out now: Depeche Mode – Soothe My Soul [Columbia Records]

 

Artist:
Depeche Mode

 

Title:
Soothe My Soul

 

Label:
Columbia Records

 

Cat#:
88883730692, 88883730682, 88883730701

 

Release Date:
10th May 2013 (CD and digital)
07th June 2013 (vinyl)

 

Format:
CD single, CD maxi, 12″ & digital

 

Tracklist Single:
01)
Soothe My Soul
(Radio Edit)

02)
Goodbye
(Gesaffelstein Remix)

 

Tracklist Maxi:
01)
Soothe My Soul
(Steve Angello vs Jacques Lu Cont Remix)

02)
Soothe My Soul
(Tom Furse – The Horrors Remix)

03)
Soothe My Soul
(Billy F Gibbons and Joe Hardy Remix)

04)
Soothe My Soul
(Joris Delacroix Remix)

05)
Soothe My Soul
(Black Asteroid Remix)

06)
Soothe My Soul
(Gregor Tresher Soothed Remix)

 

Tracklist 12″:
A1)
Soothe My Soul
(Steve Angello vs Jacques Lu Cont Remix)

A2)
Soothe My Soul
(Matador Remix)

B1)
Soothe My Soul
(Destructo Remix)

B2)
Soothe My Soul
(Gregor Tresher Remix)

 

Info:
“Soothe My Soul”, the second single from “Delta Machine”

 

Listen:

Full Track Streaming:
“Soothe My Soul (Destructo Remix)”

 

Video:
“Soothe My Soul”

 

Related Releases:
Single “Heaven”
Single “Should Be Higher”
Album “Delta Machine”

 

Special:
CLR podcast by Black Asteroid including his remix

 

Recommendation:
Black Asteroid’s EP “Black Acid” on Electric Deluxe

 

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Columbia Records

 

out now: David Meiser – Transitional Stage EP [Sonntag Morgen]

 

Artist:
David Meiser

 

Title:
Transitional Stage EP

 

Label:
Sonntag Morgen

 

Cat#:
SMR025

 

Release Date:
25th April 2013

 

Format:
digital

 

Tracklist:
01)
Pursuing My Way

02)
Pursuing My Way
(Kwartz Remix)

03)
Collapsed Society

 

Info:
Complex and evolved sound by the spanish David Meiser.

Functional and intensive remix signed by Kwartz.

 

Listen:

 

Special:
The Barking Dog Podcast Episode 015

 

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Websites:
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Sonntag Morgen

 

out now: Bomb The Bass – In The Sun [O*Solo Recordings]

 

Artist:
Bomb The Bass

 

Title:
In The Sun

 

Label:
O*Solo Recordings

 

Cat#:
CATSOLO104

 

Release Date:
07th June 2013

 

Format:
CD & digital

 

Tracklist:
01)
Wandering Star

02)
Just This Universe?

03)
Time Falls Apart

04)
Bleed Into The Sun

05)
Where Better

06)
The Fallen

07)
We Are All Lost

08)
All Alone

09)
Cold Outside

 

Info (English):
With big hitters such as Beat Dis, Bomb The Bass helped mould late 1980s acid house. Their linchpin, Tim Simenon, has led the group through a number of different incarnations, painting vivid pictures of modern culture on the albums ‘Clear’, ‘Unknown Territory’ and ‘Into The Dragon’.

More recently Bomb The Bass have settled as a duo, vocalist Paul Conboy providing lyrical complements to Simenon’s continually inventive productions. The duo have made arguably the best work under the moniker, with guests from Mark Lanegan to Fujiya & Miyagi (‘Future Chaos’), then a successful co-production with Gui Boratto (‘Back To Light’).

Simenon and Conboy return in 2013 with new single Wandering Star and album ‘In The Sun’, both on Simenon’s new imprint O Solo Recordings, and will take their vividly inventive electro on tour.

 

Info (German):
Mit großen Hits wie “Beat Dis” haben Bomb The Bass den Acid House der späten achtziger Jahre mitgestaltet. Tim Simenon, tragende Figur der Band, hat Bomb The Bass durch eine Vielzahl von verschiedenen Verwandlungen geleitet und mit Alben wie “Clear”, “Unknown Territory” und “Into The Dragon” lebhafte Bilder der modernen Kultur gezeichnet, darüber hinaus wirkte Bomb the Bass als Produzent und Remixer u. a. für Depeche Mode, Neneh Cherry, U2 und David Bowie.

Seit einiger Zeit sind Bomb The Bass als Duo unterwegs, bei dem Sänger Paul Conboy die stets innovativen Produktionen von Simenon lyrisch ergänzt. In dieser Besetzung haben die beiden wohl ihre beste Arbeit abgeliefert und dabei mit Gästen von Mark Lanegan bis Fujiya & Miyagi (“Future Chaos”) und dem Koproduzenten Gui Boratto (“Back To Light”) erfolgreich zusammengearbeitet.

Im Jahr 2013 kehren Simenon und Conboy mit der neuen Single “Wandering Star” und dem Album “In The Sun”, die beide auf Simenons neuem Label O*Solo Recordings erscheinen, zurück und gehen mit ihrem lebhaften, erfindungsreichen Elektro auf Tour.

 

Listen:
click here

 

Videos:
“Wandering Star”

“The Fallen”

 

Related Release:
single “Wandering Star”
Time Falls Apart EP

 

Recommendation:
Ghost Capsules, new project featuring Tim Simenon aka Bomb The Bass

 

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O*Solo Recordings
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out now: Various – Masse [Ostgut Ton]

 

Artist:
Various

 

Title:
Masse

 

Label:
Ostgut Ton

 

Cat#:
OSTGUTCD26

 

Release Date:
10th June 2013

 

Format:
CD & digital

 

Tracklist:
01)
Henrik Schwarz
Unknown Touch

02)
Henrik Schwarz
Affect Structure

03)
Henrik Schwarz
I Am Not Responsible For That

04)
Henrik Schwarz
But Then I’m Different

05)
Henrik Schwarz
When Things Are Difficult

06)
Henrik Schwarz
Couple Are Strong

07)
Dettmann | Wiedemann
Part 1 – Accelerando

08)
Dettmann | Wiedemann
Part 2 – Martellato

09)
Dettmann | Wiedemann
Part 3 – Spiritoso

10)
DIN
prelude

11)
DIN
Creation

12)
DIN
Variation

13)
DIN
Oscillation

14)
DIN
Division

15)
DIN
Generation

16)
DIN
Conclusion

Tracks 1-6 are subtitled as “Balletsuite #1 – Masse”, Tracks 07-09 are “Menuett” and Tracks 10-16 ar called “Evolve”

 

Info (English):
A whole evening of contemporary dance which has been set up by three different choreographers is in need of three different sound producers. That’s the set-up of “MASSE”, the sound underlying the gesamtkunstwerk. “MASSE” as a whole event has been triggered by renowned state ensemble Staatsballett Berlin and Club Berghain right in the centre of the german capital. Plus there’s even more to it: The Staatsballett and Berghain access new territory by staging “MASSE” at the huge “Halle am Berghain”, a former combined heat and power station besides the club. The painter Norbert Bisky has been chosen to create the stage design. At the core of the dance night lies a tryptichon made out of pure sound: the music of Henrik Schwarz, Dettmann | Wiedemann and DIN was taken as the starting point for developing the choreographies.

Henrik Schwarz – Balletsuite #1 – Masse
Henrik Schwarz opens his suite with “Unknown Touch”, a dense exposition made from acoustic guitars and pizzicati strings floating on an atmosphere. The subsequent tracks let the bass lines wander amongst throbbing electrified guitars, both characterized by their clearly structured arrangements. Creating a narrative break a synthesizer cuts into the groovy moves of “But Then I’m Different”, accompanied by a sighing violin. To top things off in the final track of “Balletsuite #1 – Masse” a dreamy and summing-up house piano is aired. The solo piano ends with a quiet closing sequence slowing down the keys more and more to a final nothing.

Dettmann | Wiedemann – Menuett
Marcel Dettmann & Frank Wiedemann are also close associates of the Ostgut Ton family and are in charge of the second part, “Menuett”. Theirs is a 25 minutes long sonic-tryptichon: “Accelerando” sounds like two space observation centers having a chat, while “Martellato” is juggling the filters until the polyrhythm somehow transform into a circling movement. A syncopated beat and some shrewd filters bring light into “Spiritoso” – like fundamental electronic research into sound.

DIN – EVOLVE
DIN are Efdemin (Phillip Sollmann) & Marcel Fengler who created this new alias for “MASSE”. Similar to Dettmann | Wiedemann, the Berlin musicians utilize ever new parts of their machine park to create musical abstractions. Out of the humming virginal cosmos of “Creation” & “Variation” mid-range bass drums take shape until they poke a rattling rhythm pattern. In a similar way “Oscillation” first takes a bath in the primeval soup until the drums of an unheard-of tribe are arranged by an invisible hand to engineer a gentle flowing movement. This progression becomes more delicate in “Division” & “Generation” until it unwinds at the stage of “Conclusion” to fade out as a nocturne, urban touch. Given the different aesthetics of the producers that built “MASSE”, it’s uncanny and a pleasure to hear how its music as a whole shapes a fine sonic entity.

 

Info (German):
Ein Tanzabend von drei unterschiedlichen Choreografen und Choreografinnen benötigt drei unterschiedliche Musikproduzenten. So einfach klingt die Idee hinter “MASSE”, dem Sound zum Gesamtkunstwerk, einer Kooperation des Staatsballetts Berlin mit dem Berghain. Mehr noch: mit dem Bühnenbild des Bildenden Künstlers Norbert Bisky und der einmaligen Nutzung des ehemaligen Heizkraftwerkes “Halle am Berghain” als Spielort beschreiten Staatsballett und Berghain neue Wege. Das Triptychon aus reiner Klangmasse der drei Künstler oder Künstlerteams Henrik Schwarz, Dettmann | Wiedemann und DIN lieferte den Ausgangspunkt für die Entwicklung der Choreografien.

Henrik Schwarz – Balletsuite #1 – Masse
Henrik Schwarz eröffnet seine Suite mit “Unknown Touch”, einer spannungsgeladenen Exposition aus akustischen Gitarren Streicher-Pizzicati auf einer schwebenden Atmosphäre. Es folgen klar strukturierte Tracks, die mit wandernden Bässen oder dem Pochen elektrifizierter Gitarrenakkorde hantieren. Der Bruch kommt mit dem Synthesizer. Er setzt in “But Then I’m Different” den Moment des Innehaltens, der von einer seufzenden Geige begleitet wird. In “Couple Are Strong”, dem Schlussstück von Balletsuite #1 – Masse, spielt ein so verträumtes wie ein mildes Fazit ziehendes House-Piano auf, und das solo. Es endet in einem leisen Schlusspunkt der Klaviersounds, die immer langsamer werden und zu guter Letzt ganz zum Stillstand kommen.

Dettmann | Wiedemann – Menuett
Mit Marcel Dettmann und Frank Wiedemann übernehmen dann zwei weitere Freunde des Hauses Ostgut Ton die Musik für die zweite Choreografie des Abends. Menuett bildet ein Klang-Triptychon von insgesamt 25 Minuten Spielzeit: “Accelerando” klingt wie ein Dialog von stellaren Observationszentren, “Martellato” verschiebt die Filter derart gegeneinander, das ein Polyrythmus ins Kreiseln gerät. Ein synkopierter Beat und verschmitzte Filter am Synthesizer sorgen für das Lichthelle in “Spiritoso” – elektronische Grundlagenforschung am Klang.

DIN – EVOLVE
Efdemin (Phillip Sollmann) und Marcel Fengler haben sich für das Projekt “MASSE” zum Duo DIN zusammengeschlossen. Ähnlich wie Dettmann | Wiedemann nehmen sie immer wieder neue Teile ihres elektronischen Geräteparks zur Hand um Abstraktionen zu erschaffen. Aus dem brummenden Urkosmos von “Creation” & “Variation” geben sich irgendwann mittige Bassdrums zu erkennen, die ein ratterndes Rythmuspattern anstupsen. Es kommt in Fahrt. Auch in “Oscillation” gibt es diese Ursuppe. Hier schieben sich bald die Trommeln eines unbekannten Stammes ineinander zu einer eleganten Gleitbewegung, die sich in einer durchsichtigen Fläche auflöst. In “Division” & “Generation” wird diese Bewegung feingliedriger, bis sie sich im letzten Stück “Conclusion” auflöst, irdisch wird: eine nokturne, großstädtische Anmutung. So bildet die Musik von “MASSE” trotz ihrer unterschiedlichen Produzenten eine Einheit mit Kontur.

 

Snippets:
@ Beatport

 

Related Stuff:
Event info “Masse”

 

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

 

Artist:
Psyk

 

Title:
Arcade EP

 

Label:
Mote-Evolver

 

Cat#:
MOTE035

 

Release Date:
06th May 2013

 

Format:
12″ & digital

 

Tracklist:
01)
Arcade

02)
Surface

03)
Intern

04)
Somewhere

 

Info:
Mote-Evolver welcomes back Psyk (aka Manuel Años) after his strong label debut release, Distane. For his second Mote-Evolver release, Psyk delivers yet another standout effort with four tool-oriented tracks of clean, tight, yet po- werful minimalistic approach.

The title track “Arcade” that opens the EP contrasts high-energy thumping drumbeat with a hypnotic layer of syncopa- ted rhythm. Its movement and development is subtle and organic, but at the same time skillfully elevates the energy with joining clapping beat and hi-hats. Following “Surface” will stay in your mind with its obsessive singularity of mo- notone balanced with the groove of muted heavy beat. It’s a moody number that grabs the listeners’ attention with certain tenacity that stays throughout the track.

One might find B-side of Arcade EP slightly funkier; “Intern” is meshed with lighter elements like beeping sounds and clapping, adding refreshing vibe to the EP. However the carefully crafted dynamic and the simple, pure, and fun personality of “Intern” assures that it’s no less powerful tool for the dancefloor. The last track “Somewhere” is perhaps the grooviest track of Arcade EP, thanks to the deep dark dubby bass that’s setting the tone properly from the very beginning. Psyk tames the high energy into a relaxed atmosphere for “Somewhere”, giving a breathing room for emo- tion that draws you deeply into the euphoric moment. With Arcade EP, Psyk is clearly not shying away from showca- sing his skill of honing the diverse mood and texture of highly functional techno.

 

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