Long-standing member of Berlin's Hardwax posse, Shed has emerged as one of the most characteristic artists of Berlin's electronic underground in recent years. Maturing his sound on recordings for Delsin and his own Soloaction label, Shed released his debut album 'Shedding The Past' in 2008 via Ostgut Ton, receiving international acclaim for his subtle cross-over of contemporary techno, dubstep and electronica. Shed further entertains a number of sought-after vinyl only projects under altering names, such as Equalized, Wax, Head High and WK7.
The Double-Album Fünf
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The Double-Album Fünf
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The Double-Album Fünf
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Essential 2010 Albums Now On Sale
We wish you an amazing 2011! To start the celebrations we have compiled 200 of our favourite albums of 2010 for our biggest ever New Year Sale!
From today on until January 16 all selected albums will be available for a special price - including many of the more...
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Cosmin TRG's exclusive zero" podcast has the inventive producer focus on the housier side of things. Starting out with Basic Channels classic 'Q1.1 III', Nicolae mixes his way through a highly interesting selection of current productions, including highlights more...
The Double-Album Fünf
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The Double-Album Fünf
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The Double-Album Fünf
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Magda, Martyn, Modeselektor
Compilations have been the big thing this November, and no matter whether your poison's techno, dubstep, juke, or hip-hop, this month had something in store for you: Ostgut Ton's 'Fünf', Modeselektor's 'Modeselektion', Ghettophiles 'Overkill' and Listen Up's more...
The Double-Album Fünf
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The Double-Album Fünf
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The Double-Album Fünf
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The Double-Album Fünf
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The Double-Album Fünf
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The Double-Album Fünf
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Anniversary Compilation + Special Album Prices
As Berlin's Berghain club has become nearly synonymous with the German capital's night-life scene over the past five years, its label, Ostgut Ton, has done an exquisite job of bringing the club's distinguished sounds of underground techno and house to the more...
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Ostgut Ton celebrates an extraordinary first five years with a fittingly unique release. The entire family of Berghain and Panorama Bar residents and regulars have been invited to create a track for 'Fünf', the massive compilation package marking the label's anniversary.Intended to be more than a randomly assembled collection of tracks, 'Fünf' presented the invited producers with a unique concept - and a challenge: Each of the participating artists received a 4GB sample library of sounds recorded in the Berghain club itself to incorporate into their productions as they saw fit.
These field recordings, created by Ninja Tune artist and professional sound designer Emika, included sounds like the clicking of strobe lights or the sub-bass hum of the club's refrigerators and run like a common thread through the album's diverse range of tracks.
Emika herself provides the programmatic ambient piece 'Cooling Room' as an introductoin, and while Ostgut's more industrial sounding artists like Marcel Dettmann and Luke Slater naturally had it easier to work with the given samples, its even more interesting to witness how producers like Soundstream and Nick Höppner imaginatively handle their source material.
Totalling 26 tracks and offering plenty of striking highlights to appreciate, 'Fünf' is certainly one of 2010's defining releases and a must for all fans of cutting-edge techno and house.
