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Artist:	KADEN, MATHIAS
Title:	Lucidas EP
Label:	FREUDE AM TANZEN (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	FREUDE 035EP

Mathias Kaden presents his first culinary solo trip for Freude-Am-Tanzen. Three pots are stewing, presented with German tidiness and foreign spice. Minimal blends with maximal in just the right balance. "Swahili": industrial tones are caramelized with drums, piano and flute without being too sweet. "Lucidas": technoid, but perfect for the early morning hours. "Saloee": a nutritious techno dish with voodoo flavors -- a tribal ode to deconstructing a club. Enjoy your meal.

Artist:	KADEN, MATHIAS
Title:	Studio 10
Label:	VAKANT (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	VA 004CD

This is the debut full-length release by Gera/Jena, Germany-based minimalist, Mathias Kaden. About 2 years in the making, Studio 10 takes Mathias Kaden's life-long work as DJ and producer, worldwide tours, 20-something years of listening and thinking, machines and people, and wraps a bow around it all. Always taking his time with production, Mathias' focus on quality over quantity continues to pay dividends, no matter the state of the economy. Unique in many ways, Studio 10 is also unique for the producer himself. Never before has Mathias incorporated into his music so much hardware, field recordings, messages, and invited friends and orchestral musicians to collaborate. Each track has a message waiting to be interpreted, from the first track "Intro Ducing," borrowing from Bob Marley, to the aptly-named "1981" (featuring vocals by Gjaezon), significant in that it was the year of birth for the most important and timeless instrument in Mathias' studio, the TR808. Similar to his Vakant brethren, Mathias is the instrumentalist and performer, rather than the programmer and sampler. A Fender Rhodes from jazz pal Lars Mäurer on "Defender," Mathias's 1970s Lowrey organ played by Florian Schirmacher on "Lowrey," violin by Claudia Ander-Donathand on "Re Menor," and flugelhorn by Martin Rudloff on "Panic Stricken," all pull and push the music in ever-expanding directions, but at the center, the 808 welds it all together. In addition, vocalists (and lyricists) Ian Simmonds, Gjaezon, and Tomomi Ukumori impart their talents to help articulate the messages that pervade Studio 10. To call the album house is akin to referring to a 1982 Château Lafite-Rothschild as wine. Closer to Chicago than to anywhere else in sound and in Mathias' heart, Studio 10 finds its home in more intimate settings where its nuance, ideas, and depth can all come shining through.

Artist:	KADEN, MATHIAS
Title:	Synkope EP
Label:	VAKANT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	VA 011EP

"The Synkope EP ushers in a new sound for Mathias, one that is more full and less percussive than before yet also one that will not leave previous fans in the dark. Taking his cue from his keen knowledge of the world's dancefloors, Kaden translates this awareness straight onto vinyl without losing sight of today's complex sequences and sound structures. With the flood of faceless releases that threaten to sink even the most discerning record buyer these days. There is a growing sense of urgency to make records that will remain classic and listenable even 10 years into the future. If you don't mind us saying we think this might just be one..."

Artist:	KADEN, MATHIAS
Title:	Moron/Shetani
Label:	VAKANT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	VA 023EP

Mathias Kaden returns to Vakant with this double A-side EP. Moron presents us with Mathias' continuously evolving huff and puff, heave and ho, badonkadonk sound. Like the rest of his work, "Moron" is a fusion of his diverse influences -- African, Latin, and modern German rhythms move the wallflower to the middle of the dancefloor. "Shetani" encompasses so much in 9 minutes -- choir, jazz sax and hovering pads -- that all one can do is hold their hands aloft.

Artist:	KADEN, MATHIAS
Title:	Studio 10 Remixes #1
Label:	VAKANT R (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	VR 006EP

Late in 2009, Mathias Kaden's debut album Studio 10 (VA 004CD/LP) was released, garnering positive feedback from the scene's most important DJs. Vakant follows up with a series of remixes for this very important album. DJ Koze lays into the album's dub track "Kawaba," featuring the voice of singer Tomomi Ukumori. Deeply-pitched vocals and Koze's very own groove give this remix a very special appeal. AFFKT delivers a peak-time tech-house remix of "Mascleta" that is already causing a storm.

Artist:	KADEN, MATHIAS
Title:	Studio 10 Remixes #2
Label:	VAKANT R (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	VR 007EP

Here's a set of splendid remixes for Mathias Kaden's highly-acclaimed album Studio 10 (VA 004CD/VA 030LP). The A-side sees a remix by Luna City Express and Matthias Tanzmann, who reworked the 36-second disco interlude "Roots" to a full-length house hitter. On the B-side, Studio 10 collaborator Florian Schirmacher and his Wareika project rework "State Of Stasis" (featuring vocals from Gjaezon). Schirmacher manages to turn this Detroit-influenced tune into something crazy from outer space. So get with it.

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