Category: Ostgut Ton

Artist:
Dinky

Title:
Take Me / Polvo

Label:
Ostgut Ton

Cat#:
O-TON 46

Release Date:
4th April 2011

Format:
12 inch & digital

Tracklist:
01: Take Me
02: Polvo

Info :
Chilean born Dinky is a long standing resident at Panorama Bar. Her warm, technical house sound, underpinned by intricate rhythmic and harmonic elements is a much loved staple of the scene.

„Take Me“ is a wonderful meeting of thuggish house and soul-infused, feel-good energy. A surprise break leads to unexpected vibes and a brief encounter with some Rhodes keys action.

„Polvo“ is a psychedelic ride through more cerebral moments, possessing the power to truly lock you in. The extended passages of this breezy, garage-house hybrid just highlight Dinky’s instincts for dramatic timing.

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Websites:
Dinky
Ostgut Ton

Artist:
Norman Nodge

Title:
The Happenstance EP

Label:
Ostgut Ton

Cat#:
O-TON 45

Release Date:
7th March 2011

Format:
12inch & download

Tracklist:
01)
The Happenstance

02)
Body To Body

03)
Breakdown

Info :
Berghain resident Norman Nodge offers up his first full EP for Ostgut Ton with three contemplative tracks; expanding and contracting with countless subtleties and enriched with bold artistic license.

„The Happenstance“ is an enthused explorations into the many musical zones existing outside of Techno. A warm and fresh embodiment of 80s wave electronica – like a classic Carpenter score – only a few elements are needed for his narrative to shine. The impression of distant melodies exist in purposefully excluded moments of rest, where Nodge uses restrain rather than release to interact with our very perception of the music.

A fuller club cut, „Body to Body“ floats into spacious, acidic zones. With the impression of sinking into a disorientating, resonating industrial space, this snaking and hypnotic exercise takes us in a very different yet equally rewarding direction to its sweeter A-side cousin.

An ornate exercise in reduction and challenging timing, „Breakdown“ is a slow and measured display of Nodge’s unique synthesised visions. This short exploration piece is a brave and gritty suggestion of what’s to come next from this talented producer.

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Booking:
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Websites:
Norman Nodge
Ostgut Ton

Artist:
Steffi

Title:
Yours & Mine

Label:
Ostgut Ton

Cat#:
OSTGUTCD16 | OSTGUTLP08

Release Date:
7th February 2011

Format:
CD, LP & download

Tracklist:
01.
Lilo

02.
Piem

03.
Yours
[feat. Virginia]

04.
Arms

05.
Manic Moods

06.
Mine

07.
Nightspacer

08.
You Own My Mind
[feat. Virginia]

09.
Moving Lips

Press Info :
Her previous releases for Ostgut Ton, „Kill Me“ feat Elif Biçer, „24 Hours“ which was featured on Tama Sumo’s Panorama Bar mix, or the mysterious „My Room“ for the „Fünf“ compilation, all served as fantastic introductions to Steffi’s sound. What’s more her collaboration as part of the Third Side project on Restoration indulged in her more raw tendencies. Now with her debut artist album, „Yours & Mine“, we discover an even further developed producer in Steffi.

She shares with us her personal journey. A long period of intense experimentation and self-discovery led to this sensitive, instinctive and extremely insightful long-player.

Carefully mixing old and new, warm analog synth and drum textures flow in unison with modern studio finesse over nine tracks, each telling its own story. Ethereal, hypnotic passages and positive, uplifting messages to the dancefloor meet temperate, slow-building vibes and heart-wrenching moments. Often simplicity blurs into satisfying complexity. Moments of sheer joy arise against the backdrop of a rich and elegantly controlled exploration into her own sound.

The opening track „Lilo“ is a soothing, harmonious forecast of this wonderful deep dance music album; swirling, and reduced. A warm solid state thump drives it however, and it becomes clear that the beauty in Steffi’s house music lies in this meeting of classic, emotion-drenched melodies and bold, earthy drums.

The tactile „Piem“ rises and climbs with a strong late-night intensity before „Yours“ featuring Virginia comes to the fore. Steffi recently collaborated with Virgina on the excellent „Reasons“ EP for Underground Quality, and now her smooth and distinctive voice shines in this powerful recording. Virginia’s vocal talents have already seen her working with other respected figures like Steve Bug, Abe Duque and Butch. Striking a clever balance between positive, addictive pop and and straight up club energy this vocal led future-classic is a loud and proud testament to how far Steffi has come. Not only as a producer, but as a DJ who understands the need for balance, control and of course release!

Perhaps an ode to the many foundations of house that have no doubt inspired Steffi, „Arms“ is a string-led jack track, a slow burner in the best sense, and all the better for it. Similarly „Manic Moods“ sells itself on the strength of its handful of carefully crafted analog synth lines, slowly fusing to become one while her beats urge us forward.

The urgent, sci-fi tones and extended, soaring strings of „Mine“ bring it back back to the club as heady images of warehouses past, present and future flash before us. This retro-futurism is then taken further with the muscular „Nightspacer“, whose NY house roots are fleshed out by blossoming pads and an unstoppable throbbing, traveling vibe.

Drawing the album towards its close, the deeply spaced „You Own My Mind“, featuring Virginia’s beautifully smooth vocals washes over and wraps around us in a calming and gently melancholic blanket of colorful sound.

Deeply personal to the last, „Moving Lips“ could be that special last embrace; one more moment to end the night and yet keep us longing for more. At the heart of it a clear and powerful theme emerges, reminding us that we have all been through this together, for the better.

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Websites:
Steffi
Ostgut Ton

Artist:
Various

Title:
Fünf

Label:
Ostgut Ton

Cat#:
OSTGUT07LP, OSTGUT15CD

Release Date:
5th November 2010

Format:
7x vinyl box, 2xCD & digital

Tracklist:
CD01-01)
Emika
Cooling Room

CD01-02)
Marcel Fengler
Shiraz

CD01-03)
Prosumer
Daybreak

CD01-04)
Substance
Gestalts

CD01-05)
Ryan Elliott
Abatis

CD01-06)
Nick Höppner
ISP

CD01-07)
Marcel Dettmann
Shelter

CD01-08)
Fiedel
Doors To Manual

CD01-09)
Shed
Boom Room

CD01-10)
Steffi
My Room

CD01-11)
Dinky
Twelve To Four

CD01-12)
Len Faki
Kraft Und Licht

CD02-01)
Barker & Baumecker
Drin

CD02-02)
Marcel Dettmann
Scourer

CD02-03)
SCB
Down Moment

CD02-04)
Tama Sumo
Iron Glance

CD02-05)
Murat Tepeli feat. Elif Biçer
Hold On

CD02-06)
Soundstream
Wenn Meine Mutti Wüsste

CD02-07)
Cassy
Never Give Up On A Mood Swing

CD02-08)
Ben Klock
Bear

CD02-09)
Norman Nodge
Start Up

CD02-10)
Luke Slater
Boom Tang Shwuck

CD02-11)
Boris
Rem

CD02-12)
Margaret Dygas
Qunitet

Info:
Ostgut Ton releases this unique compilation of music crafted from field recordings made inside the two Berlin clubs Berghain and Panorama Bar. The concept and original recordings were made by the Berlin based producer Emika. Over a period of two months Emika created the recordings in the clubs while they were closed to the public and edited them into a library of sounds. The library was then given to all the Ostgut Ton artists, but also to club associates like DJ Pete aka Substance, Dinky, Cassy, Margaret Dygas, Ryan Elliott and Scuba using his SCB alias, to make music with. This release marks the celebration of the label’s five year anniversary. Emika’s idea started from feeling the whole building resonating from the music being played, which lead to the question: which sounds exist here when there is no party? Intrigued by stories of how the club spaces and sound systems influence the resident DJ sets and productions, Emika was curious to explore what music could be made from the building itself. Berghain’s sound technicians Krischan Makswitat and Silvio König, helped to record the entire light rig including the strobe lights, which in itself sounds techno. Other interesting sources to record were the large cooling rooms used for storing thousands of drinks in bottles. The ventilation systems in these rooms make incredible sub frequencies mixed with the sound of the bottles vibrating against each other. The club also contains large swings made from metal which creak and moan at the slightest of movements. In total the library comprised over four gigabytes of sounds, and the artists were not given restrictions on how to make music from the library. The tracks on this compilation consist of each artists signature production aesthetics and feature debut solo productions by our residents Fiedel (one half of seminal Berlin based outfit MMM), Boris and Prosumer’s long term production partner Tama Sumo. All together this release highlights the special and inseparable relationships between the label, club space, and collective of artists.

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