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"It's very direct, danceable club music, anchored stylistically between Electro, Techno and Industrial/NewWave, strongly influenced by '80s acts Liaisons Dangereuses, CH BB, sporadically, DAF and the Consumed /Concept period of Richie Hawtin." is how Hanno Leichtmann describes his new project Gesetz Der Oktaven. "The name 'Gesetz Der Oktaven' was chosen because I wanted something very German sounding, as we say 'sperrig', something technical, scientific. All the track titles are very old skool or obsolete studio/audio terms. "I wanted a completely new set-up, so I got a large Soundtracs desk from the 80s with 16 channels and, crucially 6 Aux Sends for effects." He continues, "The large number of aux sends was essential for the project. I used a drum machine, a MiniMoog sequenced by a TB 303, a vintage Drum Synth and six 6 effect combinations for the delay / reverb tracks. All very old-skool and in real time with no plugins. It took months of trial and error but the result is a very beautiful high-quality vintage studio sound."

The last few years have seen Belgian artist Innershades turn out plenty of rugged house on labels like Creme Organization and Pinkman, and now returns to the former with a four track EP on Dutch label MOS. The prolific producer shows he still has plenty of tricks up his sleeve across all four cuts and stitches in acid, jack and Chicago styles with his own sense of charm. The Kings comes hard and fast out of the blocks with big hits, wild synths and raved-up vibes that will have you punching the air. Knowledge is another banger with powerful kicks and globular bassline run through with more ravey sirens, but this time is a little more haunted. Crossing Paths is all about a simple but effective bassline that bounces along and takes you with it in ways similar to an Omar S joint, then Wait is the most stripped back and mysterious of the lot with cosmic melodies panning about in a spacious and airy deep house groove. Utterly timeless from start to finish, this is another massively effective offering from Innershades.

After his release on MOC last year, Dudley Strangeways joins forces with Michael McLardy for their first joint EP on the label. Well known as the heads behind Leftback Records and frequent collaborators, they each contribute two original tracks in sheer concrete style.
Michael McLardy opens proceedings with Separation', a minimalist techno exploration that slowly builds up by the way of mechanical rolls and undulating synths. Kicking off with a playground noise sample, the bit fades away after the breakdown and is replaced with dark eerie guttural cuts, enhancing the overall gravity of the track. Another time' plays upon the same ambiental background sample, giving the piece a sense of familiarity. The build up, however, is loosely strung with ascending airy synths, while metallic percussion pads keep the groove grounded. McLardy manages to create an infinite sense of spaciousness that's cut off to an abrupt end, predicted only by a faint and hollow percussion lead.
Dudley Strangeways' first offering, Cast' is a moody slice of ambiental tech, with a slow pace aptly accentuated with piercing shrills and clangs. Hydra' takes us into the deep end of dark techno straight from the get-go with its pounding bassline. Crafted by layering minimalist yet memorable arrangement patterns, space is once again key. A classic piano lead makes its appearance halfway, giving the track an entirely new dimension and prolonging, yet never releasing the pent up pressure.

Reinterpretations by Chicago Skyway, G. Marcell, Ike Release, & Steven Tang who expand the the sessions w/deep & rhythmic tunes that will rock from warehouse to boats.

Label headman Ripperton strikes back on his own Tamed label with 2 new songs and a collaborative jam with his Berlin favorite fellow Quarion.

Maeve is the record label run by three close friends, Mano Le Tough, The Drifter and Baikal. After his excellent remix of Baikal's "Why Don't Ya", Maeve is delighted to welcome back our friend Ripperton with his own "This, What Remains" release. Two beautifully deep tracks that hit their hypnotic momentum when you let them run their full course. Epic burners for special moments.

2 fierce tracks that are straight up O.G. jacking house in Roman Flugel's unique way. Timeless tracks that maybe even in some way go back to his early Acid Jesus days and connect that with what he's doing today.

Another fantastic project from a mysterious producer. Vinyl Only, 300 copies, limited Edition !

One of Mexico's most exciting artists, Hector, launches his new label VL with 'Vatos Locos Forever - on vinyl with 8 fresh cuts from all founding Vatos Locos crew members.
The label collaboration follows Hector's acclaimed Vatos Locos parties, which he launched at the 2015 BPM Festival, and have since toured hotspots like Off Sonar Barcelona and Club Der Visionaere Berlin.
The official 'VL' label launch party will take place at the homecoming on the 17th January at the 2016 BPM Festival.
2015 has been one of Hector's busiest to date.
As well as a crazy touring schedule with appearances at major events worldwide, he has also shown consistency in the studio with a flow of releases and remixes for vinyl focused labels; Serkal, Moan, Overall Music, Spartacus and Mindblown.
That aside, his biggest achievement was undoubtedly conquering the residency at Marco Carola's Music On through the summer at Amnesia.
The debut vinyl release 'Vatos Locos Forever' is spread over 2 vinyl with 8 tracks that perfectly present the versatility of this new wave of underground talent and Vatos Locos core crew members, the second sampler features Chad Andrew, Javier Carballo, Sece & Pinto...

To celebrate Kontra-Musik Records hitting the ten-year mark, founder and label owner Ulf Eriksson has put together a collection of some of our finest releases. This has been a daunting task, for we are happy to announce that we could easily have made several very different compilations that we would have been equally contented with - there are so many superb tracks we had to leave out. This has, however, been a labour of love. Much like the label itself. Eclecticism has always been a lodestar for Ulf Eriksson, as we hope this collection gives testimony to. The label has always been moving freely between techno, house and more experimental sounds. Kontra-Musik intends to show different angels of perspective, not to convert you to a new Religion or Ideology. Being open to a broad variety of sounds and rhythms - judging them not solely by their functionality but rather by their personality - has been the Kontra-Musik way from day one. While it has been a crooked and sometimes exceedingly hard road to follow, we're hoping to carry on for several years to come. After 10 years, the label still feels meaningful and current to us - in short: it's still worth it. Kontra-Musik would like to thank everyone - from contributing artists to faithful friends of the label who have supported us all these years. None of this would have been possible without you.

100 Hits Annual 2017, the compilation includes all the best Pop Music, Dance and House in 2017, with the biggest names on the international scene: Alan Walker, Alicia Keys, Sia, Kaskade, Alle Farben, Aronchupa, Bakermat, Julian Perretta, Kygo, Craig David, Deorro, Jennifer Lopez, Markus Schulz, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike & Diplo, Martin Garrix, The Chainsmokers, Britney Spears ... and many more. The compilation consists of 5 CDs and a booklet of 12 pages contained within a deluxe box set packaging. Release date mid January !!!

OURTIME MUSIC return after a 13 year hiatus !
D BALL'S debut EP was an under-the-radar Techno classic which appeared in a handful of stores back in 2002, it has since been fetching crazy money second hand & been the subject of much speculation about who's behind it.
After some All Ears sleuthing we managed to locate the label HQ and were delighted to hear they had a new EP ready and pressed !Even better (dare we say) than the first release !
3 tracks of perfectly executed, pure analogue machine Soul, in the Motor City tradition & VERY limited
Buy now or cry later

After 4 years of silence, Kreon & Lemos are back with their first release in their own imprint, Equivalence. Having already a number of collaborations in labels such as Be Chosen, Resopal and We are, the duo finished a number of projects that are going to be released exclusively in this label. This first release offers two dancefloor oriented techno cuts with lots of low frequencies, modulated delays and heavy filtering.

Early DJ Feedback: XDB, DJ Qu, Martinez, Dewalta and Valentino Kanzyani

repressed !

Roger Gerressen steps up to the plate for the next release on FOF's vinyl only imprint - 'Koshima' kicks things off with an elongated deep & submerged slice of dubbed out techno while the ante is most definitely upped on the flipsides 'Waka'; a shimmering groove with tripped out drums and blissful synth touches. 'Rendang Dub' plummets once more to the depths - reverbed kicks and claustrophobic bass lending the track a uniquely atmospheric edge.

Creepin' in plays with the gray areas that exist between genres, contrasting with the clarity of the digital synths and over saturated analog drums. Next up Ineffekt is acid electro cut with thrashing percussion held together with 808 drums. Red Alert is the only track with a vocal. Classic Roland drums, deep sub and hardware synths mixed with the hypnotic vocal overlays make this one for the freaks. Sky Pager is slow cooked mid 90's jacking business, the kind I'm known for. 808 Trash Pile is an acid hammer of a cut with the drum and synth doing a maniacal game of call and response.More than ever I used digital and analog together creating more sinister vibes on these tracks. The tracks for me also reside in a gray area that is in between house and techno and at the same time analog and digital.

Machine soul Hi-techno funk rooted cuts from the berlin based analogue cops as xenogears. Included a space acid solid remix by Mattia Trani.

Akiko Kiyama finally returns to Tokyo's op.disc imprint after 5 years of absence.

Big Support by Stephan Bodzin, Laurent Garnier and Patrick Lindsey.

Dinamo Azari is an artist revitalised. The Montreal-born, Toronto-based musician behind the global phenomenon Azari & III presents a blinding new remix package of solo single Victim, featuring Detroit techno legend Carl Craig and Sev-erino of hedonistic party starters Horse Meat Disco.

Clocking in at just over eight minutes, Carl Craig's 'Victim' Dub pulls body shock basslines into a taught, immersive trip through industrial tech house, adorned with criss-crossing percussive highs and the low-slung vocal mantra 'into the groove' twisting through its shadows.

Severino serves up two incarnations, each exercising his minimal, soul flexing prowess for slinking, underground house. Vocals switch from vogue-ready dancefloor shapes into booming, bass confessions, 'I'm not the victim. I'm not your mother...'

Having released his new solo album 'Estranged' in March, which garnered plentiful praise for its return to the thriving underground roots of Toronto's warehouse scene, the new remix package for lead single 'Victim' continues the shud-dering pulse that underpins much of the album's raw, minimal, darker slices of disco and house.

Black Vinyl includes a free downloadcode were customers get the whole digital release for free !!
Hanne & Lore are back on their own label with the new single "Blah!" including remixes from superhouse buddys Andhim (Monaberry, Get Physical) and 7 Days Awake.

Mculo, AKA Dan Schey, is a producer and DJ originally hailing from London but now residing in Berlin. Over the last 2 years he has been cultiviting his own Roots By The Oder imprint on which he released his Bunzlau Tape EP and his I Caught A Glance EP which was out this summer, as well as regular appearances on the likes of KMAH Radio and NTS. He is also a frequent DJ in Berlin alongside the likes of close affiliates Chaos In The CBD and Youandewan.This is the follow up to his dreamy I Caught A Glance EP. It's a far darker record than his previous releases, focussing much more on the dancefloor. It's been a regular feature in Mia Dora's DJ sets for the last 12 months.

Aus Music proudly present their final release of the year which brings with it the return of recent signing Paul Woolford. The Houndstooth and XL Recordings regular continues to refine the emotionally charged drama of his recent work and in doing so, enhances his constantly evolving catalogue with a continuation of the recent 'Heaven & Earth' EP on Aus. The 'Father, Son & Holy Ghost' EP sees Woolford propel heart-wrenching melodies with thunderous drums in a manner that only few are capable of. Progressing with resolute intent, the package includes 2 club-ready cuts and the beatless, string-laden 'Son' which completes a release of radically heightened compositional intensity and rounds off a stellar 2016 for Aus.

A techno label for punk rockers, a punk rock label for techno-heads, Maelstrom and LOUISAHHH!!!'s RAAR imprint aims to release truly innovative music from and for brave sonic explorers.

Unsatisfied with digital-only distribution, RAAR plans to press every release to vinyl, in collaboration with The Vinyl Factory, curating a library of tangible sound objects as the label's legacy. Additionally, the digital releases will be 'pay as you want', and feature special open-source material (beat-a-pellas, acapellas, instrumentals, sound banks). The label encourages its audience to invest in and make use of what tools are laid out for the taking.

RAAR001 is a collaborative release that sees both label heads presenting tracks alongside Techno's newest super group Roijacker, aka Dave Clarke, Black Asteroid and Mr. Jones.

Louisahhh & Maelstrom, creative partners and label co-founders, present their most aggressive work thus far as a statement of the sacred and profane in 'Holy'. Roijacker (techno supergroup comprised of legends and pioneers Dave Clarke, Black Asteroid and Mr Jones) debuts with a violent, raw club track.

Another genre bending release on The Healing Company. Modern sounding wave vibes and a great break beat loaded track on the flip that wont do harm to any good dancefloor!. "An ancient puzzle of mystification and nostalgia, waiting for the listener to unravel the mystery, but never offering enough clues to do so. While an ever-growing mass of synth layers and bulbous basslines flow across these two tracks, it never comes off as too clean, instead relying on the occasional detune or bitcrush to remind you it's being made by humans, not a machine."

Semtek returns with his first 12" since 2012, when he released work on World Unknown among other labels. The Cambridge-born (Bristol-based) producer has been hard at work on his own label Don't Be Afraid, developing talent including Mr Beatnick and MGUN. This is nothing but two complementary tracks for the dancefloor, inspired by bleep 'n' bass, jungle and two-step. Early DJ support comes from Jon K and Ben UFO.

After releasing his new album, Film of Life, late 2014, Tony Allen makes a bridge with modern club music through 2 remixes. House guru Ricardo Villalobos and partner Max Loderbauer present a rework of "African Man", in which they slowly drags it in a minimalist groovy mutation. On B-Side, rising Londoner Fort Romeau reveals a new facet of Tony's piece "Go Back", bringing deep graceful and elegant modern discoid rhythm mixed with Damon Albarn's silky vocals.

Volume 2 in Trax new re issue series "Chicago Trax", delves deeper into the archives to unearth more 'lost tracks' from the legendary Chicago house label.
Kicking off with "Dum Dum - Part 2" by Fresh (TX115 - 1986), following on from Part 1 which came out on Larry Sherman's Precision (named after his pressing plant) in 1984, and included a prototype version of what would become "Real Love" by Jesse's Gang. Its follow up, Part Two, produced by Jesse Saunders was just as basic consisting of bass, drums and the occasional squelch or stab.
Next up... Yes its him again - Farley Jackmaster Funk with "Give Your Self To Me" (TX116 - 1986). Featuring uncredited vocal performances from both Ricky Dillard and Kevin Irving, this is almost symphonic in comparison with some of Farley's previous foray's into the studio, possibly aided by the fact he utilised a producer, Danny Wilson, to finesse his efforts.
On the B side we start with Willie Wonka's "What Is House (TX122 - 1986). Dwayne Grant's name seems to have slipped off the radar, but this wasn't even his first release, having already recorded under the name Grant for Sherman's Precision the year prior to this. Unusually for some, "What Is House" is Linn drum-heavy and from memory, I believe this vocal comes from the producer reading an early piece written about Chicago house. Yet another underrated tune from the vaults.
Finally we have Radio Fashion "What You Deserve" (TX123 - 1987). An anomaly in the Trax catalogue, Radio Fashion would seem more at home an obscure Belgian label or even on Wax Trax! Although they did contribute to other house releases (like "The Jackin' National Anthem" on Hot Mix 5), vocalist Jim Romano turned up on a Die Warzau album in the early 90's doing background vocals.

Brilliant atmospheric works from Vertical67. Four tracks of spaced out and emotive electronics.

Original music of the "Slow Futur" show by Elsa Guérin and Martin Palisse, played and composed by Zombie Zombie (Cosmic Neman, Etienne Jaumet, Dr Schonberg), here presented separately from the show.

Slow Futur features two jugglers (Elsa Guérin and Martin Palisse) on a treadmill (8 x 2m) which carries them along a neon light installation which delimits the choreographic space as a kind of space-time tunnel: "the hyperspace". Their minimalist juggling practice - with 3 white balls each - plays with opposite movements like acceleration/immobility, synchronization/progressive transformation, and thus evokes a way of making the body face the inexorable passing of time. The music of Zombie Zombie, repetitive and floating, as a vector of the choreographic mechanic, mixes analog electronic sounds and acoustic rhythms that rise in intensity in order to bring the two jugglers into a frantic and hypnotic rush, whereas the treadmill submits their bodies to a movement independent of their will, so becoming an infernal machine. Between abstraction and representation of reality, Slow Futur questions the relationships between human beings, where the individualism caused by the modern world leads to loneliness, as the human condition is reduced to a simple machine which robotic movements are devoid of emotion. Elsa Guérin and Martin Palisse are not only renewing the image of today's circus but also continuing their research on the choreographic, dramatic and poetic potential of juggling.

Instruments: modular synthesizers Buchla & Synthesizers, Synare 3, Six-Trak Sequencial Roland TR 808, OP1 Teenage Engineering, oscillators, Gretsch & Ludwig drums, percussions LP, rototoms, vibraphone, Korg and Boss Vocoder, Oto Bim & Ibanez EU 305 delay, Selmer alt sax... Recorded in April 2015 at Midlive Studios (former Vogue studios), Villetaneuse and mixed in June 2015 by Angy Laperdrix at Solaris Studio, Paris. Mastered by Stuart Hawkes at Metropolis, London.

Aldo Cadiz from Chile and Oscar Barila from Spain have a lot of great releases on such famous labels as Desolat, Kling Klong, Plastic City, Viva Music, etc. For Highway Records they prepared very special and long-awaited Satin EP with two original tech house bombs and remixes by Martin Eyerer and Mihai Popoviciu.

finally repressed !!!
Alec´s newest strike after the Orville EP on Microtonal. Supported by Richie Hawtin, Popof, Stephan Bodzin, Technasia, M.in, Someone Else, Dinamoe, Matt John and many more.

London trio Decius are back with the "Rupture Boutique EP". Three tracks of sleazy/acid/sex music. Werk This!

'Love' is without a doubt the most talked about release on Noir Music in 2015 so far. Ever since Noir premiered this in 'Noir Recommends podcast back in February the buzz has been getting bigger and bigger and bigger and.... Its understandable..... This is simply a beautiful song and amazing collaboration between Eagles & Butterflies (Innervisions, Get Physical) and super talented singer/songwriter J.U.D.G.E. Its one of those rare standout tracks you might come to love and treasure for the rest of your life. No more words necessary....hit play and let the music do the talking.

Noir & Hayze are back with another collaboration after almost 3 years.As with anthemic 2011 smash 'Around', 'Angel' sees Noir and Hayze join forces to unique effect, with the pair combining to produce another surefire slice of dance floor gold that sidesteps current trends with confidence.
Like 'Around', there is a deep message and meaning that resonates through the vocal and, as with many of Hayze's songs, it screams the sincere emotion both listeners and ravers alike will relate to. It builds with sharp percussive inclination before coming alive as deep, rolling bass and glistening synth lines intertwine with an unerring, infectious charm.
Hayze's vocal sits perfectly amidst the track's relentless, thudding energy too and adds weight to the series of stunningly worked
crescendos that give 'Angel' all the anthemic weight required to make a serious impression in the clubs.