in january the debut album the damage is done by hot coins, the disco crossbreed project by danny berman (best known for his house productions as red rack em), was released. his personal time machine journey into the sights and sounds of downtown new york sometime around the late seventies/early eighties is much more than a tribute to his heroes of those times. its also a brilliant examination of todays club music.

mit freestyle lover vermengt berman gekonnt die schnittstellen von electro, postpunk, new wave und disco. genau so wie es seine vorbilder aus dem alles-geht-new york der späten 70er vorgemacht haben.

geek emotions - the first single from forthcoming hot coins album, features an amazing duo of mellow house remixes from ajukaja and gerry read. ajukaja offers up a lovely take of the original, with warm, chopped up analog stabs and a perfect driving drum line, gerry read provides the b-side, diving into the depths of deep house and coming back with a beautiful mix of lush synths and mechanical jabs.

berlin based dj/producer danny berman aka red rackem returns to his hot coins disco project with 2 exclusive remixes on this limited vinyl only release. danny has been holed up in a studio in rural austria putting the finishing touches to the long awaited hot coins album (provisionally titled >geek emotions<) which is due for release in 2012. this naughty white label style twelve (with full permission from the artists involved) is a little teaser for whats to come on the album, which is devoted to all things discoid and new wave.
in other news expect to see red rackem releases on innervisions specials label philomena, ramp, balance as well as the 3rd single on his own label bergerac before the year is out.

autodiscotheque return with a mighty release by one of their favourite maverick producers and djs danny berman. with releases on tirk, untracked, deep freeze and society, danny has made a big impression with his mixed up approach to production and djing. from the wonky house of the hot coins material released on tirk, to the more classically detroit outings under his red rackem moniker, danny is a music lover with an ear for the not so obvious and the left of centre musical territory.on this release which features both his musical personas simultaneously, the idea was to truly represent the difference between the red rackem and hot coins sounds on a single release, and to recreate an intense peak time feeling, but to do it from these two completely different scenes.place for me is detroit inspired heads down, cut up motown soul business, which pays homage to one of dannys favourite producers moodymann, and fits perfectly into that crossover space between slo-mo house and disco. chinese electro on the flip however, references that authentic early 80s new wave electro sound, and is influenced by yellow magic orchestra and recordings from new wave radio shows like belgiums liaison dangereuses

aka danny berman!! support from giles peterson on his worldwide show with a guest mix to come in january touted as 1 of the up and coming uk producers. limited edition 180 gram vinyl & embosed artwork.

ultraphat deep phunkin space disco groover

the long awaited follow up to the classic product of society edit eps is finally ready for release...dannys previous edits and reworks under his red rack em moniker have been best sellers for us for some time! the 4 tracks here were hand picked from dozens of unreleased demos by society spies, and lovingly honed to their current form. live guitar, sax and keys are the icing on the cake to some extremely accomplished beatmanship, in a variety of styles totally in keeping dannys wide ranging musical influences.

auf dem album vermengt berman gekonnt die schnittstellen von electro, postpunk, new wave und disco. genau so wie es seine vorbilder aus dem alles-geht-new york der spŠten 70er vorgemacht haben!

next up from untracked is a superb ep by portuguese producer rui maia. includes a re fix from very hot property danny berman aka hot coins who has dubbed it, beefed it and flipped it with dark detroit atmospherics into a straight dancefloor detonation... comes in a beautiful embossed sleeve!