swedens speedmarket avenue are a a pop music collective led by a little guy who looks like a cross between charles manson and marc bolan. their new album is, without a doubt, one of the musical highlights in 2008 for all pop lovers! their debut album im going to let my new swiss army knife answer to that, was packed ful of jangle pop reminiscent of label 53rd and 3rd. the band have played various european festivals and collaborated with camera obscura on their lets get out of this country album thanks to the mutual connection of producer, jari haapalainen. under his direction, they ve now recorded their second album, way better now. an absolute beauty from beginning to end replete with precious pop melodies in a non conventional way, imaginative arrangements and an omnipresent trumpet. limited to 600 copies on vinyl.

keeping it low on eskimo this time is low motion disco – a new artist album from secretive producer(s) who knows how to keep things on the down low. following recent singles love love love parts 1 and 2 featuring remixes from the likes of lsb, aeroplane, dfas still going and soft rocks keep it low fuses found sounds, field recordings and live instruments with lap top trickery providing us with 13 tracks of perfect horizontal dancing. from klf style sample skulduggery to blissed out electronics, dubbed up beats and uplifting melody hooks low motion disco open the door into their unique world of super slow house and funk induced chill out grooves.

sublime porte is the name of 3 heads from istanbul who create deep sensual grooves with lush melodic passages. deep cavernous waves that wash over you , cleansing you with thier range of depth and sense of beauty. like the tide which ebbs and flows onto the moonlit beaches of your soul. sublime porte will encapture you with their melodic riches and hypnotic visions. in short a true turkish delight.

conan returns with his typically tough but clubby grooves. massive support from the people who matter

db aint confessing anything on this pilot episode of the new db edits series, but his edits still land on the 10 most wanted list! hunt em down, hes clever as a fox. jump out of the plane! not much is know about who did what, but the featured track, don armandos 2nd avenue rhumba band, deputy of love is a chicago mix show classic back in the days of wbmx! here we get a full extended mix, there is some 16th note repeat, delay effect and breakdowns. tops! on the flip, is an unknown disco track. db edits told us to keep diggin to find out what this is. drop us a line if you find the original artist and title. dont sleep on this one! limited quantites

on side a ku bo presents his first collaboration with são paulo, brazil based mc fefe. on >turnerment< fefe rhymes in portugese about the crazy beat of ku bo and how it turns her on. the paulista mc, who also works as an acclaimed visual artist, has already collaborated with other bass music related artists such as al haca and is well immersed in the sound of future bass science. >turnerment< perfectly combines joey beltram basslines with an irresistible house groove, brazilian cuica sounds and a hands up in the air atmosphere

cheers lab is a subdivision of the new french label and team cheers records, with a completely different vibe, for those who like it more adventurous and electronica! na sayah is not realy a newcomer, he is those days one of the most hyped dj in paris, being a resident at bataclan (the largest venue now in paris), at electro chic party, the respect party, at the paris paris club, and he also is having his own party called break - a big success already. for the first release (and expect a lot more in the months to come) he has produced four electro tracks, that will work perfectly on any electro dancefloor, all tracks complete with punchy basslines, deep 80s chords and stunning beats! those tracks could easely be included on a john carpenter movie or a tribute to the best of gorgio moroders music.

continuing the international flavour to the jalapeno roster, the latest j-funk signing comes from long time compadres in the funk-breaking field of dreams – all good funk alliance. fast establishing themselves as the key players in the us scene alongside fort knox five, on this occasion frank & rusty are joined by neighbour and wax romeo from canada s homebreakin label who collaborate with agfa on the lead track sbc and provide another solo track on the ep. the ep has the trademark rolling basslines and crisp funk breaks that typify all good funk alliance’s records but tracks like >get the pieces< add jazz doublebass in the mix to provide a widescreen picture of what these boys can offer. neighbour introduces crisp electro basslines to his end of the productions to induce a head nodding, body popping fervour. tight like a pair of shoreditch jeans

a photographic mapping of 23 places in the story of joy division and their singer ian curtis and the space he left behind. with contributions from people who knew him, worked with him, or were just inspired by him and the music the band created. pictures by katjy ruge ...

its ireland hottest techno label again and the goodies they ve got prime to spurt out of the old sac are pretty tumultuous. take this outing from heretics of disko, which is label boss desy palmers floating project which here sees him working with robbie dunne aka spectrum is green on a track which first appeared as part of the hold it down magazine compilation a couple of years ago. the two new mixes come courtesy of finlands lackluster bouncing around like richochet rabbit in a disused robot dump and japans yukio taking more of an electro route with percolating percussion to arrive at some engaging oddball alien funk. a diff kind of brotha is concrete soul collectives kenny black remixed by japans katsuhiko putting the female voice through a blender studded with clicks and efx plus leeds nasty bobby, who stretches the vocals savagely over chattering groove reminiscent of psychotic robo chipmunks confronted with david camerons knackers. maximum quality again.

the original mix starts a complex roller, with a discreet but powerful bass line under some seriously hectic beats. the breakdown sees this track take a more musical tone and shows great depth, this one focuses on progressing themes throughout, and will appeal to those who like things a little left of centre

nice price deal !!! shadowfax is hot! with the superfat release from jelle kuipers which is getting huge response and a lot of airplay by big names and the also wicked mark broom remix on the flip. the next one is by bells and macoye. macoye is the alter ego of ortin cam who is is doing some heavy tunes lately like the dancefloor killing remix of dhs classic the house of god on missile. this a1 track is in the same style as that remix, a hard bass line driving track with a lot of things going on in there to make sure the crowd will recognise and appreciate this tune!! on the flip a steady building track that can be used as the sneaky weapon in any dj set!

plays: james holden ... the second release on apparillo music is a production by harald björk. a young and very talented swedish artist, who inspired us last year, with his fantastic - brus / luftlust ep on traum-schallplatten. harald is part of a young and very successful community of musicians to which also his friends petter and nathan fake belong to. on his nanting-dunkelt-ep, he shows us, that there are still undiscovered soundscapes and plenty of tone-resources available... so eat fresh!

plays by miss kittin, gregor tresher, technasia, speedy j, shinedoe, claude von stroke, afrilounge, brendon moeller, bloody mary dj emerson back on micro.fon with a strong hypnotizing two tracker including an incredible remix by the highly talented abnormal boyz from naples / italy who had wonderful releases on labels like globox, splitsound & their own brandnew imprint schatten

thank you have played with the likes of beach house, dan deacon, daniel higgs, celebration, wzt hearts and ponytail. thank you is an athletic rhythm/action unit, made up of jeffrey mcgrath, michael bouyoucas and elke wardlaw. michael was a member of the baltimore band more dogs who released an album on monitor records. the members of thank you are longtime friends and musical collaborators, working hard to bring to life their wholly original compositions. musical ideas are introduced and have conversations with one another, each track filled with new articulation and insight. the basics of drums, organ, and guitar build the foundation, but are augmented by whistles, cowbell, hobo harmonica, snappy loops, car horns, and whatever else might be at hand. the album terrible two was engineered by j. robbins (yeasayer, mary timony, jets to brazil) in baltimore and was produced and mixed by chris coady (tv on the radio, yeah yeah yeahs, celebration) in new york city.

the spring time is aproaching and jesus loved you production is blossoming like never before. day by day, the familiy of valentino kanzyanis proteges is getting larger and larger as he keeps on recruiting more and more of the worlds most promising young djs and producers. topping the list of those who have been choosen to bear his sign, here comes chris barratt to show our crowd what he is made of. magicalminimalpopmusic is his second release for the jesus loved you and we can assure you that it is everything its title promises it to be - fun, minimal and emotional. the release expresses two sides of chris barrat. the gentle, almost fragile angel bells is a very kept back piece and is - as chris himself would have put it - all about emotions. whistlechimes is a more dynamic track with a perfectly fitted long bridge in the middle, making one feel chris barrats his huge dj potential.

incl phat agaric remix !! diego capri and andrea gentile, the duo from rome who brought us the excellent downhill ep on metroline ltd (mltd 002) last summer, return with two more slices of bass-heavy dancefloor-focused minimal techno

for the fourth release on this hardtechno imprint peter nitschke (stormtrooper) and thomas nordmann who teamed up as x-tension, deliver four smashing tracks!

masters of disaster welcomes the well known artist robert natus, who delivers an awesome 3 tracker for his debut release on this label. these tunes show a different face of him, showing his ability to combine groove and massive sound with soul and deepness without loosing the power he stands for

the next kd in line is by dj bold, who did some braindamaging stuff on labels like marco remusnerven label, high octane etc. these tracks will fuck with your brain & feet. madness... support by the usual suspects

sounderground records return with their 7th release this time with a little help from the ubiquitous, patrick zigon, who delivers a storming ep. patrick has fast been gaining attention amongst the dancefloor community with numerous outstanding releases and remixes, with no sign of letting up. he has already garnered a big following having remixed for labels such as cocoon, trapez, treibstoff, be as one and kling klong, as well as his own productions on labels such as tanzbar and puzzle traxx, including the awesome >mental draining ep<.

the first of two eps by rotterdam talent louis guilliaume. on his own initiative he made two remixes of the syncom data technohit beyond the stars, which resulted in the smashing syncom lock and heat of the storm mixes and his immediate signing on their label. both mixes are guaranteed to rock any dancefloor, whether it’s crowded with techno, house or electroheads. guilliaume is one of those rare artists who doesn’t fit in one genre, which he proves with fucked up and old skool. two stunning tracks that hoover between different styles with ease, the endresult being nothing less than pure electronic funk straight from a very gifted soul. available as a limited pressing on coloured vinyl.

after releases from heavy hitters such as two armadillos, solomun and andomat3000 the mantle now falls to new boy class71 with his double a-side >seaphone/diamond door<. well, it would do if he was really the new boy, but he s not. in fact, this new artist is an alias of italian producer santos, who has pretty much done it all in house, techno and every other genre we could lazily list. rounding things off with a respectful nod to classic techno via moody stabs, lazy melodies and an airtight arrangement in the form of >diamond door<, it seems like class71 is a bit of a name to watch. don t take our word for it though, ame, sasse, djinxx and agnes are already backing this winner.

after being on remix duty for many years on defected the french king of deep house who bought us >he reigns< delivers the class...

mop mop is the brainchild of andrea benini, musician, producer, dj who has been active for more than ten years exploring a large variety of musical genres, from club to jazz music... this time he delivers a philly inspired boogie remix of the jazzy original by mop mop, just the right feeling to welcome the summer.

new material from label boss rob pearson, tech house heavyweight nathan coles (fabric/ wiggle /is this), and yann solo (new era/ 4 kenzo) as well as the first feature on wax of cubisms lunacy sound division (mark gwinnett) who delivers a slick rework of question mark

produced by j.rawls. vocals by middle child! debut album by singer from j.rawls hometown columbus, ohio, who was featured on several cuts from his essence of soul album

after his huge success >smokemachine< on freak waves jaxson is back with a release on one of his favourite labels. >miami flys< is a housy summer tune that fit perfect in the keno records style and will rock the clubs and open airs in 2008. hotspot is more stripped down and hypnotic but this time less is more again. piemont, the two guys from hamburg who released on labels like my best friend, hi freaks or yellow tail do what they can do best: they turn this track into a real club bomb..

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

raw man’,s new music and rock-produced electro sound has caught the attention of french label kitsune who are releasing his single war game on 12 inch with an edit included by the label heads themselves, gildas & masaya. raw man is one half of what was the french house duo known as the buffalo bunch

last summer, the berlin-based producer and well-known remixer chris zippel (who already worked with the pet shop boys, robbie williams or ich & ich) already celebrated his very personal interpretation of modern and complex ambient between zwischen triphop beats and melancholic pop references by his genuine horizon album. with this ep, chillout producer zippel has chosen a way quite unusual for him by taking four tracks of the album, making them compatible for the dancefloor with a number of co-producers and proving that dub is still up-to-date in 2008. the ep starts with an interpretaton of electronic spain recordings producer mangelt: again, a straightforward energy flash between reminiscence and modern club sound, takes on the powerful post acid minimalhouse sound a la steve bug. the dane mike salta turns mirror dawn into deep techhouse dub, and also the schwerin-based downtempo producer andre muelle alias vakuum sounds shows that he is influenced by a timelessly valid unterstanding of dub and fragmented s mples by his version of glacier. finally, the tribal progressive house dub of blade remixed by kling klong impresario namito (berlin), undoubtedly the most famous remixer on this ep, goes right into your hips

for his housemusic productions milk & sugar recordings turned out to be jean claude ades first choice, releasing his last solaphonics project. the new solaphonics production is an excellent, 100% funky house piece with a soulful vocal line, a funky piano riff and great remixes from yves murasca & bk duke and raul rincon, who recently mixed the milk & sugar recordings compilation housemusic.de - chapter v.

minipops are phoebe grote and fabian feyerabendt who have already released an ep under the moniker trial & error on allyoucanbeat imprint. >knick< is a straight forward, stoic wobble bass track, where as knack mixes melodious acid with funky breakbeats

the legendary hard knock life longplayer!!! feat memphis bleek, da ranjahz, big jaz, dmx, amil & ja rule, foxy brown, the lox beanie siegel & sauce money, kid capri and jermaine dupri

jason little & dj kaoz (abstract) with killer hard techno !! with big names like dj rush and pet duo on previous releases of jason littles label jasons mask, the label already found a solid spot between the quality labels of the harder techno sound. on this next release jason little drops a track pure evil on a1 and he teamed up with kaoz for better tomorrow on a2 and melacholy melody on b1. melacholy melody was splendidly remixed by dj hammond for b2. definetely a must have for those who like it rough

ein neues duo gesellt sich zu den bereits auf mbf tätigen bukaddor & fishbeck sowie piemont und reiht sich ganz hervorragend ein. feiste funktionalitäts-schübe mit tollen melodien

allez allez are one of those early 80s hidden gems of the belgian new wave dance scene who shone so brightly for a few years (81 – 85) and then were gone – but not forgotten! based around the writing and production nucleus of brussels based kristiaan debusscher and nicolas fransolet a third dimension was added by american vocalist sarah osbourne and early hi tempo hits such as african queen, allez allez and shes stirring up became global club classics.

nice price deal !!! now the flag is handed to newcomer claudio bonaldi, who under his phatboy guise throws down some downright filthy electronic madness with these two flaming phoenix tracks!!

after a bombastic debut, industrialyzer s codeworks label strikes again with another 3 tracker of innovative hardgroovin techno. this time he invites a.paul who co-produces 2 of the tracks.

somewhere between detroit, chicago and bologna, it’s giesing. at least in the geomental cosomos of mr. migumatix, who delivers his debut with the recordings on hand at pastamusik. as a resident dj in various munich clubs he has established himself with his energetic swinging stile as a constant player – and now he shows to be by far more then just another jung producer talent, and this is only the beginning.

nice price deal !!! pin me down is british guitarist russell lissack (of the band bloc party) and milena mepris who met in new york city, when mepris’,s former band black moustache supported bloc party at the legendary knitting factory. pin me down is british guitarist russell lissack (of the band bloc party) and milena mepris who met in new york city, when mepris’,s former band black moustache supported bloc party at the legendary knitting factory

funky edits and space out sounds.. quartz is a multitalented producer from italy who made his name in various styles of music. known for this extremly high quality productions he got releases to his name on ascend / default / advanced / zync and many more. for this syndikaat release he digs deep into his soul and creates a lucious peace of vinyl ready to explore the dancefloor with its irresistable drive, funky edits and space out sounds.

french maestro dj gregory, the man who brought us seminal track such as elle, attend and dont know malendro is back again with another bullet on defected. breeze, taken from his recent album defected presents faya combo session, is a late night tale with gregorys trademark sound. the package also includes a remixes from new york bad boy marlon d (who had the killer underground collective ep on strictly rhythm), george mena & gregor salto. another defected cut not to be missed.

this soulful banger was originally signed to dj spens code red imprint, but before even seeing the light of day it was snapped up by the original us house label – strictly rhythm. wondrous showcases the killer vocals of the original underground diva susu bobien. the package delivers mixes from atfc & spen under his muthafunkaz guise as well as his original. this is a slice of the most upfront soulful house that any dj who likes his soulful house should not miss out on. smashed all over by heavyweights such as kenny dope, louie vega and todd terry.

french techno heros debut album finally gets its second maxi release on boxer.. incl remix by popof

after the wax club, located in the center of brussels, has known a great success with many incredible performances by djs like anja schneider,water lilly, paul nacza, ron flatter, robert babicz, rekleiner and many more, they have decided to create an own record label called heavy wax records. first release from david garcet who has already released many records on labels like surprise rec., dirty dancing rec, karate musik, pinkslowmotel, and recently on biologic rec. includes remixes by monoroom, julian sanza and homerun

amazing classic sounding disco 3 tracker!!! a must have for those who know...

the mysterious electric man with a 10min+ slab of driving freestyle analogue wobblyness underpinned with a fat 808 electro beat. a body hypnotic trip for those who like to groove

nice price deal !!! medway is one of scenes best know names! his early outings on labels like hooj were the staple of pretty much every djs boxes a few years ago... he has now relocated to holland and here he teams up with sven hauck, who has pushed out some stell works of his own over the last 12 months. deep dirty throbbing house music.. sexy stuff!!!