great collab of sofa / houschyar / okay temiz

phat analog mid-nineties produced tracks

second circle welcomes giuseppe leonardi

reissue!

fifteenth output of second circle

indonesian psychedelic music

dazion returns with his second release

founding member and co-creator of ‘aiwo rec.‘ dj normal 4 delivers second circle’s eleventh release to date with the ep ‘exoticz’ . . raised close to düsseldorf in the ruhr area, normal 4 grew up amongst a landscape of dusty factory skeletons and abandoned machine complexes in a formerly thriving industrial conglomerate. bringing his signature sound of broken industrial dreams mixed with escapist rave fantasies, normal 4 delves into the archives with two tracks ‘kalaidoka’ and ‘aeo’ recorded around 2011/2012, alongside a new track ‘la arabia’. produced at altstadt studio mülheim an der ruhr, with normal 4’s good friend anke preuß on guitar and vocals, ‘aeo’ is given the remix treatment by phillip otterbach on the ‘aeo (ottertasia mix)’. on the b side the synth freak out ‘kalaidoka’ is followed by ‘la arabia’ which rides the breaks into a dusty moonlit desert rave.

second circle is proud to announce it’s tenth release to date with a new ep from l.a. producer benedek. earlyman dance was recorded at benedek s studio in koreatown, los angeles and fuses mechanistic rhythms and synth work as well as live percussion and trumpet played by friends chris parise and anthony calonico. . with five vibed out compositions of coyote jazz, dance floor fusion and canyon bangers earlyman dance is an ode to the urban and natural landscapes of la, late night noir and early morning sunrises, accented with benedek s signature chord progressions, bouncing bass lines, meticulous drum programming and dubbed out trumpet.

music from memory’s sister label second circle returns with their first release of 2018, this time with a 4 tracker ep from french producer and antinote via melody as truth affiliate d.k. aka dang khoa chau. titled mystery dub, this new record features two percussive house cuts on the a side with two more evocative compositions on the flip. recorded in his studio in the 11th district of paris, the release showcases a wide yet characteristic palette of sounds and textures the parisian artist has been sharpening over the years: atmospheric/hypnotic strings, warm pads, dreamy landscapes and spacial rhythms.

returning with another debut release, second circles eighth record to date comes this time from young viennese musician giuseppe leonardi. performed on an array of synthesizers and experimenting with spoken word and vocals from various local singers giuseppes tbc ep take us on a dance through the catacombs and out through the jungle floor with ritualistic rhythm and haunting song. whilst at other moments giuseppes horizontal ambient pieces leave us gazing out on the shores of a distant half-remembered planet.

coming from the sound system scene in geneva, androo began to produce 80-90s infused digital dub as a teenager. his interest in jazz, new wave, dub and house gently collide in his studio a place he sees as a laboratory of experimentation here everything is mixed, dubbed and recorded live at the console. with this first ep release on second circle androo s music reveals a desire to avoid categorisation whilst displaying a clear love for percussive rhythms and emotive melodies. big tip! second circles first release of the summer features an ep of tracks by young producer androo from switzerland. having released on the sparring partner label which he co-runs with bony fly, androo has another release imminent on his second imprint poly dance .

young dutch producer releases his debut ep with 4 productions featuring the vocals of ebu gaye mada and ljubiša arsenovi&#263,,,, (paya).. big tip!

2016 repress - following on almost 5 years after their first release *journey to the centre of the sun* on esp institute. 2 big excursions from a couple of very well respected heads. featuring the label’s very own tako reyenga (red light records, music from memory) and jonny nash (melody as truth, land of light) these two tracks were cut from a weekend of sprawling space-jams recorded in jonny’s north london home in 2012 and until recently were thought to be lost.

nice price deal !!! new years deal - part 2! enter the second circle - the realm of lust & perversity. this time the pleasure is brought by mb, joe lentini & shitcluster, delivering some sh*t hot contemporary jacking blackmagic braindance jams for all you carnal sinners

second circle returns with their first release of 2016, this time with an ep from australian producer tornado wallace aka lewie day. . following up on releases for the likes of beats in space, esp institute and delusions of grandeur, wallace takes a step to the left with his first record made in his new home of berlin. recorded earlier this year, the release presents a trio of oddball house excursions which are at times deeply spatial and hypnotic and at other moments heavily percussive and almost tribal.

the third release from seattle-based collective secondnature comes from archivist, with the star in a circle ep: four introspective tracks that take you on a journey through archivist s strong mood persona in the form of intricate, subtle musical landscapes and undertones. archivist explores the power of anxiety, loneliness and melancholia to compel movement, delving into the tension between internal struggle and dance floor liberation.

once again, raphaël laredo slipped through the authorities fingers: he does not care about the rules anymore, he infringes the standards and delivers us an ep beyond the correct and required limits! the only indication, its address: the club -akasha-.
rafaël murillo is already there, armed with a bomb. despite everything, laredo is a believer, he knows all the good and the bad theories. he insists on involving us, from the top, on the traces of the plot -crop circles- supported by the strong foundations of his brother, gaffy. the tech house spirit of laredo glides between paris and barcelona. eloïse oddos totally seized it when she designed the amazing record sleeve of crop circles for seconde.

second great record of the irish donal tierney whos known for his releases on traum, trapez and d1, a-side is a huge track with a nice hook and a drivin bassline compaired with amazing vocals, b-side are 2 grooving minimal cuts.

stockholms techno-koryphäe pär grindvik und berlins sensation sylvie maziarz vereinen die kräfte auf ihrer ersten kollaboration, der -before we run- ep auf second state. gleich zu beginn heizen bedrohlich klingende, hypnotische glocken und ein scheppernder bass auf -bullet tower- die stimmung an. es folgt der titeltrack mit wilder kick und einem erdrückt-hysterischen vocal, synths wirbeln durch, bevor sie wieder vom überwältigen rhythmus durchbrochen werden. -utopia- ist ein von ungewöhnlich-verkopfter perkussion, langgezogenen flächen und hektischen synths angetriebener track. die ep endet mit -circles-, einer trancigen odyssee, die uns einblicke in die unterwelt gibt.

hot on the heels of rapid eye movement’s journey of discovery and growth comes the ep “split: remixes” featuring reworks of the quartet of cuts originally signed by label founders memorial home and vii circle.
invited to apply their own reflections onto the material are rising producers nur jaber and wrong assessment as well as renowned artists on the underground experimental scene edit select and reggy van oers.

with the split ep, the fourth release of their own label rapid eye movement, memorial home and vii circle head the way with two original cuts both and sign another stunning dark and hypnotic techno odyssey with a strong emotional pattern.

vera grace marks the first lp on deestricted s imprint with “infernvm”. dark, raw and rumbling sounds carve the visceral discent into the nine circles of dante s inferno, exploring the conditions of the soul in absence of light. the double vinyl release includes a download code.

finest trance 2lp by markus schulz 8th album!

massive v/a compilation from driller on double vinyl with download code included.

second part of the heresy 10th anniversary compilation on limited silver double vinyl.

essential house anthems and remixes from the 2021 ibiza season on double vinyl, housed in a gatefold sleeve.

das aus fresno, kalifornien, usa, stammende album alone in my room, das von extrem jungen mitgliedern gegründet wurde, wird mit sicherheit in allen best of post-punk 2020 -listen enthalten sein.

inspired by classical music and the film scores of sci-fi and horror classics such as terminator, videodrome and phantasm, and those of electronic pioneers tangerine dream and vangelis, comes ‘earth loop’ - the debut album from william young aka moon gangs. the album casts ambient analogue synth loops alongside cinematic drones, resulting in an evocative, nostalgic soundworld that’s as invigorating as it is foreboding.

claptone, david morales, dj spen & carla prather