Our good friends in Berlin based booking agency and record label Jackmode are putting together Smile In 2012, one huge two day New Year’s Eve party at Prince Charles in Berlin with a lineup that reads like a who’s who in the techhouse scene: Round Table Knights, Tim Green, Oliver $, Zombie Disco Squad, Sante live, Monkey Safari, Rampa, Chopstick & JohnJon, Penner + Muder live, Luca Lozano, Dirty Doering, Nils Penner, Nils Ohrmann, Ronald Christoph live, Marcelosch, Sese, Sqim, Thalbow live, Toni Haupt, Crek, Patryk Molinari, Peter Bounce, Creed & Stone, Bone, Arley.

We here at Discobelle are glad to be able to present a competetion with a grand deluxe prize for one lucky winner that consists of the following:

- 1 x 2 tickets Smile in 2012
- 1 x Klasse Recordings T-Shirt limited Shawn Edition
- 1 x Monkey Safari T-Shirt
- 1 x Sqim – Forever more (evamore music 001) (vinyl)
- 2 x Santé Mix CDs

All you have to is answer this simple question: What year did Jackmode start? E-mail us your answers no later than Friday December 30th at 16 (CET) and we’ll chose one winner.

Plus we also have this exclusive mix from Monkey Safari in order for you to get pumped up about this event.

Luca Lozano – Lovecast 002 (direct link)

Tracklist after the jump.

1. Luca Lozano Endtro
2. Luca Lozano – Thug it Out (Kris Wadsworth Remix)
3. Mr. G – Platonic Solid No.5
4. Migoo – Maschine Poetry (Alland Byallo Berlin Remix)
5. Will Saul & Tam Cooper – Room in your heart
6. Subb-An – Keep Pushin
7. Elef – Keep it Physical
8. Huxley – Terrorised
9. Alex Niggeman – Point of no return
10. Anders Hellberg – Chordium
11. Jordan Peak – Its a groove thing
12. Zakes Bantwini – Wasting my Time (Rocco Dancefloor Remix)
13. Channels – I can Understand

The week kicks off with a tidal wave sized flood of music – first up is KLSUNDERGROUND001, which Klasse Recordings’ first foray into the various artists compilation field – five tracks from associated friends of the label, including a genius track from recent Discobelle Records artists Viadrina.

You can stream all of KLSUNDERGROUND001 right here, but because making indisposable quality dance music for the masses apparently isn’t enough for Luca Lozano and co, they’ve assembled a gigantic EP on Soundcloud for free download, ten edits, remixes and original productions that hit the sweet spot for any fan of deeply satisfying, reverberatingly original house music.

We’ve already given some praise to Johanna Knutsson’s effortlessly smooth Sinnamon rework, but Mr. Ho’s Notorious B.I.G inspired reworking of the Isley Brothers is a welcome surprise. Elsewhere, Pol_On transforms Shakedown’s “At Night” into a pitch bended mutation of its previous incarnation, and Luca Lozano comes dangerously close to outshining everyone else on the EP with two efforts – the seamlessly bumping, rolling falsetto groove of “Full Black” and an edit of “Let Me Show You Love” that sounds like you’re right there in the recording booth with Romanthony, bottle of champagne in each hand, alternating between yelling the chorus, slurring your words and tipsily dancing around with headphones on.

Listen to them all, download them all, and don’t forget to grab the first (of many, hopefully) Klasse compilation right here.

KLS GIVEAWAYS by Klasse Recordings

This mix was made in support of the very first compilation EP released by Klasse Recordings, namely “KLSUNDERGROUND001″ which consists of eight tracks from the extended Klasse crew such as Mr. Ho, Red Axes, Sacha Robotti, Viadrina, Jordan Peak and Anders Hellberg. Look for it November 15th.

Luca Lozano presents Klasse guest mix for Samurai.fm (link to Samurai.fm)

BONUS: A tasty quick fix edit also done by Luca Lozano.

24 Hour Romanthony – Let Me Show You Love (Luca Lozano Bootleg) by Klasse Recordings

Tracklist after the jump.

Ghoul – Xxplosiv – CDR
Viadrina – Lullaby – Klasse Recordings
Gerd – Palm Leaves (Serge and Tyrell Dub) – Clone
Rick Wade – Night Station – PNR
Actual Proof – Hubble (Deep Field Mix) – Local Talk
Nick Lawson – Ma Feelinz (Huxley left out in the dark mix) – Morris Audio
Florian Blauensteiner – Hold On (Luca Lozano Black and White Remix) – Klasse Recordings
Darius Syrossian – Seeking for Peace (Darius Bass not Bombs Mix) – Area Remote
Jordan Peak – What is House? – Robsoul
Kris Wadsworth – Det Sound (KWS Move dat ass Remix) – Get Physical
Butch – Drummers Drama – Rekids
Zakes Bantwini – Wasting my time (Rocco Dance Floor Mix) – Real Tone
Anders Hellberg – Chordium – Klasse Recordings.

Consistently superb Klasse Recordings are back again with a new release from Austrian tastemaker Florian Blauensteiner, who delivers a perfectly paced house ballad with new single “Hold On” that merges classic house with billowing, dry ice smoke machine emitting tech sounds with a slinking bassline and classicly satisfying reverberating synth stabs.

It’s enough to make you want to dust off your old Romanthony records, or maybe to just keep the remixes that SLG and Klasse boss Luca Lozano provided for the release, which is now available on Beatport.

Florian Blauensteiner – Hold On EP Video Teaser

KLS0100 – Florian Blauensteiner – Hold On EP – Release Date 11/10/11 by Klasse Recordings

Berlin based producer Nhan Solo teams up with fellow Berliner and Discobelle buddy Daniel Dexter for the release of new single “Our Thang” (playlisted by alot of top dj’s already). The title track sees the duo giving us a warm, soulful and bonafied techhouse hit, a cheeky sample is thrown in and it will have all the 90′s hip hop fans nodding their heads. Remixes comes from talented producers such as Luca Lozano, Sacha Robotti, Andre Crom and Martin Dawson.

BONUS: Nhan Solo did a tasty promo mix for the Off Recordings podcast series in order to celebrate the release:

OFF Recordings Podcast Episode #48 by Nhan Solo by OFF Recordings

When Luca Lozano’s first EP sampling 20th Century Band’s steel drum definitive classic “Heaven and Hell” came out back in January, it immediately shot to the top of my “on repeat” playlist. Transforming the original’s melancholy reflections on humanity into a fog-machine filled clap inducing house stomper that kept the impact of the chorus intact, if not slightly re-arranged, it was an instant winter anthem.

Now it’s hard to believe that Klasse Recordings are nearing their 10th release only eight months later in the form of KLS009, a new EP from Luca Lozano. Titled the “OUT OF STEP” EP, it’s a moody old school tinged double track release featuring reworkings from Detroit native Kris Wadsworth and Tel Aviv’s Red Axes which will definitely be taking a prime position in your record bag (the Ian Mackaye cover art alone is deserving).

The EP sees a full release on both vinyl and digital formats on the 9th of September, and September 3rd also sees the return of the Klasse Recordings label party, KLASSE NACHT. This time the guest is Mr. Rafael Kakudo, the Polish born DJ and producer whose recent ‘Work EP’ is now on its umpteenth vinyl re-press, after seeing support and applause from mainstage players such as DJ Sneak, Shlomi Aber and Josh Wink. Playing alongside him will be the Klasse staples, including Luca Lozano, Mr. Ho, Johanna Knutsson and James Creed.

We’re also hosting a little competition over here at Discobelle – anyone who answers this question can score a free vinyl copy of KLS009 and a snazzy Klasse tote bag:

Which band originally wrote the song ‘Out of Step’?

Email your answers here before September 3rd and check out a video teaser for the release and some Soundcloud snippets below!

Luca Lozano – Out Of Step EP Teaser (via YouTube)

KLS009 – Luca Lozano – Out Of Step EP – Release Date 06/09/11 by Klasse Recordings

From the first listen to Nat Self of Zombie Disco Squad’s re-edit of Edwin Starr’s protest song “War”, I was hooked. It took all the oomph and fun of a classic track, and repackaged it in some bumpy house anthem that kept all the sincerity of the vocals of the original while maintaining an infectious jacking house energy.

Whereas the solo work from Luca Lozano (the other half of the duo) for Klasse Recordings honed in on a bit more of the minimal elements of ZDS’s productions, the new “Dinner Party On The Moon” EP from Nat on the notably emerging Jackmode Music label feels like a much more unhinged version of Zombie Disco Squad trax – rave anthems to be blasted at a festival while intermittently blowing on a whistle and grinding your teeth.

Grab a Rachel Barton remix of one of the bounciest cuts from the EP below:

NAT SELF – MR MONKEY – RACHEL BARTON REMIX (JACK001) by Jackmode

Bonus: Nat Self’s “There ain’t no K in MDMA mix”, tracklisting after the jump:

Nat Self – There ain’t no K in MDMA Mix

1. Henrik Schwarz & Kuniyuki Takahashi – Once Again
2. Catalepsia – Dope_Menace (Original Mix)
3. Super Flu – Euterpeh
4. Mister Postman – Alex Piccini, Olderic
5. Adam Port Synphony – Leon Remix
6. Mario Ochoa – Shadows
7. Fernando Campo – Brooklin Drum
8. Hamagedon – Pleasure Kraft Remix
9. Tripmastaz – Rolldat
10. Monoman- Bottgang
11. Pierce, Jerl – Philly 300
12. William Devaugh – Be Thankful For What You’ve Got

KLS004 – Johanna Knutsson – Heavy Baby EP – Snippets – Releasedate: 29.03.11 by Klasse Recordings

BONUS: A recent set from label founder Luca Lozano for R.fm.

Klasse Recordings Session, Berlin, Feb 2011 from R.fm at Letsmix.com.

Fex Fellini brings a new EP on his Globelle imprint, bringing together three sounds from localized dance music centers of the world. The guitar tinged techy romper “New Orleans” matches the sweaty, gasping-for-breath feeling of “Mumbai” in terms of energy, but “Barcelona” gets a bit deeper and weirder, with a submerged sonar frequency that makes the rusty horns sounding off underneath. It’s no surprise that it’s already garnered big feedback from folks like Claude Von Stroke, Zombie Nation, Round Table Knights and more.

Listen to a sampler of the EP here, and then also observe this very fresh Top Billin mix Fex recently dropped on the world, which features some serious heat from LOL Boys, Mercury, Joyce Muniz & Luca Lozano.

BONUS:

Fex did us the honor of sharing a radio edit of “New Orleans” not available to buy anywhere for your jacking house listening pleasure.

Fex Fellini – New Orleans (Radio Edit) (Mediafire)