out now: Various – Black Moon [Snork Enterprises]

 

Artist:
Various

 

Title:
Black Moon

 

Label:
Snork Enterprises

 

Cat#:
SNORK98

 

Release Date:
January 2019

 

Format:
vinyl, download & streaming

 

Tracklist:
A1.
Lucinee
Neptune

A2.
Lucinee
Black Moon

B1.
STUTE
Low Noise

B2.
Lifka & Lucinee
Mechanical Skin

 

Press Info:
This release is one of the latest and most surprising insights into the Hamburg underground techno scene. If you have thought so far, there is no such thing, we are happy to teach you better. Lucinee, Lifka, and Stute are three rapidly emerging techno artists who are actively shaping the nights of Hamburg’s subcultural techno clubs. Their sound as DJs is uncompromising and authentic. And they already have been crossing borders bringing it to other cities from Berlin to Copenhagen. Now, their first collaborate release carries this attitude onto one intriguing record.

With her two solo tracks “Neptune” and “Black Moon”, Lucinee presents herself with a fresh interpretation of some good old acid techno styles. The origins go way back, but her execution brings some new light into the sound and makes it perfect for an early sunrise just after a rough club night. Together with Lifka, she shows her variability in “Mechanical Skin”. With this composition, they have created a hypnotic merge of techno beats and trance elements. Those three tracks are complemented by a forth piece by their fellow Hamburg artist Stute, which is called “Low Noise”. What may sound subtle indeed surprises as an energetic techno hymn that – without being compliant with mainstream – has the potential to fill up the halls of vibrant hot spots and enthuse a broad crowd from techno newbies up to old school lovers.

Lucinee
“Hypnotic” – if you were asked to describe this emerging artist from Hamburg in one word, this would be a good choice. Having been on the stage for only almost three years, Lucinee has quickly drawn enormous attention to her energetic and uncompromising style. Her DJ sets always oscillate between heavy hitting basslines, acid sonorities, hypnotic patterns and deep and haunting atmospheres. Since 2015, she managed to establish a well-known name within the underground techno scene in Hamburg and other cities performing in clubs like PAL (Hamburg), About Blank (Berlin), IfZ (Leipzig), and KB18 (Copenhagen). And her tour schedule is steadily becoming even more filled up.

In September 2017, she started her project “Lucid”, a party series with a focus on raw and energetic techno raves and a merging visual concept, supporting the local underground community. The concept has been appreciated quickly by the local scene and soon after the first few parties, Lucinee had been offered a residency at the renowned PAL nightclub, which she is holding since then and which already enabled her to play alongside big names like Blawan and Ellen Alien. At the same time, in the studio, she has been pursuing her own productions and will start her career as a likewise hypnotic producer with this release on Snork Enterprises.

Lifka
This techno producer and live act from Hamburg made his first appearance on the stage alongside the Hamburg DJ collective “Vinka Katt” in 2014. Only one year later, he successfully published his first release on the French Industrial- & Acidtechno label “Kolkoz”. Meanwhile, Lifka has made a strong name in the Hamburg underground scene with his powerful and vast modular synth-driven techno containing Industrial influences and often focused on acid sonorities with deep and dramatic atmospheres.

In March 2018, he released his solo debut EP “Otherworld” on the Hamburg based label “Cirque du Minimaliste” and began performing his unique energetic modular-based hardware live sets about one year ago.

Stute
This DJ and producer is an energetic advocate of the Hamburg underground techno scene. And his style is the quintessence of what can be considered as pure underground. It is a mysterious mixture of solid basement sounds. And he leaves his sound to speak for itself. You can barely find any textual information on the web, but instead a lot of convincing DJ sets. As a producer, he has already attained public presence on the labels CDM, Devotion and Wall Music and as coowner of the label project “ohne kommerziellen Wert”.

Snork Enterprises
It’s a distinct sound diving deep down into the spheres of genuine underground techno where bass-lines surround your mind and the fascination of a gloomy yet groovy world of sounds inevitably enters your head.

Founded in 2004 by techno DJ and producer Christian Schachta, known as Syntax Error, Snork Enterprises is a base for modern underground electronic techno music. It’s not at all about being pretentious or arty for the sake of it. It’s about real depth on the dance floor. Short and sweet: very snorky! It’s a journey with friends such as Cristian Vogel, Phil Kieran, Jens Zimmerman, Daze Maxim, DJ W!ld and other big names from the techno scene having dedicated themselves to an uncompromising, stunning beat to go even further on a trip to the instantly exceptional, experimental sounds, ranging back to various roots of electronic underground.

 

Snippets:

 

Full Track Streaming:
Lucinee – “Black Moon”

Lifka & Lucinee – “Mechanical Skin”

 

Specials:
Lucinee – “PAL CAST 16”

Stute – “Session 0217”

Lifka – “45 Minutes of Techno”

 

Recommendations:
Lifka’s “Otherworld EP” on Cirque Du Minimaliste
sampler “OHNE001” w/ Lifka track on Ohne Kommerziellen Wert
sampler “VAcid” w/ Lifka track on Eradys Records

 

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Websites:
Lucinee
Stute
Lifka
Snork Enterprises

 

out now: Souls Tide Zone – Achĕrōn EP [Nocturnal Frequencies]

 

Artist:
Souls Tide Zone

 

Title:
Achĕrōn EP

 

Label:
Nocturnal Frequencies

 

Cat#:
NFRWD05

 

Release Date:
17th December 2018

 

Format:
digital

 

Tracklist:
01.
Signal

02.
Signal
(mimmo Remix)

03.
Black Iris

04.
Axons

05.
Axons
(Rune Bagge Remix)

06.
Absence

 

Press Info:
Souls Tide Zone for the 5th NFR White’s release, in the continuity of an evocative techno of landscapes, no doubt that’s from a marsh or from a mystic place that the unremetting melodies, the dissonant pads and the sepulchral atmosphere from Acheron are born.

With mimmo’s and Rune Bagge’s contributions, this EP spread out languorously a dehumanized blackness, a backwash of rough colors, a gosthly ode led by a sharp rythmic carousel.

 

Listen:

 

Full Track Streaming:
“Axons (Rune Bagge Remix)”

“Signal”

“Absence”

“Black Iris”

 

Special:
“Substanstiv Podcast 003”

 

Recommendations:
“Shape EP” by AM on Nocturnal Frequencies
“Planet Earth is Calling” by Eloim on Nocturnal Frequencies
“Life Out Of Mars” by Blurred Boy on Nocturnal Frequencies
” Planet Earth is Calling” by Eloim on Nocturnal Frequencies
“Hydro KSB” by Blurred Boy | Vønshk on Nocturnal Frequencies

 

Buy Digital:
Nocturnal Frequencies @ Bandcamp
more soon

 

Websites:
Souls Tide Zone
Nocturnal Frequencies

 

out now: Peryl – She Said It’s Enough EP [self-released]

 

Artist:
Peryl

 

Title:
She Said It’s Enough EP

 

Label:
self-released

 

Cat#:
PRLS02

 

Release Date:
15th December 2018

 

Format:
download

 

Tracklist:
01.
She Said It’s Enough

02.
Noise Angriff

 

Press Info:
….

 

Snippets:
@ Bandcamp

 

Full Track Streaming:
“She Said It’s Enough”

 

Video:
“She Said It’s Enough”

 

Recommendations:
single “White Tight Space” on South London Analogue Material
“Dagegen” on Lebendig
“Lust EP” on Schizophrenia Crew
“Not Yours EP” on Codec 992

 

Buy Download:
Peryl @ Bandcamp

 

Booking:
Peryl

 

Websites:
Peryl

 

out now: State Of The Union – Indupop [Infacted Recordings]

 

Artist:
State Of The Union

 

Title:
Indupop

 

Label:
Infacted Recordings

 

Cat#:
FACT3323

 

Release Date:
29th November 2018

 

Format:
CD & digital

 

Tracklist:
01.
Encore

02.
Industrial

03.
Slither

04.
L.A. Soldier

05.
Liberty

06.
The Sign

07.
Beacon

08.
Candyman

09.
Mindless

10.
Wonb

11.
Beacon
(Bonus Remix)

 

Press Info (German):
Mit „Indupop“ (Industrial-Pop) präsentiert Johann Sebastian aka „State Of The Union“ vier Jahre nach „My Time Away“ endlich sein lange erwartetes „Comeback Album“. Nach der vorab Single „Mindless“ (DAC + GEWC Top 5), u.a. mit Remixen von ES23, Ruined Conflict oder Accessory, enthält das neue Album gleich 11 neue Songs zwischen Futurepop und Electro. Melodiös und tanzbar, bis melancholisch und verspielt. Industriell angehauchte Popmusik für alle die auf gute Melodien und tiefgebende Texte stehen. 2019 holen wir „State Of The Union“ auch wieder für diverse Konzerte nach Europa!

 

Press Info (English):
Four years after „My Time Away“ it’s time for a breathtaking comeback album by „State Of The Union“. „Indupop“ is the long awaited new studio album by Johann Sebastian, a 11 song masterpiece between electronic dance floor sound and melancholic pop tunes. Futurepop meets electro, creating an all industrial pop sound: „Indupop“. After the just released pre-single „Mindless“ (feat. remixes by ES23, Ruined Conflict or Accessory), reaching top 5 positions at DAC + GEWC (german/european alternative charts) „Indupop“ is a proof that „State Of The Union“ are back, stronger then ever. 2019 will see the band perform for various live shows in europe.

 

Full Track Streaming:

 

Videos:
“Candyman”

“Slither”

“Mindless”

“L.A. Soldier”

“Encore”

 

Related Release:
State Of The Union’s EP “Mindless” on Infacted Recordings

 

Recommendations:
State Of The Union’s album “Evol Love Industry” on Infacted Recordings
State Of The Union’s EP “Dancing In The Dark” on Infacted Recordings

 

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Websites:
State Of The Union
Infacted Recordings

 

out now: Substance – Rise And Shine EP [Ostgut Ton]

 

Artist:
Substance

 

Title:
Rise And Shine EP

 

Label:
Ostgut Ton

 

Cat#:
O-TON 115

 

Release Date:
25th January 2019

 

Format:
vinyl & digital

 

Tracklist:
A1.
Rise And Shine

A2.
Countdown

A3.
Bird Cave

B1.
Distance

B2.
Cruising

 

Press Info (English):
Peter Kuschnereit, also known as Substance or DJ Pete, has long been known to heads as an essential figure in Berlin dance music, though he has comfortably flown under the international radar. Born and raised in the central district of Kreuzberg (where he still lives in the same high-rise he grew up in), this year marks the 30th anniversary of his DJ career – and a fitting moment to announce his first solo EP on Ostgut Ton following contributions to previous compilations Fünf and Ostgut Ton | Zehn and his longstanding relationship to Berghain.

Locally, his influence has been multifaceted: an employee at the famed Hard Wax record store for some 27 years, Kuschnereit is also one of the core DJs in the legendary Wax Treament party series, helping to unite diverse strains of global dance music – from dubstep, grime, house and techno to Senegalese polyrhythms – all pumping through the KILLASAN sound system.

Indeed, eclecticism has become a kind of trademark for Kuschnereit as evidenced on various mid- 90s and 2000s deep techno classics with Vainqueur on Chain Reaction and Scion Versions, a funky Latin techno 12” as DJ Pete on Surgeon’s Counterbalance, recent live collaborations with Sleeparchive as TR-101 and dozens of his online Wax Treatment podcasts.

Rise And Shine sees Kuschnereit fusing his deep, industrial aesthetic as Substance with the resonant bass-heavy leanings of DJ Pete, as evidenced on the title track’s off-kilter metallic riddims and multiple, interlaced SH-101 and Prophet 5 melodies. From there, potential set-closer “Countdown” blasts off with relentlessly rattling, scraping breaks, hissing German vox and big chords. The compact explorations of “Bird Cave” and “Distance” offer a more atmospheric take on bass and rhythm, while EP closer “Cruising” re-explores the uncanny, Berlin deep techno cosmos Kuschnereit has helped define, this time in denser form.

 

Press Info (German):
Peter Kuschnereit, besser bekannt als Substance und DJ Pete, gilt Szenevertrauten längst als einer der essenziellen Köpfe Berliner Clubkultur, obwohl er über die Jahre unter dem internationalen Radar flog. Geboren und aufgewachsen in Kreuzberg 61 bzw. 36 (er lebt heute noch im selben Hochhaus, in dem er groß wurde) feiert er 2018 sein 30-jähriges DJ-Jubiläum – ein passender Zeitpunkt, um seine erste Solo-EP auf Ostgut Ton anzukündigen; wobei Pete zuvor Tracks auf unseren Compilations Fünf und Ostgut Ton | Zehn hatte, von seiner langen Beziehung zum Berghain mal abgesehen.

Berlin prägte er auf unterschiedliche Weise: 27 Jahre als Mitarbeiter der Vinyl-Institution Hard Wax. Außerdem als einer der Stamm-DJs der legendären Wax Treament-Partyreihe, die verschiedenste Strömungen globaler Dance Music vereinen hilft – von Dubstep zu Grime, House und Techno als auch senegalesische Polyrhythmik, alles durch das KILLASAN Sound System pumpend.

In der Tat ist Eklektizismus eine Art Markenzeichen Kuschnereits geworden, nachzuhören auf verschiedenen Mitt-neunziger und nuller-Jahre-Deep-Techno-Klassikern mit Vainqueur auf Chain Reaction und Scion Versions, einer funky Latin Techno 12” als DJ Pete auf Surgeons Counterbalance, neuerlichen Livekollaborationen mit Sleeparchive als TR-101 und Dutzenden Wax Treatment-Podcasts.

Mit Rise And Shine verschmilzt Kuschnereit seine tiefgehende Industrial-Ästhetik als Substance mit den resonierenden, basslastigen Neigungen DJ Petes, wie zum Beispiel in den unkonventionell metallischen Rhythmen und verschiedenen, ineinander verwobenen SH-101- und Prophet 5-Melodien des Titelstücks. Das sich für Set-Closings anbietende „Countdown“ beginnt mit unnachgiebig klappernden, kratzenden Breaks, zischenden Vox und tollen Akkorden. Die kompakten Soundstudien „Bird Cave“ und „Distance“ bieten einen atmosphärischen Zugang auf Bass und Rhythmus, während das Ende dieser EP – „Cruising“ – jenen robusten Berlin-Deep-Techno-Kosmos auslotet, den Kuschnereit selbst definieren half; hier aber noch einmal etwas stärker verdichtet.

 

Listen:

 

Video:
“Cruising”

Video made by the29nov films

 

Special:
“Lost In Ether | Podcast #86”

 

Recommendations:
all Ostgut Ton stuff

 

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Websites:
Substance
Ostgut Ton

 

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