Sandwell District

Finest UK techno label that ever was.. Will miss you guys.

As pure as techno gets these days. At times dub, at times hard, always quality. Although Sandwell District has ceased to exist, its residents (Silent Servant, Rrose, etc.) continue to put out great music on other labels.

Such a sad ending to a great label. "We stopped Sandwell District the same way we started it – through intuition. It's what anyone with a ion or half a brain would have done. It will never get old. No one will be able to impose their clean values on it. We will all continue to work together. Nothing has changed but everything has shifted. It was a glorious death, not a mercy killing, as is so often the case in these situations."
-As Quoted by Juan Mendez (Silent Servent)

Quite simply one of the best techno labels around here.

Perfect blend between the sounds of Downwards Records and Chain Reaction, following the tradition of anonimity in techno music (no website, no email address) this structure hasn't released a single weak release since it's beginning.

From great quality pounding industrial-techno tracks (Female, Regis/Ian J. Richardson...) to underground style superbly produced crispy techno (Silent Servant, CH Signal Laboratories, Kalon...) and bleepy detroit techno hybrid that could have resulted from a collaboration between Sleeparchive and Jeff Mills (the mighty Function releases, just pure awesomeness).

Hope it'll continue that way, but for me, it is already a great imprint. Must-have stuff !