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Artist:	EMIKA
Title:	Count Backwards
Label:	NINJA TUNE (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	ZEN 12263EP

"'Count Backwards is the story of an over-fed yet undernourished soul in search of a little peace and quiet,' explains Emika. 'In times of stress, you can count your date of birth backwards or spell your birth month backwards and the logical side of the mind is kicked into action, resulting in a feeling of calm. Counting Backwards is a coping mechanism in overwhelming moments of panic.' The single is remixed by British dubstep producers Kryptic Minds who have released several albums, their latest, Lost All Faith, on their own Defcom Records last year. Marcel Dettmann transforms the original song into a deep techno meditation for which Emika resang the vocals. Dettmann is a producer and resident DJ resident at the legendary Berlin club Berghain. He released his debut album Dettmann on the club's label, Ostgut Ton, in 2010."

Artist:	EMIKA
Title:	Emika
Label:	NINJA TUNE (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	ZEN 156CD

"Today's modern day composer can work in many different areas of sound with one click of a mouse. This is the single most influential factor in Emika's artistic development. Thrilled by the means and ways technology offers to shape song writing, she chose a software studio as her instrument throughout her musical education and beyond. While Emika's approach to composition evolved, she worked with Berlin's legendary engineer Rashad Becker to craft the unique sound of her record... with her love of the great universal pop song, her abilities as a song writer, a classically-trained pianist and a singer, to make something completely unique. Asked to name an inspiration from the past, Emika turns to Delia Derbyshire, the legendary Radiophonic Workshop composer who came up with the original Dr Who theme, 'not so much for the sounds she made as rather for her questing spirit, it inspires me as I go ahead mapping my own musical realm.'"

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