
As ever with the Hell Yeah crew, there is an interesting back-story to the label’s next release, the ambitiously titled Coast to Coast EP. Firstly, the title refers to the fact that Justin VanDerVolgen hails from the east and Doc Martin the west coast of America, but that’s not all…

The label boss first heard Alexander Robotnick’s Undicidisco*track in a set by Golf Channel associate *Justin Vandervolgen. He went to ask what it was and turns out the track had only been released digitally. Keen to give it the full release it deserved on wax, he fully licensed it and got a remix from the man who first played it, as presented here. So far it’s done well, with Running Back boss Gerd Janson playing it recently at P-Bar – of, course it went down a storm... and Beats In Space's Tim Sweeney shouting "This is the Jam"... wow

The track itself is seven minutes of playfully droning bass synths and boom-bap percussion. It’s alive with darting synth tweaks and twitches and races through outer space at an inviting pace, radiating good time vibes from start to finish.

It’s a similar story with the flip – Hell Yeah’s Marco heard one of his (and dance music in general) heroes, Doc Martin, playing the Florian Meindl's bass driven original mix and immediately wanted to give it a full release, but not before asking Doc for a remix.

That remix is released here and is a heavyweight, shuffling bit of house funk with a tight, knotted and tumbling bass refrain propping up soaring diva vocals and grainy, infectious claps. It’s a wavy and hugely inviting groove that has plenty of lip-curling attitude to it.

A fine release with a great backstory that comes complete with great vinyl artwork designed by Andrea Amaducci, this Coast to Coast EP is yet another fine weapon in the Hell Yeah cannon.


Alexander Robotnick - Undicidisco (Justin VanDerVolgen Edit)

2 BODY'S - ASTORIA

I Start Counting, Fortran 5, Komputer are the 3 incarnations of electronic pioneers Simon Leonard and David Baker who signed to Mute in 1984. Having a unique approach to eletro-pop and techno they have a collaborated with Rod Slater, The Orb and Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band amongst others. 

Remixes were provided by the likes of Vince Clarke, Moby, Joey Negro, David Holmes and Pascal Gabriel, while the duo supplied remixes for other artists including Erasure, Inspiral Carpets and Laibach. 

A new compilation, “Konnecting…””, is available on www.mutebank.co.uk and all good physical and digital retailers.
Buy the Konnecting... album here:
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Fortran 5 - Heart On The Line

Ātman bahih kāyaḥ → mṛtyuḥ śrūyate(4)

Alden Tyrell - Hills Of Honolulu

Info:  
This track is part of "First Album (2009 Reissue)" by Miss Kittin & The Hacker. 

See details below or check discogs: http://www.discogs.com/Miss-Kittin-The-Hacker-First-Album/release/1768011

Buy the track at: 
Zero Inch: http://www.zero-inch.com/artist/Miss_Kittin/track/The_Beach_%28Bonus_Track%29/88365
Beatport: http://www.beatport.com/track/the-beach-original-mix/230618
Itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/miss-kittin-the-hacker-first/id308664562?l=en

Lyrics:
The sun is shining tonight 
The sun, the moon, the city lights 
I can't remember where I am  

It could be Cannes, St. Tropez or Tahiti 
Give me some oil
 I like to be greasy and tanned 
Sand in my hair

  I forgot my sunglasses
 Oh, we should send a postcard to the label
 It must be freezing in Munich right now

  One more thing 
My glass of Martini dry is empty 
More ice next time

  I hope there is new stuff from Detroit 
At the record shop when I'm back

2009: Miss Kittin & The Hacker - First Album (2009 Reissue): 15. "The Beach (Bonus Track)"

Kinda New  (We All Live And Die)

Kinda New  (We All Live And Die) (Tiefschwarz Dub)

Pre-order/Stream: https://17Steps.lnk.to/KiwiEP

Full EP released on 11 September

Marmora's Theme (Edit)

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Kiwi - Marmora's Theme (Edit)

Slam - Eterna - Soma Quality Recordins 1991

Miss Kittin and The Hacker - The Beach

Circulation - Purple

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Mute was founded by Daniel Miller in 1978, and since then has signed and developed some of the world’s most influential recording artists – including Goldfrapp, Liars, Moby, M83, Erasure, Depeche Mode, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Laibach, Yeasayer and Richard Hawley – and become home to a crop of emerging talent and recent signings such as Cold Specks, Polly Scattergood, Big Deal, Beth Jeans Houghton, Josh T. Pearson and Apparat.

Whilst maintaining a firmly eclectic roster, from the earliest days of The Normal, Fad Gadget and DAF through to the techno era with artists such as Plastikman / Richie Hawtin and Speedy J, and to the present day with electronic artists such as Diamond Version and Maps, the label has always been a champion of electronic music.

Mute is also home to the catalogue of a host of seminal artists such as Can and Cabaret Voltaire.

Fortran 5 - Heart On The Line

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