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Hour 1: John Digweed
01. In.Phrequent - Find A Place [Asylum Confidential | AC007]
02. Super Flu - Volkwein feat. Dortmunder Philhamoniker & Philipp Armbruster [Monaberry | 4250644882548]
03. Sascha Funke - Zug Um Zug [Kompakt | KOM 316]
04. Guy J - Lonely Color [Bedrock Records | Beddigi55]
05. Adam Port & Stereo MC's - Place (Workparty Five EP) [Keinemusik | KM025]
06. Steve Lawler - Most Beautiful Girl [Say It Play It | PLAY004]
07. Simon Baker - Too Slow (The Veracruz EP) [Last Night On Earth | LNOE 034]
08. Harvey McKay - Amen [Bedrock Records | Beddigi56]
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01. In.Phrequent - Find A Place [Asylum Confidential | AC007]
Asylum Confidential latest release features resident dj Willis Haltom and fellow producer Phillip Charles as In.Phrequent. Release party 29 November 2014.
Asylum Confidential is the label of the internationally recognized club Asylum Afterhours (one of the top clubs in the world according to DJ Mag each year). Founded in Honolulu, Hawaii, Asylum is known for bringing the best techno and house to the beautiful island, and now the imprint will act as an extension of the music being played at Asylum. Releases will feature original music from Asylum residents along with remixes from some of the many guests who have graced the decks over the years.
02. Super Flu - Volkwein feat. Dortmunder Philhamoniker & Philipp Armbruster [Monaberry | 4250644882548]
So what do you do having celebrated a year that has seen you release your own successful artist album, which then spawned a remixed version, that then led to much hyped compilation album that celebrated a label milestone? Well, you hook up with the Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra for you next project… Obviously. Halle's Super Flu have done just that for this, their latest release on Monaberry. The coming together of this unruly band of music outlaws, and Super Flu, is truly something to behold as they join forces to deliver a musical precursor ahead of their exciting live performance on November 17th*. Together with Philipp Armbruster and the Dortmund Philhamonic, Super Flu present the Volkwein EP, a truly magical musical experience. *November 17th sees Super Flu & Dortmund Philharmonic play their debut performance of their collaborative project 'Schilder einer Baustelle', including a special selection of Super Flu's own work along side popular classical pieces. Don't miss it.
Release Date: 30 October 2014
03. Sascha Funke - Zug Um Zug [Kompakt | KOM 316]
It's with great joy that we're announcing a new release by SASCHA FUNKE: his first Kompakt outing under his proper name in more than a decade, ZUG UM ZUG will please fans of both his solo productions and his work with Saschienne - thanks to the artist's knack for stylish and hypnotic techno that successfully combines the straightforward and the uncanny. We could welcome him back, but then again, he wasn't really away.
As far as generation gaps go, it's been quite some time since SASCHA FUNKE's last solo offering on Kompakt, 2001's DREI AUF DREI (KOMPAKT 29), but the Berlin-based producer made more than up for it with his input on Saschienne, the project he put forth together with partner in crime Julienne Dessagne. The deep, sweeping techno of their debut full-length UNKNOWN (KOMPAKT 255 CD 9
found its fair share of loyalists, also serving as an ideal primer for Sascha's latest solo output.Title cut ZUG UM ZUG clearly tags the legacy, developing from rather humble beginnings, with just a few drone pads and a straight bass drum to show for - but that's all SASCHA FUNKE needs to establish a rather complex atmosphere. Added percussion and the introduction of sparse piano chords venture further into the eerily calm vortex at the heart of this track, making for a formidable, yet exitingly ambiguous listening experience.
The flipside's ALLES IN ALLEM opts for a more direct approach, ditching the embalming pads of the title track for some serious sub bass dwellings and those trademark guitar strums we know and love from Sascha's earliest work. Still, this cut inherits a discernible amount of bizarro synth flourishings taking things in unexpected directions, thus wrapping up Sascha's latest effort with a particularly strong entry into his already impressive discography.
Release Date // November 10, 2014 (physical & digital)
Format // 12''
Catalog Nr // Kompakt 316
EAN // 880319095412
04. Guy J - Lonely Color [Bedrock Records | Beddigi55]
Guy J returns to Bedrock with what is probably one of the most eagerly awaited releases of the year. Having been an outstanding highlight in his sets for many months, and been the subject to endless discussion across social media, “Candyland” is set to take things to another level.
For many people around the world, Guy J’s music is uniquely joyous, uplifting, intelligent and beautiful, and there can be no doubt that he is one of the standout electronic artists today. His work is always touched with a magic and emotion that few rival, and “Candyland” is a perfect example of why his productions are quite simply - so special. Its restrained, euphoric, sensual beauty flows effortlessly into an ever-blossoming journey as it weaves its slow-build seductive spell - this is a tune that will surely become a future timeless classic?
Two further treats are “Lonely Color”, with its deeply delicious throbbing core laced with enticing, subtle melodic flourishes; along with another recent live favourite, the supreme, smile inducing “Once In A Blue Moon”. Guy J has the ability to turn up the pressure until emotion is literally pouring out of the speakers. He is an artist that everyone should, most definitely, always keep on their music radar.
Release Date: 20 October 2014
05. Adam Port & Stereo MC's - Place (Workparty Five EP) [Keinemusik | KM025]
Keinemusik is back with its 25th release, the fifth edition of its annual labelcrew-Sampler ‚Workparty', this time logically named ‚Workparty Five'. As alyways featuring one track by every Keinemusik producer, you'll find cuts by Rampa, David Mayer, &ME and Adam Port. And there are some special guests as well. Adam Port teamed up with the english House legends Stereo MC's to lay down the closing track - Place'.
The first and limited edition comes as double vinyl with a gatefoldcover designed by Monja Gentschow.
Five years of Keinemusik. Workparty Number Five. The twentyFIFTH KM release in total. Release subsequent to the FIVE label tour.
Before anybody could come to the conclusion, there might be higher powers or math pro's involved in this, check out this information: on the release, as it has been with all the previous Workparty joint ventures of the Keinemusik collective, you'll find four cuts.
Contributors are again: Rampa, David Mayer, &ME and Adam Port. Using the anniversary as an opportunity, the tracks have been spread over two vinyls for the first time and - as another premiere - wrapped into a gatefold cover, amazingly decorated by the artwork of Monja Gentschow.
Leading us into the ring is Rampa's 'Mod' on A. A crossing of analogue and digital methods, recommending this piece as the unmistakable floor offensive within the batch. Realizing how percussive slaps and the central synth-motif are escalating in call and response, it seems obvious that 'Mod' is not to be taken as the shortcut for 'moderate' in this case.
David Mayer's 'Smoke' on B is going for a dry and percussive approach itself, although executed in his typical signature sound - intent on the details and all about the subtlety. 'Smoke' is a genuine grower. Crackling and rolling in seductive coolness and puffing one or another ganja-cloudlet into the air.
Yet more percussive spleens to be found on C, when &ME is unrolling his 'Birdland'. Compared to the two predecessors, he is opening up to a pronounced songwriting architecture and almost tenderly implemented analogue elements like bass runs and piano chords, that are dramatizing this piece until it is consolidating to an impelling floor-affair.
For the grand finale, Adam Port is getting the legendary Stereo MCs on his side. Just for Rob Birch's vocals, 'Place' has to be seen as the most anthemic moment of this EP. But Port's sensitive instrumentation, all the deep sentiments within the beat and the effective sparing of the bigger gestures, are doing their bits to help shaping this one to be a foreseeable classic for the emotional peeks on a dancefloor.
Released by: Keinemusik
Cat: KM025
Labelcode: LC-3543
Release date: 17 November 2014
06. Steve Lawler - Most Beautiful Girl [Say It Play It | PLAY004]
The UK’s Steve Lawler is undoubtedly a name heavily stitched into the fabric of global club culture. A child of the acid house generation, Steve has always been embedded in a scene of his own making and as an artist, has consistently defied trends and genre with an unwavering passion for the whole electronic spectrum. His next release for Seth Troxler’s imprint Play It Say
It is no different. Serving up a classic journey into straight up house, ‘That’s House’ is an ode to the elemental structures of a groove that simply makes your body move. An old school bass line underpins the evolving sound bed that weaves a tangle of rhythms and sounds into bubbling acid lines. A spoken sample throughout invites the dancer to ‘get on down’ the message is simple, the hook undeniable. Bside ‘Most Beautiful Girl’ has a more electronic edge but just as much swing. Powerful divine organ melodies and full-bodied beats make this one primed for the peak time.
As an artist Steve has had releases and remixes signed by some of the worlds most established record labels, including R&S Record, Drumcode, Cocoon, OVUM, Rekids, Soma, and of course his own imprint VIVa MUSiC. VIVa MUSiC works as a culmination of everything that’s gone before. The label, founded in 2006, quickly earned a reputation for breaking new talent and has featured artists such as Reboot, Jamie Jones, Davide Squillace, Luca Bacchetti, Bushwacka, Plasmik, Ripperton, Peace Division, Tiefschwarz and many more.
Released by: Play It Say It
Cat: PLAY004
Format: 12"
Release date: 24 November 2014
07. Simon Baker - Too Slow (The Veracruz EP) [Last Night On Earth | LNOE 034]
New varied 4 tracker from London producer Simon Baker, who has releases on labels such as 2020 Vision, Leftroom, Cocoon, Connaisseur, Murmur, Get Physical, Playhouse, Fina, Last Night On Earth, Hotwaves amongst others.
Last Night On Earth’ is Sasha’s home for supporting exciting new electronic music talent and his new solo productions. We're very pleased to announce that Simon Baker's third EP on LNOE will be out on Monday 27 October.
Release Date: 27 October 2014
08. Harvey McKay - Amen [Bedrock Records | Beddigi56]
Bedrock keeps up the creative techno pressure with a stunning double-header from Harvey McKay, who has emerged from Glasgow’s underground clubbing scene to become one of the hottest new prospects around with his distinctive driving, energetic, soulful style that makes his tracks so unique.
Having already provided a highlight for Bedrock’s Underground Sound Of Miami Series 3 album (the huge “Phone Freaker”), and collaborated with Carlo Lio on the highly popular “Droid Decay” (Beddigi40), Harvey McKay returns to round-off 2014 in style with “Amen” and “Cry Wolf”.
The perfection with which he blends a raw, pounding groove with a simple, soulful vocal hook is mark of a man pure creative talent. Subtle house-influenced flourishes take the whole production process up a level, giving the track a spacious sound with character and depth that few can equal. “Cry Wolf” takes this creative blueprint in a heavier, hypnotic, and equally distinctive direction.
It’s no wonder that Harvey McKay regularly tops the Beatport Techno Charts. Apart from his exceptional tracks on Bedrock, he has released standout gems on Drumcode, Cocoon and Soma, along with a string of monster remixes. With a talent like this rising on the global stage the future of techno certainly looks very exciting indeed!
Hour 2: Harvey McKay
01. Harvey McKay - Amen [Bedrock Records | Beddigi56]
02. Monika Kruse - Summer Drops (Nicole Moudaber Remix) [Terminal M | TERM113]
03. Cocodrills ft. Ghostface Killah - Cherchez LaGhost (Carlo Lio Remix) [Transmit Recordings | TRSMT028]
04. ID – ID
05. Harvey McKay - Cry Wolf [Bedrock Records | Beddigi56]
06. Macromism - Mondano [100% Pure | PUREDV052]
07. Floorplan - Never Grow Old [M-Plant | MPM16]
08. Ramiro Lopez - Spirit [Suara | SUARA142]
09. Bobmo - Crushed [Ultramajic | LVX011D]
10. Gary Beck feat. Debra Debs - Get Together [Bek Audio | BEK020]
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