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+ EXCL ON THE REPRESS Track B1 is the bonus track (never released on vinyl until now) favourited by Richie Hawtin!!!
produced by stefano greppi (dj @ argentina, perù, spain, portugal, greece, cyprus, italy, germany, u.k., circoloco dc10 ibiza's resident dj for 4 years) !! limited orange vinyl pressing !!! 300 copies worldwide only !!!! already support by joe t vanelli, danny tenaglia, sasha, ricardo villalobos, ...

Hailing from South Africa, SFR lays down his first imprint for Wheel and Deal. Vha Venda: Tribal style vocals open to stomping 808 half step roll out building into a broken 4×4 skank. Nci Nci: Carrying the latest Wheel and Deal 4×4 electro style with gritty LFO'd bass and skipping drums. Dance floor smasher.

This one is from Sleeper & District as a complete collaborative effort. The sci-fi Terraformed rounds out this release with an appropriately expanded atmosphere setting you alone on a deserted, foreign planet. The 4×4 kick pattern moves along at the pace of a frenzied astronautical explorer as haunting pads creep in the background like an intense solar flare peaking just over the horizon, drowning you in red, low-frequency light. Spacey. Creepy. The flipside Zero Day. It seethes absolute evil in a dark, brooding atmosphere. A darkened, raunchy mid-range growl mimics the unleashing of maniacal voices deep in a schizophrenic's mind. Not one bit of Chestplate's signature sub is missing. http://www.skanktfo.com

Time for another great Downwards 7" !
Limited edition release from newcomers 'The Vivids'

After a break from the 7" format, Downwards return with a very beautiful release from newcomers 'The Vivids'

Sounding like The Chameleons if they had come from L.A. - The Vivids embody greats like The Names, early
Dead Or Alive or Bunnymen - this is fantastic stuff !

Well Rounded's unrestricted by genre label present to you 3 hype Juke vibed bangers from Atlanta's DISTAL.

now back in !!

Leeds/Nottingham duo Mak & Pasteman might be in their 20's, but their musical influences stretch from the funk and soul of the 60/70's, through Juan Atkins' proto-techno, to soulful
house, D n B' and UK Garage.

Following the huge success of 'Backlash/Lurker', Optiv and BTK return to Virus with a monster follow-up in the form of 'Kingpin' , taking you on a rollercoaster trip over waves of bass and some of the best produced beats of our time. These two are on fire right now and more is definitely to follow.

How does music sound when it's only influenced by itself In order to solve such a koan one should totally lose himself in the deep aural arts of Pekka Airaksinen.

The final Numbers vinyl release of 2011 and it's a limited split vinyl from Redinho and Sibian & Faun!

RESPECT rec. presents their 5th release! Fantastic compilation of futuristic sounds of drumandbass! Just keep swinging and dive into the deep, microminimalistic, leftfield and meditative waves of 8 forwardthinkin'n'feeling tunes!!! Don't miss, if you like such kind of sound, coz its really rare item!!! Extra Limited Edition Press on white vinyl! limited white vinyl!

Hailing from Perth, Australia, this talented and prolific producer is no stranger to the music scene. Following his first taste of an Akai sampler to drop film samples on the intros of songs in his metal band, The Dirty Whittler, Rregula eventually found himself drawn into the world of drum and bass and formed one half of Bad Robot in 2003, a monster collaboration with future Technique and Viper superstar, Phetsta.

The debut Debukas EP firmly planted him as one to watch, with four tracks that explored underground electronics with a pop sensibility and a grounding in classic house and techno. This new seven track EP continues down this route with his rich analogue sound and soulful vocals again taking centre stage.

The originality of his music stands out with the use of his voice combining as riffs, fx and melodies alongside the more traditional lyrics, and from his well stocked studio of vintage synths and drum machines where he has been honing his craft and developing a sound which is as much indebted to Arthur Russell and Gino Soccio as it is Underground Resistance and Model 500.

The Pleasure Patterns EP explores the outer edges of 4/4 club transmissions with the locked in groove of 'Loads Of Time' and the muscular synths of 'Rings'. Hits an almost disco feel with 'Golden Mind'. Drops the tempo for the loose and percussive 'Titanic' and trippy, hypnotic vibes of Send Me Out' and 'Knowledge' showcases some deft drum programming and vocal editing for futuristic disco dancefloors. It's left to Pional to round the EP off with his remix of 'Golden Mind'. He spots the disco feel of the original and filters it through some Madrid sunshine into a dreamy house epic. We've been fans of Pional for some time, and he's currently riding high after his two collaborations on the John Talabot album which are arguably the finest tracks on the album.

Debukas has recently featured on Mary Anne Hobbs XFM show with a DJ mix and she has played three tracks from the EP on her show. He's also remixed indie darlings Spector, label mates Crazy P and the new single by Drums Of Death. His live show which features a trimmed down version of his studio and live vocals is now hitting the road including a Crazy P support slot at Koko on Saturday 17th March. Already working hard on his debut album, this EP gives you an indication of what to expect from the all singing, all producing Debukas.

Boogie Boutique have only had one year in the game, and in that time they've smashed the Juno Download sales charts with their digital releases. To celebrate their first birthday, they've dipped their toes into the glorious world of vinyl with this double 12" with seven of the label's finest tracks to date plus one exclusive. The first 12" features Hayz' UB40 sampling "Ghetto Rat" and Ninelives The Cat's "Let Me In", (a brilliant fusion of "Be Good To Me" and "Cross The Tracks"), whilst the flip features Kid Stretch's "Get Down To The Funky Sound", featuring a cheeky Destiny's Child sample amongst its old school hip-hop good time feel, and Badboes' "Show Me Ghetto", an infectious rework of Robin S' 90s classic "Show Me Love", featuring numerous funk-acid tweaks. The second 12" meanwhile features Chris Awesome's bootleg of The Bees' "Payback", a heady mix of psychedelic rock and old school funk, and Nick Fonkynson's "D-Funk" featuring some heavy Wurlitzer solo action, and on the flip side, Funk Ferret's massive "Get Back To Funk" and John Farrugio's rework of Junior Senior's "Move Your Feet" - if this doesn't get the dancefloor going, nothing will. Make no mistake, this release is big!

Teaming up with Jah Wobble and Jaki Liebezeit, Holger remixes some of his best work for this beautiful double 10" gatefold, clear vinyl release on Claremont 56. Limited to 666 copies (his favourite number!) and hand numbered. Comes in a double gatefold 10" (on clear vinyl) printed on 350gsm card with matt laminate & printed inner sleeves. The works!

Including Switch - I still love you / Modeselektor - Evil twin / Modek - Willow / Digitalism - Circles (Eric prydz remix)

Arclight drop the incredible 'Holographic' EP. via Jacques Greene's label 'VASE'.Heralding from London, 'Arclight' caught massive attention via leaking songs on Youtube and their incredible take on Electronic music.

Here at Titan we pride ourselves in bringing you new and exciting up and coming artists and TITAN004 is exactly that. DJ Oder may be a new name on the scene but Joao Barbosa is well known in Portugal for his events, his DJ sets and also for playing and cutting his own vinyl. On the A side 'Rock The Place' starts with stabbing trance synths and builds with a catchy vocal. It then drops into a large envelopded bass line and old skool sounding drums which really shows DJ Oders diversity in production. The flip is a track called 'Robot Talk'. This has such an epic intro it sounds like the beginning of a hollywood blockbuster. The drop on the other hand is pure Dancefloor mayhem and is sure to push subs to their limit.

We are beyond excited to present you with the highly anticipated vinyl debut of the Head Boggle project. The world has been waiting for this day to come, and finally a full-length long player has arrived.

The friendship with Jason Lanox and HENK goes way back into the early days when we started holding parties on an old shipyard in Amsterdam. From the first moment HENK was captured by the productions of Jason Lanox. HENK followed him closely and saw him grow as a person, producer and performer. The first album ''Burning Every Bridge That I Cross To Find Some Beautiful Place To Get Lost'' was the reason to finally realize the long kept ambition to start HENK recordings.

Recorded at Studio GOK Sound, Tokyo April 7 2010 by Hamamoto Yohei.~

Produced by Masami Akita and Lasse Marhaug.

Cut by Rashad Becker at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin
Cover design by Lasse Marhaug.

Dubstep is everywhere and it's continuing to take over the world, conquering the US in a way that no other British underground form has ever managed before; artists such as Skrillex and Nero are now making the A-List at Radio 1 and are furthermore at the forefront of the world stage. Even legendary Artists such as Jay-Z and Kanye West are sampling British Dubstep Pioneers such as Flux Pavilion and Doctor P!

Valanx is the new project of Arne Weinberg. After deciding to stop releasing under his own name, the project is focusing on his new-found passion for electronic music beyond the techno productions he is best known for. This first album is the result of liberation and recovered inspiration in the studio, and the ability to express musical experimentation without boundaries. This is how Arne Weinberg sounds in 2012.

Harvey K-Tel's debut on Resense featuring 2 fantastic coops with Oxford's dubmeister Count Skylarkin. Both tracks are coming in DJ-friendly 7inch edits in a rubby-drum'n-dubby-double-time-stylee !...

Freestyle Records is immensely proud to be the new home for one of the UK's most creative and in demand musicians, Jessica Lauren.

Not much is known about Myown - the artist behind LB004 - other than that he's 23 and he's from Russia, with his only previous release arriving courtesy of fellow Russian Anton Zap's Ethereal Sound imprint last year. Upon hearing his schizophrenic (slightly disturbing) music we decided it was probably best not to ask too many questions.

From time to time we receive a remix that we have to put to wax, and LV's stunning feet-friendly re-work of Scrimshire's 'Everything You Say', featuring the unmistakable vocals of the Cinematic Orchestra's Heidi Vogel is definitely a case in point!

People get ready! The Breakbeat Junkie and DJP are back in the halls of BigM Productions presenting a full 12" wax EP.

cooler sampler !

'You have to be hungry as a musician. You have to experiment, you have to develop, you have to move forward, but you have to be hungry. That is how it is supposed to be. I won't say that I haven't been successful but I will say that I want to be better than this.' Goth-Trad to Big Up Magazine, 2008.And better he has become. New Epoch, Goth-Trad's debut album for the DEEP MEDi Musik imprint due out in February 2012, is the result of over a decade of pushing forward from the man Kode9 calls 'a one-man army mutating the UK hardcore continuum in Japan.'This acts as the first single taken from the forthcoming album featuring the tracks 'Airbreaker' and 'Cosmos'.

The record opens on a Ragga Tribe solid tune 190 Bpm flavour, at the hardcore frontier... Then you get 2 Hard ragga Jungle. Fever.

The original album PLUS an entire second CD - the instrumental version of the album incl. an additional bonus track co-written by Thom Yorke, PLUS the DVD with video clips, interviews and Live In Manchester concert! - Super fancy packaging, o-Card, partial gloss, triple disc digipak in a limited edition of 3000 copies!

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[aJ] CD 1-10 | Modeselektor & Thom Yorke - This

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DVD
1. Modeselektor & Thom Yorke - Shipwreck (Video)
2. Modeselektor feat. Otto von Schirach - Evil Twin (Video)
3. Modeselektor feat. Miss Platnum - Berlin (Video)
4. Live in Manchester - Excerpt 1 (Live Video: Grillwalker/Pretentious Friends/...)
5. Live In Manchester - Excerpt 2 (Live Video ft. Blue Clouds/Shipwreck/Berlin)
6. Live In Manchester - Interview (Video)

The Filth present a unique take on contemporary music and push it to the next level. They bring together traditional song writing, live instruments and electronic production, this three-part collective work around the 140-160bpm mark and seamlessly weave together strands of Punk, Rock, Reggae, Ska and Dubstep which is guaranteed to attract a broad spectrum of music fans.

CD1 1 The Filth - Cowboy -
CD1 2 The Filth - The Underworld -
CD1 3 The Filth - Beautiful Insane -
CD1 4 The Filth - Come Down -
CD1 5 The Filth - One Thing -
CD1 6 The Filth - Break The Silence -
CD1 7 The Filth - Don't Look Down -
CD1 8 The Filth - A Guy & A Horse -
CD1 9 The Filth - Aftermath -
CD1 10 The Filth - Attitude -

Vinyl Album
Side 1
01. Astronomic Club - Air 3.12
02. Seven Stars - Air 4.22
03. Retour Sur Terre - Air 0.45
04. Parade - Air 2.31
05. Moon Fever - Air 3.50
06. Sonic Armada - Air 5.06

Side 2
07. Who Am I Now - Air 3.03
08. Décollage - Air 1.39
09. Cosmic Trip - Air 4.10
10. Homme lune - Air 0.27
11. Lava - Air 3.03

Atki2 has long been performing his unique strain of dancehall, bashment, dubstep, and jungle, yet this is the first time he has released this style on its historical format of choice, 7-inch vinyl. Having co-promoted the Ruffneck Diskotek club night (a strong factor in Bristol's development as one of the globe's most exciting hubs for dubstep and bass music) for nearly a decade with Dub Boy and other local cohorts, he is deservedly a much-loved and respected member of Bristol's music scene. See his many releases on the city's top labels such as Punch Drunk, Idle Hands, and Immerse, as well as further afield imprints like Shadetek and Actress' Werk Discs, for whom he first recorded way back in 2005. With long-term partner Hanuman, Atki2 also helms Steakhouse Records, and the duo have been releasing bass-soaked music under the name Monkeysteak for several years. Solo recordings as Atki2 are rare, but these freshest fruits have a wonderful cockeyed dancehall characteristic to them, recalling the 1990s era heavily electronic styles of labels such as Fashion, Steely & Clevie, or Taxi, emitting twisted and often weird electronics, but all within a dagger inducing locked groove. These tracks have support from DJs and labels across the planet such as Dub Boy, Cardopusher, Ekoplekz, Oslek, Murderbot, Mr Gasparov, Idle Hands, and Iberian Records to name a few. Strictly limited to 300 copies inna murderation formation.

Thanks to those who've supported Auntie Flo and the first two sell out releases. Ahead of his debut album, Future Rhythm Machine, we'd next like to introduce the hotly anticpated remixes forthcoming on vinyl from Pearson Sound and newcomer SOPHIE.

Following his big summer hit summer SYNCOPY, Tobias Hjørnet, returns to TEAL, for a second release. BE QUIET is not messing about too much, a solid forward-stepping anthem seeing early support from the likes of dBridge. NO MORE on the flipside offers a more experimental and melancholic side of the hugely promising young talent. Essential release.

CURRENT VALUE + SUBSISTENZ + AMENS ----- No more needs to be said !!! Limited Edition 1st White Grey Marble Vinyl - Clear Bag

BIG TIP FOR FANS OF SWAMP 81 AND CLASSIC UR!
Gangsigns is a label set up to provide the finest in all areas of music and each release will be limited to 300 copies only. After various false starts and missed deadlines the time has come for the one and only DRMCNT to get things on the boil with the so aptly named 'Gangsigns ep'. just before a summer 2011 move to Japan he dropped these off at gangsigns towers - a fully realised set of bass jumpers that wouldn't be out of place on an Underground Resistance, Swamp81 or Frictional release.

I was finishing up a long extended set in Paris when the CleckCleckBoom crew practically ran into the club to get on the decks. I had hung out with them before but tonight they had all new tracks and an incredible energy. So I stayed past the last ravers just to hear what they would play and that was when i heard 'Hugz' by French Fries and Bamabounou. This was a new sound, some nasty nasty shit sitting somewhere between juke and bass music and and i knew we had to get this sound on dirtybird no matter what. Needles to say 'Yo Vogue' is hot property and i'm really excited to release it on dirtybird. The half time drop, the chopped and screwed vocal, the stuttering bass kicks, the creepy moog on top - it's simple and complex at the same time and it wrecks shop whenever it gets played. I did a remix on the B side giving it some db flavor and dirtybird newcomer Leroy Peppers lays out his own bay area skeeze with hot sauce on top. Watch yer bass bins! best, VonStroke.

housed in a reverse board sleeve. EP#2 is here, swiftly following on from EP1 which is pretty much sold out, here we have arguably GoldFFinch's most sought after material originally brought to light via Loefah's RinseFM shows and subsequently garnering support from Boddika, Mary Anne Hobbs, 2562, Jackmaster, Benji B and more. These boys are on fire right now and in our eyes have pretty much nailed it in terms of the now-sound! Act quickly on this one!

Juk Juk's Unwrap/Fall is the inaugural release on Nommos, a new label from East London. It is Juk Juk's second release following last autumn's critically acclaimed debut on Keiran (Four Tet) Hebden's Text imprint.

Future Sickness Records is proud to present his 14th vinyl release featuring Katharsys! This is also the debut release of Katharsys on Future Sickness! Katharsys did something special for this release on Future Sickness, they made a drum n bass/hardcore crossbreed release. Something that they didn't do in the past.

New release on Skream's Disfigured Dubz imprint from Mikal. You may be familiar with his DNB stuff on Metalheadz but this time he bring's you some ruffneck 137-140 bpm Tracks

Double Vinyl - 1. DAVY DMX feat. CHUCK D - Hip Hop / 2. IMPERIAL BROTHERS - Breathe / 3. DJ CHEESE - More of The Raw / 4. KNIGHTS OF THE TURNTABLES - Electro Gumbo
/ 5. LIL ROCKIN' G - The Adventures of Rockin' G / 6. THE FREAKAZOIDS - What Is A DJ (Street Sounds Remix) / 7. MTD - We Are The Future / 8. CYBERNET CITY SOLDIERS -
Cybernet City (CBR Orchestral Mix) / 9. DIAMONDBACK KID - Chambers Of Chaos (Electrofunk Remix) / 10. FLASHMASTER RAY feat. Sin2 - Analog Feeling (Street Sounds
Version) / 11, BLACK ELECTRONICS - Funk Electric / 12. AUDIO SONIC CREW - Nuclear Fallout (Final Video Remix) / 13. UTILIZER - Resistor / 14. YAMASAKI & MR SPIN feat. CRF
Empty Handed (North South Mix) /15. DJ Red Venom / 16. ANALOG KNIGHTZ

Russian producer Paperclip returns to FKZ:LTD with a track called 'Whom I Belong', combining the rough with the smooth: beautifull melancholic pads, the occaisional use of synth stabs and a clear and crisp drumline.

Quadrant delivers a tremendous release on the Citrus imprint. Sinister stringlines changing into ripping basses. Of course the percussion game on this one is tight.

A pair of producers based in Kent, England, Synth Sense are steadily making a name for themselves with a particularly distinct, deeper synth-driven sound. On their first release for Phunkfiction, the two have again teamed up with vocalist Rose, whom they had great success with when both featured on Anile's gorgeous Seeking You.

The dark lords of the technoid steppers make their first appearance on m-Atome LTD.
Both tracks equally bear the trademarks of what has made a whole generation of djs, producers,label owners and crowds play,admire,seek or nod at the sounds of The Sect over the past 5 years.The gloomy and eeries intros and space out effects unfold an inferno of relentless beats and grinding basses. A highly recommended 12inch packed with some of the finest tough dnb sounds of the moment.

Limited Edition White Label

Gremino's 'Let's Jack EP' is a trio of individually-styled tunes, and a new introduction to the young Finnish producer's unique sound, last heard on vinyl around these parts on the killer 'Its Working EP' for Rag & Bone, the title track of which was one 2010's high points of clattering bass funkiness. On this EP, he takes acid up to juke speed, and jungle down to grime speed, all through his menacing digital filter. The dramatic build-up of 'Lush' drops suddenly into manic chopped breaks, followed by 'Let's Jack', an uptempo acid house track lost in outer space. Gremino closes out the set with an ominous yet youthful epic, 'Faerietales', which hypnotically builds until finally dropping into a club banger full of rave stabs and gliding synth melodies. Early DJ support from Hudson Mohawke ('this record is a beast'), Untold, Bok Bok, Dubbel Dutch, Ben UFO, and Kode9.

Stalwart of the Netherlands electro squat scene (Bunker Records, Legowelt's Strange Life Records) creates a claustrophobic minimalism w/the industrial ambience of empty office towers. Usual Further hand screened jackets

LBT's Funky Fever" is the Big Beat tune released in celebration of the label LBT's 10th anniversary. LBT is a Japanese label loyal to the vinyl format since 2001 that holds up the motto "Funky & Beer". In response to the high demands from fans, LBT has decided to release this remix EP featuring a superb list of artists.

Hotflush presents the debut 12 from Belgian newcomer Locked Groove aka Tim Van de Meutter. The young producer delivers three hypnotizing and genre bending tracks that expertly weave the sounds of Berghain, soulful house and UK garage into a single crushing package. The 'Rooted' EP draws you in with the title track, bouncing along to an acid baseline, then moves onto 'Drowning', a moody techno track that was included on Scuba's DJ-Kicks mix compilation, filled with drum and ambient samples taken from field recordings. Lastly, 'Change', a production that smartly melds classic house grooves with industrial techno, demonstrates Locked Groove's rhythmic finesse and long-term promise as an artist.

Alessandro Cortini (NIN, Ladytron, Muse) solo project uses Buchla analog synth to create electronic pop music that is both gritty & melodious. LTD signed & #d red vinyl in pic sleeve.

After last year's popular 'Soft Vision EP', Tropics follows up with this prelude to his debut album, due autumn 2011 on Planet Mu. Since that first release, which garnered press attention worldwide, Tropics as a project has expanded to a full band feel, and this EP features the first recorded fruits of that development, with the artist's own vocals on 'Mouves' taking the spotlight. The intense summery shimmer that has been a feature of Tropics' work so far is ever present. With a wavering grace that combines dubby New Order-esque bass, lush jazzy rhodes, shoegazey stretched vocals and droney synths, the song is an unusual but almost overwhelmingly beautiful and woozy combination that floors the listener with its humid atmosphere. The hotly tipped Keep Shelly In Athens have remixed 'Mouves' by trimming down the track to it's minimal parts, cooling down the atmosphere and adding a heavy Boards Of Canada-like synth melody and chords that sound like they're borrowed from an early '90s ambient trance track, all held together with heavy, cracking grime-like snare. On the b-side, FaltyDL showcases his first new material for Planet Mu since the highly-acclaimed 'You Stand Uncertain' LP, with a remix which breaks the parts down into micro-samples and then re-edits and twists them through a subtle bumping beat and bass, as if he's just taken a microcosm from the original's wild, tropical macrocosm and studied it in detail. 'Celebrate' finishes the EP, feeling like an early, utterly joyful Madonna track, slowed down and extended to it's limits to capture every second of feeling in rapturous, dusty slow motion.

still hot and back on stock !!!

Dropping into the full flow of 2012 is this new piece of absolute gold from men on the move Technicolour & Komatic. With their second release on Sgn:Ltd we wouldn't be surprised if youstart to hear a lot more from these guys throughout this year. An amazing way for Shogun's sister label to kick things off in 2012.

One of the most popular yet credible dubstep compilations is back!

Following on from his rugged track 'Difference', co-produced with DJ Madd, TMSV teams up with fellow Utrecht residents June Miller for the second part of his collab EP on Black Box, exploring far darker territory than on his past releases for Box Clever.

Full length ambient LP from ASC & Sam KDC on CD & digital only.

1 ASC & Sam KDC - Lost Negatives
2 ASC & Sam KDC - Rebuilt From Nothing
3 ASC & Sam KDC - Cesium 137
4 ASC & Sam KDC - Block 4
5 ASC & Sam KDC - Vapour Lock
6 ASC & Sam KDC - Skala
7 ASC & Sam KDC - No Safety Zone

Nakedlunch are proud to present our next release which features two tracks from an artist causing quiet a stir at the moment... Boddika. Boddika is better known as AL Bleek who is one half of the duo Instra:mental. Both tracks are far removed from the sound Instra:mental are known for but maintain that analogue warmth and punch which is missing from much of todays music. Watch out for forthcoming Boddika tunes on Swamp81 and Darkestral.
DJ Support from: Martyn, Instra:mental, 2562, Loefah, Skream, TRG, Braiden, Anthony Sahkir, Mark Pritchard, Untold, Brandon Moller, Doc Danenka, Kuedo, RSD, Stingray313, Peverelist, Joy Orbison and many more.

Real name Dan Griober, Dan HabarNam has been active since the '90s, doing production for Romanian pop artists while also working on his own projects. His solo catalog is pretty slim, with just a few appearances on drum & bass labels like Santorin and Subtle Audio, but From the Known is clearly the work of an experienced artist: though loosely anchored in techno, ambient and bass music, it's stylistically open-ended, and produced with an audiophile's attention to detail. According to the label, Groiber's meticulousness extended to the mastering process as well (the CD, for instance, was recorded direct from the vinyl to achieve that special analog feel)
1 Dan HabarNam - Record
2 Dan HabarNam - Divided
3 Dan HabarNam - The Known
4 Dan HabarNam - Memory
5 Dan HabarNam - That Image
6 Dan HabarNam - Betray The Present
7 Dan HabarNam - Becomes
8 Dan HabarNam - Fragments
9 Dan HabarNam - Theories
10 Dan HabarNam - Regeneration

Local Action kick off 2012 with a pair of vinyl-only tracks by DJ Q, including the massively hyped 'Brandy & Coke' limited red vinyl pressing.

Jacques Greene starts 2012 with a 4-track EP on his brand new label Vase. The young Montreal producer had a fantastic 2011 with remixes for Katy B, Radiohead and massive support for his debut single 'Another Girl' coming from Pete Tong, SBTRKT and many more.

LOYH is an Ambient project of Axel Willner aka The Field. This is the vinyl only version. No CD, no 180gr. vinyl.

This 12" is the second on New Build's own imprint Lanark Recordings, and the first that is aimed resolutely and unapologetically at the dance floor. Part of a ongoing series of vinyl only releases on the label, this 12" includes two stunning remixes, one from German producer Dominik Eulberg and the other from Israeli born duo Juju & Jordash.

Andrew Samoyed used to be such a nice young man. When he wasn't wearing lovely jumpers or impressing people's mothers, he was toying with his synthetic pianos and computer chips to create ambient heartbreakers that could reduce your most unresponsive uncle to a snivelling mess. Imagine everyone's surprise then, when sometime after the release of his 2007 debut 'Always From This Point', without warning or reason, the famed Samoyed eye-glint started to cloud over. As much as everyone tried to fool themselves otherwise, something had gone horribly wrong in the young Geordie's mind-brain. His jaw was now so permanently clenched in brooding that his face began to change shape, turning angular and unfriendly. His friends swear that sometimes you could actually literally see the anger bubbling in his belly. The change was also clearly mirrored in Samoyed's musical output. There was a new hatred in the young mans drones, a violence in his clicks. Most notably though, there was the addition of an element not heard in his music before : The Drum. It was at this point that Glum decided to sign him. 'Her Honey Dripping Behind EP', Samoyed's first release on the label, follows in the raw and dusty techno footprints of Glum's previous two vinyl outings from Lukid, and represents a great leap forward from his already-quite-marvellous 'Spit' 10' released - complete with Lukid remix - on Astro Dynamics late last year. It also harbours a deadly secret weapon on it's B side, namely 'Klondike Rush', a rave banger so potent that it has proved to make Glaswegians spontaneously slap walls and scream. The record has so far received support from such luminaries as Floating Points, Lone, Numbers, Nathan Fake and 2562.

Dies ist das erste Album des Labels und man ist überrascht,
in welche Richtungen die Nummer 11 so aus schlägt. Downtempo, House,
Ambient und ein unterschwelliger Hauch von Techno und Jazz, füllen
die zehn Geschichten dieses Albums, welches vom Label-Macher Thomas Bachner
produziert wurde. Hier bekommt man zum ersten mal einen Einblick in das Innere des runden
Playtrackskopfes und es fühlt sich irgendwie seltsam und einfangend zugleich an,
was da an das menschliche Ohr heran tritt.




ABOUT CURRE / VIMEO)

1st single from Etienne de Crécy's upcoming retrospective boxset: "MY CONTRIBUTION TO THE GLOBAL WARMING".
A decade after the original release in the Tempovision album, enjoy Shinichi Osawa, Felix Cartal, The Shoes & SCNTST remixes, revisiting the timeless hit "AM I WRONG"

Arms & Legs is a new Berlin based label run by Daniel Steinberg and Nils Ohrmann. The debut release comes from Steinberg himself.

Kasper Bjørke is the Danish multi-talent whose second album 'Standing On Top of Utopia' was recently released on hfn music to much international applause. The beautiful, classic-analog meets cutting-edge-futuristic sound of the album has kick started a revolution in post-electronic stylings where songwriting and genuine musical ideas stand in the forefront of tough beats or unnerving trippyness.

Final part of Svreca's ''Obscur'' series. 6 track EP with 2 new tracks and old ones remixed by Silent Servant, Skirt, Regis and Orphx.

This release has been campaigned by non other that 1xtra's very own DJ Bailey and for good reason. 'Sun Is Shining' has been getting played by everyone and it really does Bob Marley's original justice. On the flip 'Jah Army' also shows you why this release has already been repressed.

21 year old Champion has been firing on all cylinders since Terror Danjah's Hardrive label introduced him to the wider world in January 2011 with the 'Motherboard' EP. Following up quickly, within a couple of months he launched his own label Formula with the club smash 'Lighter, and not long after that came 'Sensitivity' with Ruby Lee Ryder, which ranked in FACT Magazine's top 50 tracks of 2011. Now beginning his first full calendar year as a label boss, 'Crazy' finds Champion collaborating with UK Funky mainstay Princess Nyah, whose now classic tracks 'Frontline' and 'Hooligan' are still getting played on the London club scene many years after they first appeared. 'Crazy' combines a perfect balance of Champion's signature minimal production with Nyahs raw vocals. The flip has Champ's instrumental version renamed 'Pepper Pot', and a grime refix from Hyperdub mainstays Terror Danjah and D.O.K., who drop a rare collaborative mix. Plenty DJ support already from Ben UFO, Brackles, Cameo, Elijah & Skilliam and Roska.

Cluekid return's...Cluekid and Bullfrog (previously Bullfrog Beats) are back with their first single of 2012For those that don't know, Cluekid has been around since the early days of Dubstep, collaborating with various producers including Skream (Disfigured Dubz), Cotti (-30 Recordings), LD (Ringo Records) as well as releasing on Soul jazz Records, Aquatic Lab and Earwax. After taking some time out Cluekid is back and with a remix of classic dancehall artist Junior Cat for Greensleeves being hammered by the likes of Mala, V.I.V.E.K, Ntype and Hatcha with more singles planned on Bullfrog for 2012, it's already looking like a good year!'Ninety Three' show's Cluekid's love for all things Junglist with this deep old Skool 'Amen' workout, proving that the Jungle vibe is alive and well and sounding as fresh as ever at 140bpm, check the reese bass-line on the 2nd drop!!'Swampman' on the flip takes events to a darker, murkier place. Pure lurching half-step rhythms fused with minimal percussion and a weighty B-Line, fans of Tunnidge, Cyrus and V.I.V.E.K need to check.

'I Am Bad' is D Minds first single of the year and it features guest vocalist Charlotte James from the well respected trio 'Hybrid'. The Original Mix coupled with the Enei Remix makes for a great all round release offering two different ends of the DnB spectrum.

Another excellent deep rolling release by Dabs. Of course the usual roaring bassline is sounding thicker than ever. Those occasional vocal cuts are perfectly placed. Excellent Syndrome affair by Dabs.

We are very happy to announce a new signing to the DEEP MEDi camp Dark Tantrums. There is very little known about Dark Tantrums apart from a brief appearance alongside Kromestar on their track Trianglez. The name came too most people's attention through Mala's much talked about 2011 XLR8R mix where he dropped 'Unborn' which features on this very release.

dgoHn is one of the artists that best encapsulates the Subtle Audio sound. He offsets heavy breakbeats with an array of smooth keys, strings and vocals, while his arrangements always carry the listener on a journey that is never quite certain but always interesting. These are qualities that have ensured Aphex Twin regularly plays his music at festivals around the world and that dgoHn himself gets booked to play at the most esoteric Drum & Bass nights like Technicality and IChiOne aswell as at eclectic events such as Bangface.'Hang Nail' employs the ubqitious amen but with a crunch and a twist that only dgoHn could provide. The incessant nature of the drums is tempered by a wistful Repetitive synth-line and some kind of weird voice and pipe symbosis (we did say it would be interesting). Rough with smooth was never such a delicate balance! The title of the next track prepares you for the slightly obtuse nature of the music - '4.377445 Yards' has an abundance of melody and some nice male vocals that would be considered overtly saccharin elsewhere but not alongside dgoHn's railroading breaks and menacing basslines. The off-kilter redeployment of different elements as the tune progresses and the general rhythmical deviancy also ensure that this is no Sunday stroll.Finally 'Be Gentle' rounds off proceedings by abandoning the traditional Drum & Bass 4/4 time signature and the unconventional rhythmic structure allows for a unique interplay between the beats, bass and melodics. This is some different business, but then, what did you expect from someone called 'dgoHn'

Even before you listen to this record you know it's going to be a banger. Lowdown Deep Records is, in our opinion the best jump up label around. Logan D always picks the best tunes and all the big jump up producers give him first dibs. 'Espanol' is MASSIVE and once this riddem drops prepare to rewind. On the flip DJ Origin gets involved and churns out 'Destructive' which is an impressive slice of dancefloor Drum and Bass.

Green & White coloured Vinyl with hand stamped labels.Klute's 'Commercial Suicide' label is stepping activity up in what will no doubt be one of it's best years in it's history. Gridlok will kick off this years release schedule with his 'Tuscan Raiders' / 'Enemies of the State' 12. Gridlock and Jamal hits you hard with Arabian atmospherics and growling baselines. Ready to tear it up big time, this splendid piece of work features the sound of the almighty Amen coming through your speakers!

Limited Purple Vinyl Release. It's a little known fact, but Method One was actually one of the the first American drum & bass artists, getting his break way back in 1994 with a remix for chart-toppers Deee-Lite. With that out of the way, Method One marks his debut on Auxiliary in fine style. Four cuts with all the hallmarks of what makes music on Auxiliary that little bit special.#5.1 sets the tone nicely, with its bell-like tones set against a wash of pads. Introducing a more aggressive 80's retro synth lead later, the track evolves and changes the mood with ease. #5.2 strips things down to the bare bones before rebuilding. A lesson in subtlety and sub bass. #5.3 is Method One's opus to date. An amazing example of how to take this 170 sound and turn it into a proper piece of music. #5.4 follows on from 5.3's full on musicality, by dropping the BPM and taking things back to yesteryear with a crescendo of synth lines, pads, and keys to pull at the heartstrings.

Badfellaz' A track people have been waiting on for some time is finally unleashed with a fresh re-work for 2012! We're excited to be releasing this from the guys with the huge 'Donuts' on the A. Both tracks capture the Dispatch sound perfectly on what is a hugely varied and interesting release from 2 of D&B's hottest producers.Extensive DJ support on this release from the likes of: Goldie, Hype, Teebee, DJ Marky, Break, Marcus Intalex, Skeptical, Hybris, Kasra, EBK, Doc Scott, Safire, Ant TC1, Octane & DLR, Artificial Intelligence, Bailey, Xtrah & Spinline.

KSHEEPV013 Nekura / Facs is a retro dark Drum & Bass shout out, a late 90's influenced affair that features rough Tramen's over driven Reese basslines and hard beats plus snares.

Subversion was made by the DNA strands of artist Nick Modern, featuring the vocals of Inja, in a well kept secret scientific Lab. This track has a pure venom snare that when it strikes leaves you powerless in its wake , face melting beats and a vocal that will make you spin and make you dizzy .

The Numa Crew have had a few releases through our doors over the last few years and within that time we've really seen them grow and progress as a production crew. Hailing from Florence in Italy these guys are getting serious attention and when you hear this cheeky little booty you'll see exactly why. We can't stop playing this 12 in the office and it's got some serious summer vibes.

Red Vinyl Edition. Samurai Music steps into it's fifth year with another hand picked quality stream of releases from the finest in new and established talent. NZ016 is a great example of this approach.Pessimist is a rising name in advanced, technical, atmos-drenched dancefloor Drum and Bass with releases on Renegade Hardware, Critical and Ingredients under his belt and many more to come. On 'Canyon' he collaborates with new trio Arma (War, Overlook, & Mateba)* for a writhing, moody roller that surges with a rumbling bassline, classic stepper drums and a riff that has often had crowds cheering with delight as it comes sliding in.Ex pat kiwi Cern, recording artist for Renegade Hardware, Project 51, SOM Music, and of course the architect of one of our most popular back catalogue releases 'Eastern Gates', provides the remix here. Working tightly with the core elements, Cern increases the pressure with subtle overlays, washes of processed amens and a powerful bass interjection. We have kept this one tight until now, and are positive the DJ support will come flooding in as the release reaches the master selectors.

Pleasure has clearly been busy in the studio over the Christmas period and he has a string of really strong releases that are now seeing the light of day. Both 'Minute Man' and 'Move Easy' have been bouncing around on dubplate and now it's your turn to have a piece of the action.

'Get Ready' has been a huge success for Congo Natty and here we have the follow up single which consists of two remix's both of which are getting battered. On the A side Serum and Northern Light's offer a Jump Up mix which ticks all the boxes and on the flip see's Dubstep giant Sukh Knight add his own 145 flex to this already amazing release.

Dubnest employ the Bristol based Run Tingz Cru for this third release on this ever growing label. Blackout JA supplies the catch vocal hook whilst Run Tingz supply the Jungle vibes. On the flip Dijeyow and Jera team up and roll out 'Feel Good' which has been getting plays all over the place.

Twisted halfstepping experimental edged Dubstep/Techno hybrids

Playaz are starting the New Year with the best that Drum and Bass can offer by bringing you the long awaited Bi Polar EP from Playaz veteran Sub Zero. Stepping outside musical boundaries and shattering any illusions that his production style is nothing more than ferocious jump up, Sub Zero's creativity has grown and developed within the Bi Polar EP highlighting his envious skills at producing timeless Drum and Bass.

After Netsky, KG, Break and Nymfo smashed some Belgian dance classics by original artists Shameboy, Buscemi, Ultrasonic7 and Magnus, a few more d&b hotshots step to the plate.

In the last couple of months the names Taiki & Nulight should have come across your paths. These 2 artists have been gaining respect from the likes of Skream, Benga, N-type, Mistajam (and many more) and are set to blow up any time now.

Tactical Records impressed everyone with there first releases and this one from The Funktion is even better. 'Detonate' and 'Natural Selection' flew out on promo and we had to up the order on the full releases as the demand was so high. Watch out for their third release as it's getting a lot of love from all the big guns.

TEED's sound swings between overt musicality and scarily on-point dance floor intuition, tearing up gigs around the globe with his live show of bizarre instruments, glitter cannons and of course... dancing dinosaurs. Beautiful blip and blop intro, touching vocals, and scathing drum beat break is the makeup of Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaur's track, Household Goods. This is seriously good remix EP Featuring mixes from Justin Martin, Lone & 2 Bears. DJ support from Erol Alkan, Annie Mac & Tayo.

Wardrobe Memories has released experimental cinematic ambient since 1999. Now after more than 6 years the recent album changes the rules with shimmering rhythms and suspense-cinematography for alien children.

This is a lovely little mix from S.P.Y of 'In The Waiting Line' and there has been a serious buzz on this track over the past few months. This is a limited press so makes sure you grab it before it disappears

Music performed by:
Anthony Pateras: Piano/Prepared Piano/Organs/Electronics
Anna McMichael: Violin
Erkki Veltheim: Viola
Judith Hamann: Cello
Brock Imison: Basson
Liam Kinson: Clarinet
Andrew Young: Horn

Speak Percussion featuring Eugene Ughetti & Matthias Schack-Arnott
Elizabeth Welsh: Additional Strings

All music composed by Anthony Pateras
All music recorded and mixed by Lachlan Carrick at Sing Sing Studios, Melbourne
Except XIJ, constructed at Gold Tony Love's Audio Hell, Coburg, with Drums performed by Max ...

Crazy P meet Appleblim for some Bristol 2 step soul and deep dark dub.

Fact magazine hit the nail on the head when they interviewed Laurie Appleblim recently

"Not only is he one of the UK's greatest modern dance producers - as one half of the team behind Skull Disco he helped shape dubstep's dark side, with a plethora of classics both solo and collaborative to his name, and in more recent times has honed his focus on curating one of Bristol's most consistent labels in Applepips - but he's also got great taste in all fields, and has a way with words that few others possess."

In short he is an amazing producer and an absolute diamond with it, and he's produced a couple of stunning remixes of 'Changes'.

Already a self confessed fan of the track (he included it on a dj mix for Fact) he was the perfect choice when it came to remixes. On this release we see two distinct sides to his personality, the 'Bristol Soul' mix channels the spirit of classic Soul II Soul and early Massive Attack but places it within the current crop of Bristol house mutations that follows on from his awesome 'Moonlight' track.

The 'Deep Under dub' is one for dark, dub club manoeuvres that seems custom built for fabric or 9am at the Panorama Bar, I can't wait to hear this one on a proper system.

DJ Madd has come a long way since he dropped the inaugural release on the brand new Black Box label in 2009. His busy schedule has seen drops on N-Type's label Wheel & Deal and the Kryptic Minds-owned Osiris Music, as well as a steady stream of records on Black Box including two EPs and a mix CD. Coupled with weekly radio plays across Rinse FM, BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra and Kiss FM, and a heavy gig list that has seen him travel regularly across Europe and beyond, DJ Madd has entered the upper levels of the dubstep fraternity, and is now ready to cement that position with his debut album.

The latest release from Hit and Hope Records sees Leeds duo Elkat & Moleskin putting out a limited edition 12" single featuring remixes from Optimum and Donga & Blake.

The first 1000 limited edition 4-piece Gatefold vinyl are shrink-wrapped and contain the full CD album inside. All re-presses after this will be the vinyl on its own.

This is the dream of every nouveau art indie intellectualism label: A limited edition print / sticker by one of the hottest new graphic artists of the Berlin scene (no. 3 in his Universa sequence). And as free give-away: a NERDy/hard to dj with record by Icasol.