House News

"Metafloor Records Wax" launches it's first release with a summer VA compilation with fresh new music from Artmann, Matteo Dufour, Hart & Neenan, Philipp Lichtblau & Robin Fett.

The label has provided a platform for emerging artists such as Close to Custom, Den Haas, Max Dean & Million and now, after two successful years, the team are ready to reveal a new chapter with a vinyl only series.

The A-side kicks off with Artmann's 'One Step Ahead,' which features lush, uplifting chord progressions coupled with deeper pads and euphoric vocal interjections. Matteo Dufour follows with 'I House You, a certified club-tool offering vintage house flavours combined with soaring organ melodies.

On the flipside, Philipp Lichtblau delves deeper with shuffling modular percussion and a menacing baseline with his track "Blackbay." Robin Fett collaborates with Hart & Neenan to round off the package with the moody offering "Late Night Claims." The final track is designed for the darker sets featuring a deep rumbling low-end with an array of off-beat snares and warped vocals scattered throughout.

CREMA STARTS A LABEL WITH THEIR RESIDENTS STEKKE.

ELECTRONIC AND ORGANIC SOUND ELEMENTS COMPOSED, MAKING UP A CONTEMPORARY CONJUNCTION, INTO A NEW FORM OF SOUNDING

Daydream unveils Daydream 15: a new solo EP carefully crafted by the prolific Valen. The French producer, who already released a track for the label under an other moniker, is presenting Timeline EP: a beautiful dream made of four powerful minimal tunes full of stellar sounds.

RAWAX proudly welcomes Fabrizio Maurizi & Dino Angioletti aka Bassa Clan to the Family!

Highly recommended!

Big Summer Special Release from Cécille

Renowned for the weightiest of rollers, Digwah drops another hand stamped, one sided slice of techy brilliance.

Pure low end, pinging synths and tough percussion coupled with an audacious, chopped, screwed and spun out noughties vocal that will have the club jumpin no matter what time it is.

Pit Spector presents the debut EP on Prospector, a unique live-label concept.

Throughout 2014, Pit Spector has been gaining momentum in Paris with a series of Prospector parties at the intimate 'La chaufferie' of La Machine Du Moulin Rouge. Each time he invites an intriguing name to join him behind the decks, although the musical journey has actually begun long before the clubbers arrive. Coming up with a unique concept that pulls together production and performance, the guest artist joins Pit for a studio jam session to work on a live show and new music, which is then brought to life in front of an audience and provides the material for the Prospector wax.

Prospector 01 presents the experimentations of Pit Spector, Ark and Losoul. Sharing production tricks and incorporating many different samples, instruments and hardware, brothers Pit and Ark create a highly distinctive piece with 'Song For Everyone'. Quite unlike anything in your current record bag and bursting with a plethora of flavours, this is one of those grooves you just can't put in a box. 'Red Sun' is a mesmerising techno number. Highly addictive and plagued with the voice of the Terminator, it sucks you in and sends you spiralling back out. Given the Losoul treatment it reincarnates itself as the evil twin. Darker and more minimal in form, it's stark persona pushes the 3am dancefloor to the very edge.

All vinyl include the corresponding Prospector party poster - original artwork by street art legend O'clock of the New York 156 graffiti crew, who, inspired by the energy of 80s block parties, offers a raw and colourful manifestation of the music.

With five Prospector parties already under his belt, Pit presents his collaborations with San Proper, Ben Vedren, Antislash and Narcotic Syntax (AKA James Dean Brown + Yapacc) in the label's follow-up EPs.

"Resonance" is the debut 12" by the duo Golden Mean. A beat stripped down to its essence, while a voice and strips of melody become textures wrapped around it. Hazy, Sensual, Hypnotic. Lose yourself in the dark. Lose yourself in the sound...

Podgorze returns for it’s 3rd instalment courtesy of Prajescu and his signature sound that accompanies the already released Sugheh Apul & Soyro, picturesque vinyl

Our 11th release comes from our good friends DC Dubz and Kerouac & SMILE, who bring the heat with 4 peak time rollers aimed straight for the dancefloors!

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Silat Beksi makes an emphatic return to the fore of his label Modeight, and this time he's in the collaborative company of Moscow's finest Swoy. The pair are a match made in heaven, as they traverse a multitude of sonic destinations on their aptly titled "Starburst" EP.

With their granular approaches to production well established, the pair take off with the deep undulations of "Allophone". A groove that bangs beneath a shimmer of silver tones. "Pro2" continues the journey with it's upbeat bassline swagger, and raucous key strokes.

On the flip side "The Escapist" pours ultra dreamy pads like liquid over powerful rhythmic flow, until at least we finish with the heart warming heights of the title track "Starburst". With an effortlessly refined collab like this, we hope its not their last.

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In the past 6. years, SOLVD became one of the most prominent promotors in Slovenia hosting names such as Janeret, Varhat, Andrey Pushkarev, Lowris and many others. The summer of 2022 brings another milestone in their journey with launching SOLVD label. The first release comes from the label’s main force Alex Ranerro, who delivered three sublime but dance-floor orientated tracks that have his signature touch written all over them. Rutilance Records co-owner Gunnter delivered deeper shaded remix, which perfectly rounds up the opening statement from the newly-born Slovenian record label. The imprint promises to showcase all shades of house music through talented up-comers as well as established producers.

Cristi Cons lands with his debut on Adam's Bite, serving up two pristine cuts of electronic wizardry. The label has previously meddled in strong 90ies aesthetics, delivering starry-eyed homages to days long gone. With the eternal wunderkind at the controls, things get kicked up another notch: following efforts from his peers, he's unearthing, deconstructing, and reassembling some of Frankfurt's halcyon days' most essential sonics.

Drop the needle on the A side to access „Black Swan”, a contemporary house burner perfectly imagining the early trance experiments heard in the dark womb of dance music history. Sprawling across the flipside, „Ahead of the Curve” finds Cristi Cons exploring the psychedelic side of this sound, revealing delicate details to lose your mind in – and a playful bassline keeping bodies earthbound and flowing. Zipping and zapping from Goa to Mainlandia via Bucharest, there's plenty to fall in love with here. Over and over again.

4 VINYL ONLY TRACKS // 180G VINYL // CELLOPHANE WRAPPED

Markus Homm unveils his twelve-track debut LP ‘After Dark’, set for release on German imprint Bondage-Music.

An artist with a rich history within deeper house spheres and minimal territories, Markus Homm has been a fixture of the scene for over twenty years with a long list of appearances at renowned institutions, including Panorama Bar, Watergate, Kater Blau and Tresor.

Whether releasing stand-out solo material via Hive Audio, 8Bit and Cyclic Records or collaborating with fellow countryman Mihai Popoviciu, Homm’s continual evolution and development have seen him become a staple name within sets of the industry’s leading talent. A regular on the imprint with a string of releases dating back to his label debut in 2012 as remixer for Miguel Lobo – Atemporal, the Romanian-born, Nuernberg-based talent returns to Bondage-Music as he presents his first album on the label,

"The album came together over the period of the last few years. I wanted to find the sweet spot of timeless music you can listen to at home or in a club. A few tracks have been completed also during the worldwide lockdown 2 years ago, such as the track ‘After Dark’. 
Most of us had the feeling of being in a dark place in life, for myself I always knew things would get better and I was looking forward to the moment, that motivated and inspired me to make my first artist album. After these difficult times, ‘After Dark’, just look forward again, and feel new joy." – Markus Homm

‘After Dark’, a rich collection of eight productions on the vinyl, ‘he album is a carefully crafted project. Starting with the vinyl version’s A1 ‘The System’, Homm delicately introduces the deep and dubby textures he’s so well known for and sets the tone for what is to come.



‘Generator’ builds upon this foundation with a selection of deep, aquatic tones, while B-side productions’ Trespasses’ and ‘Grauzone’ subtly pick up the pace and energy while guiding listeners down equally hazy and captivating trips.

‘Blue Mountain’ welcomes the first of four tracks on the 2nd vinyl, harnessing skipping drums alongside resonant chords, while title track ‘After Dark’ is an exemplary display of the Romanian’s ability to fuse delicate layers of misty pads, intricate percussion and resonant stabs.

On the flip, ‘I Wish’ is a spirited and breezy journey through rich soundscapes guided by floaty vocals, while ‘Who Are You’ concludes the physical package with a twisting production crafted for the after-hours. A display of deep textures, ‘After Dark’ marks showcases Homm’s signature sonics while offering new shades to his sound, marking his return to
Bondage-Music in impressive fashion.

Open Space Club Tools is back with another versatile pack of useful machinery. Sticky drum beats and tricky rhythms for the explorative club deejay. Volume 2 features a wide range of club styles from Korean prodigy Mogwaa, Miami’s best kept secret Bong Soup, New York heavyweight Will Dimaggio, and Canadian-turned-Berliner Logan Sturrock aka FlØrist.

Toying with the familiar but not afraid to break with expectations, AVEM presents a versatile range of works that make up his debut album.

Dream State was largely written and produced in times of the pandemic, specifically during lockdown periods — a context that grants the album an air of melancholic isolation. Offering seven songs on a double LP, it marks the collective imprint LOKD’s vinyl premiere. Merging sounds of Electronica, House and Techno, LOKDLP001 finds its place neatly outside of common categories.

In the past years, the Swiss DJ, producer and live act has made a name for himself with a steadily growing catalogue: not only through a handful of EPs, but also by releasing countless singles, remix- es and live recordings. In autumn of 2023, the Basel– based artist now reveals his first studio album.

Instrumentation ranges from studio percussion re- cordings, synthesizer & drum machine classics, all the way to ethereal piano and vocal performances; all performed and recorded by the artist himself.

Familiar structures of House and Techno are introduced, only to be broken again by gleam- ing twists and turns. A focus on percussion is ap- parent throughout the album, be it in the dynamic texture of drum recordings or in the evolving break- beat rhythms of a guiding bass drum.

Dream State tells an ephemeral tale of the uncertain, treading through an unique territory of opposites — from rapid progression to outright hypnosis, from weightless yearning all the way to euphoric catharsis.

Cyphon Recordings welcome DJ, producer, musician, and D.KO co-owner Flabaire for the fourth outing on the label.

At just 29, the Parisian artist, already has a fair share of victories under his belt. On his acclaimed D.KO imprint, which will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year, he’s released three albums and several EPs, as well as charting releases for Organic-Music, Deeppa Records and South Street.

For his next solo EP, he brings his beautifully affecting and nostalgic blend of electro, IDM, and deep house to Cyphon. Doing what he does best, Flabaire’s ‘Entre-Deux’ is an EP brimming with emotion and atmosphere. Pulling at the heartstrings, opener ‘In Between’ layers an electro beat over lush pads with iridescent synth lines rising out of the haze. Cowbells swing into action, pads swell and glisten, making way for a squelchy 303 to bubble underneath.

‘No Minding’ moves into softer realms, a serene blend of deep house and electronica, it’s paced by a warm bass bounce and shuffling percussion sprinkled with chopped vocal samples and bright keys. Flabaire’s bass mastery continues ‘Click Plok’, as does his deftness at producing delicate, gliding pads, this time punctuated by tight bleeps, gentle open hats, and a meandering synth solo.

Closing out the EP the atmospheric ‘FBG’, a balmy syncopated groove joined by twinkling synth melodies that dance over dusty breakbeats and hushed vocal stutters.