Genre: Neo Classic / Ambient / Electronica


Tracklist 12":

A1 - Prémices
A2 - Rosée
A3 - Disparate
A4 - Les Merveilleux Nuages
A5 - Salle d'attente
A6 - Cisaillement
A7 - Gruidés
B1 - Bifurcation
B2 - Essor
B3 - Élysées
B4 - Envoûté
B5 - Conclusions
B6 - Souvenirs


Info:

"Maintenant" (meaning: Now) defines it all: A snapshot in time, 13 piano pieces, completely improvised by Rico Friebe in one take! Three years after recording "The Silva Sessions", this new album serves as some kind of sequel to the improvisational and aesthetic characteristics - presenting a vast and meditative soundscape solely on the piano with some subtle electronic manoeuvring within. A truly unique moment that got captured here and a special album, you won't come along too often these days...




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Genre: Pop / Singer-Songwriter


Tracklist 12":

A1 – And I Run
A2 – Like Me
A3 – Pirouette
A4 – HD
A5 – App Life
B1 – Overdue
B2 – Inspired
B3 – Duty
B4 – Memento
B5 – Carelovetry


Info:

Rico Friebe has more to tell to a whole generation and crafted a musical superlative for this in the guise of the sequel record ANTHEMS FOR A LOST GENERATION2 - including 10 new future pop songs that continue the stories from part one!




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Genre: Neo Classic / Ambient / Electronica


Tracklist CD:

01 - Prémices
02 - Rosée
03 - Disparate
04 - Les Merveilleux Nuages
05 - Salle d'attente
06 - Cisaillement
07 - Gruidés
08 - Bifurcation
09 - Essor
10 - Élysées
11 - Envoûté
12 - Conclusions
13 - Souvenirs


Info:

"Maintenant" (meaning: Now) defines it all: A snapshot in time, 13 piano pieces, completely improvised by Rico Friebe in one take! Three years after recording "The Silva Sessions", this new album serves as some kind of sequel to the improvisational and aesthetic characteristics - presenting a vast and meditative soundscape solely on the piano with some subtle electronic manoeuvring within. A truly unique moment that got captured here and a special album, you won't come along too often these days...




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Genre: Pop / Songwriter


Tracklist 12":

A1 – People In White Cars
A2 – Empty Pools
A3 – Ice Bear
A4 – Drinks Ain't Free
A5 – Slowly Turning Backwards
B1 – Meeting The Idiots
B2 – Man Hands
B3 – NYE Horror
B4 – The Book A Forest Died For
B5 – How Long Has It Been?


Info:

"Dear music lovers, this album represents the truest and purest essence of myself in a 'now state' at the end of my thirties. I really don't care about aging, but I care about these ten songs. They make me happy, sad, aware, they make me laugh, cry and confident - hopefully, they make you feel the same or make you feel at all, too. For me, they shatter the rising coldness in this world. This wholesome musical powerhouse is about 'people in white cars' - it's a weird metaphor. Learn all about it on this album." - Rico




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Genre: Pop / Songwriter


Tracklist:

01 – People In White Cars
02 – Empty Pools
03 – Ice Bear
04 – Drinks Ain't Free
05 – Slowly Turning Backwards
06 – Meeting The Idiots
07 – Man Hands
08 – NYE Horror
09 – The Book A Forest Died For
10 – How Long Has It Been?


Info:

"Dear music lovers, this album represents the truest and purest essence of myself in a 'now state' at the end of my thirties. I really don't care about aging, but I care about these ten songs. They make me happy, sad, aware, they make me laugh, cry and confident - hopefully, they make you feel the same or make you feel at all, too. For me, they shatter the rising coldness in this world. This wholesome musical powerhouse is about 'people in white cars' - it's a weird metaphor. Learn all about it on this album." - Rico





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Genre: Singer-Songwriter / Folk


Tracklist 12":

A1 – Requiem
A2 – Fled
A3 – Tired
A4 – Flinch
A5 – Catch
A6 – Once
B1 – Any
B2 – Understand
B3 – Two
B4 – Lies
B5 – Shook


Info:

Grief, sadness, goodbye. With "Shook", Rico Friebe returns to the purest form of acoustic intimacy - just his voice and the guitar after the Requiem introduction. Being in daily grief and torment for almost 500 days, he melodized a funeral procession, burying an agony, being the sole attendant, shining a light in darkest night...



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Genre: Singer-Songwriter / Folk


Tracklist CD:

01 – Requiem
02 – Fled
03 – Tired
04 – Flinch
05 – Catch
06 – Once
07 – Any
08 – Understand
09 – Two
10 – Lies
11 – Shook


Info:

Grief, sadness, goodbye. With "Shook", Rico Friebe returns to the purest form of acoustic intimacy - just his voice and the guitar after the Requiem introduction. Being in daily grief and torment for almost 500 days, he melodized a funeral procession, burying an agony, being the sole attendant, shining a light in darkest night...


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180g Vinyl

Genre: Pop / Singer-Songwriter / R&B


Tracklist 12":

A1 – Intro Out / Apathy
A2 – Caitiff (The Yellow Song)
A3 – Growing Pains
A4 – Loophole
A5 – Sacrifice
B1 – Harm Any
B2 – The Verge Of Change
B3 – Plus
B4 – Take, Take, Take
B5 – Block / Outro In


Info:

The fourth studio album „Pain Matters“ by Rico Friebe came totally unexpected to him as well as it comes to you now!

Deeply affected from personal occurences within the further realms that already spawned „Anthems For A Lost Generation“, Rico fell into an abyss where anything became possible – anything raw, spell-binding, meditative and bold as „Pain Matters“!


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Ltd. CD-Edition

Genre: Pop / Singer-Songwriter / R&B


Tracklist CD:

01 – Intro Out / Apathy
02 – Caitiff (The Yellow Song)
03 – Growing Pains
04 – Loophole
05 – Sacrifice
06 – Harm Any
07 – The Verge Of Change
08 – Plus
09 – Take, Take, Take
10 – Block / Outro In


Info:

The fourth studio album „Pain Matters“ by Rico Friebe came totally unexpected to him as well as it comes to you now!

Deeply affected from personal occurences within the further realms that already spawned „Anthems For A Lost Generation“, Rico fell into an abyss where anything became possible – anything raw, spell-binding, meditative and bold as „Pain Matters“!


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Genre: Pop / Electro Pop / Singer-Songwriter


Tracklist 7":

A1 – Keep On Dreaming (Again)
B1 – Keep On Dreaming (Again) (Instrumental)


Info:

Finally on vinyl – the re-recorded and refurbished version of Rico Friebe's dreamy Electro Pop single „Keep On Dreaming (Again)“!






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Genre: Pop / Singer-Songwriter / R&B


Tracklist 7":

A1 – So Many Hints (Until Pain Matters)
B1 – Walking To Class


Info:

The prelude record to Rico Friebe's fourth studio album „Pain Matters“ (September 2024) including the album key track „So Many Hints...“ and the exclusive B-side „Walking To Class“.


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Genre: Neo Classic / Ambient / Electronica


Tracklist 12":

A1 - Prémices
A2 - Rosée
A3 - Disparate
A4 - Les Merveilleux Nuages
A5 - Salle d'attente
A6 - Cisaillement
A7 - Gruidés
B1 - Bifurcation
B2 - Essor
B3 - Élysées
B4 - Envoûté
B5 - Conclusions
B6 - Souvenirs


Info:

"Maintenant" (meaning: Now) defines it all: A snapshot in time, 13 piano pieces, completely improvised by Rico Friebe in one take! Three years after recording "The Silva Sessions", this new album serves as some kind of sequel to the improvisational and aesthetic characteristics - presenting a vast and meditative soundscape solely on the piano with some subtle electronic manoeuvring within. A truly unique moment that got captured here and a special album, you won't come along too often these days...




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Genre: Pop / Singer-Songwriter


Tracklist 12":

A1 – And I Run
A2 – Like Me
A3 – Pirouette
A4 – HD
A5 – App Life
B1 – Overdue
B2 – Inspired
B3 – Duty
B4 – Memento
B5 – Carelovetry


Info:

Rico Friebe has more to tell to a whole generation and crafted a musical superlative for this in the guise of the sequel record ANTHEMS FOR A LOST GENERATION2 - including 10 new future pop songs that continue the stories from part one!




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Genre: Neo Classic / Ambient / Electronica


Tracklist CD:

01 - Prémices
02 - Rosée
03 - Disparate
04 - Les Merveilleux Nuages
05 - Salle d'attente
06 - Cisaillement
07 - Gruidés
08 - Bifurcation
09 - Essor
10 - Élysées
11 - Envoûté
12 - Conclusions
13 - Souvenirs


Info:

"Maintenant" (meaning: Now) defines it all: A snapshot in time, 13 piano pieces, completely improvised by Rico Friebe in one take! Three years after recording "The Silva Sessions", this new album serves as some kind of sequel to the improvisational and aesthetic characteristics - presenting a vast and meditative soundscape solely on the piano with some subtle electronic manoeuvring within. A truly unique moment that got captured here and a special album, you won't come along too often these days...




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Genre: Pop / Songwriter


Tracklist 12":

A1 – People In White Cars
A2 – Empty Pools
A3 – Ice Bear
A4 – Drinks Ain't Free
A5 – Slowly Turning Backwards
B1 – Meeting The Idiots
B2 – Man Hands
B3 – NYE Horror
B4 – The Book A Forest Died For
B5 – How Long Has It Been?


Info:

"Dear music lovers, this album represents the truest and purest essence of myself in a 'now state' at the end of my thirties. I really don't care about aging, but I care about these ten songs. They make me happy, sad, aware, they make me laugh, cry and confident - hopefully, they make you feel the same or make you feel at all, too. For me, they shatter the rising coldness in this world. This wholesome musical powerhouse is about 'people in white cars' - it's a weird metaphor. Learn all about it on this album." - Rico




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Genre: Pop / Songwriter


Tracklist:

01 – People In White Cars
02 – Empty Pools
03 – Ice Bear
04 – Drinks Ain't Free
05 – Slowly Turning Backwards
06 – Meeting The Idiots
07 – Man Hands
08 – NYE Horror
09 – The Book A Forest Died For
10 – How Long Has It Been?


Info:

"Dear music lovers, this album represents the truest and purest essence of myself in a 'now state' at the end of my thirties. I really don't care about aging, but I care about these ten songs. They make me happy, sad, aware, they make me laugh, cry and confident - hopefully, they make you feel the same or make you feel at all, too. For me, they shatter the rising coldness in this world. This wholesome musical powerhouse is about 'people in white cars' - it's a weird metaphor. Learn all about it on this album." - Rico





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Genre: Singer-Songwriter / Folk


Tracklist 12":

A1 – Requiem
A2 – Fled
A3 – Tired
A4 – Flinch
A5 – Catch
A6 – Once
B1 – Any
B2 – Understand
B3 – Two
B4 – Lies
B5 – Shook


Info:

Grief, sadness, goodbye. With "Shook", Rico Friebe returns to the purest form of acoustic intimacy - just his voice and the guitar after the Requiem introduction. Being in daily grief and torment for almost 500 days, he melodized a funeral procession, burying an agony, being the sole attendant, shining a light in darkest night...



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Genre: Singer-Songwriter / Folk


Tracklist CD:

01 – Requiem
02 – Fled
03 – Tired
04 – Flinch
05 – Catch
06 – Once
07 – Any
08 – Understand
09 – Two
10 – Lies
11 – Shook


Info:

Grief, sadness, goodbye. With "Shook", Rico Friebe returns to the purest form of acoustic intimacy - just his voice and the guitar after the Requiem introduction. Being in daily grief and torment for almost 500 days, he melodized a funeral procession, burying an agony, being the sole attendant, shining a light in darkest night...


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180g Vinyl

Genre: Pop / Singer-Songwriter / R&B


Tracklist 12":

A1 – Intro Out / Apathy
A2 – Caitiff (The Yellow Song)
A3 – Growing Pains
A4 – Loophole
A5 – Sacrifice
B1 – Harm Any
B2 – The Verge Of Change
B3 – Plus
B4 – Take, Take, Take
B5 – Block / Outro In


Info:

The fourth studio album „Pain Matters“ by Rico Friebe came totally unexpected to him as well as it comes to you now!

Deeply affected from personal occurences within the further realms that already spawned „Anthems For A Lost Generation“, Rico fell into an abyss where anything became possible – anything raw, spell-binding, meditative and bold as „Pain Matters“!


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Ltd. CD-Edition

Genre: Pop / Singer-Songwriter / R&B


Tracklist CD:

01 – Intro Out / Apathy
02 – Caitiff (The Yellow Song)
03 – Growing Pains
04 – Loophole
05 – Sacrifice
06 – Harm Any
07 – The Verge Of Change
08 – Plus
09 – Take, Take, Take
10 – Block / Outro In


Info:

The fourth studio album „Pain Matters“ by Rico Friebe came totally unexpected to him as well as it comes to you now!

Deeply affected from personal occurences within the further realms that already spawned „Anthems For A Lost Generation“, Rico fell into an abyss where anything became possible – anything raw, spell-binding, meditative and bold as „Pain Matters“!


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Genre: Pop / Electro Pop / Singer-Songwriter


Tracklist 7":

A1 – Keep On Dreaming (Again)
B1 – Keep On Dreaming (Again) (Instrumental)


Info:

Finally on vinyl – the re-recorded and refurbished version of Rico Friebe's dreamy Electro Pop single „Keep On Dreaming (Again)“!






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Genre: Pop / Singer-Songwriter / R&B


Tracklist 7":

A1 – So Many Hints (Until Pain Matters)
B1 – Walking To Class


Info:

The prelude record to Rico Friebe's fourth studio album „Pain Matters“ (September 2024) including the album key track „So Many Hints...“ and the exclusive B-side „Walking To Class“.


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One Sided

Tracklist 12”:

A1 – Can I Be With You? (Rico Puestel Summer Nostalgia Dub)
A2 – CIBWY?



Info:

...and this is how an endless summer night's dream sound! Puestel meets his alter ego Friebe again! Can you imagine that this whole song came to Rico Friebe in a dream?!

In that dream, he was sitting in a strange living room, playing a live set with very odd, weird and partially never-seen-before equipment while everyone was annoyingly talking to him (while performing) – one person right next to him even told him that he frequently manages to eat glass by accident. WTF?!

According to all this obscurity, he tried to escape into his performance, just looking straight into a weird countertop electronic device that created sound and suddenly he played this completely unknown song with these special vocals kicking in and he immediately fell in love with and got lost in it, forgetting all about the strange situation he was in – the distracting voices around him fell into a mute state.

Shortly afterwards, he woke up and kept trying to remember all the details, the lyrics, the melody, the production, just anything, wandering around like a maniac. Finally, all of it went pretty well and you're now listening to a dream composition. Magic everywhere!





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180g Vinyl

Genre: Pop / Singer-Songwriter / Electro

Tracklist 12":

A1 – ANTHEM FOR A LOST GENERATION
A2 – BAD SEED
A3 – I LIKE MEMES
A4 – REDO
A5 – GAMES
B1 – IMAGES
B2 – LAZY, BORED AND SAD
B3 – ANIMALS
B4 – ABUSE
B5 – LOOSE A CHANCE


Info:

The third album by RICO FRIEBE is a clearance, an outcry, an universe within itself, a hope and a message at once – sending out ANTHEMS FOR A LOST GENERATION!

After his preceding albums of intimacy WORD VALUE and FACES MEET, based on personal tragedies and the accompanying struggles, RICO FRIEBE has something to tell to a whole generation and delivers ten radiant and distinct top-notch productions that find a most modern and futuristic sound within different styles of pop music while his soft and emotive voice is hovering above all.

Originally, ANTHEMS FOR A LOST GENERATION has been recorded as an acoustic double-album, but RICO FRIEBE threw it all out, wrote new songs and found a truly more fitting sound after he realised that there could only be one musical outcome to tell these stories: Songs like BAD SEED, I LIKE MEMES, REDO, GAMES or LAZY, BORED AND SAD are milestones of capturing a complete zeitgeist and beyond. Each line within the lyrics is taken from close and personal experiences and interactions that made him undergo a whole spectrum of emotions, creating deep worries and sadness, but also a far hope.

Feel lost? Be found! With ANTHEMS OF A LOST GENERATION...

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Ltd. CD-Edition

Genre: Pop / Singer-Songwriter / Electro

Tracklist CD:

01 – ANTHEM FOR A LOST GENERATION
02 – BAD SEED
03 – I LIKE MEMES
04 – REDO
05 – GAMES
06 – IMAGES
07 – LAZY, BORED AND SAD
08 – ANIMALS
09 – ABUSE
10 – LOOSE A CHANCE


Info:

The third album by RICO FRIEBE is a clearance, an outcry, an universe within itself, a hope and a message at once – sending out ANTHEMS FOR A LOST GENERATION!

After his preceding albums of intimacy WORD VALUE and FACES MEET, based on personal tragedies and the accompanying struggles, RICO FRIEBE has something to tell to a whole generation and delivers ten radiant and distinct top-notch productions that find a most modern and futuristic sound within different styles of pop music while his soft and emotive voice is hovering above all.

Originally, ANTHEMS FOR A LOST GENERATION has been recorded as an acoustic double-album, but RICO FRIEBE threw it all out, wrote new songs and found a truly more fitting sound after he realised that there could only be one musical outcome to tell these stories: Songs like BAD SEED, I LIKE MEMES, REDO, GAMES or LAZY, BORED AND SAD are milestones of capturing a complete zeitgeist and beyond. Each line within the lyrics is taken from close and personal experiences and interactions that made him undergo a whole spectrum of emotions, creating deep worries and sadness, but also a far hope.

Feel lost? Be found! With ANTHEMS OF A LOST GENERATION...

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Release Name: Don't Hurt Me Now (Rico Puestel's Don't Dub Me Now Remix)

Label Name: Time In The Special Practice Of Relativity

Genre: Techno


Tracklist 12”:

A1 – Don't Hurt Me Now (Rico Puestel's Don't Dub Me Now Remix)



Info:
Rico Puestel lays hands on his recent single as "Don't Hurt Me Now" as Rico Friebe and delivers seven minutes of groovy summertime bliss on this single-sided vinyl release!




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12” LP / CD / Tape – Bundle / incl. DL-Code

Genre: Pop / Singer / Songwriter


Tracklist:

A1 – Look At Me
A2 – The First Time
A3 – Nowhere To Run
A4 – Do More
A5 – Humble
A6 – Scrapbook (+ Acappella TAPE-ONLY!)
B1 – The Best Talk
B2 – Let Go
B3 – Time
B4 – Fifty-One


Info:

Rico Friebe is back with the album "Faces Meet" after his recent debut "Word Value" and delivers his personal "deer in the headlight"-moment. What once appeared sparely uncertain and questioning, equalling the fragile try to overcome a state of darkness and forsakenness, now forms into a frenzy of confrontational flashes on "Faces Meet".

Like reflecting on the uncertainties presented on "Word Value", "Faces Meet" reveals some genuinely harrowing findings, creating a wholesome musical moment in time that might never happen like this again.
Besides the uncompromising statements as to find in the opener "Look At Me", refined perceptions in "Nowhere To Run" or "Fifty-One", open-hearted calls in "Do More" and "Let Go", Rico's pivotal confrontation with the irrevocable truth and emotional dissection peaks in his heartbreaking story on "The Best Talk" which marks the crucial lynchpin of the whole album.

Like faces (and therefore people) are constantly meeting everywhere, being faced with the decision how honest and open to meet at all, "Faces Meet" happens to be an even more involved metaphor about surrendering to your true inner self in a mirror-like situation.
Deeply rooted in the seeds of his debut album "Word Value", Rico follows a highly natural and severely plain musical language while implementing new and further ideas and elements throughout his sonic landscape.

"Faces Meet" is an album of insight and self-awareness and the inevitably necessary foundation for his third double LP and magnum opus "Anthems For A Lost Generation" (set to be released in Spring 2024), accelerating a lately unstoppable story into unforeseeable pathways.


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Ltd. Tape Edition

Genre: Pop / Singer / Songwriter


Tracklist Tape:

A1 – Look At Me
A2 – The First Time
A3 – Nowhere To Run
A4 – Do More
A5 – Humble
A6 – Scrapbook (+ Acappella)
B1 – The Best Talk
B2 – Let Go
B3 – Time
B4 – Fifty-One


Info:

Rico Friebe is back with the album "Faces Meet" after his recent debut "Word Value" and delivers his personal "deer in the headlight"-moment. What once appeared sparely uncertain and questioning, equalling the fragile try to overcome a state of darkness and forsakenness, now forms into a frenzy of confrontational flashes on "Faces Meet".

Like reflecting on the uncertainties presented on "Word Value", "Faces Meet" reveals some genuinely harrowing findings, creating a wholesome musical moment in time that might never happen like this again.
Besides the uncompromising statements as to find in the opener "Look At Me", refined perceptions in "Nowhere To Run" or "Fifty-One", open-hearted calls in "Do More" and "Let Go", Rico's pivotal confrontation with the irrevocable truth and emotional dissection peaks in his heartbreaking story on "The Best Talk" which marks the crucial lynchpin of the whole album.

Like faces (and therefore people) are constantly meeting everywhere, being faced with the decision how honest and open to meet at all, "Faces Meet" happens to be an even more involved metaphor about surrendering to your true inner self in a mirror-like situation.
Deeply rooted in the seeds of his debut album "Word Value", Rico follows a highly natural and severely plain musical language while implementing new and further ideas and elements throughout his sonic landscape.

"Faces Meet" is an album of insight and self-awareness and the inevitably necessary foundation for his third double LP and magnum opus "Anthems For A Lost Generation" (set to be released in Spring 2024), accelerating a lately unstoppable story into unforeseeable pathways.


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Genre: Neo Classic / Ambient / Electronica


Tracklist CD:

01 - Prémices
02 - Rosée
03 - Disparate
04 - Les Merveilleux Nuages
05 - Salle d'attente
06 - Cisaillement
07 - Gruidés
08 - Bifurcation
09 - Essor
10 - Élysées
11 - Envoûté
12 - Conclusions
13 - Souvenirs


Info:

"Maintenant" (meaning: Now) defines it all: A snapshot in time, 13 piano pieces, completely improvised by Rico Friebe in one take! Three years after recording "The Silva Sessions", this new album serves as some kind of sequel to the improvisational and aesthetic characteristics - presenting a vast and meditative soundscape solely on the piano with some subtle electronic manoeuvring within. A truly unique moment that got captured here and a special album, you won't come along too often these days...




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Genre: Pop / Songwriter


Tracklist:

01 – People In White Cars
02 – Empty Pools
03 – Ice Bear
04 – Drinks Ain't Free
05 – Slowly Turning Backwards
06 – Meeting The Idiots
07 – Man Hands
08 – NYE Horror
09 – The Book A Forest Died For
10 – How Long Has It Been?


Info:

"Dear music lovers, this album represents the truest and purest essence of myself in a 'now state' at the end of my thirties. I really don't care about aging, but I care about these ten songs. They make me happy, sad, aware, they make me laugh, cry and confident - hopefully, they make you feel the same or make you feel at all, too. For me, they shatter the rising coldness in this world. This wholesome musical powerhouse is about 'people in white cars' - it's a weird metaphor. Learn all about it on this album." - Rico





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lim. Natural Vinyl Version!

Third studio album of Tren, following two sold-out releases (The Rising and Setting of the Heavenly Bodies; The Passages through Space and Time). An hour of hypnotic minimal techno and electronica, unfolding seamlessly to guide the listener on an introspective journey. Coming out 1.5 year after the unreleased set (mixed version), which gathered great feedback from fans:

"TREN touches deeply within the spirit / soul / most emotional part of self. It's a new and refreshing
sound, but still with the same fingerprint. Just Amazing!!!"

"Godly creation! Loved it from the first few seconds"

"Probably his best mix as of yet. So mature and well-rounded tracks."

"holy smokes. long ago I heard something that good"

TRACKLISTS:
1. TREN - Movement I
2. TREN - Lumen
3. TREN - Stor
4. TREN - Aether
5. TREN - Remembrance
6. TREN - Aftertime
7. TREN - Birth of Hermes
8. TREN - Solace
9. TREN - Ephemera
10. TREN - Ombra
11. TREN - Into the Abyss
12. TREN - Temple of Juno



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Tracklist:
A1. Cromby, Niki K - I’m Coming Back
A2. Cromby, Niki K, Known Artist - I’m Coming Back (Known Artist Remix)
B1. Cromby - One More Time

Life and Death is thrilled to unleash the electrifying debut EP from rising Irish producer Cromby, marking a bold new chapter on DJ Tennis’ genre-defying label. Packed with highvoltage energy, emotional depth, and razor-sharp house production. At its heart is “I’m Coming Back”—a radiant, hands-in-the-air anthem co-crafted with NiKi K. The track also receives a powerful rework from the enigmatic Known Artist, who transforms it into a hypnotic late-night weapon—fusing atmospheric textures with raw emotional drive. Cromby finally concludes with “One More Time”— a colorful house thumper of pure peak time energy, right
on cue for the summer festival season ahead.



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Third studio album of Tren, following two sold-out releases (The Rising and Setting of the Heavenly Bodies; The Passages through Space and Time). An hour of hypnotic minimal techno and electronica, unfolding seamlessly to guide the listener on an introspective journey. Coming out 1.5 year after the unreleased set (mixed version), which gathered great feedback from fans:

"TREN touches deeply within the spirit / soul / most emotional part of self. It's a new and refreshing
sound, but still with the same fingerprint. Just Amazing!!!"

"Godly creation! Loved it from the first few seconds"

"Probably his best mix as of yet. So mature and well-rounded tracks."

"holy smokes. long ago I heard something that good"

TRACKLISTS:
1. TREN - Movement I
2. TREN - Lumen
3. TREN - Stor
4. TREN - Aether
5. TREN - Remembrance
6. TREN - Aftertime
7. TREN - Birth of Hermes
8. TREN - Solace
9. TREN - Ephemera
10. TREN - Ombra
11. TREN - Into the Abyss
12. TREN - Temple of Juno



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LP - First Pressing in White Color Vinyl - Limited to 150

Includes: Gatefold. stickers + poster (60cm x 60cm) + download code
Tracklist:

A1. Kisk - I Wanna Dance With You (05:46)
A2. Osunlade - Cucumber Sweat (03:32)
A3.Tuccillo - Stray (06:31)
A4.HNQO, Collateral Lab - Whisper (03:41)

B1.Ghosten - III Steps II EcstazI feat Francesca Touré & IZZY NU (06:14)
B2.Marcel Vogel & LYMA - Keep The Lid On (05:55)
B3.Eduardo - Wdac (04:35)
B4.Erin Buku & Inkswel - Find Your Way feat Leonard Charles (05:19)
B5.2KS - SayNoMore (02:55)

Shortinfo:
15 Years, All Ears, All Heart. Fifteen years ago there wasn't a grand plan, no vision board or 10-year strategy. It wasn't about fame and acclaim, it has always been about feelings and encounters. Meeting people who made music, loved music, were music. Fast forward a bit and the family just kept expanding. It wasn't just producers and DJs anymore, designers, writers, random hype people, "vinyl faced" ones... Everyone brought something different to the table and somehow, through our filter, it took us here. House, Jazz, Techno, Experimental, it didn't matter. The only rule was that the music had to feel alive, with a Jazzy twist, where "Jazzy" means a propensity to improvisation, not just music. This is not a story about numbers or streams. It's about people and places. Every track has a face behind it: the producer who turned a three-note loop into gold, the designer who nailed an album cover in one chaotic night, the heads who spun the story for the release and the friends who supported and listened. That is the soul of Apparel Music and that's why the cover for this "B-Day15" isn't gleaming or shiny, it's real. It's a celebration of encounters. The messy, magical moments when people connect and make something bigger than themselves. It's a big THANK YOU to all the characters who hopped on this ride. This record, dropping in both vinyl and digital formats and featuring artists from all over the world, is the symbol of the Apparel Music essence. From the USA with Osunlade to Australia with Erin Buku & Inkswel; from Denmark with Ghosten (featuring Francesca Touré and IZZY NU) to Italy with 2KS and Kisk; Argentina and Brazil with Eduardo and HNQO (with Collateral Lab), Spain with Tuccillo, Germany and The Netherlands with Marcel Vogel & LYMA. It's about exploring genres, diving into far-off worlds, being curious about other places, other people and figuring out how to make them all feel comfy under the same roof, chilling in the same room. A room we've been furnishing for a while with our little treasures, some fancy furniture, some not-so-fancy, but always with passion. There's more music to make, more stories to discover, more people to meet. Apparel Music is not just a label anymore, it's a big, instinctive, unplanned love letter to everyone who's been and who'll be a part of it. 15 Years, All Ears, All Heart.





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Format : 12" Vinyl (180 Gr. in Limited Printed Sleeve)
Genre : Electro Clash / Electro / Proto House

Track list:

A1 Electronique
A2 Continua
B1 Tape Recorder
B2 Electronique (Marcello Giordani Remix)

Release Info:

The first new Electro Clash tracks from Break 3000 since 2003! After a string of re-issues of old gems on Italy's "Mondo Phase", the Argentinian label "Calypso's Dream" and his own "Electron Feel" last year, Break 3000 is finally back with some new original cuts!

The A-side "Electronique" has all the ingredients you would want from a hard-hitting Electro Clash track. EBM style drums and a powerful raw bass line topped with soaring rave leads and pads and added original (Vocoder) vocals by Break 3000 himself. This one is road tested already on dance floors and big systems and a guaranteed crowd pleaser! Second up is the driving "Continua", leaning more towards Break 3000 Techno classics like "Flash" and "Fix" this filtered rave lead will make a wild crowd go even wilder. Dark and twisted Electro Techno at its best.

The B-side opens with another aspect of the Break 3000 sound spectrum. We look back to the early years here and to songs like "The Wait" and "Spacemaschinenreise" that were produced in 1999. In a Detroit meets Rotterdam styled Electro setting this song uses a lot of the old sounds from 26 years ago, mostly coming from his original EMU sampler used at the time and a great 80s vocal sample gives this track it's title. We are transported back to the golden era of Cold Wave here. Closing out this new EP is the wonderful Marcello Giordani from Parma, Italy who build a strong reputation with his "Italo Deviance" label over the years. He gives the original "Electronique" a great funky "Proto House" bass line in best "Bobby Orlando" manner, what a brilliant crossover track this one is! With the Vermona drum sounds his - Dark Disco meets Early House - jam will certainly be on many DJ's want list.

We hope you enjoy these new tracks! There is more to come… stay tuned!


All tracks are mastered by Salz Mastering in Cologne. Music, Photography & Art by Break 3000.


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Tracklist 12":

A1 – Abstraxion – Don’t Speak (Original Mix)
A2 - Abstraxion – Don’t Speak (Bliss Inc. Remix)
B1 - Abstraxion – Bass Injection (Original Remix)
B2 – Abstraxion – Void Sequence (Original Mix)
B3 - Abstraxion – Bass Injection (Maruwa Remix)

Short Info:

Abstraxion unveils Void Sequence, a high-energy EP blending progressive house, early trance, and raw ’90s club aesthetics — featuring remixes by Bliss Inc. and Maruwa.
Out June 6th on vinyl via Biologic Records, the release delivers rolling basslines, hypnotic builds, and razor-sharp grooves — all engineered for peak-time impact.
A forthcoming remix EP will include Bliss Inc. and Maruwa’s unique interpretations of the original tracks.
Supported by: Jennifer Cardini, Massimiliano Pagliara, Alinka, Eoin, BELLA, Bliss Inc., Maruwa, Chloé, Pletnev, Bella Sarris, Blu:sh, Fabrizio Mammarella, Miguel de Bois...




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NO Return!

Limited to 600 Pieces, Vinyl Only, Mastered by DJ Steaw, Made in Europe.

A1: Something Spatial
A2: Pronto!
B1: Exalt Redux
B2: Boogie for Her


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LP

GENRE/S: singer-songwriter / Liedermacher, classical, neoclassical, pop

f.i.
- Fifth Album by Miriam Hanika
- Releases on her own Label LOUISE
- Extensive Global Promo by mosaik (Hamburg ) and Placeholder Collective (Berlin)

LP?
A-Seite
1.*innenleben
2.Trappist-1
3.Immerhin haben sie eine Frau vorne hingestellt
4.Der nackte Kaiser?
5.FABER

B-Seite
6.Glasscherbenviertel
7.Einer unter vielen
8.Der Mediator
9.Das Leben und sein Plan
10. Auf Wiedersehn

4. SHORT INFO:

EN: With her album *innenleben, Miriam Hanika opens a new chapter in her music—full
of depth, contrasts, and expressive power.
Together with the Poesie Orchester and the Dandelion Quintet, she creates her own
musical and lyrical universe. Recorded independently with 18 musicians, innenleben, her
fifth album, is released on LOUISE, the artist’s own label.
With this album, the singer, oboist, and poet breaks free and follows her own path: clear,
warm-hearted, and full of hope. These new songs feel like a deep breath in a confusing
time.

DE: Mit ihrem Album, *innenleben schlägt Miriam Hanika ein neues Kapitel ihrer Musik
auf,voller Tiefgang, Gegensätze und Ausdruckskraft.
Gemeinsam mit dem Poesie Orchester und dem Dandelion Quintett erfindet sie ihren
eigenen musikalischen und lyrischen Kosmos. In Eigenregie mit 18 Musiker*innen
aufgenommen, erscheint ihr fünftes Album *innenleben auf LOUISE, dem eigenen Label
der Musikerin. Ein Album mit dem sich die Sängerin, Oboistin und Dichterin freischwimmt
und ihr eigenes Dinge macht: Klar, warmherzig und hoffnungsvoll, die neuen Lieder sind
wie ein großes Aufatmen in einer verwirrenden Zeit.

- Extended tour:
15.02.25 Neukieritzsch, Hafentheater, Duo, *innenleben-Tour
08.03.25 Heidelberg, Schöner Lügen Festival, Trio, *innenleben-Tour
14.03.25 Heppenheim, Windspiel, Dandelion Quintett
22.03.25 Klingenthal, Rundkirche, Trio, *innenleben-Tour
29.03.25 Uelzen, Schauspielhaus, Trio, *innenleben-Tour
30.03.25 Beckum, Stadttheater, Trio, *innenleben-Tour
10.04.25 Gauting, Bosco, Quintett, *innenleben-Tour
27.04.25 Dorfen, Barmherzige Brüder, Trio, *innenleben-Tour
09.05.25 Kelkheim, Jazzclub, Trio, *innenleben-Tour
10.05.25 Ubstadt-Weiher, Kelterhaus, Trio, *innenleben-Tour
11.05.25 Staufenberg-Daubringen, Kulturcafé, Quartett, *innenleben-Tour
17.05.25 Grünhain-Beierfeld, Peter-Pauls-Kirche, Quartett, *innenleben-Tour
23.05.-01.06.25, tba Freising, Uferlos Festival, Quartett, *innenleben-Tour
06-09.06.25 Bad Gastein, Chansonfestival, Solo, *innenleben-Tour
13.-15.06. Brückenmühle, Elztalfestival, Trio, *innenleben-Tour
21.06.25 Landenhausen, Evangelische Kirche, Trio, *innenleben-Tour
26.06.25 Winsen (Luhe), Kulturverein, Quartett, *innenleben-Tour
27.06.25 Langwedel, Kulturverein, Quartett, *innenleben-Tour
28.06.25 Schneverdingen, Eine-Welt-Kirche, Quartett, *innenleben-Tour
05.07.25 Leisnig, Bahnhof Leisnig, *innenleben-Tour
30.07.25 Berchtesgaden, Kulturhof Bayern, Trio, *innenleben-Tour
21.-24.08.25, tba Schlitz, Mind on fire, Quartett, *innenleben-Tour
20.09.25 Bühl, Schütte-Keller, Quartett, *innenleben-Tour
21.09.25 Mühlheim an der Mosel, Kulturverein Mühlheim, Trio, *innenleben-Tour
tbc München, Miriam Hanika & das Poesieorchester, *innenleben-Tour
15.11.25 Irsee, Altbau, Trio, *innenleben-Tour
21.11.25 Kircheim unter Teck, Club Bastion, Quartett, *innenleben-Tour
04.12.24 Schwabmünchen, Buchhandlung Schmid, Duo, *innenleben-Tour

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