Swirling acid madness from the ever brilliant mind of Ridgewood, Queens’ Maxime Robillard, Love Letters’ “Falling Star EP” — the latest record on Interdimensional Transmissions — crawls inside your brain and takes many shapes as it brings you to ecstatic experiences on the dance floor. The B side contains 2 remixes by No Way Back resident Mike Servito and by IT founder BMG.
The Slovenian label Cogo is back for another unmissable 4-tracker vinyl compilation with the heaviest hitters in the scene who represent the most artistically driven hypnotic techno to date. Jeroen Search, Border One, ORBE, and Tonske all lend a hand to provide an understated and deep vibe to this release full of music actively attempting to remove your mind to otherworldly places hitherto unknown.
Defected welcomes one of Chicago house’s founding fathers Marshall Jefferson into the illustrious list of House Masters with this exclusive wax release. An artist that has successfully navigated major cross-over success while retaining utmost respect from the inner circle of electronic music’s underground, Marshall has been behind countless seminal records over his five-decade career. Now a selection of the very best tracks from his new House Masters compilation appear together on vinyl for the very first time, showcasing the impressive output of this house pioneer from his most well-known solo records, to major production credits, key remixes and the underground gems still favoured by selectors today. ‘Defected presents House Masters – Marshall Jefferson’ is an all-encompassing guide to his tremendous career. A trailblazer and genre-defining artist, Defected is honoured to welcome Marshall into the House Masters Hall of Fame with this very special vinyl compilation.
Tom Carruthers joins Craigie Knowes. Tom’s commitment to the ruff n’ ready sound of dance music’s formative years is unshaken on the De-Facto EP, bundled with the same synths, drum machines, samplers and FX used in the by-gone golden era of the UK acid, breaks and hardcore scenes. Soul is found in disorder, not in a world that places false hope in perfectionism.
The Dirty Blends label is really on fire of late. DirtybLends 13 comes from these 2 misfits that split the 4th edition on the label which is Zodiac and The Jak..Zodiac kicks off the a-side with a Thanksgivin beat…food is served and your stone cold munching. Fuk Christopher Columbo and the pilgrims. It’s all about eating p@#$$. Stuff your gullet with this heat and be thankful.. The flip side of this disc come from the leader of the the klan as “Itz In Ur Mind” is created strictly for Ron Hardy as this is the 3rd conceptual idea to follow “Hardy’s Haunted Box” from the 2nd edition of dirtybLends.
The Dirty Blends is back with another great mix of new yet vintage-sounding jack beats and raw warehouse tracks. The A-side of DirtybLends 12 is an 808 style beat track production from the late eighties days of WBMX Radio in Chicago along the lines of Bad Boy BiLL or Julian ‘Jumpin’ Perez’s energetic passion from our newest member to The kLan: Garcia The Latin Rogue entitled: Let’s Do It. The B-side of this disc comes AGAIN from the music groover: Cliff Solomon moving the label forward with this significant composition he greatly succeeded in creating his own idea from the nyc group Sinnamon for those who know oLd schooL Paradise Garage entitled: Give Yourself To The Beat!
Clear Memory presetns a 6 track EP with both new and familiar faces. From acidic Slow-Death-Funk to the resurrection of Cybotron to a ballad that has been delayed by Deutsche Post. Claim it before you are shown an error message.
Zobol’s Retrofuturism EP is a nostalgic yet forward-looking release that invokes past visions of the future. It features five original tracks, ranging from upbeat and energetic to more ambient and introspective. Crafted with both analog and digital machines while enhanced by modern production techniques, it epitomizes the main concept of Retrofuturism. The result is a series of warm, melancholic soundscapes where the past meets the future.
Originally released as three stunning 12inches on Dataphysix records in the mid ‘90s, the LP edition of ‘Gesamtkunstwerk’ on Clone Classic Cuts is available again after being out of print for years – with new artwork for 2024. Including iconic tracks like ‘Scientist’, ‘Pornoactress’, ‘Sterilization’, ‘Rocket Scientist’, ‘Cellular Phone’ and ‘Speak & Spell’. ‘Gesamtkunstwerk’ is almost as important for the techno generation as Kraftwerk’s ‘Computerworld’ and ‘Autobahn’ were for many in the ‘70s.
Boris Bunnik aka Versalife returns to TRUST with a soundtrack for the algorithmic hellscape we live in. As neofeudalist power structures solidify around us, Versalife’s tracks remain in constant flux. Subtle tonal shifts and undulating synth currents create tension and beauty while crisp machine beats provide the clockwork rhythm for humanity’s march into the singularity.
Jäger 90, from Germany, stands as one of the last genuine bastions of body music, akin to DAF or Liaisons Dangereuses. Their album “Rückspulen” provides an hypnotic sonic experience characterized by simple yet powerful instrumentals, where acoustic drums intertwine with deep square wave monophonic basslines to create an immersive and intense atmosphere.