Browse by Label: WAS NOT WAS (GERMANY)

Artist:	SCHNEIDER, MARC
Title:	Sniper
Label:	WAS NOT WAS (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	WNW 013EP

"The A-side starts like a shot, to be thinking not to arrest somebody. Groovy percussions, claps and hi-hats open the round dance, mysterious strings and a cryptic nice little melody rounding this tune. When you get to the part of having to turn the record over, you will be pleasantly surprised by what you find. Another assassin, hell yeah, hard pumpin' basskicks, a dusky bassline, dark vocal snippets and psycho-soundscapes stand for their own -- party hard! The Sniper EP is an unusual record, a clever mixture of banging minimal sound and rave-y structures, at the end there won't be survivors, only shoot dancers."

Artist:	SCHNEIDER, MARC
Title:	Buddah Call
Label:	WAS NOT WAS (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	WNW 014EP

"You will realize this smashing new 12" will animate your body to move the same way like last time...but first things first. The dance starts with 'In Doubt,' a fiendishly cleverly produced hard-hitting basskick and a Detroitish bassline gravitate this track to the first peak level, a nasty and dirty string chord and a harder produced rhythm section will shake everybody's convolution of the brain, and that for sure, don't stop the tune, party hard and please play the tune again and again and again.......enough for snipers first shot and please, ladies and gentlemen, if you don't object, let me say some more words about the flip called 'Buddah Call,' cause this one also offers unequaled opportunities. 'Buddah Call' is more or less based on a typical house structure, I would say somewhere between 'new spiritual electronic house music' and 'uplifting neo tech,' with a heavy drumwork and warm chords and of course, the right feeling for what people will play, listen and dance to. There are serious consequences, which are tattered dancing shoes or sneakers, internal bleedings (maybe) and more often, a grin like a Cheshire cat."

Artist:	DAVIS, RICHARD
Title:	Cold Hard Facts
Label:	WAS NOT WAS (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	WNW 015EP

"Richard Davis the blackest 'Berlinglish' white boy on earth joins our Family with an epic anthem in the making. Richard's two albums (Safety, Details) are considered by many people as masterpieces of soulful house with a hard to describe haunting & spine-shivering but definite pop flavor. Time has passed since those beauty pearls were dropped so we are yet even more happy to see Richard coming back stronger and more vibrant and versatile than ever and most of all on, yet on our own imprint. As you know we do not release that many records, but if we do, we believe in them and them to stand the test of time. We think 'Cold Hard Facts' is such a tune. 'Cold Hard Facts' might sound like a struggling Mr. Davis, moaning about the inability to relax, to take a rest. Strong house beat, pushing basslines, and no melancholic vibe. Feels like a change and seems like he can really deal with the cold hard facts or at least he turns them into something enjoyable for the house connoisseurs among us. Mr. Nick Höppner, full time rocking with his mates of My My, seems to have spent his royalties for a nice holiday on African landscapes or so. Pal, where did you take all that swinging coconut klingeling attitude from? Ruede Hagelstein, based in Berlin too, goes full distance, his tricked-out Tuesday noon afterhour remix is an as-mental-as possible affair."

Artist:	NAKE SHARCO
Title:	Python Cowgirls
Label:	WAS NOT WAS (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	WNW 016EP

"Nake Sharco is not the name of a mean, dangerous bounty hunter with a big-ass mohawk and bizeps like ox thighs but stands for the unexpected collaboration of premium Canadian techno auteur Mike Shannon (Cynorsure) and Spanish purveyor of elegant deephouse and Loudeast label boss Nacho Marco, who are nevertheless out to nail down some punters and lock them on the floor with this powerful 3 tracker. During a longer sojourn of Mike in Valencia both producers got together and obviously found a common denominator in classic Chicago House since the original version of 'Python Cowgirl' with its back massaging rubber bassline, the nervous swinging hi-hats and the simple yet spirited melody dissolves the supposed opposition of raw energy and meditativeness after the recipe of lets say vintage Cajual releases or early Glenn Underground productions."

Artist:	GRUBER & NURNBERG
Title:	C'mon Dance EP
Label:	WAS NOT WAS (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	WNW 017EP

"Hamburg's Chris Gruber and Nils Nurnberg have been doing an array of production and mixes for multiple labels lately but these two tracks stick out. Both sparkle with a dense and intense still airy and reduced approach to modern deep electronic house. Oz Yavooz's enigmatic skilled vox raunt gives 'C'mon & Dance' a demanding twist to it, mixing old school new jack swing with a bright metro-European attitude. A typical wasnotwas release mixing classical sound quotation with vibrant forward thinking music. Gruber & Nurnberg drop the ballistics here with a double A side rocking the cradle & floor with style and ease not often heard lately. The rest we leave up to you to decide being sure we won't disappoint!"

Artist:	GOLDWILL
Title:	One Bill (Sascha Dive Rmx)
Label:	WAS NOT WAS (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	WNW 018EP

"Goldwill are Flat and Wordandsound teammates Henry Behring and Ralf Schmidt, best known for their recent release on Kollektiv Turmstrasses Fab -- Musik Gewinnt Freunde. After DJing and trying to produce music since basically their childhood days, Ralf started his career first with individual productions, recent examples are two killer remixes including DOP's track 'The Hype' together with Marc Schneider and the 'Body Rework' on Rotary Cocktail, they started to work on music together. It simply made sense. Same flat, same work, plenty in common. And what they do is easily setting its own standard -- music as we want and love these days -- classic and modern in the same vein: 'One Bill' is a deep and organic house track with a restrained bassline and live percussions, driving on and on. A subtle melody slowly develops, bouncing playfully between the beats and a modulating vocal. It's naturally making an easy debut on Wasnotwas. Shouts to Mr. Sascha Dive (Deepvibes) who made a strong remix which builds tension by using an edgy and more reduced housefeel, slowly developing and highly hypnotic."

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