(red axes remix) the original got praise from psychemagik, marcus marr, headman, bottin, red d, rayko, khidja and more. we invited red axes to remix fernandez and boy, did they deliver.

having finally woken from our deep winter slumber, team fancy human shuffle in through the door of 2016, in need of a shave and a coffee, clutching the newly minted test pressing of the first full release from london duo and co-founders lucatwana. the normally work shy combo deliver to you fh003, or under it s more catchier moniker, city droids. if they d have got it done quicker, we might have been able to cash in on the stars wars related hype, but never mind. anywho, city droids takes the form of three originals, beginning with the uplifting funk of city fucking, moving through the tougher and darker grind of droids on roids and ending with a nod to detroit with nobody knows. pleasingly, we also have a fancy human favourite tigerskin on remix duties, with a smooth, driving, hypno re-imaging of droids on roids that hits the nail firmly on the head.

another slamming post-disco number from the early 80s lifted from the legendary sam records vaults. this beat is mine has always been a big one, a boogie classic (featured in sean ps indispensable -boogie essentials list) and a sure fire party starter on any self respecting dance-floor! produced by gary r. turnier (of gary s gang fame) and andre booth (of northend, b.b.c.s. & a fame) the funk is definitely a factor on this cut! as if the original 1981 cut wasn t dope enough, boston mixtape, digging and edits king kon (of kon & amir, on track) got his hands on the reels and turned in a storming, respectful reworking for all you dj s out there who want that extra bomb factor in the booth! as usual with kon s edits this one packs a serious punch and this limited 12inch repress is a bonafide essential to have in your bag! don t snooze on this classic, now made available again, legitimately licensed, remastered and reissued in conjunction with sam records new york city.

tommy garofalo aka turbojazz returns to local talk after remixing corrado bucci back in 2015. a producer with great versatility that started djing and producing music during the 90 s, heavily inspiried by hip hop. something that would bring him to explore the whole black music culture, from dance floor jazz to rare funk and disco, passing through all things soulful and deep. take all of the above & stir it in a musical pot and you get the unbreakable ep , the debut 12- on local talk from turbojazz. the ep kicks of with please u which features david blank on vocals. a retro-futuristic track with warm chords draping themselves over snappy snares & melodies. on the flip, unicorn rising bounces along with the sort of finesse you d expect from a producer like recloose, it s flavoured with quirky breaks and warm fuzz bass & analogue-sounding keys. last but not least we ve got evm128 on remix duties, a feel-good slice of broken beat anyone ? it s a blinder ladies and gentlemen.

genesis is the fifth studio album by american rapper and leader of the new school alumnus busta rhymes. released in 2001, the album debuted at number 7 on the billboard 200 and ultimately sold 1 million copies in the us and was certified platinum. the fourth single from the album, “pass the courvoisier part ii”, peaked at number 11 on the billboard hot 100.

es gibt nur wenige sänger in der soul-musik mit einem einzigartigen sound, der in den 60erjahren begann und immer noch stark gefragt ist. mit seiner atemberaubenden stimme, die tief aus dem herzen kommt und reich an emotionen ist, ist george mccrae einer von diesen künstlern. nach einer beeindruckenden karriere mit einer nr.1 in mehr als 40 ländern, mehreren gold- und platin-auszeichungen, einer grammy-nominierung als bester männlicher r&b-sänger im jahr 1975 und der zusammenarbeit mit legenden wie michael jackson & the jackson 5, james brown, kc & the sunshine band, nile rodgers und bernard edwards und bill wyman, ist george mccrae jetzt wieder mit einem neuen grossartig klassisch und frisch klingendem album ”love” zurück.

no fancy business class air lounge mumbo jumbo this time, no.8 just got clearance for take off and this one is first and foremost for the pilots. the a side hits you loud and direct like a cessna centurion engine, accessible, reliable and just damn good in the air. now if b1 is some kind of an adventurous but gentle doppel-decker, manoeuvrable­ small craft, then low altitude b2 breaks the cloud cover to take you on that magic night-flight you might later be uncertain if it ever really happened. limited edition - vinyl only !

marcus lambkin aka shit robot returns with his third full length album for dfa records, entitled what follows. the 11-track album was conceived and recorded at marcus’ home studio in a small town outside stuttgart, worked on in various new york studios and then mixed over the course of 11 intense & coffee-fuelled days in dfa label mate juan maclean’s new hampshire studio. the album follows lambkin’s previous long-players, from the cradle to the rave (2010) and we got a love (2014), which drew plaudits from the likes of the guardian and pitchfork, and featured reggie watts and james murphy among the array of contributors.
the double vinyl lp comes in a gatefold sleeve with download code included.

one of the early big records in the uk that preceded the acid house mania that followed in 1988 and mr. lee s first in a string of releases on trax. adonis recalls bumping into mr. lee in the street: what s up with you, adonis? and i said, oh man, i got a record out. i m doin house music and makin money at it. the next time i saw him, he was sayin , hey man, i got a record out too! i can t forget features a more spoken word delivery in comparison to his later productions where he d retooled and become a rapper (of sorts).

teddy douglas of the basement boys is long time creator and innovator of soulful house music since 1986 ­ based out of baltimore, maryland by the early 90 s teddy and team had created hits for many american dance appealing artists including michael jackson, paula abdul, crystal waters and their breakout uk hit for ultra nate. subsequently in 1994 the basement boys record label was launched. the basement boys have continued to dominate their sound, and teddy has now decided to branch out into more artist oriented projects ­ got all his friends together and created a musical masterpiece. retro soul features lead vocalist marcell russell the baltimore soul singer has been compared to such greats as luther vandross, donny hathaway but his own original distinct style shines through now teamed with super producer teddy douglas known as the voice of baltimore, marcell has 4 previous albums and in 2007 and his band the truth first teamed with teddy douglas to produce the debut cd hopes up too high now back together again this brand new collaboration delivers a wonderful uplifting journey inspired by the kenny gamble leon huff years of philadelphia international records aptly titled retro soul

freamon is a denizen of the modern world, allegedly hailing from ny, according to some, not relevant, says he. what matters is the music -in this case- three finely honed and carefully crafted dancefloor gems, presented together as “the black grid ep”, served up with love the way they used to be, the way they ought to be.

on a fishing trip two years ago, the two main guys behind africaine 808: d leyers and nomad - went to a tackle shop to buy some creepy crawlies (saltwater worms), not knowing that they were about to make a life changing discovery. in front of the shop a blind man was jammming on a little electronic organ, stomping his feet, singing, growling and basically making a scene. the boys were quite impressed with the fella, who introduced himself as blind double d . they offered to bring him home and record him. he turned the offer down, but offered instead that they could record him on the spot in front of the tackle shop - if they bought him a bottle of good bourbon. he explained that he would never set foot into a studio again in his life: he was sick of music production and the music industry in general, and that he just wanted this bottle of bourbon and to be left alone. the boys got him the bottle, and recorded blind d.d. on the spot with a tape recorder they borrowed from the tackle shop. unfortunately, the tape was stored in one of the tackle boxes over the trip, and some of the creepy crawlies crawled into the tape and stank it all up. this added some extra funk to the recording. with dirk and nomad s usual studio trickery and production skills, they created the two versions of this very very funky, creepy, stanky track. we hope you ll enjoy it as much as we do.

trancers, dancers and sweet romancers from our mate willie burns.

jun kamoda is a producer, dj and mc from tokyo. new to the label but a friend of the party, jun came to mister sunday in nyc last year and ended up hanging around for a few days afterward, digging for records and sharing bowls of spaghetti with the boys. when he returned to japan, he got to working on the music we now present to you on the clay ep. this is jun blending loopy, psychedelic disco stylings with chugging drum work for three party-ready cuts. they’ve been chopping up our dance floors months, we’re excited to hear them do the same to yours.

deeply rooted in classic hip-hop, funk and boogie, kiev-based beat maker pahatam didn t mind selling everything he had back in the day in order to afford his first roland drum-machine. addicted to vinyl, he believes that the dissonance is what makes music beautiful and puts the groove and atmosphere in there in the first place. experimenting over the years have led him to produce a raw house and academic techno sound and he never seems to stop exploring

flight facilities, future classic and the melbourne symphony orchestra collaborate to bring you flight facilities - live at the sidney myer music bowl. set under the stars of the outdoor amphitheatre at sidney myer music bowl on saturday 17 october, 12 000 fans witnessed flight facilities recreate their five year journey from their first dj mix to the release of their acclaimed debut album down to earth. the 15-track performance was captured live and mixed by aria award-winning engineer eric j dubowsky features musical guests touch sensitive, surahn, kurt kristen, owl eyes, katie noonan, george maple, reggie watts & emma louise. one night, one album, 90 piece orchestra 12.000 tickets sold in 3 hours.

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

sami baha is a young producer from istanbul, with his roots in the turkish hiphop scene, who has been stealthily pricking up ears with guest spots on rinse fm and nts since he moved to london last year. he started this ep ‘mavericks’ while he was in istanbul, saying “the music i produced became more chaotic as istanbul became a harsher place both politically and economically. i didn t really design it that way, but i feel like the sound got more aggressive over the years”. he describes his music as ‘instrumental trap‘, but instead of trap vocals there are complex arrangements, although he has started to work with vocalists while he’s been in the uk.

we here at l a mission like to whip out our politics in public. we kinda get off on it. and so were especially excited to slip you b eaners first solo outing on the label. from track titles to sound samples to magazine articles to packaging, this record / magazine / performance package highlights im/migration, the brown experience, and stripped identity.supported by: dave aju, mr. ties, axel boman, mr. tophat & art alfie, duane harriot/devin dare, the black madonna, the mole, eddie c, christopher rau, zambon (the very polish cutouts), delfonic, brandt brauer frick, massimiliano pagliara, luke solomon, west norwood cassette library, delfonic

** repress 2016 **
hnny is back on local talk, and this time hes giving us noth-ing! after smash hits for the very first time, yearning and tears weve reached the fourth release on local talk and it s just as magnificent as his previous tracks. this single-sided and limited 12 is packed with all the trademarks of a great hnny track, its easy to see anyone would fall for this release - its got all the things weve come to love and enjoy from his effortless productions, clean melodies, vocal lines and harmonies that fit exceptionally well & distill the very essence of what house is about.

what do you do when you are part-time bored, when you are part-time broke and – even better – when you claim to make and live dance music (of course, also part-time)? well you are obviously running a record label. this is what johannes albert does since 5 fun years and 20 releases. releasing his own music on vinyl but also his mates stuff. frank will celebrate this anniversary among life & happiness early 2016 with two 12 inches and a lousy tour. fred p lifting us up right from the start with his “energy cloud”. soulful drum workouts make peace with heavenly layers. far out bliss. next in line is good friend iron curtis who is calling for sweet operators. flip side offers our session victim boys first time on the label. lets have some moody juice wit hauke & matthias once and for all! hidden beauty is the kind of track you wouldnt expect from tim toh of philpot fame. well its a beauty and now not so hidden anymore. lets just be frank shall we?

fumiya tanaka has been regarded as one of the legendary dj/artists in techno over 20 years. he has been doing numerous projects such as his private label torema records, op.disc (co-running with yoshihiro hanno aka radiq), he run his own label called sundance and his famous party chaos (in tokyo and osaka). and through his long running career, he has been successfully expressing the possibilities of music. the long awaited full length album by fumiya tanaka.

two generations of italian music history come together on this split 7inch. milan meets rome, fred ventura meets alessandro adriani. for this occasion adriani and ventura covered the 82 evergreen changing by bill bruce. the perfect combination to pay homage to this monumental piece of music. on the flip side fred s early 80s new wave band state of art got the remix treatment by alessandro s moniker newclear waves. another unique match of these two key figures preserving the 80s underground sound of italy.

first release on the vinyl only label topic drift comes from underrated halvtrak himself...who has shown his skills already on labels like bakk & dont be afraid. this 4 track ep got some detroit house influences and easy going chill out vibes on b1. 250 copies on black vinyl 12.

a truly original artist is joining the lmml family. enrico mantini, who has been dropping classics one after the other since 1992. for this release he created something really special, apart from his traditional sound. three tracks that are deep, crunchy & groovy at the same time. zap right thru it...

when umek introduced his moniker zeta reticula at the beginning of the century, he got the following review: “zeta reticula sounds something like a cross between basic channel style minimalism & anthony rothers electro formulas” here the main man does it once again, unleashing four pulsating electro workouts, with more than a little nod to aux 88.

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

traditional folk music from belgium, performed by swedish youngsters, met by art music with inspiration from the dj-culture. during the fall of 2015, guf (gävleborgs ungdoms folkband) released an album called guf4life where one of its songs got the dj & composer slim vic to react. the rain drenched sounds in the original composition worked as the fundament for two different musical journeys, signed by slim vic. part 1, is a varying composition that take the listener in and out of club music, ambient and the original tracks folk music. part 2, is a very dystopic world of sounds clearly on the border of art music.

team schnitzel is back after a long search for an even better recipe. the unexpected outposts of congo and kenya have proven to be fruitful grounds to mix up the perfect schnitzel seasoning. this schnitzel is baked on both sides, has got an acid kick on the one side, and an up tempo seared crust on the other. snzl002 is vinyl only, and limited

limited edition of 500 copies on 180g vinyl, hand stamped, individually numbered records, single press only.

warehouse find!!! a 100 copies white label test pressing with industrial cyber punk techno tracks rooted in the good old unit moebius tradition and pressed at the now defunct space wars industries pressing plant of guy tavares aka dj schmerzlabor! no nonsense dancefloor material from da goblinn, on this bunker relelated release that never got released because the box with the records got lost in 2013... only a handful went on sale on clone.nl and never got restocked or distributed untill now (only 1 person on discogs got it in his collection!) single sided with nice space wars edging on the flip side! last copies ever...

seegweed is back with three diabolical edits in three various directions but all with one thing in common...they all got soul! this time around you ll get an peak time aretha franklin rework, a latin-soul escapade with bill withers and a jazzy house jam from nancy wilson. gamm does what gamm does best make you dance !

holic trax was founded in 2012 by berlin based dj/producer tomoki tamura and now serves up its 19th release from brett johnson.

santigolds new album 99¢ as clear vinyl edition wit download code included.

nice price deal !!! “rising / falling” marks multi faceted artist daze maxim aka markus manowki’s second full length lp since 2000’s “same place the bot got smashed”. this is the 3lp deluxe vinyl version.

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

new get physical lp!

we dont know so many things about h330... except he seems to be from paris and kept sending us dope music since 2 years...the only thing we know is that the artist behind this name got strong skills, a big knowledge of house music, and a lot of soul... here are the 2 original tracks ( and an edit of one of them) that we decided to release on concrete music. definitely not the last ones..

vinyl only. little nobodys album from nicolas lutzs my own jupiter

repress 2016 !! last year stockholm based producer hnny provided us one of the biggest releases on local talk to date. now he’s back with a follow up, yearning, a straight up jackin’ house track to prove he’s not just one trick pony. dirtytwo got lot’s of music planned for 2013 on local talk. first up is a remix of hnny’s ”for the very first time”. this particular version started out as a secret weapon which they guys used in the liveset. mats & tooli heard it and decided that their version had to be released. simply put, the dirtytwo midas touch version is pure gold.

das neue album von elton john als vinyl-lp inklusive downloadcode.

borrowed identity, the man who makes music non stop, when not travelling the world! borrowed identity, the man who lives in the geman black forest, maybe thats why his music sounds so black! borrowed identity, the man who already released two superb eps on quintessentials and wont stop! borrowed identity, the man who enjoys nature as much as playing techno, house or disco!

a classic 1969 marvin gaye album back on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl with download code included.

us-singer/songwriter jeb loy nichols, ex-mitglied der fellow travellers und compiler der kultserie country got soul, veröffentlicht mit mitgliedern von dub syndicate und roots radics ein reggae-album auf on-u sound, produziert von adrian sherwood. das album erschien bereits 2010 in limitierter auflage in japan, wurde aber jetzt komplett neu abgemischt. die cd-auflage enthält zudem 11 bonustracks bzw. versionen, die auf der lp als download-code beigefügt sind. nashville meets kingston oder lee hazlewood meets the wailers oder johnny cash meets horace andy. the high priest fo country cool. rolliing stone

if you ve followed local talk thru the years you ve most likely noticed how we like to throw a few curve-balls every now and then. for our 65th release we ve got gomma boss mathias modica aka munk and ndatl head honcho kai alce sharing the black gold. two producers with their own unique style presenting something special. while munk s original version of hot medusa is a shimmering and warm head-nodding & toe-tapping jam, the remix by mr alce is deep, soulful and musically rich house. two very different takes on one track, take your pick. on the flip munk delivers purple dust. this time he s upped the tempo a few bpm s, accompanied by a deep bassline with lush melodic synths and chords. mr alce ends the 12- with a dub of hot medusa which is brilliant from start to finish. another highly recommended and essential release.

the prolific keita sano drops four tracks of electro driven machine workouts for turbo capitalism. spanning from chicago inspired bumping bass lines, eerie pad work and full on funk edits.

attention all records we got are lightly curved. but playable! (see detail picture) achtung alle platten die wir bekommen haben, sind leicht gebogen. sie springen aber nicht und sind spielbar.
one very last tnj release: ltd. shaped 7- picture disc of their biggest hit with a brand new dc remix

this is the new 2016 edition of soul jazz records’ long out of print first new york noise collection, dance music from the new york underground 1978-82. this new 2016 edition features classic new york post-punk, punk funk and no wave tracks from arthur russell/dinosaur l, james white and the contortions, the theoretical girls, mars, konk, material, bush tetras, lizzy mercier descloux as well as new tracks by alan vega (suicide), chain gang and implog.
heavyweight double album + free download code, comes complete with inners containing exclusive photography and extensive historical and contextual sleevenotes.