Rebolledo’s YOU AND YOUR HIPPIE FRIENDS imprint grows its groove footprint on international dance floors with the full-length debut of GÜERO @guerogroove, the latest vinyl outing from the Hippie Dance sister label and also its first fully fledged album project. To attentive hippie friends, the artist name should ring a big, funky bell – one that sounds exactly like the cut “Convertible Ride” from the notorious “A Very Nice Combinado Volume Uno” 12” release (YAYHF 01).

Back then, our hero was travelling under the somewhat more convoluted “El Güero Fresa” monicker, but has since dropped some of those conceptual pounds in an effort to reach maximum sleekness. In the same vein, his debut album is a testament to ultimate funk-a-ficiency, digging deep into fizzy arpeggios and chunky basslines - and the occasional guitar cameo, giving tracks such as bubbling synth opener ELEKTRONIQUE, the neon-lit NIGHT CRUISING, bouncing electro disco roller ALTO FINAL or the programmatic SPACE DRIFTER just that little extra riff.

GUITAR MAYHEM, however, is anything but – you’ll discover a pretty dank bouncer and certainly not the squealing meltdown one would expect. TECHNO MINIMAL doesn’t do what it says on the tin, either, opting for an energetic bass ‘n’ organ workout instead. By now, you’ll begin to understand why the album’s called MY WAY MY RULES: GÜERO takes whatever sonic path he desires, no matter what - which is precisely why he chimes so well with YOU AND YOUR HIPPIE FRIENDS’s steadily expanding motley crew of rave misfits and studio drop-outs. The way of the hippie is indeed a mysterious one.

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Buy all

Güero - My Way My Rules LP

Pachanga Boys -Power (Kompakt Total 11)

Pachanga Boys - We Can Rhyme

Pachanga Boys - Legs

Pachanga Boys strongly believe in their mission of spreading the word of the "New Church Of Hippie," and now they are back with a special kit that will make every believer´s life a much better one. It´s "Girlcatcher", which consists of three charming tracks specially made to seduce your catch (girl or boy), and a special handmade tool to trap her (or him).

    Release Date // December 19, 2011
    Format // 12"
    Catalog Nr // Hippie Dance 02
    EAN // 880319566318

Girlcatcher

Pachanga Boys - Black Naga

Pachanga Boys Present: We Are Really Sorry
A Roadtrip from Cologne to Cheesetown, Boottown, Coffeetown and back again. 

Narrated by the truly fantastic Dessagne Twins from Saint-Etienne. After a couple of humble appearances on Kompakt Total compilations and the first trilogy on their own label Hippie Dance which was made out of marimbas, rhymes, time and a mysterious girl named Christine, Pachanga Boys look back in their own history to present their first full-lenght album, an exhaustive recollection of their adventures on and off the road while finding their way to true Pachanga enlightenment... But first, they want you to know that they’re really sorry. A psychedelic Western Disco Audio Book was quite clearly the obvious format choice for a tale this colourful, this entrancing, this irresistable, and that’s what the Boys – knowing what they know – wanted the experience to be.

Formed by Superpitcher and Rebolledo, this tag team is famous for bending time and space, with the boys balancing exotic spices with hearty flavours, enticing any old mood rebel to take a big bite of happiness.

Feeling inspired by old country and folk records, they also opted for a narration to link the album tracks, performed by the truly fantastic Dessagne Twins from Saint Etienne. Together with the masterfully staged music, those two give you first-hand impressions of the Pachanga Boys’ everyday life spent between Cologne and La Pitaya from 2009 to 2012, a life consisting of big city nights and mountain weekends, strange markets, dubious cantinas and powerful rivers, riding bikes and driving around in German cars. Old machines, a wide range of percussions, vocals and field recordings form the sound palette of this simple story true to the Hippie Dance ethos: freedom before anything and everything goes.

Here some testimonies:
 Once upon a time, on a sunny day in the beautiful country of Mexico, we found ourselves on the backseat of the Pachanga Mobile... Cruising around the moutains around Xalapa, taking a ride to Boottown, having a snack at Cheesetown and taking a sip at Coffeetown... Aksel put his sunglasses on, Rebolledo turned his superfancy car soundsystem on... After that we can't remember anything... Just a trippy hypnotic outerspace experience throughout hippie claps and dance vibes. We came out of the car not knowing our names anymore and thinking "are these guys humans ?"... The Pachanga Boys said : "We are really sorry". But we said "Thanks... for everything".

- Saschienne
 
When normal people just see YOU, the Pachanga Boys see DOUBLE YOU. That's right, ME is good, but DOUBLE ME is truly fantastic. Dear Pachanga Boys, the Twins were born under your era and, like a prophet, will still be spreading your superfancy stories around the world (even after you retire to Las Vigas). - Julienne & her Truly Fantastic Dessagne Twin from Saint-Etienne
 
If I met a stranger from another planet right now and he would ask me "what is the most exciting and mind-blowing music on earth?", I would tell him "listen to this : Pachanga Boys, We are really sorry, made in the year twenty twelve". And when I would meet him again a few years later, I'm sure he would tell me "you were right... Pachanga Boys... A possible future."
Anonimous

    Release Date // November 19, 2012
    Format // 2xLP+CD+DVD // Special Box // CD+DVD
    Catalog Nr // Hippie Dance 04 LP
    EAN // 880319606335

We Are Really Sorry

Pachanga Boys - Pachanga Voice

After REBOLLEDO’s successful debut album SUPER VATO (CÓMEME CD LP 01) from two thousand eleven, his highly praised mix CD MOMENTO DRIVE (KOMPAKT CD 117) from two thousand fourteen, and all-around mayhem during his adventures as one half of the Pachanga Boys, Xalapa's finest returns with his second solo album MONDO ALTERADO: a recollection of moments and experiences from recent years, colorful mnemonics encompassing the brightest and the darkest. The result is a kind of soundtrack for a movie that doesn't exist, a sonic journey designed like a mixtape that faithfully reflects Rebolledo's background as DJ and producer. Nine tracks connect for one overarching narrative, sharing elements, motives, details, as they blend together. The artist's signature can be found all over the place, roaming between straight, rock-drenched drumming, sinister atmospheres, raw synth textures, exciting peaks and foggy bottoms - but always following the kinetic flow and relentless drive which are such a big part of Rebolledo's compelling charme.

    Release Date // May 27, 2016
    Format // 3xLP+CD // CD
    Catalog Nr // Hippie Dance 08 LP
    EAN // 880319810831

Mondo Alterado

Rebolledo - Here Comes The Warrior (Super short version)

A Very Nice Combinado Volume Dos (YAYHF 03)
Coming out on You And Your Hippie Friends on 27th January, 2017.

Having turned quite a few heads with the first instalment “A Very Nice Combinado Volume Uno” (YAYHF 01), Hippie Dance sister label YOU AND YOUR HIPPIE FRIENDS plows forward ever, backwards never on the latest 12” selection A VERY NICE COMBINADO VOLUME DOS, with exclusive tracks from KASPER BJØRKE, PAULOR, FANTASTIC TWINS, ZOMBIES IN MIAMI and ROMAN FLÜGEL remixed by PACHANGA BOYS. 

Again a powerful combination of established and upcoming artists, this latest offering shares the predecessor’s thirst for adventure: after opening with the dustbowl belter LA RACE from PAULOR – a raw, slightly psychotic rocker spiritually akin to the beat contraptions of label head Rebolledo, we’re quickly shuffling towards PACHANGA BOYS’ hypnotic NEW BLAZER EDIT of the excellent ROMAN FLÜGEL cut DEO, followed by the echo-drenched vocal jam MOTHER FUCKING TWINS from FANTASTIC TWINS (aka The Twins). Danish luminary KASPER BJØRKE presents a soaring disco anthem with CHOIR OF YOUNG RAVERS that will bathe any dance floor in starlight, while Mexican duo ZOMBIES IN MIAMI closes the dance with the trippy FLASHBACK MANTRA, a cultist ritual turned neo-tribal club incantation.

A Very Nice Combinado Volume Dos

La Race

01. Paulor - La Race

A Very Nice Combinado Volume Dos (YAYHF 03)
Coming out on You And Your Hippie Friends on 27th January, 2017.

Having turned quite a few heads with the first instalment “A Very Nice Combinado Volume Uno” (YAYHF 01), Hippie Dance sister label YOU AND YOUR HIPPIE FRIENDS plows forward ever, backwards never on the latest 12” selection A VERY NICE COMBINADO VOLUME DOS, with exclusive tracks from KASPER BJØRKE, PAULOR, FANTASTIC TWINS, ZOMBIES IN MIAMI and ROMAN FLÜGEL remixed by PACHANGA BOYS. 

Again a powerful combination of established and upcoming artists, this latest offering shares the predecessor’s thirst for adventure: after opening with the dustbowl belter LA RACE from PAULOR – a raw, slightly psychotic rocker spiritually akin to the beat contraptions of label head Rebolledo, we’re quickly shuffling towards PACHANGA BOYS’ hypnotic NEW BLAZER EDIT of the excellent ROMAN FLÜGEL cut DEO, followed by the echo-drenched vocal jam MOTHER FUCKING TWINS from FANTASTIC TWINS (aka The Twins). Danish luminary KASPER BJØRKE presents a soaring disco anthem with CHOIR OF YOUNG RAVERS that will bathe any dance floor in starlight, while Mexican duo ZOMBIES IN MIAMI closes the dance with the trippy FLASHBACK MANTRA, a cultist ritual turned neo-tribal club incantation.

Choir Of Young Ravers

04. Kasper Bjørke - Choir Of Young Ravers

Saxophone : Etienne Jaumet 
Voice : Titaua
Artwork : Oscar Cochois-Baur

Musically and emotionally, Superpitcher’s third full-length studio album, The Golden Ravedays is a one sound autobiography that exhibits the skill, feeling and depth of style that the artist has honed over a period of twenty years, musically, and forty-plus-years, emotionally. And full-length it is: The Golden Ravedays is an epic album of 24 tracks that was released in January 2017 and is stretching over 12 respective chapter albums during a one-year period on record label, Hippie Dance. 

The second chapter of The Golden Ravedays saga, due for release in February 2017 introduces two further tracks of the haunting sound adventure. Side A introduces a very surprising spectacle of sound entitled What do you miss? This track is unlike anything Superpitcher has released in the past. What do you miss? is diving into a river, serenely floating past visions that bring calm, just to be overwhelmed by jazzy white waters of saxophone and primal animal poetry all the way from forests long forgotten. Let’s Play Doctor is aptly titled as one can’t help but imagine a satellite-propelled ambulance meandering through the galaxies without any haste or emergency whatsoever. Almost 20 minutes in length, Let’s Play Doctor never bores. It’s a playful tribute to taking one’s time in enjoying the very now.

The Golden Ravedays 2

The Golden Ravedays

Superpitcher - What Do You Miss ?

Released 30th June 2017 on Hippie Dance.

Following last year’s much-acclaimed solo album “Mondo Alterado” (Hippie Dance 08), original pachanga boy and hippie dance mentor REBOLLEDO returns to the limelight with the jam-packed MONDO RE-ALTERADO (Hippie Dance 10), tapping into his vast and varied network of friends and fellow soundsmiths. Artists such as SUPERPITCHER, DJ TENNIS, MACEO PLEX, RED AXES, FANGO or FANTASTIC TWINS deliver stunning takes on Rebolledos’ unique signature sound, creating a full suite of exclusive remixes, cover versions and reinterpretations. 
From the super-energetic club rumblings of MACEO PLEX’s DISCÓTICO PLÉXICO to DJ TENNIS’ dreamy PIMIENTO DRIVE VERSION of A NUMB GAS TO THE FUTURE or FANTASTIC TWINS’ party bomb FANTASTIC POW POW, the journey through MONDO RE-ALTERADO is full of twists and turns – a world where an epic, cinematic soundscape such as SUPERPICHER’s RAINBOY SUPER SPACE sits comfortably alongside the claustrophobic, punishing banger that FANGO sculpted from stand-out cut “Pow Pow”. Meanwhile, RED AXES turn the casual narrative of “Life Is Strange, Life Is Hard, Life Is Great” into a bouncing workout – a great companion piece to WANT, DANNY DAZE and SHOKH’s propulsive, jagged dub version of “Fears Come True”. Other highlights include Jörg Burger aka THE BLACK FRAME with the lush BLACK RAINBOW WOMAN, PAULOR’s country rock extravaganza DISCÓTICO DESÉRTICO and not one, but two excellent contributions from former Italians Do It Better honcho MIKE SIMONETTI. It’s a magical, surprising ride that finds beauty in contrasts – while staying tuned to REBOLLEDO’s spirit of adventure and powerful sense of style.

Mondo Re Alterado

Rebolledo - Rainboy Superspacer - By Superpitcher

Release 30th June 2017 on Hippie Dance.

Following last year’s much-acclaimed solo album “Mondo Alterado” (Hippie Dance 08), original pachanga boy and hippie dance mentor REBOLLEDO returns to the limelight with the jam-packed MONDO RE-ALTERADO (Hippie Dance 10), tapping into his vast and varied network of friends and fellow soundsmiths. Artists such as SUPERPITCHER, DJ TENNIS, MACEO PLEX, RED AXES, FANGO or FANTASTIC TWINS deliver stunning takes on Rebolledos’ unique signature sound, creating a full suite of exclusive remixes, cover versions and reinterpretations. 
From the super-energetic club rumblings of MACEO PLEX’s DISCÓTICO PLÉXICO to DJ TENNIS’ dreamy PIMIENTO DRIVE VERSION of A NUMB GAS TO THE FUTURE or FANTASTIC TWINS’ party bomb FANTASTIC POW POW, the journey through MONDO RE-ALTERADO is full of twists and turns – a world where an epic, cinematic soundscape such as SUPERPICHER’s RAINBOY SUPER SPACE sits comfortably alongside the claustrophobic, punishing banger that FANGO sculpted from stand-out cut “Pow Pow”. Meanwhile, RED AXES turn the casual narrative of “Life Is Strange, Life Is Hard, Life Is Great” into a bouncing workout – a great companion piece to WANT, DANNY DAZE and SHOKH’s propulsive, jagged dub version of “Fears Come True”. Other highlights include Jörg Burger aka THE BLACK FRAME with the lush BLACK RAINBOW WOMAN, PAULOR’s country rock extravaganza DISCÓTICO DESÉRTICO and not one, but two excellent contributions from former Italians Do It Better honcho MIKE SIMONETTI. It’s a magical, surprising ride that finds beauty in contrasts – while staying tuned to REBOLLEDO’s spirit of adventure and powerful sense of style.

Rebolledo - Black Rainbow Woman - By The Black Frame

Released 30th June 2017 on Hippie Dance. 
@redaxes 

Following last year’s much-acclaimed solo album “Mondo Alterado” (Hippie Dance 08), original pachanga boy and hippie dance mentor REBOLLEDO returns to the limelight with the jam-packed MONDO RE-ALTERADO (Hippie Dance 10), tapping into his vast and varied network of friends and fellow soundsmiths. Artists such as SUPERPITCHER, DJ TENNIS, MACEO PLEX, RED AXES, FANGO or FANTASTIC TWINS deliver stunning takes on Rebolledos’ unique signature sound, creating a full suite of exclusive remixes, cover versions and reinterpretations. 
From the super-energetic club rumblings of MACEO PLEX’s DISCÓTICO PLÉXICO to DJ TENNIS’ dreamy PIMIENTO DRIVE VERSION of A NUMB GAS TO THE FUTURE or FANTASTIC TWINS’ party bomb FANTASTIC POW POW, the journey through MONDO RE-ALTERADO is full of twists and turns – a world where an epic, cinematic soundscape such as SUPERPICHER’s RAINBOY SUPER SPACE sits comfortably alongside the claustrophobic, punishing banger that FANGO sculpted from stand-out cut “Pow Pow”. Meanwhile, RED AXES turn the casual narrative of “Life Is Strange, Life Is Hard, Life Is Great” into a bouncing workout – a great companion piece to WANT, DANNY DAZE and SHOKH’s propulsive, jagged dub version of “Fears Come True”. Other highlights include Jörg Burger aka THE BLACK FRAME with the lush BLACK RAINBOW WOMAN, PAULOR’s country rock extravaganza DISCÓTICO DESÉRTICO and not one, but two excellent contributions from former Italians Do It Better honcho MIKE SIMONETTI. It’s a magical, surprising ride that finds beauty in contrasts – while staying tuned to REBOLLEDO’s spirit of adventure and powerful sense of style.

Rebolledo - Life is strange, life is hard, life is great - Red Axes In The Moment Remix

Side A features Andy, music made by Superpitcher in memory and admiration of a pioneer artist and his works. Andy Warhol looks a scream, Hang him on my wall, Andy Warhol, Silver Screen, Can't tell them apart at all, Andy walking, Andy tired, Andy take a little snooze, Tie him up when he's fast asleep, Send him on a pleasant cruise, When he wakes up on the sea, Be sure to think of me and you, He'll think, about paint and he'll think about glue, What a jolly boring thing to do. David Bowie’s lyrics about Andy Warhol mirror the groovy yet deeply moving emotion of this track. The music Superpitcher imagined here is a pleasant cruise in itself and once you wake up from it, you will for sure think of Andy.

Side B features Yves. The track starts with a long introduction of harp music and then gently evolves into one of the more fragile and poetic pieces Superpitcher has created thus far for The Golden Ravedays record. Similar to Andy this track is dedicated to an artist, Yves Saint Laurent. What is clear in this music is that there is an intense understanding of the suffering Yves Saint Laurent lived throughout his life as an artist and fashion designer. As only Superpitcher can, he translated that emotion into this beautiful and touching piece of music.

Superpitcher - Yves

Superpitcher - Andy

Side A features Protest Song. If music is a way of transporting us to other places, Protest Song takes us to a desolate, scary and loveless environment, a burnt- down, burnt-out place where the flesh of its former inhabitants is smouldering, void of goodwill and kindness in a cloud of toxic and greedy smoke. It’s all Kafka and Orwell and Suffering - the most twisted and eerie track so far in The Golden Ravedays saga. What is undeniably clear is an acute sense of regret and loss - a warning that it could have been avoided, had we only listened to our hearts and protested.

In the same vein on Side B we hear powerful Resistance. Produced after the Paris attacks of 2015 Superpitcher outdid himself with this strong message of Resistance. Where Protest Song paints a picture of under-worldly doom, Resistance’s techno beat and insistent refrain sweeps us to the surface of the muck of hatred and intolerance we’ve politically been dumped in. A voice that seems like a trapped animal is calling out to us. What is it trying to say? Is it crying out for help? Is that animal all of us? Resistance represents hope and encouragement and could be the perfect marching track to any demonstration against negative forces. Much needed in this age of bigotry where it seems like time has leaped backwards to a darker side of history. As for the
dancefloor – Resistance is irresistible!

Superpitcher - Protest Song

The eighth piece of The Golden Ravedays puzzle will be released on Hippie Dance in August 2017. Number 8 of the series introduces two tracks that will take you to the far side of somewhere you’ve never been before. They are both reminiscent of outer space blues playing spooky games in a dust bowl.

Side A features Tuesday Paris Texas a tastefully arranged track with vintage sounds passing nonchalantly through a wild western aural landscape. The music is announced like a cowboy movie dual complete with bar doors swinging on rusty nails in slow motion. Mournful guitar strings swirl over a steady horseback galloping beat, expanding into a full-on-fire dance track. Halfway through a woman’s haunted voice appears and disappears like an eerie siren, a gunshot is fired (was that a gunshot?), a man whispers “what!?” Tuesday Paris Texas is in no hurry to give an answer.

Additional Guitars: Fedor
Voice: Titaua

The Golden Ravedays 8

Superpitcher - Tuesday Paris Texas (The Golden Ravedays 08)

A1. Shake It / A2. Hey / B1. The New You / B2. Time Science 

FANTASTIC TWINS @fantastictwins, the solo artist formerly known as The Twins, has always carried an air of transmutability - not only in a name creating its own hall of mirrors, but also in a constantly fluctuating sound, from the first spoken word interludes recorded as The Truly Fantastic Dessagne Twins From Saint-Etienne (for the Pachanga Boys’ infamous “We Are Really Sorry” album) to myth-building solo releases on Hippie Dance and Optimo Music, as well as style-bending remixes for La Mverte Vs Capablanca, Moscoman and – most recently – fellow Hippie Dancer Rebolledo. 

Following the echo-drenched “Holiday” on “A Very Nice Combinado Volume Dos”, the project from Julienne Dessagne has embarked on yet another transforming journey, leading to the latest outing with the well-suited title THE NEW YOU. Its four tracks prove Dessagne’s ongoing commitment to an open sound aesthetic that works the techno blueprint from the inside out, mutating from foreboding, post-industrial landscape to dazed interzone opera in a heartbeat. 

Uncanny rave polaroids from last night’s ill-memorized peak floor flash up on opener SHAKE IT’s mental screen, while follow-up HEY tries to herd its nervously rushing percussion to no - albeit banging - avail. The title track slowly implodes in reverse, pitting Dessagne’s obsessing, molting vocals against a stubbornly no-wave-ish synth bassline and octave-hopping freeform keyboards blown to gaseous smithereens. Post-punk closer TIME SCIENCE kicks into motion with a confused diary entry turned subconscious commentary – while the psych guitar gently weeps all over the neatly arranged furniture. Welcome back, newcomers!

http://www.kompakt.fm/releases/the_new_you
Fantastic Twins FB: https://www.facebook.com/thetrulyfantastictwins/
Fantastic Twins SC: https://soundcloud.com/fantastictwins
Hippie Dance FB: https://www.facebook.com/hippiedancerecords/

The New You

Fantastic Twins - "The New You" EP (SAMPLER)

Musically and emotionally, Superpitcher’s third full-length studio album, The Golden Ravedays is a one sound autobiography that exhibits the skill, feeling and style that the artist has honed over a period of twenty years, musically, and forty-plus- years, emotionally. And full-length it is: The Golden Ravedays is an epic album of 24 tracks that was released in January 2017 and is stretching over 12 respective chapter albums during a one-year period.

The 9th link of The Golden Ravedays chain will be released on Hippie Dance in September 2017. Where number 8 of the series took us to outer space, number 9 introduces two tracks that are an under-water celebration of all that is good and all that is sad.

Side A features Hiding. Imagine galloping sea horses pulling a Christmas chariot filled with dreams- come-true past enchanting mermaids, smiling sharks, waving tortoises and nonplused eels, leaving a gifted blanket of mystical sound in their wake. Hiding stretches and breaks into many layers of listening love without enforcing one particular sound.

Side B features Flying. The piece is occupied by a subaquatic melody colored by whale sounds and the echoes of immersed guitar strings. Flying is not about complex development or diversity but the weightless drifting of sounds that create a wonderfully hazy cloud to lose oneself in and fly, deliciously with the dolphins. Rest assure, the ending is be speckled with whimsical chimes showers, paving the way for the softest of landings.

Artwork by Lou Benesch.

Superpitcher - Flying (SNIPPET)

The 10th edition of The Golden Ravedays album will be released on Hippie Dance in October 2017. The album unveils two tracks that are distinctly different in zeal but both transmitting spooky and thrilling male voices adding a sense of humorous horror. These two tracks are testament of Superpitcher’s ability to skillfully merge depth and playfulness.

Side A is Rock N Roll Baby. Could it be that someone with a curious but naïve mind had the courage to ask the scariest man in the club, no the world, about the origin of music? The answer rides on a tribal beat, escalates to Armageddon-like heights and an eerie voice repeatedly assures us that it’s all Rock N Roll Baby.

Vocals performed by Rebolledo 
Artwork by Esteban Gonzalez

Superpitcher - Rock'n Roll Baby (SNIPPET)

Musically and emotionally, Superpitcher’s third full-length studio album, The Golden Ravedays is a one sound autobiography that exhibits the skill, feeling and style that the artist has honed over a period of twenty years, musically, and forty-plus- years, emotionally. And full-length it is: The Golden Ravedays is an epic album of 24 longer than usual tracks that was released in January 2017 and is stretching over 12 respective chapter albums during a one-year period.

The 11th edition of The Golden Ravedays album will be released on Hippie Dance in November 2017. Side A brings Brothers. With two decades of spinning experience in disco’s, nightclubs, festival arenas, shady after-party zones and intimate studio soirees there is no doubt that Superpitcher is seasoned in throwing a damn good party. Brothers is party personified and a celebration of the night and the wise owls that respect its magical rituals. Its ultra-chic disco groove and dreamy female vocals transport one to a carnival of blessings.

Side B features Sleepy Head, a hypnotic lullaby carefully tucked away in a hammock that rocks to and fro like dozing mermaids in a wavy curtain of seaweed. Sleepy Head is a smart artistic statement and whimsical pause just before the release of the grand finale of the The Golden Ravedays saga.

Additional vocals on Brothers by Fantastic Twins @fantastictwins
Artwork by Georges Chaulet

Superpitcher - Brothers (SNIPPET)

Following a first vinyl appearance on You And Your Hippie Friends’ “A Very Nice Combinado Volume Dos” (YAYHF 03) earlier this year, Mexican producer PAULOR aka Paulo Rodriguez gets ready for his first solo outing with Hippie Dance’s sister label.

Curated by Rebolledo, the imprint has established an impressive talent pool within only three releases, including both veteran and upcoming talent such as Sebastien Bouchet, El Güero, Zombies In Miami, Beyou, Roman Flügel and more. It’s a testament to the label’s chiselled vision that an idiosyncratic and diverse group such as this is able to sustain individual approaches to electronic music while weaving a coherent sonic tapestry from all its ingredients, the whole quite organically being more than the sum of its parts.

Now, it’s up to PAULOR to flesh out his own sound cosmos on You And Your Hippie Dance’s latest 12” drop, presenting a concoction of salt-caked beats, riffing guitars and flexing bass that evokes a sense for space and untouched, psychedelic landscapes not unlike Rebolledo’s very own desert funk vignettes. After “La Race” (his contribution to “A Very Nice Combinado Volume Dos”) and the “Discótico Desértico” remix for Rebolledo’s “Mondo Re-Alterado” (HIPPIE DANCE 10 LP) started making the rounds in tastemaker DJ sets, PAULOR caught a major moment of inspiration while performing at Monterrey’s TOPAZdeluxe - which lead to the husky, hypnotic cut PAULOR’S BLUES, pièce de résistance and headstone in one, as it set the scene and also birthed enough follow-up tracks to naturally grow into a cohesive, full-blown EP.

From echo-drenched, beatless opener NEBLINA to the percussion-infused intrigue of DELIRIO EN CARRETERA, the athletic pop minimalism of AMIGOS or the slow burn of brooding mystery shuffle LUCES CALLING, PAULOR creates a unique, atmospheric sound panorama that excites minds and bodies alike. Adorned with a starry night sky, the record’s cover artwork couldn’t be more fitting – it’s a dominant musical vista in PAULOR’s work, whose vantage point is not necessarily a specific place (although all tracks were recorded in Xalapa), but a feeling of exquisite duality: the feeling of being lost between the stars, lonely and connected at the same time, a speck of dust and the center of the universe.

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Paulor

Paulor - A2. Paulor's Blues (SNIPPET)

At the break of dawn, January 2017, the sun appeared bringing with it a year of Golden Ravedays.  Every month Superpitcher celebrated the release of each new chapter of his heroic album which comprised 12 albums, a total of 24 tracks and an eternity of listening joy.  These legendary gatherings took place every last Thursday of the month at Smallville Records in Paris where Superpitcher played records, poured natural wine and brought unknown gems from his African, Disco and Reggae music collections to an intimate group of smiling faces.
@superpitcher_official

Superpitcher - Songs from Sun-Oh-Bration - Part 1

At the break of dawn, January 2017, the sun appeared bringing with it a year of Golden Ravedays.  Every month Superpitcher celebrated the release of each new chapter of his heroic album which comprised 12 albums, a total of 24 tracks and an eternity of listening joy.  These legendary gatherings took place every last Thursday of the month at Smallville Records in Paris where Superpitcher played records, poured natural wine and brought unknown gems from his African, Disco and Reggae music collections to an intimate group of smiling faces.

Superpitcher - Songs from Sun-Oh-Bration - Part 2

Musically and emotionally, Superpitcher’s third full-length studio album, The Golden Ravedays is a one sound autobiography that exhibits the skill, feeling and style that the artist has honed over a period of twenty years, musically, and forty-plus- years, emotionally. And full-length it is: The Golden Ravedays is an epic album of 24 longer than usual tracks that was released in January 2017 and is stretching over 12 respective chapter albums during a one-year period.

The 12th and final edition of The Golden Ravedays album will be released on record label Hippie Dance in December 2017.

Side A is the ballad of Late Night Skanking. True to the soul of skanking this track is weaving its delicate elements between the rise and fall of a monumental wave that teasingly never breaks. The main melody so seduces and hypnotizes that before you know it you’re a wide-eyed cobra waving away in a basket.

Standing ovation! Hands in the air! He made it! The very last track of Superpitcher’s epic Golden Ravedays odyssey is a jovial spree, a hullabaloo of merrymaking, the perfect celebration of the beginning to end of this heroic album. Punky Reggae Party is a fantastic collision of festive sounds, beats and voices that bring us undecipherable messages and everything else that is far beyond nice, nice, nice. Encore! Encore!

@superpitcher_official

Superpitcher - Punky Reggae Party (SNIPPET)

Superpitcher - Late Night Skanking (SNIPPET)

Here is a mix recorded by Rebolledo @rebolledostyle as part of Tsugi number 106 - October 2017.  It celebrates Half a Dozen Years of Hippie Dance existence and features a selection of both new and old tracks from the label.

Tracklist:
1. King So So - One More In The Sky
2. Pachanga Boys - We Can Rhyme
3. Fantastic Twins - Shake It 
4. Paulor - Paulor's Blues
5. Güero - Night Cruising
6. Rebolledo - A Numb Gas To The Future (DJ Tennis Pimiento Drive Version)
7. Superpitcher - Brothers

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Rebolledo - Half a Dozen Years of Hippie Dance - Tsugi Mix CD

Night Cruising

[Premiere] Güero - Night Cruising

To attentive hippie friends, the Güero moniker should ring a big, funky bell. He previously appeared on the You And Your Hippie Friends imprint with his “Convertible Ride” cut, but has since dropped some of those conceptual pounds in an effort to reach maximum sleekness. His debut album “My Way My Rules” is a testament to ultimate funk-a-ficiency, digging deep into fizzy arpeggios, chunky basslines and the occasional guitar cameo, which we highly recommend you to check out in its full glory.

Interview: http://liquidyouth.nl/music/interview-premiere-guero-elektronique-you-and-your-hippie-friends/
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Premiere: Güero - Elektronique [You And Your Hippie Friends]

Rebolledo’s YOU AND YOUR HIPPIE FRIENDS imprint grows its groove footprint on international dance floors with the full-length debut of GÜERO @guerogroove, the latest vinyl outing from the Hippie Dance sister label and also its first fully fledged album project. To attentive hippie friends, the artist name should ring a big, funky bell – one that sounds exactly like the cut “Convertible Ride” from the notorious “A Very Nice Combinado Volume Uno” 12” release (YAYHF 01).

Back then, our hero was travelling under the somewhat more convoluted “El Güero Fresa” monicker, but has since dropped some of those conceptual pounds in an effort to reach maximum sleekness. In the same vein, his debut album is a testament to ultimate funk-a-ficiency, digging deep into fizzy arpeggios and chunky basslines - and the occasional guitar cameo, giving tracks such as bubbling synth opener ELEKTRONIQUE, the neon-lit NIGHT CRUISING, bouncing electro disco roller ALTO FINAL or the programmatic SPACE DRIFTER just that little extra riff.

GUITAR MAYHEM, however, is anything but – you’ll discover a pretty dank bouncer and certainly not the squealing meltdown one would expect. TECHNO MINIMAL doesn’t do what it says on the tin, either, opting for an energetic bass ‘n’ organ workout instead. By now, you’ll begin to understand why the album’s called MY WAY MY RULES: GÜERO takes whatever sonic path he desires, no matter what - which is precisely why he chimes so well with YOU AND YOUR HIPPIE FRIENDS’s steadily expanding motley crew of rave misfits and studio drop-outs. The way of the hippie is indeed a mysterious one.

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My Way My Rules

Güero - D2 My Way My Rules (Snippet)

Güero - C2. Space Drifter (Snippet)

Güero - C1. Random Walker (Snippet)

Güero - B2. Alto Final (Snippet)

Güero - A2. Colours Of Dark (Snippet)

Rebolledo explains - "Following some now cult releases on Multi Culti, Turbo Recordings (with the much-acclaimed “MZ”) and his recent LP “Lotos Land” on Japanese imprint Endless Flight, our favourite East-Berlin born Sascha Funke is back with a record on Hippie Dance’s sister label - You And Your Hippie Friends.

I guess that some have you noticed my obsession with Sascha Funke’s music over the past years since it is an essential part of my DJ sets. After taking a pause in his solo work in order to focus his attention on his amazing band project Saschienne together with Julienne Dessagne (AKA Fantastic Twins, also his partner in life), he came back with a really cool EP on Kompakt Records which I played over and over and left me wanting more. Being close friends gave me the luxury of having access to his material before others and when I would visit the coolest couple in Berlin, Sascha would always play me his new tunes in the car while rolling through the city. Every time I would ask for those tracks to play out and in the club, people that I would play with would often ask who was behind them, as it happened with TIGA one night in Cologne, which eventually led to Sascha’s music being released on Turbo Recordings and Multi Culti the following months. 

Now I finally got the chance and honour to release a Sascha Funke EP on our own humble label… ACATENANGO. Like every time, it all started with me visiting Berlin, Sascha playing his new material while cruising around on board of his German car, me getting in trance while listening to it, asking for it and playing it right away in my next sets.

Three super cool tracks, all very different from each other but somehow connected with the inimitable Funke touch. Powerful yet elegant, hypnotic yet fun, brutal yet sophisticated.

Sascha Funke… He’s a Hippie and he’s a Friend.”




Sascha Funke

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Acatenango

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Our dear friend Jacques Bon is blessing us with this tripped out acid version of Brigitte Fontain's "Ah Que La Vie Est Belle". Vinyl is due in September! Until then, enjoy life <3

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