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out for a while: Lindred – Hyperdrama (Reworked) [Denkfabrik]

Artist:
Lindred

Title:
Hyperdrama (Reworked)

Label:
Denkfabrik

Cat#:
DENKFAB009

Release Date:
27th August 2020

Format:
digital

Tracklist:
01.
Hyperdrama
(Henning Baer Remix)

02.
Disarming Fear
(Indi Remix)

03.
Hyperdrama
(Hysteria Temple Foundation Reinterpretation)

04.
Logrouse
(Nicolas Bougaïeff Redistillation)

05.
Veins like Slow Oil
(Clay Beds Remix)

Press Info:
Lindred presents Hyperdrama, a five track experiential pop tragedy debut drenched with glistening melodies and voices of disembodied longing, on Nicolas Bougaïeff’s Denkfabrik imprint.

Hyperdrama delivers us into depths of intense longing, euphoria and despair. Utilizing trauma as a catalyst, Lindred effects transference amidst devoutness and earthly relationships. The salvation is “twisted holy pop”, where Lindred’s voice emerges as a sensual lyrical and textural instrument, from heart wrenching melodies transformed into otherworldly ambiances.

Opening track ‘Hereafter’ establishes the sonic realm. A feeling of ascension is underpinned by shattering cathedral sized bass. Fully embracing a digital afterlife, ‘Logrouse’ paints an epic sound world where gentle syllables develop into a heartbreaking experience. Sugary synths and pitched-up synthetic vocals deliver a fearless rainbow of colors in ‘Disarming Fear.’ Framed by drops of pearls and serpent lily, ‘Veins like Slow Oil’ creates a sense of soul crushing longing with piano-like sounds and words from Gabriela Mistral: “I feel my heart melting, in the mildness like candles.” Title track ‘Hyperdrama’ invokes intense feelings of teenage limerence. Frenetic bubbly sounds, constantly changing verses and an irresistible synth hook come together to sonify beautiful obsessiveness. It is love that makes you want to tear yourself apart.

Listen:
@ Bandcamp

Full Track Streaming:
“Logrouse (Nicolas Bougaïeff Redistillation)”

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Recommendations:
“Projections” by Nicolas Bougaïeff & Marcus C. Maichel on Denkfabrik
“Les Sauvageries” by Nicolas Bougaïeff on Denkfabrik
“Principles Of Newspeak” by Nicolas Bougaïeff on Denkfabrik

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out now: Lindred – Hyperdrama EP [Denkfabrik]

Artist:
Lindred

Title:
Hyperdrama EP

Label:
Denkfabrik

Cat#:
DENKFAB008

Release Date:
11th December 2019

Format:
digital

Tracklist:
01.
Hereafter

02.
Logrouse

03.
Disarming Fear

04.
Veins Like Slow Oil

05.
Hyperdrama

Press Info:
Lindred presents Hyperdrama, a five track experiential pop tragedy debut drenched with glistening melodies and voices of disembodied longing, on Nicolas Bougaïeff’s Denkfabrik imprint.

Listen:
@ Bandcamp

Full Track Streaming:
“Logrouse”

Special:
“Live @ Oscillate 24 11 18”

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Lindred
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out now: Nicolas Bougaïeff & Marcus C. Maichel – Projections [Denkfabrik]

Artist:
Nicolas Bougaïeff & Marcus C. Maichel

Title:
Projections

Label:
Denkfabrik

Cat#:
DENKFAB005

Release Date:
30th May 2019

Format:
digital

Tracklist:
01.
Orthogonal

02.
Oblique

03.
Parallel

Press Info:
Nicolas Bougaïeff and Marcus C. Maichel deliver Projections, a three track techno collaboration EP on Denkfabrik.

Projections brings together crystalline production aesthetics and unusually slow BPMs. The titles allude to impossible geometries as a metaphor for impossible relations, an imaginary world where parallels meet and orthogonal planes of reality interact.

Opening track ‘Orthogonal’ contrasts carefully distorted bass and breakdowns where processed orchestral brass outline tense yet otherworldly harmonies. Precisely phasing synth loops create an evolving hypnotic structure in ‘Oblique’, while ‘Parallel’ showcases a gentle thunder of filtered orchestra samples emerging from subterranean grooves.

Marcus C. Maichel is a Hamburg based producer who has been a central figure of the global trance scene since the mid-90s. His projects X-Dream and The Delta, the latter often in collaboration with Arne Schaffhausen and Wayan Raabe of Extrawelt, are notable for pioneering a surgically precise, atmospheric and oft-imitated tech-trance sound.

Nicolas Bougaïeff is a Canadian producer based in Berlin. His Cognitive Resonance 12″ marked the relaunch of legendary British label NovaMute. Bougaïeff completed a PhD on minimal techno. Recent projects include an audio-visual collaboration with Itaru Yasuda performed live at Fabric London.

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Recommendations:
Nicolas Bougaïeff’s “Dust (Remixes)” on Mesh
Nicolas Bougaïeff’s “Dust” on Mesh
Nicolas Bougaïeff’s “Cognitive Resonance” on NovaMute
Nicolas Bougaïeff’s “Permutation Djinn” on NovaMute
Nicolas Bougaïeff’s album “Principles Of Newspeak” on Denkfabrik
Nicolas Bougaïeff’s album “Les Sauvageries” on Denkfabrik

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out now: Nicolas Bougaïeff – Les Sauvageries [Denkfabrik]

Artist:
Nicolas Bougaïeff

Title:
Les Sauvageries

Label:
Denkfabrik

Cat#:
DENKFAB004

Release Date:
20th April 2018

Format:
download & streaming

Tracklist:
01.
Aux Portes Du Temple

02.
Offrande

03.
Pharmacie Nocturne

04.
Chambres Noires

05.
Ronde Infernale

06.
Ivresses

07.
Exaltations

08.
Sacrifice

09.
Ataraxie

Press Info:
Nicolas Bougaïeff announces Les Sauvageries, second album release in less than a year, via Denkfabrik imprint. A radical fusion of industrial techno and contemporary classical, Les Sauvageries is brutal program music that alludes to the dark underbelly of Berlin’s underground.

Inviting cellist and longtime collaborator Émilie Girard-Charest into the studio, the pair began to record the sounds of dark excess that define the album. Everything you hear, save for a kick and hihat, was created by processing cello improvisations. This exhaustive process gave life to the dramatic story behind the music, visions exploring the frontiers of hedonistic exhilaration.

Treacherously gentle opener ‘Aux Portes du Temple’ sets the scene before ‘Offrande’ mingles shades of Ligeti with distorted cello basslines. The suspense of ‘Pharmacie Nocturne’ begins to crack in ‘Chambres Noires’ as fractured warehouse beats give way to thundering drones. Three dancefloor tracks alternate organic distortion with ethereal textures, leading a raucous journey until the savage climax of ‘Sacrifice’, followed by the epilogue ambience of ‘Ataraxie’.

Les Sauvageries draws on diverse influences ranging from 20th century composers Scelsi and Penderecki, to today’s DIY noise scene and industrial techno resurgence.

Émilie Girard-Charest is a French-Canadian cellist, composer and improvisor. She has played at contemporary music festivals across Europe and the Americas, contributing also regularly to theatre and dance productions. She is currently pursuing a doctorate on cello microtonality.

Nicolas Bougaïeff is a French-Canadian electronic music artist based in Berlin. His Cognitive Resonance 12″ marked the relaunch of legendary British label NovaMute, followed by widely praised debut album Principles of Newspeak on his own label Denkfabrik. Bougaïeff holds a doctorate on minimal techno.

Forthcoming releases include a series of 12”s on NovaMute and an EP for Max Cooper’s Mesh label.

Snippets:

Full Track Streaming:
“Ivresses”

“Ronde Infernale”

Special:
“Fresh Kicks 58”

Recommendation:
album “Principles Of Newspeak” on Denkfabrik

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out now: Nicolas Bougaïeff – Principles Of Newspeak [Denkfabrik]

Artist:
Nicolas Bougaïeff

Title:
Principles Of Newspeak

Label:
Denkfabrik

Cat#:
DENKFABRIK001

Release Date:
24th November 2017

Format:
download & streaming

Tracklist:
01.
Principles of Newspeak

02.
Cognitive Resonance

03.
Truthful Hyperbole

04.
Alternative Facts

05.
Infomania War

06.
Fake News

07.
Room 101

08.
Silence

Press Info:
Principles of Newspeak is the first release to emerge on Denkfabrik, a new imprint curated by Berlin-based Québécois producer Nicolas Bougaïeff. The album includes 3 tracks from his recent Cognitive Resonance 12” which inaugurated the return of seminal British label NovaMute.

Inspired by the appendix to George Orwell’s 1984, Principles of Newspeak is about the war on truth itself. An exercise in gleefully distorted harmonies and expressionist noise, the album disrupts the 4/4 pulse with alternative beats and blinding sheets of rhythmical distortion. Principles of Newspeak draws on the artist’s love for avant-garde forms by opposing relentless uptempo workouts with inexorably slower techno experiments.

The title track sets a tone of bold and raw gravitas with cascading synth lines and distorted half-time beats. Hard-edged noise blasts and cathartic harmonies, punctuated by a soaring climactic melody, trace the daring journey of ‘Room 101’. In ‘Silence’, rich textural drones and distant arpeggios conjure up a final landscape of crashing sonified lies.

Principles of Newspeak draws on diverse influences: the cinematic exuberance of Clint Mansell, the tooled distortion of Ben Frost, and the stark post-minimalism of William Duckworth.

Holding a doctorate in music, Bougaïeff has performed ground-breaking shows including cello and live processing at renowned Berlin venues such as Wilde Renate, OHM and KitKat. He designed the controllers for Richie Hawtin’s Plastikman tour and collaborated on a 12” with Max Cooper.

Forthcoming releases on Denkfabrik include Vocabulary C, a collection of locked grooves inspired by Principles of Newspeak.

Snippets:
@ Qobuz

Full Track Streaming:
“Room 101”