mobilee records was launched in 2005 and quickly established itself as one of the brightest new stars in Berlin’s glittering galaxy of electronic music labels, producers and DJs. Founded and owned by Anja Schneider and Ralf Kollmann, the label boasts a sound that is simultaneously familiar and innovative. Based on the timeworn structures of house and techno, mobilee’s approach is a triple threat: its records reference vintage dancefloor minimalism, trade ideas with like-minded contemporaries, and suggest surprising new directions for a genre that has weathered both hype and backlash—yet keeps on clicking.

More than any particular stylistic hallmark, surprise is the defining characteristic of mobilee’s releases: rhythm becomes a game while drumbeats and acidic squiggles serve as playing chips, puzzle pieces, and rolling dice. mobilee’s palette is broad (and bright: you won’t find better sounding records, from the deepest sub-bass to the most crystalline highs), but no matter the sound source—from grinding machines to digital glitches—the groove is paramount. mobilee’s dubby, laid-back cuts are as quietly compelling as its anthems are immediate. Strings and rave stabs somersault through the grass; smoky voices throw shadows across the darkest corners of the club. Aspiring to be more than the manufacturer of simple DJ tools, mobilee publishes tracks full of finely turned hooks and hypnotic depths, the stuff of today’s charts and tomorrow’s classics.

In response to the rapid changes in the music industry, mobilee is committed to facing these new realities by continually re-inventing itself in order to most effectively adapt to technological and cultural transformations. Acting more and more as a fully-fledged company than as a record label in any traditional sense of the word, mobilee has expanded into the realms of booking and publishing while placing an explicit primacy on discovering and utilizing new and innovative modes of promoting and marketing its artists.

Mobilee releases have been charted by John Digweed, Ian Pooley, Richie Hawtin, X-Press 2, Chris Fortier, Tiefschwarz, Smokin Jo, Steve Bug, Thomas Schumacher, Nic Fanciulli, Michel De Hey, Luciano, Tiga, Dominik Eulberg, DJ T., Stel, King Unique, Ralph Lawson, Ewan Pearson, Dan Ghenacia, Martinez, Jay Haze, Kiki, Guido Schneider, Matthias Tanzmann, Anja Schneider, Ripperton, Stephan Bodzin, Heidi, Shinedoe, Mike Monday, Deepgroove, Marc Romboy, Ralf Kollmann, Sebo K, Dapayk, Shlomi Aber, Exercise One, Martin Eyerer, Phonique, Martin Landsky, Alexkid, Chaim, Oxia, Ryan Crosson, Sian, Joel Mull, Simon Baker, D'Julz, Karotte, Stefan Goldmann, Pan-Pot, Axel Bartsch, Marko Nastic, Mark Henning, Dubfire, Adultnapper, Ambivalent, Cio D'Or, Droog, Eurokai, Marcin Czubala, David K, James What, Dan Curtin, Tocadisco, Spencer Parker, Gregor Tresher, Todd Bodine, Dave DK, Solomun, Matthias Meyer, John Selway, GummiHz, Luke Solomon, Vincenzo, Zander VT, Chris Coco, Falko Brocksieper, Miss Jools, Kate Simko, Darko Esser, Jamie Anderson, Luciano Esse, Robert Dietz, Brodinski, Paul Brtschitsch and 1028 other DJs.

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