Tracklist:
1. Glauben Der Dunkelheit (MEANSandENDS deception Remix) (7:19)
2. Glauben Der Dunkelheit (MEANSandENDS conception Remix) (5:54)
3. Klopfer (Luis Rosario LA Remix) (6:01)
4. Klopfer (Luis Rosario Detroit Remix) (5:42)
5. Klopfer (Allan Gallego’s LOFT Remix) (7:00)
6. Klopfer (DJ NOVA Miami Remix) (6:34)
7. Glauben Der Dunkelheit (Tony Kasper Remix) (5:44)
8. Klopfer (Tony Kasper Remix) (6:01)

Press Release:
You walk into a room. Hands are in the air. The walls are wet. And those droplets, you’re pretty sure, are pulsating.

Brooklyn/Detroit (MEANSandENDS), Los Angeles (Luis Rosario), Miami (DJ Nova), Chicago/Miami (Tony Kasper)… and “KLOPFER,” some nomenclature of indeterminate Deutsche origination. More importantly, at this moment: that sweet bottom, aka the low end, that which gives life.

Wait. Wait…

You know what? One thing… Brooklyn, Detroit, L.A., Miami – it doesn’t matter what city. It’s the same room. Wherever you go to get some of this, you’re in The Black Nation. That place we go to be our truest selves. The dark – and the light. And what’s coming in your earhole, when those droplets bounce, is KLOPFER (translation: a “knocker”). Black Nation Recordings Number 830. Knock, knock… Call and response. That moment of transformation. That moment when you walked into the room and let go. And The Knock is an eight-banger release featuring four artist’s take on that same theme: the moment. Klopfer. Knock knock.

Listen. You once fell in love, and it was divine… Answer the call, walk through the door, and into the room.

www.chicagojaxxx.com

Control. An epoch streaming through indifferent speaker stacks. Ronnie Raygun, resurrected as the brit Max Headroom, reads from a dot-matrix spool. Did he just say what I thought he said? “Always, always — things are down to how you Kontrol Them.”

On the flip, “No Sleep Required” and “Strategic Formula” channel early Plus 8/Circuit Breaker with a percussive assault and half-bar loops built for big rooms. Bonus beats placate proletariat bread lines scratching platters on the stripped-down “Control Them (Tool Version).”

You thought The Wall fell. But a new hemisphere echoes – bitte kommen Sie jetzt mit mir… Just because you’re paranoid, don’t mean we’re not after you. Black Nation: heating up a cold war near you.

Tracklist:
1. Control Them (6:08)
2. Control Them (Tool Version) (6:08)
3. No Sleep Required (7:15)
4. Strategic Formula (7:17)

Tracklist:
1. It’s Your Choice (8:12)
2. Pushing Forward (9:17)

PRESS RELEASE:
Black Nation Recordings starts off their 20 Year Anniversary year with the long-awaited Know Who You Are REMIXES release already getting massive play from the likes of Richie Hawtin, Paco Osuna, Umek, Matador, Anderson Noise, Alexi Delano, Sasha Carassi, Loco & Jam, Stanny Franssen, Michel De Hey, Laurent Garnier, Industrialyzer, Pierre Deutschmann, Shin Nishimura, Chris Fortier, Hermanez, Tom Hades, and more!

Tony Kasper presents a remix compilation with several tracks from his August 2010 full length album debut. This package features an all in-house BN lineup. MEANSandENDS starts off with his misguided “ASM0K3Y remix” version of Changes followed by Ray Nicholes creepy and stripped down “Last Minute remix”.

Label founder Jay Denham’s contribution is his “Space Mix” of Come In Earth that guarantees to wobble any weeble. Ds and Cs There Is No Earth remix” offers up a funky organic interpretation to make the booties bounce.

Florida based Billy Johnston and Italian producer Gennaro Mastrantonio teamed up to create the “ANALOG remix” of “Selections” that features a slamming bass line complemented by synth peaks and straight forward people mover skills.

Lastly, Tony Kasper features his “Low Frequency remix” of “Selections” with darker elements and some massive synth stabs that say, Dont f*** with me I made this s***!.

Artist: Tony Kasper / Various Artists
Title: Know Who You Are REMIXES
Label: Black Nation Recordings
Cat #: BNR650
Format: MP3/WAV
Release Date: January 3rd, 2012

Tracklist:
1. Changes (MEANandENDS ASM0K3Y Remix) (7:31)
2. Changes (Ray Nicholes Last Minute Remix) (9:18)
3. Come In Earth (Jay Denham Space Remix) (7:01)
4. Come In Earth (Ds and Cs There Is No Earth Remix) (5:56)
5. Selections (Billy Johnston & Gennaro Mastrantonio ANALOG Remix) (7:40)
6. Selections (Tony Kasper’s Low Frequency Remix) (6:17)

After a huge debut on many dance floors around the world in 2008 Bernard Badie & Chicago’s queen of house music, Dajae are back with the 2010 mixes of “Truth Hurts”. This time we have mixes from the U.K. as well as America’s midwest.

Representing from the U.K. we have a deep soulfull affair from Jonny Montanna & Craig Stewart. Also from the U.K. we have a techier club mix by Lost My Dog’s Pete Defeet. From Detroit we have a remastered mix from the late Aaron Carl. From Chicago we have two excellent big room tech house mixes from Tony Kasper. Also from the Chi we have deep as well as latin mixes from Monte Carlo Method & label boss Sean Smith. We hope you enjoy this 2nd set of mixes as much as we do at Smooth Agent..

Support for this release by: Dj Simbad, Andre Harris, Jim Shaft Ryan, Grahm Gold, Ralf Gum, Colin Sales, Grand High Priest, Dj Pope, Michael Fossati, Melchyor A, Lewis Dene, Dj Cherokee, Imaani Brown, Black Alley, Doc Link, Andy Ward, Soul Minority & many others!

“Hi tech workout from Black Nation, exquisitely produced tracks full of soul and futuristic vibes, ‘Selections’ is a winner, ‘Progress’ is top notch stuff, ‘Please Me’ is pure galactic funk, ‘Here’s the Deal’ …those Chicago vibes …love this album, straight to my chart!”
– HD Substance (Monofunk,Software, Madrid)

“Sounds sweet! Love that ‘Please Me’ track!”
– Par Grindvik (Stockholm Ltd)

“This is great!”
– Angel Alanis (A Squared,Klientele Musik)

“Changes” and “Please Me” are my favorites. VERY well produced album. Everything has a nice big, clean sound to it. Kudos.”
– Tony Rohr (Clink, Plus 8, Drumcode)

PRESS RELEASE:
Sixteen year deejay and up and coming Techno producer presents his first full-length album on internationally known Kalamazoo-based Techno label Black Nation Records headed by Jay Denham and D.G. Hubbard. With remixes out already out on labels such as Kompute Musik and Smooth Agent Records, this album fits the role for a refreshing and original sound coming out of the midwest United States. Living in a world filled with short-lived overnight rockstars conforming to half-witted and regurgitated dance music, Tony chose to stick with what he knows best, Techno, in it’s purist and simplest form by incorporating a driving force of funky structures, vocals, big room sounds, and seamless transitions, thus achieving an experience of it’s own kind from start to finish. Each track on this album exemplifies the true meaning of dance music and how effective it can be when you keep it clean and well composed. The album is very versatile, easily played with Techno, House, Tech House, and Electro.

TRACKLIST:
1. All In (7:07)
2. Changes (5:53)
3. Come In Earth (5:46)
4. Drama Revisited (7:33)
5. Here’s The Deal (Warehouse Mix) (6:10)
6. Know Who You Are (Edit) (7:27)
7. Please Me (6:19)
8. Progress (7:04)
9. Selections (6:08)
10. Taking It Back A Notch (8:31)