Afrotraxx brings us a deep house outing written and produced by Eric Powa B & Herve Letor.Eric Powa.B (Leader of Blast �N� Powa) started DJ-ing in the �80s and has just finished his first album �Blast'n'Powa presents Mangorama�, a kind of tribal-funky-jazz, under his own label Afro Traxx (a sub-label of Follow Up.)

Vance Musgrove is yet another addition to the rapidly expanding roster of new Australian talent. Hailing from Canberra, Vance is yet to break 20 years old and without doubt has an exciting future ahead of him. Spotted on a recent DJ gig by Vapour boss Kasey Taylor, he was quickly signed up and flown down to Melbourne to add the finishing touches to this superb debut single. The A-side original mix is a musical piece that flows incredibly well from start to finish. Gorgeous pads float around some techy-elements making this version perfect for those early set moments. The flip side sees Aussie legends Traveller & Quest turn in a monster. Toughening things up and stripping the original elements down to a minimum they have created a peak-time dancefloor driver that just doesn't let up. This track has been licensed to the Parks & Wilson comp 'Painting on Silence'.

Produced by Junior Jack and Kid Creme, this is the second volume of Junior Jack's Latin Project. If you liked Maphia Ltd., you will love Private Tools. Tool 1 is one of the best latino house track you will hear this year. Junior Jack has always been keen to spread his love for all 'sexy' things with dancefloors worldwide. In its original mix format, this latino beauty will put a gentle bounce on your dance floor and just like 'Thrill Me', the break is a builder. Beats are excellent, you can feel the Kid Creme's touch.

More deep house bizness from Afro Traxx - last in the Astrolounge series from Eric Powa B.

Deep progressive tune from Swiss producer DJ Gogo. The track has already been licensed to Anthony Pappa�s �Resolution� compilation.

Groovy deep and rolling house is what this track is all about as label boss Tobi Wirz has signed Swedish outfit Minilogue after a fierce bidding war with several other UK based labels. The A-side original mix funks along in a semi-tribal way with a thunderous bass-line before dropping into a dirty synth stabbing break. Atmospheric and very classy to say the least. Tobi under his Greed guise has created a more housey remix that sits perfectly on the B side. Licensed to Pako & Frederik's 'Essential Dance' and Max Graham's forthcoming 'Hope Recordings� mix CD.

Spinnin Records takes you back to 1993, the year Jaco van Rijswijk gave birth to the 'Forerunner', the track that has been responsible for the international succes of NBG. From Carl Cox to Judge Jules every single DJ has that classic somewhere in his box! Now we are proud to present the follow up - NBG�s ForeRunner Pt2! This double twelve inch is soooo superb that every single DJ is on the case again!

Tone Depth has remixed this Desert Rave classic produced by the legendary Desert Rave promoter/DJ, DJ Brian. In its original form, this track was a classic at these events and featured on the DJ Brian 'Desert Rave' Series. These 2 new Tone Depth remixes update it for the new millenium. It's a deep throbbing progressive track that has the bassline pulsing by the end. The Morning Mix is an uptempo slightly progressive trancer, using live instruments created for the original.

John returns after a short break to give you this tasty two-tracker, Annihilation and Dirty Flange. Annihilation is quite possibly John�s best production to date. It builds with phat percussion, a punchy kick drum dropping in some saucy stabs and cut up pieces of the riff before dropping into the bass. It then builds with more percussion and pieces of the riff teasing you all the way to the break. In the breakdown the main riff filters in over the squelchy riff and builds into mayhem and then a nice little drop into the vocal before kicking back in again.

ManMadeMan are highly respected producers in the international trance party scene with past single releases on Matsuri and Flying Rhino, who released their acclaimed debut album, Love Technology. Transient are proud to present their new album, Cell Division, containing Eight brand new tracks that showcase their ability to produce, encompassing a wide variety of styles & influences.

Tracklisting: 1. Single Cell
2. Palladium
3. Gather Info
4. And All That
5. Get Up The Beat
6. Subway
7. Amuzin
8. Cell Division
9. Breeze

Fat City Recordings have been compiling exceptional compilations for the past four years, starting with their Mystic Brew series compiled by people like Mark Rae (Rae & Christian) Mr Scruff (Ninja Tune) Andy Votel (Twisted Nerve.) 45 Kings features 12 outstanding selections from Liverpool�s infamous collector, Christian McBride. Here he focuses on the move to a more discofied groove within the funk genre creating what many would call �Boogie tunes� which takes us up to 1977 in our series. Any lovers of Keb Darge�s Legendary Deep Funk series or DJ Shadow / Cut Chemists �Brainfreeze� selections will surely drop to their knees for this compilation.

Tracklisting:

1. FUNKY JUNGLE � SWEET PROMISE
2. FUNK MACHINE � GARRY DAVIS
3. SING A HAPPY FUNKY SONG � MIZ DAVIS
4. SLOW AND FUNKY � FURMAN & JOHNSON
5. DO IT NICE & EASY � EDDIE DRENNON
6. GET DOWN WITH IT � CASHMERE
7. I CAN DO IT � LOUISE FREEMAN
8. EXCEEDIN HEADACHE- THE TRUTH
9. TWO TIMIN LADY � BRASS CONSTRUCTION
10. YOU MADE YOUR BED � RUEBEN HOWELL
11. EARTHQUAKE PT 1 � BRAND NEW
12. THIS FEELING PT 1 � JULIUS BROCKINGTON

Altitude check in with a massive progressive / trance hit! It has had nothing but positive reactions from all over the world and is currently being caned by all the major players such as Judge Jules, Matt Vinyl, Armin van Buren and DJ Ti�sto. It is THE song that makes the Crowd go WILD with a fantastic bassline, great synths and of course that fabulous sample. This is one record that the world will not forget! Already licensed to Essence of Trance, Trance Ultimate Collection Vol.1 2002

These are the new 2002 house mixes of the club classic Waterfall. A lot of people are still looking for this record and therefore the full 12 inch Original trance mix is also on the B-Side.

'It�s in my Head' is the first of many releases that are forthcoming on Tidy Trax and Untidy Trax. The original is what you would expect from the newly crowned kings of funky combining a head mashing swinging bass line, memorable vocal samples and mad quirky off-beat sounds that really give this track some character. On the remix we have the 'Mad Dog' himself Paul Maddox, delivering another quality interpretation. Paul gives the track a bit more of a hard house touch but at the same time he keeps the funky swing that the original has. He uses the vocal to great effect and adds a swinging riff that will be a crowd pleaser on the harder floors.

Arriving from Germany where it�s currently the hottest piece of plastic around, Dariush�s �IRA� was snapped up by Nukleuz records an hour before Ministry of Sound arrived on the artist�s doorstep with a suitcase full of money! Having been rinsed by Paul van Dyk, Mark Spoon, Sven Vath and the entire German A-list this is a record that will redefine Nukleuz records. Think punk rock meets Timo Maas or the Chemical Brothers and you're halfway there � an ice-cold groove is serenaded by a distorted hook line big enough to catch Moby Dick with loads of raucous shouting thrown in for good measure. Techno legend Pascal F.E.O.S. loved it so much he did his own remix that appears on the flip. This is the festival anthem of 2002!

This tune is set to be the biggest release to date for the label, having gained anthemic support from all of the biggest jocks in the world. This is good old fashioned euphoric trance, that we have been recently missing. It takes you back to lost summers in Ibiza during the height of the trance heyday and is reminiscent of setting suns at Café Del Mar and of 20,000 clubbers with their hands in the air at Amnesia. Both mixes provide a feeling of total euphoria, something that has been currently lacking in the music scene of late and reminds you that trance never died, its just hibernated for a while. Well now its back to full effect and expect more of it!

Amato Distribution is proud to present the first single release from new exclusive label Copasetik. Copasetik are an established label who present fantastic urban music for the masses encompassing genres such as hip hop, leftfield and drum & bass. They have an established roster of artists including Flightcrank (Leeroy Thornhill ex-Prodigy), Peanut Butter Wolf (San Fran Producer) and Terranova, to name but a few. DTE is the creation of PiM Aldridge and John Rosheuvel, musicians of the ever-changing world of UK Two Step Garage. Whilst signed to Jon Sexton Management, PiM got involved working and co-producing with his fellow stable mate Alex Reece on genre smash hits such as �Pulp Fiction�. He then formed the group �The Original Playboys� with Alex Reece with releases on Gilles Peterson�s Talkin� Loud label, as well as Mo Wax and seminal techno label R&S Records. PiM then went solo with releases on the historic drum & bass label �All Good Vinyl� as well as producing soul-2-soul diva Kym Mazelle. DTE was initiated when John & PiM became bored with the way the D&B scene had deflated and began with the creation of their fresher sound as DTE. The B-Side Capricorn 72 is a pure dancefloor assault with spins on many 2 Step Dancefloors and radio stations. Garage heads and old school drum & bass heads alike will be guaranteed spinning this one for months to come.

Oli has produced tracks like Futurescope that are tearing dance floors around the world at the moment, largely due to massive support form the likes of Andy Farley. This track offers something a little different: it's on more of the hard, funky trance side of the fence, with big synth stabs and a melodic break down that makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck.

After the massive impact caused by Symphony of Strings � �Don�t Want Your Love�, this brand new label from the Netherlands is coming on strong with this damaging 12 inch. This summerbreezin� dance anthem will be one to watch out for and one to keep in your record case for a while.

Here we have another House classic with a brand new flavour added on top of it�s original mix. Phat beats and drifting strings will take the crowd on a journey through the essence of house music and blow the roof straight of the building!

Ilogik returns with a remix of a classic Elasticman anthem from back in the early days. 'Make It Happen' was the track that firmly established the label within the scene and carved out Ilogik�s domination of the midlands and the north. The original mix is pounding and frantic with its sweeping basslines and melodic riff paterns. The infectious vocal it uses leaves you humming away as the track crashes along. The remix features the high profile Pants & Corset. Their mix brings the track up to date and is definitely the sound of now, keep ing all the oroginal elements they manage to combine some fresh and unique sounds.

�After a short sabbatical, Fuju (one of the hottest new dance labels of last year) returns for 2002 with the second release by Mainframe. Last year Mainframe �Mainframe� introduced Matt Thomas�s project to the masses and found favour with discerning DJs across the board and 'Blue� looks set to follow suit. Matt�s on a bit of a roll at the moment with five essential new tunes as King Unique/Dirty towards the end of last year, including Mutiny's 'The Virus', as well as their debut Junior release, 'Dirty', which was surely one of the biggest club records of 2001. 'Blue' is an awesome follow up to �Mainframe�, another piece of dancefloor devastation.

Produced by two mysterious Italian chaps, Minimal Funk's �Definition of House� first rocketed onto the radar when the rather influential Danny Tenaglia picked the track for his Global Underground mix. A peaktime old skool dancefloor moment with seismic repercussions: there is nowhere to hide when this one drops! For the Junior release, the original of Definition of House was given a re-edit by Matthew Roberts, which has in turn been re-edited by Rocky. Confused? The reaction of the dancefloor needs little explanation. Already licensed to numerous compilations as well as being a cdr special for Jo Mills at Circo Loco/DC10 and X-Press-2 on their global travels this track has all the hallmarks for greatness. It's been �Essential New Tune� on Pete Tong�s show as well as being played 8 times by the man himself and is also being championed by Norman Cook, Pete Heller, Cass and Slide, Clive Henry, Satoshie Tomie, etc.

The Ministry of Sound hard dance affiliated label returns with an absolute corker of a track. These are dancefloor records for serious dance floor action DJs. The vocal provides an anthemia angle and does it full justice. Both mixes have featured heavily on Dave Pearce�s dance anthems show as well as plays from Fergie on the Essential Selection mixes he has recently done, as well as gaining major support from all the top jocks such as the Judge and Tall Paul.

Following on from his massive selling collaboration with Fabio MC, Mario Piu� turns out the stunning new track entitled �Sensation�. There are 3 completely different mixes with each suiting a different mood.The Sensation Mix is a typical uplifting commercial BXR UK track with a tough kickdrum, uplifting riff with key changes in the break and cheeky lead noises that will take any dance floor by storm. The Evolution Mix is a tougher tech trance mix with shuffling percussion, driving kick drum, industrial style lead sounds and short effective building breaks that pack a serious dance floor punch.The Mas Mix is similar to the �Invaders� track Mario made with Fabio MC with pounding kick drum, filtered percussion and industrial sounding drops. A definite anthem for techno heads as it is relentless from start to finish.

What happens when you put Einstein's brain inside the head of a studio engineer and put him in a studio with the guys responsible for Symphony of Strings � Don�t want your love? You�ll get a absolute masterpiece from Hollan'ds finest! This time Liquid brings you a 8 minute eargasm with all the ingredients needed for the perfect prime-time tune on those wheels of steel.

Jon the Dentist makes his debut on the label and certainly doesn�t disappoint. The two tracks featured on this release are two very uplifting pieces of trance. Both are being heavily supported by some of the biggest trance and radio jocks. Previously Jon was known for his tougher end of trance, fusing this with hard house elements to make a mouthwatering offering. These releases lead him to remix and produce for Tidy Trax and Nukleuz. These days he is concentrating on the more melodic and euphoric side of the sound and is gaining major interest from the likes of Sony and Credence. Having previously signed 'No One Driving' to Sony, these tracks continue in a similar vein.

The world�s number one hard house club continues to showcase its sound through its excellent Frantic label. With previous releases from the likes of Andy Farley, Organ Donors, Ed Real and Defective Audio the project has come to represent the best hard-edged music going. This time around, Frantic resident James Lawson (one half of the Edison Factor) engineers two stunning tracks from Frantic�s original dynamic duo, Phil Reynolds and Spencer Freeland. Both DJs have released records on labels such as Nukleuz, Tripoli, Mohawk, Impact etc over their illustrious careers and now they debut the sound of the future on the mother label.

The A side has the throbbing bass bursting through the minimal arrangement and the energy of the track is plain to see. DJ Zebulon aka Antoine Clamaran, usually known for his funky/tribal house displays his darker, harder side to devastating effect. The AA side is heavily percussive with inventive builds and breakdowns - this mix twists and turns around a high pitched chunky bassline. Kaygee�s third remix for OTR, following his own EP, continues to blend the boundaries of hard house and techno. Having been christened �Nu-Tech�, his sound is growing ever popular with music fans looking for something new and exciting.