Ben Kaczor - Tramuntana
From the upcoming album Petrovo Uvo (DialLP47)
Release date: November 18th 2022

Ben Kaczor - Tramuntana

DJ Richard · Dies Iræ Xerox Dial LP CD 40 / June 15, 2018

Following 2017’s ‘Path of Ruin’, DJ Richard returns to Dial Records with his much-anticipated sophomore LP, ‘Dies Iræ Xerox’.
Undoubtedly one of the most distinctive and fully-formed electronic producers in recent memory, DJ Richard imprinted the sound of a bubbling US underground with his label, White Material, founded in 2012 alongside Young Male. His first solo LP for Dial, 2015’s ‘Grind’, found DJ Richard delicately establishing a discipline between his East Coast noise heritage and a physical, emotive tradition of house music, mastered during an extended stay in Berlin. Now firmly settled once more in his hometown of Providence, ‘Dies Iræ Xerox’ is a personal and uncompromising journey that finds the Rhode Island native in reflective form, journeying without compromise into both his creative influences and personal psyche.
In part adapting its title from the Latin hymn “Dies irae”, otherwise known as ‘Day of Wrath’, ‘Dies Iræ Xerox’ melds the physical and psychological aspects of DJ Richard’s production ethos in sharper, more widescreen vision than before; the oceanic swells of ambience yet more powerful, and the rigid basslines sharper still. With the chaos of the Berlin club scene an increasingly distant memory, the album is enriched with a contemplative, even brittle tone, as informed by film soundtracks and literature as the pulse of city living.
Still, this is new material from DJ Richard, a touring DJ as distinctive as any other to be found behind the decks at some of the world’s finest clubs and festivals. On ‘Dies Iræ Xerox’, the artist finds the space to write “the records I really want to play”, and each suggests a template for genuine dancefloor transcendence, beginning with the electrifying ‘Vanguard’ . The sludgy yet sophisticated crawl of ‘Tunnel Stalker’ sets the tone for the menacing yet somehow melancholy EBM of ‘In Broad Daylight’, while the record draws to a breathless close with the affecting, drum machine lethargy of ‘Gate of Roses’.
Drawing little distinction between his more physically rousing material and searching soundscapes, ‘Dies Iræ Xerox’ instead finds a passage of catharsis throughout both. ‘Dissolving World’, the album’s breathtaking centerpiece, is a choral feature hypnotically overwhelmed by walls of electronic feedback, forging a dramatic link between old ways and new. On the bold and near-beatless ‘Ancestral Helm’ and ‘Final Mercy’, DJ Richard seems to grant both music and raw emotion the ability to simply float in the air, brilliantly, poignantly unresolved.
If 'Grind,' inspired by the weathered coastlines of Rhode Island, was a record concerning "the border between civilization and the ocean," then 'Dies Iræ Xerox' is an unapologetic follow-up concerning that between macabre obsessions and fear of death. Produced during a murky, transitional period, DJ Richard found himself particularly drawn to Medieval European art and mysticism, fascinated by depictions and philosophies of the antichrist and end-times. Greatly influencing the uncompromising, apocalyptic tone of the album, these investigations have created an engaging and personal vision of the 'Day of Wrath.'
John Thorp
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07. DJ Richard - In Broad Daylight

Dial records is excited to announce Dial76 - four remixes for Lawrence‘s recent album "Illusion" with contributions by Shinedoe, Tracey, Trux and Carsten Jost. Amsterdam based Shinedoe, who’s productions have been widely admired and played by Dial DJs from Lawrence to Efdemin since her earliest releases, provides a warmly enchanting Techno version of "Crystal". Also from Amsterdam and newest addition to the Dial Records stable is Tracey who’s debut record "Biostar" was released on Dial earlier this year. His uptempo electro construct integrates the sounds of the original effortlessly into his own narrative. Mysterious producer Trux impressed with his concept album "Orbiter" on Avenue 66 last year and delivers an exciting ambient track with reminiscences of a shadowy beat. Lastly the traditional contribution of a remix by Dial Records co-founder Carsten Jost rounds up the lineup with a warm Rhodes driven House version of "Transitions".

Transitions - Carsten Jost Remix

Dark Swirl - Tracey Remix

Crystal - Shinedoe Remix

After his stunning debut album, Tracey invites his friends and favorite producers to create this wonderful package of remixes.
With Sterac aka Steve Rachmad a star from Amsterdam's vibrant Techno scene contributes two incredible remixes to the EP. Darling is a longtime collaborator and friend who shares a studio with Tracey, and their magical collection of analogue synthesizers. Equally obsessed with machines is another neighbor, Jordan GZR, who is most well known for his multi- instrumentalist formations Magic Mountain High and Juju & Jordash. Last but not least Dial Records co-owner Lawrence takes a stand and rounds up the last release in 2019.

Tracey - TRR (Lawrence Remix)

Tracey - SLPNGVLCN (Steve Rachmad Remix)

SOELA · GENUINE SILK
DIAL LP 43 / April 17th, 2020

Tracklisting:

01. Prologue (feat. Module One)
02. Shadows On The Wall
03. Inconsistency (feat. Christopher Ledger) 
04. Hold On 
05. Lullaby
06. The Same Things, The Same Thoughts
07. Power of Mind
08. Genuine Silk 
09. It’s Around Us, It’s Everywhere
10. Where Did You Go?
11. Unnamed And Uninvited (digital bonus)

Dial warmly welcomes Soela to be the first album release in 2020, the 20th anniversary year of the label and the latest addition to their artist’s roster. Soela’s debut Album Genuine Silk is an exploration into the deepest shades contemporary and House Music and Ambient. With a continuous stream of essential compositions, Soela creates a mesmerising undertow of enchanting atmospheres and moods. 
Soela aka Elina Shorokhova is a wanderer, passing through cities, clubs, landscapes and genres that all left unmistakable traces on this release. Genuine Silk marks the end of a three year long journey that started in Rostov-on-Don and ultimately led to a new life for her in Berlin. Three years that saw acclaimed and celebrated releases on record labels like Kompakt, Detroit Underground and Nerang Recordings.


ALL TRACKS W&P ELINA SHOROKHOVA
PROLOGUE CO-PRODUCED BY MODULE ONE / INCONSISTENCY CO-PRODUCED BY CHRISTOPHER LEDGER
MASTERING: KASSIAN TROYER FOR DUBPLATES & MASTERING
COVER IMAGE: ROBERT KULISEK / GRAPHIC DESIGN: TILL SPERRLE
DISTRIBUTION: KOMPAKT (PHYSICAL) / WORDANDSOUND (DIGITAL)
CONTACT: DIAL@DIAL-REC.DE

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Soela - Shadows On The Wall

After the release of Soela's debut album Genuine Silk (April 24th), and an upcoming XDB album in September, our jubilee compilation DIAL 2020 will be the ongoing companion throughout our 20th anniversary year. Our favorite artists will be presented on a series of releases- first in digital formats and finally as a very special vinyl edition. 

With DIAL 2020 PT.1 (May 22nd) we're thrilled to announce the stunning works of Lanoche, Molly, XDB, Joey Anderson, Mary Yalex and Sohrab. All of them gifted us with their most incredible tracks, some truly exciting birthday presents! We can't wait to announce the next compilation round, to come out in early summer.

MASTERING: KASSIAN TROYER FOR DUBPLATES & MASTERING
COVER IMAGE: MARINA FAUST / GRAPHIC DESIGN: TILL SPERRLE
DISTRIBUTION: KOMPAKT (PHYSICAL) / WORDANDSOUND (DIGITAL)
CONTACT: DIAL@DIAL-REC.DE

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DDrhode - Ghoroob (Mystical Rhythm)

Mary Yalex -Cosmic Garden

XDB - Ruby Nights

Molly - Conspiracy

Lanoche - Caress

In utter disbelief of years gone by at light-speed, we are overjoyed (and slightly shocked) to announce the 20th anniversary of Dial Records.
When Dial was founded in Hamburg around the turn of the Millenium we envisioned it as an experimental platform for a musical dialog among close friends - never would we have then thought it would last that long.
Today Dial is like an ongoing diary for us documenting all these years across over a hundred releases, all the countless collaborations with artists and new friends we have made along the way.
In 2020 we would like to take a further look into the future. After the release of Soela's album Genuine Silk (April 24th) and the upcoming XDB debut album in September, our jubilee compilation DIAL 2020 will be the frequent companion throughout the anniversary year. Our favorite artists will be presented on a series of releases- first in digital formats and finally as a very special vinyl edition.
With DIAL 2020 (II) (July 10th) we're thrilled to announce the stunning works of Christopher Ledger, Soela, Whodat, Yone-ko, Jacques Bon & Drux and Carsten Jost. Again we're blessed with outstanding productions by some of our favorite producers and a rare contribution of label founder Carsten Jost.
Throughout the entire year, we will be open for all kinds of media, documentaries, interviews and label stories. A publication documenting the visual endeavors of Dial Records will shine a light on that very crucial part of the label's history and will be released towards the fall of 2020.
MASTERING: JOERN ELLING WUTTKE
COVER IMAGE: MARINA FAUST / GRAPHIC DESIGN: TILL SPERRLE

Carsten Jost - Sphairistike

Jacques Bon & Drux - Fading Sail

Whodat - Obscure

Soela - 10km (feat. Module One, Ini)

Christopher Ledger - Omni DX

The 20th anniversary year of Dial Records couldn’t have been more exciting for us so far! After the extraordinary well-received release of Soela’s debut-album Genuine Silk and steady excitement around our ongoing series of digital anniversary compilations, we are more than thrilled to announce the second album release of this very special year: XDB - INSPIRON. As a longtime companion and true inspiration throughout the label’s twenty-year history, Kosta Athanassiadis aka XDB enriched our lives with his brilliant productions in the form of countless 12”s and legendary remixes. His long-overdue full-length debut album Inspiron in hand, we find ourselves unpacking the most beautiful jubilee present we could have ever imagined. 

For almost three decades now Kosta Athanassiadis aka XDB has been involved in the constantly changing world of dance music. His curiosity and dedication to electronic music spiral deep into the depth of House Music and Techno and where ever he appears he generously shares his unique knowledge in this field with equally dedicated crowds. Whether you follow his bloggish “Tracks I do really LOVE”, a collection of club essentials and a library of taste, or you witness one of his remarkable DJ sets from Panorama Bar to Freerotation Festival - XDB will  elevate you to one of those unforgettably magical music moments.

In 1993 Kosta Athanassiadis started his DJ career in the medieval hometown of Goettingen. To find what he was really looking for, namely, the newest and most exciting new records he frequently had to leave this picturesque city, that is most popular for inventing the traditional Baumkuchen pastry, but has not been on the maps of music connoisseurs necessarily. Frequent trips to visit records stores and clubs around Germany built a network of likely minded people. Some of his favorite and most thought after record labels of the time like the Chicago imprint Relief, or UK's Mosaic, are still fundamental to his very specific musical taste. 

By the turn of the century, XDB hosted a series of nights at Goettingen's Eletroosho, where he invited Dial’s own Lawrence and Carsten Jost in 2002- the beginning of a still ongoing friendship.  He had established himself as a sought after and internationally active DJ and started his fist endeavors into music production as well. Later on XDB founded his own Label Metrolux and released on iconic labels like Sistrum and Wave to be followed by countless remixes for legends like Aaron Carl, Norm Talley and Patrice Scott.

An extraordinary stream of gravity connects both, his productions and DJ sets. Once breaking through a seemingly transparent surface, one get’s lost in the beauty and depth of forms and figures. There’s barely DJs and producers who keep searching for this hidden formula in such a microscopically detailed way to pass a lifetime in House Music and Techno on to the world. XDB's Inspiron embraces this unique approach, filters and develops inspirations in an entirely delicate way, and magically emphasizes the desires of the most dedicated listeners and dancers. 

MASTERING: JÖRN ELLING WUTTKE 
COVER IMAGE: NAIRY BAGHRAMIAN / GRAPHIC DESIGN: TILL SPERRLE
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Moveya

We're thrilled to announce DIAL 2020 (III). The third part of our 20 years anniversary compilation features contributions by TRACEY, LEROSA, ANTON KUBIKOV, SIAMAK AMIDI, DJ JUS-ED and IRAKLI. All of them gifted us with their most incredible tracks, some truly exciting birthday presents!
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Irakli - Holes

Siamak Amidi - Kandoo  (feat. Moss)

Anton Kubikov - Night Road Blue

Lerosa - Cuba

Tracey - Chapter 1

We're thrilled to announce DIAL 2020 (IV). The fourth and last part of our 20 years anniversary compilation features contributions by Leafar Legov, Jordan GCZ, Katie Drover, Lawrence, Siarem + Estrato Aurora and Bachelor Kisses aka J*rn Elling Wuttke who once again provided an exceptional Mastering. Thank you to all the artists, who gifted us with their most incredible tracks, some truly exciting birthday presents!

Bachelor Kisses - Brighter Than The Sun

Siarem & Estrato Aurora - Acacio

Lawrence - Pinches

Katie Drover - Something Other

Jordan GCZ - Tongue Twister

Leafar Legov - Melting

With the re-release of Phillip Sollmann’s “something is missing”, Dial Records presents a true milestone in it’s 20 years history. Finally available for digital download and streaming along with a limited  tape edition, it is the first conceptual album by the artist, originally released on Compact Disc in 2006. Phillip Sollmann recorded the five pieces  over two years, inspired by a new thinking of sound in space, while studying computer music at the Viennese University.

Besides countless releases under his Techno moniker Efdemin on Naif, Ostgut Ton and Dial Records, Phillip Sollmann dedicates large parts of his artistic life to contemporary and experimental music. After appearances on several Eps, such as “The Pyramid Drift” (Dial Records, 2009), collaborations with John Gürtler (“Gegen Die Zeit, Sky Walking, 2015”), Konrad Sprenger and Oren Ambarchi (“Panama / Suez”, 2018) and his solo project “Monophonie” (2017-2020), Phillip Sollmann currently works on the Modular Organ System. Here again he improves a very specific approach to drone composition, a practice that started with the cyclical & shimmering tones of  “something is missing”.

room five

room four

room three

room two

room one

Once upon a time, two operators stared at their screens. They sat silently for hours, their whole being dedicated to the task they had been assigned to. Days and nights passed in the same monotonous manner.

Suddenly signals showed up on their monitors. Alarms started to ring.

Both reacted at the same speed and did what they were supposed to do. Controls and commands were entered, as was protocol. After observing these waves for 61:01 minutes, everything became quiet again.

What they had just witnessed made them wonder. For the first time they addressed each other. "The data is transferring through our system," announced the first. “Let us both check how this can be interpreted.” The second validated the response. Together, they looked at what had been recorded. Ideas raced through their complicated minds until they realized simultaneously: sounds! They listened.

“Is this an unknown language?” one asked
“This is the first time this has been heard throughout our history,” the other answered.
They listened again and again.
“This electricity has been arranged to form a cohesive entity,” the first said.
“Why would machines be used to create that?” the second mused.
Something had awakened inside of them, an obsessive curiosity they had never experienced before. They did not understand and were blown away by the beauty of it.
“Do you think it could have been left by humans before us?” one whispered.
“If it was, these would be Major Signals,” the other concluded.
As they processed these thoughts, the two artificial intelligences sat still.
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Irakli was born in Georgia when the country was still a part of the Soviet Union. He moved to Cologne before ending up in Berlin a decade ago and has been an active and interesting voice in the electronic music and club landscape of the city. First as a DJ and producer behind the I/Y and Intergalactic Research Institute For Sound labels, but also as one of the minds behind the STAUB collective. His artistic endeavors have brought him to contribute to books, exhibitions and movies. He has performed with classical orchestras and worked with artists and thinkers from all fields. He hasn’t been afraid to take a stance politically - in 2019 he collaborated with fellow Georgian producer Michailo whilst he was imprisoned. But most importantly, he loves the music, making it, sharing it, listening to it, dancing to it, and now he is presenting us with his first album on Dial.
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DialLP45 26/03/2021

Irakli - Major Signals

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