http://mu42.com News on Mu42 ... Mu42 http://mu42.com/040recordings/MP319 2012-02-02 11:02:59 A1047 The Minimal Hit from 2011 is back with a great remix by Carlo Ruetz http://mu42.com/karaoke_kalk/MP318 2012-01-27 08:51:32 A1046 For the latest release on Karaoke Kalk the Berlin label introduces us to another exciting new artist. J.R.Plankton is a collaborative project by Jens Strüver and Robert Ohm. Strüver also manages the M=minimal label which has been responsible for releases by people such as the late great Krautrock legend Conrad Schnitzler. With his Project Borngräber & Strüver (Transkontinental, Freispiell) he released in 2011 the Album “Urlaub” and also a collaboration with Schnitzler titled “Con-Struct”, not to forget his “Kreuzberg“- release. His first collaboration with studionerd and multi-instrumentalist Robert Ohm was an hour lasting radioplay-soundcollage about the legendary composer Moondog, repeatedly broadcasted on german radio nationwide. Now their own pure musical work on Neon is nothing less than a tour de force. From the word go, the album sets an incredibly high standard. The french titled Musique Electronique is without a doubt a nod to the founding fathers of German electronic music, Kraftwerk. The highly charged electro style laid down in this opening track sets the pace for what follows over the remaining 37 minutes of the album. Clocking in at a massive 8 minute City Jungle is equally epic in length. Musically the track changes down a gear though entering a more atmospheric world of ambient oscillations and arpeggiated synth sounds, while the tune moves towards a more driving industrial feel towards the end. Sundance kicks in with a throbbing slap bass part, soon to be followed by wah-wahed guitars, all of which make for a surprise disco-funk track on this otherwise electro orientated album. This is clearly a feel good track and is sure to have any room jumping in seconds. The penultimate track Nakamura starts as another downbeat foray into ambient but again builds to reach a powerful minimal crescendo. The track makes powerful use of textures to paint a sonic landscape which is a world unto itself. And this superb album draws to a close with Regen (trans. Rain), which is another masterpiece of arpeggio action. The tune teasingly implies that it might kick off at any moment, but the beat remains absent, creating instead a hypnotic tension. Neon has all the elements one might wish for from a modern electronic record. The experimental nature of some of the more protracted interludes should appeal to fans of Kraut and electronica: these moments are ideal for losing oneself in the trance inducing intimacy of ones headphones. While at the same time there's plenty on the album to interest all you Djs out there who would do well to drop some of the more uptempo tracks on Neon. Debut albums don‘t come any stronger than this and one can only hope there will be a chance to hear more from J.R.Plankton before long. http://m-minimal.com/ Tracklist 01 Musique Electronique 02 City Jungle 03 Sundance 04 Nakamura 05 Regen http://mu42.com/klangwirkstoff/MP311 2012-01-20 02:48:22 A1045 Klangwirkstoff Records | Catalog: KW008 Special High End Mastering for mp3 from 24bit version (you can't found this in other shops). Akasha Project „Solar System“ (KW008) Format: CD / Digital Artist: Akasha Project Titel: Solar System Label: Klangwirkstoff Records Catalog#: KW008 LC: 16011 Releasedate: 12.02.2012 Total Playtime: 76:40 h EAN: 4036067312738 Distirbution: www.silenzio.de Style: Ambient, Electronic Music, Meditation, Cosmic Octave Tracklist: 1.Earth 136,10 Hz 08:15 Min 2.Moon 210,42 Hz 10:45 Min 3.Mercury 141,27 Hz 12:01 Min 4.Venus 221,23 Hz 12:04 Min 5.Jupiter 183,58 Hz 11:06 Min 6.Saturn 147,85 Hz 15:41 Min 7.Pluto 140,25 Hz 06:48 Min total playtime: 76:40 min http://mu42.com/karaoke_kalk/VINYL5 2012-01-17 11:15:41 A1044 INCLUDES A FREE DOWNLOAD VOUCHER OF THE CD ALBUM SUPPORT VINYL! For the latest release on Karaoke Kalk the Berlin label introduces us to another exciting new artist. J.R.Plankton is a collaborative project by Jens Strüver and Robert Ohm. Strüver also manages the M=minimal label which has been responsible for releases by people such as the late great Krautrock legend Conrad Schnitzler. With his Project Borngräber & Strüver (Transkontinental, Freispiell) he released in 2011 the Album “Urlaub” and also a collaboration with Schnitzler titled “Con-Struct”, not to forget his “Kreuzberg“- release. His first collaboration with studionerd and multi-instrumentalist Robert Ohm was an hour lasting radioplay-soundcollage about the legendary composer Moondog, repeatedly broadcasted on german radio nationwide. Now their own pure musical work on Neon is nothing less than a tour de force. From the word go, the album sets an incredibly high standard. The french titled Musique Electronique is without a doubt a nod to the founding fathers of German electronic music, Kraftwerk. The highly charged electro style laid down in this opening track sets the pace for what follows over the remaining 37 minutes of the album. Clocking in at a massive 8 minute City Jungle is equally epic in length. Musically the track changes down a gear though entering a more atmospheric world of ambient oscillations and arpeggiated synth sounds, while the tune moves towards a more driving industrial feel towards the end. Sundance kicks in with a throbbing slap bass part, soon to be followed by wah-wahed guitars, all of which make for a surprise disco-funk track on this otherwise electro orientated album. This is clearly a feel good track and is sure to have any room jumping in seconds. The penultimate track Nakamura starts as another downbeat foray into ambient but again builds to reach a powerful minimal crescendo. The track makes powerful use of textures to paint a sonic landscape which is a world unto itself. And this superb album draws to a close with Regen (trans. Rain), which is another masterpiece of arpeggio action. The tune teasingly implies that it might kick off at any moment, but the beat remains absent, creating instead a hypnotic tension. Neon has all the elements one might wish for from a modern electronic record. The experimental nature of some of the more protracted interludes should appeal to fans of Kraut and electronica: these moments are ideal for losing oneself in the trance inducing intimacy of ones headphones. While at the same time there's plenty on the album to interest all you Djs out there who would do well to drop some of the more uptempo tracks on Neon. Debut albums don‘t come any stronger than this and one can only hope there will be a chance to hear more from J.R.Plankton before long. http://m-minimal.com/ http://mu42.com/audiopirats/MP310 2012-01-10 21:29:36 A1041 Electronic art at its best! http://mu42.com/karaoke_kalk/CD7 2012-01-05 10:24:55 A1040 For the latest release on Karaoke Kalk the Berlin label introduces us to another exciting new artist. J.R.Plankton is a collaborative project by Jens Strüver and Robert Ohm. Strüver also manages the M=minimal label which has been responsible for releases by people such as the late great Krautrock legend Conrad Schnitzler. With his Project Borngräber & Strüver (Transkontinental, Freispiell) he released in 2011 the Album “Urlaub” and also a collaboration with Schnitzler titled “Con-Struct”, not to forget his “Kreuzberg“- release. His first collaboration with studionerd and multi-instrumentalist Robert Ohm was an hour lasting radioplay-soundcollage about the legendary composer Moondog, repeatedly broadcasted on german radio nationwide. Now their own pure musical work on Neon is nothing less than a tour de force. From the word go, the album sets an incredibly high standard. The french titled Musique Electronique is without a doubt a nod to the founding fathers of German electronic music, Kraftwerk. The highly charged electro style laid down in this opening track sets the pace for what follows over the remaining 37 minutes of the album. Clocking in at a massive 8 minute City Jungle is equally epic in length. Musically the track changes down a gear though entering a more atmospheric world of ambient oscillations and arpeggiated synth sounds, while the tune moves towards a more driving industrial feel towards the end. Sundance kicks in with a throbbing slap bass part, soon to be followed by wah-wahed guitars, all of which make for a surprise disco-funk track on this otherwise electro orientated album. This is clearly a feel good track and is sure to have any room jumping in seconds. The penultimate track Nakamura starts as another downbeat foray into ambient but again builds to reach a powerful minimal crescendo. The track makes powerful use of textures to paint a sonic landscape which is a world unto itself. And this superb album draws to a close with Regen (trans. Rain), which is another masterpiece of arpeggio action. The tune teasingly implies that it might kick off at any moment, but the beat remains absent, creating instead a hypnotic tension. Neon has all the elements one might wish for from a modern electronic record. The experimental nature of some of the more protracted interludes should appeal to fans of Kraut and electronica: these moments are ideal for losing oneself in the trance inducing intimacy of ones headphones. While at the same time there's plenty on the album to interest all you Djs out there who would do well to drop some of the more uptempo tracks on Neon. Debut albums don‘t come any stronger than this and one can only hope there will be a chance to hear more from J.R.Plankton before long. http://m-minimal.com/ CD 01 Musique Electronique 02 City Jungle 03 Sundance 04 Nakamura 05 Regen http://mu42.com/karaoke_kalk/CD6 2012-01-04 16:57:27 A1039 The man in the crowd is a wonderer with relaxed habits. In him the course of things and movement of the city is reproduced. The Düsseldorfer Detlef Weinrich is such a man in the crows. Some one who is constantly listening to future winds through rushes of the past. He loves the night for its free will. And his music tells stories about it. You might know him as a member of the band Kreidler. As a solo artist he goes under the name Tolouse Low Trax. And he's already got three Eps and two albums under his belt. His first solo album „Mask Talk“ thrives on a feathery beat frequency and cool new-wave-strength. His recently released piece „Corridor Plateau“, which appeared as a limited edition to accompany the exhibition „Corridor Plateau“ contains percussive electronics and Industrial sounding like its from the second industrial revolution. His third album „Jeidem Fall“, is also not from here. It sounds like music brought down to earth from the heavens. But its a dark cosmos in which there are only fleeting glimpses of light. All eight tracks were composed in a short space of time over the period of just a few months and fit together perfectly atmospherically. With a musical expressiveness that undoubtedly twists your emotions, „Jeidem Fall“ attacks the subconscious and clouds the mind. The drums have more movement that on „Mask Talk“. Along with the constant tapping of drumsticks goes melodical arpeggios dancing dark and dirty. At times longing vocals drift abstractly through the room, as on „Sa Seline“ or „Geo Scan“, without telling any obvious story. To sound like stylistic cross references from the present and past is all just speculation for nothing on „Jeidem Fall“ really sounds like anything that has gone before. You could compare the dark minimal timbre of the drum computer aesthetic with Craig Leon's first reductive album „Nommos“. There is also a hint of the minimallist industrial of the Spanish band Esplendor Geometrico in the bubbly textures. But Tolouse Low Trax is still looking from the present into the future and filter and filters all his personal preferences through his MPC and his small synth setup to make them come alive here and now in a new way. Again Tolouse Low Trax has created a truly mysteriously vibrating drum computer music which offers hypnotic magic for the shadowy dance floor. Only a little light should illuminate the whole thing and the bodies that move above them should have no fear from threatening percussion which are displaced into a misty trance. A dark swaying shadowy mass, ideal for a journey at the end of the night and all those non-places where longing sleeps and the last romantics dance while getting drunk. http://soundcloud.com/detlefnet CD 01. Geo Scan 02. Jeidem Fall 03. Sa Eline 04. Sussing 05. Civilisation Penta 06. Barka 07. Conpearl Walker 08. Words Are Closed Up http://mu42.com/karaoke_kalk/VINYL4 2012-01-04 16:08:54 A1038 INCLUDES A FREE DOWNLOAD VOUCHER OF THE CD ALBUM WITH ONE EXTRA TRACK For ages nighttime was said to be the time of ghosts and spirits. Creatures of the night were believed to gain special powers between midnight and dawn. In latin this shrouded in mystery lapse of time was called intempesta - time without time. Detlef Weinrich, alias Toulouse Low Trax, too, seems to have lingered in the irrational universe of frozen continuity quite frequently within the last two years. Everyone who drifts to the sound of his first solo album Mask Talk will soon sense the musical intensity boding a different dancefloor. Cool, atmospheric new-wave-sharpness, and a cushioned beat rate between 107 and 116 bpm call out a mechanical functionality that doesn't bow to any contemporary doctrine. Mask Talk: urban music, club album. Big city lights in Africa. Chilly neon-sounds made in Dusseldorf. As a member of Kreidler, Weinrich just recently participated in the trio's newly found cosmic vibes, as well as in their album Mosaik 2014. Now, with his solo project, he is demonstrating that a MPC and a small synthesizer-ensemble are enough to bring alive futuristic dance music in the here and now. Bedroom-recorded under tense creative circumstances, the ten tracks invoke, mostly instrumentally, an eerie atmosphere that would fit in perfectly with an early John Carpenter movie. The tracks' volume sounds as if a whole band had been at work in Weinrichs own four walls. With plenty delay on the bass figures, compact analogue effects, percussive dabs and a rough blend of layers, Weinrich has, without any digital support, created quivering drum machine music, whose dancability he was able to test regularly as a resident DJ and co-owner of the Dusseldof-based club/ bar Salon Des Amateurs. His new tracks breathe the hypnotic power of his DJ sets, where he arranges diverse rhythms between krautrock, cosmic, electronic and acid. They also remind of analogue-electronical pioneers such as Cluster or Peter Baumann. Also 1980s avant-gardists Cabaret Voltaire or Zazou Bikaye have left their mark, without Toulouse Low Trax explicitely referring to them. All tracks are committed to experiment. They leave room for every sound without neglecting rhythmical clarity. A dark, urban solanum, full of reverb, whose melodies are never prankish, but whose minimal nonchalance is sure to help not only the dark creatures through the night. Form is essence brought to the surface Victor Hugo wrote 150 years ago. Mask Talk is reasserting this theory as a destillate of an operating procedure seeking to subvert ingrained listening habits and to resharpen the contours of the audible. Electronic music beyond any categorisation, whose sounds and rhythmics grow to an emotional atmosphere that far exceeds the immediately hearable. TRACKLIST VINYL A 01. Vai Vai 02. Mask Talk 03. Kingdom B 01. Subghosts 02. Aseko On (vinyl only) 03. Prox http://mu42.com/karaoke_kalk/CD5 2012-01-04 15:43:16 A1037 For ages nighttime was said to be the time of ghosts and spirits. Creatures of the night were believed to gain special powers between midnight and dawn. In latin this shrouded in mystery lapse of time was called intempesta - time without time. Detlef Weinrich, alias Toulouse Low Trax, too, seems to have lingered in the irrational universe of frozen continuity quite frequently within the last two years. Everyone who drifts to the sound of his first solo album Mask Talk will soon sense the musical intensity boding a different dancefloor. Cool, atmospheric new-wave-sharpness, and a cushioned beat rate between 107 and 116 bpm call out a mechanical functionality that doesn't bow to any contemporary doctrine. Mask Talk: urban music, club album. Big city lights in Africa. Chilly neon-sounds made in Dusseldorf. As a member of Kreidler, Weinrich just recently participated in the trio's newly found cosmic vibes, as well as in their album Mosaik 2014. Now, with his solo project, he is demonstrating that a MPC and a small synthesizer-ensemble are enough to bring alive futuristic dance music in the here and now. Bedroom-recorded under tense creative circumstances, the ten tracks invoke, mostly instrumentally, an eerie atmosphere that would fit in perfectly with an early John Carpenter movie. The tracks' volume sounds as if a whole band had been at work in Weinrichs own four walls. With plenty delay on the bass figures, compact analogue effects, percussive dabs and a rough blend of layers, Weinrich has, without any digital support, created quivering drum machine music, whose dancability he was able to test regularly as a resident DJ and co-owner of the Dusseldof-based club/ bar Salon Des Amateurs. His new tracks breathe the hypnotic power of his DJ sets, where he arranges diverse rhythms between krautrock, cosmic, electronic and acid. They also remind of analogue-electronical pioneers such as Cluster or Peter Baumann. Also 1980s avant-gardists Cabaret Voltaire or Zazou Bikaye have left their mark, without Toulouse Low Trax explicitely referring to them. All tracks are committed to experiment. They leave room for every sound without neglecting rhythmical clarity. A dark, urban solanum, full of reverb, whose melodies are never prankish, but whose minimal nonchalance is sure to help not only the dark creatures through the night. Form is essence brought to the surface Victor Hugo wrote 150 years ago. Mask Talk is reasserting this theory as a destillate of an operating procedure seeking to subvert ingrained listening habits and to resharpen the contours of the audible. Electronic music beyond any categorisation, whose sounds and rhythmics grow to an emotional atmosphere that far exceeds the immediately hearable. TRACKLIST CD 01. Subghosts 02. Mask Talk 03. Vai Vai 04. Kingdom 05. Prox 06. Qual und Glueck 07. Reptil Farce 08. Peculiar Fields 09. Septemba http://mu42.com/4clubrecords/MP33 2012-01-01 18:21:21 A1036 Our weather experts from Blaues Licht forecast a violent storm. The prime twister ep is sighted on the radar. This minimal techno hurricane comes with a magnificent Mentalic Remix and on top there is with funnel cloud a dance floor burner which destroys every wind jacket. So then, set Sails and hold on for dear life. http://mu42.com/4clubrecords/MP32 2012-01-01 17:31:44 A1035 After the neon nylon ep, ronan inhaled deeply and dived deep to a uncompromising mission. Back on surface he left us 2 dry rocking minimal Tracks. http://mu42.com/4clubrecords/MP31 2012-01-01 16:29:02 A1034 Scalk is the first harvest of the collaboration of Ronan Dec and Nic Rausch. A let's do something together - thing between groove and noise. Brute! http://mu42.com/karaoke_kalk/MP317 2011-12-29 15:04:55 A1024 For ages nighttime was said to be the time of ghosts and spirits. Creatures of the night were believed to gain special powers between midnight and dawn. In latin this shrouded in mystery lapse of time was called intempesta - time without time. Detlef Weinrich, alias Toulouse Low Trax, too, seems to have lingered in the irrational universe of frozen continuity quite frequently within the last two years. Everyone who drifts to the sound of his first solo album Mask Talk will soon sense the musical intensity boding a different dancefloor. Cool, atmospheric new-wave-sharpness, and a cushioned beat rate between 107 and 116 bpm call out a mechanical functionality that doesn't bow to any contemporary doctrine. Mask Talk: urban music, club album. Big city lights in Africa. Chilly neon-sounds made in Dusseldorf. As a member of Kreidler, Weinrich just recently participated in the trio's newly found cosmic vibes, as well as in their album Mosaik 2014. Now, with his solo project, he is demonstrating that a MPC and a small synthesizer-ensemble are enough to bring alive futuristic dance music in the here and now. Bedroom-recorded under tense creative circumstances, the ten tracks invoke, mostly instrumentally, an eerie atmosphere that would fit in perfectly with an early John Carpenter movie. The tracks' volume sounds as if a whole band had been at work in Weinrichs own four walls. With plenty delay on the bass figures, compact analogue effects, percussive dabs and a rough blend of layers, Weinrich has, without any digital support, created quivering drum machine music, whose dancability he was able to test regularly as a resident DJ and co-owner of the Dusseldof-based club/ bar Salon Des Amateurs. His new tracks breathe the hypnotic power of his DJ sets, where he arranges diverse rhythms between krautrock, cosmic, electronic and acid. They also remind of analogue-electronical pioneers such as Cluster or Peter Baumann. Also 1980s avant-gardists Cabaret Voltaire or Zazou Bikaye have left their mark, without Toulouse Low Trax explicitely referring to them. All tracks are committed to experiment. They leave room for every sound without neglecting rhythmical clarity. A dark, urban solanum, full of reverb, whose melodies are never prankish, but whose minimal nonchalance is sure to help not only the dark creatures through the night. Form is essence brought to the surface Victor Hugo wrote 150 years ago. Mask Talk is reasserting this theory as a destillate of an operating procedure seeking to subvert ingrained listening habits and to resharpen the contours of the audible. Electronic music beyond any categorisation, whose sounds and rhythmics grow to an emotional atmosphere that far exceeds the immediately hearable. http://mu42.com/klangwirkstoff/CD1 2011-12-28 03:55:47 A1027 Klangwirkstoff Records | Catalog#: KW003 Format: CD Digipak | Genre: Ambient Artist: MORPHON Titel: Om Mars Venus total playtime:76,10 min Releasedate: 02.10.2008 LC: 16011 EAN: 4 036067 300 896 Nachdem Morphon das erste Release auf der Compilation active agent of sound KW002 Ende 2007 veröffentlichten präsentieren sie hiermit ihren ersten Longplay. Morphon sind Eru (Gitarre/Elektronik), Tommelon (Gitarre/Elektronik) und B. Ashra (Elektronik). Die Planetentoene oder auch Urtoene auf dieser CD wurden nach dem Prinzip der kosmischen Oktave komponiert - sphärische elektronische Ambientmusik mit philosophischem Tiefgang. Tracklist: 1. Om 31:48 min. 2. Mars 21:30 min. 3.Venus 22:47 min. more info: http://www.klangwirkstoff.de/html-de/kw003/kw003_release.html http://mu42.com/audiopirats/MP39 2011-12-23 19:05:19 A1031 Elektro Phunk - Techno Phunk http://mu42.com/volker_selzner/MP37 2011-12-21 15:22:23 A1030 Another exhausting Weilheim-Session builds the Basement for our new relase. Some words about the naming: After Patrick was working late night on the final arrangement of the track expression_noir_mix, some how he thought it´s bedtime now, but those little white fast molecules would´nt let him sleep - he turned on the TV and was trapped in an old black&white movie with Humphrie Bogart out of the film noir-genre --- FREEDOM OF COLOR---FREEDOM OF FORM---DIE BRÜCKE---DER BLAUE REITER - The Name for the EP was found. The Tracks: beast to beat:A mean pumping bass ending into a hyper thrilling break --- sirens are singing --- heavy breathing dark stomping monster. expression noir mix: A energizing baseline is driving four to the floo --- dark, spuki & nerve scratching. expressionist: Earth shacking bass leads and atmospheric jungle breaks take you on a trip thru darkness. http://mu42.com/klangwirkstoff/MP39 2011-12-21 15:10:23 A1028 Klangwirkstoff Records | Catalog#: KWDIGI002 Special High End Mastering for mp3 from 24bit version (you can't found this in other shops). Artist: B Ashra Titel: Psychonautic DJ Mix Giger Museum 08 Label: Klangwirkstoff Records Format: Digital Release Titel: Psychonautic DJ Mix Giger Museum 08 Release date: Jan 5, 2012 ISRC: DE-HE1-07-00111 available exclusiv at Klangwirkstoff Records MP3 Shop Total Playtime: 31 min. This especially psychonautic DJ Set was live created for an exhibition and event in honorary to Dr. Albert Hofmann at the Giger Museum Switzerland - 19.10.2008. Contributor: Stanislav Grof, Nana Nauwald, Hans Ruedi Giger, Trigger.ch und B. Ashra. Tracklist: 01. Morphon - Venus 08 02. Brain Entertainment Laboratory - Solardrifting 03. Brain Entertainment Laboratory -LSD 04. Morphon - Trip 05. B. Ashra - Om Meditation Caution! This music contains hemisphere synchronisations (hemi sync), these can activate epileptic seizure if you're an epileptic. http://mu42.com/klangwirkstoff/MP310 2011-12-21 13:42:50 A1029 Klangwirkstoff Records | Catalog#: KWDIGI001 Special High End Mastering for mp3 from 24bit version (you can't found this in other shops). Format: Digital Release Titel: LSD Tuning - Pure Sinus Session Label: Klangwirkstoff Records LC: 16011 ISRC: DE-HE1-07-00102 Releasedate: 30.09.2011 available exclusiv at Klangwirkstoff Records MP3 Shop This sinus waves and hemisphere synchronisation are based by the calculations of spectral analysis: http://www.planetware.de/tune_in/lsd.html Caution! This music contains hemisphere synchronisations (hemi sync), these can activate epileptic seizure if you're an epileptic. http://mu42.com/alkomerz/MP311 2011-12-18 18:39:19 A1025 First Part of BOMBERJÄECKCHEN Maxi! With the Original Version and two Instrumentals. http://mu42.com/alkomerz/MP312 2011-12-18 18:39:13 A1026 Second Part of BOMBERJÄECKCHEN Maxi! With Remixes by Marc Acardipane and Rework.