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Artist:	CHANNEL X
Title:	Groovebox EP
Label:	STIL VOR TALENT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	SVT 028EP

Channel X are back on Stil vor Talent with Groovebox, filled with some grade-A material for the raunchy dancefloor. "Into The Club" has a wonderful, fidgety bass line and a loop filled with soulful vocal samples. The chainsaw effect makes way for serious tech-house business. "Wake Up" is a loop that's made of trillions of cut-up effects, vocal bits and some straight 4-to-the-floor business. "Against The Wall" has frightening effects, lots of reverb on the creepy samples, and balancing harmonies.

Artist:	CHANNEL X
Title:	X Files
Label:	STIL VOR TALENT (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	SVT 045CD

Berlin-based producers Mirko Hensel and André Staedter aka Channel X release their debut album after tons of great singles and EPs for Autist, Kassette, Opposum, Upon You and of course, Stil vor Talent. X Files is a continuous mix CD with ten new and exclusive tracks as well as some of the best tracks that they have released on Stil vor Talent in the past. Channel X have been known for their combination of well-produced, driving minimal techno and tech-house and a very soulful feel to their sound. On their first long player they stay true to both their thumping club sound, yet maintain their eloquent patterns in music production. Creating 11 tracks for the floor, this album is a classical producer album -- from the club for the club. From their groovy minimal house anthem "Against The Wall" it's straight on to the new album track "Monday." The hook line of the vocal speaks out of the heart of everybody who likes to extend their weekend until the early hours of Sunday, at least while the music is a two-steppy tech-fest like on this track. "Behind The Mirror" is a perfect showcase of the funkiness that Channel X brings to minimal tech-house: funky effects, short vocal snippets, and some melody stabs. The same customs can also be heard on "Freak Show" and "Circus Bizarre" -- two tracks that symbolize why techno in Berlin could just as well be set in the Golden Twenties: burlesque-sounding magic circus craziness, weird effects, and driving, fast melody patterns. But Channel X can also go from light-hearted tech-y sounds to deep house music. Tracks like "Ghost," a heavily-breathing piece of tech-house or "Spooky Lights," a soulful tech-fest full of effects, melody pads and of course, tons of hi-hats, snares, effects and percussions, are the perfect examples. The mix highlights "We Love The X," a vocal-induced tech-house stomper with those typical signature kick drums and an enormous sub-bass. Next to these new cuts, there are also the best of their old favorite releases like "Against The Wall," "Black Coffee" from the Bug In The Coffee EP, a Channel X remix of Niko Schwind's "Fly," "Mosquito," as well as two unreleased gems: "Ticket" and "My Dear." The cinematic beginning and ending of this mix are the intro and outro to and of a mix that communicates what Channel X stand for as a live act: intuitive and classy, mixing with the feeling for the right moment to drop the right tune. Effects, percussion, soulful grooves and bouncing minimal tech-house: this 70-minute DJ mix is a journey through the best of Channel X.

Artist:	CHANNEL X
Title:	X Files Part 2
Label:	STIL VOR TALENT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	SVT 047EP

This is the second four-track vinyl release of Channel X's debut album X Files. Producers André and Mirko start out with "Behind The Mirror," a track that perfectly encapsulates the funkiness that they manage to inject into minimal techno. "Monday" is the ultimate Berlin minimal tech track, featuring Meggy. On the flip, you'll find circus-infused polka tech-house: "Circus Bizarre" is full of strange effects, short vocal snippets and percussions while "Marvel" is a straight piece of grooving minimal house music.

Artist:	CHANNEL X
Title:	X-Files Remixed
Label:	STIL VOR TALENT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	SVT 049EP

After the release of their debut album X-Files (SVT 045CD), Channel X get their first full-on remix package on Stil vor Talent. First up is "Freak Show" -- Format B create an equally thumping and mad array of drunk trumpets and dizzy beats with a clumsy bass line. Oliver Koletzki puts his magic house fingers onto "Snug Descent," featuring Jake The Rapper. Oliver turns the track into a Caribbean house anthem that is not only super-groovy, but also deeply delicate.

Artist:	CHANNEL X
Title:	Little Symphony
Label:	STIL VOR TALENT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	SVT 063EP

Channel X are two of Stil vor Talent's most active producers of meticulously-crafted and deeply energetic tech-house smash hits. They now return with two very convincing pieces of dancefloor art. First up is "Little Symphony," an epic space opera that takes its cues from early '90s techno and mixes it up with post-modern grooves and beats. "Steamboat Willie" is a heavily sample-oriented, swinging piece of jack. Two very different tracks, but both equally stand out for themselves.

Artist:	CHANNEL X
Title:	Mosquito
Label:	UPON YOU (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	UY 025EP

"This time Mirko Hensel and Andre Staedter aka Channel X attack like Mosquitos out of the air. Attracted from the fresh body juice they rocket beat intoxicated onto the sedulous club dancefloors, sucking up blood type UY025 from break to break. Because their wing beats sit like an accord on a Steinway, the critic of their maneuvers is hard to define, watching the frequencies flash up like the sting of a hornet. That's how beautiful spending blood can be. So make way for the calenture."

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