Label: Don't Be Afraid - All

Various Artists

DBA045.5

DBA enlist four techno powerhouses for the latest in the 0.5 series of various artists compilers. First up and needing no introduction is Sunil Sharpe... more...

• 1 Goddhead - Sunil Sharpe
• 2 One Word Techno Special - Minos Moving Still
• 3 Wer - TVO
• 4 Moving Target - Fear-E

Various Artists

10.XX LP Sampler

Following the release of DBA's tenth anniversary digital compilations in 2020, the label presents a vinyl edition sporting the four most in demand tra... more...

• 1 At Your Peril - Kerrie
• 2 Clean - Lurka
• 3 Birthday Jam - Mr G
• 4 Bassika - The Room Below

Ikonika

Bodies EP

''What do you do when the body has been through trauma? What do you do with a new body? How do you drive it? I want to reconnect my mind to the body.... more...

• 1 Your Body
• 2 Nobody
• 3 What Kinda Pain Are We Talking About
• 4 Bodied (Roller Mix)

Minos

Sorry I'm Late

Recommended by: Jetti & Post

Dublin's Minos makes his debut on DBA with a rich spread of rollers covering the techno and electro diaspora backed by a Claude Young remix. His influ... more...

• 1 Brown Sauce
• 2 Coaxial Drive
• 3 Mammoth
• 4 They're Here

Kerrie

Before Calm EP

Recommended by: De Sluwe Vos

The EP ranges from Before Calm's bug-eyed, angular swagger replete with a hair raising distorted hook, to Orb Weaver's peak time techno roll via Acid8... more...

• 1 Before Calm
• 2 Acid8 Slider
• 3 Curveball
• 4 Orb Weaver

rRoxymore

Face to Phase

Recommended by: Philou Louzolo

Face to Phase, finds rRoxymore methodically and mindfully stripping back to fundamentals: rumbling minimalist dub, sparse polymetric drums, boldy unpr... more...

• 1 Home Is Where the Music is
• 2 Passages
• 3 Forward Flamingo
• 4 Energy Points

Karen Gwyer

Man on Mountain

Man On Mountain EP is a further evolvement of the duality and nuances in moods and emotions that make Gwyer's music so impactful. Resetting, rebuildin... more...

• 1 Faces on Ankles
• 2 Ian on Fire
• 3 Cherries on Shoulders
• 4 Ribbon on Neck

Tyler Dancer

62 Miles High

Tyler Dancer takes a step toward the light in his follow up EP ''62 Miles High''. Written in Hasselt, Belgium, ''62 Miles High'' shows Dancer drawing... more...

• 1 Karman Line
• 2 Shiva's Hands
• 3 Nyx

Neville Watson

The Midnight Orchard

In a crowded landscape of factory-line jack trax and synthesis for the sake-of-it, it's little surprise that Watson's physical, arresting takes on hou... more...

• 01 Interna Externa
• 02 Come On In
• 03 Anarcho Midnight
• 04 Reet Dux

Various Artists

DBA039.5

DBA's .5 series returns with another timely set of beats aimed squarely at the dance floor.

• 1 General Ludd - Owl
• 2 Herve - Constructive Pessimism
• 3 Nene H - Retto
• 4 Altered Natives - Dancing Girl

Brassfoot

Indentured Servitude

Recommended by: RAFF

Brassfoot makes his DBA debut following a number of appearances at the DBA Presents parties. Since breaking through with his Apron EP on Funkineven's... more...

• 1 Followers Fate
• 2 Psycho-Spiritual Parasites
• 3 Dice Lude
• 4 Penchant for Persuasion

Wheelman

Signal (Detroit In Effect Remix)

Glasgow's Wheelman provides the tenth iteration of DBA's Dubs series, following a series of high profile releases on Huntleys & Palmers, Studio Barnhu... more...

• 1 Signal
• 2 Signal (Detroit In Effect Remix)

MGUN

Axiom

Recommended by: Truncate

Once more envisioned and engineered in his native city of Detroit, the record finds MGUN in more auspicious and domestic circumstances. Now firmly a f... more...

• 01 You Inside Me
• 02 K Art W Heel
• 03 Nichrome
• 04 Sil

Karen Gwyer

Rembo The Remixes

Karen Gwyer's indomitable Rembo LP receives remixes from four producers at the cutting edge of house and techno, Via App, Ron Morelli, E. Myers and M/... more...

• 1 The Workers Are on Strike (Via App Remix)
• 2 He's Been Teaching Me to Drive (Ron Morelli Remix)
• 3 It's Not Worth the Bother (E. Myers Remix)
• 4 Why Does Your Father Look so Nervous (M-R Remix)

Jason Fine

Moonscapes

FXHE affiliate Jason Fine makes his full DBA debut with the Moonscapes EP after remixing Typesun for the DBA Dubs series.

• 1 Amalthea
• 2 Dione
• 3 Elara
• 4 Larissa

Karen Gwyer

Rembo

Karen Gwyer returns to cement her reputation as one of the most individual and daring voices in dance music with 'Rembo', her first full LP for Don't... more...

• 1 Why Is There a Long Line in Front of the Factory?
• 2 The Workers Are on Strike
• 3 Why Don't You Make Your Bed?
• 4 It's Not Worth the Bother

Differ-Ent

It's Good To Be Differ-Ent

Recommended by: Lenson

New project by DJ Bone. Solid album release with cool Detroit Tchno tracks. more...

• 01 Inhabit Tense
• 02 Marvel Less
• 03 Met Allergic Flew Antsy
• 04 Compute Her

Karen Gwyer

Prophase Metaphase Anaphase Telophase

Recommended by: Mattheis

Karen Gwyer joins DBA for an exercise in futurist dancefloor electronics after a recent outing on Alien Jams alongside Beatrice Dillon and last year's... more...

• 1 Prophase Metaphase Anaphase Telophase
• 2 And Again Those Eyes
• 3 Meiosis Gametes

Samrai

Khadi (JTC remix)

The DBA DUBS series returns with a fresh tropical house roller from Samrai backed by a remix from Michigan resident James T. Cotton. Khadi brings toge... more...

• 1 Khadi
• 2 Khadi (JTC Remix)

Damon Bell

Ankh Boogie EP

Recommended by: Brassfoot

Damon Bell arrives on DBA with a debut three-track EP that delves deep into the musical influences that shape his sound. Best known for his output on... more...

• 1 Ankh Boogie EP
• 2 Aural Afrek
• 3 Time for Change

DBA024.5

DBA024.5

DBA present another vinyl-only various artists excursion, once again mixing new arrivals to the label like London's Karen Gwyer, Raven Cru and Italy's... more...

• 1 Karen Gwyer - Mom Did It On The Plane
• 2 Raven Cru - Speeches
• 3 Dukwa - 65
• 4 Lily - Empire Never Ended (DBA Version)

MGUN

Gentium

Recommended by: Brassfoot

''About half of these tracks were made in my childhood home between 2007 and2010. Most were recorded on cassette then digitized on a Windows millenniu... more...

• 1 Pok
• 2 Half Past 3
• 3 Don't Hurt Yo Self
• 4 Past Due

Typesun

Make It Right

Make It Right sees Typesun bring together MOBO-award winning jazz quartet Empirical's Lewis Wright (vibraphone) and top guitar sessionist Miles James... more...

• 1 Make It Right
• 2 Make It Right (Jason Fine's Astral Travelling Remix)

Various Artists

DBA 019.5

Following the release of DBA015.5 in 2014 (which included MGUN's anthemic Risque cut) DBA present another vinyl-only various artists excursion, once a... more...

• 1 Radio Brovold - Joel, I Got You Next Time%22
• 2 Halvtrak - String Theory
• 3 Max Mcferren - Immune Systems
• 4 Ben Cohen - Mental Therapy

Herva

Dreamers of Unknown Tales

''Herva, of Delsin, Kontra, MOS and All City fame, offers another set of forward-thinking dancefloor bombs. Across four tracks this young Italian demo... more...

• 1 Dreamers Of Unknown Tales
• 2 From The Inside
• 3 Nice & Crisp
• 4 Pissed Monitoring

Dj Bone

Differ-ent

Recommended by: Mattheis | ROD

To the Bone!

• 1 Differ-Ent (Hrall)
• 2 Differ-Ent (Ity)

Lily

Memory Jacket

incl Madteo remix

• 1 Memory Jacket
• 2 Memory Jacket (Madteo Tutto Nero remix)

Ceol

The Light

Versatile techno three tracker by CEOL, A moniker adopted by Glasgow's Dom Cappello and Lee Duncan. Dom's productions as Hutton Drive have appeared on... more...

• 1 The Light
• 2 D3
• 3 Third Thought

Various Artists

DBA015.5

The Room Below, MGUN, Ali King & Deep88

• 1 The Room Below - Work
• 2 Mgun - Risque
• 3 Ali King - Session 24
• 4 Deep88 - Sunday Morning

Mr. G

Tutonic Ep

Effective drum machine rocking techno tracks by the unstoppable Mr.G.on the Dont be Afraid Special Editions series.

• 1 Tutonic
• 2 Last Chance Saloon (Mango Boy Plantation dub)
• 3 Rum Trip Up

MGUN

Resin EP

Recommended by: Brassfoot | Clone | Paul du Lac

MGUN returns to DBA for a tough and arresting third release, which yet again showcases the range of this young producer's undisputed talents. more...

• 1 Asssumptions
• 2 Funkshun
• 3 Migraine
• 4 Flutter

Halvtrak

Dust Under Bridges (Appendix i/ii)

These are nine tracks of beautiful, brooding, leftfield house and techno. Tip! more...

• 1 Way Of The Hee Hoe
• 2 The Sweep
• 3 PSR-73
• 4 Expressions

Neville Watson

Hot & Heavy Ep

Recommended by: Neville Watson

Neville with more of his superb Chicago rooted house tracks! Wired is a real floorkiller. 2nd killer DBA Special Edition release after the awesome Dis... more...

• 1 Crossing The I's
• 2 Wired
• 3 Hot & Heavy

Halvtrak

Dust Under Bridges EP

Finland’s Halvtrak joins Don’t Be Afraid’s burgeoning family for his debut EP. Across four tracks, Scandinavia’s latest musical export explores the ho... more...

• 1 Finding Yourself
• 2 A Thousand Years
• 3 Barracuda
• 4 Face Two

Claws For?

Profumo

Italo influenced track with playful melodies with a Gosub remix on the flip!

• 1 Profumo
• 2 Profumo (Gosub remix)

Kelpe

Monte Verita

Kelpe makes his first outing on Don't Be Afraid as part of their coveted DBA DUBS series. Monte Verità sees the London based beat veteran at his housi... more...

• 1 Monte Verita
• 2 Monte Verita (Kevin Reynolds Truth mix)

Disco Nihilist

Journey To The End Of The Night EP

Killer Ep by the Disco Nihilist. Ranging from Proper jacking early Robert Armani, Dance Mania tracks to more club orientated tracks.

• 1 Money Don't Matter 2 Night
• 2 Late Nights
• 3 Midnight To St John
• 4 St John's Drums

Mgun

If You're Reading This ep

Recommended by: Neville Watson

Out-of-the-box jacking house/techno/electronix business only Detroit’s Manuel Gonzales can deliver. more...

• 1 Hand Over Fifth
• 2 Proxy
• 3 Funnel Vision
• 4 Jijijiji

Mr Beatnick

Savannah Ep

The Savannah EP is the long-awaited third and final element of Mr. Beatnick’s Synthetes Trilogy. an awseom 4 track compilation with tracks that dare t... more...

• 1 Savannah
• 2 Symbiosis
• 3 Parallax Scroll
• 4 Blue Dream

Various Artists

Spargel Trax Vol. 3

Following the success of last year’s first two editions, Don’t Be Afraid return with a third and fourth 12” combination of Spargel Trax releases, cele... more...

• 1 All Fucking Night - Shwet Musali
• 2 Tiwa - Lily
• 3 Just Wanna - No Photosynthesis
• 4 Perennial Green - Jon Alcindor

Various Artists

Spargel Trax Vol. 4

Following the success of last year’s first two editions, Don’t Be Afraid return with a third and fourth 12” combination of Spargel Trax releases, cele... more...

• 1 Bitten - 48v Spargel Brothers
• 2 The Cabinet Maker - Club Paranoia
• 3 Britney's Spear - Slazenger's People
• 4 Dariana - Freeman

Mgun

The Upstairs Apt. ep

MGUN's first release for Don't Be Afraid will hit stores in October 2012 and is bound to spin heads, demonstrating as it does his particular avant gar... more...

• 1 let conversation take place
• 2 gas chamber
• 3 westerns
• 4 files react

Various Artists

Spargel Trax vol.2

• 1 bed stuy beat - james duncan
• 2 green and white - untitled w
• 3 points d amour - freeman
• 4 spargel jack - melvin elephant 303

Mr. Beatnick's

Sun Goddess EP

Great follow up on the amazing first Mr Beatnick release... deep and intense tracks of this ep crossing over between house, disco and techno. Seriousl... more...

• 1 sun goddess
• 2 beneath the reef
• 3 shifting sands
• 4 savoir faire

Various Artists

Spargel Trax Vol. 1

Don't Be Afraid records present Spargel Trax, a two part series of vinyl-only, coloured, hand-stamped 12'' designed to celebrate the dual themes of gr... more...

• 1 herbaceous
• 2 spargel tarzan
• 3 slazengers people
• 4 lily

Semtek

Pizza

Dont Be Afraid is moving quickly... another excelent 12 that stirs up things. Funky early Dance Mania style tracks that are go somewhere between early... more...

• 1 pizza
• 2 goons
• 3 pizza (dj 3000 remix)

Semtek

West Acyd Shelter

This is a reinterpretation of one of an important jazz funk records of the 1970´s. Semtek rebuilds the legendary hook from scratch over a disorienting... more...

• 1 west acyd shelter
• 2 west acyd shelter (photonz lxf remix)
• 3 east acyd shelter

Mr Beatnick

Synthetes

Cool release which blends many diferent influences from the past 30 years of electronic dance music. Intense tracks that go along the line of the new... more...

• 1 synthetes
• 2 dont walk away from my love
• 3 casio romance
• 3 synthetes (architeq remix)