as an increasing number of the british producers turn to techno as a source of inspiration, the gritty sound of the uk underground is easily obscured by the polished veneer of continental 4/4 music.
having taken his time to emerge from the shadows, paleman has constructed a musical voice for himself which turns this conundrum on its head by reimagining the skeletal drums and gutteral growls of early dubstep and speed garage as a style of uk techno all of his own. for this youngster, berlin is more of a startpoint than a destination. at only 19, he joins the ever growing base of manchester-based techno producers as the first signing to fulcrum records, a new label started in south manchester by friends sam schorb (aka damu) and adam rogerson.

special remarks: lp with double sided cover, limited to 500 pieces.

you may know pnau from their breakthrough side-project >empire of the sun<, elton john signed the pair after listening to their record, and now with his blessing, a selection of eltons old masters has been re-imagined into an album featuring their recreations of his classic hits between 1970 and 1976.
elton himself is a huge fan of pnaus work and gave his blessing as well as access to his original works from that era to allow them to create this revolutionary new collection of compositions.
the lp is presented in a single gatefold sleeve and includes a limited edition exclusive 12x12 inch artwork print. you will also receive a code for a free mp3 version of the album.

hands up is the production team formed by the analogue cops (restoration/appointment) and alex picone (cadenza). their analogue joint venture has groundbreaking results. machine powered house music heavily influenced by the berliner dub techno and by the funkiest 2step, with a debt to detroit. this first release features 2 dancefloor killers recorded on tape and saturated with bass.

in the 18 months since his brilliant debut release for we play house, luv jam has been steadily building his profile with a number of releases, and now he returns on vibrations with his first full ep of material since that auspicious first record. the eps a-side is a typically lush foray into stripped back, slo-mo house, with opener tough future utilizing little more than a 303 bassline and 909 kick to slowly build up to its raindrop crescendo, and >rubber band< employing a number a dreamy synths atop its tense, gurgling bass. the pace picks up on the b-side with >last floor hotel (mega mix)< upping the tempo and going into full on acid mode, with its furious pace accented with frenetic cowbell hits and industrial textures. the ep closes with >elastic band< a deeper excursion into jacking house, characterized by its flurry of handclaps, weighed up by its rubbery bassline.

stell dir vor, wir leben im 21. jahrhundert, aber das neue release der sonst so zeitgeistkompatiblen good guy mikesh & filburt klingt wie eine lupenreine 90er jahre-house-single. zeitschleife? einfallslosigkeit? mitnichten. die beiden haben sich bei >no other<, das als 10 inch clear vinyl auf riotvan erscheint, bewusst für eine Überdosis musikgeschichtlicher querverweise in die frühen 1990er entschieden, um ihren dort ansässigen idolen tribut zu zollen. die b-seite gehört einem tollen remix von permanent vacation aus münchen.

next up on good ratio music is baldo, an artist who spent the past few months working in the back of this label getting prepared to release the third chapter in his own imprint. spies & lies is the name of his work which follows some brilliant remixes and tracks he did lately in labels like stranjjur and elevation recordings. as the story goes on after the great result of the tom ellis release, we wanted to give a different dimension to the label to bring it back into a more classical sound.

36 hours in. the lights are flickering and the sweat is pouring out of you like the thoughts that you re trying to write down, to get down the words, to put down the message, to translate all the ideas that keep appearing in your head. ideas like uninvited guests that keep showing up and refusing to leave. somewhere though, there s a truth in there. you know it because you saw it. you know it because you felt it. because when you knew that even though there were ten million reasons why you should go to bed now, why you should go to bed straight away. that you should put these silly things down and stop trying to create and just get some sleep already. that you should stop trying to wrestle the ideas in your subconscious down to the ground so you can actually capture and express them to others. but you persist.

kid sublime rolls back in on an x-large house tip...tip

long time we have waited, but here we got the next episode of danjel esperanzas musically diary backdoor beauty with the title >so good< - and it is exactly that.

max duke (delphine records, smiley fingers) is debuting for shaker plates and gets remix support by rené

nice price deal !!! no mortal lips are worthy of this kiss is perhaps not your typical song lyric, especially not when you think of the current crop of electronic pop stars. usually love, or anything remotely carnal, takes place in a club or on the floor or in the near vicinity of a dj booth.

a good feeling starts if the first drumsounds of >feel so good< find your way from the boxes in the space. the head own style drawers belonging open in the half dozen and argue about the most correspondent blueprint. house? in any case. disco? unfailable to hear influence. electro? also not to dismiss this. dub? the father of the whole atmosphere. cosmic? also this is a part of the authoritative ingredients in the here available circle of the sounds. and the dance floor suction strengthening cow bells are anyway a tight of a track element of all last music generations! quintessence is, here two artists have poured your wide motley collection in influence in the form of a single track, have condensed and with it have interlocked at least 40 years of dancefloor history in fresh kind with each other.

whilst some people claim that the number seven is lucky, some people, like duff, dont believe in luck, or if there is such a thing as luck you make your own. you cant rely on anyone else to hold your hand you know, you gotsta forge your own path, they arent called the mean streets for nothing. duff is the sort of man who not only makes his own luck (cos who else is gonna look after you?) but he keeps an eye on his bredren too. those in the neighbourhood feel safe because all is good in duffs hood, always has been, always will be, the police dont even come there, because they don’t have to, that block is on lock-down brother. though he isnt some type of machismo, over-the-top (hat back go-on sly) caricature, its just the way it is, nuthin to argue about. he has a way about him, the glare of a pitbull and the smile of don juan, dusty is his girl yep thats her real name, the name her mamma gave her on the day she was introduced to this world. the girl is fine thats for sure but what else would you expect from the honey that rides shotgun with the sonic casanova. she might call herself lucky. duff would disagree.

we are extremely happy to kick off 2012 with the second release of good ratio music. after capturing the hearts of audiences worldwide with “money ep” from chasing kurt, it is time to warm up your senses with this emotional “one by one” by our friend tom ellis. a great 2012 starting for this new label runned by carlo and baldo. four evocative songs are composing by this ep which feels pretty organic and sensitive at the same time. you might be ready to embark in such an affecting voyage built upon those ever imperfect harmonies and natural rythm. without any apparent fear we can catalogue this ep in the mood of an experiment close to deep house. definitely it is coming from hundred of harmonic sounds and light melodies, everything mixed up with great sax samples and voices to go further than a dancefloor moving. in this way we need to say big thanks to michiel renger & sammy maine for their contributions in the sax and voice respectively. basically it will be a pleasure to make you feel captured over the clouds after the listening

pressing on white vinyl.
supported by jimpster, moodymanc, anna wall, kruse & nürnberg, and james johnston, pete gooding, jordan peak ...

no.19 music looks towards the first release of 2012, teaming up with hotly tipped mexican dj/producer louie fresco for the first single from his debut album, complete with a superb russ yallop remix!

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!

modeselektor and objekt deliver 2 heavyweight remixes for radiohead tracks on this very limited heavyweight vinyl.

played and supported by: ellen allien, dj t, luciano, butch, adultnapper, davidesquillace, toni rios, mr.g, james what,paco osuna, salvatore freda, len faki,fabrizio maurizi, magda, bart skills,daniel sanchez, nico lahs, hugo,avatism, gel abril, david labeij.

1998 entdeckte philip bader seine liebe zu elektronischer musik – und brauchte nur ein jahr, um sein dj-debu&#776,,t im legenda&#776,,ren berliner tresor zu geben. es dauerte nicht lange, bis sich der gebu&#776,,rtige berliner seinen ruf als einer der kreativsten ko&#776,,pfe hinter den plattentellern verdiente, der schritt zum produzenten war da nur folgerichtig. und auch hier stellt bader seine originelle vielfalt regelma&#776,,ßig unter beweis– da verwundert es kaum, wenn er auch led zeppelin und de la soul als musikalische einflu&#776,,sse nennt.

collaboration between pascal blanche, wojtek kutschke and lukas poloczek. who wants to make music coming deeply from their feelings, simply emotions. include in this ep we will find out two finest tracks titled money and reflecting love, both track comes on like the perfect theme to the arrival of autumn. the tones are intospective, the groove is solid and stablished. money ep will surprise listeners with careful arrangements, specific groove and atmosphere. they will attracting your mind, and push your body to the dancefloor! they definitely would give reasons to be curious about their current career. this time the remixing artists is our buddy tom ellis, who continues his search for the beauty on music. with this remix he delivers a highly hooking track, a beautiful piece of music we have heard in a while. sort of deep mix that plays the contrast between a great ryhtmique and melodic vocals.

romulo del castillo and joshua kay are phoenecia and they emerge from their long march into the aural wilderness of miami with good man bones ep, five new sonic tapestries heavy with rhythm and rich in visual detail. screen print colors with hot green/brown vinyl. this mini lp serves up an offering of selections from the full-length demissions - both made available through a unique collaboration between detroit underground and schematic. limited press.

nice price deal !!! 2x12 inch outstanding, always more melodic and more to the point? here is the 12th edition of the kitsuné maison compilations: the good fun issue!

good stuff is the first single taken from luomos plus album, appearing in september 2011 on moodmusic records. luomo aka vladislav delay, sistol, uusitalo… under a raft of names finnish artist sasu ripatti has in the last years experimented with ambient, broken beat, glitch as well as grooves and house music with soulful vocals, working with scissor sisters, black dice, apparat, craig armstrong, massive attack, robert owens and towa tei. luomo is about experimenting with pop music, a big influence for ripatti, and bringing it to a fusion of house, disco and electronica. plus is the 5th album for luomo, taking the songwriter abilities of ripatti to a new level, dwelling deep into first generation chicago house and the pop sensibilities of 80s london, coupled with his impeccable crossover pop appeal. never going for a one formula approach, plus has a distinct luomo sound - hypnotic, sexy and delicately insistent, rhythms following a self-movement and never standing still. good stuff brings luomos pop abilities to top-form, changing between a mid 80s boogie bass and synthetic yet warm deep house with a positive vocal deliver from the ever intriguing chicago boys. remixes comes courtesy of area & dave dk.

after a short production break, the russian techno duo easy changes (denis cast & kilrill silas) are back with a 12 inch on the berlin/london based label, mean records, run by cesare marchese (cesare vs disorder) & federico benedetti (onirik). the lion is also a good drummer fits in nicely with the labels love of minimal techno productions that feature original sounds, moody melodies and deep aural landscapes. easy changes gained recognition in 2007 with two back to back hit releases on foundsound records. in 2009, they were the first ep from nervmusic, a moscow based label that focuses on unconventional techno started by cast, silas and friends. seated comfortably between the avant-garde and the dancefloor, the release has something for everyone. the title track, the lion is also a good drummer is an epic, crawling minimal techno production filled with stripped down percussion and abstract found sounds perfect for after-hours. on the flipside is the uptempo, quirky and tribal burlesque, replete with spliced vocal samples, snares, cymbals, bleeps and claps. for the burlesque remix, french producer doubtingthomas shows off his lifelong obsession with percussion and its rhythmic allure with the addition of a trippy drum solo midway through the track.

new awaited various artist on extra virgin featuring some of our favourite homegrown artists, a 4 tracker ep that will definetly please your springtime: on a side you will find the soulful boogie vibe of mr d aquino with >she likes my body< and the dirty and rough street funk sound of newcomer artist e-dward!, while on b side you will experience the sunshiny and utopist slo-beat groove of the italian disco-don riccio and the obscure, freaked out, psychedelic and stripped down chicago-house track >saturday night< by our veteran jackers trio the clover. enjoy!

für ihr album >unreality< haben trickski jede menge lorbeeren eingesammelt. zu recht! mit >good time to pray< koppeln die berliner nun einen weiteren hochkaräter aus >unreality< aus. veredelt wird diese nummer von dem unglaublich talentierten sänger ernesto. die remixe kommen von axel boman (pampa), tom trago und soul minority. hit! hit! hit!

next up on falkplatz we chose one of italys most talented and uprising producers for contemporary dance music. roberto bosco from salerno. bosco already released on francois ks wave music, on orlando voorns night vision and is currently preparing his first full length for len fakis figure label. beside that he founded his own imprint flying donkey music together with claudio mate. for falkplatz roberto produced two tracks, that catch the ears of housefanatics (good lover) as well as the hearts of the technolunatics (untitled). remixes this time come from panorama bar resident steffi, who gave the original a touch of oldschool and sadness and from the falkplatz conspiracy (oliver deutschmann & ed davenport) who mixed a crafty acid influenced warehouse banger out of the original.

limited 7 inch release with remixes by colorama and the kramford look for tracks by john stammers.

amazing ian pooley house production ! killer groovin / chicago inspired !

on the 2nd amuse gueule we will present a perfect example of a summer spotlight. in order to do this, alex q and oliver schories joined up in a in gregarious circle, hitting the cookbooks and creating a midsummer nights dream to convince everyones palate. this piece of poetry will be topped off by a dish from our argentinean friend sandru who is well versed in noble ingredients and also has prepared the right wine. have fun while experiencing this tasty tidbits

disco classics , back on vinyl

single sided white-label of this 1980 funky disco classics.

für ihre songtexte, die von sexualität, drogenmissbrauch, liebe und sehnsucht handeln. ihre musik wird häufig mit der von la roux, ladytron, lily allen und kate nash verglichen.

the good the bad the ugly the evil is a full on and brandnew 4 track ep from our cologne artist roland m. dill. roland has worked here with a stronger live-set up resulting in tracks more organic. developing from within rather than being developed, the tracks seem to have a stronger hypnotic edge to them. according to the titels the track all show diffferents characteristic. starting with the evil this track is not very obvious but works very much by itself, whereas the good is a perfect intermezzo for djs who really build up their sets with a lot of skill. the ugly is a mental track... it has stunts, it screams, it sees no end... this is mandness on the highest level and also the bad is written in this veain.
played by: martin eyerer, umek, sian, stephan bodzin, patrick pulsinger, orde meikle/ slam, paco osuna, mihalis safras, dubfire, john digweed, deepchild, jens lissat, blind minded, sebastian russell, gow, zidan, scott byrne, danny tenaglia ...

messageshirt, nice colored... (90% cotton, 10% polyrster)

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and here it is: the second vinyl ep of niko schwinds album >good morning midnight<. it features some of the unique tracks that niko has created together with some of berlins hottest production talents. on the a side are two tracks that feature the clicky tech-house boys that are channel x, where things kick off with >back from the bar<. it sounds as the title suggests: a little wobbly, a little drunk, a little crazy, but also pretty magic. quite clearly this is an homage to one of berlins not-to-be-forgotten clubs that is unfortunately history now. but things continue on here at least with >dont turn the lights on<, a more straightforward dancefloor track, with a trumpet as the main protagonist. this is one of those tracks that keeps leading up to a real arms-in-the-air-moment if it wasn’t so damn housy at the same time. on the flip the magical connection between niko and label daddy oliver koletzki can be heard on >master of ceremony<, a chopped-up house track with epic dimensions. when things get to the piano breakdown, they get very musical and colossal before dropping back into a great house track. the stark contrast between the piano melody and the groove on this really make it. last but not least then, the original album opener >good morning< that features the singing of fran. it works great as a great album opener, but also perfectly as a slower and more thoughtful addition to a great ep

about group is a band comprised of members of hot chip, spring heel jack and this heat. >youre no good< is taken from the album >start and complete<. the theo parrish translation showcases a super deep reworking of pure quality from the master. ashley wales is one half of spring heel jack. check! limited edition, vinyl only !

hot hot hot ***slamming house anthem ***

we are very happy to present you two great remixes from our last ep. both pol_on and good guy mikesh & filburt are two of our favourite producer teams right now. they laid their hands on >new york< and >groove< taken from our last ep. to complete this new single we made two new tracks, one is called >glance< a deep groover with jazzy and soulful hooks .enjoy these deep cutz

here comes the first vinyl ep of niko schwinds 2011 album >good morning midnight<. this release does not only feature three of the best tracks of the album, but also an exclusive remix by house wonderboy david august, who does not cease to amaze with his retro-yet-contemporary vision of house music...