Browse by Artist: COSTELLO, DONNACHA

Artist:	COSTELLO, DONNACHA
Title:	Growing Up In Public
Label:	FORCE INC. (GERMANY)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	FIM 198LP

"Donnacha Costello will be one of the top new techno producers in the year 2000. He started writing music in 1989 and discovered minimal electronic music in 1996, becoming well known and respected in his home city of Dublin, Ireland. Having completed his philosophy degree, Costello engaged himself in university studies in music and was introduced to Steve Reich, John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen. In 2000 he began to release 12" singles on his own label Minimise and was signed by Force Inc. for his first album. Growing Up In Public utilizes new digital production and synthesis methods, sampling and dub techniques. This debut album displays a great degree of imagination and experimentation."

Artist:	COSTELLO, DONNACHA
Title:	The Only Way To Win Is Not To Play The Game
Label:	LOOK LONG (IRELAND)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	LNG 001EP

"How many of today's producers have been releasing music for 13 years? Not many. How many will still be recording 13 years from now? Hard to say. What can be said without doubt however is that Donnacha Costello is in this for the long haul. Since 1996 he has released dozens of 12"s and made significant contributions to electronic music from 2001's classic ambient album Together Is The New Alone to 2004's universally acclaimed Colorseries to 2006's rigorously conceptual 6x6=36 amongst others. Shedding the skin of his ten year old Minimise label, Costello emerges from its semantic stranglehold to bring us his new label and platform Look Long. From this first release it is clear that Costello aims to produce work of lasting quality and beauty with little regard for what a turbulent marketplace might expect of him. Complexity and simplicity are addressed in equal measure here and with some surprise we find traces of Eric Satie, Chet Baker, Pat Metheny and Steve Reich. Perhaps unsurprisingly we also find the unmistakable traces of grace and emotion that have become Costello's trademarks."

Artist:	COSTELLO, DONNACHA
Title:	Tragedy Of The Commons
Label:	LOOK LONG (IRELAND)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	LNG 002EP

"Donnacha Costello returns with another release for his new label and platform, Look Long. The Tragedy Of The Commons sees him continuing his mission to create work of lasting quality and beauty. 'Gatsby' has that most rare and ephemeral quality, that certain something not easily defined. Work which is at once both raw and full of subtlety. Something which is at once both instantly familiar and yet inescapably new. 'Fathoms Deep' pulls the listener in with each rotation until we are so throughly hypnotised we cannot but surrender to its insistent, organic pulse. 'Baritone''s melancholy lo-fi guitars and Roland 606 drums wrap around us like a warm blanket on a cold night. A private oasis, a moment of comfort in a lonely city before the body give in to sleep. This is no throwaway music. This is music to keep, to live with, to grow with. This is music in which comfort can be sought and solace found."

Artist:	COSTELLO, DONNACHA
Title:	Pleite Reissue
Label:	LOOK LONG (IRELAND)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	LNG 003EP

"As Costello continues to Look Long, the grooves continue to flow. LNG3 sees the reissue of the deep house classic 'Pleite,' which originally appeared on Trapez in 2003. Recorded in Dublin in 2002, this version has been mastered at Dubplates and Mastering, Berlin in 2009. The results are stunning and serve as a welcome reminder of Costello's deep roots. 'Pleite (Costello Dub)' could teach some of today's hyperactive producers a thing or two about setting up a solid groove and letting it sit. The timing of this reissue could not be more perfect with regard to the current musical zeitgeist. The title, a German colloquialism for broke or indeed bankrupt, which was an in-joke at the time of the original release, takes on a new significance in the context of global economic recession."

Artist:	COSTELLO, DONNACHA
Title:	Color Series Rubine Red
Label:	MINIMISE (IRELAND)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	MINIMISE 006EP

"Donnacha Costello's Colorseries continues with the release of 'Rubine Red', bringing a tight yet playful a-side and a hands in the air b-side. The a-side recalls Costello's debut album Growing Up In Public [Force Inc]. The dub element is removed however and in it's place is the early sound of acid house, 303 mixing with 101, trapped in Costello's tight and formalized grid. The b-side maintains links to the a-side but takes the acid reference further, blending Chicago with the early Sheffield bleep sound and the early 90s UK sound with it's repetitive chord hook. Overall, another strong record of trend bucking hardware music."

Artist:	COSTELLO, DONNACHA
Title:	Color Series Grape
Label:	MINIMISE (IRELAND)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	MINIMISE 007EP

"Donnacha Costello's Colorseries continues with the release of Grape. Taking a more relaxed and altogether European look at the American Midwest acid sound of the early 90's, Costello explores this territory while stamping it with his own individual style. The a-side presents a solid, sophisticated groove, with clever interaction of elements over a hissy 303 pattern which remains insistent but buried, almost unseen at the heart of the track. The B-side brings the 303 to the front as the track builds steadily until it achieves meltdown. Overall, an energetic yet tasteful record."

Artist:	COSTELLO, DONNACHA
Title:	Color Series Opal
Label:	MINIMISE (IRELAND)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	MINIMISE 010EP

"Donnacha Costello continues to push what he can out of his machines and comes up with the most direct record of the Colorseries since min007, 'Grape'. On the A side, this results in euphoric acid with strong connections to Plus8, early 90s trance and even the disco-tech of Giorgio Moroder. On the B side, Prince meets Plus8 and Chicago trax in the operating theatre and gets down to some serious jacking. With an ear on the past and an eye for the future, Donnacha continues to push on in his own unique direction."

Artist:	COSTELLO, DONNACHA
Title:	Cocoa Color Series
Label:	MINIMISE (IRELAND)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	MINIMISE 013EP

"Donnacha Costello's Colorseries reaches its tenth and final installment. As the sun goes down on the Colorseries, it has now become clear that it will take its place in techno history alongside some of that genre's finest series. It has been favourably compared with Wolfgang Voigt's 'Studio Eins' and Richie Hawtin's 'Concept'. In a recent interview with Go magazine, Michael Mayer of Kompakt even went so far as to declare Costello 'today's Basic Channel'. 'Cocoa', the a-side contains a classic, dark, driving string laden acid track; 303, deep bass and silky strings... Plastikman meets Jon Carpenter in a disused warehouse outside Detroit and gets down! The B-side finishes the series in true style with a pensive, melancholic and touching ambient track, the type for which Costello is well known since his landmark 2001 album Together is the New Alone and his contributions to Kompakt's Pop Ambient series."

Artist:	COSTELLO, DONNACHA
Title:	Infinite Now
Label:	MINIMISE (IRELAND)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	MINIMISE 016EP

"It's as if clickhouse and the computer revolution had never happened, while the rest were hacking, one man kept on jacking. Sometimes one has to take a step backwards to move forwards. For some time now, Donnacha Costello has been offering an alternative to the palpable entropy of the click, the glitch and the tricky, skippy, flippy rhythms all too common at present. So far, this is the closest he has come to a mission statement, urging us to remember the past and try to imagine an alterative future. With its sublime melody, classic synths and big strings, 'Infinite Now' (Leeds warehouse mix) is a joyful celebration, a wide open, sublime composition, a manufactured memory of a moment on a huge dancefloor when you just couldn't smile any harder. Flip to the b for 'Into Tomorrow' and you can almost feel the heat and smell the sweat of an old school basement party in full swing. This record was too big to be confined to the colorseries and has it's own message to spread, hence its own release outside of the series. Soon to be joined by more extra-series releases. Of course, the title is a reference to the classic 'lfo' (Leeds warehouse mix) and the spirit of that record and of that time."

Artist:	COSTELLO, DONNACHA
Title:	Nineteen
Label:	MINIMISE (IRELAND)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	MINIMISE 019EP

"Although undeniably great records that were universally acclaimed, by the end of 2004 Donnacha Costello's 'Colorseries' on Minimise had left both artist and label open to accusations of being too 'retro,' which was never the intention of either. However, with his old machines in storage since January and with a handful of brand new machines and a full Protools setup now residing in Donnacha's studio, such accusations should be banished forever. Thoroughly excited about techno's current period of accelerated growth and discovery he has been working hard on a new computer/machine hybrid sound, with fresh and compelling results. This new release has been available to DJs in digital promo form for some time and is currently receiving heavy play from luminaries such as Troy Pierce/Magda and Steve Bug to name just a few. A: "No Matter What I Do" dark, moody, energetic, highly accomplished production borrowing from the future and the past in equal proportion, twisted snippets of spoken word sharing space with sophisticated digital edits, swinging crunchy rhythms, jerky computerized synths and emotive strings. B: "Bear Bounces Back" a current favourite of Troy Pierce, this is a swinging, loopy, chaotic track that gradually descends into madness over the course of its seven minute duration. Simultaneously reminds of Daniel Bell, Run Stop Restore, Plastikman. Innovative, inventive, tripped out."

Artist:	COSTELLO, DONNACHA
Title:	OK, That's Great, Start Over
Label:	MINIMISE (IRELAND)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	MINIMISE 020EP

"Hypnotic, symbiotic man-machine-computer mind control experiment aimed to entrance and ensnare all whom cross its sticky path. We dare you not to buy it. Being caned in digital promo form by the usual suspects for some time now. A: 'Ok, That's Great, Start Over' -- randomly modulated bassline, snare drums twisted with dsp to become more like synthesizers, groovy swinging bleeps subjected to detailed edits, spoken word elements. These things combined with a devastating and totally unexpected ending ensure that this record will be in all the right boxes and on all the right hard drives for a long time to come. It's clear that Costello is working hard in the studio and has found a new energy in his new approach. B: 'Rusty Sticks' -- unbreakable groove backed up with space-out synthesizers, thumping kick drum and an extremely hooky bassline. Round and round we go, getting sucked in further with each rotation. Computer/machine hybrid hypnosis."

Artist:	COSTELLO, DONNACHA
Title:	Bear Bounces Back (Too Sad To Bounce Mix)
Label:	MINIMISE (IRELAND)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	MINIMISE 022EP

"Troy Pierce out-does himself here as he puts his spaced out twist on Donnacha Costello's 'Bear Bounces Back.' Neither producer seems to be able to do any wrong right now and the combination of the two results in something even stronger than the sum of its parts. Paranoid, moody, subtle, spaced out, groovy. We think it's so special we decided to turn it into a collector's item. Only available in one pressing of strictly limited, one-sided red vinyl!"

Artist:	COSTELLO, DONNACHA
Title:	6x2
Label:	MINIMISE (IRELAND)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	MINIMISE 024EP

"Announcing a special new project of Donnacha Costello: 6x6=36 six tracks, each of six minutes duration were written/recorded/edited in just six exhausting days as Costello locked himself into his Dublin studio. They will appear over six sides of vinyl to be released over a period of six weeks. 6X2 -- The first installment in the 6X6=36 project. Housed in a beautifully designed and spot varnished sleeve, and sounding equally impressive, this is exactly the type of high quality release people have now come to expect from Minimise. '6.1': sounding like the hyperactive bastard child of a threesome between Studio Eins, Richie Hawtin's concept sound and the modern sound of Costello himself, '6.1' loops, whirrs and spins a constantly shifting, energetic and pushing groove which tears floors apart as the opener in his new live sets. Random elements rub like sandpaper against the precision for a mathematical yet groovy and exhilarating ride. Like life itself, just when you get a handle on it, it shifts. '6.2': intensity in ten cities! Machines loop and fall all over each other as a snarling, gnarly twisted modular synth growls over the top, bass rumbles beneath and the percussion swings furiously. Costello's trademark edits round out the picture. The whole track is awash in paradox; devilishly dark yet completely ecstatic, claustrophobic yet liberating. Costello is lashing us with sound and we love it!"

Artist:	COSTELLO, DONNACHA
Title:	6x6=36
Label:	MINIMISE (IRELAND)
Format:	CD
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	MINIMISE 028CD

Announcing the CD archive version of Donnacha Costello's 6x6=36 project (which was initially issued as 3 separate 12"'s). Six tracks, each of six minutes duration were written/recorded/edited in just six exhausting days as Costello locked himself in his Dublin studio. Get all tracks here: "6.1": Sounds like the hyperactive bastard child of a threesome between Studio Eins, Richie Hawtin's Concept sound and the modern sound of Costello himself, along with loops and whirrs. Random elements rub like sandpaper against the precision for a mathematical yet groovy and exhilarating ride. "6.2": Machines loop and fall all over each other as a snarling, gnarly twisted modular synth growls over the top, bass rumbles beneath and the percussion swings furiously. "6.3": Weaves a dirty, gritty, digital, bass-heavy groove. Simple yet devastatingly funky, the repetition builds to a looping, swinging climax. Simply killer. "6.4": The aural equivalent of someone spiking your drink and pushing you backwards down a helter skelter into a cartoon world of hypnotic bass, twisting modulations, swinging rhythms and hyperactive snare drums that work the crowd into an all-out frenzy! In all the hot crates for all the right reasons. "6.5": This track is pure, beatless ultra-stripped super-dub. "6.6": Totally unhinged with its undulating bassline, filtered beats, snippy clicks, whacko hook, and insomniac spoken vocal line. Housed in a beautifully designed 3-panel digipack, this CD compiles the six tracks featured on the 3 vinyl releases of this outstanding conceptual project. Despite the expense of the sleeve production, this one reaches fans at mini-album price -- a very nice surprise.

Artist:	COSTELLO, DONNACHA
Title:	Colorseries
Label:	MINIMISE (IRELAND)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	MINIMISE 031CD

The Colorseries was a series of ten records released in rapid succession by Ireland's minimal master Donnacha Costello in 2004 and marked the breakthrough point in his career. The original releases were vinyl-only and to date have not been made available for download. This is their first appearance on CD. For this 2007 compilation, Donnacha's favorite selections from the series have been edited and carefully remastered and are now sonically far superior to the original vinyls. In addition, the CD contains some previously unreleased and very special material from the Colorseries sessions. These additions will undoubtedly make the CD of interest to the many fans that enthusiastically collected the original vinyl series. In the intervening years, Donnacha has scored a number of hit releases and has broadened his fan base considerably. To date, his work has been licensed for CDs by the top tier of techno DJs, including among others: Josh Wink, Ricardo Villalobos, Magda and Tiefschwarz. The Colorseries CD will therefore appeal to those who were not around for the original releases and those who have discovered Donnacha's work through the CDs of other DJs or through witnessing one of his famed live appearances. Throughout 2004, the Colorseries consistently appeared in the charts of big name DJs and eventually appeared in end of year top ten lists in many publications, including The Wire magazine and The New York Times. Minimise is proud to present these tracks on CD for the first time, offering the full-spectrum sound-rainbow for your listening pleasure. Colorseries influences include: Farley Jackmaster Funk, Steve Silk Hurley, Inner City, 808 State, Plastikman, F.U.S.E., Aphex Twin, The Black Dog, Lobe, LFO, Maurizio, Basic Channel, Model 500, Baby Ford, Mike Ink, The Modernist, Studio Eins, Thomas Brinkmann.

Artist:	COSTELLO, DONNACHA
Title:	Black Bag Job
Label:	MINIMISE (IRELAND)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	MINIMISE 034EP

Donnacha Costello presents straight-up, highly-refined and irresistibly groovy techno/house music in two different formats: one with a slightly faster development and one that's been stretched out a little. With a hypnotic, rolling synth pattern functioning as both bass line and hook, warm percussion, analog strings and Costello's trademark digital edits, both versions are so completely soaked with groove that one cannot help but lose oneself in their charms. A future classic.

Artist:	COSTELLO, DONNACHA
Title:	It Simply Is/Trust
Label:	MINIMISE (IRELAND)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	MINIMISE 035EP

Donnacha Costello takes it back to simpler times with just one synthesizer, one Roland TR-808 drum machine, and some basic effects. "It Simply Is" is an emotive ambient track in which synthesizer melodies and echoes wash over each other and modulations send shivers down the spine. "Trust" is a building, rushing, euphoric dancefloor track. Brought to life with only a few classic elements, it shines in its simplicity and emotion. The first 1000 pressings will come exclusively on clear vinyl.

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