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Bound Adam' is the first in a series of reissues by American artist Elysia Crampton (f.k.a. E&E) for Total Stasis record label. Originally self-released in 2011 as digital files, this is its first vinyl pressing. Its three tracks are an ode to the artist's Ford Ranger. 2011 is also the year Ford discontinued the Ranger line. As Crampton says, "it is a speculative/ontological poem about a relationship with a car."

7" vinyl record
Mastered by Brandon Hocura
Cover + insert by Felix Lee

This is a Junk Yard Connections EP in the name of democracy, revolution and indebted to the power of the sea. These ambient tracks, laden with a subtle ocean-vibe and nods to 90's rave influences, were created by a surfer out on a long trip.

Medical Records presents it's second contemporary artist release with Roladex. Imagine Kraftwerk playing Steven Merritt songs. Using an arsenal of analog instruments, Roladex nostalgically borrows ideas from music of the past to carefully craft a unique brand of futuristic-mechanized pop, with an emphasis on songwriting and layered production. Weaving sparse, sequenced arpeggios into fuzzy bass and bubbly melodies to create a bed of sound where they layout a somehow bright melancholia. Part minimal synth-wave, part dream pop, Roladex fits nicely with other non-traditional pop acts such as Ariel Pink as well as Synth contemporaries like Police Des Moeurs and Black Marble. The opening track "Anthem For The Micro-Age" sets the tone with dreamy atmospheric synth textures and interwoven male and female vocals. "Love Surgery" is chock full of pop hooks and synth leads interspersed with angular guitar accents. "Empty Streets" has an almost minimal John Bender bedroom aesthetic. Fans of early Wire (esp 154), Drinking Electricity, Fad Gadget and even noisy 90s shoegaze are sure to enjoy. Presented on high-quality 180gram heavyweight electric blue transparent vinyl and features a bonus LP insert with lyrics. All tracks and versions recorded exclusively for this Medical release. Mastered by Martin Bowes at the Cage, UK. Limited Edition.

Recorded in Maryland in 1975 and intended to be listened to while high, this is a high point (pun semi-unintended) of outsider/stoner/idiot-savant musique concrete.
Originally released on vinyl, it's a sui generis blend of primitive synths, treated vocals, scraped metals and "field recordings" of a bong, all lovingly dosed with liberal amounts of delay and reverb.










6. Intro
7. Sonic 2
8. Spinner
9. Sonic 3
10. Marawana Rumble
11. Sonic 4
12. Home Grown
13. Sonic 5
14. Esoterical
15. Sonic 6
16. Pulses
17. Sonic 7
18. Scritches
19. Truckin
20. Sonic 8
21. Forces
22. Sonic 9
23. Deana
24. Sonic 10
25. Cosmic Walk
26. Gigglegrass
27. Tinkler
28. Slideout
29. Money
30. Sonic 11
31. SpiralsM

Remix-Album zu "Life Is Easy" mit Ana Matronic (Scissor Sisters), Todd Terry, Elton John und Alan Braxe. Mit Elton John waren Bright Light Bright Light letztes Jahr im Vorprogramm auf Welt-Tournee. Ana Matronic der Scissor Sisters singt auf der neuen Single "Good Luck", die hier im Original enthalten ist. Die LP kommt im Gatefold-Cover und ist 140g schwer. Fans von Erasure und den Pet Shop Boys werden sich mit der Musik von Bright Light Bright Light vermutlich sofort anfreunden. Eingängige Synthie-Motive treffen auf ausgefeiltes Songwriting und den melancholisch anmutenden Gesang von Rod Thomas. "Life Is Hard" ergänzt den Vorgänger "Life Is Easy", konzentriert sich auf Club-Remixes, enthält aber auch neue Songs.

Das Grammy-nominierte Produzenten-Duo aus dem Pharrell- und N.E.R.D.-Umfeld legt endlich sein Debütalbum vor! Christian Rich sind die Zwillingsbrüder Taiwo und Kehinde Hassan, die bereits mit Künstlern wie Drake, J. Cole, Earl Sweatshirt und Childish Gambino zusammen arbeiteten. Unter Anleitung von Pharrell Williams und Shae Haley von N.E.R.D. gelang es dem Duo, den eigenen Sound immer weiter zu verfeinern, was zu weiteren Kollaborationen mit Stars der Szene wie Diddy, The Clipse und Lupe Fiasco führte. Auf ihrem Debütalbum "FW14" bleiben die in Nigeria aufgewachsenen Brüder ihren musikalischen Wurzeln treu und vereinen einzigartige Percussion-Elemente aus dem nigerianischen Fuji, dem brasilianischen Jazz und Bossa Nova mit jeder Menge Streichern und futuristischen Sounds zu einem wahren Klangerlebnis.

Gesellschaftskritische Texte und Elektro-Klangfusionen von einem britischen Ausnahmetalent! FTSE ist das Projekt von Sam Manville aus den Midlands, der nach seinen drei Vorab-EPs nun die erste Langspielplatte vorlegt. Der Elektro-Produzent, der textlich kein Blatt vor den Mund nimmt und soziale Missstände offen anspricht, liefert auf "Joyless" verschiedene elektronische Klangfusionen, stechende Synthies, Spoken-Word-Momente, exotische und Minimal-Beats. Der Engländer reflektiert stets sozial- und gesellschaftskritisch, erinnert dabei musikalisch in den besten Momenten an Mike Skinner & The Streets.

"Georgia" ist das selbstbetitelte Debütalbum der 25-jährigen Multiinstrumentalistin, Produzentin und Songschreiberin Georgia Barnes. Geboren und aufgewachsen ist Georgia im Westen von London und hat sich unermüdlich in den Kreisen der herausragendsten und produktivsten Künstler und Musiker der britischen Hauptstadt bewiesen, bevor sie 2014 Jahr mit ihrer EP "Come In" debütierte. Georgia stammt aus einem ausgesprochen musikalischen Haushalt und begann schon als Kind Schlagzeug zu spielen, bevor sie sich im späten Teenageralter als vielseitige Musikerin mit erstaunlichen Fähigkeiten etablierte. Ihr Musikstudium an der Londoner School of Oriental and African Studies kombinierte sie mit der Arbeit hinter dem Ladentresen von Rough Trade und knüpfte auf diese Weise zahlreiche musikalische Kontakte. So wurde sie von Do-it-yourself-Innovatoren wie Kwes, Micachu und Kate Tempest eingeladen, mit ihnen Musik zu machen. "Georgia" ist das Ergebnis von zwei Jahren obsessiver Arbeit und zugleich eines von unersättlichem Musikhören gekennzeichneten jungen Lebens. Das Album wurde komplett von Barnes geschrieben, gespielt, produziert und in ihrem Homestudio aufgenommen. "Georgia" ist außerdem ein mutiges, grenzenloses Album mit einem musikalischen Mix, der dem 21. Jahrhundert den Spiegel vorhält und Georgia als dynamische Songschreiberin und autodidaktische Schöpferin von seelenvollem, progressivem und klar definiertem elektronischen Pop darstellt. Das Album erscheint Anfang August 2015 auf CD, Vinyl und Download via Domino!

Zwei Jahre nach dem traurigen und viel zu frühen Tod des aus Aberdeen (Schottland) kommenden Musikers und Designers Ewan Robertson aka Offshore erscheint via Big Dada nun sein letztes Album. Die Tracks entstanden zum großen Teil noch vor seinem Tod im Jahre 2012 und wurden liebevoll von seinen Angehörigen, Big Dada und befreundeten Musikern wie Amon Tobin, Slugabed, Ikonika, u.a. selektiert. Sämtliche Erlöse aus dem Verkauf des neuen Albums gehen an die Marfan Stiftung, da Ewan an dem Marfan Syndrom erkrankte. Musikalisch überzeugt Offshore auf ganzer Linie. Ob 90s Electronica a la Boards Of Canada, Post-Dubstep bis hin zu Hip Hop, Grime und Minimal Funk lässt er keine Wünsche offen!

Kevin Martin alias The Bug kollaboriert mit der jamaikanischen Dancehall-Reggae-Legende Burru Banton und liefert uns zwei monströse Tracks! Die 12inch erscheint auf rotem Vinyl und mit Gravur auf der B-Seite!

Der 23 jährige Produzent Will Archer veröffentlicht sein vielseitiges Neo-R'n'B' Debutalbum auf Domino! Der aus Newcastle stammende Produzent und Multiinstrumentalist Will Archer hat in den letzen Jahren bereits mit zwei EP's und zahlreichen Tracks, die er auf seiner Website vero¨ffentlichte, auf sich aufmerksam gemacht. Auf seinem Debütalbum Company versammelt er 10 Songs, die das Destillat aus rund 400 Kompositionen sind, die der 23 ja¨hrige u¨ber die Jahre geschrieben und produziert hat. Das Ergebnis ist ein abwechslungsreiches Stu¨ck Neo R'n'B, Trip Hop und Lounge fu¨r das er sich unter anderen Selah Sue als Vocalistin ins Boot holte, die auch schon bei Blood Orange Gesang beisteuerte.

Amsterdam's Rwina Records is behind the new EP, which is Kenrick Connor's first release since his 2011 album Presents 'Kentje'sz Beatsz' on Planet Mu. That record laid out the young producer's 'Dutch bubbling' sound, which pairs cheap-sounding synths with sped-up dembow tracks, which earned comparisons to UK funky and reggaeton. Connor has gone quiet since, but with Kush In Da Sound he offers up six new tracks that further flesh out the Dutch bubbling sound.

Sascha Schierloh a.k.a the enfant terrible of fucked up electronic dance music launches his new imprint Raketenbasis Haberlandstrasse with an impressive full length album offering.

Whilst the A-side holds some of his own tracks produced under his well unknown monikers Rgyeue DF and Bidol Cath originally released as 7" as "Dumm Aus Leidenschaft / Stupid Out Of Passion" once again showcasing his strange humour but also coming back to the techy floor variations introduced via his Littlebrutalravebastards Series released on labels like Dhyana Records, Intrauterin Recordings and LBRB Records.

To be found on the flip there's a nearly 20 minutes non stop amalgamation of short IDM / Electronica sketches produced by Michael Nowicki a.k.a. Panzerboy 666 which is mostly known under this name for the release of a semi-legendary 7" on Augsburgs Dhyana Records.
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Gebäude Rein, Mehrere Stockwerke Hoch, Kein Zugang Zum Gleis, Aber In Jeder Etage Sind Große
Badezimmer.

Ein Bahnhofsretaurant In Dem Es Nur Eis, Pudding Und Johgurt Gibt. (19:36)

Der kalifornische Hardware-Hersteller TipTop Audio startet ein gleichnamiges Label und lädt 9 der profiliertesten Technoproduzenten ein, anhand modularer Synths im neuen Eurorack-Format exklusive Tracks zu kreieren. Das Ergebnis hört man auf vorliegender Doppel-LP.

On his second installment for Holger, Weber further expands the sounds and themes introduced on his debut »eins« (Holger 4,
2014). Adequately entitled »zwei«, it documents Weber's development and growing condence as an artist. Combining inuences
from early krautrock and minimal music to contemporary dance sounds, Weber shows a refreshing appetite for experimentation and
free form song structures. Given these parameters anything seems possible: From the post-techno of »Sklt« via the anti-pop of »The
Bug« to the spaced out »B1 / Warten« and its ghostly dub companion »No4«.

It's happening again... After showcasing the up and coming Arcarsenal from Bass Cadet Records on their first opus, the London via Berlin based record label has found another young, talented and as-yet unknown producer - Repo Man -
For his debut release, Repo Man has found a perfect home at TINH - deep Balearic to weird stripped down techno to floor-filler summer jams, the TINH 'anything goes' ethos is fully satisfied on this EP.To top it all off, the record comes armed with the great Anaxander on remix duties, transforming 'Open Green' into an upbeat, G-funk house scorcher - those crazy synths will get you throwing that bottle of Hennessey high in the air!

For BT05 Koova brings 5 tracks of futuristic driving electro aimed at the dancefloor. As a solo artist, Koova has released on respected labels Abstract Forms and AC Records. He is also 1/3rd of London Modular Alliance along with Pip Williams and Yes Effect, who have been making serious waves with their all improvised live shows. 200 copies, screenprinting artwork unique to each copy, handstamped labels.

Following the release of their Life is Easy album earlier in the year, Bright Light Bright Light now bring the goods to the dancefloor with a remix LP, Life is Hard. Remixes come from house legend Todd Terry, French electronic pioneer Alan Braxe, Horsemeat Disco's beloved Severino and Hype Machine favourites Cyclist, In The Night and Starcadian. The album also features the collaboration with Freak You In The Night which was a club hit in 2014 and unreleased track These Things.

2 long sought after cuts from the Autonomic era finally available for the first time with an added bonus ASC collaboration.

Neuer Monstertrack von Hudson Mohawke, der in seinen DJ-Sets und im Internet bereits für Furore sorgt und Apples neue "MacBook Pro" Onlinewerbung musikalisch untermalt. "Chimes" ist der direkte Nachfolger des massiven Clubhits "TNGHT" mit Lunice, der allein in Deutschland als Vinyl-12" vierstellig verkauft hat, und der erste Solorelease nach der 2011'er EP "Satin Panthers". Hudson Mohawke zählt heute zu den gefragtesten Produzenten an der Schnittstelle zwischen HipHop, R&B und Electro, mit Arbeiten für u.a. Kanye West(!!), Drake, Pusha T und Azealia Banks.

Two brand-new hard electro-funk jams for poplockers from label boss Ed DMX.Sure to be popular with funk and boogie revivalists as well as electro and breakdance fans.
Funk Steps features a sparse, handclap-heavy beat, an arabian-style synth hook, some very greasy guitar playing and a vocoder lead vocal imploring the listener to get down and do their thing on the dancefloor.
Space Fonk is an uptempo synth-funk number with squelchy synth bass, vocoder hook and live tambourine and guitar. Moogs and lazer zaps all over this one.
Ed DMX continues to DJ & perform live around the world: recent bookings include Bloc Weekend, Batofar in Paris, Berghain in Berlin and many more.

Nothing New' by Gil Scott-Heron is an album of stripped down vocal and piano versions of songs from his back catalogue, recorded in New York with producer Richard Russell between 2005 and 2009. Nothing New' features these stripped down versions of some of Gil's best (though not necessarily best known) songs, as well as excerpts of conversations between takes. The songs were chosen by Gil himself and it was only when compiling the album that Russell realised that each song was taken from a different album, Gil having carefully curated his selection

Greta Cottage Woodpile bringing some ecstatic ambient works to dinner.Inhmost recalls distant memories of a sun bleached beach and former glories faded back into sand. A time of youthful hope and dreams of grandeur that have morphed over the years into reminiscent memories for two of the crew... As if Inhmost climbed into their minds and created a dusty road trip using gear from the era - glacial reverbs and slow motion builds drip from speakers, floating audio across ears like filamentous achenes from a dandelion. Miniscule hints of Goan beaches and horizontal D&B backrooms drift past your frame of reference, never breaking that stream of consciousness beaming out from the sun shadow of Dockweiler State Beach. An LP for summer earbuds & early morning sunrise sessions, ambient music that is unashamedly retro, yet staring hard into the future with asynchronous joy.
If you recall The Orb & KLF Chillout reigned supreme over your post rave mornings, as you nursed a cup of tea and a roach then this Trip is for you... and if you don't, enjoy your travels with an open mind. Bliss Out.

Idle Hands has been broadening its reach both sonically and geographically this year, turning to ambient electronic dub with Portland's Strategy, atmospheric broken beat with London-based Leif and stripped down house with German producer Matt Karmil. This latest EP brings the focus back to Bristol with O$VMV$M, the latest project to emerge from the Young Echo milieu. Comprised of Neek (commonly found bashing out grime and steppers alongside Kahn) and Amos Childs (of Jabu and Zhou amongst others), the eight track release marks a step into even more experimental territory for Idle Hands while retaining the principles of soundsystem pressure that form a backdrop to the label's activities. The brief vignettes on IDLE026 are the result of sample scouring from all kinds of unlikely sources, following the practice Neek and Amos undertook when preparing their first cassette release for No Corner earlier in the year.

VERY Limited Copies (2 black, 1 gold)



Miguel A Ruiz - Climatery











High Voltage Re-Enactment (M.O.M.O Cut + Re Designed It)(Gold Vinyl)

After a string of releases by label owner Nightwave, Heka Trax is proud to present 'Hit Da Blokk' EP by London-based French producer Big Dope P.

Big Dope P has been making waves in recent years, emerging as one of Europe's premier DJs and producers in the field of house, footwork, electro, rap and everything in between. He has released a number of club bangers on his label Moveltraxx and dropped remixes on big labels such as LuckyMe, Ed Banger, Sony, Warner, Ultra, Ministry Of Sound and Universal.

'Hit Da Blokk' is a club release in Dope P's classic bass+vocal filled style featuring a collaboration with Feadz (Ed Banger) and a string of heavyweight remixes by Rustie, DJ Earl Teklife, Ikonika and Tim Dolla as a vinyl exclusive.

Early support from Diplo, LuckyMe Crew, Armand Van Helden, Ryan Hemsworth, Addison Groove plus radio play by Monki on BBC Radio 1, Coco Cole on Capital Extra and Mary Anne Hobbs on BBC Radio 6.

First release on this new label from Glasgow featuring four drum tracks and workouts for the DJ who knows what the f*ck he's doing. Limited edition, hand stamped vinyl with screen printed sleeve and insert.

An exploration of spiritual identity and femininity, the new EP titled 'Conscious Cunt' from Swiss-born, Nepalese-Tibetan electronic producer Aïsha Devi is the latest release to come from fabric's Houndstooth label.

Besides founding her Swiss-based imprint, Danse Noire, releasing leftfield electronic music from the likes of IVVVO and Vaghe Stelle, Devi's latest solo productions are further testament to her personal evolution. Devi's reconnection with her origins meant a newly formed approach to music production under her birth name.

''Conscious Cunt' embodies different perspectives on womanhood and the dichotomy between materialistic femininity under societal pressure and spirituality.' Devi says. 'It's an EP about sluts, awareness, death, and women in a patriarchal society... enlightenment, violence, resistance, mothers, daughters, consciousness, Guy Debord, Vedas and eternity. It's also a high-five to my grandmother who raised me and passed away early this year.'

Heavily influenced by her dedicated practice of meditation, Devi's work is often visceral and ritualistic, fusing her intense, warped vocal samples with sombre, and at times industrial instrumentation. 'I've been meditating for six years and it has a huge influence on my music. In my way of production, the practice has transformed me, opened my cosmos, expanded my skills, extended the knowledge that I'm modulating in music.' Devi says. 'My voice and my machines are the vibrations of my soul, mind, and body and out of body explorations. Both meditation sessions and music production merged into one same ritual.'

This meditative process extends into the live experience where she incorporates the overtone and guttural chanting techniques she learned, as a healing method through frequencies.

The lead track, 'Kim & The Wheel of Life' is a whirling melodic vortex of echoing synths underlaid by deep rumbling kicks and melancholic undertones before morphing into a vocal-centric piece. 'It's a cynical comment - societal emptiness vs dharma & eternity... or the complete fail of modern feminine icons, empowered but still complying to patriarchal and capitalist codes'

The beatless 'Aurat' is an Urdu/Hindi poem written by Pakistani feminist, Kishwar Naheed. 'It's about revolt inside the marital system and revolution in a conservative society.' says Devi. 'That track is the second 'vox tool' of a series, where the idea is to invade the club with my voice, spreading some political, spiritual and subversive matter that can be mixed by DJs in clubs and raves. Since my previous EP, 'Throat Dub', I'm including a tool in each release and the seriality is the idea, like a collection.'

Whilst 'The Saviour on Spilled Blood', a reference to motherhood, is a slow-building epic, using Devi's dark, chanting voice to accumulate energy and emotion.

Arriving as a precursor to her debut album described as a 'materialisation of her initiatic journey through her spiritual and origin quests' due later this year, the EP will be out on Houndstooth on 24th July 2015.

Deadboy RETURNS from the nighttime abyss with a new EP for Numbers, out next Monday, April 28th.

Over the course of four EPs for Numbers and creation of his own label 'Total Fantasy', Deadboy has charted his own path far beyond the deep black space of mediocrity with previous records 'If U Want Me', 'Here' & 'BLAQUEWERK'. On 'Return' Deadboy journeys further into uncharted territories, taking his music to the darkest recesses of disco and extraterrestrial synth-werk.

The opening track 'Return' finds the London-based producer taking cues from the likes of Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze with a gentle ambient opener that unwraps to reveal a beautiful and moving track. 'Des Niles' is a shimmering disco track built around an 80's boogie bassline, plus those killer Deadboy vocal chop-ups that take us even deeper into the producer's nighttime world.

Samples are worked to within an inch of their life on the floor-ready 'YHVH', whilst punchy bass and synth stabs take care of the rest. Things then move swiftly on to 'Life Code', with the Deadboy once again notching the tempo down and letting the track's wistful oriental melodies ride out into the dark.

Return has already been praised by Pitchfork, FACT, XLR8R, Pigeons & Planes and Dummy and is accompanied by an ethereal short film inspired by the title track, created and directed by Thomas Traum and viewable here.

DEEK Recordings is proud to present Thool and their debut 12'.
Thool make mystical dance music spiked with funk, feeling and humour. This, their self-titled opener, takes you down into the jungle to meet your maker. The rhythm's in the detail.DEEK Recordings producer, Bullion, says: 'something so familiar about Thool, they feel like old family friends. Each track on the EP contains quite a lot of information and every part is relevant - nothing can interfere with the overall feeling of brilliant movement!'

Dedicated to deep and emotive electronic music, Anjunadeep holds a unique position in the modern dance music world, championing music heard on the huge stages of Coachella and EDC to the intimate dancefloors of Europe and everywhere in between. With glowing press coverage as diverse as The Wall Street Journal and Resident Advisor, the label keeps itself firmly rooted in the European underground whilst taking North America and beyond by storm.

Those with a passion for heavyweight electro and Drexciyan sounds have long held French producer Franck Kartell in high regard. He's been working away on the fringes delivering high-grade material for a decade, and finally got round to dropping his debut album, Afterlife, last year. Here he delivers a swift follow-up, effortlessly flitting between icy ambience, Vector Lovers style electro-IDM, creepier compositions, and the kind of oddly symphonic, soundtrack-inspired fare that exists to stir the emotions. It's a far more fragile sounding set than some might expect, but no worse for it. While there's little dancefloor material on show, Kartell's downtempo fare is a cut above most of his contemporaries.

Without trying to revive any talk about a jungle revival, Akkord follow up to their self titled debut album on Houndstooth (which is simply titled by its catalogue number: HTH020) finds the duo changing tack a little, the EP is a move into darker realms, and finds Synkro and Indigo absorbing even more jungle influence into their productions

Silkie's latest album 'Fractal's' on long-time friend and collaborator Distal's newly minted Science Fiction imprint 'Anarchostar' might just be his most forward thinking work to date. Silkie has put together a psychedelically sexy and temperamental record that toys with new ideas, archetypes and bpm's but still grounds itself in what makes dance music and his music so palpable... repetition.