SOUVENIRPLUS16 

Shock and awe is the name of the game with Souvenir Plus's next release (16). We're bringing the big guns in the form of a pulsing techno split EP from Yaya and Kasbah Zoo.

Yaya is a young producer hailing from Italy's very own motor city, Torino and has been making waves with releases on Cadenza and Desolat. Bringing his driving sound for the first time to Souvenir, the first track's relentless beat-steel toecapped by the powerful compressed kick and an instantly recognizable funky repeating vocal. "Feel The Reaction" tightens the tension screw somewhat, a tight snare pattern interplays with garbled voices and the hissing bassline, all brought together by the nightmare chime of some midnight clocktower.

Kasbah Zoo is the collaborative project from the Italian duo Alex and Nic as a means of focusing their joint DJ experience into music production. After a few releases, they started their very own Zoo:Technique and later the vinyl only imprint Babaloo Records. On "Rews" they slow things down, stripped back drums groove along, a detuned synthline providing the wonky melody. They close the record out with a more minimal take, a child-like voice whispering a gentle lullaby over the wavering of what sounds like a yazoo.

SOUVENIRPLUS16 - Yaya / Kasbah Zoo - Always With Me / Rews :

1/ Yaya : Always With Me 
2/ Yaya : Feel The Reaction 
3/ Kasbah Zoo : Rews 
4/ Kasbah Zoo : Sighs

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Always With Me / Rews

Yaya - Always With Me

Yaya - Feel The Reaction

Kasbah Zoo - Rews

Kasbah Zoo - Sighs

So much more important than any of the parties, the interminable travel, magazine covers or cash, every great DJ should begin first and foremost, with one goal: to be the most avid collector. Honing down the multitude of records is his task, through unearthing and treasuring music, new and old; almost as a traveler navigating his way through the ocean of new sounds. It&apos;s this constant drive for sonic exploration that&apos;s responsible for Souvenir, the Berlin label spearheaded by the brothers Ali and Basti Schwarz, better known to the world simply as Tiefschwarz.

With over five years in existence, the label has steadily amassed an impressive roster of artists, forming a closely-knit family of upcoming producers around them, as well as working alongside some of the leading figures in contemporary electronic music. It’s also been a home for most of Tiefschwarz’s own output with the young label’s very first release being the single ‘Hey’ back in 2006, recorded under the brother’s Ichundu alias. Since then they’ve had a ten-year celebratory ‘Best Of’ compilation, an album ‘Chocolate’ and their ‘In The City’ label sampler. With a whole host of artists having released singles along the way, including names like Riton, Phonique and Ziggy Kinder, the label has now become home to a steady group of talented young producers, Re.You, Sante, Chris Wood &amp; Meat and Ruede Hagelstein. Ruede himself recently released his debut album, ‘Soft Pack’ alongside his band The Noblettes, an electro-indie sound with an ethereal, downbeat version of his dancefloor anthem ‘Emergency’. In order to foster up and coming talent, Souvenir launched a digital-only label called Souvenirplus, and with plenty already on the cards for 2012 (including perhaps a much anticipated, new Tiefschwarz album), this small label proves exactly why Berlin really is the world capital for contemporary electronic music.

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Always With Me / Rews

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