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It’s time for a new Reinhard Voigt EP on Kompakt? It doesn’t feel like it was that long ago since we last heard from him but then again, time is running! His latest release on Kompakt "Was wir spüren" (KOM 402) was released in May 2019. From there we encountered Reinhard's musical work mainly in the form of various digital reissues or in union with his brother Wolfgang together as Voigt & Voigt. Then in August of 2021, a glimmer of musical life from Reinhard reached his loyal fans in the form of a continuation of his RV ultra-minimalist concept series as "RV 05 / RV 06" via our KX imprint.

So that brings us to the present. Two new tracks that preach and spin on the classic Reinhard Voigt sound. Tracks that are as relentless as they are consistent to his signature stoic, radical, minimal techno. "Cha Cha Club" creaks and stomps along so mercilessly that they leave us impatient for the reopening of a dark, foggy club room and to have the bitter taste of gin and chemicals on our palates. Bass drum in, bass drum out - sometimes that's all it takes to be happy. 

With "Die Frau, die nach Deutz ging" Reinhard discloses a small tale in the title...that this is the continuation of "Der Mann, der nie nach Deutz kam", a track from “Was wir spüren”. Elements recall Reinhard Voigt's SPEICHER tracks; sovereign, modern techno, monotonous in principle, but here and there interrupted and structured by unexpected signals and sounds in such a way that the track will also work on larger dance floors.

Reinhard Voigt - Cha Cha Club

Nu Disco Mix

Tracklist
1)Dressing UP! (MF Productions Remix) - Jerem A, MF Productions
2)Galaxy (Original Mix) - Alex Metric
3)Got Da Funk (Daisuke Miyamoto Remix) - Dubby Disco BOyz, Daisuke Miyamoto
4)Relight (Desire Nu Disco Mix) - Disco Incorporated
5)Sunshine (ReGroove Mix)- Mark Whites
6)Tropical Banana - Alex Gomez
7)Gotta Have - Lup Ino
8)Bass Culture (Mattei & Omich Re-edit) - Mattei & Omich, Re-Tide
9)Dirty Talk (USA European Connection Mix) - Klein, MBO
10)Dub-O-Logy - C. Da Afro
11)Getcha (Original Mix) - Igor Gonya
12)One of These Days - NODEN

Tortuga - Nu Disco Mix

Avalanche Alert

I've been so inspired by the amazing DJs I've supported over the past few weeks - Patrick Topping, Henry Saiz... and I've been pinching myself - to be playing on the same stage as them (earlier but still), and other  incredible artists like Osunlade and Madmotormiquel.

In two days I will have been playing for 2 years. With the support and encouragement of a number of individuals, I have had the chance to play many times and at some really special events. Thank you to everyone who has booked me - to be trusted to bring a vibe is a privilege I do not take lightly.

In the last week or two I've been wishing I could experience one of my sets the way everyone else does. So not just the bigger soundsystem but for example  hearing a great afro house track for the first time, even if all the tracks were familiar, to not know what's coming next. I love the music I play, I think I have decent taste, but the phenomenal feedback I have been receiving especially recently - from my opening set at Patrick Topping's Trick show, to a 3 hour Revs close on 26 January, then my first festival set at Festival No. 23, and opening a packed front room at Revs for Hardware's Boris Afterparty then my set at Bourke Street Courtyard... it has been amazing and humbling.

All of your incredible words - the things you guys are saying to me... I know you aren't just being nice. I am delighted that my vibe is resonating with so many of you.

These are the tracks I played at Patrick Topping's Trick show in Melbourne on Saturday 14th January 2023. 

It's been over 3 weeks since Trick. I've had this mix ready to upload since then. But it has taken this long for it to finally sink in - Trick at Pica happened. 

Because there is no way I will ever hear my own set from the perspective of someone on the dancefloor, in the last few weeks I have had to accept that I actually really do bring quite a vibe. More so than I can understand from the business end. But. What's important is how much YOU love it. My joy comes from you - watching the dance floor as I play. Catching some emotion flit across someone's face. Mass bass face. Spontaneous rounds of applause. When I make you feel something through the tunes I I have found. 

Now that I have worked this out it all makes sense to me  Trick was not a dream, it was real, that was me. Just like every other amazing event. 

External validation shouldn't define anyone, but it's always lovely to receive enthusiastic positive feedback, especially early on in a career, and you have helped me see that I really am doing something right. I'm on the right track. 

I'll keep playing so long as I keep getting booked. So thank you. Black  Tiger would be nothing without your support. 

I don't own a recorder - if you want to hear a live set, at this stage you have to come see me in action IRL.  I personally like to relive my sets by recording them from history for SoundCloud - they are pretty close to the originals. 

You know I love it. 

Enjoy. 

xoxo

Black Tiger




PS My current two favourite tracks are in this mix...
https://open.spotify.com/track/2oKqi7ULRxxVkmV6y972J4?si0=2867b602db584f1a AND
https://open.spotify.com/track/2cVGCUx6xnmcdIz2Ns9OLw?si=f39d1da0faa54938

I'll have a spotify playlist ready for you soon. 

#180||PatrickTopping||Trick||PICAWarehouse||14Jan23||afrotechhouse

Damian Lazarus & Joakim - Come Into My Kitchen (Chateau Flight Mix)

Dave Angel - Guru
A Revelation 
B Guru

Buy Link:
www.beatport.com/release/revelation/1447197

Label: Crosstown Rebels 
Released: 12" 19th January | Digital: 2nd Feb 
Distribution: Above Board 
Cat no: CRM137 
www.crosstownrebels.com

Top 10 Chart: 
pro.beatport.com/chart/dave-angel…ion-chart/333358

Next up on Crosstown Rebels is a release from one of the most long standing and highly respected artists of the techno scene, Dave Angel.

"Inspired by music from my youth, Revelation and Guru are a perfect partnership of ideas and sounds I put together to reflect that. I'm also really excited to be part of the Crosstown family" Dave Angel

Dave Angel has created a forceful and thumping techno dream with ‘Revelation’, a track that unfolds as intensity increases. ‘Guru’’s techno infusion beholds a dreamy vocal, warm synths amidst a driving beat made for tireless dancefloors.

@daveangel www.facebook.com/daveangelmusic www.crosstownrebels.com/ www.twitter.com/djdaveangel

A part of the very fabric of the UK techno scene, Dave Angel’s status as an erudite for electronic culture is based upon the endless memories of those who have lived, loved and danced to the astonishing output of music he has created over the years. Born the son of a Jazz musician and brother to British hip-hop artist Monie Love, Dave’s path in music came to the fore during the 80s acid house scene in London

Dave’s weekly broadcast on pirate radio station Phaze One catapulted him into the spot light with notable publications like Mixmag, DJ Magazine and The Guardia. He has remixed Orbital, Sun Electric, Carl Cox, Juan Atkins, Spooky, James, Roni Size and Underworld and released on esteemed labels such as Polydor/Love, OuterRythum, Fnac, React Records, Island, R+S and Outrage as well as his own infamous Rotation records.

Dave Angel - Guru

In Order to Dance (Bonus Track Version)

Plastic Dreams

Jaydee - Plastic Dreams (Audion Can't Go Home Mix)

Dr Motte's Holy Language - I'm Energy (1996)

Philippe Quenum returns to Cadenza Music with ‘Solitaire’, some thirteen years after helping kick start the Swiss label with the 2003 release ‘Orange Mistake’/’Funky Dandy’.  This groundbreaking single, co-produced with Luciano, has since become a landmark release, not just for the label, but also as the benchmark for the micro-house and minimal tech-house genre that developed over the decade.

With a music career than spans back to the mid-80s (dancing in NYC as part of the breakdance troupe, The Magnificent Force), Quenum found his forte with house music, both as a DJ, and as a producer and label owner.  Setting up the Access 58 label in 1998 as a platform for his music and collaborations, Quenum has consistently released over the years for labels like Crosstown Rebels, Soma, alphahouse, Thema and Trapez LTD.

‘Solitaire’ finds Quenum on fine form; on the lead track, dubby FX and bass shaking shots roll out over an urgent disco beat, muted brass and technoid stabs fire from all directions as the tension building pads flourish.  Shadowy forces are at play on ‘Mystic’; discordant sounds echo and bellow over reverberating percussion and a dense back beat that fire into life with shuffling hi-hats.  Wrapping up this welcome return to the label is ‘Mystery’; whipping snares and industrial clangs rumble over the urgent drums for more hypnotizing dancefloor work from Philippe! 


Tortuga - Nu Disco Mix

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