VA : East Volume Ginger" BUY HERE

EAST – „the new location for pleasure and nightlife in Hamburg” or simply “rooms that make you happy”.
It enriches Hamburgs gastronomy and nightlife scene and is an inspiration for designers from all over the world. With a fascinating location and a sophisticated gastronomy and hotel concept, EAST offers experiences for highest demands. It´s located in the centre of the city, in an old iron foundry, next to the famous Reeperbahn. The trendy hotspot EAST, which received some national awards, finished second at the European Design Awards and won the world wide announced Gold Key Award in New York, comes up with a new surprise: Its own EAST CD compilation.

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VA Le Café Abstrait Vol. 5" BUY HERE

With „the epilogue of a journey" Raphaël Marionneau releases the fifth album under the "le café abstrait" name. Ten years since the self named club project began in Hamburg`s Mojo Club, the "father of couch culture" presents his most electronic album yet. "the epilogue of a journey" is the last chapter of a journey which began in Hamburg ten years ago. One Wednesday evening in the autumn of 1996 "le café abstrait" premiered: what started as a familiar stop off point for aesthetes developed over the next few years into one of the most successful club projects in the city. "le café abstrait" was the pool of tranquillity in the frantic daily life of the metropolis: those who relaxed on one of the sofas, drank tea and listened to the music felt newborn afterwards. DJ Raphaël Marionneau , the founder of "le café abstrait" and labelled by the media as "the father of couch culture" has released four compilations of the same title up until now. In 2003 the mojo club closed – and so did "le café abstrait". However, from the original concept other "abstrait" projects have been conceived ("le classique abstrait", "le voyage abstrait" e.a. ) and the name of the club legend lives on through the compilations.

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Minus 8 - " Science Fiction Jazz Vol. 10" BUY HERE

As usual, for the 10th anniversary issue of the successful compilation series "Science Fiction Jazz", music freak Robert Jan Meyer a.k.a. Minus 8 applies all tracks for the primeness to the topical music scene. "Science Fiction Jazz" detects new trends, developed by future oriented artists. Again, the compilation creates new high-class standards. This time, Minus 8 takes you in a strong grip from the first track to the last and manages to keep on surprising you: you'll find smooth & jazzy bits, female vocals, Acid Jazz inspired songs, cool-cat New Jazz traces, Latin influences, Hip Hop beats, organ, sax and xylophone, airy guitars leading into a catchy Drum'n'Bass track, abstract sounds and intimate songs - a journey into a satisfying and inspiring universe of today's music production. Each listener will discover two amazing things. First: everyone will find his or her very special pearl. Second: the tracklisting is so smartly arranged, that you want to hear the compilation all over again.

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Martini Lizards "New York Bar" BUY HERE

Chill-out with cool classics - this exclusively selected blend of number 1 - hits and lounge style makes you feel tingly and excites you with a smooth erotic touch! The hits of Madonna, Prince, Michael Jackson etc presented in a breathtaking way turn every living-room into a big city bar and make you enjoy a fantastic late night trip with a hint of sex and cool drinks.

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Jazz Vibes "Lounge Selection" BUY HERE

Continuing where the 'Club Selection' left off, but taking things down a gear or two, here we take a further look at the influence 'Jazz Vibes' continue to have on credible producer, artists and labels alike. Although this one (as the name might suggest) does have more of a laidback, dark and smokey feel than its predecessor, don't let the 'lounge' tag mislead you too much, as this album still runs an impressively vibrant gauntlet between head nodding downtempo grooves, syncopate broken beats and evocatively cool deep house.