Techno

New Plector005  Preview : Release September 2013

A1 : Stanislav Tolkachev - I m not a number
A2 : Stanislav Tolkachev - I can't wait any longer
A3 : Stanislav Tolkachev -  I ain't even mad
B1 : Fran Hartnett - Seven Pearl Blade
B2 : Fran Hartnett - Trang

PLEC005 : Stanislav Tolkachev / Fran Hartnett

Following Juan Atkins’ “I Love You / Techno City ‘95”, the Archiv series is back, staying .
true to its mission, examining the always surprising and never ending Tresor Records catalog. 

This time around, the spotlight is placed on Greek producer Savvas Ysatis
After his move from Athens to New York City in ‘93, Ysatis released a string of collaborative works with his production partner Taylor Deupree, before returning to Greece five years later in order to help develop the local scene.

Two albums came out in 1999 (Highrise) and 2001 (Select) on Tresor Records. Genuine pioneering works, both of Ysatis’ LP efforts still sound as relevant today as they did nearly fifteen years ago. The four classics and two original remixes present on this Archiv #08 re-issue have been carefully selected by Savvas Ysatis and Tresor, to be re-mastered and cut in a new configuration for your listening pleasure and playing comfort.

B2. Savvas Ysatis - Bullwalk

release date (vinyl / cd / digital): 21st of October

“I've intended to do an album for a long while. The tracks draw upon ideas going back to various points over the last 12 years or so - some of the hooks I wrote years ago other bits are brand new. In some ways I wanted it to reflect a personal arc and the way I tend to do things  - never rushed”

‘Frames of Reference’ is the some 12 years in the making debut album from UK based techno producer Ø [Phase].

Best known by his work on the Belgium based Token Records his style ranges from gritty minimal techno to Detroit influenced material. His debut ‘Module Overload’ was released on London’s Lost/Cosmic records in 2000 and was followed by a string of productions for London's Surface/Inceptive Records and Ben Sims Ingoma imprint.

The move to Token came in 2007, he shortly after began DJing professionally and has since performed at parties across the globe whilst becoming a regular guest at Berlin’s techno Mecca, Berghain performing alongside esteemed peers and supporters such as Marcel Dettmann, Len Faki and Ben Klock. His continued works have seen constant support throughout the techno world and have featured in CD mixes by Robert Hood, Dave Clarke, François Kevorkian and Fumiya Tanaka amongst others. Alongside his production work Ø [Phase] is also a mastering engineer and on/off artwork designer. Starting out at London’s prestigious Sony Music/Whitfield Street Studios, he has cut records for numerous underground dance acts as well as working on projects for mainstream artists.

Now after a string of acclaimed releases on Token and a selection of remixes for the likes of Robert Hood, Mark Broom and Peter Van Hoesen comes Ø [Phase]’s debut long-player ‘Frames of Reference’. Opening with the brooding and building swirl of ‘Binary Opposition (Process 3)’ Ø [Phase] sets out his template of evolving, richly textured atmospheres underpinned by shards of dark and light. ‘The Bwiti Initiate’ revolves around a bouncing techno rhythm that could most certainly traverse the house/techno divide whilst ‘Distracted’ and ‘Misaligned’ are the kind of unadulterated, pummeling, cavernous techno tracks that have made Lost such a party institution.
Then we have tracks like the soft beating ‘Just Another Dance’ providing a lighter edge, embellished with warmth and strings and the thick, densely woven tapestry of ‘Shadow Caster’ which goes from experimental to dancefloor and back again with consummate ease. The off-kilter lilt of ‘Perplexed’ drags us further into the dark before keys and a hint of a melody draw us back upwards for air whilst the fat driving bass of ‘Dirtro II’ and funkier edged menace of ‘On The Edge’ show a virtuoso producer at the top of his game. The closing introspection of ‘Self Deceit’ wallows in subtle nuances before a mid section synth and string intervention pulls us back from the brink before finally descending into the void.


Tracklist: 

2LP 
A1. Binary Opposition (process 3)
A2. The Bwiti Initiate
B1. Distracted
B2. Dirtro II
C1. Misaligned
C2. Just Another Dance (album version)
D1. Shadow Caster
D2. Self Deceit

CD & Digital:
1. Binary Opposition (process 3)
2. The Bwiti Initiate
3. Distracted
4. Dirtro II
5. On The Edge
6. Perplexed
7. Misaligned
8. Just Another Dance (album version)
9. Shadow Caster
10. Self Deceit

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Dirtro II

Ø [Phase] - Dirtro II

Leandro Gámez - Nocturnal (LCR051)

Paths Taken

"First, time will tumble and then the earth.
The clouds begin to race, the earth boils over; this is the sign.
This is the beginning of the end"

TRACKLIST
A1 Age Of Iron
A2 Degenerate
B1 Kali
B2 Seven Signs

Release date (vinyl & digital): 27th of January 2014

www.ancientmethods.com
www.orphx.com
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Eschaton EP

Eschaton (Ancient Methods & Orphx) - Age Of Iron

You can buy this track here: https://dazzletracks.bandcamp.com/album/recreations

Leandro Gámez - Pluto Is A Planet (Dazzle Tracks 001)

!To even start saying something about the remixers or mention their biographys or discographys would mean to expand this infosheet to a book-sized techno history volume.
!We say thank you for all the support over 20 years and thanks again for really heartfelt remix work we’ve received from our friends to realize this huge project.

K-Remixes

Alexander Kowalski - The View Of Changes (David Alvarado Remix) Snip

Not much more than a year has passed since the Zenker Brothers presented their debut EP – ‘Lion in Mars’ – on Tresor Records.

The follow-up record segues perfectly between a triumphant year in the studio and in performance, and a 2014 which promises to take their growing reputation for blazing techno to new heights. ‘Stratus Phunk’ is an incendiary record, developing the ideas seeded in their first release to their fullest extent.

The title track runs along the entire A-side. Building the raw acoustic sounds of wind instruments into a rolling jam which soon becomes an unstoppable locomotive, shapeshifting in and out of smoky synth lines, tracky hi-hats and acetic basslines, « Stratusphunk » is a vintage tune forged in the Tresor basement furnace.

On the flip, « Thirty-Who » and « Vamp Like » explore the more splintered dimensions of the Münich based brothers’ work, familiar to whoever follows the releases on their own Ilian Tape label.

B2. Zenker Brothers - Vamp Like

Preview of my remix for Alfredo Caforio forth coming on Transition Lab Recordings. Vinyl only release.

1 Week (Truncate Remix)

Release date (vinyl & digital): 17th of February 

Token started 2014 with the great Eschaton project, a new 

collaborative project between Orphx & Ancient Methods.
Now, only a few weeks later, Danish Token representative Ctrls 

returns.
Movements EP contains 3 fierce new tracks. Mechanical rhythms, 

whip-crack electronic riffs, insistent robot vocals: Ctrls proved to 

master these sounds very well on his past EP’s and he only seems to 

perfect his skills on this 4th instalment.

Conventional? Never. Powerful? Always.

TRACKLISTING
A Shift 		
B1 Sweep 
B2 Stop

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Movements

Ctrls - Sweep

Sam Silva - Akial
PLEC004 - Four Ep

Release : 8th July 2013

Sam Silva - Akial

Its beginnings date back to 1997 in the "Slider Club". Influenced by DJs and producers like Joey Beltram or Jeff Mills, he immersed himself in the world of Techno. 

In 2000 he resided in the legendary "Krissis Club", one of the pioneer clubs of the northern electronic scene. 

He has played in venues such as T.R.A.X., Futura, Specka, Avalon, Bleep, LeClub, Filomatic, Hypnosis and in Festivals such as Festidance or Music Box.

Concerned about the spread of Techno culture, he directed the radio program "Club Culture".

 In all these years he has played with DJs of the caliber of Kenny Larkin, Oscar Mulero, Sideral, Steve Rachmad, Leandro Gamez, Aiken and many more.

 Their sessions range between the forcefulness of Berlin techno and classic Detroit techno.

Techno

WOLL