House News

Swedish doomed out techno with a firm EBM influence. Sequenced basslines, lots of 16th note drums and some dark sounds from this debuting Stockholm producer!

Second release by Riverette , and OMG have they delivered again . This time with Behling & Simpson at the drivers seat , we take a ride through House Land with stops at Acid Town and Late Night Beat Station . Special mention to the Sei A remix wich re-imagines the a-side as a classic , bassy house affair . TIP ! TIP ! 3 times TIP ! This is going to get a lot of plays this summer .

Based in Japan Max Essa teamed up with Italian legend Leo Mas and Fabrice for a new project "Flying Men'.
Early support from Coyote, Pete Herbert, Dr Rob (Test Pressing) ..
It gets a nice review by TEST PRESSINg

Another Various Artists special from the mighty Bokhari camp...

Two fresh tracks from the Lord Lucan-esque disappearing Russian, Kirill Tipo, whom we've been chasing since 2012!

Creta Kano on the flip gives us a slice of electro that sounds like it could have been made in 1988, with a bassline that'll be in your head for days. Still high from the Scott Grooves props of his last venture with Bokhari, Joe Europe returns with another slice of deepness for those who like some musical content in their house !

This is a limited edition vinyl only sampler of the upcoming album Total by Baba Stiltz, out soon on Studio Barnhus. The two B side tracks are exclusive to this record. Enjoy the music! Total is out on on Monday, October 13. We're releasing it on double 12' vinyl, compact disc, and as a digital download all at once.

Deepness Alert!! Horse 004 by Thorsteinssøn' Amsterdam based producer & live act Thorsteinssøn has joined the horse on horse stable and delivered 4 cosmic house jams. Tip!!

What does a rave sound like the next day The strobe lights in a dark warehouse, the pounding kick, the blur of ecstatic faces lead to a morning-after emptiness, all fade into memories of the friends you once had. On Ode, Tin Man (proper name Johannes Auvinen) explores this feeling, offering tracks which possess an exhausted joy, the aural equivalent of the stretch of time beginning when the last record is played and stretching on towards the doleful contemplation of last night's unmade sheets. Appropriately, Tin Man's melancholic dance music is more club-ready than ever. The opening tracks explore the spacious atmosphere first proposed on Neo Neo Acid and the (recently repressed) Acid Test 01 collaboration with Donato Dozzy. Auvinen continues to coax unique, bittersweet sounds out of the 303 - his control is akin to a virtuosic theremin player, all dramatic lunges and dynamics. Yet on tracks like Depleted Serotonin, the memories of half-remembered nights surface. That track reprises the minor-key rave breakdown, ending with nearly three-minutes of knackered techno throb. Similarly, 'What a Shame' sounds like a forgotten Warp classic run through Tin Man's palette of tasteful reserve. Always conceptual, Tin Man is commenting on big room techno music by presenting his thoughtful, hungover version of it. On Vertigo, he reins in the acid box acrobatics - opting instead for a rudimentary, early-Chicago style pattern, eventually following optimistic chords skyward. It's a simulacrum of that end-of-the-night moment when the music is so charged and utopic that all fatigue is forgotten. Auvinen's recognized talent to imbue machines with complex human emotion draws us into his world.

Based in Japan Max Essa teamed up with Italian legend Leo Mas and Fabrice for a new project "Flying Men'.
Early support from Coyote, Pete Herbert, Dr Rob (Test Pressing)
It gets a nice review by TEST PRESSING.

Second episode of the Mystic Jungle saga, mini-album emerged from the deepness

Lovely House release by Volta Cab!

Limited Repress 2014!!
DJ Support From Nina Kraviz, Sebo K, Dyed Soundorom, D'Julz, Burnski, Bearweasel, ...

030303 strikes again with this quirky, ultra-fresh and hard to pinpoint 4-track twelve. Hills I Want You is a very rich harmonious collage of staccato rhythms, abstract vocal snippets, classic strings and piano house; twisted dance floor material. Zeroz-On, bangs it out in a static, stomping way where heavy, in your face synth sounds take turns in melody making with mid range Roland bass lines. The Broke, the first track on the flip is again manically melodic, this time in conjunction with brutally distorted beats. The EP closes with the chilled out In Sight Out which features a mix of jazzy and mind bending melodies, this time with a slightly more subdued rhythm section. We highly recommend this twelve for fans of full on melodic acid with a distant reference to the classic rave era.

Built around degraded tape static, distortion peddles, analogue gear and phantom sounds, Alek's debut E.P on Natural Sciences is a kaleidoscopic journey through electronic music, touching base at pounding house cuts (ulterior motive) into tripped out techno excursions and warbled spectral movements.

Amir Alexander Acid (AAACID) returns with his Jack Ingoff alias, a sub-alias of his Smiley Virus pseudonym to bring you an abstract acid dj tool EP.
Fully Road tested from Berlin, to NYC, to the Ukraine, and beyond it's been leaving wrecked dance floors in its wake. As per usual, the tracks on this label always feature
odd time synth patterns against 4x4 beats creating poly-rhythmic effect that first stupefies and then invigorates the crowd as they realize that these are not the average
acid tracks. Stripped raw bangers. Just 909 and a 303 pure and simple. Yet utilized in fresh, new, and complex ways. A1 Turn Up! - staggering beats play against the one for a whiplash effect that surrenders to a barrage of claps that solidify the rhythmic foundation inducing hypnotic frenzy. A2 New Steez! - A throbbing breathing reduction of the acid spirit in it's purest essence. Sub bass, slapping claps, and relentless rhythms. Goes from deep to all out and back again with ease. A crowd favorite. B1 Caught Up in The Matrix! Jumping octaves and cartwheeling claps (there's a theme here) bust you upside your head until all you can do is submit to the groove and ride. B2 Smiley Virus - Poly-rhythmic hypnosis, a shape shifting bass line creating auditory illusions, and relentlessly driving on the fly drum programming keep this one compelling from start to finish. AAACID will present an ultra modern take on classic Chicago Acid House forms utilizing the different alter egos of his Smiley Virus alias in the form of a Family of alias entities.

Following a wave of success with previous releases, Harold Boué aka Abstraxion is gearing up to release his debut LP, Break of Lights, via Have A Killer Time later this year. But first, the French DJ/producer & Biologic Records founder delivers his Moon EP in honor of the stunning single from the album complete with remix duties by Factory Floor, Death in Vegas and PVT. A befitting eponymous nod, 'Moon' is a captivating, celestial gem, ripe with flickering, twinkling synths. Almost seven minutes long, the track takes listeners on dreamy journey to new sonic horizons. Keeping true to their dystopian sensibilities, post-industrial London trio Factory Floor quicken and intensify the single's pulse while exuding a raw sense of urgency, resulting in a dancefloor banger. Taking a decidedly different approach, Death in Vegas offer a slowed-down, dusky take on 'Moon,' transforming the original to a moody, subdued after-hours gem. Last on the EP is Sydney-based experimental trio, PVT, whose dynamic, bubbling bassline and amplified, stuttered synths make for an irresistible closing remix. A melting pot of sound, the Moon EP is a promising glimpse of what's to come with Abstraxion ahead of his highly anticipated Break of Lights LP.

Building on a series of releases on labels like True Type Tracks, Illegal Alien Records, and Abstract Mechanisms, Roberto Espinosa launches his Visionary Rhythm designation with Micelio: Tecnocigalpa EP. Drawing inspiration from the natural methods of decomposition and regeneration (essentially the power of mushrooms), VR's first reference is a 3-tracker that combines social commentary with rhythmic analog and digital waves, reinforced with ceremonial shakers, percussion, and textures obtained by buried mics to propagate an elemental underground vibration; and integrates the sharpening of a machete with the hi-hats to provide the energy to cut through negativity.


Side A holds the Vocal Mix and Instrumental versions of Tecnocigalpa, a galloping track that challenges sub-woofers and intensely portrays a gloomy/dystopian reality to promote awareness with the aid of oscillators, filters, a tropical interplay of sounds and timeless delays. It is a future projection of a city breaking through the paradigm of fear, corruption and violence.


Side B contains Displacement: a percussive, synthesized and groovy journey through one of the cultural wounds of history starting in a valley of harmonious pads, moving on with Espinosa's keyboard improvisation, vocals, celebratory trumpet-like sounds, and a message of relief, one love and forward thinking.

Starting in 2004 with 'Made Within The Upper Stairs Of Heaven' and 2008 with 'Toinen', Lindblad has a tendency for symmetry, and now with the release of 'Third Encounter' in 2012 is no coincidence, just a scandinavian way of saying good things take their time and it's worth the wait. Analog synthesizers, sequencers and tape decks are something which are widely used in todays electronic music, but it is the mixture of the old and new - keeping the tradition of live jams instead of pre defined arrangements, choosing high standards in fidelity but keeping the rough feel to it - these elements together keep the sound of Sasse one step ahead of the competition, and why he is considered to be one of the most consistant producers in the scene. While 'Fingers Inc' and '707 Heaven' pays homage to the gold era of Detroit and Chicago house, songs like 'Analog City' and 'Fantazy' brings memories of the mid 90s Sasse material, true Deep House as it used to be done. While 'Alpha' and 'Der Groove' takes a naked live jam approach to how to abuse analog goodies, 'Low Slove' and 'Treat Me' are raw sample based tunes, perfect for a late night dj-set. The album Third Encounter showcases the 20 past years of Klas Lindblad as a musician, dj and sound engineer, one who's seen most of the modern musical styles evolve and dissolve. Always relying on the basic principles of Electronic Dance Music that less is more, Lindblad brings another fine full-lengt artist album out, surely to be considered his finest work til today.

Chicago Hip House Veteran Tyree Cooper And UK Newcomer Bobby Starrr Collaboration JACK THE BOX - SIDE A To Be Released By Moodmusic In Fall 2013 DJ Tyree Cooper has been a proactive element of the music industry since the beginning of House music back in 1986. His contributions have resulted in the birth of a genre and numerous top ten chart- and club-hits, such as 'Turn Up The Bass", 'Hardcore Hip House', and 'Groove You Out Tonight", are credited to him. Now the veteran teamed up with newcomer UK producer and DJ Bobby Starrr as the Berlin based combo JACK THE BOX and their debut album release in October this year is bound to make a lasting impact. 'Side A shows the rare craftsmanship Tyree Cooper and Bobby Starrr have to offer. Their different backgrounds emerge as their strength, resulting in an album that is truly Chicago inspired House with a contemporary vibe.' Says Moodmusic Records founder Klas Lindblad. 'This is not the type of House music that you need to create a new buzzword for. This is solid House. Soulful, emotional, intense, refreshingly raw at times and always respectful towards the history of electronic music. It reflects truly who Bobby and Tyree are as DJs and persons. It is honest. That's why I was immediately on board with Moodmusic as their label.' 'The Way We Walk', feature track of the first single collaboration: 'Jack the Box presents: The Tyree Cooper and Bobby Starrr E.P.' was welcomed with kudos by the house scene in September 20

Acido is already shaping up to be a club classic and never fails to cause a commotion.
ptimo Trax is an offshoot label of Optimo Music for tracks aimed at DJs/dancefloors. Yes, we know there are too many record labels already, but we felt an overriding desire to start another one as so much music that didn't seem quite right for Optimo Music (i.e. music that was specifically designed for dancing) kept coming our way. Like the parent label, Optimo Trax will release music by new artists and excavate forgotten classics.

The next two Optimo Trax releases are from Milan. This first one is four HOT tracks from two self-effacing Milanese maestros. "Acido" is already shaping up to be a club classic and never fails to cause a commotion; it has been thoroughly road tested throughout summer 2013. The other tracks cover all idiosyncratic bases from high grade Sleaze Funk to Spaghetti Western-infused, low-slung house.

Berlin head Mike Davis drops four tracks of uncompromising techno taking inspiration from the raw side of house music and 90's 303 acid culture, what makes this collection stand out is its freeness. It could be argued that the structure and arrangements fall more in line with jazz than traditional techno. Mike manages to avoid the constraints of techno production and delivers natural yet unpredictable arrangements. Themes and moods change throughout taking you on a journey through Berlin via Detroit.

Kadar & D-Low team up again and deliver the 2nd EP after their massive "Baby Keep It Up" on CYH2

3rd volume of our series "Moog Your Body". And back with the same formula, 4 artists that have passed through the legendary club barcelona. The album kicks off with "Mind Over Matter" from Abandoned Footwear, American Exillon project that delights us with a theme IDM cosmic touches that will make you dance endlessly acid. Then "Tempest 303" one lysergic Lash Roy Of The Ravers attacking with all his cacharreria to offer his sound classic acid. On the flip side, we have the theme "Trapped In A Fit Of Malaria" of Drvg Cvltvre a slow-cooked dark and hypnotic acid pump. And finally, the issue of Snuffo "It's Killing Me" dismisses the disc with a dance track narcotic halfway between the acid house and the new beat.
Listen:

A collab between Hakim Murphy & Vince Noog, a veteran techno producer from Lyon, France. Beat down feels began to appear, causing some house jams to develop. Lugdunum is the old school name for Lyon and the surrounding areas.

Hand Stamped, Vinyl Only!
The Second Coffee Pot Release Comes With Three Different Tracks.
Solid Grooves, Acid Infected Techno and Hypnotic Atmospheres For Another Great Release

Support from Audio Injection, Someone Else, Slam, Jamie Anderson, Scuba, Pig & Dan, Laurent Garnier, Sasha, Fabrice Lig, Danny Tenaglia, Dubfire, Speedy J, Matthias Fridell, Hollen, Luca Angelli, Nyma, Josh Wink, Roberto, Dasha Rush, Coeter One, Musumeci, Santorini, Franco Cinelli, Javier Orduna, Markus Suckut, Tim Xavier,
Ø (Phase), Fabio Giannelli, Satoshi Fumi, Cleric, Kirk Degiorgio, Florian Meindl, Patrick Lindsey, Benjamin Damage, Estroe, Regen, Marko Nastic, Secluded, Gel Abril, Dan Curtin, Alan Fitzpatrick, Arnaud Le Texier and more!!

With Eintakt's Acid Dub Tango release Dub Diary entitles a new chapter, a showroom for lively sound architecture.
This concept record navigates through layers of bubbly 303 acid patches, abyssal dub chords, and landmark variations. 'Her Lips' is an ode to summer joy, enriched with cheerful Tango-like accordion sequences. The deep spaced dub impulses were adopted from the original song by Matteo Pitton, now forming a unique combination of profound energetic festivity.
'Oriental Ladder' originally is a solo instrument song by Naftali, a talented Handpan player from Berlin. He plays his instrument spirited and multi-variant, following catchy and lovely arrangements. His percussion-like interpretation of playing is exceptional. Nowadays, Handpans make up the most searched instrument class in the world and its application to powerful electronic music is still rare - simply since the basic instrument character is strongly meditative.


The Songs on Vinyl and Coverart underscore joy of being.

Limited to 150 handnumbered and airbrushed Covers / Vinyls

DIF ist ein Danceoor orientiertes Techno/House Projekt frisch von der Waterkant/Hamburg.
Geboren und ins Leben gerufen wurde die Deutsch Iranische Freundschaft vom Perser Bardia Salour und dem aus Norddeutschland stammenden Benjamin Eisenbeiss.
Da beide schon sehr lange leidenschaftliche DJs und in der gleichen Clublandschaft zu Hause sind, war es nur eine Frage der Zeit, wann man sich zusammen findet, um gemeinsam als
Produzententeam an Tracks zu basteln.
Während der oft langen Studiosessions stellte sich beim ein oder anderen Schnäpschen schnell heraus, dass die Zusammenkunft kein Zufall war. Nein, die Erfolgsformel war rasch gefunden: hundert prozentige Leidenschaft zur elektronischen Musik plus hundert prozentige gegenseitig gefühlte Sympathie.
Das Ergebnis ist Ihr erstes Vinyl-Release auf Paper Jet Recordings. 

Early Support by :
Animal Trainer, Binary & Durden, Bombilla, Daniel FX, Daniel Mehlhart, Dennis Paulisch, Guy J, Hugo, Human Halo, Jussi-Pekka, Manou De Jean, Patrick Bateman, Slam Mode,
Patrick Zigon, Scotty A., Someone Else, Sophie Nixdorf, Tobsen Graale, Toby Dreher, Wankelmut, Werner Niedermaier

Vinyl only.
Limited copies no repress.
More than 40 minutes of music.
A psychedelic techno acid journey.

Mystery man L.F.T. delivers the second EP for Woodwork. His poignant debut WOOD002 includes three original tracks and a remix by Benedikt Frey. A1 is a dreamy Rhodes journey roughened up by distorted 808 sounds. A2 is a melodic house track with a bubbly bassline juxtaposed against crunchy drums. On the flipside, B1 will take you into a laid-back acid house trip fueled by tons of Escorial. Benedikt Frey then twists the track into a trippy techno journey on B2.

Fifth release in the I Love Acid series. 303 copies only, hand numbered & stamped. Heavyweight vinyl, no digital, no represses. Three tracks of 303 action from label bosses & I Love Acid residents Posthuman - opener 'Beat Down' is pure dancefloor bassline business, with 'Inside You' taking it down a notch on a house angle. Flipside 'We Are the City' is a ten minute DJ tool, stripped beats building up with layers of acid. Proper gear.

Super limited to 219 numbered copies! 2 Long Club powertracks from the Villa Abo ongoing tour. Not a liverecording if you thought that, both tracks recorded @ studio styrka - Karlskrona - Sweden...

This E.P. was taken from a larger project titled "Ancient Pond". It was offered earlier on the same label as a limited digital download.
Later, it was split into two different E.P. records (clear blue vinyl) to be released throughout this year.

The Rogue Cat swings into town yet again for this, the fourth time. In the guise of mislead-back-room-bass-bellowing miscreants, and in-keeping with their ethos of 'anything-goes-as-long-as-it-blows', RCS step up to the plate with another oddball belter of an E.P. In this excursion, warehouse-warlord The Rhythm Odyssey teams up with deep house botherer Benny Upsetter for a dirty and dishevelled dance floor detonation.

Firstly, they enter a 'Dazy Haze' with a little help of a grubby old kick, bleepy off-the-cuff percussion spasms and an unpredictable (schizophrenic even) bass line. Add to that sleazy, lowlife strings, all-over-the-shop synth stabs, dubbed up piano plinks and plonks and top it with some haunting & mysterious vocal chants and you're about there...'there', perhaps, being a place lacking in windows, with a single red light and a sticky floor.

The Rhythm Odyssey, on his own, leads you straight downstairs, no questions asked, by way of his 'Basement Version'; thus opting to go straight for the jugular and immediately sets the acid bass loose, whilst he strips everything else back a little, only to hit you full in the face with the smoke machine action about half way through and keeps you there until you sweat.

Finally, 'Outta-Ma-Phaze', lacking lucidity and social skills, it's perhaps 3...4...5...maybe 6am and things are blurry...the beat flickers along with uncertainty, phased synth chords moodily sit in the middle of the room, the bass line throws a strop and the Fender Rhodes appears muddied and worn out. Not sure what time it is, not sure what's going on......but sure do feel like dancing!

DJ FEEDBACK

Sean johnston (A love from out of space).. Good work fellas! Will be playing these beauties for sure
Mark E (Merc).. 'Out ma phaze' is my favourite nice one
Doc Martin - Very Cool Sleazy groove!!
Felix dickinson (Cynic records) Sounding ace, my favourite being the original of 'Dirty Haze'
Craig Richards- (Fabric).. Basement version.... yes!
Luke Solomon (Classic / Freaks / Music For Freaks )..Super deep but really cool i like it...
Duncan Stump- (Mock & Toof).. Strong release! nice work!
Tim Hopgood-Ethyl (Secret Sundaze/Tsuba).. 'Out-Ma-Phaze' is class. Rhythm Odyssey just puts no foot wrong.
Chris Duckenfield-(Swag).. Version Basement doing it best, bumping into people, sick on it's shoes, looking for trouble...
Yannick Labbé-(Trickski / Innervisions).. Crazy Release! Loving it! Playing it!
Griffin James-(Francis Inferno Orchestra).. Love this label, last release was killer and this does'nt fall short. Basement version for me!
Ugly Drums- (Quintessentials)..Those guys are not afraid, i like that! all three tracks grab me by the first beat. if i had to pick a favourite it would be "out-ma-phaze" killer track
Roy Dank (Wurst music co).. 'Out-ma-head' ! nice one!
Downtown Party Network (Eskimo).. Basment Version is great!
Danny Red Rack'Em.. 'Out Ma Phaze' is cool. Digging the out of tune vibes.
Andy Ash (Boogie Originals).. Cool, i like it. Something different...
Barry Christie (Milton Jackson) Big fan of Rhythm odyssey, love the basement mix.. weird and wonderful
Tim Moore-Discreet Unit (Firecracker recordings).. Dirt bag / like it 'dazy haze' orig my favorite
Ray Mang- I'm in the basement...
Tyson Ballard (Voyeurrhythm / BBW) ..All tracks are real killers - subtle climbers basement version will def work as a calling card to the floor - killer !
Paul Woolford-Bobby Peru / (20:20 Vision) .. Wonky in the right way. Version Basement is my pick, Ta
Charles Webster (Peacefrog) I love 'Out-ma-phaze'...thnx..x
Stefan Boati K-Soul (Kinda Soul/Sistrum) I like above all 'Out-ma-phaze'

Shipwrec continues to carve out its own sonic universe with this new EP from a mysterious Detroit outfit, The Valley And The Mountain (aka TVTM). The identities behind TVTM remain unknown, but they have released on Belgium's cult label WeMe and in 2013 surfaced with their Assembly Required EP. Across five cuts here they explore crunchy, richly musical ambient, electro and slo-mo techno. First is 'Uncharted Systems', a slow and meandering cut full of atmosphere and metallic synths. Acid lines, lazy claps and smeared pads all add to the sense of drama and its fair to say this is a hugely unique sounding track. 'Detxploit' then picks up the pace with tough arps, chattering clap and filtered vocal musings that walkabout Detroit as the tension builds and the electro vibes grow stronger. 'Chasing Magnetic Particles' is then a beatless, abstract bit of futuristic synth work with twinkles, breaking wave like sounds, pained lines and undulating modulations all stretching out for the duration. 'Rockfall' is a serene and bittersweet affair with crunchy drums, poignant, cutting chords and gurgling synths, a rusty coloured soundscape that makes you feel and think as much as dance. Lastly, 'Outer Reaches' is a downbeat brew of slapping drums and apocalyptic dark disco moods that, like the EP overall, is woozy and intoxicating.

More vinyl only business from the Bristol based Just Jack camp, this time from firm fave Amir Alexander under his Richie Ratchet moniker.

2 original acid cuts designed for late night sleazing, this is timeless dancefloor music that makes you want to take your shirt off... Mastered to tape before being cut to wax for that extra bit of juice, this is a limited pressing with only 303 copies and no repress.
Don't snooze on it!

Black Lenin (Anton Lymarev) is well known Moscow based musician and DJ. His debut EP includes 2 solo tracks on A side, and 2 remixes on B side made by BVoice, Anrilov & SickDisco (label owner) and Leaves & Elie Eidelman (Jackoff Germany).