Next up on Chord Jay Shepheard drops 2 original, neatly programmed percussive deep house cuts with 2 remixes from Chord residents Dudley Strangeways and Matthew Burton. More

Following the release of his debut album 'Home & Garden,' Jay Shepheard returns to his own Retrofit imprint to present the album's remix EP. Label friends Locked Groove and Jacques Renault remix 'Two Much Love' and 'Type One A' respectively, while Jay takes the reins himself to rework '48 Stacey' and 'Orbis Tertius.' First off, Hot Flush's Locked Groove molds the lush and nostalgic 'Two Much Love' into an epic piano-led journey, complete with acid line and a booming low-end. Let's Play House boss Jacques Renault takes a more subtle approach with 'Type One A,' leaving most of the original intact, but with a rougher, more driving edge to it. While, the album was, as its title suggests, meant for home (and garden) listening, here Jay takes the opportunity to transform '48 Stacey' and 'Orbis Tertius' into something meant solely for the dancefloor. In his 'Bullfrog's at Dawn' mix of '48 Stacey,' Shep eschews the original's uplifting chords and pads in favor of a more eerie, bassline-led stormer. His 'Broken Mix' of 'Orbis Tertius' brings things to a close, adding organs and a more forward groove into the mix. More

With releases on Compost, Diynamic, Buzzin Fly, Freerange under his belt, Home & Garden is the debut album from the already established artist Jay Shepheard due for release in early 2013. Shepheard has been releasing 12"s and singles, and remixes steadily since 2007, blending disco and deep house seamlessly into his own unique sound that has seen him nominated for best producer at the Beatport awards on numerous occasions.
Now he delivers an 11 track journey through a wider genre scape, mixing tempos and feeling but adhering to a consistent sound design the album blends the influences that his work has come to represent and is an many ways is a retrospective nod to a culmination of the last 5 years releasing. With an underlying depth of feeling running through the record, the from the looped up sample groove of 'Zippin', the spaced out future disco of 'Signs', the elated retro house of 'Two Much Love' and the slow mo deep pop of 'Here Comes' the album has been designed and conceived to flow as one piece and avoid the all too common trend of '10 club tracks on a CD' that has come to permeate much of the electronic music and deep house album market.
The album will be released on Shepheard's own Retrofit label, the 11th release following on from a string of 12"s featuring along side himself artists including Catz 'n Dogz, Iron Curtis, Matthew Burton, Martin Dawson, Rudy's Midnight Machine (aka Faze Action) and many others. The album will signify a new chapter for the label - moving on from the 'seriers based' first 10 releases all named by catalogue number alone and into new and unexplored territories.
Tracklisting:
1. Forty Eight Stacy
2. Orbis Tertius
3. Climbing Faces
4. Here Comes
5. Up Denali
6. Signs
7. Zippin'
8. Beauty Sleeper
9. Type 1A
10. Be Dangerous
11. Two Much Love
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Supertalent, new star at club heaven: Karim Sahraoui's 12" on Transmat was his breakthrough last year. You'll find also one track on Compost's "Future Sounds Of Jazz Vol. 13". On this stunning EP he's showing his skills and variety from Detroit Techno to jazz-/ balearic influenced house to glistening downbeat. Musical, technical, mixturewise: a tipp top EP. More

Philipp Stoya is back on Compost Black with a bunch of fantastic tunes, a hypnotic trip with deep analogue playfulness and elegance. It's a story of dedication, devotion and a whole lot of craziness. The debut E.P of Philipp Stoya, who might be recognized from his appearances on some Various Artists - 12"s on Compost Black Label, is a testimonial of love, his love to his wife, whose name is the EP's title, his love to music in general, giving birth to this record and his love to electric pianos and synths, such as the Fender Rhodes and the Roland Juno 106, which sounds give the tracks on the record an unique flair and atmosphere. More

The COMPOST ALLSTARS, consisting of Christian Prommer, Roland Appel, Jan Krause from Beanfield and Michael Reinboth, deliver here the official "birthday anthem" on the occasion of the 20 year label anniversary. "Good Day" is a top-notch impulsively deep tech house track with vocals by Fingers, Inc. - legend singer Robert Owens. The mighty SHOW-B contributed a versatile peak time re-work. In preparation of the Compost Records jubilee, it became clear pretty fast that there is need for a proper birthday anthem. Therefore Compost head honcho Michael Reinboth and his longtime buddies and label mates Christian Prommer, Roland Appel and Jan Krause locked themselves up in the studio as Compost Allstars, in ordert o create "Good Day". Robert Owens was flown in to contribute the vocals and a timeless deep house track was born. The "Good Day" Original is also part of the digital compilation "V.A. - COMPOST 500", which comes as download code with the jubilee book "SOUL / LOVE - 20 Years Compost Records"! More

With stunning drifty grooves, YOKTO kick off their debut 12" on Compost Black, a proper gem of state of the art house music! Two For Wood is already supported and charted by Kristian from Âme and Marcus Worgull! More

Massive! The Konstantin Sibold Remix is already supported by Agoria, Dixon, Âme, Nuno Dos Santos, Kyodai and a few others. The originals and the Simon Garcia remix are also top notch. Later this year Compost Black will release another Konstantin Sibold remix of the other track „As Goes The Sun“. More

Some call it post-dubstep, some techy deep house ... We call it pure club bangers with a mysterious touch! Munich residents Heitzberg Theorem delivering heavy basses topped with trippy vocals, just sounding like future! More

Christian Prommer is back on Compost Black Label with a new EP for the summer. Uplifting and soulful vibes to enrich any open-air beach set, well, notwithstanding that these tracks would enlighten all dark cellar floors anyway. The beats, strings and harmonies form the "Hanging On The Dj Booth" EP are heavily inspired by a cool girl that loves to hang upside down on the DJ Booth at our favorite clubs in Munich - sometimes breaking the DJ booth and getting invoices from the clubs for the damage. Never paying them, but being upset about it, because she thinks that the clubs should pay her for her dancing and hanging on the DJ booth. I try to only play in clubs where this girl is around. If I could, I would marry her. These tracks are part of the upcoming Christian Prommer album "Ambach" that will be released in October 2013 to celebrate the Compost Black Label issue 100. More

Emilie Nana comes up with the organically lush bouncing "Like You" and the techy vocal-spiced "September 10th", perfectly completed with a magnificent remix monster by I-Robots, that's gonna hit you like steroids. More

SHOW-B is back with electrifying house, a solid package of gorgeous tracks, down to earth and uplifting, coupled with a cool Huxley Remix on the flipside. More

Deep house in all his variety, from being airy, fluffy, substantial, pushy or cracking to the elegance of indie pop, all in here: bodacious and groovy remixes by Daniel Stefanik, Osunlade, Jacob Korn or Klinke Auf Cinch. Marbert Rocel, the East German indie pop'n'jazz sensation and live band just brought their third album "Small Hours" to life, capturing a deep sense for beats, smoking, songs, indie pop trips including leftfield house- and jazzy affairs. More

19 years old Emil Seidel pours two tracks on the A-side and his first trademark on vinyl. This is a true discovery from Move D, who played „Tumbling“ many many times in his sets and gave us the hint. Influenced by the begining of Chicago House, and a ten years classical cello background, Emil started to produce house music in 2009. After his debut release on New York based label We Make Names and two digital releases on Frankfurt’s Surce label, this two killer tunes approving the damn young talent. The B-side starts off with an awakening battle yell, from the DJ and producer duo Deo & Z- Man. Whilst other kids learned walking, the two residents of the Golden Pudel Club (Hamburg) and The Golden Gate (Berlin) started creating their own wicked fumbling flow. When was the first time Philipp Stoya, 23 years young native of Jena, took notice of a four to the floor bassdrum? It must have been the moment in the cellar of his parents house, where Mathias Veit, co-founder of the Fatplastics Recordstore, and Agent Griede (Freude am Tanzen Bookings) were living. In an early stage he listened from the aisle outside the room what the roomers were playing. Well, the bassdrum was dominant. Later on Philipp extended his deep house horizon in the room and it makes boom. More