Freestyle Man has compiled another Nightstarter compilation and this time he´s gotten 4 exclusive tunes as well included in the package. And what a blast it will be, Martin Dawson, Sasse, Phonogenic and the debut from Geelong Breakfast Club, a boy group combo of Dave DK, Sasse and our Melbourne buddy Mike Buhl.

Here´s the video to “On My Mind” - another journey into 90s NYC influenced house but with a modern twist. Enjoy.

Freestyle Man presents Nightstarter 8 is available August 4th.

Sasha Funke  playing Penner+Muder´s “Let Me Music Play”  taken from their debut album “Same Monkeys Different Zoo” out now on Moodmusic Records!

We´re celebrating the release of the Penner+Muder album, “Same Monkey´s Different Zoo”, at Berlin´s premier Weekend Club on Saturday 31.7.2010.

The duo will play live and present exclusive material from the album as well their recent remixes for Tiefschwarz and Jerk House Connection on Defected.

Penner+Muder are known for their low-slung take on deep house with a great sensibility to vocals and their debut album is out now on Moodmusic Records.

The night is supported by djs Sasse & Pierre Estienne

Weekend Club
Alexanderplatz 5
10178 Berlin

doors open 23

press/guestlist requests - promo@moodmusicrecords.com

The nice people at Amoeba Music interviewed Penner+Muder for their new album release and what´s ticking right now for the group.

check it out here

Penner+Muder - Same Monkeys Different Zoo is out now

We are proud to present the debut album from Penner+Muder. The current hit Presence Of Another Man, on our sister label Wazi Wazi, has showed their talent in reduced grooves and sublime textures, and the album is definately keeping that vibe alive.

With a relationship that blossomed from a purely-for-fun session at Suol Studios in East-Berlin in 2007 Nils Penner and John Muder have, with just a handful of productions and live sets, developed a reputation for real quality.

Balancing melody with groove, melancholy with uplift and dancefloor sensibilities with a home listening vibe is a rare feat but Penner & Muder have pulled it off and have done so with a heavily song based album, a true testament to the talent here.

…going to be one of the big albums 2010… - De:Bug

…proving their undeniable talent as producers… - Ibiza voice

…an album that will reward the listener as it breeds familiarity. Superb. - 4 clubbers

…house music at its most deep and beautiful. Listen and learn. - DJ-mag

available now at: deejay *juno *whatpeopleplay *beatport *amazon

Listen to album here

The good guys at Traxsource are featuring Moodmusic this week in their label profile feature !

Traxsource is the nr 1 joint in the US for Deep House and we like it ! Support !

check it out here!

Filipsson & Lindblad aka Holmar Filipsson & Klas Sasse Lindblad gained some well deserved recognition in 2009 with their debut studio album „Splendor In The Grass“ on NANG Records (UK). Their fine mix between contemporary electronics and discofied elements gained a solid support within the dj community.

Now they duo is back with another cosmic journey into early 90s NYC house with „Reflections“ with a little help on keyboards from the jazz instrumentalist Dave Warrin who has released music on legendary labels such as Large, i! Records, Naked, Ubiquity and Nite Grooves, and amongst other things, co-wrote Lisa Shaw hit “Always” and was the band leader of the legendary San Francisco acid jazz pioneers Slide Five.

„Reflections“ was born on a lazy afternoon in NYC with Holmar & Sasse laying some ideas down for their now defunct Mr Negative project. Many moons after the song appeared on various playlists and dj sets and eventually became ripe for a release in 2010.

For remix duties our good friends Alex Prat and Isao Kumano from Tokyo Black Star sprinkled some love on to the arrangement and the end result is a fine mixture of boogie funk house music, as we know from the charismatic duos debut album „Black Ships“ on Innervisions.

The Rubadub takes a journey into modern NYC house grooves, showing the song in another context, with Holmar adding some chanting vocals in the break.

The Sunday Afternoon Mix takes another journey into mid tempo grooves, with an added piano and guitar giving more room to the groove for those perfect sundowners !

Support by Jimpster, Alexi Delano, Varoslav, KiNK, Deetron, Rob Mello, Jim Rivers, Nick Harris, Tim Sweeney, Llorca, Dj Deep, Ian Pooley, Ramon Tapia, Alland Byallo, Dairmount and more…

Reflections is out July 21st

Sasse presents One For Oscar EP (VIEW010) by Room With a View

Sasse and Room With A View has joined forces for a special EP on the excellent label ran by our old friend Dairmount. Remixes comes courtesy of &Me and Paskal, check it out !

The new Nick Chacona single, The Fear Remixes, featuring the lovely Kathy Diamond on vocals is featured on xlr8r.com - check it out here

Single is out now on digital formats thru *junodownload *whatpeopleplay *beatport

Taken from Nick Chacona ́s debut album “Love In The Middle” on Moodmusic, The Fear was the standout track with the sultry vocals from Kathy Diamond and the low-slung production from NYC based Chacona.

We ́ve taken Nicks favourite producers to redo the boogie monster and what a package it is. Beg To Differ builds an massive anthem with their piano led mix, taking the disco tingled NYC vibe and bringin it to the future.

Münich based Bostro Pesopeo takes an early proto-house approach and turn the tune into MK influenced late night (or early how you look at it) burner with a wicked to top things off. Barcelona based Swedes, Gegenheimer & Jenius takes a stroll into Detroit influenced house with enough emotion and carefully chosen deepness to roll any floor into peaceful bliss. .

Slovenian born Sare Havlicek tackles his analog synth arsenal and creates a monster italo vibe known from his releases on Tirk sister label Nang and we do love it.

Last but not least Nicks partner in crime, Anthony Mansfield creates a modern disco roller with house vibes and some amazing analog bass for an up tempo take on the vocals

available now at juno

1. Chordelia (Original)
2. Chordelia (Sasse Remix)
3. Chordelia (Mihai Popviciu Remix)
4. Start Again
5. Move On

Lemon Popsicle, Adrian from Wuppertal, Wollion from Cologne and Sandrino from Berlin, have witnessed amazing international success, with remixes and productions on the world’s finest deep house and tech labels like Yellow Tail, Dieb Audio, Rebirth, Brown Eyed Boyz, BluFin, ALiVE, Sprout and Night Drive Music – and now we are happy to welcome the production trio to Moodmusic with one of their finest moments so far.

Chordelia caught the ear of Sasse in early 2010 and has since been a favourite on his gigs, bridging the sounds between deep house and more detroit orientated sounds with it ́s rolling chords and immaculate production, kickin all the right spots on the floor.

For remixes Sasse decided to take the vibe to early Guidance territory with an added twist of modern groove, building an 11 minute chugger.

Michai Popoviciu builds a modern roller , packing the meat where the phat is with ultra crispy beats and a murder bass line, he surely is on top of his game !
Additionally we have 2 more original productions from the guys, Start Again showing their musical paths of deep house and Move On bringing the floor abilities to new levels.

Selected Feedback:
Nic Fanciulli - very nice thanks
Luciano - thank you !
John Digweeg - Good stuff
Martin Eyerer - Mihais rmx works for me. Sasses also did a nice job!
Timo Maas - original and sasse for me
Gruber & Nürnberg - Really nice EP! Our favourites are Chordelia and Popoviciu RMX…full support!
catz n dogz - Chordella orginal is perfect summer tune! yay
Llorca - lovin the Sasse Remix of chordelia… will play this !!
Shur-I-Kan - nice, sasse mix is my fav
Steve Bug - i like the mihai remix!
Jim Rivers - great EP, Move One my fave but all strong

Here´s a new deep joint from Sasse, perfect for those Sunday Afternoon Barbecue sessions in the park. Enjoy.

Moodmusic Podcast 6-2010 - Sunday Afternoon Barbecue Mix by Sasse

We´ve created a Facebook page for Moodmusic so if you fancy updates, news and special goodies, please join us !

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After the storming success of “Presence Of Another Man” by Penner+Muder, the Moodmusic sister label, Wazi Wazi is proud to present the new Freestyle Man single, As The Morning Comes !

Coming in Original and Dub mixes the EP is complemented with the Wazi Wazi Theme, an excursion into the mind of Freestyle Man in his deepest mode.

Reminiscenting his early work on Sähkö/Puu from mid 90s, As The Morning comes has been supported by top class djs like Seth Troxler, Raresh, Charles Webster, Mathias Kaden, Jimpster, Ashley Beedle, C-Rock, Till von Sein and Marco Resmann among other.

The single is out now on Beatport

Please check Wazi Wazi Music here

The Sasse & James Flavour single “The Right Way” is out now on all formats - get your copy now !

Support by Motorcitydrumensemble, Nic Fanciulli, Sebo K, Gorge, Jimpster, Varoslav, Alexi Delano, Ashley Beedle, Laurent Garnier, Mandy, Kruse & Nürnberg and many more…

from Beatport

from Web Records

from Whatpeopleplay

After the current hit “Who ́s In The House” on Dirt Crew Recordings, Sasse & James Flavour continue the assault on the floors with another bomb on Moodmusic.

The Right Way was born on a long Tuesday night session at Sasses BlackHead Studios in Berlin with mountains of Beer and Chips to keep the vibes alive.

The original is starting the EP with dirty, pushing drums and the insisting vocal of going the right way till the bass drops and shows some genuine old school love.

For remix duties no-else came in question than the mighty Tony Lionni, being Berlin based he was glad to work on one of his rare remix appearances for us. His main remix concentrates on the nagging vocal and building a solid base of 909 drums and Detroit influenced keys for a orgasmic deep house chugger rolling like the Trans Europe Express.

His 2nd mix, the Deeptech Mix takes a nod into the early techno sound of KMS and drops in some sweet nu school beats and a massive bassline to keep the hands in the right direction. We like it !

James and Sasse delivers also 2 dubs, one more stripped down joint and a Piano dub for a dubbed up Basic Channel vibe.

Out on May 24rd on vinyl and digital !

Check The Right Way (Piano Dub) on youtube here

The current chart stormer from James Flavour and Sasse, Who´s In The House, has been charted by the almighty DJ Sneak on his latest Beatport “On Road Bangers” charts..

The single on Dirt Crew has made some serious damage on floors and charts around, being currently in the RA top-50 chart and being supported by the dj community.

The follow up single The Right Way with Tony Lionni Remixes on Moodmusic, will be out May 26th on vinyl and digital.

check dj Sneak chart here

Here´s a recent dj-mix Sasse did for the Conversations show hosted by Ali Dumitra on Frisky Radio.. enjoy!

Tracklisting:
1. Sasse & Phonogenic - That Philosophy Track (Prompt Remix) - Highgrade
2. Red Rack´em - Underground - Shift
3. High Revival (Lee Jones Remix)
4. Agent Matteo - Dark Groove - Brown Eyed Boyz Records
5. Amé - Fiori (Dixon Beat Edit) - Innervisions
6. Phonogenic & Sasse - Chi Chi (Wiretappeur REmix) - Dieb Audio
7. Jay Shepheard - City 2 City - Dirt Crew
8. Daryl Stay - My Groove (Vincenzo Remix) - Dessous
9. Stel - Last Night On Earth (MANIK Likes Roland Remix) - Moodmusic
10. Geelong Breakfast Club - Amboy (Mike Buhl Version) - CD

Conversions 043 @ Frisky Radio with guest SASSE (Mood Music,Berlin) by sasse

Moodmusic presents the long-running Nightstarter series with yet another exclusive collection of new and recent dance floor burners.

Compiled by Freestyle Man, the alter ego of label head Sasse, the compilation features some highlights from the upcoming releases as well some special exclusive moments from the past output of the label.

This time included are 3 unreleased gems from Freestyle Man, Gegenheimer & label head Sasse himself under his Sassomatic guise. Check the exclusive track below on our Soundcloud player.

Full tracklisting :
1. Stel – Last Night On Earth (MANIK Likes Roland Remix)
2. Phonogenic – Biden (Audio Soul Project Remix)
3. Dirt Crew – Deep Cover (Vincenzo Remix)
4. Filippo Moscatello – Kleinmond (Taras Van De Voorde Remix)
5. Alex Maier – Dark Love (Lemon Popsicle Remix)
6. Gegenheimer – End Of 1000*
7. Lil Tony – Karamba 8. Sassomatic – Reject (Bass Dub)*
9. Nick Chacona - Be Like Olive (Levon Vincent Remix)
10. Freestyle Man – Lucy Lu*
*exclusive

Release date: May 5, 2010

selected feedback:
Martin Landsky -lucy lu is awesome…i like reject, too…great summer tunes….
Bearweasel - lucy lu is HEAVY
Alland Byallo - Another amazing Mood release. My favorite is the Freestyle Man cut. Darkness!
Melon - Lucy Lu is great cheers
Deetron - End of 1000 is really nice, nice piano and groove!
Laurent Garnier - very good selection of moody numbers — will play a lot !
Martin Eyerer - lucy lu is really cool!
Dapayk - “end of 1000″ of gegenheimer is the one for me! thanks!
Franck Roger - FREESTYLE MAN MIX IS THE ONE FOR ME THANKS
Hernan Cattaneo - really like these !
Varoslav - sassomatic is great track ! and frestylman gave one really good too! i will try them out! thx

Freestyle Man Presents Nightstarter 7 Compilation Exclusives by sasse

Sasse chart may 2010

1. Nhar – Close Up - WIR
2. I:Cube - Bionic Ears - Versatile
3. D´julz - Second Hand Feet - Ovum
4. Jay Shepheard – City 2 City – Dirt Crew
5. Bibio – Lovers (Catz N Dogz Re-edit) - CD
6. Red Rack’em -  Undeground - Shift
7. Sasse & James Flavour – The Right Way (Tony Lionni Remix) - Moodmusic
8. The Mole - Oh My Stomach - International
9. Jordan Dare – Trapped In Light (Kenny Glasgow Remix) - MFR
10. Phonogenic & Sasse – Chi Chi (Wiretappeur Remix) - Dieb

The 2 hotter than hot Finns have once again joined forces for a double header on Moodmusic called Freehold/Brokeeper. Allready supported by Jesper Dahlbäck, Phonique, The Timewriter, Deepchild, Chloé, GummiHz, Franck Roger among others.

Their first co-op entitled Chi Chi on Dieb Audio went straight to the charts of many top djs and broke the ever important top-10 at Beatport Deep House charts.

The EP starts with Bro Keeper, a deep jam consisting of a nagging bass line accompanied with odd atmospheric samples and a definite West Coast flavour to the groove, breaking into modulating synths before taking the route of hands in the air madness ! The dub strips things down to a more jolted groove, adding upright percussion to keep the shuffle intact.

Freehold could have been made in 1994, an old school stomper al á Nervous Inc with bold stabbing paving the way for a sub bass line and intelligent arrangement, rocking any system known to mankind. The dub is a ode to the mid-90s NYC dubs, taking the main hook and extending, teasing and warping it to create a reduced cocktail of floor dominance.

check the release here

Stels latest offering on Moodmusic “Last Night On Earth” has been making waves since the release end of March. It´s been getting support by Jesper Dahlbäck, Kruse & Nuernberg, Josh Wink, Ramon Tapia, Tiefschwarz, Giles Smith, Thomas Shumacher and Tony Lionni among others, and is destined to be another biggie for Stel.

Check the excellent review on Juno Plus here

1. Original Mix
2. MANIK Loves Roland Remix
3. John Dalagelis Remix
4. John Dalagelis Dub
5. Look Left Turn Right

Stel is back on Moodmusic after his recent excursions into the deep house charts with the Wiretappeur project with partners in crime Kruse & Nürnberg. His last outing on Moodmusic, The Nail That Sticks Out proved to be a burner with the hotter than hot remix from King Roc.

Last Night On Earth takes on where The Nail That Sticks Out left, keeping the floor strictly under control but still injecting a hefty amount of depth and tension to the soup. Mesmerizing pads and his impeccable way of arrangement won straight our hearts, and we ́re confident to say Stel is shining all the way through Last Night On Earth.

For remixes we asked our favourite producer from NYC right now, MANIK and Stels partner in Dieb Audio, John Dalagelis.

MANIK digs his Roland boxes out of the cabin and makes a Chicago influenced take on Last Night, shifting thru some pages from the Chez Damier page of house music in fine style. John Dalagelis delivers on of his trademark techy workouts with slamming beats and neat trickery in 2 versions, both being sure shot dance floor burners.

As a bonus we have Look Left Turn Right, a groovy affair catchy synth workout and an infective bass line to create a mystical mood which perfectly rounds the EP up.

Selected feedback:

Josh Wink - Good ep with good rmxs. I like the Look Left Turn Right track. Deep, moody and punchy!

Ramon Tapia - John’s dub and look left turn right are the ones for me ..will test them out

Basti Tiefschwarz - Tiefschwarz - John Dalagelis Dub i play it

Fabrice Lig - All the remixes are great, and the original is excellent, full support

Dan Mangan - Always been a Stel fan and once again, the original and mixes proves why.
Big props to John ’s mixes.

Giles Smith (Secretsundayz) Quite like “Last Night on Earth” with its building atmospheric groove.

Thomas Schumacher - Excellent stuff, both of John’s remixes are ace.

C-rock - wicked release. Shouts to Athens!

Kruse & Nuernberg (Noir Music // NRK) - Our friend Stel comes up with 2 nice tracks on such a good label with smashing remixes by John & M A N I K!!! Big Time!

Nuno dos santos - simply lovely! warm and deeeeeppp tech-house with a drive! last night original & remixes by manik & john dub for me..

Axel Bartsch - best mood since a while. love the original version of last night on earth and the remix is funkin too.

Tony Lionni - thanks for this some real nice tracks here

Milton Jackson - manik remix is great thanks

Hot Chip - I like these a lot … great rhythms and atmosphere .. will definitely be supporting

Osunlade - look left turn right is the one!!! - playing this one hard!

F.E.X. – (Robotronic Paris) -look left turn right for me

Luciano - thanks

Dairmount - Quality package for the Tech House heads… Manik remix is the one that will get my favors…

Shinedoe - Last Night On Earth - Manik Loves Roland Remix!

Seth Troxler - 90’s prog and im kind of loving it.

Alland Byallo - 5/5! Beautiful release. I love each and every cut.

DJ Deep - nice tracks

MKL - Look Left Turn Right-Lovely!

Sasse visited FM Brussels while playing Phonotherapy @ Mirano earlier in the month and laid down an hour of his latest tunes for Sound Traffic hosted by Rim-K. The session was good which you can hear in the easy selection of his current favourites, some old school love towards the end gives a good picture of the deeper side of Sasse sets.

check mix here on Soundcloud
Sasse dj-mix Sound Traffic / FM Brussels 20.3.2010 by sasse

Lil Tony´s 2nd installment of his Raw Trax series is out on vinyl and digital.

Getting support from big names such as Amé, Luciano, Sascha Funke, Jimpster, H.O.S.H, Martin Lansky, Steve Bug and Sebo K among others, this 3 tracker is a hot one !

Solid State takes the classic Detroit influenced Drum machine vs Piano theme a step forward, a impeccable jam of 15 minutes with the beat keeping the pace, this has been roadproofed the last 6 months to good effect.

The B-side Karamba is a dry, tight driven tech-workout, perfect mixtool for the deeper techno as well as housier sets. It just works well.

The closing Checkpoint Charlie is a tale of “lost in Helsinki” – dark mean bass wanders around and gives space for the chuggin main line, monotonic body music at it ́s best.

check it here

Our favourite label, Room With A View celebrates it´s 1 year in biz with a row of festivities in and around Europe !

Room With A View will open the party row with a full showcase at Goa Madrid on sunday 14th of march with a very special line-up, totally unseen so far : André Lodemann, Sasse, Art Of Tones & ; the label ambassador Dairmount all together behind the decks for an 8 hours open-air set at the famous Crystal Club Area of Goa Madrid.

The other floors of the event will welcome nothing less than Karotte, Baughman, Guy Gerber, District One, Shinedoe & Nathan Fake alongside Spanish talents as Marcos In Dub, Alvaro Cabana, Gerardo Niva & Alex Guerra and Pilas…

We salute our friends in Hamburg !

Here´s a recording of one of Sasses Australian dates in February @ Co-Op in Sydney. They´ve got the illest sound system in Sydney, custom built Klipsch sound with a lovely Allen & Heath rotary mixer, dream come thru…2 parts. Enjoy !

Sasse Co-Op, Sydney Feb 5th - Pt 1 by sasse
Sasse Co-Op, Sydney Feb 5th - Pt 2 by sasse

Our sister label Wazi Wazi is about to release the 2nd release from John Muder from Baalsaal, SUOL and Penner+Muder fame.

The EP, titled Sink Twice, shows John in extremely deep and raw modus, bringing 3 tracks of quality shit over to a record shop counter near you ! Played and charted by Jimpster, 2000 and One, Sebo K, Trickski and The Mountain People to name a few the release will be out this week on Whatpeopleplay !

check the release here

and check Wazi Wazi website here

1. Be Like Olive (Levon Vincent Remix)
2. Be Like Olive (Original)

Mysterious vinyl white label get the digital release with one of the biggest tunes for us this year !

Taken from Nick Chacona´s current album Love InThe Middle, the Levon Vincent Remix has been charted and played by a who-is-who in techno and house.

Including the original version of Be Like Olive as well, the single is now officially out on digital thru Beatport!

Resident Advisor will host a party at this year’s Snowbombing festival in April, with Moodymann taking the top spot on the bill. Joining him will be last years sureshot team of Ewan Pearson & Sasse, playing again a back2back set.

Last years Snowbombing was a blast, and the b2b from Ewan & Sasse rocketed the Schlussel club into a climax on the closing day party.

Snowbombing takes place in Mayrhofen/ Zillertal in Austria on April 5-10

more info at www.snowbombing.com

This months Podcast is presented straight from the dancefloor of Panorama Bar with a wicked stream of Phonogenics live set.

The recording is from the recent Moodmusic labelshowcase on Feb 20th - enjoy !

click here to listen
or click below to listen to it on Soundcloud

Phonogenic Live from Moodmusic @ Panorama Bar, Berlin 20.2.2010

Nick Chacona is featured on the latest WPP podcast with an wicked live mix + interview on his current album “Love In The Middle” and the current state of NYC house music.

Check it out at WhatPeoplePlay or directly on iTunes

Dave DK has been busy finishing the first volume of our new mix-CD series called Retakes Vol 1. Originally intended to only include original Moodmusic material in edited versions, the plan has been modified to include as well Dave´s favourite deep house productions from the past years.

The mix is a wonderfully lush experience of Dave mixing with his trademark chuggin electronic house sound and lots of special edits of his favourite moments from the Moodmusic back catalogue.

The planned release date for the CD is summer 2010.

More info to follow soon…

This coming Saturday Moodmusic will host its seasonal label showcase at Berghain/Panorama Bar. The Line-up feature a first time live appearance from Phonogenic as well djs Nick Chacona, Sasse, Dave DK, James Flavour and Penner+Muder.

Be sure to arrive early as this will a slammer, doors open at midnite.

Moodmusic Records proudly presents….

Saturday 20.2.2010 @Berghain / Panorama Bar

Start midnite

Djs : Nick Chacona, Sasse & James Flavour b2b set, Dave DK, Penner+ Muder

And a very special debut German Live show by Phonogenic

Here´s the latest dj-mix from one half of Dirt Crew, James Flavour. This time Mr Flavour dwells into the classics section of his collection with a impeccable mix of recent highlights from his sets as well as quite a few classics thrown in for good measure.

James been also busy in the studio working on the next Dirt Crew single as well as with Sasse working on a single for Dirt Crew Recs, as well as for Moodmusic. More info to follow…

click here to go to soundcloud or listen in player below.

James Flavour - Smooth Operator by Dirt Crew

Thomas Koch aka DJ T. has mixed the latest mix-cd edition for Fabric and included is the recent Moodmusic release You Will Find Out by Holger ZIlske & Dave DK feat. Richard Davis in it´s glorious original mix.

The action packed dj-mix features productions and remixes from Soulphiction, Random Factor, Will Saul, Ben Mono and dOP among others and will be in the shops around March.

Check Find Your Way here

We´re happy to announce the release of Alexander Maier´s latest release on Moodmusic, entitled Dark Love the EP dwells deep into the detroit influenced house sound we know Mr Maier so dearly caresses.

Support already from Motorcitysoul, Osunlade, Koljah, Eddy Richards, Hot Chip, Florian Meindl, Chloe, Claude von Stroke and Phonogenic among other this one will be another strong release from Stuttgart based Maier.

check release here

Pulse Radio met up with Sasse for a coffee to talk current music politics, his latest production “The Bottom Line” and Berlin nightlife - in addition to his current Australia & Asia tour, and his plans for 2010 and further !

Check the interview here

The current Dirt Crew single Deep Cover enters the top-20 Deep House charts today at place 19 with the Roberto Rodriguez Remix, while Vincenzos remix is running up at position 25 as well.

This bodes well for the single, officially released today, Monday 1.2 on vinyl and digital.

Check it out here !

Sasse has a new dj-mix online at Soundcloud. This time a deeper excursion into techy house, the mix is a mixture of upfront promos as well as some unreleased stuff he just finished in the studio - enjoy !

Tracklisting:

1. Justin Margovan - Low Slung Operator - Phobic
2. Vandermeer - Positive Light (Noah Preds Dub Negative Remix) - MFR
3. Above Smoke - Another Chance - Deep Explorer
4. Hakim Murphy - Jupiter Poop (Original_Mix) - Metamorphic
5. YOSA-Plastic_People - Dirt Crew Recs
6. Zev-Forget_The_World - Wolf & Lamb
7. Dirt Crew - Deep Cover - Moodmusic
8. Sebastian Davidson - Sunday Morning (Lemon Popsicle Remix) - 7A
9. Joel Alter - Preachin To The Choir (Alexkid Perspective) - Room With A View
10. Martin Eyerer + Sasse - Save My Life - CD-r
11. Dj Jus-Ed - New Life - Underground Quality

Sasse dj-mix 02-2010 by sasse

The new Dirt Crew single is doing serious damage on dancefloors around  the world, before the official release date on Monday the 1st of February. The single features remixes from Roberto Rodriguez and Vincenzo, a perfect match for the Dirt Crew sound.

Roberto´s remix is allready climbing up the Beatport deep house charts, positioned at nr 55 right now and steadily going up.

Check Dirt Crew  in action with a rocking dj-set @ Arena Club in Berlin tonite 30th of January.

Dirt Crew - Deep Cover Remixes is out on Feb 1 on Vinyl and Digital

Moodmusic head Sasse and labelmate Dave DK are joining forces to play a few dates down unden in February. On Feb 5th the guys are joines by Mike Buhl @ Revolver in Melbourne and on Feb 6th they are playing Co-Op in Sydney.

Sasse is currently promoting his upcoming Freestyle Man album “The Bottom Line” and is gonna play a few dates in Asia as well while on that side of the planet.

Feb 5th - Revolver, Melbourne
Feb 6th - Co-Op, Sydney

Tickets are available form usual outlets

Dirt Crew, hot from their recent 5 years compilation and the „Blow“ album on Moodmusic, is again on the wall with another hot remixpack…

Deep cover was the standout track on the album and gets the remix treatment from 2 of the brightest stars on the deep house scene.

Roberto Rodriguez builds up a massive groover with similarities to mid 90s deep dish sound but injects a slice of analog funk to it, showing the talent and nourishment in his music.

Vincenzo takes a deeper road, teasing the groove to slowly evolve into a tastemakers choice as we know him. deep, yet driving his mix fits perfect those early morning hands-in-da-air moments.

Support from Shonky, Stacey Pullen, Liapin, Soul Minority, Allan Byallo, Shinedoe, Deetron, Martin Eyerer, Nick Curly, gregor Tresher, Eddy Richards, Angel Molina among others..

Deep Cover Remixes is out on Jan 27th on Vinyl and Digital.

We wish everyone a prosperous and healthy new year - the best for 2010 !

We would like to thank you for the year 2009, with its many highs and lows it is surely a good year to change the decade. We had a lot of fun times in 2009, thanks again for all our parties you attended and the support you gave us.

As a small thank you, here is an exclusive podcast from Sasse, this time with a mix of his favorites from 2009 and an insight on what to come on Moodmusic in 2010… click below to listen/download from Soundcloud.

tracklisting
1. Dirt Crew - Deep Cover (Roberto Rodriguez Remix)
2. Penner & Muder - No Nose Knows (Original)
3. Phonogenic - Biden (Audio Soul Project Remix)
4. Filippo Moscatello - Kleinmond (Taras Van De Voorde Remix)
5. Sasse - Funkin My Venus
6. Holger Zilske & Dave DK feat Richard Davis - You Will Find Out
7. Lil Tony - Solid State
8. Sasse - In AM We Are Born
9. Nick Chacona - Fear (Beg To Differ Remix)

listen
download

Moodmusic presents the long-running Nightstarter series with yet another exclusive collection of new and recent dance floor burners.
Compiled by Freestyle Man, the alter ego of label head Sasse, the compilation features some highlights from the upcoming releases as well some special exclusive moments from the past output of the label.

This time included are 2 unreleased remixes from label head Sasse; first a deep mix of Stels “The Nail That Sticks Out” and a cracking Freestyle Man remix of Dave DKs “Coimbra”.

Nightstarter Volume 6 is out now on Beatport

Phonogenic aka Tuomas Salmela needs no introduction, with joy we welcome him back to Moodmusic after his recent hi-calibre output on Cocoon and Turbo.

Like “Blackwash” - his last Moodmusic release in 2008, the Biden EP offers diversity and dancefloor functionality combined with deepness and groove often missed in tech-house.

3 Phonogenic originals and a massive Audio Soul Project remix from Mazi, what more do you want !

Allready support and plays by Luciano, Martin Eyerer, Mandy, Osunlade, Oliver Koletzki, Deetron, MKL, Gregor Treshor, Brother Vibe and Slam Mode among others.

Phonogenic - Biden EP - Mood-082 is out now !

Sasse & Filippo Moscatello remix of Eleze - Glory Box has just been released on Italian Ego Music label. The original is a cover of the Portishead classic with vocals, while the remix from the guys concentrates on the groove and strips it down to proper old school meets new school flavour.

Getting support from lots of Class-A djs and being in the DMC buzz bodes well for the release. Allready played and supported by Dubfire , Agoria, Diskjokke, Jazzanova, ,Michael Reinboth, Rob Mello, X-Press 2, Sasha, Satoshi Tomie, Lexicon Avenue, Timo Maas, TJ Kong and Wally Lopez among others.

Release is available at Beatport right now!

Very special treat tonight at Redrum club in Helsinki, Lil Tony has invited the cream of the deep house djs and producers in Finland for a special xmas bash. Check the line-up :

- Phonogenic Live (Moodmusic, 2020)
- Roberto Rodriguez Live (Compost)
- Sasse aka Freestyle Man (Moodmusic/Hairy Claw)
- Lil Tony (Moodmusic, Innervisions)

So one could say it´s a very Moodmusic biased party, yes. And we´re proud as hell about it, house music all night long !

Finns Do It Better 11.12.2009 Redrum, Helsinki

The forthcoming Freestyle Man album “The Bottom Line” is getting ready for a Feb release on Hairy Claw in the UK.

Consistent quality and Freestyle Man are two phrases that belong firmly together. Following on from two extremely well received EPs we are pleased here at Hairy Claw to present the Freestyle Man album ‘The Bottom Line’, the first full lenght Freestyle Man album since “Going South” on Sähkö/PUU in 2000.

Having a break with his Freestyle Man moniker for almost 3 years, 2009 was they year to reactivate the project and his 2 EPs on Hairy Claw proved there was a definite urge for the raw, untamed house sound Freestyle Man was associated with. The Bottom Line was recorded in Autumn 2009 in his BlackHead Studios in Berlin with a carefully chosen limited setup of vintage samplers, old school vinyl and his harem of analog synths, the result being somewhat updated version of the early Freestyle Man sound mixed with influences from the past, present and the future.

The Bottom Line is out on CD/Digital Feb 9th on Hairy Claw

www.freestyle-man.com
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Instead of storming the clubs and pubs of Berlin , James Flavour and Sasse have been creating a havoc in the BlackHead Studios, finishing EPs for both Moodmusic and Dirt Crew. The name of the game is dirty houz music, and we´re sure you will love it as much as we do here at Moodmusic HQ.

The EP on Dirt Crew will feature Sasse and Michelle Owen together with James Flavour on a 5 tracker with remixes from Luna City Express and the excellent Dirt Crew signing Yosa from Japan.

The EP on Moodmusic will be a co-op between Flavour and Sasse and will feature a remix from Tony Lionni.

More info will drop in the new year !

Phonogenic aka Tuomas Salmela and Sasse has joined forces in the studio in the last weeks and the guys are well amazed of the output, 7 tracks finished in less than 2 weeks - whooh !

Being around 2000 km away from each other, the co-op was based on file sharing and skype as main tools. While Tuomas was tweaking beats in Tampere, Sasse was mixing in Berlin - that´s what we call multitasking.

The results of these sessions will be out soon on various labels !

Filippo Moscatello´s 2nd remix pack from his highly acclaimed Pagliaccio album (mood-cd09) is about to hit the streets this week. With remixes from Koljah, Chopstick, Alex Maier and Taras Van De Voorde the package has been getting amazing feedback from people like Seth Troxler, John Digweed, Claude VonStroke, Hot Chip, Markantonio, Till Von Sein and Bothers Vibe among other.

Releasedate for the Pagliaccio Remixes Part 2 is 2.12.2009

Preview the single here

Compiled originally for the Starstyling “Hokus Fokus” show at the Berlin Fashion week in summer 2009, “Starstyling vs Moodmusic” takes us on a journey of unreleased gems and forthcoming goodies as well as special edits of some recent hits from Moodmusic, building a well thought DJ mix that we are used to hearing from the native Finn on dancefloors around the world.

Starstyling vs Moodmusic is out this week on CD and Digital

check it at Beatport here , Amazon.co.uk and Decks here

Nick Chacona is featured at Residentadvisor for a small interview on his debut album “Love In The Middle” which will hit the streets in early 2010.

check the interview here!

The current Moodmusic single from Holger Zilske & Dave DK feat Richard Davis, You Will Find Out is getting hot reactions on the dancefloor and the dj community. With support and plays from Ewan Pearson, Chloé, Art Of Tones, C-Rock, Ripperton, James Flavour, Rob Mello, Riley Reinholt and Florian Kruse among others this will surely turn up to be an end-of-the-year anthem !

The single is out now on Vinyl thru WAS - Word And Sound and digitally thru Beatport and the other digital stores.

check the release here

Nick Chacona has been busy finishing his forthcoming album “Love In The Middle” to be released on Moodmusic in Feb 2010.

It´s been taking a while but definitely has been worth the wait. 10 tracks in all, the album shows all sides of Nick Chacona - starting from his disco roots we all know him from, going thru some dubbed out slow jams and taking a stroll into serious house territory with his collaboration with Brothers Vibe. Featuring as well Kathy Diamond on “Fear” and Anthony Mansfield on “Especial” the album shows the talent behind the NYC based producer.

The first single will feature a Levon Vincent remix of “Be Like Olive” as well as 2 extended mixes from the album.

The Basic Shape EP from Gegenheimer & Jenius is getting massive dj-feedback with plays and chart support from Motor City Drum Ensemble, Shinedoe, Franck Roger, Osunlade, Ame, Tony Lionni and
Roberto Rodriguez among others.

The a-side “Basic Shape” seems to be the winner here, but lots of djs also prefer the housier “Cadaqués” and the über chilled “IPS”. The swedish born production team is currently in Barcelona working on the follow up EP for Moodmusic.

Gegenheimer & Jenius - Basic Shape is out is out now on Vinyl and Digital

Check the release here

Jon Freer has received the latest Moodmusic mix-CD compiled and mixed by Sasse, please check it out here

This coming weekend Moodmusic artists represent again their sound all over the World. Labelhead Sasse aka Freestyle Man and Filippo Moscatello plays Tunnel Club in Milano on Saturday, while Dirt Crew rocks Panorama Bar in Berlin for a special sunday ending set - which will light up the Capital !

Dave DK is travelling to Minsk for playing the NLO club on Friday the 30.10, which is supposed to be rocking hardtime while our Swedish heroes Gegenheimer & Jenius plays The Back Door club in Barcelona on the Saturday.

Please be sure to check any of the nights if you happen to be around - keep on rocking !

The new single from Swedish natives Gegenheimer & Jenius “Basic Shape” is out this week in the shops on strictly limited vinyl and digital formats. 3 tracks of deepest techy deep house vibes with great support from Tony Lionni, Àme, Atjazz, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Frank Roger, Laurent Garnier, Llorca, Roberto Rodriguez and Rob Mello among others this will be a hot one for the cold autumn nites.

Check the release here

The new Dirt Crew single “Deep Cover” is ready to be unleashed in early december. Taken from the current album “Blow” it features the original mix plus 2 amazing remixes from our dear friend Vincenzo and Compost Black star Roberto Rodriguez. While Vincenzo shows his talent in creating a deep yet driving house vibe, Roberto tackles the Dirt Crew sound with utmost delicacy, creating a peak hour tribal house monster which could have been on Yoshitoshi in 1994.

Expect the single to drop on vinyl and digital in December 2009.

Listen to the latest Sasse Podcast at pacemaker.net here !

The new Perspectives 03 compilation from Room With A View label is getting ready for release and included is “Lake Michigan” from Moodmusic labelhead Sasse as well. Other producers involved are Motor City Drum Ensemble, Art Of Tones, André Lodemann among others.

Room With A View is ran by our dear friends Phil & Anja from Hamburg and there will be a collaborative 12″ from Sasse on RWAV in early 2010.

Room With A View - Perspectives 03 is out now !

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Here´s the latest Beatport chart from Sasse:

1. Kenny Glasgow - System Overload (Nitin Remix) - No. 19 Music
2. Freestyle Man - Century - Hairy Claw
3. Lewie Day - Money (Sasse Remix) - Siam Records
4. Penner & Muder - Fish In A Drawer - Moodmusic
5. Kasper Bjorke & His Friendly Ghost - The Great Derangement (Catz´n Dogz Pol On Scandal Remix) - We Love This!
6. Chris Carrier - I´m In Love Today – Silver Network
7. Glimpse / Martin Eyerer - Southern Soul (Jay Shepeard Remix) - Buzzin Fly
8. Gegenheimer - Kuti - Perplex
9. Kingpin Cartel - Ghetto (Nic Fanciulli & Steve Mac Remix) - Saved
10. Johnick III - Sexy Thing - Henry Street

check it out here

After the latest Moodmusic release “Raw Tracks Vol 1.” is our main man in Helsinki offering another fine piece of house music on the cool Running Back label run by Gerd Jansen. The EP is called “Underground Sound Of Helsinki” and showcases his dirty take on House Music as we love it. Check it out in a recordshop near you soon !

Lil Tony is also finishing his 2nd EP for Moodmusic called “Raw Tracks Vol 2.” due out in December 2009.

Filippo Moscatello has just finished a wicked remix and dub for the german pop duo 2Raumwohnung. The song is called “Rette Mich Später” and is from their recent album “Lasso”. Expect the remixes on vinyl and digital before the end of the year.

Filippo is also working on a upcoming Moodmusic release with some more old school house love !

Greek producer Stel is working on a follow up to the highly sucessful “The Nail That Sticks Out” single on Moodmusic which lighted up dancefloors this summer with the hot remixes from King Roc and Kruse & Nürnberg. The 2nd single from Stel will be called “Last Night On Earth” and is another deeper than deep excursion of house music.

The single “Last Night On Earth” will be available early 2010 on Moodmusic.

Retakes is the latest brainchild of labelhead Sasse and will see a host of Moodmusic inner core producers dwell into the huge back catalogue from the label and re-editing songs into a 70 minutes long dj-mix. First up is Dave DK sprinkling his slowslung electronic house sound all over classics like Losoul & JT Donaldson, Henrik Schwarz and Sasse into a deep excursion of Moodmusic from 1997 to 2009.

Moodmusic Retakes Vol 1. will be available end of the year in digital and limited vinyl format.

The new Dirt Crew single “Deep Cover” is coming soon to a recordshop near you  with hotten than hot remixes from Vincenzo and Roberto Rodriguez. Taken from the album “Blow” the single will be available end of November on vinyl and digital.

The fortcoming single “You Will find Out” from the Moodmusic supertroupers Dave DK & Holger Zilske featuring vocalist Richard Davis has already climbed to the Groove Mag top-20 charts.

The single is planned for late October release on vinyl and digital.

click here to check

check out a great review of the current Freestyle Man single “Vibin” on Hairy Claw Records on the mighty Keep It Deep blog (in german).

click here to check

1. D.I.Y. | Suck my caulk (Markus Fix Remix) | Tuning Spork
2. Till von Sein & Chopstick | Lifetime | Dirt Crew Recordings
3. HRDVSION | Cause i love you | CDR
4. Martin Landsky | We’re streaking | Pokerflat
5. Seth Troxler | Panic, Stop. Repeat ! | Spectral Sounds
6. Jacob | Diamonds (Moodymanc Remix) | BSD004
7. Will Saul & Tam Cooper | Teddy’s Back | Simple
8. Michael J Collins | Lotion Pants | Wolf + Lamb
9. Claude von Stroke | Vocal Chords | Dirty Bird
10. AFMB | Here + There | Compost

Here´s the latest in the Djbroadcast podcast series from our main man Sasse, enjoy the music !!

click here to listen

tracklisting
1. Silicone Soul - Language Of The Soul - Soma
2. Kenny Glasgow - System Overload (Nitin Remix) - Nr. 19
3. André lodemann - Vehemence Of Silence (Atjazz Perspective) - Room with a View
4. Jay Shepheard - Year to the day (TJ Kong &Nuno dos Santos remix) - Compost Black
5. Trickski - Lost Jams track 1 - Stillove4music
6. Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream (Ben Watt Remix) - EMI
7. Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream (Ben Watt Dub) - EMI
8. LAYO & BUSHWACKA - The Raw Road (Nic Fanciulli Remix) - Olmeto
9. Kingpin Cartel - Ghetto (Nic Fanciulli & Steve Mac Remake) - Saved
10. Kasper Bjorke And His Friendly Ghost - The Great Derangement (CatzNDogzAndPolOnSkandalRemix) - We Love This
11. Hatikvah - Synchronicity (chopstick&johnjon_remix) - Baalsaal

Sasse is mixing the last tracks for his forthcoming Freestyle Man album on Hairy Claw at BlackHead Studios. The yet untitled album is planned to drop end of the year while the actual single releases “Vibin” and “Century” are doing some serious damage around the clubs right now. Watch this space for more news !!

The current Freestyle Man single “Vibin” on Hairy Claw gets reviewed by one of our favourite blogsters at littlewhiteearbuds.com - check the Vibe !

click here to check

Sasse is busy in the BlackHead Studios working on his 3rd studio album for Moodmusic. After the success of his latest work, “Toinen” (released Oct 2008) he´s been songwriting the whole summer and is now recording and mixing the yet untitled album, due in early 2010 on Moodmusic.

After lots of work, the brand new website for Moodmusic is ready to rock. Please check around and if there´s any problems or complaints drop us a line at info@moodmusicrecords.com

Here´s the latest podcast from Sasse for our friends at Galaktica Records in Barcelona, enjoy.

click here to listen

tracklisting :
1. Kenny Glasgow - System Overload (Nitin Remix) - Nr 19.
2. Layo & Bushwacka - Madgascar - Olmeto
3. Manoo - Telekinesie (House Mix)
4. Kerri Chandler - Open Source - Deeply Rooted
5. Darko Esser - Relive - Dieb Audio
6. Audio Soul Project - Dancing On The Black Keys - Fresh Meat
7. Rainer Trüby - To Know You - COmpost Blakc
8. Nils Penner, Chopstick and Johnjon - sun rises in the east - Absurd
9. Einmusik - Atl Antis -Einmusika Recording
10. Santos - Hold Home - Moon Harbour

welcome to our brandnew moodmusic records website.

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