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WIR 025EP
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WIR returns with a senior member of the Cologne techno scene. Marian Müller, cofounder of Mueller & Mitch, presents a sample-based track reminiscent of his past as a hip hop producer. With its relaxed, deep, and driving feel, it's perfectly for an outdoor scenario. The first remix comes from Florence-based live act Giorgia Angiuli. She's known for releases on Crosstown Rebels, Souvenir, and Harry Klein Records as well as performances all over Europe. Tim Engelhardt, 17 years old at the time of this release, contributes the second remix, following numerous releases on labels like Parquet, Babiczstyle, Traum, and Poker Flat.
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WIR 024EP
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Hamburg residents Jakob Seidensticker and Bardia Salour, together known as Seidensticker & Salour are hardly newcomers to the scene. Jakob has been producing music as one-third of the internationally-known Wareika, and Bardia has made a name for himself through playing regularly amongst the Hamburg club circuit. "Welcome to Our Ageing Chamber," their debut for WIR is a wonderful illustration of their talent. They have kept the soundscape free from overwhelming textures and effects, leaving room for each instrument.
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WIR 023EP
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Arjuna Schiks is a producer with an ability to bring the human out of the machine, unleashing our emotions. Simply put, his music will make you feel good. Melodic accents and danceable rhythms blend in purposeful unison, and it is with the Doha EP that Arjuna joins WIR. He has appeared on Gem Records, Manual Music, Traum, and Trapez with original EPs, and has recently graced a number of labels with remixes, leaving his signature on each EP.
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WIR 022EP
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Wir proudly presents the first release by their Cologne buddy Ziggy Kinder, who has slotted impressive releases on labels such as Ware and Souvenir. "Favela" is the term generally used to refer to a shanty town in Brazil. Ziggy recorded the vocals originally with Aline de Magalhaes during a trip to Brazil. This house tune has been tested successfully on the dancefloor and comes with a great remix by Hamburg's Soukie & Windish.
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WIR 021EP
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WIR resident Daniel Mehlhart reports back with his customary brand of compelling sound synthesis and frenetically grooving beat patterns. "Deep Crazy Synth" spins its way through to the top of the mountain, keeping the peak in view, sporting full-blown mood and delivering one hell of a show. Minilogue seem to like that kind of attitude, so their remix includes chilled soulfulness as well as some truly psychoactive vibes, making this EP a real winner.
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WIR 020EP
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Nhar's personal recipe for dancefloor mayhem consists of driving beats, melancholic euphoria and some other ingredients meant to stay a secret. On diverse labels like Mobilee, Plak and Modelisme, the former member of the 22 Crew shines with his panoramic view, melodic depth of focus and concise footwork. Jörg Burger aka The Modernist throws in one of his rare remixes, delivering that bonus punch and enhancing the original's charm with the razor-sharp musical scale he's become known for.
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WIR 019EP
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"Daniel Mehlhart is an aficionado. That would explain the cosy buzz emblazoning his Coming Close. The deep bass adept prepares some tasty meal here, just like an accomplished cook, pecking only the best ingredients for his versatile tracks. Two soulful clappers are the radiant result, featuring tenderly restored sequences and carefully tailored samplework. Gabriel Ananda shows off impeccable taste by firing up the robot beatbox for his remix, tuckpointing the sounds so well, that one might want to rub his ears due to so much rapture."
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WIR 017EP
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"Out of the jungle, under the skin -- that's the direction Fausto Messina takes while reworking his very own 'Sib*ney.' The fashionable use of derivative bongos has been polished down to a subliminal groove, giving the track a floor-friendly edge it didn't know before. It may still speak to the connoisseur but in a louder voice, making it a hit for everybody willing to dance, especially due to those philanthropic sirens worked into the tight fabric of this veritable groove monster. A master in the making, Daniel Mehlhart joins Fausto on his way to pure bliss, but he uses a different mindset for his interpretation of the original, constructing a jazzier vibe, but without the narcissistic ornamentation. A congenial feeling for rhythm and detailed concentration make this remix a delightful masterpiece from beginning to end, also featuring some summery melancholic guitar chords that enchant every listener. Never before has sophistication been more danceable."
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WIR 016EP
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"The big Chile connection is steadily expanding, and it is fun listening to this process. Which is not necessarily related to physical or virtual networking of producers who are close companions, neither to the friendly reception of new, qualified members or to newborns within the inner circle of the well-established 'family.' The revolutionary sound sinks to fertile ground, stirs, grows, flourishes, takes a rest in between, finally ramifies, meanders, eventually is in the prime of existence, bears fruit, forms new variations to consequently proliferate to a jungle of sound diversity and evolutionary develop further. Marcelo Rosselot and Francisco Allendes, who run the label Andes Music in Santiago de Chile, proceed to improve the system by enriching it with fascinating elements."
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WIR 014EP
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"Famous and feared German actor Klaus Kinski, now defunct, once described the jungle as an obscene display of nature, and somehow one gets the feeling that upcoming Italian producer Fausto Messina has seen the movie, too. After the gigantic success he found with the co-produced 'Compulsive Disorder,' which made it right into the playlist of Sven Väth, he apparently reorganized his aesthetics, not to get keen on the next chainsaw massacre but to let nature grow as it was meant to be. Entwined drum patterns and chirring hi-hats adorn his psychedelically detailed symphonies straight outta the jungle, always promoting something new, surprising and flowing. A night club kinda swing employs obscure folklorist instruments, creating a techno that oscillates between samba and Javanese, sweaty and dirty, as the sound of the green hell should be. The WIR newbie constantly discovers new animals and future medicamentation in the smallest corners, but still manages to map the heavens above the flora, describing it as huge waves of sound break through the treetops. This is the Indiana Jones of contemporary electronics, not just some Lucialobos rip-off, as he's using the machete in his own way. Just be careful not to stumble over the vines... they're quite dangerous."
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WIR 010EP
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"Shay Raban (DJ Earthian), a virtuoso and versatile DJ and sound technician from Israel and the internationally-active Russian producer Oleg Slepak came to know each other at a desert rave in Colorado in 2002. Based in New York, their mutual project Animaltek is keeping every promise of a highest-level energy transformation. Compared to their almost simultaneously released 12" EP Innocent Robot/Night of Tvarok, Animaltek celebrate a more reduced interaction of rhythmic signals and systems on Karmik Loops, nevertheless displaying the same cautiousness by placing sounds in a high-precision way and still with a discerning ear for the detail. Small groove cycles are reflected in the superordinate concept and vice versa. The machines set up a fertile, pulsating bassplate from which sublime four-fourths and triplet loops ascend to harmonically communicate with each other. They report on the foreordination of club culture which definitely turns out to become romantic. Alice is dancing into a land behind the mirror ball where mass splits in marbled matter. A dual sunset of an iPod metallic-colored spectrum is warming the android beach. Here a plush astronaut witnesses the birth of the Venus of Detroit. Animaltek describe this sensation as 'a powerful effort of self-expression through rhythm, sound and harmony.'"
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WIR 007EP
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"Kab from Sweden follows the tradition of information overload from the early days of ambient and comes up with fresh, new and promising blood for the Wir family. The psychotropic subtext seems to be made of a thousand and one sample bits. A straight 4/4 beat guides us through this complex and rather confusing terrain and directs our attention to the manifold flora and fauna of this sound world. And it is most bewildering how a vast and heterogeneous sound spectrum keeps on trembling in the one and only collective groove. Every single bit tells its own story and at the same time the story of the whole. And every single bit is more than just a small crumb in the soup. Vocals are echoing and meandering through dense woods and vast areas on a trip into the promising unknown glimmering at the horizon.This record pays homage to the spirit of adventure in the early days of electronic music, a spirit that is badly needed today, but often missing. It is a record for that special moment, often looked for but rarely found."
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WIR 004EP
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"A young label needs young talents. A good label needs good music. And Wir needs euphoria! And here is Mi Musik, newcomer from Madrid, with everything and even more a fantastic 12" needs to be released on Cologne's role-model label: the A-side 'How Much Time Means...' at first defines the stream course in order to smoothly create a real catchy tune on a seducingly dry basis. Classic chords anticipate its inherent hit potential while the beats are precisely rolling through the registers. This man was born with a drum machine in his head! The B-side 'Microfrescor' is a thrilling ride and kicks off a highly enjoyable will-o-wisping in the frequency spectrum that will surely get the party going. Minimalism has never been so emotional, so sexy and so incredibly funky!"
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WIR 003EP
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"No doubt, love is a big thing. Jack Rock, producer, DJ and sound designer for scenography seems to be blessed with it and now, his debut release presents us really huge bits of love...The coolest name of the DJ culture already indicates the producer's passion for the explicit non-minimal sound. The bass of 'Big Chunks of Love' feels like a happy, well-placed punch in your stomach while the hot, dramaturgic curve of this smart track will make your will-less sweat vaporize almost immediately. 'Big Chunks of Love' is the best Westcoast House track that has not been produced in the Bay Area. And moreover, it proves that Aarhus( =Year House), reportedly Jack Rock's hometown, represents the hottest style for a unique version of House music.The consequence of a track that will blast everything off and away is to have the effects documented on to its environment: 'Crazy' stores the full dance-floor energy like a heat accumulator, yet as a coherent antithesis, it projects the shadows of a vast, lumbered area that is enhanced by a smart Detroit feeling."
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