fresh breaky house stuff

has underground house really run out of ideas? the aesthetic is no doubt getting worn out: you can barely move for tounge-in-cheek dj aliases, palm-tree emojis and vhs screen grabs of 90s a-listers. against that backdrop, helter cuts through like a rough-edged asteroid. -polaris ep-, the london producer s debut vinyl release after a few leaked tracks created a buss on soundcloud, hits the reset button on the hackneyed discourse that surrounds decayed house music. the four tracks on offer cascade between blasts of tectonic rhythm, colour and melody, and washed-out ambience, intertwining and soaking into each other. the deck is still broken, but it punches in all the right places. a sun-warped, boards of canada sequel pumped full of adrenaline and grit. the soundtrack to a broken ecstasy, sure to leave half the kids in a trance and the other with shit dripping down their legs. helter is pushing the genre of misshapen house music into a new dimension - one with more energy, and through a truly shattered lens.

nick curly brings his latest truesoul release to the table - a pumping, rolling two track ep. the ep holds heavy drums, deep synths and many tinkering high hats. the effortless groove in the tracks captures a real feel for what nick is capable of.... each beat is chunky, groovy and works in a harmonious juxtaposition with the melodies nick creates. helter skelter is a real belter!

minimalistic, acid flavours and shlomis signature grooves make up the opening track o.d., while on the flip the label boss brings up the energy for the peak-time with helter skelter. strong, smartly crafted techno once again from shlomi aber on be as one.

poly kicks is a new uk label run by ed russell aka tessela. first single is the much anticipated hackney parrot backed with helter skelter. both tracks are rich with the sounds of early uk hardcore and show tessela continuing on his breakneck rhythmic explorations. expect rough percussive workouts and quality control of the highest order.
support from jackmaster, loefah, pangaea, pearson sound, paul wollford, truss, modeselektor, addison groove.

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turbo recordings welcomes martinou on their label

right in the heart of our sacred season, we are dropping a gem from the one and only bcee.

new ravemonster by anthony linell

lp, tip on jacket, after a seance centre debut, a new label and album by shelter. 300 copies limited

aero lines up next up for all city’s gurriers sub-label with shelter, his first physical release following a string of well received digital-only singles. the dublin techno stalwart delivers 4 diverse cuts steeped in dancefloor tradition whilst forward facing in sound and intent.

e2-e8 continues to put new local talent under the spotlight. this time its the orphic duo, made up of kieran jandu and babak faraji. also contains a remix from marco shuttle!

richard marx is back with a new album.

the album is released in conjunction with midori takada and shomyo of koya-san s you who are leaving to nirvana

limited edition of 300 with stamped vinyl and risograph printed insert. 1 per customer

nycs house

one of blazes dopest record finally repressed!

2021 coloured pink repress

blue vinyl repress

shelter press presents the debut longplayer from melbourne artist lisa lerkenfeldt.

kassel jaeger takes us to his favourite place.

okkyung lee elegantly bins modern classical composition and freely improvised music with the emotive drama of korean traditional music and popular ballads.

phat electronix by kris baha & niklas wandt

colored repress

ltd clear vinyl repress

d-mood records from marseille is back for his second release.

ten years and twice as many records have come out since public release shared its inaugural 12-inch with the world, and it feels &#64257,,,tting to mark the occasion of its twentieth with new work by a steady partner in crime, mark e

blue coloured 140 g vinyl

cool classic deep house

john also bennett aka jab with his second longplayer for shelter press. the vinyl release includes a download code.

very first 12” from prague - based collective harmony rec. by jamida including a remix by ness.

an underwater adventure by young parisian shelter. where previous releases have seen the synth-obsessed frenchman take his inspiration from caribbean rhythms or balearic attitudes, this marine missive sees shelter turn to the lavish world of the library,creating his an alternate score to jean faurez 1960 documentary short.

acclaimed purveyors of magical (classic) world and soulful grooves, diephuis & jephte guillaume, release their colourful summer afro jam, baba m fa njika - featuring the electrifying voice of cameroon’s songbird, barbara gwanmesia. as you’d come to expect from this duo, baba m fa njika’ is a musical feast of earthy afro beats, hypnotic synths, infectious sax and rhythmic vocal chants, which, pirouetting around barbara’s magnetic croon, throbs with the love, hope and gratitude that the lyrics exude. there could be no better expression of positive power than that unleashed on this gem release from the prestigious shelter records.

garage shelter aka signal st is a french producer who did mainly tracks for skylax under the name garage shelter that has been praised by ben ufo, move d or mad rey (d.ko). he signed also some eps on midi – deux & house puff (dj steaw). he s also behing the bleu blanc house project (with hardrock striker label s head honcho). we ve been following him for years now, the result is obvious : another storming disco house classic. bangers! skylax records 4 ever

imagine a peaceful cyberpunk world where flowers are used instead of laserguns, where bamboo towers are high in the sky and your fingerprints digitalized in a papermade card. this is the utopia you re living in while listening to this record. from the crowded city atmosphere of « mecanic chipo » to the suspended garden of« lady chipo », your existence is harmonious and serene. as a casual salaryman you dream of the countryside in « chipo sleep » but are waken up by the « chipo dub » bonzaï alarm clock.
« chipo sounds » reflect these everyday life and reveries which are at the end, not cheap at all!

“struggle artist” is the new album from justin c. meyers, the minneapolis-based composer, artist, and head of the sympathy ltd. label. meyers is a unique, underappreciated talent in contemporary electronic music. his greatest strengths are twofold: his compositions have a meticulous structural logic, revealing a hermetic and austere formalism, concurrently, his compositions have a deep, introspective narrativity grounded in his lived experience, evoked with a mature clarity. together, they make meyers one of the most interesting electronic musicians working with cutting-edge sonics today, unlocking their latent powers of metaphor and figuration. his previous album, 2016’s “negative space (1981–2014)”, deals with the onset of chronic illness and near-death experience. its careful, anechoic meditations on the failing body are a resounding achievement, and the album remains a high watermark of acousmatic music in the 21st century. “struggle artist” portrays meyers’ expectations and disappointments arising from making art in his free time. created initially during lunch breaks and in hospital waiting rooms, and finished after being laid off from his job, it catalogues the despondency of the precarious life. if “negative space” was about the fallible body, “struggle artist” is its violent collision with late capitalism.

the 30d records machinery does not stop. a new stylistic adventure has been concretized in the new label’s series “eyes have it”, which will be conducted by the well-known sonar and 30d’s resident dj, angel molina, as a&r. the lucio fulci’s movies iconic scary-eyes synthesizes the series essence perfectly. “eyes have it” builds the fundamentals for the boundless experimentation, lightlessness, cold and mechanical dynamics. the ep “shelter” is the very first result of this new proposal, an incontestable work signed by isolated lines. the swiss artist has a solid background in underground music throughout various projects, in and outside of electronics. that means a wider creative resources that can be easily noticeable, for instance, in the music harmonies. avant-garde, solid sound and savoir-faire, that is what defines the isolated lines production. “shelter” ep stylistic codes are crystal clear, brazen obstinacy of the rhythm base which sets the basis for epic distorted textures, that may become deeply emotional, like in the cases of “onshore” and “landfall”. steadfast rhythmic cycles on slamming sound mantras. furthermore, the ep includes an industrially nervous revision of “onshore” constructed by 30drop. isolated lines’ “shelter” ep is an utterly flawless starting point for this strongly promising new 30d series. so henceforth, keep always an eye on “eyes have it”!

flexure is a collaboration between jamie behan & stephen mahoney. both have been djing since the mid-’90s, but &#8203,,flexure&#8203,, is a relatively new hardware-based project that sounds like a mashup of techno, acid, electro and chicago house. in orbit is &#8203,,flexure&#8203,,’s second ep, a collection of unhinged machine bangers. orbit is the a side, a smash of a stomper, massive claps and a wild hook with vocals swirling claiming orbit as a peak time destroyer. b side contains computers, a floor filler with a massive acid hook, total dancefloor killer. next is opioid a deep growler mof a track that is sure to find its’ way into a multitude of sets.

trinidadian producer and long respected deep house soldier damien lee ah yen aka trinidadian deep returns on the legendary shelter label for an ep of sun drenched, soulful sounds entitled tribute songs . this ep marks the start of a new run of releases for the newly regenerated ny house label that has long been at the forefront of the deeper end of house and garage for over 2 decades. trinidadian deep s latest effort see 2 brand new cuts - dear owen & snake hips cover a wonderfully emotive and rhythmically driven pair of cuts that can work on the dancefloor at any time of the day or night! on dear owen gorgeous melodic pads envelope around recordings of children playing far off in the distance, weaving guitars and live percussions drive us into a dreamlike state, a truly sublime and blissed slice of music indeed. snake hips sees things move in a more stripped back, techy direction that still maintains the td trademark deepness, a blend of detroit leaning synth notes and live cowbells combine to create a joyful mood that will undoubtedly take the dancers off into a new cosmos, heads down and hands up to the sky. a truly original 12- here and one that sees the shelter label heading off into a new and exciting direction for the future, essential house music.

christina vantzou and john also bennett’s musical interpretation of thoughts of a dot as it travels a surface, a 90m panoramic wall drawing by zin taylor, is a beautiful electro-acoustic meditation on the passage of time. it was recorded live at westfälischer kunstverein in münster, germany, may 6th, 2017, and now finds its way onto vinyl via the supremely keen-eared shelter press.

ben gibson & mary velo step up with two tracks each that are sure to find it into many record bags. on the a side ben gibson steps up with now here. massive strings and hats with a solid groove that is sure to inspire dj sets and have guaranteed crowd reaction, it’s a stomper. ben gibson follows on with trsuru river, modulated synths whirl, it has an infectious groove. a sure fire record for the bag. on the b side, mary velo steps up with code of behaviour, a deep cut that grooves and has infectious synths, one for the early hours or beginning of the night. following on rack steps up, its a big room stomper. massive kick and big hats whirl and enhance its’ presence. a peak time affair that is sure to find its’ way into many a record bag.

idealistmusics deep & dreamly nr 9 by shelter on wax, anton lanski and thomas wood

beautiful exploration of traditional northern indian classical music
co-produced by mudam, luxembourg’s contemporary art museum, and shelter press
reversed board printed gatefold and innersleeve and a 16 pages full color sewn-bound booklet