atlanta based singer, songwriter and producer abra will release her critically acclaimed 2015 ‘rose’ lp on vinyl, in a limited run, through ninja tune. the physical release includes a download code.
the twelve track effort features the single “roses” which stands at over 3 million streams on spotify and which pitchfork describes as “a swamp teeming with youthful obsession” and names it a “highlight” on the album. “fruit”, another standout on the project whose video has over 8 million views, is described by nylon as “a source of life” and stereogum as “mesmerizing”. the project was also hailed by billboard, the fader, dazed and confused, who call it “addictive,” and the guardian, who describe abra’s voice as “quietly devastating,” and the music as, “stealthily infectious”.

this is volume 1 out of 2 of hip hop gone wrong from john daly s west 2 west project. following up last years well received the smoke clears, john daly returns to the label under another alias west 2 west which was debuted on jheri tracks vol 1. equally as atmospheric as the ethereal smoke clears, this project is the result of his ongoing hip hop obsession. mpc workouts inspired by current listening, the result isnt quite hip hop, but sits nicely in the all city beat discography. there s an after hours headphone feel to the set spanning twenty four tracks split evenly over two 12 inches volume 1

if you like tape hiss, heavy beats and cheeky sampling this will make you go bang! ctepeo 57 (stereo 57) are a newly formed duo. they have been around for a while and you might know them under different aliases. their obsession with 1950s culture brought them together and they own a massive collection of marlon brando memorabilia. the 1950s were a decade of mystery and hoaxes, the cold war, the space race and the establishment of nasa. ctepeo 57 insists the cold war isnt over and claim russian astronauts landed on mars in the late 90s to discover something truly amazing… it all seems far-fetched but who cares, when they make music like this.

the new ef ort from brazilian label easytiiger. easytiiger__001 comprises 4 songs by 4 new acts – mootron, brzln air, cacos and san y mayo. -no rave-, a rebellion-track led by drunken synthesizers by mootron, fl oats between bending arps, sharp leads and echoverb nukes land on a big fat drum kick and bright laser shots hi-hats – no rave! -detroit-, by the young producer brzln air, contemplates an ode to the whole history on electronic music that made the american city be known for what it is: drums, synths and love, a pure obsession. cacos brings to life his exquisite dream-lover -sarah-, a dark & mystic techno combined with elements of obscure chant rhythms – it s sarah. san y mayo closes the 4-song compilation marching from the sea into the jungle – you might know what to expect but it doesn t mean it s there.

ursa’s reef is a late 80’s traveller and surfer wandering endlessly in the secluded raves of goa, searching for his own soul while dancing in abandon to the proto-trance journeys of goa gil. brought up in sintra, portugal, by a family of uptight catholic hypocrites, ur goes rogue in his early 20’s, seduced by the esoteric teachings of levi, pessoa, crowley and israel regardie while keeping an unhealthy obsession with roxy music. he is also a fictional, made up persona - a musical heteronym - of lisbon-based dj and producer marco rodrigues, mostly known for his work under the name photonz. together with his friend jose acid - a musical heteronym of joao ervedosa aka shcuro - he makes one last trip to goa that could prove fatal.

nice price deal !!! rnb par excellence feat the 4 tracks electric, cant let you go, obsession and do it !

for his debut album, tochigi canopy has been building the melancholic, spleen-full life s perfect soundtrack. at first listen, we already feel his obsession for details and his love for deep atmospheres, he fills our mind with images, moments, slices of nostalgia where summers last only for seconds. an absolut must-have.

it is almost summertime and endless welcomes the brazilian analogue wizard zopelar. >origini< is a cinematic techno track which is the result of a full analog jam, his obsession with vintage synths and drum machines. the track opened most of last live years shows. zopelar is also writing and producing various forms of propulsive pop, running the excellent >in their feeling< label founded in 2015 together with his good friend davis, as well as performing in clubs and festival with his live techno project. on the remix a man who doesnt need introductions: ripperton, the finest swiss dj and producer, delivering two superb and outstanding remixes! from immersive dark techno to refined house, ripperton adds a fresh alternative sense of introspection to >origini<. we were simply delighted from the very first listen! enjoy!

special collaboration with friend label ‘simple music experience’ from bordeaux/marseille, contains original industrial, synth-pop, jakbeat, post-punk, experimental and contemporary music by underground artists from france.. originally released on tape (sm05) in 2016. 100% hit !

for its fourth release under its main series, quanta records welcomes panorama island, zwei kreise’s new album, mixing ambient, idm and sonic experimentations. with panorama island, zwei kreise delivers one of his most accomplished work so far, inspired by memory and more precisely its flaws: hidden corners, lost knowledge or elliptic recollections.
melancholic ambient tracks and deconstructed breaks come one after the other and set the mood of the person who dives in. melodies play a very important role in these introspections: meticulously planned, sharp or languishing, they guide the listener through his wandering. in this record, zwei kreise shows his obsession for detail and micro-variations under a new light, more ethereal and contemplative, renewing our perceptions with every listening.

als vinyl streng limitiertes debütalbum des aus der bay area stammenden und in los angeles ansässigen künstlers harriet brown, das auf seine ep -new era- aus dem jahr 2014 folgt. es ist kein geheimnis, dass der multiinstrumentalist und produzent stark von prince und sade inspiriert ist. die musik der one-man band ist ein mix aus elektronischen sounds aus drum-maschinen, synthesizern, geloopten live-aufnahmen und sinnlichen vocals. die atmosphäre ist sinnlich, sexuell, vieldeutig und androgyn. das album erscheint bei innovative leisure aus los angeles, heimat von nick waterhouse, badbadnotgood, hanni el khatib, etc. für fans von prince, classixx, kelela, nao, sade, blood orange, u.a.!

for the past four years francesco leali kept busy running parachute alongside co-owners manfredi romano and thomas feriero, producing under different monikers and touring the globe as half of cw/a. finally back as clockwork, leali reveals a five track ep featuring some of his rugged music to date. a briery shift into foggier territories where leali explores layered sound-design and broken rhythms, something he had only hinted in his previous work. online entity depicts lealis hindrance with modern societys social networking obsession. in contrast to what these services were actually intended for, leali explains, they seem to have impacted a lot of people negatively, resulting in unnecessary resentments, misinformation and feelings of proximity when these tools can easily alienate you from reality. constantly worrying about how you want people to perceive you is absurd already, but for many of us this constant sharing has become the only way to achieve happiness, to be satisfied. in an era where all of this is getting out of hand its essential to remind yourself of the things that truly shape you as an individual. with online entity i aimed for feelings of release, mutating resentments into something positive - more physical. i imagined it as a soundtrack to an escape from these very situations. the release showcases this approach with five club-ready numbers filled with calculated, pounding drums and gloomy atmospheres, with only rare glimpses of hope scattered throughout. to round things up we mobilised fellow parachute affiliate ayarcana and serbian techno pro lag who both deliver two startling interpretations of escape sequence and rumination.

smile for a while has recently moved to berlin and calls for jana falcon, a local, emerging house music producer . -falling (again boy)- is an intricate fusion of garage and house textures, it s a sultry, catchy tune with stunning spoken-word vocals and a bed of fuzzy beats that give it a really contemporary gloss. things then go off in another direction with the brilliantly named, -contemplation of inadequacy-. this one is crafted on another hypnotic tip, drawing the listener in with another bevy of atmospheric vocals and a bassline that s pure fire. in -petrias house- jana goes for a more upfront house sound. simmering piano keys lend this one a sun-soaked flourish, precisely the tonic for the fast-approaching summer. the release closes with a thoroughly banging remix by we play house man, dynamodyse. a tune that s thoroughly engaging and is sure to get your head in

acknowledged of red pig flower s obsession for the red color, the 10th cat by sound of vast could not be a different choice. red pig flower, known not only as a musician but also as an artist, prepared a special concept for each track in the box.

multi instrumentalist and deep house master lars bartkuhn returns to utopia records following his nomad ep in april with a 10 minute masterpiece, an ode to the massai . an epic journey of such depth and positive spirit it perhaps deserves to render a genre all to itself. with its musicality, complex arrangement and phrasing massai is a timeless and personal statement from bartkuhn as he seeks the essence in what dance music can and possibly should be. as a young child growing up in frankfurt, bartkuhn penned his first pieces of music with a synthesizer and sequencer, bought for him by his parents upon realising their son s obsession with music. mastering the guitar as a teenager bartkuhn fell deeply in love with the music of pat metheny, keith jarrett and john coltrane and styles such as soul, funk, brasilian sounds, minimal, dance, and others which is heard in his music today. by the mid 90 s bartkuhn began to explore the deep and soulful side of house music and formed lamaya productions and the now legendary record label needs (not wants) together with his older brother marek bartkuhn and dj yannick. needs rapidly became a synonym for soulful, high quality music and while labeled a house music imprint it was lars input that lead the trio to explore alternative, and at the time unorthodox, musical influences that allowed for original textures and arrangements to be included in their productions. countless remix commissions followed and their sound travelled worldwide with works for francois kevorkian, jazztronik, ennio morricone, atjazz to name a few. to date bartkuhn has produced five solo albums all of which demonstrate a never ending creative flow of ideas and artistic diversity, complexity and passion. after some years away from the dance music scene, residing in brasil, lars decided to continue this journey on volcov s neroli records, followed by a 12- for alex bradley s phonica affiliated utopia records. the latter release, nomad has found its way into the sets of the likes of jeremy underground paris, hunee, antal, ron trent, rainer truby, bicep and mcde to name just a few. it s at this point that bartkuhn gives us massai...his self proclaimed finest work

out for a moment supra comes back in full swing! for its return the parisian imprint presents a collab between super talented french producer onelight and one of the label’s dearest and biggest influence, the legendary egyptian lover. after tuggspeedman, a first release supported by busy p, gilb’r and machinedrum, onelight continues here his musical path with this silver ep. silver is a sophisticated blend of electro funk, break beat and techno. the song is inspired by his obsession for silver rings and more precisely for their sound, spiritual and magnetic energy. who else than the californian legend egyptian lover can provide here some hypnotic vocals? indeed the 808’s king takes his inspiration from all the symbolic of rings and gems and brings to the song his very unique and charismatic touch. maxillaire is going slower but is definitely powerful. it sounds like a 97 bpm techno music made for a space travel soundtrack with a codeine cup. label boss luc supra and orestt (evrlst / mb labworks) team up as supra allstars and deliver the silver deep re rub that appears to be the perfect bridge between detroit and l.a. definitely one for the clubs !

bartellow has long been associated with the esp institute though tambien, a trio formed alongside bavarian cohorts marvin and valentino, who have released seminal dancefloor material over recent years. with his debut album panokorama, we are invited into a completely different world of bartellow s creation a place where influences become a melting pot of mood, nuance and texture, and where instrumentation is abstracted from a variety of cultures, including those that exist solely within his imagination. bartellow has found a way to merge primitivism with retrofuturism, identifying their point of intersection and reveling in their union across ten songs. while his academic background as a jazz musician certainly informs both his progressive approach to composition and non-linear production, it is his obsession with electronics and synthesis that shape his current musical climate. the title panokorama stems from bartellows visualization of the album, a surreal landscape with a foreign presence centrally embedded, a panorama punctuated by a ko, although a hybrid word that reads as nonsense, it somehow feels and sounds just right.

brandneues studiomaterial des us-electro-pop-duos animotion, bestehend aus bill wadhams und astrid plane, das in den 1980 ern mit hits wie -obsession- und i engineer weltweite top-chart-erfolge feierte. mit raise your expectations setzen animotion genau dort an, wo sie vor 26 jahren aufhörten. zusätzlich zu den 10 neuen songs gibt es als bonus eine 2016 er version ihres zweites hits let him go aus ihrem selbstbetitelten debütalbum von 1984.

a project that came to life fuelled by collectors obsession and a lifelong willingness to dive head- first into unknown musical wormholes, miles whittaker and sean canty have never been defined by a singular musical trajectory. their opening salvo of releases dabbled with the aesthetic of the occult and provided an alternate, parallax view of the italian library records with which they were both obsessed at the time, but as their long running mixtape series and brilliantly curated dds label attest, their interests extend far outside the crevices of early electronic music and into dance music, dancehall, roots, jungle, techno, industrial, noise and beyond. while 2013s testpressing series provided an outlet for mostly club-based productions shot from the hip, wonderland has been constructed with a narrative in mind.from the clipped hardstyle of the opening curzon, through the jaunty dancehall mutations of animal style and fulledge, exotica/house refractions on hardnoise, the frankly ridiculous, bassbin destroying jungle ructions on sourcer, or the extended tease of overstaying, its probably the most enjoyable and loose-limbed hour of music in their catalogue, or that youll likely hear in these weird, angst-ridden times.

lp in cardboard sleeve with cd included.
lp reissues cut from the long-awaited 2010 digital remasters for the first time on vinyl and cd, original release from 1977 reissues of a legendary artist, pioneer of the french electronic music.

pedro abrantes and valdemar pereira’s intense and cold approach in the next release of e.f.a.e. would fit perfectly as the soundtrack to david cronenberg’s film crash (1997), guiding the listener through a world of perversion and obsession. a raw experience, usually of violence, where human nature is expressed through old rhythm boxes and cheap guitar pedals, sounding dirty, fuzzy, with an healthy disregard for rules of fidelity or even functionality. gam / coletivo vandalismo emerges like a sonic terrorist cell, out to implode traditional notions of dance music infusing a sense of dread and menace.

juliano strikes again with 3 house tracks made with the lightness of those who know that music speaks with the language of the heart.

september 16th will present the frenchmans sophomore release on darko essers wolfskuil limited series with 5 stellar tracks that emulate the beauty of depth of his productions

this long awaited extended play return of stavrogin yields an unusually warm industrial landscape. delving deep into the soul of the machine, these pieces wrestle with the false techno obsession of industry whilst creating resonances that elicit eerie harmonies from the surrounding air.

nice price deal !!! 4/4 bass drive. the second release of the label bomjbar consists of two tracks. it excels the first one in its obsession, efficacy and energy. advanced daddy contains a part of percussion bass, which accompanies the whole composition. a hard skeleton and high-pitch cry run through your body, especially when there is a high sound. hoboken hollow is softer, but only at the first sight. the composition consists of some parts, which mutually complement each other and it is necessary to listen it overall in order to understand it.

following on from last years exceptional ‘obsession ep’ from art crime is a budding young talent by the name of will lister. originally from lyme regis, will moved up to london to attend goldsmiths university and in his spare time he helps us out behind the counter here at the shop. when he’s not here at the shop you can also hear him playing records on his balamii radio show or his monthly club night, ‘the aten’. ‘the phantom ep’ is his production debut and we’re extremely happy to be putting it out on our main imprint. the title track opens up the ep with heavily reverbed pads, echoed claps, crunchy percussion and repetitive synth stabs that all work together to create spaced-out atmosphere that’s full of twist and turns. flipping over to the b-side, ‘after the light’ picks up the pace with a driving high-hat rhythm and full-bodied kicks that underpin warm piano keys and smooth synth lines. ‘agency’ closes proceedings by turning up the intensity to full with a masterclass in building tension.

modern love very rarely reaches out to artists outside of its immediate surroundings, it’s happened just a couple of times in the last 14 years. but there’s something about philippe hallais that compelled the label to ask him if he wanted to do something together. philippe has released music on a bunch of cool labels (l.i.e.s., the trilogy tapes, delsin, in paradisum), but hearing the first tracks recorded for lighthouse stories, it was obvious philippe was hitting on something new: a kinda weird slow/fast dance music that sounded like a footwork variant sewn up with an exotic production style that was impossible to pin down. these tracks eventually splintered off into different directions, held together by a strong sense of narrative and motion harking back to a teenage obsession with turntablism, detroit electro and ghetto house, and eventually juke and grime. although he’s spent the last few years focusing on more industrial dancefloor variants, for lighthouse stories philippe turned to these foundational influences, as well as his love of mixtapes and sound collages full of unfinished ideas, skits and experiments, all things that inform the flow of this new album. lighthouse stories captures a sense of nostalgia well, but is also a futuristic vision full of that exploratory, vibrant spirit that’s so hard to find in electronic music these days. frames of reference are hard, but in places it reminds us of the dusted swagger of anthony shake shakir, the acquatic drexciyan movements of ultradyne, a loose-limbed take on shangaan, and of actress at his most submerged. but ultimately, it’s an album made by a producer looking to his personal history while forging new ground, pushing ahead with little regard to convention and ultimately ending up with something completely unique: a kind of intimate journal rendered in bright colours and odd shapes.

the organ grinder mints his new record label with a bulked up reissue of a gem from his back catalogue that will make djs - and dancers - very happy. far from throwaway, this is music rooted in the 90s us garage sound of kerri chandler, masters at work and early todd edwards, with the intensity of true deep house and the light rhythmic touch of ukg. obsession originally came out almost 5 years ago, but there s simplicity in its skittering rhythm and a mantra of rising minor-note synth hits that keep it burning into the dancefloor. x rated hits like its inverted counterpart, with a more heavily weighted drum groove and garage stabs that spiral down your spine. physicality finishes the ep with cunningly-sampled soul music, sung notes of passion belted out over a tense background of keys and rhodes chords, weaving an atmosphere that only comes out of expertly woven harmony

royal athlete returns with yet another collection of loco party weapons, inspired by the hot pony club in berlin curated by vexkiddy and antoni maiovvi. first up is hot pony regular baxa, the korean disco king, offering up a cut of dubbed out funk gold with -i m not kool-. next up the man, myth and legend that is fiero, channels the spirit of -soccio- for a strong eurocrime groove with his track -standard hotel-. on the flip we open up with berlin newcomer don chrelli who s track -tonight- plays with smooth electro-boogie, spaced out fx and a killer vocoder hook. finally finishing of this wonderus ep is heartbeat stars with -obsession-. produced by everyone s favourite feline lazercat, this spaceage freestyle slayer is heavy on melody, funk and emotion. all tracks mastered with love by manmade mastering berlin.

180 gr, vinyl only, adrian niculae aka priku
if you ever had been struck by the feeling of letting everything go away, right in the middle of the dance floor and you couldnt explain what was happening to you, then you have to listen to adrian niculae’s atipic 001. side a delivers nine minutes of carefully crafted momentum, adding layer over layer of tension. side b connected at an almost imperceptible level with the first track cuts deep within our electronic souls injecting us waves of rolling techno wearing adrian s obsession for subtle details.

the first release is coming with 4 high-talented players: skymark, nas1, jose rico and gari romalis. each producer delivers something different on this debut ep, expect crispy acid sketches, running mpc sequences, synths unleashed and a jackin’ low end.

primitive world aka sam willis joins r&s following a string of highly regarded releases on black acre, ecstatic sound and obsession recordings. the legendary belgian label is the perfect home for his dancefloor deconstructions, with the projects experimental, off kilter take on house & techno a natural fit for r&s records boundary-shifting heritage. a former member of revered kompakt duo walls, primitive world draws from willis time as part of influential london duo allez allez, whose dj sets and podcast frequently drew from dance music s punk and industrial fringes. purple caps finds the primitive world sound further maturing, the eps four original tracks confidently club focused yet esoteric enough to demand the full attention of djs and dancers with their off kilter rhythmic sensibility. since its inception in 2012 with the danceteria ep on black acre the project has already won ardent fans among djs such as untold, lowtec, joy orbison and barnt, while an early versionof this eps azimuth found its way into tessela s radio 1 show in 2014.

vactrol park is an honest outpouring of thematic obsession, a celebration of championed studio components and the mastery of their nuance, an avant garde collaboration between kyle martin (land of light, spectral empire) and guido zen (gamers in exile, brain machine). simply entitled i (the first of a 2 part series), this debut ep opens the door to a world of ebb and flow, layers of oscillation falling in and out of sync, keeping us on the brink of vertigo and, as cliché as it may sound, we find solace in its chaos. this homogeneous release plays with the notions of systems as beautifully symbolized mario hugo s capsule of cardiologyyet another visually arresting module in the esp institute catalogue. some music is made for drugs, some is made on drugs, these tracks simply are drugs.

mouse on the keys are mixing diverse elements of contemporary music to one big experience.

lars huismann records is a journey in technoid and industrialesque techno music, built in a atmospheric and pulsating frame. in january 2015 lars huismann founded his label, with the focus on deeply rooted warehouse techno. lhr001 is an obsession in hard drilling percussion, banging & apocalyptic synth-elements and drums, that roll in a more complex groove-pattern.

‘streetlight soul’ is the inaugural release on new imprint gnosis. this four track ep is the fifth myriadd record, following 12-s for crème organization, pinkman and signals. the past decade has seen releases from the artist under a variety of pseudonyms including acid phreex (djax-up-beats), mantra (bunker, abstract acid, solar one music) and monofonix (iwari, cataclyst). across the ep, myriadd remoulds the template of vintage chicago house, acid and deep house into his vision of modern house music. opening with midnight obsession , working a dark hypnotic bassline into an endless groove of crisp jacking drums and soul stirring melody, all primed for maximum effect at 4am when lost in the smoke and strobes. visions of love is driven by a juno bassline, a classic palette of tumbling, infectiously funky drums, warm, enveloping synth atmospherics and elevated by lush, celestial string work which comes off like some fantasy mr fingers + virgo psychedelic jam. the ep’s titular track goes deeper into the night with 909 claps, off-kilter snare hits, melancholy synth and ethereal melodies that ascend and dissolve into neon clouds. closer back to nature is a trip into blissed out, tropical house sounding like a lost balearic classic re-tweaked for the 21st century..

zwanzig jahre nach ihrem legendären debütalbum *leftism* melden sich die elektro-ikonen leftfield zurück: am 05.06.2015 erscheint mit *alternative light source* das neue album via infectious music. auf dem werk finden sich namhafte kollaborationen mit künstlern wie channy leaneagh (poliça), ofei, tunde adebimpe (tv on the radio) und sleaford mods. das neue material ist im kern eindeutig leftfield und schafft es dennoch, durch und durch modern zu klingen. das doppel-vinyl erscheint im klappcover, downloadcode inklusive.

ltd 2015 repress
it might be quite obvious to some of you that follow our little label that we have a thing for schatrax. some would call it an obsession but we simply call it a crush. lets face it, the man has made some of the most timeless deep house from these mighty shores that make up the british isles - what s not to love? so, here he is again with mists a track previously unreleased but unmistakably schatrax. submerged beats, a skippy groove and a simple effective riff are the essence of the track while keep on loving injects a glorious uplifting feel with a bouncing b-line and classic piano riff. flipsides the almighty keeps things deep whilst aliena s groove is one of schatrax s signature tracks with it s haunting melancholic riff keeping the emotions high.

with the bizarre feeling ep laying the sound for the subsequent fist year of the label, it is right jamie returns with ep#2 to move things forward with another twisted take on his unique mutoid-protoid-machine-funk-groove. starting with mad obsession you would be forgiven for thinking you ll have bizarre feeling part 2, with warped vocals - taken from late night, half asleep scribbled notes - and space echo haze, but let the percussion work-out trip you up and the stars in and before you know it things start going leftfild and then deeper with the free party sound system bass line shuffl of time nearly time. what he is on (about), no one knows. it is on the flp however that things take a darker turn. beyond the confession booth, down sharp stairs and dripping ceiling to a red light lit room of latter day late night blues.

the nose of clarity (one + two) is obscure and mystical techno with a hypnotism rhythm construct. part one is coming for the long nights in the clubs and bringing darkness dance moves. part two is more deeper and darker with a slowly trippy and layered loop sound. on the flip side the obsession (from don«t«be on acid ) dwntmpos rework is downtempo sound in perfection. the rhythm is going straight in the head and bring the deepness with a slowly pitched vocal in front of all understanding. the second rework is more dub influenced with warm chords, delays and echos from a other galaxy. the vinyl is hand stamped and numbered and comes with a a4 graphic art print. mastering by xergio c—rdoba at eternal midnight mastering studio madrid, spain

stalwart label tsuba continues its journey into eclectic musical territory with its next full-length project, *buy the ticket, take the ride*, the outstanding debut lp by english dark and dirty disco champion craig bratley. the double vinyl lp comes in a jute tote bag with download code included.
dj support from ewan pearson, erol alkan, justin robertson, damian lazarus, severino (horse meat disco), matt walsh, jacques renault, headman, mugwump, pete herbert, brett johnson, nathan detroit ...

up next on craig bratleys magic feet label is the vanity ep. this release is aimed at the vinyl completist and features four remixes which have so far been unreleased or received a digital release. the ep contains three remixes by craig, catalepsis *quartz giaponese*, the souls *tonight* and four walls *no use* as well as the sought after sean johnston remix of *obsession*.

next up on creme organization is gavin guthrie aka tx connect with a searing double album of analogue tracks aimed at the dancefloor. it follows dallas man guthries excellent outings on dixon avenue basement jams, l.i.e.s. and other efforts on bad mums club and again showcases his classic midwest style run through with plenty of acid goodness

new signature on robsoul recordings

bushwick17 is a project by costanza francavilla and alex infascelli. it is a 17 minutes improvisation session, recorded in bushwick on a summer afternoon - with no additional edits, mixing or efx. the idea is based on both artists s obsession with the number 17: the concept was to freely capture 17 minutes of their day together, without any thought before the act or any extra sound manipulation after the act. costanza placed 2 mics on the floor in the middle of the room - facing the wall - and played synthesizers while merging herself with dreamlike vocals into ambient floating textures. alex turned on a fan that was abandoned in the studio, placed the electric guitar in front of it, creating ethereal drones, and moving from guitars atmospheres to abruptly exploding yet sultry drums patterns. the result is an hypnotic sonic journey into an indefinite condition of space and time.
single-sided pressing, download code included.

selected pulls together material from mostly unfamiliar names like deepjust aquabeat, bassik grooove and bobby o donnell, alongside a couple of established heads like ryo murakami, aybee (as orion 70) and fred p himself, whose > n.y. (selected dub)<, a reshape of an old jazz tune, rounds out the compilation. > in the early days it was difficult to afford more than one or two records..< i would buy compilations because the value was greater and i was exposed to artist that i might not have known about otherwise,< he says. >when i think of compilations i think of mix the vibe, soul of science, trust the dj and of course dj-kicks. i learned a great deal from these series over the years and developed my own ideas based on what i love to hear thus selected was born. released soul people musics new sub-label, boards.

best known for his collaborations with kanye west on two standout tracks from the groundbreaking yeezus album (send it up and black skinhead) as well as high profile remixes for lana del rey and depeche mode, paris-based dj/producer gesaffelsteins solo work reconnects hard techno to its pounding industrial roots

inspired by a background in classical percussion and an obsession with synthesizers, jeremy malvin creates music under the name chrome sparks. the project kicked off in mid 2012 with the release of marijuana, a thumping, fluttering piece of electronica that set the internet alight. marijuana finally sees official release as part of chrome sparks debut ep sparks, a 6-track exhibition of future funk.

let the machines do the work (ltmdtw) are a 4 piece electronic out&#64257,,,,t that have a crazed obsession for all things analog. not the, i am into analog cause its cool, but a crazed obsession. simply step into their studio and you will be whisked away from the digital age in a heart beat as a haze of humming transistors and burnishing outboards drape you in a warm welcoming embrace. one love / brighter day is their debut release on the grass roots inspired blah blah blah records and it delivers a heavy and welcoming thump to the chest, forget thin digital beats, this is big phat dance&#64258,,,,oor house, dynamic, luxurious and seductively wanton.