A look back on the music we loved in 2024.

Divided in four categories.
Some songs are missing here since they're not on soundcloud.

1-8: "Nine Faves: Daylight" 
9-17: "Nine Faves: Strobenight"
18-23- "Last Songs we played that are definitely not made for mixing into" 
24-27: "Songs that stop time"

some music we loved in 2024

101 bpm from outta space! 
from @lazerminnelli | @joia-music

LAZER MINNELLI meets JOIA - Slow Encounters Of The Third Kind

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ACUD taktet seinen ersten Langzeitspieler mit dem erfrischenden Lied Supermarkt auf!
Der Berliner Musiker, bildende Künstler (fast Diplom) und Labelbetreiber Lasse Winkler aka ACUD hat mit Titeln wie MATJESFILET oder VERBRENNUNGSMOTOR auf sich aufmerksam gemacht. Er zeigt, das elektronische Tanzmusik durchaus Humor haben kann, ohne im Klamauk zu enden. Stilistisch schwer einzuordnen, eckt er zeitweise hier und da an Genres wie IndieDance, Downtempo und AcidHouse an. Knarzende Bässe und swingende Rhythmen aus alten Drum-Machines treffen auf warme analoge Synth-Chords und unterstützen seine helle Stimme. Das Mikrofon, immer einsatzbereit, ersetzt seinen Notizblock. Es entstehen knappe, spontane Schlagwörter, Sätze, den Alttag aufschnappend. 

Die nun erste Single seines im Februar 23’ erscheinenden Albums VERDAMMT NOCHMAL beschäftigt sich mit den einfachen Dingen des Lebens: Supermarkt. Dieses Mal ist es aber kein Matjes, den er sich im besagten besorgt. Nein, jetzt wo der hohe Sommer vor der Tür steht, steigt sein Bedarf an Zitronen und Quark- immer Garant für den von ihm besungenen guten Tag. Dass diese Single sich in Bauch und Beine spielen wird, ist nicht nur den warmknarzenden Beats, die noch jeden aus dem Bett schleifen würden, und dem klaren Optimismus seiner Stimme gegeben. Auch das einhergehende Musikvideo, in dem u.A. die Schauspielerin DEBORAH KAUFMANN (Dark) zu sehen ist, zeigt auf, dass ACUD mit Single und Platte wieder und jetzt so richtig da ist!

Foto: Greta Ipfelkofer & Lasse Winkler
Grafik: Mirco Fiß

KLR053 Acud - Supermarkt
Release July 15th, 2022
© Keller Label

Verdammt Nochmal

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Acud - Supermarkt

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In a time where electronic music gets harder and faster each day, Berlin-based duo Brigade‘s debut album „Hard Times, Soft Music“ reclaims easy listening as a badge of honour. Being released on the 14.10.2022, the record is a meticulously calibrated work of room temperature, a home cooked meal between friends or a warm sonic blanket that tugs you in after a rainy day. Pushing their club roots to the side, Brigade‘s debut album confidently sits between ambient, house and hip hop. „We took the pandemic as a cue to take a break from dancefloor productions and play around with different genres and production styles.“ The first single „International Communication™“ showcases that breadth and introduces an album pretty much anyone in the post-Shrek cultural landscape could agree on. Basically, if you appreciate a good hug, chances are you‘ll enjoy this LP. 
Also, theres a pretty cute dog on the cover.

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Artist: @brigadeberlin
Titel:  Hard Times, Soft Music
Label: Laut & Luise
Cat-No: LUL021
Distribution: KOMPAKT
Format: 12” Vinyl + Digital
Release Date: October 2022

Hard Times, Soft Music

Brigade - Bistro Riots (LUL021)

Voluminous Arts happily announces its third official release, a 12 track digital album and accompanying 3xLP limited 3 color vinyl edition entitled “Disco” by Gavilán Rayna Russom’s elusive alias Black Meteoric Star. 

This is not a Disco record. The title deliberately troubles the music biz’s incessant tendency to hierarchize genre classification over the experience of listening. If you must categorize these mutant sounds think of them as a proposed alternate score for those long, caffeinated sessions in Abby Sciuto’s forensics lab, the soundtrack to a heavy workout in the Westchester Danger Room or perhaps the musical accompaniment to deep body investigations of your own ancestral memories. 

What this record really is, and why it’s called “Disco” has to do with the layering of time and life energy present in the spaces where we have traditionally danced to music which are sometimes called Discos. From the pounding urgency of “Muscle Machine” through the unbridled night vision romp that is “Fluid Feline Forms” and the shimmering investigations of “Whispers Between Worlds” to the extended lazer pointer focus of “I’m Unmelting” this record lays out a broad slab of practice-based research into the ghosts we connect with on the dance floor. Whether it be through partying in former industrial buildings, contested spaces of labor built on lands violently appropriated from indigenous people, uncomfortably inhabiting vacuums in queerness left by the AIDS epidemic, lifting lineages through sampling, or the relentless cycle of whitening that accompanies dance music’s march into the market, our experiences in the Disco have been permeated by the spectral and the haunted. Through rhythm and frequency, organized over time, this music blurs the veil between the living and the dead inviting those who move to it to connect with experiences beyond that false binary. 

What you have here is another fantastic Black Meteoric Star record, as always made without multitracking or overdubbing, recorded directly from single live takes. It is is utterly consistent with all that name has come to mean, but on “Disco” Black Meteoric Star’s vision has been allowed to expand into an almost mythologically epic space. Ancestral time works differently. Settle in and absorb the frequencies. As the closing track suggests, the virtual Disco these sounds evoke is for “Freaks Only”.

Disco

Freaks Only

Black Meteoric Star - Freaks Only

Together with @alvarocabana and @rotten-city-records we are glad to update the mixtape series for your ears. 
We believe the music can connect people from all other the world breaking the boundary of artifictual setups, so lets do it again. 

Tracklist >

Supercontinent - El Rancho (Fauna Reve)
Alvaro Cabana + Balam - Affaire Tropical (Kaputt.wav)
Leonor - New Sun (Yotam Russo Remix) (Rotten City Files)
Sharon Attar - Pussy (New Day Everyday)
Tyu - Tan Ki Dum (Kaputt.wav)
Simple Symmetry - Problem (Red Axes Remix) (Multi Culti)
Yotam Russo - Mono Maniac (Self Released)
Trikk - Mata Mata Feat. Gabriel Massan (Roman Flügel Remix). (Innervisions)
Zamal - Moving Air (Peter Invasion & Gregor Habicht Remix) (Freeride Millenium)
BĘÃTFÓØT - Blóodfløw (Gerd Janson Remix) (Life & Death)
Leonor - Last One (Rotten City Files)
Simple Symmetry, Lord Fascinator - The Search Continues (System 108)

Appreciated a lot for your reposts, likes, comments <3

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ALVARO CABANA, Rotten City at Salon

Millennium Surfer

Like riding a car with the windows down on a hot summer day.
Like when you hear the neighbor play music through open windows and you develop a little crush because of their good taste.
Like when you find a CD without label in your drawer, put it in the player and you can’t tell from which decade it might be, because the music just seems so timeless.
Like when you discover one of those hidden floors at Fusion and you don’t know who’s playing or how to categorize the genre, but you kinda feel the vibe and decide to stay. 
Like eating a colorful poké bowl with distinguishable ingredients rather than a long-cooked stew where everything is mixed together to one homogeneous mass.
Like a moderator skillfully transitioning from one topic to the next (but all of them are good news). 
Like a book with chapters blending into each other so seamlessly that you can't but read it in one go. 

Yep, it’s storytelling. Schleichcast°48 makes us remember once more why we love podcasts. Thanks so much @yusufthelemone for crafting this epic journey and treating our ears with so much amore. <3 

[artwork by Marius Palys]

>>Wer bist du und woher kommst du?
Ich bin Aaron aka Yusuf Lemone und komme ursprünglich aus Freiburg, wohne aber seit Anfang 2008 in meiner Wahlheimat Berlin.

>>Wie kamst du zum Auflegen?
In meinem Freundeskreis standen schon immer ein paar Turntables rum, seit ich 14/15 Jahre alt war. Früher habe ich mich damit eigentlich nicht wirklich aktiv beschäftigt, aber trotzdem immer mal dran rumgedreht. Eigentlich kam ich übers Beats basteln für unsere HipHop-Rap-Geschichte damals zum Produzieren und habe dann nach meinem ersten Release erst in Berlin angefangen Live Sets zu spielen und mich dann nach und nach in die DJ-Marterie hineingelebt. 

>>Was hat dich für das Set inspiriert? 
Als erstes natürlich eure Anfrage, dann unzählige Sets von Künstler- Dj Kollegen und Kolleginnen, die ich gehört habe aber auch Bands und Musiker aus den 60er-80er Jahren (Dj Harvey, Heimlich Knüller, Vitalic, Beatles, Doors, Jannis Joplin, Queen, ...) und meine Gefühlslage beim Vorbereiten und kreieren des Sets. 

>>Welcher Moment deines Künstler:innentums hat dich nachhaltig beeinflusst?
Mein erster Rave in einem Club namens Exodus Parkhaus bei Freiburg vor ca. 20 Jahren mit schrecklicher, schranziger Musik hat mein damaliges doch eher engstirniges Verständnis von Musik und Kultur geöffnet und mich aufgemacht für Neues. Davor habe ich ausschließlich HipHop Beats produziert, danach ging es dann los mit Singer-Songwriter Gigs bis zu House und Techno.

>>Welche Ziele als Künstler:in willst du noch erreichen?
Ich würde gerne mindestens ein Album produzieren, welches nicht ausschließlich auf Beatmusik/Tanzmusik basiert, was mir sehr schwerfällt, und ein Konzept verwirklichen, welches mir schon seit einigen Jahren im Kopf rumgeistert, welches bildgebende Kunst, Social Media, Musik und Mode vereint und alles auf die Schippe nimmt. Bisher bestehen diesbezüglich aber nur viele Ideen, gekritzelte Brainstormings und der Name.

>>Möchtest du (innerhalb der Szene) auf etwas aufmerksam machen, das dich beschäftigt?
Es ist nicht alles Gold, was glänzt.

Yusuf Lemone

Schleichcast°48 | Yusuf Lemone

Dj Merci - Timelapse

The Claremont 56 Versions

Music to Be Murdered By

Multi Culti shine light on one of the key players of the Lithuanian scene with ‘V’’s ‘Voyage Voyage.’ 

Venerated mystery man V stands for many things, but first and foremost: Vilnius. Resident at Opium Club & Gallery 1986, founder of Ant Bangos, Alfavilnius and OLE Festivals, creator of Silence Music, Best Kept Secret and Le Temps Perdu labels - the artist formerly known as 'Vidis’ has been a mainstay in Lithuanian music for over 20 years, a talented curator, community builder and, of course, DJ.

With ‘Voyage Voyage’, V crystallizes his musical aesthetics, presenting a stripped-down mix of 80s new wave and 2000s electro  - influences no doubt familiar to the legions of Lithuanian fans that have been chugging along to his sets for the last 20+ years. 

On ‘Avventura,’ V enlists Domenique Dumont for a cinematic instrumental, with a new-wave indie bass-line sailing us past epic strings and contrapuntal melodies in dreamy nostalgic fashion. 

Multi Culti co-founder Dreems jumps in to the deep end on ‘Kosmische Muzik,’ a rollicking jam that combines the pastoral psychedelic feeling of Krautrock with industrial prog-tronica.

There’s enough variety in this triptych to keep things interesting while still feeling cohesive, a skillful set of tracks that showcases V’s vast experience while pointing to this being very much the beginning for him as a producer.

Voyage Voyage

Avventura (Feat. Domenique Dumont)

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This is the recording of my set at Golden Gate Berlin, at the end of the night of our @wohnzimmer030 takeover.

Still looking back with a smile when remembering the gate people and their vibe, it was a blast!

Wohnzimmer030 takeover at Golden Gate Berlin

Freeride Millenium label head Jorkes sits right at the heart of the European scene. Their DJ sets and productions are famously emotionally charged and draw from house and disco across ages. They come on labels like AUS, Permanent Vacation, and Live At Robert Johnson and alongside Jorkes's work as a vocal LGBTQIA+ activist who always centers marginalized people in what they do alongside partner Daniel Rajcsanyi, who always provides original artwork for the releases.
This new EP is a homage to the bathhouse cruising lifestyle and is themed under Jorkes's lover’s ‘Paris Böhm’ alias, as he is a masseur at Apollo gay city sauna in the heart of Vienna, which is where Freeride Millennium hosted sauna parties.
'+4367762558223' kicks off with thumping house drums and a grinding bassline before tender, molten synth sounds swirl about the mix to bring intimacy and romance. Melancholic leads extend the lushness further amongst muffled vocal musings. The loved-up 'Pool' is awash with exuberant old-school piano chords and dusty Chicago drums that bring the good times. 'Apollo City Sauna' shows a vulnerable side to Jorkes's sound, with introverted synth work and rubbery basslines providing deep thought and late-night dancing. Closer 'In My Arms' is a five-minute synth odyssey full of self-reflection and tender keys that soothe the soul.

Written, Produced, and mixed by Jorkes.
Published by Copyright Control.
Mastered by Lopazz.
Distributed by Kompakt.
Typography by studio mizuiro.
Picture by Daniel Rajcsanyi.
Also available on Bandcamp and all the other digital platforms.

In My Arms

Jorkes - In My Arms

Όνειρο η ζωή(2)

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Highway Records presents new digital EP by talented producers from Belarus Trockensaft and Friga. In the mid 00’s Pavel was a part of famous Access Denied duo, performed all over the Europe. Later he started Trockensaft project and his very own KDB Records. 2 versions of Guns Gungsters are completed with remixes by Karol XVII & MB Valence present Jackspeare (Loco Records, Toolroom, Moodmusic) and amazing live project Tantsui, based out in Moscow.

Supported by Hot Since 82, Kruse & Nuernberg, Someone Else, Walker & Royce, Michel De Hey, Moodymanc, Giom, DZeta N’ Basile, Jay West, Samuel Dan, Adriano Filippucci, Darin Epsilon, Francys, Sahar Z and many more.

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Trockensaft & Friga — Guns Gungsters (Tantsui Remix)

synthesizer disco, acid-dripping house & psychedelic techno - RSS Disco's straws slurp across the cosmic melange that is music.

have a dance with us at hello@undundbooking.com
or say hello at hello@rssdisco.com 

we run Mireia Records (@mireiarec) 

here's some upcoming dates:

01.01.25 - Sisyphos / Berlin 
26.01.25 - Island Universe / Berlin
08.02.25 - Ursprung Fi / Köln
22.02.25 - Turtur / Hamburg
15.03.25 - private / CH
29.03.25 - Discoteket / Stockholm / SE
26.04.25 - Nachtasyl / Hamburg
30.05.25 - private / Mainz
31.05.25 - Bosburcht Festival / NL
15.06.25 - Daylight Discotheque / Hamburg
21.06.25 - Tauron Nowa Muzyka Festiwal / PL
29.06.25 - Fusion Festival  / Lärz
05.07.25 - Thalia Theater / Hamburg
12.07.25 - HMV Sonnendeck / Hamburg
19.07.25 - Georgies Wundergarten / NL
27.07.25 - Salt & Silver / St. Peter Ording
09.08.25 - Daylight Discotheque / Berlin
15.08.25 - Dockville Festival / Hamburg
16.08.25 - Bucht der Träumer / Festival
14.09.25 - Sisyphos / Berlin
02.10.25 - Allnighty / Nachtasyl / Hamburg
04.10.25 - 10 Jahre Z-Bau / Nürnberg
11.10.25 - tba / Amsterdam / NL
18.10.25 - ://about blank / Berlin
24.10.25 - tba / tba / IT
12.12.25 - tba / tba
31.12.25 - tba / tba

hope to see you soon again!

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