Thumpers continue to bring in some of the most consistent releases to date. X Rated makes his second appearance after his frist went down an absolute treat. Expect more of the same!

This is the debut release on the new label from world renowned hit-makers and DJs, Phats & Small. Now this really is punk house! Veteran punks Bad Cabbage celebrate their silver jubilee with this radical, filthy house update of their �77 classic, having hooked up with fellow hedonists Phats & Small.

Pako & Frederik first caught our ears here at GU back in 1995 with their groundbreaking �Seaside Atmosphere� and �Magic Shop� 12" on Coded which was subsequently picked up by Sasha for Northern Exposure �Expeditions�, setting the Majestic boys firmly on the road to global success. They are currently working on an album including a collaboration with Jerry Bonham and have recently remixed for Fluid and Acetate. Originally released on Majestic Music, 'Western Approaches' developed into an underground classic, making it Majestic�s best ever selling single. Re-released with an acclaimed Evolution mix, the original version brought down to today�s BPM and two new interpretations by Pako & Frederik, this will mark Quad Communication and Coded�s 50th release�Remixers, Evolution, firmly in the limelight after the success of Walking On Fire on Bedrock, are on fine form. Hailed as �Their greatest remix for years� by Nick Warren, their Reworks Mix updates the original to the modern dancefloor whilst staying true to the original Majestic classic. Quad/Coded have recently completed a soundtrack for Electronic Arts for a Playstation 2 title called �Shox� expected to sell in excess of 500,000 copies. Co-promotional activities include a 100,000 promotional CD, MTV editorial on the label and web marketing aimed at over 10 million users of EA.com and Globalunderground.co.uk. Expect a roster and A & R policy that focuses on multiple single deals, developing into album projects by the end of the year. More focus on the deeper side of the Global Underground sound will leave more room for stable mate Quad Communications to run a more open minded musical policy.

The next two releases from Functional will be samplers for the forthcoming debut album from Spoon Wizard. Spoony asked four of his favorite producers to pick a track from �Believe or Suffer� and remix their choice. The end result is an interesting mix of styles, giving each of the tracks a different slant. FB015 see�s Florida�s Sensei giving the slowest track on the album �Seven�, a radical overhaul with their �Redesigned Mix� turning it into a bass fuelled monster. Bath�s Stabilizer picked Spooney�s first breaks track and the first release on Functional �Pantaloon� for one of the most original tracks he has produced to date.

Tough breaks � ruff.� � Andy Gardener (Plump DJs, Various)
�A rocks but B is also a very sexy tune�a bit Black Dog.� � Scanty (Various)
�Throbbing rocker that drops at the right doooo�s.� � Pressure Drop (Various)

Pied Piper make a welcome return to the fray with a brand new image and an update of the classic track X-Trax � Plan 94, which has gained legendary status after appearing on the 1st ever Northern Exposure CD mixed by Sasha and Digweed. Of the new mixes, Sasha has been caining both mixes of this as an exclusive over the past year. He has showcased the Northface mix twice last year at Homelands (he played in 2 tents!) and it received a rapturous reception. He has recently played both mixes of the track at his Airdrawndagger launch party at Bedrock in London. He has been actively pushing the track both in the UK and abroad on his Delta Heavy tour with Digweed and his album tour.

Nick Warren - "Love the weekend World Mix"
Pako and Frederick - "Wicked Production Will be Caining This"
Hernan Catteneo - "Two Top Tracks Maximum Support from me"
Chris Gainer - "Love Weekend World Mix"
Kasey Taylor - "Love Both Tracks"
Pete Bromley - "Quality Melodic Music"

Nebula are responsible for big chart crossover dance tracks from the likes of DJ Tiësto and 4 Strings. The label has a strong fan base and now a good retail presence from a top 15 and two top twenty hits this year. Les Hemstock, Chris Jennings and renowned international DJ John �OO� Fleming have produced two original tracks. 'Nazarean' is a middle-eastern themed vocal cut and 'Arizona' is a more tribal power trance cut sampling native Americans. Rumoured to be working with Paul Van Dyk, Hemstock & Jennings are producers to watch in 2003. John Fleming�s profile continues to grow after his outstanding remix of Energy 52's 'Caf� Del Mar'. As Featured on 'Best Club Anthems', 'Cream Future Trance Ibiza' and 'Trancemasters'.

This record features remixes from one of today�s best producers, Josh Wink. Josh has recently been in top form on remixes for FC Kahuna, Oakenfold, TM, and Alexander Kowalski. Wink is also riding high on the success of one of this summer's top 10 club smashes.. 'Superfreak (Freak)'. Written and produced by John Wicks (of Gypsy fame on Shaboom) an old friend of the Ovum camp, having co-produced the critically acclaimed Sylk 130 album 'When The Funk Hits The Fan'. Featuring the voice of Tanja Dixon (also featured on Sylk 130's first album), 'What U Mean To Me' utilizes Mr Wicks' superb musical talents and once again brings Ovum Recordings back to the forefront of deep house music. Wink works a 303 attack on Ms Dixon�s sultry vocals and builds and breaks the track up to maximum energetic effect.

DJ Salez previously released his Soundworks Vol. 1 & 2 on Avanti (Black Hole subsidiary), and DJ Cor Fijneman used to work together with DJ Tiësto on hits such as Theme from Norefjell and Sparkles. Lattitude is a mid tempo, tribal, progessive-influenced track with techy chord lines, inspired by the Twisted sound.Black Mamba is an extension of Lattitude but much more trance influenced, with a pumping rhythm.

Mechanism burst back onto the scene with an absolute showstopper! Andro (aka Baki Gabor) is a young Hungarian house producer whose credentials include tunes on established labels such as Work (pioneering Dutch Label) and ultra cool underground label Autoporno. �Can�t Deny� is a typically moody, tribal, 3am workout. Hypnotic grooves and spooky vox effects makes it a fantastically trippy affair that is sure to move the world's cooler floors. 'Magma' however is a completely different offering. A true progressive track in every sense. From its warm �deep house� opening the track swiftly moves through some clever rocking tribal percussion and sensual layering until the listener is teased, which can only be described as �euphoric floaty synths�, until its final crescendo where all elements come together in one beautiful movement. This will destroy all floors - guaranteed.

Coda return with a housey number that has a twisted funky feel. Mark Shimmon and Bernie Hurst have remixed for a wide variety of artists including BT and Thomas Penton. Bernie Hurst is currently producing projects for Red Jerry (Hooj) and Pete Wardman. On the first disc, Chris Cargo has produced a dark and chunky tech-house remix that uses the most sinister parts of the vocal to full effect. Chris had had a number of successful releases on Choo-Choo and has remixed for a variety of underground record labels including Immersed, SOG, and Red N Raw Grooves. Chris DJs regularly at Lush, The Kitchen and Turnmills. On disc 2 we have remixes by DJ Hyper and SanProject. DJ Hyper has released breakbeat compilations on labels such as Distinct�ive and Bedrock. He runs his own record label, Kilowatt Recordings, DJs monthly at Bedrock in the �breaks� room, and has also remixed with Dylan Rhymes for a wide variety of labels including Whole Nine Yards. SanProject are DJ San and Roland K from Holland. DJ San regularly spins at The Kremlin in Amsterdam and the Extrema club nights and festivals in Holland. DJ San�s �Janeiro� under the name Solid Sessions was included on Jimmy Van M�s Bedrock compilation (twice).

Latino house with a very good loop and non-stop growing tension; produced and mixed by Terry & Gregg for Ohm Productions. In the early 90s, Terry launched, along with Vito 'Junior Jack' Lucente, a deep house concept on the Noise Traxx label under the pseudonyms of Latino Brothers, Kaf'e & Mr Jack. They scored a lot of club hits and their titles were licensed to several countries. Terry also issued the Underground Dance Grooves Comps. Vols 1-4 featuring producers including Todd Terry, Armand Van Helden and Grant Nelson, but also artists as Fayleine Brown, Colonel Abrams and many others. Terry has also worked with Geraldine Hunt, singer from Chicago and, as a result, they became famous all over the world in 1992 with the title 'Can't Fake The Feeling'. To this day, he is well-known as an international DJ producer, specialised in bringing new dope US house into Europe.

"Mauro Picotto returns in his CRW guise with another belter! I originally had this on TP towards the start of the year, but Nukleuz and BXR held back on the release in order to get the package right, and that's exactly what they've done here. Nice vocals from Veronika, laid over the beautiful guitar based melody and you've got something for everyone here. Me personally? I've been starting a few of my sets recently with the Lost Witness mix, which combines the best of the original with some top synthesised stab lines, adding to the euphoria. Nice!"

Paul Kershaw - Galaxy 102.2

Tom Harding is headline DJ at the massive Dance Valley, Impulz, 4 Elements and HQ events in Holland, where he regularly competes with the likes of Carl Cox and DJ Tiësto for the coveted 'Best DJ' award in Holland. Obviously a DJ and producer very much in the ascendancy (he's just signed to the Nukleuz DJ Agency), we're delighted to bring you his new single on Recover. 'We're Back' is Tom's collaboration with Chris Hampshire from Interflow Sounds and we're treated to a driving hard dance number that expertly fuses trance and hard house elements to devastating effect - skills that Tom certainly knows a thing or two about! Simon Eve provides the remix action, adding an infectious groove before unleashing a killer lead riff during the breakdown. DJ support has come from across the board, ranging from Andy Farley and Lisa Lashes "works well on the dancefloor!" through to Colin Tevendale and Trevor Reilly "fuckin' awesome!" The Simon Eve remix is featured on the forthcoming Tidy Trax Insomnia 3 album, and glowing reviews are forthcoming in Muzik, Ministry, DJ and M8 magazines amongst others.

Robert Michael is one half of London tribalists T-Total. This is his first solo release and is already being caned by Danny Tenaglia, Steve Lawler, Jo Mills, Tom Stephan and Boy George off 5 CD-Rs given out last month! Steve Lawler likes it so much, he has just commissioned material from Robert for Harlem!As T-Total, Robert has remixed everyone from Apollo 440 to Danny Tenaglia and Cevin Fisher to Armin van Buuren. �The Voyage� is a dark tribal twisted affair with a vocal sample to send you over the edge and that bass heavy sound that T-Total have become known for. �Grow Up� on the flip is slightly tuffer with a more European feel. This looks like it's gonna be one of Southeast's biggest records for ages!

Brooklyn born producer / DJ Peter Presta has recorded close to 250 records for nearly every top major and independent label around the globe ... a long history that includes clubbing , DJing , traveling and once owning his own record store has made this 31 year old quite a name for himself as well as his own record label, �Apple Jaxx�. From Danny Tenaglia, Moby, Amber and The Backstreet Boys to the Jungle Brothers, Peter's remixes have turned the beats around for club-goers worldwide as well as his self produced international hit 'Everybody Over There" on �Masters At Work�. Engineered by Danny Tenaglia�s engineer, 'Nu Chant' is a hard, tough Lawler/Tenaglia style tribal/progressive work out that is already finding favour with DJs on the other side of the pond. Tough drums, big basslines, pulsating rhythm, minimal vocal effects. This is Saturday night 3am �in yer face� clubbing, as it should be.

Retek launched with a clear mission statement to offer a new direction in hard dance with the 'Tec It' debut single that featured a rip-roaring Paul Glazby remix, and here the Retek team return with another timely dose of cutting edge hard dance. 'Africaine' is the work of the versatile Jon Rundell and Sam Reeve of Kaktai fame, and the duo blend hard house and techno elements with African drums and mysterious chants to create a genre-defying slab of heavyweight dancefloor material with an experimental edge. Nick Sentience provides the remix on this occasion, and his pulsating production reworks the original in fine style, carefully layering elements so that the track charges like a runaway freight train by its peak. Once again it appears as though Retek have hit the spot while daring to be different, with Radio 1 airplay coming from Fergie, heavyweight DJ support from the likes of Paul Glazby, BK ("hammering both mixes"), Lisa Lashes ("real underground feel"), and Anne Savage. Also included on the Tidy Trax Insomnia 3 compilation, plus excellent reviews in Ministry, Muzik, DJ and M8 magazines.

Having worked together on Salome's album 'Mystic Maah', Holmes Ives took a track back in to the studio and emerged with 'Mystic Roya'. Both harbouring a passion for the fusion of east and west in their music, their collaboration has already produced 'Desire' picked up by Renaissance in the UK. Salome and Ives have already found a good deal of support coming their way from the likes of Deep Dish and John Digweed and it looks set to be a partnership that continues to produce a distinctive blend of eastern and westerns influences in deep, intoxicating melodies and house music of the highest quality. Holmes Ives, also known as Memnon, OVA and Perceptual Outer Dimensions is a Washington DC based producer, composer and remixer having previously remixed BT and Moby amongst others. Renound for stripping a track down to its core and reproducing a focused, ear catching sound, once again Holmes Ives delivers having last year released 'Luminous' on Bedrock, he returns with a fine house track blending a range of influences to produce an exotic deep, intoxicating groove. An eastern etched cut of the highest quality, 'Mystic Roya' is an awesome journey in music. Showing what it's all about, the drums drop in and lift you up as keyboards stab the atmosphere and a hazy vocal drifts in and out over the top along with haunting eastern instuments. Building to a blissful climax before throwing the deep low end back in the mix to really kick things off on the dance floor, Salome & Ives produce an awesome deep number, injected with real energy and strong dance floor feel in these remixes from Holmes Ives.

Three track sampler from Virgin�s successful Xfm Remix album series, featuring rare and hard to find remixed tracks from The Cure, The Prodigy and Dot Allison. Representing breaks (Hybrid), drum �n� bass (DJ Hype) and electroclash house (Felix Da Housecat) all three remixers are the top in their genre.

The first release from Roger Sanchez�s new label, Stealth. Future releases on the label include a Release Yourself mix album based on his Pacha Ibiza nights and successful radio show on Kiss FM, which is syndicated right across Europe to over 2 million people. Also expect singles from ATFC, Jeremy Sylvester and Tom De Neef. The Vibe Residents are a DJ/Production/Remix duo comprised of DJ Meri and P. Julm from Estonia. They are better known as Rulers Of The Deep. The two met in 1998 when they were chosen to become the resident DJs for the most talked about event in Estonia 'VIBE'. This gave them a whole new opportunity of sharing nights with DJs and artists such as Josh Wink, King Britt, Roger Sanchez, and the list goes on. They have remixed the likes of chart topping Shakedown's 'At Night', KOT's 'Finally', ATFC's 'Sleep Talk', IL Padrinos feat Jocelyn Brown's 'That�s How Good Your Love Is' and Mambana's 'No Reason'. Their sound ranges from deep to tribal and dark. �Temptation� delivers deep vibes, heavy percussion tinged tribal beats and a very seductive accapella.