folklore series is the music label created by the folklore team, based in toulouse, france. active since 2009, we gradually diverged from traditional clubs in order to reconnect with a certain freedom and to assert our values by investing alternately abandoned places and warehouses for our parties. freedom that we also defend in our music while proposing a range of sounds derived just as well from the origins of disco’s, secret raves, or sound system culture.
the gfd label is back with its 7th vinyl, revealing stories from the mythology of the underground sound on a primo va compilation! included in the box: deep jams cooked in berlin by sece & max alban. a groove-infused, first-time collaboration between funk e & guy from downstairs. an undeniable, trouble-making bassline trademark of floog. and, not the least, a gracious closing of the va with a cosmical trip by direkt.
mysterious label qnqn strikes again with a fresh collection filled with good vibes and an adventourous approach to new and old school edits. started as a pledge to the groove, the focus will everlastingly be on the sound and nothing more.
supported by:hannah wants, jacky, gorgon city, mark knight, groove armada, sonny fodera, boris, leftwing & kody, pax, claptone, the golden boy, roger sanchez, martin ikin, ferreck dawn, de la swing, eli brown, erick morillo, tcts
gatefold! john ghost is ingenious and exploratory, often described as a symbiosis between the sounds of steve reich, john hollenbeck, nils frahm and jaga jazzist.created around the ghent guitarist and composer jo de geest, the belgian sextet draw on influences from jazz, rock and post-classical music, where minimalism, electronics and a cinematic atmosphere characterize their instrumental music.
repress without 7 inch! five guys jamming together, each throwing in funk-nuggets from a finely honed appreciation & a shared love of the good groove. this studio project was compiled from a free-wheeling desire to just team up and play together, see what happens... the holy trinity of rhodes, clav and live bass, all wrapped up in a heavyweight rhythm section has provided the backbone to over 50 years of ground-breaking and floor-shaking black american music. the max graef band project channels this energy with the tight efficiency of the headhunters tag-teaming the new power generation, oh yeah - anyone expecting elbow patch, 6th form funk can think again, this is mosquito’s tweeter territory folks. from raw, p-funkin jams to punk-funk workouts & freestyle jazz flavours, dog pays homage and wears its influences proudly, while bringing a fresh take on the foundation funk that informs this collective’s own celebrated sample-house revival.
ELECTRONIC VOYAGES: EARLY MOOG RECORDINGS 1964-1969 (LP)
12 Inch 24.09.19
the first compilation of its kind, electronic voyages contains seven scarcely heard and difficult to track down moog recordings from the 1960s, including tracks by bob moog, ruth white, intersystems, and lothar and the hand people.
from classic vibes to modern grooves, the first vibes and grooves release comes from swiss house veteran shaka. with releases on traxx underground, balance and kolour ltd to name a few, for our very first release shaka delivers 4 house tunes in different ways that will move your body and touch your soul.
major heat for the dance floor! three cuts take you back to the mid 80 s pushing that electro boogie & post disco sound of brooklyn & chicago when the hustlers ruled the streets & everybody was fresh and fly! featuring artists, james cobbin & prime cut, firefox and crystal. limited one sider! disco
2019 repress - first recorded in 1983 under the name visual, boyd jarvis s cut the music got me is one of the first true house records. a staple on the 80s new york club scene, the visionary instrumental dub was played everywhere from the paradise garage to zanzibar, dance-floors packing to it s mix of throbbing bass and wooshes of analogue synth magic. at ransom note we ve long been obsessed with the record, so when house hunting s aiden d araujo interviewed boyd - and found out that we could license it - we jumped at the chance. now, we present the music got you sounding bigger and better than ever before. remastered from boyd s original tapes by keith tenniswood at curved studios, the music got me is pressed on limited edition, heavyweight vinyl for clarity and bass pressure. complimenting the original release come 2 completely new mixes the first is a dubbed out masterpiece from edit-king nick the record alongside dan tyler of the idjut boys. between them they take the essence of jarvis s original and tease it out into a cavernous disco killer. next up comes bawrut man behind ransom notes debut release, the nu-acid anthem ciquita. bawrut does what he does best, throwing in latin percussion, layers of screwball 303 burbles, and a sense of joy, all whilst keeping boyd s original bass groove rolling.
manchester-based producer, dj, so flute co-founder and radio host, yadava debuts on omena with earth tones. just like his previous music released on fine labels such as ad hoc records, church and banoffee pies, yadava is offering an unique twist on melodic and rhythmic jazz influenced music that highlights his growth as an artist.
first official lp release of the 1996 triple cassette / cd compilation. limited edition purple 6x12 inch vinyl in a collectors slipcase with download code included.
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