Browse by Artist: BRINKMANN, THOMAS

Artist:	BRINKMANN, THOMAS
Title:	Isch
Label:	CURLE RECORDINGS (BELGIUM)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	CURLE 003P-EP

A rare release from one of minimal house and techno's most respected icons, Thomas Brinkmann. "Isch" is a much sought-after track taken from a record that has been out of print for many years, originally made for the Mutek festival in 2002. Mr. Brinkmann chose the remixer, Soulphiction, whose turnout is nothing short of a future classic -- perhaps even his best rework to date. An essential release in a limited pressing of 500 copies, pressed on blue-colored vinyl.

Artist:	BRINKMANN, THOMAS
Title:	Rosa
Label:	MAXERNST (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	ERNST CD001

First compilation of tracks that was issued by Germany's Thomas Brinkmann, original released in 2000. This CD compiled many of the legendary Ernst 12" series, partly with new mixes and versions. That series of classic late 90s orange sleeved/labeled 12"'s, featured all German-ish female names for tracks (aka Anna/Beate, Clara/Doris, Erika/Frauke, Gisela/Heidi, Inge/Jutta, Monika/Nicola, Petra/Olga, Susi/Trixi, Ulla/Vera, Wilma/Xenia, Yvette/Zora). Ultra-minimal, cutting, Brinkmann-esque. Some of the most riveting electronic music of the last decade and self-defining. With one bonus previously unreleased track.

Artist:	BRINKMANN, THOMAS
Title:	Rock With Me/I Can't Help It
Label:	MAXERNST (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.50
Catalog #:	MAX.I 001EP

Yet another Brinkmann-related concept cover EP devoted to the Michael Jackson chart breakers "Rock With Me" and "I Can't Help It." Nikakoi wrote the new string arrangements, while Brinkmann/Schmickler are responsible for the rest. The A-side R'n'B version of "Rock With Me" is a stomper followed by an extra sweet house version of the same track. "I Can't Help It" is a straight house version followed by a very soft broken beat version. The last tracks on both sides are the pure string arrangements. The sleeve is not about porno, it's about gene technology.

Artist:	BRINKMANN, THOMAS
Title:	Lucky Hands
Label:	MAXERNST (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	MAXE 009CD

Germany's legendary label-owner, remixer and experimentalist Thomas Brinkmann returns with his lucky number 13 -- another full-length release of unmatchable, patented isolationist dub-inspired techno. Lucky Hands is the culmination of action, will, coincidence and two lucky hands. With its easily charming appeal and intellectually-accessible funkiness, this release is both frivolous and heavy, and one of the best semi-pop productions of the nearest past. "Maschine" is a very diverse clash of light and murk that summons both Kraftwerk and Rammstein, sliding from straight dance to melodic vocal dub, then marching into the dark German woods. But sometimes even Mr. Morrissey can be heavier, as in "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get," the Smiths tune here augmented and darkened by lovely vocals from Tusia Beridze (aka TBA). Even "Lucky Hands" stumbles upon Talking Heads skronky angularity better than the band itself. The album finishes with a stunning contribution from Marco Palmieri, who combined some of the drums taken from "isch/ROW" with the optimistic and timeless sounds from '20s swing and gypsy jazz musician Django Reinhard. Truly, it is not only luck, but experience and talent that make things happen for Mr. Brinkmann.

Artist:	BRINKMANN, THOMAS
Title:	Klick Revolution
Label:	MAXERNST (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	MAXE 011CD

Germany's legendary label-owner, remixer and prolific experimentalist Thomas Brinkmann offers a tribute to the pinball machine, on Klick Revolution. These tracks deal with the concept of the locked box with the inclined plane, as the player ponders his "questionary about luck, the slide of the things into the logic of decline," as Brinkmann states. This is a new game with turntables -- not unlike the 2001 conceptual Klick release, but this time the player is trying to turn the fixed medium of the locked box into a landscape where the klicks are sounds from the past, confronting and reacting against bumpers, ramps and logs. These implements become symbols of the obstacle of ideas in music -- the sound of Sisyphus playing pinball with a rolling stone, in the ultimate expression of the tragedy of fun. These klick revolutions are based on live sets performed during the last two years, and the variations within the live context are apparent: each track builds on a theme, with different sideways escape routes using various locked-groove records as tools (the specific records Brinkmann used for these sets can be found in the 18-page booklet in poster-format accompanying this release). A pinball machine is a locked box filled with structured, confronted noises and endless thematic possibility: start the game of Klick Revolution now.

Artist:	BRINKMANN, THOMAS
Title:	When Horses Die
Label:	MAXERNST (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	MAXE 016CD

Germany's legendary label-owner, remixer and prolific experimentalist Thomas Brinkmann presents the follow-up to Klick Revolution. Please note: there is NO TECHNO on this album. The source of inspiration is a strange mix between Suicide, Trent Reznor, Joy Division, old Tuxedomoon, and Another Day On Earth-era Brian Eno. Ten tracks start up with piano and the broken arrangement between distorted guitars and bass -- no drums, no beats, just lyrics from Tuxedomoon's Winston Tong. "Spiral" is also without drums and is an adaptation of artist Robert Smithson's "Spiral Jetty" earthwork in Utah's Great Salt Lake, elucidating the endings and beginnings between two people in love. "Birth & Death" twists out into heavier territory with drums and plenty of distorted guitars and "Meadow" is enhanced with lyrics by the Russian poet and essayist, Joseph Brodsky. "Souls" is a funky little number with lyrics by poet Marina Tsvetaeva and "2 Suns" is a heavy 100bpm stomper with Japanese lyrics, yet is totally unusable on 128bpm dancefloors. "Uselessness" is a dark, ambient, spoken-word track also based on the powerful metaphors of Robert Smithson. "It's Just" softly rocks right into the tune of "When Horses Die..." -- a Velimir Chlebnikov poem mixed with Brodsky and a hint of the Mamas & The Papas. The album finishes as it began, but without words and nothing left to say. Just piano, cello and a distorted guitar.

Artist:	BRINKMANN, THOMAS
Title:	Lucky Hands
Label:	MAXERNST (GERMANY)
Format:	3LP
Price:	$18.50
Catalog #:	MAXE 019LP

Triple vinyl version. Germany's legendary label-owner, remixer and experimentalist Thomas Brinkmann returns with his lucky number 13 -- another full-length release of unmatchable, patented isolationist dub-inspired techno. Lucky Hands is the culmination of action, will, coincidence and two lucky hands. With its easily charming appeal and intellectually-accessible funkiness, this release is both frivolous and heavy, and one of the best semi-pop productions of the nearest past.

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