House News

Male Productions comes back after the first release "Secret Doctrine", with the second LP : "Clouds" ! This release comes as collector's Album edition of 475 copies only and it contains the songs "Clouds" and "Interface" released in 1991 plus four unreleased songs recorded in the same year but performed only live during house parties back in the days. This LP still features Stefano Di Carlo, Leo Young and Mauro Tannino.

We're not done celebrating our 10th Anniversary at the Still Music headquarters and we've decided to continue diggin' for some treats from our vaults.

After we've released the critically acclaimed "Kill Yourself Dancing! The Story Of Sunset Records Inc. 1985-89", a lot of our friends were asking us for some specific 12"s to be repressed. We felt obliged to comply and here we go with three of the most significant 12"s from Sunset Records Inc.

Finally, the third repress is a treat for all. Championed at the time by Derrick May and recently played by Marcel Dettmann at Berghain. Ben Mays - Lover Man / Jailbait is for any fan of Larry Heard and the deep Chicago house that we're all fond of. This 12" features Keith Nunnally, vocalist for J.M. Silk that had to keep his name under wraps at the time.

Non Plus Ultra : the legend talks about an inscription, which was cleaved on Calpe and Abila mountains by Hercules. They make up the famous "Pilars of Hercules", the same colums that definited the extreme limit of the Ancient world. But "Non plus ultra" also indicates the sense of perfection and elegance par excellence. This is the reason which drove our choice for the title of our first release. In other words, we want to give a smarter face to House Music.

REPRESSED !!
Fresh off the back of his debut EP for Phantasy which won support from the likes of The Chemical Brothers, Tiga, Damian Lazarus, Andrew Weatherall, Gesaffelstien, Jackmaster, SMD, Heidi and many more, Phantasy proudly presents Paul Woolford's Special Request remix of 'Taste'. A thundering rough and ready approach to the original track, twisting it into something which would resemble Kraftwerk had they spent their formative years overdosing on jungle.

Drewsky strikes again! Coming straight outta 1994 "Phase II" is still slaying the dance-floor today in 2016! This one is big!
It's more of that hard, raw Dance Mania style, no frills at all. Drewsky cutting up some Disco and flipping a well known Muzic Box classic kicks off the EP, "U can't see me" is straight fire - Ron Hardy would definitely approve. Across the rest of the EP Drew kicks out some heavy jams ranging from tripped out organ ghetto house bangers to gritty SP1200 hip hop beats. Overall the whole record is pure heat, and has long been in demand among house heads and collectors often fetching top dollar prices on the second hand market. This is the first time "Phase II" has ever been reissued in full, just as it was originally released in 1994, complete with original Dance Mania label artwork. 100% legit, reissued in conjunction with Dance Mania records, Chicago IL and Parris Mitchell - "4 U ALL".

An all-round Classic family collaboration here....Honey Dijon and Seven Davis Jr. working together and delivering outstanding results, backed up by new member to the crew Eli Escobar and long-time associate Deetron. Houze!

Next up in the KMS Remixes series Kenny Larkin steps up to the plate.

3 seminal remixes from the mid 90's from one of Detroit's true pioneers. Re mastered and re released in conjunction with KMS 2015.

Globally admired DJ and producer Riva Starr is back on Hot Creations and fired up to send dancefloors wayward with 'Dippin' Side.' This time he calls on techno don Joseph Capriati to remix plus teams up with rising producers Haiku 575.

Title track 'Dippin' Side' is an ultimate club banger, while Capriati's remix skillfully strips back into a deep end roller. 'Owls and Toucans' brings the collaboration with Haiku 575, playing with trippy synths over heavy percussions.

Snatch! Records boss Riva Starr has released on the most esteemed underground labels, from Dirtybird, Saved and Hot Creations to his forthcoming album 'Definition Of Sound' on Cajual Records. His famed 'Rechunk' re-edits have given his fail safe touch to names like Daft Punk and London Grammar. Making this cross-pollination seem so effortless has won a team of supporters from Gilles Peterson to David Squillace, Adam Beyer to Pete Tong.

Joseph Capriati is recognized as one of the principal profiles in techno. From his 'Self Portrait' album on Drumcode in 2013 to his Music On residency at Amnesia for Marco Carola he has become one of the most in demand names in the business. Haiku 575 is a duo composed of M_Abbatangelo (manager and co-owner with Davide Squillace of This And That Lab) and Cipy (a veteran producer and long-time member of the Get Physical and Kinsdisch family), who after more than a decade of friendship decided to go into the studio together. The duo and Riva are thrilled with the release and planning more collaborations together in the future.

The fourth release on Spazio Records is indeed a very special one. It's the first release from Behrang Mohammadi: who also is one of the label bosses. Coming from the punk/noise scene playing in various bands, he found his true calling in the underground electronic community of southern Sweden.

The EP consists of two minimalistic club weapons, each one of it's own kind. It's a groovey affair with the typical elements of Behrangs own DJing: it's not too much, not too little - always full of passion

Unreleased material by the great Vincent Floyd.... TIP!

After seven years and 11 releases on labels like Slices of Life and Daniel Bell's Elevate outpost, Berlin producer Baaz is ready to reveal his first full-length effort. His 10-track LP, Red Souvenirs, is set to drop on 24th of November via the beatmaker's own Office Recordings, which makes it the fourth release from the imprint after a record from Christopher Rau and two EPs from Baaz himself.
There's no overarching concept behind the album, nor any grandiose statements or artistic messages. Rather, Red Souvenirs captures flashes of Baaz's moods and translates them into vibes that are communicated via hypnotic grooves, crisp beats, and astral synths. The tracks, which he made between 2010 and 2014, span the genres that have attracted Baaz the most over the years, from snappy house beats to narcotic dub techno and psychedelic hip-hop. Album opener 'Everyone' is a mostly ambient tune peppered with glittering synth pricks, gentle rhythmic tick-tocks, and extended synth pads, while tracks like 'Endori' and 'Closed' are snappy deep house workouts with quiet, screwed-down vocal samples. 'Spacehub' and 'Pressyn,' on the other hand, explore languid hip-hop instrumentals embellished with zaps and long, gliding chords that hold for minutes on end. But no matter what form his productions take, Baaz's emphasis on enveloping rhythms, bubbling melodies, and relaxed atmospherics remains.

Boo William's "Mortal Trance" remixed by Ricardo Miranda, Jordan Fields and Boo Williams himself.

ItaloJohnson's first release in 2012 breaks the standards of the classic 12- inch model with two tracks representing a double A-side on a 10-inch vinyl. This is the first release that's branded with the ItalioJohnson logo so grab it while it's hot because stickered copies are limited to 500 vinyl.
The stamped side blows you away with a solid bassline powerful enough to light your ass on fire. Unique FX-sounds, an explicit arrangement and sharp drumming pull the track together.
The flip side provides you with proper house music as the vigorous, repetitive vocal-stabs, a Hells Bells Bass and the fearless 707 drums flow into ItaloJohnson's trademark sound.

First release in Minuendo by Marc Cotterell owner and producer of Plastik People Recordings with vocalist Doreen Younglove. Contains remix by Chris Gray (Deep4Life).

Finally repressed

After efforts by Legowelt and Behling & Simpson, Berlin based Oskar Offermann comes up with the 3rd installment in the Riverette series.

Antonio debuts on NS with an E.P of muscular dungeon boogie straight from Italy's golden coast via the dank basements of Frankfurt.Drawing on the metallic throbs of his adopted German hometown, Antonio pushes the machines to breaking point, allowing primitive techno flourishes, crushing breakdowns and dopamine-draining house excursions to be fed straight into the back of a tape deck.

Another hot LO-FI EDITS 7" featuring a deep abstract remix of a legendary Jazz diva & then flip it for Paris underground deep house by LEANDRE. Plus 22 bonus locked grooves featuring DAN CURTAIN, JORDAN FIELDS & JIVARO & many more! Limited hand stamped white label with a collectable sexy photo.

Finally we´ve got a new SoulPhiction 12 coming up here on Philpot. And it got all his well known ingredients pushed to the next level! This thing is jazzed up House with a tense but subtle techy edg. "Thanks for purchasing a real copy!"