Watermark went through loads of different incarnations before it ended up how it did on the vinyl release in 2012. I was never happy with it.

The vocals were there as a place holder, until i found something I could use to fill the space.

This is a very rough early version with way too much reverb, badly EQed beat and an abrupt end. So apologies for that, but I thought people might find it interesting.

Watermark (early demo version from 2010)

Nina Kraviz launches her трип (pronounced ‘trip’) label with a double-EP compilation entitled ’The Deviant Octopus’, featuring a pair of brand new productions from Kraviz alongside material from Terrence Dixon, emerging talent Parrish Smith & Bjarki, and veteran producers Exos & Steve Stoll.

The idea for трип has been gestating for some time with Nina Kraviz, an avid crate-digger and frequenter of numerous second-hand record stores, who has long wanted to begin a label of her own which would build on some of the principles of her beloved 90s techno labels in terms of attitude and aesthetics, whilst looking for forward-thinking modern productions that reflect her core tastes for idiosyncratic electronic music.

The art and title of 'The Deviant Octopus' comes from a single-sentence scenario dreamt up by Kraviz: “Without a moment's notice an Octopus appeared and devoured everyone in sight”. Supplied with this scenario, artist Tombo rendered his own unique visualization for the artwork that adorns the release sleeve. It's Kraviz's own nod to the labels that inspire her and grab her attention while digging through second hand records, the best of which were imbued with the unique personality of the people behind them. This extends to the sound Kraviz intends for трип: dusky, divergent and trippy music to stimulate brains, dreams and fantasies.

In this respect ‘The Deviant Octopus’ is a perfect introduction: Kraviz herself is represented on the tracklist by two new tracks that take up the mantle of last year’s Mr Jones EP by returning to the vocal-flecked hypnotic techno that marked out that release. Complimenting those are two new cuts from a true master of hallucinatory off-kilter techno, Terrence Dixon in his Population One guise.

Joining them will be a pair of names from the techno pantheon who have been huge influences on Kraviz: with a career that’s taken in releases on Synewave, Trax, Novamute and Richie Hawtin’s early-90s Probe Records, Steve Stoll has been mining his own variant on techno and acid minimalism for over twenty years, heading up the Proper NYC label and releasing under various pseudonyms, such as Cobalt, of which Kraviz has been a long-term fan. His counterintuitively titled ‘Pop Song’ sits alongside a 13-minute 90s techno excursion from Reykjavik’s Exos - the only previously-released cut (originally appearing on Thule Records sub-label Plast Trax in 1998) - together illustrating that трип will also live up to its name in the geographical sense: showcasing great music from historically vibrant electronic music scenes outside of the usual Detroit-Berlin axis.

With Kraviz looking to build a small repertory of talent around трип, this first release also makes room for two newer names: Bjarki is an Icelandic talent to keep a firm eye on, who drew Kraviz’s attention in a chance meeting after a gig at Copenhagen’s Culturebox club, after which he passed her a collection of mind-bendingly odd demos; while Parrish Smith is a talented Netherlands-based producer whose short yet impactful sketch ‘1.0 / 8.0 Afrika Genocide’ brings the second 12” to a bewitching close.

All tracks on ‘The Deviant Octopus’ will feature on Nina Kraviz’s DJ Kicks compilation, out in January 2015 on !K7 Records.

Tracklist: 
A1 Nina Kraviz - Prozimokampleme 
A2 Steve Stoll - Pop Song 
B1 Nina Kraviz - IMPRV 
B2 Bjarki - Polygon Pink Toast 
C1 Population One - Out of Control (Vocal mix) 
C2 Population One - Bonus Beats 
D1 Exos - Nuclear Red Guard 
D2 Parrish Smith - 1.0 : 8.0 Afrika Genocide

The Deviant Octopus

A2. Steve Stoll - Pop Song

Vezok 2006

I-F Space Invaders Smoking Grass (µ-Ziq Remix)

Speedy J - De-Orbit - Rise EP 1992 (EDLXB003)

UP!: Spiritual High (1992) PRO08

Taken from the forthcoming Ostgut Ton album: @AnswerCodeRequest - ‘Gens’ (OSTGUTCD42/LP28), out February 23, 2018. All album info here: http://ostgut.de/label/record/211

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Monolake "Hitting The Surface - Electric Indigo Edit" (MONKEYTOWN027) Out Now

Tracklisting:

01. Shackleton - Blood On My Hands
02. Dwayne Jensen - Believe (Norm Talley’s Beatdown Mix)
03. D5 - Sides Of Space
04. Melchior Productions – Let’s Go Deep
05. Tobias - Below Houston
06. Rick Wade - Night Station
07. Ricardo Villalobos - Sieso
08. NSI - Clara Ghavami (Extended)
09. Mono Junk - Channel B
10. V/A - MLTD
11. Auto-Repeat - What Turned Itself
12. Tobias - Dial
13. DBX - City On The Edge Of Forever
14. Baby Ford &The Ifach Collective - Sugarspoon
15. Yassin & Arne - Bleepy Creep (Cassy Remix)
16. Kolmas
17. Mathias Kaden - Pentaton
18. DBX - Bleep
19. Redshape - Pink Dust
20. Cassy - Toyah
21. Redshape - Dust
22. Shed - Well Done (033472 Edit)
23. Liebe ist Cool - Glhwrmchen (Cassy Remix)
24. DJ Abstract - Touch

Shackleton | Blood On My Hands

Legowelt - Elementz of Houz music - Actress Mixes
Track taken from Legowelt's Paranormal Soul album remixed by Actress.

Coming mid march.
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Legowelt - Elementz of Houz music - Actress Mixes - Clone Jack For Daze 016R

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with kuopio, we release the second full length album by vladislav delay aka sasu ripatti. the record features eight new songs which allow the listener to dive into delay’s cosmos of deep and likewise organic sounds. subtle yet complex electronic manipulations are used, resulting in a high degree of variation within every single track and a nearly imperceptible intensification of their density.

progressive and energetic rhythms play an important role as already indicated in his recent release espoo (r-n141), the EP which forms a bridge between his former album vantaa (r-n136) and kuopio, best illustrated by the track “kulkee”, meaning “to move forward”.

kuopio clearly represents a further attempt to depict the finnish landscape as well as its isolated charm, which is also obvious from its design and conceptional approach by referring to the city of kuopio.


Monolake "Hitting The Surface - Electric Indigo Edit" (MONKEYTOWN027) Out Now

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