Outback, Stones & Vinyl

ALIEN ALIEN - "Sambaca" (Original Mix)

More than a remix for Mungolian Jetset... released in May 2011 here: 
http://www.discogs.com/Mungolian-Jetset-Moon-Jocks-N-Prog-Rocks-The-Remixes/release/2860537

Guitars & Bass: Florian Van Volxem
Vocoder Work: Paul Strangefruit
All Production: Christian Pannenborg & Jan Schulte

Mungolian Jetset - Moon Jocks & Prog Rocks (Montezumas Rache Version)

Turbo explores the future primitive with NEW JACK TRIBAL. First instalment in this new series comes courtesy of emerging Canadian talent: @Clariannorth, @Hreno, @MikeMind and label A&R @VonParty.

Bridging the gap between the psychedelic world-beat of newly launched sister-label Multi Culti and Turbo’s forward-looking techno and house stylings, these four tracks offer distinct yet consistently straightforward takes on the tribal trance-out. 

Visionquest-native Clarian’s icy-cool ‘Inuit’ kicks things off with a super hypnotic groove… the perfect soundtrack to an acid-ice-fishing trip gone right and an optimal DJ tool for the very early or very late hours. 

Berlin-resident and Canadian ex-pat Hreno (Fur Trade, Autochtone, etc) is next up with ‘Tree Trunks,’ an expertly assembled rhythm track built on top of a bubbling bassline sure to get the party rolling. 

Turbo and Multi Culti A&R Thomas Von Party takes the party from the forest into the jungle with ‘Pygmy Funk,’ an overtly primitive journey built on wood knocks, bird sounds and the deep throb of tom and bongo. 

Finally, the supremely-talented Mike Mind turns in a downtempo bomb that will highlight your cave-party playlist.

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Amazon: smarturl.it/NewJackTribal 
Juno Records: bit.ly/1tledEm

Digital
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Beatport: btprt.dj/WEFjvU
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Traxsource: bit.ly/1rTgfQb
Spotify: spoti.fi/1tElQtI
Rdio: bit.ly/1nFxIEK
Google Play: bit.ly/1q6bzFb

www.turborecordings.com

New Jack Tribal

Von Party - Pygmy Funk

One of my very first tracks. Created around 1999 (26 years ago!!) now freshen up with a 2025 master. It´s a bit on the simple side, but I still like to listen and remember those times. Hope you enjoy too! 

Sky Elevator (Mix 1999 / Master 2025)

DBFC, signed to Different Recordings late last year are set to release their second single for the label when they unveil ‘Autonomic’ on April 29th.

Fronted by Mancunian David Shaw and Parisian Dombrance, this Anglo-French outfit comes together as a four-way collective, not a band  as such but more a club.  Featuring  alongside the duo come  percussionist Guillaume Rossel and bassist Victor Paillet, the DBFC vision is entrenched within the French electronic music scene but, as witnessed on their debut for Different Recordings, ‘Get It All’, they succeeded in creating a sound that encompasses their multi-facetted talents.

We premiere ‘Autonomic’ today and heralds its arrival inhabiting a more dance-orientated world and whilst eschewing elements of their previous single..


find them on:
soundcloud.com/dbfc
facebook.com/DBFCtheband

DBFC - Autonomic

Release Date: 20th January 2014 
Cat No: Format: RR070
Format: Vinyl + Digital

A1 The Unknown Cases: Masimbabele (Robi Insinna/Headman Rework)
A2 The Units: High Pressure days (Headman Dub) 
B1 Gina X: No G.D.M. (Red Axes Remix)
B2 Gina X: No G.D.M. (Headman Dub 2003)
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"… an A Love From Outer Space secret weapon finally goes public …“ - Sean Johnston - Hardway Bros
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Robi Insinna aka Headman's Relish Recordings continues to forge in the past and brings you a collection of classic tracks reworked for today: Relish EP V including Unknown Cases, Units Dub by Headman, Gina X Red Axes version and Headman's original 2003 Dub.

First up is Headman's version of Masimbabele by The Unknown Cases.
The original track has been performed and recorded 25 years ago and was originally released as a 12" single by RoughTrade. Members were Cologne musicians Helmut Zerlett and Stefan Krachten (disciples and regular collaborators of the CAN musicians) and legendary African percussionist REEBOP KWAKU BAAH and it has actually been mixed at CAN STUDIO in Cologne.

Masimbabele was originally regarded as "a modern form of rhythm'n'blues" in the original 1983 Rough Trade promotion info – since nobody involved had heard anything like that before....no surprise it became one of John Peel's favourite records of the early 80s and one of his most played singles in 1983. it became since an Afrobeat classic! it was also Remixed by Adrian Sherwood in 1989 for RoughTrade.

As second track on the EP is Headman's unreleased High Pressure Days Dub by The Units. In 2009 the Original was release digital and on Vinyl via Relish with a remixes by Rory Phillips and Headman.

The Units were a cornerstone of this unofficial movement, later called “synth punk” and which would come to define a greater west coast DIY culture combining new synthetic sounds, ranging from Nervous Gender, Screamers and Monitor, to The Blackouts. High Pressure Days is a testament to the loneliness and urgency of the times, and one of synthpunkʼs greatest anthems while at the same time becoming a dancefloor classic among djʼs like Danielle Baldelli.

Next up is the Red Axes remix of their all time favorite track No G.D.X. by Gina X. They say it was something very special for them, as the track means a lot to them. Headman's 2003 Dub is the final track on the EP and it was released originally by Hell's Gigolo Records.

Released in autumn 1979, No G.D.M. slowly took hold with disparate audiences worldwide, and remains a classic to this day.
Sometimes the man-machine is a woman... or is it? It's hard to tell in the twilight world of Gina X Performance — the collaboration of singer/lyricist Gina Kikoine and producer/multi-instrumentalist Zeus B. Held—confounded the norms. Their songs blur genders and sexual preferences; rouge covers stubble and women morph into men.

No G.D.M. became a staple of Rusty Egan's playlist at Blitz, the epicentre of London's fashionable nightclub scene. Groundbreaking in its choice of sounds, subject matter and visual presentation, Gina X Performance anticipated the better- known achievements of countless peers: the sleazy electro-noir of Soft Cell; the androgynous stance of Annie Lennox and Grace Jones & Laurie Anderson's marriage of electronic pop with performance art. The entire "electroclash" movement at the turn of the 21st century owed a debt to GXP with Miss Kittin & The Hacker topping the list and it also anticipated the UK synthpop boom of Human League and Depeche Mode by a couple of years...

The Unknown Cases - Masimbabele (Robi Insinna aka Headman Version)

The shiny lights illuminated the forecourt. The bright glow of the neon was piercing in the dense desert outback. As a chain store the manager had very little say about the saturated decor on display to the customers. Not his brand, not his problem. It was easier that way, disconnected and loosely affiliated he was able to keep a low profile. One day the shop had been robbed, his response had not been one of desperate fear or strife but of blissful content. He had the next day off....

Uncanny Valley are set to release on London based record label and party series SC&P. Good friends of Ransom Note the label has continued to move from strength to strength.

PREMIERE: Uncanny Valley - Chain Store (Manfredas Remix) [SC&P]

It´s been too long since i posted a freebee.. so here we go. 
320kbps. Peace & Love. <3

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LuLúxpo - Je suis à toi (David Shaw and The Beat edit)

The village was quaint, the narrow cobbled streets lined with picture postcard houses decorated with colourful flowers. The sun beamed down and flocks of birds chirped in harmony. But there were no voices to be heard. No whispered conversations across the garden fence or kids playing in the front yard. Despite its beauty it felt eerie. Haunting almost. It was too quiet. Were they the only people here?

Kompakt affiliate Jörg Burger returns to the label for his second Velvet Desert Music compilation. In a similar fashion to the first outing he explores an open-minded aesthetic influenced by the interests that have preoccupied his own productions over the last few decades; sweeping tones and melodies, cinèma pour l’oreille (cinema for the ear) and textural abstraction, to name but a few. The compilation features contributions from Jörg as part of The Velvet Circle and Gen Pop, and the likes of Fantastic Twins, Sascha Funke, Michael Mayer and our pick, the psychedelic rhythms and French vocals of The Golden Bug and The Liminanas.

Velvet Desert Music Vol. 2

PREMIERE: The Golden Bug and The Liminanas - Variations Sur 3 Bancs [Kompakt]

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