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FIRM 031EP
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"Bozzwell throws us a slice of deep computer funk, 'Escape 5' (A1), a dark and skippy journey, a story even! Not content in churning out tracky, dull techno, he's come up once again with something deep with a thoughtful and intriguing narrative lyric. Whilst Hiem rule the disco (Bozzwell's electro pop band), he has been turning feet and heads as a solo artist with his releases on Eskimo's Suicide imprint, and most recently with his mini EP Fiona's Song (FIRM 28), which achieved rave reviews everywhere even picking up a prestigious 'Pick of the week' in the influential and high brow Guardian newspaper and lighting up the skys with plays on the BBC'S flagship radio station Radio 1. This release should secure Bozzwell's place amonst the European elite. A2 sees Ju Beyer aka Popnoname with Volker Pannes aka Deepulse revisiting Firm 28's 'Marlenas Eyes,' reworking the original into a powerful punchy dancefloor groover. Taking on where Bozzwell left off, JU's and Volkers remix adds a little ambient flavour, twisting the chorus vocal and laying down a simple driving kick to the piece. Andre Kraml rewires the track(B1), focusing on the technical detail of the vocals and adds a deeper flavour still, popping and fizzing as it bounces along -- there's something for every house, techno or electro DJ in this package."
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FIRM 030EP
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"After their stunning debut last year on Firm 27 -- which found its way into the sets of many famous DJs like Sascha Funke, Superpitcher and Tobias Thomas, etc. -- now here's their next strike on Firm Records. Three tracks of a new quality out of their studio in Cologne with beautifully emotional vocals from Cynthia Scholten and synth support of befriended MIT-member Tamer Fahri Özgenenc. After a couple of remixes and a release on the Belgian Dogtown label, this is the next step on their way to the top."
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FIRM 027EP
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"Coma are Marius Bubat and Georg Conrad and they are the long awaited rush of fresh air in the streets of Cologne and in the clubs worldwide. They combine pop and rave, techno and rock in a very unique, subtle and elegant way. Coma are nu-rave and old school techno, '80s pop and 2k-modernity in a deep hug. Coma gives the right answer to the wrong hypes and new influences, voices and feelings to electronic dance music. Live on stage Marius and Georg appear with laptop, guitar and microphone and they know how to have fun with their own beats and how to make the people scream constantly."
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FIRM 026EP
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"André Kraml, member of Firm from the beginning, strikes again: three tracks, peerless and typically Kraml, produced in his tricky way, are a must-have for every lover of subtle funkiness. All tracks are produced in his new studio and with his old colleagues like Schad Privat. This record will find its place in a lot of record bags around the world."
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FIRM 025LP
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Double vinyl version. "Eric D. Clark has been DJing dance music for the past 26 years. His Whirlpool Productions success with From: Disco to: Disco has established his reputation worldwide. Eric completed his album a few months ago -- he's just been waiting for the right label with the right guys behind it: Firm. With several 12" releases appearing at the same time on different labels (incl. Firm, Pale Music) his album has 14 new tracks, produced by Eric working on his own, or collaborating with Tyree Cooper (The Producer!) or with his brother. Most LPs are recorded in one particular sound studio. Not so with Eric D. Clark. He's at home 'in the SUBCURRENT' with his mobile studio, in various locations around the globe, from Kiev to L.A., and at various times, between gigs and after hours. In fact, when or wherever the muse caresses him. Thanks to numerous collaborations with a wide range of artists (incl. Angie Reed, Lady Miss Kier, Sex in Dallas) his horizons extend well beyond techno and dancefloor. These special influences together with his spontaneous approach to production mean that this album isn't always easy listening, but it is certainly a unique, assured and inspirational fare."
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FIRM 003CD
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"Eric D. Clark has been DJing house music for the past 20 years and his recent Whirlpool Production success with From: Disco to: Disco has established his reputation worldwide. Eric finished his album a few months ago. He's just been waiting for the right label with the right guys behind it: FIRM. His new album has 14 new tracks, mostly produced by Eric working on his own, but some in association with Tyree Cooper (The Producer!) or with his brother who lives in Sacramento, CA. Most albums are recorded in one particular sound studio. Not so with Eric D. Clark, though. He has sat down at his mobile studio in various locations around the globe, from Moscow to L.A., and at various times, between gigs and after hours. In fact, whenever the muse caressed him. Thanks to numerous collaborations with a wide range of artists (incl. Angie Reed, Lady Miss Kier, Sex in Dallas) his horizons extend well beyond techno and dancefloor. These special influences together with his spontaneous approach to production mean that this album isn't always easy listening but it is certainly unique, assured and inspirational fare."
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FIRM 023EP
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"After two earlier releases on MBF LTD, here comes the third one from Nerk (aka Toktok) and Dirk Leyers, known for his releases on Komapkt. Club tunes with a certain Berlin something."
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FIRM 021EP
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"'Good Evening' (Dirk Leyers Mix): Dirk snatched the track of Geiger, disappeared a few days for fishing and came up with something that strongly feels like the sea at night. He starts the track with a heavy and riding bass-woom-beat and adds more and more atmospheres and rhythm elements until you have forgotten where you are...but lost in that wonderful track. 'Good Evening' (Geiger Mix): An absolute new production of that theme -- and Geiger is doing his thing: A guitar pop song from the first league. And just because the majors are sleeping, it now appears exclusive on Firm. 'Good Evening' (Supermayer Mix): A 12-min epos for enthusiasts of deep club music. Multi-layered waves with accurately placed and affectionate hi-hats and dance sounds. Michael Mayer and Superpitcher transform the original track from Geiger into a movie full of atmospheric changes, which make this track timeless."
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FIRM 020EP
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"Justus Köhncke and Dirk Leyers, already known as 'Stammtisch der Verzweiflung' from their releases on Kompakt, produced together a brilliant dreamy dancetrack, which works in clubs, big discotheques or at home. Responsible for the musically and charmy vocals is Eric D. Clark (Whirlpool Prod.). The wish of these three musicians, to release the records on Firm, enriches the varied releases of the Cologne-based label."
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FIRM 019EP
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"After thrills on Nummer, Geiger aka Nass comes home with two perfectly-built nu-techno hair raisers."
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FIRM 018EP
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"Five years ago Firm artist Popnoname moved from the pretty German island Fehmarn to Cologne to make his music thing. He has produced music for several films and theater plays and comes out with his charmy but also sometimes rough rocking electronic beats on Firm for the second time. His always changing live-show with computer, guitar and microphone he already did in clubs across Europe is a big enrichment for the line-up of Firm. In January 2006, he founded the band Popnoname."
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FIRM 016EP
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"The mediative instance between techno & rock with a melodic 2-tracker for the diurnal people among yourselves."
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FIRM 017EP
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"The nightversion comes more brisk and grooves the hell out of you. A very unique & great record."
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FIRM 001CD
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Cologne-based Alexander Geiger presents his debut full-length album Out of Tune, a bizarre mix of different musical styles. Citing inspiration from Justus Kohncke's Doppelleben, Out of Tune mixes different musical influences from Abba to Chic, Inner City to Glen Campbell, creating a unique sound -- already known from his EP "Made In Home." With a hybrid of psychedelic rock sound and trash-punk, hippy folk and Detroit techno, Geiger sets himself no boundaries. He plays the bass and the guitar, sings and pops, crackles and cuddles, covers and mixes, pinches and invents, until every single drawer has been opened and closed again. With minimal equipment and maximum will, a promising hit torpedo was created at Geiger's home studio. With Out of Tune Geiger creates his own soundtrack, all that is missing is the appropriate movie.
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FIRM 002CD
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This is Cologne-based Heiko Voss' debut album whose childhood influences include: the Elmi-Radio-Show, die Ärzte, Falco, punk rock, Iron Maiden, Prince, Michael Jackson and the Pixies. Including a lot of techno, Heiko's musical perception can be seen as a walk-in wardrobe with many drawers, all of them half open and ready to be of service to him. Two Sides starts with talking a lot of crap and with that, he paves the way for the following 19 tracks to break through these borders while pushing everyday clichés regardless of morals or scruples. Heiko Voss harkens back to a time when FM Gold ruled the airwaves. When easy-going melodies slouched through your radio, skulking to a loose beat and singing with aplomb. While updated with digital detail, Two Sides could well be an update of Steely Dan's Aja or an album's worth of Boz Scaggs reworks. It's right there in that swinging backbeat and that mellow gold bassline. Except instead of the cocaine-dusted studio decks of 1970s L.A., we have the vegan-clean laptops of 2005's Köln. It's all super-cool and done with sang-froid, so lean that seat back and dial into the new sound of strut, because Mr. Voss is in the booth.
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FIRM 015EP
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"His fourth record on Firm. Together with Schad Privat and friends he shows us the results of his latest late night sessions: groovy electronic music for the clubs and the cars (on the way to the clubs, for example)."
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FIRM 014EP
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"Geiger, who is based in Cologne, Germany, presents with his new album Out Of Tune a bizarre mix of different musical styles. Confusing? Not at all, his way of mixing different musical genres such as rock, funk, techno, R&B and folk creates a unique sound -- already known from his EP Made In Home. With a hybrid of psychedelic rock sound and trash punk, hippy folk and Detroit techno, Geiger sets himself no boundaries. He plays the bass and the guitar, sings and pops, crackles and cuddles, covers and mixes, pinches and invents, until every single drawer has been opened and closed again. With minimal equipment and maximum will, a promising hit torpedo was created at Geiger's home studio. With Out Of Tune, Geiger creates his own soundtrack, all what is missing is the appropriate movie."
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FIRM 011EP
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"Our man from Arizona: wordmachine Schad Privat. The four firmy techno tracks are produced by T. Schaeben, A. Geiger and D. Lütter."
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FIRM 010EP
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"After his successful debut on Firm (Safari) André Kraml has produced 2 new 12" EPs. Eight new typical Kraml-tracks with the unique formula of a guy making music with a lot of friends while hanging around at the home-studio. Everyone can bring in some sounds or has something to say, specially firm-singer schad privat .... Anyone who liked Safari will love the next level of Andrés music."
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FIRM 009EP
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"After his successful debut on Firm (Safari) André Kraml has produced 2 new 12" EPs. Eight new typical Kraml-tracks with the unique formula of a guy making music with a lot of friends while hanging around at the home-studio. Everyone can bring in some sounds or has something to say, specially firm-singer schad privat .... Anyone who liked Safari will love the next level of Andrés music."
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FIRM 007EP
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"Our man in Hamburg, Alexander Geiger, already well-known for various remixes on Kompakt, now releases his solo debut on Firm: 'Made in Home' -- two 12"s at once, each including 5 tracks. Geiger plays the bass and the guitar, sings and pops, crackles and cuddles, covers and mixes, pinches and invents, until every single drawer has been opened and closed again. With minimal equipment and maximum will, a promising hit torpedo was created at Geiger's home studio, also featuring labelmates Schaeben & Voss and Firm-word-machine Schadprivat."
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FIRM 008EP
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5 track vinyl EP, second part of the Made In Home album.
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FIRM 002LP
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Strange 2LP compilation featuring a variety of underground German electronic styles, emitting a Shitkatapult-like vibe of tension and confusion. Artists featured: Boris Bontempt, T. Schaeben, Chistian S, Qlod, DJ Synchronizer, Heiko Voss, Geiger, Denis Moschitto & David Rössger, Revilo Dahcs, R. Ojijo, Dirk Leyers and Michael Mayer. "Firm is a new label with unbelievably complex organizational structures. Firm is totally unintentionally trendy. Firm is full of glamour and all participants lead a fulfilled life. The future is 7-D. 7-D is rocking for every direction.. Tropen Verlag is dead, long live Firm."
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