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Coming soon - Two brand new remixes of Sparky's eternal Numbers anthem 'Portland' by Tuff City Kids (Gerd Janson & Phillip Lauer).

Having requested the parts of the original track, the intrepid duo travelled back in time to the year 1991, set up their samplers and got busy with the breakbeats and euphoric synth pads.

Now firmly back in 2014, these remixes will be released on July 28th on vinyl and digital.

Maru welcomes Suolo for its first release, with two mesmerizing original tracks, supplemented with a flawless reshape of "Ninja report" from Vincentiulian, perfectly suited for long after hours. Early support from Gescu, Herck, Mihai Pol, Direkt, Lulla, RQZ, Mihigh & many more.

Limited to 300 copies
Vinyl only

Artwork by Raul Ciceu

The latest collection of wayward floor heaters from Nuances De Nuit takes us once more into a colourful headspace where the possibilities are wide open to make house music with personality. Californian shining star Liquid Earth is up first, although he's better known as Urulu. 'X-Form' is a bubbling metropolis of futuristic synth squiggles with starry-eyed wonder in its heart and vintage techno smarts up top. Huerta follows up that sterling start with the enchanting electro incantations of 'Legwork', which build wonderfully on the sound laid out on his recent debut album for Voyage Recordings. On the flip, DJOKO brings a smart shuffle and some shimmering synth work to the forefront for a seriously smart twist on the tech house template, while T. Jacques opts for space age machine funk with a splash of boogie poured in for good measure.

Following our deep & dubby vibes, this time is our Swiss friend Philipp Lichtblau as usual, no digital promotion and limited edition.

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Following on from March's Shlømo remix package featuring Donato Dozzy, Bambounou, Shlømo and label boss Kennedy Smith, Bright Sound's second release of 2016 will new a brand new EP from Sweden's Andreas Tilliander.
With his releases on his own Repeatle imprint and his TM404 alias's hardware-driven techno featuring on Skudge White and Kontra-Musik, Tilliander is among Sweden's most versatile talents working right now. His arrival on Bright Sounds is of a piece with BSRX 004, last year's reissue of fellow Swede Henrik Johansson's 1997 EP as Smyglyssna. As with Johansson's record, Tilliander's Stettin Libau EP explores slower tempo techno, locating the moments of space and energy in between its rhythmic structures. This search is most keenly observed in 'Knapp Ledsyn', with its ever-shifting sonic landscape melting away at various points to reveal its unusual, skeletal beats and hidden melodic details, while the EP title track and 'Nybliven Lots' apply that approach to what might at first be a traditional dub techno template, yet still offering further small moments of off-beat character. Completing the release is a 'Detox Operation' remix of 'Knapp Ledsyn' from Nonplace Records chief Burnt Friedman, in which the German veteran strips things down to a gentle patter of drums overlaid with suggestive flashes of the original's rich atmospheric elements.

Vinyl Only, Limited to 400 copies, NO REPRESS Series.

A beautifully crafted deep techno EP. Bjika delivers a cascading expanse of atmospherics and rolling deep techno beats. Every moment that passes feels familiar, yet unique, in its own space and time. Quite simply this is Lush.

Originally released in 1993 by the Italian imprint Minus Habens Records, 'Concrete Jungle' is the second album by this seminal project of Dirk Ivens (The Klinik, Absolute Body Control). A work considered as groundbreaking by lot of fans of early 90s industrial, noise and EBM. There are few electro-pioneers that are still active and successful and Mr. Ivens is one of them, inspiring a lot of acts to follow in the past three decades.Concrete Jungle' is being released for the first time on vinyl in a limited/numbered edition of 700 copies. Double record including all the original tracks plus the 'Extended Play' EP (1994) and some songs from old compilations. Artwork based on the original design and presented on a deluxe gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeves and numbered card.

Deeplay / Opilec Music offers up three new versions of a classic and previously unreleased (on 12" at least) disco-fried Giorgio Moroder track in the form of 'Utopia - Me Giorgio'.

The remixer is Opilec Music boss, I-Robots, who has reworked classic Moroder material
before and who is a huge fan of the disco and electronic music pioneer Einzelgänger.

The concept of this release was simply to create longer versions of the track that was originally included in the From Here To Eternity partially mixed album - incredibly no one else has officially done this since the original release date in 1977.

Importantly, though, because the track is so seminal, the remixes are all hugely sympathetic affairs that don't change the atmosphere or intentions of the original artist.

Up first is the 'I-Robots 1977 Reconstruction', which has just seen the original extended from 3:23 minutes to almost 7 minutes (all these reconstructions are long). The result is a fantastic thing that is now perfectly suited to club play with fulsome modern production, a revisited version that is a perfect reinterpretation maintaining the spirit of the '77 original.

For the 'I-Robots 2014 Tape Reconstruction', the remixer had a dream that he found an old original Moroder tape in a flea market and used it to beef up this track. The addition of analog tape background noise gives the mix a dirty and dusty vintage sound and as such it now has a strong and powerful impact with infectious drums, frazzled synth lines and plenty of meaty disco dazzle.

Finally, The 'I-Robots 2014 Reconstruction' is the clean version of the Tape Reconstruction with a powerful tech-house beat underpinning it, making it the version most suited to heavy dance floor usage.

The vinyl release includes only the 1977 and the 2014 Tape Reconstructions and is handled exclusively by Opilec Music.

Multi-talent Joyce Muniz is definitely one to look out for. Initially starting her career as a vocalist, she now took over the global house music scene within no time as a deejay and producer as
well. Exhibiting her talent with previous releases, it's not surprising that she's on the roster of prestigous labels such as Exploited Records and 20/20 Vision Recordings.

Next year she will
release her single "Toxic People" on International Deejay Gigolo Records featuring the singer, songwriter and producer Demetr1us. "Toxic People" is a vibrant and raw sounding electro house cut featuring grimy synths and vocals, that lend the track a cold and distant atmosphere.

The artwork for "Toxic People" was created by Leipzig-based artist Silvia Trost, whose forth lies in oil and acrylic paintings. She now frequently collaborates with glitch art artists and loves to mix
materials and techniques, both analogue and digital.

The B-side "Dreamz" is another great production by Joyce Muniz. The playful groove and eclectic ambient makes it a cool package.

Renato Cohen has remade his Pontape original eleven years on, bringing new life to one of techno's classic records.

Beginning with the immediately recognisable droning bass line that has become so synonymous with the release, Cohen introduces a build during the middle section that gives the track a new depth second time around. Alan Fitzpatrick has been selected for remix duties, adding a contemporary twist to this classic track by retaining the original hook-line using the drone in the breaks but adding his own synth-stab to bring a new and interesting dimension to the track.

Featured on the Telomere 00 VA, we are honored to share Sherman C's first full EP in over 10 years. This five tracker blends acid, breakbeat, electro, minimal and techno morphing into a wicked record for all hours of the evening. Limited to 150 copies. Be quick!

Der schwedische DJ/Produzent Jeremy Olander präsentiert sich und sein Label Vivrant, eines der derzeit besten Melodic House & Techno-Labels, in der Balance-Serie. Olander war der erste gesignte Künstler auf Eric Prydz' Pryda Friends, veröffentlichte ferner auf Bedrock, Drumcode, Anjunadeep, Get Physical und Last Night On Earth sowie einen BBC Essential Mix, bevor er mit Vivrant sein eigenes Imprint startete, dessen Style und Artistroster er hier mit komplett exklusivem Tracklisting vorstellt. 2xCD mit 2 Mixsets aus 22 Tracks, Anfang des neuen Jahre folgt die 2xLP mit 8 ausgespielten Highlights (samt Download-Code zu den CD-Mixsets).

ollowing up from his widely acclaimed EP for Workshop and his first solo-EP on Mikrodisko, two new tracks emerge from the abyss that is Kassem Mosse's studio, striking fear and awe in the hearts of mastering engineers.

Grammy-nominated producer Nic Fanciulli joins Radio Slave's Rekids this February with two thumping cuts entitled 'Understand'.

Having appeared before as a remixe r of Radio Slave's seminal 'Grindhouse' in 2012, Saved Records founder Nic Fanciulli now finally joins the Rekids imprint for the first time with original material. Highly regarded for holding residencies in some of the biggest super clubs in the world like Ibiza's Space and Pacha, the longstanding British DJ is also responsible for four legendary BBC Radio 1 Essential Mixes. His production distinction spans to a revered Grammy nomination at the age of only 26 for Best Recording Remix as part of Buick Project, to his acclaimed debut album 'My Heart' with collaborations alongside the= likes of British Rock legend Damon Albarn.

The title track opens the release with submarine-like bleeps chiming over a mysterious voice repeating 'understand', while a growling bass dives deep beneath a thundering drum groove. On the flip, 'Where U At' features mesmerising vocal cries that flutter between upbeat stabs and bouncy percussion that expertly bolsters a driving low end.

Everybody knows the sound of church bells — the familiar midday clang. Strongly associating this sound with religion, we hardly ever think of it as a long musical tradition. In Philipp Gorbachev’s search for new heights, it turned out that the East European Orthodox tradition of bell ringing goes far beyond religious dogma. It’s ancient, it’s sacred, and it’s unchained. It’s about liberation, unity of body and soul, and free artistic expression.

Church bell ringing has become the core musical practice for the electronic producer and performer in the last few years after a period of excessive club touring around the world. Searching for new ways to challenge and alter his physical and spiritual self, Philipp found his calling ringing bells in Moscow at St. Nicholas Church and Berlin at the Christ Resurrection Cathedral. An experienced raver and drummer himself, Gorbachev couldn’t help but build the connection between electronic synthesizers, entrancing techno loops, and the unique sonority and resonance of heavy-weight bronze bells.

The result of Philipp’s new passion is KOLOKOL. It was first released as an LP on his PG TUNE imprint in 2019 and later evolved into live stage performances, an experimental film, and a full-length documentary exploring the bell ringing tradition in godforsaken monasteries and churches across Russia. With KOLOKOL, Gorbachev proves that this practice is bound to notions of temple, solitude, spirituality, healing, and awakening which are much stronger than the church itself. ‘Hope’ and ‘salvation’ are the main words for Philipp to describe his path with bell ringing. These are also the words many ravers use when speaking of their life-changing experiences on the dance floor in the temples of powerful sound, hypnotic body movement, and endless purifying vibration. Together with his fellow bell ringers in Russia, Gorbachev took the powerful instrument outside the church to introduce this mind-altering experience in a club and concert setting.

The series of remixes by Gorbachev’s fellow musicians is another extension of the KOLOKOL mindset toward the club environment; a call for his friends from the techno world to accept and interpret Philipp’s journey of affirmation, focus, and fulfillment. When the time is right again, the remixes of main tracks from Gorbachev’s most recent album will fill the sweaty vibrating dance floors where everybody is searching for their own temple, hoping for a purifying catharsis of body and soul.

The road to Hell is paved in gold. One that guides to Disorder, Repression and eventually a last leap into OD. Yes, boy, this is Life. Unfair, menacing, dark and twisted, like the new EP from R-A-G out on Lux Rec.
The Dutch trio presents its first release outside the M>O>S legacy and delivers three excessive tracks wandering on the fringes of the jacking zone, analog techno and wavy obscurity. Walk in, embrace Life. Hear it pulsates, disappear.
Gold vinyl in a gold printed sleeve. Free download included.

One of the hottest producers at the moment, Rigzz delivers 4 tracks strictly for the dancefloor- not to be missed!

The Legend arrives on wewillalwaysbealovesong with a magnificent 4 track EP.

DJ Support:

Laurent Garnier
DJ Yellow
Kosme
Agoria

The Lazare Hoche imprint is curating the bomb EP from the upcoming House Queen Lauren Lo Sung !

Sister label of EYA Records- Lonewolf start its journey into sound with a very solid Various Artists .Music by TwoPhaseU, Meta4 and Jorge Gamarra. You snooze, you loose.

The Nic Fanciulli remixes of the Club Classic !!

Okain's key ear for a groove finds a home on Infuse in the form of his 'Magic Box EP'.
'Place Des Fetes' is a keen example, subtle layered sounds sneaking in between the b-line driven ride means there's always something new to find.
'Magic Box' moves into a more blissful arena with it's swelling pad perfect for those early morning sunrise sets whilst Rich NxT remixes Place De Fetes, stripping the elements down in his own inimitable way.

Maurizio Martinucci (aka TeZ) is being warmly welcomed back into the Frigio fold. Following his work with Most Significant Beat, a partnership with Saverio Evangelista of Esplendor Geometrico, this Italian artist, and member of Clock DVA since 2010, is flying solo on new wings: Pragma.Martinucci examines, scrutinises and magnifies mechanics. And under such inspection all things change. Drums blossom into serrating melodies. Snares, hi hats, toms blur into one as they are distilled into a heady brew. At times this reduction is sour and sharp, as in the cruel cud of 'Ospel', at others its strangely smooth like in 'Dusk.' The lines that divide electronics and techno all but disappear, dissolved into insignificance under Pragma ´s barren palette. 'Espex' is stripped. Percussion is dipped in distortion, bass bleached by hiss as the reductionist manifesto is applied. An artist cut from the same caustic clothe closes.Arturo Lanz of Esplendor Geometrico amplifies the fuzz and static of 'Espex', shaving away all decoration to leave all but a harrowing husk of cables, wires and pain.

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Alex Smoke's album, Love over Will, signalled a new phase of deep artistry for the stalwart Scottish producer. Mano Le Tough's remix of 'Dust' holds on these buzzing elements of micro machinery, yet strips away the original version's atmospherics. 'Fall Out' was ominous and string-laden in its original form, which was then coaxed into a throbbing, reverb-heavy offering at the hands of Tale of Us and gets a precision edit by Dixon.

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The ends of days are ones with which Damian Lazarus is familiar, but, much like his biblical namesake, he too, has come back from the brink and risen to fight on, his career is interwoven with themes of survival and re-birth. Fittingly then, his second solo album does not wallow in our current dark times but charts a path of hope. Flourish, offers a glimpse of a new world worth living in and surviving for.

Flourish takes us through the many lives of Damian Lazarus, who, as he has grown older, and traversed the globe, has come to more deeply examine the role the dance floor plays in his own life and that of others. With parties cancelled, it would have been easy to wallow, but instead urgency took hold, and isolated Italian countryside Damian took the space to tackle the larger questions he has been grappling with for years.

As anyone who has watched Lazarus DJ can attest, his inspirations are deep and varied, criss-crossing show tunes, drum n bass, jazz, electro, soul, house, techno and everything in-between. This album reflects his immersion in a multitude of scenes over the years, from the early days of London drum n bass, to his role as a figurehead in the electroclash scene, and of course the significant impact his Crosstown Rebels label has had on contemporary underground house and techno. Flourish is far from a box of functional DJ tools, in the same way as Damian’s debut album Smoke The Monster Out or the more worldly outings in his brace of albums with the Ancient Moons. It’s a personal, brave and varied body of work. It’s also the work of an artist who has grown over the ten years since his last solo album. Lazarus plays with nuances of texture, tempo and style to create a rich and dense album that takes us on an odyssey that is at times both dark and uplifting. Vocals of his own cast an intimate shadow over the album with those of his sole collaborator Jem Cooke offering a soothing balance amidst the madness.

Damian’s work reminds us that however taxing the journeys there are always moments of beauty to be found.

With David Mayer's share of keinemusik's current Workparty edition still providing solid fuel for heated clubfloors, he already shovels
two fresh loads into the furnace.
KM021 has just surfaced in a moment when electrified Techno-music seems to drown in an ocean of preset-dullness. Well, Mayer has
come to provide a rescue tool with his Sunhole on side A. You'll recognize this somewhat trademark-becoming percussive fetish of
Mayer as this track's Modus Operandi. Yet, it has rarely been as detailed and surgically implemented as in this banger. What's that - a
second hand ticking And over there - is it a woodpecker in the field Sunhole supplies all the answers in a thumping, yet no
friskiness avoiding manner. You'll get a stoically rolling beat, asphalting the floor, to build a cannonproof foundation for this
arrangement's main attraction - a filtered and delay-heavy synth-affair.
Flip around and find a competitive jamboree of subtle background-brainwaves other would straightaway use as lead-ideas for their
tracks. Well, this matchingly titled Lead comes in with a hard hitting kick and gets into the groove via filter-rides to peak into clanking
noisy Industrial-thunder that immediately will electrify every steel-toe in hearing range. Generally: only roughness in this cut, crispy
bounce and ghostly whispers all over. Most definitely for the win, this double broadside.

The Mangue Labelheads are pushing forward and proove that the label has a pretty unique sound - straight and very melodical. And again they welcome Microtrauma (Traum Schallplatten, Microtonal)
for another hot remix. Played & supported by Stephan Bodzin, Alexi Delano, Gabriel Ananda, Paco Osuna, Daniel Sanchez, Anderson Noise, NTFO, Oscar and many more.

Julien Chaptal is an electronic assembly — part French electronics, part Detroit synth machine, and part Dutch minimal robot (as part of MFD, Le Clic and Amsterdam661). Purpose built with a modular brain, Julien’s performances are switched on, live, utterly groovy, and while pulsating with machine wiring, undeniably human.
Chaptal's newest record, The Way, was conceived after a few too many knobs were turned on his Octatrack, sending Julien tumbling through time and space to capture decades worth of dance floor musical influence before returning home. Recorded live along the journey — on stage, by boat, and in a camper van — The Way’s hypnotic tracks are an intimate look at the intricate circuitry composing the logic behind electronic music, showcasing where it has come, where it is now, and where it will travel to in the future.

Japanese producer JUN KITAMURA released 2EPs from his own label Capricious back in 1998 and 2000 named Outergaze and Outergaze 2 by his artist name JUN. They were both Underground hit in the UK and other countries. EFD compiles 2 tracks from these 2EPs, which are still heard in dance floors worldwide after more than 10 years, as the first release EFD Classic series.

Perth, capital of Western Australia, sits where the Swan River meets the southwest coast. Sandy beaches line its suburbs giving purpose to hot summer days, but after sundown, the city is where it's at... if you know where to look. It's possible that this double-life is what inspired the deep, melodic, futuristic sounds of one of Australia's most mysterious electronic dance music labels of the 90's - Red Ember Records.Helmed by Ewan Jansen and Justin Zerbst (with contributions from Steb Sly and Andrew Carpenter) this micro label powered through the latter half of the 1990's with a slew of back-room productions; barely existent releases that were mainly pressed onto poly-plastic discs and hand distributed at a handful of near mythical live performances and local record spots in their hometown. Suffice to say it's the unique quality of the music contained on these lathes (chiefly produced by Jansen and Zerbst) and the sheer rarity of the physical items that has driven Red Ember firmly into the minds of vinyl fiends the globe over.Deep. That is one word that can be safely used when discussing the sonic bounty contained on a Red Ember record. Ewan Jansen's loose, harmonic style sits perfectly next to Justin Zerbst's faster paced, frenetic Techno sounds. The two's styles complimenting each other perfectly. This is most apparent on this special sampler 12", the precursor to a wider archival compilation of Red Ember rarities entitled "Embers Only: Selected tracks 1997 - 1999", where a track from each artist has been carefully selected from their enviable archive. Culled from 2 of the most sought after titles in the catalogue both "Clearance" and "Red Silicone" are top shelf all the way, enough to get even the most hardened vinyl aficionado cracking a smile.
"Embers Only: Selected tracks 1997 - 1999" - An insight into the extremely exotic sound world of Red Ember Records, forthcoming on double vinyl, fully remastered from all original DAT tapes and compiled with the full cooperation of both Ewan Jansen and Justin Zerbst. Remastered by Curved Pressings, London. Artwork and design by Atelier Superplus.

Recognized for bringing some of the most cutting-edge DJs to Tokyo from its inception in 2013 (starting with a:rpia:r), Beat In Me is proud to announce the launch of its own record label. Catalog No.001 finds Raha, a key contributor to the Japanese club scene for over 30 years, collaborating with his creative partner K-Sobajima to bring us their very first EP. Side A is a masterly crafted made-for-dancefloor track - its high-density, dynamic minimal grooves deployed with precise effects. On Side B, we have Romanian up-and-comer Crihan (known for releases on Ultrastretch, Naural, and Eliptic) on remix duties, as he takes a detour toward a more ‘dope’ and atmospheric mood. Working tirelessly while constantly traveling between Europe and Japan, Raha finally delivers on this long anticipated work. And with early full play support at parties and festivals by such top-class DJs like Rhadoo, Petre Inspirescu, Cezar, Dubtil, and Mihigh, its quality is unquestionable - a true gem of a release, polished through the kind of experience and taste that could only be gleaned from standing steadfastly at the very core of a scene

Taking the release-portfolio into account, Rampa built over the last years on Keinemusik, him adding a new EP to the label's
catalogue is worth every credit of trust. And this very Trust' EP is living up to that not only by its name. It certainly offers value for
money, considering KM-releases have mostly been two-trackers. There are four cuts on this one, each one following a different
approach, making it also a hella versatile record.
It opens with the titeltrack, the floor-mantra within this bunch. A ruminant groove, backed by lifting and dropping notes, launching a
catchy synth-figure and adding up synth-layers until all tension drops into a break that's as curative as a talk therapy. A track that, out
of unshakable serenity, unleashes an irresistible energy.
The following Entropie' comes closest to what could be considered a Rampa classic. Percussive loops that are scooped up with even
more banging and clanking - check. Lurking synthbass in the back - check. Vocalsamples with tribal descent - double check.
Generally, you'll find a whole lot of folklore in this rhythm rich affair, that continuously is jazzing up to highest ecstasy levels.
The flipside opens with Defiled', led by a prominent synthline, that's going through various filter highs and lows and gets bludgeoned
by some vigorously swung claps. Raw, naked floor material lacking any flourish, that seems to even fire up a jackhammer during the
break.
Headsup' is concluding this set. Triggering the smell of watered sidewalks, lit-up only by flickering neon light, immersed in the depths
of delay, this latenight-story finds some redemption and warmth within the glow of its soulful vocal samples.

Phreak is a party and label based in Tokyo.First release “UTAKATA EP” is written and produced by Takashi Himeoka.

Two weeks after the banging originals, Afterlife puts out "Monument Remixes" with mixes from Barnt -whose take is nearly 10 minutes long - and Stephan Bodzin.

Greetings from Baba Osman: NO BOARDERS

The Nugs are back in business. For this second EP we joined forces with two Italian artists. On side A, Robbenspierre delivers two amazing tracks, A1 has a solid bassline followed by an oldschool vibe, A2 brings an hypnotic groove pointed straight to the dancefloor. Side B belongs to the promising duo, Dormald. B1 is a mysterious House track with a touch of acid, B2 has a strong minimalistic rhythm separated by a sequence of breaks.