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Artist: TRIPLE R
Title: Flashback
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: CD
Price: $15.50
Catalog #: MBF 001CD
"The long-awaited first CD from My Best Friend is mixed by DJ Triple R aka Riley Reinhold. Reinhold, one of the two driving forces of the label, blends his own releases (productions in collaboration with different artists such as Steve Barnes aka Cosmic Sandwich, Jorge Gebauhr and Emanuel Geller from Salz) with early, rough tracks on MBF and with smooth, cool, deep ones, of which some are still to be released. For instance the deepest track so far by Steve Barnes and Riley Reinhold 'Someday', a West coast inspired deep house track, will be released on a full- length vinyl album later this year. Furthermore 'Daybreak' by Cologne's young indie-rocker Dazo, who jams big fat bass lines and synthies in a new style for MBF will be released in August 2005. The CD also features tracks by the established Berlin duo M.A.N.D.Y., Break 3000 (one half of the Dirt Crew), Dublin's Donal Tierney aka Five Green Circle and Cologne's disco legend of the '80s LAX aka Robert Schulze with a Bobby Orlando-inspired track. The CD includes the hit 'Discotronic' written and produced by Adam Kroll and Break 3000 in the original smooth mix. It also includes 'Mondo Cane,' a New Order-inspired track by Riley Reinhold and Emanuel Geller that was not released on MBF. 'Mondo Cane' adds a unique melodic and emotional side to the CD. The mix CD is constantly rocking to the beat and creating nice waveforms, dynamics, ups and downs. It is always cool and in control of the journey."


Artist: EYERER & OLIVER KLEIN, MARTIN
Title: Movement
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 2CD
Price: $18.00
Catalog #: MBF 002CD
The My Best Friend label presents a double CD featuring a mix each by Martin Eyerer and Oliver Klein. Eyerer and Klein introduced their works to MBF with their stunning debut EP, Kairo and the follow-up, Tiflis. Both artists have been successful in most genres of electronic dance music, but now their focus lies on minimal. Eyerer made himself a name through remixing bands such as Gus Gus, Delight and Cassius and through remixes for Ministry of Sound/UK. Parallel to this, he always produced for smaller independent labels such as Boxer, Multicolor and Underwater and established his own label, Session Deluxe and his new imprint, Kling Klong. His 72-minute mix is fueled by club dynamics and makes a great home-listening treat as well. He's included some of his all-time favorite tracks, combined with unreleased tracks from his favorite labels. Oliver Klein, based in Düsseldorf, has been a well-known and influential DJ and producer in the Rhein delta for quite a while. His own label, Mutekki, has had a strong impact on the tech-house scene in Europe, making the transition between progressive and minimal tech-house. Oliver is a true DJ who plays and celebrates his sets, twiddling the knobs, working with effects, and providing the mix with a special emotional flow. His mix combines tracks with heavy pumping bass lines and physical presence with minimal modern grooves. Combined in his mix are brand new releases such as G-Flame & Mr. Gee's "Give'n Take," to make it a full night of techno. Other artists include: Duoteque, MyMy, Matthias Tanzmann, Björn Wilke, James What, Rob Mello, Johnny Wagner, Daniel Stefanik, Schlomi Aber, Elektrochemie, Ryan Crosson, Magda, Heartthrob, Konrad Black, Toni Rios, Plasmik, Dusty Kid, King Roc, Sebo K & Metro, D-Nox & Beckers, Mathias Tanzmann, Pascal Feos, Ray Valioso, Random Play, Dachshund, Rejected, Pan/tone, Move D., Dennis Karimani and Chris Gruber.


Artist: AVITABILE, GRAZIANO
Title: Lass Mich Los
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12001EP
"The birth of the label and at the same time the first record of Graziano Avitabile, who has been a member of Cologne's nightlife for quite a while. He has released a few records, one on Karmarouge records back in 2001. Since then he has developed his style and has with this release put forward a 12" with existential elements and sounds, timeless as we think, rather than clicks and cuts designed computer music but with lots of emotion, creating friction throughout this tough slamming techno track. The track comes in two versions, paying tribute to the 80s but relying on his hypnotic touch that after all, prevails. A stunning debut and the best way to start My Best Friend."


Artist: GABRIEL AND BIBI
Title: Oh La La La
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12002EP
"Gabriel and Bibi, a dream couple from Cologne? The sweet melody, at times really harsh pop techno with 'Trash Easthetik' communicates in a magic way that leaves our mouth open and dry. Where does it derive from? Who are they? We better not ask. Just enjoy. On the flipside a monster rocking remix by Argentinian master of disaster Jorge Gebauhr, slamming the vocals on his bouncing dry beat with fury."


Artist: TORO PROJECT
Title: Planet May
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12003EP
"Toro is an anonymous project of a producer duo. A joined venture, which at the same time shows a bit more of the direction the forthcoming release will tend to do go. Disko-tech-house , deep as well as 'right on - keep the beat going' style. 'Drive To ffm' on the a-side is a house track with a slightly blurred soundscape transmitting a psychedelic feel, deep and strong. 'Jam the Metro Dub' on the flipside is a super dry disco slammer with an ultrafat bassline that will shake the foundation of the club it is played in. It's Chicago inspired 'Lil Louis' sequences is the key for euphoria."


Artist: DIRT CREW
Title: Cleaning Up The Ghetto Pt. 1
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12005EP
"Dirt Crew is a new project on MBF. Behind the project hide no newcomers but artists that have released numerous records on other labels, but will keep this project exclusively for My Best Friend. James Flavour is reknown for his fabulous records on the Berlin label Highgrade and on the forthcoming 12" on Brique Rouge. Break 3000 has released music already on Trapez, K7, Meuse Muzique, Poketgame and has released a remix for Speedy J. Their music combines cool oldschool patterns with new approach in club music and a super strong production. Their first 12" together as Dirt Crew is the beginning of a series of records by the Dirt Crew as well as remixes by Break 3000 which will be released by Traum on MBF and Trapez."


Artist: DIRT CREW
Title: Cleaning Up the Ghetto Pt. 2
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12006EP
"Cleaning Up the Ghetto II is the follow up to the successful debut Cleaning Up the Ghetto I by James Flavour & Peter Gijseders which was played by a lot of famous house DJs among people like Steve Bug, David Duriez, Freestyle Man/DJ Sasse, M.A.N.D.Y., etc. It features a very strong Chicago house anthem 'Rock Da House' highlighting it´s past, referring to heroes such as Robert Armani, Paul Johnson and all the wonderful traxxmen around the world. 'Psycho' is a catchy melodic groover, a bit twisted with big key-changes."


Artist: BREAK 3000/ADAM KROLL
Title: Discotronic
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12007EP
"Peter Gijseders, one half of Dirt Crew joins Traum artist Adam Kroll in this disco-hi energy house slammer 'Discotronic' . A perfect summer tune, uplifting with a slight french twist to it, whereas 'Lick It' stays deep with mighty chords and small vocal stabs. The duo that for the first time produced a record together, is an exiting project of bringing different ideas together for Traum's house imprint."


Artist: M.A.N.D.Y.
Title: Naomi
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12008EP
"MBF is proud to release a brandnew, not yet released track by the Berlin trio , that shows the international interest in the works of MBF as a new house label. M.A.N.D.Y. known through their stunning 12"s on their own imprint get physical release on MBF with 'Naomi', a track that is quite different in style to their own recently released music. Much more strange and rocking , 'Naomi' will shake the floors with it´s fat relent sequential sounds. A 100% night-rider we call it! No one less than the Dirt Crew provide a remix on the flipside which is more Chicago style flavoured with a good finish to the end, twisting the sequences to the maximum."


Artist: LAX
Title: Lift Up
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12009EP
"MBF welcomes one of the pioneers of the electronic dance from Germany. Robert Schulze was one of the leading DJs in the 80ies in Cologne, playing the famous clubs such as: Colombo, Ritz Club, Morocco, Coconut and Checker's in Düsseldorf. Robert was influenced heavily by Bobby Orlando, Arthur Baker, Shep Pettibone, Larry Levan and Francois Kervorkian and has produced with famous people around the world. For MBF he has developed a special project which is based on the cornerstones of electro, house and disco, a mere rhythm based sequencer music. 'Lift up!' is therefore a logical consequence of his encounters and his love to early dance music. All tracks are done with real analoge instruments which explains the sexy groove and the warm sound. 'Music Makes You' is a long extended disco mix, reduced to the essentials, with machines at work. And if you listen closely or dance intensively, you can hear the machines speak and roar. Robert is nicely building up tension adding cascades of sequenced sounds and triggering old-school vocals from the early decade of disco and house."


Artist: TORO
Title: Phantom Drive
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12010EP
"Toro returns to the MBF line up. Toro are Jorge Gebauhr, famous for his two records on Traum ('modayfatsonnig' EP and 'Living in Another Body') and Riley Reinhold, who is at the current working also with Cosmic Sandwich aka Steve Barnes. The record is a sequencer-hookline driven record, which comes with two extended mixes of 'Phantom Drive' and 'Ohio 69'. 'Phanton Drive' is a slick disco leaper, with cool claps and a deep bassline und .. Cutting snares. A symbiosis of the two qualities makes it a universal ride! Call it : locomotion!"


Artist: DIRT CREW
Title: Rok da House Rmx
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12011EP
"The return of The Dirt Crew comes with a stunning freestyle man remix and a remix by Donnacha Costello of Minimise/Trapez/Force Inc. Plus a remix by Dirt Crew themselves. DJ Sasse aka Freestyleman, aka one half of Mr Negative, is transforming the slashing original in an hypnotic monster that rocks. Donnacha Costello having recorded also for Trapez under the name of Pleite was a go on a 303 acid mix, raw and bold. The Dirt Crew themselves throw all their juvenile influences of early acid and house days in one mix, resulting in a party giant. The EP comes in a full cover with a print of a warehouse."


Artist: KANGO'S STEIN MASSIV
Title: Ting Ae Like Te Mat
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12012EP
"Norway's most bizarre house producer who has released several wonderful 12"s on Trailerpark, comes with a rocking grinding 3 tracker that shakes up every dancefloor with its bass and crossing guitars chords. 'Ting ae like te mat' can be compared to !!!'s 'Hello? Is this thing on?' on Warp. Post rock electronic ecstatic house with the mighty 'Eddik' and the more psychedelic 'Muskat' and 'Tyta'. Definitely a different style for MBF but innovative and fresh sounding. The EP comes with a full cover by Jacqueline Klein showing the welcoming of Kango in Hawaii."


Artist: LAX
Title: B-Boogie
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12013EP
"Robert Schulze aka Lax, Cologne disco icon from the early '80s, has returned with a brand-new 2-tracker. This which the title suggests is a glamorous stomping machine-triggered disco house track, that relies on a wonderful Pet Shop Boys-like string which creates goose-skin throughout the hearing. A track which reveals that Robert Schulze's experience 25 years ago, playing four times a week in the leading discothèques, still proves worthy. The flipside, 'B-Boogie' consists of strong '80s disco to new wave influences."


Artist: DASO
Title: Daybreak
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12014EP
"Daso is by far the youngest artist on MBF. He has already produced with German indie rock singers like Jens Friebe (Intro magazine). But with the upcoming MBF release Daybreak, Daso has created his first dance maxi. It ranges from Paris house to German new wave music. Daso has put all of his soul into these two tracks... playing chords that even Moby could be proud of. He has included a rob to vocoder voice.... tragic and beautiful at the same time. Daso fuses a post '80s feeling with the big basslines of today to create a hybrid of a special kind."


Artist: COSMIC SANDWICH
Title: Man In the Box
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12015EP
"Following his international success with his self-titled track 'Cosmic Sandwich,' the Englishman Steve Barnes has produced the official answer to his achievement with his EP Man In a Box. Even more surreal, nervous, frenetically and twitching rhythmically at all ends the title track 'Man In a Box' determinedly strides along its path... and so finds his way in to the auditory canals of his fans. Again the vocals come from Riley Reinhold. In 'Man In a Box' they describe the claustrophobic situation within four walls. Antagonism and fascination in one, a regular recurring situation. The flipside track 'You Too' reveals a felicitous contrast to the A-side. With it's straightness it is even more in the style of the first Cosmic Sandwich."


Artist: SCRATCH MASSIVE
Title: Girls on Top
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12016EP
"The French artists Maud and Sebastian created Scratch Massive in 1999. Scratch Massive's first full album on Warner Brothers produced by Christian Vogel of Supercollider was released. Maud and Seb start seriously ding, and living in the 4 corners of the world. In 2004 the couple releases a new single 'Make It High' which is featured on hip dance-floor compilations, including Ivan Smagghe's Suck My Deck. In 2005 Scratch Massive put together their first mix CD which summarizes there feeling that 'the dance-floor is a privileged laboratory which omits an irresistible equation of pure pleasure...'. For this mix CD they licensed a track by the My Best Friend act Dirt Crew. With there own 12" Girls On Top on MBF, Scratch Massive managed to produce a massive house hit."


Artist: ULYSSES & NICKLCAT
Title: Make You Feel Good
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12017EP
"Yes, the title implies a strong house approach and really 'Make You Feel Good' is a very deep track featuring the unnatural sweet sensational voice of Nick Hallett. Ulysses aka Elliot Taub is not a stranger to the techno-house-electro scene. The two tracks for MBF are different though, neither electro nor techno nor classic house, but a fusion of disco house and DJ Hell inspired electro clash. Feelings frozen up and reanimated within a dark age of psychedelia, with sequences not unlike of what Moroder did. Two tracks not train spotting on any hypes around attached to nothing but the feeling that governs the tracks. MBF has created a new genre here! Enjoy the dark and sweet sensation that will 'Make You Feel Good' a hit."


Artist: DASO
Title: Go Upstairs
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12018EP
"With his debut record Daybreak Daso has managed as one of the only producers in Germany to combine his indie past with his new house influences in an authentic and credible way. His first release went straight to many charts. With a lot of elegance and noticeable emotional density, he embodies a youthful version of what Etienne De Crecy and Phoenix represent. The title track 'Go Upstairs' is a accomplished continuation of the Daybreak theme: the processing of subconscious '80s experiences. The tracks combine the bombastic and monumental sounds of the '70s with the airiness and melancholy of the independent scene of the '80s. 'Until I Find You' is also a wonderful swan song to a great night."


Artist: COSMIC SANDWICH
Title: Man In the Box Rmx Vol 1
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12019EP
"The crazy original of Cosmic Sandwich's 'Man In a Box' made it into the top 20 of 2005 in Groove magazine. With these remixes the record has received a special treatment from our neighbor André Kraml and our young shooting star Daso. André Kraml is well known for his Safari track on Firm that was remixed by James Holden and for his fabulous remix of Dominik Eulbergs 'der purpurrote sonnenuntergang am schilfumsäumten bergsee'. With his 'Man In a Box' remix André delivers his perspective in a straightened out beat format, having tiny bits of the original pop up here and there, creating a surreal feeling with a strong and powerful analogue sounding production aiming also at bigger dance floors! For the flipside mbf artist Daso made a remix of the Man In a Box track 'You Too' giving it his special post-rock-disco character."


Artist: COSMIC SANDWICH
Title: Man In the Box Rmx Vol. 2
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12020EP
Following the successful remixes by André Kraml and Daso of Cosmic Sandwich's hit release, here comes the second part of the "Man In a Box Remixes," by Chardronnet and MBF artists Markese. In this volume, Cosmic Sandwich aka Steve Barnes was caught in his camouflage outfit during his wild and rave-y days in Brighton! Chardronnet's remix features another stunning bassline-driven tune that works, in addition to the original Cosmic Sandwich vocal samples and rhythmical stabs. The flipside track is a Markese & Cosilli remix that is a hypnotic, floating and deep track that uses a powerful bass section.


Artist: TRIPLE R
Title: Friends Are Silence
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 2LP
Price: $16.50
Catalog #: MBF 12021LP
Riley Reinhold, part owner of Traum & Trapez & MBF together with Jacqueline Klein, DJ, A & R head and the driving person behind many projects, has finally released a double 12" with tracks he produced with friends and artists on My Best Friend. Triple R aka Riley Reinhold has already released several EPs together with Steve Barnes aka Cosmic Sandwich. He has also produced with Emanuel Geller as well as Jorge Gebauhr from Argentina under the project name of Toro. This project found a lot of support by house DJs in Germany especially Atta from Playhouse. The five tracks on Friends Are Silence vary in nature and range from the deep house track "Someday," written & produced together with Steve Barnes, to the shuffle house rocker "Six Sick Torros," written and produced together with Jorge Gebauhr. The rhythm monster "Tengo Suerte Esta Noche" was also penned by the duo Gebauhr & Reinhold. The Italo disco flavored "Polyester" title was written in a jam session during a visit to Denis Karimani aka Remute in Cologne. And the dark, Konrad Black-style track "Beauty Needs No Wings" was recorded along with Emanuel Geller, founder of the dub house duo Salz and one of Riley's closest friends. Friends Are Silence comes together in a meeting of minds and beats.


Artist: DIRT CREW
Title: Silver
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12022EP
The Dirt Crew are back after a long break. MBF was the label to kick off and originate this crew, and Silver takes us back to those beginnings. "Silver" develops a traditional Chicago house into disco, with James Flavour and Break 3000 throwing a little dirt into the mix -- hypnotic, deep and cool. "Lost" proudly displays the darker side of tech house, with an '80s bassline that is carried through the track, pulling atmospheric sounds to the surface, making it a true after-hour pearl.


Artist: NOZE
Title: Kitchen Remixe
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12023EP
This track was originally released by the French couple from Paris: Nicolas Sfintescu (aka DJ Freak) founder of Circus Company and Ezechiel Pailhés. "Kitchen" is remixed by Thomas Schaeben, owner of Firm Records. Thomas is actually one of the few guys left in Cologne who experiments with a lot of hardware and guitars in professional studios. He totally re-played the "Kitchen" theme and added some strong heavy delays and nice crazy beat programming. On the flipside, Skat from Paris produces supercrazy funk-house. In his shuffle version of "Kitchen" he manages to cut up sounds like a world champion. A superb rhythmic dance track!


Artist: DASO
Title: Daybreak Remixe
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12024EP
The debut track by Daso, which was post-produced by Emanuel Geller and Riley Reinhold, was a small hit on My Best Friend. Now, one of Germany's hottest producers Oliver Koletzki has remixed it alongside the upcoming star Skat from the French label, Karat. Oliver has taken the track to newer grounds, picking up on a totally different beat and adding a more uptempo, electro feel to it. Skat's remix is hard jacking with a lot of understatement on the one hand, and with a strong passion for the groove one the other hand.


Artist: EYERER & OLIVER KLEIN, MARTIN
Title: Kairo
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12025EP
German producer team Martin Eyerer and Oliver Klein created a brilliant clubby minimal house EP with a touch of hypnotic trance and madness. The A-side track "Al Quadus" works with melodic and grinding basslines, jumping single notes, warped chords and atmospheric floating background sounds. The outcome of this is a third dimension which creates quite a journey. By contrast, the B-side "Cicada" is very stripped down, light, more joyful and crazy. It holds a mad, really long sequence which creates total frenzy.


Artist: COSMIC SANDWICH
Title: Battle Twig
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12026EP
"Battle Twig" is the old English word for the insect "Ear Wig," which describes to a degree the nature of the title track. This is a heavy analog-sounding beast that creeps around the floor, playing hide and seek, with sometimes quite gentle sounds lurking here and there. It's very much in the style of Steve Barnes' track "Cosmic Sandwich." With the much more elegant, almost pop-fueled "Scatter Realm," the idea of two minds in one person appears again. This track is a kingdom of sound, with its melodies being flung, spread, broadcasted, sprinkled and dispersed throughout the track. It is based on synth melodies that fill the air with joy.


Artist: KLEIN & ZENKER
Title: Delusion EP
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12027EP
The men behind the newly formed duo Klein & Zenker are the world famous producer Ramon Zenker of Hardfloor and Mutekki label-owner Oliver Klein. It is their first collaboration and the bizarre track "Delusion" already conveys what it's all about. It kicks off as a classic minimal track but then turns slowly into a hi-energy house tune with rocking sequencers and wonderful strings at the end of the track. On the flipside, the Finnish artist Jussi Pekka lends an old school interpretation of "Delusion" with a Detroit trance spin. It will find a lot of friends among the more traditional house DJs as an essential DJ tool.


Artist: PIEMONT
Title: Carbonat
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12030EP
The producers behind the Hamburg-based duo Piemont are Frederic Möring-Sack and Christian de Jonqueires. They have been releasing and playing under the name of Phunklarique & Dejonka since 2005. Their second release under their newly-formed artist name Piemont on MBF delivers two crazy minimal house stompers with jacking funky grooves that can rock. "Carbonat" is a classic tune, with electro house flair and nervous sequences, hands up in the air madness. "Glycerin" reminds us of Steve Bug's "Loverboy," but is more stripped-down and adds electro house sequences and mighty breaks. A duo to look out for.


Artist: EYERER & OLIVER KLEIN, MARTIN
Title: Tiflis
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12031EP
Here comes the follow up to the Kairo EP on MBF by producer-duo Martin Eyerer and Oliver Klein "Tiflis" is a fusion of Dr. Mabuse, Lil' Louis' "French Kiss" and Tim Taylor's "Horn Song," combining the cool with a monster break... waking up the dead. It's an alarm for the dance floors and does big damage. "Lütje" conveys the image of a big traffic jam in Manhattan, when everyone is blowing their horns, bikers go mad and people seem to be rushing everywhere in no particular direction. The track has a strong house touch, especially when the organ is introduced, making the track slightly funky.


Artist: BUKADDOR & FISHBECK
Title: Nachtexpress/Long Distance Call
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12032EP
Bukaddor & Fishbeck has had a big impact on German dancefloors and on Richie Hawtin's set at huge festivals. Nachtexpress starts off in an "off beat" mode, but has more of a hypnotic and understated character. "Long Distance Call" is a lot more relaxed -- almost mystical, seemingly non-directional at first, working its way into a post-Detroit track with nice strings coming along after some minutes, like a magnet in slow motion.


Artist: CHAIM
Title: Caroline
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12033EP
Chaim by now is well-known for hooky and hypnotic melodies and '80s-inspired synth licks flickering from speaker to speaker, effects, and memorable vocals that are wrapped inside a wall of sound. For MBF, Chaim has recorded "Caroline," a minimal track centered around a mighty chord. Its fat beat pattern is just massive. In contrast, "Same Same" (featuring James Blonde) and "De Move Da Beat" are two weird, over-the-top electro house tracks, destined to be played during those twisted and strange after-hours moments at the club.


Artist: PIEMONT
Title: Sympathetic
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12034EP
After Piemont's big success with their debut 12" Carbonat on MBF, F. Möring-Sack and Christian de Jonquières deliver a big time follow-up. The driving bass line and massive Moroder sequences make the title track "Sympathetic" an electro-house peak time tune. The break down features melodic stabs that collect the energy before the heavy beat of Piemont returns to rock. "Sick Certificate" is stripped down and rocks through its sick sequences pinching the air, still hypnotic. This slammer is a big techno-house tool.


Artist: STEFAN & JURGEN POTZKOTEN, NICOLAS
Title: Musik Bringt Freundschaft
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12035EP
Introducing two domestic young talents from the Rhein delta, Jürgen Potzkoten and Nicolas Stefan. Stefan started as a member of the electro house formation, Turbo and Berger as DJ Nyke, and has released two 12"s -- one on Karate Music and another 12" this year on Moguai's label, Polo Records. This debut on MBF is a serious step towards club culture. "Musik Bringt Freundschaft" is a joyful minimal house mover with cool breakdowns and melodic sequences. The track is very airy and follows a nice collective spirit with plenty of breaks to collect energy. "Man Alive!" is a more classic and tight minimal house track, reminiscent of Steve Bug's "Loverboy" but with the cool, laid-back feeling Nicolas Stefan is known for.


Artist: BUKADDOR & FISHBECK
Title: Supaglass/Campus
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12036EP
Bukaddor & Fishbeck's third EP on MBF, Supaglass, is the follow-up release to Polterabend/Less. After their excursion into deeper rhythmical grooves with their second 12" Nachtexpress, they managed to add another facet to their production style. "Supaglass" rocks the floors with its forward-going movement and speed. The flip-side track, "Campus" is tremendously strong, with a monster bassline, great breaks and wonderful timing. Peak-time quality.


Artist: AGNELLI, LUCA
Title: Booster
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12037EP
Booster is the debut 12" by Italian producer Luca Agnelli, who has an amazing talent for harmonies and writing music for and beyond the dancefloor. "Booster Remix" is a revised mix of the unreleased original "Booster." The track is epic and orchestral, with plenty of club sound. "Pianotron" is reduced and stripped down with an infectious walking bass line and all the qualities of a classic.


Artist: CHAIM & JAMES BLONDE
Title: Roxy Feeling
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12038EP
James Blonde and Chaim present their debut 12" on MBF, a tribute to Roxy Music. "Roxy Feeling" is hypnotic with sequencers creating a super, seemingly effortless dub-groove in a timeless, stripped-down arrangement. The first and original mix of "Crack" is a traditional synth-driven song, with ghostly voices out in the distance. A more minimal remix follows by Hamburg's Pelle Buys -- straight, rocking, stripped-down German techno-house.


Artist: PIEMONT
Title: Bastille
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12040EP
With the Bastille EP, Piemont deliver their trademark fat productions -- both tracks are clonk groovers with occasional peaks that set the floor on fire. The title track is a true primetime rocker that fills the air with bass and sequences that make Alexander Robotnik seem boring. On the other hand, "Montmartre," is more specialized and connects psychedelia with pop.


Artist: PIERCE & JERL
Title: Cuvee
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12041EP
The Cologne duo Pierce & Jerl have been around for years, but only recently joined forces. This exclusive project is all about carnality and savoring moments, and for them, music has to sound rich and bass-y. "Cuvee" is a mighty bass-driven track with links to Chicago's early moments, taking piano chords to another level by repeating them and creating a hypnotic flowing pattern. "Bouquet" is a peak-time tech-house track, with the nervous energy that drives people crazy on the dancefloor.


Artist: BUKADDOR & FISHBECK
Title: Live Is Life
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF 12042EP
Bukaddor & Fishbeck's fourth EP on MBF is definitely the most stripped-down percussive record they have done so far. The beat phreak track "Live Is Life" is a bass-heavy hands-in-the-air monster. "Mr. Floppy" is much bolder and softer, but very percussive and funky with cool breaks and dynamic shifts which are all very well thought out. Real DJ weapons.


Artist: PELE & TOWNSTON
Title: Requiem For Three Cellos
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $12.00
Catalog #: MBF 12043EP
The producer team Pele & Townston hail from South Germany. Their project is exclusive on MBF and will fit in neatly in the gap between Bukaddor & Fishbeck and Piemont. "The Who" starts off as a groovy stripped-down beat track but develops more and more into a rhythm monster. "Requiem For Three Cellos" is a mixture of cool drugged-out beats and haunting sounds, developing more and more hypnotic qualities which makes it a big club track.


Artist: PIEMONT
Title: Black Smoker
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $12.00
Catalog #: MBF 12044EP
Piemont's third EP Black Smoker on MBF gives you a glimpse of their forthcoming LP. The EP's theme is the deep sea and the A-side has dedicated itself to the chimneys of the sea, the "Black Smokers," black ugly emissions that create colorful plants that would not be able to "bloom" in such garishness without them. Stoic, slightly funky, slightly psychedelic disco, with ringing bells ascending and drowning again. "Superheated" is a very rhythmic, percussive track, like a crazy sea-monster.


Artist: PIERCE & JERL
Title: Blanc de Blancs
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $12.00
Catalog #: MBF 12045EP
The second record from the Cologne duo Pierce & Jerl. "Blanc de Blancs" is focused around a joyfully uplifting techno house tune. The bright sequence is the motor of the track that is fuelled by a strong groove with a monster bass line. "Blanc de Noirs" is much more tricky, with a very unique groove that challenges the dancer to freak out on the dancefloor. A super track for DJ sets at sunrise.


Artist: SLAJH
Title: Red Carpet Mile
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $12.00
Catalog #: MBF 12046EP
Slajh is a new project by Steve Lawler and Jimmy Hill. "Red Carpet Mile" starts quite minimal, then introduces an electro bass line and a musical theme with a progressive touch. Latin percussion adds a loose and cool feeling to the tightness of the track. "White Pockets" is modern techno dub with Basic Channel moments and the sound design of minimal techno.


Artist: CLEIS, MICHEL
Title: Dixie On Monday
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $12.00
Catalog #: MBF 12047EP
Michel Cleis has an eclectic past rooted in rock and pop, but his love for "shakin' music," humanism, and creativity have put him in contact with like-minded people, and he is now increasingly active as a techno producer. His first 12" for MBF is very strange and authentic and comes with two very different tracks: "Dixie On Monday" is a 12-minute groover with lots of percussion, whereas "Deconstructed" is more direct and Chicago house styled -- dark and weird.


Artist: BARNES, STEVE
Title: Cosmic Sandwich
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF LTD002
"The one sided 'Cosmic Sandwich by Steve Barnes is a disco monster in an fashion of the 80ies. The 11 minute epic is a ever evolving wave of disco beats, claps and strange vocals stabs and sounds. An NYC style of disco, quite dry and cool and crazy -- not beefed up and in no need of spoiler or tuned up affairs. Let free the monster and let the mix go on forever."


Artist: BARNES & RILEY REINHOLD, STEVE
Title: Odyssey
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF LTD003
"Italo disco with pushing sequencers and a psychedelic, harmonic track with vocals by R. Reinhold lead us straight to the second part of the series made in Cologne."


Artist: BREAK 3000
Title: Flash
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF LTD004
"A psychedelic highlight once again on the sublabel of MBF, MBF Limited . Break 3000 known for his records on MBF with Adam Kroll and his share on the Dirt Crew project gives us 'Flash'. It is a monumental track, beautiful but at the same time quite deranged and bizarre, a trip on unknown territory . It could as well be a soundtrack for Tarkowskis 'Stalker'. But it's glamorous chords have reminded someone of seals music. So we guess it has that character as well. On the flipside we find a quite smooth and slick house tracks, not as bizarre more nice and almost the opposite. So there is more than one truth in a 'Flash'!"


Artist: COSMIC SANDWICH
Title: Zig Zag Feeling
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF LTD005
"The second 12" by Cosmic Sandwich, a project based on psychedelic, warped disco house, written and produced by the English producer Steve Barnes. His first 12" with the name 'Cosmic Sandwich' was club hit around the globe, 'Zig Zag Feeling' has a similar feel to it. It is a 10 minute voyage through hi energy disco house with ups and downs, but tight in the rhythms. Enjoy the trip."


Artist: COSMIC SANDWICH
Title: Cosmic Sandwich Rmx
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF LTD006
"'Cosmic Sandwich' the first track of Cosmic Sandwich aka Steve Barnes and the initial track defining his project, comes here in an exclusive remix by himself and on the flipside by Traum's Domink Eulberg. Explosive, warped-crazy house, modulating into nothingness and back to the starting point, comes here with new funky basslines and a quite different mood, triggered by Steve Barnes. The flipside by Domink Eulberg takes the original creating a rave monster on ist on. A true voyage through energy levels that accumulate in a crass turning point, that is a very special one."


Artist: REINHOLD & STEVE BARNES, RILEY
Title: Odyssey Rmx
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF LTD007
"After the mix CD by Triple R on MBF being released you will find on this 12" a compilation of three of the more recent releases being remixed. All three of them major tunes on MBF. First of them being 'Flash' by Break 3000, then on the flipside 'Music Makes You' by Lax and the killer tune 'Odyssey.' All remixes come by Hamburg's Remute aka Denis Karimani also known as half of Error Error, they being related also to Einmusik. Okay, there is a big disco family living in Hamburg we know that by now. Remute instead also has a past in the world of techno with his project Remute, under that he has released on Trapez and Areal. Compared with the slack original his remixes are directed towards bigger clubs, blessed with a big time production and additional melodies which cannot be found in the original tunes... storming the discotheques from Ibiza to London."


Artist: METEO & GANTELMI MEETS MISS ANACOR
Title: Danseur
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF LTD008
"Mateo & Gantelmi are well known in France for their live appearances on many festivals. Their music is very artistic and beautiful. The duo has a stronger band than dancefloor approach. Together with vocalist Miss Anacor they developed a rocking dance track especially for MBF. The A-side track 'Danseur' is unique in the way the deep bassline and the sequencer grind through it providing the force a track needs for club play. For the flipside Daso provided a remix of Mateo & Gantelmis unreleased track 'Guacamole.' Daso has just released his first EP 'Daybreak' on MBF. With his interpretation of 'Guacamole' the young musician reveals his talent for strong hypnotic chords."


Artist: NERK & DIRK LEYERS
Title: Dizzy Monster
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF LTD009
"Here we have one of the oddest teams you can imagine. Dirk Leyers, one part of Closer Music on Kompakt and Nerk, aka Benjamin Weiss, a member of Berlin's techno formation Tok Tok. Both bands have achieved cult status within the techno world. Dizzy Monster is a freaked out power house 12" with two tracks that have potential to rock the big floors. The A side is an hysteric, over the top funkerneer with screaming sequences, cool sub-bass breaks and powerful drums that speak their own unique but universal language. 'Monster One' as the title says, is an untameable techno-house track, which contains a bit of the feeling old Berlin techno used to transport. In the style of 'Klang der Familie' the track is definitely a nightrider. 'Monster One' has that special feel to it, is also quite disturbed in its way and leaves you with a bit of goose skin... wow!"


Artist: BREAK 3000
Title: Lights
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF LTD010
"The Dutchman Peter Gijselers aka Break 3000 runs the label Dirt Crew and Players Paradise together with his friend James Flavour. They released there first Dirt Crew records on My Best Friend and have been releasing regularly on MBF since. In 2005 Peter gave his solo debut under his pseudonym Break 3000 on MBF LTD which was a huge success. 'Lights' delivers a jack tune par-excellence and combines it with Carl Craig-like strings that succeed in to a 13 minute rocker with emotional passages that once again put Break 3000 on the big dance floors! The flipside is a Break 3000 remix of Steve Barnes and Riley Reinhold's track 'Odyssey'. The track is done in a Dirt Crew fashion. It is a 'superfett' production with big basslines and guitars playing the Odyssey theme. A true track for House DJs!"


Artist: MARKESE
Title: Oregano
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF LTD011
"The Swiss producer Markese had released two exceptional 12"s on Trapez Ltd already when he came up with these deep house tracks, perfect for our house imprint MBF. The a-side track 'Oregano' is a tasteful blend of house and 80ies feeling. Uplifting moments breaking through the melancholic prevailing mood as if the sun has managed to make it's way through the stained glass windows of the warehouses, we grew up with. 'Oregano' is a track that should never stop. 'Keep Breathing' we scream and mean it! 'Dirty Bounce Mixmaster 30090' is a floating moroder like track, with an aesthetic epic feeling to it. It combines ups and downs in a wonderful way."


Artist: NOZE
Title: Remember Love
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF LTD012
Paris' Nôze presents Remember Love -- a love poem in the style of the Chicago grand piano house trax of the late '80s, for the summer of 2007. The original mix is on the A-side whereas on the B-side you can find a more stripped-down dop remix by friends of Nôze. To say it in their words: everybody's happy to believe in love.


Artist: REINHOLD, RILEY
Title: Lights In My Eyes Remixe
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF LTD014
Remixes of the incredibly popular "Lights In My Eyes" by Riley Reinhold, as reinvigorated by Dominik Eulberg and Patrice Bäumel. The original strings are highlighted by the powerful Eulberg beat which provides the track with a strong peak time flavor. The rocking quality and tightness make it a "groove box" track, par excellence. Resident DJ of Club 11 in Amsterdam and key producer on Trapez, Patrice Bäumel supplies us with a deep Carl Craig-like hypnotic slammer.


Artist: REINHOLD, RILEY
Title: Lull EP
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: MBF LTD015
Riley Reinhold presents more adventures into the past with Lull. "Klaus" explores the power of repetition with melodic peaks and overpowering synthesizers. Like the German music of the '70s, it has a slightly baroque feel to it. "Vlad" is more of a haunting experimental track, containing sounds of early German cinema, with wailing, LSD-induced, detached, drugged-out, cosmic space music.


Artist: REINHOLD, RILEY
Title: Sunset Sound
Label: MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
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