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RB 1980EP
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Circulating as a digital dub plate for more than a year on selected USB-sticks, it's finally available: Butch and C.Vogt's remix-not-remix (ie. cover version) of Andy Gibbs's "Desire". Cut, spliced, and modernized, it's the kind of tailor-made DJ pleasure that only comes along once in a while and needs its own record shop section: Blue-eyed R&B house. Made to please and evoking those unifying and uplifting dance-floor moments that are due to Andy Gibbs's lyrics ("we may be big or small or...") and spot-on production work. Butch has been known to hit the bulls-eye (see "Dope" or "Countach" for further reference) and together with his studio partner C.Vogt, this is an especially inspired outcome. Enjoy a 45rpm cut, backed up by drum, dubs, and vocal tools on the flip side. And always remember: "we may be young or old or in between, but together we can learn to grow."
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RB 074RMX-EP
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KiNK provides some mixes for Krystal Klear's "Euphoric Dreams".
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RB 085-1EP
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Come on in! One Swallow Doesn't Make A Summer Part 1 is a various artists sampler off a hypothetical mixtape. The international cast: Zombies In Miami, Alan Dixon, Storken, and Hokaiido. The plot: electronic disco in its broadest and maybe post-modern sense. There is the Gerd Janson Boiler Room approved smash hit "Lille Vals" by Swedish newcomer Storken, the drum mix to Alan Dixon's previously released beetles masterpiece "Ambient Braindisk", the hypnotic wrap that is "Panoramica" by Mexico's cutest duo (ZIM), and disco trance from the mysterious outfit Hokaiido with "Talisman". Dance, dance, dance!
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RB 083EP
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A varied EP with classic Redshape tropes. From slow motion techno poems to clever DJ tools.
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RB 080EP
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Alan Dixon's La Danza EP gives you Italo-house waves that would make Irma and Calypso records proud, washing over you, arpeggiated disco bass lines, boogie swag, and a beautiful ambient composition that makes you dance without beats. The London-based debut for Running Back is at the same time joyous, carefree, smart, bold and bittersweet. Four tracks for almost every taste and definitely the icing on any dance cake.
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RB 079EP
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Deetron's debut EP for Running Back is an amalgam of some of the key virtues of both parties involved: the evocative and glorious power of the early days of rave, emotional house, melodious techno, a beatless beauty, and a firmly polished dancefloor. The EP's title track is the result of an extensive research in quiet storm soul records and their influence on traditional house music. "T-Symmetry" and "TXT" make extensive use of Roland's classic JX-8P synthesizer with very different outcomes and the certainty that the idea trumps the tools. Euphoric UK breakbeat pianos and Detroit techno soul.
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RB 082EP
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Running Back and Dusky proudly present Life Signs Vol. 1. The band that brought you the fabulous remix for KiNk's "Perth" donate a whole EP. "Boris Borrison's Trip To Morrisons" is an Italo-inspired bassline meets Belgian rave vibes via a British supermarket chain. "Lea Valley" is an homage to the area in London along the river Lea, home to a mix of nature reserves and industrial warehouses and wasteland, historically famous for illegal parties. "Static" is a warm wash of melancholic euphoria in which to submerge, inspired by classic electronica and the melodic techno of early Autechre and Aphex.
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RB 076EP
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Welcome to the deeper end of the Hugh Mane spectrum. Mane's third outing on Running Back captures his love for the spirit of early Detroit techno, IDM's ambient aspects, the philosophy of the acid house experience, and a natural production flow. Four tracks for fans of Larry Heard, Jungle Sounds, Nu Groove, and the very early British response to that. Emotions electric. Vintage voodoo with modern spells.
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RB 081EP
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With unmistakably titled Piano Power EP, the Bulgarian hit factory KiNK does what it does best: infectious melodies, moving bass, and gnarly acid lines as well as the ill beats around. "To Love U" is a freestyle jam with regular collaborator, vocalist Rachel Row. "I Remember" on the other hand, is presented here as a "303 Mix" that loses the classic house sample of the first version, in favor of the squelchy sound that DJ Pierre invented. "Raw" is the kind of happy-go-lucky piano-bazooka that invokes the spirit of Baltimore's production outfit Basement Boys in todays' pagan parties.
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RB 077EP
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Neil Landstrumm doesn't need an introduction. Since his first record on Peacefrog in 1995, he pretty much covered every aspect of electronic music, embodied the spirit of the independent producer and build his very own brand of controlled chaos. Never one to be stuck in a loop or monotony, his music ranges from unorthodox techno to all kinds of genre-defying compositions. For his Running Back debut, he serves a frenzy dish that feels like the soundtrack to a space pirate opera. Five tracks of VHS-beta-electro-funk, love ballads for aliens, horror house, silhouette-techno and neuromancing dancing.
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RB 078EP
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Gerd Janson: "... 'Gordon' is such a record. Made one day before Miami's infamous Rakastella party, premiered there on Will Renuart's 'The Kiss' stage and being one of the highlights during a shared slot with DJ Tennis, I was secretly hoping for Running Back to get awarded with it. It basically sums up all the qualities of a DJ Tennis set: you get the highs and lows, the loud and quiet parts . . . 'Starck' on the other hand, scales it a bit down, but is equally overwhelming as are the atmospheric respectively cinematic versions of both tracks..."
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RBFEATERDUB 001
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Running Back welcomes Blood Shanti. The Falasha Recordings main man and brother of UK's living sound system legend Aba-Shanti delivers four breathtaking versions of Feater's "Time Millionaire", taken from the album Socialo Blanco (RBINC 002LP).
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RBFEATERRMX 002
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What started as an attempt to transport Feater's brilliant outsider pop "Time Million" taken from the Socialo Blanco (RBINC 002LP) onto a dancefloor with one or two remixes, ended up as a feast served on three different platters with some heavy hitters. First up, Pépé Bradock and Ricardo Villalobos are crossing their beams. Spread over two 12"s, the masters of idiosyncrasies and splendid aural design, Bradock and Villalobos treat the voice of Vilja Larjosto with love and care and bring it into their respective universe during peak time: vocals, dubs, acapellas, and bonus bits included.
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RBFEATERRMX 003
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What started as an attempt to transport Feater's brilliant outsider pop "Time Millionaire", taken from the Socialo Blanco album (RBINC 002LP) onto a dancefloor with one or two remixes, ended up as a feast served on three different platters. On this 12", Krystal Klear takes the material down to love town: the sound of 1980s Island records meets NYC boogie and UK street soul sounds. Hessle Audio's Pangaea follows the other path: up-tempo bass fun with a driving dub and an instrumental pass. Feater and Sam Irl themselves deliver a blissed-out dub of the original.
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RBFEATERRMX 001
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What started as an attempt to transport Feater's brilliant outsider pop "Time Million" taken from the Socialo Blanco (RBINC 002LP) onto a dancefloor with one or two remixes, ended up as a feast served on three different platters with some heavy hitters. First up, Pépé Bradock and Ricardo Villalobos are crossing their beams. Spread over two 12"s, the masters of idiosyncrasies and splendid aural design, Bradock and Villalobos treat the voice of Vilja Larjosto with love and care and bring it into their respective universe during peak time: vocals, dubs, acapellas, and bonus bits included.
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RB 075EP
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Swedish duo Genius Of Time's inner strength is the uncanny ability to create tension, sustaining and playing with it, before rewarding the listener (or dancer). "Peace Bird" is a prime example of that technique: a tight build-up and an intricate breakdown lead to heavily strings and foolproof floor finesse. "Smiling Into Eternity" mellows you down easy as well as the club ready "Rymd01", the whole thing is a more than worthy successor to GOT's first EP for Running Back almost five years ago (RB 048EP, 2014).
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RB 013CD
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Unshrouded in mystery: what once started as an anonymous underground project with stamped white labels and a clever take on sampling, has since then unfolded to be one of the longest-running and most successful teams in current dance music. Nurtured by the sounds of the past and blessed with the techniques of today, the music of Tiger & Woods always kept evolving in and around the tropes of disco, house, and boogie. Classic dance music, if you will. Celebrating their tenth anniversary in 2019, Marco Passarani and Valerio Delphi managed to arrive at album number three. A.O.D. is a pun on A.O.R. (adult oriented rock) and a play on their own sound. Defying the restricting rules electronic music record shop crates, it's a departure and an arrival at the same time. Inspired by the faded buildings and images of discotheques on the Italian countryside, the romantic start and bittersweet endings of summer, beach life, and the excitement of traveling through the landscape to get to aforementioned temples of dance and subsequently the morning after. Except for the 100% sample-free "1:00 am", everything on A.O.D. is based on a quiver of cleared samples from the Roman institution that is Claudio Donato and his Full Time and Goodymusic emporium. In Tiger & Woods' hometown Rome, the often very electronic and futuristic sound of Italo disco had a different twist; much more boogie-based and influenced by the song-writing styles of New York City's dance scene, it played in a league of its own. Tiger & Woods use these materials to take them apart, out of context and into contrasting areas. Molding something completely new, one gets fooled to recognize Sade songs that aren't, pop music instrumentals, and a reprise of memories that never existed. A ride through one's brain in a convertible with an Italian FM radio station playing in the background. Or to use less stiff poetry: a chill-out album you can dance to or a dance album you can chill out to. Adult oriented dance. Digipak; includes booklet.
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Unshrouded in mystery: what once started as an anonymous underground project with stamped white labels and a clever take on sampling, has since then unfolded to be one of the longest-running and most successful teams in current dance music. Nurtured by the sounds of the past and blessed with the techniques of today, the music of Tiger & Woods always kept evolving in and around the tropes of disco, house, and boogie. Classic dance music, if you will. Celebrating their tenth anniversary in 2019, Marco Passarani and Valerio Delphi managed to arrive at album number three. A.O.D. is a pun on A.O.R. (adult oriented rock) and a play on their own sound. Defying the restricting rules electronic music record shop crates, it's a departure and an arrival at the same time. Inspired by the faded buildings and images of discotheques on the Italian countryside, the romantic start and bittersweet endings of summer, beach life, and the excitement of traveling through the landscape to get to aforementioned temples of dance and subsequently the morning after. Except for the 100% sample-free "1:00 am", everything on A.O.D. is based on a quiver of cleared samples from the Roman institution that is Claudio Donato and his Full Time and Goodymusic emporium. In Tiger & Woods' hometown Rome, the often very electronic and futuristic sound of Italo disco had a different twist; much more boogie-based and influenced by the song-writing styles of New York City's dance scene, it played in a league of its own. Tiger & Woods use these materials to take them apart, out of context and into contrasting areas. Molding something completely new, one gets fooled to recognize Sade songs that aren't, pop music instrumentals, and a reprise of memories that never existed. A ride through one's brain in a convertible with an Italian FM radio station playing in the background. Or to use less stiff poetry: a chill-out album you can dance to or a dance album you can chill out to. Adult oriented dance. Gatefold sleeve.
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RB 074EP
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How do you go on after a feast like The Division (RB 072EP, 2018)? You can do magic with the leftovers! In any case, Krystal Klear doesn't need to worry about that. Having cracked the DNA code of "dance music" on his first EP for Running Back, this 12" feels alive, floats upstream and fires on all cylinders. "Euphoric Dreams" is the musical incarnation of an Alexander Shulgin formula (your spine gets tingled all the way including a wonderfully prolonged break down). "Miyoki", on the other hand, makes every pair of knees tingle. A relentless bass line and a deadly snare are enough to force almost any kind of dancefloor into submission.
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RB 012LP
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Lauer always rhymes with Power. Proven by countless remixes, productions and projects like Arto Mwambe, Black Spuma, Talamanca System or Tuff City Kids and -- naturally -- his own brand. There aren't many dance floors left that haven't been blessed by all this glory. Now, the aptly titled third album of Frankfurt's prime export regarding all things melodic, teenaged and synthesized, intensifies, condenses and hones the sound he has been developing for years. Power is a topical take on classic dance and 80's pop figures, disco music in a closet (Lauer is still in denial), singing arpeggios, android choirs, beautiful bass lines and sometimes the apparitional architecture of house music. Neatly placed on one piece of vinyl, Power collects nine tracks that follow these roads. Expertly produced, recorded on high-end tape and complemented with intricate songwriting, Running Back presents this magnum opus. Power is vintage Lauer. Like his attic (Pyramide Studio 2 for those who know) where a vast synthesizer collection from the days of yore and tomorrow meets other digital dinosaurs and analog Aphrodites, it showcases a sanguine, punky and vivid DIY-aesthetic that isn't too far from a garage band turned into a one-man-orchestra. Glazed with two songs featuring the vocal talents of Jasnau, Power is that sentiment is consolidated, music to dance to and to romance to.
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RB 071EP
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Bleep EP features four original works from Helium Robots. This is the follow-up EP for Running Back after 2012's Crepitation which came with legendary Theo Parrish reworks.
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RB 073EP
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Benny returns to Running Back with open arms after 2017's Younger Rebinds. Featuring the 4 different flavors of Benny's various guises, "Tim's Symphony" has been a staple of Sven Väth's and Dixon's sets over the summer with a single dub plate being cut for Papa Sven after hearing the RB chief playing it. Of course, that means all the ingredients are present for dance floor madness.
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RB 072RMX
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Neutron Dance Remixes is four reinterpretations of Krystal Klear's summer singalong.
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RBFRONT 001LP
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Part 1 of the 2x12" version featuring tracks by Blue Moderne, Modern Romance, Simphonia, Answering Service, Wired, Temper, Steve Arrington, and Executive. Deluxe gatefold sleeve. Running Back presents a history revealing reissue/ compilation project centering around the legendary Front Club in Hamburg, Germany that existed from the '80s-late 90´s --- a leading club in terms of music selection, mixing technique, rave culture --- in a very important period of time. Eponymous Resident DJs Klaus Stockhausen and the later on globally known Boris Dlugosch take a close look back at that time, guiding you through the history, the early beginnings and absolute key moments on (house music) club culture. 37 (!) legendary tracks -- many of which have not been on sale forever -- that mark the masterclass sound of that Era and could be an essential start or -- end -- point to any great collection. In addition , the stunning mixing brings back the "Front" itself and must be heard by old and new fans all over. "Why a Front mix and compilation 21 years after the club closed its doors? On the one hand, because its story hasn't been told yet and it's worth telling. On the other, German clubs like Robert Johnson or Berghain -- as divergent as they are -- both resemble Front's spirit, diversity and musical open mindedness. Spread over a double-CD and two compilation LPs that are mainly chronological, Klaus Stockhausen and Boris Dlugosch picked and mixed some of the club's most cherished records and sweetest moments. This is the sound of Front." --Gerd Janson
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RBFRONT 002LP
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Part 2 of the 2x12" version featuring tracks by KC Flightt, Toyin Agbetu presents Nemesis, Dee Dee Brave, Mark Imperial, The 28th St. Crew, CT Satin, Ralphi Rosario, D.O.G. and Fila Brazillia. Deluxe gatefold sleeve. Running Back presents a history revealing reissue/ compilation project centering around the legendary Front Club in Hamburg, Germany that existed from the '80s-late 90´s --- a leading club in terms of music selection, mixing technique, rave culture --- in a very important period of time. Eponymous Resident DJs Klaus Stockhausen and the later on globally known Boris Dlugosch take a close look back at that time, guiding you through the history, the early beginnings and absolute key moments on (house music) club culture. 37 (!) legendary tracks -- many of which have not been on sale forever -- that mark the masterclass sound of that Era and could be an essential start or -- end -- point to any great collection. In addition , the stunning mixing brings back the "Front" itself and must be heard by old and new fans all over. "Why a Front mix and compilation 21 years after the club closed its doors? On the one hand, because its story hasn't been told yet and it's worth telling. On the other, German clubs like Robert Johnson or Berghain -- as divergent as they are -- both resemble Front's spirit, diversity and musical open mindedness. Spread over a double-CD and two compilation LPs that are mainly chronological, Klaus Stockhausen and Boris Dlugosch picked and mixed some of the club's most cherished records and sweetest moments. This is the sound of Front." --Gerd Janson
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