Finding ground in Ghent, a small yet creative and lively town in Belgium, Moodfamily runs a record label and booking agency. Having emerged in 2014, it has sprouted from existing friendships and a mutual understanding and appreciation of electronic music. We represent artists pursuing their own unique sound, be it within their own tracks, visual productions or DJ-sets. 

Most important, the Moodfamily is telling you their story. The fruits of a long and devoted journey. We aim to reach people with our dedication to evoke a certain feeling. A particular mood.  

Kadent was born on the outskirts of Berlin. He started producing and DJing music in his youth. He became part of the 2nd generation of club culture in the late 90s and early 2000s - in 2001 he moved to Berlin. Starting with Berlin Techno and moving on to house music, his sound became slower and slower over the years. Today, Kadent feels at home in downbeat - his style is organic, emotional, deep, driving, bass-heavy and filter-sweeping. 

Nation 4eva

Hello:kadentmusic@icloud.com

Tunes:
https://soundcloud.com/gabriele-low-fi

past flex:

MCKR LE
Weißer Haße B
Beate Uwe B
Karneval der Kulturen 2019
StolenMoneyPosse LE
AVA B
Bouldergarten B
Café Kaputt at Spilunke LE
marathon open air B
artlake 2018 Li Brb
Raumklang B
rocken am brocken 2017/18 EbS
feel 2017/18 Li Brb
oben offen LE
karneval der kulturen 2014/15/16/17/18 B
Rosis B
Mensch Meier B
Phono B
Ritter Butzke B
Doktor Seltsam LE
J.Knüppel B
Maria am Ostbahnhof B
Jack Bimski D
Ostseeküsse D
Keller B
Kosmonaut B
Elipamanoke LE
Süß war Gestern B
Zug der Liebe 2016/17 B
Kater Holzig Closing Runners Floor mit Kotzen lol
Kater Holzig B
Luft und Liebe Festival B
Birgit und Bier B
Ipse B
VCF B
Wildeside Festival B
Magdalena B
Fusion 2014 Lä

30 miles west of El Paso, surrounded by 3,000 acres of pecan orchards and only a stone’s throw from the Mexican border, the band Big Thief (a.k.a. Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek, Max Oleartchik, and James Krivchenia) set up their instruments as close together as possible to capture their most important collection of songs yet. The band had only just finished work on their 3rd album, U.F.O.F. -“the celestial twin”- days before in a cabin studio in the woods of Washington State. Now it was time to birth U.F.O.F.’s sister album -“the earth twin”- Two Hands. 

In sharp contrast to the wet environment of the U.F.O.F. session, the southwestern Sonic Ranch studio was chosen for its vast desert location. The 105-degree weather boiled away any clinging memories of the green trees and wet air of the previous session. Two Hands had to be completely different— an album about the Earth and the bones beneath it. The songs were recorded live with almost no overdubs. All but two songs feature entirely live vocal takes, leaving Adrianne’s voice suspended above the mix in dry air, raw and vulnerable as ever. Where U.F.O.F. layered mysterious sounds and effects for levitation, Two Hands grounds itself on dried-out, cracked desert dirt. 

Anybody who has borne witness to Big Thief in the wild will find songs they recognize here. Much of the album’s tracks (“The Toy”, “Those Girls”, “Shoulders”, “Not”, “Cut My Hair”) have been live staples for years. “Two Hands has the songs that I’m the most proud of; I can imagine myself singing them when I’m old,” says Adrianne. “Musically and lyrically, you can’t break it down much further than this. It’s already bare-bones.” 

Lyrically this can be felt in the poetic blur of the internal and external. These are political songs without political language. They explore the collective wounds of our Earth. Abstractions of the personal hint at war, environmental destruction, and the traumas that fuel it. Lyrics like “And the blood of the man who killed my mother with his hands is in me/ it’s in me/ in my veins” are genuine attempts to point the listener towards the very real dangers that face our mother planet. When Adrianne sings “Please wake up,” she’s talking directly to the audience. “Attention is power,” she says. “I believe you can manifest something on the other side of the world just by using your power well.” 

Engineer Dom Monks and producer Andrew Sarlo, who were both behind U.F.O.F., capture the live energy as instinctually and honestly as possible. Sarlo teamed up with James Krivchenia to mix the album, where they sought to emphasize raw power and direct energy inherent in the takes. The journey of a song from the stage to the record is often a difficult one. Big Thief’s advantage is their bond and loving center as a chosen family. They spend almost 100% of their lives together working towards a sound that they all agree upon. A band with this level of togetherness is increasingly uncommon. If you ask drummer James Krivchenia, bassist Max Oleartchik or guitarist Buck Meek how they write their parts, they will describe—passionately—the experience of hearing Adrianne present a new song, listening intently for hints of parts that already exist in the ether and the undertones to draw out with their respective instruments. It is an honor to give life to these intricacies. 

With raw power and intimacy, Two Hands folds itself gracefully into Big Thief’s impressive discography. This body of work grows deeper and more inspiring with each new album. While you listen, let your own two hands rest in front of your body with palms facing inward and see what power grows between them.

Amselcom has forever been near the forefront of change, exposing new ideas and giving insight through music and creativity. Our goal is always to bring the world closer by removing barriers and letting sound and rhythm demonstrate humanity's true, loving nature.

Pre-order the new Album SABBATICAL
https://www.roughtrade.com/product/sabbatical

https://www.rosaanschuetz.com

Wiener PLQ liebt den Prater und seine Wiesen.

Bookings: santiandtugce@gmail.com

Santi (from Asunción, Paraguay) and Tuğçe (from Istanbul, Turkey) left their homes to follow their dreams of music and have been road companions and musical partners for more than a decade. Currently based in Berlin after many years of living in the US where they first met, they each bring a vibrant mosaic of influences and ideas from all over the world: soulful melodies, colorful instrumentation, dreamy harmonies, and surgically engineered dance-floor beats, informed by years of Santi’s training in music composition and computer science along with Tuğçe’s studies in jazz vocals and creative writing. To this date, they have performed in many major electronic and world music festivals, clubs, theaters, and concert halls throughout Europe, Asia, North and South America and received critical acclaim worldwide (e.g. Oye! on NPR’s “Latin Roots: Best Alternative Songs of 2019”, Songs for my Grandmother among Beehype’s “Best Albums from Turkey” in 2017). 

Dates 2021:
21.06 Fete de La Musique, Berlin
20.07 Hilton Dalaman Sarıgerme, Muğla 
22.07 Roots Kayakoy, Fethiye
24.07 Ojo Alaçatı, Çeşme
25.07 Sandal Beach, Kuşadası 
30.07 Kalamış Yaz Festivali, Istanbul
18.08 Hilton Dalaman Sarıgerme, Muğla
29.08 Lusatia Festival, Drebkau
04.09 Bollwerk 107, Moers
25.09 Tribe Restaurant, Tirana 
03.10 Picnic & Gathering, Hilton Bosphorus, Istanbul
19.11 Badehaus, Berlin

Dates 2020:
01.02 Jai Thep Festival (TH)
02.02 Jai Thep Festival (TH)
15.02 Slow Club, Freiburg (DE)
22.02 Beate Uwe, Berlin (DE)
21.03 Partymag Live Stream, Istanbul (TR)
08.04 Let's Support Artists, Bonjuk Bay (TR) 
27.04 United We Stream, Bulbul Berlin (DE)
25.07 Katzensprung Open Air, Cologne (DE)
01.08 Knust Geburstag, Hamburg (DE)
08.09 Resonanz Traum, Berlin (DE)
12.09 Casa Lavanda, Istanbul (TR)

Dates 2019:
03.02 Lucid Dawning Theater im Delphi, Berlin (DE)
22.02 Centro Cultural Juan Salazar, Asuncion (PY)
28.02 Santuario Showcase, Santiago (CL)
01.03 Kompaz Party, Valparaiso (CL)
02.03 Peña Nomade, Santiago (CL)
03.03 Temple Bar, Buenos Aires (AR)
04.03 Selina Palermo Soho, Buenos Aires (AR)
07.03 Avant Garden, Buenos Aires (AR)
16.03 Eats & Beats Izmir Arena, Izmir (TR)
28.03 Zorlu PSM, Istanbul (TR)
12.04 Radialsystem, Berlin (DE)
10.05 Schlachthof, Kassel (DE)
16.05 Bonjuk Burn, Marmaris (TR)
23.05 Feriye Palace, Istanbul (TR)
06.06 Astir Beach, Athens (GR)
08.06 Astir Beach, Athens (GR)
22.06 Cosmo Radio Interview + Live Set, Berlin (DE)
22.06 Kaosberlin, Berlin (DE)
06.07 Club Marvy, Izmir (TR)
07.07 The Beach of Momo, Cesme (TR)
14.07 The Beach of Momo, Cesme (TR)
20.07 Kultursommer, Hannover (DE)
26.07 Kometa Festival, Riga (LV)
02.08 Kempinski Barbaros Bay, Bodrum (TR)
04.08 The Bodrum Edition, Bodrum (TR)
08.08 Parla Parla Bodrum (TR)
10.08 Barbelo, Bodrum (TR)
11.08 The Bodrum Edition, Bodrum (TR)
24.08 Elio Sedef, Istanbul (TR)
31.08 Iris Beirut, Beirut (LB)
08.09 Mentha Nova, Istanbul (TR)
05.10 Bulbul Berlin (DE)
10.10 Sakıp Sabancı Museum, Istanbul (TR)
11.10 Mandarin Oriental, Bodrum (TR)
18.10 House of Fuzuli, Istanbul (TR)
29.11 Mensch Meier, Berlin (DE)
07.12 Loco de Pera, Istanbul (TR)
14.12 Loco de Pera, Istanbul (TR)

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