Pre-order vinyl: 
https://needsnfp.bandcamp.com/album/needs-x-gvr-present-the-future-of-vinyl

Needs moves into the future of vinyl production partnering with Green Vinyl Records in Holland to produce a 100% recyclable record which uses 60% less energy cost compared to traditional vinyl production methods. This revolutionary step in vinyl history features the production skills of Saoirse, Reptant, Sansibar, Pugilist, LUXE and Hassan Abou Alam.

For Needs 009 we welcome another all-star lineup of producers, established and emerging, from around the world. Featuring room 1 ready techno from one of the scenes leading lights Saoirse; a bass heavy, electro-tech weapon from Melbourne's Pugilist; the cosmic electro baselines of the irrepressible Reptant; an otherworldly space excursion courtesy of Norway’s finest Sansibar; dancehall inflected acid trance from London-based up and comer LUXE; and to round things off some twisted breaky tech-house from Egypt’s latest export Hassan Abou Alam.

THE PROBLEM
With 4.3m vinyl sales in the UK last year (the 12th consecutive year of growth), it’s clear that vinyl is back in a BIG way. But the basic technological principles of record pressing have not changed for a century. While the vinyl boom has been a bright spot for physical media lovers and the record industry alike, pressing vinyl poses a more urgent environmental concern than it did in the format’s heyday. At times, the process can seem almost antithetical to green living. Records are made of PVC, which comes from refined oil and can take up to 1,000 years to decompose in a landfill. Traditional pressing machines are powered by steam boilers that require fossil fuels to generate heat and pressure; the water used is treated with anti-corrosive chemicals in order to prevent rusting, thus creating more wastewater. And that’s just the pressing procedure.

Consider, then, vinyl’s packaging and distribution. The ink that’s used to print cover art and liner notes is traditionally solvent-based, meaning it contains volatile organic compounds that can contribute to the production of ozone. Once the record is encased in a beautiful jacket, it’s then shrink-wrapped in plastic wrap before boarding a gas-burning, carbon-emitting truck to ship. Suddenly the choice to buy physical music shifts from an action that helps sustain an artist’s career, to one that potentially threatens broader sustainability.

THE SOLUTION
In 2019 Needs started conversations with Green Vinyl, a brand new pressing plant based in Holland, who have devised a revolutionary production method which uses injection moulding rather than steam energy, equalling 60% less energy cost than the traditional vinyl production. It also uses no PVC and is a 100% recyclable product, meaning you can dispose of it in your home recycling bin.

The other benefits are that the record sounds better (it has a wider frequency spectrum), it cannot warp, and it also has a longer play life.

The key features of a Green Vinyl produced record are:
- Injection Moulding instead of steam pressing
- 60% less energy cost 
- No PVC
 - 100% recyclable product
- Wider frequency spectrum - sound is equal or better than traditional vinyl pressing 
- Longer stamper life time - can be played more than 400 times (traditional vinyl starts to deteriorate after 100 plays)
- Rapid vinyl turnaround of 8 weeks (wait times are generally 12-16 weeks)
- No warping of records 
- No paper labels

Green Vinyl is currently the only pressing plant in the world with this technology and we are proud and honoured to be the first label to work with them and share this amazing new technology with you all.

Join us as we change the future of vinyl <3

B1. Sansibar - Sky Express (Needs 009)

Remixes by Earth Trax, Maara, Roza Terenzi, & Alex Kassian! 

Pleasure Planet is back in orbit, summoning their favorite producers to reimagine the two lead singles from their self-titled debut album.

Earth Trax transforms Go With Madness into a euphoric peak time corker. Full of smiles and surprises, it’s a pure endorphin rush, and masterclass in making an irresistible dance track.

Maara goes with madness, cranking up the bpm, and conjuring a version that is deep into prog territory. A propulsive proto trance journey through winds and dungeon echoes.

On her version of Alien, Roza Terenzi casts a hypnotic spell of ghostly melodies and vocal hooks. Her deeper interpretation takes listeners on a breakbeat mission through sizzling electronics and emotive sub bass.

Alex Kassian’s Sphinx Gate Mix of Alien closes it out by slowing things down and transporting Alien into nostalgic territory with melodic arps and peak Haceinda-era breaks and bass. If you listen to his emotional remix carefully enough, you may hear a vocal response from Kim Ann’s partner Cora in its final fleeting moments. 

Alien (Roza Terenzi Remix)

LA-based artists and Sensory Signal co-founder Capes and Adult Hits join forces for the tenth release on Ransom Note offshoot Human Endeavour Records.

Mirroring the sonics that the pair champion at their parties, ‘Stellar Bodies’ explores visceral acid, electro and breakbeats that stimulate the mind, body and soul.

Stellar Bodies it out now: https://humanendeavour.lnk.to/StellarBodies

Move Your Body

Capes & Adult Hits - Move Your Body

DSNTMTTR

SPILL

Hypnagogia EP

Dreamscape

RELEASE DATE Digital + Vinyl 26/01/2018

Yaleesa Hall is back on his home label Will & Ink with two EPs in quick succession. After releasing his debut album in 2016 this is the first solo output from the Amsterdam based producer on the label. This first EP is entitled Zoe Hayley Laura and features a trio of tracks that melt electro, techno and broken beats in arresting ways. Opening up the EP is Zoe Price, a silky electro track with shooting synths and big downward bass strikes that add real depth. It's a urgent and arresting affair to wake up the floor. Hayley Roach then has much more forceful drums that come in one two punch combinations to the gut. Synths writhe and gurgle up top as pads rise up and down the scale and the whole thing is brilliantly large. Laura Pomeroy then rocks back and forth on its heels, with train track like percussion and malfunctioning machine stabs. It’s a real tussle between different elements and locks you right in as a result. Once again then, the irrepressible Yaleesa Hall leads from the front.

Zoe Hayley Laura

Yaleesa Hall - Zoe Price (WNK012)

POLLINATION RECORDS 2019

CD AVAILABLE FRIDAY 1st FEBRUARY

RECORDED AND MIXED IN MERIHAKA, HELSINKI

MASTERED AT BLACKHEAD STUDIOS BERLIN

RAD - Systems (Sansibar Remix)

12" vinyl & digital EP out now: mechatronica.bandcamp.com/album/breakout

check the video here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXj4IgdmoZo

All tracks: soundcloud.com/mechatronicamusic/sets/teslasonic-composite-profuse-breakout-mtron011

Italian producers Teslasonic and Composite Profuse (aka. Heinrich Dressel) present a powerful and spacious electro record for the 11th release on our main label, splitting each side of the EP and remixing one another to full effect.

The Breakout EP is an electrifying journey into their vision of electro, drawing on new inspiration and decades of musical output on a long list of labels incl. Bunker, Shipwrec and Composite Profuse's own MinimalRome.

From the dazzling cosmic funk of 'Golden Sphere' and 'Teleforce' to the strange and dark spheres of 'Ausser Betrieb' and 'Thronic', the two producers present a captivating outlook on the electro sound, bound to move bodies and transport minds.

In most record shops and digital stores:

UK 
Juno - bit.ly/2Eanahd  
Phonica - bit.ly/2SkYUOt 
Unearthed - bit.ly/2Th6VII 
Coldcuts - bit.ly/2GIuYua
 Redeye - bit.ly/2BOXt5m

DE
Hardwax - bit.ly/2W2Y7nF
 HHV - bit.ly/2GKb9mg 
Decks - bit.ly/2Sjr0d7 
Deejay - bit.ly/2TdvDd6

NL
Pinkman - bit.ly/2JgglAI 
Clone - bit.ly/2NngAbx

Digital:
Beatport - bit.ly/2F68TCF 
iTunes - apple.co/2W3ealg

Distribution:
Triple Vision - bit.ly/2SZckFc 
Clone - bit.ly/2GILLO6

Discogs: bit.ly/2Nod8xn

Teslasonic - Golden Sphere

Remix of Colophon's 'State Vector' for Dutch label Lowercase Life

Digital: https://lowercaselife.bandcamp.com/track/state-vector-hymns-re-image

On sale digitally/on vinyl from 03/05/2019 at:
Beatport - https://bit.ly/2WumM5a
Clone - https://bit.ly/2J0OHGX
Hardwax - https://bit.ly/2JhlIxP
Juno - https://bit.ly/2VN257m

Buy on Bandcamp

Colophon - State Vector (Hymns Comb Bleep Re-Image)

The title track from my upcoming record on @kalaharioystercult

What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes.

“Digital native. Noun. A person born or brought up during the age of digital technology and so familiar with computers and the Internet from an early age.”

PRE-ORDER:

Juno - https://bit.ly/2JvXO0K
Redeye - https://bit.ly/2PxvdvU
Phonica - https://bit.ly/2N1k5pD
Cold Cuts//Hot Wax - https://bit.ly/2poxVsY
Decks - https://bit.ly/34b5y07
Bandcamp - https://bit.ly/31WJPra

Escape Artist - Digital Natives [Kalahari Oyster Cult]

@sputnik_one
Modern sounds coming from Dublin's young and promising new talent Sputnik One. Ethereal pads swell beneath quirky perks and a slamming Breakbeat rhythm. Peak floor stuff.

Out Now!
Clone: tinyurl.com/LKR008-Clone
Redeye: tinyurl.com/LKR008-Redeye
Juno: tinyurl.com/LKR008-Juno
Lobster: tinyurl.com/LKR008-Lobster
Deejay: tinyurl.com/LKR008-Deejay
Decks: tinyurl.com/LKR008-Decks
(More to come)

Digital Pre-Order: tinyurl.com/LKR008-BC
Releasing 10.02.2020

Exertion VA II

B1 // Sputnik One 'Isolator'

out on @salt-mines, @lkrrecords, @oscillate et al

@coolroomtv co-founder

conversations: jacob.cusumano[at]gmail.com