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XBITGOLD 001EP
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Friebe and Puestel -- the perfect match, a combined force! Golden times have come.
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AD 001EP
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Originally released in 2010 on Aurora Borealis. This is the new 12" version on Archaic Devices. Archaic Devices is a new label founded by Bobby Krlic, aka The Haxan Cloak. It will serve as the home for his future releases as The Haxan Cloak alongside reissues of his past work under the moniker. Krlic admits that starting a record label wasn't something that had occurred to him until he finished building his own home studio in LA and he regained the master tapes to his records from various underground labels. All of his archival releases have been remastered, with aspects of their design and presentation tightened up by Krlic to present his music exactly as he initially intended. Working with revered visual artist Christopher Leckie, Krlic has built a stark, unique identity for his newly minted label Archaic Devices that extends to a new line of merchandise, as well as new visual directions for the label's first and forthcoming releases.
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KUD 001EP
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Based Berlin Label and Party Series kickin' up dust teams up with German producer George Davis and bring out their first EP, including a Kai Alcé "NDATL Interpretation".
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RBACID 001EP
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Dial 303! The new and hopefully also durable sampler series on Running Back is here. Dedicated to the twang of Roland's silver baseline box with a varied string of artists: DVS1, Marko East & Jordi Chu (whose collaboration sparked the idea of a whole series), Like A Tim via Prins Thomas, Katerina, and I:Cube. The Parisian put it in a nutshell, too: "Although rinsed to death to the point of becoming a parody of itself, acid will last forever." Therefore, his "Folie Noire" is combining the original recipes with hypnotic European influences, while Marko and Jordi present a rough and direct 303-909 live jam, Prins Thomas puts his wickedest smile on Like A Tim's "Wonderline" from 2005 and Katerina sets a lucid dream to sanguine music. Finally, there is a rare and much desired musical outing by the unique DVS1. A direct ode to Chicago's acid and beatdown styles and its Midwest companions, it is a heads-down-lights-down late-night track made for driving up and down "Lower Wacker Drive". Trippy trip artwork by the inimitable Gasius. Trivia: If the piano is the bread of house music, the acid line is its butter!
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SPITTLEDD 001EP
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Originally released in 1982 this pure electro-jam was a surgical trait d'union between the Italo-disco phenomenon and the American boogie. The frantic vocal version is paired with the instrumental on the B-side. Scientific Saturday Night Fever with vocoder and the likes!
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LOWEND 001EP
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First release of the new Lowend Records label founded by Duncan Macdonald and Johannes Kloess.
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FD 001EP
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Lento, the first release of Fangodischi. A slow track, 115 bpm. An obsessive hammering over a dystopian rhythmic layer that reaches its climax exploding in a drum roll, like a cleansing fire. An industrial sound, whiffs of steam, disturbing metallic noise. A recall to the core of Fangodischi and the dual vision the artist has of his homeland: Venice, a "Disneyland" for tourists, and Marghera with its industries and poisons. Two faces of the same medal.
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CD 001EP
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Three leftfield offbeat techno cuts by Zane Reynolds aka SFV Acid. Congee Disc is a new label from L.A.'s Tim Koh... expect great things!
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TRD 001EP
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"Bombscare is an extraordinarily lush, poignant collaboration between quiet rockers Low and experimental electronic duo Spring Heel Jack. Spring Heel Jack provides the musical collage as a background for the harmonies and solo vocals of Low's Mimi Parker and Alan Sparhawk. Their production creates an icy cathedral of sound that... when it was released nearly 20 years ago, sounded unlike anything else in either band's discography. 'Bombscare' bleeds mood, space, and texture as sounds ring out and echo into the distance. 'Hand So Small' works like a literate lullaby as musical flourishes appear from thin air, a piano haunts the outskirts of the song. 'So Easy (So Far)' is perhaps the most traditional Low song, but Spring Heel Jack manages to make the band sound like they're singing modern day Brothers Grimm tales. 'Way Behind' is a stunning closer. It's a truly exhilarating song that sounds like it was recorded in heaven, as Parker and Sparhawk again take turns singing angelically over a jazzy electronic stew full of subtle found-sounds. Bombscare hints at the musical turn Spring Heel Jack would take on Masses and presents Low at the absolute peak of their powers. It's too bad the collaborators didn't compile an entire album's worth of material, as these 16 minutes seem magically fleeting. Bombscare couldn't be a more superb collaboration between these innovative artists." --All Music
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TABLELAND 001EP
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Tableland is a new techno-leaning project from an established name. Vinyl-only.
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DTD 001EP
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Powel always finds a way to thread natural elegance and tasteful patience in his productions. "Iblard" is sparse; its aquatic pads draw you into a warm place where discordant melodies swirl across dripping percussion. "The Grand Opening" named after (and also sampling) the Swedish band, adds live instrumentation to the deep house aesthetic with aplomb. "Aburaya" is next in both vocal, and instrumental form -- deeply Detroit-ian by design, the uplifting pads and keys made this life-affirming. On "Johannesburg", a sparse beat slowly transforming into a warm vibe with Rhodes-y keys, violins, and male vocal ad libs.
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AWAYLMTD 001EP
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Away Music starts a new vinyl series entitled Reissued focusing on Move D & Pete Namlook tracks that were previously only available on CD. Opener "Footer" is a darkly absorbing piece with menacing bass rhythms and frosted textures, an interplanetary trip that finds modern kinship with the likes of techno experimentalist Donato Dozzy. The majestic "Der Bergkönig" is less linear and more suspensory, with beautiful synth motifs looping over icy pads building to a celestial crescendo complete with sweeping strings. Closer "Stranger" is an adventurous 16-minute epic that rides on slick deep house drums and phased bass.
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COD 001EP
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2007 release. 2019 repress. Includes "Children of the Drum (1997 Predecessor Mix)" and "I Am These Roots (Trendsetters Mix)".
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OMDD 001EP
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Optimo Music Digital Danceforce is the digital label of Optimo Music, an internationalist musical outlet designed to get dancefloor-focused music out there without the long delays that vinyl manufacturing often entails. There will be a series of best of OMDD 12"s taking a track from each release and compiling it on a various artists four-track 12", cut loud for maximum club impact. Here is Vol. 1 featuring tried and tested club hits from Belgium's Strapontin, The Netherland's Perdu, Morocco born Bergsonist, and Italy's Tamburi Neri.
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SHARED 001EP
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Sampler 12" of Mumdance's massive "Shared Meanings" mix, with highlights including Mumdance & Logos' seminal "Teachers" alongside zingers from Nkisi, Peder Mannerfelt, Caterina Barbieri, and Space Afrika. Mumdance & Logos pay tribute to a Chicago convention on "Teachers", listing a roll-call of influences, while Nkisi comes fiercely correct with the swinging Congolese techno of "Kinega", and Peder Mannerfelt does his inimitable, mutant rave thing on "Over My Face". "Molecular Illusion" by Caterina Barbieri and the golden ambient deliquescence of Space Afrika's piece speak to the contrasts and breadth of Mumdance's mix and his lushly dark vision of modern dance music.
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TFAD 001EP
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Touch From A Distance is Nick Höppner's new label, this time 100% his own. For the label debut Höppner enlisted the talents of Desert Sound Colony from London. His outstanding skills at sound design, composition and arrangement have now culminated in Fast Life EP. The four tracker presents DSC at his most focused and versatile, constantly shape-shifting between the rich, bass-heavy UK heritage and continental-European traditions of dance floor minimalism.
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G1ND 001EP
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v1984's work permeates a myriad of sonic territories, referencing classical and contemporary tropes. This debut release was driven by the composer's own emotions and personal studies. Spontaneity is inherent throughout, disrupting common structures. That which is created is by no means produced from nothing but must necessarily have been produced from something existing. Limited white vinyl.
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FORMAND 001EP
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Form And Function present a compilation of four transcendent cuts with a different approach in mind. Kafim starts the exploration with "Kisin". The trance-y bassline that dictates the pace of this track, combined with a variety of distinctive sounds, make it sound almost otherworldly. Qindek offers "Two Birds", pushing the envelope with hard-hitting techno infused with dizzying noise. SIWEI then delivers modular madness -- kick drums decide the tempo on layers of ambient sounds and hi-hats. Thomas Hayes ends with "Non Solo", which is partially slow burner; it advances in a gradual manner, by appending elements, almost one by one.
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NKDLTD 001EP
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Breach returns with his first solo release since 2015 and with it a return to his roots as Breach. The Culture EP brings two deep, dark, moody tracks to the table, plus a fantastic Mark E remix to boot.
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FNORDROYD 001EP
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Boothroyd releases debut album on Fnord Communications, the London/LA-based label responsible for unearthing post-punk band Shame. Cutting his teeth in 2014 with debut EP Idle Hours on revered New York electronic imprint Tri Angle Records, and more recently contributing to critically acclaimed Grime LPs on 1-800-DINOSAUR (Trim) and Rinse (Maxta), Boothroyd reappears in 2018 with Pure Country (FNORD 005LP) a typically idiosyncratic and forward-thinking debut album. This remix 12" features Happa, Bullion, and Lone.
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INTGRD 001EP
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Intergraded is a new label from Midland that focuses on releasing music by artists working under a new name. The first release sees Body In The Thames, Peach, Jay, and Webstarr. From Midland: "The idea for the label came about after being sent unreleased music and ideas by a number of artists over the last year. As I plan to focus Graded on my own Midland solo work for the foreseeable future, and with ReGraded occupying a different aesthetic plane altogether, the logical step was to start a new label that could help introduce this music to a wider audience."
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ALTRD 001EP
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Etch presents the inaugural release on new label Altered Roads. The label is set to focus purely on Etch productions. Altered Roads Vol. 1 features four tracks ranging from the psychedelic weightless ambient soundscape of "When The Soul Departs", hazy vintage kung-fu film sampling "Lore Of Samurai", the crushingly powerful break laden homage to the defunct BLOC Festival "Flamingo Grove", and ending on futuristic Warp-driven hip-hop "Defunkt Logic". The scope of these four tracks, disregard for the confines of dancefloor function sets the tone for what is to come on this label.
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HOD 001EP
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Factory Floor was commissioned by London's Science Museum to write a brand new live score for Fritz Lang's 1927 silent cinematic landmark, Metropolis. The 150-minute score was performed in April 2017 and coincided with the 90th anniversary release of Metropolis. This 12" marks the first release on Factory Floor's own imprint, Heart Of Data Records. An inspired six-and-half minute track, "Heart Of Data" is an animated modular synth groove sets in motion the atmospheric textures within the spatial arrangement. "Babel" traverses many scenes in the film and retains a transient meditative pulse in pursuit of space and time.
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OMTGFLTD 001EP
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Optimo Music don't generally do limited edition releases, but when The Golden Filter did these extra mixes of "End Of Times" from their EP of the same name (OM 040EP, 2017) the label decided to press a small run of 12" singles. The original single version is a future synth classic. These new dub versions take it to the dancefloor. They are considerably extended, dubbed-out, and add extra dynamics and ecstatic synth power with hints of the original vocal. There is a slo-mo version at 103 bpm and a faster version at 118bpm. There is also a "Drone-Apella" version too.
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REFINED 001EP
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The label Refined Productions was launched by Aleksandra Grünholz, graphic designer and producer as We Will Fail, and Jakub Mikolajczyk, head of MonotypeRec label and MonotypePressing. The concept is to run a "slow label", to not get caught in the trends but to stop, watch, listen, feel, and think, then listen again. We Will Fail's Schadenfreude includes two original tracks and two remixes from like-minded IDM experimentalists such as Ziúr and Eomac. Aleksandra's released two albums, Verstorung (MONO 074CD, 2014) and Hand That Heals/Hand That Bites (MONO 104CD/MONO 022LP, 2016). Includes printed inner sleeve; Includes download code.
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