House News

Facing global extinction on one side and reflecting flurring dystopia on another, Dmitry Distant and Lowfish teamed up in utopian electronic music release on 7″ vinyl.

Last seen sharing vinyl space with 100Hz and Voightmann on his own E Numbers imprint a couple of years back, Bobby O'Donnell resurfaces via a collaborative outing with Reeshy, a fellow Leeds resident who is seen by many as a rising star of the Yorkshire scene. In keeping with the PILOT label's breakbeat-driven, retro-futurist feel, each of the four cuts on show doff a cap to turn of the '90s rave culture. This is arguably best exemplified by weighty, funky and spacey bleep & breaks jam '2', though the arguably even more sub-heavy, UK garage influenced opener '1' comes a close second. Elsewhere, '3' delivers subtle nods towards Rob Gordon and Richard H Kirk's short-lived XON project (look it up, kids) while '4' is an acid-flecked warehouse shuffler.

Claptone return with their third studio album, ‘Closer’.
 ‘Closer’ features the singles ‘Just A Ghost’, ‘My Night’,
‘Golden’, ‘Right Into You’, ‘Wake Up’ and more.
 ‘Closer’ features collaborators from legacy artists such
as Seal and Barry Manilow, as well as established and
emerging recording artists like James Vincent
McMorrow, Peter, Bjorn & John, APRE, Two Another
and lau.ra.
 Album singles from ‘Closer’ have been strongly
supported at Radio 1 and Kiss from the likes of Pete
Tong, Annie Nightingale, Diplo and Friends, Ricky,
Melvin and Charlie.
 Strong press support and features across the
specialist dance world and mainstream, from the likes
of DJ Mag, We Rave You, Clash and Billboard.
 CD housed in digipak with fold out booklet.
 2LP on coloured galaxy effect vinyl housed in gatefold
sleeve with printed inner sleeves.

Sometimes you just have to stop, take a moment and enjoy the flowers. Clarence Wu plants the seed on his own imprint HUA3000 with a multi-faceted vision of late night & early morning sounds. This record throws open the blinds and gently caresses the shores of your mind. So let the Sunshine in and allow your mind garden to bloom.

More understated than previous releases from Dave, but carrying the same depth, essence and sentimentality that runs through all of his music.

Expansive landscapes on this one, a real trip.

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This is the debut solo release from Eris Drew, featuring 3 new songs meticulously mixed for the maximum impact of the Motherbeat. From the very beginning of the emergence of Eris Drew, we at IT have been blown away by the power of her DJ sets, where she channels the psychedelic energies of rave and love -- the music reflects the power of transition and of fully becoming who you are. Part of what was so exciting to us is that her sets find a new path through the sounds and ideas that inspired No Way Back and so many other wonderful things.

So we asked her to create an EP for IT that would reflect these ideas, and our favorite ecstatic healer delivered! Here we find her carefully exploring the intersections of House and Breakbeat culture, a proto rave ecstasy music that exudes the Fluids of Emotion, higher consciousness and the conceptual art of the KLF. Eris has previously released on a compilation on Needs Not For Profit, and a split EP with her equally inspiring partner Octo Octa, but this is her first full solo EP. This EP was recorded at Eris Drew's parents' home in Chicago and mixed in the Interdimensional Laboratories in Detroit with BMG. Comes with full color picture sleeve.

Melbourne based Escape Artist has blessed us with a euphoria bursting EP for the 30th release on our main label series! For the past few years we have absolutely loved his genre fusing releases on labels such as Salt Mines and Kalahari Oyster Cult which wonderfully slip between Breakbeat, Techno, House and Jungle. For the “Energy Breakthrough” EP, the focus is primed straight for the lasers, with three blissfully exhilarating and ecstasy inducing original tracks, alongside a remix from one of our favourite up and coming producers, Adam Pits.

The EP begins with the title track which combines old school house piano stabs at the start that evolve into a soothing pad progression and a super saw breakdown that takes you straight to Amnesia circa 1998. Opting for a more broken drum beat, the track floats effortlessly like a night time motorway drive. For the remix, Adam Pits lifts it into the stratosphere, repurposing the bassline and slapping a thunderous 4x4 rhythm underneath. Invoking Sasha and Digweed at their absolute peak, the track fuses the classic sound of Progressive House and Trance with futuristic levels of energy. “Reach for the lasers” doesn't quite do it justice.

On the B1 is “The Dream We Share” that marries together chopped up funk breaks, plucky synth
melodies and uplifting 303 Acid squiggles with jubilant chords for an elated sonic journey. Rounding the release out is the stripped back and introspective “Breathing Room” that is a beautifully peaceful experience after the dance floor focus of the previous cuts. The refreshing aura of the track that harks to the golden age of 90s Chill-Out and Ambient Techno concludes the release in the best way possible.

We’re at our fifth episode on The Secret Sun series and we’re thrilled to have another legendary producer taking care of it.
Miki “The Dolphin” is somebody who needs no introduction as he is, together with Francesco Farfa and Roby J, one of the pioneers of the Italian progressive scene that formed in the early 90’s in Tuscany and spread across Italy and beyond. Recognized worldwide for his productions on Interactive Test and his own Major Hypnotic Key Institute, Miki forged a solid vinyl discography that is still today very much in-demand in the second hand market, with collectors paying high prices to get their hands on the few copies around.
His intense dj set activity over the past 30 years has brought the attention of many also towards his experimental analogical works: initially realized in Florence with the connection with Franco Falsini and his Interactive Test, and later, up until the first half of the 2000’s, in Ferrara, in the recording rooms of the Adrogimus Recordings Mulino where the concepts of the Major Hypnotic Key Institute were further developed thanks to long studio sessions, both alone and with renowed trained musicians.
As it is now our modus operandi here at the OCD/SS HQ, we gained access to Miki’s personal DAT archives to scour for the goods; we are now bringing under the light of our sun two previously unreleased gem “Anse Takamaka”, created together with the late jazz bass player Bruno Corticelli, and “Shamballa”. To close the EP, we’re reissuing “Art Of Libido” a highly sought after track previously released on Interactive Test.

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A long-awaited vinyl-only sampler showcases some of the most seminal and vanguard recordings from one of the finest minds behind the American electro and Miami bass scene. The four tracks listed here are all original recordings from 1984-85 fully licensed by the author himself James McCauley and accurately remastered via Omaggio Records. Thirty-five years later, its still the case to say: "Welcome to the Future".

Danalogue x Alabaster dePlume have spent the past few years traversing jazz cosmology in neighbouring orbit with one another. Now the pair come together for the first time on their debut album 'I Was Not Sleeping'.

Danalogue's profile as a producer is rising fast due to the recent success of his work at the helm of Mercury nominated The Comet Is Coming, both of the critically acclaimed Snapped Ankles albums as well as recent records by Soccer96, Bo Ningen, Flamingods, Lunch Money Life and Vels Trio.

Spoken-word artist, writer and saxophonist Alabaster dePlume (aka Angus Fairbairn) is familiar to most thanks to his recent album 'To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals, Vol. 1.' – Bon Iver recently sampling opening track 'Visit Croatia' for their single 'PDLIF' too.

The duo met at London's Total Refreshment Centre, a place that's become something of an incubator for the vibrant new London jazz scene, and also the record label with which this project has found a suitable home.

In their music, Danalogue and Alabaster dePlume seek to find utopia amidst a real-world reality of austerity, divisional politics and a UK lurching towards the right wing. The title of the record addresses this explicitly.

"It's about accountability" explains Fairbairn. "If one day in the future someone asks me about this time now, I will have to say, 'I was not sleeping while this happened. I witness what is happening around me now, I recognise I am involved in it, I am part of it, I cannot deny it, and I am prepared to do something to make it better, and to change myself in order to do so."

Much of the album came together at PRAH Studios in Margate, with the distinct aim to play outside of their comfort zones and usual instrument choices. "The approach is more as producers than in a live band setting," says Danalogue. "We pieced it together by stitching a patchwork of material, and kept building and subtracting little by little, a bit like making a sculpture."

Embedded in the stitching, the spontaneity of the duo's freewheeling shines through. Opener 'The March is Unstoppable' is a portent of this; a breaksy, hip hop-inspired beat that comes washed in chiming synth lines and squelching bass. 'You're Doing Very Well' – the first track to come from their initial sessions at TRC - is another example of the duo's ability to ride a stylistic ebb and flow, working layered saxophone through delays to create a dubby ascent to the stars.

There are guest appearances too. Among those are poet and Benin City vocalist Joshua Idehen, who appears on 'Broken Tooth Skyline', and TRC's Capitol K, who drops additional synth and drum machines on 'All Who Wander Are Not Lost'.

London-based producer, DJ, and promoter Saoirse announces the launch of her own imprint TRUST with her highly anticipated debut solo release.

TRUST 001 is a 4 track EP written by Saoirse with the concept to showcase what you can typically expect from her as a DJ - jumping through an array of dancefloor moments, a track for each common dancefloor feeling.

TRUST is one of the key foundations of safety, within yourself and with others. Vital for good health and happiness. The inception of TRUST records was finally being able to trust in one's own ability. Trust in music made for dancefloors. Trust in its simplicity yet importance. This label founded by Saoirse will be asking those who she trusts, herself, her friends and her most loved producers to join the label as collaborators and solo artists.

IV Movements' is the new EP by Antwerp-based trio SeizoensKlanken. After the success of the first full album 'DagxNacht', the group formed by Gilles Helsen (keys) and Freek Vreys (guitar) expands with jazz-percussionist Cas Kinnaer. The musical recipe of SeizoensKlanken remains the same: instrumental compositions balancing between colourful afrobeat and intimate electronica. As the title 'IV Movements' suggests, the EP is made of four 'movements' or musical parts, like a classical symphony. At the same time it refers to the interdisciplinary collaboration between SeizoensKlanken and choreographer Evelyne Van Hecke, who has created a dance choreography for the music of the EP with her dance company Moving Ground.Now the Antwerp trio has released a new video for 'The collective body'.As the title 'IV Movements' suggests, the EP is made of four 'movements' or musical parts, like a classical symphony. At the same time, it refers to the interdisciplinary collaboration between SeizoensKlanken and choreographer Evelyne Van Hecke, who has created a dance choreography for the music of the EP with her dance company Moving Ground.

SUB/012 comes from the Liverpudlian wunderkind DMC. 4 mega bass heavy cuts in his unique style. The tracks slap you round the face leaving you wondering where is left and right while your head is still in the clouds with his wonderful melodies.

Jamie Odell aka Jimpster wears many hats and wears them well. His esteemed labels Freerange and Delusions Of Grandeur have kept push incredible new music forward, and from his UK base, Jimpster has become a standard-bearer and custodian of the authentic
house sound, carrying its flag all around the world.

Based in Philadelphia, Rich Medina is widely known as a legendary Afrobeat DJ. platinum-selling record producer, recording artist, poet, journalist, and Ivy League lecturer.

He has worked on music production with artists such as Jill Scott, J.Dilla, Bobbito Garcia and the late great Phil Asher.

The Colours That Rise return for a quick lap around Earth with this special offering , "Mixtape 1" - comprising of one brand new studio production and two new compositions recorded live from the mothership in 2020 AD.

The new record may be short but contains 3 very different moods guaranteed to take you away. Their Earth-based ally - Yussef Dayes, returns to the drumkit on "Special Request" for a slice of extra terrestrial, year 3000 funk.

“Axel G” see's the team speed things up for the imminent return of clubbing to Planet Earth. The pandemic didn't reach outer space, and the martian calendar has afforded The Colours That Rise ample time to test out and refine their club dynamics: think Afrika Bambaata meets Drexciya on Mars.

The EP is closed out with “Polo 1.2” - which sees a welcome return of Simeon Jones to vocal duties - pining for a return to his roots - "no matter which way we go". 21st Century Intergalactic home sick blues.

We hope this offering bridges the gap to the next TCTR longplayer, scheduled upon their next trip back home…

ATIC Records proudly presents ‘Electric Union’, the all-new album from Niko.

Produced by Aim. Limited edition vinyl release of 200 units. Gloss laminated, 420g heavy card outer sleeve. Matt black poly-lined inner. Transparent / purple splatter wax. Shrink-wrapped. File under : Electronic, Synth, Dance, Chill

For their 7” debut on Where To Now? U mines the considerable depths of his MPC hard drive to present 3 snapshots of an artist shaking off their formative influences and commencing the journey to unexplored realms of the sampler’s universe.

'Junkies' has classical string stabs (that would later become a focal point on the sound of “Vienna Orchestra” (WTNLP05)) driven forth by dark, jazzy double bass licks, all shrouded in vinyl crackle and forced forward by a 2-step feel on the drums. It would have the essence of an early 2000s instrumental hip-hop track were it not for those drums shuffling off on a different tangent.

'Too Good For Me' toys more with the sampled nature of the music, throwing abrupt rewinds and record manipulation into a melange of rumbling industrial sounds led by a pulsing high-pitched melody. This is underpinned by a Bossa-styled beat that further unsettles the murky atmosphere of the track.

Finally 'Almost Man'’s exotic plucked strings and booming bass-heavy beat roll into snares in a marching rhythm that could reflect the march into the future for this unparalleled producer taking the lonely road to the outer edges of modern composition and electronic production.

lack Girl / White Girl make their debut on Balkan with a set of four jackers. Ty & Karin know how to inject just the right amount of funk without losing any of the direct-to-dancefloor energy. Edition of 303 hand numbered copies.

Picking up support from Ben Sims, MCMLXXXV, Ciel, Erol Alkan, Kikelomo, Cici, Noncompliant, FYI Chris, India Jordan, Fault Lines, Erika, Freshta, Jason Kendig, Joris Voorn, Justin Robertson, Matthew Herbert, Chrissy, The Analogue Cops,Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Nikki Nair, Stacy Sexton, Scuba, Roska, Alan Fitzpatrick, Ame, Hassan Abou Alam, Addison Groove, Gene Farris, Claude Vonstroke & more

The Leuven based organisation nacht invites friends of the party to start their journey as a label. Something for the heads and the feet, NACHT01 contains 3 tracks that span different levels of intensity and cross different tempos, mirroring a good night out the way the crew feels it should.