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CRE 052EP
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Producer/DJ, multi-instrumentalist Takuya Nakamura has been playing trumpet, keyboards, and various electronic instruments for over 20 years throughout the United States and the world with a diverse group of artists such as Quincy Jones, Lee Scratch Perry, GZA (Wu Tang Clan), DJ Shadow, Cocorosie, Arto Lindsay, Vernon Reid, Brazilian Girls, Organic Grooves. Takuya moved to New York from his native Tokyo in 1994 and became an integral, sought after part of NYC's vibrant underground live/electronic scene. In 1999, he joined Organic Grooves (Codek Records). In 2004, Takuya founded the experimental space-rock band Marianne. Remixes by Tronik Youth and Jonny Sender.
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CRE 050EP
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In 2002, when Alex Gloor moved back to Basel/Switzerland, he played a friend the Schaltkreis Wassermann LP Psychotron from 1982 with the cosmic classic "Lux". To Alex's surprise, his friend knew PJ Wassermann, and he lived near Basel, so Alex and PJ became friends and worked on different project together. In 2016, PJ was urged by his girlfriend to finally clean up his attic, and found (forgotten) recordings from his legendary LSD sessions from 1981, master tapes with live recordings of synth noodling created on many weekend "LSD Trips". Features: In Flagranti, Toby Tobias, Vahagn, and Additional Hardware.
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CRE 049EP
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In Flagranti presents a collaboration project with Ayakamay, a contemporary conceptual artist living in New York City. Including mixes by Das Komplex and Mytron.
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CRE 048EP
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Jonny Sender's "Zhivago Zhivago" was inspired by hearing deep house and techno tracks with phrasing that doesn't resolve after eight bars. Elhadj Fall delivers an MC-style party rap -- like Dr. Perri Johnson on Bohannon's "Let's Start the Dance Again" -- but in Wolof. Romanian duo Khidja turn out inspired psychedelic tracks, and here deliver a perfect remix of "Zhivago Zhivago." The vinyl version of "Disco Touch" reworks the original and combines elements from my Jonny Sender's other mixes. Darshan Jesrani (Metro Area, Startree) and Dennis Kane (Disques Sinthomme, Ghost Town) come together as Siren for a remix of "Disco Touch."
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CRE 047EP
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Since meeting in 1991 and forming In Flagranti, Alex Gloor and Sasha Crnobrnja have released their prolific catalog on imprints like Erol Alkan's Phantasy Sound and the French Kitsuné label, along with their own Codek Records Europe. "Double Talk" once again showcases their knowledge of quality disco grooves, with top-notch use of reminiscent samples and funky synths. Rigged up with a soulful, '70s-era vocal and a Sunday stroll bassline, it's truly timeless -- tied down to no trend or generation. Includes remixes by Andy Butler of Hercules & Love Affair, Dinamo of Azari & III, and Wolfram.
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CRE 046EP
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The second installment of In Flagranti's Spiritus Rector edit series. Four tracks of disco/funk/cosmic/afro dance grooves.
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CRE 045EP
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Codek Records presents Spiritus Rector Vol. 1, the first in a series of edits by In Flagranti. "If there is such a thing as a spiritus rector, I would put my faith in the new In Flagranti release in a blink of the eye. Wandering through musical age and genre, In Flagranti selects the flickering gold from the mud. The duo inspired many. This record does not compromise. It is a question: whether you want to step onto the dancefloor, wherever that may conveniently or shamelessly be." --Murielle Victorine Scherre, designer/owner, La Fille d'O lingerie
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CRE 044EP
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Imagine a business date between In Flagranti, KONK, Liquid Liquid, Whatever Whatever and Optimo. It's a meeting that would not require any tea, biscuits or appropriate attire. All they need is a bundle of fiber optics to generate an internet connection. A bass line from Geneva (Jonny Sender/KONK), drums and percussion from the UK (Sasa Crnobrnja/ In Flagranti), and vocals from NY (Salvatore Principato/ Liquid Liquid), all propelled through the blender-beat-bender of both Justin Strauss (Whatever Whatever) and JD Twitch (Optimo). This release is a hip-notizing dance machine.
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CRE 043EP
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Codek Records presents two excellent tracks from Mode, very melodic with a superb production. "Play the Game" is 12 minutes of Balearic bliss. Although the vibe is very mellow, at 115 bpm, it goes well with any of the current nu-disco/deep house releases. On the flip side is the track "You Don't Know" on which Mode exchanged all the plug-in synths with his beloved Juno 6, making it sound real smooth.
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Since the end of 2011, In Flagranti have released a series of three exclusive digital releases on junodownload. The first was issued from November-December 2011 then from April-May 2012 and finally November-December 2012. It was an exercise to try and release a new track with a video every Monday for two weeks, which varied in style from disco re-edits to deep house to Balearic to the obscure. Some of the feedback was: "is this going to be on vinyl?" So, In Flagranti decided to pick the best-sellers and the tracks that got the most feedback from DJs and sales people and release it on a 12" vinyl LP. All the tracks have been re-mastered/edited to fit the album format without losing sound quality and the lacquer was cut at Abbey Road Studio in London.
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CRE 041EP
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In this series, In Flagranti explore sounds that inspired them while sharing a loft in New York City between 1992 and 1994. House music was the genre played in most clubs at the time and Skematic Tracks is their take on that sound, with a little twist of the cut and paste aesthetic that has been In Flagranti's signature for the last 10 years.
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In Flagranti seem to be happily caught in an endless spool of recycling their stylistic approach, with their Skematic Tracks Vol. 2 12" somehow combining their trademark punk-funk strut with moody, dubby techno influences. Includes poster.
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CRE 002CD
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This is the second full-length release from In Flagranti. Still constructed piecemeal between Basel and New York respectively, partners in crime Alex Gloor and Sasha Crnobrnja undress punk with their standard sleazy disco fare on Brash & Vulgar, the follow-up to 2006's titillating Wronger Than Anyone Else. In true Flagranti form, it's an irreverent balance of sex, dirt, distortion, dance, beauty and tongue-in-cheek humor, all wrapped up in a gritty, '70s aesthetic that harkens deconstructed vintage porn. Accomplished graphic designer Gloor first constructs collages, taking cues from 1920s German advertising, where a designer would simply make an ad and leave the company name blank, showing it to clients who would eventually fill in their name. Similarly, once the art is chosen, the tracks follow suit, with titles inspired by the artwork. Whereas Wronger Than Anyone Else was a cut-and-paste collection of 12"s, Brash & Vulgar is indeed a fully-formed album. Using a cheap mic, a 4-track tape and a slew of sex-charged vocals (one even originating directly from a bedroom in France), this release well and truly lives up to its name. Throbbing bass beats, disco bounce, and punk-pop snap make for the ultimate in metallic sheen stretchpants dance orgies. Time to revel in the afterglow.
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CRE 015EP
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"Citing Freddie Mas' biggest influences as 'dreams, coincidences and house parties...,' the Chicago native is determined to forge a new level of expression in popular music. For the last 5 years, he has been introducing a physical dynamic to his productions, collaborations, infamous DJ sets and performances, something that, he feels, has long been missing from a rather stoic NYC dance scene. He describes his sound as 'motion motivated' and considers music as 'inseparable from the phenomenon of gravity, yet a living art capable of greater possibilities beyond.' Freddie Mas' extremely unpredictable performances are heavenly and demonic, often simultaneously. Sometimes dangerous but never stingy, he aims for textural and emotional vistas largely uncharted by his contemporaries. Freddy Mas was previously featured on Codek Records and Tigersushi. The Arc EP features 4 new tracks that were entirely written and produced by Freddy Mas. Not sure how to file this music, but it's somewhere within electro-rock-punk-funk-house."
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CRE 001CD
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In Flagranti is New York-based Sasha Crnobrnja and Alex Gloor, and this is their first full-length album. After a productive 2005-06 year with six 12" vinyl EPs, In Flagranti now release this record which compiles all the tracks from the now hard-to-find vinyl 12"s, with additional unreleased tracks on one CD. Wronger Than Everyone Else is difficult to pin down, though critics have compared In Flagranti with acts such as !!!, Daft Punk, The Rapture... or as one club promoter placed them, "New York's funkiest exponent of the ever-growing disco-punk revival." What the two members share is the simultaneous discovery of the Italian cosmic scene from the late '70s/early '80s electro: a scene that blended aspects of disco, Afro-rock, funk and dub. Especially with the start of Alex and Sasha's label Codek Records, their aim is to assemble different elements of art/graphic design and styles of music into a seamless flow, which ultimately led them to create In Flagranti, an act that would reflect and continue to explore the endless possibilities of a "cut and paste" aesthetic. From the electronic disco sound of Giorgio Moroder and Patrick Cowley to the punk funk of Liquid Liquid, A Certain Ratio and more contemporary sounds of today's dance music, Wronger Than Everyone Else is an erotic and humorous collage of all of the above. Already graced with bone fide underground club hits such as "Nonplusultra" and "We Make Love In a House Made of Glass," and with Time Out NY voting them as one of the Best in 2005, it looks like In Flagranti could be the wrongest rightest thing to originate in NYC for quite some time.
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