Memory Disks. Volume One. Chevron. The Blackpool born sorcerer is conjuring up spellbinding tracks that boil and bubble between supernatural rave, occult acid and inverted techno. Dripping from speakers, a concoction of swirling chords simmer as a spiced shower of razor edged rhythms are poured into the pot. Shadowy notes ghost like phantoms behind crunching beats, beastly bars growl as keys slide and slither between nine short, medium and long excursions into the glow-stick festooned musical mind of Jonathan Valentine. Nestled amongst the bewitching synthesizer psychedelia, peering from behind the purple forests and white dwarf frogs, are less frenetic works, a soft balance to the frenzied chicanery and chrome plated magic. Simply put, a weird and wonderful EP where the only stable point, the only spot of secured safety, is the needle on the record. More

Originally pressed in 2023 as a bandcamp-only release, this sold out in less than a day, and is now being repressed on black & gold marbled, hand-stamped 12” vinyl due to repeated requests. Two DJ-friendly club cuts, 45rpm and pressed nice and loud. Buzzing 24/7 is a stripped back wonky bassline banger set against a catchy-as-fuck vocal. The Fixer is an oldskool 909 & 303 jacking rave workout. There was a huge response on this one from Blessed Madonna, dBridge, Anz, The Analogue Cops, Martyn Bootyspoon, Alienata, Addisson Groove, Meg Ward, Bloody Mary, Ivan Smagghe, Cici, Roska, Om Unit, Slam, Laurent Garnier and countless, countless more. More

Blue or Orange Vinyl!

Originally pressed in 2022, as a vinyl-only release, an edition of 100 fluorescent green 12” and sold exclusively at venues in the USA as part of Luke Vibert & Posthuman’s I Love Acid tour, never made available anywhere else. This second edition repress is in randomly assigned cobalt blue, solid orange vinyl, or split red/black with multiple differently coloured labels.

On the A side - Luke Vibert is “Still In Love” with acid lines & breakbeats here as a sequel to his classic anthem. “Android Webber” strips it back to pure 303, 808, and JX3P analogue action. On the flip, Posthuman opens with the fierce ravey electro of “Grad” before seeing on the 12” with some signature acid slo-mo chug in “Forever Circles” More

Fourth in the ‘Kanlab’ series of 7" vinyl releases on Posthuman’s Balkan Vinyl imprint - focused on celebrating underground artists from the label roster, are London duo Echaskech with two cuts of crisp sci-fi electro. All artwork for the Kanlab series is by I Am Human Design. More

Second in a series of 7" vinyl releases on Posthuman’s Balkan Vinyl imprint - the "Kanlab series" - focused on celebrating underground artists from the label roster, are Acidulant and Panda Xpress.

Maltese producer, DJ, label owner and promoter Acidulant and has a long catalogue of acid releases to his name, not just on Balkan but also Flatlife, Acid Avengers, Jack Trax, Zodiak Commune and more. He brings the 303 electro on the A side here. On the flip, high tempo Braindance acid breaks from a mystery artist using the pseudonym Panda Xpress. All artwork for the Kanlab series is by non-binary designer Leo Soph Welton of I Am Human Design. More

Returning to Balkan Vinyl after 2020’s Beats For Straight Boys, the Italian XXXL queer acid-disco duo Hard Ton are back, this time with guest vocals from legendary model & singer ROY INC. Three tracks of proper acid house for sweaty bodies on the dancefloor, plus two bonus vocal acapellas. Out on limited edition of 303 pink heavyweight wax. More

After recent releases on Truncate and Ben Sims’ Hardgroove, the Italian producer Elisa Bee returns to Balkan Vinyl with her new EP, Sample Minds. 3 cuts of peak-time jacking techno and acid with a proper edge of funk, plus a remix from Neville Watson taking it into slower, deeper blissed out territory. Out on a hand-numbered edition of 303 copies, on translucent blue 12” vinyl. More

Kicking off a new series of 7" vinyl releases on Posthuman’s Balkan Vinyl imprint - the "Kanlab series" - focused on celebrating underground artists from the label roster, is Suddi Raval.

A UK acid house & rave legend, Suddi was one half of Together who crashed the UK charts in 1990 with "Hardcore Uproar". The author of "A Brief History of Acid House", with three decades of production, writing, and journalism, Suddi's love and enthusiasm for the electronic music scene is unparalleled. He makes his Balkan Vinyl debut here with two deep-space hardware electro jams. All artwork for the Kanlab series is by non-binary designer Leo Soph Welton of I Am Human Design. More

Following last year’s ‘Pleasure Machine’ EP on 10PILLSMATE, Posthuman return on their own imprint Balkan Vinyl with more acid-fuelled electro and rave. On remix duties are WTCHCRFT (New York City), DJ Karawai (Berlin) and LDLDN (London) taking the tracks into more purist electro, techno, and house directions.

Picking up DJ support from Erol Alkan, Superdefekt, Anja Schneider, Art-D-Fact, Colin Dale, Addison Groove, Emerald, Vladimir Ivkovic, Alienata, Black Cadmium, Giant Swan, Rob Hall, Luigi Di Venere, Wavefold, Éclair Fifi, Chrissy, John Barera, Bored Lord, ASOK, Jossy Mitsu, Mystic Bill, India Jordan, Nyra, Nikki Nair, Shedbug, Etch, Jason Kendig, Josh Wink, Andrea, Ian DPM, & loads more More

Black Girl / White Girl make their debut on Balkan with a set of four jackers. Ty & Karin know how to inject just the right amount of funk without losing any of the direct-to-dancefloor energy. Edition of 303 hand numbered copies.

Picking up support from Ben Sims, MCMLXXXV, Ciel, Erol Alkan, Kikelomo, Cici, Noncompliant, FYI Chris, India Jordan, Fault Lines, Erika, Freshta, Jason Kendig, Joris Voorn, Justin Robertson, Matthew Herbert, Chrissy, The Analogue Cops,Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Nikki Nair, Stacy Sexton, Scuba, Roska, Alan Fitzpatrick, Ame, Hassan Abou Alam, Addison Groove, Gene Farris, Claude Vonstroke & more More

This album is a love letter to teenage selves.

An ode to youthful memories from Scotland and the North East of England. We’re of the generation that saw the CJB force the raves from the fields into the clubs, we caught the tail end of the convoys soundtracked by cassette recordings of pirate radio stations from far-off London and beyond. Every week a new musical discovery, every mixtape a revelation. Losing friends in dark fields or corridors of strange warehouses, then finding them again in the strobe lit smoke of the dancefloor.

It's rave, and techno, and jungle, and trance, and house, and ambient...but none of it is quite straight forward; It’s all a bit hazy, timelines broken and lines blurred. We hope the memory connects with you, the way it does with us.

Josh & Rich x

Out on double 12” vinyl & mixtape cassette. Cut by Radioactive Man. More

Berlin (via Chicago) based Ukrainian producer Alinka makes her debut on Balkan. Heavy duty EBM & techno with a few hints of acid along the way. Johnny Aux (Paranoid London) on remix duty with a deep chuggy DJ tool.

Staff pick for DJ Mag in August print edition. Picking up DJ & radio support from the likes of Anz, Nick Höppner, Emerald, Ida, Deep Space Orchestra, Chrissy, Addison Groove, Gene Farris, Ciel, Josh Caffe, Martyn Bootyspoon, Jaye Ward, Lauren Flax, Slam, Jerome Hill, Robert Owens and many many more More

New Metro Jaxx from the I Love Acid / Balkan family
300 copies
Marbled yellow vinyl

A1. Tsuin - She Don’t Want You
A2. Room 13 - Trip Hazard
A3. Elliot Adamson - No Acid
B1. Acidulant - Who’s The Gangster In You?
B2. Echaskech - Rackmount
B3. The Wasp - Shooders More

A coming together of some serious house music legends.
Boy's Own don Terry Farley teams up with Kevin Swain of D.O.P. for a peak-time acid anthem "Memory Child". Label boss Posthuman strips it back for a Sheffield Bleep Techno vibe remix, while Kirk Degiorgio rebuilds the track with modular acid and epic piano chords into a blissful, sunshine anthem. Terry and Kevin bring it all back with the more chilled "Acid Tool" mix to complete the EP. More

Written by Mark Archer in 1991 and released as Altern-8, this is half of a double vinyl set featuring new modern remixes cut from the original samples. Radioactive Man gives the track a purist electro makeover, while DJ Marky ups the tempo for a dancefloor destroying breakbeat re-work. On the flipside, Ceephax Acid Crew takes the hyperactivity up yet another level, while Mark Broom gets dirty and distorted, with Nightwave rounding out the 12” with a jackhammer acid remix.
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Written by Mark Archer in 1991 and released as Altern-8, this is the second half of a double vinyl set featuring new modern remixes cut from the original samples. The Hacker opens the EP with a rework channelling early Warp Records / Sheffield Techno at it’s finest – Pure Energy. Rennie Foster brings the 303 to the forefront with an acid-heavy breakbeat house remix. KiNK takes the vibe deeper with his underwater techno groover, and Neil Landstrumm completes the set with a deep, bleepy hardware-led remix
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Available on hand-numbered limited edition (300 copies only) red & black marbled heavyweight vinyl, & digital download. Out this coming Monday, 19th November 2012. The Benz is taken from last years Acid Relief charity compilation, a jacking electro-acid number from UK duo Posthuman. It's been given the analogue acid treatment by Ben Sims, and taken to Drexciyan electro depths by Radioactive Man. Rounding out the EP is new track Company Man, a downtempo rave/acid techno groover. The EP is already picking up props from Blawan, The Hacker, Josh Wink, Al Tourettes, Hrdvsion, Alex Downey, Affie Yusuf, Paul Mac, Shadow Dancer, Speedy J, Vince Watson, Rob Hall & more...
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