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XXIV - The Compilation [FATLP 018]

Following FATPOD-58 (2020) and his contribution to the latest Freude am Tanzen compilation, @moduleone_music now presents his first solo EP on Jena's Finest: Freude am Tanzen. The record combines minimalist, functional dub techno with gently playful ambient textures and is complemented by a rework from Japanese producer Yone-Ko (Closer Kiew). On the A-side, ‘Against The Tide’ and ‘Utopia’ are clearly aimed at the dance floor: both tracks fuse influences from deep house, minimal and techno into versatile club tracks that feel at home in a wide variety of DJ sets. The B-side, featuring ‘It's November Again’ and Yone-Ko's reinterpretation, opens up the sound spectrum – from introspective listening to subtle grooves. A release that mediates between functionality and atmosphere – ideal for listening, drifting away and dancing.

Module One - Rewind [FAT 078]

 Finally: with Bittersweet Marek Hemmann presents his second solo album on Freude am Tanzen. A big step after the duo-release Marian, and in his far-reaching pop sonic-lingo it's clear: a real Hemmann is what this is. Ten tracks, uncomplicated and progressive, following the Hemmann means of a sophisticated mix down and laconic, scant titles. The fine electronic sound is broken over and over through the inclusion of angry-pop synthies, played in with a seemingly strong, increasing train of machines.These warm, bass-filled sounds are the accompaniment of the album, and bring the analogue past into the digital future. While they are not the core, they are but the floor on which all of the songs stand.
There is hardly a song, that in it's style belongs to another ; the album leads the listener from deep house over crispy dance floor burners and ambient songs up to spring-lusting romances with guitar samples. Already on his recent releases Hemmann revealed his strong affinity for electronic music with a fine hand for multi-faceted arrangements and that bit of swinging, into-eternity-pointing sound. Yes he is certainly among the foremost romantics of the electro-artists and he has a firm grasp of how to demonstrate his musical talents accordingly. With that, Bittersweet is again such a wonderful, mysterious body between the dance floor and the balcony, between the sweet sunrise and the energy-loaded club night. 

 Endlich: Mit Bittersweet legt Marek Hemmann sein zweites Soloalbum auf Freude am Tanzen vor. Ein großer Schritt nach der letzten Duo-Veröffentlichung unter dem Namen Marian, und in seiner weiter gedachten Pop-Klangsprache ganz eindeutig: ein echter Hemmann. Zehn Tracks, schnörkellos und vorwärtsdrängend, nach Hemmann-Manier differenziert abgemischt und lakonisch betitelt durch knappe Wortmarken. Der feine elektronische Sound wird immer wieder aufgebrochen durch den Einsatz knarzig-poppiger Synthies, eingespielt mit einem augenscheinlich stark vermehrten Maschinenpark. Diese warmen, bassigen Sounds sind der stete Begleiter durch das Album, und führen die analoge Vergangenheit in die digitale Zukunft. Denn sie sind nicht Mittelpunkt, sondern Teil eines erdigen Bodens, auf dem alle Songs stehen.
Es gibt kaum einen Song, der in seinem Stil dem anderen gleicht, das Album führt seine Hörer vom tiefen House über knackige Tanzflächenkracher und Ambientsongs bis hin zu frühlingshaften Romanzen mit Gitarrensamples. Schon auf seinen bisherigen Veröffentlichungen offenbarte sich Hemmann immer ganz einfach als großer Liebhaber elektronischer Musik mit einem feinen Händchen für vielschichtige Arrangements und den gewissen schwebenden, ins Unendliche weisenden Sound. Ja, er ist gewiss der große Romantiker unter den Elektro-Musikern, und er weiß seine musikalischen Talente auch dementsprechend einzusetzen. Und so ist auch Bittersweet wieder solch ein schönes, geheimnisvolles Wesen zwischen Tanzfläche und Balkon, zwischen süßem Sonnenaufgang und energiegeladener Club-Nacht. 

Bittersweet

Zunder

Marek Hemmann - Zunder

FATPOD#31 - Marek Hemmann

Brand new episode! Mixed and selected by Marek Hemmann who is sending his best wishes to you, while waiting for his Bittersweet Tour in January 2014!

Brandneue Episode! Gemixt und ausgesucht von Marek Hemmann, der euch grüßt u. auf den Start seiner Bittersweet Tour im Januar 2014 wartet.

TRACKLIST PODCAST #31


Chet Faker - Cigarettes & Chocolate
Carter Bros. - Run (Monty's Bonus Beats)
Jesper Ryom - Apolune
DJ Sneak - Funky Rhythm (Hector Moralez Minority Remix)
Gino Bomino - For Sharon
Unknown - 110th Street
Discodeine - Invert
Le Carousel - Winter Months (The Hacker Remix)
Daniel Avery - Naive Response
Tom Trago - Two Together
Florence & Tito - Florence
Gossamer - Chaino
In Flagranti - Restraint Bias
Alci - 1989
Ed Wizard & Disco Double Dee - So Damn Fine
Kry Wolf & Claude VonStroke - Turbosteppa
Soft Rocks - Talking Jungle (Justin Vandervolgen Remix)
Franz Ferdinand - Katherine Hit Me
Jacques Greene - Quicksand
The Slow Revolt - This Dark Matter (Max Cooper Remix) 

Check!

FATPOD-31 - Marek Hemmann

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Freude am Tanzen is back for a very special occasion. In 2022, three Various Artists EPs will be released, celebrating the 24th anniversary of the label from Thuringia. Whilst occasions like this would normally be celebrated on the quarter century, this release makes sense not only on the mathematical level. 3 compilations with 4 tracks provide the half of 24.
The release however also makes sense in terms of history. Freude am Tanzen is showcasing a broad range of electronic music, never neglecting their history but also looking into the future.

XXIV - Chapter ONE

Put A Mask On Your Face

Chuck Boris - Put A Mask On Your Face [FATXXIV 001]

Movement

Module One - Movement [FATXXIV 001]

Say Yes

Rising Sun - Say Yes [FATXXIV 001]

The Thing For Him

Soela - The Thing For Him [FATXXIV 001]

XXIV - Chapter TWO

30 Friends

Caldera - 30 Friends [FATXXIV 002]

Purple Magic

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Taron-Trekka - Purple Magic

Freude am Tanzen says hello Jesper Ryom, who just joined the crew! To introduce himself he made a selection of his favorit tracks for you!

Freude am Tanzen sagt "Hallo Jesper Ryom, willkommen an Bord!" In der neuen Podcast-Episode spielt Jesper ein paar seiner Lieblingstracks. Viel Spaß! 

TRACKLIST PODCAST #33


Sellouts - Satisfy - Editorial Records
Phil Weeks - You Want My Love - Robsoul Recordings
Breky - Feel (Sonicvibe Dub Flip) - Miaudio Music
Terje Bake - Jadore - Visionquest
Life On Planets - Apollo - Better On Foot
Deep Square & Paul Yudin - Taiga - Cyclic Records
Moby - Almost Home (Agoria Remix) - Little Idiot
Bearight - Buoyant - Pets Recordings
Tom Demac & Will Samson - It Grows Again - Aus Music
Greymatter & Krl - Straight Billin’ (Medlar Remix) - Wolf Music Recordings
Osunlade - Dionne - Yoruba Records
Shur-I-Kan - Jazz Club (Max Graef Remix) - EleFlight Records
Romanthony - Trust (Motor City Drum Ensemble Deep Mix) - Glasgow Underground
Nicholas - Running Into Time - Home Taping Is Killing Music
The Noodleman - Starlight (Medlar Mix) - Kolour Recordings
Sam Russo - Vanishing Test - Vitalik Recordings
Stefan Z - Planks - My Favorite Robot Records
Franck Valat - Let Them Know (Dimitri Andreas Remix) - Zoo:Technique

FATPOD-33 - Jesper Ryom

@soelaela, who lives in Berlin, has created her very own sound between sensual house music and minimalist dub techno and has released on labels such as Dial, Sushitec, Kompakt and others. This year, she also released a track called "The thing for him" on the Freude am Tanzen compilation. You can also find a detailed interview with her in the sixth issue of Fatplastics magazine. Thank you for that great mix Elina!

FATPOD-83

FATPOD-83 - Soela

Recorded at Giegling Melbourne - @alexalbrechtmusic treats us to a live set featuring his warm, immersive sound. Moving fluidly between ambient textures, deep house, and groove-heavy downtempo, his work has found a home on labels like Mule Musiq, Scissor & Thread and Analogue Attic, with releases that capture everything from late-night introspection to sunlit, outdoor euphoria.

Currently in the middle of a busy European tour, Alex is playing Strand 22 in Jena 27.06, where he’ll join Margaux Gazur and Module One for the Ambient Open Air.

FATPOD-88 - Alex Albrecht

@yone-ko is a great DJ and producer from Japan who has been living in Berlin for quite some time. Together with Timur Basha, he organises the Wordless parties, which take place at venues including Club der Visionäre. His selection is diverse and combines traditional influences with contemporary aesthetic flows. His mix for the Freude am Tanzen podcast is a live recording from 29 August 2025 at Bar Neun Berlin, beginning with relaxing listening music and progressing to dry, groovy rhythms and basslines with catchy claps and hi-hats. 

FATPOD-89 - Yone-Ko

Finally, you might think, and right on time for the open-air season. Now, two years after „Syvsover“, the Berlin-based Dane, Jesper Ryom, is ready with his latest release „The Two Of Us“ – providing us with the perfect soundtrack for the hot days and the warm nights. Radiating euphoria with each bassline and elegantly bridging house and pop, these four tracks will both make you break out in sweat and put a smile upon your face.
Tied together with a hypnotically energetic feel, each track is a journey into the timeless depths of Jesper Ryom’s stylistically confident sounds. And while layers of intricate atmosphere continuously is added on to each beat, Ryom doesn’t forget the floor for a single second. The waiting has finally paid off and these four tunes are sure to enrichen the summer vibe, whether spent partying or basking by a lake.

1. The Two Of Us
Title track and opener "The Two Of Us" perfectly demonstrates Jesper Ryom's penchant for layered sampling combined with modern elements, as the synth bassline and direct groove of the drums provide the backdrop for this funky yet subtly melancholic track.


2. Trivia
"Trivia" confidently ups the energy level and directly targets the floor. With reverberating brass samples, unapologetic arpeggios and dusty vocals, its simple message is one of movement and smiles.


3. Ada
Vocal-driven "Ada" is decidedly melodic and contemplative while still balancing these qualities with a consistent groove. While the lyrically enigmatic vocal sample drives the verse, the chorus is dominated by both melancholic 80s chords and an arpeggiated lead.

4. Superluminal
The funky guitar, subdued percussion and pulsating beat of "Superluminal" takes you by the hand and pulls you onto the dance floor. As the grooving piano is slowly unveiled amidst 707 claps and tambourine hits there is no doubt about the potential of this tune.

The Two of Us

Superluminal

Jesper Ryom - Superluminal

Following FATPOD-58 (2020) and his contribution to the latest Freude am Tanzen compilation, Module One now presents his first solo EP on Jena's Finest: Freude am Tanzen. The record combines minimalist, functional dub techno with gently playful ambient textures and is complemented by a rework from Japanese producer Yone-Ko (Closer Kiew). On the A-side, ‘Against The Tide’ and ‘Utopia’ are clearly aimed at the dance floor: both tracks fuse influences from deep house, minimal and techno into versatile club tracks that feel at home in a wide variety of DJ sets. The B-side, featuring ‘It's November Again’ and Yone-Ko's reinterpretation, opens up the sound spectrum – from introspective listening to subtle grooves. A release that mediates between functionality and atmosphere – ideal for listening, drifting away and dancing.

It's November Again

It's November Again (Yone-Ko Rework)

Utopia

Against The Tide

Infinity

You Know

Marek Hemmann - You Know

It is one year ago that Mathias Kaden presented a very personal journey to his musical roots in the shape of an album called "Energetic". Equally as long he has been out in the world as a live act - with some large analogous luggage and the same joy of performing with which he had won many hearts as a DJ on the dancefloor beforehand. After the first batch of remixes (among others by Michael Mayer and Redshape) there are now following further revisions of three of the album's tracks. 

Finally, “Soulmakers“ and Spain again. The duo Pulshar drapes its remix in a warm dub blanket with many delays, soft strings and smoothly bouncing bass drums. The perfect conclusion to this second part of “Energetic” remixes.


Energetic Remixes Part 2

Soulmakers feat. Zoe Xenia (Pulshar Remix)

Mathias Kaden - Soulmakers (Pulshar Remix)

The Hemmann lasagna is ready! With a healthy dose of ground beef and sun-ripened tomatoes between the sauce and layers of pasta with a peppy salad.
    Once again Marek has two tracks with which he arms the planet richly, but also where the cooking spoon just explodes in the kitchen. The writer has quite a steam building upÖbut this music is just so filling, that the stomach just knows that there was a hole there.
    To prepare for this first album from the Hemmann kitchen, two long sides strike a tone with a powerful punch, breathless grooves with a long puff and an empire of sounds for the endorphin thrust within and without the headphones. This isnít a construction, but rather a composition.
    Exquisitely vibrating grooves with a hopping deepness, percussive elements together with a melodic party radiating in a finely sensed positivity. Itís as if you could together with Inessa and Gemini mutate into a bouncing ball. When his tracks begin to spin, that which happens to the listeners is the stuff dreams are made of.

Gemini EP

Gemini

Marek Hemmann - Gemini

Muchas FATcias

Saint-Saens (Groove Mix)

Mooryc - Saint-Saens (Groove Mix)

The next release is in the digital house. The responsible party here is a new celestial body, springing from the Polish heavens. Mooryc is the project from Maurycy Zimmerman from Poznań. He has already done his thing on the debut album from Douglass Greed with one of the most snappy songs featuring his voice and crackly refinements. 

Die nächste reine Datenveröffentlichung steht ins digitale Haus. Verantwortlich hierfür ist ein neuer Stern, der über dem polnischen Himmel aufgegangen ist. Mooryc ist das Projekt von Maurycy Zimmermann aus Poznań. Er veredelte bereits auf dem Debütalbum von Douglas Greed einen der prägnantesten Songs mit seiner Stimme und seinen Fricklerfertigkeiten.

All Those Moments

All Those Moments (Marek Hemmann Remix)

Mooryc - All Those Moments (Marek Hemmann Remix)

Das ist die tanzelektronische Hommage an eine der widersprüchlichsten und gleichzeitig bezaubernsten Städte Südamerikas. Glaube, Freude, Hoffnung, Trauer, Sehnsucht und Melancholie werden direkt aus dem Herzen von Kadebostan auf die Tänzer übertragen. 


That is the dance-electronic homage to a conflicting and at the same time dazzling city in South America. Belief, joy, hope, sadness, longing, and melancholy are brought to you direct out of the heart of Kadebostan to the dancers. How important and beguilingly embracing melody structures can be in house and techno, are demonstrated here with effective clarity.

Caracas Soul EP

Caracas Soul

Kadebostan - Caracas Soul

Infinity EP

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Marek Hemmann - Infinity

An album like this should be wrapped in gold, with shooting star accents and served on a rose bedecked saucer.This is Ying and Yang, Laurel and Hardy, spaghetti and tomato sauce, it is: everything. And never nothing. In the club cellar it is potent dynamite and by the light of day it belongs to a souled passion, in quiet moments at home.
"The Gold Retrospective" is the essence of five musical experiments, extending the work of Monsieur Kadebostan on the labels FENOU and Freude am Tanzen.

Eine Platte wie die diese gehört selbstverständlich in Gold verpackt, mit Sternschnuppen garniert und auf Rosenplattenteller gebettet. Sie ist Ying und Yang, Laurel und Hardy, Spaghetti und Tomatensosse, sie ist: alles. Und niemals nichts. Im Clubkeller reinstes Dynamit, bei Lichte gehört beseelte Musikleidenschaft, in stillen Stunden daheim auch feines Sehnsuchtsleuchten.
"The Gold Retrospective" ist die Essenz aus fünf Jahren musikalischer Tiefenbohrung, die Monsieur Kadebostan nun schon bei den Labels FENOU und Freude am Tanzen unternimmt.



The Gold Retrospective 2007-2012

Love In Looxor

Kadebostan - Love In Looxor

Laolu - O Fantasma (kadebostan tigercity part3)

Salome (Kadebostan Version)

Kadebostan & Laolu - Salome (Kadebostan Version)

Die erste LP ist immer ein Grund zu Feiern, und mehr noch auch ein Grund für freudige
Erwartung (auf mehr): nun also, Respekt Leute, denn es naht die Doppel-Premiere: die
erste LP von Marek Hemmann, dem vielseitigsten Elektrotüftler diesseits der Saale, und
ebenso der erste CD-Longplayer aus dem Hause FAT!
Wir wissen, Marek Hemmann ist sowohl solo als auch als Teil eins des kongenialen Duos
Hemmann & Kaden seit Jahren fester Bestandteil der neuen House- und Technoszene,
gleichermaßen als Produzent wie auch als Liveact. Die gesammelten Veröffentlichungen
belaufen sich inzwischen auf Dutzende, die unzähligen Remixaufträge für Kollegen von
Trentemøller bis Monika Kruse gar nicht mitgerechnet. Und nach der letzten EP, dem
floorstürmenden Gemini, war klar, die Zeit ist reif, auf also zum abendfüllenden
Gesamtkunstwerk. Auf nach In-Between.

In Between

Alias

Marek Hemmann - Alias

Yvette

Marek Hemmann - Yvette

FREAKDISKO EP

1996

Onur Özer - 1996

What do you know about Denmark? Think about it: hotdogs, licorice, beer, and a definite taste for alcohol. Vikings, Hamlet and Lego. Nor must we forget Hans Christian Andersen, Trentemøller and Junior Senior. So did we leave anything out? But of course we did; Jesper Ryom! This young Dane has already made a far-reaching impression with his "Nature Boy EP" on La Fleur’s label Power Plant Records, and recently his talent could also be heard on his remix of Marian’s "Passengers" on their remix album of “Only Out Hearts to Lose”. And now we are proud to present four new tracks on the digital Freude-Am-Tanzen sister label FATzig.

Jesper’s music is proof that house can be clever and still danceable, emotional and still cool. Again and again he mixes jazzy samples with self-played instruments and places these on a groovy four/four base to his own refined and not too heady vision of house. He’s got both legs in the club, and his mind on cloud nine. Guitar riffs drenched in reverb, vocals full of melancholy and harmonies for at least two eternities. Music that doesn't look at pop as a curse word, loves jazz and breathes dub. Direct from Copenhagen over Jena and out throughout the world. The open-air season can come right on by – and the next Denmark vacation too!

 Was weiß man eigentlich über Dänemark? Mal überlegen: Hot-Dogs, Lakritze, Bier und überhaupt viel Alkohol. Wikinger, Hamlet, Lebenslust und Lego. Dann noch Hans Christian Andersen, Trentemøller oder Junior Senior. Was vergessen? Natürlich: Jesper Ryom! Der junge Däne hinterließ bereits mit seiner "Nature Boy EP" auf La Fleurs Label Power Plant Records mächtig Eindruck, veredelte zuletzt Marians "Passengers" für deren Remixkollektion des Only Our Hearts To Lose-Albums und legt nun endlich mit gleich vier neuen Tracks auf dem digitalen Freude-Am-Tanzen-Schwesterlabel FATzig nach.


Jespers Musik ist der beste Beweis dafür, dass House zugleich tanzbar und clever, emotional und cool sein kann. Immer wieder mischt er jazzige Samples mit selbsteingespielten Instrumenten und verschraubt diese auf einem groovenden Vierviertelfundament zu seiner ganz eigenen, raffinierten, aber nie zu verkopften Vision von House. It's a body thing, noch immer! Mit beiden Beinen im Club, im Kopf auf Wolke Sieben. Gitarren-Riffs, die den Sonnenaufgang heraufbeschwören, Vocals voller Melancholie und Harmonien für mindestens zwei Ewigkeiten. Musik, die Pop nicht als Schimpfwort versteht, Jazz liebt und Dub atmet. Direkt aus Kopenhagen über Jena hinaus in die Welt. Die Open-Air-Saison kann kommen - und der nächste Dänemark-Urlaub gerne auch! 

Syvsover

Ghostly

Jesper Ryom - Ghostly

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What do you do when a live project exceeds its own ambitions? Just keep doing the wonderful concerts and eventually head to the studio. Sounds simple and conclusive. In the case of Karocel, that was exactly how they went about it and surprisingly, all six band members made it happen. Though the four Marbert Rocels, Mathias Kaden and Michael-Mitchi-Nagler have known each other from their hometown along the Gera-Jena-Erfurt corridor, and the Karocel live shows have been well received: an album is an entirely different beast. You can add to that the full schedule of events and shows for everyone involved and the various songwriter habits of each. Yet still, the wish to work together on a deeper level stood out front for everyone. The fun they had on the stage brought Karocel the best idea since the carousel. That is, to take the live show and produce it in the studio without a concrete sound in the subconscious. In the fall of 2012 everyone got together in the studio of Marbert Rocel for three intense jam sessions. With a single click it all began – after a while everything was knotted together only to be woven through the mixer where it then lay. Post-production vocals and overdubs weren’t needed. The 10 pearls that emerged from those sessions glistened in its raw form that the direct multifaceted nature of a Karocel event is now available in album format. In various dramatic curves ‘Plaited’ prances over the dance-floor. Right smack in the middle there are tracks like ‘This One’, ‘Tease You’ and ‘Undo’ and the bar shaking ‘Vox, ‘Watts’, ‘Boys’ and ‘Don’t Play’ the kissing on the sofa ‘Without’ and the one on the way home ‘Parallels’. How nice that all the pieces will be in fact available under the stars and in the homey confines of the club to be felt and appreciated. Just like when they were recorded Karocel took everything including mixing the tracks and the artwork in their own hands. Plaited is a complete work of art, no question.

Plaited

Whiteout

Karocel - Whiteout

Bei uns darf jeder seine eigene Suppe kochen.

Von Mama weiß man: die Suppe ist das Maß aller Dinge, da gibt es mehr Rezepte als Sterne am Himmel, von bauernschlau bis ganz shishi. Aber immer ist sie total herzerfrischend. Freude am Tanzen hat sich diese Erkenntnis schon vor Jahren ganz weit oben ins Label-Büro gehängt, daheim im lauschigen Jena. 

Freude am Tanzen 5zig

Pictures (feat. Fabian Reichelt)

Marek Hemmann - Pictures (feat. Fabian Reichelt)

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