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RELEASES

The R-Zone series continues down its avant-garde path with a next EP from another established producer but one who’s name will not be revealed, as is the way with this series. 

The jacking electronics of ‘Rebecca In The Hall’ goes first with a whipping bassline, plenty of jarring machine sounds and nebulous sci-fi synths. The tension is broken with the sensuous cry of a female vocal and from there you are elevated to a higher level of good-time vibes. ‘Romijn Ravine’ then takes us back to the old school – bristling drum breaks, hardcore stabs and crushed hits all mesh around one another to form a dusty, grainy intergalactic sonic trip.

Closing out the trio of tracks is ‘Night Level II’ which is another fully analogue jam where wiry synths and jacked-up kick drums hustle and bustle with a kinetic energy that sucks you in and drags you along for the ride. It’s another fierce EP with a dense make-up, but one that has many hidden pleasures within.

http://whitenoisereview.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/r-zone-r-zone-06.html

";) Love this guy! He knows it"
Skudge (Skudge Records, Stockholm)

"oooof nu-ravetastic"
Funk D'Void

"Fucking weirdoes. I love it!"
Neville Watson

"romijn rave for em!"
Marko Nastic (Radio B92 / Exit Festival, Belgrade)

"love the switch of rebecca in the hall, great!"
Len Faki (Podium Records, Berlin)

"yesss Rebecca -- i dig you !! Very good EP again on the label "
Laurent Garnier

"rebecca for me. thanks. "
Dave Mothersole (proton radio, Worthing)

"The R-Zone Juggernaut roles on! Heavy heavy heavy..."
Owain Kimber (Dessous Recordings / Littledetroit, Cardiff)

"Night Level II sounding ace to me .. thank u! "
Danny Howells

"rebecca in the hall's the winner on this one, I LOVE the vocals. this one's gonna get massive playtime on my show"
Jan Kinčl Zero (Zero Radio Show (radio808), Zagreb)

"Romijn Ravine the stand out one for me. Can't have enough old skool chords, bleeps and beats."
Will O'Brien (SUB-SCAPE, Antwerp)

"thanks sounds lovely! "
Dario Zenker (Ilian Tape)

"killer gear. R-Zone continues to deliver the goods."
Bryan Kasenic (Beyond Booking, Brooklyn)

"Romijn Ravine is the pick for me who can resist those subtle Rave undertones :)"
Paul Mac (Stimulus Records, Brightlingsea, Essex)

"very cool. "
Thaddi (De:Bug, Berlin)

""Rebecca..." and "Romijn" are two perfect characters for the movie inside my dj bag :)"
MuteOscillator (Ksoul & MuteOscillator )

"Romijn Rave and Night Level II are straight in the box, thanking you... "
Paul Woolford (Planet E/Hotflush, Leeds)

"Super vibey biz, Rebecca is the tune!"
Mitch Strashnov (URB/SELF-TITLED/DUMMY)

"Perfect transition material between house and uk hardcore :)"
Rivet (Skudge Present, Kontra-Musik)

"Romijn Ravine !! SIIIIIIICK ! Bruk shhhh i love it - playing / charting"
Dj Simbad (Various / Browsnwood Rec.)

"Love this one and number five. One will be in the next RT-Transmissions show for sure."
Russ Gabriel

"rebecca for me ....."
Dave Ellesmere (Graphene / Belief System, Berlin)

"night level is the cut 4 me - thanks..."
Oliver Kapp (Raygun / Indulge, Hamburg)

"Grubby. Love love love."
Tom Banham (Resident Advisor)

"Dig Romijn. Deep emotional old school..."
Josh Wink (Ovum, Philadelphia)

"Can't get enough of these R-Zone records! Great as ever"
Tessela (Poly Kicks)

"Happy Daze R heRe again!!! :) "
Alex Downey (Split / [covert] / Fear Of Music, London)

"powerfull tracks!"
Brent Roozendaal (DriftOmTeDansen, Amsterdam)

"Some rave action here, Romijn Ravine is the one for me! "
Deetron

"Night Level III!"
Sandrien (Imprint/Trouw, Amsterdam)

"i like this R-zone! again... "
Dimi Angélis (A&S, Traut Muzik, Balans)

"thank you for good music!"
Dj T (GET PHYSICAL MUSIC GMBH, Berlin)

"'Rebecca in the hall' and 'Romijn ravine" are the ones for me!"
Dimitri Kneppers (Dj Dimitri, Amsterdam)

"Rebecca for me too :)"
Vince Watson (Bio Music, Amsterdam)

"its gets better and better rebecca kicks ass on the floor "
Kuczera

"yeah...cool, Like all, Rmmijn ravine is my fav"
Dan Curtin (Metamorphic, Mobilee, Berlin)

"NFM"
Vincent Pollard

"Oldschool but fresh, good stuff!"
Norman Nodge (MDR, Berlin)

"Loved 05 and this one is great too. Rebecca for me."
Leri Ahel (Mutant Disco Radio Show, Rijeka)

"Fun stuff, my pick is Romijn Ravine!"
Delta Funktionen (Ann Aimee, Berlin)

"Ace! Romjin Ravine and Night Level II are on the one for me""
0x4644 (BLN.FM, Berlin)

"now we're talking. both rebecca romijn tracks are slamming. "
A Made Up Sound / 2562 (When In Doubt, Utrecht)

"ok. romjin ravine my pick."
alex cortex

"Great fun tracks again on R-Zone."
Surgeon

"I hope rebecca has a hall pass, supporting! "
Locked Groove (Hotflush / Turbo, Antwerpen)

"'Romjin Ravine' & 'Night Level II' are the best tracks here although not as strong as R Zone 05. Good stuff nonetheless."
Nubian Mindz

"lovin night level ii"
Osunlade (Yoruba Records, Imerovigli, Santorini)

"nice old school release, especially into 'Romijn Ravine', some rave feel on it. thanks!"
Angel Molina (Sonar Music, Barcelona)

"I like the old school flavour here. Not exactly what I usually play but I like Rebecca in the hall"
Ksoul (Ksoul & MuteOscillator , TORINO)

"Not so much my thing as R-Zone 05 but no denying the quality - Rebecca In The Hall is cool. Thanks."
Dave TTB (TOTHEBONE, London)

"Rebecca In Da House :) "
Giles Armstrong

"bangin!!!"
Hunee (Hunch Music / Rush Hour, Berlin)

"rebecca & night level rock"
Tomaz (www.22tracks.com, Sint Pieters Leeuw)

"oldschool vibes. cool tracks."
Fred Deepsounds (Deepsounds.fr)

"Not for me"
Mosca (BBC Radio 1, London)

"digging the future rave vibes of Romijn Ravine, thx!"
Ben Sims (Theory, London)

"Romijn Ravine & Night Level II are big!"
Nuno Dos Santos (kollektiv, utrecht)

"downloading"
Tim Thaler (BLN FM, Berlin)

"Bring back the breakbeat vibes! 005 and 006 are my favorites in the series so far!"
Sven VT

"Always happy to get a new R-Zone."
Andrew Duke (Andrew Duke In The Mix/Cognition Audioworks, Halifax NS)

"Nice tracks"
Dj Deep (Deeply Rooted House, Paris)

"like rebecca in the hall"
Domenic Cappello (Sub Club)

N Tha Zone

R-Zone 06 - Rebecca In The Hall / Romijn Ravine /Night Level II

Solar Warriors

Idra

This one took us long enough! New offspring bastard house from the dark waters of R-Zone

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The mysterious and much loved R-Zone series hits release number ten here with another compelling three track affair. As ever, we don't know the artists behind the tracks, but as ever, they are fresh and freaky propositions that bottle up a world world of influences from rave to acid.

Up first is 'The Waters of Lethe', a busy and dense track full of blurting machines, metallic percussive patterns and insistent drum patterns. It's one for big dark warehouses and is sure to grab headlines. Then comes 'Desert Schematics', which has slithering snares whipping about like a loose hose pipe as mid tempo drums and arpeggiated bass do a physical dance below. Lastly, 'Broken Pyramid' marries nervy chord stabs with old school rave sounds, a twisted vocal and lots of techno energy. All in all these three tracks are tough to characterise, but rest assured they are all designed for maximum dance floor impact.

R-Zone 10 - The Waters Of Lethe / Desert Schematics / Broken Pyramids

SKUDGE-W11
Artist: Koehler
Out now!
Buy here: http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=82937

Koehler ''Subliminal Cut'' (SKUDGE-W11) Preview

Koehler ''Polygon Blast'' (SKUDGE-W11) Preview

Koehler ''Sacred Realm'' (SKUDGE-W11) Preview

The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac

The Chain (2002 Remaster)

We Are Family

Lost in Music (1984 Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers Remix) [1995 Remaster]

Dance, Dance, Dance: The Best of Chic

Everybody Dance (12" Mix)

3 - Supernature

Supernature

Dance With You - The Best Of

Dance With You

Love Songs: Part Two

Come Close To Me

Sunday

PIXIES live 1989 Garaje Valencia - Isla de Encanta

Welcome State

Rocker / Gate 23

Gate 23 (Tuff City Kids 808 Mix)

Gate 23 (Tuff City Kids Bonus Beat)

Leisure - Feeling Free

fresh new remix of a very well known track...click the BUY button for FREE DOWNLOAD!

Unbekanntes Album (05.02.2013 19:36:45)

Sheila & B Devotion-Spacer (Mannix Crystal Disko Edit)FREE DOWNLOAD

permvac 179-3 Aera The Sound Path Dance Mixes

Aera - The Sun Will (Dance Mix)

Brainchild of Multi Culti A&R, Sascha Funke and Niklas Wandt were introduced by Dreems, who charted a course for the seasoned Berlin-based producer and funky multi-percussionist and singer. 

Wandt was just about to enter the scene forcefully with his collaborative 2LP with Wolf Müller and the debut single of his band Neuzeitliche Bodenbeläge. In the icey cold of his warehouse rehearsal space, Funke had him record a variety of slapped, bowed and scratched percussions (congas, talking drum, prepared cymbals played with a bass bow) over his tracks. These first efforts were later expanded into joint sessions at Sascha's home studio and, within a few weeks, the journey reached it’s destination: Wibe strasse, Deutschland.

At first glance, they seem an odd couple: a techno veteran of almost thirty years meets a side-burned upstart socialized in Free Jazz and Krautrock. but the shared sonic influences come through in the hypnotic, dubbed-out sound, perhaps rooted in the close connection the two share to the Rheinland region in West Germany, Funke as part of the Kompakt family and Wandt by origin and socialization in the Cologne and Düsseldorf music scene centered around the Salon des Amateurs. Regional flavours, global appeal. Multi Culti, promoting local collaboration, one freaky record at a time.

Wismut [MC043]

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Sascha Funke & Niklas Wandt - Umarmung Aus Holz

Sascha Funke & Niklas Wandt - Lobotomie

READ > inverted-audio.com/review/fit-siegel-kassem-mosse-saboten

Hot on the heels of Instinct's excellent 12", 'Just A Feeling', FIT Siegel (@fit) returns with a highly special, therefore eagerly awaited debut collab with Workshop and TTT-affiliated maestro Kassem Mosse, finally back with fresh new material after the drop of his third solo LP, 'Chilazon Gaiden', issued via Ominira back in 2017.

FIT Siegel + Kassem Mosse - Cycle Blue [FIT Sound]

Hosoi

The Invisible Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

We've Got That In Common

Koehler opened into the hill a spacious wound and digged out ribs of gold. This is his second offering for the ESP Institute. Side A, behold a wonder! They but now who seemed in bigness to surpass Earth's giant sons, now less than smallest dwarfs, in narrow room throng numberless—like the conjurers of 'Light Magic' beyond the Tuscan mount; or faery elves whose midnight revels by a forest-side or fountain some belated peasant sees, or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon sits arbitress, and nearer to the Earth wheels her pale course: they, on their mirth and dance, intent with jocund music charm our ear; at once with joy and fear our hearts rebound. Such place eternal justice has prepared for those rebellious; as far removed from the rave and light of a sunrise set as from the centre thrice to th' utmost pole.  Oh Side B, how unlike the place from whence they danced! There the companions of the artist’s departure, o'erwhelmed with floods and whirlwinds of tempestuous fire, he soon discerns; and, weltering by his side, one next himself in power and next in crime, long after known at the ESP Institute, and named Koehler. If he whom mutual league, united thoughts and counsels, equal hope and hazard in the glorious enterprise joined with me once, now misery hath joined in equal ruin; into what pit thou seest from what height fallen: so much the stronger proved he with his thunder; and till then who knew the force of those dire arms. Farewell, happy fields, where joy for ever dwells! Hail, 'The Grand Illusion', receive thy new possessor — one who brings a mind not to be changed by place or time. These two songs will sit you dove-like brooding on the vast abyss.

[ESP066] Light Magic b/w The Grand Illusion

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[ESP066] KOEHLER - A1 - Light Magic - SNIPPET

Out now on Lone Romantic: lnk.to/LR016

If Galaxy Lane’s first EP didn’t send the portals of time and space upside down, then the second EP will throw you down a vortex of hypnotic grooves juxtaposed with eerily erratic rhythms built in outer space. The first of two EP’s to be trusted in the hands of Lone Romantic, ‘Night’ and ‘Later That Night’ will explore the concept of capturing moments in time. Maybe Galaxy Lane can best summarise... “I want people to really feel the mistakes in this music, the dirt, the rough and raw approach, the ‘sitting on the floor surrounded by wires at 3am messing with synths’ approach. That to me is the magic of this music, the interaction of man and machine, to hear the nuances, the tweaking of knobs and pushes of faders. I think we have lost that somewhat with digital technology, and have lost a lot of feeling in the process.

‘Night’ will propel the listener into ethereal textures layered over rough and raw beats, as outlined on opening track ‘Deep Space Nine’. If that sets you up for thinking this will be a dreamy ride, ‘Communication’ hits hard at the rear of the spaceship, coming at you with intergalactic bleeps, zaps and back cracking rhythms made for getting down.

Galaxy Lane - Made

Flora e Fauna

Pesci

Out now: http://lnk.to/chickenlipsPH98

A key fixture in the record bags of DJs throughout the past few decades, best known for their unforgettably odd house anthem ‘He Not In’, it’s been some years since Andy Meecham and Dean Meredith last collaborated as Chicken Lips. As such, it’s with no little delight that Phantasy welcomes them back into the fold with one of their most mind-bending tracks yet, accompanied by a remix from a fellow stalwart of the underground, DJ Sotofett.

Instant and assured, ‘Goldenlips’ unrolls like licorice over ten blissful minutes, mining an undercurrent of post-acid house euphoria into a dreamy analogue jam-turned-trip, a soft and rhythmic vision of dancefloor euphoria that demonstrates a mastermind session of tension and release from two individuals with decades of experience in tipping dancefloors upside-down.

On the flip, DJ Sotofett continues to deliver the unexpected with a more truncated but no less compelling ‘Golden Funk’ mix. Suddenly rolling back the musical clock to the sun-drenched West Coast of the mid-nineties, the result is an oozing, bottom-heavy rework so delicious, it might even have united Puffy and Snoop.

Goldenlips

Goldenlips (DJ Sotofett's Golden Funk Mix)

Buy/stream: kompakt.fm/releases/total_20

Two decades. Twenty years. Twenty compilations. Over 400 tracks. Over two days of total playing time and countless coloured dots. If someone would have told us in 1999, when we put together TOTAL 1 that this would turn into one of the longest standing compilation series in techno world we would have laughed out loud. But here we are – in the year 2020 which will probably go down in history as the most difficult period ever for club culture. But we won’t stop doing what we’re doing. Music is our oxygen. We’ll dance together soon again.

The TOTAL series has always been like KOMPAKT’s yearbook and to say it with the late Frank Sinatra: It was a very good year. Our family of artists delivered a strong heterogeneous mix of uplifting sounds, from the lush reveries of ROBAG WRUHME and SOELA to the stark primetime bangers of MARC ROMBOY or ANNA & KITTIN and everything in between. Notable new entries to our crew are the Londoner KIWI with his wonderfully careless “Hello Echo” that picks up the camp disco vibes Justus Köhncke made a staple in our repertoire. Amsterdam’s DAVID DOUGLAS delivers an appetizer for a full course meal. His quirky pop approach sits comfortably between fellow dutchmen WEVAL’s abstract beats and AGENTS OF TIME’s opulent Italo Disco. YOTAM AVNI blends Detroit techno with new age jazz that reminisces the sound of ECM artists like Jan Garbarek or John Surman. The man with the hat, KÖLSCH also picks up jazzier notes in his very own big room style. Youngblood JONATHAN KASPAR appears twice, fortifying his status as one of the hottest beat smiths of our hometown Cologne. TOTAL wouldn’t be TOTAL without our permanent staff present in full force. As per tradition, KOMPAKT’s founding fathers, VOIGT & VOIGT, JÜRGEN PAAPE, JÖRG BURGER, MICHAEL MAYER as well as our Berlin outpost SASCHA FUNKE all deliver exclusive gems that also feature on Total 20’s double vinyl edition.

May TOTAL 20 become your trustworthy companion in these uncertain times.

KOMPAKT PREMIERE: Jonathan Kaspar - Young (Total 20)

Pista

Kobudai

Jürgen Paape - Vox Acris (Total 20)

Buy/stream: https://kompakt.fm/releases/total_20

Two decades. Twenty years. Twenty compilations. Over 400 tracks. Over two days of total playing time and countless coloured dots. If someone would have told us in 1999, when we put together TOTAL 1 that this would turn into one of the longest standing compilation series in techno world we would have laughed out loud. But here we are – in the year 2020 which will probably go down in history as the most difficult period ever for club culture. But we won’t stop doing what we’re doing. Music is our oxygen. We’ll dance together soon again.

The TOTAL series has always been like KOMPAKT’s yearbook and to say it with the late Frank Sinatra: It was a very good year. Our family of artists delivered a strong heterogeneous mix of uplifting sounds, from the lush reveries of ROBAG WRUHME and SOELA to the stark primetime bangers of MARC ROMBOY or ANNA & KITTIN and everything in between. Notable new entries to our crew are the Londoner KIWI with his wonderfully careless “Hello Echo” that picks up the camp disco vibes Justus Köhncke made a staple in our repertoire. Amsterdam’s DAVID DOUGLAS delivers an appetizer for a full course meal. His quirky pop approach sits comfortably between fellow dutchmen WEVAL’s abstract beats and AGENTS OF TIME’s opulent Italo Disco. YOTAM AVNI blends Detroit techno with new age jazz that reminisces the sound of ECM artists like Jan Garbarek or John Surman. The man with the hat, KÖLSCH also picks up jazzier notes in his very own big room style. Youngblood JONATHAN KASPAR appears twice, fortifying his status as one of the hottest beat smiths of our hometown Cologne. TOTAL wouldn’t be TOTAL without our permanent staff present in full force. As per tradition, KOMPAKT’s founding fathers, VOIGT & VOIGT, JÜRGEN PAAPE, JÖRG BURGER, MICHAEL MAYER as well as our Berlin outpost SASCHA FUNKE all deliver exclusive gems that also feature on Total 20’s double vinyl edition.

May TOTAL 20 become your trustworthy companion in these uncertain times.

Jörg Burger - Surprise Yourself (Total 20)

Solitary Dancer explore the power of unity through dance on new EP ‘Reveries Of A Solitary Dancer’

In honour of Adrian Piper and her vital work aiding Black communities, a portion of the EP’s proceeds will go to the Adrian Piper Research Archive Foundation

After having appeared on Midland’s, Graded, the ever-prolific Dark Entries as well as Optimo Trax, Solitary Dancer once again take focus on their own label, Private Possessions. Following last year’s ‘Rites of Passage’ LP, they emerge from two years of album-dedicated studio time, returning to the floor with three cuts of unabashed, hands-in-the-air optimism via ‘Reveries Of A Solitary Dancer’ EP.

Wrapped in breakbeat etherealism, the EP is inspired by an article of the same name from Artforum’s David Velasco, in which he details the legacy of artist Adrian Piper and her extensive body of work, most notably in the field of dance. Velasco reveals Piper’s desire to “transform the mechanisms that divide people into groups”, highlighting her belief in dance spaces as conduits for reunification during times of segregation.

Artist: @Solitary-Dancer

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Reveries Of A Solitary Dancer

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PREMIERE: Solitary Dancer - Will U Meet Me? [Private Possessions]

Maeve 22 welcomes the debut release on the label from Wolves Bay. Sparked from a collection of demos sent to Maeve in 2019, it was immediately clear that this illusive artist was producing very special music. In keeping with their wishes, the focus of this release is purely the music as opposed to the artist behind it.

Wolves Bay - Lesson Of Life

Wolves Bay - Yours Truly

Welcome to the ESP Institute. Please remove your shoes at the door. Thank you.