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What My Mother Could Say AKA Extra Energy Vol. 6 … Extra Energy’s next release features one of France’s most cutting-edge techno producers. Lacchesi’s tracks are artful sources of energy for the dance floor. His music reflects our musical vision very well through fast sounds as well as exciting melodies. The release is refined by a collab track together with ABEM, the fastest horse and a remix from Copenhagen’s incredible Peachlyfe.
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The second EP on the new PAG label comes from the talented MELATRONIX.
After quickly becoming a staple in the PAG lineups, they now release their highly anticipated follow-up, marking the label’s second EP.
With their presence firmly established at PAG events, MELATRONIX brings their colorful, upbeat sound to the label, delivering a vibrant and joyful energy that’s all their own.
Release Date:
24th May 2004(original release date)
in 2019 (digital re-issue)
Format:
vinyl, CD, download & streaming
Tracklist: A1. Professional Distortion
A2. Allergic
A3. Requiem For A Hit [feat. L.A. Williams]
B1. Happy Violentine
B2. Meet Sue Be She
B3. Kiss Factory
C1. Soundtrack Of Now [feat. The Hacker]
C2. Clone Me
C3. I Come.com
D1. 3eme Sexe
D2. Dub About Me
D3. Neukölln 2
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Miss Kittin releases her long awaited debut solo album ‘I Com’ through novamute on May 31st 2004.
Caroline Herve, aka Miss Kittin, has over the past five years, truly become one of the most inspiring DJs and voices to emerge within the electronic music scene. Her vocal collaborations have produced seminal moments of dancefloor heaven. Alongside long-time production partner The Hacker, tracks such as ‘Frank Sinatra’ and ‘1982’ propelled them into the spotlight whilst further collaborations with Felix Da Housecat ‘Silver Screen (Shower Scene)’, Golden Boy ‘Rippin Kittin’, Sven Vath ‘Je T’aime’ and more recently T. Raumschmiere ‘The Game Is Not Over’ and Tricky have confirmed Miss Kittin’s star billing status.
Miss Kittin has also taken centre stage as a headline DJ in her own right – the job that she truly considers her own and one that she excels at. She can flawlessly join the dots between Detroit techno, deep house, electro and Black Dog records and understands how a Prince track can fit into a banging club set. “If I don’t have fun myself, I’m not able to please people,” says Kittin. “DJing must be, in a way, something selfish. I shout it loud: I don’t do it for the people. I never pretended to educate the audience. I just share a big part of me, taking it as serious as I love it.”
French born Miss Kittin is, alongside her frantically busy global DJ schedule, working A&R jobs, hosting radio mix-shows, remixing, collaborating and writing music. “I Com” is Miss Kittin stripped bare: her first solo mission and an album rich in Kittin attitude. From her Berlin base “I Com” has been co-produced by Tobi Neumann and Thies Mynther a.k.a. GLOVE, who had previously also worked with fellow electro-pop upstarts Chicks On Speed. The album opens with the first single “Professional Distortion”, a rock meets blip-hop opus and wry commentary on her experiences in the nightlife world. From there, the album careens through the giddy electro-punk of “Meet Sue Be She” (apparently an ode to her manager) to the shimmering euro-pop of “Kiss Factory” and the icy skank of “Dub About Me”.
One thing soon becomes very clear. One of the main progenitors of the so-called ‘electro-clash’ movement has found her wings, finding a range of style and voice that far outshines such short-sighted preconceptions. On “I Com”, we find a unique personality for whom the notion of ‘electro-clash’ is now a distant memory, where the heavily-accented deadpan delivery over techno beats that established her notoriety on previous recordings has been unseated by a desire to sing, to scream, to rap and to croon, all of which she manages to do with ample helpings of sly wit and wordplay and a musical landscape that incorporates both brazen beats and intoxicating atmospherics.
Several guest appearances enhance the mood, including Chicago luminary L.A. Williams on “Requiem For A Hit” and longtime sparring partner Michel Amato (The Hacker) on “Soundtrack Of Now”. The album also features a cover version; the 1985 Euro-hit “3eme Sexe” (Third Sex) by Indochine.
‘I Com’ is preceded by the single ‘Professional Distortion’ on May 17th.
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Arma returns to .defaultbox with “Urban Tales”, a four-track EP shaped by the energy of a city where techno isn’t just music, it’s a way of life. Following his contribution to Various Artists 015 with “Jupiter Junit”, this release pushes his sound further, channeling fleeting moments into pure, gritty atmosphere and rhythm. Each track acts as a gateway, pulling you into unfamiliar urban landscapes, places on the edge of memory and imagination, built for dance floors that never stop.
