Leading UK house/techno label NRK Music unveil ‘The Lab’, a brand new compilation series with the inaugural mix compiled by none other than Loco Dice.

Joining legendary comps such as ‘Coast2Coast’ and ‘Back In The Box’, ‘The Lab’ will be a double CD of forward thinking electronic dance music from the most dynamic artists around, which is why the Tunisian born and Dusseldorf raised Loco Dice has been drafted in.

The last few years have seen ‘Dice release singles on M_Nus, Cocoon and Cadenza as well as an acclaimed debut artist album via his own Desolat imprint but the ‘The Lab’ see’s the behemoth slip behind the decks to showcase his skills as one of the world’s greatest DJs.

Shunning trends and fads Loco Dice simply plays house music or “deep, groovy, chunky, driving, 123 Music for the terrace” as he describes it. Here, on ‘The Lab’ he showcases exactly what that means with a 2 hour + mix which includes 27 faultless tracks within 2 very different discs.

Disc One concentrates on the darker club moments; otherworldly and hypnotic grooves from the likes of Terrence Dixon, Kerri Chandler, Second Hand Satellites and Robert Dietz. Bass heavy, heads down and percussive, this mix highlights everything that is exciting about modern house music.

Disc Two ploughs a deeper house path, winding things down a little from Disc One’s upfront and urgent selection. Many familiar names make up this second mix; dance veterans such as Nick Holder, 95 North, Audio Soul Project, Tyree Cooper and Terry Lee Brown Jr mix it up with Franck Roger and Alix Alvarez beats as well as contemporary deepness from Sascha Dive and Daso & Pawas.

All in all, mightily impressive stuff from Loco Dice, and yet another feather in the cap of the ever consistent NRK Music.

——–Tracklist———

CD1 (Mixed By Loco Dice)

01. Akiko Kiyama – Hakobi
02. Second-Hand Satellites – Orbit 1.3
03. Chaton – +91 Ahead Session 1.5
04. Chris Lattner – African Children
05. Robert Dietz – Klondike
06. Onur …zer – Eclipse (Loco Dice Remix)
07. Kerri Chandler – Pong (Ben Klock’s Bones & Strings Dub)
08. MHM 1 – Bubububadub
09. Ion Ludwig – Transnoir
10. Damian Schwartz & Guti – Sals—n
11. Terrence Dixon – Below Radar (Rhythm Is Rhythm Remix By Mathias Kaden)
12. Someone Else – You Don’t Got Me
13. Alex Flatner feat. Lopazz – Perfect Circles (Damian Schwartz Remix)
14. Mirko Loko – Serena

CD2 (Mixed By Loco Dice)

01. Nick Holder – Inside Your Soul (Sirus Remix)
02. Jay Haze – Mama Coca
03. Terry Lee Brown Jr In A Deep Session With The Timewriter – Everyday
04. Loco Dice – Black Truffles In The Snow – (Mike Huckaby’s The Jazzed Out S Y N T H Remix)
05. DJ Ali – You Don’t Know (Ruff Cut)
06. Alix Alvarez – Boom Bip
07. Joseph Malik – Believe And See (Plastic Avengers RMX)
08. Franck Roger – Take Off (Matt That’s House Bonus Beat)
09. 95 North – Forever Underground (Bass Dub)
10. Audio Soul Project – Song For Fred
11. Sascha Dive – Deepest America (Samuel Davis Dark Soul Mix)
12. Daso & Pawas – Det
13. Tyree Cooper – Love

Label: NRK

Release: March/April 2009

Cat No: LAB001