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For the second part of his "Connection Lost" series Massimiliano Pagliara teaches a lesson in how to translate Disco music in a modern language of sound. Without further ado "Trying To Hide But Then I Cried" comes across as pure dance floor material. Above a drum-fueled foundation various synths swell up and down while the bassline is pumping steadily for an irresistible groove. "If You Were Here" on the other hand benefits from similar ingredients but has a rather dreamy feel to it. Thanks to its elegiac pads and pensive synth melodies. "Ukulele Groove" takes its time to build things up but when the bassline and those distinctive synth stabs come in you can't help but hope for a never ending summer. The final word here is "No More Love To Follow" featuring the vocal talents of Matthew Morris, a slow progressing, gloomy Disco ode to the ups and downs of love. As for the first part of "Connection Lost" the artwork was created once again by Alexander Dorn a.k.a. Credit 00.

Norm De Plume (Kolour Ltd, Delusions Of Grandeur, Sideways Recordings, Plumage) debuts on Black Riot serving up four deep disco bombs in his signature style.

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Banoffee Pies Records launches its first white label to date, and it's a three-pronged collaboration by new and exciting faces in the scene. First up is Philou Louzolo and his excellent "Afrofuturism Dance", a solid house jerker with lively tribal influences, folloed siftly by Wendel Sield and his moodier, jazzier piece entitled "History Of Black People". On the flip, Huntleys & Palmers MMT proceeds to drop some Gipsy King house in the form of "Ton A Ton", backed by the more funky disco shades of "Pangae Flute". Nice and diverse for ya!

Jo Wallace's house label, F*CLR Music is proud to release 'Save Me' from the Moscow studio of international DJ/Producer Stan Serkin.The North Street Crew (Ashley Beedle, Darren Morris & Jo Wallace) give a nod towards Mr Knuckles by adding a BIG slice of piano action from keyboard supremo, Darren Morris

Heavily arpeggiated, slow paced, disco drummed LP by Finnish Televisio (produced by half of Helsinki's Jesse). Tracks never leave the territory of instrumental early 80's disco oriented grooves, some with chugging rhythms, others uptempo styled. Highlighting "Kutonen" as a peaceful space balad and "Seiska" as the most hypnotizing one.

Hot off a couple of 12' from Topher Horn, Rocksteady Disco follows up with its first compilation featuring a heap of heavily sampled originals from more well­known editors.Pontchartrain leads the release off with a summer­inspired aural prozac number. Next up is notorious Detroit editor Lafleur, busting out this original milky­smooth Detroit boogie house production. A slight little rearrangement from Rocksteady Disco label boss Peter Croce makes this one a bit more cohesive for the DJs. Lyon, France's G2S (In Any Case) kicks off the flip with a big­bottomed stomper reminiscent of some MCDE 'Raw Cuts'. Pontchartrain book­ends this release with a track that puts the 'rocksteady' in Rocksteady Disco, with heavy analog­meets­electro drum programming and complete with Pontchartrain on vocoder duties

At Sneaky we are very pleased to welcome G.Markus. What can we say about him Not much apart from the fact that he makes super groovy old-skool house beats like not many can these days. Spreading perverted twistedness mixed with great classic housey vocals, 'Smoking Hut' will be how your dance floor will end up when you play this record out.

Recently also known for releasing great re-edits on Soul Clap records and as part of S.H.A.G Edits VA on Roots for Bloom.

What else can we say Well, not much, really. G insisted on having a clause on the contract that clearly states that his true identity shall not be revealed. All we can say is that he's a real mofo and that you'd be better off listening to his music instead of to this silly banter

Laurant Garnier - Cool House release!
Scuba - 4 Stars !
Skream - 4 Stars, will support!
DJ Sneaky - Good Stuff.
Jacques Renault - Smoking Hut is catchy gonna test it out for sure ,)
OOFT! - Smoking Hut for me :)
Ellie Eidelman - you guys keep introducing me to great music from artist i dont know. keep it coming.
Laurent Nash - 4 Excellent House tracks ! I will play them for sure. FULL SUPPORT !
Neil Quigley - Another very nice EP from Sneaky - consistently good!
Joyce Muniz (Exploited) - Thanks for the great music!
Patrick Zigon - Smoking Hut is Great!
Terrence Chong - Really liking the vibe on Smoking Hut!
Silk 86 - Smoking Hut, nice raw floaty vibe.
Denite - Very nice record. Nice tracks all of them!
Iain Taylor (Rejekts / Sankeys / Space Ibiza) - Smoking Hut is dope. Thanks x
Paul Bongoloid - Great ep. Deep house at its finest. Sounding very old school. Will feature on both my radio shows.

Fred Ventura and Paolo Gozzetti are Italoconnection. In anticipation of their upcoming album 'Metropoli' on Bordello A Parigi we present to you the Voyage EP album sampler with alternative edits and an amazing cover version of The Electronic Circus' 'Direct Lines' which are exclusive to this 12.

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Upfront single sided white label release of this deadly edit/rework of a true underground nugget - courtesy of Mannequin Record's Alessandro Adriani. Full release soon on Invisible Cities, CA.

Christian B & Lavvy Levan return with the second instalment of their 'Sounds from the Den' series on Friday Fox Recordings. This latest vinyl 4-tracker picks up where Vol.1 left off and continues to explore the outer reaches of the house genre, kicking off with the massive 'Weak' from Fatty Mombassa which combines Fatty's now trademark spoken word against a ferociously infectious disco influenced groove. South Africa's Rudi Botha & Miggza return with a looped-funk affair in the form of 'People Come Together'. Rob Slac delves deep into the dark recesses of a tech-style groove with the deliciously sultry 'Lonesome Butterfly'. The package is completed by the upfront sound of Kieron Ayres 'What Must I Do'.

Manuel Fischer ist ein junger aufstrebender Zürcher Künstler der bereits Singles auf den Labels White von Oskar Offermann und dem Londoner Tief veröffentlichte. Seinen Tracks strahlen eine wunderbare Rohheit aus und vermitteln dadurch einen unwiderstehlichen Charme, der die Jugend und den unbändigen Enthusiasmus dieses spannenden Künstlers reflektiert!

Calypso's next EP comes from one of the label's owners, Thomass Jackson. Delivering 3 tracks full of psycodelic guitars, analog synths, soothing percussions and with Italians "Boot & Tax" on remix duties, this Ep covers a broad range of sounds and styles. The journey begins with the westernesque "Head Rejection" sumerging us in a hallucinatory desert full of weird snakes and scorpions. Up next is "Witzelsutch"(a leftfield secret weapon for some djs already) with sublow basses and sharp synths doing all the work. "Creepy PC" is a slow chugger with a trance-inducing vibe aimed to make you close your eyes and let go. Last but not least, Italian super duo "Boot & Tax" delivers a somewhat more straight foward version of "Head Rejection" where a sonic synth makes you forget you are in the desert.

Andras establishes a new home for his out-house productions with Punp Records. While House of Dad laboured in detail, 'Sanity' targets club play - speeding tempos laced with the larrikinism of Boiler Room, Australian reality TV and shark siren cut ups. 'Vinyl Only' takes a swipe at the 100% mentality with a stereo bassline threatening to derail the stylus, further sidetracked by being digitally available a week before the 12'. On the P-side, '40k' pulls swimmers from the Bondi rip while 'Sanitiser's simplicity cleanses the grease from Andras' former plumbing exploits.
Words by Michael Kucyk (Noise in My Head)

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STILOVE4MUSIC keep 'em coming, this time the mysterious Devin Dare steps up with 2 killer sides for all the Disco freaks out there! You all know the drill by now with these releases, minimal info, obscure cuts, dope edits, vinyl ONLY! That's right, don't sleep because here we are treated to some serious dancefloor trouble! In our opinion this Chicago label is always quality so if you're looking for some club ammunition then this 12" will definitely "Feel so right..." You see what we did there Disco heads get on this one! Highly recommended!

It's always an event when Jacob Korn fires up his custom-made studio set up to create another exciting House record. In fact, EP3 is a tasteful four-tracker that more than lives up on its two predecessors. "The Happening" builds on funky drum patterns before rising into a break that feels like taking a bucket full of water to the chest. Another burning dance floor affair is "Holiday" with its percussion-driven beats and heavy staccato style synths, in all its Caribbean glory. "Goodbye" is driven by an irresistible sample and string combination while "Thru The Eyes" is riding on a cheerful drum foundation and killer sample. Dancefloor heaven. As she did for EP1 and EP2 the new record is again illustrated by Anna Jaszpataki from Dresden.

NYC's Disco powerhouse West End Records should need no intro. The home of too-numerous-to-list club classics for over 30+ years is still impacting today on what we know to be club culture. The label started by one Mel Cheren (RIP) with assistance from Larry Levan and more way back in 1976 is still held in such high regard today with it's catalogue constantly being played, rediscovered, reinterpreted and loved by waves and waves of new fans and admirers.
'The West End story Vol. 4' is an essential overview of this most iconic of labels and some of it's more 'under the radar' output, following on it's from it's predecessor the quality bar is obviously set extremely high, one only has to look over the tracklist to see the names and titles that are included! Rare and overlooked cuts from Taana Gardner, Sparque, Forrrce, Inez Brooks and more make up 4 joyous sides of essential forward looking post Disco classics - We're talking late 70's, early 80's, synths, mega overdubs, left-field arrangements and anything and everything in-between. A truly golden era of dance music history, names like Tom Moulton, Francois K, Tee Scott and more make up some of the talent featured on this flawless selection of goodies. Oh, and for the record (no pun intended) these are all the extended mixes, 12" versions and special cuts, all killer - no filler! All tracks featured re-mastered, re-pressed and re-released with the permission of and in conjunction with West End Records, New York City / BMG.

Club Lonely back at with the acid banger Backside and a rare Matrixxman house cut!

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.

For our next FINA records release we welcome French native Closed Paradise...

Closed Paradise has been on our radar for a while after hearing releases on Fools & Fables, Kolour LTD & Whiskey Disco. His unique (and mainly vinyl only) productions have featured heavily in our sets over the last few years, If you are familiar with his vibe you'll know his tracks have a certain French finesse, and these are no exception.

So we are extremely happy to finally put this out and add Closed Paradise 'Praise' Ep to the FINA family.

On Hans-Peter Lindstrøm's latest album, those northern disco lights are twinkling once more. Over the continuous stream of nine interlocked tracks on It's Alright Between Us As It Is, he's refined his love of arpeggiated synths, warm and steamy analogue bubble baths and earworm melodies into his most rounded and complete statement to date.

A Norwegian based in Oslo, Lindstrøm has always made a virtue of his obsessive work ethic, turning his city centre studio (where his neighbours include friends and collaborators Prins Thomas, Todd Terje and Andre Bratten) into a factory floor for churning out monster tracks, then punching out regularly and going home to his family. This is about music being woven seamlessly into the fabric of life.

The album's title is a direct quote from one of Lindstrøm's favourite movies, Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries. This Swedish arthouse classic is about looking for meaning and finding closure at the end of a long life. About reaching the special place you've waited for all your life. A professor asks his longtime housemaid if they could become more familiar, starting with her brushing his teeth for him. She replies they shouldn't become too intimate: 'it's all right between us as it is.'

The album aggregates all the best elements from his long and varied career: the Balearic free-disco excursions of his two albums with Prins Thomas, experimental cosmic voyages in the vein of Six Cups of Rebel and 2015's collaboration with the stellar Todd Rundgren, Runddans, shimmering electronic pop featuring vocals by American singer Grace Hall ('Shinin') and Sweden's Frida Sundemo ('But Isn't It'). 'Bungl (Like a Ghost)' features a stream of conscious poem by transgressive Norwegian vocalist Jenny Hval. Most of all it reveals him as a masterful mood sculptor, with heart-stopping chord changes rolling over his relentlessly uplifting beats.

Conceived as a continuous flow, each side of the vinyl version will play as one track, while the CD and streaming versions will be timestamped. But in any case, once you're strapped into Lindstrøm's driverless vehicle, you won't want to get out. It's alright as it is. In fact, it's more than alright: it's almost nearly perfect.

Casino Times continue on their crusade into the speakers of Earth's hottest dancing spots with the fourth edition of the Casino Edits series.

For the A-Side, the duo encapsulate the energy that has made the previous records in the series so memorable, this time by taking the cosmic sounds of a Space Disco favourite and reconstructing it into a punchy, euphoric, electronic symphony.

The B-Side sees the BPM's drop and the concepts become more left-of-centre.
The B1, a cut-up UK Grunge head nodder, features gritty guitars, a sludgy bassline and a pulsating synth lead.
Whilst on the B2, a well-loved Italo essential is reincarnated as a dramatic piece of sequenced bliss..

Electro, Breaks & SciFi-Disco! Dagobert's intergalactic fourth long-player on Dominance Electricity,
documents the transition from his former Electro-Breakbeat dominated productions to the genre-crossing
Electro variations of his new project MasterArp.

Covering works since his last release in 2011, the carefully selected songs on Startopology draw the listener
into Dagobert's cosmos of melodic and rhythmic playfulness somewhere between Electro, Breaks, Space-Disco
and Sci-Fi score music.

Electro, Breaks & SciFi-Disco! Dagoberts intergalaktischer vierter Longplayer auf Dominance Electricity
dokumentiert den Übergang seines bisher Electro-Breakbeat-dominierten Stils hin zu den verstärkt
Genre-mischenden Electro-Variationen seines neuen Projekts MasterArp.

Produziert seit seiner letzter Veröffentlichung im Jahr 2011, ziehen die für dieses Album sorgfältig
selektierten Werke den Zuhörer in Dagobert's Kosmos aus melodischer und rhythmischer
Verspieltheit irgendwo zwischen Electro, Breaks, Space-Disco und Sci-Fi Filmmusik.

Musica Altra is a brand new label exploring the underground scene of World Music. Musica Altra's first release is this Ep by the (great) jazz saxophone improviser and experimenter Gianni Denitto, who's been travelling the globe performing and recording sounds in every State he visited. Here is a preview of his upcoming album including a remix by the superb producer and music lover Japan Blues. Close your eyes and let your journey begin.

Magic Waves brings us the first full-length EP from the enigmatic and secretive JaX DaX. 'Retribution' is a dark record that breathes a breath of fresh (rotten) air into techno, re-connecting it with its New Beat and rave roots, and presenting the kind of hammers that would surely make the likes of Joey Beltram or Mental Overdrive proud while bringing any dancefloor or illegally-occupied warehouse to its knees. Watch out for this record, it's limited and hotter than hell!

The "must have" status of Joey Negro's "Remixed With Love" series has been firmly cemented with both DJ and home listening disco lovers since the release of the first two Volumes. Since the last release JN has been working hard on sourcing more disco multitrack tapes and producing new remixes while the ZR team have been equally dedicated to clearing and licensing these new versions.

The enduringly popular Mtume/Lucas produced Phyllis Hyman soul classic "You Know How To Love Me" gets a new makeover that reworks the original elements into a more dramatic version with many peaks and troughs, stretching it out to over 10 minutes. Even for those love the original this new mix gives a favourite song a fresh new perspective and reason to be played again.

Motown Sounds Philly style instrumental "Bad Mouthin" was an underground hit on dance floors in New York, London and Chicago from the late 70's onwards. It was also famously sampled in Bob Sinclar's no 1 "Gym Tonic". The original is a pretty dense, everything in all the way through style production, whereas the JN mix opens things up in a bit with more room for the individual parts to be heard. The end result is an extremely energetic bassline
driven disco cut that works super well on the dancefloor.

Some songs comes along that you seem to know the moment you hear it, even though it's for the first time. In the case of Spark The Universe it had exactly that impact. A mixture of late-60s psychedelic homage, early 80s new wave, white boy soul, plus a good dose of dub, all wrapped around a killer hook and super tight production and a hit was surely made.
The fact there are many deserving records that don't become a hit doesn't mean some are better than others and in fact, the joy in collecting and reissuing is finding amazing songs and bringing them back.
Increasingly heard in the sets of the more discerning DJs, Spark The Universe has become a cult play and with second hand prices now in three figures, a reissue is timely. As the label oft says, no one owns this music other than the writers, musicians and producers and their craft deserves to be appreciated.
Before going on to carve a successful career in 'electronica' project, Euphoria, Toronto's Ken Ramm had shown his considerable writing and playing ability with the 1981 debut LP Dragon and this 1983 follow up, known simply as Ramm.

Coming together through a meeting with a then relatively unknown producer, Daniel Lanois, via a mutual interest in tape loops and dubbing, it was the suggestion to bring in local vocalist Lorraine Segato that Ramm formed.
Recording at Lanois' Grant Avenue Studios, his interest in mixing past and present technology, with multiple digital delay units, harmonizers and other effect processors allowed Ramm and Lanois to explore using the studio as an instrument alongside real musicianship.

Backwards guitars, tremolo bar dives and guitar harmonics are incorporated with the vocals and percussion to perfection. With a 'Dance' and alternative 'Dub', the song's hypnotic and dreamy feel superimposed over beats pin-pointed to the later Euphoria project and with the addition of a latter day 'Discomix', from the labels' own Chuggy, Spark The Universe deserves it's place on contemporary dancefloors.

The frosts of Finland are blasted away by the radiate synthesizer sunlight of Surf Dancer! Rich analogue textures are supported by Surf Dancer's love of the vocoder, computer-spoken lyrics twirling amidst addictive melodies and clean-cut beats. Sweet notes and even sweeter words swirl in this world of ray guns, unicorns and of course rainbows. Strings soar skyward in the elation of Rainbow Man' before the sleek funk of Rocket in my Pocket'. Joy pours from the needle drop, instant happiness and body moving music from start to finish, the end coming in the xylophonic goodness of Future in the Night'.

Being in the Scene for years now and co-running Rose Records successfully, Luvless now concentrates on his new vinyl imprint Velours Records. Finding new talents, giving friends and passionate musicians and producers a home as well as having a base for his own originals was the main force. First Edition of 300 records comes from Italian youngster Weast. The warmth in his his productions just hits you at the right spot and make you smile instantly. Tight drums, warm basslines, synth driven arrangements and love promising vocals will take on a journey. Hope you dig it.

Edit King, Alkalino delivers Wall Of Fame's First Solo release with 4 tasteful reworks.

Camisole Records celebrates its 10th release with the reissue of «Electronic», first Benoit Hutin's LP.This promo album only send to radio and TV in 1980 is now regarded as one of the best Cosmic Library LP of this period.From the disco tinged of Test and Spot to the ambient and kosmische landscapes of Spectre or Synchronisme you can easily see why:The 5 original tracks are completed by 4 edits made by italo australian master Hysteric, Britanny edit wizard Shelter and Camisole boss Atton.

Kolour LTD #20 comes courtesy of Closed Paradise. Having released on Sleazy Beats offshoot Fools & Fables and releases lined up on Whiskey Disco, Vinyl Addicted, and of course ours - there's plenty to be excited about in Paradise.

As an added bonus we've invited in a duo that we've been real big fans of as of late for some remix action.

Fresh off the heels of their blinding EP on Detroit Swindle's Heist Recordings - we're proud to welcome Brame & Hamo to the family!

Multi Culti co-founder DREEMS has nominated you to join him on a twelve-legged race through the geopolitical wilderness alongside noted matesmen Jagma, DJ OI, Von Party and a hippie from Byron called LukaKnown for his 13-minute remixes, ambient SoundCloud sleep aids, and globally-hyperconscious DJ sets, Australian wizard DREEMS joins life partner Von Party on the title track, smelting 303,
dessert drones and bells in his Australian wizard's cauldron.

'Kamp Krusty," meanwhile, is a collaboration with Lithuanian-Israeli nomad DJ OI that features a fat brown-snake bass line, the ambulant percussion and bleeps scatter over the groove. Dope. Bats. Oi !

Things get deeper on "That Acid From Nimbim,"as "random hippie friend" Luka provides a vocal that channels Francis Bebey via the Northern NSW coast. "Bilbio Bush Baby" sees DREEMS re-team with Jagma - a pairing not seen since the very first Multi Culti release - for a mate-a-thon that races past the horizon and directly into the Sydney sunset.

Finally, Argentinean excursionist LUM offers a tranquil, early-morning rework of "Kamp Krusty" that envisions a possible future beyond the fiery culmination of the aforementioned break-of-dawn mate-a-thon.

Featuring remixes from Demuja, Dimitri From Paris & Dj Rocca, Nico Lahs & Volksfreude.