Marcos Cabral returns to L.I.E.S. with a new six track mini lp after a run of cult releases for The Trilogy Tapes as Chemotex. Here we get Cabral in top form falling somewhere in-between his last works for L.I.E.S. and Chemotex tracks. Through the record we get a rough yet refined style moving from metallic gnarled electro to melodic IDM and/or destructive the electronics as heard on "Secret Air". Our favorite being the introspective closer "Wearing Petrichor" Cover photo licensed from legendary NYC street photographer, Richard Sandler. More

Dimensions Recordings is proud to welcome London Modular Alliance back to the fold with their most dynamic and exciting release to date. Following on from 2017’s superb Hands & Brains EP, the group present four new tracks on the ‘Materials EP’.
Across the release, London Modular Alliance demonstrate their depth, technicality and playfulness in an EP that will find favour with dance floor enthusiasts and electro purists in equal measure. The London based crew are now firmly instated as the UK’s prime electro proponents. From their powerful live shows and their small but perfectly sourced modular gear store in East London to their ever growing and impeccable catalogue, LMA are now established as a key artists in a reinvigorated and bristling electro scene worldwide.
Moons Delux’s ‘Know No Better (London Modular Alliance Remix)’ is a crossover masterpiece. LMA’s take on the Irish band’s song sees them use a sprawling, vocal introduction, (with a vocal that might be more reminiscent of the likes of Caribou or even Thom Yorke) which eventually breaks to give way to a devastating barrage of beats that will no doubt see a broad range of DJs find space in their bags for it. ‘No Response’ strips things right back, tight, minimal production which is brimming with elastic funk and character - electro boogie. On the flip, ‘Chrome’ is a purist masterclass, energetic percussion, deep sub bass and detailed arrangement make it a versatile cut. The EP rounds off with ‘Super Jupiter’, and by no means are LMA letting up - the very fact that a track of this stature is final cut on the EP shows the sheer craftsmanship on display.
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nyc producer marcos cabral, often releasing certain dj weapons from the labels as l.i.e.s, the triology tapes gave the birth to 3 tracks with punchy energetic machine-ism. his polyrhythms(which makes us addicted,) and lo-fi hardware pulse always set some hooks to our mind, which we found in boosted drum lines and sometimes industrial noises as a1 and b1. set up with b2 which is also nicely balanced deep house tune, it is definitely capturing aesthetics of roughness and fineness as whole ep. More

Sprawling creepy crawly house that will rearrange your furniture while you're at the Opera. More

New York's Marcos Cabral has not so quietly been creeping up on unsuspecting victims of modern electronic music through the last years. His project as Chemotex for Trilogy Tapes singlehandly executed a type of out of sync shuffle jack not seen since the days or early Rush or even Cajual which have had floorboard pulling effects in clubs when dropped. *Download Code Included* TIP! Under his birth name, Cabral released a double lp of archive material on L.I.E.S. in 2013 which slipped under the radar yet set a precedent of what was to come as he took his sound back to his roots. An ep and a half plus some comp tracks later (you may have heard Dancing on Manhattan on Ben UFO's essential mix) and Cabral has now delivered a fully realized lp of material for 2015 the aptly titled "Buried Alive Twice" Buried Alive Twice will not send you slam jacking to death, but rather slowly deliver you to the furthest ends of your mind. It's a subtle trip that if you're not careful will leave you smack in the middle of a Hanna Barbarra bizzaro world episode wondering how to get out of its twisted reality. It swims, sinks, pushes, pulls, drives, crashes, gets sent to the hospital, gets operated on and sent home through these six songs. One may think this is a lot to deal with and well, yes, it is.... More

Extended album tracks... bound to rip a place up!

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First up we have a remix by Canadian Jeremy Glenn (We Play House, Future Classic). Jeremy turns Marcos Cabral's original "Sweet & Sour" into an epic deep house masterpiece. It's reminiscent of Raze's "Break 4 Love" while sounding modern and fresh. On A2 we have the original "Sweet & Sour". Marcos shows his ear for classic ambient music with a 5 minute piece that arpeggiates and delays into outer space. 100% Beautiful DX7 styled sounds throughout. Starting things off on the B-Side is Marcos' "It's On You" (Haunted Club Dub). And it's just that... sounding haunted with freaked out and reversed vocal snippets and jacking drums/bassline combo. A bit on the Murk productions side of things for sure. B2 is "Nothing On My Mind" which opens up with and over saturated bell sound and turns into hi-hat skipping techno with huge rattling build ups. The overlaid vocals filters in and out focus throughout leaving the listener lost in music. More

Some of you might know NYC’s Marcos Cabral from his work as half the duo Runaway. Together with Jacques Renault, Runaway has stacked up a slew of releases and remixes over the past few years. The labels they’ve worked for include, DFA, Rekids, Wurst Music Co, Chinatown, I’m A Cliche, Crue-L, Mule, Endless Flight, Need Want, Fina, Solar Disco, Aus, Under The Shade, Plant Music, Turntable Lab, Spectral, Playout, Permanent Vacation, Nervous, Ohm, Tartelet, and their very own label On The Prowl. Their resume is very telling of their musical abilities. This year, Marcos has decided to push the envelope even further and create something a bit more personally reflective…his new label Hamilton Dance Records. Just as the label artwork foreshadows, the presentation becomes blurred. Edits, originals, creative sampling, it’s all lumped together with a certain vision. Special dance-floor tools being the most obvious. More

Party Breaks unabashedly shows it?s colors with 4 new brilliant Marcos Cabral edits. With samples ranging from boogie, to piano house, to a beefed up disco ballad, Marcos layers sounds and phrases in an effortless manor for major effect. Sometimes Robin S will peak through, sometimes Bob-A-Rella?all within a strict drum machine groove. All the tracks were clearly built with the DJ in mind, repetitive when wanting to hypnotize, and pop when wanting to catch listeners. More

Tracklisting:
A1 Dj Aquatraxx - USA Chord Plus
A2 Dj Aquatraxx - Lardossan Battle
A3 Dj Aquatraxx - Fractales XY
B1 Dj Aquatraxx - 8th Floor & Last Trip
B2 Dj Aquatraxx - Level Funkata More

Tracklisting:
A1 José Cabrera - Madrid No Para
A2 José Cabrera - Curtis Bay
B1 José Cabrera - Can't Knock The Hustle
B2 José Cabrera - Pump And Dump
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Devoted to the art of movement is the first record from NSS (No spiritual surrender) a duo formed by J.C. (AHD co-owner together with Damian Schwartz) and Kastil This E.P. centers it's attention towards electro, but continue AHD's heritage of giving a twist to those 90s sounds that influenced us so much, from early IDM to Detroit, all is present here. The opening track is is the one that gives the EP it's name, an acid stomper build around an electro beat that builds up and down fiercely. The track maintains it's tension throughout it's whole length by building strings and arpeggios over it's acid sequence, never transferring it's beat to a straight kick, capturing the attention since it's first second. 'Proposed Playground' is build around a more steady electro beat, strings and sounds merge themselves around the beat to create a beautifully hypnotic piece where where some background melodies tickle our ears bringing memories from IDM golden years. 'Zero One' is closing track, without leaving the electro rhythms the defined the whole EP the track is build around a phrenetic synth sequence that sets the path for the whole length, rhythms are rough and strong and it's syncopated hitting adds emphasis on that frenzy atmosphere since it's first second till the last. More

A Harmless deed release number 8 brings the third installement from Epiphany, a record we are really excited about. From the ever evolving and soul infused acid of "Let the boy be" where everything sits over a deep and rhythmic chord progression, to the noisy deepness and jam feel of "Player", or the weirdly addictive groove of "on the run" where snares and pads find their way over a jazzy melody, "Last Gasp" proves itself to be Epiphany's strongest release to date, a record that radiates energy and futurism.

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Spain's A Harmless Deed label is proud to announce the release of its first artist album. It comes from family member Flavio Tortora, aka Spanish DJ and producer DJ F, who up to now has also produced a sleek brand of airy dub techno and house on labels like Freebeat, Frigio and Semantica. Drawing on everything from lo-fi Detroit techno to vintage electro, over the years DJ F has proved to be an ever-evolving talent who keeps himself to himself but whose music is always full of freshness. It's the same story with his pithy debut album, 1974, due for release in Spring 2014, which covers plenty of ground across its six sumptuous tracks. 'Lightyear' is a slow burning bit of experimental dub with muted chords, sinewy synth lines and itchy percussion. Its plump and set in a deep groove that slowly consumes your whole being.‘Peaceful Mind’is then a whacked out bit of dusty old electro with Legowelt style mysticism imbued within a trippy beat. It's multi-layered stuff that really drags you right into its core before 'Subconscient' picks up the pace. It's a gliding, surfing bit of house music with celestial melodies up top, shuffling drums and icy hi hats below and plenty of deep intentions. The widescreen synths make it as cerebral as it is subtly physical and there's so much space in the track you really feel like you are bathing in it. ‘Cerca’is more playful and experimental, with a jostling, freewheeling beat structure it's riddled with weird melodies, malfunctioning synths and plenty of shiny, reflective surfaces. There's plenty of colour in it, too, and it's the sort of late night head track that really makes dancefloors get freaky.‘Primavera en Kyoto’is again melodically unsettling with haunting little keys raining down the face of the track. Rattling metal chords flesh out the beat and final track‘Control’again stretches out into a spacious, serene groove that reminds of Detroit's finest at the same time as looking to the future. This is an album that will not only make you dance, but will stir all sorts of emotions deep down inside of you, and testament to the range of DJ F as a producer is that plenty of ground is covered without any of it ever sounding forced.

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Label boss Jose Cabrera aka J.C. comes up with his first EP on AHD after having released in labels such as Soul People Music or Greener. Expect rawness, deep pads and analog synths and arpeggios. Keith Worthy, Aesthetic Audios label boss is on the remix duties delivering a very unique and original version.

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The 5th installment from AHD brings back one of the label bosses, Madrid´s Epiphany aka Damian Schwartz. Keeping consistent with the previous and first release of the label. the formula for this new gem remains an uncompromising raw substance, innovation, and timeless music. Beautiful strings, pads, arpeggios and metalic basslines are all over the place on this release that follows up Fred Ps anthem, "Reach". More

New York's borned and raised Fred Peterkin needs no introduction to the electronic music world. Having released on labels like Underground Quality, Strength Music, Mule Electronic and his own Soul People Music, AHD welcomes him after being fans of his music for years already and this EP is no exception to his extreme and unique quality. "Reach" on the A side is a total dancefloor burner. One of the best tracks we've heard lately. Keeps building from start to the end, having the peaking point when the arpeggio comes up fading in at the middle of the track. B side, "In the blue", is the deep cut of the record and its a perfect example of Freds dubby and warm feeling. Check it out! More

Transformación is the first in a long series of collaborations between Madrid's artist DJ F and AHD Records. Highly influenced by the 90's sounds of detroit like Drexciya, or Atkins DJ F comes up with this beautiful piece of art. Based on somehow "lo-fi" and edgy drums, F develops three outstanding tracks. Transformacion is a Slow Mo' techno track which constantly evolutes in new sounds and forms that evokes us to beautiful passages. Full of layers and melodies, the track soon transforms itself into a mutating animal who shows us how beautiful and raw techno could be. Preludio "prelude" in english is just that, a piece to hear in between this two tracks, a beautiful passage of pads and melodies that once again shows that DJ F has something very special to offer True Love goes to a more straight forward form of techno, or at least that's what it looks like at the beginning. But what it seems to be a rather simple arrange soon becomes full and rich in details, developing all the time to reach a point in which the track stop itself to breath, and starts over from an exciting and new path which quickly merges to all what it left behind.

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Epiphany is Damian Schwartz's new moniker, created to give home to his most twisted and raw stuff. The first release in this new AHD imprint is all about raw, dirty and spiritual sounds. Created and mixed on the analog domain and recorded to 1/4” tape, “A ghost of myself” could be considered as a mix of Schwartz´s biggest influences, from 90s NY house to Detroit techno and Chicago sounds, all processed through Damian´s own style, resulting on a dope release based around strong rhythms, mystic sounds and rough yet fine progressions. A1 “A ghost of myself” consists on a rough and raw drum beat being hit by syncopated snares and crash cymbals. The juicy acid bass line goes on and on over the beat opening and closing, while some heavy flanged chords appear and disappear over the evolution of the track. A deep string pad plays from time to time, putting together the rawness and dirtiness of the beat with the flanged chords, creating a spiritual link between both. B1 “Out of being” could be defined as a house track, yet it's not exactly that. A pad processed through a vocoder filterbank goes over the entire track, giving it a slightly deep approach, synth chords and arpeggios appear and disappear softly over a heavy distorted kick and effected beat, while a motion sequenced pad gives the whole track some kind of outer space or mystic feeling. B2 “Through your ears” is basically a different take on B1's. The track is conformed around the same elements with some exceptions. A vocoder recorded voice goes on and on, the bass line now describes a deep and melodic riff, while some dubby chords are in charge of giving air over this rarefied atmosphere.

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