Slices Of Life is proud to welcome https://soundcloud.com/losoul with 2 timeless house groovers.

Losoul is without a doubt one of the more elusive legends of house music. Over the last 25 years he has been forging ahead expressing his own ideas of outstanding club music that not only satisfies the vibe of the dance floor but also takes risks, asks for interaction and demands personal exposure: energetic and ambivalent at the same time.

Since the mid nineties, when Losoul teamed up with the legendary Playhouse label crew, he has continuously developed and refined his characteristic style of house music that captures the essence of the groove while honoring the open spaces between. With this style he is still building bridges between the founders and the following generations of electronic music lovers. The extent of his mastery is evidenced through his comprehensive catalogue of releases on various imprints such as Logistic Rec., Hartchef, Hypercolour, Karat, Tardis and of course his own label Another Picture (founded in 2014).

The two distinctive tracks featured on this Slices Of Life release perfectly represent Losoul’s years of experiences in producing, technical developments and worldwide touring as DJ. Proving once again his particular skills and laid-back attitude yet sounding fresh and thrilling at the same time. 

“Ghost Talk” is reminiscent of Losoul’s driving minimal productions of the ‘90s with its trippy atmosphere and spooky morphing voices. “Idealist Jungle” on the B-side leads us into a green, sweaty twilight zone, accompanied by continuously rolling beats and warm basslines.

Like most of Losoul’s productions “Ghost Talk” and “Idealist Jungle” evolve slowly and steadily build their energy over the long distance. Once started you are all at once captivated by the pulsing deep grooves and psychedelic atmospheres and locked into the seductive journey.

Tracklisting:
A: Ghost Talk (10:28)
B: Idealist Jungle (10:28)

https://www.instagram.com/losoul_is/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100050689710293

http://slicesoflife.de

Individual Sin

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Re-Issue of Baaz´s highly acclaimed  first 12inch for Slices Of Life, originally released in 2012!
Available for your Pre-order NOW!
kompakt.fm/releases/baaz_ep
slicesofliferecords.bandcamp.com/album/ep

SOL3

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Re-Issue of Baaz´s second 12inch for Slices Of Life, originally released in 2013!
Available for your Pre-order NOW!
https://kompakt.fm/releases/swimmer

Swimmer

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@alexanderskancke is a Berlin-based DJ, producer and rising talent within Europe´s underground house scene. The young Norwegian has made a sizeable impact on the electronic music scene, dating from way back to his early releases on Neostrictly, to the internationally respected releases on his own label Quirk (@helloquirk). Entrenched in his love for vinyl and analog productions, Skancke is imbued with a passion for the very roots of house music, but has also kept his ears open far beyond the boundaries of electronic music.

Skancke’s excitement for analogue is reflected in all aspects of his life: from his work at Bikini Waxx (a record shop in Berlin specializing in second-hand vinyl), to his fascination with vintage studio gear, all culminating in his music having a wonderfully raw and organic feeling.

The 3 tracks that make up his “Public Trouble” ep showcase Alexander Skancke´s knowledge of the history of dance music without copying the originals, but instead creating his own unique signature.

The A side - “This Go This Way” sends you on a crazy acid dream, driven by a hypnotic unstoppable beat with Alexander Skancke´s voice appearing out of the ether, before vanishing away. 

For the B1 track “Wind Sync” Alex teamed up with his label mates and renowned DJ- and Producer-Duo Foehn & Jerome (@foehnandjerome) at their studio in Berlin. Together they've masterfully crafted a light footed minimal house track with a slightly melancholic touch.

The EP´s title track “Public Trouble” truly shows off Alexander Skancke´s love for deep minimal funk: An ultra groovy piece of music based around tight beats and warm basslines, topped off with a funky stripped back synth line.

mastering & lacquer cut: scape mastering, berlin

Public Trouble

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John Tejada does not really need any introduction - he is simply a phenomenon. 
Starting with his first releases in the mid nineties, he has been constantly expanding on his massive catalogue of singles, remixes and albums released on well known US and European Techno, House and Electronic Music labels and there seems to be no end in sight. In addition to his output on prestigious labels such as Playhouse, Plug Research, deFocus, Moods and Grooves, 7th City, Kompakt, and others he has also been running his own Palette Recordings imprint since 1996. 
John Tejada´s ep for Slices Of LIfe make reference to his earlier releases that were beloved by DJ´s for their driving energy and an occasional wink of humor. The three tracks on "Times LIke This" combine a musical glance back to earlier times, while showcasing Tejada´s high level production skills of today: A Slice from the past without being nostalgic.

Available via Kompakt: http://www.kompakt.fm/labels/slices_of_life

Further information about John Tejada:
www.paletterecordings.com


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Vocals By Mogan Alexander

John Tejada does not really need any introduction - he is simply a phenomenon. 
Starting with his first releases in the mid nineties, he has been constantly expanding on his massive catalogue of singles, remixes and albums released on well known US and European Techno, House and Electronic Music labels and there seems to be no end in sight. In addition to his output on prestigious labels such as Playhouse, Plug Research, deFocus, Moods and Grooves, 7th City, Kompakt, and others he has also been running his own Palette Recordings imprint since 1996. 
John Tejada´s ep for Slices Of LIfe make reference to his earlier releases that were beloved by DJ´s for their driving energy and an occasional wink of humor. The three tracks on "Times LIke This" combine a musical glance back to earlier times, while showcasing Tejada´s high level production skills of today: A Slice from the past without being nostalgic.

Available via Kompakt: http://www.kompakt.fm/labels/slices_of_life

Further information about John Tejada:
www.paletterecordings.com



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THE MOLE is back on Slices Of Life with 3 new tracks and 3 different views on the house music of these days.

Two years after "Hang In There Fry Guy" (SOL4) Colin de la Plante continues his collaboration with Slices Of Life. The Canadian producer and DJ is very well-known for his love for a wide range of music, which is reflected in his inspiring DJ and live sets. Though his favour for soulful music always shines through in all his productions, it is most evident in the edits of his "7 Inches of Love" series as well as in the trippy excursions on his own imprint "Maybe Tomorrow".

Accordingly, the 3 new tracks for Slices Of Life offers an exciting insight into various musical worlds of Colin de la Plante. "Inhuman" surprises with a higher bpm rate than you might expect from The Mole, but the 8-minute track breathes a warm and humorous funk and at the same time twinkles mischievous from the dancefloor. Almost in contradiction to the A side, "Another One of Those Nights" offers a deep and almost melancholic view on the night and its various side effects. And finally, "Hot Tea Dog Man" links perfectly to "Now I Understand" from SOL4: A hypnotic beat that concentrates on the essentials and a few well set elements that carry the track wonderfully and endlessly.

But experience the words of the master himself:
"I did hear recently that there were 12 million pigs in Holland, compared to 17 million humans ..   That's a lot of pigs... and pig meat is in everything... like some wines ... in the production of wine, gelatine can be used as a clarifying agent. The gelatine reacts with the tannins and bitter substances and absorbs cloudy elements that can then be separated from the drink... but pigs didn't really have much to do with this record... "


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LOSOUL is back on SLICES OF LIFE with two minimal house gems!

Frankfurt-based DJ and producer legend @losoul  is renowned for his unique sonic language and deep, captivating grooves.
On his latest release for the Berlin imprint, the tracks take us on a journey back to the roots of minimal house - raw, stripped-down, and deeply immersive.

"Post Service Pop" on the A-side flows deep and funky, spreading pads like hot oil, topped with subtly modulated vocal snippets.

"Modesty Bump" on the B-side dives into rawer territory with high-energy sounds and edgy sonic sparkles, while maintaining that minimalistic, steady, driving groove we all love in Losoul’s work: groovers and grinders for the long-distance runner’s soundtrack.

Tracklisting:
A: Post Service Pop (08:55)
B: Modesty Bump (10:20)

mastering and master lacquer cut by Stefan Betke at scape mastering


Baby Fate

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In 2010 the LA based label Halo Cyan Records re-released Vladislav Delay´s SISTOL project. For this deluxe 2CD reissue various well known electronic musicians remixed the recordings from 1999. The whole project received enthusiastic reviews in Pitchfork, Resident Advisor, etc. 
One of the remixers is MIKE HUCKABY, who transferred SISTOL´s track "Keno" into an outstanding dubby Detroit-House masterpiece. It was immediately clear that this track had to be released on vinyl. We are delighted to announce the collaboration between Halo Cyan and Slics Of Life for Mike Huckaby´s S Y N T H Remix of “Keno”, which is exclusively released as extended version on Slices Of Life.
release date: oct 17th 2011

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On the B-side of SOL2, Mike Huckaby remixed a track originally produced in 2000: POLE´s "Silberfisch" was released on the highly acclaimed yellow album "3", re-released by ˜scape in 2008 as part of the 3-CD pole Box.
In 2011, Mike Huckaby keeps the dubby and slightly melancholic crackling atmosphere of the original, but his S Y N T H Remix beams "Silberfisch" straight onto the dancefloor, where it arrives as a driving deep techno track.
release date: oct17th 2011


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Some good things take time, originally produced by Stefan Betke in 2008, "Paris-Beirut-Texas“ never went beyond the point of being a funky and very rough sketch. For various reasons it got stuck in his live performances and "Paris-Beirut-Texas“ was never completely finished until the end of 2015.
We are very happy that this groovy deep driving dub techno pearl is finally being released on vinyl!

The B-side has Japanese producer SO INAGAWA turning the original version into a light footed swinging house track. SO INAGAWA has been releasing music since 2005 and reached the height of his international acclaim with two 12 inches and an album for Cabaret Recordings .
https://www.facebook.com/cabaret365	

Our beloved Slices Of Life artist BAAZ (owner of Office Recordings), adds to this B-side a stripped down to the ground version of Betke´s track, creating a warm mysterious dub house atmosphere with echoing sounds and voices that seem to talk to us from the deepest depths.
http://officerecordings.blogspot.de/

Tracklisting:
A: 	Paris-Beirut-Texas	(07:21)	
B1:	Paris-Beirut-Texas (So Inagawa Remix) (06:47)
B2:	Paris-Beirut-Texas (Baaz Dub)(07:19)


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Preview on @Baaz´s upcoming 12inch on SLICES OF LIFE (SOL9).
Tracklisting:
A: The Reason (07:01)
B: Ancestors Fun (06:59)

BAAZ returns with two deep and driving house tunes on his third release for Slices Of Life!
Since the release of his last SOL 12inch „Swimmer“ (SOL5) quite a bit has happened: Baaz founded his own successful label  Office Recordings (https://soundcloud.com/office-recordings), he has also created a new moniker for his Dub techno productions as "Eric Miller".
His love of dubby sounds and echo chambers can be experienced in  „The Reason“ and „Ancestor´s fun“, although it´s obvious that Baaz also stays true to his Deep House roots. He skillfully combines spacial structures with his characteristic driving beats and organic sounds.
"The Reason" is a grooving light footed tune with a jumping bassline and develops, step by step, this driving energy, that will not let you go. "Ancestor´s fun" brings up the energy level with stronger beats and open high hats, but the playful warm sounds and drifting strings keeps the wonderful flow that we love to hear from Baaz´s productions.

The Reason

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The third release on SLICES OF LIFE comes from the Berlin vinyl DJ and producer BAAZ, who has been gaining steady growing attention by House Music lovers and DJ´s.
Carbon Hair (B2) shows the dubby and darker side of Baaz:  a very dub techno influenced house track that is especially driven by warm beats and open high hats.

distributed by Kompakt.

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The third release on SLICES OF LIFE comes from the Berlin vinyl DJ and producer BAAZ, who has been gaining steady growing attention by House Music lovers and DJ´s.
With "Jeally" on B1 Baaz  delves even deeper into percussion programming and creates a perfect deep track for the late hours.

distributed by: Kompakt

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The third release on SLICES OF LIFE comes from the Berlin vinyl DJ and producer BAAZ, who has been gaining steady growing attention by House Music lovers and DJ´s.
The A side "Judy´s Bass" clearly reveals Baaz´s love of fat bassdrums and basslines in combination with classic drum machine and percussion elements while the stringline carries you away endlessly. 

distributed by: Kompakt

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Slices Of LIfe celebrates the 10th release with a two-parted 12inch compilation: SOL10.1 and SOL10.2
SOL10.1 contains four timeless house productions by THE MOLE, BAAZ, DANA RUH and JOHN TEJADA. Each track presents the unique style of its producer, but all pieces have a warm sounding and organic groove in common what Slices Of Life stands for since its beginnings 2009.
release Date: Sept. 28th 2018
distributor: Kompakt
mastering: Stefan Betke @ scape mastering

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How I Used To

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Slices Of LIfe celebrates the 10th release with a two-parted 12inch compilation: SOL10.1 and SOL10.2
SOL10.1 contains four timeless house productions by THE MOLE, BAAZ, DANA RUH and JOHN TEJADA. Each track presents the unique style of its producer, but all pieces have a warm sounding and organic groove in common what Slices Of Life stands for since its beginnings 2009.
release Date SOL10.1 : Sept. 28th 2018
distributor: Kompakt
mastering: Stefan Betke @ scape mastering

Out Of ADA20

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Fitzy

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Slices Of LIfe celebrates the 10th release with a two-parted 12inch compilation: SOL10.1 and SOL10.2
SOL10.1 contains four timeless house productions by THE MOLE, BAAZ, DANA RUH and JOHN TEJADA. Each track presents the unique style of its producer, but all pieces have a warm sounding and organic groove in common, what Slices Of Life stands for since its beginnings 2009.
release Date SOL10.1 : Sept. 28th 2018
distributor: Kompakt
mastering: Stefan Betke @ scape mastering

Come On Kid

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SOL10.2 - Slices Of LIfe 10 celebration compilation part 2
RELEASE PARTY: Nov 10th 2018, Berlin - Tresor (Globus Floor)
https://www.residentadvisor.net/events/1164794

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SOL10.2 - Slices Of Life celebration compilation part 2
RELEASE PARTY: Nov 10th 2018, Berlin - Tresor (Globus Floor)
https://www.residentadvisor.net/events/1164794

K-Beat

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SOL10.2 - Slices Of Life 10 celebration compilation.
RELEASE PARTY: Nov 10th 2018, Berlin - Tresor (Globus Floor)
https://www.residentadvisor.net/events/1164794

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Back in the early 2000´s within a few releases Colin de la Plante developed  a very unique language as producer, which he has constantly continued, perfected and varied until today. No matter if The Mole´s productions made a move towards Techno, Minimal House or Deep House: his great love for Disco Music always shines through in a very distinctive way, sometimes very obvious, sometimes hidden in the background. During a decade he produced a whole series of great recordings on the labels of his canadian friends and companions as well as on several well known international imprints, which were aware of this talented canadian guy very quickly.
The 2 tracks that will be released on SLICES OF LIFE presents THE MOLE´s hypnotic and amazing paranoid Disco side. In "Hang In There Fry Guy" a female voice from far away whispers above percussions, synth lines and a massive beat, that leaves no open questions behind.

distributed by Kompakt

"The Mole shouts out to the western Canadian 7 inch scene.
Common. Red Motorbike. Truth Is Light. Honey Disco. 7 inches of love.!"


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After Dana Ruh highly acclaimed contribution for the SOL10 compilation in 2018, now her 12inch follows with three driving, funky and percussive house tracks!

As dj, producer and label owner (Brouquade, Cave Recordings) and co-distribution owner (KMA60), Dana Ruh is one of the driving forces of the Berlin club music scene.

Beyond her world-renown dj skills and running a Berlin-based record shop & event space, Dana Ruh has become a prolific producer, who spends every free minute on developing her unique take on electronic music.  She releases, not only on her own labels Brouquade and Cave Recordings, but also other imprints like Underground Quality, Ostgut Ton (in collaboration with André Galuzzi) and RDV.

Her club music productions are defined by a particular hazy and moody touch. The tracks are well arranged and always contain the right amount of roughness, which lets the music sound alive and organic.

With “Still Vause“, Dana Ruh presents three powerful titles from driving and percussive, to funky and stripped down. “My Friendly Fire“ sends us on a hypnotic drive accompanied by warm sub bass frequencies that make your trouser legs flutter.  ”Takes Time“ brings you back to reality with its energetic drumming, and the funky, minimal “To Convince“ finalizes this ep with organic percussions and warm sounding synths.
https://danaruh.com

Tracklisting:
A:   My Friendly Fire 08:43
B1: Takes Time   06:35
B2: To Convince  07:20

mastering and cutting by Stefan Betke @ scape mastering, Berlin
https://scapemastering.com/
distributed by KOMPAKT, https://kompakt.fm/labels/slices_of_life/releases

Still Vause

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After an amazing debut 12inch for Slices Of Life in April 2012, we are happy to announce a follow up EP by BAAZ with three massive and rolling house pieces.
„Chummy“, the 2nd track on the B side,  starts with a very dry and simple 4/4 bassdrum + snare figure before building up into a driving dubby disco piece carried by a nicely filtered loop and Baaz´s typical open high hats.

The Berlin based Baaz stays true to his unique style of producing house music and again convinces with pure and powerful beat structures, warm basslines, clear strings and floating chords, from which it is difficult to tear oneself away.

Distributed by KOMPAKT

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After an amazing debut 12inch for Slices Of Life in April 2012, we are happy to announce a follow up EP by BAAZ with three massive and rolling house pieces.
„Can´t Take It Away“ (B1) is a warm sounding bundle of energy with weird vocal samples and light footed percussions that fit perfectly on a cosy dancefloor. 

The Berlin based Baaz stays true to his unique style of producing house music and again convinces with pure and powerful beat structures, warm basslines, clear strings and floating chords, from which it is difficult to tear oneself away.

Distributed via KOMPAKT


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After an amazing debut 12inch for Slices Of Life in April 2012, we are happy to announce a follow up EP by BAAZ with three massive and rolling house pieces.

„Swimmer“ on the A-side comes right in time for the 2013´s summer season with it´s strong driving beats and drifting chords that awake your lust to run through high summergrass. 
The Berlin based Baaz stays true to his unique style of producing house music and again convinces with pure and powerful beat structures, warm basslines, clear strings and floating chords, from which it is difficult to tear oneself away.

Distributed by KOMPAKT

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Berlin based record label, founded by Barbara Preisinger:
Every minute we are listening to music we are sharing a few specific moments of the musician´s life.
Our most beloved pieces of music are usually more than just the sum of beats, chords and notes: they also reflect on a period in the life of its producer. In addition to the musical experience each work also contains current life situations, memories and future expectations, some included intentionally, some unconsciously. 

Somehow it doesn't seem appropriate to put these SLICES OF LIFE only onto a hard drive amongst hundreds and thousands of imageless files, fearing that the next crash will delete and destroy everything. This is why instead of watching a list of track titles on a screen there are still so many music lovers who prefer to hold the result of all these hours of work and musical commitment in their hands as timeless documents printed onto vinyl. 

Therefore  Slices Of Life is featuring vinyl as preferred media for deep, warm sounding, funky and diverse club music.

www.slicesoflife.de
https://kompakt.fm/labels/slices_of_life/releases

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