from uvb-76 music’s fractal personnel rises karim maas. a familiar face behind a new mask, maas, one of the sonic panjandrums at the core of the labels sound submits an aural experience that bleeds between genre and tone with striking ease, negotiating a through line that is hard to pin down in any moment before it shifts again. a stunning ep that remains true to uvb-76 music’s core tenants. four absolute steamers and a huren remix for good measure.

nice price deal !!! beginning its activities in the early nineties, the shadowy gescom collective has released material on clear, leaf, chocolate industries, skam, warp, worm interface, and source labels.
gescom exists as a platform for a number of aligned artists to work in various different combinations, whilst remaining otherwise-anonymous. personnel in gescom has varied from release to release and even track. gescom continues to operate and shift its identities.

credits: / personnel: richard youngs (vocal, casio) paul thomson (electronic drums) luke fowler (serge modular, dx7) buchla-ized vocals by sam wolk. mixing by ernst karel at sensory ethnography lab infotext: luke fowler is a turner prize nominated artist and musician based in glasgow, honorary scotsman richard youngs has been involved with music for most of his life. notching up 140 releases, seamlessly drifting through musical genres inventing the no genre genre in the process. the post-punk autodidacts post-punk autodidact - clive bell, the wire. paul thomson currently drums for franz ferdinand

impossibly rare sweet soul & funk from the vaults of miami s bold records (a subsidiary of the mighty t.k. disco label). there s scant information on reid inc as a group but the album boasts some gorgeous soulful melodies from the all female personnel and features stellar string & horn arrangements from miami studio stalwart mike lewis (blowfly, kc & the sunshine band, latimore, fern kinney) & is produced by the mighty clarence reid who has written, recorded & produced too many records to list here (betty wright, wilson pickett, dusty springfield, bobby byrd, gwen mccrae) throughout his 50+ year career. this is a real rarity, a record that fetches top, top dollar ($500 plus) on-line among soul, funk & disco aficionados. -what am i gonna do- has been comped numerous times but this is the first time the whole lp has been re-mastered & re-issued on vinyl (having previously only been re-released on cd in japan) brought to you in conjunction & with the permission of t.k. disco / henry stone music, miami usa.

meet renart, genius, young and mysterious french techno producers, largely noticed over the last few years for his carefully crafted releases on french labels such as cracki records, dawn records and the acid arab compilation. for his 4th ep, renart produced four house tinted techno tracks for the launch of the hong kong based house + techno label fragrant harbour.

supported by: miss kittin, dj hell, gabriel ananda , butch.... afu limited sub-label called afulab/afu laboratory !! the first release on afulab is hitting like a bomb with the more than well known kiko from france ! after his releases on datapunk, turbo, pias, gigolo, good life, confused and his own hot banana, he starts the new label with a big bang ! three fatt dancefloor burners that only he could deliver in his own unique style !