Panthera Krause joins the Lobster Theremin stable with a mid-summer trip into the heart of the sun. Drawing on a plethora of classic house influences, Krause weaves these into a style which is a at once recognisable yet uniquely his own, production-wise drawing as much from the MPC-led West Coast beat scene as the European house approach. 

'Rules' kicks off the EP with a serious throwing of the gauntlet.. A slightly shuffled beat being quickly overtaken by a groove-hefty wandering bassline that bobs it's way around a melodic 8-bar refrain, suddenly smothered and smudged by the glowing warmth of sun-tinged pads. Pure summer analogue headiness distilled into 6 minutes of terrace-slaying bliss. 

On the flip, 'Rewo' takes a dusty shakin' drum pattern and filters a cut-throat sampled 'n' filtered piano stab into the mix. All seemingly harmless until the gargantuan sub bass comes rumbling into the fray. Solid lobster pool-party action on a 5* LA hotel rooftop. 

Closing out the EP, and moving things into edits-y territory, is 'Them Flutes'. Although debatable whether there are actually discernible flutes in the track, the final number is built around a looping proto-disco element that steadily evolves while shoving a cattle-prod to the hips when those periodic chords hit.

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LT007 // Panthera Krause - Rules EP

via Pitchfork...

When Birmingham, England-based producer Mark E burst onto the scene, he did it slowly. Taking cues from the likes of Theo Parrish and Moodymann, Mark E's early edits (be they of Womack & Womack, Diana Ross or Miss Jackson) were woozy in all the right ways, just clocking in over 100 BPMs, a rarity for most house tracks.
But he's picked up velocity ever since, his full-lengths Stone Breaker and Product of Industry now going the speed limit. For his first single on L.A. label ESP Institute, Mark E takes his foot off the gas a bit with "Laurentian Abyss", which namechecks the underwater valley off the coast of Canada (or else makes a Transformers reference). It's hard to tell what's beefier on "Laurentian Abyss": the synth stabs or the flanged kick. Both bounce and pack a wallop. But as the track chugs along, a train-like clacking appears underneath and between the hand percussion and chopped-up keys, a bit more space opens up. Not quite an abyss, but it floats.

—Andy Beta

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/17417-mark-e-laurentian-abyss/

[ESP025] MARK E - Laurentian Abyss

Team McQueen

jenevelle2

A very understated, almost folk-ish disco 12" from Boston. 7min of mellow bliss, sounding just right to my ears on one of the first chilly days of fall. Not sure if this is going to blow up the floor at the disco anytime soon, but then there's enough tracks to do that - and very few that can take you to the place this one does. 

Evans Pyramid - Never Gonna Leave You (Funk)

DC Promo Tracks #16 is from the forth coming sampler 12" on my favorite new label @ken-oath-records. 

Pre-Order: 
http://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/80175-ken001-ken001-va

Pre-Order

DC Promo Tracks #16: Low Flung "Floaty Time"

Using a previous remix of Vangelis Katsoulis as the framework, 'Tripping Beauty' adds robust percussion and aqueous bleeps and bloops to a twinkling, cosmic undercurrent. 

Taken from @Telephones' debut album on Gerd Janson's @runningback.

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2016/10/05/premiere-telephones-tripping-beauty/
Listen on Youtube: bit.ly/telephones-tripping-beauty

Telephones - Vibe Telemetry LP

Listen on Youtube

Telephones - Tripping Beauty (STW Premiere)

The climate within the glasshouse was murky and warm. The heat poured prominently through the long windows as the plants soared elegantly into the sunshine up above. On level ten, an environment was blossoming, one left untouched by man and machine. In this place nature would thrive and flourish for generations to come as the chimes echoed in the hollow space. 

Munro is set to release a new two track EP on XVI Records. Two truly wicked tracks packed with summer enthusiasm and vibes a plenty.

XVI017

PREMIERE: Munro - Environments Ten [XVI Records]

Fresh one off the Donor Goes To Hawaii 12"

Video by Wojtek Skrzypczyński here: https://youtu.be/whly1lSxKws

Pick your poison - 

Vinyl:
http://www.juno.co.uk/products/richu-m-donor-goes-to-hawaii/661671-01/
https://www.pbvinyl.com/products/richu-m-donor-goes-to-hawaii-ep
https://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/88971-ya011-richu-m-donor-goes-to-hawaii-ep
https://www.amoeba.com/donor-goes-to-hawaii-12-richu-m/albums/3976819/
https://www.deejay.de/Richu_M_Donor_Goes_To_Hawaii_YA011_Vinyl__282831

Digi:
https://www.beatport.com/release/donor-goes-to-hawaii/2096744
https://itunes.apple.com/tt/album/donor-goes-to-hawaii/id1273815803

Richu M - Aquarian Mummies

Insane! Killin’ it!
What’s that?
This GROOVE, man! I’m losing my mind!


The Hague record label https://soundcloud.com/times-are-ruff teams up with the Italian https://soundcloud.com/il-garage crew to bring ‘Croccante’, a guaranteed club hit for your summer dancefloor.

Release date - 30/03/18

Text by http://soundcloud.com/kikitoao

PREMIERE - Il Garage - Croccante (Times Are Ruff)

Cottam - ELE 005 A1) Perfect Love Affair

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