Die Schöpfung

Quazar - Seven Stars  ´97

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To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Marmion’s seminal classic Schöneberg, Superstition are releasing a new 21-track collection of the best remixes over the last three decades, including two brand new versions from Chris Zippel and DJ T., the remix we have on offer here upfront.

If there were to be a compilation celebrating the golden era of European techno, Schöneberg would arguably be the opening track. The most famous cut that came out of Mijk van Dijk and Marcos López’s project Marmion, Schöneberg is perhaps the purest form of what the clubs and raves of Berlin sounded like in the early 90s, and stands as one of the most revered and fondly remembered tracks of all time.

Mijk van Djik and Marcos Lopez formed Marmion after meeting while studying at the FU Berlin, and began Djing together at clubs across the city. It was from their sets that the seed for  Schöneberg was sown, as they tried to find a balance between the techno and trance sounds that dominated the clubs. It was an era ripe for experimentation, and for cross-pollination between genres, as van Djik recalls: "Coldcut was doing pop, Kevin Saunderson was playing up and down all the floors, everything fit. I didn't feel like I had to limit myself or focus on one style”.

Schöneberg was recorded in a single session, and though they returned to it several times afterwards, they never felt they improved on that first creative burst. Released as part of the Berlin E.P. back in 1993, it was heavily championed by influential figures like Tony De Vit and became of the defining anthems of the 90s.

Over the years it has been remixed a huge number of times, by a wide range of artists. Now, to celebrate 30 years since its original release, Superstition have collected the best of the remixes – from artists like DJ Hell, John Acquaviva Remix, Der Dritte Raum, Tim Engelhardt and Donnacha Costello – presented here with two brand new remixes from DJ. T and Chris Zippel, both of whom do a sterling job of putting their own unique spin one this stone-cold classic.

Berlin E.P.

Schöneberg

Marmion - Schöneberg

D-Shake - My Heart The Beat

smykker (anaviluxx, courrt)

The B-Sides Volume One

Frank De Wulf - Reforced

Aquastep - Oempa Loempa (1992)

Cyclotron 1991 Germany
http://www.discogs.com/Resistance-D-Cosmic-Love/release/211569

Resistance D. - Cosmic Love

Rhinebeat 1992 Germany
http://www.discogs.com/Zero-Gravity-Sensorium-EP/release/177238

Zero Gravity - Sensorium

El término new beat fue utilizado por primera vez en Estados Unidos a comienzos de los años 1980. En esta época, la música new beat era contemporánea del techno de Detroit y del house de Chicago, aunque no estaba intrínsecamente ligada a ellos. Los estadounidenses de la época utilizaban el término para referirse a ciertos tipos de música que no se habían oído nunca hasta ese momento. Se trataba de un nuevo sonido muy diferente del disco Hi-NRG, new wave, synth pop o rap. El término fue reemplazado pronto por otros términos, de modo que lo que una vez fue denominado como new beat en Estados Unidos se considera actualmente como parte de algún estilo musical con entidad propia, y normalmente simplemente como house o techno.

Double Impact! - Best of Razormaid Rapes

Hypnautic Beats (Razormaid Mix)

The Siren

The Siren (Original Mix)

Die Schöpfung

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