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Locked-In is back in the game with its sixth release, The Amigos EP. This four-track exploration sees rising producers Andy Somoza and Juaan take the helm, crafting an EP destined for the crates of discerning DJs.
Leading the charge is "Disperso," a cheeky and extroverted anthem that injects chopped-up rave stabs and nostalgic vocal breaks into a tight rhythm section. It's a classic Locked-In opener with a fresh twist, sure to get bodies moving.
"5am" dials up the intensity with driving, compressed kicks and dry snares, exuding edgy confidence – perfect for those late-night warehouse sessions where the energy is pumping.
A left turn on the B-side. "Waita" ushers in a spooky atmosphere. Ghostly bells and wet synths dance around an electro snare and airy, galloping hi-hats, creating an intriguing and unsettling soundscape.
The EP closes with "Mi Partner," a masterfully woven tapestry featuring silky vocal samples, driving snares, and a killer bassline. This introspective track beautifully counterpoints the playful energy of the A-side.
- A1: Lee 'Scratch' Perry – People Funny Boy
- A2: The Inspirations Aka The Untouchables – Tighten Up
- A3: The Upsetters – Return Of Django
- A4: Dave Barker & The Upsetters – Shocks Of Mighty
- A5: Junior Byles – Place Called Africa
- A6: Little Roy – All Africans Aka Don't Cross The Nation (7" Mix)
- A7: Junior Byles – Beat Down Babylon
- B1: The Gatherers – Words Of My Mouth
- B2: Prince Django – Hot Tip
- B3: Lee 'Scratch' Perry & The Upsetters – Jungle Lion (7" Mix)
- B4: Junior Byles – Curley Locks
- B5: Susan Cadogan - Hurt So Good (7" Mix)
- B6: Bunny & Ricky – Bushweed Corntrash
- C1: Max Romeo – Three Blind Mice
- C2: King Tubby & The Upsetters – Three Times Three
- C3: The Heptones – Sufferer's Time (7" Mix)
- C4: Junior Dread – Sufferer's Heights (Jamaican Mix)
- C5: Lee 'Scratch' Perry – Roast Fish And Corn Bread (Jamaican Mix)
- C6: Max Romeo – Sipple Out Deh Aka War In A Babylon (Jamaican Mix)
- D1: Max Romeo & Prince Jazzbo – One Step Forward / Ital Corner (12" Mix)
- D2: Watty & Tony – Rise And Shine
- D3: Junior Murvin & Jah Lion – Police And Thief / Soldier And Police War (12" Mix)
- E1: Peter & Paul Lewis – Ethiopia Land
- E2: Max Romeo & Lee 'Scratch' Perry With The Full Experience – Chase The Devil / Disco Devil (12" Mix)
- F3: Junior Delgado – Sons Of Slaves (12" Mix)
- G1: Junior Murvin – Roots Train (7" Mix)
- G2: Carlton Jackson – History (7" Mix)
- G3: The Congos – Neckodeemus Aka Nicodemus (7" Mix)
- G4: Lee 'Scratch' Perry – Soul Fire (Jamaican Mix)
- H1: Lee 'Scratch' Perry – One Drop
- H2: Lee 'Scratch' Perry – I Am A Madman (Lp Mix)
- H3: Lee 'Scratch' Perry – Exodus (7" Mix)
- H4: Lee 'Scratch' Perry – Jamaican E.t. (7" Mix)
- E3: Lee 'Scratch' Perry – City Too Hot (7" Mix)
- E4: Augustus Pablo – Vibrate Onn
- F1: Watty Burnett – Rainy Night In Portland (12" Mix)
- F2: Leroy Sibbles – Garden Of Life (12" Mix)
Boxset !
Overview
Arguably the greatest Jamaican record producer of all time, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry was instrumental in transforming the island’s national sound throughout the Sixties and Seventies, with his unique approach to music making pushing the music beyond previously perceived boundaries.
To mark the first anniversary of his passing, the very best of his work is showcased across a number of products, all of which effectively demonstrate why Perry was widely venerated figure for so long..
The deluxe box set comprises four vinyl LPs and four CD sets featuring his best known and most influential recordings including a previously unreleased mix of Junior Murvin’s powerful ‘Police And Thieves’, UK chart-buster ‘Hurt So Good’ by Susan Cadogan and the Upsetters’ boss reggae classic ‘Return Of Django’, as well as numerous major Jamaican hits.
Aldo included in the set is a 50 page fully illustrated page book, penned by Scratch’s official biographer, David Katz and featuring an array photos by celebrated photographer Adrian Boot, and a newly designed two sided full colour 24” x 24” poster.
The 2x gatefold LP and 2x CD set collection focus upon of the legendary music-maker’s best known productions from the Sixties and Seventies, performed by some of the giants of Jamaican music, with both extensive notes on the man whose talent and imagination took reggae to new heights of excellence.
Our sixth release comes after a short hiatus. Characterized by his obscure and brooding soundscapes, Ildec presents four tracks, including one collaboration with torrent, filled with dark and dancefloor-banging beats.
“Accept the existence of the void as a real entity, in which atoms can move and rearrange themselves”.
“What’s an XSR-6?”
“It’s a machine.”
“What kind of machine?”
“I don’t know yet.”
- A1: Check The Rhime
- A2: Bonita Applebum
- A3: Award Tour
- A4: Can I Kick It?
- A5: Scenario
- B1: Buggin' Out
- B2: If The Papes Come
- B3: Electric Relaxation
- B4: Jazz (We've Got)
- B5: I Left My Wallet In El Segundo
- C1: Hot Sex
- C2: Oh My God
- C3: Stressed Out
- C4: Luck Of Lucien
- C5: Description Of A Fool
- D1: Keeping It Moving
- D2: Find A Way
- D3: Sucka Nigga
- D4: Vivrant Thing
"The Anthology" wurde ursprünglich 1999 veröffentlicht und enthält die erfolgreichsten Tracks aller ATCQ-Alben bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt, wie z.B. "Can I Kick It" (275m+ Streams), "Electric Relaxation" (160m+ Streams) und "Vivrant Thing" (50m+ Streams), sowie Songs aus Soundtracks. Auch dieses Album war außerhalb der USA seit vielen Jahren nicht mehr auf Vinyl erhältlich und erscheint jetzt als schwarzes 2LP-Vinyl-Set.
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Perceive is a vinyl only imprint dedicated to minimal house music.
For this tenth chapter, the talented brothers Last Pines present a sophisticated three tracker.
Each track of the EP is a punchy groover with deep sounds and hypnotic vibe.
The record will be available in limited edition.
Debut LP from House On The Strand whose production sensibilities fall somewhere akin to Boards of Canada, Toxe, Fourtet, Khotin & Croatian Amor.
House on the Strand’s debut full length release is a playful, wide eyed and vivid collection of songs that echo the simplicity and nostalgia of 00’s childhood. A collection of colourful and vivid synth tones, fragmented beats and samples across 35mins dance like shapes and colours behind closed eye lids or like imperfect early digital camera footage of summers lost to memory. Sonically, 'Heroine’'s tones and production sensibilities fall somewhere akin to Boards of Canada, Toxe, Fourtet, Khotin & Croatian Amor.
Info: New Label Phiragon Music release their debut EP, this is part one in a series of 2. The release has two vinyl only bonus tracks to make a total of six.
It also features a catchy remix from of SongBird by Martin Iveson (Atjazz) and the whole project was mastered by Andy Compton & Rurals at Peng Studio
in Bristol who also has two tracks on this release.
A mastermind in showcasing various shades of house music in their inimitable manner, Danish-born, Amsterdam-based DJ/producer Samuel Andre Madsen, aka S.A.M., stands as a rare talent within the current house landscape. Whether crafting trippy, cosmic and psychedelic late-night excursions, delicate, hazy journeys, or groove-driven, heady cuts, their studio naus and innate musical talent has seen them release via a list of leading labels while heading up their own Delaphine, Dahlia and Oscillat imprints - not to mention their longstanding role as one-third of globally renowned trio Mandar. Returning to Up The Stuss following their stand-out collaborative ‘Get Together’ project with label boss Chris Stussy three years ago, 2024 welcomes a blissful late summer outing with the excellently crafted ‘Check It Out’ EP. From the deep, captivating and hypnotic sonics of the title track to the skippy Tiger Balm’, the bumping grooves of ‘Race To Lose’ and the classy tones of ‘Forever Rhodes’, prepare to be transported across the house realm with yet another faultless EP from one of the best around.
Während ihr Stones Throw-Debüt Overstand instrumental war, fühlten sich Apifera bei den Aufnahmen zu Keep The Outside Open zu einer intimeren Herangehensweise bereit. Sie ließen ihrer Vorstellungskraft freien Lauf und verpackten persönliche Alltagsgeschichten in Fantasie und fiktive Charaktere.
Die Mitglieder von Apifera - Nitai Hershkovits, Yuvi Havkin, Yonatan Albalak und Amir Bresler - sind alle tief in ihrer musikalischen Community verwurzelt: Yuvi veröffentlicht als Rejoicer elektronischen Jazz, Yonatan ist Frontmann der Post-Rock/Psych-Jazz-Band Geshem, Amirs Gruppe Liquid Saloon mischt Afrobeat mit Jazz-Funk, und Nitai ist vor allem für seine Solo-Piano-Platten bekannt, von denen ein Album 2023 bei ECM erschien. Für den Schlusssong des Albums, „Sera Sam“, haben sie ihren Freund, den Trompeter Avishai Cohen, mit ins Boot geholt. Der Titel des neuen Albums entstand, nachdem jemand nach einem Auftritt in ihrem Lieblings-Jazzclub gerufen hatten: „We're closing the outside“. Keep The Outside Open ist ein Appell an die Welt, offen zu bleiben. Zu ihrem freien und wilden Zustand zurückzukehren.
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M.O.S. are celebrating the 4th anniversary of their Melody Of the Soul imprint with an exclusive vinyl-only Ep entitled 'Ask The Universe'. This very special release showcases 4 outstanding tracks, carefully crafted to ignite the dancefloor with its hypnotic rhythms and soul-stirring melodies.
Make The Ting is a project born out of my writing on creativity that lives online as post it style notes known as the ‘Yellow Squares’ found across Instagram and Twitter. The first square was posted on July 31st 2021, as covid-19 restrictions were lifting in the UK and I was thinking about what the music scenes and wider creative communities are after 18 months of lockdown. The idea’s developed into lectures presenting them in real life, but the platform felt right to explore my own creativity more broadly to challenge my own ideas in real time. My history as a DJ, Label Owner and Promoter in the Grime scene wasn’t at the forefront of these ideas, but I wanted to reconnect back to the ecosystem that inspired and gave me a creative career in the first place. Blay Vision’s ‘Cammy Riddim’ in the summer of 2022 inspired an idea to translate the ideas in the squares into song form. I approached Grime MC Jammz about the idea, and the first song ‘Yellow Square’ was done with the core principles that I had written about so far. 6 months passed, and while on a Muay Thai retreat in Thailand in February 2023 I thought about expanding the musical side of the Yellow Squares further. I text Jammz about turning this idea into an album, that we make as quickly as possible using my writing as a guide, and his voice and creativity to turn them into songs. We gave ourselves two weeks, set up a shared notes in iPhone did two zoom meetings, one phone call, exchanged messages on iMessage and he wrote 7 songs in a week, then recorded them all in one day at Ten 87 Studios in Tottenham, London. Jammz wrote all of the songs to one of his own beats, then we selected the final instrumentals we liked that we thought fit the ideas from both our camps the day before recording. The speed forced our hands creatively and it would have been a completely different project if we worked on it for months. Time is the creative director. Albums don’t have to be blockbuster projects with big budgets and huge campaigns behind them. Albums are just collections of ideas. Removing the pressure of trying to make a perfect one meant it got done and released with the least stress possible. Even the business of the album took 5 mins to handle. An equal revenue split on each song between me, Jammz, and the producer. Everyone gets paid quarterly into their own account automatically by our distributor. On announcement of the album in March 2023, we released the acapellas, for people to do their own versions, before most of the original songs had been heard by anyone. We encouraged people to Remix The Ting, and I did custom artwork for everyone that sent me a complete remix before the album came out on the 30th June 2023. The front covers are drawn individually by me. I wanted to make the record an extension of what I do with the yellow squares themselves and capture the energy of where my head is at in 2023. If it’s blank, it’s space for you to draw your own yellow square. Maybe what you think about the album, what it’s inspired for you, or just a snapshot of where your creative brain is at on the day you are picking up this record. This could be the first of many albums, this could be a one off. Nobody knows what is going to happen next. It all may make sense in the end – Elijah
Warriors Of The Dystotheque begann als Onlineprojekt des irischen DJs Jonny Mac gestartet und ist nun zur vollständigen Band gereift, die sich zum ersten Mal im wirklichen Leben traf und ein Album mit kontrastierenden Sounds, Ideen und Einflüssen aufnahm. Aufwachsen in Nordirland, die 90er Rave-Tage, Leben im sonnigen Florida, ein Mashup aus Live- und elektronischer Musik, Freundschaft und Verlust, Ibizas Sonnenlicht und dunkle Wolkennächte, Verzweiflung und Erleuchtung, die Kraft der Musik, sich aufzurichten und Freude und Harmonie zu schaffen. Jonny Mac: "Es fühlt sich an, als hätten wir die Punkte auf diesem Album verbunden, es klingt mehr nach einem Zusammenkommen der Band als nach einem Onlineprojekt. It's a beautiful thing." Lp mit 12x12" Artprint.
After his highly publicized breakup with Taylor Swift at LA’s Viper Room ,Iain Howie returned to Vancouver.
Taylor released “Bad Blonde Boy”, a breakup song about Iain and Iain quickly rebutted with “ Patterns” about Taylor.
He began working on his solo album and got a remix of Patterns by his shady neighbour “Jay Tripwire”. Partly because of the fact Taylor could never stand Tripwire.
Over the course of a year Tripwire churned out 10 different remixes for an alternative vinyl only release. Jay would have his friend Anton play various remixes from his hot dog cart in Bucharest.
One early morning it caught the ear from Cally. Cally had only intended to buy a foot long Frankenfurter after Guesthouse, but he was so captivated, that he asked Anton for a cassette tape of the song. Most Romanian DJs often look to Anton’s hot dog cart to find obscure unreleased gems.
Cally began his closed door ritual of compiling songs for closing Sunwaves that year. When getting his tea leaves read, his spirit guide advised him on using “Patterns” as the closing song to the festival.
Whether it was the come down from drugs or low serotonin, SW attendees could be seen crying on the dance floor during the song.
The tears were then collected and drank by Raresh




















