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A2 Quenum - Intimate Immensity

From Hamburg To Berlin

Peppering your summer with some heatwave-ready delicacies all set at melting your decks and woofers, here comes Kater Blau and Sisyphos affiliate vibist Benjamin Knows, a name who's been making waves in and around the big city and shall continue spreading around with viral impact. Championing a bountifully textured yet laser-precise strain of dub house, 'I Go (Crazy)' is proper incendiary material for the long, hot nights of boogie ahead of us. Drenched in heavily- processed layers of FX and playful tape-echo gone wild, Benjamin's debut incursion on UY flexes the kind of low-slung, elastic bounce, chopped-up vox slivers and bass-borne churn that promises to get dancers wading in an ocean floor of sweat. Rolling up his sleeves on remix duty, label co-head Marco Resmann dishes out his own irresistibly infectious take on the track, fleshing it out with a further syncopated swing, hi-octane punch and crisper-than-crisp drum programming, all coated with a thick gravy of machine filtering for good measure. Rounding off the package is a shortened tool version for those who really seek the quintessence of what Benji's new weapon can deliver to your door. Beware that highly volatile number.

I Go Crazy

Benjamin Knows - I Go Crazy

SchickCast 17 kommt von @djfranksen
https://www.instagram.com/djfranksen/

Franksen wirkt seit + zwei Dekaden in der elektronischen Musikszene Rhein-Main: als DJ, Producer, Radiostimme, Musikjournalist. Mit der „hr CLUBNIGHT“ war er lange Jahre Host und Resident-DJ der Mutter heimischer DJ-Radioshows. Seine Produktionen gibt es auf Deephouse und Techhouse Labels wie BAR25 Music, Houseworx, Suara, Dieb Audio, Lucidflow und weiteren - auf Vinyl und digital. 

Ende 2022 gründete er sein Deephouse- und Electronica-Label TRACK ALLIANCE. Hier liefert er diverse Grooves von Deephouse und DubTechno zu Downtempo ab. Mit seiner typisch elastischen und dauergroovenden Handschrift, beim Producing wie in seinen Sets. 

Neben den geraden Beats etablierte Franksen in Rhein-Main mit „Knietief In Beats“ (KIB)  eine der dienstältesten Drum-n-Bass Event-Reihen der Nation. Für seinen D&B-Gig im Mainzer „SCHICK“ (230923), und auch sonst für alle relaxten Tage oder Abende, hat er uns für den SCHICKcast eine lässige musikalische Mischung aus Liquid-,  Jungle- und D&B-Classics mit viel Charakter gezaubert. Hier ein paar handverlesene goodies, dort notwendige Gassenhauer – dazu ewig gehütete Dubplates, versteht sich. Ein Mix, der immer wieder begleiten kann. Und wird. Genießt diesen joyful Groove à a la Franksen!

DJ Franksen

SchickCast 17: Franksen | Drum & Bass

Ta-Lar&Phil Opening RIK Festival 18.08.-20.08.2023

Roberto Pacatezza RIK Festival 18.08.-20.08.2023

Tony Pommrich RIK Festival 18.08.-20.08.2023

Tobias Koch in the mix - Long Runners Mill (The Early Part)

#Podcast 015/ Paul Fröhlich

Anfangs gabs zwie kurze holprige Übergänge, doch dann hat mich dieser Floor mit seinem Sound, dem Monitoring und den Menschen gepackt und ordentlich vorran geschoben. Es war so Fett und hat einfach mega spaß gemacht <3<3<3

28.10.2023 \ Mainfloor primiäre

28.10.23  Luft nach unten @SektorEvolution

Zum Electricity pylon

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! 


Quenum - Mystery (Cadenza110) [teaser]

Quenum - Mystic (Cadenza110) [teaser]

Quenum - Solitaire (Cadenza110) [teaser]

AZIMUTE - THE SECRET (ORIGINAL MIX) - COR12148

Dots And Pearls 5

Blue Mountain

QUENUM - BLUE MOUNTAIN - CORLP045 B1

It is the year 2007.

Electronic music is more popular than ever, especially TechHouse is on a thriving uprise and Berlin already became the buzzing nightlife capital of the world it is known as today.

Amidst all these creative and musical vibes a new label is born -  Upon.You Records. Founded in February 2007 by DJ & producer Marco Resmann, with a first release under his moniker Phage on Martin Landsky's Intim Recordings as well as great success as one half of the infamous project Luna City Express under his belt, and electronic music veteran Hawks Grunert, formerly involved in running Timing Recordings with Tanith as well as working for legendary „Frontpage“ magazine, Upon.You Records was already widely recognized for its first release, Phage's „Vut & Vat EP“, and started to drive on the fast lane immediately.

Originally intended to be a platform for music from an inner circle of friends as well as for aspiring young talent it didn't take long until the label branched out in 2008 with first international signings,  various label tours all over the place and a first label compilation.

In 2009, after receiving massive support from nightlife heavyweights like Steve Bug, Brothers Vibe, Someone Else and many more, a cover story in German electronic music magazine GROOVE and with a catalogue of roughly twenty 12“ releases Upon.You launched two subdivisions - Upon.You Digital and the momentary Upon.You Sweet & Sour Series – and established a booking agency as well as regular label events at two of Berlin's most praised venues, Watergate Club and the infamous Panoramabar.

Furthermore Upon.You Records teamed up with Workaholics Berlin for the launch of a merchandising line in 2009, introducing the labels unique visual image to the world of street fashion.

With the launch of the annual label retro- / futurespective „Upon.You Diary“ and an expanded core artist family now including Marco Resmann, Martin Landsky, ONNO, Ruede Hagelstein, Gunnar Stiller, Magit Cacoon and The Cheapers alongside many others, 2010 finally paved the way for success and fruitful growth to come in consecutive years in which Upon.You became one of the leading labels in all things TechHouse and related.

And it was even the first issue „Upon.You Diary“ that awed the electronic world with Marco Resmann's widely praised tune „This Song“, immediately ruling every dancefloor after it was released and drawing even more attenttion towards the Berlin-based label which continued to expand its growing international network whilst signing releases by Quenum, Kink or the UK-based longtime ambassador Steve Lawler.

On a jam-packed schedule of about twenty releases per year lately, including Ruede Hagelstein's Beatport smash „Minus“, with label artists touring the globe frequently and armed with the brand new, 2014-launched UYX subdivision focusing on raw TechHouse and classic stamped whitelabel aesthetics, Upon.You has grown into a major force on the international electronic music circuit.

Always on the lookout for new talent and keen to explore new territories, the future looks brighter than ever for Upon.You after entering the longplay circuit with the widely acknowledged album debut of the former Tel Aviv- and now Berlin-based DJ / producer Magit Cacoon, another successful instalment of the „Upon.You Diary“-series and finally entering three digit realms with the release of Marco Resmann's extrordinary gold vinyl 12“  „100“ - the onehundredth Upon.You single release in the label history which was released in late 2015.

And things surely are about to be busier than ever for all members of the Upon.You camp over the course of 2016, celebrating the labels 8th anniversary with a dedicated series of label events all over Europe and special showcases at Sonar / Barcelona as well as ADE and, of course, a string of high quality releases for maximum dancefloor pleasure throughout this season and beyond. Watch out.



Music and sport 4 ever - Cadenza and Access 58 co-founder 🎶🏃🏾‍♂️
► Worldwide Booking Agent (except North America): mikolai@pictureperfect-agency.com
► North America Booking Agent / Hagi: hagi@detroitpremiereartists.com
► Asia Booking Agent : secretguest.asia@gmail.com
► Management: management@pictureperfect-agency.com

A2 Quenum - Intimate Immensity

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