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new dutch signing ivano tetelepta touches down on fear of flyings first release on their main label in 2011 with > smokin g<, a 10 minute excursion into the trippier side of house music backed with a remix of pure raw analogue power from those berlin based italians, the analogue cops. ivanos second original production > flowers< rounds thing off, gentle shards of melody underpinning a deliciously tight deep house groove

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stop…press…an extraordinary radio slave donation for running back! the man like matt edwards took care of a matter near to his and our heart: an ep dedicated to the crafty dj duke, his infamous power music label empire and those massive sounds dat ruled di sound factory nation. one side holds a modern track in an old fashioned style of lovin (quote freely adapted from courtney melody): think rs >tantakatan< straightened out. >thats all the record do? yeah, bitch, thats all the record do.< special thanks go to omar-s for clarifying these matters once and for all. already huge with big room boys Âme, natty dread josh wink and a few others. surprise, surprise! flip for a portrait of a young and restless todd terry circa 92 slipping on his bathroom rug while listening to some x-102. dirt mcgirt! those 3 people out there who still buy audio plastic might be delighted to find out that they get a special bunch of bonus tracks: super heavy efx sirens, street noise and soothing rain sounds. can you dig it?

dj shufflemaster/tatsuya kanamori is back on his shiki kyokai with stunning new single *nuclear fallout / radiation over tokyo*. the incidents at fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant and fallout after power plant explosion provoked him to represent a serious atomosphere by his brand new sound production. perfectly capturing the energetic, acid, industrial driving techno sound that dance floor oriented. 2 tracks with funtastic printed painting record sleeve by keita ishiguro. limited to 300 copies.

with warehouse traxx pt. 2, the model delivers a truly rocking combo of chicago and techno for the current rave floors - bucharest power house and im game will definitely make the crowd explode - just play them out and see what happens! this is the vampireburg warehouse sound!

the fourth release of the fantastic finnish electro-combo morphology on the zyntax motorcity – imprint is an awesome remix-double incl. interpretations of their identity component-tracks by versalife, the exaltics, hardfloor, dj overdose, kan3da & luke eeargoggle, defekt, sync 24 and biodred. the power will be with you!

pig & dans elevate label is going from strength to strength in 2014 with a series of stunning releases. if you are familiar with pig&dans work, then you know that they produce and play music that is far from linear. they are always looking to push the envelope with genre-bending music and a devotion to creating something special that gets right under your skin and elevates the spirit. pig&dans attention to detail is a mark of their creative excellence. having created a trio of dynamic techno grooves, they give each track its own distinctive identity. whether they do twitchy (sandstorm), full-scale onslaught (power), or transcendent beauty (there is no turning back), they always do it with unrivalled style and panache. it would be hard to find another duo whose creative juices flow so freely right now. what they have is a very special meeting of minds that is being cherished and developed to ever-greater heights as the years tick by, leaving the future of techno in very safe hands indeed.

jenifa mayanja and dakini9 (aka lola) are back with the third installment on their label sound warrior, this time with two new artists beginning to make a name for themselves in the underground electronic music scene.

petter b delivers an outstanding new ep on drumcode proving that swedish techno is thriving! the first track which, is a collaboration between petter b, john h & m.e.e.o, uses an arpegiated synth before storming to the main section of the track and breaking down the doors. the gliding synth sounds really fire with all guns blazing to produce a techno monster that growls. petter bs next two tracks involve two solo offerings that are heavily techno based.voltage controlled time uses raw distorted drums and a catchy synth line to really give the track a lot of energy and power.

sleeparchives influential minimalistic power in combination with the unique, endlessly evolving sound of mike parker, appear together for the first time on rptch04 split ep.
sleeparchive starts off on the a side, creating industrious textures with *fifth station* followed by two (endless) loops that lead to the a2 *white angel breadline*, a mesmerizing track with the classic sleeparchives timbre and brightness.
mike parker is responsible for one of the most recognizable sound of techno which is characterized by sublime, fluid atmospheres and never-ending hypnotic sequences. repitch recordings introduces him on the b-side with *flying nerves* and *lustrum*, leaving an indelible mark on the eleventh release of the italian berlin based label.

limited backstock !!! zwei amtliche peaktime-power-housebangers von fjaak auf modeselektors 50 weapons-imprint. 50 weapons präsentiert mit fjaak sein neues signing. fjaak ist ein junges berliner trio mit futuristischem geist, aber schon nostalgischen gefühlen. sie lieben analoge maschinen und equipment und digitales spielzeug. trotz ihres jungen alters sind ihre hardware-only-livesets in ihrer heimatstadt berlin und weiteren ausgesuchten europäischen spots bereits legendär.

new label by delta funktionen... radio matrix!delta funktionen with the first release on his own imprint. four times 808 power combined with deep moog basses. riding a thin line between techno and house with a touch of electro

prostitutes – aka cleveland, ohio marauder james donadio - flexes a whole new set of muscles on nouveauree, his first work for night school. sticking to an all-analogue machinebased strategy, donadio has warped and stripped his palette to create a juddering force majeure across 5 tracks and 28 minutes of power play.

bison ar holger czukay, ursa major, bj smith and paul murphy. their long awaited debut album is a fearlessly atmospheric blend of krautrock and dub disco-inspired grooves, delay-laden horns, quirky percussion, stargazing electronics. the double vinyl lp is housed in a gatefold sleeve.

felix bernhardt returns to the mothership with his fat ep named treibjagd!the title track is already spreading and causing some damage across the floors around the globe with its tribal progressing power of electronic percussion and pushing bass !but listen and decide for yourself, which one of the tracks is your favorit

-never say never- ist die erste single-auskopplung und steht exemplarisch für deren entwicklung. das stück - halb song, halb club-tune überzeugt nicht nur diese kombination, sondern das stück funktioniert auch auf beiden ebenen gleichermaßen gut. dabei be

if you have spent some time in the nightclubs of amsterdam, you will probably have shaken a leg to the selecting skills of mr. mendel. youll find him often spinning side by side with rahaan, whos releasing mr. mendels edits on his third installment of street edits. including a respectful dance floor take on * mind powe*, the island disco stomper * boogie with the channel* and a gospel-like hypnotizing version of * spirit, the power*. this soulful 12- will certainly light up some dance floors around the world...

nice price deal !!! straight from the damp north-east of italy, through the hot caracas, here comes puas puas 004. two classy deep tech-house tracks by charles & george (aka alex piccini & mr. nice) plus a stunning techno remix by the newcomer ayarcana. cats have the power!

the ava.-story goes on: great artist funkycan, workshop-founder lowtec and ava.-mastermind damiano von erckert contribute to ava003. once again a release showing ava.s potential and power of innovation. ltd 2014 repress

weightausands music is born out of the crash between expectations and daily praxis. a dub-infused, non linear array of data in which memories, obsessions, in the shape of sound pieces borrowed from friends and collected from the most various sound sources (even cannibalizing dance music power cliches such as the amen break), are arranged to enter a psychic cage system set to take advantage of their raging power. the resulting tracks sound like jungle rave hits echoing from outside time. side b contains a doomy aquarian remix of by morkeblå, and a remix by concrete cave inhabitant heith of an unreleased track, produced with no previous listening of the original.

first release on vi tva for this upcoming techno producer ink other darker side of young and talented producer from bosnia & hercegovina, azur odobasic. his new ink style is dedicated to an techno sound and frame of mind in regards to underground electronic dance music. we have on this release ink original track with remix support from powerfull techno artist with likes from worldwide djs and techno radio stations. osmicz is up on board with his dark and trippy edit of velocity, indigo children is serving much more groovy and harder techno sounds giving original some more power. forest people is on a remix work here too, he is doing amazing in 2013 and have some pretty amazing stuff upcoming in 2014 so with this guys on board this release is a really must have for all techno fans..stay tuned!

those expert ears at aficionado work their magic once again to coax two stunning sounds out of the aether and into the warmth and comfort of a 12 inch. harnessing the power of the international balearic brotherhood, nado sought out these sublime frequencies from italian sorcerers tempelhof and transmitted them directly into our lives. freshly inspired from recording an album with ambient maestro gigi masin, the mantuan duo deliver two pieces united in quality but diverse in mood. on this 12 inch tempelhof take us on a one way journey to emotional release, flying first class with all the perks. officially aficionado.

loose records is proud to introduce retrospective - a celebration of our first thirty releases by europe s top, underground techno artists. coming from a broad berth of influence, retrospective represents the past, present, and future of european techno. our artists take electronic music to a new level with orchestral experimentation and their fusion of cross-genre.

deepblak chief connoisseur damon bell returns with more cali infused dance-floor vibes on his teph-tep ep. smooth yet driving teph-tep pulls you into the center of damons grooves, and textures. as with previous releases the emphasis lay in damons arrangements that can power the dancefloor, and sit just as comfortably in headphones. teph-tep sets the stage for damons forthcoming debut lp coming fall 2014 on deepblak.

after the bleeding techno *kundalini* ep on speedy js electric deluxe, and the new electronic structures presented in the fvs ep for samurai horo, the manchester duo are back to repitch recordings with a heterogeneous fourtrack ep. speaking of power and quality going hand in hand, esoteric systems traces an unrivaled electronic music excursion.

stivs remixing the horn a superb tune not to miss and more raggatelk power with mandisha crew and friends with original mcs featurings a massive second realese, with an even more massive sound than for the first ep. superb release

one of the most active and in demand producers on the european techno circuit at the moment, angy kore from italy joins the australian power house elektrax recordings with his first vinyl release sasau ep, including two heavy big room bombs sasau and train zero on the a-side.

w&p by stathis kalatzis. mastered by stefan betke at scape mastering berlin the collecting season leads us to our third episode and, as if northern winds may threaten the upcoming summer, we request assistance from redoubtable southern war men. the search has taken us to the greek region of thessaly where the mighty tribe of the magnetes still exercises solid mythological power…

the second of the decadub vinyl-only releases dedicates three of its four sides to a volley of woozy and twisted footwork from most of the key members of chicagos teklife crew.

kosme compares his art to sailing, wandering from one island to the next in an incessant and utopian pursuit of sonic truth. like all explorers with merit, his voyage is driven by more than mere travel, it is driven by the simple pleasure of discovery. the encounters along the way have shaped and will continue to him and his art. it has become imperative to keep a log of these changes. cosmic ad is the logbook, an honest self portrayal of his musical evolution, without fabrication or pretense. too often electronic music is subjected to the damaging opinions of others and categorized in a movement or a trend, choking the freshness out of the sound. cosmic ad provides the platform for him to present his music to the public the way he wants to, when he wants to, his artistic adventure is out there for all who want to witness. a concise account of his creative energy, a unique platform for a unique artist who searches nothing except discovering new landscapes and inspiration.

supported by pig & dan, horatio, mihai popoviciu, abyss, benoit c amm.
the freshest fresh from elusive. we ve got two exciting newcomers on this record! radkovski and ki.mi. have both been sending some positive deep vibes out to the world for quite a while now, and it s now time for you to hear and believe it, as quality of there productions speaks for itself. on the flip side label owner slavaki supplies you with even more power for the dance floor, unveiling one of melodic tech dance monsters that will leave no one standing by the bar. please welcome regeneration va as we move on to our 20th release

nach seinem vielbeachteten einstand 2010 mit *holkham drones* liefert der engländer luke abbott nun den langerwarteten nachfolger auf border community ab. dabei erzeugt er aus improvisierten liveaufnahmen eine stürmische bewegung, die *wysing forest* zu einem album macht, das größer ist als die summe seiner einzelteile und auf jedem fall in einem lauf durchgehört werden sollte.

unreleased tracks by the chicago master ...
ron maney also known as dj skull lived in the southside of chicago (il, usa). his musical career started during the summer of 1986, while recovering from a broken bone. during the following years he homed his craft, djing first at basement parties, building his reputation to go on to larger events such as, loft and hotel parties, and eventually the infamous music box and power plant clubs. at the age of fifteen ron shopped his first demo at trax records. there he first met chicago s legendary dj ron hardy, working as a&r for trax records. two years, and a new alias later (dj skull) later while at the power plant, chicago s own steve poindexter heard a dj playing one of rons tracks, and met ron. steve was now a&r at saber records and invited ron to release some tracks. so in october of 1991 dj skull s first record -n.r.g. music- was released. in 1993, he released the ep -the stomping grounds- on djax-up-beats, which was more noted than the first one. over the years that followed dj skull released lots of ep s on several labels. he has become well-respected producer and dj in the techno industry

the new lana del rey album as deluxe double vinyl with 3 bonus tracks. comes in gatefold sleeve

2014 is doses year. known by his grandma as chris truman, dose is one mutherfucka of a kiwi. hailing from the broken city of christchurch and recently relocating to auckland, mr truman, has knuckled down to finally bring us his long awaited debut lp, mind the future. you might agree its quite an lp too – giving fans and champions of doses music an exiting and varied platter of his sound from driving and energetic cuts right through to tracks with a deeper, intimate style. since his first release in 2006 dose has forged a solid reputation as one of the top solo d&b artists to come out of new zealand. consistent releases on a vast spectrum of top labels including ram, renegade hardware, shogun audio and commercial suicide combined with dj sets of exceptional power, depth and quality, dose has built a well respected reputation as both a dj and producer. the 2x12 vinyl format comes with the full 12 track lp download.

they say that to know where you are going, you must know where you come from. in 2008 akkachar founded the rwina label, naming it after the word for never-ending chaos in the tamazight dialect of his north african ancestors. over the next five years he let the chaos unfold, building the label into an unpredictable yet reliable power house of dance and electronic music. today he turns to his roots for his own debut release, a three-track ep inspired by and dedicated to the amazigh (or berber) culture found in moroccos rif mountains.

the royal family & the poor is the nomenclature adopted by mike keane, who recorded for factory records between 1980 and 1986.

clipping. makes party music for the club you wish you hadnt gone to, the car you dont remember getting in, and the streets you dont feel safe on, are phantom broadcasts bleeding into power 106 as you drive out of range, are twenty different rappers looking into one broken mirror, talking to themselves all at once, are classic west coast rap music out of the tradition where sounding different wasnt cause for fear.
the double lp includes 100 locked grooves on side 4 (vinyl exclusive).

editions haighton are homespun edits of dusty curios by hotflush recordings jack haighton. the first instalment of a quarterly series takes its cues from the italian disco scene of the early 80s, reworking cyber peoples *void vision* into a hi-nrg burner fit for the early hours at a former power plant, and jm bands *computer monkey* into a loopy tool with frills.

after the very successful foray into split eps, luv shack records continues to explore this concept with luv013. the ep sees upcoming duo space echo make a return after their smash hit -soul power-, while the b-side is conducted by wahlberliner rotciv. -come back home-, the opening track by space echo, is a slowly building but effortlessly captivating piece of hypnotic house music with a raw funk attitude. the gently evolving synth line and the strong vocal hook are the spine of this anthemic track. the seemingly laid back -hangover- just oozes b-movie sleaze and might be space echos little hommage to 60 s lounge music, with an array of distorted guitars and soft pads coming to good use. that is until the synth theme kicks in mid-track and turns the piece into a late night weapon.

for the second instalment from quantum entanglement we delve into the misty past, a time when moving parts ruled the dance, when the power of the night rested on a needle and a bassline, and before cdjs calculated the bpm for you…you had to touch things, buy things, and the bassline ruled over all. acid thunder, a classic by fast eddie, was the first dance record i ever bought. it was important. the guy who sold it to me, at the time a spotty school kid in his school uniform, was called john stapleton, and the shop was sidetrax in bristol.

the long awaited first release from melbourne diva house/ bizarro group zanzibar chanel. if ru paul and william onyeabor had a love child states the back cover, a hint of the quirky funky productions that have come to define the sound of zanzibar chanel. or perhaps an inside joke from a group who have, until now, remained largely unknown to those outside of melbournes underground scene.

the stuttgart papi michel baumann alias soulphiction aka jackmate presents three new power generators on treat your dj right equipped with the right measure of steam and courage. on halios ep hes getting the juices flowing, however manifested as a compulsion to move.

marco bailey strikes back to his own imprint mb elektronics with yet another powerful ep. being more and more influenced by his unstoppable gigs all over the world, the label boss never disappoints on transforming his endless power to sound.

following up to their much applauded international debut save the youth, denmarks answer to warpaint,giana factory, return with their second album lemon moon this spring 2014. fronted by louise foo (sister of sharin of the raveonettes) and flanked by lisbet fritze (who also plays guitar in the trentemoller band) and sofie johanne, giana factory specialize in a wonderful kind of iced pop, beautiful songwriting with a lot of depth and diy attitude punch.

amazing techno and nothing for weak nerves. monya starts her own label corresponding positions with a belter of an ep. nothing less then two originals produced by herself plus remixes by perc and bas mooy. while the title track >steine im weg< is constantly raving forward with some distorted yet energetic basslines the second original >verweht< is more about the atmosphere and depth of sounds. perc and bas mooy both reworked the second track and definitely added a lot of raw power to this piece of vinyl. its an authentic and varied 4 tracker which will for sure find ist way to plenty of record cases and triggers our curiosity for what correspondign positions will come up with in the future. mastering by dubit, soluxion lab berlin.

the heavy thinker ep finds the legend that is dj skull back on sect to regale our ears and limbs with further precious techno and house gems! *bazzar* hits the spot with beautifully harmonious synths and a techno funk guitar lick that will keep you dancing forever. *heavy thinker* is a delirious peak time dance floor killer, working organic drum programming against techno siren and ominous kalimba hook. *power* is all about the old school detroit strings and tones, setting a steady pace to keep the momentum going into the small hours. finally, *rise* has those unmistakable chicago house values emerging once more, as keys and strings lift the spirits to elevate mind and body.

from the two individually revered artists seuil and le loup, comes the debut lp under their collaborative dj/producing alias hold youth. a collection of dance-orientated tracks, designed to make the body move, de la club explores the origins of hold youth’s fundamental influences to their modern day stance.a lp in two parts, the first vinyl is almost a retrospective of primarily state-side club sounds, but also of the pair’s early musical staples. paying homage to old skool production, the inspiration drawn from the detroit greats like moodymann and andres is clear on the funked-out, jazzy vibes of street my baby or the smooth flowing les enfants du soleil. hold youths love affair with head-bobbing hip hop also makes an appearance on the intro and outro, sampling the one and only j dilla, perfectly combined with their own personal beat-boxing. not forgetting their french 90s roots, kool & the boug oozes that warmth defined so well by pepe bradock and trankilou… a club track which has the power of subtlety to submerge the dancefloor that one level deeper. part two looks to the example of german minimal and micro house and brings us up to date with the sounds fresh from hold youth’s record bag today. be it the weird and murky territory of dodge this, or the eerie, glitchy world of black dog, their modern vision of de la club is darker and sturdier in its stature. but it is the ability to weave seamlessly between the lps two halves, two ideals, which truly characterises the hold youth ethos and their signature djing style.

both listening hip hop and electronic, raphael henard and maxime denuc started to make music together in 1999. interested at the same time by mainstream tunes and extreme audio researches they try to propose their own interpretation of club music and released a first ep on the french-japanese label sonore in 2011. they have been invited by prestigious festivals and promoters around the world such as sonar (sp), villette sonique (fr), club metro (jp), todaysart (be), dans dakar (sw), les siestes e&#769,lectroniques (fr), universidad de coimbra (pt), nouveau casino (fr), le lieu unique (fr)... succession :struck by the vertigo from pancrace royer while watching the bertand dumont film «l’humanite&#769,» plapla pinky started to include that track in their dj set. after some research in the field of baroque musique they decided to make a mixtape of their favorite tunes of the genre, paying homage to the modernity and emotional power of that era.