Est.2004

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"Lebensfreude" means zest of life. 
The label emerged 2004 out of a party series of the same name in Berlin. You may imagine what Berlin parties used to be back then, and how the name came about. And by that name we stood. We always put out music that was meant to be enjoyed. On the dancefloor or off. Dark, weird or pop. Techno, House or everything in between. It’s never been about a genre. It’s never been about a format, a medium, stardom, or a tone. And it’s never been about success. It’s always been about an attitude towards life. Call it punk or simply, Lebensfreude. Wildly eclectic, we release music we love, are intrigued by or that puts a smile on our faces. 13 years in and re-listening most of it still stands well against the ravages of time and the hype cycles of a contemporary electronic music industry that shouldn’t have become an industry in the first place. 
Guys, relax and be a little bit more Lebensfreude. But that just on a side note. 
We had small artists and big (Ruede Hagelstein), budding artists and successful ones (Douglas Greed), artsy artists and straightforward ones (Mathias Schaffhäuser), intellectuals and down-to-earthlings (Gunne & Zuckermann, or vice versa)))), but all of them carried the flame of a passion that put music first. Music and what it conveys. Music and what it can mean. Music that makes a difference - because it is different. More than just a tool, more than just a streamed commodity, more than just fabricated feelings to cover up those moments of emptiness, Lebensfreude and its records stand for the joy to be out there, to be alive. 

After some excursions into the spheres in between electronic and pop with the just released albums by Stereofysh and Pentatones, we will cut back for a while to that dancefloor where it all started from. Oliver Chlass’ new EP coming out in September will just be the beginning of a re-focused journey that will mostly be aiming at providing rather interesting music for the clubs. And that will have a bigger emphasis on the work by label heads Gunne, Zuckermann and Hans Klavier. Time to be lebensfreudig about our own music a bit more. In that respect and having gone full-circle, Zest of Life is the old Punk (with an improved haircut).

Beat and Rhythm addict. 
Label owner of HUSH and Mistress Recordings.

Founded by Insect O. aka Oliver Hartmann in 1998 and co-runned by Soren Matschiste from 2006 - 2010 Etui Records has been released over 30 vinyl releases, 7 compilations and several digital only releases. In 2011 Etui started the new vinyl series Etui Low Tech Dub to focus on the deep and dubby side of techno and transfer it into an up-to-date audioframe


With Etui Winter Camp compilation series, Etui brings you a musically fireplace for cold moments with beautiful sounding tracks between ambient, dub and techno.

Dapayk, Dapayk solo, Dapayk & Padberg, Marek Bois, Dredl Kibosh, Flake Eigenbroed, Niklas Worgt, Siggy Vintage... whatever!

Booking Contact: Karsten > booking@paracou.de

Music Label & Home of Podcasts for Electronica & Downtempo. Older releases are more related to deep & minimal house. Well just mean no stagnation, we enhanced. 


The journey of Fine Beatz began in 2001 with the goal of becoming a music label. However, Fine Beatz started by dipping their toes into the world of techno by putting on live events, supporting events and acting as a booking agency. It took this experience, working in music production with our Fine Beatz artists and five years before the „Fine Beatz EP" was released in 2006. During this five years, the Fine Beatz brand was becoming more and more popular due to the exposure from putting on various events with new kinds of sounds, as well as the first radio broadcast (2003). Fine Beatz has always made quality a main priority, so after 5 hectic years of finetuning our skills, in 2006 the music label was born and ready to say hello to the worldwide music market. The style & philosophy of Fine Beatz is simple: embrace the ever changing styles of techno and produce high quality music.

The DBH Music Distribution GmbH, founded in 2007, has established itself as one of the few leading worldwide vinyldistributors for electronic clubmusic. Providing a worldwide customer network, including all relevant stores and partnerdistributors, the idea of spreading high quality underground clubmusic is the driving force behind the Frankfurt (DE) based team. Dedication to the product and love for the music is the key, no matter if talking about vinyl or digital distribution.

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