it was 1975 and a mere 24 years since ike turner lit the blue touch paper on rock n roll with the incendiary rocket 88 , when a small independent record company emerged from a couple of second-hand record stores in london. it was just before the fuse was lit on another stage in the rock n roll story with the emergence of punk rock and chiswick records helped strike the match - commencing with the release of the count bishops speedball ep. with the same people at its head, the label evolved into ace records and they are proud to be celebrating their 30th anniversary in 2005. ace has become the leading in-depth catalogue company in the world and has issued a vast amount of the best and most important music released in the us from the time of that first ike turner recording to the launch of their own company. that crucial period forms the core of the extensive ace catalogue. they have often wandered off this central path, with excursions into world music, some home-made recordings of local acts and have investigated beat music from belfast to tokyo. but it is at the heart and soul of rock n roll that you will find ace putting out that wild and frantic, deep and romantic, funky and punky music that will sure nuff turn you on!

john heckle is back on mathematics with this 4 track ep. bringing back some serious textures and sequence in sonic mentalism. reminiscent of laidback spencer kinsey (gemini) or early derrick carter in his red nail days. dope!

emex is the emergent techno act of george apergis and alex retsis, powered by korg synthesizers. inspired by mathematics and digital electronics, already supported by marcel dettmann, truncate, drumcell, jonas kopp, bas mooy, pfirter, lag and many others. their debut ep is a conceptual fusion of dancefloor techno with atmospheric overtones, first track 00110001 is a minimal opener with pounding chords and detroit style influences, second track 00110010 progresses into darker territories while the fundamental grooves become infused with moody flavors and third track 00110011 transpires from harder realms, concluding the release with its almost acidic basslines and trippy arpeggios.
early support by marcel dettmann, drumcell, truncate, jonas kopp, bas mooy, pfirter, lag, dave tarrida, alex bau, alexander kowalski, developer, slam, mark broom, 2000 and one, mikael jonasson, damon wild, i/y, submerge, lee holman, arnaud le texier, antonio de angelis, ray kajioka, liss c., maceo plex, gel abril, paul mac, joseph capriati, sasha carassi, pierre deutschmann, carlio lio, marco bailey, axel karakasis, stanny franssen, sender berlin, angel molina, xpansul, krenzlin, noah pred, matt cooper, plural, will kinsella, patrik carrera, barker, enrico sangiuliano, matrixxman, gotshell, signal deluxe and many more