Welcome to the early hours within the institutions we call clubs: People arrive, have a chat, first drinks are ordered while decent music is playing in the back. Sascha Ciminiera out of Darmstadt-City is a prime example of making music just perfect for the occasion. The "Galerie Kurzweil" affiliate manufactures House Music that makes people move their feet even before the proper party starts (see "Lights" on Footjob for reference). In other words: "Milla calls" is the tune you will hear when entering the dance floor for the first time. Some senior experts even claim the best records gets played in the beginning of the night anyways. Grazie mille Sascha! At the same time Johannes Albert adds some more euphoria with his Metro Mix. Now get that party started, pleeease!

Sascha Ciminiera - Milla Calls (Johannes Albert Metro Mix)

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Taken from the album In Order To Dance 4.0 >> fanlink.to/RS2220

Belgian artist & producer Kris Vanderheyden has been a tour de force on the electronic music landscape ever since careering onto the scene in the early 1990s.  A regular collaborator with CJ Bolland (co-writing the landmark ‘The 4th Sign’ album release, as well as on the huge singles ‘Sugar Is Sweeter’ and ‘The Prophet’) as well as remixing global stars Blondie and Janet Jackson, Vanderheyden has also been knocking out bona fide rave classics under the Insider moniker.

Having already fired out releases for esteemed imprints such as Cocoon many big Belgian techno labels over the last three decades, ‘Something Flash’ surprisingly Insider’s first release for R&S Records under this alias. And the wait is most definitely worth it, as a rollicking club banger is put together, as Insider bares his teeth for a fusion of slamming, kinetic techno and pumping dancefloor grooves delivered with punk attitude.

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Insider - Something Flash (RS2216) [clip]

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Wallace - Willow EP
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Wallace - Masada

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Shir Khan Presents Welt Am Draht - a collection of Exploited dancefloor gold from 2023!
Shubostar’s colorful update on cosmic disco fits perfectly with the charms of Budakid’s ’Milestones’, with a bouncing off-beat bass line driving under heavily reverbed kicks and snares and a flurry of ascending arpeggios.
Brazil’s Renato Cohen is a perfect match for Sandhog’s ‘Accent’, bringing his new school electro/Italo touch to the proceedings with a knowing nod to New Order’s monumental classic ‘Blue Monday’.
‘Alte Liebe’ by Berlin’s Micropacer will send you over the edge. An absolutely stunning melodic progression underpins the undulating bass and relentless piano stomp of this one, recalling classic Italo / piano house with its jubilant feel and soaring pads.
AIKON from Kyiv reworks Claptone's classic 'United' from 2014 and gives it a heavy update for the dancefloor.
Joyce Muniz delivers dark Italo slammer 'Balin Bali', produced alongside rising Mexican star, Theus Mago.
‘Building Up’ by Enduro Disco is built on a solid foundation of nu disco texture but with a chunkier house edge.
On ‘High Energy’ by Mexican producer Levantine, distorted kicks suck at a tense synth arpeggio while in the distance a dramatic melody plays amidst a church-like reverb.
Barcelona’s Baldo revisits the gorgeously colorful ‘Dream Of You’ from Istanbul’s rising talent Zeynep Erbay, taking it on one hell of a trip.
NEAT’s ‘DYR’ is a beautiful, delicate, unhurried gem of a track, dripping in sensuality. Shimmering percussion and delayed claps lay a foundation atop sorrowful sustained organ-esque pads.
‘Fantasia’ by Kadosh builds slowly through a dramatic minor key bass line and shimmering metallic fuzz to suddenly explode into life with a stunning, sorrowful main riff that rocks a distorted 8-bit electro vibe.
Madrid duo Depaart rock the slick, acidic cut ’And You’ with a real air of sophistication about it.
Studio Barnhus affiliates Måns Glaeser (from swedish Off The Meds) and Basement Space team up for ‘Hollywood Cole’ - a cute breakbeat track peppered with old skool rap & diva vocals, shimmering electric piano chords and a thick, undulating bassline.
Marvin & Guy up the tempo for Joyce Muniz & Theus Mago’s track ’Balin Bali’ to a pacey house bounce and lay on some gentle electro textures.
London duo Make A Dance go deeper on their rework for Budakid’s ‘Milestones’, building through gated snips of the vocal, pulsing pads, Latin snare patterns and subtle bleep riffs and delays to reach a heady, hypnotic place.
Fabrizio Mammarella does the damage on his version of ‘Nechama’ by Sandhog, teasing us slowly with ticking techno percussion that ebbs and flows, he gradually reveals the synth chords amidst giant snare hits and pulsing cymbal rides.
Atlanta-based Sejva closes the compilation with ‘We Only Want To Be Bad’, flexing Hi-NRG muscle with its off-beat bassline, snazzy melodies and campy vocals. A masterclass in retro revivalism.
All in all this is a great eclectic dance compilation.

Artist: Various Artists
Release: Shir Khan Presents Welt Am Draht 2023
Label: Exploited
LC: 15799
Cat: EXPDIGITAL249
Publishing: Exploited Ghetto Music Publishing/Sony ATV
Beatport Pre-order: 05.01.24
Release Date Streaming/Global Download: 12.01.24

Shir Khan Presents Welt Am Draht 2023

Hollywood Cole

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Mans Glaeser & Basement Space - Hollywood Cole | Exploited

In 2015, Compost Records reaches two landmarks: We celebrate our 20 years label anniversary and we release catalogue number 500, which reveals „COMPOST 500“, a memorable collection of brand new, unreleased tracks plus a lot of highlights and undiscovered pearls from the Compost vault of the past two decades.

COMPOST 500 is included as download code in the jubilee book „SOUL / LOVE – 20 Years Compost Records“, a 250-page book, packed with stories, about 450 fotos, memorabilia, anecdotes, music, covers and comments from ca. 60 companions, remixers, friends and artists, including illustrious characters like:
Sven Väth, Laurent Garnier, Robag Wruhme, Danny Krivit, Hans Nieswandt, Gerd Janson, Permanent Vacation, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Solomun and many more.

Get „SOUL / LOVE – 20 Years Compost Records“ here: http://www.compost-rec.com/shop/book/20-years-compost-records-book/

COMPOST 500 is divided in three chapters:
- „FRESHLY COMPOSTED“ (previously unreleased) ...and two „Best Of’s“ of the Compost catalogue:
- „SOME MICHAEL REINBOTH FAVOURITES“
- „HIDDEN GEMS“ (Top B-sides, secret weapons & undiscovered pearls of the Compost back catalogue)

#1 FRESHLY COMPOSTED
The Freshly Composted serie (50, 100, 250, 300) always represents a musical snapshot of Compost Records, bringing together a variety of genres and vibes, all produced by some of the finest artists at the moment.
This “COMPOST 500 – Freshly Composted” episode includes previously unreleased tracks and remixes by Siren, Mark E, Mathias Schaffhäuser, Claudio Ricci & Megablast, SHOW-B, Robinn, Marbert Rocel, Emilie Nana and Compost Allstars (consisting of Christian Prommer, Beanfield’s Jan Krause, Roland Appel and Michael Reinboth) featuring Robert Owens and others.

#2 SOME MICHAEL REINBOTH FAVOURITES
In this chapter, our label head Michael Reinboth picked some of his fave tunes from the Compost back catalogue, including the works of Carl Craig, Âme, John Talabot, Todd Terje, Moonstarr, Jay Shepheard, Beanfield, A Forest Mighty Black and more. Of course there are much more, but those timeless tracks played a significant role in the Compost history.

#3 HIDDEN GEMS
The third chapter of COMPOST 500 points out a selection of top B-sides, secret weapons and undiscovered pearls from the Compost vault. You’ll find a lot of solid, but barely explored material here, such as tracks and remixes by Psychemagik, Henrik Schwarz, Zero dB, Move D, John Tejada, Christian Prommer, Lexx and more!

Compost 500 - Freshly Composted

I Wish I Knew

Marbert Rocel - I Wish I Knew

An edit made with love, in my own way, of the timeless “In the Air Tonight” by Phil Collins. Free download available.

Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight (Chris Piece Edit) [Free Download]

three little notes - story of insomnia (original mix)

Black Purple (Correspondant)

Shit Robot - Tuff Enuff (Michael Mayer Remix)

This is a 128 kbps extract from the original track.
Mixed & mastered by SCAN X.

"Better Days" EP Released :
Collectors Edition (100) 12inch during Astropolis # 19
Vinyl 12inch in September
Digital the 30th of September

Better Days [Astropolis Records]

We are celebrating 10 years of Tamed Musiq!

Here is the first collection of Remixes from the Tamed Musiq Catalogue.
It come with an exclusive remix i did myself from Iron Curtis's Upstream colors! Took me just 2 years to complete it :)

In this collection you'll find remixes by Bicep, Soulphiction, Ron Basejam, Crowdpleaser, Gerd, Margaret Dygas, North lake, Lo Shea, Andy Hart, Deetron, Baikal or Skudge!
Yep, Just that!
Every track is available also individually.
Mastered by Oliver LIeb.

Take good care
x
Ripa”

Shit Robot - Tuff Enuff (Michael Mayer Remix)

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