Toby Tobias has a lengthy history of disturbing the peace. This is his second offering for the ESP Institute. On side A, Second Stimulus stirs shimmering staccato chords, roaming pipes and detuned robotic sighs into quite the disorienting stew—the loose arrangement remaining fragmented over 9 minutes of touch-and-go 808 programming, picking up a pseudo bassline assembled from sub toms, introducing a gritty break loop and eventually blissing out into oblivion. With side B’s Synchro Surfer, Toby plays with the notion of suspense by gently teasing a muted kick and percussion rhythm under washes of white noise, bleeps and sirens that are tape-dubbed and which, over time, begin a dialogue with each other, as if the machines have declared mutiny on the garage. Toby continues to stretch his limits with his output for the ESP Institute, possibly headed toward a full-fledged devolution of conventional dance music. These two songs may have you arrested for public nuisance. More

Toby Tobias joins Delusions again for what will be his sixth(!) 12” entitled
The Rain. The prolific Londoner whose releases have graced such
venerable labels as Rekids, ESP Intistute and Let’s Play House, is back with
a vengeance, delivering two mighty fine originals plus a remix from
Nebraska.
In true Toby Tobias style, The Rain got made on an MPC, sliced and
edited from a single live take through the desk then accidentally deleted so
no further mixing, sequencing or editing could be carried out. But what is
an A&R man’s nightmare, turns out to be the record buying DJ’s gain, as
the improvised, dubby vibe and raw as ***k mixdown give the track an
authentic feel and energy which could only come from the madness in
Toby’s method.
Fresh from his brilliant releases on Mister Saturday Night and Razor n Tape,
we have our man Nebraska do his thing on the remix of The Rain.
Dropping down the BPM’s a bit from Toby’s more frenetic original,
Nebraska add’s a healthy dose of moogy lead lines to the lo-slung house
groove, perfect for warming up the dancefloor.
Closing this release we have New Way Of Feeling which sees Toby in
playful mode with a percussion heavy, driving basement jam. FM pads
form the centerpiece of the track whilst flourishes of Juno come and go,
hints of early 90’s IDM shining through on the glistening sine-wave
melodies. All in all a glorious melting pot of ideas and influences all over
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Toby Tobias can be found in the shadows of South London. This is his first offering for the ESP Institute. On side A, 'Gravitator' evolves slowly over ten minutes from a somber intro of supernatural sighs, pulsing machine feedback and techno squelches into an ethereal landscape peppered with dissonant fragments of synth. With side B’s 'Right Turn To Nowhere', Toby stretches out even further, flexing a tasteful programming of the 808 while taking the long road to a reverb-drenched crescendo of distortions and expansive string swells. After a prolific output of material for other quality labels around the world, Toby Tobias has undoubtedly re-focused his point-of-view upon his induction to the ESP Institute. These two songs will have you locking up your children at night. More

It is common knowledge Toby Tobias used to rule the coasts of Ibiza with his Balearic Iron Funk! Now back on his home turf of London, Toby has chosen the Cosmic Pint Glass to tell us the story Sun, Sea and Madness! A Room for Babette is a Balearic House Funk bomb filled with sandy frolics and a touch of mayhem. Afterwards we hit the romance button. Touch Meh is a one of the smoothest edits to be given the Toby treatment and on the flip Ptaki take you on an amazingly beautiful 12 minute journey around the islands with their A Room for Babette remix complete with dolphins! When Toby Tobias visited Ibiza he used to stay at an amazing B&B ran by Babette. She was one of the original party people of the island and would hang out with the likes of Grace Jones.
A Room for Babette echoes that summer madness only found on these islands in a certain time and place. The track starts off with that feeling of disorientation that perhaps a few midday holiday brews might bring on. An erratic beat and explosions rattle overhead, until the soothing sounds of a synthesised flute float in. Shortly after a saxophone joins in and the explosions start up again. It's at this point things start to get fun! Tensions are rising and the boogie is starting to happen! Before long you're travelling at full tilt! Toby has been part of the London scene since breaking some shapes in the streets back in the 80's. He has seen genres come and go and all the while been adding to his record collection. In this track you can hear a cross pollination of Styles from Funk, House, Soca and even No Wave making for a DJ friendly track and has a genuinely rare style. After the evening out on the town, it's time to go back to the chalet for a night of romance. Touch Meh is a one of the smoothest, romantic edits. Toby adds his magic to re-edit with the addition of some powerful drums making for a seriously raunchy track! The next day (On the flip of the EP) we meet up with Ptaki, everyone is feeling a little delicate so the boys take you to their favourite cove, or that's what it sounds like. A Room for Babette remix has been tamed beautifully to give a wholly relaxing track with the addition of an amazing string sample that sits perfectly in the groove. The explosions and erratic drums are gone leaving the sound of paradise. After a small visit to some dolphins a rhythm on the horizon can be heard and after a little while, we find ourselves in a trance, fully relaxed to the deep house sound of Ptaki.
What an amazing holiday! .

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Following hot on the heels of Toby’s brilliant long player Rising Son we bring you a couple of our favorite tracks remixed by two of our favorite producers, namely I:Cube and Session Victim. The Versatile veteran Nicolas Chaix kicks things off in his own unique style on his interpretation of Love Affair with widescreen pads and subterranean clanks and growls setting things up for a heady house journey. Session Victim do their thing on Slo Flava, jacking up the tempo and turning in a bouncing live jam with a soulful edge. Completing this EP we also have the two original versions of Love Affair and Slo Flava in all their glory. More

TRACKLISTING:
01. The Wonder ft Atwell 02. Love Affair 03. Hot 22 04. Sloflava 05. Only Getting Better ft. Atwell 06. Sending Signals 07. I Robot 08. Broken Computer 09. Ban co Nights 10. Vague Vogue 11. Friday Analogue Jam 12. Whisper It 13. Weird Danger 14. Headway

OVERVIEW: Toby Tobias has been responsible for some fine quality music over the past 10 years with labels such as Rekids, Nang, Let's Play House and Quintessentials all dropping his unique brand of raw, analogue house and techno. A DJ's DJ who always seems to pull out a lesser known gem and make it sound like a classic, Toby knows his music as well as his studio, inside out. We've been proud to deliver three EP's from him on Delusions but we all felt the time was right for a full length, especially considering that 7 years have passed since his debut LP Space Shuffle on Rekids. Toby fully embraced the scope and breadth that an LP affords a producer, holing up in his Hackney studio and losing himself in his machines. Rising Son is the result of those sessions and it's brilliant!

From the opening machine funk of The Wonder featuring vocals from Atwell we can hear that Toby is quite sure about the direction he's taken for the LP. 808 beats bring vintage electro vibes whilst Atwell's vocal hints at the golden era of Chicago house, adding a soulful touch to the rigid groove. Love Affair continues the theme of off-world utopia where the droids have a heart and soul and sing torch songs of love lost, the Moroder-esque influences bringing a retro sheen to the LP. As we continue through tracks such as
Sloflava and Sending Signals we find blissful, downtempo jams which perfectly soundtrack this imagined night time world which Toby seems so happy to immerse himself and his listeners in.

I Robot follows, providing the one cover version on the LP from the Alan Parsons Project as well as being an LP defining focal point. A track which shows that when the machines are working for you, it could just be a perfect world. But Broken Computer soon shows us what can happen when things go wrong. Incidentally, this is from a genuine computer crash which Toby managed to capture using his phone. A beautiful glitch in the system which spewed out such a mournful noise and a very happy accident that would be completely impossible to create if you set out to try.

As we continue we're treated to the likes of Friday Analogue Jam, Whisper It and Weird. Danger, all echoing bleeps, squelching bass notes, heavenly pads and precision beats. In some ways we get a feeling of a land that time forgot, in others something of sublime beauty and futurism. That Toby can paint pictures with his music in this way speaks volumes, knowing instinctively when to draw out a mood or feeling or flip things on their head to command your attention and beg another listen. And another.....

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It’s Toby Tobias time folks! Ahead of his brilliant LP which will be dropping here on DOG in September we give you a little reminder of why he’s one of the heroes of the underground UK house scene. Toby has been honing his skills as a producer, DJ, promoter and all round nice guy for years now and we’re very happy to be offering up fresh new club business from the man himself in the form of The Rising EP. Never one to go for the obvious, he always puts his neck on the line and pushes his productions in an interesting and often unexpected direction, making full use of his fully analogue studio to get those ‘happy accidents’ into his tracks which gives him the edge over so many others on the scene today. Even with a straight up club banger like The Rising, Toby makes sure things stay edgy, raw and just a little bit mental. At the end of the day this is a Chi-town influenced filter disco banger but with fresh spin that’ll make sure it creates the perfect vibe when you drop it in the clubs. Taking things in a deeper direction we have Jitterbug on the remix, keeping the pace and drive but dipping the original in a vat of thick, syrupy treacle which gives us an altogether more heady, spaced out vibe for those moments when only the trippiest shit will suffice. Flip over for Toby’s own dub version of The Rising which strips it all back and warps it out for a loopey, Soundstream influenced take on the original. Full of attitude but keeping the bags of fun times feel with more punch than Frank Bruno (in his heyday!)

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Toby Tobias coming through with the fresh raw s**t for Delusions! Two original tracks here absolutely loaded full of old school analogue machine funk and crazy dub tricknology. It's Burning builds around a beautiful chiming synth while a filtering acid bass line and 808 snares add a distinct bit of B-Boy to the mix. I Give You love heads for a more rugged house vibe complimenting the intense, loosely timed vocal hits perfectly. On the flip we have London Housing Trust bringing serious heat on their remix, jacking up the tempo but adding some decidedly tripped-out synth tweaks resulting in a show stopping reworking primed for freaking people out on the dancefloor. Finally we have that man Lauer working his magic on It's Burning, building up the track around some beautifully euphoric synth stabs and bassline. The perfect close to an EP in which it's very difficult to try and find words to justify. We think Toby Tobias has turned in some of his best ever work here and absolutely love this whole record so really hope you share the same admiration for the release as we do! More

Toby Tobias joins the D.O.G crew for release no. 29 and fits like the proverbial glove with an incredible EP which truly lives up to it's name. It's probably fair to say that Toby is one of the unsung heroes of the UK scene having played a pivotal part in developing the underground disco scene of the late noughties. His Late Night Audio parties alongside releases on Rekids, Let's Play House, Nang and Quintessentials speak volumes as to the mans skills and fastidious nature and here he delivers what we'd be so bold as to say his best work yet with the Pathfinder EP. The title track kicks off and instantly you know you're in for a joyous ride with the rawest house-not-house beats, p-funk bass and echoing stabs. Toby has a way of mixing up the sounds and vibes to bring a fresh and original sound but with plenty of depth and drive. Next up Fabrizio Mammarella gets stuck into Pathfinder reworking the original into a slightly straighter, bass-heavy monster of a track which keeps the dubbed out chords but totally wreaks havoc on the bottom end when the bassline drops. Flipping over we're treated to the slower paced Backbeat which builds around floating chords, chopped vocals and a boogie-inspired bassline. A true Balearic beauty! Finally we have a stunning little number called Abregon which completely defies categorization but manages to successfully fuse elements of jazz, fusion, hi life and house into a brilliantly quirky track which we challenge you not to want to do some freaky-deaky dance to.
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Reworking a big tune is never a simple task. especially if after 7 years the tune in question is still one of the highlights in shows of one of the worlds most beloved live act performers. KiNK. That s only half of the story though. as the tune got a lot of love from so many DJ s all over the globe. However. for the 17th Burek release. we wanted to do something really special and what could be better than giving new life to a piece of music which literally gave life to our label. And we gathered some very interesting people for the job More

Tracklist:
a1. Preminitions Of A Solar Blank
a2. Invisible Breaths
b1. Static Winds
B2. Walking with Slippers
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Marco Bernardi, a British producer with quite a flamboyant personality is no stranger to the Burek
family. Having already released an excellent 2-part 12” series titled “Laffer EP” for Barba last
year, it could’ve been expected that he’d appear on the mothership at some point. As on those
two records, there’s plenty of synth action going on, although with a little bit more restraint and
less roughness.
EP consists of 4 tracks, who’s names to some extent hint at what you might expect to hear when
you put the needle on - “Preminitions Of A Solar Blank”, “Invisible Breaths”, “Static Winds” and
“Walking With Slippers”.
The opener, “Preminitions Of A Solar Blank”, is a wonderful and rich composition, with a
melody-heavy approach which does not cripple it’s dancefloor momentum for one second.
Masterful!
“Invisible Breaths” is slightly deeper than the opener, with a subtle emotion buried between the
layers of synth lines that organically unravel throughout the track.
“Static Winds” is perhaps the closest to Marco’s earlier Barba output. A bit squeaky, a bit messy
and properly mental with a devastating effect on the dancefloor.
“Walking With Slippers”, last track on the release, is a very direct one, with a straightforward beat
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Tracklist:
a1. Damon Bell Stand By Me b1. Damon Bell Life Awaits You B2. Trans Atlantic Journey? We Been Here!
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Californiabased producer Damon Bell could not find a more suitable home for his new 12” than Croatian label Burek. It’s his first one since “Blues For The Libyan” LP released in 2015. for Deepblak, and it sounds as if the time off was well spent. Two words that perfectly describe this record are “rich” and “colourful”, and the description is equally applicable to all three cuts. “Stand By Me” is a synthheavy piece built around the interplay between track’s rougher sounds and big lush pads. On the flipside, “Life” is slightly faster and more direct, with a wonderful guitar part that circles around the main theme throughout the most of the track. Similarly mannered, but slightly more intense “ TransAtlantic Journey? We Been Here!” is the last piece and features an infectious groove with lead synth piercing through layers of delicate arpeggios playing in the background. All in all, it feels good to have Damon in the team. We hope you'll enjoy this record More

Tracklist:
a1. Ilija Rudman Higher Ground b1. Ilija Rudman feat. Boyd H. Jarvis Take Me There b2. Ilija Rudman feat. Boyd H. Jarvis 1470 Pacific Coast Ride
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Ilija Rudman is quite a unique character. A fact reinforced by listening to some of the records from his vast catalogue, taking a walk through his next level studio or simply talking to him. Preferably, all three at once, as it is often the case. Authenticity is the word that comes to mind when describing the work of this leading Croatian artist or while listening to the material we are proud to put out on 12th Burek release. The record features three cuts. “Higher Ground” is Rudman’s solo effort while the two on the flip are coproduced by Boyd H. Jarvis, an American producer credited to numerous 12” on classic labels such as Trax Records, King Street Sounds, Movin’ Records and Dance Tracks (to mention a selected few). Although releases made in a similar fashion tend to sound somewhat unfocused, the result here is exactly the opposite. What we have here is 20 minutes of some of the slickest house music you’ll find, sounding so coherent that dissecting it track by track seems pointless. This is a 12” that will feel equally at home in a club or blasting through the speakers of your convertible while driving on the California
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Tracklist:
A1: Tasks
A2: Future Window
B1: Assembly
B2: Proposal For Change
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We’re so excited to be the guys that get to deliver you this guy’s debut release. Luca Murgia
has a sound all his own – he really like tom toms, he likes spacey flourishes, and overall he
likes to deliver tracks with mobile electroy
grooves married to the stability of house. The
thing that really makes him special to us is the naturalness of feeling he achieves in his
productions – he has a neatness to his grooves – everything lines up so the body can move
freely and the dancer be in a state of flow. All four tracks on this EP have real singularity of
intent in their sounds and rhythms but vary dramatically in intensity.
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Assembly is the track that you play just as the night picks up in pace. It’s not one of those
tunes with a vocal or a melody that everyone will know, but it’s got a jerky tom rhythm that
the most enthusiastic dancers will pick up on as soon as it hits. Luca goes on to sweeten the
brew with a spritely twanging bassline that comes in and out injecting energy without
disturbing the basic flow.
Future Window has those toms again, but much more in the background and a more
headdown
vibe to it with insistent keys and a bassline that pulses rather than bounces.
Finally, Tasks takes the template from the other tracks and gets it so drunk it almost falls
apart. There are more squeaks and burbles, the bassline twists wildly and the rhythm is on
the verge of collapse. At the right moment it’s a gnarly ride that’ll drive people crazy. More

Tracklist:
A1. THE BAZILE REPUBLIC - Strange Visitors B1. THE BAZILE REPUBLIC - Motion Of Attraction B2. THE BAZILE REPUBLIC - The Sacred Smoke
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We have come to expect the unexpected from AYBEE. Always showcasing different sonic tapestries his Burek debut holds true to this theme. Under "The Bazile Republic" moniker AYBEE presents the "Strange Visitors EP". "The Bazile Republic" brings to bear the story of a strange island, a celestial visitor, and mysterious doctor. The story is set to be played out over several releases , and sees its 1st installment via Burek. The tracks entitled "Strange Visitors", "Motion Of Attraction", and "The Sacred Smoke" comprise a fusion of dance-floor rhythms that drive, and lift. True to AYBEE's form always set to engage the listeners via the head, heart, and feet.

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Release : 07.07. 2014 Barcode: 827170550568
Tracklist: A1: Esa & Bennett - Time of Planck A2: Esa - Paradox Jaz (Recover) B1: Esa - Placid Universe B2: Esa - Drama Queen
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After nearly a year has passed by - and kitted out with heavy hitting drum timbres, hook laden nuances and a textured palette of unique effects - South African born Esa makes a welcome return to the Burek family fold with another EP that skirts the boundaries of the dance-floor and soaks up the sights and sounds of those on the peripheral edges.
A family that's consisted of many strays and deviants being welcomed in, Esa's EP is another mellifluous fit for the Croatian based house label that prides itself on beats that drip with greasy flavour and a fine follow on from his killer 'Serenity In a Forbidden Place' EP for the label in July of 2013.
EP opener 'Time Of Planck' is the first collaborative production between Esa and classically trained multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Bennett. Laying vocals atop deconstructed, radiating cosmic transmissions, Esa cautiously adds the reverberating oscillators to maximum effect over a washed out, hazy groove, while Bennett also provides tinkling key stabs. Paradox Jaz (Recover) plays further on the synth tapestries and relaxing organ overtones, following a traditional Detroit journey before gradually stepping up-tempo for a cantering, melody-led approach to the intricate details of a modern electronic jazz record.
Flip over for B-side opener Placid Universe, a light and dainty continuation of the previous side's atmospheric, worldly undertones before clicking snares and bulbous, low-end bass lines and acid squelches force their way into earshot. Drama Queen - perhaps the most schizophrenically visualized out of the collection - draws the EP to a close in attention seeking fashion, juxtaposing and flitting between light xylophone riffs and seething, pulsing and hell raising bass stabs, offering a resonating close to Esa's latest 4 track pack of all-original, hot-off-the-grill analogue productions.
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Release : 25.01. 2014 UPC 827170141421
Tracklist: A1: Inkswel - No More Suckas ft. Dave Aju A2: Inkswel - Mind Yours ft. Cazeaux O.S.L.O A3: Inkswel - Saturated ft. Isaac Aesili & Charli James A4: Inkswel - Oishi Stylus (bonus beats) B1: Inkswel - No More Suckas (DJ Nature remix) B2: Inkswel - Minds Your (Iron Curtis remix) B3: Inkswel - Mind Yours (IG Culture remix)
Hot on the heels of his successful autumnal tour of Europe, the antipodean beatsmith and low-riding soul-brother, Inkswel, arrives on the eighth 12" from Burek Records. Considering Inkswel's been working with people like Merwyn from Virgo Four, Gifted & Blessed and Linkwood for the third release on his own Hot Shot Sounds imprint, we weren't surprised when he told us about the recent collaboration he'd had with Dave Aju. Naturally we were keen to get this out into the world, complementing it with great remixes and additional tracks from Inkswel. The A-side comprises three funkadelicious, shape-throwing, pop-locking slices featuring the talents of San Fran's Dave Aju, Melbourne's Cazeaux O.S.L.O, Christchurch's Isaac Aesili and Adelaide's Charli James. They wear their shared love for hiphop on their sleeves, replicating old school sampling techniques and twinning them with a feel for modernity. The open kicks and sax thrills that begin 'No More Suckas' cement syrupy pads and swirling keys as Dave Aju rhymes about that classic conundrum, being given the chance for a night of intimate relations. Rotascoping blips and pads combined with fat bass work underpin the conscious spoken word poetry of 'Mind Yours', and 'Saturated' closes the side with razor-sharp claps, wonky chords and 808 cowbells laying the foundation for vocal call and responses. In classic turntablist style the bonus beat track 'Oishi Stylus' is also included, evoking the Pacific Rim's interconnectivity with its Nipponese flavours cut over solid beats. This ain't hip-house, it's hiphop-house. On the B-side our trio of heavyweight remixers let rip, each in their characteristic inimitable styles. NYC's DJ Nature edits and extends No More Suckas, playing with the vocals and adding strong drum patterns with a lilting flute melody to turn in a true hypnotic deep house chugger. Berlin's Iron Curtis uses the pads and spoken word component of the original to prelude a darkly evocative late-night slice of enticement, with heavy off-kilter kicks, haunting bells and floating chords drawing the listener deeper and deeper. London's breakbeat legend IG Culture uses the same spoken word parts as Iron but recombines them into new patterns as he lays down massive echoing big-room bass and jukey snares to fashion the original into a tour-de-force of footwork. Inkswel proves that hiphop is the sibling of house music, and this EP helps join the dots between those two forms of music whilst taking it to future forms.
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UPC 827170521261 Rel date 23.09.2013
Tracklist: a1) Inspiration b1) Inspiration (Specter Remix) b2) Inspiration (Aubrey Dark Remix)
After the well received success of our last release by Esa, Croatia's finest bovine inspired label is excited to announce our next moo-sical offering. This time we've cast our A&R net eastwards and have snared Russian producer Denis Korsunskiy, aka Information Ghetto.
With releases on fine labels like Get Physical, 3rd Wave Music, Broque, PRO-TEZ and Multi-Vitamins, Denis stands out as one of front-runners of a wave of Russian producers to have emerged in the last decade. When not performing live as Clapan, he delves into various dubbed-out and industrialized soundscapes when producing as Information Ghetto. Working with both analogue and digital equipment using a live-jam 'on the fly' methodology, his emotional control and talent for audio manipulation stands out.
Here's how he describes 'Inspiration': "Inspiration is one of my favourite works so far. It's a unique composition which I envisioned and later managed to accurately replicate in the world of sound waves. I create my music in constant dialogue with my instruments and often they show me the limit of my creative processes, but with 'Inspiration' it turned out to be totally the opposite with me pushing my equipment to new levels and I believe I managed to consciously integrate into it the energy of when I was first introduced to electronic music. For me, those far-away days in the 90s were the period I remember fondly and love so much." Complimenting the original track we have a pair of gorgeous remixes; firstly from one of Chicago's finest masters of the deep, Specter, and other supplied by the techno pioneer and don who played such an integral part of the evolution of the genre in Europe, Aubrey.
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Release : 1.7. 2013 Barcode: 827170506466
Tracklist EP: a1) Serenity 021 a2) Forbidden place b1) Serenity in a forbidden place (Fudge Fingas remix)
Burek, Croatia's leading independent electronic label, brings you its sixth release, a superb 3 track EP entitled 'Serenity in a Forbidden Place', by South African born Glaswegian Esa. Drummer, producer and DJ, Esa Williams aka Mervin Granger has been a resident at Glasgow's Sub Club for over half a decade. As well as releasing as Mervin Granger and Esa he runs his own label, Rememory, and also partners Brian D'Souza in the live presentation of Auntie Flo, one of the nominees for 'Scottish Album of the Year 2013'. Esa's 12" on Burek spans the emotions upon returning to his native South Africa and the trials of becoming acquainted with his new home of Glasgow. Alongside Esa's original cuts we also have a superb remix from Edinburgh's Firecracker/Rush Hour alumni, Fudge Fingas. The remix encapsulates both of the original tracks and adds FF's own distinctive slant to them to finish an EP that we are most proud to present.
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UPC 827170494565 Rel date 20.05.2013
Tracklist EP: a1) Missing You (All The Time) a2) Come Closer b1) Missing You (All The Time) (Juju&Jordash remix) b2) Missing You (All The Time) -(Kikumoto Allstars remix)
Snuff Crew have an undeniable reputation for what they do, evoking the gritty origins of house music for the denizens of the digital era via their own productions and through their label, Snuff Trax. For its fifth offering, Croatia's Burek label is proud to present the first ever solo EP by Snuffo, one half of the Snuff Crew duo and the A&R mind behind Snuff Trax. The 2 slices of stripped down, dusty old school Chicago house are almost bipolar in nature. The title track, Missing You (All The Time), presents a more sensitive, slightly melancholic facet of all things Snuff, utilizing echoing 707 elements over a sturdy kick groove whilst dainty chords slowly envelope the listener. The EP's closing statement, Come Closer, a heads-down, late-night spine-tingler of a track, with a tougher, more jacking feel to it that will appeal to those who appreciate the pre-existing Snuff canon. Woozy pads, chilling SFX and a mean, stomping key-hook all ride atop that vintage, old school percussive groove that is inherent in all things Snuff, providing a finish to the EP's emotional gradient. Fleshing the EP out are two remixes of Missing You (All The Time) from opposite ends of the globe that widen the appeal of the whole EP. Critically acclaimed Amsterdam residents Juju & Jordash, fresh off the back of their widely lauded Techno Primitivism album, strip the track down, taking the raw melancholy of the original's chords and building the whole thing completely back up with ethnic drum rhythms and deep-space bleeps, as a hauntingly psychedelic voyage that rises and falls like the spring-tide. Australian producer Kikumoto Allstars, best known for his output on DJ Hell's International Deejay Gigolo imprint, takes the same chord sequence as the centre-piece for his interpretation, separating the track into two phrases. First a vocal refrain and sun-kissed Balearic keys raise the remix whilst a peaking acidic 303 line, big kick and ricocheting claps provide momentum and drive the remix to its finale.
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A side: A1. Untitled I A2. Untitled II B side: B1: Untitled III B2: Untitled IV
Burek mark their return on music activity with a amazing 12" four tracker from the label new man - Vedagor. Grab it while is hot!
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After quite some time now, and after super successful Kink's debut, we've got Burek number two. This time, Burek is excited to present a young japanese musician - Takaaki Shibuya - Humandrone. Takaaki says he's obsessed with hardware and old school sounds, citing Blake
Baxter, Mantronix and Carl Craig as his main influences... stating he finds his own music to sound like "science-fictional street music", and on his first edition on Burek we have a treat of four stylistically different house tracks common in their characteristic acid sound from which he draws his inspiration. Stay raw with us and dance!
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Sergej and Pytzek from Croatia well know club Sirup have recently started a brand new music label called 'Burek'. First relese is mr. Srahil Velchev aka Kink! Hailing from Sofia, Strahil Velchev aka KiNK had been raving since he was twelve and started using modular software synthesizer at twenty. Few years later his first releases hit the shelves. Since then he has gone on to release on Ovum, Rush Hour, Pokerflat, Liebe*Detail, Classic, Mule Musiq and Dirtybird. KiNK describes his style as a combo of "Soul of the 70's, the groove of house and techno, the futurism and detail of experimental electronica and the raw energy of acid." The new Burek release, Yako/Leko, finds KiNK trying to step away from common club-oriented production and present himself in a totally different light. Yako is a dance mutant somewhere between speed garage, house, rave and dubstep that rips the dancefloor apart with its bassline and sends the crowd into a dancing delirium! Tune Leko on the B side is for those who are keen on deeper and more mellow sound. This track, featuring a lush driving beat laden with an infectious piano loop, brings the summer back! There are also bonus tracks - two exquisite remixes in their own right. The first comes from a gentleman who doesn't need a long introduction - Chris Duckenfield. Chris Chris gave Yako a new garb, the one that Mr Duckenfield does best - acid! Pytzek & Homeboy turned Leko into a real club monster. They kept the infectious bassline, piano hook and the atmosphere, but reworked the rhythm section in a way that gave the track a whole new dimension.
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