Come Back Home

Come Back Home (Prins Thomas Diskomiks)

In the digital age, the compilation has lost much of it’s former glory. Not too long ago it was an indespensable format for the music-lover. Was it brilliantly compiled and telling a special story, the compilation was a significant gain as a particularly successful artist album.

In recent times, the compilation has been cheapened with generic ’Ibiza’ and ’Miami’ labelling as the genre compilation all but dissapeared from the scene.

This brought DJ T. to an idea, to create an homage to this nearly extinct format. As vol. 1 of the project is supposed to be a highly visible counterpoint to the ubiquitous, mostly House and Techno-stocked season sets and theme compilations, his choice fell on Disco; one of the oldest species in club music. Disco is currently experiencing a sort of rennaissance, with many young, and until recently, completely unknown artists and labels carrying the heritage on by working with new and contemporary definitions.

Naturally limited by the selection of works available digitally, DJ T. chose a very personal array of 43 tracks to give the connoisseur an overview of the newest branches in the Disco-tree and to cover as many diverse genres the last three decades have seen.

As the ’cherry on top’, the compilation contains a handfull of exclusive and unreleased tracks, including two new edits of the old DJ T. classics ’Philly’ & ’Funk On You’. Catz ’N Dogz appear with a remix of ’Dis’, the big hit of his second album. DJ T. also put his hands on one of his favourite classics ’Around The House’, one of the early works of the Hamburg-Disco-King Tensnake. In addition there are two unreleased tracks from the two mexican artists Robbie Akabal & Muan and Damian Uzabiaga.

Enjoy!

DJ T. Presents United Under the Ball - 30 Years of Disco

Konrad Black - Coma Couch Surfing

Junior Boys - Hazel (Ewan Pearsons Extended Disco Edit)

James Blake "Limit To Your Love" H Foundation's Butterfly Effect Mix

Produced by FSQ. Honoring Sa'D Ali, a dear friend and long time collaborator. Happy birthday Sa'D 🤍

Pain & Beauty (Feat. Sa'D Hourchild)

James Bright - The Knight And The Sun

D.S.D. serves up a brand new EP of nu-disco slammers to brighten up the darkest nights.

Think Of You kicks things off with a 5th synth riff, niggling acid and solid nu-disco drums in perfect combination. Deep, hypnotic and ideal for any set, any time.

Flash Atkins and 2 Billion Beats take Think of You and give it some oomph. The riff is amped up, drums are toughened and tension builds to the break before the acid and rave piano produce a hands in the air moment.

Elemental is a mid temp disco chugger pinned down by conga driven drums, a nagging sub and arp. Things build with a piano as pads and EFX cast their cosmic magic.

Just Can't Stop takes a funky bass, vocal stabs, key and brass samples to create a low slung slab of deep groove. Just when things can't get any better, the acid hits.

My Heart keeps the spaced out 4/4 funk alive with a wandering bass, trippy keys, big pads, sampled vocals and delayed arps. Late nights and early mornings never sounded so good.

David Dunne: "REALLY strong EP - will defo get it into the show this weekend.

Chris Massey: "All biggies with plenty of swag & soul. Great remix tackle from Flash & 2BB, will support all these!"

"Fingerman: "Hard to pick a winner here but the Flash and 2BB remix is a big messmate on the Acid front with Just Can't Stop just bringing up the rear! Top banana!"

DiscoDaze: "Excellent set of tracks, will defo support"

Just Cant Stop

Buy/Stream

The Disco Rogues are back on Paper with a follow up release to their excellent Funk Moves and this sophomore E.P. If late night jacking and chugging dance floor action is your thing, step this way.

'Deep Point' is a murky and mucky slice of after-hours house music that has a locked down, heavy groove that is perfect for setting the scene or slowing things down when it's getting twisted.

'IF' is a cinematic hazy highlight that is hypnotic, psychedelic and aimed at the cosmos. Swirling synths and pads wrap around a hook synth stab to create something between 90s Balearica and a lost John Hughes soundtrack.

'Let It All Go' keeps it deep and and trippy with layered synths, guitars, pads and more to create a journey into the outer reaches of above and beyond. What a trip!

'You've Got The' closes off the package and sits perfectly into that 'classic Paper' deep house sound (yeah, we did it before it was all man bags and beards!). There are stubby chords, chopped up guitars, rolling bass and snappy percussion with just a hint of disco peppered over the top to keep things sweet.  This beauty will test the bass bins early doors and fill the floor while it's at it.

Fingerman: "Lovely warm bleepy goodness. Will support these!"

Alice Palace: "Lovely EP, all about Deep Point for me. Can see that getting rinsed"

From Beyond: "Lovely deep stuff. Deep Point is the one for me!"

Deep Point

Disco Rogues - Deep Point

80s inspired electronic, busy, melodic, obvious, WBgroove, lyrics to come

Gotta be a better way-pickle the future mix

'Fahrenheit' begins with tightly woven woodblock tones, sitting harmoniously alongside overdriven, reverb-soaked claps. The introduction of drum and cowbell brings up the pace and a growling bass provides the foundation, but as the track develops the many textures in its undergrowth become apparent. From sawtooth synths to the slap bass, echo’d voice interjections and glistening pan pipes, these are just some of the examples of what a close listen can uncover in Daniel T’s dense soundscape.   

'Fahrenheit/Celsius' is out February 10th on @cosmic-pint-glass.

Pre-order: bit.ly/2kFuOWh

@danieltmusic

Premiere: Daniel T – Fahrenheit [Cosmic Pint Glass]

♫ ⬇️ please follow me ⬇️ ♫

www.instagram.com/den_ishu

The latest release from Supernature and this one is hot! 
Already in the bag of Art Department, Tale of Us, and Davide Squillace. 

Den Ishu - High U Gonna Feel EP 

1. High U Gonna Feel 
2. High U Gonna Feel (Avatism Remix) 
3. Your Experience 
4. Say the Word 

This guy is no stranger to the underground world of dance music, 
having previously released on labels such as Desolat and Noir. 
Den Ishu appeared in collaboration with Superlounge a few months 
back on Supernature with the excellent ‘Get Back’ EP. 
This time he presents us with a real cut above the rest and a break 
from his previous trademark sounds. 

"High U Gonna Feel" is the Jewel in the crown here. Slow in pace but 
very chunky in nature, Den works the vocal sample and strings in a 
way that makes this track instantly recognisable. 
"Your Experience" is no less engaging, and thanks to his cleverly 
programmed bassline it becomes an absolute winner. 
Finally, "Say The Word" proves that Den is no one trick pony, he can 
shuffle around the tempos and melodies very easily. 
Avatism (Dumb Unit, Souvenir) provides a very different interpretation 
of "High U Gonna Feel" which will surely please those who like it deep. 
We are very excited about this EP and having tested it extensively on the 
road over the last few weeks we are finally ready to present it to you. 

Luca - Audiofly

Den Ishu - High U Gonna Feel [Supernature Records]

In today’s electronic music world there are not many artists who can lay claim to a legacy like that of DJ T. Born in Dusseldorf, DJ T. (aka Thomas Koch,) re-located to Frankfurt with his family in the late 70s. During his formative years, he fell for the hypnotic grooves of disco, inspired by his parents’ record collec-tion. At the age of nine he was already completely enraptured by music and that love affair continues until this very day. He began an obsessive quest to collect music, feeding his soul with everything from Disco and Hi-Nrg, through to early Hip-Hop and Electro, Soul, Funk and R’n’B. The groovy, infectious rhythms of all those genres continue to permeate into the music he makes and plays today, providing an intrinsic part of his sound ethic. 
He took up breakdancing, before becoming a DJ, playing at private parties ini-tially before landing his first professional gigs in the late eighties. This period proved to be a pivotal moment in his life as Acid House swept through Europe, landing in Frankfurt and taking over with the launch of Sven Väth’s legendary Omen club in 1988. The first wave of House and Techno took hold and T. was there at the forefront, absorbing all the fresh new sounds from Chicago, Detroit and the UK. He picked up a residency at the infamous Music Hall and held resi-dencies at countless clubs across the city during the next 10 years from Plastik and Dorian Gray to The Box. By the end of the nineties, he was one of Frank-furt’s best-known selectors. 
In 1989 DJ T. tapped into another side of his creative energy to set up Groove Magazine. Identifying a gap in the market and fuelled by a need to satisfy his own desire for specialised music journalism, which focused on his interests – namely underground dance music. Under his leadership the magazine was launched into the public’s consciousness and he guided Groove to become one of Europe’s premier dance music publications, which it still is today. 
DJ T.’s progression continued at a pace, as he launched his own club, Monza, using the experience gained through a decade of club events and tours under the Groove Magazine banner. He also invested his skills and knowledge into con-ceiving Get Physical – a label, which remains one of the world’s best- known House and Techno platforms. Though he left in 2010, T. still occasionally A&Rs for the label, lending his uncanny ability to uncover new talent to the seminal label. 
Production-wise, he has been consistent ever since his debut release, the ‘Mon-sterbaze’ EP with Steve Bug, which was released on Poker Flat in 2000. Since then, T. has released several well-received EPs, a slew of remixes and three al-bums, ‘Boogie Playground’ in 2005, ‘The Inner Jukebox’ produced with Tho-mas Schumacher in 2009 and ‘Pleasure Principle’ in 2011. His special touch has also been employed by numerous labels to curate compilation mixes , including ‘United Under The Ball – 30 Years Of Disco’ in 2011 and ‘The House That Jack Built Vol 1 & 2’ in 2012. In 2013 he celebrated 25 years of DJing with a very personal mix compilation, followed also by ‘Body Language 15’ and col-laboration with Defected and Strictly Rhythm to celebrate the latter’s 25th anni-versary. DJ T.’s reputation for being a master selector has been cemented by these superlative collections of music, each of which has received widespread praise, often featuring many of T.’s own edits of classic tracks. 
Despite so many accolades, his passion for music remains staunch, recently making several key changes to his professional life that have inspired him to explore new terrains. With hot new releases on AUS Music, Moon Harbour, True Soul and Jackathon representing his continued to desire to push his crea-tive boundaries. 
A highly-skilled DJ and producer and an A&R with an uncanny ability to dis-cover a nurture new talent, DJ T. is a master selector and one of the industry’s most influential figures.

Junior Boys - Hazel (Ewan Pearsons Extended Disco Edit)

DJ T.

Related tracks