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Artist: Alejandro Mosso Title: Nightwalker Label: Airdrop Records Format: 12″ Cat. No: AD 022 Release Date: Nov. 1st 2012 A. Nightwalker (Original Mix) B. Nightwalker (LoSoul Remix) DECKS / JUNO / DEEJAY

The last time Alejandro Mosso released one of his original productions on Airdrop, he was still operating under his Funzion alias. Released in April 2008 and designed with Franco Cinelli, the Singa*Pure EP left a distinctive footprint on many wooden and concrete floors.

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Artist: Leonel Castillo Title: Natural / Artificial Label: Groovear Format: 12″ Only Cat. No: GRV 02 Release Date: 29th October 2012 Tracklist: A. Natural – Original Mix B. Artificial – Original Mix

The 2nd edition of Leonel Castillo’s own Groovear label keeps the groove running into deep wax – with “Natural” and “Artificial“, two original unreleased numbers, on which Leonel develops yet again two very different aspects of his production, from jacking to proto house. DECKS / JUNO / DEEJAY

Mysterious cult figure, Leonel Castillo is the best-kept secret the Argentine electronic music scene has brought forward so far. An icon and at the same time virtually unknown, Leonel is one of the most prominent Latin American talents. A stylistic chameleon and an ultra talented jack of all trades, he is hard to pinpoint, and even harder to categorize. Surfacing wherever it takes the vanguard talent, he’s been releasing music as Leonel Castillo and under various monikers – Arnold Slab, Boeing or Unknown Artista are some of his aliases – on labels as diverse as the legendary Estatus Discos, or Telegraph, Ilian Tape, Airdrop, Greener, Sushitech and of course on his own imprint, Groovear.

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November will mark the debut European tour for Leonel Castillo. Mysterious cult figure, he is the best-kept secret the Argentine electronic music scene has brought forward so far.

Surfacing wherever it takes the vanguard talent, Leonel Castillo has been releasing music on labels as diverse as Sushitech, Classic, !K7, Telegraph, Ilian Tape and of course on his own imprint, Groovear.

Constantly reinventing himself, Leonel manages to present his musical talent in an even more refined context after each performance or record outing. He will be presenting his work this winter in Europe:

30.11 – Airdrop @ Horst, Berlin w/ DJ Deep, Paulo
04.12 – Vesvese, Istanbul
07.12 – Rex Club, Paris w/ Delano Smith
08.12 – City Hall, Barcelone
15.12 – Sushitech @ Wilde Renate, Berlin w/ Thomas Melchior
30.12 – Tresor, Berlin w/ Agnes, Agaric
…full schedule to be announced soon.

Artist: Funkalicious James Title: The Take Off EP Label: Airdrop Records Format: 12″ Cat. No: AD 021 Release Date: 30th June 2012 Tracklist: A1. Call On Groove (Original Mix) A2. Broken Hips (Original Mix) B1. Call On Groove (John Spring Remix) B2. Broken Hips (Douze Ltd. Remix)

Soul Clap – “Broken Hips takes me back to Aquarius Records, thank you James for keeping the disco-loop tradition alive! Grip Ya HIPSSSS.”
Till von Sein – “DOPE ep! Digging both of the originals and the Douze remix a lot. Big up!!”
Jimpster – “Nice release! Will be trying the originals out for sure. Nice work!!”
Chopstick – “Love Airdrop releases!! All 4 tracks are well produced!!”
Le Loup – “Full support for my man! Funkalicious James in da house!!”
Laura Jones – “John Spring’s remix is the big one here. Great rework! Will play. Thx!”

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Funkalicious James is one half of disco-house super-duo Childhood ‘87, along with his old pal Le Loup. Their “Caught Up” edit on Airdrop’s Aux-Rec imprint back in January 2010 got some mouths talking and feet sliding.

Funkalicious James is now back with his debut solo EP and Airdrop is really glad to bring it to you on vinyl today. The Parisian born producer prepared two explosive cuts for his A-side, starting things mellow with “Call On Groove” and speeding it up a notch on “Broken Hips“.

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This Friday, we will be announcing our upcoming record by Alejandro Mosso, kindly remixed by Losoul at Berlin’s Weekend… see you on the floor! ===== Friday, August 24th. 2012 – 23:59 AD 022 Release / Nightwalker EP w/ Losoul Alejandro Mosso – live Paulo Weekend Alexanderstr. 7 Berlin Mitte

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Following what has been one of our favorite record to plot, plan and release ever – AUX 05 / Exos / With-The Re-Edited – we are very proud to bring you 120 minutes and 70 tracks mixed in perfectly by the Icelandic master himself. Exos wrote the following words along with the mix:

“In ‘97, I heard Thor’s new record… “Class Of ‘96″, produced under the name “Flow Machine”. Thule Musik was full of life and guys like Biogen, Ozy, Plastik (Yagya), Cold, Thor, Vector, and myself were making deepdubbyminimal experiments like there was no tomorrow… I made this mix with some of the tracks I was listening to at this time, between ‘96-’99. Hope u enjoy the mix.” –– view the entire tracklist after the jump…

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Sat, Aug. 11th. 2012 AIRDROP LABEL SHOWCASE Sundae, Paris / 15:00 – 23:00 DARIA cadenza – ch FUNKALICIOUS JAMES airdrop, aux-rec – fr FRITZ & LANG – live airdrop, silver network – fr PAULO airdrop, aux-rec – fr CELINE sundae – fr

Artist: Various Artists Title: T.T Edits Label: Aux-Rec Format: 12″ Only Cat. No: AUX 06 Release: 18th July 2012 Tracklist: A. Leonel Castillo – When You’re Jumpin’ B1. Franco Cinelli – Watch This! B2. Sloe Clap – Havana Breeze

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Agoria – “Yes!! I am fully into this selection! Good job from everyone here.”
Cassius – “Played the original sooooo many times. Super cool rework from Leonel!!”
The Revenge – “YUP! Watch This! Is definitely doin it here!! Great edit!”
Matthew Dear – “The Havana Breeze edit from Sloe Clap is GREAT!!! 5/5!”
Gerd – “WOW… That edit of Jumpin’ from Leonel is soooo HEAVY!!”
Martinez Brothers – “It’s Cinelli again… bringin the heat!!! ☺ Excellent edit!”
Joris Voorn – “RAW house grooves throughout! LOVE Watch This!!”

Our 6th edition is a humble tribute to one New York pioneer, who helped write the definition and meaning of House Music. It is a record that came together spontaneously, the original Master At Work being one of the most foundational influence in our musical field, any respectable producer will sample him the way he himself sampled hip-hop, funk and disco.

Argentine house maestros Leonel Castillo and Franco Cinelli take their hats off, selecting a few legendary productions each, blending them into stomping jumbomixes that come along with heavy consequence on the dancefloor.

Boston-duo Soul Clap once had a studio date with Droog member Justin Sloe and thought about a serious dilemma, how could we make heated warmth… even warmer? They decided to call onto Sloe Clap to bring a solution to the enigma, working on the hotter remix of a sufficiently burning track, boiling it down to its bare naked essence… to be sipped by the pool – in case of fire!