hardmoon london is a new independent platform solely focused to release music by the analog militants who are struggling against the loudness war of digital industry and want to spread the love of that warm, distorted sound exclusively through vinyl or special tapes. the tracks we are going to release are recorded directly on tape without the help of computers, so that interference, mistakes, and noise are all going to be apart of whatis pressed straight onto the 180 grams of throttling hammers grinding away. it is all enclosed within in a special printed sleeve! the first release comes by way of courtesy from the mysterious hissman who captures, with his name, the vey essense of the tapes sound: hissssss... that is the sound you hear when a tape starts rolling.

ranges: a new reality focused on 90s reminiscent scraped dub techno. our dub warriors hydergine & ixm provide four timeless jams full of saturated chords and solid grooves, everything processed on tape! ltd 180g vinyl only release. one copy per customer.

nach dem debuetalbum yes is more (2009) und remixes für röyksopp, radio slave & andrew weatherall präsentiert der londoner pop-elektroniker danton eeprom sein zweites album als hybriden aus leftfield-pop, detroit techno & chicago house, der zwischen catchy synth-pop (biscotto & chimpanzee), lasziven hiphop (hex tape), roxy music-charme (never ask, never tell), late-nite-house-sleaze (femdom, hungry for more) und kroenender eleganz (all eyes on me) variiert.

limited to 200 copies!
william durant iii is the studio project of lucretio, steve murphy and the legendary dj octopus. together with caio (muscle records) they have released the infamous underground ep *the dove ultimatum* on vae victis records with the pseudonym of durant. they produce their music in the brenta studios only with machines and recording on tape just the first take. together with caio, madì grey and chevel they have founded the independent record label muscle records to promote and spread the sound of brenta, the river which run through the little towns from where they come from, in the venetic swamp.

camp inc. are cologne-based djs, producers and acclaimed crazies roland kaiser wilhelm and sebastian ingenhoff, founders of infamous tape label camp magnetics

one limited vinyl press, 180g heavyweight vinyl...
box aus holz, over the course of a handful of very special releases quietly worked their way into the dancers hearts and the djs charts. a steady supply of loose, hook heavy and beautifully crafted sample jams have really set the label apart weare very happy to see them return, with this, their eighth release. another various artists selection, ranging from typically irresistible sample-house (from wunderkind glenn astro & joschka seibt & dj mettigel) to smoked out, neck snappin mpc workouts, via deftly crafted madlib flavours

forgotten corner, khidja & cassini division first met on the desert planet of tatooine whilst attending a cosmic music festival at the galaxy renowned mos eisley cantina!…in a hash laden corner they bonded like wookies, jammed with the max rebo band & then roamed the desert plains of tatooine with the nomadic tusken raiders! no one knows exactly what happened but music ideas were exchanged & tracks were made ... here are two of them - rescued from tape, covered in cosmic cous cous purposely gathered by cassini from the rings of jupiter & smeared in hummus from the swamps of dagobah!

rework praesentieren ihre neue 12inch blackout auf items & things. bekannt geworden durch die frankfurter techno-institution playhouse, erschien 2012 der rework-track tell me why auf der items & things-compilation variables. die hier vorliegende veroeffentlichung bietet vier brandneue tracks der house-formation, die musikalisch erneut an ihrer eigenen mischung aus minimal und euro-girl-vocals festhalten.

skylax records, the company focused on realeasing original obscure dance classic and everythings that sounds fine to their ears. for this new release serie, we decided to bring you guys a regular member of the crew & one fo the most talented producer : carlos nilmmns. indeed, the man is back on skylax! the scottish producers skills again ranging from soundtrack to dirty machine funk. songs such as brooklyn walk and moments of happiness demonstrate time and time again why many critics are calling him the next lalo schifrin. hardrock striker skylax mainman & optimo once said about his music should be signed to a hollywood movie studio!raw tape cutsand i thought i had youtake things onto the dance floor. the listener is greeted by a healthy range of classic machine workouts and nilmmns signature old school techniques. gwens songcaptures moments of paris and the good times. soul patroltrack contains elegant synth work and beautiful live keys which kind of reminds one of drexciya or music from the other peoples place. 106 shows hardware programming at its finest with lush sounds creating warm fuzzy moments perfect for the warm weather. a timeless record packed with imagination, talent and skill. a record that we believe will still hold relevance in 30 or 40 years time, c l a s s i c ! a must to have in every djs collection. essential item no digital .

beginning with tape experimentation, noise excursions and long-form drift and drone musics, love cult have steadily built up a discography based on decomposing and deconstructing. know ep is the first vinyl statement that sees the russian duo dive headlong into beat-forms and movement music.

after udachas first release and appearances on the various artist release5 & 6, label founder alexey kalik aka a5 is back for a full ep on this amazing imprint. vinyl only

apartment kickstarts 2014 with a various artists compilation focusing on irish talent from all across the isle. following on from their collaboration as bande apartment in 2013, tr one and new jackson once again appear together on apartment. this time around new jackson remixes tr ones bruising techno beast >viceroy-9c< (the original of which appeared on the last apartment release, a split 12 with phantom planet outlaws), turning it into an emotive, acid-laced breakbeat gem. house duo slowburn, coming off a year that included appearances on lunar disko, appian sounds and grounded in humanity deliver the off-kilter and immersive >riders of the sea<. hints of the work of artists such as drexciya and kassem mosse are combined with their own unique stylings to create an intoxicating, tripped out journey to the deepest recesses of the dancefloor.the cyclist garnered huge praise last year with his >bones in motion< lp on leaving records/stones throw and apartment is excited to deliver his first original material since then. his individual brand of over-driven electronics – >tape throb< – combines distortion with the most delicate of inflections and >crax< surmises this approach perfectly, an uncommonly euphoric slice of wounded electronica. last but by no means least is the superior inferior. after his debut release on belfast’s one electronica label went so far as to be licensed by sven vath to his sound of the 14th season compilation, he returns with the throbbing, rapturous >a bit much confusion<. wave and electro influences carry this bass heavy number towards it’s crescendo of skyscraping synths and skewered monopoly madness.

achtung keine vinyl ...
tape release, incl
bleistift, musikkassette, downloadcode, aufkleber, heulsuse- tattoo

walter jones kehrt mit seiner neuen 4-track-ep a night in newark zurueck auf permanent vacation. dallas dance music at its best! disco beeinflusster lo-fi-house, cosmic wonders und eine sagenhafte dub-version seines 2009 hits i am loved. walter jones veroeffentlichte schon auf labels wie cisco, supersoul, under the shade, permanent vacation, dfa oder hakt.

die einfuehlsame verschmelzung der musik von so unterschiedlichen kuenstlern und stilen, zu einem atmosphaerisch dichten gesamtkunstwerk macht die pop ambient kompilation alle jahre wieder zu einem unvergleichlichen und vor allem zeitlosen hoererlebnis.

wanda group, aka louis johnstone, is the latest artist to release a record with notown recordings. an artist who *creates beautiful, decayed landscapes of tape crackle, hiss and distortion* (the quietus), the music of wanda group is an other-worldly collage of sounds that touch on musique concrete and other forms of oblique, densely beautiful sounds.

the balls are rolling, the caller has been summoned… eyes down ladies and gentleman for the marx trukker. a for you b for me goes flat out from the get go, trukker bringing forth dub, attenuating heavily bound techno under the sherman filter plough - sleek yet lo-fi sound design, infectious electronic folkart.

michael & mattis are based between new york and oslo. maybe thats why their music has such a unique feel. blending the oddness of norwegian labels as sex tags mania and the ongoing musical heritage of nyc in hip-hop, disco and house, they produce twisted house jams that manage to remain raw and catchy at the same time. bold grooves and smooth vibes produ- ced with tape warmth and a singular pop appeal.

the road to hell is paved in gold. one that guides to disorder, repression and eventually a last leap into od. yes, boy, this is life. unfair, menacing, dark and twisted, like the new ep from r-a-g out on lux rec. the dutch trio presents its first release outside the m>o>s legacy and delivers three excessive tracks wandering on the fringes of the jacking zone, analog techno and wavy obscurity. walk in, embrace life. hear it pulsates, disappear. gold vinyl in a gold printed sleeve. free download included.

artfully exploded dance music meets busted techno for the post-punk demo tape set. comes as double 12 inch vinyl with download code.

nach drei vielgelobten eps auf 20:20 vision veröffentlicht john clark aka debukas nun auch sein debütalbum auf dem label. i am machinery ist ein gelungenes elektronisches clubwerk zwischen house und techno geworden, das weitere lobeshymnen hervorrufen wird.

nice price deal !!! chicagos dance mania-label hatte mit seinem charakteristischen jackin house von acts wie dj funk, dj deeon, paul johnson oder ron hardy mitte der 1990er jahre einen grossen einfluss auf die meisten boysnoize records-kuenstler

a kenny dope gonzalez remix should not be ignored. as one half of masters at work, kenny’s production & remix credentials are unquestionable. here kenny is let loose on one of the hottest records around. trademark remix, dub, beats and tool from the dope man all straight from the board to 1/4 inch tape. remixed, produced, mastered and cut with care & precision from one of the masters of the trade.

just in time for this years festive celebrations, the imprint curated by merseyside edits maestro greg wilson returns with the tape-tapping talent of fingerman. real name gregg holmes, wilson first thought his fingerman pseudonym was inspired by a character from v for vendetta, the cult graphic novel by alan moore, but he was in fact so called after creating a weird stop motion video on a mobile phone about a shouting finger. thankfully his studio work is less peculiar: years of spinning techno in the mid-90s giving way more recently to an going love affair with funk, soul and disco nuggets.

hamsa intenational are hitting us with some obscure and analog live jams for club use only. rigid grooves that transform subtly by the use of frequency cuts and vocal chops make bodytalk an interesting lo-fi sounding yet energetic jam for peak hours and after. the analog warmth thats filling up the speaker cans comes straight out of old machines and a tape recorder.

the release is supported by mainly romanian artists such as raresh and rhadoo...
the second volume of people from here comes from nixandeli which is a collaboration between 3 artists: nima gorji, xandru, and eli (e/tape). they produced the tracks together in ibiza.

a demo tape, sent to capitol records by the trash company in the early 90s, garnered this curt response from then president of the r&b division, joy bailey: some music was never meant to be heard. thug records returns with one of the most intriguing releases to grace the catalogue so far. not restricted by any one scene, max monroe of the trash company produces a hypnotic medley of original hard edge rhythm & blues, soul dance and classic psychedelic punk wave textures. armed with a condition known as synesthesia meaning he perceives sounds, words and letters in terms of color and a 4 track cassette recorder, the trash company has spent the last 30 years as a bedroom recording genius.

ma spaventi, a roman, now based in amsterdam, has been around for a minute, his trio r-a-g (with aroy dee and gijs poortman, a.k.a. gstring) has been recording refined, classicist house and techno on an all-analog kit since 2010. marked by tough drums, swirling pads, and a willingness to veer into pure, beatless ambient territory, their records are formally purist without scrimping on a sense of mystery. spaventis solo work so far has suggested that he may be the tough guy of the bunch.

warm and crispy as always, the third monday night - mixed, structured and recorded live on tape. the whole ep is a cutting-edge merger between old school and modern, carefully crafted sounds, to forge an outstanding collection of deep house tracks with a timeless fashion.the opening track on side a serves a gentle two-chord loop, locked with a groove beat progression, whilst track two builds up a dense swarm of rapid drums, with synthetic bursts twirling on an energetic bassline. on the b side, a bare, rampant one note bass leads a haunting, gloomy first track, whose main theme is surrounded by recurring confused, scatterbrained vocal samples, while the second one is characterized by the simplicity of an upright, stabbing rhythm directing an emotive one note chord. the ending track develops around a big, serious bassline, pleasantly contrasting with a succession of dreamy, floating melodies and noises

massively anticipated debut album from ron morelli, founder/boss of acclaimed brooklyn label l.i.e.s. (resident advisor #1 label of the year 2012, amongst many other accolades), *spit* is the first in a trio of related releases from morelli due on hospital productions in the coming months. the album features 8 electronic variants, from house and industrial tape experiments to saturated metallic beat tracks. mastered and cut by matt colton at alchemy. there is so much that could be said about ron morelli, his l.i.e.s. label, or the fact that his debut album comes to you via hospital productions, but instead, here are some words from the man himself: i m a regular guy, enjoy a good steak, drinking beer, and occasionally a game of pro basketball, republican talk radio ... you know ... all the good stuff.

new misterious italian label. ltd hand numbered copies, 100 percent analog produced, vintage mixer, tape recording and vinyl only of course

chicago native jordan fields drops an awesome 4 track ep for those who love chicago sound. a tape called 1990 - this lost track was created 2 decades ago with heavy influence from mr fingers. the just an illusion re-work feels like the soundtrack to a break dance movie.

the house reverends are a trinity of musicians in their own right combining talents through a love of vintage electronics, analogue tape, and downtuned rnb. they glide through londons club scene bringing a blend of fluid funk driven by their robotic drum machine. this ep is a three-stage journey into the hearts and souls of our shadowy heroes. it is a story of love. drivetime the first tune is a slow motion seduction. a musical massage. it is a high-grade slow dance that works from dinner til dawn. girl, i know one for the body poppers. a tense number expressing the addictive pain of lust. vocoder voices straining with desire as the fever grows. curious lady a dream-like climax. gaze across the galaxy in awe and surrender to the state of psychedelic ecstasy this song so easily conjures.

ovatow drops 3 extremely deep journeys into the fog of endless re-verb and delay applications.flame and a thought are 2 electro-techno tracks that are both build on randomly step-sequenced square bass lines, raiser sharp snares and dubbed out melodies drowned in layers of breathing dusty tape delays. visitation dub iii is a different version of an ovatow track, earlier released as part of the viewpoints chapter one compilation, but this time stripped down to the core bass line, reminiscing bcs presence. the release is dedicated to the loss of south rotterdam based dj juvenile jay who played an important roll in the early dj career of frustrated funks head honcho klen, the man behind the ovatow moniker. very much recommended!

nycs escort, founded by eugene cho and dan balis and fronted by the enormous vocals of lead singer adeline michèle, delivers a danceable blend of disco, funk & soul that pays homage to the classics while remaining fresh and modern. mysterious dance duo tiger & woods are known for cutting pop melodies with sourced disco, boogie & funk edits. check out the *barbarians* (tiger & woods remix) space invader where it premiered with pitchfork. following a critically acclaimed self-titled debut album that was hailed as one of the best albums of 2012 by both spin and rolling stone, escort will release the 12 inch vinyl package complete with remixes by italian nu disco kings tiger & woods, jkriv of deep&disco/razor-n-tape and a dub by the mysterious rance muhammitz.

3 x 12 inch lp featuring 11 full length tracks in all their glory coming in a beautifully designed spined sleeve holding all 3 vinyls from the release.

after the excellent reception of the first instalment, ander-trax is back yet again with more supremely crafted tracks from label head and all round gentleman alex-ander. nobody really expected such talent to emanate from coatbridge, did they? then again, wasnt the fella responsible for that blueboy *remember me* thing from coatbridge? maybe that was airdrie.

introducing the house of 12 vol.2, also including some new artists on this one. a1 is with martin bell, uk, the man behind all those videos on youtube about >how to make house music with soul<. a jazzy house raw tune, proper sound for a proper dancefloor. a2 is a mysterious band from croatia, rare people house brand, all stuffed with vintage gears as well, presenting a house/disco song with a fucking good syncopatic crescendo and some hypnotic vocal. b1 is an italian guy, jacy, and his talented attitude to resume a disappeared vibe from old italian house from the early 90s, mixed with a new touch, so its not revival, its a new life about that genre!! b2 is the worst of the band, as usual, deep88, here with a raw-all-played-track that hasnt seen any sequencer, just a multitrack tape overdubbing and mpc.

one wants to collect beautiful things. this is also the case with the pascal hetzel remix of kink & sierra sam my space feat. hollis p monroe & overnite. you wont get that one digitally, not on tape, dvd or on blue ray. up for grabs till the stock is gone... 200 times on vinylcatalogue number uy70x on upon you

peel back the leaves and discover erskine falls, an exotic paradise of flotation tank funk and ethno groove with a capital g. produced by melbournes andras fox, the 4-track ep follows an instant sell-out on dopeness galore and captures the rbma graduates contagious bounce and optimistic minimal melodies. based around the tr-606 and digital korg m1 drums, these original tape recordings are simultaneously contemporary in sound and difficult to carbon date, slipping comfortably between 80s bruton music, rheji burrell and dam funk. dunk your head in and chill.

bitchin bajas, das electro-duo aus chicago, meldet sich mit einem neuen werk zurück - bitchitronics. und sie erreichen damit eine völlig neue dimension der ambient/post-organic/electronic und drone-musik. das neue album kommt als lp und tape bei drag city heraus.

- signed to rebirth, the original has been mixed and remastered for a proper single release in 2013. incl huge andrés remix
- detroit underground hero andrés combines elements of soul, hip-hop, broken beat and house music. his vintage tape-worn groove,

vondelpark releases the new single from the critically acclaimed *seabed* debut album.
*always forever* is a blissed out hazy love song with lewis rainsburys plaintive vocals at the fore, and one of many highlights from the album.
on remix duties is john roberts who has just released the excellent *fences* album. he warps the original into a beautiful, leftfield, alternative mix with some slick tape effects.

superb analog techno ep, hypnotizer

- debut release from new york label peach featuring a remix from detroits kyle hall.
- crafting a blend of loose and irreverent house that looks to both detroit funk and london rhythms, l.a. duo cromie and sage caswell come out swinging on vines / pyre

a bunch of bubbling uk deep house players line up on introducing newington, a new label of the same name that is clearly fond of the n16 postcode with vocal house on the menu. ejeca, the irishman earmarked as the next bicep, keeps up his relentless form this year with the opening track robodrum which is a playful shuffling little house number that rotates between stabbing vocal samples and piercing chords. moving south of the irish border, dublin based frank b kills it with trieste a wonderfully warp cut that sounds like it has been recovered from a dust filled dat tape. london types jack fell down take a cleaner, but no less infectious approach on for you whilst midlands type tom flynn rounds it out with the deep and bouncy going on.

the case (nabis) ep is the debut effort from brooklyn-based hound scales, releasing on his own fifth wall imprint, which he runs with fellow brooklynite divvorce. the two originals and two remixes are driving but subtle and textured techno. remixes come courtesey of icee hot co-founder ghosts on tape and swiss producer isolated lines. support from george fitzgerald, locked groove, sei a, goldffinch, tiga, sinden, xhin, troy pierce, moerbeck, totally enormous extinct dinosaurs, breach, randomer, hackman, and more. the title track case (nabis) was featured in george fitzgeralds essential mix for bbc radio 1. coverage by xlr8r, resident advisor, mixmag, earmilk, hyponik, and more.

nice price deal !!! >whatever you say<, is a sexy tapeworm, that keeps rolling, triggered by its sensual bassline. a track that has no beginning and no end, but you could call a friend. hanne & lore have remixed whatever you say and whoever follows what they do, you never know what they come up with, but you can expect its going to be dead cool.the guys are magic in the way they bring together different elements, genres and create monster tunes. here hanne & lore have come up here with a dub version working with wonderful tape delays shaping a nice loose and deep traxter that puts a smile on your face

a huge departure from his known works, marcos cabral appears on l.i.e.s. with his most dynamic and experimental work to date, the false memories 2xlp. compiled from various cassette tape recordings spanning the years of 1998-2000, here we have the early experiments from an accomplished producer, which showcase the unharnessed energy of youth when it crashes head on with the technology of the day. the songs created by cabral reflect his attempts of the music of the time falling somewhere in between techno, dub techno, idm, and even noise. an engaging and timeless listen the whole way through.