we welcome this fantastic producer on trapez with this piece of music which is quite different from most of what we get today. the title track >ghosts< feels like as if klaus nomi and kraftwerk were performing together... something we would have loved to have seen but which never happened. this track is not for the people who love it safe but for the adventurous and the wicked. voices like sirens striking with high pitched tongues being counteracted by basslines with a surface that can only be described as rough as chunks of splintered steel. a brilliant stop and go feeling shows that christian martin is the master on the steering wheel when it comes to controlling the movement.

taking a look back on the life of nima gorji, one must quote that this man truly is an international freak in music! so who else should be more predestined for releasing on international freakshow than him?! the two tracks nima gorji presents to us on this record define themselves as a crispy, warm and trippy kind of no-shit-techhouse with a twist! sometimes, the title-track is building up its hypnotizing power carefully, bringing the dancers tension to the maximum level! after summer on the flipside shows a proper, strongly & well structured techhouse-beat combined with subtle, deep and warm synth sounds and its bassline is playing games with the spooky vocal samples and effects nima gorji uses as perfect as it gets throughout the whole tune

third poco label ep. a sweet and charming melody, created by the excellent jazz musician martin leiton, is the seed of this release in which oscarfly & zippticher make a beautiful display to a tremendous track. this release has been conceived and nourishes to marvel the audience with its excellent production and arrangement. this ep comes with two remixes. first one from yostek, an wellknown israeli producer, who gets a good techno version and second one from oscarfly, betting on a careful groovy and cheerful track.

french based label, sharivari records is a new vinyl and digital imprint run by olivier mutschler, focusing on a large variety of electronic music, from minimal techno to soulful house, broken beat or detroit influenced deep techno. the first release is coming from jeremy carrasco and johan speissegger, aka prime time, parisian duo who has recently collaborated with oxia on goodlife records.

classic alert! the first official repress and this time on 2lp. a dream come true! full info soon... this is a very special record. our favourite contender for best house album ever made. this album does not have one filler, all tracks are essential pieces of house music. of course, it includes the more known do you know who you are and in a vision. but check out ride and school hall for instance. originally released under m.e., and much overlooked. this album will be released with new artwork and re-mastered tracks. the vinyl will be available as 2x12, 2 tracks per side loud pressing !! virgo are merwyn sanders and eric lewis. they also recorded as ace & the sandman and m.e. and shouldn-t be confused with the other virgo of vince lawrence and co.

d julzs bass culture records has undoubtedly been one of the major highlights of 2009. in just four releases the french label has set the bar for all others in terms of quality and 2010 is looking to be a groundbreaking year for them. the second release of 10 showcases the label head keeping it detroit, and a bit in the grey area - with the lov is easy release by anonym. anonym. the one who is anonymous. with releases on anonymous release, archipel, bloop, pariter, fof, and sushitech. anonym has also contributed the scoring soundtrack to works on display at the museum of moving images in nyc for pbfb. according to the man himself, i am anonym the one who is anonymous. i am anonymous because in any popular music form prone to be ransacked by the egos of its participants, a state of grace is best achieved and sustained by pursuing a life of anonymity. that preserves its creators from the warping stare of the media and its public in the process. his sound is tempered with grace & style, with a feeling of - detroit is my heart and often my songs sing her praises. i have known her all my life.

michigan resident and currently one of americas (who actually live there) most promising producers steps up to the gpm plate. a regular of acclaimed stateside labels such as spectral, wolf + lamb as well as european outfits dumb-unit and cityfox. lee curtiss is known for a sound, which fuses disco, house and sex. love in the key of freak is no exception, in fact the perfect mixture to cure any saturday night fever. before house made people jack, disco was making them freak.

support: adam beyer, alex bau, matt star, frank lorber, chris hope, heiko laux....... nachtstrom schallplatten wishes all music lovers a wonderful 2010 and therefor we are back with a special goodie for your ears: to start into the new year in an appropriate way, our newest remix-package will feature no one less than the legendary johannes heil and wj henze who did 2 brilliant mixes of tobias felbermayrs tracks taken from his last release on nachtstrom schallplatten (nst014).
while johannes builds up his track in his typical heil-stylish way, using lots of freaky and mind-expanding ingredients which are shaping and forming constantly throughout the song and culminating in a brilliant finale, wj henze delivers a puristic techno-stomper full of drive which is clearly made to make you shake.be prepared for a first musical highlight of the year and dont miss this brilliant piece of plastic!

the last few weeks have seen >nerve up< become the focus of widespread critical acclaim, with four star reviews from metro and q and a 9/10 review from nme, who called the record >a unique, brilliant debut<. with the album out this week, its time to judge for yourself.
in addition a number of new uk and european live dates and festival spots have been confirmed, including camden crawl and evolution festival.
praise for >nerve up<:
>a unique, brilliant debut... we should celebrate lonelady as the arrival of a fresh and invigorating voice whose talent transcends time and place and influence< 9/10 - nme
>a debut to be proud of< **** - metro
>striking< - **** q magazine

second part of the much talked-about universal consciousness series. on one side, stephen brown, the artist responsible for some of the best releases on derrick mays transmat label, makes his 2010 comeback with an uncompromising and stunningly beautiful piece of detroit techno. on the flipside, club lonely, a these days in-house production moniker for jam sessions that happened in the labels studio between friends, presents a tribute to n.y club shelter. the track focuses on a bassline driven groove in timmy regisford fashion while on the b2 the vocals are muted for those who would like to use the track as a tool. space techno meets n.y dancers. universal consciousness

nice price deal !!! under secret construction in the on u workshop for the last few months, lee perrys interpretation of the black sabbath classic iron man is finally ready, complete with heavy boots of lead. with adrian sherwood at the controls, and additional input from renowned reggae producer dennis bovell, this full on thumping dub stepper finds scratch positioning himself as the iron man - lion man - lightning man - super man who dont drink no booze while sub basses throb and wobble the bolts from his joints and the beats hit harder than a rivet gun... surely not what ted hughes had in mind. the flipside dub mix arrives courtesy of pempi, who recently broke out with a track on studio rockers? at the controls compilation. pempi ups the full of dread quota with a heavy barrage of drums, stuttering synths and swelling bass, to create a version that has the potential to consume every motor vehicle in the southern hemisphere. iron man lives again!

nice price deal !!! sr.click (juanjo matos) is an experienced dj from the end of the 90s who started producing electronic music in 2003 and in 2005 co-founded the inoquo netlabel. his minimal techno productions show an experimental spirit who has been able to assimilate many samples and mix them with galloping grooves, making up his unique style. after playing in sonar 2008 and participating in angel molinas wax session 3, the new techno label flatmate music based in barcelona is now releasing his first 12 inch.

supported by sian, loco dice, hot chip/ felix, john digweed, dubfire, todd bodine, derek miller, deepchild, goldfish + der dulz, mihalis safras, orde meikle, heiko laux, ktantin gabbro, toni d! yes, dominik eulberg is one of the few techno artists from germany who composes music out of a whole range of classical elements such as melodies, analogue synth sounds and a worthy treasure of self made elements. in dominik s world there is still place for romance and dreams opposed to the hard realism of the techno world and the music made on demand. so we were happy when we found in rodriquez jr a remixer who was able to connect dominik s world with his own world, keeping the gentle touch of the original but adding a quirky and lively element to it. if there is something like a perfect remix, this might be it!

the title track (bloody hands) has a unique futuristic sparkle with plenty of funk and loads of interesting effects, characteristic of horrevorts productions. the lead and bassline build up tension throughout the track, subtly climaxing after 5 minutes with some guaranteed hands in the air action!
on the b-side we find >nymph<. this funky deep techey track slots perfectly into those hypnotizing moments of the night. quality production! the b2 is remixed by marc marzenit who captured the subtlety of >bloody hands< perfectly with his monster remix. this monster has a slightly deeper, more progressive flavor than the original yet maintaining its energy. rumor has it that the remix has been signed to secret cinemas first mixed compilation >welcome to my club< (march 2010). one impressive release from two of todays most promising producers!

some still know very little about t&b artist josefine jinder, so let us introduce her to you. in august 2008 we saw the debut ep of little jinder, >polyhedron<, and soon after in october 08 we gave >polyhedron< the remix treatment with loads of t&b producers. in june 09, after countless gigs and production work, jinder returned to the t&b catalog with >youth blood< on their scion comp. the tune was such a hit t&b had no other choice but to give this epic blood sucker disco house anthem the same remixing treatment as >polyhedron<. as usual, t&b remixes are all over the board from a joker-esque dubstep remix by 12th planet & flinch, a monster mash heavy bass electro remix from sharkslayer to a remix by tomas andersson, who graces this 12 inch with a smooth rolling disco remix straight from the dub factory. this is one of many releases to come from jinder, this is her first single in support of her full length record to come out in 2010. definitely an artist to watch.

massive feedback by : markus fix, dj sneak, doc martin, ray okpara, nick holder, jimpster, m.in, dj wild, andre crom, inland knight, mark farina !
it has been a while since fries & bridges have released anything but that was never going to last forever and the aptly title forever this was certainly worth the wait. the boys use old school skippy beats with a filtered bassline accompanied by the sweetest of vocals which is perfect last tune of the night material. theres also an instrumental for those who prefer a heads down mix...

what better way to start 2010 then with a brand new 10 inch of the highest caliber talents the netherlands has seen to date! after 2562 & martyn it will be up to evs & tmsv to represent the dutch on the dubstep tip!
evs hails from rotterdam.. the subway capital of holland.. by staying unaffected by the jump up or dancefloor style dubstep has adopted in the past few years it shows that evs has concocted his very own style.. a mixture of idm, trip hop and even dnb perfectly rolled into 1 production.. dt08.
the flip holds utrecht talent tmsv. a guy who you will hear alot more about. his dmz infused sound is one to watch for the future as he allready has gained the support of people like distance & mala... check subconscious brain for when you want to transport yourself back to the past when dubstep just raised its head!

the official follow up to legowelts >vatos locos< lp, last years magnum opus/tour de force/piece de resistance etc (did we loose your attention yet?). ever since the inclusion of these tracks on the extremely limited (and partially withdrawn) >vatos locos< cd - we ve had many requests to put them on vinyl. who are we to fly in the face of popular demand? so here it is, on glorious virgin black vinyl in a gorgeous sweet n sober sleeve. inside you find four tracks of patented deep(house) jakking wolfers madness .. two bangers and two intropersective low-ridin rolers. not only great for ghetto gardening and home improvement, but also for workin up a sweat on the dancefloor.

this is zhenya aka proxy. i am proud to present my brand new and very own label mako records. i was thinking about this idea for more than 3 years, about the possibilities, about a mission, general genre and other stuff, blah blah blah... actually, i hate all this press release shit...
so the first release is coming. its by a very promising producer called marseille. i know him for a long time and he is a good friend of mine. marseille already had experience in making cool productions, under which great remixes on raven and who are you...
and now it is his time. time to show everybody what the true russian machine is.
enjoy it or you will be killed by kgb, hahaha
mako records is born... and we are ready to invade!
zhenya proxy

encer kincy was giant in chicagos house music revival - part of the second wave of younger djs and producers that took the music of the early 1980s, rubbed it up and dropped it in places like 500 west cermak, medusa’s and the vault. a lot of people who are now superstars of the scene - mark farina, sneak, derrick carter, and dozens of others - were a part of that movement, too. spencer released a number of tracks on relief, planet e, cajual, peace frog - labels representing the classics of that era - and he usually recorded under the name gemini. as a dj, he operated in his own space - i’m sure he could play for a room, and sometimes did, but the unrestrained madness of a spencer kincy dj set had to be heard over several hours to appreciate. he could blend a sleazy disco track into hard acid, downtempo into a punishing armani track, jazz into detroit techno and so on. it wasn’t technically brilliant or tricky, but the selection was exquisite. a number of figures from his era still list him as an influence. his productions, viewed as a whole, are so much like his sets: going softer than many dared to go, and going much harder than just about any dared to go. simple jack tracks! respected by the standards of the industry of the time, and you certainly couldn’t go anywhere in chicago without hearing derrick, sneak, mark, lego, gene, jevon, diz, johnny or the other djs beating them. and so many of them have a timelessness - a little piece of eternity stuck like some bit of wax between the grooves

yore starts the new year off on the good foot with a four-tracker from the dutch duo morning factory thats remarkably accomplished for a first release. expertly manning the controls are two gentlemen from the netherlands, jean-pierre van der leeuw and jozef lemmens, who clearly produce a high-octane electronic body music thats timeless and fresh.

starting the year off with this cracking deep ep by our new guys on dirt crew, the runners ! after their extremely succesfull first 12 inch in the beginning of last year which featured the stunning jay shepheard remix they are ready to deliver the next dose of classic house grooves that range from deep house to the more techy edges of electronic dance music. the four originals on this ep alone stand out and keep dirt crew recordings headed towards the future of true deepnes. but as we are real purveyors of soulfull rolling beats we had to add once more one of our favourite producers in the scene to do a remix, this time its our friend from barcelona soul minority who has gained great respect with his cool deep house records over the past years, especially his latest releases on pack up and dance were amongst our most played tracks last year. so here you have it! a great start and there is more coolnes to follow this year! stay tuned and stay deep!

the affectionately titled ep, >der kleine elefant<, intends to tell its listener the story about a tiny elephant who is on a huge journey through mountains, deserts, seas and forests where he hunts to fi nd food and water for survival. in each encounter through the magical land, the small animal meets mystical creatures and watches in amazement at the stunning landscapes he finds himself wandering through. each track sounds like a modern day nursery rhyme and our elephant, the hero.
played by tiefschwarz, laurent garnier, tobi neumann, d julz, karotte, nick curly, margaret dygas, brothers vibe, anthony collins...

james braun is one of the new exciting producers out of denmark, with his strong productions he have earned great respect amongst djs like jesse rose and claude vonstroke. this is the second release from the danish producer on tartelet. the original is, like usually, a combination between solid house, great producing skills and james’ urge for experimenting with genre and sounds. with detroit-ish string theme and bass driven groove the original is fun, intriguing yet powerful. on the b-side tartelet are proud to present a remix by claude vonstroke, who wanted to do it after heavy support of brauns earlier material. the remix features many of the original elements but in updated and very danceable version. label-man tomas barfod shows us his darker sides on his remix. barfod takes symphonia late-night with string pad, dirty drums, spacy synths and deep-bass.

treated with love by ellen allien, josh wink, laurent garnier, robag wruhme, mathias kaden, adultnapper, butane, donk boys, falko brocksieper, james teej, nick höppner, the cheapers, mr.statik, sonja moonear, vincent lemieux... music with its seven notes, coming back to its first one at the octave: simple, limitless and ad infinitum. this is the next clever coup from zurich.
>ave leo< is an homage to life. the three guys from pompelmoessap lay it on thick and dally over a tenderly melting melody, skillfully play with shakers, drum cuts and low deep down effects. evoking a conjuring atmosphere that gets under your skin. the groove is right. the sun rises, early in the morning at the club.
on the b-side you will find a collectible, an everlasting trip of melancholic club couch music with bob dylans cultural message from the 70ies. ion ludwig looks at >spiritual devil< as a kind of protest against all those 2d digitally recycled techhouse sounds, which are released every day en masse. here plays timeless music for connoisseurs who want to feel and think while listening. smoke some weed before listening. peace.

part 4 of 4 eps to celebrate the 20th aniversary of strictly rhythm with some seriously big names on the mixes

12inch debut for whatchawannado, a new label featuring edits by djs who have graced the decks at las infamous do over party. stones throws left field psych man james pants leads things off with an excellent edit of jefferson airplanes white rabbit entitled through the rabbit hole. for the more dancefloor oriented, check the flip where (thee) mike b takes charanga 76s famous spanish version of aint no stopping us now and extends those banging disco breaks for days before finally letting it slip into the vocals.

monkey records is the brand new label from spain! from the likes of gt muzike, techon, etc. feel good techno music that will appeal to all those who are in to the mentioned labels and labels like patterns, basics, adult and relatives. warm music for the winter months!

big with: mandy, pete tong, thomas schumacher, anthony collins...
even well after its may release, damian lazaruss superb debut album, >smoke the monster out<, is still ringing in the ears of those who anticipated one of dance musics most colorful personalities debut album. his third single features two mixes of one of the albums most infamous tracks, >diamond in the dark<. these two mixes - by mr. lazarus himself and dop - keep the diamond out all night, way past its bedtime, and carousing on until the morning light.

a1 this classix gets the remix treatment by daniel bovie & roy rox!! massive hit! a2 huge track being in a massive john dahlback remix! b1 phonat sounds like a real daft punk record! avicii on remix duties! b2 2 dirty gets support from tiesto need we say more ?

welcome to pop electronique, courtesy of ninca leece. having, in recent years, played clubs and festivals all over the world, writing soundtracks or collaborating with fellow musicians, the french vocalist, who now lives in berlin, has finally got around to completing her debut solo album, which she has been working on whenever she found a free moment.

off pop get things moving and strikes back with 2 amazing tracks, supported by 2 awesome remixes!
one the one hand, we have the aspirational producers schäufler & zovsky, who stuck out with there releases on acker records and finger tracks. furthermore we have the talented berlin dj team kollektiv ost, who are well known by their label simple as that records.
what a start in 2010!!!

big with: llorca, trickski, deetron, djuma soundsystem, ante perry, laurent garnier, .. for its 3rd release lany recordings turned towards we play house recording artist san soda to provide the goods. this is no coincidence as we play house recordings is run by red d, maxim lanys lany partner in crime. this means that lany 03 take things a bit deeper than the previous lany releases, without losing the direction lany recordings is aiming for. on this untitled e.p. san soda teams up with friend just nathan for two tracks. just nathan is another experienced belgian dj who has something to offer to the world, adding further proof to the fact that belgium has more skills than just making waffles and harassing children

lurking in the back of every transportation vehicle there allways is someone who is up to no good... someone who vandalizes other peoples property & wrecks havoc everywhere he goes. their called lowlifes... bullies of the city... scum of the earth! they dont give a shit about anybody else. just thinking where they re at now and how they can raise hell in any possible way. matt-u has stood up and offered his dope ep as a meaning of destruction upon the non believers. the a side deliveres chaos unlike we ever seen before. people pulling and hitting each other, turning themselves into scum of the night... not giving a shit about the rest. flip it over to b1 for heads up - it ll be the last time anything happens unnoticed. keeping the scum people focused and ready for action. take cover keeps everything in check, the announcer warns people of this terrible threat thats gripping itself among the crowds. so run like crazy if you want to be safe. this is not a drill!!

scott monteith aka deadbeat is back on echocord with an absolutely killer ep. after his split ep with fenin on echocord colour this year, and his earlier ep with pole (d.p.) he is now back on echocord with his vampire ep. deadbeat is one scott monteith, a long time montrealer and recent berlin ex pat who has been releasing his own special blend of dub laden, minimal electronics since 2000, for labels such as cynosure, musique risquée, scape and spectral to name but a few. this continues in the same vain. dub is the key here and it is used with such class and insight. the flip sees a more twisted track that shows a slightly more edgy side.

this time its >the greasy beat<, the famed cvs / bootsy collins collaboration. continuing with the theme of claudes favorite producers - robag wruhme steps in for his first appearance on dirtybird. we are honored to have him on this release as he has heavily influenced both claude and justin martin over the years.
the other side features the young j. phlip, delivering her mad breaks/house version that always raises the roof at dirtybird events.
also, a super cool appearance by dop who made their debut on mothership last year as guests on the catz n dogz album. we are very happy to have them back for this special record.

support by : karotte, varoslav, mike monday, gel abril, anthony collins, laurent garnier, anja schneider, atjazz ...
alain ho aka dj yellow is one of the electronic music artists who established himself as one of the forward thinking artists in general. in the eighties dj yellow pushed forward french hip hop and he also had big influence on what french house music is today. with his label yellow productions (founded 1993 with his mate bob sinclar) he released artists like salome de bahia, dimitri from paris, joe clausell, bang bang and kid loco. with his second imprint poussez music (founded in 2003) he created an outlet for his own sounds.

this 3rd vinyl release of deep data contains exclusive tracks only which are not available digital. label owner rene breitbarth contributes with >wiggle trans< and >yaz< two groovers which continue the concept of the digital pendant drive e.p. further its main track >carrie< is remixed by well known producer jeff samuel (poker flat, trapez, spectral sound) who provides his definition of cool. another remix comes from deep datas toby deschamps who transfers carrie into his jackbox style. fresh!

stomping edit by mr k who pro-longues the hypnotizing percussive groove to maximum effect.

all out war recs present two vintage greg wilson edits, originally debuted at his comeback gig at music is better (mcr) in december 2003.
anyone who has heard the classic >music is better< mix cd will already know and love these tracks... two quintessential gw reworks finally available on 12 inch vinyl!

5 track ep from cool hipster fan death who a re signed to errol alkans label phatasy.

after their great debut >motzbaz / indeed< on afao recordings and the following 12inches >hello kool nice< and <langenthal ep< on quintessentials recordings, which found its way into the bags and charts of djs like quarion, laurent garnier, jimpster and many more, jagged strikes back with a 12 on bonzzaj recordings. this single also contains a hot remix by the dutch multi-talented man aardvarck, one half of the rednose district. jaggeds productions are restrained and minimal in the right way - they doesnt let things get overloaded. they focuses mainly on straight beats and functional house music but always with the right ingredient of soul and rawness. the title track ten to twelve is a heavy cut with a lot of disco influences, funky basslines, cool house-grooves and surprising changes all over the track. the remix of ten to twelve comes from aardvarck, who releases on rushhour, kindred spirits and delsin. he transformed the original in an broken beat stomper, which sounds like it emerged straight out of londons co-op. the b-side contains chicago, a deep house number with forward going percussions, warm strings, oldscool-house-vocals and a slight acid flavour and last but not least the track an orange drippin, which takes you with its deep synth, percussions, basslines, bells and things in the deeper shades of…jagged nation. hot shit gesundheit

nice price deal !!! fantastic music with its mix of minimal club beats, great elements of pop and lyrics somewhere between confidence and skepticism, randnotizen from idiot town is a seminal work encompassing different aspects of urban music and cultural styles. the singer behind school of zuversicht is dj patex who is also known for her performances at the most famous dockside shack, the golden pudel club

adult only presents their last series of remixes originally from the catwash album, to be released at the beginning of 2010. a1 : the full side is an energetic remix of >groovabilisme< by dutch producer kabale und liebe (100 % pure, area remote). he displays his hypnotic groove in this bouncy track b1 : >lost in bucarest< remix by william kouam djoko (thirty one twenty) , who released a track on tobi neumann & onur ozers mix green & blue 2009 (cocoon) and boris werner (area remote, moon harbor). here is a sunny and tribal remix made by two of the newest talents from amsterdam. b2 > lost in bucarest< national jacking remix by phil weeks, the boss of french label robsoul. constant pressure and slightly euphoric feeling on this techy track.

part 2 of the 20 years remix series! this one features martijn ten velden, jimpster and claude monnet & torre bros. happy birthday strictly rhythm!

red rackem aka danny berman aka hot coins with 3 killer downtempo deep house bullets from detroits undertones label an offshoot of kolour recordings.
dj support from gilles peterson, carl craig, rob da bank, idjut boys, jazztronik, domu, surgeon, prins thomas, kode 9, yam who, unabombers, ross allen, nextmen, mary anne hobbes, chris duckenfield, soul mekanik, todd terje, diesel, bill brewster

on his new album, pantha du prince, who lives in berlin and paris, claims: music slumbers in all matter, any sound, even silence, is already music. the mission, then, must be to render audible what is unheard and unheard of: black noise, a frequency that is inaudible to man. black noise often presages natural disasters, earthquakes or floods, only some animals perceive this calm before the storm. black noise is something archaic and earthy. the music on black noise balances precariously on the slippery threshold between art and nature, between techno and folklore, which lends it a certain spectral and intangible aspect. black noise also features a couple of special guests - noah lennox of animal collective sings on >stick to my side< and tyler pope of !!! and lcd soundsystem plays bass on >the splendour<.

the second release of the label baud from tom dicicco, who lives in manchester, brings us the two tracks >material things< and >empire<, concluded by a remix of >material things< by patrick graeser, who already attract attention on liebe*detail.

meakusma starts a new series of special, limited releases. on 10inch vinyl and cd, a number of different artists will be contributing tracks, leftfield from the demands and expectations of any weekly release schedule. kicking off the series is madteo, who already prickled initiated ears with his releases on morphine and its sublabel lanquid.