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This re-released the first track of The Micronauts, "Get Funky Get Down", accompanied by his remix by Daft Punk (The first they ever did!). Both were originally released in 1995 on the London label Phono (which Also discovered Matthew Herbert, Morgan Geist and Freaks aka Luke Solomon & Justin Harris ...). Never before reissued, the original version makes a comeback noted for two years in the playlists of the diggers of London, Berlin or Brussels ... Notably those of Jamie Fry, English DJ living in Berlin, who realized for the occasion the "J Dubs Edit ", in line with the sound of his 100% vinyl sets (Jamie is the producer of the famous Stablo series, which Can reach 100 € on Discogs, and co-directs with Radio Slave the label The Double R). In conclusion of this EP is the "Nature's 1994 Cassette Version", totally unpublished and recovered as its name On a tape recorded in 1994.

+313 CALLING YOU - Special inside out cut. - May the force be with you.

214 needs no introduction. Klakson's new regular just keeps feeding the label his high standard contemporary electro funk bombs and we greatly receive!!!

6th installment of Electro Music Coalition, this time a split EP with Information Ghetto & PQ17.

Six tracks of raw beauty delivered by Vertical67. From driving Electro and atmospheric Techno to laid back Acid-House and beyond, this record has it all!

Full, fresh and flashing re-issue of this huge Orlando Voorn classic!

Roman Flügel is a magician. This statement is far from being a hyperbole. Just put the needle down on any record – I mean any! – of his ( collaborations included) since the early nineties and see for yourself: none of them are without that special effect. The magic works instantly. And as the thing with magic goes: it’s challenging to explain it. But I guess that is what makes it magic.

Eating Darkness is the title of his newest spell. Affected by the fundamental shock that any system got in 2020 – but not the result thereof – it is an album that could absorb it – as its name might suggest. Music and nightlife work hand in hand as escapism and as anchors or as the undercoat of social interactions. They enable people to deal with hardships as well as the burden and the joy of life. That is the starting point and hope of Eating Darkness: the outlook and invitation to enrich each and everyone’s existence.

Bound to the single LP format and reminiscent of a time with format limitations, the nine tracks are testament to Flügel’s weakness for the art of pop music with the use of little and especially short motifs. Furthermore equipped with a clear instrumentation and without any camouflage, Eating Darkness corresponds to his idea of a virtual band.

As it happens, the opener is called The Magic Briefcase. That sits not only well with my first sentence, but pretty much embodies the album and Roman Flügel’s apparatus in an alternative title: Crystal clear sounds and melodies bounce on and off the dance floor, living room and club are pulled together and transcendental moments take turns with the tangibility of reality. After all, that is how a real magician allures you.

Volruptus & Jensen Interceptor team up for new EP on Sweaty Records

Two Mysterious Lifeforms Return from the Alien Realm.
Bringing back the essence of Everything in existence
an energy from an Unknown Source
In hopes of stopping the End Of The Human Race.
What they brought back was…

Volruptus and Jensen Interceptor team up for their first collaborative release on Icelandic label Sweaty Records. The two titans come together for a full body electro workout. Spanning across four-tracks, ‘Big Bang Energy’ kicks off 2021 with a go big or go home attitude, drawing from extraterrestrial influences. Start as you mean to go on, right?

Sweaty Records was founded in 2016 by a collective of Icelandic musicians and DJs based mainly in Berlin and Reykjavík. The label’s ethos is centered around championing great electro music which has been lurking in the background of the Reykjavík underground, with the aim of bringing this scene to a global audience. They have so far released records from Kosmodod, Kuldaboli, Leather Forecast, Luke Eargoggle, and ThizOne.

An album evolving around disruptive and chaotic life events. A testament to putting the pieces back together through love and support from friends and loved ones.
All tracks are built on two improvised live sessions recorded on a Roland Juno-60, Moog Sub 37, Roland XP 30 by Sofie Birch and Johan Carøe in Copenhagen in 2019.
Edited and reworked to 11 tracks during residency at Andersabo in Sweden the summer of 2020 with new recordings of acoustic elements.

Repress

clear blue + black marbled vinyl

For its seventh release, Rave Or Die proudly welcomes Irish superstar Sunil Sharpe. Hailing from Dublin, this producer and DJ has gain within a few years a solid reputation of merciless techno purveyor in Europe with uncompromising re-leases on structures such like On The Hoof, Sheworks, Black Sun Records, Trensmat, Mord, Inner Surface Music, Komisch, Bastardo Electrico, and many more.

Half of the Tinfoil duo along with DeFekt offers to the French Rave label a great slab of bastard-heavy material in his typical signature: hard and fast Loose (Burn Down)' supported by metallic sorities and ruff modulations over a pounding bass line in a pure, raw style.

On the flipside, ROD mastermind Umwelt (Boidae, Shipwrec, New Flesh Records) serves up another milestone of a cabalistic anthem dedicated to industrial ware-houses: mechanic Slave To The Rave' signs an ode to the dancefloor thanks to its implacable and hammering beat. Harder, faster, higher seems to be the motto of Rave Or Die seventh chapter! Rush on it.

The Picnic Records crew deliver their 3rd release full to the brim with rolling bass lines and catchy melodic synths. Keeping things in-house with founder and resident Andy Luff teaming up with Herra to bring us a stellar 3 tracker.

Limited copies..

White Vinyl Repress!

Revered UK label, tastemaker and authority Renaissance, the label that has not only been at the forefront of the electronic DJ scene but documented its navigation into popular culture have honored a landmark 25 years by inviting Hamburg based DJ and super producer Solomun to rework a timeless classic - one of a number of tracks that shaped the labels early years. The timeless classic Jam & Spoon Watch Out For Stella Mix is featured on the B Side.

A constant innovator, Solomun; whom himself has played an equally major role in redefining European house music spoke of the challenge when faced with the prestigious role of reworking one of the most influential tracks in electronic music, for a new generation.

Solomun’s enormous and poignant remix has already been a key track for selected DJ’s over the last few months including Tale of Us, Dubfire, Maceo Plex, Sasha and Pete Tong whom made it last weeks coveted Essential New Tune.

'Renaissance The ReMix Collection'. Is a concept focused on introducing new ears to seminal tracks that have remained significant and iconic to Renaissance for over two decades. True to form Renaissance highly collectable vinyl products will be beautifully packaged and presented in box set form and available as limited editions.

The series celebrates Renaissance’s musical legacy and firmly establishes its future place in the electronic music landscape.

Through a sound inspired by the 90’s pop culture and their unconditional love for electronic music, Grand Soleil sails between a romantic French Touch and a rougher sound echoing our society’s challenges.

A music definitely electronic, that the two brothers made organic thanks to discoveries and crushes (Daft Punk, Fatboy Slim, Siriusmo…)

This is not a repress. These tracks have been re-mastered by the talented Stefan Betke (Pole) using Tube-Tech compressors and Weiss EQ's. That's a big step up from the way we did it back in 2003! I present this to you on 180 gram black vinyl. Sincerely, Mathew Jonson

After an intensive 2019, which saw Michal Wolski release a number of EPs, he’s starting 2020 with a return to Boddika’s Nonplus Records with ‘Chant’ - a 12 filled with deep, driving, detailed Techno. This new release, explores more nuanced and hypnotic territories of electronic music, placing off-beat and ambient structures alongside 4x4 Techno rhythms.

‘Chant’ is a sonic experimentation with modular synthesizers and a plethora of modern, digital-era tools.

In addition to Wolski’s original work, is a remix from one of the most visionary modern Techno producers of our time, Anthony Linell, co-founder of the Northern Electronics record label.

Harking back to the early 90’s Bleep & Bass era.. Yellow Machines brings you six tracks of the finest breaks, bleeps & bass tunes, This one is not to be missed, highly recommended.

Mountain Explosion Device returns with a vengeance. Label boss, Swedish-Sri Lankan artist Kalawila explores the abyss with 'Lönnmördare fick betalt i frimärken', a slow building, lizard-like track. Perfect for big, dark rooms. With 'Dadaab', the soundscape transforms into an 8 minute, suggestive breakbeat dystopia full of ancient creatures and absent shopping mall announcements. Russian techno wizard Yuka caps things off with vast sheets of sound, her ever growing palette emphasizing the original's quest into a rhythmic melting plant, steel dripping from every wall.

The second instalment on the Lux Rec 7" series comes from Zurich based musician Nicola Kazimir. Fast paced, powerful yet dramatic, shaped by his interests for occult rituals, japanese weird imagery and fringe politics of life, these four songs are the soundtrack of those long hours spent in haze in his studio next to the Limmat river. Everything in there but normality, a perfectly graced state. And so the record is called, Gnade, grace, fur Immer, in peace.

More archival techno and deep electronics from Australian producer Tim Jackiw via Offworld Records. Limited release on orange translucent vinyl! TIP!
Unearthed from DAT tape sessions recorded in Adelaide between July-October 1996 and including two tracks previously released on a very limited 12" on Furthur Electronix, 'Endless Cycles' completes the trilogy of previous Offworld releases 'Science of Sound' and 'Still Tomorrow', reprising Tim's unique musical take on classic detroit-inspired techno and science fiction soundscapes.