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Ninth in the Ternesc series, Digital formats release June 18th, Vinyl format released later in the year.

Blawan - The Sithe

Oderbruch

Menschen und Mauern

Two years after releasing the acclaimed Crash Recoil, Anthony Child aka Surgeon returns to Tresor with new LP, Shell~Wave. Retaining the minimal equipment list and studio-version-of-live-show-sets approach of the previous album in order to focus on the work itself, Shell~Wave is a deeply personal document of both where Surgeon is and has been, converging three decades of experience with a continued curiosity in the untested.

"To make this project, I had to dig really deep in terms of what my relationship was to techno; I've been involved with it for a really long time and there's a lot about it I feel dislocated from, so I had to really think hard about what techno is to me. I often get asked "what is techno to you?" but I can't answer that with words; this album is the answer."

From the complex, twisting track Infinite Eye to the caustic Soul Fire, the eight tracks that make up the body of the album are single-take explorations of the vast, hard yet minimal techno Child is synonymous with. 

Neatly dividing the record in two, the emotional centre of the record comes in the form of Dying, a vibrating, beatless piece that with a mantra-like vocal loop steeped in reverberating effects.

Further echoes of dub production appear throughout the record as tracks like Divine Shadow, and Empty Cloud have an almost ever-present mist of reverberation, driven by the appearance of a new delay unit in the equipment list; while much of the philosophy of Crash Recoil's creation is present, the process and the instruments have changed as Child again switches up his approach to studio work.

This insistence on trying novel techniques doesn't preclude returning to old ones, as this use of modern digital machines with live, hands-on takes that are as inspired by 60s producer Joe Meek and 70s reggae as they are by this year's synthesiser expos.

"For me, it's an interesting experience returning to old techniques again after 30 years. [I'm] always exploring and finding myself back at the beginning. Connecting the present with the past."

This philosophy of 'time travel' is inherent to the music itself as the synchronised loops repeat while the delay and effects branch out, forming unique eddies; distinct quantum moments within the circular whole; the future leaking through the spaces between the sounds. All of the concepts on the album are perfectly communicated through the painting by Taiwanese artist Jazz Szu-Ying Chen which suggests the movement of water, sound waves, and the chitinous shells of sea creatures.

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Surgeon - Soul Fire

Solid Steel in association with Serato (4th December) Benjamin Damage released his third album 'Obsidian' on 50 Weapons and as the first artist (outside of Modeselektor) to release on the label it’s apt that his album is also the last and 3 tracks feature in his mix, alongside label mates Cosmin Trg, previous guest Martyn, Secluded, Jerome Hill, Daniel Avery and SCNTST. He had this to say;
"My Solid Steel mix was recorded as a farewell to 50Weapons. I picked out some new and not so new music that fits in with the spirit of what the label meant to me."

You can catch Modeselektor and Benjamin Damage alongside Shed, FJAAK, Addison Groove and Phon.o for the 50 Weapons Finale at Oval Space, London on 12th December.

The Solid Steel website http://solidsteel.net/ for track lists and archive shows.
You can follow Solid Steel on  facebook.com/pages/Solid-Steel/175027509192663
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Go to Hour 1 here https://soundcloud.com/ninja-tune/solid-steel-radio-show-4122015-hour-1-modeselektor

Hour 2 - Benjamin Damage   https://twitter.com/BenjaminDamage
Benjamin Damage 	_	Pulse Width	_	50Weapons
Secluded	_	Deserted (Manzel Remix)	_	Secluded
Ctrls	_	Two Worlds	_	Token 
Sigha	_	Demonstration	_	Blueprint
Jerome Hill	_	Dustbin Acid	_	Super Rhythm Trax 
Alderaan	_	Statics (Stanislav Tolkachev's 'Waiting For You' Mix)	_	Weekend Circuit
Dorisburg	_	Dimension Sculpture (Lando Freak It Mix)	_	Myth Music 
Daniel Avery	_	Sensation	_	Phantasy Sound
Benjamin Damage	_	Monolith	_	50Weapons
Oscar Mulero	_	Rotula (Truncate Remix)	_	Modularz
Wax	_	50005B	_	WAX
SCNTST	_	Rahz	_	unknown
1DERL&	_	Ray's House (Kamikaze Space Programme Remix)	_	Processed
Cosmin TRG	_	Amor Y Otros	_	50Weapons
AD_S	_	Transversal (Ventress Remix)	_	Avian
S:vt	_	Momentum Of Your Past (Original Mix)	_	Myth Music
Martyn	_	Jah Bedouin	_	Ostgut Ton
J. Tijn	_	Malaria	_	WNCL Recordings
Benjamin Damage	_	Trickster	_	50Weapons

Solid Steel Radio Show 4/12/2015 Hour 2 - Benjamin Damage

PH50RMX [@phantasysound]
Sensation (Rrose Remix)
Clear (Abdulla Rashim Remix)

http://go.phantasysound.co.uk/DAveryCollection

[Edited version of the track]

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Daniel Avery - Sensation (Rrose Remix)

D2 Blawan - Calcium Red

Out on September 14th. 

Digital: https://transatlanticrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dub-tapes-from-outer-space

Vinyl: https://lobsterrecords.co.uk/products/lds-dub-tapes-from-outer-space

LDS - Dub Tapes From Outer Space (TAR005)

A1 Liquiddity
A2 Fattal 22
A3 Nasty II
B1 Eternal Blue
B2 Eternal Blue (Wata Igarashi Crossing Remix)
B3 Eternal Blue (Wata Igarashi Cruising Remix) 
https://mutualdreaming.bandcamp.com/album/liquiddity

AURORA HALAL - LIQUIDDITY  / MD003 (Soundclips)

Wata Igarashi and Voiski present their new collaborative project WAV on Delsin Records. Monument premieres the opening track of the release, that will be out on March 30th.

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MNMT Premiere: Wata Igarashi & Voiski present WAV – Pronom

‘Berghain Fünfzehn’ sees @Luke-Slater creating new compositions from the Ostgut Ton back catalogue, chopping, looping tweaking and deploying sounds into a mix that is both a playful retrospective of the label and future-facing vision for mixing and dance music.

On April 17, seven exclusive tracks from the ‘Berghain Fünfzehn’ DJ mix will be released on two 12”s and for streaming/digital download. De- and reconstructing the Ostgut Ton discography, Slater’s vision encompasses not only sampling but live electronics and improvisation, resulting in a broad spectrum of heady and liminal dance music: from ultra stripped-back mindfuck techno, vocals and blasts of distortion to breakbeat excursions, minimalistic acid, and rave polyrhythms. In other words: the arc of the label through Slater’s singular hallucinatory prism.

A1. O-Ton Reassembled 1
A2. O-Ton Reassembled 2
B1. O-Ton Reassembled 3
B2. O-Ton Reassembled 4
C1. O-Ton Reassembled 5
C2. O-Ton Reassembled 6
D. O-Ton Reassembled 7

All tracks reassembled by Luke Slater @spacestationzero UK from the following releases:

A1 @Marcel-Fengler “Break Through” & “Mayria” (OSTGUTCD27), L.B. Dub Corp “I Have A Dream feat. Benjamin Zephaniah” (OSTGUTCD29), @AnswerCodeRequest “Field Depth” (OSTGUTLP17), @Nick-Hoeppner “Paws” (OSTGUTLP19), @Virginia-DJ “Subdued Colors” (OSTGUTLP22)

A2 @MarcelDettmann “Barrier” (o-ton52), @Barker-Baumecker “A Murder Of Crows (Part 2)” (o-ton54), Shed “BER” (o-ton55), @Tobias-Freund “Freeze” (o-ton57), Marcel Fengler “Mosaique“ (o-ton60), @Vril_01 “UV” (o-ton51), Planetary Assault Systems “Bell Blocker (@Silent-Servant Remix)” (o-ton53)

B1 @Voltek “Maximum Utility” (BARKER001), @Steffi_official x Virginia “Internal Bleeding” (o-ton122), Planetary Assault Systems “Spell A” (o-ton123), Tobias. “The Wisdom Of No Escape” (o-ton125)

B2 Tobias. “Nucleon” (o-ton96), @Terence-Fixmer “Trace To Nowhere” (o-ton97), Dettmann | Klock “Bad Boy” (o- ton100)

C1 @3024world “Voids Two” (OSTGUTLP29), Tobias. “Single Minded” (OSTGUTLP25), Answer Code Request “Orarum” (OSTGUTLP28)

C2 Shed “Waved Mind” & “Archive Document” (OSTGUTCD06), @Ben-Klock “Gold Rush” (OSTGUTLP03), Planetary Assault Systems “Enter Action” (OSTGUTCD09), Marcel Dettmann “Taris (Outro)” (OSTGUTLP05), Shed “Keep Time” (OSTGUTLP06), Planetary Assault Systems “Human Like Us” (OSTGUTLP10)

D Terence Fixmer “Aktion Mekanik Theme (Marcel Dettmann Leitmotif Version)” (o-ton88), @counterchange-Inland “Sca Fell” (o- ton87), Marcel Dettmann “Light” (o-ton82)

Andreas [LUPO] Lubich at Loop-O Mastering, Berlin
Technical Assistance Daniel Proßegger

Buy 2x12"

Luke Slater - O-Ton Reassembled 1

Tracklist & Download: http://www.groove.de/2013/03/18/groove-podcast-17-benjamin-damage/

Groove Podcast 17 - Benjamin Damage

Benjamin Damage - Heliosphere Radio Mix

Tracklist:

Guy Andrews - Tapes
SCNTST - Q Biz
Reese - Bassline
Benjamin Damage - Laika
Kamikaze Space Project - Yuri Gararin
Benjamin Damage - 237
The Das - Have No Fear (Benjamin Damage Remix)
Benjamin Damage - Simulation
Benjamin Damage - 010x
Bobby Champs - Krenshaw
Kyle Geiger - Scream feat. Stefanie Jansen (Truncate Remix)
Benjamin Damage - Delirium Tremens (Robert Hood remix)
Benjamin Damage - Swarm
Benjamin Damage - End Days

Benjamin Damage - Benji B Radio 1 Guestmix

Benjamin Damage is an innovative UK techno artist, the first artist signed to Berlin’s legendary 50Weapons label and the last to release an album at its closure. This period produced three critically acclaimed albums and many EPs, drawing from diverse sources to help define the crossover UK / Berlin techno sound.

As well as two, highly charged four-tracks for Len Faki’s Figure label and ‘Deep Space Transit’ on ARTS, Benjamin put out two stinging dance floor cuts as BDB, a secret collab with label mates, Feel My Bicep. A live-recorded cut for Jeff Mill’s Axis Records was released this year. 

Performing on an all-hardware setup, Benjamin’s storming live performances have lit up the best clubs and festivals all around the world. The powerful setup has been fully redeveloped for 2021.

Benjamin Damage - Benji B Radio 1 Guestmix

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