13.7.2011 von mk.

In the light of a current rediscovery of the 1970s Ambient- Electronica and German Progressive Rock mouvement featuring bands like Kraftwerk, Can, Neu, Tangerine Dream, Harmonia or Amon Duul, Popol Vuh is now the 2nd German progrock band, being exclusively remixed by an impressive line-up of today´s Electronica avant-garde: End of June 2011 “Popol Vuh Revisited and Remixed 1970-99″, a 2 CD- tribute album containing Popol Vuh original tracks (CD1) and ten remixes (CD2) by Stereolab, Mouse on Mars, Peter Kruder (Kruder & Dorfmeister), Thomas Fehlmann (The Orb), Moritz von Oswald, A Critical Mass, Alex Barck (Jazzanova), Roland Appel, Mika Vainio (Pansonic), and Haswell/Hecker is going to be released.

Popol Vuh are considered one of the most influential German “70s Progressive Rock” avant-garde acts and are known as a pioneering band in Ambient-Electronica and Progressive Rock Music. Their records “Affenstunde” (1971) and “In den Gärten Pharaos” (1972), played with the Moog III Synthesizer, are claimed to be fundamentally influencing works in Electronica. They went down in the annals of German film music history with their soundtracks for legendary cinema classics like “Aguirre”, “Fitzcarraldo”, “Nosfeartu” and “Cobra Verde” by director Werner Herzog and composed more than 15 soundtracks, with the majority of them for Herzog’s feature films with Klaus Kinski as the leading character. Since 2004, the complete back catalogue of 19 original Albums by Popol Vuh has been rereleased worldwide.

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30.6.2011 von mk.

Cinematic deepness meets analogue phatness: first Derwin Recordings single of the highly anticipated album “Alex And The Grizzly” by the boy-group Prommer & Barck featuring mixes by Peter Kruder, Alex Barck and Prommer & Barck. Hearing the original version of the track, Mr Kruder insisted to do a Viennese version of “Mr Jeckyll and Dr Hyde”. Mission accomplished. We love this deep and sexy 12:35min workout. so does the clubcrowd. “Everything”, with the lovely Kim Sanders on vocals, gets a Prommer & Barck club treatment. The original already made some heads spin. Now the remix takes the deep and moody original to the club with a bouncing rework. Alex Barck (Jazzanova) shows his disco ball on the intense, percussive remix with a mad bassline for “Gladys Knight”.

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6.6.2011 von mk.

Paul Kalkbrenner delivers with “ICKE WIEDER” his long awaited brandnew studio album following the huge success of Berlin Calling! Almost 11 years after the release of his debutalbum it is time for Paul Kalkbrenner to deliver the fifth studio album (seventh actually, if you also count the live albums) in his career as Germany´s most successful electronic music artist. After releasing the BERLIN CALLING soundtrack in 2008 which has sold more than 170,000 units only in Germany so far the constant demand for new material became bigger and bigger. All those concert goers who went to the sold out shows all over the world wanted more. „ICKE WIEDER“ fulfils all this with 10 new tracks to be out in early june 2011. Again Paul Kalkbrenner managed to deliver a masterpiece of a real electronic music album. The 10 tracks show a huge variety in moods and vibes within Kalkbrenner’s work and the listener will enjoy it no matter if he listens to it in his living room or at the next stadium concert of Paul’s. This new album is the next step in Paul Kalkbrenner’s career after last year’s enormously successful DVD – “2010 A Live Documentary”. Again Paul Kalkbrenner Musik will be the responsible label to deliver this gem with the help of the Rough Trade Distribution / GoodToGo crew. Without a single and without a video but with soldout shows and concerts all over the world until 2012 we surely believe that „ICKE WIEDER“ will be the next groundbreaking step in Paul Kalkbrenner’s career.

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16.5.2011 von mk.

The most eagerly anticipated dance album release of the year is finally here! After last year’s game-changing ‘Record of the Year’ anthem (RA/Groove/Mixmag) ‘Without You’, Art Department release their debut album and it’s truly amazing!
The haunting, yet lucid and melancholic house of Art Department is reminiscent of early Chicago house through a 21st century paradigm. The music is emotive and beguiling, whilst being something truly original and inspirational. The album features collaborations with Osunlade, Seth Troxler and Soul Clap who all contribute to make the album the colourful tapestry it is. While they visibly pay homage to generational influences, from early Chicago house classics to quintessential hip-hop and Disco, they manage to create a truly unique formula for themselves.

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5.5.2011 von mk.

The Eleven is - numerologically speaking- definitely not a lucky number in the Western culture. It exceeds perfection just by one and thus represents the number of excess and sin in Christian mythology; that’s why apocalyptic events always start in the eleventh hour. However, those who followed the output of the most successful German label for electronic dance music since 2000 to date are aware of the fact that Cocoon’s aim is rather the further development of sound instead of sticking to nostalgia, or portentous “Omen”. Against this background, it may be a temporal coincidence but also totally logical that, on the occasion of the eleventh anniversary, this compilation breaks with traditions which people have come to like. So, the focus of CD 1 does not lie in celebrating only the “best of” tracks, but rather in nine tracks from the past six years which have, without doubt, made some impact on clubs and dancefloors worldwide, but whose stories have not been musically “told” so far. It all begins with Chile-born Alejandra Iglesias aka Dinky, whose “Acid In My Fridge” from the Cocoon Compilation D in 2004 has ultimately taken her into the top league of producers. Lee Curtiss, Ryan Crosson, Seth Troxler and Shaun Reeves - the Michigan collective Visionquest - turns the musical masterpiece into a marvel of fragmented Dub Techno in a Breakbeat disguise, where the 303 takes over the controls again in the end anyway. Subsequently, Toronto’s SCI + TEC ambassador Carlo Lio is pumping a maximum of distortion in Dubfire/Huntemann’s “Diablo”, while Amsterdam’s Detroit resident Steve Rachmad brilliantly purges Joel Mull’s club hit “Harmonautic String” of 2007, and the Scottish “Consumed” producer Gary Beck unfolds presumably the mightiest bass on this CD. Actually, there are still many things to say about each title on this CD, showing such great coalitions of Guy Gerber and Kollektiv Turmstraße, Roman Flügel and Martin Buttrich, Tim Green and Argy resp. Paul Ritch and 2000.

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8.4.2011 von mk.

Christian Prommer (Drumlessons,Trüby Trio, etc.) and Alex Barck (Jazzanova/Sonar Kollektiv) are launching their own label Derwin and their new musical project Prommer & Barck! What a journey! Well, these guys have had so many experiences and numerous discoveries - they’ve gone through: Rave, Jazz, Krautrock, Garage, Detroit, House, Hip-Hop, Disco, Folk, Dubstep, Electronica, Funk, Punk, Wave, Chicago House, handmade music and Soul. No need to explain too much, the songs on “Alex & The Grizzly” are suspiring the lifelong and concentrated passion, their quest for finer music and the fantastic tiny details of deep tunes. Masterminds: Alex Barck (Jazzanova), founder and member of Jazzanova and SonarKollektiv. Christian Prommer (Christian Prommer’s Drumlesson, Voom:Voom, Trueby Trio, Fauna Flash), Producer of Hell, Kim Sanders, Marsmobil, Kelvin Sholar and many more. With the Hell album (”Teufelswerk”) producer Christian Prommer was nominated for the German “Echo” award, and the Kim Sanders album earned the “Best Album 2009 ” by “German Music Critic”. Featured Guests: Dollkraut, Kim Sanders, James Teej, Eva Milner (Hundreds), Sacha Gottschalk (Thief), Uwe Karpa, Azar Kamal, Ann Lisa Nathan. DJ Hell: “Most innovative and groundbreaking album of our time - I can hear the future”

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13.3.2011 von mk.

This is Texas. They like driving trucks, eating bbq, and making electronic music. (Sidenote: always wash your hands after BBQ and before beat making…BBQ sauce on your equipment is not a good thing)
Exponential Records is proud to present there 4th annual Spring compilation. This year includes an all Texas based lineup of up and coming producers with a very diverse sound ranging from cinematic beats to cumbia. The entire album is a free download while each song is .50 cents. Download the album and share!

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27.2.2011 von mk.

The Swiss space - cowboys, DS & TH bringing back their fourth album of superlative dub inna sci-fi control. Last time they choosed a strange combination of cheap 80´s songs and monumetal rock standards for student parties….! This time the clashification of dub is wrapped by the most influencial band of revolution, pop, rock, punk, politics and dancing over the last 30 years: THE CLASH. Meet the clash hits (almost all of them…) like Guns of Brixton, London Calling etc. (check the tracklisting of the CD and vinyl below) – the compact crossover of sweet and lovely reggae vibe (natural … obviously were it comes from) with scifi tech power - partly orchestrated with innovative productions and mixing skills. An album of increadible beauty and power… smart and contemporary DUB…! Dub Spencer & Trance Hill´s vision of cult is unique; it is alchemy, prophecy, acoustic ecology in a magical timeless atmosphere…!

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6.2.2011 von mk.

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2.2.2011 von mk.

Four years after his debut on the Brooklyn label Wolf + Lamb, and the much lauded follow up >Time for Us<, whose glacial slow-jam take on house sent journalists scrambling for adjectives, the 20 year old New Yorker by way of Chile returns to Circus Company with Space is Only Noise, an uncompromising manifesto on traces of the past, love lost, and specters of the future!

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