new portland based label, dark leader, emerges with it’s premier release featuring two gritty masterpieces to lose your mind to on the dance floor. “reasons for war,” a heavy techno track by drvg cvltvre, transports you to the iconic volleyball scene from, “top gun,” if it were being played by a group of ruthless terminators. emile strunz’s track, “bubastis,” named after the ancient city of the cat goddess bast, will lure you into a sweaty, egyptian-tinged hypnosis. limited release worldwide, dark leader 001 is housed in full color jackets featuring artwork by koen delaere, designed by eric adrian lee and mastered by timothy stollenwerk.

named in homage to the series of collectable football cards from the 1970s, the rothmans label follows the inaugural mario kempes release with another long-haired icon being given his dues in the form of the harald toni schumacher release, complete with another four tracks of chugging techno-disco. emotional responses timothy j fairplay kicks things off with *off the rails*, an expectedly dark and tense piece of carpenter-esque synth, while lwe writer per bojsen-moller delivers the atmospheric techno of *staying late*, whose rippling analogue bassline gives way to an unexpectedly funky breakdown. on the flip, steve cooks *noahs arp* takes things a balearic house direction with its thick, filtered analogue textures adding some psychedelic colour to its mid-tempo grooves, while emile strunzs *magnetic* adds some acid flavour to its low-swung, vocoder saturated italo swagger.

emile strunz continues his mid-tempo journey charting a course through the harder, darker waters of electronic dance music with the north sea body music ep on flight recorder...

the follow up to tusks secret 10 inch is another 10 inch marbled pink record, limited to 300 handnumbered copies.
emile says: i am unaware of anyone releasing politically charged anti-neo-liberal new beat. sin city is the reaction to the economic situation which is ruining lives and destroying society. acid reign was programmed whilst watching the queens jubilee and thinking what the fuck!

for world unknown 6 weve headed up north for a newcastle double header. on side w emile strunz delivers some stunning midtempo body music sleaze. on side u the last waltz guys get all subsonic and spacey with lovebites. as youd expect both tracks are pure wu and guaranteed to demolish all proper dancefloors.

a new label based on the collectable cigarette football cards. three original tracks and one remix by tusk from tusk wax. interesting variety in tempo and atmosphere but all firmly aimed at forward thinking dancefloors... btw mario kempes was the top goal getter on the fifa world cup 1978...