AGF is Finland's Antye Greie, known for her productions of fragile electronica and experimental minimal techno, both characterised by her frequent use of spoken word lyrics. AGF mostly releases on her own label, AGF Producktion, as well as on BPitch Control, for which she has also produced Ellen Allien's 2008 album 'Sool'. She frequently collaborates with Vladislav Delay and has recently teamed up with Gudrun Gut as Greie Gut Fraktion.
The Compilation Werkschau (+Video)
is featured in Update #048:
Steffi, Boys Noize, Marcel Dettmann
A short and sweet round-up this week with some four-to-the-floor essentials to inspire your weekend. Excellent artist albums by Steffi, Chaim, and Frank Bretschneider cover the range from wintry techno to sun-drenched tech house, while fresh singles by Marcel more...
The Compilation Werkschau (+Video)
was top 2 in Download Charts of Week #5
The Compilation Werkschau (+Video)
is featured in Update #047:
BPitch Control, Seefeel, Hercules & Love Affair
The new year's release schedule reaches a fever pitch with a barrage of huge albums and essential singles. BPitch Control's 'Werkschau' compilation surely stands tall among the rest, presenting unreleased material by the label's entire line-up of illustrious more...
The Compilation Werkschau (+Video)
was top 5 in Best Rated Releases of Week #4
The Compilation Werkschau (+Video)
was selected as release of the week
The Compilation Werkschau (+Video)
was reviewed:
Twelve years and counting - Ellen Allien has been steering her BPitch Control vessel across the rough seas of the music industry for well over a decade now, exploring and defining a playful, pop-oriented side of Berlin techno with an unerring sense of direction.The programmatically titled 'Werkschau' is first and foremost a statement - the BPitch Control imprint has withstood all changes and transitions, and its current roster of artists, from mainstays like Sascha Funke and Zander VT to new talents like We Love and Aérea Negrot, is perhaps the most coherent and homogeneous one in the label's history.
The compilation opens with newcomer Cormac's 'The Present', a classic BPitch track in its combination of melodic house music and slightly absurd vocals. Ellen Allien follows this up with her own contribution, the organ-grinding 'The Kiss', which should easily prove one of the album's DJ favourites.
Further highlights include Sascha Funke's deep and moody 'Hiddensee' and Paul Kalkbrenner's sentimental folk techno contribution, 'Plätscher'. DJs will be drawn to deep club-ready tracks by Chaim, Mark Broom, and Thomas Muller, while BPitch's more adventurous side is covered by AGF/Delay and Jahcoozi.
Offering 17 unreleased tracks by some of electronic music's finest artists, 'Werkschau' is a remarkable display of creative prowess and shouldn't be missed at any cost.
