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AND 024EP
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Jannis & Lean are North Collective. Why North Collective? Because they romanticize cold and stormy places. Nobody ever took them to the Caribbean. They released their Nurture EP in 2016. Dominik Marz got almost the same feelings, even when he is based in Augsburg/Bavaria. With his 12" release "Tryads" in 2017, he delivered a masterpiece for And Music as well. He is doing pretty well right now. Together with his dude David Kochs (Only For A While) they have some smashers in circulation. For example: "Bavarian Belter" finds support by Ame & Dixon. Dominik delivers two fresh versions for "Haunt". Clubby, dark, and deep. Perfectly converted into something great. Forever and timeless.
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AND 019EP
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Remixes of "Newborn" from Aaron Ahrends's acclaimed 2014 debut 12", Brief Embrace (AND 018EP). Ada (Pampa) began her remix while caring for larvae, watching their metamorphosis, and releasing them as butterflies. The track comes highly recommended from summer barbecues. Forgotten Birds (Karaoke Kalk) stopped touring as a band in 2014. Their first and possibly last remix was created spontaneously in a jam session -- enough reason to be grateful for their awesome gift. Both tracks made in Hamburg.
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AND 018EP
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Aaron Ahrends is a producer and singer from Berlin, currently studying music in The Hague. He stirs up the mud of many musical categories to reassemble them inventively by mixing acoustic instruments, synthesizers and deep electronic beats while his authentic voice adds an organic plasticity and space of its own. With this debut release, he demonstrates his abilities at their best. Next to the wonderful, deep and melancholy 4-track release, you will find a club-smashing remix done by Gunjah.
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Audision return with a slab of colored vinyl. They produced "Chimes 1" for live performance and their new synth Roland JD 800 sounded crystal clear in their studio, but when they practiced for their live set, it played a different sound. "Chimes 2" lets the machines do the talking. "Away" was the beat-less track from their last 12" Up & Away, and Gez Varley aka G-Man created a dancefloor monster out of it. Lastly is a rough and deep house mix from Christopher Rau. On light blue-colored vinyl.
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AND 016EP
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Audision's Up & Away is two back-number tracks which were recorded four years ago. They had been searching for the right moment to release them up to now. In 2011, Robag Wruhme did an edit for the track "Yellow Sunset." As he played it during the summer, the reactions were amazing. Finally, he decided to combine these three tracks and release them together on this 12". On white vinyl with a postcard.
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AND 014EP
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Hamburg's deep techno duo Audision returns with their first remix package of tracks off of Surface To Surface (AND 015CD). This first 12" comes with 4-to-the-floor tracks which will kick, but in a very smooth and warm way. Robag Wruhme delivers a heavy bass monster which throws you across the club. Roman Flügel's remix starts deep but will blow your mind and make you go mad. Last but not least, Smallpeople show their great love for deep house. Includes poster.
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This is the debut full-length release by Hamburg's deep-techno masters, Audision, for their very own And Music imprint. Bonding over a shared love of Basic Channel and classic Detroit techno, veteran DJs Niko Tzoukmanis and Tobias Schmid released their first Audision EP, Mean Curvature in 2001. A subtle, gorgeous blend of sharp beats and deep synths, Michael Mayer picked "Gamma Limit" from the release to appear on his legendary Immer mix for Kompakt, introducing the Audision sound to the wider world. Firmly believing in quality over quantity, Audision released only six EPs over the next few years, cementing their reputation as purveyors of subtle, melodic, delicate techno and rich, dub-tinged electronics. They quickly amassed a passionate following among DJs from a wide range of musical backgrounds, notably the legendary François K. Surface To Surface builds on the foundations laid by Audision's previous work, and is intended as a listening album as much as it is for the dancefloor. Available only on CD, lush tracks such as "Mind Journey" and "Industry Park" abandon the club completely, investigating instead the sensual ambience of second-wave Detroit electro artists like Drexciya. Meanwhile, straighter tracks like "Phase Flow," "Beta Range" and "Forty-One Spalding" reference the ghosts of Maurizio and Mark Ernestus, re-imagined in Audision's uniquely modern, sensitive style. It's the sound of the club that exists in the furthest corner of your mind, the fragments of classic techno that remain long after the party is over. Disappearing further from the dancefloor still, the album is interspersed with ambient moments of reflection, most notably on the beatless closing track, "Aurora," where Carl Craig-esque, timeless tonal beauty meets modern techno's pristine production in stunning, majestic style. While the major inspirations behind Surface To Surface -- Basic Channel, Detroit, Warp -- are clear, Audision's refined, unhurried sound is also entirely its own. By looking back, Audision are simultaneously pushing things forward, quietly, gently, and in their own time. It's the sound of high-end, deep frequency techno at its very finest. Cover art by acclaimed designer and artist, Stefan Marx.
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AND 013EP
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"And the beat goes on. Our focus is not on fast and trendy, but on a high standard. We are glad to welcome a new artist into our roster. Daniel Bortz is a pretty hardworking guy. In the last weeks, he bombarded us with lots of precise and fantastic releases and made us very happy when listening to them. He had a good run in the last months and came up with very strong releases on labels like Pastamusik or Great Stuff. In addition to his productions, he is hosting a nice event called Forza Electronica in our hometown Augsburg for a few years. With his three track EP he hits straight in our hearts. You will find deep and warm electronica which is focused on the dancefloor."
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"Once more, Niko and Tobias have switched on their equipment to produce another deep 4-track EP titled Forty-One Spalding. It concludes a period of three years in which these tracks have travelled between Augsburg, Frankfurt and Hamburg to finally find their way to black gold. 'Forty-One Spalding' is the youngest track on the record and was produced in order to mark the end of Tobias' long-lived flat-sharing community which was located at the Spaldingstraße in Hamburg. It opens the 12" with a lot of drive and touching harmony changes. The hands should go up by the moment when the hi-hats enter. 'Info View' is an introverted piece of music whose subsonic bass line builds up a lot of energy and keeps the tension until the end. The title of 'Drunk On Beauty' is a reference to a wonderful song by Butterfly Child but also reveals the influence of that bottle of beer. Driven by the latter, the two of them are cruising on slight old school paths from Chicago via Detroit to Cologne. Just wallow in the sunset or sunrise in the beautiful landscape of the Frankfurt area. Absolutely gorgeous!"
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"SMÜ Is The Key EP shows where it all started(SMÜ=Schwabmünchen). We can tell you stories about our childhood, but we do not want to waste your time. Stefan Sieber (Depend/Playmade) and Tobias Schmid (Audision/Playmade) grew up in the lovely tiny city called Schwabmünchen and fell in love with electronic music. Apart from their regular club venue, Auto.matic.music, they started playing around in the studio and produced Smükhö in 2005. The outcome was a deep and dark electro track which cools you down in the summertime and makes you feel even colder in the winter. With his mix 'Slowmo,' Stefan shows that you cannot find SMÜ in Finland, but in Bavaria. The aim of their label should be '&,' which can also be connecting people and crossing borders. Therefore, they asked Johannes Auvinen aka Tin Man for an acid oldskool remix. He performed live at their venue a year ago and put everybody in a trance with his 303."
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