Territories: World excl. UK + North America

FORMAT: 12" 180g vinyl, generic sleeve, dl card

TRACKLIST
1. / A1 M-87 04:02
2. / A2 M-90 04:32
3. / B1 M-99 06:08
4. / B2 M-00 04:45


Juan Mendez aka Silent Servant is a figure in techno history that needs little introduction. As a member of the Sandwell District collective and the label’s art director he collaborated on works that were responsible for a global focal shift in the genre as their label adapted and challenged the paradigm of minimal techno, taking influence from other sources such as dub, post-punk, and even classical minimalism.

But Mendez’s relationship with music goes back much further than these seminal releases. With In Memoriam, Silent Servant’s latest release on Tresor Records, Mendez writes a deeply personal memoir of a 30-plus year career spent exploring and absorbing the shadowy side of music; a carefully crafted elegy to people, places, and times past and the lasting effect they have on the present.

Across the four tracks, Mendez pays tribute to the earliest Detroit techno and electro, the Belgian EBM movement and the wave music that followed, the monumental dub techno sound from Berlin, and the harder, abrasive sound of the UK at the turn of the last millennium; exploring and referencing the genres that informed his later work. Each track name gives a hint to the timeframe he is revisiting and re-contextualising as the E.P. repurposes the styles that exerted an influence on him.

This E.P. represents a pure distillation of Mendez’s memories whilst also cementing his place in the current and future sound of 21st century techno; aware of where we came from but focused on where we are heading. More

Tracklist 12” :

A: I know – I am
B1: Deep rotation
B2: TE2 (Blackburn Warehouse mix)


Short info:
The mysterious Black Fan is back! After his releases on Local Talk and Quintessentials, Black Fan is for sure one to watch in 2024. „I know – I am“ is his most mature work to date and shows his love for House and Techno when it started – New York, Detroit, Sheffield! Black Fan has his roots in the good old rave and early House days and has many stories to tell! He was DJing at places like „The Dance Factory“, „The Eclipse“, „Tolerance“ plus more times at the now legendary „Energy“ parties than he cares to remember, and has kept in love with House and Techno ever since. Be ready for „I know – I am“, a proper New York/New Jersey styled house tune or „deep rotation“ and „TE2“ - raw, deep and detrotish with a touch of UK techno! Ready for 2024!

Artwork pic shows the aftermath Blackburn warehouse party, Nelson 1989/90.







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Oxia's classic 'Domino' gets reworked for it's ten year anniversary - in 2 vinyl parts.

A decade after initially seeing the light, Oxia's now classic 'Domino' get's reworked to celebrate it's anniversary. The new release features a new cut by Oxia himself as well as several remixes by none other than Frankey & Sandrino, Robag Wruhme and Matador. The EP will be released through Agoria's newly found record label Sapiens on February 24th.

Ten years ago the track made waves in the international dance music circuit, striking up chords with techno, trance and house DJs alike to quickly become an all-time classic. Having never expected the track to reach the status that it his, it's a very dear project to Oxia and he needed quite some persuading to give in and let Agoria and his team create something that was worthy of the original. The set of tracks are the first officially commissioned remixes by Oxia ever.

"Finding remixers took some time, the amazing Frankey & Sandrino who's track 'Acamar' is my absolute favourite of 2015, Matador that just launched his Rukus label as well is the multi-talented ex label mate at Kompakt Robag Wruhme. They are all incredibly gifted and fortunately patient enough to wait for this EP" - OXIA

Tracklisting Vinyl 1

A1. Domino (Original rework )
A2. Domino ( Robag's Lasika Cafa Nb)
B1. 4. Domino (Matador Remix)
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2024 Repress!

TRACKLISTS:

A1 Movement
A2 Moments with Ann
B1 Moments with Ann (Ron Basejam Remix)
B2 Soul Patron

Dj Jauche´s "Movement and Soul Ep" include a Massive Remix bei Crazy P´s - Ron Basejam More

12" - Releases on Ben Sim’s historic imprint Hardgroove, his second label Symbolism, Soma, Mutual Rytm, Life in Patterns, Out of Place records

GENRE/S: Techno

TRACKLIST:

A1. Eucalyptus
A2. Fields Of Flowers
B1. Sunkissed
B2. Radiance

SHORT INFO:

Nastia introduces a fresh addition to her NECHTO imprint as ANN? unveils the first release of 2024. NECH023 serves as an exploration of resilience, inspiration, and the unfolding of light from darkness.

Hailing from Thessaloniki, Greece, ANN? is an artist who invests profound emotion into each endeavour. Inspired by the natural world and the energies that envelop us, the four tracks delve into the intricacies of human emotion and the essence of our being.

'Eucalyptus,' 'Fields Of Flowers,' 'Sunkissed,' and 'Radiance' offer glimpses into ANN?'s wellspring of inspiration.
Her music is a harmonious fusion of Detroit, 90s, and 00s sounds, heightened by vocals and a pulsating beat that resonates with the innermost emotions of the artist.

- Online promo by Out Of Sync PR
- Club presence at Radion, RSO, Berghain, E1, Madrid’s Fabrik, London’s Fold, Brussel’s Fuse, Exhale projects, etc f.i.
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