2016 reissue of the classic 1986 genesis album “invisible touch”.

ats everything makes his much-anticipated edible label debut with the girl powder ep, his first release since january of this year, and the first to land on his own imprint. comprising two new tracks, ritas e and veronica electronica. 2016 has already been a huge ride for the bristolian dj & producer extraordinaire along with huge club cuts the duster (featuring green velvet) and big discs, remixes for disclosure and green velvet (taking the classic) flash track to dizzying new heights), eats mixed the 86th edition of fabrics fabled compilation series back in february. and as the edible label edges towards its first anniversary, a slew of highly well received releases from the likes of rhythm masters, jesse perez, lauren lane, lord leopard and brett johnson, have established the imprint as a consistent force for quality house music. with its infectious bassline, dubbed out keys and vocal call to arms, ritas e find eats on top form, carving out an energetic and funky club cut, whilst veronica electronica gets deep, down and twisted with its duetting vocal delivery, hard hitting drums and rave-esque sirens.

“steven tyler” - a title derived from the combination of both artists first names . scud one (steven) and t-white (tyler) focus on the integration of beats, interludes and spoken-word comedy skits delivered with absurd - and sometimes sardonic - wit. it’s a packed album, filled with colorful sounds, spacey artwork and irreverent humor throughout. as a collaborative effort, it showcases the strengths of both its producers, and makes for a unique blend.
pressing on transparent, green coloured vinyl.

waxtefacts swings by the block with a bunch of ep’s from the crew. first off - strip steve with the dog days ep. landing on the a-side - cause it’s cold outside cools up the vibe with it’s evolving racing mood which is set to shift temperatures across any room. whatever u.b. pushes you back where you came from and gets your inner you dancing with the other inner you. for machine gum funk, strip steve teams up the mysterious dj storch for a live jam that captures the moment. capo puts the crown of the ep with teleporting you to the land of dreams where we will leave you hanging until the next wxtfx release.

todd osborne playing around and dropping two killer cover versions of classic tracks!! two acid tracks -acid thunder / land of confusion - masterfully replayed on the historic machines by todd osborn who brings even more dynamics and impact than the original tracks!!!!! tip!

for over five years, all day i dream has been where deep and emotive meet house music. propelled by a community of forward thinking artists drawn around the scion of master curator and sunset/sunrise set specialist, lee burridge. all day i dream formally welcomes lost desert to the label with the release of lingala, a two-track collaborative effort with burridge himself, that also features junior on vocals. lost desert was picked out of obscurity after burridge discovered his music while trekking in a remote area of a long lost land. a fast forged friendship inevitably lead to the studio, and lingala’s the enrapturing sophomore result. the duo’s first project together debuted on lee’s night time imprint, get weird, earlier this year to widespread support. lingala, is a beautifully composed ten-minute sonic journey. built around a mystical lead vocal sung by newcomer junior in his native linagles the raw emotion slowly builds in intensity over propulsive basslines and deep melodic grooves . gorje hewek & izhevski’s interpretation of lingala is a markedly different affair. focussing on musical layers rather than the vocal the duo’s signature spacey atmospheres and minimal rhythmic percussion add extra strings creating uplifting moments that contrast the original’s mood.

jonny nash remix! not an animal keeps up the pace and pressure with yet another high quality distinctive release, further cementing the labels specific sound and revealing more of the scope of its musical mission. machete savane are compromised of label co owner andy bainbridge and producer/composer saul richards. manticore continues with their instantly recognisable hi octane yet organic discofied sound, as previously displayed via their releases on cynic and redux. remix wise, there s a very much night and day choice to be had here, with johnny nash (land of light) providing his trademark blissed-out ambience to a beatless rendition and ian blevins taking the original even further into dancefloor territory, upping the tempos and evoking the drive of paperclip people.

(vinyl + download) thomas werbrouck (little trouble kids) has a new project called krankland, a four piece band with christophe claeys (sx, magnus, balthazar) on drums, thomas mortier (yuko) on bass and janko beckers (faces on tv) on guitar.

praise poems vol.1: gilles peterson (worldwide / brownswood rec.): one of my fave comps of 2015. praise poems vol.2: oliver korthals (mojo / out of spectrum on byte fm): extremely well put together track listing of artists which i have never heard before. left me with my mouth open... - highly recommend! praise poems vol.3: dom servini (wah wah 45s): this is incredible.

kanzleramt presents *consistency remixes*, a three track remix ep of as-yet unreleased ray kajioka originals, hinting at new material on its way soon from the berlin-based artist and kanzleramt mainstay. the ep will land on vinyl in september of 2016 and features remixes from detroit legend rolando, as well as the persuader (aka jesper dahlbäck) and kanzleramt label-head heiko laux.

if you love contemporary minimal music, then you are certainly familiar with the greek artist stathis leontiadis. with his bands human puppets, exetix and plexiglas this musician became one of the stars of the genre. now he is back with doric. with this solo project he already released a single and an album on fabrika and a 10- on domestica. the new release is once again a 10-, this time on peripheral minimal. doric uses a special concept. the a-side is the so-called asleep side and is about loneliness: music that sounds paranoid. sleep of reason is almost unbearable, it s madness driven by minimal electronics. everything is very danceable, but this is the dance of madness. the minimal sound comes straight from the 80s. over my dreamssounds a bit like the early parade ground. simply great! head against the wall (a title that needs little explanation) is slow and compelling.

from the disputed border somewhere between lancashire and yorkshire, g..h. claims a no mans land where he is free to decimate distinctions between black metal, grime and concre&#768,te techno by drawing upon an elusive, metaphysical force that’s exclusively common to music rooted in that region, from muslimgauze and autechre thru shackleton and demdike stare. the inarguably mongrel housebound demigod is g.h.’s debut solo album, following the ground ep (2011) and his involvement with the hexed pendle coven project & hate, alongside miles whittaker and andy stott, respectively, between 2003 - 2009.

hamburgs finest pay kusten presents three new power-generators on resopal - equipped with the right measure of steam and courage. his jagdgründe ep for resopal couldn t prove better his prediction that in 2016, minimal dubby techno will contain more warm and melodic components. jagdgründe ep provides us with bass-prone reduction somewhere in between techno and house, and harmony bits that remind of calypso, perfect for the open-air season. on top a remix by label mate rodden von ast.

debut ep for producer romain poncet (aka traumer) as marion poncet. this release was made to be a wonderful journey in the land of hippos.

im jahr 2013 veröffentlichte sinan49 in eigenregie das mixtape -4zuder9-, welches einen kleinen hype erzeugte. einige labels sowie künstler, unter anderem nate57, wurden darauf aufmerksam. rattos locos lud sinan49 ein als support mit nate57 auf die -land in sicht- tour zu gehen, und 2016 ging sinan49 erneut mit nate57 auf -gauna tour-. durch einen freund bahnte sich parallel der kontakt zu brisk fingaz und gee futuristic an. in zusammenarbeit mit den beiden produzenten entstand das album -mitte des blocks-. das album ist ein an den 90er jahre east coast sound orientiertes, düsteres und dreckig produziertes album, welches einheitlich und ohne ausreißer einen roten faden durch die produktionen zieht, die von brisk fingaz & gee futuristic stammen. die texte sind ehrlich, gespickt mit nachdenklichen, realistischen themen, die ihn umgeben und zuständen, in denen sinan lebt: keine Übertreibungen oder phantasiethemen, einfach gerade wirklichkeit.

on scissor and threads fourth release of 2016, newcomer villete takes a turn in the spotlight on their deep house stunner, girl next door.

ubers latest offering is a sublime 5 track ep from french producer shelter. sailing on a black sea is a drifting piece of ambient electronica. late night stargazing on the deck with the waves gently lapping on the shore. sad beach continues with the layered textures with a little more of a percussive feel. through the desert land is shimmering mesmerising journey through the dunes with loose congas soft guitars and a hypnotic jews harp. seaport theme continues the coastal vibrations but with a touch of bounce and uplifting choral vocal stabs and louche pads. finally water plain closes the journey with kalimbas and xylophonic melodies and the contining theme of phosphoescent seas and soothing synth sounds. a very accopmlished slice of beach bar balearica destined for sunsets around the med for years to come.

rome native marco piovesan is a dj’s producer. his driving style, pristine sound quality and nuanced tones makes his techno of the variety that draws bodies to the dance floor, and keeps them there. 2013 was his breakout year which saw releases land on gynoid audio, m_rec ltd.. that same year piovesan launched his own enterprise, h.omevvork recordings, as a haven for richly emotive techno music imbued in ‘90s spirit. to date it’s three ep’s have been remixed by luminaries such as giorgio gigli, daub and m_rec ltd’s sadly departed chief max_m. piovesan joined the key roster soon after as part of a split ep with another (then) up-and-comer, hector oaks. his two works, “black paranoid 7” and “black paranoid 10”, were clean, steely dj fodder underscored with a dark energy that made both of them potent club weapons. now piovesan returns with four cuts of surging, remorseless marching material design to tear up strobe-lit basements and big room halls alike. for djs who take no prisoners, who enjoy calling on the old techno ghosts too.

nice price deal !!! canyons story is one of intrigue and mystery, one that can be traced back to the nether valley in the outer regions of the western australian landscape. ryan grieve and leo thomson began making music separately, under various guises, before coming together as canyons.

daniele baldelli producer now has nothing to envy about daniele baldelli the dj. this is demonstrated by the authoritativeness of the first two 12”s of six in the series -cosmic temple” on the mondo groove label. what first strikes the eye are the covers, with fluorescent colors, which will form a patchwork created by aldo drudi (the designer of valentino rossi), a large mosaic that interprets garish aesthetics/logoa cosmic. but immediately after the music takes the stage: 3 tracks in -chapter 1- and 3 tracks in -chapter 2-, are able to tell the true mood of the imaginary baldelli’s sound and take them to a land of wonders. chapter 2: the phrasing of zircaloy, and still that yin and yang that composed krebs cycle, with burattini on synth, a race horse deep disco at 120 bpm that goes into stratospheres, and afelio, a lethargic space ballet at 90 bpm.

daniele baldelli producer now has nothing to envy about daniele baldelli the dj. this is demonstrated by the authoritativeness of the first two 12”s of six in the series -cosmic temple” on the mondo groove label. what first strikes the eye are the covers, with fluorescent colors, which will form a patchwork created by aldo drudi (the designer of valentino rossi), a large mosaic that interprets garish aesthetics/logoa cosmic. but immediately after the music takes the stage: 3 tracks in -chapter 1- and 3 tracks in -chapter 2-, are able to tell the true mood of the imaginary baldelli’s sound and take them to a land of wonders. chapter 1: numbers like thyratron, with ricky burattini (justofunk) on piano, playing a utopian fusion as if peter daou was weaned at cosmic in lazise (italy) instead of the paradise garage in new york, or inner light, francesca amati with the voice, which is pure 2015 electro-pop, and the rhythmic bass on diffrazione.

jungle gym records presents districts, the official debut of newcomer lac seul. through endless whirlpools and over cliff-side, jg02 is at home neither on land nor sea, wading in the shallows of the dreary pacific coast. in the end, it’s only after the tide has gone that one can see what’s left behind.

culled over the naïve bedroom sessions of early university, “chillax” is akin to blaring an extra hot mixtape from a junky deck in your car on your way to cape canaveral to see the last space shuttle leave earth, all while trying to speed run kirby’s dream land on your sister’s gameboy color.
heavy sampling tends to drive this jeep and give it some character, many popular/unknown gems lifted from various dusty tapes and wax procured from thrift stores and vinyl throughout northern florida, cheap drum machines are clumsily slammed against it all and keep everything in a familiarly dance-y zone, while amateur chords and melodies are provided via guitar center synths and youtube ripped commodore 64 blips and stabs (note the cheeky nintendo voices as outliers). a fusion of analog discoveries and pixelated memories (melded together by the relentless florida heat), its an apt soundtrack for long and wistful road trips.

nice price deal !!! electropunk mit mixen von khan, shrubbn &steve morell. steve - nicht george

copenhagen based music for dreams are proud to unleash the debut album of swedens prins emanuel. the first full length solo album of prins emanuel is a concept album revolving around the medium of the vinyl record itself. with a functionalists attitude, its two sides can serve two different purposes. translated from swedish, the album title reads “work/leisure time”: which are the moods the two sides are meant to reflect.

the ultimate tribute project with all exclusive new recordings featuring the new breed of jamaican stars and upcoming artists like chronixx, jah 9, iba mahr, jesse royal, kabaka pyramid, ikaya, exco levi and exciting bands like raging fyah or no-maddz. also paying tribute are the international known and established artists jah cure, maxi priest, and gyptian, richie spice, with also the veterans freddie mcgregor and mutabaruka being on board. all tracks have been recorded with producer legend clive hunt, who also appears with two instrumentals as the vp hit team. -we remember dennis- comes as 2lp-vinyl set with 20 tracks available including high-quality printed inner sleeves presenting sleeve notes and images!

noleian reusse and jamal moss team up again as africans with mainframes for “faces of africa” ep. think early ibadan or smile records b-sides of murky excursions in tribal and techno!

early support by: hernan cattaneo, archie hamilton, dj vibe, hector moralez, ibiza sonica, terence terry, two diggers, djebali.
the second release from strings records is produced by nutons, a project created by dj vibe and fauvrelle for their less obvious studio output. the duo made their debut on innervisions records in 2014 with their track -umble, which gained global respect from names like visionquest crew, dixon, art department and many others! holding for an all year on innervisions top 10 sales.

nun auch als limitiertes doppelvinyl erhältlich! das dreampop-trio veröffentlichte 2011 seine debüt-ep. schon diese drei songs (the story, supernatural und hey) zeugten von ihrem sorgfältig ausgearbeiteten sound.

dark city ensemble - the collaborative effort of chris gray and darand land. best known for their sought-after works on the cult label deep4life, present four recovered tracks from the archives. all material contained in this 12” was originally produced during the d4l/sound principle era and possesses the emotive overtones that captured the minds of that special period.

2015 was probably the busiest of my career, during the course of the year i lived many hours of flights and delays at airports, stayed at hotels with wonderful views immersed in nature and others, on the contrary, very urban. i must admit that many of these scenarios were the kick start of the creative process of oscillators ep. this is an ep conceived strictly for the dancefloor, and its creation was a perfect combination between air and land, as all the tracks began on a plane and were developed on land. a very important part of the creative process when youre working on a track is the mood youre in, and there is always an extra excitement before, during and after each show, the space where you work. i take advantage of that moments and translate those feelings into music. - flug

though theyre both originally from kansas, chrissy & hawley met in chicago, and began working together on songs that unite their very different individual styles: emotional dance music with catchy melodies and thoughtful lyrics in the tradition of yazoo, pet shop boys, arthur russell, kid creole & the coconuts, larry levan, and patrick cowley. their debut album comes hot on the heels of an ep on smartbar’s own northside ‘82 imprint, which has won over tastemakers like the black madonna, jackie house & jason kendig (honey soundsystem), prince rama, and avalon emerson. “some of the most earnest and charming pop music i’ve heard in years” - avalon emerson “iÕve been obsessing over ‘photoboothÕ” - jason kendig nite owl co-founder chrissy is a genre-bending dj / producer, known for releases on labels like classic, freerange, razor-n-tape, planet mu, and hypercolour, his influential “my year of mixtapes” blog, and his dj residency at the legendary chicago nightclub smartbar. hawley shoffner is a chicago-based singer-songwriter with a distinctive, immediately recognizable voice in the tradition of karen o, kathleen hanna, or siouxsie sioux. 2lp includes special insert and digital download code

daniele baldelli producer now has nothing to envy to the daniele baldelli dj. this is demonstrated by the authoritativeness of the first two 12inch of six of the series cosmic temple on mondo groove label. what strikes the eye are the covers, with fluorescent colors, which will form a patchwork created by aldo drudi (the designer of valentino rossi), a large mosaic that interprets garish aesthetics/logo cosmic. but immediately then the music takes the stage, 3 tracks in chapter 1 and 3 tracks in chapter 2, able to tell the true mood of the imaginary baldellis sound and take them to a land of wonders. chapter 3: gandarva switching from a balearic atmosphere to an interstellar space travel.in kosmaro the voice of monica giacomobono describes a sleepless night traveling delirious on the notes of the keyboard played ricky burattini (justofunk) which then

daniele baldelli producer now has nothing to envy to the daniele baldelli dj. this is demonstrated by the authoritativeness of the first two 12inch of six of the series cosmic temple on mondo groove label. what strikes the eye are the covers, with fluorescent colors, which will form a patchwork created by aldo drudi (the designer of valentino rossi), a large mosaic that interprets garish aesthetics/logo cosmic. but immediately then the music takes the stage, 3 tracks in chapter 1 and 3 tracks in -chapter 2-, able to tell the true mood of the imaginary baldellis sound and take them to a land of wonders. chapter 4: an ingredient that can not miss in baldelli cosmic project is afro-beat: joka joka, sung by congolese bale mondonga. vhanessa is a magical flight in search of distant galaxies, a tribal electro joints game a kind of rubik s cube. the kraftwerk-ian archetipo leaves us waiting for the arrival of the chapter 5 and 6 to complete this cosmic temple, to listen to and to watch the puzzle of 6 covers

here s a new remix record from aaron spectre, an american producer known for building bridges. nearly a decade after his first amen, punk vinyl was released in japan and became a worldwide underground staple, he s back refining the energetic hybrid sound further. jungle boots is four tracks of genre-unifying white label goodness, flawlessly cut to vinyl and ready to rock.

the fallen angel. the rebellious soul expelled from the pearly gates and forced to live in hell among mere mortals for eternity. here they endeavour to condition and corrupt everything around them, a bold middle finger aimed in the direction of its former home in the promised land. now imagine a soundtrack to this tragic tale. funkineven—also known as steven julien— has made just that with his debut album fallen.

jongno edits is a homage to the golden age of k-pop: psych-rock, funk, disco, boogie… 60 s, 70 s, 80 s… countless hours spent getting our hands dusty in the record shops and flea markets of jongno-gu, the central district of seoul, in order to dig out the ultra-rare gems from the land of the morning calm . expect a complete reinterpretation of hard to find music, masterfully looped, edited and remastered for your listening and dancing pleasure! the first volume, a limited edition of 300 hand-stamped white labels, contains two tracks: the a side is a spacey edit of south korean ballroom disco. the slappy intro is followed by a rolling bass line, keeping the groove locked for the tape delay expeditions. side-b is a cut and paste of a classic disco-rock tune. k-pop history right here!

mysterious kiev based label. lumitecc, brother g, kiddmisha, iv mickey on a hypnotic ride thru the land of grooves!

the second release of full pupp slipts, our little sublabel for greatest future hits by our key staff mambers, ventures into the land of late 80 and 1990s plenty - some will remember it as that mythical place where whistles roam and mateys dwell to the sound of knob twiddling people and their 303. our first edition in an ongoing series, a norwegian love letter to acid house or as vi say:Æsid! vi kal it aesid 1 read: we call it acid volume one features 4 of our best production teams with their very best in classic acid house and that all - with such immense o pleasure, you can almost even feel that ecstasy. carefully select until we had them together to sound profound and as complete as volume one is! check yourself. its that sick, really. you won t regret! we let the music speak for itself. more hotness and hot mess just around the corner, more volumes to follow later.

the enduring search seemed to lead further away from the nooks and crannies of the land, hiding in the remote silence and depth of the undiscovered. novelty always awaits around the corner. proving his quality time and time again, we continue with the next chapter in the love over entropy saga on something happening somewhere.

played by: craig bratley, jonny 5, benjamin fröhlich, james friedman
gone beyond. that s what they say when an (astro) pilot crashes to earth and takes the journey into the big sky. when juan trippe took that last flight little did he know that his re-incarnated self would be an electronic pioneer. in tandem with his co-pilot guido zen (his own father also a pilot) and kyle martin (from the land of light) they formed brain machine and scaled the highest peaks to bring back music both unearthly and intensely human. are we all not stardust anyway? this music proves it, takes you out flips you over and rolls you in stardust. don t try and think it through, make sense of it, grasp it - just wander in wonder and bask in beauty. get lost again.

dieses herbert grönemeyer-live-album aus dem jahr 1995 enthält 18 songs, die auf der chaos-tour in den jahren 93 und 94 aufgenommen wurden. dementsprechend enthält die scheibe viele tracks des “chaos”-albums. ebenfalls zahlreich vertreten sind hits der platten “bochum”, “Ö” und “luxus”. die großartigen kompositionen grönemeyers kommen bei solchen live-auftritten endlich in angemessener art und weise zur geltung. vor allem die älteren stücke wie “bochum” oder “männer” klingen in ihren studio-versionen doch ziemlich saft- und kraftlos, diesen typischen 80er-sound mit viel elektronik und wenigen gitarren kann man sich heutzutage wirklich nicht mehr anhören, und so ist man froh, dass der deutschrock-poet im live-bereich ein hervorragender showman und sänger ist und stets von einer großartigen rock-band begleitet wurde und wird.
die remasterte wiederveröffentlichung erscheint auf 180 gramm doppel-vinyl im klappcover.

these 2 guys dont need an introduction as they have earned their respect in the underground over years of quality music. what needs a proper shout is the fact that they now teamed up for this amazing 2-tracker and we are honored to release this on noir music. early support by maceo plex and adam beyer has already made some buzz in club-land for this anticipated release and here s your chance to get onboard too.

great debut release and new label from a rubadub shop regular featuring tracks from shop regulars. tip. this first release is made up of 3 tracks from my friends and 1 from myself. there’s no concept here other than putting out music that was otherwise not going to see the light of day. the first track is by bleaker who put out a 12inch on unknown to the unknown last year, the second by miz aka big miz whos been putting out music on dixon avenue basement jams, the third by the burrell connection who has a release on west end communications and a track on a craig knows released compilation and the last track is from myself which got a play on big mizs boiler room set. these tracks were all sent to me around the same time and it felt right to make a place for them on a record. bleaker, miz and the burrell connection have all been making waves in scotland and beyond and these 3 tracks are proof that the attention is warranted. and i dont think my track is too bad either.

zum 25ten label-jubiläum veröffentlicht fat possum ausgesuchte titel aus dem backkatalog erstmal auf vinyl so auch the george mitchell colelction von houston stackhouse. es ist george mitchell zu verdanken, dass viele klassische blues-aufnahmen entstanden und bis heute archiviert und verbreitet werden. ab 1976 arbeitete mitchell für das bureau of cultural affairs in atlanta, und er begann das land zu bereisen, um folk und blues-musik systematisch mit einem mobilen aufnahmegerät einzufangen und zu dokumentieren. diese arbeit betrieb er über eine dekade, und durch seinen persönlichen einsatz sind klassische blues-alben wie dieses von houston stackhouse und seinen befreundeten musikern entstanden. stackhouse spielte als erstes instrument die mundharmonika, und seit den 30er jahren spielte er in mississippi gemeinsam mit größen wie robert johnson. später verlegte er sich vornehmlich auf slide- und elektrische-gitarre. so spielte er in der folge auch mit muddy waters, little walter, jimmy rogers, roosevelt sykes und earl hooker.

gregory darsa aka point g aka dj gregory is a long-time galaxy traveler. during one of his journeys, he met cap n cabannon in a mercenary spacecraft, and as they were exchanging time travel techniques, they came out with the idea of creating a flat black hole able to achieve a 20 years trek in just a few minutes. so here we are: classics & unreleased jams, provides a high quality rush fuel that turns any space travel into an exhilarating time experience.

house is ok, but oli, janis and homeboy never said they were exclusively a house label. introducing house of life and dgf to the world, they make a slight change in direction. this split 7 inch single leaves the world of 4/4 interpretations and takes the imprint to the land of creep hop and trip pop. house of life is a project of chaveli sifre riestra & nikias chryssos. they make songs about men who dance with no pants, jesus christ, satan, and darkroom murderers. their lyrics are channeled through occult rites, internet forums, computer codes, and therapy sessions.hans with no pants tells the story of a guy who likes to party with kids, eat cake and serve cool drinks. he lives in a house by the beach and invites guests to dance with him, but what goes on in his basement remains an unspoken mystery. on the flip, a number from dgf, a project of nikias & label honcho janis. greif meine hand was originally written for the original soundtrack of nikas short film the grandfather. after it got to the 2nd place on the intergalactic fm demo competition and got props by the likes of i-f, rude66 and dj tlr, we decided to give it a second chance by putting it on this lush 45.

fantastic voyage’s autumn 2015 release of soul for dancers proved so successful, that we didn’t have to think twice when lois wilson (mojo, record collector) asked if she could do it all over again. it turns out that there were plenty more classic sides in her dj crates, drawing on that rich seam of early soul and proto-soul rhythm & blues, of the sort that would have packed the dancefloors on the sixties club scene, or has been embraced by subsequent generations of club soul diehards.

in the place of the eternal blazing sun there exists an underworld, a dark and cold space of interlinking caves and dank corridors. occupying the subterranean land is an army of worker drones, busying themselves with a never ending series of tasks, both laborious and mechanical.