Artist: Basement Space
Track: Equilibrium 
Title: Neptune Sunrise EP
Label: Butter Side Up

Butter Side Up is one of the most reliably high-quality labels operating at the moment, privileging quality over quantity in some of the prettiest packages you’ll see (thanks to their enduring collaboration with designer Sophie Douala). The latest EP from Stockholm’s Basement Space continues this streak, leaning into the more musically and rhythmically interesting side of house and breaks. The broken beat force is strong with this one, but what really stands out is the incorporation of rave gestures into the equation, be it crafty sirens and lasers or pulsing acid on the B side or the rolling hip-house groove and scratches on the lead track ‘Cosmonaut’. We’ve picked ‘Equilibrium’, with its sophisticated jazzy breaks, taking our imagination to a beachfront situation. This is music being made with intelligence, shot through with a real sense of fun, and all backed up by serious musical chops. 

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Selection | Basement Space – Equilibrium [Butter Side Up]

For the 9th release of our digital catalog, we are are proud to welcome UK born and Gothenburg based Dj/ Producer Lewis.
After his first vinyl release on the Russian label Exarde and the debut wax of his own imprint Data Flow, Lewis drops three tracks showcasing his signature analog sound that's been turning heads in the European underground circuit.
This is only the beginning of a fruiting future alongside Lewis. We will let the music do the talking.

. Catalog: DID009D
. Format: Digital
. Artist: Lewis
. Tittle: Morning Wiggla EP
. Genre: Electronic
. Style: Breakbeats / House / Broken Beat
. Tracklist:
1. Morning Wiggla 
2. Lively
3. Half Cut
. Mastered by : https://soundcloud.com/alejandrocuestas
. Artwork by: Deep In Dis Intl.
. All tracks written & produced by: Lewis Iles
. Release Date: 09/03/21

Follow: https://soundcloud.com/lewisiles

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Lewis - Morning Wiggla EP [DID009D]

Opik follow up their debut ‘Feel Yourself’ release on Pork Recordings from 1992 with more gold from the archives. Featuring two unreleased gems in ‘Lovekraft’ and ‘Oscillator’ backed with a special 15 minute version of ‘Travelling Without Moving’, originally featured on the cult ‘Feed Your Head’ compilation.

Label: OPIK ‎– OPIK2
Format: Vinyl, 12", EP, Limited Edition, 33 ⅓ RPM, 45 RPM
Country: Germany
Released: Nov 15th 2021
Genre: Electronic
Style: Progressive House, Ambient, Tech House

Travelling Without Moving

A1. Opik - Lovekraft

A1. DJ Nina - Pop Xan

“snapout”, a Tokyo-based party crew of DJs and Producers, will launch a record label in early 2022.

“snapout” members include veteran DJ yama', who has been DJing since 1998, Takashi Himeoka, who has been making tracks since 2014 and has released on “Phreak” and “Cabaret Recordings” labels, Hisashi, who has played at several regular parties in Tokyo and contributed a track to “How High” label at the end of 2021, and Riku Sugimoto.

For the first single, Riku Sugimoto has created three tracks based on the atmosphere of “snapout”, adopt the essence of Detroit/Dutch techno and Chicago/UK house from the early 90s and early 00s.

B2. How To Ride A Flixtrain (snippet)

Artist: Brother Nebula
Title: Brother Says Relax	
Label: Legwork
Cat No: LWK11
Format: 12” Vinyl

Tracklist: 
A1. Brother Says Relax	
A2. Turn Off
A3. The Light
B1. The Burden Of Proof
B2. S.I.S. Feat. Solar (Bro Nebs In Dub)

Legwork is back with a new single from our favourite cosmic crusader, Brother Nebula. 

The A-side consists of a tape-crushed lysergic stormer, on which the Brother helps us to be mindful, and a couple of useful DJ tools from the same session. The B-side starts with a broken affair with pensive chords floating around bleeps and sounds of the universe, and finishes with a dubbed-out version of the previously-released and extremely well-received S.I.S. featuring San Francisco stalwart Solar.

Brother Nebula - Brother Says Relax (LWK11)

The fourth release from the Shuffle Valley will be the extension of our Shuffle Blends Series, which aims to gather new talented artists from all the latitudes around the world. We invite all the listeners to explore once again the sound journey we prepared for this volume, this time with a four track split EP from KAWAII SAN, a new brilliant producer from the UK and Donnie Cosmo, the new alias shaped by our label head DCM during the pandemic.   

Tracklist:
1. Donnie Cosmo - House on Asteroids
2. KAWAII SAN - Distortion
3. Donnie Cosmo - Drift
4. KAWAII SAN - Ordinary Fool

Artist: KAWAII SAN & Donnie Cosmo
Title: Shuffle Blends Vol. 2
Label: Shuffle Valley
Format: Digital
Release date: May 6th 2022 Bandcamp Exclusive.

Shuffle Blends vol 2.

Shuffle Blends Vol 2.

Shuffle Blends Vol. 2 [KAWAII SAN & Donnie Cosmo]

SHR006 • Young Adults • Anxiety Bar EP
@seven-hills-records @youngadults-1

Next up on Seven Hills, we have an original release from the Holland-based Timo Faber and Jeffrey Baardolf AKA Young Adults!

Serving up 4 slices of tech’d out wiggle, melding: techno, minimal, electro, and a splash of noxious chemicals, the Anxiety Bar EP comprises a variety of heavyweight d-floor weapons.

Threat Level Midnight blends a combo of idiosyncratic drum samples with an infectious bubbling synth line, a prime example of peak-time tech-house tackle. While the title track Anxiety Bar takes a dark, moody, almost gothic turn, seriously phat bass for seriously phat systems.

On the B, Integrated Lizard People slithers and slinks about gurgling synth lines and features unsettling reptilian almost-vocal sounds. Serving as a high-class closer, Fermented Feelings reigns in the trip with satisfying electro-ish drums, sauntering atop a sophisticated, warping melody

[PREMIERE] Anxiety Bar - Young Adults | Seven Hills [2022]

Artist: James Andrew / Driahn / Pekkuliar
Title: Silent Uproar EP
Label: Kommuna
Cat Number: KMN005
Format: 12” Vinyl Only

Tracklist: 
A1. James Andrew - Onwards and Sideways
A2. driahn - Recreate
B1. driahn - Phazed & Confused
B2. pekkuliar - Will Not Be Televised

Kommuna is back with the “Silent Uproar” EP featuring James Andrew with a special feel-good track that sets a positive dancefloor vibe through dreamy breaky rhythms. Driahn’s “Recreate” provides elegant breaks for what can be the perfect track for the obscure late hours.
The B-Side of the record is an energy blast with Driahn’s “Phazed & Confused” infectious groove bringing damage to the dancefloor and Pekkuliar’s ghetto-tech inspired track closing this versatile EP in an unexpected way.     

Track by track, we build a Kommuna of well-established artists but also unknown studio dwellers who share a fixation for music discovery without following any trends or limitations.

James Andrew / Driahn / Pekkuliar - Silent Uproar EP (KMN005)

Artist: Skat
Title: Skat Mode
Label: Euphoric State
Cat No: EPHCS005
Format: 12” Vinyl

Tracklist: 

A1. Is Dis Love
A2. Dinowarp
B1. Jamaica
B2. Jump Around

OPIA sister label Euphoric State steps up this autumn with more unearthed gems from the 90s, this time at the controls is Skat aka Andy Panayi & Alec Stone, Skat being their name before they took on what became their acclaimed A2 moniker in 94. The “Skatmode” EP spans across innovative strains of house and electro, packed with energy and charming emotions.

On the A side you can find two slabs of reissued heat from the versatile duo, packing more of a punch than ever. Cruising on an irresistible house groove is “Is Dis Love”, tight drum work and elastic bass lines teased by the nostalgic vocal. “Dinowarp” is a pure example of a hazy deep house chugger for the early hours of the morning, taking you on a trip of blissful synths and melt in your mind textures.

Taking up the B side are two unreleased diamonds from the vast archives of the UK duo, “Jamaica” and “Jump Around”. The first being a playful and animated outing, classy house dynamics driving the dance floor up a notch. “Jump Around” maintains the depth and emotion but at the heart lays a pulsating sub heavy bass to keep you on the move, conversing with the pacey and crisp drum patterns within.

Euphoric State continues to propel dusted off beats for the dance floors of modern day!

Skat - Skat Mode (EPHCS005)

MOL03 - "A3 EP" by Synchrojack
release date: 29 November 2020

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A1 - Changing Places (Edit)
A2 - Telling Lies
B1 - First Contact
B2 - OpenGL

All tracks written and produced by Greg Wheeler & Dean Slydell, 1995 - 1998, recorded in London, UK
Mastered by Marco Pellegrino @ Analogcut Studios
Artwork by Natal Zaks aka DJ Central
Graphic rework by Lu Sgrafetto

For all inquiries feel free to contact: molarberlin@hotmail.com

"Producer duo Greg Wheeler and Dean Slydell spent a lot of time on the A3 road back in the nineties, which runs from London to Portsmouth. The trax for Molar's third strike date from the same period. House gourmets know their sought after releases from the mid-nineties on UK’s Ferox Records. Molar is very happy to present four diverse tracks that were produced between 1995 and 1998 that have now been carefully remastered for the „A3 EP“. From the rather cheerful house groover „Changing Places (Edit)" and the deep head nodder "Telling Lies" on the A-side to the technoid, slightly reminiscent of Italian Onirico "First Contact" and the freshening breaky "OpenGL" on the B-side - there is something for everyone on MOL03 again!"

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