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[Download]: Dat Politics – Reptiloid

Artist:
Dat Politics

Downloadable Track:
Reptiloid

Download hosted by Shitkatapult on Soundcloud.

Label:
Shitkatapult

Related Release:
upcoming album “No Void”

Websites:
Dat Politics
Shitkatapult

out now: Rex The Dog – Sicko [Kompakt]

Artist:
Rex The Dog

Title:
Sicko EP

Label:
Kompakt

Cat#:
KOM322

Release Date:
02nd March 2015

Format:
12″ & digital

Tracklist:
01)
Sicko

02)
Korgasmotron

Press Info (English):
A triumphant return to old form after classic bangers like PROTOTYPE (KOMPAKT 92), FREQUENCY (KOMPAKT 102) or MAXIMIZE (KOMPAKT 145), but also a bold step in a new sonic direction: Kompakt ally REX THE DOG presents his latest offering SICKO – a brand new 12″ packed with two incorruptible rabble-rousers that hit the floor right behind the ears, employing sharply focussed thrust and dramatic sweeps to stunning effect.

Having started out with just one synth in 2004 – the same vintage Korg 700S that was used by Mute Records founder Daniel Miller for his legendary “Warm Leatherette” outing -, REX THE DOG knows perfectly well how to squeeze the most out of a limited set of sounds. A growing intimacy with analog gear finally lead the producer to design and build his very own array of modular synthesizer components, including a sampler fittingly called RTD-001.

Armed with this barn-storming DIY attitude, and using gear he made with his own hands, Rex pulls two strikingly muscular rabbits out of his hat: the A-side’s title cut SICKO is a raw, pounding cut-up fest that builds a scary amount of tension just with a few distinct elements, while the flipside’s KORGASMOTRON loads up its bleep-ridden chassis with a succulent, sweeping vocal and some well-placed acid drops. Both tracks showcase a leaner, cleaner, but also meaner approach to dance music, making this a particularly thrilling entry in REX THE DOG’s oeuvre.

Press Info (German):
Eine triumphale Rückkehr zu alter Größe, nach klassischen Krachern wie PROTOTYPE (KOMPAKT 92), FREQUENCY (KOMPAKT 102) oder MAXIMIZE (KOMPAKT 145), aber auch ein Vorstoß in neue Klangwelten: Kompakt-Veteran REX THE DOG präsentiert seinen neuesten Wurf SICKO – eine brandneue 12″, dicht bepackt mit zwei unbeirrbaren Aufwieglern, die den Tanzflur dank fokussiertem Schub und der richtigen Portion Drama direkt hinter den Ohren treffen.

Nach ersten Anfängen mit nur einem Synthesizer im Jahre 2004 – derselbe Korg 700S, den schon Mute-Records-Begründer Daniel Miller für seine legendäre Single “Warm Leatherette” verwendete – weiß REX THE DOG inzwischen ziemlich genau, wie der größtmöglichste Effekt mit einer limitierten Anzahl an Klängen zu erzielen ist. Eine wachsende Vertrautheit mit analogen Gerätschaften tat schließlich ihr übriges um den Produzenten gänzlich zum Designen und Konstruieren seines ganz eigenen Modular-Synthesizers zu animieren. Der dazugehörige, natürlich selbst gebaute Sampler trägt sinnigerweise den Namen RTD-001.

Bewaffnet mit einer mitreißenden DIY-Attitüde – mit den Händen an Geräten, die ebendiese auch gebaut haben -, zieht Rex zwei überraschend stramme Karnickel aus dem Zylinder: die A-Seite wird geziert von Titeltrack SICKO, einer rohen, klopfenden Cut-Up-Orgie, die ihre fast erschreckende Spannung aus nur wenigen Elementen destilliert. Auf der Rückseite hingegen belädt KORGASMOTRON das Bleep-verzierte Chassis mit saftigen, zwingenden Vocals und einigen wohlplatzierten Acid-Tupfern. Beide Tracks zeigen einen schlankeren, aufgeräumteren, aber auch durchsetzungsfähigeren Ansatz an Tanzmusik – ein extrem spannender Beitrag zu REX THE DOGs Gesamtwerk.

Snippets:

Special:
“Sicko Mixtape for Kompakt”

“Rex returns to Kompakt” Comic
click here

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Websites:
Rex The Dog
Kompakt

out now: Laibach – Spectremix [Mute]

Artist:
Laibach

Title:
Spectremix

Label:
Mute

Cat#:
iRSTUMM358

Release Date:
30th March 2015

Format:
digital

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.

Listen:
soon

Full Track Streaming:
“Eurovision (Marcel Dettmann Remix)”

“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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Websites:
Laibach
Mute
Mute @ Facebook
Mute Germany @ Facebook

out now: Spur – Nowhereland [Antime]

Artist:
Spur

Title:
Nowhereland

Label:
Antime

Cat#:
ANTIME013

Release Date:
13th February 2015 (digital)
Mid March 2015 (vinyl)

Format:
LP & digital

Tracklist:
01.
Broken Lines

02.
The Beautiful Bird

03.
Clockwork

04.
Favoured Green

05.
Nothing But She

06.
Allthesethings

07.
Alien Farm

08.
Miracles

09.
Nowhereland
[feat. Martin Steer]

10.
Dancing At A corner

11.
Shake The Demon

12.
Sí Que Hay!

Press Info:
Nowhereland marks the coming together of Spur alias André Wittmann’s vast influences which transcend both genres and cultural boundaries. »I find it disturbing to see how all those fields of music are still strictly separated until this day. I’d rather see them all combined«, he explains the idea behind his album to which he also refers to as »a dance of cultures«. Seemingly odd – to the Western ear, at least – time signatures form the backbone of what are essentially club-orientated tracks. »I don’t really write music to make people dance to«, says Wittmann. »But during my live sets I have witnessed that it’s possible, even when my music is sandwiched between two Techno sets.«

Both his ambition and his remarkable perfectionism were there from the beginning: When young Spur first opened his mouth to emit something that would finally make sense to the world, it wasn’t a single word but a whole sentence. However, some twenty-something years later he prefers expressing himself through music. »Sometimes I really hate myself when I am talking – I’d rather say it with a chord or a progression of notes«, he says. Does he consider music to be an ersatz or maybe even a universal language? Not quite. »I see it as an extension of language.« Where words fail, notes can fill the gap. Incorporating elements from – quite literally speaking – all over the place thus seems only natural to Spur. »It’s similar to borrowing different words and phrases from other languages.«

After having uttered his first sentence, Wittmann habitually took to his Bavarian family’s kitchen to seek out anything that he could use to make rhythms and noises with. His parents finally complied with his unrelenting passion, giving him his first drum kit at the age of 10. When he was 13, he first joined a local big band before becoming a member of the renowned Landes-Jugendjazzorchester Bayern and taking over drum duties in pandoras.box, the band he founded with Antime founder Martin Steer and others. Spur meanwhile took to other instruments, learning to play the guitar, jamming on violins or marimbas and taking piano lessons in preparation for his studies in Lübeck where he is currently enrolled and will receive his Master of Music in the foreseeable future.

Just like you can’t pinpoint Wittmann’s influences – Hip Hop was his first love, he still holds a great passion for The Beatles, Radiohead and Björk, but has also extensively studied composers like Beethoven or Stravinsky and cites Flamenco and Gamelan as significant points of reference –, it is hard to pigeonhole the essence of Nowhereland. »Basically, it’s about getting to know yourself better and putting the vocabulary you have acquired over the years to good use«, muses Wittmann about his first full-length album under the moniker Spur. »I’ve always loved both the analytical and theoretical side of music«, he explains. »I aim at putting the mind and the body in motion.«

Nowhereland compiles a selection of the best cuts out of 20 to 30 compositions Spur perfected them during a month-long stay in Ghent in early 2014. It was a busy time in the Belgian city which he visited for his long-time friend and collaborator Lucie De Ley, who contributed vocals to »Flavoured Green« and »Allthesethings « as well as the album’s title track which also prominently features Antime founder Martin Steer on vocal duties. Antime label mate Sebastian Dali contributed his signature bassoon playing to »The Beautiful Bird« and Siranush Asatryan played violin on Nowhereland. Their distinctive voices perfectly complement an already polyglot album which was made with both the body and the mind in order to indulge in a beautifully odd and yet very familiar dance of cultures.

Full Track Streaming:

Videos:
“Dancing At A Corner”

“Allthesethings”

Video Special:
“Live at Antime Label Night, 13th February 2015”

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Websites:
Spur
Martin Steer aka Midimúm
Antime

out now: Kerridge – Always Offended Never Ashamed [Contort]

Artist:
Kerridge

Title:
Always Offended Never Ashamed

Label:
Contort

Cat#:
CNTRT001

Release Date:
13th February 2015

Format:
vinyl & digital

Tracklist:
A1)
GOFD

A2)
MPH

B1)
DAYT

B2)
TRN5

C1)
WOSN

D1)
NCV

D2)
WIAGW

Press Info:
CNTRT001 marks the beginning of Samuel & Hayley Kerridge’s record label. Much like their renowned Berlin event series of the same name, the label will provide a platform for new & old talent, supporting artists to stand alone and to be individual.

The first release comes from Kerridge, already establishing himself with critically acclaimed releases on legendary labels Downwards, Blueprint, and Horizontal Ground.

‘Always Offended Never Ashamed’ is Samuel’s most personal recording to date. Spanning over 7 tracks, his own vocals are prevalent throughout the entire LP. Thrashes of guitar adjoin steely percussion, showing restraint and elegance in the process. Electric pulses wreak havoc on the senses, with earth shuddering bass & kicks providing the raw physicality which has become synonymous with his work.

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