I Can't Sleep was originally written back in 2012 while working on tracks for the Won Ton Sunrise LP. It didn't make it onto the album, but in 2020 a new version was recorded with Okinawa Delays and released on Archipelago Records. This dub version of the original 2012 demo is available now from Jansen Jardin (see buy link).

I Can't Sleep (Original Demo Dub Version)

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The living legend has been in business for 25 years and has not lost a bit of freshness. In his usual manner, he returns with playful vocals and undeniable chopped up groove, Matthew Herbert at his best.

15 Years Drumpoet

It all started with a community of DJs and beatmakers. Inspired by the various electronic techno + house tingled music from Detroit and Chicago and a deep passion for UK bass music as well as US hip hop and 70’s soul-jazz. This crew of guys from Zurich and the surrounding area combined all of that and started creating a sound which they called b-boy house and teknowsoul. The first bunch of releases brought international breakthrough and artists like Soultourist, Quarion, Cavalier, The Lost Men, and John Daly left a deep impact and sparked the interest of the global dance scene. Back then Alex Dallas hosted the Loud Minority Nights at the infamous Dachkantine in Zurich, inviting special and like-minded international guests. Accompanied by the artists of the Drumpoet Community, this night became a blueprint and was continued in Alex's new club Zukunft (founded in 2005) and to this day the Drumpoet's host institutional nights there.

The club was always the spot where it all came together and where the new music was tested. it was clear from the very beginning that it had to embrace joy, passion, dedication, and positivity. Ron Shiller and Alex Dallas share the same philosophy when it comes to music. They do not jump on trends quickly. In contrary to the usual mechanisms of the hype dance music industry, they let the music breathe like a bottle of good old wine and take the time it needs to present timeless quality dance music.

This compilation manifests the long history of the label, the friendships made over decades, and the honest love for dance music. Drumpoet is more than proud to present a compilation celebrating the label's 15th or even 16th anniversary, with special performances by iconic artists such as Herbert, Roman Flügel, Frank Wiedemann, Manuel Tur, Lauer, John Daly, Kalabrese, Manuel Fischer, Nicola Kazimir, Ripperton and Jimi Jules. A journey into the world of sounds, profound without dogma and as brave and innocent as it gets.

15 YEARS DRUMPOET-Compilation available from 23.09.22 Limited 3-LP-Vinyl incl. special DRUMPOET-Bandana!

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Soundcloud: @drumpoet

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Exclusive Premiere: Matthew Herbert "Air" (15 Years Drumpoet Compilation)

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Idjut Boys - Freebird Instrumental

Forthcoming BSR003 - Joe Morris Emerald Mountain

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Back right in time for open-air action with a choice four-tracker on the quality-driven @kitjen, @beesmunt-soundsystem deliver a dazzling symphony of lushly-textured soundscapes, balearic grooves and organic house beats. We caught up with David and Luigi to find out what makes them tick in and out of the studio.

Beesmunt Soundsystem - Aqua Como [Kitjen]

"Dinner In The Jungle - Instr." 12" By Alessandro Scellino - Priv Press Austria, 1986 - SOLD

My Friend Dario is in a real creative purple patch, and Hell Yeah are helping him get his music out there in quick time this spring. After the first two track single My Friend Andrea / Horn comes a second one Tora / Kiki, that shows off yet another side to the Italian producer.

Dario has a sound infused with world music and has released a number of EPs on this label before, recently remixed Calm, and has formerly collaborated with label boss Marco during their breakbeat days. His music always gets big support from disco and balearic communities around the world and he has many different styles in his arsenal.

'Tora' is a rich and supple roller with lush synths, drums and bass all making groovy pillows in which to sink your mind. It's subtly joyous and brims with feel good musical vibes as it fuses house, downtempo, synth and disco in perfect fashion. The golden glows of 'Kiki' are a little more loose, with playful bass riffs and glowing chords rubbing up next to rump-wiggling percussion that will soundtrack the moment the sun disappears and the party gets a little more mischievous.

As well as these two EPs on Hell Yeah, Dario has a new live show ready to go and vinyl EP in conjunction with Phat Phil Cooper's NuNorthern Soul label so there is no stopping him now.

Tora / Kiki

Tora

My Friend Dario - Tora

October 2020: Eclectics release Camino (Remixes) by James Bright w/ Vanity Project and Statues

James Bright - Back Roads (Statues Remix)

Released on Goranga Music >  https://gourangamusic.com/music

Artwork: Meta Wraber >  http://www.metawraber.com

Ultrapasa

Lewie Day – aka Tornado Wallace – ups the meteorological ante and turns in some laser-guided, ethno-hypno, eco-lectro jams for the eighth Beats In Space Records release.

The three tracks of Tornado Wallace’s Desperate Pleasures EP sound like the work of a comfortable yet adventurous producer who isn’t afraid to take a simple yet exotic theme and stride to the other side of the jungle. According to Wallace, this is “music for darker times in warmer climes, for where there is sun there are shadows.”

What began as in-the-moment experiments with an assortment of old synths, drum machines, and dusty library records evolved into three super dapper, viscerally contaminated compositions, each one more zoned in / out than the next.

Drawing from 70s kraut, 80s post-punk, electro, and 90s house and trance, the ten plus years of producing / DJ experience that Wallace boasts allow for all of these elements to fuse together quite tastefully and strikingly at that. Ultimately, these Tornado jams dodge genre conventions for a curious and compelling outcome.

Each 12″ from Beats in Space Records features original artwork in considerate and serial form. This 12″ features the tropical creature comforts of Californian Steven Harrington and comes on tri-colored, Day-Glo splattered wax. The 12″ packaging constructed by Will Work For Good features a removable vinyl BIS logo cling.

Tornado Wallace’s Desperate Pleasures will be released on June 18, 2013 on Beats In Space as a limited edition 12” and digitally.

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Tornado Wallace "Desperate Pleasures" BIS008

"If you didn't know, Hell Yeah is the Italian label hell-bent on releasing the best modern disco(ish) you can find. Sometimes it's blissed out and Balearic, sometimes it's squelchy and down-right weird and sometimes it's the sort of elongated, tribal stuff that works dancefloors into a salacious frenzy" (Kristan J Caryl - DJ MAG January 2014)


Hell Yeah Recordings, a descendent of leading Italian dance label Mantra Vibes is an Italian-based electronic music label active since 2006. Releasing from Ferrara, Bologna, and Amsterdam and led by Marco Gallerani “peeDoo” (A&R), the label bases its philosophy on a diversity of artists and recording experiences tied together by a common vision of what defines quality progressive recording. 

With a sound as diverse as the artists it represents, Hell Yeah does not limit itself to the constraints of genre but packs a complex palette of sounds ranging from techno to minimal-nu-rave to electro-funk and tech house.  Artists as varied as Radio Slave, Santos, Umek, Oliver Koletzki, Congorock, 3iO, Crimea X and the mighty Balearic Gabba Sound System have helped establish Hell Yeah’s eclectic sound, a distinct take on party music loaded with a sonic Balearic feel good vibe that has made press around the world hail Hell Yeah as a label to watch, always

Hell Yeah aims to build upon its current reputation as a leading Italian Electronic Music play, overseeing the release of a series of progressive productions that straddle genres, defy conventions and blur barriers between listening and dance music. Stemming from Hell Yeah’s initial graphic identity formed by Neverending’s Rocco “the Boghe” Pezzella, new mind-bending web and label artworks from Italian artist Andrea Amaducci and the Berlin-based Ice Cream For Free collective promises complete visual as well as aural stimulation.

info/bookings: 
marco@pplayground.com

My Friend Dario - Tora

Hell Yeah Recordings

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