With grooves stemming from the amazing beaches of Muscat and Zanzibar, and drum sounds influenced heavily by American Hip-Hop and RnB, too the great electronic influences of Berlin and Bristol. The concept of his whole sound is to the merge as many different cultures and emotions. With genres consisting of house, electro, hip-hop, soul, garage, your occasional techno, and finally, rhythm and blues, all coexisting and unifying into one sound. All these key elements have really influenced Jean Jez and the music that comes along with it. Hoping that one day you will appreciate the music as much as he enjoyed making it.

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Modulate 44 | Jean Jez

The reissue of classic and seminal releases from the Tresor catalogue comes round to Waveform Transmission Vol. 2 by "The Vision" aka Robert Hood which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. 

Released in the same year he left UR and his hometown of Detroit, Waveform Transmission Vol. 2 represents a pivotal moment in Hood's career as his move to New York with fellow UR co-founder Jeff Mills led to Hood experimenting with a new work ethos through which he settled on his trademark sound. 

Fast, aurally assaulting, yet funky - the release is techno as effective as it can possibly be; in this version, remastered by Thomas P. Heckmann, we see the first results of his transmutation as Hood manipulates the raw sounds he would soon distil into seminal works like Internal Empire and Minimal Nation. 

Ever philosophical and spiritual, in the sleeve notes for the release Hood dedicated the release "to the form of simplicity[,] the reasoning of vision[,] the understanding of where we came from and how we got here and to the perspective we use to construct over destiny" - words which from our early 2020s vantage point almost foresee the influence this intuitive work would have on artists working from Birmingham to Berlin and beyond over the next three decades.

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The Vision - Magnetic Storm

“Kotti Island Disc” is a collaborative concept album which provides a foundation for the overall project “Kotti Island”, a multimedia exhibition at Kottbusser Tor in Berlin in January 2023. In collaboration with ten artists, various conceptual tracks were produced that are inspired by Kottbusser Tor. The multifaceted environment of “Kotti”, as it is locally known, offers an ideal surface upon which to play with and emphasize auditory details that can stimulate the way we imagine what this place means.

This exploration of Kottbusser Tor began with a series of field recordings made by the musician Cecilia Tosh, who is also the artistic director of “Kotti Island”. These field recordings, which create space in between extremes, form the basis of the album. They are collected snapshots, some of which have been sonically 
de-contextualised, while others directly reproduce what was recorded—sometimes interpreting, sometimes documenting. The result is a sample pack composed of ambient recordings (which have been barely edited), edited recordings (which have been re-worked), shorter loops (percussive to melodic elements and basses) and vocalists (newspaper articles, online reports, Wikipedia entries and the artist’s own texts).

The composition of each track was preceded by a meeting with Cecilia Tosh at Kottbusser Tor, where the space was analysed in both auditory and visual terms and the atmosphere was absorbed. Afterwards, each participating artist received an individual sample pack with the field recordings as well as video clips depicting everyday situations at Kottbusser Tor made by Juma Hamdo and Jaś Miszewski. While the sample pack was meant as an inspiration, each artist was also required to use at least one element from it when composing.

“Kotti Island Disc” includes ten musical interpretations that show Kotti as a diverse and lively place. The project is intended as an artistic snapshot of a place in a constant state of flux. It is, furthermore, an invitation to participate in an auditory journey through Kottbusser Tor accompanied by ten very different artists.

PARTICIPANTS
Zettka, Ray Kajioka, Cecilia Tosh, Philipp Gorbachev, Jon Hester, Sofie Superflyin Jackson, .VRIL, Kat Davids, Rocko Garoni, Solid Traveller

SAMPLE PACK
Barış Aydınlı, Cecilia Tosh, Nicola Sangs

Merkez

Rocko Garoni - Merkez

Full album → https://bit.ly/3KTQQli
Artist: George Tounisidis 
Title: Blue Box
Format: Digital
Catalogue:DRSS688
Tracklist:
1) Golden Age
2) You Don't Know
3) The Surface of Life
4) Blue Box 

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George Tounisidis - Blue Box

.defaultbox is back with the well done EP „Rise“ by label head Patrick himself under his new alias 10.000 BC. The EP is breaking boundaries and forming connections between ambient and timeless dub techno grooves. The EP opens with „7am“ which is an interplay of nature sounds, warm pads and breakbeats. „2pm“ is a colorful and warm journey into deep space. The EP closes with „3am“ which shows the tension between the organic warmth and uplifting energy of a dance floor track, followed by a heavy and thundery remix by the very talented Portuguese DJ and producer Robert Hoff.

https://youtu.be/zhsPIDCagUA

Rise EP

10.000 BC - 7am [DRB014d]

ES.
Bajo el alias de Xorpel, este madrileño de 27 años siempre está buscando la innovación y los contrastes en sus sets. Influenciado desde joven por sellos como Blueprint, Theory, Prímate o Warm Up entre muchos otros Xorpel siempre ha intentado rebuscar en lo más hondo de la industria para sacar el sonido que más se asemeja a su carácter.

Sus sets se mueven desde el Techno hipnótico, repetitivo y contundente hasta el sonido más groovy o hardgroove pasando por toques de electro o EBM.
Actualmente es residente de Ethos Alternative Club y Pomafest en Madrid, donde también es promotor junto a sus socios Symbiosis, Werc, Dani Duran y Root Noise.

EN.
Under the aka Xorpel, this Madrid born 1994 and based in Berlin is always looking for innovation and contrasts in his sets. Influenced from a young age by labels such as Blueprint, Theory, Prímate or Warm Up among many others, Xorpel has always tried to dig deep into the industry to find the sound that most resembles his character.

His sets range from hypnotic, repetitive, hard-hitting techno to groovy, hardgroove, electro, EBM and many other styles. He is currently a resident of Ethos Alternative Club and Pomafest in Madrid, where he is also a promoter together with his partners Symbiosis, Werc, Dani Duran and Root Noise.

T-LABEL | Podcast #133 | Xorpel

Yax is a techno DJ from Adelaide, Australia drawing influence from the likes of artists such as DVS1, Jeff Mills, and Setaoc Mass. His style is continuously evolving through extensive digging for deep, groovy, hypnotic, and minimal techno, as he takes inspiration from the 90s and early 00s era, while still adding a modern twist to his sets. Yax also curates a weekly podcast series called Yax Invites, which began in 2021 with the aim of showcasing talent from around the world with an emphasis on extended techno mixes. Be sure to check it out on his Soundcloud page.

SC: https://soundcloud.com/yaxofficial 
IG YAX: https://www.instagram.com/saintfouyax/ 
IG YAX INVITES: https://www.instagram.com/yaxinvites/

Weltraum 019: Yax

jomash - 231123 0011

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Mike Send - Can't Tell It All (Original)

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Neat Mess - Come Get Me (Original)

Jeremy Bass & Rio Dela Duna - Salsa House (Long Play)

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Modulate is a online livestream show from Berlin.
The show consists of a roster of different artists, all with varied approaches towards techno and electronic music more broadly.
They unveil their sound to you - the listener - and even try to push themselves to deviate from their usual sound, providing
listeners with a unique opportunity to hear sets that differ from their usual repertoires.
You can follow this journey starting on the 29th of October at 7:30pm on our YouTube page with new iterations released on a fortnightly basis.


-- Credits -- 

Director of Photography: Maya Zaretski
Design: David Löffler
Run by: Sebastian Hoffmann