Those lockdown silver linings continue to reveal themselves when we least expect it… As proved, once again, by the inimitable Amsterdam techno HQ Deeptrax as they present this stunning analog exploration from scene stalwart Mark Peeters AKA Caim. 

Inspired, created and sculpted during those strange times when none of us could rave, Caim simply describes the moment by saying the “clubs were closed, but creativity kept on floating”… Now that floatation is bequeathed to us through these warm, rolling and wide-armed frequencies. Tapping into a spirit that goes right back to Detroit and Chicago, there’s an understated groovemanship at play as Calm jams out on the same instruments house and techno forefathers used to sculpt this culture. 

Music to get lost inside of, music to take away the stresses of the day, music that’s a joy to mix, weave and tell stories with… Caim has created another timeless collection of grooves that could resonate with or relate to any period in the last 35 years of dance music culture. 

From the warm, opening rumbles of ‘Nepi’ to closing rippling dubwise echoes of ‘Kapura’, very few stones are left unturned as Caim tells a tale of the ages that we can all float to. Here’s to silver linings.

Caim - Lupatan (Deeptrax Records - DPTX-034)

From New Jersey via The Netherlands: longstanding US craftsman Joey Anderson makes his debut on Deeptrax with his inspiring new album… ‘Exotic Sequence’ 

His fourth LP to date, ‘Exotic Sequence’ is a fully instrumental deep dive into both Joey’s machines and mindset, as he explains himself… “The title ‘Exotic Sequence’ stood out to me because throughout the LP I tended to use a sequencer for the main melody of most of the tracks. Almost every time I approach a track with techno intentions it eventually ends up being deep / housey,” states the artist who broke through 15 years ago on Qu’s Strength Music and has worked closely with the likes of Dekmantel and, more recently, Avenue 66.  

Now at home on the relatively new and positively thriving label arm of Dutch record store institution Deeptrax, Joey tells us where he’s at with a body of work that poignantly reminds us that it’s not the destination that counts; it’s the journey we endure to get there.

In this sense, ‘Exotic Sequence’ is the sound of Joey letting his instruments guide, inform and inspire him. Cuts like the constantly rising and hopeful ‘Sky Children’, the deep 808 bubbles and dreamy reflections of ‘Behind The Valley’ and the emotionally rich ‘Stop’ are just a handful of examples of  Joey being lost in deep flow, channeling the creative energy in his studio. 

It lands exactly three years after his last album ‘Rainbow Doll’, neatly bookending the strangest and most surreal start to any decade we’ve lived through since house and techno culture took root in the 80s. A timeless document that looks forward and back and remains unhurried, thoughtful and crafted with longevity, ‘Exotic Sequence’ is arguably the most honest and frank side to Joey Anderson we’ve heard in his extensive career so far.

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Joey Anderson - Exotic Sequence (Deeptrax Records - DPTX-035)

Out of thin air we are delighted to present to you: Rebound Lounge 4
Does it still make sense? Hell if we know, but we are still tinkering on with our Basketball House genre and having the most fun we can with it.
As always you get 5 new tracks by DJ Dog & Double Dancer + a new color scheme and pic on the back.
Turtles all the way down!

ARTIST: DJ Dog & Double Dancer
TITLE: Rebound Lounge 4
LABEL: Rebound Lounge
CATALOGUE: RELO4
FORMAT: 12" vinyl
RELEASE DATE: 17/05/2023

TRACK LISTING

A1: What Can I Say
A2: Longar Longar
B1: Journeyman
B2: Phunghi
B3: Bump The Cutter

About the project:
Rebound Lounge is a label and production project consisting of DJ Dog(aka DJ Fett Burger) & Double Dancer. They have been 'Rejuvenating the basketball house scene since 2016' as they like to say. A genre they claim to have invented and thus rejuvenated since day 1. The statement does not make much sense..
In the music presented they are using sounds from the basketball world and weave this in to the productions. It can be a shoe rubbing on the wooden court, a cheering audience, a yelling coach or a heavy slam dunk. Sometimes clearly audible, sometimes hidden deep in the mix. From this mixture the unique Rebound Lounge sound is created.

Produced, recorded and arranged by DJ Dog & Double Dancer at Casa de Fett in Berlin
Mixed by F.Burger & D.Dancer. Final mixdown by F.Burger
Artwork by DJ Dog & Double Dancer
Mastered by Mike Grinser at Manmade Mastering, Berlin.

'Rejuvenating the basketball house scene since 2016'
Rebound Lounge © 2023

DJ DOG & DOUBLE DANCER - WHAT CAN I SAY (SNIPPET)

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Streaming from Amsterdam's Radio Radio: this is RRFM.NL w/ @castro-nena & @bkowusu

RRFM • All i do is apricate w/ Nèna & djboom • 24-04-2025

VA - Voices from the Vortex (HYPER001) ~ Presale ~

Probably the first set that Kris and I went 100% freestyle, focusing on the journey of the groove and our little touch from transitions to mixing tracks. Loops, delays, echoes, spirals, and more but mostly not overloading effects. Sometimes forgot about the sub echo😅 Thank you 😊 bro for inspiring me.

Groove Ritual

On 2018’s ‘Voids’, long-time Berghain / Panorama Bar resident Martyn [@3024world] returned to his deep, percussive roots, nimbly constructing complex webs of rhythm, melody and inventive basslines centered around a near-death experience. Since then, the Dutch producer has been set on a different musical path focusing on spatial and emotional depth in listening and production. 

‘Odds Against Us’ picks up where ‘Voids’ left off, pursuing a sampling spirit innovated by drum 'n' bass, but operating independent of BPM.

Odds Against Us

Rhythm Ritual

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Martyn - Rhythm Ritual

Martyn - Odds Against Us

Listen to all tracks from ‘Utility’ in full at https://sambarker.bandcamp.com/album/utility

On his debut solo LP ‘Utility’, Barker [@voltek] turns his focus toward melding experimentation and dancefloor pragmatism with the psychology behind the musical decision making process.

‘Utility’ is a playful but non-ironic musical approach to a whole spectrum of utilitarian and transhumanist ideas: from models for quantifying pleasure and “gradients of bliss” to abolishing suffering for sentient beings (not just people) through the ethical use of drugs and nanotechnology. Over nine tracks, Barker’s vision ebbs and flows through waves of deeply psychedelic musical vignettes; free-floating and futuristic melodies and rhythms as targeted brain stimulation.

Listen now in full

Barker | Experience Machines

‘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

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Dates:
2024 
01-01 De School - Amsterdam
27-04 Café40 - Amsterdam
27-04 Garage Noord - Amsterdam
17 - 05 Sexyland - Amsterdam
29-06 Tillatec - Amsterdam




2023

28-01 Garage Noord - Amsterdam
03-03 mono - Rotterdam
13-03 SXSW - Austin
31-03 Garage Noord - Amsterdam
07/10-04 Rewire - Den Haag - Installation
21-04 Garage Noord - Amsterdam
03-05 OT301 subbacultcha - Amsterdam
38-05 Lente Kabinet Festival - Amsterdam
01-07 Garage Noord - Amsterdam
08-09 Garage Noord - Amsterdam
16-09 Okra Night - Bern 
22-09 Refuge Radio - Berlin
23-09 einhundert - Berlin
06-10 Garage Noord - Amsterdam
28-11 Buro Stedelijk - Amsterdam - installation
31-12 Garage Noord - Amsterdam

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