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ANN 019EP
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German producer Sawlin is back for a third EP on the Delsin sister label. Niedertracht features four more tracks of searing techno in truly uncompromising Sawlin-style. "Kontraktion" goes first with heavy metallic hits, lots of industrial machinery found-sounds and thumping kick-drums. The surface of "Padjam" is then covered in squirming, scratchy little effects as syncopated drums swing deep down below. "Niedertracht"is a spangled techno track that has gurgling synths and fizzing drills all encased in a rave-y arrangement of horns and windy howls. "Weibhaupt" is made up of metal loops, punctured drums and rasping synths that sound like factories in meltdown.
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ANN AND-EP
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Mancunians AnD serve up three tracks on the Ann Aimee label. The titular track "Ard Core Krew" kicks things off with squealing machines, huge dump piston sounds, metallic synths and brutalist kick-drums. "Changed My View" is much the same, with every single element sounding raw, frazzled and under plenty of strain. It's a fuzzy, dirty track with lots of detailed activity as well as huge, stomping kick-drums, which pin it all together. "Free at Last" is the most propulsive and forward-moving; surging as it does on a grimy brew of splintered hi-hats, incessant kick-drums and low, fizzing frequencies.
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ANN 018EP
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Ann Aimee has readied its next release from UK tastemaker and Radio 1 presenter Mosca. First up is "It's Not What It Looks Like" -- a hunched over, industrial-tinged house groove with rattling percussion and a heavy kick drum. Full of grainy textures and clanging machines, the whole thing is backlit with serene pads and smeared with deft synth patterns. "Kneecap" features off-kilter chords bringing a sense of paranoia to the barreling beats and bristling percussion. "Press Up" is a bit of deep and atmospheric house, smoothed over with misty textures and a bottled-up sense of funk. Cover artwork by Boris Tellegen.
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ANN 017EP
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Sawlin's debut EP on Delsin off-shoot Ann Aimee went down so well it only made sense to have him craft another. Eviment is that EP, made up of three more deep and subterranean techno cuts that play with plenty of textures.
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ANN 2X2-EP
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Delsin's sister label Ann Aimee has unearthed another techno talent here in the form of Yan Cook. The Ukrainian has worked under aliases like Eigenes Rezept, but is now focusing on his own style fully: heavy dancefloor techno with haunting atmospheres. "Rhomb" is as heavy and subterranean as they come. Apocalyptic-sounding synths pan over the whole arrangement as microbial sounds busy themselves in the foreground. "2x2" bangs the box even harder. Yan Cook's grip on the is firm, to say the least.
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ANN 016EP
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Ann Aimee is back with another bang, this time from mysterious Vault Series associate Sawlin who drops four cuts of grainy, scratchy sounds. "Boring Feels" is the deepest offering, gently pushing forward as sharp percussion sounds roll off the heavy and hunched-over bottom-end. "Techno Dumping" is a punchier affair with trippy background atmospherics and a cantering bottom-end that's paranoid as hell, while "Datamen Working" is a dubbed-out destroyer. "Neid Auf Vacuum" lets in some shafts of melodic light to its clappy house heart.
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INERTIA 001CD
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After more than 15 releases, Delsin sub-label Ann Aimee releases its first compilation, Inertia/Resisting Routine. Of course, rather than looking backwards, the Dutch label run by Marsel Delsin has instead compiled and commissioned -- together with Delta Funktionen -- 16 brand-new and exclusive tracks. They come from a new generation of label associates from the past half decade, with all of them therefore sharing certain ideals when it comes to brooding, darkened techno, as is Ann Aimee's mission. Operating in the murky under-waters of the contemporary techno scene, each producer enlisted serves up their own idiosyncratic vision: some are acid-tinged, some swing like a monkey and some lean on dub or house aesthetics for inspiration, but every single one will likely hypnotize dancefloors just as any good techno track should. So then, bold drums, analog aesthetics and meaty grooves are all present and correct throughout. Taking in names like Delta Funktionen, Mike Dehnert, Roman Lindau and Sacha Rydell, Cosmin TRG, Peter Van Hoesen, Conforce and techno innovator Redshape alongside new school heavyweights like Skudge, Lucy, Milton Bradley and Marcelus as well as newcomers Area Forty_One, Ozka and Sawlin, the Inertia/Resisting Routine tracklist reads like a who's-who of modern underground techno. Naturally, then, what it sounds like is the most definitive techno compilation in years.
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INERTIA 001EP
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Four modern techno tracks on this first release of an Ann Aimee compilation series. All four new and exclusive tracks deal in techno urgency. Delta Funktionen goes deep and dramatic, Peter Van Hoesen offers up his usual dub-wise textures, while Lindau pairs icy hi-hats with a heavy, stomping beat. Sawlin offers the trippiest techno with his delightfully disheveled "Excipidial."
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INERTIA 002EP
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Part two of the four-part Inertia sampler. Previously unreleased. First up is Frenchman Marcelus, who offers a heavy house and techno fusion, before London's Sigha goes deep and ominous with "Finding Myself." Redshape and Area Forty_One close out the package with frozen, static-coated sounds and textured techno, respectively.
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INERTIA 003EP
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The third in the Inertia series with four brand-new and exclusive techno cuts, taken straight from the Inertia compilation. Things open with the dark, skipping beats of Stroboscopic Artefacts boss Lucy, before veteran Berlin producer and label boss Milton Bradley layers plenty of filter and reverb over a kicking beat for his textured effort, "Sequence 1." Mike Dehnert contributes some ravey techno loops before the EP is brought to a close with some gray-scale bleakness from Belgium's Ozka.
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INERTIA 004EP
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The final of four in the Inertia series with four new exclusive techno tracks. Skudge are as economical yet efficient as you'd expect with their booming "Pollution," before Conforce designs yet more lush sounds with his deep technoid cut. Cosmin TRG confounds expectations again with his rusty, rolling cut before Fachwerk co-founder Sascha Rydell gets a little spaced-out on his kinetic and melancholic effort, "Rainy Days."
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Ann Aimee goes darker and more minimalistic than before with this debut release by Area Forty_One. This unknown producer gives us his personal interpretation of modern techno. This double pack contains five solid techno cuts, filled with spacy and robotic sounds, together with one imminent ambient track. Discharging Clouds has a unique vibe and will please anyone with a preference for the dark, sinister techno sound. The mysterious Area Forty_One is one to keep an eye on.
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ANN 015EP
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Delta Funktionen delivers his third and final part in his Setup series. More freaked, frantic and robotic as ever before.
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Darker and more sinister than all his releases before. Beats getting tighter and rougher, there's no chance to escape. Welcome to the world of Delta Funktionen. This second part of his Setup EPs brings three times dark, heavy, soaking techno tracks, with the otherworldly track "Conflict Data" closing the Setup.
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ANN 012EP
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New York-based South African, Brendon Moeller has been producing music since 1994. His compositions have been released on Deep Space Media, Third Ear Records, Echocord, Mule Musiq, Rekids and more. He records as Brendon Moeller, Beat Pharmacy and Echologist. Dub, techno, jazz, Afrobeat and psychedelia are inspirations that appear in most of his music. Whether it be serious dancefloor bizniz, or dubbed-out bass-scapes, his music always possesses a quality and signature that have helped him become the prolific force he is today.
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ANN 011EP
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Delta Funktionen presents the first part of two Setup EPs. After his debut EP Electromagnetic Radiation, his reputation is still rapidly growing. Setup One: Decorum is the follow-up to his cult hit "Silhouette" and explores the darker side of things -- three straight techno jack tracks, and one serene ambient track, evolving in an even more personal sound.
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ANN XYY
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300 copies limited vinyl-only release. After two releases on the Dutch label Rush Hour, Syrinx presents his first limited release on Ann Aimee. Side A brings a deep, fine, dubbed-out spacey, funky techno track; on the flip, he delivers a raw industrial techno track, and one smooth interlude/ambient track.
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ANN 010EP
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After his debut EP on Ann Aimee and the ultra-limited Silhouette EP, Delta Funktionen now delivers this 4-track beauty. Four tracks of deep, beautiful, atmospheric techno, with the soul deep within.
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ANN 003LP
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LP version. "Missions on earth are carried out as Pub (Ampoule, Vertical Form), in space they're known as Lucky & Easy. A classic, is a first word which comes to mind playing the album. The music grabs you, and takes you away from all daily things, which just distracted you again. Once you've returned after an hour, there's not much else to think then directly wanting to get on board again. Lucky & Easy bring very warm electronica, intriguing rhythms and sometimes it seems like one song sounds as three in one. Lucky & Easy sound like songs, The Black Dog once used to make, as well like the sounds of Boards of Canada, and it even reminds to The Orb, with it's psychedelic excursions. Their own Ampoule label kicked off with their sought after EP, later on Lucky & Easy released music as Pub on the Scottish' Ampoule label as well on UK's Vertical Form, being remixed by Arovane and others. The Pub album Do You Ever Regret Pantomime? from 2001 became an electronica classic. Talent Hoover is a beautiful electronica album in style of classics as Boards of Canada's Music Is The Right To Childeren, Kettel's Cenny Crush, or Plaid's Not For Threes. Listen and be amazed as well."
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