Browse by Label: COCOON (GERMANY)

Artist:	MINILOGUE
Title:	Animals
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	DVD
Price:	$29.00
Catalog #:	COR 001DVD

Malmö, Sweden's Minilogue (Sebastian Mullaert and Marcus Henriksson) present the animated movie version of their highly-acclaimed debut full-length album, Animals. When the pair founded Minilogue in 2000, it was thought of not only as a musical project, but also as a visual one. From the beginning, the two musicians thought animals to be the front for Minilogue: animals which do not actually exist, but imaginary animals. As they appear on Minilogue's record sleeves, they merge elements and parts of all different animals together: there is a donkey with a trunk of an elephant or a mouse with the horns of a deer. With Animals -- The Movie, Minilogue's visual world comes fully into existence to the soundtrack of elegant and inventive minimal-techno -- with tracks from both the "dance" and "ambient" selections on the album release, plus three exclusive tracks -- 1 featuring Tobias. The 80-minute-long DVD was created by Hinge Design from New Zealand and a couple of other visuals artists. Two segments by Kristofer Ström were released as a preview; "Hitchhiker's Choice" had more than three million views on YouTube. The rhythm of the whole movie is defined by its quiet camera motions. With its countless images and movements, the films put us in a detached position, and we watch the world around us like scientists, experiencing a remote beauty to its full extent. Animals -- The Movie manages to combine the repetitive collages of club visuals with the subtleties of video art. Strange, boldly-colored animal amalgamations bounce around a Swedish cityscape, others appear on a blank page, being drawn and distorted by their creator. This is quite possibly one of the most ambitious visualizations of today's electronic music. It will appear in your living room, on your TV, as well as in your favorite club. Mesmerizing and charming animation that perfectly suits its sonic environment. NTSC format for North America, region-free DVD.

Artist:	SIENKIEWICZ, JACEK
Title:	Téchnè
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	COR 003CD

"The Greek word téchnè simply means a way to know things. Jacek Sienkiewicz knows techno. Born in Warsaw, Poland, Jacek has been busy focusing and developing his own style through his Recognition label. His tracks stand out as both a powerful dancefloor tool and as carefully crafted compositions. Téchnè is the second album by Jacek Sienkiewicz and is the first artist album to be released on Sven Vath's Cocoon Recordings. This is techno for the future."

Artist:	LEGOWELT
Title:	Disco Route
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	COR 004EP

"Dutch producer Danny Wolfers aka Legowelt had released his track 'Disco Route' on 12" vinyl on the American label Ghostly International, and probably, the limited record would have fallen into oblivion --i f Sven Väth had not heard the track and put it on top of his charts. 'Disco Route' has been THE floorburner at this years' Cocoon Club in Ibiza's finest club Amnesia and a summer hit as such. Cocoon Recordings licensed the track and is to release a 12" vinyl EP containing the Original on the A-Side and a stunning remix by Kanzleramt Member and Cocoon Booking Artist Johannes Heil."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Cocoon Compilation C
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	COR 005CD

"Finally! The third label compilation of Cocoon Recordings is here! Sven Vath (German Techno master and label founder) and Pauli Steinbach (label manager), have once more rallied some of the most promising producers of electronic music round them in order to present their labels music to the public. This comp contains music by artists who are already connected with the name Cocoon, but have not yet produced a track for a Cocoon Compilation. Twelve international producers / production teams have contributed an exclusive track to this compilation: Alter Ego, Funk D'Void, Jacek Sienkiewicz, Michael Mayer, Alexander Kowalski, D.Diggler, Gennaro Le Fosse, Petar Dundov, S.I. Futures, Stanny Franssen, Steve Rachmad and Taksi."

Artist:	BONDZIO, OLIVER
Title:	Straight Outta D-Town
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	COR 007CD

"Straight out of Duesseldorf comes fresh food from one of Germany's most distinguished DJs and producers: Oliver Bondzio's very first Artist Album in his own name is released by Cocoon Recordings. This very fine piece of Techno bears the title Straight Outta D'Town and assembles varied tracks which come along with great love for the detail and a good deal of steam. Bondzio puts straight techno alongside dark Electro-Sounds like 'The Devil Made Me Do It' and thus proves musical variety. The distorted voice in the background of the track is the confession of a serial killer."

Artist:	SIENKIEWICZ, JACEK
Title:	Displaced
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	COR 008CD

"Technology that powers the world is supposed to be stable and not to fail. But every machine is programmed or operated by a human, whose single mistake can lead into crash. Furthermore, beware of the accidents that happen, which may cause serious damage to a power computer, will it be either a software problem or brutal physical damage. And, in fact, the more complex the technology becomes, the threat of unexpected damage rises. However, broken machines could work, and here is the example: Displaced is the second album for Cocoon by Jacek Sienkiewicz, Warsaw-based 27-year old producer and fierce live performer, also running his own label Recognition. This is an exceptional record: made by Jacek after moving from his native Warsaw to more quiet and conservative Cracow, using, among others, a badly crashed laptop computer, virtually high on emotion. One can find all his trademark elements here -- madly driving techno beats, overwhelming melodies and weird vocal snippets, but the result is more dancefloor-friendly as well as more experimental at a time, a rare achievement in today's formalised world of club music. The music formerly known as Techno is not dead, as many say... It's just somewhere else. And that's where it is."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Cocoon Compilation D
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	COR 009CD

"The fourth release in the Cocoon Compilation series assembles some of the finest Techno music. All tracks are made exclusively for Cocoon Recordings and over the past three years, more and more Techno musicians from all over the world became aware of and are fascinated by this concept of expressing the artist's relation to a label. Adam Beyer for instance, one of the most influential producers within the scene, called his track 'Rockoon' and thus showed both his commitment to the idea behind Cocoon Rec. as well as his conviction that the label's music is not boring at all. Sven Väth teamed up with long-time companion Anthony Rother and delivers a positively disturbing track which not only features Rother's well-manufactured soundscapes but also the unmistakable voice of Sven. The focus of the compilation was once more set on young fresh artists who stand out the mass of producers in our days. And people like ADA, Denis Rusnak, Bangkok Impact or Destillat for example, have definitely ideas that may help to take Electronic Music another step forward." Features: Dinky, Jake Fairley, Roman Flugel, David Carretta, Vath vs. Rother, ADA, Role Model, Adam Beyer & Henrik B, Tony Rohr, Denis Rusnka, Destillat, Bangkok Impact.

Artist:	ROTHER, ANTHONY
Title:	Bodytalk
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	COR 010EP

"After more than three years, it has finally come true -- Anthony Rother left his first and, so far, last footprints at Sven Vath's label Cocoon Recordings with the opening track for Cocoon's first Label Compilation A in 2000, 552000 under the alias 'Little Computer People'. Now, he presents a 12" record with the telling name Bodytalk, which was exclusively produced for Cocoon Recordings. With 'Come With Me', Mr. Rother invites us politely to follow him and gives one more definition of Elektro in 2003 at the same time. The futuristic sounding track melts the harmonies and beats with Rother-like vocals and sound specials, giving the music a light percussive touch, especially at the end. The flipside brings 'Bodytalk' to your ears and shows a somehow different facet of the artist Anthony Rother -- 'gimme that damn Guitar'. With 'Bodytalk' and 'Come With Me', Anthony Rother has made two tracks which will cause some confusion in the Techno Community for sure."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Cocoon Compilation F
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	COR 011CD

Cocoon Compilation F is without doubt the hottest collection of exclusive tracks from the hippest producers, newcomers, etc. Here, minimal meets tech-house, with the result that both the club-orientated tech-heads as well as the electronic music fan in his living room are happy. Pier Bucci starts things off with minimal beats and bubbling bass lines, fathoming frequencies below 50 Hz, forming an ideal transition to the slightly shuffled minimal pusher by Guido Schneider. Adam Proll switches gears with some rocking material, before Cocoon all-star Johannes Heil draws the bow from deep elegant techno to raspy acid sounds. 2000 and One bows before the kicking house sound of Kevin Saunderson while Gregor Tresher presents with what is sure to be a big hit this summer: acid meets trance meets electro. Andreas Kauffelt moves to kicking old school and pumping 909 beats right before Mathew Jonson, who dabbles in minimal and house at the same time. Guy Gerber meshes his very unique house tempo with eclectic sounds, while Serafin delivers a first class minimal acid burner. Finally, David K provides the right amount of craziness for the package with hardcore beats, and Alex Smoke tops it off with his downbeat-like contribution which is moody but still kicking and crazy at the same time -- definitely the right track to touch ground again after a journey through this thoroughly comprehensive journey into Cocoon.

Artist:	GERBER, GUY
Title:	Late Bloomers
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	COR 012CD

This is the full-length CD debut by Isreal-born Guy Gerber. With the first tracks on Late Bloomers, Gerber already makes clear what this is all about. Not only does he mix house, techno and trance like nobody else -- he also produces with accordion sounds and basslines reminiscent of Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust" ("Unfulfilled") without any concern, also showing multiple influences from Carl Craig via Giorgio Moroder to Jean Michel Jarre. The first real climax of the CD is reached on track 5 with Gerber's last 12" smash for Cocoon "Belly Dancing," immediately followed by last year's hit "Sea Of Sand," a track which was not missing from the set of any techno or house DJ in 2006. With "Persona Non Grata," he proves that he keeps his cool. "Moody Samba" offers a total contrast, proving Mr. Gerber's versatility without ever appearing random, sounding like a remix of Aphex Twin's "Analogue Bubblebath." "2 Birds 1 Stoned" is weird and energetic, with basslines that remind of the high times of giant open air raves in Northern England in the beginning of the '90s. After the first part of the CD with its well-known and expected hits, Gerber skillfully brings the listener down again with "Planetarium" and "Last Frequency." The latter track with its arpeggiated lines harkens the Blade Runner soundtrack, only with a shuffled beat underneath. In case you meet someone next week who completely missed the last 15 years of club history, just give him this CD and within a few moments, he will get a comprehensive impression of what has musically happened on the best four-to-the-floors around the world. We bow in awe.

Artist:	FLUGEL, ROMAN
Title:	Geht's noch?
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	COR 012EP

"Roman Flügel recorded under various pseudonyms and co-produced Sven Väth's last two albums (Contact and Fire). He belongs to the Playhouse / Klang / Ongaku crew as musician as well as A&R. Together with Jörn E. Wuttke, he forms the producer duo Alter Ego, being responsible for classics like 'Betty Ford'. The current album Transphormer is a re-orientation within the Techno map and is thus setting new standards. Dominik Eulberg is one of the most promising young artists this year. With 'Die Rotbauchunken vom Tegernsee', he just released a summer smash hit on Traum Schallplatten, and is now preparing to convince the rest of the community. With his remix of 'Geht's noch?', he is on the best way."

Artist:	GERBER, GUY
Title:	Late Bloomers
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	COR 012LP

This is the double vinyl version of the full-length debut by Israel-born Guy Gerber. Deluxe gatefold packaging. With the first tracks on Late Bloomers, Gerber already makes clear what this is all about. Not only does he mix house, techno and trance like nobody else -- he also produces with accordion sounds and bass lines reminiscent of Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust" without any concern, also showing multiple influences from Carl Craig via Giorgio Moroder to Jean Michel Jarre. In case you meet someone next week who completely missed the last 15 years of club history, just give him this record and within a few moments, he will get a comprehensive impression of what has musically happened on the best four-to-the-floors around the world. We bow in awe.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Cocoon Compilation G
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	COR 013CD

One of the most successful compilation serieses in Germany ascends the alphabet to the letter "G." This is the best of the Cocoon label, and the names on this release are a veritable "who's who" of the techno universe. Contemporary music in the year 2007 refuses to be pigeonholed to only one style -- more and more, it is simply a matter of whether the music is good, genres and categories be damned. After a slamming contribution from the lauded My My comes Cobblestone Jazz -- with a deep tech house track that appeals a bit to trance and dub. Chaim's track "Genesis" sounds trippy with Oriental harmonies and Detroit-like basslines, weird beats and hi-hats that should rock every rave. "Treibsand" by Stephan Bodzin breathes Frankfurt techno air and sounds like Johannes Heil and Anthony Rother without copying them. Tiefschwarz represents the "peak time" part of the CD. Marcel Dettmann presents us the first real techno track, "Sepia" which is a classic old school techno pusher with minimal but fat beats, a lot of reverb and echo. Aki Latvamäki's contribution features rolling beats, staccato synths and driving hi-hats, creating a true techno monster that may catch the ears of fans of Mathew Jonson. Next, Audion cools down the temperature with "Fire," Phil Kieran stomps around with "I Think I'm A Monster," and newcomer Jamie Jones gives us "Harijuku" -- a very elegant tech house tool with a deep and driving basslines, fat house-y beats and soulful strings, making a nice transition to Onur Özer's piece which sounds a bit like a mixture between some old Mike Ink Studio1 records and current Pier Bucci productions. Magnificent! Deetron finalizes Compilation G and arouses us, unpacking a solid bassline and mean synth sounds, slightly moving towards electro, but never becoming too hectic. Leaving a lot of space for a long intro, he creates an absolute highlight of the CD. A hefty mix for hefty parties, indeed.

Artist:	PIG&DAN
Title:	Imagine
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	COR 014CD

This is the debut full-length release by Pig&Dan. In 1999, the Igor Tchkotoua and Dan Duncan met by chance on a flight to Spain and the rest is history. Soon after that, records and productions were exchanged and slowly, the two determined to rough up the underground techno scene. Their first joint productions immediately made it into the record cases of well-known DJs and were featured on many mix compilations. After more than twenty productions for their own Submission label, they started a new label, Sonic Society, moving more towards minimal productions. Last year, their 12"s On To The Beat and After Ibiza on Cocoon Recordings caused a sensation wherever the records were played. From that point on, it was only a question of time until the duo would do a longplayer on Cocoon Recordings. Pig&Dan's electronic house sound is a perfect image of what is happening on the planet's dancefloors. Trippy and driving electronic beats are combined with filigree basslines, giant spherical spaces and weird sounds in long sophisticated arrangements: modern minimal house with a good share of techno. Pig&Dan are masters of their trade, and with their productions, sound and style, harken the perfection of artists like Guido Schneider and Anders Trentemøller. Despite the stringent concept of electro house, their productions are applicable in a highly flexible way, sometimes reminding of the high times of Vladislav Delay's Luomo productions. Pig&Dan reduce themselves on Imagine to the essentials of current techno productions and work more clearly on the elements that a modern dance track should have. This is the sound of the Cocoon floors in Ibiza, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Rome, transported directly to our iPods, stereos and cars. Pig&Dan's impressive debut proves that they are not only fantastic DJs and remixers, but can also create first-class productions.

Artist:	PIG&DAN
Title:	Imagine
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	COR 014LP

This is the double vinyl version of the full-length debut by Pig&Dan. Right now, their electronic house sound is a perfect image of what is happening on the planet's dancefloors: trippy and driving electronic beats are combined with filigree bass lines and giant spherical spaces, and weird sounds are composed within long, sophisticated arrangements. Modern minimal house with a good share of techno. On Imagine, the duo reduce themselves to the essentials of current techno productions and work more clearly on the elements that a modern dance track should have. This is the sound of the Cocoon floors in Ibiza, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Rome, transported directly to your iPod, stereo and car. Pig&Dan's impressive debut proves that they are not only fantastic DJs and remixers, but can also create first-class productions.

Artist:	EULBERG, DOMINIK
Title:	Bionik
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	COR 015CD

This is the third full-length release from Bonn-based DJ, producer and park ranger, Dominik Eulberg, following his highly-acclaimed ode to field-recording, Heimische Gefilde. Like no one else, Eulberg combines sound and art research with solid and straight productions, attracting fans from all fields such as techno, house and even trance. The young man from the Westerwald alternates between straight-in-your-face humor and profundity, however, his secret seems to be rooted in tradition while still taking risks. Big tunes like "Bionik" or his remixes of "Geht's Noch?" and "Der Mückenschwarm" are harkened to on this release, as well as clacking electro tracks and sound research experiments. Eulberg's productions emerge from various approaches, never sounding heavy or over-produced, but also not sounding like another overly-simplistic minimal statement. Bionik is immediate and danceable -- real home-grown, friendly stuff. Similar to his DJ sets, he takes us on a journey into his world, his studio, his microcosm, and one understands why he opens up his home to us, and invites us to sit down and stay while.

Artist:	MINILOGUE
Title:	Animals
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	COR 016CD

Malmö, Sweden's Minilogue (Sebastian Mullaert and Marcus Henriksson) present Animals, their debut full-length release for Sven Väth's Cocoon. Nowadays, electronic producers tend to retreat into their special stylistic niche -- Minilogue dare to draw the bigger picture. After releasing outstanding productions on such renowned labels as Traum, Crosstown Rebels and Wagon Repair, this opus magnum covers a wide spectrum of music, reaching from peak-time techno to beatless deep ambient. The full range of Minilogue's vision of electronic music is developed on a double CD -- one devoted to dance music, the other devoted to ambient, while the vinyl version naturally focuses on the dance tracks. The immediacy of the club tracks incorporate the elegance and simplicity of classic early '90s techno, the economy and lightness of the minimal sound and the sweetness and charm of their recent developments. This is a journey to be listened to from beginning to end, mixed in a seamless flow. As Son Kite and Trimatic, Mullaert and Henriksson became very successful in the trance scene, playing enthusiastically-received live sets all over the world. With Minilogue, they leave the boundaries of that genre -- and actually of any genre. The result couldn't be more striking: the dance tracks are powerful and humble, the ambient tracks are subtle and bold. While other producers tend to get lost in layers of sounds and reverb, Animals is spring-loaded and nimble. Tracks so humble, effective and elegant, they stream unremittingly into the listener's ears. The music stretches out towards the horizon in a gesture of unmitigated desire: a desire for wideness, a desire for sound, a desire for the elementary beauty of techno. 2nd pressing, digipak packaging.

Artist:	MINILOGUE
Title:	Animals
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	COR 016LP

Double LP version. Malmö, Sweden's Minilogue (Sebastian Mullaert and Marcus Henriksson) present Animals. Nowadays, electronic producers tend to retreat into their special stylistic niche -- Minilogue dare to draw the bigger picture. After releasing outstanding productions on such renowned labels as Traum, Crosstown Rebels and Wagon Repair, this vinyl version of their upcoming 2CD full length (one CD devoted to ambient, the other to club tracks) focuses on dance tracks. The immediacy of the club tracks incorporate the elegance and simplicity of classic early '90s techno, the economy and lightness of the minimal sound and the sweetness and charm of their recent developments. As Son Kite and Trimatic, Mullaert and Henriksson became very successful in the trance scene, playing enthusiastically-received live sets all over the world. With Minilogue, they leave the boundaries of that genre -- and actually of any genre. This is music that stretches out towards the horizon in a gesture of unmitigated desire: a desire for wideness, a desire for sound, a desire for the elementary beauty of techno.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Cocoon Compilation H
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	COR 017CD

One of the most successful compilation series in Germany alphabetically ascends to the letter "H." Alongside Sven Väth's Sound of the Season series, the letter compilations are Cocoon Recording's most anticipated product, expressing Väth's view on the current state of club music. Connecting Cocoon's activities to the diverse club music scenes from all over the globe, the 12 tracks work as a multifaceted manifesto, providing a veritable "who's who" of the techno universe. Released on CD and in a limited box of 6 colored vinyls, each track unfolds on a side of its own. Featured artists include esteemed musicians and upcoming artists such as Joris Voorn, Oliver Ho and Len Faki, appearing alongside Simon Baker, Mark August and Matt Star. Cassy Britton's "A Plea For Me" is as charming and sweet as a techno track can be, developing a rich and suggestive mood with a few short, looped elements. In turn, the vocals on Joris Voorn's "Deep Side Of The Moog" pick up the vibe of Cassy's track, while developing a true Detroit sensibility. Oliver Ho's "Tempo" combines an ultra-rough, super-funky house groove with disturbing sounds. Roman Flügel and Sven Väth develop a mind-distorting synthesizer frenzy without giving away any of their electronic coolness. Merging wide-ranging sounds into complex structures, Simon Baker creates a sexy tension on "U," while Len Faki combines the slow, meditative speed of a deep house track with the captivating energy of his highly-influential techno productions. "Diablo" by Dubfire possesses a combination of efficiency and elegance that makes you feel like flying in a supersonic aircraft. Tolga Fidan displays his special talent for composing graceful melodies arranged in an acoustic labyrinth, while Gui Boratto combines a linear, Cologne-styled groove with haunting ambient sounds. Efdemin's "Float" has a vibrating, staccato groove whose energetic center can't be seized. "3 Of A Kind" by Mark August is a moody tech-house track which fixates on certain emotional states in order to drive them into escalation. Concluding the mix is Matt Star's "Am I Dreaming" -- suggestive, immediate and full of fantasy. The H compilation will be a devoted companion for the summer of 2008 and beyond.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Cocoon Morphs Tokyo
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	COR 018CD

The Cocoon label presents the Cocoon Morphs Tokyo CD, previously released exclusively in Japan. Presenting exclusive work by artists of the highest Cocoon-caliber, Cocoon Morphs Tokyo also celebrates the aesthetic partnership between world-renowned German photographer and artist Andreas Gursky and Cocoon-head Sven Väth. Gursky has published a cycle of large-sized pictures with "cocoon" as the central theme: the "Cocoon" pictures reference current club culture, with Gursky using the big techno events Cocoon stages as inspiration. The architectural frame of his work refers to the design of the CocoonClub in Frankfurt. The spatial concept was developed by Väth, together with the design agency 3deluxe. In Gursky's cover art, you can see the idealized approach to the original CocoonClub in all its fervent glory. Here, excellent electronic music meets the work of the most important contemporary German artist worldwide -- again, Cocoon explores new frontiers and combines art forms of the 21st century. Artists include: Gerber & Kalbata, Tiefschwarz, Pig & Dan, Väth vs. Rother, Schneider & Galluzzi, Ricardo Villalobos, David K, and Patrick Zigon.

Artist:	EXTRAWELT
Title:	Schöne Neue Extrawelt
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	COR 019CD

This is the debut full-length by Hamburg's Arne Schaffhausen and Wayan Raabe aka Extrawelt. The duo describe the aesthetic of Schöne Neue Extrawelt thusly: "It's all about hooking up our music to the emotional world of electronic music at the beginning of the '90s, however, without falling for nostalgic references. We don't want to do cowardly zeitgeist techno, we want to have the heart to dare big sounds and more melodies. Sunrise scenarios, energy, revolution and kaput-ness, all these are parts of the Extrawelt." Extrawelt have been unmistakably imprinting the last three years' club sound with widely-noticed releases on Border Community (Sooper Track), Traum Schallplatten (Doch Doch) and Cocoon Recordings (Titelheld) as well as with remixes for Gregor Tresher, Minilogue and Alexander Kowalski. Work on this record began more than two years ago: "The initial idea was to present an album covering all styles of electronic music between ambient, breakbeats and techno. When we had 25 tracks for the album ready, we had to realize that this approach did not work for us. Insofar, we finally decided to use the 4/4 bass drum in all tracks except in the little intermezzo 'Kurt Curtain.' We have tested all tracks live over the last three months and constantly re-interpreted them. So, the 'danceability' is clearly our focus ... but our intention was definitely not to deliver an album full of superficial peak-time hits." These 12 tracks represent a pleasurable "in-betweenness," the organic development of hypnotically compressed dance music that is more than just minimal techno, reduced trance or electronic circa Warp-era. From the richly decorated musical clock intro of "One Tree Hill" to the stereo singing bowl of "Trümmerfeld," to the Asian-sounding creaking of "Daten Raten," Extrawelt celebrate a vision of futuristic melancholy with organically detailed richness that is permanently in motion, but is nevertheless well-balanced.

Artist:	SIENKIEWICZ, JACEK
Title:	Modern Dance
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	COR 020CD

This is the third full-length album from Poland's Jacek Sienkiewicz for Cocoon Recordings. Modern Dance is a mixed CD compilation of his past and future 12" releases for his very own Recognition label and from Cocoon. For the last ten years, Jacek has been carving his very own niche in this genre formerly known as techno. Paying respect to the classic masters of Detroit sound, he has never followed formulas and classic frames of what was once considered minimal techno, instead always working on both expanding and questioning the music we used to know. Hence, Modern Dance was born. As we all know, dance is an art form, referring to the movements of the human body. Be it a form of one's expression, social interaction, or the extension of spiritual life, dance is most often associated with music. Dance embodies emotions, expresses ideas and generally tells a story. Music is the catalyst. The modern dance was raised out of rebellion against the strict formulas of tradition -- and so was the music you are about to hear. Jacek Sienkiewicz has been exploring the emotional, physical, mental, communicative and artistic aspects of dance and music for the last ten years. Probing and expanding the boundaries of classic techno music, filtering Detroit sound through innumerable studio experiments, his music became the way to express his deepest inner feelings and visionary creativity -- and this is exactly what modern dance is about.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Cocoon Compilation I
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	COR 021CD

Cocoon's hotly-anticipated letter series of inspired dance-music compilations reaches letter "I." Like each year, Cocoon and Sven Väth set standards and cement reputations with a collection of the hottest and most exclusive tracks in contemporary techno, having generated smash hits from the likes of "Geht's Noch?" or "Mückenschwarm," as on previous installments of the series. This edition is particularly focused on house, beginning with the debut of eMT, a collaboration between Tobi Neumann and his partner Matthew Styles, who will enchant the dancefloor with their warm, organic sound. Lauhaus present their percussive and Detroit-dub style "Back To Ipanema," while Secret Cinema lift hands in the air with the highly-harmonic house tune "Kurzweil." Detroit's M_nus ambassador Gaiser takes the path of reduced deepness with his hypnotic trip-house in "Am I," and this is not the only surprise: Matthew Edwards' aka Radio Slave's highly-anticipated first track for Cocoon is a glorious Wild Pitch revival with constant layers of sound, a pumping bass kick and an organ that would even make DJ Pierre proud. And once again, Timo Maas lets you totally lose yourself for 11 minutes with his space-y, alarm siren disco-funk. Twelve more tracks reveal the best and brightest artists of this year, and those who are sure to shine far into the future. Other artists include: Tim Green & Emerson Todd, Chymera, Johnny D, Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts, Kabuto & Koji, and Kollektiv Turmstrasse.

Artist:	KIERAN, PHIL
Title:	Shh
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	COR 022CD

The UK's Phil Kieran has been in the upper echelons of the electronic music game for more than a decade, but is only now releasing his debut album under his own name. Known for rocking clubs and releasing a string of killer 12"s, Belfast-based Phil has hooked up with German powerhouse Cocoon in recent times. Shh is a groundbreaking piece of work that will undoubtedly gain Phil plaudits across the board. The album seems to not only reference every sound Phil has ever loved in music, but is formulated in a completely fresh and futuristic way. Listen carefully, and you will detect elements of dub reggae, old hardcore like LFO, hip-hop, early-'90s electronica such as Autechre/Black Dog and other Warp staples, as well as the futuristic techno that Phil excels in. For the album, Phil went back to old sound lab recordings dating back to the 1950s and 1960s. Utilizing some of these sounds in the initial construction, he built up tracks using a combination of old samples sourced from original and weird places and some live new instrumentation as well. There are live drums, some electric/acoustic/bass guitar and live keyboard playing, as well as some choice guest vocalists. Simply put, Phil has synthesized his myriad of influences into one radically beautiful whole: blissed-out vocal samples, space age electro, cavernous bleeps, fizzy technoid 4/4 beats, glistening glitches, crackers crackles, early R&S sounds, warm keys, acerbic bass line undertows, dense echoes, Orbital cinematics and randy robotics all feature, but really, this is an album far greater than the sum of its parts. It's very much a home- or car-listening album, perfect for post-club play, although plenty of the individual tracks contain discerning dancefloor dynamics, too. Shh is an incredibly stimulating amalgam of sounds that will have your mind and body scrolling through decade upon decade of sound. Destined to take its place amongst not only the albums of the year, but as one of the landmark releases of the last two decades.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Cocoon Compilation J
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	COR 023CD

Cocoon's hotly-anticipated letter series of inspired dance-music compilations reaches letter "J." For ten years now, the Cocoon-style alphabet is a guarantee of high class and exclusively-produced floor burners by the international techno and house elite, and, beyond that, a reliable indicator for the stylistic bandwidth of contemporary electronic dance music. And even with the previous editions A through I having set the bar high, the "J" edition starts with a true musical sensation, as the opener "Cocoon Dark Dub" comes from nobody less than Moritz von Oswald. So, initially, it's the heartbeat of dub techno that pulsates through a lonely piano and noise fractals, and the club world holds its breath for a good eight minutes. However, the "J" compilation literally pulls out all the stops over the following 110 minutes playtime and shows what modern electronic dance music has to offer in these times. The Dial impresario Pantha Du Prince celebrates crystalline ice dance, while Cécille label-head Nick Curly, with his sensual tribal house, feasts on the most compact form of disco boogie that one can imagine. With "SBboty," the Kompakt ambassador DJ Koze flabbergasts the audience by combining virtually incompatible elements. Improvised horn licks whirr through a flickering, resonating body, while the bass kick fills up the tropical, ambient air. However, the invariably Cocoon policy to always support interesting newcomers becomes visible with the contribution of Basti Grub's "Sick," which climbs into your brain with its melodic high-frequency hook line and mysterious vocals, matching perfectly to the melancholic playfulness of the tracks by Guy Gerber. Ali Shirazinia aka Dubfire and Popof present some stringent hypno techno with a diaphragm-shaking bass drum. Besides the above-mentioned, the "J" compilation holds such well-known producers such as Loco Dice, Extrawelt, Reboot and last not least, long-time Cocoon companion Ricardo Villalobos, whose 12-minute-long dance on the echo-filled "Humusweg" once again draws the bow to the Basic Channel sound from the other side, leaving plenty of room for your own visions in between the pulsing metronome of the bass line.

Artist:	PIG&DAN
Title:	On To the Beat
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	COR 023EP

The second strike from Pig & Dan on Cocoon Recordings after the fabulous "Oh Yeah!" is a very fine recording, showing the production skills of the two Mallorca residents Igor Tchkutoa (aka Pig) and Dan Duncan. One day in 1999, Dan Duncan was discussing music to the person sitting next to him on a flight to Spain. Igor Tchkotoua was sitting directly behind him and heard Dan explaining his involvement in the music industry and decided to join the conversation. After the flight Igor and Dan swapped numbers and agreed that one day they should hook up and talk. They both had started producing and DJing back in the days of acid house and warehouse parties, and two years after their first meeting, they decided it would be stupid not to get in the studio together -- the start of Pig & Dan.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Cocoon Compilation J
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	6x12" BOX
Price:	$96.00
Catalog #:	COR 023LP

6x12" version packaged in a deluxe box. Cocoon's hotly-anticipated letter series of inspired dance-music compilations reaches letter "J." For ten years now, the Cocoon-style alphabet is a guarantee of high class and exclusively-produced floor burners by the international techno and house elite, and, beyond that, a reliable indicator for the stylistic bandwidth of contemporary electronic dance music. And even with the previous editions A through I having set the bar high, the "J" edition starts with a true musical sensation, as the opener "Cocoon Dark Dub" comes from nobody less than Moritz von Oswald. So, initially, it's the heartbeat of dub techno that pulsates through a lonely piano and noise fractals, and the club world holds its breath for a good eight minutes. However, the "J" compilation literally pulls out all the stops over the following 110 minutes playtime and shows what modern electronic dance music has to offer in these times. The Dial impresario Pantha Du Prince celebrates crystalline ice dance, while Cécille label-head Nick Curly, with his sensual tribal house, feasts on the most compact form of disco boogie that one can imagine. With "SBboty," the Kompakt ambassador DJ Koze flabbergasts the audience by combining virtually incompatible elements. Improvised horn licks whirr through a flickering, resonating body, while the bass kick fills up the tropical, ambient air. However, the invariably Cocoon policy to always support interesting newcomers becomes visible with the contribution of Basti Grub's "Sick," which climbs into your brain with its melodic high-frequency hook line and mysterious vocals, matching perfectly to the melancholic playfulness of the tracks by Guy Gerber. Ali Shirazinia aka Dubfire and Popof present some stringent hypno techno with a diaphragm-shaking bass drum. Besides the above-mentioned, the "J" compilation holds such well-known producers such as Loco Dice, Extrawelt, Reboot and last not least, long-time Cocoon companion Ricardo Villalobos, whose 12-minute-long dance on the echo-filled "Humusweg" once again draws the bow to the Basic Channel sound from the other side, leaving plenty of room for your own visions in between the pulsing metronome of the bass line.

Artist:	HEIL, JOHANNES
Title:	Loving
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	COR 024CD

For more than fifteen years, Johannes Heil has been an essential part of the German techno scene and with his classics such as "Paranoid Dancer" (Kanzleramt, 1998) or "Calling" (Kanzleramt, 1999), he belongs to the acoustic long-term memory of techno. However, in the last few years, with his releases for Klang Elektronik, Anthony Rother's Datapunk label and several other imprints like JH Records, Metatron or, most recently, Shit Happens, Johannes remains one of the guarantors for musical enhancements. With his eighth studio album Loving, Heil takes stock of his 15 years of musical past, in a modern and at the same time traditional way. He uses influences from Detroit house only superficially; the history of modern dance music that he tells is that of music as the universal language between all continents. So, one can find broken rhythms, combined with African chants as well as a terrific, pumping electro bass line and pizzicato strings, hypnotically dancefloor-binding sub-bass runners or samba percussion tracks with marching band citations and weightless Detroit high-tech house -- all of them equally part of the comprehensive vocabulary of... yes, love. After all, love is an emotional condition that still feels the best in the present tense. Maybe the time of love is now, in the year 2010. "With Loving I want to embrace the whole world, because this journey to the origins of electronic dance music in between modern Detroit, high-tech soul and house is coming from the very bottom of my heart." --Johannes Heil, 2010

Artist:	EXTRAWELT
Title:	Titelheld
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	COR 024EP

Extrawelt (Arne Schaffhausen and Wayan Raabe) give us a good going over and bravely break new grounds with their Titelheld EP. Here, insane minimal sounds merge with rock flair, and electro and trance harmonies. "Titelheld" brings us an electro hymnus with hints of Anthony Rother and Codec&Flexor, paired with a juicy deal of pain in the heart. A guaranteed summer hit. "Stammgast" is a perfect DJ tool -- minimal rock par excellence which makes the crowd go wild.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Eleven Years Cocoon Recordings Selected Remix Works Part 01
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 025.1EP

Cocoon celebrates 11 years with a special compilation and this is part 1 in a series of 3 vinyl releases accompanying the compilation. Petar Dundov remixes Extrawelt's "Titelheld" and over 12 minutes, Gary Beck unfolds presumably the mightiest bass kick on this comp around Pig & Dan's "Deliverance." Steve Rachmad brilliantly purges Joel Mull's club hit "Harmonautic String" of 2007, and so, the 11 turns into a mathematical parable of acoustic and rhythmic felicity.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Eleven Years Cocoon Recordings: Selected Remix Works Part 02
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 025.2EP

Part 2 in a series of 3 vinyl releases coinciding with Cocoon's 11 year anniversary compilation. It all begins with Alejandra Iglesias aka Dinky, whose "Acid In My Fridge" has ultimately taken her into the top league of producers. Lee Curtiss, Ryan Crosson, Seth Troxler and Shaun Reeves aka Visionquest turn the musical masterpiece into a marvel of fragmented dub techno in a breakbeat disguise. Next, Carlo Lio pumps a maximum of distortion into Dubfire vs. Huntemann's "Diablo," finishing with a bang.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Eleven Years Cocoon Recordings: Selected Remix Works
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	COR 025CD

The Cocoon label celebrates its 11th anniversary with a glorious 2CD compilation of tracks. Those who have followed the output of the most successful German label for electronic dance music since 2000 to date are aware of the fact that Cocoon's aim is to further the development of sound instead of sticking to nostalgia. Against this background, it may be a temporal coincidence but also totally logical that, on the occasion of the eleventh anniversary, this compilation breaks with traditions which people have come to like. So, the focus of CD1 does not lie in celebrating only the "best of" tracks, but rather in nine tracks from the past six years which have, without doubt, made some impact on clubs and dancefloors worldwide, but whose stories have not been musically "told" so far. It all begins with Alejandra Iglesias aka Dinky, whose "Acid In My Fridge" has ultimately taken her into the top league of producers. Lee Curtiss, Ryan Crosson, Seth Troxler and Shaun Reeves -- the Michigan collective Visionquest -- turns the musical masterpiece into a marvel of fragmented dub techno in a breakbeat disguise, where the 303 takes over the controls again in the end anyway. Carlo Lio pumps a maximum of distortion into Dubfire/Huntemann's "Diablo," while Steve Rachmad brilliantly purges Joel Mull's club hit "Harmonautic String" of 2007, and Gary Beck unfolds presumably the mightiest bass on this CD with his interpretation of Pig & Dan. This CD also presents such great coalitions as Guy Gerber and Kollektiv Turmstraße, Roman Flügel and Martin Buttrich, Tim Green and Argy, Paul Ritch and 2000 And One, but at least one of the tracks deserves a special mention: that what the Croatian sound wizard Petar Dundov has hauled out of Extrawelt's "Titelheld" can confidently be seen as one of the emotional moments of glory of techno in the current decade. On CD2, Patrick Kunkel presents an 80-minute mix made from 21 tracks of the label's history. With Roman Flügel's "Geht's Noch," Koletzki's "Der Mückenschwarm," Timo Maas' "Subtellite," Minilogue's "Jamaica" and "The Secret" by Joris Voorn, the mix makes absolutely clear how deep the marks are that Cocoon has left in the acoustic memory of the club scene. And so, the 11 turns into a mathematical parable of acoustic and rhythmic felicity. Other artists include: EMT, Glove, Legowelt, Len Faki, Reboot, Nick Curly, Julian Jeweil, Stephan Bodzin, Guy Gerber & Shlomi Aber, Jacek Sienkiewicz, Lucio Aquilina, David K and Loco Dice.

Artist:	BEYER, ADAM
Title:	Stereotypes/Selmas Dream
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	COR 025EP

Adam Beyer has been a committed name in quality productions of techno, Swedish acid and loop madness. Stereotypes/Selma's Dream displays finely-crafted, driving tech-house with a dubby touch. On the A-side, Beyer gives us his definition of a musical trip, with long breaks from another planet, and loads of dub and new school effects -- a sure shot for fans of m_nus and Mathew Jonson. The B-side fits into the current trance revival in the likes of James Holden or Nathan Fake, and should delight all fans of Border Community.

Artist:	SIENKIEWICZ, JACEK
Title:	On The Road
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	COR 026CD

Poland's Jacek Sienkiewicz presents his first album for Cocoon Recordings since 2004's Displaced (COR 008CD/LP). With over 30 releases behind him, and over a decade of running his own label, Sienkiewicz persistently follows his very own path, creating music that is impossible to define. Friendly, but not fraternizing, modest, but stubborn only in a positive way, Jacek is an individual with a clear, personal vision and an unorthodox approach to music -- light years away from the hectic, utilitarian ethos of club-derived electronic beats. On The Road is complex and challenging, to be derived in recent years from the music formerly known as techno. This album successfully attempts to embrace virtually all aspects of modern electronic music -- from rave-like club bangers, through Detroitish passion and deep house-like style, towards ambient soundscapes that are Mariana Trench-deep. Although "Departure" and "Arrival" are clearly marked, this is a journey without a beginning or an end, an endless peregrination in search of the lost chords, primal rhythms and melodies coming supposedly from another world. On The Road is also another collaboration with Cocoon -- starting with Téchnè (COR 003CD), through the memorable Displaced, the cycle is now completed with one of the most experimental albums to appear on Sven Väth's label to date. This record is not easy and definitely demands attention -- but it's also rewarding like no other. On The Road encapsulates Jacek's journey to date -- and is by no means its closing chapter. Quite the contrary -- it's a blueprint for an even more advanced attempt to create a truly timeless piece of art without denying its obvious, energetic and joyful roots. This is proper music -- full of energy and life, impossibly complex yet light as a feather, dense, thought-provoking and playful at the same time. Balancing between dirty noises and angelic melodies, it is moving and at times simply breath-taking. From the opening drone, in a second turned into a whirlwind of sounds and noises, via robotic fanfares for the common traveler and muscular bass-driven anthems for still non-existent dancefloors, towards ambient-like bliss, we hear mature, totally original music. It's not Detroit nor Santiago, not Sheffield nor Berlin, it's not even the sound of Jacek's hometown of Warsaw -- this is the real music of the spheres.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Cocoon Compilation K
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	COR 027CD

This is the eleventh edition in the Cocoon label's alphabetically-named yearly Cocoon Compilation series, curated by label-head Sven Väth. Cocoon Compilation K is definitely the deepest survey of contemporary electronic dance music that has ever seen the light of day on Cocoon Recordings. It all starts with David August -- with its sensual and melancholic slo-mo disco and a short acid insert, "True Romance" is a massive musical exclamation mark. After this, it gets profoundly hypnotic, thanks to Siberian singer and DJ/producer Nina Kraviz. Her dreamy vocals and the streamlined deep house of "W-Bleu" are for sure something that Baby Ford would have been proud of, too. Following these two compilation newcomers is Alejandra Iglesias aka Dinky. "Luvin" indulges the senses with a darkly shimmering disco-house-pop draft and some subtle Goldfrapp reminiscences, and thus has what it takes to become one of THE summer tracks of 2011. Henrik Schwarz then sets the course more to the dancefloor with his mythic-percussive dub-house runner "Now This Way," while the Far-Eastern-like, hypnotic reduction of "Blue Storm" by Matt John irresistibly takes our collective consciousness to Floor #7 after that. The meeting of the two house modernists Christian Burkhardt & Einzelkind as well as Sascha Dive's minimal-ska-influenced "New Frontiers" show that the Rhein Main area is still good for some damn innovative tracks. Maetrik shines again with his dirty soul-tech and with the mean high-frequency wild pitch of "The Thrust," Argy delivers the unofficial successor to his "Unreliable Virgin." Besides that, Tom Trago continues the long-lasting history of Detroit, using a quite percussive organ motif. Butch presents a siren-like deep house jewel, and the compilation is completed by Sebastian Mullaert and Marcus Henriksson aka Minilogue with their track "Blessed" -- without doubt the most sensual and melancholic title that the two have ever produced together. You can't get any closer to the pulse of modern electronic music culture than with this compilation.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Cocoon Compilation K
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	6LP BOX+CD
Price:	$96.00
Catalog #:	COR 027LP

Attention: The full-length versions of all tracks are only available on this 6-vinyl edition! This is the eleventh edition in the Cocoon label's alphabetically-named yearly Cocoon Compilation series, curated by label-head Sven Väth. Cocoon Compilation K is definitely the deepest survey of contemporary electronic dance music that has ever seen the light of day on Cocoon Recordings. It all starts with David August -- with its sensual and melancholic slo-mo disco and a short acid insert, "True Romance" is a massive musical exclamation mark. After this, it gets profoundly hypnotic, thanks to Siberian singer and DJ/producer Nina Kraviz. Her dreamy vocals and the streamlined deep house of "W-Bleu" are for sure something that Baby Ford would have been proud of, too. Following these two compilation newcomers is Alejandra Iglesias aka Dinky. "Luvin" indulges the senses with a darkly shimmering disco-house-pop draft and some subtle Goldfrapp reminiscences, and thus has what it takes to become one of THE summer tracks of 2011. Henrik Schwarz then sets the course more to the dancefloor with his mythic-percussive dub-house runner "Now This Way," while the Far-Eastern-like, hypnotic reduction of "Blue Storm" by Matt John irresistibly takes our collective consciousness to Floor #7 after that. The meeting of the two house modernists Christian Burkhardt & Einzelkind as well as Sascha Dive's minimal-ska-influenced "New Frontiers" show that the Rhein Main area is still good for some damn innovative tracks. Maetrik shines again with his dirty soul-tech and with the mean high-frequency wild pitch of "The Thrust," Argy delivers the unofficial successor to his "Unreliable Virgin." Besides that, Tom Trago continues the long-lasting history of Detroit, using a quite percussive organ motif. Butch presents a siren-like deep house jewel, and the compilation is completed by Sebastian Mullaert and Marcus Henriksson aka Minilogue with their 16-minute-track "Blessed" -- without doubt the most sensual and melancholic title that the two have ever produced together. You can't get any closer to the pulse of modern electronic music culture than with this compilation -- in a little more than 100 minutes.

Artist:	EXTRAWELT
Title:	In Aufruhr
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	COR 028CD

From Soopertrack on Border Community in 2006 to the Titelheld EP that same year and the album Schöne Neue Extrawelt (COR 019CD/LP) from the year 2008, which belong to the best-selling releases on Cocoon recordings, the two Hamburg residents Arne Schaffhausen and Wayan Raabe have skyrocketed their reputations to become two of the most style-forming techno protagonists within the last ten years. "We don't want cowardly Zeitgeist Techno. We want to be courageous and dare new sounds and melodies. Sunrise scenarios, energy, revolution and 'Kaputtheit' -- these are all parts of the Extrawelt," the two musicians once said, and this artistic credo applies to their long-awaited second Extrawelt album, too. "We took our time and have collected tracks that have particularly touched us, no matter whether they are club-compatible or not. Besides that, we didn't want to repeat ourselves, and have created a unique second album that stands for itself." Without doubt, the two have succeeded in this. The spectrum of musical influences has again extended and the most diverse styles of electronic music connect seamlessly with the Extrawelt spirit. Here, the sonic Zeitgeist is not the determining variable for the music -- what really counts is the creation of nothing more and nothing less than a new world, by means of a never-exhausting acoustic imagination which shows new facets, even after the thousandth time of listening. One should be careful with the use of superlatives, but this is exactly how masterpieces are sounding.

Artist:	PROLL, ADAM
Title:	Hummel
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	COR 028EP

Poland-born Adam Proll presents two extraordinary productions, which draw a bow from house to pretty weird techno. The A-side is elegant with a light but effective shuffle programming. The mid-'80s house sounds, the fat and straight beats and the 303 acid line unite the best from old and new school. By contrast, Adam unpacks the punk on the B-side. What starts as a fuzzy electro track with a dark bass sound and a mighty 909 kick turns into a techno monster with freaky breaks and insane synth sounds. An absolute highlight for fans of Zombie Nation and Daniel "DBX" Bell.

Artist:	EXTRAWELT
Title:	In Aufruhr
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	3LP
Price:	$33.00
Catalog #:	COR 028LP

Gatefold 3LP version. From Soopertrack on Border Community in 2006 to the Titelheld EP that same year and the album Schöne Neue Extrawelt (COR 019CD/LP) from the year 2008, which belong to the best-selling releases on Cocoon, the two Hamburg residents Arne Schaffhausen and Wayan Raabe have skyrocketed their reputations to become two of the most style-forming techno protagonists within the last ten years. "We don't want cowardly Zeitgeist Techno. We want to be courageous and dare new sounds and melodies. Sunrise scenarios, energy, revolution and 'Kaputtheit' -- these are all parts of the Extrawelt," the two musicians once said, and this artistic credo applies to their long-awaited second Extrawelt album, too. "We took our time and have collected tracks that have particularly touched us, no matter whether they are club-compatible or not. Besides that, we didn't want to repeat ourselves, and have created a unique second album that stands for itself." Without doubt, the two have succeeded in this. The spectrum of musical influences has again extended and the most diverse styles of electronic music connect seamlessly with the Extrawelt spirit. Here, the sonic Zeitgeist is not the determining variable for the music -- what really counts is the creation of nothing more and nothing less than a new world, by means of a never-exhausting acoustic imagination which shows new facets, even after the thousandth time of listening. This is a masterful album from an incredibly refreshing duo.

Artist:	GERBER & SHLOMI ABER, GUY
Title:	Sea Of Sand
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	COR 029EP

"Sea Of Sand" by Guy Gerber, released on the Cocoon compilation series, turned out to be one of THE summer hits of the year. It is full of energy up to the limit, and from the very first second, this minimal house track plays itself in an almost magical, classic way. The previously unreleased B-side "After Love" contains a warm summer feeling. Guy and Shlomi conjure a true masterpiece, with bass and beat programming. This is an infatuating synth sound -- huge and epic, in the direct intersection of deep house, acid and techno.

Artist:	PIG&DAN
Title:	After Ibiza/Touch
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	COR 030EP

Pig & Dan are one of the big newcomers on Cocoon Recordings. With After Ibiza/Touch, they deliver a real beamer for Cocoon, totally right on in giving consideration to the Ibiza reference. For ten minutes, echo bleeps and trippy beats are screwed into your brain in a way that sometimes reminds of Ricardo Villalobos. The B-side "Touch" comes along in a more tech-house style, with minimal structures and overlapping harmonies, which make the perfect soundtrack for every sundown.

Artist:	FUCKAPONYDELIC
Title:	Switch the Lights
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	COR 031EP

A mysterious bootleg was being circulated in the DJ sets of some of the hottest tech house protagonists like Sven Väth, Ricardo Villalobos and André Galluzzi. The wildly programmed minimal monster with acid and Detroit flavor, and the insane vocals of a great funk pioneer made the floors burn regularly. Unfortunately, the first copies were sold out quickly, but Cocoon Recordings now releases the re-edit, and has even added a goodie: Cocoon Club resident C-Rock and his production partner Matthias Vogt (aka Motorcitysoul) took the original of "Switch the Lights" by Fuckaponydelic and now delivers a straight minimal acid-house track, which comes with new strings and trippy Detroit sounds for enormous floor potential.

Artist:	DAVID K
Title:	Tender and Sugar/Mayann
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	COR 032EP

David K from the Freak'n'Chic posse is one of the most successful newcomers of 2006. Freak'n'Chic stands for a kicking mix of techno and acid sounds, which are blended with some house. DJ-friendly, very danceable but still demanding, with elements of deep house and minimal house. This is also the direction of David's current tracks "Tender and Sugar" and "Mayann." Whereas the first track seems straighter, darker and more minimal, and the fat but simple beat is the driving element, the second track comes with spheric layers and weird percussion sounds to make it a real tech-house monster.

Artist:	LEGOWELT
Title:	Disco Rout Remixes
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	COR 037EP

New remixes by Deetron and Freeform Five, plus the original version from 2002's classic Ghostly compilation, Disco Nouveau. Deetron's remix of "Disco Rout" is full of lively arpeggios that create a hypnotic vibe without ever becoming obtrusive. One of the most house-y releases on Cocoon so far. In contrast, Freeform Five fathom the strong depths of current house and techno productions with pumping, compressed beats, clearly aiming at the peaktime on the main floor. Vocal snippets, a creaking bass-line and insane arrangements make this a giant monster.

Artist:	MINILOGUE
Title:	Jamaica
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	COR 044EP

The two Swedes Sebastian Mullaert and Marcus Henriksson are already a well-known name in the psy-trance scene as Son Kite. As Minilogue, they now conquer the minimal and house world. With their rather unique sound, they manage the tightrope walk between minimal and trance and never allow us to put them into a drawer. Jamaica features two calm tunes where organic matter and groovy sounds are worked into a detailed minimal labyrinth. Say YES to techno made in Sweden.

Artist:	VATH, SVEN
Title:	The Beauty & The Beast
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	COR 046EP

Do you remember this track? In 1994, The Love Parade was not a mass event yet and rave had its peak-time in the clubs. In the same year, Sven Väth released his concept album The Harlequin, The Robot And The Ballet Dancer with "The Beauty & The Beast" being the most groovy track. Fourteen years later, Eric Prydz puts it into a modern outfit, while still retaining the groove, playfulness and mysteriousness that takes the listener to another world. One-sided because you don't need another side.

Artist:	SIENKIEWICZ, JACEK
Title:	My Little Place
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 048EP

This is Jacek Sienkiewicz's fourth release for Cocoon Recordings. While the over-heated "My Little Place" re-interprets the credo of dub with polyrhythmic elements, delays and echo in an unfamiliar way, "Com-Bat" carries on his tradition of putting hypnotic sound evocations close to the ten-minute mark. With an intense melancholy, "Com-Bat" is somewhere in between the urban desperation of Detroit, and the atmosphere of after hours and Balearic bliss.

Artist:	TIEFSCHWARZ/SCHNEIDER & GALLUZI
Title:	Cocoon Morphs Tokyo Pt. 1
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 050.1EP

To celebrate their 50th vinyl release, the Cocoon label presents the first of 3 planned 12"s that will include 6 of the 7 tracks from the Cocoon Morphs Tokyo CD, previously released exclusively in Japan. The artwork for this series features a section of Cocoon Club-related artwork by German photographer Andreas Gursky, that will form the totality of the picture when all three 12"s are put together. This release features two tracks by Tiefschwarz and Schneider & Galluzi.

Artist:	GERBER & KALBATA/PIG & DAN
Title:	Cocoon Morphs Tokyo Pt. 2
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 050.2EP

To celebrate their 50th vinyl release, the Cocoon label presents the second of 3 planned 12"s that will include 6 of the 7 tracks from the Cocoon Morphs Tokyo CD, previously released exclusively in Japan. The artwork for this series features a section of Cocoon Club-related artwork by German photographer Andreas Gursky, that will form the totality of the picture when all three 12"s are put together. This release features two tracks by Gerber & Kalbata and Pig & Dan.

Artist:	VATH VS. ROTHER/RICARDO VILLALOBOS
Title:	Cocoon Morphs Tokyo Pt. 3
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 050.3EP

To celebrate their 50th vinyl release, the Cocoon label presents the third of 3 planned 12"s that will include 6 of the 7 tracks from the Cocoon Morphs Tokyo CD, previously released exclusively in Japan. The artwork for this series features a section of Cocoon Club-related artwork by German photographer Andreas Gursky, that will form the totality of the picture when all three 12"s are put together. This release features two tracks by Väth vs. Rother and Ricardo Villalobos.

Artist:	MINILOGUE
Title:	Jamaica/Hispaniola Remixes
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 051EP

The Swedish producer duo Minilogue's debut album Animals is going to be one of the most influential releases of electronic dance music. The intimacy of sound and the variety of movement extends the existing boundaries of techno and experimental. The Mole reworks "Hispaniola" with a hypnotic dub framework of extraordinary warmth. Dubfire's 13-minute long interpretation of "Jamaica" bespeaks night-time paranoia, but a pumping bass drum and the repeated valve discharge sounds make the club totally present in your home.

Artist:	BUTTRICH, MARTIN
Title:	I Lost My Wallet
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 052EP

Germany's Martin Buttrich has been decisively influencing the sound aesthetics of electronic dance music since the middle of the '90s. His second EP for Cocoon couldn't prove better his prediction that in 2008, minimal techno will contain more warm and melodic components. "Again" and "I Lost My Wallet" provide us with bass-prone reduction somewhere in between techno and house, and harmony bits that remind of Caribbean calypso, perfect for the open-air season.

Artist:	JOHN STARLIGHT
Title:	Road Rage
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 053EP

Florian Senfter aka Zombie Nation or John Starlight. Road Rage was originally released by UKW in a limited number of copies. With time-honored Plus 8 references and acid elements, the original recollects an almost-gone quality of techno: to blow away your skullcap with the unashamed joy of telling stories, many breaks, some funky dirtiness and experimental noise playfulness. Exclusively made for Cocoon was the remix by Popof who gives the track an intense gross-grained feeling. Here's the club future.

Artist:	MAAS, TIMO
Title:	Subtellite
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 054EP

DJ Timo Maas has made remixes for Depeche Mode, Madonna, Kelis, etc., and has a lot of pop in his veins. Together with his studio partner Sante Pucello, Maas sets new standards in the art of adrenaline release within the clubbing underground. "Subtellite" shines with a deep hypnotic bass rotor and ample percussion, picking up some small organ and a Flamenco guitar en route. When the bass drum returns after the breaks, there is no holding back anymore.

Artist:	PIG&DAN
Title:	Terminate
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 055EP

Igor Tchkotoua and Dan Duncan aka Pig&Dan are important techno ambassadors who have appeared on Datapunk and Pickadoll and who have remixed Eric Prydz and Underworld. Terminate features two peak-time hymns in between the past and future of dance music. "Terminate" is a true chameleon, hypnotizing with reduced bass knocks and an epically-long insect noise break. "Organix," with its bells and cut sequencer elements, is a future-compatible version of the hypno-techno that Plus8 represented in its early days circa 1990/1991.

Artist:	MINILOGUE
Title:	Animals RMX
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 057EP

Three more remixes of Minilogue's smash hit "Animals" from Luciano, Tolga Fidan and Beat Pharmacy. Swiss/Chilean minimal groove legend Luciano varies the track with sketchy, fragmented, tribal techno with a dry-as-a-bone bass kick. Brendan Moeller aka Beat Pharmacy interprets "Animals" within a mythical hypnosis of slagged deep house and deep dub-techno, somewhere in between nu-groove and Basic Channel. Tolga Fidan mixes with his highly-percussive prime-time techno approach, with a spoken voice reminiscent of Minilogue's 2008 club hit "Doiicie."

Artist:	REBOOT
Title:	Ronson
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 058EP

Reboot has been playing an outstanding role at Cocoon. Now, Frankfurt-based producer Frank Heinrich brings you Ronson, which will rapidly make clear where the journey leads. With sirens and discharges of compressed air, on the title track Heinrich appears uncompromisingly energetic and always sexy. The polyrhythmic, percussive "Mirasierra" gives the tired dancers a short break, even if the dub-ornamented bass line sometimes creates discoid moments. Both tracks are suitable for tropical moments on cold winter nights. On blue-colored vinyl.

Artist:	SIENKIEWICZ, JACEK
Title:	All Yours
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 060EP

Jacek Sienkiewicz seems unstoppable. "All Yours" rolls on the wheels of steel, like some kind of steampunk machinery, and by the time the strings move in, one will recognize an instant classic. The complexity of shuffling beats, flowing hi-hats and percussion is simply breathtaking. "Connections" features Jacek's trademark bells, bongos and cymbals, but the buzzing synths, bass stabs and unidentified voices create a different experience. The track builds mercilessly, and when the synth riff glides in, there is no escape.

Artist:	CURLY, NICK
Title:	Pujante
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 062EP

With his imprints Cécille and 8Bit Records, Nick Curly discovered both SIS and Johnny D., and thus shaped the electronic music scene decisively. The two exclusive tracks on Pujante showcase Nick's diversity and his intuition for groove and soul. "Pujante" is a banging piece of techno that extends over the dancefloor like a shock wave. "New Town Stranger" on the other hand, features a perfect groove and fascinating vocals, just like a story from another time.

Artist:	ELECTRIC RESCUE
Title:	The Devil's Star EP
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 063EP

Electric Rescue is French DJ D'Jedi, who has been connected with the development of techno in France since the beginning of the '90s. Previous releases on F Comm, Communiqué, ELP Media and Scandium. Besides a tectonically-shaking bass drum, "The Darkest Star" relies on raw club energy with a twist of irony and a steadily-rising noise level. "The Devil's Dance" grafts comparably brutal yet restrained techno, rhythm-wise, but it is no less effective, with its distinctive acid sound effects.

Artist:	FAKI, LEN
Title:	Death By House Remixes
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 065EP

Len Faki's "Death By House" was undoubtedly the ultimate hit on Cocoon Compilation H (COR 017CD/LP), uniting the techno and house floors worldwide. Now, Faki leaves the echo of this conjuration of powerful jack-house in very competent hands. Adam Beyer produces a bass kick that makes the earth shake, while percussive discotech massages your diaphragm. DJ Akihiro Mochizuki aka A.Mochi keeps up the energy with a pulsing bass, clockwork effects and a hands-in-the-air break.

Artist:	SECRET CINEMA
Title:	Jazz Me
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 066EP

Jeroen Verheij aka Secret Cinema looks back on almost 20 years of experience within the field of electronic music with Jazz Me. The title track is brilliantly located at the junction of melodic harmony and powerful techno bass. There's a concentrated bass kick, cowbells, a Detroit string motif a la Inner City and improvisations on the vibraphone. "Shake Ur Tech-Ass" is pure, rhythmic hedonism with intensive bass and suspense, like Plastikman meets Bodzin in an overheated basement club.

Artist:	EGBERT
Title:	Vreugdevuur
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 068EP

Egbert Van Der Gugten's Vlammen EP on EC Records was a bomb on the dancefloors and belonged to the basic vinyl inventory of Sven Väth's record case. With "Vreugdevuur," he provides a musical exclamation mark that sets standards in harmonic but demanding tech-house somewhere in between dub, progressive house and Detroit. A different approach is taken by "Groots Uitpakken," with its energetic wall of sound -- a nocturnal trip through slow-motion vocal tatters, whose string breaks provide an irresistible pull.

Artist:	TIEFSCHWARZ
Title:	Fall In/Keep On
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 069EP

After their track for the Cocoon Morphs Tokyo EPs in 2008, Tiefschwarz now rely on a percussive reduction with piercing hand-claps and strong vocal samples ("Fall In"). "Keep On" initially leaves the leading role to the bass, combining it with delayed vocals and surprising noise effects before introducing some organic and jazzy elements in the form of organ and xylophone sounds. Deep and claustrophobic darkness sets the first standard for the modern house sound in 2010.

Artist:	JEWEIL, JULIAN
Title:	Color
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	COR 070EP

DJ/producer Julian Jeweil belongs to the electronic music scene in Marseille, cultural center of the French Riviera. His collaborations with and remixes for Oxia, Scan X, Danton Eeprom and Sébastien Léger have cemented his reputation as a promising talent. Color stands for uncompromising and demanding techno in its purest form. The title track features a break with hysterical screaming, and "Amore" builds up more streamline-like in the style of Steve Bug, also with some impressive breaks.

Artist:	TRES (FEAT. FRANK LORBER)
Title:	Uno A Cuatro
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 071EP

Hessian DJ/producer Frank Lorber is intrinsically tied to the history of Cocoon Recordings. Tres is an artist collective entrenched in the Frankfurt tech-house scene featuring Lorber, 2Dollar Egg member Eric Besier and Bernd Maus, one-half of Gadgets and co-owner of Germany's successful Freebase record shop. These three beat wizards now pump up the bass to majestic size. While "Uno" is clearly made under the signs of reduction, "Dos" features a more playful touch of harmony and a percussive beat frame.

Artist:	ELECTRIC RESCUE
Title:	My Inner Colors EP
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 072EP

This is the second EP for Cocoon Recordings by Antoine Husson aka DJ D'Jedi. He has worked for labels such as F Comm, Communiqué, ELP Medien and Paul Nazca's label Scandium. Unerringly, Electric Rescue finds the golden compromise between modern rhythmic textures and powerful rave signals in the tradition of the early '90s. "Crazy Purple" features an unforgettable, steadily-growing noise modulation and "Bleu Electrique" is a mind-expanding span between Chicago-esque phuture sounds and acid trance spinners.

Artist:	KIERAN, PHIL
Title:	Blood Of Barcelona/Never Ending Mountain Rmxs
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 073EP

Cocoon Recordings presents a remix 12" of tracks off of Phil Kieran's Shh (COR 022CD/LP) album. Pan-Pot turn "Blood Of Barcelona" into a subsonic workhorse that sends shivers down the spines of fans of reductionist tech-house á la Dubfire and Radio Slave. Also Dutch talent Egbert van der Gugten ennobles his remix with a comparably hypnotic bass line, but lets his track drift into the sunrise with dub elements and a choir layer so beautiful that you wish for an endless loop.

Artist:	SIS
Title:	Sceam/Break Down
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 074EP

The mixture of hypnotic reduction and the high recognition value of Sis' sound fit perfectly with Cocoon Recordings. "Sceam" is a trip through vocal-like echo chambers that lose themselves within the depth of reverb -- its Oriental aesthetics being similarly credible as the tidy bass beat is. "Break Down" is a little more hesitant -- a dazzling and percussive dub-house sensuality from the infinite loop that makes you look forward to the debut album.

Artist:	VOORN, JORIS
Title:	The Secret
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 075EP

Joris Voorn effortlessly combines the best elements of classic techno from Detroit with the European historicity of electronic dance music. No surprise that his releases have been permanent guests in the record cases of DJ icons like Laurent Garnier, Carl Craig or Sven Väth. No different is the sensibility of The Secret -- once more, Voorn enchants us with futuristic disco tech and a bass line with an amazing pull. Booked your flights to Ibiza yet?

Artist:	HEIL, JOHANNES
Title:	Freedom Of Heart
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 077EP

Johannes Heil belongs to the long-term memory of German techno. However, he is equally well-known for continuous musical development. With this present teaser for his eleventh studio album Loving, Heil presents himself as more house-orientated than ever before. With references to both classic Detroit techno and modern high-tech house, "Freedom Of Heart" boasts jubilating strings and piano riffs. With its disco bass line á la John Paul Young and organ accents, "Could This Be" gives you a congenial high-flyer.

Artist:	OZER, ONUR
Title:	Clavichordrama
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 078EP

Onur Özer presents his special brand of future-techno with Clavichordrama for Cocoon. The title track takes a Hammond-like organ sound as the starting point for what becomes a hard-to-catch and multi-rhythmic event, comparable to the energy of Ricardo Villalobos. "Oval" draws this bow further into an open reverb room that houses layers of sound, choir and signal-horn sounds, as well as LFO impulses, before the bass drum finally takes you by the hand.

Artist:	EGBERT
Title:	Open
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 079EP

Egbert Van Der Gugten is one of the most promising talents of the Dutch electronic music scene with good cause. Open celebrates the junction between European progressive house tradition, Detroit melancholy, and tech house with a heart full of pumping energy and decorative ornamentation in a multi-faceted and tremendously charming way. "Open" is a sensual über-track whose incredibly beautiful break sends one shiver after the other down your spine. "Strak" features sonic-electric energy around a percussive staccato of bells.

Artist:	HEIL, JOHANNES
Title:	Loving Remixes
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 080EP

Johannes Heil's eleventh studio album Loving (COR 024CD/LP) shows the producer's more house-orientated aspect to great acclaim. This exclusive remix package features remixes by Bülent Gürler aka Butch, Mark Broom and Gregor Tresher. Butch's version of "The Ace" is the perfect open-air hymn for the modern house generation. Mark Broom's remix of "Loving" combines the melancholy of Detroit techno with Ibiza house dubs and powerful hand-claps. Last not least, Gregor Tresher celebrates the return of the melody with his remix of "Twentythree."

Artist:	PSYCHATRON & PAUL WOOLFORD
Title:	Thunder/Cloud 9
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 081EP

With their first co-production, DJ/producer Paul Woolford and Irish producer team Paul Hamill and Dee Lievense aka Psycatron deliver the proof that UK techno has not lost any of its energy or visionary power in the year 2010. "Thunder" impresses with extremely dynamic drumming and ever-changing percussion patterns. "Cloud 9," however, steps back at first and stresses an explicit chord techno structure before integrating some noise rave signals following an epic break. Watch the whole floor blast off.

Artist:	BURKHARDT, CHRISTIAN
Title:	Stopover Goa
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 082EP

One of the pioneers of the Rhein Main house movement Christian Burkhardt presents his debut on Cocoon. "Stopover Goa" features percussive funk, powerful hand-claps, some wild pitch acid and alienated adrenaline-diva vocals that would even make Matt Edwards aka Radio Slave envious. In a less obvious way, "Chanel" hypnotizes the listener with a vibrating form of tribal house reduction that cultivates statically-charged energy states over almost nine minutes. Rarely has modern house music sounded so equally complex and clearly structured.

Artist:	STEFANIK, DANIEL
Title:	Nocturnal
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 083EP

Daniel Stefanik is one of the most reliable initiators of electronic dance music in East Germany. "Nocturnal," the title-track of Stefanik's Cocoon debut, is another true manifesto for the bass drum, which repeatedly jumps to the track's front relentlessly within the nine minutes playtime, rising from mysterious breaks, percussive beat fabrics and melancholic harmony intermezzi. "Dirty Rhodes" receives its energy from the rhythm of the steadily-increasing snares -- a phenomenal "drum dance" in the true sense of the word.

Artist:	LE TEXIER, ARNAUD
Title:	Elusanes
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 085EP

Arnaud Le Texier's debut EP for Cocoon Recordings is borne by his deep understanding of melancholy melodies; especially "Elusanes" with its piano keystrokes coming directly from the basement and the ample Detroit strings proves with hymn-like intensity that deep sensuality and unquestioning dancefloor ecstasy can be two sides of the same medal. Besides a beatless version of "Elusanes," the hypnotic "Nightleads" with its bass guitar theme does already whet your appetite for the next sunrise in the Balearic dunes.

Artist:	MAETRIK
Title:	Crush On Me
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 086EP

Eric Estornel aka Maetrik presents "Crush On Me" and "Push" for Cocoon -- two absolute masterpieces representative of Estornel's unique style, using hallucinogenic vocals, hypnotic beats and a power that is deep and latently noisy at the same time to put the dancefloor over the edge of insanity. With a large number of releases on labels such as Treibstoff, Dumb-Unit and Audiomatique, Maetrik has proven to be one of the most reliable protagonists of dark house, dub and funky techno.

Artist:	GREEN, TIM
Title:	Lemon
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 088EP

Tim Green from the South of England has released on Get Physical, Trapez and Four:Twenty Recordings. On his debut EP, Green presents the whole stylistic bandwidth that modern floorfillers can have. For almost ten minutes, "Lemon" oscillates between a full-frontal percussion assault, fragmented deep house vocals and Detroit-influenced harmonies. "Jimmy Rave Up" is a dark, pushing runner that proves Green's wealth of variants once again. "Dodjo" forms an intersection between tropical calypso sounds and machine-like strictness -- an unforgettable track.

Artist:	CURLY, NICK
Title:	Sun City EP
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 089EP

DJ, producer and label-head Nick Curly's imprints 8 Bit and Cécille Records are guarantees for standard-setting electronic dance music. The three tracks on his Sun City EP are proof of his maturation with a clear orientation towards housier dancefloors. The title track captivates the listener with a subsonically-perfected bass line and a discoid Hi-NRG modulation, whereas the dense dub deepness of "Green Baize" enchants everybody. Finally, "Libero" has rich percussive rhythms that strongly stress the pelvic thrust.

Artist:	POPOF
Title:	Blue Dream
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 092EP

Paris-based DJ, composer, party-promoter and label-head Alexandre Paounov aka Popof is an indispensable institution of France's techno and house scene. His debut on Cocoon is an uncompromising dancefloor attack, proving that Popof has a sound grasp of contemporary developments. On "Blue Dream," a penetrating alarm clock provides magic moments within all the flickering rhythms while "Dancing Moon" makes the bass membrane vibrate and finally, "Hockner" transforms his sparingly accentuated Chicago acid into collective ecstasy. This is how electronic energy sounds in 2012.

Artist:	BURKHARDT, CHRISTIAN
Title:	Heart & Mind
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 094EP

With his second EP for Cocoon, Christian Burkhardt again sets new standards. There's nobody around who is able to alienate vocals from the collective memory of Afro-American culture into a hallucinogenic cocktail without harmful side effects in such a way than Burkhardt has. Nevertheless, and despite the massive, forward-pushing bass drum and hand claps, he never loses his soul focus. So, have fun with "Heart & Mind" and the acid-like "Waffles," while the tropical, hypnotic atmosphere of "Twentysecondcenturydrama" whets your appetite for summer.

Artist:	EXTRAWELT
Title:	Raum In Raum EP
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 095EP

Extrawelt deliver an encore after their In Aufruhr (COR 028CD/LP) album. The duo consider Raum In Raum more a sequel than a spin-off -- the exclusive completion of the In Aufruhr trilogy. The title track impresses with its massive electrostatic dynamics which later flow into melodic gravitation, distilling the mood of a whole club night. The "Herz Aus Blech" remix modifies the harmonic elements of the original amongst piano, musical clock and bass. "Zeitfuge" is a bass-driven excursion to jazzy, percussive dub house.

Artist:	VATH, SVEN
Title:	In the Mix
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	CORMIX 001CD

"After having refused scores of offers and inquiries to publish a Mix CD, Sven finally agreed to release a recording of one of his DJ sets for the first time. It is not clear why the world had to wait for so long; maybe the reason is that Sven is a master in building up suspense throughout his sets which can often last for eight, nine or twelve hours. Anyway, it is for sure that Sven was so struck by the party people at the Amnesia that he decided to release this mix CD as a thankyou and a souvenir. The result is a mix which contains some of the most popular tracks of this past summer, and also includes some of Sven's very own work plus many surprises. A mix which builds up like a clubnight and perfectly catches the atmosphere of the summer." Artists include: Wassermann, Steve Bug, Technasia, Si Begg, Sven Vath, Terence Fixmer, John Selway, Alter Ego, Justin Berkovi, John Thomas, Electric Deluxe, Chris Liebing, Scorp.

Artist:	STEVE BUG
Title:	The Flow House
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	CORMIX 002CD

"The first Steve Bug mix compilation from the Cocoon Mixed Sessions series -- The Flow shows the wide range of modern House Music -- resulting in 75 minutes of refreshing, groovy House beats. This mix provides another side to the audio spectrum of the Cocoon clubbing sound as originally heard on the first of the Mixed Session series with Sven Väth's hard techno In The Mix - The Sound Of The First Season. Through his numerous productions -- singles as well as albums, Steve has already made a name for himself as THE minimal pioneer in Tech House far beyond German borders." Artists include: Recloose (Carl Craig Mix), Hakan Lidbo, Antonelli Electr. Frankman, Swag, Don Disco & Sikora, Universal Agents, Schmoov, Charley's Vault, Chase Von Heckler, Mood II Swing (Josh Wink's Remix), Subtech, Steve Bug, Marshall Jefferson vs Noosa Heads (Mazi's Audio Soul Revamp).

Artist:	VATH, SVEN
Title:	In The Mix - Sound of The 2nd Season
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	CORMIX 003CD

"The highly anticipated follow-up to last years In The Mix. This double CD mix brings together Sven's worldclass mixing, top techno and house tracks, and the energy of the Cocoon parties thrown all over Europe. Disc one is the Noche (or Night) mix and disc two is the Dia (or Day) mix. This is merely a sampling of his epic six-plus hour sets and cannot be missed." Artists include: Surgeon, Mindlab, D Funk, DJ Shufflemaster, Secret Cinema, Daze Maxim, 1st Bass, Vitalic, Alter Ego, Speedy J, Marco Carola, Fabrice Lig, Funk D-Void, Quiet Daze, L'Usine, Sunpeople, Steve Bug, Tony Senghore Pres. Love Pack One, Mathias Schaffhauser feat. Rob Taylor, Samuel L Sessions, Christian Morgenstern, Auch, Two Lone Swordsmen, Sensorama, Aphex Twin.

Artist:	VILLALOBOS, RICARDO
Title:	In The Mix: Taka Taka
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	CORMIX 005CD

2003 release, available again! One of the most devastating electronic mixes since the glory days of Stacy Pullen or Claude Young's DJ Kicks installments. Totally awesome all around. "Well-known as Resident DJ in several clubs since 1988, Darmstadt born Ricardo Villalobos started producing excellent records in 1990. Since 2000, Ricardo lives in Berlin during the summer and moves to his native country Chile in the winter. This big share of summer is also noticeable in his music: his sets come along very light and levitating, the mixes are pointed and skillful. The Mix CD in hand exactly moves within this range: Ricardo gives an overview of his most important electronic Dance Tracks of the year and mixes them in the playful way we all know him for. The last three tracks illustrate his roots; it's getting rather housy here. Villalobos' definition of electronic club music is mainly based on House, even if some tracks sound more electronically. Beneath good fellows and old mates (and their labels), the tracklisting shows many new and partly unknown talents. Supporting new artists and their music always was and still is one of Ricardo's aims." Artists: Joris Vermeiren, Ark, Melchior Productions, Cabanne, Dimbiman, John Shananigans, Jabberjaw, Claro Intelecto, Mathew Jonson, Baeks, Brothers' Vibe, Vainqueur, Walter Jones, Kate Williams, Daniel Bell, False, Ricardo Villalobos, Errorsmith, Luciano, Koro Osanago, Soul Capsule, Joris Vermeiren .

Artist:	PASCAL F.E.O.S.
Title:	Rize and Fall
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	CORMIX 006CD

"Being in business for 19 years now, Pascal F.E.O.S. is an important figure at the decks. His sense for the right sound in the right club and his openhearted character make him one of the most recommended DJ, Producer and Remixer. Rize and Fall reflects the philosophy behind Cocoon as Pascal understands it: showing the music like it is, illustrating its power and passion and just let it speak for itself. According to the great violin player Yehudi Menuhin (1916 -- 1999), who said: 'Music speaks for itself -- provided that we give it a chance!'." Artists: Ricardo Villalobos, Luciano & Querum, Monaco Jam, Pascal F.E.O.S., MFF, DK 7, Feos vs. SWS, Paul Jackson, Alexander Kowalski, Joel Mull, Agoria, Skatebard, Azure Taint.

Artist:	FUNK D'VOID
Title:	Funk D'Void in the Mix
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	CORMIX 008CD

"Cocoon Rec. continues its highly successful series In the Mix with an artist who has proven that he can do some serious damage to the dancefloor. Playing the Cocoon Club at Amnesia several times and literally turning the place into a madhouse made him more than cut out for doing the next Cocoon Rec. Mix-CD. His DJing style covers both mediums of house and techno seamlessly. The Mix is a completely rounded piece of work, totally made without plugins or computers -- but with an excellent tension development and a very good overview over Funk D'Void's record case and the jewels that it currently contains." Artists: 16B, D5, Loft 55, Lullabies feat. Karine, Augmented Reality, Jesse Rose, Solid Gold Playaz, Konrad Blck and Selfparttwo, Luciano, Carl Craig, Future Beat Alliance, Hertz & Mhonolink, Zoo Brazil, Deetron, Dennis DeSantis, Dan Corco & Fred Carreira.

Artist:	RIOS, TONI
Title:	Toni Rios In the Mix: Secret Ingredients
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	CORMIX 009CD

"Toni Rios belongs to the most interesting DJs currently. He successfully made the development from a young and hungry Techno DJ with energetic sets and powerful productions to the more squeeky-squawky TechHouse maniac who is able to set literally any crowd on fire. Since July 2004, Toni is hosting Saturdays at the CocoonClub Frankfurt and filigree sounds, minimal soundscapes, bubbling electro and vigorous TechHouse determine his sets. The residency is named 'Secret Ingredients' and here, he gives a perfect overview to his current set. Toni Rios in the Mix: Secret Ingredients unites the spirit of this party with the extraordinary skills of a long-time experienced DJ - and it makes the pot boil with all the secret ingredients..." Artists: Phonique & The Usual Suspects, Dinky, Steve Bug, Jori Hulkkonen, Alex Smoke, Chris Carrier, Fred Everything, Mr. Barcode, Mr. Negative, Seelenluft, Shinedoe, Mathew Jonson, Hugg & Peppe, AME.

Artist:	VATH, SVEN
Title:	In the Mix: The Sound of the Fifth Season
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD/DVD
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	CORMIX 010CD

2004 release. The DVD is European PAL format only. "This year, the Cocoon Club celebrated it's fifth season at the Amnesia in Ibiza, and that is truly a reason to party! Not only because of the anniversary but also due to the fact that this season was both the most beautiful and successful so far. From the time we started our events in 2000 until now, this year fifth season was by far the most exiting and thrilling one for us. The 'Cocktails' concept, which was a good mixture of extraordinaire décor, great visuals and excellent sound, did not only open the mouths on the island. Once again, we managed to attract a selected crowd of clubbers and gave them the time of their lives. For the first time, Cocoon was responsible for both the main and house floor, and we really showed everyone what kind of sound Cocoon stands for in Ibiza. We have already been asked several times to publish this unique atmosphere on video or DVD -- et voilá -- here is the masterpiece: The audio CD gathers the best tracks of the summer in a unique mix by Sven Väth, sometimes tending to a song-focused selection. He succeeded once more in transforming the eight or nine hours of a Cocoon Club party at the Amnesia into the 72 minutes of a CD without losing the spirit of the party. The tracks by Freeform Five, Roman Flügel or Goldfrapp were the hits this summer and do perfectly transport the atmosphere of the night. An exclusive interview shows the person and the artist Sven Väth, he is talking about Ibiza and his motivation to go there; besides that, a review on Five Years Cocoon Club Ibiza is given. A forty minute live DJ Set by Sven Väth (the first one on DVD ever!!!) and the live Recording of Alter Ego's milestone 'Rocker' from the Amnesia round up this DVD, which gives the spectator a glance behind the scenes that has never been possible before." Artists include: !!!, Freeform Five, Roman Flugel, Basteroid, Client, Black Strobe, Tiefschwarz & Eric D'Clark, Goldfrapp, Anthony Rother, Gabriel Ananda, Timbuktu, and Solvent.

Artist:	LOCO DICE & RICARDO VILLALOBOS
Title:	Green & Blue
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	CORMIX 011CD

For three years now, the Green & Blue Open Air at Waldschwimmbad Obertshausen hosts the most beautiful parties in Germany. In order to preserve the unique mood of the party in between the big trees and cool pools, the sets of Ibiza shooting star Loco Dice and Cocoon darling Ricardo Villalobos, including the atmosphere, have been recorded and are here released as a double mix CD. From hip-hop star to successful house DJ, producer and remixer, Loco Dice had toured the clubs worldwide as a rapper and DJ. Besides his residencies at Tribehouse (Neuss) and DC10 (Ibiza), he plays the most important clubs and events worldwide. His style is characterized by a deep and groovy house sound, which he calls chunky. His own productions as well as his remixes for artists like Timo Maas or Mousse T. make him a popular producer and remixer. Since the early '90s, Ricardo Villalobos has been building an impressive discography of 12" releases on respected dance labels like Playhouse and Perlon. A minimalist at heart, he has trotted the globe to study percussion in order to apply his knowledge to his productions, which almost always sound remarkably expansive despite their simplicity. In addition to his own solo material, he has recorded with fellow expatriate Dandy Jack as Ric y Martin and with Luciano as Sense Club. Two excellent mixes -- 2002's Love Family Trax and 2003's Taka Taka on Cocoon Recordings -- have been released, but the apex of his career appears to be Alcachofa, a 2003 full-length released on Playhouse. A second full-length, Le Thé Au Harem D'Archiméde, arrived on Perlon in 2004.

Artist:	VATH, SVEN
Title:	The Sound of the Sixth Season
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	CORMIX 012CD

The Sixth Season of Cocoon Club Ibiza has been the most successful summer residence of the Frankfurt witches cauldron on the White Island so far. Again, the best tracks of the summer are assembled on Sven Väth's playlist. The Cocoon mastermind has perpetuated his set on two audio CDs, which reflect both the mood at the party as well as the bliss at the After Hour the morning after. At the most modern club in the world in Frankfurt, Sven Väth and his team have set up a sign for quality, and their efforts have been rewarded every year with growing international support. Ibiza has always been a meeting place for different nationalities, different sounds. This mix is the embodiment of the sixth season in Ibiza, which was perhaps the hottest season yet as far as dancefloor burners are concerned. Featuring a heady mix of artists including: Adonai Elohim, Gary Martin, Inners. (aka Shinedoe), Akzidenz Grotesk, Hugg & Pepp, Gabriel Ananda, Väth vs. Rother, T.Raumschmiere, Nitzer Ebb, Gregor Tresher, Mathew Jonson, Jay Haze, Isoleé, Alex Smoke, Ali Khan, Tommie Nevada, K. Black & Ghostman, Sten, Ruede Hagelstein, Etiop, Sunaj Assassins, Extrawelt, Lawrence and Serafin.

Artist:	LORBER, FRANK
Title:	In the Mix: Play
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	CORMIX 013CD

Germany-based Frank Lorber is a professional DJ a long time member of Cocoon Booking, and this is his second full-length mix release for Cocoon. Whether it be at Womb in Tokyo or at Twilo in New York -- Frank has played in all the big clubs on this planet and performed at many festivals such as I Love Techno, Mysteryland and Nature One. He has worked on projects with great artists like Sikora, Heil, Henze and Pascal Feos. His last album Jailhouse Rocker was released on Cocoon Recordings and showed once more Frank's great flexibility. In order to provide a platform for high-quality club music for himself and his fellow artists, the idea of a diverse, multi-styled record label came up in 2003, and since then he has released work by Project 69, Lorber/Sikora, Denis Rusnak, 2DollarEgg, Besier/Lorber and Someone Else. Besides that, he was able to get names like Jacek Sienkiewicz, Matthew Dear and Krikor for remixes. With Play, Frank shows once more, that, over the last fifteen years, he has always re-invented himself in a musical way, that he has continuously developed, and he gives a view on what is possible style-wise in the future. Artists include: Theo Parrish, Carl Craig, Cicada, Claude VonStroke, Mossa Mossa, John Tejada & Justin Maxwell, Fusiphorm, Someone Else, Raudive, Solieb, E. Besier & F. Lorber, Mathew E, 2000 And One, We Are, Lorber / Sikora, Krikor and Heartthrob.

Artist:	TIETJEN, CHRIS
Title:	Eins A- 12inch Selection
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	CORMIX 014CD

Five years for Cocoon Recordings, that makes twenty-two 12"s, fourteen mix-CDs and five label compilations. Cocoon youngster Chris Tietjen went about compiling the best tracks of the Cocoon Recordings 12"s into a veritable musical cross-section. The result is a unique mix which contains pieces from recent times (Roman Flügel, Dinky, Oliver Koletzki) as well as tracks from the start of the label (Frank Lorber, Glove, Legowelt). Chris Tietjen's style alternates between groovy tech house and hypnotic minimal sounds, but one can also find driving techno tunes in his record case. However, his sound is not easy to describe, and his sets are always full of surprises and guarantee many hours of frenzy. Featuring artists: J. Sienkiewicz, Glove, Ingo Boss, Dinky, Pig & Dan, Roman Flügel, D. Eulberg, Anthony Rother, Oliver Koletzki, David K, Väth vs. Rother, Legowelt and Frank Lorber.

Artist:	NEUMANN, TOBI
Title:	Flieder Lieder
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	CORMIX 015CD

Berlin-based producer, remixer and DJ Tobi Neumann is without doubt a trendsetter in the field of tech-house and electro house. These are genres which have been attributed a German authorship in the last years -- not surprising with labels like Get Physical and Playhouse and protagonists such as Loco Dice, Steve Bug and Tobi Neumann. His DJ bookings take him all around the world and of course, Tobi is again one of the residents of Cocoon Club Ibiza. Flieder Lieder (which translates to "lilac songs") sounds like summer and smells like blooming bushes. Casual and easygoing in the beginning, with tracks by DWA, Cassy and the Sunpeople, it becomes more and more driving but always tasteful tech- house. Tobi has assembled a who's who of current tech-house (e.g. Anja Schneider), and is not shy of exploring demanding deep house (e.g. Frank Roger & Femi Kuti). This is a great CD, which illustrates the current trend of "minimal meets deep house," perfectly escorting us to a light, evening sun-filled summertime dancefloor. Cocoon Recordings and Tobi Neumann: they'll house you! Other artists on this mix include: Enik, Samim & Michael, Matias Aguayo, Sebo K, Jennifer Cardini, Shonky, Tobias, Alex Under, Thomas Melchior, Luciano, Latex, DJ Yellow, Dinky, Home & Garden and Jacek Sienkiewicz.

Artist:	VATH, SVEN
Title:	In the Mix: The Sound of the Seventh Season
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	CORMIX 016CD

Frankfurt-based Sven Väth is co-founder of the Cocoon label, and this is his mix presentation of the sounds at the Ibiza Cocoon Club in its seventh season, 2006. It's hot, the sun is burning and Mediterranean scents are waving through the car window -- a combination of suntan lotion, excellent food and the sea. This is a cosmic place, only a stone's throw away from the dull European cities, a summer meeting point for the international clubbing society. For seven years now, the Cocoon Clubs in Frankfurt and Ibiza, Cocoon Recordings, and also DJs like Ricardo Villalobos, Richie Hawtin, André Galluzzi, Tobi Neumann and many more -- are now setting the new tone, and the world is definitely listening. Sven Väth has been a crucial part of this success by bringing together the best of the best and the newest of the new: besides the big hits ("This Is Sick," "Dump Truck," "Nam Nam"), many brand new listening pearls as well as two treasures from the Cocoon Recordings chest ("Hummel" by Adam Kroll and "Bionik" by Dominik Eulberg) can be found on this double CD, which is again split up into a "Night" and a "Day" mix by Väth himself. These tracks have been carefully selected to evoke the summer island season, so open a bottle of Rioja, enjoy some bread and aioli and watch out for next summer. Artists include: Heartthrob, Audion, Deetron, Raudive, Trentemøller, Misc, Agoria, Planet Jazz, Adam Proll, Tom Pooks, Gregor Tresher, Dominik Eulberg, Joris Voorn, Jesse Somfay vs. Pheek, Andromat 5000 & Jan, The Mole, Guy Gerber, Cobblestone Jazz, Solid Groove, Tiefschwarz, Jamie Jones, Tolga Vidan and Roman Flügel.

Artist:	TIETJEN, CHRIS
Title:	Zwei
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	CORMIX 017CD

A CD containing the best of the current Cocoon releases, compiled and mixed smoothly by CocoonClub's Next Generation host, Chris Tietjen. Chris has advanced steadily since his CD debut and without a doubt belongs to the top league of young tech house and minimal DJs. Chris has developed into one of Cocoon's best ambassadors and is a popular DJ who is capable of reflecting the Cocoon vibe and transporting the Frankfurt mood to the clubs. Over the last twelve months, the Cocoon Recordings crew has written another chapter of the German tech house book. With releases by Loco Dice, Dominik Eulberg or by shooting stars like Guy Gerber and Pig & Dan, Cocoon have celebrated some of the biggest records of 2006. From this crop, Tietjen has included Gerber's "Sea of Sand," Eulberg's "Bionik" and Loco Dice's "Carthago," as well as absolute high-flyers Fuckaponydelic and their smasher, "Switch the Lights." Zwei continues where the first label revue Eins had stopped and will be anticipated particularly by fans and clubbers who don't have a record player anymore but have not completely switched to mp3 yet. In this spirit... we feel the bassline! Also including Shlomi Aber, Adam Proll, Extrawelt, Adam Beyer and David K.

Artist:	TIETJEN, CHRIS
Title:	Drei
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	CORMIX 020CD

For the third time now, Chris Tietjen compiles the best Cocoon releases of the year on one CD, providing a mix that summarizes the party highlights of the past year perfectly. With three artist albums, the Compilation G and numerous 12"s, Cocoon again set standards in 2007 and is also planning a lot for 2008. Besides the year's big hits (Argy's "Unreliable Virgin," Martin Buttrich's "Hunter" or Beroshima's "Horizon"), Chris has also included some flip-side pearls (Lucio Aquilina's "My Cube" and Phonogenic's "Alpha Blend") on the CD, delivering an impeccable 70-minute set that elegantly steps on the border between house and techno. Nonchalantly, he opens with Martin Buttrich's "Hunter," continues with shooting star Lucio Aquilina and develops a driving and groovy atmosphere with Pig&Dan's "Sly Detector," which marks an emotional highlight before he closes the mix with Adam Proll's "Elevator," Joel Mull's "Harmonautic String" and Jacek Sienkiewicz's "Good Luck." A very atmospheric and competently made mix with carefully chosen highlights.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Disco Invaders
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	CORMIX 021CD

Cocoon's Sven Väth ushers in the summer of 2008 with this 2CD mix compilation in preparation for a disco invasion in Ibiza. Minimal techno funk, house and electronic grooves are mixed by Chris Tietjen on CD1, with tracks by newcomers such as Minilogue, Markus Fix and Robert Dietz. Tietjen has widened his fan base considerably since his young start, both nationwide and internationally, and has developed into a true techno ambassador who perfectly captures the Cocoon vibe and transports it to the planet's dancefloors. The second CD ties in with its predecessor and sprays a groovy and house-y sound, with Reboot and Johnny D, two young DJs from the Rhein Main area, using their own mainly unreleased tracks in their mix. Both are new to the Cocoon Ibiza crew, and have attracted attention with numerous productions. If you can't make it to Ibiza, let the Disco Invaders attack you in your own home. Other artists include: The Per Eckbo Orchestra, Masomenos, Nekes, Sascha Dive, Christian Burkardt, Dapayk & Padberg, G. Schneider, Todd Sines, Andomat 3000, MD3, P. Weeks, Martin Zadak, Simian Mobile Disco, Shackleton, Russ Gabriel, and Ralph Slowinski.

Artist:	VATH, SVEN
Title:	In The Mix: The Sound Of The Ninth Season
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	CORMIX 022CD

Frankfurt-based Sven Väth is co-founder of the Cocoon label, and The Sound Of The Ninth Season is his musical trip through the year 2008. Listening to the mesmerizing grooves, you might browse through the memories of your own year. What were its special moments? It might be a trip, a relationship, or a party -- or a phrase in a track you danced to at a party. Rarely does electronic music manage to blend the personal and the public so perfectly: The Sound Of The Ninth Season is a compendium of the club music of 2008, but at the same time a very personal statement. Sven Vath passes his special musical message to everybody on this planet willing to celebrate what is exciting and fascinating about life. Simultaneously, it's a private statement about what is important to him artistically and socially. The two sets on this double CD could not be more different. The first CD is a techno hurricane, collecting the most energetic moments of 2008 including the most enigmatic and mysterious track released on Cocoon Recordings this year: "Subtellite" by Timo Maas. Although there have been a couple of mind-blowing club hits during 2008, it was not a year for explosive peak-time anthems. Instead, it was a year for subtle deep house grooves and quiet research within the textures and landscapes of electronic sounds. Taking these developments into account, the second set is a labyrinth of tender grooves and sweet and strange sounds. Vath's life long journey through electronic music continues and it brings us an excess of excitement, empathy, madness and beauty. Artists include Mathew Jonson, Ahmet Sisman, Styro 2000, Sasha, Alex Flatner, Smith & Selway, Flügel, Johnny D, Sven Tasnadi, Pigon, Microworld, Reboot, Robert Babicz, Luke Solomon, Bang Goes, Cirez, Joris Voorn and Prins Thomas.

Artist:	TIETJEN, CHRIS
Title:	Vier
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	CORMIX 023CD

Chris Tietjen releases his fourth mix of the best of recent 12" vinyl output from the Cocoon Recordings label. Tietjen has been a key member of the Cocoon family since 2005, and with his Next Generation series at CocoonClub Frankfurt, he has established one of the most important creative pools for upcoming DJ talents; besides that, he regularly provides listeners with one of the most crucial musical determinations of contemporary techno. The characteristic elements of Tietjen's understanding of DJ skills stress intensive bass lines and driving percussions, but also reveal a respect for the arrangement of the individual tracks. Martin Buttrich, Schneider & Galluzzi, Guy Gerber, Tiefschwarz, Reboot, Adam Proll and Timo Maas undisputedly belong to the group of artists who have enhanced the world of electronic dance music. In his terrific mix, Tietjen also focuses on the releases of Swedish duo Minilogue whose CD/DVD album Animals is one of the most successful releases on Cocoon and thus is represented here with three tracks (among them remixes by Dubfire and Tolga Fidan). And when Tietjen briefly reduces the tempo after Timo Maas' brute tribal masterpiece "Subtellite," only to continue with the Sven Väth classic (and one of the hits in the last season) "The Beauty & the Beast" in a remix by Eric Prydz, one definitely gets an impression of Chris Tietjen's masterful skills as a DJ. Other artists include: Inxec vs. Matt Tolfrey and Florian Schirmacher.

Artist:	DUBFIRE + LOCO DICE
Title:	In The Mix: Ten Years Cocoon Ibiza
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	CORMIX 024CD

The Cocoon label celebrates 10 years in the Balearic hot-spot with a 2CD In The Mix edition. The long-time presence of the Cocoon Family in Ibiza has left noticeable imprints in the history of electronic dance music. In The Mix gives a taste of what the clubbers should expect at the "10 Years Of Craziness" parties, featuring a host of exclusive and unreleased tracks. The first CD is mixed by Ali Shirazinia aka Dubfire. Right after taking a bow before the forefathers of dub techno, Basic Channel, the mix begins relatively deep and relaxed, before the Berlin-based Fritz Zander gives the order to dance, with a claustrophobic groove-meets-xylophone monster track. After this, Dubfire pulls the hysteria factor to new ups, using tracks from Sebrok, Rino Cerrone, Minilogue, Tiga, Alessio Mereu, and Paul Ritch in Ali's own remix, and of course, a tribal-hypno masterpiece by Reset Robot -- which was exclusively produced for the CD. Yapacc's melancholic guitar echoes right before the grand finale of the CD. Loco Dice mixes the second CD, aiming to capture the special terrace-vibe of the Cocoon nights. His 70-minute mix is open to all styles of music and oscillates through a highly personal comprehension of house. After Jin Choi's opener, Dice's mix reaches a very hypnotic and warm intensity through Patrick Specke's Wild Pitch connotation and the terrific, playful tribal jazz of Jay Haze & Ricardo Villalobos. This warmth is carried through to the very important tracks by Davide Squillace, Brothers' Vibe and Octave One, and also for those tracks that have been produced exclusively for the CD, such as "Jadajada/Wallshaker," where Reboot & Aaron Carl apply some fresh paint to reduced, tribal techno-soul, whereas Martinez will enter the history of house music, having delivered perhaps the darkest modification of classic house-diva vocals, ever. Other artists include: Djorvin Clain, Tadeo, LaChriz, Anton Pieete & Delete, Andrea Oliva, Martin Woerner, Flavio Diaz, Max Cavalerra, Levon Vincent, Vlad Caia, Ambivalent, JPLS, DJ Yellow, Mindz Kontrol Ultra, Mathias Kaden, Marco Carola, Ekkohaus, Carlo Lio, and Bernard Badie.

Artist:	NEUMANN & ONUR OZER, TOBI
Title:	Green & Blue - Tobi Neumann & Onur Özer In The Mix
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	CORMIX 025CD

The Cocoon label presents the second edition of the mix CD associated with the Green & Blue Open Air festival in Obertschausen near Frankfurt, Germany, mixed by veteran DJs Tobi Neumann and Onur Özer. Taking place every year on the first weekend in September, Cocoon-head Sven Väth and his crew transform the festival grounds into a dream of green meadows, blue water, lots of trees and light installations, laser shows, fireworks, and, above all, music from the best artists that the electronic music scene has to offer. In 2009, the two mixed CDs are manned by two DJs who are able to draw upon both long-time experience and innovation in sound: Tobi Neumann and Onur Özer. On these two CDs (each DJ is responsible for one mix), the two excellent turntable artists -- who, as a team are also known as Sensitiva -- give an outline of the most current and the hottest techno and tech-house tracks. They don't rely on big names and safe hits only, but also produce some real pearls out of their record case again and again. Besides names like Reboot, Matthias Kaden, Sascha Dive, Tolga Fidan and Daze Maxim, one can also find the young Romanian Dan Andrei, who presents his first international release on the Frankfurt imprint Be Chosen, after having released several records on Arpiar earlier. Also Cécille Records is represented with both well-established artists, such as Reboot, and promising new talents such as the young Italian Leon. Besides his brand-new track "Mare Maris," Onur Özer has also included jewels like Taron Trekka's "Radio Fligg," which has been praised by the German magazine de:bug as "funky, slamming, wide and perfect." In short: an extremely appropriate soundtrack for the party, reflecting the summery green and cerulean blue of this utopian, future-forward festival. Other artists include: John Daly, Cally, Precious System, Solomun & Jackmate, Shlomi Aber & Kenny Larkin, William Kouam Djoko, Samuel Davis, Nina Kraviz, Kenny Hawks & Louise Caver, Mirko Loko, Liovizna, Livio & Roby, Anonym, Super Flu, 95th North, Moodymanc, DJ Wild, and Caretaker.

Artist:	CASSY
Title:	Simply Devotion - Cassy In The Mix
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	CORMIX 026CD

Like hardly any other contemporary DJ, Berlin-based Catherine Britton aka Cassy is living at the interfaces between reduction and soul, jazzy deep house and geometrically-structured techno. In Berlin, she quickly gained a residency at the Panorama Bar, worked as a producer with such renowned musicians as Ricardo Villalobos, Luciano, Mathew Jonson and Swayzak, and has released her music on labels such as Perlon and Ostgut Ton as well as on her own imprint, Cassy. Simply Devotion is Cassy's second mix CD after the highly-acclaimed Panorama Bar 01 (OSTGUT 002CD) compilation, and it is proof of her love for deep house of a different kind, which has -- despite occasional flashes of soul vocals -- nothing to do with garage house. With unhurried charm and a secure sense of the seductive power of house music, Cassy enchants us with more than 70 minutes of sensual sound hypnosis and she starts with an exclamation mark: together with his Ifach buddy Ian Loveday aka Minimal Man, Baby Ford beguiles the listener with mantra house with hints of Italo-pop. Anton Zap recalls, with his purified form of percussive dub house, the best days of Chez Damier, and Danny Howells makes you speechless with "September," a breathtaking stringed furioso in the best tradition of Detroit trance, remixed by Future Beat Alliance. Cassy's own unreleased track "Magnificent Cat Won't Do" is powered by the kind of electrically-charged minimal dub soul that is so typical for her. The final track comes from Miami's house institution and Murk legend Ralph Falcon with his house mix of "Whateva," which sits somewhere in between R'n'B vocals and acid reminiscences. Other artists include: Trus'me, Jitterbug, DJ Qu, Kai Alce, Azulu Phantom, STL, Taho, Quince, Kassem Mosse, Linkwood, Inland Knights, Kezym, Pierre LX, and Alan T and Alex K.

Artist:	VATH, SVEN
Title:	In The Mix: The Sound Of The Tenth Season
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	2CD/DVD
Price:	$37.50
Catalog #:	CORMIX 027CD

Frankfurt-based Sven Väth is co-founder of the Cocoon label, and The Sound Of The Tenth Season celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Cocoon parties at Club Amnesia in Ibiza. The past season was a very special one for Cocoon. Väth won the Ibiza DJ Award as best DJ and the award for the best set of the summer for a fabulous back-to-back set with Luciano. A Cocoon season is not complete without the concluding mix album, on which Väth merges all facets of the club sound of today into a double CD. With the tenth volume, he finalizes the first decade of Cocoon's activities, not only summing up the highlights of 2009's club-life, but predicting what will happen in 2010 -- and perhaps in the whole new decade. The hit-makers of the zero years are hardly present on this album; instead, Väth introduces a whole new generation of artists who might accompany him through the second decade of Cocoon in Ibiza. Musicians such as Alejandro Mosso from Argentina, Marc Marzenit from Spain or Ilario Alicante from Italy form an international network of talented young artists who have left the formative distinctions between techno and house behind. Some of Väth's Season mixes are divided into a "Night" and a "Day" chapter, and this new "Night"-mix might be the most subtle and quiet one yet. Unlike the general crop of DJs, Väth manages to cover all shades of electronic music: he fuses subtle sounds with epic breaks, tribal chants with futuristic beats. The Sound Of The Tenth Season captures moments of beauty and madness, of elegance and intensity. A DVD is also part of the pack, containing a 45-minute live-performance by Sven Väth, a series of interviews featuring Sven himself, Richie Hawtin, Ricardo Villalobos, Loco Dice and Johannes Goller, promoter of Cocoon Ibiza, as well as a cut of Underworld's live performance and several "making-of" trailers. Other artists include: Anthea & Celler, Spencer Parker, Michel Cleis, Sebastian Lutz, Nico Purman, Dreher & Smart, Matt John, Electric Rescue, Franco Cazzola, Ahmet Sisman, Egbert, Umek, Prostitune, Basti Pieners, Eddy Pirax, Lee Jones, Cesare vs. Disorder, Precious System, Yousef, Totó La Momposina, Stefan Goldmann, DJ Koze, and Pantha Du Prince. DVD is NTSC format, region-free.

Artist:	DINKY
Title:	Musica Libre - Dinky In The Mix
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	CORMIX 028CD

This is the first mix CD from Alejandra Iglesias aka Dinky on the Cocoon label. Dinky is not a stranger to the scene, especially since her sensational 12" for Cocoon Recordings Acid In My Fridge. She has run the Horizontal label since 2005, where she releases -- besides her own, often experimental tracks -- music from Matthew Styles, Jambi, Andres Bucci and more. "The mix is rather a non-conventional mix, as there are many unreleased tracks from friends and artists that I deeply admire, like Bruno Pronsato, Matthew Styles and The Mole, as well as some tracks from ladies I really love musically, like Nina Kraviz, Laverne Radix or Deniz Kurtel who provide an extra feminine touch. I also assembled different styles, so it is like a three-hour-set condensed to one hour. The idea is to show as much freedom in dance music as possible -- the mix is not solely intended for the club or a big room, but is focused on the most intimate club, after-hour and warm-up moments with a strong emphasis on atmosphere. Emotion, femininity and depth are very important for me as an artist. I also try to keep the mix very modern, almost avant garde and visual, with new sounds and cutting edge tracks but without missing the club groove. As DJs, we usually feel we need to please hundreds or thousands of people in a club or at festivals. We have the pressure to make the ravers dance, scream and raise their hands frantically. Of course, we are in the club to party -- but I feel and wish that sometimes we would try to be more brave and show the other side of the coin, which I will try to do with this project. This 'rave alarm pressure' is limiting us too much as artists and keeps us afraid of playing the most challenging, deep and beautiful music, as we are afraid of losing the floor. I wanted to get rid of this fear on this mix and show another side of dance music." --Dinky, January 2010; Other artists include: Odd Machine, Maayam Nidam, Demarkus Lewis, Vlad Caia, Soulcapsule, No Regular Play, The Updates, Danuel Tate, Tensnake, Blunted Dummies, Pedro, Seuil, Ricardo Villalobos, and Pier Bucci.

Artist:	TIETJEN, CHRIS
Title:	Fünf
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	CORMIX 029CD

Chris Tietjen releases his fifth mix of the best of recent 12" vinyl output from the Cocoon Recordings label. After Chris Tietjen, still a youngster in 2006, had compiled the label's best tracks of 2006 on the CD Eins (CORMIX 014CD) and thus offered a review of 22 12"s, Tietjen now presents Fünf, on the occasion of Cocoon's 10th anniversary. Every year, Chris compiles his personal Cocoon highlights in a musical cross-section and each time he produces a very unique mix of the best Cocoon dancefloor bombs of the past 12 months. Chris, who is now resident of his own night "Loaded" at Sven Väth's homebase Cocoonclub Frankfurt, has now put together the best tracks of 2009 and assembles artists from the likes of Egbert, Tiefschwarz, Electric Rescue, Alex Flatner & Lopazz, Tim Green, Nick Curly, Stefan Goldmann, Julian Jeweil, Extrawelt, Len Faki or Yousef in this mix, including a remix by Ed Davenport.

Artist:	CAROLA & NICK CURLY, MARCO
Title:	Party Animals
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	CORMIX 030CD

The Cocoon label presents a double-hitting 2CD mix compilation from Naples-born DJ/producer Marco Carola and Mannheim's own Nick Curly. Carola brought Italy onto the map of uncompromising techno with his strictly limited edition releases during the '90s, but he is also one of the key players in the breakthrough of reduced techno-funk, having released on Richie Hawtin's Plus 8 label. With his mix, Carola illustrates the perfect party night on Amnesia's main floor with a sultry, percussive, and always sexy form of minimal funk. In particular, Marco Carola gives a major platform to breakthrough artists, like Kobaalt or Reisak Corporation. The mix builds with a constant intensity and his finale will have you ready to throw your arms in the air with some familiar tracks by Martin Buttrich and Layo & Bushwacka ("The Longest Day," highlighted here through the Audiofly remix). Curly has already proved himself with his productions for Plastic City, 8 Bit and Cocoon as well as his own label Cécille Records, which he runs together with Marc Scholl. With his impressively energetic set, Curly demonstrates that soulful vocals and solid, hypnotic house make great bedfellows. Ranging from the percussive power house of "Get Your Space" by producer team Phil Weeks vs. Krakatoa through the jazziness of Gorge and onto the dubby excursion of Horacio, there is a wealth of quality on offer here. Butch's wild-pitch style and Curly's own brand of new disco funk further add to the richness of the mix, and by the time you reach the closing bars of Burridge And Dekay's "Wongel," it is clear why Cocoon were so keen to have Curly on-board. Other artists include: Someone Else, Miguel Colmenares, Furr & Hazendonk, Miyagi & Ronald Christoph, Remerc, Matteo Milleri & Karm, David K, Francesco Farfa, Coletone, Gabe & D-Nox, Joseph Capriati, Tale Of Us, Ittetsu & Jun Akimoto, Youandewan, Michi Vajna, Mihai Popoviciu, Ryan Crosson & Guti, Sascha Dive, Daniel Stefanik, Lauhaus, Remerc, Anthea & Celler, Julian Chaptal, Mark Broom, Tim Green, Peace Division, Francisco Allendes & Marcelo Rosselot, Markus Fix and Lee Burridge & Matthew Dekay.

Artist:	STEVE BUG & CHRIS TIETJEN
Title:	Green & Blue - Steve Bug & Chris Tietjen In The Mix
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	CORMIX 031CD

The Cocoon label presents the third mix CD associated with the Green & Blue Open Air festival, mixed by Steve Bug and Chris Tietjen. Steve Bug has been a welcome guest since the early beginning of Cocoon Recordings, and he has prepared a magnificent house set, starting with an exceptional track at the beginning of his set. Christian Smith's rework of "At Les," THE classic track from the album More Songs About Food And Revolutionary Art by Carl Craig from 1997, is already now one of the most visionary tech-house tracks of this season and is here available for the first time on CD. Both the asynchronous xylophon-play from Kenny Larkin's "Glob" and the bass line endurance operation "The Light" by André Lodemann are to be warmly recommended, amongst the other moments of surprise in this mix. Chris Tietjen has established himself as a member of Cocoon, with his fingers on the pulse like nobody else. In his mix, Chris remains true to his DJ style, which is an exceptionally groovy form of reduced tech-house where he creates plenty of breathing space within his tracks. Gadi Mizrahi starts with a soulful tribal bomb followed by Lee Burridge's and Matthew Dekay's organic, jazzy "Wongel." Other highlights include the U.S. house tribute by Nikola Gala and "Deadly Bees" from CJ Jeff. Other artists include: James Kumo, Ethyl & Flori, Azuni, Mr. G, Kink, Robag Wruhme, Boris Horel, Ion Simmonds, Dave Aju, Jay Shepheard, Suedmilch, Suzi Q. Smith, Nick Höppner, Tony Lionni, Deetron, Jonny White & James Teej, Donnacha Costello, Neville Watson, Davide Squillace, Christian Burkhardt, Makam, Massimo Di Lena, DJ Said & Jerome Sydenham, Marco Nastic, Ben Klock, Markus Fix, Matias Muten, and Lucien-N-Luciano.

Artist:	VATH, SVEN
Title:	In The Mix: The Sound Of The Eleventh Season
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	CORMIX 032CD

Regular digipak edition in clear tray. Frankfurt-based Sven Väth is co-founder of the Cocoon label, and this is The Sound Of The Eleventh Season. Inaugurating its second decade in Ibiza, Cocoon has presented a whole new range of musicians, performers, costumes, masks, choreographies and visuals. With the eleventh season, Väth has opened another chapter in Cocoon's never-ending metamorphosis: a butterfly of unknown splendor is born out of its cocoon. Perceived in all parts of the world, the Cocoon parties in Ibiza are a major cultural event. Being a manifesto of infinite transformation and growth, Väth manages to melt this season's most ecstatic moments into two sets, spanning over 2 1/2 hours. Both discs form a musical diary -- reaching beyond the current hits, Väth retrieves the profound qualities of contemporary electronic music. The charming, humorous vocals of Gerd fuse into Château Flight's subtle, elegant house grooves. The mood shifts, and Jacek Sienkiewicz enters with uncanny soundscapes and graceful Detroit grooves. The set accelerates with Edit Select's remix of Speedy J's "Trails," and with the frenzy of Soul Center's "Dyr Bul Scyl" and MMM's "Nous Sommes MMM," it turns into a series of climaxes. We are captivated by the adorable melodies of Koze's "Blume Der Nacht." We lose ourselves in the dub landscapes of Skudge's "Convolution," we are amused by the cut-up vocals of Kabale Und Liebe. The hypnotic grooves and mesmerizing melodies of Martin Buttrich's "Song Six" make us finally forget time and space before we are enchanted by the daring naïveté of Plaid's "Dett." The "Eleventh Season" might be over, but its experience endures. Other artists include: Elle P. & Iftah, Ruede Hagelstein, Mano Le Tough, Till Krüger, Brett Johnson, Daniel Stefanik, B.D.I., DJ Qu, Solomun, Daniel Stefanik, Johnny D., Maetrik, The Hundred In The Hands, Tom Trago, Kyle MF Hall, Boris Werner, and Basti Grub & Komaton.

Artist:	TIETJEN, CHRIS
Title:	Sechs
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	CORMIX 033CD

Even if no other contemporary music style is as consistently searching for new sound horizons as electronic dance music does, in the end, the tradition of series within these constant developments provides us with well-known structures from the house of Cocoon. Thirty years of lived DJ culture, 11 years of label history and the sixth mix compilation by Chris Tietjen are events that need to be celebrated in 2011. The 26-year-old Frankfurter has been an essential part of the Cocoon family since 2005 and his annual compilation is on the one hand a most welcome definition of the state of modern tech house, and on the other hand, shows his own personal development from promising Rhein Main newcomer to one of the most influential DJs in Europe. In the true sense of Cocoon's publicized aesthetics of the DJ as a mediator of visions apart from the Sync button, Tietjen presents a journey through the last 12 months of Cocoon Recordings. And, once again, the acoustic cornucopia is full to bursting, containing tracks by Loco Dice, Dubfire, Phil Kieran, Christian Burkardt and many more: from the pop ambient of Fabric resident DJ Arnaud Le Texier ("Elusanes" Beatless Version), Tietjen dives into the depths of dub with Moritz Von Oswald's "Cocoon Dark Dub" before the Vision Quest remix of Dinky's "Acid In My Fridge" sets the tone to a more club-esque format. What follows is yet again a tour de force through modern techno where anything goes, from percussive reduction (Johannes Heil's "The Ace - Butch Remix"), noise-heavy deep tech house (Maetrik's "Snorkel"), winding and harmonic Detroit techno (2000 And One's "Tropical Melon - Tim Green Remix") up to an almost Balearic emotional overflow towards the finale (Chymera's "Pump"; Johannes Heil's "Twentythree") -- a picturesque and more than inspiring kaleidoscope of modern electronic music. Other artists include: Argy, Kule Runner, Pan-Pot, Paul Ritch, Psycatron & Paul Woolford, Harrison Crump, Reboot and Chymera.

Artist:	BEYER & DORIAN PAIC, ADAM
Title:	Cocoon Heroes
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	CORMIX 034CD

The Cocoon team around Sven Väth has chosen the motto "Cocoon Heroes" for the twelfth Cocoon Ibiza season. Not as self-adulation, as in the end, all participants -- whether they are behind the decks, the bar or, above all, on the dancefloor -- are the true heroes of the night. And as the official warm-up for this mega event series, Cocoon presents the fifth edition of the Ibiza Summer Mix, mixed by Adam Beyer and Dorian Paic. One of the true highlights of this season is Adam Beyer's anticipated performance -- the Drumcode label head is, together with Richie Hawtin, Jeff Mills and Sven Väth, one of the most influential figures in electronic dance music. Often being a guarantor for stringent and hard techno as a producer, Beyer proves his musical complexity as a DJ with an energetic tour de force between hypnotic, percussive tech house, dub and acid, and finally surprises the listener with a distinct affinity for meaningful vocal samples. With some brilliant tracks from Function, Radio Slave, Joel Mull, Paul Ritch, Jesper Dahlbäck and, first and foremost, with Beyer's collaboration with Alan Fitzpatrick, the sweat is most certainly going to be pouring out all over the dancefloor. Dorian Paic, Frankfurt resident and co-owner of the record store authority Freebase as well as label head of Raum...Musik, has been an essential part of the Rhein Main scene for many years now and is part of the line-up at the grand opening party at Amnesia. Those who have already experienced Paic as a DJ know about his matchless talent for making tastefully reduced but nevertheless unmistakable tech house jewels that tell their own very unique story. With his hypnotic and relaxed mix, Dorian oscillates within an artistic synthesis that distinctively bows to the roots of minimal techno, while also selecting artists like Zip & Baby Ford, Daniel Bell, DJ Sneak and Daniel Stefanik, reveals the mind of a true connoisseur. Especially in the consonance of those two very different types of modern electronic dance music, the listeners will be enchanted at home and on the dancefloor. Other artists include: Midland, Dave Manuel, Alex Dolby, Emmanuel Top, Skudge, Marc DePulse, Hermanez, Samuel L. Session, Paris The Black Fu, The Martinez Brothers, Santos, Reset Robot, Pascal Mollin, Steffen Deux, Luca Morris, Darius Syrossian, Rejected, Ben Klock, Tiger Stripes, Mark Henning, Terence:Terry, Lawrence, Cally, The Martinez Brothers, Rio Padice, Priku, Franco Cinelli, Anonym, Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts, Sascha Dive and Johnny Fiasco.

Artist:	LAWRENCE
Title:	Timeless
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	CORMIX 035CD

Being Germany's Gateway to the World, the port city of Hamburg always had a special affinity for America. So, it's not surprising that Peter M. Kersten aka Lawrence has had a deep musical and spiritual relationship with the Detroit techno aesthetics for more than ten years now. His label Dial Rec, which he runs together with Carsten Jost, stands more than almost any other European address for the value-conscious cultivation of high-quality, melancholy techno. After seven albums under his producer aliases Lawrence and Sten, Kersten now continues the perfection of his sound vision also as a DJ in a congenial way. Timeless is far away from the dictate of the dogmatic obligation to the currentness that DJs have to face nowadays, but celebrates electronic dance music as a timeless sensual component. With instinctive certainty, Kersten covers 16 years of living club history without ever losing sight of the acoustic "here and now," or even becoming the slightest bit anachronistically nostalgic. Instead, under his sensitive hands, milestones of minimalized deep house like "Forever Monna" by Chez Damier, Ron Trent and Stacey Pullen (1995) or the 1999 club hit "Overcome" by Thomas Melchior/Baby Ford come together with contemporary and intensive homages to Detroit techno like Smallpeople & Rau's "Life Aquatic," Delano Smith's "My Life" or Pigon's fantastic dub tech romance "Beatmatching" in a wonderful way. Besides that, the mix features such well-known names such as Aril Brikha, Isolée, The Ifach Collective and Robert Hood, before Roman Flügel sets a wistful final chord with "Brian Le Bon," a track based on Duran Duran's masterpiece "Save A Prayer," and Plaid finishes the mix with the crystalline "OI." Lawrence's mix literally breathes the serenity of a light-flooded Sunday morning somewhere between a modernist city and a forest glade, and thus gives his global artistic approach a suitable dimension. Other artists include: Soul Capsule, Schatrax, RVDS, Morphosis, Mike Dehnert and Plaid.

Artist:	RARESH & SASCHA DIVE
Title:	Green & Blue - Raresh & Sascha Dive In The Mix
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	CORMIX 036CD

Since its beginnings in 2003, the Green & Blue festival definitely belongs to the mandatory dates of the season for lovers of electronic dance music. And with its ninth edition, the annual open air highlight of the Rhein Main techno scene returns to its starting point: the former Waldschwimmbad in Sven Väth's birthplace, Obertshausen. Besides Sven Väth, Carl Craig and Ricardo Villalobos, there is also Raresh and Sascha Dive, who invite us to probably the last Sunday dance this season. For sure, the Bucharest-based producer and DJ Rares Ionut Iliescu aka Raresh is not unknown to many Cocoon fans, as he has sustainably proven his extraordinary DJ talent already. His mix is steeped in a distinct soul factor in the tradition of the dub techno that Basic Channel releases, and is, at the same time, so much more. To start, the Detroit neo-dubbers from DeepChord provide a traditional intro with "Sofitel" from the 2011 album Hash-Bar Loops, but there are also incredibly deep tracks from Danilo Schneider and Delano Smith. The techno density of the mix increases significantly with Ion Ludwig's "Harnas Rythm," only to savor the hypnotic factor towards the finale to the full extent with the Romanian discovery Dan Andrei and the great Ricardo Villalobos dub of the '90s, Energy 52's "Cafe Del Mar." Sascha Dive's set combines the best elements of American and European club tradition. He starts with techno globetrotter Margaret Dygas and continues with the '99 dub soul hymn "I Will Lead" by Problem Kids, perfectly illustrating his stylistic bandwidth between deepness and fragmented sound aesthetics. The highlights in this visionary set include tracks by Osunlade and Ben Klock, a Luciano remix of the Planet E classic "Can't Take It" by Recloose and the suggestive minimal soul anthem "Walking The Pattern" by Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts. Other artists include: Priku, Harrison Fnord, Cezar Lazar, Star*Dub/Vermittelnde-Elemente, Och, Claro Intelecto, Daze Maxim, Mondo, Rootstrax, Andrés Zacco, Kelvin K, Ernesto Ferreyra, Hollway & Eastwick, Elif Bicer, Kenny Larkin, Rino Cerrone, Agoria, Argy, Recloose, Dwele, Stephen Hitchell, Orange Muse, John Selway, Diego, Marc Antona and Mr. G.

Artist:	VATH, SVEN
Title:	In The Mix: The Sound Of The Twelfth Season
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	CORMIX 037LTD

Sven Väth is co-founder of the Cocoon label, and this is The Sound Of The Twelfth Season. With the Cocoon Heroes, Sven Väth's techno tribe entered a new stage in its never-ending metamorphosis. Fuelled by the communicative energies of the social networks of the internet, the Cocoon is opening up, declaring ravers and performing artists, dancers and helpers part of the Cocoon as well. With the Cocoon club, Väth and his companions created a new type of club which fused sound and space into one immersive experience. Having realized that the daily life in the big cities compromises partying without limits, they set up a second home each summer at Club Amnesia on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza. The "Sounds Of The Season" series is an aural photo album and a compressed culmination at the same time. The love for electronic music is the driving force of all Cocoon's endeavors. The Sound Of The 12th Season is an orgiastic techno feast of the biggest names, including: Efdemin, DJ Koze, Dense & Pika, Levon Vincent, Boys Noize, Justin Vandervolgen, Todd Terje, Mark E, Château Flight, Aufgang, Clark, Gary Beck, Benoit & Sergio, Acquiescence, Roman Flügel, Move D, Omar S, Steffi, Virginia, Gerd, Osunlade, Âme, Allì Borèm, Maceo Plex, Anthony Collins, Philip Bader, Matt John and Re. You.

Artist:	MAETRIK
Title:	Live At Cocoon Ibiza
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	CORMIX 038CD

Even after more than 30 years of living the lifestyle of electronic dance music, techno is still sometimes looking for a matching form and sound language to transfer the special thrill of a live event to a club night adequately. So, Sven Väth and his crew were even more excited about the live set of Eric Estornell aka Maetrik at Cocoon's Closing Party at Amnesia/Ibiza in 2011. For the finish of a season that once again explored the limits of party culture, Maetrik celebrated an extraordinary energetic state of emergency for more than one hour. The resulting live CD reflects that matchless mixture of pumping deep house, energetic soul and adrenaline-enriched noise that Maetrik presented already on such renowned labels as Treibstoff, Dumb-Unit and Audiomatique, and which is, with timeless tracks like "Snorkel" and "Crush On Me," also an important part of Cocoon's current label portfolio. The Texan that lives in Valencia, Spain delivers a brilliant performance with ten tracks or remixes (among them Silicone Soul and Popof), including four unreleased tracks. Estornell's distinctive style stamps the night with his hallucinogenic vocals and deep hypnotic beats, illuminating the club with an energy that is literally everywhere. Thanks to the preacher vocals in "The Poem," a longing, subsonic pulse in the "Jazzersize" remix of the soul anthem "3am," the reduced, pumping funk of "The Pressure" or the programmatic, Maetrik-style definition "Particle House" with his breathless house mantra, the limits of time and space are overridden effectively, before the final "Crush On Me" -- one of the best club tracks in 2011 -- provides the set with a conclusive climax.

Artist:	TIETJEN, CHRIS
Title:	Sieben
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	CORMIX 039CD

The itchy seventh year can obviously do no harm to Chris Tietjen. With his usual aplomb, the DJ from Frankfurt compiles the gems of the last twelve months of Cocoon Recordings into a fulminant tour de force, and once again, it's not until this 77-minute-long overall picture that it becomes clear how many superb club moments have accumulated in the Cocoon record case in the past year. Of course, Maetrik's dark and deep particle house "Crush On Me" plays a significant role here, but also Nick Curly's analog bass-driven hi-energy attack "Sun City" was ranked quite high in 2011's reader's charts in Groove Magazine. Besides that, we find Pele's dub tech monster out of Rosenheim ("Nothing Else"), the thrilling rework of Guy Gerber's classic "Timing" by the two Athens-based DJs Kassey Voorn and Pete McCarthy, Dinky's surprisingly dirty and song-like declaration of love from the K compilation ("Lovin") and, of course, the Ibiza anthem 2011 by Boys Noize ("Adonis") can't be ignored here, too. Tietjen's special DJ quality is once again obvious in his habitually unpretentious DJ mix that nevertheless always has the arc of suspense in focus and respectfully leaves the tracks the compositional air to breathe but gives you the final kick right through the combination of the tracks. And this is exactly the reason why Tietjen has turned from a promising newcomer from the Rhein-Main area to one of the most formative DJs in Europe. Other artists include: Ross Evana, Ilario Alicante, Santé & Frank Lorber, Christian Burkhardt & Einzelkind, youANDme, Junyamabe and David August.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Silk Pearls 2
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	CORSILK 002CD

The Cocoon label presents the second volume in its Silk Pearls series of compilations. It is a well-known fact that the Cocoon Club is one of the most exciting venues in Germany; its affiliated restaurants are also some of the most spectacular places to indulge your palate. After only three years, chef Mario Lohninger has, together with his team, succeeded in making the Silk Bed Restaurant one of the hottest restaurants in the Republic. The Austrian-born chef brings together the best cuisines of the world to the highest stage and was awarded a Michelin star in 2007. The flavorful sensations are supported by a musical journey through foreign countries and their cultures. The second edition of Silk Pearls offers an alternative to your average chill-out and lounge monotony. On this edition, we find three characteristics of the Silk: the choreographed menu, the contemplative atmosphere and the musical suspense. Frank*N, DJ Eastenders, Spy vs. Spy and Stefan-X deliver on two mix CDs a tasteful melange of assuasive dub delays, endless reverb rooms and frugally-deployed vocals, taking the listener on a journey through the unique world of Silk sound design. Artists include: Jam N, Frequenzy Surfer, Western Rebel Alliance, Dousk, Pan Electric, Tripswitch, Ott, Padmasana, Hol Baumann, Eastenders, Shanti Roots & Scheibosan, Praful, Kareem Raihani, Move D, Trentemøller, J. Peter Schwalm, Skulpture, Bonobo, Bajka, Kieser/Velten, Unit Blue, Substanz-T, In-Waves, Senseque, Maximilian Lopp, Gabriel Le Mar, Chris Zippel, Pearlcoder, Benge, Monoceros, Icicles and Snowflakes, Tied & Tickled Trio, Guts, Burnt Friedman, Aeroc and Phelan Sheppard.

Artist:	INXEC + MATT TOLFREY/GAVIN HERLIHY
Title:	I Just Can't (Take It)/Collect
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	10"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	CORTEN 001EP

With this split EP, Cocoon starts a new series of 10" releases, presenting young and promising talents within the electronic dance music scene to a wider public. Matt Tolfrey has released on Crosstown Rebels and his own Leftroom. Together with Inxec, Tolfrey has crafted a tight U.S. house stomper, whose hypnotic vocals sound like old Wild Pitch tracks within a more contemporary rhythm frame. "Collect" features Gavin Herlihy, who already had a veritable club hit. Steel drums and classic percussion will make every dancefloor swing.

Artist:	GEOFFROY & KOLOMBO PRESENTS MUGWUMP/UMEK
Title:	Mindflexes/Pravim Haos
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	10"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	CORTEN 002EP

With the second release on Cocoon Recordings' newly-founded 10" series, the label gives a first glimpse of a sound that will make you dance. Leading the way is Geoffroy Dewandeler aka Mugwump with "Mindflexes," a rarely-heard mélange of percussive sounds and vigorous space disco-tech. Umek presents "Pravim Haos," which excels with a highly-effective, pumping bass line and Arabic influences which impressively proves Umek's special position in cultivating true dancefloor bombs.

Artist:	YOUSEF/TIM GREEN
Title:	Come Home/Lone Time
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	10"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	CORTEN 003EP

Part three of Cocoon's 10" series is all about the modern British techno scene. After collaborations with Carl Cox and X-Press 2, Yousef's "Come Home" has become one of the most important tracks of the winter season 2009/2010. With a steadily-rising crescendo, Yousef weaves a "strings-meet-piano" motif with massive reverb. London-based DJ and producer Tim Green presents "Lone Time," featuring metal-like percussions that are loaded with adrenaline, proving that modern techno can't live without tribal elements.

Artist:	FIX/SVEN TASNADI, MARKUS
Title:	Dark Side Of Bo/Nordsee
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	10"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	CORTEN 004EP

Cocoon's 10" series returns to Germany with the fourth EP. Markus Fix grew up at the decks of Helium bar, and is now at home at Cocoon Club, Frankfurt. His Cocoon debut starts with "Dark Side Of Bo" which features an extremely fat bass line pulsing through the room like an externalized heartbeat. Sven Tasnadi's "Nordsee" is hypnotic dub techno with a tribal touch and obscure train station-like background sounds -- a journey through the heart of the night.

Artist:	CHYMERA/MARTIN DAWSON + GLIMPSE
Title:	Pump/Flying Scotsmen
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	10"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	CORTEN 006EP

The sixth 10" record from Cocoon Recordings features Brendan Gregoriy aka Chymera on the A-side. "Pump" enchants, thanks to an LFO bass line and a steadily climactic harmony crescendo that emits incredibly positive vibes in between Detroit layers and dub pianos. "Flying Scotsmen," by Glimpse, together with Martin Dawson aka King Roc features a dry, rotating bass drum that forcefully melts small sound bits in between acoustic guitar, wild-pitch layers and disco strings. Standing still is impossible.

Artist:	WISH VS. CRUZ & LATI/MAETRIK (FEAT. KULE RUNNER), SIMON
Title:	Dawn's Highway/Snorkel
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	10"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	CORTEN 007EP

No. 7 of the 10" collector's series made it across the Pond. Simone Montomoli aka Simon Wish's vinyl debut "Dawn's Highway" features percussive tech-funk in the style of Marco Carola meets nasty vocals sounding like the old Chicago Trax records while the sexy-elastic bass line makes the influences of the Florida metropolis abundantly clear. Eric Estornel aka Maetrik presents "Snorkel," with smoothly aspirated vocals providing just the right dash of soul for a hypnotic workhorse of a track.

Artist:	ALICANTE/YOUANDME, ILARIO
Title:	Balance/Raw
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	10"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	CORTEN 008EP

The eighth edition of Cocoon Recordings' 10" series leads us to Berlin, where Martin Müller and Daniel Stroeter are working under the alias youANDme as DJs, label managers and producers for labels such as Rotary Cocktail, 2020Vision and Compost. "Raw" is the ultimate soundtrack for constantly rising dancefloor noise levels, without ever neglecting the funk. Ilario Alicante's "Balance" purifies modern house music down to its essence, using a 2-minute break with a central organ theme to keep your synapses tightly clenched.

Artist:	EVANA/CAYTAS & PATZ, ROSS
Title:	Thrilla In Manila/Deep Blue Sea
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	10"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	CORTEN 009EP

London's Ross Evana ranked #12 on Beatport's house charts with "Ouija Board." His track "Thrilla In Manila" first takes its time to build up before it sets a tremendously powerful exclamation mark on the dancefloor with its tropical, hypnotic percussions. The second side is from Stockholm-born cousins Alex Caytas and Aleks Patz. "Blue Sea" shows the duo's affinity for the energetic deep house techno of the '90s, with its organ sound, blues vocals and a highly-infectious bass line.

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Artist:	VA
Title:	Cocoon Compilation A
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	COR 001CD

Artist:	VA
Title:	Cocoon Compilation B - Gefährliche Liebschaften
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	COR 002CD

Artist:	BOSS, INGO
Title:	Transistor EP
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	COR 008EP

Artist:	BEROSHIMA
Title:	Horizon
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	COR 038EP

Artist:	PHONOGENIC
Title:	The Last Beer On Earth
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	COR 040EP

Artist:	MULL, JOEL
Title:	Harmonautic String
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	COR 042EP

Artist:	FLATNER & LOPAZZ, ALEX
Title:	Make Up Your Mind
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 061EP

Artist:	GOLDMANN, STEFAN
Title:	Yes To All
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 064EP

Artist:	HARRISON CRUMP
Title:	Deep Down Inside Remixes
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 076EP

Artist:	REEVE, MARK
Title:	Daybreak On Mars EP
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 087EP

Artist:	BOYS NOIZE
Title:	Adonis Remix EP
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 090EP

Artist:	SANTE AND LORBER
Title:	Rootdown
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 091EP