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Two of Turbo's rising stars come together to make one of the biggest records of the year.

Peanuts Club has been arguably the hottest track of the summer for heavyweight DJs Erol Alkan, Tiga, and A-Trak. It's instantly catchy and massively effective, and we've seen it bring the best out of the crowd night after night, but you probably already know all about it.

The real coup here is that Cajou Club is another absolute bomb, maybe even better than Peanuts Club, and more disturbing evidence that France has produced yet another two major-league players in dance music.

Noob's really been hitting his stride lately, following on terrific remixes for Brodinski and D.I.M. and Tai's Lyposuct, his productions getting exponentially bigger with each release. As for Brodi, anyone that's seen him play knows he has all the makings of a star, and if he can keep putting out records this good, the sky's the limit!

Wanting to go beyond double-megahit and attempt quad-bomb status, we commissioned two terrific remixes from Sound Pellegrino's Renaissance Man. Noob & Brodi are in love with them, plus they're the only Finns out there to have NOT produced a record for Turbo, so it was a perfect fit. The 'Ph 0' remix on the vinyl is, incredibly, an original take on acid, it's loopy and weird, but works like magic.

In digital-only flavor, we have their 'Ph 7' remix, a housier take with a great muted version of the infectious Peanuts hook. This one is a hit, we just left it off the vinyl to give Peanuts Club the 45 RPM treatment it deserves. Momma's Boy aka Mikix the Cat adds a pumping afro-jack version to complete the package, and there you have it... a crazy potent release, et en plus c'est numero soixante-neuf osti!! on niaise pas a'c la puck!! ENWOUEILLEEEEELA mon homme tu vas aimer ca ce recorr'la! pas des affaires de chochottes la, dla vra' musique...

Love from Quebec,

Thomas Von Party

DOWNLOAD: Noob & Brodinski — Peanuts Club

STREAM: Noob & Brodinski — Cajou Club

STREAM: Noob & Brodinski — Peanuts Club (Renaissance Man pH 0 Remix)

STREAM: Noob & Brodinski — Peanuts Club (Renaissance Man pH 7 Remix)

STREAM: Noob & Brodinski — Peanuts Club (Momma's Boy Remix)

STREAM: Noob & Brodinski — Peanuts Club (BeatauCue Remix)

Hugg and Pepp return (again).

'Sweet Rosie' is one of the most original sounding vocal house tracks in ages. Tiga championed the first version we were sent, but he'd always mix out before the goofy guitar part, so Turbo commissioned a special edit that keeps its cool all the way to the finish line... that's why it's called the 'Turbo edit.' The Dahlbacks threw in a terrific disco dub, one thing led to another, and we figured we ought to go the distance and do a full remix package.

Veteran superproducer and perennial chart topper Sir Jori Hulkkonen does a Joriffic job, with both a vocal mix and dub; the dub being, incredibly, his 200th ever remix - another milestone for J-Z, and a perfectly timed teaser for his upcoming album on Turbo: Man From Earth, dropping October '09 in music stores and even sooner on annoying blogs near you.

Also on remix duty AND also at work on an album for Turbo is Glasgow's young prodigy Sei A. Continuing on a brilliant run starting with his album 'Editing Shadows', this is an absolutely incredible remix, and the deep dub keeps things interesting for all you vocal hating bitches.

PS It's not a girl singing, it's castrato Robert Manos.

Love from Montreal,

TVP

DOWNLOAD: Hugg & Pepp — Sweet Rosie (Sei A Remix)

STREAM: Hugg & Pepp — Sweet Rosie (Turbo Edit)

STREAM: Hugg & Pepp — Sweet Rosie (Disco Dub)

STREAM: Hugg & Pepp — Sweet Rosie (Sei A Dub)

STREAM: Hugg & Pepp — Sweet Rosie (Jori Hulkkonen Dub)

STREAM: Hugg & Pepp — Sweet Rosie (Jori Hulkkonen Remix)

We love and admire Roman Flügel's solo work, as well as everything he's done with Alter Ego and his amazing Klang imprint, so it's an honor to release these tracks on Turbo.

Premium electronics and classy arpeggios – this is bleep disco from a true master. This also marks the dawn of a new era in one-sheet writing; one marked by unimaginitive prose and lacklustre command of language. Enjoy.

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Boys Noize
I LOVE THAT STRICHER!!!!

Tim Paris
One of my favorite tunes from Mr Flugel !!!

Brendon Moeller
Stricher and Discofiasco are superb! full support!

Peter Kruder
Stricher is great. Will play this for sure.

Optimo
I want to have mr. flugel's love child.

Falko Brocksieper
Highly psychoactive Disco smasher - Roman for president!!

Italoboyz
The track discofiasco is simply A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!

DOWNLOAD: Roman Flügel — Stricher

STREAM: Roman Flügel — Discofiasco

STREAM: Roman Flügel — Prinzessin X

STREAM: Roman Flügel — Discofiasco (Alternate Version)

Phonogenic has put out great records on respected labels like Cocoon and 20:20 Vision. He's a dark horse producer whose Detroit & Chicago influenced sound would have blown up by now if he lived in Berlin. Too bad he's from Tampere!

I met Tuomas Salmela last October on his home turf at the not-famous Musiikki & Media conference.

Jori Hulkkonen was asked to chose some of THE movers and shakers in the world of electronic dance, and he chose me, Tuomas Von Party... partly, I suspect, because he thought there was a slim chance I would actually come. As fate would have it, I needed a late rush of air miles to reach Star Alliance Gold status for 2008, so I figured it was as good a time as any to find out once and for all if Tampere could be any lamer than Turku.

The conference was dope. All emo's and metal bands... some of the worst music I've ever heard, but sweet Finns everywhere absolutely overjoyed to see foreigners.

Jori could only stay one day, so he introduced me to Phonogenic, who had a demo CD all prepared for me. The tracks were a bit jazzy and fairy... good, but not as good as the great one he did on Cocoon. So not good enough, you see...

I begged him to take me to a hockey game, to see the Tampere 'Ilves' (best team logo ever). Tuomas overcame not only his malaise with Finnish jocks, but also his inability to drive to be a great host... at which point I knew he had to be seriously interested in a record release... I ate blood sausage and cheered for the home team. It was amazing... the highest scoring player got to wear a GOLDEN HELMET! Dammit this should have been the 'Golden Helmet EP!!'

I was the only person in the stadium with dark or curly hair. Little blonde Finns were staring.

Anyways, we kept in touch since then and finally he sent me these two excellent tracks of bassy, ballsy, bigroom tech-house... a deal was made via video-sauna and all-of-a-sudden Turbo 066 be done... Enjoy! This onesheet is FINNISH!

DOWNLOAD: Phonogenic — Release The Dancer

STREAM: Phonogenic — Bass Were The Days

Zombielicious is one of the best dance albums of the DECADE. When I first heard it I badly wanted to license it for Turbo and we almost did. Zombie was even into the idea, but the timing was bad, so we decided to put together a Turbo-riffic remix pack instead. Bad idea compared to getting every incredible moment of that album... but luckily the result is amazing.

First of all, I LOVE and respect mr. Zombie, but mixed in with all that admiration is actually a touch of FEAR. Flo is so dope on every level... everything he's done, the videos for Kernkraft and Worth It, the vinyl packaging of his LP, his press shots, stickers... it's all awesome... and he does it all himself with his friend Wolfram in the über-city of Munich. It's all spot-on. Flo is intense. I've never seen him make a mistake, though I have seen him get shit-faced and play Beyoncé... but that just proves he's got huge balls and loves divas.

Basically I reeeally didn't want to disappoint him, but the trouble is that trying to get great remixes is like fishing for music... you never know if you're going to get a giant tuna or a little sardine. Luckily, we took the analogy to heart and busted out THE CAVIAR!!!

That's right... the world's favorite Russian is back with another total devastator... He kept the best of 'Shottieville' intact, adding only the hint of military-industrial might it needed to achieve complete dance-floor annihilation. Proxy is a poet for the ages, and this is probably the last remix you'll hear from him until his album drops in the fall.

Next up are Arveene & Misk, hot off their remix for Mr. Oizo and the production of Yo! Majesty, these Irish 'lads' are ones to watch and this remix of 'Worth It' is a big winner.

Milano is back with another dose of deep underground techno, a worthy follow-up to his excellent remix on Turbo 063.

Shadow Dancer, hot off his debut album release, turns in a smooth-yet-chunky acid groove.

Last but not least, Hey Today! (!) pull off a massive heavily-ZZT-influenced banger with their remix of 'Radio Controlled.'

5 great remixes that prove a whole lot of love for Zombie-man. Hope you enjoy!

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T V P

DOWNLOAD: Zombie Nation — Shottieville (Proxy Remix)

STREAM: Zombie Nation — Worth It (Arveene & Misk Remix)

STREAM: Zombie Nation — The Fact (Milano Remix)

STREAM: Zombie Nation — Mystery Meat Affair (Shadow Dancer Remix)

STREAM: Zombie Nation — Radio Controlled (Hey Today! Remix)

One of our expertly trained trend-sniffing intern dogs discovered this blingin' & bangin' mashup at a local speakeasy... awwwyyeaaah... and you didn't think Turbo could get down like that! 

The Dove:

i seriously have nothing to say.
i tried.
the new Hugg N Pepp, another top secret bomb that i managed to steal while in stockholm.
the biggest record EVER to use the word "Penguini"
the last time i ever try and write a one-sheet for the Dahlbacks
the horror. the horror.
the
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Von Party:

I may be repeating Tiga's sentiments from previous onesheets, but it's ANNOYING how good the Dahlbäcks are. Jesper has truly made some of the best techno and acid records ever... you can play a whole night of only Jesper tracks and no one will know and everyone will love it. Still every now and then Tiga pulls out some killer old acid track and I look at him and ask "Jesper??" and he just nods. John is annoying because he had pitch-perfect HISS before he had pubes and could make a huge club record when he was 14.

The other annoying thing about Jesper is that he's got a punk attitude, hence him hoarding incredible tracks on his amazing but non-functioning Blank LTD. He's now going all anarchist scandi-commie on us and GIVING AWAY his music instead of giving it to Turbo to repackage (and sell for untold riches) so you, dear music-lover, actually know it exists. Basically, I'm annoyed at Jesper that he doesn't just give us EVERYTHING... I only want your acid to shine bright, man!!!

I think Hugg & Pepp are childhood nicknames for each other, I'd guess Jesper is Pepp, but who cares... Penguini is incredible. It is one of those records that gets more reaction than it should, somehow... a bit like Mind Dimension (also JD produced)... it has a great quality that seems rare nowadays: it doesn't sound like it's trying too hard, because it's not, because these two Swedish dweeb-prodigies don't have to try at all anymore to make incredible tracks, they just pull samples from the weirdest Italian youtube videos they can find and voila.

'I Can't Breathe' (thanks for the appealing title!) is total B-side, I won't lie... but it's B-side elevated to what B-sides should be: effortless, idiotic funk-jam, in the spirit of oldschool Svek.

To recap: Swedes are big and annoying, that's for sure... but FUCK they are kings of Techno.

DOWNLOAD: Hugg & Pepp — Penguini (Lando Kal Edit)

STREAM: Hugg & Pepp — Penguini (Original Mix)

STREAM: Hugg & Pepp — I Can't Breathe (Original Mix)

When Guy J's 'Skin' hit #2 on Beatport, it was a defining moment... beatporters had spoken loud and clear, deafening the shrill cries of infant bloggers... the 'Isreality EP' was a hit for Turbo, and we were amazed to see a lush, proggy track outsell most of our heavily hyped 'bangers'. 

After that success, Guy's manager sent me a bunch of new tracks, many of which ended up on the critically acclaimed 'Esperanza' LP... 'Shaman' was my favorite of the bunch. We could have just released it... but next-level A&R is about more than choosing tracks... it's about choosing eras, and we needed to finish nu-rave before we could begin the tropic-o-bongo house revolution of 2009...  Credit the Turbo administrative vacuum for sitting on a track this good for so long, until great remixes are done, and the world is ready. 

Tiga and I have both played it towards the end of some very special sets in the last year... it has a nice type of 'soft' impact... it somehow manages to add energy to the crowd without being louder than the track before it. To the tired ears of veteran dj's, that's a rare pleasure. 

There are also some great remixes in this pack... a subtle, punchy rework by Mohan Das, an extremely playable, deep, dubby mix from the venerable Cari Lekebusch, and last but not least, available digital-only, a beautiful mix from Factor City's Lontano. I swear, the Lontano is the best, it just sounds better in digital-only.

DOWNLOAD: Guy J — Shaman (Lontano Remix)

STREAM: Guy J — Shaman

STREAM: Guy J — Shaman (Cari Lekebusch Remix 1)

STREAM: Guy J — Shaman (Cari Lekebusch Remix 2)

STREAM: Guy J — Shaman (Mohan Das Spellbound Mix)