House News

Smoking house jamz from Bucharest's best kept secret. Romansoff made his introduction already with the powerful Raw Tools series. We're happy to present his debut on Bitter Moon with this amazing four tracker. Future classic!

Re-issue of the killer Baseline 87' twelve which had previously came out as a limited release on Sushitech in late 2011.

Juan Atkins and Moritz von Oswald - the two indispensable protagonists of the Electric Garden - plug back into the wilderness.
Transport' - the new full length effort of the Borderland collaborative project - brings together a new set of studio-refined sequences aimed at colonizing some of the dark energy that pulsates through those areas that are thoroughly electrified, even if not 'on the grid'.

The Detroit-Berlin axis triangulates to a third point which, like the atomic particle that lives in two places at once, flickers between a form of techno-charged ambience and a futuristic club-jazz which cannot be broken down into constitutive parts. Borderland remains caught in a state of enraptured stillness, invisibly moving between every imagined future for electronic sound making.

The result: a font from which springs serene and exhilarating musical ideas that vibrate with refined energy for sixty seconds in every minute.

Adesse has recently turned heads with his sought after and limited 'Versions' releases.
For Prime Numbers he brings another high quality ep featuring three more excursions.
The title track 'Untitled Love' is a dubbed up 90's-esque workout. Repetitive vocal samples swirl over a deep, low-slung bass groove & peak'd-up snares. Its an unashamedly wide eyed, bouncing production that'll please those checking for the current resurgence of raw garage sounds.

'Supernal' takes things into deeper territory with an intriguing steppers outing. The track oozes soul with rousing keys & smoked-out production that's all kept in line by a mesmerising, metronomic vocal. The set is closed by 'Metachemistry' an equally engrossing track utilising a shuffling groove wrapped in breathy, reedy horns & heavily reverbed percussion.
All told a deeply reverential release highlighting a producer with an obviously wide palette of influence & a natural feel for what simply works.

Saints & Sonnets drop its fifteenth release, the 'Perth & Kinross' EP coming courtesy of Quell.

Nikolas Raptis aka Quell is a Greek producer currently residing in Berlin, Germany and since dropping his debut material back in 2007 has gone on to deliver output for labels such as Ibadan, Kolour, 2020Vision and Tsuba. Here we see Raptis join the Saints & Sonnets roster, following recent releases from Artifact, Jabru and Three Bar.

Opening the release is 'The Ice Factory' which sees Quell employ distorted 909 rhythms; insistent stab sequences and an acid-tinged bass hook to open up the EP with a punch. Following is '2 0 2 0 2', retaining a similar aesthetic to the preceding cut with crunchy analogue drums, while raw stab hits, tension building sweeps and heavily processed vocal chops generate a frenzied feel to the composition throughout its near nine-minute duration.

First up on the latter half of the 12'' is 'Lady Hardcore', and as the name would suggest we're treated to rave-infused workout built around shuffle amen breaks, heavy doses of sub bass and square wave stabs and a general nod to the 90's embodied throughout. 'Military Press' tips things back to the 4/4 with a chuggy bass hook, expansive atmospheres and wandering arpeggios accompanying the rock-sturdy rhythms..

DJ Support:

Ben Westbeech (Breach (Strictly Rhythm, Brownswood Recordings)
James Zabiela (Hearing Aid / Excession)
Tensnake
Jonny Cade (2020 Vision / Leftroom)
Yousef (Circus)
Copy Paste Soul ((Gruuv / Exploited / ALiVE)
Damian Lazarus
Noah Pred (Thoughtless Music)
Dusky (Dogmatik / Anjunadeep)
Darren House (Diesel / Xpress 2)
Danny Tenaglia
No Artificial Colours (Madtech / PMR)
Cassio Kohl
Andy Butler (Hercules & Love Affair)
Dan Beaumont (Dalston Superstore / Disco Bloodbath Recordings)
Chris James (Coat of Arms (Gruuv, Alive, OFF)
Ed Davenport (Liebe*Detail)
Jef K (Crack & Speed)
Max Chapman (Hot Waves / Lower East)
Liam Jones (Cera Alba, Hot Natured)
Ben Pearce (Purp & Soul)
Chaim Avital (Cocoon / B-Pitch)
Julien Veniel (D'Julz / Pokerflat)
sebastian kahrs (Sebo K)
Stacey Pullen (Transmat (Detroit))
Eddie Richards (Evil Eddie Richards)
Sidney Charles ((OFF / Sci + Tec / Material Series))
Aaron Hedges (Disctrict Of Corruption)
KiNK
Grzegorz Demianczuk (CATZ'N DOGZ (Dirtybird/Get Physical)
Carlo Lio (Rawthentic Music)
Tony Rodriguez (Brothers' Vibe)
Javi Bora (2020Vision / Hudd Traxx / Defected / Space Ibiza)
Oli Furness (Skylax / Morris Audio / Sankeys)
Samuel Thalmann (Okain (Tsuba/ B-Pitch/Je'Taime)
Speaking Minds (Noir Music, My Favorite Robot Records, Manocalda)
Lo Shea (Seaghdha / 100 Years / Hope Works)
Franck Roger (Real Tone Records)
Jack Savidge (Friendly Fires / Deep Shit)
Jamie Trench (Roots For Bloom)
Pedram (Supernature / Born Electric)
Jesse (J.Tjin)

This EP once again is DJ Jus-Ed showing is gratitude to all the people, pass and present that have been his friend in need or in deed! The music is DJ Jus-Ed emotionally gratitude
expressed wit deep cords piano heavy bassline the vocals and lyrics are written and performed by Alison Crockett / Jaymz Nylon plus a special mix by Mentor Glenn T to round this ep out to be another underground anthem...

If you ever had the pleasure to meet DJ Jus-Ed you'll want this very special release.

No info available on this mysterious but excellent 12". Deep dub techno on the A-side, deep Detroit house vibes on the flip. 100 copies only.

Ploiesti Romania area childhood friends Andu Simion, Dan Gheorghe and Bogdan Ardeleanu are inspired by Detroit's house sound and Berlin's techno. Their resulting collaboration is best described as "deep techno" and their first release is appropriately on Moods & Grooves known for pushing both envelopes. 'Les sons de la Lisie`re is a reflection of the beauty and silence of nature found in the suburbs of Ploiesti.

Brooklyn based producer shows off his knack for rich grooves, & melodies that are intoxicating in nature. The drive, & atmosphere are what led Deepblak's AYBEE to his work, & these ingredients on display as they speak to the head, & the feet.

Extended and Dub versions of "Funkert" and "Raverd", both songs taken from the forthcoming Virginia album Fierce For The Night (OSTGUTLP22 / OSTGUTCD36).

Hinode is back with another fine Science Fiction release, 4 quality underground jam's including XDB Remix!

HNNY strikes again with his second 12' on Local Talk this year.

The lead track Tears puts HNNY back in peaktime territory and as with previous tracks Yearning and For The Very First Tim, HNNY shows you do not need many ingredients to serve classic house flavours, just the right amount of grit and a irresistible vocal.

First out on the b-side is Gymnastics, a blistering disco number or as Tooli described it 'a 100% string-stomper.'
Ending this 12' is No Tears, a dub version with all the key details from Tears but also goes deeper and with more added efx.
An absolute guarantee to jack your body.

Sampler 1 brings us one of the most sought after tunes of the year, Joy Orbison and Boddika's 'Mercy' has been given the VIP treatment by Boddika and it's been doing damage on dance-floors world-wide since it's inception.On the flip, Kassem Mosse brings his exclusive flavour back to the Nonplus camp with 'Broken Patterns', a mesmeric journey through evolving melodies and drum programming.

Lively house tracks with a techno-ish edge from Helsinki all recorded live in one take to keep the human touch. Its the 5th release on this nice little imprint by Trevor Deep jr. And another strong one as expected... Check out that b2 ''U I Tape mixx'' Fresh vibes, classic tracks.

Finale Sessions is proud to bring you a new series of releases from the vault from some of the best producers in the world and we are presenting them to you on 10 inch vinyl format. We are excited because of the magnitude of the producers for this release starting with Mr.Fred P with his track "Random Acces Memory" with its moving pads and melodic keys and four on the floor drums it is must have for the avid dancefloor director . Then we move to Mr Kail Alce with his track called "Scene 1" with its nasty acidy synths and its soft chords brings it to a peek time hitter for true house heads and its percussion driven drums that set his release over the edge.

124Black is the new sub label from 124 Recordings with the aim of promoting a darker, harder sound firmly rooted in the underground. All releases are strictly limited and available only on 10" transparent vinyl. First up is Jacob B, rapidly gaining a lot of recognition for his deep and chunky club cuts, aptly demonstrated on "Basement Crowd" with solid drums, suspense filled strings, a spoken word vocal and a bassline that shows you 124Black is the new sub label from 124 Recordings with the aim of promoting a darker, harder sound firmly rooted in the underground. All releases are strictly limited and available only on 10" transparent vinyl. First up is Jacob B, rapidly gaining a lot of recognition for his deep and chunky club cuts, aptly demonstrated on "Basement Crowd" with solid drums, suspense filled strings, a spoken word vocal and a bassline that shows you exactly where the title of this track comes from. Next is another 124 family member, Liam Geddes' late night jam, "Somebody In The House". With it's haunting stabs, groovy baseline and snare rolls, this a simple, yet very effective track that works equally as well in a small club or large warehouse! On the B-side, Cecil returns to 124 with "BV" a track very much aimed at the dancefloor and replete with the producer's signature deep stabs and chords, that work alongside a sub bassline that you feel rather than hear. A peak time track that has been doing the business this summer.

Hypnotic and sexy grooves by Echonomist topped with the seductive and sultry vocals of Dans Mon Salon infect the mind, body and
soul !! Purely Brilliant !!

It's almost spring here in Los Angeles, and Jesse Rose is chugging along with the 12x12 series, this time with "Dance With Me." Two versions of the track here - one for the Chi-town house heads and one for the Dusseldorf beat junkies. Wherever you are in the world, have a dance with us!
Support From: Joris Voorn, Heidi, DJ Sneak, Davide Squillace, Yolanda Be Cool, Riva Starr, Josh Wink, Louis Osbourne & Tsugi Mag

12" with HQ Printed Sleeve
Phillipi and Rodrigo have a fondness for synths and classic Brazilian sound. Side A is a playful acid sound created that's been thoroughly road tested on the Despacio sound system. Side B is a tight modern Balearic Beat for the slower dancefloor. Sleeve design by Ill Studio.

Vanguard Sound! returns with it's first full EP by a Vanguard Crew Member other than Chris or Amir. G. Marcell's Model Music EP is a
special tribute to the Legendary Chicago Artist named Paul Johnson who has been both a friend and mentor to G. for quite some time.
4 tracks of Modern Chicago house music with that classic vibe, G flips beats, chops samples, and flexes synths to keep dance floors moving from opening to peak-time, as well as late late night/after hours closing sets.


Special Words from artist himself.....
"It was an honor to create a project for such a musically creative pioneer in the house industry. I thank him for his seal of approval to create this release and it's great that he enjoys this release". - G.Marcell

300 COPIES NO DIGITAL RELEASE

London born D. Lean lives in the windswept Swedish countryside on the outskirts of Stockholm. His surroundings have a notable influence on the sound of the Autoreply Music boss. Expansive and absorbing
techno with a nod to the classic sounds and techniques of the genre.
After two excellent 10" singles and a remix of Ken Ishii and Romboy's single "Taiyo", Lean released an appetiser ahead of this double CD album of the same name, "Time Tourism.
This long player is a classy, deep and delicate dark electronica album in the tradition of Detroit techno, which gets taken on a trippy, tracky and repetitive journey.

Since it's very first beginning, The Monkey Bar has proved to have no boundaries music-wise. This composition of tracks pictures a state of mind, a bridge between the past and the future. A selection made by producers that can speak with the heart, the mind and the soul.

Rawness comes by the hand of HINODE, "Escape" is the title of this beautiful track made by the Italian duo. A minimalistic wicked vibe and pads from beyond melt perfectly with a bass as pulse that lifts you just enough to keep you alive.

The second track is EDUARDO DE LA CALLLE's hidden treasure, "Celestial Highways" is a magical track that comes somewhere between the Motor City and very high up in the mountains where he lives. Music that keeps you floating, made in the universal language soulfulness.

The third cut is the first result of DIEGO GAMEZ (UQ) and ALFONSO as 333. The duo polished an outstanding work together, a powerful bass that never let's you go, cutting pads and just the right amount of acidity that make you go mental. The Monkey Bar's core at it's best.

Marco Shuttle's Journey Remix it's a trip to the unknown, a track that never surrenders. The constant rhythmic evolution and the sci-fi mood set by the pads transport you directly to a very distant and elegant planet where the power of the mind is the driving force. Who cares about the destination, when the Journey is so good. As Jim Morrison will say: "Let's ride the snake".

1x per customer!

2016 REPRESS

Packaged in plain die cut sleeve, no photo artwork*Highly anticipated repress of this 2013 released EP from the mythical dust wizard, Terekke. Blazed.....TIP
Narrative, breathing, basement house with subtle morphing chords, heavy tape hiss, and an undeniable character that has been lost in much dance music. Again this record will be equally satisfying for home listening or calculated club play. Record comes complete with beautiful full color cardboard cover of some outerspace shit for you to zone out to while listening to the record, a bonus to say the least.

We've been waiting a release on Versatile from our long time friend Ark. It now done with this "Street House EP", an ode to B-Boy house.Emba Anthem, with its samples from a cult west coast 90's hip hop band, and the bewitching Nuark, which mixes deepness, sensuality and odd funky groove, but inna Ark unique fashion.
Big shout outs Paris kids!

Killer mixes on Kyodai's big house anthem from last year. Nuff said!

Gerome Sportelli presents the Volume 3 of his famous Acid
Krax series. This EP comes out with 4 oldschool Acid
House tracks ready to blow your mind on the
dancefloor!

With Georgi's sinnmusik* debut receiving support from the likes of Laurent Garnier, John Digweed, Joyce Muniz and Shadow Child, label favourite Georgi Barrel returns with another batch of dusty samples and deep, infectious House grooves.

The title track opens things up with full and rounded low-end bubbling under a rich entanglement of crowd noise and soft, rotating sample loops while a healthy selection of real instruments maintain a soft and soulful tone throughout.

First up on remix duties is Frits Wentink - following up releases on Wolf Music and 20:20 Vision, the Dutch native bolsters Late Nite Foray and tucks it into a tighter, more forceful swing using mangled percussive whacks and sportive synth lines to suit it perfectly for brimful dancefloors.

Next up is Denmark based Desos. With releases on his own Deso Records and Berlin's Rawax, his Late Nite Foray revision blends course hats and softened synth tones with resistless and effective bass sequencing.

'Lonely Game' closes up with some arresting vocal snippets and circling synth patterns. A spearing bass stab sits below shuffling hats and a glowing horn sample that puts Georgi's hefty vinyl collection to good use.

Brian Løgstrup (Desos) is a Danish producer, remixer and label owner (Deso
Records) with over 18-years of experience in the music industry.

Brian has toured all across Europe and Denmark and in 2008 he started
producing his own tracks which he successfully released on such labels as:
Sex Panda White, Deso Records, Voltaire Music, Rawax and Tenor Recordings to name a few.
Fritz Wentink Amsterdam based Steve Mensink (Fritz Wentink) is an upcoming artist in the
Dutch house scene and has a great track record of own originals and remixes released on labels such as:
Wolf Music Records, 20:20 Vision, Darko Es

Last year Stockholm based producer HNNY provided us one of the biggest releases on Local Talk to date.
Now he's back with a follow up, Yearning, a straight up jackin' house track to prove he's not just one trick pony.
Dirtytwo got lot's of music planned for 2013 on Local Talk. First up is a remix of HNNY's 'For The Very First Time'. This particular version started out as a secret weapon which they guys used in the liveset.
Mats & Tooli heard it and decided that their version had to be released. Simply put, the Dirtytwo Midas Touch version is pure gold.

The inimitable Swiss duo L'N'F gear up for action once more here on Leo Leal's Unike Muzik imprint, as they join forces with the label head himself for the quite brilliant sounds of the The Cellar EP. Dark and broody but with a firm dancefloor persuasion, the EP is one that very much plays to the strengths of all involved.
Easing in the EP is the assured strands of the title-number, a nimble and boisterous wedge of peak-time house. Stuffed full of canny vocals and an unrelenting bassline emphasis, it saunters at a furious pace thanks to its heightened snares and undoubted groove. Most thankfully, it's full of suspense and emotion too.
French producer Julian M scrubs up the original thanks to a deft cowbell and even more funky pastures, before Kindimmer's Punchin Around Remix toes the line between techno and house with serious aplomb, re-sulting in the sort of heads-down anthem that's easy to fall for. The final calling card is '''93'', another effort that looks back in its search for kicks. With enticing melodies leading the charge, it signs off on the EP with the sort of expert touch we've come to expect from all involved. It's another quite brilliant Unike release.

'NSM002 is me, Mosca, again. Two not-house not-techno tracks, a little more raw and textured than my last 12" but with the same emphasis on dark, sexy grooves and just enough dissonance and freakiness.

The Greyhounds is a dubby rolling thing with an indulgent breakdown that I wondered about scrapping. I ended up backing myself because the crowds I played it to seemed happy, and I've wanted to use those strings for eleven years now. I tried to make Clinical Trial for the basement clubs, dust and metal and tape. Thanks for checking it out.'


Press Highlights:
XLR8R (News)
FACT (News)
DJ Mag (Review)
Ransom Note (Review)
Datatransmission (News)
Red Bull (News)

DJ Support:

DJ Qu
Kris Wadsworth
Markus Suckut
Rolando
Italojohnson
Midland
Surgeon
Anthony Parasole
Franck Roger
Brendon Moeller
Ed Davenport
Bok Bok
Galcher Lustwerk
DVS1
Art Department
Jonas Kopp
Mark E
Darko Esser
Randomer
Josh Wink
Laurent Garnier
Tuncate
Altered Natives
South London Ordnance
Appleblim
Tini
Peter Kruder
Darko Esser

After a few follow up releases this year, we present our first newcomers of 2015 to keep a watchful eye on in the months ahead..
Glasgow-based Hi & Saberhägen are on to a promise with this ripper of a release. 4 solid slammers which have featured on Joy Orbison's Beats in Space and our own Boiler Room Upfront mix in recent months.
You heard them here first..

Other People is excited to announce Solpara's Swing EP, the debut solo release by New York born and based artist Paul Sara. Paul recently returned to his New York base after spending five years in Montreal studying, working, and composing. There, he co-founded Booma Collective with Oren Ratowsky and Valentin Stip, a local group of musicians and sound artists, as well as a music label. Swing is a sort of summation of Paul's time in Montreal and his first full solo release outside of Booma. For Paul, Swing is movement, sound, and hypnosis. That fine, affective modulation, as present in a drum machine or a drummer's hand, plays a role. But so too does Paul's memory of winter sessions in Booma's studio (ironically named 'The Furnace'), where he and his friends had to swing their bodies back and forth to keep warm. The five tracks on Swing evoke warmth within cold, cavernous spaces. 'Descent' begins the EP with a one synth panning and undulating quietly left and right before the drop of a gentle, knowing beat. Next, 'Swing' bursts open with a tremendous kick looming over tumultuous layers of bass frequency filigreed by glowing chords. The gruff, calloused percussion of 'Vitamin C' sounds like its rattling inside the case of a grenade. And 'Short Circuit,' the longest track here and an awesome demonstration of polyrhythmic capacity, doubles as jagged sound sculpture. 'Seahorses' ends the EPlike it began — a single synth swaying to and fro.

Strut return to the archives of seminal Chicago house label Dance Mania in January 2015 for 'Dance Mania: Ghetto Madness'. The follow-up to Strut's acclaimed Dance Mania label retrospective 'Hardcore Traxx' from early 2014, this new instalment places the spotlight on the raw, stripped back, hyper bpms of ghetto house and the rise of the movement's fresh generation of stars during the mid'90s including DJ Deeon, DJ Funk, Jammin' Gerald and DJ Milton.

The album tells the story of the evolution of Chicago's sound during the era as mix tapes circulated through local stores and DJs developed their own underground following, playing local parties in the projects. Crowds began responding to faster bpms and gangsta rap-inspired X-rated lyrics. As DJ Deeon remembers, 'it bridged the gap. It made it OK for guys in the ghetto to like house again and it brought the women onto the dancefloor too.' Dance Mania was perfectly positioned to capitalise on the new sound - many of the DJs came regularly into Ray Barney's record store and, as Chicago's most trusted and respected label owner, he was offered the best tracks for commercial release at an early stage.

'Ghetto Madness' brings together some of the underground classics and enduring favourites that earned Dance Mania the title of 'Ghetto House's Motown'. Tracks include DJ Deeon's party-starter 'The Freaks', raw DJ Funk cut 'Computer Sex' and Nina Kraviz favourite, Paul Johnson's 'Give Me Ecstacy'. Other featured gems from the archive include the dark early Steve Poindexter outing 'Computer Madness' and Tyree's in-demand jam, 'Nuthin' Wrong'.

'Dance Mania: Ghetto Madness' will be released in 1CD unmixed, 2LP and digital formats. Physical formats are fully illustrated in raw ghetto style by James Wilson and also feature CD a fold-out poster featuring an exclusive James Wilson illustration featuring the Dance Mania DJs as tattoos!

Steve Lee's (The Project Club) ABOVE MACHINE label returns with a superb 12 from The Vendetta Suite, the brainchild of Gary Irwin - Belfast resident and long-term collaborator with David Holmes.
Irwin's inspiration comes from Weatherall's seminal A Love from Outer Space and Belfast's early '90s Sugar Sweet nights.
Irwin creates two pieces both in thrall to the Keeping the Faith Balearic scene.Additional remixes are provided by disco aficionado Ray Mang (DFA) and Nottingham's heavy dub brothers Shrinkwrap.
Above Machine are heading straight for the dance floor on this release...

Terron back on a Whities. This 4 track EP features 2 lead singles in No.29 Pareto 20/80 & No.34 Dove (Part II), and a continuous piece of music running across 3 tracks on the B side. Hand painted sleeves.

The Dons Jus-Ed and Mr G together on wax.

Here are parts 2 through 5 of the Unity Kolabo compilation set!
That's 4 more vinyl 12" discs + CD for your listening and dancing pleasure.