Carl Cox releases his debut Global Underground mix album, ‘Black Rock Desert,’ on 1st Feb 2010. Taken from a storming 2 hour set in The Opulent Temple in the Black Rock Desert, Summer 2009. “When I decided to do a Global Underground mix it just had to be here ,” says Carl. Everything aside from the entrance fee is free. It’s all about sharing and contributing to the experience. People barter, offering everything from free artwork installations to free flirting lessons and drinks. “There’s loads of people out there who have no idea. It’s been going on for 20 years. And I do think there are like-minded people who would like to share my experience. It justifies the release for GU. I hope people see it as genuine.” Jason Teplitsky and Syd Gris finally talked Carl into playing at the festival’s Opulent Temple in 2008. He was so moved by the event, he resolved to keep coming back...[ read on ]

The German phrase “Katze im Sack” describes a new idea for our shop. The Americans are using the phrase "Grab Bag", English people know it as “Lucky Bag” We pick 10 of our 14,95€ (or higher) sale CD’s and sell them to you all in all for 50€ But just like the Grab Bag you may know from Kindergarten, you don't get to know what's in the bag. You're getting a surprise. It might be a CD you have always wanted, it might be a disc you have never heard of, it might be one you already own that you can give to a friend. Who knows! That's part of the surprise. The titles are from our Sale Page and contain CD’s from the labels Mole Listening Pearls, Auric Enterprises, Emosphere, [kju:] and Luxury House Lounge Editions. We pack all Grab Bag’s indivial – No Grab Bag will be the same like the Grab Bag before!

This is Volume 6 in Platipus' best selling series and compilers I Monster deliver a rather splendid mix. Each CD was mixed and compiled separately by both I Monster members, Dean Honer (previously of Add N to (X), All Seeing I) (CD1) and Jarrod Gosling (CD2). Both discs take us from downtempo, quirky pop, and electronica into a world that can only be the 'Art Of Chill'. Containing a number of I Monster exclusives (to be released as a separate digital only EP on 9th November) and sleevenotes from both members on why the tracks mean so much to them. Best known for the loungy trip-hop track "Daydream in Blue" in 2001, the British production duo I Monster specialize in psychedelic, electronic-tinged pop confections that are often based around samples from easy listening records and other unlikely sources. Jarrod Gosling and Dean Honer met in their hometown of Sheffield and released...[ read on ]

Gaining both critical acclaim for its catchiness as much for its atmosphere, the mutant strain of 140 bpm (or thereabouts) bass music currently infiltrating the global airwaves has morphed consistently over its recent life span; cross pollinating its acres of influences into the bundles of sub genres it now houses. It's become a strain of club music that revels in biting back against the perceptions of those outside of the core scene, those who consider dubstep to simply be a swelteringly tough warbling bassline that's complimented by a half step drum pattern and some airy atmospherics. The warm fluid basslines of dark garage, the spacious precision of techno, the unabashed bolshiness of grime; the percussion led rhythm of funky house, the wanton bump of 2-step and the erratic fluorescent synthesized harmony of skweee are all constantly being harvested, peeled and juiced by a new...[ read on ]

In the Spotlight of the latest release of the master of fantastic House music you can find special moments of Boulevard De La Croisette – the French Treasury for the cosmopolitan bohemians. Here are served Luxury passionate,flowing club sounds, which are typical for the coast by House Hero Jérome Noak. 12 exquisite tracks plus 1 bonus track fit on the compilation as a homage to the nocturnal activities of the house scene there. International deejays give that album a very sophisticated atmosphere. The deep house specialist Fred Everything seduces with a funky sound of Kool & Gang, pioneering rhythms proffers by Roberto De Carlo. Many irresistible sounds result in a flowing, rushing, roaring tribute to the Boulevard de la Croisette A fabulous secluded opener for all those long Travel along the coast to spend.

8Bit Records was established in 2005 from Nick Curly and Gorge in Mannheim. The aim of the two heads is to release music they love, the Label is focused on deep, minimal House music. Every month is a new release from artists like: Federico Molinari, Johnny D, Nick Curly, Gorge, Joe Montana, SIS, and many more young talented producers from all over the world. After the huge success of their first volume 8Bit is ready to release the second CD compilation called, 'Reasons Part 2'. '8Bit Reasons Part 2' is mixed by Gorge and features 15 tracks from artists such as Johnny D, Robert Babicz, Oxia, as well as a new exclusive Gorge track.

Bullet In The Head is the 4th album so far from Toktok and the 27th release of the Berlin Techno Duo. The tracks are as many as they are diverse in style: 18 pieces from straight up Techno to Heavy Breakbeats, from Polka and House to Detroit, Chicago, Industrial and HipHop they cover a wide range of musical varieties that still have one thing in common: Toktoks very own style. Some of the tracks have been developed by extensively improvising live, some come fresh from the studio.