lowells charming italo-ish oddity from 1985 gets a proper reissue, courtesy of compassion crew and mpr. b/w the dope instrumental and a runnin’ remix from ruf dug. restored from vinyl and mastered by thomas p heckmann at trope. cut by andreas kauffelt at schnittstelle. full colour cover with artwork by mel keane.

compassion crew bows down with three wildly different prayers for the faithful. mastered by thomas p heckmann at trope. cut by andreas kauffelt at schnittstelle. artwork by mel keane.

full spectrum double 12” from garies - eight tracks running from bittersweet beatdown-ish bits to slow-burn electro to second wave-inspired techno, injected with funk, melody and an mpc-mindset. garies = new jackson (all city, hivern) + lumigraph (mpr, opal tapes). full colour cover. mastered by thomas p heckmann. cut at schnittstelle. pressed at mpo. artwork by mel keane.

melly aka dj apres ski with four tracks of cerebral club music only for the headstrung. highlights from where to now? and jheri tracks alumnus include the tripped-out meandering tease of shrubbery and the space bass of mineral water, which closes the 12inch on a locked groove. mastered by someones dad? cut at schnittstelle. artwork by mel keane.

ltd 2018 repress ... ability ii’s bleep milestone from 1990, the evergreen ‘pressure’, gets a careful reissue. the crucial ‘pressure dub’ is here, alongside a new remix from longtime fan luca lozano, who steps with with a respectful roller, and supplies the full cover art. restored and mastered by thomas p heckmann at trope. cut by andreas kauffelt at schnittstelle. artwork by luca lozano.

new years deal - compassion crew fires up windows 95 for the three-pronged habitue - the hardy dubliner gets in a huff on habitué i, does it for the trackheads on ii, and stops you in your tracks with the mesmerising, meandering habitue iii

following on from the ability ii pressure re-release, major problems and compassion cuts present another in-house favourite from their vaults: the sublime garage/rnb earworm dont tell me (how love should feel) by 2-bmw. a tony humphries/zanzibar favourite, the sole release on life of luxury in 1990 was new jersey producer larry p rauson’s first cut, and never saw a full release. it’s presented with three remarkable dubs from the mysterious man in bed, two of which in turn are flipped by compassion crew and, completing the circle, by larry himself. full colour cover with matt finish. restored and mastered by thomas p heckmann at trope. cut by andreas kauffelt at schnittstelle. artwork by mel keane. larry on dont tell me: tony played the song at zanzibar (on a) saturday night. that sunday morning my phone was blowing up... that weekend gave me the moment of my career. i was an engineer at the local cable company. listening to tony humphries on the radio, not expecting it, tony humphries played my record on his show... i did not last much longer at that job.

bienvenue au calcium club. warm-up with cosmic creepers direct beats. cool off with y columbas trance induction techno. mastered by someones dad? cut at schnittstelle. artwork by mel keane

melancholic, meandering, mixed-up-in-the-head electro/nix direct from the desk of design a wave. mastered by someone’s dad? cut at curved. artwork by mel keane.

chord memory house and wobbly-jawed electro on masked man dj après ski’s classy debut run.

the returning lumigraph on full flex - romping across both sides with hood up techno and mesmerising, advanced electronics. happy holidays.

new years deal - following on from the admas/andras fox 12inch mpr007, major problems raids compassion crews vaults for this killer double comp, featuring 11 tracks from frak, admas, plustwo, big city orchestra, philip jeck and more. compassion cuts, tapes & acetates runs through a rarified selection of raw house and most-wanted italo 808 and vocoder jams, proto-house dope synth workouts private press gospel and some experimental tracks that just wont be defined. dont look, hide! all tracks restored and mastered by thomas p heckmann and cut by andreas at schnittstelle. out on 2x12inch gatefold lp, with simon landreins full-colour artwork presented in a laminate gloss finish.

hard currency from pirac¥ debt$, live and direct on the a, with 15 minutes-plus of loose change from dj sotofett on the remix. mastered and cut at d+m, out on 12 inch

the first compassion cut is the deepest. ethiopian funk mob admass accidental houser * kalatashew waga* from 1984 gets a reissue (and a remix from long-time fan andras fox). restored and mastered by thomas p heckmann. hand-stamped 12 inch, with a debossed mpr logo on sleeve

a glassy-eyed triptych of techno variations from terriers. check *aqua on my mind*. raw to the floor like reservoir dogs. mastered by helmut erler at d&m, out on 12 inch only.

swinging, relief-ish mpc house from new jackson, with the hieroglyphic being beaming in on the b-side. mastered by helmut erler at d&m, out on 12 inch only - very limited!

four mesmerising tracks of stepping techno and hypnotic house from seattles secondnature affiliate and tacoma inhabitant, simic.

after releases from terriers and new jackson, major problems welcomes the compassion crew, who returns with another session of impeccably sourced cut-and-paste house music. cc’s ‘masters of the gentlemanly art’ is proto-house/nu-beat-ish bruiser, while his ‘panic chicago’ version gets lost in the groove. leisure connection walk the night with a memorable 10-minute-plus psych/dub/house remix. mastered and cut at calyx, this is a vinyl-only release. artwork from simon landrein. support from hunee, new jackson, beats in space, serge, marcel hesse

three tracks of pickled, tripped techno-not-techno and crushed house from the dubliners, backed with a wry remix from tuff sherm aka dro carey. mastered by helmut erler at d&m, this is a vinyl-only release

after his hivern debut in march 2013, and his recent remix of the xx s >swept away<, dublins new jackson knocks back some uppers and knocks out the piano-and-string-led 10-minute house jam, > of a thousand leaves<. mastered by helmut erler at d&m. a one-sided, 250-run, 12 inch -only release on major problems.

remastered 10th anniversary reissue on clear blue marbled vinyl.