Vinyl Releases
COACH MIKE
12 Inch
01.08.16
berlin-based marlon hoffstadt drops coach mike, the fourth ep on his own retrograde imprint, featuring remixes from massimiliano pagliara and the friend and following a hat trick of successful releases. the four-track ep is the sophomore release from hoffstadt on his burgeoning label, which he co-founded with natureboy gold and matteo luis in august 2015. previously featuring the likes of kris wadsworth and tuff city kids, retrograde provides a platform for the artists to explore music alongside other forms of expression such as art, particularly surrealism.
UNTITLED (BENEDIKT FREY REMIX)
12 Inch
11.05.16
our third release untitled emerges as a moody four tracker born in matteo luis home studio. the title track is the driest start off there could be. it monotonously heads for the tracks climax in manner of a cyclone, a straight stomper that evolves its full strength within its last solution, surprising with an acidic and dubby face that makes you want to dive right into the dashing structure of its last minutes.
the second outcome on retrograde signifies the first release of head-honcho marlon hoffstadt on his and natureboy golds new imprint.
SHATTERED (VINYL ONLY)
12 Inch
28.11.16
mid november will see retrograde co-founder marlon hoffstadt pair up with paris brightledge for shattered. following a run of releases for his retrograde label and a track featured on the 100 dirt crew compilation berlin based dj and producer marlon hoffstadt continues his upwards trajectory, once again enlisting the services of legendary chicago vocalist paris brightledge who recently collaborated with paranoid london on their paris dub 1 & 2 records. stepping up first is the original mix of shattered with hoffstadt and brightledge delivered a raw, experimental house feel via broken drums breaks, sweeping synth chords and acidic bass chops, whilst paris vocal stylings add a soulful edge to the record.
IN REVERSE PT.1 (VINYL ONLY)
12 Inch
04.10.16
retrograde returns late september with * in reverse pt.1*, a various artist package featuring matteo luis, natureboy gold, terron and marlon hoffstadt. berlin based imprint retrograde marks its fith release here and once again welcomes back a selection of the collective recording artists already featured on the label such as label head-honcho natureboy gold, ffrr/play it down artist marlon hoffstatd, also co-founder of the label and tipped as a future star by pete tong on radio 1.
WONT CRY (TUFF CITY KIDS, JOHNJON, MARLON HOFFSTADT RMX)
12 Inch
30.11.15
as the first output of our new label we present you rtgd001: the wont cry ep by matteo luis & lo, both part of the fam & currently finishing the last touches of their upcoming debut album. the young cologne natives offer a warming and moony/dreamy/atmospheric work from their archives to start the labels catalogue as smooth as possible.