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For our 55th release we are launching a special series called Dark Entries Editions, dedicated to 12" singles made for the dance floor. The first release in this series is Victrola, the duo of Antonio "Eze" Cuscinà and Carlo Smeriglio from Italy. The band formed in Messina, but later relocated to Florence to join the rich musical scene there with Neon, Pankow, Alexander Robotnick and Diaframma. Beginning as a 4-piece combo (two guitarists, bassist, drummer) in 1979, they slimmed down to a synthesizer and guitar-based duo a few years later.
Their sole release was the "Maritime Tatami"/"A Game Of Despair" EP, from 1983. Using an array of now-classic Roland synthesizers (TR 606, TR 303 Bassline, Juno 6) plus a Korg Polysix and Fender Stratocaster, they crafted two darkwave ballads. "Maritime Tatami" engulfs the listener with trance-inducing synth lines and melancholic vocals over its epic 8 minutes. Oblique minor-key bass lines provide an anchor while snappy, brittle 606 rhythms propel the track along. The lyrics tell the story of Tatami, a boy from a fishing town who yearns for a new life in the big city. "A Game of Despair", on the flipside, is a haunting crawl through the eyes of a woman left by her lover. An angular guitar riff repeats hypnotically, as fragile icy synth lines chime emptily above it.
Each song has been carefully remastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. The vinyl comes housed in an exact replication of the original jacket, and includes an insert with lyrics and never-before-seen photos. Victrola's only release is a truly singular and timeless masterpiece—it’s from a dimension of its own.

Victrola - Maritime Tatami

Whisper

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Miss Kittin & The Hacker are the Electro duo of Caroline Hervé and Michel Amato from Grenoble, France. The pair met during the early 90s at a rave and soon after bought turntables and began DJing. In 1996, their collaboration began, writing music heavily influenced by the 80s post punk bands Fad Gadget, DAF, Liaisons Dangeuresues, Yazoo as well as Italo Disco. Bored by the techno scene at the time, the pair set out to lighten the seriousness and add a camp sexiness. Upon hearing their demos DJ Hell signed them to his Munich-based International DJ Gigolo label and released their first 2 EPs in 1998 and 1999. Their debut album ”First Album" is released in 2001 and pioneers the electroclash movement of the early 2000’s. 

“Lost Tracks Vol. 1” contains 4 previously unreleased demos recorded between 1997 and 1999.  Distancing themselves from the hard techno produced in Europe at the time, the duo fused 80’s European New Wave/Italo Disco with 90’s Detroit Electro acts like Le Car and Dopplereffekt. Somewhat unorthodox, their sound has a song-like format, based on the verse-chorus pop schema of the 80s music they grew up listening to. Song arrangements are direct, spontaneous, seemingly unplanned, and mainly generated with some synths, a beat box and a microphone. Their studio set up at the time was a Korg MS-20, Roland SH-101, TR-606, TR-808, Siel DK80, and Boss DR-660 drum machine. Distinguished by Miss Kittin's French accented voice, full of derision, she sings about falling in love with an alien, sexy nightlife in Berlin and explicit S&M leather play.

All songs have been transferred from the original DAT tapes by the band and mastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios. The vinyl comes housed in glossy jacket featuring a never seen before black and white photo of the duo taken in 1996. Each LP includes a postcard with liner notes from Miss Kittin and The Hacker designed by Eloise Leigh. As Miss Kittin says of these demos, “We were naive, innocent, adventurous and we didn’t expect anything in return”. 

Miss Kittin & The Hacker - Leather Forever

NEW002 - Pelada 'No Hay'

Croatia´s Le Chocolat Noir debuts on Charlois with four cuts of embittered, EBM inspired, electronics. An EP of contrasts. Wrenching vocals are scored by brash synthlines. slicing snares, countered by a cold and bright hope. Frigid warmth from the heart of Zagreb.

Le Chocolat Noir - Models Unrepresentative

Grunts Breakfast

The track is taken from the first release in our new @MechatronicaMusic White series, dedicated to limited edition white label records across synth, wave, EBM, italo, electro and more. Mechatronica White 1 will feature tracks by Inhalt, Violet Poison, Sneaker / Opus Leopard and Daniel Holt - release date: May 11th, 2018.

Listen to more tracks from the vinyl:
https://soundcloud.com/mechatronicamusic/sets/mtronw001
The new digi-album of Opus Leopard - 'Kunst oder Katze' on bandcamp features my remix of the single 'Sternzeichen Leopard' from the last album.
https://opusleopard.bandcamp.com/album/kunst-oder-katze

After meeting in Ulm we decided we should try doing something together, so I took the Walhallian music by OL for a remix. The driving arpeggio is done with help of the MIDI-In on my tiny Yamaha CS-01 (thanks, Jacob Korn for installing the kit). Wokosoma (also the singer) did the fabulous stop-motion video you can watch by following the link: 

sneakerdj.com/opus-leopard-sternzeichen-leopard-sneaker-remix/

Kunst oder Katze

Opus Leopard - Sternzeichen Leopard (SNEAKERS REMIX)

Fakundo - 69

Robotiko Rejekto - “Rejekto”

A1) Rejekto (Perfekto mix)

AA1) Rejekto (U.S. Dub)
AA2) Rejekto (Frenchbloke cover version)

Optimo Trax 30 celebrates a double 30 year anniversary; the original release date of “Rejekto” and 30 years since Twitch started dj’ing. In 1987, Twitch, who wasn’t known as Twitch yet, picked up a copy of “Rejekto” at Glasgow’s then numero uno import shop, 23rd Precinct. He was smitten.

Shortly after that he got his first ever dj gig and played “Rejekto” in his first ever dj set. Nobody danced to it. He kept playing it and still nobody danced to it. Eventually he gave up playing it, but never stopped loving it. 

A few years ago he felt the time was right to try playing it again and this time people danced to it. In fact, people loved it and would ask about it and shriek in delight when they heard it. There is often a lot of false nostalgia talked about in dance music and how it “was better back in the day?”. Well, in some ways it was but in many it wasn’t and 30 years later it feels as if perhaps ears are more open, or perhaps “Rejekto” was just ahead of its time?

From Germany, written and produced by Ra-Hen and Talla 2XLC, Robotiko Rejecto’s “Rejekto” was the inaugural release on the Techno Drome International label. With a powerful and seductive vocal sung in Romanian it has latterly been categorised as EBM / Techno but at the time didn’t really fit into any convenient genre. Twitch called it Electrobeat.

To celebrate this 30th release on Optimo Trax, the 12” comes in a  special sleeve designed by Katie Shambles and Andrew Beltran. As well as featuring the original classic “Perfekto” and “U.S. Dub” versions this reissue features a slo-mo cover version by long-time Twitch friend and ally, the mysterious Frenchbloke who was the only other person he knew back then who also loved this wonderful record. Robotiko!

Two track 12" (and digital) released on July 21st 2017. Distributed by Kompakt and Rub A Dub.

Optimo Trax 30 - Robotiko Rejekto - Rejekto! 12" (sampler)

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Dollkraut & De Ambassade - Du Fetisch

here is a free download version we've made after  the album " atomised " in order to play in our dj set .
Enjoy :)

She Likes Dark Hair Club Mix

French minimalist electro tandem with new wave & cold reminiscences. An ideal coming from the 80's caracolating with the power of the current sounds, a crossing of various influences coming from the "Rave" & from the moist evenings of the Techno. New songs have been composed with featurings of Odge . Enjoy :)

Discography

EP’s

Vision EP Elektrofon ( 12'') 2005
Switch lifes EP Elektrofon (12'') 2006
Virtual hopes EP Space Factory (12'') 2006
Time machine Space Factory (12'') 2010
Mind EP (digital) High Seven Records 2010 
Berheim Ep ( digital) Conflict records 2011 Minotaur in the lost EP (digital) Swap records 2012
The shape(digital) Gouru records 2013
Atomised remixes (digital)Bass Agenda 2018
the fourth kind EP (digital) Beach coma 2020
When the wind blows (digital) Clivage records 2022
Endless Sunday EP(digital) Thisbe recordings 2022

Remixes

Mirror of Silence EP “Control me” (12'') OD Records 2010
Ascii Disko “Voices of the Dead” (12 '') Space Factory 2010
Christopher Kah “Mutability ” RedHotHell 2010
Claudia Carotti “Cats” Space Factory 2010
Mini “Walking” Space Factory 2010
Yasmin Gate & Douglas Mc Carthy “Lips” Space Factory 2010
My Favourite Robot “Birthday Song” MFR 2010
Millimetric “Colargol” M-Tronic Jan 2011
Haujobb “Dead Market” june 2011 
Yoshihiro Arikawa_”Under the pole” Swap Records 2013 
Matt keyl” Kripton” Tic tac toe Records 2013 
Night riders " danse avec moi " (12 '') 2013 
Commuter “ No heat “ A traction 2014
The micronauts"dirt" Micronautics 2018

Albums
Atomised (CD , digital) Bass Agenda 2018
Gifts of Age (CD, Digital) Space Factory 2009
Fascinated By The Chaos (CD, Digital) 2011

More infos 
www.soundcloud/nomenklatur
www.facebook.com/nomenklaturmusic

contact : nomenklaturmusic@yahoo.fr

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