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Ekko, one of our founding members, sets the starting point for the first release on LAPS Recordings! 

"Song for a future Audience" stands as an intro and takes the listeners on a tour through goosebumps-inducing melodies. 

"Requiem" picks up the main theme introduced by the first track and moves it into a driving Peak-Time Techno environment!
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About the Artist: 
Ekko is a DJ / Producer from Ulm, Germany who excites with his unique melodic, progressive, and highly danceable sound in which he combines banging techno beats with melodies, that send shivers down the spine.

The unique combination of bass-heavy kickdrums and trance-infused synth basslines with 303s and dark, melancholic melodies is guaranteed to gather fans of Melodic Techno as well as Peak-Time enthusiasts around his DJ booth!

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Song For A Future Audience

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Ekko - Requiem (Original Mix)

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Ekko - Song For A Future Audience (Original Mix)

Van Kost and Ekko join forces for the second release on LAPS Recordings: „Call of the Void EP“ takes us on a journey into a black hole and brings together the best of what the two very different producers have to offer. The EP clearly has its roots in the Melodic Techno realm, but is strongly influenced by a large variety of electronic subgenres. Although the EP contains only 4 tracks, the duo managed to create a storyline that resembles that of a concept album while at the same time pushing the boundaries of what could be categorized under the term "Melodic Techno" with their exceptionally creative sound-design. „Singularity“, with its long, atmospheric intro, paints a first picture of the setting where the whole EP is going to take place. With its UK-Techno and Breakbeat influenced groove, it clearly stands out from the following tracks and takes the listener into a very young, chaotic universe where time and space still dont exist. With „Call of the Void“ the duo delivers us a dark, energetic Melodic Techno banger, that fits perfectly into the meta. The warm, wide synths and emotional melodies create an atmosphere that touches the hearts of everyone who has a crave for goosebumps. However, the track stays highly danceable and energetic until the end. The intense vibe created by the synths symbolizes the gravitation of a black hole, that no one can withstand. „Traveller“ is way more progressive than any other track on the EP and lets the listener drift through the strange world behind the event horizon. The focus clearly lays on the forceful bassline, that plays in a polymetric groove, and the detuned pads and arps enhance the strange vibe even more. „Event Horizon" maybe the most difficult of the four tracks to squeeze into one category. The trance-influenced bassline creates a bouncy, danceable vibe, the brass section and pads on the other hand are more melancholic and mellow, the shuffled hats, the 303s and the diffuse drones make it impossible to chose one emotion for the track that seems to be perfect at being everything at once.

Call of the Void

Event Horizon

Ekko - Event Horizon (Original Mix)

Traveller

Van Kost - Traveller (Original Mix)

VanKost & Ekko - Call Of The Void (Original Mix)

Singularity

VanKost & Ekko - Singularity (Original Mix)

A dark Techno bunker, the sub-bass is rumbling in front of the club and the energy is already on the highest level possible. This is exactly the sound Lenn Reich is striving for! With his first release on LAPS Recordings he clearly performed this way. Heavy kicks combined with a breathtaking atmosphere and driving synths, this is the kind of music he is comfortable with. The "Menza" release has got tension in its breaks, "Red October" is pushed by a crazy kickdrum design with distorted, inconsistend synths and a recognizable vocal. "Malfunction", the name says it all. It is a really detailed track with subtle changes in it, also some breakbeat. The namesake of the Single "Menza" is fueled with dynamics and without a doubt the most powerful of the three tracks. It rounds up the premiere optimally. Peak performance on Lenn Reichs first publication and something you hope to hear in the club on full volume all night long!

Lenn Reich - Menza (Original Mix)

Lenn Reich - Red October (Original Mix)

Lenn Reich - Malfunction (Original Mix)

With this release we welcome Luis Buehler on LAPS Recordings. Luis is a producer and DJ from Stuttgart, Germany. After playing instruments since he was a child, he started producing and DJing in 2014. His style combines big and striking melodies with dark Techno-Kicks. You also can hear his love to House-Music represented in funky hi-hat grooves and smiling melodies. With previous releases on Animarum, Homesick Music and Spacekraft Recordings, he knows what he is doing. 

The Dissent EP is definitively for all the ravers, the lovers of energetic, hard Techno with grooving melodies. The first track „Pictures“ is a very catchy tune. It comes in with a massive kickdrum accompanied by a groovy melody and puts a smile on the listeners faces immediately. The second track „Dissent“ is playful and bright. The synthesizers are influenced by the 80s Dance sounds combined with 303 Basslines. The tune gives a warm and epic feeling. Last but not least, for the third track, Ekko is stepping around the corner. In his bag a Trance influenced remix of Dissent. Ekko tuned the BPM and Basslines to his comfortable level created a highly energetic tune, that adds the last bit of ear-candy to the already great release!

LAPS004 Dissent

Pictures

Luis Buehler - Pictures

Dissent (Ekko Remix)

Luis Buehler - Dissent (Ekko Remix)

Dissent

Luis Buehler - Dissent

For second Melodic Techno release we welcome hiob on LAPS Recordings! hiob is a DJ/Producer from Hannover, Germany who has founded his own label not long ago. His sound immediately convinced our whole team and stands out among other producers in the genre with dark synth melodies and an exceptional sound design! 

Both of his tracks on LAPS 005 have a really dark aura and are faster than many other tracks in the genre. Their tempo and groovy Basslines make them a perfect fit for the dancefloor! 

Harmomic disorder has a dark vibe and the dissonant drones and synth shots build a nice contrast to the shuffled hats and the groovy bassline. 

Salvation is more straightforward and the arp harmonizes very well with the distorted bass stabs. 

Kid Kun, who has been in the game for a while and shares a history of collaborations with multiple LAPS Artists, contributes the 3rd tune on the release: a Remix of Harmonic Disorder that perfectly translates the mood of track into a breakbeat tune!

hiob - Harmonic Disorder (Kid Kun Remix)

hiob - Salvation

hiob - Harmonic Disorder

Hans Pech & Ekko, two of our founders are back with a banging Hardtechno release. With Ares / Aphrodite they created 2 melodic Hardtechno tunes, that couldnt be more different but also share a lot of similarities. Their goal behind this release was to show the different facettes of Hardtechno and to create something that stands out from the rest of the Hardtechno scene. Both tracks got their names from greek mythology being named after ancient gods that represent purely different topics: Love & War The artists wanted to play with the duality behind those extremely different topics Ares is a really dark Hardtechno tune. From the distorted kickdrum to the cold, robotic sounding synth shots it creates a dark, industrial atmosphere while the break adds the necessary epicness to the tune with the dark melody and the trance-inspired pad. Aphrodite is the complete opposite, featuring a trancy melody that creates a warm, positive feeling. In some parts it clearly draws influences from Progressive- & Hardtrance as well as Breakbeat-type genres. Both tracks create a really nice contrast that shows, how versatile Hardtechno can be.

Aphrodite

Hans Pech & Ekko - Aphrodite

Hans Pech & Ekko - Ares

With Herbrido we welcome yet another really talented upcoming producer to the LAPS Recordings family. Located in proximity to Stuttgart, the young Artist has kickstarted his career during the last 2 years and pushed his releases to numerous labels, including IAMT, Reload Black and Rewasted. Producing Techno as well as Hardtechno with his own unmistakeable, acid-infused sound he already caught the attention of several big names in the industry. Amnesia features two banging, acid-infused Techno tracks and is definetly dedicated to all the ravers out there! The title-track lives from its spheric synth patterns that create a deep feeling that accelerates the heartbeat of every Cosmic-Techno enthusiast, while bringing intense energy to the dancefloor. Lavandula is more Acid and Rave-influenced, and guaranteed to let hell break loose on every rave. With it's characteristic Acid sequences it is even more energetic than Amnesia! Ekko took the cosmic atmosphere of Amnesia and evolved it to the next level. The chord-progressions and synths he added, culminate in an emotional breakdown that complements the track in a really awesome way!

Herbrido - Amnesia (Ekko Remix)

Herbrido - Lavandula

Herbrido - Amnesia

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Techno is colourful.

We are LAPS Recordings, a young, growing Techno Label from Germany! The name "LAPS" is an acronym containing the initials of our 4 founding members. At the same time it highlights the concept of time, which is a topic all our productions will revolve around! 

Coming from very different musical backgrounds, the core substance of our label sound revolves around dark, energetic and emotional melodies, forceful kickdrums and driving basslines. Those main topics reappear in all of our productions, but so do the individual tastes of all founding members.

This lead to the creation of 3 main categories in our labelsound:
🟥 Energetic/PeakTime/Driving, 🟦 Melodic Techno/Deep House and ⬛️ Dark-/Hard-/Acid-Techno are differenciated by their covers.

If you have any questions contact us via DM or via Mail: contact@laps-recordings.de