Following Daphni's exhilarating treatment of "Runnin," the dusty squawk-box psychedelia of Sinkane is again prepared for dance floor omnipresence with a new pair of remixes from Germany's Tuff City Kids and Barker & Baumecker. Running Back label boss Gerd Janson teams with Philip Lauer as Tuff City Kids to create an anxious burble out of "Making Time," squeezing dry Ahmed Gallab's processed guitar histrionics and letting staccato bass get tangled in a maze of refracted synths. For "Warm Spell," Ostgut Ton pillars Barker & Baumecker turn abrupt twitches into a big-room tool, teasing out soft chords over crusty percussion, with Sinkane's weary vocal chasing after itself until exhausted. Both remixes further reveal Sinkane's emotional range, as comfortable on a sweaty dance floor as a sunny beach.
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Ltd Edition!

Caribou classic album "Our Love", originally released on 03.10.2014, is now available for the first time as a coloured vinyl edition in pink!

Format:

- Ltd edition worlwide 2000 copies (750 units for RTD)

TRACKLISTING:

A1. Can't Do Without You A2. Silver A3. All I Ever Need A4. Our Love A5. Dive
B1. Second Chance B2. Julia Brightly B3. Mars B4. Back Home B5. Your Love Will Set You Free More

In November 2022, GOLD PANDA released his long-awaited album "The Work". It includes the two singles "I've Felt Better (Than I Do Now)" & "Plastic Future". These were remixed by Gold Panda's friend and companion Daniel Avery and the one and only Skee Mask respectively.

On Side A, British techno producer Daniel Avery turned "I've Felt Better" on its head. With a perfect balance of light and shadow, it now races at top speed like a techno bullet train through a blizzard and a multitude of barren landscapes, while the listener sits in an empty wagon, safe from the threat of nature just inches away. On Side B, Skee Mask, the enigmatic versatile electronic producer gives 'Plastic Future' a totally new identity. Known for his rolling rhythms combined with electronic soundscapes, Skee Mask slams the breaks on this remix in a big way. It's a magic combination that begs the question how did it take these 2 producers so long to collaborate like this? A match made in heaven!

TRACKLIST:
Side A: I've Felt Better (Daniel Avery Remix)
Side B: Plastic Future (Skee Mask Remix)

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A very quiet album in loud times

On October 28th 2022, Canadian duo Junior Boys will release their sixth album, ‘Waiting Game’, on City Slang. Six years since their last album, 2016’s ‘Big Black Coat’. ‘Waiting Game’ finds producers Jeremy Greenspan and Matt Didemus in a tender and contemplative mood; a switch-up from their punchy, R&B-infused dance melodics. The album’s additonal musicians are Canadians, too; Caribou collaborator Colin Fisher performs saxophone throughout and Bonjay frontwoman Alanna Stuart sings alongside Greenspan on the song “Yes 2”. In this, Junior Boys have made an album that reflects the quiet beauty of the world, so long as you’re prepa- red to truly listen. Junior Boys will embark on an extensive 20th anniversary headline tour in January and March 2023

TRACKLIST CD/LP/:

Side A
01: Must Be All the Wrong Things
02: Night Walk
03: It Never Occurred To Me
04: Thinking About You Calms Me Down
05: Yes II
Side B
06: Dum Audio
07: Fidget
08: Samba On Sama
09: Waiting Game More

At Ohio’s Oberlin College in the early '90s, Morgan Geist spent most of his time cloistered in a dorm room studio, crafting what would become his early techno discography. Across the street at the conservatory, Kelley Polar skipped computer science classes to play Philip Glass and Hindemith, practicing eight hours a day and competing in international viola competitions. A handful of chance meetings occurred over the latest 12” arrivals at the college bookstore: Aphex Twin, Underground Resistance, LFO. The two would cross paths doing late-night shows at the college radio station.

After Oberlin, Kelley was living in NYC and attending the Juilliard School. By day, he was the teaching assistant of synthesizer pioneer Michael Czajkowski; nights were spent in an abandoned Williamsburg sweatshop, planning art happenings with his cousin (and future LCD Soundsystem member) Gavilán Russom. Morgan ran his Environ label from New Jersey. Since returning east, he had grown obsessed with tracing modern dance music back to its disco and boogie roots. In search of lush string arrangements to record, he tracked down Kelley, and before long they were creating what were to become some of Metro Area’s most iconic records: "Caught Up," "The Art of Hot," and "Miura." Morgan moved to NYC and co-produced Kelley’s two acclaimed electro-pop albums on Environ, and the pair eventually toured together, planning their itineraries around food destinations rather than festival dates.
While they remained close friends over the subsequent years, their creative endeavors branched off in ways they hadn’t anticipated. By the end of the 2010s, a remix of Morgan’s Storm Queen alias had knocked Rihanna & Eminem from the #1 spot in the UK pop charts. Kelley, now a twenty-year veteran of USIS State Department classical chamber music tours through conflict areas worldwide, has taught at the Moscow Conservatory and performed at the Kennedy Center. Madonna used one of his tracks for her MDNA tour. Perhaps most significantly, Kelley had grown tired of city life and decamped to the woods of New Hampshire. Despite the geographical distance, the pair kept talking about forming a band. Two of each other’s oldest friends, they had still never truly collaborated from scratch—as equal partners, writing new songs together.

That has finally changed. Morgan Geist and Kelley Polar are Au Suisse, a project borne of a long creative friendship, steeped in each member’s traditions, yet simultaneously naïve-sounding and undiscovered. Kelley’s penchant for a maximalist extreme shaped by Morgan’s immaculate production ear; Morgan’s curatorial prowess from years spent record digging and international DJing combined with Kelley’s deep exposure to five hundred years of the Western classical art music tradition. Guest players include friends and labelmates Dan Snaith (Caribou) and Jeremy Greenspan (Junior Boys).

“We had some vague ideas—mainly visual, or perhaps psychological—about what we wanted Au Suisse to be,” says Morgan. “There was a lot of talk about moods and how to establish them, about reverbs and echoes and ‘lonely’ sounds. Ironic, considering we started working just before the onset of the pandemic. But I think a prime motivator was trying to eschew the roles we both fell into in our prior working relationship. I wouldn’t be making things more dancefloor-friendly, and Kelley wouldn’t be doing huge string arrangements.”
This goal is evident in “Control,” the band’s debut single. Kelley’s soft-yet-crisp vocals evoke a lonely actor in the spotlight of an empty stage, the thump of drums absent until the song’s final explosions of sound. The ambiguity of the lyrics may provide the most tangible parallel to his earlier work: “The words are concrete and there’s definitely a narrative,” Kelley says, “but in my mind the story is vague: couple dynamics, or some sci-fi civilizational arc?” “I immediately thought it was about contemporary politics,” adds Morgan. “It's absolutely one of those songs where each listener gets their own read.”

“There’s musically and technically so much crossover between the two of us,” continues Morgan. “We each do the other's thing well enough that it was quite easy working together as partners. We're discovered we’re both capable of doing this stuff on our own, but it's far more inspirational doing it together. Getting the emotional balance right—that was the greatest challenge, and the most fun.” More

release date: 03.12.2012
To celebrate the rerelease of the three classic to rococo rot records on City Slang between 1997 and 2001, we have asked two friends and fans to rework their favourite tracks of these albums.
Four Tet's Kieran Hebden chose the brooding minimal collage 'he loves me' from the bands 1997 archetypal release “veiculo“ and, like a prism in singular beam of light, his remix reveals the songs true glistening content. Mute label founder and longtime to rococo rot afficionado Daniel Miller teamed up with London based producer Gareth Jones to give 'cars', from the bands impeccable second album “the amateur view“, a compassionate modification into a ... well, let's call it a “Krautrock Disco Truck“.
The 12“ will be limited and only available for a short time.
Tracklisting:
a1 he loves me (four tet rmx)
b1 cars (Sunroof Remix by Daniel Miller & Gareth Jones)
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release date: 03.12.2012
To rococo rot's records on City Slang, “veiculo“ (1997), “the amateur view“ (1999) and “music is a hungry ghost“ (2001) have been out of print for a long time. They will see a reissue as a remastered 3 CD boxset named “rocket road“ that comes with extensive linernotes, more than twenty bonus tracks including the two remixes by Four Tet and Daniel Miller as well as an exclusive Mira Calix rework of 'from dream to dusk'. Each album will also be available on vinyl again as 180g pressing, with the original tracklisting and a CD of the album plus bonus tracks.
Tracklisting:
LP:
. Micromanaged 3:27
. He Loves Me 3:58
. Modern Homes 3:28
. Moto 2:17
. Mit Dir In Der Gegend 6:11
. Leggiero 2:32
. Geheimnis Eines Mantels 3:31
. Extra 3:45
. Fach 0:55
. Lips 4:11
. Merano 3:42
. Allover Dezent 2:00
. Lift 6:00
CD:
. Micromanaged 3:27
. He Loves Me 3:58
. Modern Homes 3:28
. Moto 2:17
. Mit Dir In Der Gegend 6:11
. Leggiero 2:32
. Geheimnis Eines Mantels 3:31
. Extra 3:45
. Fach 0:55
. Lips 4:11
. Merano 3:42
. Allover Dezent 2:00
. Lift 6:00
. He Loves Me (Four Tet Remix) 8:04
. Gehöft (Extra Track) 3:42
. Sonde Mit Orgel (Extra Track) 3:33
. Momentmix (Extra Track) 2:50
. Metalpasta (Extra Track) 0:41
. Neukölln Heute (Extra Track) 1:09
. Moewe (Extra Track) 1:00
. Leggiero (Extra Track) 8:50
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release date: 03.12.2012
To rococo rot's records on City Slang, “veiculo“ (1997), “the amateur view“ (1999) and “music is a hungry ghost“ (2001) have been out of print for a long time. They will see a reissue as a remastered 3 CD boxset named “rocket road“ that comes with extensive linernotes, more than twenty bonus tracks including the two remixes by Four Tet and Daniel Miller as well as an exclusive Mira Calix rework of 'from dream to dusk'. Each album will also be available on vinyl again as 180g pressing, with the original tracklisting and a CD of the album plus bonus tracks.
Tracklisting:
LP:
. I Am In The World With You 3:20
. Telema 3:42
. Prado 4:19
. A Little Asphalt Here And There 3:11
. This Sandy Piece 4:05
. Tomorrow 4:30
. Greenwich 3:51
. Cars 2:58
. She Loves Animals 4:12
. Die Dinge Des Lebens 4:56
. Das Blau Und Der Morgen 3:00
CD:
. I Am In The World With You 3:20
. Telema 3:42
. Prado 4:19
. A Little Asphalt Here And There 3:11
. This Sandy Piece 4:05
. Tomorrow 4:30
. Greenwich 3:51
. Cars 2:58
. She Loves Animals 4:12
. Die Dinge Des Lebens 4:56
. Das Blau Und Der Morgen 3:00
. Cars (Sunroof Remix by Daniel Miller & Gareth Jones) 7:56
. Mirror (Extra Track) 2:31
. Milker (Extra Track) 3:45
. Meteor (Extra Track) 5:36 More

release date: 03.12.2012
To rococo rot's records on City Slang, “veiculo“ (1997), “the amateur view“ (1999) and “music is a hungry ghost“ (2001) have been out of print for a long time. They will see a reissue as a remastered 3 CD boxset named “rocket road“ that comes with extensive linernotes, more than twenty bonus tracks including the two remixes by Four Tet and Daniel Miller as well as an exclusive Mira Calix rework of 'from dream to dusk'. Each album will also be available on vinyl again as 180g pressing, with the original tracklisting and a CD of the album plus bonus tracks.
Tracklisting:
LP:
. A Number Of Things 4:14
. For A Moment 4:31
. How We Never Went To Bed 4:12
. First 2:24
. From Dream To Daylight 4:10
. Your Secrets, A Few Words 3:12
. Along The Route 2:50
. Overhead 4:08
. Koku 0:39
. Pantone 2:56
. Mazda In The Mist 4:18
. She Tended To Forget 2:20
. The Trance Of Travel 4:58
CD:
. A Number Of Things 4:14
. For A Moment 4:31
. How We Never Went To Bed 4:12
. First 2:24
. From Dream To Daylight 4:10
. Your Secrets, A Few Words 3:12
. Along The Route 2:50
. Overhead 4:08
. Koku 0:39
. Pantone 2:56
. Mazda In The Mist 4:18
. She Tended To Forget 2:20
. The Trance Of Travel 4:58
. From Dream To Dusk (Mira Calix Remix) 4:09
. Expo (Extra Track) 2:19
. Rebirth Of Spock (Extra Track) 1:46
. Stefan Funk (Extra Track) 2:06
. Craig Loop (Extra Track) 0:56
. Boss Groove (Extra Track) 2:16
. Attractor (Extra Track) 2:33
. Dub Mix (Extra Track) 4:55
. Mars (Extra Track) 3:12
. Tone Song (Extra Track) 3:10 More