Scerbas - I Have Some Questions EP [Super 6 Records 073.5]

Forthcoming via Super 6 Records is Scerbas label debut named "I Have Some Questions EP" which includes the original version of the title track, which is a thrilling piece of ClubTechno with an ever pumping attitude and a proggy touch, a faster and decently Acid flavored rework by label head Sascha Müller plus the bonus piece "Something Strange", musically on quite minimalistic TechHouse tip but with a sweet dreamy hook that makes this track a nice tool for early morning sessions.

Sascha Müller - Krankenhaus (MESSING) [SM Traxxx 018]

Sascha Müller unveals two more tracks in his ongoing "Krankenhaus" series these days with his latest release on SM Traxxx. Whilst the first one is a metallic not exactly trancey study of hookline modulations on top of fast galloping beats accompanied by sharp hi-hat structures, the second track comes up with mechanical, hard hitting bassdrums and cold, psychedelic, ever morphing sci-fi sounds as one to be appreciated by the Tribe Tekno posse out there although the tempo ain't that fast compared to your regular Tribe stuff.

Gunslingers And Greenhorns: Poker Flat Volume 9 [Poker Flat Recordings Promo]

Scheduled for February 27th is the new Poker Flat Recordings-compilation named "Gunslingers And Greenhorns: Poker Flat Volume 9", showcasing what has happened within the past months on this highly respected imprint and introducing the future with a few fresh names and exclusive tracks physically released as 2xCD and 2x12". Talking the CD version the first part features a bunch of 10 unmixed tracks including - finally! - a dub version of Adultnapper feat. Black Light Smoke's "Idiot Fair", a hyper-tense Lee Curtiss rework of James What's thrilling "It Feels Wrong" alongside exclusive tunes by Sebastien San, NRK-head Nick Harris and others, all underlining the slightly darker musical path that Poker Flat recently took. One more playful exception is Alland Byallo's "One Of The Ones" which is well to be filed under the flag of happier House. CD2 holds a 16 track DJ-mix provided by no one less than Mr. Steve Bug, starting out with at least four exclusive tracks in a row including Aeromaschine's melodious "Zeit" and a dark Chicago-flavored Acid workout named "Acid Shaking" by F.E.X. & Ron Costa, drifts off into dubby spheres with SHOW-B's "Time Comes" and generates a hypnotizing maelstrom somewhat in between Intelligent Techno and dancefloor thrill, sucking the consumers mind in and sending everyone into deeper space - a seductive journey with no return. This mix is essential.

Bondage Fairies - Bondage Fairies [Audiolith 126 Promo]

Put on the circuit via Hamburg's finest Audiolith Records is the third - and self-titled album - of Sweden's ElectroPunk/ 8bit-Indie legends Elvis Creep and Deus Deceptor a.k.a. Bondage Fairies which, apart from their massive anthem "1-0", includes nine additional tunes that surely prove an evolution in the bands sound. Although trashy 8bit-sounds are still to be found predominantly in every track the noise / distortion factor is lower than ever and replaced by a more accessible Indie feel and attitude, a sense for sing-a-long hooklines and stick-in-yer-ear lyrics that are about to please your regular dancefloor well but also satisfy those following Bondage Fairies from day dot. Great as ever. Two hits to check: "Aachen Von Essen" and "Star Signs".

Rendezvous - Another Round Please [Moot Records / Rough Trade Promo]

Scheduled for February 24th via Moot Records / Rough Trade is "Another Round Please", the newest long play release by the duo Rendezvous better known as Itai Simon and Hagai Itzenberg to their parents. Five years in the making and the production / studio skills of David Bascombe who already worked for big names like Tears For Fears, Depeche Mode and Kylie Minogue took Rendezvous further down their very own musical road which is plastered with epic synth lines, live sounding BigBeat-structures and other instruments. And all this stuff is not only live sounding but partly even played live, bringing the good old days of so-called KrautRock / KrautWave / Cosmic to mind - check: "Blues In Space" - as well as early The Crystal Method productions and classic crime / spy movie scores. And that's the reason why "Another Round Please" will appeal to a broad mass of followers and fans - it holds a bit of everything, loads of elements people can relate to without becoming arbitrary at any point, a fact that is well proved by 20+k fans on facebook and 1+ million hits on youtube for their "album in the making" documentary series alone. If you love electronic music of any kind you are well recommended to check this out.

No More - Sisyphus [Rent A Dog Promo]

Scheduled for march 2012 is "Sisyphus", the fourth official full-length studio album of the legendary No More which are about to please old and new fans with a broad variety of sounds starting from the DarkWave- / Goth-driven "All Is Well" progressing to the deep, hypnotic title song "Sisyphus", the KrautWave-flavored "Leaving Berlin", the instrumental excursion "Gritty Existence" and beyond. Influences of dark TripHop can be found here, as well as pieces of PostPunk, machine sounds, intimate moments and - surprise! - lonesome Theremin-flavored Country as provided in "The Grey". These seem to be a whole lot of styles indeed to be squeezed on one album within 13 tracks but No More happen to succeed where other less experienced bands might have failed - "Sisyphus" is an album that really makes sense from the first to the last tone, representing the musical abilities of No More to the fullest without being afraid of taking a risk, an album that's way more than a collection of songs and defo one that's able to grow. Nice!

Wolfgang Raspe - The Vaio Trax Volume One [Super 6 Records 073]

Forthcoming on Super 6 Records is Wolfgang Raspe's latest album release named "The Vaio Trax Volume One", an eight track piece exploring a musical world full of positive energy and joy which is built of Intelligent Trance and deep Detroit influences, an ever floating universe of string arrangements, bubbling basslines and pulsating beats for special early morning moments and sweet closing sets, pleasing the last 20 or 50 people on the floor, hypnotized, ecstatic and not willing to leave before the last tone faded away. Good one.

Martin Landsky - The Composer [Poker Flat Recordings 125 Promo]

Just released today via Poker Flat Recordings as their cat.no. 125 is Martin Landsky's highly addictive tune "The Composer" which is built around a darkish vocal sample saying "The Composer Is Dead", a sweet, techy and ever modulating hook and a seductive bassline which - especially talking the epic mid-tune break here - is surely able to set any dancefloor on fire within seconds if it's filled with true House music headz. Finnish producer Sasse is on remix duties when it comes to the flipside, transferring the tune into a more minimalistic area, keeping the House vibe alive but adding a cold, futuristic feel, a gnarly, acidic bassline and some desparate 'troity synth arrangements to his rework, making the break sound quite tense and frightening. Is this technoid HorrorHouse? No matter what, we do like.

Frittenbude - Einfach Nicht Leicht

Cyberchump - Their Moment Of Perfect Happiness [Internal Combustion]

Our statewise friends named Cyberchump a.k.a. Mark GE and Jim Skeel have done it again and released a new album named "Their Moment Of Perfect Happiness" via their very own Internal Combustion-imprint. Well, not an album exactly but a double album - that means two full hours to be spent in your personal armchair listening to deep, slightly playful Ambient, some decent partly Dub-influenced Downbeats and other warm and embracing musical wizzardry that makes you feel at home like a baby feels at home in its mothers womb. As you can guess from this description - we do like "Their Moment Of Perfect Happiness", not only for being classy but for fusing floating classic Ambient with some live elements which hasn't been done for quite a while now. Provide a copy to Ambient gods like Mixmaster Morris and I'll be they'll playing tunes like "Interstellar Dub Station Freakout" forever. Fully recommended!

This one's hard to get in Germany so take your chance to grab a copy via Hamburgs Otaku Records...

Caligola - Sting Of Battle [Musica De La Santa Promo]

A new 7" to watch out for, at least if you're loving your Vintage / Downtempo / Dope Beatz right, is Caligola's latest release "Sting Of Battle" put on the circuit via Musica De La Santa these days. What starts off seemingly to be a slightly Dub-influenced SlowHouse-piece turns into a sweet, dope and classy piece for intimate dancefloors quickly fusing anthemic or at least stuck-in-yer-ear vocals, vintage horn sections and a deep, timeless overall feel with a bit of Pop and an unbeatable, seductive groove. If street sound systems these days would play as diverse as they did in the days of the Wild Bunch this one surely would be blown through their rigs for ages. Plus: If you're not up for vocals anyway there's an instrumental version to be found on the flip.

Troublekid - The Day We Learn To Fly [SuperKamiokandeDetektor 006 Promo]

Next to be released via SuperKamiokandeDetektor is the new Troublekid album named "The Day We Learn To Fly" which is scheduled for February 3rd and especially recommended to those up for some straightforward but still melodic and shout-a-long PunkRock, a few cans of beer, a fucked up ghetto blaster and quite a good time w/ some friends. And a bit of heartache. At least this is the essence of what "The Day We Learn To Fly" is all about and that's why the kids - and not only the kids - will put this one on repeat and heavy rotation in summer 2012.

Pleased To Meet U - Ausgang Mexiko [Major Label Promo]

Scheduled for january 20th via Major Label is "Ausgang Mexiko", the second full length release by the Cologne-based band outfit Pleased To Meet U and what they serve is not the easiest hit stuff for your local Indie dancefloor. They're angry, they're noisy, they're german, they've street cred, they're influenced by Punk and PostPunk and it's obvious that there are one or two MathCore records to be found in their collection. Bands like Fehlfarben come to mind, somehow and referring only to their newer output, the german "vorstadt" as well, a bit of teenage angst and cold war paranoia although this war is over for long now. Productionwise Pleased To Meet U are neither slick nor streamlined but straightforward and straight in yer face and they're not looking forward to take prisoners coze life's too short for things like that. Is there a school of Cologne now like there was a "Hamburger Schule" years ago? One track to check and maybe the most likely hit to be: "Einkauf"

Ricardo Redivo - Shaft [Addicted To Trance 013 Promo]

On the circuit now via Addicted To Trance is the labels cat.no. 013, "Shaft" by long-time Trance aficionado Ricardo Redivo which serves a massive melodious banger with his original version - epic, slightly dreamy but neither cheap nor kitschy like many of todays productions. "Shaft" is about to be appreciated by many recent Trance heads as well as by oldskoolers as many classic elements and structures are to be found here without sounding dated by any means. An additional remix is served by Mark Miguel who stretches the whole tune up to 9+ minutes and warps the whole thing into a deeper level with an ever rolling bassline, decent build-ups and an overall feel perfectly fitting amongst classics from the first wave of Trance that washed the planet somewhen in the early to mid-90s. Sweet.

baze.djunkiii Charts 01/2012

01. Ghettoteknitianz E.P. [Planet µ 315]
Honestly I haven't been the biggest fan of Juke / Footwork so far 'coze I've been appreciating the sound of original GhettoTech / GhettoBass for a long time now and couldn't do much with its recent, more abstract and syncopated offspring so far. Until now, 'coze these six tunes provided by DJ Rashad, Gant-Man, DJ Earl, Traxman, DJ Manny and DJ Spinn combine the best of both worlds, the straightforward GhettoTech, the twisted Juke / Footwork style and a feel that hasn't been felt since the early days of Jungle. Loads of samples in here as well plus melodies made to touch your heart and make you cry. If that's the future I'm fully down with it. Great!

02. Tiger Stripes - Glorified [Audiomatique Recordings 047 Promo]
See review for details...

03. Oak - Otaku [Space Cadets 002]
Electronica or extremely sophisticated so-called Minimal Drum'n'Bass? That's the basic question when it comes to the second release on the great Space Cadets imprint named "Otaku" which is deep as fuck, thrilling and able to move advanced dancefloors without to use even one single snare drum. Hyper-abstraction for those who know, remixed by ASC on the flip.

04. David Lynch - Crazy Clown Time [Sunday Best Recordings]
This is the dark shit. David Lynch serves an album, his official solo debut although he's been involved in several musical projects before, that is as twisted, foggy and clouded as his cinematic work. From Wave to PostPunk to alienated DesertRock to Shoegaze and back, sparse instrumentation and loads of loneliness, some electronic influences glittering through but still this is autumnal and meant to be consumed whilst driving and driving for millions of miles on lost highways without experiencing any signs of civilization. Not good if you're suffering from depression or suicidal tendencies. Good if you're suffering from the same. Check: "Noah's Ark" and "Football Game". Highly addictive.

05. Little Brutal Rave Bastards Series Vol. 5 [LBRB5 Promo]
See review for details...

06. Audiolith presents Stiff Little Spinners [Audiolith Promo]
See review for details...

07. Sascha Müller - Pounder [Super 6 Records Promo]
See review for details...

08. DJ Pablishhh! - The Plates *Remixes [Technoid Records Promo]
See review for details...

09. Vincenzo - Whereever I Lay My Head *Remixes [Dessous Recordings 107 Promo]
See review for details...

10. Human Woman - Delusional [HFN Music 010 Promo]
See review for details...

Goldner Anker - Goldner Anker [SuperKamiokandeDetektor 005 Promo]

Major Label offspring SuperKamiokandeDetektor starts its new year with the release of their cat.no. 005 which is the self-titled debut longplayer of Goldner Anker, a Dresden-based band outfit that made waves in 2010 after releasing a widely appreciated split-7" with DYSE and fuses influences from FunkMetal, Indie and PostPunk, is Pop conscious but still closer to street credibility than to any sales charts, raw and energetic and - most of all - true skool and unique, not only due to their b-movie inspired used of dramatic, dark'ish organs like in "To Blame". If this was a better world a whole lot of todays skate kids would listen to Goldner Anker instead of any Emo bullshit. Slightly 90s, but good.

Tiger Stripes - Glorified [Audiomatique Recordings 047 Promo]

Forthcoming via Audiomatique Recordings is nothing less than a future A-N-T-H-E-M in House music coming straight out of the Sweden-based studio of Tiger Stripes, creating a piece of what might be filed under the flag of Preacher House and that is, hopefully, about to reach a status as classic as old Chicago hymns as "Move Your Body" or "Can You Feel It" in about 20 or 25 years. Built on a solid, thrilling and uplifting foundation of classic House - what else? - the preacher praises the lord which is noone else than JACK and everyone does it. There's no chance not to move your funky little ass when this one blasts through a club P.A. . On the flip Rodriguez Junior serves a smooth remix starting out with a sweet, electroid beat structure and deep, dirty basslines before the seductive and sexual 4/4 starts bumping. This mix is the one to play when the heat is on and ladies on the dancefloor are about to get down for real - I can literally smell the pheromones in the late night air. If you don't love this one you know nothing about the music they call House music.

Michael Kiwanuka - Tell Me a Tale / Home Again [Polydor UK / Communion Promo]

As a prequel for his first and forthcoming album "Home Again" Polydor UK put a 7" single on the promo circuit these days, combining both the title song of Michael Kiwanuka's debut album and the title song of his debut EP that has been released through Communion Records previously, a double A-side to please DJs and lovers of Vintage, the updated neo version of 60s Jazz & Soul with a dusty touch but today's production standards. Especially the nearly psychedelic melancholia of "Tell Me A Tale" is a great one for intimate venues and sweet allnighters attended by musical connaisseurs, the sort of people that follows DJs like Gilles Peterson for more than one reason. "Home Again" on the flip is more on a folky, acoustic tip, melancholic still but rather for campfire sessions than for sweaty dancefloors.

Human Woman - Delusional [HFN Music 010 Promo]

The talent scouts of HFN Music have scouted new talent, this time on the isle of Iceland where they found the pair of Gisli Galdur and Jon Atli Helgason teaming up in the studio under the name of Human Woman, working on a musical retrovision that could easily be played amongst classics like Neneh Cherrys "Money Love", Gary Clails "Human Nature" and even the alltime favorite "Unfinished Sympathy" by Massive Attack just to drop a few names. So this is not your average dancefloor tune or Indie smash but a deep, maybe slightly melancholia infused piece of Pop - yes!!! - music that is about to stand the test of time, that is about to stay. And you can dance to it as well. Remixes are provided by Kasper Bjørke, Zev and Vincenzo, all of them riding a deep, sexy train with their re-fixes, keeping up with the original vibe of "Delusional" and the bpm's low to not disturb the seductive vocals that are for sure the most important part of the magic of "Delusional". Although not mainstream this will - hopefully! - be loved and supported by daytime radio stations. Approved.

Free Download: Captain Capa - Christmas Wishlist

Captain Capa - Christmas Wishlist by Audiolith

30.12.2011 Gruenspan [Vorderhaus] / Hamburg

file under: Indie / PostPunk / (No)Wave / SynthPop / ElectroPunk / IndieElectro

decks:
baze.djunkiii [Intrauterin Recordings]


doors: 10oo PM
free entry


Gruenspan [Vorderhaus]
Grosse Freiheit 58
Hamburg St. Pauli
Germany

Listen 2 Rave Radio!

Little Brutal Rave Bastards Series Vol. 5 [Little Brutal Rave Bastards Records 005]

That's huge news coming up on a little grey 7" records these days - the "Little Brutal Rave Bastards" are back! Well, it's only one bastard to be honest and his name is Sascha Schierloh a.k.a. Jean Bach working - like here - under different aliases like David Sardelle, Leprozid Pfarrhaus, Bidol Cath and Rgyeue DF, providing some of the most fucked up Experimental / Industrial Techno and Noize tunes that have ever left a german studio within the last ten years. This what the "Little Brutal Rave Bastards Series" is all about since it's first release, a split between Dhyana Records and Intrauterin Recordings in 2000, and this is why fans and mindstrong people love this series. Volume 5 even includes another twisted photo so this one keeps up with the original spirit and sick vibe. We do like!

Sascha Müller & cR-teK - Just Monotron EP [Super 6 Records 072.5]

Sascha Müller comes up with a new collaborational project on his very own Super 6 Records -imprint these days. Alongside cR-teK he serves the "Just Monotron EP", a nine track piece of approx. 29 minutes playtime which will be appreciated by those open for - let's say - abstract experimentations in sound as the main ingredient in this releases are a lot of strange, dry, quirky noises, squeezed through various filters and modulations as if the bunch of two used one little sound machine and tortured it to the max. Weird and more of a technical demo than a real release...

Sascha Müller - Krankenhaus (KUPFER) [SM Traxxx 017]

Sascha Müller, seemingly one of the most productive studio headz ever, comes up with a new sequel of his "Krankenhaus"-series which is named "Kupfer" this time and holds two tracks that have - despite the bassdrums are dry and driving - a rather trancey, hypnotic and even psychedelic aspect to them than focussing on the raw and uncut underground attitude that stuck to previous SM Traxxx-releases. But no matter what - fans of DarkTrance / HypnoTrance will love these, not only for the absence of huge string arrangements and kitsch. Good.

24.-26.12.2011 thee ART ov RAVE @ Underground / Hamburg

planned schedule:

24.12.2011
22oo GMT+1 baze.djunkiii [Intrauterin Recordings]

25.12.2011
04oo GMT+1 Prozaclo [http://www.soundcloud.com/prozaclo]
10oo GMT+1 ChorDalez [Hamburg]
14oo GMT+1 Daniel [friendsandloversinunderground]
20oo GMT+1 baze.djunkiii [Intrauterin Recordings]

26.12.2011
01oo GMT+1 DJ Sigma [Ugly Funk / London]
02oo GMT+1 Vicki Getöse
05oo GMT+1 Prozaclo [http://www.soundcloud.com/prozaclo]

watch this space for updates!

doors open: 24.12.2011 - 22oo cet
closing: 26.12.2011 - 10oo cet

FREE ENTRY!

Underground
Willy-Brandt-Strasse 46
20457 Hamburg
Germany

http://www.facebook.com/events/336235896391877/


"Music for those who know"

23.12.2011 NO MORE live + BETA-ZERFALL Aftershow-Party @ Schaubude / Kiel

live:
NO MORE ["The Endless Sisyphus Tour"]

BETA-ZERFALL aftershow:

file under: PostPunk / (No)Wave / SynthPop / ElectroPunk / IndieElectro

decks:
baze.djunkiii [Intrauterin Recordings]
Herr Brandt [Sonnenbrandt / Funkhausgruppe]


doors: 21oo


Schaubude
Legienstrasse 40
24103 Kiel
Germany

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=207945239274059

DJ Pablishhh! - The Plates *Remixes [Technoid Records 011 Promo]

More hyper-limited stuff for collectors and lovers of tru skool Techno is brought to you by the Argentina-based label Technoid Records which recently released the remixes for DJ Pablishhh!'s "The Plates" as a limited run of 30 lathe cut 10"es worldwide. Those who've been following these pages for a while will surely recognize DJ Pablishhh! as part of the Super 6 Records-camp as well and it's not a surprise that the labels head honcho Sascha Müller serves a banging, dancefloor destroying rework on the edge of HardAcid and Hardcore with his so-called "Gate To Hell Remix" on B1 whilst the A-side gives room for DJ Pablishhh!'s own "Disaster Remix", a tool'ish straightforward Techno piece for those DJs who love to take a trip to the dark side. HardTechno heads are about to appreciate this rare item as well.

Vincenzo - Whereever I Lay My Head *Remixes [Dessous Recordings 107 Promo]

News are coming from the Dessous Recordings-stable these days which are releasing their cat.no. 107 soon - the long-awaited remixes for Vincenzo's latest full-length album "Wherever I Lay My Head". Three re-fixes are to be found on this one, first of all there's electronic music legend Tom Middleton taking care of "Sometimes Saturday" on A1, serving a sweet, ever floating DeepHouse piece which includes some astounding and pounding drum work that's hardly heard in tracks these days, the swedish Genius Of Time reworking "106 Downtown" on B1 pleasing the rapidly growing Slo-/SnoreHouse posse with not much more than approx.100bpm plus a pinch of Acid feel and finally Mix Newman serving a lively "Dub Remix" of "Hello!", bringing back the Chicago days with nervous, unprocessed hi-hats, tension building up steadily and lovely background chords clearly reminiscing about classic tunes like "French Kiss" and similar. Mic Newman ftw.

Duality - Drc02 [Chillzone Records]

Duality is coming up with a new release on Chillzone Records named "Drc02" these days. Two mixes are to be found on this one - the "Original Mix", a deep, athmospheric and melancholia-driven Electro- / Electronica-hybrid for late night Ambient sessions and the "Orchestrated Version" which is basically the same track accompanied by sweet piano play and scenic string arrangements which are a bit too kitschy for me but will be well appreciated by film music connaisseurs.

Sascha Müller - Pounder [Super 6 Records]

All fans of thrilling Electro and Techno and all record collectors aiming to hunt down the rarest and / or most obscure items in electronic music should watch out for Sascha Müllers latest release on his very own Super 6 Records-imprint as "Pounder" is released as a limited edition of 20 copies lathe cut 8"es, each one stuck in an individual 12" cover which once contained an old german Schlager-/Volksmusik record and now has been recycled and redesigned with a stencil and hand-written track infos. But let's talk music as well - the so-called "Electro Mix" is superb High-Tech Funk surely made to please all followers of the UR-camp whilst the "Technology Mix" on the flip is a dark, hammering variation for illegal basement clubs and truskool Techno venues like the old, original Tresor Club in Berlin. You need this.

Audiolith presents Stiff Little Spinners [Audiolith Promo]

Fresh news are coming from Hamburgs Audiolith-stable and they might be surprising for all those who've only recognized the label for its activity in the sector of so-called ElectroPunk music so far. Now they're aiming towards DJ-culture as well with the launch of their new subsidary series named "Stiff Little Spinners". Volume one of this series features five tracks provided by the likes of Krink, Rampue, Kalipo, Gimmix and Mendoza proving that the label has more to give than massive shout-a-long bangers for leftwing kids and festival attendants. Seemingly Audiolith is able to please club floors, too, which are longing for a sweet mixture of House and TechHouse, nice, melodious and string-loaden build ups and - at least this goes not for all tracks - a decent bit of a (Neo)Trance feel that's able to rock next summers open air floors for sure. Limited to 300 hand-numbered copies, get one quick or you'll be feeling guilty forever. How do you spell N-I-C-E ?

eVADE & Thor - Mrk 1 EP [Super 6 Records 072]

eVADE meets the god of thunder for a collaboration about to be released via Super 6 Records and the result of their meeting in the studio are two tracks. One, the title-giving "Mrk 1" deals with a slightly trancey but still very hypnotic variation of Acid with a mid-90s feel that brings some Goa-/PsyTrance parties back to the surface of remembrance I attended back then whilst "Owt2" is a little more stomping but soundwise as playful and joyful as the title track. No thunder on this one, just sun and fun.

17.12.2011 BETA-ZERFALL presents NO MORE @ Uebel & Gefährlich Turmzimmer / Hamburg

live:

NO MORE [30 Years Of "Suicide Commando" Anniversary Show]


decks:
baze.djunkiii [Intrauterin Recordings]
Herr Brandt [Sonnenbrandt / Funkhausgruppe]

file under: PostPunk / (No)Wave / SynthPop / ElectroPunk / IndieElectro

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=208272349236887


Uebel & Gefährlich Turmzimmer
Feldstrasse 66 / Bunker
Hamburg St. Pauli
Germany

baze.djunkiii Charts 12/2011

01. Forward To The Past 2: The Acid Flashback [Poker Flat Recordings Promo]
See review for details...

02. Hyboid - Where Androids Come To Die [Astro Chicken 005 Promo]
See review for details...

03. [Shhhh Records 004 Testpress]
See review for details...

04. Asmus Tietchens / Kouhei Matsunaga [Important Records 334]
Within the last months I recognized an increasing interest in experimental electronic music like Dark-/ DeathAmbient and Drone amongst consumers and so I hope that this one will be appreciated and recognized by not only an audience of specialists and academics. Asmus Tietchens, long-time pioneer in the field of experimentation and sound research, explores quite harmonic and accessible terrain with his tracks here. Whilst "Die kopflosen Frauen von Unger" is a very reduced and positive sounding piece of musical minimalism "Gitter" can be described as a bass-driven, rhythmically pulsating, ever evolving and nearly dancefloor compatible Ambient piece in which the dark bass stands contrapuntally to a light bleep construction that reminds of early Senking-pieces on the long gone Karaoke Kalk-imprint. On the flip Kouhei Matsunaga comes up with two tracks as well - "Margin Sequence #1" is a calm piece of Drone-influenced Ambient with a dark, nearly romantic understanding of beauty whilst "Chasing The Night" is a nervous, alienating and slightly paranoia-causing work illustrating the perpetual work and communication streams of teeming digital ants. Especially the last mentioned track is giving me goosebumps.

05. T99 - Anastasia *Blame Remix [Radar Records 004]
Massive anthem! I loved T99's "Anastasia" when it was released about 20 - !!! - years ago and I'm glad that the trademark rave signals are back to smash dancefloors again although these dancefloors are filled with young Drum'n'Bass heads now and not with early ravers wearing gas masks, hoovers and smiley shirts. No matter what crew is out there on the floor they all will love Blame's tasteful re-fix and its hyper ecstatic feel that is made for peak time abuse only. On the flip Fred V & Grafix take care of CJ Bollands legendary ProtoTrance tune "Camargue" but their re-rub is not half as good or energetic as Blames - not more than a solid tool.

06. DJ Sotofett presenterer Dritfett [Wania 98]
Happy happy joy joy! The norwegian producer DJ Sotofett serves an excellent musical menu consisting of five tracks of nice analogue Techno, Rave and raw 'troity House with a bit of an oldskool feel. Not to be missed!

07. Senking - Tweek [Raster Noton]
I am excited - the first Senking vinyl release in 12 years and as I still love their 1998 released "Senking EP" on Karaoke Kalk to death it was pretty clear I had to check this one out. Their style has clearly changed and evolved but their music is still thrilling - two tense, hyper slow and cold as fuck pieces of bass music that are not less than epic. Hand this one out to 90% of todays Dubstep-producers and they'll clearly recognize that there are still lessons to learn. Instant classic.

08. Egotronic - Macht Keinen Lärm [Audiolith Testpress]
See review for details...

09. Yves De Mey - Counting Triggers [Sandwell District]
These days are good days for lovers of Dark Ambient and related music as there are plenty of interesting releases floating around recently. This time the Techno-related underground imprint Sandwell District leaves dancefloor paths with Yves De Meys excellent album "Counting Triggers", pressed on clear vinyl and coming up with a cold, sci-fi'esque and Industrial- as well as Clicks'n'Cuts-influenced vision of deep space music. Braindance to the melancholia of cosmological radiation!

10. Trentemøller - Reworked / Remixed [In My Room Promo]
See review for details...

16.12.2011 Holoversum 23 @ 13. Stock / Hamburg

decks:

Mixmaster Morris [The Irresistible Force / Ninja Tune / UK]
Tobias Lampe [Superstition / Poker Flat]
baze.djunkiii [Intrauterin Recordings]
Faenni Mae [ROT / Universum Alltona]
Robo Klein

Hyboid - Where Androids Come To Die [Astro Chicken 005 Promo]

There's news from outer space. The Hyboid landed again on planet Astro Chicken and he brought back tales about androids, vampires and drugs - all told in a universal language that's called music, in dialects one recognizes as beautiful Synth land- or better soundscapes, spaced out Electro and dreamy, melodious SynthWave, all printed on a limited run of 200 pure white vinyl plates and served with a dancefloor in mind. This is extraterrestial and not timebound, referring to an analogue past and a computerized future. After listening to this album I still don't know "Where Androids Come To Die" but I do know that they leave for a better place and a bright safe haven. Let's follow them and find out what's behind the data horizon.

[Shhhh Records 004 Testpress]

Scheduled for december 16th via Shhhh Records is their new release, the last one planned for 2zero11 and number zerozero4 in their catalogue. As there's only a testpress without any further information spinning on my turntable right now we'll be stuck to the music and not into details like artist or track names. On the A-side there's one long, nearly epic journey into the realms of DubTechno to be found - a tune that seems to run for ages and features a lot of live jam characteristics, like being recorded in one go without any further editing. If this is right the artist - whatever the name may be - definitely knows his tools and engines inside out. The flipside holds two more tracks for those who love their DubTechno from the heart, B1 even includes some seductive, looped vocal snippets that provide more of a housey feel whilst B2 is on classic tip, slow, floating, ever evolving and a perfect tune for the last hour of a long long night out.

Adultnapper feat. Black Light Smoke - Idiot Fair [Poker Flat Recordings 124 Promo]

This one's quite a weird one, especially for a Poker Flat Recordings-release and I'm still not sure what to make of it after listening to their forthcoming release for dozens of times now although the beats are pumping dark and nicely and Mr. Adultnapper once again manages to hypnotize a willing crowd with his very stripped down style that does not need many musical elements to keep punters excited and to pull 'em into the long dark tunnel that is the night out. So far so sweet but as soon as Mr. Black Light Smoke raises his voice I feel puzzled - seriously. His voice sounds like Prince a.k.a Symbol a.k.a. TAFKAP here. Or at least like a TAFKAP imitator which does not make things better anyway. I don't want that, I don't want a squeezing voice to puzzle me although I see it's working on the floor and I do realize that this tune - somehow - is catchy as fuck, that people won't forget this tune easily. But still - I'd rather prefer an instrumental cut of "Idiot Fair" on the flip instead of the featured remix by H.O.S.H. which, although well-crafted and dancefloor fitting, includes the vocal parts as well. Hmpf.

Daniel Half - And Then Everything Around Him Answered

Forthcoming via Shhhh Records on December 16th. Available only @ Otaku Records / Hamburg.