Recent Articles with Perlon
Portable (Slices DVD Feature)
“I’m not making a nod to the past [of classic house music], but reinterpreting it to step into the future.” — Watch our video feature on Portable aka Bodycode, taken from Slices DVD 4-12 – more
Markus Nikolai (Slices DVD Feature)
“I’m here, I’m there, I’m in the store, I’m in the studio, I have gigs, I go to trade shows all over the world. And it’s all intertwined somehow: When I’m at a trade show in Tokyo, I get new ideas for my music, and when I have a gig in California, I discover new glasses. It all goes together.” — watch our Markus Nikolai video feature, taken from Slices DVD Issue 1-10. – more
A mini Margaret Dygas
Margaret Dygas the DJ, and more recently conceptual techno artist, is to release a ‘mini-album’ through Perlon. Self-titled and just 45 minutes long the album will be available on both CD and vinyl and like (almost) all Perlon releases will feature Double Standard‘s iconic text based artwork. After earning her stripes as an in demand – more
Villalobos preps new EP and remix album
In 2008, Chilean/German producer Ricardo Villalobos released his Vasco mini-album on Perlon. One year later he collaborated with Japanese producer Fumiya Tanaka on the single ‘Fumiyandric’ for Sundance Records – not that many releases for one of the most influential techno producers and DJ’s of recent years. That’s all going to change during the next – more
Portable – Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
When it comes to dancing like there’s no tomorrow, Alan Abrahams (the man behind Portable and Bodycode) is top of our list. Abrahams’ live performances and music have that rare ability to engage our bodies into dance resembling a state of trance; this is a dancing experience primal and cerebral at once. During his sets – more
CTM.11 release biggest line-up yet
CTM festival has released the line-up for the 12th edition of their annual musical extravaganza. The 5-day festival which can be found at venues across Berlin have announced quite possibly their best line-up to date. The whole weeks programming is quite an exciting prospect, but the events we are most looking forward to include; Festaal – more
Margaret Dygas – The Sound of Watching People
Margaret Dygas has spent the last couple of decades drifting insouciantly across the globe, from her native Poland to San José, New York, London (where she began DJing in the 90s) and her current hometown of Berlin. She’s resident DJ at the legendary Panoramabar and regularly weaves together tribal techno rhythms and abstract textures – – more
Ark readies new EP
Nervous-twitch house producer Ark, aka Guillaume Berroyer, is just about to drop his first full length EP on Thema. Fresh from the success of his excellent Arkpocalypse Now album on Perlon which was released earlier this year, Arkuarium is a murky six tracker that brings to mind everything from Pete Namlook to sometime collaborator Pépé – more
