Techno & Electro - part 2

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Gracing Token with a 12” of reliable effect, Sterac (a.k.a. Steve Rachmad) offers 4 titles that go beyond the club - balancing raw Detroit influences and contemporary depth. 

With a reputation built on years of developing his scene through important record releases and local as well as international activity, ‘Light in the Darkness’ confirms Rachmad’s artistic relevance in a quickly developing scene. 

With a tone-setting introduction for the EP, Rachmad immediately grips the listener’s attention with the pragmatic yet nostalgic "Mangled". Chord stabs an inch away from a brutal on-beat drum sequence, a technique responsible for many hits in the genre, this time tastefully repolished through spreaded wooden percussion in direct support.  "Mangled" boasts what A1’s should — a worthy first impression — before luring us into what can be considered the apex of the EP.

"Light in the Darkness" claims the project title with a gradual exploration through celestial bodies. A minimal opening with a simple acid bassline shows a great deal of attitude before the listener gets caught in an unexpected tide of cosmic pads, dimensionalizing an initially linear record. With slow waves of rich synth work enveloping the only anchor to time that is rhythm, the result is a closed-eyed dance floor experience to be selected in prime conditions.

Thick pads are immediately offered again, this time more orchestral than mental. The softness of this primary sound design is expertly dissected by a razor-sharp resonant top synth and an upward drum construction, completing the spectrum of sound and unveiling a record with a size fit for warehouse capacities.

Rachmad adds almost cinematic suspense to the EP with"S.O." — certainly not to be underestimated. This leads us to the project’s closer "Solidify", a delirious club groover. With a sound as bent and confronting as a house of mirrors, Rachmad leaves us with a final chapter to keep the heart racing past the end.

Tracklist: 
A1 / 1. Sterac - Mangled
A2 / 2. Sterac - Light In The Darkness
B1 / 3. Sterac - S.O.
B2 / 4. Sterac - Solidify

Follow Sterac 
SoundCloud: @steverachmad
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Resident Advisor: www.ra.co/dj/sterac 
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Bandcamp: www.steracscorp.bandcamp.com/music 

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Bandcamp: www.tokenrecords.bandcamp.com 

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Light In The Darkness EP

S.O.

Premiere: Sterac "S.O." - TOKEN

get on Beatport

Heiko Laux - Writin' Time Pt. 1

04LM | Tragicaller (inc James Ruskin Remix)
[SOMA390D]

1. Tragicaller
2. M Place (James Ruskin Remix)
3. M Place

Argentinian based DJ/Producer OSWLD joins Soma in 2014 and debuts Tragicaller under his new alias 04LM. With some storming releases under his belt on the fantastic Non Series, 04LM brings his more melodic & haunting sound to the Soma ranks. One of the UK’s biggest Techno exports and Blueprint Records label head, James Ruskin, joins 04LM for a bone crunching remix.

Title track Tragicaller growls in with dark, chugging percussion and one mean bass line. Slowly and surely the tracks evolves, eerie pads float atop brash hi hats and shakers and well defined sequences keep the track flowing, heavy atmospheres in the background rise higher keeping the temperature of this on high!

James Ruskin weighs in with his version of M Place. Hard hitting from the get go. A mighty kick drums bangs across the spectrum as 04LM’s main melody pulses in the background. Chopped up percussion slices through giving this track a fantastic groove. James takes his remix into heavier territories as an almighty bass binge rockets through the heart of his version.

The original version of 04LM’s M Place closes the EP. Hollowed out percussion seals a perfectly haunting melody that sweeps in balanced by slightly distorted atmospheres.

04LM creates a distinct sound with his originals while Techno pioneer Ruskin jacks up proceedings nicely. 

O4LM - M Place (James Ruskin Remix) (Soma 390)

Mesquitas - Finding Peace Of Mind (G - Man Remix)

Architectural - Peacetime

Back To Basics (Part 1)

Track Ten

Juan Atkins and Moritz von Oswald – the two indispensable protagonists of the Electric Garden – plug back into the wilderness. Transport – the new full length effort of the Borderland collaborative project – brings together a new set of studio-refined sequences aimed at colonizing some of the dark energy that pulsates through those areas that are thoroughly electrified, even if not ‘on the grid’.

The Detroit-Berlin axis triangulates to a third point which, like the atomic particle that lives in two places at once, flickers between a form of techno-charged ambience and a futuristic club-jazz which cannot be broken down into constitutive parts. Borderland remains caught in a state of enraptured stillness, invisibly moving between every
imagined future for electronic sound making. The result: a font from which springs serene and exhilarating musical ideas that vibrate with refined energy for sixty seconds in every minute.

Transport

Following his last album "The Blacklight" (Exile), Frankfurt´s techno don Johannes Heil is about to release another LP. "Gospel" spams 15 original tracks (all named "Gospel") and will be out on October 3d via Andre Kronert´s Odd Even imprint. Additional support came from Markus Suckut. We got "Gospel Two" as premiere in full length for you.

Head  to review: http://bit.ly/2xCerTm
Preorder vinyl: http://bit.ly/2xBYexJ

Nach seinem letzten Album "The Blacklight" (Exile), lässt Johannes Heil mit "Gospel" nun seine nächste LP nachfolgen.  Diese enthält insgesamt 15 Tracks, die alle "Gospel" benannt sind, und wird am 03. Oktober auf Andre Kronerts Label Odd Even erscheinen.  Zusätzlicher Albumsupport kommt von Markus Suckut. Die Premiere von "Gospel Two" in voller Länge findet ihr hier.

Zum Review: http://bit.ly/2xCerTm
Album vorbestellen: http://bit.ly/2xBYexJ

Johannes Heil - Gospel Two

Vanaheimr

Vanir (Original Mix)

Celebrating a momentous decade of operation, Belgium's Token Records has rallied together some of its artists across the years that have helped curate the label's powerful sound for a nine-track compilation aptly titled 'Momentum (10 Years of Token)'.
The leading track comes from former ​Mixmag​ cover star and Berlin stalwart Rødhåd in collaboration with London-based Sigha. 'Bloom' is a statement all of its own, slow to blossom before rumbling into a booming demonstration of the command both producers have over their dance floors.
'Momentum' will be released on December 1.

Momentum (10 Years Of Token)

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Premiere: Rødhåd & Sigha 'Bloom'

out of TRANSLATION EP  -  OstGut Ton OTON052


get it here:  http://www.beatport.com/release/translation-ep/676909

Marcel Dettmann - Planning

I produced this intro version especially for my Berghain set last summer.
It was so amazing opening my set with it, it's time it sees the light of day!

Happy listening :)

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Two Floors (Descent Mix)

It's our 9th birthday! We have selected 17 exclusive tracks and hopefully you will like them as much as we do. // Renesanz team

Beck and Rius - Phosphatic Acid (Original Mix)

SLAM - ARCHIVE EDITS LP ( @Soma DA124)

1. Nitzer Ebb - Join In the Chant (Slam Rework)
2. Slam - Scorpion (Live Edit) 
3. Slam - Memoriam (Original)
4. Silent Breed - Sync In (Slam Re-Edit)
5. Slam - 1001 (Original)
6. DK8 - Murder Was The Bass (Slam Re-Edit)
7. Terence Fixmer - Body Pressure (Slam Re-Edit)
8. Damon Wild - Rotary (Slam Live Edit)
9. Hertz - Recreate (Slam Rework)

Slam rework Nitzer Ebb Nitzer Ebb, Silent Breed, DK8, Terrance Fixmer and more for the final instalment of their Archive Edit series

Soma label heads Slam curate a specially designed package of tracks to finalise their Archive Edit project that sees them delve deep into Techno’s past to bring some of the genre’s best tracks into the modern age. The Archive Edit project started as a way for Slam to showcase and share the many different edits that had made their way into their DJ sets over the last few years. The pairing of Stuart McMillan & Orde Meikle have both raided their extensive collections, picking out tracks that have defined countless sets over their career. Tracks from luminaries such as Nitzer Ebb, Thomas P Heckmann (as Silent Breed), Damon Wild & Terrence Fixmer have been re-edited alongside some of Slam’s own unreleased material, showcasing the duo’s current sound; one that constantly naturally evolves, matures and demonstrates why the duo have been at the forefront of the global scene since its inception.

“We resurrect nine cuts from our archive collective collections for your listening and spinning pleasure. Some are original material, some are live re-edits, some are well-known, others are not! They all have one thing in common, they all attempt to unashamedly destroy dancefloors, and thus featured heavily, (usually toward the end of our DJ sets) in the last year or so well known”. Now we share them with you!"

Slam open the album with an absolute monster track in the form of their rework of the legendary Nitzer Ebb’s ‘Join In The Chant’. The anthemic EBM/post-punk infused original is given a thrashing overhaul from the duo marking one of the standout tracks of this collection.  A special live rework of fan favourite ‘Scorpion’ drops before the previously unreleased ‘Memoriam’ delivers on a more emotive tip. Firing back into the edits is Thomas P Heckmann’s seminal ‘Sync In’, under his Silent Breed Moniker which is a fast-paced, Neo-Trance affair Slam then drop the manic ‘1001’ which takes the BPM stratospheric. DK8’s, Murder Was The Bass is up next and given a 2019 update as the duo's edit snatches up all the most perfect elements of the track leading nicely into a rework of French EBM legend Terence Fixmer’s ‘Body Pressure’ - driving through with its twisted beats and vocals. Another special live edit of the first Archive Edit release, Damon Wild’s Rotary makes an appearance as the album closes out with the rave infected, rework of the Hertz classic ‘Recreate’

All Tracks Mastered by Conor Dalton @ Glowcast Mastering

Damon Wild - Rotary (Slam Live Edit)

A. Juan Atkins - I Love You 
B. Audiotech aka Juan Atkins - Techno City '95

This winter Tresor dons hardhat and flashlight once again to exhume more lost treasures from its stated past. Under the guise of it’s own 10-year dormant Archiv Series—which saw cuts from the likes of Robert Hood, Jeff Mills, Blake Baxter and Eddie Flashin’ Fowlkes brought back to wax and dancefloors worldwide—comes a reissue EP straight from the heart of the club’s former Wertheim department store days, courtesy of long-time resident Juan Atkins. 

On the A-side there’s the slow-burning spangled ballad  “I Love You”, from his 2004 record ‘Fast Forward’ - the last track to be played at the old Tresor, while the B-side hosts a stone cold Metroplex classic: “Techno City”, a track so slick it’ll never go out of style. Sit back and remember the good times, or discover them a-new, all over again.

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