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PINS AND NEEDLES are proud to present to you FABIO VICTOR & AUDIOTHEQUE - HEGEMONIE incl. remixes from P. JONES and OSHANA. After FABIO VICTOR's successful first release on Pins and Needles last year, the Romanian DJ and Producer returns to the label with two amazing original mixes in collaboration with AUDIOTHEQUE. HEGEMONIE and SUSPANS are productions mastered for the dancefloor with cleverly arranged percussion patterns, though beats and big synth layers. Dutch talent P. JONES and New York based OSHANA both added their own musical touches to their remixes which perfectly round up this wonderful release. It is all about grooves, chunky beats and the right amount of melodic and quirky sounds.



'Fabio Victor & Audiotheque - Hegemonie' - All music Produced, Engineered and Mixed by Fabio Victor & Audiotheque. Remixed by P. Jones and Oshana. All tracks mastered at Harcourt Studios.

The two long time mates Thomas P. Heckmann and Gez Varley aka G-Man finally release their studio sessions they recorded over a short period of time in 2011.
Based mainly on live production and using funny and long obsolete instruments and samplers, they managed to throw their long history in music together for these fun sessions. The EP starts with the title track DRIVE INN, very minimal in the production and reduced to the main ingredients a great track needs and definitely to be experienced in a nice club with decent PA. This one also gets a very fine treatment by the Detroit duo AUX 88 as a Mad Scientist remix !
The flipside starts with the Chicago influenced BACKPACK tune, very Techno-House in it's appearance, but not to be mixed up with Tech-House ! Nice swirly and pushing FMed basslines carry this tune into the subconscious.
And we finish off this package with the trippy and dubby SIDEWINDER, a great builder with fancy and psychedelic effects and deepness...

We love and release on Vinyl!
Support by Richie Hawtin, Paco Osuna, M.A.N.D.Y., Italoboyz, ...

Umek: cool
Raphael Dincsoy Partysan: Drive Inn
Samulli Kemppi: Nice one! Really like Aux 88 mix. Also Backpack does it for me. Will play on radio.
Franco Bianco: Amazing release with a GREAT rework! ;) Thanks for the music! Full support!
Matt Walsh: my favorite AFU this year! great ep!
Dave Vega: very nice tracks, and an amazing remix!
Xavier Morel: absolutly......wicked....
Dr. Motte: nice oldschool feel here with a TPH kick
Nicolas Cuer: Tube ! Drive inn it's a dancefloor bomb, already play it

killer half-stepping Drum & Bass related & vintage Dub leaning project

Everything is a function of that that preceded it. We are the cuttings of our past and we are put back together only to cut, and be cut up again....and so the sequence will continue, for good and for bad, for better and for worse .... everything true is harmony .... everything true is a mistake .... we are but the harmony of our spheres .... surrounded by music ... echoing the past as we hurtle towards the future.

Krasnodar, located around 1500km due south of Moscow is where Aleksander Tochilkin (Kott) calls home. From this city, deep in the south of the giant Russian state, Kott crafts and creates even deeper cuts of house music.

This, his debut EP for Italian imprint Dabit, is made up of three original tracks and remix by Dave Scott. "Physics" is firmly rooted in the classic house ethos, chopped vocals and glorious strings build an impressive backdrop for the swinging hats and off beat snares. It's hard to listen to this track without thinking about the sun.

Next up is Dave Scott's remix of 'Physics'. From the outset the remix is a much more expansive take on the original. Retaining the strings from the Kott version and bringing them right up in the mix. Scott manages to continually build the track, releasing the tension just at the right moments.

The first track on the flip side entitled 'Buddha My Father' lulls you in over a long intro. Throbbing synths are juxtaposed with the sound of birds singing their dawn chorus culminating with a drop that should please techno and house heads equally.

Last up on the EP, we have "Flotyl". A track which indulges Kott's more experimental tendencies and drops the heart rate of the EP a notch or two. Dubbed synth stabs roll across the track whilst glassy keys highlight the peaks and troughs, all the while the shuffling percussion and drums keep the groove locked and smooth.

Collecting Orders For A Repress!
*After more than two decades of behind the scenes collaboration Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald present Borderland - their debut collaborative album to be released this summer on Tresor Records.

*The album - made up of 8 sequences, which seamlessly blend the styles of both masters - was recorded at the beginning of 2013 over various studio sessions in Berlin and will be released as a series of three 12"s and a CD album.
Limited to 500 units, pressed on heavy vinyl and packed in hefty sleeves, this is the second chapter in a series of three 12' vinyls. Footprints was the second work to be produced in the Borderland studio sessions. A robust groove reminiscent of earlier collaboration between both legends such as the infamous 'Starlight' released on Metroplex eighteen years ago.
On the B-side, Mars Garden returns to the Electric Garden theme with a high dose of ultra deep gritty funk.
Together with a live show being debuted in May at MUTEK festival - the record gives common voice to two independent yet mutually supporting musical journeys, achieving a singular expression of club-orientated electronic music and the freedom of organic musical experimentation.

The second Molten Moods release contains works by Natan H, Jonas Friedlich, Jonas Yamer, Einer Weniger and Mono.Mental. Like its predecessor this EP aims at creating coherence through certain types of grooves and atmospheres rather than genre criteria. The tracks are definitely meant to be played in a club but also qualify for sweetening your vespertine living room hang out.

**First vinyl issue in 2LP edition of 500 mastered and cut at D&M, first 180 copies include one of three 12" x 12" colour prints - if you're into Lee Gamble, The Caretaker/Leyland Kirby or Wolfgang Voigt's GAS project - this is a must** The Automatics Group's dance-pop deconstruction, 'Summer Mix' is one of the uncanniest computer music releases of this decade - first issued as a limited CD edition by Entr'acte in 2011. In the time since then it's quietly become a bit of an iconic reflection for a post-rave generation, presenting a non-trivial nostalgia trip that somehow sounds like a digitally diffused, skeletal take on Gas, Basic Channel or Ross 154. It was created by applying a mathematical process known as a discrete Fourier transform upon a number of late '90s and '00s dance anthems, effectively sieving their contents for all its time data and discarding this half of the info, leaving behind the frequencies and noise from the original recordings. What remains is a haunting spectral impression: snare hits smeared as a thin layer of noise over the entire recording, single synth notes become pulsating chords spanning the whole track; rending anthemic metaphysics as a sublime murmuration of intangible memories and perhaps even simulating the effect of an MDMA-induced cultural amnesia, to our mashed minds at least. Due to vinyl's inherent frequency limitations, the piece's unique, high-end timbral thizz sounds subtly altered on this version, with pulses pronounced just enough for adventurous DJs, and also features the bonus of a pre-installed 33rpm version if you really want to break it down. Whether considered as a critique of academic music's neurotically formal processes or as an arguably transcendent and tantalisingly emotive record, Summer Mix should serve as a fine primer to Theo Burt's practice in advance of his keenly awaited 'Gloss' album for Lorenzo Senni's Presto! label. 'Summer Mix' has become a deeply valued part of our listening lives, and we only hope that more people will get as much enjoyment from it as we do.

Titled Alcatraz", André Galluzzi releases a pulsating symbiosis of intense snapshots from excessive clubnights and deeply pervasive soundscapes. On powerful wings and with full range, Alcatraz' glides through the various spheres of this planet called Techno. With each beat, every snare and bassline, André Galluzzi is fascinating mind, body and soul. Similar to his live-sets the debut album has a captivating conceptual build, gaining speed and intensity steadily, and turning the world upside down for a moment. Alcatraz' delivers a colourful and multifaceted blend of driving grooves and hypnotic beat-combinations, where Galluzzi drapes his listeners in distinctive analog warmth. Inspired by occult sounds and psychedelic vocals, the album floats easily through the Technocosmos, overleaping stylistic boundaries and returning just as swiftly to its starting point. The always foregrounded percussive puls of Alcatraz' seems created equivalent to Galluzzi's own heart rate and gives the whole disc congenial and tangible authenticity. Tracks like Mathilda' or Alcatraz' are raising the endorphin levels just by their sheer love for detail and the enchanting arrangements. And with Bombetta' you have a stunningly massive heavyweight of a tune coming through the speakers. Full bass and a conquering build are shaking up the synapses. André Galluzzi shapes gently blending synth-landscapes. Tracks like Hand Has Been On It' and Ferry You' create mystic oases, that provide time and space to exhale and slow down. Without any doubt, Galluzzi is letting you feel the full range of his love for music, far away from any conventions.

In late 2014 Infrastructure will release 'Function - Recompiled - Various Works & Pseudonyms 1995 - 2012', the double CD, 28 track compilation collecting classics, rarities and essential David Sumner aka Function productions from the last two decades.Two vinyl releases have preceded this, the third connected with the Recompiled project - VEX / DMO (INF-014), and the Synewave Reissues Part I (INF-016). Now in this third installment we find the classic 'Montage' re-mastered in its full glory - an epic 8 minute composition built on rugged broken beats, dense atmospheres and expertly timed crescendos. Alongside that on the A side comes 'Isolate', a textural incidental piece originally found on INF-005 'Reinforced'.On the B side we look to the Sandwell District era, with a previously unreleased version of 'Immolare', opening with its haunting horn swells, followed by the power-music production of 'Descending', offering fans and DJs a chance to catch another cult Function-Sandwell track on vinyl.Function - Recompiled - Various Works & Pseudonyms 1995 - 2012 is coming soon on Infrastructure New York. (INF-CD001)

Mojuba kicks off the new year with the next part in the epic Episodes series by Jouem. The third part is a great example of the ever evolving sounds and unique styles of Jouem. The a-side is a true dancefloor monster passing along in a slick funk with heavy chords and a thick square bass that feels just right! The b-side is an organic, jazzy, emotional and more relaxed cut that starts to unfold it full potential when heard over the whole distance of the track. Vital Sales Points: - highly collectable limited edition 12 in full colour cover - project produced by no other than Sven Weisemann - mastered by Redshape (Present / Delsin / Running Back / Music Man)

DEADBEAT REISSUES 2002-2005 ALBUMS AS
LIMITED EDITION DELUXE VINYL BOX SET
Featuring 3 classic albums that introduced his intimate brand of dub-techno to the world

Ever since launching his production career at the turn of the century, dub-techno auteur Scott Monteith has been nothing if not deeply prolific. The Canadian-born, Berlin-based producer's nine Deadbeat albums and nearly two-dozen singles represent one of most prolific and consistently rewarding catalogues in 21st century electronic-music canon. It's a spectacular run of records that continues to hit new heights, as witnessed with the widespread acclaim that met his most recent album with Paul St. Hilaire, The Infinity Dub Sessions. Continuing the reissue campaign of his early output that began with 2001's Primordia last year, Monteith's BLKRTZ imprint is now set to release a massive 6-vinyl box set of his most iconic Montreal albums: 2002's Wild Life Documentaries, 2004's Something Borrowed, Something Blue, and 2005's New World Observer.

The Swedish trance duo Son Kite is back, releasing their first album in ten years. And they are on a mission.
"Dancing is a very important ritual. Our main mission as artists is to make people get into this trance state", they say.
Since the release of their third album "Colours" in 2004, Marcus Henriksson and Sebastian Mullaert have been focusing on their other project Minilogue, touring the world and gaining increasing popularity in the house and techno scene.
With "Prisma", released on November 17th and consisting of seven tracks made between 2007 and 2014, the duo leaps back to the endless energy and enthusiasm they felt when they first started making music together in 1996. And back to what it's all essentially about, according to the two musicians: Getting into the all-important dance ritual and reaching the trance state.

The restless energy on the dancefloors has increased over the last ten years, the duo points out. Dj-sets are filled with incessant peaks, hunting for explosions and "hands in the air" moments. The crowd gets addicted to this hit effect, projecting restless energy back to the dj who in turn starts using bass drops and similar ego-boosting tricks every 5 minutes, trying to please the crowd and harvest their reactions.
"Dancing for eight hours and really uniting with the music is a reminder that this is how it could be with everything you do. It's a tool to really connect to life. The sound of our music is formed by this aim", Sebastian says.
Releasing the album on vinyl has been very important to the duo, as well as using analogue equipment in making the tracks.
"The analogue equipment like the drum machines and the sequencers are affected by their surroundings, by all the vibrations and the feelings in the room and by you standing next to them. With the analogue equipment your access to the subconscious is a lot more direct. And that's the beauty of it. To express what is inside of you and let other people feel that. That's what it's all about," Marcus says.

BlueCube Records Gold Edition An American techno Dj/Producer, Berlin transplant who is also the mastering engineer of his own mastering company, Manmade Mastering, Tim Xavier is well respected in the world of techno. With a history as a once-hard techno Dj turned minimal trendsetter, his style touches on all points of electronic music, with an undeniable talent and technical skill.

Sphere Gear is the latest chapter in a musical journey that began in 1999 with Weekend World Recordings and more recently evolved into Shadow Story, the label and home of Bradford duo Martin Cartledge and Alexander Church, aka Dronelock, and Serbian duo Boriz Noize and Dekode, aka Ontal. Operating as an offshoot of Shadow Story, the Sphere Gear imprint will release just 10 limited-press vinyl releases in its existence.

Dronelock kick off Sphere Gear's debut outing with 'Theia', a 5-track EP that delves into the darkest reaches of the duo's abstract electronic world. The title track is a potent, claustrophobic opener, with chopper blades, caustic drones and eerie synth shimmers making for a turbulent and unsettling trip. 'Morphia' offers an antidote, washing over the senses with its all-consuming, ethereal ambience, before the menacing electro of 'The Oath' drags you right back out of the dream state.

'In Human Form' tests the senses further, a schizophrenic soundscape that balances dead silence and abrasive noise, leaving the EP to conclude with the dystopian techno march of 'Once Again', an unruly kick drum call-to-arms.

All five tracks will be available on the limited edition vinyl release, while 'Theia' and 'The Oath' will also be available as a digital download.

Eran Ben Zeev - I am here
Powerful, mesmerizing this track gets you right were in counts - in the stomach. Pulsating, it slowly seeps through and takes control and floods the whole body with a laid-back kind of urgency. Eran Ben Zeev leaves nothing to chance as each carefully placed sound is as efficient as the next, artfully winding up the tension which only a dance floor can release.
Eran Ben Zeev - Neler
True to his stamp, Eran Ben Zeev unleashes a growling beast for Fine Food Records. At first one may be taken in by a warm, welcoming pussy cat purr which draws you in like the whispering sorceress, inspiring confidence. But be aware; do not trust the enticing, bewitching sounds or you may be lost forever in dance land!
Eran Ben Zeev - Subcapsular
Percussive, bouncy yet subtly dark 'Subcapsular' is like a 'Fondant au Chocolate' hot from the oven. At first the exciting smells wafer through, making your mouth water. Crispy on the outside one does not expect the sinfully rich dark hot chocolate inside. You can never get enough, you simply must have more.
Eran Ben Zeev - Fivr
Weaving through a minefield of artfully placed bass drums, the kick tries again and again to free itself from the grip of the reverb. Sometimes it wins the dance floor battle for the Crown of the Beat but also sometimes experiencing devastating loss as the bass is relentless and has vowed never to give up. It sweeps you away and gives your body to the rhythm as a sacrifice.

Nyra returns to Never Learnt with the follow up to his 'Best Of' EP which saw huge support at the wax only imprint's debut 12".
Ensemble' takes in four tracks that each play with dub influences in house and techno ranging from direct dancefloor works to more esoteric cuts.

Colder EP from Japanese artist Miruga comes with 3 killer dub techno tracks, straight in the Maurizio spirit. Included Marko Furstenberg reshape.

Achim Maerz takes electronic abstraction back to a state of organic harmony and rythm. His EP
- Long Time No See' reveals a soundscape of intimacy and evolving grooves. Reduction broadens
its horizon.
All sounds are carefully placed and a sustaining atmosphere keeps developing from song to song.
Still each one is an individual scenery of its own. - Keys Of My Soul' delicatly moves through wide
rooms while - Shake, Shake, Shake' leads closer to the core of groove. The backbeat driven
- System' already possesses a pushing groove which mutualy connects it to - Long Time No See'
with its warm pulsating baseline.
Achim Maerz' approach to house shows how much is possible if self-limitation leads to creativity.

Finest Hour delivers the third chapter of their series with a four tracker from Arcarsenal. A dubby cosmic affair for the heads. Vinyl Only.

The first deKon with hypnotic and deep techno from vienna. Tip!!

Limited White/Pink Pressing!
Next up on Baum is a well known artist under his new synonym RCD, with his first release on the label. The 4 track EP offers deepness and heavy stabs, and is a blend of Dub Techno, Deep House and Old School Detroit Strings. Absolute killer EP!!!

Time flies by and reality hits hard as we watch the sunset, realising that summer will be over soon and autumn is fast upon us. Lay down on »DWIG« aka. »Die Wiese Im Garten« for a good cup of tea and some »Big Tales«.

»Orange Evening« (A1) shuffles a warm groove as you watch the first leaves dance in the wind, from the rocking chair on your grandpa's porch - just the right spot for some »Big Tales« (A2) that paint a picture of times you never saw, but still remember. Thankfully, nobody judges us around here, so put on your »Dirty Dress« (B1) once again as the tempo turns up a notch.

File under : Electro/dub. One year & a half after releasing "Heavy This Year", Taiwan MC is back with a second EP: "DISKODUB"! Spending studio time in between shows with Chinese Man Records for the label's 10th anniversary, Taiwan MC puts on this new solo project, a mix of digital reggae sprinkled with 80's funk, retrofuturistic dancehall and psychedelic dub... Inspired by his worldwide touring experiences and containing lyrics written mainly on the road, this new EP was instinctively conceived & shaped to be used on the dancefloor, yet remaining fully hallucinogenic! Unveiling a personal universe and laying the foundations for a new sound at the crossroads with Jamaican sound systems, London clubs and New Yorker block parties, "DISKODUB" also marks the beginning of Taiwan as a composer. The EP is produced and directed by S.O.A.P., with contributions of Chinese Man, Dreadsquad and Manudigital. The various beatmakers multiply their talents to transform "DISKODUB" in to pure musical fire! While "Heavy This Year" featured many guest appearances, Taiwan MC covers all riddims by himself in this new solo effort and gives us a good overview of his vocal abilities as singer, MC and DJ! As frontman of Chinese Man Live, Taiwan has already strolled on prestigious French and European stages: Summerjam, Roskilde, Boomtown, Couleur Café, Eurockéennes, Francofolies, Printemps de Bourges, Vieilles Charrues, Solidays... Equally comfortable singing on roots reggae, electronic rhythms or drum & bass, Taiwan MC electrifies the audience at every live concert ! With the release of DISKODUB, Taiwan MC returns with a new explosive live show, backed by S.O.A.P on the buttons, turntables, keyboards and other unlicensed devices!

freaksounds label sampler 2011 !!!incl 6 tracks by allen allexis, gerald peklar, mick thammer, junior freak, julieee & zeppo thammer!

A strong first release from Sly Fox Records, a new label based just outside of Detroit in Ann Arbor Michigan. Dubbed out techno vibes well done - will definately be a label to watch out for!

The VOITAX saga continues. The third record of the enigmatic label is drifting between the cutting edge of brain grinding vocal soundscapes and dark drone frequencies.

Volatil is a project made by Nicolás Hardmeier, born in Argentina and based in Barcelona. Electronic and d'n'b riddims meet reggae and ska elements, served by the cool flow of Federico. Add some dub sauce, and you'll get a unique recipe.

Manuel Tur and Langenberg (known for his releases on the nice Drum Poet Society label) dropping some delicious tracks on this powerful yellow wax! Deep and slowly building techno tracks that have their roots in the Basic Channel school, but taking things away from the dubby style and bring it back to the club. Dirty morphing synths combined with a warm steady beat create a awesome masculine groove with a lot of tension and a intense and controled energy. Amazing tracks for the club. Techno as it should be! Recommended!!

* A couple of nuggets from the vaults of The Rootsman and Third Eye Studio.
* Both tracks incorporate that UK dub sound of the 1990's and the middle eastern flavour of which some The Rootsman's work became associated with.
*`Intifada' from 1995 is deep and bass-heavy and comes with a previously unreleased dub cut, while `Valley of the Kings' from 1998 is a more upbeat steppers affair with a collaboration between The Rootsman and former festival favourites Celtarabia.
* Tracklist: A The Rootsman - Intifada, Intifada Dub B. The Rootsman meets Celtarabia - Valley of the Kings, Valley of Dub

With this release, Anne Arbor's jakbeat man delivers 6 minutes of electronic mania; a piece of repetitious, dance-inducing machine funk with a hook that hits you like a punch in the face with a velvet glove, brooding pads, and a top line like steel drums on acid. D'Marc Cantu twists the sound of Detoit techno and Chicago house with his own visceral production style and makes it his own.

"Sonically I'm reminded of old home videos, a lower quality presentation of a memory. Decay has that quality to it that reminds of a time gone but stills feels familiar and comforting" DMC

"Rival was the first experiment of my first alias, Rival. It was recorded in with a Volca drum machine the first day I got it, no effects and no edits, as is the basis of the alias, unedited analog sessions. One take" DMC

There are times when the ocean is not the ocean - not blue, not even water, but some violent explosion of energy and danger: ferocity on a scale only gods can summon. It hurls itself at the island, sending spray right over the top of the lighthouse, biting pieces off the cliff. And the sound is a roaring of a beast whose anger knows no limits. Those are the nights the light is needed most. - M.L. Stedman

Release no.4 for the mysterious Dense & Pika. 'Who Cares Wins' is another slice of grimey warehouse rawness, the kinetic drums and synths combing for a peak time cacophony of sound. Flipsides 'Morse Mode' ups the tempo whilst still keeping the duos signature rough vibe whilst 'Crackling' rounds things off nicely, more streamlined than the previous tracks with a touch of dub techno thrown in for good measure to make a brilliant end to a superbly balanced package.

The release number 12 on Giegling is a product of four individual tags of memories. Growing up in the same city Hannover the four producers Vril, Prince of Denmark, Leafar Legov and Herr Koreander share some part of a collective mind which led to this EP.