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DRK 016EP
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"Things go slow sometimes. The third installment of AM/PM's sublime quadruple twelve inch series took its time and rewards the patience. AM/PM goes from strength to strength and brings us two more tracks after having created a buzz with the brilliant and critically acclaimed 'Also' EP in 2005 and 'Maratea' (1/4)and 'Bought and Sold' (2/4) in 2006. Originally Radovan Scasascia kept close to the self imposed stricture of only working from the last notes of existing music, but by now allows drum machines and bass lines to pull things away from classical home listening to the dance floor and elsewhere. 'So it Goes' kicks off in a sorted fashion, but eventually is underpinned by a bubbling bass line which nods back to the day when bass lines had to come from that famous Roland kit. A tight clap keeps things together and moving onwards, but over time 'So it Goes' starts to move in opposing directions and seems to go forwards and backwards at the same time. 'Pellicci' borrows its name from an East London, Italian-run cafe, a lively and busy spot, but possibly instilling half Italian, Zurich-born Radovan Scasascia with memories of a different time and a different place. This is the track more connected to earlier AM/PM work, concerned with the erosion of clock-time,entering the 'perceived' time of perhaps, Michelangelo Antonioni's Il Deserto Rosso."
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DRK 015EP
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"Dreck Records, home to Secondo, AM/PM and just recently, Portland's Strategy, is very pleased to welcome the second external signing to its label: the Düsseldorf-based Stefan Schwander, known to electronic music as Antonelli, Antonelli Electr, Repeat Orchestra and Rhythm Maker, among others. He co-founded the Cologne-based minimal techno-pop label, Italic, in 1999, which has released the larger part of his work to date. Antonelli (at the time with the suffix Electr) made his mark on the scene with his seminal debut album Me, The Disco Machine (1999) and the follow up LP, Click (2000). This release sees Dreck Records continuing with their double A-side format bringing together two full-length boogie whoppers by Antonelli from either end of his musical spectrum. 'Be, Bop and Boogie' is an extended, bouncy and intrinsically uplifting disco-dub-track, 'Boogie,' as the track-title suggests, for everybody on the dancefloor in post-summer holiday mode, fresh, healthy and flirty. This is the track everyone will dance to until the nights get shorter again. 'Zabriskie' is a little darker but never sinister. In no hurry it builds up to its full glory and rewards the listener with a set of beautiful synth-washes in the latter half of the record, which will make you want to set the needle back and wait in anticipation for that sweet, sweet moment again and again."
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DRK 014EP
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"Strategy is on a roll and Dreck is very pleased to release a follow-up EP to his fantastic Future Rock album, which came out earlier this year on Kranky to much critical acclaim. Strategy continues to blend different genres and influences, creating very organic and unique sounding tracks that meander between dub, house and techno culminating in analog warmth and love. 'Pacific Agenda' on the A-side kicks off with Profan-like offbeat stabs only then to surprise with lovely Rhodes keys and hand-played percussion. The flip side's 'Julydub' is a dubby house track drenched in spring reverb and carried by an incredibly deep bassline. Strategy is Portland based Paul Dickow, who's been making a name for himself as a producer, DJ and curator of Community Library, a record label he runs with David Chandler (aka Solenoid) which releases music varying from house to noise. Paul has recorded for various labels including ORAC and Kranky, he has also remixed tracks for DFA and Tigerbeat6 to name just a few."
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DRK 013EP
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"Radovan Scasascia continues here in the same realm as with the critically acclaimed Also EP, which was number 1 on Michael Mayer's chart for Earplug and was a favorite amongst DJ Koze, Trevor Jackson, the Idjut Boys and Touch Records' Jon Wozencroft, alike. The source material here still comes from a carefully selected palette of final moments and last breaths of found recordings. The arrangements let them move in and out of timing and create the chance compositions, micro-tonal disharmonies and warmth typical for AM/PM records. At times, they are carried by conceptually freer substructures, which offer themselves to the dancefloor and form a grounding contrast to the more ethereal and afloat elements. Each installment of the series will hold two tracks exploring the scope from home listening to club-land."
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DRK 001CD
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This label's debut compilation from the year 2000, suddenly available. "Abstract electronica label from the U.K. Phantastic and extremely stylish. For the start you will get a CD that reflects the label's early sound research activities. Focus here is on Radovan Scasascia's bizarre sound art."
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DRK 008CD
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Brilliant minimalist electronic music sorta of in a Pop Ambient style (minus the "Pop", but not just "ambient")."The Ends I & II presents the two preceding vinyl releases (DRECK 005 & DRECK 007) on a full length CD album. With his second project on Dreck records Radovan Scasascia employs another intriguing concept of combining popular music (as a starting point) and conceptual composing. Built from the endings of existing music, these compositions embrace warmth, melancholia as well an angularity due to the diversity of the sampled material. Once removed from their original sources, these sounds capture both a sense of finality and endlessness. The instance we all know from the disappearing hums and hisses of a record in its last groove is perpetuated here and accentuates the perception of time unfolding. 'Lovely tracks caught on the cusp between stasis and motion.' -- The Wire. 'Music like an endless walk through Autumn leaves and glowing morning light.' -- De:Bug."
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