A slightly extended list of recommendations this time. Enjoy!

Essential Listening - March 2016 (Part 1)

Mario Moretti - Safety Station

Clan Of Xymox - Obsession [12'' Mix]   (1989)

Enter

Download: http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2014/05/string-static

Download

Curses - String Static

Xeno & Oaklander "Par Avion" out June 24, 2014.

Purchase in The Ghostly Store: http://www.theghostlystore.com/products/xeno-oaklander-par-avion

Xeno & Oaklander - Jasmine Nights

NoFutureNoFeelings

Title track from the new Das Ding album "Why Is My Life So Boring?" on Electronic Emergencies (EE001), November 2014

limited 500 copies vinyl (hand-numbered) + digital
https://electronicemergencies.bandcamp.com/album/why-is-my-life-so-boring

Das Ding - Why Is My Life So Boring?

Track 1 - Hand To Mouth
From the 'Animal Skin' EP.

FEHM///HAND  TO MOUTH

Pre-orders available at https://surachai.bandcamp.com/album/heavy-mask

Visions From Misplaced Runes I

Format: Vinyl, CD & digital
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Ref: ANYVIN006 / MD057 /ANYCD012
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Labels: Anywave  / Manic Depression Records
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Release date: 5 Nov. 2015
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Credits: All songs written and produced by Schonwald.
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Duna Studio

Shatter

BUY VINYL: http://www.darkentriesrecords.com/store/vinyl/wolfsheim-the-sparrow-and-the-nightingales-12/

Wolfsheim are a synthpop duo from Hamburg, Germany consisting of Markus Reinhardt (music) and Peter Heppner (lyrics and vocals). The band was founded in 1987 by Markus Reinhardt and Pompejo Ricciardi and was named after Meyer Wolfsheim, a fictional character from F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel ‘The Great Gatsby’.  Ricciardi soon left the band and was replaced by Peter Heppner, a childhood friend of Reinhardt's. Together they produced their first demo tape, “Ken Manage”, in 1988.

After making a second demo tape, “Any But Pretty”, in 1989, Wolfsheim applied at various labels until they caught the attention of independent record label Strange Ways Records. They are best known for their debut breakthrough single, "The Sparrows and the Nightingales”, the first single to be released on Strange Ways in 1991. The band's musical style takes cues from the 1980s New Romantics, new wave, synthpop, and darkwave. The track's sombre synths were produced by Carlos Peron of Yello. Reinhardt says the lyric was inspired by ‘The Great Gatsby’, "in the 'onomatopoeic tension' between predator and security."  Over six minutes, the narrator describes being lost, unsure of where his life is heading, using highly metaphorical language. On the flip is a brand new remix by German producer Ancient Methods, a pseudonym of Michael ‘Trias’ Wollenhaupt, who provides a driving, EBM-leaning, amphetamine-laced club ready cut.

All songs have been remastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. Designer Eloise Leigh has updated the record's original design with two sparrows enclosed in a blood moon circle against a deep black purple backdrop. Each copy comes with a black and white photo postcard notes by Carlos Peron and the song's lyrics. This release comes in time to celebrate the single’s 25th anniversary.

Wolfsheim - The Sparrows And The Nightingales (Ancient Methods 'Ode To The Night' Remix)

Philipp Strobel, head of aufnahme + wiedergabe on decks.
→ TRACKLIST & DOWNLOAD HERE: http://blrrm.tv/Iibn82

Philipp Strobel Boiler Room Berlin DJ Set

Cat-No: F//001
SCHWEFELGELB - Wie die Finger durch den Nebel

Schwefelgelb is the electronic music project of Sid & Eddy. Having carefully straddled the boundaries between Techno, EBM and Electro, the duo is entering 2016 with a 12” release on the new label incarnation of the Berlin based Fleisch collective. Fleisch consists of a group of miscreants known for throwing some of the best curated dark underground dance parties in Berlin, with a focus on sounds ranging from E.B.M., new beat, acid to techno. The metamorphosis of Fleisch into a label could not demand a more fitting debut than Schwefelgelb’s newest sonic discharge. Tight programming, catchy analog synth-bass coupled with well utilized & frenetic shouted vocals echo the golden age of Electronic Body Music. A refreshing progression of sounds moves the style forward without being afflicted with the formulaic and hollow tendencies befallen similar attempts by others acts over the years.

A2 - Balancier Dich Teaser

A1 - Bis Zum Nächsten Tag Teaser

Youth Code "Transitions" from the upcoming album, Commitment to Complications, on Dais Records. April 8, 2016.

Youth Code "Transitions"

Geometric Vision 
Another Day Without Blue

Album
https://swissdarknights.bandcamp.com/album/virtual-analog-tears

Geometric Vision - Another Day Without Blue

Berlin-based Mind:Body:Fitness works 'Mazdâ' into a loud/quiet rollercoaster of shiny, kinetic techno. It showcases her fast 'n' sleek production style perfectly and is one of her first official releases, preceding an album that we're told will drop this year.

More exclusive music 

Premiere: Aïsha Devi 'Mazdâ' (Mind:Body:Fitness Remix)

Taken from 'Silicon Tare' EP by Com Truise, out April 1, 2016.

Pre-order at The Ghostly Store: www.theghostlystore.com/products/silicon-tare-ep
Or at the retailer of your choice: Ghostly.lnk.to/comtruise

Essential Listening - March 2016 (Part 1)

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