uk techno founders b12 return! the duos history famously started in the early 90s with their music appearing under a plethora of monikers under the b12 records umbrella - 12 inch vinyl with notorious cryptic messages engraved in the run-out grooves, before being collected into album form and release on warp. after a hiatus in the late 90s, the pair resurfaced briefly for some live shows, a flurry of hugely sought-after 12 inches and a 7-part cd anthology. they then abruptly disappeared again - this is their first appearance in 5 years, fittingly on glaswegian imprint soma. (their seminal warp records album was named electro soma...is there a connection?)

scott marshall is a london-based dj and producer. his debut 4-track ep, titled scott marshall demonstrates a distinctive uk booty sound. early supporters include dj deeon, john heckle, mark forshaw and jamie russell. born and raised in south london through the 80s, scott started buying records when he was 16 amassing a large collection of house, techno, disco and funk.

frankie knuckles and jamie principle first collaboration from 1985. all three original mixes included including the incredible dub version. this is jamie principle s first commercial single and was originally released on his own persona label before later being re issued on trax early 2000 s. re mastered and re issued for 2015 on trax. released in conjunction with the rights holders.

embezzlement society takes us back to the early days of 80s hip-hop with his ‘rough quarters ep. on his record the man from belfast heavily relies on funk-based drum loops as were popular in the glorious days of old school hip-hop. the results are two super casual tracks with a cool hip-house attitude just perfect for hip-house lover drei farben house who took the chance to contribute a remix in his slick and smooth style, merging the raw drums with some tender rhodes. tenderpark regular roman rauch finishes off the ep and slows down the tempo in his remix concentrating on the originals of the samples and displaying his mastery with the mpc once more. as always all tracks have been mastered and cut by helmut erler at dubplates & mastering.

repress !!! since launching in early 2014, the hong kong-based homesick series an offshoot of cliche records has provided disco djs with some of the strongest edits of recent times reverential but floor-friendly reworks that get the right balance between re-mastered original parts and house-friendly additional beats. this third volume comes from borrowed identity, a house producer whose edits and productions have appeared on an impressive list of labels. these four reworks are predictably tidy, soulful and groovy, with familiar disco and soul staples being given loose but heavy rearrangements. picking highlights is tough given the high quality threshold, but we re particularly taken with the vibraphone-laden party shuffle of run run run- and lowslung afro-disco strut of you cant change a man-

the 4 tracks on this ep represent an excellent example of early kwaito, originally released between 1990-1994. now available as a limited edition ep only. kwaito can be considered an authentic south african phenomenon.

daniel.t. has been subtly making waves over the past few years as one half of the la duo cosmic kids with releases on labels including throne of blood, let s play house and dfa. a record collector and selector at heart, 2015 has seen him flesh out his solo productions with world-leaning contributions to chit chat s brazilian tinged 12 and american standard s african summer stunner. young adults brings daniel into the fold for his debut tetrachromat mini-lp spanning a sprawling spectrum of sounds, but unified by a signature west-coast sheen. opener mission hill morning stretches its arms in the early am mist, tetrachromat jogs steadily toward the horizon and planetesimal accelerates the mph in the drop top down pch. on the flip, laced takes a smoke break down a dusty dirt road, akoussah sprinkles some sultry spice and the sun & the sky sits back while the sea sips up the last remaining daylight.

140g vinyl bangers. not much to say apart that this is a stone killler. must have for fans of twisted house and techno - think early blawan, boddika, tessela and the rawness of night slugs club constructions series.

repress 2015... presented are 4 previously unreleased cuts from the vault of ben cozmo d cenac, producer of newcleus, dream 2 science, push/pull & sha-lor. written in the late 80s / early 90s, these tracks have been sitting on dat tapes for over 20 years. the tracks themselves feature bens wife yvette cenac a/k/a vai cee from dream 2 science and lady e of newcleus, gregg fore a/k/a buster fhott from dream 2 science and push/pull, the cellar boyz a/k/a the original jam-on djs and finally shareen evans. a career musician, bens instrumentation and programming is timeless, its a sound that cannot be replicated. we are humbled to be working on a project such as this. dont sleep, its a rare 12 inch vinyl weapon!

invisible inc s second release comes courtesy of synthesizer krautrock maestros higamos hogamos. this ep s influences are clear: early john carpenter in his darkest, seediest hour, amon duul ii in heavy pagan-trance mode, the psychedelic sounds of garage rock all topped off with a heavy dose of jacking synthesizer funk.

allez! here we go with the next release from terence :terry:’s highly-respected la vie en rose label. so far this year lvr has brought the heat with terence’s solo ep ‘acid heroes’ and the superb mix compilation ‘house couture’, which has received widespread praise. now, we have this brand new ep from a true paris legend, and an inspiration to terence himself – the one and only, jerome pacman. rising up in the early 90s, jerome established himself through the paris underground, and has remained one of the city’s finest selectors and producers. this four-track ep includes a remix from romanian godfathers livio & roby and represents jerome’s ability to throw down fresh, classic house rhythms with a modern twist. kicking off with ‘merry-go-round’, a bass-heavy rumbler imbued with subtle house tropes, we move into ‘jp sunlight’, a bubbling groover with twinkly, dream-like effects and a bassline that will lock in from the get go. on the flip we have ‘mpa’, a simple yet effective roller that will grip you with its repetitive groove and delicate use of detail in the background. livio & roby step up for the remix of ‘mpa’, which focuses on a more unusual, organic sound ethic – typical of the romanian sound that is so widely loved. a rework that is delivered with panache,

this is how it started focuses heavily on the early days of the chicago sound, especially in the formative years at ron hardy s music box. vinyl sampler 5 of a comprehensive journey in the essence of chicago house music is set to feature nightlife unlimited, weedyma, ooft! & jessie funk.

2015 will prove a benchmark year for scissor and thread with the rising momentum of frank & tony and desert sound colony and now with the introduction after many months of work of their new enigmatic artist, rosas nievas, with a sublime debut ep, every inch of you. like a tip of the hat to herbert, the title track entices with easy piano licks, a cooing vocal and a lush atmospheric enveloping the floor in a warm embrace. flipping the switch, the bounce of opinions propels dancers into hands-up, chicago-style elation, while the rollicking, looping closer, hear me rain, entrances with its early morning psychedelia. completing the package is a breakaway edit from label heads, frank & tony, who transform every inch of you into a sun-drenched, euphoric deep house stormer, in a way only they can do.

blue mondays is a project of alex ferrazzi and keemani. both vinyl collectors and involved within the italian underground scene from the beginning of the early 2000s, they grew up cultivating different backgrounds, alex was always into disco and old school house music while keemani was more into new wave and rock vibes. merging their backgrounds inside the studio, they come to you with a dance floor oriented sound spanning nu disco to techno, based on dope beats, smoked out samples, deep basslines, and uplifting vibes.

uncover is a new vvaa compilation serie on granulart recordings. v 1.0 features tracks by architectural, blndr, pulse one and hironori takahashi.
early support by marcel dettmann, oscar mulero, ame, rob hall, norman nodge, dvs1, samuli kemppi, eric fetcher, antigone, kr!z, tripeo, andrea, leiras, pfirter, angel molina, hector oaks, arnaud le texier, kwartz, ness, jeroen search, marcel heese, developer, ntogn, raiz, aiken, etapp kyle, henning baer, sandrien, robert lamart, pearl, peter van hoesen, kike pravda, truncate, slam, rodhad, quail, jonas kopp, answer code request, victor martinez, adriana lopez, james ruskin ...

early support from erol alkan. tiga follows mega-hits lets go dancing and bugatti with a massive boys noize collab.

limited hand stamped 12- vinyl. for his second release on otb records, aggborough stylish-ly sticks to his guns. field recordings, vocals on a bed of well balanced techno. raw vs subtle, emotion vs groove. early support from adam beyer!.

very limited 2015 repress! some say sparks is rays best work so far and we could not agree more. theunison response from our early supporters is, that the indestructible sphere of spark is shining very bright on the floors. supported by alan fitzpatrick, ken ishii, technasia, funk d void, joel mull, par grindvik.

der klang records is a disordine sub-label. this album will be available in a couple of months.vinyl only - limited to 200 copies on black vinyl and 75 numbered red vinyl. active on late 70s / early 80s teknospray were formed by andrea costa, mauro tavella (who later formed monuments), andrea lesmo, alberto ramella (who later formed carmody) and lucio lesmo they recorded few demos and an album which they never released until today as *god in land* is now reissued on disordines sub label der klang for the 1st time.

super rhythm trax is back this time with italian producer g-23 (secret rave) who delivers 2 monstrous slabs of mongrel acid music. -kidding kids- is an ultra fresh beast of a track that sits comfortably outside classification, melding acid with a super heavy breakbeat and peppered with uk garage references. -mountain s acid- goes for a straight up 4/4 acid track with a deep bubbling acid line that hooks you early and keeps you locked throughout, while on the b side label boss jerome hill is on remix duties turning in a tweaky, tracky acid version of mountain s acid with heavy bottom end and funked up drums. support from: blawan, seth troxler, matthew herbert, serge (clone), josh wink, truncate, j.tijn, dmx krew, warlock, hackman, phil kieran, dj tlr, alan fitzpatrick, tom findlay (groove armada), shadow child, eomac, john heckle, dj deep, stenny

3 of carl craigs finest remixes on kms from his early years. contains 3 remixes of kevin saunderson work under his inner city and esser’ay guises. as always with carl craig the quality is top notch and these remixes hark back to a golden period of mid 90s detroit techno.

white asega co-­owner jack dixon wrote new curtains after a friend who was coming wildly off the rails told him he was a good producer but his tunes were boring. the original version was really sparse and about 300bpm. when jack moved to new york the parts got lost, so he remade the track a dozen times. this was the version we all liked best, although jack never wants to hear it again in his life. it sounds tough and tropical. our friend troy gunner remixed it, and turned it into something so loud and slamming it will knock your teeth out. after telling jack to stop making boring music, mark kodiak spent two horrendous years working with jamie kodiak on a song they ve called taargus. it nearly destroyed their friendship forever but we think it was worth it. it has brutal weapon sounds, nasty snares and an incessant “yo” that has been described as “annoying and unnecessary”. the artist tom pounder has created a blinding video for it that contains brand new colours. french born bass genius bambounou stepped up to remix the track, taming the wild stems into a hypnotic early­morning house stepper. it took us approximately 2000 exhausting facebook group chats, four cross­atlantic flights and one divorce to get to this point. we hope you will enjoy this record for the rest of your lives. rip ken tulley.

listed as one of the best clubs worldwide, not to mention best club in romania, midi started their own label with a bang early last year. this time its g76s turn to make you dance with his two tracker.
* timber so* is definitely the melodic one with subtle sweeps and resonated percs running smoothly along a trippy voice. the warm bass will keep your feet warm.
* a fractured neck nock* is the dark one. synths are lurking behind the sick percussion. the guitar riff and a kids voice increase the mystery as the track progresses. this might seem dark and deep but its pumping as well.
released on vinyl only

think early relief records and the green velvet sound of the mid 90s, very cerebral and freaky undertones. all of this done from an earlier mathematic artist coming back into the game. included on the ep is a take on some jungle with a twist of analog house notes on top.

large music continues to showcase the brilliant and creative work of early 90s artists black ice with a re-issue of one of the most sought after early chicago house releases- the union camp ep. originally released in 1993 on the historic night club records, large music has now licensed the tracks exclusively for a worldwide vinyl-only release. while all four tracks possess that classic raw chi-town soul vibe, it is track 1, men on drums, that has garnered the most attention. championed the last few years by respected berlin-based dj zip, many of the elite vinyl-only djs across the globe have sough out a clean copy of this very rare wax masterpiece.

fernando gallego is not a music band which we can define as common, on the contrary. this group from uburriana, successor of funeraria vergara, started its history back in the early 1984, (after juan luis montoliu left), and it ended in 1986 with the emergence of the project *decúbito supino*. their usage of some synthesizers, amongst other gadgets, keyboards and large petrol cans, was the distinctive feature as regards to their predecessor band, such an echo defined a much more industrial and electronic sound, closer to early ebm.
limited edition of 300 copies. comes with din a3-sized poster printed double sided.

hotmix return with the famous * underground dance* various artists. two tracks come from the italian duo nas1, already known for have released a track on the label of kyle hall, deep melancholy and dirty drum for an amazing atmosphere. another italian is in this ep, alessio carminati with * tokyo night*, for its first release, this great track that recalls to the early kms records. and lastly the great talent orson wells with a super deep melody-rich, evocative deep house style.

nice price deal !!! these recordings pull back a curtain to reveal the mysterious world of syntoma and early-80s underground mexico. big tip & nod to this!

this is how it started focuses heavily on the early days of the chicago sound, especially in the formative years at ron hardy s music box. vinyl sampler 4 of a comprehensive journey in the essence of chicago house music is set too feature mach, robert owens, clandestino & eli escobar.

release number three for pleasure unit is an in house affair, a rare collaboration on some original material from two of the keyboard mashers. early feedback on les crocodiles has been great and we are currently waiting on a remix from one of our fav scandi producers who offered a mix on hearing a rough draft. three mixes in all le club, acid dub and tropique ambi sunrise.

certain music records is a new label which is trying to transmit the true spirit of house music house music for fans to be enjoyed at the dancefloor the first reference is in charge of the groove brothers, aka jef k and rhythm & soul and the collab between chicago legend tyree cooper. the original is a groovy track with sultry vocals and bass samples that drives you back to the early 2000s house sound. side b tyree made to remix preserving the spirit of the house of chicago icluyendo the classic bassline acid of the first productions of the genre. back to the origins.

welcome back to the movielike resonating sound world of the 23s. already in 2008 the mysterious one-man band proofed with the album “bolivia” that they are trying to do another kind of music – something that isn’t entertainment, something that isn’t show, something that goes gently straight to your soul. now the producer from nord-rhine-westphalia did it again and tuned in the longplayer “flamingo”. anew he delivers a special kind of cinematic journey music that grooves opposite to his other, more rhythm based hypnotic dance productions. also as the 23s he produces pattern-based music, but it pursues a different intention: each listener should dive into a hallucinatory world of seen and unseen films that his inner eye creates unprejudiced. all ten tracks are romantic smooth operators. they put themselves in service of an artistic vision, in which the listener should get lost in music. the album can be seen as a love-letter to the movie scores of the french 70s cinema or the impressionistic sound arrangements you can hear in the early cinema of peter greenaway. with double bass heat, discreet piano melodies, levitating guitar chords, some gentle horns here and there and beats that recollect the warm jazz influenced soul of oldschool hip-hop the 23s generate a sublime get-down-deep instrumental journey. you can listen to it attentive. or you can just play it in the back while doing whatever you like to do. it is recommended to play “flamingo” in a decent amount of volume as all loungey tracks begin to live bigger and brighter with sound intensity. if you play it flashy you will experience an atmospheric sometimes light-flooded, sometimes foggy 40-minute electronic journey that offers open-minded souls to fill the room between the notes with their very own milky fancy. soon the album will be accompanied by a bunch of remixes tuned in and twisted by producers like giegling and white artists edward, christian s of the cómeme tribe, canadian producer the mole and the german post rock and electronic music band to rococo rot.

twenty-eight homespun stunners from the alamo city s scrappiest souleros. the royal jesters were the kings of san antonio s cross-cultural teen scene in the 1960s, soundtracking lovelorn slow dances with their heart-sick harmonies. for the first time, english oldies gathers the best early doo-wop, r&b, and blazing latin rock and soul from these tex-mex masterminds - a simmering melting pot of diverse regional flavors, best served hot.

reissue of a unknown b-side of an early belgian trance outfit release. before they made euro trance they made this heavenly balearic gem. it screamed for lauer remixes and he provided…
unless you have been sleeping it should be pretty obvious that wph head honcho red d has a weak spot for early belgian trance stuff. before trance was even known as trance that is… the early 90ies were the post new beat era in belgium and loads of producers were experimenting with new sounds to steer away from the blatantly commercial new beat chart stuff. so that is when the magic started happening.

the second loveit press comes right in time for the festival season and for dusty basements too. suolcity is a young producer from stuttgart, the spot for house business again. probably he felt it already as intern at rocker 33?, the club such as panorama bar and robert johnson. how else could you explain the b-side rush, you had to feel this dubby, gritty bassline. not hard enough - so maybe rush harder, you can have it all.

2015 repress - from the first glimpses of henry laufers work as shlohmo, it was clear that the la native and visual artist turned self-taught musician was onto something. with an effortless grasp on sound design, laufer combines deceptively simple and emotive melodies, subtle bass drops and swinging slow motion drums. his early work has placed him at the forefront of a new wave of rising talent amongst west coast producers… inspired by the desire to write songs and create a release of full-range instrumentation and vocals all his own, laufer promptly began home-recording >bad vibes<, his proper full-length debut album for the friends of friends label. some might say the songs on >bad vibes< represent the spawn of a new rhythm and blues - one that swings and sways under the backbone of henrys own take on modern electronic music. augmented with delicate slide guitar playing, homemade synth sounds and lilting, tuneful melodies, shlohmos latest output is one that will take you places - specifically the un-paralleled vibes swirling through this young mans head.

this is how it started focuses heavily on the early days of the chicago sound, especially in the formative years at ron hardys music box

early in 2014, copenhagens kenneth bager asked electronic wizard and remix entrepreneur ruf dug if he would make an album for his acclaimed balearic imprint music for dreams. that summer, ruf dug headed off to spend three months on the island of guadeloupe in the french caribbean. seizing the opportunity to live out his own compass point fantasy, he put together a portable studio that would fit into a suitcase - two half-rack synthesizers, a couple of effects units, his laptop and a 4-track cassette recorder. he set up the studio in the spare bedroom in a rented villa and spent the next 12 weeks watching the sun set and making the album. all tracks were written and recorded in guadeloupe, with nev cottee beaming in vocals and guitar parts for a couple of the tracks direct from the heart of mancunia, hooking into the powerful and long-standing musical relationship between manchester and that most famous of sunset islands ibiza

berlin based label schakal’s first ep comes from antialias, one of its two founders and is called -somber clarity-. the title track makes us think of the return into the early morning light, but could just as easily be a reminder to those dark and delirious hours that came before.

with four original tracks from chris carrier, this new ep is based around the original detroit vibe, with a hint of acid. the tracks all take their titles from famous nuclear devices, giving the music a foreboding overtone. rds-1 was the first weapon developed by the russians during the arms race of the early 20th century. the track is deep, driving and morose yet full of life. trinity was the codename of the very first nuclear test in 1945, this track is a shivering acid beast, minimal and absorbing. bwr 3 takes its name from one of the reactors at the doomed fukushima plant, subtle elements of funk flow through this restrained number. lastly comes chicago pile 1, the worlds first ever nuclear reactor, and a track that embodies the ominous possibilities of such an invention.

another classic, out of print large release sees an exclusive repress in 2015. originally released in 1994, this is the 8th vinyl outing from the early catalog of one of house music s most celebrated labels. fans of early large and black ice know what to expect- tough, minimal chicago house grooves laced with tinges of jazz and soul. a terrific addition for collectors and fans of lables such as dance mania, gherkin, emotive and more.

arguably all but the most dedicated fans will have long forgotten most significant beat, a post industrial early 90s techno project from former clock dva man maurizio martinucci and esplendor geonetrico s saverio evangelista. this surprise vinyl compilation tells the story of their previously cd-only late 90s work, throwing in a previously unheard workout, the angular rhythms and sheffield bleeps of geometric state for good measure. for the most part, the material has aged remarkably well, and sits somewhere between the forthright madness of autechre, the spacey techno of detroit-via-frankfurt (see amy tekno) and the buzzing intensity of surgeon.

tengrams are brothers alessandro and davide piatto, who collectively have a deep and long understanding of dance music. davide runs the n.o.i.a. label and was one of italy s first touring electronic live acts, performing and recording with drum machines and synthesizers as early as 1978. he was also behind seminal italo outfit klein + m.b.o and proto house hit dirty talk. since then they have released under an array of aliases, have clocked up many hits and this new project brings them back to their electronic roots, with influences like sci-fi movies and old school techno looming large.

the people behind the amazing mareh festival in brasil (the southern hemisphere s answer to electric elephant), drop yet more top drawer music as their label journey continues to gain strength. set in the lush settings of bahia where day blends into night and sun into moon, mareh continues to attract some first class artists from around the world to release on their imprint. the second release kicks off with glasgow based production wizard the revenge letting loose a late night groove that takes a blissful string sample and then works it for the dance floor. it s top stuff from the man with the roaring grooves. and rumours have it that the revenge himself will be headlining at this year s legendary nye event in bahia alongside tim sweeney, pete herbert & dicky trisco. next up is berlin based disco and house aficionado eddie c who drops an uber cool, cut up disco chugger that is likely to work your sunset and early morning sets to the max. mareh favourite pete herbert then steps up to the controls and delivers an upbeat, balearic dance floor banger that hits all the right notes and then hits them again. you can almost smell the hierbas on this one! last but not least, tokyo based englishman max essa delivers an electronic ode to late night dancing and early morning dips as he joins the dots between the tokyo underground and the fresh bahian surf. wonderful stuff. so mareh really are out to pull in a truly global sound to their label outing with glasgow, berlin, london, ibiza and tokyo all represented as well as their spiritual homelands sao paulo, and of course the place where it all happens each new year... bahia.

more early support from amandra (ahrpe), antonio de angelis, arnaud le texier, blndr, dj sandrien, edanticonf, elle, nima khak, oscar mulero, refracted, retina.it, rraph, samuli kemppi, shaded explorer, subforms, the noisemaker, tommy four seven, unam zetinebm, victor martinez / error etica, vilix among others.

motor city. the home of hi-tek soul. or simply, the origin. just a few of the names with which to descibe a city in the heart of america that has the power to captivate ones imagination. in the early 20th century it revolutionized transport, ushered in an age of previously unknown mobility and became the automotive capital of the world. during the 60s it gave us motown, one of the most influential r&b and soul record labels to ever exist. and, before the turn of the millennium, it would bring forth another musical revolution: the one called techno music. to abstract division, the city of detroit and its artists are a major source of inspiration. as such, they decided their newest metropolis ep was to be an hommage, a means of giving back. this special package includes an original track that keeps close to the spirit of melodic, rhythmic, minimalism detroit is known for. it also features three very special remixes by close friends oscar mulero - under his trolley route alias (which he hasnt released music under since 2010) - function, who ups the darker ante and marcel fengler who infuses it with his trademark berlin funk.

rotating frames is the new ep for pole group by our very own duo exium. four tracks of modern and obscure techno, fuelled by heavy sub-bass action.

early suuport by rodhad, pfirter, norman nodge, etapp kyle, rolando, dj deep, inigo kennedy, kr!z and many more. odd / even boss andre kronert brings the fire to the third ep from fledgling underground label pure traxx. the artist behind last years hit stockholm ltd ep >exu< serves up two more deep cuts of the grittiest of analogue techno. label head stefan rein and dystopian artist ron albrecht deliver equally potent interpretations to round off the release. sinister sounds for dark spaces.

after the series of caribbean related releases, emotional rescue returns to the early 80s downtown nyc post punk / new wave scene with plus instruments collecting their best and rarest songs on one groove laden ep. 4 tracks of pure downtown punk-dub-funk, all with the nonchalant euro-style delivery of truus de groot. it doesnt get better than this. coming with extended unreleased versions, the originals were collected from sought after eps, an obscure compilation lp and fiishes with a never before released song, this is history. licensed and remastered for aural pleasure