Following the footsteps of her SUPER MILD split album with TENTENKO (TAL15) from 2019, Tokyo producer KOPY makes a welcome return to TAL with a new EP full of gritty wonders and buzzing rythm structures. Eternal EP presents two of her new tracks plus luminous remix appearances by Elena Colombi, Harmonious Thelonious and Dynamo Dreesen & SJ Tequilla.
KOPY sums it up: "For Fujiko, I had an aggressive spaciousness in mind. The track LOK made me feel like my feet were firmly on the ground."
The pièce de résistance of the entire EP might be the extended reworking by Elena Colombi (Osàre! Editions), who in her debut appearance in the producer's chair offers up a cinematic bricolage, inspired by dreams and scraps of intimate, cartoonish ambiences. The eight minute long journey is full of space, swirling alarm clocks and candid evocations of imaginary creatures and environments crossed with diverse snippets of KOPY’s two original tracks.
Harmonious Thelonious who has already shared the stage with KOPY at Düsseldorfs Salon des Amateurs, contributes a trademark HT remix which combines infectious danceable beats with injections of oddness and raw beauty.
For their KOPY KONTRAST mix DD and SJT drew inspiration from a fulminant Kopy live set in Osaka which they had witnessed while being on a tour in Japan.
The 12"EP is lavishly presented, with a fully illustrated jacket and inner sleeve design by Sarah Szscesny.
Chicago's legend Paul Johnson comes back with "I Can Make You A Big Freak" EP, 4 house cuts on the brand-new Italian label Discodelic. A mix of disco, house and ghetto vibes that will make you dance no matter what! Limited copies, be fast!
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Biz's Set Me Free EP is an adventurous and personal exploration of techno which is composed for the dance floor but also sparks the heart. The grinding grooves of opener 'Set Me Free' immediately shows a pairing of a tough mentality with a supreme sense of soul. The exquisite 'Don't Stop' builds with an enthralling techno tension that finally lets up and will immerse the listener in liberation. Last but not least 'Autumn Blues', a perfectly melancholic journey through deeper techno that lifts the spirits with optimistic synths.
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Next up on Heist is the fast-fingered synth wizard Crackazat for an EP full of crunchy chords, tight grooves and a remix by Detroit house royalty Rick Wade.
Crackazat’s fusion of jazz and house are a perfect match with the upbeat sound we dig over here at Heist HQ. So after his recent outing on Freerange with the brilliant “Valentine EP” and his regular work on Local Talk, we’re happy to have Crackazat feature on Heist.
The Alfa EP kicks off with the title track: A track full of bouncing piano riffs and skipping hihats for a serious dose of high energy house music. The frantic keys and drums are countered by a lead and dreamy pads with an almost ethereal vibe to it. But don’t be misled, this track is pure dancefloor heat and is exactly what we love about house music.
“Class one” goes into a more mellow direction, with warm fuzzy chords on the 1 and an eyes-shut lead solo with so much space it seems to be coming from a different galaxy. The whole track has such a comforting feeling; Like a thick blanket of chords warming you up and crystalline synth hits telling you everything will be all right. The energy does pick up around the 3 minute mark with another showcase of Crackazat’s excellent feel for chords, when he introduces another lovely loop to accompany the solo. Pure class.
On the flip, we’ve got Tiger’s eyes where we see Crackazat dive deep into jazzy harmonies. Here, arpeggios and crunchy overtones make for an intense ride of bumping house music that just makes you want to keep on dancing for hours on end.
The remix on this EP is by Rick Wade, another producer who’s got jazz running through his veins. It’ll be no surprise that his remix of “Alfa” is about as deep and old school as it gets. He goes for an amped bass and a big drum groove along with his own set of soulful chords and guitar licks. This remixes breathes the house that Detroit has been built on with Rick Wade as one of the main engineers of the genre.
We’re happy to dive into 2021 with this EP full of jazzy house grooves and we hope you’ll like it as much as we do.
Yours Sincerely,
Lars & Maarten
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After his first contribution to Knotweed in 2015 (KW017 - Reflections E.P.) and his incredible track 'Own Structure' on KW020 Various Artists in 2016, Julixo is back on Knotweed with a full E.P.
Julixo is one of a kind producer. A drummer at heart, he has a broad interest in all types of music, and you can really feel it in his tracks where he loves to experiment with many different vibes.
The record opens with 'Red Valhalla', a though techno attack in the vein of his previous track 'Life of Crime', made to decimate the dancefloor. Julixo increases the pitch one notch and takes a more funky twist with the breakbeat infected 'Rose Tape', fast and to the point. The B side continues where 'Own Structure' left off: two tracks relying heavily on vocal and synth samples to bulldoze their way through your brain: Julixo is having fun, and you can feel it - it is contagious!
It is the rawness of this record that makes it special.
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Limited Edition 2X12" LP pressed on virgin (to ensure the best possible listening experience) customized "midnight blue" virgin vinyl, packaged in eco-friendly reverse board LP sleeve with a custom chrome sticker, packaged in a resealable Japanese imported poly sleeve. A Detroit classic, long out-of-print and features some of the most beautiful remixes ever heard, from Convextion, Deepchord, Echospace & Soultek, strictly limited!!
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X-Ray records' catalogue is as under the radar as it is rich and ahead of its time. Releasing between 1992 and 1994, most of the label's outputs were produced by Raymond Castoldi. Although people primarily know Castoldi for being the music director and organist in Madison Square Garden, he also has a lesser known chapter of his life. In the early 1990s, Raymond released 6 EPs on his imprint X-Ray Records. By coupling his musical education with a four-on-the-floor club pattern, Castoldi managed to create a jazzy vibe with spaceous sounds and keyboard jams, all coalescing into a relaxing atmosphere that would eventually become the signature sound of 90's deep house.In partnership with Castoldi, Kalahari Oyster Cult delivers the goods once again: 11 tracks from the X-Ray catalogue over a 3LP for your deejaying pleasure.
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'No Photos on the Dance Floor! Berlin Techno 1992–Today', compiled by Heiko Hoffmann, follows a hugely successful photography and video art exhibition by the same name that was co-curated by Hoffmann and shown at C/O Berlin in late 2019. The exhibition included works by photographers and visual artists such as Wolfgang Tillmans, Romual Karmakar, Sven Marquardt and Camille Blake, that dealt with Berlin’s club culture since the fall of the wall. It was followed in 2020 by a book of the same name which collected together the most striking imagery from the exhibition alongside interviews and personal essays.
'No Photos on the Dance Floor!' is the first compilation to trace the history of techno made in Berlin over the last three decades, with a selection of classics and hidden gems that have helped shape Berlin’s sound from the early 90s until now. The title refers to a particularity of the Berlin club scene: photography is banned in almost all the important clubs to allow partying together in a space where you can lose yourself to the music and feel free and safe at the same time.
After the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, abandoned spaces and buildings were waiting to be filled with new life in the form of clubs, bars, galleries, workshops, and studios. Berlin became the epicenter of a new nightlife culture that soon resonated around the world. Berlin’s techno scene was heavily influenced by the pioneering sounds of Detroit techno created by African-American producers such as Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson and Underground Resistance.
Their records were imported to the Berlin DJ scene by the record store Hardwax, based on the ground floor of a building on Reichenberger Straße in Kreuzberg, from December 1989 onward. The original temples of DJ culture in New York amd Chicago, as well as the emerging rave culture developing in London and Manchester via Ibiza, would also go on to shape Berlin’s nightlife. Party series like Tekknozid and clubs such as Ufo, Tresor, and Planet can retrospectively be interpreted as the big bang of the first shared culture between Germany's East and West, having paved the way for what is still the last and biggest expression of European youth culture.
Part 1 of the vinyl edition focuses on the period between 1992 and 2006, with early 90s tracks by Thomas Fehlmann and Moritz von Oswald’s 3MB project (who teamed up with Detroit’s Juan Atkins on compilation opener 'The 4th Quarter'), Berlin techno pioneer DJ Tanith and Mijk van Dijk’s short-lived project 9-10-Boy, von Oswald’s and Ernestus’ influential Maurizio alias, and Alec Empire, who would later go on to start influential noise/industrial band Atari Teenage Riot. Further key tracks from the first half of the aughts come from Mo Loschelder and Klaus Kotai’s Elektro Music Department label, Sleeparchive and Ableton Live co-developer Robert Henke aka Monolake.
Part 2 is drawn from tracks made between 2007 and today, starting at a point when the city became the center for a new creative community of international artists, DJs and producers who often favoured the minimalist aesthetic & musical styles of clubs such as Berghain, Bar25 and Watergate and stayed for the ease of living. Beginning with a remix by Plastikman aka Richie Hawtin of his Minus label signee Heartthrob, the two 12"s also feature contributions from Ben Klock, Avalon Emerson and Modeselektor.
In addition to the two-part vinyl release, 'No Photos on the Dance Floor!' will also be available in expanded CD & digital formats, featuring additional tracks by Rødhad, Efdemin and Ricardo Villalobos.
The record was compiled by Heiko Hoffmann, former editor of Groove magazine and co-curator and co-editor of the 'No Photos on the Dance Floor!' exhibition and accompanying book. The double-vinyl release also features full-format photography by George Nebieridze and Wolfgang Tillmans.
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I am happy to welcome Vikthor & Oscar Aguilera to our Terminal M family. I am in love with all the four tracks, for me it is hard to decide which is the best. Dark, rolling, deep music - for every moment in life or on the dancefloor a fitting tune. Enjoy! (Monika Kruse)
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place 1 groove charts 123 Zaki Dee, Rob Mello and Luke Solomon present Heaven and Earth! We know, we know, the current re-issue wave of classic house music platters is a bit much - especially the unlawful ones with photocopied artwork.
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Cin Cin opens it's 2019 account with the inspired pairing of Joe Goddard and Kiwi.
A production 'tour de force' over the last decade, Joe Goddard has had his fingers in many pies (Hot Chip, The 2 Bears, Greco-Roman Soundsystem to name but a few) but it's on this Cin Cin debut that he bares his solo chops and delivers something for the floor. The darker roots of acid house are channelled on 'Jack Come Back', with a rubbery bassline and churning keys loaded over the vintage drum machine rhythms as the deviant vocal calls out the track title. 'Moebius Trip' takes a headier journey through wave upon wave of melodic modular synthesis and crumpled beats, with a nod to Detroit's techno-soul heritage, whilst packing a punch with the energy levels.
Echocord’s Colour series returns late April with the ‘Epibenthos Mbira’ EP by Hess & Harrison. Detroit’s Luke Hess has long been a respected name in underground Techno, releasing on the likes of FXHE, Deeplabs, Minimood and of course Echocord, here we see him joining forces with fellow Detroit native Joshua Harrison under their new Hess & Harrison alias for a fresh four-track EP on Echocord Colour. ‘Benthos’ leads, merging snaking dub chords and swirling white noise amidst robust drums and acid-tinged stab sequences. ‘Hadal’ follows next, embracing a more dynamic feel to contrast the groove-driven opener, this time round the duo lay focus on expansive reverberations, elongated delays, hypnotic strings and subtly nuanced textures throughout. ‘Nekton’ kicks on the flip-side, delving even deeper via driving low-end tones, murky atmospherics and shuffled percussion before ‘Upwelling’ rounds out the EP, bringing things back to a more loop driven feel as bubbling echoes, gritty bass stabs and sharp chords ebb and flow around crisp drums.
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Almost 2 years after the success of the album THE TONY ALLEN EXPERIMENTS and a few months after the release of the 7inch AMORE, Nu Guinea return to the scene with a new LP published by their newborn label NG RECORDS.
After touring the world looking for sounds suitable for their vibrations, NU GUINEA decided to go back to square one, Napoli, where Massimo Di Lena and Lucio Aquilina were born and raised. They watched their city from a distance reconstructing its energy from their studio in Berlin, calibrating the synths on the meridian of Vesuvius, the volcano that has always protected and threatened Napoli.
NUOVA NAPOLI is the result of a long musical research that has become a historical investigation on the sound that shaped Napoli during the '70s and '80s, starting from the contamination of genres (disco, jazz-funk, African rhythms) which ended up in Nu Guinea's DNA.
In this album the synthesizers fill the spaces between the past and the future, tightening in a single body acoustic instruments, electronics and voices in Neapolitan dialect. It is the first time that the duo has worked with such a large group of musicians, some of whom are exponents of the contemporary Neapolitan scene.
WARNING: We recommend listening to Nuova Napoli while walking in the alleys of Napoli's historic center, around wet clothes hanging and street vendors on tiny three-wheelers.
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ALEC TRONIQ tells himself off - with two fluffy and cheery smilemakers on base of light but raving rhythms. In "Rueffel" he's piping, drumming berserk and doing echoism. A sweet remix is delivered by STEREO EXPRESS from Atmosphere / Burlesque, well-known for their bombs "Shadoorack" and "La Vie En Rose". On B1 Alec crashes a russian wedding, kidnaps "Ljudmila" and entrains her to his own spring meadows. The groover on B2 is remixed by a guy named BUNCHED - cutting, stomping and constantly stepping forward. As a bonus there's a digital only "Behende Version" of the title track: more rave, less gadgets - with a free download code enclosed to the vinyl !
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Yes, we're back at it again with more Eddie Amador. After the success of House Music and Rise, we decided to diversify and go for a double A sided remix package with two distinctly different remixers. So please welcome Ardalan and CJ Jeff to the Yoshitoshi family! Given Ardalan's propensity for booty basslines and infectious grooves, Psycho X Girlfriend seemed like the appropriate choice for the Dirtybird affiliate. He flipped the tracked on its head by pumping it full of sub 100 Hz frequencies, mental sound effects, and even a pinch of acid.
The remix again shows this young gun's talent for creating bona fide bangers that keep the spirit of house alive.
Greek house don CJ Jeff took on 6AM, the groovy and oft-overlooked 2006 wee hours anthem from Amador.
His remix bears a massive 808 kick that floors the mix (no pun intended) into overdrive. His simple, catchy melodies capture the classic Yoshitoshi vibe beautifully.
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Following his ‘Voyage’ EP on the label last year and his “Endlessly” Single this year, Markus Homm returns to Bondage-Music once again for another stunning release with his unique deep & grooving style.
Markus Homm constant mingling of styles and histories creates a unique and exciting sound. Markus’s productions and DJ sets bear the traces of his musical evolution, from the uplifting vibes of classic house to the crisp precision of underground techno. „My life is about dancing, grooves, and music,“ he says. „Great music should get you in the mood, without you even realising it. That’s what I want to do.“
His new EP ‘I Don’t Blame You‘ accompanied by a remix from Djebali contains 2 vinyl only tracks.
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After his vinyl debut 'Oktrosis' on Etui Monomood spreads ones again his love for techno. In the same way the paradox title 'Love, Dub & Machine Wars' may confuse on his new EP the sounds will take the listener on a diversified travel through his essential techno style. - Nina' shows Monomoods sensitive and thoughtful perception of electronic dance music. Deep chord sounds and a wonderful dreamy pad are making your eyes water not only on Sunday mornings at a festival. - Absolute Control' on the b-side is presenting a quite different manner. Deeply rooted in the techno business of the end 90s, Monomood can't deny his origin. What you can always hear in his energetic DJ Sets now has found its way on a record - peak time Techno with a raw attitude. With - Coming Home' Monomood closes the circle and claiming dub techno-rhythms are meeting a highly fragile pad construction finding its home somewhere between desperate euphoria and blissful melancholy.Played & supported by Alan Fitzpatrick, Ben Sims, Luca Bacchetti, Hrdvision, Jonas Kopp, Mark Henning, D.Diggler and many more.
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Every track we release excites us in some way, if they didn't then there would be no point releasing them. We've got to say though that we are super excited about our next release.
Nadja Lind and Paul Loraine have once again worked their magic with two diverse tracks exclusively for Wolf Trap, 'Velocity' and 'Left of Centre'. As if that alone wasn't enough, the EP, which will be out on vinyl as well as digitally, includes remixes from Scottish techno legend Vince Watson and Animalz (Sousk and Phil 'Moonface Thompson) making this EP one you will want in your box!
Nadja Lind and Paul Loraine are no strangers to the Wolf Trap roster having had several previous releases on the label. Both artists have established careers in their own rights. Nadja is co owner of Berlin label Lucidflow with her Klartraum partner Helmut Ebritsch. Described by Pulse Radio as a 'leading underground lady' in their Top Ten Chart, Nadja is no stranger to some of the world's most famous clubs and festivals. She's played at clubs such as Tresor, Fabric and DC-10 and her style is eclectic, from dubby atmospheric sounds to driving techno and grooving tech-house. She's recently remixed tracks for Robert Babicz, Alexi Delano and Cari Lekebusch to name a few. Nadja doesn't do limits.
Paul Loraine, currently based in Barcelona, is just as busy. He's recently started his own label Rhythm Cult and is described by Mixmag as UK's 'best kept secret'. Paul has had releases on imprints like Vitalik, Four:Twenty, Fondation, Akbal, Flumo, My Favorite Robot and Lucidflow and his tracks regularly feature in the sets and charts of big DJs such as Jamie Jones, Maceo Plex, Funk D'Void, Magda, Sven Vath, Luciano, Loco Dice and Hernan Catteneo. It's no surprise then that the Lind/Loraine combination works so well.
On remix duties are production duo Animalz and Vince Watson.
Glasgow born Vince is now based in Amsterdam and has been 'blamed' for having a catatonic impact on the global electronic music scene. That's quite a statement but totally accurate. His spacious, poignantly trance-tinged style of Detroit techno helped facilitate the house/techno cross-over at the end of the Millennium with his debut LP Biologique. It carried with it 'Bubbles' and seminal track 'Mystical Rhythm' which still holds classic status on dance floors across the world. As well as owning his own label Bio Music he's regularly had releases on Tresor, Planet E, Everysoul, Delsin, Fcom, Ibadan, Mule and Urban Torque.
Animalz are production duo and friends, Tim Cook and Phil Thompson. Tim who produces under the Sousk guise, has been making music for a few years now and has had releases on NYC's Railyard Recordings, Fade, Kismet and Wolf Trap. His 2013 release 'Pang' has just featured on Luke Solomon's recently released compilation 'Unfinished Business Volume 3'. Phil Thompson aka Moonface is a legend in his own right. He was signed to Bedrock in 99 when Digweed heard a demo of his and has played all over the world at clubs and festivals since. His tracks have featured on numerous compilations including the famous Global Underground series and a Reset Robot remix of Animalz track 'Da Riddum' was included on Defected compilation CD 'MK in Da House'
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The new MOE004R is ready for black Wax. a four track journey into oldschool flavoured house made by Paul Bhn & Robert Pedrini with a remix fresh out of rue de plaisance head Varoslav. As usuall with a self printed cover, 180g vinyl only.
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Third in the special vinyl only series from house & techno label, Danse Club Records. The EPs are collection of the labels best tracks and previously unheard vinyl only edits and remixes.
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Over the past two years Thomas Schumacher and I have build an amazing friendship and released incredible music by Thomas on Noir Music. I believe 100% in his unique productions and he believe 100% in my A&R skills to take the music to new levels.
I am honored to have yet another set of incredible tracks ready for a release on Noir Music and instead of me describing the music I asked Thomas to put words on the release himself this time. - NOIR 'It's been an emotional and rewarding process to record these two tracks for Noir. This release got me digging deep into my Acid and Rave Techno consciousness: The early 90s and it's illegal Warehouse raves in abandoned dockyards in the North of Germany. Memories of collective euphoria on the dance floor burnt into my mind and soul. It was my goal to capture the original spirit, the-everything-goes, over-the-top, raw-as-fuck attitude that defined that time of my life.' Thomas Schumacher
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Berlin Beauty is the second solo-release by Victor Ruiz on Noir Music and it's another super strong 3-tracker from the Brazilian. The 3 tracks are carefully hand-picked, matched together and road-tested by myself and Victor to make sure this release is as solid as possible. Two big room techno bangers and one track leaning more towards the melodic house and techno vibe. All of them with Victor's high quality touch and extra finesse on top. I really do feel Victor Ruiz is among the very best techno producers at the moment and I feel privileged to be able to release his music on my label. No more words necessary. Hit play and let the music do the talking.
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This first release of the young Label has a strong focus on austrian artists. The style of the four tracks can be described as deep, dark and uncompromisingly functional on the dancefloor. As every track is diversified in itself this LP covers the whole spectrum for a club night.
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Gerd Janson: “Sometimes, it's enough to hear a record out loud in a party context to fall in love with it. “Gordon” is such a record. Made one day before Miami's infamous Rakastella party, premiered there on Will Renuart's “The Kiss” stage and being one of the highlights during a shared slot with DJ Tennis, I was secretly hoping for Running Back to get awarded with it. It basically sums up all the qualities of a DJ Tennis set: you get the highs and lows, the loud and quiet parts, it pogoes and it prances and it's basically impossible to resist his shuffle. “Starck” on the other hand, scaless it a bit down, but is equally overwhelming as are the atmospheric respectively cinematic versions of both tracks – less imaginative people might call them ambient. Game, set, match! Thank you, Manfredi!”
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Constantly experimenting and evolving, our first vinyl only release FRTLTD001 was designed to share our experiences and musical inspirations. With the goal of bringing the abstract music to the dancefloor, each track features a unique identity and a peculiar sonic approach.
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"Contravention" is the second EP from Yant on Setaoc Mass's SK_eleven imprint. Yant, The Mancunian wonderkid makes the style of techno which is pushing boundaries with each release. This particular EP features four fast paced tracks with distinct personality. Contrasting solid drums, spiralling synths and psychoacoustic elements that makes Yant's sound so distinct and recognizable.
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Flynn Ryder announces himself to the world, launching into the chasm and resurfacing with two crucial cuts. Drawing on both the pressure of the deep and distant memories of the Sun, Flynn’s expertly crafted debut 12” is an essential addition to the Challenger Deep arsenal.
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