A gentle and unfussy bootleg, done during lockdown, of one of my all-time guitar heroes and musical inspirations, Vini Reilly.

The Durutti Column were the very first and longest-serving signing on Factory Records, the legendary Manchester label which gave us Joy Division, New Order and the Hacienda. 

This ain't no dancefloor banger - it's a hopefully respectful homage to a beautiful peace of musical tenderness which I wanted to bring to a wider audience and play in my more organic sets. We were hoping to license it for Nick Warren's The Soundgarden, unfortunately having initially had some interest and excitement via his management, the trail with Vini went cold again. So 3 years later it's time to share it with you all as a free DL. 

Hope you enjoy :)

Requiem Again

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The Durutti Column - Requiem Again (Tripswitch Revisit)

This sounds like something Andrew Weatherall would have played. 

The bond between Sprechen & the Idaho based duo Causeway (Allison Rae & Marshall Watson) has been steadily building over recent time with various message & props to each other as well Allie providing outstanding vocals on The Thief Of Time release last year.

With previous releases on Italians Do It Better (one of our fave labels!) they are now front & centre on Sprechen with their latest single 'Dancing With Shadows', a pulsating piece of hefty synth style action which precedes their forthcoming long player.

The single is a sonic exploration of the duo's expansive musical palate which cites influences from contemporaries such as The Cure & New Order (and even John Hughes movies!) but with a presence that is 100% unique to Causeway. Stripped back instrumentation and stacked synths create a dreamlike soundscape where Allison's vocal becomes the guiding light and provider of additional emotion on this neon soaked journey.

Dancing With Shadows comes across like a main track from the sequel to Drive that we never got (though we live in hope!), cinematic, stunning and a real plentiful taster of what is to come on their album next year.

Remixes take the track into other dysfunctional disco realms with Marshall himself providing a pumped up club mix that cranks everything from the OG up to 11 on the 'chunk-o-meter'. Whilst Sprechen's very own Chris Massey goes in for the acid kill with his 303 tweaking A Love From Outer Space style mid set stomper. Speaking of A Love From Outer Space, Sean Johnston himself gives a deep, moody & more psychedelic affair to his rework that takes things subterranean. Whilst Kiaki takes things deeper into stripped back chug territory which is equal parts hypnotic & hooky with a stomping backdrop...big!

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FEINSTOFF PREMIERE:  Causeway - Dancing With Shadows (Massey Remix)

Causeway - Dancing With Shadows (incl. Chris Massey, Hardway Bros. & Kiaki Remixes)
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The bond between Sprechen & the Idaho based duo Causeway (Allison Rae & Marshall Watson) has been steadily building over recent time with various message & props to each other as well Allie providing outstanding vocals on The Thief Of Time release last year.

With previous releases on Italians Do It Better (one of our fave labels!) they are now front & centre on Sprechen with their latest single 'Dancing With Shadows', a pulsating piece of hefty synth style action which precedes their forthcoming long player.

The single is a sonic exploration of the duo's expansive musical palate which cites influences from contemporaries such as The Cure & New Order (and even John Hughes movies!) but with a presence that is 100% unique to Causeway. Stripped back instrumentation and stacked synths create a dreamlike soundscape where Allison's vocal becomes the guiding light and provider of additional emotion on this neon soaked journey.

Dancing With Shadows comes across like a main track from the sequel to Drive that we never got (though we live in hope!), cinematic, stunning and a real plentiful taster of what is to come on their album next year.

Remixes take the track into other dysfunctional disco realms with Marshall himself providing a pumped up club mix that cranks everything from the OG up to 11 on the 'chunk-o-meter'. Whilst Sprechen's very own Chris Massey goes in for the acid kill with his 303 tweaking A Love From Outer Space style mid set stomper. Speaking of A Love From Outer Space, Sean Johnston himself gives a deep, moody & more psychedelic affair to his rework that takes things subterranean. Whilst Kiaki takes things deeper into stripped back chug territory which is equal parts hypnotic & hooky with a stomping backdrop...big!

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PREMIERE : Causeway - Dancing With Shadows (Kiaki Remix)

Launched by former Electric Elephant booker and manager Chris Massey as a side project alongside his A&R role at Paper Recordings, Sprechen is one of those labels that manage to keep the fire burning by supplying a retro-infused freshness-clad sonority for the intelligent dance floors out there. Nu, Neo, Modern Disco or even Indie Dance… call it however you please, that’s the focus of the “Madcunian” outlet and it simply can’t get enough of bringing to life one masterpiece after another. For its forthcoming parcel, Sprechen welcomes Allison Rae & Marshall Watson – or Causeway, when working together.

Formed during the terrible pandemic times, the American duo swiftly caught the attention of the sturdy Italians Do It Better and their first outing, “We Were Never Lost”, was selected to be part of the third installment of the IDIB compilation series “After Dark”. After a string of successful appearances on the Oregon/California-based imprint, Allison & Marshall decided to explore new realms and had some pieces published on Distrokid, Looq, and Lo Recordings. They now land on Sprechen with the magnificent Synthwave beauty “Dancing With Shadows” featuring also solid revisions by Chris Massey, Hardway Bros, Kiaki, and Mr. Watson himself "providing a pumped up club mix that cranks everything from the OG up to 11 on the 'chunk-o-meter'", premiered here, by the way.

“Dancing With Shadows” is just a taste of what to expect from Causeway’s 2025 full-length album – looking forward to it!

You can find (and buy) this and other music pearls on the Juno Download page of the label: https://www.junodownload.com/labels/Sprechen/

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PREMIERE693 // Causeway - Dancing With Shadows (Marshall's Club Mix)

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The bond between Sprechen & the Idaho based duo Causeway (Allison Rae & Marshall Watson) has been steadily building over recent time with various message & props to each other as well Allie providing outstanding vocals on The Thief Of Time release last year.

With previous releases on Italians Do It Better (one of our fave labels!) they are now front & centre on Sprechen with their latest single 'Dancing With Shadows', a pulsating piece of hefty synth style action which precedes their forthcoming long player.

The single is a sonic exploration of the duo's expansive musical palate which cites influences from contemporaries such as The Cure & New Order (and even John Hughes movies!) but with a presence that is 100% unique to Causeway. Stripped back instrumentation and stacked synths create a dreamlike soundscape where Allison's vocal becomes the guiding light and provider of additional emotion on this neon soaked journey.

Dancing With Shadows comes across like a main track from the sequel to Drive that we never got (though we live in hope!), cinematic, stunning and a real plentiful taster of what is to come on their album next year.

Remixes take the track into other dysfunctional disco realms with Marshall himself providing a pumped up club mix that cranks everything from the OG up to 11 on the 'chunk-o-meter'. Whilst Sprechen's very own Chris Massey goes in for the acid kill with his 303 tweaking A Love From Outer Space style mid set stomper. Speaking of A Love From Outer Space, Sean Johnston himself gives a deep, moody & more psychedelic affair to his rework that takes things subterranean. Whilst Kiaki takes things deeper into stripped back chug territory which is equal parts hypnotic & hooky with a stomping backdrop...big! 

Tracklist: 

1. Causeway - Dancing With Shadows (Original)
2. Causeway - Dancing With Shadows (Massey Remix)
3. Causeway - Dancing With Shadows (Hardway Bros. Remix)
4. Causeway - Dancing With Shadows (Kiaki Remix)
5. Causeway - Dancing With Shadows (Marshall's Club Mix)

PREMIERE: Causeway - Dancing With Shadows (Hardway Bros. Remix) [Sprechen]

The December Paper Air Waves has  Crazy P’s Hot Toddy giving the lowdown on their new album, Any Signs of Love? Add that to afro, ambient, psychedelia and disco, and it's a bobby dazzler of a show for the end of 2024.


1.    Quincy Jones – What’s Going On feat. Valerie Simpson)?
2.    Sandy B - Te Lo Dice A Ti
3.    BOM - Alabô feat. Luka Productions
4.    Moonchild Sannelly – Chicken
5.    Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 – Konkoma
6.    Konkoma - Me Kyin Kyin
7.    Nfaly Diakité - Negue Tigui
8.    Asmaa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou – Foulani
9.    Paradise Cinema - night search
10. Tian Qiyi, Jah Wobble – Incantation
11. Kelly Lee Owens - Trust and Desire
12. Hugo Massien - Everything We Call Real (Is Made Up Of Things That Cannot Be Regarded As Real)
13. Peni Candra Rini - Estu
14. Garth Erasmus - Evidence Of Things Unseen
15. Crazy P-  Human After All
16. Crazy P - Mystify
17. Crazy P – Strange Affair
18. Crazy P – Any Signs of Love?
19. Bosq feat. Megan Doherty – Can’t Seem To Hide
20. Underground System – Looking In
21. Alma Negra - Zouk Combat (Bosq Remix)
22. Flash Atkins feat. Maddy Brooks – Surrounded By Snow

Paper Air Waves - Dec '24 feat. Crazy P

Underworld - Slow Slippy
Will Hofbauer - Leech
Leisure Dub feat. Armanious - Body Talk (System Instrumental)
Gold Suite - The Cowboy
Tackhead - Powerstation
Tech Support - DubExpress
North Of The Island - I Feel
The Groovemaster - Dance On The Groove
Elkin & Nelson - Jibaro (Baldelli & Dionigi Remix)
The Groovemaster - Drums
Anatolian Weapons - The Periphery
Amacord - Everything Is Immortal
Asa Moto - Systema Naturae
The Groovemaster - Synchro System
Daichi - Groove Wave
Ilya Santana - Mammagamma
Sandy B - Blink Party (Stanza Dub)
Asa Moto - Cacao
D:Ream - Emperors OfThe Night (Days Of Being Wild Remix)
Andrew Sims - Sitars Over Shanklin
Causeway - Dancing With Shadows (Massey Remix)
PBR Streetgang - Gamma Ray (Massey Remix)
Feon - The Sun Is High
Totem Projects x Howler - See The Stars

Feed Your Head Guest Mix: Chris Massey

25 years after the first Robodisco by Miles Hollway and Elliot Eastick was released, Ben Davis (Flash Atkins) has put together the lost follow up after finding the original tracklisting in his archive.

For the tracklisting, full story and history of the iconic club, read it on the paper blog anf follow the link…..

https://www.paperecordings.com/robodisco-2-a-flash-atkins-dj-mix/

Robodisco #2: A Flash Atkins DJ Mix

Landing with an almighty bass bin rumbling on Sprechen is another northern musical disciple from around our way. Kiaki has been a regular visitor to many a Sprechen and Sticky Heat social and defo knows his onions when it comes to rocking the discotheques. With previous releases on Me Me Me and the likes of Erol Alkan giving hi props its with a mega vibe that we welcome him to the label!

Northern Solar is a straight up, lost in the sweat & smoke kind of club track. Hypnotic and hooky with its relentless pulsating low end thud & rumbles accompanied by synth stabs and squelches a like. One for the mutant acid militia…

The 2nd helping comes in the form of ‘And Then Some’. Slower paced and stripped back allowing for a more infectious groove to take over. But still packing bags of electronic drama. Perfect ‘transition track’ for when you need to flip things up a notch (or 2). Kind of peaky but not too much, what we like to call at Sprechen as a ‘subtle banger’.

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Kiakí - And Then Some [Sprechen]

London based dj producer powerhouse dup Dorsia land at Sprechen towers and they’re packing 2 flipping heavy heaters on the FM Dreams EP that will blow your cobwebs sky high!

Title track FM Dreams goes right for the jackin jugular with its skippy hats, machine gun snare rolls, bouncing bass & synth stabs and some mega stuttered sampled vocal stabs…think Steven Hawking after a fistful of veras and your almost there.

Mephi comes with 2 versions with both ensuring scenes across your dance floor…the club mix is a straight up heads down, techno licked workout that drives & thrives in equal measure whereas the disco mix ladles on the atmospherics & goes for the long play by leading into an almighty laser reaching break with a bassline that hits you were it matters. Cosmic-Trance-House? Resident Advisor will be saying they coined it first in no time, mark our words!

Remixes sit pretty much neck & neck with the originals…Norway’s Karl Fraunhofer’s trip goes straight to the laser grid & joins Tron for a synth rave. Thumping, stomping & like something from a lost video shop in time. Whilst Berlin based Curses turns Mephi into a subterranean industrial chug-a-thon that will delights fans of Sir Smagghe and Captains Weratherall & Johnston…this is dark territory!

3. Dorsia - Mephi (Disco Mix)

La Roux - In for the Kill - Simon Doty Remix (Free Download!)

A record label from the North West of England... 

Launched by former Electric Elephant booker & manager Chris Massey as a side project alongside his A&R role at Paper Recordings....

Sprechen is a platform to showcase electronic music designed for the dance floor...with a passion for melody, groove, soul & energy with no limitations of style and a diverse release policy...

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3. Dorsia - Mephi (Disco Mix)

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