last year’s ‘the age of compassion’ by chicago underground house don tevo howard was one of the standout tracks for buzzin’ fly in 2011with widespread dj and media support. it joined his burgeoning body of work on other acclaimed labels such as rush hour and his own beautiful granville. now tevo returns with his follow-up for buzzin’ fly. if ‘the age of compassion’ was a simple and elegant dancefloor bump wrapped in warm analogue melancholia, then the ‘monument ep’ is its nemesis - a stark future-retro reinterpretation of the origins of house music build from the bare components of machines: raw drums, sub bass, sine waves, square waves and oscillators. and yet there is still a burnished beauty to this ep. all three tracks seems to find echoes of each other in their arrangements and brittle harmony. machine music for the modern age edged with passion and feeling, and another fresh step for its producer.

beautiful post club melancholia from ill-r with a techy mrsk and a funky matthew herbert remix. great release!

haunting, post-house deconstruction from russian outsider neotnas. >that day< is vocal dance music for lost souls, disparaging practical compromise and sunny chord progressions for a bones-bare, ruthlessly sincere interrogation of hopelessness, apathy and ultimate transcendence. suppressed waves of orchestral melancholia pass through entrancing heroin-paced percussive mechanics, unveiling the cavernous sprawl of neotnas masterful production. casting an icy shadow of depth and despair that is not easily shaken, four by fog lends his unexpectedly beautiful vocals to the project, proving the axiom >if you dont have the key, just break the lock<.

sk 011, 444, centralbron, midsummer night, babar, russian folksong, carbon oxide, i love water, all those brilliant tiga productions... we really don t know what else to say - just try to imagine the history and future of this dance music thing we re all involved in without jesper dahlback... nah, rather not, right? being part of jespers discography is the greatest thing that has happened to studio barnhus up until now and these two tracks, fransson and dx2 rmx, are up there with all those previously mentioned masterpieces. fransson is a freaky, windowlicker-esque jam while dx2 rmx is a dance floor burner which perfectly balances melancholia with joy.

mav s signature style is detected straight from the intro, crazy synth sounds floating through the air. a creepy atmosphere is created, the ones who saw the movie >melancholia< should feel where this can lead to. on top of that krone adds his signature basslines and we have a deep neuro drum n bass tune that will appeal to both old skool fokuz sound lovers and the neuro dnb fans. the flip makes us go back to even earlier sounds. reminiscence to the early releases on fokuz from the likes of gen, drum origins, j laze and even pete rann. let s go back!

deadboys own brand of garage flecked melancholia rocketed out of the stables on the single sided >if u want me<, our very first release in early 2010, and the brighton based producer hasnt let up since, remixing artists like cassie, jamie woon and romy xxs creep.

brooklyn duo creep are set to release their debut single, days, on tuesday, february 14th 2010 through young turks. featuring guest vocals by the xxs romy madley-croft, >days< is a ghostly blend of romys ethereal voice and creeps sinister beats, blending tones of goth, shoegaze and r&b to create darkly prophetic and orchestral soundscapes. check out the stream for >days< on pitchfork where it premiered. remixes on the 12 inch come from deadboy and azari & iii. deadboy turns >days< in to 2-step, dancefloor melancholia with azari & iii turning in a 6 minute chicago house indebted mix. creep are producers/ djs lauren flax and lauren dillard. lauren flax is an internationally renowned house dj and producer. up next, creep will release the single you, featuring nyc twins and r&b duo nina sky, as well as a collaboration with planning to rock. a full length is planned for 2011... stay tuned!

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total is babas debut album under his own name and his finest work to date. from the opening machine funk arpeggio of missing to the sanguine melancholia of closing hiphop beat discovery Ð new dawn, babas masterpiece rides through psychedelic screw-pop, minimalistic emo-acid and opiate-drenched coming-of-age ambient. as lucid and strong as it is obscure and beautiful, this is an album us folks at studio barnhus are immensely proud of presenting it to the world

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we present the astonishing sequel and final part of the series: myam james 2! the first part of the myam james series was the ultimate score for one of kettels specialties: melodic 303/acid madness, poured over with melancholia. we consider it as a milestone in kettels electronic affairs.