We're happy that we have been part of a very lively and international techno scene with Trapez for almost a decade.
So now with the vinyl 100 out we celebrate this accomplishment with exclusive, unreleased material and lots of curiosities on Trapez and Trapez ltd. Out on CD with 11 tracks as well as on two separate 12“ with a selection of 3 tracks each.
The fist record „Trapez 100 pt1“ features tracks by Gabriel Ananda, Roland M. Dill and a Five Green Circle remix by Salz.

We somehow always cross paths with Gabriel Ananda. He has been with Trapez from the start with his „Schaukeldrehen“ (Trapez 017) release and has been a great artist to work with since. Gabriel is a unique character, anachronistic to the bone, uncompromising when it comes to modern sound design which he gives a shit about. Still living in Cologne, he can rock a bird out of the birds nest with his dirty basslines. His Trapez 100 track „Afu 3“ has dynamic changes young producers would die for.

The duo Salz also from Cologne consist out of Emanuel Geller and Axel Erbstosser. Two of our closest friends since the early days of techno. They have been busy producing dub music for 7 years now and Donal Tierney's "Verse 2the Chorus" was one of their greatest favourites on Trapez ltd. So here you get finest dub house with producers tricks that will put a smile on your face.

Our hottest newcomer Roland M. Dill get's more funky from day to day after his "die hard" "Turboencabulator" which made everyone on the dance floor go wild. Whit his

After good feedback from people such as Kiko, Orde Meikle (SLAM), Renato Cohen and Patrick Pulsinger
for Deepchild´s stunning production, Deepchild moved from Australia to Berlin and recorded his first tracks
there for Trapez. Influenced by his performance at Trapez label night at Berghain and coming to terms with
all the new influences he now has 3 new tracks for Trapez.
“Stadtkind” is a soulful vocal track in a stop and go manner, it sees Deepchild aka Rick Bull singing adding
elctronic sounding sequences that provide the track with the edgy character that makes Trapez tracks
different.
“This Is A True Story” is a Detroit flavoured techno track, much more on the techno trip than recent tracks of
his. We are not saying it is techno for the sake of it, but we would say it has the pumping character the
track needs to put across the theme which unfolds in this special track.
This track has instant recognition going for it twists and turns the vocals over and over again and makes
them the theme of the track.
Sometimes when they are down pitched they sound like the vocals of Jimi Hendrix sometimes more like the
voice of an alien.
Deepchild definitely has this track going in the footsteps of cool mind-bending music and we assume the
Berlin dance floors will thank him for that as we think it is touching base which what is crazy and warped
out there.
The third track on the EP is the deep and grinding track called “Daddy”. We hope that this track does not
relate to the relationship to his Dad, because the psychedelic funk note it carries is more intergalactic than
earthly bound. This is a hell of a funky track full of soul... sounds as if Rick is playing all of them live... it
has such a amazing flow and it is so natural, it could be done on the breakfast table between frying some
scrambled eggs, boiling hot coffee and french toast. This is hot shit!
The first bonus remix comes by Autodeep. They have already remixed Deepchild before for Trapez once
and again they did a great job. Autodeep´s remix of Stadtkind is a cool Chicago mover with naive
acoustic percussion details, going really strong through it's hypnotic beat programming.
And Australian top DJ and producer Dopamine has remixed "Stadtkind" into a fierce big time piece of
driving techno, avoiding the vocals the remix stays very cool and functional!

“Reality Bites” is the second release of Xircus on Trapez, following their track „Simplicit“ on the Trapez 100 release. The duo is consists out of Traum artist Max Cooper and UK producer Satyajit Das and their project has by far a stronger focus on the dancier side of Max Cooper but still works with concepts.

Starting with “Rolf Harris”, we see this track creating a weird interaction between the stream like “tracky” beat and the manipulated sounds.
A bit of a concept here that works well and is not supposed to be as “traditionally funky” as Akufen´s “Psychometry Series” on Trapez.

“Hyperventilation” says it all... the concept here is a panic stricken inward breathing that rhythmically intervenes with the beat in a magic way.

“Dehydration“ uses samples of water in a rhythmically way to install the Xircus funk here.

Remixes come from the UK artist duo Deepgroove and Argentinean producer Ronan Portela.
Deepgroove have shifted the original much more in a direction of funky minimal tech house tune, injecting a lot of weirdness by manipulation of sound, keeping a high degree of chubbiness going that will appeal also to a larger audience.

We are happy to be able to include Ronan Portela as a remixer.
Portela lives in Buenos Aires and as you realise right from the beginning of his remix, he writes killer grooves. The beat could just as well go on for the whole of the night.
His recent tech-house sound fits perfectly to modern times and in the last respect matches Max Cooper's approach to use modern technology to manipulate sounds and place them in a clubby environment.

What happened to Deepchild? Deepchild is hammering out another 5 cool tracks as if he had become a machine himself.
Fascinated by analogue drum machines, the wonders of unrulable analogue mightiness, Deepchild assumes here the role of an explorer, looses himself in the wonderful world of spiritual sequences and sounds.
“Talk To Me” is such an transcendental trip, we could compare to Jungle Fever's “Malaria“ powered images. Deepchild at his best... full of sound and yet with so little ego, it is just like the old days when music making was never thought of being linked to money mad people.

“Live At Dimitris 1993” is a daring but cool combination of a walking bass we know from Mister Fingers fused with Daft Punk vocals which have been fried down to a piece of phozy fibre, and fragment splinters of electronic sparkling matter. This is sci-fi tech house... hypnotic and super funky. Welcome to the deep world of the deepest child in techno bizz.

“Innocence Is Gone” is a surreal trip into a world where even words are morphed into sound. This track frees itself from anything which could mean dead freight.
This is a a track that is so much in love and in harmony with itself, you can only go along with it and find your peace... otherwise you'd better shut off the tune. For the people who love music we say.
“TC Dub” picks up the feeling and natural progression on the rhythmic side “Innocence Is Gone” has established, if you like the feeling of that track it's perfect for you.
“The Sword” works a bit with a shuffle programming so it is something new. For all of you who like Sade this track has that kind of mildness to it... venture to taste it!

We wanted some remixes of these tracks so the first two Grünbox and Denite have remixes “Talk To Me”... these remixes are quite different but we love them. So please give them a listen.

“Broadband” is a good name to describe the quality of this techno monster by Roland M. Dill.
The track is as close-packed as silicone and stays mum till the bitter end. It has a bassdrum with steam hammer quality and sounds that give away their life. No track for the weak... the track when played at the right moment can do damage in a big way... we suggest... play this track with great awareness.
“Shadow & Winston“ is the funky brother of “Broadband”. This track is a great beat track with cool Dadaistic tones injected... it could go on forever... similar to a great Radio Slave track from the past!
“Phantom Ship Island” is another cool mover. It moves with funkiness of a chain armour and has ghosts bricked in. This is a cool track for people who want the heavy distortion amount to a thick layered sound.
Don't forget the Detroit jazzy Sun Ra sounds that join in towards the end... Also good with headphones... Enjoy.

Harvey McKay has remixed “Broadband” in two mixes. His fist remix includes dubby delay sounds on top of a pounding rhythm and a rattling percussion-noise that will send you directly on to the dance floor. Great simplicity and techno feel.
Remix 2 is lighter, makes use of chords and a lot of percussive sounds. It is maybe a bit closer to the original, but very different to his other remix. Get a bit of post-Detroit-feel with this one.

Hailing from Italy's techno capital Napoli, Sasha Carassi gained major recognition in 2010 for his outstanding releases on not only his own imprints Globox and Phobiq but also on other prominent labels such as Harthouse, Driving Forces, Sleaze, Respekt Recordings, 8 Sided Dice and Drumcode. With numerous remixes and collaborations with artists such as Joseph Capriati, Adam Jay, Brian Sanhaji, Spektre and Virgil Enzinger, he has also enjoyed major support from the likes of Adam Beyer, Slam, Fergie, Alex Bau,The Advent, and Alan Fitzpatrick.
We welcome Sasha on Trapez who will strengthen the heavier side of Techno on Trapez with this hypnotic rocking remix of "Broadband".

Here comes our second release for this year. This one is going pretty straight forward
and might be in parts a bit confusing. But that´s the way we like it - we call this TECHNO.
Be careful when you listening to DAS BRETT - you should be ready to leave the house and
hopefully there is a club somewhere nearby to find cure for your current constitution.

Have fun and enjoy!

We are sure Max Cooper does not refer here to one of Traum boss Triple R's favourite writer Thomas
Pynchon but rather connects here to the technical terminus of the parabolic trajectory often mentioned as
'rainbow-shaped'.
Nevertheless we wish to express that the transgressive quality of Max music, does it question or break down
the boundaries and categories of Western culture and reason, is a challenge we have at Traum always
aimed at, with tracks that were very far away from the norm in the same way as Max's tracks are.
The track “Gravity's Rainbow” highlights the more stripped and pop nurtured side of Max Cooper.
Although light as “first sight” this track is as complex as all of his work... using antagonistic elements such as
the golden coloured spine tingling sounds that linger in this track... and a grand bassline melody that could
be described as an award winning hymn. Despite all of this “Gravity's Rainbow” is a catchy tune made to fill
the dance floor with a kind of happiness that is kind of rare for Max.
“Heresy” shouts out a triumph at times quite at others it marches along... full of joy into a world which has
not been defined yet, maybe will never be. It changes dynamic through hard breaks... plunges from
dreamlike stages into dynamic ones going towards a wall of sound (a typical Max Cooper trademark) over
kills are appreciated and captivate all of us when dancing along.
When we think all has been said... beautiful sub-melodies that could stem from indie rock bands make their
way into the track... so this is a world full of phantasy.
For all of you who want it more techno and less melodic, the Dosem remix of “Heresy” works with a fantastic
groove that one will enjoy after a night of full complex arrangement structures.
Multifaceted French artist Matthys contributes here with his remix of "Heresy" a piece of soulful electronica
with a strong reflective side. His remix is strong on the musical side working nicely with dynamic shifts and
melodies.
Maybe the most sophisticated track on the release is the unearthly “Solace”. Clad in wet towels beat wise,
the melodies and manipulations of sequences are the motor oft his track. ”Solace” without beat would be a
perfect soundtrack for a fantastic French movie. Fairy like with enough airy ups and downs to whiten all
colours of the world... the track finally assembles and mutates towards some kind of matter which we are not
sure what to call.

We welcome Microtrauma with their debut on Traum. Microtrauma is a new cosmic force on the Traum planet. Microtrauma have been making music since 1995 but it was not until 2007 that they had their break through and real success with their EPs. Their biggest hit so far was “Aktin” which was played by people like John Digweed, DJ Sasha, James Zabiela and eventually ended up in a BBC Essential mix by James Zabiela.
Microtrauma have played live together with Bodzin and Huntemann in their hometown and had great feedbacks coming from them and other associated classy DJs. They have released a remix on Traum for Max Cooper's “Stochastisch Serie” which marks their good relationship with Max.
For their „Colourblind EP“ on Traum they have attempted an even more sophisticated sound construction succeeding in three brand new tracks. The a-side “Saturation” makes a spiritual link to electronic avant-garde of the 70ies, connecting to the greater and dynamic moments of musicians like Klaus Schulze, still feeding the techno corpus with enough heavy bassline and kick to tweak dance floors.
“Saturation” has sonic parts that give way to gooseflesh and a sun soaked intensity that makes it a “daylight” track.
“Diffusion” is soulful as well, maybe more linear and even more ghostly and haunting, spiced up with electronic sounding basslines, filtered voices from the distance, heavy delays and a pounding techno beat.
“Contrast” as the title itself suggests, is very different to the other two tracks. The beat relies on a “break beat” and the musical theme may as well be the most adventurous of all tracks. Steering towards different levels, all parts are connected to each other in a magic way... the spirit is kind of gloomy and bright with nice feedbacks and a seductive mildness and musicality that makes it so unique and cool.
The extra mixes come by Max Cooper, Ryan Davis and Richie G. Max Cooper has twisted “Contrast” towards an 4 to the floor beat but has enhanced it with a lightness and soothing quality that provides “Contrast” with an ethereal and airy quality not to be matched by anything in the files of melodic techno we know of.
Ryan Davis has chosen to remix “Saturation” making it an epic track with stronger changes into clubiness... we can feel a bit of Paul Kalkbrenner substance here.
The third bonus track comes from 17 year Canadian producer Richie G who has already released music for John Digweed's label Bedrock. Richie has stripped the original of "Saturation" to the bare essentials making it even more accessible for DJs.

We welcome back Thomas Bjerring with his second release on Traum.
On his stunning vocal track „Ice“ he features David Skog.
The magic of his debut track “2:45” on Traum is in a way showing up here but connected to a much stronger 80ies feel. Again the voice of David Skog is striking. Partly hi-energy, partly a progressive pop song... this hybrid of a song is a “skin diver”. (If you like have a look at the song text below).
The track has allready been licenced to Sony in Denmark for their: „Sound Of Copenhagen Vol. 6“ compilation later this year and is being played out by nation radio stations there.

Let us introduce Microtrauma here with their fantastic remix of Thomas Bjerring´s track "Ice". Microtrauma have released a remix for Max Cooper on Traum quite some time ago so we are happy to have them on board again and what a remix they deliver here! Their interpreataion works in the way of a stream of conshiosness. Sounds are switched on and off, turn more and more blurred in the course of the track and lead to a seemingly dreamlike state. Traum at is best... a pure avantgardistic masterpiece.

UK artist Morris Cowan gave his debut on the Ryan Davis release on Traum in January 2011 with his remix of “Sideways” and delivers here another stunning remix of „Ice“.
Morris Cowans is occupied with shaping electronic landscapes and the manipulation of sound. His artistic approach is remote from clubbyness, his sound architecture is breathtaking and modern. He will release a full length album on Traum´s new sublabel Zaubernuss in March 2011.

“Perpetuum” is a fusion of techno, progressive and ambient elements all locked together.
They create a bit of a techno opera, or rather a spectacle. The track has light hearted aspects sparking off combined with deeper ends especially when one hears the well written break. Indeed it is a complex written piece of music that unfolds in a journey like fashion.
Maybe this track could be evaluated as Bjerring´s most extreme excursion into the techno world.

We welcome Spada with his second remix contribution on Traum.
Also with this remix he lingers in the space defined mostly as “in between techno and melodic techno”.
This time Spada converted "Perpetuum" into a post Detroit hymn with grand strings and lush elements... adding that certain melodramatic element Detroit musicians always emphasised.
This could be a huge summer track (!) and it sure melts the snow in the instant of a moment.



Marigold is a wonderful melancholic song that refers to dimensions such as: lonelyness, remoteness, great panoramic monumemtalism as well as micro views. It sees itself therfore in an analogy to Thomas Bjerring´s debut track on Traum: “Stratus”. A deep track that goes to the heart.

Ten minutes less – ten minutes more. What will you do with the last ten minutes of your life?

Things exist. There's also the non-existence of things.

Classic House n Deephouse, Relaxed but intense! Medium tempo.

Actually what Bill Wells and Stefan Schneider are doing on their new album „Pianotapes“ is chamber music. Wells plays fragile scales on the Bechstein grand piano, while Schneider records them on two old reel-to-reel tape machines and plays the recordings back at altered speeds. This real-time recording process is reflected in Well’s piano playing, who replies with modulation and key changes, building the sounds and ideas into his improvisation, playing with them and developing them.

Bill Wells is the Nestor of the Glasgow indie scene. The bassist, guitarrist and pianist has worked with the likes of The Pastels and the BMX Bandits as well as recording an album with Isobel Campbell, formerly singer/cellist in Belle & Sebastian. Wells has allways been interested in areas of the avant-garde that flourish on the bordeline between electronica, folk, jazz and new music. His album „Osaka Bridge“ which he recorded with the Japanese amateur ensemble Maher Shalal Hash Baz is legendary. And with his own trio and octet he also creates a truly inspiring sound.

Recently he produced the album „ Pick Up Sticks“ in 2003 which was the first time he worked with Stefan Schneider zusammen. The man from Düsseldorf is part of the trio To Rococo Rot, has a solo project Mapstation, and works with Joachim Roedlius from Cluster. Schneider and Wells developed the idea for „Pianotapes“ together and presented it live for the first time at the piano festival „Approximation“ at Salon des Amateurs in Düsseldorf.

For the recordings the two musicians only rehearsed the technical set-up, everything else came about through improvisation. And the result is a rich tapestry of sound. Occasionally  Schneider and Wells add synthesizer sounds into these counterplay of  original and copy. The atmosphere has soemthing of a fairytale quality to it, but is never too eccentric. This is music that has been arranged with great clarity to make for something atmospheric and fascinatingly timeless. Chamber music for the closing phases of globalisation.

With his cover design André Niebur, part of the artists collective hobbypopmuseum, has created the perfect visual counterpoint to the music on „Pianotapes“.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZW5bPytqVc

Time Elapsing Handheld is the third full length album by Italian experimental musician and sound-artist Emanuele Errante. His debut album Migrations came out in 2007 on Canadian label Apengenine to great acclaim. Along with Hauschka, Peter Broderick and the Books, Errante remixed his Karaoke Kalk label-mates Dakota Suite for their album The Night Just Keeps Coming In. Now with his latest work Time Elapsing Handheld he releases another long-playing record of astonishing majesty on Karaoke Kalk.

This stunning album kicks off with the appropriately titled opening track Leaving To Nowhere, and from the word go the listener is captivated by the many layers Errante's delicately interwoven sound-scapes. What's fascinating about Emanuele Errante's work is the way he combines acoustic sounds and electronic production methods to great effect. Like on Made To Give which was written in collaboration with English sound-artist Simon Scott who was formerly in Slowdive, now one member of Seavault on morr music (with A Ryan from ISAN) has also worked with Brian Eno, Machinefabriek, Jasper TX and Nils Frahm among others. Errante walks a fine line between an organic, analogue timbre on one hand and the modern digital world on the other. While the guitar, piano and harp all play a great role on Time Elapsing Handheld, its never too long before these instantly recognizable acoustic tones become engulfed by synthesized strings, sampled noise or digital effects.
Time Elapsing Handheld is accessible on a level that vocal based pop/rock can never be. And that is the wonderful thing about this kind of ambient music; it draws on our attention in a completely different way from traditional song-based music. Rather than constantly demanding close listening and cramming the compositions with obvious landmarks in order to grab one's attention, ambient seeps into the psyche effortlessly - almost against the will. In this way it is perhaps the most subversive music around as it is still taken in when one thinks one is not really listening; even as background music ambient sounds such as Errante's have a tremendous impact. In this way Time Elapsing Handheld plays with our preconceived perception of music and temporality allowing us a refreshingly positive new outlook. As Emanuele puts it: „Time is a relative concept. The recording of a song makes infinite the moment of its execution. But man has not yet succeeded in inventing a device that can accelerate the passing of time.“ This strong metaphysical concept behind the album is illustrated beautifully in Valentina Russo's stunning cover artwork. And with one amazing video for Dorian's Mirror already finished by director Mélanie Skriabine plus Errante currently collaborating with Italian experimental theater group Acchiappastorie, there is no lack of visual stimulus to accompany the recordings contained on Time Elapsing Handheld.

Time Elapsing Handheld will appeal to anyone interested in serious new music and might be especially interesting for fans of artists such as Arvo Part, Marsen Jules or Deaf Center. This is definitely ideal music for contemplation while listening from the comfortable solitude of headphones. The calm and tranquil atmospheres that Emanuele Errante evokes lend themselves perfectly to sitting back and letting the music sweep you along on a sonic journey.

http://vimeo.com/18211207
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7FRZKgYyK8
http://www.e-errante.com
http://www.maisound.com/errante/
http://www.myspace.com/eerrante
www.melanieskriabine.com

JEANBARTH
[India tec remixes]
His digital EP release on SOUND!S “India tec remixes” is consisting of 3 tracks, all carrying his signature, but none among of them absolutely copying the style of the actual trends. Track1 and track2 of July 2010 are remixes in a style influenced by a friends DJ-production.
We call it twisted DUB steppin' tech house mixes with elements of electronic, trance and ethno influences!

So have fun and enjoy this all new genre of “Electro-funk-ethnic-tec-house-Dub”!

Listing:
Track-A1: Indiatec clubmix part3 [6:26]
Track-A2: Indiatec dubmix part2 [7:55]
Track-A3: Indiatec remix part1 [7:58]

backsite Katalognummer/EAN JB001 [Tracks from Jeanbarth's promo vinyl testpress-12” | 2010 ]
Released by: SOUND!S JB001
Barcode: 642738966724
Release date: August 8, 2010
Composition by Jeanbarth

Artist: Jeanbarth
Bass, Analogsynths, digitalsynths, ringmodulator, VOCODER, drum programming: Jeanbarth
Producer: SOUND!S
Remixes and Mastering by SOUND!S
Jeanbarth / ULI IMSIEPEN

CREDITS:
Jerzy Korzen, Marc Adamo, Andy Lee; Loopmasters
Nigel Anderson; Zero-G
Tablas performed by AREF DURVES Zero-G
percussion performed by Bashiri Johnson
Production
Mark Hiskey and Brown Bag Productions,
Skippy lehmkuhl, Eric Persing, Chris O'Brien, Mark Koenig; ILIO


COPYRIGHT/LICENSING NOTICE :
All Rights of this production are reserved.
Unauthorized copying is a violation of applicable law

It has taken us some time to have a whole remix record of Kaiserdisco's album “In No One's Shadow“ finally done... so now we can really say we have a good variation of perspectives.
Starting with the 2000 And One and DJ Madskillz remix of “Amalfino”. We sure do not have to introduce these two artists to you... we have been following Dylan's music for 10 years now since his early Djax Up days and so it makes us happy that he has found his way to us again after his remix for Dominik Eulberg's “Grünschenkel“ remix 2007 on Traum.
DJ Madskillz is right next to 2000 And One a force in The Netherlands and worldwide, so teaming up makes their productions an even a stronger project.
What can you expect from the two other than reducing the original of “Amalfino“ to the essentials and still get a bit of deepness going... fat, dry and to the point their remix need no stunts to rock every floor.

Yousef, who has released on Cocoon recently, has done a laid back melodic version of “In No One's Shadow“ keeping it really steady going but mellow and deep. We can see this remix doing very well with a relaxed crowd like the one at the Panoramabar.

French legend Sébastian Léger's remix of “Simplistix“ is a tough an technoid kind of “techno-house-hybrid“ which resembles Sebastian's new style he is very successful with.

Slovenian artists F. Sonik's remix of “Aguja“ focuses on a tripped out minimal style, which would work very well in a set with Bukaddor & Fishbeck's releases on MBF.

As a digital bonus we have Bart Skills deliver a solid groove with his “In No One´s Shadow“ remix.
Different DJs will find their track on this release. We hope you enjoy this octopus of a release as much as we do!

M.in alias Markus Ferdinand has been busy releasing on various labels and he is still a unpredictable person.
His release on Desolat “Sing And Blow At The Same Time” as well as his release on Robsoul have established him as a funky player in the field of minimal, who freshened up the genre with light hearted emotional tracks.
Trapez ltd has been in contact with him since the early days, so we are happy to welcome his debut 3 track on Trapez ltd.

“Teach Me House” is a little bit of a new school version of the early “jack” tracks.
The title track is a groove monster that plunges into catchy vocals of a TV preacher evoking that early house spirit but connecting it to M.in´s undisputable funky beats.

“Le Cirque Du Tambours” comes in a remix by Desolat label mate Den Ishu who has also recorded together with Arado for Area Remote in the Netherlands and who is based also in the former coal mining district of Germany where Marcus Sur and Reuter stem from, who belong to the MBF LTD fraction.
A district that has a long tradition for house music.
Den Ishu´s remix of “Le Cirque Du Tambours” is a driving house with frantic female vocals, pumping M.in´s soulfulness on the dance floor.
M.in´s original mix of “Le Cirque Du Tambours” rounds up the record nicely. Certainly more on the cool side of things, he adds a lot of small details on the percussive side, keeping a natural flow with jazzy elements... such as a trumpet and acoustic drums.

The release also holds 2 digital remixes of „Lord Teach Me House“.
Wouter De Moor has released on hip Dutch label Remote Area together with Gideon Bouwens and we are proud to have him do a remix for Trapez ltd. Wouter blends skilful old school house elements with new production and generates here a remix with a U.S. vintage feeling.
Acclaimed Brazilian producer Gabriel Serrasqueiro has positioned himself amoung the top 5 Brazilian DJs, reached top ranks in Beatport and has earned praise from DJs such as Hernan Cattaneo, Laurent Garnier and Anthony Papa. GABE also won international recognition with the nomination for Best Revelation DJ in 2009, on Ibiza DJ Awards. His remix of "Lord Teach Me House" is a cool modern rhythm track interpretation the track totally different to Wouter De Moor.

Taster Peter aka Pietro Marsili, former drummer of the Italian band "Taster's Choice" has successfully collaborating lately with artist such as Umek, Marco Bailey and Oliver Koletzki.
We have been in touch with him for a while, so we are proud to finalize a release with him.
The 3 track vinyl EP is a real techno stormer.
Opening with a piece of euphoric madness named "Skatebored" that has Trapez go peak time.
This is not about Berlin modernism but about hi frequency techno at its best. Call it a roller skating anthem or a force from the past, call it nostalgic or cliché, you cannot get away with making Taster Peter a compliment for this hysteric tour de force. There are classic things which we find here...so for example it is all about catchy leads, a massacre of vocals and a storming break... but this all it needs to make it a big DJ weapon. And... to give one more comment on it... it is a hell of fun.

Well “Porno Totale” is not bad either and can be defined as a techno avalanche, a rush of energy par excellence! Keeping things simple and focusing once again on that all important groove and these catchy chords that keep adrenalin pumping... it seems to be just the right answer to “Skatebored”.

We must state here... we have not heard anything like this since Dave Clarke´s “Red 1”... and it sure makes techno minimalism look old in the mix.
No one less than Samuel L Session was asked to remix “Porno Totale” and this really completes the package. Samuel L Session is certainly a person who has all the experience to mix pumping basslines and has the jack going through the track. This mix keeps the nice retro touch but adds some warmth to it as well as giving it it bit more of a personal touch.

A digitally bonus mix comes by Peter Horrevorts who delivers here a super catchy DJ tool!
Focussing on funky tech house he is so famous for... he adds a musical direction which has not been attempted by the other artists on this release. Well done!

Taster Peters music has been recently licensed to the new Karotte's Kitchen Compilation and here is a interview of Taster Peter: http://worldwide.tilllate.com/en/topstories/tilllate-com-interview-taster-peter

We welcome Ryan Davis, an artist who should have released with us a long time ago, since his music is very close to what Traum has released over the period of 12 years.
Ryan is great musician and totally dedicated to the melodic side of dance music, with compositional skill and courage that is rare in dance music today.
Ryan has recorded for various labels but keeps a low profile for himself which makes him a true candidate for Traum also in the future.

The opening track “Routes Of Life” is a track of sheer extravagance. It combines different musical genres in in a very skilful way and makes an unmistakable statement towards an artistic composition.
You will find so many influences going on here that it is hard to pin down weather it is a romantic or cinematic track or even a strong club epic.
It works on all levels and that is a quality Ryan Davis has cultivated over a long period.
Lush and deep passages alternate with energetic ones, using hi tech technology to make it a firework or rather a serpentine of delicate stunts altogether.
“Loophole” is wise enough to dedicate itself to a more track like piece of music.
But please do not make judgements too quick... in the course of it’s development it attracts colourful, melodic elements and takes them in to a never-ending beat.
Step by step Ryan Davis adds long-armed synth stretches and the lushness of “fragile” electronic music.
“Sideways”, the third track is by far the most “free minded spirit” on the release.
Again equally beautifully crafted and refurbished to feel fresh and new as all of these tracks... Davis here suggest rather than dedicates images that seem to drown in a ”see of sound”.
This includes “slow motion” or “stand still” passages and a general “fantastic” approach rather than a „club head turner“.
New Traum artist from the UK Morris Cowan has taken on “Sideways” and instantly felt he could do a interpretation it in his style. The result is a tight new interpretation based on an arrangement which takes in the coolness of dub step but also pays tribute to the seriousness of the original.
We think Morris Cowan has done great and have signed him for a full length album on Traum´s new imprint Zaubernuss!

The second part of the "Welcome To The Woods" of Applescal features remixes by: Spada, Dopamine, Leeks and Jules & Moss.

Spada delivers a unique remix of "Your English Song" that is transported by the force and drive of an appegiator, occasionally taking a breath diving deeply into Applescal´s melancholy.

Dopamine has remixed the same track but ends up somewhere totally different, reminding us of early Jimi Tenor on Sähkö, very simplistic and stripped down this is a dead cool techno remix.

Leeks has remixed "Welcome To The Woods" and keeps it much more on the tip of post Detroit style with big emotional synths.

French artists Jules & Moos have just signed with Dirtybird and give their debut on Traum with their remix of Applescal´s "Welcome To The Woods". Being real masters with the performance of real drumming which they have included in their DJ sets worldwide... their remix lives of that acoustic
quality they have made their own trademark. Celebrating a "breathing" electronic sound... it proofs they are unique within the fast paced world of club culture.

We welcome back Applescal with another techno stormer.
We started to work with Amsterdam based Traum artist Pascal Terstappen with his „Paul For President“ 12" in spring 2009 and introduced his clubby side.
Later we also discovered his dark electronic side and released 2 albums on Traum with him: "A Slave's Commitment" and a "Mishmash Of Changing Moods". He has meanwhile established himself amongst the forward thinking artist on Traum and it all also lead to the opening of Traum´s ZAUBERNUSS imprint for modern new electronics.
Now Applescal thought it was time to rock the floors again. With his new "Welcome To The Woods" EP. Pascal takes you by the hand and shows you his own personal world.
Painted by numbers, this melodic but highly dramatic colourful world of club music follows his own rules.
It is a fine blend of old school vs. new school, especially notable in the twist and slides.
With a skilful precision Applescal rises the level of intensity in the title track "Welcome To The Woods" with a light hearted and gentle approach... twisting the knobs in a dynamic and explosive way, bringing in melodies and twists.

"Forced Angel" connects well "Welcome To The Woods" in a way that gentleness and high dynamics meet here again. In contrast to "Welcome to the woods" this track has an alluring altogether feel to it. In a kind of felt "slow motion" the track reveals romantic images.

"Your English Song" seems almost folk, with a bagpipe full of lush sounds and enough tiny melodies to make it a full ballad, the track shifts dynamics, jumps from sadness to euphoria... this track shows all the greatness of
Applescal.
Alec Tronique has been described as a multifaceted musician with releases on various labels such as Etui and Broque and Ipoly. He has remixed "Your English Song" in a way that has Kraftwerk and the Aphex Twin come alive. A pearl of elctronica that expresses his attitude to write modern "free form" dance floor music.
Traum´s artist ThermalBear has chosen "Forced Angel" for a remix. The English artist at times seems to hit sequences which could have come from Joy Division but then jumps into next gear and makes the cross over to an advanced breathtaking dubstep like track.

It is some foreshortening of perception wich can look like a specification of main named layers that can be used to create an algorithmic composition. Sequense of sounds can make a structure. Whole structure can be analyzed. If sequence is transformed in time, analyzing can find main active layers of transformations.
_Layers:

circular
variation
X (unknown)
deconstruction
+
esthetics (this one is not a layer. It is necessarily different foreshortening)

_Specifications:
C
Circular is a basic geometric shape.
Circular journey, an excursion in which the final destination is the same as the starting point.
Circular permutation, a permutation built from one or more sets of elements in cyclic order.
V
Variation is a formal technique where material is repeated in an altered form.
The changes may involve any combination of rules.
Variation is modifications made to a process by a processor.
X
X, x is the letter of the Latin alphabet. Is pronounsed like «ecs».
Letter "X" is often used to specify unknown value or unknown object ( in mathematic, literature, conversation).
X is the popular symbol of unfound variable whose value is equal to expression which has a varying degrees of complexity
D
Deconstruction is an approach. It is characterized by ideas of manipulating of structure`s elements. In this process one ore several elements of the structure can be distorted or dislocated. The finished structure is characterized by a stimulating unpredictability and a controlled chaos.
+E
Esthetics (also spelled aesthetics) is a foreshortening of perception dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste, and with the creation and appreciation of beauty.

These three tracks were created in Krakow's Studio for Electroacoustic music, where among many other things which help to transform musician's mind, Dunaewsky69 had access to extremely old analogue equipment and special software, developed in this studio. In addition to Dunaewsky69's love to the sound of analogue synthesizers and recording voices in the most unexpected ways and places, we received a very deep and complex work that reminds us abstract science fiction movies like Richard Victorov's "To the Stars by Hard Ways" and old vinyl records with forgotten melodies and voices of space children from abandoned planets..

Peste means Plague in Portuguese.
This is a new work by our industrial techno ascetics from Porto! Six tracks EP with more distorted beats, sharp killing micro "melodies", and heavy raw energy of minimal noise aesthetics. Great leap forward and continuation in their music's thin line and a next step before new full length work.

Wang inc. brings a strange experiment to light. It seems that it was not even composed by him, but by his consciousness in a sort of meditative trance.

This is our first release to start wiith. journey, the main track that comes with this ep is a deep driftin trip thru space & time, carefully fragmented in tiny peaces and put back togehte as a whole.

passover, the second track on the ep is drilling thru a smaler & closer space - finaly ending up in a solid groove.

dare comes with a with a nasty fad beat - some kind of broken rythm but going straigth. deep atmospheric filtered synthits are flatering around. a kind of angels-chorus-pad is builing up the tension to finaly end in a fat basebeat.

This is our second release. be this it´s based on a very famous vocal-hook - but nobody will find out - promise!. After connection a Microphone to our setup we added - after some heavy jaming - own vocals. Both of us did a independend mix of this session. In order to assimilate his impressions from the first visit at Harry Klein Club Munich Patrick mixed his version of be this.

the ep comes with the nice addon start of it all putting some preasure to on the floor.

four to the flloor - deep soundscapes - dark vocals

the reflex ep, a solo release of patrick aka zeromatic, one part of the es_cape duo. patrick focuses with this track collection on his understandig of techno music. carefully painted sound fragments with a solid techno groove.

deep - monotonic - energetic

Our fourth release honors the talented UK producer hefty. he has drawn our attention on myspace with his very own production style. hefty is part of the london underground party scene which shaped his musical style - dark n spooky - no happy stuff! After getting in touch we asked him to remix some of our stuff and he came up with 3 beautiful masterpieces. One is his own interpretation of our medusa session and the other two are based on our moanig material. both originals are also included in this ep. have fun!

Alain Dark deserves his name. Obscure atmospheres and permanent deconstruciton of pattern and sound - right out of crumbling Havana, exploring the limits of mundane happiness. Intense, irritating and with unexpected changes lurking behind the lightless corners of each beat.

Alain Dark merece su nombre. Atmóferas oscuras y deconstrucción permanente de estructura y sonido - directamente desde la Habanan decadente, explorando los límites de la felicidad mudana. Intenso e irritante con vueltas sorprendentes esperando detrás de los rincones sombrios de cada compás.

Juan Miguel Camacho Sánchez aka Mig Dfoe is set to kick off the new label
ZAUBERNUSS with his album debut “The Stone Master”.
Initiated by Riley and Jacqueline Reinhold from Traum Schallplatten, this label has
been set up to release expressive emotional played music.
Mig Dfoe´s album “The Stone Master” is a result of long-term work with sequencers
and the manipulation of sound. Over a period of 6 years he has learned to use them
in many ways. Listening to the album one can solemnly remark: “there is a magician at
work” or rather an “audio painter”?
To keep the human side in electronic music he plays all beats in real time.
His “laboratory” work, has generated with „The Stone Master” a courageous and
fantastic genre bending piece of electronica.
Due to his way of improvisation, the listener is able to witness an ever evolving
“work in progress”.
Mig Dfoe has played in various rock bands but sees the electronic and techno side of
music as his current passion. And these influences also show in his debut, which is not
afraid of making adventurous cross overs in every possible direction.
Opening up with the “Behind The Hope”, this track generates ambience in a an almost
classic way. By ways the most melodic and trance induced track on the album it lays
this feeling next to much more abstract beats and sounds.
“The Thinking Course” makes quite a fantastic track having new school beats clashing
with organ sounds and distorted sound that bring alive the fantastic moments of such a
band as Cabaret Voltaire (“Red Mecca” album).
“Zomby” is a ghostly track, leaning towards rock music with screeching guitar like
sounds... but at the same time worshipping a Dadaistic beat.
The album title Track “Stone Master” is an wonderful blend of dubstep like beats , MC
vocals joining, floating strings and spreading synths.
A skilful collisions.
“Dreams Architect” expresses an almost airy-fairy-light spirit with longingly spread
out sounds that evoke pictures of big rock plains and sky... on advanced beats.

We welcome Berlin based David Keno who has recently remixed Minilogue for Traum.
David has in the past recorded for Frankfurt's legendary techno label i220, Morris Sport Audio and had quite a musical journey going which lead him to labels such as Get Physical's Kindisch Label, Hi Freaks and Frankie Records.

He delivers a fine selection of four bouncy house cuts that are so elegant, bloomy, sunny and uplifting, it feels as if winter did not exist.
All 3 tracks are catchy trax and have a nice light feeling to them and therfore speak a modern language.
Mr Keno plays house with an amazing easiness... incorporating drops of charming female vocals making this release a wonderful house EP.
All tracks show a different perspective, so you have for example with “Watermelons” a very poppy track that defines itself through the vocals much more than with the other tracks.

“Towards you” is a slacker... gentle and floating leaving a stain of romance on ones chest.
Keno loves walking basslines, their acoustic quality and these small digits of melody (“Catnip “) often meeting Detroit sounding chords, making this a true Berlin product.

New school house was never better!

We welcome back the Cologne artist of excellence André Kraml.
After his Cosmic Sandwich remix on MBF, his legendary track “Safari” and many electronic
releases on the Cologne label Firm, he has returned with a real dance floor churner.
Spiced with samples and effects he assembled through his work for cinema sound track
production, this deep and heavy pounding piece of deep techno is a unique one.


With his a-side track “Black Water” André makes the connection to psychedelica as well as
dropping a melodic sequence similar to Derrick May's “Strings of Life” in the middle of the track
engulfing later in to a radiant Krautrock synthscape... this track is an amazing experience.
“Koerbchen” is a short episode like funk track we would expect rather from Dirtybird Christian
Martin than from a Cologne musician. Well done!
“Der Springende Punkt” could be described as a meditative techno track if there was not André's
liking for deep techno and mighty production.
Mexican artist Pinto has reworked “Black Water“ into a heavy“ beat freak that is very much in
tune with the tracks on this 12”.
Additionally new discovery at Traum ThermalBear has done a rework of “Der Springende Punkt”
which actually turns out to be quite a track on its own.
With this remix he has created a clubby remix for Trapez, a night crawler, bassline driven, with
dark sounding strings and a hell of a punchy beat, it is the most advanced and new school
sounding in the track list of this EP.

Here come the digital remixes of Max Coopers EP „Expressions“ released on the 1st of November.
Ryan Davis is probably known to a lot of people already and we hope his fame will spread a bit further
through his nice rework of “Enveloped”.
Ryan has with his remix once again confirmed his reputation of creating a perfect flow of melodies:
Things seem to evolve in real time, his music does not come across as constructed and keep a a nice lush
quality.
Marc Marzenit has chosen Max a-side track “Ripple” and opens his remix keeping close to the original
lead sounds, then diving into a bit of a sonic sounding synth that creates an organic feeling.
To say it with the English, we'd say a bit of an “Krautrock” feeling emerges here, which later on is
juxtaposed by a more classic stream like synth sound that refers to Max original. But please judge for
yourself.
UK Dubstep artist Echaskech has chosen “Chaotiosch Serie” from Max´s last record for his remix.
Echaskech creates a bit of a stream of consciousness, switching back and forth between melodic and
grinding basslines including silent parts that bring down the dynamic before slowly building it up again.
Last but not least „Expressions Remixes“ holds a „Ambient Rework“ of Max himself.

“Expressions”, well this might sound a bit simple, but lets face it, there is a lot music out there wich does not really
express too much of an emotional and soulful attitude.
So when you boil things down to what you really want to hear these days, it is something really personal and
intense.
Max Cooper has over the last 2 years become one of the figureheads of modern composed electronic music on
Traum and is gaining popularity rapidly amongst those who like beautifully crafted and composed electronic
music.
With his four records running under the name of “Series” released on Traum, he is now immersing the audience
with a warm soup of organic sound.
Opening with “Ripple” this epic builder, heavy with bass, tripped out FX, haunting abstract vocals, spiced with
teasing climaxes, this is surely another top Cooper track in the making.
More than any other of his a-side tracks though “Ripple” amazes through its gentleness and almost classic
electronic feeling, which evokes artist such as Terry Riley or Philip Glass.
One could even call it a bit of an departure to deeper grounds.
Saying that “Enveloped” is much more detached and although it might have dreamlike connotations this great
piece of music incorporates all the strength and vitality classical music is known for.
The b-side features a remix by artist in demand Maetrik of “Chaotisch Serie”. Maetrik has provided the original
with a traumatic mutant disco experience not unlike Cosmic Sandwich's Track “Cosmic Sandwich”. The way he
treats the beats makes it a sexy monster for DJs for sure.
“See of Sound” then swings back to the original intention of this EP and says it all through it’s title... waves of
weeping strings, voices from the far away... make it a perfect soundtrack for a minimalist film noir director like
Jean-Pierre Melville.
Or is it simply the soundtrack of a hot summer evening in a deserted garden full of flowers?
TRACK LIST:
A1. Ripple A2. Enveloped
B1. Chaotisch Serie (Maetrik Abstract Beats Remix)
B2. Sea of Sound

Piemont´s newest release on MBF is in tune with their new more house flavoured trax and twists it slightly.
“Smoking Cave” conveys “new jack” feeling with cool vocals meeting each other... clashing nicely and
creating a super funky rhythm, incorporated in their own “Piemont groove”.
The track is as multicoloured and multidimensional as it possible can be, genre bending, cool, combining so
many elements of different genres... it explodes on the dance floor.
House DJs as well as minimal DJs will like these house chords and ascending strings, in the best wild pitch
manner.
“Animals To Drink” on the flipside is in contrast to the a-side more techno house, more straight in your face,
more tool and will work nicely with the DJs who want more stripped down tracks that work merely as tools.
Still with all the differences the track can also be classified as a jack track using a true “jack baseline”.
With time going by... the track intensifies more and more getting more complex and soulful including frantic
“disco shouts” and cool vocal stabs. Hey is there a party going on in this house?
This track transforms nicely from one stage to the next one and the hypnotic quality shows with the dancers
who love to make transitions from one tune to the next.
We do not want to challenge the meaning of the title “Myself Consumed”, but what we can we say it is a hell
of a funk track with vocals as deep as the deepest part of the ocean and a groove so fat and cool it qualifies
for one of the most funkiest tracks we have heard for months.
This track is rough and touch and sweet at the same time... this track can spread like a virus with the DJs
who are tastemakers... this is a killer! For the ones who loved ESG, this is the cool shit.
The first digital bonus comes from UK artists Deepgroove who have released on the famous label
Underwater before. Their remix of “Animals To Drink” is a loose and deep grinder of Piemont´s most U.S.
sounding track on the EP. Their remix has nice ups and downs, has an unexpected nice dubby break down...
providing us with a nice atmosphere and a shaking groove.
And Cologne artist duo Intu:itiv who have released before on MBF have remixes "Animals To Drink" into an
hypnotic peak time techno tool!

Well this used to be called a double a-side!
After a break of a couple of months Bukaddor & Fishbeck return with a brand new 2-track 12”.
This is a record that will seduce and baffle critics with its stubborn stylistic diversity whilst winning new fans with its daring refusal to conform to contemporary minimal house.

Bukaddor & Fishbeck are masters in transforming themselves into something else.
So when you hear “Glaedys” you will instantly feel that Bukaddor & Fishbeck have done it again.
Euphoric vocal snippets chasing each other, FX sounds evolving from the depth of the bass, filters opening with the speed of light... this is spiritual music...”Cosmic Voodoo Music” at its best.
“Glaedys” really sets off a fireworks of Caribbean, hedonistic, minimal dance craze.. .but please judge for yourself.

“Vocoloco” on the flipside is a tuff track. Unleashing energy with an easiness of of a marvel superhero... this is a real knocker.
The track starts with “trippy drugged out minimalism” and evolves into a kind of Hi Energy track to really set all dance floors on fire.

We have comes across a bit of that in the past, but this is unique combination again.

Piemont have worked for the last months on the aspect of leaving the trail of minimal by injecting a stronger
and more noticeable note of soul, without becoming one of those “adult” house guys who sound as if they
skipped teenage nihilism in favour for a perfect sound.
So please listen to “Chair or Throne” with its irresistible vocal snippet-collage, where three different sources
of vocals clash with each other in a funky way... creating madness and deepness. This is a a techno house
stormer for peak time moments!
Or it is a tune for DJs who love to dance behind the turntables to their own music before the club has opened
their doors.
“Ganglion” the a2-track is a bit of a cool and at the same time weird rave techno track.
The track has a special acoustic to it and sounds as if Piemont were incorporating the spacious sound you
get when staying in a waiting area at an airport.
A multi-dolby-sourround-sound with field recording aesthetics... don't ask us, please listen.
The b-side features Basti Grub's remix of “Chair or Throne“... a relentless groover that works with a cool
stop and go rhythmic groove. Sexy and unique sounding, Riley Reinhold aka Triple R has played the remix
at Berghain and rocked the crowd.
Ex Doppelschicht duo from Halle, Germany who have reunited as “Tremsch & Metzler” recently, are back
with a Dadaistic remix of Piemont´s „Chair of Throne“.
They produced legendary remixes in the past of Butch (Muskatnuss, Earth), Mihalis Safras, SLAHJ aka Steve
Lawler and Jimmy Hill, Citizen Kain and Riley Reinhold.
So here they deliver a stripped down groove “made in Halle” of Piemont´s “Chair Of Throne”.

Well, there is a long story to Tremsch & Metzler although they have not released a vinyl so far on MBF.
They have been super successful releasing remixes on MBF and Trapez ltd on the digital format for quite a
while.
Their Butch remix for instance was a big hit in Frankfurts Club U60311 and we are proud that after 2 years
and multiple changes from names such as: Doppelschicht to Cleo Tremsch, now they are working together
again as: Tremsch & Metzler.
Tremsch & Metlzer aka Martin Maier & Daniel Fuchs have created their own style of music which is based
on new school techno house.
It is hard to find out which kind of music exactly has influenced these artists but similar to Piemont they are
merely occupied by their own world of music in their heads.
We are sure they have never heard of such WARP legends as “Sweet Exorcist” still their 3 tracks carry that
northern industrial flavour and combine it with funk.
”20 Toes” as well as “Head Games” perfectly transport this spirit, whereas “Development” feels housier with
samples of child vocals and cut up reverse sounds that create an semi-acoustic feeling.
Support comes through a remix by MBF core member Piemont who have remixed “Head Games” and have
created through that a fabulous rough and crazy Chicago track, that holds all the experience Piemont have
gained through playing live.
The Salz dub remix of “20 Toes” is all at ease, really keeps on playing the same mediative beat pattern all
throughout the track, just being interrupted by short breaks and stimulated by chords flying in and out,
forming a flower-bed of sounds and effects .

Kaiserdisco have been incurring a ludicrous amount of hype recently but we think since the guys are doing their first album, there is enough reason for us to ad to it. Suffice to say that it´s fully deserved.
Kaiserdisco are a bit of a phenomena.
It is hardly imaginable that artists being categorised as “minimal artists” land top chart positions with every release they do.
Kaiserdisco have done exactly that with almost every release.
For some shocking... for others just a proof that they are very very good!

Praise comes from the top international DJ league including an invitation by Pete Tong to his “15 minutes of fame” show on the BBC1.

Numerous chart positions with their home label MBF and lately also with Drumcode, Terminal M and Kling Klong have proved..., the time for the “Kaiser“ has come to release their long player.

The Kaiserdisco duo reveal on their brand new album a sound they are very proud of and which they have cultivated now through a dozen releases, most of them on their home base label.
Minimal without being boring, trippy without being predictable, unafraid of melody, ethno sounds or vocals and with a sophisticated super strong production, this is the trademark of Kaiserdisco.
As their name reveals, Kaiserdisco is about the disco, the club, the hysteria, the nightlife.
It is about creating a good vibe, putting a smile on peoples face, making things happen.

So here we are proud to release Kaiserdisco´s album, “In No One´s Shadow”.
The CD version comes with 10 unreleased trax plus their biggest hits “Aquja” and “Carachillo” previously released on MBF, show maxi and album material for the first time on CD.

We can only speculate on what Roland M . Dill wants so express with a title like “Casino Capitalism” and in how this
correlates with his making of music. First of all it is not a political dimension he refers to but a simple technical term
and Roland is known by now to the techno world as an architect and composer rather than a person who works for a
one-dimensional world. Talking about “Casino Capitalism” we want to state here it is a hell of a funk monster! A cool
odyssey changing angles of perspective, dynamics, but always keeping it cool and elegant.
There is space for silence as well as roaring passages... not to forget that the track burst of emotional strength. The
track describes “a condition” rather than a simple state of mind... but who knows Roland M. Dill knows that he is a
guy who takes on the most difficult challenges and let’s his composition skills and intellect do the work. This is a great
tune!
“The Hierarchy Of Peeps And Booms” is a slacker of a track. The Bassline is almost disco. The sounds sound like
mosquitoes on a mission to dart into your skin. Sequences distorted and rough... this is what techno is all about. This
track is a sick one. Not the Roland M. Dill power techno we know from the past but more like thick “static in the air”.
DJs who liked “Taurine On Sunday” will like this even better, this production is bassy!
B2 is a remix of “Hash Browns“ by Frankfurt legend Patrick Lindsey who has recorded for Harthouse in the past (to
just name a few) and belong definitely to the more avant-garde alongside Heiko Laux and Johannes Heil. Patrick has
worked recently with Radioslave, Adam Beyer, Thomas Schumacher and Oliver Huntemann and you can tell he has
funk in his bones. His remix is a cool “body mover” with rhythms and short down pitched vocals, twists and curls...
this remix is for the DJs who really want to build up a communication with the dancer. No shallow tales or cheap
thrills... deep techno of the most advanced kind with a lot of Chicago trax flavour injected.
Digital add add-ons come by Trapez artist Michael Boenig and by techno legend Justin Berkovi.
Michael who has just released his first 12” on Trapez is a real player on the techno floors in the area around
Cologne, Frankfurt and Düsseldorf. A man who can make strong decisions and has simplified the rollercoaster in it’s
original version into a big “peak time” Tour de Force.
Justin was raised in Brighton and belongs certainly to the group of people associated with Christian Vogel, Neil
Landstrumm, Surgeon, although communicating a slightly different approach on Djax Up, Music Man, Moskito,
Harthouse and last but not least on his own label Predicaments and Nightrax. Justin greets us with a jacked up drum
pattern, and a tripped out journey down the path of classic Chicago house. His version of “Hash Browns” introduces
lots of bouncy earthquake like bassy sounds, spine tingling psyche out sounds in the breaks that make the mix funky.

Welcome back Fairmont.
Born in the precious year of punk rock 1977, the Toronto based artist has always clung with his heart to the likes
of The Stooges, T. Rex, Spacemen 3 and so for us it is no surprise that Jake makes a tight connection here also
with his alias Fairmont. Fairmont is considered the semi-famous “soft” side project of producer Jake Fairley which
has become more and more famous over the years.
Originally the Fairmont project was initiated with Jacob Fairley together with Traum resulting in two 12”s
(Mansfield and Palace Pier EP) and a full length album called “Paper Stars” in 2001.
Fairmont later released two 12”s and an album on Border Community in 2007/2008.
So Traum is happy to see Fairmont's comeback with 4 brand new unreleased tracks.
The title “3 Cities” refers to his life as a techno troubadour, constantly moving from one city to the next, composing
and performing in different environments. All three songs were composed in Amsterdam, Berlin and Toronto.
The EP starts with the title track “3 Cities”. A sonic track. Opening with an appegiator sequence, the track changes
very much in following minutes. A true psychedelic and amazing track unfolds here in which the climax is step by
step generated leading to indistinguishable inflammable vocals by Jacob Fairley himself .
A wall of sound, dissonant sounds clashing, imploding energy, the track reveals a cosmic and dreamlike state.
For everyone knowing Fairmont this track certainly is very different to anything he has done in the past on any
other label.
With the second track “Supercluster” a dramatic and mighty electro epic is put into gear.
Shaping distorted and intensive correlating sounds, this track is a rollercoaster of an emotional trip.
This puts him next to Ricardo Tobar, who has released similar music on Traum and certainly on Broder Community.
We cannot imagine that there is another track out these days like “They Live In The Moon” written by a techno
producer who manages to recaptures the spirit of the 60ies psychedelica. Somehow nostalgic when Jake sings then
almost techno when the sequence takes over... this is a unique blend of the present electronic music and the past.
“Mercury” could be have written by Terry Riley or other musicians who were labelled minimalist in the 70ies.
Again Jake shows a great insight of electronic music and makes this EP a gripping journey.
Additionally to the 4 track EP by Fairmont we offer three 3 remixes.
Ricardo Tobar has written a wonderful sensual and melancholic remix of "3 Cities" which moves in the fashion of
Chicago deep house adding trax with all the sonic aspects of sound he is so famous for.

The Greek icon Mihalis Safras returns from his summer break with a powerful 4 track ep!
For all the die hard fans of Mihalis “Berliner” makes a strong move towards the deep and
driving side of what we would call „Detroit influenced“ music.
We have experienced some of this style on his Trapez ltd album “Cry For The Last Dance“.
But with „Berliner“ Mihalis ads even more depth and sensuality to his style which makes the track
a powerful piece of techno.
“Berliner” is made out of one piece as we say here... a masterpiece of post Chicago sexiness,
sensual and very rhythmic!
The DJ Madskillz remix of “Berliner“ is the reduced and funky form of dub techno which is
popular around the world with the fans of Madskillz and 2000 and One.
Please take a seat and fasten your seatbelts... Mr Madskillz is going for a ride, a joyful ride,
throwing in effect and muting them, opening up and closing the gate.
This expect this as the original to be big.
“Sirano” puts more emphasis on the Latin groove factor a track for people who know how to
dance, seductive and hypnotic, a perfect flipside track.
The b2 track “Loco” gives us a bit of a rest after three groundbreaking tracks we thought but
know better after 30 seconds. “Loco” is a percussive groover of high quality with a mighty touch
of bass.
TRACK LIST:
A1. Berliner
A2. Berliner (DJ Madskillz rmx)
B1. Sirano
B2. Loco

Amir has been pushing house music for a long period as a DJ in his hometown Mainz, with
numerous gigs in his resident club 50 Grad and clubs all around south Germany.
In Mainz Amir is alongside Butch the person who is considered the one who knows what house
music is all about.
The label Bouq. he is involved with has a strong following and allows him to plan events for free
featuring the whole Bouq. crew.
His latest release came out on NRK Music and his third release on Trapez ltd is already fulfilling
one part of his new master plan.
Amir has planned a series of releases that all run under the title of Vernissage intending to create
space for creativity showing that his skills are not limited to one kind of style.


With Vernissage One on Trapez ltd Amir kicks off a beat which could have been written by
Herbert. As Amir says himself his beats are ongoing a constant change, nothing stays the same.
”Cadaques” indeed highlights a spiritual quality that is expressed by ethno sounds, constantly
shifting dynamics and a feeling for deepness.
The flipside “Guernica” extends this feeling in a nice way, creating a super hypnotic groove,
involving acoustic percussion, nature sounds, live atmosphere of vocals and sounds that
reminded him of Spain.
Santé aka Philipp Maier the co-producer of Tiefschwarz has done a dub remix of “Cadaques”
which reminds us of Chicago house music of the early 90s, respectively of “Pressure Cooker”.
Later appearing psychedelic passages could make it a cool “deranged after hour track”.

The second part of the remixes for Mark Henning & Den includes popular and new names from the dance
scene.
You probably have heard the Grünbox release we have done on Trapez 110 or of his releases in the past
on our label or Alex Under´s label CMYK. Here you can witness the finest skills of the Argentinean
producer. They may have lost their game in football... but his remix of “Close Encounters of the Deep
Kind“ is a winner. Grünbox trickery to work with very different sounds/samples has earned him praise
from Black Strobe, who called him one of the best producers around.
Grünbox is a juggler and a true artist who seeks the challenge, no format, formula or prefix... from South
American vocals, to underwater sounds, he incorporates all of it to a funky groove and when it is over...
you have to take a deep breath... this man has been put on earth to do music.
The second remix comes from UK artist Kanio who was nominated for best minimal artist at the Beatport
Music Awards 2009. His remix is definitely more on the house side of things, being very bouncy and
garage influenced.
Jules-de-Pearl has just made his debut with his own vinyl release ion MBF LTD... the deeper side of MBF.
Here he shows exactly these skills for which he is admired... cool rhythmic patterns filled with soulful
samples, somehow a west coast sound not unlike one of our favourites: Scuba. Jules has toured with
bands in the past and has learned to play the drums.
German duo Autodeep have made a Chicago monster out of „La Galaxia Llorona“... which reminds us in
some ways of Lil Louis!
As a bonus mix Mark Henning & Den have written a Super nova edit of “La Galaxia Llorona”.

The Italoboyz released their „Portucais“ EP with us a year ago and now we are exited to release
two new tracks by them and a digital bonus remix from Trapez ltd artist Blind Minded.
The Italoboyz are free spirits. They always invested a lot of effort, like to use „real sounds“ and
instruments played by musicians and go for the matureness and raw side of the authentic sound.
So here with their „Phantasmino“ EP you can witness two new tracks that have grown with them
over some time we believe.
With “Phantasmino“ you can fee all their analogue equipment giving the track a real psychedelic
profile with a kind of Eurasian melodic flavour being added. We would say this is a blast from
the past... also a bit rockish in a good sense.
This is definitely handcrafted music and intentionally goes against the modern trend of over
eq’ing music. A real drugged out epic hymn for party people who want to go all the way.
You can be sure the Italoboyz will not let you down.
On the flipside the duo gives us with “9/96” a drum track that could be part of a mad marching
drumming band. Somehow surreal, but as they say has taken dance floors apart for some time
now when they play it in their DJ set.
Their mate Blind Minded has added a remix of “Phantasmino“ to the release. A beautiful
dubstep kind of tricky version of the original, which abstract texture creates a soulful piece of
music.

We welcome back Mark Henning. Mark released a 12“ „Pokerbot“ at an early stage of Trapez
ltd already. He recorded his new EP together with Japanese artist Den aka Tokuto Denda.
The 4 track EP features the tracks “La Galaxia Llorona” and “Close Encounters of the Deep Kind”
plus two remixes, one by Ed Davenport and another one by Sebastian Russell.
This EP is a hell of a techno EP, the revenge of Detroit techno.
We would say once „La Galaxia Llorona“ has started shifting into gear, there is no way back as
Adonis used to say. This is a pulsating emotional techno track with strings playing a sequential
melody and percussion slashing through all of it from time to time. This is a knight in armour... very
proud and full of elegance and strength and horsepower.
Ed Davenport has made a bassline driven DJ tool out of it, quite Berlin style, for all of us who ever
believed in the Basic Channel sound of Berlin, here we go.
Sebastian Russell keeps his remix on the housy side of things, with a velvet sounding deep kick,
instruments joining in... making it an “orchestra” of live played instruments... a bit of a
celebration... light and elegant.
“Close Encounters of the Deep Kind” is a flow of warm liquid like music

Mihalis has released incredible trax over the last 2 years with Trapez ltd and has been one of the
few artists to release an album on the platform. Only Mihalis could pull off this palette so
gracefully.
With Mihalis original version of "There Is No Place" the percussion is delicately layered and the
groove is suitably enhanced before the final breakdown, which somehow evokes thoughts of the
Greek coliseum and fanfares announcing the final battle. This is a corker, you cannot ask for more.
A killer house groove – beautifully produced and striped back to just the essential elements... this
is a monster that ought to keep all the die-hard Trapez ltd fans happy.
If you have not had enough of the track, watch out for Hugo's remix. His remix shows great
appreciation for the original but catapults the voice into the sky and makes a disco novelty out of
it.
The b1 track "Materialistic" keeps up that kind of house feeling, jitters and quivers alongside
small bits of vocals and thunders of delays and walking basslines. This track has a nice Detroit
feeling to it somewhere along the bassline and chords it makes Blake Baxter come alive. The track
was produced together with F. Grant.
The digital bonus remix comes from Citizen Kain & Ohuture who have recorded before for MBF.
Their remix is a heavy bass driven monster, grinding like a caterpillar with metallic percussion.
An additional remix was done by the new talents form Cologne Intuitiv who set forward a pretty
good production, bassline driven and funky in the way they treat the vocal.