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TS 063EP
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This EP features 4 different studio sessions where Jay Haze shared an idea and a mixer board with fellow top-notch artists: Reboot, Brett Johnson, DJ Sneak and Ricardo Villalobos are all in combo here with analog equipment and the amazing vibration of the Ultradope Syndrome. Ultradope Syndrome was a legendary studio in Mitte, Berlin that has since been demolished in favor of yet another Berlin hotel, and with the demolition were found 4 bombs just dying to find their way to wax.
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TS 062EP
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SIS is an in-demand artist who shouts quietly at the world, "I'm here to stay!" With this 2-tracker, Tuning Spork proudly presents two deep and lusciously warm tracks that will find their way into your set, whether in a house or techno setting.
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TS 053EP
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Andreoni and Alessio Mereu team up yet again for another solid effort as Bunkers. One of their 3 EPs has already found itself at the top of Richie Hawtin's charts. From the swelling tension of "Holding Back," to the staccato onomatopoeia in "Please Say Whoo," to the swing-y and syncopated soul of "Back To Reality," it's clear that Bunkers have mastered the house tradition of tension, build-up and release. The melancholy "Coming And Going" is exclusive to this EP.
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TS 051EP
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Anthea & Celler present their third effort as a duo. "Down With G.O.D." is a chunky and forceful workout, fuelled by Jesus Juice, with a distorted bass bounce and vaporous dub overtones that will make the dancefloor speak in tongues. Then comes the remix from Jay Haze, where the deepness gets bumped up a notch with his trademark onslaught of snare drums. DJ Sneak concocts a bold blend with two parts percolating Chicago attitude and one part French filter house.
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TS 047EP
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Guido Schneider returns to Tuning Spork with more concoctions of haunted house music, adding layers of spooky atmosphere over thumping beats to cast a spell on the dancefloor. "Under Control" is a fresh slice of demented funk -- a combo of skittering percussion, moaning ghosts and atonal chimes. "Lay Lie Lay" features a heated match of ping-pong between poltergeist sea monkeys, recorded live from the abyss inside Keanu Reeves' skull during the filming of The Day The Earth Stood Still.
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TS 044EP
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Keeping Chicago's house heritage alive since the mid-'90s, Justin Long and Mazi Namvar DJ and co-produce as Wasted Chicago Youth. Justin runs Dotbleep (20:20 Vision's house imprint), while Mazi co-runs Fresh Meat (part of the Brique Rouge family). Chase The Devil features "Mars Or Bust," an onslaught of booms and snaps that juxtaposes dirty beats with precise edits, the fuzzy bounce of "Atomic Supermen," and the robust melodic interplay of "Love Thy Enemy." Made from 100% free-range, organic, not-from-concentrate funk.
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TS 043EP
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On Trapped In Dub, Alex Celler combines his usual tribal rhythms and techy beats, but not without some unusual elements added into the mix. The title track has a bit of Tuning Spork humor, with children chanting and clapping, punctuated by soul-brotha guitar hits. "Indalgo" is more restrained, with snappy beats countered by gentle chimes, and a pastiche of samples. "Luciola" features tumbling, punchy drums and a soaring synth melody that rounds out the EP with a buoyant tone.
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TS 041EP
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Jay Haze teams up with D:exter on I Can't Forget -- an homage to Mr. Lee's Chicago house classic -- with remixes from DJ Sneak, Abe Duque and Fuckpony. Jay Haze has always been inspired by Chicago house and his update of the 1987 Trax Records hit has become a favorite among DJs, distinguished by D:exter's soulful vocals. With these 4 new versions, several mutant strains of house music are present, from tech- to piano-led, to deranged acid.
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TS 039EP
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Berlin-based Belgian producers Sierra_Sam & Marcus Vector present D.I.Y. (Dumb Irresponsible Youth), their new house-oriented project. For this release, they've put aside their usual dark techno inclinations, opting instead for uninhibited house led by analog percussion sounds. "Pimp My Saw" is frenzied layers of toms, kicks, steel-drums and clicks. "Screw It Up" possesses classic build-up and tension, plus a hint of Latin finesse. "Hammer Of Love" is a shuffly balance between the organic and the artificial, with looming atmospheric ambience.
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TSULTRA 001EP
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Tuning Spork Records ventures away from its trademark funky house in exchange for something a little more unexpected. Comptine D'un Autre Été is Yann Tiersen's piano composition for the Amélie soundtrack, reconstructed for the dancefloor by Jay Haze. Tiersen's composition is tastefully manipulated into a track that makes sense in a club context, yet sets itself apart from the usual techno/house fare, providing a rare introspective moment on the dancefloor. One-sided white label release.
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TS 038EP
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Michal Ho returns to Tuning Spork for his first release of all new material since last fall's highly acclaimed Screw the Coffeemaker album. Michal is sticking to what he likes best: stripped-down, funk-infused club tracks. "Groove to Me" features Jamaican-born JonJon's soulful vocals chopped up and subverted into oblivion. "Bootyjazz" is underscored by a slinky descending bassline and interjections of sax synth, while "Jack It Out" has a more percussive swagger.
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TS 037EP
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Italian duo Minimono make their Tuning Spork vinyl debut with a sunny house groove. The original "Ratman" is bouncy and cheerful, but a bit off-kilter. The lead melody is sung by an actual rodent-human hybrid, and the ambient noise of a crowded room is integrated with house-y vibes. Next up is a more stripped-down version from Zander VT. Hugo's remix is full of his trademark cartoon violence. Finally, Jay Haze offers an understated interpretation with elements of string and flute.
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TS 034EP
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Based in Turin, Italy, Hugo has been releasing his productions since 2005, blending together the artificial and the organic, using tension and pacing for a powerful effect on the dancefloor. "The Sloop" is deeper and mellower. Inspired by the Sirens of Greek mythology, this track will attract everyone to the dancefloor with hypnotic buzzing, whispering voices, swooshes of acid, and even a taste of tribal with the bongos in the mix.
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TS 005CD
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This is Berlin-based Jay Haze's first full length album since 2005's, Love For A Strange World. It's hard to summarize Jay Haze's ever-diversifying ventures. He has had three club hits under his Fuckpony alias and singles released by Get Physical, BPitch Control, and Cocoon. As Sub Version, he and Michal Ho teamed up with Paul St. Hilaire for Soul Jazz's Box of Dub compilation, followed by a full length. He maintained the labels Contexterrior, Junion, and Futuredub, and he held a DJ residency at Fabric in London. This, of course, was in 2007 alone -- not including other numerous accomplishments since founding Tuning Spork in Philadelphia in 1999. Love & Beyond finds Jay exploring organic, funky sounds as much as hypnotic sci-fi territory. With this collection of all-new material, Jay has cemented his reputation as a studio master, equally skilled behind the decks as in the clubs. Featuring guest artists including D:exter, Lil Dirrty Ghetto Bastard and Ricardo Villalobos.
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TSXTRA 001EP
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Social Beings are label boss Jay Haze (Fuckpony/Bearback/Krak Street Boyz) and Ricardo Villalobos. Free Your Mind is an epic piece of sunburnt house music that is sure to blow many minds in the clubs, on the terraces, and on the beaches this summer. With this cut of tropical, euphoric, Ibizan house music, the best of the '90s are recreated. This is epic, magical, deep, Balearic house.
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TSB 003EP
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For this, the third Tuning Spork Blues Experiment, Signor Andreoni comes with four psychedelic house jams which mix a deep musical knowledge and background with an appetite for club freakouts. However, when you hear these tracks, you will also think that Signor Andreoni has been studying the darker art of house music. Inspired by legends like Miles Davis and modern day techno producers like Dandy Jack, Andreoni is forging wacked-out new house sounds, in the true spirit of jazz. This EP is no exception, and it shows why the likes of Ricardo Villalobos believe that Signor Andreoni is an amazing musician.
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TS 024EP
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Shyza Minelli is the first lady of Contexterior, and she sends many artists all over the world so that your local club does not suck anymore. But Shyza's charitable techno work doesn't end there, she also makes her own jams. Shyza returns to Tuning Spork after way too long with two dancefloor bombs that are primed and ready to explode on impact at clubs worldwide. You'll be used to 4 tracks on Tuning Spork 12s, but sometimes they find a groove so sweet that they have to give it longer to implant itself in your brain, and this is one of those times. Two different flavors, one on each side.
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TS 001CD
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The Tuning Spork label presents their first-ever CD compilation, featuring tracks from the past up to their current hits. This 10-track CD will take you on a nice little journey through the many different shades Tuning Spork has to offer -- hopefully introducing their impressionistic view of what is to come. It's been 7 long years! Seven years of constantly pushing boundaries, seven years of believing that there is a place for funk and humor within the ever-conceptualized minimal house/techno scene. This CD is dedicated to the most dedicated Tuning Spork artists: Dan Curtin (a man who needs no introduction, a man who has been working this genre for 15 years), Samim (one of the most prolific newcomers -- his brand of funk with the Samim and Michal project, his collaborative sleaze project with Jay Haze, Bearback, or his solo work with vocalist Lil Dirrty Ghetto Bastard prove he is a force not to be funked with -- but to be funked to), Michal Ho (a true-tested producer with his own distinguished sound, a man who is comfortable working many different genres and fusing influence from everywhere. The result is always something extremely enjoyable, with a touch of jack), Shyza Minelli (the first and only woman in the Tuningspork team, brings her view of how electro, old school and funk mix with sounds of the future -- by far the prettiest member of the family), B. aka Bjoern Hartmann (Bjoern, along with Jay Haze co-founded Tuningspork and Textone.org. His brand of quirk has seen its shares of headbobbing from Europe to Japan), Guido Schneider (probably the most exciting minimal producer of the year, bringing his organic funk-infected grooves to the masses in a big way) and Falko Brocksieper (one of the biggest surprises of the year -- a true master in dancefloor madness, whether it be for his own imprint Sub-Static or his many commissioned remixes). The conspiracy has finally been uncovered -- now that you know the secret, Tuning Spork asks you to love them back.
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TS 021EP
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"Michal Ho returns with a slick and bumping bomb for the Tuningspork masses! After his debut as a solo artist on the Frisky EP, Michal decided to keep to that same infectious, stripped-down vibe that immediately won over the hearts of such DJ/producers like Ricardo Villalobos, Richie Hawtin and Steve Bug. With this EP Michal drops things down a notch, and magically becomes an undercover-lover, with this new role in mind he decides to squirm it up with bleeps, beeps, squiggles and lots of jiggles. The end result is a minimal, bleepy, bumping house record sure to be rotating on many Technics 12"s."
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TS 020EP
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"After over a 2 year break, a move from Köln to lovely Berlin -- the newly relocated head of Sub Static and Karloff decided to drop the funkiest and biggest record of his career. We could not be happier about it! A perfect fit the label's ideals -- funked up, chunky beats, with enough bass to bend your face. Falko Brocksieper has had such a huge influence in the whole development of todays sound, this record shows that there is a clear reason as to why. Falko obscures himself in a world of analog madness, phat sounds that he meticulously sculpts, then passes them through the good ol' reverb to orgasmic effects."
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TS 018EP
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"After Samim's solo release it is only proper that Michal's first solo release on Tuning Spork will follow. The tall member of the dynamic duo that brought you such hits as 'She's Got the F' and 'Ripop' is wasting no time and bringing out the big guns. Four dance floor destroyers are compactly packed here ready to tear any club to pieces and make many ladies shake that booty. Even though Michal does not own a driver's license or possess any piloting skills he has a very advanced degree in creating ass shaking minimal booty house. Michal kicks the party into action with 'Kiss the Wasp.' A sex drippin' lick with a hypnotic vibe. Expect some more tricks and licks from this Zurich son as well as other wonderful releases from our sister labels Contexterrior and the ever mysterious Tuning Spork Family Affair."
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