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Artist:	UNKNOWN
Title:	Waveshape/Atrium Munitions
Label:	1XA (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	1XA 003EP

Third in this popular series of under-the-radar killers from 1XA. Glacial house-tech dubs with roving, squared bass lines and vapor trails of ambience. Banger on the B-side comes as standard. Mastered by Rashad at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin. Limited edition, individually stamped and hand-sealed with perforated green banner vinyl. Housed in black paper disco sleeve with poly lining. Label support from Patrice Scott, XDB, Laurent Garnier, Sigha, Conforce, Kirk DeGiorgio, Lakuti, Move D, Dirk Diggler, Ricardo Tobar, and more.

Artist:	UNKNOWN
Title:	Rocks & Mountains/Dub Down Mountains
Label:	DIGIKILLER
Format:	10"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	DKR 040EP

"Lastly, a tune that needs little introduction, the mighty 'Rocks and Mountains,' produced by Sly & Robbie at 29 Maxfield Avenue. While never officially released, this tune was made famous through play on UK sound systems. And while the vocalists of this tune have long been rumored to be the Mighty Travellers, who self-produced some tunes and cut an LP for Jammy's, no one has been able to definitively confirm this. This recording has been sourced straight from a mastertape containing dubplate mixes of other released and better known Sly & Robbie productions from the early 1980s, but which bore no notation of 'Rocks and Mountains' presence at all. So decades later, the mystery endures, but the music finally comes into the light and speaks for itself. One thing is certain though, the mighty sound of Channel 1 still rules in 2011!"

Artist:	UNKNOWN
Title:	Human Resources
Label:	HATE (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	HATE 003EP

Very little is known about HATE, except for the following: The majority of the material on the label is previously-unreleased, original junglist hardcore dating back to 1991-1994 from producers who wish to remain anonymous. The A-side of Human Resources features a 2008 reworking of an original track dating back to 1993. The track has been reconstructed using only the original sound files and samples. "Cunning Love" on the flipside is an original track dating back to 1992, restored and lovingly remastered from the original DAT tapes by the very capable heads over at Berlin's Dubplates and Mastering.

Artist:	UNKNOWN
Title:	Room 101/Room 102
Label:	LOOP HOTEL
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	HOTEL 001EP

"Come and spend a night at the brand new Loop Hotel! It's a one-of-a-kind international spot where quality, infectious house and techhouse music is piped into every room. So exclusive that its visitors wish to remain anonymous, we are left only to imagine who might be behind the project -- yet it's clear the calibre of the producer involved is very high indeed! Based on the concept of a two track partnership, a solid state jacking groove is introduced, building up a musical statement with a combination of rich analogue equipment to create the vibe. The partner track then removes all the previously explored musical elements, keeping the beats intact, and builds a new track again from the foundations up. 'Room 101' is a tooly, playful house jam, whose strong opening beats provide the basis for a stylish array of synth themes, classic house organs and tweaked out acidic stabs to unfold. Keeping the beats then, of course, 'Room 102' takes things down a darker route, with a more reduced family of elements describing a heady, even more acidic late night moment. Each track complements its brother remarkably well, and becomes engaging to hear how the emotions, flow and vibe are changed, while maintaining the same functional percussive elements in both tracks. Watch out for this new series of releases that explores the endless possibilities of hidden grooves locked inside the mind of their producer ready to be expressed on vinyl! Welcome to Loop Hotel."

Artist:	UNKNOWN
Title:	Now Phreeq/I'm So Lucky
Label:	SCIENCE (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	SCIENCE 2101

Science is a label distributed out of Koln. The first releases (2101, 2102, 2103 -- there are no traditional artist names) ) are Chic disco-edit tracks, ecstatically produced. Produced by one Justus K�hncke if you believe rumours on the internet, but that would be cheating. There's so much euphoria built into the opening "I'm So Lucky" that they ought to try to bottle it and leave a few batches of it for the survivors of the (soon arriving) apocalypse. Official description: "Floorburning tribute to Bernard Edwards (Chic) by an anonymous artist."

Artist:	UNKNOWN
Title:	Story #2
Label:	STORY (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	STORY 002EP

"Story02 brings you more tales from the deepside that have no author attached to them and rather sound like deephouse traditionals secretly and orally passed down from one wise deephouse initiate to the next. Free from superficial glitzy effects, showy noodling or even the slightest nod to the latest fad in clubland, every single one of these 3 tracks is like a condensed version of what deephouse is about and revokes mystic memories of nights in dark, bassridden basements. 'Deepcut59' is a manifest not for minimalism but simplicity where only the slow swelling of a chord can make you burst with joy, and just the addition of a hi-hat will stir you into action with new vigor. 'On The Way Back' over on the b-side features a relentlessly pushing, driving rhythm with abstract, piercing piano chords scattered all over while the title of the closing 'Rhodes On Drums' says it all: sweet wailing, rhodes musings on 'love and happiness' for those blue hours in the morning. This story is an epic!"

Artist:	UNKNOWN
Title:	Story #3
Label:	STORY (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	STORY 003EP

An acid house veteran that followed the whole UK rave progression to harder techno, Unknown harks back to his early influences. Cuts like "The Rub" or "DH-13" slowly sneak-up on you until you are immersed in the smoky, dub-filled atmosphere, akin to the psychedelic soul of Motown's Norman J. Whitfield or RZA's mystic hip-hop soundscapes. "Whobadu" trades a 4/4 pattern for a looser, hand-clapping '80s funk groove, while "Olufeme" is a stripped-down, Fela-style Afro groover with mighty, dubbed-out horn loops.

Artist:	UNKNOWN
Title:	Story #4
Label:	STORY (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	STORY 004EP

Another main player of the current elite of deep house producers makes an anonymous appearance on the Story imprint. Right from the beginning of "Fascinated," we get slowly woven into a maze by the spellbinding introduction of a sultry soulstress. "Taj Mahal" has a more robust, earthy beat with tabla and twangy sitar sounds panning around, making you see all these groovy colors. "You Better Find A Job" features warm, pulsating bass, psychedelic feedback and far-out flangers.

Artist:	UNKNOWN
Title:	Story #5
Label:	STORY (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	STORY 005EP

Another anonymous high priest of the Secret New House World Order presents three deep tracks in the best Chicago tradition. "Feel About" exposes a basic jacking beat somewhere around the magical 120bpm range, an almost sedative walking bass line, swinging organ chords and vocal snippets that command your butt to shake. "Gruteaussichten" packs a harder punching groove and a slightly eerie atmosphere before a warm shower of synth chords hits the euphoria switch in your subconscious. Resistance is futile.

Artist:	UNKNOWN
Title:	Swarm/Hubble
Label:	THRILLER (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	THRILLER 002EP

Featuring the work of a group of well-known South London producers with links to wonky, dubstep and techno, Thriller is an anonymous imprint involved with low-end re-configurations of R&B, disco and hip-hop. "Swarm" sounds like Ultradyne and Jay Dee getting into a fight, with a deeply neurotic buzz line stepping in and out of sequence. "Hubble" is more narcotic, featuring a self-reflective reduction from a producer well known for his tempered cross-genre experiments. Only 300 copies of this for the world.

Artist:	UNKNOWN
Title:	Freak For You/Point And Gaze
Label:	THRILLER (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	THRILLER 003EP

Thriller features the work of a group of well-known South London producers with links to wonky, dubstep and techno. Thriller is an anonymous imprint involved with low-end reconfigurations of R&B, disco and hip-hop. All releases on the label will be made available in pressings of 300 copies for the world. This third release offers a squashed and woozy take on classic R&B, with well-worn synths frayed so much that the tracks sound like they're about to fall apart.

Artist:	UNKNOWN
Title:	The World Is Coming To My My Party/Kosi's New Workout Plan
Label:	UPS (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	UPS 001EP

"Famous German DJ and producer -- who is responsible for mass hysteria wherever he plays -- with a cheeky cut-up edit of a track by the most hyped new hip-hop artist, driven by a hypnotic accoustic guitar loop, freeked with P-funkish vocoder vocals and backed by a dry bassdrum. On the B-side, he flips a vocal by an eccentric lo-fi soul artist -- who sang the hook of the biggest hit by the world's best hip-hop band -- and mashes it up with a nasty distroted bassline and straigt up electro beats. Madness! Re-release!"

Artist:	UNKNOWN
Title:	The Answer/Timeless Signs
Label:	UPS (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	UPS 002EP

"A1. 'The Answer (Gipsy Kink Mix)': Working around the rousing vocals of a classic 90s house anthem, a mysterious Gipsy Kink from a land far far away transforms the dulcet tones into a stomping analogue workout. Heavy heavy drums form the basis for a true oldschool-meets-newschool floorfreaker! B1. 'Manolo - Timeless Signs': A wise man once said when a new record comes out... remake an old one...! Truely timeless music will always live on, as this RRremake proves, breathing new life and energy with this slow burning acidic jam. An ideal opener or indeed closer to the party, the free-flowing balearic vibes are coming on strong, as we're locked in on this one."

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