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Artist:	DREHER, TOBY
Title:	Daemmern
Label:	PERPLEX RECORDINGS (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	PPX 002EP

"Following the label's stunning debut EP, Tonny Lasar's heavily lauded Toshiban (heavily played and supported by heavyweight DJ Sven Väth, and Ellen Allien, amongst others), the young Berlin label Perplex Recordings presents Daemmern by Toby Dreher. Accompanying the original are two remixes by Martin Zadak and label owner Charles Widmore, providing a package of three diverse, powerful and danceable primetime-hymns. After standout releases for labels like Rotary Cocktail, and remix notoriety for stars like Depeche Mode, Toby Dreher has arrived at Perplex Recordings and delivers another hit for the label. The almost 9-minute epic 'Daemmern' scores with a straight-up yet intelligent and intricate arrangement. The twisted micro-processed vocal snippets and fat bassline arrest the dancefloor's attention - an irresistible hypnosis that leaves no escape. 'Daemmern' is a timeless piece of techno that stands alone, confidently avoiding fashionable clichés. It's deep, epic and genre-pushing. This sets the benchmark for the remixes, which treat the opus in their very own distinctive styles. Martin Zadak, known amongst else as artist on the White label, delivers the deepest interpretation. Using a highly polished house-groove, his remix works through repetition and intensity. Charles Widmore (a.k.a. Christian Witt) creates a tracky homage to the original, reminiscent of Motor City's deepest cuts. With its massive chords and epic breaks this mix is the most 'classic' re-work and a perfect rounding off for the package."

Artist:	DREHER, TOBY
Title:	Der Lokalmatador
Label:	ROTARY COCKTAIL (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	RC 005EP

"Toby Dreher is a local hero from Berlin. His track 'Lokalmatador' is a minimal dirty groove bomb with a big basswall and funky synthstabs. Krikor (Karat/Katapult - Paris) make a really reduced dancefloor killer in his noisy cut-up style. The bassline is loud, the beat intense in a pumping analogue-sounding way and if the break starts, all hands will be in the air. Two EM vs. El Locco make their very own mix which will turn directly into your brain. They took the essential parts, modified the groove and added some more deep synths and spezial effects. The last mix is from a band which is called Kombinat 100. This remix combines studied musicality with dancefloor hedonism."

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