Browse by Label: STATLER & WALDORF (DENMARK)

Artist:	VA
Title:	Teeth
Label:	STATLER & WALDORF (DENMARK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	S&W 002CD

Statler & Waldorf is a new electronic label based out of Denmark. This compilation features System (with Thomas Knak of Optate & Björk), Pellarin (with Sage Francis & Mr. Dibbs), Andreas Tilliander & many more. "Statler & Waldorf have asked selection of electronic acts to give their interpretation of hip-hop, resulting in a 15-track compilation (all tracks exclusive to this release) as an example of what to expect from the sound of Statler & Waldorf in the future. Contributers range from international acts like Tilliander, System and Folie to local Dansih artists like BICHI (from Blue Foundation), Pellarin, Rasmus Møbius & Melk. The compilation ranges from the electronica-inspired sound of Aies, System and Sjöberg, to a more dubby take from Tilliander, Brus and Møbius and finishes with more edgy and dark tracks from Bichi, Antichristian and +12db. Along the way Melk, Pellarin and Knaster delivers prime hip-hop tunes with a Scandinavian twist. A shorter version of the release is also available as 8-track vinyl LP."

Artist:	PELLARIN
Title:	Athen
Label:	STATLER & WALDORF (DENMARK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	S&W 003CD

"Pellarin's second full-length sees him taking a whole different direction from his 2002 debut on Couchblip. Over the course of 6 deep, dubby, techno-ish tracks he explores the possibilities of a custom-built delay setup and one single sample. Always skimming around genres, it's never quite dub, never quite techno, but definitely deep and engaging. Nods towards Pan American and Porter Ricks' or Vladislav Delay's work for Chain Reaction are audible, but Pellarin's sound is also very much it's own. All tracks are recorded 'live', ie. not a predefined sequence, creating an evolving structure to the album and making it work more like a whole entity than a collection of individual tracks. It's the perfect soundtrack for a very hot day. The CD also contains a 10-minute video 'The Peace of Video', created by Stefan Mylleager of Effekt, using similar techniques of resampling and feedback."

Artist:	MELK
Title:	Sports
Label:	STATLER & WALDORF (DENMARK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	S&W 004CD

Denmark-based hip-hop, influenced by Dabrye and Prefuse 73, producers duo Rasmus Møbius and Anders Christophersen, aka Melk combine their electronic efforts on Sports, their debut album for Statler & Waldorf. Their collaborative work as Melk sees them emphasizing their dub and hip-hop influences, combined with soulful samples and a range of vocal and instrumental collaborators. Prominent guests from the Danish hip-hop scene include some prime cuts and scratch-work from Malk De Koin det Tue Track and vocals from Nobody Beats the Beats, Context, Gisli, and Tuco. In addition, vocalist Ane Trolle contributes sweet and catchy vocals.

Artist:	PRINTER
Title:	Rhizomatic Baby
Label:	STATLER & WALDORF (DENMARK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	S&W 005CD

This is the second release from this Roskilde-based four-piece band. From its inception as a rock band, Printer morphed its drummer into a keyboardist, and its guitar player into a laptop instrumentalist. Getting more and more integrated as a band by interconnecting instruments through the computer, the name "Printer" became the best way to parallel this merge between digital and analogue. The debut EP release Absence, came close to an album with its 35 minutes of electronic explorations into indie-pop territory. The latest work from the Danish quartet has taken a more dirty and danceable turn from the debut EP while still maintaining an emotional and intellectual focus. With a slight majority of up-tempo techno-based songs, the remaining ambient pop makes a good contrast and adds depth, without dividing the experience of the album. Mentioned influences include: Prince, New Order, Basic Channel, Junior Boys or Reinhard Voigt in a pop guise. Includes an Andreas Tilliander remix (Mille Plateaux, Resopal).

Artist:	PELLARIN
Title:	Tango EP (Oil on Aluminium #1 of 3)
Label:	STATLER & WALDORF (DENMARK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	S&W 006EP

This is the first release in Statler & Waldorf's new techno-based 12" EP series of more or less experimental dance music, called "Oil on Aluminium." The series is ushered in by Lars Pellarin from Copenhagen who co-runs the label Statler & Waldorf, along with Stefan Mylleager of Effekt. Tango features warm, textured, dubby techno which is highly focused on consistent groove and timbre rather than concept and sound. Long tracks with modulating delay variations make good mixing tools for DJs but also work well for more chilled-out listening situations. Quietly rumbling beats act as gentle undercurrents for subtle clicks and melodic, thudding bass groans. The effect is simple and trance-inducing. For fans of Basic Channel/Chain Reaction releases.

Artist:	MEYER, MIKKEL
Title:	Responge EP (Oil on Aluminium #2)
Label:	STATLER & WALDORF (DENMARK)
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	S&W 007LP

This is the second release in Statler & Waldorf's new techno-based EP trilogy of experimental dance music, called Oil on Aluminium. Experiment #2, Responge, comes from Danish producer Mikkel Meyer, a new artist in the Statler & Waldorf artist family, but certainly not a debutante. Mikkel was making radio shows for Resonance FM during a stay in London, and spent a great deal of time in the legendary (former) record shop Smallfish who released his first EP as an electronic artist on their affiliated label. The EP came out on 3" CD and sold out fast. This material and two new tracks are now available on vinyl with this Responge EP. Mikkel works from an interest in translation and conversion of sound material. Specifically, by taking bits of jazz-records, clicks and hisses from inner loops of old vinyl records and homemade gizmos, he turns his music into the most comfortable and friendly techno since Jelinek's Loop-Finding-Jazz-Records release. Most of the equipment used on this record is old broken stuff Mikkel found in dumpsters and restored to new life in his basement studio in Copenhagen. Some of it he even built from scratch. Not everything is techno on this EP: the B-side offers truly groovy jazz-dubs, and the more uptempo tracks have been left on the two-track, DJ-friendly A-side. All tracks composed and produced by Mikkel Meyer, with double-bass on "To" and "Responge" by Eva Skipper. Mixed by Thor Sørensen (Pelding) and mastered by Stefan Betke of Pole.

Artist:	PELLARIN & LENLER
Title:	Going Through Phases
Label:	STATLER & WALDORF (DENMARK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	S&W 009CD

This is the debut release from the collaborative duo of Lars Pellarin and Kim Lenler. Pellarin co-runs the label Statler & Waldorf and is producer and member of Printer, while Lenler has had a long association with the Danish techno community as a DJ in the early '90s and as current assistant at the music organization Subotnick. The working thesis for Going Through Phases was to make a new sort of R'n'B for the experimental techno label Chain Reaction. Well aware that it would never end up anywhere near that, you can still find distinct elements from both worlds in the music: small samples of old hip-hop as well as soul and hiphouse. Acidic 303 synth lines and experimental dub techniques pave the way forward in a hearty techno tradition. Vocal lines dubbed to indistinctive atmospheric echoes and steady double-layered drum tracks reveal the Basic Channel affection. Everything is made as live recording sessions, resulting in an archive with more than 80 different recordings, and at least three different threads of styles. The editing and selection process has been as important and difficult as the actual recording and production. To make the link between their electronic background and contemporary pop, various vocalists have been invited to join the project, including Raz Ohara, Danish band Antenne and Pernille Pang. The album also features a highly original rendition of a song by Sweden's The Plan.

Artist:	MOBIUS, RASMUS
Title:	Medicine Walk
Label:	STATLER & WALDORF (DENMARK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	S&W 010CD

Medicine Walk is the solo debut from Danish producer Rasmus Møbius (Melk). The title was coined several years ago, when working a temp job in a medical factory. Since then, the music and Rasmus' employment situation has both evolved significantly. Drawing from the obvious influences of dub and hip-hop, Rasmus mixes these ingredients, adds a flavor of Brian Eno and a hint of jazz, and comes out with a very consistent, warm and steady album. The analog feel is underpinned by inclusion of synth and trumpet players Nikolaj Høi and Tav Klitgaard. Tracks vary from right-on steady head nodders to slowly evolving almost ambient tracks, always supported by the ever persistent heavy bassline. Rasmus has been producing music for several years, and has a long list of compilation contributions and remixes behind him. His sound has evolved over time, from clicky electronica to the insisting, dubby sound of his present album. His work as part of the dub-hop duo Melk has influenced his sound (and vice-versa) and helped define the solo work, although there's some very distinctive qualities to Medicine Walk.

Artist:	MOBIUS, RASMUS
Title:	Medicine Walk
Label:	STATLER & WALDORF (DENMARK)
Format:	LP
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	S&W 010LP

LP version. Medicine Walk is the solo debut from Danish producer Rasmus Møbius (Melk). The title was coined several years ago, when working a temp job in a medical factory. Since then, the music and Rasmus' employment situation has both evolved significantly. Drawing from the obvious influences of dub and hip-hop, Rasmus mixes these ingredients, adds a flavor of Brian Eno and a hint of jazz, and comes out with a very consistent, warm and steady album. The analog feel is underpinned by inclusion of synth and trumpet players Nikolaj Høi and Tav Klitgaard. Tracks vary from right-on steady head nodders to slowly evolving almost ambient tracks, always supported by the ever persistent heavy bassline. Rasmus has been producing music for several years, and has a long list of compilation contributions and remixes behind him. His sound has evolved over time, from clicky electronica to the insisting, dubby sound of his present album. His work as part of the dub-hop duo Melk has influenced his sound (and vice-versa) and helped define the solo work, although there's some very distinctive qualities to Medicine Walk.

Artist:	PRINTER
Title:	I Can Take More
Label:	STATLER & WALDORF (DENMARK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	S&W 011CD

This is the third full-length release from this Roskilde-based four-piece band, the follow-up to 2005's acclaimed Rhizomatic Baby. None of the members of Printer have ever been to Ibiza, but after listening to the indie-rock dancefloor refinements of I Can Take More, listeners won't believe it. Their last two albums were an introverted take on recent electronic rock traditions and experiments, but that was before they decided to take a break from the recording of this album, and play a long stretch at the Norberg Festival. Infused with the sounds from the beer tent and a summertime spent in a Swedish forest, these bracing, dancefloor-oriented numbers reflect a live atmosphere and having a good time in the studio. And there are absolutely no guitars on this record, whatsoever. Fans of Junior Boys and The Knife will adore this sound of a band who had never drank so many beers and danced so much in their entire lives.

Artist:	PELLARIN
Title:	Gundsø
Label:	STATLER & WALDORF (DENMARK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	S&W 012CD

This is the third full-length release by Lars Pellarin (Printer, Pellarin & Lenler), and his tribute to the vanished name of his Danish birthplace. Following the same format as his first album on Statler & Waldorf, 2004's Athen, it seems a series of albums with a city theme is developing. This time it's Gundsø -- the area north of Roskilde where Pellarin grew up, not far from the only nuclear power plant in Denmark as well as the strange hill Bolund, which sits in the muddy fjord like a giant grass turtle, still asleep since its birth during the last Ice Age. Pellarin had his first job in the cafe at Vintappergården -- a rebuilt farm where huge buses full of elderly Germans arrived to look at dried/plastic flower decorations exhibited in the large quiet barns. Mozart would blast out at hearing-aid volume during the few hours of the visiting stampede, while the rest of the time it was silent: just Pellarin and the mice. As a child, Pellarin and his friends used to build caves in the foggy moors of Gundsø, and many of the pieces that ended up on this album suit his memories from that time. Now that the municipality reform of 2007 merged Gundsø with Roskilde, the name has disappeared. The CD version of the album comes with a video created by Stefan Mylleager for one of the pieces. The long-term audio-visual collaboration of the two has developed into an expansion of the "band" Pellarin with a confident visual aspect. Contrary to previous Pellarin albums, Gundsø features two tracks with vocals -- one of them a traditional song performed by Jesper Henriksen, who previously worked with Rasmus Møbius. The other vocal element on the album is a Middle Eastern chant-like section in the track, "Iran."

Artist:	PELLARIN
Title:	Gundsømagle
Label:	STATLER & WALDORF (DENMARK)
Format:	LP
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	S&W 012LP

Extended 4-track vinyl version of the Gundsø album. Some of the deepest minimalistic grooves you will hear in 2008, this record is stunning.

Gundsø is the area north of Roskilde where Pellarin grew up, not far from the only nuclear power plant in Denmark as well as the strange hill Bolund, which sits in the muddy fjord like a giant grass turtle, still asleep since its birth during the last Ice Age. Pellarin had his first job in the cafe at Vintappergården -- a rebuilt farm where huge buses full of elderly Germans arrived to look at dried/plastic flower decorations exhibited in the large quiet barns. Mozart would blast out at hearing-aid volume during the few hours of the visiting stampede, while the rest of the time it was silent: just Pellarin and the mice. As a child, Pellarin and his friends used to build caves in the foggy moors of Gundsø, and many of the pieces that ended up on this album suit his memories from that time. Now that the municipality reform of 2007 merged Gundsø with Roskilde, the name has disappeared. These tracks represent the sounds of Pellarin's lost childhood world.

Artist:	ANTIFILM
Title:	IO
Label:	STATLER & WALDORF (DENMARK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	S&W 014CD

This is the debut full-length release by Copenhagen's Thomas Bred aka Antifilm. Thomas has been making music for over a decade, operating out of his apartment and using his neighbor's piano. Nowadays, his studio is full of guitars and pedals, and his songs have a different texture, but one can still hear that piano on some of the tracks. Some of his previous tracks were burned onto homemade CD-Rs for sale at the local record shop or passed on to friends, wrapped in handcrafted paper sleeves. One of these tracks found its way to Danish public radio and ended up on their indie chart, "Det Elektriske Barometer," where it stayed for eight weeks. Now, Statler & Waldorf introduce Antifilm to an international audience with IO, which has been mastered by Kramer (Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Daniel Johnston, Low, etc.) and is filled with lush, guitar-led songs with vocals well-obscured by layer after layer of haze and fuzz, recalling the best of My Bloody Valentine/Swervedriver/Ride-era shoegaze. Other tracks augment the nostalgia with a mandolin here, a driving bass there, or an organ purr, like the yearning, Wilco-ish pop hit, "Here Comes The Son."

Artist:	MEYER, MIKKEL
Title:	Bacon
Label:	STATLER & WALDORF (DENMARK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	S&W 015CD

This is the second release on Statler & Waldorf by Denmark's Mikkel Meyer. Since his debut, Meyer has moved from introverted jazzy electronica over spoken-word, to hard upfront dubstep. This is a solid meal, where freshness has beaten the jazzy flavors characterizing his previous work. The working method has become faster, and you can feel that time has been reduced dramatically from when the ingredient leaves the chopping board to when the dishes are served. Mikkel Meyer has put together a 9-course menu with inspiration from his grandmother's cookbooks, dating 40 years back to a time when you had to see a pharmacist to buy anything else than the three Danish standard spices: salt, pepper and bacon. With immigration in the '70s came exotic foods and spices, and Danish cuisine was never the same. In much the same way, Meyers' music has been spiced up with contributions from the USA and Tanzania. He has, so to speak, brought the world to his Danish melting pot, by inviting some of the greatest in the field to flavor this album: American Non from Shadowhuntaz in Chicago, who has been awarded numerous stars in the world's guidebook, and Lufu and Chidi Benz from Tanzania, who both deliver Swahilian herbs to the table. This is home-ccoked Danish dub, with a heavy dollop of thick techno, and sprinkled with grime and grit.

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