House News

Oof records is the home of DJ Oof & music agency Ping pong from Paris representing Ninja Tune since 1998. They signed Lunivers with the hit single "Happy Route" & remixes of Supermen Lovers. Now Aron Ottignon is opening more the spectrum & soon their biggest project called Dance Conscious.
New Zealand-born, Paris-based pianist Aron Ottignon has been steadily expanding his instrumental craft as a jazz pianist - both on
his own and in collaboration with artists such as Stromae and Woodkid. For his latest release, Ottignon sought out the production talents of fellow-antipodean Rodi Kirk, and enlisted UK steel pan and percussion virtuoso Samuel Dubois. The resulting 'Starfish EP is a kaleidoscopic ride through electronically-augmented, percussion-heavy 21st century jazz that also takes musical cues from a variety of non-Western music styles. Preparing to perform the EP in a live context, the challenge for the three musicians lay in recreating the intricacy and sonic detail of the studio recordings while leaving enough room for the energy and improvisation of a great performance. For his part, Rodi Kirk arrived at a solution involving Ableton Push, a Tempest drum machine, a mixing desk, and a custom Max for Live device. Thus, with the electronic elements on equal footing with the piano and percussion, the trio now had ample room to maneuver within Ottignon's dynamic compositions.
Ready to test themselves in front of an audience, for their debut performance Ottignon, Kirk and Dubois set up their instruments at
the historic Funkhaus Berlin for an intimate live recording session, and Ableton's camera crew was on hand to document the whole
performance. Already support by : James Holden, Recloose, Mawimbi, Paris dj's, Doc Daneeka, Ashley Beedle...

Cardopusher appears as if by magic on Super Rhythm Trax to drop four Acid bangers. There are no frills or pretensions here, just jugular acid trax that don't mess around. Straight up, solid and perfect for dark strobe lit basements. This EP channels the rawness with aplomb.

Tel Aviv's Red Axes are back on I'm a Cliché for the second instalment in their ongoing SHEM series. On this EP, four tracks that take different directions to reach the duo's signature sound while expanding the horizons of their already impressive production abilities. 

SHEMA hypnotic track driven by a simple, functional rhythm. Melodies, percussion, and sparse vocals give a distinctively human feel to the track's mechanical vibe. With brilliant use of space and subtle melodic variations, this track is reminiscent both of cosmic music and of timeless film scores in the spirit of Ennio Morricone's work.

OH KEY
Guitars, live percussion, synths and keyboards: this track is a throwback to Red Axes' early sound. With a hazy, slightly narcotic atmosphere thanks to the dance-inducing rhythm section and swirling guitar melodies, this is a fine piece of underwater surf rock whose potential in a club context must not be underestimated. 

SWEET JOHN GANG
If you've ever wondered what's the sound of an agogo rainfall, this is it. On this track where familiar latin percussion sounds are presented in a new light, Red Axes' ability to create playful and catchy melodies layered on an understated groove, heavily treated guitar and frequency oscillating synths is compelling. A psychedelic cut tested and approved on the dance floor by several high profile DJs in the last few months. 

MORE MORE AND MORE
The EP concludes with a track where a syncopated beat lets treated drums as well as slightly fuzzy bass line and synth stabs breathe through the mix. These dark elements contrast with lush pads, naive melodies optimistic chords and otherworldly horns. The result produces a fluid groove and much depth on this highly danceable track that seems to be Tel Aviv's response to The Hague's classic electro sound. 

01 A1. Always
02 A2. In The Light
03 A3. Space In Your Mind (feat. Will Samson)
04 B1. Kalstar
05 B2. Linear
06 C1. Everytime
07 C2. Ancestors (feat. Will Samson)
08 C3. Morning Soldier
09 D1. Tides (feat. Will Samson)
10 D2. Exit (feat. Daudi Matsiko)
11 D3. Trails Of Gold

Rare Self produced tape from 1993 - LP including free bonus cd , limited to 500 handnumbered copies.
It's been exactly 20 years since the first SUICIDE COMMANDO album "Critical Stage" was released on the German Off Beat label.
It was the promising start of a long and ultimatily succesful career and today SUICIDE COMMANDO can be easily described as on of THE leading harsh electro acts in the alternative scene.
What some of you might not know is that Johan Van Roy still released 9 (!) tapes before releasing his debut album in 1994.
"Electro Convulsion Therapy" was the last and without any doubt the most succesfull tape released in 1993. It already contained the original 4 track recordings of later clubhits like "Traumatize", "Necrophilia" or "Time", but also featured other pearls like "Close Your Eyes", "Sheer Horror" or "How It Feels".
"Electro Convulsion Therapy" holds the complete last tape on lp, but also contains a selection of the best songs from the other early tapes released between 1988 and 1992, including several rare songs and even one previously unreleased song as a bonus on the free included cd version , all remastered by Eric Van Wonterghem at Prodam Berlin 2015.

Auf Seite A gibt es zwei Tracks von Styro2000s Le Bal EP "Deselected", die am selben VÖ-Datum, 25.6., erscheint. Styro2000, Zürichs Meister der Modularen Analogsysteme und bekannt vom Duo "Galoppierende Zuversicht", das nicht nur am Burning Man Furore machte, ist nach längerer Pause zurück mit einem Solorelease und seinem sorgfältig handgemachten, analogen Minimal-Techno, der uns Hörer mit seinen subtilen rhythmischen Mustern and klanglichen Ausflügen gnadenlos reinzieht.

Die AA-Seite präsentiert den dritten und letzten Teil der "Strange Sounds" Remixes von Manuel Mind & Valentino Tomasis Elektroklassiker von 2001. Während wir für die Volumes 1 & 2 (LEBAL1201/1202, LEBAL002), hauptsächlich einheimische Produzenten angefragt hatten - Andri, Canson, Marco Repetto - baten wir dieses Mal drei internationale Remixer um ihre Vision des Tracks. Es geht los mit DJ Slugo, einem der Chicago Juke / Ghetto House Pioniere, und seiner kompromisslosen Tiefbass-808-Booty-Shake Juke-Version; danach klopft Johnny Dangerous in seiner Foremost Poets Mental Version "Strange Sounds" den Track richtig weich. Seine Synkopen-Synthie-Stöhnvocal-Version verdient ihren Namen in jedem Fall. Den Abschluss macht der Berliner Produzent Mijk van Dijk mit einem Mix, dessen Boogie-Feel uns die Tanzschuhe von selbst anzieht.


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Side A features two tracks from Styro2000's Le Bal EP "Deselected", out on the same date, June 25th. Styro2000, Zurich's master of modular analogue systems and of "Galoppierende Zuversicht" fame with legendary live performances at Burning Man, is back with a solo release featuring his carefully crafted trademark sound of analogue minimal techno that seduces the listener with its rhythmic patterns and sonic waves.

Side AA features the third and final installment of the "Strange Sounds" remixes by Le Bal's own Manuel Mind & Valentino Tomasi. While in Volumes 1 & 2 (LEBAL1201/1202, LEBAL002), we invited mainly producers from our native Switzerland - Andri, Canson, Marco Repetto et al. - this time, we asked some international remixers to complete their visions of the track. It starts with DJ Slugo, one of the pioneers of Chicago Juke / Ghetto House, and his uncompromising deep bass 808 booty-shake Juke version; after that, Foremost Poets' Johnny Dangerous beats "Strange Sounds" with a bat, and out comes a syncope-driven "Mental" version that fully deserves its name. At last, Berlin-based Mijk van Dijk delivers a funky track with a boogie feel you feel the need to dance to.

Tricky liebt Veränderungen. Er ist ständig in Bewegung und mutiert immer wieder, um sich
weiterzuentwickeln. Nach seinem Umzug nach Berlin Anfang 2015 begann er sofort die Arbeit an seinem
nächsten Musikprojekt. Dieses trägt den Titel Skilled Mechanics. Bei Skilled Mechanics handelt es sich um
ein lockeres Kooperationsgefüge, welches ihm erlaubt mit verschiedenen Künstlern und Sängern
zusammenzuarbeiten, während er gleichzeitig seinen eigenen, einzigartigen Gesang in den Vordergrund
stellen kann. Der prominenteste Partner ist DJ Milo, bekannt als Teil der Wild-Bunch-Crew. Neben
Gastauftritten der chinesischen Rapperin Ivy , der Londoner Sängerin Renata Platon und der dänischen
Singer/Songwriterin Oh Land steuert auf dem selbstbetitelten Debüt auch Trickys aktuelle Sängerin
Francesca Belmonte einen Song bei. Eher durch Zufall entdeckte Tricky die tolle Stimme seines regulären
Tour-Drummers Luke Harris, der so zu einem wichtigen Akteur des Ganzen wurden. Das Album "Skilled
Mechanics" wird auf Trickys eigenem Label False Idols veröffentlicht.

Joey LaBeija has earned himself the reputation of an underground club music deity in his native town of New York City. The Bronx-bred producer/DJ is revered for his rhythmic assaults on sound systems: combining a celebration of his Puerto Rican heritage (i.e. Big Pun and Wisin Y Yandel) with his love for the more extreme/experimental corners of electronic music (from Bjork to friends, Rabit and Lotic). As a fourth generation House of LaBeija emissary, Joey is less interested in plainly referencing the traditional sound of ballroom and vogue, but instead seeks out new pathways to further immerse listeners into his personal experience. Shattered Dreams, Joey's first proper body of work, marks a bold step forward in this artistic inquiry. On Shattered Dreams, we hear Joey pouring his darkest time as an adult into the music: a single year full of life losses amidst the walls of an unforgiving metropolis. From start to finish, it is a story told through the sprawl of daydreamt melodies, amorphous noise resembling the multi-appendage clatter of insects, and tattered beds of abrasive percussion. Much like his style of playing live, there is no single set genre as Shattered Dreams winds forward, instead he mines various stylistic cues - the upbeat stutter step of either Timbaland or that of grime ('Over' and 'Joey's Inferno'), for instance - until revealing the tender, reverberating echoes of sounds unfound beneath the breaking sediment. This album is a hard barrel roll left, away from his well-secured club stature. It is, instead, an intrepid dive into the pain of mind.

While Shattered Dreams was debuted by The Fader as a stream-only mix last August (making FACT's 'Best of the Year' list and receiving high praise in Mixmag's November issue), Purple Tape Pedigree is proud to be assigned the responsibility of officially releasing the album with tracks split and re-touched to utmost dynamic clarity by the masterful Rashad Becker. This is a new beginning, as well as the most ideal way for PTP to start a new year.

Troubling up with our man Cliff again. Be on the l00k out for very big balls in the early summer of '15.

Collecting orders for repress!
Fodd Dod debut recording is a beautiful portrayal of disappointment - one that could be aimed at anything and could be added onto any situation or relation. Whether it is aimed at the impossible symmetry of male/female chemistry, one's own shortcomings, or the shortness of life, Fodd Dod translates to "Born Dead", the subject of the disappointment is not important - it is not why, but rather how. The six tracks that form the record offer no solution, they dont even hint at one. Track by track "Studie i Narhet, Langtan och Besvikelse" drags you further down, using simple machine drum rhythms and droney synth melodies combined with SARS signature mourns - but with enough skill and enough progression to never lose its aim, without ever becoming stagnant. What separates Varg and SARS' work as 'Fodd Dodd', from many of the "minimal synth wave" projects of the last years genre revival, is that you for once believe in the emotion being transmitted. The project, however similar in approach to other bands, current and past, does not feel forced. So even if the emotional quest of the record is to dwell in disappointment, the record as a listening experience does the exact opposite. The inescapable nerve in the six pieces is so strong, that one ends up feeling captivated rather than disappointed." -Loke Rahbek

From the Rotterdam harbours come the deep and deviant electronic voyages of Jeremiah R. Electro in classic detroit fashion, oozing with Westcoast gravy. An EP crafted for night to dawn, for the floor and the mental cruise. Cop it and drop it! All with mind-bending screen printed inner sleeve by the BAKK Decency Department.

now repressed !!!! the burner with the new mixes by butch & popof !!!

..."Two years after my first reference in Interstellar Tracks (The Stars Are Not For Humans) I am pleased to introduced "Cosmic Lights EP".
Work consisting of a version of the original track, released in Le Galassie di Seyfert, (recorded in 2011 for Synth Alien Live @ Elektro Sikness 3), a new track "My Universe" and a brilliant remix of the original track signed by my Brother and the legendary Alek Stark"...
Available on full color paper sleeve, Hand numbered & limited copies.

Brand new double A-sided Anthony Rother 12" hitting the shelves in May! played by sven väth!

Amazing Brendon Moeller Release. Prologue is very excited to introduce Brendon as Echologist to the label with this massive deeper spacing and bleeby acid oriented vinyl. This EP is simply brilliant and Brendon completes the Prologue rooster in perfection. Let us together swing on the dancefloor..

Church label head Seb Wildblood delivers six track EP 'U' via his the SW Catagolgue. Limited run of Cassettes and Digital Release.

Disc: 1
01. Avaritia
02. Coelacanth I
03. Ice Age - How To Destroy Angels, deadmau5
04. My Pet Coelacanth
05. Infra Turbo Pigcart Racer
06. Terrors In My Head
07. Creep
08. Somewhere Up Here
09. Phantoms Can't Hang
10. Gula

Disc: 2
01. Acedia
02. Invidia
03. Errors In My Bread
04. Survivalism - Nine Inch Nails, deadmau5
05. Silent Picture
06. Rlyehs Lament
07. Superbia
08. Mercedes
09. Bleed
10. Ira
11. Monday
12. A Moment To Myself
13. Pets
14. Coelacanth II
15. Seeya - deadmau5, Colleen D'Agostino

Ewan Jansen for hardworksoftdrink.
hardworksoftdrink is a creative collective founded by twelve friends faithfully representing the Offenbach and Frankfurt am Main area.
They work on a range of cross-discipline projects including music
production.
Sunset written and produced by Ewan Jansen.
Sky Thru Vines written and produced by Ewan Jansen.
Mastered by Helmut Erler @ dubplates & mastering, Berlin for hardworksoftdrink 2014.
Artwork by Karl Becker & Timothy Schaumburg.
180g Vinyl comes with stickers and love!

Following two acclaimed EP's on KOMPAKT and more than a year of meticulous preparation, COMA's (Marius Bubat and Georg Conrad) much-anticipated album debut IN TECHNICOLOR (KOMPAKT 279 CD 106) will see the light of day via KOMPAKT in April 2013. In advance of this incisive event, the band gives you a taste of the opulences to be expected with the 12' release of MY ORBIT (KOMPAKT 278) - one of the album's surefire highlights escorted by two brilliant remixes from upcoming luminaries DAUWD and CLOUDS.

Clocking in at over than 6 minutes, title-track "Alma Do Meu Pai" is a game-changer, 3x longer than the average batida track, a deep running hypnotic percussion grid showcasing all the rhythmic flow Firmeza inherited and perfect from his admiration of classic DJ Nervoso beats.

"Somos Melão Doce" introduces plucked synthetic strings that sound totally alien in this context but with a precise emotive agenda. Opening side B, "Os PDDG" namechecks Firmeza's ground-breaking crew he shared with Liofox (co-authoring this track), Dadifox, Maboku and Lilocox (both now active as CDM). The tempo is comparatively relaxed, percussion drops are stars in their own right, lending an avant-garde edge to this most tribal dance.In "Start Go", assertive chants dance around each other, in and out of sync, securing a safe path for the heavy duty percussion workout. By the time we reach "Coelho 2025", it's more than evident we are locked in Firmeza's own intricate web of rhythm; forget notions of kuduro or afrohouse, this is really something else, a pulsating heart linked to stomping feet in a most elegant way. "Suposto" adds flute and clipped guitar as atmosphere enhancers, balancing the usual genius percussion work. Bouncy and intuitive, one for dancers who enjoy making shapes in the air with their hands.

Hitting the ground running in 2015, Huntleys + Palmers returns with a new DrumTalk release.

Following on from the success of his MASSIVE 'Time' release in 2014, DrumTalk is back with a 4 track EP of serious belters.

From slow-burners, to straight up peak time anthems, our favourite changes every time we hear them and we're sure you'll find your own one to treasure. Not much needs to be said really. Enjoy.

Debut Album from Tel Aviv artists Niv Arzi and Dori Sadovnik

Red Axes is Niv Arzi and Dori Sadovnik, two young men who have always lived in Tel-Aviv and have been making music together since the noughties. Ballad of the Ice is their debut album. Their artistic travels have taken them from the rock scene to the dancefloors, and to creating an album. More than a summary, this LP is an invitation to discover a singular musical identity: a ballad of the ice, a song as light as love and cold as a tunnel, springy as a dance step and deep as nostalgia.

Early support:
Snowball (Exploration/Rinse): "Very nice release! Especially B1!"
Oxyd (Technorama/Rinse/Sonotown): ""Well done and thanks! I'm a fan of A1 and B1, full support!"
Code (Subtle Audio): "liking those tracks - the techno bits are sweet, just my style. The B Side is growing on me too"

Science fiction, psychosis and savagery converge: The ever-enigmatic Redshape returns to his own label Present with this propulsive and decidedly unearthly release. BLEEP REPEAT makes for a potent first track. Here, a thumping step gives way to synth lines that sting and swell across solar systems. Things get headier, grittier, reaching a furious and frightening rush with spectral soundbites to match. A homage to UK rave sounds, this track perfectly captures the uncanny pairing of aggression and rapture at the heart of 90s bleep. PAPER BLADES follows, a celestial soundscape punctuated with hissing breakbeats and a sinewy bassline. Rippling acid lines beam along the astral plane, and a hallucinatory, near-liturgical melody meanders all the while. Spaced-out yet inexplicably driving, this track is elevating, enveloping

last copies ever, be fast !

Medical Records in close collaboration with Disko Obscura Records presents a special split 7" showcasing 1 new track each by ((PRESSURES)) and Roladex. ((PRESSURES)) hails from New Orleans, LA. They craft their unique futuristic icy tracks on a museum's worth of analog synths and drum machines. This release follows their first LP on Disko Obscura entitled "Casting Shadows". Their contribution "The Voices" is a propulsive and dripping with synth textures track featuring vocoded vocals. Roladex (a veteran of Medical Records already with their "Anthems For the Micro-Age" LP) hails from Seattle by way of Texas. Blending girl/boy vocals with catchy pop hooks drenched in a seductive melancholy, Roladex also uses a plethora of vintage gear. "Glass Statuette" is their new track for this 7" and features their signature sound with a bit of an evolution into Moroder-esque cascading arpeggios. Fans of both artists will surely want this in their collection. Features original artwork for the "double A side" on foldover insert style by both artwork that nicely complements the music contained therein. Pressed on high quality transparent yellow vinyl. Mastered by Martin Bowes at the Cage, UK. Limited Edition.

Lux Rec continue their endless research at the margins of music, what is underground, at every latitude, to find rough gems and bring them to light.
After a series of releases which explore Techno in various ways, they turned their attention to another field. That of the Cold Electronics and New Wave movement, and French musical existentialism.

Cold Colors comes from Bordeaux, France. To Lux Rec he is the best expression of and a new take on that type of music. A sense of solitude is the first reaction to his music. Melodic longings for something that is not there, unreachable. Four songs to depict a hopeless stare into emptiness. Shadows of a love long gone.

And They Flash Again. DJ Cle and Mike Vamp aka Maertini Broes, the legendary Berlin Techno and House
Producers are back for good with their brand new EP on vinyl for the best in Nightlife and Excitment.
The record containes a download coupon including two digital bonus trax. Let The Music Play!

01. Freak Out - Radio Mix - Dream Dance Alliance (D.D. Alliance)
02. Strong Ones - Van Buuren, Armin Feat. Cimo Fränkel / Fränkel, Cimo
03. Chemicals - Radio Edit - Tiesto & Don Diablo Feat. Thomas Troelsen
04. Mad World - Radio Edit - Hardwell Feat. Jake Reese
05. Flash X - Atb
06. Yesterday Is Gone - Radio Edit - Dash Berlin & Dubvision Feat. Jonny Rose
07. Run Away - Alexander Popov Radio Edit - Cosmic Gate With Eric Lumiere
08. Where Did You Go - Original Edit - Dj Shog Feat. Jenson
09. Don't Care - Galantis
10. Never Alone - Radio Edit - Gold, Thomas & Deniz Koyu
11. World Wide Wait - Edit - Besh
12. Voices - Radio Mix - Apek Feat. Linney
13. You Dancing - Ang Radio Mix - Wildones Feat. David Julien
14. Restart - Khomha Feat. Mike Schmid
15. Together - Radio Edit - Newson, Thomas & Marco V Feat. Rumors
16. Steal Your Heart - Breathe Carolina Radio Mix - Brklyn Feat. Lenachka
17. Never Leave - Radio Edit - Dvbbs
18. Wake The Giant - Radio Edit - Trash, Tommy
19. Haywire - Edit - Wild, Kevin X Judah
20. Strike It Up - Radio Edit - Ftampa
21. Salva Mea 2.0 - Above & Beyond Remix - Faithless

01. How Deep Is Your Love - Harris, Calvin & Disciples / Wrolsden, Ina
02. By Your Side - Radio Edit - Holmes & Watson
03. Second Chance - Funkagenda Remix Radio Edit - Digitalism
04. L'amour Toujours - (Tiesto Edit) [Radio Edit] - Dzeko & Torres Feat. Delaney Jane
05. All Around The World - Original Edit - Tyler, Mason Feat. L.O.C.
06. Sing That Song - Stereo Faces Remix Edit - Bate, Shaun Feat. Sirona
07. Ride Like The Wind - Mason Tyler Edit - La Sal
08. For You - Radio Edit - Farrell, Pat Feat. Alina Renae
09. You & Me - Emanuel, Dave, Divine & Andy Prinz
10. Breathtaking (We'll Run Away) - Radio Edit - Kiavetta & O'neils Feat. Michael Zhonga
11. Adrift - Enyo & Mario Ayuda Edit - Palladium & Van Snyder Feat. Bianca Varela
12. Fight - Stereo Faces Remix Edit - Basslovers United & Addicted Craze Feat. Melina Cortez
13. Joyride - Original Edit - Nolita
14. What If 2k15 - Radio Edit - Van Reeven, Andor
15. Air Lounge - Edit - Mayhem, Jason
16. Miss A Day - Original Edit - Cosmic Culture
17. Take Control - Mason Tyler Remix Edit - Tube Tonic & Dave Cansis
18. Lost - Club Edit - Dj Fait
19. Pickles - Radio Mix - Pedersen, Dennis
20. Shooting Stars - Radio Edit - Tribune
21. My Love - Topmodelz Edit - Pulsedriver & Tiscore
22. I've Seen The World - Original Edit - Trance Arts Feat. Carie

01. Fibreglasses - Radio Edit - Chicane
02. Find A Way - Radio Edit - Corsten, Ferry
03. Lover In The Dark - Radio Edit - Kyau & Albert
04. Lifeline - Radio Edit - Bt Feat. Dragon, Jontron & Senadee / Verdi, Sena
05. Mr Gravity - Radio Edit - Luke Chable Feat. Johnny Dharma
06. Anzoo - Dream Dance Exclusive Edit - Barone, Gai
07. Come Back - Fall, Tom & Jes
08. Hold It Together - Ahmed Romel Radio Edit - Marlo Feat. Christina Novelli
09. Wishing Well - Stoneface & Terminal Radio Edit - Cabriolet Paris & David Berkeley
10. Where I Begin - Sheperd, Dennis Feat. Katty Heath
11. Olympus - Original Edit - Raven & Kleekamp
12. Nero - Original Mix Edit - Sneijder & Giuseppe Ottaviani
13. Neon - Ryos Radio Mix - Hayes, Thomas Feat. Joni Fatora
14. All About You - Original Mix Edit - Bravenus
15. Celebrate The Light - Rene Ablaze Radio Edit - Sun Liquide
16. Optical Illusion - Daniel Kandi's Illusionist Radio Mix - Lee, Anna & Dima Krasnik
17. Tamahine - Original Mix Edit - Simz, Marc
18. Final Rising - Radio Edit - Bowdidge, Matt
19. The Only One - Radio Mix - Van Skyler, Milan
20. Temptation - Radio Mix - Wright, Alex
21. Horizons - Original Mix Edit - Talla 2xlc & Andre Visior
22. Is It Love - James Dymond Radio Edit - Aly & Fila Feat. Ever Burn

(limited picture disc release!) the best of the complete trilogy on an amazing picture disc. the support list is long: Crookers, Boys Noize, Etienne De Crecy, Tiga, Bloody Beetroots, Brodinski, D.I.M., Proxy, Cassius, Steve Aoki

the new deadmau5 bomb !! a limited 1-sided vinyl pressing !!

Stephen Falken and Pierre de la Touche revive the Outrunners project with the 'Running For Love And Money' EP.

do you still know panjabi mc

The second single release from Thomas Schumachers critically acclaimed album STAND UP is a collaboration featuring none other than the fabulous Chelonis R. Jones.

Chelonis is an electropop musician, painter, poet, singer, songwriter and producer. Born and raised in California and New York, he is currently living in Europe. Thomas and Chelonis first crossed paths when Thomas remixed his song"Black Sabrina" in 2005 and again while they were releasing on Get Physical. Right at the begining of the recordings for STAND UP, Thomas produced a playback specifically with Chelonis in mind, imagining his unmistakable falsetto voice, referencing Curtis Mayfield. Chelonis was immediately on board and very soon after delivered the amazing performace that is, IS YOUR KETTLE ON

The original album version is a sparse piece of Electronica driven by an old school, downtempo 808 beat with an outstanding, emotional vocal performance from Chelonis R. Jones.

With remixes from Kris Menace, Douglas Greed, Kai von Glasow and Thomas Schumacher himself, the fifth release on Electric Ballroom will be out in july 2013