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

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.

Bookingrequests:
booking@steinlach-records.com

Based in Vienna.
Owner and founder of Schimmer Records.
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DJ/Live Act/Producer/Educator

Labels
Destruction @bas-mooy (NL)
Expression @hayescollective (PT)
Jack @truncate (USA)
Missiles @renegademethodz (GR)
Restraint @twr72 (NL) 
Groove @maloer-records (DE)
Mental @southern-lights-rec (AU)

Teacher
Ableton Live Certified Trainer
343 Labs Berlin
Home Of Sound UK

Contributor
Attack Magazine
Lead Author - The Secrets of Techno Production

Home Base in Berlin, Germany
Booking/Ableton Lessons + Workshops 
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Soundcloud : @mptrn
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Morssink is a techno DJ based in Tilburg, The Netherlands. With a deep appreciation for music all through his life he knew when he experienced techno for the first time that this was something special he wanted to be a part of. Ever since he has started DJ’ing he has really been focussing on developing his own sound and style. With a lot of experience playing several instruments since he was little and practising with different genres he got to the point where he is right now. Developing a deep, atmospheric and hypnotic sound that will surely make you dance.

Contact: olivier.morssinkhof@hotmail.com

After the first transitions were played in 2008 and the first steps in music production were taken in 2009, Wice developed an unprecedented love for sound, polyrhythm and frequency. More and more it turned out – retrospectively – that this sonic relationship was the perfect means for Wice to subjectively channel his innermost, to introspectively surrender to sound and texture, and to work towards the eventual moment at which he could say: ‘Cool, now I finally have the technical means to externalize all that doesn’t want to be said, merely through frequencies.’ Driven by the insight that there always will be more steps to climb, Wice had to acknowledge that this kind of music will accompany him for a lifetime. In 2017 he finally decided to start his own label ‘Steinlach’ with his good friend Ingo and Wice’s first solo record ‘Hedonism’ was released. Although achieving international success with this release had not been the intended goal, things fortunately turned out differently: Throughout 2017, the track ‘Just Kiddin” was played almost every weekend in well-known clubs and at reputable festivals around the world. With it, Wice even won a golden ‘Raving Spoon’ in the category ‘The Perfect Tracks’. Further releases on Shlomi Aber’s ‘Be As One’, Darko Essers/Tripeo’s ‘Wolfskuil’, Deepa’ and Biri’s ‘Black Crow’ as well as on the in-house label Steinlach followed. The affiliated digital-only sublabel ‘Weisse Elster’ was launched in 2021 with the EP ‘Ape Layers’. WEL002 (‘Seragard’) followed in March 2022. CAT No.003 & 004 are already scheduled for this years late summer respectively winter.

Snippets: [WEL001] Wice - Ape Layers

Steinlach | Weisse Elster