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WARE 039EP
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"It's 2003, and despite everything, Techno is alive! No comment on the political situation -- let's focus on music, like on Track Array. Track-A-What? 'Track' refers to the music, or rather the structure of Iven Schmidt's music, which is more track-based than songlike. 'Array' is a term from computer programming language, meaning a data field in which variables, often of the same kind, can be saved all at once. So the album is such an array on which several tracks are stored. However, Schmidt isn't interested in producing DJ-food, with a limited shelf life. The Frankfurter doesn't attempt to follow any particular school with his tracks: he creates a distinct, unique sound with playful, humorous melodies, sometimes with rather daring dramaturgical structures. Ware appreciates this peculiarity. Creativity is more important than any kind of rat race for the sound award."
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WARE 024EP
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"'Quest For Tires' is the next step into the unique sound-universe of Iven Schmidt. Iven Schmidt was the first 'outside' solo artist on Ware. Anyone investigating the flipside of this record or Schmidt's new track on Warenkorb #3 will recognize a musician blessed with the rare gift of being able to blend serious profundity with equal amounts of humorous trash. 'Quest For Tires' is slamming in an amount, no other production from Mr. Schmidt did before. The main focus at Ware records is still set on the ideas, the creativity and the uniqueness of a production, and those criteria are met by Iven Schmidt like they are met by no other musician in the Techno/House context these days."
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WARE 019EP
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"Iven Schmidt's second release on the label is split in two very different sides: The A-track presents Schmidt's ability to combine minimalistic underground techno house with humor and a fascinating simplicity. Or stupidity? Is it really allowed to call a track 'Dance Machine', Mr. Schmidt? On the other hand, don't we all like it really cheesy sometimes? Welcome to the soap opera disco... and back to street-fighting atmosphere on side B. We're in Neukölln, Berlin, and the song is called 'Amok Neukölln' -- I wonder if this is a rebellion or just New Year's Eve? Fighting or dancing? 'Tanzmaschine' gives the answer: Everything happens in your head, fighting against bad memories, dancing to subtle beatless noises, stupidity, seriousness..."
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