(Shawn O'Sullivan remix) Having recently sent his Blacknecks collaboration into early retirement, Bleaching Agent is now focusing his considerable talents on this solo project . We're delighted that he has chosen to put out more material on Komisch.
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Komisch goes back in time for the story behind its fifteenth release. Alpha Code is the project of a Milanese producer who was inspired by the emerging techno scene in Italy during the early 90s. Seeking to translate the mind-bending sounds of Lory D, ACV and Sandro Galli, he bought some basic equipment and started to experiment. But just as he was about to start releasing techno records in 1996, he was offered the chance to script a small film in Hollywood. That job saw him moving to LA, where he now works full-time as a soundtrack writer and producer. By chance, on a recent visit back to Milan to see his parents, he was going through some belongings and found some dust-covered demos from early 1996.
Inspired by the raw techno sounds on the demo, he returned to his studio and created 'Brave New World' and 'Kazohinia', two driving tracks that resonate with insistent analogue bleeps, firing percussion, swirling synths and brooding bass pulses. This is the first time that Alpha Code's music has been available on vinyl and Komisch is proud to put out tracks by one of Italy's past masters.

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Sev Dah makes his debut on Komisch with three unique club tracks. The mysterious producer has been making waves with releases on Naked Index and Gynoid, but he has reserved his most individualistic music for Komisch.

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Finnish techno producer Samuli Kemppi returns to Komisch for his third release. Leading the charge against malfunctioning computer systems and faceless corporations on this killer three-track EP is ‘Escape’. A surging, rippling bassline and heavy claps provide the basis for insistent bleeps and a surging, enveloping chord sequence that dispells even the most malevolent enemy. Next up is ‘Hostile’, which follows a similar approach. Clipped drums and hissing percussion are mixed with an acid-spiked bassline and a sinister synth riff. It’s a more sinister take on Samuli’s big room techno and is sure to appeal to those who like it darker and deeper. The EP ends with ‘System’. Kemppi’s razor sharp percussion and tough beats are audible once again as he juggles bubbling acid bass licks with frequency-shifting tones and eerie synth riffs. Let ‘Quadrant’ help you escape the mundane realities of every day life! More

Following his release on Peter Van Hoesen’s Time To Express late last year, SP-X drops his third EP for Komisch. Fans of ‘Signal Path Experiments’ and ‘Field Lines Never End’ will not be disappointed as the Brussels-based producer serves up three more slices of uncompromising warehouse techno. Lead track ‘The Escape’ has all the SP-X hallmarks - rock hard beats, thundering claps and a swinging groove that underpins eerie riffs and clanking metallic drums‘Stalker’ reveals a more musical slant to SP-X’s sound. It starts off with unsettling riffs, but soon the rolling drum-led arrangement changes tact and provides the backdrop for a growling chord climax. There is a similar concession on ‘Attack Pattern’; bruising doubled-up drums and that unmistakably snappy SP-X percussion combine with subtle snare rolls to create a peak time arrangement. But once again an insistent chord sequence gives it the edge over functional techno. Make sure to hunt this killer release down !

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support from: Surgeon, Ben Sims, Luke
Slater, Deetron, Len Faki, Efdemin,
Technasia, Mike Dehnert, Cio D’Or, Ryan
Elliot, Arne Weinberg, Vince Watson, Dan
Curtin, Marcel Hesse, Franco Cangelli,
Philip Sherburne, Perc, Forward Strategy
Group, Matt O’Brien, The Parallel More

big with: Norman Nodge, Surgeon,
Dave Clarke, Peter Van Hoesen, Mike
Parker, Ben Klock, Marcel Fengler,
Laurent Garnier, Hell, Vince Watson,
Ben Sims, Cassy, Slam, Dan Curtin,..
With releases on labels like Ostgut, Time 2 Express and
Prologue, the Finnish producer is one of the leading lights
in the new wave of European techno. Samuli gets straight
down to business on ‘Orbiter’. Based on chugging,
insistent drums, the listener is led to a place where
repetitive droning sounds, pitched up percussion and
robotic bleeps dominate. If ever there was a soundtrack
lose your mind to in a dark room, then ‘Orbiter’ is it. ‘Metal
Space’ is more considered, but it’s no less effective. More

big with: Dave Clarke, Laurent Garnier,
Dj Hell, Ben Sims, Mark Broom,
Technasia, Len Faki, Surgeon, Cassy,
Dan Curtain, Alex Smoke, Agoria, MLZ,
Levon Vincent,...
Komisch is a new underground label covering the broad
areas of techno and house music, run by the elusive DJ
Komisch. Primarily aimed at the dance floor, the label,
whose name in German means ‘strange’, ‘unusual’, ‘odd’
or even ‘unconventional’, will nonetheless aim to showcase
and support new approaches to electronic music. Working
with upcoming European producers as well as more
established names, Komisch will focus on teasing new
sounds and ideas from techno and house that’s rooted in
Chicago, Detroit and Berlin. The label will put an emphasis
on high-quality design, mastering/production and vinyl,
something that is often lost in the so-called digital
revolution. More