the classic of 1993/1994 now re-recorded by various producers, garotos de praia, lex van coeverden/rene vd weijde, bazzheadz (mental theo, recently 5 weeks #1 in the uk)

elevate, if you remember, is the deep house label from daniel bell that put out a series of influential records in the late 90’s including the first 12 from theo parrish. these releases are still very much in demand and are going for high collectors prices online. it is now the summer of 2008 and elevate is proud to present a new release, this time from baaz. baaz is a new artist with only a few releases so far including tracks on sascha dive’s deep vibes label and a full e.p. on sthlmaudio. baaz may hail from southern germany but you would swear he grew up in the same detroit neighborhood as mike huckaby or moodymann when you hear his warm, gentle and deeply hypnotic house music.

wehbba is known from releases on yin yang, bound or soul access !! now he joins the roster of concept records for a boost of energy that feeds both body and mind..

alec storey has been making quite a name for himself in techno & electro circles since his debut release on kracktronik back in 2006. renowned for his no-holds-barred live shows (which often incorporate stunning demonstrations of his considerable skills as a drummer), he has also been making considerable progress in the studio, with new equipment and new techniques. the troglodyte ep is a distillation of all these things and more, and although calling it refined might be stretching it a bit (its not called the troglodyte ep for nothing), its certainly fair to say that he has honed his sound into a near-perfect combination of brutal beats, bowel-busting bass, and mind-mangling sound design, all presented at slightly-higher-than-normal tempos, guaranteed to get the pulse racing. for remix duties we called in two heavyweight producers! carl finlow (aka silicon scally) has been turning out immaculate electro, house and techno for over 10 years now, with releases & remixes on such respected labels as mute, warp, playhouse, satamile & scsi-av . here he turns troglodyte into an off-kilter, but driving, electro workout full of twists and turns. kracktronik fave volum doesnt disappoint either. he drops the tempo and increases the spook factor by a few notches, and as always his intricate programming reveals layer after layer of nutritious electronic brain-food.

after four very successfull collaborations between jason little and dj rush / felix krocher / pet duo & kaoz that shook the hard techno scene to the fullest its now time for jason to go solo. and with great succes too! he shows his special hard techno sound with a wink back to the classic hardcore style, but still sounding fresh and new!! adrian valera remixed the title song to top it all off.

songs from the source is a lost and found 1973 recording of the source family. these twelve songs were recorded live in the hollywood hills as a rehearsal for a concert date that spirit of 76 - aka yahowah 13, the savage sons of yahowa, yodship, and firewaterair, now known as children of the sixth root race - had at the whisky. a 1/4 tape copy of the recording was found in chicago in 2006, though no one is really sure how it got there. djin aquarian, rhythm guitarist and songwriter for spirit of 76, recalls being sent on a mission to chicago later in 1973, where he believes he left the tape with an old friend. djin wrote most of the songs in the year before he joined with the source, as part of his solo mystical quest to help enlighten the world before it might annihilate itself, adding, im glad both the album and the world are still here.though this rehearsal wasnt meant to be released at the time, there are probably no other recordings as complete of the band doing these songs. the spirit of 76 had a different sound than the one yahowah 13 made with yahowa. songs from the source has more r n b grooved energy, with splashes of synth and organ, a female vocal chorus and streamlined fusion rhythms backing the uniquely yahowan lyrical populism of songs like godmen and lost dead but hoping. songs from the source is a miraculous missing piece of the sources positive musical movement. the members of yahowah 13 (djin, sunflower on bass, octavius on drums) were joined by family members ahom, aquariana, cinderella, rhythm, vibration, and zoroaster on lead guitar, to create the ecstatic sound of spirit of 76.

quenum has released records for plak, 60 secs, alphahouse, toys for boys, soma, trapez, and—his own labels—num and cadenza. now its time to hit the thema imprint for their 10th birthday

redbase, the bavarian hardstyler and owner of hardbazz factory, strikes back with a bombing new release together with the newcomer trancers hell. now they start the hardstyle mission including a banging mix of le brisc.

supported by fred everything, c-rock, funk d void, laurent garnier, jt donaldson, milton jackson, spirit catcher, shane johnson and many many more. shur-i-kan is one of the best house music producers on the planet right now. his releases on freerange and physical graffiti have all been relentless dancefloor smashers made with thoughtful and funky musical ingredients. he now returns to winding road records to serve up another ace with the glideoscope ep. each of the 3 tracks on this ep are smoking bombs of dancefloor dynamite.

bombstrikes delivers the goods yet again! with the heavy hitting consistency the label is now renowned for, aussie wonder kid nick thayer makes a welcome return for the 12th release in the series. fresh from a string of hugely successful releases and remixes this aa sided ep showcases nicks dancefloor pedigree to the fullest. first up on the a side is the absolute banger get up. re engineering a well known hip hop riff with tough beats and analogue bass this has been leaving a trail of devastation each time it gets an airing, straight to the point and taking no prisoners, this track is huge! over on the flip thizz shake pushes forward the forward thinking and unique element of nicks sound. an electrofied disco beats work out of the highest order, it builds around the catchiest of hooks to create an ass shaking dancefloor monster.

to celebrate the release of the motion picture robocop in russian theaters this spring (russian version robotkop!), turbo presents the latest masterpiece by everyones favorite muscovite prodigy proxy: 40 seconds / dance in dark. dance in dark, long supported by the usual suspects (ebnt2mdjtc) samples quirky icelandic singer djork to devastating effect, while 40 seconds tears a page from global headlines with its scathing indictment of police brutality and government corruption. 2008 will also see the release of proxys debut album, so everyone get on board now before we stop taking passengers on the trans-cyberian express.

once more mr. starbug hits the taste of today with this impressive, funny release. just where he stopped with the last starbug, he now continues with three more tracks to enrich your daily life by helping to stay awake with loads of dancefloor-coffein

hailing from toronto and now residing in berlin by way of brussels. aschka is a rising star on the european music circuit. she makes her us premiere on defchild with two deep and melodic excursions. on remix detail, chicagos kate simko (kupei musika, spectral, peacefrog) delivers an exquisitely evocative downtempo remix of rain, while new yorks stefny (addon, hector works) serves up a mammoth mix thats a playful and jacking reinterpretation of sensoreality.

in less than one year riva starr has become one of the most talked about house artists thanks to a string of blinding releases that started with the >thizzle</>china gum< 12 for jesse rose’s frontroom recordings. he followed this up with the >bubble< and >la conga< ep’s for claude vonstroke’s dirtybird label. now he strikes back on kindisch with an amazing tribal affair. supported by tom clark, anthony collins, jimpster, radio one, president bongo, james huxley and many more..

this young artist is making a name for himself in electronic music and also as a dj. his percussive sets, a blend of techno, electro and minimal lead crowds of heterogeneous initiates. he is now developing his full potential thereby offering the crowd a new experience. his encounter with siskid (initial cuts) has allowed him to pursue a new musical collaboration... full support and playlisted by chloe, pedro winter, scratch massive, fafa monteco, blackstrobe...

following a whole string of successes on the world stage with ian van dahl, leading lady annemie coenen is ready to reveal her true self. as annagrace, she is shedding her dancing outfits of old, determined from now on to steer a new, individual course. annagraces first single you make me feel is a top tune that will rock any dancefloor. club remixes from german top producers francesco diaz & thomas gold and voodoo & serano show the international appeal of this new project.

its not over (baby please) is the brand new production by jamie lewis & michael watford. the history of this project start in 1998 as first collaboration between jamie and the voice of the house music. originally called for you the love song exploded not only as first club hit on purple music, but was one of the most plaid tune released in 1999 by sandy rivera label deep vision/subliminal featuring kot and additional mixes by jamie lewis himself & the german heros boris dlugosch & michi lange.the song rocked worldwide for 7 years until the follow up its over hit the floors & the charts once again and was signed by defected for which mr. sandy rivera delivered again new mixes confirming his great touch for the vocal house. now the history continues... and baby its not over! so be sure this song will be again an hotspot signed by jamie lewis.

supported by paolo mojo, pig & dan, gregor tresher, phil kieran, anderson noise and many more.. fergie and his excentric muzik imprint are on a hell of roll right now. his last two eps, that included the hugely supported >senderoff<, >anon< and >break-in<, gained the support of djs such as anja schneider, steve lawler, dubfire, tiefschwarz, laurent garnier and more, and now our favourite irishman is set to drop his latest masterpiece.

introvert (aka jukka varis) was born in northern finland in 1982. he lives now in helsinki, which is situated in the southern coast of finland. he has been making music for over 7 years, including progressive house back in 2004-2005 and his first own release from aurium records. the words >original<, >emotionally attractive<, >artistic<, >atmospheric< and >experimental< are the best to describe introvert’s sound. it gives people different moods and visions, something to listen closely to and to think about, and it works on the dancefloor too.

full support by angel molina, dub kult, mathias schaffhäuser, jeff bennet, xpansul, oscar, remute. after releases on the own label, now the first excursion to the well-observed european realms follows on karloff rekordings. analog beats, bleeps and white noise - in sunny california these popular ingredients of minimal techno get brewed together with surprising facility, to a fresh, jacking a-side track with a sturdily nodding groove. on top of that, >azizam< doesn’t lack a clearly distinguished climax - for the good of the dancefloor! on the b-side >off my mind< first appears organicly floating within a warm and fuzzy scent of detroit, before >backwards on pony< finally unwraps classic sawtooth sequencer techno, however properly purged und worked up percussively, to a seething cauldron that you simply have to like!

classic defected compilation!! selected ba kings of tomorrow member sandy rivera!! not to be missed

after the big success of montana express & thomas gold dont know 1.5 years ago, which reached lots of charts, theres now coming an excellent follow up called to my beat. tribal deep house beats, with electronic influences and vocal effects make the track full with energy. one more time thomas gold shows us which ingenious producer he is. the package includes the original mix, a dub version, and a remix by vision factory from berlin/germany. played by jca, david guetta, ...

cheers lab is a subdivision of the new french label and team cheers records, with a completely different vibe, for those who like it more adventurous and electronica! na sayah is not realy a newcomer, he is those days one of the most hyped dj in paris, being a resident at bataclan (the largest venue now in paris), at electro chic party, the respect party, at the paris paris club, and he also is having his own party called break - a big success already. for the first release (and expect a lot more in the months to come) he has produced four electro tracks, that will work perfectly on any electro dancefloor, all tracks complete with punchy basslines, deep 80s chords and stunning beats! those tracks could easely be included on a john carpenter movie or a tribute to the best of gorgio moroders music.

nice price deal !!! the new tv smith album is entitled in the arms of my enemy. the album, featuring eleven songs, has a line up of musicians including vom on drums, tim renwick on guitar and tim cross on keyboards, and has been mixed by jon caffery.

the perspectiv crew are proud to announce dachshund’s new release, with the geneva based producer delivering us two fantastic tech-house anthems. with previous releases on num, 60 sec and platzhirsch as well as collaborations with fellow swiss producers quenum and lee van dowski, this is his first perspectiv release. >perception< is a trip into a blown mind. a devastating edit powered by crunching percussion and pounding bassline, arabic synth melodies and samples of children playing give the production a mood that is both abstract and rejuvenational. >holiday now< is persuasive, percussive house. motored by deep staccato synth and a crackling beat, sirens float throughout the mix amidst a prodded bass hook

played by: laurent garnier, dubfire, dusty kid, florian meindl, unkle, the hacker,... stephan bodzins first strike in 2008 is about to approach. after his stunning debut album mr. liebe ist is now taking off the gloves and bares the wicked part of his personality. first results are two irritating and ingenious tracks named >bremen ost< and >station 72<. alluring sounds with a mind-boggling aura emerging as thrilling dance floor injections! mental disease was never that fascinating before!

for this new project, we decided to bring back to you guys 4 amazing tracks clearly oriented chicago acid. those amazing tracks are obviously very rare to find & as you know now, it has been done a complete new mastering

support comes from hosh, karotte, dave dk, tom clark, jamie jones, sasse and many more.. it’s been a while since james flavour released his last full artist single ! after numerous releases for labels like highgrade, brique rouge and other remix dutys on his own labels plus the work on dirt crew’s last album the bavarian native, residing in berlin for 14 years now, really took his time to bring you these three full on club tracks. taking a different approach to his sound we know from his last two singles on dirt crew recordings, the idea was to create a more reduced minimal groove with dubby influences as they can only be delivered from berlin city.

million dan is the man of the moment. with his killer album on the streets he is quite rightly regarded as the top uk mc right now. this little 7 inch is not as cheeky as it sounds. sam webster (aka sloth from headcount records) was working on some admin with the million dappa records team and when he heard the scream out original track he was really into it, but felt it could do with a re-rub that brought the energy out of million dans vocal delivery.

mysterious new label concentrating on the finest intergalactic techfunk. johannes volk is a pretty new name to many.. however his first record “the mysteries of tharsis montes” was released on jeff mill’s axis a while ago… now he steps into public again with this lifeworld record. volk enters the delicate world of futuristic techno and combines it with earthly acoustic elements. johannes is producing music in the best tradition of jeff mills and robert hood, but he managed to put his own fingerprint on it. a dazzling deep & funking techno release for peak time play.

the long-awaited second album of the viennese extraordinary artist gustav aka eva jantschitsch is finished! for many people gustavs critically acclaimed debut >rettet die wale< (save the whales) has rescued the whole protest song genre. now, media artist and laptop-songwriter gustav has all of a sudden become a new icon of the feminist music scene, and (concerning the movement of alter-globalization), the conscience of her generation.

norwegian songwriter, guitarist and vocalist ane brun is a rising star. with two norwegian grammys for best female artist and song of the year in 2005, her most recent and third studio album >changing of the seasons< entering the norwegian charts at 1 and the swedish charts at 2 the future looks very bright for her. now brun has connected with dennis ferrers - objektivity. ferrer has gathered an international cast of some of todays leading house and techno producers to take the works of brun one step further. the aptly named >ane brun objektified< full length will be released later this summer here is the first single, a taster of what is to come - bruns >headphone silence< remixed by henrik schwarz. schwarz composed his remix initially as a live lap top piece, mixing it down under the watchful eyes of close colleagues ame. on the flip you find a dixon edit

classic very strong nu-groove release now re-pressed !!

skinnerbox, thats also two gentelmen, one of them immigrated from a far away country and both living in berlin now. in their boxes theres no devil but there are grandpas old synths, funnily and heavily beeping and bumping beats and basses, joy and fun as in godizllas playroom. and then comes mister humantronic, his remixs, finest tech that will wake up the beast even where no beast was ever before. a record to love and to pamper!

lowkey and kardinal have become a rising figure of french techno music thanks to a handful of impressive maxi. their rave inspired style, offering a wide range mixture of electro, techno and breakbeat sounds, has been working club goers up into a frenzy! and now they are back with their new single, future dancefloor killer called safari

>>possibly the best spoon album<< - now available in high quality 180gr vinyl.

new extract from the highly acclaimed sebastien tellier latest album.... this track comes now with remixes from institubesmidnight juggernaught, and ekleroshocks artist danger...

this all time classic from erick morillo & louie vega gets the rmeix treatment from the big boys of now! an anthem all over again

with releases on gasoline records, informale, casbah rec and defrag sound processing in 2007, glitches continued to make a (very good..!) name for himself in the world of minimal techno. now on this very strong-going imprint of mihalis safras he comes with wicked tunes again! after having had sunchase, pig & dan, liberto and mark broom on the label, the reactions have been superb and so they promise to be for this release. mark broom remix included !!!

evoking the very spirit and energy of puerto rico and tis beautiful people, >ponce< pays tribute to traditional instruments like the güiro and maracas and the traditional african-originated musical stlyes of >bomba and plena< which will have you feeling like you’re getting down at a street carnival in downtown san juan in no time! the second in vega records’ new series of tracks inspired by the musical landscapes of lands near and far, louie vega now presents a smooth, rolling track inspired by the bahia region of northeast brazil, commonly referred to as the >african soul< of brazil and the country’s home of afro-brazilian culture.powerful drums, strings, eclectic instrumentation and an electronic edge make ‘bahia’ a rolling masterpiece. perfect to layer that accapella over or just to bounce to, >bahia< is as brazilian as samba and carnivale, and will prove just as difficult to abstain from.

this release has been threatening to come out for a month - its now finally here… and it was definitely worth the wait... ace jackin discoified bizness from the boys that bridge uk & us house styles with aplom! the toka projext mix is simply timeless

yin yang attracted a lot of great producers to its label over time. now the time has come to do a release on which some of those producers work together to rock tha house! ali wilson and lee osbourne created >amongst it<, an uplifting track that is bound to rip dancefloors apart! miche and mirzinho are responsible for >vanadium<, spiros kaloumenos for >vacuum< and axel karakasis for >at first sight< .. quality garanteed!

after many years attending diy parties paul wong and andy elston put together this modern slice of click trax meets bumpin house groove. originally on diy discs label. now seeing the light of day on, expect a tightly produced male vocal led excursion from tight house beats to melodius electronica.pauls tight production nails down a sweet selection of modern synth vibes over a raunchy backbeat

early support finds favour with laurent garnier, claude von stroke, ralph lawson, mark knight and deep dish&#146,s sharam. it&#146,s been a while since we last heard from mike monday &#150, almost two years, to be exact when he delivered smorgasbord, which won numerous accolades and superlatives in the dance press. lauded as album of the month in i-dj, while dj mag called it a lp we just can&#146,t put down, others jump on board and claim it as a future classic. now signed to san francisco&#146,s om records label, the man who never fails to impress, educate and entertain is back. >the 11 11<&#146,(no, we&#146,re not sure what it means, either) is backed with the equally oddball titled &#145,>hello nest<. regardless, it&#146,s another terrific house offering that pairs dubbed-out beats with techno-tinged melodies to create a modern day jackin&#146,sound. the addition of a driving synth-line only helps this swing, shake&#145,n&#146,rattle in all the right places over a dirty-as-hell bassline. anything but what we&#146,ve come to usually expect from the label, the sund is an equally refreshing break from convention for om, and is taken from the upcoming album, songs without words&#146,by monday

pablos mixture of uptodate sound and classic elements is on top right now. deep, bubbling and danceable techhouse grooves

big with sonar kollektiv posse, alex attias, peter kruder, dave ellesmere, kiki, agoria, fabrice lig, 3channels, chymera, simon baker, dan ghenacia, sasse !! + quarion remix... already featured on our current label compilation >grand cru 2008<, we now welcome andrès garcìa with his first regular release on our sub-imprint connaisseur supérieur. andrès, a geneva-based musician with spanish roots was early infected with the music virus. he started with classic piano classes at an early age, and moved from there to jazz and improvised music. this lead him to the conservatoire populaire de musique genève, where he attended classes in electro acoustic music. today he’sproducing solo or with partners like dandy jack, quenum or paris the black fu on prestigious labels like crosstown rebels, imploz and num, beside his work in the contemporary art section, for theatres and movies. >no more tears< is a genuine summer track with an alluring groove, mysterious oriental-sounding vocals and an excellent percussion work, which is tailor-made for deep and moody techno sets. drumpoet community’s man of the moment - quarion

2x 15mins of ultra hypno house!! big with ricardo villalobos, prins thomas, laurent garnier,… unarguably, the best way to prepare umu is inside a hole in the ground. go find a nice flat land, preferably your mother in laws lawn, gather friends, ask them to bring wine. youll need a well amplified turntable playing mania #11 on a loop. cut the grass using a flat shovel, four or six square pieces of 50 cms, lifting the grass with its roots and some soil, move aside. now you have a clean area of about 1.5 mts square, dig in it to a depth of about 50 cms (come on, it will make you sweat profusely but you need this shallow grave to feel the magik of easter islands umu!).

after the roller coaster success of the total departure from smith and selway comes yet another bomb from adam beyers now more than legendary imprint. after the success of kyle geigers release as dc37 comes the follow up release. as before we have a twisted dancefloor monster this time with the addition of remixes of heavyweights jpls and martinez

after more than a decade of international club and huge chart hits such as your body, superstar, pumpin, i rock, now or never, take it, my house and his fantastic dj gigs all over the world tom novy is ready to deliver another very big one: runaway comes with jerry ropero and albin myers mixes and is featuring the top uk vocalist abigail bailey has the potential to become the house anthem 2008.