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Artist:	LUCIANO
Title:	Cadenza Contemporary 01 & Classics
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 002CD

For its first-ever CD edition, Cadenza prepares something truly special. Spread across two CDs, Cadenza Contemporary 01 & Classics is a distillation of the label's essence -- not just an overview of its past, but also a teasing suggestion of what lies ahead. The first CD, mixed by Swiss producer Luciano, digs its fingers into the label's six most recent records -- plus Luciano's own "Tonerres," from the lone Cadenza Split Composition release so far -- and teases out a single thread, which it rolls lovingly between its fingertips. The mix could have taken any number of different directions, but Luciano's mix takes the snakiest path possible, beginning with the blippy, aquamarine-colored house of Argenis Brito and Digitaline before taking a detour through Petre Inspirescu's sideshow psychedelia. When things get a little noir, he opens the slats on Andomat 3000 & Jan's clattery Venetian blinds, making way for Rhadoo's percussive, mid-day reverie, all swirling dust motes and forgotten clocks ticking in the distance. Alejandro Vivanco brings a momentary wake-up call with his rubbery bass wallop, and then irreality descends again courtesy of Luciano and Pikaya, delivering two of the deepest, most gravity-free tracks in Cadenza's catalog. The second CD highlights Cadenza's early years with a selection of classics culled from the label's first six releases, all of them appearing for the first time on an unmixed CD. Luciano & Quenum lead off with the rightfully anthemic "Orange Mistake," and Luciano & Pier Bucci follow up with the liquid Latin ripple of "Amael." Quenum & Lee Van Dowski's "Extension" is as kinetic as anything the label's ever done, a hall of mirrors and circuit boards, while Luciano & Serafin's "Funk Excursion" goes straight for the gut -- no need to bring your own funk, it's here in plentiful supply. N.S.I.'s "Max Binski" remains at the frontier of Cadenza's outer limits: channeling free-jazz piano into an anxious, bass-heavy groove -- one of electronic music's strongest tracks of the last half-decade. Finally, Luciano closes the disc out with "Bomberos," one of Cadenza's earliest hits and a shining example of his way with a supple, slippery groove. Beautifully packaged in Cadenza's characteristically sumptuous designs, Cadenza Contemporary 01 is a milestone for one of electronic music's most important labels, and a tangible time-capsule to collect and keep.

Artist:	LUCIANO
Title:	Tribute To The Sun
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	CD+DVD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 005CD

Cadenza presents the second official studio album by Swiss-Chilean DJ/producer and Cadenza label-head Lucien Nicolet (aka Luciano, Lucien-N-Luciano), plus a 52-minute DVD documentary film chronicling the artist's South American tour. Since his first record Blind Behaviour in 2004, Luciano has earned his place among electronic dance music's most celebrated names. He's racked up singles for the likes of Mental Groove, Perlon, Desolat and of course, Cadenza, he's remixed everyone from M83 to Salif Keita, his mix CDs have showcased minimal house and techno at their most sensual, supple and jubilant, and his DJ sets have become the stuff of legend. At long last, with Tribute To The Sun, Luciano delivers one of the definitive highlights of his career. Not merely a "dance" or "electronic" record, Tribute incorporates musical styles from around the globe with Luciano's inimitable rhythmic sensibility. It draws upon Luciano's extensive experience as a mover of bodies and a reader of minds. Many of its grooves form an integral part of Luciano's DJ sets, having been road-tested and continually refined. Tribute To The Sun is, above all, a highly personal portrait of the artist. Informed by the ups and downs of the artist's life, its moods run from the heavenly grace of "Celestial" to the outright madness of "Metodisma" in a diverse mix of world and techno beats. Four years in the making, the album finds Luciano collaborating with a cast of musicians, including Martina Topley-Bird, known for her haunting contributions to Tricky's early classics, as well as for her solo career and collaborations; Senegal's Ali Boulo Santo, heir to a long line of griots and nephew of the legendary "King of the Kora," Soundioulou Cissoko, Switzerland's Bruno Bieri, the inventor of the Hang, a kind of steel drum with a sound like a mountain stream; and Israeli percussionist Omri Hason. Underscoring the significance of the album, Tribute To The Sun will be released as a special CD/DVD package. On the DVD, Swiss director Raphaela Sibilla documents Luciano's last South American tour in a 52-minute film called La Ruta Del Sol - Luciano's Diary, which follows him for three weeks through Lima, Buenos Aires, São Paulo and of course, Santiago de Chile, the city so crucial to Luciano's musical origins. On stage, behind the decks, and on the road, this intimate portrait of the artist makes the perfect complement to an album that's as much a personal as a musical milestone. Format: NTSC DVD; Language: VOST (English/French/Spanish); Subtitles: English; Running Time: 52 minutes.

Artist:	LUCIANO
Title:	Bombero's
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 006EP

Two 13-minute tracks, on this stunning new Cadenza release. "Luciano is continuing to surprise us with his ability to create a very fresh and dreamy dance environment. He knows how to manipulate the dancer into endurance. ''Bombero's' abstracts and hypnotises at the same time. If you want to cunningly stir up the dancefloor then you've found the right track. 'Octagonal' on the other hand enthrals you with this certain Luciano charm, this charm we've already started to familiarise ourselves with. This track is a sweet and yet clever reflection of his essence."

Artist:	LUCIANO
Title:	Yamoré Rmx/Harmonics Crashes
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 009EP

"You don't know how lucky you are to have this record in your hands. The remix of 'Yamoré' is not only one of the rarest records in Luciano's discography, but it's also one of the best remixes he's done, ranking up there alongside a certain 'Amelie on Ice' as one of those sought-after treasures that have sent fans scurrying to eBay, hoping to get their hands on the original vinyl. A staple in Luciano's own DJ sets, 'Yamoré' was originally released in 2002 as part of a 5x12" box set of remixes of the Malian musician Salif Keita's album Moffou, limited to 1500 numbered copies. In his remix, Luciano pulls out all the stops, drawing from his considerable stylistic range to create a summertime epic that touches upon minimal, deep house, Afropop, and the unclassifiable rhythmic experimentation that defines Luciano's most feverish dancefloor anthems. Despite being four years old, it still sounds ahead of its time, and stands as an important precursor to the newly invigorated psychedelia of today's most exciting house and techno. 'Harmonic Crashes' -- credited to one Pepe Bombilla, a mysterious character last heard from on Luicano's killer 'La Limonada de Pepe Bombilla,' released on Mental Groove in 2003 -- is simply one of the freakiest floor-fillers you'll hear this year. Abstract voices -- chanting, ranting, singing scat, who knows -- urge a handclap-riddled rhythm ever deeper into the darkness, from which Daniel Aimé's haunted, almost agonized harmonica wails out like a banshee. Now, the last thing that most of us want to hear in a 'minimal' track is a harmonica, but the way it rips across the soundfield here makes the bluesy beast sound more like a tortured oscillator squealing as the screws are turned ever tighter."

Artist:	LUCIANO
Title:	Études Électroniques
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	2x12"
Price:	$25.50
Catalog #:	CADENZA 021EP

2010 repress, originally released 2008. These four tracks find Luciano putting his talents into the service of dancefloors at their most delirious. "Montana" opens the record on a blissful note, calm and suffused with light. A hollow bass tone puffs away as brittle rhythmic patterns spin round. "Fochedrem" features a stubby one-note bass line and cartoon funk with cowbell, organ and piano. "Masalla" features liquid congas and feathered metallic details that stand on end like magnetic shavings. Laid-back and polyrhythmic, it's a future Latin masterpiece.

Artist:	LUCIANO
Title:	Tribute To The Sun
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	3x12"
Price:	$26.50
Catalog #:	CADENZA 042LP

Previously released on CD+DVD, now available in a special 3x12" edition, including full-length versions. On this format, you'll have the chance to get the full versions of "Celestial," "Conspirer," "Los Niños de Fuera," "Africa Sweats," and "Metodisma," which aren't available on the CD version of this album. Cadenza presents the second official studio album by Swiss-Chilean DJ/producer and Cadenza label-head Lucien Nicolet (aka Luciano, Lucien-N-Luciano). Since his first record Blind Behaviour in 2004, Luciano has earned his place among electronic dance music's most celebrated names, and with Tribute To The Sun, Luciano delivers one of the definitive highlights of his career. Not merely a "dance" or "electronic" record, Tribute incorporates musical styles from around the globe with Luciano's inimitable rhythmic sensibility. Its moods run from the heavenly grace of "Celestial" to the outright madness of "Metodisma" in a diverse mix of world and techno beats. Includes guest contributions from Keren Ann, Ali Boulo Santo, Bruno Bieri, and Omri Hason.

Artist:	LUCIANO
Title:	No Model No Tool
Label:	CADENZA SPLIT COMPOSITION (GERMANY)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	CSC 001EP

Mesmerizing double-pack from this new Cadenza subsidiary label, 55 total minutes of sound. "Cadenza Split Composition series: 'An Introduction to Minimal' just got messier. Minimal techno has always been about stripping things down to their essence. Now, with Cadenza's Split Composition series, the opposite approach comes into play: building a new sound, and a new tradition, from the beats up. Each edition will consist of four sides of vinyl broken out into several skeletal rhythm tracks and a handful of supplementary parts: ambient fantasias, shimmering drones, treated vocals, electro-acoustic collages. The series is a riff on the old idea of 'DJ tools' offering stripped-down tracks meant to be mixed in performance. But the Split Composition series vastly expands upon that idea, both in terms of format and the music itself. Drawing not only from techno but also from jazz, musique concrete, and 20th century composition, the individual elements of every Split Composition release are also meant to stand on their own. In addition to being tools, they work as tangible traces of the artists' creative process -- minimalist sketches of a lone idea or a single mood. While their primary purpose is to bring a sense of creativity and a spirit of play back to the DJ booth -- supplying DJs with the raw materials to create dynamic mixes that don't play by the rules of the season's anthems -- the Split Composition series is also a challenge to producers to step outside their comfort zones, playing with timbre, texture and melody in new ways. And for listeners who aren't DJs -- or perhaps are DJs only in the sense that they craft endless playlists in their media player of choice -- the Split Composition series offers a new way for listeners to approach electronic music. Split Composition invites listeners to play, shuffle, and rearrange; it invites them to remix the music not only on their turntables, but in their minds. If the DJ mix is famously described as a journey, the Split Composition series is the map of the back roads and hidden vistas, a map that yields a new route every time."

Artist:	LUCIANO
Title:	Fabric 41
Label:	FABRIC (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	FABRIC 081CD

"On Fabric 41, Luciano gracefully dives into the swelling, playful sounds of summer with a beautifully sublime and rhythmic mix. Warm, colorful house beats connect the dots between the dazzling elements of Defected, Som, Strictly Rhythm and Luciano's own imprint, Cadenza has proved to be a veritable force in the electronic music world. Cadenza has released such stunners as Ricardo Villalobos, Locodice, Guido Schneider, Rhadoo and Digitaline. Varied and vivid, Luciano's productions and DJ sets reflect his rich, multicultural background, with origins in both Switzerland and Chile. Seduced by music at an early age, Luciano started out by playing various instruments, and eventually began DJing and organizing parties in Santiago, Chile. As leading lights in Santiago's developing scene, Luciano and his best friend Andy Schopf promoted the largely successful Sense Club and (including fellow Chileans Dandy Jack and Ricardo Villalobos), undoubtedly becoming some of the most important instigators in Latin American electronica. With beginnings as a DJ and promoter, Luciano soon found himself producing, landing his first release on Detroit's legendary Transmat imprint. He has since released to huge critical acclaim on Mental Groove, Perlon, Klang Electronic, Playhouse and Bruchstuecke, to name but a few. He has also had remixes with the likes of Pokerflat, Get Physical, and M_nus. Artist include: Rhadoo, Brothers' Vibe, DJulz, Los Updates feat. Luciano, Reboot, Alex Picone, Sety, Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts, Johnny D, Julien Jabre, M83, Inner City, Phuture, Tiefschwarz, Galluzzi, Kenny Larkin, and Chymera." Artists include: Rhadoo, Brothers' Vibe, D'Julz, Los Updates feat. Luciano, Reboot, Alex Picone, Sety, Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts, Johnny D, Julien Jabre, M83, Kevin Saunderson, Luciano, Phuture, Tiefschwarz, Schneider, Galluzzi, Kenny Larkin, and Chymera.

Artist:	LUCIANO
Title:	Rub-A-Dub Market
Label:	IRIEVIBRATIONS (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	IRIE 039CD

"The Messenjah" aka Luciano aka Jepther McClymont presents an album exclusively produced by Irievibrations Records -- a strong statement by Luciano for the love of roots reggae, a counterbalance overtaking the digital dancehall/hip-hop productions which have supposedly led to the loss of Jamaican roots in the music business. The rhythm tracks on Rub-A-Dub Market -- acoustic, hand-made and recorded live in the studio -- are perfectly suited for Luciano's moving and touching messages. The musical spectrum of Rub-A-Dub Market varies from roots reggae to dub to Nyahbinghi riddims. Even in respect to musical boundaries "The Messenjah" doesn't set limits, managing to cope with different music styles in his very special and inimitable manner. In a recent quote Luciano proclaims: "I came out of roots and culture as a reggae singer and have proven to people that I can fit into any genre of music ... I sing reggae, gospel and roots. I will sing rock too, but always keep my message clean, spiritual and cultural. There are no barriers in music -- although I am well known as a reggae culture singer, I have an international message. So I cannot leave it just to reggae people. I have to extend it to people of all walks of life." The title song "Rub-A-Dub Market" is one of the most outstanding statements these days and is thereby the album title. The song is a rational appeal to the reggae/dancehall business and targets the current state of the industry, with its fast-moving digital production. Due to these conditions, Luciano makes a sustainable statement for roots reggae music in general.

Artist:	LUCIANO
Title:	Live At Weetamix
Label:	MAXERNST (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	MAXE 002CD

The 2nd CD release on Thomas Brinkmann's MaxErnst label, from the Swiss producer Luciano (previous 12" releases on Mental Grooves, Bruchstucke, Klang Elektronik). Beautiful Q-tip cover artwork. "This outstandingly good Weetamix session from Mental Groove's Luciano has hit us like a bolt out the blue on this fine Summer afternoon. For those of you in need of enlightenment, Mental Groove is Switzerland's answer to Berlin's Bpitch Control -- a house of discoid madness and futuristic electronic exploration. This, however, offers us something a little different from the impossibly cool Luciano. 9 tracks mixed in from start to finish, the aroma here is one of pure innovation, sounds culled from an archive of musical inspiration that makes constant audio reference to Atom Heart, Akufen, Autechre and Brinkmann himself, tracks intricately pieced together from an array of found sounds, layer upon layer of tweaked samples and loops that come together in one giant impressive stretch of beats and cuts. As live sets go, it really doesn't get much better than this."

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