made for the dance floor!

paolo mosca macht komplizierte, vielschichtige elektronische musik. inspiriert vom frühen clubsound der pioniere aus seiner heimatregion venetien, verschmilzt er house, trance und ambient - und bewegt sich vorwärts.

incl paolo mosca remix

paolo mosca from italy

the italian magician comes back home with a stellar lp. this is his first album, but its a very mature piece, carefully crafted, where all his main influences and genres live in perfect harmony. dub, house, breaks, acid, ambient, progressive… you name it. instant classic

after jimmy batt setting the bar very high with his “retrospection” lp, opia records invite two modern day innovators of dance floor energy to create their eleventh release. taking up a side each on the record we have rakya’s idris bena, and slowlife affiliate, paolo mosca - a combination you never realised you needed.

third point of art release comes from nnd, remixed by paolo mosca. vinyl only.

good selection from breaks to melodious tracks. note, no repress.

originally released in 1979.

2020 repressed in coloured vinyl ...mosca is one of those people that can turn a crowd at the drop of a needle. anyone who has seen his energetic, all encompassing club sets can testify to his levity and the sheer scope of styles he touches on over the course of 60+ minutes. >done me wrong< and >bax<, the two tracks that make up his debut release for us, more than epitomize that approach. pouring his myriad of influences and musical passions into the one pot, we are proud to present you with two slices of freewheeling 4x4 mosca.

vol 2 of la teoria delle stringhe by paolo mosca

debut output

stunning grime meets idm from mosca. seriously great

only vinyl, no repress

familiar sounds on slow life, this time by paolo mosca

golden-era, 1977, brazilian jazz-funk-fusion album from the legendary, azymuth. lush rhodes, soaring synths and fusion guitars from malheiros and bertrami combine with the inimitable drum grooves from ivan mamao conti that create the signature azymuth sound. the album moves from mellow soulful moods, into screaming disco-jazzfusion, samba funk, synth boogie and ends with a tough 160bpm batucada workout.

fantastic jazzy funk! this is the second record by azymuth – and it’s way way better than anything they ever cut in america! it’s got a wonderful vibe that mixes brazilian fusion influences with the tight grooves of a maurice white-inspired generation – and the result still sounds amazingly great today. the record has great electric keyboards, some nice deep floating basslines and percussion, and it stands as some of the coolest, dopest stuff in this genre. with the great cuts “tarde”, “tamborim, cuica, ganza, berimbau”, “falcon love call”, and “aguia nao come mosca”. pressing on 180 gram vinyl.

delving deep in to his dub chamber, mosca delivers a pair of upfront rhythms for livity sound.
* don t take.. hits hard, it s whiplash groove fine tuned for maximum dance floor impact. by contrast peyote stitch’ takes a deeper approach, it s hazy spectral visions sat atop low slung drums in trademark mosca style.

in moscas own words, this release embodies melting miami, rio, a field just outside the m25 and the bronx into modern-day london.

a slightly fresher direction with this ep - no, we’re not a couple is a funked up rolling thing with jungle subs, dubby hats and percussion, shifting textures and film score strings. cortisol is a stressful warehouse jam in 7/8, filtered every which way then taken to church. pacy but doesn’t really sound it. white mice is an afterhours, dubbed-out, drum machine samba workout for smoky basements. slow but doesn’t really sound it. hope you enjoy em! respect, mosca.

limited edition to 300. hand numbered, spraypainted gloss black & white sleeves, spraypainted centres. heavyweight vinyl.

house of black lanterns is the latest musical project from dylan richards, the man behind the king cannibal and zilla monikers (on the ninja tune and warp records labels respectively). with an album and two singles out in 2013 on the highly respected houndstooth label, richards returns with a deadly ep for hypercolour, backed with a very fine mosca remix.

alland byallo returns to his own bad animal imprint with two dark, hypnotic, broken techno gems. the title cut features the gifted aquarius heaven on vocals, while byallo himself blesses the mic on good hurt. uks finest, mosca, flips dead ringer into a psychedelic dance floor burner. this unique, timeless record marks a triumphant return by a true underground stalwart. art work by byallo himself. good hurt was featured by medlar on his 22 tracks ade special selection. support and/or positive feedback from four tet, josh wink, john tejada, efdemin, maya jane coles, axel boman, dave aju, andrew grant, basic soul unit, dan curtin, re.you, robert owens, cevin fisher, joris voorn, davide squillace, coyu, brothers vibe. and many more.

nsm002 is me, mosca, again. two not-house not-techno tracks, a little more raw and textured than my last 12inch but with the same emphasis on dark, sexy grooves and just enough dissonance and freakiness. the greyhounds is a dubby rolling thing with an indulgent breakdown that i wondered about scrapping. i ended up backing myself because the crowds i played it to seemed happy, and ive wanted to use those strings for eleven years now. i tried to make clinical trial for the basement clubs, dust and metal and tape. thanks for checking it out.

i d been thinking about starting a label for a few years but it never really seemed like it could work. nowadays there is more coherence in my productions it seems like the right time. i will be releasing music from other artists as well my own stuff - underground house, techno and the rest, stuff with darkness and sexiness. hopefully it is music that will speak to (somebodys) heart as well as their feet. the first release is called no splice no playback and it is two tracks of house music. vinny (flamingo) is a basement thing, suckle (twenties) works in warehouses too. thanks for reading. -mosca

this one comes from uk tastemaker and radio 1 presenter mosca, and is his first release of the year.

prime numbers highlight the most hyped trus me track from his >treat me right< album released earlier this year. somebody is an insistent, throbbing production championed by many a dj in 2013 including daniel bell, mcde, deetron, ben klock, bicep, nina kraviz & guy gerber. hypnotic acid bass pulses under shifting cymbals & claps with jacked-up, penetrating snare breakdowns. simple, classic & effective. following his recent excursion on the ann aimee imprint mosca remixes for the flip. dropping the tempo he indulges in a burning bass heavy affair, stripping the minimal original even further back & subtly crafting the parts to create a spacious, heads-down groove. a masterful rework indeed.

following in the footsteps of sawlin and yan cook last year, ann aimee has readied its next release. this one comes from uk tastemaker and radio 1 presenter mosca, and is his first release of the year after previous releases on labels like martyns 3024 and hypercolour

he next release on hypercolour is a rather large one that has been pursued for a while: an ep from multi-genre explorer, 3024/numbers alumni and all round badman tom reid aka mosca. across four tracks, the pioneering producer offers up his own unique view of house music.

mixpak records released the dre skull produced vybz kartel album kingston story over the summer to much fanfare (vybz kartel fader cover, new york times feature, dazed and confused feature, etc). the album debuted at number seven on the billboard top-selling reggae album charts and the first single -go go wine- received radio play around the world, getting support on kingston radio, hot 97, bbc radio 1, and more.

mosca is one of those people that can turn a crowd at the drop of a needle. anyone who has seen his energetic, all encompassing club sets can testify to his levity and the sheer scope of styles he touches on over the course of 60+ minutes. >done me wrong< and >bax<, the two tracks that make up his debut release for us, more than epitomize that approach. pouring his myriad of influences and musical passions into the one pot, we are proud to present you with two slices of freewheeling 4x4 mosca.

deep teknologis t. williams is back with his biggest and best track to date.
following the t. williams ep (played and praised by sinden, kode9, 2562, brodinski, joy orbison, gerd janson and more), >heartbeat< sees him team up with terri walker, who earlier this year inked an album deal with none other than roc-a-fella records.

already supported & played by luciano & ricardo villalobos !

peak time bomb!

incl pablo mosca remix

threads is back with another powerful va release, available on vinyl only.

titino with the 3rd mithra records release, paolo mosca on remix duty. available on vinyl only.

vinyl only

massive one for fans of quality uk club music such as hessle, timedance, parris, mosca etc

fresh melodies and a bass line that drives the mood from beginning to end.

robag wruhme macht mal wieder sein herz auf. er schwelgt in erinnerung und transportiert diese in die zukunft! dash shopper ist ein echter hit für ganz besondere momente im club, wenn der schweiß anfängt zu trocknen, da die richtige balance aus tanzformidabler bewegung und verausgabung erreicht ist

new release on the solar one music sublabel... between places

airplay on tom ravenscroft (bbc radio 6 music), re:lax w/ re:ni, laksa & biggabush (nts), gage (nts), from the depths with drakeford (nts) premieres of four feet and blasphemy on trax mag and ransom note review on 2 hungry ghosts dj support from midland, bruce, re:ni, troy gunner, maya jane coles, minor science, via maris, mosca, blackdown/martin clark, horse meat disco, tony thorpe, daire carolan (all city records), deft, phototherapy, shadow child / polymod, lukas wigflex, soulphiction/ jackmate

it started with the idea and a few tracks and it ended with this megalomaniac looking package. one of the finest compilations we put together ever, touching every corner of today’s clubmusic we love! - kristian

dj support: dave clarke, dj bone, laurent garnier, danny daze, jon hester, mosca, or:la, room 4 resistance, bloody mary, laksa, sapphire slows, art of tones, black loops, disclosure, photonz, david martin, moonbow, re:ni, dina, cabasa

micro.solchi is the collaboration between paolo mosca and matteo volpato. keep an eye on these guys and their fresh and spontaneous mixture when it comes to breaks, house and electro.

next up on sneaker social club is a fresh 12inch from robin clarke a.k.a dream cycle. after a chance meeting at gottwood in 2016 a bond was established between clarke and label owner jamie russell over a shared love of 2 bad mice and moving shadow and now, channeling elements of that influence, clarke presents his dream cycle part.1 ep. unfolding over 4 steppy tracks and an ambient closer, clarke melds sharp snares, summery motifs, dense atmospheres and thick subs whilst keeping things suffused with a distinctly uk quality that marries his work perfectly with the sneaker catalogue. dj support: ryan elliott, dj die, the black madonna, octo octa, bwana, altered natives, noodles (groove chronicles), liem (lehult), deejay astral, la4a, 2 bad mice, fred p, matt karmil, flori, marco zenker, j.rocc (lol at comment!), ajukaja, gnork, william djoko, till von sein, fold, asok, gene farris, dj bwin, seven davis jr, trp, dj octopus, dj normal 4, gerd, dean man s chest, poté, doc scott, violet, james welsh (kamera), konx-om-pax, etch, raresh, hrdvsion, michael serafini (gramaphone), soundbwoy killah, dj guy, mak & pasteman, shenoda, urulu, mark archer & james zabiela, zinc, lehult, jackie house, mosca, noodles (groove chronicles) & dj die