B2 Recordings returns this June with a fresh 3-track EP from the Spanish deep house maestro Manuel Costela.

The owner of Bucketround joins the B2 Recordings family with all original deep house material of outstanding quality. The record kicks of with "Unpleasant Dreams" - a top notch deep house groover with classy, deep leaning aesthetics. Robust drums, wandering subs, airy, circling synth lines and vocals flow throughout the groove to create a rolling, hypnotic groove.

On the flip, "I Feel It Coming" comes with dance floor crunchy drums, bumpy bass and floating vocal chants, while "Inner Journey" round things up with wandering stabs, laying focus on deep analogue bass lines and loosely shuffling, jazz tinged drums.


TRACKLISTS:

A1 - Upleasant Dreams
B1 - I Feel It Coming
B2 - Inner Journey


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B2 Recordings welcomes Greek Techno pioneer Novatek onto its roster this February with the 'Innerzone' EP. Savvas Georgiadis is a music producer from Thessaloniki, Greece and one of the pioneers of the techno scene in his country. His activities in electronic music started in 1992 and since then, Savvas, using various pseudonyms/projects, such as Dataman, Fujiyama, The Repeater, Neural Network, Interphaze and of course Novatek which he returns to here, has released music ranging from deep minimal techno to percussive tools, electro, and industrial/EBM. Here his latest offerings come via the burgeoning B2 Recordings, headed up by fellow Greek artist and DJ, Bengoa. Up first on the package is 'Beats Me', fuelled by gritty dub stabs, dynamic 909 drums, a funk-infused bass lick and sporadic vocal chants before title-cut 'Innerzone' leads things down a more 90's-tinged IDM path via offkilter drums, sweeping atmospherics and wandering electronic funk melodies. Opening the flip side is 'Outta Here', which returns to more dubbed out territories, fusing bubbling dub echoes with heavily swung organic drums, bright string lines and rumbling subs. 'White Crash' then rounds out the release on a deep house tip, bringing airy pad swells and shimmering piano keys into the limelight alongside resonant synth sequence and bumpy drums.

A1 - Beats Me
A2 - Innerzone
B1 - Outta Here
B2 - White Crash

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Long time dj and musician Bengoa, is getting things started by launching his brand new platform, B2 Recordings, as a mean to manage his own multifaceted creations, as well as focusing on favorite outputs around the globe. After his Blind Stitch Records imprint, that only put out two EPs and one album, the Greek artist decided to put everything under one roof, thus B2 Recordings was born, kicking things off quite in style, with this GRANDE remix EP.. "What You Give" is the title of Bengoa's first album from the not too distant 2014, which is now remixed by two legends of the house / deep house scene. On the draw side, one of the most important heads in dance music around the world, mr Larry Heard, has picked "Eye Talk" and delivered two amazing versions of the original track, featuring vocals by Brothers' Vibe! The American producer, remixer, vocalist and dj, has been successfully around now for 35 years, creating his own musical world, and that's where he is taking us with his remixes on this ep, floating between acid baselines and deep underground chords.. On the flip, Spanish deep house maestro and owner of Deep Explorer Music, Dubbyman, delivers a superb, straight-for-the-floor version of Bengoa's "The Touch". His unique style of mixing electronic music with jazzy chords and spherical grooves, works flawlessly with the spoken vocals on this track, perfectly showcasing Dubbyman's raw talent as a musician. A mature and complete record that shouldn't be missing from your deep house collection..

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The B2 Recordings imprint was launched in late 2019 by Athens based producer and
DJ Bengoa, the project revisited two tracks from his 2014 release debut album ‘What
You Give’. ‘Eye Talk’, which features vocals from Brothers Vibe was treated to two
remixes from House music pioneer Larry Heard, while ‘The Touch’ was remixed by
Deep Explorer founder, Dubbyman. This classy, deep leaning aesthetic perfectly set
the tone for B2 Recordings and what will follow.
Here we see Bengoa move things forward with a three-track EP of all original material
following a five-year hiatus. Title-cut ‘Forest Law’ takes the lead with robust, organic
percussion at its core while wandering subs, airy, circling synth lines and vocal chants
ebb and flow throughout the groove to create a rolling, hypnotic groove.
‘A Little More’ opens the flip-side next, embracing a dub leaning feel with choppy stab
echoes, crunchy drums and bumpy bass hits before ‘Corponation’ rounds out the
release, laying focus on expansive voice murmurs, airy atmospherics and an acid
tinged bass hook alongside loosely shuffling, jazz tinged drums.


Track List:
1. Forest Law
2. A Little More
3. Corponation

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B2 Recordings returns with a new 12’’ release from Peter Grummich, comprising
three-originals from the Berlin-based artist.
Germany’s Peter Grummich has been releasing his twist on House and Techno over the
past two decades via the likes of Shitkatapult, Kompakt, Spectral Sound, Mule Musiq
and of course his very own Innerbird. Here though we see Peter deliver his latest works
via Bengoa’s fledgling B2 Recordings, which sees him experimenting with some
outboard classics like the classic Casio RZ-1 drum machine and the Roland JX8P
synthesizer to create a raw, old school feel.
Opening the package is title-cut ‘Onions’ the ‘Lee Anderson Endless Summer Mix’, laid out
over eight minutes with hazy stab sequences, dusty drums and a chugging low-end drive
while squelching acid licks subtly work their way into the latter stages of the
composition.
‘Hello Rave’ follows next on the flip-side, bringing airy dub chords, metallic stabs and
gritty analogue percussion into the limelight for a groove-driven workout. ‘Basement
Memories’ then rounds things out, this time bringing dynamically evolving, intricate
drum patterns, resonant bleeps into focus atop and an underlying dubbed out aesthetic.

Track List:
1. Onions (Lee Anderson Endless Summer Mix)
2. Hello Rave
3. Basement Memories

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B2 Recordings delivers its fifth release this April, entitled 'Players Paradise' and coming courtesy of Greek producer Lex. Athens, Greece based producer and DJ Alex Andrikopoulos aka Lex has been a key figure in the underground electronic music scene of his home turf, founding the now defunct Radical Soundz record store, running numerous events in the country and also the imprint Quantinzed Music. Here we see him deliver his latest work under his Lex guise via fellow Greek imprint B2 Recordings. Lex - Players Paradise EP - B2 Recordings Inflyte April 2nd, 2021 08:47 Title-cut 'Players Paradise' leads, a ten minute journey through popping organic percussion, snaking funkinfused bass lines and an amalgamation of bright piano chords, wandering resonant leads and cinematic strings. Following is 'Just Realised', embracing a similarly organic aesthetic via swinging natural drums, a walking jazztinged bass line and intricately intertwined, keys, strings and synth licks throughout. 'In Your Eyes I Never Tried' then rounds things out, stripping things back rhythmically to shuffled, off-kilter drums while sharp piano melodies, bright strings, vocal chants and choppy sub bass notes wander amongst the bumpy groove.

Tracklist:
A1 Player's Paradise
B1 Just Realised
B2 In Your Eyes

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B2 Recordings founder Bengoa returns to the label this July with his ‘Sun Dub’ EP,
comprised of three originals from the Greek producer and DJ.
The past year has been Bengoa unveil an array of material on his B2 Recordings imprint,
ranging through a variety of style under the umbrella of House, from deep and intricate
sounds by Peter Grummich, twitchy acid from fellow Greek artist Zak, Disco tinged
material from Lex and of course dubbed out sounds from Bengoa himself.
Here, the head honcho returns again with a fresh three-tracker, opening with title-track
‘Sun Dub’, a high octane house workout fuelled by swinging drums, choppy bass stabs,
airy dub chords and a classic Hammond organ hook line.
‘Negligence’ then opens the b-side, stripping things back to cavernous low-end pulsations
and swirling stabs atop a robust drum machine jam. ‘Physique’ then wraps up the
release on a deeper tip, bringing shimmering bell tones, a stab-led bass sequences and
murky vocal chants into the forefront, while skippy drum hits and modulating hats
carry the subtly nuanced, hypnotic groove.

Track List:

1. Sun Dub
2. Negligence
3. Physique

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Versatile deep dubby techno with a killer acid tune on the b2 that reminds of Paranoid London. Versatile deep dubby techno with a killer acid tune on the b2 that reminds of Paranoid London. ''Zaq is an analogue machine expert and upcoming bright new talent in the scene. Collecting analogue gear from the age of 15, Zaq's output has influences from dub to italo, early 80s and 90s drum machines, ambient, reggae and acid house - his debut on B2 recordings is a personal statement and the start of many great things that are about to follow from the young artist.'' 'Body Waves' leads on the release, a tripped out dub infused cut drive by evolving ethereal atmospheres, echoing synth stabs and off-kilter drums. Following is 'Take Heed' which embraces a more tool like approach via bumpy beats and circling dub to keep things moving. On the flip, the original mix of 'Magic Silver' is up first, showcasing the acid house influences of the artist, blending together squelchy 303 licks with dub stab sequences and 808 drums. Bengoa's Club Reshape of Magic silver then rounds out the package and tips things into peak-time realms, fusing the original with a dynamic 909 drum workout and enchanting spoken word vocals.

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Tracklist:

A1 Nightzoom
A2 Saraska
B1 The Girl Who Loved Flowers
B2 Stars Keep Shining

UC Beatz delivers his 'Nightzoom' EP via B2 Recordings this December, comprised of four originals from the Belgian artist. Brussels-based producer, DJ and label owner of Entrepôt Records, UC Beatz has carved out quite the reputation over the past decade and a half, dropping material on reputed imprints such as New York's Razor N Tape, Cinthie's Collective Cuts, Derrick Carter and Luke Solomon's The Classic Music Company amongst others. Here he joins the B2 Recordings roster with his latest collection of works and title-cut 'Nightzoom' leads, laying down organic drums, hypnotic chants and circling synth strings to create a subtly blooming, loop-led groove. 'Saraska' follows and strips things back to choppy acid bass, swinging 707 drums, vocal shots and an amalgamation of airy resonant keys. Opening the flip-side is 'The Girl Who Loved Flowers', employing classic deep house tropes with fluttery Rhodes chords, tension building strings, snaking bass and crunchy drums throughout. Lastly 'Stars Keep Shining' then rounds out the release, leaning towards a more jazzy house aesthetic courtesy of intricately nuanced key melodies, warm subs, shuffled drums and winding Moog like synth licks.


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GENRE/S: House/Deep House/Jazz

TRACKLIST:

A effgee – New Disco Groove
B1 effgee – Pain & Wine
B2 effgee – Lying to yourself

SHORT INFO:

effgee releases the third EP on his imprint fellice – Deep House meets Jazz with a warm, analogue touch. The three tracks featured include various production approaches: “New Disco Groove” evolved over time from a more Disco sounding track into a groovy and dreamy Deep House trip, whereas “Pain & Wine” and “Lying to yourself” take things in a slightly more Jazzy direction. “Lying to yourself” also contains recordings from effgee’s live drumming, with an emotive, Jazz influenced break beat groove.



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GENRE/S: House/Deep House

TRACKLIST:

12”
A effgee – you and I
B1 effgee – just
B2 effgee – cooh

SHORT INFO:

This is the second release of music from effgee on his own imprint fellice. With support for the first release from the likes of Move D, this next release brings you three house grooves for the summer, featuring some tracks from effgee’s archive which will finally see the light of day.



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Genre: Italo

Tracklist 12”:

A1 “The Moment (Johannes Albert Club Mix” (05:53)
A2 "The Moment" (03:20)
B1 "Exposed (Johannes Albert Club Mix)" (05:35)
B2 "Exposed" (03:25)

Short Info:
Double Italo Header incoming! Hailing from Turin in northern Italy, we have a new artist on Frank Music named Hey Cabrera! who presents his dance single "The Moment", which has it all: The ever-familiar bassline, melodies, and pianos for days and topped with additional catchy vocal phrases. It's exactly this kind of unique vibe you only hear when it's truly made in Italy. Label boss Giovanni Francesco Alberto—a.k.a. Johannes Albert—steps in with a sizzling club mix to keep the vibe afloat. Who wouldn't want to live in "The Moment"? We sure do! Flip it over, and the B-side "Exposed" carries the same high-energy tradition—more vocals, even punchier pianos, and for the J.A. club mix, a dash of 808s for that extra groove. Housed in a fully printed cover and ready to soundtrack your summer nights. Grazie mille, Gianluca! The power of Italo Disco—often imitated, never duplicated.


Vital Sales Points:
- full printed cover
- club remixes by Johannes Albert





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GENRE/S: House, Disco, Deep House, Tech House

TRACKLISTS:
A1. Eddie C – Disco Freaks
A2. Tilman – Forevermore
A3. Julius Rennert – Got A Lot
B1. Toomy Disco – Dujour
B2. Ron Brown – Told Me
B3. Meeshoo - Miracles


SHORT INFO:
INEX016 takes you on a magical journey through the mellow realm of house music. Veteran Eddie C delivers a disco-infused belter that will make your hips shake. Tilman presents a juicy nu-groove track that transports you back to May 1st, 1992. Making his wax debut, Julius Renner offers a soulful voyage to the peak of the dance floor. Toomy Disco, a newcomer on InEx aswell, delivers a shuffling and groovy bomb, pondering the future of DJs. Ron Brown collaborates on a deep, almost Latin-spiced organ track with moments of melancholy and hope. Lastly, Meeshoo touches our souls with strings and disco excellence.






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Tracklist:

A1 Good 2 Me
A2 Free
B1 Make Me Feel
B2 Aeriel (Windy City Version)


Smallville Record sub-label Fuck Reality returns in March 2024 with Fossar’s ‘Make Me Feel’ EP.

The Fuck Reality imprint founds it origins in 2015 as a sub label of the widely lauded Smallville label with a heavy focus on classic House music. The label kicked off with the reissue of Westbam and Nena’s iconic ‘Oldschool Baby’ with remixes from Smallpeople and Gerd Janson before going on to release music from Smallville staple Moomin, Frantzvaag – who also release the first album on the label last year - and more. Here the label welcomes Fossar, co-founder of the Feuilleton imprint, onto the imprint with his new EP.
‘Good 2 Me’ opens with airy chords, robust toms, flickers of resonant synth stabs and soulful vocals running atop snappy drums before ‘Free’ embraces a classic 90’s New York aesthetic with heavily swung percussion a jazzy bass groove, emotive piano lines and warm vocal chants.
The B-side is then kicked off with ‘Make Me Feel’, diving deep with shimmering, expansive leads, looped vocal, swirling string melodies and a classic bumpy bass and snare combination. The ‘Aeriel (Windy City Version)’ then rounds things out, as the name would suggest nodding to the Chicagoan roots of House and employing all the classic tropes from slick flutes, intertwined keys, glistening piano melodies and shuffled 909 drums.


All tracks written, produced and mixed by Pchris Gruber
Mastering by Lopazz / Mixmastering, vinyl Cut by Helmut Erler / Lathesville
Artwork and Typography by Stefan Marx
Distributed by Wordandsound

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2022 Repress

180g VINYL.Release: 24.06.2013 - UPC: 827170508361- Tracklist: A1. The break up B1. The make up
Vital sales points:
- First EP of the label by the label-bosses themselves; Dam Swindle
- Releases on Freerange, Dirt Crew, Saints & Sonnets and more
- Just back from their first US tour in May 2013
- Pressing on 180 grs black vinyl
Info: It's not often that silly, boyish dreams come true. But, if you take a closer look at our past 12 months, dreams seem to come true every other day. We've had a great year with releases on such great labels and had the opportunity to play our music all over the world and we've enjoyed every minute of this musical rollercoaster. And today, we've got another dream that's turning into reality: We're starting our own label. This is Heist Recordings, and you're looking at our very first release. We're extremely proud to share this two track EP of our own music with you and we hope you'll like it as much as we do. The break up is a track that checks all the boxes of the signature DS sound. An infectious set of airy chords, a bumpy bass-line and a lush female vocal give the track that feeling that bridges everything we love about the house from back in the days with the things that get everyone excited today. The make up is a deeper track, but still a genuine house tune, with some repetitive almost hypnotic vocals and stabs and of course, a pumping groove. You'll lose track of everything halfway through the break, but as soon as the beat kicks in, you know its business time. This is just the first step. Enjoy it, and be sure to keep an eye out for more of Heist in the near future.
Sincerely yours, Dam Swindle



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