London-based Sect Records create technoid grooves for the mind, body and feet. They draft in like-minded souls from elsewhere to help them out where necessary. The collective go darker and deeper than most, creating the sort of brilliant deep and techy grooves that resonate with your very soul. Disc one is the synthier of the two and features winners such as Jolka’s blissful "Two (Going On)" and D-Knox’s intense "I’m Sorry Remix". Disc 2 is a little less melodious and slightly more hard-hitting, where peaks include Casual Violence’s bewitching "Acceptance Of The Fact At Hand" and Fanon Flowers’ hypnotic "Invisible Life". It’s All For You is a winning technoid collection.

Sect will release It’s All For You on September 16th, 2011.

17/09/2011 Updated: There’s been a slight delay on the CD, but now it’s coming out on 10th October.

Tracklist:

• CD1
  • Sect Intro 1
  • Ben Gibson – Clamour
  • Jeroen Search – Section A
  • D Knox – Dknox @ Dj Bomi
  • Voidloss – In The Void Is Virtue And No Evil
  • Jolka – Two (Going Up)
  • D Knox – On My Way (J&T Re-Edit)
  • Jolka – Life Is Changing
  • D Knox – I’m Sorry Remix
• CD2
  • Sect Intro 2
  • AnD – Granular
  • Och – Tears
  • Casual Violence – Acceptance Of The Fact At Hand
  • Victor Martinez – Dav To Dub
  • Fanon Flowers – Invisible Life
  • Grovskopa – 56-04
  • Casual Violence – Word And Form (Version II)
  • Grovskopa – Atopic (Lag Remix)
  • Grovskopa – 69-02
  • Sect Outro 1

Related Links:

• www.sectrecords.com

It doesn’t sound like too long ago, but the electronic music industry has come a long way since the nineties. Today, August 1st, 2011, marks twenty years of Soma Records. It’s hard to believe, isn’t it ?

On the 1st of August, 1991, Soma Records released its first record, "Eterna" by Slam / "I.B.O." by Rejuvination, a great track and great split release with some Detroit and/or Chicago-rooted dance music. Nowadays, Soma is, as they describe themselves, one of the world’s leading electronic dance music labels.

Slam – Eterna

Rejuvination – I.B.O.

So far, the label has managed to release more than 80 albums and over 300 singles, from the likes of Slam, Funk D’Void, Alex Smoke, and The Black Dog, to name just a few. The Glasgow-based label continues to wow the electronic music world with their music, without a doubt.

Happy Birthday !

Here’s our list of twenty of our favourite Soma tracks:

• 01. Dove – Fallen from Soma 2
• 02. Slam – Positive Education from Soma 8
• 03. Desert Storm – Scoraig 93 from Soma 13
• 04. Daft Punk – Da Funk from Soma 25
• 05. Skintrade – Andomraxess from Soma 27
• 06. Funk D’Void – Jack Me Off from Soma 29
• 07. Chaser – Sides of Iron from Soma 33
• 08. Maas – Look At Me Now, Falling (I:Cube Simple mix) from Soma 54
• 09. Envoy – Emotional from Soma 59
• 10. Funk D’Void – Herbie On Rhodes from Soma 66
• 11. Scott Grooves feat. Parliament/Funkadelic – MotherShip ReConnection (Daft Punk remix) from Soma 71
• 12. Silicone Soul – Right On 4 Tha Darkness from Soma 83
• 13. Master-H – Magic K from Soma 101
• 14. Slam feat. Tyrone Palmer – Lifetimes from Soma 107
• 15. Funk D’Void – Diabla (Funk D’Void’s Heavenly mix) from Soma 112
• 16. Schatrax – Mispent Years (Silicone Soul dub) from Soma 128
• 17. Alex Smoke – Don’t See The Point from Soma 165
• 18. Funk D’Void – Nineteen Ninety-Two from Soma CD23
• 19. Slam – Stepback (Christian Smith & John Selway remix) from Soma LP29
• 20. The Black Dog – Sleep Deprivation 2 from Soma CD83

A true musical legend, Aaron-Carl, has passed away. AC, we miss you but you will always be with us, in our hearts. Rest in Peace.

RA News: Aaron-Carl dies of cancer

First segment features Gerald Mitchell:

Second segment features Raphael "Ray 7" Merriweathers:

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Terrence Parker is scheduled to hit the road this summer for a short tour of Japan. The tour will begin on July 11th with a beach party in Enoshima, and moves on to Tokyo before arriving at Kyoto on July 16th. August will see a duo of venues taking in Tokyo and Hamamatsu. Parker then plays some dates across the States and Singapore before heading back to Tokyo, and then off to Hamamatsu for his final show on August 15th. Check out the dates below for further information:

• Jul 11. – The Beach Cafe, Enoshima
• Jul 16. – Eleven Tokyo
• Jul 18. – Metro Kyoto
• Aug 14. – The Rooftop, Tokyo
• Aug 15. – cafe 2693-1, Hamamatsu

Watch this video to find out what he has to offer:

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After the entire "For Whom The Bells Toll", Luka Baumann is back on Sect Records with his new project and moniker, Jolka. Baumann gets deep as fuck on "The Jolka Experience". The whole record is definitely great – I love the warm and lush chords, the deep vibes. This is the most beautiful and deep sort of techno record I’ve heard in a while. Hurrah !

Preview clips of all tracks here [The Jolka Experience by Jolka]:

Sect Records will release The Jolka Experience in September 2009.

Release Information

Artist

Itokim

Title

No One Else EP

Label

Nice & Nasty

Release date

23rd March 2009

Format

Digital

Catalogue number

NANO 54

Tracklisting (Click track name for a free sample)

• 01. One & Two
• 02. Two & One
• 03. We’ve Had It All

Description

Japan’s Itokim releases his debut on Nice & Nasty – a sublime 3 track EP full of melody and depth. Itokim like many of his Japanese peers pays hamge to the innovators of Detroit; the European Techno Soul renaissance; and pure good ol synth sound. This is techno. It is melodic, it is deep, it is also groovy. Itokim is fast becoming of force on the global techno scene after a solid upbringing in the world of human and technological wonder that is Tokyo, Japan.

Here’s some feedback:

• Very Nice Production! – Orlando Voorn (NightVision)
• "two and one" and "we’ve had it all" are awesome! thanks – Russ Gabriel (Ferox)
• Killer release. – Rennie Foster (Dirty Works)
• Amazing Ep, I can not choose my fav, love all tracks … Nice & Tasty!! Full support from me!! – Tony Blunt (Dpress Industries / Thump Elektroniks)
• Digging ‘We’ve Had it All’, love the strings! – Franco Cangelli (Mowar)
• Nice deep and funky release. I dig two&one and between visible and invisible. Great mover. Big thanks for the promo. Full support! – André Kronert (Neurotron)

For 2009, quite a few releases, for example on Fabrice Lig’s Melodika Recordings, are planned. For further infomation and for audio clips please visit the website: itokim.net

You can also have a sneak preview of the new material here: http://soundcloud.com/itokimproductions

I would like to thank Kuri for picking up Itokim track ! ;-)