TECHNO #173

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Cabaret Voltaire continue a series of releases on Mute with #8385 (Collected Works 1984-1985), out on 4 November 2013, more details at shop.cabaret-voltaire.net . #8385 is a six CD / four vinyl and two DVD box set.

#8385 (Collected Works 1983 - 1985) collates four of Cabaret Voltaire’s classic mid-period releases – remastered - on CD and vinyl - The Crackdown (1983), Micro-Phonies (1984), Drinking Gasoline (1985) and The Covenant, The Sword and the Arm of the Lord (1985) alongside a CD of Cabaret Voltaire’s 12” A's & B's from the period and a CD of 12 unreleased tracks entitled Earthshaker (The Lost Soundtrack).

DVD1, Cabaret Voltaire Live, collates two live shows, the Bedford Boys Club (18.08.84) and Hammersmith Palais (02.12.84) and DVD2 is the long awaited DVD release of Gasoline In Your Eye (1985), plus the four promotional videos from the time.

#8385 (Collected Works 1983 - 1985) also includes 40-page 12" booklet, notes about Earthshaker, an essay by Phil Barnes and new sleeve notes by Richard H. Kirk.

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Cabaret Voltaire - Sensoria (12'' Version)

Not much more than a year has passed since the Zenker Brothers presented their debut EP – ‘Lion in Mars’ – on Tresor Records.

The follow-up record segues perfectly between a triumphant year in the studio and in performance, and a 2014 which promises to take their growing reputation for blazing techno to new heights. ‘Stratus Phunk’ is an incendiary record, developing the ideas seeded in their first release to their fullest extent.

The title track runs along the entire A-side. Building the raw acoustic sounds of wind instruments into a rolling jam which soon becomes an unstoppable locomotive, shapeshifting in and out of smoky synth lines, tracky hi-hats and acetic basslines, « Stratusphunk » is a vintage tune forged in the Tresor basement furnace.

On the flip, « Thirty-Who » and « Vamp Like » explore the more splintered dimensions of the Münich based brothers’ work, familiar to whoever follows the releases on their own Ilian Tape label.

A. Zenker Brothers - Stratusphunk

The new Episode is mixed by Alessandro Crimi ( http://soundcloud.com/alessandro_crimi ). Some great dubby and deep vibes fir a trippy Afterhour. ENJOY!!!

Photo by: Buntschatten  / pixelio.de  


Alessandro Crimi

Alessandro Crimi - Deep Afterhour Nr. 132

FOLDING SPACES II - w/ Killawatt Remix

01. https://soundcloud.com/shcuro - Yama
02. https://soundcloud.com/orazio883 - Shut Up
03. https://soundcloud.com/45ampm - Radiant
04. https://soundcloud.com/chrononautz & https://soundcloud.com/worker-parasite - Proto Toms
05. https://soundcloud.com/djvascofortes - Like I Feel It
06. https://soundcloud.com/45ampm - Radiant (https://soundcloud.com/killawatt_uk Remix)

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On Folding Spaces II we continue our opus of deeply entangled Techno non-locality by following a musical thread between Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Leeds, California and London. 

From Portugal we've got Faro's own Vasco Fortes, a free-spirited producer and key DJ from the south of Portugal, and also Shcuro AKA João Ervedosa, arguably Lisbon's strongest new proponent of darker, trippier Techno, stepping up from his usual role in the label as visual artist to deliver the ecstatic 'Yama'. 

Hailing from Genève, Switzerland, we have 4-5 A-PM, steering things into faster, deeper and unconventional territories with 'Radiant' - handpicked by our remixer of choice for Folding Spaces II, London's own Killawatt - of Osiris Music fame - for a triply, Bergain-style Techno rework. 

From Italy, Punknown's been already crafting his hardware-saavy, classicist House tracks for a few good years now on labels such as his own Costreet, but on 'Shut Up' he twists the saturation knobs just enough to turn his usual approach into something different and generate even more compulsive and magnetic results.

Oakland's Worker/Parasite - check his track "Swells" on our 1st release Folding Spaces I - and the extraordinary improv Techno duo from Leeds, Chrononautz, take things to a whole other level with their collaboration 'Proto Toms'; a generous slab of stark breakbeat Acid Techno that sounds at the same time skeletal and exuberant, like a hybrid between the finest Kruton moments on Dissident and AFX's classic remix for 808 State's Flow Coma.

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DJ support:

CLAUDE YOUNG (Detroit, US)
"Great track! Well Done" - regarding Shcuro's 'Yama'

IVAN SMAGGHE
"Shcuro's Yama seems to be the one for me…"

JUSTIN ROBERTSON
"Another great release! Love it"

CLEMENT MEYER
"Killawatt remix for me, thanks for sharing!"

SHADOW DANCER
"Some great acid and electronica on here! Chrononautz and Worker/Parasite is the standout for me!"

GHOSTS ON TAPE
"Feeling the acid sounds on "Shut Up" and "Proto Toms". also the hyperactive toms on the latter track are fun. Killawatt remix of "Radiant" is that deep dubby blown out techno stuff i like"

ORPHAN101
"Great work, love it, thanks for sending. Will defo put it in sets!!" - regarding Shcuro's 'Yama'

SANFUENTES (Sanfuentes Records / Cómeme)
"Damn, serious jacking here! Congratulations"

THEO COOPER (Senseless Records)
"One of the best collections of tracks I've heard for ages, well done!"

NEOVIOLENCE
"Damn these are hot and raw! Full support."

FOLDING SPACES II - w/ Killawatt Remix (preview)

Richard H. Kirk - Info Acid

Exclusive Track by Jeroen Search in Remix by Ben Gibson (Axis Mission 6277) for Confidential Records in Underground Revolution from december 2007 recorded over night on point by labelorder + A&R Instruction.

Jeroen - Eleven Ben Gibson Remix 1

As a fellow OstGut Ton recording artist and Berghain regular, the connections between Berlinʼs Marcel Fengler and Luke Slater go beyond the usual mutual respect between artists. Strongly influenced by the heavier techno sounds of the early 90ʼs, Fengler has released his inspiring tracks on OstGut Ton and has now found another natural home in Mote-Evolver for his mood-soaked, often-abrasive music.

With the clue to its inspiration in the title, Thwack is typical of the Berghain- inspired music for which Fengler is known. A no-holes-barred ride through mechanical sounds and raw beats; the track exudes a purposefulness that conjures up visions of steam locomotives relentlessly powering through the night.

Sculptures flips the emphasis of the EP from heavy industrial atmospherics to a decidedly funky yet definitely twisted groove. Intense, energetic and hypnotic this is a full-force production that not only has the energy to move the floor but also the power to melt the mind as warped loops of plucked strings work their charms.

>> DJ Feedback
:: Jerome Sydenham: Thwack really Thwacks! Well done Marcel!
:: Laurent Garnier: perfect ....we need more strong funky numbers like that Love both tracks
:: Cari Lekebusch: Great rough and stubborn attitude on these trax :D ill try out Thwack tonight in Italy, i believe it will work marvellous no doubt!
:: Pfirter: Great release as usual on Mote Evolver. Love Thwack, will be in my sets for sure! Thanks.
:: Tony Scott: already got this from luke :) love thwack full support. thanks
:: Gary Beck: love thwack!
:: Thilo Schneider: great as expected!
:: Alan Fitzpatrick: another massive Mote release. looking forward to doing a remix for the label and full support as always.
:: Heiko Laux: massive techno. love it. cheers
:: Dustin Zahn: Great stuff from Marcel once again. Can't wait to bang the fuck out of these.
:: Miss Kitten: Love Thwack! Great sound
:: John Selwey: Sculptures is cool
:: Orde Meikle: nice old school Mills feel - playing - viva la techno
:: Michel de Hey: track2 technoatomic bomb!
:; Adam Beyer: great stuff, will play
:: Stuart McMillan: Quality Techno !
:: Kyle Geiger: Loving Thwack!
:: Pool Woodford: Excellent. 'Thwack' reminding me of 3Phase ever so slightly as it evolves. Many thanks.
:: Gennaro Le Fosse: very nice old school fee. full support!!
:: Nihad Tule: Absolutely mindblowing release. You have my full support, will chart, will play. Thanks!
:: Pär Grindvik: great one! ace for tonight, thanks
:: Gregor Tresher: Classic and massive sounding, good stuff!
:: Jamie Bissmire: Absolutely banging trax as always with Mote Evolver .. relly like sculptures , be dropping it this weekend for sure... BOOM !

Mote017 :: Marcel Fengler - Sculptures

Closing The Void

Flying Momk - Mount Purgatory

Since 2006, the Deep Heet series of recordings has shown the public an especially distinctive side of the production work of Planetary Assault Systems. With a unique ‘engine room’ ambience and a focus upon maintaining a continual surge of pure energy, each volume in the Deep Heet collection has lived up to that title, subtly suggesting the kind of sustained and voluntary temperature rise that has traditionally given way to spiritual or visionary experiences. Just check out tracks such as “Flat Tire” from Volume 3, with its hard percussive edge accompanied by a pervasive hiss like boiling matter changing into gas. P.A.S. helmsman Luke Slater also thinks highly enough of this series to re-work tracks like “Whistle Viper” in recent live sets, or to offer up others (e.g. “Raid”) for remixing by Mote-Evolver allies.

It’s only appropriate, then, that the 50th overall release on Mote-Evolver should also be the fourth overall volume of Deep Heet. In keeping with Slater’s recent forward-thinking self-assessments like the “Planetary Funk” anniversary series, this is simultaneously a summary of past successes and another new evolution in style and content. This new set of four highly concentrated cuts shows how effective Planetary Assault Systems can be at fueling the imagination by fusing together rhythmic and incidental elements into a unified, animated meshwork, without even a prominent melody to help out. For example, on the compelling track “Lazer Organical,” listeners will find themselves in the midst of a testing range where thick arcs of coherent plasma ricochet off of the walls.

Deep Heet Vol. 4 also showcases Slater’s aptitude for choosing just the right moments to deviate from a steady groove: on the mesmerizing bubblebath of “Random Kingdom,” he allows listeners to sink into the rising sonic foam before interjecting with some sharp metallic hits. The leadoff track “Desert Races” proceeds in similar fashion, weaving a web of luminous sequencer patterns around the listener before and cutting in with sudden fluctuations or distortions that function like a hypnotist’s suggestions after an entranced patient has become fully responsive. “Life Rhythm,” on the other hand, is a total immersion session in which Slater’s presence seems to recede into the background and listeners themselves may begin imagining overtones and sonic ephemera that weren’t programmed into the original track.

Deep Heet Vol. 4

MOTE050 :: Planetary Assault Systems - Deep Heet Vol. 4

full stream of "Reel One" by L.B. Dub Corp, taken from upcoming album "Side Effects" [MOTELP04]

Side Effects

L.B. Dub Corp - Reel One

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