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Shabaka Hutchings am Saxofon, Danalogue (Dan Leavers) an Percussion, Roland SH−09, Roland Juno−60, Roland SH−101 und Moog Sub Phatty, und Betamax (Max Hallett) an Drums, Percussion, Roland TR−808 und JHS Pro-Rhythm, haben mit ihrer Mischung aus Synthesizer-Sounds der 80er, Saxofon und Schlagzeug, gespickt mit Punkrock, Jazz-Blasts und Dancefloor-Trance schon reichlich Fans gewonnen.

Für sein viertes Album ging das Trio THE COMET IS COMING diesmal in Peter Gabriels Real-WorldStudio, zusammen mit ihrem langjährigen Toningenieur Kristian Craig Robinson unterzogen sie sich einem
viertägigen Aufnahme-Marathon, angetrieben von Intuition, Können und Improvisation.

Runemark Records comes back with the twenty seventh release in the label catalog and fourth release in the RUNES compilation series. This time RUNES #4 contains four original compositions from four different respected artists: Ten Walls, Justin Cholewski, Taran & Lomov, and Alex Schaufel.

Ten Walls’ “Yhorm” perfectly opens the compilation with its groovy beats, Italo-like arpeggiated bass line and beautiful and deep harmonical synthesizers. “Yhorm” tells an always evolving story full of vast atmospheric spaces.

“Rush Hour” from Justin Cholewski grabs the attention from the very first beats. Energetic, driven by an arpeggiated bass line, full of acidic synths, “Rush Hour” is designed for big Techno rooms delivering the rush at its finest.

B-side starter “HX3” is a dark, heavy and unpredictable dance floor spice that comes from the Latvian duo Taran & Lomov. Duo has created an underground colorful musical journey to lose oneself deep in the music.

Compilation closing track “Near & Far” comes from super talented Italian producer Alex Schaufel. This time Alex brings the tasty Electro bits, mixes them with the energetic Breakbeat, spices up with filtered synthesizers and glues everything into one fast moving experience.
RUNES #4 is available in vinyl with the following digital release. Enjoy the music!

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With ´Future Romance´ a new chapter of storytelling house & techno music is opened. After running the mighty Parquet Recordings label for 15 years, german DJ and producer ´Solee´ is starting an additional vinyl & digital imprint with focus on quality deep & expressive sounds.

Future Romance starts off with „Reboot“ a new single by the labelboss himself showcasing once again his ability to build up a track like no other and combine extensive melodies with big basslines & clever invented synth-work. As remixers for this promising debut release we could win no less than one of the greatest icons of melodic techno worldwide ´Recondite´ (wellknown for his releases on labels like Afterlife or Innervisions) and italian master of organic deep and emotional house sound ´Lehar´, member of the Diynamic family and owner of the ´Multinotes´record label together with Musumeci and Olderic.

Early DJ support by DJ Hell, Innellea, Kevin De Vries, Fur Coat, Pig & Dan, Timo Maas, Quivver, Musumeci, Oliver Huntemann, Dave Seaman, Mira, Rinzen, Markus Kavka, Nick Warren, Eelke Kleijn, Nhar, Martin Roth and more.

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Part 1 of a Trilogy inspired by Belgium Dance Music from early/mid 1990s till early 2000. Produced by Thomas Blanckaer aka Innershades under his new alter Ego 'Emotive Response'. Belgium Trance was at its commercial peak during those years and while Dj's showcased their skills on national television (TMF!), a new group of producers stood up injecting the lively scene with big tunes. The often dramatic and dark melodies that defined their typical sound can be found again in the four club bangers collected on this first EP. All containing that energetic and uplifting sound from those days, but with a an own twist from the man Innershades. Limited edition of 250 copies, Strictly vinyl only!

The 10th release from Ute is crafted by none other than Felix Benedikt aka Alpha Tracks. Delivering the hard task of producing hard-hitting, functional and club ready tracks with the storytelling and emotion of early 90s trance-music. Expect mind-drilling 303s, ethereal pads and larger than life melodies packaged for the modern dancefloor.

Ultra rare techno trance from the UK’s Alan Hill. Elliptical Headz was a once off project that flawlessly blends lush synthesis with tasteful exotic sampling and robust drum programming.
Originally released on Junkanoo Recordings in 1993, all tracks have been faithfully remastered for modern use and licensed in collaboration with the artists family.

Pink Vinyl

er französischen New-Wave-/Pop-Künstlerin Desireless gelangen in den 1980er Jahren mit 'Voyage, Voyage' und 'John' zwei Welthits, darunter die Nr.1 in mehr als 50 Ländern. Diese Kollektion mit 10 neuen Remasters ist das ultimative Zeugnis ihrer schillernden Karriere. Beide Hits sind erstmals als Akustikversionen auf Vinyl erhältlich, dazu gibt es 'Voyage, Voyage' im Instrumental Club Remix von DJ Esteban. Ltd. Auflage auf pinkfarbenem Vinyl.

Rank 1 is a Dutch electronic dance music DJ/producer duo founded by Piet Bervoets and Benno De Goeij in 1999. They’re one of Europe’s most established, respected dance acts, having been catapulted to stardom by their debut release “Airwave”. Rank 1 has been responsible for various theme tracks and anthems to large indoor Trance events: “Airwave” (Innercity), “Such Is Life” (Sensation 2001), “Sensation Anthem 2003” (Sensation 2003). Their biggest hits “Airwave”, and “Awakening” earned them three Golden records in the Netherlands.

Their only studio album Symsonic was originally released in 2002 and features the singles “Airwave”, “The Citrus Juicer”, “Awakening” and “Such Is Life”. This critically acclaimed album is available on vinyl for the first time as a 20th anniversary edition of 2000 individually numbered copies on translucent blue coloured vinyl. This expanded edition of Symsonic includes the additional remixes of “Breathing (Airwave)”, “Such Is Life”, “It’s Up To You”, and the official “Sensation Anthem 2003”.

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Alltime trance classic originally released in 1997 on Mackenzie Records. Including Original Mix, After On Sunday DJ George's Mix, Marino Stephano Mix and Taucher Remix.

I've been away from music for a while, but inspiration and the need to create brought me back to revive one of my earliest passions.

Again, this is a compilation of tracks reflecting plenty of aspects and faces of the dance scene. I consider them to be true ‘B-sides’.

These releases have been created in the past few years, and are the first of many more to follow.

New EP on Moxie’s On Loop label from Italian DJ/Producer Matisa.

People & Places present their inaugural EP from Anthens’ Anatolian Weapons. Throughout the 4 tracks, we are immersed in a sonic exploration of trancey-inspired techno cuts.

Known for their highly sought after two releases on the mysterious Fine Tuna Recording label, the UK trio is back with 4 previously unreleased tracks from the golden era. The EP oscillates between the house and the progressive sound from the UK of the mid 90's. We wonder how these cuts stayed unreleased for this long...

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The emotionally stirring sound of Mathame is back on Afterlife. Their signature, processed vocals shine on the infectious and entrancing ‘For Every Forever’. It’s a sound they have developed over their releases for Afterlife and is now truly their own. A Dub Mix of the title track offers a slightly more pared down alternative. ‘Stairway 3000’ completes the record, an eyes-down roller with a bassline to shake any room to its core.

The glimmer in our eyes gallops as a wild stallion toward infinity,
and in a screaming silence, wears the cape of innocent understanding.
Our love is grave danger, which doesn't shy away from its fate.
There is nothing to be afraid of tonight.
Love is the bastard child of the Heavens and the pits of Hell, it encompasses the entirety of human suffering.
what if we isolate it to a singular moment?
Quick and wonderful moments, without trying to hold on to it and wanting it to stay forever?


Between the concrete to the woods to the sea
We will be quiet until we understand
That this, this is momentary and unfathomable
We will take this in, with a deep breath
Until we plunge in and scatter
For out of particles wast thou taken
and unto particles shalt thou return
Walking the line drawn exactly between chaos
and symbiotic harmony.

Platipus needs no introduction for anyone in the dance music business. Still going strong after 30 years, the label boasts loads of classics in the trance and progressive firmament. To celebrate this anniversary a special series of 12 collectible vinyls will be released over the next year. The opening release contains 2 killer classics by Union Jack with Caspar Pound’s remix of the classic Two Full Moons And A Trout, in addition, Cygnus X’s anthemic remix of Art Of Trance’s Madagascar is also part of this release backed with a more recent track in the sound of today by label head honcho Simon Berry in collaboration with Luke Brancaccio & Kiki Cave. Topped with Adam Dived’s Into The Sea, this forms a great starting point.

23 große 90er Tanzflächen Füller. Zumeist als Radio 7" Edits

Club Sounds - Best Of 90sErstmals veröffentlicht Club Sounds die Essenz der besten 90s Tracks auf einer fantastischen Doppel-Vinyl. Limitiert auf 1.000 Stück, mit den größten Hits wie Snap! - Rhythm Is A Dancer, La Bouche - Be My Lover, Culture Beat - Mr Vain, Scooter - Hyper Hyper oder ATB - 9 PM.Die nächste 90er Party kann starten, mit herausragendem Klang auf 140g Vinyl!eben...Best Of 90s!

For the first time, the greatest electronic music magazine DJ Mag is curating two double vinyls : HOUSE & TECHNO Discover the two first volumes of the collection : House & Techno The House volume is including

Yellow Screen: Originally released on November 19, 1999.

It was the starting point of a beautiful musical adventure between Mr Sam & Fred Baker.

This first E.P. is composed of 3 tracks :

A side : Out Of Time / B1 : Greatest Hope / B2 : Inside My Soul.

For the story, Inside My Soul was composed first, we were looking for each other musically speaking. The result is a very good track rather clubby in its atmosphere. Great classic of the Bush after party and still played nowadays.

Then came Greatest Hope, faster bpm with a techno groove a la "Underworld" with a break where the beautiful strings form a stunning contrast. In the end this track is a perfect example of the versatility we had in the studio.

Finally, the pearl of the E.P. and the stumbling block of the rest of the series, in a way the founding stone of our touch, our so atypical style, in other words our signature.

As you may know by now, the main inspiration for this now legendary track came from Sasha "Belfunk". Mr. Sam used to play it a lot at the Bush every week as a DJ and absolutely wanted to do the « Belgian version » of Belfunk. This Sasha record really served as a template like a recipe.

From memory the record was produced from start to finish in one afternoon take. It was immediately tested at La Bush in the following days and nothing was changed afterwards.

For your information, the entire series was composed in Tournai (Belgium) not far from La Bush Club. It is important to know that all the music that was composed for the series, was done with the intention that it be played at La Bush. The atmosphere of the club and the music was without a doubt the main source of our inspiration.

Berlin 2059
Dark forces control the city, underground music is banned everywhere, old skool DJs, crew and collective can comunicate only via pirate radios...

Beside beeing constantly hunted from techouse police, infamous Chemistry Radio continues to transmit 90's underground music.

Not easy to stop it!

A long side from Win in his Hardfloor kick-changes psychedelic roughtness...
A Kvasir kind of same vibe thick fat kicker... (dare playing it at 45 : you will get an Enrbyoneer feeling)
Extra one is Pijlen and a lightspeed driver psychedelic 70's synths sound...
A1 here is the last you can listen, probably because it's a short tune (2min) and not a bad one... Ambient intro to place some XP in this already quiet XP record :)

ENJOY !

We are excited to come back with the twenty eighth release in the label catalog and this time it is the second Ten Walls album called “Lights For The Dreams”. Album contains nine original compositions, each of them has its own character and a story to tell. And they are mixed into one evolving journey. A lithuanian electronic music composer and live performer Marijus Adomaitis world-wide known as Ten Walls has always been delivering a highly sophisticated sound and this time is none other. Even better - the variety of soundscapes throughout the album brings emotions of fulfillment and leaves one somewhere out of this reality. It is definitely the highest point of creativity where every single detail matters as well as the whole picture, from outmastered usage of today's technologies to the artful and conceptual point of view. While using less, the author somehow manages to reach the most of it and in his own way.
“Lights For The Dreams” is full of different textures and colors, yet keeping a similar tempo in most of the tracks, giving a few chills in the middle of the album with “Loot” and closing it with “SSV Normandy”. Most of the compositions keep the spirit lifted up in uptempo moods with tight rhythms like “Halo”, groovy arpeggios from “Daily Rehearsal” and touching atmospheres in “Jorge”. As mentioned before every composition is exceptional with its own freedom of mindset. The title track “Dreams” brings recovered electro vibes, precisely constructed structure and spills symphonic greatness above the minimalistic groove. The introductory “Neighbourhood” is all about what feelings sound like, a mixture of electro-acoustic soundscape grabs attention from the very start of the vinyl. The following “Teacher” continues a similar soundscape but in a totally different manner and genre. While dark and dashing “Dungeons” fills the gap of dubby Techno with a well crafted wide spectrum of moods.
“Lights For The Dreams” was mostly inspired by a video game “Moonray” that Marijus was creating a soundtrack for. “The music in this album represents a very creative period of my life where I just couldn’t stop recording new music. One of the big inspirations was a video game called “Moonray” that used part of this album in its soundtrack. It’s a very exciting period of my life.” - says Ten Walls. Album contains nine compositions while the soundtrack for the video game contains 30 original pieces with 10 minutes introductions for each one. “Moonray” is a surreal 3rd-person action RPG set in a fantastical sci-fi world. The early release of the video game is going out in the mid of summer 2020.
The full-length album is divided into two parts and pressed into vinyl. Though it is mixed into a continuous play, the vinyls have fine marks at the start of every composition so that one could drop the needle exactly at the start of any track.
Ten Walls “Lights For The Dreams” is available in physical vinyl format with the following digital release. Enjoy the music!

Born in 1989, Daniele Tomassini aka Feel Fly, dj, producer, sound composer (he recently completed the soundtrack for the movie I
Santi by Giacomo Abbruzzese, awarded at the prestigious CineMed festival in Montpellier), co-founder of the Afro Templum party, already
known for his previous works for labels such as Prins Thomas’ Norwegian Internasjonal or the Ibizenca International Feel, lands on
Simona Faraone’s label, New Interplanetary Melodies, with his first EP, after having made his debut on the same label as remixer on
the EP signed by Leo Young (NIM005).

The entire EP is inspired by the ancient and mysterious Etruscan culture, whose peoples inhabited the historical-geographical region of
central Italy: all the tracks that compose it were in fact conceived under the cloister of MANU (National Archaeological Museum of Umbria) in Perugia.

The title track, Sacrificio (A1) opens the album with an ecstatic drum-break on which powerful subs stand out, catapulting you directly
into the obscure rituals of the haruspices, intent on interpreting the signs of the divine, with the help of mysterious pads and shimmering
synths like fires in the night.

Side A continues with Hypnopedia (A2), House music characterised by pressing rhythms and sharp rides that transport us into a dreamy
dimension, a nostalgic, evocative dream of worlds that now belong only to the sphere of memory. While in Aisna (A3), which closes the
first side, the atmosphere changes decidedly towards progressive house, a sound that has become topical again in recent years, after
having raged in the second half of the 90s in those lands that were once called Etruria. And just as the Aisna was an early morning ritual
held in a field or a sacred wood, this track has all the makings of a rave at the crack of dawn.

The B side starts on the same wavelength with which the first side closed, Afro Trance Amnesia (B1), in fact it maintains that feeling
with the most sweaty dancefloors thanks to its epic breaks and vaguely Trancey arrangements that rest on dragging and obsessive
percussions able to smash any kind of dancefloor. With Thi Rie (B2) the groove becomes decidedly more disco thanks to a rolling bass
line interspersed with powerful toms and full of suspense thanks to the skilful use of enigmatic pads.

Étoile Romance (B3) is the title of the beautiful piece of Ambient that closes this first EP by Feel Fly on NIM, 6 minutes and more of
dreamy arpeggios that fit perfectly into the groove of that Italian tradition of soundtracks and library music that has produced so many
masterpieces.

Dalyat is a project created by an enigmatic figure that has been in the works, in the shadows for a time now. After setting meaningful groundwork, he has produced his first solo album: Trája. A staggering debut from an artist who distances himself from trends. Dalyat takes listeners on a timeless and inspirational journey in this undertaking consisting of 6 gripping tracks that transport music lovers to hope-inspiring, subtle and eclectic worlds.

For our first ever LP we proudly present INTRO’s “Odyssey Of Shifting Emotions”. A collection of tracks recorded in the 90’s by the Madrid based legends Francisco & Nacho Sotomayor. Before moving into various musical realms, the pair had been quietly honing their craft for years. Meticulously programming near perfect drum loops and placing them onto subtle layers of otherworldly synthesis. The music inspires intro-mental journeys yet remains tinged with energy and emotion. These are the sorts of contrast that can be expected on this LP. While clearly sharing certain themes, each track brings its own ideology to the table, allowing this record to humbly fit in your bag on an array of occasions.

In 2021, Australia’s favorite psychedelic sons made waves by enlisting turntable hero DJ Shadow for an epic, block-rocking remix and hilarious accompanying video. Now, that collaboration is finally seeing release on vinyl.

Dropping November 25th at 2pm GMT worldwide, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard’s “Black Hot Soup (DJ Shadow ‘My Own Reality’ Re-Write) vinyl edition is a limited, translucent 12” single with red, blue & yellow splatter. Strictly limited to 2,000 copies, the platter is being made available online at both artist websites, as well as very select retail outlets via Above Board Distribution.

“I’m glad that it’s finally getting a proper vinyl release,” says Shadow. “It’s nice to commemorate art you’re proud of with something physical, just to mark the occasion with some permanence.”

As far as the B-side? Well, let’s just say you’re going to want to REWIND that.

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Leeds based party On Rotation launches it’s record label with a LP from resident Adam Pits. His debut album ‘A Recurring Nature’, draws inspiration from time spent in nature with friends during a year when clubbing was an impossibility. Over the course of 8 varied tracks, Adam moves between club slammers and spaced-out introspective downtempo with ease, showing off the production skills that have made him one of the most talked about names of late.



Combining the unique style of his previous club EPs with organic sound design and his own classical cello background, the psychedelic sonic palette is reminiscent of long summer days foraging for mushrooms and other treats from the undergrowth.

As one of the people behind the taste making Subwax distribution & label, Baldo's pedigree within the European electronic music community cannot be under stated. Here he pulls together seemingly disparate threads of house & techno from both the past and present to create a well rounded and diverse EP on E-Beamz, from the reminiscent 90's garage house sounds of 'Ethereal Tubes' to the acid tech of 'Drive' and the unashamedly hands in the air stomper 'Ex Machina' (Power House Mix).

Mogambo knit together a heady, hypnotic sound from the many enigmatic strands of Asia’s musical cultures: the deep traditional instrumentations of Siam and India, the high-tech edge of modern Bangkok and the rich Goan bloodline of trance. The results are both otherworldly, yet instantly comprehensible.

And now the duo, consisting of producer Sunju Hargun and multi-instrumentalist Jerom Doudet, return with the latest missive from their own aptly-titled Siamese Twins Records: Urvi (उर्वी).

The much- anticipated follow-up to their sought-after debut 12” Cobra (कोबरा) is a multi-layered sound bath, as versatile as it is visceral. Urvi ranges from meditative sonic explorations to fearless entrancing rhythms and basslines, tangled together from the mysterious East.

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Blue vinyl repress of this Bonzai classic!

After a hugely successful first vinyl run of the superb Bart Skils Remix of Universal Nation, alongside the Original Mix of course, we’re delighted to announce a special Gold Edition repress to celebrate the record achieving gold status. This is a huge achievement, thanks to you, our fans.

The repress will be a limited run and we will also be introducing our newly designed Bonzai branded inner sleeve, so keep your eye on our websites and socials for more info about how you can own this wonderful piece of history.

To honour the creator and musical genius behind Universal Nation, M.I.K.E. / Push will receive a specially commissioned gold record in recognition of all-time sales, which is a testament to his overall contribution to electronic music.

Sigourney Discs presents its third release following BACK by Dark Vektor and CZ200 by PLOM. Rinse Repeat is the new EP from Barcelona-based French producer La Fraicheur and Berlin-based French producer Leonard de Leonard.

The Rinse Repeat EP shows the duo’s wide spectrum of love affairs with techno’s rich universe of sounds and moods. The title track Rinse Repeat is built around a raspy and ever-evolving playful acid bassline with added drama from sound design and distorted glitchy gimmicks. Mind The Step is taking the sound design-induced drama a step further with a slow burning spacious and epic cavernous fantasmagoria that flips itself on the head half way through, becoming a vengeful track driven by a menacing yet groovy gritty bassline.

Rounding up the EP is the apt-titled Fairies Bootcamp. Ethereal and eerie skidding melodies balance out a grounded martial rhythm as if you had, on a forest walk, stumbled upon an army of fairies in a training camp caught mid-flight arming themselves to take their land back. The soundtrack of a supernatural call for arms.

On remix duty, Sigourney Discs co-founder Yandira leaves the war behind to focus on the otherworldly elements of Fairies Bootcamp and offers a trippy floaty dreamstate rendition for open airs and early morning rising suns.

Having closed 2021 with a critically acclaimed sold-out UK tour, Soft Cell share new single ‘Purple Zone’, a new collaboration with Pet Shop Boys taken from their eagerly anticipated fifth studio album ‘*Happiness Not Included’. Having attended one of the tour’s London shows at which the new track was performed, Pet Shop Boys immediately picked out ‘Purple Zone’ as one of their favourites from the evening. The two legends of electro-pop initially planned for Pet Shop Boys to remix the song, but this quickly mutated into a full collaboration.
‘Purple Zone’ is now a dream duet for synth-pop connoisseurs as Marc Almond’s ultra-expressive delivery intertwines with Neil Tennant’s wistful yearning, encapsulating the existential questions about the passing of time that are posed throughout the course of the album. Raising its tempo, Pet Shop Boys also added a hi-NRG sheen that elevates the track’s moody melancholy, Chris Lowe’s trademark high-drama synths producing a theatrical intensity.
‘Purple Zone’ by Soft Cell & Pet Shop Boys is available on 12” vinyl and CD. The CD also features Soft Cell’s take on the X-Ray Spex cult classic ‘The Day The World Turned Day-Glo’, and the Manhattan Clique remix of ‘Purple Zone’, while the 12” boasts a full selection of mixes by Pet Shop Boys.

30 Years Bonzai - 5LP Vinyl Box

The 30 Years Bonzai 5x12” vinyl box set features 28 massive tracks spanning 3 decades. An all-inclusive aural history of the Bonzai sound and a foundational guide for those wanting to know more about electronic dance music in all its forms in the 90’s. From those very first sparks of hard techno in 1992, to the nu rave cuts of 2022, Bonzai stands the test of time, offering the sounds of now and then, as your vehicle to lose yourself in the music if only for a short period. We’re humbled to be still at the cutting edge of our scene and we invite you to celebrate with us by owning this piece of history as a tribute to the artists and DJ’s. Spread across each 12” you’ll find tracks from Yves Deruyter, Bountyhunter, Thunderball, Final Analyzis, Airwave, Push, DJ Looney Tune, Blue Alphabet, Trancescape, Dave Davis, Quadran, Zolex, Axis and a superb contemporary take by Charlotte De Witte of Jones & Stephenson’s The First Rebirth and many more.