Browse by Artist: KOLETZKI & FRAN, OLIVER

Artist:	KOLETZKI & FRAN, OLIVER
Title:	Hypnotized
Label:	STIL VOR TALENT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	SVT 034EP

"Hypnotized" is the first single from Oliver Koletzki's second album, Großstadtmärchen. Featuring up-and-coming singer, Fran, this track is an electronic love story with a lovely piano melody and a very smooth and poppy beat. The remix by Format B is happy techno-pop, with an added guitar loop and a syncopated bass line. "Warschauer Straße" is a journey back to his roots, and a homage to his love of house music that is fresh, frisky and hypnotizing.

Artist:	KOLETZKI & FRAN, OLIVER
Title:	Lovestoned
Label:	STIL VOR TALENT (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	SVT 050CD

On the eagerly anticipated follow-up to Großstadtmärchen (SVT 037CD), Berlin's Oliver Koletzki has teamed up with singer Fran, the voice of the über-successful single "Hypnotized," to record an 11-track electronic pop album. Fran and Oliver are not merely partners in crime when it comes to music -- they are also "lovestoned," glued together by their mutual love for music and their love for each other. Here are eleven songs about getting to know each other, eleven songs about spending time together, eleven songs about the first kiss, eleven songs about the wonder that is love. Muscially, Lovestoned is a journey through Fran's and Oliver's different influences: from sample-based house to synth-pop, from late '70s glam to late '90s ambient, with some jazz nuggets. The impeccable songwriting, the feeling for the right dose of pop anthems, and Fran's pure voice in English and German elevate the music to a new height. Things get going right away with the summery, '70s-inspired glam-pop track "Lovestoned," a smooth piece with shimmering guitars and funky slap-bass. The journey into happiness continues with the first single release "Arrow And Bow" that plugs '80s pop sounds with synthesizers that cause goosebumps, clap snares that will move heads and toes, and of course, Fran's beautiful voice. On "Echoes," Koletzki's background as a house and techno producer meet with Fran's divine lyrics, some groovy loops and some softly-floating pianos and synthesizers. "3" is a Balearic pop song about the love of one person for another that is not yet mutual. A longing feeling for response underlines the atmosphere of this wonderfully hypnotic track. "I Might" is a melancholic song about the love-blues while "Strandbar Berlin" is as happy as happy goes. Oliver Koletzki has also recorded one purely instrumental track for this album: "Hollywood Boulevard" is a funky piece of thumping, percussive house music. This is Oliver Koletzki for the floor: samples mix with synthesizers and result in a very musical piece of house music. "Kissenschlacht" is the ultimate holiday song, "Fingertips" is an electrified, house-y pop song, "Smile" is a pastiche on DJ culture set in kitschy late '70s disco scenery, and "It's A Pleasure To Meet You" is a funky piece of synth-pop. Lovestoned speaks both in the language of pop and the language of love.

Artist:	KOLETZKI & FRAN, OLIVER
Title:	Arrow And Bow
Label:	STIL VOR TALENT (GERMANY)
Format:	CD EP
Price:	$7.00
Catalog #:	SVT 051CD

2 song CD single release. Berlin-based techno/house DJ/producer Oliver Koletzki presents the first single release from his album Lovestoned -- which also features his girlfriend, singer Fran. "Arrow And Bow" is a thrilling trip into '80s pop sounds: synthesizers and clap snares that will move heads and toes, and of course, Fran's beautiful voice. "Strandbar Berlin" has been modified into an airy acoustic version with a guitar and a piano, almost sounding like chansons from the 1930s -- in a very good way.

Artist:	KOLETZKI & FRAN, OLIVER
Title:	Echoes
Label:	STIL VOR TALENT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	SVT 052EP

The producer and DJ Oliver Koletzki and singer Fran are riding on the fast track to glorious pop music. They now release "Echoes," from their album Lovestoned with four different remixes. The original, with its groovy loop, some softly-floating pianos and great musical synthesizers reminds of pop tracks by the likes of Mia or Morcheeba. Niko Schwind adds some surrounding percussion, strings and effects. Solomun drops a fat, acid-y bass line onto the sweet vocal, driving everyone wild.

Artist:	KOLETZKI & FRAN, OLIVER
Title:	I Might
Label:	STIL VOR TALENT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	SVT 054EP

Oliver & Fran Koletzki present another single from their album Lovestoned (SVT 050CD). The slow, jazzy trip-hop ballad "I Might" gets remixed for the dancefloor by Murat Kilic, who takes the original and transforms it into a fast-paced, grooving tech-house monster, and Animal Trainer, who keeps the jazzy ethos while still creating something new and groovy. There is also a remix of "Strandbar Berlin" by Björn Störig, who has created a deeply moving house treatment that is decidedly floor-fit.

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