Cadenza Records was founded by Luciano and Serafin a couple of years ago and since the beginning they’ve always had a great roster featuring their releases. Despite this they’ve been adding a couple of guys to their crew over the years and, to names like Villalobos, Luciano, Digitaline and others, they’ve added others like Mirko Loko, Petre Inspirescu and Mendo in the most recent years. Today we are here to talk about Mendo and his newest release “Encantos EP”. As these two certified burners prove, back-to-basics house music is alive and thriving. And while hes been around the block a time or two, this essential double-A-side release confirms Mendos status as an artist on the rise. He is one of those guys that creates tremendous grooves and I really think that he is the proof that Cadenza style is here to stay and to ensure quality above all. This release urges for Summer party’s so let’s hope the sunny days show up to end this rigged Winter season.

a1 - Aventuras

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b1 - Encantos

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Cadenza#046
Release Date: 01.03.2010

Kickboxer steps up for their first release during 2010 presenting “Ripcurl” a 12″ produced by Martin Eyerer and Ali Khalaj, aka Namito. This sublabel of Boxer Recordings has been running short in terms of releases, they’ve only add three last year and it would be great to have some more, because their releases normally are above the average. Like this one… “Ripcurl” is a monster techy house track that will shake up any dancefloor. It has a strong deep solid beat, a huge bassline, a tremendous pace and, in the middle, a kind of melancholic melody to give some kind of a feeling to the track.  Both Namito and Eyerer have been producing music for a long time and always had a great sense of appeal, this release show’s all their know how and experience that has been molded over the years. In the b side you’ll listen a remix of “Ripcurl” done by Ahmet Sendil who also is no newbie in the scene. He is a Turkish producer that we normally see doing this kind of work (remixes). This one show’s why this guy is so requested to this art of remixing… In this one he was able to make it even more shaky taking a little of the dry minimal feeling of the first and making it a more easy-listening track, with more power, but with less minimal techno appeal. Either way, both are great tracks and we’re very glad to see that Kickboxer is running good and healthy.

a1 – Ripcurl

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b1 – Ripcurl (Ahmet Sendil remix)

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KICKBOXER#026
Release Date: 15.02.2010

Tsuba Records has been one of the most impressive labels last year and, in 2010, they seem to have started pretty well, with a release from the label owner Kevin Griffiths and two remixes, by Afrilounge and Julien Chaptal. The original track of the UK producer is a quite good one… it has a great pumpy rhythm and a deep strong bass line, it will easily be a monster one in night clubs. The 2nd one of this EP comes by Chaptal “hands”, delivering a version of “Oh Yeah” flavoured up to minimal standards, with fewer elements, more sampling and some jazzy keys to complete it. A quite good one indeed. Ending up the release, in the b side, comes Afrilounge remix in what might be, to our hears, the most accomplished track of the EP, a step by step growing and a deep beat build a very good track to be enjoyed in some after-hours environment. If you don’t know Afrilounge by now (shame on you) this is your chance to listen his typical work.
As Tsuba founder Kevin has steered the label to be one of the most respected and consistent UK imprints (the 2nd most charted UK label on RA following Rekids). Recent label events include Tsuba showcases at Fabric in London and Watergate in Berlin with more events planned throughout 2010. The recent collaboration with Okain has become one of the Four:Twenty label’s best sellers and a new project with Justin Drake is to be released over the coming months. Be Aware

a1 - Oh Yeah

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a2 - Oh Yeah (Julien Chaptal remix)

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b1 - Oh Yeah (Afrilounge remix)

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TSUBA#038
Release Date: 01.02.2010

New York born Nicolas Jaar was raised in Chile until the age of 11 before returning stateside. At 19 he stands head and shoulders above similar breakthrough producers of the moment. The first Wolf + Lamb release of 2010 is one of a kind. I’ve listened this track in a promo album that I’ve received from Bpitch a while ago and that I will be posting here soon “Boogybytes Vol5 mixed by Seth Troxler” and since that momentthe track doesn’t get out of my head. I didn’t think about a post for it, but since I saw it in a chart from David Dk I understood that, more than techno or minimal, our readers want good music, and that’s what Nicolas Jaar appears to do best. “Time For Us” is a never ending track, that sticks to our soul like glue, a perfect classic, combining some deep sensual sounds with a melancholic voice singing some words that suit perfectly in anyones mind state. It’s a perfect club track, like I didn’t listen for a while. No wonder that Dave Dk and Seth Troxler liked it, this is something that I can listen 4 or 5 times i n a row, it’s definitely my first passion of 2010. “Mi Mujer” with its Spanish title and lyrics was inspired by the countless Puerto Ricans and Dominicans hanging out near the Marcy, it’s a very funny one. The main gun is “Time For us” though and It’s one of my strongest advices for this month.

a1 - Time For Us

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b1 – Mi Mujer

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WLM#008
Release Date: 25.01.2009

Today we show you the last edition of Love Letters from Oslo during 2009. This time they brought in Saac and the famous Massimo Di Lena aka Massi DL an uprising producer who has been having great success, specially due to his releases on Cadenza Records. In the b-side you will listen “Crystal”, a track suited between deep and housy rhythms that I’m sure it will have a huge acceptance in the dancefloors. It’s a typical one from this imprint, great energy, rhythm and sense of appeal! In the a-side comes another housy tune to be enjoyed. Massimo Di Lena shows all his potential in this one, despite the vocals that i don’t like, the track has a great beat and an awesome construction. It reminds me those classical 90’s house themes. House Music is back! Love Letters from Oslo delivers, all their releases still great and it’s one of the top labels to be followed by us during 2010…

a1 – Massimo Di Lena – Delirious

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b1 - Saac – Crystal

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LLFO#012
Release Date: 14.12.2009

We start the year correcting some errors of the past. “Doesnt Like You Back” is one of the best releases of Wagon Repair 2009 portfolio last year and I couldn’t let this one pass by! Danuel Tate is part of Cobblestone Jazz along with Mathew Jonson and Tyger Dhula and this is only his second work on solo mode, and it’s in fact a very good one! The EP goes through an enormous range of different environments, sometimes deep, others acid, but never forgets to add those environments with lots of danceable jazz! If you compare this release with his first EP “Pushcard” you’ll notice that this one is has more energy and is more dancefloor directed like in “Careful Mind” or “Remember You”, two deep jazzdance minimal tracks that will remind you the first productions of the duo Kreon & Lemos with lot’s of quality and amusement! “415″ and “She Like You?” show a different side on Tate’s productions, but they are both very good tracks, bringing back a little bit of the acid stuff of 90’s techno.
According to Wagon Repair, “Doesnt Like You Back” reflects the moment on the dancefloor when you realize the woman next to you is way out of your league! League? Music has no leagues, everything can happen! Enjoy Tate’s music!

a1 - Careful Mind

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a2 – 415

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a3 - La Boite

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b1 - She Like You?

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b2 - Remember You

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WAG#055
Release Date: 11.11.2009

Easy Changes is a minimal techno project of two friends Kirill Sil and Denis Guttersnipe that we’ve been following since their first release, back in 2007. The Russion duo have one of the most distinguishable acts in dance music where they do an incredible fusion between deep minimal clicks and abstract jazz elements. “Forouskur Dansur” is a 5 track EP that confirms all their talent in music production, it’s full of mysteriousness, mnml rhythms, exquisite percussion, weird samples, strange vocals and much more and all of this elements seem to combine perfectly in their music. It all starts with “Zhazdha Krovi” in great style, with some great dub elements, a worked up percussion and some twisted mad samples that bring a certain feeling of paranoia to the track! “Stolem” keeps the same routes of the first, it’s just a little bit more light and it maintains a certain sense of weirdness, as we could listen in the first track. After this one comes a Sweet N Candy remix of “Forouskur Dansur” delivering a perfect tech house bomb, where a damn good groove will make everyone cheer and applaud in the dancefloors. The original “Forouskur Dansur” closes up this magnificent EP in great style, this time keeping of the paranoid feelings of the first tracks and choosing instead some refined deep minimal jazz sobriety. It couldn’t exist more perfect way to end this release! Released by Mean… Unmissable!

a1 – Zhazdha Krovi

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a2 - Stolen

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b1 – Forouskur Dansur (Sweet N Candy remix)

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b2 - Forouskur Dansur

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MEAN#008
02.11.2009

Cecille Numbers imprint is celebrating 20 months of existence and, to this particular month, they invited Lemos, who has also released their first EP, a great successful two part series one that we mentioned here at Minimaland. After eleven releases including names like Robert Dietz, Livio & Roby, Anthea & Celler, Kreon and many others, Cecille Numbers finishes 2009 with a massive release from the Greek producer. It all starts with “Nice & Clean”, a bassmonster pumpy track that will be the delight of every dancefloor. Already in this track you start to feel the unique style of Lemos that it’s also present in the 2nd track “Bebe Fefe”, this time getting a little more techy, evolving through underground environments, but never forgetting those jazzy samples that he so much likes. Ending up the party comes “Monstarda”, a typical production on Lemos repertoire, very similar to the first, but a little bit more tedious. So, get your own copy of this Ep and celebrate new year’s eve in great style.

a1 – Nice & Clean

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b1 – Bebe Fefe

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b2 – Monstarda

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CEN#009
Release Date: 14.12.2009

Supported by Sven Vдth, Luciano, Onur Ozer, M.A.N.D.Y, Ricardo Villalobos, DJ Sneak and D’Julz

It’s the end of the year and I’ve decided to include here one of the Ep’s of 2009… “La Mezcla”. The track has been spread more than the H1N1 virus during the year, and was/is played by a lot of different artists, from house Dj’s like Danny Tenaglia or Dennis Ferrer, to techno minimal ones like Luciano, Ricardo Villalobos, Radio Slave, Loco Dice, Koze, Reboot, Guy Gerber, Sis, Rhadoo, Raresh, 2000 and One and M Tanzmann and all of them have had a tremendous feedback from the crowds. Now, in the end of the year, this music still shakes my heart and Minimaland couldn’t pass by such an enormous track! And this release that we present is a very special one because it contains a remix from Mr. Paul Kalkbrenner, who has also been spreading some euphoric moments in the dancefloors, since his enormous hit, Berlin Calling… movie and soundtrack!
Michel’s roots will be easy to find when you listen to his music, his tracks are full of joyful and vibrant ethnic electronic beats and full of instrumentals and in Kalkbrenner’s remix nothing was lost, he kept the main tools of the original “La Mezcla”and added some special features to it. I confess that this is not the kind of track that I enjoy in the first glance, but after a while and some dancefloor appreciation I can tell you that this is, in fact, a HUGE track and remix. Released by Strictly Rhythm Germany that have bought the property rights of “La Mezcla” to Cadenza records a while ago.

a1 – La Mezcla (Paul Kalkbrenner Remix)

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b1 - La Mezcla

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SR#09812
Release Date: 28.11.2009

3 Questions to Luciano about La Mezcla:

Like Michel Cleis ‘La Mezcla’ – you waited months and months to release that track.

Luciano: I always try to go against what people tell me.
Like with ‘La Mezcla’, I had people everywhere saying ‘release it, release it’, but I told them ‘no’.

That’s fun, because it works against what the industry does. It goes against what you’re supposed to do as a label. I wanted to create a buzz around the track, so that everyone knew it, without it being on the market already. That’s a fun way to create buzz.

How much did Strictly Rhythm pay for ‘La Mezcla’? I heard there was a bidding war.

Luciano: Ah, that is unofficial information. I can’t tell you that.

OK, were you surprised then, that the buzz you created around ‘La Mezcla’ led all the way to the door of one of the UK’s biggest dance labels?

Luciano: Yeah we were surprised. We thought about not giving it to Defected, but in the end if they can push a track and an artist more than us because they have a bigger distribution network, then that’s a good thing. They can make it bigger than we can, and that’s better for our artists like Michel.

Resopal family is still growing with CLUBS EP. Texan native and prolific producer Maetrik, Maceo Plex presents three seductive high-rollers ready to reel you into more upfront grooves than you’ve seen in a while. Both names are identical the same person – Eric Estornel, who already released on Dumb Unit, Mothership and Treibstoff. Clubs EP is dedicated to all famous clubs worldwide and these three bass driven tunes in special. So here we are in the middle f dancefloor – la-la-land, and Resopal is getting ready to go counter cyclical and is stacking up sublime prime installments to attack these rugged times. These are three incredibly strong tracks with vicious and highly addictive vocals that surely kicks-off the clubs this fall / winter 2009.

Minimaland Feedback: The 44th release of Resopal Digital Editions could not be better, three amazing tracks to be spread in any club. Full of paranoid voices, insane beats, neurotic basslines and psychotic constructions… it will drive you insane in a matter of seconds, one of the great releases of this month, rave you will!

1 – Fabrick
2 - Fused
3 – Robo Johnson
listen and buy it here

RSPDIGI#044
Release Date: 11.12.2009