Duke Strange – S/T [LIES-221]

A special 15 year anniversary record celebrating L.I.E.S. Records. L.I.E.S. and Nation join forces on this huge release with a new collaborative project out of Chicago from “DuKe” and The Stranger. Two sided-12 inch housed in a full picture sleeve, once again we hear and see the scope of the broad range of what is, and can be “dance music” through the adventurous production of DuKe & The Stranger. Two eight minute versions alternating in time space and rhythm … this is the future, past and present wrapped into one from the visionaries.

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Duke Strange – S/T [LIES-221]

Mick Harris – Culvert Dub Sessions Four LP [LIES-218]

The Birmingham master, Mick Harris, arrives with his first vinyl installment of his “Culvert Dub Sessions” series. Mick has taken to the studio desk with his live hands on mixing approach and conjured up 8 tracks of classic, deep, slow rolling dub techno in the traditions of the greats. Think heavy nautical dub outs, windswept delays, low ends to make you seasick, high freqs cutting through the scenery, this is Harris at his finest. No holds barred, sincere electronics from the gut in pure form. A perfect soundtrack for a chilly fall sunset on the river bank.

Mick Harris – Culvert Dub Sessions Four LP [LIES-218]

VA – L.I.E.S. Records House Music Revenge 2010-2025 [FREE DOWNLOAD]

This is a collection of House tracks spanning the last 15 years of the L.I.E.S. label. As the catalog touches upon numerous genres, L.I.E.S. makes the heavy lifting easy and gives fans, old and new, a focused sampling of some of their favorite and maybe even overlooked House tracks from over the years. From mega hits to forgetten classics here are 20 tracks for you to play on the floor.

This is PAY WHAT YOU WANT for the this week, so be quick!

VA – L.I.E.S. Records House Music Revenge 2010-2025 [FREE DOWNLOAD]

AshTreJinkins – Left 2 Rot LP [LIES-214]

Long in the making, Compton’s own AshTreJinkins debuts on L.I.E.S. with the seven track Left 2 Rot LP. The seasoned producer delivers an amalgamation of reimagined electronic styles going from stripped back. Terrance Dixon-esce minimal techno psychedelia to classic 2013 L.I.E.S. hybrid cuts sitting in the hazy grey area between gnarled house and techno. An ode to the City of Lost Angels from where he hails, this record is a perfect backdrop for the dystopian ruins the city has become over the last years. Stark, gut wrenching cuts that will leave you for dead as the title suggests.

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AshTreJinkins – Left 2 Rot LP [LIES-214]

R&L Productions – Beyond The Garage “The Extended Mixes” [LIES-216]

Cut from the mega-mix these are five, long play, full length versions of tracks from the og megamix LP. Featuring two new and unreleased versions of the Robert Owens cut from the record. The Robert Owens accapella was discovered by R+L Productions and licensed officially from Mr. Owens. The other three tracks follow suit and are retouched new extended full length versions from the megamix.

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R&L Productions – Beyond The Garage “The Extended Mixes” [LIES-216]

2024 Best albums

From the debut album of cold wave/new wave acts of Konstant, La Nuit Je Mens and Oliver Decrow, to the electro art of veterans Anthony Rother, Dark Vektor, E.R.P. and Legowelt; from the roughness of Filmmaker, Gesloten Cirkel and Howard Thomas to the melodic synthscapes of Steve Moore; from the jacking house of Paranoid London and Timothy J. Fairplay to arpeggiated madness of Rodion & Fabrizio Mammarella, here are our favorite 20 albums from 2024, compiled in chronological order.

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2024 Best albums

2024 Best Tracks part. 5 (of 10)

We start presenting our favorite tracks from 2024. More or less in a chronological order we present here the fifth set of tracks.

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2024 Best Tracks part. 5 (of 10)

2024 Best Tracks part. 4 (of 10)

We start presenting our favorite tracks from 2024. More or less in a chronological order we present here the fourth set of tracks.

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2024 Best Tracks part. 4 (of 10)

S. English – Impossible Furniture LP [LIES215]

The return of Texas heavy electronics, S.English is back on the label with a new 10 track tape of tense, metallic textured sci-fi slowbeat At this point English has honed in and perfected his own style of reaching some sort of unreal middle ground sitting between muslimgauze, s-core, and seico corp. Absolutely mindbending, headcrushing outsider electronics.

S. English – Impossible Furniture LP [LIES215]

Ron Morelli – Extinctionist [LIES212]

In your face new 8 track LP of vicious beat driven warehouse electronics from the L.I.E.S. boss, Ron Morelli. Straight and to the point, “Extinctionist” stands very much in line and continues further in the sonically unapologetic L.I.E.S. Records tradition of the last 15 years.

Ron Morelli – Extinctionist [LIES212]

Tom Carruthers – Downtown Rhithms LP [LIES208]

The ever prolific Tom Carruthers is back on L.I.E.S. flipping the script with a new double LP ”Downtown Rhithms”. On this one Carruthers takes his sound into uncharted territories with a style heavily indebted to the late 80s-early 90s New York House sound. Filled with heavy duty samples heads are sure to know, TC spliced, diced, rearranged and transformed them into something sounding like it came out of Todd Terry or Bones SP-1200 back in the days. Funky, deep, introspective, these 12 tracks are guaranteed to rock the floor wherever you may be. Perfect music for the summer heat, bumping out your car stereo or in the club, these cut will make em’ sweat guaranteed. True old school productions for real DJs! Featuring additional production from Risk Management’s Benedek and Lipelis on a couple of cuts.

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Tom Carruthers – Downtown Rhithms LP [LIES208]

Steve Moore – Eye of Horus [LIES209]

Synth wizard, soundtrack composer, and Zombi member, Steve Moore expands further on his stark and drama filled cosmic sound with a new six track lp. These tracks call to mind to his early-L.I.E.S. releases, where Moore focused on cold arppegations and basic beat constructions to fuel his epic productions which center around pristine soaring synthscapes. A master of the genre, Moore gives us an equal mix of explosive, creepy home at the end of a dark street floor fodder as well as slower tempo cosmic headcrushers, all capable of getting your head or niteclub in a frenzy. 

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Steve Moore – Eye of Horus [LIES209]

Tom Carruthers – Cold World [RM001]

Risk Management Productions is new sub-label of L.I.E.S. Records, dedicated to preserve the integrity of dance music. The first release is a killer by Tom Carruthers with a four slamming old school Chicago style floor burner.

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Tom Carruthers – Cold World [RM001]

Legowelt – Like A Song From Your Dream [LIES206]

Legowelt returns to L.I.E.S. Records with a new album full of ultra-RAW hypnagogic lo-fi electrofunk. Classic, murky, cold as ice Hague-style slammers from the king of Smack. These eight tracks go back to the essence of the Legowelt sound, cutting through the noise of modern dance music charlatans, taking them to school with his undeniable signature stamped all over this release. A dancefloor classic in the making.

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Legowelt – Like A Song From Your Dream [LIES206]

Body Habitat – Cala Lilly [LIES204]

New release from the mysterious Body Habitat project, allegedly associated with the equally elusive German Army project, this is a 15 track tape full of broken industrial rhythms and seething sonic soundscapes, unrelenting California desert music.

Body Habitat – Cala Lilly [LIES204]

YE GODS – No Albion [LIES203]

YE GODS returns to L.I.E.S. with a new fill length, “No Albion”. Seven tracks of haunting ritualistic electronics, coming from the darkest realm of your psyche. Chilling ambience, voices from your nitemares, wishing to escape this world.

YE GODS – No Albion [LIES203]

2023 Best Albums

Here are our favorite albums from 2023 compiled in chronological order.

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2023 Best Albums

Ron Morelli – Rhythm Master Volume 1 LP [LIES202]

L.I.E.S. boss, Ron Morelli follows up his acclaimed “Heart Stopper” LP with a new six track mini LP. The six tracks on “Rhythm Master” focus on a departure from the more song based structures of “Heart Stopper,” presenting a series of raw “old style” beat tracks for the DJs to use and abuse as they see fit, although these tracks are not as cut and dry as the title may imply. Check the complex, jacking, drum programming of the Fingers inspired “Loose Screw” or absolute melodic deep house mastery on the closing track “Escapes.” and the late nite mix show drama of “Disco Gridlock” with its monstrous reverb drenched kick opening the b-side. All of these standing on their own and all of them displaying Morelli’s versatility as a producer in his ability to pinpoint and execute the many styles that made djs what they were back in the days.

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Ron Morelli – Rhythm Master Volume 1 LP [LIES202]

Sweater on Polo – Go Wild Harlem Trax LP [LIES191]

NYC’s Sweater on Polo delivers a hammering six track mini LP for L.I.E.S. indebted to the sounds of early-90s psychedelic Chicago house, names like Gherkin and Pierre come to mind over this release but the young producer tastefully and effectively puts his own vision to the forefront with this record. In the misguided world of modern dance music production, Sweater on Polo, throws all trends aside and sticking to the bare essentials…letting the 808s,303s,727s do the job and making this one of the most crucial modern House records to come out of New York City in the last 10 years.

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Sweater on Polo – Go Wild Harlem Trax LP [LIES191]