detroit inspired techno

limited red vinyl

limited green vinyl

limited clear vinyl

limited black vinyl

napoli techno from domenico crisci on coloured vinyl.

6 artists & tracks, describing the soul of summa cum laude.

white vinyl pressing.

summa cum laude is pleased to announce the new release from cult seattle based underground techno producer collin strange - acid non musica.

lowfreq77 is taking no prisoners as he steps up to deliver the second release on summa cum laude. the italian producer has only emerged in the past few years, despite having dedicated a great deal of his life to producing music.
it was clearly worth the wait - 1804 is the kind of fist thumping techno that leaves no body motionless as it rips its way through the dance in a hail of relentless claps and nagging synth hooks.
rails meanwhile amps up the robert hood style twitchy loops, making this a techno record for those who like their beats pure and unrelenting.

after releasing records on l.i.e.s. and its offspring russian torrent versions labels, caserta (close to neaples, italy) native domenico crisci quickly rose to prominence among purveyors of timeless techno. a third record on eerie cemented his reputation as a careful engineer of effective, crafty dance floor cuts that comfortably sit next to early works of the genre’s pioneers.
august of 2016 sees domenico’s sonic determination surprisingly rematerializing on silent servant, regis and james ruskin’s jealous god label with a new, strong ep crowning the distinct quality of this limited series.
through such particular path domenico got inspiration to start his own summa cum laude label project, where his most forward thinking works and brand new, surprising talents will have the first chance to get properly published.
domenico himself is inaugurating the label by “the violinist” ep, including 3 peak-time techno tracks anticipating the strongest emotive intensities, carefully finalized by the valuable experience of a mastering engineer like matt colton. to visualize domenico s particular, straightforward sound, we’ll find the kind intervention of the neapolitan artist mariangela levita.

lowfreq77 is taking no prisoners as he steps up to deliver the second release on summa cum laude. the italian producer has only emerged in the past few years, despite having dedicated a great deal of his life to producing music. it was clearly worth the wait 1804 is the kind of fist thumping techno that leaves no body motionless as it rips its way through the dance in a hail of relentless claps and nagging synth hooks. rails meanwhile amps up the robert hood style twitchy loops, making this a techno record for those who like their beats pure and unrelenting.

with jealous god, eerie and l.i.e.s on his c.v. they don t come much more approved that domenico crisci, but few would be prepared for the onslaught that leaps out of this first release on summa cum laude. the violinist champions distortion as a weapon, running everything through a fuzz pedal in a most unrelenting of fashions. its certainly not for the feint-hearted, and all the more powerful with it. meanwhile return would sound brutal in any other context were it not for what came before, all slamming, grubby drums and the noises that splay off them. blacklord them manages to push the vibe further back into the red with a searing throwdown to finish the ep off in a masterful display of intensity.

ammar 808 takes us on a breathtaking sonic adventure to south india.

sunny breeze . empty streets . climbed up the holy mountain of joy . insolitus sonus . summa cum laude . rock bell sounds . stream of sounds . hitting mountains . entered the temple of joy . rupes cantare . came out laughing . like children . this soon will all be over . but we keep practising .

summer house vibes on better listen records

new apron artist bastien carrara, parisian bad boy beats the hell out of his mpc & records onto tape..

sze the new sister label from secretsundaze steps up with the second release in the shape of a killer ep from sheffield s lo shea (hope works / seaghdha). lo shea runs the excellent hope works venue in sheffield where he has invited everyone from robert hood to ben ufo to play. he has also released a string of great eps on his own imprint seaghdha. summa part 1 is pure unadulterated peak time party vibes. warm rhodes keys and a straight forward groove are juxtaposed by a huge bass line with...

kink spent years of backwards-engineering the sounds of detroit, chicago and early warp. tweaking whatever software was available, he learned all the sideways possibilities of hacking into the sonics of analog classics with the beauty of digital degradation: alias noise, bit crush, noisy fft grains - his one-of-a-kind results electrified dance floors all over the world ever since. now, all the elements of kinks live sets have been bundled like a laser beam in his debut album

east end dubs delivers a surgical strike on this metroline 4-track release

mit schicken und funky tracks starten syntec & linus in die zweite runde von shortage. >pret-a-danser< ist ein dribbler zwischen fidget-house und loungigen breaks, der den spannungsbogen meisterhaft spannt und für feuer im gesaeß sorgt. um den remix kümmert sich der nuernberger homebase. dieser bereitet den trunk weicher und minimaler zu, ohne das thema aus dem auge zuverlieren und gruesst freundlichst die tanzflaeche.
lauter wird es bei >motored< und >bettys petticoat<, die sich gezielter und schnittiger nach vorne druecken. vocalschnipsel und andere kuriositaeten schleifen auf der oberflaeche der tiefen subbaesse. die definitionsabweisende zwischenwelt von house und techno ist gewahrt. summa summarum eine hoechst abwechslungsreiche ep und dazu ein abraeumer der oberen klasse, der seine liebhaber finden wird.

ammar 808 takes us on a breathtaking sonic adventure to south india.

kink spent years of backwards-engineering the sounds of detroit, chicago and early warp. tweaking whatever software was available, he learned all the sideways possibilities of hacking into the sonics of analog classics with the beauty of digital degradation: alias noise, bit crush, noisy fft grains - his one-of-a-kind results electrified dance floors all over the world ever since. now, all the elements of kinks live sets have been bundled like a laser beam in his debut album