zum 25-jaehrigen nightmares on wax jubilaeum veroeffentlicht warp alle lps noch einmal neu als edles doppelvinyl im gatefold mit bedruckten innentaschen und neuem sticker. das debütalbum a word of science aus 1991 ist ein klassiker des rave-sounds mit den dancefloorhymnen aftermath, a case of funk, biofeedback und dextrous. die im original als einfachformat erschienene lp wurde jetzt als doppelvinyl geschnitten und enthält zusätzlich die drei cd-only-bonus tracks b.w.t.m., sal batardes und e.a.s.e., die hiermit zum ersten mal auf vinyl erscheinen.

octave minds, the group composed of chilly gonzales & producer boyz noise has a self-titled project due for release on september 15th. the 12-track project has one lone feature, the vibrant and child like fun of tap dance featuring chance the rapper and the social experiment

skrufix is a berlin based outfit steadily strengthening their stature behind a series of revered parties and left-of-centre releases. never opting for the path of least dance-floor resistance, skrufix champion off-kilter strands of breakbeat driven rave, techno and house and have released music from turtlez, mighthor and things with wings

what does a rave sound like the next day? the strobe lights in a dark warehouse, the pounding kick, the blur of ecstatic faces lead to a morning-after emptiness, all fade into memories of the friends you once had. on ode, tin man (proper name johannes auvinen) explores this feeling, offering tracks which possess an exhausted joy, the aural equivalent of the stretch of time beginning when the last record is played and stretching on towards the doleful contemplation of last night’s unmade sheets. appropriately, tin man’s melancholic dance music is more club-ready than ever.
the double 12 inch lp comes in gatefold sleeve with download code included.

after the success of the first a-sides compilation in 2012, adam beyer has decided its time to release another. with adams stature steadily growing as one of the leading talents in the techno scene and the rise of drumcode, the standard of demos that have been sent to adam have been top notch.

die -freak ep- ist nicht nur das ergebnis der letzten monate in berlin, es markiert auch den wechsel nach ibiza, wo ellen die warme jahreszeit nutzt, um unter anderem im dc 10 ihren positiven vibe zu versprühen. -butterfly- macht den anfang und setzt nicht nur anmutige 808-nadelstiche, mit der verträumten melodie im hintergrund entsteht eine sehnsüchtige aura, die ellens warme seite offenbart. gerade das bass-grollen betont auf imposante weise die physische verve ihrer musik – kurz: pure liebe. -come to me- ist begierde und leidenschaft in siebeneinhalb minuten. zusätzlich zum deepen grundgerüst drängen sich groovy beats, die eine hypnotische beschwörungsformel freisetzen. willenlose dancefloor-magie, die mit dem eindringlichen rave-signal, schwebenden roland-synths und sh101-raveline die zeit zurückspult. mit dem titeltrack -freak the night away- ist ellen einmal mehr eine hymne gelungen, die sowohl die devise jeder großartigen nacht als auch die atmosphäre ihrer energetischen dj-sets verkörpert. auch hier hören wir erneut ellens stimme – verrückt, verspielt, kreativ. immer nach dem motto: einfach go! mit scheppernden claps und einem warmen bass wird das tanzen nicht nur zum zwang, der track geht mit seinen 303-acid-andeutungen sowie roland piano-sounds eindeutig unter die haut und öffnet die pforten in eine andere dimension.

xxxy returns to ten thousand yen with a pair of cybertron futureproof rave burners. goldfish exists to pull you in, mangle you up and squash you out the other side. the flip evade is on a hands in the air, vapour jets in amnesia flex. we love em both. a lot. hope you do too x.

the second lobster theremin white label comes from the mysterious australian producer, daze. making his release debut with four original tracks, daze covers varying strains of tough melodic house, ferocious acid and old school breakbeat, taking us on an experiential journey into the heart of british rave culture via detroit-influenced electro and rough and ready tape jams.

for some grungy vocal house music with a touch of chicago percussion and a healthy splash of the indie-synth wave that came crashing over electronic music in the late 2000s, scissor & thread s black light smoke might be 2014 s answer to danton eeprom circa 2009. we say danton eeprom, as the voice on the b2, -screws in my head-, has a similar tone and enunciation of the frenchman, or are we getting mixed up with mathew dear? the title-track, -firefly-, brings back memories of azari & iii s debut ep only with druggy vocals coming from what could be the basement of a dfa rave in new york, while -morning comes- borrows some cowbells from the rapture and sultry french inspirations from jane birken. -black bricks- then provides some slo-mo, lo-fi phase filtered house - and one hell of a bassline. alternative electronics for the indie lover

ganz starke 12 inch mit großem musikalischem spektrum... a 2(** non **) als großem rave Überhit a la cocoon - perfekt nicht nur zur primetime auf den festivals
comes with full design matte sleeve and a6 postcard insert. mastered by christoph at d&m.

hot creations newcomer jey kurmis and industry stalwarts groove armada both deliver ace interpretations on a remix and dub creation respectively. jey brings a thumping techy, rolling groove while groove armada takes the track to an other-worldly rave dimension, with epic, dream-like synth melodies and powerful bass to guarantee this release is marked essential.

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.

in times where a rave feels pretty much like a funfair, the chairoplane is still the nicest ride. thinking of kettenkarussell some might remember one of those gathered moments in a low summer night under the clear sky when things made sense for a while. but those memories fade away quite fast or seem really strange a few years later on youtube. so what is it that is left behind? after 10 years of collaboration the couple decided to do an album that might challenge the comfort zone of those who try to keep up that easy living. its a record full of holes. and still this is what keeps them together. in pain we trust... and yes i believe you and me will make love forever...

sir joe born in 1987 in america latina, as teenager he moved with his family to london, during his studies (thanks to his crazy schoolmates) he felt in love with the illegal rave party and with the new school of electronic uks music. a quick step that turned him into a music producer. sir. joe shaped his sound mixing european and american styles. old school chicanos groove and samples were restyled in the direction of the english and dutch style. lod is glad to present sir. joes debut... again five tracks of pure energy and soul mixed with few drops of acid. welcome to the house of sir. jo

after a twisted, introduction full of warped vocals and shifting percussion, villain builds into a track designed to kill the rave. dropping into a wall of contorted, metallic bass and vicious drums, minor rain switches things up throughout, maintaining interest - as well as that infectious groove. on the flipside, main core shifts gears with a pulsing, submerged bass driving things forward. combining elements of tribal beats, programmed drums and a stuttering rhythm, main core is a great example of future funk musics ability to put out groundbreaking, forward-thinking music.

cyber dance records are back on the attack with a fresh release from the legendary perseus traxx aka nigel rogers, a 4-track ep entitled after recent scientific developments an apparent horizon . its a firmly machine-based and totally jam-packed affair reflecting diverse sounds from the uk s own rich history of electronic dance music, with elements from the classic warp -deep space sound- prominent as much as the more usual 303-jacking acid house grooves in the vein of baby ford or bam bam. lost dreams opens the record with a floaty dream-like hipnosis from the depths of space and sets the tone in magnificent style, followed up on side a with the irresistible roll of reverse the trend that takes the groove harder, further and deeperstraight off to the beyond. dark strings reminiscent of old lfo, b-12 or autechre vinyls from the early 90s propel us into side b on darkness stalks , and then we re transported onto the concluding track on the ep, distances , an epic closer that opens with beautiful reverbed claps and acid squelches before diving into an inky black void of timeless space-travelling and slow-building tension that could surely echo hauntingly around any m25 rave in the depths of a late 1980s night.

among a thousand projects, para one is back on the dance floor with club, a new album which was not meant to be one, but believe it or not: its serious stuff! *the passion album is the background for this, as i decided to reshape it for my live act*, explains para one.
the double vinyl lp includes a cd-copy of the full album.

4th and final part of this legendary morris audio compilation series bringing some new (origins sound, manooz) and old faces (volta cab, julien sandre), but keeping the house vibe in different shades. up and coming origins sound (glasgow underground, lost) present a bassy pumping uk house tune whereas volta cab (kolour, hypercolour) goes back the the rave days and invites us to some hardcore heaven. the flipside starts with morris audio buddy julien sandre, who is still some kind of secret underground weapon, even if he already released on argys these days label or on tsuba. finishing off the ep is manooz (alive, extended play) with a great deep and raw house tune. this all is for you, seven daze a week!
pressing on translucent green vinyl.

two remixes of mental overdrives monster and ritual tracks. full pupps daniel blackbelt andersen and optimos jd twitch respectively - blackbelt with a signature eyes-on-the-(mirror)ball techno shuffle, utilizing the rave-stabs from the original monster tune to full effect, while jd twitch opens his drawer full of old hip-hop breaks and adds a razor-sharp bass synth for a truly gut-punching and sub-heavy take on ritual. exciting and adventurous stuff!!

• handstamped white label from a uk live techno three-piece.
• heat-treated slabs of techno with scorched acid lines and sun-bleached pads.
• draws on classic uk techno and rave tropes - taking it back to the raw!
• mastered by christoph at d&m saturated, sunburnt techno from the heart of the uk. this raucous three-piece have had several solo records between them over the last 12 months but nothing quite this raw... acid lines that burn down warehouses, pads that shoot a ray of light through the darkness and intense industrial machinations mark this out as an exceptional debut !

even though the only commonly known avant-pop/pseudo-world/cultural-rave outcome from lithuania exists for more than 15 years, which is, for a lithuanian band - a lot, it seems this machine will never stop from moving forward, to the contrary - the legendary avant-project spins in its own unstoppable wheel of fortune and change.

cheating ep is the first record to be released by low budget family, an independent moscow-based record label run by the crew behind the legendary shop&bar denis simachev formation. cheating track is a heads down workout, a no nonsense, broad bottomed, synth riffing number with an irresistible old-school rave sensibility. on the flip cheating song strips things back, adds some space and a vox delivery and production style reminiscent of azari & iii. a bold and ballsy debut from this russian collective.

another fantastic re issue from the kms vaults. marc kinchen aka mk steps up to the plate with the timeless someone new. re released in original 1989 artwork. the b sides are worth the ticket price alone with mk combining hardcore rave stabs with jackin beats and detroit synths.

• fourth installment from the artist and label.
• other titles have sold out fast - don t be left out...
• special hand stamped white label release a fast paced aggressive a1 made of fast 1/8 note kick drums spliced with distorted pad sounds and distinctive snare. the a2 is a broken beat affair with evolving percussion and a rave line that will cut through in any mix. b1 is papers signature acid jam, simple but effective. b2 is a unique beast, with locked rhythms and distinctive arp synth line...

analog hardware transmission from memphis tennessee. deep acid, sweltering techno and the sound of 808s and 303s sippin sizzurp. on the a side is larry heards protege ben jenkins with his cavernous acid lines. on the flip side, memphis rave mastermind adam arthur emerges with his first original production and mystical label boss jackson lee brings his signature crushed roland drums under a layer of drugged up and downsampled memphis soul. dont drink and drive.

the world of m_rec refocuses on unassuming and dedicated dancefloor tracks with this release on the original ltd. imprint by british producer and sound engineer coefficient. steering away from the saturated world of big and harsh techno, coefficient concentrates on the craft of reviving and re-exploring archetypical mind-altering techno, rooted halfway between the american midwest and the heyday of british rave culture.....

following forthright dispatches on power vacuum and overlee assembly, j. tijn returns to pennyroyal to deliver another ep of weighty oh my god dat bass son can you feel it so hard so haad i think i just came up i never felt so lucid before it is as if i am being creeper massaged by the wet knuckles of every touch point of rave past present and future went out to buy a dyson came back with a hoover double drop youth led techno revival we ensure true rave survival.

double vinyl in a matte gatefold sleeve. includes cd-copy of the album.
dfa records is proud to present we got a love, the sophomore full-length by shit robot a.k.a. dublin native marcus lambkin. recorded in germany and new york, the nine-track album includes the killer recent singles, *feels real* and *we got a love*. like lambkins 2010 debut from the cradle to the rave, we got a love sports an array of guests that include dfa veterans nancy whang, museum of love and luke jenner (the rapture), plus hip-house hero lidell townsell and australian singer holly backler. the albums distinctive artwork was created in collaboration with irish graffiti artist maser.

following up on a stellar 2013, timo maas kick starts the new year with the final vinyl remix sampler taken from his album, lifer. this is his latest offering since tantra ep which was received with rave reviews and featured across rolling stone, xlr8r, clash, as well as played by some of the finest djs on the circuit from seth troxler, maceo plex through to luciano and danny tenaglia.

as a rave icarus turns to his companion and sighs, *we tried to touch the sun my friend, but we got burned...* these tracks leave a trail of scorched earth behind them while you stand bewildered in their smoking wake. nurture your most wayward desires to these sounds coming from god knows where, and inflict them on the innocent as soon as you can.

very limited in supply, highly mysterious >back in the day< hardcore from a uk rave act

rave!!! remixes by lucretio, marieu, john swing and emg.

luca lozano, owner of klasse recordings presents this majestic 4-track ep on optimo trax. inspired by the past but sounding the antithesis of retro. in his own words.... the optimo trax ep was born out of a time when i was listening to a lot of old bleep house and rave, early 90s uk stuff. growing up in sheffield i was lucky enough to spend some time in warp records when it was still a record store and being around this music and the people that made it must have somehow embedded itself into my psyche. listening to pirate radio stations like fantasy fm as a teenager helped shape my musical interests as they are today and i guess this ep is somehow a reflection of that education, i wanted to make a collection of music that sounded like it was related to a certain place and time and in effect confirm my own identity within its context.

argot starts out 2014 with the help of pittsburghs chase smith and his new single, stay. following releases for w.t. records and pittsburgh tracks, the up-and-coming producer hits new songwriting heights with *stay*, an impassioned modern disco tune featuring lauren ojanpas smouldering vocals and a live bass line courtesy of karl ojanpa. smith also provides the swift charge of *27 summers*, a rave-influenced house jam whose banged out piano chords and brass fanfare will stir the dance floor.

our friend affie yusuf delivers the next release for our house imprint.better known as a master of acid house and techno, he shows off with his other side here. with its 4 groovy tunes this record offers anything you can expect from a good house record, may it the subtle groove of rinse & dry, which reminds of the early works of herbert, the ironical drugged out guantanamo rave, the uptempo ferox-like get involved or the funky house fm.

heading north for the first release of 2014 and the second in all citys alias series. following last years anstam/anno stamm 12inch, rising producer the cyclist debuts as buz ludzha. tip!

als ersten vorboten auf sein in 2014 erscheindes remix album präsentiert uns paul kalkbrenner mit >altes kamuffel< einen der vielen klassiker aus seinem schier endlosen katalog in neuem gewand. der track, der auch auf dem soundtrack kult klassiker >berlin calling< vertreten war, wird für die limitierte 12inch vinyl vom französischen techno urgestein vitalic geremixed. das ergebnis ist eine beeindruckende neuinterpretation der kalkbrennerschen > rave-schule< für die jetzt-zeit. hier zeigt sich techno in seiner rohen, fast schon kompromisslosen form und wird von gekonnt gesetzten flächen und melodiebögen aufgeputscht. auf der b-seite der maxi findet sich der original mix von > altes kamuffel<, wie man ihn als highlight aus den vielen liveshows von paul kalkbrenner kennt.

fat oldschool end of the 90s acid techno. dancelfoor rave music repressed from stay up forever 33 and 31...

erol sarp and lukas vogel are grandbrothers. all their music is composed and recorded on the grand piano. erol plays the keys, while lukas creates the beat by using small self-made and programmed hammers that hit the grand piano. he captures these sounds on the computer, then manipulates and loops them.

the second album by valanx called >ejecta< (18-diam.) gets the remix treatment. four artists, each with their own unqiue sound, have reworked their favourite track of the album and gave the music their own twist and sound. the exaltics turns >beyond doubt< into a dark brooding metallic industrial beast with a strong and dominant sub bass line that will damage your speakers.crc, one half of the finnish electro masters morphology creates a trippy psychedelic techno epic on his take of the track >chasm< and showcases a masterpiece of drum programming and creation of atmosphere. on the flip, >trail of conjuration< gets the remix treatment by admx-71 aka adam x. his version takes the tribal aspects of the original and turns it into a dark industrial techno drenched track that immediately lets you think of an old abandoned warehouse drowned in strobe light and fog and a massive rave taking place.last but not at all least it is louis haimans turn and he creates a wonderful deep dub techno track out of >legion v2<. the sub bass and deep chords are whirling and will hypnotize the listener with endless echoes and reverbs. 300 handnumbered limited vinyl copies only. no digital distribution

monsieur cedric, head of serie limitee records, secretely released this very limited 7inch. 100 copies only, hand stamped and numbered, no digital and no repress. >tight< is a tribute to the paradise garage sound, while the b side contains an extended mix of the >bonus track 1<, an homage to the rave sound of the 90s, which first appeared on sl001.

trackwork ep.no.2 is headed up by a super swingy acid tinged wigout multiculture - simple but deadly on the floor. next we have the stone-age-cave-rave of a billion years ago - a clash of de-tuned vox and live dub delay edits and to round side a off - feel it warps and mangles a classic paradise garage disco sample into some dark heads-down tracky gear.

welcoming warrior one to losing suki, the man like carl faure has been knocking out some killers for labels like black butter, catskills and king pigeon over the last few years, and for suki he shines a light upon the garage house hybrid sounds…. title track 5ths kicks things off with the kind of punchy garage house swing that never fails to move you, airhorns and synth sweeps pepper the cut whilst a thundering double 99-esque bassline throbs hard and heavy. flipside, the reverberating keys and mc licks of nyc continue warrior ones indulgence of the classic us house sounds but with a slick production for the modern dancefloor. closing track only you presents orgasmic pads and tough garage beats, its meaty bass touching the spot, a sweet slice of when rave met garage (somewhere in a field off the m25, most probably).

bay area hardware native chelsea faiths debut as cherushii – a name she has been recording under informally since her first teenage techno tascam experiments more than a decade ago – spills over with loves and lessons gleaned from her lifer voyage through the citys thriving rave underworlds.

balearic rave for the evil friend within you

the latest musical addition to the classic family is mr. dan beaumont. integral in the birth of disco bloodbath, paris acid ball, macho city and setting up the london basement rave institutions dance tunnel and dalston superstore, dan wowed lukes heart a year ago after sending him this throwback, move forward disco, hi - energy, house stomper.

recorded whilst battling insomnia during a cold and bleak berlin winter, jack dixons new ep finds him channeling the light and the dark of his home city. inspired by the bygone euphoria of early analogue techno and the harsh industrial landscape outside his window, the three tracks of those questions swirl vinyl crackle, ghostly rave vocals and human heartbeats around pounding jackhammer bass, intense drops and intricate house rhythms. the result is a perfect encapsulation of the curses and blessings of a sleepless hibernation. it is an atmosphere also present in the hazy drones and pulsating sub-bass of skudges exhilarating, analogue remix of heirloom, the revered swedish duo tuning down the filters and reinterpreting the track as a ghostly and paranoid low-end basement banger.

vinyl sampler 10/10 of the sound of belgium - the compilation cd

two techno heavyweights in the form of swiss producer pascal nuzzo and uk duo nhb come together for three fierce tracks on the !organism label. nhb can be considered one the of best recent revelations in minimal techno, where they found a place thanks to their experiences of the late 90s rave underground. nhbs philosophy has always been linked with the use of real synthesizers and drum machines and that shows here, whilst nuzzo has had plenty of big hits in various sonic realms over the last few years, from french filter house to edm to full on techno.