two classic tunes from sasse aka freestyle man !!!

folk songs

roy of the ravers are back !

tatu metsätähti and tatu peltonen formed their electro duo mr velcro fastener in the small town of turku, finland back in 1995. in 1999, after a couple of twelve inches, they released their first full length album ‘lucky bastards living up north’ on i220, which was well noted (not only for its hyper colourful cover art by the designers republic). the album took the duo touring in europe and overseas, and led to further releases on labels like stars-music, ali b’s air recordings, solina records, cyber dance and of course billy nasty’s electrix, as well as remixes for the likes of hardfloor, marco carola, dk8, transparent sound and aux88. returning to electrix with their third full ep for the label (and a gap of 13 years!) they have delivered their own unique and recognizable electro sound with two new cuts. ‘a monster in two worlds’ with its electro-funk sound, classic vocoded vocals and grinding groove is a perfect opener, while ‘bakteriofag’ (bacteriophage in english) like its name, creeps up like a virus, infecting the senses with its crisp and shining melody. additionally, there’s remixes of ‘a monster in two worlds’ from silicon scally (carl finlow in his electro guise) and m-twelve (the new moniker recently launched by billy nasty and surface’s nick dunton) to complete the line-up.

finnish legends and everything-but-grey eminences of electronic music, jimi tenor and freestyle man revive their dormant partnership on this four track ep for studio barnhus, jam-packed with classic drum machine funk, congenial synth lines and jimi’s unmistakable lead vocals and flute-playing. the sleepover ep is fuelled by the two maestros’ mutual love for new jersey house music and pyjama parties, as well as musical wisdom gained from numerous collaborations in the past, ranging back to some fabled mid-90s sähkö releases. live show booking now! artwork by robin ekemark.

mesak, one of the proprietors of skwee, from turku finland with holtiton - his 6 track laton contribution. crafted productions with the classic broken-step, whiney synths & odd stabs known from the upfront-underworld of skwee. but on the 6-cut and very bass heavy plate theres also banging & head-nodding tracks directed towards the sonics of 8-bit chip sound. one of mesaks most quality-compiling releases to date. laton presents some of the proprietors of skwee & the phenomenon of this fennoscandian sound with three different 12inches and a lp compilation. valiant was originally released in 2012, limited and is back on demand

the album is featuring their production as well as compositions. with instrumentations by tenor and beats procured from the vintage gear of jori hulkkonen in his turku studio, alppihouz by willis, the album has a warm feeling and yet sufficiently exciting for the electronic house heads. there are plenty of string pads, flutes and flute pads, etc to prick up your ears. cola&jimmu once again capture the genuine, old school sound.

davide squillace finally kick starts his long awaited new minisketch series, the new special edition called minisketch500 with 500 copies ltd edition on 10inch. finnish producer jari marjamaki was born in turku (finland) but since the early 90ties he is living in lisbon, portugal. with his zentex alias he concentrates mainly in expressing his own vision of minimalist techno sound. he has released his music in cologne based labels traum schallplatten, kickboxer (boxer recordings) and portuguese bloop recordings imprint.

equipped with the past, celebrating the future was always an effective artistic strategy of creating striking ensembles. six years after their debut album >future< and four years since the last maxi >errorist< (both available on disko b), artist unknown, germany s cloak-and-dagger electro project is performing on anthony rother s datapunk label, which is currently expanding its content of electro music in all directions, like no other platform at this time. artist unknown covers itself with regards to their biography and presents selected pilgrim travels to kathmandu, guitar roadie performances for oasis and video stores in turku as its highlights

turku has always been the focal point of finnish electronic music and it is also the home of declassè, the latest signing of stars music. now we are proud to present their debut 12inch, full of edge, angst and rock! title track shadows mixes genres and eras like hell – lyrics from the 15th century lute ballads, drums like early cure or new order and then bass drones from the latest hi-the hardware synth. and the remix if from finnland uncrowned producer king jori hulkkonen…