out now: Static Plate – Destructive EP [Take More Music Records]

 

Artist:
Static Plate

 

Title:
Destructive EP

 

Label:
Take More Music Records

 

Cat#:
TMMR147

 

Release Date:
February 2015

 

Format:
digital

 

Tracklist:
01)
Bass Control

02)
Caught In The Circle

03)
Destructive

04)
PNR

 

Press Info:
As the name suggests, the Destructive EP by Static Plate is not for the faint-hearted. Firestarted from the very first track, Destructive sets the pace for this hard-hitting and relentless ep. Although staying true to his signature high-hat, Static Plate re-specifies his personal style with a distinctively different drive than found in his Count Zero project. Intense, fast and at times loud, Destructive finds Static Plate at his best in his comfort zone.

 

Listen:

 

Recommendations:
“Static Sense EP” on Chamaeleon Records
“New Section EP” on Chamaeleon Records
“Ordinary Field EP” on F.O.S. Records

 

Special:
“Extract of NYE 13/14 Dj Set”

 

Buy Digital:
Beatport
JunoDownload
iTunes
Google Play
more soon

 

Booking:
Kollektives Bewusstsein

 

Websites:
Static Plate
Take More Music Records

 

© Photo by Ashley Jones

out now: Joachim Spieth – Under The City [Affin Records]

 

Artist:
Joachim Spieth

 

Title:
Under The City

 

Label:
Affin Records

 

Cat#:
Affin 023 LTD

 

Release Date:
February 2015 (vinyl)
March 2015 (digital)

 

Format:
12″ & digital

 

Tracklist:
01)
Under The City

02)
Under The City
(Rolando Remix)

03)
Under The City
(Reggy van Oers Remix)

 

Press Info:
A distinctive feature of Joachim Spieth’s music is the way how he’s using filters. After “Sensualized” and “Dark Matter” 12”s, “Under The City” witnesses this again. With just a few sounds he’s shaping an environment that is triggering the listeners perception. The remixes from Rolando (Underground Resistance, Roland Rocha Records, Ostgut Ton) and Reggy van Oers (Affin, Green Records) are completing this timeless release on Affin.

The first track on Side A, ‘Under The City’ is an original produced by Joachim that steadily builds into a driving melody. The rhythm is catchy and infectious and made for the dancefloor. Waning deliberately, ‘Under The City’ delicately tapers off to only find itself strengthen again into something even more fierce.

On Side B we find remixes by Rolando and Reggy Van Oers. Rolando gives ‘Under The City’ a minimal feel at first and then unwaveringly creates anticipation for the next chord. Well-known for his Ostgut Ton sound, Rolando keeps ‘Under The City’ groovy and melodious and adds more of an underground touch straight out of Germany. Reggy van Oers finishes off this 12” with a remix that gradually accelerates mixing in various elements to bring the EP to a climax.

‘Under The City’ has all the right fluctuation to be played in a variety of situations and circumstances. Whether to be played at peak hours to a large crowd or to close out or open the night, ‘Under The City’ is a very diverse and eclectic EP that can satisfy a wide range of Techno connoisseurs.

 

Full Track Streaming:

 

Special:
“Reflections – AFFIN Label’s 7 Years Anniversary Mix”

 

Recommendation:
“Aidan” EP

 

Buy Vinyl:
soon

 

Buy Digital:
Joachim Spieth @ Bandcamp
Beatport Classic
more soon

 

Websites:
Joachim Spieth
Affin

 

out now: Plastikman – EX (Club Mixes) [Mute]

 

Artist:
Plastikman

 

Title:
EX (Club Mixes)

 

Label:
Mute

 

Cat#:
MUTE530

 

Release Date:
19th January 2015 (selected download shops)
26th January 2015 digital
End March 2015 vinyl

 

Format:
vinyl & digital

 

Tracklist:
01)
EXhale
(Dixon’s Just A Different Mixdown Version)

02)
EXplore
(Recondite Remix)

03)
EXpand
(Tale Of Us Remix)

04)
EXposed
(Dubfire Remix)

 

Press Info:
PLASTIKMAN has announced details of a new EP, EX Club Mixes, out digitally on 26 January, with a 12” release following on 30 March 2015.

EX Club EP follows the release of EX, Plastikman’s first album since 2003’s Closer, and sees tracks from EX remixed by some of the most distinguished producers out there. ‘EXhale’ is reworked by Berlin based producer and Resident Advisor’s Top DJ of 2014 Dixon, while German producer and DJ Recondite – voted Resident Advisor’s Top Live Act of 2014 – takes on ‘EXplore’, Tale Of Us aka Karm & Matteo Milleri, who were recently awarded #2 in Resident Advisor’s Top DJs of 2014, remix ‘EXpand’ and Grammy-winning Dubfire remixes ‘EXposed’.

Both Dixon and Recondite’s remixes premiered at Richie Hawtin’s ENTER. in Ibiza to a huge response. Listen for yourself to Dixon’s remix of EXposed below.

Richie Hawtin is many things – an extraordinary DJ, creator of the ENTER. experience, mastermind behind the M_NUS label, technological innovator, art aficionado – in 2011 he collaborated with British sculptor Anish Kapoor for an installation in Paris. Before this, though, and perhaps most famously of all, he was and is Plastikman, an electronic music phenomenon whose followers are legion and fanatic.

Between 1993 and 2003, Plastikman created an astonishing body of work, one that didn’t so much define a time and place as explode them, expanding the dimensions of Detroit techno and redefining the possibilities of electronic dance music. Across six albums (Sheet One, Musik, Recycled Plastik, Consumed, Artifakts (B.C.), and Closer) and numerous singles such as ‘Spastik’, ‘Plastique’, and ‘Sickness’, Plastikman evolved into one of contemporary electronic music’s most distinctive voices: minimalist, psychedelic, seriously groove-laden, and ever mindful of the transcendent properties of electronica.

Since the initial performance of latest album EX at the Guggenheim Museum, NY, in 2013 at the invitation of Raf Simons of Dior, Plastikman then went on to present the show at Sónar festival in Barcelona in the summer of 2014 and releases EX Club Mixes on 26 January (digital) / 30 March 2015 (vinyl).

 

Full Track Streaming:

 

Related Release:
album “EX” on Mute

 

Special:
“Mixmag Live Vol. 20”

 

Recommendations:
Sheet One [Remastered]
Recycled Plastik [Remastered]
Musik [Remastered]
Artifakts (B.C.)[Remastered]

 

Commercial Streaming Services:
Rdio
more soon

 

Buy Vinyl:
soon

 

Buy Digital:
Beatport
Bleep
Boomkat
more soon

 

Websites:
Plastikman
Plastikman @ Facebook
Mute
Mute @ Facebook
Mute Germany @ Facebook
Mute @ Twitter
Mute Germany @ Twitter

 

out now: Synthek & Audiolouis – Unwise [Natch Records]

 

Artist:
Synthek & Audiolouis

 

Title:
Unwise

 

Label:
Natch Records

 

Cat#:
NTC_LP01

 

Release Date:
June 2014

 

Format:
vinyl & digital

 

Tracklist:
01.
Miasma

02.
Intro:spection

03.
Overcast

04.
Broken Pad

05.
Spiral Path

06.
Over The Edge

07.
Thread Between Us

08.
Unwise

09.
Lie To God

10.
Something Else

11.
Counterbalance

12.
Headroom

 

Press Info:
The debut album by Synthek & Audiolouis can be seen like a precious gathering of different approaches to Techno, made in order to create a meaningful and elaborate piece of work. The opening tracks Miasma and Intro:spection are just a glimpse into the atmospheres which costantly surround the whole album. Strong rhythmics and overwhelming soundscapes never abandon the ears, modulating intensity and brightness along the journey through a sea full of dark acid waves. Unwise is a bold sequence of powerful tracks devotedly written for the dancefloor, but still keeps a certain emotional aspect made of few melodic Detroit-rooted cuts, standing as a tribute to the author’s primary inspirations.

 

Listen:

 

Full Track Streaming:
“Thread Between Us”

“Unwise”

“Lie To God”

 

Videos:
“Counterbalance”

“Unwise”

Video “Counterbalance” was created by Licht.Pfad, “Unwise” by the29nov films.

 

Video Special:

 

Specials:
Synthek – “BTE Podcast … Live Schwuz Berlin”

Audiolouis – “RCY Podcast 085”

 

Buy Vinyl:
Hardwax
deejay.de
decks.de
Juno
HHV
more soon

 

Buy Digital:
Natch Records @ Bandcamp
Beatport
JunoDownload
more soon

 

Websites:
Oecus Booking for Synthek

 

Websites:
Synthek
Audiolouis
Natch Records

 

© Photo by Federico Romano

out now: Array Access – Balance Of Power [self-released]

 

Artist:
Array Access

 

Title:
Balance Of Power

 

Label:
self-released

 

Cat#:
none

 

Release Date:
January 2015

 

Format:
digital

 

Tracklist:
01)
Balance Of Power

02)
Golden Path

 

Info:
Listen to it!

 

Listen:

 

Recommendations:
“The Hidden Documents” by Eskard with Array Access collaboration
“A List Of Comets” by Array Access

 

Free Download:
here

 

Booking:
Drift Agency

 

Websites:
Array Access
Array Access @ Facebook