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It's time for a new pack and Take Away is more happy and proud to bring the next one which releases also as Vinyl first and leave the right impression as solid performance pack. It's ''Diamonds & Dust'' by one of the talent & lovely artists from Mannheim: Veitengruber.

Veitengruber collaborate Nat the Cat for this hit that already got full support all around.
Diamonds & Dust its spectacular track with soft rhythm and shooting vocal that came in patiently, what's make the groove so flow.

The next one it's Flying Somewhere by Veitengruber.
We can notice here his style by the deep groove, tech sounds around and the following vocal. This pack certainly offer here unique sounds which may fit in each dance floor

After previous releases on Hija De Colombia, El Nino Andres (here credited as El Nino only) debuts on new vinyl label called Jackie Brown. Jackie Brown aims to release series of mini LPs, providing conceptual music stories, while at the same time not neglecting the main consequence of good house music -dance groove. House music infected with funk, soul and boogie grooves - we are not inventing nothing new, we've been inspired by many labels that came before. El Nino delivers first story on our label, and in our humble opinion shows the very best side of house music with a groove and soul. Though not all tracks are lengthy and floor ready, they make a great ensemble on No Boogie Nights', while tracks like Odds Against Tomorrow', Thieves In The Night' and Something Ain't Right' work great on their own. Everything is rounded up with amazing artwork from Maximilian Moser.

Scottish party crew Jelly Roll Soul (responsible for giving the likes of Kyle Hall, Specter, Funkineven & Jay Daniel their Scottish debuts) celebrate their 5th birthday by getting in to the record game.

Their first release comes from London based Scot, Sirrahttam with the out there house wanderings of his Tanz EP. A1 'Linear Patterns' does exactly NOT what the title suggests, instead its basic constituent parts warp and mutate constantly over an agitated rhythm, never quite at peace with itself - deep, disorientating stuff. B1 'Trees' is a fucked up take on a 90s house bomb that skips & bumps in all the right places but like the flip, can't sit still for long, it's groove constantly reinventing itself whilst squeezing new life out of an old Maya Angelou vocal snippet. B2 'Moving on Slowly' is a bass heavy lament for something lost, reminiscent of Stinson & Donald's more tranquil moments, tying up the EP in serene style....

Tulioxi teamed up with the legendary Alexander Robotnick, both from the beautiful city of Florence. Sexy space disco with the Italian touch; fasten your seatbelt! Limited supplies!

The Kachiri Remix EP features a varied selection from some of the finest. Kicking off with Tronik Youth who takes the title track and reboots into a harder darker groove, pushing the synths to breaking point. Man Power ignites a fire on the dancefloor with real bass and spacey chords. Ivan Smagghe creates an off kilter eclectic groove with a different energy. Jamie Patton dubs out Pink Ghost with a twisted and warped groove that takes it to a new cosmos. Whilst, Kasper Bjorke takes us down to the sea with his love vibes and tropical rework of Volupia. Craig Bratley adds his dark synths and toughened grooves for late night dance floors. Two Mamarrachos lead us on an epic 11 minute journey with their massive Pink Ghost funk groove.

Kachiri EP is out on digital format on 25th May, with limited edition vinyl out in June on Nein Records.

Back in 2009, DJ Harvey came knockin' at PBRC HQ to deliver a special project he had in mind. Having a long and healthy relationship with the dudes at Pacific Beach, Harv essentially produced a couple of edits that could've well been next in line on his revered Black Cock label. Eventually released in 2010, the 12" cuts caused a stir as some will recall. Doc Severinsen is an accomplished American jazz/pop trumpet player, and as a band leader gained considerable notoriety on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Like most musicians in the 70’s, Doc took his shot at the disco and funk sounds of the time, gathered stellar musicians, and released impeccably sounding works.
Two of these cuts, 'Be With You' and 'Shine On Me' are featured on this release. Harvey's unfailing magic touch has yielded two DJ-friendly edits with a lot of punch and galactic energy, yet with a velvet undertone. Staying true to the mission, the label took great care throughout the production process in order to preserve the quality of the original recordings.Proprietary equipment was created to transfer the original cuts from the source.
The mastering was conducted at Bernie Grundman in Hollywood, CA, known for its work on the greatest albums of all time, such as Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' and Steely Dan's 'Aja'.
The 2015 edition is noticeably different on the exterior. The cover art, having been designed by Harvey back in 2009 for the original release, commands attention.
At the time, however, the prevailing design had been already put into play leaving these amazing creative elements put aside for a later time - and so here we are.

The house duo who've released music on CLASSIC, OM, ICON, etc drop this 3 track EP on FOUR PLAY MUSIC. "MY FAMILY" takes on the A-side with their signature jazzy, soulful sound. "OCEAN DRIVE" is an uptempo cut with a hot rhythm & keys. "LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW" ends with a serious groove.

THIS 4 LP BOX SET SET IS A SMASH HIT. ONE LISTEN TO SONGS SUCH AS: "IT'S GOOD FOR THE SOUL", "SALSOUL RAINBOW", AND "TANGERINE" AND YOU TOO WILL BE HOOKED. THERE IS A GREAT MIX OF INSTRUMENTAL AND VOCAL TRACKS. THIS BRINGS US ALL BACK TO THE GOOD DAY'S OF WHIRLING STRINGS AND WAILING WOODWINDS. YOU MUST PURCHASE THE COMPILATION; YOUR MONEY WILL BE WELL SPENT!

Blog tastemakers par excellence House Of Disco return with their third collaborative compilation, teaming up with Hamburg's acclaimed JEUDI Records...
In the space of just four years and little over 20 releases, Hamburg's JEUDI Records has established itself as one of the foremost imprints in the world of melodic deep and tech house music. Born from the weekly club night of the same name taking place at their hometown venue Baalsaal (on the infamous Reeperbahn), it's a label which focuses on quality over quantity, and has showcased music from the likes of Doctor Dru, Adana Twins, Turntablerocker, Sidney Charles and Monte in its short but acclaimed history.
House Of Disco are back in full swing after a short hiatus, building on their pedigree that has brought the world music from the likes of Finnebassen, EJECA and Volta Cab over the past two years. With an increasingly busy global DJ schedule, their own parties in London and their own guest mix series bolstering their consistent online curation, they have amassed a sizable, fervent following.
The 12" features 4 cuts by artists : HNNY, Ennio & Davide, Kain & Aber & Monitor 66 Support from: Sacha, Maya Jane Coles, Hot Since 82, Tensnake, Catz N Dogz, Miguel Migs, Psychemagik, The Revenge, Ralph Lawson, Animal Trainer, Dirty Doering, Shir Khan, Joyce Muniz, Moon Boots.

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A covert quickstrike 7" release from the Black Ops camp by label stalwart Frank Booker. Vintage Booker Disco flex on the A, dubby Idjuts-style vibes on the flip.
500 copies only - No Repress - No Digital

MA SPAVENTI, a Roman, now based in Amsterdam, has been around for a minute; his trio R-A-G (with Aroy Dee and Gijs Poortman, a.k.a.Gstring) has been recording refined, classicist house and techno on an all-analog kit since 2010.

Marked by tough drums, swirling pads, and awillingness to veer into pure, beatless ambient territory, their records are formally purist without scrimping on a sense of mystery.
Spaventi's solo work so far has suggested that he may be the tough guy of the bunch; his singles "Wrecking," "The Jungle," and "Insanity" skipped over all niceties in favor of brute 909 snares and scrappy synth work. His 2012 single "Baia," meanwhile — co-produced with
Secretsundaze's James Priestley — was a cubby, sax-infused tribute to Balearic house. Now Spaventi is back with two new Eps that demonstrate how versatile he really is.

Revolver, Most Excellent Unlimited's inaugural release, is something of a Swiss army knife for DJs planning to venture into the wilderness.
There's a melancholic, mid-tempo house number, "The Sick Tape Dealer,"that's lit with a crystalline glow. There's "Slowmo," a loping opener
that suffuses an andante house groove in queasy Giallocore tones. "Revolver," the record's fastest cut, balances strapping snares and
insistent open hi-hats with dreamy chords; it sits on the fence between placid and acid, just the thing for tipping the night into
full gear. And the slow-motion tearjerker "La Valle Delle Lacrime"comes in two versions — one with a skeletal drum machine and a beatless edit that revels in the simplicity of his analog synths. Luxuriating in ringing fifths with just a hint of Theremin-like
warble, it's an unusually sturdy example of ethereal ambient techno.

On remix duties, the prolific Mark E delivers a deep, atmospheric, slow burner in the vein of his recent PROJECT E work. The "Revolver
EP" 12" ships everywhere Tuesday September 17, and beatless version of "La Valle Delle Lacrime," plus a downtempo chugger aptly named,
"Slowmo" are set to release digitally later this fall.

Beatconductor Reworks // A Message Of Love // Boogie Love

KAT Records celebrate their 20th release in style by wel-coming Sweden's Beatconductor to the fold with this rather dishy white vinyl limited 10" that sounds as good (if not better)than it looks.

Probably best known for his work on GAMM, here Beatconductor continues his trait of delivering top quality reworks with this versatile two tracker that packs a mean punch.

First up we have 'A Message Of Love', a gospel tinged disco stormer of a track that's largely based on Ashford & Simpson's fantastic live outing of 'The Boss'. Crisp conga led beats, piano hooks, horn sections, that in-famous vocal hook and more break downs than your average AA man can shake a stick at all add up to this being an epic 8 minute gospel dance floor experience.

On the flip we have 'Boogie Love', a cheeky reworking of Lulu's finest moment (yes Lulu) 'I Love to Boogie', which when released as a single in 1979 failed to get in-to the Top 75. There is a seriously infectious (84 bpm)groove going on here making this a contender for the sassiest release of the year. Beatconductor beefs up the break, stretching and teasing before the rather ace vocal comes in and takes hold.

Brilliant stuff from Beatconductor and KAT and here's to the next 20 releases !

DJ Support:
E.A.S.E.
TERRY FARLEY
EMA NOSURAK, UK -
ANDY ASH, Liverpool, UK
MARK MILZ, Further in Fusion Radio,
SEAN GORHAM, UK
BRENDON P

During the day he is a family man and a respected scholar living in the Warsaw suburbs, but at night he is living a totally different life.DJ Dook is an extraordinary digger and a big fan of all good things in life, he is also considered as the best disco DJ in Poland. For the first offering in Transatlantyk's special limited series, dedicated to the art of the edit, he has prepared 4 amazing cuts, ranging from Afro to Proto-House and Tropical Disco to Sleazy Italo.'Eagle Break' is a rework of an obscure soundtrack cut from mid 80's. Drum machine beats are mixed with heavy, tribal drumming and ethnic instruments and chants, creating a fascinating fusion of world music and electronic disco.
'Togo Disco' is a warm-up weapon, road tested over the years by Transatlantyk crew, which never fails to amaze. Tough and raw Afro disco cut from late 70's is being extended here for maximum dancefloor utility. On 'Starship' DJ Dook reworks a rare European sleazy track into an even more voluptuous affair, adding 808 drums and looping the best sections of the original.
'High Tonight' is an edit of an album only Euro Disco cut from the late 70's. Sitars, funky guitar licks and fat basslines are chopped and glued together again to create another tropical disco bomb.
Strictly 300 copies. No repress.

First out on Omena LTD series is a mini-album that was originally released back in 2004.
It received universal acclaim based on several critics' reviews and has a score of 81 out of 100 from Metacritic when it was released.

Joan Glass of New York Times Music wrote 'Easily the electronic leftfield album of the year, it's so well ahead of it's time. While some will complain about todays producers failure to cover new territory, this is the proof of a very accomplished album packed with great music taking inspirations from several different sources. 5/5'

On a recent trip to the US Tooli met up with an old friend that played him a tape containing the track from the above mentioned album.
Eager to hear more and also get in touch with the band, he started an investigation of his own that led him to the city of Vardo in Norway.

After several meetings and intensive negotiations they agreed to re-release the album but with a few minor changes.
These new versions are exclusively made for this release only.

150 copies only

Melbourne based percussive dance collective NO ZU bring us their newest creation in the form of the 'Hi Gloss' EP.
NO ZU have been recently championed by the balearic connoisseurs from Testpressing, as well as being a featured track on Cut Copy's Melbourne dance compilation, Oceans Apart.
The title track, 'Hi Gloss' sets the tone for the EP - one of wild-abandon boogie and no-wave styled house that is at once uniquely NO ZU. Triple X funk and NSFW moods continue to flow and mutate throughout the EP with hedonistic freedom.
Hi Hypnomania sees the group nodding to influences like Konk and Pigbag, but then swiftly takes them down into a smoked-out, dungeon basement at an un-godly hour to forget about time and space.
Side B begins with a jam (Do Deep Dee) recorded in NYC with Sal Principato (Liquid Liquid) during a session that went from 1am to 6am. The result is as gloriously zonked and dubby as you might expect - a true continuity in free-groove and abstract percussive joy. Finally, the last track sees infamous LA boogie-man, Moon B (PPU, 1080p) take NO ZU's Ui Yia Uia into a darker dub and bouncy minimalist realm.
It's so sweet and fresh that it acts as the perfect after-dinner mint for the Hi Gloss EP. Let the "Heat Beat" posess you.

Music For Dreams release their second 12 inch this year from Danish duo Visti & Meyland. Continuing their current passion for writing "real songs", Visti& Meyland are back with a larger than life anthem of love, melancholy and thoughtfulness. 'Sharing The Light' has a dreamy vibe in the verses and hits back hard with a Bobby Womack-esque chorus with Meyland's Jekyll and Hyde vocals. Carried by a 70's drumbeat, a hypnotic electric bass line, and an out-of-tune piano, this track has a strong emotional, warm and star-gazing feel to it, though still maintaining the heavy, rock-solid grooviness that the Danish duo are known for. On remix duties Payfone calls the shots and demonstrates his power turning the track into a modern Paradise Garage-inspired DJ tool. 'Girls On Camera' is the second track and a sure fire Balearic club monster combining "E2E4" style arpeggios with French Kiss style stabs making this package essential for any collector of open minded Balearic sounds.

More goodness from the KAT stable, UK via Cratebug from the USA and their first release of 2015, a no holds barred, straight for the jugular 4 tracker from Chicago's edit maestro.
Cratebug come's from the Windy city with whom their native resi-dents tend to know the odd thing about Disco & House.


Before teaming up with KAT records, Cratebug has previously enriched such labels as Derrick Carter's Persnickety, Lumberjacks In Hell, Grimy Edits and Tugboat to name but a few so you know you're in safe hands here.
The huge 'Deputy of Love' kicks of proceedings with House sen-sibilities being very much at the forefront of this edit.


Originally out in '79 and recorded by the fantastically named Don Arman-do's Second Avenue Rhumba Band on Ze Records, Cratebug rips up the original and brings to the table exactly what he does best which is re-arranging & re-working classics with House friendly beats which doff a cap to the original whilst keeping a keen eye on both the Dj and the dance floor alike.
'You Make Me Feel Good' brings more of a straight up party feel to the table and is both uber cheeky and handy in equal measures.


A Dj tool of sorts with classic tribal House beats underpinning that vocal sample coming via Magic Touch's Good Inside. Classic stuff here but done in a fashion that will appeal to both the old school and new bread of House heads out there.


On the flip we have much of the same with a classic Disco stormer followed by a bonus beat/dj tool with the stormer coming in the shape of Karen Young's 'Hot Shot'. Housed up to within an inch of it's original life, this rework is what we've all been screaming for which is to have a dj friendly version which will torment, tease and cutting the rug like never before.
Finishing things off nicely is 'Watch Yourself'...


Originally re-leased in '84, by Akabu and huge on the Chicago breakdance scene back in the day, Cratebug does a mighty fine job here stripping most of the original track back and focusing on the rather mighty beats which brings more of a proto-House feel rather than electro.

Surprisingly, it's been some four years since Croat producer Ilija Rudman dropped his much-played debut album, The Reveal, on Bear Funk. Happily, True Colours - his first outing on Is It Balearic - sees him in fine form, joining the dots between kaleidoscopic synth-funk, rubbery dub-disco, spaced-out boogie and glassy-eyed downtempo jams. Rudman is an expert at capturing the sounds of bygone eras, usually through the use of vintage equipment, while delivering tracks that sound thoroughly fresh and original. It's this that makes True Colours such a fantastic set. Highlights are plentiful, from the close dance smoothness of "Bad Passion" and boogie dub vibes of "All The Time" (check the delay-laden hits and sweeping violins) to the jaunty electro-goes-Balearic brilliance of "Wild Guess".

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The wonderful Black Ops sub label from the SLEAZYBEATS crew continues...
For the 9th and penultimate release in the series, the Sleazy Beats gang welcomes Bristol's Admin (Future Boogie, Banoffee Pies) aboard the Black Ops ship, which ventures beyond the trusted beatdown waters the label has been sailing since its inception in 2012 in search of exciting new pastures.
For his 'Super Lover EP', Admin commandeered an obscure record collection and cut up a cheeky trio of summery, sample-heavy disco delights that are rough around the edges but groovy like a drive-in movie.
The Black Ops dudes decided to leave the crackle, hum and imperfections intact as an ode to good old-fashioned art of sampling, a tip of the hat to the format's charm ('life has surface noise mate') and a polite middle finger to the non-descript clinical compressed deep House that seems to be so in vogue now.
As always, this is a limited, vinyl only release. It will not be repressed and will not be released digitally. Not now, not ever.

It's tempting to concentrate on Felix's Dickinson's History, his pre criminal justice act rave orchestration, his 10 years DJing for the Lifeforce parties in Japan or any of his DJing and touring achievements during the early formation of the UK House scene. But, to concentrate on any of these things is clearly missing the point. Yes, Felix was making and playing music in those 'early days", but he has consistently championed underground music to this very day, whether via his myriad musical guises and aliases including Foolish and Sly, LHAS Inc, Das Etwas, Bastedos, and the soon to be revealed 'Dedication' project, on labels like DFA, Eskimo, Rush Hour and International Feel... or through his own Label, Cynic Music. It's Felix's absolute dedication to music, parties and dancing, which has allowed him to remain as relevant today as he ever was, and which has secured him regular appearances at festivals such as The Garden Festival, Burning Man and Glastonbury, regular tours of Japan, the USA and beyond as well as his London residencies at 'Bad Passion' and his own party, 'Bring It', which he hosts alongside the Idjut Boys. Bizarre as it seems after such a lengthy involvement spent at the heart of the scene, despite everything he's already achieved It still makes more sense to be excited about what Felix is going to next.

23 Years & Years 'Eyes Shut' (Danny Dove Radio)

DJ Support:

Thomas Schumacher
Set Me Free both original and A1 Bassline Mix are tight. Breakbeats are soooo coming back.

Jimpster
Super solid peaktime party pleasers from Marc here! remixes are great too. strong release all round.

Nicole Moudaber
Phil Weeks for me, thanks!

Huxley
Really like this ep!!

Doc Martin
This is going to so much damage on the floor!!! Full Support!!!

Slam
love Marc's stuff - love this - spinning

The name MONDO has its roots in 'MONDO MOVIES", an italian movie genre born in the 60's. Mondo movies are characterized by documentary-like content that addresses several topics from around the world ("mondo"). The Mondo label has the goal to produce music that is descriptive of concepts, images and environments. Mondo is inspired by library music, a genre frequently used as theme or background music in radio, film and television in that very same period. Production music libraries typically offer a broad range of musical styles and genres describing everything ranging from deserts to war and sports. Library music composers and session performers had no constraint at all. They typically work anonymously, have rarely become known outside their professional circle and they have produced what probably is the most creative music catalogue ever. The Mondo productions start with four releases dedicated to seascapes; scenarios range from sea fauna to poaching, from natural parks to sea dunes. Good listening!

DJ Reactions:

Mark Farina - Jam!
Johnny Fiasco - Funky. I will def play
Julius Papp - Damn good!
Luke Howard - Good party sounds
ATFC - Werd
DJ Meme - My brother Fudge bringin' out the beast on you :-)
Giom -- Woohoo
Paul Trouble Anderson - Ohh yes
Def Mix -- Nasty!

Emotional Rescue certainly laid a claim for the most esoteric of reissue endeavours last year, and they are looking to maintain this approach in 2013. Their first release sees the label dig further into the cassette archives of Kevin Harrison, focusing specifically on the Neo project the Coventry musician did in cahoots with fellow electronic explorer, Peter Every from Neophyte Records. As you can tell from the primitive drum heavy tone of the music, Neo surfaced in 1985 with the 8 track cassette release Global Network. This twelve presents five of those tracks, all of which echo the pulsing electronic rhythms of the Fly EP, Emotional Rescue's previous Harrison reissue, and will find as much favour with those who sleep on the left side of disco as fans of cold wave.

Mid 80's Canadian electronic disco from Purple Flash aka Pluton & Humanoids aka super producer - Pierre Perpall. The instrumental is much loved by Metro Area's Morgan Geist who had licensed it for an Unclassics release on Environ in 2004. Fans of Gino Soccio should talk note.

Red Laser seems to be attracting a wealth of young Parisian talent as they release more heat from Paris via Red Laser new comer Romainn Bezzina. Bezzina has worked closely with Bent producer Simon Mills to create and compile this EP of sultry analogue Baleario Disco especially for the Manchester label.
Bezzina's remix of Gary Low's 'I Want You' has already appeared on the recent Red Laser Disco compilation and now gets a re-press on this heavyweight twelve for increased sound quality.
Bezzina also drops Fly Away Jack, a splendid shuffler reminiscent of Van McCoy or Bebu Silvetti with a touch of Love Unlimited thrown in. These accompany 2 more tracks of sensual synth deepness including an exclusive vinyl release of Bent's Exercise 4 to make even the icy sleet of Salford turn into the sweltering sun of St Tropez. .

Chi-Town's AL & TONE are back with "VOLUME 6". The "PRAISE" side features "MAD DASH", a groovin' gospel tune with a funky bassline and sweet horn riffs, plus the spaced out "MY SOUL". The "REJOICE" side has the killer cut "U", a sweet modern soul jam along with "WORSHIP" a sick lo-fi cut.

Nadja Lind and Paul Loraine come together again with two exclusive tracks for Wolf Trap's next release.

It's been a very busy year so far for both Nadja and Paul with their collaborations, as well as Nadja's Klartraum productions, being played by leading DJs such as Jamie Jones, Maceo Plex, Funk D'Void, Magda, Sven Vath, Luciano, Loco Dice and Hernan Catteneo.

Both highly respected DJ/Artists in their own rights, when Nadja and Paul get together musically, something special happens. Their reputation for making solid grooves just keeps on growing.

Ruin (original & Klartraum remix): Chest pounding bass line, industrial, off-tempo beats and demented vocals make for a slightly uneasy but ultimately funky ride. The Klartraum remix is kick heavy with serious swagger. Discordant keys and lovely crisp hi hats whip this track towards a crescendo of technoid bleeps and scratchy, swingy techiness.

It started with a kick: This pendulous drum heavy track bounces along with big breasted subs, Itchy, scratchy hats, blistering beats and an Errol Brown inspired vocal meaning only one thing... dance floor destruction is inescapable.

Alma Negra is not only a mountain in the Cordillera de la Ramada range of the Andes Mountains, it's also a collective who are based in Basel, Switzerland.

The collective is made up of Miajica, Dario Rohrbach & Dersu Figueria. They are passionate diggers who loves playing music from all over the world & had their debut last year on the infamous Sofrito label with heavy edits from the islands of Cabo Verde.

This release on Basic Fingers is unique in every way, the keyword of this EP is 'rhythm' The trio has created something truly imaginative , captivating, and capable of tingling every muscle in your body.

Three wonderfully inventive & accessible tracks & another Basic Fingers sureshot.

Dark Entries returns to the New Jersey basement studio to unearth another compilation cassette recordings by Smersh titled 'Super Heavy Solid Waste'. Smersh was the duo of Mike Mangino and Chris Shepard, who began making music together in the late 70s. They were uninterested in traditional notions of songwriting or live performance. Everything they needed was in Piscataway NJ: a basement full of analog gear, a Roland TR-606 (the same 'Roland' who was listed as a member of Big Black), a SH-09 (Cabaret Voltaire's favorite synth), and a TB-303 (the sound of acid house). Most Monday nights, they would write a new song from scratch. A couple hours later, the song was recorded, never to be performed again. By 1981, this dedication to spontaneous creativity had already produced countless recordings, and the duo began releasing cassettes as Smersh via their own Atlas King label. A definitive Smersh discography may not even be possible, but one lists more than 30 Atlas King cassettes. As these tapes traded their way across continents, Smersh developed a devoted following in places far beyond Piscataway, leading to releases on dozens of other labels from around the globe. Smersh's sound is a lush hybrid of techno, industrial, dance, and experimental. Sometimes easy, sometime not. Most songs revolve around driving EBM style beats, intricate industrial noise manipulation and synth melodies. The Smersh sound has so many faces it doesn't fall into any one category. For 'Super Heavy Solid Waste' we have selected 8 songs, focusing on the harder, harsher, rhythmic side of Smersh's vast discography. Spanning a ten year period, 1983-1993, this the first time all but one of these songs are appearing on vinyl. Each song has been carefully remastered. The vinyl comes housed in a sludge-infused jacket designed by Eloise Leigh, using art motifs and textures sourced from their original cassettes, as well an 11×11 offset printed insert.

After the international affair of NADO015, Moonboots' and Boardman train their gaze a little closer to home for the latest Aficionado release, welcoming the return of the majestic Stratus to the label.Back in 2013, the outfit gifted the world the sweeping beauty of the 'Spring Tide EP', a fuzzy hybrid of Dorothy Ashby, Pat Methany and Manuel Gottsching which soundtracked many a horizontal afternoon in the late Summer sun. Now Mat Antony returns to the imprint with another four tracks of intricate, immersive genius, primed to fling open the doors of perception and guide you into a brave new world.
'Axis' eases us into proceedings with the gentle cadence of languid guitar, allowing us a moment of hazy tranquility before an explosion of symphonic funk sends us spinning away into a different plane of consciousness entirely. The lost soundtrack to a peyote fuelled Sergio Leone flick, 'Axis' is a lone ranger riding an Axelrod rhythm deep into the desert while the chiming bells, choral vocals and campfire guitars swirl and eddy in the dry heat.
On the A2, 'Oxwich' offers a glimpse of lush vegetation, flora and fauna in full swing in the tranquil paradise of a rich oasis. Opening with a field recording of a tropical lakeside, the track blossoms into life with rhythmic guitar, gentle percussion and a pastoral bassline, all washed through with a fuzzy psychedelia, before wavy North African melodies shimmer this way and that in the midday swelter.'Solstice' sees Antony embracing the mellow magic of a violet dusk, taking us on a stoned journey into cinematic jazz territories with an Air of French sophistication. The relaxed charm of gentle Rhodes paints an endless horizon before the celestial keys and glittering arps scatter stars far across the heavens. 'Tisno' closes the EP out in more earthly surroundings as aquatic keys lap over organic percussion, and airy strings breeze over the thick and sticky bassline. Fragile piano chords glimmer in and out of the dubby soundscape, suggesting an emotional release finally realised by the euphoric sequence which closes the track and the EP. This is a vivid, expressionist masterpiece from Stratus, and another essential release from a flawless label.

For a long time, Vidal Benjamin has been getting up early at the weekends. Whether alone or in company, he digs his hands into various crates at record fairs, flea markets or in empty attics, to uncover records that have long been forgotten, ignored or even despised. Among the small circle of Parisian diggers, his reputation precedes him: it is he who finds and it is he who shares. It is not unusual that in his wake, one finds a certain record long lost, left behind as a special gift from Vidal. He likes to share so that others may discover. And it is for that same reason that he regularly sleeps late, playing records in clubs at night, where he follows a similar path: altruistic, educational and festive. It's no surprise, then, that his first compilation goes by the fitting title of Disco Sympathie.

The Argentina-based dj/producer-team delivers "Fool Me", an outstanding deephouse-nudisco fusion with diva vocals and a massive bass...

On the flipside "Personality" brings everything back to the underground with a deep spoken-word-bassline tune with the outstanding performance of Los Angeles' own vocalist Louis Hale.

OFF-head Andre Crom transforms "Fool Me" into a stripped down peakhour
909 driving monter.

* Consulate is a project informed by the Cold War; European football culture; hardcore; World War II; breakbeat techno; flare smoke & the Südtribüne.

* Urban, bleak, violent - suspended in a slow motion malaise, grasping for a semblance of something substantial, concrete, from beyond the vast emptiness.

* Palpabable dread and dismembered drum machines scattered across the sun-scorched Australian earth of desolate Perth.

From the tropics comes Whiskey Disco, a sneaky re-edit label bent on dredging the decanter for diffident dancefloor genius from
latent disco perpetrators. It's loosely connected to Sleazy McQueen and his assorted cohorts. Olivier Boogie returns to the fold withI Know You Care EP, the follow up to to his provocative first EP, WD27. The spectrum is as wide as one would expect from the famed Dutch selector, uptempo and high energy cuts include the swirling speed of Come Inside and crescendo building loops of I Know You Care. To balance, we slow down for deep sexiness found between the notes of How High and rollerboogie funk of Watch Your Step.

Composed of established producers DJ Die, Joker, Futureboogie's Christophe, and drummer Desi Rodgers, Sure Thing's musical credentials are immediately apparent. Their debut release 'Holding You Tight' drops this summer on Defected Records, backed up with remixes from the hugely respected Rob Mello. Leading the pack is a club-ready Extended DJ Mix; a classic-sounding and infectious disco boogie cut, followed by Rob's two interpretations; the Vocal Version using Chloé Lang's pristine vocals to create encapsulating soundscapes while the Dub Version features a thudding kick drum and takes full advantage of Joker's twisting funk chords.