Vinyl Releases
HARDGROOVE ORIGINALS EP
12 Inch
Pre sale
dj support: truncate, steffi, josh wink, tasha, surgeon, charles siegling, marcel fengler, ann?, laurent garnier, gerd
TOE TO TOE VOL 1 (140 G VINYL)
12 Inch, 140 G Vinyl
19.03.20
ben sims s hardgroove imprint hits its 30th release and 20th year of operations with the beginning of a new split ep series entitled toe to toe , with vol.1 provided by mella dee and subradeon. the uk s mella dee has developed a strong rep for robust club sounds via his aptly titled warehouse music imprint in recent years while the berlin-based subradeon duo have been dropping slick detroit influenced sounds for motech, rekids and their own eponymous imprint.
RITMICA (140 G VINYL)
12 Inch
21.02.20
tribal techno pressed on 140 g vinyl
RITMICA (140 G VINYL)
12 Inch, 140 G Vinyl
17.02.20
FIVE/FOUR EP
12 Inch, 140 g Vinyl
15.11.19
played by ben sims, spencer parker, billy nasty, s-file...
TRIBOLOGY TAKEOVER
12 Inch
22.07.19
cadans continues an incredibly strong run of releases with curved, his first drop for ben sims on-point hardgroove imprint. previous output for clone basement series as well as darko essers wolfskuil and balans as well as a collaboration with randomer for tasha s neighbourhood imprint have quickly established cadans (dutchman-in-london, jeroen snik) rep. on curved we re treated to yet more of the rising star s strident and sometimes disorientating rhythms. creep and dank open the ep with blistering purpose - all distorted 909 kicks and and hazy memories of strobes on seething dance floors. the title track kicks off the b-side with an aptly undulating and enjoyably unsettling slant to its main riff while the ep wraps up with chant a brilliantly effective drum-machine and vocal/horn sample workout.
new yorks avision makes his debut on ben sims hardgroove imprint with culture, an ep comprising four memorable and kinetic techno cuts and including an edit from sims himself. having previously cropped up on mark brooms beard man imprint, avision (real name anthony cardinale) has a knack for turning in gritty grooves that draw on earthy, discoid constructs and thats exactly what we have here with culture. from the eponymous opener throughout, staccato stabs characterise and propel the tracks in different ways whether via rolling, almost-there disco loops, gleefully abrasive call and response rhythms or, in the case of sims edit of jux, nifty vocal sample interplay. true to hardgroove form, culture is a release crafted for the dancefloor and delivers with exacting precision.
AMPLIFIED HOUSE EP
12 Inch
23.05.16
following big releases on circus company and lph white in 2015, borrowed identity continues the good form with his first release of 2016, the amplified house ep on ben sims hardgroove imprint.
NEED SOMEBODY EP
12 Inch
11.04.16
following hefty releases for karlovak and bass culture in 2015, ben sims continues to bring his ron bacardi alias heat with along with a remix from borrowed identity.
PARKLIFE / FUNK TIME
12 Inch
12.08.15
ben sims long running hardgroove imprint drops a new split release from ultramajic artist chambray and newcomer george tounisidis this september. the 12 inch a-side comprises two exclusive instrumental versions of cuts originally released on kompass in 2014 that show the german artists robust house leanings nicely while the flip side sees two similarly meaty house-informed techno cuts from george tounisidis. as always with hardgroove, this is a 12 inch of dancefloor weapons for the heads. enjoy!
VINALOG VS BEN SIMS (CLEAR VINYL)
Coloured 12 Inch
13.05.15
a welcome return for the mighty hardgroove label see s ben sim present his ron bacardi alias as well as new track in the middle featuring remixes by ron bacardi & vinalog as part of record stores day 2015. 12 inch clear vinyl in spined sleeve
DISCO TRIX VOL.4.3
12 Inch
03.05.13
part 3 of the disco trix vol 4 mixes featuring the mighty mr g aka colin mcbean on the remix
DISCO TRIX VOL.4.2
12 Inch
09.04.13
lampin techno with a disco twist and a kink remix. the classic sweet pussy pauline sample crops up on a cowbell-kinked and chugging sims original. bulgarian house god kink takes things deeper on the flip with his rollin remix of freaks.
FREAKS / LOVE & HURT (GARY BECK REMIX)
12 Inch
28.02.13
a welcome return for the mighty hardgroove. ben sims with mixes from gary beck.
SHES A TRAMP
12 Inch
14.10.10
ben sims teams up with one of glasgows finest mesuma for 4 track ep for his hargroove label
BLACK GOLD VOL 2
12 Inch
23.09.10
ben sims & friends on the latest hargroove - part 2 of the black gold series.
RED LIGHT DISTRICT EP
12 Inch
22.02.10
the massive hardgroove series rolls on with a 4 track various artists ep feat tracks from paul mac, lighter thief & head honcho ben sims
hardgroove #12 is in da house and ben sims sets it on fire! once again he grooves it harder while keeping the funk!
THE BLACK GOLD EP
12 Inch
20.05.09
a selection of tracks that have doing the rounds on digital and cdr over the past year or so but never made it to the black gold. all serious party bangers here that have seen support from the likes of derrick may, paul mac, mark williams and of course sims himself!
DISCO TRIX VOL 3
12 Inch
23.04.09
yet more disco flavoured action on hardgroove, 4 tracks of uptempo sample heavy club cuts that have been tearing up floors the world over and getting support from the likes of derrick may, francois kevorkian and of course, mr sims himself. enjoy and watch out for 011 (various artists-black gold) and a new limited edition series coming soonish
DISCO TRIX VOL 2
12 Inch
06.03.09
after the success of >disco trix vol. one< hardgroove continues the party vibes with trix vol. two, yet more familiar classics are wacked thru the sampler by mr ben and pumped up for peaktime useage in true hardgroove fashion. this ep features 2 different mixes of >dollar bill y all< as we couldn t decide of the definative version so lazily put both on, >reject 2< which was commissioned as a remix for spain s >dj nuke< but unused and >in the middle< which in our humble opinion is the finest slice of disco fromage sims has created so far
WELCOME TO THE CLUB
12 Inch
29.01.09
common quality techno 4 tracker incl remixes by the advent & industialyzer, paul mac and ben sims himself
DISCO TRIX VOL 1
12 Inch
11.12.08
killer 4 track with massive filtered disco techno at it best
THE DUBS VOLUME 3
12 Inch
13.11.08
ultraphat bassheavy tribal techno banger !!! just a classic
WINDOWS-COCKROACH-LOCKED
12 Inch
05.03.03
phat hardgroovin tribal techno , 3 tracks !!