Tiefschwarz - Ibiza 08 Summer Madness [Mixmag]

Tiefschwarz - Ibiza 08 Summer Madness

Label: Mixmag
Format: CD, Compilation, Mixed
Country: UK
Released: 19 May 2008
Genre: Electronic
Style: Minimal, Tech House

Tracklist:

01. Rekleiner - Some People
02. Remote - Hardstick (La Horse Remix)
03. Dirt Crew - Mindforce (Kabale und Liebe Remix)
04. Psychonauts - World Keeps Turning (Audiofly Remix)
05.Thomas Schumacher - Pink Boots
06. Shonky - Time Zero (Paul Rich Remix)
07. Paco Osuna - Alarm
08. Loco Dice - Tight Laces
09. Dan Berkson & James What Feat Robert Owens - Reflections
10. Den - Basement (Sarah Goldfarb Remix)
11. Cle - Nomads (Matthias Tanzmann Remix)
12. Glimpse - Elephant Skins
13. Ruede Hagelstein - Modest Theme

[Sources: Mixmag]

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End Club Recommends Vol. 3

End Club - Recommends Vol. 3


This month's Recommends is an eclectic summery session. We've split the camp this month between established and breaking acts; you will certainly have heard of quite a few of the artists featured on Vol 3, including a track from the increasingly popular Dan le Sac and Scroobius Pip, an epic Sebsatien Tellier soundscape, and a superb UK exclusive from Booka Shade. But there's also a stomper from Kistune newbees autoKratz, a hair tingler from Compost's Jay Shepheard and some lazy hazy beats from Black Grass on Catskills

Tracklist:

01. Sebastien Tellier - Divine (Midnight Juggernauts Remix) [Lucky Number]
02. Black Grass - Bless [Catskills]
03. Inland Knights - Lay On Me [Raise Recordings]
04. DJ Gregory - Triby [Defected]
05. autoKratz - Reaktor [Kitsune]
06. Dan le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip - Look for the Woman (Zane Lowe Mix) [Sunday Best]
07. Jay Shepheard - Pipes N Sneakers [Compost Black]
08. Dr. Buzzard's Savannah Band - Sunshower [Strut]
09. PlantLife - Lovetoy [Rapster]
10. Me&You - Sneaker Thief (Hint Remix) [Tru Thoughts]
11. Tiger Stripes - Beach Buggy (Motorcitysoul Ambient Remix) [Urban Torque]
12. Booka Shade - Mandarine Girl (Reworked) [Get Physical]

[Sources: End Club]

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Elektrolux - The Beatless Collection Vol. 1 [Elektrolux]

Elektrolux - The Beatless Collection Vol. 1

Label: Elektrolux
Catalog#: E 10100000 CD
Format: CD, Compilation, Dig
Country: Germany
Released: 25 Apr 2008
Genre: Electronic
Style: Downtempo, Ambient

Tracklist:

01. Subsonic Park - X-ident
02. Joris Voorn - This Is Our Fiction
03. Hiroshi Watanabe - Genesis (Beatless Version)
04. Subsonic Park - After Dark (Video Edit)
05. Taho - Energy Fields
06. Chymera - Umbrella (Beatless Mix)
07. Cristian Paduraru - Letters From The Edge (Pedro Bucarelli Chill Mix)
08. Gui Boratto - Mala Strana
09. Cristian Paduraru - Inner Guidance (Original)
10. PiCi - White Keys
11. D-Pulse - Can't Stop The Morning Light (Chris Fortier Ambient Mix)
12. Tokyo Black Star - Blade Dancer (Beatless Version)
13. Chris Zippel - Particle (Subsonic Park Remix Beatless Version)
14. Trentemoller & Buda - Gamma (Original Mix)
15. Deadmau5 - Jaded (Ambient Mix)

When looking back on the development of electronic dance music during the past twenty years in fast forward mode, one of the few remaining constants is the beat: living metre of the club, catalyser of motor activity, heartbeat of the dancer. But why?
Meanwhile, the trendsetters of the current electronica scene follow a more differentiated approach. Pace and rhythmicity, the syncopic chords and sequences and, last but not least, deep emotional worlds of sound are positioning this new form of electronic dance music clearly in a club context without the bass drum playing her sometimes even crushing role. Finally, energetic tracks with musicality and sensual passion can be produced without drums very well. Now, Elektrolux mastermind Alex Azary applies himself to this phenomenon by the first and definitely ground-breaking compilation in the still young year 2008. This is just a logical consequence as Alex Azary, together with his co-producer Gabriel Le Mar, already anticipated a comparable sound aesthetics at his gigs at the UK cult club Orbit, Leeds, about ten years ago. This hybrid of club music and experimental electronics also characterizes the joint productions of Alex Azary and Gabriel Le Mar's brand new Subsonic Park project in terms of pace, deepness and the unterstanding of dub. On "the Beatless Collection", two tracks of the project can be found. The other compilation contributors are Kompakt producers Gui Boratto and Hiroshi Watanabe (aka Kaito), Anders Trentemøller (Copenhagen) Joris Voorn, Chymera, Ovum and Delsin ambassador of Ireland, Taho or Deadmau5 ˆ the list just reads like the who is who of current club music.

[Sources: Discogs, Elektrolux]

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Alex Dallas & Ron Shille - Drumpoems Verse 1 [Drumpoet Community]

Alex Dallas & Ron Shille - Drumpoems Verse 1

Label: Drumpoet Community
Catalog#: DPC_012-2
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: Switzerland
Released: Mar 2008
Genre: Electronic
Style: Deep House, Tech House


Tracklist:

01. Foster - Quiet Before The Storm (Quarion Remix)
02. Manuel Tur & Dplay û Rest Your Senses
03. Soultourist - Turn Loose (Dixon Edit)
04. Kawabata - Movin' On
05. Sascha Dive - DEep (Samuel Davis Deep4Life Mix)
06. Quarion - Karasu
07. Thabo - Take Root
08. The Lost Men - The Return
09. Soultourist - Coming Soon
10. Kawabata - Kadena
11. The Lost Men - Heard Unhurt
12. Foster - Quiet After The Storm

Swiss deep house label Drumpoet Community compiles highlights from their catalogue with unreleased material on a new compilation Drumpoems Verse 1 due out in March.

Affiliated with cosy Zurich club Zukunft, Drumpoet has ties with long-running Munich label Compost Records, which should clue you into their sound: faithful deep house with an emphasis on the laid back rather than the peaktime. Upcoming names on the label include Quarion, Sascha Dive, Kawabata and Soultourist, all of which are represented on the compilation.

[Sources: Discogs]

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Quantec - Unusual Signals [Echocord]

Quantec - Unusual Signals

Label: Echocord
Catalog#: echocord30
Format: 2x12" Vinyl, Album
Country: Denmark
Released: 1 May 2008
Genre: Electronic
Style: Dub Techno


Tracklist:

01.Amanita Muscaria
02.Deliberate
03.Unusual Signals/Reversion
04.Unusual Signals/Xeric Dub
05.Iboga
06.Yage
07.Panaleous

Following a succession of very well recieved 12" cuts for the likes of Styrax Leaves, Meanwhile and Millions of Moments, Sven Schienhammer returns to the home of some of his best work with a studied album of dub techno variants for Echocord. Sven's agenda is made clear with the title of the first track 'Amanita Muscaria', a familiar term to the trippier readers out there (Fly Agaric mushies to the more straight laced), signifying a love of or respect for psychedelic substances and sounds which are echoed in the esoteric dub depths of the opening cut. From here we plummet into the dense spaces of 'Deliberate', populated with wide open chord stabs and intangible analog ephemera that will sound lush on any system. From here on in the tracks seem to merge into a hazily tripped blur of feathered synth washes, barely audible sub undulations and glimpses of melody carried along by massively compressed kicks, lush stuff to completely give yourself up to. The track names become sign posts for the territory you're about to enter, with classic reverberating and psychedelic effects such as 'Iboga' and 'Yage' referencing deeply affecting states of mind induced through the course of the album. Of course, if it were that effective we probably wouldn't be able to sell you this album for legal reasons (or maybe we'd have to meet you after work by the goods entrance) but this is still some deadly and affected gear which we urge you to give a chance sometime soon, especially if you're a follower of the Deepchord/Basic Channel school of dub reduction. Awesome.

[Sources: Discogs, Boomkat]

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Drei Tage Wach Vol. 1 [Great Stuff Recordings]

Great Stuff Recordings - Drei Tage Wach Vol. 1 (The Official Soundtrack for a weekend in Berlin)

Label: Great Stuff Recordings
Catalog#: GSRDIG003
Format: File, MP3, Compilation
Country: Germany
Released: 07 May 2008
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno, Minimal, Electro


Tracklist:

01. Butch - Falling (Mario Piu with Alex Catalani & Claudiomaura Remix)
02. Fergie - Shifty (Original Mix)
03. Markus Lange - Perihelion (Julian Jeweil Remix)
04. DJ Misjah - What is (Lutzenkirchen Remix)
05. Stephan Bodzin & Swoop - Black Market (Original Mix)
06. Diringer - Flake Escape (Original Mix)
07. Namito - Joujou (Martin Landsky Remix)
08. Martin Eyerer & Toni Rios - Duende (Lost in Robert Babicz Remix)
09. Mijk Van Dijk - Closer (Original Mix)
10. Martin Eyerer - La Dolce Vita (Original Mix)
11. Barrientos & Corrado - No Pc (Original Mix)
12. Gilbert Martini - Into the Lowend (Original Mix)
13. GusGus - Mallflowers (Original Mix)
14. Klovn - Mcklaren (Minilogue Remix)
15. Rainer Weichhold - Bamboo (Format B Remix)
16. The Melody Maker & Margot - Torch (Extrawelt Remix)
17. The Screetch - The Screetch (Dusty Kid Remix)
18. Groove Rebels - Untight (John Dahlback Remix)
19. Lutzenkirchen - Rockbottom (Feat. Philippe Zdar) (Stereovox Remix)
20. Margot - Autunno (Feat. Pepe & Giagarobo) (Original Pepe Experience)
21. Lutzenkirchen - Ultrashift (Original Mix)
22. Guy Gerber & Gregor Tresher - Open the Gates (Deetron Remix)
23. Andrea Doria - Yaoo (Minilogue Remix)
24. John Dahlback & Huggotron - Pop it Bad (Agoria Remix)

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Jerome Sydenham - Ibadan People [Ibadan Records]

Jerome Sydenham - Ibadan People

Label: Ibadan
Catalog#: irc054-1
Format: 2 x CD, Mixed
Country: US
Released: 2003
Genre: Electronic
Style: House, Deep House, Tech House

Tracklist:

Disc 1

01. Ten City - All Loved Out (Joe Claussell Remix)
02. Tony Watson - Passages
03. T.Kolai - Exodus
04. Next Evidence - Body Theme
05. Jerome Sydenham & Dennis Ferrer - Koko (Demo Dub)
06. Dennis Ferrer - Jehlaz
07. Jerome Sydenham And Kerri Chandler - Tokyo Dub
08. Zion Lockwood - What Is Life
09. The Songstress - See Line Woman
10. Iramo - Tierra Mia (Abreme Los Caminos)
11. Joe Claussell - Je Ka Jo
12. Jerome Sydenham & Dennis Ferrer - The WJ
13. Basement Jaxx - Jaxxapella 2 (Outro)

Disc 2

01. Ben Onono - Badagry Beach
02. Jephte Guillaume - L'Ame Eternelle (Main Vokal)
03. Jerome Sydenham And Kerri Chandler - Orixas (Siku Mix)
04. Jerome Sydenham And Kerri Chandler - Winter's Blessing
05. 32 Project - Root Of The World
06. Ten City My Peace Of Heaven (Demo Dub)
07. Joe Claussell - Git Wa
08. Nature Soul - River Benue (The Just For Fun Dub)
09. Jerome Sydenham And Kerri Chandler - Beat Down
10. Titanic - Sultana (Danny Krivit Re-Edit)
11. Jerome Sydenham And Kerri Chandler - Espirito Du Tempo (Babatunji's Dub)
12. Dimitri From Paris - Dim's Enchanted Forest (Interlude)
13. Jerome Sydenham And Kerri Chandler - Espirito Du Tempo (Talib's Dream)
14. Jerome Sydenham & Sten Gun - Oo Inimesed

Since it’s launch in 1995, Ibadan Records has firmly established itself as one of the most pioneering and influential dance labels in the world. It all began when label head Jerome Sydenham decided to rework the prestigious Atlantic Records Ten City catalogue with help from Joe Claussell and Kerri Chandler. Since then Ibadan Records has gone on to release classic tracks from Dennis Ferrer, Next Evidence, Nina Simone, (The Songstress) as well as Claussell, Chandler and Sydenham themselves. Now Ibadan have teamed up with BBE to bring a compilation of the best tracks, all mixed live by the inimitable Jerome Sydenham.

[Sources: Discogs]

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Adultnapper - Audiomatique 2.0 [Audiomatique Recordings]

Adultnapper - Audiomatique Volume 2.0

Label: Audiomatique Recordings
Catalog#: AMCD03
Format: CD, Mixed
Country: Germany
Released: 05 May 2008
Genre: Electronic
Style: Minimal, Tech House

Tracklist:
01. Trentemoller - Miss You (Pole Remix)
02. Gui Boratto & Martin Eyerer - The Beach
03. Mikael Jonasson - Twenty-Se7en
04. Martinez - Kansas City Shuffle
05. Adultnapper - Oedipa E
06. Robert Babicz - Spiral Boogie
07. Adultnapper - Juror No. 9 (Gaiser's Found Guilty Remix)
08. Trentemoller - Prana
09. Adultnapper - Madeleine
10. Martinez - Wooden Box
11. Martin Eyerer & Stephen Hinz - Shanghai Style
12. Alexi Delano - What Is Control (Adultnapper's What's The Point Remix)
13. The Viewers - Blank Images
14. Gui Boratto & Martin Eyerer - The Island
15. Robert Babicz - Dark Flower (Joris Voorn Magnoliamix)
16. The Viewers - Streethorn

After the devastating excellence of ‘Audiomatique Volume 1.0’, mixed by venerable label don Martinez, it’s time for the masters to reclaim their techno crown. Steve Bug’s imprint is back with a second label compilation, seamlessly blended by N.Y.C.’s arch tech selector Adultnapper.

‘Audiomatique Volume 2.0’ is a descent into the deepest realms of electronic rhythm, veering from the spare crisp minimalism of Gui Boratto and Martin Eyerer’s ‘The Beach’, to the moody, strobe-lit melancholia of M_nus producer Gaiser’s ‘Found Guilty Mix’ of Adultnapper’s own ‘Juror no. 9’. A perfect snapshot of the label’s diverse roster, Adultnapper subtly builds the mix from stripped back, echoic grooves to tougher club battering technoid epics.
Electronic music’s brightest flames - Trentemøller, Robert Babicz, Joris Voorn, Martin Eyerer, Gui Boratto, Martinez and Adultnapper – all contribute to Audiomatique’s formidable reputation, weighing in with their heaviest tracks.

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[Sources: Audiomatique Recordings]

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Adam Beyer - Fuse Presents Adam Beyer [Music Man Records]

Adam Beyer - Fuse Presents Adam Beyer

Label: Music Man Records
Catalog#: MM CD 032
Format: CD, Mixed, Compilation
Country: Belgium
Released: 19 May 2008
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno, Minimal, Tech House

Tracklist:

01. Patrik Skoog - Jack is Back
02. Joel Mull - Coconest
03. Mauro Picotto - Flashing
04. Mute - Glitch Yourself (Man-d.a Goldseries Reprise)
05. Martinez - Expander
06. Lem - Wordless
07. Braincell - Absorb (Grindvik Remix)
08. Christian Smith & John Selway - Total Departure
09. Zahn - Anti-gray (Joel Mull's White Mix)
10. Schneider & Galluzzi - Albertino
11. Anton Pieete - New Wave Mothers
12. 76-79 - Six Ten
13. Museum - She Was Asking For It
14. Kyle Geiger - Identity Crisis
15. Jackmate - Boots
16. Pedro Trotz - Soller
17. Paco Osuna - Orbeat
18. D'julz - Just So You Know (2000 & One Remix)
19. Acid Circus - Reduxtion (Agaric Remix)
20. Maetrik - Choose Your System
21. Patrik Skoog - Good Machine
22. Mathew Jonson - Marionette (Adam Beyer Remix)

Joining the ranks of Dave Clarke, DJ Hell, Joris Voorn, Steve Bug, Shinedoe and Technasia who have all been firm favourites at Belgium's illustrious techno Mecca, Fuse, Adam Beyer now provides us with a new mix showcasing where Sweden's techno pioneer is currently at. Fusing a rhythmic and minimal mix throughout its 22 tracks, Beyer splices tracks from Patrik Skoog, Joel Mull, LEM, Mauro Picotto, Cari Lekebusch (Braincell), Kyle Geiger (exclusive), Smith & Selway (exclusive), Schneider & Galluzzi, Paco Osuna, Museum (exclusive), Mathew Johnson (exclusive) and more into an hypnotic late night tale.

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[Sources: News Records]

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Bliss - The Big Freeze Vol.2 [Platipus Records]

Bliss - The Big Freeze Vol. 2

Label: Platipus
Catalog#: plat 170 cd
Format: 2 x CD, Compilation, Mixed
Country: UK
Released: 14 April 2008
Genre: Electronic
Style: Downtempo, Ambient

Tracklist:

Track List
01. Bliss - They Made History
02. Charles Webster - Sweet Butterfly
03. Geche - Moonface
04. Folk & Rovere - Helt Perfekt
05. Cantoma - Katja
06. Ane Brun - To Let Myself Go
07. Banzai Republic - Faetter Dub
08. Bliss/Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Right Here/Maximum Black
09. Seikou Nagaoka - Plain As Black And White
10. Bliss - Return
11. Eliza Lumley - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
12. City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra - Vocalise From The Ninth Gate

Disc 2

01. Bliss/Dubtribe Sound System - Wish U Were Here/Desert Moon
02. Monica Queen - I'm Sorry Darling
03. A Reminiscent Drive - New Jerusalem
04. Trentemoller - Miss You
05. Furry Phreaks - Lament For A Dead Computer
06. Kenneth Bager & Camilla Munck - Fragment Six... Speak My Name
07. Mudd - Speilplatz
08. Fred & Herman - Aquarius

Having appeared on Platipus compilations Art Of Chill 2 and The Big Freeze Vol 1, Bliss seemed the natural choice to compile and mix the next Big Freeze instalment.

The musical world of Bliss is deeply rooted in a blend of Western, African and Classical musical influences representing the vast musical backgrounds of both members respectively. It also showcases an undercurrent of apparent melancholy with warmth that is otherwise hard to describe in words...

Steffen Aaskoven produced the classic chill out anthem “Café Del Mar” by Mental Generation, which featured an Underworld remix. He then met classically trained Marc-George Andersen in 1995 and together they formed Bliss.

Since releasing their debut album ‘Afterlife’ in 2001 they released two further albums; ‘Quiet Letters’ and ‘They Made History’ with various Bliss tracks appearing on nearly 60 compilations worldwide. Lately they have expanded their musical scope and have been producing music for TV such as CSI whilst continuing to remix artists they respect and admire.

The tracks they have chosen to include on Big Freeze Volume 2 highlight their diverse musical tastes, ranging from the more uptempo Charles Webster productions to the classical Ninth Gate piece.
Bliss have expertly woven together a seamless mix producing a deep yet uplifting, soulful, diverse collection of inspiring tracks.

[Sources: Platipus]

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Jay Shepheard - Compost Blacklabel Series Vol.3 [Compost Records]

Jay Shepheard - Compost Blacklabel Series Vol.3

Label: Compost Records
Catalog#: COMP293-2
Format: CD, Compilation, Mixed
Country: Germany
Released: 5 May 2008
Genre: Electronic
Style: House, Deep House

Tracklist:

01. Phreek Plus One - Bikini
02. Alex Attias pres. Mustang - Finding Who We Are (Quarion Dub)
03. Muallem - Houseworx Pt 1- I Came To Jack
04. Manuel Tur and Dplay - Conchord
05. Motor City Drum Ensemble - Stripped Down To The Bone
06. Phreek Plus One - New York Dolls
07. Motor City Drum Ensemble - Get Slapped Up
08. Jay Shepheard - 4NC
09. Wagon Cookin - Start To Play (Christian Prommer Remix pt.2)(Piano Mix)
10. TJ Kong and Nuno Dos Santos feat. Robert Owens - Merging (Wild Glitch Dub)
11. Shahrokh - Break It Down (Dub)
12. Matt Flores - Solar Winds
13. Minus 8 - Night Digger (Late Night Edit)
14. Jay Shepheard - Pipes N Sneakers

The COMPOST BLACK LABEL delivers once again! Proper deep and rolling vibes to hypnotize the dancefloor" (Jimpster). Volume 3 brings together the brightest moments of the successful 12" series on a CD (mixed by Jay Shepheard). Feat. Phreek Plus One, Manuel Tur & DPLay, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Wagon Cookin, TJ Kong & Nuno Dos Santos, Jay Shepheard ... Three years ago Compost Records was breaking new grounds with the formation of the Blacklabel Series. The aim was to put Compost back on the dancefloor map and into the cases of the worlds leading international DJs. The formula was easy: less jazz and soul - more house and tekky stuff. The outcome wasn't the "typical" Compost sound anymore which people related with the Munich based label. This was bleepy and creepy, dark and pumping! Distinguishable by its artwork, colour and sound, the Blacklabel Series turned out to be the perfect imprint to release forward thinking club tracks, DJ tools and sonic experiments - "cause Zeitgeist won't stop!" (De:Bug on Blacklabel). To this day there are 30 releases on the Blacklabel imprint and the backing and praising from key players worldwide is growing with each new 12"…

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[Sources: Lowlands Distribution]

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