There will always be a bass drum making people dance, but it will rarely sound the same. Techno and House are in continuous flux. There will always be people celebrating. And each year new kids join the scene, hungry for pleasure, for beauty, for ecstasy – for life. Over the last few years, Ibiza has established itself as one of the centres of advanced electronic music. A key figure in Ibiza's electronic awakening is Sven Väth. He and the Mediterranean island have come a long way. As a youth, he experienced the flamboyant nightlife on the island, having been introduced to dimensions of pleasure that were not imaginable in his hometown of Frankfurt. In 1999, Väth decided to return some of the energy and inspiration he had received from the rocky island with the unique atmosphere. Focusing on quality music, Väth established a new type of party experience by summoning a tribe of passionate musicians and activists, and in 2012, Cocoon's Ibiza adventure was created for the 13th time. Being the master of ceremony, Väth invites a unique mix of long-time companions and upcoming talent. As a DJ, he is scanning through the unmanageable amount of new music with somnambulistic security, having excavated aural treasures and shaping the ideal environment to release their full potential. 

The 13th Season opens with Thomas Hoffding's auspicious voice, subtly arranged by Terranova and reworked by Adam Port. Young producer wAFF's grooves are more stable and demanding, the erotic female vocal luring us even deeper into the Cocoon, establishing the emotional density of classic New York House. Nobody manages to unleash the forces of the bass so wholeheartedly like Berlin's WK7, pushing the set into a more technoid direction. The turmoil that will take place on the dancefloor is anticipated by Margot's meandering acid track. The Tuff City Kids are pushing even further with striking, demanding chords. Octave One's unique, soulful grooves highlight the unrestrained force of the synthesizers. Ben Sims' slick groove is subduing the excitement, with enigmatic bleeps hovering over the dancefloor like an acoustic sculpture. Sam Paganini is moving even further in this direction, startling the dancers with sound from another galaxy. The obvious thing to do is now to push the crowd over the edge with a huge breakdown. But this is not what Väth does. By merging tracks from Sawlin, P.A.S. and Exercise One, he composes a powerful sequence: highly climactic and absolutely collected at the same time, it reaches beyond the vocabulary of peak time Techno. Dissolving into a tribal groove by Silent Servant and poetic sounds of Ray Kajioka, the first set is coming to its end. 

The second CD starts off at an entirely different note. A sweet House sound is established by Makam. It's innocent, yet full of suggestion. The crowd is captured by the allure and grace of Dixon's edit of Romanthony's classical anthem, “The Wanderer”, and with &ME's vexing alien sounds, the ideal counterpoint is created. Julien Bracht is challenging the dancers with broken beats and seducing them with a longing vocal at the same time. The simplicity of Alejandro Mosso's mesmerizing melody finally disarms the crowd. Lawrence's intangible electronic sounds are pouring down on the dancers like rain in the midst of summer. Romanian Cocoon Hero Rhadoo is applying the brakes to the dancefloor's movement and controversially creates an irresistible motion. Unlike very few artists, Frankfurt's Roman Flügel manages to challenge the language of dance music. He merges the history and the future of House music in the most humorous way possible. Moving away from that playful sound, British electronic music maverick Four Tet strikes a rather demanding note. The heavy, bassy chords of Four Tet's turn into Uner's multi-layered diaphanous House sound, bursting with sun and light. Gathaspar is unifying the diverging energies with a pervasive soundscape. And Soy Mustafa and John Tejada have the final word: the dancefloor is taken away by their otherworldly serenity. In the end, the music is only a part of the adventure. Sven Väth creates a unique relationship with his crowd, leading us through experience like no one else.


Sven Väth in the Mix: The Sound of the Thirteenth Season (CORMIX042) CD2

Fall into the Future

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Vorwärts :)

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Four Tet

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The new album 'Spaces' out now on CD/2xLP/Digital via Erased Tapes.

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9/10 Drowned In Sound · 9/10 Clash · 4.5/5 Fact · 4.5/5 Resident Advisor · 9/10 Popmatters · 9/10 The Line Of Best Fit · 8.5/10 Under The Radar · 8/10 Exclaim! ★★★★1/2 Music Omh · ★★★★ The Irish Times · ★★★★ Arts Desk

‘Frahm truly excels’ 9/10 Uncut 
‘Frahm works his magic’ ★★★★ Mojo
‘The infinite elasticity of sound’ 7.8 Pitchfork 
‘Improvisatory, wild, heartfelt’ Interview Magazine
‘A fantastic record’ The Guardian Album of the Week 
‘Frahm creates something mesmerising’ ★★★★ The Observer
‘My favourite new piece of music this year’ Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC 6 Music

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Spaces

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Cliche 56: Red Axes - Ballad of The Ice LP (April 28th, 2014 - vinyl + CD + digital)

Check the video for Papa Sooma: http://youtu.be/svXZCOQobhc

mp3: http://www.official.fm/playlists/tTHL
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Red Axes is Niv Arzi and Dori Sadovnik, two young men who have always lived in Tel-Aviv and have been making music together since the noughties. Ballad of the Ice is their debut album. Their artistic travels have taken them from the rock scene to the dancefloors, and to creating an album. More than a summary, this LP is an invitation to discover a singular musical identity: a ballad of the ice, a song as light as love and cold as a tunnel, springy as a dance step and deep as nostalgia.

Originally, the two young men were part of the band Red Cotton. Their musical obsessions were very distinct and have never really left them since: post-punk, new-wave, synth-pop, gothic rock, italo-disco and all the other styles with double-barrelled names that flourished in the underground of the western world at the turn of the 70s and 80s. They were barely born then, and Israel was hardly a promised land for these musical trends. Nonetheless, today the people who love these styles, at the forefront of which Cosmo Vitelli, founder of the label I’m a Cliché who signed them, recognise Red Axes’ talent for creating tracks that are not only impeccably referenced but also terribly current, in their production and in their intentions.

In 2009, house and techno made a noisy entrance into their lives. They were DJs by then and Tel Aviv was all hedonism and crazy parties. Red Cotton was over and Red Axes began. In 2012, I’m a Cliché introduced them into a community of people who enjoyed what the musical press could refer to as ‘cold-rave’. Four EPs were released on the French label that discovered sharp acts such as Yuksek, Azari & III and Simian Mobile Disco. Add to these a bunch of edits that went spinning on everyone’s turntables, remixes and originals that attracted labels such as Kill the JD, Throne of Blood, Correspondant, Clouded Vision, Relish and others – these built Red Axes’ reputation as the makers of solid dancefloor tools. Meanwhile, being resident DJs of the Bootleg in Tel Aviv gave them the ability to play versatile, broaden their scope, improve their way of thinking the music. It also allowed them to rub shoulders with some of their favourite DJs, from Ivan Smagghe and Jennifer Cardini to the Cómeme crew. These established DJs quickly became major supporters.

But Red Axes didn’t get lost in a loop of never-ending clubbing. The extent of their research is evident on the album. Apart from beautiful vocals by Abrão, a member of various Brazilian punk bands of the 80s, Arzi and Sadovnik handled all the instruments and machines. The influence of the types of music they love – which aren’t limited to the ones we just referred to – is inevitably present, but translates in unexpected ways. There’s a lot of maturity in these songs, memories, hashed-out feelings. This music could emanate from much older men; it brings on a certain saudade. But it’s never heavy and doesn’t rely on dusty clichés: Red Axes are very current and love to have fun above all else. They tread on ice with a certain elegance, ice that mustn’t crack or melt.

After ‘Head Like Glass’, a pure cold-wave intro, Red Axes take us on a repetitive stroll of light percussion with ‘Kicks Out of You’. Then comes the rock track ‘Watkins’, followed by a brass dub ‘Only a Clown Can Catch an Axe’. The poignant ‘Papa Sooma’ feels like it’s coming out of an old cassette player, and ‘Road to the Hills’ is all intimate house feelings. ‘Neon’ will make you clap your hands on the stage of an urban western, while ‘Candy’ is a toe-tapping Mancunian devil. ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead’, a Bauhaus cover, adds a layer of groove in the bat cave, and finally, ‘Dreams Like a Tale’ closes the album in a psychedelic mist.

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official video

Red Axes ft Abrão- Papa Sooma (OUT NOW - from debut album Ballad of the Ice)

Taken from the album 'Spaces' out now on CD/2xLP/Digital via Erased Tapes.

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After releasing his critically acclaimed album Spaces in late 2013, and a completely sold out North American Tour in spring, Nils Frahm will return for the autumn run of his Spaces Tour with a special gift to his fans: an exclusive stream of album track 'Said And Done'.

'Touring the US again? I hope my folks at home wont get jelous but it is just starting to become some serious fun! Expect me to return with more crazy ideas about how to wreck an old New York Steinway and more tips: how to manage travelling UNITED AIRLINES. There will be more half broken tape delays, overclocked synths and hopefully I can score another silly drum computer. I am very much looking forward! Plus, if you want me back, I am coming. See you soon!' – Nils Frahm

His feverish playing is so stimulating that it's slightly nerve-wracking' – Pitchfork

'If you've ever caught Nils Frahm live, you can attest to what a powerful experience it can be' – Exclaim!

'It’s a powerfully moving experience watching him create all manner of sounds with his fingertips' – KEXP

'He had the audience laughing, at the point of tears and ultimately on their feet with a standing ovation' – Resident Advisor

www.nilsfrahm.com · www.erasedtapes.com

Said and Done

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SXBX001 // EPROM & Barclay Crenshaw - “Crawled Eagle"
BUY: smarturl.it/CrawledEagle

When i first heard about Eprom from Gaslamp Killer I totally freaked out, but when I heard his album Halflife I knew I had to work with him somehow.  So I called him up and invited him down to LA.  This was a really natural collaboration. He came down to Venice and we sat in the studio for 3 days working on these tunes.  I don’t fan boy about very many producers but Eprom is one of the greatest in my humble opinion and he didn’t disappoint. We had all the analog stuff routing back and forth, then sampling it, resampling it, reworking it — the super cool mind of a maniac up in here.

Moon Juice was made strictly with 808 sounds, even the angelic arp style pads are made from modified 808 kick drums. Crawled Eagle is that more nasty Eprom vibe reminiscent of Center of the Sun from Halflife.  I added all my bits throughout as well.  Listeners beware this ain’t house music if that’s what you are expecting!

EPROM & Barclay Crenshaw "Crawled Eagle"

Else

Blackstar

'Tis A Pity She Was A Whore

In Colour

Obvs

Girl

The Triad

Lichterschmaus

You What? Euphoria!

Original version from the album Stateless available on Temporary Residence:

https://tangents.bandcamp.com/album/stateless

http://www.tangentsmusic.com/

Tangents - Jindabyne (Four Tet remix)

SeeSaw (feat. Romy)

Midnight Fever - Single

Midnight Fever (Radio Edit) [feat. Owlle]

Two Thousand And Seventeen

Taken from the album New Energy coming out 29th September 2017
Pre order here: http://www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/four-tet

Scientists

Familiar

An Aborted Beginning

Went Missing

Available here https://championdj.bandcamp.com/

Champion - World Ft. Four Tet

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Avotre present Santé ´s  first release on his new born label.
Homegirl is a vinyl only summer tune. A mixture between house and R&B,smooth and chordy, for sunrise set´s and open air feelings, perfect for Homeboys and Homegirls. The flipside features a remix of Rampa who is also well known from the Berlin label Keinemusik. Cause no one fit´s better for the hookline "can i take u home girl" like the brother in crime Rampa. His  remix increased the dancefloor hysteria by picking up a percussion and 808 groove.

SantéH O M E G I R L (Rampa Rmx)|AVOTRE 02

No Changes (Dirty Doering Remix) - Ante Perry - Kittball

Buy the EP here:

iTunes: http://glnk.it/1qp
Amazon: http://glnk.it/1qq

For their third EP Featurette, shadowy Wolverhampton duo Letherette come to Ninja Tune ahead of a debut album in 2013.

Drawing on Bangalter-inflected house but giving it a rumble and wing, Letherette make infectious, beat-driven music which is as fun and un-self-conscious as it is clever and technically cutting edge. From the exuberant cut-up boogie of “Warstones”, through moments of ethereal beauty on the four-to-the-floor stomper “Ettewards”, on into delicate, poised “Surface”, (featuring vocals from Jed + Lucia) and finally the spaced hip hop of “Wecko”, the childhood friends use the Featurette EP to show their range and diversity as well as their technical nous. 

Download from here  - http://ninjatune.net/letherette

Letherette

Warstones

Makam – Images

Romanthony – The Wanderer (Dixon Edit)

&ME – Everlesss

Julien Bracht – Grace

Alejandro Mosso – Cashmere

Four Tet – Ocoras

Download: http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2012/11/bokhara-stitch-cloaka-remix

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Hound Scales "Bokhara Stitch (Cloaka Remix)"

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digi here: http://www.traxsource.com/index.php?act=show&fc=tpage&cr=titles&cv=195997


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1 - Milton Jackson - See The Light (Soundcloud Clip)

Available to purchase on 12" limited run vinyl  - https://losttriberecords.bandcamp.com/album/m-o-p-e-ep

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Second Thought

This is our new track from the new 2012 Hyponik Christmas Compilation.
https://soundcloud.com/hyponik-com

Here is the tracklisting : 

01. Al Tourettes – Mind Over Scatter [Electronic Explorations]
02. Altered Natives – Musty’s Dub [Unreleased]
03. Blackdown ft. Durrty Goodz – Mashed Concrete [Unreleased]
04. Clouds – Gang 49 [Turbo Recordings]
05. Deft – Only When I’m Dreaming [Unreleased]
06. Dubbel Dutch – B Leave [Unknown To The Unknown]
07. Last Magpie – U See (Losing Suki)
08. Manni Dee – Night Vision [Unreleased]
09. Mella Dee – In The Bits [Forefront Recordings]
10. My Nu Leng & Majora – Hips n’ Thighs (Boxwork Remix) [Unreleased]
11. Oscar Luweez – Tru Calling [Unreleased]
12. Slackk – Pub Crawl [Diskotopia]
13. The Town – Corners [Unreleased]

FREE DOWNLOAD HERE : http://hyponik.com/2012/12/hyponik-christmas-compilation-2012/

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Hyponik Compilation

The Town - Corners (2012 Hyponik Compilation)

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Herrenschnitt- !Hello Kitty! (Dec 12)

    I discovered Marlow 10 years ago when he was one of the main artists of Leipzig's Moon Harbour and always appreciated his unique sense of deepness. This is what brought me to invite him to take part to the RWAV adventure one year & a half ago, when the label was not even started.

    Marlow has been one of the first artists to join the label family and the vision of this very personal EP has been a long time in shaping. In between, he recorded the remarkable Fonk & Digga tracks for our Perspective serie in 2009 and released Look Over Feel feat Mo'Joe on Dennis Ferrer's Objektivity. He recently produced an exclusive track called Donny at the request of Matthias Tanzmann to take part to the 10th year birthday compilation of Moon Harbour.

    In my eyes, there is no doubt that Marlow is still a huge and pretty underrated talent and I'm positive that this EP will make him justice considering the strong personality contained in every of these tracks and the world class production they display. Being a big Black Music lover, it has been a very natural development for him to dig in his vinyl collection to find the cohesion of mood on this EP, tainted of dusty Soul vinyls.

    Being a man of collaboration (on production duties for the Pentatones & Matthias Kaden's full length), it has been no surprise to see him bringing his friends ComixXx & Knixx for a little dance. The title track Put Off is a perfect example of this and My Little Acid Sheep is the result of a spontaneous late night jam in Berlin in ComixXx's bedroom lab. Fans of Slomo House will be delighted to discover So What that proved to be a secret weapon already in the box of Jimpster and The Revenge to name a few.

    This beautiful EP will also be available as a hand numbered ultra limited cd edition, conceived & realised by Marlow himself. The cd will be available in the RWAV shop and with selected retailers & mailorders.

    WHAT DJ’s SAY…

     * “Another stellar release from RWAV. This label has become one of my favourites since the start and not one of the releases have left my record bag since I’ve started playing them. It’s quite rare these days to find a label with such high quality but RWAV has proven many times now that they are one of the top labels for house music. The latest release from Marlow is a slow-mo house burner that will rip any floor to pieces. I can’t stop playing So What, it’s both hypnotic and raw”
      TOBIAS LIDSTROM / 24 Hours Blogspot
    * “Put off is insane, I seriously love it!”
      DEETRON / Music Man, Circus Company
    * “Dope! Dope!Dope!”
      CAT’n'DOGZ / Pets
    * “wow. great ep. one of rwav’s highlites to date! 5/5!!!”
      GERD / 4Lux, Philpot, Clone
    * “hey I locked the rating starts for the release, but I wanted to give him 5 stars !!! Love it, great production”
      TIM PARIS / Marketing
    * “wow… great ep from a great producer! two tracks are outstanding in my opinion: first of all “so what”, almost perfection… and “put off” as vocal tracks are seldomly as good as thias one here”
      MOTORCITYSOUL / Simple
    * “DAMN !! YEEEEES ! This must be my favourite Rwav release so far (once again), and i must say, maybe my favourite release for 2010. I fell instantly in love with ‘put off’ and ‘being with you’. This is exactly the sound i’m looking for, as a dj and as a producer. Sexy, soulful with a forward thinking production. All the tracks here are fucking bombs !! 6/5″
      LLORCA aka ART OF TONES / RWAV
    * “I really need this in the best case for tonite…Incredible! Put Off is the best jam i heard in a long while, the others are quality too!”
      RAINER TRÜBY / Compost
    * “Love it!”
      BLEED / de:Bug magazine
    * “Great stuff! Like them all”
      DJ HARRI / Subclub Glasgow
    * “Raw, chunky and infectious house jams.. Great stuff!”
      THE REVENGE / Instruments Of Rapture
    * “This is one of the best releases of 2010! really personal and amazing music, this is beyond dancemusic.. thanks for putting this out there”
      AXEL BOMAN / Pampa, Ourvision
    * “phat production by marlow. so what is my fav”
      FRANKLIN DE COSTA / Einsmusik, Connaisseur
    * “Wow. One of the best EP’s I’ve heard in a long time. Nothing short of perfect”
      ALLAND BYALLO /Nightlight Music, Liebe Detail, Pokerflat
    * “Stunning quality all over… Put Off is bound to be in my box for long now”
      JIMPSTER / Freerange
    * “Very nice ep. Put Off & So What are great. Trippy & unexpected treament on the “I Don’t Care” track of the vocals”
      BASIC SOUL UNIT / New Kanada, Mule, RWAV
    * “This is a refreshingly interesting and differently release. Great to hear more vocal based dance stuff. Put Off is seriously soulful. Brilliant EP!”
      SKI OAKENFUL / Primaudial
    * “this is quality! Been playing last Marlow stuff regularly and this will be hot tonight!”
      JOHNWAYNES / Mule
    * “This is very serious stuff, not easy to find a solid ep like this”
      KIKO NAVARRO
    * “Absolutely BRILLANT!I got to know Marlow on Moon Harbour and this EP is just a pure wonder of deepness and groove. Electronic music as I Love it”
      LUDOVIC RAMBAUD / Only for dj’s
    * “WOW pure Deepness the way I play it…..gonna play them all but “Put off” is the one….”
      HALO / City Deep
    * “Put It Off is crazy hot! Also feelin “I don’t care about anything” as well… Deeeeeeep shit!!”
      MAD MATS / Raw Fusion
    * “Super beautiful deepness! This is a great ep… Would love to play it out and present it on my radio show…”
      LAURENT GARNIER / Pias
    * “Wow! What an EP! Loving this!! All tracks are great but my fav is “Put off”"
      DOWNTOWN PARTY NETWORK / Eskimo
    * “This is my favorite RWAV release thus far! Excellent, all cuts!”
      RAOUL LAMBERT / We Play House
    * “Really good e.p! Love the Smokey Robinson sample..very cheeky but it works…will play 4 sure…maybe 2nite in jo-burg if i get link !”
      CHARLES WEBSTER / Miso, Defected
    * “Killer EP, great songs (!) and the production is world quality, Marlow is on top of his game !”
      SASSE / Moodmusic
    * <"A really excellent EP here, full of soul and warmth, loving every track"
      LEIGH MORGAN / Urbantorque
    * “WOW !!! Put Off is a great track. Great EP. Loving it.”
      NACHO MARCO / Loudeast, OM Records
    * “Quality here as always…What a journey listening to this EP one track after the other…Put the Deepness where it suppose to be!”
      MASTER-H / Komplex De Deep, Soma
    * “Another solid release homeboy… my faves are so what and my little yellow acid sheep. some deep dancefloor bizniss!”
      RISE ASHEN / Play 

    All tracks written & produced by Mario Weise, Weimar
    Except tracks 2 & 5 by Mario Weise & Sebastian Damerius, Berlin
    Lyrics & vocals by Dominik Wirth on Put Off, Berlin
    All tracks mastered by Cem Oral @ Calyx, Berlin
    Except tracks 1 & 6 mastered by Marlow @ T65, Weimar
    Published by Freibank
    Artwork by Metronomic Family
    A&R by Dairmount 

Marlow / Put Off feat. ComixXx & Knixx

Download: http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2013/01/bound

joeFarr "Bound"

Download: http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2013/01/mental-disorder

The Same "Mental Disorder"

Cocoon Recordings has been founded in the year 2000 as a part of the Cocoon Music Event GmbH. Sven Väth has initiated Cocoon Recordings in order to complete the Cocoon platform as a supporting tool for young artists in Electronic Music. The label philosophy is as simple as demanding: helping young producers and DJs to release their music without depending on Major Label structures. The releases can mainly be assigned to the genres Techno and House.

Cocoon Recordings as a label and Sven Väth as an artist stand for the use of vinyl as sound carrier, also in the future. Admittedly, the Digital Division of Cocoon Recordings has also been set up in 2008 and the numbers of downloads are indeed enjoyable. However, the label's focus is on vinyl, now and in the future. In order to complete the range of services that Cocoon Recordings offers, the publishing company Cocoon Publishing was founded in 2010.

Four Tet – Ocoras

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