Tracklisting:
A1 One Night in Paris
B1 Darkroom Lover



Short Info:

London electronic luminary Josh Caffé brings his new release "Adventures Of Mr. Freek", that forges a connection across space and time between late 1980s Chicago, and a weekend spent in the dark, grabbing, spaces of an underground nightclub. Opener "One Night In Paris" commands you while flirting on a nostalgic house riff. Straight to the lyrical point; this is a heavy, sweaty jam that pumps. "Darkroom Lover" follows, taking you by the hand and leading you to the place where feeling is believing.




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Tracklisting:
A1 Two Keys
B1 Blushed
B2 Live from Golgatha




Short Info:

International Deejay Gigolo Records welcomes Sousk with his new EP "Live from Golgatha" The UK based musician presents three totally different and outstanding tracks on the release. The range of the music is floating through different time zones of the electronic music evolution. A warm and eclectic feeling combines the different productions to one coherent picture.




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Tracklisting:
A1 Ride The Flow (DJ Hell Remix)




Short Info:

International Deejay Gigolo Records proudly present an own remix of label owner DJ Hell. He remixed the track "Ride The Flow" originally produced by Namito & DJQ aka Quinta Young and gives the original an eclectic and groovy twist.




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Tracklisting:

A1 Let It Go
B1 Rave On
B2 Stay With Me




Short Info:
International Deejay Gigolo proudly present the homecoming of the South-American Gigolo Queen Romina Cohn. After her "I Want U" remix production from label boss Dj Hell last year, she presents now her 3 own 3 track EP called "Let It Go". All three tracks combine an eclectic and powerful vibe with playful attitude and a homage to classic techno & rave sounds.




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Tracklisting:
A1 I Want U (Darren Emerson Remix)
B1 I Want U (The Hacker 2018 Remix)


Short Info:
International Deejay Gigolo Records presents its second remix package from the single "I Want U" of label boss DJ Hell. The original get´s a new twist with the reinterpretation of Darren Emerson. His own view on the track has a high intense energy and a pumping upfront attitude. French techno head The Hacker reworks his own remix and gives it a dark & playful 2018 facelift.




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Tracklisting:
A1 Anything, Anytime (Fjaak Remix)
A2 Mantra (Marco Faraone Remix)
B1 Guede (VRILs 13th Symphony of Artifacts Remix)
B2 Mantra (Eduardo de la Calle Remix)



Short Info:
International Deejay Gigolo Records presents a special package of remixes. This compilation of remix productions taken from Dj Hell´s album "Zukunftsmusik" are dedicated to the vinyl collectors. Special edits of the remixes by Fjaak, Vril, Marco Faraone and Eduardo de la Calle have been produced to make this vinyl a unique tool.




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Tracklisting:
A1 Toxic People
B1 Dreamz


Short Info:
Multi-talent Joyce Muniz is definitely one to look out for. Initially starting her career as a vocalist,
she now took over the global house music scene within no time as a deejay and producer as
well. Exhibiting her talent with previous releases, it's not surprising that she's on the roster of
prestigous labels such as Exploited Records and 20/20 Vision Recordings. Next year she will
release her single "Toxic People" on International Deejay Gigolo Records featuring the singer,
songwriter and producer Demetr1us. "Toxic People" is a vibrant and raw sounding electro house
cut featuring grimy synths and vocals, that lend the track a cold and distant atmosphere.
The artwork for "Toxic People" was created by Leipzig-based artist Silvia Trost, whose forth lies
in oil and acrylic paintings. She now frequently collaborates with glitch art artists and loves to mix
materials and techniques, both analogue and digital.
The B-side "Dreamz" is another great production by Joyce Muniz. The playful groove and eclectic
ambient makes it a cool package.




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Tracklisting:
A1 Wir reiten durch die Nacht (Adriatique Remix)
B1 Wir reiten durch die Nacht (Coyu Remix)


Short Info:
International Deejay Gigolo Records are releasing a remix compilation of DJ Hell produced experimental track "Wir Reiten Durch Die Nacht", taken from his 5th studio album "Zukunftsmusik".
This release features remixes of internationally renowned artists Adriatique and Coyu. First up is Adriatique's remix, a reflection of their own interpretation of electronic music with a strong and playful vibe. Coyu's remix is a dancefloor ready interpretation of the original cut, with a decidedly more pumped up and dark atmosphere.



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Tracklisting:
A1 Say My Name
A2 (Time To) Work The Box
B1 Work Me (Thats Fierce)
B2 Work Me (Please Don´t Stop)


Short Info:
International Gigolo Records are re-releasing Move D's & Thomas Meinecke's joint LP
"Work". For the first time it will be released on digital & vinyl.

WORK is a four-letter- word

Since the 1920's one could establish an etymological mix between the sphere of work and
love, as the so-called 'working girls' (young, employed women, mostly employees in bureaus,
who wore short skirts and even shorter hair and smoked in pubic), marked not only the first
broad noticeable swing with previously unknown women who had sovereignty over their
sexuality (not just in sociological sense), but also commonly working girl could also mean a
prostitute. In a subcultural jive the word 'work' built up increasingly to a word for
self-determined, often sexually dissident activities, until they become central term in the
overly queer, mostly Latin-American subculture (glorified by Judith Butler and Madonna) of
the vogue ballrooms, Spanish harlems. 'You better work' is the chorus of the super hit
"Supermodel" by the drag queen RuPaul and that was truly not meant as a call to the
working moral of the Anglo-Saxon protestant (WASP) society of the USA (the accompanying
video clip was turned in New York for its chiseled street walkers infamous meat-packing
district). The 'Underground house music' of New York, Chicago's Booty Bass or Detroit's
Ghetto tech uses the word until today in the context of almost loosely sexual metaphors
(work my body over), that here often are coded as very bipolar, don't serve the
(business)ubiquitous sexism, but (in the triangle of defamation 'race, class and gender') pose
a critical potential. David Moufang and Thomas Meinecke 'worked' their way through the
repertoire of this exciting music, producing a hypnotic mix of countless samples, paired with
statements by the involved
(dance veterans, drag queens, DJs) and their own voices and instruments. Other Rooms,
other voices.
Ever since 1998 the in 1996 Heidelberg-born musician, studio owner and dj David Moufang
alias Move D and the in 1955 Hamburg-born writer and musician Thomas Meinecke
collaboratively produce 'sonic fiction' for the radio drama and media art division of the
Bavarian Broadcasting. David Moufang founded his own imprint 'Source' in the 1990s, but
releases his own productions on numerous international labels. Since 1980 Thomas
Meinecke plays in the band F.S.K. that he cofounded (on 'Buback' since 2008), themes
and moderates the music program of the Bavarian Broadcast since 1985 and ever since 1986
publishes belletristic books on Suhrkamp press. The last joint production of Meinecke and
Moufang ('übersetzungen/translations') was awarded with the Karl Suzuka price for radio art
at the Donauenschingen music festival in 2008.


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2018 Remastered

Tracklisting:
A1 DJ Hell - Hot In The Heels Of Love (Dave Clark Remix)
B1 DJ Hell - Allerseelen (Jeff Mills Remix)

Description:
Remix classics of Jeff Mills and Dave Clark for DJ Hell - remastered for vinyl.
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Tracklisting:
A1 Guede (Joyce Muniz Passing Lights Remix)
B1 Guede (Paul Nazca Remix)

Description:
Guede Remixes is a remix compilation of DJ Hell taken from his 5th studio album Zukunftsmusik. The release features two remixes by Joyce Muniz and one by Paul Nazca. Guede's soundscape is acidic yet minimal, with its distorted vocals and raucous instrumentation lending the track an eerie and at times ethereal vibe. Each artist brings a uniquely different perspective on the sound of the original cut, whilst never completely abandoning the track's core identity. Paul Nazca infuses it with trance, Joyce Muniz keeps the acid and adds the deep.
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Tracklisting:
A1 Car Car Car (Fango Needs a New Car Remix)
B1 Car Car Car (Metropolis Snelweg Remix)
B2 Car Car Car (Betonkunst Remix)



The new album of DJ Hell ''Zukunftsmusik'' keeps bringing us good news. The latest single to drop from the album, "Car Car Car," arrives with remixes from some of the scenes most enigmatic producers.
After the first vinyl with remixes from Roman Fluegel and Phil, now is the turn of Fango, Metropolis and Bentonkunst.
Fango turns the track into a proper techno banger. Powerful instrumental with noises from outer space.
Dark and raw techno remix comes from the german producer Metropolis.
The third and rarest remix from Betonkust, keeps the esence of the original track but adding his touch with those melancholic and powerful melodies characteristics of his sound.

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Tracklisting:
A1 Car Car Car (Japanese Version)
B1 Car Car Car (Spanish Version)



Special Limited 7inch Collector's Item - Only 300 units worldwide.
The new album of DJ Hell ''Zukunftsmusik'' keeps bringing us good news. The latest single to drop from the album, "Car Car Car," arrives with remixes from some of the scenes most enigmatic producers.

After the first two 12inch vinyls with remixes from Roman Fluegel, Phil Kieran, Thomas Mayr & Ken Hayakawa, Fango, Metropolis and Bentonkunst; Gigolo now presents a limited collector's item. A special Japanese and Spanish version of Car Car Car on a 7inch vinyl including a special Gigolo sticker.
A car is not just a car! It drives u near or far!
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Tracklisting:
A1 Car Car Car
B1 Car Car Car (Roman Flügel Remix)
B2 Car Car Car (Phil Kieran's Autobahn Remix)


The new album of DJ Hell ''Zukunftsmusik'' keeps bringing us good news. The latest single to drop from the album, "Car Car Car," arrives with remixes from some of the scenes most enigmatic producers.
Roman Fluegel presents his own eclectic and diverse interpretation in a playful and artistic vibe, while Phil Kieran´s Autobahn remix is a straight, deep and dark version of the original track, which is featured on the vinyl too.
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A1 Anything, Anytime (Extended Version)
B1 Anything, Anytime (Solomun Remix)


Left for top, right for bottom, colours for every piquant taste your deepest thoughts dare to divulge; your hankie tells tales, and orange tells the most. Anything, anytime, nothing is left off the table. An open invitation to explore and excite. Looking for a ride?
This is the story behind the third single and opening track from DJ Hell's critically-acclaimed fifth album Zukunfstmusik, 'Anything, Anytime' pays homage to the handkerchief code, a unique flagging practice most popular during the most critical creative explosion of club music.
Barbed, delicate, bittersweet and introspective, the 14-minute track's softness and gradual sense of piano-laced theatre carries certain shades of a love song. In many ways, it is…. There's love in a brute sense. Physical openness in its most honest and forthright form. But there's also a sense of romance for the most sensational outburst of hedonism and pleasure that dancefloor music ever experienced - the 70s gay movement wherein major metropolises throbbed awoke and boundaries and barriers were challenged and shattered every night.
These lightning strikes of illicit freedom, carnal energy and momentary abandonment are the deepest seeds of all forms of electronic music; sentiments that echo throughout Hell's unhurried, unrestrained salvo. Percussive connotations of leather, the cavernous reverb conjuring open industrial spaces such as you might find in New York City's meatpacking district at the time. The palpitating heartbeat, occasional flashes of sense-blurring giddy physical fizz… Up above, down below, choose your colour; while many love songs are babymakers, 'Anything, Anytime' is much more of a bed breaker.
While the original wears orange with pride, the remixes wear their own colours. The first of two remix packages, both Solomun and Argy come at Hell's original from contrasting sides. Solomun's is a light blue. The molten bass and slinky electro breakbeats creating a sensual, slippery experience that could lead to absolutely anything, it writhes and continually pleasures with every twist and turn. Argy's, meanwhile, is bold jet black. Dominant, intense and unrelenting. It's 'straight outta hell' by-line fulfilled with every sweaty arpeggiated peak and vivid flashing strobes, this is visceral, sweaty techno and there's no release without the safeword.
Two more remixes will follow imminently while the original comes complete with its own stark visual representation. In keeping with Hell's use of Tom Of Finland's cult visuals on the artwork of the album's first single 'I Want U', 'Anything, Anytime' continues to reference seminal cultural documents of the era. This time with its video; a stylised and provocative, black and white piece that riffs on the ground-breaking 1980 Al Pacino movie Cruising. An exploration of the iconography and stark fashion that visually represented progression, a celebration of overt sexuality but also a sense of restraint and composure… The calm before any storm your handkerchief may cause. Let's go cruising…
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A1 Marcel Dettmann Interpretation
B1 Terence Fixmer Want U Hard Mix More

2LP Vinyl+Poster , Regular Version - No Sales to Germany

A1 Anything Anytime 00:05:25
A2 Car, Car, Car 00:07:03
A3 I Want My Future Back 00:01:58
B1 Army Of Strangers 00:04:29
B2 Wir reiten durch die Nacht 00:06:15
B3 Inferno Part 1 00:00:42
B4 High Priests Of Hell 00:05:39
C1 I Want You 00:03:50
C2 Guede 00:07:41
C3 2 die 2 sleep 00:02:50
D1 K-House 00:03:46
D2 Wild At Art 00:05:41
D3 Inferno Part 2 00:01:58

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We are pleased to announce DJ Hell´s 5th album „Zukunftsmusik“, to be released on International Deejay Gigolo Records.
The techno revolution 30 years ago, where boundaries, walls and our own guarded natures came crumbling down? The archaic establishment-challenging attitude and forthright energy of the punks? The long-awaited eruption of gay culture that had burned and yearned since the dawn of mankind? Dare you travel even further back? Rewind two hundred years to the romantic revolution where men like the blitzed Berloiz helped us transcend our physical limitations for suspended moments of fantastique disbelief… All of these moments have shaped us, our music and our culture. Each movement comprising artists who – like us right now – are trying to make sense of the uncertain world, the chaotic present and the fearful future. Artists like Hell. Welcome to the future…Reflecting over his participation and contribution to myriad cultural movements since the late 70s, his passion of ever-evolving musical form and our current socialpolitical landscape, Hell taps into our collective rich histories, our combined fears and our mutual desires to create his most personal, ambitious and thought provoking body of work to date:
Zukunftsmusik.
His fifth studio album Zukunftsmusik fuses some of Hell’s strong signature motifs (his passion for subversion, his great kosmiche canvases, sudden throbbing bursts of dancefloor dynamism, subtle songcraft) yet it sounds unlike anything Hell has ever created before. There are very few big club singles. A delicate balance of classical dramatic orchestral tension and evocative futuristic synthesis runs throughout. Dark and light, hope and fear, fast and slow, day and night… Over the course of one hour Helmut Josef Geier invites you on a musical trip of a lifetime; his lifetime, your
lifetime, music’s lifetime.
Vital Sales Points:
- DJ Hell’s fifth studio album. His first album in eight years
- 2LP comes with poster
- Limited colored edition available
- Global promotional activities by International Deejay Gigolo Records
- The video of the first single “I Want U” has reached more than 750k views on YouTube
- More videos and EPs with around 50 (!) remixes to come over the next weeks and months More

2LP Vinyl+Poster ,GIGOLOL302CLD comes as limited colored version. No sales to Germany

Tracklist LP:
A1 Anything Anytime 00:05:25
A2 Car, Car, Car 00:07:03
A3 I Want My Future Back 00:01:58
B1 Army Of Strangers 00:04:29
B2 Wir reiten durch die Nacht 00:06:15
B3 Inferno Part 1 00:00:42
B4 High Priests Of Hell 00:05:39
C1 I Want You 00:03:50
C2 Guede 00:07:41
C3 2 die 2 sleep 00:02:50
D1 K-House 00:03:46
D2 Wild At Art 00:05:41
D3 Inferno Part 2 00:01:58


Short Info:

We are pleased to announce DJ Hell´s 5th album „Zukunftsmusik“, to be released on International Deejay Gigolo Records.
The techno revolution 30 years ago, where boundaries, walls and our own guarded natures came crumbling down? The archaic establishment-challenging attitude and forthright energy of the punks? The long-awaited eruption of gay culture that had burned and yearned since the dawn of mankind? Dare you travel even further back? Rewind two hundred years to the romantic revolution where men like the blitzed Berloiz helped us transcend our physical limitations for suspended moments of fantastique disbelief… All of these moments have shaped us, our music and our culture. Each movement comprising artists who – like us right now – are trying to make sense of the uncertain world, the chaotic present and the fearful future. Artists like Hell. Welcome to the future…Reflecting over his participation and contribution to myriad cultural movements since the late 70s, his passion of ever-evolving musical form and our current socialpolitical landscape, Hell taps into our collective rich histories, our combined fears and our mutual desires to create his most personal, ambitious and thought provoking body of work to date:
Zukunftsmusik.
His fifth studio album Zukunftsmusik fuses some of Hell’s strong signature motifs (his passion for subversion, his great kosmiche canvases, sudden throbbing bursts of dancefloor dynamism, subtle songcraft) yet it sounds unlike anything Hell has ever created before. There are very few big club singles. A delicate balance of classical dramatic orchestral tension and evocative futuristic synthesis runs throughout. Dark and light, hope and fear, fast and slow, day and night… Over the course of one hour Helmut Josef Geier invites you on a musical trip of a lifetime; his lifetime, your
lifetime, music’s lifetime.
Vital Sales Points:
- DJ Hell’s fifth studio album. His first album in eight years
- 2LP comes with poster
- Limited colored edition available
- Global promotional activities by International Deejay Gigolo Records
- The video of the first single “I Want U” has reached more than 750k views on YouTube
- More videos and EPs with around 50 (!) remixes to come over the next weeks and months More

Tracklist:

A1. Edwin Schimscheimer – Bon Nuit Michelle
A2. Dancing Fantasy – Mystery Voice
A3. Peak Of Normal – Hava
A4. Christian Ch. Kneisel – Jungle Connection

B1. Beau Michael – Move Away (Extended)
B2. Summer Vee – Judas
B3. Patrick Jahn & Erobique – Moonlight Shuffle
B4. Ikee Largo – After The Storm



This whole text about a compilation of legit chill slippers could be over with one quote of drummer Aaron Sterling. The John Mayer band member and studio guru called Basso (our compiler) the „ECM of chill wave“.

As we all know, even if some words may be hollow, good quotes help to tell a story. And that is definitely a great quote and if someone has a good story to tell, it is Basso.

Best known for his label Growing Bin and probably even more so for the online record shop of the same name, he is one of those miraculous figures in music or record culture who can be called a true believer.

Helplessly addicted to collecting music nonstop (hence Growing Bin) from all corners of the spectrum and with an uncanny knack of finding precious little diamonds, where others only assume slop, his shop features everything from original trance tapes to fake reggae and plain private press folly. Much to the pleasure of his devoted customers and even more so to the nickel nursers who use his website for window shopping and go bargain hunting in the dusty canyons and wide plains of the internet. Unfair, you might think, because knowledge like that comes with a commitment. A commitment that is not only financial in nature, but also involves time, dedication, thrift store and flea market visits and hardships (lacerated cuticles especially).

Sitting in Trees for International Feel is a sampling demonstration of this commitment. Devotees of his previous compiling efforts Proper Sunburn (Music For Dreams) and Lucky Are Those Who Hear The Birds Sing (Growing Bin), know what to expect: some of the best songs you have never heard before, some you would probably never hear without this and even some that you did not know you would even like. Even self-proclaimed record diggers might not recognize more than Mystery Voice by smooth jazz new agers Dancing Fantasy. It is a world of merry music that pretty much is boundary- and genre-free and includes sunshine stepper like Beau Michael’s Move Away. Patrick Jahn’s and Erobique’s previously unreleased Moonlight Shuffle (the soundtrack to a lost Schimanski Tatort) and Christian Ch. Kneisel’s impossible-to-find Balearic digi gem Jungle Connection.
All contextualized, explained and wonderfully described with meticulous liner notes by the king
of record descriptions himself: Basso. But what else would you expect from a DJ turned trip-hop-producer turned artiste turned record sommelier? Magic moments galore that won’t make you move away!



Short: Legit chill slippers by the „ECM of chill wave“ by Growing Bin boss and record collector sommelier Basso. A world of merry music, precious little diamonds and impossible to find records. File under Balearic beats, smooth hardcore jazz, new age ambient or fake reggae.






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202r4 repress

Worldwide no exceptions

LP Format Notes:
Previously unreleased material from Steve’s private recordings, remastered from the original masters, 140g vinyl, 4 page photography insert with liner notes.

LP Track List:

A1 : Are These My Memories?
A2 : Walking Across The Field
A3 : Summer Stroll
A4 : It’s Raining Tomorrow
A5 : Dancing In July

B1 : Shadows Across The Path
B2 : Waiting By The Car
B3 : Kinda Knew Anna
B4 : Love That Bird
B5 : More Rain In The Woods

Release Notes:

Three emotional years in the making, Be With and Efficient Space finally present Steve Hiett’s Girls In The Grass. Pressed alongside the long awaited reissue of his one-shot masterpiece Down On The Road By The Beach, these ten balearic soul instrumentals are of equal necessity; unrivalled beauty rescued from the fashion photographer-guitarist’s Paris Tapes (1986-1997).

While recordings unintended for release should often be approached with caution, this is a rare case of unheard material being assembled as an indispensable and coherent piece. Girls In The Grass is something super special. The light and shadow that defines Hiett’s music is arguably more compelling here. It speaks to us in a language that feels profound, yet entirely comforting and familiar.

Girls In The Grass reintroduces Hiett’s languid electric blues boogie, crafted on Saturday afternoons with fellow art director Simon Kentish. Kentish would cook, pour some wine and then utilise his arsenal of technology. He’d dial up a chugging rhythm, together with some ambient pads or keyboard textures, and anchor the weightless gauze of Hiett’s six-stringed touch.

Hiett’s guitar sings with the same clean, crisp tone as Down On The Road, animated by a carefree weekend groove. Unlike his defining album which was boiled under pressure, these subsequent sessions have all the time in the world. The naïve melodies chart a missing link between Vini Reilly’s ventures into electronica and Booker T, sounding like sun-warped takes on wordless, fractured non-hits from his heroes The Beach Boys.

Remastered for public pleasure by Simon Francis, these private moments are adorned with Hiett’s singular photography and feature typically idiosyncratic liner notes from Mikey IQ Jones.
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UPC: 827170527362 Release date : December 2n 2013
Tracklist:
A. Magical Boy (Matthew Herbert's 'Not 'til It Stops Mix' feat. Rahel)
B. La Duquesa (Efdemin's Cose Cosi Mix)
Matthew Herbert vs. DJ Koze - take two! Yet another stroke of genius!
When these two troublemakers collide, the result is somehow always awesome. After the huge success of DJ Koze's remix for Matthew Herbert's classic "It's only" (#1 on the RA Charts for two consecutive months), Herbert insisted on returning the favor, delivering an instant classic for Kosi Kos. And what a track! His 10 minute remix for "Magical Boy" featuring Matthew Dear is indeed magical, fired by the fantastic and totally unexpected voice of singer Rahel, who transforms the track into a song and gives it a whole new drive. Even Matthew Dear briefly sends off a greeting from a passing cloud. A great spectacle from old master Matthew Herbert, goose bumps guaranteed.
Efdemin strikes back, hotter than ever!
In his remix for La Duquesa, the deep house legend delivers a deep, subtle, galactic, sound spectacle. These 8 minutes are a powerful cosmic trip with an elegant futuristic sound design, tons of heat and unexpected twists. When all the particles blast away after the break in the middle leaving only the dry beat and bass, the sedated closed-eyes dancers will wake up as the spaceship carves its way to infinity - and beyond. These days, only a badass like Efdemin can produce a sound like this.
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2022 repress

UPC: 827170470064 Release : 19.11.2012
A. Dntel - My Orphaned Son (Die Vögel Remix) AA. Herbert - It's Only (DJ Koze Remix)
Pampa is proud to present stunning remixes from Die Vögel for Dntel & DJ Koze for Matthew Herbert. Still impressed by the outstanding Dntel album "Aimlessness" Die Vögel deliver a remix that broadens their multifaceted sound aesthetics once again with catchy Steve-Reich'esque melodies that cover the voice of Jimmy Tamborello just like they always been there. A very powerful fundament is carrying the house, so big and full of suprises. Also, this house has many windows to all cardinal points.It was 2001 when Matthew Herbert enchanted us all with his blueprint album "Bodily Functions". 11 years later the distinctive DJ Koze takes on two of his all-time favs to remix, "You saw it all" (which will be part of the re-release on Accidental) and "It's only" which will be released by Pampa Records digitally AND on vinyl. The result is a breathtaking piece of modern music,
The beautiful voice of Dani Siciliano has experienced a total new dress, she´s now the irrestible captain of a fat but flexible submarine, diggin' in deep waters for new ways to enlighten the dancefloor...
An instant classic already....
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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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COLLECTING ORDERS FOR REPRESS/ REISSUE in ORIGINAL ART!

UPC 827170129825 REL DATE : SOON!
1.Unmatched 2.Jump Bugs
3.Karo's B 4.5 In 5.Got To Get Up For Monday 6.Sarah's E With Extra P 7.Michele's H With C 8.Ray & Claire 9.Back When Lynn (The Classic) 10.A Blink Of an Eye
Syclops is trio Sven Kortehisto, Hanna Sarkari and Jukka Kantonen. First to appear on a Bubble Tease 12" in 2001, followed by two singles for Tirk and finally with the debut album "I've Got My Eye On You" on DFA in 2008. "A Blink Of An Eye" is the long awaited successor with 10 tracks of future funk. Ranging from the nastiness of "Jump Bugs" to the fragile beauty "Ray & Claire" it's classic Syclops all the way. Available on CD, and double LP via Running Back and as download on BubbleTease Communications via iTunes and Juno Download. Produced by Maurice Fulton.


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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


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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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2x 12" Tracklist
A1. Beyond This...
A2. Saxony
A3. Beau Sovereign
B1. Paradisea
B2. Wahness
C1. Blush
D1. Kiburu's
D2. …There Is You
Shortinfo:
Two years ago I played at Studio 9 in Vilnius, Lithuania. The following day I missed my flight home and ended up spending an extra day, which gave me a chance to explore the city with my friend Linus, who took me to the Contemporary Art Centre. It was there I spotted a book named 'Rojus', that Linus told me translated as 'Paradise'. The word and striking cover of the book stuck in my mind.
A few days after returning home, I turned on to a National Geographic documentary named 'Designed To Dance', explaining the courtship rituals of Birds Of Paradise. As I watched, i jokingly began drawing similarities between these birds' attempts to captivate and impress the opposite sex with dance, and the way strangers try to attract one another in clubs and interact on the dance floor.
This gave me the idea of creating a record of functional club music, sequenced as if it were a club night, from doors to closing, using samples of these Birds Of Paradise and their habitat. Thus, Rojus.
Leon Vynehall 2016


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Tracklist 12":
A) One For Frankie
B1) Don't You Feel The Same
B2) Zanzibar
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DIMITRI FROM PARIS and his brother in crime DJ ROCCA come back to Gomma with a new 3 track EP.
Dimitri is a legend! From his Playboy Mansion compilations to his own tracks, his always inspiring DJ sets and most of all: his never disappointing edits (Prince: I wanna be your lover!). Let's put it like this: Probably there is not one DJ with taste on this planet that hasn't got his personal Dimitri From Paris favorite track in his bag. Dimitri has been doing consistently good music over the last 20 years. Since he first appeared with his very Parisian album Sacrebleu in 1996. He quickly became a worldwide respected European first league eclectic disco DJs - along with DJ Harvey and Ashley Beedle. He officially remixed hundreds of artists. From Björk and New Order to Michael Jackson. He also produced Los Amigos Invisibles "Super Pop Venezuela" album which grabbed a nomination for a Grammy Award. Some years ago he teamed up with Italian producer, DJ and man of many talents DJ Rocca. Rocca might be known to many for his work as Ajello and Crimea X. He also produced music for cosmic DJ hero Baldelli. Dimitri and Rocca have a magic touch. Together they have been doing 3 EPs for Gomma. This is the fourth EP. New school booty electronic disco. Glamorous as ever. Nasty as always.
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