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Air Miles return for a second instalment of deeper cuts lead by label affiliate, Jeigo. Fluerella EP builds on that delicate sound confirmed with the producers most recent AM001 release ‘An Ode to Midnight’.

Three remixers offer up their own take on the title track, with the hallmark Jeigo sound to be taken to new planes and Fluerella to be warped into bold new realms.

Red / White Vinyl

The latest release on Private Possessions finds itself landing in the embrace-inducing, euphoric, yet tear-worthy Bermuda Triangle of the proverbial DJ vibeboard: the cathartic response to over two years of album-dedicated studio time. The release also begs of a more existential question bleeding into the social consciousness: "Where do we belong?", to which the answer is simple: "Together". 'Reveries Of A Solitary Dancer' was inspired by an article of the same name by Artforum's David Velasco. The piece details the legacy of artist Adrian Piper and her extensive body of work, most notably in the field of dance. Velasco reveals Piper's desire to "transform the mechanisms that divide people into groups" and highlights her belief in dance spaces as conduits for reunification during times of segregation. Piper's ethos is clear: "GET DOWN AND PARTY. TOGETHER."

**REPRESS**

DJ Support
Tessela (Overmono), Jessy Lanza, Mark Archer (Altern-8), Andy Garvey, Sicaria Sound, Sinistarr, 2 Bad Mice, Addison Groove, Ben Sims, Mantra, Rob Smith/ RSD, DJ Barely Legal, Appleblim, Sherelle, Gigsta, 96 Back, The Black Madonna, Andreas Baumecker, Jerome Hill, Kirsti, Alienta, Etch, Aquarian, DJ Fart In The Club, Peder Mannerfelt, Oliver Hafenbauer, Barker, Interplanetary Criminal, Foul Play, Nick Craddock, Roi Perez, Mor Elian, Karima F, Darwin, Re:ni, West Norwood Cassette Library, Matthew Herbert, Mani Festo, Vladimir Ivkovic, Sarah Farina, Ciel, Kornel Kovacs, Cop Envy, Yak, James Zabiela, JD Twitch (Optimo), DABJ, Sully, Dusky, Appleblim, Shedbug, Ste Roberts, Mr.Mitch, Denham Audio, Dario Zenker, Or:la + more

A young French artist based out of Paris from Corsica, it is from behind her drumkit that Charlotte debuts in music. With her first EP, she plunges us in her music's universe. Her first track, 777, eponym of the vinyl, along with Largo, reflects her melancholiac side combined with an acoustic breakbeat rhythm borrowed from her 90's influenced. The other tracks, Mela & Saint Marc, show her love for a brutal dancefloor with acid wave inspirations.

TNO Project latest EP is highly anticipated due to the strong following he has built up over the last few years with his consistently innovative sound. Somewhere between dark and light, often futuristic in a retro fashion, his EPs always sound like an alternate universe of rave. The Pink Straight Jacket EP continues with his usual themes, but takes them up a notch and blasts them into space….

Club / DJ Support
Billy Bunter, the Fat Controller, Glowkid, Slipmatt, Dj Jedi, Dj Luna-C, Dj Brisk, Acen, Jimni Cricket, Bustin, Sc@r, Doughboy, Saiyan, Dave Skywalker, Ponder and many others

Vinyl only Repress

Exalt Records drop a special white label featuring the premiere track from the mysterious Shadow Acid. Timescape is very much the sound of now; merging deep space acid and 90s breakbeat techno with subtle references to past and future classics in one deadly 7-minute hit.

Shadow Acid's ultra-contemporary approach to production is almost spiritual, with the producer behind the moniker primed to unleash a slew of records this year including a 2x12" for Exalt Records in November.

Highly ELEGAL material indeed!! From what we can tell its a rag-tag collection of obscure and hard to find tracks from the years 92/93/94. Featuring melodic breakbeat from early San Franciscan rave act Enlight, moody Techno from James Bernard's Cybertrax project (the track in question here having only seen the light of day on the 1994 'The Secret Life of Trance Volume 3' compilation) and epic Trance-breaks from Germany producer Utasia. Hot stuff!!

Debut EP by Serbian producers and record label Chorbika, taking in a crossover of electro and organic dance music over it's 5 tracks.

The songs are a fusion of Marko's taste in electro style and Jelena's roots in rock music and the material they produce is home-made, a product of their everyday life experimenting with sound.

Hectic is one of the greatest old skool labels and represses have been in demand for decades. We have lovingly remastered these tracks and are proud to be putting out these fine slabs of vinyl from our old friend / competitor label haha! Its a certified classic, not to be missed even if you already have the original, and it is, hopefully, the first of many

Club / DJ Support
Billy Bunter, the Fat Controller, Glowkid, Slipmatt, Dj Jedi, Dj Luna-C, Dj Brisk, Clayfighter, Jimni Cricket, Bustin, Sc@r, Doughboy, Saiyan, Dave Skywalker, Ponder and many others

Here we go again with lucky number 7 as the new very polish sampler is out and ready to be served worldwide, on time with the approaching 10 year anniversary of Zambon's cult label.

The new instalment contains 4 new polish jams tailored for the modern dancing experience.
You will find here great late night dance floor tracks like the breakbeat-infused and nostalgia-filled FOPA & Tamten re-interpretation of the Polish pop classic 'Jezioro Szczescia' ('The Lake of Happiness') or the Moroder-esque acid groove of Izabela Trojnowska's 'Jestem Twoim Grzechem' ('I am your sin') by Dyyune.

Fans of slower grooves for sure will appreciate Bisti's and Dyyune's take on the the hip-hop driven unsung cut 'W Moim Niebie Nie Ma Gwiazd' ('There are no stars in my heaven') which was recorded by a less known 80's Polish girls band called Fiesta.
The whole package is rounded up by Stachy.DJ (a polish veteran who recorded with DJ Koze) closes the show bringing a hypnotic stomper to the table, a highly addictive dub version of 'Obiecany Raj' ('Promised Paradise') from one of the top Polish synth bands of all time. As always all killers no fillers and a very limited pressing !!

Dawl on Art of Dark

Domenico Rosa's prolific electronic label, Propersound Italy presents the second of two repressings from the vivid electronic vision of Reedale Rise; this time, the highly sought after- The Reasoning EP.

4 tracks of dynamic variation from Electrosoul to Deep House pressed on high quality vinyl, and includes color artwork. Limited copies pressed!

A “Not So Kind” release by “Frederik The Curious Frog” from the land where the sun never shines and kindness is a way of living – especially from behind.

Domenico Rosa's prolific electronic label, Propersound Italy presents the first of two repressings from the vivid electronic vision of Reedale Rise; this time, the highly sought after- The Searching EP.

4 tracks of dynamic variation from Electrosoul and Electrofunk, to Lush Techno pressed on high quality vinyl, and includes color artwork. Limited copies pressed!

Wislov returns from his EPs on Knitebreed with a stunning EP on Kniteforce. Featuring 4 amazing tracks, Wislov has upped the game and redefines what has made him one of the greatest new artists in the new old skool scene. This EP would be unmissable as a white label, or as a Knitebreed, but it needed a full sleeve with excellent artwork by Heavy Systems Inc to add icing to the icing to the icing on the cake. BOOM!

Club / DJ Support
Billy Bunter, the Fat Controller, Glowkid, Slipmatt, Dj Jedi, Dj Luna-C, Dj Brisk, Clayfighter, Jimni Cricket, Bustin, Sc@r, Doughboy, Saiyan, Dave Skywalker, Ponder and many others

For their second release of the year, Josiah Hartley’s Phuture Shock label welcome up-and-coming Manchester producer Szajna to the ranks; armed with his debut solo 12” ‘M41’ EP.

pH 1 released his "Technicolor Vision" cassette album on Help Recordings in 2016, but is also part of the
group Hi Mount along with Central and DJ Sports. The three have released together on Regelbau. The
name pH 1 bear a less than subtle reference to the sound of acid, and his productions definitely reflects
early UK house and break beat with elements of acid jazz. He first crossed paths with Multiplex while
performing a live set in his hometown before Steen Kong was to DJ. The two quickly connected and we
are happy to welcome pH 1 to the Multiplex family.

Born and raised in Aarhus, Denmark but often traveling to UK where he also spent his teens. He started
playing guitar at age eight, but once he'd felt wax on a 1210, saved up for a pair of Technics.

His Lucid EP opens with "Time of Day" a beautiful house production, "Infinite Pressure" presents a deep,
cinematic journey, while "Bonafide Platter" is a playful, acidic tune. Titonton Duvanté delivered the
amazing Futurity EP for Multiplex in 1998 with four funky acid tracks, the perfect candidate to add to pH
1's universe. Titonton has remixed "Make Your Reality" on the B-side and the original mix of that track
gets the final word of the EP.

The return of our VA series is marked with the new chapter ‘Freaky Friends Volume 1’ featuring the likes of P.Leone, Nasty King Kurl, Sentient State, Ole Mic Odd, Dj Swagger, and Main Phase.

‘Débuts’ is France-via-Brussels duo, Nikitch & Kuna Maze’s aka Nicolas Morant & Edouard Gilbert first full length album. Building on their collaborative EP “Mush”, ‘Débuts’ continues to explore the melting point between jazz and club culture, interspersed with the signature sounds of broken beat, Chicago footwork, UK garage, Detroit house, and underpinned by their road-tested new live format.

‘Débuts’ see’s the band push their musical and creative development even further, a result of touring extensively around Europe with a live drummer, from high-brow jazz festivals to sweaty basement clubs. “We would be lying if we said our gig experience didn’t influence us on this record” Edouard explains. “We discovered new aspects to songs such as “Bruk” and managed to push forward the energy side of the music from the rawness of the live shows. This energy empowered to produce and compose new material in the same vein”.

After three years of throwing parties, we’re thrilled to announce something we’ve been
dreaming of for a while now, the launch of our label and the first Awkwardly Social record
release.

Similar to our events and mix series, it is our goal to use the label as a platform for exciting, up
and coming artists from within our community and beyond. Working together with our friend,
the very talented Greek-born, Berlin-based DJ and producer Aroent therefore has been a real
pleasure and something that felt natural from the get go. We hope you enjoy this wicked set of
forward thinking club tracks as much as we do!

Early plays by Ben UFO, Bonebrokk, E-Unity, Gramrcy, Opium Hum, Natureboy Gold, Yushh
and more. Big ups to everyone supporting the record so far!
Artwork by VOJD
Mastering by Andreas Lupo Lubich

Next up on Lost City Archives we have 4 dance floor specials from the man himself Coco Bryce. Essential for any ravers crate. Don’t Sleep.

Masterworks Music are back on the vinyl trail with their 15th 12" release, with Italian disco stallion Gledd in charge of the disco funk.

While some EPs might offer some down time and lower-tempo numbers, Soul Shapes goes for the dancefloor jugular with all four cuts designed to get you up and grooving.

Lead track 'Light of Florence' cleverly builds with strings and stylish background synths before dropping into a soul-searching vocal and gorgeous keys. With driving percussion, a walking bassline and cleverly restrained dynamics, it builds and bubbles with endless groove.

Follow up 'I Just Want You' builds on that teasing disco funk by upping the tempo and adding in blaring horns, a sizzling Rhodes breakdown that will have you playing air keys and yet more disco groove. Peak time, warm up, opening slot, closing track - this will work anywhere.

On the flipside, 'Of Rainbows' is a brilliantly-worked filter disco track, cleverly teasing in the disco loop with drop-dead-gorgeous strings before dropping back down to a deep house (and we mean deeeeeep house) bassline that carries the track from start to finish.

Gledd closes out the all-killer EP with 'Your Mind.' With Chic-style wah-wah guitars, clever drum fills and yet another stonking bassline, it's another beautifully crafted disco groover that cleverly blurs the line between peak-time heater and perfect warm-up material.

Welsh DJ Sasha is active since the late ‘80s and achieved much success, both as a solo artist as with John Digweed. He was voted World No. 1 DJ in 2000 in the prestigious poll conducted by DJ Magazine (Dj Mag Top 100). His second album, Airdrawndagger, is considered as a masterpiece in the electronic music scene. It features co-production from Charlie May, Junkie XL and James Holden. Upon release, the album charted on the UK and US Albums Charts, peaking at number 18 and 157 respectively. The album features some of his best work, including “Bloodlock” (featuring James Holden) and the ultimate album closer “Wavy Gravy”.

This wonderful record is available as a limited edition of 1500 individually numbered copies on translucent red vinyl

Space•lab records launches its interstellar mission to bring wigglers and warpers from all corners of the galaxy with a V/A made in Birmingham. Adam Pits kicks things off with Real Taste Of Gravity, a rising, trancey journey with a wonderful proggy bassline and synths-a-twinkling. Desert Sound Colony & Dr. Baird combine for the warpy, acid-flecked bassy roller Space Bass Express before Breaka and Adam Pits join for a classy breaks track with bubbling EFX called The Show Must Go On, named after Nic reversed a van into a parked car after setting up the space•lab party where they all met. Inner Zone (Rupert Worthington, Alex Anderson and label head Nic Baird) round things off with their debut release Niaaru - a sunrise weeper for those who like breakbeats with their coco pops.

Asquith brings his own imitable brand of UK garage/rave/breaks hybrid to Hypercolour for an EP brimming with real underground vibes.

Hot on the heels of a series of 12”s on his own Asquith label, the Lobster Theremin head honcho drops four cuts of heavy, distorted bass brain melters on the ‘Time & Space’ EP.

Repress...!

For the fourth release we welcome the crew the italian trio Paradise city Breakers with their debut EP. Heavily house and breaks influenced, the A side is direct and punchy, straight in-the-face, while the B side goes deeper and groovy, with a late morning vibe.
This 4 tracker EP is clearly made for the dance floor!

Swedish record label Trunkfunk celebrates the impressive landmark of 20 years releasing music with the first of a two-part vinyl sampler series. Championing the Scandanavian electronic sound, both samplers combined will form twelve tracks to be included in a twenty track compilation album to follow later this year.

“In this year of change, we wanted to reconnect with the roots of the label, inviting both old and new artists from our family to create twenty unreleased tracks to celebrate our 20th birthday. This compilation is a huge milestone for us and sets the tone for the future of Trunkfunk.” Trunkfunk

His Name Was Juri from Algorythm opens the release in style with celestial organ and lush bass. The track progresses with percussive elements creating an ever-growing state of hypnotism. Swedish house aficionados Jens Wickelgren and Polisen collaborate on It’s All Out, a classy piece created by the Jens Records and Compact disco label bosses. A murky bassline snakes in between breakbeat before bright keys shine through on this exuberant track. franskild, the Swedish production duo of Tim Soderstrom and Love Ojensa who have released on Kistuné Music and Lotss Records, bring their brand of melancholic and playful house music to Plastic Yacht.

Fresh from hot releases on HAVEN & Rave Selekts Dublin’s Tommy Holohan debuts on Dance Trax with 2 breakbeat-tek-crunch anthems - all systems go!

Dawl + Sween are back on Klasse Wrecks with a follow up to their well received 'Rise of the Humanoids' EP from 2018. The UK DJ-Producer combo is back with more of the same classic Electro-Break sonics that had the fans of the first EP feinding so hard. The mantra seems to be similar too, no frills and direct to the point with equal parts Bleep and Rave thrown in resulting in a no brainer buy of a record. SWITCH!

Armec returns to Nebulae and chooses the Spirograph Nebula as the inspiration to deliver 5 gorgeous cosmic landscapes, where mellow textures combine with ghostly atmospheres, sparkling drum sequences and crunchy acid basslines.

Johannes goes all Piano-Breakbeat-Hands-Up on "Street Pack" alongside more piano action on "Turbo Basmati". On the flip you will find the amazing contemporary-italo-styled Shan Remix of "Wing House" plus Lauer's rework of "Chestnut Poetry". Quick white label action housed in a shiny silver jacket. Just the way we used to do it!

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Back once again. This one is coming live and direct from Baltimore in the mid 90s. It is the second and final part of the Gargoyle Classics reissues and it’s packed full of juicy juicy dance floor goodness. As with the previous Gargoyle record it is raw as they come. Hitting hard whilst feeling totally impromptu and freestyled as well.

Two of the tracks are reissues from Tony & Don’s Gargoyle imprint and two of them, just like last time are never before released tracks written during the same period. Ten After 3 and Do You Believe (Space Evader Mix) are both ridiculously huge and I’m gassed outta my miiiiiind to bring them to the table for public consumption for the first time.

OK enough of my blather. Go and listen to the damn things yourself and decide if you like them, rather than trying to work it out from reading a bloody press release you weirdos.

All four tracks are produced and sculpted for the club. They want big sound systems and dark rooms.

Close your eyes, hold hands and experience transcendental space flight...

After the success of their first release, DSC - Far Reaching/Too Hard, Holding Hands is back with their sophomore outing and as before it is taking no prisoners.

Inspired by a Nicolas Lutz set as he warmed up Fabric for Villalobos a couple years back, the Furnace has a break beat that will push the subs of any club to the limit. With every build and drop it increases in momentum until you are left with no choice but to throw down on the dance floor with unbridled passion. The Furnace may be all about the big beat but it is no one trick pony. The tune has a depth and weirdness to it that will certainly keep you coming back for more...

The Sorcerer is a collaboration with good friend of DSC's, Guava. It is made up largely of recorded percussion and vocals at DSC's studio in South London, which gives it a very special swing on the dance floor. The track lulls you into a false sense of security for the first third before finally letting the big freakiness out of the box. This is one for any DJ that wants to leave clubbers going nuts and scratching their heads at the same time.

Both tracks are produced and sculpted for the club. They want big sound systems and dark rooms.

Close your eyes, hold hands and experience transcendental space flight...