Pino Shamlou moved to Germany in 1984. Already in the beginning of 2000 he signed music to some well known labels like Mole
 Listening Pearls, Auris or STIR15. But his restless soul made him rather traveling and took him to all four corners across the globe instead of sitting in dark studio rooms.
Now in 2012 he returns with his debut album "dedicated" on the highly acclaimed label "Mole Listening Pearls" and delivers a masterpiece of art documenting his extraordinary story.
Opening up with the smooth and atmospheric tune "A lovely trick" ,Pino takes you to a journey to all corners of the chill musical spectrum.Untold percussive depth with an accomplished blend of contemporary deepness. Other highlights on the album are the collaborations and the beautiful vocals by Cantel and La Muza layered over dreamy pads,freeform jazz workouts and light breakbeats in tunes...[ read on ]

After three thrilling and exciting years, the German DJ / producer duo HOCHANSTAENDIG reaches the next stage by releasing their first studio album „EINS!“ In recent years, the two “troublemakers” caused a lot of excitement with their countless live shows in clubs and at festivals. Over the years the two also developed the typical HOCHANSTAENDIG sound, culminating in the two hit tracks "Super Duper" and "Ba Bam". These “bombs” took the DDC (German dance charts) as well as the dance floors by assault! Their latest remix collaboration "Herzschlag" with singer / songwriter Cris Cosmo surprised not only the dance music scene, it was a huge success in the dance charts as well! "EINS!" seamlessly continues the story combining HOCHANSTAENDIG’s already released singles with new musical aspects. The 14 tracks and remixes of the album perfectly describe what constitutes the...[ read on ]

moodorama submits their sixth studio album called SIX. Six years after their last album "My Name Is Madness," the album's title means, quite banal numbering. The side effect is that SIX sounds good and is very catchy. moodorama wanted any kind of "artificiality" in their new work refrain.

With "Wondering Why” SIX opens with a wonderful sunny pop tune. The fact is that moodorama previously produced a pop album with another artist, and therefore a kind of Popmodus has rubbed off inevitably some songs on the new album. With almost six years of production, moodorama have noticeable left a lot of time, which they explained: "We let our creativity flow. There will inevitably accumulate a lot of ideas, or already half-finished songs that need to be sorted out or followed. Often we are dissatisfied after some time, pick another direction, or developing a different sound understanding....[ read on ]

How many times have you heard these Classic Tracks and said but I remember hearing a much better mix in the past. Streetheat Music has invested over one year to bring rare and mostly unreleased mixes from some of the prime releases from the 70s, 80s, as far as we know only track one “Franki Valli & The Four Seasons - December 63, Oh What A Night”, track four Shalamar - A Night To Remember and Track five “Stretch – Why Did you Do it” were released commercially. So that’s nine previously unreleased mixes being presented here for first time on CD. For all of you who are not familiar with Hot Tracks, DMC, or Powerhouse these companies released DJ Only Remixes – from the top tunes of the time. As a small bonus we have included as Track 12 one of the best mini mixes from classic tracks by the master himself Ben Liebrand.

Ibiza 2012 – it´s party, beach, good humor, tasteful lounge and pumping house tunes and - Jerome Noak - his character DJ, producer and label head of the famous labels Luxury House. Also he does the succesfull compilation series Luxury Session Ibiza. This year, together with Ibiza legend Zappi and Chris Avedon (Ministry of Sound). Luxury Ibiza Session 2012 and is now having a new double-CD compilation on the way to convey the sound of the party island hit one into the living room. 2 CDs packed with pure Ibiza feeling. CD 1 acts as as a kind of "starter" and combines everything that does the soft and loungy Ibiza sound so famous. Mixed by Zappi & Noak and with tracks from Jens Buchert, nor elle, Ohm-G, Clelia FELIX, Bloomfield, Weathertunes. CD 2 contains the club-house tunes of the Ibiza summer 2012. Non-stop Mixed by Jerome Noak & Chris Avedon. With tracks from Tim Green,...[ read on ]

The wealth of artists involved for Bedrock 14 is truly amazing. This 2012 label compilation captures the essence of why electronic dance music is such an exciting prospect right now by showcasing amazing underground talent, both established and new. What a dream start to what should be a highly successful career for Eagles & Butterflies. The album opens with the beautifully mellow "Kollekt", the first of two debut tracks (the other being the equally adventurous "Stimmer") from this new artist. Likewise, Kurtz & Bomber, an exciting collaboration between Troy Kurtz & Panic Bomber (Richard Haig) from Miami, USA debut here with the incredibly infectious vocalized "Never Sleeping".John Digweed's ability to draw together an exciting array of international talent into one cohesive whole is pretty much unparalleled. "Resistance"" by Stuttgart's Solee, shows exactly why he crosses divides...[ read on ]

Generally the heartbeat of a woman is a little more intense than in men. You could hear that clearly on the debut album of Zoë Xenia from Amsterdam. – a hybrid of rolling basses, chords and funk fuelled beats. Using her soulful voice both as a lead vocal and as an instrument itself, she creates her unique atmospheric sound.

Zoë Xenia performs both as a DJ and a Live electronic act for parties and festivals throughout Europe and around the world. Now she clelebrates her Albumdebut on Plastic City. Music with Heart(beat) and Soul and a remarkable voice, that you could know from other great productions like the re-release of BBE’s huge dance-hit “7 Days And One Week”.

Zoo Brazil’s 3rd album has everything a fan of the electronic beat could ever want; melancholic atmosphere, trippy disco elements, soothing melodies and dancefloor bombs.

Michael Kohlbecker and and his projects and productions are an institution in electronic music for a long time. After 12 years playing piano and 8 years violin he had first sucsess with Rio Reiser\'s “Qual der Belgier” in 1987, followed by a project with BG Prince Of Rap what was very succsessful in the USA. This was the point of no return. An impressive diversity of projects and releases followed like on HARTHOUSE, LOGIC RECORDS, WAN, FRISBEE RECORDS, QUBE RECORDS, MILLENIUM RECORDS, BLUE ROOM RELEASES, SPIRIT ZONE, COCOON RECORDS, EBR, SAVE THE VINYL, 311 RECORDS, ZYX Records, PLANET VISION REC, ELEKTROLUX, NOVA TEKK REC., GLOBAL AMBITION, SONY MUSIC, SONY CLASSIC, FRANKFURT BEAT PRODUCTIONS, PCP, ATOMIC RECORDS, LE PETIT PRINCE, TRACID TRAXX, BMG, Columbia, Tetsuo Rec. and more. Furthermore he produced important remixes together with Gabriel le mar and Alex Azary for the artists...[ read on ]

The creation of UK techno stalwart, Jel Ford, Jericho Recordings has been pushing their take on the funky techno sound since 1998. The Jericho musical philosophy has proved to be a popular one with artists such as Adam Beyer, Funk D Void, Dave Angel, Umek, Steve Rachmad, Cirez D and Joel Mull all contributing to the labels catalogue as well as supporting the music in their sets. Without a doubt one of the most in-demand production outfits around, Christian Smith & John Selway are coming off a magical twelve months.