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Studio - West Coast

Studio - West Coast

What’s the magic about Sweden? How come they’ve become musically so important, so inspiring, so intoxicating? Much of the music coming out of Sweden is leaving a very satisfying feeling these days. STUDIO are Dan Lissvik & Rasmus Hägg and the...

Riton - Eine kleine Nachtmusik

Riton - Eine kleine Nachtmusik

Or, if you don’t sprichst Deutsch; A Little Night Music. This release is the latest from one of the most versatile and consistently interesting producers around – Riton. The project has gestated from his recent interest in what the English call,...

Walls - Walls

Walls - Walls

Kompakt have a long tradition of blurring the lines between ambient (Markus Guentner, Thomas Fehlmann) and melodic techno (Ewan Pearson, Gui Boratto).Somewhere between those two poles, is where new London duo Walls sail in, their self-titled debu...

Tastes good in my mouth - Matt Veneer

Crowned as the new pioneers of Krautrock, winning over ardent fans such as Damo Suzuki of Can, Fujiya & Miyagi are finally unleashing their new album "Transparent Things" this May. "I spend an unhealthy amount of time thinking about food - es...

Moon Unit 'Connections'

Moon Unit - Connections

Supersoul Recordings label boss and former Terranova member Xaver Naudascher and DJ / Producer Paul Mogg met through a mutual friend while releasing on Hell’s Gigolo label. Later they teamed up with Rosalind, an Irish artist, who Paul met back in...

Teufelswerk: straight out of Hell's kitchen

Teufelswerk: straight out of Hell's kitchen

German techno icon Helmut Geier aka Hell will soon release a double album called "Teufelswerk", which means devil's work. The album is split into Night and Day CDs. While the Night portion refers to Chicago house and Detroit techno, the Day half...

Henrik Schwarz, Âme and Dixon - The Grandfather Paradox

Henrik Schwarz, Âme and Dixon - The Grandfather Paradox

Without knowing the past, it’s hard to succeed in the future. This is particularly the case in music, as proven by a new compilation from German house dons Henrik Schwarz, Âme and Dixon. “The Grandfather Paradox: An Imprudent Journey Through 50 Y...

Krautrock gets a retrospective

Krautrock gets a retrospective

The much-referenced psychedelic genre Krautrock will now get an in-depth, 192-page retrospective entitled Krautrock: Cosmic Rock and its Legacy. The book will include 220 black & white and full color pictures and is edited by the author of Co...

Soul Jazz dig deep with German electronic compilation

Soul Jazz dig deep with German electronic compilation

One of the coolest labels around, Soul Jazz, has readied a masterful collection of German electronic music from the 70s and 80s.The two-disc set entitled Deutsche Elektronische Musik brings together some of the finest German artists working from...