Booking now for NRK's 15th anniversary celebrations

NRK Music celebrates 15 years in the business this year, and plans are afoot for a special triple CD package featuring some of the many hi lights from the last decade and a half. To be released in April, "Forever Underground (Artifacts 1997-2012)" will also include a bonus mix CD from label founder, DJ and producer, Nick Harris.

Bookings are currently being taken by Sweat Lodge Agency for the 15th anniversary tour and events, featuring Nick Harris and guests. A special set at Berlin's Panorama Bar is locked down for April, so all promoters who would like to express interest in the tour please email james@sweatlodgeagency.com

More info at Sweat Lodge Agency

Welcoming Leviathan Sounds to the family

Strobelight Ltd, the parent company of NRK Music, welcomes a new label to the family. Leviathan Sounds is the new imprint from up and coming producer, Admiral, and specialises in some pretty out there tech house sounds and raw club cuts. Admiral opens the label account with his 'Scorpio Rising' EP, already picking up favourable comment from the likes of Laurent Garnier, Dinky, Kris Wadsworth and more.

'Scorpio Rising' EP will be released on Beatport on January 23rd, followed two weeks later on all other digital sites including Whatpeoopleplay, Juno, Traxsource and iTunes.

Admiral - Scorpio Rising E.P. (LEVIATHAN001) by Leviathan Sounds

Ed Davenport to drop debut album in March

Berlin resident and British electronic producer, Ed Davenport, has been a mainstay on NRK over the last 12 months or so, plying his powerful and emotive sounds over a variety of EPs. Davenport has now completed his debut long player, 'Counterchange', and his first album will be released in March.

Crossing the lines between house and techno music, Berlin has obviously been a huge influence on Davenport's sound over the last year, as have the hybrid sounds of dubstep, ambient techno and other inspirational sounds. 'Counterchange' features many moods and textures but runs very coherently and plays out like a perfect snapshot of electronic dance music as we know it today. The album features reworkings of previous singles 'More Red Lights' and 'New Yorkshire', and shows us just why Davenport is fast evolving in his sound and stature.

'Counterchange' will be released in March, and will be preceded by another single, featuring a remix by Roman Lindau.

For a flavour of Ed's sounds, check out this DJ set from Berlin Arena a couple of months back.

Ed Davenport @ Arena 30.09.11 by Ed Davenport

Ibiza Voice interview with Nick Harris

Ibiza Voice gets the lowdown on Stoned Immaculate, the new label launched by Nick Harris.

Read the article here

Nick Harris launches new label for 2012

Most known for being the head honcho of long serving bastion of the British house scene, NRK Music, Nick Harris launches a new label for 2012, and takes the first release slot for himself.

Stoned Immaculate is the label, and will focus on straight up house trax, slightly dubbed around the edges, and always aimed for the dancefloor. And Nick's first release for the new label nails the ethos pretty well, with three new tracks, all cut from simple cloth but with classic house elements doing what they do best.

'Under Control' slams hard like a slice of Kerri Chandler in a duel with Lil' Louis, 'Surfing With Kilgore' dubs it up Mood II Swing style and 'Feel Like Movin' skips just right with plenty of organ action.

'Dispatches' EP by Nick Harris is out on Stoned Immaculate as a digital release only, from 30th January 2012.

Nick Harris "White Leather" EP out now with Kiki and Hector on the remix

NRK Music keeps driving forwards, always with a relatively wide palette of deep house and techno sounds, and NRK171 sees label boss, Nick Harris, deliver another EP of solid house material. Out this week on Beatport and 12" vinyl.

“White Leather”, in its original “Xtra Tight Mix”, is built upon a sturdy, bass driven, moody beat and a carnival-esque melody lead, with plenty of percs and snaps to keep the energy levels up. Little breaks for enveloping Juno chords and rolling Chicago style deep beats keep the track nice & warm before the nagging melody kicks back in again. On the remix of “White Leather” we find Kiki (BPitch/Crosstown Rebels) stick with the percussive vibe and melody, fattening things up somewhat with a super bass heavy synth riff and stringy pads evocative of classic Carl Craig techno moments.

“Sunrise Over Volta” is a growling, bass heavy workout with hints of Kerri Chandler’s techier moments, tweaking little melodies in and out of the mix, filtering elements to and fro, all the while keeping things simple and focused on the floor. And providing his own interpretation, Hector Murillo, currently providing stellar sounds for the likes of Desolat, Tsuba, 2020 Vision and Mobilee, turns out a groovy as hell remix. Concrete heavy beats shuffle nicely and provide the groove, whilst Hector teases in the original elements for a swinging remix.

White Leather EP download on Beatport

White Leather EP 12" on NRK webshop

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Brand new NRK Music webshop now open

We would like to inform you that the NRK shop has moved over to a new location. Using Shopify as our host, purchases and payment handling are as secure as they get, so we hope that our NRK shop experience will be far superior to the previous shop which has suffered problems over the last few months.

The new address is http://nrk-music.myshopify.com/

Hope you can take time to check it out and see what's on offer at the shop, more product being added all the time. Plus we've some special offers on The Lab and Back In The Box brands, and some NRK Coast2Coast tee-shirts going at sale prices