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Artist: MMM   (@errorsmith & @fiedelone)
Album: On The Edge
Format: 2x12“ Vinyl / Digital
Cat.No: MMM 8
Distribution: Hard Wax 
Release Date: 28.10.2021

After a string of seminal club 12”s over the course of two decades, and in the midst of two successful solo careers, MMM finally release their first album. Erik Wiegand is the critically-acclaimed, PAN-affiliated Errorsmith and creator of Native Instrument’s Razor synth; Michael Fiedler is Berghain resident DJ Fiedel, as well as label head, producer, and co-founder of the legendary Wax Treatment party. While, as Messe der Meister von Morgen, the Berlin-based duo are known and beloved as a rave act providing the utmost energy, On the Edge shows their more tender side with the depth and emotional complexity befitting the sustained passion for and experience in music the project shares.

Although the market rewards regular and frequent releases, MMM have always chosen quality over quantity, taking time to achieve this and releasing when they have something they’re proud of. Self-releasing from day one – and partnering with Hard Wax for distribution – their independence has meant total artistic freedom. And even with their previous zero promo approach, their two ‘hits’ speak for themselves: 1997’s “Donna” and 2010’s “Nous Sommes MMM” (“Donna” was revealed to be the biggest-selling record in the history of Glasgow’s crucial Rubadub record store). But even though they’re known for rave-infused classics, they refuse to be pigeonholed.

In fact, the power of On the Edge is drawn from a near-meditative tension, rather than the boisterous party vibes of before – hence the title. Decades of engagement with dance music culture are filtered, refined, and synthesized, crafting a pure and individual sound. While you can clearly hear elements of genres such as techno, dub, UK bass, and gqom, it fits into none of those. If simplicity was a club weapon before, now it’s finely calibrated and downright subtle. Most tracks are spacious in their reduction – “On the Edge” and “So Nigh” contain only four elements each. Yet a lot, maybe more than before, is communicated. The accessibility of the arrangements invites everybody, but those in the know will appreciate the sophistication and inventiveness.

While not a ‘pandemic’ record per se, the timing fits. A world that’s exponentially more complex requires more sensitivity, and On The Edge reflects this. Loaded with thoughtful poignancy – they would even call it sadness – but somehow uplifting and empowering in its emotion, On the Edge is a new dimension not just for MMM but also for dance music itself.

Live Premiere at Unsound Festival Krakow on 14. October 2021:
https://www.unsound.pl/en/dp-authentic/artists/mmm-errorsmith-x-fiedel

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Catch the Signals from Fantastic planet, made for Heterotopian Bodies.

Fantasic planet 002 EP from well known Bassiani resident Hamatsuki incl Eversines remix

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Premiere: Hamatsuki A2 - Routes [Eversines Remix]

This recording is available to download at: https://boilerroom.tv/recording/cinthie-ft-albert-vogt/

Cinthie & Albert Vogt Boiler Room Berlin DJ Set

Deniro - The Penal Colony 1

Watch Legowelt make the track live here: http://www.factmag.com/2015/09/10/how-to-make-a-legowelt-track/

Legowelt - Institute Of The Overmind

Dean Grenier - Cascade

PREMIERE > http://inverted-audio.com/premiere-aleksi-perala-uk74r1512110

Premiering on the Inverted Audio channels, we are happy to bring you the lead track from @aleksiperala 'The Colundi Sequence Vol. 1' as a taster. We trust you'll find it as instantly intoxicating as we did.

Aleksi Perälä - UK74R1512110 [Clone Records]

Monolove - Don't You Know

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Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman (DieMantle RaveYard Mix)

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Kyoto Dance

UTTU76 (12" and Digital)
Digital: https://isthisrealityorjustadream.bandcamp.com/album/oblique-action-2
Juno: goo.gl/cALTtC
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Deejay: goo.gl/deTeMs
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Discogs: goo.gl/aKmTo4
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''More retroactive techno courtesy of the British Unknown To The Unknown camp, this time courtesy of French producer Realitycheck. He has appeared previously for the label with his Untitled Love EP, in addition to a great one on local imprint Renascence. Opening stormer "Escape Your Future" is drenched in analogue soul, just as you like it and channelling the same vibe as Hieroglyphic Being or John Heckle. The emotive "Replicants" is without a doubt the EP's most deep and introspective moment, but still retaining all those rusty classic drum sounds and dusty vintage synths. Finally, on the flip is the sci-fi odyssey that is the title track: classic electro sounds informed from a Motor City perspective and convincingly so. Respect! '' Juno Records
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Mastered by Ten Eight Seven 
Released by Unknown To The Unknown
Distributed by Unearthed Sounds 
Artwork by Fools

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Oblique Action

Funky Gangster Dolphins taken from the Blank Tracks #04 compilation. Get it here: https://paintitblank.bandcamp.com/releases

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Funky Gangster Dolphins - Blank Tracks #04

Tresor Records marks its 250th release with a very special project indeed. Continuing to forge ahead whilst remaining ever mindful of its legacy, Tresor proudly presents Infiniti - The Remixes: a trilogy of classic cuts and new reworks from one of its original Detroit linchpins Juan Atkins.

Dubbed as his “pure techno” project, Atkins produced two full-length albums under the Infiniti moniker—The Infiniti Collection, released by Tresor in 1996, and Skynet two years later. 16 years on and they are as relevant today as they were pioneering then, brought further up-to-date here with a series of fresh takes from some of techno’s pioneering and esteemed figures: Thomas Fehlmann, TV Victor, Function, Redshape, Sleeparchive and the re-release of dubtechno vanguard Moritz Von Oswald's remix of "Think Quick", originally released in '94 on Metroplex.

Part One - The Orb’s Thomas Fehlmann picked two tracks, one in each album, to form a very special combo-mix. The shimmering “Walking On Water” and "Raindrops" come together in a beautiful old-school sounding version. Tresor Records ambient stalwart TV Victor plies his vision to present a hypnotic take on the gently elevating “Thought Process”. 

Part Two picks up the pace, heading further down the timeline with “Flash Food”—originally released in 1995 as part of one of the label’s famous annual compilations, re-edited by Sandwell District’s Function. Skynet’s punchy classic on the flip, “Skyway” rounds off the EP with a killer old-school remix by techno’s masked crusader Redshape.

Part Three concludes with a remix package of The Infiniti Collection’s brooding slow-burner “Think Quick”, backed with an offering from one of Berlin’s revered electronic practitioners Sleeparchive and the re-release of Moritz Von Oswald's remix, initially released on Metroplex in 1994 - a rarity. 
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More info on: www.tresorberlin.com

TRESOR 250B - B1. Infiniti - Flash Flood (Function Remix)

Nite:Life 016

Los Hermanos - Quetzal

Fresh from her 'Raw Silk Uncut Wood' LP for Latency, Laurel Halo switches focus directly to the dance floor on this new collaborative EP with Livity Sound regular Hodge. The culmination of a series of recording sessions in Berlin, the pair have produced a record that burns with the energy and dynamics their respective DJ sets are known for, rounding out the year for the label in style.

Laurel Halo & Hodge - Tru

Castle Trancelott - Indoctrinate (1995) original

Donato Dozzy — 12H
Digital / 2xCD
25th October 2019
prestorecords.bandcamp.com/album/12h

12H is a two hours long summa of the very best material produced for the eponymous sound installation, specifically designed by Donato for the Music Bridge - Armando Trovajoli in Rome under the curation of MAXXI Director Bartolomeo Pietromarchi. The original piece translated in music the architecture of the bridge and its surrounding life, layering samples and field recordings in the language Donato knows best: the repetition, rhythm and harmony of different building blocks. The work was originally reproduced by 12 speakers spread along the bridge colonnade, escorting the visitor through different musical places in their crossing. It now takes its final stereo form in this continuous mix version: a dense, enthralling flow akin to Tiber’s murky waters. The original installation was set up by sound engineer Giuseppe Tillieci / Neel, a frequent collaborator of Dozzy in the “Voices from the Lake” project, with Funktion One support.

« Similar to a whale skeleton beached on Tiber’s banks, the Music Bridge connects two parts of the city that had been ignoring one another for centuries. On one side the slopes of Mount Mario dominate the CONI (Italian National Olympic Committee) sports fields where many masterpieces of Italian modernist architecture were built: Moretti’s Fencing Academy, the Youth Hostel, the Olympic Pool and later on the Tennis Stadium and the Stadio Olimpico. On the other side there is Quartiere Flaminio, with its theatre, contemporary art museum MAXXI and Renzo Piano auditorium. Donato Dozzy has converged sport and music in his sound installation for the Music Bridge, recounting the story of the two universes connected there. The work, originally presented in a 12 hours format, was a day-long journey through environmental sounds and Donato’s own melodies. In the new-found synthesis we present today we experience once again time and Tiber flowing together, from the crack of dawn until nightfall artificial lights. »
(Pietromarchi Bartolomeo, Director of MAXXI)

Few DJs and producers are as widely and universally acclaimed in techno circles as Italian Donato Dozzy. He has a rare ability to work his way into peoples’ minds in both contemporary and classical settings, conjuring real mood and atmosphere. Never one to pay heed to the zeitgeist, he prefers to deal in hypnotic soundscapes that really take you on a trip.

Enigmatic as he is, and laidback as he seems, as an artist he is constantly unveiling new work. Displaying a large variation in terms of sound and method across many new releases each year — some of which come on his co-owned label Spazio Disponibile — he also puts out installations for public spaces and museums, uses obscure musical instruments, collaborates with likeminded producers, classical singers or visual artists. Donato seems to continuously challenge himself on a creative level: whatever method he uses, though, he is always likely to permeate your cerebral cortex and rewire it in fascinating and compelling new ways.

Written and produced by Donato Dozzy
Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi
Installation curated by Bartolomeo Pietromarchi
Installation set-up by Giuseppe Tillieci
Cat. No. P!?036 – All rights reserved
℗ & © Presto!? 2019

Donato Dozzy — 12H.5 (P!?036)

Story of Xarax, Wizardos of Nakaram Swaram.

Various with Théo Muller, Seul Ensemble and more...

Vernacular Foreigners Vol.2
https://vernacularrecords.bandcamp.com/

Vernacular Foreigners Vol.2

Renart - Wizardos 2K219 E619 [𝕍ᴇʀɴᴀᴄᴜʟᴀʀ ℝᴇᴄᴏʀᴅs]

Digital Justice - (A) The Theme From It's All Gone Pearshaped [Fragile 1996 - FRG14]

Paramida’s Love on the Rocks reissues Peace Division’s Justin Drake and Paranoid London’s Quinn Whalley’s 1993 proto-trance epic. Hear Alex Kassian’s Dream State remix now

More info: https://djmag.com/music/premiere-peyote-dreams-state-mind-slack-mix-alex-kassian-s-dream-state

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