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Palette Recordings was started by John Tejada in the fall of 1996. Many releases later it is one of the most respected techno labels in the world. Palette became an exclusive outlet for Tejada to release his most prized music. Past releases have featured music and remixes by artists such as Daniel Bell, Titonton Duvante, Klute, Dominick Martin, and Dan Curtin among others. However these days the label is set up as the primary outlet for the work of its three main artists. John Tejada, 19 year Tejada collaborator Arian Leviste, as well as Justin Maxwell.

Coming next will be a 4 track EP from John Tejada & Josh Humphrey.

Tejada and Humphrey made their debut together late in 09 with their “Marooned,” ep. “Assimilation” continues the theme of being marooned in Los Angeles. The four works compiled here are the result of the best moments out of 20 recording sessions. The music is for the most part assembled with analog instruments with Humphrey and Tejada bringing their modular gear together for the sessions. Humphrey’s knowledge of synths and programming is quite extensive. He until recently helped operate LA based Big City Music, a dealer of modular and boutique synthesizers.

The four works cover a wide range. “Assimilation” builds up panning modular basslines and swirling percussion with a building chord line that brings things together as the drums build. “Culture Shock” uses pitch shifting trickery to transpose the main melodic hook slamming it into nasty modular bass modulation giving the track it’s pretty/dark edge. “Adaptation” keeps it’s modular touches a bit more subtle focusing on classic melodic Tejada chords and nostalgic beats. “Subversion” rounds things out with a non 4/4 piece perhaps being the most nostalgic moment of the ep. This highly melodic uplifting track takes it’s cues from happy musical memories. Classic chords, 808 beats, and some melodic modular lines to close out the ep.

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John Tejada & Hosh Humphrey
a1) Assimilation
a2) Culture Shock
b1) Adaptation
b2) Subversion

Released on 12″ Vinyl: October 2010

http://www.paletterecordings.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/John-Tejada/225110540675

Saigon Recordings was established in early 2010 after the discovery of some truly unique talent hovering in-between the Techno and Dubstep circles. Operating out of the South of England (UK) Saigon Recordings will be unleashing music from a variety of relatively untapped and exciting artists including Orphan101, Duffstep, Microburst, Ike Release, Gravious and more.

SAIGON001 is nearly upon us, a debut for both the label and upcoming producer Orphan101.

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Orphan101
Tribtek Pt. 1 & 2
a) Tribtek Pt. 1
aa) Tribtek Pt. 2

As featured at No.1 on Angel Molina’s (Tresor/Sonar) recent top 10 chart:
http://www.tresorberlin.com/news/charts.pl?artistID=341

Other support coming from Mary Anne Hobbs (Radio 1), Nathan Jonson (Wagon Repair), Appleblim (Skull Disco / Apple Pips),  Headhunter (Tempa.), Micky Lunch (Naked Lunch) and major radio plays in UK, USA, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Spain and Switzerland.

- Released 21st June 2010 -

Orphan101 Bio:

Coming from the musical melting pot that is Bristol England Orphan101’s Blend of four to the floor Dubstep and Techno have brought him fast acclaim and attention of genre impresarios like Appleblim (Apple Pips / Skull Disco), Headhunter (Tempa), Jus Wan (Apple Pips), DJ Pinch (Tectonic) and RSD (Punch Drunk Records) to name but a few.

His wide range of musical tastes have certainly shone through in his productions with labels such as Appleblim’s highly regarded Apple Pips label, British based alternative label Saigon Recordings and Deca Rhythm already signing tracks from him, all due for release in 2010 making this a very busy year for Orphan101.

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His live DJ sets have gained a reputation on radio and in clubs as a new diverse sound with little or no boundaries to what he will play. His sets do not sound out of place whether it be minimal house, techno or dubstep This approach has recently earned him a residency in Berlin, Bristol and also Apple Pips nights across Europe.

His current production collaborations include Headhunter, Bloodman Appleblim and Gatekeeper to name just a few, with remix work being picked carefully to fit with his own production roster.

A free mix has been made available on Canadian website One Thirty BPM showcasing the Orphan101 sound, here’s a tracklist followed by a download link:

01. Scribe – Orphan101
02. Similate – Orphan101
03. Corsa – Orphan101
04. Commune – Orphan101
05. Olo – Orphan101
06. 45 – Orphan101
07. Au Dela – Orphan101 & Bloodman Ft Soraya Saberi
08. Out Of The Sun – Arkist
09. Remote Viewing – Bloodman
10. Hocus Pocus – Headhunter
11. Deepfish – Bloodman
12. Propa – Orphan101
13. Home – Orphan101
14. Labella – Orphan101
15. Whish – Orphan101
16. Chasing Dragons – Addison Groove
17. V710 – Headhunter & Orphan101
18. What Do I See – Arkist
19. Worry Dolls – Wedge

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www.saigonrecordings.com
www.myspace.com/saigonrecordings
www.soundcloud.com/saigon-recordings
www.twitter.com/saigonrecording
www.facebook.com/pages/Saigon-Recordings/117236301627473

Klute has announced his first album in 2 years titled ‘Music for Prophet’, on his own ‘Commercial Suicide’ imprint. As on his previous albums, Klute stays true to himself with another non-commercial, yet 100% dancefloor friendly longplayer that – just like his excellent dj sets – offers the right balance of musical tunes alongside some real heavy hitters.

That was after he was in a Hardcore Punk band when he was a kid – in the 80′s, called The Stupid. They were really good at first too, but then got boring and fell apart, not after some juicy ego clashes. Anyway, Klute – Tom Withers, started back in 1994, i think when he was asked for a name to keep exclusive to Certificate 18 records when they agreed on 2 tracks to be his first single. It was there he stayed until 2000 when he delivered his 2nd final album for Cert 18 called Fear Of People. At this point in time Tom decided to make a change and realising no one else was interested in releasing his music decided to set up his own label.

Tom Withers AKA Klute

With his own platform set up he realized anything was possible, he could even release music by other idiots. Which he did. Perhaps too much. An interesting fact no one knows about Tom Klute is that he is the world’s leading composer of Airport music. Most of you who’ve travelled the friendly skys will have unknowingly heard his works at one time or another. Now we come to 2010 and Klute is ready for fucking more, and more it is with his 6th album “Music for Prophet”.

All of Klute’s previous albums have been released to critical acclaim and this one will not stand behind, showing that Klute’s consistency as an artist reaches into 2010 and beyond. The album which also features a collaboration with Dom & Roland will be released as triple coloured vinyl, 2 X CD and Digital download. The additional CD & digital download package promises bonus material including techno tracks.

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Klute
Music For Prophet

CD1 01 Klute – Knowing How To Get There *
CD1 02 Klute – Will You Still Love Me? *
CD1 03 Klute – Media
CD1 04 Klute – Strange Dinner *
CD1 05 Klute – Fool’s Love *
CD1 06 Klute – Interlude 1 3_1
CD1 07 Klute – Autumn Stone
CD1 08 Klute – Blackpony
CD1 09 Klute – Make It Stop *
CD1 10 Klute – Buy More Now (with Dom & Roland) *
CD1 11 Klute – Ashram
CD1 12 Klute – Always Dreaming
CD2 01 Klute – Hypocrite
CD2 02 Klute – Giv A Lil Luv
CD2 03 Klute – No Mistake
CD2 04 Klute – Avoiding People
CD2 05 Klute – Melt
CD2 06 Klute – Because You Can
CD2 07 Klute – Pancakes
CD2 08 Klute – 3rd Patch
CD2 09 Klute – Bleeding Sun
CD2 10 Klute – Son Of Sam

* Also featured on the 3×12″ Coloured Vinyl pack (SUICIDELP008).

All formats due for release on 26th July 2010.

Klute Tour dates:
11/06/2010    @ Sydney, Australia
12/06/2010    @ Rise Nightclub, Perth,  Australia
17/06/2010    @ Beat It (Flex Club), Vienna, Austria
18/06/2010    @ Roxy, Prague, Czech Republic
19/06/2010    @ Bar Of Pernicious Habits, Moscow, Russia
24/06/2010    @ Star Warz (Vooruit), Ghent, Belgium
26/06/2010    @ Renegade Hardware (Area), London, UK
02/07/2010    @ Hospitality (Matter), London, UK
09/07/2010    @ Dissident (Black Swan), Bristol, UK
10/07/2010    @ We Fear Silence pres. Metalheadz (Cable), London, UK
24/07/2010    @ Lost in Nature 8 (open air), Birmensdorf, Switzerland

Watch Klute & Dom & Roland on D&BTV:
http://commercialsuicide.wordpress.com/2010/05/24/klute-b2b-dom-roland-on-dbtv-live-100/

www.commercialsuicide.wordpress.com
www.commercialsuicide.org
www.myspace.com/commercialsuiciderecords
www.myspace.com/kluteuk

Originally set up in 2008, Appleblim’s Bristol based label Apple Pips has been exploring the areas between Dubstep, Techno, Minimal & House with an emphasis on echo, depth, swing and bass.

We’ve seen releases from some of the leaders of underground electronic like Martyn, T++, Ramadanman, Appleblim himself, Peverelist and Instra:mental.
The label is back and we have exclusive news about the next two releases on the label.

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Komanazmuk
a) Dance Too
aa) Dance Too (Lee Jones Remix)

Released on 21st June 2010 on 12″ Vinyl / Digital.

Komonazmuk drops a tough slice of deep, stepping, and melodic dubstep for our 11th release…
With his history in rave culture stretching back to the oldskool days, through releases on Hardleaders & Moving Shadow with Ice Minus, right up to his current cutting edge productions, Keiran Lomax aka Komonazmuk has got his fingers in many musical pies.

Having had big releases on scene-leaders like Tempa, and his debut album coming on H.E.N.C.H. later this year, his versatility as a producer and engineer is second to none. Teaming up with Appleblim for remix work has resulted in stunning reworks of artists as varied as Bonobo, Brendon Moeller, and Harmonia & Brian Eno, for labels such as Ninja Tune, Francois Kevorkian’s Wave Music, & Will Saul’s Aus Music.

In fact after Komonazmuk & Appleblim remixed Lee Jones & Nick Hoppner’s My My project for Aus Music, Lee Jones returned the musical favour with this stunning deeper than deep house rework of Dance Too…

With a residency at Fabric, and regularly playing all over the world, 2010 is looking great for Komonazmuk! DJ/Radio support coming from Mary Anne Hobbs (BBC Radio 1), Rob Da Bank (Radio 1/Bestival), Sinden (Kiss/Domino), Appleblim & many more…

You can check out a Guest Mix and Interview with Komonazmuk via Kmag here:
http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/features/komonazmuk-guest-mix

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Joe
a) Untitled
aa) Digest

Released on 28th June 2010 on 12″ Vinyl / Digital.

With the success of our last releases getting props and plays from DJs as diverse as Erol Alkan, DJ T, Martyn, Deetron, & Rob Da Bank we are really excited to present our next slice of futuristic funk for your ears and booty from the extremely talented Joe.

With his debut, the awesome ‘Grimelight’, being released on Hessle Audio, Joe is part of a loose group of likeminded and future-thinking producers & DJs that includes Hessle Audio’s Ramadanman, Ben UFO, & Pangaea, and Untold & James Blake. Whilst they all have very individual sounds, they share a vision of dubstep, uk funky, techno & house influenced beats that seem to defy genre.

The A-side ‘Untitled’ is a huge stepping wad of funk, bringing to mind 2-step, early Skream & Benga, even stripped down grime classics like Pulse X, but with a truly contemporary twist. This tune drops hard, and has been a secret weapon of Appleblim’s for some time now – he was pleasantly surprised to see ravers of all ages go mad to it!

The flip sees Joe’s more experimental leanings come out on ‘Digest’, but he never forgets the groove and funk. With rolling percussion, steppy sub bass and shiny analogue synth stabs cutting through, it seems to us like a mixture of Mala from Digital Mystikz and Theo Parrish! High praise indeed…

DJ/Radio support coming from Mary Anne Hobbs (BBC Radio 1), Modeselektor, Peverelist, Rob Da Bank (Radio 1/Bestival), Paul Woolford, Ramadanman, Brackles, Appleblim & many more.

http://twitter.com/ApplePips
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=62555138970
http://www.myspace.com/appleblim

Scuba, aka Paul Rose, has been at the forefront of the dubstep scene since its birth. Having founded the innovative and influential Hotflush Recordings label in 2003, he has continually brought colour and depth to an advancing genre, expanding its sonic structure and increasing its influence on the wider electronic scene. Through Scuba and seminal work by central figures including Distance, Vex’d and more recently Mount Kimbie and Joy Orbison, Hotflush remains crucial to the immediate moment and the developing future of the most exciting aspects of electronic music.

Following the first Scuba LP, A Mutual Antipathy (2008), and the more recent Aesaunic EP (2009), this album takes the Scuba sound to a new level. The collision of dubstep and techno has produced startling music from a wide range of producers in the last few years, none more than Scuba, and that has been well documented. But Triangulation moves past the dubstep/techno axis and into new territory. Working at multiple tempos, the album covers an area ranging from house to experimental drum n bass while retaining the Scuba sound that has become so distinctive.

You Got Me and So You Think You’re Special, released as an advance 12”, reflect the range of the album with the huge bass and frenetic energy of the former contrasting with the melancholic atmospheres and melodies of the latter. The listless beauty of Before, the aggressively percussive Minerals and the hyperactive electro of On Deck provide further stylistic variation, but this is not simply a collection of tracks – for the best sonic results this album should be listened to in full.

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Scuba
Triangulation

01. Descent
02. Latch
03. Three Sided Shape
04. Minerals
05. On Deck
06. Before
07. Tracers
08. You Got Me
09. So You Think You’re Special
10. Heavy Machinery
11. Glance
12. Lights Out

Release date: 22nd March 2010

Formats:
3×12″ Vinyl – Barcode: 5055317204875
CD – Barcode: 5055317204868
Digital Download

CD Album will contain ‘continuous audio’ while the vinyl versions will be edits.

Exclusively Distributed by S.T. Holdings.

Audio previews coming soon……

Links:

FACT interview: http://www.factmag.com/2010/01/26/scuba-reveals-details-of-triangulation-lp/
Resident Advisor news item: http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=11614
XLR8R short interview: http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2010/01/inbox-scuba

www.hotflushrecordings.com
www.youtube.com/HotflushUK
www.myspace.com/hotflushuk
www.facebook.com/HotflushUK

Dark Arx is an electronic music label specialising in music at the fringes of all forms of techno and bass music.
For its debut release due to be released on 18th January 2010, Dark Arx presents a 3-track single of gritty, emotive electronic music by Binary Sequence.

Binary Sequence operates in the margins of UK dubstep channelling his influences through a painstaking process of deconstruction and distortion. The resulting tracks are gems of electronica, simultaneously beautiful and sonically fierce.

Based in London, Binary Sequence has been playing, writing and producing music for 20 years. Before being swept up in the electronica of the late 90s, he spent years tackling the mind-bending harmonics and rhythms of 60s & 70s jazz as a saxophonist and pianist. While starting to write his own music, he began to explore the possibilities of electronic production and after much experimentation and refinement he has created a unique sound, combining dusty distortion with pristine production values. Sonic comparisons point to Pole, Dabrye and Burial – but Binary Sequence’s musicality is rooted in “Artificial Intelligence”-era electronica (Aphex Twin, Autechre, Black Dog).

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Binary Sequence
66/31

01. 66/31

02. Arc

03. Below The Ice

Released on 12″ Vinyl with custom housebag and Digital download on 18th January 2010.

Links:
darkarx(at)googlemail(dot)com
www.facebook.com/darkarx
www.soundcloud.com/darkarxrecordings
www.darkarx.com
www.myspace.com/darkarx

It’s that time of the year when music related blog’s get their chart heads on and review 2009 with their top albums and singles, we tried something a little similar when S.T. Holdings staff members recently picked their ‘Top 3 Tracks of the Year’: http://www.stholdings.co.uk/2009/12/02/s-t-holdings-staff-charts-2009/

On perusing around the internet at the various charts we have found a mountain of accolades for some of the labels we have been representing, here’s a short run down of some of the finest records this year according to the masses and the music moguls:

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Joy Orbison
Hyph Mngo

It’s been a meteoric rise to fame for Joy Orbison, a release picked up by Hotflush Recordings (ran by Scuba) and released on his more techno orientated sub-label (HFT), first raved about by Martin Blackdown for his Pitchfork Blog and since then has completely blown up with Joy being tipped for the top in 2010 by the BBC Music Longlist: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8388584.stm

The tune has also been picked up on by the NME who voted the track their 18th (out of 50) ‘Best Tracks of the Year’: http://www.nme.com/list/50-best-tracks-of-2009/159979/page/4

Boomkat follow suit and position the track No.9 out of 100 in the ‘Tracks of the Year’: http://www.boomkat.com/charts.cfm?id=517&gID=10

We await to hear the development of Mr. Orbison’s sound in 2010…..

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Martyn
Great Lengths LP

Martyn’s debut LP was a big success and the internet was flooded with information and hype about the album, his crossover from Drum & Bass to the more techno/house influenced Dubstep sound was great timing and he soon became the figure at the forefront of that particular sound.

It has won alot of ‘awards’ this year across many sites, including no.3 in Resident Advisors ‘Top 20 Albums of 2009′: http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1121

12th in FACT Magazine‘s ‘Top 100 Album’s of 2009′: http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4134&Itemid=103&limit=1&limitstart=5

A mention in the ‘Lost 9 of 2009′ section on Drowned In Sound: http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4138671-lost-9-of-09-2-2562-unbalance?2009

16th in Boomkat‘s ‘Top 100 Album’s of 2009′: http://www.boomkat.com/charts.cfm?id=516&gID=10

Watch out for Martyn’s forthcoming releases coming in 2010, first will be a 2 part remix release, details here: http://www.stholdings.co.uk/2009/11/30/forthcoming-on-3024-martyn-the-remixes/

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Zomby
One Foot Ahead Of The Other

Ramp Recordings have had a host of big releases this year, notably the Zomby Mini-LP which featured artwork by  Kate Moross taking the 8-bit Nintendo sounds to the extreme and cementing himself as one of the artists at the forefront of electronic music. Songs supported by the likes of Annie Mac, Zane Lowe and Kissy Sell Out on Radio 1.

FACT Magazine voted it No.7 of their ‘Best 40 Albums of 2009′: http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4134&Itemid=103&limit=1&limitstart=6

Boomkat voted it No.3 in their ‘Top 100 Albums of 2009′: http://www.boomkat.com/charts.cfm?id=516&gID=10

More to come from Zomby no doubt in 2010!

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Peverelist
Jarvik Mindstate

Peverelist’s debut album finally landed on his own Punch Drunk imprint recently, a producer with relatively few releases to his name but always quality over quantity, a well renowned producer who has worked with Shackleton, Appleblim and has performed remixes for the likes of Pole, along with Martyn he is one of the forerunners of the Techno influenced Dubstep sound.

Resident Advisor made it No.19 in their ‘Best 20 Albums of 2009′ list: http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1121

Boomkat made it No.85 in their ‘Top 100 Albums of 2009′: http://www.boomkat.com/charts.cfm?id=516&gID=10

Expect big things from Punch Drunk in 2010, a Hyetal & Shortstuff 12″ is due for release on 18th January 2010.

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Joker & Ginz
Purple City

Kapsize, the Bristol based label co-run by Joker and Pinch’s Multiverse has been showcasing some huge Joker productions this year, notably ‘Purple City’ by Joker & Ginz. Joker has gone from strength to strength this year and is set to blow big time next year, having headlined the Sonar dubstep stage and undertaken some high profile remix work.

XLR8R voted it amongst their ‘Best of 2009′ list: http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2009/12/bumpin

Pitchfork voted for it amongst their ‘Best 100 Tracks of 2009′: http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7742-the-top-100-tracks-of-2009/5/

Here’s looking forward to 2010.

We’ll leave you for the year with some previews of some releases you can expect to see released in January 2010:

Merry Christmas!

Martyn’s “Great Lengths” (3024005CD) is rated as the second best album of 2009 by Mixmag

“The Dutchman’s debut was one of those great unclassifiable albums; part dubstep, part techno, part garage, all coming together to create the best underground album since Burial’s ‘Untrue’ ”

Links:
http://3024world.blogspot.com
http://www.myspace.com/martyndnb

http://www.mixmag.net
http://twitter.com/Mixmag

Tuesday 22nd December: Last shipping day. All orders must be received by 3.30 pm.

Wednesday 23rd December: Close at 1.00 pm.

Monday 4th January: re-open at 10.00 am