Dark House

Techno #39

Digital released: 21 April 2023
Vinyl released: 30 June 2023

As usual, the latest release in COD3 QR's "Artist Code" series puts the focus on eclecticism, open-mindedness, divergence and non-conformity. The usual wide range of electronic music from downtempo/lounge and leftfield, to deep house and techno, are all handpicked by Laurent Garnier and Scan X.

COD3 QR wants to remain free of all expectations and all prejudices because only one thing counts: the music, The Music, THE MUSIC in every shape and form!

In case you missed the announcement 013 artist reveals were: LOIS, Works of Intent, Marc Romboy & Tamar Halperin, Som.1, Voltaire, LB a.k.a. Labat, and Carlos Nilmmns.

Previous releases have included tracks from the likes of Mirko Loco, Ursula Rucker, Agents of Time, JoeFarr, Nicolas Bougaieff, Madben, CYRK, Biz, Sagitario, Kmyle, Marco Bailey and rising talents Joaquim Plossu, Loloman, Prequel, Athven, City 2 City, Unspent, Oniris, Clement Mirguet as well as label owners Scan X and Laurent Garnier themselves.

COD3 QR's profile is steadily growing as a label releasing quality music. With music being the main focus, you'll have to wait another 2 months to find out who is behind this latest release. The curiosity continues…

Head to their Instagram page for clues to the artist identities.

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Cod3 QR 014 (out June 2023)

23 Mel.Pro.Tech.Tra.

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Munich-based DJ SYLK returns with his second release. His 1990 EP delivers four solid cuts made for the dancefloor.

The EP serves facets of stepping groove and hypnotic patterns while augmenting the tracks with a nostalgic atmosphere.

Album artwork by: Sandra Singh (IG: sandra_singh)

Tracklist:
1. Mirror Gallery (Original Mix)
2. 1990 (Original Mix)
3. Brawl (Original Mix)
4. Dizzy Heights (Original Mix)

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1990 EP

Dizzy Heights

Premiere: SYLK "Dizzy Heights" - SLK

In March 2023, Tresor Records will release "Crash Recoil", a new album by Surgeon. It marks Anthony Child's first techno LP in five years, following a period in which he felt uncertainty in his role as a techno producer and found it tough to locate inspiration. This new album encounters him drawing on spontaneous techniques to arrive at unchartered topographies.

"Crash Recoil" originates from Surgeon's recent live sets, where he experimented with constraints in performing and embracing the twists, turns and paradoxes that arrive from this. Each fresh iteration on consistent MIDI sequences and hardware reconfigured tracks into different constellations, creating an inspiring vortex of unpredicted events where ideas could flourish. This new approach allowed him to capture the spontaneous energy of his live shows in a way he had never done before. "This is not a live album, since it has not been recorded in one go during a live performance. In the same way that bands tour songs before going into the studio to record an album, I was able to explore these songs and hone their effectiveness during my live performances before creating a studio version."

The result is eight tracks that emphasise a new techno sound for Surgeon, drawing in references from across the musical spectrum. "I can hear Coil, King Tubby, Detroit Techno and The Cure all wrapped up with 30 years of DJing," Surgeon says of the album. Melancholic hum-like ambiences smudge around unadorned, near-droning basslines, crunching rhythm and percolating arpeggiations. The tracks carry unique and potent locomotion, with a low-slung grind through toughened terrains, breathing with a free spirit, untethered by a studio-based perspective. We hear manifestations of the same raw material across the album, like a textural motif, carving new variants and creating a cohesive work full of recollection.

#surgeon #crashrecoil #tresorrecords

BANDCAMP

Surgeon - Subcultures

Bandcamp: artsrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/tumbleweed

Thimo Konings & SAMA join forces for the very first time for a floor-filler record that represents their focus and commitment to techno. Very precise production that will be surgically useful for your collection.

Artwork: Jan Petry

✕ 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 | Thimo Konings - Tumbleweed (ARTSX034)

“Kotti Island Disc” is a collaborative concept album which provides a foundation for the overall project “Kotti Island”, a multimedia exhibition at Kottbusser Tor in Berlin in January 2023. In collaboration with ten artists, various conceptual tracks were produced that are inspired by Kottbusser Tor. The multifaceted environment of “Kotti”, as it is locally known, offers an ideal surface upon which to play with and emphasize auditory details that can stimulate the way we imagine what this place means.

This exploration of Kottbusser Tor began with a series of field recordings made by the musician Cecilia Tosh, who is also the artistic director of “Kotti Island”. These field recordings, which create space in between extremes, form the basis of the album. They are collected snapshots, some of which have been sonically 
de-contextualised, while others directly reproduce what was recorded—sometimes interpreting, sometimes documenting. The result is a sample pack composed of ambient recordings (which have been barely edited), edited recordings (which have been re-worked), shorter loops (percussive to melodic elements and basses) and vocalists (newspaper articles, online reports, Wikipedia entries and the artist’s own texts).

The composition of each track was preceded by a meeting with Cecilia Tosh at Kottbusser Tor, where the space was analysed in both auditory and visual terms and the atmosphere was absorbed. Afterwards, each participating artist received an individual sample pack with the field recordings as well as video clips depicting everyday situations at Kottbusser Tor made by Juma Hamdo and Jaś Miszewski. While the sample pack was meant as an inspiration, each artist was also required to use at least one element from it when composing.

“Kotti Island Disc” includes ten musical interpretations that show Kotti as a diverse and lively place. The project is intended as an artistic snapshot of a place in a constant state of flux. It is, furthermore, an invitation to participate in an auditory journey through Kottbusser Tor accompanied by ten very different artists.

PARTICIPANTS
Zettka, Ray Kajioka, Cecilia Tosh, Philipp Gorbachev, Jon Hester, Sofie Superflyin Jackson, .VRIL, Kat Davids, Rocko Garoni, Solid Traveller

SAMPLE PACK
Barış Aydınlı, Cecilia Tosh, Nicola Sangs

.VRIL - Berlin Speed Drive

Bandcamp: https://artsrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/golden-leaves

Portavion is a great discovery of the Open Source project started in the pandemic by Emmanuel to let new talented artists express their desire to create freely. Golden Leaves is a euphoric and technically well crafted record that showcases the Artist versatility.

✕ 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 | 1. Portavion - Ini To (ARTSX035)

Venganza En Le Habana / Eternal Presence

Eternal Presence (Original Mix)

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Matt Jordan - Drop Off

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Ruben Karapetyan’s RKP imprint arrives in exciting fashion with a much anticipated single from the label boss himself. Born in Armenia but now calling Los Angeles home, Ruben Karapetyan has carved out a unique place in the electronic underground. His emotive synth leads, cross-cultural motifs and tough, dancefloor minded grooves have made for a resonant worldly sound that is all his own. Following a ten-year hiatus, Ruban made a triumphant return to electronic music in 2020 with a series of the releases via Mango Alley, Movement Recordings, The Soundgarden and Univack. On the strength of his fresh, progressive sound Ruben quickly earned praise from the genre’s trendsetters in Hernan Cattaneo and Nick Warren, while also becoming a regular in Beatport’s competitive sales charts. Now, as one of the genre’s most in demand talents, Ruben launches his RKP imprint with ‘Nostalgic Recall’, alongside remixes from Michael A and Hobin Rude.

As a much requested track from Ruben’s recent sets, 'Nostalgic Recall’ finds the Los Angeles resident at his creative best. Instantly seductive, its contoured grooves, flashing percussive arrangements and dubbed out chord stabs drive each other into a whirlpool of spiraling directions, making for a flexible club track that bends between moods, while injecting vibrant energy into the dancefloor. Sitting at the heart of the journey is a rich textural break, one where Ruben builds anticipation through emerging arps and tasteful modulation, eventually peaking for a thunderous drop and hypnotic finale.

Making his label debut with the first interpretation of ‘Nostalgic Recall’ is Michael A. Hailing from Belarus, Michael A has been amongst progressive music’s elite guard for the better part of a decade. Having emerged with a groovy club effective style, Michael would quickly earn praise and support from Hernan Cattaneo and Nick Warren, while landing key releases via Hope Recordings, Replug and Sudbeat. Now, on the strength of 2023 offerings via Proton Music and his own Genesis imprint, Michael makes his RKP debut with a stellar rendition of ‘‘Nostalgic Recall’. Warm rippling basslines and dark rebounding rhythms set the course for granular stabs and hopeful atmospheres to work their magic leading into the break. A gorgeous contrast from the veteran artist, and one which is explored further across the captivating interlude, as prophetic melodies and a vortex of effects unite in a groove-centric drop and otherworldly finale.

PREMIERE: Ruben Karapetyan - Nostalgic Recall (Michael A Remix) [RKP RECORDS]

DIEGO INFANZON - Nightmare On The AirPlane

ROCCO RODAMAAL & ALEX FINKIN  - In Da Hood

TESTIMONY - Soul Sellers

MARCO BAILEY - Liquid Room

ALEX MEDINA - El Dia De La Pantera

Release date: 8 December 2023

The latest compilation album in COD3 QR's "Artist Cod3" series is, as always, focused on eclecticism, open-mindedness, divergence and non-conformity.  The usual wide range of electronic music is featured with Drum & Bass don Calibre opening up the release with Dub, followed by Techno from Seroplexx and Costello, a more Detroit style vibe from Jim Rivers, Deep House from Subground_3000, while Marcellus, and Melatron & Ancient Artefacts complete the vinyl package with Leftfield beats.   

Bonus digital tracks come from Subground_3000 once more, plus some melodious Techno from Oliver Way & Dany Rodriguez.

All the tracks have been handpicked by Laurent Garnier and Scan X.

COD3 QR wants to remain free of all expectations and all prejudices because only one thing counts: the music, The Music, THE MUSIC in every shape and form!

Cod3 QR 015

Jim Rivers 'Cosmos'

Subground 3000 'Sound Migration (Lee Trax Garage Remix)'

Marcelus 'Forward'

Seroplexx 'Alerte Rouge'

Calibre 'Sump Dub'

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PREMIERE: Xtasik — Shifting The Paradigm (Original Mix) [The Tabula Rasa Record Company]

released on 'Mental Beauty 2', Composite Records, 12th July 2011

watch the video for SPECIAL here   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDd8FEIJP64

'Special' - Tracey K, DJ Yellow & Tiago Fragateiro

Fideles, Fabio Neural - No Rules

Unico

Radiate

Radiate (Extended Mix)

Ride the Rhythm EP - Compost Black Label #137

Ride the Rhythm (Ian Pooley Remix)

ld29 matthias meyer / wareika - infinity / smiles
coming out 2nd of nov 2009 on liebe*detail

Matthias Meyer - Infinity

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