the rising consciousness ep takes you on a tour of your own mind via two brilliant originals with remixes from techno veteran bryan zentz, and label head lets go outside. side a dives into the limbic system with the deep house masterpiece that is waving, surviving. its slick and sexy, creating a beautiful, wide space around its subtle textures, exhilarating swells, and tones which envelope you like a big hug. bryan zentz massive remix explores the frontal lobe further, managing to perfectly balance the plus 8 recording artists heavy dance floor genius with the warmth of the original. on the b side, rico tests your motor skills with skinless, a driving and playful tech house trip. this is raw fun dance music that slaps every neuron in your cerebral cortex with each step. sliding down and out the thalamus, slant label head lets go outside reworks >skinless< into an overwhelming, full blown body and brain workout.

after their new york city debut earlier this year, the buzz on jessica 6 began to brew. the group which features bassist andrew raposo, keyboardist morgan wiley and singer/songwriter nomi ruiz (of hercules & love affair), who all met while on the 2008 hercules & love affair tour, have been hard at work in the studio cultivating a sound that is equally dark as it is sexy, soulful and ready for the dance floor.

high on the heels of their brand new album >24/7< gus gus serve us the second single outtake. >thin ice< is undeniably the key song on the album and therfore screamed for being revisited for dancefloor purposes. the a-side belongs entirely to the hamburg based trio wareika, which is not only sharing the tourbus as support act with our icelandic heroes on their extensive >tanz mit mir< tour but also raised some eyebrows with excellent releases onlabels like tartelet, connaisseur, liebe/detail or eskimo. their take on >thin ice< is a wonderful, epic journey into contemporary deephouse - approaching the original from its intimate, emotional side before taking a total different turn in the last third of the track. we have no clue where this angelic voice transcended from but for sure it gives us gigantic goosebumps. on the flip, matteo esse and sant aka analog people in a digital world deliver proof that their brilliant remake of st germain, >rose rouge< was not just a one-hit-wonder. it was and still is hammered by the top league djs like pete tong, luciano, michael mayer and many more. they know exactly which buttons to push in order to make this worlds dancefloors happy.

the mightly adult records sublabel relatives returns with what is already the 9th release. as you come to expect, relatives delivers 4 fierce hardgroove tracks by 4 different artists. this time a. paul, iago de la vega, gunjack and odessa soundfreaks step up to the plate and boy do they deliver!

uzul from the live dub band kaly live dub releases a massive record including a remix by skream - whom he shared a tour in france with. this is a massive dubstep rinser that all djs have played worldwide!!!

second part of the family tour with simon beeston, mihai popoviciu, todd bodine, phage and daniel dreier!!

>i m that alley< is the new single from south african shock-poppers sweat.x. it comes as they embark on their two month european tour and is a taste of their forthcoming album >187<. >i m that alley< is a departure from vocalist spoek mathambos hyper-surreal rap style, and, together with markus wormstorms finely designed production, is a modern take on the classic synthpop love song. accompanying the title track is >the knife<, a freaked peek into the world of sweat.x, a favourite of their live shows, it finally gets released here. third track on the single is a remix of >i m that alley< by new york-based mike slott. slott has been making waves with his work as one half of heralds of change and this remix is his best work to date and is already being used to close out his live set. the release also includes instrumental versions of >the knife< and >i m that alley< for maximum club efficiency!

pole folder has emerged as an intrinsic part of the emotive dance music juggernaut that has been steadily powering through club land over the course of the last few yearsà alongside djs such as guy gerber, guy j, and james holden, pole folder has been at the forefront of a movement back towards the melody rich sounds on which house music is based. his first 2 releases on label la tour garnered huge support from the likes of sasha, laurent garnier, luciano, carl cox and christian smith. this offering starts off with pole folders original, which features the vocals of sean ryan, delivering epic slabs of sound, stacked atop glitchy lo-fi drums that result in a listening experience that simply swallows you whole. the vocal whilst gritty retains a rich and lush quality that is the perfect overlay to this track.

the third in struts inspiration information studio collaboration series brings together an intriguing pairing between one of africas great bandleaders, mulatu astatke, with the next level musicianship of the heliocentrics collective from the mighty roster of stones throw / now again. known primarily through the successful ethiopiques album series and the film soundtrack to jim jarmuschs ?broken flowers, mulatu astatke is one of ethiopias foremost musical ambassadors. his selfstyled ethio-jazz sound flourished during the swinging addisÑ era of the late 60s as he successfully fused western jazz and funk with traditional ethiopian folk melodies. the heliocentrics have become known as one of the uks foremost free-thinking collectives of musicians, inspired by a wide palette covering sun ra, james brown, david axelrod and all manner of psych, afro and eastern sounds. the collective have featured on records by madlib and dj shadow. now a fixture within the stones throw / now again roster, they forged their own genre-breaking directions in the astral analogue groove on their 2007 debut album, out there. a number of tour dates around the release and headline slots at festivals throughout 2009 have been confirmed.

der titel legt es schon nahe: >for now<, das zweite album des britischen 60s-retro-trios the bishops, ist eine art bestandsaufnahme. eine referenz an den moment, an das jetzt, das die gruppe aus london seit erscheinen ihres deb?talbums 2007 mit hunderten konzerten ausgiebig gelebt hat - u. a. als support f?r james blunt auf dessen europa-tour. so sind denn auch viele der songs von >for now< auf tour entstanden, aufgenommen wurden sie im sommer 2008 in london vom produzenten brian o?shaughnessey (primal scream, my bloody valentine). abgesehen von den klassischen dreimann-arrangements spielen the bishops auf >for now< auch mit ungewohnten instrumenten wie trompete, mundharmonika und klavier. rockig und im besten stil der kinks und fr?hen beatles ist das allemal, wie nummern wie >hold on<, >free to do what you want< und die erste single >city lights< beweisen. doch auch ein folksong wie >he was a friend of mine< schaffte es auf die platte.

after summer 2008s three-month, international tour (highlighted by performances at both pitchfork and roskilde festivals), extra golden settled down to record the follow-up to their acclaimed hera ma nono. the result is thank you very quickly, a six-song wonder of a record whose joyous danceable anthems were crafted in the wake of political and economic upheaval in kenya.

the new, first time ever on vinyl 2lp reissue of a long way around to a shortcut is somehow a greatest hits of the golden not quite decade of sic alps. well, not quite golden, either. can gold be tarnished? can it be done on purpose? if so, sic alps are artisans of the highest order - for their music is the bright, surging sound of ye olde rock & roll radio (and the garages that tuned in) heard through air darkened with specks of nameless obstruction. in and amongst their ingrown sounds, sic alps take on classic tunes from strapping field hands, throbbing gristle and the zipps on a long way around to a shortcut. it is to their credit that they completely absorb their estimated predecessors and create the only sound left to them: the sound of the sic alps. a long way around to a shortcut was issued as a cd in 2008. it collected songs that were first issued throughout the epic years of 2006 and 2007 on two 12inch eps, three 7inch singles and a cassette, plus a song from a compilation cd r and a song exclusive to this compilation. the records were originally given titles like united, strawberry guillotine, semi streets, hip hop sweepers vol 1, teenage alps, and the soft tour in rough form, but all these original releases are long gone.

sampler release extract from the forthcoming compilation from because and edbanger, introducing the nouvelle garde from the edbanger sound... all new talents that the famous label itself consider as their legitimate offsprings... over the past two years, other young producers eager to transcend the genres have been working in the shadows, preparing a new electronic revolution. who are they, and what does todays music sound like? thats what the dum-edges project is attempting to uncover, with a compilation and a live tour.

all tracks recorded live during the 1978 world tour!!!

special collectors item - double 12 inch vinyl in gatefold sleeve. live album recorded during the razors edge world tour.

meck is everywhere a collaboration with madonna on her sticky & sweet tour using feels like home in a mashup with like a prayer. windmills sees meck take a slightly different musical direction here but no less dancefloor friendly

shinichi osawa made his debut as the leader and bassist for mondo grosso, a band formed in kyoto in 1991, with an album mondo grosso released in 1993 from for life records (japan). in the heightened acid-jazz movement, the album got great reviews and was well-received overseas as well. in 1995, after finishing off the tour following the release of the second album born free, the band was disbanded.

fukkk offf aka bastian heerhorst has been renowned for some time in his hometown of hamburg for storming live sets in the clubs scattered around the citys red light district. die sundige meile or the sinful mile as it is known has seen its walls shaked and thighs quaked by the throbbing depths of bastians big room fukkk offf sound. after the first two hit singles im a freak and rave is king, of which the latter went to # 1 on the german club charts, fukkk offf delivers his debut full length album love me, hate me, kiss me, kill me. the album which includes his previous singles delivers even more flavor from the hip-hose party rocking duet more than friends, featuring nyc rappers razor cain & hazel, to the fashionista anthem famous. by turns dark and menacing then veering towards moments of playful funk and kitsch, lmhmkmkm doesnt let up on its grand tour of the discerning late night dance floor

2nd round of audio therapys summer smpler tour brings us 4 fresh tracks by infusion, eelke kleijn, erphun and nick muir.

third, by far best and last chapter of the lebensfreude 5 year jubliee series! while the crew is worldwide on tour the third part of the lebensfreude compilation is released with tracks by ruede hagelstein, the mexicans fanfarrosa and d_bug and stuff from hungary by reecoba. in a nutshell - it all works out with a dance guarantee!

faze action release their latest single taken from the new album which is out now , >i wanna dancver< has been described as like a lost disco classic from 1979 , >its the sort of tune you if you were digging in the crates and came across it you would want to release it as a re edit<. this breezy summer disco classic featuring the vocals of mary moore has already been receiving huge support from a wide selection of djs including dave lee (joey negro)on his recent australian tour, pete herbert (reverse 68) and many more. radio is also getting behind it with plays on bbc and already receiving plays off the album on the ministry of sound radio courtesy of ross allen, the 12 inch also includes a disco rock dub mix which has added pianos and a pulsating bass line aimed more for the after hours party and a reflex mix which includes a more early eighties boogie bass line. watch out for it at a festival near you this summer

modernaire (from machester/uk) already got local fame when they opened the tour for their mates the ting tings - 2 singing girls in the front of the stage produced by oscar wildstyle whos dropping the beats and synthlines in the background.

nice price deal !!! besides their new album metal machine and their busy tour schedule as support for depeche mode motor re-works christian fischers schlachthof. second track comes from gabriel ben (tattoo detectives) with his massive vocals the track kills every dance floor. pure energy!

data drops 2 heavy new remixes of the massive holligans from man of the moment example who teams up with don diablo. wire is examples tour dj and is probaly best known for making killer drum & bass tunes here he drops a wicked dubstep mix that has had heavy support from radio 1 main players annie mac/zane lowe. club fuckers provide a good variation on this concentrating more on the vocals.

the song originated directly after their second brazil tour to honour a woman from the ghetto sao paolos. what is exactly behind this acquaintance remains confidential. some whisper the girl from the favela would have saved their life. others again state

if we ever called it a classic…this is what we meant . after releasing one of the best artist album of the last years on carl craigs planet e label, kenny larkin joins now forces with one of the most influential artists of the recent times shlomi aber, and his acclaimed label be as one imprint. shlomi aber and legendary detroit pioneer kenny larkin are two artists that needs no introduction to the techno crowds. while the first one is recognized as one of the most forward thinking artists of the recent years, the other one is responsible for releasing some of the finest pieces of electronic music ever produced. sketches ep comes with 2 different versions of the same track, both having old school vibes reminiscent of the days when house and techno went hands in hands. kennys version is a superbly produced slice of techno, with an amazing drums progression in a typical larkin style sustaining a hypnotic lead pattern, all conjuring together to take the dancefloor into a 10 minutes long, deep and mind tripping tour. label boss shlomi aber, takes a different approach by putting out a tougher version, a loopy phat bassline and a jazzy rhythm with snare hits makes this tune a funkier techno shuffle a pure classic to come, already supported by basically everyone, from the detroit old school guys to the recent house and techno leaders

waren die letzten platten von tele fragen oder aussagen, so ist das vierte album der in berlin lebenden band aus freiburg ein tier - und zwar jedes. eines, das haken schl?gt zwischen club, lagerfeuer und ballsaal. eines, das nicht schafft und nicht stempelt. eines, das liebt ohne zu frieren. zw¬lf lieder finden sich auf jedes tier , einem album, mit dem die band um texter francesco wilking nach zwei major-platten wieder zu tapete records zur?ckkehrt. es sind lieder f?r in und nach der krise: die nacht ist jung, genau wie wir, du bist so sch¬n, ich nenn stra?en nach dir. und die musik? da sind die tiefen beziehungsgespr?che der gitarren, deren kinder, s?sse orgelmelodien, auf bass und schlagzeug liegen wie auf einem sofa und sich zur?cklehnen - so weit, bis fast die lehne bricht. man h¬rt: die band hat gearbeitet wie ein tier, hat geprobt und gespielt, anderthalb jahre lang. 2008 waren tele mit wir sind helden auf tour, f?r jedes tier traf sie sich zusammen mit neuen und alten guten leuten wie u. a. patrick majer (wir sind helden) und moses schneider (beatsteaks, tocotronic).

the seal cub clubbing club have a book club. say that five times fast and you deserve a prize. bizarrely enough, its true, this five piece band brings books on tour for fans to take away or add to. this obviously unique band is releasing their first single, dawn lamb from their upcoming debut album, entitled super science fiction, on 6th april.

laid out is swirling monster made up of the best elements of house music as we know it. a solid groove, tight production and beautiful melodies all work side by side to create a rather tasty musical mystery tour! a hazy bass line sits in the distance overrode by pads and melodies that build and build towards the shuffle percussion lead groove that is so infectious!!

remixes by shinichi osawa, k.i.m., light year, flight facilities featuring louis austen
bag raiders return from their middle american bowling alley dj tour to release the turbo love remixes on banggang 12s. ditching the b-side (to be re-released as its own a side real soonà.watch this space) this package turbos up, straps on some nitrodepth chargers and shoots the tune off into the noisy dancefloor hit-o-sphere. shinichi osawa. wow. his remix can only be described as power- dance. he takes the original, whacks even more turboness on it and re-sings the vocal himself to make an abrasive almost-but not-quite- trance hands in the air blisterer . the perfect soundtrack to your late night steroid and powerade party. kim took a short break from his role as presets party machini to reverse a monster truck and a half full of donks onto the original that hots-it-up into a turbospeed booty monster.

david sugar has been a popular face on the uk, and european chip music scene since early 2004. after being selected to take part in the desiel u music tour in the uk during 2006, his profile has risen, and he will now accompany top ten star clavin harris on his uk jaunt in june and july 2007. he regularly plays to large crowds all across europe, including germany and switzerland, now it appears that the rest of the world is catching onto his unique and quirky, but damn fine pop music. deep not cheap: arrangment tight not filter sweep

part 2 features mixes from hard dance / ravebreaks giants slipmatt & bunter they have been pushing their new sound which they call ravebreaks, a fusion of breakbeats mixed with anything from traditional rave sounds to electro to full on vocal songs. and has had a highly successful compilation albums with ministry of sound under the helter skelter. bass slammers aka nilesh parmer & dave heels currently on the dance nation tour in the uk provide the other mix alongside germanys de-grees

the tour goes on and part two of this historic sampler gives us: mathias schaffhaeuser, lars wickinger, douglas greed and monkey b. top reviews in raveline, de:bug & groove!!

miss kittin and the hacker tour-shirt 2009 - schwarzes 100% baumwoll-shirt mit rotem brustlogo und tourenplan auf der rückseite

miss kittin and the hacker tour-shirt 2009 - schwarzes 100% baumwoll-shirt mit rotem brustlogo und tourenplan auf der rückseite

miss kittin and the hacker tour-shirt 2009 - schwarzes 100% baumwoll-shirt mit rotem brustlogo und tourenplan auf der rückseite

miss kittin and the hacker tour-shirt 2009 - schwarzes 100% baumwoll-shirt mit rotem brustlogo und tourenplan auf der rückseite

the second instalment of the aprÚs vinyl series sees australian producer touch sensitive (also a member of van she) kicking things off with >body stop<, an italo disco stomper thats been at home in the fc catalogue for quite some time. recently unearthed by london based producer toby tobias in a chart of >hidden gems< it seemed only natural to ask toby to remix body stop and the result sees toby putting more space in the track, pushing it further onto the dancefloor and keeping it playful all at once. on the flip we take the uk connection a little further with leeds based producer bonar bradberry floating into cosmic territory with >fought & won< whilst toby tobias turns in some glorious tour-bus-disco on >azul blue<, guitars and acid lines sitting comfortably side by side for the ride.

nice price deal !!! david sugar has been a popular face on the uk, and european chip music scene since early 2004. he uses ætracker software on a gameboy to create sequences, which he then builds over with other instruments. after being selected to take part in the desiel u music tour in the uk during 2006, his profile has risen, and he will now accompany calvin harris on his uk jaunt in june and july 2007. he regularly plays to large crowds all across europe, including germany and switzerland along with his mos radio show

alongside the release of his long awaited first album and his endless world tour, yuksek found the time to make a remix for his old pals of im a cliché. and the result is killer. he kept the melodic dimension of the original and used his skills to turn it into a huge floor filler.

deadmau5 is one of the leading names in electronic music in 2009 and this is another ep showing why. brazil (second edit) was written whilst deadmau5 was on tour in brazil and is full of lush synth chords and provides a real ands-in-the-air moment on the dancefloor! cat on a leash is straight-up, dancefloor slamming electro. written alongside jelo, cat on a leash is full of big electro synths!

a tribute of 17 years of the legendary tony humphries swiss tour courtesy of dancefloorsyndroma & staminasolution.

the bussy scandenavian duo are currently on a world tour, but still had time to make this deep techy builder, >bipolar< is dark but uplifting, underground but melodic, technological but organic! it was made mainly using a huge arp 2600 from 72, a quirky old synth that dominates the track with its distinct warm and fuzzy sounds

gulp recordings return with another quality release from darlings of the scene milke. remixes come in the shape of blog scene kings designer drugs whose remix of treasure fingers cross the dancefloor for the fools gold stable has recieved over 200.000 hits and they re just about to set off on a 2 month tour of america & australia. on the flipside we have the legendary environ / balihu main man daniel wang providing his classic analogue electronic sound. radio plays on bbc 6 music & lots of press to follow...

harthouse is proud to welcome tigerskin alias alex krügeron harthouse. the berlin based artist counts to the most busy electronic heroes from germany with numerousreleases on countless labels like forcetracks, müller rec., bcc, raum musik, komfort musik, tongut, lebensfreude, highgrade, deep in rhythm, mood, opossum, sender and more. he collaborated with artists like detroit grand pubahs, phonique, thugfucker, erlend oye ore rosenstolz and remixed kings of tomorrow, denkigroove, oliver koletzki or umek. with his pseudonyms korsakow, dub taylor, vincent belgrano or magic soulorchestra (to name a few) he sounds out the noumerous styles of electronic music and is on tour at the moment withhis new dub taylor longplayer humatron through asia and europe.

2 sides - 2 moods. makaton once again takes a tour to the dark side of industrial techno, while max duley brings some candles to light up the basement of rodz-konez records.

jim abbiss radio remix b jeuce rework. remixed radio friendly new single added to 6music b list, nme radio record of the week and receiving strong specialist support at radio 2 and xfm. their 2008 world tour continues into 2009, including an eastern european tour with depeche mode in may, which is preceded by a south american headlining tour and a co-headlining us tour with the faint. june will then see them play shows with brian eno in australia at the sydney opera house. further shows and festivals tba. their recent uk tour included a london date at shepherds bush empire. they are currently warming up for all this activity by writing songs with christina aguilera for her new album.

on a-side paul mac explores minimal spaces - but before getting claustrophobic he flips it to take a cool tour through techhouse-country.

breakbeats other married couple, baobinga & i.d, step up to the oche and turn out a jackin wobbler of a remix. total club banger and this has been mashing up the dance on the recent aquasky global tour.