Joris Feiertag is a Dutch producer and drummer from Utrecht in the Netherlands who makes music that is a finely balanced blend of organic and synthesized elements, often using ingenious syncopated rhythms combined with instruments such as the harp and kalimba. Roots is his third album on revered German imprint Sonar Kollektiv. The LP features not only a plethora of vocalists from across the globe, but also sees the producer playing with obscure samples and sounds, as he attempts to discover a new direction and find that sweet spot between dark and light; major and minor; new and old; uplifting electronica and soul.

Tracklist:
A1 - Nostalgia feat. WAAN
A2 - Keep Your Head Up feat. Noah Slee
A3 - Feel Me feat. Nego True
A4 - re:solution
B1 - Ballon Sogni feat. Falle Nioke
B2 - Didn’t Know Why (You Lost Your Soul)
B3 - Come Back

C1 - Queen & King feat. Rhi
C2 - Reverie feat. Robin Kester
C3 - Law of Attraction feat. OSHUN
D1 - Love Hills feat. Nego True
D2 - Waiting for Tomorrow feat. Leonard Luka
D3 - Violet (You & Me) feat. Oli Hannaford
D4 - Give a Little feat. Pete Josef More

Feiertag is a label mainstay who fuses syncopated downtempo rhythms with international vocalists to make for exotic, escapist groove. The new album is a hugely anticipated debut that has already spawned two brilliant singles in ‚Saccharine ‘ and ‚Trepidation‘ which both get remixed here. More

"Never change a winnig team". That's what Radio Citizen's Niko Schabel must have thought when he decided to release his fourth album once again on Sonar Kollektiv. After the success of "The Night & The City" (SK310LP / CD) from 2015 and the productive collaboration ever since this seems like a wise resolution. Schabel's idea to retrieve to a mountain cabin in Salvenberg, Tirol with his band and tons of equipment turned out to be an even more crucial factor to the cause. Here they could create and record new songs and bring them together neatly for the new album. The 13 tracks assembled here on "Silent Guide" are - each on its own and in its entirety anyway - best proof how wonderfully this approach has worked out. For instance, you'd only have to listen to "Grand Jam" to get the picture: A composite work of Schabel (on synthesizer) with Bernd Oeszevim (on drums), Maasl Maier (on bass), Marja Burchard (on rhodes) and Johannes Schleiermacher (on synthesizer) leaves every musician enough air to breathe and even much more room for personal development. A qualification running like a common thread through the album's length. Don't worry though, "Silent Guide" isn't a random collection of live jams and untamed solos. "SaraSong" (composed by drummer Oeszevim) is a beautiful, gracious tune borne by Marja Burchard's trombone and Niko Schabel's bass clarinet packed in a semi-complex arrangement with two parts linked up ingeniously. Or take the opener and title track "Silent Guide": Here you have Natalie Greffel's voice becharming you. You literally can feel how much fun it must have been to bring this album collectively forth. On "Ninguém" Greffel sings in Portuguese and on "It's Not Enough" she's supported vocally by Marja Burchard for a mantra-like chorus superimposed over the captivating drumming by Bernd Oeszevim (the first part is a 33/16 beat by the way). On this track Johannes Schleiermacher plays the flute, on "Kein Planet" Niko Schabel plays an alto saxophone and on "Ethxxmologie" you hear a whole brass section featuring a bass clarinet, a tenor saxophone and two trombones. More

Marlow gets the remix treatment from Erobique on the new single RSD single Backroom. More

Alex Barck preps the Reunion Remixes 12' the first taste of remixes from last years debut album Reunion. 'Reunion', the debut album by Alex Barck created quite a stir last year. Now two 12inch releases make sure that this stir is not fading away by any time soon. Two 12inches that include remixes by the current creme de la creme of electronic dance music production. After Osunlade delivered already last year an outstanding rendition of the album track 'Oh Africa' it's now up to Amsterdam based producer and DJ Full Crate to get his hands on this declaration of love to a whole continent. Masterfully he accomplishes this endeavour while weaving Christine Salem's voice along a twisted shuffle beat and drives the track to the next level by adding stabbing synth chords. Full contact! On the flipside the enigmatic British production duo Mao take us by surprise with their reinterpretation of 'Doubter'. All of a sudden Jonatan Bäckelie finds himself in a dripstone cave. The massive beat framework props the whole track from not being torn down by the never ending echoing vocals. It's with this courageous proposition that Mao for once and all ensure to be one of the production teams to look out for in 2014. More

Alex Barck preps the Reunion Remixes 12' the first taste of remixes from last years debut album Reunion. 'Reunion', the debut album by Alex Barck created quite a stir last year. Now two 12inch releases make sure that this stir is not fading away by any time soon. Two 12inches that include remixes by the current creme de la creme of electronic dance music production. After Osunlade delivered already last year an outstanding rendition of the album track 'Oh Africa' it's now up to Amsterdam based producer and DJ Full Crate to get his hands on this declaration of love to a whole continent. Masterfully he accomplishes this endeavour while weaving Christine Salem's voice along a twisted shuffle beat and drives the track to the next level by adding stabbing synth chords. Full contact! On the flipside the enigmatic British production duo Mao take us by surprise with their reinterpretation of 'Doubter'. All of a sudden Jonatan Bäckelie finds himself in a dripstone cave. The massive beat framework props the whole track from not being torn down by the never ending echoing vocals. It's with this courageous proposition that Mao for once and all ensure to be one of the production teams to look out for in 2014. More

Mario Weise, better known as Marlow, is no newcomer to this game. He's been releasing a tirade of quality club orientated dance music productions
since 1994. Over the last twenty years he favored us with several release prestigious German house/techno labels like Matthias Tanzmann's &
Andre Quaas' Leipizig based Moon Harbour Recordings, Berlin's Konsequenz label and Hamburg's Room With A View imprint, to name just a
few. But now it's time to give the cards a shuffle and welcome Marlow on Sonar Kollektiv. After his recent remix of Alex Barck's “Re-Set” (featuring Pete Josef) he now presents his proper first release for the Berlin label. “Backroom” is a joyous bass-driven sing-along pop/house hybrid that will be more at home on your living room stereo and your iPod and will surely get radio play all across the borders. It's also the perfect vehicle for Pete Josef's exquisite tonsils and lyrics. On the B-Side we're treated with another stand-out track by the enigmatic name of “L4L (Vertigo)”. This time Comixxx' partner in crime Dominik “Knixx” Wirth grabs the microphone and delivers a mellifluous performance over a electro-funky instrumental reincarnating west coast funk by let's say The Egyptian Lover in an ultra-vibrant fashion. The production is so catchy you will be more than pleased to find the instrumental as a bonus track. If you don't own a lowrider to pump this banger in, you'd better purchase one to give this release it's full respect More