Browse by Label: ITALIC (GERMANY)

Artist:	APRIL
Title:	If...
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 013EP

"April is a project by Andreas Reihse, a pop-musician from Cologne with various musical identities and passions. These include membership in the techno project Binford and the pop band Kreidler. He releases his solo works on Italic under the name April. If... is his debut 12" maxi-single. The 'Penthouse Park Mix' of If... was the hit song of the Italic compilation Dancefloor, I Can't Get Enough Of Your Love (3x12"), released at the end of last year. This song is now being released as a single in 3 new previously unavailable mixes. 'If It Doesn't Happen Naturally (Don't Leave It)' on side A with its bright house piano and pop quotations turns dancefloors into catwalks: euphoric, decadent and dreamy. 'The If-Girl', the first song on side B, is a duet with April and Düsseldorf artist, Thea Djordjadze. The second track on side B, 'If - the tube edit', is pure pop amour. 3 mixes for lovers of vocal, deep and minimal house. Very Italic."

Artist:	ANTONELLI ELECTR.
Title:	The Strings
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 015EP

"The first single release from Click. 'The Strings' is a flamboyant hymn to string instruments. A light rhythm initially sets in, before the strings suddenly appear from nowhere, sublime and drifting. They can create that unique, addictive feeling. They are accompanied by a pumping bass sequence, very dry hand-claps and stunning house piano. The monotony and speed of 'Same player, again and again' is only varied by minute sequential adjustments and the use of a 'digibass' in the last part of the track. This is machine funk at its best."

Artist:	ANTONELLI ELCTR.
Title:	Click
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 016CD

"After the euphoric reception of the CD Me, The Disco Machine and various hits in the last two years, pop dandy Stefan Schwander has programmed a new album entitled Click. The new album's most important attribute is its modernity. Click is now, a prototype for the future, providing an independent musical language and expression for Antonelli: his personal digital creation, minimally arranged, using economical aesthetics, a hedonistic attitude, abstract programming, a crisp sound and class detail. Click is a personal comment on electronic music in 2001 and displays Antonelli's view of digital club music. Click is an unambiguous statement for a kind of music which must be constantly renewed and repositioned. The music delivers despite its discipline, sublimity, elegance and beauty. The digital sound swings, every single click vibrates. The sound's precision is perfect. A pure, digital sound."

Artist:	VA
Title:	The Vogue Remixes
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 019EP

"Italic welcomes some guests: Steve Bug, Michael Mayer, Farben and The Freestyle Man did a remix from 'The Vogue' by Antonelli Electr. Featuring Miss Kittin. What comes out are 4 digital remixes between Pop, Techno, House and Disco. The Mix by Steve Bug (Pokerflat, Cocoon) is an abstract, minimal and Hedonistic Techno track, climaxing in repetitions of the duet Miss Kittin & Antonelli Electr.: We dance. We dance. We lose control. His Mix Reduces The Vogue to the absolute Maximum. Funky as hell! Michael Mayer (Kompakt) rocks! As sweet as ever. His Remix is better Than 'Hush Hush Baby', more erotic than 'Amanda', sweeter than Zimt, more Fashionable than Kompakt, more minimal than Cologne. Jan Jelinek aka Farben (Klang Elektronik, Scape) remixes The Vogue As an instrumental Disco Classic with wonderful Strings and a light soulful Arrangement. Swinging, sophisticated and fantastic. The secret tip on the Record! Our Friend Sasse from Finland aka The Freestyle Man (Sähkö) dedicates His remix to his love of Housemusic. Very deep & rocking."

Artist:	BORNEO & SPORENBURG
Title:	Wiedersehen
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 022EP

"Borneo & Sporenburg is a new musical fragrance from Cologne (minimal) dance label Italic. Borneo & Sporenburg are the Zurich/Stuttgart DJ and producer duo Daniel Varga and Frank Wössner. Together, they add the fitting music to every day, working on the border between pop-songs and club-tracks. 'Wiedersehen' is the first single release from their debut album Remember Today. The wistful, subtle lyrics sung by Philippe could apply to anyone. His voice is distorted by a Vocoder-like module. Philippe also sang 'This Is Music Added To My Day' and has inspired many people with his voice. 'Wiedersehen' is a dance-pop song for lonely hours on the beach as well as for euphoric moments at the club."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Dancer
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 024CD

"Italic presents a new series of compilations: The Dance Collection. The first CD is an Italic label compilation that leads through the Italic coordinates system: Pop, Dance, Digital. Dancer is a compilation of tracks that have not previously been released on CD, some of which are officially no longer available. This compilation provides an overview of the various methods of production and individual approaches of each artist that form and characterize the Italic sound. Dancer defines a new style of digital pop music popular from the club scene, while at the same time applying classical songwriting elements. Through the integration of song structure and vocals in the various tracks, Italic sets itself apart from the traditional techno/house context while creating the kind of music to accompany you throughout the various moods and moments of everyday life and digital lifestyle: the romanticism and the gracefulness to capture the moment and/or the euphoric and decadent impressions of a long night at the club. The techno and house tracks on Dancer have more of a film like character rather than fulfilling any certain function. Music for the dancefloor or catwalk. Everybody is a Dancer! Admit it!" Artists include: Antonelli Electr., A Rocket In Dub, Borneo & Sporenburg, Soda, Antonelli Electr. f. Miss Kittin.

Artist:	ANTONELLI ELECTR.
Title:	Pictures
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 025EP

"Antonelli Electr. works mainly with sequencers and drum machines; a computer is used only for studio work. Only sequencers and drum machines are used for the live interpretation as well. This minimalist procedure has proved effective over the years and it has been perfected and viewed as a challenge. His way of working is often conceptional and serially motivated, which is reflected in the visual interpretation of his work as well (cover design, live performance, music video). Antonelli Electr. creates an independently unique language of music and means of expression: his own personal digital draft, minimally arranged, slender in aesthetics, hedonistic in attitude, abstract in programming and detailed in sound."

Artist:	AUTOMATIQUE
Title:	Nightclubbing
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 026EP

"If anyone else other than Grace Jones can use the word 'Nightclubbing' then it's definitely the Hamburg-based project Automatique, which is actually the DJ-Producer team Harre Kühnast & Henry Stamerjohann. Both have been actively involved in the Hamburg club scene since the mid-90s. The Automatique DJ sets are characterized by minimal techno with pop appeal and also reflect their love of Detroit techno and Chicago house. Now their first production on Italic is being released. Their tracks on 'Nightclubbing' range between flamboyant minimal techno and classical Italic school. Grace Jones would have fun with it!"

Artist:	ANTONELLI ELECTR.
Title:	Love And Other Solutions
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 027CD

"Techno Pop dandy Stefan Schwander aka Antonelli Electr. presents his third album Love & Other Solutions. After his minimalistic TechHouse masterpieces Me, The Disco Machine and Click Antonelli's new material is heading in a slightly more ambient direction, but still always keeps the dancefloor in mind. The minimalistic procedure has proved effective over the years and it has been perfected and viewed as a challenge. So are sequencers and drum computers the main tools, computers are only added for studio work. Antonelli's way of working is often conceptional and serially motivated, which is reflected not only in the music, but the visual interpretation of his work as well (cover design, live performance and video). Antonelli Electr. creates an independently unique language of music and means of expression: his own personal digital draft, minimally arranged, slender in aesthetics, hedonistic in attitude, abstract in programming and detailed in sound."

Artist:	BORNEO & SPORENBURG
Title:	What's Going On Tonight Remixes
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 029EP

"The smart outfit Borneo & Sporenburg from Stuttgart guarantees excellent entertainment. It is made up of the Stuttgart DJ and producer duo Daniel Varga (Rework, Playhouse) and Frank Wössner. Their productions on the Cologne label Italic consist of a good mixture of deepness, melancholy, pop and house. The remixes of 'What"s Going On Tonight' are by Losoul and the hip Extra Produktionen (Freizeitglauben) from Berlin."

Artist:	SUSTAINER
Title:	Cuantico
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 030CD

"Italic is beginning the New Year with another wealth of emotions. After Love And Other Solutions by Antonelli Electr., Sustainer's Cuántico will be released: It presents deep, delicate and vulnerable instrumental music. Alex Alarcon aka Sustainer was born in Barcelona in 1975. He was a quiet child, but still asked for a drum kit at the age of 7. Without any luck: His aunt gave him a toy synthesizer, which he immediately used to imitate Italo-Disco tracks. At the age of 16, he bought a guitar equipped with sound-effects devices, as his musical horizons continued to grow. By then, he had come across various records that impressed him, including Loveless by My Bloody Valentine and Quique by Seefeel. With this background, he bought his first modern instruments, namely a synthesizer, a sampler and an Atari. He was already almost exclusively listening to electronic music: from dubby to experimental, from Barcelona to Berlin, and from fast to slow. His output grew and grew, as initial live gigs followed both in clubs and at experimental music festivals. Today, Sustainer focuses entirely on producing. His music is light, quiet and enchantingly vivacious, its straight bass drum, softly driving drum sounds, chords and clicks all producing club and pop-oriented music. New Spanish Modernism."

Artist:	A ROCKET IN DUB
Title:	Rocket No. 7
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 031EP

"As could only be expected from Stefan Schwander, sooner or later, faster, danceable tracks emerged which however have nothing to do with obligatory Saturday night dancing: You can dance, but you don"t have to. The Spartan list of numbered tracks is no less densely and functionally structured than Stefan Schwander's other productions: The tracks take their time to create warmth and depth. Such depth corresponds with the work of the Berlin artist Hendrik Krawen, whose pictures were used for the maxi releases: Concrete situations in a timeless and disoriented age point to other, past or future situations. The music by A Rocket In Dub is also characterised by an enchanting lack of boundaries and cannot be fixed to a single genre or scene. Although it delves in various well-known and more obscure stylistic and production methods, it does without specific reference points in favour of relaxed functional freedom."

Artist:	A ROCKET IN DUB
Title:	If Music Could Talk
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 032CD

"Once a space ship has positioned itself in orbit, its room for manoeuvring from the earth is considerably reduced. Similarly, once a music producer moves in a certain direction, public expectations quickly become restrictive, making it equally difficult to tread new paths. Some take the easy option of producing many different versions of the same piece (not just for the sake of simplicity). Others constantly work on further developing and enhancing their musical ideas. As one of the most active electronic music producers, Stefan Schwander aka Antonelli Electr., Pop Up, Swimmingpool, Rhythm_Maker, Repeat Orchestra and A Rocket In Dub could prove his instinct for the requirements of dancefloor music in numerous releases. Each new release was also an attempt to expand his tonal cosmos and perfect the simple, friendly functionality of his dance tracks. Yet functional (electronic) dance music means sacrificing the element of slowness. This was reason enough to open a new chapter with tracks that don't fit into the '4-to-the-floor' tempo and pattern: A Rocket In Dub. These tracks were developed without any pressure in terms of time or production to attempt something new or use something old in a different way. As could only be expected from Stefan Schwander, sooner or later, faster, danceable tracks emerged which however have nothing to do with obligatory Saturday night dancing: You can dance, but you don't have to. The Spartan list of numbered tracks is no less densely and functionally structured than Stefan Schwander's other productions: The tracks take their time to create warmth and depth. The music by A Rocket In Dub is also characterised by an enchanting lack of boundaries and cannot be fixed to a single genre or scene. Although it delves in various well-known and more obscure stylistic and production methods, it does without specific reference points in favour of relaxed functional freedom."

Artist:	SKUA LOVELLE
Title:	The Morris Jesup Rise
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 034EP

"This is propaganda. Here comes Skua Lovelle aka Sebastian Weber. A new star in the Italic universe straight outta Cologne. Young & fresh, romantic & rocking, deep & personal. The a-side 'The Morris Jesup Rise' is a happy & sexy driving tech-house track with a killer bassline. 'The Return Of Good Fun': This is more than a track. It's a catchy popsong. Watch the harmonies on the b-side: b1 'Nansen Ridge' and b2 'Wandel Sea' create darker feelings. Deepest house music with an abstract electronica feeling. What a starter for a young boy. Cologne's future hits back."

Artist:	LITTLE ANNIE & THE LEGALLY JAMMIN'
Title:	Little Annie & The Legally Jammin'
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 035CD

"Little Annie & The Legally Jammin' play a wild, hormone-saturated mixture of spoken song and sometimes harsh, but always swinging rhythms. 'No Wave' based on electronic beats recordings from the epicentres of pop music: New York, Mexico City and Düsseldorf. The very first weirdly choked echo gives you an idea of what kind of sound system The Legally Jammin' is, sometimes playing 'Disco Dub', sometimes 'No Wave Disco'. Little Annie adds her words to the beat, bass and fat soul-electric harmony of The Legally Jammin'. When her voice picks up on a melody and she begins to sing, she is closer to the lasciviousness of Grace Jones and the emotion of Marianne Faithful than the solitude of Wanda Robinson. New York Just sit down beside Little Annie on some steps in the sun-drenched heat of New York and she will begin to tell you a story. She has never been to the cinema, didn't pick it up from books these are no stories she has stolen. Annie Anxie Ty is adventurous. She travels through the visible world, acts the Bohemian chanteuse, sees, hears and is always right at the centre of events, collects experiences from the street and writes her book every night. And she performs it on stage. Broadway is the hardest way: inside and outside. Her texts tell first of redemption and then of sin. 'Backtrack Jack', for instance, the Pepsi Cola song, and therefore a loose homage to Leigh Bowery's 'Useless Man' but much less dirty. Or '2nd Avenue Blues': It tells of peeling oneself. Does an onion float without its seven skins? And 'Bleach' is my favourite cliché. It all sounds incredibly sexy even when it is at its most morbid. Blessed by a late birth, one can innocently say: New York poetry meets dub electro-clash. And why not: That is how it should sound, the lovers' rock album of the year."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Anti-Establishment 1: Hamburg
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 036EP

"Anti-Establishment is a new series of 12"s from Italic and presents individual producers of electronic club music from selected cities. The first contribution is from Hamburg: the label Dial comes up with four tracks full of rocking minimalism, sad romanticism and abstract deepness. A1. Sten: Hypnotic minimal track with highly pressure funk from Pete Kersten aka Lawrence, the hero of sad deepness. A2. Lawrence: With his second track Lawrence dives in the deepness of 'the audition'. A film by Takashi Miike: 'the dark in the sunlight. What makes them different is what keeps them alive.' B1. Carsten Jost: The hero of working class starts the second side with a crisp groovy knister techno track. B2. Again Carsten Jost comes up with a more abstract micro minimal mover and gets back to the power of early techno. Very Anti-Establishment."

Artist:	ELEKTRO MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Title:	Anti-Establishment 2: Berlin
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 037EP

"The second part of the 'Anti-Establishment' series comes from the Berlin based 'Elektro Music Department' label: Monotonous simplicity, strong bass, static beats, pure melody, vocals with attitude, minimal, fragile, techno, melancholy, superficial, signal, banality, anti-establishment, bourgeoisie, Elektro Music Department, elektro club, styling, logos, industry, emblem, electronic music, product elektro, end of identity, pop-aesthetics, chance, sex, kotai, rave, extreme Und psychedelic, clubphantom, cool, ideology, message, horror, nightmare of the beautiful And the naive, radically, uncontrolled reality, sound-interval, simultaneous, individual, statement, interpretation, emotional, rigorous, meaning, fun factor, gegenpol, sexy ultradeepness, Uncompromising, experimental, fragment, understatement, black acid, incalculable, generosity, machine, structure, bass and bassline, desolate, hopeless, slow, schleifen, sequenz, garage, service, corporate identity."

Artist:	MINIMAL ALLSTARS
Title:	Radical Rhythm
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 038EP

"Dear friends of Italic, After the very successful start of the 'Anti Establishment' series, the most recent product of our pop manufactorer is the Radical Rhythm of the Minimal Allstars: Automatique from Hamburg (a1) are kicking techno -- elegant and classically minimal. The new piece of Skua Lovelle on a2 is very deep and musical. Einmusik from Hamburg are producing as 'techno boygroup' maximum techno with Raveappeal. They continue with 'Devotion' (b1) where they have stopped with Weekender some time ago. Finally the last piece on b2 is from A Rocket In Dub with his 'Rocket-Series' and his vision of a neo cut-up disco dub. ...if music could talk. With its Minimal Allstars concept, Italic continues to work on an up-to-date pop draft for you DJs out there -- in all its varieties. Between techno pop, disco pop, agit pop, concept pop, pop art, minimal pop, rave pop and Cologne pop."

Artist:	EINMUSIK
Title:	Jittery Heritage EP Part 1
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 040EP

"The new Einmusik comes as 'acid salsa' board. The young Hamburg producers want to remain the maximum and thereby staying minimum in the sound design. 'Wave Scanner' on the a-side begins with a monumental beat and increases slowly by pushing sounds of keyboards until the vocals began and the beat takes over the body work. Perhaps the track with most pop appeal so far. 'Full Moon' on the b-side carried by the very unusual beat construction with hell-like sounds, deep bassdrum and the suggested acid melody line. Under drugs it blows away like typography of 'Peter Saville'. Ibiza and 'Hacienda' were so close never."

Artist:	LITTLE ANNIE & THE LEGALLY JAMMIN'
Title:	Mixed up Little Annie
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 042EP

"Little Annie & The Legally Jammin' is a collaboration between the ex-Crass member, ex-On-U sound artist Little Annie, Kahn (playhouse/matador/ cpt. Commatose) and Jendreiko (flesh records, hobbypopmuseum). Just listen to this 12" and you know about the reincarnation of cool controlled sexuality. The animal within the machine, or is it vice versa? The Legally Jammin' rock the gay clubs in New York, London and Paris. The best of all -- it's more then retro, it's future as well since the sound is transferring the attitude of those days with the means of today into the recent, giving it a little of that 'New York' touch."

Artist:	TELEVERKET
Title:	No. 1
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 043EP

"The two Swedish producers Martin Jarl & Johan Fotmeijer from Malmoe are Televerket. They released both up to now on different labels (Force Inc., Konvex/Konkav, Mitek, Resopal). Their new common project Televerket again shows which large potential into Sweden is: here comes 'Computer Disco' for radicalized bohemians. The a-side 'Midnight' is a positive and more euphoric 4-to-the-floor track: the energy of the music is transported by an exciting acid bassline. 'Pretty Girls' on the flipside is floated by a Giorgio Moroder bassline, which lets one think of 'I Feel Love' by Donna Summer. The straight and monotonous beat with easy acid sounds and hard handclaps goes directly into the body: Malmoe is the new Munich."

Artist:	EINMUSIK
Title:	Jittery Heritage Part 2
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 044EP

"After Einmusik have manifested their sound still more deeply in the cases and playlists of DJs like Ivan Smaghe (Black Strobe), Slam (Soma), Monika Kruse, Karotte, DJ Koze, Paul van Dyk, etc. They present the second part of the Jittery Heritage EP. 'Jittery Heritage' on the a-side begins with a monumental beat and increases slowly by pushing sounds of keyboards until the melody began. From now on you are in heaven... Perhaps the track with most kitsch appeal so far. Hit! 'Rings' on the b-side carried by the very unusual beat construction with hell-like sounds, deep bassdrum and the suggested acid melody line. Heavy metall!"

Artist:	MINIMAL ALLSTARS
Title:	Disco D.I.Y.
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 046EP

"How did Yves Saint Laurent put it as he prepared to step down from the runway for the last time? 'I have always put myself at women's disposal. That is to say, to serve them, to serve their bodies, their gestures, their attitudes, their lives.'... haven't dance clubs served dancers the same way? And then, all of a sudden, in an instant, a soothing equilibrium descends. If everything is in balance within this enclosed space, it passes you by in the darkest of night just as in one of those true to life dreams. As if you had created the whole thing yourself. Making you feel good."

Artist:	EINMUSIK
Title:	Jittery Heritage Rmx
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 047EP

"Here come the remixes of 'Jittery Heritage' (italic 044). Knee deep in glam and going off factor of first class with headbanging and loud being jubilant. On the a-side Dominik Eulberg. As remixer he made himself a name and took as considerable artists as Roman Flügel, le Dust Sucker, Tiefschwarz, Einmusik or Nathan Fake into the acoustic lack. On the b-side Egoexpress hit the stage. In the house club round the corner, at the mayday, on the turntables and in the mini disc players: the idea immediacy, its name abstraction. Boom. Here, breaking through further and further means: blasting the core free. On the look-out for music in the best five minutes of the night in every club in the world. No wonder then that you might also end up landing in the starclub in 1963 or in some chrome-filled bikers' shack. In taking this so-collected rock music, the nails are filed until only their trace elements are left.. And in the morning Egoexpress accompanies us with a friendly smile to our bed of nails from where we can watch the motorway race by. And now we realise: even this can be a lovely sight."

Artist:	ANTONELLI
Title:	Kung Fu
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 048EP

"Antonelli is back with two techno tracks for primetime. The two new pieces are the basis for his completely again arranged live-set. The A-side 'Mean Machine' starts with a fat bassdrum until after short time the killer bassline begins and sets the ass in motion. To the bassline a string noise attack appeared and the arms come straight up. After the break sets in the hi-hat sarts and supplements the noise loops and the club exploded. Booty power! 'Kung Fu' begins with eastern percussions and harmonious strings and is underlaid with a pumping bassdrum and bassline. And despite the stable plant the track is marvelously arranged and funky like hell. Antonelli, as 'techno dandy' and 'don of the handclaps' history entered (de:bug), admits himself with 'Kung Fu' clearly to the dictation of clubbing. Here the young wild ones still can learn. And if there is really the myth of Duesseldorf and Detroit, then is Antonelli the missing link between Kraftwerk and Jeff Mills."

Artist:	ERROR ERROR
Title:	Is It Love?
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 049EP

"On their second 12" ask Error Error by right: 'Is It Love?' Do they mean the love between neo trance and acid, which they celebrate so outstandingly? Error Error is a collaboration between 'Denis Karimani' aka Remute (Traum/Areal/Dial), and 'Pelle Buys' of Einmusik and continues Italic's spell of rude good health and big twelves. Neo trance & acid-infected techno is the result. A remorseless, driving techno beat builds up a sizeable head of steam, and filters turn this into a steaming 3 in the morning big one, almost impossible to resist necking everything in sight, and rushing the dancefloor. Never underestimate the power of techno music with these two heavy tracks. The Hamburg new school ranks Error Error among the young wild ones. Their first 12" on Italic was still overturned nu disco filter techno. In such a way they give themselves now as neo trance acid heads. Their live-sets in the summer lead them from Monterey across Woodstock after Altamont. The arms lift Error Error into air and have love in the body, around itself without repression the intoxication of nature, the free love, which drugs and the music in addition give. The two are a movement."

Artist:	CRANQUE
Title:	Augenzeuge
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 050EP

"Cranque aka 'Bastian el Zohbi' is DJ of the techno group 'Einmusik.' 'Augenzeuge' is his first solo record. We describe it as 'Kid Kreole and the Coconuts on acid.' Latin-American rhythms with trill whistle meets minimal outdoor techno like Ricardo Villalobos. With the title track 'Augenzeuge' stands the bass-drum clearly in the foreground and is supported from rhythmic percussion and sound elements, which form the basic structure for melodic dub and rave strings. The redesign of outdoor techno! This track is heavy and floating. A wet and hot sweating body feeling adjusts itself. A 10 o'clock in the morning 'Ectasy' track! 'Motten zum Licht' on the B-side is more clear for the primetime of the long night. Bodies sweating also here, but this time clearly faster and more ecstatic and with much more luck in the eyes. The collective of the dancers stands here completely clearly in the foreground. Cranque gives the crowd back that good old rave feeling."

Artist:	FUMI, SATOSHI
Title:	Madness & Thereness EP
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 051EP

"Nippon rocks! Italic is proud to present one of the most upcoming producers from Japan: Satoshi Fumi. With his three new tracks for Italic he starts the next level of rocking deepness. During the mid-1990s, he grew interested in the Detroit, Chicago and New York house movements. He absorbed and digested the different sounds of electronic music throughout that period, helping him to shape, develop and influence his own unique style. Satoshi's production skills have matured enough today, allowing him the freedom to create, and as a DJ, to mix a variety of dance music styles together such as techno, house and acid. He is an extremely versatile artist and is always involved in many projects at the same time. As Owl, he blends atmospheric house with tough techno elements and as Deptech, he unleashes his deeper, progressive side. Satoshi possesses a rich imagination, and will continue to be a prolific producer across many musical styles while building a strong discography the entire time as a result."

Artist:	ERROR ERROR
Title:	Give Me Pink
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 052EP

"Error Error let crack it. Error Error is the cooperation between Denis Karimani aka Remute (Traum/Areal/Dial) and Pelle Buys (Einmusik). 'Give Me Pink' is the hit which we could expect after 'Is It Love?' Everything seems perfect: the bassline, the hookline, the arrangement, the bassdrum and the chords. 'Rotten' on side B is a loud acid rave monster, which comes however nevertheless loosely from the hips. The best 'Speicher' track, which never appeared on 'Speicher.'"

Artist:	ANTONELLI ELCTR.
Title:	The Blackout Quintet
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 054CD

"There are 8 new titles on Stefan Schwander's latest album The Blackout Quintet, all composed by the techno dandy himself. This is Schwander's fourth album under the alias Antonelli. The music on The Blackout Quintet is best described not just as haunting but as positively ghostly. It is set in the hours of transition between day and night, in that shadowy no man's land from dusk to darkness or darkness to dawn. This emphasis on time and time passing is reflected not just in the music but in the titles of the tracks themselves: after the night, the morning, the quiet night, gespenster (ghosts). And to project day and night metaphor onto the techno or club context, the music could be said to belong somewhere between dancefloor and after-hours, or even to that private zone after after-hours when the party is over and you're floating gently back to reality. Antonelli's dreamy melodies create feelings of abandon and paranoia at the same time. In two pieces ('Topaz,' 'The Wave'), the intensity of the music is generated by a symphonic, feedback-like wall of sound, which builds up in layer upon insistent layer. Other tracks on The Blackout Quintet (e.g. 'After the Night') recall the music of Angelo Badalamenti, the film composer beloved of David Lynch (Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive) who is also celebrated for his pop music (including songs for the Pet Shop Boys). More than anything in fact, The Blackout Quintet does beg to be described as film music, despite there being no film to go with it, nothing to give the music a concrete visual structure and nothing to subordinate it to or put it on a level with images and events. Indeed, The Blackout Quintet is intentionally self-sufficient, and as a result achieves that freedom and breadth which enables music to put its listeners into a state of semi-delirium, allowing them, if they are lucky enough, to catch a glimpse of a ghost or two."

Artist:	ANTONELLI ELCTR.
Title:	The Blackout Quintet
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 054LP

Double LP version. The full 8 track CD is included, plus 3 bonus remixes by Oliver Hacke, Error Error & Lawrence (exclusive to the LP version). "The music on The Blackout Quintet is best described not just as haunting but as positively ghostly. It is set in the hours of transition between day and night, in that shadowy no man's land from dusk to darkness or darkness to dawn. This emphasis on time and time passing is reflected not just in the music but in the titles of the tracks themselves: after the night, the morning, the quiet night, gespenster (ghosts). And to project day and night metaphor onto the techno or club context, the music could be said to belong somewhere between dancefloor and after-hours, or even to that private zone after after-hours when the party is over and you're floating gently back to reality. Antonelli's dreamy melodies create feelings of abandon and paranoia at the same time."

Artist:	PELLE BUYS
Title:	Enemy Mine
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 055EP

"Enemy Mine is the title of Hamburg-based Pelle Buys' first solo release. Considering his other projects Einmusik and Error Error, he belongs to the 'wasted German youth' (Paul Snowden) of young Hamburg-based rave producers. Enemy Mine however, is a pure counterdraft to this rave approach. The tracks are more his very own statements on his emotional state ranging between love, despair, going out (to party hard) and loneliness. The attitude can be compared to Blumfeld's first album Ich-Maschine: are the two of us too many to be free? Or do I need you to be myself? The title track 'Enemy Mine' is very sedate and calming. It opens up a vast space going for infinity. 'Saw Off' is a deep Chicago acid house track. A kind of jack your body in 'Smallville.' And at the end of the record, you will get a 'Tribute To Solitude': solitude and loneliness are more a kind of feeling than an attitude. Here comes love techno."

Artist:	POPNONAME
Title:	You Are Popnoname
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 056EP

"The house that Jack Kerouac built! Popnoname is the project of 27-year-old Jens-Uwe Beyer from Cologne. Known for his earlier releases on Kompakt and Firm, he is now celebrating his debut on Italic with a techno 12" maxi release. Popnoname's productions vary between traditional Cologne techno ('On the Run'), Border Community ('On the Run'), Sound Signature aesthetics in style of Howard Thomas or Isolee ('Ferry Sponge') and the Cologne definition of singer/songwriter techno referring to The Bionaut ('Wonder You'). Popnoname is part of a group of young techno producers and DJs that can be considered as Cologne's 'beat generation' of techno music. Apart from Popnoname, there is also Skua Lovelle, Ansorge and the photo/art magazine 'Public Folder' edited by John Harten. What they all have in common is their interest in literature, photography, art, theatre and music resulting in a redefinition of Cologne techno in a broader sense. Highly recommended for all fans of lush, ravishingly beautiful techno."

Artist:	ERROR ERROR
Title:	Remix 1
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 057EP

"Error Error is the common project of Denis Karimani aka Remute (Traum/Areal/Dial/Ladomat) and Pelle Buys (Einmusik). After Error Error remixes for Kid Alex and Antonelli, it is now time to have their own tracks remixed by Paul Kalkbrenner and Antonelli. The Antonelli remix on the A-side is purest Acid House with deep bass sequences that will give you a full flash of euphoria. In capital letters, Antonelli writes deepness and elegance on the dance floor. Like synthetic drugs, a driving bassdrum and kicking synthesizer sounds are screwing his postulation of Music, Music, Music (and Music) straight into the central nervous system. Deepness rocks!"

Artist:	AVITABILE, GRAZIANO
Title:	Nutshell
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 059EP

"At the moment, Graziano Avitabile who describes himself as machine-based as far as his music is concerned, is rushing from one of his breathtaking live gigs in Europe to another, carrying loads of equipment around (no laptops -- hardware only). In 2001, he moved to Cologne and since then, you can't think of Cologne without thinking of Graziano because, according to De:Bug magazine, he 'simply sets standards.' With his track 'Nutshell,' he now presents a perfect smasher for this summer's open-air season. The track is arranged around an extremely funky bass, it is full of straight monotony and features an euphoric synth break. This track will definitely rock the club."

Artist:	POPNONAME
Title:	Credits
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 062EP

"This lovely gent from Cologne returns to Italic -- we all know and love his Firm releases not to mention his Pop Ambient contributions. With Credits, Popnoname takes the classic approach to Cologne techno, embracing the aspects of pop and techno wholeheartedly with 'Romance' and 'Addicted To Night' -- both tracks hold together well with their excellent melodies mingling with punch-drunk bass. 'Pointe' leans this EP to the old ambient ways with a blissful pop serenity."

Artist:	POPNONAME
Title:	London, Paris, New York
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 064EP

"Since the premiere at Paris-based nightclub Le Pulp, Popnoname always starts his live set with 'No Doubt,' the A-side song on his new 12" EP London, Paris, New York. 'No Doubt' (A1) starts rather laid back. A cozy house beat and awesome harmonies are gradually intensifying until the middle section of the track. Then, with a two-third beats pad, the song turns into a primetime rush in technicolor. 'Pearl' (B1) is also coolly produced: with a solid bass drum and live recordings of his bass guitar, this is the ultimate soundtrack for pop campaigns such as 'Save The Bass Drum' and 'We Are From Cologne, And We Love It.' But whenever you close your eyes at the club, you might as well imagine dancing in the deep forest -- or in the great outdoors. 'Jasminstrauch' (B2) is a soft, slow, sweet-smelling song. 110 BPM and that's it. All three tracks on this EP are as different as the six cities featured on the cover. A perfect match, to die for."

Artist:	ANTONELLI
Title:	The Name of This Track is Bobby Konders
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 065EP

"'The Name Of This Track Is Bobby Konders' (A1) is a reminiscence of New York and the many different influences from the Big Apple: first of all, there is Bobby Konders' idea of house music; then Suicide, the pioneers of electro, and not to forget Talking Heads (The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads), the pop art band par excellence. Music-wise, Antonelli gradually makes this track gleaming by monotony and a cheeky eventlessness happening between fizzling hi-hats and stoic claps. 'Lafayette' (A2) is purest, cosy minimal and sounds like Andy Warhol on acid. The guitar riff in 'Slow Money Music' (B1) relates to techno as the Bush Tetras to disco: dirty, dark and spiced with a hint of junkie chic. The bass line is 100 percent Antonelli, and the anthem-like chords as well as the suicidal melody manifest the track into a stroboscopic thunder- storm. The 'Minimal Version' (B2) from 'Slow Money Music' reduces the track to its essentials: guitar riff, bass line, bass drum and chords -- purest science fiction: the sound of New York in 2027."

Artist:	EINMUSIK
Title:	Half Moon Tiger
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 066EP

"Is anyone out there who still has not heard anything about Wasted German Youth? 'No slogan better sums up the current state of German nightlife than Wasted German Youth ... Wasted German Youth doesn't look much like the reappropriated clichés fueling new rave. If anything, it's more punk in spirit -- as filtered through Raf Simons...' --Philip Sherburne/Pitchfork Media. Berlin-based artist and graphic designer Paul Snowden is initiator of both slogan and fashion label. His friends from Einmusik have made the soundtrack for Wasted German Youth. And as Einmusik's art director, Paul Snowden is again responsible for the cover design of the new record Half Moon Tiger, after internationally renowned and extremely successful releases such as Jittery Heritage and Kleine Nachtmusik. And like the cover design, like Einmusik's music: simple and highly effective. 'Half Moon Tiger' is minimal, deep, sexy and with a kicking bass line. And suddenly you realize that it's midday and you still have not made it back home. 'Saw & Backings' is great fun: retro rave with an unhealthy life-style. The EP finishes off with 'Pion,' a track between Afro-rave and cosmic disco with a cool, robot-like melody and a Bobby Konders bass line. THE KIDS WANT TECHNO."

Artist:	POPNONAME
Title:	White Album
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 067CD

"Popnoname is 28-year-old artist and musician Jens-Uwe Beyer. Five years ago, he moved from the little German island of Fehmarn to Cologne, began composing scores for theatre and film and started his career by producing electronic club music. Over the last couple of years, Popnoname has regularly contributed to Kompakt's Pop Ambient series, has also released five singles on Cologne-based labels Firm and Italic and is now considered to be one of the most glamorous artist in Cologne's new music scene. Popnoname skillfully combines pop song and Cologne minimalism. The result is a new sublimeness and a new version of techno that goes far beyond the usual functionality of club music. Even more remarkable is his attitude towards musical boundaries: Popnoname confronts any musical context and genres of the last decade with a radical individualism he has lived out both as an artist and musician on labels such as Firm and Italic. Yet despite their four-to-the-floor straightness and groove, all the instrumental tracks of this album are abstract images of both beat and melody. 'Tremolo' is a deep techno track, partly at halftime speed, sophisticated, but at the same time great for the club. 'Still' is a summery indie-house track with a live recording of a bass guitar and very British pop vocals. It is cosy and soft and another proof for Popnoname's subtle way of dealing with sounds. Simply great, but seldom achieved! 'Light' is about movement. Its synth hookline and vocals remind of old new wave tracks. ;Ferry Sponge' lives on classic harmonies and is the perfect background music for the club. The unusual way he is changing the beat from 119 bpm to 123 bpm results in a transcendental, abstract and deep house feeling. 'Human One' starts with a smooth beat and constantly repeating strings until the vocals turn the track into something that can be called 'ghostly.' 'Kapital' is an ambient techno track with a beat line and reminds of Wolfgang Voigt's Gas project. 'Jasminstrauch' is a soft, slow, sweet smelling song. 110 bpm and that's it. 'Mother Earth,' probably the album's most serious track, has loads of white soul and almost reminds of a gospel song. With 'Taken,' the album ends in good old Cologne style: a movie soundtrack-like ambient track and an elegant finale for this album. Popnoname says pop rave! Now."

Artist:	PIZZELLA, LUCIANO
Title:	Public House EP
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 069EP

"Luciano Pizzella, born 1974, a Neapolitan biologist from Italy with focus on insect research. Apart from this, he is also doing research in both early and contemporary house and disco productions. Though all of Luciano Pizzella's tracks are deeply routed in the style and attitudes of legendary Italian disco producers and DJs such as Daniele Baldelli and Beppe Loda, he transfers these early sounds into new and more contemporary disco and club worlds represented by producers such as Isolee or Daniel Wang. The title track 'Public House' is a blend of disco - made in Italy - Detroit techno and Chicago house. 'Melarmonico' is a celestially elegant piece of disco music - as if it was 'Chic' in 2007. 'How to Contact Your Liver' is this EP's final track: its soft space beat together with the vocals that sound as if taken from another solar system make a perfect match with the wonderful, deep strings -- actually the spaceship's nuclear drive on its way into a new disco galaxy. Well, good music has always come 'from outerspace' - or let's say Italy."

Artist:	ANTONELLI
Title:	Soulkiller
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 071CD

"Italic would like to announce Antonelli's new album Soulkiller. It is Stefan Schwander (aka Antonelli)'s 6th album and was produced using analog drum machines, synthesizers and sequencers only and recorded live without any overdubs onto an old-school tape recorder. The result is amazing: Antonelli's house music on Soulkiller is so incredibly rough and emotional that it reminds of the garage rock from the Stooges. And the tracks sound like ESG doing cover versions of 'Moodymann.' Moreover, you will find flamboyant pop references, from Bohannon to Terry Hall."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Dancefloor, I Can't Get Enough Of Your Love
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	3LP
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 011LP

Artist:	CRIMI, ALESSANDRO
Title:	Cloud Seven
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 058EP

Artist:	ZAROOK & CASIO CASINO, EDDIE
Title:	Pride Of the Poor
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 060EP