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Tagliabue provides the two original tracks from his AFRO SPAZIO EP released on COSMICA MUSIC in May 2019. With psychedelic atmospherics, deep melodic layers and tribal rhythmic formations, he sets a wonderful palette of cosmic frequencies, to stimulate the remixers visionary powers and creativity. DJ Rocca started to produce in the late 90s, working on some drum&bass and breakbeat singles as Maffia Soundsystem from the same name club in Italy, where he was the main resident DJ. In his career he
collaborated with Howie B, Pressure Drop, Zed Bias, Dimitri From Paris, Daniele Baldelli and Jazzanova producing singles, remixes and albums on some of the best european labels as Sonar Kollektiv, Compost, Classic, Rekids, Skint, Hell Yeah, Rebirth, Internasjonal, Futureboogie Recordings, !K7, Deep Freeze, Tirk,
International Feel, Defected, Skint, Gomma, Paper Recordings. As a producer, DJ Rocca is also part of Ajello (with Taver), Supersonic Lovers (with Marcello Giordani) and Crimea X (with Jukka Reverberi). He has remixed big names such as Oliver Koletzki, Luke Solomon, Blaze, Isolee, Pete Herbert, Bjorn Torske, Chris Coco, Dimitri From Paris, Andrew Weatherall, Justin Robertson, Soul Clap and now our very own Joseph Tagliabue. With the award-winning jazz musician Franco D’Andrea he has formed the Electric Tree Project, a contemporary music trio, hovering between jazz and electronics, with a double album released in April 2016 on Parco Della Musica Records, defined as record of the month for the magazine Musica Jazz (June 2016). The collaboration with such a great name of the jazz scene, moves on with the realisation of an octet and the production of a new album entitled “Intervals I”, recorded live at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome last March 2017. Mushrooms Project is Giorgio Giri and Marco Lentano, producers and serial collectors of vinyl with a common passion for dj’ing and for any type of music whatsoever. The project came into being in 2003 when Giorgio, a punk band drummer and vinyl collector with a strong preference for anything from psychedelic rock to Afro, meets Marco a deejay since 1994 who mixes every possible kind of dance music; from afro to house, passing through techno and progressive. 2013 saw their debut album ‘Undergrass’ released on Leng Records, which was a continuous evolution of their sound elaborated in close contact with other musicians.
In 2015, Ivan King, a talented guitarist who had collaborated many times with the Mushrooms Project, became an integral part of their productions. They have now dj’ed across the world and are known for their hallucinating and all encompassing music that is made using live instrumentation such as guitar, bass, synth and percussion to create a “dirty” but unique insight to the very long, deep, mesmerizing and unusual minds of the Mushrooms.
We are proud to showcase a pure Italian collaboration effort. The uprising talents of the new generation of progressive producers meet with the Masters of the Cosmic House genre for an epic production.

No More Pop returns after the summer with a surprising New Wave release by Obscure by Degrees. The extremely rare original from 1981 has been remastered and geniously remixed by swedish artist Zener Color. For the digital bonus no one else, then Rude66 touched 'I'm Dying'. If you look closely, you'll find a secret story card...

A much welcomed reissue of the 1978 Idris Muhammad gem 'Boogie To The Top'. Released a year after, arguably, Idris' most well-known anthem, 'Could Heaven Ever Be Like This' the similarities in style and composition are clear. Expertly produced, rich instrumentation, expansive drum fills, gospel tinged full-bodied vocals, all the while epic and life affirming in it's nature - what more could you want

Young Pulse steps up on the b-side, to add his own subtle touches and tweaks to the original. Looping the guitar and echoing out the vocals whilst working in more of the synth lines. The addition of a crisp clap and extra percussion add an element more vibrancy into this mix, keeping the original feel intact whilst revitalising it for 2018.

Release n° 2 of Presente has been also cultivated by countryside boy José Martí between orchards not far from the Mediterranean coast. On this florid EP, he shows again his salty touch with these 2 fine edits focused on dancefloor agitation. Bon appetit.

With “Bobo”, the coastal farmer took some latin jazz seeds from East Harlem and nourished them with 909 drops to grow a raw dish that suggests life celebration to the hungry diner.
On the side b, a funky cutting from japan was brought to life on the seaside's fruitful soil to become “saxo“, an affectionate dessert that may encourage taster´s spirit with its pleasing tenderness.
Limited edition of 500 units. Vinyl only, 140 gram.

HOT PEAS 'N BUTTER round 2 !

Following the fast-moving first EP, this series of floor-friendly re-rubs from Mom & Pops' collection.
UK upstart Simba rinses the racks for 4 bona-fide underground classics.

Time machine tear-ups from the golden era, as likely to be heard on Mom & Pop's turntable as they were rattling the cones on the home-made block party stacks or basement sound systems.

100% DJ material - and available in VERY short supply...you snooze, you lose !

Hand stamped vinyl only 12" series in poly-lined kraft sleeves

Sheffield soulbender thatmanmonkz teams up with his good pal Martín Miguel's Better Listen Records for his newest EP.

The record is inspired by several trips to and dope parties in the District of Columbia, home of the quickly rising label.

After the club hit "Watchin Out", Dirty Channels are back again with another killer EP. This time on Dan Shake's imprint Shake. Three club tools for those who love to combine disco, house and techno.

The A-Side kicks off with Body Language Pro heavy drum machines, teasing samples looped and mangled to perfection. Plus, a remix from Cole Medina and Lovedancing label head, Sleazy McQueen.

B side, Let Me Come Into Your Life is a beautiful arrangement of persistent samples, bubbling percussion that cruises similar to the best disco house from the late 90s. Finally, The Lone Dancer works disco strings and vocal loops to amazing effect.

West End records open the vaults once more to today's top editors and remixers. This incredible 12" sees Australian editor supreme Dr.Packer take the reigns.
Raw Silk's total anthem 'Do It To The Music' goes under the knife, the good Dr. has massaged, tweaked and embraced this early 80's gem into a 2019 dancefloor banger. All killer, no filler. Barbara Mason's 'Another Man' kicks off side B, another post Disco classic lovingly reworked with care and brushing shoulders with Shirley Lites powerhouse 'Heat You Up, Melt You Down', a dubbed out proto House monster that hits all the right spots. Back to back classics.
Fully licensed, sanctioned and released by Above Board distribution and West End Records, 2019. Accept no imitations!

This new coming EP splits out of two Japanese indie disco labels of today. On the A side, Tokyo based DJ/Producer duo, "Jig n'Hug"(DJ Kuu & Toshiroh) drops new tracks from their own label, "Monkey Chop Record" since its first release in 2016. And, on the B side, the label called YU-ZEN owned by "JTT" of Takayuki Hosoda and DJ JAVA hit
their tracks. The EP starts with the delicate synth chord turning into slow burning balearic journey tune, "Soft Magic" of A1. Then, along with elegant melodic piano and keyboard play, the emotional latin house tune, "Reflection Boogie" for A2 is coming. The promo's already been supported by DJ Kza.JTT release their second EP from their own label "YU-ZEN" ."bando" is like a chicago deep house with fat base sound amd impressive snare, synth and piano sounds. "Emilio" is like a atmospheric deeep house with impressive synth, shaker and piano sounds.Kuniyuki Takahashi's mastering helps to elevate the sound even better.

Mastering by KUNIYUKI TAKAHASHI. According to his careful work These Tracks have a high level of completeness.

Saturday opens with the ebullient birdsong that, every morning for a few months of the year, joyfully wakes Samoyed from sleep in his hut in the rural North of Scotland. For the rest of the year, the wild land returns to its state of brooding, overcast quietude, and samoyed spends his mornings sitting staring into the middle distance over a bowl of porridge. Recorded slowly and intermittently over the course of four years, Saturday is a document of sixteen of these passing seasons, a constant state of change and contrast - in the landscape and the man - reflected in its eleven tracks.

Samoyed's preoccupation with the natural world, balance and zen is counterpointed by the faded gloss of the cheap and failing 1980s equipment used to make the album. Saturday has a surface of synthetic lustre, gated snares and digital reverb, but underneath the gloss lies great warmth, threaded with 4-track tape hiss, splashes of plaintive strings and a heartbreaker of an upright piano. The result brings to mind Talk Talk, Severed Heads, Yasuaki Shimizu, Disintegration-era Cure and those bittersweet John Hughes film soundtracks.

Saturday marks the latest chapter in Flask's hectic release schedule, the last being Samoyed's Always from this point in 2008, a low-key classic of drone released on hand-screenprinted CD-R. In the years since, aside from gaining a design PhD and having a couple of wee melties, samoyed has released an EP of songs on Astro:Dynamics and prescient, loping schmaltz-house records for Lukid's GLUM and Jacques Greene's Vase labels.

Flask has been resurrected for the same reasons that it was founded - to release a Samoyed album so out-of-nowhere that no other label seemed appropriate for it (or really wanted it). In line with Flask's emphasis on beautiful, hand-crafted packaging, the Saturday LP features a 2-colour black and metallic gold woodblock print cut by the man himself.

Netherlands-based LA producer, Diego Herrera returns to the Melbourne party
imprint, Animals Dancing for its seventh release; this time under his Suzanne Kraft
alias. Across three tracks, Herrera showcases his method in the madness, expertly
fusing glistening pads, warm synthesis, razor-sharp percussion & frenetic bass lines

One Thelma it seems, is never enough...

Following the rousing response to GALL008, Bitter End return like a Nadal serve with two more interpretations from their private stock

'Kneel B4 Thelma' spoiled us with an utterly futuristic cyborg-Soul anthem...
'Thelma Hous' takes her down an altogether more dimly lit back alley to gain entrance to a clandestine gathering, a door rattling throb greats us upon entry, then a kaleidoscopic Disco Ball and laser combo explodes with 'Leave Me This' on the flip. A raucous and scantily clad energy blast of a timeless piece of Disco history


This one's frighteningly limited folks - so let us sell ya some Thelma, pronto !

BLACK BONES are certainly having something of a purple patch, so what better way to celebrate their regal success than with a purple edition in the best-selling series !

More awe-inspiring archeology afoot here, as we're treated to another invaluable 4-tracker taking in heavyweight Funk, a fired up freestyle beatdown, strobelit, leather-clad Disco and Folky outdoor Balearia

Limited, hand-stamped vinyl 12"

The Revenge is back at the controls for Home Taping!!!

The Scottish DJ and producer kicked things off on the imprint back in 2009 with his 'Forever In Their Debt' release, which grabbed the attention of House DJs around the globe.

Now he drops another timeless EP of killer House Music on the imprint
'Lost Grooves Part One' demonstrating his musical depth and amazing production skills as he drifts effortlessly between jackin' dancefloor trax, deep House grooves and looped up Disco business.

The result is a totally authentic and raw sounding homage to House music delivered by someone who has lived and breathed it over the last decade or so.

Home Taping all night long!

Salsoul opens the vaults once more to today's top editors and remixers. This incredible 12" sees Italian maestro Moplen take the reigns. Side A sees Skyy's 'Here's To You' getting some serious boogie love from remix powerhouse Moplen. 2 absolutely essential reworks of this massive garage classic are featured, both vocal & dub mixes for the Salsoul hardcore. Over on side B is Salsoul Orchestra's 'Ooh I love It', again blessed by the Moplen magic, always adding something to the mix in a respectful and knowledgable way, offering up breathtaking contemporary versions of the classics.
Fully licensed, sanctioned and released by Above Board distribution and Salsoul Records, 2019. Accept no imitations!

Chillum Trio started out as a collective of like-minded musicians in 2002, however, after releasing an album together (which was supported by the likes of Laurent Garnier) the project slowly become the solo act of founding recording producer, Geza Szekeres.
At that time he discovered West-African music, latin jazz and the universe of soul and funk, these new directions have been shaping his musical evolution ever since.

In 2014 he turned out as one of the winners of Gilles Peterson's Havana Cultura remix contest that gave him the opportunity to travel to Havana and record music with the creme of the Cuban jazz scene.
One of his songs recorded in this session got released on Brownswood Recordings compilations Havana Cultura Mix and Havana Cultura Anthology.

Budabeats Records is more than proud to release Chillum Trio's first ever 12" single called Cosmotropica with two dancefloor friendly tracks mixing broken afro-house with tropical and cosmic influences.



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King Street Sounds has reached its Silver Anniversary and in celebration of twenty-five years of iconic house music we’ve selected eight standout tracks for this special edition double vinyl release “25 Years of Paradise.” Kicking things off is house music maestro Kerri Chandler’s fun, funky and soulful King Street classic “Harder Gets Higher (623 Heavy Mix).” Following suit legendary KSS artist LY (aka Jovonn) pays homage to the New Jersey dance institution with “Back To Zanzibar (Sublevel Edit)” aka Doc Martin. Berlin based DJ/producer David Mayer brings his unique touch of class and deep groove to Tuccillo and Kiko Navarro’s classic release “Lovery” (first time release on vinyl). Prepare to experience all the feels over again as we conclude record #1 with London duo Idjut Boys’s gorgeous and emotional dub remix of Ananda Project’s original mix “Moments Before Dreaming.” Moving right along, record #2 opens again with house music icon Kerri Chandler’s appropriate un-released dub mix of “Welcome To King Street.” When Japanese DJ/production duo guri guri boys teamed up w/ Blaze vocalist Josh Milan for their single “Be Yourself” we were ecstatic! French Afro-house wizard Manoo slides in next with his remix of “Be Yourself.” Louie Vega and Kenny Dope’s project Masters At Work is synonymous with house music as it’s kick and hats. We flip record #2 to their MAW club mix of “Give It Up.” The King Street sound wouldn’t be what it is without some Dennis Ferrer. We conclude the VA with his DF’s Kicked Out Mix of “Dem People Go!”