andy meecham is a man of many musical incarnations and has been since the early 90s. following on from projects like the now dormant bizarre inc and revived dub-disco duo chicken lips, it is as the emperor machine that he explores his most experimental sounds. to date there have been three full length albums on dc recordings after the project was initially started with the idea of creating music using just one synth, the roland sh-3a. the results lay out the staffordshire mans love of vintage synthesisers for all to see, and combine tough edged disco beats with more cerebral cosmic melodies into alluring soundscapes that bend your mind and drive your feet. as well as a slew of 12s and lps, the emperor machine has also turned his hand to remixes of giants like moby, daft punk and royksopp, and has previously taken a live and inspiringly psychedelic incarnation of the project to clubs and festivals across the planet.

sunkissed italohouse, hippierock and melancholic slowcore, hamburg based flamingo dj-outfit rss disco are inviting you to their musical journey very 2. this time they take you to dance into the endless summer on an exotic planet floating in deep space. vinyl comes in beautiful turquoise silk screen sleeve.

over a handful of singles and an album on bristol labels like immerse, idle hands and brstl, it is now time for jacob martin and matt lambert aka outboxx to make their debut on local talk. sticking close to what they do best, this ep is filled with house music infused with electronic soul.

following up on the high quality remix effort for vince watsons planet funk released via poker flat in february its now the time for berlins marco resmann to serve his first ever solo 12inch on poker flat.

chris spero has been at the cutting edge of house and techno for many years now, with landmark releases for labels such as planet e and hypercolour as glimpse whilst his recent reinvention as dense & pika(alongside alex jones) for hot flush has seen him capable of hulking, powerful techno that has won him fans from richie hawtin to koze

1810, blind jack (john metcalf) sadly passed away at home in spofforth, north yorkshire. dream house volume 1.4 delivers even more depth to their winding journeys. featuring specifically invited artists heko, marius, gnork and new boys lock eyes!

debut by dutch new techno act j&l including a great remix by abdulla rashim.

limited edition off 300 copies with hand screen printed cardboard inlay.
after travelling through the far flung galaxy for 002 ... forgotten corner aka phil banks & nick mackrory come back to planet earth & keep everything in house for their third label release. side a is kind of a track of two halves written and produced by nick mackrory - consisting of a 2 minute samba driven vocal intro, full of live instrumentation and featuring the live vocals of harry collier, before breaking down in to a deep hypnotic slow motion arpeggiated electronic groove! side b takes things back down in to the dark basements ... amongst the smoke machines, strobes & cans of warm red stripe! where phil adds his touch ... losing the live intro and taking things on a much more deep electronic instrumental bass wobble work out! still keeping the arpeggiated moog but with tougher beats and a much dirtier feel.

index marcel fengler continues with its second installment, introducing an expertly produced ep from respected long-running artist echoplex. since 2000 echoplex, the polish born peter sliwinski, has released truly pioneering, atmospheric and soulful techno, appearing on his own soleil label, or synewave amongst many others. this triumphant return to the limelight comes in the form of three stand out tracks.

marco bernardi has enjoyed a long an illustrious career, but its probably in these last couple of years that the glaswegian producer has found his sound. previous releases on frustrated funk, clone, royal oak, creme organisation, futureboogie and rawax have built a solid reputation, and key releases last year on carl craigs planet e and mos/delsin have sealed his rep as a unique player in the industry.

forgotten corner, khidja & cassini division first met on the desert planet of tatooine whilst attending a cosmic music festival at the galaxy renowned mos eisley cantina!…in a hash laden corner they bonded like wookies, jammed with the max rebo band & then roamed the desert plains of tatooine with the nomadic tusken raiders! no one knows exactly what happened but music ideas were exchanged & tracks were made ... here are two of them - rescued from tape, covered in cosmic cous cous purposely gathered by cassini from the rings of jupiter & smeared in hummus from the swamps of dagobah!

esteban adame had released material on planet e, esteban partnered up with long time friend and colleague santiago salazar to start ican productions.

repress 2014
high quality rough n ready warehouse techno from two established producers (who have produced on planet e among others) coming together under the mysterious dense & pika alias. >vomee< launches the label, all guns blazing with a grimey bass led groove. flip sides >bad back< continues the low slung vibe but injects more of a fucked up lo-fi feel with a crunched up kick and metalic shards of sound. first in a series…

the second coming. finlands otherworldly electro lords blastromen return to the dominance electricity mothership to deliver their much anticipated second longplayer. the eight new compositions featured on *reality opens* continue where their debut album *human beyond* left off in the year 2010 and lead straight to the next level. sophisticated arangements with epic synth melodies and atmospheres, haunting electro breakbeats and elaborate vocoderized lyrics prove once again that blastromen are a class of their own.

touch tone is the sound of a vital young electronic pop artist hitting his stride. it is full of playful, unexpected twists and turns. an essential soundtrack to our time, the work does what all great works do - leave the listener strengthened with a fresh perspective and a smile.
limited edition of 300 copies on clear vinyl, downloadcode included.

apartment kickstarts 2014 with a various artists compilation focusing on irish talent from all across the isle. following on from their collaboration as bande apartment in 2013, tr one and new jackson once again appear together on apartment. this time around new jackson remixes tr ones bruising techno beast >viceroy-9c< (the original of which appeared on the last apartment release, a split 12 with phantom planet outlaws), turning it into an emotive, acid-laced breakbeat gem. house duo slowburn, coming off a year that included appearances on lunar disko, appian sounds and grounded in humanity deliver the off-kilter and immersive >riders of the sea<. hints of the work of artists such as drexciya and kassem mosse are combined with their own unique stylings to create an intoxicating, tripped out journey to the deepest recesses of the dancefloor.the cyclist garnered huge praise last year with his >bones in motion< lp on leaving records/stones throw and apartment is excited to deliver his first original material since then. his individual brand of over-driven electronics – >tape throb< – combines distortion with the most delicate of inflections and >crax< surmises this approach perfectly, an uncommonly euphoric slice of wounded electronica. last but by no means least is the superior inferior. after his debut release on belfast’s one electronica label went so far as to be licensed by sven vath to his sound of the 14th season compilation, he returns with the throbbing, rapturous >a bit much confusion<. wave and electro influences carry this bass heavy number towards it’s crescendo of skyscraping synths and skewered monopoly madness.

limited to 300 beautiful black vinyl records, black lined sleeves, brown jackets.
the first release for silent season and edoardo zerbinati, aka edanticonf, for 2014 is the boundary of nowhere land ep, a four-track excursion through naturalistic ambience mixed with synthy, trance-like textures and a layering of dub techno. it is zerbinatis third release for the british columbian label following his planet ep and forest echo album of 2012 that featured title track edits from adbullah rashim and iori.

eric is definately swedens most interesting and skillful producer when it comes to underground deep house and soulful techno. eric ericksson released his first single in 96 with several releases since then on respected labels, both indie and major. at age 18, he released a single on derrick mays label fragile, alongside artists such as carl craig and laurent garnier. later the same year he, as part of the duo minimalisterna, released a full-length album on virgin records. in 2011 the ep someone is watching was released on carl craigs planet e communications. as co-founder of kass recordings he released the work of some of the top artists on the swedish scene, such as zoo brazil and style of eye. in 2009 he formed north beach together with daniel howe and since then they had three releases on kant recordings and played in well-respected venues in europe. his latest 12 inch vinyl love cannot was released this summer on freerange recordings.

der schottische produzent lord of the isles hat in den letzten jahren mit releases auf labels wie ene records, firecracker, phonica, cocktail d amore oder seinem eigenen label little strong auf sich aufmerksam gemacht. permanent vacation begrüßt ihn jetzt mit einer expansiven fünf track ep, die sein ganzes talent widerspiegelt. cinematic soundscapes zwischen planet e-styled techno, sprudelnder electronica und analoger warehouse rauheit.

classic house , back in stock

neil landstrumm unleashes his tenth album. dragon under marks the scottish trailblazers first lp since 2009s bambaataa eats his breakfast on planet mu, and follows a series of eps for labels like killekill, brothers and dont

the much loved nice n ripe sound is being re-visited by boston funksters soul clap. it is impossible to think of garage in the nineties without thinking of the seminal uk garage label nice n ripe, which started way back in 1993. from its beginnings in flat in finsbury park releasing the occasional 12 inch record to releasing a record per week under an array of different guises such as nice n ripe, nice n fruity, g.o.d. and zest 4 life, nice n ripe peaked in the years 1997 - 2001 when classics such as *together* by 24 hour people, and *industry standard* by industry standard featured on every dance floor from pacha ibiza to save the robots in nyc.
pressing on translucent, yellow coloured vinyl.

here is dj spiders first lp available on 12 inch vinyl. this double pack is drenched in original, deep house music for those who like sample based tracks. stunning live instrumentation is on display here as well with some appearances from the likes of boyd jarvis, sly scott, dub poet infinity and spider himself.

there is beauty to be found in the barren streets of detroit. but they also hold an unexpected danger. solitude can sometimes make you feel like youre on another planet alien soundscapes and stark sound shape lonely beats on these lonely streets.

boo williams *technical ep* from 1997 back on chiwax classic.

shift ltd has already created quite the stir with its inaugural outings. the italian imprint, owned and helmed by gianluca marcelli in collaboration with francesco gori , has already featured originals and remixes by the likes of fabio della torre, nasty boy and dj spider, but it s their latest – a 4-track various artist ep – that looks set to cement their fledgling status as house purveyors of some repute.

with releases to his credit on labels such as warp records, rephlex, planet-mu and ninja tune, its fair to say that luke vibert knows a thing or two about electronic music. now he returns to lo recordings for the third installment of his acclaimed nuggets series, this time delving into the archive of the bruton music library to unearth some of the production music studios choice moments.

summertime has passed and so has the time for relaxing. autumnal vibes and serious atmospheres are back and throne of bloods latest fits right in. marking the imprints very first collaboration with another imprint, the throne of black catalogue ep sees nyc mainstay pixelife (lets play house, horn wax) dropping two new originals alongside brand new jams from australias carter brothers (black catalogue, defected) and black catalogue mainman monty luke(mothership, planet e, black catalogue)

funkwerkstatt-saenger dan morro wandelt auf solopfaden. wohin? in eine musikalische welt, deren hohe atmosphaerische dichte zwischen poppiger leichtigkeit und tiefsinniger melancholie oszilliert. es sind klassische songs, die er hier unter dem namen >i am halo< vorlegt. denn immer ist es die textur seiner einzigartigen stimme, um die herum sich rhythmen und melodien kristallisieren. dies geschieht mal mit tanzbarer, mal mit eher bedaechtiger dynamik, mal mit orchestralen motiven, mal mit elektronischem gefrickel, aber immer mit ganz viel gefuehl und stimmung. so ganz allein ist >i am halo< uebrigens doch nicht unterwegs. the micronaut steuert einen remix zu little planet bei, in dem die jazzige vertracktheit seiner beats immer wieder punktgenau auf der eins landet. gluid hebt unter die fließende melancholie des titels not invented gradlinige rhythmen, die das symphonisch anmutende original voll und ganz tanzflaechenkompatibel machen. und mollono.bass arbeitet sorgfaeltig die sonnigsten aspekte von queen of queens heraus um sie zu einem ungezwungen groove zu verdichten.

limited edition of 300 copies on blue vinyl. 200 black is a new vinyl series focusing on organic and analogue techno. our second release comes from detroits reference (brian kage and luke hess). reference released on planet e and beretta music before – and now we are glad to bring two superb tracks on 200 black to you.

with fans like amon tobin, skrillex and noisia (whove signed them to their division recordings label), youd expect neosignal to offer something different - and the german duo (aka drum & bass heroes phace & misanthrop) certainly dont disappoint. their debut album raum und zeit including the single planet online is out now! their influences range from can to kraftwerk and joy division to led zeppelin, and, while their music has elements of early krautrock, industrial and 80s ebm (electronic body music), its powered by 21st century, bass-driven production.

makoto returns to apollo with the primitive ep. as he builds his fast-paced style into a leaner, more aggressive manifestation of the soulful makoto sound, it quickly becomes clear that no one genre or signifier can fully describe this new collection of five tracks, from the rampant tribal ideology of *primitive* through the freestyle explorations of *ritual*.

hinter dem projekt washerman steckt der schweizer gianni siravo, der seit 1998 unter dem namen sequel eine ganze reihe von platten auf labels wie sonar kollektiv oder straight ahead veröffentlicht hat. später nannte er sich azuni, es folgten erfolgreiche maxis auf drumpoet community, morris audio, quintessentials oder sthlm. das projekt washerman steht für pumpende tracks zwischen klassischem house und techno in der tradition von detroits, aufgenommen mit einer roland 909 und einem juno 60-synthesizer. es ist musik für die tanzfläche. zu 100%. neben den 8 tracks der lp liegt dem album auch noch eine cd bei, die drei bonus-tracks enthält. all killers, no fillers. in diesem falle wirklich wahr

two absolute masters going over to the dark side with serious results. trademark elements from both artists combining into gorgeous vox laced dubbed out electronics, recorded in berlin. the force is strong in these two... on the flip ricardo villalobos and max loderbauers vilod collaboration takes the whole other side, twisting out the original parts and arriving on a planet all of his own. metroplex returns! tip!

but that the cocoon compilation l is all about love, is beyond debate: the love for electronic dance music, for its complexity and its diversity, the love for this global musical language and last not least the enthusiasm for the well-known and the still non-famous protagonists of this tonal romance that faithfully accompanies us through night and day for more than 30 years now.

vinyl only! new amazing solo ep by mattia trani, four original tracks with hi-tech soul/detroit techno influences. mastered and cutted by helmut erler @ dubplates & mastering, berlin. in the bag of: marcel dettmann, rolando, dj deep, unbalance, orlando voorn, truncate/audio injection, thomas hessler, analogue cops, marcelus & many others.

cool new release with sick jtc acid remix on minimal rome records! polysick has the honour to have the 25th release of the label, with two tracks for the mrx-patiendum est series. from the mysterious hypnotic visions of digital native (planet mu) and the proustian reverie of daydream (audiomer), polysick moves towards an obscure and sinister dancefloor with a 12 that hosts on the b-side a whirling acid remix by jtc.

chicago producer/dj/artist drops a 2 track ep on modelhart. the first track >plutonian love affair - 9th planet remix< features a raw beat with haunting synth lines on top. the second track >tache floue de l amour de folie interminable< features emotional energy that almost tries to dismantle itself in realtime.

die ostfunk 39 präsentiert mit dem house shooting star rob makzem einen knaller mit 4 deepen vocal house tracks, wie man sie von der machart auch schon in den frühen 90ern im planet oder e-werk gehört haben könnte, nur dass diese tracks brandneu und superfresh daherkommen.

different sides of the sun will be released on 2nd september 2013 on hot creations / ffrr / warners. recorded between london and los angeles and featuring guest vocals from kenny glasgow (art department), anabel englund, roisin murphy and s.y.f (cedric from azari & iiis starving yet full artist name), plus keyboards from mk on detroit, different sides of the sun is set to cement the groups reputation as one of the most exciting and ambitious in electronic music

ikonika is one of the outstanding producers of her generation. her 2008 debut >please< (hyperdub), announced a forward thinking, highly melodic, twisted take on uk underground dance music. after further singles for planet mu and hyperdub, she went on to release one of the best albums of 2010 ‘contact, love, want, have’, receiving glowing reviews from the guardian, bbc, nme, fact, resident advisor, pitchfork among many more. her remix projects have included interpol, caribou, cubic zirconia and dj mujava.

copenhagen based horse on horse will release its first ep with the copenhagen native vladimir. vladimir is sucking us right back into those parisian house parties, we have all been dying to reenact. strong sample-based melodies, raw production and nostalgic vocals! no questions asked! we say: > m for mike<! horse on horse feels like a high tech missile from the future leaving the orbit of planet earth on its way to destroy a meteor to save human kind!

nach veröffentlichungen auf planet mu, super und ninja tune sowie remixen für franz ferdinand, wild beasts, clock opera oder aluna george veröffentlicht der junge, hochtalentierte produzent raffertie alias benjamin stefanski nun endlich sein debütalbum auf dem londoner label. musikalisch spannt der brite auf den insgesamt dreizehn tracks des albums einen spannenden bogen aus house, bass, post dubstep und electronica.
pressung auf weißem doppel-vinyl, mp3 download-code inklusive.

phorma presents an exceedingly hypnotic release by claudio prc & ness. a mysterious space travel into fathomless vastness of an unknown planet on the a side is supplemented with the two italian artists very own notturno of resounding gloomy sonic structures on the b side. vinyl only. no repress!

asc, synkro & sam kdc team up for the second outing on auxiliarys brand new collaborative outlet, veil. side one sees asc & synkro pick up where borderline / sacred moments left off and expand their vision further with the disjointed machine love and the smoother sounding planet x. side two sees asc team up with sam kdc for two slices of future funk. 85 bpm synth power all the way with serious bassweight thrown in for good measure. unique music, as you would expect from all involved.
presing on blue coloured & marbled vinyl.

played by tim sweeney & dj nature
detroit has been stretching its influence over creative lisbon in recent years. helder russo, a newcomer, reflects that underground evidence on his debut 12 inch for groovement. you ll hear that inspiration manifesting not only throughout his musical output but also embodied on the b side remix, delivered by the iconic and legendary motor citys producer niko marks, long time artist at planet e . i dont know ep has been in the making for a while but its finally complete, containing 3 original tracks and one remix by the great niko marks

few djs and producers have had the longevity and success that jerome has had throughout his career and even fewer can lay claim to having graced such esteemed labels as planet e, drumcode, defected and renaissance to name but a few. on the bicept ep jerome sydenham takes time out from running his renowned house imprint ibadan records to deliver the fantastic four track bicept ep for desolat.

from the outer realms of the galaxy to the subspace frequencies of planet earth. this record featuring mick welch, rai scott, miles sagnia and brad peterson is tailored especially for those who like deep, atmospheric music.

after a few nice but largely unnoticed 12s for lower-profile labels, duererstuben is ready to make a serious maneuver, and pampa is pleased to provide them with the proper platform. the sheets of rane ep is the berliner duos most sophisticated statement yet, imbuing cold programmed sounds with a glowing human touch and a penchant for melody.