stephan schindler aka kryptic universe aka lockertmatik is a german electronic music producer with a preference for analogue gear. he has a distinct 90s techno and house sound signature without sounding dated or overnostalgic. after making waves on his own (vinyl only) lockertmatik imprint, he got full recognicition through his ep on shtum (uncanny valleys sublabel).
thank something for the interweb, otherwise we might have never been able to get in touch with this obscure talent. we are proud to introduce him in our roster with this fantastic ep, showcasing all of the above mentioned. midnight michigans detroit inspired machine funk, woodbridge st. tearjerking acid bassline & strings and, last but not least, the ridermans fierce analogue bassline and fearless drum programming brighten the catalogue of wolfskuil ltd in many, beautiful ways.

triple vinyl pack from iww music for one special price, containing these eps:
- iww 004: various - munich love stories ep
- iww 006: leon - walking ep
- iww 007: alex q - guten morgen rosengarten ep

the new perlentaucher ep from the german duo klangtherapeuten on lochmann records is a must-have on the upcoming open-airm and festival season. the original mix is a deep, technoid and emotional track with an soulful piano melody, chasing vocals and a driving beat.

visionquest 033 is brought to you by the unique sonic voice of hamburg trio wareika, who weave a distorted jazz looseness into the pulsing and ever-evolving analogue framework of madame scorpion. a teasing raw live composition with a tribal heart, the undulating percussive groove rolls beneath haunting strings and an expanding soundscape until space opens up for a rising melody and florians deep absorbing vocal. veteran german house producer henrik schwarz turns in a magnificently wonky remix on the flip.

the ambassador of the bat, yes it is true, and the ambassador of german melodic techno music dominik eulberg is releasing, 8 months after *ein stuckchen urstoff*, a new ep on traum. fans of his music can anticipate another masterpiece of melodic music, which is based on him fiddling with sounds, acoustics… keeping up of what we refer to as the eulbergsche language. this time it seems to be even more exhilarated and driven by passion. does this make sense when you speak about someone who is considered to have great compositional skill? yes we think the liveliness shows up in greater chunks, and the crispiness of the ideas rise to a point which is exceptional and... for those who seek techno realism… it can be found here as well.

keeping up a high rate of release but just as high level of quality, the cinematic label turns to german dj, producer and exploration label boss johannes volk for its next ep, with a typically idiosyncratic remix from greek dub techno man xdb. volk has been producing conceptual techno since 2006, debuting with a fine ep on the revered axis label run by techno royalty jeff mills. since then he has continued to evolve on labels like steffis dolly as well as his own vinyl only imprint, and does so once again on this release.

pole jam vinyl is a brand new vinyl record label brought to you by two well established labels in the digital domain: pole position recordings and glam jam artists. glam jam artists is the imprint of german producer satin jackets (dikso / house of disco). along with welsh based label pole position recordings their aim is to their bring their trademark glossy, deep and blissful nu disco & deep house sounds to vinyl with a real emphasis on quality, original new music. this new supercluster label pole jam vinyl is about to get turbo-charged with more horsepower than the calgary stampede! their debut lap around the track is an all russian affair, with both contributing artists having already established themselves in the digital music world. pole jam vinyl thought it was high time they got the chance to shine in the physical world too. with their debut, fuel injected joint venture, each team provides two slick-tyred, finely tuned masterpieces eagerly awaiting the green light to demonstrate what life is like at 33 revs per minute.

we are delighted to welcome our german friends richtberg and wojkowski for the first release of fino music. richtberg and wojkowski deliver some serious quality house vibes for their debut release on fino. richtberg and wojkowski have recorded for labels such as strictly rhytym, gruuv records & great stuff. this ep raises their game with three tracks taking in funky basslines, german-house vibes and inventive, smooth flowing arrangements. chase buch & romano alfieri are in charge for the remixes. guaranteed dance-floor winners!

german artist lars stowe, better known as anstam (on modeselektor s label 50 weapons) was invited to remix pereval. after the successful debut from russian producer alexander babaev aka rekord 61, he follows up with his second single pereval. on his own label imprint konstruktiv

hailing from the bairros of lisbon, the portugese duo sabre take the helm of tasteful nudes second single. the young pair follow up an ep for w.t. records by expressing adoration for german proto-techno on a majestic scale across a sub-tropical backdrop. bali comes on like a strong cup of psychedelic tea, leaping from a tapestry of gamelan plucks to gigantic, growling bass lines and prismatic synth arpeggios. ging channels manuel goettschings hypnotic synth lines with the dance floor in mind, rubbing shoulders with a gregarious 303 bass line.

the new york based serkal imprint have pulled off quite the coo for their 007 release by welcoming cocoon resident chris tietjen to the stable. a self-confessed dj more than producer, the german admits that he prefers the interaction of playing rather than the solitude of producing

after the well-received and genre-bending album that was last years ky do mar, studnitzky makes another wise move: by inviting two of the most sought-after remixers at the moment to rework two of the albums tracks the german jazz-trained trumpet and piano player shifts his music smartly towards club land.

how did we say it - all good things are 3 so here we go with our third vinyl ep.this time from a german duo, based in mannheim and called lautleise! thinking outside the box, lautleise celebrates electronic music which moves the hearts and the dancings legs.

zeitgeber is a german word that, loosely translated, means synchronizer. its also the new project of electric deluxe head speedy j and stroboscopic artefacts boss lucy. both artists make some of the most forward-thinking techno around, but zeitgeber sees them pushing together even further into uncharted territories.

german producer erdbeerschnitzel is the next to get the nod for the house focused delsin series with a new three track ep, cushion. the man born tim keiling has been forever hard to pin down, with releases that take in techno, disco and deep house on labels like mirau and 4lux. this new ep is no different

tip! isolee strikes back a new anthem called dennis. one of our favorit german producers who has been delivering some groundbreaking tracks since his first releases on playhouse in the late nineties. dennis is another fine track and comes with remixes by ripperton and baikal. berliners baikal does a labyrinthine bassy version and ripperton rides on the guitars samples to deliver a groovy 8 wheels dub. excellent release!

from shattered court dreams to booming international dj gigs, marius maier, a former german youth basketball champion, retired from the game after sustaining a knee injury a few years ago. but like any as one door closes…-story goes, re.you quickly channeled his energy and ambition into electronic dance music. he exchanged his jersey number for an artst alias and the reincarnation birthed a rising talent by the name of re.you. new to the mobilee booking roster, re.you has already delivered his second ep on the 112 mark titled, anyway. this three-parter includes the self titled anyway dominating the a-side while the flip side brings it down with you had enough featuring forrest. and a remix of the lead track from re.yous live act partner, rampa. the duo perform as rar and are available on cocoon records.

appointment008 is an extract of the seminal rehearsals of the appointment live act recorded on ferromagnetic tape. each side lasts a dozen of minutes and endorses the appointment live act innovative potential. the appointment live act is not grounded on prearranged phrase or patterns: every performance is unique and unrepeatable. marieu samples vinyls ad-lib and adds noises and blips with a little korg monster, john swing controls the delays and writes relentless drums on a tr-909, lucretio arranges emergent structured on an analogue sequencer,emg plays out this structures from an insurgent vermona perfourmer and explores the sonic spectrum with a german grainy filter. distortion, saturation, improvisation, breaks, funk and techno: the appointment live act goes beyond minimalism to reach out the inner functions of the waveforms transmission.

early support by chris liebing, dave clarke, sasha carassi, xpansul, gary beck, alex bau, terence fixmer and various others!!! thomas p. heckmann drops the bomb and delivers his brandnew full-length album *dark matters* on nachtstrom schallplatten. what a masterpiece and deadly alliance between one of the most influential techno artists since decades and the notorious german techno imprint. thomas outstanding production skills and the raw, dark energy of the tracks make this album a true weapon in any serious dj-set. as a keyfigure of early german techno, ebm-techno and acid, thomas p. heckmann has shaped the landscape of electronic music since his very beginning in 1990. his huge success as drax ltd. ii - amphetamine, knarz - tanzmaschine, silent breed – sync in, welt in scherben, exit 100 and countless others set standards and beyond in the under- and overground.

>... weil ich die nächte lieber mag!<... der german deep tech pop von marc depulse & boe geht in die dritte runde. nach >westbalkon< und dem >sag nicht mehr nein remix< auf amuse gueule, folgt nun das follow-up auf der hauseigenen schwarzrille, jeahmon! records. neu im boot und doch schon so lange fester bestandteil von boe van berg ist ad (adrian kehlbacher), der auch kuenftig alle weiteren projekte an der gitarre begleiten wird..

new label from madrid with a very solid deep house 4 tracker ! german exclusive !! vinyl only, hand numbered and strictly ltd to 350 copies..

atmosphere relaunches itself with a great new artwork and hot music too. german minimal lounge (underyourskin records, rennbahn) presents his new green lemon ep with two deep originals and a 2013 re-treatment of the wellknown sensitive congo for marc raum (040 recordings, hansehertz).

thomas p. heckmann drops the bomb and delivers his brandnew full-length album dark matters on nachtstrom schallplatten. what a masterpiece and deadly alliance between one of the most influential techno artists since decades and the notorious german techno imprint. thomas outstanding production skills and the raw, dark energy of the tracks make this album a true weapon in any serious dj-set. the album is backed up by a teaser 12inch coming on green & black marbled vinyl with remixes by the recent shooting-stars of the scene niereich & kraemer, techno heavy-weight alex bau and french talent drumloch prior to the release.
early support by chris liebing, dave clarke, sasha carassi, xpansul, gary beck, alex bau, terence fixmer and various others!

to celebrate the birth of a new techno label called ressort imprint the extremely talented german strck delivers an outstanding 4-tracker including 2 originals and 2 remixes.

new york house maestro jacques renault is a old friend of the gomma boys. playing a lot of the german labels releases

nick woolfsons teng imprint drops, tactics, this april by german producer mias void, backed with a remix from the barking dogs. mias void, better known in the industry as matthias vogt, has been producing infectious house grooves for quite some time now, with releases for labels such as, chicagos large music and lazy days recordings. here vogt pushes into new territories under his new mias void guise, matthias sees this alias as a chance to express a new, more experimental side of his productions, yet keeping the mv initials to maintain a lock between the distinctions. with releases pinned down for polytone, lo:rise and fullbarr already, this new sound will undoubtedly be as well received as his deeper explorations.
supported by: dusky, iron curtis, akra, john osborn, jacques renault, seth troxler, laura jones, radio slave, uzuri, tony rodriguez, m50, maya jane coles, alex coulton, flori and many many more!

hypnotic and driving masterpiece! after the success of their first release with bleak, animal farm welcome stephen brown to the label with his >tangent< ep. stephen brown is an artist with a distinct sound, a sound he has crafted over 20 years across labels like djax-up-beats, transmat, subject detroit, theory, skudge presents and of course his own realtime imprint. german producer markus suckut takes up the controls, remixing tangent.

superfresh german house label toy tonics comes up with a record by german house shooting stars rhode & brown.

phat repress tipp !!
balances ep sees uk imprint galdoors kick off with a three-track work of art from the inimitable german genius - audio werner. with releases on perlon, minibar, circus company and of course his own label hartchef discos, his work is highly regarded and in demand but his output is thoughtful and considered.

geno presents its first record from label head, aaron hedges. aaron has been very busy djing in berlins best venues: kater holzig, prince charles, arena/badeschiff, and his bi-monthly residency at klangsuchts gegen kultur party. when aaron is not playing, he is been locked away in his studio working on a full length album and numerous forth coming vinyl/club oriented eps.
the title track, blasta, is a sleek and modern tech house stormer. blasta contains well blended and diverse influences, such as african jazz, jamaican dub, and german and french house. it is this unique and normally disparate genres of music and production styles that makes blasta a unique gem. the b side, collapsed caldera, is a break beat oriented, organic house song. guitar, harp, and vocals gently guide over complex yet natural percussive rhythms.

brighton s black key records launches its vinyl only arm, in the form of black key limited, with a superb double a-side from german producer, ugly drums, featuring 2 excellent tracks of deep, sophisticated house music.since its launch in 2011, black key records has firmly cemented itself as a label consistently outputting quality house music from an array of highly respected artists. in just 18 months the imprint has released music from the likes of blm, flori, milton jackson & giovanni damico, with their releases picking up support from a number of top names on the scene. resident advisor recently stated: brighton s black key records may be small… but they re consistently on-point with their take on deep house. this is no small feat considering the volume of labels offering their interpretation of the in-vogue sound to an increasingly saturated market

already the third part of the seven daze a week compilation series and again some delicious house music here - plus new faces at morris audio! jmx (2020 vision, tsuba) is making his debut with the fat gotta be tune. watch out for more jmx on morris soon. another new face on morris is duff disco with his deep and epic track come home. and the third new addition is german fella nick beringer, a true house head with releases on the cool wax classics (skylax) label. last but not least is sek, joining us again with some techy house for this compilation as he already did on morris audio 81.

no mad ronin, an architecture graduate of bauhaus weimar, first met jerome sydenham in 2010 and instantly connected with the legendary us producer. since then, they pair have collaborated, with sydenham taking the german producer under his arm and ultimately releasing a collaborative 12inch on ibadan in 2012 entitled >i adventure<

it is with great pleasure that desolat welcome the hugely-respected german producer and dj mathias kaden to the desolat family with his four track tentakle ep for the desolat x series!

vinyl only! the new vitzexy vinyl brings us dirty, freaky, crazy techno by alex kork (9volt musik, plattenbau music) & zellyana. the 4th release of zellyans vitzexy-series is a smashing colloboration between a german guy and a serbian girl a new fresh european techno vinyl!

the german combo-star have worked for many months exclusively in this ep, trying to get the right inspiration. the got it. in my dip and pleasure of pleasure keep the line drawn from tube & berger on 2012: emotive beats for the dancefloor. two well planned music melodic masterpieces which will get tons of plays in 2013.

first pressing in dark red vinyl! in remarkably short time, van bonn has developed a well-deserved reputation as a forward-thinking dub music producer. he is tying up electronic listening music with dance music structures for the german label telrae and trapez since 2011, but his newest invention van bonn01 is another step forward. van bonn records now for the first time provides him with a platform, that is his own. it is a sound laboratory pushing his ideas as well as giving him the possibility to feature like minded people. the first edition on vinyl, comes in dark red with a nice artwork. gradient (cph dub) shows a new side with van bonn, expressing a certain form of industrial & romantic privacy in a very radical way. his epic 12 minute track explores the time and space continuum in ways of symmetry. this is a perfect extension of what we know from various dub techno productions of the past. rich filtered delays balanced with a monotony of a mighty & distant beat, makes it an hypnotic piece of music. gradient in its original version is the more hardish and forceful..companion of the a-side, being more raw an direct. van bonn uses here a lot of fx sounds to build a bubble which perfectly embeds the stomping machine liked beat. the >do not resist the beat< owner milton bradley and artist on prologue (and more) has delivered a remix of >gradient< in his genuine style avoiding commercialism and creating his own atmospheric, claustrophobic, cinematic style of techno. listen here to his remix for van bonn.

our 8th release is proudly presenting germanys legendary turntablerocker. coming from the german hiphop scene of the 90ies the dj & producer team is known for their unconventional mixture of house, breakbeats, hip-hop and funk & soul. theyve called it electronic wildstyle.

cellaa music announces its fifth release and this time turn to german talent marc faenger. having already made his name with releases for sound architecture and sonido, marc has been a name to watch in recent times.

the 19th release on we play house recordings (not counting the vinyl-only coloured ones) comes from two trusted label names: wph s welsh man with various plans luv jam and srf inc, a moniker for german wunderkind dynamodyse.

jen teams up w/german producer marco nega (uq, batti batti). 2 mixes of jen’s “you will say” + 2 tracks by marco w/vox & addl production by jen.

shuko is a german producer, born in 1981, who has been making music since 1999. he lives and works in an old factory building in a small village near frankfurt unless he is in paris, berlin or new york working with your favorite artist. shuko has produced music for a broad and impressive selection of artists such as talib kweli, lil wayne, sexion d assaut, 1995, cro, kollegah and casper.

hard ton are back. their 2nd ep on new german house label toy tonics. what to expect? as usual they deliver super effective 90ies house. made with the classic sounds of juno, 808, 909. and and even more effective remix by dj sprinkles. this is real house! house that makes the booty shake!

while fetsum is about to take the us by storm (after a california tour, in march hes going to perform at the sxsw festival in austin and at the pre-oscars party at the villa aurora in la) sonar kollektiv releases four seminal remixes of his song letters from damascus. one of the centre pieces of his current album the colors of hope is not describing the political situation in syria, its more of an autobiographical tale about the golden voiced german-eriteans life.

after two in as many years, low-key german producer yor returns to similarly low key dutch imprint purple maze for his third full outing on the label in the form of the sublimation ep. across the four tracks yor continues to explore the same frayed and decayed, abstract electronics as he has in the past, with distant kins like kassem mosse and morphosis still resonating.

hidden recordings introduces its largest and most ambitious project to date – the debut full length artist album of mike wall. mikes history with the label and his rapidly expanding profile has led to this joyous moment. the break-through german talent seamlessly sows nine originals full of over- arching musical motifs: mood, balance, and character – there is a sense of depth and sophistication that underlies mikes unique sound of grime and toughness.

the first installment of alex agores mizz honey ep ensured the prolific german producer debuted fully on the say ahh! label. this second edition of the mizz honey series maintains those high standards and hopefully ensures the door remains open for subsequent agore output on the label run by the brotherly duo of mk and scottie deep. *x* sets the tone, looking to a salsoul gem for vocal inspiration and swamping the sample in a thick, bumping house groove spread across the a side that must have instantly grabbed the brothers kinchen. the flip pairs the finger snapping, soulful slam of *ice crystals* with the immediately infectious piano house business of *everyday (u lift me up)*.

ulrich schnauss has pulled in influential electronic artists / producers asc, tycho, arovane to remix track _i take comfort in your ignorance_ from his new album _a long way to fall_: tycho, san fransisco based artist/producer (ghostly international), asc aka john clemens (auxillary records) who schnauss recently collaborated with on the 77ep. german producer /artist arovane contributes two reworks here...

ffr start well 2013 with a vinyl release which could be qualified as indecent, featuring an original track by phonokemi, remixed by two well respected artists, the italian nico lahs and the incredible german producer tim xavier. a release with multiple facets: deep, tech house, minimal & mental and chicago-bump-styleas we would come to expect from phonokemi, thoughts is a deep tech house track of extremely high quality. with a deep and pumping baseline and well refined vocals, thoughts is dark and groovy on one hand and an invitation to dance on the other, with absolutely no second thoughts.nico lahs s remix is an ultra-personal and mental re-read of the original track: minimal and elegant, cosmic and organic this track is reminiscent of some of ricardo villalobos s reference productions.finally tim xavier takes us straight to the centre of the universe: the dancefloor. his remix is a real dancing machine… pumping basses, efficient snares and sublime vocals that loop the loop and make this ep a killer release.