superb collaboration with kalbata & maayan nidam (perlon)

kalbata has turned his hand to many styles over the years, not least the excellent soundsystem explorations of congo beat the drum, but on this second release for his label brush & broom, he s decided to fling himself into the fiery pit of acid while paying tribute to 90s motocross bikes. honda is dripping with 303, punctuated by a twitchy set of drums, while yamaha takes a diversion into moodier territory, letting hazy chords set the tone for an energised but defiantly heads down acid workout. suzuki is a bit spicier, capturing the essence of up-for-it early trax records but edging it into more hypnotic, looped up territory. toyota finishes the ep off with an atonal bleep out with an electro undercarriage

fortuna records boss kalbata launches his new record label brush & broom with this impressive ep, featuring two acid-tinged african percussion excursions for the late hours. obskuur is a ritualistic percussion journey reminiscent of old-school warehouse days while rumoured is a high-tech conga roller layered on top of analog drum machines and an acidic bassline. crucial and limited!

the penultimate release on optimo trax (at least for now) comes from tel aviv’s mighty kalbata. i was already a big fan and was so delighted when he got in touch to see if i would be interested in releasing something by him. unusually for optimo trax this is one track in 3 versions but each version is so different that often i play them all in one dj set. originally there were two versions but as kalbata is a renowned master of dub (check out the documentary online about him recording in jamaica), i gently persuaded him to do a no-holds-barred dub mix too which appears here as enkuan pt 3. a few words about the record from kalbata – i went to ethiopia in the beginning of 2017 to record musicians. the most memorable one was mulugeta teshome who plays the washint flute on this record. it’s a traditional ethiopian flute made out of wood, and mulugeta came to the studio carrying a whole bag of them, each one in a different key. we chose the scale and started the recording session. i ended up taking the tracks a lot further with the three cuts on the record but really it all started that day, in a small studio shack in addis ababa.

slamming dubtechno -- stardub vol.8

superb current steppers

fortuna co-founder kalbata takes the controls for this new, middle eastern techno banger! al-shark is a banging arab farfisa excursion played frantically on an analog techno rhythm section. it s the first release from the fortuna camp which is not a reissue, but worry not, this could easily be an ancient lebanese proto-house experiment unearthed from a dusty reel.for the b-side kalbata takes things even further with a tribal relick of the original, placing us in a voodoo ceremony where ghosts of sinners come to dance. already on heavy rotation by gilles peterson and acid arab, this anthemic 12- is not to be missed! limited vinyl!

excellent 2 track ep ... from minimal to techhouse... huge ibiza alert

a four-track acid ep by veteran producer warlock, out on kalbata s brush & broom label. ex-amount of jaw-grind action from the london underground legend. violent rays and swearings are both straight-up warehouse workouts, comfortably placed next to reflective after-hour gushers run dc and cave tone. once again, warlock demonstrates stunning crisp production, touched by old-school heritage, dating back to pre-94 legislation times. essential.

the second release on obas nenors label nenorion is a gathering of friends and like minded musical misfits from the brooding tel aviv underground.

big remix package on this 12inch for three songs of mop mop s latest album -lunar love. kalbata, nicola cruz, dj khalab and sub_modu don t disappoint with their treatments on this single and deliver great new versions of the originals.

limited picture disc before the release of their new album on bpitch control! nice price action

dj support from: brodinski (turbo), riva starr (made to play), style of eye (pickadoll), zombie disco squad (dirty bird/made to play), teki latex & dj orgasmic (ttc/sound pellegrino), schlachthof bronx (disko b), radioclit (mental groove), douster (zzk), marina (ex-bonde do role), daniel haaksman (man recordings), beni (kitsune), bang gang deejays (modular), trg (tempa), savage skulls (dubsided), top billin (top billin), joyce muniz (man recordings), adam sky (exploited), kissy sell out (bbc radio 1), pathaan (bbc radio1), mixhell (new judas/boys noize), round table knights (deadfish), breakbot (ed banger), malente (exploited/fools gold), kalbata (soul jazz), matt walsh (turbo), john digweed (bbc radio1), lorcan mak, larry tee, ben mono

again if you like your dubstep dark, bare and devastatingly simple, than this one is for you.

the cocoon label presents the cocoon morphs tokyo cd, previously released exclusively in japan. presenting exclusive work by artists of the highest cocoon-caliber, cocoon morphs tokyo also celebrates the aesthetic partnership between world-renowned german photographer and artist andreas gursky and cocoon-head sven vaeth. gursky has published a cycle of large-sized pictures with -cocoon- as the central theme: the -cocoon- pictures reference current club culture, with gursky using the big techno events cocoon stages as inspiration. the architectural frame of his work refers to the design of the cocoonclub in frankfurt. the spatial concept was developed by v„th, together with the design agency 3deluxe. in gurskys cover art, you can see the idealized approach to the original cocoon club in all its fervent glory. here, excellent electronic music meets the work of the most important contemporary german artist worldwide - again, cocoon explores new frontiers and combines art forms of the 21st century. artists include: gerber & kalbata, tiefschwarz, pig & dan, vaeth vs. rother, schneider & galluzzi, ricardo villalobos, david k, and patrick zigon.

this album brings together all the exclusive 12 inch vinyl releases on soul jazz records over the last two-years alongside a super-limited mix cd featuring lots of extra tracks. featuring exclusive soul jazz records singles spanning 2008-9 for the first time on this monster 50-track triple cd (which includes a one-off pressing free limited-edition mix cd), all for the price of a single cd!