Tracklist:
(A1) Neil Landstrumm – Sun Universe (DE-Q20-19-01890)
(B1) Neil Landstrumm – Purple (DE-Q20-19-01891)
(B2) Neil Landstrumm – Catnatized (DE-Q20-19-01892)

Release Info:
Hot on the heels of “Flesh Is A Prison” - the quirky, electronic wonderland he contributed to Cocoon’s
phenomenal S compilation - the multi-talented Neil Landstrumm consolidates his position on the label
roster with a debut 3-track EP that channels the uncompromising spirit of seminal UK labels like
Network, Warp and Vinyl Solution.
It’s clear from the first few seconds of “Sun Universe” that we‘re being transported back to 90‘s UK
rave culture at a point where rave, jungle and house were mutating into speed garage. Ruffness
abounds as stuttering snare rolls accompany the rude boy bass, ragga samples and classic ‘hoover’
synth riff, while peripheral sounds circle the groove adding a contemporary twist. Staying true to the
times, the arrangement plays it straight, alternating between two distinct structures - one labelled ‘jump
up’ and the other ‘spread out’! These timely juxtapositions of mood alone mean the track will blow up
on any dance floor.
“Purple” continues in a similar vein, with a phat, warping bass line underpinning the blunted beats and
dusty bleeps. Landstrumm rides the mix in classic old school style, cutting up the linear arrangement
with sudden unexpected deviations, alternative rhythms and layered melodies that lend a hidden
complexity to the relentless groove. There’s a different energy at work here, one that flies in the face of
certain overcooked, modern production techniques, finding more in common with a raw, vintage Carl
Cox three deck mix tape, circa 1989.
To round things off, “Catnatized” drops the tempo for a slab of grimy, acid funk that recalls the early
excursions of Sheffield’s electronic pioneers, with a hint of embryonic Amsterdam House thrown in for
good measure. Once again the bass line grabs the headlines, rasping and morphing in its own
peculiar language while twisted vocals tease the dance floor with the logic of the absurd. It’s another
refreshingly unique statement from Neil Landstrumm, rounding off a ‘must have’ EP that fits perfectly
with the Cocoon ethos of championing the presence of the past.


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Tracklist
A1. Sex With Madonna
A2. Centurion X
B1. Shame
B2. Night Walker Zwei
B3. HL_LM

Shortinfo:
Neil Landstrumm is among those producers who really don’t need an introduction. Since his first record on Peacefrog in 1995, he pretty much covered every aspect of electronic music, embodied the spirit of the independent producer and build his very own brand of controlled chaos. Never one to be stuck in a loop or monotony, his music ranges from unorthodox techno to all kinds of genre-defying compositions. For his Running Back debut, he serves a frenzy dish that feels like the soundtrack to a space pirate opera. Five tracks of vhs-beta-electro-funk, love ballads for aliens, horror house, silhouette-techno and neuromancing dancing. Housed in an appropriate arcade game sleeve, it’s fit for fun and value for your money.


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New Release by Django Django´s own Kick + Clap label. 12" comes with a generic Kick + Clap sleeve with white inner sleeve.

Tracklist:
A1. Bounded and Shattered / A2. Knotg3rl / B1. Avarija Valley rect / B2. Ice Kold Ork

Short info:

For his inaugural EP under new guise 'Yem Gel', NTS Manchester resident and visual artist Alecs Pierce comes through with a four-track cacophony of sounds for Dave Maclean (Django Django) run label Kick + Clap.
From previous experimental outings as Obsidian Pond, gristed petunia and, Handi Dogh he returns with this new project based solely on electronic compositions, giving the multi-instrumentalist artist a chance to further explore his electronic leanings. Operating with a clear mission statement, Yem Gel moniker seeks to live up to its name's reference to malleable 'fictional future plastics' by offering a set of genre-spanning compositions, drawing from multiple influences from ambient, drum 'n' bass or grime and leaving us wondering where he might take us next.



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New Release by Django Django´s own Kick + Clap label. 12" comes with a generic Kick + Clap sleeve with white inner sleeve.

Tracklist
A1. Your Wife / A2. OMG
B1. Your Wife (Wrongtom Remix)

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'Your Wife' is the first track to be set free from Rebecca Taylor, under her new solo guise Self Esteem. Impeccably produced by Django Django's Dave Mclean, the track been greeted by high praise by fans and critics alike - drawing influence from her the dark and light within her own life, and her experience's in an indie band in the music industry for 10 years.

"An electro-pop jam" DIY
"Balanced between empowerment and vulnerability, 'Your Wife' is an emphatic opening statement." Clash
"Magnificent" The Line Of Best Fit




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New Release by Django Django´s own Kick + Clap label. 12'' EP kitted in Kick & Clap House Sleeve and white dust jacket

Tracklist
A1. Lady Chann - Hard Drive / A2. Rapha - Kudumdum Riddim
B1. [R3LL Remix] / B2. [R3LL Instrumental]
Lady Chann & Rapha team up for 'Hard Drive'…

The UK's 'number one dancehall queen' returns with a storming Carnival heater called 'Hard Drive'. 'Back it up, hard drive' is the command from the Lady on this minimal dancehall rhythm, which packs in solid sub-bass, a bark, and some well-placed/spaced-out percussion.

The producer is the Bern, Switzerland born and raised Raphaël 'Rapha' Gasser, who became hooked on dancehall after hearing a mixtape by Berlin-based Supersonic Sound and has gone on to collaborate with the genre mainstays like I-Octane, Sheba, Kiprich and more.

On the flip B-side is the remix by Newark-based Jersey Club original R3LL, upping the BPM and sure to keep forward thinking dance-floors bubbling.

Kick N Clap is the record label founded by Django Django's Dave Maclean.

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New Release by Django Django´s own Kick + Clap label. 12'' EP kitted in Kick & Clap House Sleeve and white dust jacket

Tracklist:
A Side
1. E.Bias - No Way Back (3:42), 2. E.Bias - Emergency (4:31), 3. E.Bias - Landfill (2:44)
B Side
4. E.Bias - Share (3:35), 5. E.Bias - Ride (2:47), 6. E.Bias - Pleasure (4:09)

Credits: / Personnel:
Richard Youngs (Vocal, Casio)
Paul Thomson (electronic drums)
Luke Fowler (Serge Modular, DX7)
Buchla-ized vocals by Sam Wolk.
Mixing by Ernst Karel at Sensory Ethnography Lab

Infotext:
Luke Fowler is a Turner Prize nominated artist and musician based in Glasgow, Honorary Scotsman Richard Youngs has been involved with music for most of his life. Notching up 140 releases, seamlessly drifting through musical genres inventing the 'no genre' genre in the process.
"The post-punk autodidact's post-punk autodidact" - Clive Bell, the Wire.
Paul Thomson currently drums for Franz Ferdinand and AMOR.



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New Release by Django Django´s own Kick + Clap label.

Tracklist EP:
A1. Galaxy, A2. Chi House
B1. Party , B2. EQ

Short info:
Born and raised on the Southside of Chicago and known as "King Les", Lester represents Chitown with a passion for music producing tracks for over 25 years with records pressed, and crowds rocked from the USA to the United Kingdom.
From Relief records to UKR, he is currently producing and dropping LPs in 2016 and beyond. Lester's been on labels spanning the globe from Relief Records, UKR, Mad House Records, State of Mind Records, Synewave, Missile, Minimalistix, Music Man, Dust Trax, IHR, Modular Records, Brooklyn Music, Audio Textures, Home Recordings, We Call It Hard Records, Dark House Music, Morpheus, Impact Mechanics, Kick & Clap Records, Chiwax and many more. His greatest influences have been Farley Jack Master Funk, Larry Heard, Mike Dunn, Joey Beltram, Adam Beyer, Robert Armani, Jamie Principle, Derrick May, Green Velvet, Drew Sky, Paul Johnson, Cari Lekebusch, Steve Stoll, Mike Dearborn and Speedy J.
Lester Fitzpatrick's sound can be described as a combination of techno and house with distinct elements of jacking, sci-fi, disco, acid infused grooves that keep the dancefloor locked in and bangin.




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New Release by Django Django´s own Kick + Clap label.
Tracklist :
A1 – Pt.1 , A2 – Pt.2 , A3 – Pt.3 , B1 – Pt.4, B2 – Pt.5
Short info:
After putting out releases from the likes of UK rave legend Warlock and Baltimore rapper Rye Rye produced by Bullion, Dave Maclean of Django Django's Kick + Clap label announces Tom Furse's Run To Me suite with Because Music, due out 9th October. On Run To Me Furse has mapped out the EP as one opus divided into five cohesive parts. Referencing early techno it has one foot in Cologne and the other in Detroit, with its tightly worked, precise machino-florescence, condensed and upfront, and free of the pomposity that abounds in the genre. A sound enamored with Kraftwerk, Juan Atkins and Yello, it underpins a latent narrative on themes of love, machines and obliteration. Furse elaborated further on the inspiration behind the EP: "When I sit down in the studio I'm not always sure where it's going to go, really I just have that drive to create and I use that to explore sounds that interest me. It's a release of energy, no agenda, just expression. The driving visual idea behind this EP was very Sci Fi-based, I had this notion of robots being called to arms ("run to me") by a mother robot, in order to collect suns to build a giant engine powered by 20,000 suns. I know it's not really apparent in the songs, but visual ideas like that drive me forward when I'm making music, it just seems to make it easier, like putting sound to film. " Continuing a stint on NTS as well as remixing for the likes of Sebastian Tellier, Django Django & Connan Mockasin, Furse's ability to maintain a frenetic work rate with a steady lack of concern about genre and readymade platforms or avenues of thought, means the future is a tantalizing prospect for The Horrors man turned solo artist.

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Tracklist :
A1 - Keep Up B1 - Did You Read U
Short info:
Rye Rye - real name Ryeisha Berrain - began performing at the age of 16, and a chance meeting with Blaqstarr resulted in their 2006 club hit 'Shake It To The Ground', heralding an impressive list of collaborations including Diplo, Robyn, Toddla T, M.I.A. and more, with Rye Rye touring with the latter throughout 2007 and 2008 and appearing in the video for her global smash 'Paper Planes'. This time she's jumping on a spidery beat from mercurial West London producer and DEEK label boss Bullion aka Nathan Jenkins…
"I found an old MP3 player when I was back at my folks' house, in with a load of my old stuff, and it had this weird track on it… a dancehall rhythm made with a didgeridoo sample. It was labeled 'Bum Spider' and I tried for ages to google it and couldn't find anything (googling 'bum spider' brought some strange results) so I put a tweet out describing it but… nothing. Then my manager, who knows the producer Bullion, told me it was by him and that he must have sent it to me ages ago! Anyway, I called Bullion up and said I had to release this track because I'd become obsessed with it. Rye Rye came to mind immediately for a top line so I got in touch and she loved the track so got on it and came back with 'Keep Up'." - DAVE MACLEAN, KICK + CLAP
Bullion's productions are full of distinctive rhythmic arrangements and unexpected changes - owing to a short attention span and acute attention to detail. With a slew of releases on One-Handed music, he drew the attention of Young Turks, releasing 'You Drive Me To Plastic' in 2011 and soon after, R&S, revealing his own voice on 2012's hypnotic 'Say Arr Ee'. Forthcoming is 'Rooster', a mini album for joint release on Greco-Roman and DEEK. Alongside his solo output Nathan produces and writes with other artists. His collaborations include Gwilym Gold, Laura Groves & Tic Zogson (as Nautic) and Jesse Hackett (as Blludd Relations).
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LABEL RUN BY DJANGO DJANGO - Limited to 300 !
TRACKLIST:
A1. Seventeen Camels A2. Block 7 , B1. Peckham Heights B2. As You Were

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A true child of the rave generation, DJ/producer Warlock's mixtapes and radio show, on the now legendary London pirate station Pulse FM, established his cult status as a stalwart of the early 90's UK dance scene. A true pioneer, in his time Warlock has spearheaded the country's embrace of many, newly emergent sounds.

In the late 90's, Warlock released experimental techno on seminal labels Praxis and Spiral Tribe's Network 23, before a stint as A&R at Kickin Records, where he nurtured release's from techno Gods DJ Hell and Surgeon. In 2002, he launched his own label, Rag & Bone Records, providing a outlet for the emergent sounds of Electro, 2-step and Breakbeat, courtesy of Aaron Spectre, King Cannibal, Kanji Kinetic, Stagga, and of course Warlock himself.

Recently voted in Fact Magazine as one of the most underrated DJ's, recent years have seen Warlock's sonic emissions surface on seminal labels Hypercolour, Fat Hop, Yellow Machines, Frijsfo Beats, Skint and We Buy Gold. He currently hosts a weekly show on London's finest Kool FM, which perfectly showcases his in-depth knowledge of historical dance music, alongside his thirst for new sounds.



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