Nearly 10 years on since his last solo LP, Berlin techno icon Marcel Dettmann arrives on Dekmantel with an expansive album captured in a flash of inspiration.

In many ways Fear Of Programming is a reflection on the artistic process – the critical hurdles one has to overcome, the constant strive for originality, the ability to capture inspiration in its pure moment of inception. Bar the closing title track (and we all know Marcel loves a surprise closing), these 13 tracks came together during a period in which our hirsute host was able to immerse himself in studio practice and set the intention to record an album’s worth of material every single day. From the resulting mass of work there were many options to choose from, and Fear Of Programming stood out as one of the most complete statements on Dettmann’s approach in the here and now.

Unconcerned with an overarching concept, it was the work in the studio which drove the musical direction. No labouring over knotty arrangements, no painstaking mix downs – just honest expression, a moment caught, a groove locked, a stroke of synth sent pirouetting over a cavernous bed of texture. The results are varied, and while you might well hear plenty of bruising machinations in line with the techno Dettmann has made his name on, there are plenty of other shades expressed across the album.

Ambient sojourns, beatless epics and angular electronica have equal footing with strident, floor-friendly workouts. Standout piece ‘Water’ offers an icy ballet of swinging minimal and drip-drop melodics fronted by Ryan Elliott on lesser-spotted vocal duties, urging, ‘give me a sign, just a little something to let me know that you’re mine’. It’s playful, but still underpinned with the sincerity that comes with Dettmann’s work.

Running on instinct, Dettmann presents an honest version of himself in the here and now, speaking through the sonics and not over-thinking the results. His decades of experience helming a thousand techno parties speak for themselves, while his evolution as a musical entity through collaboration and his own BAD MANNERS label demonstrate his appetite for change. Indeed, the working method which resulted in the album also spurred him on to create a live set beyond his well-established DJ practice. Without resorting to a conceited overhaul, Fear Of Programming opens up the idea of what Dettmann represents in the modern techno landscape. More

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Proper Techno - in depth Ruskin reworks of a Dettmann original More

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Crafty techno w/ a nautical metalic sound sphere - killer EP! More

Party-starting, jauntily distorted Shake b/w expertly trippy Morphosis remix treatments More

The 2x12” sees the renowned selector and longtime Berghain resident in explorative form, combining compact experimental techno vignettes with writhing, dubby and distorted long- form dancefloor portals – as well as a stoned and unexpected turn into house territory. At 22 minutes over 6 tracks, Test-File is a series of sonic contrasts united by Dettmann’s uncanny intuition for patiently shifting, improvisational dance music. 3-minute opener “Test-File” bangs in with rapid fire kicks and tape-delayed electric zaps, reversing midway into a kind of electronic palindrome. The momentum is sustained on standout single “Ascending”, where an overdriven basswave surges through a tunnel of industrial noise. The EP then emerges into the arch, squishy house of “Autumn77”, filled with sirens, pads and sampled vox/laughter. The second vinyl returns initially to rhythmic experimentation with the 3-minute “Torch” lurching forward rattling and machine-like, interspersed by passages of groan and hiss. “Error (1st Take)” bubbles along dub-wise, tripping atmospherically though a haze of out-of-synch synth bursts. Closer “Metalloid” wraps it all up with a hypnotic, rubber band acid line and smudged 808s clavs. More

Rauch is a sonic interpretation of the work of photographer Friederike von Rauch, composed collaboratively by Berlin-based producers Felix K, Marcel Dettmann, Sa Pa and Simon Hoffmann. Arranged and mixed by Marcel Dettmann, the recording stands in dialogue with von Rauch’s architectural images of post-World War II European monasteries, including La Tourette by Le Corbusier and Iannis Xenakis near Lyon, Roosenberg Abbey near Ghent and Maria Regina Martyrum in Berlin. The images were first exhibited together with the music on this LP as part of an installation for von Rauch’s solo show insgeheim (“in secret”), held at the Goethe-Institut Paris during the international Paris Photo art fair in November 2017. While the complimentary relationship between the sounds of Rauch (“smoke”) and the images exhibited in Paris invites interpretation, both can also be experienced as separate artistic entities. On the 42-minute-long LP, drones, modulating harmonic soundscapes and implied rhythms maintain an abstract emotional core while occasionally taking on vaporous, amorphous qualities. Similarly, von Rauch’s images – often borderline abstract in composition – resist being identified by location or spatial context. Nevertheless, they also hint at their spiritual origin. Rauch is part of an ongoing artistic collaboration between Marcel Dettmann and Friederike von Rauch, which includes 2011’s Ash installation and three photographic works for Dettmann releases on Ostgut Ton. More

Expertly paced, Dettmann II impresses especially with its carefully rising narrative. On first glance, as the album barrels into action with the particulate grit of "Throb" and "Ductil", Dettmann is in fine style. But to the careful listener, these tracks feel lightweight like they're built from aluminum instead of steel. Each tune's central theme is a bit more out there than usual, from the sheet metal racket of "Lightworks" to the house-hinting chorus of "Soar", which is every bit as majestic as its title implies. He offers up some top-notch ambient material as well, like the trippy "Shiver", or the ominous "Outback", which features contributions from Levon Vincent. Dettmann also reaches for a rare collaboration on his second album. Kindred spirit Emika lends her spectral gasps to "Seduction", which stays stunningly antiseptic even as it weaves her voice into its wire framework. With Dettmann II's stretch of tracks "Radar" and "Corridor", the album finally takes flight into full-on club mania, fist-pumping career-high material with all the subtlety of his old work molded up into a spiky banger. "Aim", which ends the record in lofty fashion, hints at a new direction for Dettmann, uncharacteristically melodic and even uplifting. Co-produced by René Pawlowitz, it bears the Shed touch but keeps it firmly in Dettmann's finely-honed world. The first track written for the album and the one that initiated the album sessions in the first place, it carefully hints at new directions while keeping its glance firmly in Dettmann's established history - which you could say for the album as a whole, gently moving towards new horizons but always keeping in mind what made Dettmann's past music so great in the first place. More

As a very special guest Marcel Dettmann returns to 50 Weapons for a celebration of classic techno. Similar to his sold out “Deluge / Duel” single from December 2011, Marcel Dettmann affirms his love of purified, pumping techno - this is #25 in the 50 WEAPONS 12Inch series! More

Dettman is back and and again sets standards with his unique style. More

(Cheeba Starks (1996!), Vril, The Analogue Cops & Answer Code Request) sampler 2 out of 2 for the long awaited second mix-cd from Marcel Dettmann, resident at the notorious Berghain club in Berlin. More

Box set with Silver Foil finishing, limited to 500 numbered copies, includes 4 x 180 grams heavy weight vinyl records + 8-page booklet with liner notes. Music Man presents the ultimate compilation of the seminal B-Sides project by Frank De Wulf, originally released on the label in 1990.



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A1. Frank De Wulf - Compression
A2. Frank De Wulf - Reforced
A3. Frank De Wulf - Just Another Beat
B1. Frank De Wulf - There Ain't Nobody
B2. Frank De Wulf - Electrain
B3. Frank De Wulf - Compression (Remix)

C1. Frank De Wulf - Magic Orchestra
C2. Frank De Wulf - Freestyle 909
C3. Frank De Wulf - Magic Orchestra (CJ Bolland Remix)
D1. Frank De Wulf - Latino
D2. Frank De Wulf - The Heat of The Moment
D3. Frank De Wulf - Butterfly

E1. Frank De Wulf - The Tape (Remix)
E2. Frank De Wulf - The Darkness Revisited
E3. Frank De Wulf - Foreign Trips
F1. Frank De Wulf - Orbital Ways
F2. Frank De Wulf - The Original
F3. Frank De Wulf - The Tape

G1. Frank De Wulf - Moribund
G2. Frank De Wulf - Imagination
G3. Frank De Wulf - Raise
H1. Frank De Wulf - Traffic
H2. Frank De Wulf - Moral Soundabuse
H3. Frank De Wulf - I Love You


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Music Man presents the ultimate compilation of the seminal B-Sides project by Frank De Wulf, originally released on the label in 1990.

Frank De Wulf is one of the most influential and ground-breaking producers to emerge from the Belgian new beat and techno scene.

This box set includes all music originally released on The B-Sides volume I, II, III, IV, 'The B Sides Remixed' & 'Beyond The B-Sides', pressed onto 4 x 180 grams heavy weight vinyl records including a 8-page booklet with liner notes.

Limited to 500 numbered copies.
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A. Frank De Wulf - Magic Orchestra (PAS Live Jack Edit)
B. Frank De Wulf - Magic Orchestra (PAS Vortex Remix)

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Music Man returns after a long silence. In the run-up to the release of the B-Sides boxset in May, Luke Slater aka Planetary Assault Systems delivers 2 remixes of one of Frank De Wulf's most legendary tracks 'Magic Orchestra'.
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Petar Dundov returns to Belgium's iconic Music Man Records with his brand new 'Synesthetic Flow', a 8-minute melodic trance-esque journey that boasts a sublime evolving arrangement encompassing, a solid four-to-the-floor rhythm, intriguing percussive elements and a distinctive arpeggiated synth melody that takes centre stage. Patrice Baumel is on remix duties, adding his own unique style to deliver a fascinating club-ready framework that complements the original's lush melodies brilliantly.
TRACKLISTING

A. Petar Dundov - Synesthetic Flow
B. Petar Dundov - Synesthetic Flow (Patrice Baumel Remix)
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A. Isolee - Beau Mot Plage (Mental Overdrive Mix)
B. Auto Kinetic - Symetry (Sensurreal's Resong)
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Music Man celebrates its 30th birthday with a limited series of special coloured vinyls, containing 2 classic tracks that were important in the labels history.
Up next are are Mental Overdrive's remix of the Isolee classic 'Beau Mot Plage' (MMSPEC08, 2000) and Symetry (Sensurreal's Resong) (MMSPEC01, 1995).


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(special coloured vinyl limited to 500 copies) Music Man celebrates its 30th birthday with a limited series of special coloured vinyls, containing 2 classic tracks that were important in the labels history. Up first are Metro Dade's 'Andor Voyage' (MM017, 1995) and Stephen Brown's 'Red Room' (MM150, 2010).
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Fresh from releasing his DJ-Kicks mix in March of this year, Heartwalking is a two track EP playing with fast moving and melodic techno. The title track is a high energy cut which tumbles over precise drums patterns and thumping bass. Heartwalking AMversion adds a euphoric melody, guaranteed to keep people on the dance floor until the early hours. A perfectly composed set which continue his legacy of making thoughtful and skilful dance music.
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(180 gr vinyl, pearl-stripe label artwork!) The EP's lead track 'Dalmatina' kicks things off, taking the listener on a 9-minute melodic trance-esque journey that boasts a sublime evolving arrangement encompassing, a solid four-to-the-floor rhythm, intriguing percussive elements and a distinctive arpeggiated synth melody that takes centre stage.
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Frank Wiedemann from Âme and Howling fame is on remix duties for the first single from Petar's fourth Music Man album 'At The Turn Of Equilibrium'. Summer 2016, this is your soundtrack.
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140-gram 4xLP, heavyweight package including CD. One time pressing of 500 copies worldwide. The follow-up to highly acclaimed Sailing Off The Grid album

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It's been almost two years since Music Man released Petar Dundov's third album "Sailing Off The Grid" on CD and limited 4LP. He's been so busy touring and remixing that after last year's single "Origins/Rise", these are only the first two new Dundov tracks since the album. Petar's melodic signature sound in full effect. A must for the fans.
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It's safe to say that Terence Fixmer's track "Aktion Mekanik Theme", originally released on Music Man in 2003, was as much a landmark release for techno as the whole Aktion Mekanik compilation was for EBM as a genre. "As an artist who's been pushing EBM sounds into the modernity of Techno it was a logical step to do the compilation back then," Terence says. "I wanted to show my influences as a Techno artist, as Detroit sounds weren't my roots at all, but classics by Front 242, Fad Gadget, Nitzer Ebb, Crash Course In Science or Snowy Red. I met Music Man's Stefaan Vandenberghe through Emmanuel Top in '93, and of course I was a fan of his label. Music Man was obviously the perfect place for this EBM project: they are from Belgium, they knew the bands, many of them were proud of this sound. So I discussed my idea of putting out a compilation with some classic and landmark tracks from the EBM direction with Stefaan, and it got made." While Ostgut Ton now releases three new versions of "Aktion Mekanik Theme" by Kobosil, Norman Nodge & Marcel Dettmann, Music Man now reissues the original version on red 12" vinyl.



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(FRED P RMXS) For the new single 'Rescue', Deetron calls on the beautiful vocal talents of George Maple, which results in the ultimate feel good track. Fred P brings his own different flavors to the table - twice!
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these are the first two brand new Dundov tracks since the "Sailing Off The Grid" album. Petar's signature sound in full effect. A must for the fans
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first single of the forthcoming album 'Music Over Matter'. Deetron calls on the beautifully smooth vocal talents of Ben Westbeech which produces the perfect melody-drenched house track.
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(3LP incl CD) the long awaited follow-up to Twisted! incl collaborations with Ripperton, Cooly G, Seth Troxler, Hercules & Love Affair, Delv!s, Ben Westbeech, Fritz Kalkbrenner, Justin Chapman & George Maple.
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a beautiful, hand-drawn, 140-gram 4xLP, heavyweight package in a cross-shape including CD. One time pressing of 500 copies worldwide. The follow-up to highly acclaimed Ideas From The Pond album.
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(UR Mad Mike / DirtTech UR remixes) 'Motor: Nighttime World 3' is widely regarded as one of the best albums of last year. We're proud to present you the third single 'Black Technician' on Music Man.
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