It’s been 3 years since the last Basic Soul Unit EP on Lab.our and the label co-head is back to top form! Loose, melodic and funky, the Toronto producer stretches his legs across 4 tracks in this kaleidoscopic gem of an EP.
On A1 is ‘Behavoural Issue’, a frenetic, crunchy and off-kilter number that will have you contorted in distortion with all arms and legs on the dancefloor.
‘Rising Over The East’ marches in next, a deep jacking head trip to the Orient opium den with its endless arpeggiators. On the B-side, the heavy broken club banger ‘Propulses’ harkens back to the glory rave days without mimicry. A Basic Soul Unit interpretation with his undeniable footprint in the mix.
‘My Heart Skips’ turns the dial down several notches into deeper house terrain. The soulful ride begins as an easy cruise before deftly lurching into an odd rhythmic fractal workout that the producer has become known for.
Sealing an untouchable reputation in the world of broken soulful lo-fi techno, Basic Soul Unit casts an even wider net to captivate audiences with this must-have EP.
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Basic Soul Unit returns with another deadly EP on Dolly, further investigating the thin dividing line between techno and broken beats. A-side "Wallow" is a menacing big room stormer with a delicate pad breakdown, with Voiski providing an alternate more driving techno version of it with a splendid melodic twist midway through the track. "Radiate" and "Joyride" on the B both have BSU's signature rhythmic ideas and fresh energy with "Radiate" even going full-on Broken Rave! "Joyride" is that upbeat funky techno nugget that's going to sit in your DJ bag forever.
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Hong Kong born / Toronto raised Stuart Li lands an EP on Skudge records, delivering four tracks for your late night escapades. Four tracks that will make your head spin like a crazy Cantonese tongue twister. Comes on natty red vinyl with a folded poster insert.* More

Stuart Li, better known as Basic Soul Unit, has been dropping quality records via a litany of highly respected imprints like Ostgut Ton, Crème Organization, Mule Electronic and Versatile over the past decade. Hypnotic and deep, but always funky, Li now brings his rugged house to the Dekmantel imprint for the very first time, serving up this finely crafted follow-up to his 2012 debut album. Delivering ten Detroit and Chicago-inspired house tracks of the finest calibre, Li's offset and grubby bruk drums are a constant nod to the dance floor, while his melodies lean towards an unparalleled industrial edged emotion. From the LFO-like synth-line and crunchy jack of 'Fate In Hand', to the Levon Vincent-esque techno shuffle 'n mutter of 'Landlocked' and the Morphosis-gone-wild style of 'Unwavered', on the to the dark subbass welt of 'The Rift Between' and the relentless floor destroyer 'Temptress': 'Under The Same Sky' sets the bar fly high for raw yet extremely original house music. More

After a small hiatus Basic Soul Unit is back on track, delivering some serious jacking club action! Four deep & intense cuts, but all still with that tremendous party vibe... all equally powerfull. Check!

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LAB.OUR co-head Basic Soul Unit delivers 3 tracks for LAB.OUR 03. Nowhere To Be Found, Head Long, & Spiralling Down. Nowhere To Be Found is a deep, slow burning slice of hypnotic techno. On the flip, Head Long sees BSU pair broken beat with dark techno elements to great dancefloor effect while Spiralling Down is a percussive, drunken rhythmic journey.
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Having already released music on respected labels such as Dolly, Philpot, Mathematics, Mule Electronic, Versatile, Ostgut Ton, New Kanada, Creme Organization, Nonplus+, and Still Music, – Basic Soul Unit delivers 3 tracks on the inaugural release of Lab.our Music, the label he has started with long time friend and dj partner Jason Ulrich. LAB.OUR 01 sets the tone for the new label nicely with three slices of deep & raw techno. Frack marries a frantic and bottom heavy beat to a delicate melody while Innershell & Earwerm are both raw, jacking dancefloor workouts.
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New Kanada is proud to present the new EP by Basic Soul Unit. With past releases on seminal house label Versatile, acid crazy Mathematics, deep and dark Philpot, Japan’s Mule Electronic and his own imprint, Left Of The Dial, Stuart Li (aka Basic Soul Unit) has crafted a very specific sound for himself. Part old school house, part new school jack, and sprinkled with a serious dose of Chicago acid. Future soul from the memories of warehouse parties, reggae nights and Caribbean acid. Stuart can evoke clear memories of Larry Heard or Joe Smooth, while at the same time taking cues from the acidic grooves of early Adonis. Combine this with a serious mechanical groove, and we have lift-off. “Hope.Unity.Vision” is one of those cuts that, when heard on a loud soundsystem, can completely take over the room. Sensuous, deep and hypnotic - until the killer kick drops and then things start to dissolve. “Basic Necessity” is the mixing tool to rock the house down. Off-kilter acid express, straight to the depths of real techno. Black moments, lights flashes, and the swing to jack your body. We end with the aggressive “Rhythm No. 1”, which takes cues from early Industrial EBM It intermingles so deep into the soul and spirit of early Chicago, that we get lost in the raw rhythm. A gem in the rough, only for the headstrong More

The dolly TS series is on a roll. TS05 is here and it's time for Earwax! His 'Always start EP' is the perfect match between hard hitting and deep grooving techno. The Italian producer delivers a high quality diversified 4 tracker for pumping, mood driven, dancefloor bliss! More

DJ AGITATED, the alias of a well known producer first appeared on Steffi's The Red Hunter Remix LP and now joins the acclaimed Dolly TS series. The 'Magic Overlooked' EP is music that lasts. Beautiful high quality, Detroit infused melodic techno for the soul! More

Number 03 in the Dolly TS series is Italian techno wonderboy Rosati. 'First impression' has its own unique techno signature, raw energetic techno funk with a Detroit flavor directly from the machines. 4 straight up heavy groove hitters on this 4 track EP!!! More

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Hello TS series, welcome to the dolly family! We are kicking off this new exclusive range of releases, focussed on serious high quality techno in the widest sense, with Detroit dub technospecialist Luke Hess. After successfully releasing on labels like FXHE, Planet-e, Echocord and his own label DeepLabs, Luke is back with "These Streets". Dynamic, pumpy and melodic, deep techno bombs with super solid remixes by Portuguese techno talent Vil as well as the Italian power duo Fireground. More

Next up on the new dolly TS series is German producer Lars Huismann, know for his striking atmospheric, percussive, groove driven techno sound. "Fractured Realities" is an ultra melodic 4 track chord slammer that hits the nail on the head. Straight up dance floor heaters! More

Böhm delivers pure dance floor action on Dolly with this solid 3 tracker. Solar cycle is serious UK rave, deep bleep and slamming breakbeat dance floor madness, As simple as that!!! :-) More

ES-Q is back on Dolly for a 2nd round! You Create, We destroy is the name of his 4 track EP full of UK lushness. Dance floor bliss for dedicated UK house breakbeat and bleep lovers! More

Dolly welcomes D_Roots! The Italian producer drops 4 beautifully produced, lush, atmospheric, funky baseline oriented Detroit electro tracks. This is what we like to hear on the dance floor early in the morning when shit gets serious! More

ES-Q already successfully emerged on the scene with the massive club banger 'friend zone' on PXU. With his new EP called enter the system he strikes hard, again 4 straight up dance floor fillers for all the ravers dedicated to bleep!!! More

voiski already made his entry on the label with a track for the dolly deluxe series taken from steffi's fabric mix cd. the talented french producer returns in typical voiski style with 3 unique cosmic techno drifters and wraps up this quality release with a dark electro slammer! More

Basic Soul Unit, Johannes Volk, Late Night Approach and Luke Hess team up for the 2nd Various Artist ep on Dolly. Deep Detroit rooted quality techno! More

Number 1 of this 4 piece exclusive 12-inch series! All tracks are specially produced for Steffi's Fabric 94 mix cd! More

Number 1 of this 4 piece exclusive 12-inch series! All tracks are specially produced for Steffi's Fabric 94 mix cd! More

Number 1 of this 4 piece exclusive 12-inch series! All tracks are specially produced for Steffi's Fabric 94 mix cd! More

Basic Soul Unit returns with another deadly EP on Dolly, further investigating the thin dividing line between techno and broken beats. A-side "Wallow" is a menacing big room stormer with a delicate pad breakdown, with Voiski providing an alternate more driving techno version of it with a splendid melodic twist midway through the track. "Radiate" and "Joyride" on the B both have BSU's signature rhythmic ideas and fresh energy with "Radiate" even going full-on Broken Rave! "Joyride" is that upbeat funky techno nugget that's going to sit in your DJ bag forever.
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Brooks Mosher, one of Dolly's solid regulars, delivers another excellent high quality Detroit injected house EP Check!!

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With 'Songs For Tova' Dolly introduces a brand new producer called Afik Naim. This rough diamond was pulled out of a cave near Jerusalem. He has a cinematic experimental take on what you would call Techno but he is rather hard to classify to be honest. Exactly what we like, somebody who stands out with his typical sound pallet! Another perfect player on this 'Songs For Tova' team is the never disappointing Kassem Mosse with a killer remix to wrap up this high class 4 tracker!

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