Sascha Funke - Mango
December 26, 2007 | Filed Under Artists, Labels, Releases | No Comments
Sascha Funke is back, following his debut artist album ‘Bravo’ with a second long-player that cements his electronic status as well as throwing up a few surprises. The rather fruity ‘Mango’ follows his well received mix CD ‘Boogybytes Vol.2’ and features vocal contributions from Fritz Kalkbrenner, Fritz Zander and Sascha himself as well as MIA guitarist TimTim. He has been DJing since the late 90s and was influenced by Berlin based clubs E-Werk, Panoramabar and WMF and here interlaces deep minimal tracks with more pop orientated material to show just how far he has come as an artist. The opening sun drenched chords of ‘Mango’ subdue us into the album with their warm glowing light leading the way across a downtempo house groove.
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Kero - 2 Advance 4 U
December 24, 2007 | Filed Under Artists, Labels, Releases | No Comments
With over 20 releases on some of electronic music’s most celebrated and innovative labels such as Bpitch Control, Ghostly International, Shitkatapult and most recently Downwards, as well as his own critically acclaimed Detroit Underground Records, Kero has established a reputation for his unrepentantly brash, yet cultivated compositions and unforgettable live performances, most recently, alongside notables such as Speedy J, Ken Ishii and Funkstorung. He has established himself as a leader within the growing pack of electronic music producers successfully infiltrating contemporary art circles worldwide. Drawing on his experiences as a dual citizen of both Canada and the United States, his innovative approach to music, graphic design and video production feeds on the detritus of popular electronic culture, creating a montage of fleeting musical and visual experiences that are paradoxically critical and enamoured with contemporary culture.
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Kevin Gorman - Chemistry Lock
December 23, 2007 | Filed Under Artists, Labels, Releases | No Comments
Kevin Gorman has recently completed the debut album, “Chemistry Lock”. His first single for Gigolo was ‘DMX’, released in November 2006. As well as being a Gigolo, Kevin is part of Madrid’s Net 28 crew alongside Alex Under, Damian Schwartz and Tadeo. He has had 2 releases for Alex’s CMYK label, his ‘Nota Azul’ EP and a remix of Damian Schwartz’s Verde Confeti. His own label Mikrowave was formed in 2006 and as well as his own output has included music from Alex Under, Agaric, Marc Ashken, Mihalis Safras, Mark Broom and Phil Kieran. Kevin now exclusively gigs with his laptop and MIDI gear. This allows him to experiment and improvise live, performing different edits of his own music every time. Recent performances have included at Fabric in London, Berlin’s Watergate club and Nitsa in Barcelona.
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VA - We are punks 2
December 22, 2007 | Filed Under Artists, Labels, Releases | No Comments
Given wings by the outstanding success of the first edition of the anthology as well as the “Various Punks Volume A”- double EP, Anthony Rother and Matthias Gustke aka Ziel 100 are once again choosing the best melodies from the successful label. With over 150 minutes playing time on two completely mixed albums, the second chapter of “We Are Punks“-series is an intensive bridging of the past and future of a label, which has defined the sound of modern clubs like nothing else, through a fertilization of techno and electro into a new hybrid. In addition to the compiled datapunk club hits of the last few months (among others Anthony Rother’s “Moderntronic 3″ and his current single “So Good”, Billy Nasty’s “Iconic Warfare” and/or “Electro maloquerio”, Umek’s “Vandal Derivate” or Kiko’s “30.1″), many of which are appearing in on an album format for the first time, there are seven exclusive tracks which until now have not been released, which will appear on two vinyl maxis at the same time and will showcase the soundprofile of the label for the new year.
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Braincell - Mind Over Matter
December 22, 2007 | Filed Under Artists, Labels, Releases | No Comments
Braincell is none other than Swedish DJ / Producer and sound architect Cari Lekebusch, who has used a host of other production monikers over his illustrious career ( Mystic Letter K, Mr Barth, Fred, Shape Changer, Vector, the Mantic and of course Braincell). Under the Braincell pseudonym, Cari Lekebusch released his first album ‘1995’ on Harthouse. Raised up in Stockholm, family Lekebusch started their musical career in the eighties as party promoters, which changed in the beginning of the nineties to a Design company. Cari met Adam Beyer, Joel Mull and Jesper Dahlbäck (names which have firmly put Sweden on the international electronic music map) in Stockholms biggest Recordstore for electronic Music.
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Sebastien Leger - Planets
November 26, 2007 | Filed Under Artists, Labels, Releases | No Comments
One of the most outstanding producers and DJs of the current electronic scene drops his hotly anticipated album… Sébastien Léger presents ‘Planets’ on his own label - Mistakes Music. Featuring 11 tracks written by Sébastien to showcase what his label is all about; ‘Planet’s has quickly taken on other-worldly status and every track has been named after a Planet in our solar system. Mistakes Music acts as an outlet for Sébastien’s own music. The label itself is named after Sébastien’s “ad lib” approach to producing records, whereby the final mix down and arrangement on each track has in fact been achieved by a happy accident or “mistake” as he modestly puts it.
Plump DJs - System Addict / Doppler
November 25, 2007 | Filed Under Artists, Labels, Releases | No Comments
At last the much talked about debut single System Addict / Doppler - from the Plumps‘ forthcoming album touches down. It’s already been causing dancefloor mayhem and has been smashed on the airwaves of BBC Radio 1, support from Pete Tong, Annie Mac, Zane Lowe, Annie Nightingale and the Trophy Twins – so massive that everyone’s feelin the addiction.
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Miss Kittin - Batbox
November 24, 2007 | Filed Under Artists, Labels, Releases | No Comments
Maverick music icon Miss Kittin is set to release her 2nd album “BatBox” in early 2008. Two years in the making and almost four years since the highly acclaimed “I.Com”, BatBox comprises of thirteen original songs, all composed whilst touring extensively throughout the world. The album further highlights Kittin’s position as a powerful personality within the contemporary music industry. A true individual with the substance to support the uncompromising attitude she is recognised for, BatBox is bursting with signature style Kittin observations on modern life.
DJ Luciano Pardini & Mauro Mozart - Made In Brazil
November 23, 2007 | Filed Under Artists, Labels, Releases | No Comments
DJ Luciano Pardini who along with Mauro Mozart brought the sounds of brazillian tribal progressive house from the streets of Sau Paulo and Rio to the dance floor of Pacha NYC, now you have the opportunity to own tracks from the Made in Brazil set as Pardini and Mozart present their debut album “Made in Brazil”, featuring 12 devastating brazillian progessive and tribal house tracks that helped break all Pacha NYC attendance records.
Daft Punk - Alive 2007
November 22, 2007 | Filed Under Artists, Labels, Releases | No Comments
Recorded at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, an 18,000-capacity sports arena in Paris, on June 14th, 2007, ‘Alive 2007′ captures the exuberant multi-media spectacle of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo’s first hometown show in 10 years.The stage is dominated by a giant pyramid light that has lit up the band’s concerts throughout a tour that kicked off in May 2006 at California’s Coachella Festival and will draw to a close in late 2007 in Australia, somewhere they have never previously played.
“Le Mix” mixed By Le Chic
November 21, 2007 | Filed Under Artists, Labels, Releases | No Comments
Gigolo introduce Le Chic: a new female DJ duo from Spain who present here their first ever mix CD across twenty tracks of erotic electro futurism. From the sub-aquatic experimentalism of Drexciya to Patrick Pulsinger’s throbbing grooves or the synth riff freakout of The Requesters and Der Zyklus’s Kraftwerk infused beauty, ‘Le Mix’ traverses elements of italo, house, techno and electro into a modern dancefloor composite fused with soul and feeling. It cannot be said that Susana and Rebeca have a background that is consistent with being musicians - one a customising fashion designer and the other a geneticist - not exactly a typical start to a career in music.
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Vaeth’s The Sound Of The Eighth Season
November 20, 2007 | Filed Under Artists, Labels, Releases | No Comments
“The Sound of the Eighth Season” is not a mix compilation like all others. Even the fact that this series of Mix-CDs is facing its eighth edition now does not show many parallels to other (Techno) compilations. Besides the success of the “Season” series during the last seven years, Cocoon and Cocoon Recordings look back to a highly successful year since the Closing Party of 2006. The eighth season – themed “Freakshow” – broke all records. Despite a hard beginning with the move to “Privilege” exile, Cocoon Ibiza was able to boost both the numbers of visitors and the level of party spirit. Legendary nights, incredible DJ sets and live gigs, an almost unique crowd and a Sven Väth who was in top form during the whole summer.