-shock, si begg, patrick pulsinger and steve stoll. but its the originator of the tracks who continues to push the perimeters, recently leading hi-shock, the prolific innovator behind the essential elektrax empire, to suggest that honestly, i think you are at least a couple of years ahead in your musical vision compared to other producers. little nobodys alter ego andrez bergen has also had his head buried this year in the creation of a hardboiled/noir/sci-fi novel called >tobacco-stained mountain goat<, and it was in the midst of this project - with these heady influences - that the get away from it all 12-inch project came to light. thus we got on board bas mooy (planet rhythm/audio assault) and dave tarrida (tresor/musick) to do the two scintillating re-takes here, which are downright brilliant. meanwhile little nobodys troll, on the flip-side, lives up to its claim: its hardboiled and devastatingly dirty electronica. all up, think streetwise, smack-your-glitch-up techno - dark, uber-bassy, dirty and pulsating - just the way we like it, with sardonic samples and a freestyle, postmodern attitude thats invigorating. matched up with the cool artwork by marcin markowski, this is an essential slab of wax for 4:00 am head-caving techno!

support by: andy cato /groove armada, marcus worgull,jimpster,shur-i- kan, thomas schumacher, john acquaviva, luke solomon,chris duckenfield and many more… germany vs. finland on pooledmusic. ian pooley welcomes moodmusic supremo, sasse, into his studio for a tasty collaboration. skippy beats and a big, bad, boogie bassline provide the rhythm track for the main mix of -to my room-, an evolving and at times, cosmic, deep house cut, with a clipped vocal sample to drive the stabby melody and freestyle keys. the dub mix ploughs deeper and more emotive, with its tugging strings and reverberating stabs. perfect tackle for those dark and sweaty late nite session

tel avivs yoav b is back! a welcome return for this maverick producer on delsin records. after some years of silence we are proud to present new material by dj yoav b. if you dont know any of his singles, then you might know him from his underground cult hit >energize<, which got licensed to mix compilations by ame and carl craig. this is fifth full length single, again in his own freestyle sound. >higher love< sounds like house done by a passionate liquor store, with its lazy house beats and dramatic synthlines. >love dub< is a more freestyle beat jam, whereas >soul surrender< has a gritty moving bassline. welcome back!

incredilbe package with remixes by schatrax, kink, todd sines as .xtrak, kink and the subliminal kid. the result of schatrax take is a typically beautiful and deep reworking. todds remix of dodaso is typically fucked up and funky in true .xtrak style. kinks version of the gauntlet remains quite faithful to the original whilst also instilling it with his own trippy and unique style. last year peder mannerfelt, aka the subliminal kid, sent me a track which became the only track released on off-key through a demo submission. blackwood freestyle has mutated under the hands by the subliminal kid into a rolling dub inflected groover.

based on the 80s freestyle classic!!

second of three releases with remixes for phil weeks >song for maya<, this time made by alexkid and freestyle man.

dark adaption is rondenions second ep for rush hour and we are pleased to have him back! the freestyle disco cut-up sun glare nicely sets the mood here and is a must have for detroit house lovers. blue canal shows a deeper side of rondenion. a bluesy, mid tempo groove that sticks. the title track gives way to, well, rondenions darker side.. a hypnotic and mean cut that really builds, reminds us theo parrishs rawer tracks. banging!

a sick collection of secret armand van helden cut and paste 80s tracks. lots of nu wave stuff going on with big euro samples getting van heldens midas touch. twins of pleasure is the favourite cut, with its pulsing retro bassline line and banging drums. the hilarous ktu track is another goody that wrecks a freestyle sample with ny radio station ktu ids on it. with all the current interest in the 80s, this is a really fun take on the idea.

more stuff from detroit finds it way to the world through amsterdams delsin records. so far they have released 2 ep on shakes frictional label. lately strand was very successful with their live performance at the demf 2001 together with anthony shake shakir. message 2 is filled with their soulful and funky techno. the tracks end up somewhere between shakes freestyle beats and cims soft electronic excursions. strings and gentle beats are all around, also going more uptempo and danceable. funky, deep soul techno tracks in good delsin tradition!