BPitch Control will release Symptoms on February 27, 2009.

AGF/Delay
www.bpitchcontrol.de

After Telefon Tel Aviv, it is our pleasure to welcome the next prestigious Electronica/Avant- Hop duo on Bpitch Control: AGF/Delay.
Neither Antye Greie (AGF) nor Sasu Ripatti (Vladislav Delay / Luomo) require much of an introduction. With their various projects, both have long left an indelible imprint on electronic music.
Besides two AGF albums that appeared on her label of the same name (”Words are Missing” and “Dancefloor Drachen”), Antye Greie has produced “SooL”, the fourth album from Bpitch front woman Ellen Allien and has also worked on various multimedia art projects in the past year.

Her significant other, Sasu Ripatti / Vladislav Delay, also worked on several projects including the release of his fourth Luomo album “Convivial” last October, wrote songs with the New York pop band Scissor Sisters, and played in the Moritz von Oswald trio alongside Moritz von Oswald himself.
It has been four years since the two released their first album, “Explode”, on AGF productions. “Symptoms” picks up exactly where “Explode” left off: Futuristic pop music with singer-songwriter-gestus and tons of depth.
“Symptoms” is AGF and Delay’s musical reality check for a world turned upside-down.

Woven into a fine net from full beats, dubby textures, and tiny digital sound gimmickry, the twelve songs try to come to terms with the level of awareness and the apparently limited possibilities of mankind’s development. An album that is both catchy and challenging. Pop music for the 21st century.

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KOMPAKT records
Chloé

Release date 19.01.2009

Elegance and style flow freely for our long time favorite Parisian native,
Chloé. A musician of many mediums, a student at the Academy Of Music in Paris, eloquent collaborator and dance floor favorite. Chloé has shown us many sides, never hesitating to reveal her fragility and sincerity throughout. A key member of France’s Kill The DJ collective, where she released her own extraordinary debut album ‘The Waiting Room’ in 2007, she has held prestigious positions at The
Pulp-Paris, Rex Club-Paris, fabric-London and, of course, Robert Johnson-Offenbach. Chloé is one of today’s most sought after electronic musicians and leading club DJs; remixing the likes of Junior boys, Barbara Morgenstern, Booka Shade and Rework; releasing her music on labels like Karat, BPitch and Crack & Smack.

Robert Johnson is renowned for being an extraordinary venue and a distinguished showcase for current and classic underground electronic music. For Robert Johnson, music is the highest common factor and the central heart. Robert Johnson has integral and unique methods, rarely announcing upcoming shows, instead posting via website a selection of music from their next guests. This way one is forced to listen and make an educated decision whether to attend or not. However Robert Johnson hardly makes it a tough choice continuously delivering tempting line-ups in a special and inviting environment.
To celebrate Robert Johnson’s ten year anniversary this coming June, long time resident Chloé commences ‘Live at Robert Johnson’ a very unique 4 part series of live recordings direct from the club. In addition to this commercial release, Chloé Live at Robert Johnson will also be released simultaneously within a special bound 12“ sized cover mount art book entitled Live at Robert Johnson. Limited to an exclusive 2000 copies, this art book is intended to place the entire 4 part series CD’s together in a unique sonic and visual way, further showcasing the club’s strong affinity to
contemporary art.

If you’ve followed Chloé in the past you can expect her selection to be consistent with her usual efficacious choices, a guard sensuality, to the bizarre beauty of DJ Koze, SIS’s summer crasher,
Orgsa, the floor raising ruckus of Samim & Michal and on to Larry Heard’s house favorite, Spinal Tap. If you are new to Chloé you can expect to hear what you’ve read, a searching, sincere and driving compilation. The combination of Chloé and Robert Johnson together is both refined and classical. What do Robert Johnson and Chloé have in common? They are true to their passion and

Tracklisting~
1 – Gudrun Gut – Rock bottom riser / Monika enterprise
2 – DJ Koze- Mariposa / Kompakt
3 – Kalabrese- Makelovedisco / Phictiv records
4 – SIS – Orgsa / Cecille records
5 – Shinedoe -Phunk (Steve Angello re-edit) / Size records
6 – Partial Arts- Cruising / Dialect recordings
7 – Samim & Michal- Circles / Kindisch rec.
8 – Vincenzo- The Phantom Image / Pokerflat
9 – Daso & Pawas – Ice / Flash rec.
10 – Heiko Mso feat. Malte – Reach / klang electronik
11 – Plein Soleil – Casus Belli/ Live at Robert Johnson
12 – Larry heard- Spinal Tap / Alleviated Records
13 – Trulz & Robin feat. Baseman – turn my head / Planet noise
14 – Homebase – Centrino / Waskids
15 – Music is the wine (Joakim remix) / Lucky number music

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Release date 09.02.09

Poul Rich Myspace
Wagon Repair

After catching global attention with his releases on MRIʼs Resopal label and Get Physical,
Paul Ritch is crowning the beginning of 2009 with his debut Wagon Repair release.
The young Parisianʼs ascent was characterized by his injection of warm latin rhythms into
the traditionally cold and calculated techno format, and this latest effort is no exception to
the habit.
Opener ʻEvil Laffʼ effervesces like a lab experiment, with layers of rich sampled percussion
looping, stuttering and decompressing as the track picks up steam. Motored by competing
snare and hat patterns and accented by bubbling melodic tone, the movement is
measured throughout by a sinister vocal presence.
On the flip, ʻEvil Laff (Konrad Black Remix)ʼ sees the Wagon Repair veteran plunge the
original into even darker waters. Slammed metallic percussion and a deep ascendant bass
melody dictate the pace, culminating in a determined drive of thudded keys and racing
shake at the narratorʼs command.

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Release date 09.03.09

OM Records
Mike Monday Myspace

From studying music at Oxford University, to starting one of the early live electronic acts (Beat Foundation) in the 90’s with Andy Cato of Groove Armada, to writing a string of underground club hits on his label Playtime, Mike Monday has consistently stood apart from the crowd.

His two albums ‘Smorgasboard’ and ‘Songs without Words’ released on OM records last September, ably demonstrate his power and aptitude for the dancefloor. With his monthly podcast “Monday Club”, a regular blog “The Unanswered Question”, as well as worldwide album tour DJ dates you wouldn’t expect him to have much time for anything else. But he has decided to go back to his performance roots and come up with a live show – that promises to be spontanious and dangerous. He’s also been collaborating with Simple’s Will Saul in recent months – their single ‘Zippo’ is released on Buzzin’ Fly in February and their already hard at work in the studio again for the follow up.

If anyone knows how to lovingly craft a big hook it’s Mike Monday. His single ‘Bhalobashi’ has been Simple’s biggest selling single of all time. ‘Zwivetty’ is seriously infectious, weird and wonky disco absolutely bursting with soul and character, treading the line between organic and electronic perfectly. Drums that sound slightly out of control (in a good way), huge stabs and an ingeniously cut-up string sample. Think Sound Stream on acid. For the dub Mike takes out the stabs and builds the tension around the strings. Played back to back they are devastating combination. ‘Mr.Gone’ is an altogether different proposition. Undulating techno with de-tuned guitar licks, an evil acid arp-line and perfectly off kilter percussion that all leads to a stunning ‘Squarepusher-esque’ bass-line solo by Mike himself.

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Release date: 26 January 2009
Worthy Myspace
www.traumschallplatten.de

We are proud to present the San Francisco based Worthy
on Trapez ltd!
Dirty Bird artist Worthy had some drinks with Riley Reinhold during
his stay in San Fran and they realised that they had many things in common.

So here you get a cool 2 tracker with lot’s of deep powerful basslines and
cool hypnotic sequences.
“Ah Chord” works with a nice build up and tight funky beat programming
that’s joined by a wonderful accordion sound which gives the track a great
wrap up and last but not least provides the track with a peak time sound
that is hip and cool.
“La Swing” is closely connected to “Ah Chord” and woks very much in the
same way with cool build ups and nice added sounds.

The digital bonus remix comes from Stuttgart based artist Bombilla
who has remixed “Ah Chord” in a smooth way.

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RELEASE: 19.01.2009
www.bpitchcontrol.de

BPitch Control is proud to present you a great piece of music. Thomas Muller and
Okain are outstanding musicians and closed buddies since they were teenagers. With
their new release “Somewhere Around Tristram” (BPC189) they invite the audience
to follow their next steps in the music universe. Both guys are already introduced by
their previous work: Okain is already known as a part of Handycraft and Thomas got
great feedback for his BPitch Control releases “Ride On” (BPC168) and “Seduction”
(BPC177) in 2008.

A1: Somewhere Around Tristram
The A-side track “Somewhere Around Tristram” is the perfect way to slip in that great
EP. The track knows how to catch the attention by these drifting basslines and the
concise kickdrum. The audience gets pushed onwards. Even the little break doesn’t
give enough time for taking a deep breath.

B1: I Tele U Bo
“I Tele U Bo“ claims to be the king of the ring. Saying that, the track comes up with
a rolling bass line, reminding the audience that Thomas Muller and Okain know about
the essence of jack. This track will hit dancefloors all over the world! Promise!

B2: Horadrim
The second track at the B-side “Horadrim“ perfectly completes this EP. “Horadrim“
smartly understands how to develop an exciting atmosphere by combining smart
grooves, hypnotic vocals and skillfully used effects.
The collaboration of Thomas Muller and Okain cheers for a next strike.
To be continued!

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Vinyl Release Date: February 9, 2009
Digital Release Date: February 11, 2009

Check it here
www.m-nus.com
Marco Carola Myspace

One thing that’s been a constant factor of Marco Carola’s releases over the last couple of years is the ability to seamlessly integrate breaks and beats into his productions, giving them an unmistakeable feel that sets him apart from his contemporaries. More than just relaxing the sometimes overbearing grip of the 4/4 kick to let the abstract, micro-funk of his rhythm sections seep through, it pays homage to eras gone by, adding a strong presence of the past to his forward thinking ideas. So, it’s not before time that Carola chooses to highlight this theme, combining three distinctive cuts for the 3rd release of his Minus backed 2M imprint with heavy duty rhythm patterns that are as refreshing in the current dance music climate as they are necessary to the continued evolution of the genre.

Earthy and tenacious, Tribe is no doubt a shout to the crowds that flock to hear him play every weekend. Kicking off in typical Carola fashion, the intro is soon smothered by a chugging bassline and additional layers of latin-esque percussion including a shimmering tambourine and a raw, funky conga line that carries the track forward. Once the track is fully constructed you know you’re onto a winner as Carola simply lets the liquid groove flow, occasionally punctuating each stanza with tricky little drum fills or sampled shouts, while utilising a buzzing synth stab to inject some intensity into the proceedings with a few gentle crescendos.

If the aim of this EP is to highlight the spontaneous percussive vibe of the tracks, then just as Tribe speaks through its seductive, snaking grooves, Drumming is all about the complex drum solo that lies at its heart, utilising real kit sounds in a syncopated jazz style breakdown. It starts off harmlessly enough with a deep, clicky kick pattern that’s soon joined by an entourage of regimented per cussion lines and a mechanical, jacking organ/bass hybrid. Time gradually becomes a loop with elements dropping in and out every eight bar cycle before, seemingly out of nowhere, Carola unleashes a battery of live drums. The elongated, freestyle drum solo that follows is ambitious to say the least but Carola carries it off it aplomb. All in all, it’s a deliciously simple concept that does exactly what it says on the tin, sprinkling a bit of magic on the dancefloor in the process.

The digital only track Plaster completes the release in bass heavy, breakbeat fashion. It’s a low slung empty groove that takes full advantage of the space between the beats, filling them with all manner of drum loops and fills – sometimes in dub, sometimes pushed to the forefront. Once again Carola proves himself a master arranger. His tracks never feel rushed, instead they ebb and flow without fuss integrating bridges, breakdowns and bass kicks to intensify and relax the situation as needed.

This latest 2M release offers a fresh, alternative take on the current percussion lead techno sound and as usual Carola comes up with a few welcome surprises to warm things up this winter.

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RELEASE DATE: 9th March 2009

This is Zombielicious, the new Zombie Nation Album. Ten years after
his first release Florian Senfter gives his core project the next paint job
- and it´s pink! The 4th longplayer continues the evolution of
the zombie-sound, following his unique approach to electronic
music and emphasizing his skills as producer.

As part of his ongoing love affair with analogue studio machines
and vintage synthesizers, Florian is on his mission to put that noisy
weed in the right place so it can shine bright. High octane drums
and dirty basslines are his associates when it comes to dribbling
with krank energies. This slice of original Munich street beat is
stacked with synth wizardry and electronic disco funk.

In other words: this is the perfect soundtrack to jerk around in your
favourite club, eat a pizza while cruising with your Citroen CX, or to
go on a truffle hunt with your pig in the northern Italian Alps.
Florian on Zombielicious:
The whole production including mastering was done at Zombie
Studios in Munich. The sound comes natural, but there are many
bits and pieces involved in creating a song. I want to give you a
snapshot of what´s going on in my studio and how things develop
in a Zombie´s brain.

1. Mas de Todo [5:53]
In Munich there are 3 spots where you can surf on a standing
wave on the Isar-river. One of them only appears when it rains a lot
for 2 weeks straight, which happens when the clouds are stuck at
the nearby alps. Anyway – one day I had the idea to film the surfers
and make a song while having that image in my mind. For the “solo” I
used a spring reverb which is the main ingredient to 60s Beach Boys
style surf music.
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2. Get It [4:30]
This song needed vocals, I just couldn’t find words. In this
case I always call “My Robot Friend” in New York. He liked the song,
and came up with lyrics perfectly complementing over the weekend.
Yeeeee – easy as that.

3. Supercake 53 [7:11]
Guitars, Violins, Tambourine and a Rhodes. Almost like a hippie Band.
Me all by myself dancing in circles shaking my hair like there’s no tomorrow.

4. Radio Controlled [4:46]
This song is the result of a little too much Augustiner beer with Steve P.,
who was also involved in the past (“Money Talks”). In this song most
instruments are played by hand without time quantization and
looped afterwards. Just listen to the wacky “solo” in the middle of
the song and you know what I mean :) .

5. The Fact [4:44]
When Tiga and I were in the process of finding a name for our
project ZZT he said, ‘Man “Dj Laserface” – that´s it.’ Luckily we went
for ZZT instead Well, should DJ Laserface really exists he’d fire his lasergun
Well, if DJ Laserface really exists he fires his lasergun in this song.
The percussions were recorded on location in a smelly public underpass.

6. Worth it pt1 [4:40] / 7. Worth it pt2 [5:05]
“….it’s got the real funk, not too heavy, almost deep in a strange
way…..I love it”. It is summer 2008 -
everybody’s chillin´ in the sun … Sitting in my studio, a basement
connected to the outside world only by a small soundproof double
window I am working on this song and watching the legs of happy people
walking by on their way to the beer garden. The window is open,
sometimes somebody sticks his head in. I am sure they are all going
to the beer garden and in 10 minutes they will be holding a big beer in
their hands, eating roasted pork, chatting with friends while breathing

8. Mystery Meat Affair [7:00]
It would be hard for me to pick my favourite song from the album,
but this one is definitely in the tops.
The burning bass of my beloved Sidstation pairs up with the 70s Organ
and some recorded claps and percussions. This song to me tells a story.

9. Shottieville [4:51]
That one took a long time. Axel (Weber) hammered that incredible beat
on his 70s Gretsch Drumset and there was no synth or nothing that
could live up to the power of it for a long time. The original beat
was lying around for one full year until I finished it. All the instruments
were played manually and I kept the synths straight, simple and heavy.

10. Filterjerks [4:07]
Filterjerks was released already on the “Gizmode 12″ – I think it´s still fresh
and it definitely belongs on this album.

11. Seas Of Grease [4:08]
I needed to release some energy. This one is rough and nerve wrecking.
12. Stand By [3:55]
Traditionally there has to be one slower song on a Zombie Nation Album –
this is it. Sounds to me like David Hasselhoff on acid.

13. Forza [4:27]
When Forza came out in October 2008 I received a lot of great feedback.
That gave me a good energy push during the final mixdown stages of my
album recordings. It’s got the funk.

14. Bass Kaput [4:48]
By touring with Soulwax quite a few times I learned, that turning the
filter knob with some noise in it is always a funny thing to do. So I planned
to make a song with only noisy filter in it as a tool for the lazy
DJ to play in between 2 songs. Initially this song didn´t even
have a bassdrum – but I got a hint that no one besides me would
understand this song without bass or bassdrum in it – so I gave in this one time.
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Check it here
zombienation.com

Massive track from Zombie Nation, aka John Starlight, his biggest track since “Kernkraft 400″. Already huge with the likes of 2ManyDjs, Erol Alkan, Brodinski & Boys Noize. “Forza” comes off like a punk funk SebastiAn tune, a massively low slung bass riff, and a liberal helping of wierd distorted and twangy bits make “Forza” a proper dancefloor destroyer. Remixes from Fukkk Offf & Housemeister take it even more heavy directions, with Fukkk Offf’s mix sounding like a Soulwax Vs SebastiAn himself version. Really, really BIG!

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Check it here
Efedemin MYspace

Efdemin’s debut mix-cd “Carry on, pretend we’re not in the room”, including tracks from Dettmann & Klock, Patrice Scott, Scott Grooves, Brothers’ Vibe, Minilogue, Surgeon, Photek and Tobias.

COMPILATION OF THE MONTH!!!

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Release date 08/01/2009
Check it here

First up there is ‘Into the Club’. This track is typical for Channel X, big sounds and bass feelings. Using a male vocal snippet to great effect it really loops up into a big sound. ‘Wake Up’ takes the sound from straight up 4 / 4 to trippy Techno. ‘Against The Wall’ closes to ep with some hard and dark sounds that will make turn most feet into a ridgid techno stomping army.

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Check it here
www.gigolorecords.com

great timeless tracks.. best gigolo last year..
Back in the day when acid was just a tab, DJ Pierre was holed up in his Chicago bedroom inventing a sound that would impact the music scene forever. In 1986, the infancy of ‘acid house’ was spawned when DJ Pierre picked up a Roland 303 and created ‘Acid Trax’, released on Trax Records under his Phuture moniker: Acid.
He went on to record many of the early Acid House releases on Trax Records under the names Phuture, Phuture Pfantasy Club, Pierre’s Pfantasy Club (with Felix Da Housecat) and Phortune, including the release ‘Your Only Friend’ still a key player today.
DJ Pierre has also released on labels including Strictly Rhythm (where he was also A&R for a time), Jive, Emotive, Nervous, Twisted, Ovum, King Street (including his debut mix CD ‘The Afro Acid Project’) his own Afro Acid Plastik imprint, and more. And now DJ Pierre gets Gigolo with DJ Hell. ‘I’ve Lost Control’ (an ode the Sleazy B / Marshall Jefferson Trax Records release) is already receiving support and props from DJs including Laurent Garnier, Ame, Radio Slave, Phonique, Shinedoe, D’Julz, Alex Smoke and more. The original WildPiTcHMix mix is heavy analogue designed for only the loudest speakers.. Glenn Underground’s old School Re-rub takes you back to the Music Box in Chicago and into the record boxes of the pioneers he was inspired by (Ron Hardy, Larry Heard, Lil’ Louis). The ‘I’ve Lost Control’ Spastic Meltdown mix is reminiscent of… guess… Here you have a little history of house music in one package.

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dominik-eulberg.de
www.gabrielananda.d
www.traumschallplatten.de

RELEASE: 02 February 2009

Here comes the long awaited second part of the collaboration ‘
between Dominik Eulberg and Gabriel Ananda.
The first part „Kirschplunder & Jasmin Tee bei Gabriel“ was recorded at
Gabriel Ananda´s studio in Cologne. The follow up „Eucalypse Now!” was
recorded at Dominik Eulberg´s studio „Ton“ in the Westerwald and carries
all the influences Dominik takes in there.

The first 12” ever with both of them teaming up on Traum was the
„Harzer Roller” 12“ (Traum V70) in 2006. So now 3 years later you can
witness two long epic and enthusiastic mixes on vinyl and an alternative mix
on the digital side, which is more reduced and late night.

The title track “Eucalypse Now!“ is a cool almost Latin flavoured groove
track with cool synth stabs. An epic groover which has the finest up and
downs… changes perspectives within it’s 10 minute journey… always offering
new dynamic impulses and changes in the harmonies…
highlighting peaks of powerful chubbiness “Bill Kilgore” on the flipside is a cool,
static, monotone, post trance, epic track which slowly builds up to a 10 minute
hypnotic tracker!

In addition we also bring you a late night digital bonus dub mix by
Dominik Eulberg.
All tracks were mastered by Emanuel Geller of Salz mastering in Cologne
who has mastered all of Dominik´s tracks in the past.

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www.berlin-calling.de

Berlin calling: “berlin electronic music composer martin (paul kalkbrenner), known as dj ickarus, is touring with his manager and girlfriend mathilde (rita lengyel) from club to club around the globe and is about to release their biggest album to date. however, all of his plans are thrown out of kilter after ickarus is submitted to the emergency ward of a psychiatric clinic high on drugs after a gig – a tragicomedy in berlin of today.”

Paul Kalkbrenner is delivering the perfect music for this movie in its present form. the soundtrack contains ten exclusively produced tracks, including the movie´s hymn “sky and sand”. in addition, the package holds five previousely released tracks – among others “gebrünn gebrünn” and “altes kamuffel” – as well as “mango” by sascha funke. all of them come along in a very exclusive berlin calling edit, and, in the context of the movie, you will experience these tracks completely new.

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Check it here
Poul Kalkbrenner/bpitch

Paul Kalkbrenner is delivering the perfect music for this movie in its present form. The soundtrack contains ten exclusively produced tracks, including the movie´s hymn “sky and sand”. In addition, the package holds five previousely released tracks – among others “Gebrünn Gebrünn” and “Altes Kamuffel” – as well as “Mango” by Sascha Funke. All of them come along in a very exclusive Berlin Calling edit, and, in the context of the movie, you will experience these tracks completely new.

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RELEASE: 15.12.2008
Check it here
www.bpitchcontrol.de

Here is the last single release off of Ellen Allien´s album “SooL” (BPC175). The tracks
“Ondu” and “Caress” are well selected and get the remix treatment by two outstanding,
upcoming artists: Chaim, which is the new foster child from Tel Aviv in the BPitch
family, and Paul Ritch, who is getting a lot of attention with his latest releases. All
together, this is our catalogue number BPC186.
A1: Ondu
“Ondu“ is already a milestone within the “SooL“ album. Thus the track was literally
claiming for an extra single release. “Ondu“ is having two faces: obliging and harmonious
on the one, and ruggedly and dusky on the other side.
A2: Ondu (Paul Ritch Remix)
Paul Ritch chopped up the track “Ondu“ to his constituent parts. He isolates each
effect and gives it a new determination – without changing the main character of the
track. Paul Ritch´s Remix of “Ondu“ keeps the spleeny and schizophrenic attitude of
the original, but gives the track much more sleaziness.

B1: Caress (Chaim Remix)
Chaim already starts to reel the track “Caress“ from the backside. It feels like Chaim
would be hitting the sound carpet with a big beater. The result is a track that easily
reminds of the original, but the hypnotic silence gets overturned by a whorled
disturbance.

B2: Caress
“Caress“ already comes up on a magic carpet. By doing so, the audience gets announced
to feel comfortable and get excited about the upcoming surprises. And these are big
surprises! With a hypnotic, aspirate voice the track takes possession, and in the same
moment welcmes the audience to the brighter spaces of Ellen Allien´s world.

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Release date : 12 January 2009
Raw Headroom Myspace
www.traumschallplatten.de

Raw Hedroom is Gareth William, an English producer who
has already recorded on Leftroom and now it’s time for his
Trapez debut with this two tracker on vinyl!

“Onorin” is a modern post Chicago-Detroit piece of techno ,
which works with that kind of understatement that we always loved
with techno from either Detroit or Chicago.

A sequence, manipulated /modulated and with a feel for organic
funkiness shows itself in the shape of a worm that sometimes breaks
through to the surface. In addition to that there is a bit of a
psychedelic connotation with vocals repeatedly stating/saying:
“On the bed… under the bed”.

A sexy and sensual track with a good portion of high tec behind it,
since Gareth works with the Lemur polyphonic touch screen that
also Daft Punk use when playing live.

On the flipside the track “Only boring people get bored” is one
that uses the classic formula or technique to create funk, by grouping
small, strange und funny cut up or sequenced sounds next to
the kick drum. Midget sounds make it funky. and a deranged down
pitched vocal talks along and gives the track a modern and cool Chicago feel!
The first digital bonus track “Scalep” follows in the footsteps of “Only boring
people get bored” and has traces of funkiness featured throughout the track.

The second digital bonus track is a remix of “Onorin” by Arjuna Schiks from
Amsterdam who started composing and producing when he was 15.
He was the winner of the vinylized dance competition
for most talented producer award of 2008. His first vinyl Ep was released
on All Is One Records and was supported by Dave Clarke, Michel de Hey,
Laidback Luke, Isis and more. His “Onorin” remix is a cool combination
of understatement combined rhythmically with a nice stop and go motion.

The third digital bonus track comes with a Emerson Todd remix of “Onorin”.
Emerson’s remix “Rumpelstilskin” was picked up by many DJs and his
releases on Dirty Bird triggered tidal waves.

His massive remix of “Onorin” will set a mark also on Trapez.

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Release Date: 19 January 2009

Piemont Myspace
www.traumschallplatten.de

It’s not only their five records on MBF and two huge hits which have
made Piemont decide to record an album.

Much more than that, it is their consistency over the last years
with various releases and remixes also on other labels, plus not accepting
any conmpromise on style and quality that made them record a whole
album of new tracks called: „Strange World Beyond“ .

Dedicated to the deep sea, each track plays a special role for them
with this concept album.

„Carbonat“ and „Black Smoker“ catapulted Piemont into many charts
and DJ lists and established their unique and outstanding sound.
They have been supported heavily in the past by Richie Hawtin,
DJ Hell, Dubfire, John Digweed, Deep Dish, Carl Cox, Oliver Koletzki,
Oliver Huntermann and more…

Piemont aka Fredric Möring-Sack and Christian de Jonquières are
not a product of the minimal techno of now, but have been with
the scene for much longer, being influenced by advanced
technology and sound design as well as the history of electronic music.

The duo has the gift of bringing things together in a way that makes
their sound so special: modern sound design fused with a fantastic
sense for funky beat programming and a good sense for clubby
moments that was developed by their live appearances and gigs.
Piemont have recently played in The Cocoon Club, toured Japan and
have played festivals and clubs all around Europe and will play showcases
during their album tour which starts in January 2009.

For Piemont a track is never finished. The doubt of never being able to
live up to the ideal of „the perfect song“ is a source of creativity for them,
keeping them striving for more interesting arrangements and sounds.

That Piemont’s background is not solely a techno one but includes many
influences they can draw on, can be witnessed by their sympathy for
different musical styles on their album .

„Strange World Beyond“ creates funky rocking moments of clubbiness
with tracks such as: „Eyeshine“, „Strange World Beyond“, „Lighter
Than Seawater“ and „Talk Flows Like A River“, and also includes their hits
„Carbonat“ and „Black Smoker“.

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Release date: 05 January 2009

Check it here
Max Cooper Myspace
www.traumschallplatten.de

The new “wunderkind” from the UK, Max Cooper.
Max is a great UK DJ who is also involved in mathematical modelling
research on the evolution of networks of genes at University College London,
a sci-art project combining evolutionary and music production algorithms.
Max Cooper has many lives and he is a true wizard in his category.

Born originally in Belfast he has been resident at the Rumour as well as
playing his 9th year at clubnight “Firefly”. Max can be heard regularly Djing
in The Key – London, Stealth – Nottingham and The Cross – London.

He was quickly recognised by the media, receiving the label of Mixmag ‘future
hero’.
Max has joined Traum with a 5 tracker involving top English producer
Kanio for a remix of the a-side track “Harmonisch Serie” as well as including
another English artist, Ito, remixing his track “Compact Yourself“ on the digital side.

Max Cooper´s innovative programming positions him music-wise alongside
artists such as Dominik Eulberg, Minilogue and Extrawelt.
His epic structure has a unique narrative character to it which distinguishes
him from others and sometimes dares to become almost soundtrack like, full of
ambience. Maybe this is best expressed by his B2 track “i” , which you can
hear digitally in an even longer version.
His debut on Traum is a unique sound sensation of incredible details
and big sound layouts, as if made for Traum. Melodic and gentle but at the
same time energetic and full of colours with a sci fi edge to it!

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Loco Dice – Live at Sensation White NYE Düsseldorf 31-12-2008Check it here
Loco Dice – Essential Mix on Radio One 22-11-2008Check it here
@awakenings 30.06.2007Check it here

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