Techno News

*** vinyl only ***
First release of the young Label "U6-Schallplatten" only on Vinyl.
"Ill-Boy Phil feat. Jana - Tage wie diese" gets out with some fresh Remixes by: Mass Digital, Djoker, Rob Makzem and Tobias Grindinger
hope you enjoy.....

The album was a kick start. Now it's time for the
next level. 1DERL&'s Reflection LP gets touched by
four international techno heroes and revives as
Processed's first vinyl EP.
All-bass-master Kamikaze Space Programme adds
some purified peak time punch to 'Ray's House',
while Russia's own Unbalance delivers an ultimate
future version of the same track.
Mattias Fridell is on a big room mission pulling the
hidden depths of 'Section Zero' and the album's
sunrise anthem 'Vaporized' gets postponed to early
cloudy afternoon by Ness.
Adventurous journey through the borderless
techno....

Natch LTD is back!
This is the time for Analog People to bring back precious memories of dark environments banged by the sharpest restless techno.
Aubrey and Unam Zetineb remixes put more weight and flavours to this strong record, made with particular affection for massive beats.

In just under a year in the making, we're extremely proud to bring you our second installment of the Brood
Remixes. As we did in the first release, we've put together a special breed of underground talent to remix
our artist, Yan Cook.

Fantastic and forward thinking artists such as Xhin, Subjected, Tom Laws, Measure Divide and a digital
bonus only remix by Dubspeeka (aka known as Kosheen DJs) deliver solid interpretations of Yan Cook's
trademark tracks previously released on Brood.

Brace yourself and indulge in some real dark techno! Enjoy!

300 Vinyl Only, 12", White Label, Limited Edition, Hand-stamped.

Drumloch & Elbodrop are giving their debut on Nachtstrom with this huge 4-tracker including remixes by
Tom Hades and Patrick DSP!!! Limited collector's edition on orange transparent vinyl!!!

Played and suported by:Paul van Dyk, Richie Hawtin, Dave Clark, Torsten Kanzler, Dandi & Ugo, Dave the Drummer, Audio Injection, Drumcell, A.Paul,A-Brothers, Patrick DSP, Ryuji Takeuchi, Mark Eg, Hugo Paixao, Go Diva, Hefty, Stefano Infusino, Tex Rec, Luke Creed, Massimo and many more

Re-Washed LDT
Presse:

Das bisher bereits super erfolgreiche Digital Techno Label Rewashed LDT kommt hier mit seiner zweiten Vinyl. Dieses mal mit einem Track von Owner Sebastian Groth, zur zeit auch durch releases auf Elektrax,TK-R und ganz besonders seinem Album auf Italo Business in dem Playlist der größten Djs zu finden ist.

Der Titeltrack ist eine starke Techno Nummer die ein wenig ironisch mit den geres Gabber und house spielt, allerdings ohne dabei wirklich aus dem - 4 da floor'Peaktime techno raus zu kommen. Die remixes kommen von: Felix Bernhardt (AFU), dessen mix wie von ihm gewohnt verspielt freaky und mega groovig ist, Mike Maass (Trapetz)mit einem volle power Techno Feuerwerk,und dem Schweizer Duo Dublescore (Storm)bei denen man ihre viele Studio stunden mit Acts wie Dandi & Ugo oder Angy Kore raus hört.

After the succesful MLD Limited 02 now is the time for some remixes. On the A side, the Italian man of the moment, Hollen (Saved / Suara), makes a massive remix of "Open your mind" by his label partner Tony Dee. Coming up, the epic German duo Dole & Kom (Bondage / Acker) put their hands on Oscar Barila & Sergio Parrado "Trip to Rio" and turn it into an exquisite dubby and groovy tech house piece.

The B side starts with a wonderful South American taste. The Argentinean Ronan Portela (Mindshake / Bla Bla) remixes "Press" by the Chilean Aldo Cadiz. And the result of this perfect combo is nothing but a peaktime dancefloor monster. The ep finishes with a Pawas (Night Drive / Brise) rework of Arnaud Le Texier "Static". Mr Gupta goes still deeper than the original and puts the icing on the cake to another massive release.

Supported by Richie Hawtin, Luciano, Steve Lawler, Dubfire, Marco Carola, Paco Osuna, Cristian Varela, Butch, Martinez, Marko Nastic, Danilo Vigorito, Kaiserdisco, Djuma Soundsystem, Hermanez, Wehbba, Fabrizio Maurizi, Hector Romero, Gel Abril, Sascha Sonido, Alex Costa, Paul C, Mihai Popoviciou, Beatamines and many many more!

"Live At Honen-In Temple" is a document of a one-off site-specific performance in one of the most impressive settings a live electronic concert could possibly ever have. Featuring a wealth of new and unreleased material, Stefan Goldmann has custom-tailored a sound world as clearly detailed as the hidden gardens of Honen-In. Microtonal drifts, metallic grids and delicate turns merge into a gleaming monolithic pull. Embedded in the slopes of the Eastern hills of Kyoto, Japan, the Honen-In Temple marks the boundary between city and forest. By day, only its outer gardens are accessible. For this intimate concert, Honen-In opened its doors to a handful of listeners, exposing its intricate inner halls and gardens. Specifically selected and arranged for this night and site, Stefan Goldmann's music goes through an hour of transformations. The side walls of the main hall removed, electronics unobstructedly merged into the surrounding acoustic environment, while daylight faded into the dark of night. This concert performance was part of the Villa Kamogawa artist residency by Stefan Goldmann in Kyoto, Japan.

Cocoon Recordings is back in full force with the follow up to last year's superb vinyl compilation 'Dots & Pearls'. Providing a tracklisting that is nothing less than the modern interpretation of House, Techno and Tech-House 'Dots & Pearls II' eschews monotonous loops and predictable formulas and rather delivers a selection packed with energy and depth. Ilario Alicante and Todd Bodine have the honour of opening the record and very much set the tone for the feel of the album. 'Modern Apocalypse' gives the impression that the duo wanted to produce a matching track to follow up Ambivalent's 'Iwato' in a DJ set. The record has a wonderfully stripped and spacious feel to it, conjuring up an early hours feel with its entrancing effect and stabs plucking at the air around you. Next up we have Subb-an feat. Jacob Phono with 'In The Night' a track that explores how the sound and atmosphere of big 90s Techno acts like Underworld can be transferred into our contemporary Minimal and Deep House universe, a task in which they succeeded brilliantly. Resonant beats and percussions, some 808 claps, funky fills and filtered layers match perfectly with the hypnotic vocals and form an impressing overall result that fits into the DJ's set at any time during the night. Mark Reeve's contribution 'Carry Me' springs from typically Reeve-like UK-influenced House sounds. Softly filtered layers and cool vocal elements provide the right mood, and the long build-up with much patience and even more emotion makes 'Carry Me' one of the best and deepest British Tech House tracks in recent times, a certain winner for fans of 20:20 Vision and Global Communication.

Aksutique is the moniker of Matthias Springer for his deep ambient techno, dub techno and downbeat productions. Matthias has released several productions over the years, ranging from techno to chill out music under different names. The Notch Fields EP is the first vinyl release for Aksutique and features 3 tracks of aquatic dub influenced deepness that sucks you right into its maelstrom of endless echoes, synth swirls, noises and reverberated chords. 'Echolot' for example is a pure intense submarine cinematographic infinite journey that takes you into the depths and never lets you free again. The record features an additional dark and electronic rework by Valanx aka Arne Weinberg that drenches the original in eerie voices, electronic sounds and deep bass. Not for the faint hearted.
300 handnumbered limited vinyl copies only. No digital distribution.

italian uprising artist frankyeffe is the one to continue the dark tradition on 43 recordings,
and he does well just as he does on his every weeks residency on the traintek partys at rome`s
rashomoon club playing alongside people like speedy j, edit select or sasha carassi and many
more icons of real techno. he keeps things simple, but very effective, music which is nothing
more or less than produced for causing riots during on the dancefloor peaktime. xhin`s remix
on the flip is a really experimental apporach to the original, trcky rythms and he managed to
create a totally new essence of the track. masterpiece of remixing, so don`t be scared to
try this one the dancefloor.

Vinyl Only! - Forgotten Planets' is an adventurous voyage with heavy bass and storytelling synths, combined with hammering rimshots, snares and drums. After that we are - Surrounded by Fog', experimental soundscapes generates a uncanny atmosphere.
On the b side we have - Escape Mode', a massive stomper with an industrial feeling and droning alarm signals. And last but not least - Ancient Spaceships', a little time journey into the sound of the 90ies, no barriers between Detroit Techno, Rave, Breakbeat or whatever music was called in the past or will be called in the future. 365 copies black vinyl and 165 copies red marbled vinyl. No Repress!

After last year's dystopic debut, 'Super Strength EP', rising Parisian Cédric Bros AKA Marcelus returns to Tresor with something a little more deep and shiny in 'Emerald'. Once again Marcelus conjures up the spirits of Detroit and Berlin techno, moulding them here into dreamy modern house incantations—an inspired blurring of the lines the well-versed Frenchman has been rehearsing over the last decade. It was two astounding first releases for DJ Deep's Deeply Rooted House imprint that made the underground dance community sit up and take notice, records that emitted an unprecedented level of craftsmanship for a fresh-faced newcomer.
*He has continued to impress on follow up releases over the last few years, meanwhile proving to be a flexible and intriguing sound designer, playing with numerous styles and yet always turning in something distinctly 'Marcelus'. 'Emerald' is no different, but instead of tough and rushing euphoria, he delivers something altogether warm and frothy, revealing yet another side to this prismic producer, as well as adding a lighter node to the Tresor catalogue.

!!! repress back in late september !!!

Suitdancer, according to creator Marcus Harris (of production duo Tone Control) is an attempt to distill the vibe of the "electronic music, inherited soul records and cult VHS films I consumed as a kid".

In this exploration into late night, leftfield territory, Suitdancer carefully collates searing synthesisers, obscure samples and broken drum machines in a heady, yet danceable style. To round off the EP, Mr. Beatnick steps up to provide a Berlin inspired dub for those who like their house music raw.

This debut from Suitdancer is the first of three EP's that accompany mixes and videos that explore a spectrum of influences. Marcus absorbed audio inspiration for this long - gestating project from seminal producers including: Carl Craig, James Stinson, King Tubby, Giorgio Moroder, Conny Plank and Nile Rogers. Contemporaries of the Suitdancer sound include John Talabot, Luke Abbott, Gold Panda and Pye Audio Corner.

Marcus Harris, is one half of Tone Control, who have been progressively releasing their own brand of electronic soul for over 8 years, appealing to house music and leftfield DJ's alike. Following the release of their critically acclaimed "Illusion" single, much lauded by Theo Parrish and Kerri Chandler, the duo went on to find wider appeal with their smash "Take Me Away" ft. Adeola Ranson, and subsequent singles "Without Your Love" ft. James B. Coleman and "Starting with Me" with Robert Owens.

This vinyl includes a free downloadcode were customers get the
whole digital release for free via Facebook !!

Noir brings us back the 90s with a new EP from Supernova - just
timeless house music.

PACKAGE INCLUDES ALBUM, FLAG, SIGNED CARD & STICKER.

One of the most anticipated artist albums of 2013, is Armin van Buuren's 'Intense'. The fifth artist album of the world's number one DJ collects 3 years of genre-bending production work and impassioned song-writing, bursting with extraordinary tracks. To complement its release and offer a unique collector's item, we now present the official Deluxe Box edition of 'Intense'.

The Special Box edition doesn't only feature the 15 sparkling new tunes of 'Intense', featuring collaborations with Israeli violinist Miri Ben-Ari, US duo Nervo and singers by the likes of Trevor Guthrie, Emma Hewitt, Laura Jansen and Fiora, but also comes with a unique package of merchandise. The Armin van Buuren flag, an autographed 'Intense' card and of course the must-have sticker, are all included in the 'Intense' Special Box.

'Intense' deserves your full attention, from the first beat until the very last note of silence.

1/1 - Intense - Armin van Buuren - ft Miri Ben-Ari
1/2 - This Is What It Feels Like - Armin van Buuren - ft Trevor Guthrie
1/3 - Beautiful Life - Armin van Buuren - ft Cindy Alma
1/4 - Waiting For The Night - Armin van Buuren - ft Fiora
1/5 - Pulsar - Armin van Buuren -
1/6 - Sound of the Drums - Armin van Buuren - ft Laura Jansen
1/7 - Alone - Armin van Buuren - ft Lauren Evans
1/8 - Turn This Love Around - Armin van Buuren - vs. NERVO ft Laura V
1/9 - Won't Let You Go - Armin van Buuren - ft Aruna
1/10 - In 10 Years From Now - Armin van Buuren -
1/11 - Last Stop Before Heaven - Armin van Buuren -
1/12 - Forever Is Ours - Armin van Buuren - ft Emma Hewitt
1/13 - Love Never Came - Armin van Buuren - ft Richard Bedford
1/14 - Who's Afraid of 138! - Armin van Buuren -
1/15 - Reprise - Armin van Buuren -

It's been 4 years since labelboss Darko Esser released an EP of his own on Wolfskuil Ltd. The focus as of late has been on his Tripeo project, resulting in two vinyl only Trips to critical acclaim. All the studio activity led to a whole bunch of other music as well and a few of his favorite sessions are bundled on this conceptual EP.

We all can relate to the feeling of being Out Of Context, that we have lost touch with our environment and the people around us or are simply just lost for words. Darko translated these abstract feelings into a soundtrack in three parts (Space, Time, Translation) as music is sometimes a better indicator of how we feel then words. Not suprisingly the result is a soundtrack that is quite moody, hypnotic and multi-layered. It's dub- and detroit-techno, Esser style. Recognizable but at the same time very distinct and personal, melodies wrapped in abstract sound design, the atmosphere both happy and sad.

Ambiguity and introspection have always been a big part of his work, this EP just takes it to the next level.

After a short production break, the Russian techno duo Easy Changes (Denis Cast & Kilrill Silas) are back with a 12" on the Berlin/London based label, Mean Records, run by Cesare Marchese (Cesare vs Disorder ) & Federico Benedetti (Onirik).

After the well-received and career-spanning compilation that was 2011's Ambient Selections, John Beltran returns with a brand new album entitled Amazing Things, due for released on Delsin records in March 2013.
As a life long pioneer of ambient soundscapes, blissful downbeat and stirring techno, Michigan born John Beltran already has his place in history assured with a bulging back catalogue that takes in influential releases on vital labels like Peacefrog and R&S. This new 17-track album sees the man draw on his lifetime in music to craft an immediately timeless body of work that's stuffed with genuine musicality, pregnant with emotion and laden with organic blissfulness.

Since Beltran's last original full length, he admits a lot has changed. "I'm using all new gear and virtual synths that I didn't have when writing Human Engine so it sounds different for sure. And let's just say that this album still wouldn't be finished had a friend not turned me on to the software Omnisphere."

Despite new tools and techniques, Beltran's touch still shines through in his floating arrangements, opposing textures and organic resonance, as do the continued influences of favourite artists including Four Tet, Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood.

"There was no real plan (for the album). Some of these songs ("Clouds Pull") are over two years old. This album is truly an accumulation of music inspired by my life as a new father but I didn't write these songs for an album per say. I guess it was just written with a lot of love."

Love - and feelings thereof - permeate the album from start to finish. Tracks like opener "Retrouvailles" immediately submerge you into a utopian world with the distant sound of a playground coming over like the backdrop to a daydream, whilst more kinetic, splintered efforts like "Het Leven is Mooi" recall the aforementioned patchwork beauty of Four Tet, and "Flower Power Submarine" carries you along on a warm summer breeze.

Importantly, dark is contrast with light throughout, so more sombre, melancholic drifts like "For Vangelis" sit next to the more uplifting violins and raindrop melodies of "Broken Machines". Overall a mature and hugely resonant album for grown-ups, Amazing Things is full of just that.

The next release on Candela Rising is a 3 track EP from Irish duo Dara Smith & Ian McDonnell, a.k.a Lakker. All topped off with a remix of the title track by US born and Birmingham based DJ Skirt.

After a string of extremely successful releases on Blueprint, Killekill and an early 2013 release in the shape of a remix for Stroboscopic Artefacts, Lakker are back and showing more range than ever before.

'Coal Bath' is a real Frankenstein's monster of a track, a Techno/Garage hybrid with haunting vocals hiding through the middle and broken beats that hit hard. Skirt's remix takes 'Coal Bath' and lays down some heavy demented bass, chops up the middle and grooves things up. All of which leaves a remix ready for the bunker or warehouse.

On the flip, 'Rsspstp' is a heavy hitter. Distorted bangs set the pace for this one, which evolves into a prime example of the attention to detail Lakker are so famed for. Machine music at its best.

The final track on the EP, 'Brood', is dark and dense, full of cold atmosphere, sub-low beats and distant, distorted drones. Techno for the darkest 'floors...

"We take an unexpected turn for Token 29 and rerelease a forgotten gem by Mark Broom, techno's most famous beardman. 'Two' is simply my favourite Broom track ever. Released over 10 years ago, this track never really got old. Instead, it aged with grace.
The track has now been remastered and is available again on a limited marbled vinyl. It will also be available digitally for the very first time.
Syntax created the perfect moody companion for the b-side.

I feel both proud & excited to add this seminal track to the Token catalogue.
Ben Klock: Really really nice!
adam beyer: nice with new broom bits, always supporting
dvs1: DOPE!!! been playing this for years. nice to see it again. And the syntax interpretation is a nice add on..!
Norman Nodge: Yes! Mark as I like him! Bomb!
steve rachmad: Mark is on fire lately! A lot in my bag of his already and 1 more to add! Two great stuff, will play for sure
Heiko Laux: It's about time someone took care about this killer track. my vinyl is sooo played to death. frickin' awesome!!
tommy four seven: Broomy! yes!
Marcel Dettmann: thanks!
Jonas Kopp: BOMB EP , will play it a lot. thanks.
Dj Deep: Dope release!
ben sims: a broomy classic, no doubt about that. thx!
edit select: will play both .. Shout out to the Greenwich Death Squad ...
Xhin: Will play.
Audio Injection aka Truncate: Very nice thank you!
Dustin Zahn: This is also one of my favorite MB bombs, and it's also a secret weapon of mine. Too bad it won't be for much longer! :)
Rivet: You know I love it.
Inigo Kennedy: Can't beat this original, that's for sure! A decade on and fresh as mint tea. Nice chilled interpretation here as well.
Mosca: Bigg up Mark Broom... This is pure primal energy music with CLASS. Full support and thanks from LDN!
Answer Code Request: Will play, good stuff!
Broom tracks out there as well.
Markus Suckut: Yes! Got that one on Vinyl and i still play it, good to see it back again! Such a killer track and TIMELESS.
psyk: thanks
Ctrls: Immensely groovy!
Henning Baer: Very soulful tracks. Like em both!
Ventress: Both tracks sound great. Will play out the oringinal mix for sure! Thanks
happa: Nice and playful, and the Syntax interpretation is rather nice. Thanks.
Philip Sherburne (the wire, resident advisor): Sounds wicked, and I really dig the Syntax interpretation.
Bas Mooy: Also one of my alltime favs by Mark Broom! Cool to see it out again! Brings back memories...time flies ;)
Cari Lekebusch: Wicked!!! Want to snagg 'em both! =D =P
Jeroen Search: good to see the older tunes getting appreciated again!! will play!
dimi angelis: Syntrax Interpretation is great! love this tune!
Paul Mac: Hard to believe it's ten years old already definitely some classic Broom.
pär grindvik: timeless vibes indeed! looking forward to play this one out, thanks
Darko Esser: This is bloody brilliant!! Mark and Token Recs are on fire here, will stay in the box for a looooooong time!
Marcel Heese (tresor): lovely lovely lovely! i had totally forgotten about this timeless classic. thanks for bringing it back! syntax interpretation is also great.
Dj Billy Nasty: Love the Original mix :D
Max¦M: one on my fav broom tracks... and the remix is excellent.
Paul Boex // Abstract Division: For me one of the best Mark

Stroboscopic Artefacts man Markus Suckut remixes UK Techno legend Mark Broom for side A and on the B side is an orginal production from him. Support from Speed J, Pfirter & Dettmann amongst others.

Rob Duke is back on the field with several new weapons to spin out !! Three original track and one featuring with Noon. This new Ep represents a nice form of the fusion between House and Tech house. A great journey into a deep addictive groove surrounded by fat bass line and surprising organic sound. Enjoy the ride !!

(Australian Label)

Part One of Subjecteds LP on Vault Series. Welcome to world of VAULT!

Part Two of Subjecteds LP on Vault Series. Welcome to world of VAULT!

Living and working in Sheffield you can't help but notice that you are living beside some heavy industry, this was the very heartbeat of the city before Thatcher decided otherwise. Even now it's still paying the price for decisions made miles away. This is a stubborn place, it doesn't give up without a fight and its heart is still beating loud.People have said that the Darkhaus tracks are somewhere between Detroit and Chicago, for us it's just our own twisted thing. This is where we are and this is what we mean. We call it techno.

new smash project by Blawan and Surgeon.

That's we call proper techno. Alex Kork and Ascon Bates wired their machines together for their first common ep on 9Volt-Musik.

We Can Elude Control presents Accumulator, a selection of rare and previously unreleased material from the archives of the pioneering sonic art & experimental electronics project Nocturnal Emissions. The 12' features Accumulator 1 & 2, two unreleased tracks from 1982 that demonstrates the group's early explorations into raw percussion and mechanical proto-techno. Alongside this is the early 80's recording So Darn Hot, a sparse diagram of low-slung industrial reduction available now for the first time on vinyl.
The 12' release also includes a free CDR featuring a crowd recording of Nocturnal Emissions live at the Brixton Ritzy on June 9th 1983. Recorded on Election Night, as Margaret Thatcher was catastrophically re-elected to power, the performance mixed live TV broadcasting of the election results with excerpts from the groups 16mm film The Foetal Grave of Progress. The recording takes place a stones throw from Atlantic Road, the site 2 years previously where the group performed in a railway arch during the height of the 1981 Brixton Riots.

Collectively the release reflects on this era of Nocturnal Emissions' output, a period that saw the group present work at both the ICA and Tate Britain whilst simultaneously performing alongside pioneering industrial bands such as Zoviet France and SPK. The recordings consider this legacy and the project's unique contribution to the areas of electronic dance music, experimental media and politically engaged art.

The mysterious producer from Ubatuba, Brazil, who released two 12inches on Tigersushi comes back through Crowdspacer with his unique blend of dark tropical vibes and impressive modular synths programming. Voodoo techno at its best.
Crowdspacer (or CRWDSPCR as a tribute to Merce Cunningham's dance performance) is a new vinyl-only label dedicated to outstanding club music launched by Tigersushi's founder and musician/DJ/Producer, Joakim.

District is back on the warpath for the Chestplate camp, delivering four of his fiercest constructions to date on the imprint's 26th
release. Following on from last year's colossal Painting The Mind/ Modulate 12", Dan has been hard at work the studio mutilating
reese synths, engineering dangerous basslines and building dub after dub in the mould of his impossibly dark and technical signature
sound. CHST026 sees vinyl release for a couple of his largest and most highly-anticipated beats, 'Transmission' on the A side with
'LV-223' providing raw firepower on the flip. Transmission's tightly looped vocal sample over the intro heralds the destructive force
about to drop, and when it does it's a lethal sub-sonic assault, with jagged snyths cutting through the midrange, drums that bang
with deafening precision and seismic-scale low frequencies. District switches up the rhythms on LV-223, opting for driving technoid
4x4 kick pressure and reined-back, subtle growls lurking beneath a sinister backdrop of ambience that paints a nightmarish, bass-
fuelled picture. If that wasn't already enough ammunition, Chestplate have packaged together a pair of digital bonus tracks available
via the Surus store, featuring the epic 'Kraken' which sounds like District's own twisted take on the Imperial March with cavernous
brass fanfares ringing out over deep, rolling subs, and the lowdown, minimal sounds of 'Antidote' to round-off the release.

After a series of releases on various record labels Hydergine is back on Separate Skills Recordings.
Of course again with melancholic atmospheres and darkness driven dub techno music. Recorded on
a ribbon maschine and mastered by Helmut Erler at Dubplates and Mastering, SSPT006 is strictly
limited to 300 copies in 12inch vinyl format only.
Mastering: Helmut Erler

J.Tijn follows up his uncompromising debut EP on Untold's newly minted Pennyroyal label. Continuing in his signature style he lays
down more raw kick drum workouts with nods to Jungle, Dub and Grime.

Follow Me!', Rave- and Techno-Classic by Jam&Spoon from the dawn of extatic and hypnotic rave sounds in the early Nineties has been refurbished and repainted by some of the top-notch Techno-Producers/DJ´s of the contemporary electronic music era. In the remix-team find names like Frankfurt based producer Brian Sanhaji (CLR) and Peter Eilmes as well as Luis Flores, Mexico (Nopalbeat), Perc, UK (Perc Trax), Heiko Laux, (Kanzleramt) and Mike Wall (Wall Music), both from "Techno-Capital" Berlin. The results are amazing hi-class, raw, electronic techno-beats that carry the sizzling saw-waves of the original and samples of Mark Spoon's voice into the new decade of advanced and avantgarde EDM. Vinyl-release on Mike Wall´s label WM LTD 001 and WM LTD 002

Already played by Joseph Capriati, Chris Liebing, Emerson, Sasha Carassi, leghau , pierce, miss sunshine, Drumcomplex, flex, Mekas, Ixel and more

Chrystal Clear Vinyl!
DJ Support from Vivek, Youngstar, Amit, Laurent Garnier.

Thomas P. Heckmann drops the bomb and delivers his brandnew full-length album 'Dark Matters' on Nachtstrom Schallplatten. What a masterpiece and deadly alliance between one of the most influential techno artists since decades and the notorious German techno imprint. Thomas' outstanding production skills and the raw, dark energy of the tracks make this album a true weapon in any serious dj-set. As a keyfigure of early german Techno, EBM-Techno and Acid, Thomas P. Heckmann has shaped the landscape of electronic music since his very beginning in 1990. His huge success as Drax Ltd. II -
Amphetamine, Knarz - Tanzmaschine, Silent Breed - Sync In, Welt in Scherben, Exit 100 and countless others set standards and beyond in the under- and overground.
Early support by Chris Liebing, Dave Clarke, Sasha Carassi, Xpansul, Gary Beck, Alex Bau, Terence Fixmer and various others!!!

The 8th release in the Truncate series featuring the track 'Coaster' which was used in Ben Klocks Fabric 66 mixed CD. On remix duty comes LA's own Developer and Esoteric from Berlin.

Following a sell-out 2012 debut release on Rough Trade's Gangsigns label that was compared variously to the output of UR, Swamp81 and Frictional, the mysterious DRMCNT releases his second batch of bass heavy monsters, this time around taking the acid line

Murph Tone Jack Session I Specifically made for those afterhour, loft/warehouse party moments where the new music is exposed. Banging raw cuts that are sure to rock the spot with tight drums and crazy synth work.

Brand new Kevin McPhee 12' on Naked lunch.

Techno 2013 - mixed by DJ Arcane & Heckmän:
Der Name sagt schon alles... Tiefer, groovender,pr treibender
Techno mit den besten Tracks, die das Jahr 2013 bieten
wird. Mit dabei sind Chris Liebing, Green Velvet, Dustin
Zahn, Alex Bau, Stigmata, Klaudia Gawlas, Space DJz, Sven
Wittekind und viele mehr. Techno 2013 - richtiger Techno
ohne Kompromisse!
2CD compilation, Laufzeit ca. 138 Min.

TRACKLIST
CD1 (mixed by DJ Arcane)

















CD2 (mixed by Heckmän)













14. Hanz Loop feat. Rosenwasser - Loreley - Sven Wittekind Remix
15. Angy Kore - It's War - Original Mix

finally repressed! Leskin, Massimo di Lena, Joseph Russel and Rio Padice (Early Sounds) deliver four outstanding deep & raw house/techno cuts. Of course, shitloads of records come out these days that fit the 'deep & raw house' description, but this stuff just goes beyond.

Sweat, also known as perspiration, transpiration or diaphoresis, is a product of mixing H2O with various solid chemicals such as chlorides and is mainly produced by glands located in the skin of mammals. It consists further of chemicals such as 2-methylphenol (o-cresol) and 4-methylphenol (p-cresol), as well as a small amount of urea. The sweat works as a thermoregulating mechanism, cooling the body from dangerous overheating, wich could result in body malfunction. It has also been reported that components inside the male perspiration would aslo work as a so called "chick-magnet". Sweat can be found in a wide variety of mammals, all though it is shown that only humans and horses produce large amounts of this chemical soup as a part of its cooling system and primarly by glands under the armpits.

Studies has shown that men start their perspiration faster than women when exercising under the same relative intensity. If this proves the theory that men use their sweat as a tool for luring women into their bedrooms is yet to be shown. Speaking against the theory, would be the fact that most sweaty men smells bad. When sweat occurs, the bacteria residing on the skin, feeds of the chemicals and as a biproduct, a smelly odor is produced. Keeping in mind that sweat also is produced during states of nervousness, it is implied that sweaty dancing men fearing an embarrasing defeat after a displaying their shortcommings as part of the mating rituals, still enjoys a better chance of intercourse if the target female is exposed to the sweat odor. No study showed if the same case stands true for homosexuals.

Samuel L Session: hard to pick a fav here, they are all good. bring it on!

Tony Rohr: Smutstvätt is slutty as fuck. It's like being at some tripped out carnival where all the booths are ran by the stuffed animals and you are trying to get that damn ring around the milk bottle so you can win a human. Me likey.

Patrick Bateman (Tic Tac Toe): Oh yeah, the Cari funk!... All 4 tracks got something special to them. Full support!

Vicky Montefusco: Lekebusch destructive as always...Slajdmedel my favourite !!!

Gustav Bagge: Mumma för öronen! Allihopa!

Samuli Kemppi: Toppen!

Butch: very cool

Dub Dummies: Wow we love this sound... high class release

SLAM: loving Cari's productions - loving these thanx

Sasha Carassi: Top realase,love them all!

Dustin Zahn: Svettiga Pattar and Slajdmedel for me. This is the kind of funk that only Cari can produce

Nima Khak: Svettigt! Amazing release! Cari func when it is at it's best! Will play and chart!

Nihad Tule: I like em all, even though I'd prefer a bit more of those cari lekebusch trademark old school dist and flanger on the master stuff. Smutstvätt is my pick here :) TJUUUU!

Tobias Von Hofsten: Svitt som fan! Bounce dat!

Patrick Siech (DCBNSOCTKNT): aah great tracks!!! and i've been waiting for a revival of the classic stockholm-techno-tracknames! slajdmedel must be one of the best titles ever :)

Par Grindvik: svettig platta! svårt att välja en favorit men "svettiga pattar" och "smutstvätt" blir det nog för mig. vill ha vinyl

Kimono: Svettlukt! I LOVE THE SMELL OF THIS ONE!

After the killer release by Marco Shuttle Vidd is back after a long silence with their 2nd release. A special release from somebody who has done a lot in a very short time: GW from Stockholm. Surrounded by mystery and simplicity, 'Hurry Up' demonstrates both power and heft with few elements. The driving force builds a tension which really doesn't reach a peak, something that the locked groove vocal manages to balance perfectly. The energy is constant and keeps things interesting. The B-side starts off with 'Runaway', a Chicago-resembling funk track that reflects the 90's tradition and the new digital age. 'Tonight' closes the doors of this release and the closing lights come on, it's time to go home.

forthcoming Smoke & Mirrors EP by Haron on Tape Records Amsterdam! Check!
The Smoke & Mirrors EP offers an unique insight into the adventurous mind of Haron, a young and talented Amsterdam-based producer. His debut, best described as strongly layered, boundless, diverse and melodic, is carefully crafted with the utmost devotion. While always keeping one eye focused on the past and one eye locked on the future, Haron ensures that what you hear and feel is now!

With this release Tape Records Amsterdam further explores the realm of electronic music. So stay put as the Smoke & Mirrors EP will hit the stores in February 2013!

Mike Dehnert with a new 4 tracker....

BOXER ist seit jeher eines der athletischsten unter Kompakts Distributionslabels, bekannt für sportlichen Ehrgeiz und wettbewerbsorientierten Output. Tatsächlich fühlt sich jedes Release, das wir ins Rennen schicken, ein wenig an wie ein von Meisterhand gebauter, feingetunter Rennwagen. Da sollte es auch nicht verwundern, wenn unsere Ingenieure nur mit den besten Groove-Forschern und Tanzflur-Mechanikern konferieren.
So erblickte auch die TUNING-Serie das Licht des Tages, wo Adrenalin King ist: hier passiert die Magie, wenn weltweit führende Remix-Experten die Baupläne unserer Motoren reimaginieren; ein äußerst fruchtbares Konzept, wie die Tatsache beweist, daß so ziemlich jedes Release der 12'-Serie restlos ausverkauft ist.
Für die vorliegende Tuning-Compilation haben wir nur die stärksten und windschnittigsten Tracks zugelassen, stammend von Koryphäen wie DUSTY KID, LE DUST SUCKER, GUI BORATTO, EXTRAWELT und vielen mehr. An den Remix-Reglern finden sich mit ROBAG WRUHME, CATZ ´N´ DOGZ, MAREK HEMMANN oder Pachanga Boys' REBOLLEDO sowohl klassische Tastemaker als auch frischestes Talent ein, wobei die jeweiligen Ergebnisse zum Besten gezählt werden können, was diese Künstler jemals produziert haben. Der Startschuss zu einem Jahrhundertrennen ist nur noch Momente entfernt, die Motoren laufen warm... gute Fahrt!










10.Le Dust Sucker "Everybody used to" - Rebolledo Mix

10 INCH GREEN VINYL

For our third release, we are joining forces with bristol stalwart - Kowton - finding the link between two genres that are very close to our hearts - grime & techno. Built as an ode to ruff sqwad's 'raw 2 da core', Kowton is able to build up and take down the rough and rugged aesthetic that is found within both genres in just over 5 minutes.

On the flip, taking on the original is Blawan and Pariahs collaborative project - Karenn (SheWorksTheLongNights). Keeping true to the spirit of UK techno, they manage to translate the raw and grimey quality of the original through a heap of analogue gear, all in one take.

Feedback:

Ben UFO (Hessle Audio / Rinse FM) " fucking rough. this sound has so much going for it. ridiculous. "
Boddika (Swamp 81 / SunkLo) "nasty shit :) "
Pearson Sound - (Hessle Audio/Rinse FM) - "Ridiculous stuff from Kowton. Full support"
Bill Kouligas (PAN) "great release !!"
Spencer (Numbers) "amazing release, well done troops"
Pangaea - (Hessle Audio/Rinse FM) - "Without question one of Kowton's heaviest productions. All Caps starting as they mean to go on in 2013"

Er ist der Pionier der DJ-Kultur, Hymnenschreiber für Millionen Raver und Partymacher für
mittlerweile über 10Millionen Gäste. Westbam ist eine lebende Legende und eine der schillerndsten Persönlichkeiten der internationalen Musikszene der letzten 30! Jahre. Das schönste Geschenk zu diesem runden und beeindruckenden Jubiläum macht sich Westbam mit seinem neuen Album Götterstrasse. Ein Album, auf dem ein beeindruckendes whoiswho der internationalen Musikszene Westbams Songs seine Stimme verleiht. Von Iggy Pop über Kanye West, von LilWayne bis Bernard Sumner(NewOrder), vonBrian Molko (Placebo) bis Inga Humpe (2raumwohnung). Von Hugh Cornwell (TheStranglers), Afrika Baby Bam feat BooBoo (JungleBrothers) und Richard Butler (PsychedelicFurs) bis hin zur heißgehandelten Vocalistin Katt Rockell. Keine geringeren als diese Künstler haben ihre Texte und ihre Stimmen beigesteuert, die Musik als Initialzündung für alle Tracks kam unverwechselbar - von Westbam selbst. Das Ergebnis: eine vielstimmige Ode an die Nacht voller Schönheit und Weisheit. Genre- und Generationsübergreifend.

Tracklisting Standard-CD:

Victor Watel a.k.a Panteros666 grew up in the cold and trashy North of France just like his Club Cheval brothers. He started doing music as a teenage drummer, played in various dance-punk outfits in the late 00's and soon developed a personal, enhanced sound environment. He's also been continuously fed by many other kinds of digital commodities : YouTube vids, gifs and jpgs found through extended scrolling sessions on self-generated pics websites. He eventually got rid of his drumset, and started his techno crusade in 2011.
HisfirstEP,"Kegstand",releasedbySoundPellegrino,wasatruemutationineffect-soundstakenfrom the Dutch jumpstyle songbook locked inside a funky techno frame. The main intention is basicallyto produce tracks that can both entertain your mind and talk to your body : dancefloor ammunition with a twisted, meta angle, working like comments on what's generally thought about club music. His material sounds physical and nervous, but also offers much to (joyfully) think about. Then followed "Javelin" EP released on Belgian label Forma.T, his contribution to Benelux born warehouse techno.

Also working in the realms of TV communication and advertising by day like some sort of animated gif era Don Draper, Panteros666 has directed all his ".Mov", and offered his extended video imagination to other artists : Para One - You, The Aikiu - Pieces of Gold with its million views... or being a DJ- explorer for Vice Magazine "Guide to Festivals". He teamed up with "The Creators Project" to develop the interactive engineering behind his live show.

His first mini LP "Hyper Reality" + Live show, to be released on Brodinski and Manu Barron label Bromance, unites both Panteros666's obsessions with technologies and music. Using Xbox kinects and digital technologies live to visually enrich his mutant techno and interact with club audiences.

LTD Edition + 10" + cd !!!

Das Album beinhaltet Tracks von Neil Landstrumm, Tobias Schmidt, Bill Youngmann, Dave Tarrida, Jason Leach, MasCon, Fugo, Daniel Benavente & anderen.
Desweiteren gibt es bei der extra limitierten Ausgabe die offizielle SUBHEAD # 20 als 10" & eine CD inkl. unveröffentlichten Tracks oben drauf, sowie Stickers bei beiden Versionen.

Some absolutely corking tracks on this doublepack, Musicology's mighty "Obsessed" sitting alongside Carl Craig's groundbreaking "Galaxy"as BFC, Model 500's "Intereference", Blake Baxter's "Sexuality", Ron Trent's epic "Altereed States", Rhythim is Rhythim's "Nude Photo" and the gittery genius of Carl Craig's "Neurotic Behaviour" as Psyche - here in a rare beat driven version

One track ! But what a track... Banging techno, progressive, as the frontier to be Trancecore... and bringing a loud bloody cut. Exciting !

160 BPM schranzer.

Uk and classic well produceed techno on Mark Hawkins own inprint

Techno veteran Paul Mac's new label starts with something of a bang with this EP featuring a remix from Kamikaze Space
Programme (Raiden). Hefty stripped down forward looking grooves are the order of the day here definitely one for the floor. Early DJ
support from Surgeon, Dave Clarke, Truncate, Dustin Zahn.

MRSK coming with yet more styles on SKUDGE.... this time he darkens up the rave and goes into some serious warehouse territory!

Daniel Stefanik is one of THE Techno and House newcomers of the last years. His carefreeness as a DJ behind the decks and his likeable appearance are literally distinctive for a new generation of young, down-to-earth producers from Germany, which are the result of the influence of Väth, Villalobos and Hawtin on the one side, and solid but hedonistic House on the other. Whereas many producers nowadays have dedicated themselves to only one musical direction, the influence of Kerri Chandler, Chez Damier or Kevin Saunderson is clearly noticeable in Stefanik's music. His longplay debut for Cocoon Recordings is a mirror of all these influences and yet it's so up-to-date and contemporary like only few other Techno and House albums today.

After sweating out the winter heatwave generated by Chris Mitchell and Grey People with Proper Trax 4, Alex Falk distills a purified form of techno from the often unnecessary complexities of the style. Terse—the fifth limited twelve from Proper Trax--further solidifies the label's unflinching commitment to the rough 'n' tough sounds of the southern US underground. Don't sleep, as this one is aimed to take its place in the record bags of the globe's in-the-know heads. Measure one's approach for a drastic result.

Having unleashed his debut LP on Bosconi Records last year, Italian Herva here serves up four new tracks for the second in Delsin's electronica series. They see him move away from the house of his debut, and instead explore atmospheric worlds of sound that are part techno, part IDM and part something all together new.
Opener 'Paranoid Thinking' emerges from a sea of underwater bleeps and bells into a frantic, heavily textured soundscape with no real beat but many layers of glistening, harmonic sound. 'Crocodile Tears' is slight more conventional, but still seems constructed from snippets of pianos, finger clicks, squelchy percussion and more, with each element piled on top of each other into a beguiling tapestry.

'Gorilla's Machine' sounds like Four Tet making techno - lots of splintered melodies bring plenty of light to the quick, dark and pummelling techno undercurrent that props the whole thing up. Finally, 'Snow And Clouds' sees a stiff kick drum lean into a snowy blizzard of fine grain sonics with the odd spoken word breaking through at freaky intervals. One thing's for sure here - there is nothing conventional about Herva's techno.

Following on from his increasingly essential work as Innerspace Halflife, Ike Release steps out on his own for a new three tracker on MOS Deep that finds the Chicago producer in a bullish mood.
Opener 'Cosmic Supreme' is a moody march across the surface of a planet far from here - typically raw, bobbling drums set the tone as a frazzled and drawn out synth line winds right through its core from start to finish. 'Spells' is backlit with an ethereal synthy glow as another thick analogue line takes the main focus of the track, all the while as nebulous percussion floats about like a cloud of dust in the background.

Finally, 'Westview' is a little more propulsive, driven as it is by a lashing, rubberised bassline that sprays about freely, contained only by the itchy and more regimented hi-hats that slice up and down around it. Despite there being a sonic denseness to all three tracks here, a certain emotional gravitas always lurks with in: be it one of introspection or reflection, they are difficult to ignore.

Lonesome Hero steadily building a nice catalogue with some equisite house releases. Their new ep by Shadow Moses is maybe a style breaker leaning more towards a techno vibe with Detroit roots,spanning the years between Basic Channel and Modern Love. But still in the usual quality, which means solid releases aiming on the special moments on the dancefloor and not on the charts! Shadow Moses's most recent 2-tracker boasts textures befitting early springtime's emotional relief: tonal warmth permeates cold, floating atmospherics, while chugging drum tracks warm up bodies...and speaker stacks. Full of energy and joy with the long winter finally being over. Solid release which is a real grower!

Affin's 3rd "Chosen" EP continues with superb techno cuts from CLR's
Rebekah remixing Chris Page and
an outstanding floor filler from Advanced Human (Gynoid Audio). The
B-Side starts with a fabulous Jereon Search remix
of Egor Boss "Inversion 2.2", Dax J's "New Beginngs" closes this limited
12".

early support:
Jonas Kopp, Florian Meindl, Electric Indigo, Peter Van Hoesen, Xpansul,
Slam, Space DJz, Alan Fitzpatrick, Ben Sims, Forward Strategy Group,
Bas Mooy, Audio Injection, DJ Hyperactive, Seph, Rico Henschel, Chris
Liebing, Cosmin TRG, Brendon Moeller,....

Special super limited run (only 150 worldwide) pressed on red colored vinyl for RECORD STORE DAY 2013. A mini album of deep melancholic acid tracks by the Berlin producer. Includes remixes from TIN MAN and SCUBA. Full pic sleeve. (ACID TEST) TECHNO HOUSE

backstock soon

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backstock soon, already big support from cari lekebusch, oliver ho, deetron, usw... - great 2x12" burner !!!

Deep and Dirty gibt "for minutes" Treibstoff für laue Sommernächte und
entspannte Afterhours - kurz Techhouse mit Seele. "gloomy things" treibt
weiter an und fordert mit dicker Bassline sowie voluminösem Subbass zum
Tanz.

*After spending five years stealthy developing the project through a series of bi-annual and hand- stamped set of releases, eked via his eponymous imprint, in 2011 Sleeparchive joined Tresor with 'Ronan Point'—an EP of tracks constructed directly from material from Semsroth's live set. Now comes more fresh works from the master of haunting, compelling minimalism in this first instalment of a two-part EP for the label.
*Taking its title from one of Brassaï's famous sequence of prints, 'A Man Dies In The Street Pt.1' translates the eight snapshots of a man collapsing on a Parisian sidewalk (captured by Brassaï in 1932) into a chilling storyboard of subtle fluctuations, ebbs and monochrome tones. As ever the genius is in the reductive palette, that here Semsroth paints into a rich splay of emotions mimicking the initial anxious discovery of the body, the curiosity of the gathering crowd, the excitement and building anticipation through to an aggressive and pummelling sense of realisation on the close. But is it at the loss of life, or the loss of spectacle As Brassaï toys with ambiguity in his photographs, Sleeparchive's music is just as hazy, deep and full of shady nuances that, like treasure, only appear if you're willing to keep probing.

Massive electro techno Tunes... Resh G and Konik special DZ power !

Twelve years ago Tresor Records released Terrence Dixon's debut album 'From The Far Future' - a personal homage to the art and ancestry of techno, culminating in a discursive and dream-like course through the genre's many tomes, complete with subtle nods to key protagonists such as Kraftwerk, Derrick May and Juan Atkins. A luminescent and ethereal catalogue of tracks awash with shimmery synths and taught rhythmical programming - that still holds true today, 'From The Far Future' made for a stunning first full length that cemented Dixon's already proven credentials from his Population One work and Utensil Records foundations.
*After a string of stylistically rich releases - including another album, 'Train Of Thought', this time for Cologne-based label Yore Records - the Detroit native returns to Tresor Records with 'From The Far Future Pt.2' - an ambitious, scopey and deeply personal sequel.

Treem is the name of a resident party at REX CLUB in Paris. The label is owned by Cesko, a musician and activist of the Paris Electro techno scene since years (Sourire, Batofar...). IIt's all about passion.

The EP starts with "Metal Digger", from Commuter (AFU Lab, Skryptom) . A Dancefloor machine based on a non-stop twirlling electro bassline. Dancefloor Diggaz !
Then comes the remix from Ganez The Terrible (Goog, Teknic Records) and the Electro turn Techno, more dark and middle-of-the-night style. French banging stuff !
Cesko, owner of the Label, and Ganez The Terrible finishes the EP with "Troubles In America"... A tribal electro techno track. A smoking tune !

The whole records brings a fat and efficient techno groove at a reasonable tekhouse speeed of 125 BPM, boosting the dancefloor !

Demdike Stare return to the lab with two extended new productions, inaugurating a series of untamed releases.

'Technoboy Essential Vol. IV is exactly what it says it is: the follow-up to last year's Volume III. A collection of 21 tracks I really love to play. I don't believe in including tracks just because people think they're 'cool' - these are the tracks I genuinely play and consider to be the crème de la crème of everything that's been produced over the past few months by us and others.' (Technoboy)

Chicago legend Jamal Moss makes a return to Sequencias with two tracks of overdriven angularity in his most jacking incarnation, The Sun God. If you know Jamal, then you're aware that no other artist has informed electronic rhythm-based music quite like he has. The current crop of raw, low-fi house and techno owes a large share of it's existence to his releases under various monikers: Hieroglyphic Being, IBM, and as one half of Africans With Mainframes. These latest transmissions for Sequencias show Moss at his most avant-garde, so gird your self before you drop that needle.


A side "Spoken By The Spirit" works a thicket of hi hats and snares around an incessant clav in one of Moss's signature persuasive work outs. A smudged kick and sparkling lead synth pushes the track steadily along with a syncopated dialogue going on in the background.


AA side "4 This Is Your Salvation" seems to run in the opposite direction of the A side—the tangle of stuttering, overheated circuits now being sucked into a vortex with an uneasy momentum. Almost everything about this track seems somehow reluctant—like Moss had to struggle with some powerful entity for control of his instruments. A low acidic bass stab, squealing digital improvisation, a confused thud of a kick drum, a tambourine—all on their way to the frightening and wonderful Unknown.

!!! repress back in late september !!!

supported by: Adam Port, Dubfire, Rampa, ReYou, Vito, Lee Burridge, Sam Divine, Paco Osuna, Fumée Grise, Anthony Collins, Sasch BBC, Karotte, Mat Joe, Khaan, ..
Result is a techhouse/house oriented label based between Frankfurt and Mannheim. The mission is creating new constellations of artists. result 001 from Hermanez and Flatner has been remixed by Leon and Christian Burkhardt, followed by result002 from Olene Kadar with a Markus Fix remix. Now result003 comes with 3 massive tracks from Daniel Schlender & ConAcento (a new, munich talent:) result004 (Davide Squillace/Sascha Dive Remix) will be released in may. Enjoy...

Every place, in which the human being lives, imposes you to choose. We are continually bombed by voices that try to check us and more our mind digs in the depth of own heart, more we hear the necessity to go over the barriers that are built. This way we are and so we will stay. We walk in a crowd of voices and we are continually looking for a something that can maintain us hungry and rebellious against our bossy Ego.The instinct sometimes helps us and brings out. Human beings and the emotions belong to ourselves. We sometimes need the silence to really understand what we want and in which we obviously believe. Imagine you, as in a metaphor of the life, to find you in front of the choice among two doors: one left half open and the other wide open. From the left half open one a thread of light that emanates safety goes out, essential element for the human being.That wide open is dark, it transmits insecurity and not for this it arouses less curiosity. The curious man is the man of the myth of the cavern of Plato; man that puts in danger his own certainties to follow his own instinct and to seek that element new main point for his mental growth. This man will always choose the dark room and what he will find inside, it will always be distinguished according to the emotional state in which is found.The EP of Dubit and Scalameriya contains this meaning, music as metaphor of the life contained in the antithesis between safety and curiosity.Words by Lorenzo Salmi

Killer 4-tracker from Mike Humphries on his Mastertraxx imprint, back where it belongs on vinyl and featuring a collaboration with the excellent A. Paul on 'Test range' plus three other superb tracks.

The label's inaugural release comes in the form of 3 tracks from Point Break, the DJ collaboration between the New York label head Arthur Kimskii and Cory James. The A side Sidewalks is a dance floor workout that has subtle and not so subtle nods to the Detroit sound. On the B side you have Wendes and Late for Lunch. On the B Side we have Wednes; a kick heavy crunchy techno tool followed by Late for Lunch, a steady building percussive, textural composition.

One Eyed Jacks is back with another debut release, and like the previous 12" on the label, RoundHouse Kick come from the south of Portugal aswell - Portimão this time.

RoundHouse Kick are actually a couple, and one with unusual couple fixations at that. They're constantly buying, experimenting and selling synths, drum machines and records but fortunately their passion actually translates into more than just an impressive collection - we simply fell in love with "ARM1X" at 1st listen. They also have a kick-ass live act that quickly put their name on the lips of pretty much every discerning electronic music fan from Lisbon with just a handful of gigs, including two floor smashing, hardware-based live sets on two of our label nights.

These tracks got enthusiastic, early support from Jackmaster, Phillip Sherburne, Dan Avery and other relevant dance music players of the now, and have been gathering some of the biggest fan reaction and radio play since we started the label, focusing on a no-gimmick approach to production, combining analogue and digital in search of an honest, evocative sound, inspired in equal parts by the increasingly documented traditions of Detroit and Chicago and the formative early years of a naive and emotional portuguese rave scene.

For the remix we've invited the excellent Auntie Flo, delivering 2 remixes instead of one - Remix and Dub mix - in the fine dance music tradition of adapting the remix to various djs and dancefloor moments.

Artwork is again by our favourite Lisbon visual artist Márcio Matos."


Feedback:


JD TWITCH (Optimo)
"love this. the auntie flo remixes are great but it;s the original that is really doing ti for me. my wife just came in the room to ask what it was and she almost never does that so that's a good sign."

JUSTIN ROBERTSON
"MASSIVE love it"
(included "Industrial Dream" on his latest mix - 2nd track here: http://soundcloud.com/justinrobertson-deadstock/justin-robertson-high-lane-dj )

JOAKIM
"very good guys"

DANIEL AVERY
"Another great release on OEJ. Industrial Dream is the one for me. Lush, trippy club music that isn't afraid of the dancefloor."

GEORGE ISSAKIDIS
"Another exceptional single!!! Arm1x is amazing!!! dark, sexually driven techno!!

Industrial Dream is music metabolized by the pineal gland.... short, bright and psychedelic! excellent!

all the remixes are great!!!"

AXEL BOMAN
"super cool release!!! love the originals and the remixes. 100% swedish support!!!"

GHOSTS ON TAPE
"hey guys! this record sounds sick. its hard to pick a favorite, maybe "ARM1X". they are all really spacey and jackin. will be playing at least one of these soon as i get the chance."

Untold inaugurates his new label with three powerful club tools from London based J.Tijn. The EP lays down raw pummelling techno
with nods to Jungle, Dub and Grime.
A relative newcomer, J.Tijn introduced his signature sound with the track 'The Anti Mixdown' on the well-received compilation 'New
Jack Techno' compiled by Turbo Recordings last year. His prolific work rate promises several more EP's due for release in 2013.

Following on from their 'Arc EP' released in April, Lakker return to Blueprint with 'Torann EP' featuring five new cuts from this Dublin based duo.

Dara Smith and Ian McDonnell (aka Eomac) formed Lakker back in 2001, with early tracks appearing on compilations for various labels, alongside a number of EPs, followed by their debut album 'Ruido' on Lazybird in 2007, plus more recent excursions on the likes of Killekill and Love Love Records.

With influences ranging from breakcore and jungle to techno and electronica, their sound is just as far-reaching with
organic sample-based productions and synthetic, processed electronic beats.

Lakker's 'Torann EP', their second release for Blueprint, kick-starts with the dappling beats of 'Summer Rains', before
moving onto the more experimental 'Mustard Crying'. 'Ciar' takes us back to the dancefloor with ominous undertones, while 'Static & Amp'
is a simple but effective exercise. Finally the diminutive but meticulous 'One Note' caps the EP off in fine Lakker style.

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"It's no surprise that the most daring records are made by those who operate on its fringes. Certainly Lakker could never be
accused of conformism" DJ Mag UK

"Their static-infused productions gradually open up to reveal a wealth of sumptuous details" - Resident Advisor

Miles has been releasing material on Modern Love for a decade, first as one half of Pendle Coven, then on his own as MLZ, and eventually pairing up with Sean Canty to record as Demdike Stare. In between he's also pursued more experimental terrain under the Suum Cuique moniker, produced Jungle for the HATE project and (together with Andy Stott) taken on the occasional release as Millie & Andrea for Modern Love sublabel Daphne. He is also an admired, exhilarating DJ, his sets have been known to span a broad spectrum of electronic music, from the obscure UK techno of labels like Radioactive Lamb and Irdial, to classic Chicago House, Detroit Techno and - most importantly - early 90's jungle and breakbeat, feeding into his love of the most uncompromising end of the Italian experimental movement, Musique Concrète, Synthwave and contemporary Noise. After more than 10 years of producing, "Faint Hearted" is his debut solo album. 'Faint Hearted' is an exposition of Miles' love of electronic music in all its shapes, harnessing his fidgety production style into one expansive, restless set of tracks. The album opens with the filtered and looped Jungle mutation of 'Lebensform', through to the minimal, barely-noticeable bass-shifts of 'Irreligious', the classic Plastikman-infused looped ruffage of 'Status Narcissism' and the padded bliss of "Sense Data", coming across like a lost Move D production from the classic Studio Pankow era. The second half opens with 'Rejoice', a slowly-unfurling 4/4 variant that sounds like a more technofied and electric take on his work with Demdike Stare, while "Archaic Thought Pattern 1" invades a sequence of strings and bass notes with blasts of white noise, sounding like something off Aphex Twin's 'Donkey Rhubarb' EP rebuilt by Mika Vainio. The set ends with the evocative field- recorded sequence 'Queuing' and the ambient futurism of 'Loran Dreams', in some respects the straightest, most affecting 9 minute stretch yet from a producer who is seemingly unable to settle or stand still.

Autroprod from france. Little dancefloor cheaptunes for the massive heart of the night outdoor parties... Mkatr is a serial bootleger bringing out Public Enemy as well as Tetris. Cypricore is more into the distrotion and tortured kick. He brings the Core side on this EP. Luv his style.

500 COPIES - NO REPRESS - NO DIGITAL RELEASE!
"Redpanda is a new vinyl-only label from Moscow run by Roustam (All Inn, Gipsy). Its main focus is in featuring great forward thinking artists that are creating the music of tomorrow and releasing it on wax with the highest standards of quality!

The first release comes from the Romanian wunderkids Phrasis Veteris with The Nocturn Ep and what a treat it is. A lot of has been said about the amazing Romanian scene recently — some say it's full of hype, others think it saved dance music. We're going to refrain from making any judgments and want to just let the music speak for itself, because in the end that's what really matters!

The A-side kicks off with Drumtalk — a funky, syncopated upbeat number. This is a great percussive jam already supported with the like of Onur Ozer, Raresh. It's followed by the title track Nocturn, which gives atmosphere and feeling to the entire release.

The flipside features Sundaymoon a deep and introspective cut for your mind, body and soul, as they say. Soulspeak rounds off the release on a more positive note with bright interludes and a tight groove. This release is perfect for the spring time and gives us hope for a better tomorrow with good music. Full support from Petre Inspirescu, Valentino Kanzyani, Livio & Roby and many others. Enjoy!"

The fourth release of the Hamburg-based Label PMP (Playmusic Productions) will be given from
Project 24 - since October 2009 this pseudonym stands for the DJ's and producers Joscha Grunewald and Maxim K. Both of them are from Detmold in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Their studio is based in their hometown, established in Hangar 24, a former building of the British armed forces. Hence the number 24 in the project's name reflects its connection to this building. On the a-side of their 'No More EP' you will find a great crossover track called 'The Difference', which combines techno and songwriting in a really worthy way. In the break this beast evolves into something you would never think of when you put that track on. Goosebumps.
The other track on the a-side is called Aurora. The dramatic string sounds define the mood for the break, then a few synths fade in, and in the break the track has reached its peak, emotions are really strong, then the bass carries the groove again and the track gets danceable again. Definitely a real gem of melodic techno.
On the b-side you can find the title track 'No More', which is quite a difference to the a-side, but you still know that it's Project 24, their remarkable atmosphere work really makes this track deep again, even though the drums are some kind of disco-influenced. Again some lovely vocals by Joscha Grunewald with a slight pop-appeal define the break of the record, a beautiful slide guitar captures the feeling of the track and then a modulated bass comes in, and it starts to mesmerize you..
Then the release gets rounded up with a remix by the dutch producer Rob Hes, who has already released on labels like Sounds Of Earth and Repressure Recordings, and he will also have his debut on Gabriel Ananda's Basmati imprint soon. His remix is a real monster combining the atmosphere of the original track and some beautifully morphed sounds, that are taking the remix to another galaxy.
All in all, a really impressive release by two guys who have unbelievable talent. Keep at least one eye on them..

Matt Abbott

"Nice"

Best Mix : Project 24The Difference (Original Mix) Support : Yes







Summer (Brendon Collins)

"Nice remix by Rob Hes."

Best Mix : Project 24Aurora (Rob Hes Remix) Support : Yes







Paco Osuna (Plus8)

"downloaded thanks :)"

Best Mix : Project 24Aurora (Rob Hes Remix) Support : Yes




DJ Shiva

"Very interesting EP. Most of it is not necessarily something I would play a lot. I tend toward the harder end of things, but my tastes vary far beyond what I play all the time, and it's definitely well-made, musical and unique. I would probably drop "Aurora (Rob Hes Remix)" in an early morning set.

Hell, maybe I'm full of shit and I'd drop any of them. "No More" is seriously a fantastic piece of music. Echoes of 80s alternative in that delayed slide guitar. If nothing else, this is going on my iPod. Who knows. An early morning may tempt me to play this one yet. ;)"

Best Mix : Project 24No More (Original Mix) Support : Yes




Gregor Kempf Rating : 9 / 10

"nice track!!!"

Best Mix : Project 24The Difference (Original Mix) Support : Yes







Tom Schön
Rating : 10 / 10

"Big package..."

Best Mix : Project 24The Difference (Original Mix) Support : Yes







Niki Belucci

"cool ep, will try, thx"

Best Mix : Project 24No More (Original Mix) Support : Yes








Lars Wickinger (So What)

"Sounds interesting!

Best Mix : Project 24The Difference (Original Mix) Support : Yes








Summer (Brendon Collins)

"Nice remix by Rob Hes."

Best Mix : Project 24Aurora (Rob Hes Remix) Support : Yes

Jan Liefhebber (We Are Techno/HighlandBeats)

"great deep stuff ! Cool ep ! Support"

Best Mix : Project 24Aurora (Original Mix) Support : Yes

Ataneus
Rating : 10 / 10

"Again massive release. Full support"

Best Mix : Project 24Aurora (Rob Hes Remix) Support : Yes

My Evil Twiin Rating : 10 / 10

"love it when people take a risk by putting a full vocal in a track , this is up there with Spektre - Casting Shadows without light .....full support on this one guys !!!"

Best Mix : Project 24The Difference (Original Mix) Support : Yes

Kareem Gokem (Dubmission Radioshow)

"Not into the vocal track that much, but the others are worthy of some praise."

Best Mix : Project 24No More (Original Mix) Support : Yes

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