Radiogame / As It's Loud by 5eya (Say-ah) was originally released on Sharooz's La Bombe label in 2010, but only on Beatport. Now it has a full re-issue across streaming services and elsewhere via his usual label, MofoHifi. It's fat and full of funk but somewhat tasteful!  :-)

5eya - As It's Loud / Radiogame

BEATPORT : bit.ly/HarlemBeatport
iTUNES : bit.ly/HarlemItunes

"Harlem Breakdown" – the opening track from The Young Punx’ forthcoming 3rd album – is a fierce wall of funk guaranteed to get your stink face on.

In true 'Punx' style - mashing up genres and tearing up the production rule book – the act created this track by writing and performing their own take on the virtuoso horn-funk and jazz of 1970s New York. Performed by the punx and their regular live band, the music was recorded entirely on vintage 70s recording equipment for that authentic retro dirt. Then, back at base camp The Young Punx remixed and mashed up their own recording to build a filthy electro stomp like Daft Punk on Tequila and steroids.

*** Download the sheet music for this track! bit.ly/HarlemScore

(Also... check out Han Hoogerbrugge's crazed mini video for the track : www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tBmTSoADJU )

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MIXMAG TUNE OF THE MONTH – November
"A straight-up party rocker. The first release from their eagerly anticipated third album comes in the form of a 1970s New York jazz-funk roller which builds slowly, then suddenly unleashes a massive dose of phat beats and bass. Their boundless energy and infectious enthusiasm shines throughout with an underlying organic live feel that's perfect for that party atmosphere. We wait with bated breath for their forthcoming new album out later this year. 9/10" - Mixmag November 2013

The Young Punx - Harlem Breakdown

Maison J is the Nu-Disco / Turbofunk alter ego of Tokyo based hiphop artist Jackkn (Jay). Following on from releases on Stardust Records and Reset!'s Body Heat imprint, here Jay cuts and splices from Japanese City Pop deep cut "Never Touch Again" by Toshiki Kadomatsu to make a mid tempo disco house groover in the MofoHifi / Heavy Disco style.

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Maison J - Tokyo Touch (edit)

London-based Italian producer 5eya ("Say-ah")finally gets a full release for his beautiful mid-tempo disco anthem "Cuttings". Assembled from a smattering of semiquaver disco fragments the end result is miraculously smooth and groovy.

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5eya - Cuttings (Edit)

Italian disco dons Birdee and Fire Flowers go head to head in this remastered re-issue on MofoHifi Records.

Birdee X Fire Flowerz - When The Evening Comes (MofoHifi Edit)

Electrofunkin Discobreakin – Seven years of Heavy Disco and MofoHifi

26 track chronological label retrospective available now (for under £6 / $8 !)

Includes tracks and mixes by Phonat, Steve Angello, Norman Cook, Avicii, Gramophonedzie, High Rankin, Riva Starr, Shinichi Osawa, DCUP, The Young Punx, John B,  Arveene & MiSK and more

In the seven years since the founding of partner labels MofoHifi and Heavy Disco, the 2 boutique electronica imprints have built a stellar reputation for sourcing great new electronic music which is simultaneously fresh and approachable. No chin stroking hipster cuts. No take the money and run commercial cheese. Just interesting new music by new producers with personality and something fresh to say. In addition to discovering and launching the careers of label regulars Phonat and The Young Punx, just check out the incredible list of artists who have released and remixed on the label: Avicii, Steve Angello, Riva Starr, DCUP, Gramophonedzie, High Rankin, Shinichi Osawa, John B, Sharooz, Olav Basoski, Don Diablo, Space Cowboy and many more. And the important thing to spot is that nearly every one of these artists released on MofoHifi BEFORE they had the big tracks that made them famous. They were all spotted by the MofoHifi A&R team and brought on board as promising new producers, who then went on to make their mark on the charts worldwide.

MofoHifi is expanding in 2012 with new artists (Bobby Tank, Alizzz, Fanny Games, Fire Flowerz, 5eya, Birdee and more to come) and to celebrate they are releasing this 26 track chronological retrospective compilation featuring 6 previously unreleased tracks, including cuts from Hexadecimal, Binary Star, Medcab, The Young Punx, John B, Phonat, Mohito, Steve Angello, Sharooz, Deltawave, Krafty Kuts, Olav Basoski, Norman Cook, Avicii, Wez Clarke, Gramophonedzie, High Rankin, Shinichi Osawa, DCUP, Max Neutra, Polymath and Arveene & MiSK

Available now from iTunes (for under £6 / $8 )
http://itunes.apple.com/album/electrofunkin-discobreakin/id531498320
Beatport
http://s.beatport.com/LaUqQT
Juno
http://www.junodownload.com/products/1977816-2.htm


Mohito - Slip Away (Steve Angello Dub)

Sharooz - Hell Yeah

The Young Punx - You've Got To... (Norman Cook Mix - Alternate version)

Sharooz - Adrenalize (Phonat's Deconstructive Mix)

Bouncy citypop vibes here from Tokyo's Maison J, the house / turbofunk alter ego of rapper Jackkn.

Maison J - TATATA (MofoHifi Edit)

Radiogame

As It's Loud

http://www.phonat.net

Tracklist:

tiger & woods - gin nation
jay shepard, tad wily - a sopot connection
jean tonique - dynomite
mam - throw down
tiger & woods - deflowered
5eya - radiogame
oskar - come on (brave remix)
vince fierro - the finest
sean biddle - darlin (mam remix)
alec carlsson - make it move
quinten 909 - romance supreme
steve angello, dave armstrong - groove in u
moullinex - superman (lorenz rhode remix)
le knight club - soul bells (quinten 909 remix)
dj eq - atmosphere
coeur damour - get your eyes
coeur damour - taunt
ll ton j - roger more
opptimo - travellers (phonat remix)
motor city drum ensemble - raw cuts 2
dionigi - feel it in the air
polymath - my way to surf
go go bizkitt - reach up
pierre de la touche - song of sirens (louis la roche remix)
fred falke, alan braxe - intro
c-code - burning up in here (rubix remix)

Phonat - Summer Disco Mix 2011 (1 hour)

From beginnings as DJs, remixers and producers, The Young Punx have spent the past few years developing a name for themselves as pioneers who aren’t afraid to break the rules… one minute producing filthy electro, the next recording a twenty piece live brass section and then cutting and mashing it up in the studio.  Fitting then that their sophomore album ‘Mashpop & Punkstep’ encapsulates their ethos of deliberate removal of genre boundaries, providing next level mash-up culture music and enough surprises to keep fans, new and old, happy.

The only act that would open an album with a drum and bass, heavy metal, pop and Cuban track ‘You, You, You’ and make it enjoyable and accessible. Recent single ‘Ready For The Fight’ combines the best of London dance production with big room hip hop vibes, thanks to the vocal talents of indie hip hop don Count Bass D.  Praised by the critics, the track has also been chosen as the official entry music for IBF Middleweight World Champion boxer Arthur Abraham.  Alongside this sit the twisted disco vibes of ‘SugarCandySuperNova’, electro-pop anthem ‘Burn Burn Burn’ and the time travelling journey that is ‘Simple Pleasures’ – a track that opens with 1970’s influenced punk, ends with D&B style toastings and is proof that that a hooky riff, strong bassline and love-based lyrics are a timeless blend.  Throw in a Young Punx take on Puccini’s ‘O Mio Babbino Caro’ and you have a snapshot of The Young Punx indefinable, genre-hopping and ever inventive sound. 

The Young Punx aim is to “embody the spirit of a great party where the music is f***king cool and credible, but all about good times and fun”. 

At the core of the Young Punx collective is the trio of Hal Ritson, Nathan Taylor and Simon Bettison, who fulfil different roles on stage and in the studio, all the while embodying the electronica that sits at the core of the TYP sound.  The triumvirate surround themselves with an eclectic group of influences and collaborators that help to make the collective what it is today.  Indeed, theirs could well be the only studio where a speed metal guitarist (Guthrie Govan), a leading underground dance producer (Phonat), who co-produced the album, a top US rapper from Memphis (Count Bass D), a London based rock singer (Laura Kidd), an opera singer (Jassy Husk), a brass band and a couple of DJ’s all meet, make music together and enjoy a drink afterwards.

Individually the Young Punx are a bunch of musical over-achievers and together they have already caught the ear of some of the world’s top DJs and producers and built themselves a solid base of dedicated followers through their podcasts. The Young Punx live band also doubles up as Dizzee Rascal's live band, with Hal Ritson acting as Music Director for Dizzee's critically acclaimed show at the BBC Electric Proms. Hal has also been working as Musical Director for Example's live band, including his recent BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge performance. 

They’ve got the high profile hook-ups, primetime placements and an impeccable pedigree, with the release of ‘Mashpop & Punkstep’ The Young Punx could well have produced the first dancefloor focused, must-have album of the year…

The Young Punx - Juice and Gin

MofoHifi has always had a history of happily signing totally unheard of acts just because we like the sound of their track. It's gone quite well. We managed to sign tracks by Avicii, Phonat and grammy winner Alizzz using this process! London-based ZAKKY DEE is the latest new act to join the family with his groovy and stylish disco house number Under The Stars.

Under The Stars (The Young Punx Edit)

@TheYoungPunx / @warriorgrrl .Next up is a remix of The Young Punx' 'MASHitUP', done by Shir Khan from the berlin battery camp but hell, as if he'd need an introduction anyway. as always, shir khan makes it tough to describe his sound and does what the track asks for - mashing it up with electro house style leads, rave signals, distorted e-guitar solos, baile funk drum rolls and a shuffled fidget groove - or in a less technical way: making it a fucking banger!

The Young Punx - MASHitUP (Shir Khan Remix)

This time the Italian wonderkid gives his own personal take on the French house sound with a groovy twisted number, characteristically chopping up, glitching and re-pitching many different singers performing the word “love” to create a melody which is simultaneously an abstract deconstruction of pop lyrics, and also a catchy hook in its own right. On the remix front new French prodigy Bestrack gives the track a career defining makeover taking Phonat’s original concept and extending it into an epic and entrancing journey through a variety of styles.

Phonat - Love Hits The Fan (Original Mix)

From beginnings as DJs, remixers and producers, The Young Punx have spent the past few years developing a name for themselves as pioneers who aren’t afraid to break the rules… one minute producing filthy electro, the next recording a twenty piece live brass section and then cutting and mashing it up in the studio.  Fitting then that their sophomore album ‘Mashpop &amp; Punkstep’ encapsulates their ethos of deliberate removal of genre boundaries, providing next level mash-up culture music and enough surprises to keep fans, new and old, happy.

        The only act that would open an album with a drum and bass, heavy metal, pop and Cuban track ‘You, You, You’ and make it enjoyable and accessible. Recent single ‘Ready For The Fight’ combines the best of London dance production with big room hip hop vibes, thanks to the vocal talents of indie hip hop don Count Bass D.  Praised by the critics, the track has also been chosen as the official entry music for IBF Middleweight World Champion boxer Arthur Abraham.  Alongside this sit the twisted disco vibes of ‘SugarCandySuperNova’, electro-pop anthem ‘Burn Burn Burn’ and the time travelling journey that is ‘Simple Pleasures’ – a track that opens with 1970’s influenced punk, ends with D&amp;B style toastings and is proof that that a hooky riff, strong bassline and love-based lyrics are a timeless blend.  Throw in a Young Punx take on Puccini’s ‘O Mio Babbino Caro’ and you have a snapshot of The Young Punx indefinable, genre-hopping and ever inventive sound. 

        The Young Punx aim is to “embody the spirit of a great party where the music is f***king cool and credible, but all about good times and fun”. 

        At the core of the Young Punx collective is the trio of Hal Ritson, Nathan Taylor and Simon Bettison, who fulfil different roles on stage and in the studio, all the while embodying the electronica that sits at the core of the TYP sound.  The triumvirate surround themselves with an eclectic group of influences and collaborators that help to make the collective what it is today.  Indeed, theirs could well be the only studio where a speed metal guitarist (Guthrie Govan), a leading underground dance producer (Phonat), who co-produced the album, a top US rapper from Memphis (Count Bass D), a London based rock singer (Laura Kidd), an opera singer (Jassy Husk), a brass band and a couple of DJ’s all meet, make music together and enjoy a drink afterwards.

        Individually the Young Punx are a bunch of musical over-achievers and together they have already caught the ear of some of the world’s top DJs and producers and built themselves a solid base of dedicated followers through their podcasts. The Young Punx live band also doubles up as Dizzee Rascal's live band, with Hal Ritson acting as Music Director for Dizzee's critically acclaimed show at the BBC Electric Proms. Hal has also been working as Musical Director for Example's live band, including his recent BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge performance. 

        They’ve got the high profile hook-ups, primetime placements and an impeccable pedigree, with the release of ‘Mashpop &amp; Punkstep’ The Young Punx could well have produced the first dancefloor focused, must-have album of the year…

DISC 2: The Young Punx - Never Die (Part 2)

From beginnings as DJs, remixers and producers, The Young Punx have spent the past few years developing a name for themselves as pioneers who aren’t afraid to break the rules… one minute producing filthy electro, the next recording a twenty piece live brass section and then cutting and mashing it up in the studio.  Fitting then that their sophomore album ‘Mashpop &amp; Punkstep’ encapsulates their ethos of deliberate removal of genre boundaries, providing next level mash-up culture music and enough surprises to keep fans, new and old, happy.

            The only act that would open an album with a drum and bass, heavy metal, pop and Cuban track ‘You, You, You’ and make it enjoyable and accessible. Recent single ‘Ready For The Fight’ combines the best of London dance production with big room hip hop vibes, thanks to the vocal talents of indie hip hop don Count Bass D.  Praised by the critics, the track has also been chosen as the official entry music for IBF Middleweight World Champion boxer Arthur Abraham.  Alongside this sit the twisted disco vibes of ‘SugarCandySuperNova’, electro-pop anthem ‘Burn Burn Burn’ and the time travelling journey that is ‘Simple Pleasures’ – a track that opens with 1970’s influenced punk, ends with D&amp;B style toastings and is proof that that a hooky riff, strong bassline and love-based lyrics are a timeless blend.  Throw in a Young Punx take on Puccini’s ‘O Mio Babbino Caro’ and you have a snapshot of The Young Punx indefinable, genre-hopping and ever inventive sound. 

            The Young Punx aim is to “embody the spirit of a great party where the music is f***king cool and credible, but all about good times and fun”. 

            At the core of the Young Punx collective is the trio of Hal Ritson, Nathan Taylor and Simon Bettison, who fulfil different roles on stage and in the studio, all the while embodying the electronica that sits at the core of the TYP sound.  The triumvirate surround themselves with an eclectic group of influences and collaborators that help to make the collective what it is today.  Indeed, theirs could well be the only studio where a speed metal guitarist (Guthrie Govan), a leading underground dance producer (Phonat), who co-produced the album, a top US rapper from Memphis (Count Bass D), a London based rock singer (Laura Kidd), an opera singer (Jassy Husk), a brass band and a couple of DJ’s all meet, make music together and enjoy a drink afterwards.

            Individually the Young Punx are a bunch of musical over-achievers and together they have already caught the ear of some of the world’s top DJs and producers and built themselves a solid base of dedicated followers through their podcasts. The Young Punx live band also doubles up as Dizzee Rascal's live band, with Hal Ritson acting as Music Director for Dizzee's critically acclaimed show at the BBC Electric Proms. Hal has also been working as Musical Director for Example's live band, including his recent BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge performance. 

            They’ve got the high profile hook-ups, primetime placements and an impeccable pedigree, with the release of ‘Mashpop &amp; Punkstep’ The Young Punx could well have produced the first dancefloor focused, must-have album of the year…

DISC 2: The Young Punx - Juice and Gin (Riva Starr Remix)

ON TOUR IN USA / CANADA / UK / ITALY THIS FALL. Check for dates at http://www.phonat.net/dates/

Tracklistings ///

j paul getto - magic
serial thrilla - get down
keith - macedonia
phonat - ghetto burnin (baha cancar remix)
joey negro & gramophonedzie - no sugar (david jones remix)
russ chimes - tonic
watt - kill kill (dilemn remix)
teenage bad girl - x girl (bart b more remix)
eumig & chinon - kaschow
beataucue - disque oh (eumig & chinon remix)
phonat - ghetto burnin
phonat - love hits the fan (bestrack remix)
sirisumo - feromonikon
andrea doria & lxr - freak me (phonat remix)
siriusmo - let me in
credit to the nation - drop the bomb
busta rhymes - put your hands where my eyes can see (valerna remix)
karen overton, fatlip, ol dirty bastard, NASA - strange enough (mr oizo remix)
modeselektor - pretentious friends
phonat - the microwave fx
nick thayer - yap that fool
rustie - all nite
gladkill - just a thought

Phonat Mix Fall 2011

1 Vanguard  - Mount Helicon (original mix)

2 Ludovic Llorca - The World As I Live It (original mix)_Room With A View

3 His Majesty Andre - Hold On (original mix)_Music Response

4 Webquery - Searching (original mix)

5 Louis La Roche -  Super Soaker (original mix)_Ever After

6 Xinobi - Valsa In Nj (original mix)_Discotexas

7 Phonat - Love Hits The Fan (Bestrack remix)_Mofo HiFi

8 Phonat - Set Me Free (original mix)_Mofo HiFi

9 Cassian - Friday Night (original mix)_Bang Gang

10 Louis La Roche - Malfunction (original mix)_Ever After

11 Popmuschi - Once Again (original mix)_Kosmetik

12 Fare Sodli - Stambulia (original mix)_Riot Maker

13 Congorock - Babylon (Dj Manaia & Alif remix)

14 Modeselektor - Silikon (Siriusmo remix)_Bpitch Control

15 C-Code - Burning Up In Here (Rubix remix)_Wildlife

16 Rubix - Baiser Sur La Disco (Rubix refix)_Girls Love Djs

17 The Minx - Doin' It_Fat City 

18 Liam Vizzle - Paris Dusk (Kyle Watson remix)_Venga Digital

19 Salt 'N' Pepa - Push it 

20 Strip Steve - Breakin (Rynecologist remix)_Boysnoize

21 Beastie Boys - Body Movin' (Fatboy Slim remix)

22 Andrea Doria vs LXR - Freak Me (Phonat remix)_Matryoshka

23 The Kills - Cheap And Cheerful (SebastiAn remix)_Domino

24 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Dull Life (Professor Purple remix)

25 Fukkk Offf, Dirty Disco Youth - Brains Off (Fukkk Offf remix)_Dim Mak

26 Stonewash, Fagult - Violet (Lazy Rich remix)_Plasmapool

27 The Prodigy - Girls (original mix)_XL

28 Busta Rhymes - Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See (Valerna remix)

29 Marilyn Manson - This Is The New Shit (Horrow Shower remix)

30 Boreta - Bubblin' The Cut (original mix)_Glitch Mob Unlimited

31 Mirwais - Disco Science (original mix)_Naïve


Phonat + 5eya World Session/Tronik Show 60mins mix

Download Bobby Tank 'Afterburn' EP: http://bit.ly/download_afterburn

"Massive massive summer vibes from Bobby Tank. The track is called Afterburn. He calls himself a 'maximalist' I guess in reference to the fact that that track has a huge amount going on in terms of ideas and melody and sounds and dynamics, but look at the way he ties it all together: Wonderful." (Zane Lowe. BBC Radio 1 “Next Hype”)

“Its like that post coitus chill that comes just before sleep, or that 5 or 10 minutes just before the codeine comes on when everything’s starting to almost float and soften at the edges.” (Sonic Router)

“An interesting release from ever-impressive UK label MofoHifi, Its not your usual dubstep deal; think Hudson Mohawke on steroids and you’re somewhere close!” (Stoney Roads)

“’Vector Beach’ evokes the more maximal sounds of Rustie but with a wild focus on the boogie that sets Bobby Tank apart.” (Dipped In Dollars)

London-based “maximalist” producer, Bobby Tank, is a marked man, already counting the likes of Starkey, Pinboard Blog and Sonic Router as fans. His latest output, a neon-like 4-tracker, the ‘Afterburn EP’, will be released via MofoHifi Records and drops May 14th. 

Clearly influenced by UK dubstep, glitch-hop and 80s boogie, Bobby Tank's sound is buzzing with nostalgic synths, soulful, blenderized cut-ups, woven leads and atmospherics, thick with heavy bass pressure.

The Afterburn EP will include three new tracks alongside a giveaway track, ‘Circles’.  Released as a digital download, lead-track ‘Afterburn’, will also be pressed on a limited 12” label sampler, available from May 21st at select underground stores.

Prior to signing with MofoHifi, Bobby released tracks through Vermin Street, Aisuru, Project Mooncircle and Prime Dub.  Johnphonics, John B, Memory 9, Brokenhaze and Sam Sure & Giacomo are just a few of the choice names to have commissioned remixes by Bobby Tank just this year.

Now in their eighth year, east-London label MofoHifi has issued a steady stream of club-tracks, boutique electronica and artist led albums under the strap “ElectrofunkinDiscobreakin”.  The label is best known for discovering and developing Italian wunderkind producer, Phonat and can count the likes of Eats Everything, Shir Khan, Avicii, Shinichi Osawa, Bestrack and Norman Cook as fans.

For more information please contact Anorak London:
Adam for National Radio – adam@anoraklondon.com
Nathan for Online PR - nathan@anoraklondon.com
Licensing - Joseph@mofohifi.com

Bobby Tank - Timerider

From The Guardian Newspaper:

If you like minimal techno, or indeed minimal anything, you should probably alight here. What Bobby Tank, a young producer from London, does is so crammed with invention, so over-the-top in terms of filling every available millisecond of space with beats and squeaks, shimmering keyboard twirls and pummelling electronic bass riffs, it makes mad maximalists like Rustie and Hudson Mohawke sound like stripped-down Delta bluesmen. And yet his records are all over night-time national radio like a rash, suggesting that either the mainstream is getting more used to experimental music, or that experimental music is getting more accessible.

Not that Tank's music is especially avant garde or weird. Or at least the raw material isn't. It's what he does with it that will either appeal or appall. No, his favourite music is shiny 80s pop, R&B and electrofunk (the latter these days mysteriously referred to as "boogie"), and his all-time favourite artist is Michael Jackson. So far, so commercial. But the way he presents it – a series of micro-bursts and tiny chopped-up fragments of instrumental licks and vocal loops – means you would have to be a particularly nimble contortionist to dance to it. It's super-melodic and ultra-rhythmic, but it's not one melody or rhythm, it's loads, one after the other, dizzyingly fast-cut. The intent is disco, but the delivery method is dubstep.

Somehow, amid the crazy mosaic of sound and intricate intensity of it all, there emerge clusters that coalesce into something resembling tunes. The title track from his forthcoming EP Afterburn, the one exciting radio programmers across the land, is a dazzling assault from Tank's sampling and sonic arsenal (he uses a MacBook, apparently). You can tell this kid's heart lies in the 80s – obviously not the JAMC/Smiths/Husker Du/Sonic Youth 80s, but the Trevor Horn/Quincy Jones/Jam & Lewis/Teddy Riley one – and it's an eargasmic onrush of everything-at-once and studio shenanigans, although, as we say, you could conceivably move to it at a club, albeit jerkily.

Vector Beach, the second track on the EP, is technofunk with grandiose prog synths, the whole thing given the glitch treatment, like Rustie jamming with Rick James and Rick Wakeman, with Bobby Tank coming over like Bobby O's hyperactive grandson. Circles is a floaty, spacey tale from funkographic oceans that never fails to sail close to the edit. All fizz and bubbling synths, it's like Michael Jackson if he worked with Max Tundra. On Wolpheus, with its clattering beats and outlandish keyboards, the confluence of agenda between funk and prog musicians is made explicit by Mr T, who seems to share both genres' fondness for the epic and penchant for science fictionally futuristic sounds. We can't wait for the bit where he dons a cape and releases a triple concept album.

The buzz: "Outstandingly sultry and ecstatic" – Dummy.

The truth: Reach the gates of delirium, via the dancefloor.

Most likely to: Test the acoustics of a club.

Least likely to: Make an acoustic album.

What to buy: The Afterburn EP is released by MofoHifi on June 4.

File next to: Hudson Mohawke, Rustie, Max Tundra, George Clinton.

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Bobby Tank - Afterburn

MofoHifi Records are delighted to announce that infamous Italian party collective Reset! Have joined the MofoHifi family for the release of their latest tracks ‘Wind Up’ and ‘Escape’.

Reset! - A 5-man collective of DJs, producers and party promoters based in Milan – are renowned both for their spectacular and sweaty club nights and for pioneering the ‘Turbofunk’ genre – a bass-heavy fusion of disco and electro which has seen massive support from the likes of Justice, Hervé, Annie Mac, A Trak, Crookers and Cassius.

‘Wind Up’ sees Reset! team up with legendary Jamaican ragga MC Daddy Freddy – a seminal player in integrating Jamaican vocals into electronic music (and 4 times breaker of the record for world’s fastest rapper!). The infectious ragga party anthem is accompanied by an awesome leftfield video shot in Los Angeles by female Italian art promo maker Spaghetto. It features a 2 very contrasting Compton Barbeque parties being very literally crashed by a giant (cuddly) spider who has just accidentally killed a unicorn. No, we don’t totally understand it either, but we suspect there may be undercurrents of the battle between the ways of good and evil. Make your own mind up!

The flip side track ‘Escape’ sees Reset! in more exploratory mood taking their Turbofunk stylings on a cross-genre multi-tempo journey that takes in elements of Hip Hop, Acid, ItaloDisco and Jazz while not losing sight of its core anthemic synth hook.

Wind Up / Escape is released exclusively on Beatport on 20th August and on all other digital stores on 24th September.
http://www.mofohifi.com http://www.wearereset.com

Reset! - Wind Up (Club Mix)

There's a new approach, a new aesthetic emerging" proclaimed Clash Magazine in a recent write-up for the last Bobby Tank cut; a sentiment we have fully signed up for at MofoHi as we explore further into the unrestricted, explosive future-funk template being pioneered by the likes of Flume, 813, Rustie and of course the aforementioned Bobby Tank.

'Collapse EP', by the Barcelona-based Alizzz, brings together a range of influences currently feeding some of the most innovative and dynamic new music being rolled out by a wave of breakthrough producers advancing the legacy techno and dubstep has left behind. The result is a seductive and outlandish 3-track EP that purposefully switches back and forth between style, tempo and colour. 

Lead track, 'Collapse'-- with its outrageous drum rolls, dips and soaring highs, that alternate between uplifting and crushing-- is a case point in the post-dubstep, maximalism aesthetic. The swagger of 'B4'-- tightly cut beats, knotted bass wobbles and drum-shuffles-- continues to push the resurgent UKG, and the sexed-up machine funk of 'Arista' leans towards the slow and heavy, with a head-swirling, contemporary re-imagaining of an Rn'B classic.

iTunes : https://itunes.apple.com/album/collapse-single/id632737808

Alizzz - Collapse

Tron Major's debut release fits beautifully into the MofoHifi family, all glitches and complextro-squelches but deconstructed into a more progressive down-tempo journey where nothing stays the same for long and the journey just keeps running.

iTunes : https://itunes.apple.com/album/never-stop-running-single/id635926570
Beatport : http://www.beatport.com/release/never-stop-running/1075623

Tron Major - Never stop running

"Phonat is EASILY the most underrated producer out there now. Fuck, he's amazing. I do not know why he isn't the biggest thing out there." Skrillex The allusive 7 foot Italian maverick known as 'Phonat' has become one of the most respected and esteemed electronic producers in Europe over the last couple of years, with his debut album 'Phonat' being critically acclaimed as a land mark genre defining electronic album. Michele Balduzzi began making music in his home village in rural Tuscany in Italy and was quickly spotted by MofoHifi Records recording under the name Phonat. Armed with a five year old laptop and a Fender Strat the young Italian moved to a bedsit in Dalston, London where he spent two years recording his debut album in a small basement in London Bridge. The result is an album that takes the listener on a genre defying musical journey similar to that which Phonat took in his own life moving from idyllic rural Italy to the chaos and colour of London. The album encompasses French house, D&B, nu disco, mash up, metal, trip hop, ragga, down tempo, funk, fidget, electro and rock. From the hypnotic 'It's For You', the ground breaking 'Learn to Recycle' and ending in the dysfunctional masterpiece 'London'. The album is now being released across the globe, with numerous tracks being used in computer games and TV shows. Highly acclaimed videos have been made by long term Italian collaborator Rocco Pezzella. "It's been described as a Acid House Bohemian Rhapsody. It takes in 25 styles during it's course, I like it" Rob Da Bank on BBC Radio 1 "This guy f**ks with all the rules" Norman Cook "It's a proper mash-up!" Annie Mac on BBC Radio 1 "Wickid" Herve "What a great way to end the show" Pete Tong on BBC Radio1 "Phonat has frequently stunned us with his productions over the last few years, coming across like a hyperactive Daft Punk on happy pills... By the end, you're exhausted, perplexed, flabbergasted, and left with the feeling that all other music is boring, unimaginative, repetitive trash. Wow. 10/10" Data Transmission "Phonat is breaking rules, and pushing boundaries...Keep him on your radar as he continues on his journey to redefine electronic music." trashmenagerie.com "A chap called Phonat just blew our little minds with this genre spanning six minute odyssey he sent over...This track simply tears up the rulebook, and if everyone was suddenly sent off to production school, Phonat should be teaching lesson one with this track." NoisePorn "My mind was not even ready to grasp the possibility that anyone was capable of manipulating a track to this extent in just six minutes. Holy sh*t, this should be illegal! It is very inspiring and I really think that many artists could take a page out of his book. There is a male vocal sampled and he says "Giving it up for you" Yes, Phonat! I am definitely giving it up for you!" 365 Mag

Phonat - A Warm Welcome

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Phonat - Learn To Recycle

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