| Düsseldorf-Detroit Expressway |
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With his new album, his first in six years, Yore Records founder Andy Vaz makes an impressive case for timeless house music. We caught up with the Düsseldorf-based producer right before he went straight vacationing.
Andy Vaz is a man attached to distant places. One is India, where part of his family is from and where Vaz travels once a year, the other is Detroit, his secret musical home. In the geographic middle between the two lies Düsseldorf, the West-German city known as the home of Kraftwerk and the focal point of Andy Vaz's musical endeavours. Since 1998 Andy Vaz has been busy running... |
| DJ Mix by Dakar |
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For this week's podcast we're pleased to have a true veteran player show off his skills and eclectic music taste: Christian Kreuz a.k.a. Dakar.
Originally hailing from Munich, Dakar has been a resident DJ in the city's legendary Ultraschall club for eight years and has recorded his music for labels such as Get Physical, Disko B, and most recently Gomma.
Many will further know the charismatic neo-Berliner as part of Dakar & Grinser, the electro pop...
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(My Back Is) Against The Wall
(Track 01 on this EP)
(Just Washed) That Pig (Extended Mix)
(Track 02 on this EP)
I Love You But I've Choosen Disco (Axel Boman Remix)
(Track 02 on this EP)
| Artist based in Berlin, 5 Releases now available |
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Being around the Berlin nightlife for a couple of years James continously presents his own style of house music to the audience. In 1997 he started DJing at the famous Tresor Club where he plays on saturdays once a month. His dirty and funky sets made him soon earn a reputation as one of the freshest talents of the Berlin house scene. Since then he played at E-Werk, Fritz Loveradio, Ostgut,...
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James Still got that rec .
The Dadub duo, resident mastering wizards at Stroboscopic Artefacts HQ blast open 2012 with this blistering hunk of an EP. Inducing pure concentration on mystical noise, defty dub beats and intricately carved cavernous techno, fans of Sandwell District and Blackest Ever Black miss it at your peril.
Temptation of Maya
(Track 02 on this EP)
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| Artist based in London, 5 Releases now available |
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Leila Arab moved to London after the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran. She started recording for Rephlex Records in the mid-1990s, developing her own style of IDM-influenced electronica. In 2008 Leila signed to Warp Records for her album 'Blood, Looms & Blooms', which she followed up with 'U&I' in 2012.
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Selected as Artist of week #5
| Label based in Berlin, 14 Releases now available |
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Loosely knit techno collective Sandwell District has been tremendously successful in recent times with its low-key approach and great productions of reduced, yet spacious techno. Tracks by core members Regis, Function, Female and Silent Servant range from industrial beat constructions to subtle dub techno, and have made Sandwell District a favourite for fans of Pan_sonic style minimalism and the Berghain...
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