"Always take from the past - avoiding the empty longings of nostalgia - with a view to understanding the new place it might hold in the future. Good Morning Tapes has done just that, and with the 90’s revival in something of a full swing, the label finally gets the chance to release a pivotal 10 year old mix that didn’t just ignite a curious wave of reflection and appropriation, it marked a culmination in the shifting sonic sands for its creator Mr. Alexis Le-Tan. His name needs little light thrust upon it in these hallowed cosmic halls, with his enduring and ever present mixes being a staple for those that know. 

Back to Disco Valley is arguably his most important mix - it both recontextualised a dirty and forgotten sound of the past, and facilitated a wave of new freedoms for those wishing to look backwards in order to move forwards. Most importantly it planted the seed for everything Full Circle to come.

 Back to Disco Valley is above all else a personal reckoning for Alexis and Joakim, it marked a moment when many problems inherent in a trapped older sound - with a sublime yet dated history of its own - could breath fresh life in the present day; a new slower realm was born. The slowing down of dance music is nothing new, and certainly where peak time beats have existed a spiritual shadow that revels in a slower ethereal space to dance has never been far away. 

Stylistically on one level, Back to Disco Valley might seem to build on what Baldelli or Loda were doing many years ago, and it certainly has that effortless charm, but it goes much further, not just in its re-appraisal of the frenetic fast paced sounds of Goa, but as a signifier of where many wanted to head on the dancefloor - towards a slower oasis - incorporating new releases and modern sounding rarities along the way. Indeed, in selecting the 33rpm dial rather than that marked 45, Full Circle at once opened up the new space inside a music some of us went bananas to 30 years ago, and at the same time made sense of a crucial yet forgotten heritage; a confession became a badge of honour.

 Coming back to Full Circle and its genesis: it was only a matter of time before the old Goa records would come back down from the racks and spawn a new life, and perhaps whilst Le-Tan cemented something a lot of us knew, Back to Disco Valley somehow liberated many of those early records from their stylistic shackles initiating a creative project that - along side the collaborative work with Joakim - has released a wave of inspirational edits and re-imaginations. 

Full Circle - in all its conceptual & metaphorical majesty - really has come to represent the most stylish of takes on past sounds, both in the realm of selection and re-working. It is certainly true that Back to Disco Valley - sounding now as it did then (to the select tuned ears that got to listen) - reflects a perfect meeting between an off-tempo past, present and future, being more than a functional assemblage, it revives many a lost memory, inspiring a new batch of ideas, and always looking back with a purpose.

"Back to Disco Valley" is available on cassette via the GMT Online Store.

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GMT52 Full Circle - Back to Disco Valley (Snippets)

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@PatternsofPerception take a trip North to Finland: HOMI (@kiuas)debuts with three original cuts of transfixing techno, and a work of wonder from the many-aliased VC-118A (@mohlao) completes the package for the Berlin party's second label outing.

V​ä​litila

HOMI - Välitila (VC-118A Remix)[Patterns of Perception]

Casinoboy - DB12 014 (Vinyl, 12") (Forthcoming April 30, 2024)
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Ethos Records presents "Dancing Poetry" : a poetic dance that sounds like a passage, a moment where different sounds meet. Let go of your mind, let yourself be carried away.
Second Various on Ethos Records brings together artists from the local and international scene. It's a meeting of genres, a dance ball where everyone expresses themselves in their own way. A musical celebration of our 2-year anniversary, "an enhancement of emotion, through a sensory journey".

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PREMIERE⚡️Yssue - Let Go [Ethos Records]

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Parisian-by-choice Detlef Weinrich aka Tolouse Low Trax turns the page again. Always willing for a new episode, notion, impulse, idea, ideal. Searching for some light out there. Now Kiosque Versions, a compilation compiled by himself, featuring seven edits by friends and treasured artists. They renew some rare TLT tunes, as well as hits, that never took the charts by storm. There is French legend and Tigersushi boss Joakim, edging the TLT winner Rushing Into Water from 2016. A guarded stepper, dancy, trippy, with an enchantress on his shoulder, that haunts your body and soul. The 2020 TLT tune Dawn Is Temporal, taken from his album Jumping Dead Leafs, comes as an old school hip hop leaning track, re-fashioned by New York’s Beat Detectives, including Amen-Break and nod-your-head vibes. Producer Ido Plumes from Bristol took Tristeros Empire home and worked it club-wise. A nervous beating modification, Detroit machines, motorway funk, cosmic gasps - pure driller killer. Glasgow's Dip Friso stays tense too. Echoes, tribal bounce, manic loops. Another driller in dub heaven. Like Paris based digi-dub explorers Froid Dub, who bring a great wave of warm grooves, making baroque-esk dub friends with Make Friends, a TLT track from his legendary three Volume strong 2016 Antinote sampler compendium. Their fellow countryman Simo Cell nervously metamorphoses A Song and a Photo Novella, a TLT soundtrack for a film by artist Nicolàs Guagnini. His version has all that bass, vibrates on an experimental subconsciousness, and aims the dancefloor with a stirring bouquet of rhythmic ideas. The dot on the I comes from TLT himself, remixing his very own music, translating the Gamelan melancholy of Subghosts, a tune from his 2010 debut album Mask Talk, into today, refined with dubby upsetting notes, a speed lift, and a very playful TLT groove. Let's turn the page.

Tracklist: 

1. Subghosts (Tolouse Low Trax Rework) 
2. A Song And A Photo Novela (Simo Cell 'Fabulous Santa' Edit) 
3. Dawn Is Temporal (Beat Detectives Dawn Redub) 
4. Milk In Water (Grim Lusk's Dub Version)
5. Rushing Into Water (Joakim's Elemental Edit) 
6. Tristeros Empire (Ido Plumes Blazer Quest Mix) 
7. Make Friends (Froid Dub Rework)

PREMIERE: Tolouse Low Trax - Tristeros Empire (Ido Plumes Blazer Quest Mix) [Bureau B]

We’re excited to present to you a new friendly compilation featuring four tracks. Inside, you'll find melodic indie dance from Astore and Vibe Impact, acid-infused afro rhythms by Classonix, and our standout track by Jordan Freak with a driving groove intertwined with the beautiful vocals of Lada.

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In the heart of Amsterdam, on the Haarlemmerdijk, there's a small cinema called "The Movies." Modest on the outside, it reveals a warm, old-world charm inside, with rich wood paneling, soft lighting, velvet seats, and deep crimson curtains.

Luigi, known as Artist BSS, is a regular at The Movies. Born and raised in Amsterdam, he finds inspiration in the cinema's unique atmosphere. This led him to create a song titled "The Movies," a tribute that captures the theater's nostalgic beauty and timeless appeal.

This song resonated with listeners, evoking the magic of The Movies. The cinema remains a beloved gem in Amsterdam, continuing to inspire all who visit.

The Movies

The heartbeat of the underground night. Dark atmospheres, pounding rhythms, and futuristic energy – curated for the shadows.
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"Sunset Streams" EP

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ART TEACHERS – "A.T." (S.O.T.P.) - JANUARY 2020. (17th) – (low resolution/mp3-snippets)
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> Longtime activists ART TEACHERS bestow to the world their utterance of Funk Realistique! Native to the periphery of an industrial hotspot in Central Europe the outfit models the world to their own conception. Realfunk, in that respect, needs no outright referring to its origins. Form and expression are skipping genre dictates and thus create another niveau. This elegant EP may whet the appetite for more... -

Art Teachers - "AT" (S​.​O​.​T​.​P​.​)[Out January 2020]

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GMT52 Full Circle - Back to Disco Valley (Snippets)

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