Browse by Label: KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)

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:	FARBEN
Title:	Textstar
Label:	KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	KLANG 007CD

Classic 2002 release from Jan Jelinek, repressed. "It's hard to put your finger on what, exactly, makes Jan Jelinek's recordings as Farben stand out the way they do. After all, minimal, dubby techno is nearly 10 years old, and while Farben's music is far from a textbook example of the genre, it's undeniably linked to the blissed out, horizontal house of Basic Channel and Chain Reaction. Meanwhile, the 'clicks and cuts' school has popularized the palette of glitches, ticks and pops that characterize Farben's textures. Admittedly, this kind of gritty, grainy techno, or post-techno, or whatever we're going to call it this week, is by now hardly a radical exercise in form. And yet: there's something here you haven't heard before -- not in minimal techno, not in DSP-distressed post-techno, not even in Jelinek's work as Gramm (e.g. 'Personal_Rock' on Source) or under his own name. There's a smoothness, a softness, a billowing-out of sound that stands apart from the angular, pixel-prone minimalism of its contemporaries. You can hear it in 'Love to Love You Baby,' in the way the horn sample darts out from behind parted curtains of crackling static, a come-hither whisper caught on the dividing line between concealing and revealing. It's a hell of a lot sexier than give-up-the-goods-vocal house. Jelinek first combined his interest in jazz samples and moire patterns on Loop-Finding-Jazz-Records (Scape), cutting millisecond-long loops out of jazz recordings from the 50s and 60s and overlaying them until nothing of the source was identifiable, having disappeared into a black hole of crosshatching. In Farben's tracks, though, especially the four new tracks released on the 12" Farben Says: Don't Fight Phrases, the jazz samples are allowed to root and to bloom -- just enough to distinguish their green shoots from the gravelly rhythms in which they've been planted. Just look at the titles and you'll see a difference from Jelinek's peers: while their tracks are formatted like filenames, choked with punctuation and shorn of vowels, Farben tracks suggest a deep romanticism: 'Beautone,' 'So Much Love,' and the inimitable 'Love Oh Love.' It can't be a coincidence that 'Love to Love You Baby' echoes Donna Summer's and Giorgio Moroder's revolutionary cyborg sound: disco ripples run through the shirred fabric of many of these tracks. (And if you never knew Jelinek was a disco fan, well, you never knew Jan, did you?) And 'Live at the Sahara Tahoe' -- not many minimal techno producers have named tracks after Isaac Hayes albums. But this counterintuitiveness is at the heart of Jelinek's practice: 'Actually the recording is not one of my favorites. I always have problems with Hayes' live records, 'cause his arrangements lose their deepness Studio/mixer-virtuosity does not work on stage. Nevertheless Live at the Sahara Tahoe is a famous/popular record of Hayes -- that's the reason I chose this reference. Famous live records and concerts, a gesture of popular music, that stands in contradiction to electronic music.' (If you've ever been to a Tahoe casino, they stand in stark contradiction to most electronic music as well -- but that's another story.) Textstar collects tracks from four of Farben's six EPs: Live at the Sahara Tahoe (1999), Raw Macro (2000), Beautone (2000), and Farben Says: Don't Fight Phrases (2002). This represents the first time that Farben's music is available on CD. In introducing new ears to these sounds, Textstar reinforces Jelinek's position as one of the most innovative, nuanced, and soulful producers working today."

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:	BELL, DAN
Title:	Lost Traxx EP
Label:	KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	KLANG 015EP

Repress of this 1997 EP on Klang, the first appearance of tracks "recorded and lost in Detroit in 1995". "Dan Bell has been a top minimalist Detroit producer from his beginnings as a critical member of Richie Hawtin's Plus 8 Records to his recording of an all-time classic, 1994's "Losing Control" (as DBX) to the foundation of his own Seventh City and Accelerate labels. Born in Sacramento, he grew up near Detroit and was influenced by the sound of techno on Motor City radio during the 1980s."

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:	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:	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:	HUMAN LEAGUE
Title:	All I Ever Wanted - Alter Ego Remix
Label:	KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	KLANG 062EP

"We are pleased to announce that we can finally present the rarest and greatest Alter Ego remix of recent times. Due to the amazing and careful work of Fluegel/Wuttke, Human League, the mothership of all Electro-Popbands, doesn't sound like 80's revival at all. On the contrary, it completely sounds like Human League is supposed to sound here and today. 'Blue Eyed Soul', song-structured and still perfect for every club." Last copies, deleted item.

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:	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:	LUCIANO, LUCIEN N.
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:	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:	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:	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:	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:	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:	SUN GOD, THE
Title:	Ancient Echoes EP
Label:	KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	KLANG 097EP

"Jamal Moss aka Hieroglyphic Being has re-christened himself as The Sun God for this new 4-track EP entitled Ancient Echoes. The theme song, subtitled 'A Tribute to Larry Heard' (a huge reference point in all of Moss' works) features a tribal drum intro and strange harmonies that are recalling ancient, yet ultra-modern times. Sounds and harmonies that are exemplary for a wistful tune like this and which can be found in many of Moss' musical oeuvre."

Artist:	SIKORA
Title:	Holzwurm
Label:	KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	KLANG 035EP

Artist:	SPIESS, PETER
Title:	True Video
Label:	KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	KLANG 037EP

Artist:	JIRKU, TOMAS
Title:	Go! Turn!
Label:	KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	KLANG 058EP

Artist:	CORTEX, ALEX
Title:	Reticarga EP
Label:	KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	KLANG 069EP

Artist:	HIEROGLYPHIC BEING
Title:	Conversations In a Analog Dialect EP
Label:	KLANG ELEKTRONIK (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	KLANG 093EP