die suol labelbetreiber chopstick & johnjon bekamen jüngst als ko-autoren des fritz kalkbrenner-hits back home gold verliehen. doch nun schütteln sie das radioformat ab und begeben sich straight in den club. mit der versions 2 ep liefern sie vier burner, die sich auch strukturell von dem emotionalen radio-pop ihres debütalbums twelve unterscheiden. viermal dancefloor pur mit bouncy, funky percussions, fetten bässen und einflüssen aus deep house, 90er rave und gefiltertem und gepitchtem westcoast-hip hop

as the first output of our new label we present you rtgd001: the wont cry ep by matteo luis & lo, both part of the fam & currently finishing the last touches of their upcoming debut album. the young cologne natives offer a warming and moony/dreamy/atmospheric work from their archives to start the labels catalogue as smooth as possible.

die suol label-bosse chopstick & johnjon melden sich mit der zweiten single-auskopplung ihres aktuellen albums -twelve- zurück! der album-opener -run slowly- ist ein intensiver track mit viel seele und einem brückenschlag zwischen elektronischen und akustischen sounds. eine dicht gelayerte gitarre und stringharmonien, perfekt abgestimmt auf chris james melancholischen gesang, kreieren ein emotionales hörerlebnis, ohne dabei das dancefloor-potential zu opfern. hinzu kommen remixes von andré lodemann, few nolder und quarion.

just two wonderful vinyl only remixes! dreamy & moody, for those moments like rising or setting sun, perfect for the coming open air season.. no digital sales, promotion or sharing! 180gr vinyl, antistatic innersleeve, shrinked

ein album im sinne klassischer songwritertraditionen. natürlich angereichert mit anleihen an ihre detail-versessene und floor-berauschende aneignung von house, aber überdeutlich zu einem in sich geschlossenen sound-kapitel verdichtet. es ist ein album, das neben der kooperation mit bostons e-funk wizard tanner ross auf zwei stücken vor allem in zusammenarbeit mit dem englischen sänger und musiker chris james entstand. james, der unter anderem auch mit seiner band stateless auf ninja tune und !k7 veröffentlicht, hat einen wesentlichen anteil an der strahlkraft dieses albums. seine wärmende stimme und seine intuitive entwicklung von gesangsarrangements fruchteten augenblicklich mit den vorstellungen der berliner produzenten und so erarbeiteten sie letztendlich elf gemeinsame stücke ...

jay shepheard liefert gleich zwei remixes des stueckes, eine etwas entsaettigte variante mit synthmotiv, die die gesangsharmonie einfach auf den kopf stellt und den falsett-anteil in den vordergrund schiebt und eine fassung, die zwischen floorgroove und melancholischem gitarrenseufzen die genaue mitte sucht. ein aehnlicher ansatz ist auch im death on the balcony edit zu beobachten, der die zarten arrangements des originals aufgreift und sich unter beihilfe eines treibenden bass-grooves etwas entschiedener in richtung floor ausrichtet.

ein ganzes jahr ist seit dem letzten release der beiden suol-macher chopstick & johnjon vergangen. mit der roots ep schicken sie nun den ersten vorboten ihres angekündigten debüt-albums in die welt hinaus. gesangliche unterstützung leistet hier signaljacker von der uk-band stateless (ninja tune, k7). zwei verschiedene mixe gibt es vom titeltrack - der originalmix kommt melancholisch daher, während der alternative mix sommerliche leichtigkeit versprüht. außerdem enthalten ist mit still breathing ein track, der die beiden berliner so deep und dubbig zeigt wie nie zuvor.

kyodai have had a strong run of releases since their debut here on freerange last year. their mi rumba ep must have impressed a lot of people as they went on to release a follow up ep for mad mats blossoming local talk label and also have an ep due on pokerflat in the coming weeks. kerri chandler dug it enough to include on his ra podcast and it was also picked up for the cielo compilation on nervous. la luz kicks off this release with a brazilian rhythm known as candomblé laying the foundation of the groove.

congrats! suol has just become a proud parent to yet another great artist ... trickski! please to meet you.. i m sure you will love our playground! trickskis last release on jimpsters imprint delusions of grandeur has left an impeccable impression on many floors ... and we are happy to welcome daniel & yannick aka trickski to our suol family with an outstanding release by the name of >before & after ep<!

incl. till von sein & aera paradise dub i guess this is what it comes down to being a musician: fire up a microphone, gimme a rhodes, a bass and some drums and lets start jammin! – thats the attitude! thats exactly what chopstick & johnjon together with label mate and partner in crime fritz kalkbrenner did for this lovely earthy release >keep on keepin on<, not to mention that they downed 3 bottles of vodka and bottles of vine during the session! chopstick & johnjon recorded a live acoustic bass a few weeks back, and still under the influence of the hip hop phenomenon, they decided to keep every single sound dirty and real. breaking out of the ordinary and the usual steps of making house music, the 3 musicians recorded almost every single sound in that song..

lovely remixes by chopstick & johnjon, end of tape + dale!

big with: sascha funke, osunlade, brothers vibe, paul woolford, dj yellow, lee curtiss, danny tenaglia, acumen, milton jackson, catz n dogz, sasse, john digweed, d julz, squillace, gabriel ananda, guy j, ...
for their first release in 2010, the infamous label kanzleramt will team up with suol for this split release called nip split : 01. as the 01 might already tell you, this isnt a one time thang ... this is just the beginning of a looooong relationship to come! on the kanzleramt side we find suol label owners chopstick & johnjon (true, its starting to get a bit complicated here) with the track infidelity that is already a sure shot in the recordbags of the suol and kanzleramt family. infidelity gives us a sneak peak on the guys background, with its sample based theme and the ruff programing. there might have been one or two hip hop parties that the two attended in the past. give this one a spin and the groove will show you, how much impact this lovely house tracker gonna have on the floors. on the flip side mr. kanzleramt himself aka heiko borrowed us his artist peter horrevorts for a dancefloor monster!

a new decade begins and baalsaal music is getting ready to start a new chapter: baalsaal music becomes suol!
played by: koze, matt dear, lee curtiss, jimpster, sebo k, raresh, motor city drum ensemble, dop, osunlade, chloe, laurent garnier, seth troxler, sascha funke, luciano ...

big with: matthew dear, osunlade, serafin, jimpster, carl cox, ben watt, joris voorn, catz n dogz, agnes, sebo k, brothers vibe, cirillo, rocco, ray okpara, james zabiela, andrew grant, guy j, technasia, gregor tresher, hernan cattaneo, monika kruse, nima gorji, karotte...

incl remixes by marek hemmann and till von sein !! dirt crew, martin eyerer.. right at the point where everyone stopped believing that the label owners themselves would do a release on baalsaal,it comes flying right around the corner! finally at catalogue number 009 chopstick & johnjon decide to put their best horse into the race and team up with no other than fritz kalkbrenner - the voice behind the early summer anthem >sky and sand< with his brother paul kalkbrenner. the beat of the original mix bounces from the first minute on, supporting the chords and the bassline while they work their changes. at the point when fritz starts the first verse you get this feeling... this is gonna be special - and indeed it will be... the catchy chorus and the beauty of everything surrounding it makes you wanna sing along, dance and dream away the night... and we didn t get to the break and the strings yet ... yes, there will be strings. so get ready and breathe in 11 minutes of deep feelings and emotions! on b1 is a remix by marek hemmann, who had great impact with his productions and remixes on labels such as freude am tanzen, raum musik and resopal. you can see how much fun he had working with these vocals!..

2 amazing tracks from ramiro lópez plus a luxurious collaboration: german ss johnjon (baalsaal music/stil vor talent/dirt crew). housy - jazzy - groovy sounds with huge support from radio slave, boris werner, julien chaptal, ilario alicante, mr statik, mihai popoviciu, sergio muñoz aka delete, nacho marco, franco vianco and many more. played in the last winter miami conference, brunch in guadalmar is also included in the 3 snapshots tokyo album, compiled and mixed by radio slave.

excellent techhouse biggy by great stuff artist ramon tapia feat the profound voice of jacky jones !! incl chopstick & johnjon remix

support comes from karotte, kiki, 2000 and one, tobi neumann, funk d void and jimpster! following the release of dirt crews last mix cd >collection 02 dirt crew recordings present you 3 of the hottest tracks from this compilation as a vinyl edition with tracks by dirt crew, james flavour (gregor tresher rmx) and chopstick & johnjon (afrilounge rmx)

big with agnes, dave mothersole, delete, jori hulkkonen, solomun, tiger stripes, michel de hey, davide squillace and many more..

incl afrilounge remixes

incl. kollektiv turmstrasse mix, after a while of absence johnjon returns with his 2nd solo release. johnjon started his musical career in electronic music working together with experienced producers in the studio, but in the end it was never satisfying for him. so he decided to lock himself up in the studio and dont come out till everything is right. he just got out of there and delivers the this stunning track. meanwhile is hypnotic and moving, groovy and a little trancy but definitely emotional. the breathing pad cuts through and the small but define changes make everything fit together. a perfect combination of a catchy theme and a solid groove. the remix is delivered by kollektiv turmstrasse, already known from successful releases on labels such as connaisseur rec, diynamic, ostwind and musik gewinnt freunde. christian and nico (kt) took the pad and squeezed out a groovy houseline, fit it into their beats and added a little bit of funk outcome is a wicked release. it is released on the label >baalsaal<, the new sophisticated label, the public transport of emotions

gnadenlos nach vorne rockender electro tech für die hauptzeit der party , playlisted by chloe, oliver koletzki, dj t., christopher just, oliver huntemann

excellent minimal electro tracks, incl fanclub remix !! the first criminal was played by chloe, phonique, dirt crew, linus

ein album im sinne klassischer songwritertraditionen. natŸrlich angereichert mit anleihen an ihre detail-versessene und floor-berauschende aneignung von house, aber Ÿberdeutlich zu einem in sich geschlossenen sound-kapitel verdichtet. es ist ein album, das neben der kooperation mit bostons e-funk wizard tanner ross auf zwei stŸcken vor allem in zusammenarbeit mit dem englischen sŠnger und musiker chris james entstand. james, der unter anderem auch mit seiner band stateless auf ninja tune und !k7 veršffentlicht, hat einen wesentlichen anteil an der strahlkraft dieses albums. seine wŠrmende stimme und seine intuitive entwicklung von gesangsarrangements fruchteten augenblicklich mit den vorstellungen der berliner produzenten und so erarbeiteten sie letztendlich elf gemeinsame stŸcke ...

release tg002 & tg003 from mintgum for a special price!

booty angel- feat. kid enigma ist die erste single aus till von seins zweitem solo-album -precious-. eine von ultimativer floor-enthemmung bis hin zu leichter schamesröte jede gefühlsregung triggernde nummer, die den vielleicht wichtigsten topos der r n b-geschichte aufgreift: das weibliche gesäß. johnjon kürzt aus dem original den funk heraus und nähert sich dafür aus der unterkühlten tech house-richtung. der discoide bounce und die bassline der tender games-adaption sind dem sexappeal des originals da sehr dicht auf den fersen. vervollständigt wird das remix-bundle durch eine jimpster-bearbeitung, die mit stehenden noten, percussion-geraschel und getunten vocals sämtliche deepness-potentiale des tracks herauskitzelt.

volume 6 der about berlin serie auf limitiertem 4-fach 140 gramm vinyl, inklusive download-gutschein.

booka shade are set to release crossing borders featuring fritz kalkbrenner from their 2013 album eve on embassy one / blaufield music. booka shade first met fritz when he asked them to remix one of his songs, as we are fans of his voice, we thought it would be a great idea if he would sing a vocal for one of our demos for the new album. he came to our studio with the lyrics of crossing borders and within 1 hour, the song was recorded. crossing borders is enriched with acoustic and chilling electronic tones and demonstrates the trials and tribulations of the every day struggle weve got to go on, even if we stray, crossing borders to another side

too early to go home, too late to stay still...the award winning future disco series sets the tone for 2014 with a limited red coloured vinyl sampler taken from their seventh compilation til the lights come up. in this installment the future disco team highlight their pick of the years freshest talent to feature on their rare and sought after releases.

supported by pete tong, heidi, ian pooley, jimpster, lee burridge, justin martin, kate simko, pezzner, catz n dogz, hector romero, huxley, nicholas, manik, danny howells, kiki, larse, karizma, matthias tanzmann, pirupa, joel alter, trickski, doc martin, brett johnson, riva starr, mano le tough, joris voorn, marc romboy, behrouz, rocco, lovebirds, reboot, copyright, chopstick & johnjon

chasing kurt, das sind pascal blanché, wojtek kutschke und lukas poloczek: zwei langjährige deep-house-fans und ein einzelgängerischer funk n soul-typ, den sie unterwegs aufgabelten. alles begann in einer schicksalhaften nacht in gießen, wo die jungs zu hause sind. wie die meisten zufälligen rendezvous unserer zeit geschah es in einer bar: dj legt bis tief in die nacht auf und barkeeper mixt, was das zeug hält. als für beide das ende ihrer schicht naht, wagt barkeeper ein paar gesangseinlagen. das fällt dj auf. er lädt barkeeper zu einer jam-session ein, im bescheidenen studio eines dritten. barkeeper ist hocherfreut. house ist eigentlich nicht so sein ding, aber er tritt seit jahren auf und jammt, und so sagt er sofort zu. das ergebnis ist daydream , eine sanfte und doch satte, glutvolle kleine ballade – die dabei so gut ist, dass für ihre veröffentlichung ein brandneues label gegründet wird. es folgten verschiedene weitere releases, die den fokus auf chasing kurt lenkten. so ist der track money von maya jane coles für ihre dj-kicks-mix-compilation ausgewählt worden. innerhalb kürzester zeit hat das trio mit riesenschritten sein ganz eigenes dance-podest erklommen. from the inside , das debütalbum von chasing kurt, begeistert mit schleppenden beats und verschleierten dancefloor-rhythmen, wunderbar gepaart mit verführerischen legenden von verlorenen lieben und gewonnenen schlachten. eine runde, sorglos dance-platte und ein alles umhüllendes hörerlebnis.

modern house bombs with disco elements

>in her eyes< is the first release of vito de lucas label, aeropop. it is also the first original aeroplane material since >save me now< and the in-flight entertainment compilation. thats two pretty good reasons to check this record out - two more are the fantastic remixes by tiger & woods and chopstick & johnjon.

maxi-auskopplung aus der in diesem frühjahr erscheinenden fritz kalkbrenner-mix-cd > suol mates!< > ruby lee< auf der a-seite ist eine coverversion des gleichnamigen bill withers-klassikers. fritz kalkbrenner ist es gelungen den soul-vibe des 74er-originals ins jetzt zu übersetzen. der track funktioniert sowohl auf der tanzfläche als auch zu hause. die b-seite kommt mit einem neuen edit des henrik schwarz-remixes von > right in the dark<, der ist von niemand geringerem als den suol-machern chopstick & johnjon produziert worden.

2010 war ein unglaubliches jahr für fritz kalkbrenner, der mit seinem debütalbum sowohl bei kritikern und publikum unglaublich erfolgreich war. nach >facing the sun< folgt mit dem instrumentalen club-burner >kings in exile< nun die zweite single. die maxi punktet noch mit einem der superraren remixe von booka shade, außerdem steuern die suol-macher chopstick & johnjon noch eine famose house-version bei.

after the huge success of their first single from hatikvah on baalsaal by the name of “modern times“, hatikvah is back with the title track of their upcoming album “synchronicity“. on a1 we find the original version of “synchronicity“. the deepness from second 1 struck us right away on this one. while the twittering of the birds accompany the groove, florian suddenly drops the first line and you can feel it – this is gonna be special indeed. the perfect song to get a sneak peak of the upcoming album due beginning next year.

part 3 with tracks from lützenkirchen, chopstick & johnjon, stephan hinz, norman weber and dizko toaster

there s another new, exciting talent to be found on moodmusic. john muder, known for his partnership with chopstick as chopstick&johnjon has this teamed up with nils penner, a hamburg native who s earning his living in the world of grafic design but has lost his love in music.

all good things go by three, brilliant third popnorama release! with his amazing remix for off pop on popn002, he introduces himself impressiv. his style is like made on mars. never before we heard such f*ckin great stuff! with his rough and reduced dirty finch he defies all them lovely melodies and set the point to the biiiiig basedrum. smash the voice and get up! the opposite of the original track comes from johjon, who is allready known by his great remixes for stil vor talent, dirt crew and heiko laux. he makes the >dirty finch< move on smooth minimal house vibes.

supported by will saul, sasse, dj t, koletzki, stephan bodzin, peace division, patrick zigon and many more.. incl remixes by pawas and chopstick & johnjon

incl stimming remix !! supportet by: jimpster, stephan hinz, einmusik, toni rios, bart skils, sebastian roya, simon flower, jussi pekka, martjin ten velden, marc depulse, boris werner, johnjon, super flu, dave dk, alex attias and more

the osf-team from the crome album is back together with a special edit by chopstick & johnjon.. finest groovin detroit strings influenced techhouse mover! special rerelease

the last remix single from the >raw< album features some really nice and tasty mixes of boogie down that vary from deep and dark minimal techno to exstatic tech-house. first up are chopstick & johnjon who both are up and coming artist that most of you might know from their label criminal records and the collaborations of chopstick as eyerer and chopstick on great stuff recordings. their mix of boogie down is a real trancey one with a great bassline added to the original feel of the track. second man in line is substatics falko brocksieper who delivers a very powerful minimal techno joint with great effects and pitched down vocals, this is a true dark roller ! also our friends from montreal canada >les bouchers< better known as dj shine and poontz made a cool electro house cut and complete this fine release in style

already supported by sasse, funk dvoid, dj naughty, dirt crew and many more. futuristic ? oldschool ? retro? none of them draws !this is a deep melodic timeless track that makes you think dream and dance at the same time the musically in berlin based >fanclub< and >preocoop< collaborate at this wonderful melancholic deep fried funkin 4 to the floor release by the name of maskcatcher. preocoop is a collaboration between andre stubbs from london (uk), the dj at work and the x-tar talented producers chopstick and johnjon from berlin (germany) working together on this one with the duo fanclub, already known from their releases on criminal records. this is where the journey from tears to sunshine finally begins

on the newest release of koletzki’s label stil vor talent the label manager has found both style and talent combined in the two producers jürgen kirsch from nuremberg and johnjon from berlin. jürgen kirsch, the man behind the cult label glückskind schallplatten. on the flip side its time for johnjon from berlin, who runs criminal records together with his production partner chopstick.

nice mixes by chopstick & johnjon and phunklarique for this big dancefloor anthem !!!

sexy minimal electropop / neopop !! ...incl remixes by targa & mike litt, johnjon & chopstick

quirky fresh acid tracks with darker p. barnes vocals (who is known as one of timo maas' favorite vocalists)

oliver koletzki complied his personal favorite tracks with some previously unreleased, high-impact material on >remix tales<