beyond plastic bundle
1 x beyond plastic book
1 x beyond plastic vinyl only compilation
1 x beyond plastic cotton bag (only available in this bundle)

book info:
beyond plastic is a mixtape in book format about artists and vinyl labels that press music on »black gold«. it does not only trace the various processes entailed in the making of a record � from sound-production to the pressing plant and beyond � but also seeks to depict the blood, sweat and tears that goes into it.

the book includes interviews and articles of 60hertz, smallville, liebedetail, pingipung, acker records, decks.de, de:bug, giegling, brothers in love, dubplates & mastering, aim vinyl, fauxpas musik, oye records, ortloff, kann, rand muzik, uncanny valley, freude am tanzen and workshop.

� edited and designed by alex ketzer (www.alexketzer.com)
� 288 pages, format a5 (210 x 148 mm)
� 19 extensive interviews
� 250+ pictures (coloured & b/w)
� 300+ cross references, accessible via short urls
� including audio-cd with tracks by the interviewee
� printed by gallery print
� isbn 978-3-00-043687-1

vinyl info:
in addition to the book project >beyond plastic<, this vinyl only compilation features four exclusive and previously unreleased tracks by sebastian dubiel (ortloff records), sandrow m (uncanny valley), max k. (brothers in love) and andre kronert (decks records).

� vinyl only
� limited edition of 180 black 12-inch vinyls
� including risograph-printed inlay with liner notes by sascha uhlig (groove)
� mastered by manes at salz (salz-mastering.com)
� pressed by r.a.n.d. muzik (www.randmuzik.de)

remastered from original tapes. special remarks: 1lp original lp artwork + cd + 4 pages poster included. this lp + cd will be the only physical edition (no single cd available for sale) don ray was a member of kongas and also played on several cerrone�s records. cerrone pushed him to make his own album, produce it & sign him on his label malligator. the garden of love the only album ever made by don ray is a cult disco classic. don ray - the garden of love

remastered from original tapes- 2 lp + cd double white vinyl, cd included + 4 pages poster! this lp+cd will be the only physical edition (no cd available for sale). for the 1st time eve, the best kongas tracks are collected trough this best of vinyl+cd. kongas were the band cerrones started to play music with, as a drummer. famous french a&r eddie barclay saw them & signed the 2 first albums. cerrone left kongas to start his solo carrer, and produced & signed on his label malligator the next kongass albums. double white vinyl. features the cd. kongas >the best of<

limited to 1000 orig. label collectors edition - original remasters from tape, 3 lp coloured vinyl + 3 cd / original lp artwork + 4 pages 30 cm x30 cm poster-booklet with photos, biographic notes (in english) & reminder of all vinyl references available numbered edition to 1 000 units for the world the 3 first cerrones albums on colored vinyles, all featuring for the first time the cd original lps artwork. remastered from original tapes.

the 2014 album by australian singer and songwriter sia ! incl huge smash chandelier !

180 gram double 12 inch in gatefold sleeve with download code and poster included.

beyond plastic is a mixtape in book format about artists and vinyl labels that press music on »black gold«. it does not only trace the various processes entailed in the making of a record � from sound-production to the pressing plant and beyond � but also seeks to depict the blood, sweat and tears that goes into it.
the book includes interviews and articles of 60hertz, smallville, liebe*detail, pingipung, acker records, decks.de, de:bug, giegling, brothers in love, dubplates & mastering, aim vinyl, fauxpas musik, oye records, ortloff, kann, rand muzik, uncanny valley, freude am tanzen and workshop.
� edited and designed by alex ketzer (www.alexketzer.com)
� 288 pages, format a5 (210 x 148 mm)
� 19 extensive interviews
� 250+ pictures (coloured & b/w)
� 300+ cross references, accessible via short urls
� including audio-cd with tracks by the interviewee
� printed by gallery print
� isbn 978-3-00-043687-1

lukas nystrand von unges music has been making the rounds on hissy cassettes, scratched up cdrs and chaotic soundcloud pages ever since he first started making music in 1987. utilising equal parts playfulness and rigid methodology, hes slowly but surely carved out a unique sound over the years - one which combines heavenly melodies with dubby lo-fi esthetics, white funk and black pop

scott mou, known as one half of the duo jane � the folk techno drone duo he had with panda bear - aswell as part of manhattans famous record store other music, debuts with his soloproject queens. johan jacobsen describes the wonderful music of queens in oxymorons, colorful monochrome, myopic depth, sad joy, driven slowness, enlightened darkness, universal intimacy, ethereal earthboundness ... as it should be. queens is one of those wonderful artists who are hard to catch on the fly, who escapes easy definition. his music is an unexpected and unimagined universe ready to be explored, and it s a universe that is wonderful to be in. when dial records david lieske and peter kersten listened to a performance of their new york based friend in 2009, it was one of those unforgettable unique experiences you only have once in a long while these days. the idea of releasing an album was born. the production of end times involved other labelmates such as phillip sollmann aka efdemin (recording), kassian troyer (mixing) and hendrik weber, who once joined a life performance on stage with scott mou in 2012.

outer packaging like a book with a hardcover 321x321 mm glossy coated. inside 2 cardboard printed inner sleeves glued to the inside of the packaging. on the left, the inner sleeve will contain the vinyl. on the right, 4 out of 15 lobby cards (250 gr) will be inserted randomly (like pic of a movie).a16 pages printed booklet will be included and glued inside in the center of the packaging, limited edition numbered

excellent space disco / cosmic album

limited to 700 copies !! incl 3 x 12 inch (coloured vinyl) + 2 cds and dvd, photo book with 270 pages, watergate guestlist coupon, a1 poster, special cover... timeless

after the exquisite floris lucy ep that was shown love by numerous artists and was single of the month in the house pages of mixmag and awarded 4/5 on ra we present another young gun with a promising future. nyras >configure 8 ep<

medical records is ecstatic to present the reissue of the essential >novels for the moons< by axxess. originally released in 1983, axxess is the brainchild of french multimedia artist patrick mimran. mr. mimran was co-director of lamborghini motors (along with his brother) at the time and fittingly released the album on the imprint lamborghini records. heavily influenced by german electronic pioneers klaus schulze, tangerine dream, and kraftwerk, mr. mimran commissioned the german engineer andreas bahrdt to build a custom complex synthesizer which eventually materialized into a 16 voice analog synthesizer of genius proportions.
presented on high-quality 180gram yellow vinyl in a limited edition of 1000 hand-numbered copies.

slavaki has been polishing his individual take on minimalist sound for a while now. his releases found favour with numerous people of distinguished musical taste, and got hailed by artists as diverse as slam, ekkohouse, silicone soul, brother s vibe, ziggy kinder, franco bianco and chris carrier to name but a few and found praise on the pages of de:bug, ibiza-voice, klubbers, and radio stations such as ibiza global radio and freaks radio show. slavakis new offering walking in the snow displays artists most notable trademark features - a rare ability to merry functionality, precision, groove and soulful airiness never shy from revealing the beautiful side of sound.

benny pages high culture label has been churning out the hits over the last year and zero g teams up with benny once again to produce some of the most exciting drum and bass around. >undead< and >game of death< both carry serious weight so much so i have already blown up one set of speakers just trying to review this ridiculous 12!

the ever evolving ever inspiring argentinean turned berliner musical talent that we call out nico purman, once again honors the house of vakant with his latest disco inspired offering to the gods entitled visions ep. in such a short period of time nico has come so far both physically and meta-musically. within just a few releases one can easily hear him developing, maturing, and mastering his chosen art medium. from the mechanical tech funk of his tuesday ep (va017) and euphrasia ep (va025), to the space jazz masterpiece that was rhapsodies (va032), his first step toward disco was in fact with his contribution >xpress yourself< to the family values compilation (va034). with visions ep, once again nico effortlessly transgresses whatever style he wishes and makes it his own. taking a few pages from the book of disco as well as a touch of chicago and a pinch of early new york house, nico both tips his hat to those influences as well as taking things several steps further to create something completely original.

capacity for 96 + 6 cds, 24 easy-flip pages, two colored ribbons as markers for fast browsing your cds, dimension: 16.8 x 19.5 x 7.5 cm

additional d2i cd pages (25 pc.) for your slappa cd bags and cases-

limited upfront promos, asante records are back with a massive new release. japanese touch is gracing our pages this week. yoshihisa hashimoto lived in new york for five years from 1998, immersing himself in nys underground house music scene. he still considers new york home but returned in 2003 to bring his new found style and music to tokyo. his ny influences have combined with his tokyo roots to creat e a unique style, guaranteed to keep the clubbers happy and into his music. yoshihisa is organising, promoting & djing at �,breath tokyo�, one of the best club nights in tokyo and leading tokyo under ground house music. the location is club air, one of the top clubs in japan. well known for an impressive back catalogue of worldwide artists and djs, air creates the perfect space for clubbers to lose themselves in the soulful music. its also arguably japans most famous club, thanks to the movie lost in translation

rmxs by peter horrevorts and budai & vic , plastic city brings you two absolutely hot remixes of >flicking pages<, the track from the timewriter album >soulstickers<, and one new track that doesnt appear on the album. the man who had his first plastic city release in 1996, and his very first record >soul freak music< out on the plastic city sub-label suburbia in 1995, gave his track into very good hands. now its your turn to decide whether they got it or not, but were sure youll rock the place with these tracks. so put the needle on the record�

kid ringo and ghetto priest present >life<. a coming together musically in early 2006 when acclaimed roots and dub vocalist ghetto priest(on u sound, african head charge, concscious sounds)first heard the seductive, leftfield beats from prague based producer james baseley(kid ringo).the track >life< was born, with ghetto priest penning the emotive and conscious lyrics. not content with their own musical vision some further fuel was added to the fire from a clutch of remixes from czech nu jazz maestro boris carloff and czech brokenbeat pioneer dj blue from eclectica(pragues only real bruk up club night!)the pairs debut release for red salamanda marks a return to the surface for the prague based label, who have been lying low biding their time of late. for further info and audio samples check the following myspace pages.

jean f. cochois is the timewriter and arrived at the top ten years ago. since then he has developed and fine grinding his productions so that press, media and audiences agree on the fact that he is a master at his arts: spinning at the most famous venues all over the globe, holding a residency at sven väths cocoon club, remixes for mike oldfield, faithless, yello, boy george, rammstein and many more�everything done? he doesnt think so and presents his 5th album >soulstickers< which will be attached close to the listeners souls for sure because thats the place where they came into existence! straight from the introduction which is >resetting the clocks< the timewriter is creating intensive and emotional songs and takes you on a trip through his sonic world of pleasure

popnoname klingt immer irgendwie bekannt aber doch anders. 6 musikalische besonderheiten in allen facetten. von gerade über verstrahlt über poppig bis zum songwriter track. kein wunder, dass holden popnoname mag

all tracks written by olivier vallès.new comer in the seb leger / jimmy van de velde camp. very nice electro house 4 tracker here top notched production here with a nice detroit feeling, solid beats , hypnotic basslines, & smokey atmospheric synths another subkroniq solid production gracing our pages this week

***bomb alert*** ok cosmo vitelli �s back, full on the electro techno vibe, cosmo hits these pages & the charts with a top notched electro sound full of personality, quite danceable at the same time.yep, this guy is really vitalised, delivering the perfect sounding of the moment, creating a real new universe, that will sure put the fire on the news electro scenes�yep, this is as good as this description

second installment on atal in this new series from ron trent.a splendid laidback house number with some reggae based vocals,african percussion and a very summery and intricate vibe to it.top quality stuff here gracing our pages this week

cd album 12 pages booklet obi strip

cd comes with a full color 28-pages booklet

deluxe hardback cd book pack (with 44 pages of extensive sleeve notes and imagery about the production)

digipack incl 12 pages booklet, limited edition

collaboration of bruce brubaker & max cooper

cd, digipac, 12 pages booklet

the french in the 80s were not faint-hearted: as some threw themselves heart and soul into music or business, others wouldnÕt mind going bottomless to get themselves noticedÉ while bernard tapie soon realized his own fortune was rather to be found in business, many music-loving dreamers already imagined themselves in the sun, in an enchanting world made of funky rhythms and synthesizers. cd + 16 pages booklet

digipack, 4c print w/ solid color. cover artwork expands over all pages, liner notes inside. 5 1 1 5 9 3 is the first full-length album release of vienna based artist electric indigo, who started djing in the late 1980s, worked at the legendary hard wax record store in the early 1990s, and effortlessly manages to entertain the dancing crowd at berghain as much as the contemporary music avant-garde at wien modern.

all clear cd jewel case with 8 pages booklet, no inlay, the cd is put upside down on the tray so its label is visible from the back of the packaging. molecule returns with a new odyssey both physical and musical. following the success of 60¡43 nord, his concept debut played, recorded and mixed on a fishing boat during a 34-day journey in the atlantic ocean, the french producer decided this time to take the process further up north and embarked on a voyage to greenland. isolated for five weeks in the small inuit village of tiniteqilaaq, romain delahaye used his survival electrokit to find new sounds in the fjords, the icefields and the hostile yet dazzling landscapes surrounding him. entirely recorded and mixed in this remoted place, the tracks of -22.7¡c range from contemplative ambient atmospheres to more upbeat techno blizzards and accurately translate this epic self-reflective adventure across a land of contrast, its abyssal silences, its immaculate glaciers and its blinding whiteness. with ten previously unheard tracks and very enthusiastic early feedbacks from medias internationally, -22.7¡c is set to confirm molecules status as a one-of-a-kind producer in todays electro scene.

d in a 4 pages digipack , beautiful reversed board paper with blackened spine.

cd jewel-box with 12 pages stapled booklet. keziah jones (born olufemi sanyaolu on 10 january 1968) is a nigerian singer-songwriter and guitarist. he describes his musical style as blufunk, which is a fusion between raw blues elements and hard, edgy funk rhythms. also his nigerian roots in yoruba music and soul music can be considered a major influence on his sound. he is known for his distinctive style of guitar playing, including his percussive right-hand technique which is similar to a bass guitaristÕs slapping technique. his music blends sounds and influences from many sources, including fela kuti, miles davis or jimi hendrix.

cd jewel-box with 8 pages stapled bookle. after 20 years of good, loyal and unforgettable services to pop music, les innocents retired. jean-philippe nataf and jean-christophe urbain remember their meilleurs souvenirs (best memories): from jodie, a 7 recorded in 1987 to danny wilde (1999), this bandÕs discography underlines perfectly the strength of melodies and charm of harmonies. if no unreleased track expands this best of hits from the four albums, meilleurs souvenirs fly across time and draw a perfect world on an outline inherited from the beatles with dentelle and les cailloux. some high quality pop music to make une vie moins ordinaire (a less ordinary life).

cd edition is a standard 3 panel digipocket and features a 12 pages poster booklet. produced by edge of town and licenced to because music, un mouvement pour le vent weaves between romantic and cloudy noisy pop music, going from one to the other with a disconcerting agility.

cd + 54 page booklet . 9th volume of the legendary radio show cd collection. luxurious packaging with 54 pages booklet in french and english

incl. 8 pages booklet picture!cd jewel case with 8 pages booklet, pictures , notes in anticipation of the 35th anniversary next year one of electronic musics most influential recordings, the legendary e2-e4, from 12.12.1981 does get an official rerelease by manuel g�ttsching on his own label mg.art. carefully overseen by the master himself

cd + dvd version, plus 16 pages booklet, ntsc beautifully made japanese cd (made on shm material) and dvd, limited one time edition of 3000. recorded live in august 2006 at the metamorphose open-air festival, japan composed, performed and mixed by manuel g�ttsching, last available copies are now released as mg art edition. since its initial release in 1981, manuel g�ttschings masterwork e2-e4 has become a milestone in electronic music and the 2006 concert marks its first ever live performance that you can retrieve here on cd and dvd. total time: 1: 62:38 (cd), 2: 69:32 (dvd)

special edition 2 cd digipack , includes debut album: * on acid* on cd2 for the first time ever on cd!
when recondite, aka lorenz brunner, emerged with his debut lp for acid test (2012s on acid), we were still learning about the german producers inward-looking dance floor sound. a few years later, his sinewy jams have proved near universal -- like an underground zelig, hes fit perfectly everywhere from r¿dh�ds dystopian to ghostly international and innervisions. acid test also allows recondite the chance to indulge his more outr� tendencies and a welcomed return it is.

3xcd edition compiling all the material originally released as a set of 6 cassettes via hospital productions

deluxe 2cd digisleeve 3 panels with 24 pages booklet - all 3 studio albums and the singles/outtakes sample on one 2cd

1cd in digipack + 8 pages poster booklet

this album features music recorded in spain in the years 1965-74 and comes complete with over 60 pages of historical, biographical and musical text about the unique musical text about the unique musical form of gypsy rhumba a style blended together flamenco, caribbean and rock n roll infulences

scott mou, known as one half of the duo jane Ð the folk techno drone duo he had with panda bear - aswell as part of manhattans famous record store other music, debuts with his soloproject queens. johan jacobsen describes the wonderful music of queens in oxymorons, colorful monochrome, myopic depth, sad joy, driven slowness, enlightened darkness, universal intimacy, ethereal earthboundness ... as it should be. queens is one of those wonderful artists who are hard to catch on the fly, who escapes easy definition. his music is an unexpected and unimagined universe ready to be explored, and it s a universe that is wonderful to be in. when dial records david lieske and peter kersten listened to a performance of their new york based friend in 2009, it was one of those unforgettable unique experiences you only have once in a long while these days. the idea of releasing an album was born. the production of end times involved other labelmates such as phillip sollmann aka efdemin (recording), kassian troyer (mixing) and hendrik weber, who once joined a life performance on stage with scott mou in 2012.