dave dk needs no introduction, since his debut moodmusic album “lights and colours” he s been busy travelling the world preaching his trademark electronic deep house sound and remixing florian kruse, tigerskin and seva k for labels baalsaal, global underground and dirt crew among other things. for the new moodmusic release dave packs 2 tracks from the album in new edits as well some major remix biz from ada (areal, irr) and russ gabriel (mobilee, ferox) remixing cinema paraiso was ada s choice, the epic floating, almost balearic feel to it fitted perfectly the fine hand of ada and her perfect production values. starting with a rough 303 bassline, building an intense but deep affair buidling into a hypnotic frenzy of old school acid and modern electronics ! from the feedback from the few selected djs who got their hands on this gem, ada s remix is allready in groove mag top-10 ! the b-side coimbra, a rocking house belter with neat sample editing and the dave dk bassline juggling between the low end and the ultra low sub. russ keeps much of the original intact, deepening the groove with his funk injected beats and some lush detroit influenced chord action like we know and love from him. as a bonus we include the original mix for those vinyl lovers out there !

late 2008 discos capablanca invited eric d. clark and traxx (nation) to dj at a label party. eric ended up singing live over traxx beats. doing so in a daze, originally an unreleased instrumental by traxx and beau wanzer, evolved into the final version you hear here, combining 808 sounds and a passionate vocal delivery, with the rough and gritty edges still intact.

stephan laubner s stl project returns on his something imprint with another great, deep and soulful vinyl release where he illuminates even more corners of his universe. retro stylish melodies between raw and rough house beats with the unstoppable affectation for long evolving grooves. these tracks easily break through the sound barrier and moving supersonically on dancefloors and places beyond. a voyage, which has it s roots in the dark. at a place where spirit comes from. music out of the inner galaxy where emotions and thoughts get born, all captured and channeled through oldschool equipment direct to your speakers. these sounds are part of something. something you can not see, but somehow, you know it s definitely there. get inside, and enjoy the unseen voyage.

jazzmin deliver the goods yet again with this killer jazz dance 4-tracker from m swift! it opens with disco, a wicked energetic disco jazz nugget, that wouldn t seem out of place at the end of one of mr scruff or gilles peterson s dj sets! ôpanamaö is more laid back, sounding like soil & pimp when they re not bouncing off the walls! over on the flip there s two killer remixes , 4hero s marc mac underpins the live instrumentation on caf? bahia with a tight jazz break. moon at noon remixed by french beatmaker fulgeance delivers a rough wonky jazz hop vibe, keeping the jazzness of the original and adding a heavy banging beat. m-swift presents 24 carat æs forthcoming album will be released soon on jazzmin records:

cabin fever volume 5 comes from radio slave himself. cabin fever follows up with another of radio slaves secret weapons. >dont you know?< has been an exclusive secret weapon for radio slave, since the rekids rooftop party at sonar last year. this track doesnt need any fancy notes or kind wordsà its just rough as f**k. lookout for more of radio slave on rekids in 2009 and watch out for the next cabin fever release from runaway. limited edition coloured marbled vinyl (500 copies).

solid proper banging techno, end your search. this is what you are waiting for all this time. crowdpleasing techno for all who like it rough and slightly dark but still with enough energy to keep you up and dancing all night. no drugs needed, just move on the music and go on and on and on and on...

sweet n candy catapults himself back into the arena and the timing could not be better. his intriguing 3-tracker presents the facettes of his contemporary work and he shows once again that he can pack a bag of treats

after shock from the pain state of emergency returns with a new hardcore stomper! on this 3 tracker everybody gets served! call it music on the a side is a party tune with phatt kicks, a cool melody, catchy raps and a huge break! on the flip we find the darker and more uptempo track vanity. this one is for the ones who like it a bit darker. a simple but effective melody combined with a pounding kickdrum will do the trick for sure! last but certainly not least we take it a bit further with a stunning broken rules remix of game time. the man from l.a. delivers a rough stompin remix only he can do. hardcore with a techno twist is what he serves us! so this raw fuel release covers it all!

ultraphat groovy / deep hypnotic techhouse

after the two releases african salsa and parte dos mancha recordings comes up with the third release love and pain. on the a side rik elmonts tracks tint and somewhat like love come along very rough and playful. dry sounding, interlaced house structures allocate both tracks. the tracks on the b side are a bit more dubby. marsmellows and zero in something are releasing their first tracks on mancha recordings.

finally four brand new tracks, in pure classic cheers party style. two with a deep electro feeling, the kind we like over here in paris, rough and simple, with a dark tone and strong percussions. check especially the frame, a very special abstract track that you may enjoy right from the first listening. the cheers theme and night on earth are more in the old school garage vein (a sound that really comes back on the dancefloors those days), happy, melodic, uplifting, this is pure cheers party heaven! dedicated to all the cheers addicts!

fortek superstars caie! & lagora join forces on this slammin techno release called dirty wings. caie!s white wings is a rough and nasty percussive dancefloor banger with influences of the 90s tribal scene combined with the wicked tricks of todays techno music. lagora comes with a storming take on black wings. deep basses and fat synth work provide for the perfect party at midnight! last but not least we bring you dirty wings in an amazing remix. byron bogues, head honcho of choke music and eruptive, manoeuvres things into deeper territory. his take on dirty wings is like taking an analogue bubblebath: warm and sexy!

2002 classic produced by dj rasoul!!

rough, rougher, roughest!! another wicked addition to the fattalic series. fatallic resignation is about the harder side of techno, brought by artists that live the music. various styles from various artists, the thing they have in common, its hard, hard and hard!! check this out!

incl 2x12 vinyl album, plus free cd version of the album !! gui borattos philosophical approach is adept at packaging the rough, smooth, bitter and sweet into a number of emotive and ultimately optimistic productions.

supported by move d, fred p, keith worthy, dj deep !! jitterbug began djaying at the age of 15 in the uk. and now more than 10 years later, has as much passion and enthusiasm for it as ever. chicago house music became his first real love, blown away by the rough yet soulful grooves of producers like gemini and cajmere, and the hard, funky sounds of labels like relief records, prescription, and dance mania. detroit techno followed suit, and a strong fascination for the roots and history of dance music led to a love for black music in all its many

debuting with >i believe< on the monumental (10 records) compilation >techno 2: the next generation< (alongside carl craig, marc kinchen, and jay denham) in 1990. octave one is the brainchild of the phenomenal native sons of detroit, mi (usa), the burden brothers. the band, (made up of lenny burden and lawrence burden), have had the privilege of touring live and djing throughout the world, including the countries of germany, spain, greece, belgium, vienna, the netherlands, the uk, ireland, scotland, malaysia, japan, the us, and russia, among many other places. throughout their careers they have worked with such artists as derrick may, underground resistance, juan atkins, anthony shake shakir, among others. they have remixed tracks for such artists as massive attack, akabu (joey negro), dj rolando (jaguar), steve bug, john thomas, the trampps, rhythim is rhythim, and inner city. two years of live touring and three years of recording come together for the brothers latest musical offering. reaching back and rejuvenating their pure electronic detroit sound, o1 produce a dance floor heavy techno journey. >summers on jupiter< showcases the burdens signature rough and tumble production style. several tracks are already gracing the decks of the likes of jeff mills, laurent garnier, carl craig, richie hawtin, and claude young among many others. to celebrate their first studio album in four years, octave one take the electronic beat down on the road through 2009.

for all of those that are in the search of some solid proper banging techno, end your search. this is what you are waiting for all this time. crowdpleasing techno for all who like it rough and slightly dark but still with enough energy to keep you up and dancing all night. no drugs needed, just move on the music and go on and on and on and on...

kumo returns! after his well received debut ep earlier this year - he comes in with two movers in his own style. alphawave on the a side has this haunting, escapish synthline, dreams on the flip intrigues as well - with the rough beats and almost ravey synth burning in.

breakbeats other married couple, baobinga & i.d, step up to the oche and turn out a jackin wobbler of a remix. total club banger and this has been mashing up the dance on the recent aquasky global tour.

23 years old jeremy discovered electronic music through warp and ur, a decade ago. he started his carrer meeting now infamous mate popof, releasing a couple of collaboration and touring a strong live pa together under the name >wee-kids<. djedjotronics particular style, self called >electronic bitchy dance< is a mix between smooth pumping breakbeat and heavy industrial beats and happy-rough electronic music. his smashing debut ep >turn off< was released 2007 on level75, and got huge support by t.raumschmiere, busy p, justice, o.huntemann, m.oizo..remixes and productions for busy p, unkle, dsl (to name a few) were following quickly after.

the second release introduces a new project on the raw fuel imprint: state of emergency. the a-side features shock from the pain, a mainstream partytrack with a catchy melody, cool vocals and stunning kicks, guaranteed to get those hands in the air and feet of the ground! this track already received great dj support from artists like: angerfist, paul elstak, the viper, t-junction and rudeboy & tomcat. on the b-side we find the rough banger game time. play this track and youll have serious dancefloor madness for sure! once again a great hardcore slammer that cant be missed!! grab it while its still hot!

incl rmxs by jay haze & ernesto ferreyra !! lomidhigh unlmtd is a platform for non earthly music and frequencies from distant galaxies, that has echoed down onto us here at planet earth. the label aims to release music that knows no boundaries. to create a home for a label that doesnt contain itself to one genre or time. music that experiments and pushes its own limits into new and undiscovered musical territories. taking influences from the past, and presenting them in a new form. lomidhigh unlmtd has its sights set on the endless limits of the universe, in which it can roam freely and not be contained by gravity or any other earthly presence. the main concept behind the label is to not pigeonhole itself. expect the unexpected. its aim is to give record stores a rough time deciding which genre to put the releases under. at a time where the world is in dire shape, we feel its time to get away from the world and float into outer space. once named the final frontier, the universe knows no limits. the perfect place to surf through the milky ways to distant galaxies, to hear moments of the past echoing into the future. lomidhigh unlmtd is stoked to present its first release. monotaxs debut, the argentinean band formed by dilo (aka elephant pixel), imi and zooey.

a new essential release from the april77 combo. describing themselves as trash pop, this prolific avant garde indie band is always looking for more weird sonic experiences. what makes the songs different from the rest is that finberg finally found the right accomplices. the current incarnation allows him the perfect balance between the four track seclusion of his bedroom punk and the rough and tumble real world.

greatest rough breaks 3 tracker incl lbj & jade remixes

hyper uk techno tracks / rough sounds

slap - one of the most obscure and forward thinking acts from the early 80s meets the spearhead of today’s electronic music, ricardo villalobos. the originals are disturbingly brilliant electronic excursions, while villalobos’ jazz-fueled rework is one of the deepest mixes he has ever done. vivid drums are built around a driving bassline, aiming the track right at the floor. not to mention the rough claps! imagine miles davis’ “bitches brew” joined by throbbing gristle, playing “minimal techno” live. earlier this year macro unearthed namlook’s long lost “subharmonic atoms” featuring outstanding pépé bradock remixes. this continuation of the “prototypes” series is none less of a dream team. slap’s experimentalism just seems to be the right inspiration for ricardo villalobos, who takes it to a level of weirdness only he can achieve while retaining such danceability. essential!

rough to the touch, the jt3s latest will sink into your souls, purifying them by breathing in the bad and exhaling out the good. js songs use blues and r n b templates, executed with sweaty, wide eyed energy - and this time, hes added a couple of colours to his rainbow that are blowing our minds, those of dub reggae and ska, which squeeze next to their northern brethren with excellent tightness. you ll be left breathless after a nonet of new songs, all of which address the modern dilemma of identity and faith. vinyl only release - as befits the classic rock and soul sounds.

see you around is the second vinyl release by margaret dygas and first on non standard productions. this 12 is a warm combination of healthy and mellow yet solid beats combined with rough shredded guitars. you’ll be hearing round edges as much as square bubbled sounds and psychedelic synths traveling through out both tracks. tobias freund was responsible for the production and the additional analog mixdown treatments. all in all a record that follows the idea of non standard productions.

this brand new and long awaited follow up 12-inch single release by off the record is finally here! its been quite a while since their first release >robot gang ep< (sen-003) came out and took the dancefloors by storm. all the wait has been well worth though, as this talented duo is back on track with their trademark rough & raw drum sounds, killer breaks and bridges. such elements can be found directly from the starting track >tel aviv – japan<, which combines nicely minimalist techno / house sound architexture with simple, yet effective groove, and it grows humble and slowly to reach up its peak moment what goes like: splash! in ya face! there you have it! guaranteed to lighten up any dancefloors, it s dangerously explosive and has amazing flavour on the rocks! having said that, on demand producer and remixer ran shani (crosstown rebels, breastfed, cr2 records) was kind enough to contribute his absolutely fabulous and fantastic remix work of >in your mind< track. he pushed the track to the next level and came up with a truly club oriented pulsating dance track with extra crispy and tasty beats. rotating 360 degrees panorama effect on female vocals coming in as the track rolls further right after the break is surely enough to explode some minds on the dancefloors. watch this man out! perfect end to an extended play here is the only track offering a mini lovestory: >shes lost her mind> is a true and cold hearted, crucial story about a tech savvy clubgirl falling in love in a binary world full of zeros and ones, finding computers and turin machines sexually more attractive companions to better have fun with rather than getting accustomed to that old fashioned missionary position carried out by her human boyfriend. floating, dubby and rather melancholic, but definitely not a sad song! but one thing is for sure regarding that twisted story after all: someone has truly lost her mind somewhere along the way …

charts and big support from: richie hawtin (excellent release), dave clarke (full support), nic fanciulli (big big big), dubfire (this is wicked! rich hot teen tune has been my biggest all weekend), chris liebing, slam (excellent wicked tunes, on top of my charts) xpansul, deetron ( vapors rocks, brings the old days back to mind).... tip !!! even in berlins inexhaustable club scene few musicians developed an operational experience like savas pascalidis: he has been a dj for near twenty years and a producers for about ten years. having released two albums and a series of eps on a couple of a-list-labels, vapor is pascalidis first release on figure. being a specialist in demanding and sepulchral techno sounds, pascalidis tracks fit in seamlessly with the previous records on figure. vapor is a thirteen-minute-long techno epic. an ever-changing acid line coils through the track, keeping the listeners in a firm grip. rich hot teen combines an smart, slim groove with the kind of hook line which ignites excitement and surprise on the faces of the dancers. with its distorted feeling, the online-exclusive low has a rough, provocative attitude

rough, rougher, roughest!! another wicked addition to the fattalic series. fatallic resignation is about the harder side of techno, brought by artists that live the music. various styles from various artists, the thing they have in common: its hard, hard and hard!! check this out

phantastic 4 tracker on this new label under the tutelage of jus ed. 3 rough yet deep tracks by promising new york artist levon vincent plus one remix by jus ed.

lars klein returns to triple vision after a short break and returns with a vengeance! an eye for an eye is a fierce heavy bass pounding track with a wobbling feel and pulsating bleebs. excellent produced a side in his new invented style. the flip is slightly harder driven by an uplifting bassline and a furious breakdown, the bass kicks in nicely after and leaves the crowd going mental. the second track on the flip is a rework of the a1 track by stephane signore (insane life) and xentrix. these guys made the track rough and trancy in the true signore style techno. all in all a great release from germanys techno hero!

gebrueder teichmann are back and bring us two analoge, hypnotic, ecstatic, rough, subtile, pushing, deep and sexy clubtracks

shogun is a full on relentless progressive bomb, dirty beats & rough & ready soaring synths. 2 slammin mixes that give a taste of what to expect from this mans album!

this vinyl is very special - especially for kaoz and ewe! both of them had a lot of fun producing the tracks together and recording the vocals. those guys know, what a great hardtechno record really needs: dark and stompin tracks, including rough vox to fulfill everything the crowd desire! this vinyl is absolutely fun and all what music is about: 2 the floor!

the art of collaboration is the key on this groundbreaking split release between pomelo and minimalsoul from vienna! on the flip pomelo keeps it rough with track2 by dan lodig, known for his releases on trust, tension and kurbel, plus a remix by lok44 (trust records) in an old school-minimal style.a gem for all djs - the split features 4 completely different trax, for different needs and occasions, on just one piece of vinyl

(la horse=ivan smagghe+danton eeprom) uncompromisingly unique! its rough, hot and mental, reflecting smagghe and eeprom way of seeing music, free from codes and beyond genres

karolin müller is the first female artist in the hi freaks family and blinky is her long awaited first release. blinky starts with a subversive retro groove, the loop is driven by a flanged hihat and ends up in a funny, funky break, where the theme hits the track and pushes it too the next level. our swedish pac man agaric eats >blinky< alive and gives him a very rough and hypnotic treatment with his remix on the b-side. snake, rattle n roll: the title is just perfect to caracterise this track, imagine a snake winding through a synthesiser modulating itsself over and over again, sounds weired... thats what it is ... a great uncommon halucinating track…

all good things go by three, brilliant third popnorama release! with his amazing remix for off pop on popn002, he introduces himself impressiv. his style is like made on mars. never before we heard such f*ckin great stuff! with his rough and reduced dirty finch he defies all them lovely melodies and set the point to the biiiiig basedrum. smash the voice and get up! the opposite of the original track comes from johjon, who is allready known by his great remixes for stil vor talent, dirt crew and heiko laux. he makes the >dirty finch< move on smooth minimal house vibes.

played by: oliver huntemann, miss kittin, pig&dan, blackstrobe,..... for reference number 75 oliver huntemann hired the german newcomer arne großmuller aka jaxon, whose productions on labels like hypercolour, dipolter or freak waves have caused a massive stir in the clubs over the last month

the tracks are already gracing the decks of the likes of jeff mills, laurent garnier, carl craig, richie hawtin, and claude young among many others. lawrence and lenny burden, announce the release of their new single, >i need release<€,b/w >here comes the push<, on their own reborn label, 430 west records. collaborating once again with ann saunderson (the vocalist on their hit single >blackwater<, 2002), and mc p.gruv (from their >the theory of everything< album, 2004), the brothers have produced a dance floor heavy double sided single. >i need release< blends anna s angelic vocals with the burden s signature rough and tumble production style, while >here comes the push< takes a percussion driven ride off the edge, with p.gruv as your guide. this project leads to the release of octave one s first studio album in four years, >summers on jupiter<€,(september 2008), also on 430 west records.

jason little & dj kaoz (abstract) with killer hard techno !! with big names like dj rush and pet duo on previous releases of jason littles label jasons mask, the label already found a solid spot between the quality labels of the harder techno sound. on this next release jason little drops a track pure evil on a1 and he teamed up with kaoz for better tomorrow on a2 and melacholy melody on b1. melacholy melody was splendidly remixed by dj hammond for b2. definetely a must have for those who like it rough

cardiac arrest is back with yet another smashing ep, this time a four tracker by lexis, called >hyperkalaemia<. cardiac arrest stands for rough techno, hard beats, powerfull basslines and dark melodies, so lexis fits in perfectly! he recently shook up the hardtechno world with a release on kne deep and so he did on beast music and cannibal in 2007. cardiac arrest is next...

paul hammond is a london-based producer and founder of the label real soon. he has been making records since 1984 originally with industrial avant-funk group a primary industry and then from 1989-1998 as ultramarine in partnership with ian cooper. paul’s musical roots were established in the early 1980s listening to the new wave funk & electronic experiments of a certain ratio, 23 skidoo, cabaret voltaire, the pop group, new order, gang of four, the slits, the raincoats and the broader independent scene of the time typified by labels such as factory, rough trade

tomash gee (methadon, methanabol, kne deep) from poland and leo laker (tresor, ownstyle, methadon) from finland, two hot shot names in the hardtechno scene, teamed up for this smashing ep !! both responsible for numerous releases over the past years, this one is once again a great one for the bigger crowds.. a rough sound at a high pace, a must have for those who love hardtechno !!

waldhaus and x-tension both deliver two tracks for the 13th release on this hardtechno imprint. for those who like it rough: this is what youre looking for !! waldhaus previously released work on crowbar, artillery and toolterror and is obviously very talented and upcoming in the scene. x-tension (aka thomas nordmann) is known from releases onartillery and madhouse - still going strong with this release on combat skills.

ultraphat marek hemmann remix !! support comes from anthony collins, italoboyz, karotte, dj misk, mark henning and many more.. on a1 marcus meinhardt is telling the story of jerry lee in passionate dark sounds. he’s painting pictures from the dark side of town in which he was torn into. in the dense frames he hunted the adventure. a visionary, whose hair followed in electric line shape the power of his movements. when he runs - he runs for his life. marek hemmann how ever highlights jerry lee to a sunny place, to pick and count some daisys, in which the rough guy revives like a tame light being.