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“It’s great to be back on the Electronic Groove Podcast. Enjoy my story of some unreleased music and known pieces as well as with an exclusive tune by me never showcased before, cheers!” – Doctor Dru

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Out now: https://fanlink.to/HighHopesEP

Fresh off their April 2022-released debut single on Unreel, German duo Konrad Ritter & NEPH are back at it with "High Hopes", a three-track hike across solar house territories beautifully complemented by a choice remix from Kompakt stalwart Robag Wruhme. True to the pair's ever vivid and colourful approach, a lush palette of summery flavours and organic suavity exudes from this fresher-than-fresh second effort.

The blissed-out, disco-hued opener "Trip City" treats us to a smorgasbord of layered pad swashes, framing our minds in a warm cocoon of sound that spins in and out of focus to the jacking rhythm of early Chicago house drums. Folding out sequences of melodic sublimation and honey-like textural unctuosity thru and thru, a different shade of feelgood-ism innervates "You Are Doing Well", where Ritter and NEPH blend in elements of polyrhythmic Caribbean music with heavily processed vocals and a left-of-centre sense of deep-house escapology.

Rounding off the package on a luminous, typically empowering note, German maestro Robag Wruhme repurposes "You Are Doing Well" into a proper clear-watered slice of shoegaze-y, dreamy elation - perfect for transitional states both on and off the dance-floor, then slowly but surely (and elegantly) cranking up the tempo up a notch until its bass-powered engines take us off up the highest layers of the dance-o-sphere.

Photo: Madlen Krippendorf
Artwork/Design: Björn Hinze
Mastering Track 1: Henning Riez / Tracks 2+3: Deinklang

High Hopes EP

You Are Doing Well ( Robag‘s Tassilaq Morbus Rehand ) 

Konrad Ritter & Neph - You Are Doing Well (Robag's Tassilaq Morbus Rehand)

GUSTAV - WE SHALL OVER COME - ROBAG WRUHME RMX-EDIT.22
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First in line, Gustav "We Shall Overcome" - originally issued in 2006 as part of the Wighnomy Brothers / Gustav split "Okkasion EP" on Freude Am Tanzen, is given a new lease of life. Stripped back of its deep house-oriented opulence to embrace a more pared-down textural approach, this new version of the track offers a chameleonic take on the matrix, best underlining the vocals' punk-ish nature and track's overall timelessness.

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T.O.R. 005 GUSTAV - WE SHALL OVER COME (ROBAG WRUHME RMX)

Buy/stream: https://kompakt.fm/releases/velvet_desert_music_vol_3_lp_7_dl

Kompakt unveils the third volume of Jörg Burger’s “Velvet Desert Music” compilation series, dedicated to music that hits the sweet spot between the cinematic, the (pop) ambient, and the psychedelic. With “Velvet Desert Music Vol. 3”, Burger and his friends wander afar, taking trips away from, or adjacent to, the dancefloor that’s acted so long as the crucible for the Kompakt aesthetic. Like its predecessors, it’s a gorgeous, lambent collection of late-night mood music.

Because it’s such a broad church, “Velvet Desert Music” admits all kinds of new experiences, as well, with Burger looking for music that “goes beyond the desert to explore different corners of the velvet universe”. Indeed, of all the volumes in the series, this third installment feels closest to an album made by a true collective. The roster has changed, with new contributors Flug 8 and Seb Martel, both with his trio Las Ondas Marteles and with Chocolate Genius and Zsela as La Finca, joining regulars The Novotones, Mount Obsidian, The Golden Bug, Paulor and Sascha Funke.

Burger himself shows up alongside Fritz Ackermann of The Novotones and Max Würden and Thore Pfeiffer, in The Velvet Circle. Their contributions are pure lush life electronica: “Our Tribe” hitches a ride with a low-slung groove, flickering psychedelic reels of acoustic guitar traipsing across moody bass and taffeta layers of drone; their opening remix of Flug 8’s “Puerto Rico” gently introduces the album with softly tangling electronic tones, while guitars, drenched in reverb, pirouette in the background. Mount Obsidian’s remix of Burger´s The Black Frame “Sacrosanct” spins around the listeners ears like a kaleidoscope catching the reflections the sun makes in San Luis Potosí’s ornately decorated churches.

La Finca’s electronics and voice miniature, “What Clouds Say”, is a masterclass in poetic restraint; Martel’s “Dark Mambo”, remixed by Burger, is one of the collection’s big surprises, for it indeed does what the title says, a drifting, surrealist take on the mambo form, full of pensive chords, rich with unrequited longing, a breathy saxophone whispering under the song’s sly rhythmic carriage.

Old friends reappear, too: Golden Bug’s “Es Cucuruc” is a muted slow burner. The Novotones chime in with a slyly propulsive, Krautrock-esque charmer, “Liberty Bell”, and the guitar-led tone-drift of “Valley of Oblivion”; Paulor’s “The Last Coke in the Desert” is a chiming, lilting dreamscape; Mount Obsidian are joined again by vocalist Charlotte Jestaedt for two modern takes on early-hours art song, „Fade“ and „Marole“, the closing track of the compilation, which is a spooked requiem for times passed. Sascha Funke’s “Mathias Rust” is a lavish dancefloor dream, vocal samples drifting through the song as it slowly envelops the listener in its opulent radiance.

What’s most compelling about “Velvet Desert Music Vol. 3”, perhaps, is the way everything sits together so tightly, so neatly – it’s the album in the series so far that feels the most like it’s been made by collaborators in one long, playful session of experiment and exploration; everyone’s on the same page, exploring the fractured wastelands, dust squalls, sunburnt scapes and psychedelic cacti of the psyche; burnt sienna, desert lilies and willows, fairy dusters, yucca and greasewood… an extravagance of blooming, riotous colour, erupting from the sun-cracked landscapes within each of us.

This is just a taste of the rich pleasures of Velvet Desert Music Vol. 3, a triumph of a compilation that takes the psychedelic visions of its predecessors and looks for the desert within, a dusty kiss, a road-movie hallucination flickering on the listener’s eyelids, a cinematic projection from deep inside the mind.

Velvet Desert Music Vol. 3

Es Cucurucuc

Golden Bug - Es Cucurucuc

After his stellar "Cant Stop" EP on Maeve, our pal Jonathan Kaspar is back with a glorious mix for our radio series. Delivering his signature sound over an almost 2 hour stretch, this mix shows why he is one of the finest DJs around at the moment, dig in x

Maeve Radio 004 - Jonathan Kaspar

Last years released ‘Marimba’ by GHEIST receives a transformative treatment in the hands of the seasoned electronic wizard Robag Wruhme who always delivers something special. He recently remixed Dominik Eulberg, Matthew Herbert and Sven Vath and this time works his magic on ‘Marimba’. Taking the magical melody from the original and creating a dreamy atmosphere with stutter vocals and unique sounds drawing the listener into its enigmatic world. The original is skillfully manipulated, with Wruhme employing nuanced effects to create a sense of fluidity and dimension. The remix maintains a delicate balance between simplicity and complexity, allowing each layer to breathe and contribute to the overall auditory journey. Embrace yourself for Robag Wruhme’s ‘Dimona Negeff NB’ remix which stands out as a testament to artistic innovation. The remix skillfully balances intricate production techniques, rhythmic inventiveness, emotional depth, and spatial awareness. It's a work of art that invites repeated exploration, revealing new nuances with each listen. Wruhme's remix not only pays homage to the original but elevates it to a new level, solidifying its place as a standout piece in contemporary electronic music.

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MARIMBA

GHEIST - MARIMBA (ROBAG WRUHME DIMONA NEGEFF NB)

Artist: Paons
Track: Wallace (Dave DK Remix)
Label: DANTZE
Release date: 16/02/2024
Buy: www.beatport.com/release/wallace/4417224

PREMIERE: Paons - Wallace (Dave DK Remix) [DANTZE]

Christian Löffler feat. Mogli - Portals
Robag Wruhme - Saneta Dwas Remix

KI Records / 15.März 2024

Portals

CHRISTIAN LÖFFLER FEAT. MOGLI - PORTALS (ROBAG WRUHME - SANETA DWAS RMX)

Mazewski and Verlake kick off our Fixed Rhythms digital single series with a heady minimal techno cut that’s got the sauce…a loopiness that you never tire of and brain tingling snappy percussion on top. Both artists are representing the Polish underground on their own terms. Mazewski has two sold out 12”s on Brutaż, and Verlake has released on Diffuse Reality, Jungle Gym Records, Father ad Son, K-HOLE TRAX, mystictrax. He also co-runs his own label, Laral Tapes, together with Dextre.

Alongside the original, there are two fabulous remixes. Japan’s Hizuo brings a delightfully playful and psychedelic breakbeat remix. Hizuo was featured in Mixmag Asia’s “Artists Exciting Us In 2024”, and I’m sure we can expect lots more great material from him. Then for the second remix, London’s Vertical Cat delivers a sunrise appropriate dubby and subtly ravey take on the tune. All three deliver something unique for various slots of a party.

Buy: https://fixedrhythms.bandcamp.com/album/gokaider

PREMIERE: Mazewski & Verlake - Gokaider (Vertical Cat Remix) [Fixed Rhythms]

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Aera delivers 60 minutes of rolling melodic grooves and bubbling electronica

Check out his remix for Saint Is 'Dancing In The Rain' feat. Juan Hansen from the Before We Get Old EP, out now on Sum Over Histories:
Listen/Download: https://linktr.ee/sumoverhistories

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