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MPD 023EP
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Musique Pour La Danse invites you to rock your body and free your brain with the third volume of Break The Limits. Break The Limits are Bay B Kane and Mister E, two East London underground pioneers who released pivotal and visionary EPs between 1990 and 1991. Together, they produced some of the most innovative music of the era, a blueprint for the emerging warehouse/hardcore/breakbeat scene in the UK. In the same way 1977 was a crucial year for punk's explosion, 1990 was a madly creative and truly revolutionary year for dance music, the essence of which is captured in these tracks. Picture this: a low ceiling sweating red brick basement somewhere at Marshgate Lane, where multicolored lasers, turbo soundsystem. and wacky dancers in ecstatic rush. DJs like Fabio, Bukem, or Matthew B would spin an evil blend of early hardcore and trippy NY house, with live PA set by up and coming acts like The Prodigy, Unique 3, or Satin Storm. This was universal unity, complete mayhem, and total freedom taking a country by storm, with a mutant groove that later became the grooves of all the grooves. Nearly 30 years later, it's still fresh. Produced in Satin Storm's studio (another pioneer), these have shades of deep house, techno bleeps, and rough breakbeat blended in an intuitive and innovative way.
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Musique Pour La Danse invites you to rock your body and free your brain with the second volume of Break The Limits. Break The Limits are Bay B Kane and Mister E, two East London underground pioneers who released pivotal and visionary EPs between 1990 and 1991. Together, they produced some of the most innovative music of the era, a blueprint for the emerging warehouse/hardcore/breakbeat scene in the UK. In the same way 1977 was a crucial year for punk's explosion, 1990 was a madly creative and truly revolutionary year for dance music, the essence of which is captured in these tracks. Picture this: a low ceiling sweating red brick basement somewhere at Marshgate Lane, where multicolored lasers, turbo soundsystem. and wacky dancers in ecstatic rush. DJs like Fabio, Bukem, or Matthew B would spin an evil blend of early hardcore and trippy NY house, with live PA set by up and coming acts like The Prodigy, Unique 3, or Satin Storm. This was universal unity, complete mayhem, and total freedom taking a country by storm, with a mutant groove that later became the grooves of all the grooves. Nearly 30 years later, it's still fresh. Produced in Satin Storm's studio (another pioneer), these have shades of deep house, techno bleeps, and rough breakbeat blended in an intuitive and innovative way.
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The unforgettable soundtrack of a lost erotic new beat VHS from 1989. The year is 1989 and it's the peak of the new beat craze that swept Europe and the world with Belgium at its epicenter. Not limited to records and clubs, the new beat lifestyle was marketed to death with all sorts of fashion items, a plethora of accessories and... erotic videos. Erotica, sensuality, and sexuality have always been part of new beat's DNA, but Musique Pour La Danse's jaw dropped to the floor when the label first laid eyes upon an erotic new beat VHS deadstock gathering dust in a forgotten video store in the middle of nowhere in Switzerland. So the label did what every new beat fan would have done, they watched the video and cringed (at its low budget production values and tacky male gaze) while they were transported to 1989 Belgium, with the bodies, poses, styles, and backdrops you'd expect from that bygone era. Their ears, however, were in for a treat. The video's OST uses almost the very same track list as one of the countless new beat compilations marketed as LPs: King of the Beat, instantly recognizable among many for its yellow front cover featuring a stamp with King Baudoin's profile. That record was actually a fake compilation seemingly gathering several artists but in fact entirely composed by the same trio. It offers a lovely snapshot of various moods and styles found within the new beat genre: downright erotic tracks, proto-Goa numbers, orientalist takes on exotic sounds, tracks driven by iconic film samples, and tracks built around silly samples, such as an elephant's trumpet. And then some. That's when Musique Pour La Danse decided to reissue this compilation. While many new beat tracks have been played and compiled to death, there are still brilliant records to rescue from oblivion, and this is one of them. Remastered from original tapes in 2020 with liner notes by Geert "Dr Vinyl" Sermon. The utterly tacky front cover is a detail from the VHS original artwork. Features Iconoclass, Corruption House, Axidan, Ugly Mood, Corruption House, and Acid Aliens. Neon pink vinyl.
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Musique Pour La Danse release Collected Ambient Grooves 1993-2001, an anthology of music created by Osamu Sato, the Kyoto-born, Tokyo-based digital artist, photographer, and composer whose career began in the early '80s. In 1983, he released a cassette accompanied by silkscreen prints on Kaoru Sato's (EP-4, Vanity Records) sought-after Skating Pears label. He gained worldwide notoriety after creating cult video games Eastern Mind for Mac OS and LSD Dream Emulator for Sony Playstation, and composing groundbreaking soundtracks for both. This latter game, quite unlike anything before or after is often praised as a masterpiece that started a new era in the gaming community. "Osamu Sato remains one of the most sought-after and intriguing personalities in the world of cult gaming, a spirit that haunts those who hunt the surreal and those who clamor for more like he produced in the past" as VICE once put it. The previously unreleased and exclusive music gathered on this release explores the interzone between ambiance and a certain sense of groove and motion. Emotional melodies, deep and mystical moods, psychedelic progressions, along with electronic and organic instruments with Eastern influences are masterfully used by the composer to create tracks where the listener is always offered with a variety of layers to admire or get lost in. Some tracks fit more in the ambient category, while others are of a groovier persuasion but in reality, each track displays in its specific way a meticulous balance between both. A timeless collection of artful music that exists in a genre of its own, with cover and design created by Osamu Sato himself, this is a total work of art created by the artist who celebrates his 60th birthday in 2020. LP version comes on blue color vinyl.
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LP version. Blue color vinyl. Musique Pour La Danse release Collected Ambient Grooves 1993-2001, an anthology of music created by Osamu Sato, the Kyoto-born, Tokyo-based digital artist, photographer, and composer whose career began in the early '80s. In 1983, he released a cassette accompanied by silkscreen prints on Kaoru Sato's (EP-4, Vanity Records) sought-after Skating Pears label. He gained worldwide notoriety after creating cult video games Eastern Mind for Mac OS and LSD Dream Emulator for Sony Playstation, and composing groundbreaking soundtracks for both. This latter game, quite unlike anything before or after is often praised as a masterpiece that started a new era in the gaming community. "Osamu Sato remains one of the most sought-after and intriguing personalities in the world of cult gaming, a spirit that haunts those who hunt the surreal and those who clamor for more like he produced in the past" as VICE once put it. The previously unreleased and exclusive music gathered on this release explores the interzone between ambiance and a certain sense of groove and motion. Emotional melodies, deep and mystical moods, psychedelic progressions, along with electronic and organic instruments with Eastern influences are masterfully used by the composer to create tracks where the listener is always offered with a variety of layers to admire or get lost in. Some tracks fit more in the ambient category, while others are of a groovier persuasion but in reality, each track displays in its specific way a meticulous balance between both. A timeless collection of artful music that exists in a genre of its own, with cover and design created by Osamu Sato himself, this is a total work of art created by the artist who celebrates his 60th birthday in 2020. LP version comes on blue color vinyl.
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Musique Pour La Danse presents the long overdue Beauty Now For The Future (Lysergically United), an eight track album of personal favorites and forgotten pearls selected by DJ Morpheus, aka Samy Birnbach. Birnbach is a member of post punk/wave band Minimal Compact and was responsible for compiling the classic downtempo/ambient late '90s Freezone series on SSR Records (parent label of Crammed). The album comes with a free bonus CD mix, including tracks from the LP. Also includes liner notes written by Geert Sermon, aka Dr Vinyl, curator of the TSOB (The Sound Of Belgium) series. A timeless collection of unintentional psychedelic, post-everything, and pre-anything music with his one of a kind, unique, selector air. Features Die Hornissen, Fetus Production, Flue, Karel Fialka, Normil Hawaiians, The Del Byzanteens, Foreign Affair, and Band Apart.
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As the title subtly suggest, this has to be played loud! In recent days, the title tune (that FX mix) has been played recently by the usual suspects. A classic and strong 12" by Orlando Voorn under his Baruka moniker focusing on twisted funky Detroit techno sound with his special signature. A colorful release, first issued in 1994 and remastered for the 21st century.
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An absolutely gorgeous 12" by Orlando Voorn under his Baruka moniker focusing on ambient house/IDM and downtempo; think of the heyday of Black Dog, New Electronica, Artificial Intelligence, and Fat Cat Records shop, with Orlando's touch and a truly delicious acid line on "Circles." First released in 1994; remastered for the 21st century.
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Musique Pour La Danse present Coil's unreleased soundtrack for the VHS only, pre-internet, sexual education documentary entitled The Gay Man's Guide To Safer Sex released in 1992. Members for this project were John Balance, Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson, and Danny Hyde. The OST, to quote John Balance's interview for Compulsion Online, "is [a] slightly new age-y, progressive house type thing". Another way to approach it is as a delightful collection of Balearic beats, smoking jazz not far removed from Badalamenti's work with David Lynch, somewhat of an ambient house album for your home listening and early morning sunrise dances, Coil style. Taken from the original masters provided by Danny Hyde, The Gay Man's Guide To Safer Sex features a new sexy edit of the main theme. Bonus tracks "Nasa-Arab" and "Omlagus Garfungiloops" are taken from the 1992 CD-only release Stolen And Contaminated Songs, both being original versions of the radically reworked (for the OST) "Nasa-Arab 2" and "Exploding Frogs" in order to balance the whole album and extend the listening pleasure.
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LP version. Purple vinyl. Musique Pour La Danse present Coil's unreleased soundtrack for the VHS only, pre-internet, sexual education documentary entitled The Gay Man's Guide To Safer Sex released in 1992. Members for this project were John Balance, Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson, and Danny Hyde. The OST, to quote John Balance's interview for Compulsion Online, "is [a] slightly new age-y, progressive house type thing". Another way to approach it is as a delightful collection of Balearic beats, smoking jazz not far removed from Badalamenti's work with David Lynch, somewhat of an ambient house album for your home listening and early morning sunrise dances, Coil style. Taken from the original masters provided by Danny Hyde, The Gay Man's Guide To Safer Sex features a new sexy edit of the main theme. Bonus tracks "Nasa-Arab" and "Omlagus Garfungiloops" are taken from the 1992 CD-only release Stolen And Contaminated Songs, both being original versions of the radically reworked (for the OST) "Nasa-Arab 2" and "Exploding Frogs" in order to balance the whole album and extend the listening pleasure.
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Part One marks the first chapter in a completely remastered reissue campaign of the much sought-after Break The Limits project by Musique Pour La Danse. Break The Limits are Bay B Kane and Mister E, two East London underground pioneers who released pivotal and visionary EPs between 1990 and 1991. Together, they produced some of the most innovative music of the era, a blueprint for the emerging warehouse / hardcore / breakbeat scene in the UK. Part One has shades of deep house, techno bleeps, and breakbeat blended in an intuitive and innovative way.
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Musique Pour La Danse present the latest release in Orlando Voorn's never-ending Collected series, an anthology of music produced by one of the most original artists in the world of electronic dance music. This a classic 12", gathering two of his most successful tracks from '92 and '96 with six bonus loops. "In Da Jungle" by Playboy, is here presented in its epic and uncompromising ten minute underground version by another pioneering producer, Tom Middleton. Initially released in '92 on Kevin Saunderson's Detroit KMS imprint under his Fix alias, the track "Flash" is a fine, if not the finest example of machine funk!
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Side A is a reissue of the highly sought-after Disdain EP from 1988 by White House White. While it's the most straightforward new beat/EBM section of Musique Pour La Danse's collections, Dirk Desaever's sense of dramaturgy, his sound design, rhythmic patterns, and use of film samples create a dark and mysterious ambiance at odds with the smiley atmosphere prevalent in most contemporary new beat productions. On Side B, three previously unreleased tracks in a similar spirit to WHW's sound with a dark and sleazy atmosphere, elegant arrangements.
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Musique Pour La Danse presents its latest Collected anthology, the label's most ambitious release since an anthology of music by New Beat pioneer Ro Maron (MPD 001CD/LP, 2016). Label managers Olivier Ducret and Ed Isar have focused on another essential Belgian producer: Dirk Desaever, the man behind White House White, A Thunder Orchestra, and Danton's Voice. Some of his productions under these aliases have appeared in compilations such The Sound of Belgium (LMFLF 193CD, 2014), along with edits by Mick Wills and Marcel Dettman. What was initially supposed to be a simple reissue soon turned into a wider project, as Desaever shared heaps of amazing unreleased material. It seemed more interesting to shed light on the dark side of this producer's body of work, rather than to focus on content already reissued elsewhere. After listening to noisy tape rips over and over, Ducret and Isar opted to break this release into three formats, each with different content. They entrusted engineer Lorenzo Targhetta with remastering the music; it's impressive how much he managed to polish the sound without altering the unmistakable grain of music committed to cassette tape. All the music on this LP has never been heard before, except for a single tune released on a rare 7". The track selection and sequence is the result of Ducret & Isar closely listening to the many hours of material. The record can be approached as an imaginary album or even the soundtrack of a lost film or TV show. The idea was to tell a story about Desaever's music by highlighting its themes and variations. While some tunes can be imagined within a New Beat context, it's clear they were not created with clubs in mind. In fact, most of the material here is actually closer to minimal wave, synth wave and dark wave. With a certain gothic melancholia as the common thread running through the record, some tracks can only be described as lo-fi library music with a strong medieval reminiscence, others are closer to the wave aesthetic; a few could even be considered ambient. Desaever's house holds many rooms, each different from the other. After completing a grand tour of the mansion and seeing the bigger picture, it will become clear for listeners how truly unique this producer sounds, even compared with other Belgians from the '80s. Saved from oblivion and irremediable decay, the music on this LP is waiting to be played and listened as well as to inspire.
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Musique Pour La Danse releases a reissue of rare/cult record Super Nova's Planetary Invazion EP. Originally released by Infra in 1996, this is off-kilter EP should be filed under techno/ electro/Detroit but that also goes beyond these categories. Behind Super Nova is Nate Krafft, a producer from the midwest with a handful of releases under different aliases. The Planetary Invazion EP sees the artist explore uncharted territories, disregarding common dance floor tropes to instead take the listener to new and wonderful places.
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Musique Pour La Danse presents a double LP reissue of The Purple Universe, originally released in 1993 by Swiss duo Synectics (Marco Repetto and Stefan Riesen) on legendary braindance label Rephlex. Run by Richard D. James (Aphex Twin) and Grant Wilson-Claridge, this early release is one of Rephlex's best-kept secrets. The year is 1992. Electronic music is experiencing a golden age of sorts. Equipment, inspiration, people, and music are less and less tied to specific places and scenes. Repetto is driving in Bern, the car stereo locked on Radio Couleur 3. The Young Gods are being interviewed, and the pioneering Swiss industrial band mentions the word "psychedelic" enough times for the driver to take heed. Inspired by a magical performance by the same band, he decides to experiment by injecting a dose of psychedelia into his productions. The result is "The Final Moment", a 24-minute trip which began as a club track before turning into an ambient and yes, psychedelic tune, reminiscent of progressive rock forays but entirely synthetic. Repetto then meets Riesen, and the pair produce more tracks in the same vein. Some are resolutely geared towards the dance floor; others would not be out of place in a chill-out context. Demos are sent to labels with "The Final Moment" accidentally included in the package. Rephlex was enthused with all tracks on the release but was especially impressed by "The Final Moment" and released The Purple Universe soon after. This album is of course neither the first nor the only one to blend electronic music and psychedelia. However, its sincerity and candid approach are immensely touching, a reminder of the sort of naiveté and creativity prevalent in the pre-Internet era. It is ironic that a Swiss duo can be credited in part with writing the template for post-Detroit British techno, proto-IDM and braindance. But, it is not surprising either that this record was originally released by Rephlex, a very logical decision in hindsight. The Purple Universe is a versatile album, with a few club-ready bangers full of emotion, some more experimental cuts that feel both introspective and forward-thinking as well as "The Final Moment", a universe in itself and a masterpiece of sorts, an important artifact of a time where it became more and more obvious that electronic music and dance music did not have to be safe, straightforward or tame. Includes three tracks from original CD version, never available on vinyl before.
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Originally released in 1997. Cron is a project where Todd Sines focused on his long-running passion for electro music by exploring a specific set of machines composed of a Synton Vocoder SPX216, a Yamaha DX 100, and an Arp Avatar in a vibe completely different from his .xtrak alias or productions released under his own name. The record visual presentation was equally important as it features 3-D objects created by Todd Sines through intentional misuse of mathematical functions, creating unique forms and "scalable architectures". Six highly danceable futuristic electro tracks of deep, sharp-edged electric grooves and hypnotic warm cuts.
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180 gram, blue vinyl version. Originally released in 1997. Cron is a project where Todd Sines focused on his long-running passion for electro music by exploring a specific set of machines composed of a Synton Vocoder SPX216, a Yamaha DX 100, and an Arp Avatar in a vibe completely different from his .xtrak alias or productions released under his own name. The record visual presentation was equally important as it features 3-D objects created by Todd Sines through intentional misuse of mathematical functions, creating unique forms and "scalable architectures". Six highly danceable futuristic electro tracks of deep, sharp-edged electric grooves and hypnotic warm cuts.
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Musique Pour La Danse takes a short break from reissuing rare and essential music to bring you a selection of four new and exclusive tracks from the French underground entitled Equipe De Danse. Curated by label co-manager Ed Isar, a DJ and promoter active in the Paris underground since more than a decade, this EP brings together different producers and styles, highlighting the diversity and the creativity currently flowing through the French scene and providing DJs and ravers with quality tunes to work with and dance to. Features Automat, Cuften, Sina, and Raymond D Barre.
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Musique Pour La Danse reissue two classic tunes by Ro Maron's alias Le Mystère with long-time collaborator Ferre Baelen, as well as two tracks which were exclusive to his anthology and that have never been released elsewhere. The release comes with a drawing by Ro Maron himself, in typical Genth style (Rembert's hometown) as well as liner notes written by the one and only Geert Sermon from Brussels, the man behind The Sound Of Belgium compilations. Re-mastered from original masters by Frederic Stader at Music Matters Mastering, and cut on lacquers by Emil Berliner.
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Sole and epic 12" of Orlando Voorn under his Defence moniker. This little-known EP focuses on the producer's trancier side with a strong early '90s electronica/dream-like flavor. Released in 1994, this reissue has been remastered by former Dubplates and Mastering engineer Frederic Stader. Musique Pour La Dance is about collecting and archiving definitive and inestimably valuable works by key dance producers from the past and digging with them classic, hard-to-find, and unreleased gems.
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Musique Pour La Danse welcomes Brooklyn DJ Frankie Bones in presenting the release of two vinyl EPs in the long-lasting Bonesbreaks series, a collaboration with the artist-owned imprint, Bangin Music. Spinning records since the early '80s, Frankie Bones imported rave culture into the USA. His unique signature sound were the foundation of the rave movement in the whole USA. The legendary Bonesbreaks series started back in 1988 on Underworld Records. These two EPs provide eight classic cuts that will bring you back in time inside a sweaty hangar where fresh nasty stabs and acid hypnotic basslines rule the night.
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Musique Pour La Danse welcomes Brooklyn DJ Frankie Bones in presenting the release of two vinyl EPs in the long-lasting Bonesbreaks series, a collaboration with the artist-owned imprint, Bangin Music. Spinning records since the early '80s, Frankie Bones imported rave culture into the USA. His unique signature sound were the foundation of the rave movement in the whole USA. The legendary Bonesbreaks series started back in 1988 on Underworld Records. These two EPs provide eight classic cuts that will bring you back in time inside a sweaty hangar where fresh nasty stabs and acid hypnotic basslines rule the night.
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The second EP (of four) announcing the forthcoming Orlando Voorn Collected double CD that will showcase the best from the Dutch producer in his early days. This EP focuses on the early '91 rave side of Orlando Voorn, gathered on one slice of wax. Features work under his aliases Frequency and The Nighttripper. Four sure-shot thrilling techno classic and moving warehouse tracks for the most hardcore DJs.
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First EP (of four) released in advance of the double-CD Orlando Voorn anthology Collected, showcasing the best from the Dutch producer in his early days. This EP focuses on Voorn's housier side, with tracks from 1991-1996 originally released under the aliases Basic Bastard, Baruka, Designer Loops, and Dope Dog. Voorn started in the late '80s as a successful DMC DJ in the Netherlands; his unique early productions, with analog tweaks, funky beats, and cosmic chords, quickly attracted the attention of the likes of Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson, for whom he produced game-changing classics like Atkins's "Game One" and "Fix (as Flash)."
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