Tracklist:
A. MODERN SUBLIME
B1. LANDING
B2. LANDING (ERNESTO FERREYRA REMIX)
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The third release on MDRNTY REC comes from a longtime favorite and friend of the house: Mr.
Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts mostly known for his productions on Musique Risquée, Circus
Company, Oslo or for his many other projects and aliases. !
Our fellow Canadian has crafted this Ep specially for us and we are happy to welcome him on the
label. On remix duties we have Argentinian Ernesto Ferreyra (partner in crime with Guillaume in the
project Chic Miniature). !
This release is a deep excursion into the groove of house and the hypnotic beauty of techno. It is
designed for those late hours when everyone is dancing eyes closed, digging a little deeper into the
moment. !
Modern Sublime is a long burner cinematic piece of music with it’s guitars, epic vocals, drum fills and
acid bass lines. This track has it all and skillfully drives the tension high as the story unfolds. !
Landing on the B side showcases a very different but equally hypnotic face of this talented and longtime
celebrated producer, with it’s arpeggiated melodies and lush pads Guillaume guides us to safe
ground with this beautiful and precisely calibrated track full of emotions. !
Last but not least, Ernesto’s remix reconfigures the rhythmical structures of Landing and masterfully
transforms it into a peak time house gem, guaranteed to move any living soul in the dance floor.
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Barcode: 827170516960 Release : 09.06.14
Tracklist: A1 - A Single String A2 - Keys For Hanuman B1 - Winning All Battles (But Still Losing The War)
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Dear Listeners,
Here it is, one more 'gain, yours truly up at bat for the good people of the Circus Company. I thought I could drop a few lines myself about the inspiration behind this new EP to offer a lil' personal touch..
A Single String
So I'm light years away from being a specialist on the string theory but the idea of having everything and everyone interconnected by vibrations appeals to the imagination of the musician (and the dirty hippie) in me. Sharing a sunrise on a terrace or a hot and sweaty night in a club is all about this vibration. "A single string" is dedicated to that feeling, the one that makes you think : "wow, we're all in this together". It rolls, it bounces, and that synth line will hopefully make your little fingers reach up for the stars, and strings.
Keys for Hanuman.
This one will be a personal mystery until the day I die. Last fall I returned from an Asia tour to work on some new music in the studio, at first I did as always after a hiatus in production and listened to the last stuff I was working on before I left. And though I have a relatively organized numbering system and decent memory (which may be on the downhill now due to mileage), I had no recollection whatsoever about starting, recording, or even thinking about this tune, at the time titled "Keys For Me". Regardless, it hits the spot just right as I had been thinking about coming back to this sound I used to love years back - more relaxed and stripped down, more hypnotic. Every artist channels inspiration in their own way, and sometimes it rains on you from unknown places. This song is dedicated to Hanuman, the Monkey God, faithful protector of Rama. And by the way, Hanuman also appears on the great cover artwork by Léo "Peanut" Butler.
Winning all the Battles (But Still Losing the War)
I remember a time when we all wanted was to be heard. It seems to me that this time has surely come, but somehow along the way, we may have lost some pieces of the core values that gave us our stride. Time to go back to the essential? Refocus our act? Step out of the limelight and dive deep into the stuffy, obscure, low-ceiling groove box? Maybe so. Winning while losing? Maybe no.
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Barcode: 827170460560
Release : 19.08.2013
A1 - Northbound A2 - Inconscient Collectif B1 - Erotic Skies
With the cosmic rays of his Twice Around The Sun long player still reverberating around our souls, Guillaume (our favourite of all the Coutu Dumonts) is back with a fresh EP of rich and otherworldly house music perfectly pitched for the free-spirited feeling of the summer months.
It all starts with the balmy tones of "Northbound", which wastes no time getting into gear with a rubbery bassline and shimmering flashes of melody that flutter around a haunting vocal hook, invoking that witching hour before night falls when the heat of the sun is still radiating from the ground beneath you. "Inconscient Collectif" meanwhile simmers like the first light of the morning, a lilting euphoria rising from the gently filtered chord pattern before the effervescent trail of an arpeggiated synth line comes ringing through the mist.
EP closer "Erotic Skies" makes for the perfect slow-poured tonic to round off this solar cycle of a record. Across eleven blissful minutes the gently cradling beat and dubby echoes drift out as a languid spread of melodic lines unfurl on top of one another. There's a rich tapestry of sounds at work in this luxurious cushion of a track, from the tortured ghost of a saxophone to a subtle pattering of bongos, a wild bassline tamed, a cracked synth stuck on an eternal phrase, and yet all these elements bleed into one under the principle of a track unconcerned with its destination whilst ever striding forwards.
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UPC: 827170420465 Release : 03.12.2012
Tracklist LP: A1. Twice Around The Sun - Trus'me remix B1. Twice Around The Sun - Radio Edit B2. Twice Around The Sun - Destination Danger remix - ISRC: FR-2T0-12-00053
WAfter the enchanting cosmology of Twice Around The Sun revealed the latest twist in the complex tale of Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts, the tantalised synapses left in the album's wake will find themselves firing again with this EP. As the central point on the LP, the title track revealed the slower, more introspective code in Guillaume's musical DNA, while Dave Aju's guest spot on vocals provided a thought-provoking and razor-sharp counterpoint to the downtempo beats. Shaking up the languid tones of the original, the remixes serve to catapult the formative concepts and
sounds into the depths of the night, caught in the strafing light of the dancefloor and the shadows beyond its reach. Trus'me steps up first, placing a firm grip on the weighted emotion of the subject matter and forging it with a rock-solid rhythmic drive as hypnotizing as it is energising. The Manchester-based producer has always displayed a profound ability to fuse groove with soul in his dusty deep house sound, but when colliding with the cosmic incantations of Guillaume's track the results take on an otherworldly quality. Unable to resist the temptation to revisit his own track from a completely different angle, Guillaume and his partner in espionage Oleg Poliakov don their Destination Danger guise for a driving version based around a relentless arpeggio and taut Motor City strings. The remix is conspicuous for its embrace of techno from two artists more readily associated with house, sounding all the stronger for it, and so a track that started life as a seductive slow jam has evolved into many shades of tense, dramatic body music. More

827170471160 Release: 12.10.2012
A) The Drums
Extra: B-side comes with big "X" etching!
Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts 'The Drums' is an exclusive and limited 12" with an "X" etching on the B-side. The track is part of the Watergate X - Ten Year Watergate anniversary compilation and only available on Vinyl on this 12" release.

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A1 - Time Outta Joint - Extended Version A2 - Cascading Thoughts - Extended Version B1 - Morning Gin B2 - Twice Around The Sun - Extended Version C1 - Man, Woman And Soul C2 - Constellation - Extended Version D1 - Discotic Space Capsule - Extended Version
Racing between the tangible warmth of the past and the thrilling unknown of the future, Guillaume Coutu Dumont comes flying back within our reach to impart his time-spanning gospel for a third album of subversive house music. After he last graced us with the smoky hue of "Breaking The Fourth Wall", Guillaume returns in a state of evolution. From the earthy rattle of the natural percussion on "Last Call" to the sultry coo of the sax on "Constellation", this album is undoubtedly his, and yet there's a different kind of forward momentum at work here. It manifests itself in the primal beat and Eastern mysticism of the bass line in "Time Outta Joint", or the frantic swing and scatty keys of "Discotic Space Capsule". While the thump of the drums is a familiar trope for any lover of dance music, there are cosmic incantations being whispered in the synthesisers and sound effects that elevate the dancefloor to an astral plane somewhere up above. A strong force in this transcendental quality that permeates "Twice Around The Sun" is Guillaume's choice of collaborators. In particular his co-conspirators in Guillaume Coutu Dumont & The Side Effects lend their band dynamic to three tracks on the album. You may recognise Dave Aju's soulful croon when it cuts through the mix, but then it's just as quickly shrouded in a vocoder. Likewise Nicolas Boucher on keys, Sébastien Arcand Tourigny on sax and Alexis Messier on guitar inject an otherwordly spirit into the heart of the kinetic machinations Guillaume has crafted, expanding on their two-year strong venture into live performance within a house music context. Elsewhere you can hear the unmistakable seductions of dOP's Jo Illel aka JAW as he insists that you "run, baby, run" on "Discotic Space Capsule". It's a sense of urgency that carries throughout the album, making you aware of the time passing just as it gives you no choice but to succumb to the next twist in the tale, like a kind of philosophical hedonism. Take the ever-rising tension of "Man, Woman And Soul" which finally bursts into a shower of starlit arpeggio and rave-ready bass, only to be met by the exuberant finale of "Solar Flare". As the irrefutable power of the SH101 bass line gets bolstered by the saucy drums, Aju delivers one of his most iconic vocal turns to date and Guillaume's interstellar voyage reaches a temporary conclusion. It's a joyous note to leave us on, blasting the combined spiritual searching and instinctive pleasure of the whole album into the ether. Let's just hope it's not too long before Guillaume comes back down from his galactic travels to grace us with more of his message.

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The notorious Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts makes a triumphant return to Circus Company after last year's critically acclaimed album, Breaking the Fourth Wall, with 3 deeper than deep (s)explosions sure to become omnipresent fixtures in the sets of damn near any DJ with even a shred of good sense in the months to come. 'Ubiquitous Gaze' gets the ball rolling in classic Coutu Dumont style with a rollicking sea of percussion thankfully populated with a few desert islands of respite in the form of a gorgeously lush string and piano arrangement and the soft meandering monologue of a certain well known musician discussing his craft. B side leader 'You're the One' comes on strong with a bouncing D-town bassline and soft stabbing chords that would make Kenny Larkin proud before rolling out a high stepping lead organ and swinging vocal chops before tying the whole funky mess together with one of his trademark charging conga lines. Known for his unbound generosity and proving it here once again, a beatless stringapella of 'Ubiquitous Gaze' closes out the flip in fine style for those inclined to ride this one into a full epic journey territory. Yet more proof, as if any were needed, of Guillaume's place at the very top of the mountain called house.
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Guillaume Coutu Dumont has been unstoppable over the past three years. Since releasing his debut album, Face À L'Est, on Montreal's Musique Risquée label in 2007, the Montreal-born Berliner has released a steady stream of EPs, remixes and compilation tracks for Circus Company, Musique Risquée, Oslo, Cocoon and many more. He's also kept up a nonstop touring schedule, wowing crowds the world over with a dynamic live show that never sounds the same twice. Throughout, he's developed one of the most distinctive styles in contemporary house music—a deep, powerful and original fusion of Afro-Latin percussion, instrumental melodies, soulful vocals, and intricate rhythm programming. Now, with his new album Breaking the Fourth Wall, he takes another big step forward. From dark-and-stormy basement jams to Ethiopian-tinged fantasias, from Afrobeat to ambient house, Breaking the Fourth Wall finds Guillaume venturing far beyond the limits of 4/4 boompty-boompty. He set himself the added challenge of making the album sound as much like the work of a live band as possible. To do so, he availed himself of a close community of musician friends, beginning with dOP, recording in their Paris studio. (In a sign of a true two-way collaboration, they'll feature their own version of the resulting track, "Can't Have Everything," on their next album, re-titled "Assurance Vie.") Dave Aju recorded the vocals for "On the Lips" in his San Francisco studio. Switzerland/Zaire's Dynamike, whom Guillaume met at the Montreux Jazz Festival, brings an Afro-beat feel to "Radio Novela." Guillaume's longtime collaborators Marc-André Charbonneau, Sébastien-Arcand Tourigny and Nicolas Boucher all feature on various tracks, playing guitar, saxophone and Rhodes. Even Guillaume's brother, the photographer and video artist Gabriel Coutu Dumont, turns up on guitar on "Discothèque." Together, these and other ferociously talented musicians help translate Guillaume's musical vision into a living, breathing, collective effort.
But it all holds together as a remarkably coherent listening experience, while remaining far more varied than your average 12" single. While the DJs will have plenty to keep them busy, between driving cuts like "Mindtrap," "Can't Have Everything," "Helicoptère" and "Walking the Pattern," the album takes many turns, slipping into a slow 6/8 shuffle on "Discothèque" and digging into a kind of dub-cumbia on "Radio Novela"; "Intermede" and "Unwelcomed" both explore murky atmospheres swirling with organ and sampled acoustic instruments. It's that acoustic element that gives Breaking the Fourth Wall such uncommon depth. Muted synthesizers and unobtrusive drum machines are the glue and staples holding together a panoramic collage of saxophones, congas, piano, Rhodes, Hammond organ, choral passages, preachers' vocals, brushed drumming and more. ("Hélicoptère" is the lone exception, with its grinding techno arpeggios.) It's all polished off with killer hooks and vocals you might call subliminal, they burrow so deep into your head. The title Breaking the Fourth Wall refers to dissolving the imaginary boundary between actors and audience. That's a concept Guillaume knows well: his live sets are all about demolishing the division between stage and dance floor, absorbing up everyone present into an all-encompassing funk organism. Now he takes the concept even further, blurring the lines between sampling and
composition, between machines and acoustic instruments, between the nightclub and the living room. Put it on and witness a new musical world coming sharply into focus—no 3D glasses required. And keep your eyes peeled for Guillaume's new full-band live project, featuring keyboards,
saxophone, vocals and more: Guillaume & the Coutu Dumonts feat. the Side Effects will make their debut at MUTEK this spring! More

Guillaume Coutu Dumont has been unstoppable over the past three years. Since releasing his debut album, Face À L'Est, on Montreal's Musique Risquée label in 2007, the Montreal-born Berliner has released a steady stream of EPs, remixes and compilation tracks for Circus Company, Musique Risquée, Oslo, Cocoon and many more. He's also kept up a nonstop touring schedule, wowing crowds the world over with a dynamic live show that never sounds the same twice. Throughout, he's developed one of the most distinctive styles in contemporary house music-a deep, powerful and original fusion of Afro-Latin percussion, instrumental melodies, soulful vocals, and intricate rhythm programming. Now, with his new album Breaking the Fourth Wall, he takes another big step forward. This 2x12'' verrsion features extended mixes of the album tunes for those who'll want to slip this hot number into party time. From dark-and-stormy basement jams to Ethiopian-tinged fantasias, from Afrobeat to ambient house, Breaking the Fourth Wall finds Guillaume venturing far beyond the limits of 4/4 boompty-boompty. He set himself the added challenge of making the album sound as much like the work of a live band as possible. Dave Aju recorded the vocals for "On the Lips" in his San Francisco studio. Switzerland/Zaire's Dynamike, whom Guillaume met at the Montreux Jazz Festival, brings an Afro-beat feel to "Radio Novela." Guillaume's longtime collaborators Marc-André Charbonneau, Sébastien- Arcand Tourigny and Nicolas Boucher all feature on various tracks, playing guitar, saxophone and Rhodes. But it all holds together as a remarkably coherent listening experience, while remaining far more varied than your average 12" single. While the DJs will have plenty to keep them busy, between driving cuts like "Helicoptère" and "Walking the Pattern," the album takes many turns, digging into a kind of dub-cumbia on "Radio Novela". It's that acoustic element that gives Breaking the Fourth Wall such uncommon depth. Muted synthesizers and unobtrusive drum machines are the glue and staples holding together a panoramic collage of saxophones, congas, piano, Rhodes, Hammond organ, choral passages, preachers' vocals, brushed drumming and more. ("Hélicoptère" is the lone exception, with its grinding techno arpeggios.) It's all polished off with killer hooks and vocals you might call subliminal, they burrow so deep into your head. The title Breaking the Fourth Wall refers to dissolving the imaginary boundary between actors and audience. That's a concept Guillaume knows well: his live sets are all about demolishing the division between stage and dance floor, absorbing up everyone present into an all-encompassing funk organism. Now he takes the concept even further, blurring the lines between sampling and composition, between machines and acoustic instruments, between the nightclub and the living room. Put it on and witness a new musical world coming sharply into focus-no 3D glasses required. And keep your eyes peeled for Guillaume's new full-band live project, featuring keyboards, saxophone, vocals and more: Guillaume & the Coutu Dumonts feat. the Side Effects will make their debut at MUTEK this spring!
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Special Remarks:
***180gram full cover release, part of a 3 record collection***limited to 350 copies
Repress will come in Standard Sleeves
Tracklist:
A : Ion Ludwig - Midad de l Mundo
B : Vlad Caia - Slowsetup
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Meander turns 10!
Beautiful representation of the past 10 years with previously unreleased music.
The label celebrates their first decade with their second compilation, 5 years after the initial Family Jubilee.
The result is a collection of 3 x 180g vinyl records. All discs are available individually,
with limited special artwork. As a package it forms a distinctive reflection of Meanders momentum.
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***180gram full cover release, part of a 3 record collection***limited to 350 copies
Repress will come in Standard Sleeves
Tracklist:
C : Cristi Cons - Meandering
D : Franky Greiner - Klaus Grony

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Meander turns 10!
Beautiful representation of the past 10 years with previously unreleased music.
The label celebrates their first decade with their second compilation, 5 years after the initial Family Jubilee.
The result is a collection of 3 x 180g vinyl records. All discs are available individually, with limited special artwork.
As a package it forms a distinctive reflection of Meanders momentum. More

***180gram full cover release, part of a 3 record collection***limited to 350 copies
Repress will come in Standard Sleeves
Tracklist:
E1 : Konrad Black - Snake Charmers
E2 : Kamran Sadeghi - Amber Alert
F : DeWalta - Pin Tweaks
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Meander turns 10!
Beautiful representation of the past 10 years with previously unreleased music.
The label celebrates their first decade with their second compilation, 5 years after the initial Family Jubilee.
The result is a collection of 3 x 180g vinyl records. All discs are available individually, with limited special artwork.
As a package it forms a distinctive reflection of Meanders momentum.
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the initial shipping includes 150 limited copies hand-made screen-print cover art, the initial Vinyl pressing comes as 180gram edition.
Tracklist:
A: Kamran Sadeghi – Between Dreams
B: Kamran Sadeghi – Brothers

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Meander welcomes the highly talented Kamran Sadeghi on their musical platform.
Two upbuilding, energetic and mesmerising cuts define this smart material for the
deeper dancefloor moments.
Kamrans sound is uncompromised, it comes from the core.
His live performance and productions can be described as an experience into
hypnotism and space, detailed and full of physical energy, crafted on analog
machinery with futuristic intent.
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Special Remarks: 180gram vinyl release with full cover artwork
Tracklist:
A: Wiggleroom
A2: Spirit Bear
B1: Fingerprince
B2: Bungalo Grip
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Eclectic, raw, diverse and deeply driving - these 4 tracks are pure hypnotic Hreno vibes.
New Life! That is what has inspired and influenced this EP on many levels.
New life brings new inspiration and new energy often in beautifully diverse and unpredictable ways.
Everest. Positivity throughout, heights, strength, light, potential and future instantly come to mind,
when listening to these songs. We are happy to present Hrenos second release on Meander
as the follow up of his well received 2012 Frank Barns record.
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Tracklist:
A: Cristi Cons & DeWalta - Within Space
B1: Cristi Cons & DeWalta - Space Between
B2: Cristi Cons & DeWalta - Space Between Dub
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Beautiful sonic sorcery from Cristi Cons and DeWalta.
Elegant, warm, subtle but energetic music, creating a momentum of infinity.
Our favorit Romanian artist known for his productions, his quality Amphia label, a:rpia:r as well as his SIT project with Vlad Caia teams up with DeWalta from Berlin who continues to refine his output on Meander. These two kindred spirits met at DeWaltas studio to create a spaced-out musical treatment, captivating body and mind. Lisa Milloy, joined the creative process, adding beautifully flowing words, recorded in one take as stream of conciousness.

Breath in and dance to their melodies with a clever groove that just flows onwards.
With the record Basorelief, released in 2014 Meander already introduced the greatly talented Cristi Cons to its circle. Now these two artists, bringing Bucharest and Berlin further together, deliver a hightly anticipated follow-up with this record filled with rhythmic material for the space between.

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ATTENTION: LIMITED VERSION WITH HANDPRINTED SLEEVES 150 COPIES AVAILABLE
Tracklist:
A: Cristi Cons & DeWalta - Within Space
B1: Cristi Cons & DeWalta - Space Between
B2: Cristi Cons & DeWalta - Space Between Dub
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Beautiful sonic sorcery from Cristi Cons and DeWalta.
Elegant, warm, subtle but energetic music, creating a momentum of infinity.
Our favorit Romanian artist known for his productions, his quality Amphia label, a:rpia:r as well as his SIT project with Vlad Caia teams up with DeWalta from Berlin who continues to refine his output on Meander. These two kindred spirits met at DeWaltas studio to create a spaced-out musical treatment, captivating body and mind. Lisa Milloy, joined the creative process, adding beautifully flowing words, recorded in one take as stream of conciousness.

Breath in and dance to their melodies with a clever groove that just flows onwards.
With the record Basorelief, released in 2014 Meander already introduced the greatly talented Cristi Cons to its circle. Now these two artists, bringing Bucharest and Berlin further together, deliver a hightly anticipated follow-up with this record filled with rhythmic material for the space between.

180gram vinyl, available in two editions: either as full cover-artwork or as limited edition with hand-made screen-printed cover-art.
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Special Remarks: 180 gram vinyl. Initial copies in hand-made screen printed sleeves.
Tracklist:
A: Konrad Black - Scorched Earth (dBridge Interpretation) B: Konrad Black - Scorched Earth (Barac Interpretation)
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Fresh, genre bending interpretations from Barac (Romania) and dBridge (UK).
These two inspiring producers provide their modern touch to the contemporary dancefloor continuum:
dBridge offers an up-to-date hybrid that straddles the line between techno and breakbeat, while Baracs extended mix is a deep and hypnotic journey through space. dBridge represents a milestone when it comes to UK dance music. Being part of the legendary drum and bass group Bad Company in the late 90s, running his extensive label Exit Records, and regularly releasing on Boddikas Nonplus, Metalheadz, as well as R&S, he has gained an enviable reputation as a specialist with a modern take on techno and breakbeat variations.
Romanias up-and-coming Barac has released a double record on Rareshs Metereze imprint among others, has recently launched his own platform with Moment, and is inarguably one of the top creative minds emerging from the vivid ourown / sunrise scene.
The selection of these particular producers is the result of Konrad Black simultaneously considering his past while embracing the future. His affinity for dBridge goes back longer than a decade when Konrad was working for Virus Recordings in London, making dBridge an ideal conduit for the Drum and Bass aesthetic that still courses through both artists veins. Barac represents a new wave of artists whose music exists as a crystal ball depicting an ideal future for techno music on the whole. Together, these top talents present a pair of fresh interpretations of Blacks darkly aspirational release.
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Special Remarks 180 gram vinyl. Initial copies available with handmade screen-print sleeves
Tracklist 12":
A1: Silene Dust A2: Chelyabinsk Afterglow B: Sycho Te Alyn
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Continuing its ongoing theme of releasing records influenced by our vast universe, deep space, spirit and consciousness, Meander presents The
Scorched Earth EP by Konrad Black, a selection of advanced 101 techno infused break-beat science. With his sparse, yet highly considered discography, Mr. Blacks first output for Meander draws key inspiration from recent earth-bound meteorites and the blinding light that follows. Creating precision dance music, Black conjures the essence of the explosive meteorite, its afterglow and its sonic resonance. The results are powerful, timeless sonic treatments for body and
soul. Together with fellow Canadian Mathew Jonson, Konrad Black founded the influential Wagon Repair label in 2005 - A label that has had a heavy impact
on the dance community with its relentless top-quality releases including those of Black himself. The Scorched Earth EP will be accompanied by a
follow-up record in the form of remix-interpretations by genre defining artists from the underground electronic dance music scene.
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UPC: 827170561960 Rel date 15.9.2014
Special Remarks: This album is available in 2 seperate parts. Part One comes in limited luxurious handmade screen-printed sleeves. Part Two comes with an inner sleeve and can be combined with Part One to built the full LP.
Tracklist 12":
15.1 Part I
A: Illuminated B1: Entangled B2: Silhouette
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Top quality double vinyl DEWALTA album on Meander.
Unique, deep sounding long techno journeys from another planet. This album is available in 2 seperate parts. Part One comes in limited luxurious handmade screen-printed sleeves. Part Two comes with an inner sleeve and can be combined with Part One to built the full LP.
Illumination is a record inspired by several physical phenomenons and relationships, quantum mechanics, space, darkness and light. It is a body of work focusing on complex sound frequency experimentations and illuminating questions around consciousness as well as awareness - triggered by deep emotions about being a human - reacting to sound and music. It works with subtle, clear kaleidoscopic musical textures and silhouettes triggered from an unknown place far out in the universe. Just as Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell has experienced the zen-like experience of seeing earth from space to a state of mind also known as the overview effect, or Savikalpa Samadhi, some eastern philosophies address the same topic from a different angle. Two objects, even far apart from each other in space can be energetically entangled and connected. Darkness is absence of light. Life and energy is light. Light is invisible until it surfaces. In the zero point sleeps all potential energy. But above all now enjoy the music.
Mastering and cut by Mike Grinser at Manmade Mastering, Berlin.
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UPC: 827170562066 Rel date 15.9.2014
Special Remarks: This album is available in 2 seperate parts. Part One comes in limited luxurious handmade screen-printed sleeves. Part Two comes with an inner sleeve and can be combined with Part One to built the full LP.
Tracklist 12":
15.2 Part II
A: Savikalpa B1: Zero-Point-Energy B2: Luminary
Short info:
Top quality double vinyl DEWALTA album on Meander.
Unique, deep sounding long techno journeys from another planet. This album is available in 2 seperate parts. Part One comes in limited luxurious handmade screen-printed sleeves. Part Two comes with an inner sleeve and can be combined with Part One to built the full LP.
Illumination is a record inspired by several physical phenomenons and relationships, quantum mechanics, space, darkness and light. It is a body of work focusing on complex sound frequency experimentations and illuminating questions around consciousness as well as awareness - triggered by deep emotions about being a human - reacting to sound and music. It works with subtle, clear kaleidoscopic musical textures and silhouettes triggered from an unknown place far out in the universe. Just as Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell has experienced the zen-like experience of seeing earth from space to a state of mind also known as the overview effect, or Savikalpa Samadhi, some eastern philosophies address the same topic from a different angle. Two objects, even far apart from each other in space can be energetically entangled and connected. Darkness is absence of light. Life and energy is light. Light is invisible until it surfaces. In the zero point sleeps all potential energy. But above all now enjoy the music.
Mastering and cut by Mike Grinser at Manmade Mastering, Berlin.
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UPC: 827170541269 Release :12.05.2014
Special Remarks: 180g vinyls with individually hand-made screen print sleeves.
Tracklist 12": A1: Anatrack B1: Change B2: You Know
Wonderful energetic dance music with well integrated rhythmic and melodic structures. Cristi Cons is a romanian musician from known [a:rpia:r] who also runs his own Amphia imprint. This to the point dance-floor-proven EP now becomes available, pressed into solid wax as Cristis debut on Meander. Lifelong studies in classical music as a cellist have sharpened his sensitivities for unique harmonies and a good ear for sounds. A few years back he got fascinated by the modern spirit of club music surrounding him in Bucharest and beyond. Besides working on his solo productions, he recently worked with Pedro Inspirescu for the TT Ensemble project released on Yojik-Concon. Furthermore he created Sideways Invisibility Theory together with Vlad Caia plus a new cooperational jam called Verico with Raresh and Vlad. We are certain Cristi Cons will continue to make waves in a muscial field which is fascinated by feelings, rhythm and the observation of nature.
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UPC: 827170501362 Release: 13.05.2013
Special Remarks: comes with ltd. screen printed artwork
Tracklist 12": A: Herbie ?s Table Scraps DE-FG5-13-00032 // B1:All Over My Head DE-FG5-13-00033 // B2: We ?re Alright DE-FG5-13-00034
Excellent vibrant rhythm adventures from promising new canadian artist Hreno. He serves us far-out north american techno trax and feelgood Larry-Levan-Disco induced house bliss. Frank Barns is a culmination of sound and feeling. Frank Barns is where the creek meets the river. Frank Barns is the high watermark. Frank Barns can be found in music, in·car·nat·ed through restless rhythms, obscured samples, recordings from the field, and timeless tail like interludes. Cinematic hands are extended, so as to reach maximum centrifugal force, thus binding these trax together physically for full coherence. In the artwork, you will find analogue forms. Full cover handmade silkscreen prints and nature's reflexion surround the release, completing it.
Mastering and cut by CGB at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin.
Vital Sales Points:
- pre-release stream + video premier on xl8r
- confirmed reviews debug, groove, resident advisor, xl8r, dj mag.. more tbc
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UPC: 827170489660 - Release : 04.03.2013
Tracklist 12": A1: Moon, Silhouetted Particles [LOWTEC Remix] - A2: Moon, Silhouetted Particles - B1: Time [THE MOLE, HRENO & DEWALTA Remix] - B2: Time
Pure floating and deep pulsating detroit tracks full of emotive ambience from mysterious japanese sound artist IMUGEM ORIHASAM. Sparkling and irresistible swinging space cuts of finest quality. Imugem, who prefers to stay under the surface, has already released solid records in 2012 on Patrice Scotts Sistrum recordings and Adam Marshalls New Kanada imprint among other acclaimed outlets. His distinctive music has matured since and wanders between organic and inorganic, creating a soundcosmos which is very much his own. LOWTEC who runs the ever excellent WORKSHOP label delivers a warm, mesmerizing remix for Moon, Silhouetted Particles. It is atmospheric, intimate and with a magic touch beneath the groove. Jens Kuhn has developed a warm, oscillating underground house sound that yielded internationally renowned releases on labels like NonPlus, Playhouse, Smallville, Laid and especially Workshop. Canadian outsider specialist THE MOLE and talented newcomer HRENO locked themselfs into DEWALTAs studio to work on their very own interpretation of Time. Mastering and cut by CGB at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin.
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UPC: 827170473669 Release : 15.10.2012
Special Remarks: 12” comes in ltd. screen printed inside-out cover
A1: Ion Ludwig - Villa Rossi / DE-FG5-12-00024 - A2: DeWalta – Tetreader / DE-FG5-12-00025 B1: Pikaya – Karma / DE-FG5-12-00026 - B2: Alejandro Mosso / DE-FG5-12-00027
For their anniversary release Meander present a diverse and exceptional record. Celebrating with an exquisite family compilation from the labels core artists. Dusty stripped down Villa Rossi is the result from a breathtaking late night session leading into blissed out moments. Ion Ludwig who recently released on Trelik and his new UGold label, is softly jamming the magic here with his analog machines. Tetraeder jumps right into the deep sea, with clever modular synthesizer morphings, heavy meandering basslines and tight drumming DeWalta creates a unique cut of uncompromising power house. Karma is a refreshing cinematographic work, dragging you into warm chords and intelligent rythms, a piece of originality in typical Pikaya style. Alejandros Zeit brings this showcase to its climax with a gentle, sensual and melodious house track, carefully executed in a crystal clear production. All artists serve previously unreleased tracks deliberately assembled for this release. More

Meander continues the killer project from Mike Shannon and DeWalta with a superb record of pure analog synth-funk. The creative cooperation between these two inventive minds deliver a pretty unusual adventure. Wandering via a deep forest of sounds Saint Jack De Smoove guides you powerful and reverberating through the darker territories of time and space.
Mike, known for his outputs on respected labels like Plus 8, Force Inc., Wagon Repair and Cynosure already worked with DeWalta for releases on Haunt and their first record for the same project on Cynosure. Their second offering goes a huge step further into sounddesign and warm black grooves making it a perfect record for the house Meander is. Saint Jack De Smoove welcomes you to join him on his incredible voyage into altered states.
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Label co-owner DeWalta returns back to Meander after his latest releases on Vakant and Cynosure - These three personal tracks, were carefully mastered and cut by Stefan Betke aka Pole at Scape Mastering. The first track „Keep On“ comes with characteristic vocals by jazz-singer Judith Ahrends. Just keep on moving! Then the extended Keep On dub mix concentrates on pure grooves and will work its magic on a good soundsystem. „Sauvignon“ on the flipside wanders to higher emotional states, comes with a warm and tricky house rhythm, that makes you swing and shake. Pure atmosphere and presence. Everything was written, played and produced by DeWalta in his studio in Berlin. This production emphasizes DeWalta s own musical signature as it gives you more depth and sound design than just another simple, dancefloor track. These tracks have already been played in the clubs for a while with excitement from big names in the scene. Now it all comes on vinyl with beautiful sleeve artwork. Enjoy! For the vinyl hunters we over a Limited Edition, signed by the photographer Felix Koch and a numbered run of 50 copies. More

The Meander label presents us a new signing to their family with a powerful record from Ion Ludwig. 3 songs on vinyl, including a DeWalta rework and another remix as a digital bonus. The vinyl comes with beautiful artwork. After playing the sunday residency at legendary Club der Visionäre in Berlin for the last two years alongside other Meander members, it was just a matter of time until the very talented young Dutch producer joins the roster. Releasing a well received album with timeless house music on his own imprint Quagmire in 2010, he's now back in 2011 with pretty charming new music. These tracks have a deep dynamik, all produced with a remarkable flow and energy. The track Background Be is like a purely rhythmic and emotional journey filled with chords and strings coming from an unexpected place. Suddenly the whole dramaturgy becomes an expedition trip that catches and obliges us to listen with delicate fascination and pure euphoria. The body starts to let loose when the peak arrives. What a pleasure not being able to escape. DeWalta has put his hands on this profound original material and made two reworks of it. His Background Be Private Remix is wandering deep in a dynamik soundroom, with little sounds making a walk full of light. Are there bells? A synthesizer? When the atmosphere changes, like clouds stealing the sun, the strings condensed like lava make the gravity more intense. We are walking in dubs and the feet feel heavier. Timeless Thing. A traverse flute blows in the wind and becomes a voice. It's not whispering. It's a slightly open mouth telling and seducing. " It's this timeless thing everyone talked about". Warm pleasure fills the room. Confusion, then dancing again, house. We decide to follow this man that hides somewhere with an instrument. Is he carrying the timeless thing? The digital rework from DeWalta is the second variation for "Background Be". It becomes more free, more chaotic, frenetic, faster and seems to be tracking something. Strings call and warn us, attention... The music changed you.

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