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Artist:	DNTEL
Title:	Early Works, Later Versions
Label:	PHTHALO
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	PHTH 056EP

"In the spirit of exploring the influence of this material over the past decade of electronic and indie music production, Phthalo has asked several artists who've said they were inspired by Dntel's Early Works for Me... record to re-approach those songs with their own modern and varied takes on the source material. The result is Early Works, Later Versions, a limited 12" record of new, updated remixes and variations on 2009's Early Works for Me... album by several of Jimmy's current peers and modern contemporaries. Running through some of the artists on hand for this task, To Rococo Rot's Robert Lippok (Mute Records, Monika, Raster-Noton) has clearly done this sort of thing before, and starts off by updating 'Serious' into a twinkling and blippy rendering of the original, in many ways reminiscent of his 'Falling Into Komeit' remix album several years ago. A new version by Chessie (Plug Research, Drop Beat) drops in indie guitar progressions to recall a lightweight take on electro, and Somatic Responses (Leaf Label, Hymen Records) drenches 'Tybalt 60' with gritty and thunderous stabs of broken percussion. Finally, newcomer Thaddeus Valk uses an arpeggiated synth intro to rework 'Casuals' into some other kind of tune from the 1990s -- almost an IDM-meets-rave-meets-jungle hybrid. (In other words, it gets pretty Metalheadz-by-way-of-Oakenfold-y.)"

Artist:	DNTEL
Title:	Early Works For Me If It Works For You II
Label:	PHTHALO
Format:	3CD
Price:	$26.00
Catalog #:	PLG 053CD

" In 1994, I compiled my first tracks as Dntel onto a cassette called Something Always Goes Wrong and sent it to some labels. It came pretty close to getting a real release but things ended up falling through with the label and I had to resort to making tape copies and giving them to friends. I kept making songs and eventually put together another cassette for friends. My friend Hoseh gave it to this guy Dean who liked it and made CD copies, one of which ended up in the hands of Dimitri Fergadis, who asked if he could officially release it on his label, Phthalo Records. I said yes and this collection of songs became the first official Dntel release, Early Works For Me If It Works For You, released in 1998. A year or so later he released Something Always Goes Wrong as well. These early tracks, inspired by Aphex Twin, μ-Ziq, Warp Records and anything else I'd been listening to, were all instrumental (save a few vocal samples) and created using one sampler/synthesizer (a Kurzweil K2000s) and some basic midi sequencing software. I was always really interested in adding vocals to weird electronic music, and by the time EWFMIIWFY and SAGW were released, I finally had a computer with the capability to record full vocal tracks more easily. This led to the next Dntel full-length, Life Is Full Of Possibilities, which was released in 2001 on Plug Research. I haven't really done much instrumental work since. A couple years ago I decided to listen to a bunch of old DATs of stuff I had worked on in the process of making LIFOP. Although a lot of it was rough or unfinished, it got me thinking of the old days and I decided to collect my favorites. That got me listening to the old Phthalo releases as well and somehow it all evolved slowly into this 3-CD set. It includes Early Works For Me If It Works For You and Something Always Goes Wrong, both re-mastered, as well as the new collection of DAT discoveries, Early Works For Me If It Works For You II." -- Jimmy Tamborello

Artist:	DNTEL
Title:	Life Is Full Of Possibilities
Label:	PLUG RESEARCH
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	PLG 032CD

Repressed and available again! "Dntel aka Jimmy Tamborello comforts himself by combining melancholy melodies with an assortment of electronic production styles, as well as enlisting friends to add vocals and guitar on some tracks. The results range from Timbaland-inspired minimal techno to pop songs buried in static, cut-up acoustic guitars, sampled symphonies struggling to find somewhere to settle, found sound and blissed-out drones. Dntel's debut album Life Is Full Of Possibilities includes vocal contributions from Chris Gunst (Beachwood Sparks, ex-Strictly Ballroom), Mia Doi Todd (City Zen Records), Meredith Figurine (Figurine), Rachel Haden (ex-That Dog), and Benjamin Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie), plus guitar by Paul Larson (Athalia, ex-Strictly Ballroom) and Brian McMahan (The For Carnation, ex-Slint)."

Artist:	DNTEL
Title:	(This Is) The Dream Of Evan And Chan
Label:	PLUG RESEARCH
Format:	CD
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	PLG 036CD

"This is the second single from Dntel's critically acclaimed album Life Is Full Of Possibilities with vocals by Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie). Up-tempo fractured beats make this the closest thing to a pop song you'll find on the album. The original version appears here for the first time on vinyl and is joined by four remixes. Safety Scissors, enlists the help of Erlend Øye from Norway (Kings Of Convenience) to rewrite and re-sing the entire song, Barbara Morgenstern turns it into a duet, Kompakt recording artist Superpitcher makes this into a an anthem for this summers outdoor festivities, and Lali Puna (members of The Notwist) take the vocals out altogether and add their own melancholy melodies."

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