Turbo 25 [Turbo 225]
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In December of 2022, with Turbo Recordings nearing the cusp of its 25th year, label Owner, Founder and Executive Vision Honcho Tiga sent out an urgent missive to friends and collaborators across the globe:

"SEND ME ONE AWESOME TRACK AND LETS GET RICH BABYCAKES. SEND ME FILLER AND YOUR PERSONAL CONTACT INFO GOES STRAIGHT INTO THE TURBO DISCORD SO YOU CAN ‘CONNECT' WITH OUR FANS.”

This brazen threat spoke to the hearts of some of dance music’s greatest talents, who within days gathered outside Tiga’s Montreal fortress carrying thumb drives bursting with melody, rhythm, and more than a little timbre. Now, after months of brutal attrition and line-crossing personal rejection, we are proud to present you with the very best of the best. 

While the mere mention of a label compilation is enough to get anyone’s imagination rock-hard, just consider some of the names involved. From legends like Soulwax (as 2manydjs), Matias Aguayo, Jori Hulkkonen, The Hacker, Seth Troxler, and Audion to modern masters like Cora Novoa, Disfreq, Nikki Nair, Fedele, Mathame (and many more), Turbo 25 spans soundscapery from the label’s rich past, rich present, and VR-heavy future. It stands as an unqualified triumph of networking, goodwill toward men, and Dropbox.

As Turbo Recordings joins the long-lived ranks of Northrop Grumman, the Carlyle Group, and HSBC Malta, this corporate anniversary presents an opportunity for reflection, a chance to bask in the refractory glow before the next 25 years of our label bring about Paradise on Earth. Maybe all of this culminates with every single Turbo artist ever DJing and dancing alongside world leaders and Web3 visionaries at the Hadron Collider main stage. Maybe it’s finally time to release Tiga and Manu Chao's reggaefied hip-house stomper, “Get Vertical.” Literally anything is possible.

Onward into 2023-2048, Phase 2 of 10.

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Turbo 25

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ZZT - Ghetto Bird

Trenchcoat - Say It

Skesa - Str 645

Tiga - Louder Than A Bomb (Disfreq Remix)

Tiga - Woke (2manydjs Edit)

Clouds - Lines of Acid Flow Over You

Extrawelt - Neongrau

Sascha Funke - You Got This

Seth Troxler & Audion - Hate

Tiga - Easy (Gesloten Cirkel Remix)

DNB IGNITE x MK SESSIONZ presents Spookz n Bass live from Club 124 in Milton Keynes. 
Live Mix 3 - SKESA

SKESA LIVE SET - SPOOKZ N BASS LIVE EVENT (27/10/23)

Broken Teeth

Turbo is a Montreal label, through & through. We were thrilled to welcome a true pillar of our local scene to the label during our Turbo 25 celebrations. Skesa dropped Str 645 as part of the compilation, which instantly became one of our favorite tracks last year. Str 645 is a dancefloor pearl that has been taking Montreal raves by storm for months.

Following sensational sets at the likes of Mutek and Expose Noir, Skesa continues to cut deep into his distinct blend of punchy breaks, soaring melodics, and heady sampling. He steps up to make his Radio Turbo debut, providing an hour+ of heady groove.

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Stream 'Str 645'

Radio Turbo 037 - Skesa

Skesa - Float Stop EP
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Turbo Recordings holds sacred its responsibility to the Montreal dance music scene, where every year party people take to the streets and anoint the DJ/producer who has shown the iron will required make our Royal Mountain Town City Dreams come true at any cost. And you better believe that Turbo’s network of deep-cover coat check guys, crisis actors and branded street toughs let us know when such a figure emerges.

This brings us to Skesa, the latest and most promising producer to ascend in the Montreal underground. After dropping his debut single “Str 645” on the landmark Turbo 25 anniversary album, the five tracks on his new Float Stop EP offers an ethereal blend of modern acid breakbeats and haunt-you-outta-your-d*mn-pants techno.

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Float Stop

Skesa - Side By Side

Skesa - Househoppin'

Skesa - Exposed

Skesa - Stop Continue

Skesa - Flashback

Turbo Recordings was founded by Tiga in Montreal back in 1998. In addition to launching his own career, the label has been integral in the success of acts like Chromeo, Gesaffelstein, Duke Dumont and most recently, ANNA & Charlotte de Witte. Core talent includes ZZT (Tiga's collaboration with Zombie Nation), Jori Hulkkonen, BETON, Clouds, Harvard Bass, Pilo, Shaded, Dimitri Veimar and a host of new young producers in genres ranging from pure techno, electro, and house to pop. The list of artists who have released music on the label is a veritable 'who's who' of top-level talent spanning a broad musical range, and this, along with a commitment to beautiful design, has earned the label respect in the industry and a cult following among fans. 

“We started out singing into plastic bags and shipping them to stores as quickly as possible. Later, we discovered that vinyl sounds way better when delivered by kayak. I learned so much the first few years…Now, as I look towards the future, I can envision music for poor people, sonic odors for the hearing impaired, even MP3s for women....Vroom, sucka!” says Tiga, the lyrical lampsman lighting the way down Dance Avenue.

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