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Made in 2003 - Craig Massiv & Dogstarr and Special appearance from PJ

Dogstarr & Craig Massiv - Decomposing Beethoven

BEATPORT: 
http://www.beatport.com/release/words-and-chance/1162212

VINYL: 
http://www.phonicarecords.com/product/view/117015

Berlin's new hottest residents Eric Volta & Sebastian Voigt team up once again, this time bringing their infectiously deep and dark edge onto the Visionquest imprint. With intoxicating dreamy synths, title track 'Words And Chance' opens up into real groover with the seductively haunting lyrics from rising artist Forrest adding a new dimension. On the flip one quarter of the Visionquest power force Lee Curtiss takes the reins to deliver a chugging dancefloor ready remix with effective play on the vocal. Eric Volta then goes solo with 'One Last More?' riding out through rolling percussion with beautiful textures.

VISIONQUEST // Words & Chance (Original Mix) - Eric Volta/Forrest/Sebastian Voigt

This one started as a jam with a very static groove to begin with, Kick + Pulse Snare, and then the bass stabs to match. I had been spending my sort of newly isolated days new to Berlin, not knowing that many people just yet, and locking myself away in the studio. Watching plenty of John Carpenter movies (my favorite film maker) and digesting a whole load of 70's progressive rock & 80's film score soundtracks.
The whole thing came together pretty quickly, the arpeggio played out that way because I had been practising that scale and was finally able to make the run. 
I can't go into too much detail here without writing an essay in the universal powers but at some point and the same if for all of us who create in whatever ways we do, the artist becomes the instrument and at that perfect moment the universe and the artist are one.
This was the final production to leave the studio in 2012. Just before i turned off the computer for the last time and headed back to London from Berlin to meet my sister for Christmas on the 23rd of December. 
7 days later Jonny White Calls me on my birthday and asks to sign it to No.19. 

I recently did an interview with one of my favorite electronic music journalists Marcus Barnes to have an in depth chat on the creation of this track - read that full interview here:
http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/10/31/eric-volta-on-the-making-of-love-your-illusion/

Eric Volta - Love Your Illusion

This one started of as a jam session from a friend, but quickly all the parts has escalated and grew into it's own. It was yet another magic weekend in the studio as friend & music collaborator Gaika drops in with a few of his dutch friends. Chamireaux barely has the time to get acquainted and runs in & out of the studio after 10 minutes leaving this wonderful ad lib'd performance. Gretz then steps into the vocal booth and in just the same way leaves a great ad lib'd shortly after and makes a swift departure.
Gretz and I would meet again in the following weeks and work on more music together.


Eric Volta - Masters of Puppets

CP041: Adriatique - Midnight Walking EP

b1. Rolling Stone

release date: January 27th

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CP041: Adriatique - Rolling Stone

Fuck Reality 01

A Westbam & Nena - Oldschool Baby - Smallpeople Version 
B1 Westbam & Nena - Oldschool Baby - Piano Mix 
B2 Westbam & Nena - Oldschool Baby - Gerd Janson Smallpeople String Dub

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Fuck Reality 01 A Westbam & Nena - Oldschool Baby - Smallpeople Version

2 years in the making & due for release in a few weeks.
November 2013. Nestled in my warm studio during a cold Berlin winter night, I get a call from Gaika  asking if we could write some music together. Sometimes writing music is pure joy.  A spark of creativity leads to discovery and perpetual excitement.  But really when it's written with this sort intent on a cold winters night - it's therapy.  
This was one of those sessions. We talk and trade stories of our bruised & battered hearts & laying down line after line.  
Credit to my poet Gaika for some of the most stunning verses that have come into a creative writing moment.



Until I Dissolve

Spirit walker sing
history calls us in
cinnamon kisses I'm suffering
we can never do this again

In the hollow of the night my auras fight
war on sight
eagles and hawks in flight
take a razor to my dreams watch me bleed
I’m on my knees

Damned if i do 
damned if i don’t
were so broke so broke 
damned if i stay damned if i go its a cold road

stay
stay with me stay with me
just one more day with me just one more day with me 
one more day with me one more day with me
stay


Eric Volta & Gaika - Until I Dissolve

Blawan's new project, Bored Young Adults

3 track EP out soon!

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Bored Young Adults – Shy Dancers On Bungalowdorf Beach

part 2 of my 8 hours 20 min set at Labyrinth Club. Sorry about the bad mix somewhere at the end. After playing for over 7 hours I completely lost focus for a minute. Much love and sorry again! :)

Amelie Lens - all night long (part 2)

https://www.beatport.com/release/strand/2154437

Strand EP

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A Strand

‘It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)’ Out Now -
Stream / Download: https://peggygou.lnk.to/once

Taken from ‘Once’ released 2nd March 2018 via Ninja Tune.

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It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)

Peggy Gou - 'It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)'

Losing Your Mind - Bart Skils -- Ripped from Adam Beyers Drumcode live

Bart Skils - Losing Your Mind (Tool Mix)

Second Set from TOYTOY Showcase at MieliePop Festival 2018
7pm-9pm

Dogstarr MieliePop Festival 2018

Charlotte de Witte continues to establish herself as a driving force on the contemporary techno scene with The Healer, her second EP on seminal British imprint Novamute. 

The four tracker comes after the Belgian has fully broken through with a dark, dense and driving sound that is proudly unrelenting. Her meteoric rise has come off the back of a series of huge productions, plus standout sets at key festivals and clubs all around the world. 

Charlotte’s fresh and innovative sound is immediately laid bare on opener ‘The Healer’, with eight minutes of spine-tingling, hypnotic techno. The sleek drums and icy hi-hats soon cast their spell, as well-crafted synths unfold up top to bring real emotion. ‘Silence’ is another slice of tunnel vision techno with perfectly designed drums rolling on and synths peeling off the groove. It’s trance inducing and otherworldly, with eerie voices adding to the all-consuming atmosphere. 

Then comes ‘Kuda’, a track built on monstrous kicks that hit hard and drive forward with real force. Filtered vocals bring character, and sharp edged percussion grows ever louder to take the track, and the club, to the next level. Last of all, ‘Song Of The Wood Nymphs’ shows another side to the producer with three minutes of suspensory synths and expansive ambient sounds that are filled with drama and tension.

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Charlotte de Witte - The Healer (Original Mix)

TOYTOY Invites Renato

Featuring tracks by Smallpeople, @mallgrab, @djboring1990, @kupfer to name a few.

"Went on a housier trip with this mix. Low, swung out grooves. Not what I would normally perform at TOYTOY" - @renatomusic-de

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TOYTOY Invites Eric Volta

"The Absurdity That Lies Beyond The Wall" is a collection of some of the strangest tracks that I like to play out in sets. 
It’s actually hard for me to put a mix together and keep them rare, doing maybe 2 sometimes 3 a year. I like to try and build a narrative with music and am often sampling excerpts from talks , interviews and otherwise to help in achieving this. I went through a few versions of this mix before arriving here. It’s not really cool in my books to try and recreate what happens in clubs with recorded mixes intended for listening purposes. The experience in a club is something that should be reserved for that environment. Which means it becomes something I pour (often too much) thought into as repeated playback is kind of the intention. Putting a mix together for TOYTOY which is one of my favourite places in the world to play, helped to add some extra pressure. But worth it!" ❤️@ericvolta

Featuring tracks by Japan Blues, @boardsofcanada, The Horrorist, @scratchadva,  as well as some forgotten gems from India & Yugoslavia from the 70s, to name a few.

TOYTOY Invites - Eric Volta "The Absurdity That Lies Beyond The Wall"

TOYTOY 2018-08-24

Closing TOYTOY 2018-08-24

The seventh volume of Drumcode’s annual A-Sides compilation hits with no less than 10 debuts for the label, with Charlotte de Witte, ANNA, B.Traits and Scuba’s SCB project, among the collection of topline artists to release their maiden productions on the imprint. 

Over two decades into its lifespan, Drumcode keeps evolving and excelling, pushing techno forward while remaining wholly respectful of its roots. This reputation for progression was further fueled this summer with its inaugural festival at the NDSM Docklands in Amsterdam, featuring a long list of heavyweights including Nicole Moudaber, Joseph Capriati, Amelie Lens and Ida Engberg, among others. 

As ever, the A-Sides compilation provides a timely opportunity to showcase the full range of its sonic repertoire, with Adam Beyer scrupulously selecting 22 unreleased tracks that have taken prime position in his sets over recent months. 

Outstanding all-round talent ANNA kicks off the compilation with ‘Portable Paradise’, a pulsating cut that sets the tone for the top-shelf club cuts to follow. Also entering the debut field with their first ever Drumcode dalliances are B.Traits and Charlotte de Witte. The esteemed Canadian selector offers up ‘I Feel The Music’, a euphonic track that’s been sought after since spring, and the Belgian ballista unlocks a thick-edged club bomb in ‘Remember.’

Leaders of Drumcode’s new brigade, exciting Brazilian Wehbba and British techno alchemist Boxia set out to impress. Wehbba’s straight-talking ‘Just’ hits with an immediate sense of urgency before neck-snap claps strike with force, and Boxia’s ‘Final Call’ elicits physical engagement with mellifluous vocals and soaring pads. 

Continuously looking to bolster the profiles of emerging talent, Berlin-based producers Weska and Juliet Fox are brought into the fold with equally engaging razor-sharp tracks that are primed to do lasting damage. 

Other notable highlights include an exhilarating workout from Reset Robot - the most released artist on Beyer’s imprint Truesoul – as he lands on Drumcode for the first time. And tastemaker’s favourite Jel Ford makes a welcome return as he ushers in techno rhythms with bustling breaks in ‘Nightshade.’

Elsewhere, support from label mainstays comes in from Bart Skils, who offers a work of consummate skill in ‘West Of The Moon.’ Alan Fitzpatrick, who’s been heavily featured across the A-Side series, joins forces with Scuba as he operates as his uncompromising alias SCB. The result is a propulsive floor-gripper that testifies to their masterful deftness as co-producers. Formidable duos Dense & Pika and Pig&Dan also contribute with powerful compositions.

Charlotte de Witte - Remember - Drumcode - DC195

Celebrating his debut release ARS002, Emre steps up for another ARTESIAN MIX. Say goodbye to summer on the first days of autumn with a smooth selection of sweet summer groovers from Emre Can Swim.

@emrecanswim

ARTESIAN MIX 004 : Emre Can Swim

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