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The late James Brown aside, you won’t find anyone with a more visceral connection with soul than Session Victim in the midst of a DJ set.
Their live set pitches the energy levels up even further, the frenzied head banging of two friends jamming like their lives depend on it, now a signature scene.

Since the success of their bedroom-produced debut LP took them a little by surprise in 2012, Hauke Freer and Matthias Reiling have formalised their ad hoc studio jams and fanatical sampling sessions into something resembling a schedule, but besides that, refreshingly nothing much has changed about the friendship spanning two decades and a regular Hamburg to Berlin studio exchange. 

With their record collections spanning several decades of hip hop, funk and soul as well as frequently vinyl-only house and techno selections, it’s their passion for uncovering dusty vinyl treasures and the soul that can be captured on a miniature moment in wax that inspires both their DJ sets and production environment. 

Session Victim’s second long player ‘See You When You Get There’ released at the end of last year was featured highly on various ‘Best of 2014’ lists, including XLR8R and DJ History. Respected contemporary and head of Pampa Records DJ Koze, also added his own seal of approval by remixing their track “Hyuwee” for the DJ Kicks 50th compilation.

The last six months have also seen celebrated releases from solo endeavours, with Hauke’s EP on new vinyl only imprint ‘XK’ being repressed several times and Matthias returning to hugely respected label Giegling to release his first solo EP since 2011.

The next Session victim EP will drop on the newly resurrected Retreat (the vinyl only label Hauke runs with Quarion) this summer and forthcoming Session Victim remixes include a seminal 1996 Boris Dlugosch track on Peppermint Jam and a remix on Gomma.

As we roll into festival season, June will see Session Victim make their Glastonbury debut, adding to their global roll call of the best underground parties and festivals in the world and their conversion of new fans dance floor by dance floor.

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RELEASE INFO

Hamburg duo Hauke Freer and Matthias Relling aka Session Victim return to Delusions of Grandeur with their second long player, 'See You When You Get There'.

Right from the start it's clear Session Victim's way with a groove hasn't diminished in the two years since their debut album, 2012's 'The Haunted House of House'. ‘Do It Now’ and ‘Hey Stranger’ open the record with the duo's trademark blend of subtle sampling, gloriously swinging beats and the same off-kilter sensibility that consistently raises them above their modern disco peers.

The new album marks a conscious progression in Freer & Relling's approach, evolving the sample-based production style that's won them plenty of fans since their emergence in 2008. Whereas their debut album was recorded in the duo's bedrooms, the new LP instead sees them embracing a full studio set-up, split between their own Hamburg-based studio and the fully-kitted out Room G studio in San Francisco.

Despite being situated in one of the USA's most beautiful locations, the duo found little time for anything outside the work at hand. Time not spent in the studio saw them raiding the two-dollar bins of Amoeba Music for interesting records to sample. "Having access to a fully-equipped studio was like hitting the jackpot. It was a bit intimidating too - we thought 'if we cannot write the LP here, it’s not in us'. A few days later we already forgot about this and were immersed in jamming and exploring," says Hauke. "We had access to all sorts of 80s drum machines, synths and fender rhodes of course that added another layer to the whole thing."

The resulting LP is as expected one that suits a variety of moods within SV's idosyncratic range - from the dancefloor thrills of the piano-led Never Forget, the classic disco percussion & filtered guitar licks of Stick Together and the heads down groove of The Most Beautiful Divorce Ever to the more laid back jazz tempos of Hyuwee and Crystal Maze, while the record also has a place for the more oddball moments of Under Your Spell and Eos Place. ‘See You When You Get There' finds Session Victim at their best yet, with an accomplished album that will likely emerge as one of 2014's strongest in its field.


TRACK LISTING

A1. Do It Now
A2. Hey Stranger
B1. Make People Dance
B2. See You When You Get There
C1. Never Forget
D1. Stick Together
D2. Hyuwee
E1. The Most Beautiful Divorce Ever
E2. Crystal Maze
F1. Under Your Spell
F2. Eo's Place
F3. Outro

F1. - Under Your Spell

D1. - Stick Together

C1. - Never Forget

B2. - See You When You Get There

B1. - Make People Dance

A2. - Hey Stranger

only two more weeks until the release of our 2nd LP.

RELEASE INFO

Hamburg duo Hauke Freer and Matthias Relling aka Session Victim return to Delusions of Grandeur with their second long player, 'See You When You Get There'.

Right from the start it's clear Session Victim's way with a groove hasn't diminished in the two years since their debut album, 2012's 'The Haunted House of House'. ‘Do It Now’ and ‘Hey Stranger’ open the record with the duo's trademark blend of subtle sampling, gloriously swinging beats and the same off-kilter sensibility that consistently raises them above their modern disco peers.

The new album marks a conscious progression in Freer & Relling's approach, evolving the sample-based production style that's won them plenty of fans since their emergence in 2008. Whereas their debut album was recorded in the duo's bedrooms, the new LP instead sees them embracing a full studio set-up, split between their own Hamburg-based studio and the fully-kitted out Room G studio in San Francisco.

Despite being situated in one of the USA's most beautiful locations, the duo found little time for anything outside the work at hand. Time not spent in the studio saw them raiding the two-dollar bins of Amoeba Music for interesting records to sample. "Having access to a fully-equipped studio was like hitting the jackpot. It was a bit intimidating too - we thought 'if we cannot write the LP here, it’s not in us'. A few days later we already forgot about this and were immersed in jamming and exploring," says Hauke. "We had access to all sorts of 80s drum machines, synths and fender rhodes of course that added another layer to the whole thing."

The resulting LP is as expected one that suits a variety of moods within SV's idosyncratic range - from the dancefloor thrills of the piano-led Never Forget, the classic disco percussion & filtered guitar licks of Stick Together and the heads down groove of The Most Beautiful Divorce Ever to the more laid back jazz tempos of Hyuwee and Crystal Maze, while the record also has a place for the more oddball moments of Under Your Spell and Eos Place. ‘See You When You Get There' finds Session Victim at their best yet, with an accomplished album that will likely emerge as one of 2014's strongest in its field.


TRACK LISTING

A1. Do It Now
A2. Hey Stranger
B1. Make People Dance
B2. See You When You Get There
C1. Never Forget
D1. Stick Together
D2. Hyuwee
E1. The Most Beautiful Divorce Ever
E2. Crystal Maze
F1. Under Your Spell
F2. Eo's Place
F3. Outro

A1. - Do It Now

To mark the end of 2014, the pair will release their second studio album 'See You When You Get There' and fans of Session Victim's irresistible productions will have more than enough to sink their teeth into.

The first track on the album is 'Do It Now' and it's more of the exquisite same. Floaty hooks, sunshine-fuelled guitar licks and enough funk to take you back to the late 60s. This is house music at its warmest.

http://www.mixmag.net/music/exclusive-music/prem-session-victim

More exclusive music

Premiere: Session Victim 'Do It Now'

We're not 100% what a session victim is here at DJ Mag Towers but we're pretty sure we've been one at some point.

As for the Berlin duo known as Session Victim, we know exactly who they are. Their names are Hauke Freer and Matthias Relling, they live in Berlin and are just about to release an obscenely classy follow up to 2012's excellent debut LP 'The Haunted House of House' on which their deep sample-based disco/house reaches a whole new level of gorgeousness.

They're also on board for DJ Mag Sessions at Egg LDN on Saturday 22nd November alongside DJ W!LD, Ejeca and Glimpse so they dropped us a 30-min mix featuring Leon Vynehall, Francis Inferno Orchestra and their own little soulful wonder 'Stick Together'...

TRACKLIST
Alton Miller - Progressions
Francis Inferno Orchestra - Amber Express
Skylevel - Leftovers (Ben Aksar Edit)
Mad Rey - Quartier Sex
Leon Vynehall - It's Just (House of Dupree) 
Trackheadz - Our Music
Session Victim - Stick Together
LTJ - Nass Funk
!!! - Must Be The Moon
Velvet Season & The Hearts Of Gold - Truth Machine For Lovers

DJ Mag Sessions tickets: http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?643393

DJ Mag Weekly Podcast: Session Victim

Tracklisting & Interview: http://bit.ly/sssnvctm

Session Victim - Groove Mix

New Label Splendor & Squalour by Brame & Hamo, with a remix by us.

Brame & Hamo - Clockwerk (Session Victim Remix)

TKNO - Bloodlest Eyes (Skober Remix) [Tauten]

http://www.mixmag.net/music/exclusive/premiere-dense--pika

Joined together as Dense & Pika, Alex Jones and Chris Spero only deal in ripping techno bangers, really.



Premiere: Dense & Pika 'Sycophant'

http://bigupmag.com/2015/03/exclusive-dense-pika-tantrum/

Alex Jones & Chris Spero, known to Hotflush followers as Dense & Pika, are entering the stage of another quality label – Hypercolour – with a 4-track Lynn EP, released at the end of this month.

UK’s techno duo delivers the familiar all-consuming monster vibe on the EP, which is the only way they seem to operate together. The track we’re proudly premiering today has the notes of 80′s mechanical sound, gently nods to Moderat’s “Bad Kingdom” and takes it further into the land of vintage synths, fog machine reverbs, and melodic industrial sounds.



Exclusive Premiere: Dense & Pika - Tantrum

Sumpin'different

Out now on BPitch Control. 
Buy here: https://pro.beatport.com/release/high/1544551 

PREMIERE: Ellen Allien 'Lou'

Release Info:

After last month’s »Busted Moniker« EP from Quarion, Retreat is thrilled to announce a new 12" courtesy of house music’s most energetic duo, the incomparable Session Victim! The aptly titled »Two Man House Band EP« is the lads’ first record since their 2014 magnum Opus »See You When You Get There« and perfectly transcribes the energy that Session Victim pour into their incendiary live show. Tailormade for a night out in the club or a joyous day at the festival, the »Two Man House Band EP« once again prooves that Session Victim are unstoppable in their pursuit of the ultimate groove!

»Summer Games« is an ode to that most festive of seasons and could easily hold the claim of being Retreat’s »biggest« track so far. Built around an Hypnotic organ loop, »SummerGames« completely blurs the lines between house, funk and soul : rolling breakbeats, catchy vocal snippets and a very groovy bassline are the core elements of this anthem that could rock any party. Yet Session Victim add a slight twist in the form of a melancholic string motive that appears in two chiseled breakdowns. It’s a little reminder that summers do not last forever and that one should enjoy them while they last ...

Flip the record in order to dive into the deeper realms of »Black Cream«, a more reflective track for the late hours. With its jazzy (almost broken) beat, guitar licks, rhodes pads, subtle percussion and ethereal vocals, »Black Cream« is the soundtrack to an exciting underwater trip with Matthias and Hauke at the controls. Thanks to the captains’ lively drum programming, the track flows effortlessly and we’re treated with many surprises along the way before a gradual rise brings us back to the surface.

»Finderlohn« is a smokey downtempo workout which finds Session Victim digging deep in their collection to demonstrate their prowess in manipulating samples. Beginning with an instanly classic guitar and piano loop, »Finderlohn« allows a shuffly breakbeat to take center stage, sometimes reinforced with double-time hihats for a more dramatic effect. The tune is definitely a headnodder’s paradise and the listener is taken that little bit higher thanks to a mystical flute solo that concludes »Finderlohn« in a psychedelic way.

Artist: Session Victim
Title: Two Man House Band EP
Catalog Nr. RTR17
Label RETREAT
Format Vinyl 12’’
Release date Mid September 2015
Style House
track name
A1 Summer Games
B1 Black Cream
B2 Finderlohn 

Buy from Retreat

Black Cream - B1 - RTR17

Summer Games - A1 - RTR17

Finderlohn - B2 - RTR17

you can't hide love - DJ-Mix 2008

Session Victim - what about us

RS-016 :: Session Victim - No Friends (12") - COMING SOON!
                  mastered by Bo Kondren at Calyx, Berlin

Session Victim - no friends (no Power) - Real Soon

my first release, unmastered version here
                  Real Soon Ltd01. 

My beat

released on Hairy Claw HC-013 in March 2009 

Sessionvictim - Black Betty

With a live show unlike anything else out there, your Two Man House Band has claimed their very own spot in today’s Dance Music.