UPDATE: please note that the competition is already over. The winner will be announced tomorrow, monday April 9th. The download is still available until monday evening, please share it via Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/equinoxrecords/2econd-class-citizen-liberated-lady-buddy-peace-remix
Hi there.
Today we’d like to announce a competition going on over at 2econd Class Citizen’s website, giving y’all the chance to win one Test Pressing (out of four) of his brand new EP, “Outside Your Doorway”!

To enter the competition, all you have to do is to answer correctly to five questions by e-mail until Saturday, April 7th – That’s tomorrow!
Read more and participate on this competition here:
http://2econdclasscitizen.com/2012/04/06/win-a-testpressing-free-track/
Also, check out a brand new track of his EP, entitled “Liberated Lady (Budd Peace Remix)”, which has been uploaded recently and is available for streaming and is now offered as a limited-time Free Download (only until tomorrow)! Be quick to grab it!
Finally, be on the lookout for the next 2CC competition (to be announced next week) for winning one of the two remaining Postcard sets!
Sincerely,
The Equinox Records team.
Original Post by 2econd Class Citizen:
Thanks to everybody posting my facebook page and spreading the word! I just reached the 1111 friend mark yesterday so now it’s my turn to give you something in return. Here we go:
1. Outside Your Doorway Test Pressing Competition
As announced, we will give away one of the test pressings (only 4 copies exist!!) of my new EP on Equinox Records. The task is relatively simple, you just have to answer the questions below and send an email to xxx with the headline “Outside Your Doorway EP – I want that awesome testpressing!”:
- How many songs does the EP contain?
- Name the 2 remixers?
- Which rapper is featured on the EP?
- What will be the name of my new album?
- What was the name of the track that I recently remixed for DJ Food?
Hint: some of the info can be found on the Equinox website:
www.equinoxrecords.com
Make sure you turn in your email before tomorrow, Saturday, April 7.
2. Free Track Download
As promised we are going to share a new track from my EP with you. This remix is for the album track “Liberated Lady” and was done by my homie Buddy Peace! More than just streaming it we also decided to give this track away FOR FREE (only until tomorrow, as above)!!! So go ahead and check the link to the track below.
Free Download right here (right mouseclick, save as):
2econd Class Citizen – Liberated Lady (Buddy Peace Remix)
By the way, if you want to pre-order the 12” vinyl version of the EP, Equinox Records just re-launched the bundle offer on their Online Store where you can buy my EP alongside another cool release on Equinox by Deckard. Check the offer right here:
2econd Class Citizen / Deckard Bundle Package
3. Postcard Set Competition
Finally, we also said we are going to give away one of the 2 remaining copies of the ultra limited postcard sets. We will announce the competition for this next week via my facebook page. Just stay tuned!!
Thanks and good luck!!
Yes, It’s Out: Deckard’s amazing single, “Günesim (feat. Deniz Cagli)“, has been released digitally yesterday!

This single – taken from the album “For A Better Tomorrow“ – features 2 new remixes, one by Anthony Drawn, one Germany’s biggest newcomer talents, and one Alternative Remix by Deckard himself, plus the instrumental versions and the Acapella version of Deniz Cagli’s beautiful singing.
Furthermore, there is also a great new exclusive tune, entitled “Near Dawn”.
Deckard – Günesim (feat. Deniz Cagli) by Equinox Records
This new release will also come out on a Limited Edition 7” Vinyl next week which will include Anthony Drawn’s Remix alongside with the Original Version and also include a download card for the complete Digital Version.
Both, vinyl and digital versions as well as the video for the original version of “Günesim” that is already turning heads on Youtube and tape.tv, should give this amazing track a new push and the publicity that it deserves.
Shop links for both, Digital and Vinyl Versions follow… and remember, to support the independent market do support independent stores like junodownload or similar.
Of course, the best way to support our artist and label is to buy directly via the Equinox Online Store.
Shop Links for Digital Release:
iTunes
Juno Download
Equinox Online Store
Bandcamp
soulseduction.com
amazon.com
musicload.de
Buy the limited edition Vinyl Release:
Equinox Records Online Store
hhv.de
sichtexot.de
Release Info Page:
Today, we’d like to inform you about an exclusive, limited-time, Bundle Package offer as a Pre-Order for two of our upcoming Vinyl releases by 2econd Class Citizen and Deckard.
The bundle includes 2econd Class Citizen’s upcoming 12inch, “Outside Your Doorway EP” (eqx-037), as well as Deckard’s new 7inch single, “Günesim” (feat. Deniz Cagli) (eqx-036) at the Low Price of 14.90€ and with NO shipping costs Worldwide (!).
Yes! So that would be 14.90€ Total (!) for you to own these goodies, and also note that both Vinyl releases include a download code for the Digital versions.
This offer will be on until the 30th of March, so be sure to place your order until then to benefit from this one and also be kind enough to spread the word!
Here is link for the Bundle Package on our E-Shop:
http://www.e-q-x.net/shop/equinox-records/2econd-class-citizen-deckard-exclusive-12-7-bundle-package/
More info about these releases within the shop link and/or on our “Releases” page (http://www.e-q-x.net/releases)
Hi there!
A lot has been going on lately – new works are on the final process, a full schedule ahead and basically, all creativity is breaking loose!
Therefore, we had to skip February’s issue and we apologize for that, but you’ll soon find out it was worth it, we promise.
Now, back on track… Here is the 2nd “Random News” feed.
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We’d like to begin with Deckard’s Debut Album, “For A Better Tomorrow” which has been getting a lot of high-rated reviews lately (!)
Read what’s been said by:
Down-tempo.net
http://www.down-tempo.net/chronique-420-Deckard-For-a-better-tomorrow-Equinox-Records.html
Barcode magazine
http://www.barcodezine.com/revdeckardforabettertomorrow.htm
And the stunning 10 out of 10 on Restorm
http://club.restorm.com/featuring_channels/1/featurings/1121
Also, check out Deckard’s “Günesim (feat. Deniz Cagli)” video, featured on Tape.tv
http://www.tape.tv/musikvideos/Deckard-feat-Deniz-Cagli/Guenesim
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Moving on, we’d like to share a wonderfully made, “Beatles Remixes EP” by our artist, David Vangel , which is offered as a free download. More info on David’s website*
http://www.vangelmusic.com/2012/03/04/the-beatles-remixes/
*Speaking of David’s website… if you haven’t yet heard, he recently launched his very own e-shop!
Feel free to navigate.
www.vangelmusic.com/shop/
Also, David Vangel’s “Sandpaper Script” from the “Breadth Control” album, is featured on DJ Food’s “Solid Steel mix”, alongside with DJ Format!
http://www.djfood.org/djfood/dj-format-vs-dj-food-solid-steel-mix
Did we say DJ Food? We sure did!
Y’all be sure to check out his new album, “The Search Engine” on Ninja Tune
http://ninjatune.net/release/dj-food/the-search-engine
A great album which also features 2econd Class Citizen on one track.
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Next up, we have two new videos, launched in February
First one is “Bad Captain Swag” by Sole & The Skyrider Band, from the “Hello Cruel World” album, which is a beautiful futuristic Sci-Fi video, directed by Kieth Kadera and produced by Randy Greenback. Here it is, as featured on MtvIggy
http://www.mtviggy.com/videos/sole-and-the-skyrider-band-bad-captain-swag/
And finally we’d like to close this issue with this new video from “The One Man Band Broke Up” album by Ceschi & DJ Scientist, titled “Lament for Captain Julius”, directed and edited by Ray Willis and starring Alexander Esparza and Ceschi Ramos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64iAjrbshP8
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That would be all for now. It’s almost certain we may have missed a thing or two but, as said earlier, we’re hard-working on our upcoming releases, so be on the lookout for more news very-very soon!
Till then…
Cheers to all y’all and stay tuned!
Sincerely,
the Equinox Records team.
We had planned to write this a lot earlier so here is a kind of late overview about what’s going in 2012 on our label – because, actually, there is A LOT!!!

2econd Class Citizen (picture Zia)
First of all, we would like to announce the incredible new album by 2econd Class Citizen, called “The Small Minority” which will be released in early May in cooperation with the new Indie powerhouse Fake Four Inc that will support the US release. It’s 2econd Class Citizen’s second album and we believe that it’s a remarkable step up from his debut LP “A World Without”. The album will be supported with an advance vinyl postcard set (drops February 24th) as well as a single which is scheduled for early April. Furthermore, an album promo mix will be provided by non other than Strictly Kev aka DJ Food. We will soon have more info about all these exciting new releases, so stay tuned!
Next up, Deckard, who blessed us with his astonishing debut album at the end of last year, will drop another single on Equinox for the outstanding album track “Günesim” – this single will include a great remix by an emerging new talent on the German electronic scene, Anthony Drawn, as well as an alternative version by Deckard himself. Moreover, Deckard is about to drop a second album on Equinox still this year!!

DJ Scientist (picture Theresa Legler)
You may already have heard about DJ Scientist’s new EP, “The Artless Cuckoo”, which drops at the end of this week, but, may not be aware that plans are in the works to release his first official debut album this year as well. It is actually his unreleased album from 2006. More news about this will follow shortly.
In addition to finishing his solo stuff, Scientist is also working on a 2nd album with Ceschi. There’s only a few more tracks to be finished – so we all hope that a follow up release to the successful “The One Man Band Broke Up” album will be released this year.
Approximately in late May or June, Greek producer Andreikelos, who blessed us with his great remix of Ceschi’s “Black And White And Red All Over” on New Year’s Eve, will drop a first EP on Equinox called “Euryphaessa”. Be on the lookout for a really beautifully composed and exceptional release in Andreikelos’ trade mark style of organic electronic beats.

Playpad Circus (picture Max Winter)
Producer talent Playpad Circus from Berlin is about to finish work on his EP project. A release date is not fixed yet but this long awaited debut EP, which is likely to be released in cooperation with Project: Mooncircle, should definitely drop in a few months.
Anyone remember the “Leinwand EP” which was one of the few vinyl releases on our sublabel Audiac in 2006? Yes? Good! Aqua Luminus III and Misanthrop have joined forces again to deliver a great follow up EP that contains some seriously dope features by the likes of Ceschi, 2Mex, James PHoney, as well as Germany’s turntablist icon DJ Stylewarz! What more can we say?
Last but not least we have a few uprising new talents to drop music on our label as well. It’s too early to talk about it yet – but we’re ready to drop a serious bunch of great new music this year, so watch out!
And finally, for the end of the year, we would like to announce our 10 year anniversary release which will actually be the next part of our “Sound Exposure” series. Again, it’s still too early to talk about this project, but we’ll definitely keep you updated!
Meanwhile, make sure you are linked with the following pages:
http://www.facebook.com/equinoxrecords
http://www.soundcloud.com/equinoxrecords
http://www.twitter.com/equinoxrecords
http://www.mixcloud.com/equinoxrecords
An ultra limited vinyl release is dropping next week on our label. DJ Scientist has just announced “The Artless Cuckoo EP” on his Facebook page which will only be pressed in a very limited quantity of 5 (yes, five!) vinyl copies. Collectors need to watch out and should be adding the release to their wantlist on discogs as well as checking the Equinox online store next Friday, February 17th. The EP consists of 4 songs as well as 2 skits and is Scientist’s first real solo release (aside from “The One Man Band Instrumentals“) since 6 years.
Additional to the limited vinyl DJ Scientist is about to share this EP for free via Bandcamp. However, he will ONLY release it if he has reached 1000 likes on his Facebook page until the release date. He’s already on a good way, but please support him and share the following page with your friends:
http://www.facebook.com/djscientist1

More info about the release right here:
http://www.e-q-x.net/releases/eqx034/
DJ Scientist announces “The Artless Cuckoo EP”
An ultra limited vinyl release is dropping next week on Equinox Records. DJ Scientist has just announced “The Artless Cuckoo EP” on his Facebook page which will only be pressed in a very limited quantity of 5 (yes, five!) vinyl copies. Collectors need to watch out and should be adding the release to their wantlist on discogs ( ) as well as checking the Equinox online store on next Friday, February 17th. The EP consists of 4 songs as well as 2 skits and is Scientist’s first real solo release (aside from the One Man Band Instrumentals) since 6 years.
Additional to the limited vinyl DJ Scientist is about to share this EP for free via Bandcamp. However, he will ONLY release it if he has reached 1000 likes on his facebook page until the release date. He’s already on a good way, but please support him and share the following page with your friends:
Yay! A really fresh new episode of our Random Seed podcast series in now online. This time our long time friend Count Coney aka Cone (of The Weird) provided a dope 40 minute mix full of great tunes! We are quite sure you will dig this as much as we do!
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Tracklist:
01 Phonatic – random seed intro – (Equinox)
02 Miguel Atwood Ferguson – untitled – (Mochilla)
03 Busta Rhymes feat. Duke Pearson & Donald Byrd – christo redentor – (Musicast)
04 fLako – broken toy – (Project Mooncircle)
05 Mount Kimbie – before i move off (Star Slinger Refix) – (none/digital)
06 Asap Rocky – been around the world (Sweatson Klank Re-Rub) – (none/digital)
07 Dead Prez – hip hop (Swedeart Remix) – (none/digital)
08 Outkast – unhappy (Deebs Dreary Dayz Rework) – (none/digital)
09 Lil Wayne – a milli (Harmonimix Remix) – (White Label/Blake01)
10 Birdy Nam Nam – written in the sand – (Savoir Faire)
11 Take – paper garden (Low Limit Remix) – (Alpha Pub Records)
12 Machinedrum – $$ life – (TLM)
13 Nalepa – sunflowers (Virtual Boy Remix) – (1320 Records)
14 Fortune Howl – samurai sword (Busted by heRobust) – (none/digital)
15 heRobust – coma toast – (BluntGutsNation)
16 heRobust – grief case – (none/digital)
17 Infinite Potentials – L♡vesng – (Indigo Pyramid)
18 Leonard Dstroy – sunnshine – (none/digital)
19 Jneiro Jarel – android romance 1&2 – (Label Who)
20 Slum Village – raise it up – (Good Vibe Recordings)
21 Slum Village raise it up (M-Phazes, Damian Smith and Mikey Chan Remix) – (none/digital)
22 Suff Daddy – brewsters – (Melting Pot Music)
23 Paul White – gettin’ lucky – (One Handed Music)
24 DJ Scientist – serious business – (Equinox)
Selected and Mixed by Count Coney
http://www.mixcloud.com/ConeyIsland/
http://soundcloud.com/count-coney
http://www.conestruction.blogspot.com/
www.facebook.com/therandomseed
www.facebook.com/equinoxrecords
Tracklist:
01 Phonatic – random seed intro – (Equinox)
02 Miguel Atwood Ferguson – untitled – (Mochilla)
03 Busta Rhymes feat. Duke Pearson & Donald Byrd – christo redentor – (Musicast)
04 fLako – broken toy – (Project Mooncircle)
05 Mount Kimbie – before i move off (Star Slinger Refix) – (none/digital)
06 Asap Rocky – been around the world (Sweatson Klank Re-Rub) – (none/digital)
07 Dead Prez – hip hop (Swedeart Remix) – (none/digital)
08 Outkast – unhappy (Deebs Dreary Dayz Rework) – (none/digital)
09 Lil Wayne – a milli (Harmonimix Remix) – (White Label/Blake01)
10 Birdy Nam Nam – written in the sand – (Savoir Faire)
11 Take – paper garden (Low Limit Remix) – (Alpha Pub Records)
12 Machinedrum – $$ life – (TLM)
13 Nalepa – sunflowers (Virtual Boy Remix) – (1320 Records)
14 Fortune Howl – samurai sword (Busted by heRobust) – (none/digital)
15 heRobust – coma toast – (BluntGutsNation)
16 heRobust – grief case – (none/digital)
17 Infinite Potentials – L♡vesng – (Indigo Pyramid)
18 Leonard Dstroy – sunnshine – (none/digital)
19 Jneiro Jarel – android romance 1&2 – (Label Who)
20 Slum Village – raise it up – (Good Vibe Recordings)
21 Slum Village raise it up (M-Phazes, Damian Smith and Mikey Chan Remix) – (none/digital)
22 Suff Daddy – brewsters – (Melting Pot Music)
23 Paul White – gettin’ lucky – (One Handed Music)
24 DJ Scientist – serious business – (Equinox)
Selected and Mixed by Count Coney
http://www.mixcloud.com/ConeyIsland/
http://soundcloud.com/count-coney
http://www.conestruction.blogspot.com/
www.facebook.com/therandomseed
www.facebook.com/equinoxrecords
This is a new monthly section for those that don’t follow us on Facebook (facebook.com/equinoxrecords) or Twitter (twitter.com/equinoxrecords), to keep you updated about some random news regarding Equinox Records, our artists and our friends. It will mostly just be links you should check as we thought they should be of interest. Here we go:
Check this Podcast on bitbang.ca that came from free downloads from our label and songs entered in the Mutant Breaks #4 Renoise competition.
http://bitbang.ca/49-mutant-breaks/
Deckard’s “Andromeda” as well as J. Baracuz’ “A Contemporary Witness” are now available on Addictech.com:
http://equinoxrecords.addictech.com/
Mad Hop Vol. 4 out now featuring our friends from France, Turnsteak (as well as a great big bunch of other new uprising producers of course):
http://mad-hop.bandcamp.com/album/mad-hop-vol-4-2
2econd Class Citizen has posted some news on his blog about the DJ Food “The Search Engine” release party on January 19th in London:
http://2econdclasscitizen.tumblr.com/
Deckard’s recent top 10 releases via DEAD Magazine:
http://www.deadmagazine.de/2012/01/10/deckard/
J. Baracuz releases “The Overture” via the Mixed Tape / Mercedes Benz blog:
http://mixed-tape.com/j-baracuz%E2%80%99-mixed-tape-24-%E2%80%98overture%E2%80%99-fuses-epic-hip-hop-beats-with-folky-vocals-incl-free-mp3s-7874/
If you haven’t checked David Vangel’s beautiful website yet – go here:
http://www.vangelmusic.com/
2econd Class Citizen’s favourite releases of 2011:
http://www.deadmagazine.de/2012/01/05/2econd-class-citizens-favorite-11-albums-of-2011/
Progolog.de released an exclusive and unreleased track by Deckard last month:
http://www.progolog.de/2011/12/progolog-adventskalender-tuerchen-16-deckard-album-minimix-free-download/
Today, we are proud to announce the premier of the awesome video for Deckard‘s “Günesim” via Pulse Radio in the UK that is featuring Deniz Cagli on vocals and was directed by Ceylan-Alejandro Ataman-Checa.
Alongside the video you should read the cool interview where Deckard aka Attila Makai talks about a brand new music project, collaborations and more.
Here’s the link:
http://pulseradio.net/articles/2012/01/deckard
More info:
Directed by Ceylan-Alejandro Ataman-Checa.
Director of Photography: Bastian Gascho
Cast: Jules Armana & Pascal Houdus
“Günesim”, a track off of Deckard’s new album “For A Better Tomorrow”, features the beautiful female voice of the Turkish singer Deniz Cagli. This is a cover version of a song featured in the German movie “Im Juli” (In July) by Fatih Akin where it is performed by the German-Turkish actor Idil Üner.
More info about the album release right here:
http://www.e-q-x.net/releases/eqx033
Lyrics:
güneşim ayım sana ışık olsun
sıcak kumum yoluna açık olsun
okşarım tenini rüzgarlarımla
susuz kaldı sularım dudaklarına
ah o gözlerin
arasın beni izlesin peşime düşsün
ah o dudakların
gelsin bulsun tatsin ve öpsün beni
al bulutlarım sana yatak olsun
yumuşacık sessizce üstünü örtsün
ateşim aşkına kıvılcım olsun
sonsuz yansın yüreğinde hayata doysun
güneşim ayım sana ışık olsun
sıcak kumum yoluna açık olsun
okşarım tenini rüzgarlarımla
susuz kaldı sularım dudaklarına
ah o gözlerin
arasın beni izlesin peşime düşsün
ah o dudakların
gelsin bulsun tatsin ve öpsün beni
al bulutlarım sana yatak olsun
yumuşacık sessizce üstünü örtsün
ateşim aşkına kıvılcım olsun
sonsuz yansın yüreğinde hayata doysun

As a special Silvester treat, we decided to release an exclusive remix of Ceschi’s song “Black And White And Red All Over” by Greek producer Andreikelos.
With this new version, Andreikelos provides us with a darker and more electronic perspective of the song, but still tries to maintain a portion of the romantic and melancholic feel of the original – DJ Scientist produced – version.
You can download the release for free via our bandcamp account:
http://equinoxdigital.bandcamp.com/album/black-and-white-and-red-all-over-andreikelos-remix
More info about the release right here:
http://www.e-q-x.net/releases/eqxdgtl006/