>in touch with ibiza< spreads on 2 discs pure hands-up and party feeling. both discs were mixed by kid chris, who is a true ibiza expert and has travelled the globe with his energetic sound. besides his busy dj schedule kid chris is also known to be a great remixer and producer. he remixed acts like armand van helden, barbara tucker, geo da silva, lenny fontana and rosenstolz (gib mir sonne recieved gold status in germany, austria & switzerland), just to name a few..

debut full length by this upcoming producer who so far releases on labels like fat city, rush hour and ramp itself!

already my favorite jazz album of 2010 jose james - perpetual shows a different side to gideon van gelder, the pianist we already know from tracks like touch on brownswoods soul jazz conjurer jose james lp black magic, and championed by the likes of gilles peterson.

donso meaning hunterin bambara is the result of the collaboration of four talented musicians coming from france and mali: producer pierre antoine grison (who also releases his own music on ed banger records as krazy baldhead), malian vocalist gedeon papa diarra, guimba kouyate on guitars and djele ngoni (traditional malian string instruments), thomas guillaume on percussions and donso ngoni.

chris, who is now resident of his own night >loaded< at sven vŠthÕs homebase cocoonclub frankfurt, has now put together the best tracks of 2009 and assembles artists from the likes of egbert, tiefschwarz, electric rescue, alex flatner & lopazz, tim green, nick curly, stefan goldmann, julian jeweil, extrawelt, len faki or yousef in this mix!

arran was doing a photography course when she joined the band, and at her first rehearsal she brought along a notebook. written on it was dark room notes. we had gone through numerous terrible names, and felt this was one we could settle on. we were lucky she wasnt doing a knitting course. >we love you dark matter< was recorded in a live setting as such, keeping over dubs to a minimum.

special kind of fool is tys story. the tale of an artist who after ten years,three critically acclaimed albums (awkward 2001, upwards 2003, closer 2006), collaborations with the likes of tony allen, de la soul, damon albarn and estelle, a mercury nomination amongst other accolades, and a worldwide army of fans, has always followed his heart.

fantastic deep house mixes

aphex twin with his mega mega hit: windowlicker! (for anybody who doesn t know this track: please go home!)

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

extra life is the primary musical vehicle for charlie looker, singer, guitarist and composer, who has become one of the most intense and respected voices in the new york experimental underground.

let me see you skank out! mrk1 cuts in vocals from his virus syndicate group while mixing up some of dubsteps finest new cuts for this latest mix, future:dubstep:03. when deciding who should mix future:dubstep:03 there was no hesitation in asking mrk1 he is undoubtedly one of dubsteps most established and respected figure heads. through his own contagious label, mix compilations including rephlexs grime (a key release in pushing the dubstep / grime sound to a wider audience) and releases on the genres biggest labels including two artist albums, mrk1 is without shadow of a doubt one of the genres most influential and successful artists. featuring on the compilation are three records from hatcha & kromestar as well as a host of records from mrk1 himself and bonus tracks from cyrus (of random trio). future:dubstep:03 also previews tracks from some of dubstepÕs best up & coming talent including the consistently genre chart topping bare noize (who also mixed future:dubstep:02), rebel sonix, scott nixon, rms and trimaxis

incl. neophyte, paul elstak, angerfist, dailucia and many more

repress

composed and recorded by irmin schmidt & the inner space. a precursor to krautrock pioneers can, schmidts 1968 recording assembles cans original line-up - michael karoli, jaki liebezeit and malcolm mooney - who later went on to craft the bands seminal debut, monster movie.

special for djs,14 tracks full 12 inch mixes, alternative traxx & unreleased versions! incl. bob sinclar, martin solveig, sharam & kid cudi, nicola fasano, chris lake, atfc, alex gaudino and many more

this summer beni will continue to reign the dancefloor supreme with a new monster slab of black plastic, maximus featuring vocals from the mighty sam sparro. who put the fun in acid-funk you ask? the answer is: beni did. a low-slung exercise in dark and dirty arpeggiated sleaze, maximus marries a sparse bubble-groove that creeps up behind you and licks your ear with a very purple vocal performance by sparro to devastating effect. the resulting track is something akin to kiss-era prince and friends dirty dancing at a toga party while ancient rome burns down around them. on the flipside beni and nicky night time give maximus a night-time re-dub rubdown, taking the track away from the creepy funk freak and towards a straighter slammer jammer, favouring blatant dancefloor manipulation over the subtle and the sexy. also featured (and included on the next kitsune maison 7 installment) is fringe element, which encapsulates the feeling of surfing on a shooting star like never before, with beni sitting proudly at the controls. an electronic orchestra of descending basslines, vocoder snippets, bleeps and acid squeaks, fringe element caps off another compelling chapter in benis lifelong voyage through dance. after the cover of his first ep my love sees you made by geneviíve gauckler, his new 12 is illustrated by french artist andre.

second long play release of galaktika records, this time is the turn of garnica who fit a full record of powerful tracks, some already known as the lucky guy or hielo sobre arena and others completely new like cae nieve en caracas or aerobus garnica manages to create a homogenous and consistent record, keeping in mind that there are many time between the compositions of the track.

the new album!

this album finds an alternative, conveying a global positive mood and dancefloor energy. it is an experiment that combines organic sounds with electronic music and features many brazilian jazz and samba musicians, such as the 60 years-old samba-rock legend marku ribas on the track cosmic man, and the wellrespected trombone player bocato, in an unexpected samba-jazz version of pontape. techno producer and long-lasting friend technasia also collaborated closely with renato at the different stages of the production of the album, including mixing and mastering.

this is the debut home-listening album from one of the uks biggest techno djs. hes half of blindingly successful techno duo two armadillos but his main focus for the last two years has been the heavily publicised chapters project - five eps of mood music to trip-hop to techno that have now been totally ripped apart and turned into cinematic home listening for his debut cd. king roc history includes remixes of new order, future sound of london, s xpress. hes been a very big electro dj in the past who has recently focused on ubercool european and brazilian techno mixes - remix packages include people like alex kenji, same mastering guy as portishead - sounds incredible.

this fourth label compilation presents all dancefloor burners of the last 12 months on cocoon recordings in a diversified and coherent mix: martin buttrich, schneider & galluzzi, guy gerber, tiefschwarz, reboot, adam proll and timo maas undisputedly belong to the group of artists who have enhanced electronic dance music in the past year.

the seventh album from producer geoff wilkinsonÕs hip-hop-jazz crew us3 sees the introduction of 2 new young mcs hot off the streets of new york. underground hip-hop fans will already know the name of 23 year-old sene, and spoken word aficionados will certainly be aware of 20 year-old brook yung who is already a rising star on the us spoken word circuit. last year he won 1st place in laÕs adult poetry slam and 1st place in the nyc urban word youth slam. he is currently a member of nycÕs urban word team, and performed alongside wyclef at the 2009 sundance film festival.

special nice price action !!!neben 8 wegweisenden tracks von timbaland sa§ auch kanye west an weiteren stŸcken an den reglern. herausgekommen ist eine sehr modernes album, das qualitŠtsmŠ§ig eindeutig aus dem r&b einheitsbrei heraussticht und viele musikalische †berraschungen zu bieten hat.

>the black label dilivers once again!proper deep and rolling vibes to hypnotize the dancefloor!< (jimpster)

loco dices much-anticipated debut lp has been created to take the listener on a journey: an album to be treasured as a fine-textured catalogue of the senses. loco dice, who spends much of his time shuttling between the worlds main electronic music ports as an in-demand dj, packed up his studio and relocated to new york city. there, the renowned dŸsseldorf dj, producer and desolat label head fomented a raw and simmering soundtrack: a nuance-packed collection of sonic interpretations of scenes, characters and moods from the most diverse and mythologised city in the world

this compilation presents the amazing vocal jazz recordings of a dutch lady,who already became a living legend with her 50 year stage jubilee.moreover she is constantly going strong with over 80 live performances in changing musical formations within the year 2007.

three years after his groundbreaking album >the meaning< (playhouse, 2004) thomas melchior presents his new longplayer >no disco future<. skills and experiences thomas gained throughout the years are innumerous. to mention just a few: along with tim hutton he formed the duos vulva and yoni who were releasing on aphex twins label rephlex, on the us-label reflective, and for german electronica pioneers source records. with his mate peter ford he forms the duos sunpeople and soul capsule (and various others). the new album sounds less microhousy and more homogeneous. slightly spherical soundscapes perfectly unite with discreet vocals building very harmonical structures..

stephen j.kroos - the guy who is the most talented producer on the above and beyond label!big recomments by eddie halliwell,sander v.doorn and armin van buuren