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PMSH 001LP
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Crack shot wiry techno from Stockholm's Simon Haydo, putting his trusted Korg MS-20 through its paces for Peder Mannerfelt Produktion after showcasing the semi-modular synth's myriad permutations on Avian, Hivern Discs, and Studio Barnhus in recent years. Working shades away from Peder Mannerfelt's less-is-more style, Haydo becomes the latest in a line of producers stretching from Suicide through Fad Gadget and Powell to fetishize and utilize Korg's classic, tactile little box for everything from kick drums to melodies and anything between. However, The Illusion of an Alternative Choice would simply be an academic exercise in asceticism if it weren't for the remarkable diversity of sounds Haydo generates from his chosen bit of kit. Like Lorenzo Senni with his Roland JP-8080, or Mark Fell with the Yamaha DX7, Haydo reveals a wealth of variation from the Korg MS-20, reveling in its textured gradients and tweaky integers between the pulsating, viscous morph and off-kilter dissonance of "Let Know" to the search-and-destroy 'ardcore mentasm-style licks of "Not For You?", through the dry, blocky roller "The Go!", to the sharp-cut jack-beat of "Parade Of Unhappy" and unstable cosmic fuss of "Out". In effect, by proving you can create a whole record with lots of variation, but only using one synth, Haydo also cocks a cool snook at those n00b producers with expensive banks of kit who produce the most prosaic, tepid and gridlocked house -- basically proving that it's not what you've got, but how you use it. Edition of 300.
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BALANS 016EP
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Lebanon-born, Stockholm-based techno DJ and producer Simon Haydo is an exceptional talent who has already made waves with releases on Studio Barnhus and his own label, DEM. Here, he delivers four trademark hypnotic little monsters; classic- and retro-sounding tracks that are nevertheless undeniably contemporary. It's Haydo's strong point to be able to create a lot of tension, suspense, and dynamics with only a few elements, very much like such old masters as Daniel Bell and Robert Hood.
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BARN 025EP
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After the mind-expanding MS20-fest that was his Studio Barnhus debut in early 2014 and with a warehouse-maddening remix for Naphta fresh in the stores, Simon Haydo returns to his home away from home with a glowing four-track EP chock-full of beautiful techno ranging from the mischievously boombastic to the straight-up drugged. Artwork by Johannes Brander.
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BARN 019EP
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Please meet Simon Haydo, one of the key players in Stockholm's true school techno scene. A debut EP on Pär Grindvik's Stockholm LTD in 2008 and a mid-00s residency at legendary underground party Kruthuset was followed by a few years of cold, mysterious silence, which then suddenly and violently ended with the formation of Simon's DEM label in early 2013. Seven brilliant DEM releases later, Simon delivers his Studio Barnhus debut. These fierce & fresh Haydo jams represent the very finest in MS20-induced techno hypnosis and make a perfect addition to the ever-expanding Barnhus catalog.
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STHLMLTD 012EP
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"After the huge 'Score for Direction' success with label owner Pär Grindvik, Stockholm LTD presents a new Swedish talent for the world. Simon Haydo is a really close friend of Pär Grindvik and the Stockholm LTD family. For several years, Simon has been playing records among the high end clubs in his hometown of Stockholm, Sweden. A while ago he finally got himself some studio equipment and has been asking for production tips from time to time, but when we received his demo, we realized that he didn't really need them. Simon knocked us right out of our chairs! We rarely get demos this emotional and we didn't know that Simon would pass us one as we had not heard a bleep of his music until that day. Most of the demos you get are from people trying to sound like someone else, but Simon has a sound of his own. We are really proud to have Simon Haydo joining the label and his first record Different Shades of White will follow us forever!"
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