Berlin-based DJ and production duo Tale of Us take a step back from their busy touring and production schedule to compile the latest instalment of Renaissance's 'The Mix Collection' series. 

“We put this mix together in Mexico, looking out at a beautiful sea in a magical spot in the Yucatan, surrounded by friends and label mates as we recovered from an intense new year's and BPM rush. It was the perfect setting to take on something like this, looking back at the year behind us, not concerned so much by genres and boundaries as much as by assembling a musical picture of where we're at, where we've been and most importantly a little bit of where we're going. Each of the two mixes is a journey unto itself but together they can be seen as our musical chiaroscuro, reflecting a bit of the two sides of the way we think both about DJing and producing. It's hard to confine ourselves to just over 2 hours when there is so much music we've fallen in love with but this is the best reflection of this moment in time for us. We hope you enjoy it as much as we have.”
- Tale of Us – Jan 2013

Throughout their first mix the duo move effortlessly between the driving aesthetics of Kollektiv Turmstrasse and anthemic highs of Scuba to more experimental and angular remixes from Baths and Four Tet. The second mix takes a distinctly more mininal approach, with the textures of Daniel Avery, Recondite, Robert Hood and Extrawelt's productions taking the driving seat and remixes from the likes of Donato Dozzy and DJ Koze switching up already excellent originals. Across both mixes Tale of Us have managed to balance the deep, melodic, upbeat and sometimes more challenging elements of electronic music through careful selection and programming to ensure both have the flow and finesse that listeners have come to expect of a Renaissance release.

Tale of Us are certainly no strangers to the decks, between throwing their own 'Just This' secret loft parties in Milan, regular fixtures at renowned clubs such as Berlin's Watergate, Ibiza's DC10 as well as live and DJ sets at festivals such as Sonar and Movement. Alongside this, their productions have caught the attention of Seth Troxler, Shaun Reeves, Ryan Crosson and Lee Curtiss, who released their debut EP on Visionquest in 2011. 

The Mix Collection series saw it's inaugural 1994 release from Sasha & John Digweed, who set a new standard for the DJ compilation format. Since then Renaissance has undergone a musical shift, with recent contributions from M.A.N.D.Y., Gui Boratto and now Tale of Us helping to bring the original spirit of the brand to a new generation of music aficionados.

Full tracklist

CD1

1) Gran Cavaliere - Dancing Alma
2) Mathew Jonson - When Love Feels Like Crying
3) Tale of Us & Clockwork feat. The/Das - Life And Death
4) Kollektiv Turmstrasse - Ordinary (Lake People’s Circle Motive Remix)
5) Kollektiv Turmstrasse - Heimat (Robag's Turmkolle Rekksmow)
6) Roman Flügel - Cookies Dust
7) Scuba - Hardbody
8) Gold Panda - Marriage (Baths Remix)
9) Delta Funktionen - Nebula
10) Sei A - Frozen Flower (Midland Remix)
11) Wareika -  Burnin’
12) Simian Mobile Disco - Cerulean
13) FaltyDL - Straight & Arrow (Four Tet Remix)
14) Closer Musik - Departure
15) Tale of Us - Obscure Promises (Exclusive Track)

CD2

1) Daniel Avery and The Deadstock 33's - Magnetic (Barnt Remix Overture Edit)
2) Roman Flügel - Softice
3) Tin Man - Nonneo (Donato Dozzy Remix)
4) Carl Craig - At Les (Christian Smith Hypnotica Remix)
5) Recondite - Felicity
6) Argy Feat. Bajka - Upon Ourselves (Osunlade Stripped Mix)
7) Mind Against - Cagliostro
8) Lake People - Point in Time
9) Herbert - It's Only (DJ Koze Mix)
10) Seph - Zoom (Bi)
11) Triola - Leuchtturm (Wighnomy ́s Polarzipper Remix)
12) Robert Hood - Hate Transmissions 
13) Daniel Avery - Water Jump
14) Petar Dundov - Distant Shores
15) Extrawelt - Phoebe
16) Area Forty_One - P.R.T.C.T.N.


TOU1 3. Tale Of Us & Clockwork feat. The Das - Life and Death

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Sound artist specializing in immersive sound baths, and other ambient works.