House News

Nach Marco returns to Ovum to kick off 2015! Nach Marco returns to ovum with Warm Trax Vol 1. Nacho debuted on Ovum with his 2013 release 'Ghosts' EP. The EP received critical acclaim and found it way into the box of a diverse group of DJ. One of the most acclaimed DJ's and producers from Spain, Nacho's history is evident in his productions. He is as comfortable making a peak time acid track to making deep house tracks that harken to productions of Mr Fingers. Nacho is clearly influenced by the early sound of Chicago house and acid house and delivers a modern twist on what is a timeless sound. It is one thing to make music that is influenced by the past, it is another to do it tastefully and properly. Nacho Marco achieves this! Nacho's diversity is on perfect display on Warm Trax Vol 1. The lead track 'On Fire' is classic acid house at its finest. The track builds and builds around a twisted acid line and snapping percussion, which eventually find its way to incredible lushness. A perfect peak time track that should drive the crowd wild. For the B side, Nacho dives into his deep side. This is classic deep house in its purest form. This brings you back to the sound of classic Detroit and Chicago. Close your eyes and allow yourself to get lost in this beauty. A future classic that we are so proud to be bringing you. Enjoy!

Classic Acid and Chicago Trax from synth extraordinaire Ed DMX. Not to be missed!

Filthy, sleazy, sassy acid house!

Part 4 in the "ACID TEST" series from ABSURD RECORDINGS drops from Berlin's HOLGER ZILSKE. "A pure analog jam using just a 303, 101 and a 808" its a slow pulsing bass heavy acid work out. Comes with remixes from JOHN TEJADA
and AXEL BOMAN.

Tokyo's deep master Stereociti is back on Mojuba, after his well received 12 Dailog he is returning with a new EP called Rain. Despite the name, the title track is an uplifting grooving house tune, that will draw the people to the floor and make them dance! The two tracks on the flip side will take you on a extended dark hypnotic trip into the realm of Stereociti's very own sound universe, enjoy the ride!

With a new label and a new EP we're beginning to unravel the new stage in Nathan Fake's musical development. Following a departure from Border Community, Nathan Fake and former associate of Border Community Wesley Matsel have together formed a new co-operative 'Cambria Instruments', which sets to highlight the eccentricities of both producers; or as Fake describes, "new esoteric melodies and textures previously unheard from both artistsî. 'Black Drift', the inaugural transmission from C.I. demonstrated the kind of broken beats heard on 'Steam Days' and hinted towards a utilitarian sound aimed directly at the dancefloor.

Just as 'Black Drift' hinted towards a contemporary sound pallette, 'Glaive EP' confirms that Fake is on the outside looking in, "I've been listening to more music than usual lately, just trawling the internet for weird stuff. I usually shut myself off from most current things when I'm working on a record". Fake however doesn't want to feed the demand for club conventions and cliches, instead he creates tracks to progress his ever expanding live set, creating new edits and tracks on stage, while pulling material from his previous releases. "I'm trying to make the live versions sound pretty different to the recorded versions, I'll redraw a synth part or make some new beats."

To complete such a feat you'd imagine an array of cutting edge equipment surrounding a glowing silver laptop, but the reality is quite the opposite: "I've always been totally turned off by the idea of owning expensive/high-end equipment..". At home Fake's persistence to push his rudimentary equipment to the extreme continues. "Glaive was started with a couple of kick drum sounds I'd made on the SH-09. I've always loved the idea of using quite 'crap' sounds and putting them in the context of a proper track".

Once the sounds are accumulated Fake records his performance on the fly in a similar setup to his live performance, giving 'Glaive EP' its unconventional structure and forward momentum. Just as his live performances feed off his released material, the disciplines learned on stage feedback into his recordings, creating an internal loop that allows Nathan Fake to ignore the ever accumulating divisions in electronic music. Whereas other electronic artists focus their attention on subverting the latest trend, Fake chooses to observe and then ignore conventions, releasing EPs like Glaive that are singular and striking from just about any perspective.

After a short time out Carry On is back with a new vinyl release by Berlin based producer J.E.E.P. - also known as Jules Etienne. The EP is Jules second solo effort under his new J.E.E.P. moniker. The charismatic original tracks Answering Machine and Pager are backed up with club friendly reinterpretations of the title track done by the two befriended Berlin sound magicians Quarion and Iron Curtis. Quite rightly labelled one of Berlin's best kept musical secrets, Jules is an ambitious multi-instrumentalist, singer and a composer. Unable to settle down into a music genre he is part of numerous enthusiastic projects ranging from folky pop to disco and house. For his most recent releases he teamed up with people like Daniel Wang, Massimiliano Pagliari (Egyptian Nipples) and Quarion (The Hints).

Compass Point, Muscle Shoals, Sun Studios, Studio One, Cargo Studios, Spaceward Studios : all seminal recording studios. Here in Glasgow we are very fortunate to have Green Door Studio which is a free thinking hub for wild, original creativity and great sounding analogue recordings. Several Optimo Music releases including Golden Teacher were born out of recording sessions there and indeed, this will be the 6th release on Optimo Music to be recorded at Green Door. They deserve credit as my secret A&R division occasionally getting in touch and saying, "We think you might like this..." which inevitably leads to me scraping my brain off the floor and deciding I have to release it as a record asap. This 5-track EP by Whilst was the latest transmission from Green Door that my ears fell in love with. How to describe it I have no idea except to say that it is wildly inventive and incredibly free music made by several individuals who are unnervingly young to be making these sounds. They describe themselves as follows -

"Formed originally as a jam-based project in the ever-fertile analogue studio 'Green Door', Whilst jump seamlessly between free jazz, primitive electronics, dubby post-punk, North African and motorik stlyings, underpinning their sound with a strong punk ethos".

Released February 24th 2014 on 12" with limited edition hand made silk screened sleeve and on digital. If repressed, 2nd pressing will come in a generic Optimo Music sleeve. Distributed by Kompakt.

*note* OM 22 will come out a month before this due to delay with sleeve construction for this 12".

Post-voodoo, intergalactic grooves. Layered and psychedelic. Hypnotic and infectious. Lose yourself. Find someone else.

ow-key producer Youandewan presents his first release of 2014 - a self-titled suite of deep, jacking dance tracks on Aus Music. First on the A-side is the swinging, acid-flecked 'Tino", kicking things off on a moody tip before the steady-groovin' 'Alright Son' goes to a duskier, deeper place, keeping the jacking feel of the first track intact but smoothing things out with dreamy pads and looped, spoken vocals. 'FM Jam' is the star of the B-side, presented first in its original form with disco-esque bass, soulful vocals, gentle keys and the titular FM synths. This makes it all-too-perfect remix material for Andrés, who applies his signature vibe and smooths it out even further into a soulful neo-disco-house cruiser. Already a seasoned remix veteran and prolific producer of varying styles, the young Youandewan shows off more of his soulful side while keeping things unpredictable, exciting, and moving ever-forwar

The excellent Cinematic label charges into 2014 with a meaty new Various ArtistEP that features tracks by label head Soy Mustafa, acid man Jared Wilson, dub specialist XDB and relative newcomer City 2 City.

Both Soy and City 2 City have previously appeared on a vinyl only sub label of Chez Damier's Balance Recordings with essential house offerings and come up with the goods once again here. New Detroit hero Jared Wilson, meanwhile, has been making waves with his searing acid techno on labels like Skudge and Grecian XDB has long been a champion of deep, droning dub on labels like Echochord and Sistrum.

Up first is the label head's 'Delphic Times'. The track is beautifully deep and
spacious, meaning the subtle melodies have plenty of room in which to float
about as slinky percussive lines undulate above bottomless drums. It's a clean, atmospheric track that packs a seriously emotional punch before XDB's 'Violi' comes over as a much more edgy and busy affair. Rooted in dark dubby chambers, impish little synth lines dart about like fire flies in the night and drag your attention with them. Purposeful but poised, it's another serene and sublime concoction from one of the day's most revered producers.
On the flip, City 2 City aka gets extremely atmospheric on his sci-fi tinged and cosmically inclined deep house vision, 'Way of Life'.

Lush synths variously lash about like sheets of metal, but also get smeared across the whole face of the track as techno leaning percussion scurries along below. It's moody, Detroit referencing stuff that brings classic Planet E material to mind before the EP is closed down in face melting, dancefloor destroying style by Jared Wilson. His rasping, frantic acid cut is a bristling brew of analogue lines, itchy hi hats and gurgling synths that will arrest the attention of any dancefloor.

This stunning EP is an essential offering for fans of genuinely raw and emotive house music that showcases four very real talents at their absolute best.

Marcus Mumm aka Das Muster returns to SolarOneMusic with the Reaktionszeit EP, the last part of the "Elektronische Werke" series. After releases on Transient Force and contributions for different compilations for labels such as Abstract Forms, Bass Agenda or Alek Stark's Fundamental Records, Marcus drops this great 12" full of minimalistic, cold and dark electro music. Limited Edition!

The second release on TEARS OF JOY features 2 club tracks cut live to tape in a dark warehouse on Skid Row. Limited edition of 252 with hand stamped sleeves and insert. B-side is "CHILDREN BURNING". FYI: The label is run by one of the members of PACIFIC HORIZONS

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.

2 Different sides of pure drummachine techno. Minimal and functional. Limited edition of 300 copies.

(CD version included) An inestimably valuable and definitive collection of 1988 Belgium club classics anthems produced by Rembert De Smet including hard-to-find, unreleased and rare materials. 2 black vinyl sleeved into a reversed silkscreened cardboard, including a CD version. Teasing sticker on the front with shrink wrapping on top.

New Beat, the musical genre:
A late 80's/early 90's short-lived, local and amazing underground dance movement from Belgium. It main influence is to be found in the EBM/New Wave/Industrial musical genre (Throbbing Gristle, Neon Judgement, Front 242) with a typical extra slowed down tempo signature. New Beat ruled the dancefloors, eventually evolved to harder sounds, took the charts by storm without the help of the radios. It was independant and out of control before being commercially exploited to death by the most unscrupulous and then collapsed.

Ro Maron, the Artist:
Before the explosion of the New Beat scene in 1988, multi-instrumentist & producer extraordinaire Rembert De Smet enjoyed popular success with his group 2 Belgen.
He was one of the early bird to got on the New Beat train, locked himself deep into the studio and started producing music non-stop: sometimes solo under the monicker Ro Maron or Agaric, sometimes with collaborators like Ferre Baelen from TC Matic or Maurice Engelen from Praga Khan.
Producing without a pause and getting it out a week after was the plan, as one knew that this golden era wouldn't last forever, only some of the music would.
Mainly released on now defunct labels like Kaos Dance, Antler Subway, Dance Opera or MG Records to name a few, the best of it and beyond is compiled here.

Musique Pour La Danse, the Label:
Collecting definitive and inestimably valuable works by key dance producers from the past and digging with them classics, hard-to-find and unreleased gems from their vaults for your sole and only pleasure. And pleasure is our business. Stay tuned for more around New Beat.

L3rd chapter, and it's a various artists.

Killing me softly with the Neel's pearl in A1, emotional slow techno.

J.Alvarez has touched the stars with a pure diamond of acid, sensational 303 poetry. and you ll find it on the long side.

Rawmance shooted in face a nasty electro track on A2 for the Chatelet-les-halles breakdancers.

Limited to 250 copies, hand-stamped, vinyl only.

Mikkel Meyer steps into a new territory of electronic music. Meyer has been inspired by various new/freak/lo-fi/indie folk artists and uses chord progressions from these styles to shape his music; the chords though are played on classic music machines like the Roland 808 and 303. The result is newfound melodies combined with the low-key use of vocals, which gives 'Jolly' a very personal, outward and nostalgic fingerprint, inviting you to dance and reflect.

Finally repressed, be fast to secure your copy!

Tresor are pleased to announce KERN: a showcase of old meets new, house meets techno, in the form of an exciting mix series aimed at delivering fresh narratives in electronic dance music.

After a long expected wait, finally we feel so excited to show up our latest artist Deepshape in Oh! My God Recordings.An E.P filled by two original tracks describing the sound of this argentinian artist, Who has been living in spain for many years. The track B is a trip around the electronic music history. A remix made by David Durango wich we are sure will be blast on 2015. I needed a dance mates

Few if any producers have managed to make the transition between hip-hop and house as successfully as Vincent Williams, a.k.a. DJ Spinna. But until now his hip-hop career has been better documented. Here, for the first time, is a collection of the cream of Spinna's house remixes, a collection likely to win a place in the homes of anyone who loves their house music with a deep and soulful twist. Brooklyn-born Spinna absorbed all the influences that were available to a young man growing up in 1980s New York, from the Caribbean and Latin vibes found in his own home (his father's record collection a major stimulus), through the block-rocking beats that were being dropped by the nascent hip-hop scene at neighbourhood parties, to the soul and disco being spun by Frankie Crocker and Shep Pettibone on the radio, and by Larry Levan at The Paradise Garage where Spinna became a punter.
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Murphy Jax returns with his 2nd twelve inch for Clone after his big debut release, Its The Music, ft Mike Dunn.

Markus Fix is coming up with the FREE TO EP on Epilog.
A huge 4. Number EP. This is the third Release on this in Offenbach based Label.
Please stay excited September !!!
Supporting by

Ricardo Villalobos
Dorian Paic
Christian Burkhardt
Marc Phlipp
Sascha Dive
Einzelkind
Nils Weimann
Chris Tietjen
Robert Drewek
Chris Wood & Meat
Matt Star

The fantastic vibes of this years Freerotation Festival inspired SoulPhiction to record these two tracks during the rehearsal for his live set.

Vinyl Only !

Out comes Dizzy Tunes highly coveted 2nd release "Acid Revenge". It's set to be an absolute floor killer, placing emphasis on pumping club sounds. Yet again Dizzy Tunes resident DJ Krime got himself a well-known Chicago celeb - Ron Maney, also known as DJ Skull, got involved in this piece of pure energy. The EPs genre is most described as chicago, acid, oldschool, ghetto house.

support by: Traxman, Tin Man, DJ Skull, Snuff Crew

mastered at schatz.mastering.studio

repressed !!

Compilation of current Amsterdam house music featuring 12 exclusive tracks from Amsterdam based (or born) producers like Awanto3, San Proper, Tom Trago, Boris Werner and more.
If you want to get a piece of some top-notch, upfront action from the underground culture of Amsterdam, this compilation gives you a front row seat. The 12 exclusive tracks that together make up for this compilation take you straight to the heart of what's bubbling in the nightlife of Mokum town.

This is Skinnerbox's first release on Treat Your DJ Right. On - Love songs for the broken Arpeggiator EP, the two Berliners Olaf Hilgenfeld and Iftah Gabbai celebrate their own vision of modern dancefloor music in four epic tracks. All music is based on the beat while the sound ranges from acid fragments - over hypnotic, extensively melodies to yet modern club beat. Do we need anything else Don't think so...'

Coming up with another lovely bouncer of Dimi Angélis & Jeroen and a deep monster of Workshop's Lowtec, Smallville starts a limited series of 4 terrific double A-side 12inches to end up in an early autumn's Smallville compilation.

Limited to 303 hand-numbered and stamped copies, on 180 gram heavyweight vinyl in a black inner & heavy card sleeve.
Three tracks of deep acid house from Affie Yusuf. Check the 11 minute epic groover on the B-side. All analogue hardware, all the real deal.

Once again, this is strictly vinyl only. Absolutely no digital, Absolutely no represses ever.

For their second release, Sound Of Vast enroll revered Italian producer Niro who, delivers some of his finest work to date. Remix by Japanese superb producer Gonno (Beats In Space / International Feel).
Amsterdam/London based label The Sound Of Vast was founded in 2014 by Japanese DJs Knock and Red Pig Flower.
After made great success of the first EP as an official imprint, the highly praised 'The Shades' by Egal 3, For its second issue, VAST enrolls Italian revered producer Niro (unclear, DB Artists Musique and Memento) who, with these 3 tracks, comes up with one of his finest selection of works to date. Taking inspiration from the analogue sounds that permeate his musical landscape - and his studio - Niro just went with the flow here and put no boundaries to what was coming out of the speakers, a journey between land - with the classic Roland synthesizers to set the tone - and space - experimenting on a tripper and more colourful vibe. 'La Cochonne Intergactique' is wobbling bass and flanger percussions introduce spacey pads and deep dreamy atmospheres, until a freaky melody breaks out and leads to a soft and slightly dark closing. Its remix brings the percussive elements and drums to the fore, giving a more muscular feeling and a bumpy groove, remix by one of the most respected Japanese producer Gonno (Beats In Space / International Feel). 'Krissy Moon' is robotic bleeps and stabs play along twisted beats and computerized rhythms, like the soundtrack to some crazy German late-70s alternative SCI-FI movie, while 'Tender As Asphalt''s sweeps and filters frenzy opens up to bouncy chords and acid ambiences. Also to add more vast flavour into this release, Red Pig Flower's remix had complicated drum tricks and more emotional vibe, as lunatic as 'Krissy Moon' indeed.
This EP contain digital only and vinyl only tracks as usual, as we believe in 'Krissy Moon' Niro's original track you will just find on vinyl, and Red pig flower's experimental groovy remix just will be on digital, both of them can not be missed.
Lastly, this EP will pressed 500 copies only with out repressing, quicker people will have a benefit as usual.

Rising talent DAVID SCUBA teams up with the SUPERNATURE duo DANCE SPIRIT for a 3-track EP of hypnotic grooves that stay on the tech-heavy side throughout.

4 tracks of dancefloor bliss from 1991 that are very hard to find these days (£€$$ on discogs). Re mastered for 2014.

Time for more crazy and beautiful analogue acid goodness on this 3rd vinyl release presented by the AcidWorx crew. The label has announced that the artist/s behind these acid pieces are currently unidentified, but we might find out who he/she/they are when the digital release of this is announced...one day. Right now, it's vinyl only !

Three previously unreleased Mike Dunn recordings taken from sessions recorded between 1989-91, recorded under his MD III alias. Acid. Recommended!!

repress!

Continuing in the tradition of offering up sounds a little less accessible than its older Hypercolour b
HypeLTD seems to have once again unearthed a producer more than worthy of popular attention

We are excited to say the least about the remix 12" of The new Radio Slave single that is currently destroying dance floors world wide on Spencer Parker's Work Them imprint, featuring remixes from the mighty bearweasel & rødhåd....


DJ Support

Tom Dicicco
David Truncate
DJ Rolando Underground Resistance / Delsin / Ostgut Ton / Skudge
Eric Cloutier The Bunker (NYC)
Anthony Parasole The Corner HEAT!
Preslav Lefterov Pittsburgh
Ed Davenport Liebe*Detail
Jordan Peak One / Tsuba killer
Nubian Mindz Delsin / Rush Hour
Bearweasel Never Learnt
Michael Dodman Huxley
DJ Spider Plan B
Ian Pooley Various
Pablo Roman-Alcala Beaner
John Osborn TANSTAAFL
Matthew Krysko Warehouse Project
BLM Fear Of Flying/Underground
South London Ordnance
Dustin Zahn Enemy
Mosca
Dana Ruh

RV800 - "Equanimity", with Higher Intelligence Agency remix

Orange colour 12" vinyl mastered by helmut erler @ dubplates & mastering berlin