Bassland Prophecy
Nine/Deeper EP

Popular party series in Buenos Aires turned into a record label, Yes Yes (composed of Burdie & Mads) finally launch their new project. After only recently beginning their new ventures in the world of music production they debut here as artists and label with this classy 4 track effort whilst enlisting the very capable hands of our guy, TOBI, their good friend and current mentor for remix duties. A brilliant emergence onto the scene and a very fine EP to get things going.

On May 20th On Rotation returns for their first VA release - Genetic Memories Vol. 1.Anderson opens the release with the mystical ‘Polymorphic Magic’ - a low-slung builder combining deep synths with sampled instrumentation. 

“I’m a huge fan of self resonating / overtone instruments so using the Fujara was a no brainer. A naturally psychedelic sounding instrument, I wanted to accompany the flutey pipe with a deeper and low-mid tempo chug.” - AndersonNext up is Musty Head Records main man Jamie Leather - combining the tight drums and skilful melodic work of his previous releases with all the influences we love, ‘Discovery’ is sure to get any party going.Leading the B-Side of the record is Ed Hodge's ‘Atreides’ - a tough yet playful banger drawing influences from across the spectrum of UK music. Gun fingers guaranteed! 

“It’s probably the fastest, rowdiest track I’ve made under the Ed Hodge moniker and pulls influences from house, trance and speed garage.” - EdClosing the release, we speed things up and travel deep into the past with Phazma's ‘Arrakeen’. Featuring ethereal synths, driving rhythms and beefy low end, this floaty number works just as well at home as in the club - a perfect way to round off the EP! 

“After some help from my musical peers and some heavy inspiration from the release of the new Dune movie, I managed to come up with something that I’m pretty stoked with!.” - Phazma

In celebration of its 30th anniversary, Plastikman, aka Richie Hawtin, has remastered his groundbreaking second album, Musik, from the original tapes for a new limited bio-vinyl edition.The record was first released in November 1994 through NovaMute and Plus 8, following the debut Plastikman album, Sheet One (1993). A masterclass in minimal techno, Musik quickly propelled Hawtin to new levels of success. The release followed Plastikman's first-ever live performance in a black vinyl-encased room at a semi-derelict Packard Plant in Detroit, where Hawtin was central to the burgeoning underground scene.Before the full album hit the shelves, the track 'Plastique' (which was later described by Q as "...the flipside to Hawtin's early singles, all ticking percussion, feline acid tweaks, and cushioned sub-bass") set the stage for a more dance floor-friendly album, albeit one with an unsettling and sinister side.The album, described by The Guardian as "music as you've never heard it before" and by The Wire, who made it one of their Albums of the Year, as "... a masterpiece", defined a moment in techno that still echoes today.Now, 30 years later, the album has been remastered from the original tapes, reminding us why Plastikman is a name that still resonates and that the album's intensity - on and off the dance floor - has lost none of its potency in the intervening years.Available on limited edition double bio-vinyl from Mute and NovaMute.

After more than four decades of commanding the dance floors of the best clubs and festivals around the world, what is left for the most historic national DJ to do?Embark on a new adventure with the same curiosity and excitement that made him fall in love 42 years ago: the result is called “Frequencies,” and it is DJ Vibe’s first solo album.The muse of creation emerged in a surge for which even DJ Vibe himself was not prepared – or alert. He sat down at the computer and started to play, smiling at the music that flowed from his mind and materialized in the form of songs. The sounds succeeded one another, manipulated and combined in complex ways, complexly imposing, complexly impactful.From a surge, he realized he had something truly different in his hands from what he had done until then: these frequencies were all distinct. These manipulated sounds pointed in diverse directions but had something that united them – his signature. After several compilation recordings, DJ Vibe understood that it was time to embrace a new challenge, to debut with a record of original tracks. The process of conception and the adventure that brought it to life made it clear that the title could only be “Frequencies.”An album like “Frequencies” could only have sprung from a genius who knows the dance floors like the back of his hand, who understands them like no one else, who knows what makes bodies vibrate and souls soar – or, as heard in “Rhythm Climb,” featuring 95 North, “body and soul coming together.” Throughout seven tracks, there is room for strong and deep beats as well as moments of contemplation, there are instances of colorful melodies but also breathing oscillations where silence prevails, there are daring synths but also intoxicating basses, without forgetting the warmth of brass or the subtle words spread like soft details that elevate an entire melody.When talking about a dance floor, we also talk about the most democratic place in the universe, where everyone meets in equality, armed only with a common goal pointing towards the freedom of movement: in this democracy, DJ Vibe is the undisputed leader, both when paying tribute to the late Magazino, in “Magaz,” and when traveling the world through the tribalism of “Oremos As Oscilações” or finding catharsis in the elegant energy bursts of “Pulse Me Now.”Entrepreneur, radio host, producer, and pioneer, when DJ Vibe took control of his first club booth he wasn’t even old enough to vote – but, 42 years later, the fascination that led him to fall in love with his father’s record store has not lost a beat of enchantment. He has taken his unmissable DJ sets to the dance floors of the best clubs in the country and the world, but now it’s time to go even further. An eternal music lover and vinyl enthusiast, now he will captivate with his own music and his own vinyl.Freedom and passion may seem like generic adjectives, but they perfectly define what “Frequencies” is. The dance floors are sanctuaries of contemplation where bodies seek refuge so that souls can meet. Religion doesn’t matter: in “Frequencies,” everyone prays from the same holy book, that of the most emblematic dance music. This may well become their supreme gospel. Let us pray!

In the mid 90's Audio Science released two CD only albums that have gone on to be well received and lately revered. This LP has been compiled featuring the standout tracks originally released from those recordings on Aural X-Perience and Hypnotic.

Felipe Gordon's label Wide Awake presents Argentina's best preserved secret Vinocio for its second release; a first-time vinyl issue of their soulful jazz album Me Estas Haciendo Mal. If you're into D'Angelo or anything on the Soulquarians spectrum, this is for you!