Lemongrass is back! On time with the beginning of the summer mastermind Roland Voss endows us with a new longplayer. Fittingly he named the album "Papillon", which is the French word for butterfly. And likewise butterflies flutter the 14 songs in weightless buoyancy through 70 minutes playing time. An album made for a joyful summer day full of bright colours and positivity, radiating the zest of life. "Papillon" slides through the world of Lounge Couture without even touching the banality of plagiarism and clichés. Stylistically versatile with a pinch of Swing & Jazz, a sprinkle of Latin and a garnish of Groove and even Deep House, Roland Voss manages to keep the balance between rhythmic, uplifting tracks and cinematic moods of Chillout & Ambient pieces for daydreaming and relaxation. Follow trustfully the Lemongrass guidance, you will remain poised and fascinated throughout. A...[ read on ]

Clubstar and Nassau Beach Club Palma proudly present „Nassau Beach Club Palma Vol.1 “. The Nassau Beach Club Palma is the new hot-spot in Palma de Mallorca, with its unforgettable beach scenery, the view on the gothic cathedral, culinary highlights, sunsets and legendary parties. The Nassau Beach Club Palma is also the home of the worldwide first Zen beach that is created once a week in cooperation with the art university of Palma and turns the relaxing place even more into a garden of sensuality. There are places which magically attract you and which you simply love to visit. These places spread an extraordinary energy. One of these places certainly is Nassau Beach Club Palma. In the tradition of Balearic ambient and chillout-lounge music also a need chapter of music can be found here. The preludes of Chopin which were completed on Mallorca are the base of “Nassau Beach Club...[ read on ]

Environments 4 is another of the great lost albums by The Future Sound of London. These sessions have taken on an almost mythical status with the group s fan base, but the difference is the group have been back in the studio adding new ideas to older recordings and Murmurations is a brand new track. This release also comes after the recent success of the first three installments which have sold 1000s of units across the different volumes and still climbing. To re-cap, Brian Dougans and Garry Cobain began their musical partnership and friendship in Manchester, England in the mid 1980s whilst the two were studying at Manchester University. Dougans had already been making electronic music for some time when they first began working in various local clubs. In 1988, Brian embarked on a project for the Stakker graphics company and the result was Stakker Humanoid. In the following three...[ read on ]

It's been a hard time for black people in the United States, especially in the 1960s when a series of unbelievable events took place that shocked not only the entire nation but the whole world. Musically it was james brown who represented best what the black nation felt. His screams and shouts, his moans and groans helped to release the pressure in a peaceful way. Music itself was actually one of the very few opportunities for afro-americans to express their feelings in a raw and uncut way. The music simply translated the conditions of the country that existed in those days. Listen to james brown's powerful 'cold sweat' and you can still feel it today. Thousands of musicians around the country followed brown's example and offered their own artistic contributions to spread confidence, hope, and peace for the black nation. One of those many bands were the soul bros. Inc. Out of...[ read on ]

So, Nang fans, it's finally here: The long awaited album by Slovenia's own Sare Havlicek, and it's a beauty if we say so ourselves! The album, titled 'Escape Machine', is a direct progression from his most recent run of 12's on Nang, amalgamating everything we know and love, and a lot, lot more. Expect live orchestral sequences, serious analogue heat and the finest vocal arrangements. This is the real deal! We start of with 'Diamondback Part 1 & 2' which delves straight into the money with a wash of silken live strings and vocal harmonies, preluding what's to come in fine style. 'Insinuations & Allusions' follows and it's pure twanging funk, crisp and clean with a lovely little hook. Next we're dealt Sare's most recent outing on Nang; the brilliant 'Vibe On You'. It's all up-beat floor filling material right here. 'Not Now' is a variation on the chords of its precursor, but with...[ read on ]

We are Planet Perfecto is the first in a new compilation series from dance pioneer Paul Oakenfold that reflects the diverse, non genre-conforming sounds that have given him the legendary status he holds today. Both CD’s are packed with Paul Oakenfold’s freshest productions and remixes – including his amazing vocal collaborations with Tamra, his single with Infected Mushroom called “I’m Alive”, the smash hit on Perfecto Fluoro “Full Moon Party” and his blissful cover of “Sleep” forthcoming on Perfecto. With a tracklist that features no less than 20 Perfecto & Perfecto Fluoro releases (including the killer goa single from Protest Movement and Paul Webster’s amazing remix of “Southern Sun”) — the album is also a call to arms for the new line up of exciting acts now fronting Paul’s Perfecto Labels.

A mere 9 years old, Watergate has steadfastly become one of the world’s most prominent electronic music institutions. This is due in no small part to its heady combination of picturesque location - its dancefloors face directly out onto the river Spree - a wall-to-wall LED light installation and its impeccable music policy, with the cream of the electronic crop passing through its doors every week. The mix CD series, now in its tenth incarnation, is a further means for the club to stamp its seal onto the scene, with many of the club’s residents and regular talents having been invited to contribute. Previous artists have included the likes of Tiefschwarz, Ellen Allien, Sascha Funke and dOP, amongst others. This time round, longtime resident and Upon.You label boss Marco Resmann takes up the mantle and demonstrates how his unique tastes influence the Watergate sound. Marco Resmann first...[ read on ]

Puresque is Paul Brtschitsch and Mocca—Paul whose discography stretches back to the mid-90s and is widely regarded for his sensitive sound arrangements both on record and live, and Mocca—real name Michael Kunz—who has been simmering his sonic pallet on the Berlin circuit over the last few years. They met over a mutual love of vinyl and entered the studio together with the desire to create something raw, as removed as possible from the synthetic feel of purely digital production.

There was a time when being a member of Lazer Sword was a lot more convenient. Back in 2006, Antaeus Roy (a.k.a. Lando Kal) and Bryant Rutledge (a.k.a. Low Limit) were a couple of San Francisco beatheads who lived together, worked at XLR8R, and bonded over a shared love of underground hip-hop and a desire to experiment with electronic sounds. Working on a Lazer Sword track literally meant walking down the hall, while playing a show was as simple as packing up some equipment and hopping in a taxi. Six years later, things have changed—a lot. In 2012, the seasoned artists now find themselves living on separate continents, as Roy now calls Berlin home while Rutledge has settled in Los Angeles. Making music requires online collaboration and the accommodation of wildly different time zones, while touring means that one of the guys is hopping on a plane and crossing an ocean. In the...[ read on ]

The one thing that Paul Rose, better known as Scuba, really doesn’t want you to do is to try and pin him down. His roots are in London’s dubstep scene, but he lives in the techno metropolis of Berlin. His music is located at some unspecified point between those two cities – bass heavy, sparse, full of atmosphere and with propulsive rhythms, but above all impossible to define. His label, Hotflush, is one of dubstep’s spiritual homes, with releases by Distance, Benga and Mount Kimbie, but it also has that hard-to-categorize quality Warp had in the ’90s. He is, in a word, a maverick. No surprise, then, that his DJ-Kicks mix resists pigeon-holing. A mind-bending 32-track journey, it ranges from the doom-laden ambience of “HF029B2″ by Sigha, to the stripped down squelches and bleeps of “Acid Battery” by Boddika and the muted keys of Jichael Mackson’s “Gedons.” It’s deep, a set...[ read on ]

Frequencies are swines, every audio-autodidact knows about that. Making music is hard work at the analytical front, every bar just a tiny territorial gain, that neverending scramble between wetware and software. And when the exhausted lonesome hero finally stumbles outside, then it was just another day in the coal-mines of techno, a long day, a heavy day, everyday life. But sometimes all the troubles aren‘t for nothing, sometimes the ring-bounded eye can capture a shine and glitter in the dried-out riverbed, a rough diamond in the digged boulders, ready to get rasped and polished like anything. The last bus home is gone? Never mind. Sleep at the studio? Whatever it takes. Sacrifices are being made and not being born. And all are equal before the flow. In all that sense, SUB STATIC boss FALKO BROCKSIEPER has now processed a big issue, after a remarkable number of EP‘s and remixes: the...[ read on ]

"Smalltown Collective" is a music-project composed by three fancier of electronic music who occupy with DJing and producing since many years. The trio comes from East-Switzerland and their home is based in „Wil“, a small town near lake Constance. Alan Brljafa is growed up in the eighties influenced by Disco and Eurobeat. He devoted more and more the electronic music and purchased himself the first Roland equipment, soon follows an own studio. He already done a lot of remixes for well-known artists in croatia and released his first maxi-single together with Remo Mueller. In 2004 and 2005 they work together for the chillout-project "Augenschein“, were Alan and Remo produced 2 albums for the homonymous art exhibition. According the influence of M/A/R/R/S, Bomb the Bass and S’Express, Remo Mueller starts to produce himself electronic music. Already in his apprenticeship he performed his...[ read on ]

Sebbo is the probably most successful DJ from Würzburg. Started Djing in the late 80ties he hosted two radio shows, released on different labels like Harthouse, Planet Vision, Kiddaz.FM, Federation Of Drums or liebe*detail (just to name a few). He played at the top locations and events worldwide like Mayday, Tresor, Supermarket, Space, Loveparade or Nature One and now gives his debut on Circle Music with his production “Anyway”.

Created as the main vehicle for delivering Paolo Mojo productions, Oosh was one of THE labels of 2008. Championed consistently by Pete Tong on Radio 1, including an Essential new tune and Essential Mix this year, Paolo Mojo’s production profile has risen spectacularly, gaining momentum on the back of Nightlaw, Brooksong, The Dancer, Sirena, Interstellar and Home Having broken new ground on previous EP (Deus Ex Machina / Que Loucura De Som) with a fierce technoinspired sound that received support from Felix The Housecat, Joey Beltram, Marco Bailey and Justin Robertson, Oosh moves on to a round dozen with two more peak-time tracks.

The German phrase “Katze im Sack” describes a new idea for our shop. The Americans are using the phrase "Grab Bag", English people know it as “Lucky Bag” But just like the Grab Bag you may know from Kindergarten, you don't get to know what's in the bag. You're getting a surprise. It might be a record, you have always wanted, it might be a record you have never heard of, it might be one you already own that you can give to a friend. Who knows! That's part of the surprise. After the huge success of the CD Grab Bags we have decided to launch Vinyl Bags. The difference to the CD editions is that we will not pack the bags by style, we think it’s better if we offer the Bags separately for each label. The Grab Bag - Harthouse Vinyl Edition (5 x 12inch) contains 5 of our 5,95€ + sale Vinyl’s from the Label Harthouse and we are going tom sell them to you all in all for 15 € ...[ read on ]

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