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Artist: SAPIANO/THE PARTYCRASHERS
Title: Greatest Hits
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: CD
Price: $15.50
Catalog #: KLANG 003CD
"When it comes to an album on Klang Elektronik by these legendary three (Tony Sapiano, Kenny C and Felix), it's time to take a closer look at their biographies and careers. In March 1996 Tony, Kenny, and Felix recorded for the first time together as Sapiano and the Partycrashers. They went on to release several records on the Sabrettes label and also Andy Weatherall's Emissions label. Most of the tracks on Greatest Hits are very rare and classic releases from their extensive history on these critically acclaimed labels."


Artist: CONTINUOUS MODE
Title: Disinformation Design
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: CD
Price: $15.50
Catalog #: KLANG 004CD
Latest project from Andy Mellwig (Porter Ricks). "Fired by his fascination for electronic sounds, Andy Mellwig built his first synthesizer single-handedly at the beginning of the eighties. That, a ring modulator, a Vox keyboard and various other pieces of lo-fi equipment soon made up a small electronic studio. The first gigs took place in the middle of the eighties in the form of live electronic sets at performances or the exhibition openings of underground artists and were a mixture of Wave, Punk, EBM, Industrial and experimental music. Mellwig developed his technoid project 'Async Sense' at the beginning of the nineties, followed by his first album that emerged from the Basic Channel milieu and was released on Moritz Von Oswald's Label Imbalance. Further recordings appeared on Bill Laswell's label Sub Meta (for the first time with Thomas Köner) and Interference. On the heels of Async Sense, Mellwig developed a real-time software (Continuous Mode) and his close collaboration with Thomas Köner gave birth to the project Porter Ricks. For his new Continuous Mode album, Mellwig concentrated on a certain musical style that emerged in the late sixties. Free Rock. Several times in the past, it had peered out from the undergrowth and even the average Beatles fan had a vague impression of all it could entail via songs such as 'Revolution No 9' or 'Helter Skelter'. Unfortunately this young bud did not grow up to be big and strong because basically everyone wanted a piece. Some pruned away the Rock and lost themselves in the realms of musical acrobatics, others didn't really understand the 'Free' bit and it all became rather orchestrated. On the whole, the result was an unholy alliance, somewhere between Yes, King Crimson and Weather Report -- a place in which some still reside. The only one to really comprehend the sign of the times was Miles Davis. The albums he recorded between 1969 and the mid 70's filled a pool of creativity that remains unequalled even today, a pool overflowing with Free and with Rock. One must say, and probably thank the Lord, that up to now no-one has seriously tried to work on an adaptation of that legacy -- not taking into account the occasional lame remix-treatment. Now, thirty years later down the line, that history has been re-united on this album from Continuous Mode. Without making explicit references, without even the slightest of suggestions, the complete spectrum created in the past is seen again as if through some distant looking-glass. And you want to see it done live! Andy Mellwig's concept of the discless DJ is realised not technically but musically on this record. This is history showing itself but not drawing upon real, acoustic sources or making use of quotations, satirical, ironic, seriously intended or otherwise. Continuous Mode play history as a continuum and not as a gratuitous sample archive to be plundered. That's why you get the impression that their melodies and layers of sound are something you've heard before (years ago, decades ago, in an earlier life). And at the same time, you can't help thinking: this music is from another world."


Artist: SPIESS, PETER F.
Title: Crystal Polymorphs
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: CD
Price: $15.50
Catalog #: KLANG 005CD
"Peter F. Spiess' first album fuses digital background noise, click-on cuts and minimal sound structures creating remarkable functionality. Thanks to Daniel Bell the term Funk now also stems from FUNKtional allowing minute network distortions to become surprisingly big shockers. Following three 12" singles on Klang featuring projects such as Jan Jelinek's Farben, Roman Flügel's Eight Miles High and Peter Ford that define Klang Elektronik's 'New School', the impulse was there to venture into new sectors without losing sight of the clubs."


Artist: BABY FORD & THE I-FACH COLLECTIVE
Title: Sacred Machine
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: CD
Price: $15.50
Catalog #: KLANG 006CD
"Following further sensational projects [Minimal Man on Trelik, Sunpeople (with Thomas Melchior), Birds (with Mo + Kotai & Jochen Bader) e.g. on his Pal-Sl-Label and many others], Baby Ford's fourth album Headphoneasy Rider was released in 1997. It not only documented the changes, but also drew the attention away from the UK, where not much was happening anymore, to Germany, Berlin in particular. He moved there for a while and collaborated with Klaus Kotai from EMD, amongst others. Another reason for the upsurge of sub genres in the present techno world is the widespread success. People who had the same ideas eventually found each other and deliberately condensed their ideas. The same went for Peter Ford and Kotai. Back in Britain, he now produced a new album after having released a few ground breaking tracks (e.g. for Sunpeople). It was his first for Klang Elektronik. Here too, you get the impression as though you can still hear the hysteric pop acid of 'Chikki Chiki Ahh Ahh' between the lines. Despite all the musical changes and the 'mellower' sounds, Baby Ford still resounds in unmatched beauty. And yet he is someone who picks up achievements, compresses them and lets them arise again in his own sound cosmos. This is why you think you can hear the influence of early L.F.O. in 'On The Floor'. 'Late Check Out' is a quiet, magical track that yet again emphasises how pleasant synthetic warmth can be. 'Bad Friday' shows that Baby Ford has got the ability, as only few others have, perhaps one could mention Richie Hawtin, to orchestrate a club so compactly, to draw the listener into a sealed-off space that is also a mental state. Again the use of vocals ('Word For One Word') plays an important role here. 'Grand Central' is likewise pure minimal techno, if you take for example, the mental dimension as a criterion that an acoustic constant in the course of a track is not perceived as monotony, but as a psychological change. Your level of perception is adjusted in such a way that any small effects can be attributed to almost any large causes. In this respect, the classical piano passages loop through '24 Hr' which actually comes across as an apparently endless acoustic sub-text on everyday life. The concoction of voices on 'The Healing', the last track, is reminiscent of Chicago house, Felix The Housecat, of how it climbs to light from the abyss of dark reverberation -- healing through music, the constant topic especially in house music. That is the ancient secret of techno. You never know how you will experience the track the next day, whether it will shine like the evening before or just be another track. Time after time, the tracks unfold their own acoustic laws. And last but not least, the Robert-Hood-like 'Ambo' will rock the clubs in the form of a 12-inch single release in spring. It's all still the way it's always been. Baby Ford makes no concessions to the world of pop, regardless of how many ideas, sounds and fun of former pop models he uses. Someone once wrote the following about him: 'This is TECHNO as a belief system. Techno has a natural way of deciding whether something has been done with the right attitude or not.'"


Artist: EIGHT MILES HIGH
Title: Katalog
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: CD
Price: $15.50
Catalog #: KLANG 008CD
"'Eight Miles High' is perhaps the most beautiful song by the American country/rock band The Byrds: in 1966 the legendary bass, crazy sound ideas and the guitar inspired by John Coltrane defined the way of life of a generation between beat and psychedelic. Nothing could be taken for granted anymore, everything seemed to be changing. However, the prevalent talk about free love, flower power and mind-expanding drugs did not exactly sharpen one's senses: although 'Eight Miles High' describes the band's first flight to Britain, many journalists interpreted the lyrics as a hidden drug allegory. The hippie hype was more powerful than their interest in a unique song. Techno was likewise long regarded by many people as a mere collection of clichés: as strictly functional, fun terrorism, concerned solely about effectiveness. The individual musician/producer had to disappear in the DJ's mix just out of principle, dissolve in the collective 'us' frenzy. Yet, after all, samplers and computers are nothing else than the contemporary equivalent of guitars. Of course one can create pumping tracks and bizarre soundscapes with them, hack songs into tiny pieces until no beat sounds like the next. But that needn't be. 'Eight Miles High' catapulted the Byrds into the whirl of the upcoming flower-power hype. In contrast, Frankfurt-based producer Roman Flügel's Eight Miles High project profits from the fact that electronic music is no longer inevitably regarded as a collection of dehumanised tracks. This creates room for his own personal approach, one could almost call it songwriting. The project name Eight Miles High is little more than the vague memory of a piece of pop history. Ironically shattered by the fact that Roman first heard Roxy Music's wistful version of the song. So it was not a collective emergence into the summer of love, but a retreat into a new from of individuality. Sometimes Katalog seems like 'Looking for the perfect sound'. Inquisitive experimenting, a mellow conquest of an aural world. Nonetheless, Roman Flügel does not suppress the subjective and emotional aspect of his music. Sporadic melodies seem like a tender reminder of the fact that there's more to life than the constant abstract search for something you've never heard before. The attraction of Eight Miles High often lies in the combination of different sources of sound. These include self-played piano passages or the sound of a plectrum scraping on guitar strings. For Roman, who at some point even studied musicology, it also has something to do with becoming older. First see the person and his art -- then the context in which he works. Every sound."


Artist: HEIL, JOHANNES
Title: Freaks R Us
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: CD
Price: $15.50
Catalog #: KLANG 009CD
"One of the most ingenious techno producers of the last decade. We're talking about Johannes Heil who has been making techno history since 1998 and produced six albums and countless EPs on Kobayashi, Kanzleramt, as well as his own J.H. Records label and many others. Johannes Heil has used his new album, Freaks R Us, to not only reinvent himself but also his music. At long last, he's back to the future of techno.The 12" single from the album, 'Freaks R Us', expresses everything we have always known. Chicago is in the house, newly chrome-plated, detox-treated and streamlined. A track that explodes at every given occasion. 'All For One' and 'Warrior Of Light' are also obvious testaments to Heil's new skills. This is where his unique talent for bass melodies comes to the fore again. This bass formulates one of the simplest subjects in the world: dancing on techno. Without ever becoming kitschy, Johannes Heil creates so much naïve beauty on this track that one can truly say this had been virtually unparalleled since Orbital. This is what Ibiza 2006 sounds like!"


Artist: BERGHEIM 34
Title: It's Not For You As It Is For Us
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: CD
Price: $15.50
Catalog #: KLANG 010CD
"Bergheim 34, the band that isn't one, was formed in 1998 and has since delighted perplexed music enthusiasts with three remarkable EP releases. At last they have crawled out of their virtual sanctuary again to present their new album. It's Not For You As It Is For Us is the result of two years' collective silence with each of the four members going their own ways to concentrate on their own projects. Meanwhile, light years away from the former living room combo of Bergheimer Str. 34, Heidelberg, they have all moved to different cities, and rehearsing together has become a rare exception. Instead, Bergheim 34 have adopted a process of file sharing. Ideas are transmitted, passages added, sounds changed until a track evolves that is then circulated on each of the four hard disks. In the classic sense, the band has thus perhaps become an ingenuous fake but in the modern sense they could also be pioneers. Nothing has changed as regards their key band characteristic: the way they musically communicate. Besides pragmatism, Bergheim 34 also sees developing new work styles as a means of improving their musical qualities. They can be a real pack of artists once live performances have been put aside, because they think they're not self-confident and good enough. Of course that's complete nonsense (they're probably just too lazy), because when seen back to front they are really top at improvising as 'cold curry (why can't we play live together in Pudel HH)', a track from their previous Klang release, clearly proves. But that's how it goes, It"s Not For You As It Is For Us is about the discrepancy between what Bergheim 34 experience and how the outside world experiences them: as a band called Bergheim 34."


Artist: ALTER EGO
Title: Transphormer
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: CD
Price: $15.50
Catalog #: KLANG 011CD
"We would like to thank Einstein for his theory of relativity, Edison for the phonograph, Van Gogh for this ear and Alter Ego for being reliable. In times of vast popularity in the field of electronic dance music, Alter Ego focus on consistency in every sense of the word. With superior ease, they couple the most exciting moments of traditional techno with mega hip, state-of-the-art silicon funk. Deeply rooted in tradition, but always with their data glove on the pulse of time, they concentrate on the essentials. Ten specially selected little pieces of art have managed to make it onto Transphormer, all of which mastered their way round the chic obstacle course brilliantly taking purism and hit alarm in their stride. Straightness and a crazed love for detail are what make the difference on this album. Artistic breaks that entice, not force, the listener into a euphoric state. Sophisticated techno 'Made in Frankfurt' which once goes to show how exciting functionality can be."


Artist: ALTER EGO
Title: Transphormed
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 2CD
Price: $18.00
Catalog #: KLANG 012CD
"With Transphormer, Alter Ego presented an album that received unanimous approval and was one of the most important albums of the last two years. Far from typical production patterns, they have created a style of their own that never forgets the concept of 'techno' but yet manages to absorb song structures and sounds from pop music in a most abstract way. Apart from the phenomenal success of 'Rocker,' almost all the other tracks have also been released as single outtakes and remixed. The reason for the unprecedented number of releases is the remix exchange project between Alter Ego and various producers, making the Transphormer process easier to understand as regards its creation and effects. And it by no means falls into the pattern of 'Mixes For Cash' (as the title of an Aphex Twin remix album says), but offers each artist working on a track an Alter Ego remix in exchange. To them a remix always means more than those hurriedly knocked up, target-group-oriented marketing tools that other bands produce. In the past, big remix works have often founded, changed and considerably led to the development of entire music genres. This also reflects the team spirit of a worldwide scene that, despite the varied approach, shows a lot of respect for fellow musicians, enabling it to keep redefining itself and progressing. CD1 of Transphormedpresents all the Alter Ego remix classics that have significantly influenced the Transphormer album. The mixes on CD2 are titles exclusively taken from the Transphormer album, and, as mentioned above, tracks that have been reworked by various producers as part of the remix exchange project. They are thus not all stylistically homogeneous, but display a large variety of different approaches." Artists (CD1): The Human League, Octave One feat. Ann Saunderson, Spektrum, Primal Scream, 2Raumwohnung, Chicks On Speed, Reinhard Voigt, Solvent, Riton, Tiefschwarz, Alter Ego. Remixers (CD2): Tiefschwarz, Robag Wruhme, Solvent, Isolee, Losoul, Ricardo Villalobos, Rework, Ewan Pearson, Riton, Eric Prydz.


Artist: VA
Title: Diamanten und Raketen
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: CD
Price: $15.50
Catalog #: KLANG 013CD
"After the now legendary Playhouse compilation series Famous When Dead, its sister label Klang Elektronik now starts a concept series of its own: Diamanten und Raketen (Diamonds and Rockets). As the title already indicates, it doesn't just feature the 12" single highlights of the last twelve months, but creates a build-up of tension that presents Klang Elektronik classics, current hits and a preview of what the label holds store. The main emphasis will, of course, be on the tracks of the current post-techno generation that are dedicated to the development of minimalist classic dancefloor patterns. Sometimes abstracting and deconstructing creates entirely new genres that only peripherally have anything to do with modern club music." Artists featured: Avus, Johannes Heil, Misc., Alter Ego, 2 Dollar Egg, Destillat, Bergheim 34, Phage & Daniel Dreier, Partycrashers, Raudive, Hieroglyphic Being.


Artist: ALTER EGO
Title: Decoding the Hacker Myth
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: CD
Price: $15.50
Catalog #: KLANG 014CD
"The perfectly remastered issue of the classic 2nd Alter Ego album from 1996 (originally released on Sven Väth's Harthouse label those days). It was the band's very own wish to release this timeless album again in proper sound quality. It still is one of their favorite and most important works of all times. The sound and the music is totally outstanding and a class on its own. Klang Elektronic is proud to present an absolute piece of electronic history."


Artist: ALTER EGO
Title: Why Not?!
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: CD
Price: $15.50
Catalog #: KLANG 015CD
It's been three years since Alter Ego's last album, Transphormer, so Roman Flügel and Jörn Elling Wuttke unleash more of their madness upon the world. Why Not?! may not be the Alter Ego album you've been expecting. Picking up where Transphormer left off, it's frontloaded with all the ballsy Alter Ego hallmarks you've come to expect: buzzing squalls of synthesizer, leads that cut like a blowtorch, and rhythms that pack a rock 'n' roll punch to house and techno's jacking package. It's raw, dirty and just barely restrained. But Why Not?! is something else: it's funny. Maybe even a little bit goofy. This is techno, but it's not of the stonefaced, screwfaced variety. It's good, clean fun -- well, except when it's dirty, which is most of the time, given Alter Ego's affection for ragged waveforms and distortion-crusted drums. Most of all, it's dizzying, which might have something to do with the fact that virtually every track is slathered in grand, sweeping sounds with their portamento settings tuned to Roller Coaster. Listening to the album feels a little like racing down a playground slide that's been hooked up to a moderate electric current, and landing in a pile of mud. It's safe to say that NEVER before has classic house, techno and ragga/dubstep been combined in such a way. This record is destined to cause a stir amongst the current wave of French party crashers. Alter Ego have never been the most reverent of acts -- just consider the name of their early incarnation, Acid Jesus -- and on Why Not?!, from the titles to their tunes, their irreverence hits a restless new high, without ever sacrificing the all-powerful groove.


Artist: VA
Title: Diamanten Und Raketen II
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: CD
Price: $15.50
Catalog #: KLANG 016CD
This is the second volume in the Diamanten Und Raketen (Diamonds And Rockets) compilation series from Klang Elektronik presenting classics, current hits and a preview of what the label holds store. This time around, the label's founders Ata, Heiko MSO, J.E. Wuttke and Roman Flügel picked what they liked best in techno, based on the label's ideology that techno is not just pure science, it is heart and soul music. No boring trance, no smash-hit techno, just freedom of expression through good-hearted dance beats. This attitude is what inspired the releases on Klang that are still a style-guide to this very day. Just think of the first records by, for example, a certain Jan Jelinek as Farben or a real hit like Alter Ego's "Rocker." Not to mention minimal or all the other releases that made their way into the record shops as vinyl releases on Klang Elektronik. Techno has since branched out even more and many people regard it as just one of many types of music. Nobody expects anything new from this genre anymore, but if anything, it should at least be pioneering. Diamanten Und Raketen II fulfills this just as little as 99.9% of all the other types of music do -- and it's not a chronologically compiled summary of the last ten catalog numbers, either. It's neither a DJ mix nor a TV-advertised hit compilation. There is no central theme, apart from the fact that there is none. This series is more of a reflection of someone's personal taste, four individuals' heart and soul who have created a neverending building site for themselves, meanwhile comprising close to 130 12" singles and 16 CDs, robbing their senses only to give them back the very same day and everyday after. Artists include: Anthony Shake Shakir, Phage & Daniel Dreier, Bored & Lazy, Alex Cortex, Dan Curtin, Raudive, SUM aka Carl Finlow and D'Julz, Siro, Eight Miles High, Misc., Carsten Jost, Dryer, The Sun God and Alter Ego.


Artist: ALTER EGO
Title: What's Next?!
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: CD
Price: $15.50
Catalog #: KLANG 017CD
2007's Why Not?! saw Alter Ego sky-rocket and chart into the stratosphere, and now Why Next?! features some of the most prominent names in techno tackling some of their favorite songs off the album. On Why Not?!, Jörn-Elling Wuttke and Roman Flügel confronted the nervous turmoil of the dancefloor in this era of NuRave and squiggly sounds with a treatment of techno that is humorous and extreme, with rave-reeling, sound exploration and roaring laughter. On this remix album, we see Why Not?! through the eyes of outstanding producers, ranging from Joakim to Deepgroove & Jamie Anderson, from Carl Craig to Supermayer. These are tracks that no one would have expected -- with corny jokes and sound research, grotesque gags and mind-expanding wobble merging closely. Carl Craig feeds his sampler with glittering glamrock chunk, unsettling his usual elegant sound cosmos. Tim Deluxe's ultra-tight groove elaborates on the exuberance of "Why Not?!" with even less restraint. Nerk & Dirk Leyers make short work of the original "Fuckingham Palace," smartly rendering the bass line into swarms of bass lines. Deepgroove & Jamie Anderson's remix lulls the listener into an illusion of security before it is hoovercrafted away. DJ Koze delivers an Afrobeat version of "Jolly Joker," Joakim makes the groove and bass stabs of "Why Not?!" sound more mechanic and angular and cartoon-like. Modeselektor changes "Fuckingham Palace" into a dubstep track, adding the pot-bellied humor of ragga (or is it gabba?) to this otherwise gloomy genre. Supermayer extract a very special left-field moment, Adam Sky transforms pure mania into pure pop music, Alter Ego themselves expose more glam-rock moments with a "Boys Club" version of "Gary," with vocals from Product 01 and the bonus track turns emo timbres into bleep.


Artist: BERGHEIM 34
Title: Sechstrack
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 028EP
Six track 12" EP (previous EP on First Love). Features Andrew Peckler (Sad Rockets). "Heidelberg's Bergheim 34 brings you 6 thoughtfully melodic, organic technodub instrumentals. . Like Mouse On Mars brought back to earth. Like Tortoise without the smooth jazz shell. Like To Rococo Rot...you get the idea." Limited stock.


Artist: SIKORA
Title: Holzwurm
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 035EP
"Another 3 tracks by Stefan Straka but this time he gets deeper than on the 12' before. On side A he takes us with him on his lost highway to get sucked into his vortex of sound, brilliant music for riding the Autobahn. On the flip-side he is taking it more laid back while on B2 the title track 'Holzwurm' he is showing off his interpretation of rough Hip Hop beats."


Artist: SPIESS, PETER
Title: True Video
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 037EP
"Abstract reduced techhouse from Cologne." "Just recently signed, a brand new talent from Cologne is going to release his debut EP/single on Klang."


Artist: ALTER EGO
Title: Betty Ford
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 038EP
"They are finally back and they are better than ever before. This 12' will contain bits and pieces of the current live-set they've been successfully playing all over Germany + off course fat new slammin' track ïs in an unheard quality." Limited stock, deleted item.


Artist: CONTINUOUS MODE
Title: Disinformation Design
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 049EP
"Andy Melwig (together with Thomas Köhner better known as Porter Ricks) is Continuous Mode and with this 12" he introduces his upcoming album on Klang Elektronik entitled Disinformation Design. About his past as head-mastering engineer at Basic Channel (Dubplates & Mastering) in Berlin we don't have to say any more words, you can still hear the influence he had on this legendary institution. Approaching here and now we are experiencing his music as something extremely intensive and actually we are happy that his music demands highest attention."


Artist: BETRIEB
Title: Baltus EP
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 052EP
"Eckehard Ehlers, a new artist who is already releasing music under different names like Autopoesis {Mille Plateaux) or Auch (Force Inc.) enriches the minimal-electronic territory of the Klang Elektronik Forces. Dedicated to the famous painter Balthus, Betrieb signs his digital sound-sketches sometimes very concrete and rock-like (A1), sometimes kind of abstract, in a classical music style (A2) or sometimes more playful, simply following his very own interpretation of DeepHouse (B2). The extremely reduced and repetitive elements in his music can not be overheard."


Artist: SPIESS, PETER F.
Title: Crystal Polymorphs
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 2LP
Price: $18.00
Catalog #: KLANG 053LP
Double vinyl version.


Artist: ANTIGA PRIME
Title: Radio City EP
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 054EP
"Tobias Lorsbach & Mirco Mengler aka. Antiga Prime, a brand new, very talented production-team from Mainz (Germany) with their promising 'Radio City' debut EP on Klang Elektronik. Sound on sound is gearing perfectly, continuously forming a musical impression of a futuristic sound travel. The same continues with track B1 and B2 but slightly deeper and with a more calm and warm feeling. Talking about the atmosphere Antiga Prime's music comes obviously close to former productions by Soylent Green (Playhouse) or early LFO." Last copies, deleted item.


Artist: JIRKU, TOMAS
Title: Go! Turn!
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 058EP
"A Canadian guy named Tomas Jirku released his first EP on Klang like Farben or Betrieb. 'Micro-House' sound is what it has lately been called in famous British Wire magazine. A sound which they believe has mainly been created and influenced by German producers. Well, even though Tomas Jirku proves that it has already become a global phenomenon and the he really goes deep, carefully using the sweet elements of dub on his journey."


Artist: SIKORA
Title: Jugendfußball EP
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 063EP
"Sikora comes with his new EP in two different ways. Side A is more in the 'Metropoler' (Klang 51) tradition. A quiet beater, but with high radiation, mindtripping! Side B is a storming Techno blaster, sucking the dancers into a loophole of noise. B2 is for those who like to chill in the special Sikora manner."


Artist: SIENKIEWICZ, JACEK
Title: Slope
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 064EP
"Luckily the Techno-East-Expansion has quickly progressed already. Jacek Sienkiewicz from Warsaw is the living proof and has recently surprised -- as much as he amazed us with his releases on labels like Recognition (his own imprint), DE:Bug or WMF Records. On Klang Elektronik he presents us four tracks that finally introduce the long awaited spring time with their solid energetic grooves and sunny refreshing weirdness. Featherlike light Dub-sounds, powerful basslines and ecstasized percussions are creating a magical soundfield that will make more than one raver meditating in the early hours."


Artist: JOST, CARSTEN
Title: A Certain Kind
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 067EP
"Carsten Jost is one of Hamburg's most talented and truly most well known DJs and producers of the town's relatively young techno-musicians-generation. His music is versatile, you can hear great diversity in moods and atmosphere in his tracks as well as romanticism, dedication and passion, maybe a little 'dreaming away.' His counter attack could be brusque (B1 'a certain kind'), damage maybe not avoidable. One from the darker side, but with an enormous strength, outstanding atmosphere and intensity. A real 'Klang'..."


Artist: DRYER
Title: 2nd EP
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 068EP
"The continuation of 'sounds from the north' on Klang Elektronik. In Anders Bryngelsson's case this means in no way coldness or darkness -- no, it's more like getting tickled from the warming midnight sun. On side one Dryer remains true to a certain Basic Channel-sound. One's really waiting for Tikiman's voice to come in. But Mr. Bryngelsson pleases us with no sweet vocals, so why not do it yourself? Grab the mike and go! Not that we would call for a karaoke competition, but... Side 2 starts more powerful, the tempo is increasing, though 'Grop' is still in a tradition of dub-oriented music. It's in 'Fett Med Skillnad' that Anders is treading new paths."


Artist: CORTEX, ALEX
Title: Reticarga EP
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 069EP
"Alex Cortex should already be known for his releases on Source or Kanzleramt. One of the characteristics of his sound is determined by the use of his 8 bit sound card. Alex Cortex created six parts of a whole for Klang and called them 'Reticarga'. Four of them which are framed by two jazz-influenced miniatures, are reduced tracks built mostly upon one single sequence."


Artist: EIGHT MILES HIGH
Title: Katalog
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 2LP
Price: $18.00
Catalog #: KLANG 070LP
Double LP version.


Artist: BETRIEB
Title: Schlechte Vorbilder EP
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 071EP
"Wellknown for his work as Autopoieses on Mille Plateaux, his Ekkehard Ehlers Plays... series on Staubgold and März on Karaoke Kalk, this is EP features Ekkehard Ehlers as Betrieb on Klang Elektronik. On 'Bad Examples' Ehlers presents his modern and forward-looking approach, build upon a very playful and melodious work. Well placed basslines, jumping stoically while you have these shimmering digital particles in the background, floating around your head. It's especially the work with his laptop and small detailed sounds that make Ehlers' compositions stand out."


Artist: LUCIEN-N-LUCIANO
Title: Future Senses
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 072EP
2002 release, repressed. "Now this is the first record of the Ricardo Villalobos friend after releases on the Genevan (his adopted city) label Mental Groove for Klang Elektronik. 'Una Cancion' -- an airy opening with Spanish singsong points the way -- at least of the a-side. Lucien keeps on moving pretty cool and loose in 'Lilou Swan'. Now we come to the true hit of the record: 'Future Senses' (feat. Francisca Leon). An echo-drenched work with Francisca's extremely erotic voice. You can find this typical sound made of chopped up mini-parts also in the last track 'Ritmos Estancados'. But you still have a full overall picture."


Artist: ALTER EGO
Title: Transphormer
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 074EP
"The new Aleter Ego! 3 new tracks! 3 new hits! Greater than Betty Ford!" Last copies, deleted item.


Artist: ALTER EGO
Title: The Fridge
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 075EP
"'Absolute' first saw the light of day around 1997 as one of the last releases on Harthouse. Because of the label's bankruptcy it sunk without trace... One of the reasons we decided to give this timeless, very concrete and minimal produced track a re-release. The bassdrum thumps a real groove while this acid-like figure massages nicely our synapses. That's why this piece from the 'Klangfabrik' is again and again part of the Alter Ego liveset, cause it's the 'Absolute'."


Artist: BERGHEIM 34
Title: Random Access Memory
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 076EP
"'Random Access Memory' is one of those catchy songs once heard you can't forget, which of course is due to Anne Vortisch's beautiful singing and such lines as: 'Don't Push Me Cause I'm Close To The Edge' or 'Bakerman Is Baking Bread'... So what's the message of the band? Guess you have to find out yourself... Move D & D-Man start their work on the basis of a very rocking old-school type a beat. Very solid and 'straight in the face."


Artist: BERGHEIM 34
Title: It's Not For You As It Is For Us
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 2LP
Price: $18.00
Catalog #: KLANG 077LP
Double LP version.


Artist: BETRIEB
Title: Bubi Funk EP
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 079EP
"Ekkehard Ehlers comes again! This time with a very original interpretation of Funk, Soul & Hip Hop. Starting with 'HOPPIHOP', a digital ride on the big dipper with a computer on the lap."


Artist: DESTILLAT
Title: Regatta
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 080EP
"After their short trip to Playhouse shores with their version of Spektrum's already classic 'Freakbox' track, Alex Kirpacz and Michael Laven are now back in great shape storming onto the wild wild sea of twisted sounds with Regatta. It's true that they already achieved creating a typical Destillat sound -- a sound which owes as much to psychedelic as to straight forward percussion oriented groovy tech styles. They don't loose themselves in too warped things -- they always keep their eyes on the dancefloor first."


Artist: BERGHEIM 34
Title: System
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 081EP
"'System' is the choice this time plus a new version of 'Random Access Memory' by Hamburg based 8Doogymoto member Viktor Marek and a very nice treatment of 'Ding Dong' by Farben aka Jan Jelinek. Sounds good? You're right! 'System' is one of those songs you won't forget when you've heard them once. Beautiful pizzicato strings make this track a special adventure in sound. The slightly 'Modern R' n' B' touch is picked up by KRII who delves even deeper into these fields. The guy from Finland twists and twiddles the knobs creating a wicked Dancehall-esque beat. Strike! Viktor Marek pushes 'R.A.M.' into a more -straight-to-the-dancefloor direction which works out very well. Simple but effective... but of course with a lot of charm."


Artist: BETRIEB
Title: Sekt
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 082EP
"Part 5 of the Betrieb saga starring no one else than the unmistakable Ekkehard Ehlers with his hands on the keypad of his Mac. 3 Tracks this time dedicated to champagne's little brother, good old German sparkling wine in three variations: with 'Orange' juice, on the rocks ('Auf Eis') and with strawberries ('Erdbeere') -- a delicious affair that shows Ehlers in a more straight forward way than usually. Deep House record translated into Ehlers' very special digital language. So get your tickets, buy some popcorn and take your girl/boy to the movies. Betrieb V now playing at your local cinema, uhh... record store."


Artist: ALTER EGO
Title: Rocker (Black Strobe Rmx)
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 084BEP
"Without exaggerating one can say that 'Rocker' is already one of thee dancefloor events of 2004. Wolfgang Voigt calls it 'noble techno', DJ Koze says, he didn't experience such reactions since Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' and the limited one-sided 12" went strictly to number 1 in the German Dance Charts. And now it's time for the official release with a remix by French guys Blackstrobe. Ivan Smagghe's project is, together with Tiefschwarz, part of a spearhead of a new sound which the British call Electronic House whereas in Germany it's simply called Rock-Techno. Song structures and a sound that owes much to the eighties but avoids the mistakes made in the nineties gave way for Blackstrobe as the ideal candidate for the remix."


Artist: ALTER EGO
Title: Transphormer
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 3LP
Price: $22.00
Catalog #: KLANG 085LP
Triple LP version.


Artist: FARBEN
Title: Presents the Preset: The Sampling Matter EP
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 086EP
"It's been a long time... -- that's what Rakim was rapping some time ago. And it's been also a while that we had the honour to present a new record by Mr. Farben himself, Jan Jelinek. This time he Presents The Presets: The Sampling Matter EP to us, 4 oddly named tracks of warmth and beauty that bear the typical Farben trademark sound featuring 'The Presets': Lorenzo Montana (handclaps), Roco DeStefano (fingersnaps), Pucho 'Eddie' Rivera (whistle) and Rose Bellotte (toms). The first track, 'I don't write the title down this time...' is built upon many different sounds: fingersnaps, pizzicato strings, P-Funk synthesizer stabs, all held together by a nice lullaby-like melody."


Artist: ALTER EGO
Title: Daktari
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 087EP
"Time for some remix action on tracks from Alter Ego's fantastic album Transphormer. Starting with 'Daktari', this percussive, slightly broken beat tune, no one else than Ricardo Villalobos gives this genre crossing track the full treatment. Robag Wruhme, the guy from Musik Krause and Freude Am Tanzan begins with some strange coughing sounds coming from an old people's home..."


Artist: DESTILLAT
Title: Saphir
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 088EP
"You better dig this 3rd offering from the 2 guys from Destillat cause it's a true gem, a jewel, a Sapphire! Yes my friend, this is the typical 'Destillat' sound -- a sound which owes as much to psychedelia as to straight forward percussion oriented groovy tech styles. They don't loose themselves in too warped things -- they always keep their eyes on the dancefloor first."


Artist: ALTER EGO
Title: Raw
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 089EP
Remixes by Reinhard Voigt, Rework & Solvent! "Off we go with some bangin' sounds straight outta Com.. eh... Cologne! The one and only Reinhard Voigt starts with a delay heading into straight ass whipping and slapping techno territory! It's 1-2-3-4-GO with a speedy 130 bpm and dark and beautiful sounds like simple rave signals... This one's working the floor and the crowd, you'll see! Cologne did it again! From Cologne it's straight to Stuttgart, home of the ever so brave Rework guys and girls."


Artist: ALTER EGO
Title: Rocker Remix
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 091EP
"This is the official release after a limited one-sided edition you probably had no chance to get hold of... So here you go again. Talking about one of the tracks from 2004 is definitely no understatement... Welcome Mr. Eric Prydz. Need to say more? Excellent job he did! Very clear and fat production exploring wider spaces and floors. Listen and find out. A special present for all the true fans of this marvelous track can be heard at the end of the 2nd side: Enjoy "The Unknown Beatbox Version' with a smile on your face and dance to the beatboxer's beat!"


Artist: ALTER EGO
Title: Rocker - The Final Chapter
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 092EP
"These are the final 'Rocker' remixes. Touched by the hand of Josh Wink this smasher get's the full AAACIIIEEED!!!treatment and will definitely rock floors all over the world once again. Backed by the slow and groovy remix by Grime mastermind Plasticman and Earl Shilton's Heavy Metal guitar riffing, this 12" contains music for everyone, whether it is the dope beatz fanatic, the metal head or the acid freak."


Artist: HIEROGLYPHIC BEING
Title: Conversations In a Analog Dialect EP
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 093EP
"Please welcome Mr. Jamal R. Moss aka Hieroglyphic Being. The Chicago native and part of the Dirty Criminals crew shows some of his talent on this 4 track EP for Klang Elektronik. No longer a personal tip with releases on Spectral Sound and Jeff Mills' Axis imprint, this piece of vinyl shows what the Chicago House sound once stood for and where it is nowadays."


Artist: ALTER EGO
Title: Beat the Bush/Tubaction
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 094EP
"Time to 'Beat the Bush' now, so get on board this massive ocean liner that the brothers Tiefschwarz have launched to sail the oceans of sound worldwide.... skip over to the B-side and listen to Ewan Pearson's 'Slow NRG Edit' which is slow indeed compared to the T'Sschwarz monster but could well be a lesson in groove, attitude and style! Hard rockin', head noddin' state of the art remix delivery! London's finest Riton, courtesy of Manchester's Grand Central label, speeds up 'Tubeaction' for some more action in London's subway system... will excite even more dancers when played loud at your favourite club."


Artist: ALTER EGO
Title: Tubeaction
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 095EP
"Losoul's our first travelling companion and shows us one of his famous basslines first while doing some action in the tube. It's one hell of a bassline that varies in marvelous ways throughout the entire stoic, reduced minimal track. Next in line is Mr. Anu Pillai aka Freeform Five who beats the bush like Prince would do and throws in some cool n' funky guitar n' bass licks that mingle perfectly with some original Alter Ego sounds still intact. There's even a girl singer sending out strange messages and sentences like 'You Hide In Bushes'... and as we've already stepped into mystic land, let's give the top old boys themselves some shouts and cheers for their spooky, doomy and unreleased new track entitled 'Fragile!'"


Artist: AVUS
Title: Tear
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 096EP
"No, this is not Berlin's famous race track debuting on Klang Elektronik, though it's got also something to do with high speed. Scott Edwards aka Avus presents 3 fast and shortly titled tunes that will do their laps on your turntable. Known from releases on Border Community for example, Scott first offer 'Tear' doesn't sound as sad as the title implies. Instead it consists of happy bouncing melodies that come along some funny sounds like the beeps of Star Trek communicators or the sound created by a ruler placed on the edge of a table and being struck... remember this from going to school? So no need to shed any tears..."


Artist: MISC.
Title: Hey Du!
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 098EP
"Another debut on Klang Elektronik: this time it's Cologne duo Misc. who've just released their third album Like Morning In Your Eyes on Sender Records. Misc. -- which is of course the short form of 'miscellaneous' -- is quite a good name for Bleckmann & Wenner. They've done a lot of different types of music, starting with drum & bass on labels like Precision and Krush Grooves as Monophace, built some minimal techno as Niederflur on Hawtin's Minus outlet and released a couple of records on Force Tracks and Sender. Describing their sound factory, Groove drops words like 'sawmill, welding press and pneumatic hammer'..." 16 minute EP.


Artist: ALTER EGO
Title: Gate 23 (Lost on Arrival...)
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 099EP
Remixes by Isoleé, Matt John, Alter Ego. "Another track of the Alter Ego album finds its way into our remix catalogue. 'Gate 23' (Lost on Arrival...) is now under refinement. The first remix is a dub version of Alter Ego themselves, the second one is a remix of our favourite from the German northcoast, Isoleé. On the B-side of this 12", the maxi is concluded with a 'Daktari' remix by Matt John."


Artist: VA
Title: Freestyle Candies II
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: CD/DVD
Price: $22.00
Catalog #: KLANG 100CD
"The second volume of Freestyle Candies is compiled by Roman Flügel and Jörn Elling Wuttke of Alter Ego. The audio material is accompanied by a DVD which includes videos of all tracks made by students of the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Offenbach am Main under the direction of Professor Heiner Blum. The beautiful artwork and packaging is in reference to the long deleted first volume and was designed by Domingo Molina Cortes who is also one of the featured video artists. It's a strictly limited edition celebrating the 100th Klang Elektronik release. Freestyle Candies II documents the status quo of independently produced music and its visualisation through video clips. The added value, which DVDs clearly convey, is the quality. Firstly, that of the music -- the crème de la crème of the empire of sound -- secondly, of course, the quality of the clips themselves which come from a number of young video artists of the Offenbach Academy of Art. Be it ironic images or self-irony of the makers, sensitive narration or diary-like stories, comic strips or sophisticatedly generated technical forms and patterns -- the clips seem to summarise what has being going on in this genre and its sub-genres in the last ten years. So compact and entertaining, so clear-cut and dubious, there'll never be anything like it ever again." Artists: Donna Regina, Farben, Lucien N. Luciano, Smith N Hack, Slop Slop, Rework, Bergheim 34, Alter Ego, Closer Musik, Electronicat, Eight Miles High, Denki Groove, Sikøra.


Artist: ALTER EGO
Title: Transphormer Rmx
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 101EP
"'Finally It Has Happened To Me...' folks, but this ain't got nothing to do with Mrs. Peniston, this is definitely the final chapter in the might mighty Alter Ego remix project that came out of their last studio album Transphormer. Thus we have the title track remixed by two current Klang Elektronik and Playhouse stalwarts blazing the trail with their individual touch! Let's start with Johannes Heil's take on the groaning speedy 144bpm original."


Artist: HEIL, JOHANNES
Title: Freaks R Us
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 3LP
Price: $22.00
Catalog #: KLANG 102LP
Triple LP version, deluxe gatefold sleeve.


Artist: RAUDIVE
Title: Audio EP
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 103EP
"Another new face to be welcomed here at Klang Elektronik: Oliver Ho under his new alias Raudive. The British producer and DJ is best known from recordings on Blueprint and his own label Meta, where he created a hybrid of deep techno, house and electro over the last ten years. One of his trademarks is a very percussive orientated way of production which can be heard in the opening track 'Turn It Off'."


Artist: PHAGE & DANIEL DREIER
Title: Beeswax
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 104EP
"Phage & Dreier share a mutual interest in all forms of modern house music, which of course is evident on each of these 3 tracks for Klang Elektronik. A common denominator is the complexity of all tracks. Layer upon layer of sounds -- silly and serious -- lots of vocal snippets, a belch here, some hiccups there, but always moving and grooving like 'Beeswax' which is dripping hot to the very last drop onto the dancefloor. 'Green Onions' has the same ingredients, a bit more threatening maybe... The most catchy track might be the nicely entitled 'Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy' with its great organ hookline. Once heard, never forgotten, this beautiful piece of wax, er..."


Artist: HEIL, JOHANNES
Title: Freaks R Us
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 105EP
"This is the first taste of Johannes Heil's new music for Klang Elektronik! The harsh rockin' opening and title track from his upcoming album Freaks R Us (Klang CD 009 / 3LP Klang 102) on the one hand, plus an exclusive 12" only feat perfect for every after hour set."


Artist: DESTILLAT
Title: Cabrio
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 106EP
"The Boys are back on the track. Destillat return with their fourth appearance on Klang Elektronik. And better than ever... 'Cabrio' is blastin' down the highway with 400 mph and the engine sounds as if you'd be cruisin' in a Lamborghini. This is serious TNT for all DJ boxes. Be alarmed, this is meant to blow up your speakers. Definitely not 'minimal' but maximum pleasure!"


Artist: FLUGEL, ROMAN
Title: Mutter
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 108EP
"More solo stuff from Alter Ego half and Soylent Green alchemist Roman Flügel! A very conceptual record which could have been easily released under his other moniker Eight Miles High, it starts with a piano/organ intro in a very classical music kinda way with 'Say Hello'. 'Mutter' is next, 8 minutes of pounding heartbeat drums and Gamelan sounds."


Artist: PHAGE & DANIEL DREIER
Title: Plumber's Workshop
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 110EP
"Phage & Daniel Dreier are back again on Klang Elektronik. Their second offering features the same ingredients as their debut 12" entitled 'Beeswax' (KLANG 104): layer upon layer of sounds silly and serious -- lots of twisted vocal snippets, a belch here, some hiccups there, but always moving and grooving! And it seems that the Berlin duo even added more humour to their music, which is especially apparent in the title track 'Plumber's Workshop'."


Artist: HEIL, JOHANNES
Title: Remix R Us Pt. 1
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 111EP
"These are the first of a couple of remixes that have been drawn from the original tracks of Johannes Heil's notorious Freaks R Us album. Let's start with Germany's dyed-in-the-wool producer Thomas Schumacher's treat on 'The Magician.' Schumacher, who started his career 15 years ago, running his own label 'Spiel-Zeug Schallplatten' since 1998, has always been a non-purist DJ and producer, always swapping between a range of genres within his sets. Next in line is devilish duo Destillat who succeed to top 'Artology's happily jumping mood and deliver one of their finest works yet."


Artist: MISC.
Title: Goetterfunken
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 112EP
"Misc. are back on Klang Elektronik with another 'opus de steel.' Hammering out brute beats en masse, they start with the thunderous 'Goetterfunken.' Over hard driving basslines, Misc. serve up some straight kickin' music on a platinum plate. Hissing hi-hats and cymbals add enough dirtiness to make it sexy for the dancefloor. Roll over, Beethoven!"


Artist: ALTER EGO
Title: Decoding the Hacker Myth Remixed Pt. 1
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 113EP
"It's 10 years (!) since Alter Ego released their laid back album Decoding The Hacker Myth on Harthouse with a couple of now legendary remixes. To celebrate its upcoming re-release, we start with this little mouth-watering 12" with two outstanding mixes by Wishmountain (Matthew Herbert) and Andrew Weatherall & Keith Tenniswood's 2 Lone Swordsmen alter ego... plus a rare track by Alter Ego themselves!"


Artist: ALTER EGO
Title: Decoding the Hacker Myth
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 2LP
Price: $18.00
Catalog #: KLANG 114LP
Double LP version. "The perfectly remastered issue of the classic 2nd Alter Ego album from 1996 (originally released on Sven Väth's Harthouse label those days). It was the band's very own wish to release this timeless album again in proper sound quality. It still is one of their favorite and most important works of all times. The sound and the music is totally outstanding and a class on its own. Klang Elektronic is proud to present an absolute piece of electronic history."


Artist: BOARDROOM PRESENTS BOARD & VICTORIA, THE
Title: Disciple/Self Life
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 115EP
The Boardroom is a soon-to-be legendary studio run by Mr. Steve Boardman and friends, churning out crazy 'n cranky music for your ears, legs, decks, CD players and hard disks. This 12" is the first in a series of three The Boardroom Presents records that will be released on Klang Elektronik. This is your chance to become a "Disciple" as well, get a "Self Life" and play some hot stuff! You want to know more about the music? You hope this is the next big thing? Think it might be fidget house? Or midget house? Come on, stop it, who cares?


Artist: ALTER EGO
Title: Decoding the Hacker Myth Remixed Pt. 2
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 116EP
"As part of the re-release of the Decoding the Hacker Myth album, Alter Ego present alternate versions of two tracks from this 1996 gem. Back in the days, the guys locked themselves in their dub laboratory named 'Klangfabrik' and came out with a different view on 'Lycra' and 'Brom.' The first one turned out a cool electro dub track with lots of spooky synths and heavy bass sounds. Alter Ego's apparent love for distorted sounds already shows up here towards the end of the mix when they crunch and squelch everything that's left. Rough 'n ready!"


Artist: ALTER EGO
Title: Blitz/Blank
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 117EP
"'Blitz' is truly as fast as lightning! But on the same hand very meditative in its restlessness and liveliness. Featured also: mighty hand-claps which should convince everyone to play this track. With side B's 'Blank,' the deputies of distortion are back. A stoically running track with constant cowbell use and massive groaning sounds that no one can destabilize. Then there's this short but wonderful percussion solo after 3 minutes..."


Artist: LAVEN & MSO
Title: Looking for God
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 118EP
This release is from the controls of Ongaku's CEO and wizard of the decks, MSO. For his new 12" on Klang Elektronik, he's teaming up with Destillat producer Michael Laven to deliver a beautiful package of repetitive music. "Looking For God" is a true statement against the electro-minimalism-opportunism -- to cite Ivan Smagghe -- that still rules all techno nations these days. The music is vivacious and positive with a touch of old school dynamics, with a killer bassline that adds even more drama to the nearly 10-minute track. The B-side finds the two revisiting the influences of the A-side, creating a live jam effect, with impressive, throbbing bass interludes.


Artist: BORED & LAZY
Title: It Must Mean Something/The Expert
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 119EP
Bored & Lazy is Steve Boardman and Pete Laz(onb)y. Lazonby, who some of you might remember from his '90s classic 12"s Sacred Cycles and Wave Speech, was headhunted by The Boardroom. This is excellent rubber band music for twisting your legs to. "It Must Mean Something" definitely means something: dance! Bored & Lazy countersunk this musical screw straight into the convolutions of our brain. "The Expert" is a track with heavy emphasis on the one and three which gives it a certain electro feel. It's more subtle and lacy (not LAZY...) than the smashing A-side track. Lovely, tricky beats.


Artist: HEIL, JOHANNES
Title: Remix R Us Pt. 2
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 120EP
Johannes Heil's music already got the remix treatment on Remix R Us Pt. 1 by Thomas Schumacher & Destillat, but now it's time for Berlin's finest, Tobi Neumann and London-based Boardroom collective represented by Board & Victorville to twiddle some additional knobs. Neumann's "Swinging Remix" does swing indeed, but with reduced speed and a festival of synthesizers. Boardroom's mix has the same lightness as his predecessor and also an ease of handling the melodies. Their use of this mega bassline is just fantastic.


Artist: BOARD & VICTORVILLE
Title: Chum/Buffer Corruption
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 121EP
Welcome to part 3 of The Boardroom saga: again another Board & Victorville collaboration. "Chum" is comprised of a beat that won't stop, some cool screechy noises on top and you have maximum fun here. "Buffer Corruption" is the counterpart to side A's banging attitude, but is for dancing as well, of course. Way more subtle and dreamy, which is partly due to Asian-sounding strings which help create this special atmosphere.


Artist: RADICAL MAJIK
Title: Dub Rider/Filth in the Community
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 122EP
Long time collaborators in all things sonic and fun, Rad Rice and Blak Maji[k] aka Radical Majik decided it was time to mix up some more politically-charged techno-house (listen to side B) and some mind-boggling, trippy and airy beats (listen to side A). "Dub Rider" can easily be named an anthem, as it has all the ingredients of a memorable tune. Yes, it has a certain trance touch to it and gets heavy plays by Sven Väth and a lot of other stalwarts of today's techno scene. It's a crossover that will appeal to fans of epic house music as well as minimal music makers. "Filth In The Community": fidget house anyone? Virtual politics by dancing is their game, and they hope you ignore their message.


Artist: ALTER EGO
Title: Why Not?!
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 123EP
The title track to Alter Ego's full-length is stomping and playful at the same time, and surprises with sudden changes in the arrangement and sound, which really breathes life into it and makes you smile. It's more or less due to those highly amusing breaks -- retro-futuristic on the one hand, and very modern on the other -- that really make this tune work. This is the new style: get ready. This is the full-release two-sided version with cover art and Joakim (!K7, Versatile) remix added.


Artist: ALTER EGO
Title: Why Not?!
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 123LTD-EP
Alter Ego are back! And Why Not?! This strictly limited one-sided 12" is a foretaste of their upcoming album. The track, stomping and playful at the same time, surprises with sudden changes in the arrangement and sound, which really breathes life into it and makes you smile. It's more or less due to those highly amusing breaks -- retro-futuristic on the one hand, and very modern on the other -- that really make this tune work. This is the new style: get ready.


Artist: ALTER EGO
Title: Why Not?!
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 2LP
Price: $18.00
Catalog #: KLANG 124LP
Double LP version. Deluxe gatefold jacket.


Artist: RAUDIVE
Title: Good Boy Bad Boy/Enter
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 125EP
Britain's finest, Oliver Ho aka Raudive delivers with Good Boy Bad Boy/Enter. Even if the vocal sample in the track claims the opposite, "Good Boy Bad Boy," with its evil creaking beat, sends you on a trip you'll never forget. "Enter" is a catchy melody, a drifting beat, a short voice sample and a second peaktime-burner for the dancers at the club.


Artist: ALTER EGO
Title: Jolly Joker
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $12.00
Catalog #: KLANG 127EP
DJ Koze and Supermayer remix Alter Ego's hit, "Jolly Joker." DJ Koze switches the track completely and tames the wild-galloping original with something you could call an Afrobeat bridle. Supermayer are a lot more careful, saving the essential sounds and the spirit of the original. And instead of using striking effects, Supermayer prefer to push the track in their discobeat mix slowly and subtly to the limit.


Artist: LAVEN & MSO (FEAT. MALTE)
Title: Reach
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 128EP
Laven & MSO, the two producers from Frankfurt, put so much pop appeal into the vocal mix of "Reach" (feat. Malte) that colleagues like Fischerspooner should prepare themselves: the whole gorgeous ten minutes of this track have enough power to atomize every nightclub into dust. On the flip is a killer old school acid instrumental.


Artist: NERK & DIRK LEYERS
Title: Perse X
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 129EP
Nerk & Dirk Leyers present their debut release on Klang Elektronik. "Perse" gives all the minimal-zombies the final death blow with squeaks and groans, making your eyes pop out while bursting your brain. "X" is a more classic Detroit techno piece of music, but has at least as much pressure.


Artist: ALTER EGO
Title: Why Not?!/Baby Kraut
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 130EP
This is the Alter Ego hit mix Part II. Tim Deluxe remixes "Why Not?!" into a phat, crowd-pleasing peak time slam. The B-side is a little more subtle with slowly rising hysteria rather than insanity on every frequency. In between this one breathes the spirit of the old Decoding The Hacker Myth days, before a killer bass line reminds you that this is a dance record.


Artist: LEYERS, DIRK
Title: Alma
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 131EP
Dirk Leyers presents his first record for Klang Elektronik. "Azul" is an impulsive track, with an anxious, meandering bass line and bright synthesizer sounds, while the beat unerringly gallops directly towards dancer's heaven. On the B-side, Dirk calms down a little bit and begrudges us with a conveniently laid-back, almost ambient piece of music called "Azur" before he relieves us with the spheric, whispering "Alma."


Artist: ALTER EGO
Title: Gary
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: KLANG 132EP
First there is a jolty-beat, which is pretty unusual for an Alter Ego track, but then the whole room trembles under the evil-grumbling bass. When the synths raise up and the fire of "Gary" builds to its peak, Alter Ego have won. When played loud, "Gary" is pure rock n' roll! Carl Craig owns the remix, and the synths dominate. Sweat, spilled beer, arms raised... this is what rock n' roll looks like on the dancefloor.


Artist: ALTER EGO
Title: Gary Remixes
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 10"
Price: $12.00
Catalog #: KLANG 133EP
Alter Ego's "Gary" is a massive tune with a menacing drone-bass and some winking wavepunk. Remixer Tiga takes "Gary" back to the early '90s, slows it down to 120 bpm, and adds a sweet and moody atmosphere of smooth Italo-disco. "Gary" goes POP for the B-side with Product 01's catchy electro-pop mash-up. Vocalist Rochelle Vincente Von K asks "Gary" to visit her private "Boys Club" where both tracks were put together into one new wave/new rave hit.


Artist: DEEPGROOVE & JAMIE ANDERSON
Title: Killer/Butterflies
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $12.00
Catalog #: KLANG 134EP
DJs and producers Lee Pattison and Grayson Shipley aka Deepgroove together with buddy Jamie Anderson tinker around with their own tracks, in a playful affirmation of postmodern house music. "Killer" pushes away every other track you could play. This 12" is not suitable for the peak-time, it IS the peak-time. Killer will most certainly lead to heavy release parties with these guys all over the world.


Artist: ALTER EGO
Title: Fuckingham Palace
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $12.00
Catalog #: KLANG 135EP
Nerk and Dirk Leyers, Modeselektor, Deepgroove and Jamie Anderson remix tracks off Alter Ego's Why Not?!. Nerk and Dirk give the sub-bass inferno "Fuckingham Palace" even MORE bass, while Modeselektor carry the principle of "comic techno" to the absolute extreme. Deepgroove and Jamie Anderson turn down the stomping beat of the original "Queen Anne's Revenge" a little bit, but it's still incredibly edgy.


Artist: KLEEP
Title: Don't Push Me/Zoo
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $12.00
Catalog #: KLANG 136EP
Sami Liuski (alias Kleep) has released tracks on Cocoon, Get Physical and DFA Records. But this stuff sounds so different and crazy, that the man from frosty Lapland had to get a new alter ego for his releases on Klang Elektronik: Kleep. Sami takes Kleep as a platform for dance music with minimal bass lines, twisted melodies, acid-impregnated percussion, heavy kick-drums and vocals, which are totally not of this world. Kleep will blast your head.


Artist: MAUS & STOLLE
Title: Adore
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $12.00
Catalog #: KLANG 137EP
Adore was the first big success of the Maus & Stolle duo. This track was first released in 1997 as the 12th release by Klang Elektronik and since then, it is considered one of the definite blueprints between dub, techno and house. Over ten years and 125 releases later, Klang decided to release the original version again along with a brand new remix by Reboot which catches the breaths of the original perfectly, but with an even more epic atmosphere.


Artist: DEEPGROOVE & JAMIE ANDERSON
Title: Ghost Train
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $12.00
Catalog #: KLANG 138EP
UK DJs Lee Pattison and Grayson Shipley aka Deepgroove & Jamie Anderson want to party with you. Ghost Train is the perfect soundtrack for those who like it dirty, loud and wild. Even if the crowd tries hard to resist, this record's intransigent sound will turn them into a mad dancefloor-mob. Without any warnings, a straight punch in the face.


Artist: KLEEP
Title: Formula One/Muppet Ride
Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format: 12"
Price: $12.00
Catalog #: KLANG 142EP
Sami Liuiski aka Kleep's last record for Klang Elektronik Don't Push Me/ Zoo received some enthusiastic feedback: Luke Solomon said "Zoo is so up my street, it's ridiculous." Oliver Ho stated "My kind of thing. Nice and dirty!" "Formula One" picks up where "Zoo" left off, with a reduced number of sounds, while "Muppet Ride" is maximized for one hell of a good party.

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