following four releases in the bangers and ash 12 inch series, styles upon styles inaugurates the label proper with an ep from our friends and community cohorts, archie pelago. from their earliest digital releases on end fence and tectonic, through substantial 12 inches via mister saturday night, well rounded, and their recent self-released transmissions (sly gazabo ep and breezy whey), each body of work from the trio of hirshi, kroba and cosmo d contributes to a growing narrative in their catalogue of improvised, acoustic-electronic dance music. mastered and cut by matt colton at alchemy in london. pressed at mpo in france with artwork from calvin ho and sus sleeve design by tschiegg.

an imperious opening gambit from the manchester collectives new label: a multi-pronged, vigorous, top-notch, house-techno showcase. the ep chugs straight off to the dance-floor, courtesy of the juniper duo at its darkest yet (after sides for ominira, underground quality and smallville), with jamming, filtered synths, echoing claps and vocals, and a b-line stealth attack. a regular at meandyou club nights, sul makes his recording debut here with a craftily delinquent and unhinged synth-pop… gone quite wrong. true to form, none other than kassem mosse — who played a night back in 2009 — turns in an instant classic, audacious and grimey, before collective mainstay heron rounds up proceedings with some deep n bleak, spectral techno, bathed in best basic channel traditions.

crucial electro 4 is a ground-breaking album as the tracks featured include classics featured on the original electro albums and also other monster electro tracks that we did not include on the original electro albums. as well as including the full length original versions, we have included re-edits of key tracks which are exclusive only on crucial electro 4! many of the tracks on crucial electro 4 have not been available for more than 2 decades and can only be bought from discogs or similar sites on scratched or worn vinyl for sometimes silly money! we have got hold of many of the original master tapes and have re-mastered each track to the highest quality, an audiophiles dream. add to this the exclusive street sounds re-edits and you have an album that is an essential buy for any street sounds and electro fan. the double vinyl lp will include the full length original versions except where there are exclusive street sounds versions, in which case these will be used. only 500 limited edition double album vinyls (180gm heavyweight) will ever be pressed!

debut release on the new beats delivery & glenview records joint venture. lesca - wrong, taras 3000 - roll the dice, krjuk going on, lipelis pres. tmo jam iii + bonus beats. a strong package of deep house from the saint petersburg based deep house label/community beats delivery. dont miss it.

emotional response returns with their first album of 2013, a collection of early, unreleased recordings from rising brooklyn video artist/producer luke wyatt (aka torn hawk).

every label has a >release of doom<, a 12 inch that was an incredible pain in the ass to put together and where everything imaginable went wrong. well this new trevino record was it! i wont go into details but this ep is too good to let bad karma prevail. >gone< has been a staple in my sets ever since i first heard it and >regnie< is possibly one of the best nighttime highway driving tracks (try it!). trevino, is he the best golfer in techno, or the most innovative techno producer on the golf circuit? fact is, im so happy this record finally sees the light of day and would be even happier if youd be into it too...

just over 6 months after his debut ep, house grand crus head honcho nathaniel is back with a completely new release. the name of the ep is tuntea, which is finnish for feel, and that is what this ep is all about. two originals in nathaniels signature dramatic deep house style

darlyns second appearance on mos ferry meanders between techno, house and a little bit of funk. the morning after is a minimalistic techno weapon, straight forward with no frills. with stag party the frenchman switches to a bouncing house groove, that feels powerful and self-confident.and finally, my command creates a warm and deep mood, just perfect for the morning hours and you never go wrong with a funky guitar lick.

played by marco carola, ame, dixon, nick curly, marco resmann, gel abril, stacey pullen, guy j, osunlade, wankelmut, andre galluzzi, chris wood, m.a.n.d.y., mihai popoviciu, tensnake, brendon collins, matt star.its open air and summertime…. with this new movida record you cant do wrong! starting with a brilliant opener from the french tom ayann with his deep, but groovin “strawbassy” track which you could hear already last summer season in marco carolas sets at amnesia / ibiza and his crowd go crazy then. the bavarian kay rauner aka mindrage delivers us an old-school dub-tech-house track with trippin nasa-like samples….if this is no space-techno, i really dont know where you could find it. last but not least our buddy matt star brings us a new track which he made together with movida label boss and good friend michael peter which you kick for 11 minutes to another galaxy. if you love the sound of guy gerber or mathew jonson, you should listen to this one for sure. the summer season can start right now and here….!

following some very well received releases on international feel & rogue cat, dean meredith & ben shentons mind fair deliver their best work yet on the mighty golf channel. four superb tracks of loosely assembled and live workouts, ranging from psych-funk, to the superb pulsing, european jam of wrong wire to more avant-garde explorations. beautifully fusing vintage synths, live instrumentation and an expert ear for dynamic arrangements - this is another gc classic!

double 180 gr vinyl, also includes digital download. swiss producer ripperton returns to present his new studio album a little part of shade due for release june 2013 on green records.

raw analog house music, pressed on white coloured vinyl

the unstoppable boris bunnik is back once again, this time as vernon felicity with a four track ep for mos recordings. the tracks see him explore his usual analogue heavy sound, but there is a little more space in his arrangements, a more rueful mood...

he has been in the game for 15 years now, and throughout ark has proven he is not one to spread himself thinly. leading up to 2010Æs arkuarium on thema, he had released a string of collaborations that wandered enthusiastically and whose experimentalism culminated on that record. apart from a few celebrated remixes since then, ark has been busy in the studio crafting a new batch of focused heat, mostly alongside his brother pit spector, himself a respected producer and dj known from associations with circus company and minibar. as we finish exploring a heavier sound with our well received re:vision series, the sophisticated deep house tracks on ark and pit spectors new call of the horns ep announce a new direction for the artists and a direction we seek to illuminate as we define the different shades of the spectrum at thema.

we have selected 4 great tracks by some of our favourite producers for this special release. jonas kopp, dustin zahn & flug have all been on fire this year and can do no wrong production-wise as far as we are concerned! the final track is an interesting collaboration between friends tony rohr, billy johnston & gennaro mastrantonio!

alessandro parisi recorded this album just with a roland tr-707 and a roland jx-3p. the result is impressive. for lux rec it was worth the labels first lp. the heritage from his home in the northeast of italy is clearly present in the music of parisi. back in the late seventies and early eighties pordenone was an industrial city with a vivid underground post punk and wave scene. cold weather electronics. fog and darkness surrounds the place to this day and deeply pervades this record: the history of a city called draconia. who will do wrong shall not be forgiven. limited to 250 copies, it comes in a red vinyl double 12-inch outfit. free download included!

theres a feeling... a sense of urgency in the air... things are going wrong and some things have never been right

trx is an exclusive collection of tracks that spot light the unknown and uprising producers featuring on a brand new compilation titled traxx. they bring us old school techniques against some clever bass manipulation to give us their interpretations of the original new york and new jersey sounds.

third part of four in the imbroglios series.

as with their first various artist compilation ep, lets play house has chosen to grab tracks from a handful of artists both new and old to the label and party.

after the success of the first ep, comes the remix ep signed by three great artists of the techno scene. thrive is remixed by two veterans: mark broom and pacou. mark makes a very attractive and more techno version of the original track. pacou shows a version completely different amazing breakbeat! pulzar is remixed by jeroen search, who is never wrong at the time! powerful second vinyl for this label.

off the map, h-burns fourth album, is an album labeled, engineered, mixed and mastered by steve albini.
pressing on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl, cd-copy of the full album included.

special 2x12 inch lp gatefold edition, featuring the very best of the delta blues master on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl.

sons and daughters follow up their silver spell / optimo remix package with a second 12 inch. this time round they focus on orion, taken from their latest album mirror mirror, which was afforded universal critical acclaim on release last year and described by q as a creative rebirth. the 12 inch features 3 mixes kicking off with the emperor machine remix, the solo project of andy meecham from chicken lips. next up psychedelic occultist umberto giving it some strange brew with his mix, and wrapping up the package are glaswegian djs wrong island with their own particular take on the track.

limited edition reissue of biffy clyros 3rd longplayer from 2004. remastered audio and 7 additional tracks on heavyweight vinyl, blue coloured and marbled. comes in gatefold jacket.

after almost 4 years of silence tolcha are back with neustadt, another intense and suspensefully cinematic full-length lp. like the title of the record suggests, the berlin based four piece decided to pursue a neo-retro vision of a sonic after-future with this one. what does that mean? the record clearly leans on a motorik aesthetic, but all the while redefining it with modern production techniques and surges of their very own breed of dub, rather than rehashing genre related cliches.

>output< defines analog modular sound designs with hypnotic beat structures. like all productions of lin/log organic electronic music is the main focus. his compositions defy conventional genre barriers and leave room for reflection and interpretation. but lin/log is also a young micro label for modular sound designs.

uffe delivers a 5 track ep including two remixes that set the standard for a promising career. his debut ep on pets recordings 2012 created quite a bit of hype and the track when the sun rose appeared in various high profile dj charts...

if you thought pittsburgh track authoritys production prowess stopped with techno and house, you were wrong. here the trio dives into luminous, pulse quickening 2-step on the title track and booty bumping, aquamarine electro.

fat and filthy basslines and a nod to old school uk garage is the order of the day at ellum audio for debut single on the label from brighton wonder boy sam watts aka maxxi soundsystem. sstellas way is a glorious slice of big room fun and it comes equipped with a pair of tasty remixes from he-can-do-no-wrong-huxley and the rising shall ocin.

essential techno for the dancefloor. intense and mechanics. techno that comes from the school where axel karakasis (remain records, kombination research, etc..) is an icon. axels remix confirms his experience and his style: groove, breaks, powerful rhythm. you cant go wrong!

it hass been eight years since michael mayer released his debut album >touch<, but one certainly couldnt consider him lazy, what with a tightly packed schedule of dj gigs and umpteen remixes. all the more reason that kompakt is pleased to announce the sophomore album mantasy, a long-awaited, indispensable update of michael mayers production sound and an essential release for the label in 2012.
pressing on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl, includes cd-copy of the album.

following fast on the heels of his huge ep on noisias invisible imprint comes the ukraines newest star nick bees debut on zero ts footprints label. taken from the forthcoming compilation lp footprints vol.1, new born star shows an unseen side to nick bee, with melancholic vocals drifting over an emotive chord structure, driven his trademark snapping snares and heavy bass. on the flip we have his infectious reprint of proktahs wrong way which showcases nicks dancefloor sensiblities to their fullest. a taste of what is to come from nickbee in 2013, currently working on his debut lp for footprints.

italian duo macromism has lately been making waves in the scene with their latest releases and they land now on be as one together with their long time friend dj kool dek, who already appeared on the labels tools for school vol.3 with take the rhythm ep the trio push things forward and show their versatility in the production room. the a-side hosts 2 cuts of proper groovy tech-house as you would expected from this collaboration. the b-side goes instead deeper and shows a side of the trio that yet was to explore. a 4 tracks ep that will surely find space in many djs bags.

a superb collection of jimmy page tracks from 1968-1970 on picture disc vinyl.

darek recordings presents this various artist release, divided in two colored vinyl editions, including productions of well-known artists who love and support secret island nation, such as: ian pooley, samuel l session, franco bianco, yapacc, david keno and many others. secret island nation is a 4-day festival on an extremely beautiful, lonely island in the west-swedish archipelago. depending on the year, during the last week of july or the first week of august, the utopian nation sweutschland will be founded, where its citizens define and live according their own rules. everything is built from scratch in a joint effort and the program is accompanied by finest, mostly electronic music on two floors by more than 30 very international artists. but bear in mind, this is the roughest part of the swedish west coast, weather and thus our plans will change or go wrong, expect the unexpected is part of the concept!

32-song, 2x12 inch lp retrospective from vinyl passion collecting all of the actresss/singer/icons most famous musical performances throughout her storied career. featured here are such legendary numbers as >diamonds are a girls best friend<, her eternally famous rendition of >happy birthday< for president kennedy, a pair of duets with jane russell, and a duet with laurence olivier among many others. you name it, its here! pressed on dmm 180g vinyl for superb sound quality!

nach einer zweijährigen pause meldet sich das brazilianische duo click box in 2012 auf dem markt zurück, mit einer reihe einschlägiger veröffentlichungen auf labels wie minus, items & things, noise music, frucht und unique community. zur krönung des erfolgreichen comebacks veröffentlicht items & things die single >down over ep<, mit welcher click box einmal mehr ihren vielseitigen und unkonventionellen style unter beweis stellen. die stücke bedienen sich aus genres wie minimal, italo disco und frühem acid house, mit einem remix von label newcomer madato.

das erste treffen der vier bandmitglieder nach einer langen auszeit fand in texas statt, als man sich die zeit nahm, sich als alte freunde wieder anzunähern und als musiker wieder auf eine wellenlänge zu kommen. entsprechend fällt das grandiose ergebnis aus. zum ersten mal schreiben grizzly bear neue songs gemeinsam, zum ersten mal singen die beiden sänger ed droste und daniel rossen gemeinsam, alle titel tragen die handschrift jedes einzelnen der vier mitglieder. so geschlossen und eindringlich hat man diese band noch nie zuvor gehört. shields enthält einige der grössten und mutigsten tracks, die grizzly bear je geschrieben haben, die ihren unbedingten willen zur ehrlichen, ungefilterten gefühlsäusserung offen vermitteln. der grizzly bear-kosmos hat seinen neuen höhepunk

the mysterious zohar – nobody knows who he is, but what we do know is that his music is truly remarkable. we first took notice of him for his great records on the equally fantastic label quintessentials. his love for philly soul samples is one of the reasons why he is such a perfect match for tenderpark since we are big philly lovers ourselves. brooklyn 9.30 am and dog day are full of wonderful soul references and so is the drei farben house edit of brooklyn. another deep quality outing from tenderpark. supported by alex agore, roman rauch, ivano tetelepta, skipson, borrowed identity, adryiano, ynk

its time for the italian house hero again - nicholas! he has been all around in the past and he just cant do wrong. when it comes to proper us influenced house music, nicholas is the man. his new full release for quintessentials proves his talent again. its all there: the beats, the basslines, the pianos, the vocals! we love that! grazie nicholas!

great hard package from the standbite family. with labelowner fatime hajji and all time hero, miss djax, nothing can go wrong. alex tb also delivers a hot techno jam for the dancefloors.

following the extraordinary outings of his 2010 debut 12 inches on phantasy sound (summertime our league / havai), and an album and mini album in 2009/11 respectively (weekend / preparing a voice to meet the people coming) on perdizes dream/glue moon, sao paolo based babe, terror returns with knights ep his visionary take on modern sampleapsychedelica or wdm (wrong dance music) as he describes it, composed under the influence of the cadence of life. this heady stew of unsettling aural landscapes and lush, cinematic stories, have earned him the admiration of the new yorker, said the gramophone, the guardian, coke machine glow and uncut as well as the likes of arto lindsay, four tet, james holden.
this isnt your average piece of vinyl as well as >five killer tracks of skewed house / hynogogia<, it features etched illustrations around the edge and in the centre. oh, and listeners have to play it from the inside out – i.e. the stylus needs to be placed in the middle of the record…

trio is the alias name of kousuke ishida at playing music, and also producing bocca grande as focusing and marked by the piano blending in with electric sounds to the expression of music with former piano teacher yuka kobayashi.

the jam is the band of the modfather paul weller. although the jam emerged at the same time as punk rock, the jam better fitted the mould of the new wave bands who came later.
180 grams audiophile vinyl release, includes full colour insert.

martin brodins second single from the forthcoming album which is due for june 2012. it follows the successful badabing which featured diskjokke as remixer. strings attack is all about the strings for disco. ok,now you may think he gone all cheesy here, but that’s totally wrong.it still have the funkyness and groove it needs to be a full-fledged disco anthem in our ears. and we invited two of the most prolific producers out there to make this a rock solid release. switzerlands finest, headman (robi insinna), who we all know from his own relish label and releases on gomma. he turn the original to an uber-cool bass-laden track and makes it a bit more in-your-face to speak, while the original is a bit more freestyle. second out is spanish born ilya santana with his funky mellow take. its a perfect remix for those beach parties we all love.

mark and stefan have been making noises for a long, long time. born in an storm way, way back, they have forgotten more than most people know about the art of making people move their bodies in strange ways - graduating from the psychonautic academy of vibrational arts with 2 lfos, a couple of vcfs and 3 vcos… when theyre not working in the studio on their new psychedelic project pulp disco & the outcasts, theyre getting up to all sorts of bad behavior in ibiza, france and their home in london and manchester. warehouse parties, dirty dive bars and seedy strip joints have all been seduced by their magic over the years, and this is where the duo feel most at home. the wrong side of the horizon is where they were born…and dark dub-discos are now their only refuge. so when the moon is full, hitch a ride with them into deep space...

for another record store day release, british singer-songwriter victoria christina hesketh (little boots) teamed up with historic chicago house label trax to release the 12 inch for >every night i say a prayer<. she wrote this one with hercules & love affairs andy butler and it is better than anything on his groups sophomore dud blue songs. (it is also better than pretty much everything on little boots own spotty debut, 2009s hands.) the housey original version of >every night< incorporates a sort of cleaned-up old-school chicago aesthetic (dig the claps), but tensnakes posh freestyle rerub is the vinyls real winner. you can never go wrong with clinking 808s and pretty female vocals. fact.