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Artist:
STEN
Title:
The Essence
Label:
DIAL (GERMANY)
Format:
CD
Price:
$15.50
Catalog #:
DIAL 012CD
Lawrence
aka
Sten
aka
Peter M. Kersten
presents his second full-length album for the Dial label, taking us on a deep journey from Hamburg via Berlin and Detroit City to reach the stars. Two decades of inspiration from house music and techno has brought him to
The Essence
. Kersten launched the Dial label in 2000 together with his flat mate and DJ friend
Carsten Jost
. After his Lawrence releases on Ghostly International, Cocoon, Mule Electronics, Kompakt and Sender, it is the Sten moniker which reduces Kersten's musicality to the magic moments on a minimal dancefloor. His deep and functional Detroitish minimal techno has been the DJ's choice from the first 12" to Sten's album
Leaving the Frantic
, released in 2004 on Dial. Kersten has toured around the world, inviting the dancing people on a deep journey into Lawrence/Sten-sound, hitting the floors in Russia, the United States, South America, all over Europe and even Japan, where he released a compilation in 2006 of his best tracks, remixes and some exclusive new tunes.
Artist:
STEN
Title:
The Essence
Label:
DIAL (GERMANY)
Format:
2LP
Price:
$18.00
Catalog #:
DIAL 012LP
2LP version. Includes two alternate cuts not on the CD version. Tracklisting: A1. Daylight; B1. Unknown Faces; B2. The Gate; C1 City of Dust; C2. Daylight (Reprise); D1. The Essence; D2. Way to the Stars (Final).
Artist:
STEN
Title:
Eccentric
Label:
DIAL (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$10.00
Catalog #:
DIAL 017EP
"Sten's second release shows again his addiction to romanticized minimalism. The tracks take the time for fine modulations of disturbing sounds, but they are still made to find the deepness on the minimal techno floor. The sweet scape on 'Eccentric' reminds of Dial's Lawrence, which is really no surprise."
Artist:
STEN
Title:
Take Me to the Fridge
Label:
DIAL (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$10.00
Catalog #:
DIAL 028EP
"Sten is back after his releases on Sender and Dial, a few remixes for Pokerflat's Lihmacon, DK7, Pantha du Prince and some tracks taking part on compilations of Tobias Thomas, André Galuzzi and soon Josh Wink. Title track 'Take Me to the Fridge' combines classical nonsense Chicago vocals with an extra euphoric basskicking Arrangement. Quite minimal starts the B1 track, ending in a storytelling scape piece, connected to Sten's alter ego Lawrence. With a deep minimal piece this club 12" never ends."
Artist:
STEN
Title:
Undercover
Label:
DIAL (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$10.00
Catalog #:
DIAL 036EP
Sten
aka
Lawrence
is back with a pure view of sound. Chordish, deep and always a fine link to Detroit, these tracks are built to dance. "Undercover" comes up with a simple but heavy bassline, a Sten-ish primetime cut for the masses. Thank god for the Lawrence version! This is the real shit -- a deep bleepy tune for all you house music lovers. With a fine mixture of Lawrence's melosound and the uplifting Sten peaks, B2 moves the softly driven techno crowd. The cover artwork shows another image of the "Architecture Series," a photograph taken by the Berlin artist,
Annette Kelm
.
Artist:
STEN
Title:
Way To The Stars
Label:
DIAL (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$12.00
Catalog #:
DIAL 041EP
Far is the way to the stars. Where
Sun Ra
started and
Carl Craig
continued,
Sten
aka
Lawrence
finds the way again. Leaving Hamburg travelling via Detroit City, you need just 7 minutes to reach the Universe. "Way To The Stars" is Sten's tribute to Motorcity's techno-soul, a hymn covered by 808 beats and holy strings, a hypnotic bass line between. "More Stash," a Detroitish house monster and "The Gate," a deeply broken tool, make this 12" an appetizer of things to come.
Artist:
STEN
Title:
Restless
Label:
SENDER (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$9.00
Catalog #:
SENDER 035EP
"Who the hell is Sten? May be a new talent from Scandinavia? Far from it! He comes from Hamburg and is already known as Lawrence and a co-founder of the label Dial. He gave his Sender debut on the
Receiving Data
compilation with the track 'Faces'. Sten is the rougher, dancewilling brother of Lawrence. Romantic with full of desire appear the two tracks 'Restless' and 'Frost'. They go to the core. Dry basslines, chimes and melancholic strings give their honour on restless and invite you to indulge into the deep atmosphere."
Artist:
STEN
Title:
Stalker
Label:
SENDER (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$9.00
Catalog #:
SENDER 043EP
"During a long, hot club night a euphoric dancer once called out into the sweating, dancing crowd:
'Detroit is a state of mind!'
-- he earned spontaneous cries of joy and approval. If Sten would have been there he would have nodded cheerfully. For nobody has the yearning reverberation of old Transmat records in the heart like Sten. Whilst his last 12", 'Restless,' on Sender was wrapped deeply into atmospheric melancholy and dry bass lines, he raises the level of aggression with the two new tracks 'Stalker' and 'Sponk,' scattering pumping bass lines and increasing the strings to a melodic mountain. Fantastically deep and coarse rocking at once. You have never heard Sten as direct. Two definite dancefloor-killers."
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