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Cocoon Ibiza – mixed by Carl Craig & Sonja Moonear - Cocoon Recordings

Wowser, what a stunning double feature we have here in our hands today! To all our ibiza amigos and chicas: Cocoon Recordings presents an unbelievable package just in time for the peak of this years Ibiza season. Please welcome Sonja Moonear and one of the greatest house and techno producers of all time, mister Carl Craig! And what a package this is… full of love, soul and electronic dance music highlights. 

Carl Craig is in charge for CD1 of our official 2016 Ibiza release. The Detroits 90s techno wunderkind and the mastermind behind some of the biggest house and techno records ever made leaves us almost speechless with his amazing selection and mix. Of course we didn’t expect anything less than this as Carl is a never ending source of inspiration for us and all house lovers around the globe. You know that feeling, somewhere between deepest admiration and jealousy looking at such a big talent with all these amazing productions and remixes he gave us… the god of techno has blessed this lovely and gifted artist and we are extremely proud to have him on our ibiza mix-CD this year! Maestro Craig selected a fine list of tracks for his mix by fellow legends like DJ Pierre (remixed by Ricardo Villalobos), Luciano (remixed by Dennis Ferrer), DJ Deep or Agoria. Carl Craig created a perfect mix with power and deepness at the same time - this is high class techno music. Especially the start of the CD with his exclusive C2 intro edit of Luca Ballerinis „Impressions Of A Dawn“ catches us right from the beginning. By including two more remixes by himself the whole selection becomes a perfectly blended collage of music that appears like an xxl Carl Craig remix. This mix will be for sure one of the all time highlights in our ibiza-cd-series and it was definitely worth the wait! CC hypnotized us with this mix, this one will stay!

Coming up next is lovely Sonja and her mix for CD2 of our package. Miss Moonear included some real house lovers delights by artists like Elbee Bad, Ralphie Rosario, Frank Roger and the new US-Berliner Brett Johnson. What looks and sounds like a deep and housey collection develops pretty soon to a freaky and technoide mix that beams us straight back to our monday nights at cocoon/amnesia. Don’t get us wrong, Sonja Moonears mix follows a cool and sexy house direction but it gets us going from start to end and she really knows when to power up the pace before bringing us back to the cool deepness again. This DJ-mix touches us with its electronic soul vibe and Sonja Moonear really handed us a true summer mix in. Everybody misses the sun and heat in the summer of 2016 so we desperately needed a heart warming music cure to take ibiza with us back home.  We especially appreciate that Sonja included some of our all time favorites by John Tejada and Ricardo Villalobos (together with Argenis Brito), who receives the honor to close her mix. This is a mix full of pure sex and kicking deepness and we are really proud to have it on our label!


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COCOON IBIZA mixed by CARL CRAIG - CORMIX053 CD1

aug2016

DEVID DEGA - GAMMA (preview) [Amazing Records] Out Soon on 20th January

<p>We are pleased to present you the third and final part of the &#8216;Passion Over Fashion&#8221; series. POF #3 includes 2 original tracks from Christian and Wehbba. &#8220;Someone Else&#8221; is a peak time tech house tune that always rocks the house. &#8220;Third Floor&#8221; is more techno and has a hypnotic synth line and a good dosage of energy. Thanks for supporting this project! Happy holidays and have a rocking new year!</p>

Christian Smith & Wehbba - Third Floor (Original Mix) [Tronic]

Coming 10. February 2014 on Systematic recordings

Robert Babicz - Venus Transit (Ripperton Remix) Soundcloud Edit

Amabassador - The Fade (Guy J mix)

Green Velvet - Electric Playground Podcast 2/1/14

Philosophy

Oceans

Pye Corner Audio presents his debut for the label with 2 EPs of Acid touched live jams. Martin Jenkins main electronic project, here he detours that on-going journey, the mysterious current of foggy soundtrack inspirations and fragments of techno, deep and dark 303 fuelled experiments, that are oft aimed at dark dancefloors.

After decades of experience working in London recording studios, his recent time near the South Coast has born fruition, with releases on a who’s who of electronic labels – Ghost Box, Type, Ecstatic and Lapsus – that showcased a fragility of electronics, mixing Radiophonic and Library sounds, touches of post punk aesthetics and the deep pulse of the 4/4, Jenkins (aka The Head Technician) has offered a series of timeless albums notable the heralded Black Mill Tape series.

Recording while the world was in lockdown, these EPs update Jenkins moody, retro-futuristic sound with a clear love of Acid House that can be traced back to halcyon raves of his youth.

The sparse sounds and spatial dub are all there, the favoured stripped back collection of equipment, often including the very first synth he owned, were pulled even further to be the crucial Roland RE-501 (Space Echo), Roland TR-06 and TR-08 drum machine, the audio alchemy of the Make Noise Stada and the all-important Cyclone TT-303.

Recorded live to reel-to-reel, then bounced back at half speed, lightly edited and transposed down an octave, the dark and murky acidtronics join the signature audio visual meets vintage touch.

From the pure club acid trax of opener Dust Acid to the deep 303 experiments of the aptly titled, Wanna Show U Acid and Magnetic Acid Four, Pye Corner Audio covers the cinematic, the psychedelic, to the dark, the basement throb, as only this master technician dreams.

B1. Pye Corner Audio - Wanna Show U Acid

A2. Pye Corner Audio - Magnetic Acid Two

Pye Corner Audio presents his debut for the label with 2 EPs of Acid touched live jams. Martin Jenkins main electronic project, here he detours that on-going journey, the mysterious current of foggy soundtrack inspirations and fragments of techno, deep and dark 303 fuelled experiments, that are oft aimed at dark dancefloors.

After decades of experience working in London recording studios, his recent time near the South Coast has born fruition, with releases on a who’s who of electronic labels – Ghost Box, Type, Ecstatic and Lapsus – that showcased a fragility of electronics, mixing Radiophonic and Library sounds, touches of post punk aesthetics and the deep pulse of the 4/4, Jenkins (aka The Head Technician) has offered a series of timeless albums notable the heralded Black Mill Tape series.

Recording while the world was in lockdown, these EPs update Jenkins moody, retro-futuristic sound with a clear love of Acid House that can be traced back to halcyon raves of his youth.

The sparse sounds and spatial dub are all there, the favoured stripped back collection of equipment, often including the very first synth he owned, were pulled even further to be the crucial Roland RE-501 (Space Echo), Roland TR-06 and TR-08 drum machine, the audio alchemy of the Make Noise Stada and the all-important Cyclone TT-303.

Recorded live to reel-to-reel, then bounced back at half speed, lightly edited and transposed down an octave, the dark and murky acidtronics join the signature audio visual meets vintage touch.

From the pure club acid trax of opener Stregan Acid and Thermionic Acid to the deep 303 experiments of the aptly titled, Magnetic Acid One and Magnetic Acid Three, Pye Corner Audio covers the cinematic, the psychedelic, to the dark, the basement throb, as only this master technician dreams.

B2. Pye Corner Audio - Magnetic Acid One

B1. Pye Corner Audio - Thermionic Acid

Put the Needle on It

Put the Needle on It (Radio Version)

JOAO CESER - 5TH DIMENSION - CORMIX053 CD1

DJ DEEP - SURGE - CORMIX053 CD1

PUBLICIST - SPREAD IT AROUND - CORMIX053 CD1

LUCIANO - 7 DIRECTIONS (DENNIS FERRER DRUM MIX) - CORMIX053 CD1

DJ PIERRE - WHAT IS HOUSE MUZIK (RICARDO VILLALOBOS WHAT IS REMIX) - CORMIX053 CD1

LUCA BALLERINI - IMPRESSIONS OF A DAWN (ALBA IN 4 4) - (C2 INTRO EDIT) - CORMIX053 CD1

Liquid Lunch

BITT104 - Agent Orange - Liquid Lunch

This September, Christian Smith will release his next full artist album titled ‘Input-Output’ consisting of 11 original productions once again displaying his prominence within the realms of underground music. Each track embodies Christian’s message of creating authentic techno, with powerful percussion and melodic basslines echoing out throughout the entirety of the album.

“This track is probably the tune with the most reactions on dance floor of this album. People go mad ;) I used the same “Shepard Tone” (rising sound) plug-in that I used in my track “Total Departure” which came out on Drumcode in 2008 and added yet another crazy siren sound on top of it. The result is total dance floor mayhem.” - Christian Smith

Buy on Beatport

Christian Smith - Blast Off (Original Mix) [Tronic]

Release date: August 1st 2016 on Beatport

Kaiserdisco - Bonkers (Original Mix) - Drumcode 159

We are delighted to finally release Eric Sneo’s bomb track ‘ Out of Step’. This track has been road tested by Christian at many festivals and clubs and we decided to release this track by itself as its strong enough. A big tribal groove, but modern sounding at the same time. This track rocks all the floors!


Eric Sneo - Out of Step (Original Mix) [Tronic]

The YellowHeads are back on Reload Black, going at full throttle with their latest smash, aptly-titled “New Age”. To spice things up even more, techno supremos Boris and Hollen take on remix duties and hand over two wicked renditions.
The Original sets off with a rumbling bassline, led by vocal snippets and sprinkled with a healthy assortment of classy chords, while its rocksteady rhythm section effortlessly paves the way for the constant building, thanks to the masterful arrangement and anthemic approach. Boris is up next, keeping the main theme intact but at the same time, gearing the track up with a mighty injection of drums and cavernous effects. Maintaining big room focus, Hollen delivers his own beefed-up interpretation, adding some of that playful feel-goodness, perfect for those full-on vicious arena moments.
Reload Black is again on top of its game, releasing peak-time records at warp speed with an ever ascending sound!

The YellowHeads - The New Age (Hollen Remix) - [Reload Black Label]

I'll Be There

King Henry X Sasha Sloan - I'll Be There

Keep Your Love On Me

Keep Your Love On Me (Oliver Nelson & Tobtok Remix) [feat. Gabriella Vixen]

I'm The One

I'm The One (Tyron Hapi Remix)

Shofar

Acid

Cocoon Recordings has been founded in the year 2000 as a part of the Cocoon Music Event GmbH. Sven Väth has initiated Cocoon Recordings in order to complete the Cocoon platform as a supporting tool for young artists in Electronic Music. The label philosophy is as simple as demanding: helping young producers and DJs to release their music without depending on Major Label structures. The releases can mainly be assigned to the genres Techno and House.

Cocoon Recordings as a label and Sven Väth as an artist stand for the use of vinyl as sound carrier, also in the future. Admittedly, the Digital Division of Cocoon Recordings has also been set up in 2008 and the numbers of downloads are indeed enjoyable. However, the label's focus is on vinyl, now and in the future. In order to complete the range of services that Cocoon Recordings offers, the publishing company Cocoon Publishing was founded in 2010.

JOAO CESER - 5TH DIMENSION - CORMIX053 CD1

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