2003 techhouse with minimal and electroid influences, made by todd bodine for tom clarks highgrade imprint. remixes come from soopa-fi (sebo k & djama) and gebrueder teichmann.

weare proud to welcome marc antona as the newest member on the highgrade artist roster. unless youve spent the last few years living under a rock you will most likely already know his name! the french producer has recently put out releases on several hot labels like freak n chic, micro-fibres, sender and mobilee . the opening track, >red faces< instantly proves why marcs sound fits perfectly into the highgrade musical universe: highly energetic and hypnotic, it develops slowly but relentlessly into an irresistible groove. the first track on the flipside >wheel of chance< skillfully picks up this train of thought, throwing some more percussion into the mix, which next to some bleeping synth lines will guarantee effortless intoxication on the dancefloor. hustle< on the b2 grooves on relentlessly as well - with some slick seeded reverse claps and detroit inspired synth stabs. our hats are definitely off to this release, and we look forward to many more from mr. antona!

excellent micro funkin groundbreaking techhouse / techno double vinyl album... huge support

played by luciano, lauhaus, kabale & liebe and many more. its about time! with >channel by channel< markus homm presents his first solo ep on highgrade. until now, this cosmopolitan citizen of the world, who shares his time between hong-kong, moscow, london and nuremberg – has been part of the successful collaboration: homm & popoviciu. one vinyl ep and three digital releases have already made a strong impression with the highgrade faithful. with this ep and its four groovey house tracks, markus homm signals the springtime. the title track >channel by channel< already foreshadows where this journey will end: fleet footed rhythms meet sweet chords and result in a sunny house groover that immediately kills the winter blues >torn< on the flipside is also built around an irresistible melody, while >xpander< (b2) gets things moving a little faster towards the end. proving again, how skillfully markus homm can create a deep groove from his handpicked melodic elements. it doesnt need much imagination to understand that these three classy tracks will bring their euphoric impact to every dancefloor they touch. thanks for letting the springtime roll, mr. homm!

along with number 60 in the highgrade catalogue there‘s a new producer team, joining the highgrade posse: markus schatz who scored so far with releases together with tom clark for highgrade and by himself on labels like opossum and freizeitglauben. he worked out this release with brett longman from paris, known from one of france‘s most prolific labels logistic rec. with „dope on plastic“ both start a dub and percussion rollercoaster- ride: the stripped down structure in the beginning unfolds seamlessly to a wildly grooving dub-inferno. similarly funky „push it“ continues this direction: dodgy fm-sounds meet weird synth bleeps plus a whole load of rhythm - the trackname is to be taken literally here! on the flip-side schatz & longman in „running“ are adding some fine dubby ingredients to there rhythm patterns, next exit detroit, one might say. moody without being cheesy, that‘s how we like it. „good vibes“ is zigzagging elegantly, with deep pulsating melodies worked together with an uplifting groove to a fast-paced and atmospheric track.

great collaboration between highgrade owner tom clark & sender owner benno blome !! incl andomat 3000 rmx and huge support from kabale und liebe, luciano, markus kavka, chris duckenfield, anthony collins and many more...

the highgrade-collective welcomes a new member in its rows, marcus sur, who until now has released one ep on highgrade digital and contributed one track to the >our thing< label-compilation. as-well new on board is the berlin based simon beeston, coming to us from new zealand. it was high time to dedicate a various artists to the newbies, alongside with the old hands tom clark and daniel dreier. marcus surs >gold< heralds the ep hypnotically, simultaneously delivering the proof how perfect his tracks fit into the highgrade label-sound. welcome on vinyl, mr. sur! in the following simon beeston drags us with >idle housewives< into dark echo chambers, teasing with weird sounds, which finally melt together into to a unique groove. label-boss tom clark in alliance with daniel dreier use their >13 cookies< to explore, what happens if you lock two versatile producers like them into one studio. the result is nothing to sneeze at, a massive groove, which keeps three feet on the floor while having the head up in the clouds. adding another facet to this varied ep!

the berlin based dj and highgrade-artist jens bond presents with his new ep >hypochonder< his latest work. bond is allready known for his percussive tracks beside that the resident dj of berlins watergate club is well established thanks to his collaborations with benno blome (sender records) and guido schneider (pokerflat). in the namegiving titeltrack for this new ep for highgrade jens bond gives it all: stakkatos of rolling percussions meet pearling synth-lines, creating a jacking, neverending groove. >got some…< develops this recipe for success more into a slightly darker direction, while keeping up beeing changefull with the same >hands-up<-factor. instead of a break mr. bond serves us with >paulista grill< the next highlight of this ep. massive, with a touch of darkness, build on a strong fundament of a funky, dry-asa-bone groove. three tracks, simultaneously eventfull and homogeneous, carrying clearly jens bonds signature.

todd bodine demonstrates with this ep once again extraordenary taste and skills. after a very successfull excursion on claude van strokes mothership label and his activities as a heavily booked live-act and dj he presents on >unexpected life-form< two brilliant tracks, that seem to burst with their energy. todd bodine apparently has gained a lot of experience how to bunch the impact on both the dancefloor and the musical side and how to turn the result into a wall of sound. and hes doing it by following his own unique style. on the a-side >calypso< captivates you right after a few seconds with its pulsating sequences and a subtle growing energy-level from break to break. developing a drive which wont miss its impact on any floor. >snakeskin< on the flip is homogeneously build around shimmering melody-sequences which create the energy of this track, while the bassline below pulsates warm and deep. sounds like: detroit without kitsch. or like a cross between matthew johnson, robert hood and fabrice lig. to put it in other words: a typical todd bodine release in the best sense. allready a true highlight in the highgradecatalogue in 20

support comes from steve bug, shinedoe, karotte, james flavour, gruber & nuernberg, paulo olarte !! highgrade goes east! with homm & popoviciu the berlin-gang grows in the eastern direction - to be specific: romania. their musical..output..of both wasn..t hard to spot, because markus homm and mihai popoviciu made a name for themselves for quite a while. no wonder that their output spreads across several..high-class..labels like dj hell..s international deejay gigolos, pascal feos.. non zero records, as well as the british immigrant and the spanish sub conce label. after their first strike - highgrade digital number 009, this is their first vinyl ep on highgrade. without any doubts they take the chance to demonstrate their most.. appreciated.. skills: on the the titletrack >urban ballroom< they send a massive..house-groove..to a trip, alongside with a swinging bassline, decent melodylines and some springy percussions, combining perfectly funkyness and deepness. >contact< and >wipp< on the flipside are convincing in the same versed way. the former slightly more dubby, the latter comes up with a little more speed. all in all forming an ep cast from the same mould, while the title >urban ballroom< says it all. homm & popoviciu are delivering a new housy shade for the labelsound, which suites highgrade perfectly

excellent new format b longplayer... fresh minimal tech phunk floorburner... played by karotte & jesse rose

it hasnt been long time ago since the last coup made by clark and schatz hit the streets but highgrades head-honcho tom clark and the true berlin talent markus schatz allready go for the next round. the original version of >hot choc< makes the start - playfully swinging, the track developes itself into a masterpiece of an easy going groove without being half bad. the french dj and producer tom pooks - well known for this productions on ovum, kompakt and other wellsounding imprints gives >hot choc< a whole lot of jacking energy to take along. he sets the percussive elements free - and rightly so! punch meets hypnotic deepness - perfect! with the hot choc re-edit on the flipside by markus schatz he eventually letting the cat out of the bag. without any detours and in best daniel bell-like mannour he jump into a real inferno made of funky bleeps and weird sounds. delivering with this one more than just another highlight on this release - because last but least it’s the best evidence, you gotta reckon with these two!

next highgrade killer !! incl pan pot remix

excellent minimal tech / oriental bazar flavoured

toller 3 tracker mit minimalen techhouse / techno tracks ... das berliner label featured hier künstler aus rio de janeiro, lissabon & das deutsch - rumänische project homm& popoviciu

to kick off into the new year, highgrade brings you a new edition of its various artists compilation. this time we focus on two surprising collaborations from the middle of berlins club circuit who seem to follow the same aim with different methods: clique artist daniel.fx joins up with one of highgrades main producers todd bodine for a deadpan minimal house groover, as well as the massive and challenging monster track by guido schneider from pokerflat together with ostgut/panorama barimpresario dj andre galuzzi - a demanding and enthusing track just perfect to bring on the perfect headrush on the legendary ostgut floor as well as everywhere else

after a very successful release on immigrant records and a couple of remixes this year and a very busy dj schedule on the nations floors, mr. sleep another day and old highgrade buddy, jens bond, returns to sender, spreading his urgent little flatbread ep through our highgrade network. with some coolish afro rhythms and strange zitarsounds, flatbread immediately makes sure to storm your mind. also the b1 superficial demonstrates mr. bonds current affection for complex rhythms in a minimal corset. then again b2, kodiac gives us jbs interpretation of a warm and housy minimal track

in our everlasting effort to push the next generations from berlin s mininal house scene, we are very happy to feature a quite new artist for highgrade no. 46. marcus schatz, who already released on berlins oposum records, coproduced these two energetic trax with highgrads mastermind tom clark. two exceptional minimal house cuts, flirting on >scribble mania< with a slightly abstract wildpitch feel and on 2 >scribble shock< giving the berlin after hour crowd their well deserved accelaration- soundtrack with this minimalistic hypno house gift!

a new month, a new highgrade release! this time we have our heroes phage & daniel dreier back in the house, with their new static bubbles ep full of finest dubby influenced and moving tech tracks

after some successful releases on various european labels, such as darkroom dubs (soma sublabel), miniscetch or get physical, to name a few, antony chose a real maneater track for his highgrade debut - cannibale is a glittering, long and deep journey into the heart of modern deephouse. tom clark and daniel dreier as remixers tear up all the meat from the track giving it a typical berlin-stylem treatment resulting in a dry and hypnotic groove

great remixes by newcomer of the year paul ritch (resopal) and chicago legend billy delessandro (siteholder)

highgrade welcomes a fresh talent! lars heinrichs and sascha hirtenfellner are known from their releases on their own imprint >subdub<. the duo delivers for tom clarks label highgrade a phat rollin minimal 3 tracker with ealier support from james flavour, jesse rose, mike shannon and karotte

on the occasion of the 40th release, tom clark is presenting the third release of the >various artists< -series: himself together with the club guerillo daniel dreier as well as tom clark solo plus multiinstrumentalist sven brede. three tracks reaching fr

jeder schuss ein treffer dürfte wohl das motto von format b sein denn hier sind die nächsten drei knaller !!

superb minimal techhouse remix package with an outstanding guido schneider remix !!

after his stunning lp on tresor records earlier this year, todd bodine drops another musical bomb with his 4th release - and probably best - release on our platform! once again todd squeezes and tortures his machines to the maximum, delivering 3 excellent, psychodelic, enthusiastic minimal techno trax. toddproves his reputation as one of the topacts once more, now its up to you to drop the bomb! supported by troy pierce, mike shannon, james flavour , chloe ...

""highgrade is back with another smash by our heroes phage & daniel dreier, a crew having an enormous flow at the moment, be it on the wheels of steel, as an explosive live act or on vinyl.they submitted us three more minimal trax out of their dark chambers, dry as hell, hypnotic and psychedelic, but with such an outburst of creativity and flexibility you just can`t categorize these trax. we are pretty sure this trax will validate some floors on their stableness; file under hypnphouse and keep the damn frequency high!.""

"we are happy to welcome a well known guest from the international minimal house scene for an outstanding intermezzo at highgrade – hello mr. tigerskin. tigerskin, a splendid artist with records on labels as diverse as dessous, morris audio, resopal and others. german and international top imprints, produced for us two rather nontypical tracks - compared to his recent output - showing us his deeper side; and he does it so well! two stunning tracks for your maximum pleasure, somewhere in the twillightzone of deepness, hypnosis and true madness – njoy it! played by anja schneider, woody, chloe, karotte, james flavour..."

after a long time friendship and countless over-the-top partycrashes together, we are very happy to welcome our friend and one of our fave djs, mr. jens bond on highgrade. after his vinyl debut with guido schneider on steve bugs pokerflat recordings last year this is jens bond s second record to hit the streets. jens, who managed to establish himself as one of the true top djs within the berlin house scene, delivers a 12inch which represents his musical (and spinning) style of electronic dancemusic very well - dry, compulsive grooves, a very minimal-housy structure with deep aesthetics, perfect sound design and an overall superb float between the hard and the soft, exactly what we wanted from this guy and more!

service station tom elaborates his very own style of minimal deep house, fathoming lots of aspects of today s minimal dancecuts into one clear vision, without ever leaving the dancefloor.

nice price deal !!! 3 hauntinmg tracks where the thumpin basslines icey key layers and driving forward funk of soopa fi s best moments remind on a mix between steve bug minimal funkiness best phazin chicago grooves and uk nu school tech sounds. cristal clear foward dancefloor gear supereme kidz

the next big two tracks of the russian kosmonauts scsi-9 !! tom clark makes a great remix which has a little vibe of john tejada !!

the next big strike by phage & daniel dreier.. essential minimal techhouse bombs with big support by james flavour, karotte, monika kruse, tobi neumann & woody !!!

berlin s format b are back with their second output on highgrade. as fresh as they wanna be the notorious two bring us some of their newest and dopest trax, combining dirty drop-out jungle basses with that typical berlin techhousy style. mad programming, dark rolling basses pressed in a totally awsome matrix of dryed up rhythms and funky-as-hell drums. format b know what it takes to ride the dirty tech-machine, this is for sure

finest deeper minimal phunky clicker stuff with superb mixes by mathias tanzmann & stefanik and lunar city express !!

samim (here without his partner michael) opens up the race with a straight-to-the-top rocket, with his deep journey to ecstasy giving birth to a totally spaced out and hypnotic remix, cool as fuck, while format b do their typical techhouse madness, combining technoverdose with fat 2 step basslines and more. hail to mr oizo! todd bodine, on the other hand, gives us a beautiful and subtile minimal monster a la dan bell,so enjoy and please: stay high!

wonderful debut on highgrade by dj phage and daniel dreier.. groovy minimal funk techhouse to cook up floors everywhere !!

cool minimal phunkin tech tracks !!

phat slamming synthie / electro styled techhouse three track ep

funky and groovin minimal techhouse , with a little bit jack & moroder disco

nice price deal !!! raw and funky driven techhouse 3 track ep

brill tech house styled funky house with tone loc samples !!!

cool deep funky housetraxx..incl 2 remixes by berlins shootingstar djs (phonique & james flavour)

"huge mindblowing minimal tech tracks , but not really house & not really techno; its only great !! used samples of kevin saunderson, nu groove... killer record!!!"

4 highly energizing tech-funk floor infusions - ace! / soopa fi(love and pain), magnetic base (no name boogie), dan drastic (play it loud), todd bodine (jupiter island)

this is my best album for sure, says todd. we cant be exactly sure on that one, all three albums from todd bodine have been great. forms however, is perhaps the most complex and mature album that the berlin producer and dj has accomplished to date. and its also out with us! todd has worked at full speed over the last six months to bring us this fine piece of work.