John Beltran was responsible for some of the greatest ambient techno records of the 1990s, and despite falling into near-obscurity for much of the 00s, his place in the canon has recently been secured thanks to reissues on Styrax and Millions of Moments. Here and now, 3 new ambient electronica tracks from John Beltran. Beautifully produced, generously melodic work of one of techno's unsung heroes.
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More records from john beltran
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John Beltran - Il Ritorno
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John Beltran - City Sunset
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John Beltran - Finally Home
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John Beltran - Carrettera
Roots Underground kicks off 2024 with a bang, presenting the EP of one of the most fascinating living legends of Detroit techno: John Beltran. Although he has never stopped producing music (luckily for us!), this EP represents a more than welcome return of John Beltran to those more classic techno sounds that have made him one of the most iconic producers of this musical genre in the world.
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John Beltran - Panacea (Original Version)
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John Beltran - Panacea (Rolando Remix)
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John Beltran - Panacea (Downtown Detroit Mix)
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John Beltran - Aurora
John Beltran in proper downtown Detroit mood! Including a remix from the Knight Of The Jaguar man himself Rolando! BIG!
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John Beltran - Androgyn
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John Beltran - Rotterdam
John Beltran with 2 analog raw and fierce sounding Acid trax! Limited hand stamped copies..
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John Beltran - Lsaura
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John Beltran - As The Sunsets
Detroit's John Beltran can do no wrong if you ask us, and what he does do is always famously varied, from sound design for TV to melodic techno excellence via ambient beauty. Here for MotorCity Wine he revisits his Back To Bahia series with a third volume that finds him flexing his Afro-Brazilian deep house chops. The 7" opens up with the jazzy boogie of Lsaura' which is steeped in Minneapolis funk and will get cultured dancefloors in a spin. 'As The Sunsets' that appears on the flip and is a superbly emotive sound with wispy late night melodies and glowing harmonies and shuffling Latin grooves. Essential.
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John Beltran - Taina (Feat. Ezel, Arnold)
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John Beltran - Cacaçha
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John Beltran - Em Trancoso
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John Beltran - Sa Coma Blue (feat. John Arnold)
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John Beltran - Ask Anlari
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John Beltran - La Hermosa Vista
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John Beltran - Sueños Soleados
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John Beltran - Mallorca
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John Beltran - Yangu Milele
The iconic John Beltran returns once again to Oath to exercise his passionate love affair with all things Balearic, and to say he expanded upon his 22’ EP with style is a severe understatement..
Based purely on his outputs over the years, there is little that seemingly John Beltran cannot do, and the results of his near 30-year long career are there for all to experience, taste, and sample. His music simply speaks differently, touching upon the palette of emotions that make up the human experience, be it the tenderest of sensory affirmations through to the euphoric, emboldening sweeps that get the listener lost deep within themselves – in the most perfected way imaginable. Emerging from the spectrum of sounds that made up that oh-so-referenced decade of the 90s, Beltran stands tall amongst his peers in this sense, with his discography alluding to many differing spheres of influence, a testament to the age-old adage of never standing still – there’s always room to grow, to experience, to nourish. From the sheer dance-laden brilliance of Placid Angles, the experimental grooves of Nostalgic, the techno excellence of Indio, and everything that permeates the music released under his own name, John Beltran continues to reset the goalposts, and we simply have to sit back and watch it all evolve right in front of us.
True to his broad-reaching range of influences, Beltran’s passion for Jazz, Brazilian and Balearic music has shone through in numerous ways within his career. His early 2000s LP releases on Ubiquity and his work with Sol Set are prime examples of how to merge live percussive influences with gorgeous, emotive synth work and vocals, and clearly, these ideals stuck with Beltran as he revitalized the Sol Set project for last year’s ‘Ola de Novo’ on All Good, alongside the magnificent ‘Para Viajeros’ EP. Both records showcased a majesty of instrumentation, a series of moods that are deeply evocative and pleasant to the ears on numerous levels. But there is never a sense of being lost within it all, as all the elements work tirelessly to create a perfected atmosphere of being, a cordial and highly tuned environment that feels so very believable. Its music you want to hold in your hands for the rest of your days, a vessel that transports to that idealised version of life where everything feels just right.
‘Serendipia’, Beltran’s new LP, carries forward the ideals of Sol Set and reignites the quietly evolving flames that were lit last year, and as an elaboration on his craft and its sound it’s really quite something. The title suggests the pleasantry that can be found in pleasant surprises, and whilst we aren’t surprised at the technical application or instrumentation on display (a signature of Beltran throughout his career). Still, we are pleasantly surprised by the display of emotive tools that are used to build up the soundscapes in which we find ourselves. Every tune is given time and space to breathe, and touches upon the lexicon of Balearic language and vibrations, stopping by the coast on multiple occasions to the point which you can feel the sand between your feet. The rhythms are set to the rhythms of life, such as on the tracks ‘Taina’ and ‘Cachaca’, which focus on up-tempo latin and jazz rhythms to get the pace set beautifully. Many of the tracks, such as ‘Em Trancoso’, ‘Sa Coma blue’ (featuring John Arnold), ‘Ask Anlari’, and ‘La Hermosa Vista’ have trance-like qualities to them, with free-flowing pianos and synths evolving expertly over simmering, aquatic rhythms. Towards the business end of the record, ‘Suenos Soleados’ and ‘Mallorca’ take us back to the overlook, basking in the 30 degree heat as the blue hues envelope the senses. To wrap things up, ‘Yangu Milele’ movs us to 5am or so, perhaps, where the rhythm is slowing down but the intensity remains just the same. As journeys go, there’s so much here to fall deep within, to be unravelled both within and out width the mind and body – to be honest, we come to expect nothing less from someone like John Beltran, who’s continual dips into the space between instrumentation and emotion conjure up records like no other.
Closing your eyes for a moment when engaging with this record transports us into a world of vibrancy, interactivity, and colour, where the thoughts and feelings of a thousand experiences transpose themselves onto us, inviting us to part with something of our own. John Beltran has hit a rich vein of form with his recent excursions into this kind of musical environment, but its one he is very familiar with, one he has a true appreciation and understanding of. No wonder his music speaks in such a way, and on this record his expert approach in present and correct – and the music itself, well, let’s just say transformative and majestic might be two ways of describing but a small part of the experience. Summer’s round the corner, time to escape once again… More
Based purely on his outputs over the years, there is little that seemingly John Beltran cannot do, and the results of his near 30-year long career are there for all to experience, taste, and sample. His music simply speaks differently, touching upon the palette of emotions that make up the human experience, be it the tenderest of sensory affirmations through to the euphoric, emboldening sweeps that get the listener lost deep within themselves – in the most perfected way imaginable. Emerging from the spectrum of sounds that made up that oh-so-referenced decade of the 90s, Beltran stands tall amongst his peers in this sense, with his discography alluding to many differing spheres of influence, a testament to the age-old adage of never standing still – there’s always room to grow, to experience, to nourish. From the sheer dance-laden brilliance of Placid Angles, the experimental grooves of Nostalgic, the techno excellence of Indio, and everything that permeates the music released under his own name, John Beltran continues to reset the goalposts, and we simply have to sit back and watch it all evolve right in front of us.
True to his broad-reaching range of influences, Beltran’s passion for Jazz, Brazilian and Balearic music has shone through in numerous ways within his career. His early 2000s LP releases on Ubiquity and his work with Sol Set are prime examples of how to merge live percussive influences with gorgeous, emotive synth work and vocals, and clearly, these ideals stuck with Beltran as he revitalized the Sol Set project for last year’s ‘Ola de Novo’ on All Good, alongside the magnificent ‘Para Viajeros’ EP. Both records showcased a majesty of instrumentation, a series of moods that are deeply evocative and pleasant to the ears on numerous levels. But there is never a sense of being lost within it all, as all the elements work tirelessly to create a perfected atmosphere of being, a cordial and highly tuned environment that feels so very believable. Its music you want to hold in your hands for the rest of your days, a vessel that transports to that idealised version of life where everything feels just right.
‘Serendipia’, Beltran’s new LP, carries forward the ideals of Sol Set and reignites the quietly evolving flames that were lit last year, and as an elaboration on his craft and its sound it’s really quite something. The title suggests the pleasantry that can be found in pleasant surprises, and whilst we aren’t surprised at the technical application or instrumentation on display (a signature of Beltran throughout his career). Still, we are pleasantly surprised by the display of emotive tools that are used to build up the soundscapes in which we find ourselves. Every tune is given time and space to breathe, and touches upon the lexicon of Balearic language and vibrations, stopping by the coast on multiple occasions to the point which you can feel the sand between your feet. The rhythms are set to the rhythms of life, such as on the tracks ‘Taina’ and ‘Cachaca’, which focus on up-tempo latin and jazz rhythms to get the pace set beautifully. Many of the tracks, such as ‘Em Trancoso’, ‘Sa Coma blue’ (featuring John Arnold), ‘Ask Anlari’, and ‘La Hermosa Vista’ have trance-like qualities to them, with free-flowing pianos and synths evolving expertly over simmering, aquatic rhythms. Towards the business end of the record, ‘Suenos Soleados’ and ‘Mallorca’ take us back to the overlook, basking in the 30 degree heat as the blue hues envelope the senses. To wrap things up, ‘Yangu Milele’ movs us to 5am or so, perhaps, where the rhythm is slowing down but the intensity remains just the same. As journeys go, there’s so much here to fall deep within, to be unravelled both within and out width the mind and body – to be honest, we come to expect nothing less from someone like John Beltran, who’s continual dips into the space between instrumentation and emotion conjure up records like no other.
Closing your eyes for a moment when engaging with this record transports us into a world of vibrancy, interactivity, and colour, where the thoughts and feelings of a thousand experiences transpose themselves onto us, inviting us to part with something of our own. John Beltran has hit a rich vein of form with his recent excursions into this kind of musical environment, but its one he is very familiar with, one he has a true appreciation and understanding of. No wonder his music speaks in such a way, and on this record his expert approach in present and correct – and the music itself, well, let’s just say transformative and majestic might be two ways of describing but a small part of the experience. Summer’s round the corner, time to escape once again… More
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John Beltran - Intro
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John Beltran - Collage Of Dreams
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John Beltran - December's Tragedy
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John Beltran - Deluge
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John Beltran - Guitaris Breeze
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John Beltran - Flex
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John Beltran - Ten Days Of Blue
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John Beltran - Venom & Wonder
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John Beltran - Soft Summer
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John Beltran - Outro
After his superlative and rather unexpected foray into Afro and Latin fusion with his Sol Set project, John Beltran returns to more familiar territory with a rendition of his classic mid-90s album 'Ten Days of Blue' recorded at this year's Dekmantel in Amsterdam. We get a real feel for the whole gig experience, from the sound of murmured anticipation and intro tape to the resolution at the outro and the main meat of the music itself - lively, optimistic, groovy but understated and chilled at the same time - sits somewhere between his ambient and harder techno work. Among Beltran's very finest output.
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John Beltran - A1. Sweet Storm
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John Beltran - A2. Time To Sail
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John Beltran - B1. She Walks
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John Beltran - B2. Daydreamin'
Tracklisting:
A1. Sweet Storm
A2. Time To Sail
B1. She Walks
B2. Daydreamin'
Description: La Mañana is the ideal toe dip for people not familiar with the styles and sounds of John Beltran. Longtime fans will recognize the luscious production and arrangement detail synonymous with John's name and gravitate to the EP quadrant they identify with.
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John Beltran - Amaranth
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John Beltran - She Is Spring
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John Beltran - The Sun Would Shine
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John Beltran - I Play For You
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John Beltran - When The Children Dance
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John Beltran - Lodge Freeway
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John Beltran - Love Freq
New album from one of the big legendary Detroit producers. Aesthete is a warm journey into deep timeless electronix sounds, highly recommended!
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John Beltran - Ondas (Kiko Navarro Motor City Jazz Remix)
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John Beltran - Ondas
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John Beltran - Ondas (Sol Set Collective Rework)
Let the sunshine in- John Beltran is back to Brasil for Back To Bahia Vol. 2. Similar to his last foray on MotorCity Wine Recordings Beltran has assembled an all-star cast of characters including John Arnold, Jeremy Ellis, James Simonson, and Kiko Navarro to deliver a slice of bright jazzy deep house heaven. Kiko Navarro's "Motor City Jazz Remix" starts the release with driving live drums and percussion for discerning dance floors. On the flip John's original mix keeps the energy moving, before going to the brilliant Sol Set Collective Rework which blends live energy with driving production for those special dance floor moments. Pressed loud to high quality 12" vinyl in Detroit.
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John Beltran - Energy Circle
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John Beltran - The Sun Also Rises
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John Beltran - Going Uphill Fast (Hope on the horizon)
The always-innovative John Beltran surprises us with his first release on a Romanian label. The circularity of Energy Circle, the beauty of The Cycles EP, sets a typically Beltran soundscape, a melodic mood for this three-pieced beauty. The Sun Also Rises on the flip side, making it the rather bright beast of the release, while the marching B2 – Going Uphill Fast (hope on the horizon) — is a granular techno classic, closing Eufonic Records' first release on a very Detroit note.
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Detroit composer John Beltran returns to Delsin with The Season Series. A collection of subtle and colorful compositions of beautiful synth melodies creating heavenly atmospheres. A blissful walk through breezy spring fields where the gentle sunrays thaw frosty winter scenes.
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Detroit composer John Beltran returns to Delsin with The Season Series. A collection of subtle and colorful compositions of beautiful synth melodies creating heavenly atmospheres. A blissful walk through breezy spring fields where the gentle sunrays thaw frosty winter scenes.
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dean decosta - A1 - Clack (From Lo-Fi Stereo, 2000)
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dean decosta - A2 - Diminishing Returns (From Mosaic, 2000)
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dean decosta - B1 - Looking Back (From Mosaic, 1999)
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dean decosta - B2 - In (From Background, 2002)
Ultra raw analoque and soulful Detroit techno tracks from an old Warp head now operating under his new Raza alias. Essential!
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**Clear Vinyl** Styrax mix classic House and Techno from Mono Junk and Pub with new gear from Ryo Murakami and CBC. It seems Mono Junk's
seminal 'Channel B' has been reissued a few times now but we're not complaining as the more dancefloors who hear it, the better! It appears
on the A-side here next to the effervescent electronica of CBC's 'Promised Land', while B-side features the tingling, delayed gratification of Pub's 'Lick' from 2000 and a svelte, beatdown Dub House number from Ryo Murakami.
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seminal 'Channel B' has been reissued a few times now but we're not complaining as the more dancefloors who hear it, the better! It appears
on the A-side here next to the effervescent electronica of CBC's 'Promised Land', while B-side features the tingling, delayed gratification of Pub's 'Lick' from 2000 and a svelte, beatdown Dub House number from Ryo Murakami.
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**Clear Vinyl** Styrax balance Ross 154 and Claro Intellecto's classic House and Techno with up-to-date offerings from Damon Lamar and Lowtec.
Classic is definitely an over-used phrase these days but there's no better word to describe Ross 154's heart-melting 'Daze', which last appeared on the CD of his 'Strike' album, and equally Claro Intellecto's magical 'Signifier' taken from the legendary 'Peace Of Mind EP'. Similarly timeless, the deep house groove of 'Rising Sun' from Tetrode music's Damon Lasar, and the discreet vibes of Lowtec's 'Dat America' taken from his 1999 EP on Playhouse.
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Classic is definitely an over-used phrase these days but there's no better word to describe Ross 154's heart-melting 'Daze', which last appeared on the CD of his 'Strike' album, and equally Claro Intellecto's magical 'Signifier' taken from the legendary 'Peace Of Mind EP'. Similarly timeless, the deep house groove of 'Rising Sun' from Tetrode music's Damon Lasar, and the discreet vibes of Lowtec's 'Dat America' taken from his 1999 EP on Playhouse.
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**Clear Vinyl** Hot on the heels of his lovely 12" for MOM, Synkro serves three tracks of lush ambient Techno electronics for Styrax. 'Presence' suffuses the A-side with a blissed-out 4/4 roller buoyed by convective Reese bass and kissed by convective, effervescent atmospheres to sooth yer bonce. Flipside, the beatless 'Question' appears shades away from the 4th world cyber-jungle ambience of the recent Oneohtrix Point Never album, swooning to the sounds of simulated fauna and beautiful, widescreen synth pads. 'Memory' completes the set with with a tantalising 2-step reduction, all flickering, mercurial syncopation and plangent keys reminding of John Beltran.
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Two Classic Detroit / Techno tracks from Kenny Larkin & G-Man. With new mastering in 2011.
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Tracklist STRX 09 (2x12inch Vinyl): A1: Sven Weisemann - Deep Passion (Sven's Repassion Mix)
A2: Morphosis - They Just Don't Care
B1: Lowtec - Stamping Ground
B2: STL - Laio
C1: John Daly - Birds
C2: Derek Carr - 25th
D1: John Beltran - Rainy Day Savior
D2: Sam McQueen - Simple Pleasures
Tracklist Special 1 (2x12inch Vinyl)
A: Ron Trent - Piano Track
B1: Larry Heard - Dolphin Dream
B2: Herbert - Fat King Fire
C: Isolée - Raum Zwei
D1: Reggie Dokes - Black Thoughts (The Tribal Mix)
D2: DJ Qu - Be Who You (Main Mix)
Styrax Records presents the last part from the serie "In Loving Memory". The release come with an artwork of James Marsh, former best known for collaborating with the seminal '80's band TALK TALK, producing all their iconic album covers. The folder is used for the acceptance of all "In Loving Memory" parts 1-4. As bonus the Special 1 (2x12inch vinyl) with rare and classic tracks from Ron Trent, Larry Heard, Herbert, Isolée, Reggie Dokes and DJ Qu.
Note: There will be a limited box later in 2011 with all parts same(1-4), the same label-artworks, vinyl colours and more specials.
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A2: Morphosis - They Just Don't Care
B1: Lowtec - Stamping Ground
B2: STL - Laio
C1: John Daly - Birds
C2: Derek Carr - 25th
D1: John Beltran - Rainy Day Savior
D2: Sam McQueen - Simple Pleasures
Tracklist Special 1 (2x12inch Vinyl)
A: Ron Trent - Piano Track
B1: Larry Heard - Dolphin Dream
B2: Herbert - Fat King Fire
C: Isolée - Raum Zwei
D1: Reggie Dokes - Black Thoughts (The Tribal Mix)
D2: DJ Qu - Be Who You (Main Mix)
Styrax Records presents the last part from the serie "In Loving Memory". The release come with an artwork of James Marsh, former best known for collaborating with the seminal '80's band TALK TALK, producing all their iconic album covers. The folder is used for the acceptance of all "In Loving Memory" parts 1-4. As bonus the Special 1 (2x12inch vinyl) with rare and classic tracks from Ron Trent, Larry Heard, Herbert, Isolée, Reggie Dokes and DJ Qu.
Note: There will be a limited box later in 2011 with all parts same(1-4), the same label-artworks, vinyl colours and more specials.
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BvDub, - A Silent Reign
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BvDub, - Anyone Who Remembered You Is Gone
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BvDub, - Isolation's Embrace
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BvDub, - The Growing Stone
Dubby deep doublepack for maximum melancholic space pleasure by the man with the big tattoos. Beautiful.
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JS, - JS-01
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JS, - JS-04
A classic is announced ! JS (James Zeiter) tracks (JS-04 was never released) from 1997/98 in new and unreleased reworks.
Great minimalistic TechHouse and straight ahead moving clubtracks w/ long build up and serious "BC" feel.
Played by Sven Väth, Laurent Garnier, Margaret Dygas, Savas Pascalidis, Dorian Paic. More
Great minimalistic TechHouse and straight ahead moving clubtracks w/ long build up and serious "BC" feel.
Played by Sven Väth, Laurent Garnier, Margaret Dygas, Savas Pascalidis, Dorian Paic. More
Incredible techno record, Quo Vadis, El Jem and Sparticus was made in 1994/95, and released in 95/96.
You can feel the influences of classic Maurizio and DBX here. Already one half of LFO, Gez Varley definitely proves with this record that he can be a genius... Ltd Backstock More
You can feel the influences of classic Maurizio and DBX here. Already one half of LFO, Gez Varley definitely proves with this record that he can be a genius... Ltd Backstock More
Totally killer 2nd Part of a breathtaking neo Detroit classic! From the legendary album “Earth & Nightfall”, released on both Sinewave and R&S this really is a lost classic and another pristine release from the increasingly on-the-money Styrax imprint.
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BACK IN!! Official 2006 3-track release of breathtaking ultimative detroit classic! From the lengdary Album "Earth & Nightfall"! A 1990s "intelligent techno" blueprint - TIP!
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Killer re-issue of Basic Channel influenced chords and deep driven techno style production by Kim Rapatti (Mono Junk) from his Trope period. This is a must for all Basic Channel afficianados!
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