after some harder releases on trapez within the last months, alex under focus on his trademark crossover techno, not easy to label into an any specific genre but a sound full of personality. a1. bailar pegados is the kind of track that herbie hancock would have carried in his vinyl case to every club. a2 brings the listener into a robot party at the blue oyster, the club that gives name to track on b side la ostra azul an arpeggiated retro futuristic bomba. 100percent profits of the sales are donated by the cmykmusik foundation to organizations related with children and music.

installment #12 on the file under disco label comes from jardin studio orchestra, backed up with remixes from ray mang and jkriv.

rarely you come across a record which embodies dubstep so well that rallies the entire scene behind it. from the brosteppers to the deep heads this record has been getting love from all corners of the earth. were talking about under control the latest outing from germanys next top wobble aka bukez finezt. its eerie intro sets the tone perfectly to interlude this hypnotic stomper. once the sonic warfare is unleashed itll transport you to a word of desolation, where aliens run rampant and technology has absorbed everything around them

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

shortly after the dust under bridges ep was released, henri sent us nine tracks which he had previously recorded to tape, not thinking that they were worthy of release. on the contrary, these are nine tracks of beautiful, brooding, leftfield house and techno, and we decided immediately that they ought to be available to the public, and that they formed a perfect appendage to halvtraks debut 12 inch release, dust under bridges, written, as they were, during the same period.

talented chicago producer chris e. pants presents his disco credentials for inspection on this his debut release for file under disco. 1981 is an original slice of synth & piano led disco music that conjurs up memories of legendary producers like patrick adams, shep pettibone and chaz jankel amongst others. remixes come courtesy of fellow chicago house producer the black madonna who holds onto the disco vibes of the original while heavily dubbing it out for the dance floor. while on the flip, disco deviants, pete herbert & dicky trisco, take a more balearic inspired, hands-in-the-air disco trip that will please djs and beachcombers alike. some people call it disco.

with over-under, montreal-based composer drew gragg conjures those rapt moments of music that burst from solitude. heres an artist who understands boredom, its sublime ambience, and how an idea builds to wake you from it.

an explosive caustic acid concoction awaits from within the grooves of this gargantuan twelve inch from chicago heavyweight, hieroglyphic being. free the energy (no vocal energy) is highly volatile, with severely unforgiving and distorted drum programming, this violently radioactive adventure is nothing short of brutal and certainly not for the squeamish. title cut, acid rain under the stars paints a dreamy landscape, while the acidic protons and neutrons busily rebound in the background on this elongated, hypnosis inducing and beautifully mind-distorting headtrip. straight outta nowhere like an atom bomb!

the new year starts with the welcome news that the cosmologist returns with episode three of the cosmology series. trip 1 started life as a tribute to 70s radical firebrands the last poets and their 1977 clarion call to arms, *its a trip*. a loose and ever changing collective, the initial line up was formed on may 19.1968 to mark malcolm xs birthday, having all met at east wind, a harlem based writers work shop. they took their name from a revolutionary south african poet keorapetse kgositisile who rightly prophesized that the talking would soon give way to the persuasiveness of the gun. continuing that thought, civil rights for african americans was very much the beat of the last poets, a cause they would champion and indeed, were not afraid to back up their mighty words with direct action.

second part of the tambien project series. released by public possession / under the influence. three carefully selected tracks that got reinterpreted by tambien, which is a collaboration between bartellow and marvin & valentino.

italian dj legend dj rocca (from the infamous maffia club) joins forces with file under disco to produce a stunning ep of original new disco sounds. as one half of erodiscotheque alongside disco superstar dimitri from paris, and as a regular collaborator with danielle baldelli the grandaddy of the cosmic sound, dj roccas disco credentials are firmly in place. for this release, he captures the classic sound of disco funk on *love power*, but gives it a modern production twist and re-spins it for the contemporary dance floor. on the remix front, the one and only dimitri from paris rolls out one of his heavy-hitting, prelude-style nightdubbin mixes of *pizza on wednesday*, which will have your dancers beating the street for more. while dicky triscos dance floor intentions are obvious as he hits the boogie button with a hands-in-the-air retake on *a magical day*.

neil landstrumm unleashes his tenth album. dragon under marks the scottish trailblazers first lp since 2009s bambaataa eats his breakfast on planet mu, and follows a series of eps for labels like killekill, brothers and dont

expect some great techno tracks with the typical handwriting of alex under.

file under disco have steadily been building a seriously strong back catalogue of 100% original disco music. so far this has taken shape through digital eps of original material by artists like drop out orchestra and jkriv & the disco machine, plus a series of big hitting vinyl remix releases from acts like the idjut boys, ron basejam, dicky trisco, pete herbert and duff disco amongst others.

maher daniel & matthew dekay from canada are well known by releases on souvenir and rejected as well as innervisions, cécille and all i dream. they did the first track, tauben, released at marcuca rec.

mit lump und pink moon zeigt alex q wiedermal, dass euphorisierende momente, idylle und romantik das feeling einer kleinstadt nicht besser beschreiben koennen. erscheint als eingeschweisste vinyl only 12er mit poster

nice price deal !!! finlands halvtrak joins dont be afraids burgeoning family for his debut ep. across four tracks, scandinavias latest musical export explores the house sound of chicago via tampere, offering four outstanding dancefloor options with a unique and very personal twist, whilst touching on some familiar uk-centric tropes.

firing out of his northampton studio, tom dicicco brings the heat with part.2 of under the aquadrome. his sound is bang on point for the current techno climate, the perfect balance of deep and industrial sounds... mesmerising & searching deep techno - mechanical yet delicately put together – the first track physical states its claim for the dancefloor and the heads alike. the ep then continues to take the listener into other sound zones and will continue to find favour in the longstanding traditional clubs alongside the new basement party scen

file under disco return with another set of cracking remixes of jkriv & the disco machine, whose 6 track digital ep the high fidelity sound drops in late june. 100% original disco music is again the name of the game. for this edition, long-term stalwarts of the uk disco scene faze action step in to remix disco rocket in two very tasty flavours – main mix and dub mix. both are bang on the money and ready to rock the dance floor. meanwhile on the flip side, disco deviant dicky trisco is back at the controls following his heavy hitting remix of drop out orchestras the blue train at the end of last year. the results are again 100% guaranteed to raise the pressure to boiling point in any discotheque. file them all under disco and dance.

big with: tim sweeney (played on beats in space radio), gerd janson, axel boman, smallpeople, sotofett, oracy

marvin & valentino started a project called tambien in collaboration with munich based producer bartellow from munich. this is an official repress of the self promoted 12 inch that came out in spring 2012. three carefully selected tracks that got reinterpreted by the trio.

the sound of yss, is gravitating towards old school detroit, working beautiful harmonies as well as stabby chords, with classic 909 programing keeping the stems on a short leash. on the b side is a remix by the chicago based producer melvin oliphant iii aka traxx

hardly a rookie these days – perhaps more of an intrinsic part of the great british renaissance and current techno climate, tom dicicco brings his new label run out run to the table with a superb 1st release. treading a more layered path than on his previous outings, tom shows his teeth here with brilliantly creeping, menacing riffs at the fore while retaining the house and dub sensibilities in the rhythm section that have already gained him much support – certainly something for everybody here on this worryingly confident own label debut!

the first release from under bron recordings highlights a firm and direct feeling, like being seduced and sharing something personal with somebody new, the a side showcasing a mixture of dialogue and trust. keeping a steady house groove and pace, sounds in the grass inspires the dust from the ceiling at your local warehouse to come down to the ground again, while waiting to exhale turns to the conversationalists standing by the bar or on the outskirts of the dance floor. delroy edwards (l.i.e.s.) remix on the b-side expands the wrd horizon and brings in a different blueprint, where swirling sounds combines the track into a beautiful palette of youth and decay

returning from a faraway place with a far away sound, the hotly anticipated follow up from the cosmologist has landed. those who supported cosmology volume one will know what to expect and volume 2 arrives with refreshingly little fanfare.
early support from greg wilson / ashley beedle / severino hmd & is soon to be featured on leftside wobble s acid soul vol 10.

mark templeton presents jealous heart, an album which reimagines the story of his sound in an approach that is both staid and deeply emotional, re-orienting what is offered and what is held back through a myriad of smeared stringed instruments, fragmented horn phrases, tape loops, and found-sound-driven explorations.

a/jus/ted is the musical concept of veteran producer justin strauss and analog aficionado teddy stuart, better known as eddie mars. the pairs inaugural release comes in the form of a brighter light featuring the incandescent vocals of jeremy glenn for london based under the shade records.

part two of the idjut boys mixes on file under disco sees the legendary uk dj and production duo drop a tab of acid in jkriv & the disco machines orange juice. with effects units set to stun and a course set for acid disco space … the idjuts work classic acid house elements into these mixes to produce an effect as strong as any dodgy microdot. and with the disco machines authentic disco vocals riding and floating on top of this hybrid blend the result is a truly wanged out and rather devastating piece of dance floor magic. pure idjut style! both cuts can be filed under acid disco and are made for heads.

just one touch has been a long time coming but it emerges as a classic ode to house past and present. porto based producer social disco club was sat on the track for two years before miss bee added her dusky vocals. frayed and taught with emotion, her voice works in harmony with the gritty analogue sounds that drive the track.

danse club is dedicated to both releasing solid grooving, big, bad, upfront dance-floor records and re-releasing, remastering, and remixing big floor-filling house tracks from the 90s as part of their gold series.

savvas karabinos first came in contact with electronic music in 1992, he joined forces with vasilis giouvris aka yosebu in 2000 and under the name acropod they released their first album on klik

new 100% original disco imprint, file under disco, drop the first vinyl sampler for an extended player project by production outfit drop out orchestra. the power of music ep will be released in feb 2013 and features 6 original, dub disco workouts by the scandanvian duo. here we are offered a taster of what is to come via a couple of hot reworks. first up is crazy p member ron basejam who conjurs up a wonderdul el coco inspired refix that covers all the bases. while on the flip, disco deviant dicky trisco pushes the big red disco button and flies like a disco eagle.

part 2 of the 3 part vinyl series. with >chapter one< documenting their past and earmarking possibilities for future exploration, hemlock looks set to fearlessly guide brave listeners into the next chapter of uncharted frequencies.

with what might turn out to be one of the biggest tracks of the year, the massive what i might do by ben pearce is here. solomun, seth troxler, david august and jamie jones are all already on board with championing this slick combination of raspy soulful vocals and irresistible grooving deep house

obscure japanese house release from 2010 that was pressed in a small batch and sold out soon on the japanese market. the funk drenched, jazz injected tracks slowly went from mouth to mouth over the last 2 years creating demand for a proper release that reaches more corners of the world! excellent release produced by this japanese producer from tokyo, manufactured in detroit (archer)

trevino aka marcus intalex has been wowing all and sundry with his tight detroit / chicago / whoknoswhere take on uk bass music. his early tracks like >chip< on martyns 3024 and >derelict< on naked lunch, showed tough, melodic, techno and electro were back on the menu, but filtered thru the mind and ears of a man who was been releasing fresh uk music since 1994. appleblim was amongst the first to hear and start playing trevino’s new cuts, and has seen him go from strength to strength.
eearly dj / radio support already from: martyn, loefah, 2562, scuba, mary anne hobbs, oneman, rob booth, rob da bank, ben ufo, pearson sound, axel boman, distal, objekt, synkro ...

first collaboration between the artist/producer professor inc and the sound engineer mathieu berthet using a drum machine and a keyboard on a sequencer with enlightenment and … this is house we do

inspired by the teachings of the earons (thats .22, .18, .33, .69 and .28 to the uninitiated, see www.earons.net for more background), a splinter group was formed earlier this year, with the express mission to bring back the message and connect it to a whole new audience. >land of hunger< is given a 2012 reconstruction from the cosmologist, a sturdy rework performed by the mysteriously concealed outfit, who identify themselves only as .40, and .44. whilst they are heavily influenced by earons beliefs on positive energy, which they seek to share, .40 + .44 are quick to point out they have no links with the earlier incarnation from 28 years ago, but felt a compelling force to unearth it once more. the universe knows when the time is right, and frankly the original broadcast was just too good to not want to fashion a 2012 edit, so a new chapter begins ...

including rhadow remix - limited to 150 1-sided hand-stamped whitelabels!

since its launch at the end of last year, bristols elastic dreams has been making a name for itself with its own take on the underground sound of house, techno & electronica. at the heart of that success has been the music of label boss a sagittariun, whose previous singles the circle stops somewhere & carina have received critical acclaim and support from key djs such as francois k, ripperton, huxley & lawrence to name just a few. now the elusive head honcho is back with a new ep, born under 22 stars featuring 3 new cuts.

bonar bradberry is a name you wont forget in a hurry. one of the new breed who marry the snappy energy of house with the weight of disco beats, his productions have recently piqued the interest of andrew weatherall among others.

london based welshman chamboche returns to the label that launched him with the smoke screen ep. his unquantifiable sound swerves genre classification, hovering around house but with enough musicality to please the hardened disco head. swirling pads and a bubbling bass line set down the groove, while keys fall around horns and vocals to make the lead track a refined, uplifting work out. slowly unfolding, the track is hypnotic and absorbing, showcasing the style of a producer as able to work the mind as the hips. bicep toughen up the drums and work the arpeggio, stripping down the track and bringing the chicago influence higher in the mix. while the original subtly unfolds, their remix demands attention from the outset, building to a climax then recoiling for another bite at the cherry. thinking big, krl ramps up the intensity with a bright, kinetic reworking. aimed squarely at the peak time, he harnesses all of smoke screen’s most propulsive elements to really work the floor. tucked away on the b side is the expansive mind your mind. trademark chamboche percussion is woven around a blissful riff, swelling majestically to round off the ep in slo(w) burning euphoria.

nice price deal !!! back for more, brooklyn duo native underground drop the first under the shade release of 2012. remixes from alphabet city, ben pearce and the production half of native underground, son of sound

10 track album of re-edits from the turkish super producer who has released 12 inches on gamm, square, plimsoll and others. a kickass mix of disco, funk & jazz tracks from gloria gaynor, stanley turrentine, don costa, quincy jones and more. double 180g vinyl in color sleeve.

phat spooky detroit infected minimal techno, incl slam remix !!!
spanish artist alex under marks the progression of his work with the release of second album, la máquina de bolas, released in march 2012 through soma records. the acclaimed producer and cmyk label boss returns a more experienced, complex artist after a seven year album hiatus following 2005s trapez lp release, dispositivos de mi granja.

with his collaborations with ian pooley as mvip, jazz pianist matthias vogt is a comfortable behind a piano, a drum machine or in a club environment. with his partner c-rock, they have been residents at sven vaths cocoon club for many years now. he’s releasing music on some of the best labels around the world including freerange, infracom, urban torque, simple and their own stir 15 label. he’s also collaborated with ingenious musicians like nils petter molvaer, bugge wesseltoft, viktoria tolstoy, jhelisa anderson, alice russel, nathan haines & eric truffaz. he and c-rock also collaborated with house music legend, chez damier, on the project kids in the strets with the classic track keep on running. matthias & fred everything also collaborated on the frederico todos ep on urban torque earlier this year and theres a fred everything remix of matthiass frankfurt sour to come out soon on urban torque.this ep is an ode to the old chicago prescription underground sound of ron trent & chez damier. a time when music spoke by its feeling rather than a formula. let it grow on you and play it loud! we hope you enjoy the music. show us your support with charts and plays!support by osunlade, john tejada, alland byallo, roberto rodriguez, scope, jimpster, llorca, johnny fiasco, giom, grant nelson, nacho marco, shur-i-kan, danny krivit ....

alex and bill met 16 years ago when bill signed one of alex s first productions (is this the rhythm? by rhythmnvibe) to a new york label he was running. alex, whose father lives in the us, was a regular visitor to the states and they sent many happy hours together hanging out at the sound factory bar and comparing maw dubs. when bill returned to the uk in 1996, they had a few sessions together making house music, though neither of them can remember why they never finished anything or, indeed, what became of the tracks. fast forward a few years and they finally got back into the studio to make sweet music together under the moniker hotel motel. since then they have created a rich seam of work that some have already described as, like salvador dali with his pants down being fellated by deirdre barlow. few would disagree.

jonny whites, white hot no.19 music imprint closes out the year with a one sided slab of vinyl featuring one of the its biggest tunes to date, >under the sheets< by maceo plex... no.19 music continues its meteoric rise with a record that has been building momentum for most of 2010. whilst the imprint has been drawing fans by the thousands with killer singles from tannerross, modern amusement and no regular play plus the awesome soul clap compilation and samplers, there have been a number of secret tracks receiving the art department road test in preparation for their release. at the top of that pile is >under the sheets< by cuban american dj/producer maceo plex!