steve laviers motivators collective return with their second release on the excellent here and now recordings! following on from the success of the first 12 (which included jobu being licensed to the legendary jazz bizniz compilation series and a remix by reverso 68) these new tracks continue in the vein of raw, live, polyrhythmic grooves. on the a-side, boosters on is a driving energy-packed track with the former manu dibango rhythm section of noel ekwabi and conti bilong being impressively complemented by yam whos des morgan on congas and bongos. keys are provided by afrika mhkinse (who played with the late great miriam makeba) and faze actions multi-talented rob lee. trombone is laid down by tony trombony hayden who has played with numerous acts including quantic soul orchestra. last but by no means least, vocals come courtesy of hannah khemoh who has most recently been touring as backing vocalist for the incomparable grace jones! on the flip, r2 is a laid-back improvised afro-jazz session, with the musicians laying down some serious feel-good sounds. all this produced by rob lee in the faze action studio.

incl sis remix !!! last years massive groundbreaking anthem >summertime< finally gets released again with some fantastic remixes, courtesy of rob mello, jamie jones & robert james, and sis

gem sampler 2.1 and 2.2 come just in time for a gem records >amsterdam dance event showcase< at the westerunie on saturday october 24th including a big poster and advert campaign for the sampler! artists featured on gem sampler 2.1 (gem006) are secret cinema and tom laws who both dropped a big fat techno bomb and peter horrevorts who supplies us with a huge peak time loop-disco techey stomper. nice… on gem sampler 2.2 (gem007) egbert provides an energetic yet deep and hypnotic techno track while roger martinez delivers a giorgio moroderesque italo influenced tech houser. on the flip, its kaap de goede hoop who bring some warm deep housey flavours to the mix and arjuna schiks who finishes it off with a big funky percussive groover.

lee holman strikes us down with some seriously deep rooted techno, bombarding us with elements of gabriel and curtin cutting into the mixes.
the first track on the ep is seek, straight forward hypnotic dance floor business elevated by shaking percussion and vocal stab. search hits us straight away with deep detroit feelings shivering and unwinding as the track progresss, you get to see why lee has released on labels such as ferox, fine art and voorns nightvision imprint. found has to be highlighted as one of the must haves on the ep taking us on a journey right from the off. beautifully layered pads mixed with a tight and funked up bass line. berlins mike dehnert hits in with his signature sound of deep late night bass heavy groovin techno, twinkling and making every bone in the body jive to the off beat, a serious ep with serious intention.

worthy follower on the first release of this new label from rotterdam (which was cat#00). philogresz is expressing himself with 2 well crafted and lush house tracks. deep, bright and crafted with care! dependance of distant us also some as sinner dc remix on the a2. lowrider on the flip is a heavy slower paced modern sub driven house track with a lot of tension thats slowly builds and builds. seriously good!. just a small run of a crazy 150 copies coming on nice silver vinyl and silver labels. check!

killer deep house release on ripperton s perspectiv label. up and coming artist st blomb with a epic building track with a tribal feel to it and an almost cosmic psychelic synth line. one of those tracks that takes things to another level once played at the right moment! soulphiction taking things back to the floor and keep them feet moving by added a warm blanket of chords and lush grooves. and jackmate turns precious soul into a proper dj tool adding some chicago flavors, immediately resulting in raving feedback and chart positions with several key players and german groove magazine. nice one!

another dj spider release here, with 4 strong deep house tracks that drip with originality. deep, raw & dirty with a no holds barred sound that hits you where it hurts! superb drum programming with lush synth chords & dubby elements mixed with some heavy live drumming will have you asking for more. again we hear the musical talent & passion dj spider invokes through his true underground house music production. stay tuned for much more from this promising new york producer/dj.

audio family is steadily building on its fanbase and its growing by the day,as we see the backstock is flying out lately. another big addition to the roster in the form of the french techno dj/producer josh love!classical style with some old skool feeling and hints to the old days of tribal techno mixed with catchy synths and pounding beats!

orange it is. our second release has hit the shops and the first reactions are great. again we collected some very interesting tunes from all over the world. expect banging house music as well as some relaxed and groovy stuff for me and the ladies. this time we have four tracks instead of three and even though this fact calls for a campaign under the motto >get 33% more...< we still serve music and no cleaning agent.

this part of the urban graffiti saga focuses on the elements that make up our sound. covering all aspects, these tracks have been sourced from some of the most prolific artists in the scene over a period of time right up until the present, almost cataloging the progression of the scene as far as this side is concerned. this will take on the form of two 3-track eps with two additional tracks available for free download. if that isnt enough, we are also going to be giving away a free mix courtesy of d-man and h.o.d featuring tracks from the elements series including exclusives and forthcoming material.

pure groove is delighted to be releasing the first single by new fiction (home of elbow, snow patrol, filthy dukes and new dave sitek superstar project maximum balloon among others) artist alice gold.
she has got a big year ahead of her kicking off right now, with solo shows, support slots galore (including the eels uk tour which touches down at brixton academy) and some late summer festival slots.
produced by dan carey (the sonic alchemist who has twiddled the knobs of franz ferdinand and hot chip among a gazillion other british musical luminaries) orbiter will be another delightful limited and numbered vinyl edition, with lovely packaging that will make it a collectors treat.

legendary producer ian pooley has partnered up with up and coming producer spencer parker to create a very dynamic duo. we have been trying to work with spencer and ian for quite some time and now we get both of them on one. this release bring us a sound that touches on some of ians disco infused monsters from the past with an update. the a side >kinderteller< is a jacking piano driven monster that will rock any dance floor. on the b side >jolesch< is driven by a funky rhodes line with an infectious female vocal sample. two funky monsters that make for an incredible ovum debut. great house music in the fall that will bring back the memories of the ibiza sun

we are once again, extremely proud to welcome two further additions into the upon you league of gentlemen! franco cazzola and titta ! cazzola runs the label carnival records in his home country, hes also currently releasing on material records and has even had his name appear on sven väths infamous cocoon compilation. his track >vita brevis< is his spicy offering for the upon you sweet & sour series and has two kicking remixes to boot. one is from our polish friend pol on and the second one comes from our very own dutch regular onno. the results are definitely hot dogging around the funky house island but with each artist showing us some pretty tricky manoeuvres too

lukes anger back with a brand new 10 track lp !! killer tracks feat. full colour sleeve art !! keeping true to his techno sensibilities (or non-sensibilities?), live wrong and prosper is a full- length-album sized collection of lukes finest recent work along with some massive exclusive tracks, including an extra special 2010 vip re-mash of his 2 biggest tracks to date! (see: >working on the floor<). expect ultra-heavy bass juggernauts in >gross negligence> and >bruce wobbelaar<. sexy acid swing-time in >nice car< and >tombstone trax< and all out wonk-factor-10 with >worried sid< and >beebop drop< and many more percolating slammers to be discovered! fans of the trademark >lukes anger charm< will have a field day with this release, with every track dripping in fat, tasty analogue lushness! lukes previous releases have always been picked up by a plethora of across-the- board dj’s, receiving support from the likes of laurent garnier, detroit grand pubahs, kid606, jerome hill, dj warlock, dj zinc and michael forshaw to name but a few.

michael reinboth und christian prommer präsentieren zwei old-school-disco-tunes auf compost disco, dem neuesten mitglied der compost-labelfamilie. dazu empfehlen die beiden münchner einen martini oder einen riesling. das grandiose cover im disco-style hat benjamin roeder alias spectacle (permanent vacation) gestaltet.

joel alter blew us away some months ago with his soul clap release on sweatshop! a much under-rated record which makes things go wild everytime its being dropped. now he is back strong with more straight pumping chicago-inspired tracks that continues alter s forays into the rougher, tougher side of house music. simple and effective tracks that reminds us of early raw house projects of jeff mills with basic elements and phat drum machines. joel alter going back to the basics and pushing the right buttons!

curly project is a project created at the end of 2007 between giacomo ziani and jacopo vendramin, two venetians guys borned in 1987. growed up as techno-minimal djs, with performances in some of the best clubs of their area, today their dj-sets and also their productions are more melodic and influenced by the house culture, with contaminations from different genres such as jazz, rock&roll, classical and ethnical music. perfect for their debut on workbench !!!

organ-driven afro-beat, cosmic afro-funk and raw, psychedelic boogie... just some of the flavours to be found on this highly danceable compilation by samy ben redjeb, founder of analog africa. no effort has been spared!
to document these 15 irresistible tracks and the music scene from the 70s, samy crisscrossed the lengths of ghana and togo in search of the producers and artists - or their relatives. in the process he recorded a dozen interviews, scanned 90 pictures and transferred 120 master tapes. afro-beat airway showcases an amazing diversity of local rhythms spiced with afro-american funk, soul and jazz.

having already released tunes for some of the scenes most respected record labels (immerse, aquatic labs, bare dubs, sub aquatic dub) and earned support from big hitters like ramadanman, peverelist and scuba, spherix steps up on his own lowercase imprint with >in a hole< and >in the dark<.

backspin, josh loves last baby, is a new techno label, mostly focusing on tribal, funky and hardgroove techno! backspin, as kazoo records, will be releasing tracks from various famous techno producers but also from some new rising stars! if youre looking for some high quality techno tracks with latin, funky or groovy influences, youve found a new treasure.

played by: matthias tanzmann, paco osuna, someone else, lauhaus, andre crom, kabale und liebe, marcin czubala, ruede hagelstein, anthony collins, brothers vibe, wally lopez….. for catalogue no 10 jacuzzi boys have teamed up with nils weimann from würzburg and the outcome are two tracks with heavy percussions, soulful and hypnotic vocals and stabbing horns. jacuzzi boys share a flat in offenbach near frankfurt and already created some buzz on labels like cecille, below and kindisch while this is the debut release of nils weimann, who s already an acclaimed dj

not many words are needed to describe the roll fritz kalkbrenner is on right now, his vocal performance and songwriting skills are out in the open.. simply amazing!!! that s why we are very happy to present his debut single facing the sun of his very first artist album here today gone tomorrow , which will come out on october 15th. we are also very happy to have his brother paul kalkbrenner and his long time friend sascha funke on board for remixes!! exspect nothing less than phat dope shit! facing the sun in fritz kalkbrenner s own words: one more time, here is track that a few of you guys might be familar with. facing the sun was released as a non-vocal version on my first suol ep last year named wingman . i just couldn t resist recording some vocals on top. if you liked wingman , you will love facing the sun

the house nerds with 2 killer tracks for lovers of rekids & cabin fever. mystery bells >down deep and dark< went the name of an old strictly rhythm compilation and thats a pretty good description of mystery bells. 909 beats propel this monster along with the payoff coming via a big-room breakdown. follow that with a variety of skippy sp1200 drum programming to finish it off. (did we mention the bells?) huge. library session no. 4 is bouncy proto-garage mixes together with spaced out vocal samples and some serious chordage. channeling old downtown 161 vibes into the present day, the nerds provide a nice counter-measure to the darker sounds of mystery bells.

support from joris voorn, pete tong, ivan smagghe, wally lopez, toca disco, brothers vibe, blake baxter, shur-i-kan, deetron, paulo mojo, james zabeila, sasha, john digweed, nick warren, uner, butch, ... with his immortal changes album still riding high, and babiczstyle 001 in the locker, robert returns with his next ep of exclusives, the feeling ep. babiczstyle has been launched by robert as a platform for him to release some of the large archive of work that he has written for his live sets. i see the label as a platform, where i release only my own music and collaborations. i do this to have a platform with the highest possible audio quality and have a place for me and my friends to release our music. - robert babicz after the main-room wonderment s and euphoric soundscapes of the remote kiss ep, robert delves deeper and delivers three cuts of warm, elegant house. as ever each track serves up the sonically expansive yet completely intimate feel that only babicz can deliver. this is no more evident than on don t give up . its funky 90 s esq bassline is a foundation for his trademark synths and keys to work their magic upon…

9am is the new brainchild of gaffy and paris collective! a group of artists who are set to take the world of electronic music by storm with their organic and uniquely creative work. gaffy, an accomplished pianist since his youth, and an artist whose passion for hardware and synthesizers has lead to him creating some of the most exciting music set to come out of france over the coming months. as a dj, gaffy has travelled europe playing some of the finest floors from paris to ibiza, london and beyond.

session victim are back with yet more 21st century explorations into the thing we call house. it s been a busy 12 months for the german duo since they re previous delusions outing, maintaining momentum by releasing some of the most inventive, warm, deep and soulful music on a host of vinyl orientated labels such as real soon, hairy claw and retreat

coloured vinyl! i met dwight in the desert of nowhere. we somehow knew we would be there at the moment where it took place. no surprise, i mean the crash. 3 times for them to finally got out of nowhere back into nowhere. while i was playing the flute dwight held a ritual, spreading energy through his voice. after the reboot, they took off immediately (i can swear something happened to the power plant controlà). for us it was like a b-movie, like all never happenedàbut the communication, talking to the spirits from language to language planet to planetàand the wind dont forget the wind. after we came home we wrote this oneà. rjc philpot presents this debut 12inch of the reboot joy confession - our brothers from nowhere! the title track is a mindbending spiritual journey hosting the fabulous dwight trible on some next level beatdown xtravaganca while the flip features the massive disconodisco 1999 and the equally heavy <funkin facets<. àmore than a proper statement and the beginning of the rjc aera!! >thanks for listening and purchasing a real copy!<

after a recent short n sweet stint on tensnakes mirau imprint irish ex-pat mano le tough reemerges on internasjonal where he first saw the light of the day as a producer with the much acclaimed warhorn. yet even with such a rather small, straightforward discography mano managed to sculpture his unmistakeably very own style fusing the deeper shades of house and techno with a strong melodic sensibility that one would never even get the faintest idea to file it under the mostly bland tech-house genre. oblique boast a perfect effective dramaturgy with slighty spooky broken melody box theme rising out of a thick mist of grinding chords before morphing into a deep acid finale. french gentlemen of distinction and many styles chateau flight toughen up the beats and throw in some african wood percussions and sparse psychedelic dub effects for a superb rhythmically multi-layered rework.

futurist techno that needs some time to listen to, but can also surprise you with sound sensations never heard before, even after playing the track a 100 times.

>o god, i could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space< - shakespeare a1: >daidalus< redefines some of the ideas already put forth in aleph 01: dance music is not a prison. a2: >hoverboarding< is more of a concept which could not be put into words than an actual piece of music. an experiment in infrasonic structures. b1: >port hope< is not a place - it is a state of mind. b2: >week of fear< has no particular meaning. just the ramblings of some castaway on his desert island, waiting for a ship to come.

einmaleins musik presents the very new project >seidensticker & salour< from hamburg. some of you might know jakob seidensticker as one of the masterminds from wareika whos productions has been recently released on labels such as perlon, liebe*detail, tartelet, etc

inspired by the stripped back technical set-ups of yesteryear, mike monday and will saul present the sequence 1 ep, the product of the two artists limiting themselves to a roland 909, a korg kaos pad, a dave smith polyevolver and recording their jamming on the fly. >we wanted to inject some excitement, energy and randomness into this release, so decided to play the tracks live with mike on the 909 and keys and will on filters and effects. we had a broad idea of where we were going before we pressed record, and recorded a few takes of each track, then took the best moments from each. the big challenge was reining in the slightly chaotic recordings, but after some tweaking we found a balance between old school rawness and modern production values.<

gunnar stiller has always been known for producing dance floor >destroyers<, even if >far from okay< sounds a bit like a floor wax accident theres no need for the timid raver soul to get worried about slipping and falling. soft accords sedate the mind, the bass pumps in the adrenaline and a voice softly whispers that everything is going to be just fine…all you need to do is dance. when the janitor loko mops over the uy 038 floor with his remix you can even walk over it on the highest of high heels. it does in fact, get a bit rougher when the lights go out on >some kind of weird< and the smoke machine goes starts pumping. thats when its >black piste< time and thats no place for heidi klum or techno beginners…but who wants to be a model anyway, right?

a journey into the movement.we are back after a short break for some heat for the summer to burn up dance floors worldwide!dasoul & fabry diglio have landed on the seasons limited imprint with a summer african jam that has nasty written all over it. lyrics by the almighty upcoming artist ngakula.we have been graced with some powerful remixes from some of house musics up and coming artist.enjoy this one and play it loud!

they are back! the parisian duo formed by cosmic neman (also herman duenes drummer) and etienne jaumet, continues as a ufo his incredible odyssey on the indie scene. an odyssey in the form of meteoric rise. zombie zombie claims since its inception his passion for krautrock and some form of cinematic music. the zombie zombie inevitably evokes bands such as neu, silver apples, suicide, goblin or ... john carpenter soundtrack ... and the inevitable happened!

this guy is living some hype right now after his succesfull releases on sci+tec, 8 sided dice and more quality underground labels, and provides a dark yet fresh 2 tracker remixed by alex d elia & nihil young and dandi & ugo!support from:dubfire, chris liebing, richie hawtin, alexi delano, kaiser souzai, 2000 and one, a. mochi, maetrik, tony rohr, chloe harris, electric rescue, tom hades and many others!

joint venture between the because, edbanger and warp labels, and what a result. killer new effort from squarepusher on the jazz-funk-electro tip, on a side cryptic motion, the perfect soundtrack for a remake of zabriskie point in 2012, heavy bass that slaps your flesh and some sunset vocoder. mr oizo on the b side for an epileptic straight to the head p-funk remix only him can twist that way. limited quantities, so be quick or be sorry!

toolroom records ibiza 2010 volume 2 arrives with exclusive tracks written specifically for the second album. pulling out all the stops, toolroom have roped in the biggest artists around today for some seriously upfront tracks from the likes of d.ramirez with his jumping 8 bit trumpit , funkagenda & michael woods with their euphoric alchemy , harry choo choo romero s superb 80 degrees as well as koen groeveneld & addy van der zwans saxtastic slats!

newcomer ricardo rae with a straight stomper on this hot tango solo debut. >hold on< is a tangy gem of crisp, clean and snapping deep house - loads of thick basslines, key stabs and some jazzy elements working nicely in the mix. on the flip the hot chuck love kills it with his mix - toughening up the percussion a bit, laying down a buzzing bassline and throwing down a tasty breakdown, all with that trademark chuck love funky strut. solid stuff for the youngman, heather and fred everything fans here.

bergerac is the new record label set up by uk producer and dj red rack’em (aka danny berman) to showcase the more dancefloor end of his music productions. danny is well known for his wonky disco outings as hot coins on tirk and also his deep as hell beatdown house on untracked. his style of production and djing have recently taken a slightly more banging angle due to the influence of larger scale festival gigs such as glastonbury, snowbombing and the big chill. so it seemed like the perfect time to start a label focussing on house and techno for the more discerning dancefloor. the label artwork will feature bespoke illustrations from german artist silke eiselt of all the houses danny has lived in chronologically. how much more fucking house can you get than that? how i program is a raw, heads down, whacked out banger, which straddles the wafer thin divide between house and techno with aplomb. with a massive loud donking bass noise, seedy late night atmosphere and danny shouting about how he programs his shit - this is some freaky deaky peak time business. next up is bonn, a warm crackly rhodes driven halcyon house moment, which evokes the slightly majestic and nostalgic vibe of people dancing alone together in a hot room at the end of the night. cheering sourced directly from bonn in 1982 mixes with naive keywork and distant female chants the first bergerac ep closes with it happens to us all, which could be an ode to prematurely greying men, the onset of senility or occasional farting in public places. its definitely a prime slice of wrong house with some seriously french hi hats and dubbed out bassline action though. yes, its more syncopated than an exploding castanet factory but thats how we like that kind of funk

q-base is a concept from q-dance that has evolved in the years to be one of the biggest harddance festivals that is held in germany.
the track >lost in dreams< by mike nrg has grown into the official q base anthem throughout the years. also this year the track is used as theme song and being released with some fresh new mixes.
a new big ep on the q-dance label.

murmur has become a gem in the stone path of electronic music labels, a consistent voice of quality through their series of vinyl and global events. no fit state is a vinyl sampler for the label, bringing together some gifted artists and insightful music to celebrate the label s journey. claire ripley opens the package with a solomun remix of slow loris , released earlier this summer on timorous ep. best known for releases on steve bug s dessous recordings, claire is an undeniable talent with flair for getting the feet moving. solomun pulls the trigger with his remix in a capricious whirlwind track setting the skies alight with energy. label head geddes pairs up for another collaboration with the skilled young australian, mic newman, after big releases on the tsuba label as well as murmur. rework is available on digital only release, a rattling snake of a record alive with chords and softly spoken calls.

anmade 009 is about to hit ya ll, expect one of the best manmade releases so far! 5 banging tracks with different styles and tempo, but they all have some things in common: they are big, fat, funky and a guarantee to move the party peoples butts.

>that placid track< has been in the hands of some lucky individuals for some time now, making its way across dancefloors from berlin to new york, bristol to tokyo.
dark disco references are heavy throughout with a great use of strings licks, a slo-motion vocal sample and a classic cowbell keeping everything nicely in check. as with most of octobers productions though he still has one foot firmly inside berghainrendering this essentially disco track into something with more of a late night, broody edge.

two tracks taken from the turn the page lp. a side >release< - calming things down a little, >release< continues the tempo with a bouncing bass and booming sub to match as delicate synth stabs and vocal washes trickle over the top to make for a great cut as the lp journey picks up pace. aa side >the sleeper< is anything but with its rollin? bassline and stepping drums that smash any club when dropped. a sure-footed crowd pleaser that shows the guys getting seriously engrossed in some vintage d&b vibes.

a twinkle, a spark, and there you have it. many will say they saw it coming. at some point you could no longer ignore the signs, and actually youd suspected it all along: glamour is back in the club. berlin has become what new york was in 1981 and aÚrea negrot is the eartha kitt of the post-techno age. as part of hercules & love affair, perhaps the most enigmatic disco-ball band of the present day, the venezuelan disco diva has tackled issues of gender code through a four-four discourse and convinced the world that a slick performance under a strobe light can outdo than anything that has appeared in the light of day. now - as a taste of whats to come on her album next year - she is releasing her first ep on bpitch...

alan abrahams is portable and this is his second 12inch for perlon. a pretaste of his forthcoming album, expected sometime in 2011 through this channel. after spending some time in london and berlin, alan recently moved to lisbon, where he continuously works on his very own definition of house. while the a-side, life magically is a stripped down mental monster, the b-side offers the perfect love song entitled >find me<.its all about soul and if you have the chance, we highly recommend portables current live show, its a trip!

features 2 new tracks, crunch and munch & master blaster. diz & fiasco totally work out the doubledownin chicago vibe with their signature beats, swinginging basslines and badass mix moves. master blaster jacks with loads of peak time energy kickin from the top, smoothing out in the middle with some soulful keys as the whole thing builds up into a beefy bumpin ride. crunch features some groovy, techy atmospherics and compliments the the flip perfectly.

development music with some of the biggest names in deep house / nu disco. be / ethyl & flori / benedict & mxm