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Two choice club ready extended versions taken from Life and Death label boss DJ Tennis and Red Axes new collaborative debut album project Redrago.

It's always better late than never! in this second project we return with more rhythms and old harmonies, four tracks and five producers experimenting with the rhythm machine the best Swing 66%

Detroit’s John Beltran is back in fine style, limited copies..

Extrawelt are back with a raw unpolished techno jewel called "Heracid". A track that slowly drills deep into your techno soul. Be sure this track will not let you down. It has that unique Extrawelt quality of being friends with you before it even gains traction. Maybe it is the trust you put in Extrawelt after having released so many great tracks that you feel in good hands and in good company with this new Extrawelt track!

"Heracid" is no classic acid track though it throws in a reference to the acid days. But overall it carries more of an undercurrent urgency and simmering that builds the tension of the track. This may as well put it next to the excellent techno tracks you have heard recently. It is a powerful and muscular track to sink into and enjoy.

"Madjafala" has a different logic than the a-side track "Heracid" it gives only vague „answers“ to the arising expectations when listening to the track. It could be called a track perfectly in tune with our unstable times. There is certainly a lot of neurotic energy and tricky twists in directions you would not have expected. There is enough tension for a whole year in this unusual track.

The vinyl comes with a very nice and minimalistic cover art from Maria Louceiro featuring a pattern made of frozen waves, beautiful and interrupted.

key selling points: Extrawelt are back with a raw unpolished techno jewel called "Heracid". A track that slowly drills deep into your techno soul. Be sure this track will not let you down. A powerful and muscular track to sink into and enjoy.

Vinyl Only - LTD Colored Vinyl Repress !

The next release on Tied features the debut release of Ciphr! A new alias of Max Jacobson and Christian Thomas, the EP features two original mind expanding tracks with a heavy jazz infused micro house sound. On remix duties Funk E delivers a darker stripped down version of Runnin and Silat Beksi give us a deep and grooving version of Saturnday, an unreleased Ciphr track.

Kicking off our new white label series is Brighton-via-Bristol producer Syz. Drawing on a diverse range of touchpoints from across the spectrum of UK club music, this trio of dancefloor destroyers encompass precision-engineered soundsystem techno, mutant 2-step and West Country bass.

Wrapping things up, Pressure Dome founder Yushh returns to Control Freak with her ownflip of title track Bunzunkunzun, bringing down the BPM for a menacing rework that’s punctuated by her signature wonky rhythms.

Very strictly limited vinyl release for these essential DJ weapons - get them while they’re hot!

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The mystery of the wizards sleeve, what will you find when you delve inside...

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Detroit Underground label head Kero returns to his sonic roots with the first of the Detroit Map Series originally featured on the limited DUTT-181 Series functional record player designed by Neubau Berlin. As a kick-start, Kero reveals Highways—a 5-track extended player of (abstract) electronics that is cleverly pulled together with a downbeat flow and tracks aptly sub-titled as major freeway arteries of the Motor City.


"Davison" commutes through glitch bits, bobbles, and broken beats flickering back and forth as it eventually opens midway through the traffic jam and hopscotched potholes with a synthesized melodic stream. Fisher displays its minimized techno flurry and rumbling low-end growl tempered by subtle blips'n bleeps and clinical precision. Southfield busts apart with modular maneuvering and heavy percussion showcasing an opportunity for Kero to cruise in the passing lane as the piece gradually mutates into a crunchy experimental electro epic. Lodge ebbs and flows with The Detroit Escalator Company-styled minimalism felt many miles away from its source. Chrysler expands and contracts with its 7-minute acid-electronic sprawl—here we see Kero carefully downshift to allow an ambient undercurrent to traverse a moonlit sky in the late night hours creating perhaps the finest soundtrack to (minimal) Detroit-inspired techno of yesteryear with a thumping heartbeat. ~PDS

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Modeight returns to the fore once again with a brand new release, continuing their mission to ply the depths of forward-thinking minimal talent from across the globe. For their 9th outing they've enlisted the skills of Sarajevo based producer and rising talent Zlatnichi as he offers up his dazzling "Baobabakka" EP, full of innately groovy hooks and sonic intensity. Having contributed to 12" releases on Serbian imprint Red District and Miami's Basswalk Records, Zlatnichi continues to display a mature and captivating sound. Overlaying a hazy cross section of tripped-out sampled and electronics over effortlessly fluid rhythms. Modeight nails yet another masterful collaboration here, showcasing a talent that's sure to have a big year head of him.

Introspection Recordings is proud to present his new limited 300 copies series.

A four-track EP that practically oozes class, the debut offering from Italian label Introspection is nothing if not an auspicious one. Featuring four tracks from an evidently shrewdly chosen bunch of artists, Introspection001 takes on numerous different styles and sounds, with the end result one that's thoroughly uncompromising and always engaging throughout. Featuring the work of four Italian producers; E-dward!, Matthew Redden, Lorenzo Magnozzi and BCFHBH, it's a release that dazzles from start to finish.

We get going courtesy of Edoardo Scarpellini aka E-dward!'s 'Got It'. A firm fixture in discerning Italian circles, as a DJ he has played in practically all of his country's foremost nightspots, not least Cocoricò in Riccione, Spazio 900 in Roma as well as Tenax and Fortezza da Basso in Florence. Equally renowned as a producer, his sounds have brought him to a wide range of respected outlets, including Bosconi, Stardub and Apparel Music. A minimal track that's but a sum of a few parts, Scarpellini's contribution here is a dubby, weighty, emotional cut that's high on intensity throughout.

Next up is Matteo Salvadorini aka Matthew Redden. A native of Livorno, Redden's contribution here, the whimsical, curious strands of 'Melancholic Probe In A Sad Space' serves up a very different sound to what's come before. A nimble, microhouse-inspired cut that's both happy and sad while serving up a host of introspective vibes, Redden's contribution here is truly a joy to behold.

The B side kicks off courtesy of label owner Lorenzo Magnozzi and his track, the wonderful 'Acid Morning (Space Time)'. Another track on display here that's been suitably named, it's teeming with peak-time prowess, with its sporadic vocal stabs only adding to the sense of drama. A considerable move into a different sound sphere, it signals the EP's intentions with some prowess. Supported by a host of respected names such as Ricardo Villalobos, Dana Ruh, Raresh, Tobi Neumann and Nastia, his is a sound that defines categorisation but one that always follows a discerning script.

Born in Huntingdon in the UK but raised in Pisa, BCFHBH started his musical journey at the age of 11, meddling with his parent's vinyl collection, a move that would ultimately inspire a life-long love affair with all things electronic music. His deep house flavoured track, 'Kin' is a wonderfully deep number that harks back to the days when deep truly did mean deep. A classy, sophisticated and wonderfully restrained track, it signs off the release in some style.

A new label from Lille, France, GAAZOL arrives with their first release from Japan's Yoshitaca, resident of the esteemed imprint Fasten Musique.

Title track "Induced Arousal" is a deep and funky acid tinged house workout that should prove versatile either later or earlier in the night. The A side is completed by Ittetsu's bass heavy remix with tight percussion and just the right touch of drama.

Finally, the entire B side is devoted to the rolling bassline of Yoshitaca's "Gypsy Queen" which never lets up. This fine package is exclusively presented on 180gr. vinyl.

6th one from the MOi camp. 180 Grams black vinyl only.

Fresh from the silky deepness of “Back to Mine”, his standout contribution to the compilation Dixon Presents Transmoderna, Echonomist now steps to the fore with his debut EP, Virtuality.

BAR04 focusses on Venderstrooik, a mysterious duo from the exotic lands of Alphen aan den Rijn. The EP starts with 'Espionage', a tribalist DIY distorted electronics track while the other original, 'Escargothic' sounds like an eerie halloween on ketamine. Two of our dear friends remixed the tracks. Pasiphae made a super dark goth version of 'Espionage' and Sacha Mambo returns to the label with a cheerful clubversion of 'Escargothic'

Wa Wu We is the artist alias and vinyl only label from Sebastian Mullaert. This is the fourth chapter, crafted in the Swedish woods. The rst 6 episodes of the Wa Wu We label will form a collection of records, united by their signi cant and unique cover art and the way they’ve been recorded; this being the focus on improvising expression, resting in meditation and the nature surrounding Sebastian’s studio. All 6 of these episodes will be released as vinyl only and will be limited to 500 copies each.

THE STORY Wa... the Wu are We? Let the question appear, and dissolve in the dance! Wa Wu We is back with the third vinyl release, and like before its vinyl only. Deep jams nurtured by the Swedish woods, the home of Sebastian Mullaert.

Excited and happy as a banana can be

Our Next Release Is Coming From Our Dear Friend Franco Cinelli. After Having Released A Single On Raum Before Already And Also Participating In Last Year's 20 Anniversary Compilation, This Is Franco's Third Release For Our Label. The Title Track And A Side Is Aiming A Bit More At The Dance Floor While The B Side Is One For The Late Shifts Or Early Mornings. Two Proper Club Cuts Executed By A True Master. Enjoy !

With releases on the likes of Organic Music, Housewax and (djebali), plus a string of stand-out EP’s via their own labels Sintope and Sintope Digital, Timisoara’s NTFO have established themselves as key names within the realm of minimal and deep house since making their production debut back in early 2008. Having released their ‘Esperantza’ EP on the label last year, here we see the pairing return to Bondage Music in fine form to open their account in 2019 with the impressive ‘Dobr’.
Title cut ‘Dobr’ opens the EP as the duo quickly go to work, introducing a slick blend of sharp drum shots amongst snaking bassline patterns, whilst ‘Blissed Out’ combines organic percussion licks, punch low end tones and warping synth leads to great effect. Next, the first vinyl only track on the package ‘Riddin’ welcomes dubby pads and crisp hats before flowing steadily into the slinking, metallic tones and 303-tinged bass stabs found throughout ‘Standers’.

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SVR001 emerges as the first constituent of the Sous-Vide Records vinyl catalogue. Asael Weiss of Tel Aviv paints intricate soundscapes of dark matter as he takes you on a journey deep into ominous atmospheres, resounding bass lines and electrifying synths so hypnotic they might be conceived by an alien life form. Marking the journey's end, RQZ sends us deeper into the unknown with his take on Asael's First Floor. A deep and transcendental groover inspired by the 90's movie The 13th floor.

There's no doubt that Luca Piermattei is one of the most exciting young producers coming from the ever-growing Italian scene. The Seekers family member has been steadily releasing on some of the most influential labels of the moment, including his own imprint Polarity, which he runs with Gabrø, Frankfurt's HardWorkSoftDrink and EYA to name a few. His latest output is Colt Music's sixth release, in which he delivers four bass-driven, minimalistic tracks that fly effortlessly between house and electro in his very own signature style.

Purple Vinyl in Label Cover pressed on 180g, incl. remixes by Roger Gerressen and Mihai Popoviciu

>>>>Cryovac Recordings is a loose collective of collaborators bound by a strong personal view of the techno sound. The outfit assembled to create this installment of Cryovac are diverse in approach and unified in spirit. They are the maintainers of their style, and leaders of their movements. Cryovac is based in Detroit and is a platform brought to life by the efforts of a vinyl community of craftsmen and artists. Cryovac endures to shine light on a path less traveled .

>>>> The E.P. starts with Jason Garcia’s “down like”a crispy 4/4 slide back rocker groove intermittently intersected by urgent synth, earsplitting climaxes, and compulsive samples that form rhythm. Body Mechanic follows up with a couple swigs of old school tec- funk surrounded by a dreaming synth lost in the memories of the fat boys. Flip to the backside where Garcia & Kretsch deliver “LA80s” a theme that is story told with dramatic synth, driving kick and bass, and triumphant rises and falls tying and dying together. Isaac Prieto’s “Searching” takes us out with a smooth minimal animal that shifts an easy melody and turns sleekly through a gauntlet of hi-hat , clap, and twisted sharp detunes.

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It’s taken Yotam Avni a little while to get to his debut album; almost a decade, really, since his debut 12”, “That’s What The World Needs”, on California’s Seasons Limited imprint. During that time, the Tel-Aviv based producer has refined his productions, tightening the groove and paring everything back to bare essentials; the power in an Avni cut is its combination of piston-pulse propulsion and a deep, but gently applied, musicality. This combination gives his techno productions added heft on the dance floor, but also a lyrical sensibility that places him squarely in a tradition of techno legends who somehow manage to make the four-to-the-floor a space of poetic intensity, of rigorous joy.

Avni’s been on Kompakt’s radar for a while, first appearing on the label last year, with his Speicher contribution, “Mañana Mañana”. (“Track For Agoria”, from that EP, also appeared on Total 19.) The connection immediately made sense – dance music that managed to feel both lush and streamlined across the same great gasp of late-night energy. But with Yotam Avni Was Here, he’s taken a huge leap. After a brief intro, Avni sets his stall with “Beyond The Dance”, which features slow-moving vocal melisma over sculptural, melting tonalities, a tintinnabulating, harpsichord-like two-note phrase pacing out the track. Then “It Was What It Was” comes into view, its strip-light textures suddenly placed into sharp relief by a muted trumpet figure that hangs in the air, melancholy and pensive.

It’s no surprise, at this point, to discover that Avni’s inspirations for Was Here took in the histories of both techno and jazz. “I wanted to try something more around Detroit Techno meets ECM,” he reflects, when explaining the motivating forces behind the album. “Carl Craig’s Just Another Day EP and Kenny Larkin’s Keys, Strings, Tambourines came out during my high school years and had huge impact on me.” Avni’s also appeared on Transmat compilations, and remixed artists like the Midwest’s Titonton Duvanté, and Orlando Voorn – the latter particularly important for the way he connected the Detroit and Amsterdam techno scenes – his career path is marked by ongoing connections, direct and indirect, to Detroit’s storied history.

“I always wanted to go back to those hi-tek soul roots on a full album,” he continues, and he’s definitely exploring that terrain here, with the sky-strafing brass on “Free Darius Now”, morse-code keys on “Vortex” and glitchy, microhouse tickles of “Know Hope” all contributing to an oblique narrative that seems to arc across Was Here – one fleshed out by guest musicians, who include dop and Gerog Levin on vocals, and trumpets by Greg Paulus (of Beirut and No Regular Play). The cover art makes the jazz connection explicit, riffing on the text-based, minimal design of The Modern Jazz Quartet’s 1955 album for Prestige, Concorde. But the way Avni has gathered around him both inspiring musicians and intriguing reference points makes me think of his broader career as well, the collectivism behind his AVADON nights in Tel-Aviv, his many and wide-ranging releases on labels like Innervisions, Hotflush and Stroboscopic Artefacts, and the openness of his productions, which seem to be all about the multiple, the possibilities of cross-pollination, of fusing this with that, of adding and subtracting, all under the pulsating thumbprint of techno.

Good things, after all, are worth waiting for.

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Ignacio Morales and Alejandro Fernandez come out hot with a duo ep with a remix by Pinto and Julian Sandre. We hope you enjoy this amazing vinyl.

Following the successful release of “Espectrum: The Avantroots Dub Techno Compilation”, Pulshar presents the next chapter.

“Espectrum II” is a collection of eerie, dreamlike and sublime tracks spread over two EP's. Now we present the first one, with original recordings by Beat Pharmacy, Segue, Toki Fuko and Sibling feat. Drhamer.

Alci is joining the Nervmusic family by bringing this 7 pieces of space love on board of our "Enterprise".

fresh Techno jams - TIP!

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After 15 years of releasing underground electronic music Ion Ludwig remains to push the boundaries of his signature sound. Parameters set in a different decade to prevail the formula’s and algorithmic that adapted minimalism throughout pre corona-times.

Now stepping into digital realms of music and video Ludwig was invited by Swiss art-city-Citizens to write
and produce a latest triple 12” album, his third of this volume, and first not on his own label-outlets, now for Adam's Bite, Basel.

‘Truth only exists in Paradise’ tells the truth of non-truth. Nothing today can be seen independent and no information seems to be holy. The truth is a hopeless lost soul, nowhere welcome or at home but in paradise. Most, our own “paradise” if it may still exist. And that it may please you, there.

Mambo Number Meffert. Our man of the match Florian Meffert is kicking again for our imprint. This time flying solo including a stunning remix by Mihigh.

Click Box from São Paulo is bringing his new record - Ogunhe with Symbiostic 036 to life. After his remix on MRDIE´s Silverline record we are more than happy to have him again for another collaboration. This time he brings his friends and well-know djs, producers, label-heads Justin James (Refused, Minus) from Windsor/ON and Alexi Delano (AD Limited, Plus 8, Drumcode) from Brooklyn/NY for two phantastic remixes.

Containing years of musical experience in the electronic music scene you bet this outstanding artists shape a record that comes with love, drive and dedication. Enjoy!

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SVR001 emerges as the first constituent of the Sous-Vide Records vinyl catalogue. Asael Weiss of Tel Aviv paints intricate soundscapes of dark matter as he takes you on a journey deep into ominous atmospheres, resounding bass lines and electrifying synths so hypnotic they might be conceived by an alien life form. Marking the journey's end, RQZ sends us deeper into the unknown with his take on Asael's First Floor. A deep and transcendental groover inspired by the 90's movie The 13th floor.

Meet Bass / House... Sweet sounds

Utopia Club Tracks, the new 12" dancefloor subdivision by Utopia Records takes a dubbed out direction with legendary UK house producer Neil 'Nail' Tolliday under his 'Smoke' guise. Music for being eyes down in the smoke, these late night cuts expand on the sound of Basic Channel and Rhythm and Sound with extra groove and just enough elements to create a modernist house palette, essential for any DJ that goes deep.