GENRE/S: Techno, House, Experimental, IDM, Ambient, Breaks, Electro

TRACKLIST:

Side A
A1. Armor 07:34 min
B1. config4 05:54 min

Side B
B1: config5 05:06 min
B2. config2 04:44 min
B3. Court 04:45 min

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J. Alberts “config” EP for Couldn’t Care More is one more step into his very own microcosm of electronic music wizadry: There is the flickering groove of “Armor”, myriads of cut-up sonic pieces morphed into a glorious track somewhere next to Techno and House and there’s the distorted quiet beauty of slowly breathing “config4”, ambientesque but filled with tension like Huerco S does it. There are the holographic breakbeats of “config5”, with voice samples and synth stabs melted in New Yorks fiercest heat and there’s the sped-up ambient groove of ghostly “config2”. The last track “Court” sums it up, a breathless groove mutation topped by spheric keyboard sounds. J. Albert gets it all together and he does it with a quite uncanny certainty. A different level.







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GENRE/S: Electro, Breaks, Rave, House, Experimental, Pop

TRACKLISTS:

A1: Sack Voll Drogen (A JD Twitch Version) (05:40 min)
A2: 31 24 42 (Tentenko Mixdown 1) (02:31 min)

B1: Can't Resist (Popmusiker sind auch Künstler-Version) (Mense Reents Remix) (05:45 min)
B2: 31 24 42 (Tentenko Mixdown 2) (01:51 min)
B3: Kind Und Kegel (03:39 min)

SHORT INFO:

We Smile were part of the Hamburger Schule back in the early Nineties: expressive vocals, associative lyrics in German and English, brittle guitars and overall a quite broad interpretation of the general idea of Pop. Now, 30 years later, Hamburg label Couldn’t Care More releases these spectacular remixes of songs from We Smiles album “Für Die Anderen”: Glasgows JD Twitchs (Optimo) turns “Sack Voll Drogen” into one twisted colossus of a track, made from electro, breaks and rave , Tokyos Tentenko fires up the Casio for her two versions of "31 24 42" and Hamburgs Mense Reents (Egoexpress, Die Vögel, Die Goldenen Zitronen) builds the most extraordinary elegant Pop song from the sparse "Can't Resist (Popmusiker Sind Auch Künstler-Version)". Also included is the formidable (and remastered) original of "Kind Und Kegel".







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ARTIST: Stareaway
TITLE: No Life In This Ghost Town - The Remixes II

GENRE/S: Electronica, Pop Ambient

TRACKLISTS:

A1 O Suomi (Irisarri Remix)
A2 Appointments (David Westlake Remix)
B1 All Over You (Thomas Fehlmann Remix)
B2 Dreams May Never (Simon Scott Remix)

SHORT INFO:

Back in 2011 Markus Guentner and Heiko Badje formed Stareaway to follow their vision of creating both enchanting and haunting music from melodies and drones. Combining Guentners complex Wall of Electronic Sound and Badjes ethereal androgyn voice and multifaceted guitar play, they indeed produced some epic works between Ambient, Pop and Shoegaze, strangely shimmering and profoundly mysterious.
Now Stareaways fantastic (and back then maybe a little overlooked) album No Life In This Ghost Town sees its rerelease and is, for celebrational purposes, accompanied by this EP of four stunning remixes by stunning artists Rafael Anton Irisarri (who also did the mastering), Simon Scott (Slowdive), Thomas Fehlmann and David Westlake (ex Sneaker Pimps). Rafael Anton Irisarris magical take on O Suomi sparkles bright, still with melancholia always present. David Westlake emphasizes the Pop-aspect of Appointments, adding lush synth melodies and light-filled grooves while Thomas Fehlmann lets All Over You spiral into Popambients most majestic heights. Finally Simon Scott builds a Kathedrale aus Klang on Dreams May Never. Amazing remixes of amazing originals.






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2022 Re Edition

UPC A Barcode: 827170 494664 Format: 2LP

Tracklisting: A1: No Life In This Ghost Town B1: To Get Further B2: O Suomi C1: The Loss Of Breath C2: Appointments D1: Dreams May Never D2: All Over You

Release Info:
Stareaway is Markus Guentner (Kompakt, A Strangely Isolated Place) and Heiko Badje (La Grande Illusion) carefully combining ambient soundscapes, shoegazy guitars, melancholic Pop melodies and these amazing bodiless vocals to form a deep, subtle and somehow hard to define kind of enchanted music. Their 2013 album No Life In This Ghost Town (mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri) is now re-released (via Couldn’t Care More); seven wonderful tracks, caressing and thoughtful, yet touched by a certain darkness that makes you shiver. Brilliant works that need to be rediscovered.
The album-rerelease is accompanied by a spectacular EP with remixes by Rafael Anton Irisarri, Simon Scott (Slowdive), Thomas Fehlmann und David Westlake (ex-Sneaker Pimps).



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GENRE: Electronic, House, Minimal

TRACKLIST:

Seite A
A1 Call and Response 05:21 min
A2 Monks In A Club 04:48 min
A3 Stereotype 05:28 min

Seite B
B1 A Means To An End 04:59 min
B2 Nightdubbing 05:45 min
B3 Less Sensational 05:47 min

SHORT INFO:

Stefan Schwanders Repeat Orchestra presents “Infamous Lost Tracks”, an album appearing out of the blue, coming from spheres where time, space and Zeitgeist are nothing more than words.
With the Repeat Orchestra Schwander (who of course also is Harmonious Thelonious, A Rocket In Dub, Antonelli and a lot more) found a unique way of channeling deep House Music, a minimalistic setup and an idea of creating enjoyable music into amazing tracks that sound so effortless and natural. From first track "Call And Response" on it’s obvious that the main thing that this album is about is the groove, sometimes euphoric, sometimes quite unobtrusive but always irresistible, build from massive basslines, complex rhythms and the masterfully performed interplay of repetition and modulation. Warm harmonies, multilayered (at times quite unusual ("Nightdubbing")) melodies and subtle arrangements complete these Infamous Lost Tracks and their very own formular between Düsseldorf, Chicago and Lagos. There’s nothing harsh in this music, no aggression, still it’s far from being tame or tranquil: The pumping energy of "A Means To An End" or the sublime liquid shuffle of "Less Sensational" show the swing and kick inside these works that are made for delight but not to please.

And “Monks In A Club” is the most brilliant example of dancefloor understatement that you’ll ever hear in your life. Reduction, elegance and the right kind of mania concentrated into some minutes of pure club heaven. Handclaps, nonchalance & madness. An essential singularity and the swan song to the Repeat Orchestra, there will be no more of it. Get It And Smile.

João Geck, Hamburg, 12.04.2022






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GENRE/S: Electronic, Techno, Noise

TRACKLIST:

A1.Limestones
A2.The Wave

B1.Stalactite
B2.The Fish Stone

SHORT INFO:

Following her highly praised "An Antworten EP" on TAL, Tentenko releases “The Soft Cave” on Couldn’t Care More. The Tokyo Wonder Girl further expands her unique universe of electronic music with four stunning tracks between oddly beguiling iridescence ("The Wave") and deliberately raw technoid clanging ("Stalactite"), developing a twisted yet very playful version of Experimental Techno, Breakbeats or whatever it is ("The Fish Stone"). Exciting stuff for Warp / Modern Love / Sähkö aficionados and everyone who dares.

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Genre: Electronic, House, Ambient


Tracklist 12":
A. Clicks in Pink House (06:59 min)

B1. Blue Signals in Space (06:27 min)
B2. Purple Dreams in March (06:05 min)


Short Info:
On his new EP Three Colours for Couldn’t Care More the ever-searching RVDS (Golden Pudel Club, Bureau B, It's) keeps his senses wide open and comes up with three amazing tracks as diverse as coherent:

While Clicks in Pink House is enthusiastic warm House Music with a big bassline, Blue Signals in Space' flow of hypnotic meditation has a strange tension underneath that effortlessly connects with the delicate elegance of Purple Dreams in March’s playful piano chords. Three quite different colours that make a beautiful whole.





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Genre: Electronic, Minimalism, House


Tracklist 12":
A. Aventure (7:43 min)

B1. Some Blue Beats (5:18 min)
B2. Ta Ta Ta (6:14 min)


Short Info:
With the indeed adventurous Aventure EP on Couldn’t Care More Harmonious Thelonious further explores the depths of his unique vision, merging African rhythms, European harmonies and American minimalism: The title track keeps the same yet ever-changing lighthearted melody effortlessly meandering back and forth over electrified beats while Some Blue Beats is more on the minimalist side, as controlled as eccentric. Ta Ta Ta keeps it darker, with hypnotic percussions, organ chords noir and a big bass. Advanced music. Play loud.




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Tracklist 12":

A: Stay Close (Gonzo's Way Remix by Losoul) / 10.54 min
B: One Four Tee (Benjamin Brunn Remix) / 04:51 min

Short Info:
John Dalys amazing It's All Around You EP gets remixed by German virtuosos Losoul and Benjamin Brunn and the results are as diverse as stunning: while Benjamin Brunn morphs One Four Tee into subtly swinging Electronica, Losoul expands Stay Close into an unbelievable 11-minute groove ride between House and Techno, as tight as epic.



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Tracklist 12":

A1: It's All Around You
A2: Stay Close

B1: One Four Tee
B2: Rescue

Short Info:

The very talented Mr. John Daly delivers four master class House tracks for Couldn’t Care More.
“It’s All Around You” and “One Four Tee” let deepness and passion rule in full swing while “Rescue” rides smoothly on a huge bass line. And “Stay Close” is nothing but a fascinating groove. Inspired and timeless vibes by John Daly, if you have a floor to fill this record comes handy for sure.


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Tracklist:
A : Heights (Jus' Rushin Mix) B1: Oxidize (Original Mix) B2: Oxidize (RVDS Remix)

Infotext:
After his exciting album "Elasticity" on his own imprint Elastic Dreams, A Sagittariun delivers the equally fascinating three track "Oxidize EP" for german label Couldn't Care More. While "Heights" is a stripped-down basic-channelish techno ride, rough, edgy and with a hint of hypnotic melodies, the title track heads in a quite different direction: still it's raw expressionistic techno, but the flow is ever-changing, mesmerizingly shifting and twisting between hissing beats and enlightened synths. For the remix of "Oxidize" Golden Pudel Club resident and odd-house virtuoso RVDS fires up the acid machine and does it Detroit style, warm and cold, uplifting and melancholic.

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UPC A Barcode: 8271 705 316 6 6 Releasedate: 5.5.2014
A1: Dance Around Yourself A2: Machine B: Dance Around Yourself (Aera Remix)
Monaco à Go-Go is singer/songwriter Jobst Miksche from Hamburg/Germany and "Persimmon Lane EP" is his debut release (for Couldn.t Care More). With "Dance Around Yourself" and "Machines" it offers two slow intimate folk songs full of beauty and melancholia but also a certain easiness. On the b-side AERA (who runs the Aleph label) translates .Dance Around Yourself. into an exotica infused Cumbia Acid Mix that makes you feel quite the same than DJ Kozes adventures on .Amygdala. do: Dizzy, weird and sublime. More

UPC A Barcode: 8271 705 270 6 5Releasedate: 18.11.2013
Paris' house legends CHÂTEAU FLIGHT and up-and-coming swedish producer
LIBRAH deliver beautiful dancefloor-focused remixes of STAREAWAYs (aka Markus
Guentner and Heiko Badje) epic pop/ambient sketches "No Life In This Ghost Town"
and "Appointments", both taken from STAREAWAYs album "No Life In This Ghost
Town", also released on Couldn't Care More.
CHÂTEAU FLIGHT, accompanied by COSMIC NEMAN playing the bongos,
transform the widescreen wall-of sound arrangement of "No Life In This Ghost Town"
into a lush, magically enchanted roller-coaster-ride from deep warm bass to
breathtaking heights of pop.
LIBRAH, who recently made a deep impact with his "2BWU" release on Parkwest,
translates "Appointments" into a smooth and transparent, yet banging groove that
reminds of the Italian deep house sound from DFC! A beatless Reprise-version
completes this lovely remix EP. More

UPC A Barcode: 827170481169 Releasedate: 18.3.2013
The Oliverwho Factory come up with a brand new release on Couldn‘t Care More.With „You Just Don‘t Know“, originally sung by soul diva Phyllis Hyman, the duo delivers energetic Detroit sounds between techno and house, massive beats and soulful vocals.
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After releases on Gigolo, Rush Hour, Planet E and We Play House, french producer Sebastien San comes up with more great stuff: The "Asylum E.P." on Hamburg based label Couldn't Care More (who only just made a deep impression with The Oliverwho Factorys I Can See) is made to be played on every dancefloor there is. With the hypnotic techno-soundscapes of title track Asylum Sebastien San created one of his best tracks ever and the other two tracks are of same quality. Uptempo track Does Compute is driven by inescapable hooks while Alpha Centauri slows it down a little with warm but inclined strings, chicago house claps and a subtly pulsating bassline.
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"I Can See" by The Oliverwho Factory is the second release of german label Couldn't Care More (following Stareaways "Learn How To Love Me") and it's just marvellous: The duo from Detroit, who by the way runs the stunning label Madd Chaise Inc. and recently released "Galactic Transit" on Rush Hour and "Night Lights" on Planet E, delivers finest Detroit tech deep house with a twist, that will make you wave your arms and scream on the dancefloor. While the basic track is voluminously wafting and rawly pushing forward vocalist Shone tops it with her power- and soulful singing. Both tracks are mastered straight to the point by A.O.S.. Classic.
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Debut release for Stareaway, a new project of german “inventor of pop ambient” Markus Guentner
with singer Heiko Badje, the man behind saudade-driven pop band La Grande Illusion.

Following several releases and highly successful and critically acclaimed albums Guentner solely
released since 2001 for Kompakt and Ware, Guentner and Badje contributed their first co-operation
“Baghira” on Kompakt’s Pop Ambient 2006 compilation. Markus Guentners track “Regensburg”, considered
to be one of the best tracks Kompakt ever released, was selected by Sven Väth to finish his Mix Of The
Second Season and remixed by Wolfgang Voigt.

For the start of the new Hamburg based label Couldn’t Care More they release two melancholic
pop ambient tracks, the title track additionally remixed into an epic, floating journey
of house music by Osunlade, the acclaimed producer, DJ and label owner of Yoruba Records. More

2022 Repress

The ongoing importance of this album is indisputable, essential both to techno and to Tresor. It is a history intertwined. This work elevates its maker as master, and remain a cherished moment in the Tresor story, sharing an irrefutable singular magic, sounding as present and indispensable as when first created. To understand this work fully is to stand back and celebrate its impact. Originally released in 1994, 'Internal Empire' marks a point of transition for Robert Hood moving on from his previous collaborations within Underground Resistance. Robert Hood advanced uncovering the power of true minimalism. Deep soul through a simplicity that showed how much could be done with so little. The devastating rhythms of this album forge the unmatched spirit of this sound, influencing generations to come.
Tresor.27 is re-mastered and re-cut, releasing February 1st, 2019, on CD and 180g. 2LP vinyl. More

Territory: Worldwide no exceptions

2024 repress, 140g vinyl, remastered, double LP with the original LP along with a second record of 14 rare tracks

Sweet And Nice is the vital debut album from Jamaica’s undisputed first lady of song Marica Griffiths. It’s reggae at its most soulful. Slinking through a tight ten tracks of R&B and pop-sourced material, it became an instant best seller. 45 years after its initial release the LP is available again on vinyl, now as a double LP, with an extra record collecting 14 rare tracks.

Sweet And Nice has appeared over the years with a revised running order and under different titles. But the original’s opening sequence of loping soul is legendary, even beyond reggae circles. These songs are now returned to how they were presented on that first Jamaican release, and under their intended album title. Be With doesn’t mess with magic.

Marcia’s version of “Here I Am (Come and Take Me)” has long been lusted after, played by genre-hopping selectors to snapping necks for decades now. It’s followed by the sophisticated, rollicking wah-wah funk of “Everything I Own” and the slice of smooth lovers soul par excellence that is “Green Grasshopper” and her ace, lilting Neil Diamond cover “Play Me”.

The thundering, humid funk of “Children At Play” “sounds uncannily like a precursor of Massive Attack”, as FACT Mag astutely noted when they put Sweet And Nice at number 16 in their list of the 100 best albums of the 1970s. Otherworldly, moody and essential.

Side two keeps the fire burning. “Sweet, Bitter Love” should leave you swooning, and is also one of the album’s alternate titles. Curtis Mayfield’s already-eternal “Gypsy Man” is up next, recast as proto-lovers rock.

“There’s No Me Without You” is elevated to canonical status by the majestic, forlorn horns of the Federal Soul Givers and Marcia’s heartbreaking delivery. And if this doesn’t get you then surely the next track will: arguably the definitive version of Ewan MacColl’s “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”. Yes, seriously.

“I Just Don’t Want To Be Lonely” re-takes its rightful place at the end of the LP’s second side… but we couldn’t leave it at that. So we added an entire second record of rare material recorded around the same time as Sweet And Nice, much of it unavailable since it was originally released. Some of these songs have only ever been found on now unattainable 7" singles and no, rarity doesn’t always correspond with quality, but in this case we’re talking about some seriously jaw-dropping music.

Amongst 14 extra tracks you’ll find the exquisite late-60s singles “Melody Life” and “Mark My Word” which, along with the sumptuous reading of “Band Of Gold”, are now £100 records, if you can find them! Just sayin’. There‘s also a fantastic version of “The First Cut Is the Deepest” and an alternate take of “Play Me” with producer Lloyd Charmers adding his own vocals.

Everything’s been remastered of course, including the original LP, so Sweet And Nice now sounds even sweeter, and even nicer.




TRACKLISTING


A1 : Here I Am Baby (Come And Take Me)
A2 : Everything I Own
A3 : Green Grasshopper
A4 : Play Me
A5 : Children At Play

B1 : Sweet Bitter Love
B2 : Gypsy Man
B3 : There’s No Me Without You
B4 : The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
B5 : I Just Don’t Want To Be Lonely

C1 : Mark My Word
C2 : The First Cut Is The Deepest
C3 : Melody Life
C4 : Work And Slave
C5 : Working To The Top (My Ambition) (Part 1)
C6 : Don’t Let Me Down
C7 : Band Of Gold

D1 : Put A Little Love In Your Heart
D2 : I See You, My Love
D3 : It’s Too Late
D4 : Baby If You Don’t Love Me
D5 : Love Walked In
D6 : When Will I See You Again
D7 : Play Me (Part 2) More

2LP

A1. HYbr:ID Noh Talk
A2. HYbr:ID Sync Dark
A3. HYbr:ID Noh Human
B1. HYbr:ID Sync Inter
B2. HYbr:ID Collective Open
B3. HYbr:ID Obsessive Behaviour Day
B4. HYbr:ID Obsessive Behaviour Night
C1. HYbr:ID Para Contamination
C2. HYbr:ID Script Solitude
C3. HYbr:ID Script Sacre Drone
D1. HYbr:ID Script Broken Conversation
D2. HYbr:ID Rehuman
D3. HYbr:ID Épilogue




For an aesthetic of (dis)obedience. The impressions Richard Siegal and his company Ballet of Difference gathered on a trip to Japan in September 2022 now find their way into a full-length dance evening. Siegal and his team had set off for Tokyo to learn the practice of Shuudan Koudou, also known as "Japanese Precision Walking". The strictly synchronised group choreographies are astonishing in their radical stringency and have become a secret YouTube hit, not least because of their peculiar subtle humour. Siegal recognises in the extreme disciplining of the bodies an analogy to the training practice of classical ballet. In the mutual exchange of these movement cultures, questions are raised about individual and collective thinking, about personal decision-making power and social responsibility. For this extraordinary project, Richard Siegal has invited a special guest: Nazareth Panadero, long-time companion of Pina Bausch, who has long since become an icon of Wuppertal dance theatre and will be on stage with the BoD ensemble.

The production BALLET OF (DIS)OBEDIENCE is sponsored by Goethe Institut, with the kind support of Sissel GmbH.
CHOREOGRAPHY & STAGE: RICHARD SIEGAL
COSTUME: FLORA MIRANDA
LIGHT & VIDEO: MATTHIAS SINGER
MUSIC: ALVA NOTO
DRAMATURGY: TOBIAS STAAB

more info to: Shuudan koudou

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On the other hand, hybrid 3 is inspired by Noh Play - Japanese performances and deals with the refusal of rules musically, hybrid three continues the two previous albums and weaves both rhythmic and beatless musical pieces into a holistic work.
The idea for me has always been that these albums are not only perceived as individual tracks, but as a whole piece, which is why I find the possibility of experiencing and listening to these albums in the right order and as a whole particularly important. For me, the pieces are not only closely related to the ballet that was created for them, but also function as individual pieces as pure, musical pieces and mark a new quality for me, which is very strongly focussed on producing electronic sounds and structures in such a way that they can develop a sculptural quality.




















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2022 repress

Tracklist:
A1 Pad Yoga Raga
A2 Mumbai Syndrom
B1 Dehli Little Prince
B2 Little Prince (Bangalore Rave Version)

Release Info:
Red Axes return with the third EP in their ongoing Trips series. This multimedia project mixes up music, film and travel and finds the cult pair seeking out extraordinary collaborations in the countries they visit. This time they head to India having previously visited Vietnam in 2019, and Ethiopia and The Ivory Coast in 2018.

Niv Arzi and Dori Sadovnik run their own Garzen Records label and have become much loved for their psyched-out and unusual fusions of guitars, synths and drums. From acid to techno to experimentalism they have done it all, and also worked with Life And Death label boss DJ Tennis as Redrago on a well received album in 2019. This project is about engaging with local cultures and musical traditions, linking up with local musicians, playing and recording with them and presenting workshops for youth music schools.

First up is 'Pad Yoga Raga' which has a mesmerising flute floating above a spoken world monologue about the history of raga. Supple bass synths and gently drums roll below to hypnotic effect and the whole thing is hugely atmospheric. 'Mumbai Syndrome' is as busy as the famous city itself: it bristles with life, bird sounds, hiccuping percussion, tabla sounds and slick grooves that sound like on India's famous trains. 'Dehli Little Prince' is a little deeper and more trippy thanks to the fusion of western rhythms with Indian melodies and instrumentals, which come on in uneven loops and eventually melt your mind. The Bangalore Rave Version is characterised by exquisite sitar and more rippling tablas.

Credits Ep:
Flute - Pandit Ajay Prasanna
Percussion - Sarthak Pahwa on tabla
Sitar - Shubhendra Rao
Indian Cello - Saskia Rao-de Haas
Harmonium: Pad from Patnem

Special thanks to:
Prateek & Andrea @ Slick
Munbir & Ruhi @ The Wild City



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