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Another limited edition Puss release, each copy with a unique, real human kiss mark.

Faces Vol. 1 - The Many Faces of Killer Smile is available both digitally and on limited edition blue and white marbled vinyl with hand stamped label.

Dematerialisation du son.


LTD 300 - Printed Sleeve - Sticker

The third, and final part, of Luke Vibert’s entertaining and infectious cavort through some of dance music’s key motifs, delivers a singular collection of tracks that the creator defines as Rave Hop.

‘Luke Vibert presents Rave Hop’ finds the British producer and musical trail blazer kick back on a bunch of lazy hip hop breaks and breezy samples. Soulful vocals, suave raps and buoyant riffs are expertly infused with dope as fuck beats and booming basslines.

‘Rave Hop’ concludes Vibert’s trilogy of albums for Hypercolour that has gifted us absorbing musical dispatches from the breakbeat and rave frontlines. With an enviable recording career that has taken in countless projects for labels like Ninja Tune, Warp, Planet Mu and Rephlex, Luke Vibert still holds the crown for king of the beats

For the third time, we smash the history books with remasters of some absolute classic Sublove tracks. Some of the best in his catalogue, but thats no surprise, Sublove is an artist with no duds. Limited double vinyl as always, bound to sell out as always...This EP comes with 6 much sought after classic tunes, with the added bonus of a recently discovered version of the huge underground anthem..er…”Underground” as well as a brand new remix of 140 by Luna-C & Lowercase. All In all, an essential double pack for any true old skool lovers.

A stream of time and space is surrounding the latest Deeptrax release of versatile and mysterious artist The Jaffa Kid.

Carefully compiled, long awaited 'Tone Poetry' takes you on a journey into the mind of the talented producer. Longing for rave afters and acid sunsets, all in a misty Braindance Rephlex landscape.

Kaleidoscopic deep pads, jungle- rhythms, IDM-moods, robotic drums and aquatic bleeps as well as dramatic ambient tracks are creating a one-of-a-kind album that reflects the influence and passion of the Newcastle- based talent. His very own sound is reflected in every single of the 12 tracks on this remarkable 2xLP that is about to crack homes and clubs alike.

After releasing under labels such as Gated Recordings, La Beauté Du Négatif and Brokntoys, Deeptrax Records is proud to share one of their favourite artist’s work on their own imprint and is excited to share this immense stepping stone with its fans and friends.

* The Death To Digital series continues to go from strength to strength, and this latest installment is perhaps the strongest yet. Paul Bradley brings some proper old skool jungle flavor with his track 'Terror Dread' while Alex Jungle does what he does best and flips the whole piano anthem on its head with 'A Sunny Day In May'. Meanwhile, The Timespan and Mr Arthur make a tune so obvious it become sublime, and new signee Disrupta channels that combo of jungle and hardcore that only existed for a few months in '95 to create 'Lost in Time'

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

Following on from the critically acclaimed The Road: Part I, James Lavelle's UNKLE returns with the follow up The Road: Part II / Lost Highway, split across two parts with 22 tracks, James described this journey as having "more of a mixtape aesthetic being the ultimate road trip".

Triple 180g black vinyl package housed in a triple gatefold sleeve, with 16 page booklet; containing artworks by John Stark and photography by Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones.

It's Sunday. You're at the after party. And the DJ is playing white label edits you've never heard before.

SYNTAX Electronix (Valencia, Spain) continues with its second release based on Electro tunes.

Frankly, this EP is ridiculous. It was originally planned as a double pack, so we were excessive with getting both a Pete Cannon remix and a Hyper On Experience remix. I was tempted to do one myself but I though "nah, no one can top the original" and then had to eat my words because all 4 of these meet, if not beat, the original classic tune. Petes is of the hook madness, hands in the air biznizz. Hyper On take it to a whole new crystal clear and completely complex level. HSI changes it from what Stompin Tunes would do to what perhaps Reinforced would do. And Wislov roles it back in time to an almost Njoi-esq style 1991 banger. Absolutely amazing...

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

Griffé is a new label curated by Chat Noir that focuses on dark and powerfull sounds. Between Electro, Rave, Techno and Acid, this release is a blend of very effective dancefloor weapons.

Paris based, Corsican producer Charlou takes control of the A-side with Mercenary and the complicity of Steve Marie on the track X-Station. The OPAQ Records co-founders deliver two tracks that brings immediatly the heat & madness of a rave anywhere it’s played !
The B-Side welcome Botwin, a very talented new comer based in Lyon for his first vinyl release.

... Through 3 tracks he showcases his production skills with a powerfull vibe and infectious grooves that can remind the golden « rave era » of the 90’s.

In this third chapter of the BROT series, we wrap up the trilogy from the Reykjavík based producer Felix Leifur, who has genuinely showcased his incredible set of production skills throughout the year.

These last five BROT tracks move the sound to another spectrum where Felix plays around with his traditional sound. But this time the tempo is high, and the strong influences from old school breakbeat and jungle shine through. Felix's BROT 03 ties up the first BROT series with flair and this one will surely not be the last one. Stay tuned for more BROT action in 2020.

If someone had told me in 1992 that one day Kniteforce Records would be releasing music from such esteemed old skool artists as Sublove, Liquid, Hyper On Experience and Acen, I would have not believed it. To add NRG to that list is beyond anything I could ever have dreamed of, and with new music as well? What can I say?
This EP is not only NRGs first new hardcore in a very, very long time, it is also an amazing release which has all of the energy and sublime cleverness that you would expect from such a legendary artist. The first EP with more to come, this one contains four absolute winners. My personal favourite being I Love It because I love it, but Fire is also, well....fire. I am tempted to tell you to turn up Turn It Up and that Helpless will leave you helpless. All true, all amazing.

10"

This is the first in the Legends series.These very limited 10" Legends Vs Legends series aim to pit the finest in old skool artists against other old skool artists to see who is the best ever...haha, no. There is no best. But these little 10"s have BIG tunes by BIG artists and as we have 4 more already lined up, featuring Pete Cannon, Liquid, Hyper On Experience, Sublove, Alk-e-d, Dj Force & The Evolution and many more…you need to get on these while you can....

Chat Noir Tools is the club orientated experiment lab for Chat Noir Distribution.
This imprint allows us to explore the new scene and to put the light on some talented & upcoming producers.
The new imprint Chat Noir Tools kicks off with one of the most exciting Parisian producer of the moment: Vitess.
In this EP his style navigates between house to breakbeat & tech house and even some touch of early trance inspiration with a common element:
the love for the 90’s sounds. Evolving in the vivid Parisian scene and backed up by his Chevry Agency,
Vitess made a reputation for himself by playing powerful and unpredictable live sets full of energy and groove.

Stargazer is a huge tune beloved by ravers all over the world, but for a long time the rights to it were in legal limbo. Kniteforce/KFA un-limbo-ed them to create this superb EP of remixes, featuring the classic original, the also classic Reese remix, a fresh new … err … old take by Dj Luna-C, and a proper tough remix from Audio-X. All in all, this single record covers everything anyone could want in an EP …

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, Liquid, Hyper On Experience, Ant To Be, Ponder, and ... many others.

A true Italian veteran makes his debut on Slow Life, Alex Neri. After hundreds of releases and remixes, he has packed all these years of inspiring music in a well rounded EP of deep, fresh and
timeless tracks.

Part two in his trilogy of what seems like an aural romp through dance music’s key components, Luke Vibert follows up his ode to the ‘Amen break’ on the sumptuous ‘Luke Vibert presents Amen Andrews’, with a pretty damn thorough modelling of rave roots, in ‘Luke Vibert presents Modern Rave’.

When it comes to bashing out creative, highly complex, yet seemingly simplistic rave bangers, Luke Vibert certainly has the chops for delivering the goods in spades. As an innovator in the field for labels like Ninja Tune, Warp and Rephlex, Vibert digs deep into his floppy disc collection for a glorious ride through familiar samples and hooks, breakbeats and funky basslines and earworm melodies for an indispensable collection of feel good modern rave.

Great collection of tracks released on the Warriors Dance label, This is an updated and expanded 2019 version of the compilation 89' that boasts some unreleased DAT tape outtakes and cuts that have never seen the light of day - until now! This compilation is crammed full of the breakbeats, deep as the centre of the earth basslines, left-field influenced acid cuts and dubwise new-wave esque dance sounds..

Soil Records returns with “Namesis”, a Russian artist who makes exquisite sound material. Once again, Soil Records discovers new talents.

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While Headstrong Records split the debut drop between Randomer and Clouds. It's now time for the duo Clouds to go solo. Starting off with 4 brutal and destructive techno tracks!

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4th from London based “Art Of Dark”. 4 fresh cuts from London producer Alec Falconer

Acens return to the scene was an undisputable success, with his vinyl EP selling big numbers even in this day and age. A remix EP was inevitable, because how could we not? And if we are gonna do remixes, lets roll with the best in the scene. Danny Styles, who’s recent remixes for Hyper On Experience were enormous, takes the A side with a full on amen jungle remix. Meanwhile, Liquid brings his timeless class to the remix pool, slowing it down and giving it a polished classic feel. Kniteforce hero Alk-e-d teams up with newcomer Dj Beeno to round the EP off in ruff and underground style.

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, Liquid, Hyper On Experience, Ant To Be, Ponder and many others

This massive 12” EP combines some of Sublove’s rarest releases with a brand new surprise. Vexation is an AMAZING track that was recently discovered by Sublove sitting on a DAT. How this superb piece of amen mayhem wasn't released I just do not know, but finally it gets its day on wax, where it always deserved to be. A huge 1994 styled jungle Amen roller, truly amazing. This track sits next a bunch of other tough to find and mindblowingly good Sublove tunes. Get in!

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

Perc Trax is proud to announce Breaking The Seal; the debut album from Ghost In The Machine. Having already hit hard on the label with their "One Louder" (2017) and "King Dead" (2018) EPs now the time has come for them to expand their range even further across the ten tracks that make up Breaking The Seal.

Frank Nitzinsky & Nils van Lingen began collaborating as Ghost In The Machine in 2016, first releasing on the Genosha Basic label before working with Perc Trax. As remixers they have turned in acclaimed rerubs of Paula Temple's Joshua & Goliath and Perc & Truss' Leather & Lace whilst their DJ performances began in their home country of the Netherlands but soon took them across Europe including making their Russian debut recently in Moscow.

From the extended scene setting intro of title track "Breaking The Seal" to the genre fusing antics of "Combo Breaker", "Form Of Steam" and "Nexus 96" these 8 tracks build on the established Ghost In The Machine sound, but add something new to each track, taking their sound in directions we've not heard from them before and which we might not have expected.

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Dutch electronic music trio, Noisia, have announced the release of their long awaited new album, 'Outer Edges' on their own label, Vision. The 18 track album is their first in six years, and the band's second in total.
With a peerless reputation and countless awards under their belts, Noisia have transcended their genre and grown into a phenomenon in their own right. Drum & Bass is at the core of Noisia's sound, but Nik, Martijn, and Thijs's visceral brand has always ventured further.

"It's called Outer Edges because it's us exploring the outer edges of what Noisia, the three of us together, is. It's about the idea that all the songs are little islands that we take to their individual edge... They're all like expeditions to far sides. That doesn't mean that it's everything, it's just that every song, if it goes in a certain direction, we've taken it all the way there. There's no real concessions, we haven't been super DJ- or radio-friendly at all and we've done no collaborations or hardly any vocals on the album." - Noisia

Sbire Label Boss Isolated Lines And Colombian Producer Gotshell Come Together In An Inspired Meeting Of Minds, Collaborating On 'particule' And 'dual'. On The B-side, Two Solo Tracks From Isolated Lines Complete A High Quality Ep And Step In A Darker, Dancefloor Direction For The Label.

Having Met Whilst Isolated Lines Was Touring In Colombia, The Pair Found Common Ground In Their Tendency Towards Austere Atmospherics And Tense Exercises In Rhythm. Their Collaborations Here Are Mind-bending Bleep Techno Tracks With High-impact Arrangement And Sound Design; 'particule' Recalling The Eerieness Of Isolated Lines' 'obsid' On Tommy Four Seven's Label 47. On The Flip, His Headier Side Is On Show. Alluring Pads Sweep Between The Drums Like An Icy Wind, Making These The Type Of Tracks That Glow Within A Techno Set. The Record Delivers On The High Expectations Set For These Rising Artists And Shows Sbire To Be Pushing The Front Line.

After a two year hiatus VARY imprint is back with their third installment called “HiConcentrated Music“ which is a 5 track strong trip through Footwork, Beats, Ambient & R’n’B Bits, produced by Schmeichel in his basement studio underneath the store. Fans of DJ Rashad, RP Boo, post Dilla beat scene to Jordan Rakei should dig this.
Comes with another homemade graphic design by Julian Kramer.

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DJ Duke always had a massive number of alter egos. One he only used once in 1996 was „Orlando Detroit Connection“ releasing mesmerizing Breakbeat tunes, connecting the deepest shit ever with some analog synth madness and stomping, broken beats.

Duke about this EP:

It was called Orlando /Detroit because I had been playing in Orlando a few times and they were really into the whole breakbeat scene, which was around the time I started doing more electro/break beat stuff. I added Detroit, because it was really a mix of breaks with techno sounds on top.
I did the electro stuff with Techfunkers and it eventually evolved into more break beat and then some acid too mixed in, but this release was just a mix of old detroit and the Orlando break scene

so you also djed stuff like this?
Yes, obviously when I started out DJing and electro was born I was playing electro in the 80s, but after I had produced house, I liked to mix different genres, and I think I was probbaly oneof the only ones that was doing electro/house in 1993, but there was a fairly large scene in Florida and elsewhere where they played funky acid breaks, so I did some of that, and this release was spawned from that time.

Perc & Truss' statement of rave intent 'Leather & Lace' returns when you least expected it, this time in the form of three new remixes from an all-star cast of producers.

Leading the charge are Perc Trax's breakout starts of last year Ghost In The Machine who build upon their trademark kick drum volley with Reese basslines, swearing pads and a stretched out arrangement that showcases all that they are capable of. Flip it over and Tectonic main man Pinch takes a different approach with his uniquely Bristolian take on techno, featuring everything from primitive computer bleeps to the kind of broken rhythms he and his label are known for. Closing things off is the wildcard of the set as Mumdance and Logos step away from their weightless sound to serve up a tough, acid driven take that nods it's head to the classic sounds of Bonzai and Eye-Q.

Mighty DNAonDNA (Heteroerotic Asphyxiation, Oiwa) manufactures STRICTLY STRICTLY's magical 3rd release and offers nothing than power, power, power: Erratic opener THE//GRIND pushes you into the flow with restless UK-ish breaks before HAIFA slaps you hard with its violent rhythm and epic bassline. DON'T MOVE on the B-side chases you with its 145bpm acid breaks to finally eject you struggling for breath. A dangerous adventure!

Die 2CD besteht aus jeweils 10 Fabric- & FABRICLIVE-Exclusives, die beiden LPs erscheinen entsprechend separat. Fabric steht für den Londoner House- und Techno-Underground, ob melodisch von Nina Kraviz, electroid von Steffi oder experimentell von Margaret Dygas. Der neue Resident IMOGEN serviert Dark Techno, Marcel Dettmann seinen klassischen Late-Night-Sound. Call Super (Houndstooth) lässt es deep-melodisch angehen, Maya Jane Coles spielfreudig-housig und der britische Dance-Pionier Sasha bestreitet das Finale mit euphorischen Höhen aus Vocal- und Melodiestrukturen. FABRICLIVE repräsentiert das beste aus Dubstep, D&B, Jungle, Breaks und Experimental-Beats. Den Anfang machen Junglist Special Request (Houndstooth) und die D&B-Koryphäen Source Direct und J Majik. Shackleton und Pinch & Trim zeigen die neuesten Entwicklungen in der Bassmusik auf, Daniel Avery und B.Traits ihre Dancefloor-Flexibilität, Mantra die Zukunft des Londoner Undergroundsounds. Das Finale bestreiten zwei der frühesten Gefährten des Clubs, Groove Armada und Original-Resident James Lavelle als UNKLE.