Nightshade Music
(Chicago, United States)
Nightshade Music - a digital label focusing on melodic tech house and techno, and the deeper, techy edge of progressive & house. Launched in February 2008 by Nosmo & Kris B, the label met with immediate success. Support for Nightshade releases has come from the most respected DJ's & producers in the world; Sasha, Paul Van Dyk, Pete Tong, Paul Oakenfold, Hernan Cattaneo, James Zabiela, Nick Warren, Jody Wisternoff, Matt Darey, Eelke Kleijn, with tracks featured on BBC Radio 1, Kiss FM, Frisky, and on Kris and Nosmo’s monthly shows for DI.fm and Protonradio.com. Darren Emerson has included Nightshade Music’s Nosmo v Kris B & Ben Brown “La Cocina”(Mazi dub) for his Global Underground 36: Bogota compilation, and Blake Jarrell is including a Nightshade track on his next album for Armada Music. Nightshade releases have reached top sales charts on major online retailers Beatport, Juno, DJDownload, Dancerecords.com and Audio Jelly. They have hit number one several times on the Progressivehouse.com promo pool chart, with high chart positions on the Balance Record Pool and Release Promo charts, and an 8/8 "pick of the month" for M8 Magazine. Nightshade Music has been able to reach a high level of success quickly by aligning themselves with great producers and remixers. Current and future catalog releases include Mazi, Jaytech, Subsky, Sebastian Davidson, Eelke Kleijn, Walsh & Coutre, Blake Jarrell, Wize, Joel Armstrong and many more established and unknown talent from around the globe.
Label heads Kris B and Nosmo are no strangers to promoting music, having launched their Eggplant Music/Greylabel imprints with their debut, self-released single "One for the Road". After Sasha played this track on an Essential Mix (live from the Delta Heavy Tour), this initial release went on to be a Buzz Chart #1, Balance Record Pool chart #8, receive radio play from John Digweed, Pete Tong and Hernan Cattaneo, and appeared on five mix compilations.
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Electroaspect - Intuition pt.2 (Dec 16th, 2009)
» Tech House / Progressive
Torin and Colin C. return to Nightshade with some stellar remixes. Torin (Perfecto, Cold Harbour) has been a friend since long before Nightshade (before label head Kris B was even producing) he delivers first with two outstanding mixes, one a pumpin melodic tech house mix, and a second more minimal interpretation. The Torin remix comes in with a slammin beat and pounding club dynamics, choppy synth bits from the original with vocal chops and meta
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Electroaspect - Intuition pt.1 (Nov 25th, 2009)
» Progressive / Tech House
» Avg Rating: 3.8 (of 24) 
Josh DuPont, Grunjah and Vitas Merkel all join Nightshade to remix Electroaspect's techy melodic orignal tune. 'Intuition' comes in with a pumped up housey beat as melodic elements tease and the driving bass rolls underneath, giving way to a clean slow haunting arpeggiated synth riff that comes in throughout as the dynamics build. Electroaspect (Aljaz Fajmut, Slovakia) has been making quite a name for himself lately with well received releases
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Panos - Machine Music (Oct 28th, 2009)
» Tech House / Progressive
» Avg Rating: 3.9 (of 28)
Kris B, Jairus Miller and Banx deliver three different takes on Panos's techy melodic original, as we keep this release entirely within the extremely talented pool of U.S. based artists. The original from Panos (following recent well received releases on Brandnewvibe and Giant Squid) comes in with a driving club beat and big sidechained pads, while synth blips make the melody over the top and a big dirty bass drops underneath. The track strips do
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Funky Destination - Gimme Some Disco (Oct 7th, 2009)
» Progressive /
» Avg Rating: 4.2 (of 19) 
Eclectic group of mixes covering most sub genres from Python, Jairus Miller, Yura Popov and Banx of this funky pumpin house track. The original mix comes in with groovy beats, funky bass and guitar, sax stabs, vocal samples and all things funky for one last blast of summer. For remix duties, we once again look to Russia and the talented crew behind the excellent Carica labels, Python take things a bit deeper making use of the guitar, vox and sa
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Deep Future - Distance Love (Sep 2nd, 2009)
» Progressive / Tech House
» Avg Rating: 4.0 (of 47)
Remixes from Joel Armstrong, Beat Factory and Python compliment the excellent original production from Deep Future (a.k.a. Dj Santa Cruz, Uruguay). The original mix and edit combine new school tech house and progressive flavors, with an old school techno feel and retro Joey Beltram reminiscent "ecstacy" samples. Deep bass rumbles under a shuffly beat, a higher synth bass makes for the lead melody as choppy vocal bits echo throughout. Simple ar
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Camilo - Yellow Moon / Deep Blue (Jul 15th, 2009)
» Progressive / Tech House
» Avg Rating: 4.3 (of 30)
Roell Sapphire, Python and Kris B deliver with some of Nightshade's finest remixes to date, complementing these techy melodic progressive originals from Argentina's Camilo (a.k.a. Diego Poblets). Roell Sapphire quite possibly steals the show with his perfectly crafted mix, taking the melodic progression further with a chunky driving bassline, beautiful complimentary melodies and elegant arrangement, creating something new and at the same time fa
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Zack Marullo - See The Life / Lost Words (May 19th, 2009)
» Tech House / Progressive
» Avg Rating: 4.1 (of 50)
Two excellent house tracks from hungarian producer/DJ Zack Marullo (Morrison Recordings), 'See The Life' is a pumpin' techy deep house track, bouncy beats and bass, vocal cuts and a hypnotic wind lead that will take you to another world. 'Lost Words' is a different kind of house tune, techy shuffle, bright vibe, funky organ and a great housey progression. Yura Popov (Carica Records) remix of 'Last Words' starts with a pumpin techno groove, big
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3kStatic - Projected Tones (remixed) (Mar 27th, 2009)
» House / Progressive
» Avg Rating: 4.1 (of 15)
3kStatic are back on Nightshade, following a new album on Sony Music, a spot on the Grammy ballot and last years successful remix collaboration w/Nightshade. We're very pleased to be offering the exclusive remixes from their forthcoming single "Projected Tones". We have a different roster of remixers on this one, suited to the housey vibe of the original. First up, label heads Kris B & Nosmo did a Tom Middleton/Cosmo's inspired remix, lots of
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M&D Substance - Organist (featuring remixes by Kris B v Nosmo, Camilo, Jason Killgore, Channel Surfer) (Mar 11th, 2009)
» Progressive / Techno
» Avg Rating: 0.0 (of 0) 
Next on Nightshade Limited, we bring you a fine piece of melodic progressive from Lithuania's M&D Substance. The original mix is housey beats and pumpin progressive bass, layered with driving chords spacy harmonics and dissonent bells for a superb melodic structure. Kris B v Nosmo (Globael Underground, Armada) took a melodic techno approach, taking inspiration from Tiger Stripes & Sasha, big techy beats flow into a deep hypnotic triplet melody,
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Nosmo v Kris B & Ben Brown - La Cocina pt. 2 (featuring remixes by Liluca, Andrew K, Bedlam Knights, Banx) (Feb 17th, 2009)
» Tech House / Progressive
» Avg Rating: 0.0 (of 0)
Mazi's Dubstrumental mix was picked up for Darren Emerson's Global Underground 36: Bogota, to mark the occasion, we're re-releasing that mix, along with several fresh remixes from around the globe. First up, Colombia's own Liluca (Anjunadeep, Baroque) who added more bounce to the shuffly house groove, with smooth arpeggios and additional melodic elements. Andrew K (Anjunadeep, GU) gave us one of the most unique remixes, with a pulsing techno ba
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