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CUT AND RUN CREW ARE BACK, THIS TIME THEY TURN THEIR HAND TO DIZZEE RASCALS SIRENS AND CHEMICAL BROTHERS DO IT AGAIN...now repressed !!!

After firmly establishing their Nu Funk steez in the digital realm with countless releases, London label Boogie Boutique reached into the glamorous world of vinyl in fine style just before Christmas with the double 12" drop A Year On Wax. They elect to continue their twelve inch shaped adventures with a label regular at the helm in the shape of Funk Ferret. The New Zealander has featured on many a Boogie Boutique release, as well as other Nu Funk labels such as Booty Pirates and Ghetto Funk, so keen observers of the scene will know what to expect. "Pushin' Forward" features the mic spitting skills of Imagine This, whose Mr Lif style delivery is the perfect foil for a trademark mid tempo bass heavy bump from the Ferret. Boogie Boutique have assembled a fine cast of remix talent too, with Big Beat veteran Cut La Roc dropping a fine sample heavy revision that allows the vox to shine. Fellow BB artist and Montreal dweller Nick Fonkyson adds some crunchy riffage to the mix, whilst the Funk Ferret's Regrooved Sound System partner DJ Alias concentrates on teasing out some bassline deviancy with some help from Benson.

Slynk has a new release out and it's a beast! I know because it just tried to take a chunk out of my ankle as I moonwalked to the bathroom. If you've been following him all these years you'll know what to expect by now; Four towering funk behemoths forged in the dirty grease pits of James Brown's flavela chop shop by mechanics wearing beastie boy intergalactic suits and daft punk helmets, welding on lasers and electro and swag to create the most incredible dance floor bangers the world has ever known. Where is it It's just over there on that plinth. Which Plinth Are you kidding That Indiana Jones style plinth deep in the Temple of Boom! Just follow the trail of DJ's, by now most of the traps will have been triggered in their stampede to add these four golden Slynk bombs to their set lists. The blow darts got Featurecast, A.Skills is covered in tarantulas, B-Side sadly got the spikes. Thankfully they've all fully recovered, although DJP was last seen still running from a massive boulder of rock somewhere in Stoke on Trent and Goodgroove is by all accounts still pinned down by a tribe of angry Peruvian jazz fans. You know you want it! Here's a whip, here's a cowboy hat and here's a bag of sand the exact same weight as Slynk's new 4 tracker. Now Go!

Early support from Eddy Temple Morris (XFM), Andi Durrant (Capital FM), Matrix & Futurebound (BBC 1xtra)

Progressive acid pumin style. Full SagSag23 sound... very influenced by FKY ! Checvk first tune... It's 150 BPM and really groovy. Remindiung the Abe 01 or the Mammut 01... Nice one.

Hafiza (INNOCENCE)is OLUGBENGA's debut release. Having built a following DJing at festivals and clubs worldwide, crafting remixes and producing mixtapes, OLUGBENGA's music draws on elements from techno, gospel and the claustrophobic soundscapes of post-rock.

As a producer, OLUGBENGA's work has seen him receive support on BBC 6Music from Lauren Laverne and a selection of BBC Radio 1 presenters including Rob Da Bank and Huw Stephens. The support has continued online, with press articles on Dazed Digital, Mixmag, Drowned In Sound, The Independent and a 'Track Of The Day' with Clash Magazine. There have been remixes for the likes of Alt-J and Esben And The Witch - all of this support arriving before he has officially released a signed piece of solo material.

Otherwise known as Olugbenga Adelekan and as bassist from the Mercury nominated band Metronomy, Hafiza (INNOCENCE) sees this artist creating unique and personal music electronic music with commercial sensibilities. What originally seem like vocal samples are in fact OLUGBENGA's own recordings pitched and edited in ways that span forlorn choruses to percussive melodies. Saw-wave synthesisers and huge bottom ends back up these three tracks, which feel equally at home in both the club and headphones.

Ragga jungle and Jungle instrumentals. Pure old school sounds amen breaks and effects with a super ritch constructions. Alive Non stop !

GREG WILSON PROUDLY PRESENT'S A 4 TRACK EP PAYING HOMAGE TO THE DAYS OF ELECTRO. COMES WITH 'ELECTRO' INSPIRED LABEL ARTWORK: PRESSED ON 180G VINYL

* Scotland's number one Hardcore DJ finally unleashes his long awaited second artist album, a heart wrenching 17 years in the making! Years of massive anthem after anthem, his own revered blend of harder influences, parties worldwide smashed into their component pieces and more excitingly reassembled with what can only be described as rave wizardry, Marc Smith remains one of the true assets of harder dance music. With a huge worldwide fan base, and a predictably loyal Scottish one, it's a legacy demanding celebration with an eye on exciting things ahead. What better way to galvanize this support than by carefully constructing a thrilling collection of exclusive upfront material, remastered classics from '94 through to '11, and a high energy bonus mix showcasing his frenetic live sets

Having been resident at Fantazia at the start of his illustrious career, through to being voted 6th in the multi genre Vestax poll in 2012, few can boast such a steady yet exciting musical path. Uncompromised. Notorious.













CD2: (Unmixed Classics)

B-Side is probably our best kept secret weapon, one part Superman and two parts Animal from the Muppets. Behind the decks he is a demon, he absolutely tears dance floors to pieces, he can read a crowd like no other, if his gaze falls on you you get the feeling that he can even tell what colour underwear you're wearing...;or not wearing (Fair warning!)

His production has progressed the old school way, from cutting his own unique bootlegs for his live shows and learning as he went. A seemingly permanent residency at Southampton's Orange rooms - practically the second home of the one and only Featurecast - helped define his sound and he's now cranking out regular Juno top spot releases on the Ghetto Funk label.

London staple Deadboy returns for the first time since 2011's HERE, releasing new four track EP 'BLAQUEWERK' on 25th March. The release is the first of a set of many to shortly be announced, joining festival Pleasure Principle to form part of our 10th anniversary in 2013.

The record's opener 'On Your Mind' sees Deadboy swapping out divas and using his own plaintive vocals for the first time, within a 7 minute late night house exploration. Perpetually building analogue snare rolls and tape fuzzed basslines marry with a tense breakdown, reminiscent of his epic 'Wish U Were Here' and an 80's touch that pushes the track into the same realms occupied by Chicago's own pioneers of dancefloor melancholia, Virgo.

'Geek'd Up' pushes raw and direct with a heavy kick and dramatic piano stabs showing just how killer House music can be with only a few simple tools. 'Black Reign', previewed on Jackmaster's Radio 1 show, experiments with the darker side of Garage - claustrophobic and nightmarish, an antidote to the recent charting hybrids. The EP's closer 'Nova' is a play on Deadboy's formative years in South London - mournful chords, tuned 808 basslines and precision crafted breaks bring to mind the pioneering sounds of early Drum & Bass producers Foul Play, with a deeper and more feminine sound.

BLAQUEWERK is released as a limited 12inch and digital download on 25th March 2013.
Jamie XX - Brilliant
Redlight - super tidy : )
Fiedel - I like the oldschool/not oldschool appeal of the housetracks. "Geek'd Up" is my favorite.
Jacques Greene - Black Reign is incredible - Great to see Deadboy releasing something
Joe Goddard (Hot Chip) - Love the sound of this. J
Modeselektor - jawohllll
Untold - Too future yo
Mark Pritchard - Great Ep. Nice Jungle surprise as well.
Benjamin Damage - Nova is brilliant, great EP
Jessie Ware - Love Geek'd up so much wanna dance x
Tiga - really great. familiar and new at the same time: the holy grail.
Falty DL - Yep, dig this, thanks! Will play it out.
Boys Noize - another great release! cheers

Possible repress

*Break's Symmetry never compromises on it's output, and this stunning 12" further enhances this reputation. When 'Love So True' dropped last year, it made everyone sit-up and take notice, pretty much played by all the influential Djs from Hype, Friction & Andy C. Well he returns with his own VIP version which is again one to cause tasteful dancefloor devastation.
*Eastcolors debut on Symmetry was also an impressive track on the label in 2012
"Watch Out" stands the test of time & is still regularly played. Critical's "Enei" decided to remix this killer cut & doesn't disappoint!
*Already played regularly in many sets, and we're expecting this single to stand-up to most throughout 2013.
*DJ support comes from Calyx, Friction, Hype, Enei, Skeptical, Kasra, Dub Phizix, Storm, Annie Mac, Fabio, Dub Phizix, Teebee
Press : Mixmag // Radio : Annie Mac /Friction BBC R1

San Francisco label Public Release Recordings steps boldly into 2013 with a new single from Woolfy (a.k.a. Simon James). "Junior's Throwin Craze" is a slinky ode to the kind of red-eyed madness symptomatic of round-the-clock hardcore partying. That is to say, it's another late-night anthem rooted in the playful sound of West Coast sleaze.

"Haven't slept for days!" shouts James to kick off the a-side original. Cruising erratically, like a luxury yacht commandeered by a bacchanal, it quickly establishes an exuberant good-time energy by weaving jittering Clavinets and burned-out guitars over a elastic Loose Joints-style rhythm. The bender keeps going and he's soon joined by a battery of echoing disco toms that fly through like vaporous sonic hallucinations. By the time the party starts chanting "Everybody get a little," it's clear that truer words have never been spoken.

Next up we find Eric Duncan's "Dr Dunks Bar Club Dub," the first of three remixes. Here the New Yorker accentuates the track's natural trippiness by extending it into a seven-minute journey through thick washes of reverb and old-school Jamaican delay. Fellow Big Apple-resident Jacques Renault compliments the more disco-forward tendencies of the two a-side versions with a b-side take that injects the cut with the unmistakable stutter of early-'90s garage. Staying true to the ethos expressed by his label Let's Play House, he throws in heavily swung snares, snappy hi-hats, and a jacking bassline to lend the EP some serious peak-time muscle.

This uptempo energy reaches its apex with the record's final mix by Being Borings, the Japanese duo of Tomoki Kanda and Crue-L Records label head Kenji Takimi. Under their direction the song is pushed towards the beautiful excesses of late-'70s hi-nrg via gargantuan orchestral flourishes and a galloping bassline that might as well be straight from the annals of Casablanca Records. Like the release it springs from, it's an enabling whole-hearted embrace of the trials and pleasures that come with the 24 hour party lifestyle.

Includes remixes from KOAN Sound (signed to Skrillex's label) and have a huge following Om Unit (named in FACT mags top ten remixers of 2012)
elusive neurofunk legend Billain who deliveres an extremely rare remix Rwina/Low Riders producer Doshy with an incredible remix to close
Reso 'Tangram Remixed' features KOAN Sound, Om Unit, Billain and Doshy remixes on the 12" vinyl plus the digital bundle also includes Starkey, Drop The Lime, DJ Kentaro, Danny Scrilla, Evol Intent and Emperor remixes
Tangram Remixed opens with KOAN Sound tackling 'Axion', pushing the tracks rhythmic possibilities yet further the OSWLA signed duo switch the glitching beat complexities into halftime stepping bliss. Remixer extraordinaire Om Unit perfectly balances 'Simple Pleasures' rich pads and dreamlike atmosphere with a slowfast footwork flux while Neurofunk god Billain delivers an exquisite and rare remix, a highly twisted take on the bass mechanics of 'Half Life'. Doshy closes the 12" with his unique neck snapping electro and trap infused rework of 'Coronium'.
The digital package also includes revisions of 'Check 1,2' by Philadelphia's Starkey (Amen breaks and 8 bar grime), 18 year old D&B prodigy Emperor, Munich's Danny Scrilla (Sub heavy dark, sparse 'slower than it feels' 85bpm O.G '06 bass) and Japanese 2 x DMC world Champion DJ Kentaro (beat-juggling, electro-workout with more edits than you can count) Plus remixes of 'Ishimura' by NYC's Drop the Lime remix (Dark shuffling techno) and Atlanta's Evol Intent (hard hitting D'n'B with a half time feel).

6 tracks of dub, breaks, bass and glitch music from BALANCED RECORDS. The title cut is a "reverb drenched head-nodding dub breaks journey" followed by two of re-rubs of classic dub riddims. B/w another original cut, a remix by labelmate RICHIE PHOE and "HOW IT GO feat PROFISEE (KASM REMIX)".

CURRENT VALUE remix 'Thunderbolt' and 'Hollow'

A Sagittariun returns on Elastic Dreams. Transparent Mind EP features remixes from Marco Bernardi (Clone) and Aubrey (Ferox/Skudge).
Jack Dunning (Untold) - very nice, feeling the Aubrey and Marco Bernardi mixes, will play
Efdemin (Dial) - The Aubrey Remix rocks my house, charted too
Kristian (Ame) - Great release!
Craig Richards (Fabric) - Superb stuff!
Chymera - timeless, melodic, quality, this is exactly the sort of stuff I like
Ben Sims (Machine) - all about the Aubrey Remix for me, tough, rolling and classy
Marcel Heese (Tresor) - Really cool package with lovely music, liking 'Eye Against Eye' and Aubrey Remix the most
Ripperton - Aubrey Remix for me, great drive!
Ben Westbeech (Brownswood) - this is fuckin dope, next level!
Laurent Garnier - oh yes, absolutely love this
Neville Watson (Clone) - Loving the Original Mix of 'Eye Against Eye' and Aubrey Remix but everything is strong here
Troy Pierce (M_Nus) - Bernardi remix is nice
Jamie Russell (Hypercolour) - Amazing, love this...'Eye Against Eye' is brilliant, sounds vintage, playing it on the Rinse FM show
Luke Solomon (Classic) - Marco's Remix is killer, love it
Norm Talley (Third Ear) - Funky Arhcer for me, nice!
Matt Walsh (Turbo) - absolutely mental Bernardi remix!
Ambivalent (M_nus) - Can't get enough of this guy, so dope! Aubrey Remix, fanboy dreams! Will play, support, wear out the vinyl
Gerd (Clone) - Great release, dope remixes, well done
Appleblim (Applepips) - Loving the Original Mixes, especially Eye Against Eye, it's been on constant rotation and will defo play out
Damon (Disco Bloodbath) - Really digging 'Funky Archer'

Breakbeat Paradise Recordings is back big times for the new year with another huge release from one of the most successful producer duos in the funky breaks scene: Breakbeat Junkie & DJP! Each and every cut on this release is mixed to perfection for dancefloor devastation. Breakbeat Junkie & DJP has teamed up on the title cut Represent the Style and each dropping a solo tune and finally Breakbeat Junkie has joined forces with a true legend in the scene Slim aka Good Groove.
Breakbeat Junkie & DJP has been around since the very beginning of the nu-funk/ghetto funk era with releases on Good Groove records as well as Big M, Manmade and Baffin Beat Brigade Records and even made a huge contribution with their classic part 3 of Freak Hop right here on BBP Recordings. They are still on top of the game with big releases coming up on ever-growing Ghetto Funk label.
By always staying true to the oldskool funk and disco vibes Breakbeat Junkie & DJP has a bulletproof receipt of creating party rocking jams. This bangin' 4-track EP is yet another example of just that. Get ready to get you boogie on, cuz Breakbeat Junkie and DJP is in the house!

Unformated breakz sounds, more or less hard... all very musical. Superb tunes melting various small sounds systems scenes of various experimentals horizons... Superb record ! Long life to this new project !

While a series of projects are slated for release under the Dirt Tech Reck banner, the first is the Electric Street Orchestra. Its inspiration is from those who are called street people. Forgotten people from a forgotten city. It's also steeped in the Detroit tradition of ignoring the notion of genre and taking a broad range of elements and inspiration to create something that is both new and familiar. Bringing together a constellation of Detroit's sonic masters. DTR-01 takes UR's Mad Mike and Agent Chaos, house music king Theo Parrish, hip hop/house percussionist Dez Andres, and rock/funk master guitarist Duminie Deporres, and joins them through the lens of Jeedo's vision of the future.

New EP by Fire At Work (Fabrizio Rossi e Fabio Recchia)
Pre IDM post Dubstep slow Breakcore with an old school syncopathic remix by Somatic Responses aka Paul and John Healy (HYMEN Records, AD NOISEAM, etc.) and a light dark IDM traditional re-track by Fabrizio e Marco D'Arcangelo (REPHLEX U.K.)Excellent return of Idroscalo on vinyl!

!!! finally repressed !!!!
THE HOT CAKES CREW ARE BACK WITH ANOTHER ESSENTIAL REWORKING! AND WITH A STANTON warriors MIX ON THERE THIS ONE IS SURE TO FLY OFF THE SHELVES!

The HardWorkSoftDrink guys Cédric Dekowski and Felix Reifenberg got together with their old friend Marius Rademacher, aka Macher and created some serious sounds,
which really speak for themselves.
These young rookies from Mainz offer a peak into their strong three track EP on 87.
The experimental bass bomb "Sessionyo" speaks to all sound-o-files as well as the very different but clubby "Tesai",
which has proven it´s popularity and effectiveness on many a dancefloor.
The b-side is dedicated to the rolling epic that is "Sofaga", with a combination of crisp, crunchy beats with beautiful, psychedelic harmonies.

finally repressed! Special Request returns with the third vital 12" in this series based on capturing the spontaneous rugged energy of UK pirate radio and re-wiring this into chaotic dancefloor moments. Maintaining all the illicit qualities of the best hardcore/jungle blueprints but reloading them with a contemporary approach, there is an attention to detail and touch here that makes these recordings far from revisionist. On the third stamped release, Special Request tackles the voice of one of this year's most talked about artists, laying down a deadly amen break and killer hoover bassline for a sub 130 bpm d'n'b track that is simply explosive. On the flip is the even tougher VIP mix that doubles up as a dub. Limited hand-stamped, vinyl only release

Electro EBM and Newbeat oldies compilation.

After almost 4 years of silence Tolcha are back with Neustadt, another intense and suspensefully cinematic full-length LP. Like the title of the record suggests, the Berlin based four piece decided to pursue a neo-retro vision of a sonic
after-future with this one. What does that mean The record clearly leans on a Motorik aesthetic, but all the while redefining it with modern production techniques and surges of their very own breed of Dub, rather than rehashing genre related cliches. Neustadt was written and arranged to work like a movie score and it really sounds like one. What's also apparent here, is that there's a high level of comfort in the compositions and a deeply embedded signature at work, which is proof that the band has fully arrived into their maturity. This LP was written with care, produced with love and it shows. For the lack of a better comparison, just think of it as the equivalent of Godard's Alphaville on tape.

* Shrouded in mystery and rarety Loops Haunt's musical outpourings are the stuff of urban folklore. A strange alchemy of rugged RZAesque drums lay a contrasting bed for his spectral outboard sound bombardment. In contradiction with prior experiments, ZENITH has a strong and muscular loop based drum aesthetic running throughout from the NYC leanings mun Rhul to the straight up Amen bothering Hardcore of ZENITH itself Loops Haunt has never sounded more relevant on a soundsystem!
* Black Acre finish off a strong 2012 in anarchic style!
* PR + Radio by Tailored Communications Berlin.

La Flaca presents its second release, the culmination SON!kA's lengthy introspective
journey in the search for a more distinct, modern and personal sound. The Costa Rican
producer's record avoids textbook genre rules but the sound is reminiscent of techno yet
focused on bass; a textured episode of percussive touches, cinematic tones and elegant aesthetics. A move to a wintry NYC inspired the B-side, an insightful duo dwelling in the crisp, dark and suspenseful. One of these was chosen as a part of FRITE NITE's
'Surreal Estate' compiled by Anna Sia. The A-side represents a return to Central
America, a clear manifestation of heavy percussion, sweltering synths, war horns and scifi atmospherics.

Uptempo break beat track in a 4Hero atmosphere. Rolling beats, jazzy keys, fluids chords, and funky standup bass. This is the summer anthem for all nu-jazz...