Following the hugely successful 'Solaris' release alongside Geddes, Mic Newman makes his Tsuba solo debut with the 'Not Enough Sleep' EP. Mic has carved out an EP of trippy, groovy and hook laden house music demonstrating a very bright future for this young Australian producer. Fans of Soul Clap will enjoy this EP! Mic has previously released for 8 Bit & Freerange. This releases comes in a PVC sleeve.

DJ Support from:

Steve Bug, Jimpster, Dinky, Joris Voorn, Terry Francis (Fabric), Brothers Vibe, Manik, Ralph Lawson, Robert Dietz, Matthias Tanzmann, Rub N Tug, The Revenge and more...

Brood Audio is starting the New Year with a bang with a relentless Techno EP by label boss, Erphun himself. 2 driving, dark and menacing records for you here, which the titles explain perfectly! For the first time on remix duties, we proudly bring you two of the top and most respected underground Techno producers today!

Roman Gertz from Ukraine delivers a peak time monster on Brood1, adding his signature hypnotic synths and atmosphere.

Having a recent successful release on Drumcode and numerous other respectable labels and label owner himself, Sasha Carassi is definitely a name that is instantly recognizable. His take on Brood2 is more of a deeper and dubbier interpretation of the original, which is fused with his unique and sophisticated percussion work, Enjoy!

We all know how much love we have for Mama, but its about to expand to a higher level with this remix pack! Blacktron's rework of Stefano Noferini's precious is just as techy as we like it from Blacktron himself, with that perfect continuous drive. A&F, Leonardo Gonnelli and The Henchmen take care of satisfying the needs of all whom cant get enough of this! 

Full dj support from: 

David Guetta, Sander van Doorn, Mark Knight, Chris Lake and many more!

Right until the moment you turn this track on, you realize how much we've missed these kind of massive house tracks! A steady and morphing production with, as the title suggests, an exceptional and uplifting vocal by Angie Brown. Area One anthem coming up!

Rae the artist that it seems every house producer worth their salt wants to work with at the moment both pens the lyrics and provides the stunning vocals for Studio Apartment's beats. Alongside the storming original David Penn provides a typically heavyweight set of remixes with a firm, rolling bassline underpinning Rae's sensuously uplifting vocal. Thrown in a dub and you've got one hell of a serious package.

Since Beatport honored Nero with “Best Dubstep Act” in the 2010 Beatport Music Awards, things have been relatively quiet for Nero. Lucky that quiet time is over as Nero returns to the front of the pack with this solid dubstep number featuring the vocals of Alana. We’re sure you’ll be hearing this in mix sets until the middle of the year.

Ronan Portela strikes again with its new version of 'Old Skull' plus we also present the official remixes of the album mixed by Mikalogic, Darkrow, Pepo, Matheo Velez, Tony Dee, and iPagan. You can't let it go!

Take a deep breath as Maceo Plex invites us to join his ‘Life Index’ and Crosstown Rebels unleash a new house music maestro.

The first of a string of albums set to appear of Crosstown Rebels from a new generation of exciting producers, ‘Life Index’ chronicles Maceo´s life long transformation into the soulful ball of energy he is today. Eric Estornel AKA Maceo Plex began his musical evolutionary process in 1993. Since this time he has taken on many forms such as Maetrik and Mariel Ito and unveiled a plethora of musical delights on labels such as Cocoon, Audiomatique, Mothership, Dumb Unit and many others.

Maceo Plex was born from a need for feeling, and a yearning quest for funk. "Life Index is my baby. It´s all the soul music I´ve been holding inside and have been wanting to write,” explains Maceo, As he began to strip back some of his robotic body armor known as Maetrik, a more musical and groove based approach was exposed, a side that the world has not yet seen or heard from this talented artist.

A sumptuous taste of Maceo Plex’s new alien form is shaped through ‘Life Index’, one that is edgy, sleek and leaves you wanting more. Opening with the futuristic robotic ramblings of ‘I’m A Methaphor’ the album begins with the tasty, deep, and rich, g-funk soaked house of ‘Gravy Train’, a superb opening gambit that set´s the stage for the sublime, string driven odyssey of ‘Sleazy E’, a true masterpiece.

Other highlights include the excellent lead single ‘Vibe Your Love’ (featuring Peter King’s vocal version of a classic Stevie Wonder record), the funk driven monster, ‘The Feeling’ bringing sharp flashes of soul to this great groove. Also, the floor stomping energy of ´You & Me´, the Detroit techno influence ´Dexter´s Flight´, the future dancefloor smash, ´Your Style´ (featuring Maceo on vocals) and the mid-tempo song of beauty and joy, ‘Love Your Mama’ (a collaboration with Maceo’s old friend, Fabel).

The album closes with Maceo´s plea to ´Bring It Back´ in the closing track, and with ‘Life Index’ he succeeds implicitly, eagerly forging a contemporary body moving sound throughout. The album will be released as a continuous mix stream on CD and as separate tracks on the digital and vinyl versions.

Maceo had specific goals for this project, “I wanted it to be very versatile with varied moods. Sexy futuristic music spread over 12 totally different tracks. Kind of like a 12 page excerpt out of a Kama Sutra book but set to beats!“

This willed direction led to deep and rhythmic works of audible engineering and resulted in something unique and surprising. The outcome is named ‘Life Index’ and made exclusively for the pioneering label, Crosstown Rebels.

The profound evolution of Maceo Plex is also due to a relocation from a complex and dark life in America, to his current homebase of Valencia, Spain. The sunny and relaxed atmosphere has been instrumental in the formation of Maceo Plex, and can be heard in the lengthy inward journey apparent in his music.

Whereas before he was heavily influenced by the sounds of other modern funk theorists such as Model 500, Kenny Larkin, Idjut Boyz, and Convextion, this new retreat has led him to the sounds of Parliament, Funkadelic, Moodymann, Atjazz, Isolee, and Luomo. Here Maceo finally completed his transformation and is shining brighter than the star Sirius. His newest musical output reflects his radiation in a variety of beautiful colors.

Once experienced, ‘Life Index’ will make it abundantly clear the level of versatility Maceo Plex possesses among his many auditory shells, and the world will understand his pristine vision of house music and beyond.

Crosstown Rebels has artist albums penned and scheduled from Deniz Kurtel, Art Department, Jamie Jones as well as this project from Maceo Plex for 2011. A global pioneer for electronic music, these projects promise to deliver some of the finest house and techno music to the table and cement their reputation as one of the best record labels on the planet.