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Not content with presiding over three out- standing labels - Dessous, Audiomatique and Poker Flat (now in its 16th year) - and dusting down his long-dormant Traffic Si- gns pseudonym for the brilliant "Cookie Jar", Steve Bug finds time in his schedule to spoil you with another stellar release.

The title track "Coconut Paradise" is a ma- sterclass in crisp, high-definition house, as dubby synths, a solid kick and an insistent bass stab form a deeply hypnotic groove. Sustained tones surge in from the distance - all the elements coming together to create a perpetual motion machine.

"Thick As Mud" lives up to its name: this is house music that draws on the deep and deadly palette and spacious arrangements of dubstep and glitch, burnished with sni- ckering percussive repetitions and scything synths.

"Pants on Fire" is a restlessly inventive bricolage of unconventional percussive sounds and textures. Metallic tones ping and bounce deliciously in every direction.

One EP. Three outstanding tunes. Another formidable addition to an impressive discography.

Coconut Paradise EP

Steve Bug - Coconut Paradise

There's good, and then there's great. And then there's essential. Steve Bug and his Poker Flat label, which is over fifteen years old now, are perennials in house and techno. Bug, German by birth, attained this canonical status through the sheer will of groove and melody, and his debut MIXED BY makes it look easy.

"We never want to go with the next big thing. We don't want to try to impress people with the newest artists who are super-hyped," Bug told THUMP last year. "We'd rather release music that has a timeless feel to it, rather than whatever is hip right now."

Lucky for Bug, house and techno are probably more hip than they've ever been, and his academic understanding of the history of club culture gushes from the speakers with every kick.

The mix features Poker Flat artists like Tim Engelhardt, Joeski, and Bug himself, before dropping cuts from Seth Troxler, Ten Ven, and Poker Flat alumni Josh Wink. With thirteen tracks in one hour, it shows you don't need to set off fireworks every minute to keep the crowd moving.

"I want to make people happy with the music that I like," says Bug. "I'd rather drown in my own sound than survive by doing something I don't really feel."

01 Tim Engelhardt - Isa - Poker Flat Recordings
02 &lez - Resall - Visile Records
03 Maurice Aymard - Air (Pezzner’s Shallow Mix) - Galaktika Records
04 Steve Bug - Pants On Fire - Poker Flat Recordings
05 Ten Ven - When I Met You - Noir 
06 Atjazz - Fox Tooth - Local Talk
07 Joeski - Come On - Poker Flat Recordings
08 And ID - Live Life - Mobilee
09 Seth Troxler - CZ - Tuskegee 
10 Josh Wink - Denial (Tweak Dub) - Ovum
11 Hyenah - Tale From The Dirt feat Aquarius Heaven - Freerange
12 Oxia - Just More - Saved

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Drawing on releases from the last five years, Dessous Recordings gather together a choice selection of Steve Bug's stellar remixes. It's a compilation that showcases an array of glittering talent and provides a snapshot of the maestro's signature sound. As 'The Long Run' - Bug's collaboration with Victor Font - makes clear, this is house music that sees itself as part of a grand tradition, following in the footsteps of US pioneers from both Chicago and NYC. In line with this, a number of bona fide living legends get the Bug treatment, from the hypnotic vibes of Chez Damier's seminal 'CanYou Feel It' to the blue-tinged chords that lift Ron Allen's 'Wordz' to the brittle semiquavers that act as a perfect foil to the soaring vocals on 'Rise' - an undoubted album highlight.

Within the limits of the deep house blueprint, there are surprises at every turn, from the blissful chords of Lovebirds' 'The Rain' to the immersive repetitions of Martin Müller's youAND:THEMACHINES project to the buoyant pulse of Manuel Tur's 'Ara Anam'. For uncompromising lovers of all things deep, there's Simon Baker's 'Grey Area', lifted by dancing cowbells galore, and a hard-hitting version of Ric McClelland's Scope. And for DJs with an eye on the dancefloor there's Bug's rework of 'At Midnight' - his collaboration with Vincenzo from way back in 2000 - an irresistible groove with an incredibly catchy synth riff.

We're also treated to two re-imaginings of contemporary classics. From earlier this year, there's Bug's stripped-back sub bass heavy version of Garnier's 'Whistle for Frankie' while the deeply reflective take on Francis Harris's 'Pensum' provides the perfect comedown to a glorious long night.

Tracklisting:
01. Chez Damier: CanYou Feel It - NewYork Dub (Steve Bug Re-Dub)
02. Ron Allen feat. Affrica: Wordz (Steve Bug Remix) 
03.ManuelTur:AraAnam (Steve Bug Remix)
04. Lovebirds:The Rain (Steve Bug Remix)
05. youAND:THEMACHINES: Drift Feat Bajka (Steve Bug's Raw And Reduced Edit)
06. Robert Owens, Show-B: Rise (Steve Bug Remix) 
07. Steve Bug & Mr.V:The Long Run (Steve Bug’s Vocal Mix)
08. Scope: Frequencies (Steve Bug Flying Faders Remix) 
09.The Discowboys: At Midnight (Steve Bug’s Always Late Mix)
10. Simon Baker : Grey Area (Steve Bug Remix) 
11. Laurent Garnier : Whistle For Frankie (Steve Bug re-whistle)
12. Francis Harris: Pensum (Steve Bug Remix)

Chez Damier - Can You Feel It (Steve Bug Dub)

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Not many labels make it to release number fifteen, let alone year 15, but that’s exactly the milestone the Moon Harbour family is celebrating throughout 2015. Headed up by esteemed DJ, producer, remixer and Circoloco/DC10 Ibiza resident Matthias Tanzmann and manager André Quaas, the Leipzig based label has lasted so long on account of it having always moved ahead of the times. Celebrated for its diverse output from tech house to minimal to deeper club sounds, the label’s ever evolving roster of artists is like a who’s who of the contemporary scene.It might have been around for 15 years then, but Moon Harbour and its ever evolving family still very much lead from the front.

Supported by: Mathias Kaden, Ninetoes, Booka Shade, Clive Henry, Anja Schneider, Cuartero, Reboot, Andy Catana, Tim Green, Eddie Richards, Tensnake, Pirupa, Re.You, Davide Squillace, Steve Lawler, Joseph Capriati, Dubfire, Robert Dietz, Stacey Pullen, Robbie Akbal, 2000 And One, Riva Starr, Paco Osuna, M.A.N.D.Y., Tiefschwarz, Tripmastaz, Martin Landsky, Yousef, Sasha, Hector Couto, Technasia, Richy Ahmed, Catz’n’Dogz, Los Suruba, Karotte, Arado, Joris Voorn, ONNO, Detlef

Steve Bug - Lifting The Anchor (MHRLP020)

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Having grown up in Germany’s techno and acid-house heyday, Steve Bug’s love for a perfect groove is as apparent now as it was back then.

His DJ skills and a keen, innovative ear led him not down the typical path of the early nineties trance and harder dance scene, but instead towards a fresher, hybrid sound–merging stripped deep house, tweaked out acid and more minimal forms of techno and electronic music. With annual label compilations, a variety of artist albums, and new concepts like the Forward to the Past series, Steve Bug continues to steadily develop his Poker Flat imprint, as well as his own internationally touring DJ career. In recent years, he has taken the label further afield, with the Big Bluff event series stopping off in major cities worldwide and in hosting a label party with Boiler Room Berlin.

On 29 October, Steve Bug returns to Los Angeles where he will be manning the decks at Minimal Effort's Halloween party alongside the likes of Pete Tong, Tiga, Audion, Mark Farina, Tensnake, and many more. Anticipating the event Steve has been kind enough to provide us with an exlcusive mix of deep house tracks, of which he describes as:

"For this podcast I decided to create a very special house mix featuring my favorite house tunes of the past few years, from deep and beautiful to ruff and nasty and back again. I hope you enjoy it.”

On 29 October, Steve Bug returns to Los Angeles where he will be manning the decks at Minimal Effort's Halloween party alongside the likes of Pete Tong, Tiga, Audion, Mark Farina, Tensnake, and many more. Anticipating the event Steve has been kind enough to provide us with an exlcusive mix of deep house tracks, of which he describes as:

"For this podcast I decided to create a very special house mix featuring my favorite house tunes of the past few years, from deep and beautiful to ruff and nasty and back again. I hope you enjoy it.”

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Steve Bug - Minimal Effort Halloween Podcast

Steve Bug at Necto Pt.2 - 2.7.2002

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Steve Bug - Live at Play at Ipse, Berlin

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Following on from the well received Chord Cluster 12" from late 2017, the irresistible pairing of Steve Bug (@stevebug) and Langenberg (@langenberg) return with 'Paradise Sold' - a full ten track album of exquisitely crafted house music on Bug’s own Poker Flat Recordings. 

Neither Steve Bug nor Langenberg needs much introduction due to the sizeable contributions both have made in building the European house and techno scene as we know it. Bug’s relentless commitment to quality - both in his own work and in the many producers he has championed - has made him one of electronic music's most revered artists and curators.

Langenberg aka Max Heesen is the deep guru of the German Deep House Scene. One half of the duo Ribn, he has released on labels like Drumpoet, STH- LM Audio, Strax Leaves, Ovum and most notably on Dessous who put out his debut solo LP released in late 2016. Put these two dons in a studio together, and the results are truly special.

The album is a masterclass in house music production and came to life as a true collaborative work. "It feels great to work with Max and I don't know why we didn't get to work together earlier" says Steve Bug. "It feels very natural to be in the studio together and our two worlds match easily. I think I speak for the both of us, when I say, by combining forces we came up with tunes, that we wouldn't have created on our own."

"I really enjoyed the process of making this album", adds Langenberg. "We weren't just sending tracks back and forth over the internet. It was the two of us working together in the studio. It was interesting to experience how the tracks came to life. In the end all the tracks have both of our handwritings, but the final result has become bigger than just the sum of our individual input."

Paradise Sold is a hardware-heavy production, with the Moog Sub 37, Dave Smith Sequential Prophet 6, Studio Electronics Omega 8, Roland Juno 60, Juno 106, and TB 303 all used before the entire albums was mixed down with engineering legend turned producer Hannes Bieger at his studio to make use of his analog mixing gear.

Steve Bug & Langenberg 
Paradise Sold 
06.04.2018
Double-Vinyl & digital

Vinyl tracklisting:
A1. Senior Elfo
A2. NGC 6240
B1. Paper Stabs
B2. Sleepwalker's Bridge 
C. A Touch Of Detroit 
D1. Search For Xur
D2. Late Harvest

Digital tracklisting:
01. Senior Elfo
02. NGC 6240
03. Paper Stabs
04. Sleepwalker’s Bridge 
05. A Touch Of Detroit 
06. Chord Cluster
07. The Teaze
08. Search For Xur
09. Late Harvest
Bonus for selected stores: Tales Of The Beijing Duck

Steve Bug & Langenberg - Senior Elfo

Poker Flat Podcast 67 - Mixed by Steve Bug @stevebug

01. Bad Chanel - B. - International Black 
02. &ME - The Raptur Pt II - Keinemusik 
03. Steve Bug & Langenberg - Senior Elfo (Frankey & Sandrino Remix) - Poker Flat 
04. Wareika - The Inner Spartacus (SIS Remix) - Mobilee 
05. Unknown Artist - Untitled 3 - Irradial #03 
06. Oscar L, Leon (Italy) - Faking Fingers (Tennan Remix) - Moan 
07. Tom Flynn - Packard - Planet E 
08. Samu, Marcos In Dub - D.I.Y.A. - Novo Music 
09. Fred Everything - Silver Light (Ian Pooley Dub) - Lazy Day Recordings 
10. DJ Le Roi - Pere & Files (Pablo Bolivar Remix) - Upon You 
11. Kalyma - Red Man Calypso (Whitesquare remix) - Solide 
12. Pirahnahead - In ME (So Deep) feat. Mona Bode - Third Ear Recordings 
13. Sebo K - Nebula - Rekids 
14. Plant 43 - Frozen Monarch - Frustrated Funk

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Poker Flat Podcast 67

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Poker Flat Podcast 67 - mixed by Steve Bug

01. Al Wootton: JL
02. Fjaak: Don’t Cry (SLG Remix)
03. DJ Deep: Radiant 
04. Scuba: This is For You (L.D. Dub Corp Remix)
05. M4A4: Friends
06. M4A4: Bhouse
07. Rudolf C: Crystalizer 
08. Sebastian Kramer: Sunstream
09. J. Fernandes: Dirty Girl 
10. DBX: Live Wire 
11. David Duriez: Get On Down (Cassy Remix)
12. Ian Pooley: Good Things
13. Art Department: Object Form

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