rising concern dan shake has achieved what no other has in over a decade: with his debut release in the music world, he has become the very first producer without a detroit heritage or residency to land a release on moodymanns prestigious record label mahogani music. based in london, the former leeds student secured the feat in a charmingly anachronistic fashion: having just watched kenny dixon jr perform alongside the 3 chairs at dimensions festival, dan simply handed over a demo cd with a collection of unreleased tracks. moodymann was hooked almost instantantly, taking the first plunge on welcoming an outsider into his tight-knit crew of detroit strong artists. citing influence from the layered percussive rhythms of afrobeat pioneers such as tony allen and fela kuti, the soul-drenched sampling of j dilla and the kind of dark, dense grooves laid out by contemporary producers such as flying lotus and motor city drum ensemble, dans situation in winding up on a label renowned for encompassing all those traits is obviously a blessing for the young producer.

all songs have been remastered for vinyl by george horn at fantasy studios in berkeley. each lp includes a 12-page booklet with excerpts from darrin huss diary, unpublished photos of psyche with dwayne, and an essay by darrin reflecting on psyche s past and the goettel legacy as well as lyrics. this collection is a glimpse at the early canadian industrial scene and the roots of skinny puppy. go take a walk in the past with an ear for the future you just might learn something.

technorama records is honoured to bring to you this superb new release by stephen brown. edinburghs techno master stephen brown is an artist with a distinct sound, a sound that he has crafted over 20 years from his works on legendary labels such as djax-up-beats, transmat, subject detroit, theory, skudge and of course on his own realtime imprint. here he delivers one just sublime track called medusa which is a structured deep techno track with a built in funky vocals. you can find here also a wicked techno remix by mojuba & a.r.t.less records boss don williams, known also under the oracy alias. 300 copies limited!

just when you thought sleng teng could go no further, it is back with this booming version for the dancehalls of today. dem stylee on the flip side is a perfect compliment to this limited edition white label for all rub a dub bass technicians.

oberman knocks original version (white) is a laid-back affair housed within a glassy place of worship, echoing with monastic vocals, strings, wind instruments and field recordings, which are offset by synthetic beats, funk bass and entwined sleazy vocals.
in contrast autechres remix (black), panning out at just over 17 minutes long, is everything that you wouldd expect from the duo – a frantic, fractured and detailed to within an inch of its life piece, that has no need to build, but instead unravels and mutates into what is an unmistakable autechre crescendo.
whilst both versions play out at opposite ends of the tempo spectrum, what connects them is that they are both emotional machine music with guts and vigour.
repress in standard sleeve.

massive release!!! tei is just a killer of a track.... kickt in jede richtung

if you have ever wondered what it would have sounded like if can grew up going to see ron hardy at the music box and then recorded an album together with francis bebey in the congo, the debut record from black deer may be just for you.
the work of prolific brooklynite william burnett, whose aliases include willie burns, grackle, speculator, galaxy toobin (with eliot lipp), pg&s (with jorge velez) and smackulator (with legowelt) is psychedelic in the truest sense of the world. sprawled across six tracks, burnett fuses various outsider loner genres unto one definitive vision quest all his own, that of the black deer.
limited edition of 400 copies with hand assembled black foiled museum board on silkscreened covers. features fold-out poster and stamped labels by artist marion guillet.

second release of the french label dance around 88. all tracks recorded live machines. vinyl only. the old fashioned guy. ringard in french, find his inspiration in several styles : between acid house, old school raw house, deep house and deep techno. his productions, reflect of 10 years collecting vinyls, are made only with the spontaneity of a live act >one shot< on machines. owner of dance around 88, his aim is to propose a label where you can find different flavors on the same record. let there be house!

limited to 200 copies!
william durant iii is the studio project of lucretio, steve murphy and the legendary dj octopus. together with caio (muscle records) they have released the infamous underground ep *the dove ultimatum* on vae victis records with the pseudonym of durant. they produce their music in the brenta studios only with machines and recording on tape just the first take. together with caio, madì grey and chevel they have founded the independent record label muscle records to promote and spread the sound of brenta, the river which run through the little towns from where they come from, in the venetic swamp.

following up the first release on his new monclova label, david alvarado (ovum, peacefrog, plastic city) returns with the second instalment *battle* hitting on his signature deep, dark techno sound. this 2 track release continues to explore around the edges of techno and deep house, not just crossing genre borders but erasing them completely.

the debut album by dam swindle. it has everything you would expect from the swindles, some slow burners with a hint of disco, some deep house, some banging club monsters and hey, even some leftfield hip hop jams

wild oats is proud to present jay daniels karmatic equations ep. this is his second release, the first being *scorpio rising* out on sound signature. although a newcomer, jay is already known for his rhythmic vigor and twangy synth leads. starting out as just a dj, jay has seamlessly made his way into production, he is a natural and already being praised by some of the best in detroit. the 5 track ep comes as double-vinyl and outfitted in a full color reverse board record sleeve and full color center labels.

tip! past, present and future! mr templar?? svek? the persuader?? jesper dahlback?? we think this record dont need a lot of words. just be fast to get your hands on this amazing series! shrinked.

adam x was very much deep in it in 92: 23 years in the record-releasing game and counting to be exact. could be longer, as thats just going by his discography. founder of sonic groove, also known as traversable wormhole & amdx-71. its enough to know that the man is still seriously killing it, and this is absolutely no exception: acidic, metallic, raw and driving techno for the true heads.

gravitas, talib kwelis sixth solo album, began to take shape in may, during the weeks following the release of kwelis fifth solo album, prisoner of conscious. loaded with guests, prisoner of conscious was well received and reviewed, and gained talib many new fans to add to his already large following. however, kweli soon found himself wanting to record more personal material and really document his journey thru music. when singer ryan leslie, who created the platform that kweli is using to sell gravitas, approached him with the idea of selling direct to fan, songs that were just rough ideas began to fully form in kwelis head.

unreleased early juke tracks on this classic chicago label. real deal & heavyweight snap on this stuff.

no more just tracking down tracks! that has been the law at the monaberry camp for a while now. it rings true with full force, as the monkeys release their seminal and elegantly powerful watching the stars ep

aubrey is a man on everyones lips at the moment. after nearly 25 years of releasing music, the south coast techno pioneer has just completed a busy 2013, including a remix for juan atkins metroplex records and is pushing his own dot records to new heights. here, aubrey has followed up his earlier ferox releases abstractions and inner feelings with two super deep cuts on this techno jazz fuelled 4 -tracker. on remix duties are label boss russ gabriel and his rt-transmissions partner germanys hans thalau.

amsterdam native mr mendel is one those cats you will find digging in the deepest vinyl crates but also one to hook up seriously tight edits. on his debut for basic fingers he has played around with gil scott-herons live version of *the bottle* as well as felas *roforofo fight*. with some smart tweaks and additional production mr mendel delivered a fantastic ep of soulful black dance music. just put it on and dance away :)

9 years on from their inaugural release from back in december 2004, saved records have now reached their landmark 100th release. ever since saved001, skylark presents buick project - chancer / drop the beat saved have stood as a benchmark for quality whilst nurturing new talent and pushing the envelope for electronic music as a whole. celebrating the achievement in style, the maidstone based imprint will be bringing together a mind-blowing collection of the labels favourite producers and djs, covering all aspects of the musical spectrum from deep house to peak-time techno and will be available on limited vinyl samplers.

nice price deal, only standard cover !!! wph 021 hails the return of spains nacho marco, who was responsible for wph 010 together with raoul lambert. for his wph comeback our valencia kid has teamed up with the vocal talents of aqeel, bringing you the acidic soul masterpiece *open*. think deetron on a dark day! on remix duty we find young wph buck kiani & his legion who came up with two remix versions. his basement remix will go well info any levon vincent set and his normal version is vintage kiani. that says it all really, vintage kiani, after just 6 tracks officially released. raw belgian talent at its very best!

starting off 2014 with an italian/manchester collaboration - the 3rd release on el diablos social club sees dj rocca (ajello, erodiscotheque, crimea x) & chris massey (electric elephant, paper recordings) join forces to bring us a selection of spaced out, chuggy goodness with just a bit of a nod to certain croatian festivals. drug chug kicks things off with a plodding 4/4 infused with cosmicesque swooshes & whooshes along with a bassline to rattle the funktion ones. whilst synths reminiscent of the time & space machine add that much needed touch of psych to proceedings. shone takes the party to late night in the club where spiky 909 percussion meets chunky analog basslines before dropping in with distorted & reverb drenched piano chords that guarantee to leave a lasting impression on both the head & heart! remix duties come in heavy on this release with craig bratley dusting drug chug with his own style of studio fairy dust to knock it up a notch that will surely please those who have followed his sounds on andrew weatheralls bird scarer imprint, robsoul, foto, is it balearic, instruments of rapture and his own magic feet label. lastly edscs very own head honcho neil diablo tackles shone and lays off the epic-ness and brings a straight up basement chugger. this release has grit & oomph balanced with a good helping of sunshine infused warmth that will ensure its place in the boxes of both house heads & balearic boys all over!

cardinal is a vinyl only subdivision from invade records. owner ilario liburni kicks off 001 with four deep and expermintal techno tracks.

after a serie of great edits on the previous macadam mambo edits records, guillaume des bois brings us 3 super cool re-edits of deep balearic, afro and funky stuff. top class, youve just got to check on the list

tfj, the vinyl lover and collector from armenia, is not a dj, he just loves house music and loves to produce it, tommy has a love for deep house, and we at deso loves deep house, house music with soul. this is excatly what tfj aka tommy j. finger delivers with this amazing ep on deso.

limited edition of 500 vinyl copies in special die-cut sleeves.
oberman knocks original version (white) is a laid-back affair housed within a glassy place of worship, echoing with monastic vocals, strings, wind instruments and field recordings, which are offset by synthetic beats, funk bass and entwined sleazy vocals.
in contrast autechres remix (black), panning out at just over 17 minutes long, is everything that you wouldd expect from the duo – a frantic, fractured and detailed to within an inch of its life piece, that has no need to build, but instead unravels and mutates into what is an unmistakable autechre crescendo.
whilst both versions play out at opposite ends of the tempo spectrum, what connects them is that they are both emotional machine music with guts and vigour.

romb is back with an analogue attack! a raw & filthy 4-track vinyl, featuring some of the stockholms true underground producers showing respect to the early days,but choosing their own direction. nice one!

nice price deal !!! one sweaty hot week in july 2013, untold ripped into creating his new album, black light spiral, having discovered a land so full of jolts and thrills that the beats wrote themselves and the sounds just kept on coming. the final 40 minute, 8 track album, is as true to the furious and fiery journey untold (aka jack dunning) personally went on as you could hope for. it is unhindered, spontaneous and completely raw. as perfectly imperfect as a trip like this should be. and youwill be left gasping for air.

genial welcomes 2014 with a new release and at the same time a new member in its roster. it is the italy based dj and producer leon who already has an impressive discography on labels like cecille, saved, defected and many many more. on genial he debuts with a track that has caused havoc every single time it got played for the past 6 months in clubs all over the world. king of the jungle takes us back to the past with its old school break beat, while the robot-esque vocal sample brings a flavour from the future. on the remix duties, the label favourite egal 3 provides a deep atmospheric version full of haunting synths and fxs, totally written for those late mornings when you just want to get lost in the music. on the b side, danish producer martinez is taking us to an almost 14 minutes trip with his concealed dub mix, with a deep but very groovy bass and a special arrangement which will keep you going from the start to end.

dan trevitt, long-tenured philly techno dj of the highest caliber and stalwart member of the inciting / great circles crew steps up with the missing, his first 12 inch for the label. trevitt spent most of the past year holed up with a rotating arsenal of hardware in the vacuum, a warehouse that not so long ago played host to a number of memorable parties. machine ghosts fight for freedom, trapped in the dark of smoke, spray paint, solder and ash. but no one s going home just yet.
limited edition of 300 handstamped copies.

just over a year after their debut single for throne of blood, canadian/finnish trio bohemian groove return with two more slices of gritty, technoid funk on *a musical drama*. remixes come from hieroglyphic being and posthuman.

brill deep floating , analog sounding house with chicago & detroit flavours... jazzy

before his upcoming extended ep christian loeffler returns with this seven inch sized record. just like its unusual format this release features two unique pieces of music and an artwork created by loeffler himself. as on his debut album a forest, he teamed up once more with danish vocalist gry bagoien.

following on from the phenomenal success of the dancer k-alexi is back on his own k klassik label with acid king - a no nonsense late night acid house rumbler, with vocals from k alexi showing just why his voice & style has stood above the rest as the true acid king.

xdb returns on dolly with the ganivon ep, the follow-up of his excellent recago ep from 2011. xdb is once again delivering the goods, with 3 top-notch contemporary techno tracks filled with his trademark hypnotic melodies, lush strings and solid groovin beats. favourite is tonik with its classic detroit-feel and special atmosphere. berlin/berghain based answer code request is doing the remix job for ganivon, resulting in an effective techno bomb which perfectly combines industrial techno elements with the dolly feel. recago might have been hard to surpass, but xdb might just have done it. big!

a spectrum of sounds from us house & garage to soulful grooves side one track one: louie balo - dont shut me out this track original came out in 1994 & to this date is super rare & hard to find, louie did us a special cut just for the plastik vinyl release. keeps the original groove but adds drums, fx & of course that classic horn. track two: mikki funk - lose my mind . mikki tight production shines through with a classic garage sound combined with soulful elements, tight chords and beautiful use of the vocal - one for the heads for years to come. side two track one: tuff jam & mike sharon - thank you house music. masterpiece of us house & uk garage sound. im sure everyone is already familiar with tuff jams work from the 90’s & his work with matt lamont, this time he teams up with mike sharon who adds his usual touch of quality with his production & deep shuffling drums & driving bassline.. this is a must have track two: marc cotterell - jus dance featuring karl the voice. soulful tip on this one from the label owner. tough us drums with soulful grooves and classic chords. matched by the amazing vocals of karl the voice who has worked with derrek carter & playin 4 the city. beautiful production and sound to round of the ep

khandoits hypnotic 100 bpm stomp does not adhere to genre or fickle trends, it simply bangs. the track begins with a sturdy kick and piano glissandos which recall alice coltranes most transportative work. as the beat picks up, a creeping, filtered arpeggio enters its journey between rhythmic and downright nasty serving as the track s primary drama. its a stunning intro to the new label grimy trax, a musical chameleon that can be dropped at the beginning, middle or end of the night. to complement the epic a-side, grimy returns to the endlessly talented midwest and emerges with lulu, an original track by deejay/edit ace bruce ivery. the track seamlessly combines the chicago acid sound with the clever vocal sampling of early 90s nyc house. the result is pure peak-time heat. towards the end of the track, ivery arranges brief melodic elements into a propulsive disco facsimile. this unexpected turn summarizes the philosophy of the new label and the way this small group of artists selects and makes records. it doesnt matter if its house, disco, or techno, just make it grimy!

japenese guy, takeshi kouzuki is well known for his productions on mathematics, abstract acid or hotmix. he has demonstrated his talent as a producer on every single track he has released. and we are really glad to deliver this ep with 3 awesome tracks of >nu-chicago house<, acid and jakbeat music, be certain that the voodoo is this wax. whirlwind will hypnotize you with its beautiful acidic melodies. * aoiro* is a massive jakbeat raw track on which you can feel the influence of traditional japanese music, absolute dancefloor killer! moon is just beautiful in all those points, it will put you in the trance, takeshi is a master of perfection so far!

the third in the modular techno series from live analogue artist and freerotation organiser steevio. after 15 years of producing techno live on hardware, in 2009 steevio began building a dedicated machine on which he could totally improvise an entire techno performance from a blank canvas that far surpassed anything he could do with his previous setup of drum machines and synthesizers. steevio’s modular is 100 analogue, there is no computer involved, there are no memories to save sounds or sequencing patterns, and everything is improvised in real time.. volumes 1 and 2 of the series were just a taster of what was to come, and were the early experimentations on steevio’s newly built machine. steevio records everything he does, especially during the intense practice sessions for live gigs. all the music in the series are out-takes from these practice sessions, and the tracks from volume 3 and the forthcoming volume 4 all come from a three day period in practice for a recent live gig at delete, bournemouth, uk. volume 3 continues from where volume 2 left off but delivered with more confidence and a deeper more hypnotic feel. steevio continues to develop his skills and fine tunes his unique instrument in this dedicated for life project.

virgo four deliver a deep 4-tracker with a touch of acid for the chiwax series.

with *believe in love* yousef returns home to circus recordings with 3 cuts that have been turning heads all summer long. the title track features the legendary vocal of roy davis jr who once again, asks the world a poignant question. a rolling, infectious and gnarly groove develops and unfolds into a long and harmonic breakdown before a blistering crescendo. designed for the heads but with still enough action for the people that follow yousefs more musically trickier offerings.
just a beat is exactly that. yousef busts out a stripped back boogie bass over tight drums and oddball acid. no messing around, heads down, hands up. what is revolution is completely reworked by circus label mates acid mondays. remixing one of the stand out cuts from yousefs recent *a product of your environment* artist album, the mondays show how to bring authentic house music into the 21st century.

a new release from towlies kaeften label, the first out in the blackandwhite 7inch series with a super sad remix from facit who just released his debut album on mimimal wave!

from the tropics comes whiskey disco, a sneaky re-edit label bent on dredging the decanter for diffident dancefloor genius from latent disco perpetrators. it is loosely connected to sleazy mcqueen and his assorted cohorts.
whiskey disco #25: it started in 2009 when a friend rang sleazy mcqueen and asked to *press some of those edits he has been making* and has now reached its 25th vinyl release. time flies when you are having fun - and fun has always been the cornerstone of whiskey disco. back to the roots ep exemplifies the label mission and the disco hippies who cherish it. loops filtered, space rocked and jam band, whiskey disco has made a mark on the edit scene that few can dispute and we have only just begun.

michigan native todd osborn, also known as soundmurderer, also known as osborne, also known as superstructure… ran the first drum & bass record store in the detroit area, the legendary dubplate pressure shop and would later own his own label, rewind records. todd has also built airplanes, computers and hovercrafts. or has he? at this point we need to just accept a mystery.

piston recordings label boss rogerio martins is next up on his own well-established label with a new track that gets plenty of great remix treatment from joss moog, james dexter and jr from dallas. martins has steered his label through a dizzying amount of quality releases since 2007 picking up support from the likes of laurent garnier and john aquaviva who have confirmed themselves as fans in the past and this new release is sure to find just as much favour with the top dogs. >gonna be mine< is the one martins original and is a classical inclined bit of mature house music with sombre piano chords draped over nicely shuffling percussion. subtle human sounds litter the arrangement and more lively stabs enter the fray in the latter half but essentially this is all about the warm and inviting groove.

for over 12 months thomas feriero aka avatism, our friend and label partner, has been staying at home and working on his album. he moved to berlin to work on it and now sadly (for us) yet (gladly) for him he is moving back to milan. poof! just like that. so what did this year entail exactly? well for some of us not much. we got to see him in his studio comfy pants a couple of times (he wears slippers) we heard his studio woes, ate pasta with him, drank beers and of course got to hear his album at every juncture. while this self-imposed exile may have been a little worrisome the result is fortunately spectacular. adamant is a glimpse into how a city shapes a life and how intrinsically life then shapes music.

the first keep it zen release of 2014 is a big one: future major player and romanian house gangster paco wegmann returns to us with a full four track ep titled pimpin. no bullshit, just real house music! the ep, already been spun by the likes of dj sneak, is loaded with raw underground grooves, jacking as hell chicago beats and killer bass line workouts that will feature heavily in other a-list sets this new year

jorge c. is not only a great producer (who was also signed by the legendary detroit matrix label), but also label owner of the well known chile based ojo de apolo. jorges music is strongly rooted in detroit deep house, chicago jack sounds and mid-nineties peak time housemusic, but also known to just as easily fuse a wide variety of other styles including dub, experimental electronica, future jazz, nu wave, disco, afro beats & particularly 80ies rare funk. check *love song*, an absolut party firecracker fused with funk elements which really freaked us away. dan piu aka george b. from allstarr motomusic re-worked jorges *jam* song slightly by adding some cool cuts and jazz chords. big shouts to our graphic artist and multi talent popshop, who always delivers 100% quality. pressing on red coloured & marbled vinyl.