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A John Tejada & Arian Leviste - It’s The Beat
B1 John Tejada & Arian Leviste - That’s What Happened
B2 John Tejada & Arian Leviste - One Turns To The Other


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This is the second release from John Tejada & Arian Leviste on Another. This EP is an homage to early 80s New York City which is a massive influence on John Tejada and Arian Leviste work. All tracks have been produced with an SP1200 to keep things a bit raw.

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As usual ! Vinyl Only !

Tracklist:
A1 John Tejada & Arian Leviste - Kompromat
A2 John Tejada & Arian Leviste - Soroban
B1 John Tejada & Arian Leviste - Common State
B2 John Tejada & Arian Leviste - Ljiraq

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For the 3rd release, we are more than happy to welcome the legendary John Tejada alongside his forever partner in crime Arian Leviste. We asked this special duo to dig in their archives and here’s what they delivered ! 4 Old school flavoured bomb tracks !

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Whatpeopleplay reels in another biggie for their second release: "western starland" is surely one of the signature tunes by tech-funk luminary John Tejada and his long-time collaborateur Ariane Leviste. Originally released in 2001 on his Palette imprint this is one of those tunes that never leave the crates of many DJs and if you have been dancing anywhere in the last 10 years you'll surely instantly recognize those synthetic string chords. Tejada himself gets busy here and revamps the also included original with a brand-new 2011 mix: the original signature elements are right there from the start but fused with a beefy house beat, a new bassline, a hissing soul organ and lifted to the next plateau by thundering staccato chords in a classic detroit style. The flip holds the glorious original plus the not any less brilliant John Tejada VIP mix from 2003. More

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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It took a good one and a half years to see these two gentlemen reunite again. Pro's may know why. You can only create so much quality work that it's good to take some time off now and then to get back on it with refreshed senses, new gear and new ideas. This 3 tracker is the start of a string of new 12's and simply "multiplies" everything good in John and Arian's music. The motion, the funk, the accurate timing, the control, the tension, the groove, the deepness, the classic techno-ness, and the oh my goodness" kick assivity! :) Check out the ultra intense, sturdy "Multiplier," a hard rocking deep dark tune layered with modular synth madness. Flip to the B for "Mathemagician," the "Mono On Mono" update you've been waiting for. Closing out the single, another analog scorcher "Synthescheizer" does it's damage with 2 MS-20s side by side. No plug ins on this release, just good old dirty hardware.
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The 2x12" version inclduing 8 completely new tracks of the new CD! Hot!! Sorry, No Exports to Spain More

BACK FOR BASICS is coming and it doesnt disappoin- it´s a real album! John Tejada and Arian Leviste´s first full lengh Collaboration since their remarkable "Fairfax Sake" on german Playhouse in 2003 and maybe altogether their best production to date. The 10 tracks of the CD (8 brand new plus the Recently Released "Psycho Happiness" and "Ghetto Platipus"/Palette 32) flow together like one piece and come on like a highly needed techno lanndmark in the "consesous" retro electro times of 2005. Just check how the nervous feel of "Patterns" gloriously blends with the warm liquidy electronic bliss of "From Empty Words" and back to the energetic "Triad Jack" - sensible intense and tempting for more! Tejada and Leviste's advanced production technique makes a sound you'll be hard put to name, right in the sweet spot between house and techno, breaks and 808s, plucked strings and patch cables, edits and immediacy. It's sunlight and silicon; it's a breath of fresh air. "I think it's a pretty strong statement and different to all the things going on. It's not glitch techno, it's not 80's synth crap. it doesn't sound so many things do these days. we were sort of trying to go for the feeling of the first time you heard "chime" (Orbital) or something like that. going back to what made us feel that way. a timeless sort of thing in the current age of trends." John Tejada. Sorry, No Exports to Spain
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