Special remarks: 12" sleeve designed and screen printed by Alex from Cassegrain.
Tracklist:
A1. Artemisia B1. Semiramis B2. Akasha

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Up next on Arcing Seas is Magna Pia with his second EP after his 2016 debut "Incantations" on Coun-terchange. Behind the alias is Hüseyin Evirgen, one half of Cassegrain.
ARCS-05 has a clear focus of providing combative dance floor trips, unorthodox sonic moods with subtle 90s techno references. The EP's track titles "Artemisia", "Semiramis" and "Akasha" pay tribute to three mighty ancient heroines of very different origins. Consequently, Magna Pia continues his in-terest in combining techno tracks with archaic symbolism.



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'Incantations' is the debut EP from MAGNA PIA - the new solo project by Cassegrain member Hüseyin Evirgen. Hüseyin is one half of the Cassegrain duo alongside long-time colleague Alex Tsiridis. Renowned as a driving force within the world of leftfield club techno and contemporary sound design, Cassegrain are known for their work on labels like Prologue, and on Killekill and Infrastructure New York alongside Tin Man. Evirgen now comes to close colleague Ed Davenport's Counterchange imprint for this first fully fledged solo EP. As MAGNA PIA, he introduces his own very personal image of Techno - rich, textural and full of detail. Characterised by the kind of programming and nuances that only experienced, musically-trained producers are capable of, it offers a strong narrative throughout - from the low slung melodic churn of opening track 'Dhul' to the mutant acid of 'Nyx' at its epitaph. Over four tracks with four very different moods we are treated to a masterclass in hardware only, high-end electronics - weird, melodic, hypnotic, banging.

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Genre: Electronica / Ambient / Techno

Tracklist Vinyl:

A1 Fred Mann - Cometh
A2 Fred Mann - Gate
A3 Fred Mann - Remains

B1 Fred Mann - The Plains
B2 Fred Mann - Abundance
B3 Fred Mann - Fuming

C1 Fred Mann - What A Pity
C2 Fred Mann - Horizon
C3 Fred Mann - Ease

D1 Fred Mann - Welcoming The Familiar Dream
D2 Fred Mann - Zenith
D3 Fred Mann - Entropics



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'In Thy Domain' is a concept album and audio-visual work by British artist Fred Mann. The 12-track, double-vinyl album is a cinematic voyage tracking the evolution of mankind, key themes of human advancement, technology, life after AI, and beyond.

The album traverses multiple genres - including ambient, electronica, broken-beat techno, and experimental drone - to create an immersive musical experience that mirrors the dynamism of human evolution.

The work aligns with the latest scientific knowledge, drawing inspiration from the tipping points of human civilization and the defining timelines that have shaped our species. The music is complemented by a series of artworks and scrapbook images, visible in the vinyl gatefold, which symbolize each track and its corresponding era.

Many of the tracks feature additional production, synthesizers, flute and clarinet by Chris Taylor (Grizzly Bear / Warp), and additional production and drum programming by Inland (Ed Davenport / Counterchange).

Fred Mann premiered ‘In Thy Domain’ live in Prague, October 2019, alongside Alessandro Cortini for Dietl Archive x Polygon.

The album version comes presented on heavyweight double vinyl in a gatefold sleeve designed by the artist himself.






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Genre: Techno

Tracklist Vinyl:

A1 Inland - Hallen
A2 Inland - Spair
B1 Inland - Namsan
B2 Inland - Tower Hamlets

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4 new undeniable club burners from Counterchange label head Inland.

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Inland’s seventh solo release on his home label is the latest in a decade-long legacy of enduring productions under the Inland alias. All tracks operate at 138 bpm, exploring biting synth lines, psychedelic overtones, tribal techno attitude, and mechanical rhythm programming.






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Genre: Techno / House / Ambient

Vinyl tracklist:

A1 Efdemin - Mono
A2 Efdemin - Subconscious Dub
B1 Efdemin - Sequence 100 (Johanna Knutsson Remix)
B2 Efdemin - Sequence 100 (DJ Skull Remix)

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2 new organic, runaway tracks by one Berlin’s most understated and influential techno artists - Efdemin - including remixes by DJ Skull and Johanna Knutsson.


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Counterchange celebrates its 25th release with a special 12’’ by much loved Berlin techno-sound-artist and Berghain resident Efdemin aka Phillip Sollmann, featuring two brand new productions, plus remixes of ‘Sequence 100’ (taken from Stream State, COUNTER014), by DJ Skull and Johanna Knutsson.

‘Mono’ steers an organic, runaway synth line (courtesy of the classic Korg Monopoly), along a sleek, 136 bpm set of modernist rails. In contrast, ‘Subconscious Dub’ bows to a dusty lo-fi house alter, while bouncing to a funky, techno-centric and contemporary pulse.

Chicago’s DJ Skull is a revered member of techno and house history who continues to provide slinky bangers that joyfully evade pigeon-holing. Skull’s mix of ‘Sequence 100’ reshapes the cascading polyrhythms into an effervescent, summery deep-house stomper.

In beguiling contrast, Malmö-based Johanna Knutsson channels sensitive storytelling and blissful tonal formations, ushering Efdemin’s original through a verdant forest of post-club ambience and subtle harmonics.






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Genre: Techno

Vinyl tracklist:
A1 Integer 1
A2 Antennae
B1 Eratosthene (feat. Inland)
B2 Alexia

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Second EP from Frankfurt-based Macedonian producer Stefan Alexis, featuring a collaboration with label founder Inland aka Ed Davenport.


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Following his debut on the label in 2019 - ‘Mind Dweller’ (COUNTER013) - Frankfurt’s Stefan Alexis is back with his next chapter of four atypical, undulating club tracks.

The EP features ‘Eratosthene’, a shimmering up-tempo weapon in collaboration with label founder Inland, alongside three other diverse cuts highlighting some of the Macedonian psychotherapist’s favourite modes of play: filter-funk, acid, broken-beats, sampling.

This release comes on 180g 12’’ vinyl and digital, featuring artwork by Berlin-based Norweigan painter Tyra Tingleff.






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Genre: Electronic / Soundtrack (O.S.T)

Vinyl tracklist:

A1 Ritual Bells
A2 The Island
A3 Fust’s Song
A4 Erotica
A5 Purification
A6 A Glimpse of the Other Side

B1 Fust’s Song (Shackleton’s Orignal Version)
B2 Athens
B3 Small Doses
B4 Holy Soap
B5 Irinia Takes Over
B6 Gatoula Mou Mikri (feat. Maroulita del Kol)

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The original Soundtrack to Greek-German director Nikias Chrssos’ new feature, ‘A Pure Place’, scored by John Gürtler (Eigenlicht, COUNTER019), with his studio partner Jan Miserre, and featuring a track by chameleonic British artist Shackleton.


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The script for A Pure Place had a dizzying effect on John Gürtler & Jan Miserre; their minds reeling with the possibilities.

From Persian sheep bells, Chinese sheng, prepared trombone, quarter-tone piano, a beaten-up cembalo, hand percussion, and a room full of synthesizers, embryonic compositions and experiments came to life early on in the project.

An electro-acoustic extravaganza, the soundtrack for A Pure Place takes a deep bow towards the many magnificent composers and scores from the late 60s and 70s where orchestral arrangements met with tape loops, psychedelia, and instruments from across the globe. Listening to that era of film music, anything seems possible.

The minimalist tones of ‘Ritual Bells’ set the dial to weird in the opening sequence of the movie, whilst ‘The Island’ makes use of ambient vocals recorded through an oil drum, gently introducing one of the score’s main themes with a distant quarter-tone cembalo.

Acclaimed British artist Shackleton’s eerie original version of ‘Fust’s Song’ (also included) was a tonal keystone for the entire soundtrack. Gürtler and Miserre translated his psychedelic electronic blueprint, layering acoustic instruments and bottom-heavy percussion in their ‘Paradox Paradise’ production style. The vocals, written by Chryssos, and sung by the cast on set, capture the sonics of the actual crypt-like space where cult leader Fust addresses with his following.

‘A Glimpse of the Other Side’ speaks of love and death in a 70s-indebted composition reflecting John and Jan’s shared love for melancholic and suspenseful chord progressions. Meanwhile, the sparkling synths of ‘Athens’ - the children discovering neon-lit civilisation after years confined on the island - transplant us to an entirely different era.

Greek artist Maroulita del Kol features heavily throughout - her choir of vocals on ‘Erotica’ were recorded late at night in the studio foyer, capturing its unique tiled reflections and concrete reverb.

On ‘Purification’ Maroulita’s voice guides us alongside a Moog bass drone, building to an ecstatic climax, whilst she also features in the film’s disco-centric ending credits on ‘Gatoula Mou Mikri’.

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Written & Produced by John Gürtler, Jan Miserre & Shackleton 2020-21
Mastered by Wolfgang Loos at Traumton
A film by Nikias Chrysoss
Artwork by Ed Davenport


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Tracklist Vinyl:

A1. Emulation feat. Vera Brothers
A2. MC Loops
B1. 91.6
B2. M_File


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Sampler for the debut LP from Paraguayan producer P. Lopez, ‘Asunción,’ featuring the triumphant, ‘Emulation feat. Vera Brothers.’ Up-tempo brain bouncing techno, power-house, washes of electronic-soul, and Latin American tribalism.





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Counterchange presents ‘Eigenlicht’ by Portuguese-German multi-instrumentalist, producer and award-winning film composer John Gürtler. Gently teetering between krautrock-influenced synth mantras and saxophone improvisations, down-tempo electronica, sound design experiments and moments of rich ambience, ‘Eigenlicht’ is a diverse album of electro-acoustic music. The 11 tracks were recorded between two studios and on location at Berlin’s infamous Teufelsberg, the abandoned Cold War era US spy-radio and radar outpost named ‘Field Station Berlin’, surrounded by forest to the west of the city.


Genre: Electronic / Ambient / Electro-acoustic / Experimental

Tracklist 12":

A1. Eigenlicht 05:06
A2. Scattered Souls 02:07
A3. Russia Falling 04:08
A4. Suchend 03:41
A5. Old Devil's Hill 03:07

B1. M5 05:51
B2. Xephaed 02:46
B3. Synthetics 03:36
B4. Enter / Sleem 00:50
B5. Drontheimer Straße 03:13
B6. Five Voice 02:46



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Counterchange presents 'Eigenlicht' by Portuguese-German multi-instrumentalist, producer and award-winning film composer John Gürtler.

Gently teetering between krautrock-influenced synth mantras and saxophone improvisations, down-tempo electronica, sound design experiments and moments of rich ambience, 'Eigenlicht' is a diverse album of electro-acoustic music. The 11 tracks were recorded between two studios and on location at Berlin's infamous Teufelsberg, the abandoned Cold War era US spy-radio and radar outpost named 'Field Station Berlin', surrounded by forest to the west of the city.

A document of Gürtler's development, many of the pieces here were first laid down in his bunker-like former basement studios at Drontheimer Straße in north Berlin, before he eventually elevated above ground - both physically and musically - building his current Paradox Paradise studio and becoming an established film music composer. In 2019 John won the European Film Academy Award for Best Score, for his soundtrack for Nora Fingscheidt's debut feature 'Systemsprenger' (System Crasher).

In recent years John collaborated on a number of projects with acclaimed German producer and composer Phillip Sollmann aka Efdemin, performing live and releasing the 'Gegen Die Zeit' EP on Sky Walking, a subsidiary of Dial records where he also remixed Efdemin's 'Parallaxis' under the moniker The Borderland State.

In part an ode to the Macbeth Systems M5 modular synthesizer, with its three oscillators, much of the album features the towering instrument, whose uniquely rich tone and rumbling, pure bass end characterises tracks like 'Eigenlicht', 'M5', 'Synthetics' and 'Five Voice'.

"The M5's built in spring reverb and huge sliders and faders - as opposed to all the tiny knobs on Eurorack synths - make it as playable as any acoustic instrument."

John's primary background is in acoustic music, coming from woodwind and keyboard instruments, improvisation and composition. The leap into working with computers and electronic instruments found him exploring ways to make synths and samplers sound as organic as possible.

One of the first analog synths John bought was a polyphonic soviet-built Electronics EM-25 (??????????? ??-25) that he had shipped from Uzbekistan. It was cheap, but built like a tank and sounded like something between an organ and a Roland Juno synth. You can hear it on 'Russia Falling' - just like the title, the softly detuned chords descend as the track builds to its howling peak.

Part of John's ongoing search took him to amplifying synthesisers in unusual spaces, from the vast basement corridors outside his old Drontheimer Straße studio to the 12 second-long reverb spaces of the Teufelsberg Station. The track 'Old Devil's Hill' is a spontaneous composition played on saxophone, recorded in the middle of Field Station Berlin's highest dome.

"I was driving up there regularly with a friend, dragging instruments and battery powered amplifiers up the hill, through holes in the fence and all the way up a tiny staircase to the highest point above Berlin, just to get that amazing sound. It's such a strange reverb because it tunes every single note into near perfect pitch."

Through connecting different kinds of old and new wind controllers, John was able to play synthesizers with a controller similar to a saxophone or clarinet, that would recognise lip pressure and intensity of breath. You can hear the M5 brought to life on 'Eigenlicht', a tribute to the synth's Scottish creator Ken Macbeth, as John plays it with a breath controller, layering intertwining patterns before opening up into a joyous solo.

"The faders on the M5 are so wide that I'd stick a tape beneath them and draw lines for certain notes, creating scales I could play with without using a keyboard, like on the track 'M5'. I had brought a lot of old leaves, branches and plant seeds into the studio to create an earthy drone bed for the track. It also features a Santur which my parents brought back from Tehran as they fled back to Europe on account of the revolution in '79." Most of the tracks feature improvised performance elements, often allowing a certain 'first take' magic.

For a period John had an original Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 at the studio. 'Suchend' is a first take, one take recording.

"I love the way there's this rhythmic warbling coming from the synth, it almost sounds like an old record. I used to pass up this kind of track for being unspectacular, but looking back it's the spontaneous and simple ones that (still) stand out to me…"





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- Award-winning film composer (Systemsprenger / System Crasher) and regular Phillip Sollmann / Efdemin collaborator John Gürtler presents his most accomplished work yet, in an 11 track long-player, 'Eigenlicht'.

- Partly recorded on location at Berlin's Teufelsberg - the infamous former Cold War US 'listening station' - Field Station Berlin.


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Genre: Techno
4 x 12'' LP set, 2 printed inserts, download card including additional continuous DJ mix by Inland and 4 bonus tracks

- Exclusive new tracks by Efdemin, Peter Van Hoesen, Joel Mull, Jamaica Suk, DJ Skull, Inland, Mark Broom & Discrete Circuit, Rhyw, Johanna Knutsson, Perm, Sophia Saze & more

- First official Compilation by Inland aka Ed Davenport, download card includes 4 Bonus Tracks and as well a DJ Mix. this makes:
- 22 exclusive full tracks by 23 artists (18 on 4 vinyl and 4 Bonus Tracks on Download Card)
- Includes printed artwork by Brooklyn based painter Erik Minter.

Tracklist 4 x 12":

DISC I
A1. Johanna Knutsson - Synthsakral 03:14
A2. Efdemin - Sequence 100 05:44
A3. Sophia Saze - Same Sane 05:28
B1. DJ Skull - Good Pain 07:38
B2. Patrik Skoog - Echophenomena 06:00

DISC II
A1. Inland - Overthebrainbow 07:49
A2. Joel Mull - Cerritulus 05:36
B1. Arbitrage - HON 07:11
B2. Peter Van Hoesen - Twin Motive 05:08

DISC III
A1. P. Lopez - Power G 05:22
A2. Perm - Busak 07:22
B1. Aiken - Second Law 06:02
B2. Jamaica Suk - Drumtaktics 06:13

DISC IV
A1. Rhyw - Chisel 05:50
A2. Tripeo - Humble Bragging 05:37
B1. Fred Mann - Nacre 04:18
B2. Mark Broom & Discrete Circuit - MBDC 4 04:52
B3. Distant Echoes - Todo Muere (Edit) 04:45

Digital Bonus Tracks are:

BNJMN - Bayou
Boddika & Inland - Don’t Dream
Felix Fleer - It’s Ending
DJ Sodeyama - Test PTTRN 026

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British DJ and producer Inland (Ed Davenport) has compiled and mixed 'Stream State', his biggest project to date, bringing together over 20 artists in a DJ-ready compilation of colourful, diverse modern techno on his label Counterchange.

Complete with an addional 90 minute continuous mix by Inland himself (On Download Card), the project celebrates over 15 years behind the decks and cements Davenport's reputation not only as a tireless force in the studio, but as a trusted selector and curator of contemporary club music. Spanning deep idm-rooted studies, lush chord-driven euphoria, powerful modernist workouts and tough house-groove jackers, Davenport weaves an addictive mix full of character and his precision mixing style.

From veterans and heroes like DJ Skull, Efdemin, Joel Mull, Boddika, Peter Van Hoesen, and Mark Broom (alongside Discrete Circuit), to a new echelon of up-and-coming talent like Rhyw, Sophia Saze, Jamaica Suk, Johanna Knutsson, Aiken, DJ Sodeyama, Perm and Felix Fleer, there's an underlying thread of shimmering production values and close attention to detail in every track. Inland also selected debuts from Berlin based artists Fred Mann and Arbitrage, and welcomes back BNJMN, P. Lopez and Distant Echoes to the label, now in its 7th year of operation.

'Stream State' is Inland's celebration of the DJ mix / compilation format. Enamoured with UK dance music culture in the mid 90s, the burning, illicit energy of early rave mixtapes left a huge impression. Mystical bootlegs recorded at mass gatherings in fields or late night Radio One transmissions captured on cassette - their eternal spirit was absorbed and cherished. Now more than 2 decades later, Davenport has channeled that fascination into this weighty collector's item and a captivating continuous mix.

All 22 tracks included are new and original productions made by some of Inland's favourite artists and colleagues. A network and a community - complied and presented by an artist who continues to demonstrate his longevity and unique voice in the scene.




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