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What a pleasure to eat some cookies with good old friends like Mladen Tomic, Paul C & Paolo Martini, Collective Machine & Spencer K and Alexander Aurel Coming from all over Europe, adding their different flavors and combining their skills with their experience! Enjoy our third pack of Cookies.

LTD Edition! Moderats erstes offizielles Release (2003). Ein aufregender elektronischer Kuss aus der Vergangenheit! A2 bis A5 und B2 bis B5 sind 'locked grooves'!

Opa knows best... 

Every now and again the good folk at Monaberry invite their eldest family chief, Grandpa Herbert, around for a spiritual sonic powwow. A chance to galvanise the forces and energies that have become the label's signature over the years, these collections have become a Monaberry tradition. And this is its seventh...

Label founders Super Flu take the lead with 'Bebey Love 1', a mystic moment of deep desert hypnosis, calling and responding to its own momentum. It's followed by 'Handmade', a spiralling, foot-stamping tribal slice of cosmosis from new friend and MoBlack affiliate Sobek. Deeper again we strike 'Urban Linien' from label lifer CIOZ, a hip-slinking late night narrative laced with deep dreams and psychedelic flourishes, things take a serious level-up from four minutes in. 

Chapter 24 associate JOBE follows with a similarly lavish yarn 'Maasai'. Subtly theatrical and laced with nuances of dark bass and a restrained sense of theatre, it's doesn't so much as grab your attention but arrests it and gives it a life sentence. He's followed by old Monaberry flame Ole Biege who brings the 'Heat' in every sense. Strutting on a sweet shuffle and gently paced with beautiful piano chords and a sultry vocal, its borderline spiritual in its allure and sets us up perfectly for brick-talking MULYA who makes a swift return from his recent label debut with the moody marching safari 'Hamune'. 

Finally Bebetta and Douglas Greed bring this life-affirming chapter to an end. The former delivers a stunning slab of subversion in the form of 'Gattara' which balances spine-melting arpeggios and warm, bouncy bass. The latter takes us right back to the source with 'Arpo33', a trance-tinged hair-raiser that's powered by a cathedral-like lead that doesn't promise new dimensions... It guarantees them. 

Eight inspiring journeyman adventures from eight of Monaberry's firmest friends and most kindred spirits. No one picks them like Opa Herbert. Less old school, more vintage university, it's detailed excursions like these that keep the old timer alive. Long may they continue...

Trus'me gets the remix treatment from Answer Code Request, Ben Sims & Pangaea. This is the first of two EPs featuring remixes of tracks from the Trus'me Planet 4 album. Answer Code Request takes Our Future into new territory with two outstanding mixes. Remix 1 moves things to a much more sinister & foreboding place. Tightening the feel & tension of the original with all the hallmarks of classic Berlin techno. Remix 2 winds up & coils the track into a searing workout of early 90's hardcore breakbeat. Ben Sims takes control of Ring Round Heart, pushing the tempo & creating a whole new urgency in the track. This is proper no nonsense heads down business & tight as you like. The mix builds excellently well & manages to produce an epic amount of feel and emotion, dropping in & out of the groove with a sneaky breakbeat & vocal dubs. Pangaea tackles one of the albums more esoteric tracks in The Unexplained. He manages to work a wonderfully intriguing steppers beat which drops from nowhere after the highly beguiling metronomic extended opening. The tracks are getting plenty of play & plaudits from likes of Ben UFO, DJ Deep, Bicep & Anthony Parasole.

After excellent remixes for Kalyma (connected 006) and Terranova (connected 004) Aaaron releases his own EP on connected.
Closely associated with Rampa, Kalyma and Florian Busse, amongst other Minimal Deep/Tech house explorers, Aaaron started collecting & playing Vinyl at the age of 15. One Year later he bought his first sampler and started producing. Moving to Berlin in 2003 expanded his knowledge to electronic dance music. Berlin was start- of-the-art for genres like House & Minimal Techno back in these days. In 2013 Aaaron released "Feelin this", his highest selling single so far which was released on Defected Records and was played & gained broad support from Jamies Jones, MK, Hot Since 82, Claptone, Tensnake, Waifs & Strays, Rampa, Re.You and many more. After this,he released in 2014 "Splendid" on Get Physical Music followed by another cutting-edge Ep for Defected Records named "What makes you itch". In 2015 he released "Whatcha Say" on Jena`s Fatplastics Label which Sven Va¨th included in his "Sound of the 16th Season" Ibiza Compilation.
1.'Entropy' On this gleaming dark RNB House Track Aaaron gets Carolina Melea´n & Hazel "in his boat² Carolina, who just released her debut EP - 'Everything'delivers a "warm & mysterious voice with a touch of darkness. Metal-ish percussions and a hypnotic brass sound make this track a great warm up or after hour track.
2. 'War Chant' -when the tribe is rolling out into war with the opposite faction.
a drone-ish string sound and a lead sound that brings you just
into the right amount of trance to start your war in a club.
3. 'Yuggoth'- Warehouse inspired, Toolroom techno, hypnotic vocals, with an old school feeling,
4. 'Stomp' -Afro House, rising, an original aaaron track, marching soldiers from a far distant land,
Forward always forward never backwards

While it's freezing winter in Germany, Monika Kruse found a great way to change the subject and think about sunny times: Releasing warm grooves from THE italian breakthrough dj/producer 2012: Alex Costa from Torino. Since his releases on Shinedoe's Intacto and Kaiserdisco's KD Music he is taking record cases by storm and certainly won't change with his 'Moove EP'. Plus Aldo Cadiz from Santiago De Chile is adding a sophisticated remix which makes it even more a standout release for Terminal M.

happy to welcome new artist on endless flight. attari is brussels based artist and running very cool private club. title track “meridian” is melancholic deep house tune, it’s one of our most fav release in this year. both tracks on b side are dark new wave disco style tunes.

The keeping of pets marks humans' attempt at taking possession of a part of reality that is not at his disposal. Dressing a piece of the real that lives according to entirely non-human rules and which only in the saddest case does not resist the discipline of the human symbolic order vehemently and in a sustained matter, is a violent act of protection. Because in the non-place of the real, all that which we are helpless in the face of looms: the non-logical and the nameless, the violence and the noise, yet also the unrestrained and unfiltered desire.The innocuous figure of the pet marks a gateway to an investigation of these eerie milieus, while electronic dance music lends itself to this investigation in an outstanding way. This constellation marks the subject of Column's 'Pets II.'

Column is the name of Cologne based renaissance man Jan Philipp Janzen, who, as chief emissary of Cologne's pop internationalism, has been playing the field in various functions for Von Spar, Cologne Tapes, Urlaub in Polen, Owen Pallett, Scout Niblett or The Field, and who has also, in one way or another, been involved in most relevant records coming out of Cologne for the past number of years. After his excellent solo debut 'Pets I' (Areal, 2016), Janzen presents another extraordinary record in 'Pets II,' perfectly complemented by another ghostly oil work of Burkhard Mönnich on the cover.Sonically, 'Pets II' marks a clear development for Column. In its exploration of the thresholds of the real, it sets two points of focus, corresponding with the split in sides A and B.

Side A, on which Janzen teams up with long-time friend myr. (PNN), explores the uncanny as a fissure of the symbolic order, and the subsequent breaking in of the real. It opens with two peaktime rockets that have their wooden, nether-regional groove narrated by grim, down-pitched vocals. The ethereal remix by Leibniz (hundert) seems to be observing the situation from a hiding place, and is the side's clandestine and no less dark closer.

Side B, for which Janzen invited studiomate Marvin Horsch (Dorfjungs/Beats in Space) along, delivers two swaying synthesizer workouts, the second of which, 'Molly and Swerve,' is directed firmly at the dancefloor again. What is at stake here is the transition between a free, undirected jouissance of the real and a more ordered becoming-lust. Here, as in Map.ache's (Kann/Giegling/Altin Village) remix which closes out 'Pets II,' it becomes clear what connections dance music can foster between a free, impersonal desire and the sphere of interpersonal wanting, but also the losses that are negotiated in it. Above all, however, it becomes evident what a courageous daring project 'Pets II' is in all of its conceptual and aesthetic determination; with Von Spar's standout 'Garzweiler' 12' (Altin Village & Mine, 2017), it documents a New Cologne Realism.

Techno Album of the month March 2018 in Mixmag UK!

Central to the Israeli club scene, Deep'a & Biri have long been defying expectations even within a community they helped construct. Serving as resident DJs, activists and bookers for Tel Aviv's legendary Barzilay Club, the pair helped build a transcendent club scene. Hugely influential artists such as Robert Hood, Derrick May, Rødhad, Ben Klock and Moritz Von Oswald passed through the club, enjoying legendary crowds and what they could surely sense was a genuine air of anarchy, rebellion and unadulterated rave pleasure.

As the duo held down dozens of parties with dozens of DJs, there was no 'eureka' moment for their emerging sound; just a steady stream of brilliant, inspiring electronic music, much of which left an indelible imprint on the pair. Now based in Berlin, for Deep'a & Biri, things are much the same, even if the landscape and the city is different. Always rooted in the fertile ground between machines and emotion, on their second full-length LP, 'Dominance', the duo demonstrate their unique grasp of the sensitive, unfolding relationship between man and machine. Steadfast in their insistence never to remain in one lane in terms of their sound, 'Dominance' flawlessly segues between forcefulness and weightlessness. From beginning to end, this is not a record afraid to show its teeth with an uncompromising, instantly recognisable techno palette that kicks the foundations of any sound system with menace, anger and determination, particularly on tracks such as the dense 'Voltage' and pulsing throughout the more industrial flourishes of 'Ecole De Nancy' and 'Seeking Solace'.

Beyond these grittier, although never mindless, moments of authority, a sense of escapism and curiosity imbues the album. 'Alpha Cephei' offers the first hint of Deep'a & Biri's more wistful concepts, producing a smoke trail of twinkling electronics out of a smudged but distinctive bassline. That understated sense of emotional catharsis carries throughout, to be found between the complex-yet-familiar bells that drive 'Flow Diverter's' rhythm to a Detroit-indebted landscape that will surely instantly elasticate any keen dancers, while 'False Memories' offers big-room techno fulfillment with none of the character or sincerity removed for cheap thrills. Saving the most remarkable moments for last, the pair sign off 'Dominance' with the poignant and purifying 'Astral Trails', fusing an ethereal, ambient landscape with the more pronounced rhythms of their hardware.

The album's distinctive artwork comes from the studio of Jewish orthodox artist Avraham Guy Barchil, who forged a powerful connection with Deep'a, both was immediately drawn to 'weird atmosphere, amazing technique and emotions involved with his work'. Perhaps one of the most interesting painters from Israel, Avraham is known for his unique perspective, taking his inspiration from the Zohar - the foundational work in the literature of Jewish mystical thought known as Kabbalah. The ambiguous figures represent mystical aspects of the Torah (the five books of Moses), as well as material on mysticism and mythical cosmogony.
Ensuring their natural, conscious touch always remains at the forefront of this unapologetically machine-driven music, Deep'a & Biri have produced an album in the lineage of their heroes and greatest influences. Cerebral yet satisfying, deep yet always engaging, 'Dominance' both reasserts and evolves Deep'a & Biri's forward facing and singular sound.

Next stunning Terminal M release from the Italian born top producer Luca Morris.
With "Party Tradition" he presents 4 more strong tracks which are used to be played from
top Dj's like Marco Carola, Dubfire, Loco Dice, Monika Kruse and many more...
First track "party tradition" is a stomping dark party anthem to the clubs. On AA with a
mysterious voice and a wiring sound comes "Small Planet". Third track
"Isabella" continues with his dark flow and basslines. last but not least "Arrange" comes
with a bit more brighter melody, but still not losing his touch of great groove and
deepness...

Cadenza head honcho, Luciano, often collaborates with many other artists, his constant touring schedule blessing him the opportunity to write and produce music with a multitude of like minded producers, and on 'Into The Aether", we get the first part of a two part series of tracks composed with various other Cadenza personnel. 'Arizona Green Song' sees Luciano and Marlowe (AKA Digitaline) get together for a vibrant and busy freak out. A plethora of rattling and sharp percussion cuts through a simple melody line and low slung groove. Building over ten tantric minutes, dubby inflections and hidden voices are woven into the detailed arrangement to great effect. A collaboration with Dani Casarano results in 'Bell's & Tonic", a slower paced vibe here, but with plenty of funk, from it's bending bass line and hand claps to the deft organ touches and shuffling shakers. A world within is created here, again distant voices, rattling cow bells and (yes) livestock and other field recordings are layered here to create a unique ambience. Uncompromising and original music then, from Cadenza's boss and friends. Expect a 'Part Two' to be released in the coming months....

Being the starter tracks of the - 10 yrs Systematic compilation Stephan Bodzin´s - Sungam and Marc Romboy´s - Hypernova have caused a massive stir around the globe. After the release of the transparent yellow vinyl of - Sungam it´s now time for part 2 of this three part series and this is a remix edition of - Hypernova . It comes along with a remix of, who else, Stephan Bodzin himself and a new interpretation of Israel´s techno poster boys Guy Mantzur and Roy Rosenfeld who have just released convincing music on imprints like Bedrock, Kompakt and Trapez. And not to forget the bonus track, the obligatory beatless synthapella which is not to miss.

RAWAX welcomes Marlon Hoffstadt to the Artist Family!
The berlin based producer will present two ep's in the near future.
Starting in April with The "Real-Time Experience". A great space echno ep!

Just some weeks after the release of Volume 1, this new Great Stuff series delivers Volume Two. Again no needless bonus tracks or B-sides, only great tunes from great artists.

Sébastien Léger delivers two solid originals and is backed up by Arjuna Schiks' trippy dreamy remix. Oracle has a French house sound to it characteristic of Léger with a Moroderesque arpeggio bassline. His excellent production skills shine brightest when he plays the keys in the second break. Trytosphere is a somewhat new direction for the Frenchman; a sunny track with a Balearic feel to it. A real summer soundtrack. Arjuna Schiks adds a trippy take on the original with a nice upbeat energetic groove layered on top of a spacey bell and synth soundscape which echoes in the background.

This ep marks the debut release on Connected - a new label based between Brixton and Berlin
After their much acclaimed collaboration, Tell me Why' ( Kompakt recs /KOM327) earlier in 2015, London's legendary Stereo Mc's and Berlin's Veteran Dj/ Producer Terranova decided the vibe was too good to stop, and to stay on and record an album together.
Both Cuts - 'Deeper' and 'Turnaround' are taken from their forthcoming album scheduled for spring 2016. The Sound is a deep blend of Techno and the unique sound and language Stereo Mc's singer, Rob Birch, has developed and refined over the Years .
Terranova and Stereo Mc's have worked together on and off, both in the studio and for tours /clubdates since the early days of house&club music around 1990.About the EP:

Adryiano with a solid versatile four track EP on Baka Gaijin.

Coyu is working on his highly anticipated debut album; it will explain a story, my story attests the Big Cat. It's the first chapter of this story and the debut single of the album is 1+1, a track made in collaborating with Thomas Gandey A perfect summer track, powerful but addictive and catchy. In Coyu's own words 1+1 it's me and my girlfriend, me and my mother, me and my team, Suara and me, my music and me, the world and me. Because without the people you love and all that you love you are nothing. 1 + 1 is a claim to love and be loved, to embrace sensibilities, to create synergies and teamwork. But also, it is the communion of my two great passions: techno and house music. Nine minutes of linear and heavy groove that melts with the notes of an emotional piano. It's a track that I'm deeply proud of, I am pretty sure that in 10 years from now I will continue to enjoy it like I did the first day it was finished and after a year and a half I can now say that it is just as much mine as it is yours. Because you and me are also 1+1. For the remixes probably we have the greatest pack ever on the label: Gerd Janson delivered an amazing interpretation of the track: Truncate takes the track down to raw techno, less is more. Last but not least we have the introspective trip of Cosmin TRG which completes one of the releases of the year on the kitties label.

Vinyl Only

Dimitri Fergadis' L.A based label Halocyan follow up a slew of high-profile releases from the likes of Paul Woolford, Arkist, Raudive and Gravious with the next coming courtesy of the ever-evolving Hackman backed up with remixes from Timo Maas and KiNK. At just 24, Hackman has already amassed a lauded back catalogue that's touched 20:20 Vision, Futureboogie, Greco-Roman and Rampa offshoot PTN. As an artist he's consistently diversified his sound and - akin to the ethos of Halocyan - has kept one foot firmly in dance music's rich history as well as looking forwards with each release.
His latest offering 'Semibreves' shows Hackman returning to the tougher, more armoured facet of his catalogue epitomised by his collaboration with Tessela on Audio Culture back in 2011. Complex, primal rhythms are laced with his stout and muscular bass tones while he uses melody to astutely whip up rapture.
First up on remix duties is Rockets & Ponies co-founder Timo Maas; a stalwart experimentalist who has earned his stripes across a vast and varied back catalogue. His take on 'Grass Green' melds rasping bass tones with twisted and eerie melodies that roll out over an elongated breakdown.
Next up is KiNK whose penchant for analogue circuitry is manifested across his harmonious remix of 'Semibreves' - swooning synth propel a major / minor shift as

The third and final EP from the latest album of HVOB is due for release on September 18. HVOB's album Trialog' was released in spring this year and continues to attract unwavering international interest. The interdisciplinary art project - prompting an invitation to perform a Boiler Room set in Vienna, touted by American Thump magazine as a contender for an Album of the Year' award - is a perennial headliner on influential blogs and media such as XLR8R, Resident Advisor, i-D and ARTE after charting high on Beatport and iTunes. At the same time HVOB's world-wide tour continues to gather momentum, with concerts in cities from Cape Town and New York to Hong Kong and New Delhi. The third and final EP from the Trialog' album, Tender Skin/The Anxiety to please", is now set for release on September 18. None other than Scuba and DJ Tennis have been enlisted to remix the double A side, the seventh EP from the electronic duo: Scuba manages to transform the fragility of The Anxiety to please' into a subdued powerfulness, while the DJ Tennis remix of Tender Skin' is similarly powerful and technoid. Tender Skin/The Anxiety to please' is released on September 18 as a double A side, on vinyl on Stil vor Talent.

Amsterdam label Taped Artifact has lined up an EP from Merv aka Brian Oldenborg and Jan Christiansen. After the Re-Melted reissue on Styrax in 2015, this is the pair's third new EP in three years since coming back after first making music back in the mid nineties. Their warm dub and techno style is still very much fresh and arresting. Blueprint opens the EP with eight enthralling minutes of percolating drums and shuffling hi hats. Frosty yet warm, it's a cavernous affair with a hypnotic riffs sucking you in over and over. Shine is more upright techno, but the rock solid kicks are still draped with rippling, static coated chords that ripple out in all directions. Rotundum closes things out with synth waves gently breaking over hunched drums that build the pressure. It's tense and engaging while remaining thoroughly atmospheric.

incl. IDEALIST / ANDRE KRONERT REMIXES

Limited vinyl only release coming from Tel Aviv with minimalistic dubby mood on A side with remix from Idealist. B side will immerse you in a dub techno journey with remix from Andre Kronert.

Vinyl Pre Release of exclusive Tracks taken from Cormix055 to be released 14.4.2017

The Cocoon Recordings very own inhouse compilation series DOTS AND PEARLS is back once again and takes us on a tour to the expected sounds of the upcoming spring season. Frankfurt based Christian Burkhardt starts the selection of four exclusive and previously unreleased tracks. His 'Karambolage' breathes spring air and creates an early summer feeling par excellence. This tune will even turn gray and rainy april weather into bright sunlight. On spot with playful and positive harmonies and a very subtle 80's synthie-pop flavour. This one here definitely makes us want more! Next in line is Argy, one of our most long standing Cocoon Recordings artists. His 'How Late It Was, How Late' has an undeniable 80s retro charm, too however it follows a completely different direction than Burkhardts 'Karambolage". This one refers strongly to an early 80s acid sound and reminds us of great productions such as 'On And On' by Jesse Saunders. We cannot tell how far Argy's reminiscences goes back but for the ones who know: 'How Late It Was, How Late' will bring you back to the great times of labels like Rams Horn and their Rational Youth's 'Dancing On The Berlin' Wall. Brave and surprising at the same time and above all: 'übercool"! With 'Baroon' by Markus Fix follows another acid track - however, this one has a far more epic flavour full of warm analogue strings and based on a hypnotic arrangement. Fix 'Baroon' is defintely less retro than Argys and Burkhardts contributions - a deep tech house gem made for the first sunrises of the upcoming allnighter open airs. With 'Euphrasia' Jim Jules accelerates slightly but goes also deeper at the same time. His production follows the cinematic mood of Markus Fix but paints a darker picture.

Will's returns to AUS following his 'By Your Side' EP which saw support from luminaries such as Sasha, Dixon & Gerd Janson. The 'Arps & Early Starts' sees Will take things deeper, trippier and once again in another direction, continuing to move things forward. This is his third release in the past six months and sees the AUS label head enjoying the studio and DJing more than ever, he's on the road extensively over the coming months - visiting the legendary Rex in Paris, London's Printworks, Barcelona's Nitsa, Elsewhere in NYC and putting on his own ADE party alongside Jeremy Underground, Bradley Zero to name a few.

Mokadelic - Doomed to Live is the theme tune to the hit Sky original series Gomorra. In celebration of the enchanting classic, Crosstown Rebels commissioned Daniele Baldelli & Marco Dionigi, who produce two stunning ‘Nu Disco’ and ‘Dub’ remixes and Davide Squillace, who provides the equally impressive ‘Ethnik’ remix.

Based on the acclaimed book of the Neapolitan writer Roberto Saviano, Gomorra, is focused on the fierce Neapolitan crime organization, depicting street-level crime and its hierarchical organization from the pavement, all the way up to regional government offices. The original theme tune played a significant part in the success of the show and was quickly commissioned to be remixed. The end result of which is a stunning release featuring a selection of Italy’s seminal artists, who each represent a different aspect of the country’s long-standing affiliation to club music and culture.

Baldelli and Dionigi’s Nu Disco remix combines cosmic synth stabs alongside otherworldly pads to form a meaningful astral cut, whilst the duos Dub mix features swinging drum solos and an infectious wooing vocal throughout. Davide Squillace’s Ethnik remix of Doomed to Live is a tribal fashion, as hollow drums pave the way for a soothing, emotionally charged piano key that runs alongside shimmering Maraca sounds.

Daniele Baldelli is a veteran of the scene and considered by many to be the pioneer of Cosmic Disco, a sound that first came about during his club residencies at Italy’s Cosmic and Baia Degli Angeli. On top of this, Baldelli’s collaborator Marco Dionigi held a residency at Verona’s Alter Ego club for twenty years. Born in Italy’s Siena, it was a trip to London that ignited Davide Squillace’s passion for electronic music. The Italian native debuted as a Circoloco resident in 2007, and has founded multiple labels since, including Sketch, Hideout and Titbit.

After Alexander Aurel's very successful first Terminal M appearance on the Cookies EP Vol. 1 earlier this year, Monika Kruse had no doubt to release a proper EP with this talented dj from Frankfurt. Additionally the two duos Pele & Shawnecy and Paul C & Paolo Martini commissioned fantastic versions of the title track. Enjoy Your Night.

Mineral Follows Up With A Vibrant Release By Les
Gars, Les Fréres, Les Homies: Nabil & Ilies. Word On The
Street Is That These Tracks Are Worth Up To 3kg Of Fresh
Aromatic Spices At Your Local Bazaar In Algiers.

180g Vinyl / 300 Copies

LTD repress !

Noha & Alex Tea's musical relationship is one that's yielded great results to date, chiefly as result of their work together on the Panick EP, the inaugural release on the duo's increasingly essential Panick Panick! label. Here, they team up with distinction once more for the label's fourth release, the only difference being that this time they do so under their Patagonia moniker.

A two tracker full of heady, intoxicating vibes, we get underway courtesy of 'Chi Ci Pensa'. Full of swing and smile-induced vibes, this one may well prove to be one of the biggest tracks of the summer.

The B side features the rushed, dubby flavours of 'Rimane Senza'. A multilayered cut that boasts a relentless edge, it stops only for breath when its sporadic vocal flourish enters the equation. Dark and banging but with featuring just enough light at the end of the tunnel, it's an all-round engrossing cut with a stuffy demeanour that's hard not to appreciate.

This June will see the release of Deadbeat's "Jacks and Slow Dances" EP on Visionquest Records.

Deadbeat AKA Scott Monteith is a veteran producer currently residing in the ever inspiring city that is Berlin. No stranger to the Visionquest imprint, "Jack's and Slow Dances" follows his 2015 release on the same label, entitled The Jacks EP. His latest effort is comprised of 3 originals that are perfectly complimented by a remix from Visionquest co-head Shaun Reeves.

Monteith has been releasing critically acclaimed records since 2000 and has carefully sculpted a dub-laden sound that is uniquely his own and instantly recognizable. He has performed all over the world including top festivals like Sonar, Transmediale, Waking Life and Mutek. The esteemed labels he's released on include Cynosure, scape, Revolver, Wagon Repair and his own BLKRTZ.

The EP kicks off with massive bass, big toms and cascading synths and effects that build with the "Boom Jack" vocal, until diving into a driving kick. The patient tension continues and the repeated synths rise and fall as the rhythm of the vocal becomes more frequent and more manic, sure to excite the dance floor. For the A2 Shaun Reeves' remix of "Keep On Dancing" drops a 4/4 kick on the track and adds a classic Berlin low slung bass line that bumps along with some added sub bass, while delayed keys drift across the top. It's perfect for summer sessions at Club Der Visionaire, which is a frequent haunt for both artists.

The B side kicks off with the original mix of "Keep On Dancing", and sounds as though the listener is dropped into some remote jungle in the middle of the night. Monteith's beautiful and casual vocal arrives drenched in reverb while the minimal percussion accompanies his thoughts along the way. The song continues through the night as an arpeggiated bass synth leads the listener toward the 4/4 kick and the delightfully swung hi-hats that follow. The EP is rounded out by "VQ Infinity Dub, an uptempo jam that starts with his mature building of percussion and cascading synths and vocals that drive and pulsate the track forward. Foregoing the typical use of the big clap/snare, Montieth instead relies on the kick and shakers to keep the track moving and it just goes to show how effective his unique and unconventional his style can truly be.

Who said that da new Long player must consist by Intros, Outros and Off-Tracks – that all lies in the eye of the beholder and depends on his perspective. It must be honest and has to odd pictures in the heads. DOMPE succeeded that in a perfect way. At the beginning of May, he will release his latest album named HIPPIE CRACK on his own Label JACKRUIT RECORDINGS.

HIPPIE CRACK – music is our drug – it makes us happy and gives us the chance to flee from the gray and ordinary daily routine. These 12 Tracks are highly addictively. Close your eyes, dance and time can be forgotten. Back to the roots – back to good old house music tunes, simple but not easy produced. The DOMPE Style has not to be described on more details; Again, and again full of different facets. These tracks are as always full of summer vibes und carried by lots of samples with plenty of old-school-sounds.

All tracks from the Album tell a story, can be listen to at home or also in the club. It starts with love and full of harmony, before it changes the chill mood the clubbing sounds. All in all, the complete package is very atmospheric. Like a good gig the sounds it goes harder step by step and at its best it comes to an end.

From the front till the back a project with a high intention – one of DOMPES heart wishes was a cover designed by BRINGMANN & KOPETZKI. The result is a perfect comic version of DOMPE and that's a banger. So, HIPPIE CRACK isn't only a musically hot shit, but also a visual highlight.

Be chosen welcomes Okain to the Family!
His debut ep for us is a fantastic 4 tracker which will be out end of june!
Righ on time for the open air - season!

Aaaron joins forces with newcomers Deckert and Singer Valentine to unveil the new title track for connected. The three combine all the talents of each individual to create something really special. While Aaaron provides a sub heavy African inspired groove pattern and combines it with Deckert's intense harmonies, Valentine finishes off the track with her touching voice performance and lyrics that are both melancholic and deep. Wether you listen to it on your odyssey through the night or while watching the sun rise again: If you had to choose a hymn for your last night on this planet, 'L.D.O.E.' might be your future pick.
Floyd soaks up everything that was happy, bright and ancestral and pushes it straight into the void twisting it into a hypnotic techno chant where leftovers leave nothing but ashes behind. Perfect for a rough peaktime approach or the early morning hours when the storm is hitting the coast. This track is a predator and will haunt you in your dreams through an endless jungle of insanity.

Introducing Amberoom: a brand new name from three old friends... Manuel Tur, Adrian Hoffmann and Ramin Nouyan. Operating in a similar mindset to Manuel's Ribn project a few years ago, Amberoom is a celebration of the freestyle spirit. Three mates and a bunch of machines jamming the day away with no intention but creating beautiful moments, dynamics and tones. The spirit is evident from the off on 'Rhit': The mid tempo funk in the percussion, the breath-taking organ blasts, the casually late piano line... The track has a life of its own that could only come about through jamming and open minds. At points heads-down and tribal, at others epic, this really is powerful stuff. The power continues on 'Hover'. The staggered woodblock beat that ignites the track gives no hint at what's about to come... Suddenly a dense fog of synths heave into the mix, harmonically weaving with a yearning cosmic far-away feel that's just as much physical as it is emotional. Genuinely majestic. We close with 'Machine' which sums up the beauty of the project; a homage to the hardware being pumped and massaged to create these fusions, it's an awe-striking 11 minute episode of brilliantly drawn out deep, dubby funk. The guitar twangs and synth ripples creating a strong Balearic feel, the whirling, grainy FX and textures have a trippy appeal while the crunchy kicks keep everything real... This really does take you away to special places. Magic, unique and powered by trueness: Let's hope Manuel, Adrian and Ramin return to this special place very soon because this is dynamite.

Axel Boman broke through in 2010 with his Holy Love EP, released on DJ Koze's Pampa Records.




The track Purple Drank became an instant classic in underground house music circles - since then, Boman has toured extensively while releasing original productions and remixes on labels like DFA, Hypercolour, Kompakt, Permanent Vacation and Ovum, as well as on Studio Barnhus, the label he runs together with Kornél Kovács and Petter Nordkvist. Family Vacation, Boman's debut album, arrives on Studio Barnhus in November 2013. 'I decided to go through the vast collection of ideas and sketches I had on my computer, as a final project before I set that machine on fire and let it all go up in flames. Kind of like what Lee 'Scratch' Perry did with The Black Ark in Kingston in the 70's. A friend says the album sounds like 'weird Jamaican space disco' so maybe it's a fitting reference', says Boman himself. Axel Boman's music has also been described as 'raw and playful house music drenched in oceans of soul". He graduated with a master's degree from Valand School of Fine Arts in 2010 and currently lives in the calm and peaceful Stockholm suburb Gröndal. - Debut album from Axel Boman on Studio Barnhus - Limited double 12' vinyl followed by CD and digital release - Weird Jamaican space disco / adventurous house music masterpiece

Barker & Baumecker take Turns from techno, bass, breaks, and experimental terrain with their second album on Ostgut Ton.
Sam Barker and Andreas Baumecker's lives have always revolved around different kinds of music. That's partly why their productions as Barker & Baumecker are more unpredictable, harder to pin down than what you might expect from a label borne out of a techno club. And while their music is clearly built for dancing, listening to it reveals a deep love and respect for many forms of electronic music - bonding over more experimental dance forms is what brought them together in the first place. Imagining their music at any decent club, but disrupting the flow on the floor is what brings us to their second album Turns. An amalgamation of their unique musical minds, transcending electronic music genres and styles, while further developing and refining the Barker & Baumecker sound aesthetic.
Barker & Baumecker first met via their day jobs back in 2008, when the former was a booking agent and the latter was the booker for Berghain. Baumecker was instrumental in encouraging Barker and his colleagues at LittleBig booking agency to start Leisure System - first a party and now also a record label championing irregular dance music. Shortly after, their friendship - sparked by a kinship in musical curiosity - became a partnership in production. Now, with two EPs, an album, and almost 20 remixes under their belts, Barker & Baumecker continue to steadily explore and reshape their shared electronic musical interests, especially in techno, bass, breaks, and experimental terrain.
Baumecker's been a clubber pretty much from day one in his hometown of Frankfurt am Main. As he recalls, 'Frankfurt has a really good history in club music. There was a party series called Techno Club at the No Name venue, which began in 1984. It was an American gay club, basically. It was super tiny, but really happening. I went there for the first time in '86 when I was 18.' As the DJ nd_baumecker, he cut his teeth in the '90s playing house at Wild Pitch Club - an early party thrown by Playhouse/Robert Johnson founder Ata and Heiko MSO - and left-field techno, electro, and Warp-influenced sounds in Mannheim with Move D and D-Man. A regular guest at Berghain's predecessor club, Ostgut, he moved to Berlin in 2004 after an invitation to become a resident at the newly opened Panorama Bar inside Berghain. 12 years later, he's still a resident there, as well as a frequent DJ flyer worldwide.
Barker started out as a producer in Brighton's tight-knit experimental community, where, as he explains, 'it was an open-minded scene. Music as a platform for self-expression and originality were really the only judgment markers. Authenticity is Barker & Baumecker take Turns from techno, bass, breaks, and experimental terrain with their second album on Ostgut Ton.
Sam Barker and Andreas Baumecker's lives have always revolved around different kinds of music. That's partly why their productions as Barker & Baumecker are more unpredictable, harder to pin down than what you might expect from a label borne out of a techno club. And while their music is clearly built for dancing, listening to it reveals a deep love and respect for many forms of electronic music - bonding over more experimental dance forms is what brought them together in the first place. Imagining their music at any decent club, but disrupting the flow on the floor is what brings us to their second album Turns. An amalgamation of their unique musical minds, transcending electronic music genres and styles, while further developing and refining the Barker & Baumecker sound aesthetic.
Barker & Baumecker first met via their day jobs back in 2008, when the former was a booking agent and the latter was the booker for Berghain. Baumecker was instrumental in encouraging Barker and his colleagues at LittleBig booking agency to start Leisure System - first a party and now also a record label championing irregular dance music. Shortly after, their friendship - sparked by a kinship in musical curiosity - became a partnership in production. Now, with two EPs, an album, and almost 20 remixes under their belts, Barker & Baumecker continue to steadily explore and reshape their shared electronic musical interests, especially in techno, bass, breaks, and experimental terrain.
Baumecker's been a clubber pretty much from day one in his hometown of Frankfurt am Main. As he recalls, "Frankfurt has a really good history in club music. There was a party series called Techno Club at the No Name venue, which began in 1984. It was an American gay club, basically. It was super tiny, but really happening. I went there for the first time in '86 when I was 18." As the DJ nd_baumecker, he cut his teeth in the '90s playing house at Wild Pitch Club - an early party thrown by Playhouse/Robert Johnson founder Ata and Heiko MSO - and left-field techno, electro, and Warp-influenced sounds in Mannheim with Move D and D-Man. A regular guest at Berghain's predecessor club, Ostgut, he moved to Berlin in 2004 after an invitation to become a resident at the newly opened Panorama Bar inside Berghain. 12 years later, he's still a resident there, as well as a frequent DJ flyer worldwide.
Barker started out as a producer in Brighton's tight-knit experimental community, where, as he explains, "it was an open-minded scene. Music as a platform for self-expression and originality were really the only judgment markers. Authenticity is what we were looking for in those parties." But his move to Berlin in 2007, as part of the LittleBig team, and his subsequent exploration of DJ culture offered a new dimension to his musical philosophy: "The skill of DJing was something I had a lot of pleasure learning about. I was trainspotting DJs for the first few years. Music as a more communicative tool, this kind of, 'hey, let's all find a common ground,' - as opposed to, 'you can understand me or not, I don't care,' - didn't really make sense to me before Berlin."
While Baumecker had always thought of himself as a DJ, it was right around the time he met Barker that he bought his first synth from then-Ostgut Ton label manager Nick Höppner. "But then it went really fast," he explains, I bought a lot of stuff in a really short amount of time." With Baumecker having caught the bug, Barker readily admits that they're both hardware lovers heavily into technology and machinery. But while they own some classics, "most of the studio is under five years old." As Andreas reveals, they "want to create a new sound, and with the old machines it's been done." If you peek into the small studio they share with Höppner, there's a huge collection of synths, drum machines and all manner of gear. While Baumecker now has an impressive collection of Moog effects boxes, Barker has brought in several racks of modular synths.
While their usual aim is only to have fun and escape from "real life," they will admit to a theme or two. Talking about the title of the album, Barker explains, "the two of us have had quite a lot of ups and downs since the last record, and when you're in a collaboration where you only work together in real-time, in person, both people need to be in the right frame of mind." Baumecker adds, "Turns also had something to do with the tracks - almost every one turns towards the middle." The album also turns on the middle track of seven, a short interlude called "Technogate". "It's actually (the sound) of the gate right by our studio," Barker divulges.
But "Technogate" wasn't the only inspiration for Turns. "The title "Turnhalle" is German for a gymnasium or a sports hall," Barker explains about the album's fifth track. "And we are referring to Berghain," Baumecker notes wryly. Barker continues: "We checked every track out in the club, but "Turnhalle" we recorded playing back through the Berghain soundsystem. During the first two minutes, we tried to recreate the effect of ascending the staircase into the club." And while none of the tracks on Turns are merely functional, Barker & Baumecker do, of course, envision them in the club. "It's what I wish people would play at a certain time on Mornday morning, or sometime in the afternoon on Sunday," Baumecker explains. "There are certain periods in Berghain where I think it's really necessary to bring people down again and not keep them on the same vibe for six hours. I think something like this would interrupt that, and you can move on from there again." Tracks that mark a turn in a set, then.
There's nothing typical about any of these tracks, but they each share a clean aesthetic and sound palette with a sense of depth and compositional purpose. The ambient intro of album opener "Senden" morphs into a Reichian flow. "Encipher & Decipher"'s low-end drums weigh down dreamily melodic synths. "Club Entropicana" reduces rhythm and sound to machine signals, akin to Raster-Noton's starkness. Both "Turnhalle" and "Nocturnal" incorporate trance euphoria with breakbeats but in different ways, while closer "Statik" has a deliciously slippery garage pulse guiding it through a journey towards house bliss. You never know where they'll draw from next, but Turns feels like Barker & Baumecker are expanding and refining their own musical dialect. Like most of the music they're both drawn to, it's thoughtful, rich, and ever evolving - but always and completely committed to the club.

The first release by the Amsterdam based duo Caim on there self-titled label. The duo's distillation of the everyday voices captivated on this mindset focused four-track EP. Each track stands as an analysis of the deep, groovy and detail driven biota. Soothing atmospheres and pulsating synths offer us a first glimpse into Caim's state of mind.

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