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IRR 017LP
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The keeping of pets marks humans' attempt at taking possession of a part of reality that is not at their disposal. Dressing a piece of the real that lives according to entirely non-human rules and which only in the saddest case does not resist the discipline of the human symbolic order vehemently and in a sustained matter, is a violent act of protection. Because in the non-place of the real, all that which we are helpless in the face of looms: the non-logical and the nameless, the violence and the noise, yet also the unrestrained and unfiltered desire. The innocuous figure of the pet marks a gateway to an investigation of these eerie milieus, while electronic dance music lends itself to this investigation in an outstanding way. This constellation marks the subject of Column's Pets II. Column is the name of Cologne-based renaissance man Jan Philipp Janzen, who, as chief emissary of Cologne's pop internationalism, has been playing the field in various functions and is, in one way or another, been involved in most relevant records coming out of Cologne for the past number of years. After his excellent solo debut Pets I (2016), Janzen presents another extraordinary record in Pets II, perfectly complemented by another ghostly oil work of Burkhard Mönnich on the cover.
Sonically, Pets II marks a clear development for Column. In its exploration of the thresholds of the real, it sets two points of focus, corresponding with the split in sides A and B. Side A, on which Janzen teams up with long-time friend myr., explores the uncanny as a fissure of the symbolic order, and the subsequent breaking in of the real. It opens with two peak-time rockets that have their wooden, nether-regional groove narrated by grim, down-pitched vocals. The ethereal remix by Leibniz is the side's clandestine and no less dark closer. Side B, for which Janzen invited studio mate Marvin Horsch along, delivers two swaying synthesizer workouts, the second of which, "Molly And Swerve", is directed firmly at the dancefloor again. What is at stake here is the transition between a free, undirected jouissance of the real and a more ordered becoming-lust. Here, as in Map.ache's remix which closes out Pets II, it becomes clear what connections dance music can foster between a free, impersonal desire and the sphere of interpersonal wanting, but also the losses that are negotiated in it.
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IRR 015EP
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When IRR track-hound Ada goes sniffing around the corners in Cologne, she means business. One can imagine her happy panting when she learned that she just intercepted unbelievably huge and simultaneously unreleased material from Matt Karmil. Here is the result of this strange event. Matt Karmil is letting us all inhale his scent.
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IRR 009EP
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With "I Can't Exist" Hrdvsion successfully strikes the balance between deep housiness and accelerated departure. If you turn the piece of plastic around, you find a more typical Hrdvsion track, celebrating the same magical atmosphere. Last, but definitely not least, the B2 is a fusion-remix by Ada that insists on being played in the sunshine.
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IRR 008EP
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International Records is honored to release this fantastic track by Von Spar, a track that might as well be found on their outstanding album Foreigner from 2010. Maybe it is because International Records is such a big label and the crude, elegiac, and emotionally mighty sound of these guys fits just perfectly. And whoever would like to get out of this tunnel of infinite deepness should rely on the remix Ada comes up with.
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IRR 007EP
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It's not unlikely that you will sometimes find the most beautiful houses in the most unexpected corners of Berlin. For the 7th release on International Records Recordings, co-founder Metope stayed at home all summer long to work on these tracks just to make everyone happy. It's always a special moment for Metopology when it covers you in a warm coat of confidence.
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IRR 006EP
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Probably has a Nord Modular synth. Had a collab album with Move D on Smallville. Tracks have an out-of-body liquid atmospheric vibe. Includes a remix by Ada.
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IRR 005EP
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"It's IRRness how this guy blows out one hit after another. You may get the slight feeling that something must be IRRegular here. And we say: IRRor! IRRness is only the IRR garden of emotions you'll find yourself in whenever you listen to John Daly's music. And it is this Daly-ish flIRRing that turns your feelings into a rattle. We say thank you to IRReland!"
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IRR 004EP
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"Can you imagine an up-and-coming house music label without a funky, wah-wah guitar track? Would be a kind of 'bojour tristesse'! But thank God René Breitbarth releases us from this ongoing misery by nicely banging on his guitar strings on our fourth release. The only thing you want to do is saunter through the sunny streets of San Francisco, or Berlin, or even Cologne, with comfy 'in ear monitor' plugs and smoking a nice cig (all you non-smokers out there, please use your imagination).On the flip side, the sun may slowly call it a day and go down at the horizon. This is René's first release on Areal. More can be found on Treibstoff, Sub-Static and Dessous, and of course on his own, fabulous label: Deep Data!"
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IRR 003EP
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"IRR number three presents Ada in her new (voluptuous) autumn robe. She is wallowing in pop and immersed in a sea of soul leaves. The beat of 'Forty Winks' is strolling through the woods to get a little break, and we in return, are really pleased to have an unusual track for very special moments. When you flip the record over, you will find 'Kink-a-Jou' -- after the beat has taken a little rest, it passes the bar, and makes its way back on to the dancefloor again."
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