Als „Matrix“ die Jahrtausendwende einläutete, rangen die Vertreter apokalyptischer und optimistischer Narrative um die Deutungshoheit dessen was da auf uns zukommen würde. Der Skepsis stets näher als der Zuversicht, neigen wir heute dazu uns angesichts der mithin monströsen Erwartungen erschöpft zurückzuziehen, „lost in the Matrix“, wenn man so will.
Das vorliegende Album von Less schlägt mit dem Intro nicht nur eine Brücke zum letzten Album „Stranger“ auf Freude am Tanzen, welches als ein imaginärer Blade Runner Soundtrack fungierte, sondern gibt mit seinen von Vocal-Artist Alice  gehauchten Referenzen gleich die Marschrichtung für folgenden ….Minuten vor: Electro, High Energy, Acid, Chicago, Italo Disco. 
Und so entwickelt sich dann schnell ein Club Album, welches den Hörer zum Tanzen und Abschalten einlädt und, wenn man es zulässt, gleichzeitig die Texte zum Nachdenken anregt. Der Wahl-Berliner mit Thüringer Wurzeln kann dabei auf eine langjährige DJ Erfahrung zurückgreifen und setzt dies in 10 Tracks gekonnt um. Less, bgl. Stefan Leßner, scheut sich nicht davor „old school“ zu sein. Klassische Stilmittel wie Vocoder Sounds sind dabei ebenso  tragende Elemente wie der hinreißend-kühle Sprechgesang von Alice, sei es in englisch („I Care“, „Mirror, Mirror“) oder deutsch („Alles was du willst“) oder in seinem Remix für den französischen-sprachigen Underground Cottage Track „Canada“ , der letztes Jahr in den Setlists von DJ Hell auftauchte – womit sich der Kreis zu schließen scheint.
 „Living in the Matrix“ auf Lebensfreude Records bleibt aber keine pure Referenz an vergangene Zeiten, sondern setzt der Erschöpfung auch ein Vertrauen an die Zukunft entgegen. Mithin ist es ein Aufruf, ein Appell sich nicht in einer wie auch immer beschaffenen „Matrix“ zu verlieren. 
Das Album erscheint folgerichtig dann auch digital und analog. Letzteres auf einem 180g-Doppel-Vinyl mit einem hochwertigen themenadäquaten Klappcover.

DOUBLE-VINYL HERE

LESS - LIVING IN THE MATRIX (Album)

After a two-year break, the German-French electro-pop-romantic-punk duo Underground Cottage are finally back and provide us with the soundtrack for the summer with their new EP “Carpe Diem”! Charming, danceable and full of energy - “Carpe Diem” is bursting with joie de vivre and brings us the perfect mix of electronic, indie pop and romantic vibes. The tracks are a real feast for the senses and let us enjoy our time - whether in the club or outdoors.
Whether in Berlin or Paris, at sunset or at night - Underground Cottage gives you the freedom to live and love the moment.

Artwork by Without Leaves
LFDL71 – Lebensfreude Records 2025

MUSIC HERE: https://bfan.link/carpe-diem-16
https://music.apple.com/de/album/carpe-diem-single/1814101397
https://undergroundcottage.bandcamp.com/album/carpe-diem

Carpe Diem

Ruede Hagelstein Playlist

Taken from the EP 
Ruede Hagelstein feat. Meggy - Top Of The World
Written and produced by Ruede Hagelstein. Lyrics by Meggy.
Remix by Britta Arnold
© & ℗ Lebensfreude Records 2014

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http://www.beatport.com/label/lebensfreude-records/2808

Ruederich feat. Meggy - Top of the World (Britta Arnold Remix)

Top Of The World (Marek Hemmann Remix)

Cottage Underground

Vole! (Zuckermann`s Liberté Remix)

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Underground Cottage - Vole! (Zuckermann`s Liberté Remix)

Stereofysh - Cellphone (Original Mix) - snippet -

Ruederich feat. Meggy - Top of the World (Marek Hemmann Remix)

Sweet N Candy - Multiplex

Hula Hula Reisegruppe – Misty Posy 
(Closing Set) / Betriebsfeier at Hoppetosse (Sunday Morning 19.05.24)
It's the first Dj set after almost 9 years of absence. It's straight from the heart and felt insanely good, because the Betriebsfeier is always extraordinarily special and it just feels like home. Ok, it's a bit bumpy and jerky at the beginning and far from perfect, but I should be forgiven for that after so long. Anyway, I had a damn good time and sometimes tears in my eyes. This is the live recording including all the lovely noises from the dance floor. Well, and maybe there will be a sequel. We'll see, but for now ... Hula Hula Hits! (for Magda)

@betriebsfeier @hula-hula-reisegruppe @without-leaves @lebensfreude

Betriebsfeier 19.05.2024

Hula Hula Reisegruppe – Misty Posy / Recorded at Betriebsfeier

BEATPORT

YKWFI - Digital Bonus -

DIGITAL

MIRROR MIRROR (DEEP MIX)  - Digital Bonus -

D2 ALLES WAS DU WILLST

VINYL

D1 SUBZCRIBE

C2 ENTER THE MATRIX

C1 DIGITAL DESIRE

B2  MIRROR MIRROR (ROUGH MIX)

B1 Underground Cottage - CANADA (2003 LESS Remix)

A2 I CARE

A1 INTRO

"Komm rein, Junge, setz dich!" 

Wir  begrüßen den Leipziger @Chris-Manura, langjähriger Resident im Distillery Club und Tagedieb wie wir, im Kreise der Lebensfreude Tanzgenossenschaft. Bevor am 27.03. seine erste Lebensfreude-EP namens "Hope" erscheint, versüßt uns Manura das kommende Wochenende mit einem feinen Podcast.
Viel Spaß!

"Steh auf, meine Lieber, und tanz!"

Chris Manura  - Lebensfreude Podcast - FREE DOWNLOAD -

Gunne at Betriebsfeier / Hoppetosse - 30.11.24

Underground Cottage - Komm träumen

https://undergroundcottage.bandcamp.com/album/carpe-diem
https://music.apple.com/de/album/carpe-diem-single/1814101397

Underground Cottage - Carpe Diem

MUSIC HERE: https://bfan.link/carpe-diem-16
https://music.apple.com/de/album/carpe-diem-single/1814101397
https://undergroundcottage.bandcamp.com/album/carpe-diem

Underground Cottage - Carpe Diem (Gunne Remix)

taken from the forthcoming album "The Race"

Stereofysh - Igor  (Radio Edit)

taken from the Stereofysh EP "The Race Remixes" incl. Tracks by Mathias Kaden & Daniel Stefanik, Ruede Hagelstein and Less



Stereofysh - The Race (Ruede Hagelstein Remix)

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PENTATONES- SURREALITY (RUEDE HAGELSTEIN DARK DREAMS DUB)

Cheers to our hotter-then-ever family member !

Lebensfreude Podcast by Ruede Hagelstein

vinyl only! limited handstamped white label!

Louie Austen - Make Your Move - Ruede Hagelstein Rmx

Ruede Hagelstein feat. Meggy -  Embezzle Me

Ruede Hagelstein feat. Meggy - Embezzle Me (Tiefschwarz Remix)

2020 was great! An exciting, a remarkable year. Well, maybe not for everyone. Not for most people. Admittedly. But as so often, the perspective is decisive. And the latter is completely different when, for example, you become a father for the first time - like our old label homie Less. Then everything else is Less (sic!) important, no matter what is happening in the world.

And so this year's Advent podcast is also an ode to all the mothers and fathers of this world, and their newborn children anyway. Less, who made a name for himself this year with classy releases on Freude Am Tanzen and Destroy All Monsters, does nothing Less (sic!!) on this 2 hour DJ mix than to throw the boundaries of the playable overboard, exuberant like new fathers are, but he does so with a lot of warmth and affection. It's a personal thank you and bow to the young mother, and, last but not Less so, to music history in some way or another. The consequence: Limahl and Einstuerzende Neubauten, Jimmy Sommerville and Suicide, OMD and Todd Terrje hand in hand…congratulations! All of them. Everyone. Always. 2021 will be great too. For sure.

Vinyl-Mix for Alice by @djless
Hits and Indie Electronics.
80s Vibe.

PLAYLIST:
1. Kangding Ray - Sun (2020)
2. Einstürzende Neubauten - The Garden (1996)
3. Angelo Badalamenti - Laura Palmer's Theme (1990)
4. The Splash Band ‎– The End (1983)
5. Marcello Giordani - Chubby Rain (Massimiliano Pagliara Remix) (2011)
6. Men Without Hats ‎– The Safety Dance (Extended 'Club Mix') (1982)
7. Anne Clark With David Harrow ‎– Sleeper In Metropolis (1985)
8. Hashim ‎– Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) (1983)
9. Todd Terje - Delorean Dynamite (Disco Mix) (2014)
10. Dead Or Alive ‎– You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) (Performance Mix) (1984)
11.Experimental Products ‎– Glowing In The Dark (2005)
12. Tiga & Zyntherius - Sunglasses At Night (2001)
13. The Human League ‎– Don't You Want Me (1981)
14. Charlie ‎– Spacer Woman (1983)
15. Donny Benet - Mr Experience (2020)
16. Limahl ‎– The NeverEnding Story (Special 12" Mix) (1984)
17. Chinaski - Paura (2018)
18. Rude 66 ‎– Resurrection (2020)
19. Boy Harsher - Come Closer (2019)
20. Kiki ‎– Gas126 (2001)
21. Legowelt - Disco Rout (Tuff City Kids Remix) (2019)
22. David Carretta - Ca Plane Pour Moi (1999)
23. Lebanon Hanover - Die World (2013)
24. Black Marble - One Eye Open (2019)
25. Jimmy Somerville With Bronski Beat Smalltown Boy (Extended Version) (1991)
26. Boytronic ‎– You (Extended Version) (1983)
27. Men Without Hats - I Like (1982)
28. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Elona Gay (1980)
29. Suicide- Cheree (1977)
30. Alphaville ‎– Sounds Like A Melody (Special Long Version) (1984)

Lebensfreude Podcast by Less

The glacial romanticism of their last year debut album "The Devil's Hand" it still intensely vibrant. Hence, the electronic quartet Pentatones is now presenting "Bonfire", the final single release of their debut feature. 

It is about pop music in a truly new disguise. Over an electronically tinkered mosaic hovers the voice of Delia de France, radiant yet mysterious. Her vocals (known from productions with Douglas Greed or Robag Whrume) are enveloped by pulsating beats, bouncing back and forth between here and an imagined acoustic horizon. This groove is complemented by fragments of Albrecht Ziepert's orchestral arrangement from the stunning concert which Penatones played with the MDR Symphony Orchestra in 2012 at Sinwald Festival.

The single will be out with a remix of Jena's real whizz-kids Klinke auf Cinch on June 28.

Pentatones - Bonfire (Single Edit)

Est.2004

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"Lebensfreude" means zest of life. 
The label emerged 2004 out of a party series of the same name in Berlin. You may imagine what Berlin parties used to be back then, and how the name came about. And by that name we stood. We always put out music that was meant to be enjoyed. On the dancefloor or off. Dark, weird or pop. Techno, House or everything in between. It’s never been about a genre. It’s never been about a format, a medium, stardom, or a tone. And it’s never been about success. It’s always been about an attitude towards life. Call it punk or simply, Lebensfreude. Wildly eclectic, we release music we love, are intrigued by or that puts a smile on our faces. 13 years in and re-listening most of it still stands well against the ravages of time and the hype cycles of a contemporary electronic music industry that shouldn’t have become an industry in the first place. 
Guys, relax and be a little bit more Lebensfreude. But that just on a side note. 
We had small artists and big (Ruede Hagelstein), budding artists and successful ones (Douglas Greed), artsy artists and straightforward ones (Mathias Schaffhäuser), intellectuals and down-to-earthlings (Gunne & Zuckermann, or vice versa)))), but all of them carried the flame of a passion that put music first. Music and what it conveys. Music and what it can mean. Music that makes a difference - because it is different. More than just a tool, more than just a streamed commodity, more than just fabricated feelings to cover up those moments of emptiness, Lebensfreude and its records stand for the joy to be out there, to be alive. 

After some excursions into the spheres in between electronic and pop with the just released albums by Stereofysh and Pentatones, we will cut back for a while to that dancefloor where it all started from. Oliver Chlass’ new EP coming out in September will just be the beginning of a re-focused journey that will mostly be aiming at providing rather interesting music for the clubs. And that will have a bigger emphasis on the work by label heads Gunne, Zuckermann and Hans Klavier. Time to be lebensfreudig about our own music a bit more. In that respect and having gone full-circle, Zest of Life is the old Punk (with an improved haircut).

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