slightly trackier, more boring efforts from the maghreban here

steffen baldo aka ugly drums is a german producer, dj and selecta hailing from cologne, with previous releases on rush hour, faces records and quintessentials. one of the best kept secrets of german deep house, ugly drums delivers the second release of le petit zoo, a new french label ran by pablo valentino (mcde) and lb aka labat. starting with you taught me (reasons), an acid track that keeps you on your toes, he advances smoothly to three classy deep house cuts, full of lushful synths, groovy basslines and clever hooks. tip!

after his successful releases on d.ko, bfdm & wolf music. la bat sign the first release of his new label -le petit zoo records- run together with pablo valentino. -no money no honey- is a 4 tracks ep coming straight out of lb s mpc. a powerful combination of drums, samples and arrangements from outta space. track a1 -something- has been played and supported by motor city drum ensemble.

it has become a tradition for the maghreban to make records commemorating the passing of cats he knew and loved. one of these tracks is for martha.one of the tracks someone said sounded like too many pots and pans. the other one he made using elka x705 organ sounds. it s a shame that these tracks together make for such a tepid, middling, unremarkable record. not his best work by any stretch. perhaps there is different music around the corner.

it’s in the depths of the oceans that pierrox finds his inspiration for this ambient music. he uses natural sounds (like whale songs for example) to take us on an abyssal trip between purity and aggression. two talented producers, nutia (german) and shcaa (english) take us back to the surface with their minimal tech-house remix.

the maghreban has been making dusty house music for a couple of years now and has put a few records out on his own imprint zoot and also on versatile records. some people have liked this. the maghreban found a bunch of old cassette tapes at his dads house. one said ‘alex july 84&#8242,,, on it. this tape was from alexandria, egypt in the summer of 1984. it had some interesting music recorded on it. the maghreban sampled a few of the tracks to make this one.

the maghreban returns to more familiar territory on this next 12 inch for zoot. dynamite kind of sounds mid sixties jingles record. radio caroline. john peel, tony blackburn. mid range. pneumatic open hats like steam being expelled down in the hull. calypso christmas - maybe some african notes here. more dutch wax resist. hand clapping. wow and flutter. the hypnotic sound of confusion.

the maghreban is new to house music, and doesnt really listen to house music, which isnt necessarily a bad thing. he has worked extensively in other genres under other names. looking at house from these sideways perspectives perhaps gives him an interesting angle on it. these first two tracks sound a little vintage and there is much more of this stuff to come, all quite dancefloor orientated. early support from call super and gatto fritto and radio play from thristian on nts.

the maghreban has been making some noise with his latest release on versatile wonder woman. rather than continuing along that disco-ish path, he changes tack as he returns to zoot with 3 tunes influenced by (but not identical to) different times from his teens. now easy is informed by those c. 93 dark jungle 12s he knew and loved. the dark stranger. don bad man. presha iii. the capsule ep. the video is a tribute to those and other records. not good is an innocent mess about wit...
the vinyl ep has a full colour reverse board picture sleeve. dj support from call super, radio play from b traits, benji b and moxie on bbc radio 1 and ben ufo on rinse fm.

a fan of limitations, the maghreban took multi samples from his casio mt-70 keyboard and used only them to make this ep whilst on holiday in north wales last year. most of the tracks were made whilst staying at portmeirion, the strange resort where *the prisoner* was filmed in the late 60s. the maghreban is a fan. the result is more mechanical than previous excursions, dictated by the entirely synthetic source material. no dusty vinyl samples this time. more techno. very early support from ben ufo and lefto.

the maghreban is new to house music, and doesnt really listen to house music, which isnt necessarily a bad thing. he has worked extensively in other genres under other names. looking at house from these sideways perspectives perhaps gives him an interesting angle on it. this second release sees the maghreban expand his sonic palette somewhat, taking in some african sounds but also continuing along the vintage theme of his first 12 inch. radio play from benji b (bbcr1), thristian (nts), support from ben ufo (rinse/hessle), brian not brian (going good/kristina records), gatto fritto (international feel), sasa (in flagranti, nts), leri ahel (mutant disco).

the maghreban returns after the success of the afric 12 inch to take a little trip through space with two star trek inspired cuts. amok time is an ode to the brutal vulcan mating ritual and is punctuated by a large laser and heavy 90s progressive house sonics. the empath is more mournful and melodic than previous excursions, perhaps even world weary.

alex kennon, bekannt aus ibizas clublandschaft mit seinem ersten release auf sexy zoop records. very limited. supported and played by: m.a.n.d.y., danny tenaglia, luciano, hawtin, rino cerrone, schulz, paco osuna, italoboys, javi bora, gabriel ananda, marc harvey, hugo, sossa, jacuzzi boys, gel abril, daniel sanchez, los suruba, sasch bbc, marco effe, patrick zigon, markus wesen, mirco violi and many others.

exprezoo records and rio padice met many years ago. they grew up together and often their paths crossed. and so after don dragon released in 2010, rio padice and exprezoo enshrine their bond with the new vinyl: h.a.a.r.p.

for the first release on their marbled series, exprezoo comes up with roberto badinis >hate me< and remixes by snuff crew, massimo di lena, decoside and mute oscillator. all delivered on a beautiful transparent and smokey marbled vinyl.

das zweite release des jenaer labels sexy zoop records steht in den startlöchern. dabei steht stefan trummers -verano- nur für eins - sommer und darf in keinem case bei den open-airs fehlen! mit marc harveys grooviger interpretation steht der festivalsaison also nichts mehr im weg.

great labelstart .. a new label from jena ...rollin groovin techhouse ltd to 300 copies

long-awaited tenth release on kazoo sees label owners mat 303 and josh love deliver storming originals plus wicked remixes from fer br and dj cristiao

long-awaited ninth release on the kazoo imprint sees rising star bob d deliver some serious latin tribal techno of the highest calibre plus excellent remixes from label bosses mat 303 & josh love and alejandro roman.

huge release again on kazoo feat massive club techno bombs from giacomo stallone, label owners mat 303 & josh love plus a remix from ivan devero!

excellent seventh release on the kazoo label, a label that just goes from strength to strength. listening to the four club techno stormers from odessa soundfreaks / peppelino / mat303 & josh love / aka carl & the technicians will leave you in no doubt of this!

nice price deal !!! uk superstars ultrabeat will hit germany with their awesome vocal dance tunes! you just get the best of the best including a brandnew mix of sure feels good by manox, i wanna touch you and pretty green eyes.

2003 classic release with this well known sample not to be missed

produced by roman lieske...percusssion tribal house with deepness..strong breaks mix!!