How do you define an artist who has never performed live, nor DJ’ed, nor ever had his photograph published and has never partaken in an interview? By the music of course. Jürgen Paape has proven this time and time again. How? Listen. Hear. Right now his “Kompilation”. The man, co-owner of Kompakt and the house’s most elusive member remains the un-compromised, untainted shining star. And without ever being there…. the one who launched the label with his first release "Triumph“, has left a legacy of music that is a true core of the sound which Kompakt’s foundation is built on along the years.

Here is the review of Jürgen Paape with “Kompilation”. A well deserved opportunity to hear Jürgen Paape for fans and newcomers – revived and remastered in a way that it plays through like a full length album. Some of the biggest moments of Kompakt over a decade history are here. The chorus of “So Weit Wie Noch Nie” remains timeless – there to send shivers of pleasure down your spine as we feel at the end of exhaustive end of a night at Total Confusion. “Take That” is an anthem for the unbuilt rock stadiums of tomorrow. The bona-fide hit that put him in the charts in Australia and Italy is here – “Come Into My Life (Radio Edit)” remains undeniably one of Kompakt’s catchiest pop tracks ever. We also debut his brand new single “So Wird Die Zeit Gemacht” – which builds on his signature sound with the spirit and vitality of classic house and a truly demented vocal hook.

Jürgen Paape’s “Kompilation” shall be available on 500 limited edition CD's found only in Cologne store of Kompakt and through the record store’s online shop: www.kompakt.fm

The whole album is just fantastic, with various ambiances. Certainly one of the best album of the year, an ode to the electronic music. It has been a long time I never heard such a good music. "Kompilation" has been released on 17 December as CD version and shall be released on January 10th, 2011 digitally.

The second installment of the Spektre remix packages is here and once again features talent from all across the board. First up is Markantonio, notorious for his releases on Rilis/Unrilis, 1605 etc., and brings us a hypnotic rendition of "Black Ice", with a very infectious riff throughout the whole track, keeping the groove level high.

UK techno warrior Harvey McKay takes the rolling "Cuernos Cubanos" and dubs it out to new depths, chugging and bleeping, with rock-solid beats driving it home. And last but not least, the mysterious Saboteurs have taken on "Seq & Destroy", stripped it down, sent it to hell, and brought it back up with pounding post-apocalypse drumming.

Ned Rise is a newcomer from Austria, his deep and dreamy sound is timeless and solid. His sound perfectly shaped for FLASH and reflects these endless winter days in Europe and beautiful landscapes of Austria. Florian Meindl comes from a similar area and he could feel the vibe instantly.

If the momentum, intensity, and monstrous tech house rhythm in this, Bass Kleph’s first EP on Definitive, weren’t enough, his pal Superskank steps up to remix the title track, I’ll Be OK. A 3-hitter tech house EP to keep your January blues at bay.

Sticking true to their roots, the gangsters of jackin’ house - DJ Sneak and Chris Simmonds from Cross Section Records - unite for a fresh new EP of chunky house goodness on Sneak’s Magnetic Recordings. “The Second Encounter EP” has four tasty tracks featuring funky horns and big filtered disco basslines. Simmonds jumps on “What You Feel” and offers his own remix working a phat slap bass, shuffling percussion, and lush strings. This is an EP to jack to.

CYH is happy to present their new discovery Rafael Kakudo from Germany. His first release shows his love for jacking oldschool House and modern rough Techno. Accompanied by a Rework of M.In (Desolat, Robsoul). Please fasten your seat belt, this is massive!

Dirty Culture’s ‘Essential Deep’, celebrating 40 releases. Must check this new stuff from Romanian talent Dirty Culture. 4 deep house tunes mixed with Minimalistic sound.

1) BORGUIS BOOGIE - Mid tempo disco swinging groove peppered with circus fun element into boogiethon for the bogus operandias. Massive for the anti-passive.

2) BORGUIS BOOGIE (MR. FLUFF REMIX) - Aiming straight at the dancefloor with this melodic techy stomper. Mr Fluff takes it up a notch into complete dancefloor frenzy. Ace.

3) BORGUIS BOOGIE (MR. FLUFF RECOVERY MIX) - Grooving and more laidack intepretation by the Fluffy-Headed man himself. Tope quality early or late nite rerub to cross over all over.

4) BORGUIS BOOGIE (DEZZ REMIX) - minimal and dirty remix by Kuala Lumpur techno renegade now residing in Saigon. Dezz provides his first piece on Love International via this quirky number. More to come from this mysterious personality some friends of his would call Loco Dezz.

Releases and remixes on label like Highgrade, Diynamic, Ostwind, Freunde Tonträger or Deeper Sounds. Markus presents his first release on Night Drive Music and comes up with a wonderful 4 tracker. 4 different tunes, 4 different feelings and 4 different moments. Just listen please.

Markus Homm was born in 1980 in Romania and moved to Germany with his family as a child. In 2001 at age 21, he had his first DJ gig in Nuremberg, Germany. He quickly made a name for himself. Many other domestic and international appearances followed. One of the gigs took him to Romania, his former homeland. He was so thoroughly impressed by the club scene there that he decided on the spot to get involved. In 2004 he opened a record shop in Sibiu together with other DJ friends.

At that time, he continued to develop his own style, a combination of deep house and tech house. He achieved a solid position in the techno scene, and his tracks were played on various radio shows (including BBC). In the meantime, Markus lives in Moscow and Hong Kong. His intercultural experiences flow into his own tracks and remixes which he produces with his partner Mihai Popoviciu.

Everything started at one of my Deeply Rooted parties here in Paris featuring Ben Klock and Marcel Dettmann, young Marcelus brought me his cd to the dj booth, and it took a little while untill i get a chance to listen to his productions, but when i did, i was absolutely amazed, and could not think of something else but contacti this guy and release his music!

I could feel the Detroit and Chicago Techno and House influences, the early French House influences (Deep Side, Laurent Garnier), the Berghain Ben Klock / Marcel Dettmann influences but most of all what i was hearing litterrally blew me away!: such an emotional and mature production, all of Marcelus tracks had a unique personality!

On this 12" you will find 4 tracks: "Friction" and it's unstopable groove and dark atmosphere, "Perception" is an incredible journey that will leave you breathless, while "Phenomena" is a little deeper, and "Utopia" is pure Magic!

The tracks are already getting support from Carl Craig, Laurent Garnier, Ben Klock and Marcel Dettmann, enjoy!!!

Marcelus is the Future!

DJ Deep.

Without any apparent reason strange mutations begin to appear at Flumo Recordings catalogue, making us dance more than think of changes in the genetic structure, affecting some of the saga's members.

Cheered and widely supported was the recent entry of Nicson with his impeccable ‘Strip Me Out EP’. Get ready to enjoy as naughty fairies the hologram shaped brought by mighty Jazzler in ‘She Has EP’. The reference gets complete with a remix from Basque Country's goldsmith El Txef_A.

Besides Jazzler no other than Mr. Dixie Yure is the artisan of this succulent and exquisitely spiced EP. A Dixie Yure who already appeared in labels such as Flumo Recordings, Nordik Net or mighty Fenou, from which he has nurtured a handful of hard drives from the biggest figures in danceable electronic.

‘She Has’ is the central theme of this EP. Powerful synth-funk of continuous beats well seasoned with translucent but savory vocals. Honorable mention to its main floor bassline for playful and slippery sneakers.

El_Txef_A signs his reinterpretation of ‘She Has’ stressing with the skill of a master its house warmth, as the original suggested. With a refined and punctilious production, he works within the avant-garde with an old school eye. Its clapping, its analogic elegant piano, and the crescendo pads, all gain protagonism in orther to sweeten vocals and rhythmic cadence. House-brand delicacy.

‘It’s so fine’ is an alluring and intimate piece of minimal but masterly atmospheric & melodic cushions. With a fabulous bass line projection some superb voices such as the Martians Freak Coffee Brothers' ones. A non-existen vocalic team that Jazzler achieves to bring to imagination.

As perfect end, closing this excellent Ep, ‘Cloudy Summer Night’. With a timeless soul and meticulous presentation, it shows a contrast among its atmosphere of cosmic beauty melodies and its percussion structure clearly inspired on techno, where surprising jazzistic touches seem to fit to perfection.

For his 9th release Homecoming Music is proud to present a single from deep house legends Iz & Diz (Classic, OM). Previously available on Guidance Recordings, this is the remastered version of one of Iz & Diz classic tune: Down 4 U. This re-release features fresh and various new remixes from label honchos Vernon&DaCosta, new deep house rising star Nathan G (Large, Salted) and amazing Russian producer Tripmastaz (Magnetic, Robotronic).

Federico Aniello is just 22 years young. He is better known as Hollen. A young but very talented producer from Napol, Italy. After a lot of releases on Italo Business, Stanch Records, Structure and Presslab Records, he presents now his debut ep on Session Deluxe. Hollen is influenced by Umek, Christian Smith, Richie Hawtin, Nic Fanciulli, 2000 And One, Martin Eyerer and some more.

The Remake EP includes four tracks with a mix of classical House elements, modern Techhouse and a little bit Minimaltechno stuff. Especially the title track Remake is a real dancefloor bomb. Straight Minimaltechno beats are rolling during the whole track. Dark vocal parts and different percussion elements give it a very deep and warm groove. Not really techno, also not real house, but a perfect peak time club tune. Resonance is built on a lot of percussion sounds and a warm kick. He works again with some vocal parts and some fx. It’s a very funky Techhouse track which will definitely work on the dancefloor. Track number three is called Nervous.

The name doesn t fit exactly to the track. Because it s a very direct and totally groovy tune. The deep bassline and the synths, are creating a hypnotic atmosphere. Again some crazy effects, vocal snippets and drums, and it works! The last one, is Muy Caliente. Funky, percussive and with a lot of latin-house elements. Brings back a little bit of summer feeling to this cold winter months. All together builds a great Session Deluxe debut by Hollen. Welcome to the family!

Amazing release by Hollen!!! Includes Tony Matt Remix!!!

More info, check »-> www.myspace.com/globoxrecordings

DJ, Producer & musician begin its race in year 86 being resident in Pacha Benidorm. In year 88 poocycle is transferred to Stocholm being resident in risk and like singer with its band. In year 91’ with the record seal WOW produces its first 12 and that takes by I title “push push Mr Bush”. In the year 92 their suitcases do not stop to take a walk everywhere until the year 97 that arrives at Seville (Spain) after having been several years settled down in Florence where I collaborate with the great producer Paolo Favatti and to work for one of the important distributors but of called Europe Audioglobe.

From the hand of Audioglobe Swiss group arrives at Seville with Swamp terrorist with I touch of tecnho industrialist and is contracted to puncture next to Chemical Brothers, tired to travel one settles in the capital of Andalusia and in 2000 it creates Negrita Record only seal in Andalusia and one of the pioneers of the peninsula dedicated exclusively to house in all its slopes. His first reference is produced by Rafa Alcantara aka dj to killer under the name of ”mai House“ 12’ inches that in spite of its bad distribution is already a refencia of cult, from it has contacts with Code Distribution and his maxis is listened to anywhere in the world. 

Later llegaria “my dream” next to Tony Rojas, “Italian Nights” disc which llegaria to I number two of chart essential mix of the BBC1 of London by Pete Tong, later next to Carlos Mesasound “with the collaboration arrives” Go Beeper from Rebeka Brown, “French Conection” next to the brothers Nick & Danny Chatelain, later it produces next to its engineer of sound and producer F3R skillful “Mr Floopy”, “under the seal”, “Negrita Family” being I number one in charts of average world. As Dj their sessions have passed by countries like: Sweden, Great Britain, Italy, Germany, Austria, The U.S.A., etc…. 

It has shared cabin with Djs of the stature of: Carl Cox, Miss Kittin, Laurent Garnier, Satoshi Tomeii, Massive Attack and thus a long etc… In Seville has been the precursor of the scene club of the capital being resident in most of clubs of the city like: Weekend, LMC, It gave, Western, Bauhaus, etc…. At the moment it is the resident Dj of the Friends@Emporio club where it has shared poster with artists like: Apparat, Smash TV, Troy pierce, Gabriel Ananda, Michael Mayer, loves etc. and like representative programmer of one of the Festivales but of Andalusia “Seville Territories”. today is one of the owners from Nordik Net Records and he still works.

Next release on our sister label Snejl Recordings comes from Estroe, and this is not her first time entering our home.

After a big success with her previous EP Knetter released last year, with remixes from Steve Rachmad, Luciano Pizzella and Dinamoe, we are now ready for another smashing release, featuring 2 originals which feature the unmistakeable Estroe sound.

Futuroscope is a track that evolves into a melodious and percussive adventure. Punchy basslines and those slightly Detroit drum patterns are creating a rather techno feeling over the whole track, leading to a massive breakdown that will set the floor on fire.

Re-Chord is a great melodic tech house track, which can easily be called a club anthem. Delving a bit deep into techy sounds and solid basslines and warm hypnotic grooves, this is going to be a treat for all of you guys.

Remix duties come from the Dutch hero Darko Esser and Ludovic Vendi, both delivering 2 amazing reworks, as a maximum comfort for everyone.