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Tracklist 3 LP:
A1. Ohhwatadooo A2. Heartache Situation
B1. You Want To Be Me B2. It's All Love Right Now B3. Mad Luv
C1. Code Feelings C2. Under Your Skin C3. Bob's Kliptown Funk
D1. We're Alive D2. Selflove feat. Serious Klein D3. Roots
E1. D Town Playaz feat. Eddie Fowlkes E2. Out Of Reach feat. William Djoko
F1. Right On Selecta F2. Ouled el Houma

Loco Dice has unveiled his darkly eclectic album 'Love Letters', a 15-track embodiment of his diverse production range. Featuring the latest single 'We're Alive', the most highly anticipated record of his recent sets.

Dice's third studio album after '7 Dunham Place' and 'Underground Sound Suicide' sees him reflecting on his musical influences and connections to Dusseldorf and beyond. The album is packed with the producer's typically forceful tones, which blur the lines between house and techno. Utillising the bristling sounds and smooth drum beats, Dice's "Love Letters" album serves as an aural embodiment of the tones which make his sound so unique.

Throughout 'Love Letters', Dice uses his own vocals more frequently than on previous albums, which makes the production both trippier and more personal, representing past and present.

Addressing his listeners via special sleeve inside the 3x12" vinyl album edition, Dice writes:
"It's been a while since I've released anything in the form of an album. This time everything happened differently than my previous albums where I had the story or the concept first and where the music was my soundtrack to that story. This time the music came first - making and collecting music, having a good time in the studio without any pressure. It was not clear at all what to do with all this. To release it or not, if I have club 12" singles, or if I should just keep everything… but it felt good.

I looked around me and started to let only positive vibes into my surroundings and after I finished producing the 1st single "Roots", everything came together. The missing link was there. It was clear to me that this is an album that belongs on my label, Desolat. The music on "Love Letters" is filled with the positive energy and love that I have received around the world. Every piece on this album is like a mini letter. A Love Letter."

With a trio of collaborations on the album, Dice drafts in Serious Klein on "Selflove", Willam Djoko on "Out Of Reach" and Eddie Fowlkes on "D Town Playaz". As someone who is deeply influenced by genres like soul & funk, Dice invited German-based artist Serious Klein - who's work he has been following for the past while, to his Daddyscrib studio and a perfect blend was formed that was not only basted on their mutual African roots. When "Out Of Reach" began to take shape, it was clear for Dice that only the Amsterdam's finest - William Djoko, could provide the final shape he envisaged on the release. The third feature on the LP comes from Detroit godfather Eddie Fowlkes on the appropriately named "D Town Playaz", which features both of the artists' vocals and serves as a teaser for the things to come.

Continuing to headline the biggest clubs and festivals around the world, Loco Dice has directed his endless passion and musical sensibilities to bare upon his Desolat label, with a stream of records released from some of the most exciting artists around and supported by DJs across the globe.


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Tracklisting:
A: Roots
B: Roots (Instrumental)

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Desolat label boss Loco Dice kicks off 2018 in fine style with a huge new single which sees the him reflecting on his musical roots and his connection to Dusseldorf, Detroit and beyond, whilst giving a taster for a brand new long player to come later in the year.
Dice’s recent past has seen the master of robust house and techno funk serve up killer remixes of Moby’s classic ‘Go’ and release his Underground Sound Suicide album, whilst continuing to headline the biggest clubs and festivals around the world. At the same time, he has directed his endless passion and musical sensibilities to bare upon his Desolat label, with a stream of records released from some of the most exciting artists around and supported by Djs across the globe. Now though the stage is set for the first new Loco Dice original recording in some time and it is sure to see him once more at heart of the global scene.
The bristling ‘Roots’ is a typically forceful track that blurs the lines between house end techno. It has twitchy synths bringing the energy to hurried drums as smooth chords add real soul. The claps are coarse & edgy, whilst Dice’s own dark vocals bring a brooding atmosphere and the whole thing is a synapse firing rave-up that cannot fail to detonate any dance floor. An instrumental is also included for even more visceral thrills.
This timely new single is the lead track from Dice’s latest album project, entitled ‘Love Letters’ and to be released later in 2018.

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UPC: 4260148770630 Release : 12.11.2012 Special Remarks: full cover artwork, inside-out print
A1. Auxotox A2. Detox B1 Neurotox B2. Retox
Following nearly a year of relentless touring, the Desolat co-founder is ready to drop an exciting new collection of tracks that ooze his musical heritage and customary meticulous style. Collectively they provide a timely reminder why he is one of the most in-demand artists on the planet.
Possessing an abundance of touring experience means Dice is more than aware of what will make a party click. This coupled with a carefully bred studio-nous has resulted, expectantly, in a release brimming with dance-floor bombs. The EP kicks off with "Auxotox" which offers a chugging rhythm; bouncy bass-line alongside a maniacal sample that is gives a haunting early-hours feel. A staccato pulsating synth burst then elevates the track up through the energy levels. This tune has peak-time stamped all over it and will no doubt find its way into the record boxers of many an artist looking for that tool to send the party in the stratosphere. "Detox" starts where "Auxotox" leaves off. An aggressive in-your-face bass drum providing the foundation for a sharp vocal sample that continues to galvanise throughout the track. The layers to the track build effortlessly before a bongo inspired loop serves to pick up the pace before a jumpy percussion adds an extra dimension. Not much respite in this track barring the well placed breakdown that harks back to Dice's Hip-Hop past. A great addition that is the genesis of fantastic brass section that is sure to raise the roof. "Neurotox" is unquestionably the more techno affair. A warbling synth gets to work immediately, and is underpinned by a punchy big room bass line. The tracks driving nature is balanced by delicate rising synths that are sure to please fans of more musical techno. The EP ends with "Retox" which possesses a dark and steady groove. An entrancing opening gives way to a shimmering synth and extra-terrestrial top line. The delicate drums get more intricate and accompany a subtle Latin guitar riff that adds to the mysterious nature of this musical adventure. Loco Dice's ability to hold the attention of, and energise a dance-floor remains one of his key assets as a performer. With the tour de force that is the 'Toxic EP' serving up a selection of productions that cater the multitude of situations a club can throw up, it appears Dice is as prepared as ever to enthral house and techno music aficionados.
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New Loco Dice on Desolat. One sided vinyl only release.

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2x12" with 4 mixes on 4 vinyl sides!! A good beginning of The New Year: here comes pt2 of the top choice remixes of his best album tracks. Mixed by: Marcel Dettmann, Onur Özer, Marco Carola & Mike Huckaby.

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2x12" with 4 mixes on 4 vinyl sides!! top choice remixes of his best album tracks only by the best: Cassy, Luciano, DJ Sneak, Mike Huckaby

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desolat x is a new desolat vinyl only series. the vinyls will be limited! the most popular club tune of loco dice's fabulous "7 dunham place" 3xlp and cd comes with new extended version, instrumental and acappella. colored vinyl! limited! played by: (dj s

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A masterpiece!! Loco Dice's much-anticipated debut CD has been created to take the listener on a journey: an album to be treasured as a fine-textured catalogue of the senses.

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brilliant 4xlp! A masterpiece!! Loco Dice's much-anticipated debut LP has been created to take the listener on a journey: an album to be treasured as a fine-textured catalogue of the senses.

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Following the success of his enigmatic singles "Seeing Through Shadows" for Richie Hawtin's Minus label and “Flight LB 7475” for Ovum, Düsseldorf's Loco Dice returns with a monster four-track, co-produced with Hannover's Martin Buttrich, the man behind one of this fall's biggest hits—"Full Clip," released on Carl Craig's Planet E. The four cuts on this doublepack EP are monsters all, between eight and 13 minutes apiece. Coming hot on the heels of similarly sprawling releases from Ricardo Villalobos and Luciano & Thomas Melchior, they confirm Cadenza's commitment to stretching electronic dance music's form to fit a more expansive frame. These are anthems, but they're anthems of a different sort. While too many hits beat their riffs like dead horses and treat their listeners little better, Loco Dice turns their attentions to gauzier, wispier elements: ghost melodies, feathery percussion, iridescent timbres that flash once and are gone. These are tracks for clubbers who like their bumping subtle; they're cuts for headphone listeners who want to follow a corkscrewed groove until the g-force tugs their lips into a private smile. The four tracks sound simple at first—easygoing house rhythms, skeletal melodies, agreeable sounds and textures—but the more you listen, the deeper they get, multiplying their inner dimensions exponentially. "Raindrops On My Window," opening with clopping hooves and twittering birdcalls, feels like a journey through the forest back to civilization: a male voice mutters monosyllables, a female singer wails a near-Eastern lament, and the track's taut machine rhythms box in an unruly bassline that cuts corners with every bar, refusing to slot itself in 4s. The whole thing is dead simple, unabashedly dark, and delectably funky. "Paradiso" is one of the gentlest tracks you'll hear this year, braiding keening keyboard lines and unfolding like a flower caught by time-lapse photography. Romantic melodies meet Afro-Latin polyrhythms; Steve Reich learns to jack. No tearjerker has ever waved its handkerchief so seductively. (The track also something of a historical curiosity: with its chiming arpeggios and endless rotations, "Paradiso" provides the missing link between the music box and the
turntable.) Opening with agile woodblock melodies and fleeting scraps of woodwinds, "Vamos a Cali" hunkers down for the home stretch. Pastoral melodies twine themselves around a clean-lined lattice of clicks and hissing hi-hats; for the first five minutes, the whole thing is so delicate you'd barely know it's there. But as the song rolls on it fills out and tightens its hypnotic grasp, layering loops in four dimensions and ballooning classic minimal techno into something billowy; as it drifts higher and higher, its 13 minutes feel like an infinity. They almost are: "A Chico a Rhytmico" reworks "Vamos a Cali" for a tougher crowd; those same harps and bells are here, plucking and pinging, but this time the beat is more pronounced, the finely tuned metallic percussion more insistent. This is no time to be sensitive; it's time to lean into the syncopations, slide with the low-riding bassline, and revel in the opulence of the spongy chords and silvery leads. It's honest-to-goodness hands-in-the-air time, no matter
what the clock says, nor where the moon (or sun) is in the sky. What all four cuts have in common is that they're all as strong—and as smooth—as silk. That Loco Dice should come up with four new anthems is no surprise, but no one expected him to do this. He has taken house and techno to a place rarely visited in dance music: a zone where tenderness and force become one.

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Tracklisting:
A1: Illos (7:09)
A2: Edge (7:11)
B1: Return (6:38)
B2: Frostbite (7:12)
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Joran van Pol is back on Minus with Edge, a fantastic four track EP that is his first on the label since 2013. In the years since, the Amsterdam based artist
has set up his own FADE label and has continued to evolve his cinematic techno sound.
Previously, van Pol has also released on labels like Rejected, SCI+TEC and Ideal Audio, and has the support of all the big techno players who often reach for his tunes in their sets. As a DJ he is just as in demand, with headline slots everywhere from Space Ibiza to Time Warp all behind him. Having recently set up a new studio, he is still coming on strong with fresh inspiration and ever more essential grooves. ‘Illos’ opens things with seven spooky minutes of icy techno. Rolling rubbery drums pump away below, and the details up top make for an evocative soundscape with distant industrial sounds, groaning bass and razor sharp hi hats all filling your mind with imagery. Next comes title track ‘Edge’, another brilliant sonic landscape with tense chords repeating over ticking percussion. It’s a track that builds tension throughout, and keeps you looking over your shoulder into the eerie blackness.
The perfectly high pressure ‘Return’ is one that locks you in and never lets up, with warped synths snaking above traintrack like drums and hits. A dark, rumbling bassline and the sounds of pistons releasing air all add to the intensity of this brainmelting bit of futuristic techno.
Last but not least, ‘Frostbite’ is then the most spacious and spooky offering of the lot. It has freaky alien sound designs scattered around the track with supple kicks driving the whole thing forwards. It’s an absorbing cut that hurries along and takes you for a thrilling ride.
These are four more inventive techno tracks from one of the contemporary scene’s brightest stars.

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Move D, Jonah Sharp, Juju & Jordash build the new supergroup The Mulholland Free Clinic. Their self-titled debut LP release is the recording of their second ever improvised, allhardware live set which emphasizes the ongoing paradigm shift in live electronic music.

Tracklist
A Vital Signs
B Boneset
C Gone Camping
D Ebb & Flow
E The Dawgs Are Alright
F1 Dr. Leary
F2 Pillow Therapy

Even though they've only played together on three occasions since 2013, The Mulholland Free Clinic has already been praised as one of the ultimate collaborations when it comes to underground and improvised electronic live music. Move D, Jonah Sharp, and Juju & Jordash build this so-called super-supergroup by combining their individual and mutual projects rEAGENZ and Magic Mountain High. Using an armada of analog hardware, The Mulholland Free Clinic's self-titled debut album is the product of a live set recorded at Berlin's emerging party series AWAY at ://about blank in August 2016. Consequently, the connected vinyl label Away Music is set to release its first long player following four 12-inches with appearances by Joe Claussell, Mr. Ties, Move D, Discrete Circuit, and its very own AWAY Soundsystem.

Their three-hour long, totally improvised jam session was edited down to a little over

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Tracklisting:
A1: Wirelife B1: Stringtest B2: Facefall C1: Doorway D1: Rubdown D2: Out Too E1: How’s That F1: For Balance F2: On The Way
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Jon Gaiser returns with full length album ‘III’ on Minus
Throughout his career, Jon Gaiser has been synonymous with forward thinking techno and
sensory stimulating live audiovisual shows. Mixing up both analogue and digital recording
techniques, his abstract music never fails to be both cerebral and cinematic as well as fresh
and physical, never ceasing to place you right in the center of his own special universe.
Since 2014’s ‘False Light’, Jon has continued to headline shows around the world, while
constantly producing new material to test in his live sets. Always evolving whilst remaining
true to his singular vision for techno, this trained percussionist and skilled drummer once
again confounds expectation with his latest opus.
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The album kicks off with the introductory ‘Wirelife’. Rolling beats underpin a percolating
synth line and sci-fi sound effects that immediately get you in the groove. ‘Stringtest’ and
‘Facefall’ seamlessly round out the first chapter with oodles of pure minimal funk and
rubbery bass, curious song details and subtle effects. The next chapter touches on darker,
hard hitting rhythms in ‘Doorway’, freaky dehumanized vocals with ‘Rubdown’ and choppy
house styles on ‘Out Too’, but all exude humid atmospheres and an inviting sense of
otherworldly charm. The last trio of tracks completes this fascinating story with the
shuffling drums of ‘How’s That’, the colorful melodies of ‘For Balance’ and playful
widescreen vibes of ‘On The Way’.
When all the tracks here are added together into one musical experience, it makes for a
fluid, expertly programmed ride that takes you somewhere new and exciting, as is always
the case with the one and only Gaiser.

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Tracklisting:
A: On The Way
B: On The Way (Dubfire Remix)
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Long time MINUS artist Jon Gaiser is back with his fourth studio album on Richie Hawtin’s influential techno label, simply entitled ‘III’.
The first signals from the album are sent with March single ‘On The Way.’ It is a funky track with wriggling synths executed in undeniable Gaiser fashion. Textured hi hats and loopy bass all work on sucking you into the colorful and trippy groove. Add into the package a typical big remix from SCI+TEC boss and techno megastar Dubfire and you have one of the most essential releases of 2017.

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Special remarks : 12" with printed sleeve, 180g Vinyl
Tracklist:
A1 Coar Julian Jeweil Remix / A2 Has To Do Justin James' 519 Flip
B1 Sheep Monoloc Remix / B2 Girl One Cosmic Boys Remix
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Originally released on Richie Hawtin's Minus label a decade ago, Restore stands alone as Houle's very first long-player and helped to establish his penchant for the quirkier side of techno and his superlative production skills. Spread across three 12"s & 11 tracks it encapsulated the dark, minimal, groove-driven sound purveyed by Hawtin and the rest of the Minus crew, while retaining a strong sense of Houle's unique character and identity. Now it's the perfect time to breath new life into an album that has stood the test of time, still utterly infectious and absorbing - a collection of music that captures an era of stripped back, yet captivating sounds. 10 years since its release, the album is getting the remix treatment and Marc has called in some of the very best in techno talent to give Restore a fresh makeover. The selection of artists who've contributed to the 'Restored' project includes heavyweights such as Joris Voorn, M.A.N.D.Y. and Popof together with additional reworks from stars of the new generation such as Danny Daze, Julian Jeweil and Harvard Bass, all giving his tracks a new lease of life. In addition, Houle himself has also stepped up to offer a new contemporary take on his own music, collaborating with vocalist Genevieve Marentette on 'Demor'. "Restore was the beginning of it all for me. It was influenced by the sounds of Detroit and the endless parties I went to there in the 90s. It was my first album and to me it had the perfect balance of darkness, groove and electronic sounds. 10 years later, I am excited to present Restored with some modern interpretations on old tracks by some friends and colleagues who have kept the party going throughout the world."- Marc Houle


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Special remarks : 12" with printed sleeve, 180g Vinyl
Tracklist
A1 Borrowed Gear Joris Voorn Remix / A2 Talk To Me Baby Danny Daze Doom Dub
B1 Clock Width Havard Bass Remix / B2 Late For Work Popof Remix
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Originally released on Richie Hawtin's Minus label a decade ago, Restore stands alone as Houle's very first long-player and helped to establish his penchant for the quirkier side of techno and his superlative production skills. Spread across three 12"s & 11 tracks it encapsulated the dark, minimal, groove-driven sound purveyed by Hawtin and the rest of the Minus crew, while retaining a strong sense of Houle's unique character and identity. Now it's the perfect time to breath new life into an album that has stood the test of time, still utterly infectious and absorbing - a collection of music that captures an era of stripped back, yet captivating sounds. 10 years since its release, the album is getting the remix treatment and Marc has called in some of the very best in techno talent to give Restore a fresh makeover. The selection of artists who've contributed to the 'Restored' project includes heavyweights such as Joris Voorn, M.A.N.D.Y. and Popof together with additional reworks from stars of the new generation such as Danny Daze, Julian Jeweil and Harvard Bass, all giving his tracks a new lease of life. In addition, Houle himself has also stepped up to offer a new contemporary take on his own music, collaborating with vocalist Genevieve Marentette on 'Demor'. "Restore was the beginning of it all for me. It was influenced by the sounds of Detroit and the endless parties I went to there in the 90s. It was my first album and to me it had the perfect balance of darkness, groove and electronic sounds. 10 years later, I am excited to present Restored with some modern interpretations on old tracks by some friends and colleagues who have kept the party going throughout the world."- Marc Houle



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A1 Business M.A.N.D.Y. Remix / A2 Demor Marc Houle and Genevieve Marentette Edit B1 Pepper Monkey Safari Remix
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Originally released on Richie Hawtin's Minus label a decade ago, Restore stands alone as Houle's very first long-player and helped to establish his penchant for the quirkier side of techno and his superlative production skills. Spread across three 12"s & 11 tracks it encapsulated the dark, minimal, groove-driven sound purveyed by Hawtin and the rest of the Minus crew, while retaining a strong sense of Houle's unique character and identity. Now it's the perfect time to breath new life into an album that has stood the test of time, still utterly infectious and absorbing - a collection of music that captures an era of stripped back, yet captivating sounds. 10 years since its release, the album is getting the remix treatment and Marc has called in some of the very best in techno talent to give Restore a fresh makeover. The selection of artists who've contributed to the 'Restored' project includes heavyweights such as Joris Voorn, M.A.N.D.Y. and Popof together with additional reworks from stars of the new generation such as Danny Daze, Julian Jeweil and Harvard Bass, all giving his tracks a new lease of life. In addition, Houle himself has also stepped up to offer a new contemporary take on his own music, collaborating with vocalist Genevieve Marentette on 'Demor'. "Restore was the beginning of it all for me. It was influenced by the sounds of Detroit and the endless parties I went to there in the 90s. It was my first album and to me it had the perfect balance of darkness, groove and electronic sounds. 10 years later, I am excited to present Restored with some modern interpretations on old tracks by some friends and colleagues who have kept the party going throughout the world."- Marc Houle




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Barcode: 815349012382 Released: 12.1.2015
TRACKLIST
A1: Strangers A2: Oozewave B1: Say What? B2: Droplets C1: Want Some C2: Reflekts D1: Dirty Tricks E1: Spillage F1: Driftwork F2: Way Out
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A key member of the Minus family for almost a decade, Jon Gaiser is to release False Light, his third artist album on Richie Hawtin's label in autumn 2014. The ten-track affair shows the American born, Berlin based techno innovator to have continued to evolve since his last full length and again is a very complete and contemporary techno tale. Since 2005, Gaiser has been at the heart of the minimal techno movement. His hugely atmospheric EPs and LPs have always explored the darker, more stripped back and abstract edges of the dancefloor and have often done so in conjunction with immersive and complimentary live visuals. Says Gaiser of his working methods: "I've always been a big fan of analog gear, both old and new. I'm also a big fan of new digital technologies that create sounds that have never been heard before. I prefer to have the best of both analog and digital worlds working together, to make the most creatively flexible production environment as possible." As well as working as VOID, Gaiser is also a revered live performer who creates immersive on-the-fly soundscapes using Ableton MIDI controllers and Maschine, and regularly performs at some of the world's best festivals and club nights, including Hawtin's own ENTER. nights at Space Ibiza. A trained percussionist and sometime punk rock drummer, around the age of 15 Gaiser discovered the underground techno scene in Detroit and "was completely intrigued by the energy of the music" and so began collecting drum machines, synthesizers and FX units to build a studio in his teens. Before long he impressed techno innovator Richie Hawtin, was signed to Minus and soon began releasing on the seminal label. Playing in Europe so often meant the natural thing for him to do was to move to Berlin, and it is from there that his sound has flourished. The new album was written with a specific approach in mind, as Jon explains: "My main idea while working on this album was to go into the studio and have as much fun as possible. I wanted to create something where each track complemented each other, where all of the tracks relate to each other in a way so that the whole album tells a story. But ultimately, I wanted it to be a fun story." And that sure is the case, because everything here comes with a playful percussive line, a wiggling synth lead of the sort of baseline that cannot be ignored. Opening up with 'Strangers', a squelchy groove is established immediately with ghoulish voices bringing lots of dark energy to the thumping drums. From there a high tempo is kept up with the likes of 'Oozewave' and its spritely, squealing synths, 'Say What' and its rubbery drums and always percolating baseline and the superbly synthetic and rolling 'Droplets', which sounds like classic Gaiser. The second half of the album unfolds through kinetic, funk led affairs like 'Reflekts' with its pained and lingering synths, the tightly coiled and apocalyptic sounding 'Driftwork' and then shuts down with the lush ambient textures and liquid synths of 'Way Out'. Tied together by a keen sense of rhythm and playful sense of off kilter melodic charm, False Light is Gaiser's most complete artistic statement yet. An extensive tour is planned to support the album, featuring a brand new visual show, created by accomplished Turkish artist and director Ahmet Said Kaplan.






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Barcode: 815349012399 Release Date Physical: 20.10.2014
TRACK LISTING:
A1. Let's Dream A2. Only You B1. No Games B2.Gatescape C1.Pluss Basss C2.Longituden D1.Away From Home D2.Ying Yang
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After a three-year production hiatus, Barcelona's techno kingpin Paco Osuna returns with not only a new release for Richie Hawtin's Minus label, but also his debut LP, entitled Long Play-eight precision tracks, purpose-built for the dance floor in his inimitable style.Long Play is a meeting point of Paco Osuna's past and his future. The product of nearly 20 years behind the decks from early residencies at Amnesia in the late '90s, to an integral role in Hawtin's current ENTER. events at Space and a push forward for techno, house, minimal, and tech-house, Long Play's sleek and exuberant tracks are thread together by Osuna's always-addictive basslines. "The bassline is my obsession," he says-the key ingredient to making picture-perfect techno and playing incredible, unflaggingly energetic DJ sets. After taking a lengthy break from production to focus on his busy performance schedule, Osuna worked on Long Play in fits and starts. But the album really came to life after the recent birth of his son. "I had this really crazy idea to record him crying or making noises, and put it in a track. Thank god I didn't do that," he says with a laugh. "I knew I needed to do something serious." What resulted was this suite of dance-floor tracks that succinctly represent what Osuna's fans have come to expect from his legendary DJ sets. "Soft, hard, funky... I'm very open-minded, and I like to play everything," he explains. Gentle congas and a swerving bassline make "Let's Dream" the "perfect track for an afterhours," Osuna contends. It's followed by a divebombing bass synth that punctuates the hearty tech-house thump of "Only You." "Nop Games" brings to mind Osuna's slick minimalist moments, and "Gate Scape" fills the gaps in between with a quickened pace with upbeat drums. He continues in that vein, with the insistent tick of "Pluss Bass" working for more frenzied moments. "Because it's super-crazy and people go crazy when I play it," he notes. Elsewhere, Osuna takes a restrained detour on "Longituden" for a low-slung dance-floor workout, and on the darker "Away From Home," he points inward for a more cerebral transitional track. Lastly, "Ying Yang" starts off sleek and laidback, but crescendos with a burst of sensuality-the perfect way to tie these eight pieces together. Assembling these genre-spanning tracks at his home studio in Barcelona was an arduous process, which involved late-night sessions scheduled around his newborn, occasionally producing on headphones, and even moving houses, but from the bustle emerged a newfound focus. "I just wanted to do something that I can say to my son in the future, 'I made this album right when you were born, and you were my inspiration,'" he says. His duties as a new father aside, Osuna continues to balance running his Mindshake label, maintaining his post at ENTER., and producing his own longstanding Club4 events in Barcelona, all of which played an important role in the genesis of Long Play. "Playing music for other people, seeing their reactions, hearing weird sounds and wondering how the producer got them when I go back home, I try to remember how I felt when I heard those sounds, and bring those emotions to my music," he says. With a lifelong dedication to making the highest quality techno, and a passion for making people move, for Osuna, Long Play is as much a look inward as a look outward deep progressions, hard percussion, funky moods, and blissful moments of transition all coalescing into a pure expression of his modern techno sound.


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Barcode: 815349012375 Released: 20 October 2014
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A key member of the Minus family for almost a decade, Jon Gaiser is to release his lead single "Krakdup" preceding his full length release "False Light" in November. Since 2005, Gaiser has been at the heart of the minimal techno movement. His hugely atmospheric EPs and LPs have always explored the darker, more stripped back and abstract edges of the dancefloor and have often done so in conjunction with immersive and complimentary live visuals. Says Gaiser of his working methods: "I've always been a big fan of analog gear, both old and new. I'm also a big fan of new digital technologies that create sounds that have never been heard before. I prefer to have the best of both analog and digital worlds working together, to make the most creatively flexible production environment as possible." As well as working as VOID, Gaiser is also a revered live performer who creates immersive on-the-fly soundscapes using Ableton MIDI controllers and Maschine, and regularly performs at some of the world's best festivals and club nights, including Hawtin's own ENTER. nights at Space Ibiza. A trained percussionist and sometime punk rock drummer, around the age of 15 Gaiser discovered the underground techno scene in Detroit and "was completely intrigued by the energy of the music" and so began collecting drum machines, synthesizers and FX units to build a studio in his teens. Before long he impressed techno innovator Richie Hawtin, was signed to Minus and soon began releasing on the seminal label. Playing in Europe so often meant the natural thing for him to do was to move to Berlin, and it is from there that his sound has flourished. An extensive tour is planned to support the album, featuring a brand new visual show, created by accomplished Turkish artist and director Ahmet Said Kaplan.
Album Teaser: https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=10mg1q0Kr68
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A1: Krakdup
A2: Where Are We


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Barcode: 815349012368 Release Date Physical:15.12.2014
TRACK LISTING: A: Genome (Main Mix) B: Genome (Sebastian Mullaert Remake)
Inspired in equal measure by analog synthesizer technology and the lush Swedish countryside, Genome marks the first collaboration between veteran techno producers Patrick Siech and Minilogue's Sebastian Mullaert, with part one of the three-EP series appearing on Richie Hawtin's Minus label. Recorded live to tape last spring, the four tracks that comprise Genome 1 make for a transformative dancefloor experience that morphs and swoops its way through soulful, sweaty analog techno with flourishes of 303-style acid. Mullaert and Siech met in their hometown of Malmö, Sweden, back in 2000, when Mullaert was premiering his Minilogue project live with partner Marcus Henriksson. Siech opened that show with his very first public DJ set. The pair kept in touch over the years in the small but tightknit scene, and when it came time for Mullaert to set up his new studio in the small forest village of Röstånga, an hour outside of the city, he enlisted Siech's help, which led to a week of intense experimentation and lengthy analog-synth jams. "That was the real door opener for us," says Mullaert. "We didn't have any concept or vision in mind for it, other than having fun together." Central to the Genome series is Siech's modular synth, which he reassembled in Mullaert's studio for the recording. "I credit all my tracks partly to the ghost that lives in this machine," says Siech. "I can't imagine making music without it. There are so many variables in it that create strange voltage fluctuations, so you can never be 100% sure what it will throw at you from the speakers." From that low-pressure recording environment emerged a number of epically mesmerizing live tracks, one take of which forms the basis for Genome 1's 10-minute-long "Main Mix," its burbling, arpeggiated synth lead almost breathing on its own, constantly shifting in and out of sync as the track's propulsive drums gently come into focus. "When you're jamming live, you are actually there to really feel a track as it's supposed to be heard," says Siech. "If it's a good track and you manage to hypnotize yourself during the recording process, it will normally end up long because that's just what feels right. And you don't want to wake people from their dream state too soon if you don't have to." Both producers have a penchant for crafting long, drawn-out dancefloor compositions. "Honestly, a 10-minute track is pretty short for me," Mullaert says with a laugh. The deep, meditative aspects of dance music are key to his slowly evolving soundscapes. "As a DJ, I love those long journeys where the dancer loses the concept of different tracks, and they all melt together into one." Inspired by the live take that became Genome 1's "Main Mix," Mullaert went back into the studio and crafted three more versions to complement the lead track. The "Sebastian Mullaert Dub" molds the original's meandering structure and refocuses it for a deeper, darker dancefloor. His "Remake" maintains the tension while introducing new melodic elements half-way through, and his "Reshape" (under his Wa Wu We guise) is a subdued, spatial dub-techno suite that's punctuated by rich analog sonics. "Dance music has a very spiritual element to me," Mullaert explains. "I dance because I it helps me to get in touch with my inner truth; it basically helps me to relax in being me, and appreciate and be thankful for what I am." Moving his home and studio to the countryside also helped facilitate that introspection. "The national park begins just a few hundred meters from my studio," he says. "Walks in the forest and meditation is part of my daily life, and also an important part of getting in touch with my creativity." In that respect, the name "Genome" takes on a double meaning: "The genome is the building brick and sequence of life," informs Siech. "It's about the creative process of making a record in the ancient forest surrounding Sebastian's studio, and also the organic randomness of the analog equipment we've used throughout the process," he says, considering the natural worlds both outside and inside the studio. "Lucky accidents happen all the time that make your track turn into something better than what you might've expected. It's the machines having a life of their own."
Expect two more Genome EPs in the future, along with a full-on analog live show, Sebastian Mullaert & Patrick Siech Present GENOME LIVE, in 2015.


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UPC: 815349011910 Release : 01.07.2013
Special Remarss: 1st pressing of 500 copies in limited embossed sleeve & 180g Vinyl
Tracklist: A1. Trou B1. Belly B2. Dicof
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NSOUND returns with invisible hooks that entice us to believe that the melodies we hear are actually there. A continuation of exploration into his stark sonic landscape that bring up the question or where is he going?




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UPC: 815349011927 Release : 08.07.2013
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Tracklist: A1. Jetbal B1. Way To Make B2. Aeolina_A
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Tripmastaz explores beyond the definitions of min and MAX and loops our minds attention back onto throbbing bass & shuffled percussion that remind us how close House & Techno really are.



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UPC: 815349011934 Release : 15.07.2013
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Tracklist: A1. Onyx B1. Source B2. Intertwined
Collaboration pushes us through conflict and pulls us back together balancing somewhere in between.



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UPC: 815349011903 Release: 24.06.2013
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Tracklist: A1. W.M.B.R.(War Metal Bum Rock) B1. Skif
The now legendary "Acid Village" demo sees the light of day pushes into the mysteries and darkness of night, looping crackless & melodies pop through an atmospheres of samples & strings, stetched out, deformed and leaving us asking who the creators are?


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UPC: 815349011880 Release: 10.06.2013
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Tracklist: A1. Stpid B1. Zola B2. Brln
A regular in my DJ sets as demos, Nsound pushes us all to hear what is seemingly not there. Only the brave have the confidence to create music that is so basic in it's core but so deep in its intention, pushing each of us to imagine where the sound stops and the silence begins.


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UPC: 815349011873 Release : 10.6.2013
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Tracklist: A1. Conscious B1. Detach B2. Conscious (Soundscape Tool)
An exploration of the space between min and MAX, Joran speeds at an hypnotic pace exploring the outer reaches of space and dimensions, returning through a wormhole of frequencies & echoes and optimism of new worlds.



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UPC: 815349011996 Release : 17.6.2013
Special Remarks: 180g vinyl, 7mm spine sleeve, mat-black silver embossed 300g sleeve, disco-innensleeves
Tracklist: A1. Mathew Jonson - Metropolis A2. Valentino Kanzyani - Bobby On Drums B1. Jonni Darkko - Close B2. Hobo - Incise C1. Gaiser - Trashbend C2. Julian Jeweil - Yoko D1. Joran Van Pol - Faded D2. Tripmastaz - Tyree E1. 4Yo4U - Daily Faces E2. Justin James - Song So True F1. Nsound - Loe F2. Pots Of Gold - Rainbows
"Bridging the gap between the old & the NEW, the minimal & the MAXIMAL, minMAX represents a widening of scope as we explore the area between the sounds of classic MINUS & PLUS 8. As others subdivide and categorize we bring things back together, opening things up more freely and allow a closer connection to the music that I love and the sounds & textures that many of my DJ sets journey through." Richie Hawtin.


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