Shitkatapult

[p*dis] distribution sampler for December 2013


Bus - Eagles - Miami (Shitkatapult)

Shitkatapult 360°

Shitkatapult - Land Of The Free

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There is a purpose behind ambient music: it is utility music. Brian Eno made that clear once and for all with ‘Music for Airports’ – the utilitarian nature of this music can already be found in the title. But way before that, in 1920, Erik Satie composed ‘Musique d’ameublement’ – furniture music. Satie created true background music as a reaction against the misuse of classical music as a carpet of sound. The purpose of his furniture music was also to bridge the awkward gaps in conversation in social situations. In turn, Eno’s airport music is meant to serve as background music while sounding interesting enough for listeners to become absorbed. If we go by Eno’s definition, the music on T.Raumschmiere’s new album is not ambient. Although – or in fact, because – each individual track on this album immediately and effortlessly generates atmospheres, it is impossible not to be drawn in. T.Raumschmiere sucks the listener into the perceptible endlessness of his pulsating sounds, even though the music does not actually expect anything from the listener. It is not demanding, it does not sound lofty or ethereal. It is in constant movement and evolution while sounding grounded at the same time. The tracks are not weightless; they have body.
A darkly beating pulse works like a machine through the surging pads of ‘Dampfer.’ Synths drone languidly on ‘Anker.’ T.Raumschmiere deftly manages to avoid succumbing to the kitsch that often arises from these kinds of sounds. ‘Grotznogg’ has an inner stillness within the rustling and scattered clattering and clanging. ‘Zwischenstopp’ provides the perfect soundtrack for a submarine ride, complete with depth sounder and an undercurrent of anxiety. The track ‘007’ is a post-industrial masterpiece – warm, heavy, and latently threatening. And the list goes on.
Clearly a new meaning of the term ambient is needed to describe the music on this album more accurately. It is music that never sounds deliberate yet at the same time is so compelling, which might have something to do with the fact that Shitkatapult label founder Marco Haas aka T.Raumschmiere is the one behind it. As T.Raumschmiere, Haas produces a sound with influences ranging from bass music and
punk rock to industrial; the names of his records speak best for themselves: Monstertruckdriver, Sick Like Me, I Tank U… everyone knows what the deal is here. It is only logical that his new album is just called ‘T.Raumschmiere.’ This record is certainly an excellent lubricant for dreams.
Haas is known for his take-no-prisoners approach to his live sets, which feature distorted beats, grueling basses, and steep descents. Now for the flipside, the negative image of the sound that made T.Raumschmiere famous, the sound that has allowed us to get closer to the understanding of this magic ambient music. The shadow of T.Raumschmiere does not come in with massive beats and basses, yet it
is so imposing and so dark that it seems within our grasp.
In addition to his duties as label manager, musician, and DJ, Haas has also worked as a producer for other artists such as Dieter Meier, Fraktus, Barbara Morgenstern, Das Bierbeben, and Ofrin over the past
few years. The new album by Shrubbn!!, his collaboration with Ulli Bomans, will be released on
Shitkatapult.

T.Raumschmiere

Anker

Dampfer

Abfahrt

LABEL: www.shitkapatuplt.com

Orbologists Dr. Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann are in their lab putting together a massive sound worm by hand for the anniversary of Berlin’s elite training ground, SHITKATAPULT. A lot will be sorely missed, but there’s no other way it could be done!

A comprehensive overview of works spanning 20 years of label history, from the heyday of electronic music to its established conflation – beyond all recognition – in 2017, would not really be a mix as such. And such is the intent of this compilation: a DJ mix or, better yet, a radio mix or radio show. As they often did, THE ORB liked to operate right at the convolutions and interfaces between work and quote, between interpretation and punctuation. That’s exactly what we have here – a fine, easy hour of music from the Orbital of Shitkatapult - The Orb Chronicles (20 Years Shitkatapult).

Featuring (in mix order):
Hamburger dub specialist Fenin opens the show with a darkly ambient hall “Adeto” (from Fenin - Mixes and Maxis - Strike 117) and is immediately layered through with “What is Paris?” by Bus w/ Dabrye (from Bus - Eagles - Strike 146). Both tracks blend together like a cut-up for adults into a single track, which also appears on the B-side of the maxi single released at the same time (The Orb - Suspected Hippies in Transit - Strike 165).

Next up, familiar spirits Phon.o (from his album “Burn Down the Town” - Strike 64) with “Verborg nie die 6” and wayward Finn Sami Koivikko (“Erisana” by Sami Koivikko - Kut Pulatin Pt.3 - Strike 28) deliver the most important building blocks of the minimal/tech house side of the label, coming from Cristian Vogel’s Telemorphosis from the exiled UK artist’s latest album, The Assistenz - Strike 160.

Followed and once again interrupted by Cristian Vogel, from the songs and more section with the Sorry Entertainers, Judith Juillerat, Khan of Finland und T.Raumschmiere (The Sorry Entertainers - The Only Thing I Know from “Local Jet Set” - Strike 129, Judith Juillerat - Vol-Ou-Vent
from “Soliloquy” - Strike 67, Khan of Finland - H&M Freedom from “Nicht nur Sex” - Strike 162, Cristian Vogel - Barefoot Agnete from The Assistenz, T.Raumschmiere ft Lilian Hak - Nuclear Bedtime Stories from “I Tank U” - Strike 96).

A gloomy lightness takes hold and seeps into the depths with Ulli Bomans and Marco Haas aka Shrubbn!! and the track Drunen from their latest, vastly underrated album “Europa” (Strike 160), and misfits like Frank Bretschneider (Subharchorded Waves from “Komet”, Strike 124), Boxtype (Spin from “Sparkflight” - Strike 29), Oval (Kasino from “OvalDNA” - Strike 134), Sun Electric - Ricardo Villalobos remix and MM Studio counter cut - aka Toninas (Strike 85)/One Dub, culminating in Thomas Brinkmann’s Soul Center House Sache Pig Peg from the album “General Eclectics” - Strike 118.

THE ORB are killing it and make for the exit of part 1 with Apparat - Not A Number (“Walls” - Strike 84), Tom Thiel’s “Laissez Faire” (Strike 125), wrapping things up with the deeper Orb mix of Shrubbn’s “Echos” - Strike 130.

The Orb Chronicles (20 Years Of Shitkatapult)

The Orb Chronicles (20 Years Of Shitkatapult - preview

It moves, it sings. ...but does it swing? Anyway, it represents the soundtrack of my life, my musi- cal in uences: some San Francisco psychedelia, some London underground, some Berlin school (old & new). Krautrock from Cologne & New York minimalism. A shot of Detroit grit, a bit of Mos- cow dust, a splash of Paris charm? Who knows. Its about daily grind, the passing of time, the change of seasons & relations. Reality & ction & perception. Biography - back & forth.

BRETSCHNEIDER was raised in Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz) in the German Democratic Republic. He is the founder of the in uential East German underground band AG. Geige and co- founder of the prestigious raster-noton label. He lives as a musician, video artist and producer in Berlin.

Plastik / Mechanik

Mechanik

Plastik

Lunik

Motorik (snippet)

Sputnik (snippet)

Mechanik (snippet)

Plastik (snippet)

Statik (snippet)

Elastik (snippet)

Optik (for Yen-Ni) (snippet)

Kinetik (snippet)

Logik (snippet)

Numerik (snippet)

Elektrik (snippet)

T.Raumschmiere - I Tank U
released 2008 as 3LP-box, cd &amp; digital download on Shitkatapult

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After years of waiting, Marco Haas aka T.RAUMSCHMIERE is finally releasing his next grand album, “I TANK U“!!! It definitely means a ball, seeing that the album completes the series of the two previous Mute albums, RADIO BLACKOUT and BLITZKRIEG POP – being a grand finale to the triptych. “I TANK U“ is the end result of a musical progress: It's dark electronica, techno history, songwriting, jammed in a terrific rock record. It rocks violently, and therefore, it's being released as a feature album on Marco Haas' own label, SHITKATAPULT.

The number of featuring guests on this album is remarkable. Not only you can hear a (real) band playing more than ever before, but due to all the guest vocalists, this album contains no tracks but songs! Many names may seem surprising at first: the notorious energy rappers from DEICHKIND  with THE CRACK WHORE SOCIETY on the swansong “BRENNER“, the alien rappers from the PUPPETMASTAZ collective on “ANIMAL TERRITORY“, the great TIM VANHAMEL from dEUS and MILLIONAIRE, the artist duo WARREN SUICIDE, as well as Dutch LILIAN HAK and the newcomer Berliners BARBARA PANTHER and GENE SERENE.

“I TANK U“ is a very compact album and its breaches make its beauty complete. The rapping techno beats, cranky patterns, eerie melodies and those front row beasts gushing with energy do not compete with each other, but create an entity together: stories on sawtooth.
This is due to the strikingly tight sound. The live drums and guitars (T.R. Live band members Andi Paruschke &amp; Ben Lauber, assisted by sound engineer Allert Aalders) meet generated synth sounds and distorted bass lines. It’s the unbelievable compression that keeps everything together.
After all, it's the two instrumental tracks (the dark half-beat title track „I TANK U“ as well as the first single and techno hit „E“) and the rock tunes – sung by Mr Haas himself – “CRACK A SMILE“ and “THE FRONT ROW IS NOT FOR THE FRAGILE!!“ - and the analogical mixing by Moses Schneider (TOCOTRONIC, BEATSTEAKS) that make “I TANK U“ more of an electronic rock album than a rocking electronic album: it's musick in arms!!
This release is, of course, something special for SHITKATAPULT in many respects, but it also takes its place in line brilliantly after “WALLS“ by APPARAT and “REQUIEM FOR A MISSING LINK“ by WARREN SUICIDE. Whereas the whole scene may be wailing the crisis it's going through, the Berliner label got courage and defies the prevailing pessimism by doing whatever it fancies and saying no to all strictly defined label boundaries such as techno or electronica,  rejecting any categorisation whatsoever. It's all just music, and what more is there than that? ...And there are more killer releases to look forward to, for example the long-awaited CLP album by Phon.o and ex-Funkstörung Chris de Luca.

The limited double CD has a bonus disc with all the album's tracks as instrumental versions.

The triple-vinyl-box includes the album on 2 discs, the instrumentals on 1 disc, the cd, a sticker, a patch, a pin and a small poster

Brenner ft. Deichkind &amp; The Crack Whore Society

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