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Label/Cat#: Balance Music Switzerland – BAL 013D
Year: 1 December, 2014
Source: WEB
Format: mp3
Quality: 320 kbps
Size: 501 MB
Genre: Electronic
Style: Tech House, Techno

Tracklist:
1. Various – Balance Presents (Kolsch continuous mix) (1:15:03)
2. Galaxy 2 Galaxy – Journey Of The Dragons (6:43)
3. Pional – Itas All Over (John Talabotas Stripped remix) (8:32)
4. Danny Daze – Freeze (Frozen mix) (8:11)
5. Patrice Baumel – Mile High Gang (7:12)
6. Henrik Schwarz – Lockstep (7:39)
7. Minilogue – Endlessness (11:37)
8. Radiohead – Videotape (4:42)
9. Dhumen – No More (6:39)
10. Kolsch – Punchbuggy (6:22)
11. Adrian Hour – Chordgresion (6:54)
12. Odd Parents – Learn To Fly (Maceo Plex Flight Home remix) (8:27)
13. Hinz & Ruhmhardt – Panther (8:11)
14. Kolsch feat Waa Industry – Papageno (7:38)
15. Kenny Larkin – Plankton (8:57)
16. Caribou – Canat Do Without You (Tale Of Us/Mano Le Tough remix) (7:36)
17. Karl Friedrich – Bodies (8:49)
18. Dantiez Saunderson/John Norman – Stuck In My Mind (Soukervalli remix) (6:15)
19. Coldplay – A Sky Full Of Stars (Kolsch remix) (9:21)
20. Audion feat Troels Abrahamsen – Dem Howl (Joris Voorn mix) (7:35)

Kölsch’s bold decision to bring melody, riffs and colour back to techno – in a time when the vogue has been leaning more towards the industrial and dubbed-out once again – has paid off in a big way. Ever the visionary, KOMPAKT’s Michael Mayer signed him for the first of several releases on his Speicher imprint back in 2010, culminating in his stunning debut album 1977 last year. With everyone from Seth Troxler to Axwell playing his unmistakable epics, his appeal is uniquely broad – combining the accessibility of strong melodies with the incisiveness of boundary-pushing techno. This positioning makes for a truly riveting Balance mix.

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Artist: Danny Tenaglia
Title Of Album: Balance 025 Unmixed
Year Of Release: 2014
Label: Balance – informal
Genre: Techno
Quality: MP3
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Total Time: 04:35:20
Total Size: 623 mb

Tracklist:
CD1:
01. 04LM – Tragicaller 05:54
02. Ugo Carrano – GBass 07:11
03. Reboot – Banging Ear Drum 11:28
04. Talismann – Zula 07:35
05. Cowboy Rhythmbox – Shake 05:13
06. Ø [Phase] – Dirtro II 06:40
07. MRI – Es Geht Um Mehr 07:33
08. Hot Since 82 – Planes & Trains (Dosem Remix) 06:42
09. Kernel Key – Out of Body Experience 07:19
10. Gabriel D’or & Bordoy – Element 84 (Alex Under Remix) 06:50
11. Sanys – Dominance 06:43
12. Tom Laws – The Yellow Enemy 08:35
13. Pherox feat. Lee Curtiss – Black Copy 07:49
14. Nicole Moudaber – Movin’ On 07:44
15. Mancini (ManJas) – What I Think (Yamen & Eda Remix) 06:44
16. Basement Jaxx – Mermaid of Salinas (Michel Cleis Isla Dub) 07:09
17. Thomas Schumacher – I’ll Do You (Original) 08:44
18. Dadub – Existence (Kangding Ray Remix) 07:33

CD2:
01. Architectural – Architectural 4.1 08:15
02. Funkndy – Station (Original Mix) 07:54
03. Regis – Cold Water (Substance Version) 08:26
04. The Yellowheads – Red Light District 05:06
05. Antigone – The Melody 06:41
06. Antigone – The Time Merchant 06:46
07. Lewis Fautzi – Binary (Oscar Mulero Remix) 06:48
08. Dax J – Dreamscape 06:55
09. H.O – Deletion 3 (Original) 06:53
10. Gregor Tresher – Nightcolors (Garnier Without The B Devotions Remix) 09:52
11. Herva – Snow and Clouds 06:33
12. 2 AM/FM – Acid Planes 13:00
13. Svreca – Overgang (Oscar Mulero Remix) 06:06
14. Attemporal – ATT9 (Craig McWhinney Remix) 07:14
15. Spear – Cognitive Dissonance (Miki Craven Remix) 11:38
16. Brian Sanhaji – Datalogger (Jonas Kopp Remix v1) 07:30
17. Sin Sin – Grounded 08:37
18. Exploit – UFO 07:41

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Label: Balance
Catalog#: BL15
Release date: 01-01-2013
Source: Vinyl
Format: MP3
Quality: 320 kbps
Size: 52 mb
Genre: Electronic
Style: Deep House

Tracklist:
A1 – GSM’s Life (MLIU Dub)
A2 – Spaceman Funk (O.G. Mix)* (*co-produced with K.One)
B1 – Le Voyage (Module Mix)
B2 – Not Another Shouts

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Label: Balance
Release date: 25-11-2013
Source: 2CD DJ Mix
Format: MP3
Quality: 320 kbps
Size: 342 mb
Genre: Electronic
Style: House, Progressive House

Tracklist:
That Mix:
01. Essay – Find You (Desolate’s Get Together Mix)
02. Four Tet – Lion (Jamie XX remix)
03. Lady Blacktronika – Song Of Love Overdue
04. Ivano Tetelepta – Smokin’ G
05. Michael Mayer – Mantasy (Will Saul & October Mix)
06. The Mole – Our Time Has Come
07. The Mole – A Daily Affair
08. Joakim – Another Light
09. Jimpster – Porchlight And Rocking Chairs (KiNK Remix)
10. Sisterhood – Call Me Ishmael
11. Robot Needs Oil – Mood Swings (Simon Garcia Remix)
12. Ian Pooley – I Got You (Matthias Vogt Remix)
13. Nicco – Its Over (Oxia Remix)
14. A.W.O.L. – The Ramp
15. Alland Byallo – A Red Dilemma (Brooks Mosher Spirit Box remix)
16. Axel Boman – Look What You’ve Done To Me

This Mix:
01. Maricopa – Neon Shoals
02. Campion – Ekul (Soul Renegades remix) [Audio Parallax Records]
03. Shur-I-Kan – One Ten
04. Sixth Avenue Express – Can’t Stop Feelin’ (Deep Sound Express Dub)
05. Seva K – Falling (Original Mix)
06. Durerstuben – Haeckls Kosmos
07. Chopstick & Johnjon ft. Signaljacker – Roots (Original Instrumental Mix)
08. Le Loup – Brotherland (Daze Maxim’s remix)
09. Rompante – Save Me From This Kaos
10. Kaltehand / Natasha Waters – Pages (Ewan Pearson Remix)
11. Crimea X – Yev (Prins Thomas Diskomiks remix)
12. Crimea X – Dream is Gone (Prins Thomas Diskomiks remix)
13. Jagwar Ma – Four
14. Sandrien – Haters

Danny Howells doesn’t fit into the standard dance music paradigms. With a reputation as “the DJs’ DJ”, he has remained stoic in the face of ever-shifting trends and fads in dance music since he broke through into the global house music consciousness in the late-’90s. He doesn’t churn out productions to “remain relevant”, instead only releasing music as and when inspiration strikes. He’s not a publicity hungry, social media devotee. He’s not someone who feels the need to reinvent himself with new monikers or side projects, nor someone who aggressively pursues a maxxed-out DJ’ing schedule. Quietly ploughing his way through the house music continuum, he has remained one of the world’s most captivating selectors precisely because of these organic means. That and his impeccable selection, distinctive style and silky mixing, of course.

Balance 024 comes as a long-awaited next chapter in his illustrious cannon of timeless compilations that have proven the calling card of his career. His numerous Global Underground volumes, Renaissance mixes and more besides have found a fond place in many a clubbers’ home listening collection, earning him a legendary reputation as one of the best musical storytellers in the electronic world. His first freeform mix compilation proper since 2008 – aside from a Dig Deeper label compendium – it represents one of the year’s most exciting and anticipated releases.

“It wasn’t an intentional hiatus” Danny says of his absence from the compilation game that largely broke his name. “I was focusing on my label for a while. I do like having a nice gap between albums though as it allows me to really stockpile the tracks I love so much. It’s nice when you come to compile and you’ve got your favourite tunes from the last few years to pick from. I had a brief discussion with Balance a few years back so knew (hoped!) that a release was possibly still on the cards, so since then I was always semi-consciously thinking about the tracks I was buying and playing that I thought would be suited to an album. I’m talking about tracks that don’t really age, and that mainly have some kind of soulful edge… gorgeous subtle melodies and so on. When the album idea was confirmed earlier this year it just boiled down to me filtering all those tracks I’d hoarded, making sure I focused on the ones that still did something to me, even after God knows how many listens.”

Howells wears his heart on his musical sleeve at all times, favouring a sense of emotion and drama as his modus operandi rather than sticking to a certain genre or style. ‘That Mix’ (CD1) begins by harking back to the ethereal sounds of the legendary Northern Exposure compilations with Desolate’s haunting remix of rising talent Essay, a variety of broken beats seguing across these first tracks. Jamie xx’s dusty rhythms skip towards some vintage sounding super deep tech house, again taking us back to Howells’ early years in the spotlight. Will Saul & October’s brooding techno locks horns with Michael Mayer’s euphoric class, The Mole’s loose funk luring us towards Joakim’s gently uplifting chimes and KiNK’s glorious rework of Jimpster. Sisterhood’s arpeggios glisten and Matthias Voigt adds drama to Ian Pooley’s juicy groove before these sorrowful strains give way to the joyous tones of Oxia and AWOL. As the mix threatens to go bigger still, we’re reined in with a hypnotic slice of Axel Boman to bring the mix to rest.

‘This Mix’ (CD2) begins with the Balearic tingle of Maricopa, a theme continuing into the fist-pumping pianos of Shur-I-Kan and the lazy nu disco funk of Deep Sound Express tackling Sixth Avenue Express. Seva K and Durerstuben continue the mesmerising combination of delectable bass and heavenly melody, the grooves toughening up as the pulsing melody of Chopstick & Johnjon provides a moment of intense beauty. Daze Maxim’s remix of Le Loup takes things darker and trippier, Rompante raising the intensity with tough incessant snare patterns and pounding kicks next. Ewan Pearson takes the mix to a giddy peak with his expansive re-rub of Kaltehand & Natasha Waters, a double helping of Prins Thomas keeping the melodic intensity burning. Jagwar Ma’s acid trip throwback soars towards the end of the mix, leaving it to Sandrien to reach climax with an impeccable 303 vs 808-style jam.

As ever, Howells’ mixing is impeccable throughout – unnoticeable in its harmony and subtlety, each track taking on a piece of the previous one, like relay runners passing on the baton. Putting together this mix was not simply a case of sitting in a dark room sifting through a load of tracks. His travels and experiences of recent years are all filtered into it, with manifold inspirations distilled therein. “Glastonbury had a huge impact on me this year and I used some of my time there to work on ideas for this mix” he says, seemingly nonchalant to the fact that it’s the last place on earth most of us would ever think about doing anything remotely labelled ‘work’. “I filled an old iPod with as many of my “shortlist” tracks as I could find and listened to them whenever I was in my camper van. I decided I really wanted to use The Mole’s tracks and the Will Saul remix one morning when the sun was rising and we’d all had a bit of a “moment” up on the hill.” The dedication that’s gone into this mix and the humanity Howells has sprinkled all over it make for a hugely satisfying return to the compilation game from a man who should be considered one of the UK’s national treasures.

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Label: Balance Music
Catalog#: BAL009D
Source: WEB
Release date: 15-07-2013
Format: mp3
Quality: 320 kbps
Size: 410 MB
Genre: Electronic
Style: House, Progressive House, Tech House

Tracklist:
01. VA – Balance Presents Guy J (Continuous DJ Mix By Guy J) (01:17:42)

02. DJ Yellow – No One Gets Left Behind (Guy J Remix) (07:46)
03. Roger Martinez – Menthol Raga (Guy J Remix) (09:36)
04. Henry Saiz – Santa Fe (Guy J Remix) (07:42)
05. APM001 – Migrants (Guy J Edit – Radio Slave Acappella) (07:36)
06. Juan Deminicis – Once Upon A Time (Guy J Remix) (08:01)
07. Navar – Phases Of Grief (Guy J Remix) (06:44)
08. Pavel Petrov – Fever (Guy J Edit – Pezzner Remix) (07:46)
09. DJ T – City Life (Feat Cari Golden – Acappella) (05:41)
10. Lanoiraude – Waitin’ (Charles Webster Missive Sounds Remix) (05:57)
11. Dactilar – Day One (Guy J Remix) (03:54)
12. Echomen – Perpetual (Guy J Remix) (08:15)
13. Guy Mantzur – Im Your Country (Guy J Remix) (09:09)
14. Way Out West – Killa (Guy J Remix) (06:10)
15. Robert Babicz – Duba (Guy J Remix) (08:25)

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Label: Balance
Catalog#: BAL008CD
Release date: 30-05-2013
Source: CD, DJ Mix, Compilation
Format: MP3
Quality: 320 kbps
Size: 323 mb
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno, House

Tracklist:
CD1 – White Skies

1. Radio Slave – Leaving Home… The Elevator Experience
2. DJ Bone – Change (Changeapella)
3. Stephan G & The Persuader – Kaos
4. Julian Perez – Road to Dub
5. Delano Smith – Inspiration (Reconstructed by Makam)
6. Frost – Da Drop Suri (Rhadoo Edit)
7. Pooley & Parker – Lurchen Und Eulen (Radio Slave mix)
8. Jeremy – Rhythmus
9. Brommage Dub – Untitled (Dub One)
10. Timeline feat. Jon Dixon & DeSean Jones – Ghosts of Graystone
11. Vadim Svoboda – Pattern 18
12. Nina Kraviz – Choices (Fred P Reshape)
13. No Smoke – Koro Koro (Dub)
14. Brotherhood – Memorial Smith
15. Sandy Rivera – Liquid Interlude w/ Joe Claussell – Animation (Unchainedpella Joe Claussell mix)
16. Melchior Productions – Descendants
17. Radio Slave – Tantakatan (Prins Thomas Diskomiks)
18. Larry Heard – First Call In The Morning
19. Radio Slave – Lincoln Boulevard

CD2 – Maestros and Memories Part 1 & 2

1. Radio Slave – Coming Home… Sunday Night Flights
2. Ryuichi Sakamoto – Only Love Can Conquer Hate
3. Vincent I. Watson – Hidden Behind the Eyes
4. The Machine – Continental Drift (Joe Claussell Re-interpretation)
5. Skooby Laposky – Lighthouse (Theo Parrish mix)
6. Slum Village – One (Instrumental)
7. Jay Dee – B.B.E. (Big Booty Express) (Instrumental w/ Vox)
8. Linda Law – All The Night
9. Quiet Village – Cant Be Beat
10. D.S. – Additional Elements
11. Portico Quartet – Laker Boo
12. Herbie Hancock – Nobu
13. Software – Present Voice
14. Radio Slave – U Bahn… Next Stop Panorama Bar?

Matt ‘Radio Slave’ Edwards is one of electronic music’s true experimentalists; a man rooted in house and techno whose oeuvre reaches much farther beyond. From the downtempo gloss of his Quiet Village project to a half-hour-long remix of Diddy to the audio-visual soundscape immersions of The Machine, he continually strives to push his music forward and keep himself on his toes. It’s this dedication to progression and eclecticism that imbues his 4/4 grooves with such texture and depth, something that runs equally through the releases on his acclaimed REKIDS imprint.

His concoction for Balance comes in two distinct parts, its 33 tracks marking a stark contrast to the stripped-back simplicity of his fabric 48 mix. “The idea of a double disc is something that totally suits me down to the ground” he explains. “I’m interested in so many types of music. So with the Balance compilation I knew I’d have to take one mix in a clubbier direction and then the second disc would be all about showcasing tracks from my favourite producers and creating an environment for home listening that isn’t just wallpaper.” He cites Future Sound Of London’s Kiss FM sessions and DJ Harvey’s Sarcastic as inspirational DJ mixes, both visionaries in their own way.

Although it’s not immediately palpable, this mix is imbued with a sense of emotion that came from a turbulent few months for Edwards, making it a more personal musical account than your average mix CD. “This year has been a really tough one so far. I had a minor operation in January which went wrong and what was supposed to be a simple procedure turned into a real nightmare. I had to take 6 weeks off work, cancel a tour to the USA and I couldn’t do anything but hope for a speedy recovery. I also split with my girlfriend and had a huge fight with a best friend which is so not me. It was a series of events that seemed totally out of control and it really threw me off balance. So, it meant I had to delay working on this project, but I still believe the end product might be even better due to the earlier events of the year. Emotions and experience are so important for me as an artist and I believe I work best when I need to lose myself in my work and immerse myself in music.”

Disc 1 – sub-titled White Skies – begins with a dash of found sound, taken from Edwards’ daily routine, segueing into the emotive strains of DJ Bone’s Change accapella. Stephan G & The Persuader’s 1997 roller Kaos begins the groove, with dainty melody shimmering subtly atop a throbbing, deep bassline. We soon find ourselves in familiar Radio Slave territory – deep, swirling techno and off-kilter chugging tech house. “This is really where my head is right now when it comes to club music and I wanted to compile a selection of music that I play in clubs and that really shouts quality and has a sense of hopefully being timeless. For me so much dance music these days is either replicating the past – like this currently mid-‘90s New Jersey revival – or made to be played and then replaced by the next fix, and I’m at a point where I still believe house and techno is about the future. Sure I love the odd disco edit but these days I wanna hear forward thinking music.”

Dystopian grooves characterise Disc 1’s first half, fragments of otherworldliness permeating his rolling, hypnotic grooves. It’s in the backwards pianos of his remix of Ian Pooley & Spencer Parker’s Lurchen und Eulen and the warped, distorted and dubby stabs of Svek’s Brommage Dub (another ‘97 gem). Timeline’s Ghosts Of Greystone jets into space from a Detroit launchpad, joining the dots between techno and jazz, and we’re gradually drawn into more organic sounds via the hazy keys of Fred P’s remix of Nina Kraviz’s Voices and to long-forgotten late-’80s afro-house from No Smoke.

Rasta vocals on Brotherhood’s Memorial Smith give way to a handful of classic and classically styled house tracks, reminding us why Edwards was chosen to curate a Strictly Rhythm compilation a few years ago. This uplifting crescendo concludes with Prins Thomas whipping up Edwards’ Tantakatan into a rousing Balearic anthem, and Larry Heard’s sumptuous First Call Of The Morning giving a Muzak-inflected nod to our selector’s laidback work of years gone by. “’White Skies’ is a snapshot of a night out with me ”he says, “starting with my infamous lift and ending with the sounds of Lincoln Boulevard. The tracks within could be spaced over a 6-hour session at the Panorama Bar so this is a very condensed set and I just wanted to include some of my classics, some unreleased secret weapons and it’s a mix that I’m sure would entertain my friends at an after party.”

Disc 2 travels through the deeper recesses of his record collection, soaking up ambient, downtempo and experimental flavours that are bound by a sense of majesty, melody and atmosphere. If ‘White Skies’ is Edwards as Radio Slave in Panoramabar mode, ‘Maestros & Memories’ is him entertaining the eventual crack-on, more akin to his Quiet Village / The Machine expeditions. “I had the idea of doing a commercially available mix like this for a long time and I’m so happy that Balance were able to license the tracks. Tracks like Slum Village’s One is an all time favourite and was such an inspiration to me and I’m not sure if a lot of people know this one. Also being able to use the Sakamoto track from Babel was crucial in the way I wanted to express a mix that was ambient but had tension and movement. And as with all mixes, with the limitations in time I wanted to take the listener through my record collection.”

Beatless soundscapes eschew in the mix’s beginnings before we emerge at the hazy, treacly beats of Theo Parrish remixing Skooby Laposky’s Lighthouse and the abrupt piano twinkles and stomping beats of the aforementioned Slum Village track. Low-slung funk carries us through the next phase, into the illustrious Balearic disco glamour of Linda Law’s All The Night from 1978 and the sumptuous strings of his Quiet Village beaut Can’t Be Beat. It’s into bleeps and bass next with a vintage F-Communications workout from D.S., then sombre contemporary jazz from Portico Quartet’s Laker Boo before Edwards cleverly segueways into Herbie Hancock’s seminal, minimalist 1974 workout NoBu – one of the earlier meetings of synths and jazz. The classic, ethereal twinkling of Software’s lush Present Voice rounds off this engrossing collection, with a final snippet of a week in the life of Radio Slave serving as an audial bookend to the proceedings.

“I’m constantly trying to always find the right balance of music for DJing and dig that bit deeper” concludes Edwards. “I hear so many underground DJs who think they’re so cool but they don’t even scratch the surface, and it makes me crazy as these people make so much money out the scene but don’t invest anything back. So with the Balance CD I wanted to bring something different to the mixing desk.” With this masterful, perfectly judged collection of tracks from five decades of record collecting, he has undoubtedly succeeded in presenting a vision that’s a million miles away from the generic sounds filling up so many ‘floors in this day and age.

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Label: Balance Music
Catalog#: BAL007CD
Source: WEB
Release date: 25-102-2013
Format: mp3
Quality: 320 kbps
Size: 360 MB
Genre: Electronic
Style: House, Tech House, Electronic

Tracklist:
01. Charles Webster – Butterfly
02. Glimpse & Martin Dawson – Our Friends Electric
03. Burnin’ Tears – Got A Reason
04. Lake Powell – More Or Less
05. YokoO – Blinded
06. Steffi – Sadness
07. Silicone Soul – One Thing
08. Burnin’ Tears – How I Feel
09. Ian Pooley – Compurhythm
10. Sam Wallace – Echelon
11. Jozif – BT’s 3
12. Jozif – BT’s 5
13. Rob Shields – Slum Room