Techno Novedades

what a great record, gargle is one of the best tracks in 2008

only 400 worldwide, no repress! First of all the Ortloff is home to a couple of people. In the beginning mainly used for living, working and exhibitions the ortloff now has become a centre of art and music subculture at leipzig.

SD Records keeps them fine tunes coming, this time with the long awaited debut of Roswell Return.

Echocord Colour is the new sublabel of Echocord Records. This is the fifth release on Echocord Colour, and its produced by Sebastien San, he also did number 4. We welcome a new artist to the Echocord Camp., Sebastien San from France. Sebastien is known from his releases on Planet E, Rush Hour and Gigolo. He grew up to the sound of Kraftwerk, Giorgio Moroder, Prince and Serge Gainsborg. The birth of Detroit Techno and Chicago House had a big impact on him.

The third part of the rüts vinyl mini compilation series features 4 tracks, searching for common and less common grounds between functionality and abstraction. A coura­geous release and a confrontation between newcomers and more established produ­cers, the A-side here is reserved for the lesser known artists.

Maurizo fans take note, if you're as big a fan of the M series, particularly M5.... DO NOT MISS THIS RECORD. Deep, dark dubby house of the highest quality here from Rod Modell and Mike Schommer who offer an unique blend of dubby beats, crisp static, synthetic analog grooves, and of course... lots of deep chords!

One-sided Mike Huckaby remix (previously released as limited promo-copies with a real resistor attached to the Label) ... was already available at Fuse-In 2005 together with Synth 001. Must have for all fans of Basic Channel!!

limited onesided

Steffi occupies a unique space in the realm of contemporary electronic music. Although she's a world renowned DJ, Steffi's musical interests reach far beyond the dancefloor, and it's her work as a producer that has established an impressive, hard-won legacy. Soon after moving to Berlin in 2007, Steffi joined Ostgut, becoming a resident at Panorama Bar and releasing on the club's label. To date she's released five albums, including two solo for Ostgut Ton, a co-production with Virginia, another with Analogue Cops as Third Side and a collaboration as Doms & Deykers on Martyn's 3024 label. Her impressive discography features club classics like ' Yours feat. Virginia' , carefully chosen remixes and appearances on labels including Permanent Vacation, Underground Quality and mixes for Panorama Bar and fabric. She owns and operates four labels: Klakson (with Dexter), Dolly, Dolly Deluxe and Dolly Dubs.
World Of The Waking State is Steffi's third solo album for Ostgut Ton and a musical departure for both her and the label. It's also a serious statement of intent. Over ten tracks she embarks on entirely new electronic terrain for her productions, marking industrial spaces with superlunary warmth while exercising a refined knowledge of polyphony and arrangement. Subdued melodies interact with each other over implied harmonies and microcosmic drum patterns, luring us into a world that is introverted, bewildering and gratifying all at once.
' Different Entities' opens with shaded harmonies and glitchy signals, while the pulsing ' Continuum Of The Mind' develops with cyclical melodies swaying through staccato percussion. On ' All Living Things' complex rhythms take the attention over the restrained melody. ' The Meaning Of Memory' pairs low-slung, squidgy percussion with overcast melodic interactions and ' Schools Of Thought' flickers through uncharted interplanetary spaces. Title track ' World Of The Waking State' pushes pulsing basslines and woeful refrains through an industrial void, while ' Kokkie' flickers with acid tones over the languid bass drive. ' Mental Events' paints a shadowy aura driven with echoing snares, and ' Bounces Of Nature' flaunts meditative pads and expertly layered percussion. Closer ' Cease To Exist' brings together the mangled percussion and subtle melodies of the album to full effect.
On World Of The Waking State Steffi stretches her wings, having created the album in a period when she found herself free from the past and more comfortable in her own skin. The shift in her mindset led to a new freedom of exploration in her creativity, enabling her to write more experimentally and logically resulting in this new album. Gone are the classic drum sounds and conspicuous melodies of her previous works. Instead, Steffi's productions unify disparate molecular details to forge a greater whole, reflecting a serious commitment to abstract electronic composition that manifests itself here as a totally inimitable collection of tracks. World Of The Waking State is a confident and mature work of complex rhythms and refined melodies. The overall effect is as subtle, unique and thought provoking as the artist herself.

new sender !!!

In the Twigs is a brand new Berlin-based physical and digital record label. The first release (RABBIT001) from the label comes in the form of a 12” vinyl record, with full colour artwork and a fold-out poster, on coloured vinyl as well as digital download. RABBIT001 is available now from all good vinyl record stores and major digital platforms.

The A side, entitled “Hairclip”, produced by the Darker Than Red collective, is a hard- hitting techno track, drowned in moody, industrial atmospheres and metallic sound effects, topped off with clips of a telephone conversation and voice samples, and tells the story of an extremely drunk and angry woman on the verge of a breakup with a boyfriend she hates. It is extremely unusual - perhaps unique - to have a “story” running through a techno track, but it's executed extremely well.

The B side is a dub remix of the first track, generated after decades of listening to Joe Gibbs and Scientist. Whilst techno will never match the rhythmic complexity of those giants of analogue Dub, all the love of the sound have been used to include big reverberated and delayed kick drums and dub snares which totally characterise this track, in addition to the industrial ambience from the original. It also features some unique sound effects from Berlin, such as real trains and ambulances, as well as general city noises.