“For years I have been thinking about starting a label. Initially it was a joke amongst friends, a thought about being a “taste maker”, a response to the frustration that sometimes we, as producers, experience when we finish a new song and would like to put it out there as soon as possible, but sometimes label politics induce long delays, or even worse, cancellations. I was lucky enough to start releasing on great labels pretty quickly and this opened doors, introduced me to lots of people, amazing producers, and taught me how this game must be played. With this in mind I am now starting this new adventure, called Congaloid. What I want to do is expose new artists, try to get them visibility and show to my fellow djs and fans their music. There are so many labels around that sometimes we miss great songs and ideas simply because they get lost in the big internet mess. It gives me great pleasure when I find some new producers out there and play their songs before anyone else, and I hope that Congaloid will give the same feeling to every listener and every avid dj that wants the freshest stuff. Listening to all the promos that already arrive daily in my e-mail makes me feel like back in the “record shops days”, when I used to queue to get the latest vinyl, even better if it had a white label on, so I could play it to people for first and (just sometimes) lie about the title or the producer… I am very happy with the music we have so far and will be released in the coming months, and I am also excited to hear comments, feedbacks, suggestions from anyone who will care to do so…

Congaloid is a crew forming right now…welcome on board… :)”

Solo also just did a mix for esteemed music magazine Mixmag.

Tracklist for the mix can be found after the jump.

Nick Curly – Green Baize
Flashmob – Brickhouse
Santos – Primitive Cannible – Tanov Rmx
Danny Serrano & Hector Couto – You Crazy
Andre Crom feat Martin Dawson – Gonna be alright
Mendo Feat A. Butano . – Gringo
David Herrero – Discomain
Solo – The Flea Circus
Soul Purpose – T_I_H_M
NDKJ-Groovyliscious
Solo- Cringe
Format B – Oversexed
Martin Patino – Mindgames

Tight!

“This mix speaks for itself. It is inspired by one of those trips where I found myself lost in the middle of nowhere and ended up staying positive and having a three day (extremely fun) misadventure around the island. This mix is a departure from what I normally do. I purposefully have no giant “bang you over the head tracks,” it is much more of a long, interesting flow. You can hear the ups and downs of a 3 day trip throughout a mysterious island in Spain.
- Claude VonStroke”

Tracklist after the jump.

1. Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts – Stringapella – Ubiquitous Gaze –
2. Gadi Mizrahi – Hurt me – no 19 Music
3. dOP – Half Naked – Supplement Facts
4. Franco Cinelli & Seuil – Ph Lights – Harry Klein Records
5. Ludovic Vendi – Mental Bright (Zhao Remix) – Anozer
6. Roman Fluegel – Softice – Dial
7. Sarp Yilmaz – Downtown (Sascha Braemer Remix) – MKR018
8. Ron Flatter – Lelefant – Meleon Music
9. Dachshund – Shall We – Highgrade
10. Larry Peters – El Albono – Souvenir
11. Nick Monaco – Nick’s Episode (CVS Edit)- Anabatic
12. Kyodai – Mi Rumba – Genius of time
13. A1 Bassline – Bouyancy – dirtybird
14. Digable Planets – it’s Good to Be Here

J.Phlip – “Hi honey, i fixed you some airline food!” Petcast (direct link)

Tracklisting after the jump:

01 cocorosie – lemonade
02 caribou – jamelia (dj koze remix)
03 adele – rolling in the deep (jamie xx remix)
04 james blake – wilhelms scream
05 washed out – feel it all around
06 the beatles – sun king
07 ahmad – back in the day
08 aaliyah – one in a million (timbaland remix)
09 mount kimbie – william (dayglo mix)
10 (you wish you knew suckas)
11 toro y moi – blessa
12 mario basanov & vidi – changed (soul clap remix)
13 kraftwerk – computer love + the man & the moon
14 julio bashmore – grand national
15 the velvet underground – who loves the sun
16 kisses – weekend in brooklyn
17 sigur ros – staralfur
18 james blake – a case of you (join mitchell cover)
19 j.giggles

Intercontinentally appreciated Wax Motif offers up a free remix of his new “Shimmy Shake” single from US house music illuminati Christian Martin of Dirtybird fame that was recently debuted in Sound Pellegrino’s most recent podcast.

Wax Motif – Shimmy Shake (Christian Martin Remix)

Hey, do you like Exploited Records? Do you live in Berlin? If so, check outJoyce Muniz, Hickup & more at “Time To Jack” on February 11th, sure to be a torrential hailstorm of tech house classics in the making.

But if you’re like the rest of us poor unlucky bastards situated in other places in the world, you have two options. You can check out an exclusive mix that Hickup created for the evening, and you can download a zip file of goodies from Joyce Muniz, Hickup & Jack Tennis in return for subscribing to a tasteful Exploited newsletter. Also, here’s a free Hickup jam that was included in the “Five Years Of Dirtybird” compilation, which builds up to a stuttering explosion.

Hickup – Hickup Theme (Mediafire)

Exploited Records Goodie Bag (.zip)

“Beware. The perm is back.

Accompanying the original, we’ve got three great remixes to round out the package from Worthy – Harvard Bass, Renaissance Man and Femme En Fourrure. First up, Harvard Bass gives a chunky, infectious bruiser that strikes a perfect balance between the deeper dancefloors and the uncontrollable, messier ones. Then, architects-turned-house-music-innovators Renaissance Man turn Worthy’s track into a sparse and icy percussive techno journey, continuing to push house music to deeper, stranger places.”

Worthy – Big Perm (Femme En Fourrure remix) (ge.tt)

DBR009 Worthy – Big Perm by discobelle

Round Table Knights – Autumn Mix 2010 (drop.io)

PS. Round Table Knights – will together with heavy hitters Zombie Disco Squad, Solo, Christian Martin and Midland – be headlining the You Can Call Me Pelski party in London on Saturday November 6th that’s presented together with booking agency-of-the-moment Jackmode in order to bring you a very special line-up. The event is held in a temporary venue under London Bridge as part of Counter Culture and the line-up reads like a who’s who of fun, funky and tribal-infused tech-house, showcasing artists hailing from some of the most influential labels in the game: Made To Play, Jackmode, Dirtybird, Turbo and Deadfish.

Tracklist for the mix and flyer for the party after the jump.

Pure Ecstasy – Pressure Drop
How To Dress Well – Lover’s Start
James Blake – I Only Know (What I Know Now)
DJ Koze – Blume Der Nacht
Mano Le Tough – Eurodancer
Dale Howard – Body Talk
Homework – I Got One (You’re It) (Mercury Remix)
Andre Crom, Luca Doobie – Verve
Jesse Rose Vs MTP Allstars – Yeah
Eldoko – Woodworm Blues (Monkey Safari Remix)
Disorder, Cesare – Don’t Leave Me
Justin Martin, Galen – Dust Devil
Jagged – Biasca
Fritz Zander – For Your Love
Affkt – Bad Habbit (Affkt & Samuel Dan Vs. Atfc feat. Lisa Millet)
Round Table Knights & Zombie Disco Squad – Endless
Deetron – Sing
Dimlite – Can’t Get Used To Those (Afterlude)

New single from San Francisco producer and Dirtybird Records affiliate Justin Martin and his new protege San José producer Ardalan.