Nights in Berlin

Adriana Lopez mix for Seclusion Podcast Series _
29.06.13


Seclusion Podcast 03 - Adriana Lopez

Not much more than a year has passed since the Zenker Brothers presented their debut EP – ‘Lion in Mars’ – on Tresor Records.

The follow-up record segues perfectly between a triumphant year in the studio and in performance, and a 2014 which promises to take their growing reputation for blazing techno to new heights. ‘Stratus Phunk’ is an incendiary record, developing the ideas seeded in their first release to their fullest extent.

The title track runs along the entire A-side. Building the raw acoustic sounds of wind instruments into a rolling jam which soon becomes an unstoppable locomotive, shapeshifting in and out of smoky synth lines, tracky hi-hats and acetic basslines, « Stratusphunk » is a vintage tune forged in the Tresor basement furnace.

On the flip, « Thirty-Who » and « Vamp Like » explore the more splintered dimensions of the Münich based brothers’ work, familiar to whoever follows the releases on their own Ilian Tape label.

A. Zenker Brothers - Stratusphunk

Radial - Asiel

Featured on Fengler´s ‘Berghain 05‘ mix, ‘Sphinx‘ takes a straighter path into the kind of sensory techno that Marcel is well known for presenting on the Berghain floor. Funky, playfully aggressive, heavily defined and certainly cosmic, a concerto of outer-space tones, static and filtered waves join the racing percussion in tense unison.


Sphinx

Marcel Fengler - Sphinx - IMF01

We are really proud to present our first release with two great artists, Developer and Stanislav Tolkachev.

On Side A, Developer focuses on sight and offers Observance and Brightly Dark, in order to make you look at daily things in a different way.
On Side B, Stanislav Tolkachev hits your stomach with Raw1, like a butterfly fist into darkness. Raw2 punches your ears and brings your mind to pointed frequencies and a twisted mind trip.

Enjoy with caution.

A2. Developer - Brightly Dark

Ben Klock - Subzero

Beatport

Pan-Pot - Grey Matter

DBX - Losing control

“I see Techno and House as an intrinsic part of day to day culture here in Berlin. So many lives and lifestyles (r)evolve around this music. Mine included. (In Berlin,) Techno and House inspire a level of identification and loyalty which I still find amazing. I also see a difference in how people deal with this music here compared to other cities where music can be very hype driven and there’s a pressure to innovate. In Berlin, Techno and House are more vented on a constant level without being questioned too much. It’s tried and tested — loved for exactly what it is.”

“I decided to call my album Folk because I feel that we all work with a sonic vocabulary that was developed by a relatively small set of pioneers 20 or 30 years ago, that took their cues from disco which was influenced by R&B, Funk, Soul, etc, down to the most primal ritualism of tribal drums. This sort of traditionalism appears to have been passed on from generation to generation with everyone adding their own perspective to it, thus making it more difficult to trace it all back to a source. One can argue that a lot of it is passed through records but I feel the most important ways of experiencing, enjoying and learning about the music happens inside a club. I also call this Folk as the blueprint of this music was laid out on what were originally cheap instruments from a dusty thrift store — in 1985, the TB-303 was the equivalent of a worn out acoustic guitar. Today this is reflected by the immense and accessible power of creation found in a $500 laptop running a crack of Reason or Ableton.”

Nick Höppner - Out Of

www.flash-rec.com / www.florianmeindl.com - taken from the album COLLIDE (Releasedate: 04.may 2015)

Get this track here --> pro.beatport.com/release/nights-i…nt-sleep/1489291

Florian Meindl - Nights I Don't Sleep (FLASH Recordings)

Skulls 3

Dutch techno dignitary Steve Rachmad turns up on Luke Slater's Mote-Evolver this month with the Different Strokes EP, a stack of fearsome analogue experiments under his darker STERAC alias.


STERAC – Stroke 1

Cassy is Catherine Britton, born in Kingston Upon-Thames to a Caribbean Father and an Austrian mother. At a young age, she moved to Austria and attended school in Vienna. Already accustomed to the life of an entertainer as both a singer and actress, Cassy was ready when she was introduced to DJ'ing in Vienna. Cassy would tag along with an older female DJ, Electric Indigo, to gigs and it was decided that Cassy should learn in order to not pay for her trips. Cassy eventually ended up in Geneva where she was introduced to Luciano at a friend's studio in 2003. Cassy soon moved to Berlin where she was offered a residency at the legendary Panoramabar in Berghain after she DJ'ed for Luciano's Cadenza party.

Since then, Cassy has grown into an internationally recognized DJ and producer. Her production credits include collaborations with Steve Bug, Ricardo Villalobos, Luciano, DJ Elin, Dave The Hustler, Mathew Jonson and Swayzak. She has a diverse body of work on such highly-regarded labels as Playhouse, Perlon, Ostgut Ton and Cocoon. Cassy also runs her own self-titled label as an outlet for her unique sound. In addition to her work as a producer, Cassy provides vocals for many of her tracks. In 2011, along with her recurring presence at Panoramabar, Cassy has additional residencies at Rex in Paris and Trouw in Amsterdam, the city in which she currently resides.

When it comes to her DJ sets, Cassy doesn't subscribe to any certain genre, instead she embraces all sounds from house to techno. Her approach to any dancefloor, whether it be for 30 or 3000 people, is about creating a distinctive drive balanced with a sense of warmth and soul. Cassy entices her audience to the dancefloor with a groove and then, with each new track, she gently guides the listener into the present moment. For Cassy, DJing is about presenting herself through her mixes and track selection, to intuit her environment and go with the flow of the changing energy in a room. It's why crowds all across the world now recognize Cassy as a truly special talent.
Website	:
http://www.cassybritton.com/

Cassy Britton - A Plea For Me

Music Man Records - MM157D

get it here: http://www.beatport.com/release/landscape/851658

Landscape

Marcel Dettmann - Landscape

Dettmann | Klock | Renumber

01. 'Silent Witness' by Shed [taken from the album 'The Killer', out now via 50 Weapons] 
02. 'Helping The Retarded To Know God' by The Flaming Lips [taken from their new album ' The Flaming Lips & Heady Fwends, out now on Bella Union] 
03. 'I Don't Want to Understand' by Willits + Sakamoto [taken from the album 'Ancient Future', out now via Ghostly International] 
04. 'Thank You' by Linden [taken from the album 'Bleached Highlights', out now on AED Records]

01. Silent Witness - Shed

Head High - Rave (Dirt Mix)

Preview of my upcoming release on Grey Report with remixes by Jeroen Search.

Audio clips of the whole release at:
http://soundcloud.com/greyreport
http://greyreportmusic.com

Vinyl _
http://juno.co.uk/ppps/products/479571-01.htm?ref=gral
http://decks.de/t/adriana_lopez-jeroen_search-grey_report_01/c0y-mh
http://hardwax.com/67584/adriana-lopez/grey-report-01/
http://spacehall.de/shop/

Digital _
http://greyreport.bandcamp.com/album/grey-report-01
http://beatport.com/release/grey-report-01/1044532
http://junodownload.com/products/adriana-lopez-grey-report-01/2141980-02?ref=gral

Nights in Berlin

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