From the true streets of Berlin comes one of the most essential electronic labels in the world, the inimitable BPitch Control. Founded in 1997 as a kind of music and art collective, the group does everything it can to broadcast its utopian vision to the masses through its parties, its visual themes and its commitment to artistic freedom. The result is an undeniably funky, break-driven technoid sound. The label's vision is filtered through its founder: Ellen Allien (as she says: "The Bitch of BPitch"). Allien has 5 full-length artist CDs, each more crucial than the next, while her mix CDs stay atop the stacks at clubs worldwide. Other artists at the BPitch core: Paul Kalkbrenner, Sylvie Marks & Hal9000, Smash TV, Modeselektor and Kiki. While all vary in tempo, style and attitude, they all commit to a similar electronic pallette -- clean<, broken, hook-filled and human. English vocals abound at BPitch as does the eye-candy artwork, the all-for-one attitude and its shimmering, glimmering style. If techno is art, then BPitch is Lichtenstein. It's pop music with a purpose.
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Shlomi Aber has been a driving force in house and techno for almost a quarter of a century now. Having first stepped up to the decks at the young age of 14, he received classical music training and worked in a record store in his native Israel before eventually becoming one of the country's most forward-thinking producers. With his debut EP Lost In Humanity on Ellen Allien's BPitch Berlin, the Be As One founder presents his rawest material to date, energetic yet murky techno for basement raves drenched in sweat and chemicals.
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Boston 168 return to BPitch Berlin with an EP that promises no less than a proper 909 Therapy in three cathartic sessions. Hot on the heels of their debut single Drops In Heaven (BPC 336EP, 2018) for Ellen Allien's label, the Italian duo follow up with three even more rave-inspired pieces of cosmic techno. Theirs is not the kind therapy that will have you lie down on a couch and open up about your past, but the sort that will have you move every fiber of your body and embrace the here and now.
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Every ending marks a new beginning and Tim Xavier's Dust To Dust makes no exception. The Manmade Mastering founder, veteran producer and label owner debuts with his first solo effort on Ellen Allien's BPitch Berlin. The five tracks showcase the Berlin-based US American producer's knack for a timeless techno sound that harkens back to the heyday of minimal techno while relentlessly rushing towards a yet unknown future.
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BPC 338EP
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Ellen Allien's "Take a Stand" receives four remixes that highlight and amplify the original track's unrestrained power. From Kobosil's anthemic rave bomb to Cosmin TRG's atmospheric take on it or K' Alexi Shelby's Chicago-style house rendition and Jonas Kopp's hypnotic percussion rework, this versatile remix package elevates the vigor of "Take a Stand" to new levels.
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Berlin Calling - The Soundtrack by Paul Kalkbrenner is available now on double vinyl for the very first time. The 10th anniversary vinyl edition on 180 gram heavyweight vinyl is in a beautifully made gatefold sleeve with a luxurious finish and includes a brand new exclusive poster marking that particular milestone in recent electronic music history. Paul Kalkbrenner's eponymous soundtrack to the legendary and unique film hardly needs any introduction. The original movie and its soundtrack catapulted him into prominence as an actor and DJ/producer, spearheading his peers and being at the forefront of electronic music at the time.
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Lewis Fautzi delivers a rich and detailed debut EP for Ellen Allien's BPitch Control label that is dedicated to the subtle art of techno minimalism. The Portuguese producer is pushing straight towards the future by reconciling his different musical heritages under one groove. The four tracks on Deep Illusion are as intricate as they are hard-hitting, suited perfectly for DJs who dare to go deep during peak-time hours.
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The shortest connection between the past and the future leads through the music of Boston 168, the duo of Sergio Pace and Vincenzo Ferramosca. "Cosmic Tribe" translates its idea of universal togetherness into a nerve-wrecking groove punctuated by complex percussion work and a subtly building acid line, while "Drops In Heaven" uses a booming kick drum as base for an emotionally driven exploration of sonic textures. The psychedelic "Straight To Light" nods to nineties pioneers like Emmanuel Top, showcasing Ferramosca and Pace's talent for creating musical depth by ingeniously bringing together a few select elements to greater effect.
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Paris club kid Maxime Iko joins BPitch Control with this four-track trip into the depths of his mind. Infused with acid licks and electro motifs, this is a scintillating debut from an artist who represents diversity and inclusiveness. Concilium EP starts with the frenetic "Achartade", a track which pulsates with eerie vibes. Following are two killer cuts: "Répulsion", where the main riff has a jaunty, arpeggiated rhythm and "Timeline's Wrong", a heads-down acid roller with vocal stabs and an absorbing atmosphere. The EP closes with the multi-tempo closer "Concilium", a demonstration of Maxime's penchant for playfulness and experimentation.
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BPC 334EP
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After two impressive remix EPs taken from Ellen Allien's seventh studio album, Nost (BPC 330CD/LP, 2017), BPitch Control unveil round three with another heavyweight lineup: Alan Oldham, Eomac, Amotik, and XDB. Alan Oldham lets loose on "Jack My Ass", pumping it full of energy, jackin' beats, and a hypnotic, minimalist riff. Eomac's dour version of "Mind Journey" is slow and purposeful, moving forward with frightening malice. Amotik follows with his own twist on "Mind Journey", a little more frenetic and energized than Eomac's rework. "Call Me" is put through XDB's filter, with softened pads and a rolling groove.
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Following the triumphant release of Ellen Allien's seventh studio album Nost (BPC 330CD/LP), BPitch Control proudly unveil the second wave of remixes from the LP. Bringing together four more underground heroes to reinterpret Ellen's original works, this new batch of music is diverse and brings a whole new dimension to the album project. This time around Truncate, Gerd Janson, FaltyDL, and Kyoka are the cohorts who have been brought in to inject their style into three tracks from Nost.
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Earlier in 2017, Ellen Allien dropped her seventh solo album, Nost (BPC 330CD/LP). The album provided a link between the past and the future, blending influences from the very early days of Berlin techno with contemporary sounds and, of course, a vision of the future. Now BPitch Control present the first batch of specially commissioned remixes, taking Ellen's original works in a new direction with four artists delivering their own interpretations of music featured on the album. Emmanuel Top, ROD, K-Hand, and Skudge are the first ensemble of techno titans to administer the remix treatment to tracks from Nost.
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Ellen Allien's seventh solo album Nost, which comes from nostalgia, is the quintessential sound of Berlin. It has a sensibility which can only be found in the depths of the city's darkest underground clubs. The album begins with an expert lesson in hypnosis with "Mind Journey"; a warped vocal lures you into its creepy world, while a persistent beat, narcotic bassline, and spine-tingling eerie top-end builds an intense, immersive vibe. "Innocence" channels the loose atmosphere of a Berlin dancefloor, with its insistent energy conjuring up images of a clandestine warehouse soiree. "Jack My Ass" is a whirring, utterly captivating dancefloor treat with tension building rises in energy, built to create moments of pure exhilaration; techno from the 23rd Century, built by a modern-day master. "Call Me" sees Ellen inject sexy vibes but keeps it strictly jackin'; Berlin's unmistakable vibe is blended with the classic sound of Chicago. "Electric Eye" follows with its emotive riff, again transmitting a lucid, hypnotic rhythm. Ellen demonstrates her expertise in warping vocals, and combines it with deadly techno elements. "mma" is a snarling beast of a track with dramatic strings creating a hair-raising atmosphere and a mesmerizing riff. "Physical" is a message from future inhabitants of our universe -- the beats are crisp and powerful, while a symphony of analog effects cascade through the background. All the while a vocal clip appears once in a while, saying "Physical" -- adding a strange human element to proceedings. The penultimate track is "Stormy Memories", which opens with an extended, emotive intro, slowly building into a brooding acid-tinged workout with that classic 303 sound bubbling away in the low-end. Closing out this masterful selection is "Erdmond", a delicate, hazy soundscape that feels like the "morning after the night before", the sun blazing into your room through a gap in the curtain, a variety of electronic critters chirping and calling to one another and your head slowly shedding the layers of fuzz to reveal memories of last night. Like in all of her albums, Ellen uses her vocals like an instrument through alienation in many different ways. Nost is a homage to the feeling of nostalgia, that Ellen knows just too good, and that happens quite often to her, when she plays her DJ sets: This incredible, warm feeling, when she drops one of the old classic records, that she loves, and the people start smiling.
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Triple 12" version. Ellen Allien's seventh solo album Nost, which comes from nostalgia, is the quintessential sound of Berlin. It has a sensibility which can only be found in the depths of the city's darkest underground clubs. The album begins with an expert lesson in hypnosis with "Mind Journey"; a warped vocal lures you into its creepy world, while a persistent beat, narcotic bassline, and spine-tingling eerie top-end builds an intense, immersive vibe. "Innocence" channels the loose atmosphere of a Berlin dancefloor, with its insistent energy conjuring up images of a clandestine warehouse soiree. "Jack My Ass" is a whirring, utterly captivating dancefloor treat with tension building rises in energy, built to create moments of pure exhilaration; techno from the 23rd Century, built by a modern-day master. "Call Me" sees Ellen inject sexy vibes but keeps it strictly jackin'; Berlin's unmistakable vibe is blended with the classic sound of Chicago. "Electric Eye" follows with its emotive riff, again transmitting a lucid, hypnotic rhythm. Ellen demonstrates her expertise in warping vocals, and combines it with deadly techno elements. "mma" is a snarling beast of a track with dramatic strings creating a hair-raising atmosphere and a mesmerizing riff. "Physical" is a message from future inhabitants of our universe -- the beats are crisp and powerful, while a symphony of analog effects cascade through the background. All the while a vocal clip appears once in a while, saying "Physical" -- adding a strange human element to proceedings. The penultimate track is "Stormy Memories", which opens with an extended, emotive intro, slowly building into a brooding acid-tinged workout with that classic 303 sound bubbling away in the low-end. Closing out this masterful selection is "Erdmond", a delicate, hazy soundscape that feels like the "morning after the night before", the sun blazing into your room through a gap in the curtain, a variety of electronic critters chirping and calling to one another and your head slowly shedding the layers of fuzz to reveal memories of last night. Like in all of her albums, Ellen uses her vocals like an instrument through alienation in many different ways. Nost is a homage to the feeling of nostalgia, that Ellen knows just too good, and that happens quite often to her, when she plays her DJ sets: This incredible, warm feeling, when she drops one of the old classic records, that she loves, and the people start smiling.
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The legendary Detroit icon Alan Oldham, aka DJ T-1000, makes his first guest appearance on BPitch Control with Ratchet Traxx, four highly explosive tracks. Oldham serves up his quintessential "Bangin' Funky Ass Techno": a straight-up 909 beat, undeviating basslines, and vocal samples that constantly and relentlessly burrow into your senses. Time and again the master of his trade springs a surprise with quirky breaks and sublime details. In short, Ratchet Traxx has what it takes to become a classic and perfectly sums up everything you'd expect from "Detroit Techno's Renaissance Man". Don't play this at home, kids...
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Garry Todd, the man behind the label Contemporary Scarecrow, presents Mind's Eye after his celebrated debut album Nora Lilian (BPC 320LP, 2015) and various EPs. The title track knocks immediately with a dry bass drum and an extra-terrestrial voice loop. "Dream For You" is pure house, too, again peppered by dry kick drums and nonchalant claps with London based singer Josh Caffe's voice is guiding the listeners. "Take Control" is fueled with a magical vocal loop. His style is again house, but he jacks with more BPM. An ambient edit of the title track is featured.
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"Before I started my festival season this year, I went to the studio in Berlin and recorded some tracks for my sets. These two tracks I've been playing again and again, so they became the soundtrack of my summer. They are as hypnotic and freaky as my DJ sets are. I used some of my favorite instruments, the 303, the 909 and the Minimoog to create two tracks full of murky, distorted vocals, strange breaks and pure drastic emotion in beat form." --Ellen Allien, September 2016.
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Boris Werner returns with Daymare Dreamer EP featuring collaborations with Gretz & Rival Of Mars and Cinema Royale. "Daymare Dreamer" is a breezy welcome of a classic Werner style house beats. This opening track bubbles with roots influence and has some slick vocal slices drifting in-and-out. The wealth of tour experiences, inspiration and excitement can be felt from the jazzy "Dance Of The Hump Back Whale" through to the funky pulsations of "Frustration (No Strings Attached)". "King Hassan", a track created with Cinema Royale, features superb '80s style house/electro cow-bell samples, mysterious murky baselines and forward motion keyboard funk.
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Digipak CD version. Includes 12-page poster booklet. Dillon presents Live At Haus Der Berliner Festspiele. Recorded at the extraordinary Berlin theater, Haus der Berliner Festspiele. Born in Brazil, raised in Cologne and based in Berlin, Dominique Dillon de Byington, aka Dillon, has always had a clear vision of her art. Her two previous albums, This Silence Kills (BPC 244CD/LP, 2011) and The Unknown (BPC 285CD/LP, 2014), told a coherent story and together carried her live shows. Her live shows demonstrate a magical interchange between the dark-melodic songs of both albums. In 2015, she developed a unique concert with a six-piece women's choir for the Berlin Foreign Affairs Festival. The choir accompanied her and Tamer Fahri Özgönenc, her collaborator and co-producer of her first two albums, in the live performance at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, held in July 2015. "I felt the need to work with vocals and to create an additional layer that breathes in this space between the electronic music and myself. I was very attracted to this idea, so Tamer and I wrote and arranged the choir parts together," Dillon explains. The choir injects a new physical layer into her music, which is dominated by piano and electronic sounds, and her own voice dances longingly in this space. The live recording of the concert reveals just how naturally this new element slots into her dramatically minimal music. "When I started writing my new album The Unknown, I already knew it would be a continuation of This Silence Kills in terms of both music and content. Now the two albums are being brought together as a release, as well as in the live shows. For me, this album could be called 'This Silence Kills The Unknown' ".
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Jewel case CD version. Includes 12-page poster booklet. Dillon presents Live At Haus Der Berliner Festspiele. Recorded at the extraordinary Berlin theater, Haus der Berliner Festspiele. Born in Brazil, raised in Cologne and based in Berlin, Dominique Dillon de Byington, aka Dillon, has always had a clear vision of her art. Her two previous albums, This Silence Kills (BPC 244CD/LP, 2011) and The Unknown (BPC 285CD/LP, 2014), told a coherent story and together carried her live shows. Her live shows demonstrate a magical interchange between the dark-melodic songs of both albums. In 2015, she developed a unique concert with a six-piece women's choir for the Berlin Foreign Affairs Festival. The choir accompanied her and Tamer Fahri Özgönenc, her collaborator and co-producer of her first two albums, in the live performance at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, held in July 2015. "I felt the need to work with vocals and to create an additional layer that breathes in this space between the electronic music and myself. I was very attracted to this idea, so Tamer and I wrote and arranged the choir parts together," Dillon explains. The choir injects a new physical layer into her music, which is dominated by piano and electronic sounds, and her own voice dances longingly in this space. The live recording of the concert reveals just how naturally this new element slots into her dramatically minimal music. "When I started writing my new album The Unknown, I already knew it would be a continuation of This Silence Kills in terms of both music and content. Now the two albums are being brought together as a release, as well as in the live shows. For me, this album could be called 'This Silence Kills The Unknown' ".
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Double LP version. Includes CD. Dillon presents Live At Haus Der Berliner Festspiele. Recorded at the extraordinary Berlin theater, Haus der Berliner Festspiele. Born in Brazil, raised in Cologne and based in Berlin, Dominique Dillon de Byington, aka Dillon, has always had a clear vision of her art. Her two previous albums, This Silence Kills (BPC 244CD/LP, 2011) and The Unknown (BPC 285CD/LP, 2014), told a coherent story and together carried her live shows. Her live shows demonstrate a magical interchange between the dark-melodic songs of both albums. In 2015, she developed a unique concert with a six-piece women's choir for the Berlin Foreign Affairs Festival. The choir accompanied her and Tamer Fahri Özgönenc, her collaborator and co-producer of her first two albums, in the live performance at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, held in July 2015. "I felt the need to work with vocals and to create an additional layer that breathes in this space between the electronic music and myself. I was very attracted to this idea, so Tamer and I wrote and arranged the choir parts together," Dillon explains. The choir injects a new physical layer into her music, which is dominated by piano and electronic sounds, and her own voice dances longingly in this space. The live recording of the concert reveals just how naturally this new element slots into her dramatically minimal music. "When I started writing my new album The Unknown, I already knew it would be a continuation of This Silence Kills in terms of both music and content. Now the two albums are being brought together as a release, as well as in the live shows. For me, this album could be called 'This Silence Kills The Unknown' ". Standard CD comes with 12-page poster booklet.
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Berlin-based producer Phon.o presents Fractions EP. The hypnotic drive of "Run" has a dramatic arrangement of the partly frisky, partly menacing Detroit strings evoking nostalgic memories. "Brooklyn Shuffle", with its swinging flow at 128 BPM, builds another bridge between London, New York, and Berlin by unfolding his UK garage sound, including 2-step drums, melodic synths, and the well-known vocal bits. The subsonic bass lines and reduced percussion of the emotional title track "Fractions" creates a dark and gloomy atmosphere that is counteracted with contemplative melancholy thanks to those manipulated voices.
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Cell Phones proves once again why Jesse Perez represents the real street sound of Miami. Its title track starts with his hip-hop drive of massive bass and even richer percussion. Using the words of West Coast icon Egyptian Lover they're recalling that mobile phones don't belong on the dance floor. "Double Is Good, Triple Is Better" continues to unfold this back-to-the-roots feeling when Perez samples the old funk track "Double Dutch Bus". "Twerk Machine" and "The One Two Checka" on the B-side establish a bootylicious house sound that integrates breakbeats and interspersed vocal samples as well as electro-infected tunes.
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First vinyl edition of Ellen Allien's LISm, originally released on CD in 2013 (BPC 264CD). LISm is a milestone in the history of Ellen Allien's BPitch Control label; rarely has an album from the circle of BPC artists deviated so far from the club context. Ellen Allien radically disposes of all established musical templates and creates space for 45 minutes of sonic experiments that lie well beyond any functional paradigm; a highly emotional soundtrack for one's inner cinema, but also a creative progression with a considerable fun factor.
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Japanese techno legend DJ Shufflemaster and his partner in crime Chester Beatty debut on BPitch. Since the 1997 release of their first joint EP on Robert Armani's Cloned Vinyl label, the duo have held a special connection to Chicago and the origins of house music. Here, "Our House Music" bows to the still timeless Chi-town style with its distinctive, analog-driven synth bassline, rattling hi-hats, and warm chords. It's an impressively simple arrangement that spreads a nostalgic drive with its glockenspiel intermezzo and the iconic vocals by DJ Funk. The remix by DJ Tasaka delivers 808 drums and 303 basslines reminiscent of classic Chicago acid.
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"Club music that makes you wanna dance." Garry Todd's description of his art is as simple as that. One could also add that it's in the house domain, it doesn't cater to any clichés, and it has a certain twist that points to a natural-born talent. As a teenager Garry Todd danced to sets by Masters at Work. In the early 2010s, he became a central figure as a DJ, producer, and promoter in the nascent club scene in and around Sydney, delicately and subtly explores the house genre in his productions. This EP features Nat Page on the title-track.
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