Presales Week -894

ELEMENTAL ASSETS refers to the essential things in life, to the things which I need to exist. Music is a big part of what's essential to me, just like the air that I breathe and the love I receive from my loved ones. The titles of the tracks are a reflection of my feelings and experiences of the past two years. For instance: Flirtatious Concubine was produced right after my deeply inspiring booking in Tokyo, whereas Late Night Thinking speaks for itself. Inspirited Away came into life thinking about two producers who really inspired me: Steve Rachmad and John Beltran. A NOVELTY to me was working with singers and I am so much obliged to Miss Kittin and Sam Leigh-Brown for their input in Le Flaneur andHigh
Maintenance. They lifted the tracks up in a way I could only have wished for.
I would like to give a bit of an explanation of how it came about. The CD consists of tracks produced by myself over the past few years, in which I spent a lot of time enhancing my production techniques and developing my creativity. Some tracks were made in rough times, while others were made under happy circumstances and perhaps you can tell. For me, music is an emotional vent allowing me to express my feelings and freeing me of my restlessness. This makes the album very personal and I am terribly excited to share it with the world and with you.
Tracklisting:
01: Intro (1:32)
02: Late Night Thinking (6:52)
03: Passionate Timidity (6:50)
04: Does It Ring A Bell (6:43)
05: Le Flaneur (vocals by Miss Kittin) (6:21)
06: My Challenge (7:18)
07: Flirtatious Concubine (6:59)
08: High Maintenance (vocals by Sam Leigh-Brown) (6:41)
09: Inspirited Away (7:52)
10: Updraft (7:17)
11: Driven (7:21)
12: Margje Hendrika (6:01)
Some DJ-Reactions:
Laurent Garnier wrote: Lots of great things in there. Will play the hell out of this. Very good work
Agoria wrote: That sounds great!
Gregor Tresher wrote: Very nice album, Late Night Thinking and Does It Ring A Bell are my favorites.
Craig Torrance (Mixmag): I really like the Estroe album!
Ellen Allien wrote: very beautiful album..like it..a lot.
Dave DK wrote: Support on "La Flaneur"!
DJ Yellow wrote: really nice album... need time to listen to all of it .. so far the trax with Kitty vocal is the one for me
Brendon Moeller wrote: "Elemental Assets" is filled with deep musical beauty, charm and most importantly, honesty. Estroe has injected her soul into this and it can be
heard."
Philip Sherburne (The Wire) wrote: This sounds really nice - I'm glad to hear some "living room techno," as you guys call it, because frankly I have enough oonce-oonce
in my life right now. Nice to hear the shades of early '90s R&S/Apollo type sounds... looking forward to spending more time with the full album...
Sis wrote: toll toll toll
Fabrice Lig wrote: Really great album ! A nice global and emotional project. I love all the tracks with some favourites ; Love Passionate timidity, my challenge, inspirited
away, of course updraft, bravo Estroe !
President Bongo (GUSGUS) wrote: mmm interesting indeed!
Andrew Grant (circoloco / barraca music) This is super...my fav is prob Le Flaneur or My Challenge. The whole Album preaches mystery with deep touches of techno. Nice work
from Estroe 9/10
Smokin Jo wrote: Thanks for the music, it's very nice for listening and well produced.
Sasse wrote: Hello, like this alot.. love the term "livingroom techno" as it fits perfectly the mood ! But it´s a shame to listen to this as links, send me a CD please! On a first
listen it sounds like a nice mixture of melodic techno, some tracks reminds me of elderly B-12 and the early 90s Holland take on Detroit, but the new school tunes are nice and
well produced as well. Especially the use of strings is excellent, which i`m personally missing alot in todays techno and house. Well done as a first album I´d say
Jussi Pekka wrote: love it!
Darko Esser wrote: First of all: Esther congrats with this milestone! And it's a beautiful and shiney one ;-) I am enjoying what I hear, especially the 'different' tracks
that show another side of Estroe the producer. As a whole it's a very coherent piece of work!
stephan bodzin wrote: estroe is providing a highclass album for listeners & clubbers. Spohisticated production meets musical passion. love this one and will it again right
now :-)
Justin Drake wrote: Lots of interesting things here. Late night thinking is the immediate stand out.
Meat wrote: nice long player, for the silent hours of techno!
Robbie (Akbal) wrote: My favorite Le flaneur with cool vocals from Miss Kittin... great deep lush on all the tracks....I enjoyed listening to it..
Electric Indigo wrote: love the little electronic noises on le flaneur - excellent groove too and caro's vocals are really nice! i really like the swing in flirtatious concubine,
again a great rhythm and very nice sounds :) - this is my favorite tune on the album. apart from driven that is a classic to me already... and i also like the intro a lot. a very
comprehensive album.






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For INT011 we once again bring you the ridiculously funny and quite talented Colin aka The Mole this time joined by close friends under the moniker Guilty Pleasures. This is what he's got to say. In his own words....
wow, it's finally out. shit it has been a long time coming. hmm i think this might be my first one sheet. i always laugh at these things. not because they are actually funny but probably because my sense of humour is ...well anyway that doesn't matter ...let's get to it..
family. man have i ever been waiting for this to come out. me and sophie. and a few others who keep on asking ... thanks for asking ! i love this song. probably next to the modern deep left record it's the thing i am most proud of. i feel overwhelmingly proud to have been lucky enough to work with people as talented as sophie trudeau and danuel tate on this song. those two are so heavy i'm still a little in shock. don't believe me just look up sophie's cv. heavy duty mama. now i'm wondering what to write without babbling on and on. this is a one sheet after all and i don't think many people read these right? so if you are reading this... pre-order lots of copies!! you be so glad when it gets into car commercials and a hugh grant rom-com and you can say you saw the potential and sold 400 copies out of your little store. well maybe that's a little far fetched. i don't think i'd be proud of spotting the next rom-com theme song. but you should still take the chance and sell hundreds. i think it is shit hot. i'm super proud of it (again i'm saying it). both sides. though of course family is and has been the big fish for some time now. did i already say i've been waiting more than 2 years for this to come out? suddenly i feel like i'm at the oscars... i'd like to thank sophie .. for being super cool and doing such excellent work and really being there with me finishing ever little detail on this monster. i'd like to thank dan ...for letting me cut his solo 'with a rusty knife'. mom. of course. though she'll never hear this i'm sure. mom if you're out there reading this now don't go and download the song... just ask me i'll send you a copy. i'm sure you'll be impressed. i'm also sure she's not reading this. she would never read a one sheet. i wanted this record to come out with a different band name because it is a collaboration. with tyger dhula and dan and sophie. but thomas insisted on using the mole cause he thought it would sell more records. but buyers don't really care about names do they? i guess some do. but really it is the music that counts in the end isn't it? supposed to. i see it in my sales so it must be true. the song sucks it doesn't sell well. i mean really let's be serious thomas... you think 'mole' is going to sell more records? maybe it is just easier to sell..in a digital world sure... if i bought something digital i guess i would need to see the name of the artist or label. and i suppose even i must admit that the world is getting more and more digital. but....! i don't buy that shit. i'm not interested in buying digital. can't hold it. smell it. climb into bed and snuggle with it. besides i still count on the grumpy store clerk (i love you bud. don't you go changing). i need that guy to pull out what's hot this week. because that is how i get stuff from names i don't know. from labels i don't know. but alas i digress and this is neither the time nor the place is it? i'm suppose to be selling this record to you. or at least giving you whatever info might be missing. not telling you that i don't like the digital revolution and you'll never truly appreciate the warmth and depth of the strings with an mp3. those are real strings by the way. sophie played ever line- whole song. you can hear the a log in the fire snapping in the background on one of the passes. maybe on the mp3 you won't hear the reverb of the snap up in the chimney but who the hell cares about that right?.....fuck it i do! ...ok ok i am being difficult here but can't a guy get upset sometimes. i'm tired of hearing everyone defending digital djs. i'm standing up damn it. and i'm saying it sucks! there you go.. let's burn all the serato and scratch machines! like that night in 79 in comiskey park. let's all chant disco sucks. sorry i mean digital. let's have a digital burn out. ... i'm stealing this idea from koosh by the way but if i didn't share you'd never know how clever he is. ok ok.....full stop... back to the task at hand. this record is a collaboration between A-side sophie trudeau and the mole(me when it's late at night) with a solo by danuel tate B-side between tyger dhula, danuel tate and the mole (me again!)
both songs are years old by now... neither dan nor pat had kids when we did rotation so the b-side must be at least 4 or 5 years old.. that's about it then please don't come up to me late at night telling me digital is this and you can't do that with records... i know it. i heard it. and i don't want to fight with strangers. i mean it. ...i will fight you... buy this record sorry about the rant thomas.. maybe you can edit it so it'll sell better... colin(berlin 11th of november 2009)


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Palette Recordings celebrates it's 13 year anniversary with a release by the duo that started it all for the label. No giant mix compilation or collection of remixes, just another example of what has built the foundation of Palette over the last 13 years. John Tejada & Arian Leviste have been collaborating for over 18 years now. With this release the duo in a way come full circle, combining some of their oldest production techniques with newer ones. It's been a long road for these 2 seeing styles and trends change, equipment and technology come and go over the years, but what has remained a constant is their vision of electronic music. "Messenger" with it's subtle intro of modular synths and rhythmic pads breaks out of it's sinister drop full force into a multi dimensional crowd pleaser. The stabs continue to build energy while layered drum programming and modulating synth lines escalate the tracks energy. On the flip, "Observer" continues with a fierce pace that harkens back to the days of Palette 4, combining vintage synth stabs and drum machines recreating that classic vibe which is gaining such momentum again these days. The difference here is these guys were around at the time already releasing music that would garner them such high acclaim over the years.


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Stroboscopic Artefacts is proud to welcome on board Singapore-based Xhin. “Fixing the Error” is an enormous peak-time club killer. Xhin knits together the sinister sound of the revolt of the machines. High frequency drum machines and ferrous sub-bass synthesizers are working urgently against the clock. Close your eyes, dissolve, step into dystopia. You are transported into a post-human cityscape where strobes reflect off smelting metallic sounds and deafening alarms wail. These warning codes, layer upon layer, fashion a vision of a metropolis gorging itself on sprawling noises. The flip side, “Link” has no narrative. Instead, this deep, brooding slice of dub-techno is composed of pure atmospheric pressure. The undercarrige slithers and slinks, interrupted by crackles of lightening and prehistoric rumbles. The result is a construction created in a cold palate of pyrite grey: bubbling, spherical and terrifying. This is dark. This is urgent. This is Xhin.

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Empro & Miko "Running Man" Zadak & Kotelett "Matahari" Catz n Dogz "Twardzioszek" Echonomist "Make Money"
We proudly present the 3rd Home Sweet Home Compilation! As every year, you will find the finest artists from within and around the Upon You label presenting their selected gems on this anthology. These are all artists that have played live or spun the decks at the annual and legendary Home Sweet Home New Years' Day party at the Arena, Berlin. As always, this is a two part compilation and marks another highlight in our labels history.
Miko from Channel X and Empro proudly present their co produced little techno gem on A1. Our talented new addition to the UY label, Echonomist, from sunny Greece has secured himself the B2 side. We are especially pleased about the charming House track that our Polish friends Catz n Dogz have left on our doorstep on B1 and the masterful A2 dance floor filler produced by the "Berliner" workmanship of the duo Zadak and Kotelett.



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