Release date: 20.04.09
Len Faki Myspace
www.kompakt.fm

There aren’t many DJs who embody euphoric raving, moments fraught with happiness and electric discharges onto the dancefloor, as Len Faki does. What has been reserved for dancers at Berghain and other international clubs, is now available on CD for the first time ever. ‘Berghain 03′ is a display of Faki’s mastery at its most compact and intense. Unlike a recording from a clubnight, this CD concentrates all aspects and tonalities of Len’s extensive sets at Berghain on 77 minutes. Len takes the listener on a journey, or rather an odyssey: At the beginning one is sucked into a hypnotic techno sound gradually developing a more and more intoxicating, electrifying and dramatic dynamic. Len Faki’s exclusive contribution ‘BX 3′ marks a first euphoric highlight being absorbed by Radioslave’s dubby undertones of ‘Neverending’, another exclusive track on this mix, followed by Basement Jaxx’ disco house transporting the euphoric atmosphere to a new frisky level. Towards the end Jerome Sydenham’s and Dennis Ferrer’s ‘Timbuktu’ adds a spiritual depth underlined by Burial’s remix of Bloc Party’s ‘Where Is Home?’ as a perfect closing track.

Having moved to Berlin in 2002 Len Faki took a creative break in order to restart as a DJ and musician. He became a resident at Berghain and launched his new labels Figure and Podium on which he released a series of excellent 12“s. The highlights of his own output were ‘Mekong Delta’ on Ostgut Ton and ‘My Black Sheep’ on Podium.

For anyone who experienced Len Faki internationally as a peaktime DJ or who only know him for his productions, the second, more house-y part of ‘Berghain 03′ might come as a surprise, as this aspect of his DJing has so far been reserved to his marathons at Berghain. But Faki rises to the special challenge of presenting such a set during the length of a CD, without suffering the loss of the broad stylistic range of such a night. Being able to show that it’s still possible to bring oppositional tracks into a coherent context on this mix has been a task close to Len’s heart. As a matter of fact, this is the main theme of ‘Berghain 03′. Techno and house don’t appear as antagonists here, but rather are the manifestations of the same emotive erruptions. By changing styles Len Faki reveals connections you can feel. By layering the tracks for very long periods they all appear in a new light.

In spite of the stylistic openness, ‘Berghain 03′ is still a techno mix. For Len Faki, techno is the music of happiness. The energy of the dancefloor feeds back to the turntables and creates a loop driving dancers into ecstasy, bedazzling listeners during the course of 20 tracks; from John Beltran’s orchestral sounds to Burial’s fey Dubstep.

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01. John Beltran – Vienna
02. Edit-Select – Bauer (Exclusive Track)
03. Roman Lindau – Raumgestaltung
04. Collabs feat. Speedy J & Chris Liebing – Magnit Express
05. Gez Varley pres. Tony Montana – The World Is Yours
06. Someone Else – Lowdown Brittle (Wink’s Profound Sound Interpretation)
07. Pfirter – Mi Chica
08. Eric Johnston – Waiting For Weird
09. JP Montesino – Viaje Numero Uno
10. Planetary Assault Systems – Surface Noise
11. Len Faki – BX 3 (Exclusive Track)
12. Radio Slave – Neverending (Exclusive Track)
13. Radio Slave w/ Dennis Ferrer – Neverending w/ Jero A capella
14. Koljah & Oliver Deutschmann – Eaten Back To Life (Ed Davenport’s Stripped Mix)
15. Tony Lionni – Found A Place (Exclusive Track)
16. Basement Jaxx – Fly Life (Xtra Mix)
17. Nick Holder & Kaje pres. Trackheadz – Feel (Instrumental Mix)
18. Laurent Garnier – The Man With The Red Face
19. Ferrer & Sydenham Inc. – Timbuktu
20. Bloc Party – Where is Home? (Burial Remix)

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Release date (france): 23.02.2009
Release date (rest of the world): april 2009

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On March 30th Terence Fixmer’s long-awaited 3rd album “Fiction Fiction” will be released on Modulor as CD/2LP (in France on Feb 23rd).

Deep ambience, almost cinematic, palpable emotion, hypnotic rhythms…
Terence leaves in his wake the aggression of EBM, keeping it rough around the edges. A pioneer, he above all preserves an original style, at once recognizable, that beats at the heart of contemporary electro-techno production.
“Fiction Fiction” brings together all the personalities of Terence Fixmer in one work, eclectic and yet coherent.

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Moderat are Modeselektor and Apparat.

RELEASE: 20.04.2009
Bpitchcontrol

Moderat’s formation began back in 2002 when Sascha Ring (aka Apparat) and
Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary (aka Modeselektor) recorded an EP for the
record label BPitch Control. The making of this release was incredibly exhausting for
the three of them, and at the last minute they renamed the EP “Auf Kosten der
Gesundheit” (which translates to “At The Cost Of Health”). When it came time to begin
working on an album, Moderat suddenly broke up.
A short time later both Modeselektor and Apparat simultaneously worked on their own
full-length albums — Modeselektor’s debut, Hello Mom!, and Apparat’s collaboration
with Ellen Allien, Orchestra of Bubbles. Each went on to become successful releases
and were followed by two career-defining albums for the individual acts. Additionally,
since their debut releases, both acts have performed over 1,000 shows at nearly every
point of the globe.
Modeselektor’s sophomore album in 2007, Happy Birthday!, set a milestone in
German music history including musicians such as Puppetmastaz, Maximo Park and
Thom Yorke. Amongst a slew of remixes for the likes of Thom Yorke and Björk,
Modeslektor also went on to tour with Radiohead across Japan in 2008.
Apparat, on the other hand, moved forward with his album Walls in 2007, taking a
musical path that was more band-oriented and kept him on tour for several years
running.
It was a twist of fate that brought about Modeselektor and Apparat’s reunion in the
spring of 2008. Szary and Bronsert, both proud fathers, were on their way to the
“Stadtbad Mitte” (Berlin-Mitte City Pool) with their children for their regular Monday
swimming lessons when they ran into Ring, a devout bachelor who happened to be
accompanied by several dubious females. After a battering of verbal abuse, the three
gentlemen quickly made peace and decided to get back to work on their collaborative
album post haste. Thus, Moderat was reformed.
In recording Moderat’s self-titled album, the three men began by renting studio space
at the legendary Berlin Hansa Studios (where Bowie recorded Heroes) in order to
record the album in analog with the help of the studio’s vintage tube technology and
an old EMI console from 1972, restored especially for Moderat. American software
designer, Joshua Kit Clayton, was hired to program a superb reverb algorithm specifically
for the recording process of this album. This exquisite sound design is one of the
reasons why the promotional copies can be listened to only in mono. Finished copies
will, of course, be in full stereo.
Additionally, during the first phases of recording the Moderat album, Szary and Bronsert
bought an EMT Model 140 Plate Reverb on an Internet auction and had to travel to
Los Angeles to pick it up. While there, they met the Californian rapper Busdriver and
the groundwork for “BeatsWaySick” was laid. Moderat continued to work on this with
Busdriver from their respective continents. Unfortunately due to legal issues at the
time of manufacturing, this track will be released as an exclusive download in the
near future.

Back in the studio, the Berlin vocalist Dellé (aka Eased) from leading German act
Seeed found himself in Moderat’s studio room while on a quest to find a bottle opener.
There on the spot, the three gents of Moderat finally waved good-bye to the concept
of a mere instrumental album and said hello to vocal recordings and the song “Sick
With It”. Coincidentally, they found older vocal recordings of Paul St. Hilaire that
had been recorded by Szary and Bronsert way back on low-noise 1/4″ analog tape.
Those recordings are what led to “Slow Match”. All this encouraged Szary and Bronsert
to convince Ring it was time for him to contribute vocals, which can be heard on
“Rusty Nails” and “Out Of Sight”. “Rusty Nails” is the first single, which will feature
remixes by Shackleton and Booka Shade.
The self-titled album Moderat will also be available as a limited edition DVD produced
by the Berlin based artist collective Pfadfinderei. The DVD will feature music videos
and more exclusive content. Pfadfinderei will also contribute visuals to all Moderat
live shows.

Tracklisting:
01. “A New Error”
02. “Rusty Nails”
03. “Seamonkey”
04. “Slow Match” (feat. Paul St. Hilaire)
05. “3 Minutes Of”
06. “Nasty Silence”
07. “Sick With It” (feat. Dellé aka Eased from Seeed)
08. “Porc # 1″
09. “Porc # 2″
10. “No. 22″
11. “Out Of Sight”

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RELEASE: 23 February 2009

Mihalis Safras Myspace
www.traumschallplatten.de

Mihalis Safras is an undeniable force in the field of groove minimal techno form Greece.
He has established himself on Trapez ltd and has gained also a lot of
respect through his remixes for Ricardo Villalobos and BPitch.

Mihalis has recorded his forth record “Cable“ together with the
Swedish artist Kimono aka Kim Stockblom who has been djing
since the age of 14 in Sweden and has recently started producing.

The a-side track “Cable” is an hypnotic ”acid” like grinder… spooky
and deep for DJ´s that like to connect tunes and build up dynamics in their sets.
“Aero” on the flipside is a fantastic modern house tune… l
oose and funky, soft, bouncy and percussive with vocal stabs and organic
sounding organ sounds. A cool and deep track that is a nice follow up to
his previous records on Trapez ltd.

“Divine” the digital bonus track is a more “in your face” sort of
techno house… using stronger attacks and louder stabs of sound
establishing a nice groove to go along with!

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Release date 23/02/2009
Filippo ‘Naughty’ Moscatello Myspace
www.moodmusicrecords.com

In 2008 began a new chapter for Berlin-based Italian Filippo Moscatello, with his choice to retire his DJ Naughty alias representing a shift back to his techno and house roots after a decade of eclectic, electro mischief.

Metamorphosis and re-invention are key themes. Equally prolific as remix artist and producer, Filippo has reinvigorated tracks for artists of the calibre of Goldfrapp, Fischerspooner, Inner City and many others.

A flag-bearer for DJ Hell’s genre-redefining ‘International Deejay Gigolo’ label in the late 90’s with his first 12-inch release ‘Boing Bumm Tschag’. His debut artist album ‘Disco Volante’ and collaborations with Terranova and The Cosmonauts of Innerspace followed, further distinguishing his place at the helm of the disco-charged house aesthetic at the birth of the millennium.

Equally prominent in his productions, an intuitive logic maps Filippo’s ascendancy to the forefront of the Berlin soundscape. Sicilian-born, his Italo-Disco education resonates throughout his releases on seminal labels such as Eskimo and K7!, and reflects in his relationships formed with studio mates and kindred spirits Ewan Pearson and Sasse.

His latest transformation has found fertile ground on Sasse’s ‘Moodmusic’ imprint, with last year’s ‘World EP’ paving the way for a new studio album to be released in the winter of this year. These sophisticated house and techno productions count as some of Filippo’s finest work yet, suggesting that his decision to send the naughty boy to bed might just be taking the party to the next level.

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Release Date 02.03.2009

mobilee-records.de
www.missjools.com
Miss Jools Myspace

The third time is, indeed, always a charm and Back to Back Vol. 3, mobilee’s third installment of the Back to Back compilation series, proves just that!
Back to Back Vol. 3 combines the id, ego and superego of the selected 2008 tracks produced by mobilees, remixed by various other artists and then mixed again by Miss Jools in a 2-disc spectacular: CD1 is an unmixed selection of 2008 mobilee tracks, all handpicked by Miss Jools, while CD2 welcomes a list of her favorite producers to remix their picks of the mobilee pack with an additional Miss Jools spin. Inside, a vivacious mixture of deep house tracks, loopy house tools, and down right funky and groovy tracks can be heard. The evolution of the Back to Back compilation series has greatly transpired since the Vol. 1 mobilee-only in-house remix session by Anja Schneider. GummiHz mixed together around 30 tracks, creating loops, editing mobilee tracks and using various cool tools on Vol. 2 and now Miss Jools has invited talents from the likes of Cassy, Tobias, Nick Curly, Dinky, D’Julz, Efdemin, Christian Burkhardt, Vincenzo, Sven Tasnadi and Solomun, extending the musical preference.

“Each artist that is a part of the compilation has their own unique individual style which I admire and respect in their productions and which also reflects largely what I play in my own DJ sets. This being the reason to bring these artists together and collaborate for the compilation,” said Miss Jools. Miss Jools, aka Berlin-based Julia Porter, has been on the grind ever since she left London and joined the ranks of mobilee in the summer of 2008. And she’s been successfully winnings the hearts of Berlin’s top players in a short time, not to mention, landing the role of the 3rd Back to Back artist. “Following on from Anja and Gummihz’s previous B2Bs was a hard act to follow, but a great challenge for me. Mobilee has achieved so much over the past years, and has such an impressive catalogue of amazing music from all their artists.”

Avid electronic music listeners will be treated to valleys of sounds beyond minimal with hip-twisting tracks like Sebo K’s ‘Diva’, a remix of Pan-Pot’s genius wonder, ‘Charly’ and Miss Jools’ latest track ‘La Luna’ original or remixed, including many others mixed by Miss Jools’ posse. The greatest thing about this compilation is that the work from every mobilee producer from this past year is featured either in original or remixed versions.

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CD One
01. GummiHz – You And Me feat. Ruxsandra 07:47
02. Marcin Czubala – At The Beach In San Foca 07:06
03. Miss Jools – La Luna 06:51
04. Russ Gabriel – React 07:18
05. Sebo K – Diva 07:32
06. And.Id – Sand On The Floor 07:16
07. Marc Antona – Give Me Flowers 05:18
08. Anja Schneider – Safari 05:38
09. Exercise One – Ceremony 08:04

CD Two – mixed by Miss Jools
01. Anja Schneider – Fish At Night (Sven Tasnadi Remix) 08:50
02. Nhar – Hexoflip (Tobias Remix) 09:41
03. Sebo K – Moved feat. Prosumer (Efdemin Remix) 07:53
04. Anja Schneider – Get Away (Christian Burkhardt Remix) 07:28
05. Sebo K – Diva 06:53 (Nick Curly Remix) 06:53
06. Pan-Pot feat. Hugh Betcha – Charly (Anja Schneider Tex Mex Remix Solomun Edit) 07:53
07. Pan-Pot – Ape Shall Never Kill Ape (Marco Resmann Remix) 09:11
08. Pan-Pot – Ape Shall Never Kill Ape (Cassy Remix) 10:22
09. Russ Gabriel – React (Dinky Edit) 06:27
10. GummiHz – Los Los (D’Julz Remix) 06:50
11. Pan-Pot feat. Vincenzo – Faces (Vincenzo Remix) 08:09

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www.bpitchcontrol.de
Modeselektor Myspace
RELEASE: 20.02.2009

Modeselektor celebrate their Happy Birthday! Album and BPitch Control is giving
three cheers for and with the current remix collection series.
After Part #1 (BPC174) and Part #2 (BPC184), here´s the third and last one, Happy
Birthday! Remixed Pt. #3.
The last congratulators are the bustling frenchman Feadz, the Berlin based Moritz
Friedrich aka Siriusmo, and our own homegrown techno artist Paul Kalkbrenner.
A1 – Suckerpin (Feadz Remix)
Feadz already proved a lot of times that he is always a force to reckoned with – not
only with last year´s album. He uses this attitude as a guideline for his interpretation
of the already groovy “Suckerpin” Original. Feadz combines the nonchalance of the
original with the dynamic of his unmistakable and distinctive sound aesthetics. Sweat
on the dancefloor!

A2 – 2000007 (Siriusmo Remix)
Siriusmo takes the theme of the original track and playfully combines it with his own
beats and pieces. The result is this pumping Remix, persuasively light and uncomplicated,
but totally convincing at any time.

B1 – 2000007 (Paul Kalkbrenner´s Tap Some Bong Remix)
The B-side then is reserved entirely for Paul Kalkbrenner’s interpretation.
Paul divides the original piece into its individual parts, incorporating them in familiar
manner into a dancefloor burner while the rare, solid vocals are reminiscent of the
original.

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RELEASE: 09 February 2009
www.traumschallplatten.de

Tom Dazing is an upcoming artist from Brussels who has released
on MB Selektions, Heimatmelodie, Coincidence, Veryverywrongindeed
and ToysForBoys already and with his new EP „Black Magic“releases his debut on Trapez.

Tom has a powerful production technique and a cool old school appeal which he
fuses with modern sound design. His new release features “Divulge” and “Cable strap”
two peak time techno trax with a heavy 303 bassline that will rock all big floors.

“Divulge” the a-side is destined to be a Berghain hit. The track is a monster. ‘
It’s attitude is down to earth… keeps it simple but effective.

“Cable Strap” on the flipside is a new modern version of music that we
believe used to be the post Chicago sound manifested by Robert Armani
and friends. “Cable Strap” is a super cool heavy rocker with a siren sound
that will turn clubs upside down, joined by delicate use of 303 basslines.

“Temper” the digital bonus track has more of an atmospheric deep feeling to it!

Tom has been voted in Belgium in the top 10 chart of the best national
producers in 2007 and 2008 and was voted into the to chart top 10
national live acts. He has performed in the Fuse club and will
play in U6031club in January.

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it is out now with “sick is the new healthy” on the B-side.
WORTH IT is taken from the forthcoming ZOMBIELICIOUS Album (march 9th)

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Release date 23.02.09

www.ostgut.de
Ben Klock Myspace

Having just been voted label of the year by Resident Advisor, Ostgut Ton looks set to continue that run with more superb releases in 2009.

‘One’ is the debut album of Ben Klock. With its forward thinking appeal, it smoothly follows on from Shed’s debut this year. Controlling his output over the last decade with care and accuracy, Ben has only released a dozen EPs, rather than falling for an inflationary release policy. Working with Ostgut Ton, Bpitch Ctrl, Memo and his own platform Klockworks only, he chose trust and longevity over quick visibility.

So how does a producer whose 12”s have always been dedicated 100% to the dancefloor, approach his first album? “I haven’t had a prefab concept really. All I wanted was it to work on it as an album. The piece’s atmospheres in itself and in relation to each other were of greater concern than thoughts like ‘do I need another ambient track, or do I need a kick drum to make this work in a club?’ In principle, all of it’s techno, but I don’t see ‘One’ as a pure club album.”

Stylistically, Klock draws on plentiful resources. There’s the dirty techno in ‘Grip’, the sexy intermittent ‘Check Your Pulse’, alongside ambient like tracks like ‘Init One’ and ‘Init Two’, as well as the dubstep inspired ‘Goldrush’. And then there are the outstanding cuts ‘Goodly Sin’ and ‘Ok’ featuring Elif Biçer’s vocals. In comparison to her records with Prosumer & Murat Tepeli, here her voice has been reduced to the bare essentials.

With its rugged bassline and crafty claps ‘Ok’ is even reminiscent of a contemporary version of Nicolette’s early work with Shut Up And Dance, but first and foremost it expands the Berghain sound to include a notion of pop.

‘One’ displays a depth and maturity of sound rarely found in this compactness. In all its stylistic variety, this album oozes with Klock’s traditional understanding of techno. The special sound at Berghain, the low bass, the hiss and the rumble, the economically used melodic fragments and the eerie atmospheres are present at any moment of this recording. The album creates a sealed off space reflecting Berghain as an actual place. Ben Klock defines techno as visonary music knowing about its past, yet appearing completely up to date without ever coming close to Detroit and minimal clichés.

‘One’ is a powerful techno album marking an early highlight in 2009 and it raises the bar both for techno and Ostgut Ton. Not a small feat at all!

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