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We welcome a newcomer to the Audiomatique roster as talented Brazilian producer Wehbba comes to the fore with the glorious ‚3Days'.
Wehbba has explored many zones of the tech-house genre and now brings his expertly polished beats to Steve Bugs pioneering label. The groovy, sample-laden beats of ‚3Days' are a tribute to that very special 60s festival of fun and music. Now some 40 years on we are still finding ways to escape to other zones and Wehbba's solid grooves allow us to do just that!
Prolific minimal/techno producer Mihalis Safras engineers a crafty remix on the flip side, strengthening the groove further with dramatic snare shots and heavy bass surges. Trip-out FX and careful use of the sample material make this a reliably heavyweight tech-house journey.
As another solid stamp on the B side, ‚Balance' shimmers and shakes across the audio spectrum, showing off Wehbba's production skills once again. Smooth, immediate and functional, its spacey beats fuse with classic rhodes chords in a modern-deep house jam.
Tracklisting:
A1. 3Days
B1. 3Days (Mihalis Safras Remix)
B2. Balance




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Cadenza's latest release comes from a man who has made an undisputable impact on a host of A-list labels since he first began spreading his unique and invigorating sound spectrum in 2008. Hailing from Frankfurt and dividing his time between a hectic touring schedule that see's him travel the world and his studio where he compiles his exciting and technically compound productions , Robert Dietz joins Cadenza for the second time with the 'Slinger' EP.
Eclipsing the A-side is the percussion heavy and show stopper "Pandemic". Infused with sheer funk and relentless groove from its initial doors, "Pandemic" screams of sweat drenched dance floors, grinding movement and unstoppable force. Rebellious and cheeky in its sexual Latino wriggle yet modern and forward thinking in its structure; tight guitars pluck excitedly between intricate rhythm sections; so fast and furious that lines blur and beats blend in a never ending affair with the dance floor. Steaming ever forward with wriggling motion, this belting house track cannot help but infect as it rises and falls, pushes and pulls until exhaustion. Fitting its title like a glove, "Pandemic" is infectious and gripping with jazzy piano melodies and thunderous musicality. As a digital bonus, "Amesons Dub Mix" of "Pandemic" encases the original in a steel and echoing interpretation; hardened edges of metallic drums slide between piercing brass projections for a dub infused and contrasting mix.
On the flip, "Red Tops" is an adrenaline pumped fairground ride; exhilarating, dangerous and manic the smacking hand claps, jazzy cymbal crashes and spiralling drum rolls make way for a lush and rolling b-line with speeding hat's. Slurring sensually, Dietz's lyrics of "Like to ride, like to get high, like to feel the ride" say it all with their rich attitude, naughty nature and reckless allure. Summer may be drawing to an end but the "Slinger" EP is fiercely rhythmic, rife with texture and streams bright light shafts across our dance floors as darkness ascends.
Tracklisting:
A1 - Pandemic - Original Mix
B1 - Red Tops





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Since its beginnings in 2003, Green & Blue definitely belongs to the mandatory dates of the season for lovers of electronic dance music. And with its ninth edition, the annual open air highlight of the Rhein Main Techno scene returns to its starting point: the former Waldschwimmbad in Sven Väth's birthplace Obertshausen. Besides Sven Väth, Carl Craig and Ricardo Villalobos, there are also Raresh and Sascha Dive who invite us to probably the last Sunday dance this season. For sure, the Bucharest-based producer and DJ Rares Ionut Iliescu aka Raresh is not unknown to many Cocoon fans, as he has sustainably proven his extraordinary DJ talent already with the Freakshow Cocoon Summer Mix 2007 and his well-received performances at Green & Blue 2007 and 2008. His mix is steeped by a distinct Soul factor in the tradition of the Dub Techno that Basic Channel releases, and is, at the same time, so much more. In the beginning, the Detroit neo-dubbers from Deepchord place a traditional intro with "Sofitel" from the 2011 album "Hash-Bar Loops", but with incredibly deep tracks from the Berlin-based Danilo Schneider ("L'ecole" - Buck Remix) and from Detroit mobile DJ Delano Smith, Raresh proves the timeless modernity of his musical sound experience. Subsequently, the Techno density of the mix increases significantly with Ion Ludwig's "Harnas Rythm" on the Frankfurt-based Be Chosen label, only to savour the hypnotic factor towards the finale to full extent with the Romanian discovery Dan Andrei and the great Ricardo Villalobos Dub of the 90's Energy-52-club-anthem "Cafe del Mar". Another artist on the Blue Floor is Sascha Dive, who is living near Frankfurt and, like almost no other DJ/producer in thee last six years, is connected with the constant innovation of House music. His releases on Raum...Musik, La Peña, his own Deep Vibes-label and last not least his contribution to the current Cocoon Compilation K ("New Frontiers") belong to the standard-setting tracks of modern electronic dance music. His set combines the best elements of American and European club tradition. So, his start with the encounter of Polish-born Techno globetrotter Margaret Dygas with the '99 Dub Soul hymn "I will lead" by Problem Kids perfectly illustrates his stylistic bandwidth between deepness and fragmented sound aesthetics. The highlights in this visionary set with tracks by Osunlade, the ex-The Advent member Colin McBean and Sascha Dive himself are the impressionistic piano lines in Ben Klock's "OK", the Luciano remix of the Planet E classic "Can't Take It" by Recloose and the suggestive Minimal Soul anthem "Walking The Pattern" by the Canadian mastermind Guillaume & the Coutu Dumonts from his 2010 album "Breaking the Fourth Wall". So, at least with the help of Raresh and Sascha Dive, the 4th of September is going to be HOT!

1 Priku Sweet Alandala (Dan Andrei Barcelona Remix)
2 Deepchord Sofitel
3 Harrison Fnord Dubgirl
4 Cezar Lazar FRI1911
5 Danilo Schneider 2 L'ecole (Buck Remix)
6 Delano Smith Wires
7 Star*Dub/Vermittelnde-Elemente The Source
8 Ion Ludwig Harnas Rythm
9 DJ Ali Park Your Mind
10 Och Hate Internet (Claro Intelecto Remix)
11 Daze Maxim Ultrabright
12 Mondo WorkMme (Rootstrax Version)
13 Andrés Zacco Icegrass
14 Kelvin K Ancestral Moon (D9 Acid Mix)
15 Dan Andrei Double Deez
16 Ernesto Ferreyra Los Domingos Vuelo a Casa (Luciano Remix)
17 Energy 52 Café Del Mar (Ricardo Villalobos Dub)

1 Cezar Lazar FRI1911
2 Margaret Dygas Ocbinh's Groove
3 Problem Kids I Will Lead (Hollway & Eastwick Mix)
4 Ben Klock Ok feat Elif Bicer (Kenny Larkin Remix)
5 Rino Cerrone Optical Way B2
6 Agoria Heart Beating (Argy Bonus Beats)
7 Recloose ft Dwele Can't Take It (Luciano's Remix)
8 Sascha Dive Jus Groove
9 Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts Walking the Pattern (Extended Mix)
10 Stephen Hitchell For Convextion
11 DJ Ali Park Your Mind
12 Orange Muse Oyster (John Selway Raw Remix)
13 Diego Deep2
14 Marc Antona Fast Track
15 Mr. G Be Free
16 Osunlade The 8th Chakra



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Producing and releasing his explorative and unique electronic music on labels such as Mobilee, Highgrade, Freak N'Chic or Micro-Fibres for years, it was in 2010 that Marc Antona felt the time was right to embark on the entirely independent project Dissonant. Over the year that followed, not only did Marc put out three highly praised EPs on his label, he also built and nurtured its concept to what is now the home of his first full length album .Rules Of Madness.' Exposing the hidden grooves within the beats and kicks, “Rules Of Madness” features ten tracks of organic music full of hidden melodies and underlying emotional ambience whilst keeping the pumping vibe experienced in his dj-live sessions. Thru his first album on Dissonant, Marc shows his own creative vision of what he wants to be sexy underground music. “Rules Of Madness” opens with “Guru,” the album's sense of shy mystery and intrigue revealed with muffled demeanour and secretive rhythm. Just afterwards, “All Against The Law” introduces the next main thread: analogue field recordings that celebrate the fascinating and often unheard soundtrack of everyday life. These recordings, coupled with the poetic sampled vocals on “Illegal” and the humorous and charming “Hammock Spider Story,” serve to create a beautiful and honest thread to Marc's tracks. Marc Antona's Iberian influence is laid bare throughout: the ten tracks coming from his studio on the white island of which he fondly says has "so much contrast between the peaceful nature and the amazing clubbing scene, with so much energy that ideas are plentiful when it's time to make music .” Weaved with exactly that contrast, tracks like "Prohibition Circus" and "Crush To Pulp” play with raw organic hand claps, groovy feelings and the sprinkling bells of ambience. What makes them so compelling though is the atmosphere that they ricochet within; crunching machinery combine with bounding bass and beats to fuel the dance floor. Throughout his journey and discoveries as a musician, Marc's passion for "creating musical trips, taking people into his world and making them enjoy the changes of moods from happiness to melancholy, from energy-pumping moments to relaxing deep waves" has developed and is now clearly on point with an album that fully delivers. Whether it is through "Home Rebels" adult maturity or the thunderous energy of "Fast Track,” racing like a stampede of dancing bulls through the album's core, there are discoveries and new dimensions found within each track and at every new listening. For the mind and spirit, but also for the dance floor and everything in between, “Rules Of Madness” is built like a multi-experience journey, as a musical story that twists and turns and can be listened to and felt from beginning to end. An initial sampler with three album tracks, “Rules Of Madness - Part 1” is already out on vinyl. The remainder of the album will be released at the end of August and into September 2011 on three vinyl cuts as well as a mixed CD. .'Rules Of Madness” follows a constantly layering structure, an ever-changing direction and Marc's plethora of inspiration projected from within. Marc Antona's “Rules of Madness” is the best proof that techno can be sensual.
Tracklisting:
01 Guru
02 All Against The Law
03 Spring Pack
04 The Hammock Spider Story
05 Fast Track
06 Prohibition Circus
07 Home Rebels
08 Crush To Pulp
09 Illegal
10 Last Taboo

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Good Stuff is the first single taken from Luomo's PLUS album, appearing in September 2011 on Moodmusic Records. Luomo aka Vladislav Delay, Sistol, Uusitalo... under a raft of names Finnish artist Sasu Ripatti has in the last years experimented with ambient, broken beat, glitch as well as grooves and house music with soulful vocals, working with Scissor Sisters, Black Dice, Apparat, Craig Armstrong, Massive Attack, Robert Owens and Towa Tei. Luomo is about experimenting with pop music, a big influence for Ripatti, and bringing it to a fusion of house, disco and electronica. PLUS is the 5th album for Luomo, taking the songwriter abilities of Ripatti to a new level, dwelling deep into first generation Chicago house and the pop sensibilities of 80s London, coupled with his impeccable crossover pop appeal. Never going for a one formula approach, PLUS has a distinct
Luomo sound - hypnotic, sexy and delicately insistent, rhythms following a self-movement and never standing still. Good Stuff brings Luomo's pop abilities to top-form, changing between a mid 80s boogie bass and synthetic yet warm deep house with a positive vocal deliver from the ever intriguing Chicago Boys.Remixes comes courtesy of Area, Dave DK and Nils Penner.

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out 3rd of oct
Since 1993, Sam Paganini has released a refined brand of deep techno that's won him support from the likes of Marco Carola, Timo Maas and Paco Osuna. Furthermore, his progressive techno offerings like 'Zoe' or harder efforts like 'Strobe' have also become chart topping fan favourites. As such, 2011 sees Plus 8 come calling for the revered Italian's sounds.
Titular track 'Cobra' is firm but not without groove. Whilst whole eco-systems of background FX, percussive slithers and wave-breaking synths add depth, a hurried techno beat drives things forward and builds in pressure. It finally breaks, melting to nothing but the kicking bottom end once more: it's techno perfection.'
'Last Call' proceeds at more of a canter, rising up and down as it rolls forwards. What sound like gale force winds howl in the background, darting in and out of the percussion, shifting your focus from here to there. It's brooding but balanced and plays out like a nightmare walk through a chilly, eerie forest in the dead of night.
'Phantom' confirms Paganini to be a man of economical yet efficient means - on the face of it another stripped down and pulsating cut, listen closer to the seven-minute workout and there's more abstract narratives hidden within the devilish background details. So, too, does this cut allow in more light than the rest when, late on, subtle rising chords inject some read hot warmth and a feel good undertones.


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out 26th of sept
Ugly drums! Real ugly drums? Well, in fact it doesn't matter! Quintessentials 25 is a stunning 3-tracker from new signing Ugly Drums aka Steffen Baldo (who released an obscure white label on Rush Hour recently). Steffen is a master when it comes to deep spooky house tunes, just check the a-side track "alright alright". Yes, it has a slight TP feel we think. The b-side shows Steffen's second love, which is pure house music with a disco twist. Ugly? Not at all, it's beautiful!

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Nice dubby trippin tech tracks from Dub Taylor. Pure sex for your ears !!!

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It might sound like an empty phrase, but when Oliver Koletzki founded Stil vor Talent in 2005, he certainly didn't anticipate where his label would be today. Now - six years and over sixty releases later - Stil vor Talent can look back at many magnificent moments in the label's history. Originally started to give other musicians the chance to showcase their music, Stil vor Talent has preserved this very down-to-earth attitude until today and has helped foster the careers of producers such as Channel X, Niko Schwind, Juli Holz or David August to name just a few. While there have never been any musical or stylistic limitations, an open philosophy dominated by quality and individualism prevails at Oliver's label, from delicately designed record sleeves to their own fashion line and to music that varies from house to pop to jacking dancefloor cuts.
Now it is time to congratulate everyone involved and the fans of Stil vor Talent with a special birthday present: a six-year anniversary compilation that celebrates past, present and future of the label on two CDs. The first CD titled "What We Do" presents 17 all new and exclusive unreleased tracks by a lot of the label's closest artists, while the second CD named "What We've Done" is a 70-minute mix by Oliver Koletzki that includes some of his personal highlights of the more recent past of the label. Both CDs show that Oliver Koletzki has a deep love for all avenues of electronic music and that he is surrounded by a group of highly skilled producers who share his musical openness and eclecticism.
"What We Do" is a unique compilation that features 17 new tracks that are very much orientated towards all corners of the contemporary dancefloor. From melodic house on tracks by Niko Schwind, Björn Störig, Mick Rubin, Murat Kilic and Chroma & Inexcess to Animal Trainer's beautiful early morning anthem "Krambambuli", house is an overarching theme on this compilation. But other genres find their way into the mix as well: Bruch and Junior have contributed a piece of vocal dub techno with "Slack Me" while Niconé and Sascha Braemer have teamed up with singer Anna Rikje Rosenthal to create a slow-moving pop track with "Never too late". Leaning more towards the tech-house side of things are the tracks by newcomer Ryan Dupree, Kellerkind, Jürgen Kirsch, Tobi Kramer and the Berlin wonderboys that are Channel X. Last, but not least there are tracks by engineering genius Florian Meindl, with his personal take on disco, and by Daso as well as Oliver Koletzki himself, who chips in a breathtakingly organic cut of soulful disco-tech. It would be impossible to describe all tracks in their density and delicacy, but it is very clear that all of the producers involved were very much aware of the special occasion of this release. These are 17 individual birthday presents.
On "What We've Done" Oliver Koletzki has carefully selected and mixed 12 tracks from the back catalogue of Stil vor Talent. While most likely not having had an easy time to choose from all of the many tracks released on his label, it appears that Oliver has decided to showcase both, the more current and the more melodic ones for this mix. Starting out with the two piano-based tracks "Jazzbians" by Bruch & Junior and "Shine" by Niko Schwind, Oliver slowly moves into more peak-time territory that culminates in an early climax with the first ever single of David August, "Trumpet's Victory", which back in 2009 catapulted David into the rank of top producers. Things stay hot with Sascha Braemer & Dan Caster best-selling "People" before calming down a little again with Channel X's "Snug Descent" which features Jake the Rapper. On the last two tracks the mix gets very musical with a Marek Hemann remix of Oliver Koletzki and Fran's "Arrow and Bow" before things are finished off by a Daso remix of Oliver Koletzi's own "Since You are Gone", a track that very much marked a shift in Oliver's productions towards a more organic house sound. And while this shift has had a great influence on Stil vor Talent itself, this mix embodies the groove and soul of house music while being delivered with the right punch for a hungry dancefloor.
If looking back can sometimes make you sad, it certainly won't if you know that both present and future are filled with so many happy moments and a group of people around you who share your vision. Stil vor Talent certainly is very happy after six years, but that doesn't mean they are content. Actually, they are just getting started.
Tracklisting:
CD1 - What We Do
1. Niko Schwind - Moving Forward
2. Björn Störig - To Know
3. Mick Rubin - Rude Boy
4. Murat Kilic - Burnt White Clouds
5. Chroma & Inexcess - I Can't
6. Erich Lesovsky - Regenmacher
7. Animal Trainer - Krambambuli
8. Bruch & Junior - Slack Me
9. Oliver Koletzki - Going Places
10. Niconé & Sascha Braemer feat. Anna Rikje Rosenthal - Never Too Late
11. Ryan Dupree - My Way
12. Kellerkind - Läncer is a Dancer
13. Florian Meindl - My View on Disco
14. Jürgen Kirsch - Appletrees
15. Tobi Kramer - Me Kamav Tu
16. Channel X - It's Too Late
17. Daso - Playing On Grass

CD2 - What We've Done (mixed by Oliver Koletzki)
1. Bruch & Junior - Jazzbians
2. Niko Schwind - Shine
3. Animal Trainer - Rumba
4. Niconé - Una Rosa
5. David August - Trumpets Victory
6. Sascha Braemer & Dan Caster - People
7. Kellerkind - Go
8. Channel X feat. Jake the Rapper - Snug Descent
9. Dapayk Solo - Nekan
10. Ryan Dupree - My Destiny
11. Oliver Koletzki & Fran - Arrow and Bow
12. Oliver Koletzki - Since You Are Gone



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