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90s party smasher

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2018 cocoon compilation with 12 fantastic tracks , we love this

its springtime again. so that means its time for our yearly array compilation. it is a swell round up of the hits from the past year, some special new gems and a few of our upcoming top tracks.

an epic from rod modell aka deepchord
the first solo album from rod modell (deepchord) in nearly 10 years, following up 2007 s -incense & blacklight- comes in lush form with, -mediterranea-. clocking in at 72 minutes, this cerebral epic reveals a sense of timelessness and stillness, an exquisite portrayal of reflection that is sonically enriching and emotionally engaging. opening with field recordings conducted while abroad in the islands of spain, sculpts a sublime sense of nuance that creeps into fore as time passes, gradually enveloping and evolving into what sounds as an orchestra playing from the fathomless ends of the ocean. the quiet jazz induced snare percussion honors the melody hidden deep beneath the surface. congas and tribal rhythms accentuate its colorful and vibrant dream-like melodies that slowly expose themselves into the mix. haunting, alluding to the symphonic, its emotional depth shift gradually, revealing the underlying, subconscious tonal colors. the magic and lushness of the strings, the beautiful resonance of the violin and the love felt in each key stroke tugs right at the heart strings. to us here at echospace, this may be the most beautiful and inviting piece we ve ever heard from rod, absolutely stunning!
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ministry of sound uk pres. jaguar skills & his amazing friends vol. 1 - jaguar skills duerfte fans von mash-ups bereits als ein garant fŸr gro§en spa§ ein begriff sein. neben radio-shows auf u.a. bbc 1 und einer residenz im rahmen von jade jaggers jezebel nights auf ibiza zelebrieren jaguar skills & friends die derzeit wildesten und durchgeknalltesten mash up mixe! cd1 besticht durch ninja sound-effekte gepaart mit tracks, remixen und acapellas von u.a. frankie goes to hollywood Ÿber dj muggs feat. dizzee rascal & bambu bis hin zu goldie oder rave-veteranen wie 808 state. cd2 beinhaltet dann vier mini mash-up mixe von u.a. calverton, murkage, doorly uvm

plugged-in pop, concrete prog & global robotic rock.16 highly charged currents of latter day electro-magnetic poly-pop, robotic rock & modern day mechanical music. featuring unreleased electronic music for atari video games, swiss construction companies and low budget eastern film productions alongside unknown and undercover synth driven rarities by members of can, hawkwind, niagara, soft machine, dynastie crisis, gong & nucleus.compiled from a well travelled dj bag of inhumane second-class sound by saxonic wax magnet andy votel ( finders keepers ) including full length tracks from his acclaimed vintage voltage mix tape.

kitsunŽ maison keeps selecting the best among musical insurgents, ignoring continents and currents. lost in myspace ? anxious in department stores ? thirsty for new blood ? once again, kitsunŽ maison 4 will be your dowsing rod, uncovering an unexpected musical collage to listen to in a car, in a club or with earphones Ð but always very loud. and once more, here are unpublished gems, rarities, exclusives Ð and even stars, featuring darkel, the whip, feist, boys noize, hadouken !, whitey, dragonette, thieves like us

ltg 140 gram blue double 12 inch !

available on vinyl for the first time in over 15 years! pressed on pink & blue coloured double vinyl.

repress - ive never met rod modell (deepchord) in person, but we have met through music. he found an obscure cassette of chi music (from 86), sent it to astral industries and paved the way for the release (30 years later) of the original recordings in 2016. since then, weve exchanged ideas and good music. i sent rod a preview of the kallikatsou recordings - he really liked it - and here came the idea for a remix of lanterns. i started working on some random, lo-fi samples from youtube, using audacity, perhaps the simplest way of producing loops and samples. it’s the only computer based system that feels like the tape recorders i used to work with. i sent the first sketches to rod on facebook, but they ended up in the wrong inbox. i forgot about them, but months later he came back saying he loved them. i decided to go back to working on them, maintaining the lo-fi approach. i began manipulating the samples: time-stretching, tempo and pitch-shifting, mixing different layers and adding old-school monophonic old speaker effects, delays and loops. i used a few field recordings, voices and samples from my early ambient cassettes, and they matched. ario from astral industries got involved and the experiment turned into a plan a vinyl release - red lantern at the kallkatsou.

world music

nearly 15 years have passed since the original release with all tracks lovingly remastered for this new remastered edition, which also includes stl s first ever remix and sounds just as beautiful as the day we first heard it! as bleep so elegantly stated, -deep, reduced dub-techno with ethereal production nuances from stephen hitchell and rod modell. both original tracks here reveal the duo s obsession with the likes of maurizio, basic channel and chain reaction. features a dreamy, minimal house reduction from stl

the second release from swiss beatmaker andy kas is here.

metal

debut album of chunky

rod strikes back with 4 powerful techno jams recorded in 1 take under his hardware-only rod20 alias.

bone coloured vinyl with red splatter

190g vinyl. primary colours brings you the much anticipated mike schommer - city sleeps remixes, part 2. following remixes on part one from steve o sullivan, rhauder and cv313 we come back just as strong with remixes from deepchord, deadbeat and freunde der familie. first off the cut is mike s friend, rod model, deepchord. bringing his signature sound, this remix is hypnotic, deep and encapsulating. driven by dark percussive rhythms, ghostly vocals invite you to take the journey with deepchord as he creates a timeless dub techno classic. in contrast to deepchord, scott monteith, aka deadbeat, brings us a jacking club dub techno cut. swirling, sweeping soundscapes play with the strong bass drum and snappy snare. the blood & bones remix is sure to be one for the dancefloors from melbourne to berlin. last on the remix duties are our good friends, fdf, with the downunder dub. dark, dub, dystopian sounds conjure up feelings of deep emotions, looking inwards for answers to questions put to the dancefloor by fdf. another timeless classic ensues. we present you the city sleeps remixes part 2 from mike schommer.

rod20 ist das neue projekt von rod, dem in rotterdam lebenden künstler, der vor allem durch seine beiträge für ben klocks label klockworks bekannt ist.

das 1995er album der besten band der welt als 10 inch doppel-vinyl im klappcover.

hot pink coloured vinyl

chiwax presents guchon - pistachio party ep. let s dive back into glory days of rave. this release makes fun from the first to the last minute! highly recommended!

idm masterpiece, for fans of burial

reissue of the debut album from peaches on pink coloured vinyl.

limited yellow vinyl edition with download code included.

regular black vinyl edition with download code included.

an audiophile blue note classic vinyl reissue - mastered from the original analog tapes and pressed on 180 gram vinyl.

reissue of rare cuss cuss riddim track.

incl deadbeat, reshape quantec remix

official reissue, remastered from the original tapes at abbey road studios and pressed on audiophile 180 gram vinyl.

box with 4 releases coming from michel de hey. originally released as unknown artist. including remixes from steve rachmad, rod and windows.

third detroit love mix comes from wajeed. the double vinyl release features 8 tracks from the set.

rod modell & walter wasacz s shorelight s project returns on astral industrials.

incl remixes by rod, iorie, christian burkhardt, andre galluzzi & reinhard voigt

deleted - limited hand stamped whitelabel... disco rout was one of the biggest anthems in 2002 - 2019 with two fresh remixes from younger rebinds aka rod aka benny rodriguez, played by sven väth at time warp 2019

(6 track picture disc + 22 track download, limited to 500 copies) the weathermen s long lost live instrumental backing tapes: poison!

remixes by antigone, rod, agents of time & kris wadsworth) following the release of amandras acclaimed dame de bahia album last year, obscura now presents 4 interpretations provide varying takes on amandras originals.

you may remember the closing of space, ibiza with carl cox when he played a bootleg of total confusion. barry obzee hobbs (rising high a&r) spent a lot of time trying to locate the remixer and finally did a few months ago. we have now signed the remix which will be released on vinyl in may and on digital in july. the story goes like this: carl cox has been playing the version at most of his shows including tomorrow land, kappa future fest and timewarp ( see video clip below) but this is where the story becomes more interesting. the remixer, rod malmok from rotterdam aka benny rodriguez, who is a very established dj producer playing for loco dice in ibiza etc and releasing on ben klock s imprint klockwork, chris liebings imprint clr, adam beyers imprint drumcode and many more was inspired to remix the track through a conversation with dubfire, rod gave him a rough copy the following day. he played it to carl cox at space, ibiza and cox begged him for a copy - see video below if you ve been around the scene for a while you will know that rising high records was one of the first labels to shape techno, hardcore and breakbeat in the uk and was huge!

rod modell returns as deepchord for his first solo release on astral industries since inaugurating the label with his sought-after ‘lanterns’ ep. consisting of two stunning long-form pieces split on one side each, immersions¿ captures the emotive, halcyon sound that rod has long become synonymous with. opening with glistening ambient textures, ‘immersion i’ grows into an 18-minute piece of deep rolling dub techno. on the other side ‘immersion ii’ paints pristine soundscapes of soft, lapping waves, underpinned by submerged pulsations that rise to the surface to continue its deep space explorations. two highly refined and inspiring tracks that sit on the apogee of this sound.

echocord sub-label echo echo continues this july with orbite’s ‘interstellar’ ep, a threetracker from the berlin- based producer. orbite is a brand new project founded in berlin, germany with a nod towards the raw, dubby sounds often heard across the clubs in the city, and where better to inaugurate things than the recently launched sub-label of copenhagen’s echocord, one of the leading imprints in the realms of dub techno, home to pioneering acts like rod modell/deepchord, pole and fluxion who have paved the way for orbite’s own twist on the genre. the ethereal pad textures of ‘skylar’ lead on the package, deftly evolving alongside bubbling synth tones, swelling chords and shuffled percussion to create a create dynamically unfolding six and a half minute cut. ‘moment’ follows, edging things further into dubbed-out territories with heavily delayed dub echoes and mesmeric spoken word poetry intertwining to create a, hypnotic beatless soundscape. ‘organi’ closes the record with emotive, billowing pads, warm bell like tones and vocal murmurs running alongside swinging shakers and stripped-back micro-house percussion.

ltd copies, screen printed sleeve by al white & house of traps, this marks the first new vinyl release from echospace detroit this year with all the content lovingly re-mastered in echospace, detroit, usa & cut @ deepgrooves. an unreleased classic from the vaults emerges with newly remastered content from radius s celebrated -obsolete machines- double album & two of the most epic creations featured on the -interpolation tapes- cd series, available for the first time ever on vinyl format. many of the songs featured in this project were initially sent to rod modell & mike schommer shortly after they launched their brilliant deepchord label in 2001. (recorded from 1993-2000) they were incredibly kind in saying it was the best demo they had ever heard and passed it on to octal records for release, sadly, that didn t materialize and since then these masters have been collecting dust in our cassette rack for nearly 20 years now. we ve spent months doing our best to restore the old tapes from our tascam 688, an 8 track cassette recorder purchased and abused since 1992 and to our ears still sounds quite impressive even by modern standards. we ve had nearly every component replaced and re-calibrated to bring this obsolete machine back to life, it s been a truly nostalgic experience re-visiting and redesigning these masters. we truly hope you enjoy reliving these magical times of music, very inspired by all that was happening in those years, there was just something in the air, an undeniable energy, long may it live on..

jon allen, acclaimed singer-songwriter from london, england is set to release his highly anticipated new album, “blue flame”. with a voice that is equal parts rod stewart, van morrison and sam cooke, jon allen has an uncanny ability to write songs that feel instantly familiar.

word of advice to funk lovers, there is not a minute to lose. get on board of the big hustle’s spaceship. before we take off, let s do a little history. the band was founded in 2014 by bass player and composer sébastien levanneur and its aim is to bring together 70 s old school funk with the hippest actual sound laced with influences spanning from steely dan and headhunters, to snarky puppy and soulive. with mighty horn players, a rock and funky rhythm section, the big hustle s music has a very large variety of soundscapes. the first destination takes us to the washington, d.c. area with “turn up”. the groove is clearly go-go music flavored with the trademark sound of cowbells and of course it reminds us of zapp by the use of the talk box on lead vocals, performed here by saad el garrab. and don t miss out shaun martin (snarky puppy, erykah badu, kirk franklin amongst others) as a very special guest performing the talk box solo! second stop is “a curse, a blessing”. it’s an instrumental very much in the freddie hubbard vein during his cti years. the last leg of the a side ends with an instrumental interlude titled “flying donut”. double tribute to jay dee and flying lotus, the music is a simple hip hop loop based on samples. the b side takes us back into the past with two brilliant covers, involving rod temperton the late great british songwriter who scored some of michael jackson s biggest hits. now the idea for this b side is to do the opposite approach from the a side. taking 70 s and 80 s original music and make them travel into time to 2018. we first land with a heatwave song named “the star of a story” from their 1976 central heating album. track 2 is a herbie hancock song named “gettin to the good part” from his 1982 lite me up lp. this time traveler ep journey ends with an interlude. called “gimme dat”, the song deals with the need of new music, new sound. again, this blend of deep rooted funk laced with a contemporary edge is to be consumed without moderation. and do not forget that e.p. also stands for extended pleasure.