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Crosstown Rebels
Oceanvs Orientalis feat Tooker
Played by: Juno Recommends Minimal Tech
Review: Oceanvs Orientalis, the Istanbul-based maestro known for his hypnotic and culturally diverse soundscapes, collaborates with Italian artist Tooker to deliver II Lupo as their debut on the revered Crosstown Rebels label. Drawing from Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic, and Armenian influences, Oceanvs Orientalis creates a thick tapestry of sound that unfolds after a year of global performances. The EP immerses listeners in a haunting atmosphere of ethereal synth-lines, wolf howls, and resonant drum hits, transporting us into a realm of intrigue. The collaboration with Tooker adds an extra dimension to Oceanvs Orientalis's signature downtempo style, with Acid Pauli's remix enriching the melodic journey with cosmic stabs, shimmering chimes and vivacious tones. The result is a soul-stirring composition that showcases the synergy between these talented artists and their ability to craft an immersive sonic experience.
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CRM 303
22 Dec 23
Minimal/Tech House
22 Dec 23
Minimal/Tech House
Played by: Juno Recommends Minimal Tech
Review: Following a series of increasingly impressive singles and EPs, Crosstown Rebels regular Tibi Dabo has delivered his hotly anticipated debut album, Vista. Building on the emotive and uplifting feel of recent single 'Overture' - which rounds off the set in fine style - the Barcelona-based producer confidently strides between rolling, synth-powered nu-disco/deep house fusion ('Water Is'), surging and organ-rich techno ('Triple Frontier'), breakbeat-sporting, IDM-influenced electronica ('Diamond Baby'), locked-in early morning hypnotism ('Useless Ideas'), spaced-out tech-house ('Mundo') and acid-flecked, mind-mangling peak-time sleaze (the rubbery, sub-heavy 'Mangabeira Manifesto').
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CRMLP 051
29 Sep 23
Minimal/Tech House
29 Sep 23
Minimal/Tech House
Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House
Review: Crosstown Rebels has been happily nurturing the career of Barcelona-born producer Tibi Dabo (real name Maximillian Muhler), offering up periodic singles and EPs since 2019. 'Overture', the producer's fifth outing on Damian Lazarus's imprint, is another strong offering - a chunky, emotive and slowly rising affair in which sweeping chords, spacey pads and memorable electronic melodies rise above a thickset bassline and rolling house drums. Remix wise, Giegling regular Map.ache steps up first, adding a touch more swing to the drums, stabbing hooks and hazy, dub techno style riffs, before Aline Brooklyn and Aman Umber join forces as Aline Umber. Their revision is weighty, thickset and analogue rich, though wisely they also make space for Muhler's deliciously dreamy chords and shimmering synth-strings.
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CRM 296
08 Sep 23
Deep House
08 Sep 23
Deep House
Various
Review: Two decades have now passed since Damian Lazarus shuttered the City Rockers imprint and launched Crosstown Rebels. The tech-tinged label was an instant success and has continued to inspire DJs and dancers ever since. 'CR20 The Album' is a label retrospective with a twist, namely that it contains unheard versions of classic catalogue tracks, unreleased gems and fresh revisions. The many highlights include - but are not limited to - the hushed, early morning Latin-tech shuffle of Dennis Cruz's remix of Pier Bucci's 'Hay Consuelo', a typically atmospheric, percussion-rich and string-laden Black Coffee revision of Made By Pete and Zoe Kypri's 'Horizon Red', and a tactile, saucer-eyed Art Department tweak of 'Paradise' by Jamie Jones.
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CRMLP 20YR
12 May 23
Deep House
12 May 23
Deep House
Played by: Juno Recommends Minimal Tech
Review: Pale Blue, the musical duo consisting of Elizabeth Wight and Mike Simonetti and recently signed to Crosstown Rebels, has released their latest emotionally charged track, "Together Alone." Wight's honest and haunting vocals glide smoothly over the mix, reminiscent of trip-hop icons like Martina Topley-Bird and Tracey Thorn, but with a minimalist techno backing. Then to accompanies the release, Danish Native Rune Reilly Kolsch himself offers a groovier bassline and glittering build remix, which omits the vocals. This new single is the third release from Pale Blue's upcoming album on Crosstown Rebels, showcasing their collaborative work as critically acclaimed artists with renowned solo careers in the electronic realm.
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CRM 290
28 Apr 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
28 Apr 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Pale Blue has recently released "No Words," the second single from their forthcoming album Maria. The electronic duo's album consists of love songs, with this track being a standout. It was created using synths from Jaydee, the producer behind the iconic "Plastic Dreams." With a captivating bassline and fluttering vocals, it captures a playful and optimistic nature. The single includes remixes from Perel whose Dub Version offering a cosmic dive through spacey synths and ever-evolving electronics, while DJ Tennis' remix is hazy yet captivating, with organic drums and engrossing melodies forming around the vocals.
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CRM 287
17 Mar 23
Minimal/Tech House
17 Mar 23
Minimal/Tech House
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CRM 271
13 May 22
Minimal/Tech House
13 May 22
Minimal/Tech House
Review: Some excellent all-star action here, as Amberoom (AKA Manuel Tur and Adrian Hoffman) join forces with scene stalwart Blakkat and LA artist Babygirl for a first joint single on Crosstown Rebels. In its' original form, 'Forces of Nature' is attractive and intoxicating in original measure, with soulful lead vocals riding bubbly synthesizer lines, undulating synth-bass and a stripped-back rhythm track. The headline remixes come from Radio Slave, who delivers two 'New Age of Love' reworks. The first is dreamy and loved-up, delivering a 21st century update on the funky breakbeat house sound of the early '90s, while the second is a hip-hop tempo take that's every bit as alluring. To complete the EP, Blakkat and Lucas Forta re-invent 'Forces of Nature' as a deep, Latin-tinged chunk of jazz-house hedonism.
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CRM 254
11 Jun 21
Deep House
11 Jun 21
Deep House
Review: Junior Sanchez may not enjoy quite as high a profile as he did back in the nineties and noughties, but he continues to deliver regular doses of tried-and-tested dancefloor gold. His latest EP - his first for Crosstown Rebels - ticks a lot of boxes, delivering a quartet of cuts tailor-made for big rooms and dark basements. He first joins forces with fellow scene stalwart Todd Terry on 'Live Forever', a slowly building, tactile chunk of celebratory house retro-futurism that's as spine-tingling and rushing as they come, before opting for heavier bass on disco-tinged number 'After Love'. 'My Mind Goes' is an even heavier and more psychedelic late-night bumper, while 'Body Heat' is a wonky techno number full of mind-mangling riffs, warped bass and Switch style beats.
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CRM 253
28 May 21
Deep House
28 May 21
Deep House
Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House
Review: Something of a meeting of minds here, as long-established Spanish producer Dennis Cruz (Stereo Productions, Hot Creations, Moon Harbour Recordings) joins forces with fellow deep house/tech-house fusionist Josh Butler (Madtech, Defected, Rejected), for a joyous bounce through carnival-ready Latin house. 'Ahora Tado Ba' sneakily uses portions from what sounds like an old Latin jazz record, brilliantly weaving them around a bouncy, drum-heavy samba-house groove. It's an insanely infectious cut and one that we're fully expecting to hear tons over the summer. It comes backed by a drawn-out, loved-up tech-house take from Gorgon City that's arguably far more emotive than Cruz and Butler's original, if a little less urgent, energetic and funky.
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CRM 252
07 May 21
Deep House
07 May 21
Deep House
Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House
Review: Following up the lead single "Under Your Skin" with Kevin Knapp, veteran duo Audiojack of Gruuv Recordings fame finally unveil their full length album on Crosstown Rebels. The Leeds natives James Rial and Richard Burkinshaw last served up an LP back in 2009, so it's another career high for the pair and features a diverse array of moods and grooves across 10 tracks. From the balearic downbeat chill vibe of "Binaural Dreaming", to the funky and bass-driven tech house of "Easy Rider" or similarly the acid laced "Psychoactive" (Part 1) which are more typical of the pair. Not to mention the utterly euphoric second single "Feels Good" featuring vocalist Jem Cooke, its a cohesive effort by these staples of the Ibiza party circuit.
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CRMLP 046
30 Apr 21
Deep House
30 Apr 21
Deep House
Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House
Review: Earlier in the year Audiojack teased their forthcoming second album, Surface Tension - their first full-length excursion for 12 years - with a pleasingly off-kilter and bass-heavy cut featuring an atmospheric vocal from Kevin Knapp. 'Feels Good', which features storied singer Jem Cooke, is also taken from Surface Tension. It's arguably even better than its predecessor, with Cooke's delay-laden vocals riding crunchy drum machine percussion, ghostly chords and a restless, rolling electronic bassline. The accompanying Patrice Baumel remix is simply stunning, too, with twinkling piano motifs and atmospheric stabs rising above a smoother but weightier, kick-drum driven groove. As it progresses, Baumel introduces sparkling synths and richer chords, taking an already excellent track into the stratosphere.
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CRM 251
23 Apr 21
Deep House
23 Apr 21
Deep House
Review: Last time we heard from Emmanuel Satie back in January, he was delivering an epic slab of muscular, percussion-rich peak-time house on Moon Harbour ('One Love'). 'Personal Liberation', the title track from the former Get Physical regular's first Crosstown Rebels outing, is similarly weighty and drum-heavy, with guest vocalist Naghiti speaking echo-laden words over gargantuan sub-bass, dark string sounds, moody chords and a bouncy, percussion-rich Afro-house beat. Elsewhere, 'The Keys To Jupiter' is a more melancholic and bittersweet affair, with mournful piano motifs rising above a more shuffling (but no less rubbery) tech-house beat, while 'Somewhere Else In Time' cheerily joins the dots between classic electro, Inner City's 'Good Life' and symphonic deep house.
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CRM 250
09 Apr 21
Deep House
09 Apr 21
Deep House
Harry Romero feat Jessica Eve
Review: By his usually prolific standards, Harry "Choo Choo" Romero has been rather quiet of late, offering up just two missives of note in 2020. Here he pitches up on Damian Lazarus's Crosstown Rebels imprint for the very first time, delivering a dark room throb-job that's arguably far less muscular than many of his productions - even if it does boast a thickset, mind-altering bassline and plenty of layered percussion. Romero provides vocal and instrumental mixes, with the former adding spoken word sections from Jessica Eve to the New York producer's addictive blend of minor key motifs, spacey chords and suitably wonky electronic noises. Rodriguez Jr. provides the other mix, skilfully re-imagining the track as a woozy, soft-touch tech-house number full of shuffling beats, moody chords and undulating lead lines.
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CRM 249
26 Mar 21
Minimal/Tech House
26 Mar 21
Minimal/Tech House
Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House
Review: This is the first release together for Tuskegee Music co-heads The Martinez Bros and Seth Troxler since "Space & Time" back in 2014. But as far as Crosstown Rebels is concerned, the Bros are making their debut here, and Troxler returning for the first time since 2011 when he collaborated with Art Department on "Living The Life". The result is "Play In The Dark" with its woozy after hours style of boompty business, immersed in swinging rhythms, dirty bass and ethereal chords. Troxler's Freak Mix is more of an introverted and heads down affair, which will hypnotise you into submission in the tradition of DJ Koze's classic "I Want To Sleep".
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CRM 248
05 Mar 21
Deep House
05 Mar 21
Deep House
Various
Review: Damian Lazarus' Crosstown Rebels imprint has been bringing some consistent quality over the last months, with releases by drum & bass legend DJ Krust and most recently Audiojack and Kevin Knapp's "These Days" which came with a killer remix by Pearson Sound. The label is now into the fourth edition in the SPIRITS compilation series, with highlights coming from Radio 1 legend Pete Tong teaming up with Italian tech house producer Alex Kennon on the slinky groove of "Apache", the ever reliable Francesca Lombardo with the mesmerising cosmic dancefloor journey "Freak On Sea" as well as Los Angelno pair Lubelski & Xkylar with the afterhours minimal shuffle of "Passion Fruits" and the Minus affiliated Matador with the lurking bass and moody atmospherics of "Vulture" - plus many more.
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CRMLP 045
26 Feb 21
Minimal/Tech House
26 Feb 21
Minimal/Tech House
Audiojack feat Kevin Knapp
Review: Crosstown Rebels follows up a killer album by drum & bass legend DJ Krust with this new one by Gruuv main men Audiojack, who team up with American expat in Berlin Kevin Knapp. The result is "Under Your Skin", an off-kilter and experimental cut that's quite unlike anything you've heard from the producers before, with its intoxicating and bass-driven vibe that's perfect for the chill-out or warm-up alike. With this in mind, it receives a remix from quite the suitable candidate in the form of Pearson Sound. The UK bass hero taking the track into the more hypnotic realms in pursuit of his typically low end theories.
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CRM 247
19 Feb 21
Minimal/Tech House
19 Feb 21
Minimal/Tech House
Review: Tunisian twosome first caught the ear of electronic music enthusiasts four years ago via Rey & Kjavik's warm, deep and deceptively slow remix of semi-acoustic North African number 'Smek'. The track's potential for further remixes was spotted by Crosstown Rebels last year, with the result being this three-tracker of 2021 reworks. The headline-grabbing revision comes courtesy of effervescent Chilean Ricardo Villalobos, who adds the pair's attractive vocals and occasional flashes of Tunisian instrumentation to a surprisingly weighty, kickdrum-heavy groove that's way heavier than his usual sparse-but-funky rhythms. Elsewhere, SIS re-imagines the track as a percussion-rich fusion of tech-house and what would once have been called 'world music', while the MoM revision is a lusciously saucer-eyed downtempo excursion tailor made for late nights and early mornings.
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CRM 246
05 Feb 21
Deep House
05 Feb 21
Deep House
Review: Legend of the Bristol drum and bass scene - coming up alongside the likes of Roni Size, DJ Zinc and Photek back in the day - sees himself in 2020 working alongside Damian Lazarus label Crosstown Rebels. Having released his The Edge Of Everything album to critical acclaim (his first LP since 2006) on CR, a first remix installment was introduced earlier this year with a sweet double pack from Masters At Work. Bigger yet is this remix scoop featuring local Bristol associate (and Timedance boss) Batu with a darkly, bass-heavy and percussive twist on TEOE's penultimate track "Space Oddity", with Damian Lazurus himself turning an originally downbeat stepper into a wormholing deep house banger with some sweet claps to hold on to through the dark. Adding some sprinkles of light to this EP is Four Tet's interpretation of "Negative Returns" that still hurtles in velocity and sub-bass, with Kieran Hebden revealing upon its release: "this is the first D&B track I've ever made!"
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CRM 244
04 Dec 20
Bass
04 Dec 20
Bass
Review: Sebastian "Basti" Grub is no newcomer to the house and techno scene, having begun his DJ/producer journey in the first decade of the century. His epic discography includes single releases on some suitably notable labels (Desolat, Mobilee and Hot Creations to name just three), though this two-tracker is his first for Crosstown Rebels. Singer Patrick Kitchens lends a hand on lead cut "Destiny", an ear-catching fusion of groovy, swinging house drums, frenetic layered percussion, a headline-grabbing bassline and eyes-closed vocals. Grub takes a different path on "Drugs", where Julian Smith invites us to "get high tonight" over a trippy tech-house beats, familiar bleeping melodies and sub-bass that might liquidise the contents of your guts.
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CRM 232
10 Apr 20
Deep House
10 Apr 20
Deep House
Review: Dennis Cruz's musical journey has seen him receive accolades for his output, with a number of awards and nominations including Best Producer in 2017's DJ Awards and releasing on influential imprints like Solid Grooves, Moon Harbour and Hot Creations. For his new one on Damian Lazarus' Crosstown Rebels imprint entitled "Uhuru", he teams up with fellow Spaniards Delmar and Alvaro aka aka Los Suruba for some deeply meditative and trance-inducing deepness - perfect for a shamanic ritual. He then flies solo on the hypnotic afterhours tech house of "Los Libros" which features some sweltering polyrhythms with truly scintillating Latin vocals. Closing it out is the dirty, tough rolling jacker "Loco" which proves this top producer can rock the main room too!
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CRM 231
27 Mar 20
Minimal/Tech House
27 Mar 20
Minimal/Tech House
Played by: Paige
Review: Label regular Emanuel Satie returns to Crosstown Rebels with an EP featuring two quite contrasting melodic housers. 'Rivers' is a driving, heads-down kinda cut with energy to spare, and is based around a hypnotic rhythm that borders on the tribal, on top of which are layered subtly head-frying synths and snatches of chant-like female vocal. The accompanying 'Tokyo ASMR' is more contemplative, drifty affair with Middle Eastern-sounding strings, more strange cut-up female vocal snippets and a hazy, druggy atmosphere overall. If modular synth chords alone don't cut it for you, this is the melodic house you're looking for!
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CRM 230
13 Mar 20
Deep House
13 Mar 20
Deep House
Review: Following impressive outings on Gruuv and Knee Deep in Sound, Leeds-based tech-house stalwarts Audiojack return to Crosstown Rebels for the first time since 2017. It's the long-serving production partnership's first release of the year and contains two typically on-point cuts. "Inside My Head" sees the duo doff a cap to fellow Leeds dance music royalty Nightmares on Wax via a heavyweight, bass-heavy peak-time workout that utilizes the same Cuba Gooding vocal sample as the veteran Warp act used on their 1990 cut "I'm For Real". As tribiutes go, it's rather good. There's a little more funk to the swinging tech-house/hip-house fusion of "Behind The Curtain", where rap samples and jammed-out electric piano lines ride a sweaty but rubbery groove.
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CRM 211
01 Mar 19
Minimal/Tech House
01 Mar 19
Minimal/Tech House
Italoboyz feat Durant (IT)
Review: It's taken a while, but finally Italoboyz Federico Marton and Marco Donato have been snapped up by Crosstown Rebels. Since it's a special occasion, they've also asked some of their pals to lend a hand. Alias collector Marco Zanin dons the Durant pseudonym to contribute to "Midnight Summer Dream", a driving, bass-heavy, percussively intense tech-house affair that rumbles, rolls, rises and falls for 14 mind-altering minutes. Yulia Niko remixes, stripping the track back to reveal restless analogue bass, swinging tech-house drums and a variety of trippy, echo-laden spoken word samples. To round off a suitably sizable single, Marton and Donato reunite with regular collaborator Blind Minded (AKA London-based Italian Giorgio Cadamuro) on a swirling, trippy, locked-in and undeniably loaded tech-house shuffler that runs to almost 18 minutes.
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CRM 210
15 Feb 19
Minimal/Tech House
15 Feb 19
Minimal/Tech House
Review: Italy's Francesca Lombardo saw her debut on Crosstown Rebels back a few years ago, and the artiste returns to the mighty imprint with a fresh four-tracker for the body and soul. "Perseidi" is a hypnotic shot of house psychedelia that flutters away amid fuzzy low frequencies and rattling percussion twists, a tune that's backed by a remix from Transmat's Aril Brikha who jacks it up and adds in a fine layer of sci-fi Detroit vibes. "Uttermost" is a little funkier and bouncier thanks to its wavy chords, while "Tulips On Mars" goes deeper into cyber space with its cinematic bassline and spacey pads. Hot stuff, this!
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CRM 145
14 Aug 15
Minimal/Tech House
14 Aug 15
Minimal/Tech House
Review: The elaborately named Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs might not be the first name one would expect to mix the Lost series from Crosstown Rebels, but his forthcoming Lost IV does look promising, not least for the inclusion of "Lion, The Lion" a collaboration with the eponymous West Countryman Eats Everything. Wisely plucked from the forthcoming mix for single release here, Damian Lazarus and co. have also commissioned two very complementary remixes from 4Lux boss Gerd. Back to the original, and "Lion, The Lion" comes across like the second coming of fidget house and is apparently the results of two days recording at Eats Everything's studio HQ last December and has been eagerly awaited since it was unveiled on the producer's Essential Mix.
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CRM 114
29 Jul 13
Deep House
29 Jul 13
Deep House
Played by: DJ VIVONA, Pan-Pot, Djs: Most Charted - Deep House, Droog, Resident Advisor, Maceo Plex, Tiefschwarz, Ordep Zerep
Review: Hot Creations boss man Jamie Jones resurfaces on the Crosstown Rebels label with his first solo transmission of the year, the rather fruitily titled Moan & Groan. Filled to bursting point with all the typical Jammy Jones production points - think bouncy groove, irresistible drops and hushed deviant vocals - "Moan & Groan" arrives just in time for the summer slog on the Croatian coastline. It's complemented by two remixes of "Tonight In Tokyo" - one of the secret weapons Jones included on last year's Crosstown Rebels album of sorts Tracks From The Crypt - from Breach and Cassius. Ben Westbeech's darker alias teases out some deep basslines for his rework whilst veteran French duo Cassius are on altogether more epic form.
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CRM 111
10 Jun 13
Deep House
10 Jun 13
Deep House
Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House, Pan-Pot, Rony Breaker, Resident Advisor, LeSale, Jack Fell Down, Tiefschwarz, Umut Akalin, Kolombo, Modern Math Recordings, Natural High
Review: Bringing one of those vocals that will be nagging in the noggin long after the lights have come up; Ali Love and Kali are in prime pop-picking mode with this new single on Crosstown Rebels. The structure of the track is still in keeping with the label's slick take on house music; while the vocals intone a message of massaged ego that translates smoothly to Waze & Odyssey's more brooding remix. Maceo Plex comes in with a more romantic vision for the track, laying out thick reams of synth in a seductive late night style that can bleed outwards to fill a space large or small.
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CRM 108
01 Apr 13
Deep House
01 Apr 13
Deep House
Review: In something of a surprising move, Sergio 'Delete' Munoz's Fur Coat project returns to Crosstown Rebels with a former member of UK girl group All Saints in tow. Mel Blatt makes all the right moves for a sterling house vocal, keeping the soul piled on thick, while Fur Coat's production makes for a dextrous ride through intricate, textured deep house peppered with found sounds, dusty vinyl rips and an addictive rubbery bassline. DJ Sneak is backing things up with a classically bumping remix that leans on his usual funk licks and splashy hats for the heat of the night, while Just Be head into a more psychedelic territory peppered with colourful synths, but anchored by a humming pad that sits underneath the charming sonic decoration.
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CRM 107
18 Feb 13
Deep House
18 Feb 13
Deep House
Damian Lazarus / Various
Review: Crosstown Rebels head honcho, Damien Lazarus, has taken it upon himself (and his crew) to mark the "cosmically significant" date of December 21 with a 24-hour megaparty in Mexico. For those of us unable to attend in person, this accompanying compilation is the next best thing. Beginning with Pier Bucci's fittingly titled, and deliciously trippy, "Mayans", we get the exotic and trancey "The Prophecy" by Quenum, Matthew Jonson's sinister tech-houser "In Search Of A New Planet With Oxygen", the sublime "Cosmic Dancer" by Francesca Lombardo, the urgent menace of "Greed Insanity" by Fur Coat and the haunting, end-of-the-world vibes of "2012" by Jay Haze.
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CRMCD 021
03 Dec 12
Deep House
03 Dec 12
Deep House
Acid Pauli / Various
Review: The latest instalment of Crosstown Rebels' long-running Get Lost series comes from odd German deep house/tech house fusionist Acid Pauli, a man who looks more like a hairy Open University geology lecturer than a top-flight DJ. Reflecting Pauli's own style, the compilation's 41 unmixed tracks touch on shuffling, eyes-closed deepness, tactile techno, dream house and tongue-in-cheek silliness (the brilliant space-pop of "In My Spaceship" by Jan Turkenburg. More impressively, there are a string of previously unseen exclusives, including excellent tracks from Nicolas Jaar, Nu and Acid Pauli himself.
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CRMCD 020D
12 Nov 12
Deep House
12 Nov 12
Deep House
