Browse by Label: OSTGUT TON (GERMANY)

Artist:	GALLUZZI, ANDRE
Title:	Berghain 01
Label:	OSTGUT TON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	OSTGUT 001CD

One of the most heavily vibed mix CDs of 2005, largely focusing on the Kompakt family of distributed labels. "Berghain 01 is the first mix CD from the Berlin based club institution of the same name. Since its opening at the end of 2004, the successor of the seminal Ostgut constantly built a reputation for its breathtaking architecture (keeping much of the former heatplant's monumental appearance from the Stalin era), for its uncompromising sound philosophy, for the integration of contemporary art, as well as for its wildly mixed and enthusiastic crowd. Launching their own record label Ostgut Tonträger was just a logical progression. Along the lines of the Berghain/Panorama bar division, the club kickstarts the label with its own mix series, exclusive vinyl releases will follow next year. André Galluzzi is one of the most charismatic DJs around today. As a resident at both the old Ostgut and the new Berghain he was given the chance to experiment freely which finally lead to his very own, versatile style ranging from summery garden sets, to hard hitting peak time slammers, as well as trippy after hour moments, representing every facet of an intense party weekend. This made André Galluzzi last but not least part of Sven Väth's Cocoon artist roster. His mix for Beghain 01 has been created live and direct. No digital post production, no corrections. One could say, it's an authentic set with all the hissing and crackling making the work with vinyl a very warm and human thing. The mix is dense, consistent and pumping. Minimal, but by no means eventless. Without obvious hits, but rich with highlights. Galluzzi created a darkly shimmering flow, a hypnotic journey with psychedelic potential. He has intuitively woven 13 tracks from more or less known minimal labels into each other, provoking a drift towards losing oneself in the sound, which, after all, is a quality so many people love him for." Features tracks from Lusine, Monne Automne, C:C/P, Alex Under, Daniel Stefanik, Ali Khan, Maetrik, Daniel Taylor, 2 Dollar Egg, Taksi, Wighnomy Brothers, Ame, Metaboman,

Artist:	DETTMANN/KLOCK
Title:	Dawning/Dead Man Watches the Clock
Label:	OSTGUT TON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	OSTGUT 001EP

"Ostgut marks the start of the club's vinyl series. It is meant as a platform for Berghain and Panorama Bar's residents as well as other artists the club has grown fond of. Stylistically it will be as open as possible, without losing sight of the dancefloor. Ben Klock and Marcel Dettmann are both residents at Berghain. 'Dawning' and 'Dead Man Watches the Clock' are two functional club stompers, rather deep than too obvious and rather analogue sounding than digital. In Dettmann and Klock's heads, Detroit is just around the corner, especially on 'Dawning,' with its stirring harmonies, revealing its full effect in the club."

Artist:	CASSY
Title:	Panorama Bar 01
Label:	OSTGUT TON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	OSTGUT 002CD

Repressed! This is the deepest electronic music mix CD of 2006. The first mix CD commemorating Berlin's Panorama Bar -- a special club that has reached legendary and international status as being a beacon for dance music. It is only logical that Cassy, the club's resident DJ illustrates what a night is like at the Panorama. Anyone who has spent some time on Panorama Bar's dancefloor during one of Cassy's sets has witnessed the special kind of atmosphere and energy she manages to create with her special house sound. When Cassy is behind the decks, it is rather probable that everyone will dance. Her very own way of fusing deep, minimal and sexy records is highly exceptional and it creates a very intoxicating, special groove. As one of Panorama Bar's residents, Cassy has managed to coin a sound which really stands for this location. Thus, it's appropriate that she delivers the second installment in Ostgut's series of mix CDs. She has picked 24 tracks ranging from DBX's classic "Bleep," to more recent tracks like Redshape's "Dust," adding up to an emotionally dense, varied and deep mix. With the right choice of tracks, Cassy shows that introverted minimalism is only one crossfade away from something a lot more ecstatic. Her way of mixing lets the music by artists like Rick Wade, Baby Ford, Auto-Repeat or Shed merge into one big picture. Cassy is not interested in trends. She is relying on her personal taste, always searching for a timeless quality in music. Where most of the commercial mix CDs are put together on a computer these days, this CD was created with two turntables, a mixer and a pair of hands. Other artists on this mix include: Shackleton, Dwayne Jensen feat. Miyon, Norm Talley, D5, Melchior Productions, Tobias, Ricardo Villalobos, nsi., Mono Junk, Baby Ford & The Ifach Collective, Yassin & Arne, Ø, Mathias Kaden, Liebe ist Cool and DJ Abstract.

Artist:	BRTSCHITSCH, PAUL
Title:	TwirlUnder
Label:	OSTGUT TON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	OSTGUT 002EP

"Following our vinyl debut by Dettmann|Klock ('Dawning/Dead Man Watches the Clock'), the second release comes from Paul Brtschitsch. Born in Berlin, raised in Frankfurt/Main, Brtschitsch, who also produces and runs the label Taksi with André Galluzzi, has just decided to move back to his old home town. These two tracks here clearly show themselves influenced by Brtschitsch's visits to Berghain/Panorama Bar, where Paul, as he puts it in his own words, was finally able to quench his thirst for inspiration again: 'I see 'Twirl' as a perfect soundtrack to the moment, when the shutters open up at Panorama Bar and daylight floods the room. 'Under' on the other hand is a deep and atmospheric track trying to underline the vastness and large scale of the Berghain.' Of course this doesn't mean both tracks couldn't work the other way around or at any other place: 'Twirl' and 'Under' are universal and useful scorchers fusing a certain summery, trancey fleet-footed-ness with the right amount of dancefloor punch making this EP a strong aspirant for the perfect open air record 2006."

Artist:	SHED
Title:	Shedding The Past
Label:	OSTGUT TON (GERMANY)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	OSTGUT 002LP

Double LP version; 7 tracks total, one vinyl exclusive. This is the first full-length release for Berlin-based DJ/producer, Shed.The work at hand presents yet another stunning Ostgut Ton acquisition, revealing Shed's irresistible, intense techno sound. Shedding The Past is the culmination of years of continuous Soloaction research, Shed's very own imprint. The recordings fully unfold the total variety in his outstanding crafts of sound. Lineage can be drawn to the Saunderson Detroit sound, Aphex Twin rave and Manix hardcore, sounding like an archive document -- an archaeological history of electronic dance music. Shedding The Past captures the intensity and the purity of club and rave in the early days, without excess nostalgia. Rather, it creates new moments that leave the past behind. Full of energy and vigor, this is true techno music: concentrated and dense, but with a sheer easiness born from eastern Germany. This adeptness has captured the ears of Berghain and Hard Wax ears. As others of his social provenience, Shed took on the opportunities of the early '90s techno culture, which unfolded after the Wall went down, and developed an approach of "just do it." With this easiness in mind, Shedding The Past is just true techno music. Includes an exclusive track, as well as two alternate versions specially crafted for vinyl.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Shut Up and Dance! Updated
Label:	OSTGUT TON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	OSTGUT 003CD

The Ostgut label presents a meeting of classic ballet and modern electronic music on Shut Up and Dance! Updated. The Berlin Staatsballet joins forces with minimal techno mecca Berghain as the venue for exploring new terrains and as a homebase for the Ostgut Ton label. On June 27th, five members of the Staatsballett will perform choreographies specially made for electronic music, and specially composed for this occasion. The musical results work equally well outside of the venue. Regular guests such as nsi. (aka Tobias Freund and Max Loderbauer), Sleeparchive, Âme, Luciano and The 7th Plain (aka Luke Slater) have contributed exceptional and fascinating pieces, and all are exclusive to this release. Their spectrum ranges from nsi.'s low frequencies and abstract sounds, Sleeparchive's icy minimalism, Âme's epic, repetitive arrangements reminiscent of Philip Glass, to Luciano's humorous house grooves, and last but not least, Luke Slater's beatless ambient track under his The 7th Plain moniker. Considering the variety of all tracks, they work astonishingly well as an album, with each artist independently developing their piece, with no instructions on how the music should sound. Eventually, they all opted for a calmer, hypnotic sound (the most club-friendly track, Luciano's "Drunken Ballett," will be released on vinyl including a Moritz von Oswald remix). This is how Luciano describes his approach: "Before I started producing the track, I brought the dancers to mind: how they merge with the sound, how their bodies move to the music and what kind of music should come out of the speakers. I wanted to put dance music in relation to modern dance and I wanted to make physical movement and music correspond to each other." The flirtation between high art and entertainment was very inspiring and enriching to everyone involved.

Artist:	DETTMANN, MARCEL
Title:	Quicksand/Getaway
Label:	OSTGUT TON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	OSTGUT 003EP

This is Berghain resident, label owner and DJ Marcel Dettmann, who is already known from his successful debut hit, "Dawning" with Ben Klock. "Quicksand" is a bone-dry club tool, which doesn't even bother with minimal sound standards. Instead, it mind-bogglingly uses one sound in a very effective way, housed in a skeletal arrangement. The B-side strikes a more sublime note, reflecting the atmosphere of the wee hours on the dancefloor, when melancholic Detroit chords can touch the dancefloor to the quick. This is a softly pushing track with an emotional surplus.

Artist:	PROSUMER & MURAT TEPELI
Title:	Serenity
Label:	OSTGUT TON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	OSTGUT 004CD

This is Ostgut Ton's first artist album by Berlin's Achim Brandenburg aka Prosumer and Cologne's Murat Tepeli. If you are familiar with both their works, it won't be unexpected that Serenity is a flawless house album in the truest sense. Rather than a bunch of dance tracks stuck together, it's been carefully compiled to form a union of songs where emotions and excess are laced with a good measure of sexiness. For Achim and Murat, house is a universal language, a matrix for different atmospheres and moods. To cater to different listening situations, both at home and in a club, Serenity is released with two different tracklistings. The CD contains 17 tracks, whereas the double 12" has eight DJ-friendly, extended versions of the CD's most danceable tracks, as well as some exclusive to the vinyl. As a Panorama Bar resident, Achim has a lot of experience in how to move a dancefloor. His sets display the full spectrum of house with classics and newer productions that are well-mixed with a timeless quality. Inspired by their live gigs, Murat started some tracks that he played to Achim, who then selected from them and suggested vocals, lyrics, drum patterns or different arrangements. Subsequently, they finalized the ideas together and recorded the different drum and synth patterns to finish the tracks. Because Serenity also contains each of their solo tracks, they sent everything through a big analog mixing console onto a tape machine to give it a homogeneous and warm feeling. Prosumer and Murat Tepeli love the sound of analog machines, as well as the rough and direct qualities of Chicago house by producers and labels like Ron Trent, Chez Damier, Armando, Trax, DJ International, DJ Pierre, Cajmere, Fingers Inc. and Dancemania. This album also features grassroots tracks, swirling acid lines, and beautiful guest vocals by Elif Biçer. These tracks deal with fury and mourning and illuminate both moments of calm and pandemonium.

Artist:	FAKI, LEN
Title:	Rainbow Delta/Mekong Delta
Label:	OSTGUT TON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	OSTGUT 004EP

The fourth release on Ostgut comes from Berghain resident Len Faki. Born and raised in the south of Germany, the DJ, producer and label owner relocated to Berlin three years ago. He is a techno activist and definitely the man for the maximal dancefloor. "Rainbow Delta" is a deep and floating techno track with dub chords and perfectly set percussion; pumping and contemplative at the same time. The B-side sees Faki play with bone dry drums, an oldschool rave organ and cleverly-crafted breaks. Rave is back -- for good. This is a hit for all big techno floors worldwide.

Artist:	DETTMANN, MARCEL
Title:	Berghain 02
Label:	OSTGUT TON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	OSTGUT 005CD

Following André Galluzzi's mix CD Berghain 01, Ostgut resident DJ Marcel Dettmann presents the second installment in this series, Berghain 02. It is his first commercially-available mix, ever, and contains exclusive tracks as well as long-lost classics. In the course of 72 minutes, Dettmann fathoms his very own sonic spectrum. Not relying on recent trends, Marcel draws his inspiration from frequent DJing at Berghain, his only benchmark for his purist approach to techno. Dettmann was born 50 kilometers outside of Berlin in Fürstenwalde. In 1992, he discovered techno and immediately bought a pair of turntables at an age of 16 years. He promoted parties in Dresden and Frankfurt/Oder which gained him reputation eventually leading up to a residency at Berghain's predecessor, OstGut. Since 2004, he has worked at Berlin's record shop institution, Hard Wax. Two years later, he finally started to produce his own tracks. His tracks for Ostgut Ton, his own imprint MDR and remixes for artists such as Ellen Allien and labels like Rekids reflect the unique and bass-heavy sound of the Berghain floor like no others. His understanding of techno is very much influenced by an old school ethos. His music is as much reduced to the basics as it is profound and in its roughness very distinct -- musical features derived from his experience as a DJ. His sets will never feature trance or overproduced records and when he goes minimal it's always reminiscent of Rob Hood's Minimal Nation. Fresh cuts from all around, including a previously-unreleased track from T++, this second volume shows that Ostgut artists know how to work a floor. Artists include: Tobias, Norman Nodge, Pied Plat, Planetary Assault Systems, Tadeo, Substance, Risqué Rythum Team, Samuli Kemppi, Kevin Saunderson, Clatterbox, Redshape, Shed, Kate Simko, Ryan Elliott, Deetron, Radio Slave, Luke Hess and Strand.

Artist:	KLOCK, BEN
Title:	Czeslawa/Warszawa
Label:	OSTGUT TON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	OSTGUT 005EP

The fifth release on Ostgut comes from Berlin's Ben Klock. "Czeslawa" is a track Klock tailor-made for his sets at Berghain as a hypnotic club tool, and this track is a beast -- slightly infused with acid, subtly grilling the dancefloor in a way you won't forget too quickly. This is pure techno for the wee hours of the morning. "Warszawa" focuses on something more musical and playful, oozing with high spirits and swing. When those snappy strings set in, both rave veterans and novices will embrace each other blissfully.

Artist:	SHED
Title:	Shedding The Past
Label:	OSTGUT TON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	OSTGUT 006CD

This is the first full-length release for Berlin-based DJ/producer, Shed.The work at hand presents yet another stunning Ostgut Ton acquisition, revealing Shed's irresistible, intense techno sound. Shedding The Past is the culmination of years of continuous Soloaction research, Shed's very own imprint. The recordings fully unfold the total variety in his outstanding crafts of sound. Lineage can be drawn to the Saunderson Detroit sound, Aphex Twin rave and Manix hardcore, sounding like an archive document -- an archaeological history of electronic dance music. Shedding The Past captures the intensity and the purity of club and rave in the early days, without excess nostalgia. Rather, it creates new moments that leave the past behind. Full of energy and vigor, this is true techno music: concentrated and dense, but with a sheer easiness born from eastern Germany. This adeptness has captured the ears of Berghain and Hard Wax ears. As others of his social provenience, Shed took on the opportunities of the early '90s techno culture, which unfolded after the Wall went down, and developed an approach of "just do it." With this easiness in mind, Shedding The Past is just true techno music. The 2LP version includes an exclusive track, as well as two alternate versions specially crafted for vinyl.

Artist:	PROSUMER & MURAT TEPELI
Title:	What Makes You Go For It
Label:	OSTGUT TON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	OSTGUT 007EP

Having released an EP on Playhouse together, as well as some solo releases, Murat Tepeli and Prosumer prove that Berlin and Cologne fit together quite nicely. "What Makes You Go For It" is a mixture of driving bassline, deep chords, spacey sounds and Prosumer's warm voice. A dark and melancholic affair for thumping house floors. "Jaws"caters to both house and techno floors. A relentless bass takes turns with euphoric pads and makes this track perfect for primetime. "Vise" is peppered with acid and old Chicago house, with low frequencies hitting dancers in the brain and hips. What makes you go for it? Good music.

Artist:	FAKI, LEN
Title:	Delta Remixes
Label:	OSTGUT TON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	OSTGUT 008EP

Two monstrous remixes of Len Faki's Rainbow Delta/Mekong Delta EP, featuring the skills of Jerome Sydenham and Adam Beyer. Sydenham interprets "Rainbow Delta" into a very heavy and deep techno track. By using loads of reverb and space, he creates a cinemascopic wall of sound pushing dancers and listeners to unknown heights. Beyer's rework of "Mekong Delta" shouldn't fail to set dancefloors on fire. After a soft build-up, tricky percussion combines with sci-fi effects and the rave organ from the original. This is pure Stockholm techno-swing.

Artist:	FENGLER, MARCEL
Title:	Playground/Early Glow
Label:	OSTGUT TON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	OSTGUT 009EP

Marcel Fengler is a resident DJ at Berghain, and Playground/Early Glow can be looked at as the result of a two-year testing phase of sonic possibilities available to him. "Playground" is peak-time techno with a metallic scraping noise, refined percussion and a huge kick. "Early Glow" is meant to be played in the early morning hours, as a carpet of fragmented chords with pads rush in and out, developing the sort of rhythmic hypnosis which Berlin crowds have learned to love so much. These tracks are classic Morse codes from the depths of club space.

Artist:	DETTMANN/KLOCK
Title:	Scenario EP
Label:	OSTGUT TON (GERMANY)
Format:	2x12"
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	OSTGUT 011EP

Marcel Dettmann and Ben Klock join forces again with the Scenario EP -- a double 12" containing four brand new tracks as well as a rework of their hit "Dawning." "Scenario" features drums dry as a bone, with metallic percussion and concise effects. "Blank Scenario" is a reduced workout of "Scenario," "Renumber" is a stoic techno beast with a heavy bass, and "Places Like This" is a DJ tool turned bombastic. "Dawning (Revisited)" revives the original with plenty of harmony.

Artist:	MY MY
Title:	Southbound/Pink Flamingos
Label:	OSTGUT TON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	OSTGUT 013EP

Southbound/Pink Flamingos is not only MyMy's debut release on Ostgut Ton, it also is the first full 12" release after their critically-acclaimed album Songs For The Gentle on Playhouse. With this 12", the duo move away from their techy style to wade knee-deep through deep house territory, delivering two percussive, swinging house tools with irresistible grooves. Both tracks are as timeless as purring cats, Pears soap and old Prescription records. This is gentlemen's music.

Artist:	SUMO & PROSUMER, TAMA
Title:	Play Up/Brothers, Sisters
Label:	OSTGUT TON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	OSTGUT 014EP

Tama Sumo and Prosumer present "Play Up" and "Brothers, Sisters": two tracks reminiscent of Trax. Kick drums and bass lines dig deep; funky, short guitar licks lead up to breaks after which arms fly to heaven and sweat drips from the ceiling. Prosumer knows just how to create those special moments by using only a few select, simple elements -- a technique Tama Sumo is familiar with as well. You can call it the everlasting laws of the old school!

Artist:	VA
Title:	Berghain 02 Part 1
Label:	OSTGUT TON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	OSTGUT 015EP

Berghain 02 is Ostgut's second installment of their Berghain mix CD series, mixed and compiled by resident DJ Marcel Dettmann. The label will be releasing four exclusive tracks Marcel has used for his mix exclusively on vinyl in advance as a two part set. Part I features tracks by Shed and Tobias. Shed focuses on the essential soul of Detroit techno that glows from the inside with a 1993 euphoria. Tobias delivers a slowly-building percussive monster that is hypnotic and bass-heavy.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Berghain 02 Part II
Label:	OSTGUT TON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	OSTGUT 016EP

Marcel Dettmann mixed the second installment of Ostgut's Berghain mix CD series, and these are four exclusive tracks that comprise a two part set. Norman Nodge's "Native Rhythm Electric" possesses subtle, rhythmic modulations, analog hiss, and a reduced, dirty sound design. Samuli Kemppi contributes "Vangel," probably the most direct and kicking track in this series and 100% pure techno -- strum & drang that heralds a rave apocalypse by using a massive bell riff.

Artist:	FENGLER, MARCEL
Title:	Friction/Yaki
Label:	OSTGUT TON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	OSTGUT 017EP

Marcel Fengler displays two different sides to his abilities with one primetime techno banger and one more experimental cut with a strong dubstep influence. "Friction" is meant for a big techno dancefloor -- it is a self-assured DJ tool that keeps a perfect balance between deepness and peak-time energy. "Yaki" is his first track ever that features a broken beat. Accompanied by noisy fragments and dark, industrial synth stabs, this track remains deeply rooted in the Berghain sound.

Artist:	PROSUMER & MURAT TEPELI
Title:	Serenity (Soundstream Remix)
Label:	OSTGUT TON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	OSTGUT 018EP

This 12" by Prosumer & Murat Tepeli includes Soundstream and his remix of "Serenity." His deep and hypnotic treatment captures the sound and atmosphere of the duo's album and leaves enough room for melancholy, playfulness and bass-y grooves. This EP also includes the original track, previously only available on CD. As a bonus, there is the vocal mix of the album track "Believe." Measured chords, a driving bass line and ecstatic melodic sequences make for an emotional journey.

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Artist:	AME
Title:	Fiori
Label:	OSTGUT TON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	OSTGUT 010EP