The Berlin based label, established for over a decade and synonymous with the bleeding edge of contemporary electronic music. !K7 has it's fingers in many musical pies with sub labels such as Strut and Rapster as well as it's own output, releasing work by pretty much anyone you care to think of. Key label artists include the unique talents of Matthew Herbert, Henrik Schwarz, Joakim, Circlesquare and A Guy Called Gerald.
Oh, did we mention DJ Kicks?
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The Compilation DJ-KiCKS (+Video Feature)
is featured in Update #044:
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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The Compilation DJ-KiCKS (+Video Feature)
was top 4 in Download Charts of Week #45
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The Compilation DJ-KiCKS (+Video Feature)
was top 2 in Download Charts of Week #44
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The Compilation DJ-KiCKS (+Video Feature)
is featured in Update #037:
Apparat, John Roberts, Darkstar
Gems aplenty in this edition of our monthly newsletter, from Apparat's stunning DJ-KiCKS, to John Robert's excellent album debut for Dial, and Darkstar's likewise stunning first on Hyperdub. The Modeselektor boys release the extended vinyl edits of their more...
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The Compilation DJ-KiCKS (+Video Feature)
was top 5 in Best Rated Releases of Week #43
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The Compilation DJ-KiCKS (+Video Feature)
was reviewed:
In an electronic music world crowded with epigones and copycats, the greatest compliment for an artist is to say he has developed an unmistakable sound of his own.Sascha Ring a.k.a. Apparat is one of the few artists fully deserving of such praise. Blending advanced electronic sound design with ever-inventive grooves and the harmonic repertoire of pop music, Apparat simply sounds like now one else out there. Whether on his solo albums or his acclaimed collaborations with Ellen Allien and Modeselektor, his musical handwriting is always instantly recognisable.
To translate Apparat's sonic universe into a DJ mix, conveying his unique approach through the work of other artists, is therefore not an easy task, but one that Sascha Ring manages with aplomb on his edition of !K7's DJ-KiCKS series. His own exclusive track 'Circles' starts out the selection, setting the tone with looped guitars, melancholic lyrics and drifting tones.
What follows is an impeccably narrated one-hour journey through contemporary electronic music, contrasting favourites like Joy Orbison's 'The Shrew Would Have Cushioned The Blow' and Thom Yorke's 'Harrowdown Hill' with minimalistic ambient by Oval and Tim Hecker, experimental dubstep by Cosmin TRG and Autechre (taking on Scorn's 'Falling'), and pop electronica by Telefon Tel Aviv and Luke Abbott.
The complete digital edition of Apparat's DJ KiCKS comes with 16 of the single tracks, the full 68-minute mix, as well as the addition of a two-part video interview with Apparat, filmed at the former listening post on Berlin's Teufelsberg. Unmissable album.
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The Compilation DJ-KiCKS (+Video Feature)
is recommended by MotorFM:
Every month for a special price, our friends at MotorFM select the cream of the crop of current electronic music releases. This month's choice is Ellen Allien's 'Dust Remixes' .
Known as the queen of German techno, Ellen Allien released her fifth solo album 'Dust' in Spring 2010 to great more...
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