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AL 262EP
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A handful of cables, laptops, and a few dusty machines are all it takes to make music. On Stiff Little Spinners Vol. 8, this is proven once again with seven exclusive tracks by Thomas Atzmann, Rampue, Kalipo, Krink, Paradise Hippies, Gimmix, and Monopohl. The eighth edition of the Stiff Little Spinners compilation is ready for the next demolition party with a mix of modern deep house, slow jams, and dreamy techno future classics.
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AL 244EP
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Stiff Little Spinners Vol. 7 delivers solid techno. Trummerschlunk & Ivan Capriles's "Frau Böse" is an anthem against the compassion-lacking bureaucracy with which Europe cultivates its inhuman immigration/deportation policies. Kalipo a.k.a. Jakob Häglsperger presents "Dyson". Kalipo is a down-to-earth producer and a passionate techno machinist. Joney & Gimmix's "Can I Haz Guestlist?" is electronic music with an attitude. Rampue's "Adagio for Phoenicopterus" shows that he knows that birds can never resist a beautiful melody in adagio. Krink's "Ascent Krink" is hard and void of embellishment. Hassan Abou Alam's "Fragile Things". Hassan is known for playing dreamy, melodic down-tempo live sets.
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AL 238CD
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Jakob Häglsperger aka Kalipo is a busy man. Operating as one-third of German electro-punk band Frittenbude, he brought his solo alias to life in 2014 with Yaruto (ANTIME 010CD/LP). The multi-faceted producer now returns to Audiolith with Wanderer, following the 2015 release of his gorgeous "Mäusemarsch" on the label's electronic-focused Stiff Little Spinners compilation series. Wanderer is a restless album that sees Kalipo work his way through the deeper ends of four-to-the-floor with a refreshingly experimental approach to production that features defamiliarized samples and analog gear running the show. The music has changed since the Berliner's debut album, becoming more propulsive, more physical, and more geared toward the dancefloor. Composed mostly on tour or over extended periods of travelling, Wanderer contains tracks titled according to the particular story of each, referencing places Kalipo has previously played or traveled to. Monolithic opener "Donau Sunrise" sets the tone straight from the start with sanguine arpeggiators that work their way across a mystical backdrop, preceding melancholic themes that infiltrate the cracks of the album. There are also earworms of the highest order, including standout tracks "Banana Garden" (written when Kalipo was stuck in a bamboo hut in the middle of the Thai jungle with a 104-degree fever and nothing but headphones, a sampler, and penicillin for company) and the stunning "Institute of Cottonwool." Wanderer sees Kalipo right in his element. Tension builds and dissolves gracefully throughout, and the artist's audacious approach to production gives his music an authentic and very recognizable feel -- clearly Berlin-influenced but evading any set template.
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AL 238LP
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LP version. Jakob Häglsperger aka Kalipo is a busy man. Operating as one-third of German electro-punk band Frittenbude, he brought his solo alias to life in 2014 with Yaruto (ANTIME 010CD/LP). The multi-faceted producer now returns to Audiolith with Wanderer, following the 2015 release of his gorgeous "Mäusemarsch" on the label's electronic-focused Stiff Little Spinners compilation series. Wanderer is a restless album that sees Kalipo work his way through the deeper ends of four-to-the-floor with a refreshingly experimental approach to production that features defamiliarized samples and analog gear running the show. The music has changed since the Berliner's debut album, becoming more propulsive, more physical, and more geared toward the dancefloor. Composed mostly on tour or over extended periods of travelling, Wanderer contains tracks titled according to the particular story of each, referencing places Kalipo has previously played or traveled to. Monolithic opener "Donau Sunrise" sets the tone straight from the start with sanguine arpeggiators that work their way across a mystical backdrop, preceding melancholic themes that infiltrate the cracks of the album. There are also earworms of the highest order, including standout tracks "Banana Garden" (written when Kalipo was stuck in a bamboo hut in the middle of the Thai jungle with a 104-degree fever and nothing but headphones, a sampler, and penicillin for company) and the stunning "Institute of Cottonwool." Wanderer sees Kalipo right in his element. Tension builds and dissolves gracefully throughout, and the artist's audacious approach to production gives his music an authentic and very recognizable feel -- clearly Berlin-influenced but evading any set template.
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AL 230EP
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33 RPM; includes download code. Five tracks spanning the widest sonic spectrum imaginable, from R&B-influenced house grooves to shimmering, broken-beat, new-age garage swing. With "Oveile," Gimmix & Zorro prove their penchant for urban slow jams with a dancefloor flavor. Rampue's "Schleiermacherstrasse" is a tripped-out, hazy roller with enough chime to hypnotize a stadium. Kalipo's "Mäusemarsch" whirls in mesmerizing fashion, fit for the party at its peak. Krink's "Close Distance" is perhaps Spinners' darkest track, with a ferocious bassline, soaring synths, and jarred drums. Joney's sophisticated "K-Hole Surfers" is a dubbed-out roller that owes as much to techno as to dubstep.
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AL 222EP
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Stiff Little Spinners Volume 5 serves a fine, hand-picked selection of six melodious club essentials somewhere in between tech- , romantic- and deep house grooves. Starting things with Krink, "Eclipse" hypes crowds with its pounding, on-point bass drums and an ever-spiraling synth line. Kalipo builds on a solid foundation of analog synth structures and tender echoes of processed vocal bits. Gimmix presents a sweet fusion track amalgamating elements of vocal-driven deepness with fascinating future garage. Remixed by Rampue we see Bebetta Conrady's "Shame" weigh in epic modulations, and more beats are provided by Torsun Teichgraber and Danja Mathari. Joney finishes it all off with a lively swing.
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AL 179EP
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Referred to as one of the most promising production talents and the undisputed master of the new romantic house movement, Rampue caters his next four piece EP. "Never" causes a bit of confusion before transforming into the most soft-skinned piece of slow house one has ever come across. "Sometimes" has a deep ambient-ish intro built of layered minor strings, and a few shakers. The title track is on a more dancefloor demanding tip while "Colour Back" is a piano-driven future classic.
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AL 168EP
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Jonas Schiefferdecker aka Joney is an experimental multi-genre music producer, drummer, and laptop musician from Hamburg, Germany and this is his debut 12" for Audiolith. "Get Drunk" is a 160 BPM production loaded with a stormy groove and melodies. "Fuck Em Up" is a post-trap song, and "OMG It's Ethno Music" features HEAVY bass drums. "Love Is Like an Ocean" combines classic and contemporary sound production methods, while "Illowhead" lays down some old school jungle loops and "Razorblade & Pancake" is a half-acoustic psy-garage anthem.
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AL 173EP
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Mama Was a Progrocker serves as a sneak preview of what the future holds for long-time fans of Rampue. Delving into the realms of slow and deep house with a warm, organic feel and heavy use of multi-layered disco loops, twanging guitar sounds, and carefully transformed vocal lines, each and every tune contained here speaks of a deep and heartfelt love for melody, soul, and romance. A tender and caressing attitude that's essential to the work of this Berlin-based producer these days.
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AL 159EP
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The next issue in the Audiolith singles club series is a conjunctional joint strictly aimed at the world's dancefloors, featuring the combined forces of two artists, Rampue and Joney -- both renowned far beyond the borders of their hometown for DJ and production efforts alike. Rampue's "Sonne, Park und Sterni" is a sweet, melodic trip into the realms of positive tech house vibes, while Joney's "Elbillharmonie" starts out on a dry, electroid 4/4 vibe but soon evolves into an epic, chord-driven (neo)trance vs. tech house banger.
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AL 121EP
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The Audiolith label presents volume 1 in their Stiff Little Spinners project, uniting the diversity of techno and house to create a sampler which shall display this certain diversity. Soulful vocals and an almost dreamy sound from Rampue, a diversified, propelling piece from Jakob Häglsperger, peak time club-oriented house and garage from Mendoza, and two atmospheric tracks with beautiful background vocals from Krink and Gimmix.
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AL 146EP
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The Audiolith label presents volume 2 in their Stiff Little Spinners project, uniting the diversity of techno and house to create a sampler which shall display this certain diversity. Everything from deep, late-night house with seductive vox samples and sexy Chicago-influenced lines to floating synths, disco, slow-house, and magnetizing Berlin-style dance from artists such as Kalipo, Gimmix & Julei, Krink, Marseille & Mendoza, Rampue, and Torsun Teichgräber.
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AL 174EP
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The Audiolith label presents volume 3 in their Stiff Little Spinners project. Gimmix fuses contemporary house music with an uber-seductive future garage twist. Rampue introduces his "Insensible Remix" with a fragile James Blake-y vocal vibe. Torsun Teichgräber builds a raw, 8-bit-influenced bass trap and Davide, Kilian & Mendoza ride a classic Latin house structure with vocals from Laurid. Kalipo brings back lonely minor piano chords, and Krink presents a thrilling tech house jam for the darkest hours of the night.
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