Techno News

Dutch producer Marcellis' output has been sporadic at best since his debut on Black Label in 2004, but his masterful outing on Berlin's Workshop stable last year, seems to have marked a turning point in his output. The six-track I Am Woman EP, released on Millions of Moments represents his most extensive work to date, and it proves to be just as deep as that Workshop 12". "Wanderland" and "Dang Me" provide more of those idiosyncratic downbeat beats Marcellis is known for, while "Speakeasy" proves a sumptuous trip through classic piano-led Chicago house. Really though, this is an EP of outstanding vocal house, with Fabian and Dexter's contributions elevating this EP into another league entirely.

Klasse Recordings is pleased to present KLSUNDERGROUND002, our second fully fledged various artists compilation. Continuing on the tradition from the first in the series, 002 calls on Klasse family members as well as a few extended friends of the label and collates a beautifully put together release.


KLSUNDERGROUND002 takes the series in a decidedly darker direction and none better typifies this than the work of Kris Wadsworth, the young Detroit native brings his A-Game with 'Rules', a swaggering and moody acid-tinged track that ticks all the boxes of his signature style.


Klasse crew members Mr. Ho and Florian Blauensteiner team up on 'Crescendo' and proving two heads are better than one, the Viennese duo turn in a mean and powerful roller of a track. Arpeggiated synths and stuttered grooves provide a sturdy backbone to a track with bucketloads of attitude.


Upcoming UK House producer Dudley Strangeways lends his hand to flawless swinging grooves and DX style bass hits with 'Kudos', a track that restlessly fidgets and mixes vibes with melancholic pads and organ stabs. 'Kudos' is sure to get feet tapping and hands clapping.


Swedish newcomer, Lemieux debuts on Klasse with 'Bass Unit'. This beautiful and haunting track takes its time and builds up a wonderful momentum, gathering speed with fully analog kicks and claps it blossoms into an unforgettable bassline drop.

clear vinyl, full cover, each vinyl got an individually hand-painted center sleeve!

It's a dream album for the label: perhaps the most ambitious of Kirby's career so far.


Polymath James Leyland Kirby must surely have one of the most confounding CV's in the business: he spent
years taking the piss out of the music industry with anthems rallying against the (VV)MCPS, he notoriously
fell out with various well known record labels for reasons you'll just have to google, goaded Aphex Twin with
a series of 'tributes' and channelled his love of everything from Falco (Rock Me Amadeus), Chris De Burgh,
Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Stockport karaoke nights into a stream of increasingly bizzare 7's back in the
early noughties.






07 Grey Day Drift

Polymath James Leyland Kirby must surely have one of the most confounding CV's in the business: he spent
years taking the piss out of the music industry with anthems rallying against the (VV)MCPS, he notoriously
fell out with various well known record labels for reasons you'll just have to google, goaded Aphex Twin with
a series of 'tributes' and channelled his love of everything from Falco (Rock Me Amadeus), Chris De Burgh,
Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Stockport karaoke nights into a stream of increasingly bizzare 7's back in the
early noughties.

We admit that we took a lenghty summer break, but Curle is back in full force this fall with new stuff from Lucy, Jonas Kopp, Albert Van Abbe and more to be announced soon. And Frank Martiniq of course. He is someone we've been keeping an eye on since his 'Adriano' record in 2002. More recently we enjoyed his releases on Stroboscopic Artefacts and Rotary Cocktail. Amost two years ago he made his Curle debut with 'Golden Dusk', which got remixed by Scott Grooves later on. The three tracks on the new 'Insomniac' EP could be classified as deep techno, but with enough power, groove and melody to set afire a dancefloor. Enjoy!

Supported by: Samuli Kemppi, Chris Liebing, Speedy J, Inigo Kennedy, Reeko, Developer, Milton Bradley, NX1, Tadeo, Ascion, Claudio PRC, Deepbass, Tommy Four Seven, Tom Bonaty, Victor Martinez, Frabrizio Lapiana, Audio Injection, Juho Kusti, Go Hiyama, Mattias Fridell, Arnaud Le Texier, DJ Emerson, TEA, Angel Molina, Exium, Jeff Derringer, Ness, Mark Morris, Erphun, Max M, Mike Wall, Merino, Mark Morris, Liss C, Paul Boex, Peder, and others....

PHORMA introduces REMINISCENT MOOD: a side-project of a well-known German producer whose identity is kept veiled. The Reminiscent Mood project creates Maurizio inspired and concept driven dub techno tracks with a timeless aura. This is the first of two Reminiscent Mood EPs. Vinyl only.

An ambitious but club ready album of 303 centric dance tracks. 8 cuts thatably followup his breakout single "NONNEO" from 2011 which launched thepopular "ACID TEST" series on ABSURD RECORDINGS. Pressed on DJ friendlydouble vinyl with a full printed sleeve. Red hot.

Bunny 'Striker' Lee's standing in the Jamaican recording business has remained unassailable for over four decades.Known by many aliases including 'Gorgon'.
The legend of the Gorgon originated in Greek mythology some three thousand years ago and has become a common image in art, literature and in Jamaica...Music.
The name actually derives from the ancient Greek word gorgos which means 'dreadful' ,appropriate when one considers that the avalanche of Gorgon inspired records came as a direct result of the influence of the Rastafarian movement on the Jamaican musical mainstream and the dread locked hair of the Rasta brethren was likened to that of the Gorgon sisters.
''About her shoulders she flung the tasselled aegis, fraught with terror...and therein is the head of the dread monster, the gorgon, dread,awful....'' Homer

01. Revenge of the Flying Cymballs-Bunny Striker Lee All Stars
02. Cool Operator-Delroy Wilson
03. The Gorgon-Cornell Campbell
04. Ripe Cherry-Dennis Al Capone
05. The Beatitude-The Uniques
06. You're no Good-Ken Boothe
07. Money Money-Horace Andy
08. Move out of Babylon Rastaman-Johnny Clarke
09. Labrish-The Upsetters and The Aggrovators
10. Two Faced People-Max Romeo
11. It's Reggae Time-Don Lee
12. Last Flight to Reggae City-Stranger Cole and Tommy Mc Cook
13. Jah is I Guiding Star-Tappa Zukie
14. Joyful Locks-U Roy
15. The Great Musical Battle-Derrick Morgan
16. The Clock-John Holt
17. Straight to Jazzbo's Head- I Roy
18. Straight to I Roy's Head- Prince Jazzbo
19. The Killer-Jah Stitch
20. Cool Down Your Temper-Linval Thompson
21. Lazer Beam- Don Carlos
22. Jamaican Roots Dub- King Tubby &Tthe Aggrovators

Superb printed outer and inners sleeves. (loosely translated as Old Komm) are Andrey Kolmogorov and Sergey Gorsky a musical duo hailing from the city of Samara, Russia. Since meeting in the mid 90's the duo started translating their musical ideas by making industrial music using a mixture of field recordings, broken synths, found sound and, what became a constant motif on their output, church pipe organs - Sergey's father was a church organist of 40 years giving the duo plenty of material to tamper with. Isolated from any western influence and attention, the duo released a handful of extremely limited K7s on a now defunct Russian label. The results were unique slabs of industrial music with strong nods to primitive techno, sound design and noise music. For lack of an audience as well as poor distribution the tapes were mostly handed out to friends and family until one reached the 'discrepant' radar a couple of years back. Today, Discrepant presents an exclusive EP of their first work in years, constructed around the sounds recorded on the ex-USSR Baltic port city of Ventspils, Latvia. During a recent visit in 2010 the duo were inspired by the decaying post-industrial charm of the city and decided to re-activate their 'musical' activities. Pressed on 250 vinyl only editions packed in luscious printed outer & inners with photography by Sergey Gorsky.

* The Voyager camp proudly presents their second release, this time packaged as a two part series with both editions crafted by the ever capable Troy Gunner. Undoubtedly one of the most talented producers rising through the ranks, the two part EP is a testament to his versatility while showcasing a diverse range of influences. Both tracks feature regular and well-known collaborators, Rowl and Synkro, and the record conveys an even deeper side to all parties involved, signifying a move away from the traditional arrangements seen today in favour of originality.
* The A side "Is This" features long time friend and collaborator Synkro, a name synonymous with class to followers of the deep and soulful spectrum. An epic 4 minute soundscape sets the tone for what is truly a mould-breaking sonic experience. Beautiful string arrangements held effortlessly within an electronic framework guide the track from its beatless reprise into a guided aural voyage that makes 10 minutes feel like a mere snapshot in time.
* The B side "Forgiving" calls on the services of the ever-faithful Rowl. He has notably caused a stir of late in light of his recently released 'Egipto EP' on The Crescent. To most listeners familiar with both artists, the track is a clear meeting point in the middle of both styles. Vocal mastery coupled with influence from dub techno and the UK bass scene should not come as a surprise to many, yet reformed within its 117 bpm framework, it shines a bright light on the honest artistic intent of the housemates.
* VYGR002A is due for release across both 12" Vinyl and Digital in October 2013, distributed by SRD

ZamZam keeps on his old shool digging with a full instrumental electro dubwise. One more little perl.

Frigio is very honored to release the biggest and most important Spanish electronic project of all times 'Esplendor Geometrico'. From the early 80´s until today, they´ve been delivering the most authentic, raw and powerful industrial electronics you can hear.

'Francotirador' which means 'Sniper' is a track recorded back in 1989 that has only been released on a rare CD Japanese edition in the 90´s and now for the first time gets released on vinyl including the original plus 3 remixes by Sneaker who previously did a remix for Twilight Ritual, Juanpablo the head of Frigio Records and Spanish producer Vinz Vincenzo. 'Francotirador' is pure analogue drums with a strong 'tribal industrial' approach.

Although we are big fans of EG, we must admit that we didn´t know about this song until we heard Sneaker´s remix a few years back when he felt the need to try an even darker and versatile version of it. His remix is complimenting the original drum loop starting with rare stomping Chicagoesque drum work, switching from demonic string-chords to male vocal staccatos, rave hits and back again, finding it's point-of-no-return in a Sartre-like fulminant ending.

On B side, Juanpablo and Vinz Vincenzo get together to create a remix with two versions. Both versions keep the raw percussions from the original with some deep industrial sounds and added some drum elements to make it more groovy, modern and ready to burn dancefloors. Some dark vocals appear randomly to add more flavor to this mixture that we guarantee will be very hard to describe as usual on Frigio Records

Desolate is back from winter sleep with three new tracks exklusively released on vinyl! The record comes with a handmade
silkscreen cover and the graphic design concept was developed by alexketzer.com Mastering by Redshape. Vinyl tastes better...

New A Made Up Sound! Following up on the frantic start-stop action of the Ahead/Endgame whitelabel from earlier this year, number 6 in the series features two expansive semi-live trips. 'After Hours' offers a brooding alternative soundtrack to that most underrated of Scorsese movies, while 'What Preset' sounds like a launch into stratospheric jazz territory by way of some restless broken hardcore shuffle. Highly recommended!

Ben UFO (Hessle Audio)
"These are great, looking forward to tripping up a dancefloor with them!"

James Holden (Border Community)
"What Preset is brilliant, really lost in it. On repeat."

Surgeon (BMB)
"I plan to play After Hours on Rinse FM"

Peverelist (Livity Sound)
"TRIPPY AS FUCK"

Morphosis (Morphine, Honest Jons)
"Awesome track [What Preset], weird construction but that's what makes it special"

Martyn (3024, Brainfeeder)
"Wow heavy After Hours, didn't expect this!"

Will Bankhead (The Trilogy Tapes)
"Love these"

Kode9 (Hyperdub)
"Definitely my kind of dancefloor"

Pangaea (Hessle Audio)
"These are really really good"

Kowton (Idle Hands)
Great stuff, really absorbing tracks. I particularly dig After Hours, love the film cuts"

Falty DL (Ninja Tune)
"Man. Love it. Sick."

Four Tet (Text)
"Nice and weird!"

Appleblim (Applepips)
"Love love love these, great to hear you going far out... a really great addition to your soundworld and vibe - top stuff!!"

Philip Sherburne (Spin Mag)
"These sound awesome... thanks so much!"

Tony Poland (LAHNDAHN / Juno Plus chiefeditor)
'YES,.. NEW MADE UP DAVE ' / rating: 4/5

Shawn Reynaldo (Francisco / XLR8R)
'Spooky, dubsteppy, not bad at all.'

Klen (Frustrated Funk, Harbour City Sorrow)
"Sick!,.."

Rob Booth (Podcast / A&R / London / Electronic Explorations)
'After Hours will be on Surgeon's Rinse show tonight .. I love that Surgeon says Dave passed this on with the email, here is a certified dancefloor clearer Id like to share with you HAHAHA
5/5 always for Dave's music - ALWAYS

bleed (debug / http://www.de-bug.de)
'considering for review' / rating: 4/5

URB-DUMMY-FACT (New York City / URB.com)
'Certainly the most experimental AMUS release to date; shades of FaltyDL via Swamp81 on this, super NYC. Perhaps it's a vibe he's been accustomed to since his mini- staycation here I dig this.' / rating: 5/5

David Kleijwegt (VPRO / Vrij Nederland)
'Great stuff, new territories. Belongs to the best of 2013'

JD Twitch (Optimo, Glasgow / www.optimo.co.uk)
'swesome.' / rating: 5/5

Laurent Garnier (DJ everywhere - "It Is What It Is" Radio show & PBB (24/7 online ra / www:laurentgarnier:com)
'Absolutely looooove A MADE UP SOUND. Will present th is very soon on my radio show ' / rating: 4/5

Aaron Coultate (London / Resident Advisor)
'thanks!' / rating: 4/5

Cinnamon (Colors - Red Light Radio - Rushhour)
'will play "what preset"! super nice atmosphere. thanks!' / rating: 4/5

Ryan Keeling (Berlin / Resident Advisor)
'Thanks!' / rating: 4/5

Thilo Schneider (Groove)
'thanks for the music!' / rating: 4/5

Axel Boman (Stockholm / Studio Barnhus / Pampa Records)
'ye, very right, sounds like nothing out there! strange & wonderful.. very colourful! great images in my mind when i hear it. strange worlds.. impressive!' / rating: 5/5

Pearson Sound (Hessle Audio)
Played on Rinse FM

Untold (Hemlock)
Played in DJ Broadcast podcast

'Radio Telepathy' is a rolling, swooning piece of Dub House with an expansive, deep & head-swimming effect.

Gianclaudio Hashem Moniri & Giuseppe Carlini formed the group Plaster in Rome Italy in 2008 and has released EP's, albums & been on compilations with their sharp edged sounds, deep beats with some funky syncopations since 2010 on labels such as Kvitnu, Crazy Language, Stroboscopic Artefacts & Touchin' Bass. And they have already got remixes done of their tracks by Zavoloka, Dadub & Frank Bretschneider to name a few. Both members of Plaster has their own solo careers too, Gianclaudio under the alias Kaeba & Giuseppe his Agan so there's going to be a lot of music coming from these guy's in the future.





'Circular Mechanism' starts of with a dark vibe with drip sounding notes flickering in the soundscape just before one of the bass lines kicks in teamed with the bass drum in syncopated perfection and from there on the track builds it's robotic funk that will work like a charm for any electronica / experimental Dj's as well as on any dance floor that's not just serving a simple 4/4 beat to their crowd. The 'Circular Mechanism (Substance Remix)' is saturated deep in Dub just like you could imagine when Substance has done his magic. Peter Kuschnereit aka Substance has taken Plaster's soundscape, rearranged it to fit his slow pace agenda and turned it into something fitted for the land of nod. So if you like the slower way of life this remix will work like a charm. Peter Kuschnereit is well known on the electronic music scene worldwide through his work as Substance and in the duo Scion with René Löwe aka Vainqueur with releases on the highly acclaimed label Chain Reaction as early as 1995. And as Dj Pete he sure knows how to please any crowd anytime with his fine blend of the proverbial Berlin sound spanning from tougher House to Dubstep verging on Techno.

JoyCut produce a mesmerizing and conceptual sound based on dilated and biting electro sound. The band recently supported Editors on tour and is now releasing 'Pieces Of Us Were eft On The Ground'. JoyCut is also managing a gigantic campaign 'Ghost Trees Forest' which pays careful attention to our sustainable future. In recognition of this the new album will use cellophane tape from 100% biodegradable material and both the vinyl CD and booklet are made from recycled products. That's the reason why JoyCut strongly started to record their works in solar powered recording studios. In September 09 they were invited to the Co2penhagen Festival in Denmark (with artist such as Mercury Rev, Tv-2, Lars H.U.G.). In October 09 they flew to Spain to participate at the Monkey Week and in November they also played in Ireland appearing as guest on the Balcony-TV Show. In the meantime they have performed all over Europe for a brand new pre-release-tour, hitting Croatia, Germany, Denmark, Holland, Ireland, Spain, UK and Canada for the Canadian Music Fest 20[J] CD 10 | They have shared the stage with Arcade Fire and Modest Mouse @ Independent Day 20