Bandcamp: https://artsrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/spectrum

Benjamin Damage is back on ARTSCORE with a stunningly crafted record that explores the deepest parts of his mind. We strongly believe that an Artist should have the freedom to express many phases of his thoughts, and doing it with the power of Techno is one of our main goals to inspire you. Benjamin is clearly on top of his game, and we are proud to deliver something very powerful here, done in one of the most elegant ways.

Artwork: Jan Petry

░ 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 | A1. Benjamin Damage - Skywave (ARTSCORE019)

In My Darkness EP

Titles

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Inox Traxx - Titles (Original Mix)

TRACKLIST:

A1 Dubspeeka - Mod 3 (Hardspace Mix)
A2 Dubspeeka - Mod 4 (Hardspace Mix)
 
B1 Fanon Flowers - Chicago-Detroit Part 1 (Hardspace Mix)
B2 Fanon Flowers - Chicago-Detroit Part 3 (Hardspace Mix)


INFO:

Len Faki continues to expand the Hardspace series with a new release of personal edits crafted for use in his own DJ sets. This latest addition shows Faki’s meticulous approach to reworking tracks that have shaped his sets, blending classic vibes with his signature style.
On the A-side, Faki revisits Dubspeeka’s Mod 3 and Mod 4, released in 2017. The Harspace reworks pick up on the brooding atmosphere of the original productions and build upon the dark, cinematic vibes. Faki also considerably tweaks the energy level on both tracks, ramping up not only in speed but also adding his trademark percussive pummeling to tailor these tools for peak-time play.
Flipping to the B-side, he turns his attention to Fanon Flowers’ Chicago-Detroit Part 1 and Part 3. These cuts first appeared on Studio Sound in 2010, as part of a series that paid homage to the pioneering sounds of Chicago house and Detroit techno. Both cuts exhibit extremely raw machinist grooves with a sparse analogue jam charme. Embedding the originals’ gritty textures and melodic nuances into his edits, Faki highlights their jacking qualities and infuses both tracks with a renewed sense of urgency, creating tension and release as you would expect from one of his sets.


Hardspace H005

Slam & Gary Beck - Pressure Lights - Soma

Waves

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Recondite - Cleric (The Advent  Industrialyzer Rework)

Klangkuenstler - Dimension Null

Pre-order: http://classic.beatport.com/track/confronted-frazi-er-raw-remix/12756015

Digital release date: 22.11.2019
Vinyl release date: 06.12.2019

1: Pan-Pot – Confronted
 (Pan-Pot Basement Remix)
2: Pan-Pot – Confronted
 (Frazi.er Raw Remix)
3: Pan-Pot – Confronted
 (Farrago Welcome To Goa Remix)
4: Pan-Pot – Confronted
 (Pan-Pot Up In The Air Remix)
5: Pan-Pot – Confronted
 ([ Wex 10 ] Bigroom Remix)
6: Pan-Pot – Confronted
 (Anfisa Letyago Stranger Remix)
7: Pan-Pot – Confronted
 (Pan-Pot Paradise Remix)

Ten years ago, Berlin’s Pan-Pot put out the Confronted EP on Mobilee, a landmark release centred around the title track, eleven and a half minutes of slow-burning techno. A decade later, the Second State dons have decided to celebrate their classic track with a reissue that reflects their evolution. Featuring three remixes from Pan-Pot themselves, Tassilo Ippenberger and Thomas Benedix have also recruited four of the scene’s hottest talents for a diverse, comprehensive remix package that reimagines the source material for today’s dancefloors.

Opening up the remix package, the “Basement” remix by Pan-Pot adds barking synths and snatches of vocal FX in a murky, offbeat edit of the classic. Glaswegian rising star Frazi.er delivers a “Raw”, lean techno tool with subtle tweaks like the crystalline synths piping through the mix and aggressive, springy bass that charges in mid- way through. Farrago, a Lenske favourite from Belgium, takes the listener on a weirder journey built around bounces, bleeps and discombobulation – it’s by far the most foreign departure on the EP and it lives up to the “Welcome to Goa” title.

The “Up In The Air” remix by Pan-Pot removes the pounding kick and turns the mood tribal with steel drums and rubbery, muted basslines. It’s a housier cut well suited to wonky wigouts. French newcomer [ Wex 10 ] takes care of the “Bigroom” remix, ushered in by an outsized, unapologetic kick soon joined by the original’s ominous chords and the cool, detached female vocal. [ Wex 10 ] picks up the BPM, adds some snare rolls and turns in a fist-pumping version for festivals and superclubs. Up-and-comer Anfisa Letyago, from Naples by way of Siberia, sends a rippling acid synth through the mix like lightning in a hi-NRG alternative perfect for trancier sets in her “Stranger” remix. The word “crazy” is set on an electrifying loop, commanding ravers to give in and let go.

Closing the remix EP, the “Paradise” remix by Pan-Pot goes in the opposite direction, opening with bird calls and idyllic chiming synths before moving into breaksy territory. Surprising and strangely dreamy, it completes a richly varied remix package that breathes new life into a beloved classic.

Links:
https://soundcloud.com/secondstateaudio https://www.youtube.com/user/SecondStateTV https://www.residentadvisor.net/record-label.aspx?id=11220

Beatport

Premiere: Pan-Pot - Confronted (Frazi.er Raw Remix)

ARTIST: ELLEN ALLIEN
TITLE: AurAA
LABEL: BPitch
CAT. NO.: BPX009
BARCODE, DIGITAL: 4260600221045
FORMAT: 12“ / DIGITAL
RELEASE DATE DIGITAL: June 12TH 2020
DISTRIBUTION: THE ORCHARD
RELEASE DATE PHYSICAL: July 31ST 2020
DISTRIBUTION: ROUGH TRADE

Ellen Allien emits a powerful ​AURAA​ on new LP.

Ellen Allien - one of Berlin’s most ardent techno ambassadors - proudly unveils her latest full-length expedition into the realms of underground electronica. Brimming with creative energy, Ellen’s new LP AURAA follows her 2019 release Alientronic, and is her third album in three years. Raw, emotive and capable of transporting you from reality to an electrofied fantasy, AURAA explores the notion of unseen energies controlling our planet.

Beginning with the faintest hint of trance euphoria on the downtempo ‘Hello Planet Earth (Breath Mix)’, the album soon moves into more bumpin’ territory with ‘In Music I Trust’ - Ellen’s signature use of vocals-as-melody entrancing the listener. ‘Walking In The Dark’ takes things up a notch further with jabbing percussion and mesmerising atmospherics, followed by ‘Confusion’, a masterclass in heady hypnotic composition. ‘Human’ is a deeply affecting beatless segue with its drone-esque soundscape. ‘True Romantics’ taps into your emotional centre utilising hard beats and wistful synth lines. Lastly, ‘Traum’ (Dream in English) takes us out of our bodies and into the infinite realm of vibration, as waves of beautifully composed pads and bubbling analogue bass encourage us to transcend into the next astral plane.

Auraa

Human

Human SNIPPET

True Romantics

True Romantics SNIPPET

As one of the most iconic artists of her generation, Ellen Allien embodies the core ethos of techno: a visionary who looks to the future for inspiration, carving out her own niche and presiding over an empire that has imbued techno, and dance music culture, with her unique DNA.
As well as running two labels (BPitch and UFO Inc.) and performing regularly at prestigious clubs and festivals all over the world she is also an accomplished producer with eight solo albums under her belt and an extensive catalogue of singles, EPs and remixes.