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Octave One return with Never On Sunday Vol.2, an EP with new remixes from Orbital and Giorgia Angiuli next to three standout recent tracks.

The Detroit duo’s Never On Sunday alias was born in the nineties with a view to making a mix of downtempo, deeper and more thoughtful electronic sounds. After just two EPs, it lay dormant until last year when the new EP The Bearer on their own 430 West label brought it back to life to a great reception. Then came the Octave One Presents Never On Sunday album this year that collected together a wealth of originals and remixes which are now coming on 12".

First up is legendary brotherly duo Orbital - a UK antecedent to the Burden brothers who have been crafting pioneering electronic sounds for decades. Their remix of ‘Price We Pay’ feat. Karina Mia is deep house excellence. It has a bouncy groove, elastic bassline and simmering vocals that send shivers down the spine and the sci-fi synths twinkle up top. Italian multi-instrumentalist Giorgia Angiuli has long been innovating in the techno world, drawing on her classical background to craft standout sounds for the likes of Kevin Saunderson’s KMS label. Her remix is six uplifting minutes of synth arpeggios, soulful techno drums and epic breakdowns that will captivate any dance floor.

The b-side features three cuts from the Never On Sunday (Deluxe) album and opens up with 'Lifelike', a slow, pulsing dub with mysterious melodies and sinewy synths reflecting light like stars in a night sky. A textured bassline arrives to bring a real sense of tension to the melodic beauty. 'Soon After' is another cosmic cut that rides on hammering bass beneath lush synths capes and rays of hope that pierce the darkness. The blissful 'Mona' closes down with heavenly and expansive pads that shimmer and shine as rich bell sounds and choral pads bring a warm sense of atmosphere.

Never On Sunday Vol.2 is another package of deeply emotional electronic sounds.

A former pizza delivery driver and now self-taught full-time musician, CRi first caught the attention of tastemaker press with early single ‘Rush’ and his subsequent ‘Someone Else’ EP. Not long after, he joined the Anjunadeep roster in 2019 and gained attention from the label fanbase, and radio titans Pete Tong, Annie Mac and Jason Bentley with his ‘Initial EP’.

His debut album ‘Juvenile’ exceeded expectations, being nominated for a number of awards, including Best Electronic Album at the JUNO Awards, and three separate titles at the 2021 ADISQ Awards, including Electronic Album of the Year and ‘Revelation’ of the Year, which CRi won. Since the release of ‘Juvenile’, CRi has released three singles, an EP and remixes for Bob Moses and Lane 8; become one of the first electronic acts to headline Montréal Jazz Festival to an audience of 45,000; and performed around the world once more, writing as he went.

Since the slower days of the pandemic lockdown, and Quebec’s tentative reopening of nightlife and music venues, CRi’s life has become much more fast-paced once again; a transformation that has been infused into every beat of his new album ‘Miracles’. The vinyl release of ‘Miracles’ comprises 14 tracks, including two standout prior singles, ‘Something About’ and ‘Losing My Mind’ (feat. Jesse Mac Cormack), which, combined, have already accumulated 10 million streams between them.

The other twelve tracks on ‘Miracles’ (including 3 bonus vinyl-only recordings) showcase Christophe’s signature warming synths, in addition to an impressively wide range of sounds, from drum and bass, to indie, from electronic and chillout, making this work his most expansive to date. After the album’s release, CRi will be heading on a live tour of North America, stopping off in seven cities, including Los Angeles, Denver, Toronto and, of course, his hometown of Montréal, where he’ll be headlining at iconic venue MTelus, which regularly plays host to indie-electronic stars, including, recently, Metronomy, Jungle, Monolink, Max Cooper and Amtrac, and is a perfect spot to celebrate his rise in this scene, before he takes his live tour to Europe in early 2024. ‘Miracles’ is out 22nd September, 2023.

Pancratio returns to more straightforward Dancefloor business with the next installment on his One Trip To Avyon label. Four fun-fueled straight up kickers for all types of situations with maximum pleasure guaranteed.

Glasgow’s iconic and highly influential progressive house label Limbo Records celebrates it’s 30th anniversary. An incredible compilation across two 12”s in an expertly designed gatefold sleeve with a poster insert that takes a look back at some of the biggest tracks that graced the label over the past three decades.

A true collector’s item, showcasing the power and presence of this Scottish stalwart, lovingly remastered by Davie Forbes and reissued for a whole new generation of listeners. The compilation kicks off with Havana - Schtoom, the record that started it all given the remix from legendary Scottish duo Slam, before the party anthem ‘Buruchacca’ from Mukkaa aka Kiltie and Crichton gets a signature remix Apollo 440.

Elsewhere Gypsy hit with undeniably one of the highlight tracks in the Limbo catalogue ‘I Trance You’ and Sublime serve up another of Limbo’s classic releases, the dance floor banger ‘Transamerican’ which topped all the charts at the time.

Take to side 3 and you’ll find the second release on Limbo a percussive drum laden epic from Havana entitled ‘Shift’ that planted Limbo firmly in the must buy section of record shops across the UK. Another highlight on side 4 sees legendary Glasgow DJ Harri of Sub Club fame with his debut on Limbo – a superb slice of hard to house.

All in all, this is a serious slice of history that every collection should have nestled in its racks.

A split EP pairing two euphoric dance anthems by Thurlow Joyce with a spellbinding roller by Regularfantasy and Priori. Romantic, ecstatic, and full of <3

Repress! The spooky vibes are back!

After three sold out releases Voodoos and Taboos are back again on their own printing label. Housy vibes with electro and disco influences. Don’t miss this one!

A couple of our druggiest nugs to date coupled with a pair of our cruisiest cruisers make Reflex Blue’s ‘Fantasy Value’ one of our most playable EPs yet.

Lost & Found Recordings is pleased to announce a collection of previously unreleased tracks. The title joins iconic producers celebrating the 99th release.

The Lost & Found founder Guy J casts a wide net to find the next big wave of sound in electronic dance music. The search resulted in this collection of future classics.

The opening track, Metal Dreams, had been Guy J's secret weapon for years before he finally decided to release it on this extraordinary album.

The following piece, Dreams For Breakfast by Chicola, delivers arpeggiobased music with Middle-Eastern aesthetics and a contemporary approach.

The third track on the album, Love in a Bottle, is a seductive piece by the award-winning artist Guy Mantzur who takes the uncertain route while
keeping the rhythm patterns dancefloor friendly.

Eli Nissan reveals his skills through the Valley of The Winds, a timeless cross-genre piece with a film-score potential.

Luka Sambe and Roy Rosenfeld join forces to create Bunggul, an ultimate dancefloor track.

The Athens-based producer Yariv Etzion, better known under his stage name Stereo Underground, presents his magical trance-inducing sonic ride, The Last Dance, fusing elements of disco, electronica, and psychedelia.

Illusion is another ballistic missile from the silo of Guy J's secret weapons, finally becoming available for the masses.

Before It Ends is Sahar Z's song featuring Snarky GreenMan. It smoothly concludes a conceptually designed whole.

Witness music history in the making!

Having emerged from the chrysalis for a debut record on Roza Terenzi’s Step Ball Chain label, we induct Benoit B’s fledgling side project into the Oyster Cult.

Blush represents a departure from the esoteric climes Benoit’s known for under the primary alias, not to mention the curation of his label, Banlieue Records. Eschewing notions of introspection, these are nocturnal, sultry club trax; immediate dancefloor pressure primed for the witching hour.

Benoit kicks it seductively on the opener. Complete with trace echoes of ‘90s bleep, the French producer strikes a balance between insistent groove and a dank sexiness that would leave anyone weak at the knees. Then, laced with the same steamy romanticism, ‘Sassy’ keeps pace with another slice of late nite propulsion.

Nudging closer to the big room with driving, direct torque, ‘Main Stage’ is perhaps the most pumping we’ve heard from Benoit to date. But where that one falls somewhere between prog house and hard trance, ‘Trippy’ and ‘Over Inflated’ head even further into the shadowy nether-realm on a tunnelling, lysergic flex that hangs heavy in the air like incense.

DAZE returns for 2022” with two fresh takes on classics from those glorious rave days of the yesteryear

Breakfree Records welcome Canberra’s Mtty to the label for his first vinyl release, expect wonky tech house.

Pachinko Round 3 ..

After a brief hiatus the pachinko crew are back again with showing no signs of slowing down . Continuing pachinkos theme of dancefloor only tracks , these 4 are guaranteed to keep the floor on its toes .

Arís return with part three of their ongoing series revisiting seminal 90’s Irish dance releases, reissuing the debut release from long standing D1 Recordings luminary Rob Rowland. His 1994 effort M.F.N. is remastered from the original DAT source for the first time, and comes with a fresh remix from young Dublin prog sensation Dylan Forbes.

Dublin’s nascent electronic and clubbing ‘scene’ was beginning to take shape in the mid 90’s; you might have heard flashes of techno at François’ U.F.O. night in The Rock Garden or the likes of Dave Angel in The Temple Of Sound, while Tim Hanigan and Mark Kavanagh’s Red Records nights at The Ormonde pushed a progressive house/trance sound similar to their label’s output. In amongst the weekly revellers at these clubs, you might have encountered a young Dubliner by the name of Rob Rowland - a soon-to-be key figure in Ireland’s techno scene.

Inspired by his formative clubbing experiences in the capital, Rob acquired an Atari ST, Akai S1000, Kawai K4 and a Roland R-5 and sat down in his bedroom to record. Two tracks, M.F.N. and Restless, emerged within 1 week while another track, Act Natural, soon followed. Initially recorded onto cassette at his house, Rob soon managed to book some time into Temple Bar’s Sound Training Centre, a professional recording studio featuring a 16 channel desk and rack effects, to polish up the record.

These 3 tracks resulted in Rob’s inspired debut EP of raw and direct club tracks - a uniquely psychedelic rush of rave euphoria and darkened acid-inspired house and techno. It managed to pique the ears of New York’s Watts Music distribution, thanks to his friend Chris Gough playing them Restless on cassette, who subsequently pressed 1000 copies of the EP onto white label. Miami’s Fluid Audio then licensed it for a full release and acquired a sleek remix from California’s Überzone, which had similar success. All of this, a remarkable achievement for a debut record of underground dance music by a relatively unknown young Dubliner.

Rob would go on to become a key artist on Dublin’s seminal D1 Recordings, a label run out of the capital’s northside on Parnell Street by renowned photographer Eamonn Doyle. Responsible for their first ever release, he would go on to do 6 more records for them, becoming an important figure in the label’s history and Irish techno as a whole.

M.F.N. is an Irish rave gem, and a key blueprint of the Emerald Isle’s obsession with progressive house and beyond. Naturally, we turned to fellow Dubliner Dylan Forbes for a remix, a prolific producer garnering quite the reputation both home and abroad for his modern take on the sounds found on Rob’s debut. His remix cracks the shutters on the darkened psychedelic undertones of Restless, adding an ‘e’-cstatic layer of euphoria fit with added percussion and pump on a fine rework.

San Fran based, Spencer Brown is a leader in the new generation of progressive house and techno. Whether it be his releases on world-class imprints such as Anjunadeep, Bedrock, Last Night on Earth, Factory93, and his own burgeoning diviine imprint, through to his legendary DJ sets, Spencer Brown is an artist who’s going the extra mile to deliver an uncompromised sound and experience to his fans.

Spencer got his start touring and releasing with Avicii and Above & Beyond, with his records soon frequenting sets of tastemakers including deadmau5, Sasha, John Digweed, Calvin Harris, Dubfire, Fisher, and Hernán Cattáneo.

After two #1 progressive house albums, here he presents ‘Equanimity’, his third LP and first on his own diviine label. A triumphant release that draws influences from all across the board. Take for example the lead single ‘Awu Wemadoda’ featuring Wilt Claybourne & five-time Grammy Award-winning South African male choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, that blends an afro house flavour with Spencer’s expansive, richly layered sonics.

Elsewhere Spencer’s signature progressive and trance-tinged sound is on show in tracks like ‘SF to Córdoba’ in collaboration with Ezequiel Arias and ‘Amber Leaf’ where Spencer joins forces with ilan Bluestone. Head to ‘Loccou’ for a slice of ethereal breakbeat or ‘Papi’s Cenote’ and ‘Curve’ for those eyes-closed, spine tingling moments.

‘Equanimity’ flies the flag as Spencer’s most accomplished work, showcasing his mastery in the art of writing absorbing dancefloor focused tracks, that pull you in from the off and never let go.

Repress!

A new label is born in Barcelona with its first release compiled by 100% latino & coqueto blood.

Four tracks with predominant basslines and ready for the club.

Repress

45 Rpm

Produced by G. Randazzo

Besazio productions

The sequel came to light. The cohesion between past and present tools forms a pure and emotional intertwining that unites generations.

Tracks A1, A2, B2 and B3 were composed in 1998, 2010, 2001 and 2000 respectively.

300 copies available only 12" vinyl format.

Jack Keo returns to Art Of Dark for a stellar new EP.

Off The Grid unveils the second chapter of its label, this time with two tracks (A1 and B1) from Mataemon, an alter ego of Tolga Fidan, who puts his years of experience into forging two powerful cuts that balance the strengths of the past with the visions of the future, laying driving, deep and playful elements over steady grooves, raving straight from the heart.

The A2 cut is the release debut of OG record collector and music enthusiast Matzo Sweetlife, a well kept secret on the outskirts of Brussels, who delivers a no-nonsense track of "machine soul", soft and dark, pure Detroit style.

Rounding off the ep, the B2 marks the return of Oni-Ki (aka Onirik and Minoki) to wax after a short hiatus... this time with a solemn groover, confirming their consistently off-kilter approach, tinged with acid-jazz influences and emotional flights.

Bringing a dance floor sensibility to the deeper end of the electronic spectrum, the Dutch duo Jordi van Achthoven and Micha Heyboer a.k.a. Tinlicker have courted the attention of global labels and tastemakers since breaking out in 2013. Prolific musicians with backgrounds in dubstep and pop production, their journey so far has seen them release on the likes of Mau5trap, Armada, Sotto Voce and Anjunadeep - with an a eclectic array of DJ support from Above & Beyond to Oliver Heldens, Tiësto to Yotto. Able to turn their hand to deep house, techno and electro, the pair have reworked the likes of Lane 8 and Deadmau5; their stunning update of Reflekt ‘Need To Feel Loved’ becoming a sought after mix among fellow DJs over the last 12 months. A showcase for their dynamic songwriting and forward thinking sound design, Tinlicker’s debut artist album ‘This Is Not Our Universe’ will be released on Anjunabeats this September.

"The egg of the world is broken, my appetite is gone ...".
Acid and mental sounds take us to a world on the border with reality.
In a vitriolic environment, the box pushing and the arpeggiator rages violently.

This is Egg and this is the sound of interstellar wars.
A angry, dreamy mix of acid heavily influenced by sci-fi comics and psychedelia.

Available for the first time, a ltd edition, triple 12" with heavyweight, coloured vinyl and gatefold cover. Global Underground #GU42 Berlin album by Patrice Bäumel, featuring music and remixes by Adam Port, Fideles and Patrice himself.

‘Global Underground Berlin tells my story of a city that has never sold out, that does not know when to stop, that sweeps you off your feet with its relentless energy, that chews you up and spits you out. Had Frank Sinatra lived today, he would be singing about Berlin, the city that never sleeps.’ Patrice Bäumel.

#GU42 Patrice Bäumel - Berlin is a tribute from the German DJ and producer to his second home available for the first time now in vinyl format.

2024 Repress!

Better Sound first release of 2021 is chapter 07 with Samuel Jabba & Matthew Dexter. Samuel is Bogotá’s finest, Colombia. Matthew is from our beloved Italy. The record is a dancefloor killer.

• Pete Tong shares new Ibiza Classics collaborations EP on 12” Vinyl, Pete Tong + Friends: Ibiza Classics, released on Ministry of Sound.

• Essential sounds of the White Isle reimagined with Kölsch, Riton, Tale Of Us, ARTBAT, Eats Everything, Vula, Becky Hill, Jules Buckley and more

• “Collaborating with the Heritage Orchestra and GRAMMY-winning conductor and composer Jules Buckley has been a match made in Balearic heaven.” – Mixmag

• Latest single Love Can’t Turn Around has spent a month on the Radio 2 playlist including two weeks on the Radio 2 A List (Jan 2022).

• Further Radio support for the EP including from tastemakers Radio 1 Danny Howard, Sarah Story, Pete Tong, Charlie Hedges

• Pete Tong completed his legendary Ibiza Classics tour in November & December 2021 including dates in Brighton, Manchester, Birmingham, Nottingham and two nights at London’s The O2. He has already announced his dates for 2022

It's been 1 year since our last appearance, but we are back with a new series of releases, presented in 2 parts, that aims to take you straight to another dimension, where both your sensations and emotions will connect throughout the music.

For Part 1, on the A1, we are honored to have 100hz hopping on board the RawBeats family, one of the most respected producers in the game, with an 11min masterpiece that will make you dance from the first beat till the last.

On the B side we first have a deep and trippy track, made by Argentinian renowned producer Fer Mariño and one of Rawbeats creators, head honcho Juan Proeliis.

B2 comes all the way from the US, with another collaboration between two super good friends and artists, no other than Diego Santana and Pily who delivered a hypnotic masterpiece than can only be described as a real dance floor banger!

Rave Purveyors Match Box venture into the physical disc world with London record label GODDEZZ on their first joint vinyl collaboration ‘VANTAGE POINT’.

Here they present four sublime cuts of trance-futurism, bejeweled with the most uplifting melodies, hypnotizing vocals, and driving grooves crafted to take you through the portal. The Dutch duo are at the top of their game, presenting a polished and accomplished EP of pure dance movement from start to finish, not to mention a mind-melting remix from the enigmatic legend Bliss Inc.

Having had early support from Job Jobse featuring the track Quantum Transients in his exalted BBC Essential Mix last year, the hype train hasn’t stopped… with big support coming in from disc spinners such as Maruwa, Spray, Aloka, Reflex Blue, LUXE and Manami.

Those who purchase the eternal disc will also receive exclusive access to secret Angel D’lite, Eoin DJ & Dylan Forbes remixes of Match Box’s divine jungle offering earlier this year Cyber Sunshine, as well as downloads of the duo’s complete GODDEZZ back catalog.

Heavenly Recordings release the next two volumes in their series of remixed classics and unreleased versions. ‘Heavenly Remixes 7 & 8’ sees the label going back into the archive, as well as picking off some more recent remixes, and both albums primarily feature either previously unreleased versions or re-workings available for the first time on vinyl and CD.

Heavenly have always seen immense value in the remix, a value way beyond what it might bring commercially. Since their first release in 1990 (where Andrew Weatherall overhauled a one-off single by club kids Sly and Lovechild) Heavenly remixes have been carefully curated and treated as a key part of the A&R process. It’s an opportunity to view an artist through a different prism, to play out a musical ‘what if’ scenario. It’s the kind of exploration that’s happened consistently through the thirty plus years the label has released music.



The ‘Heavenly remixes’ series continues to showcase the very best remixes, versions, meditations, re-rubs and dubs from all around the world of artists right across the roster of the country’s most exciting record label. In most cases, the albums offer the first physical release for a remix, elevating them from streaming playlists to their rightful, spiritual home on super heavy vinyl (or shiny, super-packed compact disc).



‘Heavenly remixes 7’ heads to Belfast, where David Holmes - a producer who first appeared on Heavenly in 1994 amping up the acid on Saint Etienne’s ‘Like A Motorway’ - appears as solo artist and as one third of Unloved, who get a lift right to the heart of a Vauxhall sweatbox by Horse Meat Disco. It draws a line between Amsterdam and Frankfurt as Ludwig A.F. amps up the electronics on Pip Blom’s ‘Keep It Together’. It stops off in a south London studio where super producer Dan Carey plays the desk with Toy, then relocates LA psych rock band Fever The Ghost to an Ibizan shoreline as the sun sets on the horizon. It cements Sheffield’s reputation as the home of modern British techno with the return of true originators Forgemasters. And it pitches up in front of a renegade soundsystem late night at Glastonbury as Erol Alkan’s mighty rework of Con Man gets its third rewind of the night.



‘Heavenly remixes 8’ opens with Space Afrika’s lush, ambient reimagining of the Orielles’ ‘BEAM/S’ before Justin Robertson stretches Amber Arcades’ ‘Turning Light’ into eight minutes of electronic dub. Elsewhere, Baxter Dury’s peerless ‘Miami’ becomes a string-laden electro skank in the hands of French producer Pilooski; Edinburgh’s bedroom techno genius Eyes of Others’ ‘Safehouse’ turns into an East End bathhouse courtesy of disco deviants Decius; Ashley Beedle’s Black Science Orchestra turns Unloved’s heartworn torch song into seven minutes of glimmering dreamlike percussive house and Katy J. Pearson’s freak flag is flown high thanks to The Umlauts’ throbbing filtered electro mix. It ends similarly to how it began as TONE takes

Fran Lobo’s ‘All I Want’ on a gorgeous slow motion spacewalk.

Ripping its way through the space-time continuum, Tel-Aviv based producers Asphalt DJ and Gzardin surface on Oddysee for the release of their anticipated debut outing, 'Now & Zen'. The 4-track opening salvo embarks on a transcendental trip of deep and propulsive club bouncers. With the cuts firmly landing on the intersection of the 90s spectrum and fresh-minded sound design, the package offers a clear view of where the two newcomers are headed, as well as the Oddysee label.

Paradise City Breakers are welcome back on Discarded Gems with solid EP, ready to serve the dance floor at each need, from the peak to the morning lights.

Generic Repress!

Groovin recordings celebrates the release n° #100 repressing one of the most essential electronic-dance records of all times.

Vinyl Only - First edition of Shiver Records club focused series.

Handstamped 180g whitelabel with outersleeve Logo stamp on one side + graphic stamp on the other 4 tracks in total - techy grooves, IDM’ quirks & a chugging bassflute.

After proving himself more than up to the task with a standout debut live set at Gene's Rave 'n' Cruise party in Berlin, we've decided to take the next step and share a few of Admo's secrets with the world in the form of these four twisted, funked up, late-night blinders. Take note!

Transmigration launch their new white label edits series with three tracks covering haunting down tempo grooves, fried kosmiche drum jams and a Mediterranean progressive trip. Designed to turn heads - tried and tested from the forests of Brandenburg to the darkest corners of Berlin club land.

Here we have part 2 of our 010 series which celebrates the now eleven day by day releases!
With the days flying by, we hope these two various artists will help you celebrate the finite days we have on our beautiful green rock!

Starting off on the A1 we have Terrarium from ‘Primitive Needs. This techy progressive bouncing tune will keep them heads bopping!

On the A2 we have a unique track from Anderson. You can hear a cocktail of genres blending psytrance, breaks, trance, electro and more!

On the flip side, we start off with a deep and bass heavy bouncing jam from Guy Contact!

To close out the release, Valdemar brings us a deep and acid fueled cut to darken up your dance floor!

After a first succesful release, Lyon based crew YA.R is back with their second release that brings you a different vibe, darker, more energic that leads toward the deep hours of the night.

Aladdin starts with the brighter track, a light track, which will bring you a silly smile and which borders on derision with samples of phone commercials, riffs of old school Trance and acid lines.

Funktroid take the A side a step further into the Trance flavour, this one will hit the dancefloor just the right way it has to be done, big acid lines that will melt your face down and airy pads that will raise your conscience into a higher state.

The B side welcomes our guest Obsidian, a project started by 3 talented space explorer. As you can hear their music comes directly from the year 2123, they will take you on an interstellar journey with their spaceship moving at speedlight with no feel of disturbances.

Then we have our local heroes Sela & Zgelt who invites you to share their mystical beverages so that you can land gently from this journey while contemplating the stars and the interstellar void.