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Head honchos Elfenberg are back with another EP on their imprint. This is one of many, and what will be a busy year for the duo. What corona and cancelled gigs took away in 2020, Elfenberg will make up for in 2021, starting with this beautifully crafted 4-tracker. The EP is a housey tribute to their hometown of Stockholm. 3 original love stories plus a groovy remix from no other than Stockholm based house maestro Art Alfie. The release will be available both digital and on an eye-catching limited midnight blue 12" vinyl with a zoetrope stop-motion label design of a flying raven.

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HORS SÉRIE: FLASHING LIGHTS (INVŌKER Re-Shape)

@LastMenOnEarth - Pixel 

Label  - @AppliedMagicRecords

Release Date - 16/06/22

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Exclusive: Jimi Jules 'Too Young For Me (Ripperton's Neptunians Marathon Mix)'

Swiss label Drumpoet Community celebrates its 15th anniversary with various releases from artists who have played a significant role in the label’s history and beyond. After first festivity outings from Lauer, All Is Well, Manuel Tur, Roman Flügel or Kalabrese, the time for a retreatment of Jimi Jules’ track Too Young For Me (feat. Jaw), which was originally released on Jimi’s Equinox album on Zukunft in 2016, from long-term friend and considerable artist Ripa alias Ripperton. With releases on ESP Institute, Maeve, Compost or on his very own label Tamed, just to name a few, Ripa’s made a name for himself that goes beyond the so called underground but despite his (international) success has managed to stay true to himself as well as his musical roots and implemented a sound of his own throughout the years of his career. A raw and stripped back bass line sets the foundation of Ripa’s remix approach for Too Young For Me, which is added the original vocals and a simple yet subtle array of chords creating some warmth, and almost funky harmony in the overall pretty techno-ish coming in track. Less is more in this case and Ripperton masters this approach in the best way possible to create a remix that truly deserves to bear the name.

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Too Young For Me (Ripa's Neptunians Marathon Mix)

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`Planet Hase´ unfolds very smooth with a deeper kick drum unleashing a bunch of chopped samples from the original tune that are mizzling around the magical, slowly rising theme. Mano's voice presents itself in some surprising moments in the middle of the track. The happy-melancholic title theme that you indulge in over 10 minutes is over faster than you can eat a vegan ice cream at 40 degrees by the lake.

DJ Koze - Illumination Feat. Róisín Murphy (Dave DK Remix)

 Berlin’s Georg Levin has been an integral part of the scene. A producer, singer and songwriter who's had a significant impact that reached far beyond his local musical landscape. Born in Hamburg, he came up playing sax and keys in local bands, and nurtured ambitions to produce and to put pen to music paper. After a stint at Goldsmiths in London, Georg went on to work for MTV, and various other film production companies. It was when Georg met Dixon, that started the beginning of a long-term partnership, Steffen Berkhahn co-producing his first release ‘When I’m With You’, and then later the cult house classic ‘I Got Somebody New’ in 2002. Levin has collaborated and remixed for Masters at Work,  Jazzanova, Ame, Robert Owens, Basement Jaxx, and Peter Kruder a la Kruder & Dorfmeister.  He has released on Strictly Rhythm, MAW, Sonar Kollektiv, Sony Music, and together with DJ Dixon under their production duo moniker Wahoo, on BBE.  Levin spent a few years focusing on his Playdis TV which he founded in 2011, an award-winning music company that works at the intersections of sound and visions,  with a string of clients that will make car buffs melt.  Mercedes, BMW, dream on...  In 2020 Levin bounced back onto the scene with his brand of blue-eyed, future soulful vibes, destined for Adriatic boat parties
 
The hauntingly beautiful ‘It Was Fun for A While’ continues with the brief, referencing the hazy, honeyed 80s, a time where RnB, Disco and New Wave had a brief fling, but instead of looking back completely, the music and lyrics play with a emotionally abstract nostalgia. The track is bolstered by a totally infectious groove, elegantly crafted and mixed down with a precision touch. Georg Levin’s warm and atmospheric vocal captures the nostalgic moment and feelings of golden and bygone halcyon days. With a killer remix squad onboard, first up Amberoom, comprised of Manuel Tur, Ramin Nouyan, and Adrian Hoffman, who delicately refresh the vibe with their more stripped down rejig.  DJ and producer Tim Paris, you’ll know from his collaborative work with Ivan Smagghe, lays down some shimmering magic on the OG, while Mule Musiq’s and Minilogues, Eitan Reiter takes the the track to a much deeper and darker room. Festivals of summer 2022 beware. This is the track that will be scored in your head and your ears well after the festival fun has ended.

It Was Fun For A While EP

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Buy/stream: https://kompakt.fm/releases/total_22

It’s common knowledge that KOMPAKT’s TOTAL series serves as our yearbook, a musical wrap up of the past 12 months. Therefore it doesn’t come as a surprise that this year’s edition is informed by another pandemic year, where dancefloors were still mostly deserted and the devastating developments in Eastern Europe. Kompakt’s A&R team still kept on foot on the imaginary dancefloor, while scouting different realms apart from the big room euphoria. Anyway, brain dance has always been a key ingredient to our catalogue.

The Voigt brothers are opening this year´s vinyl edition in an unusually romantic fashion. ‘Why’ combines a bubbly FM bassline with lush washes of looped guitars. High off the (presumably high) heels of her recent album ‘Jesus Was An Alien’ she delivers a spanking new excursion into her sonic world, ‘The Hill’. Our Mexican friend Rebolledo makes his first ever solo appearance on TOTAL with his trademark hypnotic desert sound. Jürgen Paape is calling a spade a spade with ‘Le Monde À Changé’ – The world has changed indeed. Our prodigal son, Matias Aguayo, returns to the mothership with ‘Cinco Y Rojo’. An exercise in Chicago-esque groove theory paired with a cheeky visitor from Denmark. Spot the reference and win a pair of hooves. It’s hard to find a quality party around Cologne without Jonathan Kaspar on its bill. Rightly so, as he continues to hone his craft as an impeccable DJ and producer. Michael gives the tremendously talented Danish singer songwriter eee gee a proper Mayer treatment and Kompakt founding member Jörg Burger closes off the festivities with a groovy midtempo chugger that reminisces ‘Blue Lines’ era Massive Attack as much as the late Andy Weatheralls low slung psychedelia.

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Jonathan Kaspar - Where Am I

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Electronic group Pale Blue returns to Damian Lazarus' label Crosstown Rebels. Dive stems from the pair's upcoming album on the imprint, which will drop next year. Remixes from Fort Romeau and Rebolledo feature on the EP, adding another layer to the shoegaze-tinged tune. 

Mike Simonetti talks about the theme of the track. "'Dive' is a breakup song. It's about when the person you are living with becomes a stranger," he says. "Musically, 'Dive' is an experiment in polyrhythms and textures; the music has a lot of movement, yet Elizabeth's vocals are stoic throughout. The music represents the chaos of the relationship, and her voice is the calm realization of self." The title track opens with Elizabeth's soft vocals and a dreamy synthline, evoking a hazy but potent soundscape. On Fort Romeau's remix, the Oxfordshire native offers a Tranceadelic Mix of the track, combining tribal-flecked percussion with an understated bassline, allowing Elizabeth's lyrics to dominate the atmosphere. Rebolledo pens an acid melody and transposes Elizabeth's vocals to an alien-like pitch—perfect for a tripped-out listen. 

Jersey-born Mike Simonetti is one half of the musical group Pale Blue and the founder of labels Troubleman, Italians Do It Better and 2MR. With over two decades of experience working as a producer and DJ, Mike has released disparate sounds on Crosstown Rebels, Correspondent and several more, building the reputation of a versatile artist who avoids the limelight and instead focuses on making dance music with depth. In 2020, Pale Blue’s track I Walk Alone With Acid landed in Pitchfork’s The 30 Best Electronic Music Releases of 2020 and The 100 Best Songs of 2020. US-born Elizabeth Wight is a vocalist and the other half of Pale Blue. No matter the project she's working on, her vocals add different layers to electronic music, creating a signature mood that only she knows how. I Walk Alone With Acid remains one of the most striking records in her evolving discography. UK-born Fort Romeau merges the tones of house, kraut, ambient, disco, and techno across his work, releasing on Permanent Vacation, Mesh and more. His album Beings of Light dropped on Ghostly International earlier this year, affirming his status as an innovative artist. Mexican DJ and producer Rebolledo is one-half of the electronic duo Pachanga Boys, but as a solo artist, his sound bounces between sun-kissed house and strutting disco. Tracks on Correspondent and Hippie Dance highlight his boundless approach as a producer.

A1. Dive 
B1. Dive (Fort Romeau’s ‘Tranceadelic' Mix) 
B2. Dive (Rebolledo’s 'Distanced Disconnected Limited Edition' Mix)

Pale Blue

Dive

Pale Blue - Dive (Rebolledo´s 'Distanced Disconnected Limited Edition' Mix)

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