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Witch Doctor

Praia

Praia (Yuksek Remix)

Crazy P(enis) will be forever associated with the glory days of Paper Recordings. As the acid house fever dream started to fade, a new generation of ravers took the ball and ran with it for a more groove-driven sound. The band and label were part of the pack.

Paper Recordings first met Jim, Chris and Tim when they were fresh off the boat from North Wales and Nottingham, with a sampler tucked under their arms and a bag full of amazing demos. The first release soon led to their album, 'A Nice Hot Bath With...', which wrote the blueprint for what would become known as nu-disco. Sample heavy and great musicianship fed by late nights on the dance floors of Manchester made it an instant classic.

The band grew with the addition of Danielle Moore's lead vocals and star power. On their next album, The Wicked Is Music', the sound consolidated into the one that has gone on to conquer the world. House, disco, broken beats, funk and pop are all mixed into a heady mix of forward facing dance music.

The Early Years compilation charts their rise from of their early catalogue of ground-breaking productions.

Theres A Better Place

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Crazy P - Theres A Better Place (Original Mix)

Beam Me Up (Prins Thomas Diskomiks - Single Edit)

Boot & Tax - Brace Brace

Among all the untold trends that rise and fall in house and techno, Kompakt just keeps on keeping on; always varied, but held together around an unending flow of incredibly pure, incredibly powerful, elemental dancefloor forces. It's also a constantly collaborative venture, its core artists constantly combining and recombining to keep the basic template fresh, and here we're very happy to see two of the label owners Michael Mayer and Reinhard Voigt (younger brother of the mighty Wolfgang) on a split release. Mayer's track is, surprise surprise, an absolutely classic Kompakt banger.

For pre-order, head over here: http://www.kompakt.fm/releases/time_is_running

Michael Mayer "The Stickler" - Boiler Room Debuts

Bruce Brubaker - Glass: knee Play 4 (Francesco Tristano" Knee For Thought" mix) - InFiné
Man Power - Boys Beware - Correspondant
My Favorite Robot - Manifesto - My Favorite Robot Records
Boot & Tax - Brace Brace - Meant
Offset - Ehate Natural (Demian remix) - Days of being wild
Markus GIBB - Prey - Magic Feet
Michael Mayer - The Stickler - Kompakt
Chymera - Vertigo - My Favorite Robot Records
Dimitri Veimar - Casablanca - Clouded Vision
Demian - Spiraculum (Remain remix) - Clouded Vision
Louisahhh!!! & Maelstrom - Body Music - Bromance
Marc Houle - Gimme Gimme - Items & things
Richard Norris - Yeah (Brioski remix) - Throne of blood
Inigo Vontier - Motor- Correspondant
Vosper - Release - Meant
Agoria - Baptême (Lucky Blue Eyes Version Agoria Retouch) - Kompakt
Daniel Kyo - Destination unknown - Days of being wild
Todd Terje - Strandbar (Justin Van Der Volgen remix) - Olsen Records
Walls - Gaberdine (Gerd Janson & Prins Thomas Remix) - Kompakt
S.R. Krebs - Criminal (Cardini & Shaw’s forever cha mix) - Her Majesty’s Ship

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After a strong run of EPs in recent times, the bosses of the much loved Canadian label My
Favorite Robot return again to their own imprint with a strong follow-up release to their Glass To The End EP released earlier this year.

The accomplished trio of Jared Simms, James Teej and Voytek Korab has become synonymous with emotive, synth heavy tracks that are much more than functional club offerings. As well as releasing on their own label, they have dropped releases on the likes of Sasha's Last Night on Earth, No.19 Music, Visionquest, and Life & Death.

The Panoptikon EP, named after a type of institutional building designed by English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham in the late 18th century. The concept of the design is to allow a single watchman to observe inmates of an institution without the inmates being able to tell whether or not they are being watched. Although it is physically impossible for the single watchman to observe all cells at once, the fact that the inmates cannot know when they are being watched means that all inmates must act as though they are watched at all times, effectively controlling their own behaviour constantly. This EP plays deeply with this idea in typical robot fashion.

Stunning opener 'Cast' is an epic techno influenced house track, lush with shimmering synths and live drums creating tension, much in the spirit of 90's electronica. Breaking through like sun through cloud, though, are brightly glowing chords that really add a celestial air to proceedings, with powerful vocals sprinkled throughout deepening the story. It's a refreshingly original track that sounds like little else and is sure to make for some standout moments on the floor in the coming weeks.

Then comes 'Manifesto,' a playful mid tempo prowler with myriad synths squealing, glowing and spread through the arrangement. You are trapped right at the heart of it all as these spritely lines bring a real sense of life and colour to the track, as well as imbuing it with a sombre sense of futurism. At the center of the recording is a tongue in cheek vocal that intones "selling out is the new underground", bringing a true light heartedness to proceedings while balancing the darker elements. The track's apex delivers in true My Favorite Robot spirit, and solidly brings the whole trip back down to earth resulting in a truly unique experience.

This is a small but perfectly formed two track EP that once again showcases the trio's ability to make genuine, emotionally resonant electronic music sure to stand the test of time.

My Favorite Robot - Manifesto (Full Track)

Bossa Pacifico (Original Mix)

Markus Gibb - Prey

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Manila (Ewan Pearson Mix)

Radio Koko

Pantalón

TODD TERJE - Strandbar (disko)

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