goldffinchs well received model ep from 2012 gets a rework for 2013. on the a side dutch house and techno legend, dexter, turns let me see into a driving, analog beast. while on the flip fresh faced finnish duo femme en fourrure take on the original title track, model, and inject it with their signature gritty and sleazy sound. the remix 12 inch comes as a yellow coloured limited edition, hand-stamped vinyl only release.

good things come to those who wait: the second release on the crazylegs label finally arrives in the form of an incendiary solo debut from nottinghams toyc. thats toy see — a name youre likely to hear popping up quite a bit over the coming months fresh from guest appearances on boiler room and bbc radio 1, ruffer and keyframe represent a bold snapshot of toycs unique sound: two dangerous slabs of light-footed, elastic bassweight that you may well recognise from the sets of jackmaster and ben ufo backing up the originals, an old vs new-skool grime soundclash, if you will — 8 bar pioneer youngstar and thrilling belfast newcomer bloom run amok with versions of keyframe. and finally the inimitable danny native twists ruffer into one of the most menacing pieces of dance music youll hear all year

expanded deluxe vinyl edition, limited to 200 copies. see below for complete content-list.

many of the problems africa faces are a result of outside interference by other countries, and as the 21st century progresses we will see the continued pillage of african resources to feed the global capitalist machine on an unprecedented scale.

sam walton is a 22 year old producer from manchester who came to hyperdub after feeding them demo tracks, and started off in 2011 with the *walton ep*, the first of three eps for the label. since then he has honed and developed his music into *beyond*, finding a really fresh and subtle intersection between music that doesnt seem to naturally fit together, old eski grime, funky and detroit house and techno but with smudged edges and a colourful industrial sound palette that gives a real richness to his productions.

3 tone dorsal fin, a new international band from berlin is pleoavcee from san diego, djcksatron from dallas, nora lune from switzerland and the producer count frankula also known as frank muller or beroshima: glistening is a tingling feeling in the skin as well as being perceived by sight or the hairs in your ears. perception of a sensation throughout our whole body - says the artist. lets see. listen up. or glisten up! all introduced by a distorted pitched alien space child rambling incoherently until shaken up by hesitant laughter. raps that rhymes euphemism with hypnotism and swagging with lagging better be good.

glasgow underground launches a new mix compilation series in may with the release of optimo:the underground sound of glasgow mixed by optimos jd twitch. each installment of the underground sound of… will see a dj focus on his or her home city, compiling mixing and collection of music from said city. this 12 inch features 5 of the rarer tracks from the mix.

markus fix has been one of the early companions of deep vibes recordings and were happy to see him back with this stunning 3 track solo ep

the first release of belgian producer r. hiele. this album consists of 7 electronic tracks that represent the kick off for the ekster label. rattling 808s, brain bend synth lines and sideways grooves. limited edition of 200 copies with download code. dream or die silk-screened a1 size poster included.

hot on the heels of the release of neville watsons songs to elevate pure hearts album, crme organization releases a three track ep of remixes from the longplayer. drawing on diverse names, each of the remixers transforms their given track into something quite different from the original. the first is by watsons frequent collaborator, bulgarian producer and live specialist kink. he tackles songs to elevate pure hearts and laces it up with some lazy old rave breakbeats and plenty of lucid synth and melody pattern before fast rising dixon avenue basement jams associate marquis hawkes takes on against the tide . he imbues it with what is fast become a trademark sonic weirdness, with wrought iron synth bars interlocking with molten synth lines and a slow, purposeful and predatory mood. finally, american moon b turns in a trippy outsider house version of son of house with off kilter claps, see-sawing synths and organic drums.

i am sure joe goddard needs no introduction, the co-founder of greco-roman and leading member of hot chip + one half of 2 bears releases this stunning 4 track ep. the title taking over is, as joe says: a reference to that moment when the music at a club starts to really hit you, when it forces you to focus on it and the night ahead. featuring collaborations with boris dlugosch and mara carlyle, taking over is an attempt to make synthesizers sound nice. the lead single from the ep is the step together which was premiered on the b traits (in for annie mac) on bbc r1 last friday. since that announcement step together has received more plays across the bbc networks. we have big plans radio wise for this track and we expect to see a lot more plays forthcoming across, bbc r1, 6 music, 1xtra, xfm and kiss fm.

chris jarman, previously known as raiden, now known as kamikaze space programme. get used to it. wncl recordings is proud to present ksps debut vinyl offering where we see the producer bringing his found-sound recordings (bits of old truck and a pocket full of coins amongst other things) from the field to the warehouse ...

chroma are fucking sick, this 12 inch is fucking sick too. the trio, from newcastle, formed in 2011 and consist of phobia, sato & tyrone – already well known entities within d&b circles. they make blinding music, as previously witnessed on such superb labels as prog:ram, c.i.a. renegade hardware, commercial suicide, symmetry, ingredients, med school & critical. they are so good, andy c, goldie, klute, hype, total science, friction, fabio all see fit to play their music in their sets. bloody good i say. makes me want to buy it.
pressing on orangered coloured & marbled vinyl.

dj hero, dance music trailblazer, french canadian heartbreaker… you see the hat, you know it’s a-trak! he’s been hard at work cooking up new music just for you, and fool’s gold is proud to present them as the tuna melt ep – four tracks of inescapably catchy, high-powered electronic jams, hand grilled by trizzy in the studio with his buds tommy trash, gta, galantis and oliver. just like a-trak’s dj sets around the globe, the ep masterfully flips between styles, with the title track’s enormous festival riffs breaking down perfectly into the half time slap of landline, while the rave bounce of jumbo builds up to the ecstatic, hands-in-the-air anthem disco nap. tuna melt is easily the funkiest meal since tom’s diner, bring yer appetite and come get greasy ...
prerssing on (orange)red coloured & marbled vinyl.

with what looks like a summer heatwave on the horizon, it seems right to call on dirtybirds european extension to deliver a sundrenched dance floor stormer to see in the new season. the two track love ep sees catz n dogz join forces with the everinnovative kink, a pairing that has proved striking in the past year after kinks beautiful follow the step release on the polish duos label, pets recordings.

the best is yet to come is the title of the newest release by schallbox records and also stands for the claim of the basel based recording label to continually evolve and develop itself further, thereby upping the ante with each new release.
schallbox014 is a deep and ever grooving track made by berlins michael nielebock and leevey that will definitely see the openair season prolonged until the end of the year. additionally, larsson delivers a dubby remix featuring an electrifying beat and broad synth sounds. schallbox even resurrects some golden memories of legendary bar25 - courtesy of sasch cawa and dirty doerings remix which is furthermore gratifying the vinyl package. last but not least the release is completed by the contribution of newcomer benotmane from basel, who converts the original into a dreamy sunrise tune.

hot on the heels of his sweet & spicy ep on the w label, dj w!ld now unleashes rainbow in my pocket ep. the four tracks see w!ld at his most underground and dirty, it is 3am music for when the freaks come out. another must have ep from a man at the very top of his game!

glasgow underground launches a new mix compilation series in may with the release of optimo:the underground sound of glasgow mixed by optimos jd twitch. each installment of the underground sound of will see a dj focus on his or her home city, compiling mixing and collection of music from said city.

the unstoppable boris bunnik is back once again, this time as vernon felicity with a four track ep for mos recordings. the tracks see him explore his usual analogue heavy sound, but there is a little more space in his arrangements, a more rueful mood...

2 hot new tracks from steven de peven aka awanto 3 with a beauty of an aardvarck remix that plain rolls... great to see two of the red nose crew re-united on vinyl once again! tip! support from jimpster, norman nodge, matthew styles, roland appel, hunee...

bursting into 2013 with a heavy dose of house, we see new leeds based, vinyl only imprint dish up a tasty serving of well cooked beats.

the new >5 seiten ep< by 60 hertz contains plays with the space in which it is meant to be played. corners. in a three-dimensional room. six two-dimensional surfaces. twelve edges, four sides the same length – parallel to each other. well, thats the theory. from outside one can only see edges, yet it is well curved inside. at first sight you wouldnt get it. you only see what you figure out. the question is - how deeply can you discover a space you dont understand? a fifth level, a fifth surface, a fifth side.

analogue mapping sees meanwhile founder robert lawrence return to production duties as bovill in requisite fashion after a four year absence. in this time lawrence has focused on establishing the london label as a worthy outlet for the deeper echelons of techno with material from murmur, sven weismann, bvdub and conforce. spread luxuriously across two slabs of vinyl, the six tracks allow bovill to make room for soothing, dubby moments that ease you in as well as productions characterised by their driving drum and chord arrangements. see the spine tingling opener so it goes for evidence of the former whilst neap and hunt or herd? provide perfect examples...

here are the two techno giants format:b and pleasurekraft take the underbrush like king kong and godzilla. one can see that the recent tour through mexico has only strengthened their artistic bond.

if you look into the night sky you can see a shadow of the headless horseman and his steel. this time around he has taken perc prisoner in the graveyard. as we know, decapitation does not come without con- sequence. rumor has it that the horseman is continuing his journey throughout the land and will strike again so beware.

may 20th 2013 will see koreless release his debut solo ep yugen on young turks. following on from previous releases 4d/mti and lost in tokyo, and his collaboration with sampha for short stories, welsh born producer koreless has well and truly defined his own sound. existing somewhere between soulful electronica and eno-like ambience, the emotion filled soundscapes of y?gen give the listener a glimpse into the vast concepts imagined by koreless and presented through his music, artwork and performance.
remarkable in its restraint, sophisticated despite its simplicity, and almost entirely beatless, y?gen is a bold statement that deserves to be listened to and lost in.

blue love featuring the vocals of erika tele is aux 88 black tokyo love theme for the dance floor. in the vein of detroits 4/4 classics from the past, you can know see that aux 88 has some full circle in their musical quest.
blue love is a happy and beautiful take on love and spiritual release you get while dancing on the dance floor. erika teles angelic robotic vocal make this a keeper.
dark deceptions opens with emotional strings and arp like baseline intro creating a sense of a movie intro. erika teles vocal are spoken words in japanese. the track is clearly a sort of intro for more.
the ep gives you a soft string beat dance driven homage to love. pick this up quickly sure to be classic dj track for aux 88 presents plack tokyo fans.

supported and played by: dvs1, brendon moeller, jeroen search, session restore, samuli kemppi, invite, anaxander, myles sergé, mary velo, arnaud le texier, patrick gil, opuswerk, kereni, gonzalo md.... the unison e.p. start with a pure techno banger, facial features: the heavy kick drum and synth pattern hit you where it hurts. myk then goes in more minimal territory with omage and see, both tracks making use of nice background repetitive voices, heavy basslines and dubby synths that remind you of late nights in berlin. the e.p. ends up with with synda, a peak time atmospheric dub experience that will not leave you indifferent.

the lucky seventh release on beats in space records rolls on the back of an ecstatic track from dennis dj mcnany - aka jee day. a fixture in the nyc dance community as label boss of run roc records, a touring member of the juan maclean and an accomplished producer in his own right (see the like a child and auro go 12s for dfa), mcnany knows what music makes a crowd lose its collective mind.

following on from his long awaited album ku:palm in november of last year, we now see its lead track pyramid get a vinyl release on photeks own label, photek productions. the eastern instrumentation and spacey beats may not be apt for every dance floor, but for fans of modus operandi era photek, pyramid is an essential tune. on the flip we have oshun, another track from ku:palm this time remixed by beneath, a producer that began making waves last year with a series of 12 inches on his own label, no symbols and a cracking mix for fact mag. he has gone on to release the illusions ep on dusk & blackdowns keysound recordings, as well as a 12 inch on pinchs influential tectonic recordings. mixing the darkest elements of funky, dub and syncopated grime with a distinctly uk edge, beneaths complex layered beats result in a truly unique sound that is a perfect matched to remix fellow experimentalist photek. a young producer that clearly knows his shit, beneath is a breath of fresh air.

through out history, there has a been a growth of intellectual thoughts, thoughts that makes us different from other living creatures. among those thoughts, we see familiar rules of moral and ethics in many historical contexts such as in law and religion, among warriors and even pirates.

i had dinner with breach in london and he told me: hey, i have a track that is really dirtybird. i would put it out but its really sounding right for you guys. i took this with a grain of salt but then i heard lets get hot and i found out he was right. it has got the swagger and the sound. it makes girls grind their asses into boys crotches on the dancefloor. perfect. signed. so i then asked him to make something even more sexual, thinking it would be ages before i got something back. 10 days later the a-side came back to me as a 2 minute clip while i was on the train to warehouse project in manchester. i liked it so much that i edited it on the train to stretch it out to 5 minute. as expected, it slayed the room and the final version breach has delivered is one of the best records of the year in my opinion. with the simple title of jack you can see for yourself when you play it. this is the real deal. love, vonstroke

next up on local talk we got a raw peak hour jam from liverpool producer dale howard (lost my dog, large, morris/audio, off rec). there is nothing light or fluffy about these tracks, its just dirty straight up house music with a dark 90s basement feel. for the main track we actually chose the dub version of throwback over of the original mix. we just thought this version was soooo freakin raw even though its more stripped than the original version. you’ll see what we mean when you drop it in the club! the second track in out goes along the same house theories as throwback with jackin beats and deep chords that will do wonders in any authentic house basement. all in all, a might fine release of classic local talk house music. enjoy!

emotional rescue is proud to reissue one of germanys best - if most underrated - collectives dunkelziffer. formed of dominik von senger, reiner linke and helmut zerlett, the floating line up also included contributions from cans damo suzuki and jaki liebetzeit, as well as the unknown cases stefan kratchen and reebop kwaku baah. this true supergroup, over a 6 year period, made 4 ground breaking albums that covered the classic krautrock blend of heavy, repetitive drumming, intricate, overlapping melody and sonic intonation, but expanded it to include heavy dub, soul and jazz elements. this special retrospection obi set is being issued as part of record store day and features the three 12 inches that will later be released individually.

double 12 inch vinyl plus cd-copy of the full album.
following two acclaimed eps on kompakt and more than a year of meticulous preparation, the bar has been set high for marius bubat and georg conrad aka coma whose much-anticipated album debut in technicolor will see the light of day via kompakt. you will hear them answer all expectations with an ingeniously composed collection of triple a tracks constantly shifting from club to pop culture and back. spiked with brilliant guest performances from the likes of vimes, roosevelt, ada and also mits frontman edi winarni, comas debut full-length gives you an panoramic view over cologne new school revamping the citys sonic skyline. purveyors of fine cologne stomp since 2007, coma knows how to incite a crowd.

trikk follows up last years debut release on manmakemusic with a second offering of shimmering bass heavy house music aimed squarely at the dance floor. the ep itself has already been getting some heavy rotation from manmake label boss george fitzgerald, appearing on his recent boiler room and radio one essential mixes. on basement traxx we see the darker side of trikks musical personality as he gives us a stuttering techno drum workout with demented pads and ominous stabs. rounded is trademark trikk featuring rolling subbass alongside drifting chords and swinging drums. lando (formerly lando kal) completes the ep with a guttural techno rework of the aside rounding off a stellar dancefloor centric release from the manmakemusic camp.

180 gram vinyl, high quality pressing, pure analogue audiophile mastering.

the legendary 1965 beatles album - stereo remastered and pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl.

a luxury release on heavyweight double 12 inch vinyl in gatefold sleeve. all tracks recorde in 1961 at gaslight cafe, nyc (1-6) and bonnie beechers apartment, minnesota (7-24).

david bowie s 2013 album on 180 gram double vinyl, housed in a gatefold sleeve

left hand path is an ode to the other, the outside, the odd and uncanny, a window to the wilds of theoutdoors from the crushing claustrophobia of the rat race. musically, the new aspects album deftly treads the light beam divide of old and new - at times dusty-fingered and familiar, yet finding moments of un-quantized lo-fi sci-fi - not far from l.a.s low end theory sound buffet.

your mamas friend continues to build itself a healthy reputation as purveyors of modern sounding house and tech that likes to do things on its own terms. of course, it is all down to the leadership of marcin czubala who here serves up an ep of his own for the label, complete with remix from leeds lads audiojack, which will see 250 copies released on limited transparent red, smokey marbled vinyl.

vinyl only! amazing 2nd lp by quinto on his k-tv imprint.

following two acclaimed eps on kompakt and more than a year of meticulous preparation, comas (marius bubat and georg conrad) much-anticipated album debut in technicolor (kompakt 279 cd 106) will see the light of day via kompakt in april 2013. in advance of this incisive event, the band gives you a taste of the opulences to be expected with the 12 inch release of my orbit (kompakt 278) - one of the albums surefire highlights escorted by two brilliant remixes from upcoming luminaries dauwd and clouds.

clone royal oak with a killer release by headless ghost! a production alias of ripperton delivering three shit hot tracks. asking what the difference is between ripperton and his headless ghost production he said while the headless ghost is doing stuff intuitive, i see what you did there. not sure if we completely understand, but the intuitive thing makes sense while listening to the tracks. killer 3 track ep with a some sharp edged house music. tip!!

kev beagle ist einer der grössten uk-jazz dance djs und präsentiert tolle jazz-schätzchen, independent underground jazz, fusion und latin tracks der 70er und 80er aus seiner sammlung.

foot & mouths latest comes hot out the blocks with a superb take on see line woman on the a side, toughened up with a heavy swing, crossing that jazz house nexus in perfect precision. on the flip and sunshine of your lov gets tastefully jacked for the floor by the mysterious sir bed & sir go. finally the last lick is a slice of proper bootleg garage.. bright as you like!

following his bomb booty jazz ep released under the jupiter jazz moniker alongside label boss maceo plex, miamis finest danny daze goes solo to release the calm – two original cuts of deep dark house with a stellar remix from dutch producer dexter.