UY055

Title: ”Checkpot”

Artist: Marcus Meinhardt

Release-Date: January 23, 2012

Marcus Meinhardts new record is there and with it a hole rig of remixes. "Checkpot" has become a typical Meinhardt that twirls with a cool funkyness and mysterious melodies through the dancers brain. The producer and dj Okain which is known especially through his releases on Tsuba Rec. is taking the theme by the fuze and is relighting the dancefloor with his bass accelerator. Our Upon You approved colleague Pele also likes to play with fire and got together with the artist Findling for his remix. They turn the wind towards the morning and let the flames turn into a trip-dub direction. Similar does the Upon You artist Echonomist who stears the digital bonus track with a heating value of glowing soundscapes as usual.

Tags: Echonomist, Marcus Meinhardt, Pele

UY054

Title: ”Callejera”

Artist: N!co Stojan

Release-Date: December 12, 2011

Nico Stojans last release on Upon You was a collaboration with The Cheapers. Before that, he had his debut on UY together with Pele. Now, the former hip- hop producer, took the streets of Spain all by himself and brought back an endotherm tech-house breeze to blow-dry our backstock catalogue and in wich we can preserve our summer memories in- for the cold days ahead. Not only wants the namegiving A1 of the UY054 to dancingly dig itself into the sand-beach... eaven the B1 Ttitle Quiet Now is wearing bikini-fashion. For those who like to withdrawel in the winter into steaming halls will be gratified by the remix from Hektor. The born Mexican which found his way through London into Berlin is turning the focal point from Quit Now into the direction main stage and lets the base drop. For the digital delights in life: Nicos track Dusty Fingers is ready to be downloaded- also a consequent techno-remix from Meyerdierks. 

Tags: N!co Stojan

UY053

Title: ”A Selection Of The Diary No.2”

Artist: Various Artists

Release-Date: November 14, 2011

Here comes the already promised vinyl-extraction of the already released Upon You Diary No.2 Compilation, on which you can find the UY- clan members and artists around the label. The four most popular titles of the cd were pored on vinyl.  On A1 a collaboration of Douglas Green and Delhia de France, who lost gallons of love about their song "Sense". Mark Henning has also formed a passioned tech-house-mover with his track "Stacked", which complies his cool style. The B- side has an opener from our number one Dutchman Onno, who got together with our youngest member Marcus Gehring to produce the title "Elephant In The Room". Of course Marcus Meinhardt, who was responsible for the survey of the tracks cant be left a side. His contribution to this product carries the name "Splash" and is an example for Marcus Meinhardts driving tech-house-sound.

Tags: Marcus Gehring, Marcus Meinhardt, ONNO

UY052

Title: ”South Of The Border”

Artist: Gunnar Stiller

Release-Date: October 31, 2011

After Gunnar Stillers latest release- the Upon You 050- had been served together with Marcus Meinhardt, wich grew on quite a few dancefloors to a club hit, everyone is of course curious to know what he will put on the dancing feet next. The A1 title "Way to Wollongong has been inspired by his Australia-Tour last year and is tying smoothly on to the agility of his former releases. "Antipodians" on side B1 is therefore taking more time for the housework and is sprouting his introspectively chords through the bush of the outback. The remixes are coming from our Upon You shooting star Marcus Gehring who adopted to Wollongong and Timid Boy who is doing the digital exclusive remix.

Tags: Gunnar Stiller

UYS007

Title: ”Calle Cala”

Artist: Melohman & Javi Bora

Release-Date: October 24, 2011

Our Upon You Sweet & Sour series likes to introduce to you fresh artists. This time the spaniards Melohman and Javi Bora brought us three dance floor rockets who can`t wait to be launched into the club-cosmos. The two crew-members have already started from 20:20 Vision and bring with "Calle Cala" proof of many completed flying lessons. An Edit on A1 and the original title on B1. On top of that the track "Trotamundos" is ready to be downloaded. B2 is reservated for a "Calle Cala" remix from producer Tuccillo, who`s living in Ibiza at the time. He is known through various releases on well respected labels like: Isgud, Circus Company and Delusions Of Grandeur. 

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UYCD002

Title: ”Diary No.2”

Artist: Various Artists

Release-Date: October 17, 2011

Even after the success of Diary №1 – Upon You’s first CD label compilation – it was clear that the Berlin crew wasn’t through with their adventures and had every intention to keep documenting them (and doodling in the margins, too). With nearly 70 releases in their catalog and with recurring label nights held in their hometown’s top clubs Berghain/Panorama Bar and Watergate, Upon You felt it was time to make another full-length statement in the form of Diary №2, compiling 12 new, exclusive tracks, showing the label’s wide sonic spectrum within the realm of techno and house music.

But Diary №2 isn’t just some uninspired victory lap. Whereas the first edition was curated by Marco Resmann (who co-runs Upon You along with Hawks Grunert), this time the honor goes to DJ/producer Marcus Meinhardt, a core member of the Upon You artistry and bookings roster as well as co-founder of the legendary HomeSweetHome party series in Berlin. Another core difference here is that while our first compilation focused solely on our own home-grown talent, this sequel invites some international like-minded friends in on the action – such as Mark Henning, Douglas Greed, The Glitz, Melohman, Javi Bora and RifRaf – in addition to regulars like Gunnar Stiller, Pele and ONNO & Marcus Gehring.

From pristine pulsations to clattering percussion, from warm timbres to frigid synths, Diary №2 covers all the bases, in line with the rich past of techno and house, but clearly without any retro fetishism. Douglas Greed sets the tone with the seductive opener “Sense”, featuring the demure Delhia de France cooing “Everything was buzzing and sizzling and fizzing and twisting”, while RifRaf contributes the fuzzy, buggy “Down from Heaven” which demands the fog machine be cranked up to 11. One of the compilation’s highlights (a relative term, as all 12 tracks are highlights!) is the first collaboration between Marco Resmann and Emerson Todd, the bewitching “Cursed”, which seems to melt sine waves until they evaporate in the air. 

In between more spartan and darker moments, The Glitz and Nico Stojan lighten the mood with their respective looney tunes “Orange Blossom” – which would definitely make it into Woody Woodpecker’s DJ bag – and “Inflagranti” – the kind of track that makes you think you have 5.1 ears on your head. And of course our tastemaker Meinhardt wouldn’t neglect to include himself, here bringing a slice of colorful, synthetic tropicalia titled “Splash”. Finally, up-and-coming duo Melohman & Javi Bora close out the collection on a graceful, somber note with the operatic “Moldavia”.

Tags: Emerson Todd, Gunnar Stiller, Marco Resmann, Marcus Gehring, Marcus Meinhardt, N!co Stojan, ONNO, Pele, Santorini

UY051

Title: ”The New Mood”

Artist: Re-UP

Release-Date: September 19, 2011

After only just recently raising our glasses to our 50th Upon You release, here’s number 51 just waiting in the bleachers...so basically we’re on our way to number 100. Our Italian friends Re-Up have rustled up this very promising release called „The New Mood EP“. Why the name ? I hear you ask. Well these two Tech-House experts have dug deep to give us A1 with it’s ecstatic drum rolls in „Darkness“ , A2 gives us the title track with its dubby-chordy kind of sound, like magically pulling the reins on an Indian horse. „What Else“ they ask themselves on B1 while they gallop over the UY parcour to end this little journey with „So Good“ on B2.

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UY050

Title: ”Squaring The Circle”

Artist: V.A.

Release-Date: August 22, 2011

Upon You Records has finally reached the big „five-o“ that’s right 50 ! regular releases old, and to celebrate we’re inviting you into our musical swinger club. While our Upon You artists usually work their way up to a musical orgasm on their own, this time they have doubled up for a nice old gangbang of massive proportions. Gunnar Stiller and Marcus Meinhardt are tag teaming on A1 with their little winner „Feinherb“ and are leaving out the foreplay and get straight down to it. Then we have Nico Stojan and The Cheapers who are finger banging the buttons and levers for „Railroad“ on A2. Flipping the side over we find our Dutch-Danish buddys Onno and Mathias Mesteno and let the puppets dance to some sweet house beats with the track „Puppets“..finishing of this vinyl masterpiece are Marco Resmann and Ruede Hagelstein with „Monday“, once again proving how tender they can be if necessary, blowing out the last candles with a touch of Saxophone.

Tags: Gunnar Stiller, Marco Resmann, Marcus Meinhardt, Mathias Mesteño, N!co Stojan, ONNO, Ruede Hagelstein, The Cheapers

UY049

Title: ”I Hear Voices”

Artist: Samuel Dan

Release-Date: July 25, 2011

The last release before we hit the big „five-0“ here’s Samuel Dan who had previously released together with Darlyn Vlys on our Sub Label Sweet & Sour. He has also shown his face on Syncopat, Dirty Bird und Off  Recordings . With the title track „ I hear voices“ Samuel leans out from the DJ booth and gives the Vj’s something „ravey“ to trigger an emotional  parade..while he hears voices, we see stars. „On The Dancefloor“ and „Do It Baby“ take us to the next level of this Olympic exercise and finally we have a ass-kicking little digital bonus track „Roll My Day“ that will get your blood boiling nicely.

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UY048

Title: ”Hablando Loco”

Artist: ONNO

Release-Date: July 4, 2011

Onno is a highly dosed dancing pill, Pop one and your rubber legs turn into those of Fred Astaire. His last release already proved that he knows how to make you „put yo hands up in da air“! Now, here’s his latest little treat „Hablando Loco EP“ Upon You Number 048. The title track opens with some sweet vocals and then drills into your A1 memory banks with the Spanish Monolog from El Commandante. On B2 he’s quite content with the few words : „I like that beat“. But Onno likes the repetetive use of vocals like a fitness trainer trying to squeeze that last drop of sweat out of you. Gavin Herlihy, who some of you know from Cocoon, takes a subtler approach to the track with his remix that writhes in the scented oils that is House-deepness. Then, for those hard buggers out there that need another round on the treadmill there’s a nice Digital-Exclusive-Track “And Yet Again” that will help you burn some of that fat and give you a tasty little muscle ache to remember it by.

Tags: ONNO