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Blotter Trax - Programmed Memories
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Blotter Trax - Rhythm Device
Important Note: This unit features non-volatile memory which will retain the Data you have written (such as Track compositions) even when switched off and disconnected from any external power source. This back-up circuit, however, relies on its batteries, therefore not available if the batteries are flat or not securely connected. Please be sure to keep the batteries securely connected even while using the AC adaptor.
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Blotter Trax - Tramp
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Blotter Trax - Machine Sky
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Blotter Trax - Level Control
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Blotter Trax - Super Conductor
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Blotter Trax - Octopii
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Blotter Trax - Dictation
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Blotter Trax - Beets
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Blotter Trax - Circus In My Head
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Blotter Trax - Steppin' Through
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Blotter Trax - Muscle Relaxer
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Blotter Trax - Sleeping Through The Day
Back in 2018, two mysterious twelve-inch singles appeared in underground record sthops. Credited to Blotter Trax, a previously unknown outfit who cherished “faceless” anonymity, the pleasingly twisted and mind-altering music on show was a mutant form of electronic psychedelia. The included tracks were variously informed by analogue techno, acid, electro and minimal, but inhabited their own clandestine sonic space. These tracks were, we later discovered, lightly edited “straight to tape” jams, crafted on the fly by their creators in one of Berlin’s most admired studios.
By the time Blotter Trax delivered their follow-up on Clone offshoot Frustrated Funk a year later, the secret was out: the project was in fact a collaboration between two storied artists, techno titan Magda – a DJ/producer who should need little introduction – and serial underground aggravator (and man of many aliases) Jay Ahern, sometime Hauntologists member and acid techno royalty thanks to years spent releasing similarly shadowy EPs as T.B Arthur.
In the years that followed, and before the COVID-19 pandemic grounded them in Berlin, the pair took their incendiary, modular-driven live show to esteemed clubland institutions (Fabric included), on an acclaimed tour of Japan, and onto the stages of festivals across Europe.
Four years on from that appearance on Frustrated Funk, Blotter Trax are back in updated and expanded form. Now a trio thanks to the addition of bassist Hannes Strobl, the band is set to release their far-sighted, funk-fuelled debut album, Super Conductor – a pulsating, thrill-in-minute ride includes contributions from a swathe of notable guests (Nina Hynes, Ilhem Khodja and David Moss provided vocals, Shigeru Tanabu played guitar, Matthew Styles mixed the set and old friend John Tejada mastered it).
While rooted in electro and acid, the album is impressively low-slung, stylish and funky, with nods towards Blotter Trax’s mutual love of Arthur Russell, early ‘80s NYC downtown disco, leftfield new-wave pop and flash-fried punk-funk. Released by JD Twitch’s Optimo Music imprint, it charts the ongoing dancefloor evolution of a band whose days of mystery and mischief are now a distant memory. More
By the time Blotter Trax delivered their follow-up on Clone offshoot Frustrated Funk a year later, the secret was out: the project was in fact a collaboration between two storied artists, techno titan Magda – a DJ/producer who should need little introduction – and serial underground aggravator (and man of many aliases) Jay Ahern, sometime Hauntologists member and acid techno royalty thanks to years spent releasing similarly shadowy EPs as T.B Arthur.
In the years that followed, and before the COVID-19 pandemic grounded them in Berlin, the pair took their incendiary, modular-driven live show to esteemed clubland institutions (Fabric included), on an acclaimed tour of Japan, and onto the stages of festivals across Europe.
Four years on from that appearance on Frustrated Funk, Blotter Trax are back in updated and expanded form. Now a trio thanks to the addition of bassist Hannes Strobl, the band is set to release their far-sighted, funk-fuelled debut album, Super Conductor – a pulsating, thrill-in-minute ride includes contributions from a swathe of notable guests (Nina Hynes, Ilhem Khodja and David Moss provided vocals, Shigeru Tanabu played guitar, Matthew Styles mixed the set and old friend John Tejada mastered it).
While rooted in electro and acid, the album is impressively low-slung, stylish and funky, with nods towards Blotter Trax’s mutual love of Arthur Russell, early ‘80s NYC downtown disco, leftfield new-wave pop and flash-fried punk-funk. Released by JD Twitch’s Optimo Music imprint, it charts the ongoing dancefloor evolution of a band whose days of mystery and mischief are now a distant memory. More
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Blotter Trax - No Title
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Blotter Trax - No Title
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Blotter Trax - No Title
Much needed re-issue of this psychedelic Detroit rooted 4th release on the (312) label which only surfaced as a 50 unit run back in the spring of 2018.
Magda + T.B. Arthur + Ectomorph's BMG are Blotter Trax 2.0... Beware..!!
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Magda + T.B. Arthur + Ectomorph's BMG are Blotter Trax 2.0... Beware..!!
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blotter trax - Track 1
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blotter trax - Track 3
The second release on TB Arthur's (312) label finds the mysterious artist revealing a collaborative project with Magda as Blotter Trax. The pair first encountered each other at the famous Motor City record store Record Time, when Detroit artist BMG introduced his then co-workers Magda and Derek Plaslaiko to Arthur, who was visiting the shop from Chicago. Sometime after that meeting, Magda and Arthur went into the studio and jammed together for a week, the session was recorded live on analog 1/4" tape and then three tracks were selected for release. 1A is six and a half minutes of modulated synth sounds that are psyched out and sci-fi, spooky and truly atmospheric. Full of cerebral cinematism, acid lines and ghoulish textures all add up to a truly standout track. 2A then marries dark wave pops and clicks, unsettling alien lifeforms and menacing, slo motion industrial drums into a physical and imposing groover riddled with paranoid sirens and drones. Last of all, 2B snakes and slithers its way through undulating drums, cosmic freakiness and gloopy synth sounds that are all seductive and subversive in equal measure. This, then, is a truly fascinating pairing.
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Gosub - Earth Recompile
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Gosub - Low Volume Lovers
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Gosub - Lost In Our Ways
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Gosub - Waking Up
Valuable remastered reissue of this Frustrated Funk classic from 2005. Updated artwork. Sonically enhanced audio. Same drama.
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E.R.P. - Luctu
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E.R.P. - Tuga
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E.R.P. - Pith
Repress on clear crystal clear / solid blue vinyl!
2023 Repress with alternate label-art. Collectable FF release alert by E.R.P. aka Convextion aka Gerard Hanson.. The man with the tear-jerking string electro-techno, maybe even better known for pioneering Texas rooftop alligator wrestling. Highly recommended!! More
2023 Repress with alternate label-art. Collectable FF release alert by E.R.P. aka Convextion aka Gerard Hanson.. The man with the tear-jerking string electro-techno, maybe even better known for pioneering Texas rooftop alligator wrestling. Highly recommended!! More
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Plant43 - Halflight
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Plant43 - Frozen Monarch
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Plant43 - Cloud Cocoon
Repress on transparent magenta / black vinyl
Repress with alternate label-art (again!!). UK based Emile Facey joins the frustrada familia bringing a heavy, ice cold and highly emotive 3 track EP. Much in the vein of E.R.P. and the likes, but with a sharper sounding more abstract approach. Highly recommended!
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Repress with alternate label-art (again!!). UK based Emile Facey joins the frustrada familia bringing a heavy, ice cold and highly emotive 3 track EP. Much in the vein of E.R.P. and the likes, but with a sharper sounding more abstract approach. Highly recommended!
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214 - Easing Into The Night
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214 - Movement In Stillness
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214 - OS4SFI
My log saw something, something significant... Shut your eyes and you will burst into flames.
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Adapta - Who Am I
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Adapta - Cousin Bruce
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Adapta - Cassette King
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Adapta - Memory Event
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Adapta - Stars Hold
A much needed 12-inch sampler for Adapta's critically acclaimed Memory Program album. Originally released as cassette and digital download through Miami's Schematic Music Company. Beware!!..
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214 - Pocket Camp
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214 - Our Walks At Teneriffe
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214 - Isla Del Encanto
One day my Log will have something to say about this. My Log saw something that night...
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betdat - EF5
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betdat - VORTEX2
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betdat - Honeymoon Phase
WARNING!: This record explores the second verification of the origins of rotation in tornadoes experiment, VORTEX2. This sonic experiment is designed to explore the mechanisms of tornadogenesis, maintenance, and demise, the wind field near the ground in tornadoes, the relationship between tornadoes and their parent thunderstorms and the relationship among tornadoes, tornadic storms and the larger scale environment. This is the Supercellular Tornadogenesis. Hazards may occur! Beware!!..
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E.R.P. - Vox Automation
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E.R.P. - Nerve Play
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E.R.P. - Perfume Persuasion
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E.R.P. - Alsoran
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E.R.P. - Lament Subrosa
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E.R.P. - Irma
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Oliver Kapp - The Trail (Ovatow Reshape)
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Oliver Kapp - Piston Rings
This split release between Frustrated Funk and Indulge Records sees FF head honcho klen Ovatow reconnecting with Indulge's Oliver Kapp, a link that was established all the way back in the mid/late 90s. Celebrating with a remastered version of Kapp's Piston Rings (ME-01), one of the tracks that kickstarted the Indulge imprint in 1996. And on the FF side Ovatow reshaped Kapp's The Trail into a 12 minute deep dive. Obviously not your typical techno.. Beware!!..
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E.R.P. - ZRX
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Duplex - Molecular (Ovatow Reclock)
Repress!
Texan bandpass thrills and some harbour city sorrow on this split Frustrated Funk / DPX twelve. More
Texan bandpass thrills and some harbour city sorrow on this split Frustrated Funk / DPX twelve. More
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Cybonix - Dance Floor
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Cybonix - Let's Bang
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Cybonix - Shake Your Body
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Cybonix - Let Yo Body Rock
REPRESS!!
2017 Remastered version of FR004 b/w additional track "Let's Bang", taken from the original 1997's Cybonic In Effect EP. Parental Advisory Frustrated Funk from the 313. Keep hanging!! More
2017 Remastered version of FR004 b/w additional track "Let's Bang", taken from the original 1997's Cybonic In Effect EP. Parental Advisory Frustrated Funk from the 313. Keep hanging!! More
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Datahata - The Maze
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Datahata - The Watery World
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Datahata - The Lower Court
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Datahata - Moonshine Demolition
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Datahata - Cartesian Vortices
Beware!.. This is an adapted relic from a past future... Know your technos!
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Reedale Rise - Eternal Return
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Reedale Rise - Unfamiliar Species
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Reedale Rise - The Great Auk
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Reedale Rise - Lorelei
90% of wine is meant to be consumed within a year of production. 5-10% of wine improves after 1 year. Less then 1% benefits from the delicate process of maturation, ageing and preserving it for 15 years...
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Reedale Rise - No Title
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Reedale Rise - No Title
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Reedale Rise - No Title
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Reedale Rise - No Title
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Reedale Rise - No Title
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Reedale Rise - No Title
Our personal mental health worker Reedale Rise is serving us his sweet medical blend of high hanging fruits. Making sure to keep La Familia Frustrada from going insane..
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/DL/MS/ - No Title
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/DL/MS/ - No Title
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/DL/MS/ - No Title
Thyme listens to MIDI Voice Messages on a single channel. You can read and set the channel during device startup. The MIDI channel is persistently stored in the device's memory.
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_codebox - No Title
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_codebox - No Title
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Partisan Midi / Nukubus - Partisan Midi - "Phono Abduction" (5:04)
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Partisan Midi / Nukubus - Nukubus - "Europa" (Aux 88 Detroit-mix) (5:29)
Mancha's personal favourite PACK tracks on this Frustrated Funk / SD Records split release. Kaalslag Zuid-Holland, pump or drown!
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