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Hot on the heels of the “Invader EP” from dark techno afficianados Disco of Doom, Discobelle Records is proud to pull you back into the fray with the “Shake and Bake” EP – focused, powerful dancefloor tools to move crowds and simultaneously explore some pretty dark crevasses on the dancefloor.

The title track “Shake And Bake” scales you up to some paranoid heights with its jagged, bumpy rise and fall pattern. You know the producers are doing something right when the kickdrum rolling in out of nowhere to accompany the track is sounding ominously like the sound of a tightening noose. Can’t emphasize enough how addictive it is when everything climaxes in a flurry of hazy synths and percussion, only to go plummeting back to the molten hot bassline.

Astronomar’s remix of “Shake And Bake” dares to up the ante a bit more with military rigidity, like a wartime drum propelling the beasts of Hell towards the nearest nightclub.

“The 808″ throws some iron-filtered vocoder chants over raw drum patterns, a punchy syncopated bassline and mind-melting synth stabs. Reminiscent of something that might be in Thomas Bangalter’s record bag that time he DJed in the 90s with no Daft Punk costume on, it condenses a helluva lot into an anthemic five minutes.

While the beginning few seconds sound like an orgy run through an 8-bit vocoder, Chicago Trouble & Bass member Willy Joy’s remix of “The 808″ sounds like it’s always just milliseconds away from melting your hard drive. Full of ravey stabs to rival the biggest of big room tunes, it has a drop so bafflingly big that even Skrillex might describe as “overkill”.

Discobelle Records alumni Wool chills things out a bit with a smooth rolling house beat and a little bit of churning organ split up by howling wolf cry and disembodied voices mumbling “dance to this”. As if it wasn’t immediately obvious that dancing is what you should be doing.

The 3rd original production on the EP “Conkers” stirs things up into a slow building frothy tension, accompanied by a hauntingly addictive cowbell line and a bassline so thick you’d need a steak knife to even puncture it. Perfect percolating dance music to work yourself into a frenzy over.

Mike Mago takes the eerie vocal line weaving its way through “Conkers” and harnesses it to maximum effect throughout the track, building up a tapestry of cloudy drugged up synths around it only to break everything down for a lone steel drum echoing in the mist before bringing things back into rave mode, within which a dragon emerges from the fog and bites your head off.

Support from Style Of Eye, Mixhell, Round Table Knights, Nick Catchdubs, Armand Van Helden, NT89, Adam Port, Zombie Disco Squad, Tittsworth, Hostage, Mikix The Cat, Mason, Larry Tee, Neoteric, Botnek, Swick, Meati & Meech, Mustard Pimp, Act Yo Age, Aquasky etc.

Grab “The 808″ as a free download and listen to the EP below, then proceed to Juno or Beatport to buy the whole EP:

BONUS: The Disco Of Doom boys made this smashing mix to go along with the release, blast it!

Dirtybirder and Discobelle Records family member Worthy starts off the new year with a free offering of the track “Make That Booty Go” which is one funky slab of booty bassfilled house.

We’re in the last shivering days of 2011 and one of our favorite finds this year, Amsterdam based producer/dj Mike Mago and his Boemklatsch crew just dropped a new release. It comes in the form of an EP from hard hitting pair Lazy Ants & Rob Threezy. “Chi To Rome” is a jacking and groovey house number but Mike decides to flip it with a synthbased, repetive stomper of a remix that evokes a technoish taste. Other remixes on the EP comes from Discobelle friends NT89 and Broke One.

DOWNLOAD: Lazy Ants & Rob Threezy – Chi To Rome (Mike Mago remix) (ge.tt)

BONUS: Mike’s remix of fellow Dutch producers Bart B More & Rubix, “Ari” is the music equivalent of an animalistic roar but with an added housey synth and a subbass to rattle your ribcages on the dancefloor.

DOWNLOAD: Bart B More & Rubix – Ari (Mike Mago remix) (Mediafire)

PS. Mike handed in a smashing remix for the upcoming Disco Of Doom “Shake And Bake” EP on Discobelle Records, coming in January 2012 so stay tuned.

Every saturday we do a segment where we choose our favorite new track on the mighty radio show known as Babylon which is aired on Italian Radio station Rai 2. This saturday is the final episode of the season and it’s a glitzy Christmas special where we get to hear all sorts of goodies, so tune in tomorrow evening between 22-01.

As an added bonus the Babylon crew gets various guests to do mini party mixes, grab the ones from Modeselektor and Discobelle Records favorite Polish techno duo Viadrina below.

Modeselektor – mini party mix for Babylon 10/12-11 (iTunes podcast link)

Viadrina – mini party mix for Babylon 19/11-11 (iTunes podcast link)

When it comes to curatorial knowhow, we’re pleased to turn the reins over to the ultra-knowledgable deep digging manager of the Crookers clan, DJ Neoteric every now and then for one of our “Turned On” compilations. Volume 1 brought together original productions from Crookers, Brodinski, Radioclit, Nadastrom, Mikix The Cat, Schlachthofbronx, Savage Skulls and many more.

We’re now happy to share another cut from the latest edition of the series, and Astronomar‘s contribution to Turned On: Volume 2 takes the cake for sheer ballsiness on the dancefloor – piercing tea kettle steamed vocals rides overtop a jittery beat, infectious hiccuping house music, employing a vocal sample that sounds like it’s taken from a schoolyard chant or ancient curse that will stay locked in the inner regions of your eardrums for months to come.

Crookers recently showed their appreciation for the tune by featuring it in their Beatport charts, and you can also check out a promo mix from Bird Peterson, Neoteric, Mom & Dad + Astronomar here.

Don’t sleep on this release and see what you’ve been missing by grabbing it below!

Beatport link is here
Or iTunes, if you’re classy

Feel free to blog, share, play it, pass it on, etc. etc. ad infinitum!

Astronomar – Had To Move On (Original Mix) (Mediafire)

Bonus: Another cut from the EP, a scrubbed down infectious space-house anthem from Mom & Dad.

Mom & Dad – This Joint (Original Mix) (direct link)

The Brussels based, internationally minded Pelican Fly label is definitely in the running for label of the year in terms of hardworking DIY hustle, originality and ingenuity, and of course unpredictably powerful dance floor staples. No surprise then that the latest release from Barcelona resident Sinjin Hawke is an orchestral compilation of swooning, ready to burst dance music equally informed by Rustie, cassette tapes of r&b jams you taped off the radio but then left out in the sun, and the noise you hear right before Young Jeezy runs over you in a Hummer.

Technically, “The Lights” is an EP, but weighing in at eight tracks, including into and outro pieces that work perfectly with the tone of the project, it feels a lot bigger. Maybe that’s also because Sinjin flexes an incredibly varied amount of muscles on this one, leading things off with the stutter step inducing booty clap hypnosis session that is “Like That”. Pitched hip hop samples in dance music isn’t reinventing the wheel, but when Sinjin brings the pitch to a complete halt at two minutes in, it’s comparable to “The Whisper Song” in terms of hedonistic dancefloor sleaze.

There are moments where “The Lights” kicks into full DJ Khaled mode – the horn filled bravado of “Intro” or the chemically inspired maximalist beat of “Crystal Dust” which give a bit of a genuine shiver up the spine. And there’s even a slow jam on here in the form of absurdist vocal house from one Martyn Bootyspoon, who pines after women who make him want to “drink a glass of milk, on this hot sunny day”. Whatever that means, it’s definitely up there with Julio Bashmore’s “Grand National” in terms of odd sampling sources – weird enough to make you raise an eyebrow on the dancefloor, but anthemic enough to keep you moving.

Stream the whole EP on Soundcloud, then BUY IT on iTunes, and enjoy this treasure chest full of amazing free music from the Pelican Fly family, including a collaboration with recent Discobelle Records necromancer-by-day-producer-by-night, Lucid.

Morri$ x Sinjin Hawke – One Kiss

Lucid x Sinjin Hawke – Fizzy Drink

Dj Sliink x Sinjin Hawke – Gas Pump

Australian producer Lucid have taken us by storm with his insane productions, this stunning video made by Mark Brown is for the track “Closed Eye” off his brilliant Nightshifters EP “The New Reprise”.

Lucid- The New Reprise EP Mini Mix ( Nightshifters) by lucid

BONUS: Check out his mindblowing remix of the Worthy single “Lost Dog” that we in Discobelle Records released last month.

Worthy – Lost Dog (Lucid Remix) by discobelle

The legend known as DJ Wool may have moved back to the US but that doesn’t stop him from coming back to Europe to once again spread his gospel at the clubs over here.

To coincide with the tour we get this flairfilled and houselaced mix full of exclusives and unreleased tracks that is the perfect companion to pretty much any occasion. As an added bonus, check out his Disco Of Doom remix that will be on their fortcoming Discobelle Records EP being released early 2012.

WOOL EUROTOUR DJ MIX FREE D’LOAD by djwool