dark matters kicks off with an ep from label boss amirali dropping in july. the ep features a re-work from future label mate aboutface and a remix from prins thomas. the melodic complexities and hypnotic vocals in amirali’s original mix are re-worked, securing this ep as a confident and stunning debut.

macro has released albums by two of technos greatest live acts, kink and elektro guzzi. it would have been a shame if the two didnt exchange their special skills on each others killer material. and thats just what they did: kink remixed atlas into a tranced-out, peaktime world-domination slammer of pure euphoria. elektro guzzi let the snares smack and the pads build up on vodolaz into nirvana. dream team double pack: nothing better to let the sun shine through the summer of 2015. even at night.

the people behind the amazing mareh festival in brasil (the southern hemisphere s answer to electric elephant), drop yet more top drawer music as their label journey continues to gain strength. set in the lush settings of bahia where day blends into night and sun into moon, mareh continues to attract some first class artists from around the world to release on their imprint. the second release kicks off with glasgow based production wizard the revenge letting loose a late night groove that takes a blissful string sample and then works it for the dance floor. it s top stuff from the man with the roaring grooves. and rumours have it that the revenge himself will be headlining at this year s legendary nye event in bahia alongside tim sweeney, pete herbert & dicky trisco. next up is berlin based disco and house aficionado eddie c who drops an uber cool, cut up disco chugger that is likely to work your sunset and early morning sets to the max. mareh favourite pete herbert then steps up to the controls and delivers an upbeat, balearic dance floor banger that hits all the right notes and then hits them again. you can almost smell the hierbas on this one! last but not least, tokyo based englishman max essa delivers an electronic ode to late night dancing and early morning dips as he joins the dots between the tokyo underground and the fresh bahian surf. wonderful stuff. so mareh really are out to pull in a truly global sound to their label outing with glasgow, berlin, london, ibiza and tokyo all represented as well as their spiritual homelands sao paulo, and of course the place where it all happens each new year... bahia.

emotional response open the secret circuit archives to some of eddie ruschas contemporaries from the city of angels for a fine exercise in how to do a remix 12inch. first up is suzanne kraft, aka diego herrera who forms one half of blase along with ruscha in his hands the crazy afro-stylings of afrobotics are pulled towards the dancefloor, adding percussion and sirens, forging the originals vibes in to a ethno-beat club jam that is all about that heads down moment. next up the samps turns shockers into a warped mesh of psychedelic dance, whilst superior elevations tom noble adds some killer boogie vibes to underdogs. finally sun araw man cameron stallones appears under rare alter-ego aristrocrat p. child to re-edit roll in superb fashion

hand-stamped whitelabel, repress of the 2014. on the third release by rote liebe, marquese combines ambient soundscapes, a sun-drenched breakbeat workout and groove-centered house to form a versatile release. rote liebe is a cologne-based collective, founded in 2006 with a focus on events in various off-locations and clubs around the city. 2013 marked the launch of the rote liebe label with the aim to build a catalogue which features a broad musical spectrum, featuring house, techno, broken beat and experimental electronics just as the regular rote liebe nights.

the first release from the new malka tuti record label introduces us to xen, a multi talented multi cultural singer, artist and designer from tel aviv. for her debut ep she went into the studio with the red axes lads to produce 2 original tracks for the a side as well as 2 different versions on the b side. after already collaborating with them on their track -this is it- for a correspondant records compliation on 2014, this time she takes a step forward and really brings out her post-cold-wave-some-wave attitude and delivers 2 psychedelic poppy tracks, highly influenced by german krautrock as well as british and french post-punk and israeli late 80s new-wave. on the b-side you can find a massive dancefloor remix from the red axes themselves as well as a secret psychedelic voodoo b-side.

die »kontor sunset chill«-reihe hat sich über die jahre zu der beliebtesten und erfolgreichsten serie in ihrem segment auf dem deutschen markt entwickelt. dabei hat sie eine feste fangemeinde gewonnen. es ist also wieder an der zeit den alltag hinter sich zu lassen und sich pünktlich zum sommer mit einem soundcocktail aus 60 sunny deep house-tracks & chillout-perlen in urlaubsstimmung zu versetzen. eine mischung, die für jeden geschmack etwas bereithält und ein empfohlener soundtrack in diesem sommer ist. limitierte edition von 500 exemplaren als 4-fach vinyl im klappcover.

exciting 2nd release on the roze balletten label from belgium by a (new?) artist named walrus. a lovely 6track ep with a blend of house tracks ranging from melodic moody, jazzy acid injected to playful and even more stripped straight forward cuts. a new wave of bedroom producers is slowly penetrating the dance floors. excellent release that will go down well with fans of like minded releases mood hut records or going good for example.

the first in a series of vinyl and digital releases from the invisible cities collective (i.e.: luca c & brigante + cosmic guests). moments in between brings back the folk vocals of zeben jameson (a mountain of one) and the release includes a remix and a dub from ivan smagghe. the original would fit perfectly on a baldelli cassette. electronic piano grooves and vintage drum machines support zebs soaring vocals throughout before a classic drum machine break and future space jazz outro. check morning sun from invisible cities first ep (2011) for more z. jameson

heavyweight 180 gram vinyl in gatefold sleeve, download code included.

a nasa satellite has confirmed the ancestral tradition of the -music of the spheres-, that celestial bodies emit harmonic sounds. although the music of the spheres has led first to the notion of universal harmony and then symmetry, it has now been discovered that the sun s atmosphere actually emits ultrasonic sounds and interprets a score formed by waves that are about 300 times more severe than tones that can be captured the human ear. this time, orbe represents these sounds.

every week end im going to concrete to listen the artists who are playing there. i m talking about music with them , and do the same with people sharing the dancefloor with me. i collect all these inputs and ideas, all this energy, to define what concrete music dna is. because of this variety of people, tastes, and point of views, the label can t be reduced to one and only genre. to make the music more easy to apprehend, we are splitting the label in 3 parts, 3 differents moods, or more precisely, 3 times of the day... concrete music 7am contains the kind of music you could easily listen in our club at dawn, when the light is blue and the sun starts to filter through the mi-closed shutters. minimalistic, freaky or mellow, but always deep. concrete 3pm is definetly turned to house music. 3pm is the time when smiles are on every face, when the same vibe, the same energy, is going through every stomach in the room, and the crowd becomes one same entity. concrete music 4am aims for the more techno and black side of the music we love. at 4am, fists are pumping the air, or heads are down and eyes closed. it s not about how hard or fast the kickdrum beats, but how thick the atmosphere is.

auf der anderen seite hat er für factory records (new order, joy division) das sublabel factory classical betreut. er ist als musiker auch mitglied bei durutti column und dem duke quartet (interpretationen von steve reich etc.). mit dem solo-album *the appearance of colour* schlägt das pendel in richtung elektronisch-gefärbter pop musik aus, wobei er seine fähigkeiten als komponist und arrangeur nicht vernachlässigt. so überzeugen die neun titel durch die spannenden kontraste - zwischen electronica, pop, ambient und drum & bass changieren die stücke und bilden doch ein unnachahmliche einheit. die vinyl lp erscheint inklusive downloadcode.

the new album from ringo starr on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl with download included.

following on from the previous 3 volumes of high quality disco heat dug from salsouls legendary back catalog we have here the 4th and final installment of selections that were favored by dj-demi god larry levan on the dancefloor of his seminal, game changing nyc nightclub the paradise garage.

co-label owner sinfol, returns to anagram providing us with four distinct techno cuts that dip into the realm of dub. with this release, sinfol shows his ability to travel through various emotions and soundscapes while staying true to his own distinctive modern take on grooves.

as the sun rises a little higher in the sky, above machine emerge from their winter hibernation with the first fruits of their impeccably assembled new release schedule. jonny nash takes on jose manuel s summer wind and, much like the superb melody as truth releases he s penned, sets out a widescreen canvas of tone and melody, as piano and vocal punctuate the sonic plain. twisted tongue take on maricopa s recently unveilied we could maybe feat. nicola kramer. and the result sounds like loose ends operating as in-house band at a speakeasy orbiting a distant nebula the b side has seconds another day beautifully reconfigured for sunrise moments by slo, while b2 has an original slo moment bombora which, much like it s namesake is a gentle balearic breaker washing over the sonic reef... bona fide bottled sunshine people - above machine are back !

short description: outernational grooves in dubbed out house compatible version mode - killer stuff

rat life returns with the pagan rites on catalog number 4. little is known about the band from sweden, first signals were received in 2010 when they submitted their track 03 to the ifm demo contest. in october last year rat life sent out a submarine to search the swedish coast line for the small hut where the duo records their songs (apologies to the swedish authorities at this point, who confused our research with a russian military threat). all four tracks are packed with bittersweet melancholia, reflecting the neverending darkness of cold scandinavian winter, still the midnight sun is always in sight on the horizon! already recorded between 2008 - 2013, rat life records is very happy to finally make this music available on vinyl.

one modest man known as das komplex has been steadily producing music for almost a decade now in his quiet hometown of koszalin in western pomerania region of poland. it could have stayed like this if not for maciek sienkiewicz (veteran dj and promoter, one of the pioneers of polish electronic music scene), who picked some tunes for his new label fasrat. as the artist himself prefers to stay out of the spotlight, let the music speak for itself: from sun-drenched, guitar-driven like a fish (remixes coming from some key players in modern disco/balearic scene), through futuristic disco of -narkoleptyczni troche- and hazy deepness of nowadays, towards epic, over 13 minutes long, jazzy, dreamy, but no less energetic -siren-. elegant, original, infectious grooves for club play and home listening alike. limited edition with cover art by acclaimed contemporary painter aleksandra waliszewska

nsdos is back with some new toys from outer space - on this ep we hear six figments of his twisted imagination, caught live .... on this very dense and captivating ep, kirikoo des goes back to the 90 s with some cut up electronica flair (-christine +2-, -dona j haraway-) reminiscing oval s work or some experimental shake shakir tunes. the longest tracks though feels closer to a club from the future with some eerie pads (-fa-) and liquid rhythms patterns typical of the nsdos touch we love (-yuko-). overall this ep is a much cerebral effort and yet still keeps a vibrant and gorgeous organic side to it. demanding the full attention of the listener, the reward in the end is a total bliss taking us in a deep dimension. -space is the place- as the master sun ra once said

the legendary 1979 orchestra returns to his edit fetish with this first release of the new edit series, pure legendary edits. the formula is updated with pure grooves, pure sounds and pure spontaneity. the a side cut, diggin it, revolves around a funky groove, cut-through drums and a warm melody that sizzles in and out via filters, delay and reverb. b side, loungin in the sun, gets even hotter with an exotic sun-drenched rhythm and brazilian sea-side vibes of rhodes undertones and horn section accents. pure dance-floor action pressed on loud 45rpm vinyl especially for club, festival or beach play!

bouq comes closer and closer to celebrate the 10. friends & family release. this time with 2 flawless dj tracks from sicilian cristian viviano and kuo climax from malaga. you can definitely feel the southern european sun inbetween the beats.

for their second vinyl release, talahachi have gathered together another group of kindred spirits. opening proceedings is marvis dee s inside outside , introducing a new project for jacking house tracks by the man also known as sub-aquatic techno and electro maestro jeremiah r. sharing side a is one half of the deep space orchestra in the guise of haku with a high-tech incantation to the sun. on the flip side, vancouver s esb gives a slightly mellower pace to hands of the city . finally, cliff lothar, egyptian eyeliner & orgue electronique form an unholy trinity as the flexible fellas with a live jam session, pervocative .

electronic music approximately 35 years after bands like kraftwerk opened the magic box. a lot happened since then and it seems all is said, done and invented. however it is almost surprising that new things still pop up here and there when it comes to electronic music production.

run harder vol. 1 is the first installment in the run harder series. a various artists concept that will represent different cities across the globe. the first effort is a trans-atlantic affair. two great american metropoles and two european cities are connected through a slice of black gold.

next amazing raw n analog traut muzik. dimi angelis comes up with 3 amazing techno tunes. head honcho jonas kopp adds a remix to the package which truly shows his golden hands for peak time and floor destroying weapons. transparent blue vinyl.

adventurous and fine quality house music from the land of the rising sun! the label that introduced takuya matsumoto delivers more fresh new talented names!

garofano rosso is the latest project by italian producer giorgio luceri, perhaps better known for his work on jamal moss mathematics label. this new work eschews the house stylings of previous releases in favour of a more classic cosmic approach. echoes of tangerine dreams thief ost mixed with what could perhaps be the imaginary soundtrack to miami vice if it had infact been set in rimini and starred maurizio merli as sonny crockett. these are not however just mere mood pieces, but take the sun, the sea and the body-count straight to the dancefloor. not to be missed. mastered by alek stark. artwork by eric lee. always limited. download code included.

joy adegoke und wim janssens aka joy wellboy sind seit jahren unzertrennlich, ein paar in leben und kunst. ihr zweites album wedding klingt so komplett und vielfältig, wie man sich ein popalbum 2015 nur wünschen kann: songwriting trifft crooning, elektrobeat kuschelt mit chanson, es gibt minnegesang auf der tanzfläche, herzzerreißende duette und engtanzballaden für die ewigkeit.

serious heat alert! ridiculously rare sun drenched funky soul from the mythical raw soul express. the way we live is as flawless as it gets, a superior piece of sweet soul music from all the way down there in miami, ultra sought after in its original 45 issue & featuring some absolutely stellar production from the underrated george chocolate perry this record is an instant party starter! featured on the mix-tapes & in the play-lists of some of the most discerning crate digging dj s out there & an og 45 will literally cost you an arm & a leg this total gem of a record gets an overdue repress in its original form. essential! backed here with its original b-side slow jam this thing called music this ultra-rare 45 has been re-mastered, re-pressed & brought back for 2015s dance-floors in conjunction & with the permission of t.k. disco / henry stone music, miami usa.

its been a year since the first release on omena was out. a year of many adventures, sun filled mornings, hazy afternoons and silent nights. to mark the occasion of our one year anniversary we ve invited hnny back for a second release on the label. there s no need to describe what s on this record. we know you re going to like it

this limited cassette is a special bonus / pre-release item for the forthcoming 2xlp high road forthcoming on red motorbike! low road contains unreleased music from eddie c which wont be appearing on the vinyl version, and also features cuts from kkoosh, dane & khotin and cem g. lightly mixed by eddie. 50 copies worldide

adventurous and fine quality house music from the land of the rising sun! the label that introduced takuya matsumoto delivers more fresh new talented names!

manchester producer hidden spheres blends the interesting elements he finds within recordings into soulful dance music suited for clubs and the living room. those influences combine jazz artists like sun ra, john coltrane, the art ensemble of chicago, and miles davis along with the modern sounds of detroit and german producers. having released individual tracks on dirt crew his first solo ep appropriately finds its way to moods & grooves, a label known its eclectic output. the bloos connects the musical dots of his influences while expressing a love for house music.

the lobster theremin white label debuts yet another young producer in the shape of the leeds-based hedge maze. with a tightly crafted, hazy, blissed-out house sound these three tracks have been culled from the muggy undergrowth of his northern harddrive. untitled is a chattering roller, smothered with a throbbing, wavy bassline and ending in a fuzzy, chord-soaked crescendo, while the slow, drudging rhythms of dysania give a heavy nod to some of lowtec s down tempo numbers for the label. the release is rounded out with the glistening, black-sun shower of (slow). all delay-drenched crystal stabs and oscillating soundscapes. a floating, ethereal trip into the afterlife.

manu delago combines his mastery of the hang – a rare and enchanting instrument – with bold arrangements, irresistible melodies and multi-layered beats on his tru thoughts debut silver kobalt. the young austrian composer/multi-instrumentalist is highly in demand and has worked with björk, anoushka shankar and the cinematic orchestra. this ambitious lp brings his stunning solo project into the spotlight like never before, drawing influence from pop to the avant-garde and featuring guest vocals from isa kurz, anil sebastian and rahel.

valleys, ravines, crags, inaccessible mountain peaks, abyss. since times immemorial, stark mountain landscape has always been humankinds inspiration and a constant reference point for many generations of exploratory artists. ridges is a result of a creative encounter between veteran of improvised avant-electronics max loderbauer (among others, co-creator of sun electric, member of moritz von oswald trio, and frequent collaborator of ricardo villalobos) and spiritus movens of warsaw-based label recognition jacek sienkiewicz.

limited deluxe edition - 1x red, 1x yellow & 1x black vinyl in a box.

th 6th studio album from the prodigy on 180 gram double vinyl in gatefold cover, including download code for hi-res digital files.

apartment returns with a release exploring 3 facets of house music all inter-connected by the vocals of uk soul & rnb singer, greg blackman (bbe music). steve leggets (four hands, claremont 56) original believe mix, the catalyst for the project, is an expansive 10 minute-plus journey through wistful dub lead by blackmans soaring vocals. on the flip mark hand (signals from the north) delivers a re-working, sculpting a beautiful, sun-kissed masterpiece featuring drums and percussion by darren moore alongside hands inspired playing on the rhodes and moog. to close out the release ncw finally makes a return to apt and subsequently gets lost in the dmz pitching and twisting blackmans vocals over a pulsating, bumping house banger.

die vier neuen tracks von clark setzen dort an, wo er letztes jahr mit seinem vielgelobten, selbstbetitelten album, das viele für seine bislang beste arbeit halten, aufhörte: eine eigenwillige vision von club-techno mit außergwöhnlichen exkursionen in warme, subtile, stets unvorhersehbare sphären. luxuriöse 12 inch im gestanzten 4-farbcover mit bedruckten innentaschen.

the detroit music community has outposts in nearly every major city, and vancouver, british columbia is no exception. this ep represents the connection of two such artists, detroit native, josh garrett, who currently resides in vancouver and runs the subspec label, and rennie foster, a stalwart of the underground, who has spent a quarter of his life in tokyo, but born in bc and now living back there, in vancouver. rennie has released on a myriad of detroit labels, such as transmat, teknotika, soiree, subject detroit, wallshaker, and motech. josh and rennie met in vancouver, only since rennies recent return, and realizing they were of the same tribe, immediately began to collaborate on a number of projects, now including this limited run, double a-side, record, chalk full of dj friendly techno trax, firmly rooted in the motor city sound, yet unique enough to be a contributor, not just another imitator.

wasting no time, eatbrain - the budapest based label headed by jade - is back with another dancefloor annihilating ep. it comes from a name needing little introduction in todays quickly rising movement of high energy neurofunk drum and bass, the badmen from new zealand, state of mind.
the duos high-octane style of drum & bass has catapulted them through the ranks over the last few years, forging alliances with some of the genres foremost innovators. their latest effort, the full force ep, sees state of mind link with the infamous budapest sound, collaborating with the likes of mindscape, chris.su, and jade himself. it is a fearsome meeting of the minds - after all, this is eatbrain. premier neurofunk.
dj support include: phace, grooverider, hype, zardonic, dirtyphonics, black sun empire, rockwell, culture shock, amc, dieselboy, john b, maztek, crissy cris, rene lavice, mind vortex, june miller, audio, drumsound, simon bassline smith, mob tactics, tony colman, neonlight, hybrid minds, billain, c4c

all tracks reared in captivity and released into the wild by matt rivem at a secret location in the east midlands. from the woods of the east midlands - the goshawk arises with three slices of organically crafted - deep, underground house music. it was the epitome of a perfect match for us at kolour ltd and were pleased to finally let this bird loose.

for skylax 140, damien zala, of rowtag records fame, brings the heat with a new 6 track ep. it kicks off with an absolutely mad remix of * looking for the sun* by detroit legend, anthony shake shakir. the attention to detail is clear when it comes to someone who has been in the game for so long, and the rework he has done for damiens track is no exception. * the final break* is damiens first original on the record. a skippy, staccato affair in both its percussion and its disco/funk/soul sampling. *beauty is back* is damien taking things down a jazzier route, with a piano laden jazz sample and shuffling drums to match.on the flip, * always young* is an audacious disco edit, sampling such a treasured song that many would consider untouchable, luckily, damien works his magic to make an edit which gets people moving without being obvious. the ep closes out with * emotions* and the original version of * looking for the sun*, barely recognisable from the anthony shakir remix, in the best possible way! sweet & dirty indeed, dont miss this offering by the one and only damien zala.

the new album from eskmo on limited edition white vinyl, download code included.

after bringing tears to glass eyes across the globe with the lovelorn beauty of oslo, nev cottee returns to aficionado with this 10inch beauty of spring promise. rather than the balladeer of his previous outing, this time round cottee stands inspired with the arcane knowledge of a prophetic troubadour, kaleidoscopic robes flowing behind him in the desert wind. at one with the cosmos, nev speaks the gospel from the heart, those warm vocals riding the swelling wave of soaring strings, frazzled guitar and undulating synth. driven by the percussive rumble of steady backbeat and lilting bongos, if i could tell you shimmers with the sun-blazed psychedelia of laurel canyon and the transcendent frequencies of summer madness before collapsing with a cascade of keys into a harmonic ocean all of its own. backed with the unadulterated healing frequencies of an instrumental version, this is another modern classic brought to you by manchesters finest selectors.