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PLAYRJC 071EP
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Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Felice! Working the fields of Italo disco, rave, and house, Turnland co-chief Felice delivers the goods with a smashing tune entitled "Infinite Suburbia" which indeed can easily be tagged with the "Italo" moniker -- a very modern and up-to-date, state of the art Italo take that is. The tune is a stomping tour de force (or more likely a Giro d'Italia?) with razor sharp piano stabs and DJ City sweetening the former instrumental track by adding marvelous icy cold yet laid-back vocals -- a collaboration which came into being during the 2020 Covid summer. Of course we put the instrumental on the EP as well -- for those of you who want to sing yourself -- "Leaving Trails" leaves you with some great trails of dancefloor magic. The atmosphere is slightly darker here, but Felice keeps up the positive and uplifting spirit by speeding up the tempo a tiny bit and gracing this tune with that shuffling hi-hat for that extra groove. Last but not least, man of the hour Lauer puts his magic hands on the title track with a couple of acid bleeps and lots of atmospheric and dreamy sounds keeping only tiny vocal snippets that pop up occasionally thus creating real infinite moments of joy -- welcome to Infinite Suburbia.
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PLAYRJC 069EP
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Former Rhein-Main homie and Robert Johnson resident Robert Dietz finally has its debut release on Live At Robert Johnson at Catalogue No. 069, which (as you may know) is the local area code of both Frankfurt and Offenbach am Main -- where the Robert Johnson Club still holds strong. Being a seasoned DJ and producer, Robert Dietz surely sets the controls to a four-track vinyl, with pleasing electroid-technoid sonic textures and subtle acid figures, throughout this EP. With its playful and uplifting vibe, "Kirby" might just be inspired by the jump'n'run character by the same name, who may be easily imagined along that happy Acid bassline bubbling amidst synth-pads and electroid beats. "Honey Stash" relies on a 303-esque hook bolted on a solid four-to-the-floor kick drum, which soon evolves into an acid-trancey flair, thanks to some kind of mangled reverb introduced at the end of the first third. By adding a vocal sample and steady-handed work on the filter section, this track provides extra energy for the next levels to come. "Swallowing Tubes" has that soft yet driving electro aesthetic, pads, and arpeggio, reminiscent of morning hours in decades' past. "WAW" completes this EP with a melancholic vibe on a straight beat, haunting vowel-pads, and lots of sonic space in-between its harmonic elements.
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PLAYRJC 059EP
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"The first collaborative release between Roman Flügel and Daniel Avery arrives on Live at Robert Johnson, under the guise of Noun. Initially recorded some years ago across just two days at Flügel's former Frankfurt studio, both tracks represent a meeting point between the sensibilities of two of the best-loved producers in contemporary electronic music. Patient, even minimal psychedelia shares space with the driving club music that defines both Avery and Flügel's individual DJ sets, as well as a number of occasional back-to-back performances, where the music of Noun has since been reliably reached-for and re-contextualized ever since. Indeed, it speaks for the confidence and craft in this debut collaboration that Noun begins with 'Meeting Of The Minds', a textural delight that finds the Anglo-Germanic pair at their unremittingly trippiest. An analog, unwavering transmission, as if pirated from Avery's celebrated frequencies, is wrapped around minimal drum percussion, guaranteed to equally appeal to fans of the more experimental, reduced moments in Flügel's back catalog. Tense as the mood may seem, in these offbeat sonic corners, lay pockets of intrigue and moments of bliss. On 'Team Silent', the impact is more immediate. As the seams between individual influences melt away, Flügel and Avery roll out something tougher and more direct; a blossoming, somewhat dystopian drive-by-night of softly soaring synths, ecstatic feedback, and tough drums. Somehow both understated and anthemic, this is a true late-night jam courtesy of two masters of club culture. Years later, and what a difference two days makes." --John Thorp
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PLAYRJC 061EP
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Much like its associated club, Live At Robert Johnson not only features seasoned veterans, but likewise emerging talents and those already paving their way with quality productions. Victor Shan's production style tells much about his ongoing collaborations with one of bespoke veterans, Gerd Janson, providing countless remixes and edits as a tag team on labels such as Running Back and Permanent Vacation. Taking their inspirations from a sonic array of UK synth pop, Balearic beats, and Italo disco, Victor Shan's LARJ debut four-track EP reveres nights spent at the Robert Johnson club: from the dancefloor to the studio. Lush detuned synths, deep basslines sometimes lingering down below, and upfront beats -- they all catch the vibe of a wooden dancefloor to be found at Nordring 131 in Offenbach.
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PLAYRJC 060EP
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Live At Robert Johnson deploys a very true to its school release by one of Brussels finest, DC Salas. The Complicated Art of Dreaming tells a four-track tale of joyous and airy nights on the dancefloor. A few euphoric sixteenths and a few quirky acid lines, lush pads and irresistible drums -- it's all about giving you that driving and energetic feeling, with more than one genuine hands in the air floor-filler at your disposal. Things are what you expect of LARJ: Driving high quality tracks with an emotional twist, a nod to the luscious moments on the wooden dancefloor. DC Salas is thirtysomething year old Diego Cortez Salas, a skilled talent with Peruvian origins hailing from Brussels. His four-track EP The Complicated Art of Dreaming delves into classic territories, an eclectic amalgamation of his musical inspirations in 15 years of digging and DJing. A regular DJ at C11 and Kiosk Radio both in Brussels, Diego also co-runs Biologic Records with his mate Abstraxion since 2014.
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PLAYRJC 058EP
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Skatebård and Lauer team up for the second collaboration titled Volpe. The EP bundles Italo disco, classic house, and '80s synth music. Features a cover drawing by Norwegian space disco pioneer Bjørn Torske.
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PLAYRJC 057EP
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Fort Romeau returns to Live At Robert Johnson with two epic proto-house cuts on his brand new EP titled Dweller On The Threshold.
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PLAYRJC 056EP
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The veteran London duo Secretsundaze debut Live At Robert Johnson with pure deep house vibes.
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PLAYRJC 055EP
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Jacques Bon, host of the Smallville record store dependence in Paris, debuts on Live At Robert Johnson with pure deep house vibes. Fractals features two tracks by the Parisian artist and two remixes by Lauer.
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PLAYRJC 054EP
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Live At Robert Johnson announce the second release of Sao Paulo-based artist Davis, titled Ordinary Sleep. Davis a key figure of Sao Paulo's strong techno and house scene, and a member of the collective behind the underground warehouse event series ODD. On this EP, Davis brings together break-beat and acid with his trance-y signature synth-wave melodies.
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PLAYRJC 053LP
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"The body never lies. Every dance is a graph of the heart. Nothing is more revealing than movement." These are the words of Martha Graham, one of the greatest American dancers and choreographers of the 20th century. Massimiliano Pagliara might as well have them tattooed on his chest, close to his heart, being an accomplished dancer, too. He has studied contemporary dance in Milan and Berlin, and went on to dedicate his life to transforming experience into movement, be it musical, physical, or spiritual. Massimilano's message is clear: Don't stand still. Take a chance at endless change, instead. Stemming from Lecce province, an area at the south-eastern-most tip of Italy, Massimilano has been based in Berlin for several years where he's been one of the main forces behind recombining the city's hardboiled techno scene with an often-overlooked sensibility for the soft and the tender. Call it underground disco passion. Massimilano's last album, With One Another (PLAYRJC 032LP, 2014), was about celebrating the joy of human encounters and in parts seemed like a big get-together with like-minded artists and friends. Following its release, Massimilano dedicated himself to intense traveling and exploring the world anew. The result of these experiences is Feel Live, Massimiliano's third full-length endeavor. It was recorded in several intimate, sometimes improvised studio settings between Los Angeles, Portland, and Massimiliano's homebase in Berlin as well as at airports and on intercontinental flights high up in the sky. Featuring vocals by Private Agenda, Peaking Lights, Kim Anh, and instrumental contributions by Fort Romeau, Tim K, and Jules Etienne, Feel Live is Massimilano's most playful and imaginative work to date. It's as emotional as sensual, as vibrant as the first ray of light after a thunderstorm has cleared the air. Is it awkward or odd to call this record jazzy? Presumptuous to pinpoint its spatial, almost orchestral qualities? Unfair on the ruling Cosmic powers to highlight its aspirations of founding a new land of Balearic Harmonia and getting down at a huge fertility rite with electro enthusiasts and house lovers? Not one bit. Feel Live is pure grandeur and elegance. It feels like an eternal movement.
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PLAYRJC 052EP
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As a Frankfurt native, Oskar Offermann has been a longtime friend of the Robert Johnson club, first as a regular guest and later as a regular DJ. After spending 15 years in exile (Berlin, where else?) and putting out music on his own (White and Rimini) as well as befriended labels (Mule Musiq, Aim and Hardworksoftdrink), the long lost son has finally come back home (Offenbach, where else?) and will debut on Live At Robert Johnson with Truth Within The Kilos, three tracks that bring together Oskar's melodic approach and the bleepy sound of Frankfurt's new school.
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PLAYRJC 051EP
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Chinaski returns to Live At Robert Johnson with Bodies And Places, a collection of his latest work.
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PLAYRJC 050EP
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Benedikt Frey returns to Live At Robert Johnson with three hypnotic cuts.
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PLAYRJC 048EP
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Massimiliano Pagliara returns to Live At Robert Johnson with a double release titled Devoid Of Dimension Pt.1 and Pt.2 (PLAYRJC 049EP). Devoid Of Dimension Pt.1 is presented here as a 12" vinyl.
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PLAYRJC 049EP
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Massimiliano Pagliara returns to Live At Robert Johnson with a double release titled Devoid Of Dimension Pt.1 (PLAYRJC 048EP) and Pt.2. Devoid Of Dimension Pt.2 is presented here as a 7" vinyl.
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PLAYRJC 047LP
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Alvin Toffler was overwhelmed. When in the morning of October 4th, 1988 -- it was his 60th birthday -- he was staring into a bowl of cornflakes, he thought that in the surface structure of the yellowish shimmering milk which was making an emulsion with the maple syrup and slowly, but irreversibly, corroding the crunchy crystals on the flakes, he could see through a window into a timeless dimension. Toffler, who at that time had reached the peak of his fames as a future scientist, was sustainably disturbed from his peek into this extra temporary peephole. In none of his books -- Future Shock (1970) had just been released in another edition -- did he ever mention this occurrence. The "flake dimension" as Toffler called it in notes, were later shredded remains a secret of opaque, hard-to-grasp, radiant power. Maybe it's too simple to describe Pneumatics as a creation coming from this cornflake world? Are there any more precise terms or instruments to determine the multi-facetedness and beyond-timeliness of the Pneumatics soundscape? There are still unknown. Pneumatics is, after releases at Innervisions, Die Orakel, and his own label Sound Mirror, the debut album of Orson Wells (as long as you don't count in Jupiter, released on cassette in 2014). Perhaps Wells, known in Frankfurt under his real name Lennard Poschmann and as an employee at the record store Tactile, is only a messenger. Or a psychic. The sound manifesto that he apparently transmits from Toffler's secret dimension tells of a city of upside-down pyramids ("Tianon"), of passes into the land of the five elements ("Multipass"), and dead straight four-to-the-floor lines which appear bended within the spherical dimension ("Geodesic"). These beats are right on the heels of the ones of Interstellar Fugitives (1998); the strings sound like that at any moment a vocal sample edited by Moodyman could warp over through the cornflake wormhole. Pneumatics is the science of all technological applications powered by condensed and often by quite heated air. It is a matter of mechanics, compression, jackhammer, ramblings, high-pressure levels, valves for blowing of steam. Orson Wells's album gets to the point of the post-retro futuristic state and of the dancefloors of the house and techno clubs of this planet. It is like a peek into another dimension, right on the golden cut of space-time geometry.
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PLAYRJC 046EP
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The debut single by Davis on Live At Robert Johnson, titled Perle.
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PLAYRJC 045LP
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Some try it with mouth-to-mouth insufflation and cardiac massage. Others with psycho-pharmaceuticals or group therapy. Still others with divorce. By going cold turkey. With a new profile pic and a matching hairstyle. Seen it all at Robert Johnson, already endorsed everything -- at least as long as it helps: as a lifesaving measure. But since the year dot, the Offenbach-based club with its affiliated label recommends to all which are undecided or have doubts particularly one thing: Music. And dance. Every two years, when life newly blossoms during spring, Live At Robert Johnson opens its windows widely, lets new music out and fresh air into the house. The beguiling scent of nature and aviation fuel blends with the scent of sweat and dry ice fog -- and causes sundry healing confusion. As soon as the first tone of the Lifesaver Compilation 3 is heard, the swelling grunt of Vincent Feit's "X04", the scenery of the dancefloor right at the Main river appears before one's eyes. On Saint Monday, iconoclasts rebel against the age of self-optimization. A crack goes through the parquet of the dancefloor (or the dancing party itself). The post-unambiguities era is beginning. The images become blurred. Bass case. Alternative facts. Resonance hole. No reception. And then it's only the queue answering the club emergency hotline. Finally there is a buzz on the line. "Just drop the images!," it says. "It's all not that tragic." This helps. The Lifesaver Compilation 3, the yet most comprehensive package of the Lifesaver history, sounds like electro, sharp-edged like the vault in a Hague bunker (Lauer), provides data pop with piano crescendo (Fort Romeau), brings the style characteristics of German schlager music to the breakdance mat (Rolande Garros), lets the bulky lily-of-the-valley bells clang and sends the reverb tails away with the wind (Benedikt Frey). There are several new names to discover: Felix Strahd, Benjamin Milz, Vincent Feit; and of course there a many old acquaintances: Massimiliano Pagliara, Orson Wells, TCB, and Chinaski. Roman Flügel offers "Good News", however: "From Another Planet". And Fort Romeau feels "Lost, Again", but in such somnambulistically beautiful manner that you want to get lost with him instantly and jointly find the great joy. Again and again there are mysterious chants. It's not required to decipher the specific words in order to get the message: Salvation is near. Salvation is here: the Lifesaver Compilation 3.
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PLAYRJC 044EP
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Live At Robert Johnson presents Chinaski's hypnotizing-John Carpenter-protohouse EP titled Ghost Rider.
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PLAYRJC 043EP
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Live At Robert Johnson announce Lauer's return to the label with his second EP, Tearsh.
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PLAYRJC 042EP
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Basic Motions is the first full-grown EP from Benjamin Milz. Being made by a Frankfurt kid with a mature sound signature, Basic Motions nods towards what once was and what could be one day. Stay golden.
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PLAYRJC 041EP
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A Lea Porcelain remix package including two reinterpretations by Roman Flügel and Benedikt Frey.
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PLAYRJC 040EP
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Alan Abrahams, better known as Bodycode and Portable, returns with a fragile and romantic piece of house music, "I Reflect Thee," under the Portable alias. "I Reflect Thee" features all of his great signature moves, and is backed here with an a capella version for brave DJs and a serious "Flutramental."
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PLAYRJC 039EP
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Fort Romeau presents his second release on Live at Robert Johnson. His take on neo-dance, post-disco, and house is as unmistakable as it is dreamlike.
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