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Kangding Ray (@kangding-ray) - Branches EP (FIGUREX28)
Artwork by Bernhard Holaschke.
Out: June 4, 2021
Preorder: https://bit.ly/3e7kUsY

Ever effervescent producer Kangding Ray continues to connect experimentalism and dancefloor, hitting home hard on his newest EP on Figure.

Storming out of the gate, Doppler Shift packs the momentum to take off, its dry-thumping arp-ride raising the levels from zero to hero. Meditating on murky sounds, Branches displays the producer’s extraordinary skills at splicing together seemingly disparate DNA of sounds to create otherworldly but compelling tapestries of rhythm.

Turning things for the flip, from colourful dub chords emerges Salt and Iron, a driving tune reminiscent of the 90’s spacey chill-out-rooms. Taking it a notch deeper, Robust Version Nine builds its lively groove around modular experimentations, the machines ultimately becoming an extension of the artist himself.

The final Bandcamp exclusive track, Digital Salt—a revision of Salt and Iron without the Iron—begins unassumingly beatless, only to pick up the pace for a blissfully trancey journey.

Written and produced by David Letellier
www.figure-music.com

Branches EP

Kangding Ray - Branches EP (FIGUREX28)

Hard Wax

Etapp Kyle - Aurora

Etapp Kyle - Astra

Beta Sensory Motor Rhythm

Drifting

Lower Wacker Drive

"Three angels in free fall, who just wanted to climb the stairs to paradise."

Quelza - Climbing Stairs To Paradise , Part 1 , The Free Fall

This is a reconstruction of the last hour of my closing set at Ostgut Ton Nacht at Berghain, August 2014. I played mostly Techno during this appr. 9 hour set. Towards the end, I liked to calm down a little with the music in this mix.

Tracklist:

01. Rhythm & Sound w/ Bobbo Shanti - Poor People Must Work (Carl Craig Remix). Burial Mix BMX4
02. X-Press 2 - Kill 100 (Carl Craig Remix). Skint 124
03. Kevin Saundersen - Just Want Another Chance (John Tejade Remix). KMS History 03
04. Mathew Jonson - Decompression. Minus 24
05. Gerd - Palm Leaves (Deetron Remix). Clone Royal Oak 10R
06. Mr. White - The Sun Can't Compare (Long Version). Alleviated ML-2225
07. Dennis Ferrer & Jerome Sydenham - Timbuktu (Ame Main Mix). Ibadan 078
08. DVS1 - Lost Myself. Hush 02
09. eLBee BaD - In The Sky. Yore 005ltd
10. Deetron feat. DJ Bone - Life Soundtrack (Rejected Interpretation). Music Man 133R
11. Ame - Nia. Sonar Kollektiv 027
12. Ron Trent - Altered States (South Side Terrace). Djax-Up-Beats 160

Fiedel Closing Set Ostgut Ton Nacht Berghain Aug 2014

Museum, Pt. 1

Mirrors

@luke-slater, AKA Planetary Assault Systems, enlists a crew of forward-thinking artists to reimagine cuts from his discography on new EP, ‘Reassembled’

The project is out 28th March via @mote-evolver – and have an exclusive first listen to ‘Desert Races (Luke Slater Reassembly 2025)’ now

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-planetary-assault-systems-desert-races-luke-slater-reassembly-2025

Premiere: Planetary Assault Systems ‘Desert Races (Luke Slater Reassembly 2025)’

Buy on bandcamp

Worldtown Sound System - We People (Red Richards )

Faithless - Insomnia - David Reznik (Extended Remix)

Marcel Fengler - Boiler Room Berlin Studio

More Info: https://www.xlr8r.com/news/2017/09/premiere-stream-dvs1s-klockworks-20-contribution/

@dvs1

Klockworks 20

Info

Premiere: DVS1 - In The Middle

out on BPitch Control
get it here: http://www.beatport.com/track/go-marcel-dettmann-remix/404188

Ellen Allien - Go  (Marcel Dettmann Remix)

Planetary Assault Systems - Twelve (Marcel Fengler Remix)- Mote Evolver

Marcel Fengler - Thwack - Mote Evolver

Everyone's fate is made of many tales. Although our own destiny might be dwelling in our breast, it also takes strong convictions and the courage to challenge yourself. DJ, producer and label manager Marcel Fengler is the best example that talent isn’t just a matter of luck, but the will to believe in your own passions while constantly developing them. Today, Fengler has not only been quoted as „one of the finest techno DJs“ (Resident Advisor), he has earned international respect for his „well-crafted body of production work“ (FACT) introducing his unique and „multi-faceted personality“ (Electronic Beats). 

While growing up, he was first fascinated by the hip-hop culture, breakdance, and graffiti art, Fengler’s interest shifted towards techno music and the art of DJing after the Berlin wall came down. As a vinyl nerd he began playing records during the early nineties. By witnessing Claude Young mixing with three record players, Fengler followed his path merging both hearts in his chest: turntablism and techno. Carried away by the magic and the togetherness of the first hardcore and trance raves in such clubs like E-Werk or Tresor, he organized his own parties in his hometown Fürstenwalde.

Over the last two decades, Fengler developed a versatile and dynamic style of DJing that made him one of the first resident DJs of Berlin’s infamous Berghain / Panorama Bar in 2005. With his impressive intuition for the very moment, Fengler is capable of changing pace, atmosphere, and energy reacting to the mood on the dance floor: whether industrial-drenched hardness, broken beats, gloomy dubs or melodic and funky grooves – next to his inimitable instinct, Fengler draws from a varied repertoire. The approach of allowing to drift away within the momentum also applies to his first singles as a producer on such labels like Ostgut Ton and Mote Evolver. His debut album „Fokus“ (2013), in particular, was a statement of his ambitious claim, awarding his own tracks with emotional densities as well as unexpected contrasts. 

Bringing together both his melodic groove and beat tracks and his straighter cuts, he founded his own imprint Marcel Fengler Index (IMF) in 2011 – a platform that not only continues evolving his timeless techno approach but represents a creative center introducing new and young talents. A logical step for an artist who’s always interested in looking beyond his own nose represented by his project DIN, the mutual collaboration with Philipp Sollmann (Efdemin), for the contemporary dance project „Masse“ of the Staatsballett Berlin. 

As a DJ and producer, Marcel Fengler stands for imposing surprises and the appeal of variety. For him, techno is both unconditional passion as well as an essential part of his identity. He’s not bound to a linear or one-dimensional sound, instead, he’s constantly seeking for new ways to express his emotional storytelling skills. His willingness to challenge himself and to stay curious, while establishing changes as his secret persistence, is showing his true vision of techno which makes Marcel Fengler to one of the today’s most exciting electronic artists in these days.

Walking Garbage Can

Aka Smaddy, Tykke Fingre, Quick Spade

Planetary Assault Systems - Twelve (Marcel Fengler Remix)- Mote Evolver

Marcel Fengler

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