VINYL ONLY
Tracklist:
A1. Nibong / A2. Slippery Slope / B1. Thetea / B2. Lotus

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There are no boundaries for Fun Records when it comes to continue spreading its refreshing sounds beyond trends and predictable beats.That's why this fifth release welcomes Mariano Mateljan, the infamous Croatian DJ, producer and one of the most talented and recognized electronic music artists of the country and abroad. Nibong (Fun 005) comes out with 4 tracks, traced by the analog frizzly details that have been characterizing every Fun's release. But there is even more behind the pristine minimalistic house signed by Mateljan and pressed on both vinyl's side: we can say that this time, Fun's got a bit more serious (just a bit, don't misunderstand us): Nibong EP enters directly to the highest clubbing experience but shaped as only Mateljan could make it.
Listening to Thetea track on the B side will make you difficult to stand still without letting yourself go and stop thinking for a while in order to let your imagination emerge: enjoy the amenity of subtle feelings rising as the dreamy and slightly broken melody develops catching your attention. Lotus, the second B side track, may be the most ethereal one, and both together leave us having fun and feeling sensitive as if the sunset would catch ups by surprise on the beach.
If you want to explore the also funny but darker side, the A side may be like the taoist yin conception, only understandable if yang is magically kept in Lotus and Thetea. And that's the clue of Mateljan's superb productions: Slippery Slope and Nibong's A tracks are well balanced, but at the same time the release has its own balance too. The result has generated a complex but coherent structure that keeps making you feel addicted to the sounds, no matter how many times you play and dance to them.
"Life isn't as serious as the mind makes it out to be." Eckhart Tolle
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Vinyl only Release
Tracklist:
A1. EXP / A2. F9M / B1. F9M (Mike Shannon Remix) / B2. MEV
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Fun Records' fourth release signed by startling producer Neik represents all that Barem and Alexis Cabrera once expected when they settled their label's playground. Because Nicolas Neik's debut can be considered definitely as unique: his three tracks are like three priceless tickets to explore an enhanced electronic music game based on a limitless creativity balanced with a strict self-demand.
Neik's taste and skills increasingly captivated both Fun founders, but he rarely wanted to share his own sounds. Why? Nicolás Neik studio's basis are far away from sharing everything online, his creative strength invigorates massive brainstormings and only outstandingly stops the work in progress finishing a track.
Therefore, Fun004 must be unveiled, and enjoyed, and Mike Shannon's F9M remix is what grants a last outstanding coup de grâce: ethereal atmosphere, slippery vocals, padded white noise and a feverish bass create an electrifying dialogue with Neik's F9M and the whole EP's direction.
From EXP to MEV, each Neik's track bends straight minimalist sounds to welcome a new vibrant vision of forward-thinking house. Beats, melodies and rhythm have finally got rid of the 4/4 dancefloor Canon, thanks to MEV we are not going to miss it as assumed. By constantly re-editing, redesigning and studying its compositions for several years, Neik's groove attains a misleading complexity that circles and empowers the whole three tracks; surprisingly making us feel as if it was an easy conquest. To exploit its deepness and reach both our mind and body, the beat metamorphoses from ubiquity to intermittence with uprising bursts of intensity.At the first listening, inner emotions may vary speedily, as if collapsing: stop trying to predict what's next, let yourself go and you'll suddenly find Neik's new way to beat the house. The old manual lows its effect; Neik's beatmap will only be disclosed by intuition and dancing.
"The true object of all human life is play." -G. K. Chesterton
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Tracklist:
A1. nuF (Original) / B1. nuF (Christian Burkhardt Remix) / B1. Blup (Original)

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Fun Record's third reference is bound to fly well over the rushes of those trying to find the sounds that should stay fresh until the season's end. And beyond.
Barem's new EP emerges from a kompass aiming to its perfect and dainty studio timeless beats and to Christian Burkhardt's bombshell, the first remix hosted by Fun since its launch in August 2015.
The argentinian artist has pushed his studio's equipment to reach and outline the sound hues that define his label's personality joining the vibes of its two first releases. The first reference was produced by the two founders: Barem and Alexis Cabrera. Alexis Cabrera produced the second release and now, as a way of giving this first year's cercle a complete sense, Barem launches this unique third EP. From now on, expect more and exciting new names!
"Fun 003 spreads a sound at once whimsical and rough that warms house minimalism and reaches its core naturally. An energetic analog tale, looping, electrifying and absorbing that impacts the dance floor and takes it to its most playful expression"
Blup bursts forth from the first second and keeps its magnetizing pitter-patter until the very last beat. Barem has extended his obsession for creating unique and tremendously sticky bass kicks to a complex vision of percussion. The puzzle is daring but massively rewarding: it flows perfectly, whether you play it when a set kicks off or when it nears its end, and it shines both at a sunset open air party or in a dark, blurry club.
nuF appears like a sleight of hand glancing off your ears and conquering, again, the smartest side of a funny rhythm. Christian Burkhardt remixes nuF as a fun ace and clears the way for further and awaited contributions to Fun Records forthcoming releases.
"Life is more fun if you play games." ? Roald Dahl
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Tracklist:
a: turn on the fun b1 funatics b2 funcy
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Globally recognised and respected DJ, live act and producer Barem is pairing up with friend, live specialist and musical partner Alexis Cabrera to start the next chapter of their careers. This comes in the form of a brand new label, FUN Records, which the Argentinian pair are launching as a way to inject some much needed character and humility back into the global dance scene. In previous years, Barem has been closely associated with seminal and serious faced techno label Minus. Its there that he released countless EPs and an album that really announced his talents to the world. Now though, along with Cabrera (who is himself an accomplished producer with credits on labels like Mindshake, Raum Musik and Time Has Changed, as well as an incredible live show), he is evolving away from minimal, and together the pair will focus more on the groove, on human emotion and on inviting house sounds and freestyle techno jams. Their Fun Records label will showcase these styles from friends and like minded artists and present each release with colourful statement artwork. There are also to be charismatic label parties all around the world, each of which to feature, video projections, lively production and lots of smiling faces. "In the end, it's just about good music and having fun, just like the label name suggests" says Barem of his new project. The first parties will be at Club4 Barcelona on July 9, Watergate, Berlin July 15 and The Egg, London on August 23. With the vinyl release date set for July 13 and digital on August 3, the first EP is a collaborative effort between these two friends and features three fulsome cuts of playful and functional techno. Opening track 'Turn On The Fun' features slithering synth lines, a nimble and inviting baseline and plenty of warming emotion. It's spacious and airy and the intriguing melodic patterns really keep your head as busy as your heel whilst the loopy beats roll below. 'Funcy' is a little more rubbery and direct, with clacking perc, freewheeling synth lines and bubbly drums that never stay locked in one place, roaming around and taking you with them. Lastly, 'Funatics' has a sombre minor chord bassline that rides up and down the scale as crisp, clean hi hats dance alongside. Bouncy and jostling, energetic and restless, it's a track that perfectly rounds out this debut EP and shows that Barem and Cabrera are true to their world and really do know how to produce some fun techno funk.


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