rewarding those who have been loyal to the trance genre for so long, trance 100 is back with its final installment of the year. to close off the year splendidly and simultaneously start the new one with a bang, no less than one-hundred of your favorite trance tracks have made it to the final selection, made for the sole purpose of blowing your mind. comprising 2016s most awe-inspiring contributions from scene leaders such as armin van buuren, above & beyond, cosmic gate, ferry corsten, ¯rjan nilsen, gaia, andrew rayel, super8 & tab, rank 1, arty & andrew bayer, khomha, alex m.o.r.p.h. & paul van dyk, omnia, ilan bluestone and so many other key artists, this has got to be the biggest and baddest collection of trance highlights. this is trance 100 Ð best of 2016 and its the closest thing to trance heaven there is.

¥ includes two exclusive tracks from daniel avery
¥ full tour schedule to support release

hotflush are proud to introduce an exciting young artist, pyur, along with her singular debut lp epoch sinus. despite her relative newness, pyur meets the world with fully formed and unique signatures in both visual and sonic work, revealing a deep artistry that transcends medium. growing up in munich, in and amongst the same fecund scene that spawned artists like the zenker brothers and skee mask, pyur cut her teeth from a young age as a guitarist and singer before becoming spellbound by the electronic worldÕs endless scope for sound design. endowed with innately strong synaesthesia and reared in a shamanic household, she tells how music Òplayed the biggest role in my growth. it alone had the purpose to help me dissolve boundaries, discover the beauty of lifeÕs mechanisms, create freely. it talked. soon i felt like the music was making me, not the other way round.Ó epoch sinus is a seamless and heartfelt whole, a life-like being unto itself, describing the disintegration of barriers between the self and the all. here pyur offers an intimate and personal statement, combining knowledge of universal harmony with electronic music. she states: Òi m mainly influenced by my inner visions and nature itself, yet also a lot from club culture, which is undoubtedly an important space of connection and freedom for so many people. the record dances playfully between supposedly incompatible qualities: moments of brutality turn to softness, new life embraces decomposition, while explosive rhythmic and melodic structures are tempered with gentle and subtle percussion.

2 cd compilation incl hits by harddrive, soul vision, space echo, sam divine, street kings and more

based on the eponymous play by brothers and author/performer team tobi and mike mŸller at schauspielhaus zŸrich, swiss experimental documentary film a1 traverses through time and space along switzerlandÕs first and most elongated highway structure. rich in archival sources, it sheds light on the costs and benefits of rapid movement: social, migratory and ecological patterns, economic and military designs that are mostly not immediately obvious to the casual motorist. stefan goldmannÕs soundtrack engages the filmÕs multi-layered aesthetics full on, providing a dazzling array of short compositions. profoundly synthetic in production, this free-wheeling phantasmagoria of peculiar, yet intensely likeable miniatures branches off into all directions Ð from minimalistic to overflowing, calm to banging, nightmarish to soothing. the visual patina of historic documents is playfully mirrored in intense distortion and noise artifacts, bound into rhythmic units and melodies formed of ghost notes. finding ever new ways of mining his techno background to yield surprising new forms and ideas, stefan goldmann has proven his abilities in a dazzling range of projects over the past years. works for dance, ensembles, an opera and various object-based creations made him a natural choice for the job of finding a refreshing way of linking sound and image. on its own, the music holds up by putting the listener on a high-velocity road trip of the curious mind.

der in chile geborene musiker produziert elektronische musik, ist toningenieur und dj. der release des albums knŸpft an den start von the network an, einem neuen online-musik-angebot mit 111 verschiedenen radiostationen, produziert und programmiert von nicolas jaar. als hochproduktiver kŸnstler mit einer breiten palette von talenten verbrachte jaar seine teenager-jahre in der clubszene von new york city, wo er heute lebt. 2011 veršffentlichte er sein albumdebŸt, das von der kritik gefeierte -space is only noise-. 2012 produzierte er seinen beitrag zur renommierten essential mix-serie des bbc radio 1, der dazu noch zum essential mix des jahres gewŠhlt wurde

five years after his last album release luke slater returns to ostgut ton with a new planetary assault systems longplayer, titled arc angel. after 22 light-years luke slaterÕs planetary assault systems keeps exploring space and time with different musical means. staying true to the projectÕs initial mission statement, slater comments on the new yet familiar musical direction: Òfor me music has to go forward. iÕd feel i was cheating by sticking to tried and tested formulas. thereÕs a valid use for these, but this album has its own agenda.Ó with arc angel, planetary assault systems departs to new musical frontiers by focussing on melody, but staying rooted in the purist values of techno that slater shaped over his decades- and generations-spanning career.

grooves aus den tiefen des meeres - von den beiden dub-genossen. die vinyl-lp mit 8 tracks ist auf 500 stŸck limitiert und erscheint inklusive album-cd

for the past seven years kornel kovacs has been busy rocking dancefloors and boomboxes worldwide as one third of stockholms studio barnhus alongside axel boman and petter nordkvist. the label and dj trio is spearheading a new era of fearless swedish off-centre dance music, straddling the line between the cute and the menacing. anticipation for kovacs debut album has been rocketing following stand out releases like 2014s wistful szikra, last years mad party anthem pantalon on glasgows numbers imprint and the late night groove of space jam on smallville records. on the bells, kovacs pops open his trunk full of sounds nicked from the lost and found bins of nightclubs all over the world. from the distorted organ chords of bb to the stripped down trancehall beats of joseys tune and sziv utca and the title tracks cinematic romanticism, its all of the bells and all of the whistles - further positioning kornel kovacs as one of the most characteristic producers of modern house music. the record was completed in an intense two-week session with kovacs great friend and great studio engineer matt karmil in the cold winter of 2016. another close friend, artist malin gabriella nordin, has created the album artwork together with her brother jonas.

erstklassige mix-cd des britischen djs darius syrossian, resident im space ibiza, gewinner des dj mag -best of british award-, mit releases auf labels wie area remote, off recordings, viva music und hot creations. mit 3 cdj-mixdecks, 2 technics-plattenspielern und einem mixer schŸttelt syrossian zwei grandiose sets aus dem €rmel, einmal live im club aufgenommen, einmal im studio gemixt. beide mit top-tracklistings feat. tim deluxe, laurent garnier, francesco tristano, dj t., deetron, larry heard, jimpster, burnski, ian pooley, u.v.a.

electro, breaks & scifi-disco! dagoberts intergalaktischer vierter longplayer auf dominance electricity dokumentiert den †bergang seines bisher electro-breakbeat-dominierten stils hin zu den verstŠrkt genre-mischenden electro-variationen seines neuen projekts masterarp. produziert seit seiner letzter veršffentlichung im jahr 2011, ziehen die fŸr dieses album sorgfŠltig selektierten werke den zuhšrer in dagobert s kosmos aus melodischer und rhythmischer verspieltheit irgendwo zwischen electro, breaks, space-disco und sci-fi filmmusik.

after the hip hop after all tour, guts confirms in an idea more than this in the back of his head to make an album where the proportions 80% samples and programming / live 20% would be reversed. ok! an album to push further his musical exploration, go to the electro-funk, afro-disco, space jazz. add choir here, the talkbox there, play a monstrous bassline, a fiery sax solo instruments or let slip only several minutes: guts did nothing forbidden, opened the doors of the studio, broke the unlocked windows and vents so that no breath or vibration is left out.

sound and rhythm are effective means of individuals self-defence in face of chaotic steamroller of everyday life. hiding in a familiar yet simultaneously hardly recognisable parallel space does not have to result from the need of escaping the world or nurturing one’s ego. too many times to mention, music appearing under recognition imprint served as a peculiar type of a vehicle of survival and a tool for internal transformation. hideland, new record by polish electronic music producer jacek sienkiewicz is released precisely year after drifting, which largely explored tropes of classical club techno sound. eight (nine in extended cd version) tracks comprising this album go beyond easy-to-pigeonhole genres, creating a microcosm of utopian sound constructs. surprisingly unobvious and precisely composed release could be fascinating both for loyal fans and for new listeners looking for threads of experimentalism. its another intriguing proposal in jacek sienkiewiczs growing discography, but above all, a laboratory where dreams and artistic visions metamorphose into concrete reality.

3 cd compilation! incl. adam beyer, daniel dexter, pig&dan, saschienne and more

nachdem seiten wie resident advisor, crack, thump und the wire sie schon mit lobpreisungen ŸberhŠuft haben, kŸndigen max graef & glenn astro nun endlich ihr gemeinsames debŸtalbum an. -the yard work simulator- erscheint ende mai via ninja tune. das ergebnis ist ein zehn tracks langer trip durch die kšstlich verschlungene psyche der beiden, kanalisiert mit hilfe jeder menge hardware. max graef und glenn astro stehen fŸr dreckige, disco-infizierte house-banger und staubige downtempo-exkursionen - bisher veršffentlicht auf labels wie das exzellente dŠnische tartelet, dem oye-recordstore-anhŠnglichen box aus holz, brand brauer fricks the gym und space hardware sowie wotnot music. au§erdem grŸndeten sie money $ex records als outlet fŸr die releases ihrer gro§en kŸnstlerfamilie. im dezember letzten jahres feierten die beiden mit ihrer 12- -magic johnson- ihre allererste veršffentlichung bei ninja tune.

henrik weber, bka pantha du prince has announced his first solo album in six years, the triad

matt karmil is a british musician currently residing in sweden. ++++ is his third album, following 2014 s pnn debut - - - - and idle033, released on bristol label idle hands earlier this year. his output also includes a variety of singles for labels such as new york s beats in space recordings and stockholm s studio barnhus. on this new album, karmil can be heard exploring the concepts of impossible objects, reflection, symmetry, infinity perspective, truncated and stellated polyhedra - hyperbolic geometry, tessellations and lost love. while making the music that constitutes ++++ he interacted with mathematicians george p—lya, roger penrose and harold coxeter as well as the crystallographer friedrich haag, and also conducted his own research into tessellation. the result is ++++, karmil s most clever, strange, emotional and fun work yet, a testament to his breadth and depth as a musician. did we forget to mention that he s an awesome party dj?

sechster teil der hervorragenden zusammenstellung -the array- mit raren titeln aus den bereichen cosmic disco, 80er jahre synthesizer tracks, electro tunes und house-not-house. diesmal mit dabei: disco doubles, moon mood, nuuro, egotrya, daniele baldelli & dj rocca, audio luxury, venice beach, tonbe, u.v.a.

im anschluss an ihre zwei Šu§erst gut aufgenommenen singles auf nang, veršffentlicht das aus st.petersburg stammende duo kim & buran sein albumdebŸt mit dem titel orbita. die gruppe gibt es schon seit fast zwšlf jahren, und jetzt kommt ihr album als ein kaleidoskop von verschiedenen stilen wie disco, soul, funk und elektronischen klŠngen. die gruppe scheint eine vorliebe fŸr reisen zu haben. es ist nicht nur der albumtitel, der dieses widerspiegelt, sondern auch die stŠndige dynamik und der eskapismus in der musik selbst. 70s funk frequenzweichen, kosmische pads, arpeggio glŸhwŸrmchen synths, alle ergŠnzt mit sanften gitarrenriffs.

like a discoverer, this project is a collection of underground producers from naples, well known as one of the most prolific city in the electronic/dance scene over the last 20 years. it s an overview of a wide range of electronic atmospheres, which include: techno-spacial, future-beats, acid, minimal, etc. with talented artists such as: dez (etichetta nera), spire (random numbers), dario caruson (logo rec.), slaker (urban distortions), and many other. positive feedback by: g-man (lfo), danilo vigorito (orion music), markantonio (analytic trail), roberto figus (etichettanera), giancarlo lanza (making you dance rec.), maurizio vitiello (smile it music), salvo buonocore (polluted rec.).

ltd 2016 repress !!

auf 2cds werden 40 topaktuelle tracks prŠsentiert, die momentan garantiert in allen clubs rauf und runter laufen und die tanzflŠchen zum brodeln bringen. no filler, just killer hier kommt ein burner nach dem nŠchsten und das verpackt in einem energiegeladenen dj-mix. djs und produzenten von hardwell, milk & sugar, robin schulz Ÿber roger sanchez bis hin zu moby und lost frequencies alle sind sie auf dj sounds 2016.1 vertreten

one of the original chicago labels which pioneered the international house music scene! feat. marshall jefferson, adonis, phuture, virgo, frankie knuckles, master c&j, mr.fingers, pleasure zone, hercules, ron hardy..

nach dem 6-track-minialbum math ilium ion anfang 2015 veršffentlicht der osloer produzent andrŽ bratten, der neben todd terje, prins thomas und lindstrom, zur cosmic-disco-speerspitze des landes gehšrt, nun sein zweites full-length-album. gode ist ein eher dunkles werk, auf dem er einflŸsse von arvo pŠrt, brian eno oder seinem landsmann biosphere verarbeitet, aufgenommen mit bandgerŠten und unterlegt mit field recordings, modifiziertem piano, stringarrangements und sogar vocals (von susanne sundfor).

sound of the 16th season people have their personal rituals. leaving the international space station russian space travelers left some bread and salt as a welcome gift for their american colleagues. tennis star serena williams bounces the ball exactly five times before her first serve. our beloved master of ceremony of techno music, sven vath, has a ritual as well: when the shadows on the island ibiza grow longer and the noise of the summer is about to fade away, he takes a couple of days off and reminisces the passing season, the parties, the crowds and the music: what were the craziest, the most outrageous, most beautiful moments? which situations, which encounters inspired me? what did we laugh about? and of course: what was the best music? which tracks accompanied me and my cocoon people during those intense weeks? vath assembles those magical tracks for the sixteenth time this year merging them into two and a half hour set.

stacey pullen gehšrt zur zweiten detroit-generation, die mitte der 1990 er aufkam, und seine mixkŸnste wurden schon frŸh fŸr kultserien wie fabric oder -dj-kicks- angefragt. jetzt legt pullen erstmals seit sechs jahren wieder zwei sets fŸr balance auf, die die stilistische vielfalt des modernen techno symbolisieren: bassig, tribalistisch, wonky, minimalistisch, deep, melodisch, funky, atmosphŠrisch, disco esque um nur einige attribute zu nennen. doppel-cd inkl. dl code mit allen ungekŸrzten versionen in mp3 und wav qualitŠt.

im jahr 2014 hat mano le tough Ÿber 100 gigs weltweit gespielt und landete auf dem 8. rang im dj poll von resident advisor. nach seinem vielgepriesenen debŸtalbum changing days (2013) egt der in irland geborene kŸnstler nun ein beeindruckendes zweites werk vor. trails fŸhrt den weg fort, den mano seit mehreren jahren gekonnt beschreitet: trails ist voll von sich langsam aufbauenden, von melodien getragenen stŸcken. gleichzeitig zeigt sich mano in trails souverŠner denn je zuvor. seine zahlreichen sets in clubs wie berghain und trouw haben seinen produktionen nach und nach ein beeindruckendes gespŸr fŸr den aufbau eines tracks und den richtigen augenblick verliehen. die songs auf trails haben es nicht eilig, sie gedeihen in wohlŸberlegten schritten, wŠhrend dabei die linien zwischen house, techno, new wave, ambient und pop zunehmend verschwimmen

when the smallville record store was founded in 2005, people were surprised and regarded it as an experiment. everybody discussed the downfall of vinyl sales and the upcoming market of downloads these days. just a bunch of people regarded record shops, vinyl labels and wonderful warm sounding clubs as the places of true magic. smallvilles finest stefan marx, who is responsible for all artwork-related things and therefore the visual impact that smallville always had, got a call once at night from another one of those dreamers and activists, ata macias. he came up with the fabulous idea to create a standard 12inch cover saying: vinyl kills mp3.

james grant und jody wisternoff zeigen sich auch fŸr die siebte ausgabe des weltweit renommierten anjunabeats-ablegers anjunadeep verantwortlich! die 2cd featuret die aktuellen club-highlights zwischen house, deep house, electronica und techno. mit von der partie sind tracks und remixe von vincenzo, solomon grey, chasing kurt, maribou state, dusky, way out west, esteble, jody wisternoff, 16 bit lolitas

3 x cd box incl all ibizia summer tech-house-hits

itÕs the season of the juiciest, sweetest fruit, of shorts, tank tops and thongs, the time of year when you look at life through a dark pair of sunglasses. summer is also the time of year when lovers of soul, disco, funk, bossa, jazz and other similar grooves get together to enjoy the sunny vibrations sampled by guts and mambo from the world over.

top-balearic-compilation, zusammengestellt von zwei kennern der szene: chris coco, langjŠhriger dj und kurator der real ibiza--serie, und jim breese, resident-dj im cafŽ mambo auf ibiza und produzent der ku de ta albumserie. durch und durch bezaubernde und inspirierende sounds von cantoma (aka cafŽ del mar-dj phil mison), nils frahm, afterlife, lisbon kid (aka rui da silva), nick & samantha (produziert von chris coco), u.v.a.

it is a smart and airy groove of atoms in space that rules this mesmerizing album, leading off with an irresistibly deconstructed downbeat monstrosity deceptively tagged as the modern hit midget as opposed to actually being a giant. one giant of seven, to be precise: safe in harbour are the seven giants of free funk who proceed through a variety of way-out psychedelicacies. which increase in flavour under headphones. the wane of villalobos and loderbauers free-floating energy of their re:ecm work is more than offset here by the increase in rhythmic push through sensual syncopation and eruptive bass energy. the duo is the impetus in perlons great new swinging machine.

nach der veršffentlichung seiner dreamzone ep verbrachte der gebŸrtige finne jaakko eino kalevi das vergangene jahr hauptsŠchlich damit, shows und festivals von europa bis japan zu bespielen. letzten sommer veršffentlichte der finnische workaholic zudem seine -yin yang theatre ep- fŸr das beats in space label des new yorker djs & radio hosts tim sweeney, die mit ihrem bohemen disco-sound erneut aufzeigte, wie vielseitig kalevi sein kann. die zweite hŠlfte des jahres 2014 mixte kalevi sein fertiges album dann in new york mit nicolas vernhes (the war on drugs, run the jewels) und zog anschlie§end nach berlin. sein selbstbetiteltes synthie-pop album erscheint mitte juni auf cd und vinyl via weird world/domino records.

ein weiteres au§ergewšhnliches album, das nun als re-issue in der jazzman holy grail-serie erscheint.

sechster teil der hervorragenden zusammenstellung the array mit raren titeln aus den bereichen cosmic disco, 80er jahre synthesizer tracks, electro tunes und house-not-house. diesmal mit dabei: disco doubles, moon mood, nuuro, egotrya, daniele baldelli & dj rocca, audio luxury, venice beach, tonbe, u.v.a.

thyladomid prŠsentiert sein debŸtalbum interstellar destiny

seit Ÿber zehn jahren steht der britische dj matt tolfrey, nebenbei betreiber des leftroom-labels, an den decks des londoner fabric-clubs und stellt nun erstmals seine definition eines sexy und schwei§treibenden dancefloorsets auch in der gleichnamigen cd-reihe vor. dabei mixt er sich eigenwillig durch styles und jahrgŠnge, nur auf die ultimative funkiness achtend, was ihm hervorragend gelingt.

hier kommt wieder die volle wucht an trance/progressive-sounds der stunde! armin van buuren, frischgebackener grammy-nominierter (fŸr seine single this is what it feels like), definiert den aktuellen status des genres. mit 37 tracks und mixes, von denen ganze 26 exklusiv und unveršffentlicht sind.

sleepstep is the first collaboration between raster-noton and russian artist dasha rush. the record s subtitle sonar poems for my sleepless friends describes its underlying concept Ð sleepstep is a trip through electronically alienated loops and sound collages that, interwoven with text passages, aim at creating a dream-like atmosphere.

all good stories need a context. named after the multitalented artist who used to operate at the bauhaus in dessau, Èmarianne brandtÇ is the omnidirectional long length debut of alex ketzer, the respected designer behind noordenÕs artworks as well as a talented musician on the rise. ketzer recorded in a room at the dessau structure for a few days, meticulously crafting a piece that sounds like a conversation between history and future, audio and visual, bridging the gap over a century of creation in one of the epicentres of the highest form of artistic production in europe. and now inviting electronic music to its table.

in recent times, phantasy have provided the soundtrack for many adrenaline fuelled nights and hazy mornings with critically acclaimed albums from daniel avery (drone logic) and connan mockasin (forever dolphin love & caramel). their latest discovery ghost culture emerges from the shadows to make the space between those two worlds his own. since announcing his arrival one year ago with a debut single mouth, the london based artist has built up a feverish following with a further pair of ear catching singles. this trio of sell-out releases, each pressed on invisible vinyl, offered a glimpse of a rare talent whose music was just as at home in the club as it was in ones bedroom. now phantasy, are proud to present his self titled debut album, a collection of ten tracks rich in emotion, musicality and sonic artistry.

exzellente retrospektive des kleinen, aber feinen tirk-labels mit 13 perlen seiner historie, darunter tracks und remixes von sugardaddy (aka tom findlay/groove armada), chaz jankel (blockhead-veteran mit seiner hymne im tollen todd terje-remix), space (den franzšsischen space-disco-heroen der 1970 er), the time and space machine (aka richard norris), greg wilson, richard sen, u.v.a. mit ausfŸhrlichen linernotes von rob wood (ex-jockey slut).

deadly population one album from terrence dixon on rush hour... classic alert tip!

the records fundament are slow, powerful beats which hold everything together springintgut has been responsible for the studio production at most times while f.s. blumm, experienced for years in making radio plays, has handled the mixing and collaging of the parts. the bird and white noise invites to join the travels, and in its long arches and bridges it can easily be listened to as a whole. while the opener or eskimono feature the rather lyrical side of the duo, tracks like land ab neu or chitin set more punchy priorities to a heavy bass and 808 drums. chitin is a late climax of the album, building up for minutes to a massive groove in an insect-like, abstract sound world, leaving just enough space for romantic cello lines to break through in the middle. the record has been released exclusively in japan for the duos tour in april 2014 via pingipungs partner label nightcruising in kyoto. pingipung now releases the lp version and the cd worldwide