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BARN 102EP
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Club music reduced to its essential elements, those elements then pushed to their limits! Dangerously malfunctioning DJ tools! The Feeling of Power! All that and much more on this striking new record from the one and only Barnt, the great reductional absurdist finally appearing on Studio Barnhus, providing concrete proof of the secret, decade-long love-affair between artist and label, after a bunch of Barnt b2b Boman DJ sets over the years, Kornél Kovács' legendary "disco edit" of classic Barnt track "Chappell", endless "Studio Barnthus" jokes, etc. "Aqua Breeze" immediately makes its mark as an essential part of Barnt's relatively small, absolutely profound catalog.
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KOM 442EP
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Barnt's masterclass debut EP for Kompakt. Typical to the producer's modus operandi, ProMetal Fan Decor Only Product spins out a surprising narrative, catching the listener unawares, while remaining fundamentally Barnt. You might know Barnt as one of the people behind the idiosyncratic imprints Magazine and Schalen, through which he released his most of his EPs and the incomparable 2014 debut album, Magazine 13.; or maybe you know the thread of beautiful, unpredictable club hits he's woven with labels like Cómeme and Hinge Finger. Despite living in Cologne, and being friends with the label, Barnt has not put out anything on Kompakt yet, apart from an one-off appearance on Pop Ambient 11 over a decade ago. An EP had been in the air for several years, but it took Barnt a bit of time to get into the right state of mind, because he wanted to make sure the music paid tribute to "the ceremonial, emotional, grand sprit" that he connects with Kompakt. Typical to the producer's modus operandi, ProMetal Fan Decor Only Product spins out a surprising narrative, catching the listener unawares, while remaining fundamentally Barnt. After the elegiac opener "Fan", stately in its melancholic, epic flourish, "You Know What's Gone" stomps into earshot, the pounding thud of the drums pinning clanging patterns to the dancefloor, a Sturm Und Drang symphony, the tones all clashing metals and silvers. After that, there's release -- the hypnotic psychedelic reels of "This Is For Decor Only" are Barnt gone trance, a sensual glide of a track that pirouettes out an eternity of sizzling hi-hats and strip light melodies. While you might want to be alone when listening to "Fan", you might have the time of your life dancing to "This Is For Decor Only", played by your favorite DJ at your favorite festival this Summer. With ProMetal Fan Decor Only Product, wrapped in a sleeve by artist Lukas Heerich, Barnt and Kompakt finally come together, equal parts refined elegance and sweaty fervor.
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HOLGER 012EP
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After gracing Holger with one of his signature remixes in 2015 on The Moonland Remixes, Barnt now returns with two of his own works, the first ones since his widely acclaimed debut LP of 2014 (MAGAZINE 013LP). Side A features an ethereal composition in five parts - accurately titled "A-Seite 1-5" - while Side B displays Barnt's idiosyncratic version of techno at its best: "If She Says She Is A Healer, She Is A Healer". Unmistakably the man from Magazine, yet in surprising new garments - and another perfect match for Holger.
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MAGAZINE 131EP
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Pressed on 180-gram vinyl. Two remixes of "Cherry Red" from Barnt's 2014 debut album, Magazine 13. (MAGAZINE 013CD/LP). Tale of Us asked Magazine for the stems of the track, intending to craft a version for their sets, and Recondite happened to pass by the studio while they were working on it; together they deliver a driving and vital interpretation of Barnt's melodic masterpiece. Jens-Uwe Beyer prolongs the already massive breakdown toward the end of the track; his remix has been a highlight of Barnt's DJ sets. Crato's cover art is a bold remix in itself, reworking the original cover.
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MAGAZINE 013LP
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Double LP version, packaged in gatefold sleeve. 180 gram vinyl. Includes CD.
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MAGAZINE 013CD
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Barnt: Born in the '70s, kid of the '90s. When his classmates were into grunge, he was exploring techno, when the same classmates discovered techno, he was already taking a closer look into hip-hop (battling in the nationwide DMC and ITF championships), when everyone went to Berlin to celebrate minimal, he was on a trip back in time to inhale early German electronic and rock music -- attracted by the main oppositional poles of this era: accuracy and free rein. Mainly these biographical key points and his (now over two decades spanning) DJ experience are the base for his formula of pathos, calculated dilettantism, and dancefloor functionality that characterize all his productions. Take the infamous "Geffen," or his earlier work with Cologne Tape on the EP Render, the first release on his own conceptual imprint Magazine, which he co-runs with Crato and Jens-Uwe Beyer. Render and his debut solo EP What Is a Number, That a Man May Know It? became instant underground hits in 2010 and the records have been precious collector's items ever since. At that time he was already an established part of the music scene in Cologne, the city where he finished first his Biology and subsequently his Art studies (carving out the two poles "accuracy" and "free rein" in his development again). He still lives in the fruitful atmosphere of Cologne and from here he further evolves his idiosyncratic style, which has already brought him from Robert Johnson to Trouw, from Montreux Jazz Festival to MUTEK Mexico, from Berghain to Burning Man.
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COMEME 020EP
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Barnt teaches us how to exquisitely capture the full yin and yang of the sublime and the lunatic on Ariola. Barnt's style remains a palpable paradox now even more refined. "Tunsten," "Stac" and "Ariola" are marvelously aloof though totally unashamed to exalt the wonderful impertinence of the rave-ritual's key stimuli. Here he practices his vicious dancefloor trickery, provoking precise physical reactions by clearly calculating frequencies which stimulate dance. At the same time all of this is super loony, theatrical, and delicately decadent.
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MAGAZINE 006EP
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Is This What They Were Born For? is not the first time the DJ, producer and co-founder of Magazine orchestrates his profound knowledge of true cosmic sound design in the most convincing manner. The sympathetic space traveler can expect a fair amount of big bang here, too, lavishly decorated with zero-gravity synth leads, but sticking to the molecular facts while sporting a near-biblical bass drum. The singularity has never been more seductive than in Barnt's guise.
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MUSIQ 147EP
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Barnt is a Cologne-based producer who is known as a member of Magazine (artist & label). The original on the A-side is like a dark house remix of Goblin. If you like dubby techno sounds like Echospace or Redshape, you will be into this track. On the B-side Vakula remixes the track into warm, deep house.
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MAGAZINE 002EP
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Barnt now releases his debut on Magazine: a hypnotic and free-floating haze, heavily influenced by the dancefloor. Few times before has the psychedelic energy of the 1970s been combined with techno house in such an idiosyncratic way. "Collection" reflects everything that was on the verge of fraying when groups like The Who or Ash Ra Tempel exaggerated the freeform. "Minister" is a rhythmical soundscape cut by razor-sharp 909 drums. The test-pressing has already ignited dancefloors. This record is for DJs. The first 250 copies are signed and numbered and contain an art supplement which will leave you puzzled.
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