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Once a distant message written in the stars, the wisdom of Soul Clap has been beamed down to Earth in the form of EFUNK - Everybody's Freaky Under Natures Kingdom - their debut album on Wolf + Lamb. Now the label presents EFUNK: The Remixes.

Medlar returns with his first EP since his debut album, Sleep. Having recently worked with Dan Shake on a collab EP for Delusions of Grandeur and remixing Andreya Triana for Ninja Tune. WOLFEP030 sees Medlar in fine form with fans of Sleep being treated to four complex and varied tracks.

OUER strike back with their third EP. After the debut release "A" on their own imprint back in 2015 and "The First Detour" EP on Detroit Swindle's own Heist Recordings, they follow up with "B" on their self-titled label. The two Berlin based boys are following their approach to combine classic Detroit and Chicago influenced Techno and House sounds in playful jam sessions with a limited set-up to create something very own. The result is a 3 track EP, ranging from straight forward 909 beats, over playful basslines to lush synthie solos, which make you want to move your feet.

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This is the first release for Brooklyn NY based 369 Records. For the first time also the music of BNE and Diet RX is being shared with the world. BNE is a two man group also based out of Brooklyn, their deep house vibes are an easy pleaser. Diet RX is as you guessed a NYC resident, and supplies the B-side with a funky gear heavy throwback to a ravey, trancey, crunchy time where image was not as important as the experience.

Many of the problems Africa faces are a result of outside interference by other countries, and as the 21st century progresses we will see the continued rape of African resources to feed the global capitalist machine on an unprecedented scale. Corrupt and greedy regimes gladly sell their land and mineral wealth to finance their own extravagant lifestyles while the vast majority of ordinary people see little or no improvement in their own lives. An autonomous Africa run by the people for the people, where African land is predominantly used to feed African people and Africa's vast wealth of resources is used to benefit the people of Africa seems the only logical way forward. Autonomous Africa's sole goal is to highlight this message and here presents to you 4 tracks of African inspired grooves with all proceeds being donated to Medecins Sans Frontiers operations in Africa.

First up is Tabou For The People by Sofrito Specials Featuring L Barrabas which Twitch edited for his dj sets a couple of years back. The lovely people at Sofrito kindly gave permission for it to be included on this release. It's a relentlessly driving slab of 4/4 Afro Funk with horn explosions.

Next up is the 10th and final track in Twitch's Cumbia series. The first 8 were released on Japan's Let's Get Lost label and the missing number 9 is being saved for a future release. Colombia's Cumbia was born out of African influences. This track is based around a sample from Colombian Cumbia legend Andres Landero and is an attempt to fuse traditional Cumbia sounds with up to date production styles. The end result is a slow motion hypnotic Cumbia retaining the haunting melancholia inherent in the original sample.

Leading the AA side, Twitch passed a wild Highlife song by Ghana's Atakoru Manu to Glasgow's super talented Auntie Flo (whose highly recommended Future Rhythm Machine album recently saw a release) to play around with. Auntie Flo cut it up and added additional drums and bass to come up with this euphoric modern Highlife groover.

Lastly we have Twitch's Birds and Bees and Flowers and Trees (Bonus Beats). While working on a track that will see release later in 2012, Twitch was EQ ing the drums and noticed that with most of the other elements muted there was a great bonus beats ideal for mixing in and out of tracks in his dj sets. "Bonus beats" used to be a common feature on 12" singles but seem to have almost vanished these days, so we are very happy to mark their return here. The completed track will also see release later in 2012 but in the meantime, here's 6 minutes of hypo beats for your delectation. The vocal sample is courtesy of one of the greatest (and sadly forgotten) voices Jamaica ever produced; radical dub poet Michael Smith.

Dj Kaos returns with three massive nuggets. Gold Digger Style.

Label boss Marc Cotterell bringing his first EP to Plastik People.

Music is our mission has been in the making for sometime, For those we love is a track that Marc really wanted to make for a long time now, giving respect to all those that inspired and pioneered the music he loves today. The track also includes amazing keys by Slikk Tim who has previously worked with Playin' 4 The City on an early Plastik People release, the track is then finished in style by Johnny Vasquez laying down the sax.

Layla is dedicated to his beautiful daughter and the music replicates this with smooth strings, old school organs & heavy drums and baseline.

Let Yourself Go - is a deep, yet moody sax track, the sax is played by highly respected musician, Dave Mullen aka Mahoney, dave has perfumed along side some of the greats such as Roy Ayers , Groove Collective & the mighty, Mood II Swing. The track incorporates tough drums, killer sax and old school house chords that build and build.

"Deep Love" is the first vinyl release by Stefano Pozzi, dj producer and musician. It's very difficult to define his sound: his creative process led him to merge several genres in a very original way. The artist shows us a great talent combining different electronic styles from deep house to soulful house, new jazz and chill out music. Stefano is also a guitar player.With his releases, he shows us how to bring guitar sounds together with electronic music in a brilliant way.
In this 12 inch Ep, that could be defined as Deep House, the artist has worked to merge various elements of House Music: the warm sound of a moog organ with a deep drum kick, the use of hypnotic and rhythmic vocal samples, the presence of many jazz and soul contaminations due to the acoustic guitar.

You can always trust Ludovic Llorca. Once a year he locks himself in his studio and works the magic which results in a Local Talk release.His previous releases on Local Talk, The Same Thing ("Classic proto-House-meets-baggy US garage vibe") The Rainbow Song ("It sounds like an underground Summer anthem in waiting") are LT classics and now, Ludo returns with a third release, I Just Can't EP.
While some producers struggle with new ideas, trying to re-invent the genre, Ludo sticks to what he knows best.
Strings and chords combined with a thick and squelchy bass is the foundation of the title track while on the flip, Dirty Stories, is as hypnotic as it is jackin' - in fact, both tracks are so irresistible you'd start wondering if Ludo stole them from a snake charmer.

Leftfield disco w/a loose & hooky A side f/live bass & guitar + a surprise shift midway. "Meta" is a lengthy cosmic space jam. then Italo-man Alexander Robotnick takes us on a takes us on a celestial remix-trip w/vibey narcotic 2nd remix by Brioski.

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MONSTER TUNE EVERYWHERE WILL SELL OUT FOR SURE

Brand new and very limited 12" from Rive Gauche, with remixes by Simbad and Gilles Peterson.

Superb new 12' only release from the ever wonderful Balearica camp featuring a mind blowing selection of Balearic obscurities, all lovingly remastered and loud-pressed for maximum impact. First up is a fantastic extended edit of the in-demand original Hot Chocolate version of the sleazy disco classic 'Don't Turn It Off', covered last year by 40 Thieves. Next comes the mega-rare Francois Kervorkian-produced Balearic boogie gem 'Obsession' by Guy Cuevas, a super sexy bubbler with luscious dreamy Spanish vocals. Side B features Georgie Red's killer 'Help The Man', one of the best slo-mo disco records ever made with its dope bass, super lush synths, slick guitar and wicked sax - it's simply got it all. Last up is the awesome 'Hypnodance', a superb low slung groover taken from the uber-rare self titled 1979 LP by French disco band Who's Who which included as a member Daniel Bangalter, the father of Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter. Top Stuff!

Röyksopp and Robyn are proud to announce the release of the 'Do It Again', an incredible 36 minute 5 track mini album which will be unleashed on 26th May 2014 and precedes a new Röyksopp album to be released later in the year.
The 'Do It Again' tour with Röyksopp and Robyn includes a headline slot on the 6Music stage at Latitude Festival on 19th July.
'Do It Again' is the first single from the mini album and is an 'accidental pop song' written after a night out together in Bergen. It is one of the most effervescent, effortlessly uplifting electro-pop tunes of recent years, and started life as a rave-inspired throwback.
Elsewhere, the mini album covers big thumping house in the shape of the club-ready 'Sayit'. On the other end of the spectrum there is the closing 'Inside The Idle Hour Club', which utilises Robyn's vocal discreetly to create a pensive, slowly evolving soundscape that's worth diving headlong into.
'... this doesn't sound like Röyksopp featuring Robyn or Robyn produced by Röyksopp, it's just something else entirely', 'The word 'collaboration' has never before been more justified in the world of music!' (Röyksopp)
'In the beginning we just knew we wanted to do something together and then it started to feel more like a band thing than songs for a Röyksopp or Robyn album so we´re releasing this music together as a band you could say.' (Robyn)

STAR CREATURE presents this 5 track EP from Japan's CITY BABY RECORDS done by Tokyo based future funk masterminds LIQUID PEGASUS (include members of STAR CREATURE's FREAKWAY) with E. LIVE on "HEAVY SOUNDS". Slick and stylish boogie sounds that mix Minneapolis with Japan. Awesome.

Following up on his critically acclaimed - This Day' EP, Pomrad (BE) debuts his full length with On And On Records (FRA) & Jakarta Records (GER) worldwide this summer.

Pomrad a.k.a. Adriaan Van de Velde has lots of Funk in his colorful trickster bag. Just check out the title track - Knights' of his album: its beats chug like the wheels of a locomotive and electrifying synth solos guarantee the best brain freeze you've ever felt. He could be your favorites producer, favorite producer with Lefto & Mr. Carmack among his fans.
His debut album 'Knights', a collection of razor sharp keyboard licks, phat electro grooves and thick funk, following up on his EP release, which received radio support from MistaJam (BBC Radio1), Alex Nut (Rinse FM) & Lefto (Studio Brussels).
British tastemaker Gilles Peterson included one of Pomrad's tracks on one of the influential Brownswood Electric compilations. Future funk heroes Teeko & B.Bravo did the same for their second Tempo Dreams compilation.
Now, Knights exceeds these expectations and transcends the aforementioned comparisons, taking a leap into the unknown. Pomrad clearly has found his own voice. Because, yeah, there's postmodern retrofunk behind 'City lights' (a true gem!) and 'Rush Hour' & also, you'll find a couple of talented soul singers hiding inside Pomrad's cotton candy fantasies. Like Belgium's blue eyed soulstress Selah Sue or Sylvie Kreusch of indie darlings Soldier's Heart.
You want some cosmic funk, Herbie Hancock style You got it. Need some of that Hudson Mohawke-ish beat madness Or the kind of talkbox vibes that Zapp was known for in the eighties The Pomrad experience includes them all.
Just having finished his own Boiler Room Set in Brussels, Pomrad will be playing live Festivals all over Europe this summer including but not limited to Dour Festival (BE, July).

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Amadeus sees it's catalog graced yet again by New Zealand outfit Chaos In The CBD. The kiwi brothers, birthed Ben & Louis Helliker-Hales, are no new faces to the label, or the wide variety of genre-bending acronyms they encompass. Having recently relocated from tropical Auckland to damp London earlier this year, the two take their productions along with them in their latest efforts, 816 To Nunhead. Title track and aside, "816 To Nunhead," is tinged with what's left of summer. A nostalgic tune built for the sun and soaked in funk. It's a track reminiscent of early french disco, almost as if built for the two robots themselves. Guitar plucks and hi hats flow seamlessly throughout the tune, aided by a glorifying vocal, "I would like to think of my music as just an extension, an extension of me of today or whatever." What emotion of freedom and escape evoked on the Aside can be contrasted on the flip, "78 To Stanley Bay," a tune built behind the every looming theme of loneliness. Accompanied by a live trumpet courtesy of Isaac Aseeli, '78 To Stanley Bay' tells us a story, or rather a journey, built behind dirty hats and delayed keys. This is a track fashioned for everywhere but the club, and we absolutely love that.

Following up on his critically acclaimed - This Day' EP, Pomrad (BE) debuts his full length with On And On Records (FRA) & Jakarta Records (GER) worldwide this summer.

Pomrad a.k.a. Adriaan Van de Velde has lots of Funk in his colorful trickster bag. Just check out the title track - Knights' of his album: its beats chug like the wheels of a locomotive and electrifying synth solos guarantee the best brain freeze you've ever felt. He could be your favorites producer, favorite producer with Lefto & Mr. Carmack among his fans.
His debut album 'Knights', a collection of razor sharp keyboard licks, phat electro grooves and thick funk, following up on his EP release, which received radio support from MistaJam (BBC Radio1), Alex Nut (Rinse FM) & Lefto (Studio Brussels).
British tastemaker Gilles Peterson included one of Pomrad's tracks on one of the influential Brownswood Electric compilations. Future funk heroes Teeko & B.Bravo did the same for their second Tempo Dreams compilation.
Now, Knights exceeds these expectations and transcends the aforementioned comparisons, taking a leap into the unknown. Pomrad clearly has found his own voice. Because, yeah, there's postmodern retrofunk behind 'City lights' (a true gem!) and 'Rush Hour' & also, you'll find a couple of talented soul singers hiding inside Pomrad's cotton candy fantasies. Like Belgium's blue eyed soulstress Selah Sue or Sylvie Kreusch of indie darlings Soldier's Heart.
You want some cosmic funk, Herbie Hancock style You got it. Need some of that Hudson Mohawke-ish beat madness Or the kind of talkbox vibes that Zapp was known for in the eighties The Pomrad experience includes them all.
Just having finished his own Boiler Room Set in Brussels, Pomrad will be playing live Festivals all over Europe this summer including but not limited to Dour Festival (BE, July).

Frisbee is in orbit again. it just landed to bring three individual magic people together. Dea with his casual nature and gift to hear out the unique. Albion with his intention to find all mindriving sounds in this galaxy and spAceLex with the vision of all people dancing together to the sound which is around us. Anybody have his own understanding of music but there is one way we ride together. On this way we found out what to do. Releasing obscure electronic disco from 1977 to 1980 with the special touch of virginity. The emotion and the power these tracks have, is indescribable. Now its time to jump on the Frisbee and slide through the universe.

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Luv*Jam presents AL Zanders with his LTD edition LIMB VALLEY ep 10' Blind Jacks Journey

Dream Off White label with mysterious YETTI hand stamp.

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One of the early big records in the UK that preceded the acid house mania that followed in 1988 and Mr. Lee's first in a string of releases on Trax. Adonis recalls bumping into Mr. Lee in the street: "What's up with you, Adonis" and I said, "Oh man, I got a record out. I'm doin' house music and makin' money at it." The next time I saw him, he was sayin', "Hey man, I got a record out too!" 'I Can't Forget' features a more spoken word delivery in comparison to his later productions where he'd retooled and become a rapper (of sorts).

"Waves From The Nucleus" is a mixture of Spiritual Jazz, Brazilian Fusion, Soul, Disco and Boogie, composed, played and recorded by Skymark with his electric piano and old synths. This album is highly influenced by the golden years 70s-80s and the summer breeze from the marvelous city. Limited edition.

Daft Punk's 'ALIVE 2007' set, which won 2 Grammy Awards in 2009 (Best Electronic Album and Best Electronic Single categories) and was previously only available on CD and digital, will be released for the first time as a double vinyl with a triple gatefold sleeve.

Derived from their live performance at Bercy on 14 June 2007, this album was originally published the same year on November 19th. Through this amazing live experience, Daft Punk manipulated and reworked their established material, transposing and deconstructing the structures of their studio tracks.

A limited edition of 'ALIVE 2007' will be released at the same time, in a special box including the album on 2 solid white vinyls, plus a vinyl bonus (Side A: the show's encore (human after all / together / one more time (reprise) / music sounds better with you) /Side B : 'ALIVE 2007' pyramid logo etched), a 52 pages book (pictures taken during the shows), a slipmat and a download card.

'ALIVE 1997' is also being reissued separately. Recorded in 1997 in Birmingham during their first European tour, a few months after the release of 'Homework', this first live testimony was released in 2001. 45 minutes of non-stop live mixing, featuring the band's first standard tracks (Da Funk, Rollin' & Scratchin'...) along with those techno-electronic explosions unique to Daft Punk!

Transatlantyk delivers more deep dancefloor heat straight from the Polish house underground.

This time Zambon has recruited two duets from the opposite corners of the country, hence the name of the sampler (Polnoc/Poludnie = North/South).
The result is one of the most diverse and playful Transatlantyk releases yet.

Jazxing are two youngsters from Gdansk, who cut their teeth playing drums, keys and bass in local reggae and new wave bands. Fusing their musicianship with an ear for classic American house production, they are delivering two fresh and charming tracks. 'KS Gruv' is the road tested crowd favourite, never failing to move the dancefloor into the jacking direction.
'The Coast' is a slower, more seductive and deeper affair. Its phased strings and swinging bassline form a perfect soundtrack for a late night or early morning at the Loft.

Unitrax come from Cracow. These two seasoned DJs share mutual affirmation of all good things in life.
They also share their love of dusty samples and analogue machinery. Here they showcase the sound of deep, mystic, meditative house with a hint of medicine overdose.

'Oasis (Water Of Love)' is filled with druggy and sultry atmosphere (and some really nice synth action as well).
This beautiful jam will definitely keep your happiness level high in a different situations. 'Another Feeling' sounds more sedative, like a post-coital cigarette in the early morning light.
Buy on sight, play it in your local opium den and you won't be disappointed.

Sector 7-G's second release features the bionic boogie of underground Detroit synth wizard SLUFTER and more soulful futuristic dance floor heat from Sector 7-G founder Ben Christensen. These tracks show that Sector 7-G Recordings is committed to giving the people unique and forward thinking music that is soulful, funky and alive.

1999 is the fifth studio album by Prince, originally released by Warner Bros in 1982 and now lovingly re-issued by Rhino with original content.

According to the Rolling Stone Album Guide, "1999 may be Prince's most influential album: Its synth-and-drum machine-heavy arrangements codified the Minneapolis sound that loomed over mid-'80s R&B and pop, not to mention the next two decades' worth of electro, house, and techno."

SHADELEAF No.9 sees City Fly's JONNA step up with a superb EP !Vocalist Erik Rico graces title track 'Through The night', a serious piece of Deep, Disco influenced dopeness that follows the classic US House blueprint, but with that all important UK grit in the construction.A2 & 3 cater for the labels love of lo-slung Sample House, with 'Music For People' really shining as a thumpin' sound system jam
Who better to tackle the beautiful title track than NY born, Detroit grown bad boy Kai Alce !
His recent Sandman & Riverside joint has been testing a few speaker stacks these last few weeks, so the label couldn't wait to hear his versions of Through The Night
Safe to say, he doesn't disappoint !
A disctinctive vocal rub that recalls classic Ron Trent, and a stripped down and deadly KZR dub - Roots House at its finest !
Another Shadeleaf sureshot !

Atlanta-based artist follows his Sound Signature release w/this special 6-track affair for RSD that explores the nature of reality and being, the pursuit of ecstasy and bliss, and embracing the ephemeral.

GLENN is back with 4 more tracks reworked in his distinctive style mixing jazz and Chicago house. CANDIDO's "DANCIN' AND PRANCIN", a party cut with all new percussion plus one by ELI's 2ND COMING, a Paradise Garage/MusicBox classic b/w FATBACK BAND's "ALL DAY" and a dope EARL KLUGH jazz funk jam!

Prolific Seattle producer Jon McMillion returns to Nuearth Kitchen with another crucial chapter in his epic tale of haunted house-music subversions. This EP offers four variations on a bizarre and engrossing theme. Don't It Make You (edit 1)' is a work of extremes: By some miracle of aural physics, it's at once one of McMillion's strangest tracks and one of his most accessible. He sets into motion a staunch, relentless house rhythm bolstered with congas, massed claps, synth-bass raspberries, and a badass male singer intoning, Don't it make you feel good, if you wanna get down/Just say it, say it again,' over which a miasma of enigmatic tones bubbles and swirls. Like Bohannon's disco-funk classics from the '70s, Don't It Make You' seems like a tease, even at 10 minutes duration, you wish it would roll on for at least 30. On Don't It Make You (edit 2),' McMillion strips things down to dance-floor essentials and erases some of the free-floating background weirdness.

The two remixes are revelatory. New York house icon Fred P. (aka Black Jazz Consortium) slides the track into a tighter pair of pants, but that just makes it swivel harder and slyer. He emphasizes Don't It Make You''s mysterious drones and then loops a female vocalist singing He keeps me' while dropping in some echoed male chatter to gently disorient. What a dreamy, soulful trip Fred P. conjures here. And rising German wunderkind Orson Wells layers and pitches up the original's cascades of bleeps, which becomes the dominant motif, and then subtly modulates said bleeps over the tune's seven minutes, while keeping that irrepressible rhythm strutting. McMillion's raw materials prove to be fertile ground for these two maverick remixers to flaunt their own fascinating quirks while maintaining the original cut's club-darkening and ass-moving functionality.

Part 4 in the Vibes series.... and its Urban Tribe again... who seems to be popping records every other week at the moment. Track one is 'Carl Craig, Kenny Dixon Jr, Shake and Sherard Ingram are Urban Trib - 1st Mistake, Flip side is Urban Tribe - D2000 (The Godson remix).

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Give'n'Take is a new series on Uncanny Valley that focuses on favourite and like-minded producers from some of our core artists. For the start, Cuthead picked Max Graef, S3A and Moony Me and also contributed two tracks to the EP himself. Berlin's wunderkind Max Graef hands in "Tittenkuschler", a slow burner that will find a home on heartfelt dancefloors and sofas alike. Cuthead's follows up with a punchy house affair called "Braziliance" and the super-relaxing Hip-Hop-cut "Oef Oef". On the flipside we have S3A from Paris with the discoid "Theuz Hamtaak". He takes no prisoners with extensive sampling and an up and down bouncing arrangement. "Magergarten" from Vienna's Moony Me runs in the same vein with its string-heavy break and powerfull drumming. For the visual component Uncanny Valley asked Lucas Hunter aka Luca Lozano aka Luke to create one of his oldschool-praising artworks.

Limited edition restock of this fantastic 12" featuring two remixes from LA producer PETER BLACK. Comes in a full color picture sleeve with a photo of a semi-naked PRINCE.

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To celebrate our 10th vinyl release , we welcome on board the young and talented
parisian Flabaire , who's one of the man behind D-KO records and member of Secret
Value Orchestra

Athmospheric and dreamy 808 style from Flabaire , simply beautiful driving vibe on About myself' , slower but sexy
voyage that is Morning Lights' , and to complete the ep a little twist to a more dance floor and funky tune: Kemia
fever' .

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Effortlessly keeping alive an underground sensibility. Think Inner City meets YMO meets Blake Baxter meets I-F , something along those lines. Soulful house vibes, gritty propelling electro drum machines, and just the right amount of complexity!