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Poker Flat Recordings
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Out Of Fashion since 1999 - Founded by @SteveBug
Landlord to @Sublease
Demo: demos@pokerflat-recordings.com.
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PREMIERE: Em Pathik - Dimensions
1w ago00:06:13Tap to summarizeSublease returns with a second Fragments installment, bringing together four cuts that lean into detail, restraint and late-night movement. Across the release, Em Pathik, Marco Weber and TERANA each approach deep house from slightly different angles, shaped by rolling grooves, subtle shifts in texture and an instinct for atmosphere over excess. Em Pathik opens the release with “Dimensions”, a deep and fluid dancefloor track driven by a weighty groove, tightly wound percussion and restrained melodic details. The track gradually pulls listeners into its hypnotic flow while understated vocal elements drift through the arrangement. As Em Pathik explains, the intention was to create something simple but immersive, a track that invites listeners to let go, get carried away by the groove and stay locked into the moment. Marco Weber follows with “Lola”, blending deep, driving house grooves with a warm and hypnotic atmosphere. Rolling basslines and crisp rhythmic elements carry the track forward while subtle melodic layers create a sense of constant motion beneath the surface. With its immersive energy “Lola” captures the feeling of a late-night dancefloor where emotion and rhythm settle into a steady flow. “Play Around” sees TERANA lean into a reflective and warm-spirited mood, balancing hypnotic grooves with airy melodic touches and understated vocal details. As TERANA explains: “Play Around” invites listeners to drift as they reflect on their own life’s perspective, to view it as an unfolding path of learning and experience. Beneath its warm groove lies a reminder to stay present, move with kindness, and enjoy the moment without holding on too tightly. Closing the EP, Steve Bug reshapes “Play Around” into a more driving version, stretching the groove into deeper territory while preserving the track’s reflective core. With subtle tension, carefully placed textures and a steady sense of movement, the remix rounds off Fragments, Vol. 02 with a measured but effective late-night touch.
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Premiere: Legit Trip - Classic Tribute
May 2000:04:47Tap to summarizeWith Classic Tribute, Hungarian DJ and producer Legit Trip focuses on the essence of house music, drawing directly from its early groove-driven foundations. The artist, known for keeping productions functional and DJ-friendly, builds this release around looping structures, steady rhythms and a clear nod to classic influences. "I wanted to pay tribute to classic House Music and decided to make two tracks, one more minimal and the other more house, with some looped samples." says Legit Trip. The title track Classic Tribute leans into a more minimal direction, driven by repetitive elements and a steady pulse that keeps the energy locked in. The Trumpet shifts into a more traditional house approach, introducing a brighter lead that adds a playful and more expressive layer to the groove. Steve Kelley’s remix of The Trumpet closes the release with a deeper interpretation, stretching the arrangement into a more spacious and late-night mood.
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Steve Bug - Fog You
May 1500:06:20Tap to summarizeAfter ten 12-inches from the Poker Flat artist family, up until then consisting of Berlin based Märtini Brös aka DJ Clé and Mike Vamp, Stockholm´s minimal master Hakan Lidbo, Michel Baumann aka Jackmate from Stuttgart, Thomas Koch aka DJ T and of course Mr.Steve Bug himself, the Berlin based Top-DJ and producer decided in November 2000 to give a first overview of his hugely successful minimal tech house label Poker Flat Recordings.
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Down The Sky
May 1300:06:59Tap to summarizeTokyo‘s rising star Ryo Murakami has already put his diverse, electronic sound on the map with the ‚Rise‘ EP on Dessous last year, and received great praise for his track ‚My Soul‘, snapped up by Steve Bug for the Fabric mix series, which was piled high with atmosphere and dark, club energy. His next 12“ includes two new tracks, the title cut being ‚Down The Sky‘, cooly influenced by old school house, but also more recent European forays into night music. Ryo demonstrates a heavy aptitude for stripped down futurism, with staccato, jilted beats, joined by layers of padded synth structures, looming somewhere between light and darkness. The merits of carefully weighing out your ingredients, leaving just the right level of detail; not too little, not too much, have clearly been explored by Ryo here. More to the point though, it’s a track that could string out time and create so much room to groove! Poker Flat‘s young Greek maestro, Argy, creates a stunning hi-tech remix of ‚Down The Sky,‘ complete with mesmeric dub influenced chord stabs and tripped out washes of delay. Once again carrying on the vibe of the original, but twisting it into an altogether different beast, Argy takes Ryo‘s warm synth stabs and shapes the remix into a slow paced yet pumping club tool. Deceivingly constant, it simply builds and builds, making a time stopping, truly hypnotic moment for the dancefloor and for the mind. The B side, ‚Coke‘ (no questions asked) welcomes another one of Ryo‘s extended journeys, this time a stronger, peak time groove which never lets off, and builds around layers of spaced out, pitching fx. Brain-tingling pitching synths heat things up, before laying down a super-funk hook that melts on top of the beats irresistibly. Ryo then leads us head-first into a series of spaced out, jacked-up movements, characterised by risqué, feminine vocal snippets. Wild Pitch rejuvenated!
Transcribe →Coke
May 1300:09:00Tap to summarizeTokyo‘s rising star Ryo Murakami has already put his diverse, electronic sound on the map with the ‚Rise‘ EP on Dessous last year, and received great praise for his track ‚My Soul‘, snapped up by Steve Bug for the Fabric mix series, which was piled high with atmosphere and dark, club energy. His next 12“ includes two new tracks, the title cut being ‚Down The Sky‘, cooly influenced by old school house, but also more recent European forays into night music. Ryo demonstrates a heavy aptitude for stripped down futurism, with staccato, jilted beats, joined by layers of padded synth structures, looming somewhere between light and darkness. The merits of carefully weighing out your ingredients, leaving just the right level of detail; not too little, not too much, have clearly been explored by Ryo here. More to the point though, it’s a track that could string out time and create so much room to groove! Poker Flat‘s young Greek maestro, Argy, creates a stunning hi-tech remix of ‚Down The Sky,‘ complete with mesmeric dub influenced chord stabs and tripped out washes of delay. Once again carrying on the vibe of the original, but twisting it into an altogether different beast, Argy takes Ryo‘s warm synth stabs and shapes the remix into a slow paced yet pumping club tool. Deceivingly constant, it simply builds and builds, making a time stopping, truly hypnotic moment for the dancefloor and for the mind. The B side, ‚Coke‘ (no questions asked) welcomes another one of Ryo‘s extended journeys, this time a stronger, peak time groove which never lets off, and builds around layers of spaced out, pitching fx. Brain-tingling pitching synths heat things up, before laying down a super-funk hook that melts on top of the beats irresistibly. Ryo then leads us head-first into a series of spaced out, jacked-up movements, characterised by risqué, feminine vocal snippets. Wild Pitch rejuvenated!
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Dinosaurs (Wareika Remix)
May 1300:09:59Tap to summarizeTwo true heroes of underground electronic music, Alex Flatner & Lopazz step up the game with this brand new outing on Poker Flat. The original version of 'Dinosaurs' is a pacy, energetic jam with a super-solid bass foundation. Tracky, urgent and of course wonderfully produced, it harks back to the trippy, percussive sound worlds of classic Poker Flat releases from the likes of Guido Schneider. Essential, unstoppable magic! The similarly unstoppable Paul Woolford hands in his 'Mannheim' remix, which takes a freaky, percussive edge and steps up the energy even further in this amazing workout. Hamburg‘s rising stars Wareika create a beautiful, building version from the original‘s tougher parts. Intense, atmospheric and full of patient, artistic license, we‘re sure you‘ll love this heady, super funky, heartfelt interpretation.
Transcribe →Dinosaurs (Paul Woolford's Michigan Remix)
May 1200:07:46Tap to summarizeTwo true heroes of underground electronic music, Alex Flatner & Lopazz step up the game with this brand new outing on Poker Flat. The original version of 'Dinosaurs' is a pacy, energetic jam with a super-solid bass foundation. Tracky, urgent and of course wonderfully produced, it harks back to the trippy, percussive sound worlds of classic Poker Flat releases from the likes of Guido Schneider. Essential, unstoppable magic! The similarly unstoppable Paul Woolford hands in his 'Mannheim' remix, which takes a freaky, percussive edge and steps up the energy even further in this amazing workout. Hamburg‘s rising stars Wareika create a beautiful, building version from the original‘s tougher parts. Intense, atmospheric and full of patient, artistic license, we‘re sure you‘ll love this heady, super funky, heartfelt interpretation.
Transcribe →Dinosaurs (Benny Grauer Remix)
May 1100:07:53Tap to summarizeTwo true heroes of underground electronic music, Alex Flatner & Lopazz step up the game with this brand new outing on Poker Flat. The original version of 'Dinosaurs' is a pacy, energetic jam with a super-solid bass foundation. Tracky, urgent and of course wonderfully produced, it harks back to the trippy, percussive sound worlds of classic Poker Flat releases from the likes of Guido Schneider. Essential, unstoppable magic! The similarly unstoppable Paul Woolford hands in his 'Mannheim' remix, which takes a freaky, percussive edge and steps up the energy even further in this amazing workout. Hamburg‘s rising stars Wareika create a beautiful, building version from the original‘s tougher parts. Intense, atmospheric and full of patient, artistic license, we‘re sure you‘ll love this heady, super funky, heartfelt interpretation.
Transcribe →Dinosaurs
May 1100:07:39Tap to summarizeTwo true heroes of underground electronic music, Alex Flatner & Lopazz step up the game with this brand new outing on Poker Flat. The original version of 'Dinosaurs' is a pacy, energetic jam with a super-solid bass foundation. Tracky, urgent and of course wonderfully produced, it harks back to the trippy, percussive sound worlds of classic Poker Flat releases from the likes of Guido Schneider. Essential, unstoppable magic! The similarly unstoppable Paul Woolford hands in his 'Mannheim' remix, which takes a freaky, percussive edge and steps up the energy even further in this amazing workout. Hamburg‘s rising stars Wareika create a beautiful, building version from the original‘s tougher parts. Intense, atmospheric and full of patient, artistic license, we‘re sure you‘ll love this heady, super funky, heartfelt interpretation.
Transcribe →Dinosaurs (Paul Woolford's Mannheim Beatdown Remix)
May 1100:08:14Tap to summarizeTwo true heroes of underground electronic music, Alex Flatner & Lopazz step up the game with this brand new outing on Poker Flat. The original version of 'Dinosaurs' is a pacy, energetic jam with a super-solid bass foundation. Tracky, urgent and of course wonderfully produced, it harks back to the trippy, percussive sound worlds of classic Poker Flat releases from the likes of Guido Schneider. Essential, unstoppable magic! The similarly unstoppable Paul Woolford hands in his 'Mannheim' remix, which takes a freaky, percussive edge and steps up the energy even further in this amazing workout. Hamburg‘s rising stars Wareika create a beautiful, building version from the original‘s tougher parts. Intense, atmospheric and full of patient, artistic license, we‘re sure you‘ll love this heady, super funky, heartfelt interpretation.
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