Over the past decade Rising Sun has firmly established himself as a purveyor of the finest deep, dubby and cinematic leaning house and techno, consistently delivering a sound that is distinctly his through labels such as Fauxpas, Freund Der Familie and his own numerous imprints Reality Used To Be A Friend Of Mine, Kristofferson Kristofferson and Beautiful Things Don't Ask For Attention under a variant of guises such as The Ambientist, Rising Sun Project, Rising Sun Psyche, Rising Sun Melancholia and simply Rising Sun under which he returns here for Echocord. As one has come to expect from a Rising Sun release ‘The Eternal’ has a firm foundation in emotive melodies and atmospherics across six alternate versions. ‘Eternal 1’ leads with muted drums, fluttering stabs and a preaching spoken word vocal. ‘Eternal 2’ edges into darked realms, merging expansive dub echoes with swelling subs and tension building strings before ‘Eternal 3’ dives head first into ethereal hypnotism via unfurling textures, soft stab sequences and a rounded kick. ‘Eternal 4’ opens the B-side with a subtly unfolding construction as vocals, chords and swinging drums run in unison. ‘Eternal 5’ then strips things back to a gritty statured feel with boomy percussion, enchanting strings and nuanced stabs before ‘Eternal 6’ rounds out the release laying down murky, multilayered pads, widely dispersing reverberations and bubbling delays throughout. More

Excellent Remix Package with beautiful Remixes from Risung Sun and Convextion... Lit Clear Vinyl, For Those Who Knows More

Wake Up! records is proud to announce Rise and Fall, the debut EP by Ian Oakley, a new talent from Toronto. Skewing acid-tinged house with languid, lopsided grooves,Rise and Fall weaves a mix of dubbed-out elements into a unique, intuitive whole. “Thumbs” evokes a liminal space perfectly suited for late night cruises and hypnotized foors. “Rise and Fall” stays true to its name, a slippery bassline ebbing and fowing against a elegantly mellow beat. On the B-side, “Bug Jam” indulges Oakley’s electro side, while label co-owner Benjamin Brunn remixes “Rise and Fall,” reimagining the original as a spacious, kosmiche slow burner. Rise and Fall is a confdent debut, as potent in headphones as on the decks and a welcome edition to the growing Wake Up! catalogue.



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East to West is about horizons. Facing the sea, east or west, at dusk or dawn, it never appears the same. We talk about well known territory, the world of Move D and Benjamin Brunn. Following a number of collaborations, now for the first time the two present individual works on one record, back to back.
This 4-track split EP is a must-have and collector's item: Ermitage, a collaboration of Moufang, Vladimir Daronkin and Dmitry Cherednichenko, recorded in St. Petersburg. Eastman from Moufang's legendary Kunststoff album, sounding as fresh as it did 20 years ago received a new finish by Dubplates & Mastering. Brunn makes extensive use of spoken word, an unusual style for him, in Da Hulk. For D k dates from his TR-707 period and mimics a party in a submarine. The artwork for East to West is a 30 x 30 cm removable photo print, the image was taken by Wake Up!'s own Mark Rhein.


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Lerosa takes his unique approach on house even further. Private View is exactly what its title promises: an exclusive visite into a enigmatic and fascinating world of groove and sound. It’s full of puzzling places and mysterious events. Delicate arrangements and artful sound combinations amount to a unique record without turning to caprice or flourish. Simplicity that makes sense More

‘Hi-Tide Lo-Fi’ can be read like a sonic map. But instead of a static picture it’s a growing and evolving concept of explored and lived in space. Every space creates its own sound. Not only because of the physical premises of a place do we experience sounds differently but also because of our perception and construction of space. And as each sound does have an individual meaning to us so does each space. Our identity is directly linked to our access to sound and space. Benjamin Brunn is questioning these access possibilities and offers us a soundscape of fluxing indentity. Within a timeless sound lies the opportunity of liberated being More

Achim Maerz takes electronic abstraction back to a state of organic harmony and rythm. His EP „Long Time No See“ reveals a soundscape of intimacy and evolving grooves. Reduction broadens its horizon. All sounds are carefully placed and a sustaining atmosphere keeps developing from song to song. Still each one is an individual scenery of its own. „Keys Of My Soul“ delicatly moves through wide rooms while „Shake, Shake, Shake“ leads closer to the core of groove. The backbeat driven „System“ already possesses a pushing groove which mutualy connects it to „Long Time No See“ with its warm pulsating baseline. More