ikonika is one of the outstanding producers of her generation. her 2008 debut >please< (hyperdub), announced a forward thinking, highly melodic, twisted take on uk underground dance music. after further singles for planet mu and hyperdub, she went on to release one of the best albums of 2010 ‘contact, love, want, have’, receiving glowing reviews from the guardian, bbc, nme, fact, resident advisor, pitchfork among many more. her remix projects have included interpol, caribou, cubic zirconia and dj mujava.

optimum is malcolm chen, a new producer from south east london. he has collaborated with ikonika recently but planet mu are very happy to be releasing his first solo 12 inch.
the lead track >max power< lives up to its name, mixing tight electro-soca drums with a barrage of ravey riffs that build up with strange transporting noises, creating an almost unbearable, driving intensity without ever having to reach for the wobbly bass or other cliches.

ikonika is one of the outstanding producers of her generation. her 2008 debut ÔpleaseÕ (hyperdub), announced a forward thinking, highly melodic, twisted take on uk underground dance music. after further singles for planet mu and hyperdub, she went on to release one of the best albums of 2010 Ôcontact, love, want, haveÕ, receiving glowing reviews from the guardian, bbc, nme, fact, resident advisor, pitchfork among many more. her remix projects have included interpol, caribou, cubic zirconia and dj mujava.

after almost 2 years of serving slices of their idea on cutting edge house music on a solely digital basis, the belgian silverback recordings now releases its first vinyl… on >ep 2< polish producer the phantom demonstrates he is a master at creating a soulful, genre-bending, futuristic blend, whilst paying homage to rich chicago, uk garage, and detroit traditions, to name but a few. highly acclaimed and limited to 300 12 inch copies. support by ikonika, hackman, canblaster, french fries, teki latex, round table knights, dubbel dutch, brenmar, lol boys, blackwax, optimum, chaos in the cbd, lil silva, martelo, …

number 5 in this series of broken house twelves from uk production maestro seiji. recommended. support from diplo, phra crookers, radio slave, doorly, falty dl, heidi, paul woolford, breakage, toddla t, redlight, ben westbeech, mj cole, marco del horno, ikonika, christian martin, jamie george, mele, warrior one, nightwave, r1 ryders, ben ufo, dark sky, crst, optimum, brackles, thilo schneider, midland, xxxy, doc daneeka, tomb crew, mosca, martelo, foreign beggers shox, seb chew, monki, dj q to name a few …

black double vinyl edition.

american men are a three-piece synthetic rock band formed of claude speed, alilloyd, and scottt chevrolet - members of dananananakroyd and other obscure and fantastic glasgow rock bands.
this is fun, clever, cinematic music playing with time signatures without losing its bright optimism and danceability.
remixes come from hudson mohawke, ikonika & optimum, falty dl and machinedrum

die >modeselektion vol.1< bietet mit ausschliesslich unveršffentlichten und exklusiven tracks aller beteiligten einen querschnitt der aktuellen musikalischen vorlieben beider modeselektoren. das projekt vereint das beste aus techno, dubstep, uk funky, electronica, dub, instrumental hip hop und vielen weiteren facetten elektronischer musik. namen wie 2562 (a made up sound), robag wruhme (wighnomy brothers), marcel dettmann, shed, mala (digital mystikz), tadd mulinix (dabrye, james t. cotton), feadz, siriusmo, apparat, ramadanman, ikonika, cylob bedeuten nicht nur fźr trendbewusste insider, sondern auch fźr jeden liebhaber elektronischer musik ein fest fźr die sinne. viel vergnźgen bei 18 exklusiven tracks, ungemixt, źber 79 minuten spielzeit!