the first release from the manchester based label beatnik collective. a four tracker from various artists - alex arnout, robert james, henry hyde & residents adam & rossa.

rising manchester born producers mason collective and teefunk deliver the third release on the mekanism s vinyl only imprint worx.

james greenwood of manchester dj collective, supernature disco, follows up the instant sell-out debut on semi-skimmed edits with a glorious second ep! a label dedicated to the traditional style of re-editing. nothing added, just precision sliced disco for modern day dance floors. edits for the underground.

on eternal children, forward thinking music group equiknoxx, comprising of (shanique marie, bobby blackbird, gavsborg, kemikal splash & time cow) do something they have never done before: express themselves as a collective.

manchesters yadava steps up to the plate for the next installment of the high praise edits series. a member of the cities infamous party collective so flute collective, yadava has steadily been making a name for himself as a incredible selector with productions to match (including recent release on the likes of church and banoffee pies records). he also holds down the expansions show on nts radio alongside co-host contours. with his incredible knack for weaving spiritual, soulful and uplifting energies throughout his music, it s no wonder we had to get him on board for high praise edits vol iv.

initially a duo formed in berlin, fith have since multiplied and expanded to become a revolving collective of musicians and poets spread out across a paris/manchester/berlin axis

following on from the success of their self titled label compilation in october, the livity sound collective returns for a final transmission in 2013 courtesy of their sister label dnuos ytivil. (pronounced livity sound, if you were wondering…) a strictly underground operation, its manifesto is to release music with a shared aesthetic to its parent label and it did just that earlier in the year, delivering two dancefloor bombs by manchesters alex coulton in the form of the *war games / pointe noire* 12 inch. *spooked* and *clarity (dismantled)* are both produced by new uk based artist batu whose signature alien dub dance and snaking hypnotic rhythmic styles reflect the mutating underground uk and round off a killer year for the label as a whole. this 12 inch follows on from batus debut vinyl release on pinchs cold recordings label.

this autumn the most prolific label in the game, greco-roman, keeps on giving as they announce an ep from rising manchester dj/producer tcts aka sam o neill. the respected london collective will release *these heights* including remixes by dam swindle and greco-roman soundsystem.

an imperious opening gambit from the manchester collectives new label: a multi-pronged, vigorous, top-notch, house-techno showcase. the ep chugs straight off to the dance-floor, courtesy of the juniper duo at its darkest yet (after sides for ominira, underground quality and smallville), with jamming, filtered synths, echoing claps and vocals, and a b-line stealth attack. a regular at meandyou club nights, sul makes his recording debut here with a craftily delinquent and unhinged synth-pop… gone quite wrong. true to form, none other than kassem mosse — who played a night back in 2009 — turns in an instant classic, audacious and grimey, before collective mainstay heron rounds up proceedings with some deep n bleak, spectral techno, bathed in best basic channel traditions.

inner surface music present their next release from manchester based and ,dj support from regis, truss. lucy, cio d or, truncate, samuli kemmpi, perc, inigo kennedy, forward strategy group, shifted, jonas kopp, grovskopa, obtane. inner surface music present the second release on the label, after the success of the first wireman ep we are very proud to present an ep from two of the label owners and. 2011 has already been a very productive year for this duo, with releases on horizontal ground, black sun records and project squared. they also made their first appearance at berghain this march as part of the horizontal ground / frozen border collective. for the second release on inner surface music we are presenting three deeply hypnotic techno tracks built for the dancefloor. non compliant sets the tone for the release with its deep tunnelling soundscapes built round tough techno drums to devastating effect. reverberate moves more towards the housier end of techno playing with dub stabs and lush keys to set the sultry mood. molecular deconstruction closes the release with its metallic drones and trippy sequences building their own cavernous environment to play in.

generally based in london, soundspecies encompasses a collective of friends and different projects, with the momentum and focus coming from a family connection, four brothers raised with a jamboree of musical instruments for toys learnt a love for jamming and creating sounds from an early age... fast forward through developing years... henry gettin busy with beats and decks and sussing the london scene - olly playing lots of bass in bands & training in music recording, composing and acoustics at salford uni, manchester - nat working hard and playing hard on his guitar - barnaby composing and playing sax in various bands then travelling and suckling inspiration in brazil, morocco, borneo... expanding the family until the whole world is our friend... music is a universal language, a communication with like minds...fellow soundspecies worldwide. this is the first artist project to be born from the legendary cd-r sessions!