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Labels & promos from Frankfurt (Techno, electronica)

SOUNDS. / COMMUNIQUE RECORDS

TRAKTOR

Communique Records USA sublabel, SOUNDS brings another classic release back on vinyl. This time it's the collab between DJ Skull and Label owner DJ ESP aka Woody McBride!
Re-mastered from original DAT on 180 Gramm vinyl. 
No way to find a better quality!
Highly recommended!
Teaser: https://bit.ly/3tD5kgA
Artist: SKULL vs. ESP
Titel: The Power Hour
Label: SOUNDS.
Genre: Techno
Format:12" /180 Gramm vinyl)
Cat: Sounds009
Release date: 20.06.2022
Tracklisting:
A1. The Drive
A2. G-Rated
B. Power Hour
Re-mastered by Oliver Lieb @ Lhaudio.com
Vinyl cut by W.J. Henze @ Lhaudio.com
Worldwide exclusive distributed and manufactured by www.dbh-music.com; info@dbh-music.com

SOUNDS009 - SKULL VS ESP - THE POWER HOUR

@beliawinnewisser’s debut EP on Die Orakel, 'Mother Earth Took Poison In Her Soil', has her sonic exploration grounded in one of our most pressing topics to day, comprised of braindancing breakbeats intertwined with radiophonic artefacts, lingering between warm melodic pads. 

A1: Mother Earth Took Poison In Her Soil
A2: Interlude 1
A3: Dancing Patterns
B1: Haze
B2: Interlude 2
B3: Unattainable Promises 

With a slightly melodramatic tone, 'Mother Earth Took Poison In Her Soil' sets a pressing call to Side A, while 'Interlude 1' is a short radiophonic story to engage with your own imagination. This blends into a warm and melodic 'Dancing Patterns', embedded in soft pads. 'Haze' presents a darker facet of this EP, using eery synth pads and tension inducing fast arpeggi. 'Interlude 2' literally tells a sonic fireside tale, before 'Unattainable Promises' accelerate their breakbeats, intertwining with lush pads on half-step passages and sonic layers of different tempi.

Written and produced: Belia Winnewisser
Mixdown: Alban Schelbert
Mastering: Lopazz at Mixmastering.de
Lacquer cut: Daniel Krieger at SST
Artwork: Orakel Studio
Cover photo: Neven Allgeier

Label: Die Orakel
Catalog: ORKL-18
Format: 12" vinyl, digital
Distribution: @oneyewitness
Release: Friday 15 April 2022

Mother Earth Took Poison In Her Soil

Belia Winnewisser – Mother Earth Took Poison In Her Soil

Communique Records USA re-issues propably the most known release from the entire label cataloque.
Woody McBride's "Basketball Heroes" from 1996 in the re-bound -  180 Gramm vinyl, recorded from original DAT (re-mastered)!
Highly recommended!

Artist: Woody McBride
Title: Basketball Heroes
Label: Communique Records
Genre: Techno/ Acid
Format: 12"
Cat: C020
Release date: 11.07.2022
Tracklisting:
A. Dr J
B1. The Birdman
B2. Darrin Houston

W+P by Woody McBride
Re-mastered by Oliver Lieb @ Lhaudio.com
Vinyl cut by W. J. Henze @ Lhaudio.com
Worldwide exclusive distributed by www.dbh-music.com

C020 - Woody McBride - Basketball Heroes (Communique Records)

Communique Records USA sublabel, SOUNDS brings another classic release back on vinyl. SOUNDS007 by Nimbus Quartet aka Woody McBride & Dave Stevens from 1995!!!
Re-mastered from original DAT on 180 Gramm vinyl.
No way to find a better quality!
Highly recommended!
Teaser: https://bit.ly/3MVGiCb
Teaser:
Artist: Nimbus Quartet
Titel: Chunkafunk
Label: SOUNDS.
Genre: House
Format: 2x12" (180 Gramm vinyl)
Cat: Sounds007
Release date: 30.05.2022
Tracklisting:
A. Your House Is Yours
B. Your House Is Yours Parts II & III Simultaneously
C. Feel Feel Feel
D. Invasion Of The Touchy Feelies

Re-mastered by Oliver Lieb @ Lhaudio.com
Vinyl cut by W.J. Henze @ Lhaudio.com
Worldwide exclusive distributed and manufactured by www.dbh-music.com; info@dbh-music.com

SOUNDS007 - NIMBUS QUARTET - CHUNKAFUNK (SOUNDS.)

This is the album “DEKATRON“ by Anthony Rother released on the 24th of December 2021 on my label PSI49NET

The digital album DEKATRON is exclusively available at Bandcamp https://anthonyrother.bandcamp.com/album/dekatron

Bandcamp: https://anthonyrother.bandcamp.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anthony.rother.official
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anthony_rother
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/anthony-rother
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/anthonyrothercom
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/anthonyrother
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@anthony_rother
Website: https://www.anthony-rother.com

All tracks written, performed and produced by
Anthony Rother

Mixed and recorded at
PSI STUDIOS Offenbach / Germany

Mastering by Anthony Rother
Published by Copyright Control

IN 3L3C7RO WE TRUST
© 2021 PSI49NET

...IN 3L3C7RO WE TRUST...

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It was the hot summer of 1983.
A blue sky over Germany, in the small town Friedberg near Frankfurt/Main.
School holidays.
I was 11 years old.
At noon I were laying on the green meadow beside our house in the Birken street and held a Casio VL-1 Synthesizer in my hands.
There was a smell of ripe wheat from the huge wheat field behind the house.
I remember it so clear when I first pressed the keys of this little white Casio and heard the wonderful synthetic sound of this calculator machine.
These melodies and sounds created strong feelings inside of me.
It started like a Big Bang.
From this moment on I knew that I wanted to become a musician.
I had discovered the passion.
I had explored a part of love.
I had found my meaning of life.
The music.
Everything was music.

38 years later.
Today it's Thursday the 16th of December 2021 at night and I am sitting in front of a high tech portable computer and writing these words to you my dear reader.
Today I am living and working as a musician in the city Offenbach in Germany.
And the reason why you are reading these words is my latest electro album "DEKATRON".
You can imagine that many things has happened since this summer in the year 1983.
DEKATRON is one result of everything that happened in my life.
DEKATRON is somehow like a Matryoshka doll.
Life is like a Matryoshka doll.
I hope you enjoy my new album.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedberg,_Hesse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_VL-1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offenbach_am_Main
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electro_(music)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matryoshka_doll

DEKATRON

Buy at Bandcamp

Anthony Rother - DEKATRON (Full Album)

Communique Records USA re-issues the sublabel All Ears. Starting with AE002 - Timeblind aka Chris Sattinger from 1996. This high demanded record will be our in September on 180 Gramm vinyl (re-mastered and re-recorded from original DAT). Highly recommended!

Artist: Timeblind
Title: Verticle Disintegration 
Label: All Ears
Format: 12" (180 Gramm vinyl)
Genre: Techno/ Minimal
Release date: 05.09.2022
Tracklisting:
A1. Verticle Disintegration 	
A2. Charred 	
B1. Wander The Earth Like Cane 	
B2. Interrupt

Mastering by Oliver Lieb @ Lhaudio.com
Vinyl cut by W.J. Henze at Lhaudio.com
Worldwide exclusive manufacturing and distribution DBH-Music.com
Direct oder: www.dbh-music.com; info@dbh-music.com

AE002 - TIMEBLIND - VERTICLE DISINTEGRATION (ALL EARS)

Communique Records USA re-issues one of the most known releases from the label cataloque. Communique 008 by DJ ESP/ Hoshi from 1996 in the re-bound on 180 Gramm vinyl, recorded from original DAT (re-mastered)!
Teaser: https://bit.ly/3KFA6wD

Highly recommended!

Artist: DJ ESP/ HOSHI
Title: The Mad Scientist
Label: Communique Records
Genre: Techno/ Acid
Format: 12"
Cat: Communique008
Release date: 01.08.2022
Tracklisting:
A1. DJ ESP – 4 Days In The Laboratory
A2. DJ ESP – New Body
B. Hoschi – The Mad Scientist

W+P by Woody McBride/ Hoshi
Re-mastered by Oliver Lieb @ Lhaudio.com
Vinyl cut by W. J. Henze @ Lhaudio.com
Worldwide exclusive distributed by www.dbh-music.com

COMMUNIQUE008 - DJ ESP - HOSHI - THE MAD SCIENTIST (COMMUNIQUE RECORDS USA)

Life Performance

Protocol

Force Withdrawn

Shipping immediately from Bristol & Berlin. 
Buy UK/ROW: https://badumtish.world/products/gosu12002
Buy EU: https://badumtish.eu/products/gosu12002

4 hypnotic club tracks for the late hours of the night. 

A1. Richer - BCO (Hipnotika Mix)
A2. Tim Schlockermann - Minute Mind
B1. Simon Moncler - SETI (Contact Mix)
B2. EOC - H2O

Various Artists - GOSU12002 [GOSU12002]

Download: https://deepchord.fanlink.to/functionalextraits1
Deepchord - Functional Extraits 1
1. Shale
2. Lateral
3. Mapping
4. Ricochet

Detroit’s deep techno master, Deepchord, makes a more than welcome return to Soma after 5 years. With a brand new album dropping, Rod Modell delves deep into his ethereal sonic world to bring you 'Functional Extraits 1'. The first single to be taken from the forthcoming album. Built
in a way that only Deepchord can, he transports you to different realms with lush soundscapes and perfectly proccessed electro-acoustics giving you an insight to the mind of the unique artist.

Shale glides across a field of electo-static noise, guided gently by crisp, fleeting percussion and gently warping synths. Lateral begins awash with waves of sound and glistening dub stabs while rollings beats acts as the heart beat of the track with a building intensity adding a sense of
urgency. The uplifting yet dystopian sounds of Mapping spiral into existence urging you down the rabbit hole as more classic techno percussion manoeuvres this track on it's journey. Modell seeks out his roots as yet more traditional dub techno prevails via the final track, Ricochet. Pumping kicks and sub set to a perfect pace and ambience is a perfect, contemporary nod to the time honoured Deepchord sound.

Functional Extraits 1

Lateral

Deepchord - Lateral [Soma 626]

Terminal - Markov Layout

Communique Records U.S.A. re-issues on of the most wanted releases from the entire catalogue by Fuzz Face, originally released in 1996!!! 
Re-mastered including new cut - highly recommended!

Pre-order: https://dbh-music.com/shop/release_view/15718

Artist: Fuzz Face
Title: Far Out
Label: Communique Records U.S.A.
Format: 2x12"
Genre: Techno/ Acid
Release date: 09.10.2023
Tracklisting:
A1. Old Friends
A2. New Ones
B1. Bleeper
B2. Tougher
C1. Spuelch
C2. Chrunch Me
D1. Bass Fishing
D2. First Year At College

Worldwide exclusive distributed by www.dbh-music.com

C019 - FUZZ FACE - FAR OUT (COMMUNIQUE RECORDS U.S.A.)

Eduardo De La Calle - My Own Transition

Etapp Kyle returns to Klockworks for their 16th release. Since the label’s inception almost a decade ago, it’s chartered the signature sound that has filled Ben Klock’s DJ sets, and echoed throughout many a dimly lit, dusty/sweaty warehouse.

Etapp’s latest contribution is as stripped back, melodic and functional as you’d expect. With the producer's natural affinity to sculpting atmospheres shining through.

KW16 drops on 24 November.
Pre-order: http://klockworks.de/shop/kw16/

Etapp Kyle "Luna" - Boiler Room Debuts

Answer Code Request - Feel Rework (Original Mix)

Trax Classix

Flash Cube

Morphosis - Too Far (Marcel Dettmann Definition 2)

Track taken from "Wuzzelbud FF" (Hart&Tief 04)
Release Date: September 7th, 2018

Get the double vinyl EP here:
bit.ly/wuzzelbudff

Stream:
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apple.co/2Nk7i2r
bit.ly/2NpwYdN

More Infos & alls upcoming Dj-Shows: www.pamparecords.com

External assessment vs. self-conception by Robag Wruhme: "People always think, I'm that serene and quiet guy, but actually I'm quite a noisemaker." Could be that the majority of the material he put out in recent years, most notably the "Thora Vukk" album, led to the overall apprehension of Robag being the virtuoso of everything subtle, enigmatic and tenderly melodic. Well, that's far from being a misconception, but still just one side of the coin. The other side is embossed with his most current productions, consolidated to a double EP, captioned with the enchanting name "Wuzzelbud FF".

Wait a second ... "Wuzzelbud"? Devoted fans will instantly prick up their ears. We've heard that before. Back in 2004 Robag Wruhme released his first longplayer named "Wuzzelbud 'KK'". As there's no such scenario Robag might be running out of stream-of-consciousness turned nonsense titles for his music, this must be a vocabulary intersection linking the early days of his career with its status quo. And it is. Wruhme presents "Wuzzelbud FF" as the stylistic follow-up to his debut album, showcasing a sound he commits has been neglected for too long. Wruhme cuts to the chase: "I wanted to put out some straightforward music for the dancefloor, something for the primetime. Well, for the primetime of my sets, at least."

And that agenda is written all over most of this double EP's material. Not so much over the tongue in cheek intro or some of its interludes. But "Veddel Bav" as the first centre-piece of this collection sets the pace already. Don't fall for Wruhme's signature artistry of evoking groove out of micro-sampling while this track is building up. It'll be bulldozed by a bass heavy kick and off-beat hi-hat-lashes soon enough. An insanely well balanced composition of accurately placed details and thumping massiveness, that is.

A layout that's elaborated even further on the title track you'll find opening the B-side. In-field recorded patterns, courageous delay-implementation, a take no prisoners mentality when it comes to prep this for the peaktime, a super simple yet super effective bassline (or rather -note), a buzzing and twanging percussive overload bound to what's usually known as 'a banger'.

Get some rest with "Tisma", a rather spaced out jam and then prepare to be shaken thoroughly by "Provol Eto", the cowbell decorated, synthbass fueled epitome of heaviness in this set of tunes. Safe to say, this adds to the most functional and relentless material, Wruhme has ever written.

No breathing pause granted, as "Maiowu" speeds up to utter D'n'B frenzy or as Wruhme himself describes it to a "sounddesign that's cut from rhythm" - a recourse to his mid 90ies rule denying, almost anarchic approach to production.

The final re-introduction of a straight kick then opens side D. "Wabb Bodun" - that's yet another no-frills, engine-room located stomper, inspirited and strengthened by rhythmic shifts and crisp tweaking alone. Well, and a sneezer. An in-the-red powerhouse that calls for an alleviation like the ambient farewell kiss "Ausgang". An assembly of textures that sets a peaceful conclusion to an energetic and mostly high-revving journey.

More Infos: www.pamparecords.com
(C) Pampa Records 2018

Wuzzelbud FF

H&T04 Robag Wruhme - Wabb Bodun

DELETE THE BINARY / EMBRACE THE BREAKBEAT:

on their journey into sonic fiction, Arcane Patterns returns with "Ground Poetics". The 4-track remix EP of the label‘s first release „When Grounds Shift“ by aphtc, featuring remixes by NYC based producer Kellen303, Berlin's bass innovator Orson, and AP founders Kl.ne and CRΞSC.

By reconstructing the post-jungle inspired aphtc tracks from 120 to 140 bpm, the artists reinterpret low freq sound system music informed by visceral body politics, a sardonic sense of doom, and post-pandemic futurism.

The 3rd label release is available digital and on vinyl in a limited hand-stamped white label edition.

Ground Poetics

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V/A - Ground Poetics

'Archive – A Frankfurt Catalogue 91-94' is ready for pre-order now: https://dieorakel.bandcamp.com/album/archive-a-frankfurt-catalouge-91-94. Release date is 27 November 2020.

01 Phobia – Phobia (Silent)
02 Ongaku – Mihon #2
03 Alter Ego – Tanks Ahead
04 Redeye ‎– Ride With Aracknid
05 Sieg Über Die Sonne – Produkt Des Lichtes 
06 Ralf Hildenbeutel – Looking Beyond
07 Solar Eclipse – Zero Degree
08 Atom Heart – Milagro 

Frankfurt am Main has been on the german map of electronic dance music for arguably a handful of decades, characterized by vibrant scenes of emerging artists and DJs, and a (more often than not) industrious habit, which became notorious over the course of the 1990s. The crucial years of 1991 thru 1994, in which genres increasingly became sophisticated and attributed with regional sound signifyers, saw many protagonists getting into gear for international careers, while others ditched middle-class life perspectives for making a living with music related activities. 

'Archive – A Frankfurt Catalogue 91-94' is a selective, rather cerebral sonic cross section of Frankfurt am Main. Unlike other compilations based on cities, Archive does not claim to be representative—it is hyper-specific and curated to emphasize the emergent sound of an era, which became a topic of special interest in recent years. Experimental, bleepy acid and techno, science fiction house music with trance seeping in around the edges—the protagonists featured on this curated Compilation represent many of Frankfurt’s burgeoning scenes back then.

The tracklist might as well be read as a rhizomatic, yet partial analysis of the Frankfurt scene around that time. The first track sees two pioneers of Frankfurt’s pre house and techno tape scene, Pink Elln (aka Tobias Freund) and Atom Heart team up as Phobia, followed by a short-lived triad called Ongaku which consisted of Atom Heart and the DJ duo of Ata and Heiko MSO. Those DJs were to co-found the Delirium record store and start their own family of record labels soon after, joined by two guys hailing from close-by Darmstadt: Roman Flügel and Jörn Elling Wuttke. Roman and Jörn initially created their Alter Ego project as an outlet for releases on Harthouse; an infamous label, run by Sven Väth amongst others, which also released countless productions created by Ralf Hildenbeutel. Redeye’s and Solar Eclipse’s tracks had been released on after 6am point, a label that had once been run out of the lively and creative hub at Delirium record store. The project Sieg Über Die Sonne had been started by Tobias Freund and Martin Schopf (aka Dandy Jack) in the late 1980s, both close friends to Atom Heart, who completes this compilation with a rare house track.

Compiled by Oliver Hafenbauer
Artwork by Orakel Studio
Mastered by Lopazz
Photo by Peter Wolff
Words by Patrick Raddatz

Archive – A Frankfurt Catalogue 91-94

The DBH Music Distribution GmbH, founded in 2007, has established itself as one of the few leading worldwide vinyldistributors for electronic clubmusic. Providing a worldwide customer network, including all relevant stores and partnerdistributors, the idea of spreading high quality underground clubmusic is the driving force behind the Frankfurt (DE) based team. Dedication to the product and love for the music is the key, no matter if talking about vinyl or digital distribution.