out now: Dettmann / Klock – Phantom Studies EP [Ostgut Ton]

 

Artist:
Dettmann / Klock

 

Title:
Phantom Studies EP

 

Label:
Ostgut Ton

 

Cat#:
O-TON 100

 

Release Date:
27th January 2017

 

Format:
vinyl & digital

 

Tracklist:
A1.
Phantom Studies

B1.
No One Around

B2.
The Room

C1.
Prophet Man

C2.
Bad Boy

D1.
The World Tonight

D2.
The Tenant

 

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Press Info (English):
Berghain residents Ben Klock and Marcel Dettmann link back to Ostgut Ton’s label launch in 2006 with their first studio collaboration in ten years and the extended Phantom Studies, on occasion of the one hundredth O-TON 12“ EP release.

With Phantom Studies Dettmann | Klock channel their first joined releases Dawning (2006) and Scenario (2007) from over a decade ago with their first co-production in ten years. On this extended, 40-minute 2×12″ EP Marcel Dettmann and Ben Klock parlay their deep personal alliance and musical repertoire through emphasis on new functional Techno as much as hypnotic, melodic and soulful music by thinking outside the box. The seven new, original tracks reflect these attributions by communicating to the needs and expectations of both DJs and home audio listeners, but not neglecting one over the other.

The opening track “Phantom Studies” perfectly combines this spirit with one leg on the floor and one on the couch: the brittle beginning is soon outpaced by a subtle kick, meandering, mesmerizing harmonies, hi-hats and clave sounds as well as bells that join the ranks of Techno music’s vast past. Very much a musical piece, evocative and powerful. This aesthetic is present throughout this record, interconnecting home with club settings: “The Room” is likely the darkest piece, decelerated, droneheavy, menacing and pitch black with Marcel Dettmann on vocals; “Prophet Man” is a laid-back, pulsing Dub Techno piece with plenty of synth pads left and right, nestling a spoken-word sermon by Ben Klock – but not as dead serious as you may think, hence the giggles; “The World Tonight” puts shimmering, frisky synth melodies into the focus while the kick adds some muscularity and ecstasy.

Of course there’s something for club use: “No One Around” is a prototypic tool, relentlessly pounding at 134 bpm with an uncompromising sudden start / end; Clocking in at 124 bpm “Bad Boy” lives up to its name through multifaceted hi-hat patterns and swirling synth progressions; “The Tenant” closes out this release with distorted, bending, brazen Acid textures, noisy, dazing vocal samples atop a steady kick drum, completed by a fitting valediction: “Good night!”

Phantom Studies underlines Dettmann | Klock’s mutual musical vision – be it in regards of their twelve year residency at Berghain or challenging dancefloors around the globe.

 

Press Info (German):
Die Berghain-Residents Ben Klock und Marcel Dettmann knüpfen mit ihrer ersten Studiokollaboration seit zehn Jahren – Phantom Studies – anlässlich der hundertsten O-TON 12“ EP-Veröffentlichung an die Ostgut Ton-Labelgründung 2005 an.

Mit den Phantom Studies beschwören Dettmann | Klock den Geist ihrer ersten gemeinsamen Veröffentlichungen Dawning (2006) und Scenario (2007). Die neue doppel 12″ EP ist ihr erstes gemeinsames Release in zehn Jahren, mit dem 40-minütigen Release bauen Marcel Dettmann und Ben Klock ihre tiefe persönliche Verbindung und das gemeinsame musikalische Repertoire aus, betonen funktionalen Techno ebenso wie hypnotische, melodische und beseelte Musik, frei von Konventionen. Die sieben neuen Stücke reflektieren diese Attribute, richten sich an die Bedürfnisse und Erwartungen von sowohl DJs als auch anderen Musikliebhabern, beide nicht außer Acht lassend.

Das eröffnende Stück „Phantom Studies“ kombiniert diesen Geist perfekt, mit einem Bein auf dem Dancefloor und einem auf der Couch: der spröde Beginn wird schnell von einer scharfen Kick, mäandernden, hypnotisierenden Harmonien, Hi-hats und Klanghölzern eingeholt, daneben erklingen Glocken, aus einem Guss mit der reichen Vergangenheit des Genres Techno. Ein sehr musikalisches Stück, atmosphärisch und kraftvoll. Diese Ästhetik zieht sich durch den ganzen Tonträger, das Heimund Clubsetting miteinander verbinden: „The Room“ ist das wohl düsterste Stück, entschleunigt, Drone-lastig, bedrohlich und kohlrabenschwarz mit Vocals von Marcel Dettmann; „Prophet Man“ ist ein zurückgelehntes, pulsierendes Dub Techno-Stück mit allerlei Synthflächen links und rechts, eingerahmt von einem spoken-word-Psalm von Ben Klock – aber nicht so bierernst wie man denken mag, deshalb das Gekicher; „The World Tonight“ stellt flirrende, muntere Synthmelodien in den Mittelpunkt, während die Kick für Muskulosität und Ekstase sorgt.

Klar gibt’ s auch was für den Club: „No One Around“ ist ein prototypisches Tool, hämmert unnachgiebig bei 134 BpM samt kompromisslos-plötzlichem Anfang / Ende; „Bad Boy“ wird mit 124 BpM seinem Namen gerecht und setzt auf vielfältige Hi-hats und wirbelnde Synthsequenzen; mit „The Tenant“ endet dieses Release mit verzerrten, sich dehnenden, metallisch klingenden Acid-Texturen, lärmenden, verstörenden Vocalsamples über einer steten Kickdrum, komplett mit einer recht passenden Schlussformel: „Good night!“

Phantom Studies unterstreicht die gemeinsame musikalische Vision von Dettmann | Klock – sei es bezüglich ihrer zwölfjährig andauernden Berghain-Residency oder weltweit Tanzflächen herauszufordern.

 

Listen:

 

Full Track Streaming:
“Phantom Studies”

 

Video:
“Phantom Studies”

Videos created by the29nov films.

 

Recommendations:
Dettmann’s album “II” on Ostgut Ton
Dettmann’s EP “MDR19” on his own label
compilation “Zehn” w/ Klock & Dettmann track on Ostgut Ton

 

Special:
Marcel Dettmann – “Recorded Live 15/08/2015”

Ben Klock – “Boiler Room x Dekmantel Festival”

 

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Websites:
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out now: Marcel Dettmann – MDR 019 [MDR]

 

Artist:
Marcel Dettmann

 

Title:
MDR 019

 

Label:
MDR

 

Cat#:
MDR19

 

Release Date:
June 2016

 

Format:
12″ & digital

 

Tracklist:
A1)
Onto
(2010 Edit)

A2)
Escape

B1)
Nautilus

B2)
Foundry

 

Info:
With his first solo EP since 2013 Marcel Dettmann releases the „lost number“ MDR 019.

 

Listen:
@ Hardwax

 

Video:
“Foundry”

Video created by the29nov films

 

Recommendations:
Dettmann’s “Seduction” feat. Emika on Ostgut Ton
Dettmann together with Wiedemann “Masse Remixes II” on Ostgut Ton
Dettmann’s mix CD for Fabric London
MDR compilation
album “II” on Ostgut Ton

 

Special:
“ENTER.Buenos Aires, Argentina (November 14th, 2015)”

 

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© Photo by Flavien Prioreau

out now: Various – Zehn [Ostgut Ton]

 

Artist:
Various

 

Title:
Zehn

 

Label:
Ostgut Ton

 

Cat#:
OSTGUTCD34 | OSTGUTLP20

 

Release Date:
30th October 2015

 

Format:
10xvinyl box, 3xCD, special edition & digital

 

Tracklist CD Package:
CD1-01.
Marcel Fengler
[feat. Elif Biçer]
Fallin’

CD1-02.
Ben Klock
Sirens

CD1-03.
Ryan Elliott
Smith Lake

CD1-04.
Steffi
löweborschtel

CD1-05.
DVS1
[Ecks]

CD1-06.
Atom™
Stromlinien

CD1-07.
Marcel Dettmann
Encode II

CD1-08.
L.B. Dub Corp
[feat. Function]
Roller
(Len Faki Interpretation)

CD1-09.
Substance
Keine Angst

CD1-10.
Kobosil
Saldae

CD2-01.
Barker & Baumecker
Love Is A Battlefield

CD2-02.
Etapp Kyle
Nolah

CD2-03.
Nick Höppner
Double-Cross

CD2-04.
Answer Code Request
Zeitspielraum

CD2-05.
Doms & Deykers
Whirling

CD2-06.
Virginia
Never Underestimate

CD2-07.
Anthony Parasole
eartbeat

CD2-08.
Martyn
Jah Bedouin

CD2-09.
Dinky
Planes

CD2-10.
Len Faki
Rainbow Delta
(Ambient Mix)

CD3-01.
S/D
The Launderette

CD3-02.
Atom™ & Tobias.
Physik E7532

CD3-03.
Planetary Assault Systems
Hama Static

CD3-04.
DIN
Mono

CD3-05.
Norman Nodge
Beastmode

CD3-06.
Fiedel
Probe-806

CD3-07.
Tobias.
Like A Drug

CD3-08.
Efdemin
Unten Links

CD3-09.
Function
DX3_Analog_Bass_Seq

CD3-10.
Boris
Lock

Tracks CD02-09 is CD-only.

 

Tracklist Vinyl Box:
Vinyl01-A1)
S/D
The Launderette

Vinyl01-A2)
Norman Nodge
Beastmode

Vinyl01-B)
Boris
Lock

Vinyl02-A)
Marcel Dettmann
Encode II

Vinyl02-B1)
Efdemin
Unten Links

Vinyl02-B2)
Kobosil
Saldae

Vinyl03-A)
L.B. Dub Corp
[feat. Function]
Roller
(Len Faki Interpretation)

Vinyl03-B1)
Function
DX3_Analog_Bass_Seq

Vinyl03-B2)
Substance
Keine Angst

Vinyl04-A)
Dinky
Planes
(Matthew Styles Dub Mix)

Vinyl04-B1)
Nick Höppner
Double-Cross

Vinyl04-B2)
Virginia
Never Underestimate

Vinyl05-A1)
DVS1
[Ecks]

Vinyl05-A2)
Answer Code Request
Zeitspielraum

Vinyl05-B)
Doms & Deykers
Whirling

Vinyl06-A)
Barker & Baumecker
Love Is A Battlefield

Vinyl06-B1)
Atom™
Stromlinien

Vinyl06-B2)
Anthony Parasole
Heartbeat

Vinyl07-A)
Martyn
Jah Bedouin

Vinyl07-B1)
Atom™ & Tobias.
Physik E7532

Vinyl07-B2)
Planetary Assault Systems
Hama Static

Vinyl08-A1)
DIN
Mono

Vinyl08-A2)
Fiedel
Probe-806

Vinyl08-B)
Tobias.
Like A Drug

Vinyl09-A)
Ben Klock
Sirens

Vinyl09-B1)
Ryan Elliott
Smith Lake

Vinyl09-B2)
Len Faki
Rainbow Delta
(Ambient Mix)

Vinyl10-A)
Marcel Fengler
[feat. Elif Biçer]Fallin’

Vinyl10-B1)
Etapp Kyle
Nolah

Vinyl10-B2)
Steffi
löweborschtel

Track Vinyl4-A is vinyl-only.

 

Content Special Edition:
Limited to 100 numbered copies, includes the limited 3xCD and 10×12“ vinyl boxes. Housed inside a black hardboard box it comes with:
– digital versions of the artworks and all vinyl tracks (over 3GB of .WAV files) on a 16GB Ostgut Ton | Zehn metal USB stick
– a download of the CD version in the format of choice (via Bandcamp)
– ten full colour A2 posters of the ten 12″ artworks on affiche paper
– an individual number in the form of an aluminum Ostgut Ton dog tag with a black cord (you might recognize these from somewhere)
– a surprise O-TON test pressing white label 12″ or double LP, randomly chosen from our back catalogue, featuring artists that also appear on Ostgut Ton | Zehn. The luck of the draw decides which one you get, inside this edition each catalogue number included only appears one, two or three times at most, some are extremely rare with only three copies ever made.

 

Press Info:
It’s been zehn years, ninety-two 12″ EPs, twenty albums, fourteen DJ mixes, seven Unterton releases, two compilations, one 7“ single and one cassette. Within this time, Ostgut Ton has grown as a label not only in terms of catalogue numbers and musical variety, but also in terms of experience, professionality and as a musical haven for Berghain’s and Panorama Bar’s residents.

Our anniversary label compilation, Ostgut Ton | Zehn, will be released in various physical and digital formats on 30 October 2015.

In times where young people are discovering Techno and House for the very first time and others are rediscovering the genre that has been defining popular and club culture for well over thirty years, many think pieces these days seem very much obsessed with the exploration and idealisation of dance music’s past. Ostgut Ton founder and former label manager Nick Höppner reflected on this topic with his recent Folk album (Ostgut Ton, 2015) – Techno and House music with their respective derivatives are “tried and tested – loved for exactly what (they are).” Moving forward the thirty exclusive tracks on Ostgut Ton | Zehn only look back twice in form of one new edit and one new ambient version of Ostgut Ton back catalogue tracks.

Ostgut Ton | Zehn is not intended to be nostalgia, not a best of ten years, not a testament of Ostgut Ton’s past. It’s an adult statement of the label’s status quo as well as a glimpse of what’s forthcoming – at the end of a decade, on the brink of the future. While the preceding anniversary compilation Fünf (Ostgut Ton, 2010) was more of a conceptual release (using field recordings from inside Berghain as the source material), Ostgut Ton | Zehn was conceived and commissioned with as much of creative freedom as possible for the artists involved.

What this compilation intends and even more so does is showcasing the Ostgut Ton artist roster’s overall talent, consistency and quality as well as hinting towards the time to come. People familiar with Berghain and Ostgut Ton will be served with new, original music by Norman Nodge, Boris, Marcel Dettmann, Function, Nick Höppner, Answer Code Request, Fiedel, Barker & Baumecker, Anthony Parasole, L.B. Dub Corp / Planetary Assault Systems (both Luke Slater), Ryan Elliott, Len Faki, Ben Klock, Steffi, Marcel Fengler feat. Elif Biçer, Virginia, Atom™ & Tobias.

But Ostgut Ton | Zehn also serves as a more formal introduction for new additions to the label and Ostgut Booking agency roster such as Kobosil, Efdemin, Martyn and Etapp Kyle as well as collaborations such as DIN (Efdemin, Fengler), Doms & Deykers (Steffi, Martyn) and S/D (Slater, Dettmann). While most of the latter have already put out at least one solo record on Ostgut Ton, their tracks for Ostgut Ton | Zehn are a peek into the near future – full length albums by Kobosil, DIN and Virginia will be following in 2016. And not to forget friends and family: Dinky, DVS1, Matthew Styles (vinyl exclusive remix), Atom™ and Substance have been invited to add an original piece, too.

Since you’ve read until the very end of this page you might find it interesting to learn that more content will be surfacing on this website until the release day on 30th October 2015, accompanied by several Ostgut Ton | Zehn showcases across Europe and the release party at Berghain on 31st October.

To the next zehn years!

 

Listen:

 

Video:
S/D – “The Launderette”

Video created by the29nov films

 

Recommendation:
all Ostgut Ton stuff

 

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out now: Laibach – Spectremix [Mute]

 

Artist:
Laibach

 

Title:
Spectremix

 

Label:
Mute

 

Cat#:
IRSTUMM358

 

Release Date:
30th March 2015

 

Format:
download & streaming

 

Tracklist:
01.
Eurovision
(Torul Remix)

02.
The Whistleblowers
(Marcel Dettmann Remix)

03.
The Whistleblowers
(Diamond Version Remix)

04.
Koran
(Alex Smoke Remix)

05.
Resistance Is Futile
(Function Remix)

06.
Koran
(iTurk Remix)

07.
We Are Millions and Millions Are One
(Konstantin Sibold Remix)

08.
Eurovision
(Marcel Dettmann Remix)

This remix package is also part of the digital deluxe edition of “Spectre” which will be available on the 30th March too.

 

Adapted Press Info (English):
The Dettmann remix, you can listen to below, is taken from Laibach’s forthcoming remix album “Spectremix” which is also part of digital deluxe edition of “Spectre”. Both are out on 30th March 2015.

As well as Marcel Dettmann, SPECTREMIX will feature mixes from labelmates Diamond Version (aka Olaf Bender and Carsten Nicolai), Sandwell District’s Function, longtime collaborator iTurk, Slovenian electro-pop band Torul, Scottish DJ and producer Alex Smoke, German DJ, producer, mastering engineer and co-founder of the Common Sense People event series, Konstantin Sibold and Slovenian producer, DJ and musician Gramatik.

 

Adapted Press Info (German):
Am 27.03. erscheint das Remix-Album “Spectremix” von Laibach welches ebenso Teil der digitalen Deluxe-Version ihres letztjährigen Studioalbums Spectre sein wird.

SPECTREMIX birgt Remixe von Marcel Dettmann, Diamond Version (alias Olaf Bender und Carsten Nicolai), Sandwell Districts Function, iTurk, der slowenischen Electropop-Kapelle Torul, dem schottischen Produzenten Alex Smoke, Konstantin Sibold und DJ Gramatik.

 

Snippets:

 

Full Track Streaming:
“Koran (Alex Smoke Remix)”

 

Videos:
“The Whistleblowers (Diamond Version Remix) ”

“Koran (iTurk Remix)”

 

Related Release:
album “Spectre”

 

Recommendations:
album “CI” by Diamdon Version on Mute
album “Incubation” by Function on Ostgut Ton
album “II” by Marcel Dettmann on Ostgut Ton

 

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out now: Various – Bloodlines [The Corner]

 

Artist:
Various

 

Title:
Bloodlines

 

Label:
The Corner

 

Cat#:
COR010

 

Release Date:
November 2014

 

Format:
12″ & digital

 

Tracklist:
A1)
Marcel Dettmann
Take One

B1)
Silent Servant
Mechanics Of Emotion

B2)
Anthony Parasole
Intel

 

Press Info:
The Corner Presents “BLOODLINES” its tenth release with a split ep by Marcel Dettmann, Silent Servant & Anthony Parasole

 

Listen:

 

Specials:
Marcel Dettmann – “BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix”

Silent Servant – “FACT mix 349”

Anthony Parasole – “Bodytonic Podcast”

 

Recommendations:
“My Block EP” by Anthony Parasole on Ostgut Ton
“Planetary Assault Systems Remixes” by Marcel Dettmann on MDR

 

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Websites:
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Silent Servant
Anthony Parasole