Ceremony Records has launched brand new compilation series "Waves". This summer's "Tubes 'n' Tunes" CD is compiled & mixed by Dave Storm, who is familiar to house music fans not only in his native country Estonia, but thanks to his production, all over the world. Enjoy liquid grooves and sunny soundwaves from the cream of house music: Sandy Rivera, Jody Wisternoff from Way Out West, Martijn Ten Velden, Robert Owens, Manuel Tur, Sebastian Davidson, Francois Dubois and many others. Get on board and ride on the waves!

"Green, the colour of the trees stands for life, vitality and renewal. Sometimes when you look into people´s faces and consider the global situation, you will have the impression as if over thousands of years, all the green in humans has fadded. Some people look like dead trees, withourt leaves, no blossoms, no sap flows anymore. For the planet´s future I wolud like to see mankind dancing, full of joy and rotted in the earth again, so their sap rises and that luxuriant leaves and green can flourish."

Philip Gubelmann is the guide and leader of sax o' conga, born 1978 in Zurich, learned at the age of 10 years, playing the saxophone along with his twin brother, and later flute. Musical experience he earned at the "Swiss Jazz School in Bern and played in various funk bands and jazz groups," lead-alto at "ETH Big Band", live acts with DJs, gospel choirs, studio musicians,...[ read on ]

We are proud to present ‘Into The Great Wide Yonder’, the second album of Anders Trentemøller and the follow up of the highly succesful ‘The Last Resort’ (2006). Just like his debut, which struck a chord with new audiences all around the world, ‘Into The Great Wide Yonder’ is a truly remarkable album, offering as much depth and soul as it’s predecessor, yet sounding ultimately fresh and different. Above all, the ten tracks show an artist that’s willing to take risks, find in- spiration in new places and move beyond the sound of his previous album. Trentemøller: ‘Of course I didn’t want to make the same record twice. So the album is for me a logic development from ’The Last Resort’’. Instead he just started to collect new ideas, without thinking too much about the direction the music would take him: ‘The only thing I knew was that I’d want the music to sound more organic and analog.’...[ read on ]

This guy's got a short name, but a really heavy sound - one that's got a great blend of beats, keys, and samples at its core - all served up with a crispy, old school funky sound! 45's approach is a bit like that of Ino Hidefumi - in that he covers older territory with a slightly updated groove, mixing older keyboard funk with a hip hop sensibility. But the sound here is also different than Hidefumi too - given that a number of cuts are more soul/R&B in nature - and occasionally feature guest vocals to flesh out the tunes. 45's groove is also a bit more wide-ranging too - not just older styles, but a range of rhythms that include bits of contemporary soul and hip hop, and which point to his work with the group Izanami - all modes that inflect the keyboards differently from track to track. About 5 of the album's 13 tracks feature vocals, the others are all instrumentals.

Compost Black Label is proud to present and celebrate the fourth chapter of latest and recent vinyl tunes. All done by most talented actors (for example Solomun, Peter Kruder, Rainer Trueby, Roland Appel, Jay Shepheard, Shahrokh a.o. or remixers like Pilooski, Franck Roger, Afrilounge, Tiefschwarz, Roberto Rodriguez a.o.) If you check some of the DJ quotes about the particular tracks (see below) you get an impression how we kicked off the last months. From moody late night house, via jazzy chords, jacking beats, discoid elements, deep tunes, or colorful techy soulful house music, our label vibe seems to be best typified and represented here. SHOW-B, another strong character of ours, selected and mixed the quelque chose while he’s delivering the new stunning, exclusive track “Jammin’” here. Expect more like this musical disco- or marimba-house tunes by SHOW-B on Compost Black Label...[ read on ]