Browse by Label: CADENZA (GERMANY)

Artist:	LUCIANO + QUENUM
Title:	Funky Dondy/Orange Mistake
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 001EP

Repressed! Cadenza has quickly developed as one of the most advanced electronic labels of the past couple of years..."An effortless first collaboration between Luciano and Philippe Quenum, 'Orange Mistake' is of the deep, blood-red, over-ripe variety. Evoking appreciative nods and quiet smiles in back alleys where decisions concerning your physical integrity are taken in a dialect that seemed understandable before that last kindly offered cigarette. Crescending counterpoint rhythms and a deadly, unsterilized organ hook that sends infectious ripples through your spinal fluid. Go sweat it out before someone spots your jaw moving asynchronously. And don't forget to order two copies, one is bound to get stolen on some hazy morning. 'Funky Dandy', an offbeat downplayed stroll through the distorted mind of what sounds like a French football commentator having a pretty rock-bottom Monday morning dealing with his inner child. Then again, it could just be a very cool b-side. Minimal yet subtly complex with a growling funkiness all of its own. Filled with creeping, hand-crafted chords designed to boost mid-season morale better than an organic hay fever remedy."

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 + BUCCI
Title:	Stone Age/Amael
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 002EP

Repressed. "On this one Luciano teams up with Pier Bucci, his Latin brother in rhythm and melody, offering us more heartfelt vibes on what is emerging as a special label for unique music by talented producers who happen to be friends. Luciano opens with 'Stone Age', a straight dancefloor rocker with some truly mineral sounds. What begins as mild static soon develops into cracking thunder & lightning ripping through the air with an offbeat, wooden bass, then a disembodied voice hollering at you through a megaphone. It's too late and you keep dancing forward, the groove will carry you home if you don't miss the occasional chords for directions, they're like little gps devices. Having now joined the star-studded European Chile-expats club, Pier Bucci continues his collaboration with Luciano with renewed inspiration. As a tribute to Lucien's baby boy, on 'Amael' Bucci dreams up a universe of melancholy with minimal melody, in traditional deep Detroit style as Luciano's trademark synth stabs fade into the background, perhaps quieter than before. Suddenly daddy Luciano, who's providing the backdrop to all this, briefly interrupts Bucci -- and Amael -- at play with a quick display of break science : 'hey I can do this, I can do that, and listen to this bass !'. The kids sort of shrug, 'so what?' then go back to painting mental pictures of a world seen through wide-open eyes. A piece of timeless techno music, if you're into that sort of thing."

Artist:	LOS UPDATES
Title:	First If You Please
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 003CD

This is the debut full-length release from Los Updates, the new project from Chilean musical mastermind Jorge González together with Loreto Otero. Jorge González (not to be confused with the Swedish crooner José González) is one of the country's best-known musical ambassadors. His group Los Prisioneros defined the sound of Chilean rock in the '80s and '90s, standing in opposition to Pinochet's military dictatorship, selling out stadiums across the Americas and laying the groundwork for today's "Rock En Espańol" movement. In the '90s, as electronic-music culture took root in Chile, González teamed up with Martin Schopf (aka Dandy Jack) to create Gonzalo Martinez, a wide-ranging experiment in Latin-tinged electro-pop. Aided and abetted by the usual suspects in Latin America's eccentric expat electronica scene (Argenis Brito, Atom Heart, Tobias Freund aka Pink Elln), Gonzalo Martinez released two albums and a handful of singles in 1998 and 1999. Now based in Mexico City and working alongside the beguiling Loreto Otero, González launches the next phase of his musical career with Los Updates, a project that connects the dots between mind-bending minimal house and unabashed pop. González's vocals and obliquely narrative lyrics are doubtless the centerpiece, veering between singing and speaking, falsetto highs and baritone lows. But he backs up an unforgettable vocal performance with equally compelling production, crafting an addictive groove out of rubbery synthesizers, clattering drum machines and oddball samples galore. There's no doubt that he has top-notch studio chops, but González makes his outsider status a virtue: his beats don't sound like anyone else's. In Jorge González's inimitable, irrepressible style, the tracks swarm and squirm with bubbling congas, bouncing accordion blips and blasted strands of reverb. Full of motion and color, the songs balance the intensity of house and techno with the playful spirit of Raymond Scott. Riding a long, loping groove and leaning hard on a battery of psychoacoustic effects, this is Los Updates at their most focused, drilling to the heart of the dancefloor one friction-filled bar at a time.

Artist:	QUENUM AND LEE VAN DOWSKI
Title:	Extension
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 003EP

"Hotly tipped Swiss producer with two subtle, efficient and unmistakably European techno tracks that should inflict a correct amount of damage whenever used. 'Xtension' methodically adds layers of complex loops and wild quirky sounds that build up over time into a massive yet refined techno groove -- that could be it, and it would still be worth its salt. But there are these impromptu breaks where everything is flushed down the toilet in an instant, all sounds reduced to an eerie, damp gurgle. Like quicksilver the whole track quickly reshapes itself and presto, bass-heavy minimal techno with a super funky percussion track. The rest is up to you, Quenum & Lee Van Dowski have done their job."

Artist:	LOKO, MIRKO
Title:	Seventynine
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 004CD

This is the debut solo album by Switzerland's Mirko Loko (Lazy Fat People) and his first appearance on Cadenza. With Seventynine, Mirko takes us even deeper into his musical imagination, celebrating the communal ideal of dance music with spirited, percussive tracks. But Mirko also diverges from the dancefloor, ducking into shadowy corners in search of more private emotions. With its groaning sub-bass and flickering percussive flashes, "Sidonia" echoes the dubby, drifting melancholy of classic Warp records. Bells and voices lend an atmosphere of shimmering energy that's carried over into "Around The Angel," which is propelled by intricate polyrhythms and uplifting female vocals. "Love Harmonic" possesses a classic, melodic sound inspired equally by Detroit and Sheffield, as lean drum-machine patterns entwine with loping congas, and lush strings color everything delicate shades of yellow and rose. "On Fire" marks a 180 degree turn, pursuing a scorched-earth policy in nearly 9 minutes of techno intensity. After that, "Astral Vacuum" offers necessary respite via a short, beatless passage of strings and abstract sound, before Mirko takes us once again into the breach with "Bluebook," a lean, focused groove battered by metallic drums and shot through with voices and bleeps ripped from radio transmissions. "Shadow" is deep and melancholic, with a booming 808 kick underpinning ragged, gleaming chords and frayed strings. "Tahktok" features a children's chant rising over a primal beat and scraps of Bulgarian folk song. With "Le Monologue d'Orfeu," Mirko returns to one of his limpid, endlessly unspooling, headlong grooves."Altrove" is 2 minutes of molten strings and electronic birdcall you wish could go on forever. But there's one more dance to be had: "You Know Where," which rises from a wooden, skippy rhythm into a string-laden celebration of techno at its most melodic -- its deep, sung/grunted bass line serving as the warm, pulsing heart for this massive, man/machine mover. It's a glorious finish to an album that never takes its eyes off the horizon, sending it up, over and beyond. Seventynine is ultimately all about the journey, as it travels between Lausanne, Detroit and outlying points on electronic music's map. Mirko's travelogue bridges the gap between a classic Motor City influence and Cadenza's own nomadic aesthetic, firing up dancefloors and fueling the imagination.

Artist:	LUCIEN & SERAFIN
Title:	Funk Excursion
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 004EP

"Lucien Nicolet aka Luciano has been a DJ since 1993 and a producer since 1997. In the mid-'90s, he was promoting Sense Club and Encuentros con la Technocultura in Santiago de Chile in the company of many initiators of the Latin American electronic music scene: Senor Coconut AKA Atom Heart, Ricardo Villalobos, Dandy Jack & brother Adrian Schopf, Washington Miranda, Argenix Brito, Microman etc. His releases also appear on the Transmat, Perlon, Klang Elektronik, Lo-Fi Stereo, Cadenza & Bruchstuecke record labels. Luciano's mixed Swiss and Chilean identity shows in his music, a somewhat mystical blend of deep techno and electro that integrates southern elements in rhythms and colorful patterns in sound. His collaborations with Ricardo Villalobos (Playhouse, Perlon, Warp, Force Inc etc.) as Sense Club are especially rewarding, as is his partnership with Pier Bucci and Argenix Brito as Monne Automne. He's also known to rock dancefloors with Carabina 30/30's knee-raising techno fest in the company of Martin Schopf aka Dandy Jack. Mellowing his style as times goes by, getting more experimental and spacey with a fresh style of his own, Luciano's production is destined to the wiser dancefloors. DJ-wise, Luciano's trade relies on groovy and minimal dancefloor techno and house. His releases top recommendation lists of noted European music journals such as de:Bug and Groove on a regular basis." --Beatfreax

Artist:	NSI (NON STANDARD INSTITUT)
Title:	Clara Ghavami Extended
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 005.5EP

Luciano remix 12", one-sided. Long, intense and quite a bit more desirable than the original -- this record actually exists now, previous assertations to such an existence were riddled in confusion. "NSI returns with 'Clara Ghavami' in all its Oriental and deeply powerful glory and in extra length. A. 'Clara Ghavami extended' written and produced by Max Loderbauer and Tobias Freund at Non Standard Studios, Berlin 2004 edited by Lucien Nicolet and Tobias Freund."

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, Săo 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:	NSI (NON STANDARD INSTITUT)
Title:	EP (Three tracks)
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 005EP

"Max Loderbauer and Tobias Freund, two very experienced musicians, recently ventured upon their first project together, NSI, a.k.a. Non Standard Institut, releasing their first productions on Cadenza. Loderbauer studied sound engineering, one of his latest projects was Chica and the Folder. Tobias Freund worked as a sound engineer for 18 years, is Sieg über die Sonne together with Martin Schopf (Dandy Jack) and releases projects as Pink Elln. They are both scientists in sound returning to where they feel most at home in the analog world. Their puristic approach to electronic music is not only very refreshing, but also very pure and sophisticated."

Artist:	REBOOT
Title:	Shunyata
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 006CD

This is the debut album from Frankfurt's Reboot aka Frank Heinrich. The term shunyata comes from Buddhism and translates loosely as "emptiness." But not just in the negative sense: it speaks also to impermanence, a state of constant flux. It's a great description of Reboot's music, where everything is in constant and kaleidoscopic motion. From the sound designs to the grooves to the way the tracks evolve, they all interconnect; intricate polyrhythms wind through the music like ivy, binding the album together. It's those rhythms you're likely to notice first: dazzling arrays of congas, bells, cymbals, shakers, woodblocks; sounds like tuned water-drops or aluminum barrels; steely drum machines slicing the air like knives. But behind the layers of percussion there are stranger, shadowier elements at work: chimes, pings, electronic gurgles, scraps of faraway voices, field recordings, and beneath it all, a spongy, squishy bed of bass, comforting and all-encompassing. Heinrich's modular synthesizer system plays a key role in fashioning the music's unusual contours. It's an open-ended collection of devices -- oscillators, filters, sequencers and esoteric functions -- wired together and able to be re-routed in infinite ways. There are no presets. Shunyata's long, undulating lines and morphological structures reward deep, repeated listening. There's the headlong tumble of the Detroit-inspired "Hermano" for joyous peaktime moments, the liquid spiral of "Down Pantha" for the hours where time stands still. "Rambon," with its easy skip and glimmering melody, is like springtime on wax. Tracks like "We Only Just," "Me Show" and "Save Me" offer darker vibes, heads-down and hypnotic. "Dreilach" goes even deeper, with a rippling bass melody that gets deep inside your chest, your brain, your veins. The title track seems to spin at two velocities at once, balancing a driving, linear groove with half-speed voices to create a sense of suspended animation -- the perfect encapsulation of the album's central theme. And "Uruana" and "Sanchez Says" bracket the album with percussive forays into far-out terrain, with trace elements of global folk sounds. It's tribal music, no doubt, influenced by, and made for, a worldwide family of listeners and fellow creators.

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:	FERREYRA, ERNESTO
Title:	El Paraiso De Las Tortugas
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 007CD

Ernesto Ferreyra, born in Cordoba, Argentina, he has called such diverse locations as Mexico City, Montreal, Berlin, and Ibiza home at one time or another over the past decade. His performance schedule both as a DJ, solo live act, and as half of the celebrated duo Chic Miniature with Guillaume Coutu-Dumont has been hectic enough to make mere mortals give up in disgust just trying to determine their current time zone. Things aren't likely to slow down anytime soon with Luciano increasingly wanting Ernesto at his side to open or close his own epic sets. Yet despite all these comings and goings, he has somehow managed to craft an album that sounds less the soundtrack to some lonely wandering vagabond's tale, then that of a wise and well-travelled man reflecting on the diverse experiences and places that have shaped him, anchored by an ever-present, ass-moving low-end pulse. For Ernesto, El Paraíso De Las Tortugas is a paradise of the mind, you see, and what good would paradise be without a little dancing to forget your troubles here and there? From the swirling aerial disco maneuvers of the album's opening and closing, heart-wrenching laments to chronic pain and a father lost along with 30,000 others to the Argentinian dictatorship, shuffling deep pocket house, the peak-time bass acrobatics at the album's core, through the psychedelic jazz meanderings of the title track, Ernesto proves himself to be a master craftsman of both moods and grooves as diverse as the experiences he has lived. If this is what the turtles are partying to in paradise, we'd all do well to find a shell.

Artist:	DIGITALINE
Title:	Rubicube
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 007EP

"Digitaline are Laurent Bovey aka Laps and Gregory Poncet aka Gregorythme. The two new talents from Lausanne (French part of Switzerland) starting right at the top with releasing their debut 12″ on Cadenza Records. 'Rubicube' is like a doctoral thesis in rhythm, masterfully arranged with quirky wooden percussion improvisations rotating around a bouncy snare swing and occasional organ chords putting some weight on it. 'Belladonna' on the flip even manages to raise the pressure with another maze of tightly interwoven fingersnappin' beats, rhythmical voice snippets and sparse yet effective sound-fx. This will have you shake your legs like you got ants in your pants."

Artist:	FRIVOLOUS
Title:	Meteorology
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 008CD

This is the first full-length release on Cadenza from Canada's Frivolous (Daniel Gardner). To Frivolous, dance music is about living life to the full, about acting out all possible human emotions in the eccentric, sweaty arena of a club. Gardner's tracks engage the crowds with grooves bursting with life and startling, eerie atmospheres. Exotic samples arranged into improbable yet emotionally-charged sound-scapes create a very special Frivolous experience: the sounds of a primeval forest encounter a dignified, aristocratic piano, a beautiful Russian waltz gets twisted into an overturning house groove. Romance turning into contempt, one's home becoming alien and strange, Metereology deals with the experience of emotional extremes. Focusing strongly on the rhythmic sides of things, this album is denser than its predecessors. The grooves have an enhanced inertia. Short melodic sequences create sustainable loops superseding elaborate forms on top. Frivolous merges his seminal genre-bending qualities and jazzy intricacy into grooves that push the house sound as far into the experimental realm as physically possible. The sonic arrangements are fused into one immersive idea that engages dancers completely. With these sonic landscapes, one is never quite sure which objects exist in their immediate environment and which objects are super-imposed. The sounds become a reality of their own, creating imaginary spaces. In an experience as exciting as uncanny, everyone on the dancefloor realizes that the other, sonically-projected environment is more real than anything else. The album represents a journey with different emotional chapters: disappointment, depression, relief, excitement and exuberance for life. The eleven tracks span the spectrum of existential extremes and all the subtleties of emotional dissonance that exist between them. There is a mystical, idealistic side to Metereology, yet there is the isolated, angry, frightened side to it as well. The songs explore the whole range of experience from devoted love to detached solitude, from social commitment to radical autarchy. These contradictions separate the music from obliging escapism in order to express a significant human experience.

Artist:	VILLALOBOS, RICARDO
Title:	Achso
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	2x12"
Price:	$25.50
Catalog #:	CADENZA 008EP

2010 repress, originally released in 2006. Double 12" in deluxe gatefold sleeve, over 50 minutes of music. "Minimal techno is generally said to be pointillistic in nature. But Ricardo Villalobos' new EP for Cadenza (his first for the label, and his first new release since the Chromosoul 12" for Perlon) turns its attention to the importance of the line -- not the dots, but the connect. Not the pinpricks, but the thread. (Oh yeah, and 'minimalism' is a dead horse too -- there are more rhythms in 32 bars of one of Achso's tracks than in an entire hour of commercial radio. It's not a 'less-is-more' aesthetic, it's just more things folded into more ingenious hiding places.) Since his epics like 'Easy Lee' and 'Black Conga,' Villalobos has kept stretching out his music, and these songs are longer than ever -- meandering in ever-widening circles, opening up like blossoms from the necks of blossoms, like Terry Gilliam's animated flower in the intro to Monty Python. (To call Achso an EP is a bit of a misnomer: four 12" sides, each at 33 RPM, more than 50 minutes of music. If vinyl records could contain 60 minutes per side, I'm pretty sure Villalobos would start making hour-long tracks for the dancefloor). Instead of techno's conventional 4- and 8- and 16-bar figures, these tracks drift of their own accord; they sound less like standard 12" sides than edits of Villalobos' spiraling live sessions, where loops uncoil into long, slinky springs. Each track feels like it has three or four discrete sections, but you'd be hard-pressed to determine exactly where A morphed into B into C. Achso is a moody record -- contemplative, melancholic, angry, a little bitter at times, and also guardedly euphoric. If most of the floor-filling tracks of 2005 emphasized brazen riffs and strobing sounds, bristling with hooks and fin-de-siecle hedonism, Villalobos has gone down a trap door into a side room of the party, where the dance floor moves at the same pace, but the shadows are darker and the sounds more fleeting. We can be leery of the 'j'-word and still admit that Ach So takes certain inspiration from jazz: not the hard-and-fast signifiers of the blue note and swinging bass, but an emphasis on unfolding structures -- on the overarching importance of the line. From classic ambient music, it derives an attention to timbre, and to the ghost sounds that emerge from chance couplings of machines. There's also folk here -- again, not 'folk,' dressed up in bright acoustic colors, but a kind of placeless folk, a tradition without a history to root itself in. In place of the explicit reference to Chile's '60s of Villalobos' deepest DJ sets, extending Violetta Parra's eerie harmonies into a thicket of drums, Achso emphasizes an all-encompassing psychedelia reminiscent of Krautrock, the Chilean progressive folk/rock of Los Jaivas, and even Southeast Asian string music. Here, psychedelia is a sinew that runs beneath everything else, twisting and unveiling the vein when the music flexes. There's no denying the similarities between these discs and the most rippled, polyrhythmic strains of minimal techno's latest developments; the palette and the pulse both flow from the taut energies of Alcachofa and The Theoreme du Archimede into the dusky web of barbed rhythms that personifies current releases from artists as diverse as Luciano, the Wighnomy Brothers, Trentemoller, or Dominik Eulberg. But Achso is less about proposing a style or defining a genre than in wrapping its arms around a set of ideas and then folding them, Venn-like, into a grey interleaving. A middle space." -- Philip Sherburne.

Artist:	NIDAM, MAAYAN
Title:	New Moon
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 009CD

Maayan Nidam's (Miss Fitz, Laverne Radix, Spunky Brewster) second album New Moon has many different levels. Stylistically, the Berlin-based producer has created an 11-track collection of alternative electronic rhythms that combines everything from blissful broken beat, to surrealist electro, jazz-influenced moments, acidic house, exploratory techno, and piano interludes. Psychologically though, there is much more going on. Clearly unfazed by constructing a bigger, more audacious picture, Nidam links her many different artistic desires on this album through cyclical electronic expressionism. The album is expansive. Disparate influences and eras are joined together through a subtle interplay of contrast and tone. The beats, repetition and some occasional fruity whistle stops make the journey absorbing and multi-dimensional. Beginning with a downtempo treat called "On My Street," New Moon immediately captivates you with a dreamy, sun-kissed afternoon feel. Worming its way through soft electro on "Harmonious Funk" (whose lyrics hint at a possible universal truth) it arrives at the quirky synthesizer jam, "Trippin' Over You," which plays out like a strange ode to chemical love. The rolling, bass-driven house of "The Great Suspenders" is a loose, groovy bumper and perfect for those ever-so-serious after-parties. "Send A Pigeon" plays out like an electronic symphony of doom, with its squealing feedback and fluttery distortion evolving subtly. The album then takes you down another unexpected corridor with "Undermine," which sees a fun, child-like melody slowly beat a warbled techno loop into submission. "Sunday Sunday" is its warm piano accompaniment. Disco loops, filters, delays, and a gorgeous vocal then clash on "Lies In Love." And then, once again, we find Nidam playing with juxtaposition. She throws the impending unease of "Last Moon," its warped vocals and twisted syncopated beats, together with the beautiful, drifting electronica of "Boastful." The track is hard to pin down -- it manages to sound both like vintage pop and futurist electronica at the same time. Finally, "Never Forever" ends the album on a high note with perhaps a hint or an amalgamation of the album's base ideals: freedom, truth, and the cyclical nature of change.

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:	Vagabundos 2012
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 010CD

Luciano's Ibiza Vagabundos club night is now a world-renowned club brand, celebrated for its wild and stylish carnival affairs that are powered by the very best DJs in house and techno. You can feel that history, and a lot of Ibiza's spirit, on Luciano's Vagabundos 2012 compilation CD. With wide-reaching influences and diverse musical citations from across the dance music spectrum, Vagabundos 2012 carries the essence of the original Balearic beat. With moments of intense darkness and life-affirming rhythms, the mix Luciano creates is like a sublime painting of Ibiza itself. From house to techno, from human- and machine-created rhythms, to sweet voices and warped vocals, to blissful beach melodies and mind-twisting notes, to classic Chicago beats and futuristic grooves, the mix is a deeply absorbing, multi-dimensional electronic fusion. There is so much wonderful density in this small 76-minute package, that it seems almost counter-intuitive to dissect it. Perhaps one of the main reasons for Vagabundos 2012's apparent depth is Luciano's increasing love for molecular mixing. Luciano uses digital DJing technology to deconstruct tracks and re-construct them into any shape he chooses, allowing him to mix parts from up to four different tracks at once. Playing this way, Luciano is able to blend loops, basslines, vocals, hi-hats, and melodies together in ways that vinyl or CDs could never allow him to do. It is one of the reasons why Vagabundos 2012 is such a fluid, evolving, and engrossing journey, full of unexpected twists and turns. Yes, on the face of it, Vagabundos 2012 is still just a DJ set, but it feels much more like a living electronic soundtrack, an unpredictable beast, unshackled and full of energy. Featuring: Le K, Substance & Vainqueur, Technasia, Nick Harris, Alex Gori, BBQ, Pompeya, Gorge Hewek, DJ Wild, Wata Igarashi, NTFO & Optick, Rhadow, Dave Aju, Sarp Yilmaz, Plaid, The Sushi Club, Johnny D, Dani Casarano/Felipe Valenzuela/Demian Muller, Zakes Bantwini (feat. Xola), El Pocho, Romathony, Deetron, Guy J, Marc Romboy vs. KiNK, Daniell and Lucien-N-Luciano.

Artist:	ARGY & ANDREA OLIVA
Title:	Vagabundos 2013
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 011CD

Vagabundos, the DJ, club and event collective from Luciano's Cadenza stable, returns for its biggest year yet. Holding fort every Sunday at Ibiza's Pacha club in recent years, as well as hugely successful events in London, Chile, Bucharest, New York, Tokyo, Naples, and more, the Vagabundos parties have become the stuff of legend, earning them numerous accolades of "Best Ibiza Night" and most recently (jointly with Richie Hawtin's Enter parties) by the Ibiza DJ Awards 2012. And so the collective re-group for what promises to be a huge 12 months, and kickstarting it all is this double mix album from two of the Vagabundos DJs; Andrea Oliva and Argy, joining together to mix a superb two hours plus of Vagabundos vibes. Taking a disc each, Argy gets straight down to business, maintaining the energy already set by Oliva. A short intro from Richie Hawtin's Plastikman project paves the way for a bumpin' selection of music from the likes of Nathan Baratto, DJ Sneak and Radio Slave, always mixed with the assured, quick style that makes an Argy DJ set well worth the investment. As the mixes flow, the music gets decidedly tougher, showing Argy's techno sensibilities with tracks and remixes from heavyweights like Kink (the blissful breakbeats of his collaboration with Marc Romboy), Christian Smith, Robert Hood, Technasia, and Argy himself, culminating in the rather beautiful DJ Sprinkles remix of June's "Lost Area," before a "one last tune" effort from the original '90s house of Harmony Funk. Oliva's mix starts lightly with the deeper sounds of Shlomi Aber and quickly locks into a groove with some of the finest house music on the block from artists like Nick Curly, Dan Ghenacia, Todd Terry (under his House Of Gypsies guise), and Loco Dice. The pace doesn't drop for one minute, showcasing Oliva's always on-point style and dedication to a good groove. The mix builds to a crescendo of Oliva's own remix of Luciano's "Rise of Angel" and into one of electronic music's most classic contemporary pieces, the classic "Knights of the Jaguar" by DJ Rolando. Other artists include: YMC, Per Hammar, Andrade, Bjorn Wolf & Youri Donatz, Mike Dunn, Sante, The Deepshakerz, DJ Jesus, Butch, Jordan Peak, Jay Lumen, Coyu, Boys Noize, Franck Roger, Andrea Oliva & Egal 3, Kodac, Julian Perex, Waff, Mark Henning, George Fitzgerald, Deetron, and Ian Pooley.

Artist:	MELCHIOR & LUCIANO, THOMAS
Title:	EP
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 011EP

2006 release, repressed. 2 long collaborative tracks (total time: 26 minutes). "A few doors from Hardwax, Luciano's studio: on any given afternoon half a dozen people might roll by, from the Exercise One guys in the studio next door to like-minded Berliners to whoever might be in town for a gig. Some people need to lock themselves away in a sealed bunker, but Luciano's place isn't like that: as I wrote in another story, it feels more like a salon. And with the speakers buzzing, the machines fired hot, and the hour growing fuzzier with each spliff, sometimes it can be quite an alchemical combination, the stuff of everyday life being spun into gold circuitry and filigreed beats. These two tracks are a lot like that. They're the work of Luciano and Thomas Melchior, a longtime Playhouse and Perlon artist and wry-smiled philosopher who doubtless needs no introduction. These two tracks are 25 minutes of the purest wordless communication, like two Scuba divers trading hand signals 10 meters down, or a locked gaze on the dance floor. You can hear bits of each individual in the mix-Melchior's characteristic skip and swing and his dexterity with vocal samples, Luciano's gliding polyrhythms and soft, seamless ruptures-but here their signatures blur into a fluid scrawl all its own." -- Philip Sherbourne.

Artist:	ARGY
Title:	Vagabundos 2013 Sampler Part 1
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 011SAEP

Vagabundos, the DJ, club, and event collective from Luciano's Cadenza stable, returns for what promises to be a huge year, and kick-starting it all is this double mix album from two of the Vagabundos DJs: Andrea Oliva and Argy. These two 12" vinyl samplers include full length mixes of six of the tracks featured on the upcoming compilation. Argy's selection includes the awesome Robert Hood remix of Boys Noize, and two late 1990s house cuts from Harmony Funk and YMC, long since out-of-print.

Artist:	OLIVA, ANDREA
Title:	Vagabundos 2013 Sampler Part 2
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 011SBEP

This is the second volume of the Vagabundos 2013 Sampler from two of the Vagabundos DJs: Andrea Oliva and Argy. These two 12" vinyl samplers include full-length mixes of six of the tracks featured on the upcoming compilation. The second disc includes the Andrea Oliva remix of Luciano's "Rise of Angel" (first time here on vinyl) plus the DC10 anthem "The Night Train," remixed by Julian Perez, and a bit of classic Todd Terry, under his House Of Gypsies guise.

Artist:	PIKAYA/ANDOMAT 3000 & JAN
Title:	Grüne Raufaser/Entr'acte Music
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 012EP

"After the recent deep, psychedelic excursions, the label tilts the spotlight towards the disco ball and gives us a breather in the form of two simple, spangled groovers. Even more intriguingly, Cadenza 12 sees the label family expanding with the addition of two virtually unknown production teams -- Pikaya and Andomat 3000 & Jan -- who have the unique honor of releasing their recordings on one of electronic dance music's most adventurous labels. Pikaya are the trio of Christian Kaske, Daniel Ramm and Frank Greiner. Beginning with haphazard, rolling toms, 'Grüne Raufaser' quickly builds to a gentle lilt with mournful chords reminiscent of Plaid, some rollicking trap-work, and jazzy little keyboard stabs that flash into full-blown dub echoes. Swinging like Benny Goodman on the playground, it's at once nimble and brooding, starry-eyed and tear-stained. At nine minutes long, you barely notice its subtle changes, but DJs will want to play this one all the way through to the run-out groove: it's perfect for slow-dancing with a lover at the after. Andomat 3000 & Jan are the duo of Jan Iwanitz and Andreas Wiegand, another couple of kids born in the halcyon days of free love and feathered hair. Andomat 3000 & Jan's 'Entr'acte Music' is a dark, housey number that clearly takes inspiration from Thomas Melchior: fans of Melchior's productions for Aspect Music, Perlon and Playhouse will lose themselves in the echo-drenched swirl and unhinged vocal chirps. Like those fabrics that change colors according to your body temperature, 'Entr'acte Music' is a moody chameleon: congas and upbeat keys spell tropical bliss for those in the mood for sunshine, and for those dancers with a penchant for the dark side."

Artist:	LOCO DICE
Title:	Harissa
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	2x12"
Price:	$25.50
Catalog #:	CADENZA 013EP

"Following the success of his enigmatic singles 'Seeing Through Shadows' for Richie Hawtin's Minus label and 'Flight LB 7475' for Ovum, Düsseldorf's Loco Dice returns with a monster four-track, co-produced with Hannover's Martin Buttrich, the man behind one of this fall's biggest hits -- 'Full Clip,' released on Carl Craig's Planet E. The four cuts on this doublepack EP are monsters all, between eight and 13 minutes apiece. Coming hot on the heels of similarly sprawling releases from Ricardo Villalobos and Luciano & Thomas Melchior, they confirm Cadenza's commitment to stretching electronic dance music's form to fit a more expansive frame. These are anthems, but they're anthems of a different sort. While too many hits beat their riffs like dead horses and treat their listeners little better, Loco Dice turns their attentions to gauzier, wispier elements: ghost melodies, feathery percussion, iridescent timbres that flash once and are gone. These are tracks for clubbers who like their bumping subtle; they're cuts for headphone listeners who want to follow a corkscrewed groove until the g-force tugs their lips into a private smile. The four tracks sound simple at first -- easygoing house rhythms, skeletal melodies, agreeable sounds and textures -- but the more you listen, the deeper they get, multiplying their inner dimensions exponentially. 'Raindrops On My Window,' opening with clopping hooves and twittering birdcalls, feels like a journey through the forest back to civilization: a male voice mutters monosyllables, a female singer wails a near-Eastern lament, and the track's taut machine rhythms box in an unruly bassline that cuts corners with every bar, refusing to slot itself in 4s. The whole thing is dead simple, unabashedly dark, and delectably funky. 'Paradiso' is one of the gentlest tracks you'll hear this year, braiding keening keyboard lines and unfolding like a flower caught by time-lapse photography. Romantic melodies meet Afro-Latin polyrhythms."

Artist:	DIGITALINE
Title:	Anticlockwise
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	2x12"
Price:	$25.50
Catalog #:	CADENZA 014EP

"Tick tock, you don't stop: presenting 'Anticlockwise,' the debut album from Digitaline, aka the Swiss duo of Gregorythme and Laps. After their debut single 'Rubicube,' released in 2005 on Cadenza Records (Cadenza 7), 'Anticlockwise' is the label's first attempt towards a more comprehensive view on the creative production of the duo. Digitaline have honed their craft with extensive stage experience. Performing locally at institutions like Zürich's Street Parade and the legendary Dachantine, and internationally at clubs like Panoramabar, Fabric, Rex and Cocoon, the pair has flipped their groovy, minimalist studio experiments into a kick-ass live show that's as 'mega' as its details are 'micro.' It's probably not surprising that Digitaline are Swiss: you don't find timekeeping this diamond sharp anywhere else. But if their structures move like clockwork -- precise configurations of smooth arcs, straight lines and right angles, like a black and white Mondrian -- what they fill in around the grid is anything but rigid. Spontaneity and flux are key. Bright harmonics shower everything in sparks, and tiny plaintive sounds plunge like diving birds. Drum tuning and delay timing are in constant motion; everything modulates everything else. These aren't the ubiquitous clicks and glitches of minimal, but something far more inspired. Fans of Akufen and Pantytec will recognize in Digitaline a similar sense of color: dynamic, chameleonic, iridescent. But it's not just the sound design. Digitaline's beats offer a sense of groove that's frankly irresistible, a classic jacking vibe kitted out in alien tones and melodies that dance on the edge of melancholy. Informed by their live sets, Digitaline's sense of structure balances compact, efficient rhythms and the long, sprawling arc: not so much psychedelic as narrative -- narrative at its most surreal. This is epic house at its most understated: not overblown drama but a modest tale passed mouth to mouth, bar to bar. This is fireside funk."

Artist:	ANDOMAT 3000 & JAN
Title:	L Delay/Frost
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 015EP

"Hold on to your sunhats, campers, because summer is here in the form of two enormous tunes from Andomat 3000 and Jan. The duo announced their recorded debut last fall with the track 'Entr'acte Music' on Cadenza, a split single with Pikaya. After October's Selfmade EP for the 9 Volt label, they return to Cadenza Records with a double A-side that's got open air and ocean spray written all over it. From its opening horn stabs and rolling, tympani-like toms, 'L Delay' is all about the drama -- but at the same time, its skipping hi-hats and ringing bells suggest a carefree spirit and a supreme lightness of touch. Talk about a duality: a cloak of reverb sucks the track perennially towards the dark side, but from the gleeful syncopations to the cheekily sampled live instruments, everything else opens up to the light like a morning yoga position. There's no funny business here, just tight rhythms and emphatic phrases that command bodies to move. It's a monster of a track, but it must be of the Loch Ness variety, because you'll never see it coming. On the flip, 'Frost' -- haunted by the same high, lonesome string note as 'L Delay' -- might be even more energetic, if that's possible. The high end has been smoothed down, and some of the rough-hewn Chicago edge of its companion tune sanded smooth, but its crazily syncopated standup bass line and distant, answering keyboards is all muscle, tensed and ready to explode. Spacious drum tracks clear the floor for flashes of tambourine and handclaps so dry you can taste the salt on 'em. Again, no nonsense is the name of the game: just raw, unadulterated funk with an ear for playful rhythms and limber moves. Both tracks, a tidy eight and seven minutes apiece, cry out for active mixing, but that's easier said than done: packed with clever drops and an unerring sense of flow, they damn near command you to let them play out in their entirety. Listen to believe!"

Artist:	BRITO, ARGENIS
Title:	Micro Mundo
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	2x12"
Price:	$25.50
Catalog #:	CADENZA 016EP

"Doubtless you already know Argenis Brito, whether you're aware of it or not. This versatile Venezuelan musician and singer has blazed an indelible path across the Americas and Europe for over 20 years, first in the Latin American rock scene and, since the mid-'90s, as a collaborator and comrade-in-arms of many of the artists that have given contemporary electronic dance music a Latin twist. Moving from Caracas to New York to Santiago de Chile to Berlin, and having toured the world multiple times, Brito brings a uniquely rootless sensibility to his unconventional brand of house music.Since the turn of the decade, Brito has been the featured vocalist and touring bandleader for Uwe Schmidt's Seńor Coconut project. Alongside Pier Bucci he has recorded two albums and several singles as Mambotur, and with Bucci and Luciano, he co-produced four tracks for Monne Automne's 2003 album. Before all of this there was his groundbreaking work alongside Chilean stadium rocker Jorge Gonzalez in the experimental electronic pop project Gonzalo Martinez, which also featured contributions from Atom Heart, Dandy Jack and Tobias Freund. And most recently, Brito has pursued a dirtier house sensibility, as a member of The Basstards, Krak Street Boyz and Argenix vs. Samim. Micro Mundo, Brito's first appearance on Cadenza, finds him finessing and refining his sound, honing it down to a carefully restrained groove that occasionally erupts into madness, snapping and hissing like a live wire.'Espejismo' sets the tone with a no-nonsense stomp, a hypnotic bassline snaking through it, and eerie flashes of digital noise, aural equivalents of the mirage of the title. 'Amplified' takes those elements and ratchets them up a notch, machine voices bubbling up from the murk and fizzy micro-rhythms zooming across the stereo field. It's not an entirely new sound for Cadenza; in the precision-tooled sound design and the propulsive groove, you'll hear echoes of Luciano, Digitaline, Andomat 3000 & Jan."

Artist:	PIKAYA
Title:	Kambrium
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 017EP

"Pikaya take to the A-side with a flourish of robes and flashing beams of light. 'Jedi' is not the track you're looking for... wait, no -- it absolutely is the track you're looking for, all mind tricks aside. Kicking off with a sparse drum pattern, it quickly shifts from a measured andante to an easy jog, as resonant synths and sweeping filters whip up desert winds and high drama. High, lonesome counterpoints and a moody chord progression carry the faintest whiff of Ennio Morricone's outlaw music, and playful trills -- you could almost swear they were birdcalls -- suggest a secret oasis hidden just behind the next hill. If you find 'Jedi' cinematic, then 'Fango' will really blow your wide-screen mind. Starting with a rhythmic underpinning that's everything you've come to expect from a Cadenza track -- tight, ultra-kinetic, just a little bit jittery -- Pikaya build up layer upon layer of hazy pads and cool arpeggios that shimmer like the aurora borealis. Bullfrog-throated horns occasionally burst in with a fat, amicable fanfare, announcing the arrival of the peak hour. Great, unison handclaps play off against heel-kicking syncopations: madness ensues. And then everything slowly, imperceptibly smears together and loses focus, and the tune fades flickeringly away. Talk about a double feature!"

Artist:	VIVANCO, ALEJANDRO
Title:	Madre Tierra
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 018EP

"Cadenza returns to its Chilean roots to spotlight Alejandro Vivanco, who makes his debut appearance on the label. Long established as a musical force in his own country -- first in the underground group Pequeńas Particulas, and more recently as resident DJ at La Feria, one of the cornerstones of Santiago's electronic music scene -- Alejandro has spent the last few years forging connections with the Northern Hemisphere. In 2004-05 he released two 12" singles on the UK's Eukahouse label before developing a long-standing relationship with Cologne's Kahlwild, which so far has put out four of his singles. His work hasn't fallen on deaf ears: the track 'Las Velas No Arden' from his Kahlwild debut, has been included on Loco Dice's Green & Blue, Dominik Eulberg's Kreucht & Fleucht, and Luciano's Sci.Fi.Hi.Fi. Volume 2. 'Lemon Lab' opens the EP with a note of high drama, as great clouds of digital synthesis and bird-like squeals suggest the humid, voluminous interior of the cloud forest. (If we're going to talk about Madre Tierra, this must be the womb.) Slowly, a structure evolves: from the low muttering of a lonely voice arises an animalistic heartbeat played out on high toms. The beat skips, and skips again, and suddenly the mists part, as though an ayahuasca haze had given way to absolute animal clarity. From here on out, we're in it, lithe and prowling, hugging the ground on a muscular 4/4 beat as insectoid sounds and syncopated wood-block accents clatter above. Like yagé, it's not for the faint of heart -- but for adventurous DJs. 'Lemon Lab' promises something far better than early-hour timekeeping: the prospect of a journey. 'Dissolved' is a more straightforward affair, bouncing atop a spring-loaded beat and relaxed, ragged handclaps. Faint flashes of voice, like intercepted shortwave transmissions, lend a touch that's almost comic, or at least jovial, and rolling congas stake out a humanizing space in the light of the fire."

Artist:	DIGITALINE
Title:	Honolulu
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 019EP

"Mere months after releasing their Anticlockwise album, Digitaline are back with a big, cresting wave of a tune, 'Honolulu,' backed by an equally massive remix by Luciano himself. Digitaline -- the Lausanne/Berlin-based duo of Laps and Gregorythme -- pull out all the stops on 'Honolulu' -- Digitaline's 'Kamehameha I' version. In surfing, you'd call this one a triple-overhead, fit only for long boards. Make that really long boards, as the track is a 17-minute long thrill ride of choppy white water and tubing smooth as glass. Skewed tribal drumming and scattershot percussion kick things off with a generous intro that grows and grows, building tension with eerie keyboard smears and snatches of murmured vocals. The groove is so cork screwed it's almost, well, screwy, silencing the kick drum and coasting on the off beats before diving back into the fray with a splash of hand claps. An insistent bass bounce is the skeg keeping things on course until, roughly halfway in, the low end opens up and whoosh: smooth cruising through deep blue waters flecked silver and gold, as elements tumble into the depths and surface again, spluttering, borne steadily forward on a pulse as regular as the tide. Challenging? You bet, but that's the beauty of it: the sticker may say 'Don't try this at home,' but you simply can't resist riding this one. On Luciano's 'Liliuokalani Remix,' he wrings things out and brings it all back to dry land, focusing his attentions on sticks 'n' stones percussion and nosing his way into a labyrinth of hand claps and delay. Where so much of Digitaline's 'Kamehameha I' track is about subtraction, sucking out the beats where you expect them to be, Luciano's 'Liliuokalani Remix' is its additive inverse, ever-so-subtly laying down layer after layer of chattering percussion and misty delay, until every molecule in the sound field seems to sparkle with energy. Everywhere you listen, in the space behind every note, something is happening; every sound seems fringed with tiny tendrils."

Artist:	INSPIRESCU, PETRE
Title:	Tips
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	2x12"
Price:	$25.50
Catalog #:	CADENZA 020EP

"For its 20th release, Cadenza turns to Romania's Petre Inspirescu, aka Pedro. He may be a new addition to the label, and for that matter a new name to many listeners. (Until now he's recorded two compilation tracks and one EP, for the labels Vinylclub and [a:rpia:r].) In his home town of Bucharest, Romania, however, Petre has long been a pivotal figure alongside his frequent accomplices Raresh and Rhadoo, and in the last two years, his appearances in Ibiza and throughout Europe have brought his name to many listeners' lips, heightening interest in the fertile Romanian scene -- an unexpected outpost of advanced electronic music whose rise recalls Chile's emergence as a central player in contemporary techno, despite its location on the so-called margins. Just as Ricardo Villalobos' Achso double pack marked a turning point of sorts for Cadenza, leading the adventurous label even further into the unknown, Tips feels similarly pivotal, introducing not just a new name but a whole new way of approaching club music. Tips' four tracks are as sonically baffling as they are irresistibly groovy, as unhinged as they are methodical. In four tracks and just over 40 minutes, Petre offers an infinity of possibilities for getting lost in. 'Mostra' opens the EP with a loping, Luciano-inspired groove that steadfastly refuses to stand still; a rocksteady trifecta of kick drum, hi-hats and snare holds it down while bells and eruptions of static fill in the empty spaces with their fidgety push-and-pull. What makes the tune truly memorable is a long, undulating melody played out on a synthesized harpsichord, swathed in reverb and as eerily suggestive as an afternoon dream. 'Racakadoom' changes up the mood considerably with oompah-shoompah horns that chug away, ad infinitum; the track's hidden hook is an unsettling spoken-word loop -- possibly one voice, maybe two or three -- that's been sped up and slowed down, chipmunked and screwed until its erratic babbling becomes as inscrutable as a mountain spring."

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:	RHADOO
Title:	Dor Mit Oru
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	2x12"
Price:	$25.50
Catalog #:	CADENZA 022EP

Rhadoo presents four long tracks that forego gimmicks in favor of deepness. What upon first listen sounds minimal, thanks to a familiar palette of treated percussion, slight harmonic squiggles, and not much else, reveals itself to be far more nuanced. Rhadoo's tracks blindfold the listener, spinning you round, until dizziness dissolves into pure weightlessness. Tribal patterns are atomized into boundless orbits, fusing the warmth of acoustic percussion with the shimmering timbres of the digital imagination. These are songs for dancing.

Artist:	SCHNEIDER/GALLUZZI/SCHIRMACHER
Title:	Albertino and Nora P
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 023EP

2010 repress. Guido Schneider, André Galluzzi and Florian Schirmacher team up for a two-way three way of sorts, resulting in two absolute stormers. "Albertino" is the first collaboration between Schneider and Galluzzi -- a lithe little stepper with funk to spare. Saucy percussion, petulant flange, white noise, and delay lines tease out like a climber's rope. On "Nora P," Schneider and Schirmacher roll out booming toms and Afro-Latin hand drums -- if your hips don't move to this, you're probably dead. 2nd pressing in generic sleeve, unfortunately.

Artist:	LOS UPDATES
Title:	First If You Please -- The Remix Part 1
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 026EP

Los Updates is the latest project from Chile's Jorge González with Loreto Otero. González is one of the country's best-known musical ambassadors. His group Los Prisioneros defined the sound of Chilean rock in the '80s and '90s. In the '90s, he teamed up with the usual suspects in Latin America's expat electronica scene. Los Updates connects the dots between mindbending minimal house and unabashed pop; this first EP in a series of remix packages features an original album cut edit backed by remixes from Ricardo Villalobos and Dandy Jack & The Superhero.

Artist:	PICONE, ALEX
Title:	Furby/Floppy EP
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 027EP

Alex Picone is based in Padova, Italy, and has previously recorded for Tenax and Mixworks. "Furby" has a warm, spongy sub-bass cushion and some carefree melodic flourishes. Plenty of good-natured bleeps keep the playful vibe flying high, built around a skeleton of polished steel and precision mechanics. "Floppy" is a simple track on the surface, but there's moody clarinets bubbling up and all manner of carefully-tuned percussion. Don't be surprised to find your mind wandering while your body's in motion.

Artist:	LOS UPDATES
Title:	First If You Please -- The Remix Part 2
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 028EP

Part 2 of a 2-part 12" remix series of Los Updates, the latest project from Chile's Jorge González with Loreto Otero. Tobias proves himself a master of the hypnotic groove, and here he lays down a stark 808 drum pattern which he threads through dubby keys, analog explosions and liquid bass figures. Jorge's seductive voice escorts us through it all. Luciano's rework is a lean, bleepy groove that marries the cool restraint of vintage DBX to Luciano's own effusive style.

Artist:	MELCHIOR PRODUCTIONS
Title:	Who Can Find Me
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 029EP

Thomas Melchior returns to Cadenza with a single that continues to push gently outward against the boundaries of house music. Thomas has a knack for humanizing his music with compelling vocal samples -- the title track features a female voice that drifts like clouds on a summer day. Spindly arpeggios and quiet chords bounce against restrained drums. "Choir" sets hand drums and wood blocks against a limber house pattern while birdcalls and sampled choirs punctuate the music with jubilant outbursts.

Artist:	DIGITALINE
Title:	Tapadaka
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 030EP

Returning to Cadenza, Digitaline focus their eclectic influences towards two seamlessly-executed minimal techno tracks. "Tapadaka" layers flinty percussion over penetrating kicks and deep tom rhythms. Stabbed synths, pulsed bass harmonies, and swooping tonal attacks loom high in the mix, dizzying both composition and listener alike. An understated EBM influence underlies the central percussive pattern in "Strippy Trippy." Drippy, metallic tones chime above the stuttering snare as vocal samples whisper between the beats. Aquatic synth melodies plunge you deeper into the abyss.

Artist:	BRITO, ARGENIS
Title:	Imminent
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 031EP

Renowned for his role as lead vocalist for Seńor Coconut and for his projects with artists such as Luciano, Pier Bucci, Jay Haze and Samim, Argenis' solo work comes with some pedigree. "Imminent" is a playful affair, with bouncing bass and a shimmering synth melody dancing around the kick. Intoxicating and funked-up, the melodies call and respond in a fragmented conversation while pulsing, echoed tones add depth to the mix. Resonant melodies and hypnotic pace conspire to transcendental effect.

Artist:	CLEIS & SALVATORE FREDA, MICHEL
Title:	Uva Fragolina
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 032EP

Michel Cleis & Salvatore Freda have been fierce activists of the Lausanne electronic music scene for more than a decade and the Uva Fragolina EP is their first musical collaboration. "Sassicaia" is a five-star house track surrounded by acoustic percussion and a hypnotic synth pad which you'll remember when you wake up the day after. "Collivo" takes a strong synthesizer pad direction with a little something from Detroit on top, perfectly balanced.

Artist:	FERREYRA, ERNESTO
Title:	Siluetas
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 033EP

Berlin-based Ernesto Ferreyra shows off his uniquely grooving, percussive style. Shakers and noisemakers fall in a steady stream over carefully tuned percussion of every shape, size and caliber; with his slippery rhythms and swerving syncopations, this sounds like a drum-parade, marching in lockstep down Berlin's slick cobblestones. "Hunted" lays out a rollicking groove punctuated by hiccupping toms; choppy vocals, and rushing waves of reverb. A simple, repeated chord provides the final one-two punch. Perfect for any hour.

Artist:	TORO, MIGUEL
Title:	El Device
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 035EP

Hailing from Venezuela, Berlin's Miguel Toro brings an indisputably Latin touch to his productions. Toro is no mere button-pusher, he is also a talented percussionist in his own right -- but there's far more than shakers and congas to set Toro's work apart. Mutating the title of the Velvet Underground classic, "Sissteray" charges ahead with a pumping, rock-steady beat, rolling hand percussion, and a powerful, earworming vocal. "Quassi" is more laid back, but it still stomps like a herd of elephants.

Artist:	LUCIANO & GUY GERBER/LEE VAN DOWSKI & GLIMPSE
Title:	Versus
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 036EP

2010 repress. For its 36th release, Cadenza introduces two collaborations: Luciano with Guy Gerber, appearing on Cadenza for the first time, and Lee Van Dowski with Glimpse, another newcomer to the imprint. "Arc-En-Ciel" is led by an unforgettable, chiming melody that splits and doubles as it winds its way through the track. "La Cocina Del Cabrone" is a celebratory, hip-shaking track that pays tribute to Africa with rousing, call-and-response vocals, also displaying both artists' unique sense of groove and sound design.

Artist:	HERLIHY, GAVIN
Title:	26 Miles
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 037EP

Gavin Herlihy shows up on Cadenza's doorstep with suitcases spilling over with rubbery bass lines, silvery percussion, and strange samples. "Underneath The Wind Machine" features a slow swell of mandolins, dry electronic percussion and synthesizer gusts backing a fantastic melody and a driving, house-y groove. "Train Dodging," true to its title, is propulsive. Hi-hats, woodblocks, bells and bass trade syncopations; 909 snares push it all forward against sampled horns and voices. It's a white-knuckled ride with a wide-eyed grin.

Artist:	LOKO, MIRKO
Title:	Seventynine
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	2x12"
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 038EP

Mirko Loko (one-half of Lazy Fat People) presents a cross-section of tracks off his debut solo album Seventynine on double 12" vinyl. These tracks celebrate the communal ideal of dance music with spirited, percussive melodies that present a clear distillation of the Cadenza sound. But Mirko also diverges from the dancefloor, ducking into shadowy corners. Rather than scattering energy, that tension between moods binds the album into a coherent whole, bridging the gap between classic Motor City and Cadenza's nomadic aesthetic.

Artist:	MERVEILLE & PABLO CAHN-SPEYER, CESAR
Title:	Descarga
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 039EP

Cesar Merveille & Pablo Cahn-Speyer touch down with two percussion-heavy cuts that pay homage to the glories of vintage mambo. "Tribute" is a killer fusion of old and new, splicing vintage samples from golden-age salsa into a stomping groove."La Yuca" is a more subdued affair, laying down a nimble, gliding groove with a hint of disco and a haunting male vocal. Layers of additional percussion -- syncopated toms, splash cymbals, chirping congas -- give the track a powerful sense of swing.

Artist:	VENEGAS & FRANCISCO ALLENDES, FELIPE
Title:	Llovizna
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 040EP

Cadenza returns to its Chilean roots with a new EP from Felipe Venegas and Francisco Allendes who combine sturdy tech-house, classical minimalism, Chilean folk music and scads of Afro-Latin percussion into a fresh twist on the classic Cadenza sound. "Llovizna" wraps itself in velvety arpeggios while a muscular rhythm section gives the track its unusual power. The percussion grows in intensity, setting the scene for the track's finale -- a tour de force of lush, tender synthesizers.

Artist:	MENDO
Title:	Remember
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 041EP

Mendo's Remember EP has been highly anticipated by many DJs. Luciano plays it live, and it always receives mad reactions from crowds. Mendo was first approached by producer George Morel in the late '90s, and signed a few releases on Groove On. "Everybody I Got Him" was previously released in 2000, and is now in a new mix, and there's another club burner on the flip. Supported by the Martinez Brothers, Luciano, Reboot, Loco Dice, Tobi Neumann, and others.

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 Nińos 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:	DI LENA, MASSIMO
Title:	Gypsytown
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 043EP

Massimo Di Lena is better known as Massi DL. Since 2006, he's been turning heads with tight, spring-loaded funk for Frankie, Trapez, Soma and his own Wordless label. There's no shortage of '90s-inspired house, but seldom does it hit like "Gypsytown" does. Featuring skipping snares and white-hot hi-hats, it grabs you right by the collar. "Raw Track (Shout Mix)" is stripped-back house music with chunky drum-machines, squiggly Rhodes melodies, chest-thumping bass and an infectious, celebratory whoop calculated for maximum impact.

Artist:	FRIVOLOUS
Title:	Couples Therapy
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 044EP

Frivolous has always displayed a unique gift for infusing jacking rhythms with a cocktail of big-band jazz, hypermodern jazz and plain old good humor. "C:\My Consciousness" is alive with bells and cheeky string vamps, New Years' noisemakers and high-stepping bass lines. But for all its Technicolor glow, it never lapses into cartoonishness. Reboot's remix highlights the congas and adds shimmying ride cymbals, streamlining the groove and stretching it out for 9 delicious minutes.

Artist:	LOKO, MIRKO
Title:	Seventynine Remixes
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 045EP

Cadenza presents a special remix package of tracks from Mirko Loko's Seventynine, featuring Carl Craig and Ricardo Villalobos. Craig's remix of "Love Harmonic" stretches to nearly 12 minutes and, following a long, gradual build-up of rolling congas, trademark C2 sawtooth drones slice through a haze of strings. Villalobos' remix of "Takhtok" places the chanting children's choir of the original at center stage, framing them with a velvety curtain of fuzzy synthesizers and shirred, crumpled beats. This is Ricardo at his amniotic best.

Artist:	MENDO
Title:	Encantos
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 046EP

Mendo combines old-school attitude and new-school finesse with two more tracks sure to dominate dancefloors. "Aventuras" is pushed ahead by a slippery, shaker-heavy percussive groove and a booming, sub-bass throb. Celebratory, call-and-response cheers draw the dancers together, and African vocal loops increase the intensity level. With rat-a-tat snare fills, tricky blasts of white noise and reverb, the track is one long, extended build-up. DJs beware: anything you play next is bound to sound anticlimactic.

Artist:	CASARANO & FELIPE VALENZUELA, DANI
Title:	La Tulipe EP
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 047EP

The Swiss/Chilean partnership of Dani Casarano and Felipe Valenzuela has torn it up from the Alps to the Andes and back, with a steady stream of records for the likes of Fumakilla, Fumalab and Metroline. Now, making their debut appearance on Cadenza, they deliver an EP that goes incredibly deep: deftly balancing hypnotic house grooves, Afro-Latin percussive flights and carefully manipulated jazz samples, tough and smooth in equal measure.

Artist:	HERLIHY, GAVIN
Title:	Back Burner
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 048EP

Gavin Herlihy is back on Cadenza, bearing an instant anthem. Remember those foam toys, the ones where you just had to add water, and they'd swell into wonderful, unexpected shapes? "Back Burner" is a lot like that, but no water is needed: just a needle in the groove is enough to send this sucker ballooning to enormous proportions. "Think" is all about the hips, with a half-speed bass line leading the way. Like classic Chicago house, this is raw, unvarnished stuff.

Artist:	LUCIEN-N-LUCIANO
Title:	Cuidad De Luz
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	2x12"
Price:	$25.50
Catalog #:	CADENZA 049EP

Swiss-Chilean hero Luciano returns with a major double-pack for Cadenza proper, featuring four more remarkable tracks that capture his many versatile talents, from driving house tools to psychedelic anthems to bright, melodic electronica. Making the release even more significant is the fact that this is Luciano's first release under his Lucien-N-Luciano alias since 2004. Put together, these two EPs add up to 79 minutes of music -- that's more than most albums!

Artist:	REBOOT
Title:	Rambon EP
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 050EP

Reboot's "Rambon" is crafted with a DJ in mind, with a perfect groove assembling itself almost magically, with every percussive line snapping right into place. But for all the naturalism of the rhythm, there's a strangeness, a kind of ambient undertow, as sounds from the real world color the background. It feels less like a composition than a DJ mix, the kind where the parts combine to create something far greater than their sum. Also includes Luciano's remix of "Uruana."

Artist:	REBOOT
Title:	Shunyata
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	2x12"
Price:	$25.50
Catalog #:	CADENZA 051LP

2x12" version. This is the debut album from Frankfurt's Reboot aka Frank Heinrich. The term shunyata comes from Buddhism and translates loosely as "emptiness." But not just in the negative sense: it speaks also to impermanence, a state of constant flux. It's a great description of Reboot's music, where everything is in constant and kaleidoscopic motion. From the sound designs to the grooves to the way the tracks evolve, they all interconnect; intricate polyrhythms wind through the music like ivy, binding the album together. It's those rhythms you're likely to notice first: dazzling arrays of congas, bells, cymbals, shakers, woodblocks; sounds like tuned water-drops or aluminum barrels; steely drum machines slicing the air like knives. But behind the layers of percussion there are stranger, shadowier elements at work: chimes, pings, electronic gurgles, scraps of faraway voices, field recordings, and beneath it all, a spongy, squishy bed of bass, comforting and all-encompassing. Heinrich's modular synthesizer system plays a key role in fashioning the music's unusual contours. It's an open-ended collection of devices -- oscillators, filters, sequencers and esoteric functions -- wired together and able to be re-routed in infinite ways. There are no presets. Shunyata's long, undulating lines and morphological structures reward deep, repeated listening. There's the headlong tumble of the Detroit-inspired "Hermano" for joyous peaktime moments, the liquid spiral of "Down Pantha" for the hours where time stands still. Tracks like "We Only Just," and "Save Me" offer darker vibes, heads-down and hypnotic. "Dreilach" goes even deeper, with a rippling bass melody that gets deep inside your chest, your brain, your veins. The title track seems to spin at two velocities at once, balancing a driving, linear groove with half-speed voices to create a sense of suspended animation -- the perfect encapsulation of the album's central theme.

Artist:	DIETZ, ROBERT
Title:	Home Run
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 052EP

Robert Dietz's "Soup Opera" is a stand-up bass burner that puts house sounds to techno purposes; it's a wolf in sheep's clothing, a rainstorm that leaves you drenched. Raw, Chicago hi-hats lash out against a rising/falling bass line as mid-range drones and fluttering tones keep frothing higher and higher. The way he mans the filters feels more like sculpture than music, carving away the bass to create a dizzying sense of floating in space, until gravity comes crashing down again.

Artist:	CAHN/CESAR MERVEILLE, PABLO
Title:	Elle/FK
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 053EP

Pablo Cahn and Cesar Merveille return to Cadenza and each take a side in a friendly contest to see who can go deeper. Right from the get-go, Cahn's "Elle" is one of those "yeeeeeah" kind of tracks, frequency-rich and deeply satisfying, with pumping chords as juicy and marbled as slabs of meat. Merveille's "FK" begins with a bright, feathery loop of acoustic drums and guitars, maybe even banjos, and lets it spin blissfully, over and over.

Artist:	CLEIS, MICHEL
Title:	Un Dolce
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 054EP

Cadenza once again presents Swiss native Michel Cleis. Featuring two intricately-produced tracks, and showcasing the contrasting elements of Cleis' musical fabric, the Un Dolce EP represents the producer's penchant for uptempo house music and more soulful, restrained melodies. On "Litoral," brash drum patterns and a barrage of shakers make for a perfect introduction, before a sublimely-crafted, trumpet-led melody acts as the perfect backdrop for the harmonious Latin vocal. Unpretentious house music at its most sincere.

Artist:	DIGITALINE
Title:	Okoubaka
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 055EP

Cadenza welcomes Swiss duo Digitaline back into the fold for their 55th release. The Okoubaka EP is proof that Laurent Bovey aka Laps and Gregory Poncet aka Gregorythme have lost none of their production flair, with both a dancefloor-tailored house sound and dark, dubby, atmospheric techno. "Kaya" glides along with an acid-heavy bass line and a barrage of heavy beats, while "Okoubaka" features harsh beats, brash synths and an onslaught of spooky effects that heighten the track's eerie vibe.

Artist:	FERREYRA, ERNESTO
Title:	El Paraiso De Las Tortugas
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	2x12"
Price:	$25.50
Catalog #:	CADENZA 056LP

2x12" version. Ernesto Ferreyra, born in Cordoba, Argentina, he has called such diverse locations as Mexico City, Montreal, Berlin, and Ibiza home at one time or another over the past decade. His performance schedule both as a DJ, solo live act, and as half of the celebrated duo Chic Miniature with Guillaume Coutu-Dumont has been hectic enough to make mere mortals give up in disgust just trying to determine their current time zone. Things aren't likely to slow down anytime soon with Luciano increasingly wanting Ernesto at his side to open or close his own epic sets. Yet despite all these comings and goings, he has somehow managed to craft an album that sounds less the soundtrack to some lonely wandering vagabond's tale, then that of a wise and well-travelled man reflecting on the diverse experiences and places that have shaped him, anchored by an ever-present, ass-moving low-end pulse. For Ernesto, El Paraíso De Las Tortugas is a paradise of the mind, you see, and what good would paradise be without a little dancing to forget your troubles here and there? From the swirling aerial disco maneuvers of the album's opening and closing, heart-wrenching laments to chronic pain and a father lost along with 30,000 others to the Argentinian dictatorship, shuffling deep pocket house, the peak-time bass acrobatics at the album's core, through the psychedelic jazz meanderings of the title track, Ernesto proves himself to be a master craftsman of both moods and grooves as diverse as the experiences he has lived. If this is what the turtles are partying to in paradise, we'd all do well to find a shell. Features 8 of the 12 tracks from the CD.

Artist:	FIDAN, TOLGA
Title:	Ballads
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 057EP

Having released a series of striking records on Vakant, Tolga Fidan's music flows seamlessly into Cadenza's vanguard club sound. "Slipt It" has a yearning string melody and multi-layered grooves that crackle like firewood. "Rhythm vs. Me" sets limbs in motion with a mixture of '70s funk weirdness and the simplicity of contemporary electronics. With "Bass Ass," he switches into a more forthright mode of communication with pulsating bass, a spacious tom and a cool organ hook line.

Artist:	FERREYRA, ERNESTO
Title:	El Paraiso De Las Tortugas Remixes
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 058EP

Born in Argentina, Ernesto Ferreyra has since called such diverse locations as Mexico City, Montreal, Berlin, and Ibiza home at one time or another. His performance schedule both as a DJ, solo live act, and as half of the celebrated duo Chic Miniature with Guillaume Coutu-Dumont has been hectic enough. Things aren't likely to slow down anytime soon. Here is the remix EP of El Paraiso De Las Tortugas, including a remix from Luciano and Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts.

Artist:	MARTINEZ
Title:	Mzuzu
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 059EP

Danish producer Martinez rarely fails to surprise club music lovers with his versatile views on techno and house. The Mzuzu EP is all about bass -- the bass is all around, gushing into every corner of the club, pervading concrete and iron. "Mzuzu Chant" and "Adagio" are for the beautiful moments when the dancing crowd detaches itself from time and space. Martinez's compositions manage to unleash a deep joy that only Tibetan monks might feel after weeks of meditation.

Artist:	PICONE, ALEX
Title:	Fahrenheit
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 061EP

Alex Picone's first record under his real name is also his first release on Cadenza and is his most successful so far. The uplifting groove of "Inside Out" pushes the limits of contemporary house music, yet the heart of the track is the relentless bass line. With "Lost In Burning Man," Picone fuses an old school electro groove into his house beats. With the rotary bass line and the playful jew's harp on "Mandarin," the EP ends on a comical note.

Artist:	DIGITALINE
Title:	Up And Down My Spine
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 062EP

Cadenza presents an offering from Swiss/German duo Laurent Bovey & Gregory Poncet aka Digitaline. Deep and chugging grooves, atmospheric spheres and industrial synth patterns are Digitaline's forte, and this EP is no exception to their uncompromising rule. "Africa" features a sensual and stripped-down vocal from "Diaraby Nene" by Oumou Sangaré. "Shivers" is percussive and clear with heavy kicks, tribal essences and an impeccable arrangement. Two deep and courageous house pieces.

Artist:	MERVEILLE, CESAR
Title:	Maayancholy
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 063EP

Cadenza welcomes Cesar Merveille for his debut solo release on the label. Maayancholy is a beautiful and heart-wrenching record, showcasing the French producer's delicate musical palette. Guti composed the piano elements on "Maayancholy" with simplistic, singular key arrangements and piercing chord sequences. Luciano picks up the remix duty with a 16-minute interpretation. As condensed cymbals and piano chords are electronically warped, urgency prevails and groove sets in, securing Luciano's twisted version as the perfect companion for the simplistic original.

Artist:	LOKO VS. STACEY PULLEN, MIRKO
Title:	Deux Éléments
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 065EP

Cadenza serves up an EP from two astonishingly contrasting yet equally prominent artists within electronic music. No remixes or reinterpretations are to be seen, but instead, a meeting of minds between Mirko Loko and Stacey Pullen. "Formulaic Mode" features a twisted combination of chaotic clicks merged with underlying melodies and serene calm. "Tronic Illusion" flirts with thundering house vibes and subdued, drawn-out choral chants. A combination of two strikingly different artists on one surprising release.

Artist:	MENDO
Title:	Stages Of Life
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 066EP

For Swiss-based producer Mendo, house music has no boundaries when it comes to exposing tones, ambience and expressions. Mendo leads us directly and eagerly to the dancefloor with a mature and classy edge, producing tracks with irresistibly deep bass lines and an upbeat character. "Inocencia" opens with crisp slices of sound, leading us into spellbinding metal drums and a round sensual bass line. Luciano's always-amazing Cadenza label strikes again.

Artist:	VENEGAS, FELIPE
Title:	I Ching
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 067EP

In 2009, Luciano's Cadenza imprint discovered Chilean electronic artist Felipe Venegas; instantly taken aback by his truly unique South American sound, Felipe was welcomed aboard the cutting-edge label. The EP starts with thundering gong crashes and jangling bells, betraying an almost story-like theme as toms and intense brass melodies converse with one another on the title track. "Orisha Chango" sees Felipe utilize his skills to ignite the dancefloor with a powerful yet sensual Cuban-influenced track. Rich textures bound by ancient depth.

Artist:	DIETZ, ROBERT
Title:	Slinger
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 068EP

Robert Dietz joins Cadenza for the second time with the Slinger EP. Eclipsing the A-side is the percussion-heavy show-stopper "Pandemic." Infused with sheer funk and relentless groove, "Pandemic" screams of sweat-drenched dancefloors, grinding movement and unstoppable force. On the flip, "Red Tops" is an adrenaline-pumped fairground ride; exhilarating, dangerous and manic, the smacking hand claps, jazzy cymbal crashes and spiralling drum rolls make way for a lush and rolling b-line with speeding hats.

Artist:	VIUDEZ & RUDOLF
Title:	Running For Hawks
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 071EP

Welcoming two fresh comrades into the ever-growing Cadenza army, the imprint announce Viudez & Rudolf's Running For Hawks EP. The percussion-dominated two-piece kicks off with "Unamuno" -- its concoction of raw drum beats layered with electronic texture and tone. Building the momentum of a stampeding herd, "Unamuno" gathers speed with every hissing hi-hat, cascading tambourine crash and bellowing tom drum. Continuing the percussive flow, "Inumano" contains sharp claps that bite and glitchy sparks that splinter over the deep and plodding b-line.

Artist:	UNER
Title:	Palua
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 072EP

Uner joins Cadenza for the first time with the Palua EP. "Pallene" marks itself with an insatiably rhythmic appetite. Bongos tap, tom drums echo and shakers hiss, underpinned by a provocative piano melody. Winding along at a pitter-patter pace, Uner's live percussion performed alongside Nacho Gonzalez makes for an elegant atmosphere. Building demurely with a rising bass line, "Cocoua" swings into dusky late-night vibes as a melodic chord pattern makes its entrance. Gloriously simple in its stabbing arrangement, "Cocoua" feels hypnotic and sexy.

Artist:	CASARANO, FELIPE VALENZUELA, DEMIAN MULLER, DANI
Title:	Hole In The Middle
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 073EP

Hole In The Middle takes the sound ideas of three producers for an EP of fresh and complex beatscapes. Dani Casarano meets Demian Muller and Felipe Valenzuela to blend their individual sound signatures into three striking tracks. The title track packs a punch with its mean bass line. "Dreamer" evokes a hazy, surreal and enigmatic listening experience, darting through dark shadows. "Jazzy Feel" swings through the druggy, robotic bass lines of hard electronica into the classic jazz saxophone swoons of the past.

Artist:	OLIVA, ANDREA
Title:	The Click Off EP
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 074EP

Andrea Oliva steps up with The Click Off EP. "Piano Piano," a soundscape that quivers between rumbling tech-house and attentive melancholy, transforms into a mesmerizing tech-house track. "Click Off" is a chugging floor-mover with innate essence. Joining "Click Off" is "Jungle Dub," its trembling bass line living up to the track's title. Reeking of the underground with crisp snare drums cutting the air and playing partner to the bass, this nods directly to a long-lost era of dark, dub-fuelled rave.

Artist:	LAPS
Title:	Joyful Process
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 075EP

Laurent Bovey as Laps presents Joyful Process. The title track takes initially slight steps, while vocal shouts bounce to the backdrop of a foot-shifting percussion pattern. Unfolding the rhythm with impending hats, shakers and a proud kick, Laps' addition of freaky moans and sirens add a hide-and-seek element. "This Broken Heart" creates tension and intrigue -- dripping water, blaring horns and creeping footsteps -- so vivid you can almost reach out and touch them.

Artist:	REBOOT
Title:	Beautiful Parasite
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 076EP

Reboot is back on Cadenza with the Beautiful Parasite EP, including two remixes from Robert Dietz and Cesar Merveille. "Beautiful Parasite" plays with glitches, sparks and tight wooden percussion patterns, switching its identity to take on a sultry persona with a warm and melodic mainline. Dietz warps "Beautiful Parasite" into a dance killer, enhancing the percussive flow of the original and integrating a rapid bass line. Merveille shifts the gear up another notch with a gloriously rapid attack for his remix.

Artist:	TECHNASIA
Title:	Heart of Flesh
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 078EP

With techno as a central blueprint for his rhythmic structures, Technasia explores three different moods on this EP that show his wide-ranging, more global approach to techno. "Heart of Flesh" is an up-tempo, percussion-driven groove, featuring a spoken-word diva sample that Siegling manages to twist into delay heaven. "Octaval" is less beat-centric and more musical, with a symphony of machine sounds combining into subtle and intelligent organic techno. "Michigan Ride" hints at Motor City's past with warm, dissonant stabs and a melodic underbelly.

Artist:	NIDAM, MAAYAN
Title:	New Moon
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	2LP +7"
Price:	$25.50
Catalog #:	CADENZA 079LP

Maayan Nidam's (Miss Fitz, Laverne Radix, Spunky Brewster) second album New Moon has many different levels. Stylistically, the Berlin-based producer has created a work of alternative electronic rhythms that combines everything from blissful broken beat, to surrealist electro, jazz-influenced moments, acidic house, exploratory techno, and piano interludes. Psychologically though, there is much more going on. Clearly unfazed by constructing a bigger, more audacious picture, Nidam links her many different artistic desires on this album through cyclical electronic expressionism. The album is expansive. Disparate influences and eras are joined together through a subtle interplay of contrast and tone. The beats, repetition and some occasional fruity whistle stops make the journey absorbing and multi-dimensional. Beginning with a downtempo treat called "On My Street," New Moon immediately captivates you with a dreamy, sun-kissed afternoon feel. Worming its way through soft electro on "Harmonious Funk" (whose lyrics hint at a possible universal truth) it arrives at the quirky synthesizer jam, "Trippin' Over You," which plays out like a strange ode to chemical love. The rolling, bass-driven house of "The Great Suspenders" is a loose, groovy bumper and perfect for those ever-so-serious after-parties. "Send A Pigeon" plays out like an electronic symphony of doom, with its squealing feedback and fluttery distortion evolving subtly. The album then takes you down another unexpected corridor with "Undermine," which sees a fun, child-like melody slowly beat a warbled techno loop into submission. "Sunday Sunday" is its warm piano accompaniment. Disco loops, filters, delays, and a gorgeous vocal then clash on "Lies In Love." And then, once again, we find Nidam playing with juxtaposition on the impending unease of "Last Moon," with its warped vocals and twisted syncopated beats. Finally, "Never Forever" ends the album on a high note with perhaps a hint or an amalgamation of the album's base ideals: freedom, truth, and the cyclical nature of change. Spread across two LPs and a bonus limited edition 7", the vinyl version includes 10 out of the 11 tracks from the CD.

Artist:	PATINO, MARTIN
Title:	Hunter
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 083EP

Cadenza Records kickstarts its 10th year in the game with Hunter, a release that balances the warm and cinematic productions of Martin Patino's original mixes, with the dark and powerful remix by young upstart, Julien Bracht. With previous releases and remixes on labels such as Freerange, Suara, Trapez, and Rotary Cocktail, Patino is carving out an expansive and eclectic deep house sound, and his talents are perfectly captured on this release.

Artist:	LUCIANO
Title:	Cachai/Dance Unity
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 084EP

Luciano breezes into Cadenza Music's 10th anniversary year with Cachai/Dance Unity. This brace of new music comes strictly from the mind: heady, experimental dancefloor tracks with an air of futurism. "Cachai" fuses a bouncing, morning groove with stabbing operatic vocals, searing strings, and light organ keys. "Dance Unity" keeps things raw and minimal -- electronic drums, furry snares, hallucinatory blips, bleeps and haunting keys weaving their magic over the track's 15-minute tenure.

Artist:	KANZYANI, VALENTINO
Title:	Love & Gratitude EP3
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	2x12"
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 085EP

Slovenian DJ/producer Valentino Kanzyani presents the third EP in his Love & Gratitude EP. "Viole(n)t Thoughts" is a sultry and smooth workout -- its light percussion providing the melody and an intoxicating groove. "Automatique" features cinematic string sweeps and deft keys against a deep house rhythm. "Chord Release" continues to define Kanzyani's sound -- a minimal and dark palette onto which sub-tropical effects and precision hits and claps are layered. "Nesimtitule" features a disjointed arrangement, wandering bass, and an elegant string breakdown.

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Artist:	ARGY/LEE VAN DOWSKI
Title:	Ethiopia's Rise/Bimbam
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 064EP

Artist:	BENEDETTI, DAVIDE
Title:	Through The Years
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 069EP