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Constant Black knocks it out of the park once more here with more of that tasteful dance floor dynamite. This one is a tasty split between Pascal Benjamin and Daniel Akbar. The former goes first with the deeply stylish minimal number that is 'On The Wing' with its bumping drums and goes bass get you in the vibe right off the bat. Next comes 'Twofold', a minimal house cut that is tightly coiled and damn infectious. Flip this one over and you'll be treated to the brilliant brace of gems from Akbar. First is 'Another Chance' with has an effortlessly breezy feel with warm chord smears and then 'Groove' closes down with balmy pads swirling round a loose rhythm that you won't want to end.

4 tracks from Zavor shows at his most versatile yet and clearly displays the producers talent for constructing both strong atmosphere as well as sheer dance-floor effectiveness.
Enjoy!

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Buttechno explores minimal techno via a psychedelic filter of his own design. Gently modulating, dubwise, fun-spirited and most of all, funky bangers from deep inside MCK.

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Fresh from drops on Clone Jack For Daze, Non Plus & Ultramajic - San Fran's Vin Sol returns to UTTU where he debuted his first material (the incredible Edges Of A Vortex back in 2012 one of the 1st ever UTTU releases!). Nutthin butt ghetto azz acid bombs for the klubb!

Italian duo Neverdogs mint their brand new label Bamboleo Records with a powerful four-track EP that serves as a fine statement of intent.


The label will focus on house, techno and minimal with a funky edge. As well as their own material, it will release big names from the international scene and aims to inspire and generate new emotions for the dance floor.


Up first is the thrilling 'Underground Activity', a dubbed out deep techno roller. It has warm chords bringing plenty of scale to the slick, kinetic drums.


The superb 'Solution' is a more churning, lively tech cut with wobbling hooks and metallic drums. It's one to get the floor moving, with dark vocals finishing it in style.


Keeping up the dynamic dancefloor vibes, 'Stop Talking' slips into a moody and stripped back house framework, with dry hits echoing out into a cavernous atmosphere. With real swagger and cosmic overtones in the keys, it's another excellent side to this pair's sound.


Last of all, 'Destination' is a dramatic vocal DJ tool with broad synths and molten bass all warping round each other.

Denver-based Seafoam (Brian Cavender) is by far the most prolific of the talented Cavender brothers, but he has remained elusive for his 2+ decades-long career in deep funk. After releasing a one-off 12-inch in 1999 on a small Denver label, Seafoam quickly found his way to the Guidance family by way of gatherings at Miami's Winter Music Conference. A string of three twelves on Guidance from 2000 to 2003 cemented his legacy early in his career, however, having never quite reached the same heights as some of the Guidance greats, Seafoam's output mysteriously declined around the time of the label's demise. New releases dried up until the formative reissue campaign of Paris-based Rue De Plaisance in 2017, which culminated in the essential Collected Works 1999-2005 double LP. The flood gates opened, and a whole new generation of diggers and labels turned to his sound. And Seafoam, seemingly untouched by the passage of time, hunkered down in the studio with a steady release schedule-a new lease on life for the occult deep house assassin.

A sleek, stripped down groove slowly takes shape as radioactive effects fizzle away and philosophers discuss the probability of the existence of God... That'll be the inaugural release on Audiomutz - a label founded to use electronic music as a vehicle for telling stories - then, from the hitherto unknown Turturu. Herck turns in a remix, that adds its own twist courtesy of deftly employed live drum edits, while 'Ratting Club Stories' completes the package with whispered vocals and a neat meshing of a chugging electro b-line and jazzy percussion. Mysterious but enticing, we want to know more.

After a series of fiery releases on his own Depths of My Soul, Berlin-based producer Nat Wendell kicks off his newly minted sub-label Depths by getting right down to business.

For 001, he’s invited two East Coast mainstays, Mike Terra and Jus’ Nowhere, creating a snapping EP focused on groove and rhythm that directly foreshadows the future of the label.

Opening the proceedings is Terra’s rolling, addicting “Moonshine,” which functions as a wonderful tribute to the best of the Big Apple’s deep sounds.

Next up is “Harlesden,” Wendell’s own contribution, a whacked out number that draws you into its waify pads and bubbling baseline and keeps you there.

Rounding off the EP in style is D.C-based Jus Nowhere, whose “Swingin’” is a typically tight and kinetic closer.

Cabaret Recordings 23nd release by Innershades.

Berlin-based producer Rampue has not released an album in 14 (in words: fourteen) years. Between 2008 and 2020 he toured the world and worked mainly on his live sets in the meantime. So now only a worldwide pandemic had the power to prevent the traveling musician from continuing this hustle and bustle and eventually share a new record with the public. Corona was what brought this standstill and the otherwise well- traveled individual experiences cabin-fever during lockdown. Hence, the new Rampue album "Tragweite" came into existence in February 2021, which portrays the artist's desire for experimentation.
Inspired by a modular synthesizer (Buchla), Rampue has seemingly put himself into a kind of trance, in which he lets the machines work and combines randomly created sounds with airy structures such as low drums or simple grooves. Rampue accomplished to break free by using random sounds as a new impulse and a way out of a creative crisis, which stemmed both from the enforced home isolation and from the self-perceived paralysis. The result is literally unique, as many of the sound products cannot be reconstructed and are preserved in album form for the general public.
Listening to "Tragweite" one gets the impression that the dialectical relationship between chaos and order, further supported by its production, is the defining theme of the album. After an initially perceived chaos, a delicate order, which is determined by structuring drum patterns and basslines, takes over throughout the course of the album.
Later, it frays and loses itself again in sounds and tones created mechanically However, it never seems arbitrary, but willful and skillfully staged. For instance, "Furo?" begins with apparent arrhythmia. The combination of bass and subtle percussion, however, gives this arrhythmia a shape, guiding the track which gradually becomes more and more driving without losing its original playfulness.
Although one might be inclined to think of genres such as Downtempo or Ambient at the beginning in the further course of the album results in such a diverse sound and rhythmic landscape that one willingly questions one's own perception of music while listening and finally throws every type of categorization overboard joyfully. The listening experience is too intoxicating and enlightening to stick to simple genre boundaries. The musical spectrum ranges from straight arrangements that live entirely without a drum foundation ("Fu?r Dich") to almost meditative sound collages ("Regengesicht") to the four-to-the-floor banger "Kembang" which adds a grimmer note with a certain industrial appeal to the overall rather melancholic-progressive curation. "Direct Faden" on the other hand, surprises with its simple guitar-based foundation on which the omnipresent synth snippets and pads are allowed to let off steam towards the end of the record. The track that most closely combines the progressive production style with a danceable club atmosphere is probably "Phobia". Wafting, partly breaking away synthesizer sounds rise higher and higher, while the driving mixture of bass and drums consistently march forward.
Rampue breaks with his old, musical habits as "Tragweite" creates the impression of improvisation and jam character without getting lost. Rampue takes his listeners on a journey that is stirring and moving, sometimes demanding or even a bit disturbing, yet always one thing: incredibly exciting.

Weapon of the likes of Traumer, Obee & Tomas, Cesar Merveille and many more.

discotech WAX is back with its 4th vinyl imprint and the 1st of its COLOUR VA series. Like a series of pigments coming together to create a colour discotech's VA series welcomes a series of artists together to bring you a selection of musical bliss. To kick off an excellent Various Artists EP. Each COLOUR SERIES VA will welcome some of our favourite artists from across the world. First up we welcome Politics Of Dancing, Diego Krause, Carlo Gambino, Niko Maxen for this no fuss, hands up, heads down deep selection.


Supported by: Anja Schneider, Archie Hamilton, Rich NxT, Djebali, Rossko, Ray Mono, Tania Vulcano, Joseph Capriarti, Yaya, Fleur Shore and many more.

On the way is the release of the eighth disc from the young artist from Bucharest Rares Romanov. In a short time, Rares managed to releases on iconic labels and play a large number of sets in different parts of the world. Single > Saints and Suicide EP < includes three original tracks, where a full range of musical rhythms, non-standard moves and a great atmosphere are presented, and the release also includes an equally driving remix from the owner of the b/plr records of the mysterious VLF.

PIV040 takes us down under with the experienced Australian producer Somersault. The A-side "Vision" creates an instant blissful summer feel with smooth keys as its main component. On the remix, British giant Jimpster delivers another authentic touch, which gives the track a completely new feeling. On the B side "Speculate" goes for a deeper composition with a lovely rhythm arrangement and stabs that seduce the senses, before "Switch" finishes off this allround package with a more contemporary groove.

vinyl only!

Up next on our vinyl only series we have our very good friend Adam Nahalewicz with his 'Fortune Teller' EP. This one comes with 3 cracking originals and finished off with a lovely remix from Sota! Massive early support on this one from Enzo Siragusa, Burnski, Michael James, Nick Beringer, Jorge Savoretti, Ray Mono, Chris Stussy, Vern and more

JNJS brings us a new EP for their own label.

On this occasion, the duo formed by Jay Nortown and Jacobo Saavedra bring us two very special vocal cuts (see if any famous movie sounds familiar) and a dance cut as usual. To finish off, a remix by Italian talent Jamahr.

Supported by Arapu, Nu Zau, Janeret, Sepp, Miroloja, Tania Vulcano and more.

Artwork by Lebsi, masters by RV Audio.
300 limited copies.

Vinyl Only

Florin Gojnea aka G76 with his new EP on Nervmusic. Artwork by Igor Skaletsky

180gram double vinyl release

Beautifully realised modern house double vinyl EP by Romanian artist Pirvu (Sunrise / Club Guesthouse).

Oana delivers the third vinyl-only instalment to arrive from the Romanian record label feeder sound. Oana is well-known for her vibrant selections and productions, as well as for running Ariki Records. Titled “Transmisiune Intergalactică”, the 12’’ packs three solid minimalistic tracks designed with deep and futuristic rhythms and textures, ready to take you on a journey into inner and outer space!

With previous two releases signed by local artists Dragutesku and Piktor, feeder sound stands out as an essential platform that connects to an international community focused on modern electronic music and art, alternative news, multimedia and events for about 16 years. The collaboration with Oana follows the feeder sound live-streaming event series that took place last year, where she unleashed magical and engaging sounds in one of the episodes of the transmissions alongside visual artist Livi Po, who performed a live-painting session. Livi Po's artwork is now featured as the artwork for feeder sound's third vinyl release.

Side A is reserved for the title track “Transmisiune Intergalactică”, an immersive composition that goes past the 10 minutes mark, revealing a steady-paced drumming sequence smoothly blended with vast, ever-evolving background atmospheres and spiralling psychedelic effects. Make sure you tune in to those kinds of frequencies!
On Side B, first there’s “Conexiuni Astrale”, a hypnotic piece that focuses on its percussive elements and strong bassline, offering a twisted sound with numerous variations and build-ups. Subtle breakbeat and acidic influences are felt throughout, as the bleeping synth patterns and heavily modulated vocal cuts evoke an otherworldly dimension. Closing the wax, “Holograma” switches the tempo and drops an uplifting rhythm infused with funky arrangements and a sublime universe of electric micropatterns that will definitely make you shake your body and dance ecstatically!

Almost exactly three years after NR&, a project uniting &ME's and Rampa's production with the voice of New York Disco-House-siren
Nomi, dropped their debut EP, we finally can announce a new chapter in this ongoing transatlantic menage. This very 'Spoken For'
EP is comprised of two new tracks, that again fuse songwriting with floor-demands and showcase the same crackling and pulse
quickening passion that instantly has become NR&'s trademark. So here's the evidence - a long distance relationship is not
necessarily doomed to get boring after a while.
'Taste Like' on A might be conceived as the club-affair of those two new joints. A tune indulging in self-control, extending the pre-
eruptive moment of excitement to track length. There is Nomi's unmistakeable sexed up oration, flanked by an affirmative
thunderstorm of claps, then a bass heavy bridge, overflowing into a noise brushed finale. Altogether a tasty flavour carrier for an
effective floor heating.
'Spoken For' is not only the title track, but also the hymn coming out of the flipside ambush. There is no kick necessary to underpin
what Nomi's charismatic croon is laying down. Therefore a wise choice to let the arrangement of interspersed field recordings,
percussive details and piano- and synth-decoration exercise in unobtrusiveness. Safe to say, this tune will refine many future
peaktimes anyway.

Direct from the Parisian underground STEVE FRISCO returns with an homage to the SERIE LIMITEE vinyl only label created by MONSIEUR CEDRIC & himself. Having established a French connection via JORDAN FIELDS, this hot producer is set to feed the clubs with his flavor of deep vibes. Limited 1-Sider

Romanian imprint Cinetic Art brings forth a selection of carefully selected four tracks to enchant our hearing and keep both our mind and body busy. The mesmerising release kicks off with one of Melodie's fast paced tracks infused with raw electro synths. Teluric's housy groove completes the A side, taking us on a more emotional, smooth journey. On the B side of this white record we discover Lines Of Love - a new face from Cologne. His cut, titled "Hanakotoba" will strongly resonate with all the dub techno enthusiasts out there who are all about tight grooves floating in endless ethereal pads. Melodie's second production on this release completes the four-tracker in a rather dreamy and beat-focused vibex

Vinyl only - Limited copies - No repress

OBLACK020 supported by: Loco Dice, Jamie Jones, Luciano, Matthias Tanzmann, Hector Couto, Steve Lawler.

The third release from Slovenian collective LuckIsOn! Fantastic musical adventures as always!

12",180g, Vinyl Only. Limited copies and no repess!

Pirka's first vinyl comes from Romanian producer Adrianho with a remix by heavyweight dj and producer Arapu. A blend of afterhour music and smashing podium vibes.

Praetorium sets off to probe and explore the boundaries of what music can still be. Withstanding the usual trends and expectations of the scene and cheerfully doing so, we invite you to lend your ears to Modest Ionescu, a lesser known moniker of a dear friend of ours.

An authentic artist album in the truest sense, "Nori de Praf" LP is themed around spacious and precise design, gentle harmonies and narrative complexity.

Finding it difficult to explain it ourselves, we'll let you decide what it is and what it isn't.

Vinyl only.

Around the year 1990, a group of producers gathered regaularly at a space called „Blaues Zimmer“ (Blue Room), located at Bergheimer Strasse, Heidelberg. The Blue Room was the studio of Dirk Mantei aka Dman and David Moufang (Move D) calls it the one of the 'Keimzellen' (seeds) for what would happen in regards to the electronic music movement within the Rhein-Main-Area during the following 10 years. The 90s were roaring, with a lot of mid-sized cities located relatively close to each other- Heidelberg, Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Darmstadt- and Frankfurt was easily reached. Various highly influential clubs and parties happened around that time and Dirk and David had their parts.

Dirk Mantei & David Moufang, Eric D Clark, Robert Gordon, Nils „Puppetmaster“ Hess, DJ Cle- to name a few- all happen to live in Heidelberg and gather around at Dirks place during this time. Discogs calls Dirk Mantei 'a katalyst figure in the 1990s techno scene of Southern Germany' and this is for a reason. He was running a record store (Dubtools) and threw legendary parties - Planet Bass (Sunday party at Normal, Heidelberg around 1988), Hot Lemonade (Sunday party in Mannheim around 1990). When he moved to Mannheim, Dirk opened the legendary club Milk! (from 1990) out of nothing and later ran another club called HD800 (located in MS Connexion). Both were suited with the same famous - and massive - soundsystem, acquired and tuned by himself. David calls Milk! the birth place of his name Move D as well as Source Records as a label.

Both Davids and Dirks first vinyl release ever was a 12“ they released on Davids Source– called Homeworks 1 – four tracks that were released as one of the first CDs on Source Records a year before. Also "Wired To The Mothership" can be found on this CD compilation, a 32-seconds-long track - and although far too short, it's special. Timeless components weaven together in the most wonderful way - Sheffield-inspired bleeps, timeless pads and detroitish strings, a JXP-3 organ solo, analog drums and a driving analogue bassline- and then it's gone.. When asked, why there wasn't a longer version of the track, David and Dirk said they were not happy with the mixdown back then- so it took them almost 30 years to finally finish a 2021 full version together.
Between 2011 and 2021, they both found themselves in Davids Studio from time to time, Dirk was living in Mannheim and some sessions resulted in a bunch of yet unreleased tracks that slept on harddrives ever since then. We are amazingly happy to share these with the world, to let them tell some more yet hidden stories.

Cover artwork by Stefan Marx.

All Tracks are written, produced and mixed by David Moufang and Dirk Mantei between 1992 and 2021.

Recut and Repressed!

Unic have carved out an enviable reputation over the last year for championing resolutely unique artists and sounds. Here they launch their vinyl only label with an equally impressive array of sonic flavours. Four artists each experience an other worldly vision and utilise their formidable musical gifts to translate it into musical form.

Early support from: Ada Kaleh, David Gtronic, TIJN, Nils Weimann, Vlad Arapasu, Herck, Crihan, Halo Varga, Tulbure, Teluric, IULY.B, Shoxy & Dudley Strangeways.

stuttgart based new producer leif müller's debut release on mule musiq.
his best friend konstantin sibold brought these fantastic music to us.
"fantastique" on a side is chicago house oriented modern german house,
"holidays everywhere" on b1 is hypnotic tech house which reminds us the production of
roman flugel.
"leguan" on b2 is excellent collaboration with konstantin sibold.

Minube & Andrey Djackonda team up to bring together the second instalment of Rawstreet's Waxed imprint. RWXD002 also includes two heavyweight remix's from Direkt & IULY.B. A strong example of the sister labels deeper, raw sound.

The elusive producer 'Nortasun' hasn't released a record since his debut 'One' through SAFT back in 2016. After two years, it's time for a follow up which is fittingly named 'Two'. The track titles also resume in a fashionable manner with the opening track being titled: 'Untitled 3'. On this track, Nortasun introduces a firm rhythm that is supported by the impossibly beautiful strings that serve as the tracks key element and appear throughout. Next up is the 'AntonZap' remix. AntonZap doesn't do the stereotypical remix take on the original. His version is dub laden, otherworldly, and only implements miniscule pieces from the original take. With just under 7 minutes, the remix version is a true sonic voyage.

On the B-Side, Nortasun takes a more dubbed out approach to modern day house music. 'Untitled 4' is a work of precision. The carefully crafted hats and dub elements sizzle throughout the entire track and help the track morph into a stunning piece of dance floor music around the four minute mark. Nortasun cleverly introduces a thumpientire ng bass that changes up the mood for the work.