CD, 2022

Tracklist CD
1."Kjære Mamma" 08:33
2."Salto Mortale" 06:30
3."Cool Coronas" * 05:11
4."Sunroof Down" ** 07:28
5."Cala Llonga" 07:25
6."Film 001(Slapp Finale)" 05:05
7."Evig Ung" 04:00
8."Layback Rollout" 06:02
9."Earthbound" * 06:49
10."Film 005" 00:52
11."I Love U" 05:33
12."Tåke Over Fjorden" 09:28
13."Film 006" 04:01


Release Note:
At the start of 2021 I realized I hadn't paid much attention to my own productions lately, rather spending time doing remixes
or mixdowns for others or like many others, worrying over what the future will bring.
I started going through tracks and ideas I had started on but not completed and now as another annus horribilis nears the end
I have 2 albums ready for 2022 release, entitled "8" and "9".
Although I promised myself to never say it I personally think they're my best work so far and I hope someone else will get the
feeling of "a light at the end of the tunnel" when listening to these tracks just like I feel when listening back to them.
There are contributions from the very capable hands of Bugge Wesseltoft("8") and John Carroll Kirby(on both "8" and "9"), besides that it's just me.
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LP, 2022 - Part 2 of a 2 LP Album

Tracklist LP

(Part 2 of a 2 LP Album (Tracks 1.-6. see Part1 = PTM008))

7."Evig Ung" 04:00
8."Layback Rollout" 06:02
9."Earthbound" * 06:49
10."Film 005" 00:52
11."I Love U" 05:33
12."Tåke Over Fjorden" 09:28
13."Film 006" 04:01

Release Note:
At the start of 2021 I realized I hadn't paid much attention to my own productions lately, rather spending time doing remixes
or mixdowns for others or like many others, worrying over what the future will bring.
I started going through tracks and ideas I had started on but not completed and now as another annus horribilis nears the end
I have 2 albums ready for 2022 release, entitled "8" and "9".
Although I promised myself to never say it I personally think they're my best work so far and I hope someone else will get the
feeling of "a light at the end of the tunnel" when listening to these tracks just like I feel when listening back to them.
There are contributions from the very capable hands of Bugge Wesseltoft("8") and John Carroll Kirby(on both "8" and "9"), besides that it's just me.
Prins Thomas January 2022 More

LP, 2022 - Part 1 of a 2 LP Album

1."Kjære Mamma" 08:33
2."Salto Mortale" 06:30
3."Cool Coronas" * 05:11
4."Sunroof Down" ** 07:28
5."Cala Llonga" 07:25
6."Film 001(Slapp Finale)" 05:05

At the start of 2021 I realized I hadn't paid much attention to my own productions lately, rather spending time doing remixes
or mixdowns for others or like many others, worrying over what the future will bring.
I started going through tracks and ideas I had started on but not completed and now as another annus horribilis nears the end
I have 2 albums ready for release, entitled "8" and "9".
Although I promised myself to never say it I personally think they're my best work so far and I hope someone else will get the
feeling of "a light at the end of the tunnel" when listening to these tracks just like I feel when listening back to them.
There are contributions from the very capable hands of Bugge Wesseltoft("8") and John Carroll Kirby(on both "8" and "9"), besides that it's just me.
Prins Thomas December 2021 More

2LP Gatefold Sleeve


Tracklist
A1. Træns 1
A2. Træns 2
A3. Træns 3
B1. Træns 4
B2. Træns 5
C1. Træns 6
C2. Træns 7
C3. Træns 8
D1. Træns 9
D2. Træns 10


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It's no big secret: The elements of trance music have always played a vital part in the music of Prins Thomas. In fact, there are scholars who argue that these stylistic attributes were the ramp that shot his disco into space. But let's not pour hot coffee onto the cold one. When the king they call Prins sent a loose bunch of tracks to Gerd Janson to get some sort of feedback, it was like an epiphany: the calling for the missing link between "Logic Trance" compilations of yesteryear and the honey for the strobe light bees of today has finally been answered. Naturally, it's not all ice cannons and glow sticks, endorphins and euphoria. The private and poetic Prins stands just one step behind the sweaty one - in alphanumeric track list order. If there has ever been something like thinking-(wo)mans-trance, this is the album for it.


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3 new EP's purposed made for the dancefloor.
Inc.remixes by Barratt, Eagles And Butterflies, Fango and Norman Nodge

Prins Thomas - Graut
A Graut 11:59
B Graut (Fango Remix) 07:20


No long story to tell... I wanted to make something I could play
at peaktime and then I went and asked 3 mighty producers whose stuff I adored
if they would like to make a version each.
unleash these bea(s)ts




prins thomas, asker november 2019



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3 new EP's purposed made for the dancefloor.
Inc.remixes by Barratt, Eagles And Butterflies, Fango and Norman Nodge

Prins Thomas – Bringing Mum To Panorama Bar
A Bringing Mum To Panorama Bar 12:29
B1 Bringing Mum To Berghain (Norman Nodge Remix) 06:56
B2 Bringing Mum To Panorama Bar (Prins Thomas Diskomiks) 05:54


No long story to tell... I wanted to make something I could play
at peaktime and then I went and asked 3 mighty producers whose stuff I adored
if they would like to make a version each.
unleash these bea(s)ts




prins thomas, asker november 2019



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3 new EP's purposed made for the dancefloor.
Inc.remixes by Barratt, Eagles And Butterflies, Fango and Norman Nodge

Prins Thomas – Anything for you?
A Anything For You? 09:30
B1 Anything For You? (Eagles & Butterflies Remix) 06:24
B2 Anything For You? (Barratt Remix) 06:56


No long story to tell... I wanted to make something I could play
at peaktime and then I went and asked 3 mighty producers whose stuff I adored
if they would like to make a version each.
unleash these bea(s)ts




prins thomas, asker november 2019



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The third and final chapter of remixes tapped from last album "5". Proper "down the wormhole" business from personal favourites

Wata Igarashi, Orbe and Rivet

Prins Thomas Jan 25, 2019

Tracklist:

A1_PT_Bronchi Beat (Wata Igarashi Exhale Remix)
A2_PT_Bronchi Beat (Wata Igarashi Inhale Remix)
B1_PT_Bronchi Beat(Orbe Remix)
B2_PT_Æ(Rivet Remix) More

The Second Single of Prins Thomas brand new - 5th Album - gets unveiled with a Remixes and Bonus Beats by our dear friends - The Pilotwings !

Tracklist:
PTM003A_Prins Thomas - Lunga Strada (The Pilotwings _Bubble-Zouk_ Remix)
PTM003B_Prins Thomas - Lunga Strada (The Pilotwings Bonus Beats)

Thomas on "Lunga Strada" :
The track that took me the longest to complete hence the "long road".
Personal favourites The Pilotwings from Lyon sent over 2 ridiculously good and fun remixes which will be released on this separate 10"

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2LP + including MP3+WAV Version, HQ Art with Gold Print, Black Polylined Innersleeves
Brand New 2017 Album on very Own New Label - Prins Thomas Musikk -

Tracklisting:
A 1.Here comes the band 5:48 , 2.Villajoyosa 5:11 , 3.Bronchi Beat 7:17
B 1.Athens, 5:13, 2. Æ 7:16, 3. Ø 6:21
C 1. Lunga Strada 7:55, 2. London til Lisboa 8:14
D 1. Å 5:27, 2. Venter på Torske 4:29, 3. Aske Hermansen 7:18

After the slightly more conceptual "Principe del Norte"album, "5" takes two steps forward and one step back
collecting a batch of tracks that was recorded right after it's preceder and in tandem with the recent "Square One"album with Bjørn Torske.
A "freedom"album of sorts, beyond the slightly misleading album opener "Here comes the band" there's a variety in these tracks tracing inspiration from 35 years (unhealthy)obsession with all things "good music" played enthusiastically.
"5" also marks the launch of my new label "Prins Thomas Musikk".

A run through the tracks with a couple of hints to titles and inspiration:

"Here comes the band"
A planned album of a fake band consisiting of me only was ditched. This is their only entry...
Very loosely inspired by "Bandwagonesque"era Teenage Fanclub

"Villajoyosa"
Melodic ideas hummed into a handheld recorded and specific notes about instrumentation scribbled down while on holiday in Villajoyosa in Spain turned into this little ditty when back in slightly colder Norway.

"Bronchi Beat"
Made in bed during a rough patch of bronchitis. Heavily influenced by prescription cough medicine.
Orbe from Madrid made a dizzy techno version which comes out soon enough...

Athens (Outside Databank´s The title shoudl be spelled in Greek letters)
I find great inspiration in working on new ideas while travelling the skies. Partly inspired by a detour into the soundtrack of my early teens (Paul Hardcastle, Warp 9, Maze, Mtume...)this particular one was started on a bumpy flight home from Athens and later finished in my tiny M57 Studio(R.I.P.)

"Æ"
Another bronchitis-ridden idea. Slow and low is the tempo. Beat originally inspired by Brian Briggs "AEO", melodies beamed in from Wally Badarou.
"Æ"is the norwegian pronounciation of the A in Acid refering to the 303 screeches going through the "song"

"Ø"
By the title you might think I'm running out of ideas. Not sure what happened here and why...

"Lunga Strada"
The track that took me the longest to complete hence the "long road".
Personal favourites The Pilotwings from Lyon sent over 2 ridiculously good and fun remixes which will
be released on a separate 10"

"London til Lisboa"
Another idea made on a plane when I should have tried to catch some sleep.
Direction steered by Plaid and Pat Metheny. Thank you for the inspiration

"Å"
Initially the final track AND then: scrapped idea for the alphabet soup of "Principe del Norte".
Later evolved into what we have here. Comes with a really nice remix by Pional on a separate 12"

"Venter på Torske"
The final recorded addition to the album. Made while waiting for Bjørn Torske to reply on a text message...

"Aske Hermansen"
In all seriousness, this is probably as soppy as it gets with me.
Tears into my computer keyboard, made on the road missing my wife and kids.

Prins Thomas , Asker, Norway, Autumn 2017
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Brand New 2017 Album on very Own New Label - Prins Thomas Musikk - CD Version.

Tracklisting:
1.Here comes the band 5:48 , 2.Villajoyosa 5:11 , 3.Bronchi Beat 7:17 ,4.????? 5:13, 5. Æ 7:16, 6. Ø 6:21, 7. Lunga Strada 7:55, 8. London til Lisboa 8:14, 9. Å 5:27, 10. Venter på Torske 4:29, 11. Aske Hermansen 7:18

After the slightly more conceptual "Principe del Norte"album, "5" takes two steps forward and one step back
collecting a batch of tracks that was recorded right after it's preceder and in tandem with the recent "Square One"album with Bjørn Torske.
A "freedom"album of sorts, beyond the slightly misleading album opener "Here comes the band" there's a variety in these tracks tracing inspiration from 35 years (unhealthy)obsession with all things "good music" played enthusiastically.
"5" also marks the launch of my new label "Prins Thomas Musikk".

A run through the tracks with a couple of hints to titles and inspiration:

"Here comes the band"
A planned album of a fake band consisiting of me only was ditched. This is their only entry...
Very loosely inspired by "Bandwagonesque"era Teenage Fanclub

"Villajoyosa"
Melodic ideas hummed into a handheld recorded and specific notes about instrumentation scribbled down while on holiday in Villajoyosa in Spain turned into this little ditty when back in slightly colder Norway.

"Bronchi Beat"
Made in bed during a rough patch of bronchitis. Heavily influenced by prescription cough medicine.
Orbe from Madrid made a dizzy techno version which comes out soon enough...

Athens (Outside Databank´s The title shoudl be spelled in Greek letters)
I find great inspiration in working on new ideas while travelling the skies. Partly inspired by a detour into the soundtrack of my early teens (Paul Hardcastle, Warp 9, Maze, Mtume...)this particular one was started on a bumpy flight home from Athens and later finished in my tiny M57 Studio(R.I.P.)

"Æ"
Another bronchitis-ridden idea. Slow and low is the tempo. Beat originally inspired by Brian Briggs "AEO", melodies beamed in from Wally Badarou.
"Æ"is the norwegian pronounciation of the A in Acid refering to the 303 screeches going through the "song"

"Ø"
By the title you might think I'm running out of ideas. Not sure what happened here and why...

"Lunga Strada"
The track that took me the longest to complete hence the "long road".
Personal favourites The Pilotwings from Lyon sent over 2 ridiculously good and fun remixes which will
be released on a separate 10"

"London til Lisboa"
Another idea made on a plane when I should have tried to catch some sleep.
Direction steered by Plaid and Pat Metheny. Thank you for the inspiration

"Å"
Initially the final track AND then: scrapped idea for the alphabet soup of "Principe del Norte".
Later evolved into what we have here. Comes with a really nice remix by Pional on a separate 12"

"Venter på Torske"
The final recorded addition to the album. Made while waiting for Bjørn Torske to reply on a text message...

"Aske Hermansen"
In all seriousness, this is probably as soppy as it gets with me.
Tears into my computer keyboard, made on the road missing my wife and kids.

Prins Thomas , Asker, Norway, Autumn 2017
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The first Single of Prins Thomas coming - 5th Album - first Single on the new label as well
gets unveiled with "A" remix by our dear friends from Pional! plus there´s a an extended 12" version by Thomas.

Tracklist:

PTM002A_ Prins Thomas - A (Pional Piano Mix)
PTM002B_ Prins Thomas - A (12 inch version)

Thomas on "Å" :
Initially the final track AND then: scrapped idea for the alphabet soup of "Principe del Norte".
Later evolved into what we have here. Comes with a really nice remix by Pional on a separate 12" here!
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Genre: Techno


Tracklist 12":

A1 Saturn 05:14
A2 Jacking 06:19

B1 Automatisk 04:53
B2 Submariner Gamma 05:41



Short Info:


Blackbelt Andersen finally returns to our shores dusting off 4
timeless techno tracks he found in an old cupboard. They're
actually so old we'd rather not tell you AND they could
already be filed under classics

Prins Thomas, 14th of Jan 2020

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Christian Engh is a character left out of the Lords Of Chaos movie.
They were the kids hanging around the infamous record store of Euronymous.

He wore black before it became techno...


Tracklist:

A1. Mai Tai
A2. Fresen
B1. xox
B2. Bämm

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Part 1 of Mental Overdrive Album Remixes ! This Time by Kowton and Subtil!

Tracklist:

A Bits (Kowton Remix)
B Shakes (Subtil remix) More

Part 2 of Mental Overdrive Epilogue Album Remixes ! This Time by Prins Thomas,Mono Junk, Frankenstein and Full Pupp´s Øyvind Morken!

Tracklist:

A1 Stumble (Prins Thomas Extension)
A2 1st Run (Mono Junk Remix)
B1 Wormholes (Øyvind Morken`s Exotic Star Mix)
B2 Bits (Frankenstein’s Monstermix) More

Beautifully Designed 2LP Album + MP3 Downloadcode

Tracklist:
A1. REPEAT:THEN:REPEAT , A2. BITS
B1. 1ST RUN, B2. WORMHOLES
C1. SHAKES, C2. CARNIVALE,
D1 HELLBENT, D2. SHIMR

Per Martinsen AKA Mental Overdrive is one of Norwegian dance music's founding fathers. Alongside friends such as Bjorn Torske, Biosphere, Rune Lindbaek and DJ Strangefruit, Martinsen was integral in laying the foundations of Norway's now blossoming dance music scene during the late 1980s and early 90s. As a producer, he cut his teeth making house, techno and hardcore for Belgian imprints SSR and R&S Records at the turn of the '90s. He
was a regular at the R&S studio in Ghent, programming and mixing for other artists including Joey Beltram. Since then, Per has continued to produce and release quality electronic music, both under his Mental Overdrive alias (see releases on Full Pupp, Smalltown Supersound, Rett i Fletta and his own Love OD Communications imprint), and as part of outfits such as Frost (alongside his other half, Aggie Peterson) and Illumination/ Chilluminati. Per is featured heavily in Ben Davis and Pete Jenkinson's documentary film chronicling the rise of Norwegian
dance music, 'Northern Disco Lights'. In addition to appearing on screen, he also wrote the incidental music featured on the soundtrack. He is also on a continuing mission to overthrow the evil empire of global capitalism through several projects touching in on other fields of artistic expression, and is very pleased that Juno Records once tagged him a "Weekend Situationist" in one of their reviews. His new album "Epilogue" will be released on Sept 22
2017 through Prins Thomas' Techno/Not Techno label Rett i Fletta.

Per Martinsen on Epilogue:

As for EPILOGUE it has been quite long in the making compared to some of my other albums. The main reason for this I think is that when I and Thomas started talking about me doing a new release for Rett i Fletta, we agreed that I would just keep sending him tracks over time that I thought would fit a new album, and then discuss how we both could see it coming together. I also let Thomas have stems of all the tracks so he could do adjustments where he saw the need, instead of us talking back and forth in lengthy conversations and then sending new versions. As well as being a great selector he is also a great arranger, so giving him the freedom to collaborate like this was a great opportunity and a nice break from having to do absolutely everything myself. On some tracks he also added some production elements, especially in "Hellbent", where my original version had a much heavier almost industrial vibe to it. Other tracks like "Shimr", which was the last track I submitted to the album, are left much more like I mixed and arranged them to begin with.
As for the sequence of tracks it's also Thomas' suggestion, and I think they fit very well in couples like this because the tracks were made over a longer timespan than usual, so you would have different phases where I was into different sounds and ideas.
All tracks were done in my studio here in Tromsø. Some in the dark period and some with the midnight sun shining through the windows. There's a lot of contrast in my surroundings here so maybe those contrasts will surface in the work I do also.

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Thomas´ APOKALYPSO marks his return to Rett I Fletta almost exactly 3 years after he started it with BLUSJKETUTA and ÅPNE SLUSA.
And following a now famous Winston Churchill saying:
"This is not the End, not even the beginning of the End.
This ("Apokalypso") is … the End of the Beginning!

And the rest is History. Or simply great Tekno not Tekno.


All available on Full Pupp's "techno not techno" offshoot Rett I Fletta!!!

Tracklist:

A1 - Apokalypso 2
A2 - Apokalypso 1 (Øyvind Morken`s Trance Dance Rework)
B1 - Apokalypso 1
B2 - Apokalypso 3
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Beautifully Designed CD + Digipack

"technoid yet lo-fi version of music for discotheques that's uniquely his own. He should be playing a venue near you soon, if the world is fair..."
Tracklist: 1. Full Of Love , 2. Leave The Floor, 3. Honey, 4. On The Floor, 5. Vood, 6. Sucker Pt.2, 7. None of Your Business

Short about the producer:
Keita Sano is born in 1989 in Okayama. He has released music on more labels(1080p, Rett I Fletta, Let's Play House, Mister Saturday Night, Crue-L etc.) than forests have trees. He makes a technoid yet lo-fi version of music for discotheques that's uniquely his own. He should be playing a venue near you soon, if the world is fair...

My first meeting with Keita Sano
A little over a year ago I spent a day off in the lovely seaside town Enoshima. There is a
really nice club, cafe and concert venue there called Oppa-La which I had played the previous night. So my dear friend and japanese promoter Hagi tells me we should go back there the following night as there will be local bands playing followed by a live-set from Keita Sano. I was only vaguely familiar with his music but had noticed his name crop up more and more frequently so off we went.
a couple of beers later and around the third track in : somehow managing to merge the playfullness of disco with the physical impact of techno I'm sold there and then.
over a friendly chat and more beers later I clumsily present an offer to release his music and hopefully even all the things he played that night. a few days later the album as you hold in front of you AND more or less a replica of that live-set arrives in my inbox.
Prins Thomas, RIF HQ Asker 13th of October 2016
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Beautifully Designed 2LP , 4mm spine sleeve, matte varnish

"technoid yet lo-fi version of music for discotheques that's uniquely his own. He should be playing a venue near you soon, if the world is fair..."
Tracklist: A. Full Of Love , B1. Leave The Floor, B2. Honey, C1. On The Floor, C2. Vood, D1. Sucker Pt.2, D2. None of Your Business

Short about the producer:
Keita Sano is born in 1989 in Okayama. He has released music on more labels(1080p, Rett I Fletta, Let's Play House, Mister Saturday Night, Crue-L etc.) than forests have trees. He makes a technoid yet lo-fi version of music for discotheques that's uniquely his own. He should be playing a venue near you soon, if the world is fair...

My first meeting with Keita Sano
A little over a year ago I spent a day off in the lovely seaside town Enoshima. There is a
really nice club, cafe and concert venue there called Oppa-La which I had played the previous night. So my dear friend and japanese promoter Hagi tells me we should go back there the following night as there will be local bands playing followed by a live-set from Keita Sano. I was only vaguely familiar with his music but had noticed his name crop up more and more frequently so off we went.
a couple of beers later and around the third track in : somehow managing to merge the playfullness of disco with the physical impact of techno I'm sold there and then.
over a friendly chat and more beers later I clumsily present an offer to release his music and hopefully even all the things he played that night. a few days later the album as you hold in front of you AND more or less a replica of that live-set arrives in my inbox.
Prins Thomas, RIF HQ Asker 13th of October 2016
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Keita Sano is part of Japan's new wave of music producers and he´s been on our map since a very long while.

With releases on Let´s Play House, Mister Saturday Night, 1080p, Lower Parts, Row, Strictly Groove Recordings, Enother Blessing, Holic Trax and Spring Theory Keito
He´s not only not unknown to us but
has shown his eclectic taste and zany approach to music at home and aboard.
And his first 4 Track EP offering for your´s truly does proved that once more so .
The Okayama resident has been weaving his way through house, techno and electronica releases displaying an affinity to old school processes and vintage gear which you can hear in every bit of his classy unmistakable sound.
Raw, rugged & slightly alarming but dry and focused to a massive funk attitude, is this the actual "big room underground"?

However, be it the top or water dripping cellar floor this is modern analogue techno at it´s most stringent - and hey there´s a full album it coming later this year.

All available on Full Pupp's "techno not techno"offshoot Rett I Fletta!!!

Tracklist:
A1 I Can´t Turn You Loose
A2 Rise
B1 Young Prayer
B2 Why Not

signed across your deck by Full Pupp´s HH HQ
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Oslo Newcomer Christian Engh is since long no new Kid on the block here. After the pretty incredible "Kyllingsmak" on Full Pupp Spesial his new Ep for Techno Sublabel RIF is no less a stomper.
Compact, dry techno with the unmistakable pull, and build factor, we already now from him. Same deep as kyllingsmak but with yet more beat, bleep,quirk and boom to it.

All available on Full Pupp's "techno not techno" offshoot Rett I Fletta!!!

Tracklist:
A1 - Deva
A2 - Snurrbass
B1 - Linjegods
B2 - Z

signed across your deck by Full Pupp´s HH HQ
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"Plugged" - The "Reinvented" 21 year old Norwegian techno classic by Mental Overdrive gets full remix treatment by the main men involved in unfolding the expansion and remastering of this lengendary recordings: Prins Thomas and Daniel "Blackbelt" Andersen ! plus There´s an additional MO track here too: " Disto Disco Part 3" !!
All available on Full Pupp's "techno not techno"offshoot Rett I Fletta!!!

Tracklist:
A1 - Disto Disco Part 3 A2 - Yeeh (Prins Thomas Version)
B1 - Higher (Blackbelt Andersen Remix) B2 - Disto Disco (Blackbelt Andersen Remix)

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Beaifully Designed 3LP Album + MP3 Downloadcode

"Reinvented" 21 year old Norwegian techno classic by Mental Overdrive gets the expanded and remastered treatment on Full Pupp's "techno not techno"offshoot Rett I Fletta!

Tracklist 3LP: A1. Spoing, A2. Disto Disco, B. Higher, C1. Please Hold On, C2. Child, D1. Motorcity (Alt Mix), D2. Phunkee, E. Moves, F. Jaz

Per Martinsen aka Mental Overdrive and "Plugged", two elementary techno Classics from Norway.

Per Martinsen was born in the Arctic town of Tromsø in Northern Norway in 1966, and spent his teens listening to imported records and tapes filled with electronic (and some non-electronic) music stemming mainly from the UK and Germany. He first entered the world of music-making by playing drums in local post-punk outfits, but moved on to electronic instruments when he bought his own Roland TR-808 drum machine in 1983.

Setting out on a mission to connect to the sources of his inspiration, he ended up in London in 1987, where he spent his days squatting in Hackney and working as an assistant programmer in This Heat's seminal Cold Storage studio in Brixton.

Hit by the wave of Chicago house and Detroit techno invading London at the time, he soon found himself experimenting with making beats inspired by these new sounds merged with the 80's sounds he was accustomed to from his pre-London era, like industrial music and EBM.

A cassette tape with some of these beats was given to a close friend, who at the time was signed to Belgium's Crammed Discs, and this earned him an invitation to fly over for a series of studio sessions in Brussels courtesy of the label. The sessions led to several 12" singles being released by Crammed in 1988.

Most notable of these was his collaboration with Minimal Compact's Samy Birnbach (aka DJ Morpheus), with the release of the single "Hallucination Generation" under the moniker "The Gruesome Twosome" in 1989. The single was licensed by Crammed to Nettwerk Records in the US, and peaked at number 9 on Billboard's dance chart in the company of the likes of Madonna, Janet Jackson and Depeche Mode.

Freaked out by the notion of being sucked into the capitalist machine of the big music industry that usually followed chart success, Per ran away from Brussels and went clubbing at Gent's Boccaccio club instead. Here he met Renaat Vandepapeliere of R&S Records, and soon found himself doing sessions with David Morley and Joey Beltram at the R&S headquarters, resulting in the release of his first EP under the Mental Overdrive moniker in 1990.

A series of EP's for R&S followed, and after relocating to Norway after some time, the debut album "Plugged" was released on his own label Love OD Communications in 1995. The album moved on from the more industrial-inspired techno bangers of the early EP's, and showed a more mellow side of Per as an artist and producer. More laid back, but not content with leaving the sounds of his machines unprocessed and without a personal signature, he commissioned two students at Trondheim's technical university to construct the "Distortotron", which is believed to be the world's first "bit crusher". The effect was used throughout the album, and led the mastering engineer to return the DAT-tape at first listen with the note: "Please send new master copy. This one is fucked."


Cue summer 2014:
Daniel Blackbelt Andersen brought his shabby copy of "Plugged" along to one of the regular Full Pupp shindigs and played Prins Thomas a couple of the slightly more "ambient" tracks off the album stating it would be a dream come true to remix all of these tracks and that he'd spoken to Per about getting hold of the stems, if any.
A borrowed copy and a phone call to Per later we not only get the thumbs up to go ahead with the plan of reissueing the whole album and throw in a couple of new remixes but he goes through his archives and finds the original Akai S 3000 formatted floppy disks, all the premasters on DAT AND last but not least all the alternative takes and unreleased tracks that did not make it to the finished album.

A note from Thomas:

Being relatively new on the "Oslo"scene back in 1995 I missed out on "Plugged"the first time around even though knowing your Per was mandatory, being the grand old man of the norwegian techno scene and all.
I later got to know Per but his catalogue was already too big to get the full overview of his artistic past.
I've been working on and off with Per on a few releases for Full Pupp through the years and we had already started talking about some sort of reissue-project when Blackbelt dumped this record and already half formed idea in my lap.
Originally released as a 2xLP in a plastic sleeve and the fact that quite a few of the tracks either had peculiar fade-ins, odd countdowns and dj-unfriendly format I thought there's enough reasons to do a new cut already there.
Then while going through the piles of unreleased tracks and unused takes I felt there was an even better record hidden in there. This time around I found material justifying an expanded 3 disc version and there's still some bits left which hopefully sees the light of day at some point. The sleeve has been lovingly redesigned to match this "expanded"edition by our dear Eirik Seu Stokkmo at Metric Design so a good couple of reasons to grab this new version if you're the lucky owner of the original record.

Says Peer: "So, after digging out my old DAT-player, my old Akai S3000, my old floppy archive and DAT-tape collection, I sent everything off to Thomas,and after some time he sent me back his edits and selections of alternative mixes, and then the new remixes. I guess for me the main thing now is to try to hear the material with "new ears", and enjoy the distance in time from when I originally made the tracks. But I also enjoy hearing the slightly different angle that Thomas and Daniel have brought out in the alternative selections, edits, remixes and new mastering, and now I can't wait to have the vinyl edition to play out and blend into contemporary selections of music to hear how it all fits in."

We hope this record sounds as fresh to your ears as ours, 21 years after it's initial release. And if this whole thing wets your appetite then
do look forward to spanking new material from Per on Rett I Fletta later this year

PS:RIF007LP/CD will be closely followed by the RIF008 12" which besides containing 2 remixes from Blackbelt Andersen of tracks from "Plugged"will
also include a previously unreleased version of "Disto Disco" and a Prins Thomas "reconstruction"of the faulty audio experiment "Yeeh".
Bånn apetitt as we say

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Beaifully Designed CD + Digipack

"Reinvented" 21 year old Norwegian techno classic by Mental Overdrive gets the expanded and remastered treatment on Full Pupp's "techno not techno"offshoot Rett I Fletta!

Tracklist CD: 1. Spoing, 2. Disto Disco, 3. Higher, 4. Please Hold On, 5. Child, 6. Motorcity (AltMix), 7. Phunkee, 8. Moves, 9. Jaz

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Tracklist: A1 - Styxx , A2 - Hades , B1 - Lancaster Raid , B2 - Interrogation

We're super excited about announcing our good friend Yourhighness(of Sweden)to Rett I Fletta. A long time buddy of Prins Thomas, 1/2 of Ultracity and 1/2 of Rollerboys Yourhighness rocked and shocked us with his Born Free release of 2014 and invitation to brutally molest our ears was imminent... You've been warned! Rett I Fletta HQ, Nov 2015


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UPC: 827170550063 RELEASE: 30.03.2015 Tracklist: A1 - Drums from Lagos, A2 Karma Shirr , B1 A Razz Comic 1 , B2 The Oink Master

Londons Joseph Russel signs for funkdriven quirky chicago techno but A 1, Drums of lagos, stands out of many. What starts like a sturdy minimalist drum and snare pattern monotrack turns inti a discotech monster all at once and seemingly oout of almost nowhere. and once the surprise "swingbreak" of the track get´s you hooked there no stopping. a mesmeriozing driving, rhythmic affair - endlessly grooving and 101% dull free. hot , hot , hot.
With Karma Shirr, Razz Comic and Oink Master keeping the pace there´s a plead of quality here, an explosion of ultradynamic, unconventionall, rhythmic techno - with a somehwat classic chicago sounding nice old skool vibe that sounds really modern in fact. crackling col and fun dancefloor techno for finer floors, and dj´s to have and behold.
Written, produced and performed by Joseph Russell, apart from track A2_KARMA SHIRR which features guitar performed by Mark Harris, final mixdown by Prins Thomas.

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Tracklist: A1 - One , A2 - Six , B1 - 707303 , B2 - Six (Prins Thomas Version)

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We welcome back London-based part italian stallion, part british pudding (Giuseppe)Joseph Russell for yet another ruff and rugged genre defying release under the Rett I Fletta umbrella. It pokes and scratches all the right places and you'll get a lefthanded rework from Prins Thomas on top. Bleep, bloop, doink, doink... Rett I Fletta HQ Nov 2015"


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UPC: 827170549968 RELEASE: 16.03.2015 Tracklist: A - CHANGE B1 -DUNJON B2 - IS DUB

Number three in Prins Thomas Rett if Fletta excursion welcomes our good friends from Full Pupp Trulz&Robin with Change, a 10 minute deep techno buildup piece in a somewhat classic, almost trentemolleresque, soundscape + tradition. Minimalistic but huge in a motoric wall of sound style long not heard. Large!
Dunjon sets the counterpoint on B, bassdridden, sparse, bubbling sturdy grooving techno Is Dub comes back to the richer atmosphere of Change for another hallcinating deep and dubby piece.
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UPC: 827170546363 RELEASE: 23.06.2014 Tracklist: A1 - ÅPNE SLUSA(LANG VERSJON) B1 - ÅKKEN E DET DU SNÅFSE B2 - ÅPNE SLUSA(MARGOT REMIX) B3 - SLUFSA

Second release on my brand new label "Rett I Fletta". "Lang Versjon"of "Åpne Slusa"found on my new album "III" + a truly psychedelic remix by masters of such things Margot from Italy.
The Margot dancefloor electronica project is the fortuitous result of the coming together of kindred spirits Pepe and Giaga Robot from Riccione in Italy's Rimini province, who had both begun to make a name for their solo endeavours as DJs and musicians across the clubs of their native Italy before deciding to team up to form the musical alliance of Margot in 2005. + 2 cool tools for dj fools.

Artwork by Doug Lee
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