Carl Cox releases his debut Global Underground mix album, ‘Black Rock Desert,’ on 1st Feb 2010. Taken from a storming 2 hour set in The Opulent Temple in the Black Rock Desert, Summer 2009. “When I decided to do a Global Underground mix it just had to be here ,” says Carl. Everything aside from the entrance fee is free. It’s all about sharing and contributing to the experience. People barter, offering everything from free artwork installations to free flirting lessons and drinks. “There’s loads of people out there who have no idea. It’s been going on for 20 years. And I do think there are like-minded people who would like to share my experience. It justifies the release for GU. I hope people see it as genuine.” Jason Teplitsky and Syd Gris finally talked Carl into playing at the festival’s Opulent Temple in 2008. He was so moved by the event, he resolved to keep coming back...[ read on ]

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” We pick 10 of our 14,95€ (or higher) sale CD’s and sell them to you all in all for 50€ 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 CD you have always wanted, it might be a disc 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. The titles are from our Sale Page and contain CD’s from the labels Plastic City, Circle Music, Shayan Music, Streetlight and Luxury House. We pack all Grab Bag’s indivial – No Grab Bag will be the same like the Grab Bag before!

This is Volume 6 in Platipus' best selling series and compilers I Monster deliver a rather splendid mix. Each CD was mixed and compiled separately by both I Monster members, Dean Honer (previously of Add N to (X), All Seeing I) (CD1) and Jarrod Gosling (CD2). Both discs take us from downtempo, quirky pop, and electronica into a world that can only be the 'Art Of Chill'. Containing a number of I Monster exclusives (to be released as a separate digital only EP on 9th November) and sleevenotes from both members on why the tracks mean so much to them. Best known for the loungy trip-hop track "Daydream in Blue" in 2001, the British production duo I Monster specialize in psychedelic, electronic-tinged pop confections that are often based around samples from easy listening records and other unlikely sources. Jarrod Gosling and Dean Honer met in their hometown of Sheffield and released...[ read on ]

Zagar are a headliner of the Hungarian electronic music scene. Their unique sound is based on electronic tunes, dub and rock elements flavoured by Eastern European soundtrack moods. The story of the band began in 2001 after the Shallow and Profound Tour, when three members of the "Yonderboi Quintet" (the live band around the Hungarian artist Yonderboi) started rehearsing separately from the Quintet. First, Balázs Zságer, Andor Kovács and DJ Bootsie performed as "Pulzus". The material they put together during the rehearsals and the earlier solo works of Balázs Zságer were synthesized and led to the creation of the characteristic sounds of the new band. In the summer of 2002 they played at different festivals in Hungary and abroad as well: this time under the new band name "Zagar". That year they also recorded their first album...[ read on ]

Finally it´s time for a first label retrospective of Farside Records. In cooperation with his good friends Winni Petersmann (on the rock) & Oliver “Olski” von Felbert (Melting Pot Music), Ingo Sänger started the vinyl division of Farside in 2006 after some years of compilationbusiness. Since 2009 Farside Records is completely part of the “on the rock” agency, located in Waltrop near Dortmund/Germany. Together with his Westpark Unit partner Herb LF, Ingo Sänger tries to deliver insight into the world of Farside within 60 minutes. For Farside 1.0 they sorted out 15 trax, edited most of the DJ friendly clubversions exclusively and converted the package into a mixture of deep, dope & soulful CD listening experience. As a special gift the CD includes a splendid data section where you can find all full length versions of the Farside 1.0 EP vinyl in MP3 format. Feel free to grab the files...[ read on ]

This is Volume 6 in Platipus' best selling series and compilers I Monster deliver a rather splendid mix. Each CD was mixed and compiled separately by both I Monster members, Dean Honer (previously of Add N to (X), All Seeing I) (CD1) and Jarrod Gosling (CD2). Both discs take us from downtempo, quirky pop, and electronica into a world that can only be the 'Art Of Chill'. Containing a number of I Monster exclusives (to be released as a separate digital only EP on 9th November) and sleevenotes from both members on why the tracks mean so much to them. Best known for the loungy trip-hop track "Daydream in Blue" in 2001, the British production duo I Monster specialize in psychedelic, electronic-tinged pop confections that are often based around samples from easy listening records and other unlikely sources. Jarrod Gosling and Dean Honer met in their hometown of Sheffield and released...[ read on ]

Martijn Deijkers' particular strand of bass defies genres or adjectives - to his fans and admirers, it's known simply as 'Martyn Music.' With a sound that became a cornerstone for dubstep in 2009, and a debut album ('Great Lengths') that became one of the most stylistically fierce long players the scene has produced to date, Martyn pushes a rebellious, out-of-the-box mentality into his every artistic venture. Commanding dancefloors with a strong sense of timing and attitude, his music revels in its relative simplicity - synth lines lounging atop swung drum patterns, all in turn massaged by warm low frequencies - a trait he's reinforced with fabric 50, his first mix CD to date. With fabric 50, Martyn intertwines the essential elements of what makes his own style so pristine and easily recognisable, fusing dancefloor ready percussion with that element of raw soul - whether it's vocal...[ read on ]