Tracklist 12":
A1: Ill ‘heritage (06:08)
A2: Yellow (05:46)
B1: Second Hit (06:41)
B2: Joint 6 (05:44)

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Cinthie’s 803 Crystal Grooves Collective Cuts returns this June with
a fresh four- track EP from S3A aka Sampling As An Art.
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Parisian producer and DJ S3A has been releasing his take on soul-infused,
sample heavy electronic music over the past decade via imprints such as Syncrophone’s Phonogramme, Lazare Hoche Records, 4Lux and Dirt Crew where
he dropped his debut album. Here after the success of his debut LP ‘Pages’
and the ‘92’ Anthem’ track, which featured on the inaugural Collective Cuts release alongside music from Asquith, KETTAMA and 9th House, S3A returns to
the imprint to conclude the story of his half acoustic half electronic album with
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Vinyl Album 2*12" (Limited Full Sleeve w/ Inlay)

Track list:

A1 Intro (Eva)
A2 Fever
A3 First Day With Lucien
B1 Greed
B2 Lockwood
B3 Interlude for Marc
C1 Clarence J. Boddicker
C2 Friends
C3 Joint No. 5
D1 Leaving 19th
D2 Obsession
D3 Eaux Troubles
D4 Outro (Bastien)

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After S3A's "Deep Love" contribution last year we are stoked to present you this great collection of music! Coming from the French underground S3A aka Max Fader is absolutely no stranger to the scene. With releases on Local Talk, Quartet Series and his own "Sampling As An Art records" he is deeply rooted in House, Hip Hop, Disco, Soul and Funk serving residencies at Paris clubs "Concrete" and "REX" he has become a local favourite as well with his DJ and Live sets. We are more than excited to release this special debut album that showcases some older and recent work, with live acoustic songs from early 2017 recorded at the Paris "Red Bull Music" studios to new sample based House and Disco infused tracks in the signature "S3A" style we got to love so much in recent years.

"Fever", "Friends, "Joint No. 5" and "Greed" are all funk fuelled jams composed by Max, re-played and recorded again in several live jams with fellow musicians Nicolas Taite, Raphael Vallade and Pierre Vadon and edited in the studio by S3A afterwards, they breath this special Soul and Funk love Max got into by listening to "Masters at Work" and old Disco jams. The latter "Greed" has a special story, it is a cover of an early "Laurent Garnier" track that got reworked by "Avril" in the early 00's, here Max wanted to present his own Jazz and Funk perspective on that same track.

The club stompers "First Day With Lucien", "Lockwood", "Clarence J. Boddicker" and "Leaving 19th" are the true party business on this album and range from Deep House to more classic edit style Disco tracks with live improvisations played on top of them. This is what made us love the S3A sound from the start and it has that unique cut up sample work Max is best at.

"Interlude for Marc", "Obsession" and "Eaux Troubles" introduce a third vision of S3A's musical universe. Cinematic, emotional and with an much more old school "Trip Hop" approach to them, in some parts even referring to 80s "Italo / Cosmic" and early French funk. These are some of our personal favourites on the album, especially "Eaux Troubles" is a 6 minutes dramatic string filled trip that is just the perfect ending to a beautiful album journey.

As a vinyl only bonus Max also added a very personal Intro and outro that consists of field recordings from his trips abroad and kids Eva and Bastien accompanied by Rhodes and strings recorded during the above mentioned live sessions.

We hope you enjoy this album and it will become the soundtrack to your summer on travels, the beach, at home and of course at the clubs and House parties around the World!
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With the previous releases being delivered by Tell and label boss Nachtbraker, we are very delighted to welcome back Parisian sample connoisseur S3A for the third installment of the Trophy Quartet.
- limited to 500 copies with artwork
Track list:

A1 - Presentiment (feat. Mika Blaster)
A2 - Something More
B1 - Wu Impact
B2 - Influences


Release Info:

S3A, a fundamental player in the French house scene and resident at Paris' famous Concrete between 2012 and 2016 has been making serious waves with releases on labels such as Gerd's 4lux, Local Talk, Hold Youth, Lazare Hoche, Quintessentials, his very own Sampling As An Art records and in 2016 he debuted with his track "Antois Benime (Austral Parc)" on the second release of Quartet Series. This cut became a major summer hit, played by nearly every house music DJ, including Byron the Aquarius during his wicked set on the Boiler Room stage at Dekmantel in 2017. We decided this greatly deserved a follow up and we're proud to finally present Climax EP with S3A's signature sound written all over it....

Opening on the A side is "Presentiment", a collaboration with Mika Blaster. Starting off with majestic strings then suddenly dropping into a massive beat with haunting samples flourishing over the thriving percussion telling you to dance... THOU SHALT DANCE!! The second track "Something More" picks up where Antois Benime left off. A genius mix of uplifting samples and 909 percussion makes this another club ready weapon, bound to leave smiling faces on the dancefloor.

When flipping the record you'll dive into S3A's deepness with "Wu Impact". Soft and sweet Rhodes chords, an insanely groovy bass line with percussion and those mellifluous strings again. Finishing off the release is a deep slammer that goes by the name of "Influences", again a display of S3A's ability to use a wide array of elements within a single tune, molded together to one coherent, lovable and danceable piece. Boy did we wish we had the sampling skills of this master.

A must have record for any House Music lover. On y va!
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Tracklist 12":
A1: Dick Jones track A2: Feels like garage
B1: Rush B2: Massive horns interlude

Short info:
Bienvenue S3A = Sampling As An Art! With great pleasure we welcome this versatile french producer, who has been making waves with splendid releases on labels like Local Talk, 4Lux, Phonogramme, Hold Youth or his own S3A records. Well crafted proper house music, garage, disco touched, funky - he can do it all! He's Sampling As An Art! Merci Monsieur!

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140Gr Brown recycled discobag - Siggatunez debut on Times are Ruff

Tracklist 12":

a1 - Times are Ruff - Eyes To See - 5:09
a2 - Times are Ruff - Vanilla Ice - 5:30
b1 - Siggatunez - Rush Hour - 6:37
b2 - Siggatunez - The Upper Room - 7:48

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Siggatunez debuts on Times are Ruff and splits a 12inch with the label owners. Both share a Berlin connection through their studios located in the same building, something unknown at the time the first contact was made. Unsurprisingly that became the theme for this joint effort of music.
Both sides contain serious dancefloor intended tracks, in signature style of the label, where beats and groove take the lead, but keeping the soul.

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VIBE ALERT! Times are Ruff teams up with the Italian 'Il Garage'-crew to bring an atmospheric split EP for your body & soul.Member of the Il Garage crew is Nu-Type who previous released on DVS1's - Mistress Recordings

Tracklist 12":

TAR015_a1_TimesAreRuff_GhettoMiles 8:09
TAR015_a2_TimesAreRuff_Dr.Zanbar 6:58
TAR015_b1_IlGarage_Croccante 5:22
TAR015_b2_IlGarage_Delizioso 5:58

Short Info:

VIBE ALERT! Times are Ruff teams up with the Italian 'Il Garage'-crew to bring an atmospheric split EP for your body & soul.

Vital Sales Points:

" The vinyl debut of the mysterious crew from the Italian Sicilian island: Il Garage.
" Member of the Il Garage crew is Nu-Type who previous released on DVS1's - Mistress Recordings
" 15th release of the well-known underground label Times are Ruff, extends its reach into the digital realm as well.
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Special remarks : 2LP, 12"/ 30cm Vinyl, 140 gramm
12" white unpadded paper inner sleeves (middle hole both sides) (T220092)
12" labels, 3-4 colour, euroscale
Kraftpak 307g/m2 Standardsleeve with 2 holes T200415


Tracklist 2LP:

A1_K.98_PBJT_6:42
A2_Fouk_RonnieSlaws_6:46
B1_S3A_Cabaret_5:29
B2_Liem&EddieNess_5MinBassdrumSolo_4:48
C1_NathanSurreal&Eversines_TrustMe_6:56
C2_TvFrom86_HolderOfThings_5:28
D1_TimesAreRuff_Searchin_8:07




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Times Are Ruff celebrates their 5th anniversary and bring together a nice group of friends for this special VA edition.

Seven different tracks fitting for seven different moods on the night. Fouk and K98 are bringing the heat with disco-fueled pumpers. S3A gets jazzy with a clarinet, and Eddy Ness & Liem keep it functional on their crazy BD-tool. Nathan Surreals collab with Eversines brings us a hypnotic trip down Detroit lane. While TvFrom86 and label owners Times are Ruff themselves keep things moody & groovy.

Vital Sales Points:

All-star line-up of undergrounds finest. The mysterious K98, French super-sampler S3A, Dutch-funk duo FOUK and les enfant terrible from Hamburg Liem & Eddie Ness.
- Liem had last year a huge with with “if only I could”
- Fouk’s had huge success with their releases on heist
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Tracklist 12":

a1_TimesAreRuff_LazersHaveFeelingsToo 8:35
a2_TimesAreRuff_Booté 5:39
b1_TimesAreRuff_1982 7:01
b2_TimesAreRuff_DaisyMay 7:20


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Disco meets Acid meets House. Banging A-side and funky B-side. Warehouse ready

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Played by William Kouam Djoko, Brame & Hamo and Fouk
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Tracklist 12":

a1_AlexFields_PaperPlane 7:29
a2_AlexFields_LaRue 8:39
b1_PeteBandit_Ruffstreet 7:40
b2_PeteBandit_Dirschauer(Beatmix) 6:16



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Times are Ruff is here with the 11th edition of its imprint. showcasing some of the styles the label stands for. percussive. jazzy. hypnotic and rhythmic house-music. TAR011 is a dance floor oriented 4-tracker by Alex Fields and Pete Bandit. The guys behind the collaborative Times are Ruff project & label (which they do together with Resistance Orchestra) bring you this time two solo tracks each. Alex Fields brings two tracks to the table which both are based on a jazzy foundation without becoming lazy. Fields pushes his drums and patterns to overdrive to uplift every dancefloor. while keeping the melody side musically interesting with jazzy solos. Bandit keeps it more rhythmic and straight-forward on his side. with a percussive driven beat-track and a small wink to earlier more hypnotic TAR releases with his track Ruff Street.

Vital Sales Points:

2 of the founders of TAR share an EP under their own name and bring their personal strangths to the table.
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Tracklist 12":
A1_TimesAreRuff_Bottles 7:38
A2_TimesAreRuff_DoubleD's 8:23
B1_TimesAreRuff_LostBeat 7:50
B2_TimesAreRuff_Wings 7:46


Short Info:

Well. I think we just ran out of Waldorfs! So lets us serve you TAR010 instead.

Vital Sales Points:

10th anniversary release on Times are Ruff by the owners them self
The artwork shifts from spray-paint to pictures

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