celebrating 5 years of needwant, the imprint that made the world familiar with mario basanov, kim ann foxman, ejeca, maxxi soundsystem and many more, asks their now admired artists and its extended family to create fresh reinterpretations of its stunning back catalogue

love & other are proud to present their first ever vinyl sampler, created in a limited 300 press run and featuring a hand stamped, individually numbered insert from l&o hq.

modelmaker is a new london label from the collective minds of dan berkson and james what. the esteemed house duo has long been garnishing a range of international imprints with their inventive analogue house and techno sounds, but now they are focussing on their own outlet. initially launching with a couple of self penned eps, release number three will be the pair s long-time-in-the-making debut album, and after that a considered selection of other talents will join the ranks as the label pushes on. always primarily focussed on machine made, texturally rich house and techno, each release will come with unique artwork based on works from whats great grandfather, conrad felixmuller, who was a well known german expressionist.

180 gram triple white coloured vinyl.
aphelion compiles previously unreleased & exclusive material from surgeon, planetary assault systems, james ruskin, lucy, rødhåd, Ø phase, inigo kennedy & ctrls.

munk is the project of gomma label founder mathias modica (germanys most interesting electronic music label the nme). munk is best known for his collaborations with rebolledo from pachanga boys (surf smurf), james murphy lcd soundsystem (kick out the chairs), asia argento (live fast die old) and club hits like down in l.a. and la musica. he co- produced the albums of gomma bands whomadewho and moullinex.

first up, jd twitch teams up with his old mucker dave clark (luma / sparky) for a pseudo sleng teng dub pop workout. next up is jabru, the west country gent with releases upcoming on futureboogie and huxleys saints & sonnets with a digital dub gem. side two is jonnie wilkes & james savages naum gabo jamaican inspired alter ego with two uniquely demented takes on the sleng teng riddim. vinyl only!

a three tracker from copenhagens music for dreams and an unusual new house direction for this normally chilled/balearic label, but all 3 tracks still have that definite white isla feeling. limited edition.

unstoppable! the militia is back. the lyon-based crew should have chosen james bond for this seventh reference, but they asked asbrey, mark asbrey. after the relentless -utricule e.p.- from last year, london artist fundamental interaction delivers his second release for the label. night-birds must be careful : this is a ************* coup d état, aimed straight at the dancefloor. there s a fresh emergent scene in the uk, no doubt!

o.v. wrights album -into something- wurde von hi-records qualitativ so hoch eingeschätzt, dass man den künstler mit den besten voraussetzungen für die aufnahmen ausstattete: memphis horns and strings bilden die backing-band, ein gewisser james brown spielt piano, und die besten background-sänger aus den eigenen studios wurden verpflichtet. o.v. wright, der ja zuvor schon mit al green und ann peebles aufgenommen hatte, nutze die gunst der stunde und produzierte dieses kleine soul-juwel und überzeugt zudem mit seinem einzigartigen gesang.

already played & supported by : james ruskin, cari lekebusch, spiros kaloumenos, ortin cam, mattias fridell, joseph capriati, rebekah, chris liebing, richie hawtin, ryuji takeuchi, patrick dsp and many more...

modelmaker is a new london label from the collective minds of dan berkson and james what. the esteemed house duo has long been garnishing a range of international imprints with their inventive analogue house and techno sounds, but now they are focussing on their own outlet. initially launching with a couple of self penned eps, release number three will be the pair s long-time-in-the-making debut album, and after that a considered selection of other talents will join the ranks as the label pushes on. always primarily focussed on machine made, texturally rich house and techno, each release will come with unique artwork based on works from what s great grandfather, conrad felixmuller, who was a well known german expressionist.

die doppel-lp erscheint als limitierte 180g pressung mit 19 von 20 ausgespielten tracks, audiophil auf halber geschwindigkeit gemastered, inkl. bonus-download-code mit allen tracks (einmal komplett ausgespielt, einmal als mixset) in wav/mp3-formaten, inkl. 30x30cm kunstdruck, im gatefold mit antistatischen innentaschen.

( rocketnumbernine remix) first pressing on coloured vinyl! early support from gavin russom, ame, ripperton, a made up sound, james holden, optimo, deadbeat..

mr assister - more commonly known as the drummer that james blake sings for - unleashes his debut double b-side release on 1-800-dinosaur, the london based label and club-night of which he is a founding member. the seismic lead track bala has received rapturous feedback from the likes of jamie xx, jd twitch, martyn, gilles peterson & pearson sound etc and was made on a laptop in mr as kitchen without much knowledge of the software he was using at the time. prior to bala he came up with the deeper, headier house workout reggae drums on the tour bus, using samples of drums from reggae songs.

axe on wax returns with its second release, hopping over the pond to los angeles to welcome aboard calvin james, or better known as rhythm operator.

purple velvet is chris james and lee dearn, two purveyors of deep and sensuous house music since forming in late 2011. having gotten to know each other at various late night music sessions, the pair have increasingly honed their own house sound that s as suited to the dark confines of a club as it is the sunnier vibes of an outdoor terrace.

prostitutes – aka cleveland, ohio marauder james donadio - flexes a whole new set of muscles on nouveauree, his first work for night school. sticking to an all-analogue machinebased strategy, donadio has warped and stripped his palette to create a juddering force majeure across 5 tracks and 28 minutes of power play.

airhead is writing big ones now. inspired by afterhours sessions in some of the worlds best and worst nightclubs, hek024 bangs with the best of them and enforces a new weight behind the producers delicate production style. the roughness debuted on this summers *believe* ep for 1-800 dinosaur (a label rob co-runs with james blake and friends) on which he soaked up plenty of influences from us and uk club tracks/trax and effortlessly intertwined them with his measured songwriting and arrangement skills.

technosoul is a group of dj s & promoters, responsible for some of the best polish parties with techno music within the last years (with guests such as robert hood, surgeon, regis, james ruskin and many others). the idea for a label was born a few years ago – it took more than reasonable amount of time to make it come true. the first release is produced by piotr klejment – member of technosoul, previously known as 0311 and dj ninja. remixes come from perc and sleeparchive.
includes the *technosoul* mix-cd by dtekk.

10 years of dopeness galore brings forth an exciting new project between well established future soul producer inkswel and blossoming underground rnb vocalist charli james.

inspired by the musical lineage of london, chicago, new york and detroit, elements of house music, techno music, bass culture and the rhythms of west africa are all to be found here. distinctive in its raw immediacy, drumtalks music belongs in the same dark corners of the dancefloor as daphni, midland and eliphino. his productions and remixes for more music, sofrito, soundway, huntleys & palmers and now getme! have been making an impact far and wide, getting attention of djs such as james holden, jackmaster, gilles peterson and skream. forthcoming single snb /super vega has received radio play on rinse fm, radio 1 and radio 6.

stephen brown returns on his own imprint with two classy techno cuts.
already support from norman nodge (mdr), laurent garnier, james ruskin, jonas kopp, surgeon,

krakatau man, bodi bill collaborator and all-around nice kid thomalla with his debut on running back. built for an universe in which james holden is the caretaker, you get four slices of romantic krautpop-glitch-house that pleasantly diverge from the current state of dance affairs. artwork by stephane leonard.

the prolific lord of the isles (aka scotlands neil mcdonald) has had a string of stunning 12 inches over the past few years on labels such as permanent vacation, unthank, shevchenko, mule and of course his four track > year of the city ep< on phonica, which was widely acclaimed upon its release in 2012. this time loti presents two long-form tracks, each a mini-masterpiece in itself. the 10 minute plus >greane< bursts into life after an intro of kicks and white noise hi-hats. it continues to slowly build, with pitch-bent synth lines and a pulsing bass-line making way for a melacholic shift in mood. truly original stuff! on the flip, a swirl of synthetic strings introduces ‘gigha’, in a manner that brings to mind rhythm is rhythm’s legendary ‘kao-tic harmony’, before the drums and infectious acid-line join in. over the 8 minutes they continue to interweave and play off each other to dazzling effect. artwork by jack featherstone, the designer of a number of sleeves for border community (including the highly praised campaign behind james holden’s ‘the inheritors’, its singles and live visuals), electric minds, warm and of course, phonica.

die single zum debütalbum von dark sky featured zwei killerhits: -odyssey- ist ein electro- swagger, der in den großen clubs und auf open air festivals diesen sommer ordentlich einheizen wird. die metallische bassline und die euphorischen scifi-stabs klingen nach präzisions-geheimwaffe. ein must-have-tool für jeden electro-, house- oder uk-bass-dj. -silent fall- gibt sich introvertier zwischen james blake und moderat. der subtilere ansatz dieses tracks beschwört verschwitzte sonnenaufgänge und sich langsam anbahnende serotonin ausschüttungen. get it.

cecyl, known by the uk government as james wheeler joins kiz delivering a killer original named forever that s backed up by three diverse remixes also welcoming house enthusiasts james barnsley, mr ks and julian m to the kiz family.we play house music...

the parisian label flyance records newly set up by janeret, ka one & st-sene comes back with their second releases *cycles vol.2*. as the first one, cycles vol.2 is a various with 4 tracks focus on the deeper side of house and techno.
played by: owen jay (battibatti/minuendo/uq), brian james, life recorder, dubbyman (deep explorer music), gaetano battista, toni be, marc cotterell (plastik people), marcelo tavares, toki fuko, doo, brad peterson, supertape, carl h (northern purpose), janeret flyance records, colman buckley, john massiande, anaxander, ka one (flyance records), djp

its safe to say that without vito & druzzi, we wouldn’t be here today. indeed, along with the other members of the rapture (ever heard of them?) and james friedman, they founded throne of blood. our histories go hand in hand. after releasing classic albums on labels like sub pop, dfa, vertigo, and motown- and spending more than a decade touring the world with lcd soundystem, soulwax, the cure, interpol, and franz ferdinand to name a few- vito & druzzi have spent the last few years shifting their focus towards djing and production, building a studio in brooklyn and churning out the jams. its been a labor a love and were very happy to present you with the first fruits of their collaboration

vinyl #7 from maltese label batti batti features tracks from jesus gonsev, owen jay & brian james and andrew duke plus a remix from xdb.

die suol label-bosse chopstick & johnjon melden sich mit der zweiten single-auskopplung ihres aktuellen albums -twelve- zurück! der album-opener -run slowly- ist ein intensiver track mit viel seele und einem brückenschlag zwischen elektronischen und akustischen sounds. eine dicht gelayerte gitarre und stringharmonien, perfekt abgestimmt auf chris james melancholischen gesang, kreieren ein emotionales hörerlebnis, ohne dabei das dancefloor-potential zu opfern. hinzu kommen remixes von andré lodemann, few nolder und quarion.

true old school quality house and techno tunes by o b ignitt, known for his collaborations with omar s, on the first release for his own label.

since the release of tesselas r&s debut, nancys pantry, the momentum has snowballed. earning a radio 1 residency alongside james blake, and a busy gigging schedule, tessela aka ed russell now offers up *rough 2* – the eagerly anticipated next instalment of his alchemic blend of tripped out sonics and punishing percussion. russell has amplified the disorientating elements that swim around the fragmented drum breaks and squirting laser blasts, challenging dancefloors at the same time as tearing them up.

after years as a vocalist and keyboarder in james murphys superband lcd soundsystem, finally nancy whang steps out with her own solo project: 4 cover versions of big songs from the 70ies, each of which is to be produced by a big name of todays electronic scene.

richard burkinshaw and james rial aka audiojack have been at the forefront of underground electronic music for nearly a decade now with the duo dropping their first full length ep on 2020vision in 2006, entitled white noise. here the duo return to the label with a fresh single, following recent output which saw them collaborate with lcd soundsystem’s nancy whang for a single on gomma, and a string of material and remixes on their hugely successful gruuv imprint.

• spellbinding new side project from sigha aka james shaw
• full colour mira jacket design from silent servant... following the latest avian release as sigha, james shaw now unveils his faugust project with a 10 inch title on the avian sub-label - mira.

james brown reworked into a rough and ready frenzy over a bubbling analog jam - a totally infectious raw dancefloor bomb - rumoured to be the work of blue boy. flipside brings the deep calm in a larry heard style - beautiful, warm original hardware cut.

jon hopkins mit *we disappear* aus seinem hochgelobten album *immunity* auf domino. auf der exklusiven single findet sich neben der singleversion (inklusive vocals von lulu james) weiterhin ein genialer, bisher unveröffentlichter remix von moderat, dem gemeinsamen nebenprojekt von modeselektor und apparat. das vinyl erscheint inklusive download-code.

after a lengthy break mark henning returns with his new label swing and four on-point tracks. *stash house* kicks things off with a crisply produced groove with snatched male vocals and rounded bass keeping the swing high. *exit acid* ups the energy levels with an acidic tinged b-line proving a grimier feel whilst flip sides *james hughes blues* is all about the breakdown, a neat synth line and huge bass tones lending it a more anthemic edge. lastly *the horror* opts for a lower key ride, fuller male vocal imbuing the track with a sleazier feeling.

ex bboy turned worldwide rumpshaker. inkswel holds the torch for those who cannot be pigeon holed. australian native, worldwide resident. here he pops up on wolf music’s vinyl only series with 4 tracks of modern boogie featuring collaborations with tom trago, freekwency and vocals from charli james.

played by :owen jay (battibatti/minuendo/uq), dubbyman (deep explorer music), ernie (minuendo recordings), the7notes, james ornate, monsieur cedric (serie limitee), jesus gonsev, och, brad peterson, djp, russ gabriel

the concept of dusk notes is to cater to both the dancefloor and the introspective listener. founded by cory james, an nyc local and one half of brooklyn techno duo point break, and soramimi, a more experimentally inclined producer, the label aims to focus on the spectral and the subconscious.

there is a common thread that runs through all of brandt brauer fricks music. it is this: interesting things happen at the interface of machine and hand-made music. the berlin trios 2010 album, *you make me real*, fused techno and classical. the 2011 follow-up, *mr machine*, saw them go the whole classical-meets-club hog with a ten-piece ensemble playing dance music live. then, earlier this year, came *miami*, a darker, more song-based collection exploring the same man-machine ideas. the berlin trios instalment of the dj-kicks series does the same thing with a mix.
the double vinyl comes in gatefold sleeve and includes the dj kicks mix-cd.

straight from the berlin pioneer of house alex agore, comes his new track the prayer remixed by the uncle of house james johnston. we have already been introduced to alexs eclectic group of productions, his many signings with past or respected house labels like: wilson records, 4lux, defected, washermans deepdownslam and kolour recordings. alex and james also own together no matter what records a vinyl label full of quality and soul. these two together create a vision of sound for the future and soul thats a blast from the past, together they bring you the crème de la crème of house music. welcome to the sound of axe on wax.

der rhythm & blues-fachjournalist lois wilson (mojo, record collector) hat für fantastic voyage tracks aus dem chess katalog aus den genres blues, r&b und rock n roll ausgewählt. die vinyl edition enthält 32 clubtaugliche stücke und einen farbigen einleger. mit dabei sind songs von muddy waters, chuck berry, howlin wolf, bo diddley, john lee hooker, u.v.a.

played by patrick luca (saft/pulp), mark forshaw, owain kimber (owain k), dnart (shift ltd), james ornate, alkalino, fred p aka black jazz consortium, anaxander

five years on bbe is proud to present third installment in their trademark strange breaks & mr thing series. the double vinyl comes in gatefold sleeve, including a cd with the full mic by mr thing.

der erfrischende psychedelic-pop des gleichnamigen django django debütalbums wurde 2012 direkt für den mercury prize nominiert und in den weltweiten jahresbestenlisten abgefeiert (musikexpress #1, nme top 10, us-rolling stone top 30). nun stellt die band ihre persönliche afterhours-session zusammen, in der sie zeitlose perlen aus den plattensammlungen ihrer eltern (roy davis jr, nilsson, james last) mit hip hop und modernen bass-sounds von heute (ramadanman, tnght aka hudson mohawke & lunice, outkast) mischen, ohne dabei ihre einflüsse von sonnengetränktem sixties-pop (beach boys, seals & crofts) zu vergessen. als exklusives bonbon steuern django django zudem eine eigene coverversion des *porpoise song* von the monkees bei. und wie üblich beendet eine exklusive gutenacht-geschichte jedes set, diesmal erzählt von topdarsteller benedict cumberbatch, bekannt aus filmhighlights wie *12 years a slave*, *star trek* oder *the hobbit*

over a year in the making, moon rock volume 1 is the first in a series of compilations assembled by throne of blood recordings geared to explore the outer reaches of electronic ambience, cosmische vibrations, and crystalline acoustics. sparked by their shared love of ambient classics, label head james friedman and long-time tob artists cosmic kids put out a call for new and unreleased drones, beatless versions, and arpeggiated chillout tackle.

with credits between them ranging from hypercolour, future boogie, fear of flying, southern fried, save you and wolf, dj/producers james welsh and ste roberts team up under their r&w pseudonym for this, the 7th release on initials with its clear mandate from the word go back in 2012 to release only the most underground house and techno, initials (helmed by ste himself, hypercolours alex jones and 1trax label boss dave elkabas) delivers the goods yet again with the socks & scandals ep. at just 2 tracks, there is no need to say more, with opener meat an understated mechanical exploration into the art of evolving and hypnotic beat-crafting, while bucket sheep employs rhythmic detail in a broader soundscape to great effect, offsetting the incessant marching bass expertly.