House News

Grab-bag 12' EP of electro, IDM, breaks and house from Montreal via Ottawa producer Riohv (aka Braden Thompson), which follows up the similarly map-jumping 1080-released Moondance' cassette from back in 2014.Finding more confidence and proficiency in his own abilities as a producer, Thompson was able to have a lot more fun and subsequently revise and update his sound to reflect his own tastes in records. The EP was made in one burst in Montreal over the winter and spring.On Green Room, it comes down to creating what he wants to hear—atmosphere through dreamy or moody pads, layered percussive elements, to pay tribute to the euphoria of early rave music.

What would it feel like to have your naked body slowly submerged in a pool of steaming acid One would expect unbearable pain, of course - beyond the limits of our imagination - but with his Acid Ambient Vol. 1 on Kontra-Musik, Daniel Araya proves us wrong. The EMS Studio Engineer and producer adjusts the intricate PH levels of this corrosive bubblebath with infinity skilled hands, making the experience thoroughly pleasurable - on the verge of erotic even. Your skin melts away with a sweet sensation of laxity and your muscles and tendons dissolve sensually slow. At the end, nothing will remain below the surface but the pleasure center of your now diffused brain, pulsating with unrestrained satisfaction. So come on in, the acid is fine.

Reinterpretations by Chicago Skyway, G. Marcell, Ike Release, & Steven Tang who expand the the sessions w/deep & rhythmic tunes that will rock from warehouse to boats.

Another fantastic project from a mysterious producer. Vinyl Only, 300 copies, limited Edition !

Real recognise real is what they say so this colaboration is no coincidence.
PTX Daddy Frost teams up with HardWorkSoftDrink hardliners Cédric Dekowski & Felix Reifenberg., bringing you "Forcer".
A quirky, acid filled funk flex for the whole family.
On the flip side we've got Dietrich Thilo with Cedric Dekowski. You better expect the unexpected.
Pushing boundaries and themeselves is what they do all day everyday...Can´t knock the hustle..

Not Waving's Ecstatic label catch Martin Jenkins (Pye Corner Audio) in Head Technician garb for a slippery set of slow, plasmic acid workouts that were originally issued on a super-limited tape,
and now sit heavy on wax.Over the years since he first mooted the PCA sound in 2010, Jenkins has used the Head Technician
alter ego as a sort of evil engineer Hyde analogous to his day-to-day Jekyll, a sort of hyperstitious studio partner in a time-honoured tradition of sleeve credits ghost chasing.
Where PCA's pieces may tend to be lustrous, optimistic, the Head Technician's Zones LP hems to the shadows of the 'floor with a furtive, noirish quality that works a treat in the right situations,
whether soundtracking gaslamp-lit raves or midnight street patrols seeking out ne'erdowells and laudanum dealers.
Fired on a classic trinity of Roland TR-606 drum machine with an MC-202 (a beast to program, he admits) and TB-303 to sequence his baselines, it clearly makes explicit reference to the early days
of Detroit techno and UK bleep 'n bass, but the vibe is more anachronistic, out-of-time, possibly thanks to his patented, lagging basslines and slowly unfolding arrangements, bridging that
imaginary, dilated gap between fuzzy dancefloor head melt and curtains-drawn next day gouch out.

Killer raw jacking acid tracks with some old school Chicago influences in a contemporary style. Inter Gritty on Deep Moves delivering the goods!! For fans of Gesloten Cirkel!!

Includes remixes by Raudive and Hardway Bros.
Anonymous engineer Man Power delivers the Kiloton EP for Correspondant's 26th release, available in both digital and vinyl formats on 14 April 2014. The producer's recent contributions to the label, including a track on Compilation 02, feature corrosive riffs and irreverent stylistic mixing. Kiloton presents a tighter sound complimenting label signatures of

acid-laced, dramaturgical warm-ups and off-kilter body workouts.

Man Power opens Kiloton with Balearic beats and chugging 303 acid, summoning a Soca-style saxophone intervention, then stirring discordant synths into a sonic whirlpool. All sound is momentarily sucked into a silent plateau, before plunging back down to ride out the track with new momentum. In his outerworld rework, Hardway Bros' Brit Sean Johnston pitches down the original, swerving into low-slung 80s styling and leaving behind galactic static.

"Parenthesis" is built around samples from a '71 conversation between critical philosophers Chomsky and Foucault on the need for creative freedom in human labor. Man Power creates urgency around the tempered delivery of Chomsky's words with escalating, acid-drenched pulses, distorted echoes, and distended synths to simultaneously soporific and provocative effect.

British producer and DJ Raudive turns out a cold-blooded, high-octane rework of "Parenthesis". His minimalist composition puts a driving kick drum at the core, and the narrative is compressed down around the directive matrix of "Work" and the encircling echoes of "Repression - Oppression - Destruction - Coercion". Raw electricity jolts bones.

Volume 2 in Trax new re issue series "Chicago Trax", delves deeper into the archives to unearth more 'lost tracks' from the legendary Chicago house label.
Kicking off with "Dum Dum - Part 2" by Fresh (TX115 - 1986), following on from Part 1 which came out on Larry Sherman's Precision (named after his pressing plant) in 1984, and included a prototype version of what would become "Real Love" by Jesse's Gang. Its follow up, Part Two, produced by Jesse Saunders was just as basic consisting of bass, drums and the occasional squelch or stab.
Next up... Yes its him again - Farley Jackmaster Funk with "Give Your Self To Me" (TX116 - 1986). Featuring uncredited vocal performances from both Ricky Dillard and Kevin Irving, this is almost symphonic in comparison with some of Farley's previous foray's into the studio, possibly aided by the fact he utilised a producer, Danny Wilson, to finesse his efforts.
On the B side we start with Willie Wonka's "What Is House (TX122 - 1986). Dwayne Grant's name seems to have slipped off the radar, but this wasn't even his first release, having already recorded under the name Grant for Sherman's Precision the year prior to this. Unusually for some, "What Is House" is Linn drum-heavy and from memory, I believe this vocal comes from the producer reading an early piece written about Chicago house. Yet another underrated tune from the vaults.
Finally we have Radio Fashion "What You Deserve" (TX123 - 1987). An anomaly in the Trax catalogue, Radio Fashion would seem more at home an obscure Belgian label or even on Wax Trax! Although they did contribute to other house releases (like "The Jackin' National Anthem" on Hot Mix 5), vocalist Jim Romano turned up on a Die Warzau album in the early 90's doing background vocals.

Credit 00 strikes back with four cuts between Jungle Funk and sublime Party bombs. "Tribal Rhythm Machine" starts off with subtle but effective drumming that works on the dance floor as much as it could be the soundtrack to your road trip to Utopia. Then there is "Curse Of The Medusa", a pretty rumbling track that takes full advantage of its super-funky vocal samples and almost explosive percussion action. "Voodoo Soup" fishes in muddy waters with Credit 00's distinctive drum work and tribal sounds from outer space. The final track "Snake Charmer" is building things up nice and steady. But when the hypnotizing synth melody breaks ground neither serpents nor dancers can resist. The artwork was created by Alexander Dorn a.k.a. Credit 00 himself.

London trio Decius are back with the "Rupture Boutique EP". Three tracks of sleazy/acid/sex music. Werk This!

Beat a track that already is a hit Nearly impossible - but not for Noir
Music. They just took Superfunk´s Lucky Star and dropped it into a damn
hot new edition for 2012. Thanks again to Solomun (Diynamic, Supernature)
for another brilliant remix work. Kolombo takes it back to the oldschool days
with a deep work and a real 303 acid edit. Overall a superb must-have
package.

Since his last full-length, Ode, Tin Man, AKA Johannes Auvinen, has taken a collaborative approach to acid, bringing his 303 box into studio scenarios with Cassegrain, John Tejada, AAAA and Gunnar Haslam in order to explore new territory. On Acid Test 11, Auvinen's arrived on a seamless pairing with Manchester production duo Jozef K and Winter's Son. On the title track, Tin Man's acrobatic 303 no longer has to do the melodic heavy lifting-the Mancunians provide a sturdy yet plaintive piano base that allows a duet of acid lines to cut through the heady atmosphere. Interdimensional Transmissions boss Erika toughens things up considerably with her "Fate's Unknown" remix, stripping things back to a creepy, jacking core. "Pendle By Night" underlines the ad hoc trio's propensity for widescreen heft. The track's epic, emotional tone feels like a natural product of the collaboration.

Six action-packed oldschool jams with all the vintage machines you need in your life.

"Funkin' With The Drums Again" sees the legendary producer and WBMX disc jockey Farley "Jackmaster" Funk turning in some absolutely killer jacking drum tracks, Chicago style. Each track is an essential DJ tool that has it all, Italo Disco inspired bass-lines, skittering drum machines, eerie analog synthesizer melodies and of course, Farley's trademark percussive vocal stabs punctuating the mix.

Originally released in 1985 the tracks featured on "Funkin' With The Drums Again"still pack a punch now in 2014, the record is a document from the initial first wave of Chicago House records and has that raw edge that so many contemporary producers are still inspired by 20+ years later.

Re-mastered, re-pressed and re-issued in conjunction with the rights holders and complete with original Trax Records label artwork.

"Farley Knows House"

I Walked by Night is a new label created with the ethos that comes from the foundations of any good resident DJ, that of good selection. Label boss Krysko, who has held residencies for over 16 years, brings his experience to his new label.The debut release comes from Tristan Grace, a UK based artist (Aliases - OE & Prime Time Crew). Raised propping up record store counters on the South Coast since his early teens, now lives pretty isolated from current club culture. Nothing beats being in the storm of a dance floor, but being able to step away from the pull and draws of the scene allows him to diarise his Occupational Exposure through trax.Inspiration from the motor city and acid sound lies at the heart of what he does. Influenced by rolling green hills, and surrounded by the analog soul of his machines - he has an addiction to vintage machines of Asian origin, valves, and it's fair to say, he lives his life in 16 step sequence. The Furse E.P moves across the width of his sound, and this being his debut release on I Walked by Night, there will be many more to come.

The Chicago house master aka Mr Mike Dunn returns to moreaboutmusic with some fresh new material taken from his forthcoming album due in 2017.

Najem Sworb brings us the thirty-fifth edition of Wolfskuil Records adding the Strasbourg-based artist to it's roster. Previously releasing on labels such as Clone Basement Series, Technorama, Metis Recordings and the now defunct Ai Records, Najem Sworb has been transforming through various genres of techno since his debut release in 2007.

Rad.Velc EP brings us 4 original tracks playing upon the themes of house and techno. 'K-159' opens the EP with a fierce relentless bass and squeaky pads ending in a harmonic disarray while 'K-166' follows in a smiliar suit rather with a dub inspired rhythms. On the flipside, Najem Sworb switches up the vibe with 'K-abL' which illustrates the artists more house influences with mystical synth lines. However, 'K-177' demonstrates his knack for techno, delivering an explosive device fit for the dance floor. Together in all four tracks Najem Sworb shows his expertise in unique synth work providing a quirky cadence to his beats.

DJ FEEDBACK
early support from
Answer Code Request: Interesting stuff here!
Rødhåd: Downloading for listen.
Anthony Parasole: This is quite good!
Ben Sims: B2 doing it for me.
A.Mochi: A2 is for me!
Angel Molina: K-abL/K-177 as my fav track on here, especially the last one, killer one.
John Osborn: Really strong release - loving A2 & B1.
Isolated Lines: Very cool tracks! I really like A2 and B2. I'll play them.
Jeff Derringer: Sounds very nice! I'll try this in Detroit.
Phone: Love hypnotic tribal sound of K159.
Truncate: Solid tracks all around... but really digging that B1 track.
Orde Meikle: Great release.
Ekserd: Another excellent one on Wolfskuil. Super nice!
Echoplex: Fresh.
AWB: Long time fan of Laurent's work.
Invite: Another great ep on the label! Keep them coming!
Jeroen Search: Yes!
Blawan: Very nice ep! Full support.
Joseph Capriati: Downloading for Joseph Capriati.
Mr. Jones: Always a surprise what new sound Wolfskuil will bring.Like this funky and fresh EP.
Richie Hawtin: Downloaded for Richie Hawtin.
Marcel Heese: Killer!
Randomer: A side bangs.
Robert Lamart: Support.
Svreca: Feeling specially K-177.
Mosca: Love that K-166 synth!
Tensal: B2 is my pic here, nice stuff as usual in Wolfskuill.
Markus Suckut: 166 & 177.
Sinfol: Will try b2.
Ame: Thanks.

DJ Nephil steps up with the third self release on his GRTW label, featuring new artists from across the atlantic as well as one experienced american producer. This follow up to his previous solo effort featuring a remix from another upstart in the form of JASSS is a worthy continuation of his off kilter sonic expedition.

A1, Chris Mitchell "T.C." After a quieter 2015 Chris Mitchell returns with the a more serious tone. Chris starts the ep with a house tempo grinder as a growling bass morphs over an intricate 505 pattern. Vocal samples and keys emerge to carry the track along until a sinister string tone arrives.


A2, Retrograde Youth "One Last Try" Medellin's exciting new artist follows up his premier on Delta Funktionen's radio matrix with a dark storm of rugged drums draped in extraterrestial synth tones. A hard snare punctuates a curtain of intensity that consistently morphs into more warped territories.

B1, DJ Nephil "Bipolar Disorder" Nephil picks up the pace here as we are introduced into this cut with an arpeggiated synth pattern seemingly contained in a deep hall with a background vocal in some distant form. In stylistic form with the rest of the EP Nephil continues with an active and agressive drum pattern as the palette expounds with high pitched synth fx and midrange synth lines.

B2, Vault "Up Through The Concrete", newcomer Vault hails from Knoxville, TN, home other intriguing artists like Grey People, Alex Falk and Will Azada. Vault brings the most energetic offering to the EP. EBM inspired high tempo drums slice a furious arpeggiation. Vocals add the most hypnotic layer along with some synth lines that build tension throughout. The perfect climax for this rough and subterrainian EP.

Handstamped limited to 300 copies... Here comes a full of surprises ep. Containing Tivoli feelings, acid trance, beautifulness & genuality. Funny & Serious at the same time. Check this out!

1x each customer! Label bosses Posthuman back with their second full outing on I Love Acid, four tracks of dirty jacking acid rave music to be played loud on the dancefloor. Strictly limited to 303 copies, on hand-stamped & numbered heavyweight 12' vinyl. No digital. No represses.

What a treat we have here! The long awaited Medlar debut on Riverette is finally here: After a string of amazing releases on Wolf Music and having remixed a few of the biggest acts on the scene such as disclosure, Medlar gives us 3 tracks that showcase what a talent this guy is.
First of on A1... chills, that's all we need to say, one of the most anticipated tracks on soundcloud, on B2 we have his take on acid and what a take that is. On the flip side we have a track for the weirder side of the dance floor just as we like it, something in between house and techno.
If this wasn't enough there's a remix too, by up and coming and classy as hell act FYU Chris it's freaking amazing!!!

After coming with a pretty great electronic soft jazz number on the first release, Distant Works begins to define the mission behind the label with the second offering-a synth, Italo-esque 5-cut EP that would only come from somewhere in the Netherlands these days. The label bosses are clearly up to go to distant places to deliver the sounds. It's a very impressive statement and raises our interest on future releases

Finally repressed

Pukemaster Gehm kicks four uncompromising and banging Acid tracks where you can feel his pure love for his partner in crime, the 303. Stomping basslines, twirling and chirping 303 sounds, jerking hihats and hypnotic claps all over here. Pukemaster Gehm know what the crowd wants.... DANCING, SWEATING, SCREAMING. Comes on juicy pink vinyl.

First release comes from Daniela La Luz itself, introducing her dancefloor diversity to their new bornlabel. After releasing two albums and a few EP´s, remixes and winning a QUARTZ 6 Electronic Music Award, Daniela demonstrates once more her genre breaking talent and approach, taking the understanding of house and techno music to new horizons. The combination of tracks is very well thought through. The aim is to fulfill the DJ´s needs of having one record representing all moods of a set. Waveforms are not only a mathematical law, waveforms are everywhere, in all sections of everyday life,
in light and in sound. Parallel is one of the many parallel universes out there, living and believing in variety, whilst pointing onto respect for various life forms. We do what we love.

Ephemeral's debut on Helena treats us to three deep originals, offset by a characteristically storming XDB remix on the flip. MOLECULAR and CIRRUS combine gritty textures, half-heard phrases, pulsing bass and cyclical synth and acid lines into the kind of meditative sound experience familiar to fans of Plan B or Underground Quality - but here, and especially on AMMONIA, overlaid by the distinctly dubby feel of drizzly afternoons spent at Ephemeral's home in the Midlands. XDB, true to form, grabs the latter track and sticks on some serious afterburners, setting controls for a revved-up voyage across the surface of some distant planet.

GLENN UNDERGROUND takes us on a TB303 journey with lush ambient chords & spacey rhythms on "BATTERY ACID" with an added raw dub edit on the flip. "MR HEARD" is a tribute to the Master Of House Music LARRY HEARD. Super limited (only 50 copies) advance color vinyl copies (in paper sleeves but with full color labels).

Butane's Alphahouse imprint kicks off 2015 with Pablo Inzunza's 'Convenience' EP, featuring three original cuts from the Chilean artist and a remix from the label-founder himself.

Pablo Inzunza is a Chilean DJ and producer most notably known for his recent long player on Butane & Someone Else's Little Helpers imprint, but also acknowledged for material on Germany's Highgrade, and French imprint Monique Musique. Inzunza has explored an array of organic and abstract Techno styles across the early stages of his career and here we see him push on with more powerful dance floor focused cuts via the Alphahouse imprint.

The original mix of title cut 'Convenience' opens things up here and sees Inzunza employ a hypnotic 303 hook as the driving force, while ghostly synth textures flutter away in the depths of the composition and sparse rhythms further fuel its undulating groove. 'Hypnotica' follows and as the name would suggest lays its focus on an entrancing, percussion and pad-led groove, which subtly unfolds over its five and a half minute duration.

Opening up the flip side of the release label-head Butane offers up a tougher, heads down take on 'Convenience', treating us to his typically rough and ready production style with gritty drum lines laid over the original's squelchy 303 lick. Then finally to round things off we have the third and final original from Pablo entitled 'Intimate', which takes on a more house tinged aesthetic this time with organic percussion, sweeping synth stabs and stuttering bass tones.

This is the second release from London producer/DJ and Apron Regular Shamos. "Games and Dreams" is the the follow on from his debut record "Road Works Part 1", carrying the same rawness, but with a bit more wisdom...

This will be the last Apron release of the year, so it makes sense to end the year the way we started. With a Shamos record...

Ltd. 12inch Private Pressing of 251 pieces includes hand-stamped and indiv. numbered golden inlay in a heavyweight black cardboard sleeve.

Canadian riviera artists Elka (ESB) and D.Tiffany (DJ Zozi) team up for a special edition split. Solid groove Detroit schooled house cuts meet sprawling dubby experiments. A colourful melange on offer for the heads.

Josefine Hellstrom Hansson debut track Water Cave on HMWLAreceivedADJ support fromAIlario Alicante,Robert Babicz, Piemont, Slam, Paco Osuna, Horse Meat Disco, Nick Warren, Gabriel Ananda and Ame andAwent straight to Beatport Deep House top 10 when released on a HMWL compilation in late 2015.

Now the Malmo-based producer and DJ readies a three track techno / house EP on HMWL's vinyl sublabel Heartbreak Records. On A-side alongside Water Cave Josefine offers a peak hour techno weapon called Sensus. On B-side we find the smooth melodic Volcanics at 118 BPM while fellow swede Martinez deconstructs Sensus into a jazzy, mellow piece of minmal tech.

Despite his artist name and his trademark sound, Steve Murphy does not come from Chicago, but from Mira, a little town on the suburban area of Venice.

Steve has been djing since 2001, and in the past years has been rocking almost every club in his region. He is serious and professional behind the decks: playing only with vinyl, he blends electro and house, techno and new wave, acid madness and pop appeal.

Steve has produced together with Die Roh an album ("The Chasm") and one e.p ("Windy City") on Chiwax, and a solo 10" ("Planet Earth") on Rawax, these records have quickly gone out of stock and that have been acclaimed by the lovers of the classic Warehouse sounds.

In 2012 he has started the Riviera project and has founded the Muscle Records label, together with Lucretio, Dj Octopus, Caio, Madì Grein and Chevel. The label is a facility to spread what has been called "the sound of Brenta": a raw, nasty, machines powered clash of house and techno. In 2012 he also released "The Dove Ultimatum" on Vae Victis Records, under the moniker of Durant: an unfriendly 12" of distorted electro and funky acid beats produced with Die Roh and Lucretio.

As the summer comes to a close, ItaloJohnson releases its fourth release thereby urging party people to get in the dancing swing once again.
On the long recorded side, you'll find a progressive house track that can be hardly surpassed in any type in its directness. An unfussy arrangement, a straight oppressive subject and a low flying breakdown compose the A-stamped side.

The third and final release of the Orakel X-Files trilogy by Pablo Mateo under his P-Mateo alias. Vinyl only.

Run your everyday marathon with the new Rubini's creation: from the frantic streets of Tokyo to the illusory stillness of Paraná's riverside. If you can't get physical, treat yourself with a sonic race.

Following his stunning box set on Fundamental Records, Ed Upton aka DMX Krew makes his third outing on CPU, increasingly becoming home for his darker side.

Space Cucumbers contains a wealth of expression with Italo disco arpeggiators, seldom heard time signatures, Hi-NRG, and bass heavy electro funk. Featuring the usual aquatic tendencies mixed with echoes of darkwave. Vintage analogue strings, overdriven acid and Upton's favourite drum machine all make an appearance riding on his signature funk laced arrangements.