big time summer release! the sd records imprint has build up a steady name with rock-solid releases that switch easily between genres like techno, house and electro. the overload ep by mark du mosch follows this tradition: it s timeless, deep, warm, melodic and above all, very danceable. titletrack overload is a dancefloor monster with a devastating low end and an almost ravey feel to it. genesis is deep and repetitive with fragments of lost melodies drifting to the surface. summer breeze has the perfect title: it s pure musical sunshine for those warm summernights. the beautiful in the clouds takes off with floating melodies that slowly develop into grooving rhythms. a perfect finishing for a perfect ep that will be in many records bags for a long time coming. summer starts early this year. don t miss it.

another perfect electro affair from the stilleben camp. faceless mind aka luke eargoggle & johan inkinen known for their releases on breakinÆ, creme, strange life imprints and their collaboration with the legendary egyptian lover for the egypt ear werk project. here is a limited two tracks loud 45 rpm ep on french label copilote records in a pure old school electro tradition. think about these old classics, x2 by electric soul, clear by cybotron or dmx krew s best work!

big with speedy j, luke slater, cari lekebusch, james ruskin and many more.. audio assault returns with their first release in 2009. on this 32nd cut labelowner bas mooy delivers a banging fourtracker in the well known audio assault tradition. for quite a while this rumbling beast has been waiting to be unleashed, so be prepared for some peaktime dancefloor damage, not for the faint hearted!

stunning tech/house track by the oh so talented marco bernardi from glasgow! emotional, warm, and very sweet. featuring mark august and redshape on remix duties, respectivetly delivering a nice & stripped house version and a monumental techno version in the best redshape tradition!

d3 from switzerland celebrates their 13th release with a collection of 4 technotracks by michael burkat, glenn wilson, marco lenzi, raimond ford and steve land.

september 2008, nima gorji is spending 1 month at the house of his friend babalow baba ifa leri oma in ibiza. in cuban santeria, a babalow is the father of secrets, a shaman, a spiritual guide. the philosophy of ifa was brought by the slaves from afrika, especially nigeria, to the caribbean islands. it became santeria in cuba, vodoo in haiti, condomble in brasil. the yoruba language is used in the santerias books and the ceremonies as chants. nima assisted to some ceremonies where the babalow is cleaning somones soul, energy, or aura, and establish a direct conection with a special energy called orisha. each orisha has specific attributes like a color, tools, beads, and various patterns of percussion rhythm. nima is listening to all these beats coming directly from cuba, he samples some parts, and produces a new ep : azul y verde. we are blue is a tribute to yemaya, the mother of the sea. she represents maternity, fertility, and life on earth in general. her color is blue and her number 7. the chant is performed by lazaro ross a cuban artist who died in 2005. lazaro was a legendary akpwon, or lead singer in the yoruba tradition. warriors is a tribute to oggun, another main orisha. he represents the force and the work of human kind. he is working with metal, and he always carry a knife. his color is green and his number is 3.

amigos005 continues the tradition of high quality techno with three amazing tracks. ntitled quinto ep, this amigos has a smash original track from czech producer michal poliak, accompanied by remixes from canadian preach and portuguese dj link. from harder to softer techno, this record will certainly please a wide variety of techno djs and fans. this is another 3-tracker every dj must have in their cases. it is already included in the sets of some of the biggest djs such as cristian varela and dj murphy amongst many others. you will not want to miss this amigos release! it is available at all of your favorite music sources, including your local record stores and leading download sites. be on the lookout for the april release of amigos006 with more bomb tracks from some of the best producers in the world

sd records keeps them fine tunes coming, this time with the long awaited debut of roswell return. on the a-side the title track iftodex c0001 which can be best described as deep space acid: a long and trippy beatless track that keeps evolving around a powerful acid line and deep strings, which sound like a journey through space past bright shining stars and fast pulsating white dwarfs. on the b-side you will find the sd remix by syncom data, who hardly need any introduction, and they have turned the original into an irresistible, deep and warm dancefloor smasher in the best detroit tradition.

after several months of hard video- and filmwork, and several awards, french-vietnamese cutie tk.kim aka. pop-3 will finally release some new tracks, on vinyl and online, and by the way, she promised to release more stuff in 2009! so, the new release, chicks and cuts, with 8 tracks online and a 4-track vinyl 12, is definitely dancy, clubby and loud. definitely in the tradition of pop-3s former releases, that never perfectly fitted a precise music category and prove that tk.kim still refuses to be house, tec or minimal. shes all of them or none of them. and what does chicks and cuts sound like, then? boomy squeaking analog sequences combined with delicious samples of her sweet voice will delight the dancefloor, lo-fi audio splinters coming out of old analog drummachines play something like very reduced melodies, and well shaped bassdrums and deep synths will delight your tummies. the very minimal lyrics are in french, as usual. and, goodie: sonja moonear and akiko kiyama contribute with amazing remixes to this fine girls-only oeuvre, rhythmical and minimal but still very harmonious the one by akiko, deep and mysterious the one by sonja. and by the way, the cover is really sweet, people say.

this stunning vocal track by flora cruz is nothing short of inspiring. jerome sydenham shows his versatility again by delivering an uplifting full vocal mix... a raw and energetic vocal dub and last but not least a raw grinding dubstrumental... the result is a deep, well rounded and most satisfying 12inch single in the true tradition of ibadan records

second beat broker release featuring the killer high energy space disco track >my way or the highway<. a big big tune in patrick cowley tradition that works its way to an exploding climax. flip for >night shift<, a beautiful melancholic emo-disco tune that has >beat broker< written all over it, pure class. featuring a dance-floor disco/house remix by john daly, the man who can do no wrong.

on the a-side we find the original version which sounds like a classic italo disco tune in the 2008 tuned version. a tribute to the melodic italo dance songs of the 80ies. passarani s mix goes where the italo tradition meets the chicago house school such as the hotmix 5 crew and he spiced that up with sharp production and powerfull jacking beats to make this a anthem for the summer of 2008! this track created a big, big stir at the panoramabar when it got played there recently... check!

incl. fantastic rmx by milton jackson ( freerange) ! in the box of jimpster, josh wink, anja schneider, ewan pearson, agnes, laurent garnier, philip jung ( m.a.n.d.y), agoria and many, many more... issue 002 by hans thalau enables moonpools true character even more to shine through. he deftly uses the important components for an organic deep house number, which leans toward the contemporary without losing respect for tradition

the mysterious syrinx came to us out of nowhere. his tracks sound as if he has been around for a long time, maybe he has. we were pleasantly surprised with the standard of his music. deep, melancholic and building dub techno, just as we like it. though keeping the tradition alive (model 500, chain reaction etc), he does add his own vibe to this genre. nice! this is volume one out of two. both releases will come in matching artwork...

like a dream, but authoritatively, this remix from jamaica magnificently crosses the afrobeat of fela kuti with the grounation reggae tradition of count ossie. the flip, uhuru pujama is a new recording, another warrior charge down wareika hill by this veteran of light of saba and the mystic revelation of rastafari.

support from efdemin, loco dice, sebo k, shinedoe, dave dk, agnes, d julz, serafin, ame, ben watt, ray okpara, sasse, luke solomon, peace division & ashley beedle, among others... anonym is the one who is anonymous. his music, however, is anything but anonymous. hailing from the mecca otherwise known as detroit and with releases on his very own anonymous releases and on sushitech, anonym embraces in his music the ways of future past of the motor citys unique techno scene. anonyms new release arrives exactly when detroit techno is again paving the way to the future by transforming the now: post minimal strategies and a desire to find its own place in the tradition, make the music signed by anonym a strong creative statement, something that could only be cooked by a detroit native, but that resonates all over the world. for remix duties, we asked our good friend patrice baumel to take it amsterdam style. detroit techno has a strong hold on amsterdams music makers but the natives of the city of the best coffee shops in the world have also always shed a different light on their own productions. patrice is a perfect example of this: his originality and fierce work ethic has gained him a place in get physical and trapez. we were hoping for something special from patrice and he definitely delivered, taking shanghai express in a completely new direction, making it something else, but also his personal tribute to the city of cosmic cars and vital underground resistance

would you have remembered? with the debut album of the 32-year-old warszawian, téchnè, cocoon recordings has released the first artist album ever on the label six years ago, at that from an artist who was not well-known to a large extent back then. this has changed fundamentally: with his releases on his own label recognition as well as on trapez or klang elektronik, sienkiewicz belongs to those ambassadors of modern individual electronic dance music who set benchmarks. this is also his demand with the two tracks on “my little place”, meanwhile his fourth release for cocoon recordings. while the over-heated my little place re-interprets the credo of dub with polyrhythmic elements, delays and echo in an somehow unfamiliar way, “com-bat” carries on sienkiewicz tradition of putting hypnotic sound evocations close to the ten-minute mark. with intensive melancholy, the percussive bass rotor of com-bat creates a bewitched hymn for sunrises somewhere in between the urban desperation of detroit, the atmosphere of after hours and balearic bliss

since the year 2000, belfastian dj and producer phil kieran is providing us with a constant flow of outstanding records and remixes – among them for novamute and soma – with his energetic sound from the capital of northern ireland. not least has he gotten awareness with his alloy mental project on fatboy slims label skint. his new maxi for cocoon designs two blueprints of uncompromising techno between tradition and modernity. whereas the post-acid sounding a side can be indeed called >wasps under a toy boat<, displaying ongoing >wasp sounds< which are shifted against each other, the break- and bass-orientated b side >tartan paint< sets new standards regarding the sound abstraction beyond popular expectational attitudes. and thus stays a highly functional dj weapon for intelligent techno bashes.

mysterious new label concentrating on the finest intergalactic techfunk. johannes volk is a pretty new name to many.. however his first record “the mysteries of tharsis montes” was released on jeff mill’s axis a while ago… now he steps into public again with this lifeworld record. volk enters the delicate world of futuristic techno and combines it with earthly acoustic elements. johannes is producing music in the best tradition of jeff mills and robert hood, but he managed to put his own fingerprint on it. a dazzling deep & funking techno release for peak time play.

the superb disco deviance crew look forward to the summer sizzle with two wonderful edits by nu-disco don pete herbert (reverso 68/lsb). having forged a rock solid musical reputation with his and phil misons reverso 68 project, pete has also built a reputation as a force to be reckoned with in the dj booth. known for his love of the balearic disco sound, ph is part of the new breed of djs who are continuing the dj edit tradition by creating their own versions of classic and lost tracks for their dj sets. first up on this release is the amazing >dont let go< by tony orlando of dawn and tie a yellow ribbon round the ol oak tree fame. this track was tonys take on the disco sound and with its lush strings and mellow instrumentation it is a highly infectious, yet lesser known piece of disco history. a staple of ph dj sets this track is a definite killer summer groove. on the flip, the synth led italo disco sounds of ivans >fotonovela< are given the ph make over and turned into yet another balearic disco bomb. enjoy, play it loud and keep good music alive ! dj play: laurent garnier, greg wilson, ashley beedle, popular peoples front, jd twitch (optimo), faze action, the unabombers, jg wilkes (optimo), bill brewster, tim sweeney (bis), jim stanton (horse meat disco), harri (subculture),stu patterson

incl agaric (we are) remix !! the los angeles based duo acid circus present their second extended release on droid recordings. following the label s tradition of creating stripped down, new school, jacking techniques, the release primes dance floors with a taut beating. producers, performers, and party hypers, acid circus lead the nightlife dynamic and capture that vibe on the record. the dark minimalist, agaric, who is responsible for the label we are and for his demiurgic releases on drumcode and headroom, provides the reduxtion remix

patrick lindseys funkwelle imprint is one of the big surprises in autumn 2007. with only two releases, saying dubfires >roadkill< and patricks >wanton mood< this label can be found in lots of different dj cases at the moment. this brand new single shows the two different faces of the former harthouse producer. >kami kamikaze< is a what the name already says, a tech house killer sawtooth dance floor attack and >the darkelf< continues the tradition of >im tagtraum versunken< and gives you for sure the creeps.

the homewreckers sound deep funky, peerlessly adventurous, with elaborate clicking beats, beautifully organized riots of ideas crowding every track. their first album american ruhr will drop first half of 2008. the first release of the homewreckers feat. kemo its about time on unique records is a beautiful monster jam that will destroy dance floors all over the world. the homewreckers style plows right over any preconceived notion you may have about the current funky underground grind. its about time is such a lusciously deep track where tradition and innovation meet. tradition as in the soulful roots of 70s funk and house music, innovation as in the streamlined, sparse arrangements and shrewd use of technology. the homewreckers truly master rhythm and space - and hawaii born kemo fully adapts to the music and the atmosphere with his amazing spoken word poetry.

after their track on the datapunk compilation various punks come here the follow up 3 tracker on kritik. >ghost in the street< is an uplifting effects-monster, in the tradition of the old dj t records. >lowtecs workshop remix< will melt the hearts of c craig fans. he’s scooping the market with his new label workshop and will do it with this one too. finally, >bubble< once again rocked it hard! come in lisbon.

rush hour keeps soaking up the best in deep, soulful techno. being inspired by the motorcity, new dutch guy conforce delivers a deep, synth driven track in best detroit tradition. we are being graced with three mixes, ranging from an energetic dancefloor version, to a deeper musical version and a beatless dub. this is a perfect release for house and techno lovers alike.

new release on the sublabel of styrax.. a hot one sided called inchain fx.. very nice forward thinking techno in the best tradition of our big influences but with a nice new twist

planet mu celebrates its 200th release with a massive double album. released to coincide with our 10th birthday and titled simply 200, it is, as tradition dictates, a compilation. bringing together many of the last years classic releases such as darqwan and ceephax with exclusives from boxcutter, venetian snares, aµ-ziq, luke vibert, milanese, neil landstrumm, benga and many others,

tiger stripes is mikael nordgren, one of the most respected names in modern house music. he produced the much-loved >dark tradition< 12 inch as d malicious for francois ks wave imprint, winning such fans as jerome sydenham, dennis ferrer and carl craig along the way. he s released records, solo and in collaboration, on labels like ibadan, king street/nitegrooves, slip n slide and gossip, and was invited to remix faze actions >in the trees< for the recent juno re-issue. somehow he s also found time to run the hugely esteemed go! bang clubnight in stockholm... recently, however, mikaels been concentrating on his tiger stripes alter ego, releasing extraordinary 12s for liebe detail, urban torque and now get physical.….

versatile are delighted with this new addition to their catalogue. a release made in belgium by detroit techno prodigy: fabrice lig. as you will notice on this new ep, the first white guys to have signed a record on kevin saundersons legendary label kms, remains faithful to the sound of motor city. a light and esoteric melody sets the tone of >x-slaves who changed the world<. the tight clap and kick drum leave room for the modulating bass. a voice similar to martin luther kings, repeats names of cities in which slavery prevailed, whilst pads stimulate the mental trip. the x slave is taken by the dancefloor, changing the world as he dances to the beat. “funk la termite” is elastic funk. binary rhythms, off-beat chords which keep the groove balanced whilst the hi-hats, like little insects, dig away at the beat, building it and deconstructing it as the sounds evolve. >the round of funky bugs< continues in the vein of creepy crawlies. here, the synths are more upfront, their acidic layering create a mixture of harmonic loops which will set all hells lose. the melodies and use of pads stay anchored in the detroit tradition, but this production fits just as well with all the current electro releases worthy of any good dancefloor

produced by david harness and chris lum. following in the tradition of instrumental led disco tracks, mighty wind quietly builds itself up before carrying you on a wave of sweeping orchestral strings before finishing off with some dreamy female vocal sounds

merry, amusing nonsense - some of the attributes used to describe the last kritik records. these terms are unlikely to be appropriate here: the young sebastian simmert from the outskirts of berlin has submitted his first own production. noticable are the influences of techno producers from recent years and the work of this 22 year old demonstrates he knows the whos who. is this an up and comer? the first track is in the tradition of pumping bodzin/romboy works, the second references 2step, including the bad little ravemonster. finally, a hymne for the early morning hours, for the more contemplative dancefloor - enjoy while sipping bionade. beyond minimalism

donso offers two of their best trophies as starters on a wax plate signed by infine. the aside brings together howling bass, heady electro-beats and chopped kalimba sounds for a brisk celebration of modernism and tradition. the flip shows the spiritual an

auf der a seite: interessante techno mischung aus girgio moroder synth sounds & chicago house nation vocal samples... gnadenlos fetter treibender peak time techno, flipside verarbeitet tim deluxe kracher in alter bush recorde tradition... latin techno sagte man damals... just peak time alert

problably the best kept secret in switzerland . the 3 youngbloods of pompelmoessap rocked every plak party with theirs amazing live act and theirs talented skills for production are obvious. these 4 tracks of powerfull so called mnml tech house will bring u to a higher state of consciousness

high energy electro rock inna best suicide & daf tradition !!

currently hot with releases on moon harbour, frankie, their own trimsond label or jesse rose’s true to form label, uk’s finest tom ellis and leif return for round 3 of their „trimstyle“ series on morris audio citysport! to continue the tradition, they bless us with four tracks of quality, stripppeddown tech house. tom kicks off the a-side in his classic style with some chunky, bass driven rockers to get the dancefloor going, while leif provides some techy, rolling minmalism and some jazzy percussive deepness - featuring live conga samples played by leif. bet there will be a volume 4?

beach is the perfect early morning track with dreamlike sounds. an amazing deep techhouse piece for a dancefloor and living room alike. underwater is a shuffle tech track and its sounds go deep underwater where the sun cant be seen anymore.this groovy one is sure to shake many dancefloors in the middle of the night. on the flip fusiphorm strip things down to basics in best minimal tradition

you may know alberto lodde alias dusty kid from his productions under the name duoteque. with five e.p.s under the boxer imprint alberto and his partner andrea ferlin have caused a massive stir in techno land and the latest edition of their hit record <amarcord< has been successfully remixed by nobody else than >my my<. however now it is time for alberto to walk solo paths and after an impressing release on kling klong he does his debut on systematic. >tsunamy< has to be handled with care as this can damage any dancefloor in the world as it is explosive sawtooth bassline peak time action at its best (sorry, cant write anything else). >milk< is the opposite to the flip side, a very sensitive and atmospheric groover in the tradition of border community

after productions with sven väth and dj hell, anthony rother continues the tradition of mutual sound enrichment in an ingenious way, including the current publication for the sublabel datapunk limited. this time, no less than xenia beliayeva is involved, up to now the only female producer on datapunk thanks to her highly acclaimed >ultra glamour ep< of last summer. the 26-year-old muscovite by birth has regularly worked as a disk jockey already since 1996 and is considered as one of the hottest german dj insider tips since her support gig for kraftwerk at the zkm opening in karlsruhe. a part from brilliant breaks, xenias remix of rothers retreaded super space model hit >dont worry< is mainly characterised by the interplay of beliayevas and rothers voices, >love s gonna change your life for good<, who would have ever dared to doubt about that. with the flipside, rother once again did a solo revision of >roses<, available up to now exclusively on the cd version of the album >super space model<, and created a highly dynamic synthesis of classical datapunk sound and sporadically interspersed reminiscences of the romantic synthpop of the past century

we ve come to expect the unexpected from the label called nu faze records and this e.p. promises to keep the tradition of good house music intact, with the 6th installment of the late night house sessions series called the tech files produced by dj romain. the 1st track is called pumpin the phunk a deep and dark track with a serious bassline and deep tech stabs in the vibe of plastic dreams, with a a deep voiceover telling you always pumpin the phunk 24 7. 2nd track is called red hot a funky pumpy houser with nice rhodes chords, tech stabs and bassline played by brooklyns mike gudal. the 3rd piece is called ro tech a very minimal sounding tech track with a deep bassline and swirly sounds in & out giving the track a deep earthreal sound, perfect for the early morning heads.

here comes the eight ball in the software pool game… the labels colour is black and the labels boss hd substance is kicking balls. once more a luscious and deep release: on a side >someone down< is a driving track, full of 808 percussion work out over a sub bass frequency reminder of the old lfo records, on top of liquid synth layers and bubbles, hds trademark sound, a sure winner. on the flip side silicon cut goes more dubby and basic channel infected, with aquatic synth stabs and a moving bass line perfect for sub woofer testing.. future and tradition in one pack. as a gift a one minute japanese speaking intro for those who understand life in tokyo. spring comes, take your copy and enjoy

arms rec is back with a massive three tracker in the slamming audio assault tradition. powerfull tunes by labelowner jeroen liebregts, dj boss and charlton

>them shepherds< is a helsinki-based duo which is formed by aku raski (huoratron) and tuomas laitinen in 2005. they imaginatively marries organic instruments with electronic sounds. raski fervently pounds on classic roland beatboxes and synthesizers, while laitinen strums a guitar and handles the vocals. the result, an unholy alliance of machines and human touch. here comes the remixes to their rockin tune >rattlesnake<

nebelmaschinen gehören zu techno wie strobos und buffalos. benno blome & baby ford sehen das ganz ähnlich & huldigen dem stoff einer jeden guten party mit einem minimalen schieber in sendemast-tradition. die zugabe kommt von bruno pronsato

6 tracks of fantastic, stripped down oldschool house in the tradition of nu groove and early strictly rhythm

excellent two tracker in best tradition of the berlin-spirit of the 90ies, of the style that is not necessary to describe !! played by matthias kaden, monojunk, serafin, roger23, matthias tanzmann, lawrence

neues eigenständiges boogizm material, getreu der labelmaxime: zeitgenössische clubmusik ohne vernachlässigung von freiheit & tradition. das sieht der mike shannon genauso und steuert einen remix bei !!

kris menace delivers the goods once again new one coming from jaunt & kris menace, a braxe monster in the tradition of discopolis or runnin.a simple funky house groove that gets you locked in from go big french house sounds with electro beats, make all the girls wanna dance.dj supports from lewis dene,kris menace,annie mac, michael gray (full intention) pete tong, jim shaft ryan, oliver lang and many more

new french techno label by maxx t aka evolutive system & kris kortz aka life recorder. pure detroit techno sounds !!! supported by orlando voorn, fabrice lig and dj bone