GENRES: electronica/leftfield/downtempo

TRACKLISTS:

A1 Verblex Oscillos
A2 How Do I Know
A3 Frederikalstublieft

B1 Siegfried Benaultibaum
B2 L.O.V.E
B3 Rebula Conundrum

C1 Nlasckhdsjk
C2 Hakelifjell
C3 Still Have Time

D1 Isolated
D2 Maladayfun Faction
D3 Alone In My Kitchen

Release Note:
Mark Hawkins readies ‘Venn Diagram’ album for Aus Music this May.
Mark Hawkins’ early releases on labels such as Djax Up Beats and Ugly Funk lit flares in the world of
underground techno, with a sense of humour and tougher-than-thou sonic palette enforced via his jacking live
sets. Across the following decades, Mark has delivered razor sharp cuts that encompass pretty much
anything that has an electronic heart - leaving his own unique trail for others to follow via his work for labels
as diverse as Dixon Avenue Basement Jams, Sonic Mind, Mistress Recordings, Houndstooth and Aus.

With his latest album, it feels like Mark has pushed ahead with a change of direction he started with 2021’s
‘The New Normal’. ‘Venn Diagram’ carries on this journey into uncharted lands; molten, distorted drum
assaults weave around glistening melodies, kitchen sink soul glides below fractured sound pools. Opener
‘Verblex Oscillos’ immediately demands your attention grabbing, with a so-happy-it’s-sad melody spiralling
around a cascade of tough-as-fuck dance floor destroying beats, along with ‘Isolated’s urgent combination of
strings, acid and chicago-tough electro beats.

Other cuts on the album share a similar approach, ‘Maladayfun Friction’s restless energy derives from a fusion
of skittering drums and deranged synths and ‘Still Have Time’s dreamy super saw pads and plaintive vocal
espouse a kind of wasted elegance, roaming the city nightlife in a Gucci dress and Doc Martin boots.
‘Nlasckhdsjk’ and ‘Frederikalstublieft’ propel forward with such a sleek and effervescent aesthetic, recalling
fast drives along picturesque European highways or heady take-offs to unknown urban territories. The
aesthetic becomes more elegant on the album’s centrepoint tracks ‘Rebula Conundrum’ and ‘Nlasckhdsjk’,
where optimistic bleeps, bass and 707 drums underpin jazzy chords and soaring leads.

Other tracks show the arc of Mark’s direction of travel, with soulful vocals that share a well of deep-rooted
optimism that was so evident on his breakthrough 2016 Social Housing album. ‘L.O.V.E.’ breaks into
post-Sophie territory with a catchy modulated vocal joyfully two-stepping across to the nightclub bar and
‘How Do I Know’ providing a heart rending torch song for 6am kicking-out-time refugees to help them find
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Format Notes:
2023 first time vinyl issue, 140g double vinyl, original picture sleeve


Track List:

A1 : Final Hour (4:59)
A2 : Numb (5:35)
A3 : Feels So Good (4:29)

B1 : Apathy (5:30)
B2 : Worried Mind (5:17)

C1 : Please (5:42)
C2 : Brave Heart (5:21)
C3 : Is It Cool (5:31)

D1 : Nearer (5:45)
D2 : Being Broken (4:58)

Release Notes:

Lost soul phenomenon Lewis Taylor's Numb finally arrives on double vinyl! One of UK soul’s most fascinating artists, most enigmatic figures and most under-appreciated talents, Andrew Lewis Taylor is a prodigious multi-instrumentalist and eclectic polymath. He enjoys a fiercely loyal following which, over the years, has included celebrity champions like Bowie, Elton and D'Angelo. Numb is Taylor's sixth album, initially released on his own label Slow Reality (an anagram of his name) and licensed to Be With for this long-awaited physical edition. It captures Taylor's wholly unique, intoxicating take on lush, late-night psychedelic soul music.

Lewis wrote and recorded these 10 brand new tracks after a 17 year break from making music, although the album came together over a two-year period. The years away have done nothing to dull Taylor's unique musical vision. He still astounds. The lyrical themes, however, have shifted. Understandably, more than a decade and a half of soul searching and unflinching self-examination cannot fail to influence this most honest of songwriters, and boy does it show. Numb marks a return to the darker, more mysterious side of his output: "Brian Wilson-channels-Smokey Robinson atmospheres", as Mojo put it recently.

After playing a rapturously received gig at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC in 2006, Lewis unceremoniously walked away from music and disappeared completely. An interview in 2016 shed light on some of the reasons for Taylor’s withdrawal from the business, but there was no hint of a return anytime soon. Then in June 2021, news emerged out of the blue that he was readying new music alongside Sabina Smyth with whom he had worked first time around.

On Numb, Lewis deftly balances stark, soul-bearing lyrics with moody mid-tempo pop-soul sheen. He deals candidly with depression, mental turmoil, even thoughts of suicide - clearly more personal than Taylor's earlier songs. The music is rich, warm and layered, with infectious melodies and hooks that stick with you. A true grower of an LP, it really does reward repeated listens. As Jim Irvin in Mojo reflected, "despite the depths these plumb, it's a curiously uplifting experience, unfurling like a concept album about life's challenges with an optimistic beauty at its heart."

Triumphant dubwise horns ring out yet, almost instantly, “Final Hour” takes on a dark, downbeat vibe. With lyrics that confront (and, seemingly, confound) death head-on, Lewis ensures the groove is still there, the beats still swing and your head still nods, strings glissade. Woven around delicate yet insistent piano and subtle strings over a killer bassline, the title track “Numb” is a good example of the lyrical themes throughout the album. As Taylor reflects, "So removed I feel no pain / And for all I know I could be having the time of my life" with a coda that feels very much in conversation with Brian Wilson's finest harmonies. "Feels So Good" is sophisticated 90s-sounding soul of the highest order. The music and vocals feel simultaneously optimistic and despondent. Downlifting. A neat trick, and one Lewis has been so adept at over the years. "Apathy" is a mini-epic, a symphonic-soul gem which builds and glides and, eventually, soars. “Worried Mind" is another slow-builder, creeping out the gate in a sketchy, discordant fashion before climbing to half-crescendo but never quite breaking free of its disorientating restraint.

The brighter "Please" presents a more hopeful mood, with the refrain "I still believe" ringing out as Lewis harmonises with himself. "Brave Heart" quietly struts from step one, as Lewis's falsetto swaggers over a downtempo backdrop with ace echoey drums, beautiful strings and serene electric guitar. Closing out Side C, "Is It Cool" answers its own (non-) question with a spellbinding five and a half minutes of swoonsome deep soul that oscillates between a restrained, barely-there backdrop and a lushly full musical accompaniment of acoustic and electric guitar and organ over bass and slick drums. The penultimate track "Nearer" is a magical, soul-stirring ballad in which Lewis sings of reaching a sweet salvation and achieving a peace of mind. If the hairs on the back of your neck aren't standing up by the midway point, you might need to check your pulse. Album closer and true tear-jerker "Being Broken" places Lewis's gorgeous voice high in the mix and the wordless falsetto and melodies invite you to ponder what Pet Sounds might sound like if it were refashioned as a dubby 21st Century electronic soul album. Astonishing.

Simon Francis’s vinyl mastering spreads out the ten tracks over a double LP so, as ever, nothing is compromised. And as usual, the records have been cut by Cicely Balston at Air Studios and pressed at Record Industry. Turn it up and let the Lewis Taylor sound envelop you. More

Format Notes: 2023 first time vinyl issue, 140g double vinyl, updated artwork

Track List:

A1 - Stoned Part I (4:51)
A2 - Positively Beautiful (4:24)
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B1 - Lewis IV (3:53)
B2 - Send Me An Angel (4:36)
B3 - Til The Morning Light (4:08)
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C1 - Shame (4:24)
C2 - When Will I Ever Learn - Part I (4:40)
C3 - Lovin’ U More (4:14)
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D1 - From The Day We Met - Part II (4:43)
D2 - Lovelight (4:53)
D3 - Sheneverdid (4:49)

Release Notes:

Stoned Part I was the first self-released album from lost soul phenomenon Lewis Taylor. His third album proper, it was initially released on his own label Slow Reality in 2002 and it's been licensed to Be With for this long-awaited double LP release, its first ever vinyl edition. The songs are varied, hook filled and outstanding. Beloved by his legions of diehard fans, it's nothing short of a masterpiece.

After parting ways with Island, and without a label deal, Lewis went back to his home studio and began to record Stoned Part I in 2001. Co-written and co-produced with longtime collaborator Sabina Smyth, Lewis sings and plays all the instruments on this beautiful, emotional and very human album. It represents Lewis at his most accessible and finds him in the middle ground between his two Island releases. In some ways, Stoned Part I distills the best of his musical sensibilities. The flawless production is dense, layered and very early-2000s slick. The bottom end is thick, funky and sexy.

The complex, proggy-soul of title track "Stoned" opens the album and instantly captivates. Deep swinging funk with truly sweet soulful vocals, complemented by wah-wah guitar and swelling acidic synths. As Lewis himself told us, the ad libs at the end of the track were a nod to Paul McCartney at the end of "Hey Jude". Fan favourite "Positively Beautiful" has shades of Curtis and Marvin; its richly layered harmonies propelled by a simple, metronomic click-track that gives way to a more fully fleshed beat for the magnificent coda.

The slow, sweeping majesty of "Lewis IV" is all moody atmosphere, featuring dense, richly textured music and heavenly multi-tracked harmonies. The stop-you-in-your-tracks incredible "Send Me An Angel" could have been a huge AM radio hit, beautifully crafted sophisticated soul-pop songwriting in the vein of the very best Sade records. Yep! *That good* The smooth, psychedelia-lite "Til The Morning Light" is a gorgeous, sun-dappled love song, layered with Lewis' distinctive honey drenched vocals and, again, the type of record you could've easily heard all over the radio at the time of initial release.

The remarkable, wide-eyed "Shame" packs so many shifting styles into one song, it has to be heard to be believed. Opening in a laconic, breezy style, not unlike a Dallas Austin or Rodney Jerkins produced R&B hit of the day, it morphs into a heavy psych-soul Soulaquarians wig-out (the solo bearing an uncanny resemblance to Carlos Santana’s on "She’s Not There") before elegantly sliding into string-assisted symphonic soul and then back around again. And again. Sheer brilliance. The sublime, gentle head-nod funk-soul of "When Will I Ever Learn" (Part 1) is a strikingly well-turned-out tune, a neat, sweet bass-driven guitar-soul jam that ensures our jaw won't be leaving the floor anytime soon. "Lovin’ U More" sounds like a classic turn-of-the-century Neptunes production, the likes of which they'd lay on for JT BITD. A Latin-tinged groover with more than a little Nile Rodgers-driven slick funk stylings, it's yet another instant Lewis bomb with those gorgeous harmonies and chart-friendly irresistible key-changes to boot. Another indisputable (non-)HIT!

The funky seductive swagger of "From The Day We Met - Part II" opens the final side of wax, giving way to the gigantic buzzing synth-funk beast "Lovelight", a track so insouciantly mighty it should have been a massive hit for someone. Wait, what's that? Robbie Williams covered it? Ah, OK, well, I guess that says something about the effortless pop genius contained within. Containing a seemingly unnoticed nod to Kraftwerk’s "Computer World", it's Lewis's favourite song on the album. It's easy to hear why: "Sabina’s production totally nails it. I love the restraint and the subtlety, and that mixture of warmth and sweetness from the singing against the slightly cold, yet beautiful airy-ness of the backing track." To close this phenomenal album, the twisted electronic soul of "Sheneverdid" marries Lewis's beautiful falsetto to his virtuoso playing and an easy-cum-ominous musical backdrop. Stunning.

Simon Francis’s vinyl mastering, approved by Lewis himself, presents the eleven tracks over a double LP so, as ever, it sounds sensational. The records have been cut by Cicely Balston at Air Studios and pressed at Record Industry. Allow Lewis Taylor to get you Stoned. More

Format Notes: 2023 first time vinyl issue, 140g double vinyl, brand new artwork

Track List:

A1 - Madman (4:22)
A2 - Keep Right On (5:30)
A3 - Reconsider (3:51)
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B1 - When Will I Ever Learn 2 (3:44)
B2 - Out Of My Head Is The Way I Feel (3:05)
B3 - Carried Away (3:32)
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C1 - Stoned Part 2 (4:13)
C2 - Positively Beautiful 2 (4:09)
C3 - Throw Me A Line (3:42)
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D1 - Shame 2 (3:34)
D2 - Won’t Fade Away (4:05)
D3 - Keep On Keeping On (4:47)

Release Notes:

Stoned Part II is Lewis Taylor's pure, perfect dance-pop album. His second self-released album and fourth album proper, it initially appeared on his own label Slow Reality in 2004. It's been licensed to Be With for this long-awaited double LP release, its first ever vinyl edition. Gravely misunderstood at the time by hardcore fans and the music press alike, it has aged quite magnificently. An experiment in the sounds of contemporary pop and dance music, Lewis's wonky take on funky pop would annihilate anything kicking around the charts, then or now. If only it were given half a chance.

Stoned Part II is brimming with Lewis's trademark soul, his singing as beautiful as ever, but the rhythms throughout are more upbeat, the overall sound a more smooth and slicker dance-funk presentation. Roughly half the tracks are absolutely essential, fascinating re-workings of tracks from the eternal Stoned Part 1, as Lewis explains: "When we were doing Stoned we were trying different approaches with everything so we ended up with more than one version of nearly all the songs which left us with more than an album's worth of material. There was a lot of really cool house tunes around at the time which we were both really into and that shaped the sound and production, some songs more directly than others." Amen to that.

The swoonsome, string-drenched opener "Madman" is quite the departure, a bleepy, bumping soulful disco-house record with a bassline to die for. Is there anything he can't do? It's followed by another huge dancefloor stomper, "Keep Right On" again riding another killer bassline over funky drums and featuring Lewis's dazzling vocals. There's no let-up with the sparkling "Reconsider" which sounds an awful lot like Daft Punk meets Nile Rodgers (prescient as ever, our Lewis). The wide-eyed French filtered house vibe is to the fore here, and how this wasn't picked up by someone like Kylie and taken wholesale to the top of the charts is something we'll never understand.

Opening the B-Side, "When Will I Ever Learn 2" really slaps, presenting a breezier, more upbeat funk take on the brilliant original and incorporating "From The Day We Met" from Stoned Part I. "Out Of My Head Is The Way I Feel" is absolutely fantastic and one of Lewis's very best songs. The vocals, self-harmonising and virtuoso playing are next level. To close out the side, "Carried Away" is a real standout, Lewis's gorgeous falsetto riding a quasi D&B groove to begin with before adorning a more classically funky 2-step rhythm. The marriage of undulating synths and guitars is stunning, giving way to Lewis indulging his goosebump-inducing Brian Wilson harmonies.

The funky, Rhythm King drum machine soul of "Stoned Part 2" refashions the original in the style of an unearthed Sly Stone classic, circa There's A Riot Going On. Yes, it's that good. On we then glide to "Positively Beautiful 2" which, if it's even possible, manages to be better than the original. The epic, orchestral opening truly captivates before Lewis truly gets down with kaleidoscopic dancefloor-slaying Philly soul-funk. It's surely tracks like this which help explain why he was soon to be tapped up by Dangermouse and Cee-Lo for the musical director role with Gnarls Barkley. "Throw Me A Line" closes out the side

"Shame 2" is a blissful, restrained version of the massive original, without the crazy psych-soul wig-out. Definitely more radio-friendly, that's for sure. The gorgeous mellow vibe continues with "Won't Fade Away", featuring more Beach Boys harmonies over a barely-there pulse (a version of which later pops up in an altered state on The Lost Album). The album bows out with - you guessed it - a psych-soul wig-out! "Keep On Keeping On", a real highlight, opens with looped sampled drums a la Massive Attack and Lewis's multi-layered self-harmonising again very much high in the mix. It amps up gradually to feature vocals dripping with tune and bite before screaming guitars and crashing drums really blast this whole set into the stratosphere.

Simon Francis’s vinyl mastering, approved by Lewis himself, presents the twelve tracks over a double LP so it sounds exactly as it should. The records have been cut by Cicely Balston at Air Studios and pressed at Record Industry. Allow Lewis Taylor to get you Stoned, Part II. More

Special remarks:
180G VINYL // VINYL ONLY // NEW PRINTED SLEEVE // Kraftpack

Tracklist 12":

A1 Dub Chronicles #5
A2 Late Night Up North
B1 Beautiful People (feat. Robert Owens)
B2 Meditation

'With its roots in Leipzig, Bondage-Music has developed a cogent back catalogue which draws on the principles of Romanian minimalism whilst evincing a certain verve prevalent across dance floors in Berlin and further afield. Previous releases from Mihai Popoviciu, Pornbugs and NTFO, have woven a clear thread within the catalogue - a thread defined by the adroit use of distilled elements.
Adding to this thread with the next release on Bondage-Music is the masterful producer Sascha Dive. Based in Frankfurt and with releases stretching back to 2005, Sascha Dive has earned his status as a venerated contributor to the scene and has developed a musical identity characterised by a combination of deep, moody synthesis and precise, punchy drums.
His 'Beautiful People' EP develops these tropes and - as the name would suggest - suffuses them with a lick of dub. Sunken pads, deftly woven melodies and dense subs are rendered to a lucid finish across a versatile and effective set of tools which slot neatly into the Bondage-Music catalogue.'

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Genre: Ambient, Electronica, Experimental

Tracklist LP:
A1. Venus - A2. Marché - A3. - Foule - A4. - Saloperie - A5. So Dad… - A6. Fluids - A7. Bonnes
nouvelles des étoiles - A8. - Flirty - A9. Audio Sexual Part 1 - A10. Science imbécile - B1.
Maternaliste - B2. Gravos - B3. Wesh Finn Zerb - B4. Comput - B5. Aliens - B6. Fruit Cakes - B7.
Vol plané

Short Info:
Deepening the comic tones using cosmic relief, and lively vibes, La Science des Imbéciles
(Ludicrous System), Brigitte Barbu’s sophomore sonic adventure, manifest a blurry creation
intersecting orbital audio paths and damaged smoking instruments. Could have easily been
called Birdless Science but it wouldn’t be funny…
Reverberating estranged arrangements, bizarre sounds, electronic fantasies, « hallucinationalism »,
and crypto poppy stratums all party together in Barbu's second explicit sensual album. Recorded and
digested during a gastro-reclusive residency in an Un-Orthodox Union Spacy Workstation, under the
benign diffraction of "Californian psychedelia» and medieval Cyrillic capharnaüm. Due to historic
geographical confusions and incorrect spellings, any specific detail will stay confidential. Using a
powerful branded calculator, digital converters, boutique preamps and various synthetic substitutions,
this extra album is blooming for spring cleaning. The guitar was accidentally ravaged, propelling
supervision into a strange but dope alt verse, still somewhere between an impromtu voyage through
scattered chronology and a poetic analytical research.
A cheerful memento escaping from pressure and weight like one of those fancy diets.
"I wanted to compose an intangible Pop LP" says Brigitte, « with guitar as an alibi, blending arrogant
synthesizers and humble plug-ins.… ». With a genuine thoughtful dimension, this record freaks as out
audiences with its neat mischievous mood. Jazzing the Mushing Rooms while testing the Acid Tweaks,
initially, the Artist had ambiguously vague rules for composing: but slowly, offending beardless
academics became the motto.
Ingrédients: orgasmic pads, sublime beaches, distorted nostalgia, frustrated markets, perfect
crowds, shady brews, body fluids, magnificent news, fried stars, hairy spouses, loud flirts, cosmicNew Release Information
crumbs, healed sons, dumb technology, rare games,underground motherships, Turkish tarot, fat bits
and heavy cream, fresh herbs, exotic invectives, a stuttering abacus, lamb’s bread, silent farts,
croissants chauds, extended outsiders, incongruous «patisseries», condescending muffs, violent
eardrums, hijacked bytes, macho bakers, epic fails, viennese bass, very large ears, hilarious gliding,
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A powerfull Techhouse / Techno Ep from Berlin based Label "City Gossip" with a excellent Remix by Mijk van Dijk.

TRACKLISTS:
A1. Marquardt - Riding on a Train (11.03 min)
B1. Marquardt - Just Realized (8.19 min)
B2. Marquardt - just Realized (Mijk Van Dijk Remix) (6.42 min)
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Genre: Techno / Electronica

Tracklist Vinyl:

A1 Magna Pia - Epilogue
A2 Magna Pia - Qizil
B1 Magna Pia - Venus M
B2 Magna Pia - X

C1 Magna Pia - Gudanna
C2 Magna Pia - Astarte
D1 Magna Pia - Qut
D2 Magna Pia - Epilogue

Full Info:

Magna Pia, a.k.a seasoned producer, DJ, and composer Hüseyin Evirgen, announces his second full-length album, ‘QUT’, arriving on Inland’s Counterchange label in March on double vinyl.

After 2 steamrolling EPs of club tracks on the label - now entering its tenth year of action - Magna Pia presents his most complete and advanced body of work to date, weaving a dense narrative of drone, figurative synthesis, bass-heavy electronica, and abstract techno.

Over eight tracks each referencing his rich cultural and musical background, we are treated to a unique overview of a producer at the crest of his art. The word ‘Qut’ is an ancient positive affirmation, in one short word encompassing all that is sacred, pure and good. The Old Turkic term meaning not only ‘good fortune’ and ‘joy’, but in shamanic circles, the ‘wonder of the heavens’, permeates the roots of Evirgen’s multi-heritage history.

That Evirgen expresses his interpretation of this central theme through the marriage of bewitching melodies with atonal, experimental and rumbling electronics is a conscious comment on the distortions and mutations of our Modern Era. We now exist in the digital age of the Technosphere for better or worse, and must seek beauty wherever possible.

The opening ‘Prologue’ invites the listener into a futuristic yet organic sound world, where lush stereo processing goes hand in hand with rumbling bass and subtly detuned drone languages. From the echoes of traditional Uyghur folk music, translated via synthesizers into a glistening slow-diving opus (‘Qizil’), to churning dub-techno adorned with a symphony of evolving sine-waves (‘Venus M’), Evirgen then deploys ‘X’ - a haunting experimental piece composed predominantly with his voice and electronic processing.

The interweaving synth lines of ‘Gudanna’ pierce the fog with a radiant and transcendent club-techno bounce before the ode to the ancient Bronze Age goddess ‘Astarte’ unfolds its snare-driven broken-beat formations. The title track ‘Qut’ embodies by far the heaviest club track of the album, in a deadly, stripped-back moment of future-techno hypnotism. Dancing flames of purple-tongued synthesis are held (just) in line by a wonderfully tough throb of drums.

With his ‘Epilogue’, Magna Pia allows the spectral ideas and concepts laid out across the LP to connect and travel full circle, confirming our suspicions that this could be one of the most coherent and exciting works to emerge in the brave new field of introspective, and sensitive techno-electronic language.


Written & Produced by Magna Pia, Berlin, 2022
Mastered by Inland
P & C Counterchange 2023
COUNTER034

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Fantastic music! I like it a lot. Warm, but driving, micro-tonal and yearning.

Rodhad:
Nice. I really like the sound design… Great stuff. Congrats.

Svreca:
This LP is outstanding. I enjoyed the whole thing, loving each track from the electroacoustics to the experimental techno. Full support.

Laurent Garnier:
GREAT release. Full support.

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2LP

A1 Neva Left
A2 Moment I Feared
A3 Bacc In Da Dayz
A4 Promise You This
B1 Trash Bags
B2 Swivel
B3 Go On
B4 Big Mouth
B5 Toss It
C1 420 (Blaze Up)
C2 Lavender (Nightfall Remix)
C3 Let Us Begin
C4 Mount Kushmore
D1 Vapours (DJ Battlecat Remix)
D2 I'm Still Here
D3 Love Around The World
D4 Transition

Snoop Dogg is a legendary personality. He burst on to the scene in the early 90's and stole the show with his appearances on Dr. Dre's classic album, The Chronic which cemented him as a prominent figure within the halls of hip hop. Since then he has gone on to release multiple platinum albums, star in major motion pictures, and even host a TV show with the one and only, Martha Stewart! In 2017, Snoop releaed the album, Neva Left which was a call back to the style that gained him notoriety. Packed with features from the likes of Too $hort, Wiz Khalifa, K CAMP, Nef The Pharoah, Devin the Dude, KRS-One, Redman, Method Man, BADBADNOTGOOD, Kaytranada and more.

Key Selling:
" Features Too $hort, Wiz Khalifa, K CAMP, Nef The Pharoah, Devin the Dude, KRS-One, Redman, Method Man, BADBADNOTGOOD, Kaytranada and more
" 17 GRAMMY Nominations, Worldwide rap, movie, and television personality
" Includes CD exclusive bonus track, Transition.
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CD - 4-panel digipak, tube pocket, 12-page booklet
"What It Means To Be King'' is the first posthumous album from late Chicago legend, King Von. Known as one of the great storytellers in modern hip-hop, Von's untimely passing in November 2020 came on the verge of him reaching superstardom, with his album "Welcome To O'Block'' hitting number thirteen on the Billboard 200. Fans can finally expect to hear the finished product of the lead single, "Don't Play That," which Von himself teased on social media while still with us. Joining Von, the album features appearances from 21 Savage, G Herbo, Fivio Foreign, Moneybagg Yo, Lil Durk, Polo G, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, Dreezy, OMB Peezy, Boss Top & DqFromDaO. Long Live King Von. Pressed on silver & black marble vinyl; widespine sleeve; 12-page booklet.

Key Selling/Marketing:
- The first posthumous release from King Von
- King Von's last album, "Welcome To O'Block," is the artists highest charting release to date, reaching number #13 on the Billboard 200.
- The album's first single, "Don't Play That" (Feat. 21 Savage) was met with wide acclaim, with the video trending at #8 on YouTube Music and received placements on playlists across all major DSP's upon release.
- Official videos released in support of "Don't Play That" have received 19.8M YouTube views.
- "Don't Play That" debuted at number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it King Von's highest charting single to date.
- Features include 21 Savage, G Herbo, Fivio Foreign, Moneybagg Yo, Lil Durk, Polo G, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, Dreezy, OMB Peezy, Boss Top & DqFromDaO.
- 2LP pressed on silver and black marble vinyl; widespine sleeve; 12-page booklet.
- Available now on CD (UPC - 194690783944).
- Current Spotify Stats: 2.84M followers & 6.7M monthly listeners.
- "What It Means to Be King" has amassed nearly 200M Spotify track streams since release.

Tracklist: 2LP/CD
A1/1. Where I'm From
A2/2. War
A3/3. Facetime (Feat. G Herbo
A4/4. Don't Play That (Feat. 21 Savage)
A4/5. Straight to It (Feat. Fivio Foreign)
B1/6. Trust Nothing (Feat. Moneybagg Yo)
B2/7. Evil Twins (Feat. Lil Durk)
B3/8. Too Real
B4/9. Let It Bust (Feat. Polo G)
B5/10. Mad
C1/11. My Fault (Feat. A Boogie Wit da Hoodie)
C2/12. Change My Life
C3/13. Hard to Trust (Feat. Dreezy)
C4/14. Get Back (FEat. Boss Top & D1FrmDaO)
C5/15. Get It Done (Feat. OMB Peezy)
D1/16. Chase the Bag
D2/17. Go N Get Em (Feat. Boss Top)
D3/18. Grandson for President
D4/19. Family Dedication Outro
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2LP - SILVER & BLACK MARBLE VINYL, WIDESPINE SLEEVE, 12-PAGE BOOKLET
"What It Means To Be King'' is the first posthumous album from late Chicago legend, King Von. Known as one of the great storytellers in modern hip-hop, Von's untimely passing in November 2020 came on the verge of him reaching superstardom, with his album "Welcome To O'Block'' hitting number thirteen on the Billboard 200. Fans can finally expect to hear the finished product of the lead single, "Don't Play That," which Von himself teased on social media while still with us. Joining Von, the album features appearances from 21 Savage, G Herbo, Fivio Foreign, Moneybagg Yo, Lil Durk, Polo G, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, Dreezy, OMB Peezy, Boss Top & DqFromDaO. Long Live King Von. Pressed on silver & black marble vinyl; widespine sleeve; 12-page booklet.

Key Selling/Marketing:
- The first posthumous release from King Von
- King Von's last album, "Welcome To O'Block," is the artists highest charting release to date, reaching number #13 on the Billboard 200.
- The album's first single, "Don't Play That" (Feat. 21 Savage) was met with wide acclaim, with the video trending at #8 on YouTube Music and received placements on playlists across all major DSP's upon release.
- Official videos released in support of "Don't Play That" have received 19.8M YouTube views.
- "Don't Play That" debuted at number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it King Von's highest charting single to date.
- Features include 21 Savage, G Herbo, Fivio Foreign, Moneybagg Yo, Lil Durk, Polo G, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, Dreezy, OMB Peezy, Boss Top & DqFromDaO.
- 2LP pressed on silver and black marble vinyl; widespine sleeve; 12-page booklet.
- Available now on CD (UPC - 194690783944).
- Current Spotify Stats: 2.84M followers & 6.7M monthly listeners.
- "What It Means to Be King" has amassed nearly 200M Spotify track streams since release.

Tracklist: 2LP/CD
A1/1. Where I'm From
A2/2. War
A3/3. Facetime (Feat. G Herbo
A4/4. Don't Play That (Feat. 21 Savage)
A4/5. Straight to It (Feat. Fivio Foreign)
B1/6. Trust Nothing (Feat. Moneybagg Yo)
B2/7. Evil Twins (Feat. Lil Durk)
B3/8. Too Real
B4/9. Let It Bust (Feat. Polo G)
B5/10. Mad
C1/11. My Fault (Feat. A Boogie Wit da Hoodie)
C2/12. Change My Life
C3/13. Hard to Trust (Feat. Dreezy)
C4/14. Get Back (FEat. Boss Top & D1FrmDaO)
C5/15. Get It Done (Feat. OMB Peezy)
D1/16. Chase the Bag
D2/17. Go N Get Em (Feat. Boss Top)
D3/18. Grandson for President
D4/19. Family Dedication Outro
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The cover album to end all cover albums. Aptly entitled "On Top of The Covers," T-Pain is back with his first full-length release since the 2019 album, 1UP. Delivering his own rendition of iconic songs such as Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come," Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'," Sam Smith's "Stay With Me," & Frank Sinatra's "That's Life," the singer most well known for popularizing autotune approached the album au naturale, allowing his vocals to be the star of the show.

Key Marketing/Selling:
- A cover album by T-Pain, covering songs by legendary artists such as Sam Cooke, Frank Sinatra, Journey, Chris Stapleton, Sam Smith, Black Sabbath, and more.
- T-Pain is a 2-time GRAMMY Winner and 12-time Nominee
- T-Pain has 11M monthly listeners on Spotify
- He is best known for popularizing autotune
- Extensive digital marketing campaign featuring fully produced content pieces/commercials released to support album rollout
- OOH planned in key markets
- He will be performing for 2 nights only in Los Angeles in support of the album
- Vinyl will be pressed on Gold Nugget vinyl
- T-Pain's first album release since 2019s 1UP

Tracklist:
A1/1. A Change Is Gonna Come
A2/2. Don't Stop Believin'
A3/3. Sharing The Night Together
A4/4. Skrangs (in K Major Sus)
B1/5. Stay With Me
B2/6. Tennessee Whisky
B3/7. That's Life (feat. NandoSTL)
B4/8. War Pigs
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Special remarks: REPRESS ORIGINAL ART. NEW PRICE, black vinyl / stickered Inside-out cover

Genre: Dub Techno, Ambient

Short Info:

Rising Sun marks his return to Freund der Familie with a release of a double 12-inch album delivering 8 reinterpretations of the recent albums "Alfa" and "Omega" including unwavering dub techno, deep house and ambient electronics.

Tracklist:

A1 - Alpha 04:19
A2 - Beta 05:32
A3 - Gamma 03:37
B1 - Delta 06:43
B2 - Epsylon 05:25

C - Delta (version) 07:02
D1 - Euphoria (alpha) 06:37
D2 - Zeta 05:47
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Format: Vinyl 12” (Limited 180 gr. Cristal Clear Vinyl - Special Cut Out Sleeve - Printed Inner sleeve)

Track list:
A1 Dam Swindle – The break up
A2 Scan 7 – The best is yet to come
B1 Fouk – Kill Frenzy
B2 Demuir – Werq. feel. gruv. vogue.
B3 Adryiano – Me and you and her

Release Info:
Label bosses Dam Swindle dive into the label back catalog and compile 2 special edition releases of classics to celebrate 10 years of
Heist Recordings.
Founded in 2013, Heist Recordings has quickly become a go-to house label, giving rise to a vibrant scene of groove aficionados and all things
deep house. Now in the label’s 10th year, Dam Swindle take a moment to reflect on the great tracks that have come out over the years with 2
limited edition compilations of classics.
On this first compilation, the duo starts with the track that helped the label burst onto the scene: Their instant classic ‘The break up’. With its
vintage vocals, Rhodes chops and instantly recognizable bell loop, it’s easy to understand why so many people are still in love with this track. It’s
only fitting that this anniversary release for Heist goes back to where it all started.
The second track on the compilation is from the legendary Detroit outfit Scan 7: Their 2020 track ‘The Best is yet come’ from Heist’s 50th release.
The appearance of Scan 7 on the label turned quite some heads at the time, but in fact, it made total sense. The mutual love for house, key
grooves and that classic Detroit vibe brought Scan 7 and Dam Swindle together and the result was an amazing release full of Midwest electronic
funk.
On the flip, we’ve got Dutch duo Fouk with their first hit on the label ‘Kill Frenzy’, which kickstarted the rise of their signature sound back in 2014.
The release ends with 2 extremely catchy and strong house releases by Demuir and Adryiano. Demuir’s vocal cut ‘Werq. Feel. Gruv. Vogue’. is
one of the highlights in Demuir’s catalog and a showcase of the producer’s knack for sampling and writing a house groove. Adryiano’s piano
house track ‘Me and you and her’ is a perfect ending to this first compilation, showing us that great house music can be as simple as repeating
something over and over and over, until that groove is all you hear.
The vinyl release of Heist Classics vol. 01 is printed on clear 180 grams heavyweight vinyl and is limited to 1000 records with a special design by
our Art Director Bas Koopmans (Wellness.)
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Territories: WORLD EXCL FRANCE

Tracklist CD:
1_Bengue
2_LoBa
3_Ndomè
4_Li Yanga
5_Wata
6_Nop
7_Hola Mè
8_Séa
9_Bissaï
10_Touye
11_Mètam
12_Lep

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African Singer-songwriter Blick Bassy is back with a fifth album, again sung in the Baasa language of Cameroon. Madíbá brings together twelve songs in the form of fables, dedicated to the theme of water, in which his high and angelic voice dominates, carried by delicate guitar, synthesizer melodies, and sober brass arrangements. The cuts are diaphanous and nevertheless modernist songs, which testify to a contemporary and poetic Africanity at the crossroads of soul, folk, and electro.

Blick Bassy’s albums have a humanist and universal dimension. His fifth and new solo album, titled Madíbá, which means water in the Douala language of Cameroon, comes in the form of songs close to the fable, in which Bassy explores "a theme shared by all” of water, the source of life. The fables of the album, all born in the imagination of Blick, explore in a more concrete way different themes related to water, its rarity, its necessity, its energy or its vital power. The twelve songs all bring together a series of figures, animals, or various characters, embodied in turn by Blick Bassy. "I have fun stepping into the shoes of a bird, a cat conversing with an elephant, a flower worrying about its declining beauty, a monkey looking for a spring or a storyteller with his grandchildren. In these texts, water can even take on a human appearance.”

Beyond the tale, the texts of the album also refer to our climate crisis, or to the problems of access to water, a way for the artist to approach serious subjects through a poetic form which avoids didactic or moralizing speeches.
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Territories: WORLD EXCL FRANCE

Tracklist LP:


A_side
A1_Bengue
A2_LoBa
A3_Ndomè
A4_Li Yanga
A5_Wata
A6_Nop

B_side
B1_Hola Mè
B2_Séa
B3_Bissaï
B4_Touye
B5_Mètam
B6_Lep

Short Info:

African Singer-songwriter Blick Bassy is back with a fifth album, again sung in the Baasa language of Cameroon. Madíbá brings together twelve songs in the form of fables, dedicated to the theme of water, in which his high and angelic voice dominates, carried by delicate guitar, synthesizer melodies, and sober brass arrangements. The cuts are diaphanous and nevertheless modernist songs, which testify to a contemporary and poetic Africanity at the crossroads of soul, folk, and electro.

Blick Bassy’s albums have a humanist and universal dimension. His fifth and new solo album, titled Madíbá, which means water in the Douala language of Cameroon, comes in the form of songs close to the fable, in which Bassy explores "a theme shared by all” of water, the source of life. The fables of the album, all born in the imagination of Blick, explore in a more concrete way different themes related to water, its rarity, its necessity, its energy or its vital power. The twelve songs all bring together a series of figures, animals, or various characters, embodied in turn by Blick Bassy. "I have fun stepping into the shoes of a bird, a cat conversing with an elephant, a flower worrying about its declining beauty, a monkey looking for a spring or a storyteller with his grandchildren. In these texts, water can even take on a human appearance.”

Beyond the tale, the texts of the album also refer to our climate crisis, or to the problems of access to water, a way for the artist to approach serious subjects through a poetic form which avoids didactic or moralizing speeches.
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Tracklist

A1. Penny Universities
A2, Beta Librae + James K - Late At Night
A3. Megafauna
A4. The Dance Class
B1. Mammoth Melting Sugar
B2. Weavers
B3. Tea Too
B4. Bodhicitta

Release Date:
Beta Librae returns to Incienso with her third album, “DAYSTAR”. Whereas her previous album for the label, “Sanguine Bond” was an altogether more heady affair - “DAYSTAR”, like the name implies, is a bright and bold waypoint in the ever expanding Beta Librae universe.

On eight songs, including a striking collaboration with james K on the lead single “Late At Night”, Beta gathers up new elements of sound and pairs them her unmistakable rhythmic shapes to bring us the most wide-ranging and cohesive B.L. album yet.










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Tracklist

A1. Cobblestone Jazz & The Mole - Hip Waders
B1. Cobblestone Jazz - Does Yo Mama Know?

Release Info:
The Cobblestone Jazz trio team up with kindred spirit The Mole for a double single of cascading grooves and stretched-out club burners.
It’s been over 20 years since the first Cobblestone Jazz EP, and Danuel Tate, Mathew Jonson, and Tyger Dhula continue to unravel expectations, creating outside-the-box rhythms and shifting, explorative musical structures for the dancers. It’s an approach that has seen them play countless shows at festivals and clubs around the world, while reinventing their style on the fly, and whipping up a timeless blend of classic and modern sounds.

For this single they're joined by friend, bandmate and hypnotic discotheque collagist The Mole. Hip Waders comes from one of the group’s long studio sessions, and this gem of a jam was laid to tape after a couple days of playing. Usually the group likes to set the studio up first (tuning the room, picking their instruments and setting up the patch bay), before exploring and recording musical ideas over the rest of the week. Although bouncing along at 120bpm, Hip Waders still strides into deep waters, courtesy of jazzy, tremolo chords that ripple across its skittish electronic groove, which constantly unfolds across a full 13 minutes.

In contrast, the B-side isn’t so meditative, but rather more classically arranged, and sprinkled with some live passes over the top. Does Yo Mama Know ups the tempo and rolls along on a broken, garage rhythm, before a sweet descending organ progression pulls the pulse into tighter focus. The title is in fact a nod to the Hollywood club that West Coast house pioneer Marques Wyatt did in the mid ‘90s - all about the music and sound, no lights except for those of the 1200s, and a killer vibe.

In this way, the 12” is split along true Cobblestone fault lines - a contrast of long-winding and concise, macro and micro, vintage yet (re)inventive. Cobblestone Jazz and The Mole find the pocket as they always do: those coordinates somewhere between the dance music of the past and the present, while adding a twist to create new, forward-looking versions.




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Tracklist
A1. Handrum
A2. Cheve D (Trip Mix)
A3. Timpani
B1. She Always Wants More (Live at UVA Festival)

Key Selling Points
A “half world” of botanical sounds and surreal impressions assembled as four tracks for Munjebel’s first release on Mesma Records. Oscillating between Ambient, Fourth world and Environmental Music, Demi-Monde is a peaceful yet captivating promenade into organic and percussive synth scapes — melancholic, escapist and contemplative.

Munjebel is the joint project of Royer (Lobster Theremin, Closer) and Aurèle (Demi-Monde, Rinse FM, Cracki Records).
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Genre: Techno, Electronica, Latin Futurism


Tracklist 2LP:

A1 Fase Montuno 6:22
A2 Temples in the Sky 5:04
B1 Labyrinth and Warrior 5:30
B2 Two Wheels of Fortune 4:35
B3 Ají 5:46
C1 Monkey Puzzle Rainbow 10:19
D1 Tangential Tango 9:58


Short Info:

Cristian Vogel, the esteemed electronic music producer and composer, is set to release his 27th album, 'Fase Montuno'. This highly personal release is a visionary take on the futuristic potential of Latin American electronica.

Set to be released on Achim Szepanski's legendary Mille Plateaux label, 'Fase Montuno' is poised to make a significant impact on the electronic music scene in 2023. The label's commitment to innovative and genre-defying music is a perfect match for Vogel's boundary-pushing creativity, and promises to deliver an unforgettable listening experience for fans old and new.

Don't miss out on this latest release from one of electronic music's most talented and visionary artists. 'Fase Montuno' is an essential addition to any music lover's collection, and a testament to Vogel's continuing relevance and creativity in the electronic music world.

Full international promotion by MODERN MATTERS Berlin
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2023 repress

Tracklist
A. Pick Up (12" Extended Disco Version)
B. The Love Truck

DJ Koze might be one of the world's best producers, but above all he's a DJ, and it's his DJ ear that governs. Just as in a great set, so with his releases: "Seeing Aliens" came out of nowhere, a big buzzing beast of a track, to announce that Koze was back on the scene and prime everyone for the coming album, knock knock. But now that Koze has your attention, it's time to remind everyone what's most important about club music, pull things back, take a turn to the left, and get deep into the groove.

Thus "Pick Up": the second single from knock knock is 100% pure groove, doubly so in the extended 12" version. In a sense it's incredibly familiar - it is essentially a filter disco record, very close to something you could imagine coming out of Paris around the turn of the millennium. But of course, this is Koze. Nothing is normal or familiar in his world, and he's taken this most foundational of clubland staples into new territory. Flipping samples of Gladys Knight & the Pips "Neither One Of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" and Melba Moore's "Pick Me Up, I'll Dance", it creates something completely airborne, shot through with emotions such as gods must feel: not quite explicable to the human mind but strong enough to knock you off your feet. In its way it's absolutely as powerful as "Seeing Aliens", but it comes in like the proverbial iron fist in a glove of velvet.

The flip, a ten-minute new track, "The Love Truck" is a big contrast again. If "Pick Up" is giddy flight, "The Love Truck" is woozy floating. Its sharp, clicking percussion recalls 2000s minimal techno, but this time absolutely nothing is generic. The long, intense, on-and-off bass tones, the flickers of birdsong, the pure voices slipping in backwards as if from the future... it's all like the most blissful dream, and culminates in a coda so subtle yet so beautiful it's like ever time you've ever seen the sun rise and thought "I never want this to end", all the while understanding deep down that the fleeting nature of the pleasure is also what give it its power. But of course, being created with that consummate DJ's ear, it's also full of the thrill of wondering what Koze has in store next.

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12”

TRACK LIST
A DJ Koze - Drone me up, Flashy feat. Sophia Kennedy (&ME Remix) 9:07
B1 DJ Koze - Muddy Funster (Mano Le Tough Fuzzy Munster Remix) 5:38
B2 DJ Koze - Illumination feat. Róisín Murphy (Mano Le Tough Needs A Birra Light Remix) 6:12

PR EN:
&Me, the chunky critter, did it again! This hypnotic one-off was stoically crafted to be lifted into the next dimension with thousands of people. Where the hospitality of all-encompassing love and euphoria awaits with arms raised and eyes closed.

Mano le tough found the original Muddy Funster so boring that he ran out of cigarettes. Even as a non-smoker! With his congenial version of this evergreens, this deranged pig forces his cranky perception on us and takes us into a mystical world in which no two stones are alike, but whose unique construction represents an earthquake-proof pyramid of love whose dimensions have perfect relationships to the size of the earth and to mathematical laws. Illumination feat Roísín Murphy as Mano Le Toughs needs A Birra Light Remix persistently pulls us music-loving dance muffins under the disco ball with all the TikiTaka tricks in the book, only to let us go and spin gloriously free at the crucial moment. So beautiful, we dance, wow.
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Territories: World minus UK & US

2023 repress

FORMAT 2x12" 180g vinyl, full printed sleeve, dl card

TRACKLIST:
1. / A1. K-Force 04:21
2. / A2. Liquification 02:01
3. / B1. Weapons 02:41
4. / B2. Gamma Scale 05:47
5. / C1. Chrome 03:23
6. / C2. Projectile Darts 05:06
7. / D1. The Protector 03:28
8. / D2. Magnetic Storm 05:41

Release Info:

The reissue of classic and seminal releases from the Tresor catalogue comes round to Waveform Transmission Vol.
2 by The Vision aka Robert Hood which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.
Released in the same year he left UR and his hometown of Detroit, Waveform Transmission Vol. 2 represents a
pivotal moment in Hood’s career as his move to New York with fellow UR co-founder Je Mills led to Hood
experimenting with a new work ethos through which he settled on his trademark sound.
Fast, aurally assaulting, yet funky - the release is techno as eective as it can possibly be; in this version,
remastered by Thomas P. Heckmann, we see the first results of his transmutation as Hood manipulates the raw
sounds he would soon distil into seminal works like Internal Empire and Minimal Nation.
Ever philosophical and spiritual, in the sleeve notes for the release Hood dedicated the release “to the form of
simplicity[,] the reasoning of vision[,] the understanding of where we came from and how we got here and to the
perspective we use to construct over destiny” - words which from our early 2020s vantage point almost foresee
the influence this intuitive work would have on artists working from Birmingham to Berlin and beyond over the next
three decades.
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12“ + DOWNLOAD

Tracklist:
A1) Woo York - Samum
A2) Woo York - Prophet
B1) Woo York - Samum (8Kays Remix)
B2) Woo York - Samum (Echonomist Remix)

Release Info:
Woo York - supreme electronic music duo make their debut on Watergate Records.
The Ukrainian duo have a watertight reputation for crafting stunning dancefloor compositions, having
released music on Life And Death, Soma, Dystopian, Drumcode and Afterlife, the latter home to their
critically acclaimed 2018 album ‘Chasing the Dream’. Their appearances at Watergate have been numerous
over the years, making them an obvious choice to join the label family.
Their Watergate Records debut maiden offering is sparkling. The title track begins as a chugging key-laden
cut before a stirring folky melody rises to the fore with beautiful intent. With its unique sonic signature,
‘Samum’ will stand out in any set. Woo York show a new side of their outstanding musical talent “For this
release we wanted to push boundaries of the melodic techno sound. For Samum we have worked with a
bag pipe, one of the oldest instruments to give the track an almost „housy" note.”
The accompanier is ‘Prophet’, an emotional slice of dance music, hopeful and melancholic in equal doses,
this is custom made for big dancefloor moments.
Accompanying the package are remixes of ‘Samum’ by fellow Ukrainian producer and live act 8Kays, who
turns in a dark and shimmering re-rub, not losing any of the original’s power. Meanwhile Greek artist
Echonomist crafts a rich and multi-faceted reinterpretation that fits for the club and home listening alike.


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Genre: Detroit Techno, Techno, Soulful Techno, Hightech Soul, Detroit

Tracklist 12":



1. Starlink 07:07
2. Belleville Dawn 06:13
3. Spaceport Saturn 09:10
4. Techno Boulevard 06:15



Classic Detroit Techno like they don't make it anymore.

One for all 313 fanatics.




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Tracklist:
A1. Looney - A2. Dancehall - B1. Girls – B2. Get Away

Release Info:
Bella Boo is back on Studio Barnhus with her most direct and club-focused
material yet. A veteran of the Stockholm underground, named “one of the most
promising new artists not only on Studio Barnhus, but in house music in general”
by Resident Advisor, Bella has channelled the energy of her recent DJ dates at
Berlin’s Panorama Bar and London’s Phonox into this Looney Talks EP, a
collection of four intoxicating dance trax full of intense rhythmic themes and
inventive new takes on classic rave sounds.
Looney Talks (12'' vinyl + digital release) is out on Studio Barnhus on March 24
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Rights: World excluding FR & UK

Format: 1x 140 G Black Vinyl, Printed 3mm spine Sleeve, 1 x Printed Heavy Weight Inner Sleeve, marketing sticker

BIOG
Born Jephté Mbisi in Genève, Varnish La Pisicine is a 25 year Swiss Rap author,composer & producer . After his former works under the name Pink Flamingo who maDe him work with Sébastien Tellier & Philippe Zdar, Varnish La Piscine also became a movie director and realized his first film “ Les contes du Cockatoo” whose Ost enhanced with bonus Tracks was released by Color Records under the name “ Metronome Pole Dance Twist Amazone”. After they met, Pedro Winter signed him on Ed Banger Record for his next works. “This Lake Is Successful” is the brand new 7 song mini-album.

TRACKLIST
A1. NUBIAN FARLOW A2. RING ISLAND A3. QUARTZ FREESTYLE feat. SNUBNOSE FRANKENSTEIN A4. "CEVICHE"...
B1. SHOPPING, AMAURY LEFÈVRE B2. NUVOJOB B3. BYE BYE FOREVER

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Format Notes: 2023 First time Worldwide issue, 2 x 140g vinyl, remastered for this edition by Simon Francis

Vinyl Track List:

A1 Tenderly
A2 Mile High Swinger
A3 Alicia

B1 Combustione Lenta
B2 Night Cruise
B3 Waves and Rays

C1 Sky Island
C2 Area Code 868
C3 Sand Steps

D1 Song For My Mother
D2 Yasmin's Theme
D3 Asafuji


Release Notes:

Balearic believers rejoice! Japanese tropical-fusioneers Coastlines are back with the worldwide vinyl release of Coastlines 2. The follow-up to their classic debut, this is the sound of Coastlines's global influences. If the dedication to intricate sonic details is particularly Japanese, the overarching feel captures the sprawling grandeur of the international balearic community. As they put it, Coastlines 2 presents "a more precise and beautifully polished magic hour." If that isn't Balearic, we don't know what is.

Takumi Kaneko and Masanori Ikeda don’t radically alter their sumptuous template with this second LP; and we wouldn't want them to. Yet with a more focused flow from first track to last, both Coastlines and Be With feel this is an even stronger album than their first. One thing that hasn't changed is the use of instrumentals instead of words to express their themes; namely, "the emotional expression of being soaked."

Opener "Tenderly" is appropriately titled, a gentle Latin shuffle easing you back into the Coastlines sound. An organ-heavy synthy exotica that's in step with Lovelock's contemporaneous "Washington Park". Their über-horizontal take on Hawkshaw & Bennett's "Mile High Swinger" (from Synthesiser And Percussion, reissued by Be With!) evokes cocktails-by-the-pool as the sun slowly sets. The blunted deep jazz-funk swing of "Alicia" is a rearranged reimagining of the Gabor Szabo song from his classic Jazz Raga LP. This here sounds like an outtake from The Chronic.

As the sun goes down, "Combustione Lenta" soundtracks the relaxing slow burn of an idyllic bonfire on an isolated beach. Displaying a beautiful new side of Coastlines, we're treated to Moments In Love vibes and melancholic guitar arcs. The piano-laden early morning wonder of "Night Cruise" started life as a completely different song, but the duo found a particularly good loop from the initial sketch and reconstructed it into this sophisticated 80s instrumental soul groove. "Waves And Rays" is all undulating acid waves and lighthouse light. A chopped and screwed steel drum G-Funk with soaring synths and nods toward the squelchy machine soul of Mtume and Jam & Lewis. Yes, *that* good.

The bouncy futureboogie cosmic chug of "Sky Island" represents the beginning of the sunrise, casting images of 80s Japanese fusion and definitely one to play out early doors to get the crowd stepping. "Area Code 868" is the strutting staccato sound of Joe Sample waking up in the Caribbean to craft his piano funk drenched in sunshine. Accordingly, the tentative, naive melodies of "Sand Steps" represent that vivid feeling first thing in the morning, as you step on to the sandy beach in the sunshine and take a deep breath. The world is yours.

The emotional, organ-piano-steel drum-driven "Song For My Mother" is a slo-mo show of sincere gratitude to all the great mothers. "Yasmin's Theme" is Coastlines's Brazilian homage, recalling for them that early summer feeling. It's propelled laconically by the carnival beat of batucada`s big bass surdo drum and complimented by sweeps of warm keys and radiant vocal harmonies. Blissful beatless closer "Asafuji" conjures a scene from a wonderful morning spent with the people of Shizuoka, the symbolic mountain of Japan, Mt Fuji and its inhabitants. It sounds like Dâm-FunK jamming with Sabres Of Paradise.

Coastlines 2 was painstakingly crafted, across the pandemic, at Masanori's rented place in Tokyo and then brought back to his home studio and worked on slowly and repeatedly. With limited time to see each other, the duo became more united in their "consciousness with natural progress."

Mastered by Simon Francis and cut by Cicely Balston at Air Studios, this magnificent double LP has been pressed by the good people at Record Industry.
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Here you have the second EP part of Minimono "Half Way Trough" mini saga.
Bosco050.5 follows the sound of the previous one serving four most exciting electro, italo-disco and acid infected floor burners!
"Run it Back" is a simple and dry tune, has those big cutting edge sounds typical of the early 2000 80's contaminated electro.. perfect for your starting set or in recreating that unique atmosphere.
On the A side follows "Half Way Trough", an effortlessly driving tech-acid house tune, strangely compelling, with a timeless feeling.. looking like an essential weapon for any dancefloor.
B side starts with the spicy electro-disco tune "Over The Machines" epic and functional at the same time with evocative arpeggios and a mechanical vocodered speach.
The Ep ends with the cyberfunk stomper "Revolution" , a twisted electro funk groover in typical Minimono vein.
Fabio Della Torre and Ennio Colaci celebrate this 50th.5 release on Bosconi in great style, remodernising the sound that they used to like when they first met in the early 2000, under the influence of those Berlin labels like Areal, Sender, Festplatten, Funkhaus, Beautycase, Lasergun, Gigolo.. and all of those labels who trademarked the sound of those unforgettable Berlin days.


TRACKLISTS:

A1. Run it Back (6'36")
A2. Half Way Trough (6'22")
B1. Over The Machines (6'54")
B2. Revolution (6'08")
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12" from dOP and Ukrainian music leader Ivan Dorn . Special cover from painter Igor Skaletsky .

2. GENRE/S: Futuristic Pop music for the Original mix . Remixes House & Techno



3. TRACKLISTS:

A1 - dOP & Ivan Dorn - Up The Boohai - Original Mix
A2 - dOP & Ivan Dorn - Up The Boohai - Philipp Gorbachev Remix
B1 - dOP & Ivan Dorn - Up The Boohai - Claude VonStroke Remix
B2 - dOP & Ivan Dorn - Up The Boohai - Ark Remix


4. SHORT INFO:

UP THE BOOHAI is the new song from dOP & and Ivan Dorn from Ukraine . This song made in Kyiv before war tells about getting lost in an unknown city , the morning after a very crazy night , when everything gets blurry . The encounter of freaks in the aurore 's haze of psychedelic adventures , between dreams and nightmares . This 12 ' comes with remixes from Claude Von Stroke , Ark and Philipp Gorbachev .

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Format: (180 gr., Limited Full Cover)

Track list:

A1 – Orchid’s Wish
A2 – Make Me Feel Feat. Marina Trench
B1 – Blu Thang
B2 – Free Feat. Tour-Maubourg
B3 – Purple Corner Fig

Release Info:

Heist welcomes Belgian house maestro UC Beatz to the label with a 5 track EP featuring Marina Trench and Tour-Maubourg.

UC Beatz is a man who likes to do things his own way. You can hear it in his distinctive sound, but it also goes back to when he started producing and putting out records. If he would have asked us for advice back then, we would have definitely tried to talk him out of starting a record label without a good distribution deal. The hours of work to get the records made, printed and stamped is one thing, but going from shop to shop to sell your work, just because you believe in it? That’s just mad.

Thankfully, Belgian producer, DJ -and yes, label owner- UC Beatz didn’t ask our opinion when he started Entrepot Records in 2014 and we’re glad for it. It’s been a total success story for him and an inspiration for independent artists all around. His releases quickly gained momentum, all sold out in weeks and with that, helped him establish his name as stylish deep house producer with his own sound.

Fast forward to 2023, and we find UC Beatz on labels such as Classic Music Company, Razor ‘n Tape and now we’ve his debut on Heist for you. There’s no need for him to go from shop to shop this time, because we’re sure people will jump on this record the minute it hits the shelves.

UC Beatz delivers a stunning 5 track EP with guest appearances from Marina Trench and Tour-Maubourg. The EP sees the artist go from euphoric sample house (Orchid’s Wish) to his classic pad-driven sound on tracks like Purple Corner Fig and Blu Thang. The EP would be good without the collabs, but UC Beatz found a perfect match in style with fellow Heist artist Marina Trench on ‘Make me feel’. His co-production with Tour-Maubourg sees the duo dive deep into a classic Chicago deephouse vibe and deliver the most ethereal track of the EP.

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Delfonic & Kapote are finally back with the 7th release of their "Illegal Jazz" Series. Four Disco-Jazz Tunes reworked for the dancefloor…

A1 Groove Head Rejam
A2 Power Journey Rejam
B1 Imparable Rejam
B2 I Like Music Rejam
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Track list Vinyl:
A1. Patterns, A2. Seem To Take, A3. Ah Oh, B1. Oho Oho, B2. Pears, B3. Swim, C1. Aaa, C2.
Glucose, C3. Unless It Rains, D1. 0%, D2. 9, D3. Long Before

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KUF create emotion-laden dialogues across layers of time and dimensions of sound. With three
albums the Berlin trio pioneered an astonishing inversion of the typical electronic band set up, by
pairing a plethora of disembodied, sampled voices with acoustic real-time interaction on bass, drums
and keys.
'Yield', their fourth album, presents a shift in focus. Less weight on the vocal core – lots of new
integrations of sampling, synthesis and band action in different constellations. This diversification of
sources pulls the conceptual stops out and yields a dazzling array of magical instrumentalism. Bold.
Catchy. Flourishing.
From 'Gold' to 'Universe', KUF solidified an irresistible marriage of android vocal cords and highly
energetic beats. Their third album 'Re:Re:Re' applied the concept to remix/cover version hybrids of
classics from Macro's stellar back catalog, tackling originals by the likes of rRoxymore, KiNK, Patrick
Cowley, Santiago Salazar and Stefan Goldmann. With proof that the concept could be applied with
supremely gratifying results to such diverse contexts, time was ripe to go back to the drawing board
and reimagine the perimeter.
Now 'Yield' breathes the freedom of playful reassembly of the main ingredients. A sampler's cut-up
capabilities triggered by frisky fingers. Persistent bass. Adamant drums. Rough soul, intertwined by
improvised outbursts and shaped with the aesthetics of raw MPC-based chunky techno. Twelve slices
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GENRE/S: Techno, House, Experimental, IDM, Ambient, Breaks, Electro

TRACKLIST:

Side A
A1. Armor 07:34 min
B1. config4 05:54 min

Side B
B1: config5 05:06 min
B2. config2 04:44 min
B3. Court 04:45 min

SHORT INFO:

J. Alberts “config” EP for Couldn’t Care More is one more step into his very own microcosm of electronic music wizadry: There is the flickering groove of “Armor”, myriads of cut-up sonic pieces morphed into a glorious track somewhere next to Techno and House and there’s the distorted quiet beauty of slowly breathing “config4”, ambientesque but filled with tension like Huerco S does it. There are the holographic breakbeats of “config5”, with voice samples and synth stabs melted in New Yorks fiercest heat and there’s the sped-up ambient groove of ghostly “config2”. The last track “Court” sums it up, a breathless groove mutation topped by spheric keyboard sounds. J. Albert gets it all together and he does it with a quite uncanny certainty. A different level.







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TRACKLISTS:
1 - The Strand Cinema
2- Light Through Trees
3- Strike The Match
4 - Atlantic
5 - Grand Central Terminal
6 - Pensive Clap
7 - Transitions
8 - Elephant In Castle
9 - Monarch
10 - Last Words

Release Info:
On 24th March Belfast music producer, Phil Kieran releases his sixth album THE STRAND CINEMA.

The electronic music producer and DJ whose catalogue of collaborations namechecks acts as diverse as Agoria, Green Velvet, Roman Flugel to Nitzer Ebb, Depeche Mode and David Holmes is set to release his 6th studio album The Strand Cinema on the 24th March on his own label PKR.

The last five years have seen an evolutionary shift for the electronic musician, undertaking more soundtrack work, including for film (Nightride on Netflix, Rough), radio (The Northern Bank Job BBC R4) and theatre (East Belfast Boy).

The Strand Cinema album is a tribute to the art deco cinema building , The Strand, where Phil’s recording studio is. A stirring and beautiful record, it seamlessly traverses the worlds of contemporary classical to beautifully elevated dance music with a recognisably cinematic influence. Managing to sound both grand and expansive, as well as minimal and introspective – it’s a record that explores the macro and the micro.

The opening track “Strand Cinema”, begins with a steady, gentle, looping pulse, almost recalling the kosmische ripples of Cluster, before sweeping and enveloping strings enter, resulting in a track that manages to sound both grandiose and tender in one fell swoop.

Lead single “Atlantic” perhaps most perfectly encapsulates the various sonic worlds that Kieran is operating in, merging a bordering on euphoric dance beat layered with infectious melodies, while remaining anchored to organic sounds, as strings and percussion collide with the driving and hypnotic groove of the track.

“Strike the Match” showcases Kieran’s talents for detail, in a track that feels almost palpably textural and rich in complexity but without feeling overly busy or superfluous; while “Elephant in Castle” utilises intense, almost gargling electronics, that drone with a foreboding and ominous tone, but also produces fractured moments of light, beauty and poignancy.

Created during Covid Kieran’s method was “To literally be like a tuning fork and ask: What's in my chest? If I were to describe what's inside me, and what's going on in the outside world, If I had to score that in a film, what would it sound like right now? I guess I sort of soundtracked my own life”

“One positive side of lockdowns was that we spent more time in natural surroundings where I’d make field recordings. I’d also record acoustic sounds: cello, violin, percussion, guitar etc and then create my own sample bank from all these single one-note sounds. So, creating your own loops and drones. The album was created from organic sounds manipulated by machines; melted, mangled and hacked with computers but machines only sound as good as the human spirit put into them.
The idea of nature and humans versus technology is the concept behind the album’s A/V show which debuts in Belfast in March before touring. Featuring works by 11 artists from across the worlds of film, animation, advertising, architecture, computer science and dance such as Scottish BAFTA nominated Simone Smith, LA based director Frederico Marzio Vitetta who is famous for skateboarding films like ‘Wet Dream’ with Spike Jonze, to futuristic CGI from BAFTA nominated Kris Kelly and a video from contemporary dancer Oona Doherty. onscreen visualisations that explores The visuals explore nature and technology along a timeline from past, present to future with cinema as a loose reference point with varying degrees of utopian versus dystopian moods###

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GENRE/S: Deep House

TRACKLIST:
A1. Hold On
A2. The Stolen Child
B1. Water Temple
B2. Lost In Place

SHORT INFO:
JVXTA is a DJ and producer based in London (UK). He also co-founded the label Hardmatter.
Here, Scissor And Thread, the Brooklyn imprint headed by Francis Harris and Anthony Collins share JVXTA’s new EP - Euston Blues. Elements of free improvisation and experimentation pepper the album, while a strong thread of atmospheric cohesion winds its way through the eight tracks - making Euston Blues a truly rewarding and rich listening experience.
"Euston Blues synthesises deep chords, classic house rhythms and jazz laden influences to chronicle an intimate journey of physical and psychological isolation." says Charles Field, the man behind the JVXTA project. "Scope is relative and this transposition is explored from the seclusion of a single room to the expanses of the Beyond". Euston Blues is available as a four-track vinyl EP and full digital album from March, 24th on Scissor And Thread.







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Tracklist:
A1 Imperieux - Extensions
A2 Imperieux - Stare
B1 Imperieux - Desert Viper
B2 Imperieux - Show
B3 Imperieux - Desert Viper (KiNK Remix)

Release Info:
"It's like nothing I have ever done before."

For the past ten years, the Bulgarian-Turkish artist Alper Durmush aka Impérieux has been carefully developing his artistic style and building strong momentum with a high-profile following.

Now the young Berlin-based producer enters a fresh chapter with his EP named “Extensions” on Sofia Records’s eight release. It is filled with brisk, forward-looking breaks, raw jungle attitude and highly combustible house. In all this we can still trace Impérieux's emotional signature interwoven into delicate soundscapes and ethno antics.


The place to kickstart this new direction is a symbolic one and in a way - coming back home. In his five-tracker, Impérieux keeps consistent with Sofia Records’ establishment as a breeding ground for hyper-energetic, yet intelligent sound.
And to do the honors, a signature stomping remix has been added by the label headmeister himself - KiNK.




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LP - digital

Special remarks:
180g

Tracklist:

A1) Island Theory 02:04 min
A2) These Were The Times 03:01 min
A3) April 5th 03:53 min
A4) In The Forest 03:01 min
A5) Insecure 03:32 min
A6) When Everything Dissolves 03:44 min
B1) When Trees Cry 03:35 min
B2) Always Humming 03:12 min
B3) Monte Clerigo 04:44 min
B4) When We Imitate Our Friends 03:39 min
B5) Curfews 03:33 min
B6) Last 02:56 min

Info:

On his debut LP 'Impromptu', Julian Klaas presents a stunning work of sonic ambivalence inspired by the beauty and potential of the Wurlitzer piano. "I didn't attempt to pursue grand feelings like ultimate happiness or deep sadness, I'm much more fascinated in the in-between: the moments you might not otherwise write down, and that you might have forgotten if you hadn't recorded them." With 'Impromptu' Klaas has found a way to honour these moments, revealing the depth and richness that underpins the present.

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GENRE/S: Dance > Leftfield, Dubstep, Trap; Electronic

TRACKLIST:

1. FAINT OF HEART 03:32
2. BLACK LEATHER SEATS 02:15
3. LEGATO MIGNON 03:16
4. SELF TITLED 03:07
5. GHOST RARE 02:31
6. BURNER PHONE 02:51
7. SELF TITLED (Kunas Remix) 02:07
8. LEGATO MIGNON (Gantz Remix) 04:00
9. BLACK LEATHER SEATS (dope Remix) 03:37
10. BURNER PHONE (MANA Remix)

SHORT INFO:
Dear Friends, it's 2023 and the future of Leftfield Bass, Trap, and Hybrid Grime is here... RATIONAL SOUL's debut EP, "SELF TITLED", is going to define a new era on the dance floor, reimagining 140 beats that typically are stereotyped into narrow catagories. "SELF TITLED" will become the worldwide definition of a style never heard before, sought after and inevitably copycatted by those inspired.

With no surprise, 2023 is set off to a paramount start for the German SATURATE! label, with an EP that “is the future of Leftfield Bass, Trap, and Hybrid Grime” and “it’s going to define a new era on the dance floor, reimagining 140 beats that typically are stereotyped into narrow categories.” The mastermind behind such a project, called SELF TITLED, is RATIONAL SOUL a Virginia-based, veteran electronic music producer. The EP is coming out in full on January 13, digitally and on vinyl, and it features six originals and four remixes. What sounds like a disorienting emptiness at the beginning, makes perfect sense when read as part of the overall narrative of the composition. “One moment you’re living happy-go-lucky, almost like it’s the script of a Disney movie, the next moment you’re questioning why you exist- how is it you’ve become a slave to the 9 to 5? Phone by your side as digital anti-anxiety medication, entertaining yourself with something nostalgic to remind yourself of better times…war against yourself, to reset your identity.” The fight against this subconscious condition was RATIONAL SOUL’s starting point while writing SELF TITLED. The artist’s attempt to light a lighter to ignite a spark in our consciousness and thus reveal the void in which we are immersed. “Wake up” he seems to want to tell us. Don’t be a pawn, be a player of your life. Let’s riot against this status quo and, quoting RATIONAL SOUL himself, “Let’s be gangsta and fuck shit up because we are mad at why our world is falling apart: twerk on a cop car with a fine cigar in your mouth type beat.” He then concludes by spilling one, big truth, “what better genre of music could describe these feelings than bass music?” How could we not agree?



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Genre: House

Tracklisting:

A1. 1
A2. 2
A3. 3
B1. 4
B2. 5
B3. 6

Info: Cosmic Tonebank Musik from Dresvn


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2023 Repress

Format: 180g. 2LP vinyl w/ download code

TRACKLIST:
A1 Before The Calling 2:45
A2 If 5:16
A3 Subject 5:39
B1 Detatched 7:25
B2 Version 4:18
C1 Eight 3 5:06
C2 Connected 5:38
D1 From Over The Edge 5:35
D2 Coda 4:46
D3 If (Loft Mix) 4:30

RELEASE INFO:
Tresor Records is pleased to announce the new reissue of James Ruskin's seminal Point 2 album.
First released in 2000, it marked a fine debut that entrenches the minimal sequences, utilitarian funk and
eerie hypnosis found within Ruskin's body of work. As Tresor's relationship with the UK sound grew stronger
across the course of the '00s, it was Ruskin, the label owner of Blueprint Records, who played a critical part
in this. Throughout the trio of LPs released over that decade, inspirations of the sci-fi minimal Detroit sound
lie abundant, rendered through corporeal slammers typical of the UK vein.
Point 2 was the first of Ruskin's trilogy for Tresor, and brought a direct and uncompromising vibrancy to the
fore, from the aquatic symphony featured on 'From Over The Edge' to the pinpoint gaze of 'Subject'. Gurning
loops beat against alien samples, drained into refined abstractions of pure techno.
Newly remastered and featuring two tracks previously not cut onto vinyl, this upfront and bold classic is set
to span dancefloors once again.

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Tracklist
A1. Alan Fitzpatrick - Aura
A2. Alan Fitzpatrick - Aura (Planetary Assault Systems Remix)
B1. Alan Fitzpatrick - Distance
B2. Alan Fitzpatrick - Distance (Klint Remix)

Key Selling Points
Alan Fitzpatrick drops We Are The Brave’s landmark 100th release on a limited run red splatter vinyl.
We Are The Brave hit their 100th release courtesy of label founder, DJ/producer Alan Fitzpatrick, with ‘Aura/
Distance’, two heavy originals and a pair of remixes from Luke Slater’s legendary Planetary Assault Systems
alias and Truncate label alumni Klint. Founded in 2016, Fitzpatrick’s We Are The Brave has released music
from the likes of Sasha, Rebuke, and Skream, as well as remixes from Anfisa Letyago, Reinier Zonneveld,
and Dense & Pika, regularly providing mind-bending techno cuts sculpted for dancefloors and warehouses
worldwide.
Leading the release ‘Aura’ brings strong drums paired with futuristic bleeps, creating a tense and gripping
journey. ‘Distance’ brings a dose of high energy with hypnotic and electronic synths, set to get your feet
stomping. Giving Fitzpatrick’s tune an even more futuristic feel, the iconic British DJ/producer Planetary
Assault Systems adds eerie chimes and shimmering synth flutters on his remix of ‘Aura’. Joining him is Klint,
who brings high-speed drum arrangements for his interpretation of ‘Distance’, topping off a huge release for
We Are The Brave.

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Territory: Available for the World Minus UK/EIRE

Limited Edition 12"
Pressed on Violet Vinyl - 500 available worldwide

TRACKLIST
A1. Impetus
A2. Opak
B1. Auris
B2. Nexus

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Berlin-based modular synthesist and Berghain resident JakoJako returns with her Mute debut, Verve EP.

Although newly-signed, JakoJako is not a new name within the Mute catalogue with appearances on both Martin Gore's The Third Chimpanzee Remixed and New Order's Be a Rebel Remix 12". This release follows her immersive debut album Metamorphose, and presents four brilliant new songs including the icy techno track 'Auris', released exclusively on Beatport in November 2022.

Verve EP is available on limited edition 12" violet vinyl - 500 available worldwide.
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Special remarks: Debut album, Double LP, Gatefold, 180gr, Bonus track on D2 (doesn't appear on the record cover on purpose)
1.
- Debut album from The Hallways
- Band had performed with Altin Gun
- Already maintain mythical status among the fans of the genre

2. GENRE/S: Electronic, Arabic, Drone, Oriental

3. TRACKLISTS:

2LP:
A1 - Rast
B1 - Ya Garat Elwadi
C1 - Bayat Re
D1 - Bayat Sol
D2 (Bonus Track) - Lego Cemetary

4. SHORT INFO:

Homage to Tarab is a journey between cultures, times, places and of course sounds that were molded within the middle eastern orient that had shaped The Hallways' musical perception. All out of tremendous respect to their legacies. Described in one short sentence, Experimental Arabic Drone Music. Picture dark synths, alianted rare drum machines meet ancient organ lamentations, beats the bubble from deep within and such that floats around spaces in circles while constantly changing. Ones that feel like flying on top of a magic carpet ride over deserts, mosques, ancient prayer books while in the background the dimming lights of a mysterious asphalt and concrete covered city.



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12” vinyl with full cover print

TRACKLIST:

A1 - Gamma
A2 - It's Time (To Move Your Body)
B1 - Yantra
B2 - Shri Yantra

INFO:

Dropping as the second standalone EP ahead of Len Faki’s highly anticipated debut album Fusion (due out later this year), this release provides a new outlook on the producer’s sounds, going far beyond the confines of techno that he previously has been known and lauded for.

Opening the record in bold yet sensible style, Gamma subtly transcends the dancefloor functionality by anchoring its driving momentum in a wistful and enigmatic melody; a regular of Berghain, Faki also occasionally plays the upstairs room - where the bumping house of his own It's Time (to Move Your Body) could well go down as the highlight of a long night, whizzing with of colourful synths and anthemic vocals. Yantra then is a reminder of the powerful, loopy and trippy techno, which Faki (amongst all the newfound sonic explorations) has still not lost his appetite and knack for. A genuine counterpart, Shri Yantra then picks up elements of its predecessor, reframed in an enveloping breakbeat journey through time and space.

Going past the constraints of his previous work, Faki’s signature style is still very much audible on this EP, while also showing how there are still endless possibilities to develop. Stay tuned for one more special EP (x35) before the final release of the Fusion double album!



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LP

Special remarks:
180g

Tracklist:

A1) Whitepoint 04:33 min
A2) Impulse 04:30 min
A3) Circulate 04:32 min
A4) Lihan 04:34 min
B1) Childish Mind 03:10 min
B2) Fuji at Night 04:43 min
B3) Floating 04:51 min
B4) Mavi 01:52 min

Info:


On his debut album, Childish Mind, guitarist Jonathan Bockelmann presents a series of light, serene acoustic guitar vignettes. The Munich-born musician has studied classical guitar for about two decades, perfecting his technique and gaining mastery of the instrument. Childish Mind sees him explore a new compositional path by crafting delicately interwoven melodies for the acoustic guitar. From the gentle webs and patterns Jonathan creates, there’s a sense of meditativeness throughout the album—his music radiates out, filling moments with a sense of ease and calmness.


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Tracklist:

01) Whitepoint 04:33 min
02) Impulse 04:30 min
03) Circulate 04:32 min
04) Lihan 04:34 min
05) Childish Mind 03:10 min
06) Fuji at Night 04:43 min
07) Floating 04:51 min
08) Mavi 01:52 min

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On his debut album, Childish Mind, guitarist Jonathan Bockelmann presents a series of light, serene acoustic guitar vignettes. The Munich-born musician has studied classical guitar for about two decades, perfecting his technique and gaining mastery of the instrument. Childish Mind sees him explore a new compositional path by crafting delicately interwoven melodies for the acoustic guitar. From the gentle webs and patterns Jonathan creates, there’s a sense of meditativeness throughout the album—his music radiates out, filling moments with a sense of ease and calmness.


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2023 Repress Edition

GENRE/S: House/Deep House

TRACKLISTS:

A1) Terrence Parker „Love´s got me high“ (Marc Romboy Systematic Soul Remix)

B1) Terrence Parker „Love´s got me high“ (Jimpster Remix)

SHORT INFO:

Exactly 10 years after the release of the original 10“ record Systematic delivers you a strictly limited white vinyl repressing.

Gourmets of old school house music become excited when they listen to „Love´s got me high“. The song, released in 1994, became a milestone in terms of soulful house, in the same way like Adeva´s „Respect“ and Urban Soul´s „Alright“.

Marc Romboy has re-explored this pearl for his series „Lost Treasures“ and was able to convince Terrence to release it again, for the young generation and fort he old school lovers.

The package comes along with a respectful interpretation of no one else than house master Jimpster (Freerange) and Marc´s remix.



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Territories: World excl. UK + North America

FORMAT 2x12" 180g vinyl, full printed sleeve, dl card

TRACKLIST
1 / A1. Oak Bank 06:37
2 / A2. Second Magnitude Stars 06:41
3 / B1. Metal Pig 06:55
4 / B2. We laugh and clap at the circus 05:41
5 / C1. Leadership Contest 06:34
6 / C2. Masks & Archetypes 06:17
7 / D1. Subcultures 05:59
8 / D2. Hope Not Hate 05:57

Release Info:
In March 2023, Tresor Records will release "Crash Recoil", a new album by Surgeon. It marks Anthony Child's first techno LP in
five years, following a period in which he felt uncertainty in his role as a techno producer and found it tough to locate
inspiration. This new album encounters him drawing on spontaneous techniques to arrive at unchartered topographies.
"Crash Recoil" originates from Surgeon's recent live sets, where he experimented with constraints in performing and
embracing the twists, turns and paradoxes that arrive from this. Each fresh iteration on consistent MIDI sequences and
hardware reconfigured tracks into dierent constellations, creating an inspiring vortex of unpredicted events where ideas
could flourish. This new approach allowed him to capture the spontaneous energy of his live shows in a way he had never done
before. "This is not a live album, since it has not been recorded in one go during a live performance. In the same way that
bands tour songs before going into the studio to record an album, I was able to explore these songs and hone their
eectiveness during my live performances before creating a studio version."
The result is eight tracks that emphasise a new techno sound for Surgeon, drawing in references from across the musical
spectrum. "I can hear Coil, King Tubby, Detroit Techno and The Cure all wrapped up with 30 years of DJing," Surgeon says of the
album. Melancholic hum-like ambiences smudge around unadorned, near-droning basslines, crunching rhythm and percolating
arpeggiations. The tracks carry unique and potent locomotion, with a low-slung grind through toughened terrains, breathing
with a free spirit, untethered by a studio-based perspective. We hear manifestations of the same raw material across the
album, like a textural motif, carving new variants and creating a cohesive work full of recollection.
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2023 repress, WG Standard Sleeve

Tracklist:
A1) GameOvr A2) GameOvr (Cassy Remix) B1) Trigonometry B2) Trigonometry (La Fleur Remix)

Infotext:
Sasha continues to make this year his own as he drops his debut EP on Watergate, 'GameOvr'. The EP features two original tracks, including the long-awaited 'Trigonometry', and first class remixes from Cassy and La Fleur. After his recent critically acclaimed sell-out live shows at the Barbican and his 'Out Of Time' EP on Kompakt, not to mention gearing up for his RESISTANCE residency with John Digweed in Ibiza, Sasha officially confirms his debut release on Watergate Records. 'Trigonometry' has been a highlight in Sasha's sets in recent months and has sparked many a heated debate online, from excited pleas for a Track ID, to urgent demands for a release date. The track is as ethereal as it is compelling, constantly building up to the sublime break down and those iconic chords that have left ravers spellbound worldwide. Swedish born Berlin-based La Fleur puts her stamp on the remix, keeping the riff but adding gravitas with a rhythmic bassline. She's fast become a key player on the house and techno circuit, with a string of releases on the likes of Cocoon, Watergate, and Sasha's own Last Night On Earth imprint. 'GameOvr' shows the producer's tougher side; a strong techno track in keeping with Sasha's constant focus on the future, always exploring new directions, though his signature groove is still on board. Revered Panorama Bar resident Cassy, whose stunning album 'Donna' was one of 2016's outstanding releases, turns her hand to remixing the title track, delivering a harder edged driving cut with a heavier kick drum, echoing chords and hypnotic percussion. This EP marks yet another creative landmark in this, one of the most fruitful and exciting phases in Sasha's distinguished career.


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2023 repress WG Standard Sleeve

Tracklist

A) Patrice Bäumel – Roar (Adana Twins Remix)
B) Adana Twins – Aufstand der Massen

Infotext

Coming in hot off their latest Watergate Mix Adana Twins deliver their first EP stemming from the mix itself putting what could be the standout track off the compilation: their remix of Patrice Bäumel’s ‘Roar' front and center. Taking the hugely successful original which could be considered as much a tool as it is a peak time bomb, the duo twist the initial anthem into a climactic, euphoric ride by adding their signature percussion and shimmers of melody while utilizing the original’s spine tingling tension to create an absolutely massive and memorable dance floor experience.

Flipping to the B-side, Adana Twins present ‘Aufstand der Massen’ where they dive into the ethereal corners of dramatic Techno reminiscent of the ‘Jupiter’ EP from early this year creating a flawlessly executed trip into enchanted territory. Having already been in constant rotation of heavy hitters like Solomun and Tale Of Us is proof enough that Adana Twins have a hit on their hands and now it’s time for you to have it too.
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2023 repress, WG Standard Sleeve

Tracklist:
01. Adana Twins - The Curve
02. Adana Twins - Cyrus
03. Adana Twins - Alone

Release Info:
Adana Twins return to Watergate Records with a magnificent three-tracker that begs for a summer
dancefloor (but the tracks are that good, they’ll be played for a while to come).
Since their label debut in 2017 with ‘Flower of Cane’, Adana Twins have become firm favourites of the
Oberbaumbrücke crew. From handling mix duties on ‘Watergate 25’ to holding down regular gigs at the
club prior to 2020, the Hamburg duo always deliver.
‘The Curve’ is their first release on WG since 2019’s cracking remixes of Josh Wink’s ‘Higher State of
Consciousness’. The title track is a big bouncy electro cut packed with plenty of groove. A super fun
production sure to bring a smile to your face. ‘Cyrus’ belongs in a motion picture and is epic in
composition. It traverses cyborg breaks before moving into a retro key-laden riff, all the while driven by a
powerful ‘Silence / Violence’ vocal. This was made for a big festival moment. ‘Alone’ is the emotional final.
At first propelled by an ‘80s synth and airy pads before a shimmering lead takes control and pushes the
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12“ + DOWNLOAD

Tracklist:
A1) Gorje Hewek & Polo - Altitude
A2) Gorje Hewek, Roy Rosenfeld & Dulus - Vida
B1) Gorje Hewek & Dulus - Earth
B2) Gorje Hewek, Dulus & Molac - Astro World
B3) Gorje Hewek, Hernan Cattaneo & Dulus - Kaleidoscope

Release Info:
Gorje Hewek follows up last year’s impressive ‘Life EP’, with a new 5-track package brimming with
collaborative spirit. The work also marks the Watergate label debut of the legendary Hernan
Cattaneo.
The artist is a mainstay of the All Day I Dream collective and a master of intricately woven electronic
compositions, which also transfix the dancefloor. For his return contribution to Watergate Records he brings
a string of cohorts in toe – Dulus, Polo & Molac from his excellent Shanti Records imprint, alongside ADID
affiliate Roy Rosenfeld and Argentinean great Cattaeno.
The opener ‘Altitude’ is a dreamy bass-driven heater that unfolds beautifully over an eight-minute period
and is highlighted by a key driven melody that’s both playful and emotive. ‘Astro World’ is an eclectic slice
of organic house that captivates with a string-laden break before dropping down into a rhythmic second
half. The EP’s title track is a silky sunset cut resplendent with twinkling pads that has enough groove to
seduce a dusty dancefloor. ‘Vida’ begins life as a slinky percussive jam, before the dam breaks and a
colourful river of melody drives the track home. A delight. ‘Kaleidoscope’ stays true to its name driven by a
lush chord melody that cascades throughout. A gem made for big moments.

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WORLD EXCLUDING GERMANY, SWITZERLAND, AUSTRIA (GSA) , AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND

Digipack

Genre: Electronica/Dance

Tracklist:

01. Monolink - Laura
02. Monolink - The Prey
03. Monolink - We Don´t Sleep
04. Monolink - Harlem River
05. Monolink - Into The Glow
06. Monolink - Otherside
07. Monolink - Don´t Hold Back
08. Monolink - Falling
09. Monolink - Under Dark
10. Monolink - Reflections
11. Monolink - Regen (Interlude)
12. Monolink - Take Me Away

Short Info:
Released in 2018, Monolink's debut album, Amniotic, has collected over 100 million combined streams to date. The project was largely supported through remixes from the titans of the modern house and techno scenes such as Patrice Bäumel, Tale Of Us, Rodriguez Jr, Ben Bohmer, Artbat, Adam Beyer and Nicole Moudaber. These remixes all went on to achieve Beatport Top 10 placings, with Artbat's remix of 'Return to Oz' reaching a staggering 43 million combined streams.
"Under Darkening Skies" will pick up where "Amniotic" ended.
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RE-RELEASE! No one can say they didn’t see these two brats coming! Justice, who’s name the world (well at least that part of the world that loves to dance) chants with emotion and whose first album is awaited with bated breath ever since the French duo revolutionised dancefloors with two radically different hits. It comes as no surprise that «†», the first album by Justice, is a fantastic treat for the ears and for the feet. A kind of musical opera marked with religious and baroque symbols, where the melodies are ripped to shreds by the beats, where electro teaches rock a lesson and where pop gets a botox injection. More

Territories: World

Format Notes: 140g vinyl double LP, previously Japan-only CD and limited vinyl release

Track List:

A1 - Sunset Reflection (04:41)
A2 - East Dry River (05:02)
A3 - Coastline (05:00)

B1 - Drifting Ice (05:57)
B2 - My Fire (04:00)
B3 - Woods And My Guitar (05:05)

C1 - Half Moon Shadow (04:38)
C2 - Last Summer In Rio (09:55)

D1 - Maracas Bay (06:16)
D2 - Down Town (04:36)

Release Notes:


Coastlines is the self-titled long player from the new Japanese production unit of DJ and producer Masanori Ikeda and solo artist, session musician and Cro-Magnon keyboard player Takumi Kaneko.

Masanori and Takumi have been part of the Japanese dance music scene for years and Coastlines was born out of their working together on soundtracks for video projects. The pair wanted to make laid-back listening music for now, laying Takumi’s playful keys over Masanori’s widescreen balearic jazz-fusion to conjure beautiful and breathtaking “coastlines”.

A couple of two-track 7"s put out in late 2018 and early 2019 on Japanese house music label Flower Records soon sold out. Those four tracks were expanded to a full album of music, “a joyous, relaxing, summery soundtrack for everyone’s after hours wind down” that was released just in time for summer. It soundtracked many a Be With BBQ in 2019.

The album opens in the horizontal with the sophisticated, cocktails-by-the-pool groove of “Sunset Reflection”. A lush, beatless wonder. Their re-imagining of Ralph MacDonald’s “East Dry River” removes all the original’s bells and whistles (quite literally) and re-gears it with a subtle balearic chug. The result is a percussive gem.

“Coastline” is a beach-jazz noodle. “Drifting Ice” is as chilled and glacial as its title would suggest, yet Masanori’s head-nod slo-mo house beats throb not far below the surface. “My Fire” is another soft killer, all swelling, swirling organ over muted kicks and snares. An elegant boom-bap.

A pair of insistent tunes of the deeply balearic variety raise the tempo, but not by too much of course. On “Woods And My Guitar” a half-heard vocal refrain breathes life into the synthetic xylophone and guitar. Deft piano-work turns “Half Moon Shadow” into lounge-house for the sophisticated beach bum. A classy duo.

The self-assured re-work of Azymuth’s “Last Summer In Rio” is arguably the album’s centrepiece. Ten minutes of casually propulsive slapped bass, steel pans and slick 80s soul beats. Cue the steel drum interlude of “Maracas Bay” before album closer “Down Town” transitions us one with a shuffling, string-hinted hit of ethereal, euphoric piano bliss. Gentle disco for the new decade.

As former Test Pressing scribe Dr. Rob observed on his ever-reliable Ban Ban Ton Ton blog, the Coastlines fusion is very much in conversation with their 80s counterparts, both at home and along the coastlines of different continents. So among the nods to revered Japanese artists like Hiroshi Sato, Sakamoto and Casiopea, there are also hints of Marcos Valle and Mtume, of the aforementioned Azymuth. “The production though is very much now, not then. Not retro, just proper”. We couldn’t put it better ourselves.

Coastlines was originally a CD release only available in Japan, with HMV putting out a super-limited vinyl version a few months later for Japanese Record Store Day. But this music is just too good, so when Be With was asked via Ken Hidaka to take care of a vinyl version for the rest of the world it wasn’t a tough decision.

Mastered by Simon Francis and cut by Pete Norman, this magnificent double LP has been pressed by the good people at Record Industry.
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180G Vinyl, Mastering by Thomas P. Heckmann

Genre: Early techno / electro

Tracklist 12":
A1
A2
B1
B2

Short Info:
So here we are with another first – the next vinyl debut on Cheezy Crust Records as well as the
first ever release for the two-piece project that is CVSO which is their „Basic Cuts EP“.
Comprised of Mainz / Germany-based producers Mint Huus who made his solo debut on
Cheezy Crust in 2019 and Get In Touch head honcho Willberg their joint venture project CVSO
caters a total of four tracks on limited to 200 copies 12“ vinyl, all aptly named after their individual
placement and position on the actual record itself.
Mastered by electronic music legend and pioneer Thomas P. Heckmann the trademark sound of
CVSO presented on this EP is informed by classic early to mid-90s Techno and Intelligent
Techno vibes with its ever evolving flow and stripped down aesthetic which fuses subtle harmonic
changes, spatial meanderings within the stereo field as well as a hypnotic, time-dissolving attitude
for heavy dancefloor abuse.
This said, CVSO are aiming for nothing less than their introduction to the ivy league of Techno
with these „Basic Cuts“, providing classy, absolutely timeless and expertly assembled DJ tools
which are aiming to perfectly blend in with and match the vibe of all those now classic tunes that
have never left a DJs bag for a quarter of a century or more, even though CVSO are tackling their
sound design and production approach with a modern contemporary twist.

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LP 180g, beautiful embossed Chess Board Artwork Print, inner sleeve with artist picture and text by David Elliott, Sounds June 16, 1984

In anticipation of the 35th anniversary next year one of electronic music´s most influential recordings, the legendary E2-E4, from 12.12.1981 does get an official rerelease by Manuel Göttsching on his own Label MG.ART.
Carefully overseen by the Master himself

Total Time: 59:34
Tracks:
Ruhige Nervosität 13:00, Gemäßigter Aufbruch 10:00, ... und Mittelspiel 07:00, Ansatz 06:00, Damen-Eleganza 05:00, Ehrenvoller Kampf 03:00, Hoheit weicht (nicht ohne Schwung...) 09:00, ... und Souveränität 03:00, Remis 03:00

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Tracklist:
A1. Odeon - Rocket Launch
A2. Odeon - Rocket Launch (Panoram Partial Recall Version)
B1. Odeon - Rocket Launch (L.U.C.A. Quirky Mix)
B2. Odeon - Earth Polar Axis


Short info: The name MONDO has its roots in "MONDO MOVIES", an Italian movie genre born in the 60's. Mondo movies are characterized by documentary-like content that addresses several topics from around the world ("mondo"). Edizioni Mondo label has the goal to produce music that is descriptive of concepts, images and environments. Edizioni Mondo is inspired by library music, a genre frequently used as theme or background music in radio, film and television in that very same period.
Numero 7 by the trusted in-house band Odeon pushed all the typical and beloved Mondo buttons. Accompanied by version from Roman ambient hitmaker Panoram (see his album on Firecracker for further reference) and label boss L.U.C.A. with one of his quirky dance mixes and the usual great artwork, this deserves a good place on every Balearic bookshelf. Keep your eyes open for the up and coming Odeon album "Galaxies". Good listening!
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12"/EP - Limited

GENRE/S: Ambient/ Electronic

Tracklisting
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 1

Artist: Alva Noto; Martin L. Gore; Willian Basinski
Title: Subterraneans
Playtime: 00:08:56
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: UK6821719558
(P): 2022 NOTON
Country: Germany

Composer: David Bowie
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 2

Artist: Alva Noto; Martin L. Gore; Willian Basinski
Title: Subterraneans (Instrumental)
Playtime: 00:08:58
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: UK6821719559
(P): 2022 NOTON
Country: Germany

Composer: David Bowie
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2x12"LP GATEFOLD DELUXE, Part 2 of 2 - RBFRONTLP2 (CLASSIC HOUSE)

History Revealing Reissue/ Compilation project centering around the legendary FRONT Club in Hamburg Germany that existed from the 80´s - late 90´s -
a leading club in terms of music selection, mixing technique, rave culture - in a very important period of time.

Eponymous Resident DJ´s Klaus Stockhausen and the later on globally known Boris Dlugosch
take a close look back at that Time, guide you through the history, the early beginnings and absolute key moments on (House Music) Club Culture.
Part 2 includes 9 legendary Tracks from the 90´s CLASSIC HOUSE direction that mark the masterclass sound of that Era and could be an essential start or - end - point to any great collection. Especially together with Part 1 being the more 80´s roundup.


2LP Tracklist (Unmixed)

E1. KC Flightt - Let's Get Jazzy (Dope Dub Mix)
E2. Toyin Agbetu presents Nemesis - After The Storm (Boris DlugoschEdit)
E3. Dee Dee Brave - Can't Get Over It
F1. Mark Imperial - J' Adore Danser (Club Mix)
F2. The 28th St. Crew - I Need A Rhythm (Vocal Club Mix)
G1. CT Satin - I Found A Friend (Underworld Version)
G2. Ralphi Rosario - An Instrumental Need (Club Need)
H1. D.O.G. - The Key (Lunar Dub)
H2. Fila Brazillia - Mermaids


Shortinfo:
Hamburg’s Front club was already the stuff of legend, when it was still open. When I was teenager on the outskirts of Frankfurt in the very early nineties - and before the name Klaus Stockhausen rang a bell - Boris Dlugosch was not only at the helm of said club, but also one of Germany’s finest purveyors of house music. Front was his home as well as the playground for a colourful bunch of club kids from all walks of life. Its roots went back to the eighties as a gay club and it branched out to anyone who couldn’t „even dance straight “.
The rumours about this club were strong enough to get people like Playhouse’s Ata on a road trip and have youngsters like me fantasizing about it. The musical menu during that time was the monster house sound from the US and the UK that rotated deepness with hysteric glamour.
Of course, Front’s sound was finely nuanced. Boris Dlugosch learned his craft from Klaus Stockhausen, who stopped his DJ career in 1992 (because - as he told me in an interview about ten years later - „every Bratwurst wanted to be a DJ all of a sudden“) to pursue a career as fashion editor and stylist. Stockhausen’s thing as a resident (which actually meant to play at ONE club EVERY week during that time), was a mixture between electro, US-American R&B, British street soul, new wave and the emerging house sound. If you manage to dig up old recordings on the internet (a musical diet I lived on for a few years), there are striking similarities to the way classic US-American DJ would play, while adding a fierce uniqueness that won’t let it pale in comparison. On the contrary, the sound of Front is one of the most interesting, you will ever lend your ears, too.
So, why a Front mix and compilation 21 years after the club closed its doors? On the one hand, because it’s story hasn’t been told yet and it’s worth telling. On the other one, German clubs like Robert Johnson or Berghain - as divergent as they might are - both resemblance Front’s spirit, diversity and musical open mindedness. And finally, because dancing is still fun.
Even, if putting a compilation like together this took over one year in the making, is peppered with licensing horrors and other obstacles to dreadful to share them here, we are happy to have it done. Spread over a double-CD and two compilation LPs that are mainly chronological, Klaus Stockhausen and Boris Dlugosch picked and mixed some of the club’s most cherished records and sweetest moments. This is the sound of Front. And even, if I was never able to move my feet on its dance floor, I for one would be a very different DJ without it. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Gerd Janson










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