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out now: Leiras – A Separate Lineage [The Ownlife]

Artist:
Leiras

Title:
A Separate Lineage

Label:
The Ownlife

Cat#:
OWN004

Release Date:
15th June 2015

Format:
vinyl & digital

Tracklist:
A1)
Genetics

A2)
No Partial Truth

B1)
A Separate Lineage

B2)
Dry Ocean

Press Info:
“A Separate Lineage” is the brand new EP on Ownlife label. This release retrieves Leiras usual footprint sweeping through different intensity levels and soundscapes.

“Genetics” supplies the right amount of energy to open the record while “No Partial Truth” evokes a rougher sound reminiscent of the 90’s. “A Separate Lineage” is a showcase of contained pressure, guiding the listener into a hypnotic state. The final track, “Dry Ocean”, rounds out the EP as it dives deep into an otherworldly sonic plain.

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Special:
“Unbroken Mix”

Recommendation:
first release on The OwnLife
“These Ancestral Bones” on The OwnLife

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Booking:
Unbroken Booking for Leiras

Websites:
Leiras
The Ownlife

out now: Zenker Brothers – Pollioni [Index Marcel Fengler]

Artist:
Zenker Brothers

Title:
Pollioni

Label:
Index Marcel Fengler

Cat#:
IMF06

Release Date:
June 2015

Format:
12″ & digital

Tracklist:
A1
Night Hustler

A2
Bias

B1
Karma Lounge
[feat. Philipp von Bergmann]

B2
Neunkeu

Press Info:
Munich’s Zenker Brothers arrive on Index Marcel Fengler for the first time with Pollioni, a four-track EP that captures the unique style that has brought the duo acclaim over a string of releases for Tresor and their own Ilian Tape label since they combined their considerable production talents as a dual force in dextrous, charismatic techno.

Each of Pollioni’s tracks eschew the standard four-four in favour of insistent beat patterns that service a maelstrom of rave era-indebted synths and tumescent basslines, working themselves into grooves with their own personality and once again showing the Zenker ability to forge techno that rises above the standard DJ tool style into something more characterful and lasting.

‘Night Hustler’ opens the A-side with a swinging, low-end-heavy groove that opens up for a sinister melody in the its second half. It’s followed by ‘Bias’, which builds rolling tribalistic drums around a slowly rising degraded synth line. B1 ‘Karma Lounge’ mines similar territory in the duo’s collaboration with Ilian Tape colleague Philipp Von Bergmann, before ‘Neunkeu’ closes the EP by establishing its place in the continuum with its hardcore stabs and a sci-fi acid backbone.

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Special:
“Resident Advisor Podcast 348”

Recommendations:
IMF04 w/ Marcel Fengler, VRIL, Thomas Hessler & Echoplex
IMF01 by Marcel Fengler himself
IMF02 by Echoplex
IMF05 by Somewhen

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Websites:
Zenker Brothers
Index Marcel Fengler

out now: Psyk – Human EP [Mote-Evolver]

Artist:
Psyk

Title:
Human EP

Label:
Mote-Evolver

Cat#:
MOTE043

Release Date:
22nd June 2015

Format:
12inch & digital

Tracklist:
01)
Human

02)
Powder

03)
Aumento

Digital Bonus)
Human
(Bonus Mix 1)

Press Info:
Spanish producer Psyk (a.k.a. Maan or Manuel Anós) is an audio technician who makes good on his name; each of his new releases acting like a steely sonic probe to be launched into the as-of-yet uncharted depths of the psyche. His newest release for the Mote-Evolver label (following last year’s Time Foundation album and the EPs Aracade and Distane) is solid and elemental techno as ever: it fits neatly into the label’s stylistic template of mesmerizing precision yet never forsakes individuality in order to do so. Like Psyk’s other offerings for this label, the new EP works its magic on the central nervous system with a perfectly interwoven blend of up-front anxious sequences and mysterious luminous undercurrents, making for an experience whose energizing effect lasts well after the record has stopped spinning.

Where records like Distane rolled over dancefloors with a metallic, cardiac thump not unlike that shown on other standout M.E. releases (e.g. Marcel Fengler’s Thwack), [title here] spins its enveloping cocoon of sound around the listener in a less aggressive – but still enjoyably intense – manner. With its crystalline mesh of bass kick, jittering hats and persistent 8th-note percolations, the opener “Human” immediately lays a foundation which will command listeners’ focus, but soon enough a whole new substrata of strange, beckoning noises can be heard beneath this impermeable layer of technoid sound. This ‘more than meets the ear’ strategy is the key to this new release’s infectiousness, and it’s once again employed to strong effect on the b-side’s “Powder” (which adds driving ride cymbal and a cleverly subtle filtering to the mix.) An additional b-side, “Aumento,” features a gorgeous interplay between a high whistling oscillator and its lower pitched counterpart, bringing on the trance state so strongly that you can almost see pulsing concentric circles and whirling form constants as you shut your eyes. For purchasers of the digital EP, a bonus mix of “Human” provides an encore performance of the lead-off track with an additional helping of deft filtering, insistent handclap and percussive depth.

Psyk’s basic mission – to map out and expand consciousness with dense corporeal music – is an exciting one to be a part of, as well as a necessary and timely one. In a teeming electronic music galaxy where many producers still mistake a bag of sonic tricks for a wealth of insight and sophistication, Psyk and Mote-Evolver just shrug their shoulders and continue to show what genuine growth and progress sound like.

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Special:
“@ Berlin 28-04-2012”

Recommendations:
EP “Distane” by Psyk on Mote-Evolver
4th release on Non Series by Maan | Psyk

Commercial Streaming Services:
soon

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Booking:
Source Artists

Websites:
Psyk
Mote-Evolver
Mote-Evolver @ Facebook

[Streaming]: Arca – Washed Clean

Artist:
Arca

Track:
“Washed Clean”

Label:
Mute

Related Release:
yet unreleased

Websites:
Arca
Mute
Mute @ Facebook
Mute Germany @ Facebook

out now: Dat Politics – No Void [Shitkatapult]

Artist:
Dat Politics

Title:
No Void

Label:
Shitkatapult

Cat#:
STRIKE154

Release Date:
26th June 2015

Format:
CD, Vinyl & digital

Tracklist:
01.
Junk Funk

02.
Repiloid

03.
Vibrator

04.
Black Hole

05.
Pyromaniac

06.
Echo Radio

07.
Small Cell

08.
Krystal Krank

09.
The Wave

10.
All Long

Press Info (English):
“We’re big fans of French synthpop like Jacno, Deux, Ruth and Serge Blenner. This kind of playful synthetic sound mixed with weird and sometimes depressing poetry had a big influence on us as kids and as musicians,” reveal the French duo DAT POLITICS. Since 1999, Claude Pailliot and Gaetan Collet have been working on music shaped by those influences, without referring to them directly. The initial spark that led to the founding of DAT POLITICS happened during the mid 1990s. The two met for the first time at a party somewhere in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France and then started DAT POLITICS in the garage of Gaetan’s parents.

A lot has happened since then. The duo grew into a four-man band and subsequently shrank back into the duo it is today. In these formations they recorded various albums and EPs for labels such as FatCat Records, A-Musik, Chicks On Speed Records and Sub Rosa. DAT POLITICS also toured frequently around the globe with their ecstatic live show. The previously mentioned influences were integrated into their moving sound in every aspect, with an individual touch. But their work was not only influenced by synthpop. Drone, noise and musique concrète are points of reference that clearly come through in their electronic songs to this day and are also closely related to pop music. Their new album ‘NO VOID’ is now being released on SHITKATAPULT, whose label slogan ‘Special Musick for Special People’ fits perfectly to the often euphorically rocking music of the French duo. DAT POLITICS themselves refer to their latest LP as a “hallucinating ride in a space roller coaster: scary and funny!”

This time around, their songs took shape once again under influences outside of music such as astronomy, philosophy and programming language as well as surrealism, fantasy films and their own dreams. The nine tracks, all of them created last winter in a small cabin in northern France, occupy an eclectic territory that includes catchy melodies, versatile singing with pop appeal, and playfully rocking chiptune, synthwave and electro. The whimsical tour de force was recorded using computers, old beat-up synthesizers, worn out keyboards, samplers, voice boxes and kids’ play instruments. Claude and Gaetan whisper into the microphone in French and English, their voices naked or distorted by a vocoder, at times using both languages in the same song, as the track ‘Reptiloid’ demonstrates with poignant levity. Both of them grew up in the 1980s to the music of Depeche Mode, Yazoo, OMD, Jean-Michel Jarre, Jacno and Kraftwerk, and this can be perceived just as much as their love for the music of Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze and the soundtrack worlds of Ennio Morricone, Giorgio Moroder and John Carpenter.

Yet DAT POLITICS is not a band that repackages its personal preferences. The duo acts rather as a human filter for all forms of art, which is later transformed into something totally autonomous using a creative ‘cut-up’ method as practiced by Williams S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin. Although you don’t notice it at first, the laid-back, undulating song ‘Black Hole’ is influenced by the comics of American artist Charles Burns. But if you are familiar with the work of the cartoonist, the lyrics will give you a sense of the existential weight that make his comics so special.

In any case, the lyrics of DAT POLITICS never refer directly to anything tangible. They are instead a combination of surreal stories, hidden meanings and a search for clues within one’s own subconscious. They are always written after the music has been composed. And since DAT POLITICS seeks mainly to electrify in a live setting, every new track begins with bass and rhythms. Despite the atmospherically dense interplay between melancholy and joy, this approach is what makes ‘NO VOID’ above all an album intent on rocking it in high style.

Press Info (German):
„We’re big fans of French Synthpop like Jacno, Deux, Ruth and Serge Blenner. This kind of playful synthetic sound mixed with weird and sometimes depressing poetry had a big influence on us as kids and as musicians.“ verrät das französische Duo DAT POLITICS. Seit 1999 verarbeiten Claude Pailliot und Gaetan Collet jene Einflüsse in ihrer Musik, ohne wirklich direkt auf sie zu verweisen. Die Initialzündung zur Gründung von DAT POLITICS fand Mitte der 1990ern statt. Damals trafen sich beide erstmals auf einer Party irgendwo in der französischen Region Champagne-Ardenne und gründeten anschließend in der Garage von Gaetans Eltern DAT POLITICS.

Seit dem ist viel passiert. Aus dem Duo wurde eine vierköpfige Band, die heute wieder zum Duo geschrumpft ist. Zu Zweit oder im Bandformat wurden diverse Alben und EPs für Labels wie FatCat Records, A-Musik, Chicks On Speed Records oder Sub Rosa eingespielt. Um den Globus tourten DAT POLITICS ebenfalls öfters mit ihrer ekstatischen Live-Show. Die zu Anfang erwähnten Einflüsse wurden bei allem mit individueller Note in ihren bewegenden Sound integriert. Aber nicht nur Synthpop beeinflusste ihr OEuvre, auch Drone, Noise und Musique concrète sind Referenzpunkte, die bis heute spürbar durch ihre elektronischen Songs spucken und sich auch mal mit Pop verbrüdern. Ihr neues Album „NO VOID“ erscheint nun auf SHITKATAPULT, dessen Label-Credo „Special Musick For Special People“ perfekt zur oft euphorisch rockenden Musik der Franzosen passt. DAT POLITICS selbst bezeichnen ihren jüngsten Longplayer als „hallucinated drive in a space roller coaster: scary and funny!“.

Auch diesmal waren für Entstehung ihrer Songs wieder außermusikalische Einflüsse wie Astronomie, Philosophie und die Programmiersprache, sowie der Surrealismus, Fantasy Filme und die eigenen Träume wichtig. Musikalisch bewegen sich die neuen Stücke, die alle im letzten Winter in einer kleinen Hütte im Norden Frankreichs entstanden, charmant zwischen einprägsamen Melodien, vielseitigem Gesang mit Popappeal und spielerisch rockendem Chiptune, Synth-Wave und Electro. Eingespielt wurde die spielerische Tour de Force mit Computern, alten ausgeleierten Synthesizern, abgenutzten Keyboards, Sampler, Voice Box und musikalischem Kinderspielzeug. Ins Mikrofon hauchen Claude und Gaetan zudem bilingual auf Französisch und Englisch – mal pur, mal vom Vocoder verzerrt und zuweilen zweisprachig im gleichen Lied wie das Stück „Reptiloid“ mit ergreifender Leichtigkeit zeigt. Dass beide in 1980ern zur Musik von Depeche Mode, Yazoo, OMD, Jean-Michel Jarre, Jacno und Kraftwerk aufwuchsen, ist ebenso spürbar wie ihre Liebe zur Musik von Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze und den Soundtrackwelten eines Ennio Morricone, Giorgio Moroder und John Carpenter.

Dennoch sind DAT POLITICS keine Band die persönliche Vorlieben neu verpackt. Das Duo agiert eher als menschlicher Filter für jede Form von Kunst, die später mit einer kreativen „Cut-Up“ Methode à la Williams S. Burroughs und Brion Gysin in etwas völlig autonomes verwandelt wird. Dass ein Song wie der lässig rollende „Black Hole“ von den Comics des US-amerikanischen Künstlers Charles Burns beeinflusst ist, fällt im ersten Moment nicht auf. Wer sich in der Welt des Comiczeichners auskennt, wird in den Lyrics aber jene existentialistische Schwere entdecken, die seine Comics so besonders macht.

Ohnehin sind die Lyrics von DAT POLITICS nie ein direkter Verweis auf gelebtes. Eher ein Mix aus surrealen Geschichten, versteckten Bedeutungen und der Spurensuche im eigenen Unbewussten. Verfasst werden sie immer erst nachdem die Musik komponiert wurde. Und da DAT POLITICS vor allem live elektrisieren möchten, stehen Bass und Rhythmus stets am Anfang jedes neuen Tracks. Eine Vorgehensweise, durch „NO VOID“ trotz eines atmosphärisch Dichten Wechselspiels aus Melancholie und Heiterkeit vor allem ein Album ist, das mit viel Style rocken will.

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