jackie brown enters 2016 with new 12 inch from el nino andres - a four track ep called “she understood duke ellington”. as with his previous releases, croatian producer offers his take on house music thats influenced by jazz, soul and funk. drum machines, samplers and antons improvisations on his piano and rhodes make for an ep of warm, melodic and groovy house music. everything is rounded up with amazing artwork from maximilian moser.

pocket money returns for their third release and they are back with what could easily be their strongest output yet. just hitting the ripe old age of one, and a couple of releases in, this label has found its stride nicely and starting to turn heads in the scene. taking the spotlight for the deep basics ep is the producer keepin soul, who may only have a handful of releases to his name but puts himself in the spotlight with this deep and meaningful pocket money release. this is a beautifully dusty sounding record, it opens up doing exactly what it says on the tin deep basics and doing them well. this a1 is all about hypnotic grooves undulating against the drive of crisp, warm and exciting percussive grooves.

the latest toy tonics release comes straight from london with a remix by germanys finest tuff city kids. metropolitan soul museum or msm are nick & filippo.

coloured vinyl, a brilliant vinyl with five classy tracks with a great musically variety... jus listen

this is the new 2016 edition of soul jazz records’ long out of print first new york noise collection, dance music from the new york underground 1978-82. this new 2016 edition features classic new york post-punk, punk funk and no wave tracks from arthur russell/dinosaur l, james white and the contortions, the theoretical girls, mars, konk, material, bush tetras, lizzy mercier descloux as well as new tracks by alan vega (suicide), chain gang and implog.
heavyweight double album + free download code, comes complete with inners containing exclusive photography and extensive historical and contextual sleevenotes.

vinyl only , new project by two friends. rawax label head robert drewek and rawax artist robin scholz came together to celebrate their passion for music aka rdrs.

a side brings rudman s finest house sounds for this heavy dancefloor produced track, but in the same time moody and balearic with a strong synth bassline that easely took control of the vibe and transformed it to a strong dance effect. for the b side imogen meets nunorthern soul artist dos palos with a slower tempo track with ilija rudman s instrumental stripped down mix of the lady of the west way. this remix sounds and could easily be integrated in any motion picture end having that powerful vibe of goodbye.

soul jazz records are releasing count ossie and the mystic revelation’s seminal 1975 album tales of mozambique in an expanded double album format (including download code), fully remastered and with the inclusion of two bonus rare single-only tracks, full sleevenotes, exclusive photographs and interview.

for lets do it again 2. ricardo villalobos delivers his 2nd remix for the label (2 of 5) which hes worked up, alongside studio partner frank greiner, into a confoundingly brilliant reworking of eighties throwback. taking freaks original and already twisted sounds and vocals and twisting them up even further into another 14 minute (in its edited form) piece of musical genius

basel based producer ben kaczor comes up with the 6th installment in the snx series. serious house/techno 4-track release. heavy drums and intense atmospheres.

soul masooka. the first international african hit, classic groove of summer ’73 gets instant jamaican treatments by ex-melodians brent dowe backed by the gaytones. years before manu dibango came to kingston for a sly & robby session, a tribute had been paid to the “negropolitan”. from coast to coast! from africa to jamaica! this is earth sound!
single sided pressing on translucent red 10 inch vinyl.

mexican duo 4004 and sebastian vorhaus aka soul of hex have had a great few years under their various monikers with releases for dirt crew, vicario ltd and of course cvmr where they return to here following their debut ‘lip reading’. this inaugural release was accompanied by remixes from larry heard and put soul of hex on the map for the duo, with support coming from the likes of dj sneak, art department, sebo k, breach, shadow child and huxley to name but a few.

2015 has been a busy year for soul intent. relocating from nottingham to bromley, releasing -the fruit club ep- on lossless in march, his -wanna fight ep- dropped on klute s commercial suicide in august, the sci-fi themed -replicant- marked lossless music s first digital only release in october and his -late night sleaze ep- has been awarded mixmag s dnb tune of the month (nov 15 issue). on top of all this alex is about to launch two (yes two!!) sub-labels for lossless music. the first of these is exkursions. exkursions will cater for the deeper, more experimental side of dnb & electronic music. though concentrating it s tempo focus around the 170 mark exkursions will also be taking explorations down into slower soundscapes. the first release is a 3 tracker from soul intent and the tracks have already turned the heads of respected selectors including doc scott, presha, loxy and logistics. we won t say much for than that, we ll let the music do the talking.

studio one showcase brings together a new fine selection of classic tracks from horace andy, freddy mcgregor, johnny osbourne, lone ranger, sugar minott, the heptones, wailing souls and other seminal reggae artists all recorded at studio one in the 1970s.

collaboration between freund der familie and the seml crew straight out of paris.

repress 10.03.2016 , vinyl only release , rhythm & soul is back on organic music for his second vinyl release. right after his solid ep on djebali, he serves another 3 groove infected tracks coming up with a wild remix from diego krause.

sol power sound is proud to present the color soul ep by obas nenor. after a huge year with releases on legendary strictly rhythm and moodymann s mahogani music, the tel aviv producer blesses sol power sound with a four song ep of thick afro-disco, bumping house, and twisted techy grooves.

slow town s 12th release comes with a classy and timeless ep from michigan s great producer, gari romalis. releasing strong ep s through this past few years he s definitely making some noise with his great and prolific work. one machine one soul is a 3 tracker record full of deep and classic vibes. this kind of tracks that stills vibing over time. enjoy the ride!

after a brief hiatus komplex de deep and its chief protagonist master-h make a welcome return together to present the label’s twenty second release. in his very own words, -this is a new me-, h is now ready to unveil new music having been holed away in the studio for months on end mastering an array of new hardware and analog processes. the french producer is also challenging himself with the recording, locking down each individual track live and in one take. an art that was practiced by many of the jazz greats in their heyday and one that has also influenced the title of the new release - ’soul take’. as with all master-h productions we are drawn to the detail and emotion. ‘somba people’ with its inviting tribal rhythm pairs traditional african song with a warm and enveloping blanket of strings, handclaps and bass. the title track ramps things up with its bobbing drums, stabbing synth and echoing cowbell. one take and plenty of soul. komplex de deep are also happy to announce that they are now a strictly limited vinyl only label.

spiritual energy is one of a kind. its pure, eternal, and soothing. spiritual energy positively impacts 9 to 5 office workers, athletes and artists alike. a strong spiritual grounding, no matter what religion, is the essence of happiness and positivity. you are everything from the forthcoming album, louie vega starring features jocelyn brown, an infinitely talented singer and staple of r&b, soul and dance music. the single is a powerful exaltation of our protagonists deep appreciation for her lord that she wants the world to hear. and let us tell you...with jocelyns golden pipes.

its a very exciting time for soul of hex right now. not only have they hit upon a rich vein of creative inspiration and clearly loving every second of being in the studio making some brilliant music, but the young duo from tijuana also seem to be inadvertently, or maybe purposefully, shaping a fresh new direction for the mexican house scene. taking influences from detroit via berlin, and with a knowledge of house, jazz, funk, soul and disco which goes way beyond their years sebastien vorhaus and 4004 are in the vanguard of this new generation of house producers and are already making their mark worldwide through releases on cvmr, mcde, faces and their own vicario ltd imprint.

vintage house freaks and soul kids: rhode & brown from munich come back on toy tonics with a great, funk driven, instrumental ep. featuring a remix by upcoming producer hodini. rhode & brown come from the growing young, new house scene of munich. since 3 years the kids host their own night at munichs kong club and doing music. after a few remixes (check the one for brooklyn based label good company records) the boys release their first ep of 2015 on toy tonics. the sound? they proudly call it weißwursthouse produced on a stradivari-build mpc 1000 in their beautiful studio in the heart of munich. influenced by old soul records, detroit legends theo parrish and moodymann, as well as new experimental house from the scandinavian labels around studio barnhus. everything with their own unmistakable rhode & brown touch.

scottish party crew jelly roll soul (responsible for giving the likes of kyle hall, specter, funkineven & jay daniel their scottish debuts) celebrate their 5th birthday by getting in to the record game. their first release comes from london based scot, sirrahttam with the out there house wanderings of his tanz ep.

a sort of cabaret voltaire for the iphone age, drooids are a collective of three multimedia artists who produce electronic music using improvisational, often anarchic methods. utilizing a hodgepodge of gear both old and new, and not-wholly-quantized, they create a collage of sounds that verges on chaos before slipping back into a dark yet weirdly club-oriented beat. their live shows usually feature multiple guest collaborators, costumes, sculptural props and performative antics. for their debut release on lse we tried to capture the spirit of these shows and recorded over 11 hours of drooids improvising in the studio of the course of one week. those 11 sprawling hours then got edited down to these 4 snapshots, mastered and pressed in a limited edition of 200 (40 with original gelatin silver prints) for our 6th vinyl release.

veteran nottinghamshire based drum & bass artist soul intent unleashes a limited edition, gorgeously black and gold mixed, 12 inch vinyl release, entitled *soul intent relicks 01*. featuring two killer d&b remixes guaranteed to devastate any discerning dance-floor.

following the extraordinary success of the releases signed by lory d and john beltran, soul research is publishing an ep by the creative minds of ednic, who is from livorno, italy and an historical name in the international realm of electronic music, g-man. pets (try this with mantra) is, in its original version, full of pathos. the tibetan mantra enters and expands through base lines and obsessive rhythm. the g-man version, on the other hand, is the perfect for dance floor devastation, like all the techno which has come from gez varley.

from detroit and passing thru chicago on the soul research train, comes titonton duvante, a multi-faceted artist who has been in the us scene for over 15 years, and has been making the motor city music scene proud ever since. recapitulate, ep vol1 is new and a pot of inspiration. two tracks which mix detroit grooves and sounds with a chicago style rhythm. recapitulate, produced with christopher rau, is experimental and ethereal. the ep ends with a yotam avni, a young and talented artist from israel, who takes recapitulate into techno with no compromises.

stuart li, better known as basic soul unit, has been dropping quality records via a litany of highly respected imprints like ostgut ton, creme organization, mule electronic and versatile over the past decade. hypnotic and deep, but always funky, li now brings his rugged house to the dekmantel imprint for the very first time, serving up this finely crafted follow-up to his 2012 debut album.

one of swedens best kept techno secrets, kab, is back with a vengeance. remix done by karl m. dreamy, deep and funky ep for your soul!

one of the defining releases on large music gets a special re-issue after a 16 year wait. considered by many to be one of the top 3 packages in the early large catalog, this ep set the trajectory for what would quickly become known as the west coast sound of american house. the main vocal on side a also became a venerable classic at the shelter in nyc and was played consistently by timmy regisford throughout his tenure there. the darker, more disco filtered tones on the flip side were also highly praised and played at the time by french djs such as daft punk, phil weeks, cassius and many others. rasoul is often overlooked as one of the chief architects of modern deep house, yet this release certainly secures his elite standing in the annals of house music history. essential!

*synthesizer is like a small animal stuck somewhere inside the machine.* - timo kaukolampi, k-x-p
machine soul is a documentary film about finnish electronic musicians. it is a glance at the methods, rituals and philosophy behind the music, but most of all at the burning passion that drives the artists forward year after year. machine soul tells the story of finnish electronic music scene from the artists point of view. the documentary is accompanyed by this limited white vinyl 12 inch release.

the 5th edition of ( djebali ) presents is here, and it features a number of new and forward-thinking artists, 3 moody tracks full of deepness by rhythm&soul, label manager of slow town records, and on a mission records along with jef k … it comes with a remix of two diggers !

seven davis jr.s rougher mix aus (dirty) chicago house, r&b, detroit und p-funk begeisterte bereits auf seinem debütalbum * universes*, welches im mai diesen jahres erschienen ist. nun gibt es zwei tracks aus dem album in brandneuen reworks von den house music titanen karizma und osunlade alias yoruba soul!

current wire magazine front cover artist hieroglyphic being’s debut album for soul jazz - the acid documents - is an album made up of tracks first released last year only ever available in a bespoke edition of 100 copies (yes 100) – in the form of a homemade cd-r – made exclusively for the sounds of the universe record store. this album is now released officially as a one-off edition of 1000 copies on transparent red double vinyl (download code included), fully remastered with artwork by japanese artist 2yang. pressing on translucent neon ornage double vinyl with download code included.

slamming funky disco edits by legendary soul clap

we welcome back mr ks with his second tsuba ep, this time a collaboration with fellow frenchman rhythm & soul. the result is three tracks of pure underground house heat already receiving dj support from clive henry, djebali, chris carrier and dan ghenacia.

pole jam vinyl proudly present their 5th release called the soul shadow ep darko kustura makes a welcome return and brings us the stunning soul divide , a seriously funky, discofied number, topped off with delicious piano breaks to open proceedings in perfect fashion. joining darko are new signings cucumbers. the russian duo make their debut with never knew which wastes no time in whisking us off on a super smooth, open-top ride along blissful house boulevard. all-star cassara kicks off the second side in his true fashion - a funky looped bass line coupled with a hypnotic deeper feel. uk based musician slync is a new find. he unveils his latest track toasted , which rounds off the ep beautifully with 6 minutes of shimmering, glossy nu disco.

re-issue of a 1974 afrobeat classic.

sounds from an unknown entity in outer space. design by safia bahmed-schwartz. limited to 300 copies.

out on the floor firecrackers that ignited the northern soul boom on soul for dancers, journalist (mojo, record collector) and r&b authority lois wilson takes a trip back in time to the rare soul scene s roots, to where it all began if you like. many of the 32 tracks on this 2lp vinyl set (selected from the 61-track 2cd compilation) filled the floor at manchester s the twisted wheel and london s the scene club, both precursors of the wigan casino, blackpool mecca, the golden torch in stoke et al. the sparks that lit the fuse, these early triumphs would give rise to an era defining scene, one which became a treasured subcultural phenomenon.

• more of magnetic souls expert disco dub treatment !
• hand stamped white label - very limited
• support from: rahaan, mark 7, ltj, vinyl addicted, copycat, yam who, 80s child, beaten space probe, jay ru & sad ghost…
essential 4 track ep of deep disco and summer soul, boogie house and steady groovin’ funk edits. all tracks are given magnetic soul’s expert disco dub treatment focusing on grooves, added presence and beefed up bottom end for a solid dance floor feel.

for the 10th release of the label we have a solid ep by the label owner, rhythm&soul. after few strong releases on other labels it s time to put some warm vibes and juicy beats on his own label. slow town x has an old school taste but sounds very fresh at the same time. serious grooves ahead! -lost grooves- is a hypnotic track that keeps you dancing and flying from the beginning till the end. -cookies- is a classic sampling house track with fat 909 beats. a tribute to a big hip hop producer that passed away (for those who know!). and finally when he goes deep is a long oneside track that drives you through a deep trip while a female voice reminds you what it sounds like when he goes deep. a release full of rhythm and soul of course. repress

this is the second release in a series of 3 eps with part one reaching critical acclaim with stunning feedback from test pressing and a whole heap of righteous djs and music lovers. with remixes from a man called adam, this release once again exposes bens folk credentials.

a young dj/producer from brooklyn (deep explorer, finale sessions) pushing the line where deep house and techno join in emotive rawness. a deep moody selection of movements that suit any occasion as the vibe grows & culminates.

bajo armada consists of raul dahm cardo and mike burion, who met as they started sharing a room for musical purpose. since, it was clear that they both wont longer make music just by their own and they shortly started making music as a duo benefiting from experiences in producing a broad range of musical genres,djing and sound engineering. the outcome combines deep house and techno with world and melodic elements. bajo armada is part of suspected cologne extremely limited as always!

next to come from the esteemed visionquest stable is an excellent new three track ep from antonio thagma entitled leather soul.