Founded in 2004, Circle Music has established a renowned reputation within the electronic music scene. The German imprint stands for high quality House and Techno music. Circle Music’s spectrum ranges from groovy inspired records to tracks, that make the genuine and frenetic live-atmosphere of a club hear- and noticeable.

The circle in the label’s logo is a symbol for permanent progress and continuous advancement, combining subtle melodic sounds with pushing rhythms. Circle Music is standing for a collective of like-minded producers, which understands itself as an art-community presenting art in a wider sense. Not only with the countless releases on vinyl, CD and MP3, the label made itself a name in the club scene with its showcases and also shaped the sound of several clubs at home and abroad.

Alex Flatner, initiator and founder, is acting as the creative wheel behind Circle Music, signing the likes of Lopazz, Steve Lawler, Robert Babicz, Daniel Bortz, Subb-An, Sebastien Leger, Gui Boratto, Valentino Kanzyani or Umek, to mention just a few.

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Republic Artists Records was born in 2014 to present the sound of those parties to the rest of the world. 

Our music has been supported and played by Slam, Siopis, Sasha, Stacey Pullen, Laurent Garnier, Monika Kruse, Bill Patrick, Betoko, Adam Beyer, Marco Carolla, Paco Osuna, Pig & Dan, Robert Babicz, Richy Ahmed, Paco Osuna, Paul Ritch, Danny Tenaglia, Dubfire,  Pirupa, Detlef, Psycatron, Technasia, Sante, Daniel Bortz, Denite, Dj T, Chris Fortier, Saytek Live, Agent!, Andrew Grant, Randal Jones, Pezzner, Cevin Fisher, Lonya, Horatio, Nikko. Z, Hannah Wants, Stephan Hinz, Roger Sanchez, David Scuba, Karotte, Max Graham, Danny Daze, Ben Mono, Amine Edge, Riva Star, Melokolektiv, Arjun Vagale , Oscar G, Kaiserdisco, Terry Francis, Audio KoDe, Arjun Vagale, G-Pal, Luke Slater, Namito, Francesco Farfa, Marc Marzenitand many more  

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Some people crave the public adulation and trappings of stardom that a successful career in the electronic music industry can bring. Some people are too busy being creative to worry about these things. With some people, when you scratch beneath the surface, unfortunately there is little substance to talk about. Then there are some people who have come in under the radar, conscientiously building great things in their own quiet way. These are the true masters, people who, when you dig deeper, you find famous productions, genius collaborations, exciting record labels and legendary club nights. Germany’s Alex Flatner is such a person, he may not yet be a household name but his career achievements so far are way beyond impressive.

Anyone seeking a role model for how to operate successfully and with longevity in the electronic dance music industry today, should study Alex Flatner, the art of multi-tasking across disciplines has been honed to perfection by this congenial, self-effacing man from Munich. He runs his highly successful underground labels, Gedankensport and Circle Music; works as an A&R manager for labels including Harthouse and Plastic City; is a producer of immense talent and a highly regarded DJ who travels all over the globe at weekends.

Having started to produce music in 1992 for his own enjoyment, a chance meeting with Corvin Dalek, A&R for the Berlin based MFS label, resulted in his first big hit, “Pounds & Penz”. The record sold more then 50K copies (on vinyl) and was licensed to many compilations. Such huge success led to many remix and production opportunities, a personal highlight for Alex being his highly creative reworking of “Crystal” by New Order, a version much loved by Bernard Sumner.

An introduction to the world of DJing came about by accident in 1995, when a new club opened (Electric Delicate) in his hometown of Munich. The DJ didn’t turn up one Saturday night, so Alex ended up spinning some records to keep the crowd entertained, the night becoming one of the most popular in the city at that time. Crucially, this new creative outlet led to Alex Flatner’s name becoming known outside Germany. These days he can regularly be found behind the decks in Istanbul, Rome, Berlin (Watergate), Paris, Madrid (Fabrik), Bloemendaal (Woodstock 69), Rotterdam and many other major clubbing cities around the globe.

Always wanting to learn and develop his skills further, Alex took on the role of A&R in 2002 for a variety of labels. Up to now, he has signed more then 3000 releases for Harthouse, Plastic City, Fine Audio, Monoid, Mole Listening Pearls, Circle Music, Gedankensport, Galvanic, Compressed and for many other imprints. 

In 2006 Alex Flatner moved from Munich to Mannheim, where he has continued to be based to this day, working across his many disciplines. A steady flow of highly charged, intensely creative productions on Toni Rios’ Soap Records (“Oriental Dreams”, 2008), Sven Väth’s Cocoon (“Make Up Your Mind” 2009), Steve Bug’s Poker Flat Recordings (“Dinosaurs”, 2010 and “This” 2011) and Daniel Schlender’s Result Recordings (“Blossom”, 2011), have marked him as a producer of immense talent. The licensing and inclusion of his tracks on mix compilations by Locodice (“In The Lab”) and Sven Väth (“Ninth Season”), and may more, have steadily built respect and profile around the world.

When you dig a little deeper and discover a stunning array of recent remixes, including: Gui Boratto “Atol” (Harthouse), Terry Lee Brown Junior “Pulsar” (Plastic City), Steve Lawler “Almerina” (Harthouse), Mike Vamp “High On Heels” (Top Model), Alejandro Vivanco “Vita Jo” (Eukatech), David Keno “Stars Above” (Keno), amongst many, you realise Alex Flatner has his finger firmly on the pulse of electronic dance music. Additional studio and collaborations with the likes of Lopazz, Reboot, Santos, Simon Baker, Oliver Klein, Ken Ishii, Joey Beltram, Anderson Noise, Einzelkind and Martin Eyerer show that here is a producer who thrives on creative relationships, always seeking to experiment and develop as an artist.

Since starting his own Circle Music imprint in 2004, Alex has worked hard to release amazing music from an astonishing array of international artists, including Gui Boratto, Sébastien Léger, Valentino Kanzyani, Umek, Anderson Noise, Robert Babicz, Leandro Gamez, Michel de Hey, Santos, Joey Beltram, Bryan Zentz, and may more, alongside his own productions and those with studio collaborator Lopazz. In 2007 he released a fabulous label compilation mix CD (“World Of Circle”) linked with touring through France, India, Spain, Croatia, Germany, Poland and Russia. A further “Best Of Circle” label compilation appeared in 2009 and 2012 will see Alex Flatner release a new Circle compilation in the emerging nu-disco style. Also, look out for exciting Circle releases from Daniel Bortz and Slok feat. My Favourite Robot with remixes by Subb-an and Lopazz

Whilst establishing Circle Music, Alex also realised that he also needed an outlet to explore possibilities with more pure house orientated music. Launched in 2006, Gedankensport has overseen the emergence of superb releases from Vox Sola, Evil Hinko, Piemont, Pelle Buys, Christopher Rau, Daniel Bortz, Matiss. Having two distinct platforms to release a wide variety of great music has given both labels the creative freedom to thrive and develop over the years.

In early 2012, Alex Flatner and Lopazz (best known for the quality, avant-garde club music he’s released on labels like Get Physical, Cocoon, Pokerflat) have been locked in the studio at every available opportunity creating their debut artist album, a project that will feature some surprising collaborators. Their track “Perfect Circles” (Circle Music, 2008), featuring the voice of Lopazz, received much big name DJ support, including Sven Väth, who played it for a whole summer season in Ibiza and licensed it to his yearly Cocoon mix compilation. This huge success resulted in further work together for Cocoon (“Make Up Your Mind”, 2009) and then “Dinosaurs” (2010) for Steve Bug’s Poker Flat Recordings. Their next single release is scheduled for release on Get Physical at the end of April 2012. After such illustrious beginnings, the debut album by Alex Flatner and Lopazz is sure to be one of the musical highlights of the year. 


Nicholas Bortz. Half of the Savage Patch.

THIS SOUNDCLOUD PAGE IS DEDICATED 
TO CHRIS ANDREWS.
 I spend a lot of time on the computer and listening to music, so why not put some stuff out there? 
Music is Life. Do What You Love.

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Rumzar. Me. But not me. Mirror me. 
Something else. 

Awakening awareness. 
Surrendered in the current.
Riding the tide. 
Becoming the ocean.


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Ceremonies. Temples. Safe spaces.
For healing. Transformation. Integration. 

LESS relevant:
I have been so fortunate to see an unimaginable amount of hearts and feet move to the beat, in spaces I have hosted for a moment or for years.

Now my mission is to walk slow.  Pay tribute to Mother Earth through offering healing, joy and peace to hearts and minds alike. 
To make up for erroneous ways and past mistakes.
The work have only just begun. I have quite some steps to take <3 

I have particularly enjoyed playing for and creating spaces with: 
The Feathered Sun & Mira. Ninze&Okaxy. Dubelu & Farry. Alvaro Suarez. Sahalé. Peter Power. Passiflora. Sven Dohse. David Dorad+++  
JUST THIS & Hunter/Game, Tale Of Us, Âme live/dj, Dixon, Dj Tennis, Mind Against, Mano Le Tough, Denis Horvat, Pizetsky, Somne, Primal and so many more at the label parties...

Special dj appearances at:
Harvest Festival (Canada)
New Vision Festival (Germany)
BOOM Festival (Portugal)
Garbicz festival (Poland)
Feel Festival (Germany)
Distortion(Ø)Festival
Dubfire & HijaDeSanchez streetparty 
Gunclub Boatparty w. Jan Oberländer 
Acid Pauli Tanz Oase (Stockholm)
Burning Bär (Berlin)
The Spa - Envision Festival (Costa Rica) 
Dutch Decom(Amsterdam)
Somewhere Festival
The Borderlands
Northside festival 
Distortion festival - Ramschkl 
Organic festival - (Barcelona)
Mumimaa (Helsinki)
Skydeklubben open airs
Grotesque Burlesque
Glittermania parties
The Garden Parties
Coma Club
Karrusel Festival 
Rocket lab Rave w. Thankyou City, Stefan Mint... 
Locus BLK (Gothenburg - SE)
MOVe w. Ade Kaleh, Vid/Egal3, Robert David (Brasov - RO)
Golden Gate (Berlin - DE)	
Ritter Butzke (Berlin - DE)
RAW Festival 
Sunday Backyard Open air - SE
Distortion festival - Parliament square rave
Tunneltekno nights
Distortion Streetparty w Dada Disco, Pawas
Öresund festival - SE
Culture Box Marcel Dettman, BeSvendsen, Al Lindrum
Skyde klubben Monastery - stefan Mint + David Delgado

I inappropriately hosted 5 years of banging Copenhagen club nights with with Adriatique, Andre Kronert, Anna Leevia, Avatism, BAAL, Bella Sarris, Chopstick&JohnJon, Daniel Bortz, Edgar Peng, Ennio, Fanfarossa, Josko, Landside, MadMotorMiquel, Martinez, MatHame, Minilogue, Monkey Safari, Moodymanc, Noir, Pascal Hetzel, Per Hammar, Rampa & Re.You, Sascha Kaktus, Shaun Reeves, Sierra Sam, Stefan Mint, Tiefschwarz, Trickski  and many many more + label nights: 
URSL: MadMotormiquel, Soukie & Windish, Seidensticker & Salour 
WILDE: Sierra Sam, Djuma Soundsystem, Denis Horvat
SUOL: Till Von Sein, Tender Games, Meggy
MY FAVOURITE ROBOT - MFR - James Teej + Jared, Skinnerbox, Fairmont, Mansisters, Strung Fellows
HALF SEAS OVER: Mobius Strum, Muan, Flow&Zeo
RISE: Hyenah, Minco

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