after excellent debut album on mule musiq,oskar is back with four remixed tracks. legendary osunlade remixed most club friendly track on the album and it’s more dj tool jazzy deep house. oskar’s buddy edward remix is simply epic.very imaginative breakbeats track. frankfurt’s bodin&jacob’s remix is kind of mash up of some tracks on the album. it’s kind of early electro stuff. metamatics is well known in the end of 90’s.we like his moniker norken. hope you dig some of remixes!

african scream contest’ is the third release by the analog africa label. the project initially took off in august 2005 when label owner and vinyl collector samy ben redjeb arrived in cotonou, benin, “without any special expectations, just hoping to lay my hands on few good records - what i found in the process cannot really be described in words-. this first trip was followed by eight more to the region. thirty months and few thousand records later analog africa proudly presents this 14-track compilation. redjeb conducted 16 interviews in various cities in benin and togo with artists, producers and sound engineers to reconstruct the history of the 70s music scene for the 44 pages booklet which also features many rare photographs directly received from the artists. delve into the forgotten raw and psychedelic afro sounds from 70s benin and togo and experience the african scream contest. very, very limited copies in, and this might notcome in anymore.... tip!

in the month june of 2011, karton saw its gaily arise and nestled itself in the prism of deep electronic music people nowadays know as deep house, tech house and other minimalistic still unknown sub-genres. determined to do it right instead of wrong, the label has pursued their hunch in the on going quest of being a cool, fresh new imprint. this quest has made a path for karton, which has made them hatch music for certain styles of nightlife.

we listened to the breeze,
tempting us to fly.
like the crawling wolves,
shadowless we lie.
doomed.

with noblesse oblige you find yourself among the aristocracy of the mind and body… it is a gathering of artists with a different heartbeat and mindset… fitting the gooiland elektro spirit as they operate far away from contemporary music standards… not being interested nor moved by trends and hypes… instead they share the mission to produce uncompromising sounds for the real freaks with music both for the dancefloor and the headphone… in this case this means sweaty ebm, dark techno and industrial acid… but that are just some name tags… it is all about the experience…
limited to 250 copies.

efdemin & rndm are back with a brandnew 12inch release featuring three enormous lost tracks dedicated to all the wonderful clubs around the world from beijing to buenos aires. two solo tunes that perfectly draw the trademark sound of rndm & efdemin with a twist of weirdness plus one rare appearance of their collaboration project pigon will make this fall sound like a hot dance under the full moon.

more chicago house bizznizz from the original rockin house label...incl. a mike dunn version as well.... know whats up! ... ltd re:issue

lustpoderosas eclectic lifestyle continous: mind tripped and mental summer vibes - tested and proved for illness on the dancefloor.

wall of fame s 5th release features a cast of producers from the 4 corners of the world. deep disco vibes throughout. dj feedback: fingerman - -amazing ep- emskee - -some really great mixes- dj moar - - love be still s lil jazzy vibe-

this is the first volume in a series of release showcasing the analog hardware experiments of michigan-raised, new jersey raised michael alan rogers aka personator. running the gamut from raw, springy machine rhythms propelling the snarls of modular synths to softly pulsating white noise adorned with lullaby-like melodies, two of the tracks were recordded straight to dat in the artists studio, while a third was recorded live at a late night loft party in chinatown. perfect for fans of hieroglyphic being, jahiliyya fields, nation, trilogy tapes, etc

after countless singles, lps and performances played around the world, james donadio is back with his first full length effort since 2014s petit cochon. ghost detergent is a consummate amalgam of fried gear, chunky bass and fractured samples. donadio s extraordinary ability to fuse his wide range of influences into a collection of lucidly executed and concise jams has reached it s paragon.

lahun is a brand new signing to apollo records. he previously remixed milch from lakker on r&s records. as well as being a skilful musician and producer he is also a handy dj who joins the dots between marvin gaye, innerzone orchestra, theo parrish and jay dilla - all artists you can hear as influences on this debut ep.

bursting out of oakland into the ionosphere, a hot pocket of free jazz, house, blues, african & latin rhythms, a fully shuffled deck of everything that might expand your head, all fed into the mpc, and hot-wired right into your heart. now for the first time on vinyl, cut by the steady hand of dietrich schoenemann, pressed by the fine folks at optimal in germany, and housed in a custom gatefold jacket by aybee, deepblak’s chief alchemist.

hedzup records releases for its first ep a bomb 4 tracker, from underground house guys, with a dope featuring american hector moralez and remixes from julien sandre and juliche hernandez. big city lights is a powerful pumping bass action, with a serious groove as you need for your dancefloor. the business night is a peak time killer house banger with building drums to blow your mind. then two mediterrenean remixes, one definitely funky as julien sandre knows the recipe and one with the great beats and sexy bassline that are the keys to the hypnotic remixes of juliche hernandez. this ep makes a perfect combination to kill the dancefloor at anytime.

cannataci records - a new record label run by ripperton & agnès cannataci records is a joint venture hosted by ripperton and agnès. the label is aimed at releasing rather unclassified music, pieces our friends compose or simply ourselves. the aim is at releasing music we believe make things go beyond the usual paths. the label name is a reference to our hopes in the newly appointed un special rapporteur on privacy, namely, joseph cannataci. frankly, we do not want to taint our music with politics, although we are simply firm endorsers of our own privacy and think everybody else should.

the formula was simple: marry bubblegum and soul to the absolute sincerity of an enthusiastic child, cross your fingers and pray for airplay. but while the youthful sums of that formula may have grown up and walked away from their illusions of stardom, their permanent records remain. by 1973, michael, tito, jermaine, marlon and jackie were as hip as kids could get—household names, with lunchboxes, coloring books, a saturday morning cartoon, and an alpha-bits cereal commercial pushing the j5 brand onto any kid with television reception. their impressive run of four consecutive #1 singles playing on both pop and r&b stations cemented their appeal to both whites and blacks, prompting mgm to launch the osmonds as the safer (read: white) alternative. and parents? well michael had that wrapped up with his impossible-not-to-love mini-james brown thing. even their song selection straddled both sides, with “zip a dee do dah” and “abc” for kids, and contemporary standards “standing in the shadows of love” and “my cherie amour” for the older crowd. this extreme marketing and merchandising juggernaut created the kid soul explosion. a decade removed from our acclaimed home schooled compilation comes a fresh batch of talent show titans. with enterprising parents, neighbors, and teachers turning play dates into recording dates, groups like magical connection, little man and the inquires, and five ounces of soul emulated the jacksons, who’d made grade-school stardom appear easy as abc. afterschool special: the 123s of kid soul contains 19 tiny tunes ranging from bilingual d.a.r.e. anthem, to james brown bio, to young love and life beyond the playground.

nils penner liefert wiedermal eine wunderbar soulful ep ab, mit hypnotisierenden vocals von emilie nana. das volle spektrum wunderschöner erfischender vibes, einfach eine solide house-platte gefüllt mit emotionen, die gerade recht zum spätsommer kommt! es hat uns umgehauen, als wir nils penner’s jüngstes material für compost black zu ohren bekommen haben. der folge-release nach seiner „master petz“ – 12“ (black label #121 in 2014) ist schlicht ein brilliantes stück musik! vielseitig, soulful und deep auf ganzer linie, so wie wir es lieben!

material goes to the next level with a vinyl only special release. $ tracker connecting uk to spain. played by jamie jones at dc10.

good music and culture: rare latin sounds from across the americas

louie vega s latest album, louie vega starring... is a dualdisc conceptual record featuring over twenty-five artists on twenty-eight different songs. the record is louie vega’s first solo album ever and a contender for his magnum opus. vega is in esteemed company, with a seasoned group of collaborators imparting their magic for this special project including, funkadelic & george clinton, the 3 winans brothers and the clark sisters, jocelyn brown, nick monaco & soul clap, n dea davenport, lisa fischer, cindy mizelle, anane vega, monique bingham, caron wheeler (soul ii soul), josh milan, bucie, tony momrelle, kaylow, vikter duplaix, cassio ware, adeva, covertion & leroy burgess, kenny bobienl, zara mcfarlane, luis salinas, roberto roena, diviniti, and byron stingily.

emerging from the romanian underground scene, talented young artist dragutesku finds fapte records with a prepared artwork for this release and by coincidence the name of his 2 tracks match the already made picture, so we’ve called it coincidente. on a side is the psychedelic logo of the label matching the track halucinant, having a minimal creepy sound but with a groovy pleasing vibe in the same time, making one hallucinate when listening to it & looking at the spinning center of the vinyl. as for b side, were we can find the track pastel, we must say we barely found this pastel-painting by leonid a. who gave us the right to use it, completing the art for this release maching the colorful minimal sound of the track by dragutesku later on. these are the true facts and actions (en.trans.= fapte) we experienced and hope to transmit further along with this 180g limited vinyl.

the first renascence 12” contains five tracks from coastdream. some dance floor tools with a fresh and punchy vibe straight from brazil including a darkside rework by the german producer annanan.

nice price deal !!! the titel says all !! big with by karotte, sebastien leger, dubfire, gorge, 2000 and one, marco carola matthew dear, ronan portela

first part of cygnus remixes is here. that big track produced by coyu and sezer uysal will have a second life with big revisits.
the first remix is signed by one of the biggest legends of the electronic scene: the mighty john digweed, together with his studio partner nick muir, did a proggy-tech trip with tons of epic vibes.
gabriel ananda has turned the original into a more electronic, sophisticated and special track.
last but not least, coyu did a dub edit from his original cut, focusing the leadership of the track in the bassline instead of the melodies. great names for an amazing package!

the official mr bongo reissue.
‘os orixas’ is rich in layered percussion, horns and guitars. singer eloah’s lead vocals are reminiscent of the likes of ellen mcilwaine, elza soares and joyce. samba, funk, folk, jazz and mpb over ijexa and african grooves, that combine beautifully across the moods. os orixas refers to one of the manifestations of the ’supreme god’ in the yoruba faith.

das label trojan startet eine neue vinyl-serie, um seine größten hits - jeweils nach genres sortiert - einer neuen generation an vinyl-käufern zugänglich zu machen. der erste part widmet sich dem -ska-. auf 180g schwerem vinyl gepresst, wurden unvergessliche hits aus der goldenen Ära der 70er jahre auf diesem album zusammengefasst. mit the skatalites, desmond dekker und lord tanamo sind einige der großen namen des genres auf dieser compilation vereint. trojan records wurde 1967 von chris blackwell & lee gopthal (beide auch zu der zeit mit island records beschäftigt) gegründet. durch ihre persönlichen reisen nach jamaika knüpften sie die kontakte zu den wichtigsten produzenten und musikern der insel und bauten deren karrieren parallel in europa au

shackletons most expansive, ecstatic and hallucinatory music to date’ (in impressive gatefold packaging)

we are very proud to announce the debut release of japanese brightest hope sauce81 on endless flight. we really loved his past releases on eglo,catune,wonderful noise. this 4 tracks ep is full of love for black music which are his music roots.

alex suarez is part of a new breed of producers based out of brooklyn carving out their own unique sound experimenting in the world of raw primordial electronics. under the name cienfuegos, he has prior releases on brooklyn s primitive languages imprint as well as the france s unknown precept label-with his new -lost in god s country- ep we see him debut on the new york centered bank records. through the four tracks cienfuegos harkens back to the time of early industrial music, not far off from the early transmissions of spk or even hinting at sounds akin to e.g. oblique graph. suarez has a knack for developing textures and tension in his music sewing it all together with plodding rhythms and the occasional creeper vocal. heavyweight stuff coming most highly recommended.

fingerman s wax digits imprint returns with a tasty 4 track ep. feat edits from fingerman, chewy rubs alongside newcomers chris shennan and dawn again. early support from masterworks, greg wilson, midnight riot and more.

prspct xtrm!

marwan sabb and illan nicciani are essential figures on parisian techno and house underground scene. booth as dj-s and producers, marwan and illan left an indelible mark releasing for labels such as sci-tec, time has change and sharing decks together with names like fumiya tanaka, martin buttrich, arpiar, sonja moonear and many other.

catz n dogz ready the next 12inch on their vinyl only pets raw and refined offshoot step. this comes in the follow up to records from a1 bassline, eduardo de la calle, andre kronert and the label owners themselves and marks the return das komplex who offers up his all for love lp. hailing from koszalin in poland, das komplex is undoubtedly an artist of many talents, a full time architect by trade, he has released material on father and son records and tapes label and also offered up the extolled and coveted 6th pressing on the step imprint back in august 2015 a record that sold out rapidly after hitting the shelves. now, his return marks the first foray into long-play format for step and allows das komplex to stretch his legs across 8 masterful disco grooves. diem kicks things off to a sunny start with sizzling guitar licks and softly pattering bongos before the slick italo-tinged obelisk and the richly atmospheric redukcja dysonansu poznawczego follow up. the project spreads out towards the jubilant and dreamy all for love which leads into brukiew, an introverted but ultimately feel-good conclusion that wraps up a beautifully balmy collection and another coup for step.

this is the first release on krad records, with mikhail kobzar and remixes of hernan bass, miro pajic and dualism.

ambitious and captivating, expansive, textured and unique, this is herd’s ‘arteater’.

spätestens mit dem meisterwerk and they have escaped the weight of darkness- und seinem prämierten soundtrack für die tv-serie broadchurch wird olafur arnalds in einem atemzug mit jungen, angesagten, multitalentierten komponisten wie nils frahm oder jon hopkins genannt. diese verstehen es perfekt, experiment und abenteuer der elektronischen musik mit der sensibilität klassischer musik zu verbinden, und wie hier auf der neuen late night tales mit brilliantem post-dubstep (koreless, james blake) zu ergänzen. olafur arnalds steuert dazu mehrere exklusive tracks bei (ua seines techno-projekts kiasmos), sowie die obligatorische coverversion (destiny s child say my name!). der ausklang erfolgt wie immer mit einer spoken word-perfomance, diesmal vom britischen broadchurch hauptdarsteller david tennant.

aquarius heaven is brian brewster, an artist brought up between texas and the caribbean who has laid down some compelling, socially and politically minded verses on magical eps for labels like wolf & lamb and circus company. fusing reggae, dancehall, house and hip hop he is a unique talent who has also worked with dop, miss kittin, ryan crosson, art department, mathias kaden and many more.

80% deal

von den ersten takten des wundervollen so well (mit ihrer freundin und kollegin jessie ware) wird das album durchzogen von einem gefühl der freude. obwohl the invisible auf diesem album neben ware auch mit anna calvi, rosie loew, connan mockasin und sam shepherd (floating points) zusammengearbeitet haben, herrscht vor allem das gefühl der gemeinsamen begeisterung und dem spaß am musikmachen.

von den ersten takten des wundervollen so well (mit ihrer freundin und kollegin jessie ware) wird das album durchzogen von einem gefühl der freude. obwohl the invisible auf diesem album neben ware auch mit anna calvi, rosie loew, connan mockasin und sam shepherd (floating points) zusammengearbeitet haben, herrscht vor allem das gefühl der gemeinsamen begeisterung und dem spaß am musikmachen.

the delivered sampling of featured artists on louie vega starring, is one for the record books and a must for any music aficionado as louie explains, this body of work is a masterpiece that will be party of my legacy. i see it up there on the same high shelf with albums like nuyorican soul, elements of life, and masters at work.

einer der köpfe von the gloaming ist der new yorker pianist thomas bartlett, der jüngst das album “carrie & lowell” von sufjan stevens produziert hat. thomas bartlett arbeitet auch regelmäßig mit glen hansard, rufus wainwright und the national. gemeinsam mit den musikern martin hayes und caoimhin Ó raghallaigh (steicher), sänger iarla Ó lionáird sowie gitarrist dennis cahill bildet er the gloaming. dies ist ihr zweites album. “2” ist ein wunderbarer grenzgang durch verschieden musikalische welten: irische folklore trifft auf moderne komposition, pop auf avantgarde. unbestritten eines der besten werke des vergangenen jahres. das doppel-vinyl erscheint im klappcover inklusive downloadcode.

never heard library music productions from the early 80 s recorded in jo burg and showcasing dance-floor friendly music from different regions of south africa

brill classic electronica monster, 2016 repress

2016 repress! hinode is back with another fine science fiction release, 4 quality underground jam s including xdb remix!

afro deep house mit soul, groove und den gaststars oumou sangare, mangala camara und omar.