Browse by Label: INFINE (FRANCE)

Artist:	CUBENX
Title:	Glandula/Repeat
Label:	INFINE (FRANCE)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	IF 2003EP

"Mixing the elegance of electronica's mastermind Murcof and the minimal orientations of Fax, Cubenx is emerging as the rising figure of the fresh and exciting Mexican school. Third installment for Agoria's label InFiné, Cubenx reveals the first traits of his creativity with two tracks that not only speaks to one's mind but also invites one to inescapable dance steps. Based in Puerto Vallarta in Mexico, radio programmer and unstoppable music lover, Cesar Urbina aka Cubenx started with releasing a collection of splendid minimalist tracks for the best Mexican label Static Discos and the net labels Cyan Records and Need It before gaining Agoria's and his labelmates' attentions. A gem of minimalism and groove, 'Glandula' wraps progressive rhythms around a classy melody for a hypnotic round trip from Mexico to Berlin. With a blend of indie-tronica and organic sounds, approaching Nathan Fake's latest productions, 'Repeat' raves over intricate beats and dizzy waves for a post-rock trip over a Caribbean sea..."

Artist:	DONSO
Title:	Somono Foly/Waati
Label:	INFINE (FRANCE)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	IF 2005EP

"Donso (literally 'hunter') is the unexpected union of Krazy Baldhead, rising figure from the Ed Banger imprint, a Malian singer with a unique voice, Gédéon, and Thomas, master instrumentalist of the 'Donso n'Goni.' For almost three years, they have been hunting for some good vibrations between Bamako and Paris. Today, Donso offer two of their best trophies as starters on a wax plate signed by InFiné. A side: 'Somono Foly' brings together howling bass, heady electro-beats and chopped kalimba sounds for a brisk celebration of modernism and tradition. B side: 'Waati,' on the contrary, shows the spiritual and melodious side of Donso's music, unveiling deliciously appeasing voices."

Artist:	MOTO, CLARA
Title:	Glove Affair
Label:	INFINE (FRANCE)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	IF 2007EP

"Barely aged 24, Clara Moto already demonstrates an incredible maturity. After a childhood lit up by jazz and classic piano studies, she now stands up as one of the new faces of the Austrian electronic scene, having set her own label Houseverbot and in organizing the reputable Birds parties at the Postgarage of Graz. Discovered at the latest editions of Sonar and Montreux festivals, Clara cultivates a femininity and an uncommon elegance on the fringes of minimal, microhouse and electronica through her live DJ sets and productions. A rare appeal that convinced InFiné to roll out the red carpet for this new EP which displays three facets of a fresh and strikingly innovative personality and an unquestionable imperial class!"

Artist:	CUBENX
Title:	Can't Throw A Stone
Label:	INFINE (FRANCE)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	IF 2012EP

"The eponym title opens itself on the foundation of an almost oppressive BPM, progressively released by acid bleep sounds toward a miraculous basilica of strong sensations. He spacialises energy and beauty, combines minimalist precision and psychedelic euphoria and signed an unstoppable dancefloors bomb. Quieted down, the synthetic and gradual ornaments of 'Firecrackers' perform a perfect, cheerful introduction to the luxurious garden of an electronica of the third millennium. Daring reverence to Slowdive, long guitar riffs, and Cocteau Twins' 'Blue Bell Knoll,' 'Morning After Gaze' invites the listener to a ride across a fairy monument of astral waves and clicks & cuts, a jewel of sound architecture that concludes a new masterpiece of inFiné's catalog."

Artist:	AUFGANG
Title:	Aufgang
Label:	INFINE (FRANCE)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	IF 1006CD

This is the first album by France's Aufgang on the InFiné label. Rami Khalifé and Francesco Tristano met in the year 2000 in New York where they were both studying the piano at the very prestigious Julliard School. Being almost as assiduous in their clubbing as in their studies, the two began a passionate affair with electronic music commensurate with their classical training, focusing on house music. Things started shaping up in 2001 when Aymeric Westrich, a musician (former drummer) from the same school as Rami, went to New York and, guided by his two friends, immersed himself in electronic music. Thus the three boys sealed their union under the auspices of a common attraction for limitless experimentation. Aufgang's official date of birth is June 2005 when they played at Barcelona's famous Sónar Festival. Fired-up by this initial show, Francesco, Rami and Aymeric concentrated on structuring their songs and forging an original language, at the crossroads of acoustic and electronic. Their music is fuelled by different influences and nourished by an impetuous flow of improvisation. It absolutely refuses to be labeled: it wants above all to vibrate and move people. By using pianos like machines and confronting them with other machines, starting with the drums, Aufgang manages to generate a music that is as surprising as it is powerful. This music is deeply organic and reveals itself fully on stage where it can create chaos. Listening to Aufgang collectively or individually, on a dancefloor or in a living room is an ever-evolving experience: a track can go through many different stages, having many different layers. Once it has been recorded and pressed, it continues to live and breathe.

Artist:	EEPROM, DANTON
Title:	Yes Is More
Label:	INFINE (FRANCE)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	IF 1007CD

This is the debut full-length release by Danton Eeprom. Eeprom was born in France, lives in London, and has been touring the world since 2005. His live-act contains a rock energy and electronic toxicity that has infected the best dancefloors on the globe (Berghain and Watergate in Berlin, Fabric in London, Rex Club in Paris, Loft in Barcelona). Featuring guest artists Chloé and Au Revoir Simone's Erika Foster, Yes Is More features 12 tracks of intricate, Dante-esque dark-wave and electrified pop mixed with harmonies, solid kicks, and glamorous, new wave elegance.

Artist:	MOTO, CLARA
Title:	Polyamour
Label:	INFINE (FRANCE)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	IF 1008CD

This is the debut full-length release by Clara Moto. On Polyamour, Clara provides ample proof of her allegiance to electronic music. Her affection for the genre comes in many forms, each imbued with her unique brand of femininity, and she embraces it in all its diversity and spontaneity. Clara takes life snapshots, fragments of emotions and her daily -- and nightly -- perceptions and turns them into sounds. So it is quite appropriate that the opening track should be named after a character in The Crying Of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon. Clara Moto is polyamorous: the full-on intensity of simple little love stories moves her more than relational exclusivity agreements of epic proportions. Nor are we surprised that her friend Mimu should feature on three of the album's tracks. On stage, together, they have acted as the ears and eyes, the speakers and spotlights of a single live set. In the studio, ever since "Silently," Clara has seized every opportunity to line some of her poppier productions with Mimu's tantalizing tales of everyday life. She imbues the sentimental narrative "Deer & Fox" and the Welsh laments of "Joy Of My Heart" with the same bewitching, sensitive and refined precision. When she ventures into more introspective, magical waters, she does so with an attention to detail that a goldsmith would envy. She weaves her sound textures with cinematic tropes, galactic synthesizers and sound effects so understated they are at times almost imperceptible. Cat-like, conquering, and hypnotic, Clara's productions alternate between pressure and release, matters of the mind and matters of the flesh, motion and contemplation.

Artist:	TRISTANO, FRANCESCO
Title:	Idiosynkrasia
Label:	INFINE (FRANCE)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	IF 1012CD

This is a full-length album by Luxembourgian pianist and composer Francesco Tristano, recorded in Detroit with Carl Craig. A close musical encounter of the third kind: that might be the most appropriate way to describe what the people at The Space on July 18, 2010 were lucky enough to experience. That night, a grand piano had landed in the illustrious Ibiza club. At its helm, Francesco Tristano -- a long-distance adventurer in sonic space. Also on board, in the DJ booth, was Carl Craig, controlling Ableton with the help of his iPad. Carried away by the fervor of an audience in perfect osmosis, the duo flew higher and higher, eluding the borders between musical genres and giving a performance that has already gone down in The Space's history. A few months earlier, in Detroit, a similar sighting had been reported: a grand(iose, of course) piano had settled for a week amidst an impressive number of machines and a no less impressive number of records, virtually filling the studios of Planet E, Carl Craig's label. For it was precisely there, in that stronghold of Detroit techno, that Francesco Tristano had chosen to record Idiosynkrasia, his third solo album for InFiné. As the artist himself explains, "This record is the fruit of a quest for an idiosyncratic language that is somewhere between acoustic and electronic, a quest that spans time and space, and I want to bring the piano into the 21st century. My ambition is to provide the piano with a new identity, because it is often associated with classical music and viewed as an instrument of the past, while I genuinely see it as an instrument of the future." Fundamentally polychromatic, evolving ceaselessly from one mode to the next, Idiosynkrasia proves to be perfectly coherent and reveals an extra-large conception of music.

Artist:	TRISTANO, FRANCESCO
Title:	Idiosynkrasia
Label:	INFINE (FRANCE)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$29.00
Catalog #:	IF 1012LP

2LP version. This is a full-length album by Luxembourgian pianist and composer Francesco Tristano, recorded in Detroit with Carl Craig. A close musical encounter of the third kind: that might be the most appropriate way to describe what the people at The Space on July 18, 2010 were lucky enough to experience. That night, a grand piano had landed in the illustrious Ibiza club. At its helm, Francesco Tristano -- a long-distance adventurer in sonic space. Also on board, in the DJ booth, was Carl Craig, controlling Ableton with the help of his iPad. Carried away by the fervor of an audience in perfect osmosis, the duo flew higher and higher, eluding the borders between musical genres and giving a performance that has already gone down in The Space's history. A few months earlier, in Detroit, a similar sighting had been reported: a grand(iose, of course) piano had settled for a week amidst an impressive number of machines and a no less impressive number of records, virtually filling the studios of Planet E, Carl Craig's label. For it was precisely there, in that stronghold of Detroit techno, that Francesco Tristano had chosen to record Idiosynkrasia, his third solo album for InFiné. As the artist himself explains, "This record is the fruit of a quest for an idiosyncratic language that is somewhere between acoustic and electronic, a quest that spans time and space, and I want to bring the piano into the 21st century. My ambition is to provide the piano with a new identity, because it is often associated with classical music and viewed as an instrument of the past, while I genuinely see it as an instrument of the future." Fundamentally polychromatic, evolving ceaselessly from one mode to the next, Idiosynkrasia proves to be perfectly coherent and reveals an extra-large conception of music. Includes vinyl exclusive track ("Grin"), plus an mp3 download card.

Artist:	AGORIA
Title:	Impermanence
Label:	INFINE (FRANCE)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	IF 1013CD

Sébastien Devaud aka Agoria, entered the world of electronic dance music at a peculiar moment in time. Living in rural France, Agoria first got hooked to electronic music through listening to Kevin Saunderson's classic "Good Life" on the local radio as a twelve-year-old kid in 1988. His next revelation came a few years later when one of the first DJ sets he experienced happened to be from Jeff Mills in nearby Lyon. Agoria started out as a DJ himself, quickly followed by organizing his own parties together with a group of friends. He started producing and releasing his own tracks in 1999, and first gained international recognition in 2001 with La Onzième Marche. In 2002, he released a series of 12"s on Pias Recordings, followed by the much-lauded Blossom LP one year later. This debut album already crystallized a musical sensibility reaching far beyond traditional techno channels. His sometimes-muscular productions also leaned towards electro-house on Stereolove and Spinach Girl, several years before 2.0 French Touch burst onto the scene. Three years later and The Green Armchair came into being, also showcasing a rich musical panorama. Another important contribution has been the launch of InFiné in 2006, a label that Devaud founded together with his friends Alexandre Cazac and Yannick Matray. Agoria's own debut on the label only came in 2009 with his 12" Magnolia/Libellules. However, with his third album Impermanence, one can clearly hear that InFiné has also had an influence on Agoria's own music. As its title implies, the music exists in a constant state of flux and flows easily from contemplative sound pieces to intimate acoustic songs and forward-moving club tracks. The album opens with the repetition of three notes played on a piano, with only the addition of violin, bell and the voice of 20 year-old female singer, Kid A, from Virginia. The beatless "Kiss My Soul" establishes the intimate tone of the album, which continues with the dubby house of "Souless Dreamer," on which Seth Troxler guests with his trademark whisper. Strings and piano resurface on a number of the album tracks, sometimes used in surprising guises, such as the Stradivarius that serves as a rave signal on the infectious "Panta Rei." "Under The River," on the other hand, is a lush ambient piece dominated by the late-night sounds of a horn. Carl Craig makes an appearance as a vocalist on the sleazy "Speechless." Another standout track is "Heart Beating," again featuring Kid A's strong and engaging voice. The song is Agoria's most direct pop-piece yet and an unexpected proof of his strength as both a songwriter and arranger. Agoria has created an album that is at the same time constantly changing while also having a unique flow and mood of its own. While the range and sensibility of his productions still cover a wide and varied musical spectrum, his command of contrasts proves to be even more refined than ever; it comes within reach of a near-perfect balance between cold and warm atmospheres, light and dark, mind and guts.

Artist:	SOLER & GASPAR CLAUS, PEDRO
Title:	Barlande
Label:	INFINE (FRANCE)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	IF 1015CD

Who would have thought that InFiné would release a "flamenco" record? Pedro Soler and Gaspar Claus (father & son) are respectively guitarist and cellist on this unique album Barlande. Pedro Soler is one of the most celebrated flamenco guitarists in the world today. Gaspar has already collaborated with the likes of Yoshihide Otomo, Nosfell, Joakim and Rone, just to name a few. Barlande was recorded in Brooklyn, NY and produced by Bryce Dessner (guitarist of The National) and features Sufjan Stevens on harmonium ("Encuentro En Brooklyn"). Over the course of its 8 chapters, Barlande blurs the frontiers between traditional and contemporary music.

Artist:	SOLER & GASPAR CLAUS, PEDRO
Title:	Barlande
Label:	INFINE (FRANCE)
Format:	LP
Price:	$23.50
Catalog #:	IF 1015LP

Pedro Soler and Gaspar Claus' Barlande sees a limited vinyl release. Pressed on 180 gram vinyl including a download code. 300 copies for the world. Who would have thought that InFiné would release a "flamenco" record? Pedro Soler and Gaspar Claus (father & son) are respectively guitarist and cellist on this unique album Barlande. Pedro Soler is one of the most celebrated flamenco guitarists in the world today. Gaspar has already collaborated with the likes of Yoshihide Otomo, Nosfell, Joakim and Rone, just to name a few. Barlande was recorded in Brooklyn, NY and produced by Bryce Dessner (guitarist of The National) and features Sufjan Stevens on harmonium ("Encuentro En Brooklyn"). Over the course of its 8 chapters, Barlande blurs the frontiers between traditional and contemporary music.

Artist:	CUBENX
Title:	On Your Own Again
Label:	INFINE (FRANCE)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	IF 1017CD

This is the debut album from César Urbina aka Cubenx. "Cubenx's music ... made an intoxicated first impression on me some months before when his demo tracks arrived at my doorstep. A couple of those tracks later appeared on his debut for my Static Discos imprint in 2008, The Cold Swells, a collection of music that was previously released on the Synergy Networks, Cyan and I Need It net-labels. One of the tracks was 'Glandula,' a passionate and epic techno track that caught the attention of Alexandre Cazac and Agoria during the pre-planning stages of InFiné, who immediately requested a full album. Cubenx's debut would have to wait, as only a couple of EPs (Glándula EP in 2007 and Can't Throw A StoneEP in 2008) on InFiné were the stop gaps before On Your Own Again could be completed some years later. But there was also a new factor that slowed down his recording process, as Cubenx was moving further away from producing dance music and wanting to focus on songwriting with real instruments and voices -- a task that has resulted in a fertile tapestry of electronic-based songs that may have more to do with English post-punk and shoegaze than with the British minimal techno he is most known for. While songs like 'Adrift At Sea,' 'Sierra Madre' and 'Lovebirds' retain Cubenx's lush sound design and carefully planned dynamics, they are spread out in a broader palette of songcrafting. Only 'Wait And See' sees Cubenx going back to his clubbing ways, a melodic and colorful banger that stands out when placed beside any classic Kompakt outing. The songs on On Your Own Again also retain a psychedelic taint that Cubenx links to his Mexicanity, especially on the acoustic fullness of 'Sueña Con Venados' and 'Mist Over The Lake,' where he wanted to evoke the ritualistic ambiance of a virtual Mexican desert. Or as the piano-based 'Grass' narrates, a psychoactive out-of-body experience under the effects of salvia divinorum -- a search for the inner non-spirituality much in tune with Latin American psychomagicians like Jodorowsky. This strong sentiment is explored further on 'Noir,' an atonal instrumental ambient piece filled with cosmic musings and psychedelia. On Your Own Again also marks Cubenx's first collaboration with Chicago musician and singer Alfredo Nogueira, a close associate of Telefon Tel Aviv, L'Altra and Apparat, on the song 'These Days.' Francisco Rosas of Flight Attendants, the downtempo duo he shares with Cubenx, co-wrote 'Sierra Madre' and laid some guitar licks on 'Sueña Con Venados.' On Your Own Again is Cubenx's coming-of-age album, where his creative impulses reach for his own true voice." --Ejival, Director of Static Discos

Artist:	CUBENX
Title:	On Your Own Again
Label:	INFINE (FRANCE)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$23.50
Catalog #:	IF 1017LP

180 gram double LP version, with an exclusive vinyl-only track. This is the debut album from César Urbina aka Cubenx. "Cubenx's music ... made an intoxicated first impression on me some months before when his demo tracks arrived at my doorstep. A couple of those tracks later appeared on his debut for my Static Discos imprint in 2008, The Cold Swells, a collection of music that was previously released on the Synergy Networks, Cyan and I Need It net-labels. One of the tracks was 'Glandula,' a passionate and epic techno track that caught the attention of Alexandre Cazac and Agoria during the pre-planning stages of InFiné, who immediately requested a full album. Cubenx's debut would have to wait, as only a couple of EPs (Glándula EP in 2007 and Can't Throw A StoneEP in 2008) on InFiné were the stop gaps before On Your Own Again could be completed some years later. But there was also a new factor that slowed down his recording process, as Cubenx was moving further away from producing dance music and wanting to focus on songwriting with real instruments and voices -- a task that has resulted in a fertile tapestry of electronic-based songs that may have more to do with English post-punk and shoegaze than with the British minimal techno he is most known for. While songs like 'Adrift At Sea,' 'Sierra Madre' and 'Lovebirds' retain Cubenx's lush sound design and carefully planned dynamics, they are spread out in a broader palette of songcrafting. Only 'Wait And See' sees Cubenx going back to his clubbing ways, a melodic and colorful banger that stands out when placed beside any classic Kompakt outing. The songs on On Your Own Again also retain a psychedelic taint that Cubenx links to his Mexicanity, especially on the acoustic fullness of 'Sueña Con Venados' and 'Mist Over The Lake,' where he wanted to evoke the ritualistic ambiance of a virtual Mexican desert. Or as the piano-based 'Grass' narrates, a psychoactive out-of-body experience under the effects of salvia divinorum -- a search for the inner non-spirituality much in tune with Latin American psychomagicians like Jodorowsky. This strong sentiment is explored further on 'Noir,' an atonal instrumental ambient piece filled with cosmic musings and psychedelia. On Your Own Again also marks Cubenx's first collaboration with Chicago musician and singer Alfredo Nogueira, a close associate of Telefon Tel Aviv, L'Altra and Apparat, on the song 'These Days.' Francisco Rosas of Flight Attendants, the downtempo duo he shares with Cubenx, co-wrote 'Sierra Madre' and laid some guitar licks on 'Sueña Con Venados.' On Your Own Again is Cubenx's coming-of-age album, where his creative impulses reach for his own true voice." --Ejival, Director of Static Discos

Artist:	TRISTANO, FRANCESCO
Title:	Idiosynkrasia
Label:	INFINE (FRANCE)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	IF 2030EP

Francesco Tristano released his third solo album for InFiné Idiosynkrasia (IF 1012CD), recorded in the Planet E studio in Detroit. "Idiosynkrasia": an aesthetic manifesto livened up by the search for an idiosyncratic language between acoustics and electronics, a musical odyssey permeated by the peculiarity of the town, which originated the rhythm and blues as well as the techno genres. The eponymous track is reinterpreted here by Ben Klock, Ark, Tom Taylor & Paul Woolford and Fumiya Tanaka.

Artist:	AGORIA (FEAT. KID A)
Title:	Heart Beating (Remixes)
Label:	INFINE (FRANCE)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	IF 2031EP

"Heart Beating," by Agoria feat. Kid A, gets four stunning remixes. Sylvain Chauveau's beatless remix wraps up Kid A's voice with string arrangements, stirring the emotional elements of the original. Argy's "Tension Remix" is universally crafted for the clubbers. John Roberts of Dial fame delivers a modern house jewel, extracting a violin loop and vocal whispers. Finally, Fraction turns the pop-anthem into a bombastic dance machine.

Artist:	CUBENX
Title:	Wait & See
Label:	INFINE (FRANCE)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	IF 2036EP

Cubenx is back with a 2-track EP that gives a sneak peak into his album. "Wait & See" is a secret weapon already triggered by Agoria, opening with a steady but slightly dizzying rhythm pattern that makes way for an androgynous chorus that lifts your hands in the air with them. "Love Birds" is minimal and graceful, waving its wings of synth arrangements and nocturnal chants. Single already supported by Michael Mayer, Ellen Allien, Seth Troxler, Jimpster and Laurent Garnier.

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Artist:	ARANDEL
Title:	In D
Label:	INFINE (FRANCE)
Format:	LP
Price:	$32.00
Catalog #:	IF 1009LP

Artist:	AGORIA (FEAT. CARL CRAIG)
Title:	Speechless
Label:	INFINE (FRANCE)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	IF 2027EP

Artist:	RONE
Title:	So So So
Label:	INFINE (FRANCE)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	IF 2034EP

Artist:	AGORIA FEAT. CARL CRAIG & LA SCALARS
Title:	Speechless (Remixes Vol 1)
Label:	INFINE (FRANCE)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	IF 2037EP

Artist:	COMPOSER
Title:	Check Chuck/Polar Bear
Label:	INFINE (FRANCE)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	IF 2042EP