Part 1: a1. Markus Homm // transposer a2. Tom Clark // ultimo b1. Asem Shama // erato b2. Demir & Seymen // ethnos 2009 is certainly shaping up as an exciting year for Highgrade. A lot of great releases have made their way into the stores, and the circle of artists has expanded to include some promising new faces. As always, the priority has remained to be a platform for innovative club music. Well then, high time for the next musical offering from the Highgrade family. The “Inner Circle“ release presents an opportunity to bring the core group of Highgrade artists like Tom Clark, Jens Bond, Todd Bodine, Markus Homm, Heinrichs & Hirtenfellner, Phage & Daniel Dreier and Mihai Popoviciu, together with some of highgrade´s recent newcomers: Asem Shama, Demir & Seymen, Marcus Schatz and Simon Beeston. The result is “Our Thing Vol. 2 - The Inner Circle“, to be released as double Maxi 12“, flanked by three digital only bonus tracks. All in all, a musical statement that shows where Highgrade stands musically, and suggests where we’re planning to travel in the future. And now to the music: Part I Marcus Homm provides the starting point with “Transposer“: Funky, impulsive and peppered with unusual sounds. Next up, Tom Clark takes the helm with “Ultimo” and steers a course towards the dancefloor peaktime! On the flip, Asem Shama and Demir & Seymen splash out. Asem’s “Erato“ rocks in exhilarating fashion, and the fresh new Highgrade lads Demir & Seymen provide rolling percussion and powerful orchestral stabs on “Ethnos“, which really give the dancefloor some legs.

Magazine - Lodown // Forty: “Well, what can I say... it's Highgrade, right?! Quality with a capital Q. ”

Markus Kavka: “großartig! aber bei dem label und diesen protagonisten kann auch nix schiefgehen. ein hit jagt den nächsten, geht gar nicht, favoriten zu bestimmen. werde fast alle tracks spielen.”

2000 And One: “i love the Mihai Popoviciu & Markus Homm tune.:)”

Anthony Collins: “nice stuff in this comp !!!!”

Axel Bartsch: “strong release of the family! realy hard to pick after listening to it once but todds, markus homm, demir & seymen and asems treacks are my fav so far. big up!”

Benno Blome: “one track better than the other. great compilation, with a lot of good stuff!”

Brothers Vibe: “Super compilation - DEF support here : )”

Butane: “killer comp! some nuggets in here.”

Channel X: “Sehr anspruchsvolle und gelungene Sache. Mehr davon!!”

Chris Lattner: “great compilation guys! cannot say which is he best track but i would play minimum 50%. markus, asem and mihai are one of the best on this compilation....!!! thx”

Dave Ellesmere: “my favs are tom clark,mihai popoviciu and phage and daniel dreier good solid comp of banging tech house”

Florian Meindl: “"these times" is awsome!”

Gregor Tresher: “cool compilation, with my favorites beeing the tracks by homm and popoviciu. good stuff.”

Ivan Smagghe: “will have to listen to the whole thing but highgrade is a cruelly underestimated label... proper groovy pure electronics... love the heinrichs and... lp from earlier this year... this should be great...”

Karotte: “yes. a lot of great tracks for the dancefloor. typical highgrade. love it.”

Magazine - Dance Club Portugal: “highgrade is definitely a label that has found it's style and has since been developing it consistently further. and that, in this fast paced music world, is not frequently seen. and this is a pretty impressive sum up of what they are about. like it!”

Magazine - DJ Broadcast:: “Cool album. Nice and diverse”

Marc Antona: “Very fresh tracks !”

Marcus Meinhardt: “great stuff !!! full support”

Martin Eyerer: “too much good stuff on this to decide now. Will definitely play some tunes!”

Martin Landsky: “good compilation...will play most of the tracks....”

Miss Jools: “A really great package from HG! with too many tracks to choice from.;-)”

Monika Kruse: “great release....so many good tracks! markus homm: funky shit! will play! tom clark... nice! asem rocks! demir & seymen funky as well! simon beeston: not bad mihai popoviclu: i like the beginning so much but the melody is a little bit soso... todd: I love his warm chordsound! phage & daniel dreier: whooohoo this is berlin afterrrrrr marcus schatz... nice track, but too lade back for my sets... heinrich & hirtenfellner:i like the tribal touch jens: trippy afterhouuuuuurtrack....”

Mossa: “super nice ! some are bombs ! jens, phage and beeston for me . they fit nice together. thanks mossa”

Oliver Koletzki: “eine in sich sehr stimmige compilation. die tracks von Mihai Popoviciu and Heinrichs & Hirtenfellner sind top! besonders "these time"!!! teste ich dieses wochenende...”

Radio - Diversions, CHRY.FM To: “SOLID RELEASE!!! Highgrade Records have put together a great compilation here with an abundance of real cool sounds - these tracks are quality and are fantastic listens - highly enjoyable release - too hard to pick a fave!”

Tiefschwarz Ali: “great package x ali”

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