Welcome back to the Depth Perception Sessions. The gift that just keeps on giving 😉

This week we welcome a very good friend of mine to the show. Super talented German producer and all round nice guy.

Martin Merkel

Bio:

Martin Merkel is a somewhat mysterious figure within the European Techno scene. The maverick German producer has often stepped away from the egotistical glare of publicity, preferring his music to do the talking. He quietly creates his own self-described brand of “Soulful Techno”, steeped in complex emotions and with an attention to musical detail that comes from many years of dedication to his chosen craft.

Originally inspired as an artist by the experimental attitude of Italo Disco and the embryonic Techno scene, via parties at the likes if Dorian Grey and Omen (Frankfurt) and Tresor (Berlin), Martin Merkel’s nascent career saw him develop an early love of analogue synthesisers – and saw him fill his studio with a desirable collection of Moog, Roland and Waldorf machinery. In recent years he has moved towards a more compact, travel-friendly digital studio set-up, but his love of synthesisers remains a defining characteristic of his uniquely distinctive musical output today. A master of sonic excellence and musicality, his creations have previously often crept out on the likes of Cinematique, Bonzai, Secondary Tones, JOOF, Monkey Business, Neverending and his own Shelter 54 imprint. Now, under the auspicious guidance of Platipus Records the most exciting new chapter of his career is about to begin.

Tracklist:

Mike'd - Out of Control (Max Cue Remix Remix) 
Xenia Beliayeva - Razor
Martin Merkel - Mesitylen
Martin Merkel - Achilleus Luftrum Edit
Stoertebeker & Audiomolekül - Hansekoggen
Martin Merkel - Farbrauch
Martin Merkel - Chrome
Martin Merkel - Mixed Senses
Silar - The Tunnel - Fractal Architect Remix  
Van Czar & Ken Ishii - Kita Robert Babicz Remix

Links:

https://www.martinmerkel.com/
https://www.junodownload.com/search/?q%5Ball%5D%5B%5D=martin%20merkel&solrorder=relevancy
https://www.youtube.com/user/MartinMerkelOfficial
https://twitter.com/MartinMerkelofi
https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fopen.spotify.com%2Fartist%2F1Rz7poppWGpJYLzfRLjL3H&token=c70068-1-1617362727757
https://www.beatport.com/artist/martin-merkel/230406

Depth Perception Sessions #24 - Martin Merkel

Martin Merkel - The Dark Side of the Bicky EP feat. Fractal Architect Remix
https://www.martinmerkel.com/de/Musik/Martin-Merkel-The-Dark-Side-of-the-Bicky-Fractal-Architect-Remix-Pollux-22.html

The Dark Side of the Bicky

01 Martin Merkel The Dark Side of the Bicky Traumwelten Records

Martin Merkel - Constantin LP [Platipus] Preview

01. Constantin
02. Wonderful Life
03. Little Wonder
04. Tiefentaucher
05. Parthenon
06. Der Riese Milz
07. Seelenfarben
08. Black Light
09. Ashikaga
10. Patagonia*
(Platipus Records) PLATMU26LP
Format: Digital
Global Release: 12.03.18 / Beatport Exclusive 26.02.18
Beatport: www.beatport.com/label/platipus/16370

Martin Merkel emerged from the shadows at the end of last year with his first single release for Simon Berry’s Platipus Records. This was an introduction and taste of his self-described brand of “Soulful Techno”, steeped in complex emotions and with an attention to musical detail that comes from many years of dedication to his chosen craft. The exciting collection of music is now revealed in its entirety as his ‘Constantin’ album – a creative project inspired by his emotional journey over the past year and honouring the recent birth of his son. Martin’s joining forces with the legendary Platipus imprint also marks a bold new direction in the label’s evolution, as its creative ethos develops in an exciting Tech House / Melodic Techno direction.

A somewhat mysterious figure within the European Techno scene, this maverick German DJ/Producer has often stepped away from the egotistical glare of publicity, preferring his music to do the talking. Martin Merkel is a master of sonic excellence and musicality, his creations have previously often crept out on the likes of Cinematique, Bonzai, Secondary Tones, JOOF, Monkey Business, Neverending and his own Shelter 54 imprint. Now, under the auspicious guidance of Platipus Records the most exciting new chapter of his career is about to begin.

The album opens with the almost tranquil, low-slung groove of title track ‘Contantin’. Its teasing, hypnotic pulsating motifs and distinctive layers of intricate, heart melting, melodies are the perfect entrée for what is to come. Whether its the bubbling percussion and irresistible, soaring energy of ‘Wonderful Life’, the immediately infectious ‘Little Wonder’, or the glorious symphonic synths of ‘Tiefentaucher’, Martin Merkel’s music has a timeless quality that makes exceptional music become so treasured.

Martin Merkel creates his own unique, masterful blend of electronic music by utilising switching, ever-evolving elements as he layers atmospheric excellence over deeply powerful percussive grooves – check the fizzing dynamism of ‘Parthenon’. He is equally comfortable changing down a gear for the snappy, techy ‘Der Riese Milz’, diving into the darkness on ‘Seelenfarben’, and building superb elements of growling tension through ‘Black Light’. Every track is an homage to the intense emotional power that can be expressed and transmitted through synthesized machine music, none more so that the towering, stunning finale ‘Patagonia’.

Originally inspired as an artist by the experimental attitude of Italo Disco and the embryonic Techno scene, via parties at the likes if Dorian Grey and Omen (Frankfurt) and Tresor (Berlin), Martin Merkel’s nascent career saw him develop an early love of analogue synthesisers – and saw him fill his studio with a desirable collection of Moog, Roland and Waldorf machinery. In recent years he has moved towards a more compact, travel-friendly digital studio set-up, but his love of synthesisers remains a defining characteristic of his uniquely distinctive musical output today and his ‘Constantin’ album is a perfect testament to that love.

Artist Info:
www.martinmerkel.com 
twitter.com/MartinMerkelofi
@martinmerkel 
www.facebook.com/MartinMerkelMusic/
www.youtube.com/user/MartinMerkelOfficial
www.facebook.com/SimonBerryPlatipus
www.facebook.com/lukebrancaccio

Platipus Info:
www.platipus.com 
@platipusmusic 
en-gb.facebook.com/PlatipusMusic/ 
www.youtube.com/user/PlatipusTV

10. Martin Merkel - Patagonia [Platipus] Preview

9. Martin Merkel - Ashikaga [Platipus] Preview

7. Martin Merkel - Seelenfarben [Platipus] Preview

1-Guess what it is (Martin Merkel)
2-Little Wonder (Martin Merkel)
3-Superstition (Martin Merkel)
4-Lemming in the Box (Martin Merkel)
5-Colors Of Life (Martin Merkel)
6-You and Me (Martin Merkel)
7-Here we go (Martin Merkel)
8-Earthlings (Martin Merkel)
9-303 Worker (Martin Merkel)
10-Are you Ready (Martin Merkel)
11-Pulsation (Martin Merkel & Phirakus)

Martin Merkel story

TRACKLIST:

1)	Gians - Love Letters Suspended In The Void
2)	Elska – Detox
3)	Nils Andreas - Trop Tôt
4)	Tightrops – Managa
5)	Nick Muir & John Digweed & Eagles & Butterflies – Divenire
6)	Martin Merkel - La Vida Es Linda
7)	Apparatique – Monotone
8)	Gians - Asymmetric Fountain (Sound of Time Remix)
9)	Tom Novy & Milkwish - Dream Catcher
10)	Applayn – Somewhere
11)	Gians – Dragonfly
12)	Gians - Hymne Mélancolique
13)	Nick Devon - Symbiose (JOBE Remix)
14)	Apparatique - Sweet Color (Kollektiv Strurmstrasse Remix
15)	Cristoph & Quivver - In Name Only

Melodic Techno V32 (Martin Merkel, Gians, Elska, Apparatique, Nick Muir, Jobe,..)

This is a special compilation with all of my favourite tracks I played in one of the Melodic Techno Mixes volume 1 to 35.

 A short word off appreciation to thank for their loyal support and magnificant music: Ben C & Kalsx, Barbour, Angora, Martin Merkel, Nils Andreas, John Kah, PPPL, Malecka, Aalson, Minorah and Sians! 

Tracklist:
00:00:00 Angora - Rin
00:03:00 Malecka - Raising Eyes to Heaven
00:09:33 Einmusik – Pristine
00:13:48 Gians – Dragonfly
00:19:20 PPPL – Skin
00:25:07 Romulus - Tragedie Enfantine
00:29:23 Worakls - Adagio for Square
 00:34:37 Tobe - Up To Sky
00:32:49 In-DikA & Teho - Algebra
00:37:04 Aalson - Castle
00:41:34 N'to - Trauma (Worakls remix)
00:47:30 Barbour - Comino
00:52:00 John Kah - Alba
00:57:15 Worakls - Toi
01:01:29 Worakls - Salzburg
01:12:02 Nils Andreas - Trop Tôt
01:19:02 Nils Andeas - Une simple histoire douce
01:24:01 Malecka - Rhéa
01:31:01 Kokenn - It Was A Dream
01:38:38 Ben C & Kalsx - Odysseus
01:44:30 Minorah - Escale
01:49:15 NEM3SI$ - Schicksal
01:53:17 Martin Merkel - Paix Dieu
01:56:17 Teho - Peinture A L'Eau

Best of Melodic Techno (Worakls, Einmusik,  N'to, Malecka, Teho, Aalson, Nils Andreas, Ben C&Kalsx)

2nd instalment of my Lockdown mix series... Stay safe y’all

Sean & Dee - Phoenix (Starkato Remix) 
Echo Babylon - Soul Degenerate
Martin Merkel - Il Primo Cavaliere
Austin Martin - Organism
Alex Preda - Power Cube (original mix) 
Third Person - Pompeii 
Manuel Meyer - Galaktika
North South Project - PHOENIX (Original Mix)
GuyRo - El Murciano
Futur-E - Acrobat 
Sean & Dee - Before The Storm 
Sean & Dee - Before The Storm (Forniva Remix)

Fractal Architect - Lockdown Mix - Vol 2

Cinematic Progressive with The Drone Pilots
Also featured on DI.FM: www.di.fm/shows/the-drone-pilots/

The Drone Pilots #011 - Fade To Grey 
Tracklist:
00:00 Morunas - Astronomia
00:32 Don Davis - The Matrix Revolutions (Main Title)
00:35 Stan Kolev - Monad (Original Mix)
01:38 Timewave - Rising 
03:38 Paul Sawyer - Terminus 
04:44 Ayhan Akca - Artificial
06:37 Undercatt - Eternia 
09:22 Dirty Doering - Fade To Grey 
10:54 Visage - Fade To Grey (Michael Gray Remix)(The Drone Pilots Rework) 
11:05 Paul Sawyer - Prometheus (Instrumental) 
12:37 Jonathan Reyes, Gabriel Filip - Hypercapnia 
13:42 Peter Makto, Gregory S - Promise 
14:38 Kamilo Sanclemente, Zalvador - Zaniah 
15:38 Nikko Mavridis, Weird Sounding Dude - Senseless (Weird Sounding Dude Remix)
17:05 Pole Folder - Serengeti
17:50 Ralph Mader - Utopian 
21:18 Teiko Yume - Fade Away 
22:32 Ornery - Symmetry 
25:00 Ewan Rill - Fate 
26:00 Soul Button, Rebecca Summer, Monarke - Jamah (Monarke Remix)
28:05 Da Capo, Batundi - Moyo Wangu 
29:10 Mariano Favre, Kamilo Sanclemente, Zalvador - Obscurial (Kamilo Sanclemente & Zalvador Remix)
30:55 Martin Merkel - Il primo cavaliere 
31:22 Hermanez, Eran Aviner - First Touch 
32:00 Waxman (CA), Julian Nates - Contact (Julian Nates Remix)
33:15 Peter Makto, Gregory S - Conscious Mission 
33:57 Tvardovsky - The Mastery (Original Mix)
35:00 BT, Space Motion - Remember (Space Motion Extended Remix)(The Drone Pilots Rework))
38:00 Audiense - Detoxification 
39:20 Findike, Niren-G - Indian Limpa (Niren-G Remix)
39:38 Digital Mess - Thanos 
40:40 Edvard Hunger - Mistique Space 
43:00 Agustin Basulto, Roger Martinez - Calma (Roger Martinez Medicine Remix)
43:32 Rauschhaus - Faunus 
44:40 NAHS, Rodrigo Lapena, Gonzalo Sacc - Nami (NAHS, Rodrigo Lapena, Gonzalo Sacc Remix)
47:00 Shannon Davin - Obsidian 
48:00 Soul Button, Strinner - Imagine To Be Free (Strinner Remix)
52:35 Soul Button, Miyagi - Imagine To Be Free (The Concept)(Miyagi Remix)
57:00 Don Davis & Juno Reactor - Navras (from The Matrix Revolutions) (The Drone Pilots Rework) 
59:22 Hot Since 82 - Make Up

The Drone Pilots #011 - Fade To Grey

LieblingSstück's Deep Progressive Love Session 

17.10.2020

enjoy it on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/rceogYGHrg8

LieblingSstück Session on Pure Ibiza Radio 17-10-2020-Nr.20  Deep Progressive Love

Soulful Melodic Techno all about quality music
https://www.martinmerkel.com

01 Martin Merkel The Dark Side of the Bicky Traumwelten Records

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