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Just in time for easter, we’d like to introduce nkls for hours #18. nkls alias Niklas Kraft is a Leipzig based DJ, producer and musician. Together with Perm and Emrauh he is running the label DUR, which is placing a focus on hypnotic techno and dark ambient. His musical education and socialisation enables him to create a wide range of output, from experimental and meditative ambient to house and serious techno, and he always keeps a specific delicate attitude in his music. Make sure to check out his releases on Paradise Now and Rivulet as well. Last but not least, Niklas is an impressively gifted instrumentalist, therefore he plays in many different jazz combos and even leads his own quartet.

nkls' podcast is full of mystical sound patterns and hypnotic techno lines, resembling a journey through time and space, from the deepest basement to the top of the atmosphere, in 4398 seconds.

#18 - nkls

We’d like to introduce you to Artur. As we grew up together, we shared the same musical education, both formal and informal. His specific approach to music has often been quite inspiring to us. He’s based in Leipzig now, where he’s definetely in good company in terms of it's vivid musical scene. 

After his mesmerizing podcast for kann records, we are very pleased to bring you another great piece by Artur for hours #19. He put together a selection of current favorites into a musical voyage of discovery, from a special psychedelic rock intro to a rhythm based, forward thinking interpretation of electronic music. In other words, a mixtape including ten exceptional pieces of music.

#19 - Artur

Bernhard hosts the 20th edition of hours. A decade ago he was the first person we knew who could actually call himself a deejay, whatever that means. Back then he taught us the first steps of mixing in his parent's basement. After some quality years in berlin, he's now based in vienna to teach us some more lessons. 

In his first mix after five years, Bernhard put together personal classics and some fresh tunes. After some melancholic and technoid moments, he drops a couple of powerful peaktime tracks until he closes his mix in a smooth and subtle manner. Where circles begin. 

Photo by Laura Therese Schran /
http://laurathereseschran.blogspot.co.at


#20 - Bernhard

Attila is the man behind the 21st edition of hours. He’s DJ of the berlin based Label Lack Records, which is for sure among our favorites at the moment. Lack is driven by Claudio Banti and focuses on „Deep House, Soul Techno, Ghetto and Purple Haze Minimal“ (Groove). Dancing people of vienna may remember the formidable Lack Showcase (with Attila and Pablo Mateo) this summer at the Prater Unser Festival. 

Attila delivers 68 minutes of raw, bouncing analogue house inbetween some dreamy moments and flickering electro. Get lacky!

Painting by Laura Therese Schran /
http://laurathereseschran.blogspot.co.at/

#21 - Attila

Moff & Tarkin is contrary to popular belief just one Icelandic dude named Magnus. Currently based in Vienna, he spends a lot of his time producing and playing music. His releases on the islandic label Lagaffe Tales range from warm disco, electro, and playful house tunes, all with a certain old-school-ish attiude. Also, one of his tracks got recently featured in the „Defected in the House Miami“ compilation. 

hours #22 starts off smoothly and dreamy, evolving into an exciting hour of diversified house music, including tracks by Omar S, Jay Daniel and Boddika & Joy Orbison.

#22 - Moff & Tarkin

A few years ago we came across a soundcloud profile called Marie, and were attached from the first moment. Behind this name stands a 21 year-old viennese local, who truly grew up with music. During his childhood, he already spent a lot of time in his father's studio, taking his first steps as musician and producer. Together with Erdball he just founded the monthly party series ‚Salto Capitale‘, which currently takes place at the Vienna's Grelle Forelle, where they aim for a more challenging club-experience by breaking people's expectations from time to time.

We are excited to have Marie for hours number 23. A staggering compilation of leftfield tunes, synth wave and krautish electro. As good as expected!

#23 - Marie

#24 is served by vienna based danish native Vktr. The artist, producer and DJ already generated some serious buzz with two fantastic releases on the Copenhagen imprint Tartelet Records. Plenty of other unreleased stuff can be marveled at during his Livesets, where he presents his unique mixture of sample-heavy, cheerful and jazzy house tunes.

For this mix, Vktr taped together some extraordinary house grooves, dipped into raw lo-fi haze!

#24 - Vktr

Following the special hour by Cornelius we’re feeling glad to introduce another core member of the hamburg based The Press Group by the name of Rupert Marnie. In 2015 he released his debut called „Masala EP“, including three exceptionally elegant and warm house tracks. Definitely one of our last year’s favorites. Watch out for some fresh material out soon on TPG002.

Rupert Marnie arranged a pleasant hour full of spaced-out early-morning house cuts, refined with light acidic sparks. Subtle rave energy all the way!

Photo by Rupert Marnie

#25 - Rupert Marnie

We don’t know many people with such a deep knowledge of electronic music as Max Hill (aka MvL). This might be because he works at Hard Wax in Berlin – undeniably one of the best record stores in the world – but also because he has been a very active local Dj in Berlin for many years. On a regular basis you can catch him playing at Berlin’s OHM and Tresor. Recently he has released his first track on the Dresden based Lockertmatik under his alias MvL. 

#26 is an extended hour of sounds from another planet. Dark and absorbing, experimental and agitating, everything at the same time. Enjoy this outstanding selection by Max Hill, coming straight from Kottbusser Tor!

@maxville

#26 - Max Hill

Sphera De Noumenon delivers the 27th edition of hours. In the last years he contributed to Berlin’s scene with interesting bookings for the Never Fade parties. Nowadays he is part of the Equations Collective, which consists furthermore of well appreciated artists like Artefakt, Lapien, Metropolis and young guns like Cyspe, Archaic Space and The D. The Equations nights are dedicated to those who cherish dancefloor focused improvised live sets. Hardware porn and intimate vibes served for all life-long improvisers, as they call it quite rightly.

Enjoy one hour full of spaced-out electro, angry ebm and looney acid house.

#27 - Sphera De Noumenon

Edition #28 is an intense trip across the universe of vienna based artist Minou Oram. She’s known for her strong and well crafted sets as a regular of the much appreciated Scheitern raves and at many other important spots of vienna’s underground nightlife. Her mixture may be classified (if necessary) between 80’s infused electro and industrial techno. In addition to her DJ-activities, she recently raised some much needed awareness inside the viennese electronic music scene: Besides discovering a huge gap in gender diversity regarding the city’s DJ lineups, she also founded femdex, a database to support female identified artists and DJs. 

In this nearly two-hour piece of excellence, Minou Oram explores the musical landscapes on the dark and experimental side of techno. Often influenced by minimal wave, noise, industrial and backed by mysterious vocals, her mix fits perfectly into this kind of november. For all of you, who don’t mind having a slightly disordered state of mind.

Photo by David von der Stein

https://soundcloud.com/minou-oram

#28 - Minou Oram

Leipzig based duo Monsanto High aka Stanley Schmidt and Solaris are no strangers to hours. Both have already left their mark on Vienna’s dancefloors with some superb DJ-Sets. Solaris is not only DJ but also core member of the progressive and much appreciated club project Institut für Zukunft, where she’s responsible for a lot of distinctive and high quality bookings. The nonchalant Stanley Schmidt is DJ, founder of Rivulet Records and producer of some terrific house tracks. Together they are our favorite high!

Stanley and Solaris are coming from different angles of electronic dance music, but team up in the latest entry of our mix series in a unique mixture of grainy and also spheric sounds. Enjoy 70 raw minutes of Monsanto High and check them out playing records if close by.

Photo by Lisa Nickstat

#29 - Monsanto High

We’re celebrating number thirty with Misonica, who's been around vienna’s electronic music scene for quite a while now. Next to her frequent djing she plays an integral part in creating and promoting events which should not be missed. Just to name two of them, Hope X brought already artists like Jasss and Parrish Smith to vienna and recently she co-founded the utopia3000 platform, which aims to highlight the egalitarian and subversive potential of alternative club culture. Raising those issues means a lot in times of constant social media commercialization of techno.

Her mix for our series meanders around 100 bpm through krautish psychedelic rhythms, industrial techno and wavy fields. Do yourself a favor and get loose to an hour of exceptional tunes!


@Misonica

#30 - Misonica

Juergen Vonbank provides us with another issue of hours. When Juergen moved to our hometown Salzburg a few years ago, he quickly put his stamp on the city’s electronic music scene. First of all he is part of the „Freakadelle“ association, which is running a self-titled label, hosting parties at their very own Vereinshaus „Heizkeller“ and offering workshops. In 2016, Juergen also founded the Minerva records store, supplying the city with a wide selection of high quality vinyl. Due to his excellent advice and the cozy atmosphere, this place instantly became a beloved meeting point by musical enthusiasts from all over the town. On top of that he also runs his own imprint Night Defined Recordings, featuring national and international artists.

In this hour, Juergen shows off his versatility, as he shuffles around various drumrhythms between warm, subtle electronica and dub techno. A well rounded work by one of salzburg’s finest!

#31 - Juergen Vonbank

hours is ours, once again. Paul Ernest Kraubath invites you to a 50 minutes ritual of hypnotic yet ethereal sounds, from post-punk to slow industrial.

Painting by Laura Schran 
http://laurathereseschran.blogspot.co.at

#32 - Paul Ernest Kraubath

#33 is delivered by Vienna based YAMAN. Having his roots as a psychedelic rock musician, those elements still play a part in his musical odysseys of nowadays between african flavored rhythms and darker sides of techno. He brings together all these influences not only as a Dj but also as a producer, for example in his joint project with Nick Hanzo, which will be premiered somewhere at the croatian seaside this summer. Last but not least he is co-founder of the quite new event series „Happening.“. 

Yaman comes along with the first tropical vibes in the cold beginning of 2018. Enjoy a mixtape full of forest and psychedelic rhythms, outside of the ordinary house music!

#33 - Yaman

Up next on hours is Offenbach based Vincent Feit. He is resident at the notorious Robert Johnson and part of the Stay crew, which is responsible for well curated club nights. We would also like to draw your attention to their formidable mix series. As a producer he appeared on the latest Live At Robert Johnson Compilation and in 2015 he released a tape on Dj Slyngshot’s Yappin Records.

For this set Vincent gathered an hour of dark electro vibes, creating a cinematic dystopian landscape. You won’t be disappointed.

#34 - Vincent Feit

We are pleased to present edition 35 by Luca Carlotta. Being socialised in both Germany and Spain, with musical roots in playing drums, Luca is currently based in Vienna and organises the monthly series of Ghost Notes.

Located somewhere between tribal, dub, cheesy new age and ambient, this recording offers a jaunty journey to get lost, just the right thing for forthcoming grey days and slow dances.

TASCAM DR-40

#35 - Luca Carlotta

After we already enjoyed her sets at our clubnights, Polyxene is taking care of #36. Originally from Athens, she moved to Vienna, where she's shaking up the crowds with a mix of electro, acid and techno including elements of industrial, ebm and wave. As a host, she is part of the Äther Crew and recently she started her own night called Kosmo Kinetico. 

For over an hour, Polyxene does what she does best by taking us on a rythmic adventure, mixing crisp electro, roughed up techno and bleak wave cuts. One to keep!

Follow Polyxene: @xenianogravity


Painting by Laura Schran / http://laurathereseschran.blogspot.com/

#36 - Polyxene

Very much enjoyed him deejaying at Fingers Of God’s Sepsis club night last December at Celeste, we are happy to welcome Dublin based Sputnik One now on hours for edition 37. Jim’s first few releases which oscillate between UK Body Music and fast-paced electro appeared already on the Estonian Gestalt Records and London based The Untold Stories. Definitely, much more to come.

Take your time for this special transmission with lots of different aspects of percussive electronic music, prioritizing narrative and feel over genre. In his own words: „I am drawn to the unpolished textures and wonky rhythms in a lot of these tracks, because in this raw state they retain so much spontaneity. They use the blueprints of archetypal genres and build on them, acknowledging their origins whilst simultaneously staying firmly planted in the present“. Dublin Massif!

Illustration is by Aisling McDonnell

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