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KTDJ 043LP
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Double LP version. Gatefold sleeve. It's A Fine Line (Ivan Smagghe and Tim Paris) present their debut album. Two Parisians, Ivan Smagghe and Tim Paris, exiled in London for the better part of the last ten years set out to redefine space. It's A Fine Line was born from non-restraint, cultivating its own vision of house music and disco, a paradoxical one, a non-functional one. Their first LP reveals itself as a collection of tests, of explorations in the shadows and corners of club culture. These are murky roads where counterfeit goes for gold standard, perfect territory to lose oneself in order to find ones way. Leaving behind the smooth highways of club music, they ride more chaotic trails, with dubious reputation or names: white funk, trance groove, electronic psychedelia, greasy, rock'n'roll - A risky path, ambivalent, proud of accidents, crashes and bad taste, but the only real way to discover virgin grounds on well-trodden terrain. They are writing their own (hi)story. For this album, Tim and Ivan recruited three double agents, the flame of Alex Kapranos, singer of Franz Ferdinand, the mysterious voice of Olivia de Lanzac from cult band Quad Throw Salchow and the pitched down, spectrum of label companion C.A.R. Three tweaked but prominent voices, joining in on an album that confounds through the coherence of its eclecticism and the rigorous mirage of its style. Renowned artist Gareth McConnell adds his indispensable touch to the artwork and video, encompassing the exact image of this record: hypnotic and kaleidoscopic, a celestial trip recorded on a used VHS tape. "it's a fine line between reference and cliche / it's a fine line between moody and dark / it's a fine line between obscure and abstruse / it's a fine line between passion and obsession / it's a fine line between ambiguity and confusion / it's a fine line between principles and rules / it's a fine line between simple and easy / it's a fine line between Tim Paris and Ivan Smagghe, and that's why they're walking it." -- Kill The DJ.
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KTDJ 013CD
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The first It's A Fine Line album, Ivan Smagghe and Tim Paris, released on Kill The DJ records. Two Parisians, Ivan Smagghe and Tim Paris, exiled in London for the better part of the last ten year set out to redefine space. It's A Fine Line was born from non-restraint, cultivating its own vision of house music and disco, a paradoxical one, a non-functional one. Their first LP reveals itself as a collection of tests, of explorations in the shadows and corners of club culture. These are murky roads where counterfeit goes for gold standard, perfect territory to lose oneself in order to find ones way. Leaving behind the smooth highways of club music, they ride more chaotic trails, with dubious reputation or names: white funk, trance groove, electronic psychedelia, greasy, rock'n'roll - A risky path, ambivalent, proud of accidents, crashes and bad taste, but the only real way to discover virgin grounds on well-trodden terrain. They are writing their own (hi)story. For this album, Tim and Ivan recruited three double agents, the flame of Alex Kapranos, singer of Franz Ferdinand, the mysterious voice of Olivia de Lanzac from cult band Quad Throw Salchow and the pitched down, spectrum of label companion C.A.R. Three tweaked but prominent voices, joining in on an album that confounds through the coherence of its eclecticism and the rigorous mirage of its style. Renowned artist Gareth McConnell adds his indispensable touch to the artwork and video, encompassing the exact image of this record: hypnotic and kaleidoscopic, a celestial trip recorded on a used VHS tape. "it's a fine line between reference and cliche / it's a fine line between moody and dark / it's a fine line between obscure and abstruse / it's a fine line between passion and obsession / it's a fine line between ambiguity and confusion / it's a fine line between principles and rules / it's a fine line between simple and easy / it's a fine line between Tim Paris and Ivan Smagghe, and that's why they're walking it." -- Kill The DJ.
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KTDJ 040EP
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Chloé's Lumiére Noire continues with immersive techno from Moderna y Theus Mago. Pure modern techno with sharp acid basslines, plus a remix from post-punk band Die Wild Jagd.
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KTDJ 037EP
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Since 1994, Caroline Chaspoul and Eduardo Henriquez have combined post-punk and Latin energy as Panico, developing a cult following in Latin America. They now launch their Nova Materia project, born from the willingness to consider music as a direct derivative of the natural and industrial elements that surround us. More electronic and experimental than Panico, Nova Materia uses raw material to transform and recycle. To refine their sound, Chaspoul and Henriquez enlisted DJ and producer Chloé, a real expert at turning raw elements into golden nuggets. Aparece en Sueños delivers wild energy, live-act ferocity, and sound experiments magnified by Chloé.
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KTDJ 038EP
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Chloé inaugurates her Lumiére Noire series, focusing on "techno tracks with psychedelic, vintage or krautrock vapors... unreleased tracks by established artists and newcomers, that I usually play in my dj sets... [Il Est Vilaine is] composed of Simon Says, a longtime friend from Dialect Recordings, and Florent aka Dorian Grey, a up-and-coming it-boy who focuses on hard techno and rave parties (he's a former member of the hedonistic Parisian nightlife collective Washin Mashin.)... The villains offered me four haunting and unstoppable tracks that put us in the leather boots of a beat-up James Dean crawling out of a back-room and attempting to conquer the Wild West."
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KTDJ 012CD
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C.A.R. is the solo project of Chloé Raunet, singer of former London coldwave band Battant. She now writes, composes and produces on her own. Her first EP Laika (remixed by Timothy J. Fairplay, Krikor and Discodeine) is cosmic pop at its best. She also collaborates: the vocals and lyrics on Gessafelstein's debut album Aleph were hers and she is currently working with Ivan Smagghe, Red Axes & Manfredas on some leftfield dance-ish tracks. Earlier this year, she supported Gesaffelstein on his European tour. She's played with Planningtorock, Trans, Rebolledo and has opened for Cat Power at the Paris Olympia. C.A.R.'s music has been picked up by Hermes and the Hyeres Fashion Festival, where she joined Jaakko Eino Kalveli & Chloe Howl; Vogue Magazine making a cover-mount CD of their music. As one-half of Latete Atoto, C.A.R. also has a fortnightly show on London's uber-cool, ICA-linked NTS Radio and plays records at the Ace Hotel. Her universe is a red-hot & cold paradox, a battered Dodge supercharger finding its way between clair-obscur allegories and the cold sensuality of melancholy. Electronic experiments are backed with ghostly punk bass lines, icy synths balanced on heartbeat drums. As with her almost short story-like lyrics, C.A.R.'s music sits on her own edge, between realism and dreams, pure pop and acquired taste.
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KTDJ 029EP
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Kill The DJ met Italian duo Margot through James Holden, who released an EP on his Border Community label. "Magico Disco" is a non-clichéd homage to Moroder, remixed to great effect by Tel Aviv's Red Axes, who bring the tempo down, add their cramps licks but never lose the spaced-out quality of the original. "Castel" is an 80 BPM vocoder short shot in space. With early support from Andrew Weatherall and Tim Paris, "Voice Chord" is a way spaced-out club track.
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KTDJ 027LP
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Gatefold double LP version. Includes vinyl-only bonus track "All in a Moment" (with Speedy J). Kill The DJ presents an album from George Issakidis. George was always a man apart. Even in his own former band, The Micronauts, he probably did not fit. The tracks on Karezza were born from endless travelling, both inner and outer. Never has exoticism rhymed more with mysticism. As George himself describes, "The tracks represent the alchemical transformation that has been happening, is happening. They are the culmination of all this self-work through tantric magick and yoga, Gurdjieff's self-observation exercises, meditation, Crowley and Spare's magickal systems, trips to the Himalayan foothills to practice and study with Indian gurus and the Andes for ayahuasca ceremonies. They are a release/delving into deeply-rooted subconscious material that found its way into the music. Almost all are one-off live recordings done in a trance. Other results were profound ontological experiences that shook me to the very core and changed my views on everything." Kill The DJ helped in cutting down tracks that lasted 26 minutes to six minutes, spending afternoons in George's flat eating strange food then walking out in the streets as if out of a dream. There is also a collaboration with fellow occultist Mickey Moonlight and also one with Perc. The artwork was done by design-firm M/M, interpreting George's sigil -- his magic sign. Karezza has already blown away acid luminaries such as James Holden, Ed Chemical, Piers Martin, and Konrad Black, and it will certainly enlighten many more in many dark ways.
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KTDJ 011CD
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Kill The DJ presents an album from George Issakidis. George was always a man apart. Even in his own former band, The Micronauts, he probably did not fit. The tracks on Karezza were born from endless travelling, both inner and outer. Never has exoticism rhymed more with mysticism. As George himself describes, "The tracks represent the alchemical transformation that has been happening, is happening. They are the culmination of all this self-work through tantric magick and yoga, Gurdjieff's self-observation exercises, meditation, Crowley and Spare's magickal systems, trips to the Himalayan foothills to practice and study with Indian gurus and the Andes for ayahuasca ceremonies. They are a release/delving into deeply-rooted subconscious material that found its way into the music. Almost all are one-off live recordings done in a trance. Other results were profound ontological experiences that shook me to the very core and changed my views on everything." Kill The DJ helped in cutting down tracks that lasted 26 minutes to six minutes, spending afternoons in George's flat eating strange food then walking out in the streets as if out of a dream. There is also a collaboration with fellow occultist Mickey Moonlight and also one with Perc. The artwork was done by design-firm M/M, interpreting George's sigil -- his magic sign. Karezza has already blown away acid luminaries such as James Holden, Ed Chemical, Piers Martin, and Konrad Black, and it will certainly enlighten many more in many dark ways.
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KTDJ 010CD
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The Eyes In The Heat is a project of Oliver Ho and Zizi Kanaan. The combination of Oliver's ultra-crisp, angular techno and Zizi's vocals, their swampy approach to post-punk heritage, their lo-fi but intricate use of electronics, blues and acid house, these are grooves that lock you in but leave room for melodies -- an ultra-tight production that manages to avoid feeling sanitized. Here's some club music that is not afraid to show its farm-dog teeth. Oliver brings a lot of his electronic techno influences into the band, but there is a wider vision here that explores the borders between the avant-garde pop music of Laurie Anderson and the electronic experiments of Brian Eno. There is a desire to fuse the contrasting ideas of dark machine music, the lyrical presence of Zizi as a singer and a writer and the live drums of Jerome Tcherneyan (long-time drummer in Piano Magic). The result is a unique mix of both sonic ideas and human song writing. ProgramME is an ambitious record, multi-directional but with its two feet standing firm in its own backyard. This is intimate electronics projected on a very big screen, a mix (harmonica and an Rn'B tinge?) that works because it dares.
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KTDJ 023EP
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Amateur shows exactly what The Eyes In The Heat are all about. "Techno with guitars" is a tricky ball game, but here's some club music that is not afraid to show its teeth. The "Dark Dub" mix strips the black leather right to the skin. The Southern bayou element inherent to The Eyes In The Heat comes alive on "I Used To Be Spanish" and "Hold Up" is an Italo cowboy ride. Hypnotics and dissonance? Raw vocals and old-school drum machines? Yep.
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KTDJ 021EP
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Battant (Chloe Raunet and Joel Dever) present a first glimpse of their second album. The title track is a dry, sparse, yet catchy romp. On the edge between early Cure and meth country, electronics still dance in the corner, reigned in by the sharp production. The live take of "Clearcut" evokes ghosts in the machines. The cover of WestBam And Nena's classic "Old School, Baby" is seriously rocking with early support from Optimo, James Holden, Tiga, Chloe and more.
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KTDJ 014EP
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"After the highly-acclaimed previous release on KTDJ by Remote, here's the new offering from the French techno kids. Including a killer La Horse RMX. Already approved, played and playlisted by Ivan Smagghe, Chloé et al."
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KTDJ 013EP
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"We did not meet Fred Hush in a trendy nightclub. He is not a reclusive genius who sent us demos with spooky letters with the handwriting of a serial killer. No. We met him in a club on the French/Belgian border where partying comes first, music second, good or bad. When he played that 'Definition Track,' Ivan Smagghe freaked out simply because it reminded him what house music (dare we say 'old school house music') was all about: simplicity. Since then, we've been very busy. And Fred too... Ivan thinks he is one of the most talented European producers around. On the remix side, we are also very happy to have the first solo effort by Jennifer Cardini. And an effort it is not. The remix has got the natural flow of the people who know."
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KTDJ 009EP
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"First extract from Chloé's debut album. We know, you've been awaiting her album for a long time. Not just a string of 12"s, it will be a real album, guided by Chloé's dreams, obsessions and her own unique universe. Just to keep you waiting, here comes the first sampler. The track is called 'Suspended,' a perfect definition of Chloé's music. B-side is a 'Broke' remix, Mattias Aguayo and Rockness' new project. They put the track into a trippy ambient mood and yes, we love it. It's getting hot in here."
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KTDJ 001CD
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Two years after Optimo's landmark Kill the DJ compilation (over 25,000 copies worldwide), the Parisian label strikes with a new mix from Chloé and Ivan Smagghe. Mademoiselle Chloé is a DJ and producer and truly one of the pillars of the European club scene. Her style, at the crossroads of dirty minimalism and deviant electro, reflects her ecclectism. She is resident at clubs such as WMF in Berlin, Robert Johnson in Frankfurt (the club sponsored by Roman Flugel's prestigious label Playhouse) and plays regularly at Fabric London, Watergate Berlin, Mondo Madrid... etc. Alongside Ivan Smagghe she is part of a new generation of French DJs that have given a breath of fresh air to house music on a international level. Ivan Smagghe -- half of Blackstrobe (alongside Armand Reutini) and internationally-recognized DJ -- stands at the crossroads between trendy scene hype and unflinching musical integrity. Since his earliest days on the Parisian electronic underground -- working in record shops, as a music journalist, playing parties -- he's shunned the obvious trends and embraced his own ideas choosing to work with a wide variety of close collaborators and develop projects that are solely his own. A guy in a lesbian club, a tough girl in a boy's world... Chloé and Ivan come to the club with clenched fists raised, hair down. The Dysfunctional Family reconstructs and redefines the concept of genre, for at Kill the DJ straight genre and gender have been dead and buried for a long time. This is music for a dark and seedy club, where blondes wear moustaches, and the lady toilet attendant is a guy in mini skirt. No style is style -- no gender is gender -- we are all dysfunctional. Artists include: Planningtorock, Dapayk, Enik, 2000 and One, Egoexpress, Musiccargo, Jason Edwards, Botox, Louderbach, Wighnomy Bros., Water Lilly, REmo Te, Point B, Billy Childish and Holly Golightly.
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KTDJ 003EP
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"The second instalment of the aswefall remixes. Following Chloé and Der Schmeisser ('Ride' remixes), come another two of our favourite artists. The first remix comes courtesy of Shaeben & Voss, head honchos of the excellent German label Firm Records. The fucked-up approach of these guys perfectly fits the mood of aswefall. They have turned the track into a schizophrenic hypnotic monster which is never exactly right. As usual, that's why we love it. The second remix is by James Savage and Jonnie Wilkes (of Optimo fame and member of the Kill the DJ family), under their Naum moniker (taking a break from Kompakt) they have created a track of trance rock at its best!"
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TSKT 003EP
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Aswefall, is the clash of two different musical cultures. On the southern tip, Clément Vaché, DJ (Kill the DJ), electro producer and record dealer (Daphonics). On the northern turf, Léo Hellden, pop guitar player and a studio must for acts such as Jay Jay Johanson or Veo Veo. This first EP heralds the release of Bleed: a record that showcases teenage angst, new wave, folk and instrumental pieces. Includes remixes by Chloé & Der Schmeisser.
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TSKT 002CD
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Paris-based Aswefall's debut release on Kill The DJ Records. This digital-folk encounter between Clément Vaché's Southern electronic spirit and Léo Helldèn's passion for chiselled pop showcases their respective musical souls against a backdrop of teenage angst. Folk songwriting, new wave basslines and instrumental interludes are the main staples of this racy and relentless opus. A true activist of the French underground, Clément Vaché is record-dealer supreme within his Daphonics shop and head honcho of the Tropism record label. Helldén is an acknowledged producer involved in projects ranging from Jay Jay Johanson to Alex Kid and made his first appearance as producer for Véo Véo. Avoiding cliché, Aswefall try and get us to once again feel the lightness, utopia and mindlessness of our sweet sixteens. Pop-rock harmonies, folk imprints and melancholic electro celebrate the age of confusion. This release also features several talented guests including Daniela D'Ambrosio (from Nouvelle Vague), Tim Keagan (Departure Lounge), Climbé, Romain Voilleau and promising Parisian songwriter, Edo.
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