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PARAD 018EP
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"ITS Caracas (Paradigma 014) returns to Paradigma Musik in the form of three remixes, molding a delightful 12-incher for Paradigma's 18th release. Paul Ritch covers the A-side with a faster paced house version encompassed in a rich background of high intensity and psychedelic notions. His admirable use of loops and tools transforms the track into an attractive DJ-compatible dance floor hit. Ritch, whose musical success took an upward hike in the last two years, released on the likes of Get Physical Music (Fortuna, June), Fumakilla (Back to the Time), Paradigma Musik (Higher) and MiniSketch (Nordbahnhof). In 2007, his tracks were also included in nine internationally prominent mix albums such as John Digweed's Transitions, Vol. 3, Gui Boratto's Addicted, Vol. 2, Global Underground: Rio from Layo & Bushwacka! and M.A.N.D.Y.'s Ibiza '07. His attention to detail is carefully characterized in his producing and remix work. The two part, B-sider is shared by Madrid based producers Prompt and Henry Saiz."
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PARAD 016EP
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"Releasing for the first time on Paradigma Musik, two young artists from the Italian port city of Livorno or (in English) Leghorn, have united under the techno alias Alicanuel for the imprint's sixteenth edition. Ilario Alicante, one half of Alicanuel, was practically born with a passion for music which ultimately resulted in 10 releases -- including the successful Living Near Africa, released in 2008 on Cecille Records. His work is respected and played by the legendary likes of Sven Väth, Ricardo Villalobos, Marco Carola, Luciano, Nick Curly, and many more. Ilario's current base in Berlin has had a powerful influence on much of his work. Ilario's musical half is none other than the eccentric, Emmanuel Beddewela, currently residing in Italy. Testing all musical boundaries, Emmanuel bears a strong stance in the contemporary underground techno and house scene. The sounds and melodies echoed in his work stem back to the very music of his ancestry. Paradigma bagged a mound of talent on this number including a festive two-sider comprised of 'Tagonga,' a romantic upbeat track with violins and recorders weaved throughout its course and 'As Warm As You Can,' moderately mirroring its counterpart using modern instrumentals. Both genial tracks reveal Ilario's fervent deep house grooves and Emmanuel's old country etno-folk melodies."
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PARAD 014EP
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"'ITS Caracas,' a track so powerful, it could glide out of an album sleeve by itself, yet is better accompanied with its remix counterpart. Paradigma founder, Marc Marzenit and London-Berlin techno wünderkind, Gavin Herlihy, collaborate in the ying and yang of EP releases. Side A is a raw introduction to propeller engines weaving in and out of wild jungle beats, simultaneously taking you on a journey through trippy sounds and psychedelic notions. Marc lays it out masculine, hot and aggressively, creating a peek-like riding experience until the explosive end. On the flip side, 'ITS Caracas (Gavin Herlihy Remix)' is contrasted by softer minimal beats as a subtle tranquility pulls the propeller sounds and psychedelic layers towards the back of the track filling the atmosphere with airy grooves and alleviation. As a producer and a live artist, Marc Marzenit draws his inspiration from a wide array of musical influences ranging anywhere from Bach and Beethoven to Fatboy Slim and Massive Attack. His greatest musical achievements are marked by his impregnation of sense and sensibility to 'muscular' techno as well as being precocious in his electronic work -- a personal and unique style, positively setting him on the outside quarters of other talented 'techs.'"
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PARAD 010CD
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"Courageously and in full economical crisis (as well as record company crisis), Paradigma Musik dares to launch its first reference in CD format. From The Deep is the name of our catalog's tenth reference, a curious project created by one of our most loved artists: Marc Marzenit. The conceptual idea of this CD belongs to him showing us the hidden side of many of the usual names of our albums and of the coming ones. Moreover, we are linked to them by a big artistic affinity and by a big friendship. Marc himself explains us the meaning of this project. 'In the current society of instant music consumerism, where today is history and tomorrow is present, where sales drop and piracy grows, where marketing is more important than quality, where apparently the world is crazy and worried, where any release seems to be a suicide act without future, Paradigma Musik wants to give a ray of hope to all those artists who we believe deserve a place in this sector. No matter the names but the quality, we want to build a big family: we are all Paradigma Musik. Big hearts and honest intentions.' His words are wise, beyond any doubt. Music helps us to escape from reality, it takes out the best of ourselves and helps us to drift apart the worst of our daily life, what we don't like. Sistema, Henry Saiz, bRUNA, or Marc Marzenit himself, both under these names and with their innovative project Suite On Clouds, share prominence with new values of the Spanish and Catalan electronic music, like Adyo, Sendo or the most known Ángel Galán. In the booklet, each one explains to us the meaning of each track, the reason why it should be compiled here. Did we make it clear? By the way, we warn you that many of the tracks contained here can't be danced to, well, better said, not with the feet but with the mind. 'If it can't be danced, it doesn't interest' think many people -- so they're actually wrong!"
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PARAD 010EP
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"Paradigma Musik is proud to present a very well-rounded three track EP from bRUNA including an effective remix from Marc Marzenit. Paradigma doesn't conform to genres, but releases music that excites them from artists that excite them. The release Paradigma brings you today is from bRUNA. By day, the Catalan producer is a lawyer, and his briefcase and record box sit comfortably side by side. His influences are wide-ranging, and during his DJ sets you're as likely to hear Adamski and Yazz as you are Aphex Twin. Here you are presented with a three-track Heartbreak EP that presents a complete picture of bRUNA's talents. He uses classical strings to perfection in the opener 'From Lovers To Friends,' some Parisian vocal lushness in 'We Are Losing Touch' and rounding off the package is Marzenit's reworking of the former, which toughens things up and delivers it ready for the floor. A very unique release and one that we feel will find many fans."
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PARAD 009EP
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"A little boy. Not eating ice cream. Not playing. He likes to stay still. He spies on people. As he watches closer, he thinks of random words he doesn't even understand. Thinks empty shells, unnecessary actions, wild animals, insecurity, confusion, ingenuity, cruelty, competition, stupidity and even a little love. He stands up from his hiding place and finally goes to buy an ice cream, and crosses a mirror left on a sidewalk. Notices something new, something clear, hidden in his reflection. Can you see beauty in a white hair on an eleven year old? Stares at it for a while with a big proud smile ... and forgets about the ice cream."
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PARAD 007EP
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"After distinguishing himself in the past two years with different references in labels such as Was Kids, Dialect or MiniSketch, Ludovic Vendi comes back home, to Paradigma Musik, one of the labels which strongly bet on him when this young French talent settled in Barcelona was only known by a few people. Limbo EP is his new release in 12" format: wise tech house directed to the dancefloor from the label Vendi. 'Limbo,' in its original form is a sort of techno house bible edited in 2008, full of minimal nuances, really catchy, and with one of those melodies which not only stick to one's feet, but also to one's head. An intelligent dance, as before stated. A notorious four-wheel exercise beyond vulgarity which often rule this kind of track. In addition, it is strengthened by two other remixes which reassert our opinion. The first remix is signed by the French Paul Ritch, friend and countryman of Ludovic and one of the names in the international club scene thanks to his work at Resopal or Get Physical. Henry Saiz, born in Madrid, who made the label's former reference, brings to the second remix more epic and hypnotic airs, definitely more trance and making its melody the indisputable main character of this remake."
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PARAD 008EP
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"Irish of origin, Londoner of adoption and now settled in Berlin, the DJ, producer and sometime music journalist Gavin Herlihy makes his debut release for Paradigma Musik. After the success of his debut Machine Ate My Homework on Mood Music and the excellent reception by DJs and press alike of his recent EP on Get Physical offshoot Kindisch (the Luciano/Loco Dice/DJ T-championed Opium Haze), we now launch the Okay No Disco EP. Gavin shows us again, that today, when the end of the minimal age is predicted, he collages house and techno into his own sound. With 'Okay No Disco,' Herlihy creates a peak time slice of tech-house built around dancefloor-driving moments that alternate between marching snares and club-rocking hoover-style synths all tied together by a hypnotic, arpeggiating hook. Its addictive melodies take a change of rhythm in the third minute, before dropping into the original melody that echoes the trance of the mid-1990s before the genre was ruined by superclubs and superclub DJ egos. It's a perfect compliment to the Paradigma melodic sound set in stone. 'Sink Or Swim' provides the flipside release, but is by no means just another filler B-side. Built around a nagging melody that evolves throughout the track, its rolling snare-propelled beats echo shades of classic techno rhythms like Minimalman's 'Make A Move.' The hook is a return to the driving techno approach taken on 'Machine Ate My Homework' that erupts into a series of peaktime moments in which the signature melody stamps its mark indelibly on your brain."
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PARAD 005EP
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"The fashion couple of the international electronic scene can be found in Paradigma after quite a few references from labels such as 2nd Room, A.D. Limited, Catwash or Immigrant. The Spanish Iñigo Oruezábal, one of the most respected selectors in Spain and the young Chilean Francisco Allendes, a promising producer who also launches these days his own record company, Andes Music, form this couple. They focus all their efforts towards a minimal tech house both intelligent and full of rhythm. Music for dancing with body and soul, something Paradigma is really fond of. CLT starts with a homogeneous cut, and it is able to stir the whole dancefloor up. Progression, a pinch of acid and short sounds which twist time and again compose a melody going from the bottom to the top, from hell to heaven. Minimal with body but also with soul. On the other hand, 'SLT' moves towards a current tech house, with Latin percussion (don't misinterpret the word Latin) giving place to a twisted melody."
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PARAD 004EP
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"Ludovic Vendi, a Frog who's been seen croaking for quite a while now in the muddy marshlands of Barcelona, is the maker of Changes EP. In it he appears surrounded by a bunch of talented friends who have made themselves a name in production. True, Vendi himself nowadays needs little publicity. The connoisseurs of today's electronic dance have already savoured his former releases with Players Paradise, Criminal or Dialect Rec. some of whom too have already worked with another Paradigma man, Anthony Collins. In his new release, Ludovic enchants us with three remarkable tracks. First one, 'A Real Word,' co-signed with an oldie of our trade, an English artist, Alex Ward, clearly bends towards a minimal progressive techno house pretty much in the vein of Border Community and especially of James Holden, with arpeggios remindful of the Briton's unmistakable style and a series of atmospheres impregnated in the halo of the driving tune. Quite wicked to let you slide over to the dancefloor."
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PARAD 003EP
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"Anthony Collins, a French artist who although being only twenty-three years old, gathers an amazing background in labels such as Players Paradise, Criminal Rec. or Infant. Now he settles down in Paradigma with this 'Pop-off E.P.,' which means another style turnaround for Paradigma Musik, the third one, that shows again their wish not to be stuck in any specific sound. The track that names the maxi bets on digital house, full of melody and with minimal cadenza, showing that repetitive rhythms don't have to be cold at all. This fact is confirmed by Ludovic Vendi's remix, another French fellow who we all know from his superb maxis with Dialect, Gourmet or Was Kids. Vendi contributes with more strength and hypnotism to the melody, giving more dance floor consistency. The next two tracks completing this release are: 'Chocopistache,' launched as a more introspective, melodic and evocative track. Perfect to end sessions or to start a long set full of vanguard sounds. 'Face It,' dancefloor-focused and intimate, we believe it is going to be ideal for DJ's who go one step beyond when choosing their vinyls, always with a fair ratio between quality and quantity. Just like Paradigma. Anthony Collins is Paradigma's future gamble. Marc Marzenit and Paul Ritch were the first ones, the list keeps growing up, so does Paradigma."
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PARAD 002EP
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"Paradigma Musik bet again on the young values of the electronic music club scene on their second release. After the success achieved with the first one, by the promising young Spaniard producer Marc Marzenit, it's now the moment for the French fellow Paul Ritch, who comes out with Higher, made up of three tracks. It is only his second work, after his first one on the well-known German label Resopal Schallware: Grom EP, a vinyl that is already in the sets of many main DJs. He is also preparing releases with labels such as Get Physical Music and MiniSketch. 'Higher,' whose name refers to the album is driven by both the most dancefloor tech house and the most melodic minimal. It has also a sample vocal letting the track open for all kind of DJs, without leaving for that reason the composite quality aside. Even more melodic is 'Memory,' a cut with all the makings of a hypnotic hit and a remarkable acid flavor moving from the past to the present of dance music with unusual agility, tiptoeing around the most progressive sounds and even around the percussive minimal house that sounds so much lately. It will create a buzz, sure. Finishing up, 'Blowbass' clears the remarkable work of Paul with a track that hides under a false electro house look to become gradually in an efficient winding and surrounding piece of tech house, an ideal fit for quality sound system."
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PARAD 001EP
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"Marc Marzenit is a young man in his twenties from Mollerusa, Lleida & one of the sensations of the moment in the electronic Spanish scene. Required by the most well known clubs and festivals owing to his superb and eclectic live, where the most pounding minimal to the most sturdy techno fits in. This wide sound range is the one we can just appreciate in Trozitos de Navidad, his first EP that has been brought out through Paradigma Musik. This EP is made up with three cuts. Lke the Border Community's minimal tech house progressive (do not misunderstand, Marc doesn't want to reassemble to nobody), but from the techno point of view it's quite close to Detroit or even the very best times of Scandium or Kanzleramt. Hypnotic techno following the style of Paul Kalkbrenner or Robert Babicz and with melancholic beams makes it compatible with minimal progressive house or whatever the selector wishes. Marzenit highlights in his ability to agglutinate thousands of styles in hardly six or seven minutes."
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