Music, heard at the right moment, in some way resembles a river weaving its own path, inexorably sweeping everything and everyone along with it, exercising a primordial force difficult to escape. The Weisse Elster, the river that makes its way through the big city of Leipzig, embodies a counterpart to the small Steinlach, which flows quietly and calmly through the little student town of Tübingen (the birthplace of the label of the same name), giving this community its unique charm. After Wice moved to Leipzig, the obvious route to take was to create a Steinlach sublabel that would capture the flair of the big city, yet at the same time remain true to the nature of the flowing water - whilst taking into account crucial parameters that define a big city and that render it so lovable in its very own way.

The first release on the freshly founded Label Weisse Elster features five techno tracks that do justice to PAs and dance floors of a subcultural and diverse city. Purpose-built as they are, they skillfully elude the common sense as well as any trend by adding a fresh, inspired touch. Inevitably and with great focus the music overcomes the distance between the speaker and the dancer. This accomplishment is made possible by Wice’s timeless and inescapable groove patterns that in different ways underpin every track on the EP. The five tracks incorporate varied aspects of a club night and can be seamlessly woven into the flows of any DJ. The goal here is to be ’expectedly-unexpected’ or ‘unexpectedly-expected’, to captivate the dancers, to gradually and naturally challenge their ears as well as their understanding of groove in a charming way, but without appearing pretentious. Long story short: Take a listen, Don't skip, and Enjoy.

ARTWORK & LAYOUT BY SIMON SANDLEITNER

Ape Layers

Snippets: [WEL001] Wice - Ape Layers

This is the first edition of 'Weisse Elster's' freshly founded podcast series which is closely interwoven with the label itself and it's upcoming event series called WEL_L, taking place for the first time at Leipzig's 'Neue Welt Club' on July 22nd 2022. The podcast series shall demonstrate the event's musical bandwith and points out what to expect over there - no matter if the podcast's creator will play at 'WEL_L' or not.

For the very first edition we invited the super young, incredibly talented and Leipzig based R22. Enjoy one hour of his seamless and mostly vinyl-based mixing.

WEL_L Podcast #001 - R22

hedonism EP

Wice - when legs are broken, things have to be done

Wice - hedonism

Wice - blind certainty

Hybris is a state of dissoluteness, of loss of control, of greed and of lustfulness. Following that motto, Wice takes his listeners on a journey through a hybristic process on his second Steinlach EP, which chooses an enchanting and euphemistic entrance into hybris with Absent (No Aggression). Gentle pads create a peaceful and dreamy world that is turned into a fascinating landscape of sound by trippy drums and dopey synths and so pushes wide open the gate to hybris. The threateningly booming HB11 then finally enters the state of hybris: synths and drums pump adrenalin in heads and bodies, dancing turns into greed, the complete lack of control sets in. That lack of control riots towards its peak with the eponymic Hybris, which tears the listener in technoid and gritty manner into the abyiss of hybris and holds him captive down there. Hybris is followed by Nemesis, the devine punishment ending in death: Wice interprets this transition towards Nemesis with Hertz, a playful and breaky good-night kiss, which feels pretty damn good and resonates bittersweetly. (Words by Ingo, Steinlach)

A1 Wice - Absent (no Aggression) Snippet 130

Wice - Untitled Sleepless (STEIN003)

Wice - Anticipate Home (STEIN003)

Wice - Yes No Never Appropriate (STEIN003)

Wice - Hertz (Mosam Howieson Remix)

Wice - Just Kiddin' (Jon Hester Remix)

Wice - Just Kiddin' (Deep'a & Biri Remix)

Love.Music.Hate.Profile.Neurosis.

Steinlach is a 2016 founded record label based in Tübingen/Leipzig focussing on multifarious and complex techno music. In 2021 its digital sublabel 'Weisse Elster' was launched to generate a more constant output.

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