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After debuting on Bicep's essential mix last year Dance MF finally gets release via Hot Haus Recs In Effekt. DJs don't sleep, backed withb UKG jacker Shake Dat Azz.Utrecht's in tha houz ya'll!

Chris Knight aka Cervo is an up and coming producer hailing from Manchester. His EP is exploring the depths of afro and house.

This year we have reached our long term goal as a label which was to expand our releases into the wax department. We feel like we've done a good job bringing upcoming and original local talent to the surface so far and it is only fitting that our first vinyl release is done by the Icelandic duo David & Hjalti. The duo has been busy with the production since their arrival from Manchester and have played a number of great live sets underlining their skills as producers. We feel that this release is the high standard we set ourselves before going vinyl and that this is just a small first step in a fruitful beginning for the producers David & Hjalti.

For the fourth Outplay vinyl release we welcome Laurence Guy to the family and have Brame & Hamo on remix duties.

It's paired with two originals by Outplay's own Junktion and Daniel Leseman.Laurence delivers a wonderful synth driven opener with 'Strings Attached. While Junktion brings his familiar grooves with the jazzy 'Breakfast at Midnight', Brame & Hamo flip it into a dubby stomper to heat up the floors.Daniel Leseman gets to round off the EP with his warm and melodic 'On My Mind'.

Loleatta Holloway is one of the most distinctive voices in dance music history.
Her career has been long and storied. Coming from modest Chicago church roots she has forged a unique career lasting decades that has taken in Soul, Funk, Gospel and most importantly in this case - Disco and House music. Holloway's collaborations with the legendary NYC label Salsoul has long been a thing of legend, her voice has graced SO many classic club records that it is literally part of the DNA of contemporary dance music.
She has appeared and been sampled on numerous, huge hit records and continues to perform and work at the top of her game with some of the biggest names in the music biz.
This collection of some of her highlights from Salsoul's influential catalogue cements her reputation even further as a true star. Only the finest and most sought after versions have been included here featuring game changing mixes from some of the pioneers of dance music - Shep Pettibone, Walter Gibbons, Larry Levan, Tom Moulton and Bobby Guttadaro. Pretty much everything about this selection is legendary, faultless and essential. One only has to look over the tracklisting - 'Love Sensation', 'Hit & Run', 'All about The Paper' and more all feature, unabridged, in their definitive form, remastered and repackaged with the utmost love and respect.
A truly essential package for the die-hard Disco aficionado or for those who are exploring this most important movement in dance music for the first time. Curated with the full input and backing of Salsoul Records and carefully selected to reflect the truly timeless nature of the music contained within. For listening, for dancing, for turning on a party!
Remastered by Optimum Mastering. Artwork & design by Million Dollar Disco.

4 tracks of stunning french disco in a wide range of styles : from 80s afrobeat to underground canadian cosmic groove, here is another bullet from the parisian gang! A1/ Guehi Jean Pantalon Craqué Guéhi Jean is a key figure of Ivorian music and many of his records mixing funk, jazz and afrobeat are sought after nowadays. Having left Africa in order to make it in France, he recorded this digital afrobeat hit in Paris, then went back to his native country where he died in 2012. Despite his talent, Guéhi Jean didn't get the recognition he deserved. A2/ Michel Conte & Cie Magoshan A disco anthem composed for Quebec cultists wearing flares, or the main theme from an obscure series Anyway it is time to acclaim Magoshan's pulsing come back on the dancefloo ! B1/ Jean-Michel Gascuel Dominus This French composer who collaborated with Pierre Schaeffer was also a great lyricist working for the likes of Vivian Vee or Suzy Andrews, and a fashion designer. With its Latin touch, this track is a little UFO standing out of the rest of his French productions, so let us be blessed by Dominus Domine Dominarum. B2/Michel Robidoux les Planètes This track by composer Michel Robidoux featured on a kidisk with a book called Visitons les Planètes avec Goldorak' and was released in Canada in 1980. This incredible space jam was chosen as a macaroon for this new EP - our tribute to an amazing composer who wrote more than 325 songs and even collaborated with Leonard Cohen.

Groove Dis Exclusive. Limited edition DJ single of hot RUDE HI-FI Latin re-edits, a-side is a drum & bass version of MANU CHAO's "KING OF BONGO", flip is an electro soul remix of 60's Cuban singing legend LA LUPE entitled "COMPAY RUDE PLAYS FUNK CUBANO". Very limited edition.

Fresh from an in-demand EP release on Osunlade's 'Yoruba' label, Tenderlonious is back on his own 22a label, focusing once again on the outer reaches of the club. Opening with the deep, low-swinging, technosoul of 'All Your Way' (featuring a rare Tenderlonious vocal) the mood then switches on 'Bob's Riddim' with lean, broken-beats rumbling beneath jazzy, moog tones.

Stuck is a modern classic and one of PE's iconic cuts. Dance floors the world over have been singing this back to the booth. Another masterpiece from Peven Everett discography, finally
repressed on vinyl.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: WHILE PATROLING THE FORBID-DEN FOREST LATE LAST NIGHT, WE CAPTURED A HUMAN-LIKE LIFEFORM THAT WE BELIEVE MAY BE EXTRA-TERRESTRIIAL IN ORIGIN. THE CREATURE, WHO WAS ABLE TO CONVERSE IN BOTH DUTCH AND ENGLISH, TOLD US HIS NAME WAS DARLING'. WHEN WE DISCOVERED HIM, HE WAS CLEARLY DISORIENTED AND CHANTING THE LETTERS J', P' AND S'.

IN HIS POSSESSIONS WE DISCOVERED A PLASTIC BOX IN-SCRIBED WITH THE ABOVE INITIALS AND A FLAT BLACK DISC STAMPED WITH THE CODE ST005. UNDER INTERROGATION, THE SUBJECT TOLD US THAT THE BOX WAS A DRUM MACHINE'. IT HAD BEEN GIFTED TO HIM BY HIS GRANDFATHER, WHO WENT BY THE NAME JOOP'. HE ADDED THAT MUSIC CREATED USING THIS DEVICE HAD BEEN ETCHED INTO THE SURFACE OF THE BLACK DISC.

HAVING FOUND A SUITABLE MACHINE TO EXTRACT THE MUSIC FROM WITHIN THE GROOVES, WE WERE ASTONISHED BY WHAT WE HEARD. THERE WERE SIX COMPOSITIONS ON WHICH THE SUBJECT'S FAMILY DRUM MACHINE' WAS PROMINENTLY FEATURED, REPLICATING PROGRAMMED ELECTRONIC RHYTHMS THAT SOUNDED ALIEN IN ORIGIN.

THE WARM AND LOOSE FEEL OF THESE PERCUSSIVE ELEMENTS WAS FURTHER ENHANCED BY THE SUBJECT'S CHOICE OF ACCOMPANYING ELECTRONIC MUSICAL FEATURES. THESE FRE-QUENTLY CAUGHT OUR EAR AND ENHANCED OUR COLLECTIVE MOOD. THESE VARIOUSLY SOUNDED INTERGALACTIC, LOVED-UP, DREAMY, OTHERWORLDLY AND SOOTHING. ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES, WITHIN EARSHOT, SPONTANEOUSLY STARTED DANCING.

WE HAVE KEPT THE SUBJECT UNDER OBSERVATION AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO UNLESS WE RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CONTRARY. IT IS OUR BELIEF THAT THE MUSIC SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

Church start 2017 in familiar fashion, introducing Ben Hauke to the label.

The second project from NYC label HOMAGE comes from little known French producer extraordinaire, Chevals - who until this point, has self-released only a handful of songs. His first full length EP contains four absolute stompers spanning disco, house, latin house, and afro house. The Labour of Love EP, if played, will result in an uncontrollable urge to party as hard as humanly possible. Enjoy.

* Japan native JUN KAMODA has been a long been a key creator, lending his hand to many segments of the local scene across the past 15 years. Following his last funk spirited release, 'Blind Disco', on BLACK ACRE, JUN KAMODA returns to the seminal Bristol imprint with a killer new EP, again ramping up the carnival vibes.

* KAMODA's latest offering, 'THE DISTORTED HAUNTED BALLROOM EP' offers three fresh tracks from the colourful artist - BODY & SOUL, ( ( (BYE) ) ) and DOPEY FORESTS - a tripped out, twisted journey. 'THE DISTORTED HAUNTED BALLROOM EP' drops 24th November 2017. A man of many talents, Jun has produced art under his Illreme moniker, as member of Hip Hop trio, Baleine 3000, and as cartoon illustrator (Usca.) His forays into music have lead to work with revered global labels, think Mister Saturday Night, Black Acre, Mall Grab's Steel City Dance Discs and more.

* Opener and lead track, BODY & SOUL is a raucous jam. Killer, frenzied percussion, short riffs and vibrant erratic trumpets fuse industrial elements with far-flung balearia, teasing between warehouse rave and rainforest ravine.

* Second track ( ( (BYE) ) ) is a hazy, hypnotic cut, BODY & SOUL's wild elements rolling into a tug of war between arcadian bleeps and lawless euphoria. DOPEY FORESTS offers up a less frantic but still slamming dance floor ready slice of dreamlike vocals paired with driving percussion. A mesmerising, final jaunt to round out 'THE DISTORTED HAUNTED BALLROOM EP' with an ethereal, spooky stomp.

* 2016 saw KAMODA garner global attention with 'The Clay EP' Dropping on revered NYC Imprint, Mister Saturday Night. That killer cut, Physical Graffiti, was a glimpse of what's to come. Affiliated with Berlin's Dirt Crew Recordings, Mall Grab's Steel City Dance Discs and Black Acre - Jun has caught the attention of the dance floor elite with his playful, yet experimental grooves. This release sees the return to BLACK ACRE, with 'THE DISTORTED HAUNTED BALLROOM EP' nodding towards his previous video-game soundtrack productions, while showcasing the club ready oddities with which he is synonymous - infectious and immaculately produced. Undeniably an ideal fit for forward-thinking Bristol based imprint, BLACK ACRE, who celebrate their decade in the game this year. Rejecting genre constraints, BLACK ACRE focuses on championing talented artists pushing boundaries - working with the likes of Romare, Clap! Clap! Rocks FOE, Connie Constance, Prayer and more across recent years.

Byron the Aquarius fires up the MPC for a journey into the stratosphere, bringing the heat for Ele Records 3rdedition with "Planet Rock", a jazz infected keyboard jam with chopped hip hop samples echoing into the cosmos.
Cozy Bear follows with "Nudi Riddim" a delectable mix
of African percussion, jazz samples and acidic basslines.
On the B side we find more hip hop infused methodology, with Glenn Davis digging into Salsoul's back catalogue with his huge summer anthem "Holdin On". Finally, Unknown Artist is back on Ele following on from the huge anthem Ru$h. This time it's back to the MPC with a Daft Punk style 90's disco banger "Fade (Never Know)".

Fashion Flesh is the solo-output moniker of John Talaga, based in Bay City, USA, whose music first came to our attention back in 2016 with the release of an excellent 7-inch on Detroit's Est. '83 Records. He should have been in the Radiophonic Workshop, but he was in the wrong place, wrong decade. Instead, 'Withdrawn' comes as his first full-length album and makes up for the perfect introduction to Talaga's synthesis of original and plasticized melodic collages, birthed from the guts of hand built exotic electronics and various audio devices — built from one's own design and heavily modified beyond audible recognition or return. From torn memories of pleasant dreams to plasticine free jazz sculptures, wavey electro cuts squealing like rubber tyres and pop hallucinations, Fashion Flesh highlights the beauty of confusion and anxiety throughout the breathing and illusive meanderings of his tape manipulations and hard copy cut-ups.

Hello! Here are the Phaserboys with their full Debut on Aiwo rec. and they show up with a full equiped dance floor record including Love Mission Disco Adventures and Sequenced Breakbeat Dream Dance - be fast and take the ICE as long as you can - Winter is coming! *All rec. at Aiwo Railway-View Studios Ddorf

The legendary Beppe Loda delivers four Italian cuts to heat up the dance floors!

For the third set of Excursions, we're letting off some tasty Turkish flavours. Darkhouse Family presents 'An Ottoman Excursion'. Halal Cool J (aka Don Leisure of Darkhouse Family) has blessed us with four cheeky edits, crafted with care, and guaranteed to create dancefloor flames. A few choice selectors have been playing these for a while (such as Lefto and Gaslamp Killer, on Boiler Room), but this is the first time these tracks have been released into the public domain.

In Don's words: "I got into Turkish music around about 2006 when Egon (ex-Stones Throw) put out a Turkish Funk podcast showcasing artists like Baris Manco, Erkin Koray & Selda. The musical rabbit hole led me to discover re-releases on labels like Finders Keepers, and I've been hooked ever since. It's hard to find original pressings of Turkish music in the UK, so when my cousin landed a job in Istanbul, it was the perfect opportunity to make a bunch of trips there, armed with a portable turntable, hunting for dusty records. I made these tracks a few years ago now, but they've found a perfect home now with Excursions."

For 'An Ottoman Excursion' we head straight in with the neck-snapping drums and epic riffs of 'Visne Nektari', before the synth-led 'Derbent's Groove' breezes triumphantly into motion. For the flip, we nicely drop the pace a little to do the 'Turkish Duck Walk', before the humidity of the 'Fernebache Heat' raises up the tempo to close out the set. 4 chops. 8 minutes of Turkish Psych-Funk vibes. 45rpm 7" vinyl pressure. Limited copies only. No sleeping.

The Activ-Analog collective return under this name for the first time in 10 years with a blistering new EP on Lisbon's Assemble Music. Taken from group live jams which are mixed down and tweaked on the fly, these four tracks recall the explosive simplicity of Daniel Bell's output on Accelerate, both A-side tracks all whacked-out acid and basslines cut through by razor sharp hats and claps. The B-side sees the addition of the same woozy pads that defined their venerated Night Shift EPs from the late 90s, taking the mood far into the afterhours. Hard but with a light touch, funky and clean - in one word, irresistible.

E. LIVE really set the tone for STAR CREATURE back in 2015 & now after nearly 2 years, he makes a proper return. His first 2 7" releases have been 2 of the hottest records in the modern funk/disco genre. He works his magic here with a dance floor filler on Side A and the instrumental 'MASTER BLASTER' on the flip.

Welcome Highfields 900 Records to our ever expanding label roster. Their first release is Gratitude by David Martin and features remixes by Saine & Platzdasch....
Supported by Martin Hayes, Fina records, Replika, Rebirth records , Vinyl Addicted, Nachtbraker, dj face & Saine......

Warehouse find! Last copies of this 12" from 2006. Puerto Rico's CANDELA ALLSTARS (best known for "MI SWING ES TROPICAL" with QUANTIC & NICODEMUS) get remixed by NYC's MATTHIAS HEILBRONN (a deep jazzy salsa houser and a dub mix) along with the authentic original version. Fire!!! Don't miss it.

finally repressed! back in stock soon!!

Dan Snaith aka Caribou's new label!

Limited! Full Cover 180 Gr. Vinyl. Nachtbraker is back on Heist after his 2013 Gute Laune EP with another set of his dreamy laid back sound filled with lovely textures, rolling synths and always interesting and evolving arrangements. Whether it's 'Dark Roast' (bonus points for the vocal hihats and ooooh that bassline), the haunting electronics meet sugar sweets pads on 'Gurl', the triplet marching band hihats on 'Le troubadour' or the insane amount of elements working together on 'You're out of your element', it's all equally deep, energetic and extremely well though of. Sincerely yours, Lars & Maarten Vital sales points: - After the debut on HEIST last year with his Gute Laune' EP Nachtbraker had great follow ups on Dirt Crew Recordings and Hudd Traxx. - His remix on The Roundup Part1 for Max Graef & Andy Hart's Jungle' was one of the highlights of the compilation. - Later this year he will also release a new EP on Dirt Crew recordings.

Formed in Bermuda in 1968, The Invaders are responsible for what is arguably the most sought after piece of Island Funk in history, their lone long player, 1970s Spacing Out. Full of funky breaks, Meters-esque guitar work, and tripped out horn lines, Spacing Out is not simply collectible because of its exotic locale, it is a stone funk classic that holds its own against such luminaries of the genre as The Meters, The JBs, and the Nite-Liters. An absolutely essential piece of funk history available again on LP, and this version won't cost you a month's rent to own.

Powerfull dancefloor fonky house:) Hard kicks:)

Original 2000 12"s !! Limited stock - act now!

Hailing from St Petersburg in Russia, Kito Jempere has been recognised by his peers and a wider global audience thanks to an impeccable serie of releases in recent years.
It is no surprise neither that Dairmount spotted him already in 2013 with his Confusion EP on Jimpster's Freerange, followed by his Objects album on his own Fata Morgana imprint & solid releases last year on Dirt Crew & Let's Play House.
His tracks have been remixed by luminaries as Nachtbraker, Jacob Korn, Roberto Rodriguez, HNNY, Juju & Jordash, OOFT or Ruf Dug... Kito & me met in Montenegro last summer at the amazing Southern Soul Festival through our friends Eddy Ramich & Lay-Far. We both played as part of the 4 days event & developed a deeper relationship.
Besides our obvious common musical grounds, we both became fathers nearly at the same time, him of Theo, me of Thea.
This became our red line in our exchanges remembers Phil with a grin on the face. Following his new fatherhood and an important HD crash which led to the loss of many musical works, Kito came back from Montenegro and sat down in his studio, starting from scratch, highly inspired. The 2 tracks you hear today are the results of these sessions of total freedom without prepared sound banks or samples. Kito & Phil took the time last autumn to let the tracks breathe and exchanged very naturally on their arrangements & mixdowns, till Kito finalised them in the silent snowy landscapes of the Russian country side in december.

MAX GRAEF for the SWZ003. Final Release for this Year.
Fully on Rhythm Power. Chords included. Best Before SWZ004.
Thank you for everything in 2017.A.S.

The Kings of the Euro Funk Scene, Germany's First Touch release their first two sided 7" on STAR CREATURE. These 2 tracks saw a limited CD only release in 2010 but the only copies of that album seem to fetch $100 + online. Both are true instrumental slappers with synth, piano & horn solos for days. DISCO RETRO

1x each customer!

2 unreleased SYLVESTER disco mixes of cuts dating back to 1978 as part of a special Japanese DJ programme! "OVER AND OVER" on the A side with its non-stop bassline action has been masterfully extended and feels like a MAW classic. On the flip "GRATEFUL" in this full 12 minute form is an absolute scorcher!

collecting orders for repress

Dortmund based producer ''Mr. Fries'' comes up with a soul'ed out 4-track EP for the Soul Notes imprint (11th installment in the main series).
''Norightnowrong'' is a cut that thrives through the use of the catchy vocal cut and the Rhodes that come in on various occasions.

For the A2 ''Datkoollook'' which features fellow North Rhine - Westphalia artist ''Kandinsky''. This track is a more uptempo disco tainted club track which showcases a great guitar solo.

On the B1 we find ''Change''. This is a thrilling piece of work with a some short chords that cut throughout and nicely fitting vocal cuts.

Cologne based Soul Notes usual ''Adryiano'' comes up with a very club oriented version of ''Norightnowrong'' in his signature style.

THE FIRST RELEASE ON MELBOURNE'S VERY OWN MELBOURNE DEEPCAST LABEL. TRACKS BY LEWIE DAY (TORNADO WALLACE), FANTASTIC MAN (MIC NEWMAN), ANDY HART (DIKSO) & WEEKEND EXPRESS (ONE HALF OF 'A + O')

Following up right after its first vinyl release, Todh Teri returns with Volume 2. Todh Teri's retrospective continues to reimagine the golden era of Indian cinema. Sampadan chaar revisits a Bollywood ballad with a light breeze of acid thrown on. Next up, a homage to a legendary Indian producer, with a retouch to his classic 1980's tune. The final edit on the EP takes on a sensuous super hit from a Pakistani-born disco queen. Giving it a little soul, and a lot of groove. Making this a significant release that proves the artist will continue to produce top notch reworks. Once again Todh Teri recreates memories of the legacy Indian music directors & singers left behind. A tribute that's fresh & definitive. In the past, Todh Teri has brought this style of music to Berlin's well known night life like Voll Schoen & Wilde Renate.

If one looks at the output of Los Angeles based artist Mat/Matix , he d find that this quite illusive figure from the LA scene of contemporary electronic funk has quite some good tracks in his compact repertoire. This package (which contains a version from fellow West Coast artist Moon B) is dripping with heart wrenching synth soars and compact drum works that are built with the fierceness that is so significant for both the label and the artist.

If one looks at the output of Los Angeles based artist Mat/Matix , he d find that this quite illusive figure from the LA scene of contemporary electronic funk has quite some good tracks in his compact repertoire. This package (which contains a version from fellow West Coast artist Moon B) is dripping with heart wrenching synth soars and compact drum works that are built with the fierceness that is so significant for both the label and the artist.
Freaked in Private even though it s an EP feels more like a mini album of some sort. The opening track City Chiller is a slap bass heavy venture into G funk tainted dance music that perfectly utilizes an uplifting intermezzo, before heading into it s chorus which is highlighted by loosely played synth notes and some interesting vocal shots that are so significant for LA music from by gone days. The version by fellow funketeer Moon B goes a different route. The slap bass has been altered into a deep and sophisticated bass pattern which acts as the spine of the version. The drums are somewhat more outlandish, and the pad that floats on top works perfectly with the glow of the synths.


If one looks at the output of Los Angeles based artist Mat/Matix , he d find that this quite illusive figure from the LA scene of contemporary electronic funk has quite some good tracks in his compact repertoire. This package (which contains a version from fellow West Coast artist Moon B) is dripping with heart wrenching synth soars and compact drum works that are built with the fierceness that is so significant for both the label and the artist.
Freaked in Private even though it s an EP feels more like a mini album of some sort. The opening track City Chiller is a slap bass heavy venture into G funk tainted dance music that perfectly utilizes an uplifting intermezzo, before heading into it s chorus which is highlighted by loosely played synth notes and some interesting vocal shots that are so significant for LA music from by gone days. The version by fellow funketeer Moon B goes a different route. The slap bass has been altered into a deep and sophisticated bass pattern which acts as the spine of the version. The drums are somewhat more outlandish, and the pad that floats on top works perfectly with the glow of the synths.

Hold it down is a disco ish track that utilizes very smooth and soul touching elements that are built around various piano variations and a beautiful break with percussion in the fashion of Shuggie Otis Aht uh mi Hed .

Central Bank is keeping up the pace with a very hazy atmosphere and amazing vocals which ooze throughout. Very musical and warm. 135th is a piano track that again strikes the right chord for mellow week-ends in a park. Wayactive is closing down this extended effort with euphoric synths and uplifting chords.

vinyl release is a smooth journey throughout the realms of deep house, mid-tempo grooves, funk/soul, with an edit (or two) for good measure. Spread over 3 EP's with part 3 coming with a Poster
Part 1 features tracks from some big hitters in the shape of Franc Spangler, Admin, Henry Wu & Ugly Drums.

Claudio Coccoluto continues the return of his The Dub imprint this with 'THEDUB108 EP, including three original tracks from the unmistakable Italian artist.

On this new EP, DJJ's trademark jagged take on filtered French house is still present, but with Chicago bump, techno and more random elements thrown in for good measure.I Keep Trying To Convince Myself is the tougher, more rugged and even funkier cousin to DJJ's hotly-hyped 2016 summer anthem just a lil. Chi house meets soca in this carnivalesque new classic, which hits the perfect spot between sweetness and dirt.Yn Y Ty is fast, jerky funk and almost a new genre in itself. Both melancholy and pumping, think DJ Rush meets the Tetris theme in an oddball, groovy-as-hell work of genius.The cut-up, loopy loops and tough, tribal beats on Apilli are deranged in a good way and - as with the rest of the EP - demonstrate a quirkiness and subtle humour akin to Basement Jaxx's early golden period.A big sample drives the jacking, sweaty, glitz of Upsqwar's warped take on handbag, which channels the spirit of Modjo and features a ponderous, almost chiptune melody drifting subtly over the top.The EP closes with the Greek flavoured stomper Glas, which wouldn't sound out of place on Richie Hawtin's 1999 mix album Decks, EFX & 909. This new EP is first release since jus a lil for Crazylegs, which gained high praise from NPR, Resident Advisor, Indie Shuffle, Mixmag, Dummy, Hyponik and FACT - who commissioned a video and coined the tongue-in-cheek genre name 'outsider Ibiza'. Comparisons have been made to Thomas Bangalter, Alan Braxe, Todd Edwards and David Morales - albeit a skewed reinterpretation. Like the punks' assimilation of rock and roll, DJJ's fresh and irreverent take on highlights from dance music history make for some of the most exciting sounds since Daft Punk's first forays.Although distorted and with lowered bit-rates, to call theses tracks 'low fi' is to do them a disservice, as DJJ's manipulation of frequencies, distortion and samples is deceptively simple yet not easily matched. There's a mastery of sonics and leftfield sensibility at play, akin to fellow EQ tweakers Heiroglyphic Being, Aphex Twin and Adrian Sherwood.DJJ is a member of the Bristol-based label/collective Crazylegs, alongside artists including Gage, Sudanim, Finn (all of whom remixed just a lil). He's also one half of ISLAND, whose grime-flavoured Nokia EP was release in 2015 - also on Crazylegs.

Limited Green Vinyl Pressing!
Deep, underground house business straight out of Grodno.

Grodno house wizards Four Walls & Funky Jaws make their mark on our 1st Release for 2014 on LTD bolstering a four-track affair of deep, underground house business. Grodno - if you don't know .. now you know.

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The Sunburst Band's lush "In The Thick Of It" has been a big club and radio hit throughout the summer, one that has even won praise from diehard fans of the Brenda Russell original.
Now Sweden's Opolopo (hot from his Gregory Porter '1960 What' rework) gives the track an 80's boogie/proto house rework.
Squelchy stabs and funked up synth bass make this a sure fire winner for both the muso's and dancefloors.
Yes, there are quite a few boogie influenced house tracks but most of them are based around big samples, where as this contains none.

If you prefer things a little less vocal then check the boogie body land dub, the grooves along without any house clichés.


DJ Reactions:

Dimitri From Paris - Now, that's what I call music, fantastic remixes
Ashley Beedle - A lovely set of mixes from that man Opolopo. Big support
Justin Winks aka Casio Social Club - This is hot, seriously HOT
King Britt - Fantastic rework and Opolopo always represents.... Big ups to Joey for making it happen!
Danny Krivit - Very cool
Johnny Fiasco - I just humped my speakers...
Jask - Nice funky boogie vibes
Dave RedSoul - Very nice!
Robert Owens - Nice mix
Hed Kandi - Dope
Glenn Underground - Nice for a change of feel (Dopeness) in that 80's persona
Richard Earnshaw - Love it
Sean McCabe - Hot synth-bass driven groove from Opolopo. Very nice re-touch
CJ Mackintosh - Great Remix
Kiko Navarro - Super ultra funky biznezz!
Cherokee - GOLD! This is my kind of Music!
Dario d'Attis - Wonderful vocals
Martin Ikin - Love it
Terry Hunter - Opolopo Kills another song and I mean that in a good way! Great remix
ATFC - Very cool!
Jazz FM - Loving that groovy moogie bass
Graeme Park - Oh joy, oh joy, oh joy. Glorious! Full support from me


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The general consensus has been that "The Secret Life of Us" CD is the strongest album yet from Joey Negro's Sunburst Band. Recently managing to top the Solar Sweet Rhythms chart, Starpoint Soul Chart, Amazon Dance chart, now we start to see some of the cuts in extended remixed form.

The brassy disco funk jam "Take It To The Top" gets an extended beefed up treatment from Joey Negro. As always with Sunburst tunes the instrumentation is top notch, while Noelle Scaggs vocals ride beautifully over the top.

For those who like things a bit more electronic Andreas Saag delivers a brilliant remix that retains the jazziness of the original but underpinned by a crazy syncopated bassline.

DJ Reactions:

Dimitri From Paris - Always top notch production
Lovebirds - Saag remix is huge!!
Deetron - Andreas never let's us down, great remix!!
CJ Mackintosh - Joey Mix for me...lovely!
Danny Krivit - Great remix
Ralf GUM - Nice remix and good original. Will play for sure
Glenn Underground - This is major, especially the Joey Negro Extended Mix
Richard Earnshaw - Just love getting this vibe in the inbox!! Lovely stuff!
Leftside Wobble - Love the original and Andreas Saag's remix brings just enough twisted electronic funk
Jazz FM - 2 top notch remixes, Andreas has a slight advantage from these ears, lovin the broken jazzy disco vibes
Graeme Park - Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, YES!
DJ Jeroenski - Wicked stuff indeed...!
David Scally - A summer smash... Loving the Joey Ext funk!!! Andreas has more four to the floor appeal. Two cracking mixes
Jask - This is very nice. both mixes:)
Shur-i-kan - Great Saag mix!
Rocky - Lovely. Saag mix is the one
Soulmagic - Both the Extended and the Andreas Saag remix works for us
Hernan Cattaneo - Excellent stuff
Roog - Great stuff!
Casio Social Club - Yet more wonderfullness from the Z camp
Bill Brewster - JN mix very jazz funk, nice early 80s Rhodes work, like it
Martin Ikin - Both mixes are great, love the vibe on the saag remix
Sean McCabe - Sublime remix by Andreas Saag! Both tracks are smokin hott!!!
Alex Niggemann - Nice music, as always. Big thx.
Fred Everything - I'm a big fan of Andreas Saag and I love everything in his remix
Matt Bandy - Niceness....
Gregor Salto - Joey is boss! I wish people were more open to that sounds nowadays
Kiko Navarro - Very nice musical arrangements on Andreas Saag remix plus a super funky extended from the man

Following on from his hook up with Chris Read, we are happy to showcase the talents of Pugs Atomz once again, this time in collaboration with fellow Chicago compatriot, Mulatto Patriot. Sweat' will certainly make you do that on the dancefloor - a frenetic jam perfect for your workpout playlist. Flip to the B side for the smoother MFSB influenced Come With Me'. Both tracks are taken from the forthcoming digital EP, Highly Irregular. Original cover art by Erin Leann Works.

After unleashing the enigmatic middle eastern funk bonanza The Nile Files earlier this year the Fossils crew return to western shores with a new EP from UV & NEN , revealing long forgotten newly interpreted disco funk
nuggets that are bound to become classics in their own right.
With newly recorded synths, vocals and nasty bass-lines thrown in the mix, The Bump 's anthemic qualities are evident from the minute the chorus kicks in and will most likely stick in your head and keep you humming for days... Trust us - this bad boy has been tested on dancefloors from New York to Tel Aviv to London's Boiler Room until finally finding its way to the pressing plant.
Love Makin' is a horny (no horns here), psychedelic disco affair, seasoned with sexy moans lifted by abnormal synth activities and followed by Beatcoin , a steady slow stomper that will get booties shaken & shaking across
the dance floor.
As with the previous Fossils release, these are all killers and true crate essentials for the seasoned DJs.

The Neapolitan Berlin based duo NU GUINEA inaugurates their new in-house label NG Records with a sparkling mélange of Jazz-Funk and obscure Disco. With its own special Italian flavour, the reinterpretation of Chrisma's late 70s ode to love finds its complement in a refreshing arcane dancefloor expedition. Previously pressed as a private wedding present, "Amore" is now being officially released as a limited edition of 350 copies.

A side brings Ameega oldscool participation, while the B-sdie is a Solo Amadeo 85 Uptempo Funk pure groove ! Montreuil power !

Kitschy Jungle - spiritual calypso gets layered up with live guitar, bass and keyboards to make a dancefloor ready, Nigerian style disco funk edit of a calypso classic.
on the flipside is Broken Flute - a fusion of prog rock and Afro funk with a mid speed rolling break to keep feet moving. All includes the usual live guitar, bass and keyboard performances from Andy Taylor himself.

"When I first heard the late J Dilla's magnum opus »Donuts« I had an epiphany. Feeling like a mixture of calming emotions yet irresistibly vivid, it was a true masterpiece with infinite replay value. Certainly that record did not mark the invention of instrumental hip-hop, nor was it the first beat tape I discovered. But that particular album sparked a turning point in the history of music. Stepping outside of every MC's shadow, producers were finally being acknowledged as individuals. Suddenly it appeared that behind all these bleeps, kicks, buttons and samples, a versed mind was in charge. Crafting beats was finally considered what it always was: a form of art.

Ten years later, dust has settled into the grooves of records that we now find in crates and boxes labeled as »beat art«. Every so often we dig up surprisingly good records and feel quite fortunate. Distinct details push you to look further into an unknown record - let it be the look, the condition or even the smell. After the needle touches the surface and a few head nods, you feel personally involved. »Guide RA« is no different as Frankfurt City beatsmith Thelonious Coltrane's second full length LP invokes that same feeling, a warm embrace of everything a young spirit could take away from a stack of jazz records.

Just don't get too cozy reminiscing the cats from back in the day. The subtle blends of 70s jazz and 90s soul hit hard. Reliving some of the finest moments from the golden age of hip-hop in today's perspective, the record feels familiar from front to back. Produced with Maschine and SP-404. Mastered by the one and only Figub Brazlevic. This is a new generation of producers. Theo is one of them."

THE SUPERB WOLF MUSIC IS BACK WITH A KILLER EP FT REVENGE & KLR SLO MO DISCO / DISCO HOUSE AT ITS BEST

Pascal Garnier aka Krewcial is a Belgian beat maker turned MC turned producer turned DJ.
He's been dropping soulful music on labels like BBE, PIAS, We Play House and Lumberjacks In Hell since he began in the early 90's.
Lately he's been focusing on more disco(ish) sounds and on this first EP on GAMM, Krewcial goes all over the place with a wide range of disco inspired edits.

You get everything from vocal NYC disco, jazz-funk disco, philly disco and beautiful mid tempo groover...all very soulful of course!
Proper Dj action with some real nice artwork by our in house maestro designer Michal Rafaj.

REPRESSED !!
Basic Fingers is back and welcomes Philou Louzolo to the label, who delivers two blistering edits and one original track for the label's twenty ninth release.

First up is 'Lumumba's Revenge', an original cut, produced and arranged by Philou Louzolo himself, creating an intoxicating mood to start off the release.
Next up is 'Tartit's Tribe', an edit of an original desert song from the Tombouctou region of Mali.
As if that wasn't enough to set the juices flowing, Philou ends the release on the flip with 'Fadimata's Dibabba', a track built around exotic melodies, chanted vocals and chunky percussion.

After releasing his debut album "Paradise" earlier this year to much critical acclaim, B. Bravo has swung back around for yet another trip to this island of cosmic delights, tapping into some of our favorite producers & extended fam for a special 12" to accompany the digital of "Paradise Remixed". The A-Side kicks off with Fool's Gold producer Sammy Bananas turning the squelchy funk of "Freak It" into a filtered French & Italo inspired funky house monster, perfect for peak time on the dancefloor, while Los Angeles' XL Middleton deliver's a low slung G-Funk & boogie inspired take on the album single "I'm For Real". On the flip, UK producer SMBD (better known as Simbad) turns "Lay It On The Line" a classic 80s synth beast that's been tried & tested around European festivals all summer, while Grandfeather (aka Anton Borin) comes through with a spacey & deep downtempo funk reversioning of "Can't Keep My Hands Off You". Los Angeles-based Adam Mori aka B. Bravo adds a touch of love to every soulful groove he gets his hands on. His signature sound, connecting outer space g-funk, r&b, and dance music has made him a name in the electronic music scene as well a key player in the worldwide modern funk movement, being hailed by the likes of XLR8R, FACT Magazine, Gilles Peterson and many more.

After many reclusive years spent in her Manor experimenting with all sorts of recipes, Edith is finally back again, behind her stove & ready.... With Beat, Funk & relentless Groove...Edith's best ingredients are concocted to serve us with three high flying Disco edits.First Serving' will be the first EP of a long series to come....Limited Edition, Vinyl Only !!

Steve Spacek returns to Eglo Records after making his label debut with the summer smash 'Follow Me'. The Lewisham born singer/producer continues to innovate, utilizing the latest technologly (he made these two tracks on an ipad) to push his unique London style from his new home in Sydney NSW. 'If U Wan 2 Find Me' is a celestial slice of vocal footwork/soul, with Spacek offering his own zero gravity take on the chicago sound. Bside 'Time Is Running Out' completely switches up the tempo, this stripped back techno bubbler feels like the soundtrack to a late night cruise around the red planet. Signature Spacek swing and acid bounce througout. Steve Spacek remains one of the most unique and versatile artists from the UK, born out of Londons soundsystem culture his fearless and forwarding thinking approach to music and technology has made him impossible to pigeon hole. Consistently on the cutting edge of new evolutions in sound and style.

After making waves a few years back via his Potatohead People project (with AstroLogical) and co-producing Illa J's critically acclaimed self titled LP, Vancouver based playboy & producer Nick Wisdom steps out from behind the boards to deliver his first solo release for Bastard Jazz.

The "Intimate Strangers" EP mines deep into Nick's proclivities for disco, hip-hop, and house flavours. "Good Times" kicks things off with a snapping four on the floor, deep Rhodes chords and a rollicking bassline and vocals courtesy of Mr. Wisdom himself. "Feelin' Alright" heads into outerspace disco territory with cosmic synths, walking bass, and sultry vocals courtesy of Reva Devito (HW&W, Kaytranada). On the flipside "Don't Tell" brings in some 80s boogie vibes with downlow vocals from San Francisco's K-Maxx, while "Rock The Cash Bar" is an instrumental party rocking hip-hop jam sounding like a modern day Showbiz & AG.

The optimistic chug of 'Moon Steppin'' sets the tone and tempo for VOW's 4th offering by freak Angeleno, Secret Circuit. Side B: 'A Love Exotic', is a decadent disco jam from a strange planet, replete with alien voices and elegant bass hums. B2's 'Code Breaker' raps together samba sensibilities with eastern guitars on a bed of creamy pads to carry you thru the night . . . and then morning.

Sunlightsquare's first single of 2017, Oyelo, is a mixture of Jazz, Cuban and House music in its most authentic form. Starting with moody latin-jazz piano and sun-drenched live percussion played by master percussionist Giovanni Imparato, the track is driven by the classic house beat of the TR-909 - the legendary 1980's drum machine. Ronnie Scott's resident Cuban singer Rene Alvarez delivers the impassioned vocals, followed by the main man Claudio Passavanti's heated Montuno piano riffs, which combine seamlessly to create a blissful, dance-floor experience. It's a perfect marriage of organic grooves, lush beats and soulful vocals, joining the dots between different generations of latin dance music.

For the B side, London based, Japanese producer Kay Suzuki transformed the original track into his signature psychedelic journey in 2 parts. His By The Sea Mix takes you to the Havana beach with its synthesiser generated waves & seagulls right from the intro. The stripped-down beats and vocals are smoothly laid out with warm analogue synth textures, giving more space to Claudio's tasteful latin-jazz keyboard improvisations.

In contrast, the Drum Dub goes to the opposite side of the spectrum, all the musical elements have been removed, focusing solely on the live percussion and the raw TR-909 beat, all dubbed out with tape delays for a classic cosmic dub treatment.

Short Bio:

Critically acclaimed Jazz pianist, multi-instrumentalist & bandleader Claudio Passavanti aka. Sunlightsquare has been associated with Latin & Cuban music since his top selling vinyl releases such as "I Believe In Miracles"(2010), "Pastime Paradise"(2010) and "Heart's Desire"(2012) as well as producing the main title of the soundtrack on the feature film "Cuban Fury" (Studio-Canal/Film4) starring Nick Frost (2014). Claudio's talent also extends to house music production with the 2016 Osunlade's Yoruba Soul Records release Celebration Of Oggun, as well as his remix work for Gilles Peterson's Brownwood Recordings.

Second album of this dope new boogie affaire - straight out of Melbourne, Australia..

In 2016, Tommy Vicari Jnr continues to be a name on everybody's lips. Following his recent releases on Drifted and Robsoul - as well his much hyped reissue as 76-79 on Cabinet - he joins Nixwax for this hotly tipped release.

Eliphino's Joy in Repetition imprint presents Will Lister's sophomore release, "Space to Breathe". After a solid introduction to the world on Phonica Records in 2015, this EP finds Will in strident form displaying production acumen that belies /beyond his 20 years. Floating around the 110bpm mark, there are prominent elements of jazz, hip hop and house music. His production efforts create a warm ethereal atmosphere cut with a tough percussive edge.
This prodigious young producer has a great deal of talent and will be someone you'll hear a lot more about in the coming years.

Stallions! Glenn Underground strikes back, this time together with Boo Williams (as long time collaboration project, SJU - Strictly Jaz Unit) on DeepArtSounds!

Middle eastern edits of the highest order. While there's the obvious choice of Pyramid Disco as the official dancefloor slayer, there are plenty of flavors to savor in this thick stew of Arabic scales, authentic darbuka breakbeats and psychedelic synth meltdowns.

Manmade Science turns back on Philpot Records and delivers two awesome pieces of House with that special MMS-signature. To come close to the Manmade Science universe one has to understand that next to long termed friendship the love for drums, record collections and soulful music is their connection. Thanks for your support over these years and for purchasing a real copy!

For decades, if you wanted to listen to great music all you needed to do was stare at a screen! TV and film soundtracks were often the work of US legends such as Lalo Schiffrin, Oliver Nelson & Quincy Jones, and their Uk counterpartsRonnie Hazelhurst and Alan Hawkshaw, provided the soundtrack to the 60's & 70's at a time when film and TV music was unashamedly funky and featured the ensemble of choice for the jazz arranger.. the big band!

A 21st century musician with comparable skills is Andy Tolman - an astounding bass player, but also highly adept at writing & arranging for a big band and who is heavily influenced by those greatest practitioners of the art. Andy met to Nick van Gelder (the original Jamiroquai drummer) and keyboard guru Carl Hudson whilst doing a run of gigs backing artists like Leon Ware and Jean Carne. Andy played Nick You What! and he asked if he could lay a drum track down and at around the same time Carl offered his services on the record also. Nick went on to drum on the entire album and produce the recordings too.

At the tail end of 2011, when Freestyle Records A&R man Greg Boramans' compilation 'Sounds From The Soul Underground' was released the glorious noise of The Andy Tolman Cartel first came to public attention. The amazing track You What! had one foot in jazz-funk & the other in film & TV themes of the 60's and 70's, found champions in Jazz FM's Peter Young and BBC 6 Musics Craig Charles who both featured it on their radio shows heavily.

Andy himself takes up the story, "After You What! found it's way onto Gregs' compilation he asked me how many more tracks I had, I kind of lied (sorry Greg!) and said a whole albums worth. Having shot my mouth off I thought I had better set about delivering... a daunting prospect, and a promise I probably wouldn't have made had I been sober at the time. So I called upon the services of some of the amazing musicians I have worked with over the past few years. Move Over was the first song I heard Jo Harman sing and Stevie Watts award winning Hammond organ playing seemed like a natural fit too"

'Cypher' is indeed the perfect example of a natural fit of like minded musicians and their natural talents and the delightfully natural sound of a big band cutting loose that has not been heard for a long time making a welcome and long overdue return.

more smoldering infernos from this towering Chicago producer who pays tribute to the legend of Ron Hardy in his own way. Find here edits made from Claudia Berry's "Sweet Dynamite" and Crown Heights Affair's "Gallery of Love".

Following the overwhelming success of the Fantastic Man EP, your pals at Kolour Recordings waste no time what-so-ever in returning Kolour LTD to the frey. For LTD006 we're proud to feature our friends from Delusions of Grandeur in Norm
De Plume featuring a remix by the mysterious Franc Spangler.
limited edition "PURPLE" vinyl so, you know the deal - ACT FAST! More soul than a sock with a hole!
DJ SUPPORT:
SLEAZYBEATS / THE TORTOISE / DEEP SPACE ORCHESTRA / TOOMY DISCO /
78 EDITS / CRAIG SMITH (6TH BOROUGH) / IRON CURTIS / TORNADO WALLACE DEADLY SINS / ANDY HART & MANY MORE...

A lot has happened since AL & THE KIDD stamped its first release and subsequently launched its reissue series debut back in 2011...beginning with the Sir Joe Quarterman E.P., which includes a previously unreleased version of his signature hit I've Got So Much Trouble In My Mind.AK1201 features the boogie funk production by Carl Maxx Kidd, just over 10 minutes of We Like To Party' as a two sided slammer! Considering that the production was recorded in July 1979 at Media Sound, Kidd was destined to get that disco boogie sound. He along with fellow musicians crafted two versions for us.

Electric Purple Vinyl Repress

Chromatics turn the night into a woozy slow-mo disco ball twirl, and the titles say it all really: 'Tomorrow Is So Far Away', 'Let's Make This Moment A Moment To Remember'. The culmination is 'Tick Of The Clock', a quarter of an hour slowed almost to a stop. A flanged beat box ticks and a dense howl of organ chords crawls over vinyl crackle until eventually nothing is left but a slowly reverberating bassline. The night is over. After leaving the nightclub, the chill of the morning air is refreshing but still sends a shiver down the spine. - 4/5 Resident Advisor

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome back to the Shimmy Sham Sham sessions. When people talk about Summertime vibes it's most often associated with the obvious: good weather, sweet drinks, waterside locales, and a much-needed departure from the daily grinds of work, school, and off-season doldrums. One thing most tend to overlook however are the smells. It's the smell of the summer season that really infects the spirit; being attacked by the olfactory seducing aromas of suntan lotions, watermelon, Ck one summer spray overuse, piña colada mixes, BBQ grill emanations, and perhaps most importantly of all, sweat. Dripping, oozing, sticky buckets of lovely sweat everywhere. Whether that is happening poolside, in the bedroom, or, as the case clearly is with this ridiculous three-tracker of party bombs, on the dance floor. The whole wide world of Disc Jockeys now have access from everything to "Don't stop the music" a slick power wash of classic French disco, to a rollicking jazz piano-led jam by an operator hereby known as Professor Twirl-hair. In the heat of the night, let those sweaty numbers melt your worries. No top hat and gator shoes required - just shake that ass!

SOV is glad to welcome aboard the new family member for it's 12th cat. The Mole is a Canadian artist known for his music boutique interpreting elements of disco, jazz, hip hop and funk. Since this kind of game is also the core of our soul, we are happy to present 4 special tracks from him.

The 1st release will be a limited 300 copies (180gr) edition with a special surprise: a kit to build your own Apparel Wax goggles.
Supported by Délicieuse Musique, Folamour, Moony Me, St Paul, Voyeur, Ponty Mython, Kian T, Kisk and many others. After 7 years in the game, Apparel Music strikes again in style with a brand new concept. The main ingredient of this recipe called 'Apparel Wax' is quality music, without any compromise or distinction. Apparel Wax is the aka of an unknown/unanimated artist, brought to life by many talented international ghost producers who, from now on, will be pulling Apparel Music's strings. Curated by Giuseppe D'Alessandro, mastered by Lopazz, vinyl cut by Schnittstelle, R.A.N.D. Muzik manufacturing, licensed by Sac A Pain Ltd

very ltd!!
first come first serve!
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Industry veteran Paolo Martini is next to join the Emerald City family with Red Rocks. Bringing the funk, he delivers a solid two-track release with irresistible groove and dance-floor disco heat.
Paolo Martini has been in the business for over 30 years, first releasing with Gianni Bini on various labels such as Defected, Strictly Rhythm, Universal, Azuli and Nervous. They soon established their own label Ocean Trax and handled remixes of Kylie Minogue and Jamiroquai. Paolo has also been testimonial for several clothing brands including Diesel and Adidas and also the Rane MP2015 mixer. His following co-productions can be found on acclaimed labels such as Hot Creations, Snatch!, Moon Harbour, 8Bit, Saved and Cecille amongst many others. 2017 starts the beginning of a new adventure with a string of releases geared up under his new solo project.

Dave Allison back on his home label of Kinjo with 3 sweet down-tempo jazzy jams to warm up winter and a disco funk number on the flip which gets a remix from the ever so hot Junktion!
Pressed on Limited Green 12 Inch Vinyl.

MARK GRUSANE returns to SPACEDUST with the second volume in this ongoing series. 2 heavy cuts of modern soul/disco/boogie. A1 was dug up by the SD boys and flipped over to MARK for a nice 5 min dancefloor banger. B1 is a lovely early evening warmer carefully chosen & edited by MARK. No repress!

Moar's back in the Hip-Hop game with a special 7inch featuring his brothers of arms Raashan Ahmad (Crown City Rockers - USA) and Kohndo (La Cliqua - Paris).
Inspired by The Message' this production is the future of early hip-hop staring the godfather of soul on scratch!!
Perfect for party it's sure this track going in all DJ bags.
Limited to 400 copies.

2 classics on one 12" single, gems excavated from the deepest realms of the TK Disco vaults. Remastered, represented and brought back into focus for 2017's DJ bags and dance-floors! On side A we have former Foxy frontman Ishmael 'Ish' Ledesma with his sublime esoteric Disco cut from 1979 called 'Don't stop', a deep, late night diamond of a track that will appeal to the more left-field Disco lovers out there. 'Don't stop' has long been a favourite with the diggers with it's sweet vocals, synth heavy production and overall cosmic vibe. A beauty of a track indeed and one of TK's lesser known cuts. Side B sees fusion guitarist John Tropea's 1979 cosmic classic 'Living in the jungle', a long time spin of DJ's like Daniele Baldelli and DJ Harvey. Infusing Tropea's rock sensibilities with the throb of the Disco dance-floor the track is a low slung, midtempo groover that touches all the right spots. Overall, this essential double-header is a must have for all Disco heads and left-field DJ fiends.
As usual, these TK represses are always done in the proper manner. 100% legit re-edits, from the archive, remastered and released in conjunction with Henry Stone Music / TK Disco - Miami FL.

Back fighting, kicking and beating as strong as or perhaps even stronger than ever before, Ivan 'Mamao' Conti is releasing a brand new solo album next year. Now fitted with a new iron hip- thanks to the immense generosity of his fan base who crowdfunded the operation - the Azymuth drummer still remains one of the greatest and outright funkiest drummers alive anywhere in the universe as he enters this new bionic era. As people of earth are not yet quite ready to hear the explosively ethereal cosmic samba of his new album just yet, we're easing into it with a series of appropriately propulsive percussive jazz-headed remixes. For the second 12' of the series we've enlisted two of the most on-fire producers in Germany: Max Graef and GlennAstro, along with one of the UK's brightest ascendant producers.

We've waited really too long to release this ep. These tracks were given to Musique Risquée more than 10 years ago and waited since then on harddrive before they got rediscovered on a boozy night in Tokyo. They have not aged a bit, fresh as when they were given to us. Maybe we weren't ready then. But we are now and hopefully you are too.

Although not a band in a traditional sense of the word, this record was created by a rotating ensemble of players: for a brief moment, musicians from different backgrounds (in this iteration: Preslav, Kenny Peagler, Waajeed, Joe DeFazio and Phil Boyd) became a band and then went their separate ways.

Rhodes, funk basslines, neo-soul chords and tight drum programming are the lingua franca of the 24 Hour Band.
The title of each song represents the time of day that inspired it and collectively, they point to the goal to create records that can be enjoyed not just in a club, but throughout the day, at home, or in your car.

This is the 24HR Band.

The first in a series from Pelvis Records, DJ Tools Volume 1 features an all-Australian lineup of artists across 6 tracks. Varying in tempo and moods, this first round comes courtesy of Sam Weston, Mall Grab, Chunyin, Body Corp, Jamie Blanco and Pelvis. From flat out percussion jams to four-to-the-floor acid, these are tracks to get you out of tight spots (or take you deeper into them).

Berlin DJ/producer Daniel Steinberg returns with his wonderful third album 'Left-Handed' - a kaleidoscopic trip through house, electronica and jazz and imbued with the artist's trademark warmth and adventurous musical spirit. Left-Handed vinyl Part 1 includes opening track 'Corn Dog' - a melting pot of Latin tech, funk, rap and jazz, the chicago inspired 'State of Mind' and 'Bones to the bluesy nostalgia of 'Peace'. This is an album's album that's heavy on highlights, while working beautifully as a cohesive whole.

Hailing from Florida, the Brookside imprint have dug deep into the master tapes and let NYC master-mixer Mike Maurro loose on a couple of stone cold classics! Maurro, a Queens based DJ and mixer since 1986 has become one of the top remixers out there today with his own, faithful takes on numerous dance classics from the last 30+ years. Here he lends his magic touch to a pair of well loved club classics while adding his own original flavour. Dan Hartman's "Vertigo/Relight My Fire" is up first on side-A, featuring the unmistakable vocals of NYC diva Loleatta Holloway. Maurro's mix brings the vocals in earlier, dubbing them out creating a super trippy atmosphere with a slightly different musical arrangement over the course of almost 14 minutes! On side-B, we have the legendary Evelyn "Champagne" King's "Shame", with a slightly longer, beat led intro for the DJ's. A true extended mix with a slightly different arrangement Maurro's mix of this classic is a killer. Beautifully faithful and mixed with love and an understanding of the dancefloor and the classics! These mixes are ESSENTIAL for any Disco/soul/Funk fans out there, unmissable for the DJ's, legitimately remastered and pressed onto high quality 12" singles in conjunction with all rights holders.

Following last years acclaimed Curse of Soft Rocks album, we're invited to revisit said masterpiece from an alternative entry — a robust compilation of remixes. Every track is re-contextualized so wildly that we're left with a beautifully oblique yet complimentary rendering. The personnel employed vary in style and technique drastically, but such is the ethos of Soft Rocks, and furthermore the ESP Institute. At the end of the day, we implore you to shut up and listen.

On this 12" (the first of 4 surrounding The Revenge of Soft Rocks remix album) we're treated with a serious disco belted version of Talking Jungle as reworked by JUSTIN VANDERVOLGEN (TBD, Gold Channel, DFA, etc, etc) and an insanely serene take on Obo by ESP favorite TIAGO (Sea Power & Change, Gala Drop, DFA, etc, etc)... good lord this is quite a piece of wax!

Its that time again. Laubenpiepers Finest delivers the next Bomb.
For the fourth record we invite Baumfreund from Hannover.
The result are two three-course menu somewhere between dub techno and hip hop. Evening starter , peaktime firecrackers and good morning tunes . Everything on it , everything good.
Comes on 180g Vinyl with numbered silkscreen cover. Limited to 300 Copies.

SFSB Recordings welcome Mr Hot Mood to the stable for our second release, following his previous releases on Tugboat edits, Editorial, Masterworks, Deep Sense an Whiskey Pickle Records.
Side A's Lets Get It and Lost Soul head toward the deeper side of Mexico's finest, With "Let's get it" looping itself into an underground frenzy before releasing the crowd into a classic 1970s chant and them throwing them over to a killer organ hook, a must for 4am. "Lost Soul" takes you even deeper in to the realms of 70's Soul, bringing it into the 21 century with its beefed up lick " I wanna hold on, and let my love grow strong", reminiscent of the original Mark E working that helped start the movement.
Side B
'The G Groove" proves to be another early set summer anthem, completely heads down whenever it gets played, while "Keep on Dancing" does exactly what it says on the tin. The hardest track of the EP is left till last, with its "Keep on Dancing" call to arms for the dance floor reinforced by a destructible sax loop, it should be called Martini, anytime anyplace anywhere.
These tracks definitely reflect the sounds of South Beach, produced with love by Hotmood, curated by South Beach Recycling.

With a new single just released ("Roadside"), accompanied by a groovy video, and a "Greatest Hits" album in the pipeline, it is time to look at Torpedo Boyz from a new perspective.

After more than 10 years in the business, four acclaimed albums in the discography ("Headache Music", "Cum On Feel The Boyz", "Return Of The Ausländers" and "Don't Cry") a collection of "Greatest Hits" will be released in October 2017 featuring all time classics and never out of fashion tunes like "Gimme A Bassline", "Ich Bin Ausländer (Leider Zum Glück)" or "The Disco Song".

Right in time for this release Légère Recordings asked Boca 45, their favourite 7inch DJ and remix expert, to deliver his versions of the Torpedo Boyz favourites "Any Trash, Professor Abacus" and "Are You Talking To Me". The Boca 45 remixes will now be released on two different 45s, including the original versions on the flipside.

Fernando makes his debut IIB release with the 3 track Shining EP.

Side A is the home of the truly epic title track Shining. An 11 min super mellow hypnotic trip.
Driven by rolling bongos and bassline some funky guitar and delay soaked effects. A real gem.
The b side Fernando pitches up the tempo.

Horizonte Rojo is a cruising deep balearic house groove with the same dubby feel as Shining.
The final track is karmic a soulful disco tinged after hours house groove.
Island music for day and night. Dive in.

Arkist incl Appleblim mix

Bristol based 'Arkist' has always been a versatile producer and as a result has an impressive rage of releases under his belt, with revered imprints such as Hotflush and Hypercolour. Recently he has been experimenting further in the studio and is ready to present his first 12inch in few years, under a brand new alias - Astrocat.In this debut, self-titled EP it is instantly apparent that vocoder-infused funk and disco of the highest order can be expected from this new Astrocat guise. The EP is full of vintage talk box vocals, warm spacey chords and infectious basslines that bring classic records from the likes of Zapp and The Rah Band into mind.With 5 tracks this EP has a lot to offer. Wether it be the raw, funked up james of the opener 'Small Talk' and title track 'Astrocat' or the more chilled, woozy grooves of 'Nightflare'. With features from Mr Woodnote and a dub remix from Appleblim this EP's roots sit firmly in the South West. Local legend DJ Die even lent his vocoder to the studio for some of the recordings.

Arkist incl Appleblim mix

Bristol based 'Arkist' has always been a versatile producer and as a result has an impressive rage of releases under his belt, with revered imprints such as Hotflush and Hypercolour. Recently he has been experimenting further in the studio and is ready to present his first 12inch in few years, under a brand new alias - Astrocat.In this debut, self-titled EP it is instantly apparent that vocoder-infused funk and disco of the highest order can be expected from this new Astrocat guise. The EP is full of vintage talk box vocals, warm spacey chords and infectious basslines that bring classic records from the likes of Zapp and The Rah Band into mind.With 5 tracks this EP has a lot to offer. Wether it be the raw, funked up james of the opener 'Small Talk' and title track 'Astrocat' or the more chilled, woozy grooves of 'Nightflare'. With features from Mr Woodnote and a dub remix from Appleblim this EP's roots sit firmly in the South West. Local legend DJ Die even lent his vocoder to the studio for some of the recordings.

Outstanding three track EP from the archives of Caliban (A side project of London musician Milton Myrie, a session guitar player who worked with cult UK buddhist afro and reggae band Ozo as well as on the much sought after Steel and Skin 'Afro Punk Reggae' 12'). Talk about bang for ye buck.. 1 side crucial oddball digital cuts, b side sounds like a UK jazz funk classic... Gold Print Sleeve. BIG TIP!
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Caliban produced only one self-released 7' 'Open Mind / Digital Reggae' in 1984.

Following the re-discovery of this very little known 7' by Caliban a few years back, UK producer Jackson Bailey aka Tapes managed to track Milton down, who as well as being in possession of most of the stock of the original record, was also sat on a number of amazing unreleased recordings from the Caliban sessions. With an album of unreleased Caliban material compiled by Tapes to follow later on Music From Memory, this EP introduces one of the unreleased tracks, the incredible feel good disco anthem Supernatural'. Taking us on a glittering, rhythm charged rocket tour of the Funk Cosmos, this until-now-unheard future classic will surely set the summer nights alight.

The three track 12' also includes Digital Reggae' which featured on the original Caliban 7'. This computerised dancehall/funk hybrid was partially penned to address the lack of black culture included in the payload of the United States' first space station, Digital Reggae will be included in the Payload of Skylab!'. As well as the original mix, the EP also includes a new dub put together by Milton himself and assisted by riddim specialist Tapes!

Produced by Mike Misiu who has also been responsible for a slew of anonymous underground releases and edits over the last few years as well as being one half of Londons Cut the Rug party crew. We first heard Bill Brewster drop "Do what you need" at the last ever Lowlife party and managed to track Mike down. The Loose change Project mixes raw soul warmth with ananlog grit and a dub aesthetic.

Most Excellent Unlimited's series of 45s celebrating the 45th year of Danny Krivit's career continues with a blast of two heavyweight cuts that, to borrow the parlance of the era from which they came, are bonafide Sure Shots. Wood, Brass & Steel's "Funkanova," a jazz-funk masterpiece and Loft classic that was liberally sampled in the house world (Black Science Orchestra, Terrence Parker, the Bucketheads), is pared down to its most joyous elements. From the intro, a typical Krivit maestro's detail of an opening bass slide prefacing hands-in-the-air cascades of iconic horns and keys, to the echo of the last notes, it's a perfect edit immaculately tailored for DJ usage.

The flip delves deeper into New York City dance history with a rough and rugged beat- down of a proto-disco, b-boy classic: Boobie Knight & the Universal Lady's "Sex." Displaying his usual knack of going straight for the jugular, Krivit takes the song's siren-call-to-the-dance floor horn riff as his starting point, peeling off another layer to the floor-shaking bass and drums before bringing it all back to the top with a perfectly placed drum roll that will have Flash disciples fiending for doubles.

Solidifying this blazing double-sider is the fact that neither of these essential cuts has ever appeared in seven-inch form. Another Most Excellent Unlimited sure shot!

Nu Era delivers another dose of Deep-Soulful Techno produced by Marc Mac. This Detroit style 4 track EP is backed with genre-fused science, analogue machines woven together by chords, melodies and beats we've come to expect from Nu Era, at times the string laden 4hero sound is synonymous throughout the four tracks and although synthetic still full of emotion. The Vinyl release is a lovely transparent red and an animated label design is a nice bonus, limited to 300 copies.

hand stamped - LTD 200 copies
Disco Not Disco,Techo not Techno,Jazz not Jazz
6 L 6 & Co. Is a duo formed da Daniele Brenca e Salvatore Stallone: much into Jazz not Jazz with influences Post Psychedelic but also lately by darker "Techno not Techno" vibes

Four #1 tracks together on one 12"! Mark Funk and Danny Cruz - My Givin My Love was a huge release for us. Peter Bropwn Funkospehere is doing the nastty to your ear hole, while the B side tracks from DJ Mes and Hazzaro will work the dancefloor into a frenzy.

Single sided alert! Yes yeah yah, you know, Ivano Tetelepta is back with his first official solo EP since his well-received debut album True Colours back in 2012 on Fear of Flying Recordings.

True to form, Boston-based label Cultures of Soul is set to release a compilation of obscure disco from a far-flung corner of the world. After forays into India and Brazil, they now turn their attention to South Africa. South Africa is home to a dizzying variety of musical genres and traditions, including some that look directly to American sounds for inspiration. In the late 70s and early 80s, many of the country's best young musicians were guided by funk. All over the world, disco was growing harder and more electronic, with new synthesizers entering the market every month. The southern tip of Africa was no exception. Global music industry geo-politics, however, aided by the country's pariah status and a UN-sanctioned cultural boycott, prevented the vast majority of this music from ever being heard outside the country, nor ever being released on CD or digitally. Until now. Compiled by Cultures Of Soul head honcho Deano Sounds in collaboration with Johannesburg-based DJ Okapi from the Afro-Synth blog and record store, Boogie Breakdown serves up two tracks apiece from six seminal acts from the era - Harari, The Cannibals, Neville Nash, Benjamin Ball, Don Laka and Al Etto - to offer a glimpse into this long-forgotten era in African music history. A period of true innovation and new possibilities - as well as isolation and political instability - the early 80s in South Africa saw the emergence of numerous talented, innovative artists, whose efforts soon gave rise to the big-selling 'bubblegum' sound of the mid-80s. As the decade wore on, this sound shed its American roots and took on more local influences, becoming ever more electronic and less funky, to become the kwaito of the 90s and ultimately the house music of today. It all started with the arrival of synthesizers and the creativity of producers and artists featured on this compilation - pioneers

of a new sound before it became established and marketable - global in its appeal, yet rooted in Africa.

Kommode ist das Soloprojekt von Eirik Glambek Boe, Erlend Oye's Partner bei den Kings Of Convenience. Auf "Analog Dance Music" präsentiert er einen typisch entspannten Nordic-Pop mit balearischen Einflüssen und 1980'er Disco-Elementen, dazu komplementieren softe Vocals den beseelten Lounge-Sound und machen das Album zu einem faszinierend reichhaltigen Hörerlebnis.

There's not much to say about such a groundbreaking record such as this - the 1991 Dj Pierre-produced classic is a fine song in its own right featuring the vocals of Paula Brion but it was the Wild Pitch mix (Pierre's first) which laid the blueprint for a particular sound / mix / track development which was much copied.....the instrumental is a great mix too.....still sampling "The Power" from Snap (well, it is Jocelyn Brown originally)! Accapella too.

Good news! music lovers, Soul searchers, and record diggers!

Los Charly's Orchestra are back!!! this time celebrating their 10th anniversary and featuring the tropical Soul legend: Omar, for their latest extravaganza of Caribbean infused Disco/Boogie.

LCO has left an important landmark on the global Soulful Disco - Jazz Funk landscape since the very beginning, and their tireless production machine still continues today to deliver some of the most epic groovers, such as: "All Around The World, Everlasting Love & Sunshine", in between many others.

Juan Laya & Jorge Montiel (the two men behind this project), continue on their endless effort for producing enduring music by delivering their latest EP which contains an LCO's Re-make treatment of Omar's classic: "It's So" plus a brand new Boogie-Reggaeish fusion track entitled: "History", both tracks with their correspondent instrumentals for the delight of the vinyl junkie, and groove music aficionado.

Ministry Of Sound release this new triple mix CD featuring 60 of the greatest Balearic/Ibiza inspired beats. Includes Deadmau5, Moby, Fatboy Slim, Faithless, Groove Armada, Zero 7, William Orbit, The Beloved, Mylo, Eric Prydz, Mr. Probz, Moloko, Sneaker Pimps & more. National TV ad campaign across all networks. Press ads & reviews. Online activity. Radio ads & spot plays. Poster campaign.

Welcome to the ever so eighth sun-drenched installment of all that is great and summery in the Nu Disco Universe. Back at the helm after a few summers off is Slovenian superhero and all-around Nang buddy Sare Havlicek at the controls. Sare has deftly compiled and mixed a cadre of fine delights for those summer grooving nights (and days).

Things open up with an exclusive from UK based produced Blue Azure, "Wide Awake" is a prefect of the sound we are trying to encompass. Bags of sun, groove with a touch of swing. Next it is off to San Francisco for a combo of talents from The Beat Broker and Sorcerer, shimmering guitar and sparkly synths all in one package. Goldboy turn in a fine remix of the punchy and synth-stabby "La Vache De Dense" from Les Chevaliers Solex. Things toughen up for a tad with Ron Basejam (from Crazy P) giving us a bass guitar driven dance floor work out of Raykos "No Stopping".

The man himself, Sare, is next with his remix of Glasgow based The Korvids getting the summer vocal grooves firing. Also featured is a taster from his upcoming album "No Chance To Dance". Bristol based Situation are next with disco cutmeister Greg Wilson contributing to a fine stomping remix. Talking of Situation their fine remix of underground afro disco classic "Na Real Sekele Fo Ya" by Pasteur Lappe really gets the floor filling. Flanger X keeps the tempo electric with his fine "Back In Business" guitar chopped funker.

Time for some legends next, Pete Herbert joins up with Martin Denev and US House Music vocal legend Robert Owens for a big beater "Pass Me By", Australian cut-up-king Dr Packer doing the business on a remix. "Believe In Love" is a left field quirker from album kings Proper Heat. Things get plucky and bouncy next with "Arp" from the Russian contingent of Kim and Buran. Back to the US West Coast next with Grooving in Guatamala from Aimes.

To round things off it's a slice of slick psych disco from Italtian Billy Bogus and his Caribbean House project. Before a fine vocal stomp from Sheffield based Hiem with their bass and sax driven "Highlife".

Until we meet next summer, a fond farewell.

Paolo Iocca debuts with two crafty and iridescent House anthems plus two superb remixes by Nick Anthony Simoncino

Sentre is comprised of Dave Gardner and Dennis White, a production duo who merge melodic techno and sultry electronica with soulful vocals and an innovative pop sensibility.

Dream Logic is the debut album, but Sentre have always found themselves at the forefront of cutting edge music, having worked with and remixed a diverse list of high-profile artists: from Sasha's legendary Involver project to the likes of The XX, M83, Pete Tong, Calvin Harris, Maribou State, Moby, and Little Dragon amongst many more.

Dream Logic is a versatile and dynamic album that explores everything from techno and house to break beats alongside slick elements of pop and r&b.

'Drawn' is a highlight, employing the vocal talents of Stephanie O for a down tempo offering of smooth electronics with a catchy 'drawn to you' refrain sure to embed itself in the ears of listeners.

'Eclipse' features 1403 and plays with dense sounds and shuffling percussion alongside stunning vocals. 'Canadian Vibes' is a turning point as it's a 3-minute blast of cinematic soundscapes, and 'Lost In The Moment' features Norway's Aurora who paints hypnotic sounds with her tender and allusive vocals.

In between sublime downtempo electronica and broken 2-step, 'Believe' offers house piano stabs next to cyclic vocals and euphoric textures until 'F-Ace' marks Dream Logic's conclusion as an underground dance floor number.

The duo's experience and achievements up to this point has gifted them with a seamless working relationship, something that has given them unabated creative freedom in the studio: Working in a studio you are constantly pulling ideas in from the strangest places' explains David. Some old ideas through new technology can give you something incredible - or the latest piece of software through an old synth can do the same'.

Dream Logic sees Sentre unveil their identity with a varied, unique and dynamic record. The Sentre sound is a well respected one that is sure to be successful with new fans as well as those who will undoubtedly be familiar with the duo's decorated musical history.

For decades, if you wanted to listen to great music all you needed to do was stare at a screen! TV and film soundtracks were often the work of US legends such as Lalo Schiffrin, Oliver Nelson & Quincy Jones, and their Uk counterparts Ronnie Hazelhurst and Alan Hawkshaw, provided the soundtrack to the 60's & 70's at a time when film and TV music was unashamedly funky and featured the ensemble of choice for the jazz arranger.. the big band!

A 21st century musician with comparable skills is Andy Tolman - an astounding bass player, but also highly adept at writing & arranging for a big band and who is heavily influenced by those greatest practitioners of the art. Andy met to Nick van Gelder (the original Jamiroquai drummer) and keyboard guru Carl Hudson whilst doing a run of gigs backing artists like Leon Ware and Jean Carne. Andy played Nick You What! and he asked if he could lay a drum track down and at around the same time Carl offered his services on the record also. Nick went on to drum on the entire album and produce the recordings too.

At the tail end of 2011, when Freestyle Records A&R man Greg Boramans' compilation 'Sounds From The Soul Underground' was released the glorious noise of The Andy Tolman Cartel first came to public attention. The amazing track You What! had one foot in jazz-funk & the other in film & TV themes of the 60's and 70's, found champions in Jazz FM's Peter Young and BBC 6 Musics Craig Charles who both featured it on their radio shows heavily.

Andy himself takes up the story, "After You What! found it's way onto Gregs' compilation he asked me how many more tracks I had, I kind of lied (sorry Greg!) and said a whole albums worth. Having shot my mouth off I thought I had better set about delivering... a daunting prospect, and a promise I probably wouldn't have made had I been sober at the time. So I called upon the services of some of the amazing musicians I have worked with over the past few years. Move Over was the first song I heard Jo Harman sing and Stevie Watts award winning Hammond organ playing seemed like a natural fit too"

'Cypher' is indeed the perfect example of a natural fit of like minded musicians and their natural talents and the delightfully natural sound of a big band cutting loose that has not been heard for a long time making a welcome and long overdue return.

Mr. K gets jazzy on this new 12-inch from Most Excellent Unlimited. The breakdown of the smooth R&B staple "Street Life" stands out with a steady four-on-the-floor pulse that contrasts with the funk backbeat of the verses. Working exclusively with this portion, Krivit teases out six-and-a-half slinky minutes of sophisticated groove, weaving percussion and vocalist Randy Crawford's ad-libs in and out of the mix in tantalizing fashion.

As a DJ, Danny Krivit is renowned for his willingness to throw a funky curveball into the mix, and for the B-side of this single he gives us a peek at one of his secret weapons. A year after Yusef Lateef released his hit version of "Nubian Lady" in 1972, pianist Roy Meriwether was at a small club in Dayton, Ohio with his trio and laid down a sprawling live take that covered the entire side of a album, including a bridge that pushed the languid tempo of the original to a sassy upbeat workout. Mr. K's edit focuses on this section, leaving us with nine minutes of gritty, get-down funky jazz complete with thunderous drum break. Whether working as a surefire party starter or a clever changeup, "Nubian Lady" is a dancer.

repressed !

Following the more house & techno focused Spring Club Collection, The Visionquest dream team return with the sun-dappled Summer 'Beach Collection', starring Maceo Plex, Tale Of Us and Pillow Talk.
played by seth troxler on bbc radio 1's essential mix !!!

DJ Rocca & Hard Ton on the magic number 12. A homage to the get down. Jack & Boogie - You've got the choice, to sweat and wet in New York - Chicago - Berlin - Soho or wherever it is, you're with the spirit of FNM guiding you to shake the l oor like it's Hotmix 5.
With two mains on the supersound 12" vinyl, the whole Ep comes along with 4 more tracks and mixes to download. Including "WILL
YOU BE MINE" together with the ENZO ELIA HOUSE CLASSIC Remix.
Including 2 more bonus remixes by FNM and Sabatini
Written and Produced by Luca Roccatagliati, Mauro Copeta, Massimo Bastasi. Mixed by Luca Roccatagliati at MarsLife Studio, Reggio Emilia, Italy Hotmix 5 Tribute Dub by FNM (Filippo Naughty Moscatello) mixed at Blackhead Studios, Berlin.
Mastering and cut: by Mike Grinser, Manmade Mastering, Berlin
Executive production Marion & Alberto Sabatini & Handle With Care, Berlin

xxxy returns to his spiritual home on TTY with a with a package of club burners. ready for summer.

After nearly seven years absent, FIRM returns with a new LP, cat. no 034.

Eric D. Clark with FIRM's founder Thomas Schaeben, of Kompakt's first hour duo Schaeben&Voss, regularly met in the Cologne based FIRM studio to create and build.

The ensuing result are seven smashing bangers between LoFi-discofunpunk and Hi NRG-hothouse gospel trancefunk without anything scrupulous in their way, no thinking, rethinking or calculating the ideas they put together: hence the moniker FREE RADICALS!

A result of numerous crazy live recording sessions with like minded artists: David Boswell, Dirk Leyers, Anita Davis and Heiko Voss!

'LoFi Hi-NRG' is supposed to be played loud and vinylized, we suggest... The Direction