1 Richie Hawtin - Concept 1 9605 1000
2 Skip Club Orchestra - VA20
3 Beatrice Dillon - Workaround Four
4 Richie Hawtin - Concept 1 9608 1600
5 D.J.Fulltono - The Walls
6 Richie Hawtin - Concept 1 9609 1800
7 DJ Strawberry - Mono Ton
8 Richie Hawtin - Concept 1 9605 0900
9 Skip Club Orchestra - Formed #3
10 Richie Hawtin - Concept 1 9601 0200
11 Theater 1 - Peter
12 Richie Hawtin - 9603 0500
13 D.J.Fulltono - Crawlingman
14 Richie Hawtin - Concept 1 9607 1400
15 Theater 1 - Nanami
16 Richie Hawtin - Concept 1 9604 0800
17 DJ Fulltono - Draping 11
18 Richie Hawtin - Concept 1 9609 1700
19 Theater 1 - Sara
20 Richie Hawtin - Concept 1 9610 2000
21 Theater 1 - Rick
22 Richie Hawtin - Concept 1 9606 1100
23 Theater 1 - Marlowe

Concept 160 Part II

1 Richie Hawtin - Concept 1 9611 2200
2 CRZKNY - untitled
3 Richie Hawtin - Concept 1 9608 1500
4 AGF - groove 5.2
5 Richie Hawtin - Concept 1 9612 2400
6 Skip Club Orchestra - L12R16
7 Richie Hawtin - Concept 1 9612 2300
8 D.J.Fulltono - The Plot Thickens
9 Richie Hawtin - Concept 1 9611 2100
10 DJ Strawberry - Hafif Müzik
11 Richie Hawtin - Concept 1 9604 0700
12 Theater 1 - Nero
13 Richie Hawtin - Concept 1 9602 0400
14 Theater 1 - Lucy
15 Richie Hawtin - Concept 1 9601 0100
16 Skip Club Orchestra - VA20
17 Richie Hawtin - Concept 1 9603 0600
18 CRZKNY - untitled
19 Richie Hawtin - Concept 1 9607 1300

Concept 160 Part I

Artist: @simon-off
Titile: joyful discontent
Label: guides
Release date: 17.11.2023
Format: digital / cassette (edition of 50)
Mastered by: LXC
Artwork: Marta Sieczkowska
Simon Hafner aka Sun People is well known to fans of fast tempos, having released music on labels such as @exitrecords @rua_sound and @through_these_eyes. Hafner presents a wide range of music and guest mixes on his monthly Sub FM radio show and is also releasing music and doing A&R for the label @defrostatica.

His latest cassette on the Guides label, titled Joyful Discontent, is a tribute to minimalism, referencing the works of Frank Bretschneider and Mark Fell. The starting point for this release was a JMT VDR-1 drum synthesizer, characterised by its intuitive aspects, its limited sonic capacities and the challenge to stretch the machine's possibilities. This one instrument informs the structure of the album, fixed in tempo, track and total length. Reducing his tools to a bare minimum, Hafner explicitly refers to specific genre traditions inherent in this radical form. Structurally and sonically, the spirit of clicks & cuts (e.g., Komet’s ‘Rausch’) can be heard, as well as influences from dub, ambient and minimalist drum&bass and footwork.

In his thinking, however, Hafner goes further. The idea of interlocking all the pieces, complementing the overall grid of constraints, provides the frame for a playful exploration. The result was also fuelled by intuitiveaction, such as when a single gesture and decision changes the direction of a process that takes place in real time. When composing, despite the track’s live act structure, he produced recordings that could function as parts of a jigsaw puzzle that can berearranged freely in any order, thus opening the way for a reinterpretation of the whole. This is also why the album will be available in two versions, both as a mix of combined tracks, and as eight individual pieces that make up the whole.

Despite so many formal constraints, Joyful Discontent still sounds accessible. The pieces produced by Hafner move in the direction of Mark Fell’s compositional approaches, where music is devoid of evoking emotion, rather, aiming for a neutral and non-imposing environment for the listener. 

(with the kind support of the city of Graz)

This release is also available on the artist's bandcamp page. If you want to support him directly, I encourage you to do so.

sun people - joyful discontent (preview)

Simon Hafner aka Sun People is well known to fans of fast tempos, having released music on labels such as Exit Records, Rua Sound and Through These Eyes. Hafner presents a wide range of music and guest mixes on his monthly Sub FM radio show and is also releasing music and doing A&R for the label Defrostatica.

His latest cassette on the Guides label, titled Joyful Discontent, is a tribute to minimalism, referencing the works of Frank Bretschneider and Mark Fell. The starting point for this release was a JMT VDR-1 drum synthesizer, characterised by its intuitive aspects, its limited sonic capacities and the challenge to stretch the machine's possibilities. This one instrument informs the structure of the album, fixed in tempo, track and total length. Reducing his tools to a bare minimum, Hafner explicitly refers to specific genre traditions inherent in this radical form. Structurally and sonically, the spirit of clicks & cuts (e.g., Komet’s ‘Rausch’) can be heard, as well as influences from dub, ambient and minimalist drum&bass and footwork.

In his thinking, however, Hafner goes further. The idea of interlocking all the pieces, complementing the overall grid of constraints, provides the frame for a playful exploration. The result was also fuelled by intuitive action, such as when a single gesture and decision changes the direction of a process that takes place in real time. When composing, despite the track’s live act structure, he produced recordings that could function as parts of a jigsaw puzzle that can be rearranged freely in any order, thus opening the way for a reinterpretation of the whole. This is also why the album will be available in two versions, both as a mix of combined tracks, and as eight individual pieces that make up the whole.

Despite so many formal constraints, Joyful Discontent still sounds accessible. The pieces produced by Hafner move in the direction of Mark Fell’s compositional approaches, where music is devoid of evoking emotion, rather, aiming for a neutral and non-imposing environment for the listener. 

Release date: 17.11.2023
Label Guides / Outlines
Cat No: gui006
Format: digital / cassete (editon of 50) 
Mastered by: LXC
Artwork: Marta Sieczkowska

With the kind support of the city of Graz

Sun People - Joyful Discontent (gui006)

Artist: @djstrawberrymusic
Titile: Beyond
Label: guides
Release date: 15.03.2024
Format: digital / cassette (edition of 70)
Additional mix and mastering: Mateusz Wysocki
Artwork: Marta Sieczkowska

Released in 2022, the debut album "Cycles" by Turkish producer DJ Strawberry brought a surprising mix of genres. The tracks, which were kept at 160 bpm, combined the Chicago footwork tradition with its hybrid formula inspired by Japanese minimalism and spacey dub techno in a highly inventive way.

Two years after the release of his debut album, DJ Strawberry, returns with a follow-up to "Cycles" entitled "Beyond". The process of making the album was accompanied by many difficult moments. In February 2023, his country was hit by the largest earthquake in its history that significantly affected his family and loved ones. What brought the producer respite from these hard times was to dive into making music. "Beyond" is therefore a story about suffering, anxiety, but also about the process of coming out of these difficult emotions towards something constructive that brought joy and relief.

The album begins with crystal and delicate sounds in "following you". We see some idyllic and jittery imagery, which lightly jumps to the rhythm of complex rhythms. The character and atmosphere of the album transform with the second track. In "soyut", a noticeable tectonic shock is triggered by nervous percussion loops and the deep intensity of the infra-pulse. This physical aspect of experiencing sound and the vibrations it generates constitute the primary foundation that binds the music of "Beyond". The low-pitched, rough bass that appears in "soyut" also resounds in the next anxious track "çıkmaz", its dirty, earthy sound referencing footwork productions dedicated to competing dancers. The change in atmosphere doesn't come until "euphoria." After the first half, echoing the emotions of earlier tracks, the second half of the piece, DJ Strawberry, transports the listener into a space of liberating relief and affirmation. Ending the album, "feedback loopjuke" is a minimalist coda with swirling looped drums and juke claps fired off in the final part of the track.

The therapeutic aspect of the music contained on "Beyond" places DJ Strawberry's actions in close proximity to the similar sonic practice of another representative of the outlines, Jana Rush. Her album "Painful Enlightenment", released on Planet Mu, also used footwork to deal with difficult emotions. Once again, then, a musical genre whose prior function was mainly to "serve" competing dancers has transcended this traditional format to become a vehicle for DJ Strawberry's personal narrative.

DJ Strawberry - Beyond (preview)

Asked by @u-know-me-records owner, Groh, #outlineslabel boss @paide prepared a special mix inspired by his recent trip to Japan, the people he met there and the music he discovered. The mix features tracks created exclusively by Japanese producers. Huge respect to all the artists representing the independent Japanese music scene.

Photo credits: Magda Kotowska

Tracklist:
1. Yukitomo Hamasaki - untitled(the GARDEN #1)
2. Yukitomo Hamasaki - untitled(the GARDEN #5)
3. Yukitomo Hamasaki - untitled(the GARDEN #3)
4. @ace_up @addisongroove - Gold Spot
5. @fetus_music - Receipts
6. Ace-up - Ghost Will Tell
7. @crzkny - WHITE BOX W11
8. @keitosuzuki - Nendo
9. KΣITO - dob
10. @ifs_raps @ultrama00 - YAKSOQ
11. m28 - Camel DUB
12. @i_am_itti - Sympathetic Nerves (unreleased)
13. Fetus - Figurine
14. @dj-dike - juke dub
15. Ace-up - MF's Ain't Stopping Me
16. Itti - Insomnia (unreleased)
17. Unit009 - Crying And Crying In Love With Lova (Edit)
18. KΣITO - Shin
19. Ace-up - Take Flight
20. Fetus - Hi Hey
21. @dj-sekis & DIKE - B.A.W (Beat, Alarm, WhoseWords) ft. @alchinbond
22. Itti - Feedback (unreleased)
23. AIWABEATZ - Our World Re-Remix (HAZY & RHYDA)
24. Itti - Heartbeat (unreleased)
25. Ace-up - Archaique Rhyme ft.DLW_THE Original B
26. DJ SEKIS - tsunan
27. Yukitomo Hamasaki - untitled(the GARDEN #2)
28. Yukitomo Hamasaki - untitled(the GARDEN #6)

Akasaka Station

outlines owner @paide is playing tracks back from label's catalogue, some unreleased tunes and other artists inspiring music as well.

1. JANKA - LOLSKA DUB [forthcoming guides]
2. CRZKNY - TR-06 [forthcoming guides]
3. Sun People - Forward
4. IFS MA - YAKSOQ (Ace-up Remix)
5. 2K88 - GODMODE
6. Kelela - Divorce (DJ Manny Remix)
7. JANKA & CRZKNY - KAORI DUB [forhcoming YUKU]
8. CRZKNY - TR-05 [forthcoming guides]
9. Sun People - Discover
10. IFS MA - HEDDCHARA (Loopdrive Remix)
11. JANKA - YAMANOTE DUB [forthcoming guides]
12. JANKA & CRZKNY - KURUMI DUB [forhcoming YUKU]
13. Senking & DYL - Astral projection
14. 2K88 - SHAME
15. Sun People - After The End
16. Sinistarr - Torpor (DjBadshape Remix)
17. Thomas Knak & DYL - 01 
18. DJ Strawberry - Versatile Pt. 2 [forthcoming Defrostatica Records]
19. DYL - Steps
20. DJ Strawberry - 3-4-3 Pt. 1 [forthcoming Defrostatica Records]
21. DYL - H1

outlines mix 5.0

my first messy 160 mix
thx @kakalok from @circle.hk for inviting and Eaton Radio HK
s/o to @fxxlcatface who played after my set and all footworkers

tracklist
Alva Noto - HYbr:ID Noh Human
Alva Noto - HYbr:ID oval random
DJ Strawberry - Mono Ton
Freedjom - Watch Traffic
loopdrive - sujoisen
北村蕗 - 櫻
竹村延和 - long long night
loopdrive - sujoisen
DJ TAYE x TASO x A.FRUIT - Thinkin Bout U
Azupubschool - Meg
Ryoji Ikeda - ultratronics 13
otomoni - Piano Juke
tellur - artificial town feat PR0MEN3RD
toulavi - mantrana
Rian Treanor - Obstacle 1
Kei Toriki - 躰なき踊り子たち
LIL YOPPY - かわいそうなぞ
monolith slip - moon smoke
ITHAQUA - 最古の星
ITHAQUA - 賞味期限
pencil - Love (Glass No Kutsu)
M4tt - Bokeh (M4tt Remix) [Juke Mix]
WACKO YASUNA - A dedication to everyone (WACKO YASUNA edit)
橘ありす - in fact (Type841 80/160 Edit)

ureito @CIRCLE take over Eaton Radio HK 2025/06/21

11.10. DJ @ 10 years of Defrostatica, Leipzig
18.10. Live @ Greynote, Forum, Graz
01.11. DJ @ Celeste, Vienna
07.11. DJ @ Stadtwerkstadt, Linz
22.11. DJ @ 30 years Radio Helsinki, Graz
12.12. DJ @ Interlude, Forum, Graz

Simon Hafner’s aka Sun People’s output has been widely regarded for its inimitable takes on jungle and footwork, hybridised with a wide variety of styles like juke, techno, electro, minimal and dub. His deft beat programming, boundless energy and remarkable productive spontaneity has sparked a celebrated discography, with noted releases on dBridge’s Exit Records, Defrostatica, Rua Sound, Outlines sub-label Guides, an EP for Steffi’s & Virginia’s Candy Mountain imprint and much more. To further expand his musical sphere he found a new label called All Things Records that will focus on his own works and collaborative projects with like-minded musicians. 

Booking: booking@sunpeople.at
Promos & dubs: dubs@sunpeople.at
Inquiries: simon@sunpeople.at

ordinary carefree

ambivalence medi(t)ation

complex structures | rhythmic grooves | minimalism
label owner @paide

New tracks tagged #minimal footwork