Tracklisting:
A1 MarcelDune - I Am Looking For Date Ideas
A2 MarcelDune - Final Loose
A3 MarcelDune - The Scene
B1 MarcelDune - Independence Creating Distance
B2 MarcelDune - Independence Creating Distance (New Frames remix)

Sales Note
HAVEN is proud to present another new catalogue number with the first full EP on the label from London-based Greek producer of hard-edged speedy techno MarcelDune, following on from their contribution to the Sardonic Tonality Vol. 4 VA compilation.

The A1 kicks off with 'I Am Looking For Date Ideas' - a hectic 4-4 dance-floor assault with chugging synths, hardcore kicks, overdriven percussion and cheeky vocals loops. This is followed by 'Final Loose' with its addictive vocal hooks, charging drum patterns and playful melodies. The A-side is closed with 'The Scene' with rolling bass-lines, bubbling synth sounds and distorted vocal breaks.

On the B-side 'Independence Creating Distance' hits us with hypnotic vocal loops and ear-worm synth patterns amongst its speedy drum patterns sure to get feet moving. HAVEN main-stays New Frames close out the record with their remix of the B1, with their usual heavy drum programming interplaying with dubbed out synth work creating another club killer to end another dance-floor focused record from the imprint.

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Repress!
Greek producer MarcelDune arrives on Repitch for "Preternatural," a collection of euphoric hard dance bangers engineered with precision to engage the mind and the body at once. Now based in London after relocating from her home of Athens, MarcelDune fuses her arsenal of field recordings and samplers with modular synthesizer patterns, resulting in a hybrid sound that's both effortlessly experimental and dancefloor-focused at once. Following the "Trnc" EP that was released in Spring on DJ Plead's Sumac imprint, and the "The Happy Death" Tape on Low Income Squad, "Preternatural" builds on the wave with more fast-techno hard dance kicks and trance-adjacent supersaw synths. Opener' Flattening My Nerves' immediately shocks the brain into a peak-time flutter with vintage rave elements folded into pneumatic kicks that would rattle any dancefloor, big or small. Elsewhere, 'It's Ok To Have No Fun' pieces together a banger from rubbery trance synthesizer sounds and receives a stuttery broken-beat rework from Italian techno don (and Repitch co-owner) Pasquale Ascione aka Ascion. Title track 'Preternatural' rounds the EP off in fine style, reminding of vintage UK hard dance with bouncing kicks and the kind of analog wobbles that remind of now-distant mid-morning excess.

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Tracklisting
A1 Tinkerhell - Gatekeeper
A2 Tinkerhell - Insanity Impersonator
B1 Tinkerhell - Ophidiant
B2 Tinkerhell - Torn Reality


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Tracklisting
A1 Valerie Ace - Taking A Risk
A2 Valerie Ace - Slay
B1 Valerie Ace - Anxious Not Afraid
B2 Valerie Ace - How To Fit In

Sales Note
Returning to Intrepid Skin after her brilliant debut EP, and following on from a string of acclaimed releases since then, Berlin-based producer, DJ, and label owner Valerie Ace presents four new cuts of powerful hard dance and techno. Strass and Stress is out 1st March as both vinyl and digital.

With a background in organising DIY raves and a commitment to community-led efforts in electronic music, Valerie carefully fuses references from a range of genres into a singular, contemporary take on techno. Guided by an instinctive ear for experimental, groove-driven frameworks, her strain of dance music is hard-edged but mischievous, playful but heartfelt.

Diving straight into the peak hours, opening track 'Taking a Risk' is a swirl of hard kicks, frantic alarms and distorted leads; a statement of intent for what is to follow. Hot on its heels is the aptly-titled 'Slay'- a marching roller with double drops of acid, warped sonics and echoing glitches. Plunging into a hazier zone, 'Anxious not Afraid' takes an intoxicated spin on psytrance, building a vast acoustic space with equal parts tension and release. Closing off the EP, 'How To Fit In' jumps back onto the floor with an unrelenting spiral of
industrial-leaning hard drum chaos.

Strass and Stress is an all gas no brakes package of four crucial cuts from a producer on top of her game.


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Tracklisting:
A1 Valerie Ace - Glucose Guardian
A2 Valerie Ace - Lavender Ceiling
B1 Valerie Ace - Sweaty Syrup
B2 Valerie Ace - Hyper Hyper Dancy Hardcore

Release Note:
Unrelenting but utterly charismatic across four tracks, Valerie Ace's debut EP blends her lived experience intertwined with today's increasingly complex politics of club culture with a thirst for experimentation, unpicking and subverting the strains of toxic masculinity that still run deep through contemporary culture. This is first-rate dancefloor discourse with little room for chin-stroking.


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Turkish-born Nene H is one of the most exciting breakout acts in techno. Based in Berlin, she's hailed as part of a new generation that is pushing the genre forward. She achieved notable acclaim as a classically trained pianist before starting her career as a techno producer, frequently incorporating oriental, drone and psychedelic vocal elements into her industrial sound. Selected as one of 2018’s SHAPE platform artists, Nene H has already showcased her live set at noteworthy events such as Berlin Atonal and CTM, Red Bull Music Festival, the Boiler Room and festivals around Europe. With a background in acclaimed classical composition, Nene H’s individual approach is immediately evident across these distinctive club tracks that, for all their sophistication, intend to strike instantly at the dark heart of any self-disrespecting dancefloor.


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