Medical Records: The Analog Session – Featuring Alexander Robotnick & Ludus Pinsky

The Analog Session - Featuring Alexander Robotnick & Ludus Pinsky

Medical Records presents the first in a series of 12″ singles on the Transfusions sublabel. In Feb 2009, icon Alexander Robotnick (Maurizio Dami) and Ludus Pinsky (Lapo Lombardi) gathered in a room completely engulfed with vintage analog and modular synthesizers (many DIY). What resulted is an absolute brilliant session of pure unadulterated warm techno. Robotnick and Pinsky have deep musical backgrounds in dance music ranging from Italo disco, house, electro-disco, and much more. The project eventually became an album and a live performance.

Featured here are the unique original soundtracks from the videos of these tracks which combined have amassed almost 500,000 views along with a remix of each track featured on this special 12”. The original soundtracks to the popular vidoes have never been released on vinyl. Contains over 30 minutes of pure techno perfection with a look towards the future yet performed on the tools from the past. Mastered by Martin Bowes at the Cage Studios, UK.

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Posted on May 5th, 2016 under Releases, , ,

Werkstatt Recordings: Supernova 1006 – Ministry

Supernova 1006 - Ministry

Here’s the second album of Supernova 1006, a coldwave / neo-post-punk band from Khabarovsk, Russia.

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Posted on May 3rd, 2016 under Releases, ,

Totally Wired Records: Krafftmalerei “Plagiat”

Krafftmalerei "Plagiat"

Various artists covering Krafftmalerei. Pay as you wish. All donations will be used to realize a retrospective catalog of Krafftmalerei.

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Posted on May 1st, 2016 under Releases, ,

Dark Entries Records: Lena Platonos – Red Axes Remixes EP

Lena Platonos - Red Axes Remixes EP

Lena Platonos is a pioneer of the Greek electronic music scene. Her second solo album, ‘Gallop’, was produced in 1985, and reissued by Dark Entries in 2015. The album was made exclusively using analog synthesizers, and prominently features the iconic Roland TR-808 drum machine. Lena narrates each song, reciting her own surreal poetry. Lena says of ‘Gallop’, “It’s a study in the mythology of urban population of the contemporary metropolis and also a gaze into the future life of it.”

We’ve recruited Tel-Aviv’s Red Axes to remix four of their favorite tracks from ‘Gallop’. The duo, DJs and producers Dori Sadovnik and Niv Arzi, were raised on a diet of post-punk, new-wave, and Italo-disco at fogged out warehouse and basement parties. Their own productions and remixes have appeared on labels such as I’m a Cliché, Correspondant, and Hivern Discs. Through their alchemy, “Witches” and “And We Hear “I Love You” have been transformed into solid dancefloor tools, while “No. 9” and “Liqueur Ruby” are submerged in psychedelic mist. The latter features middle eastern rhythms by fellow Tel Aviv musicians The Dirty Lizards.

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Posted on April 29th, 2016 under Releases, ,

Dark Entries Records: Frak – Sudden Haircut EP

Frak – Sudden Haircut EP

Frak are Björn Isgren, Johan Sturesson and Jan Svensson, a trio of synthesizer lovers from Sweden. The band was formed when Svensson and Isgren’s older sisters were best friends and they introduced their little brothers to each other. Inspired by Severed Heads, DAF, Human League, Devo, Skinny Puppy, the boys began collecting analog equipment and started Studio Styrka. While the band were still in their early teens they released the first FRAK cassette album in 1987 on their own record label Börft.

Almost 30 years later, FRAK continue to release their bizarre brand of Scandinavian techno with their debut release on Dark Entries. “Sudden Haircut” was recorded in 2015, a ten-minute brooding, heavy hitting acid attack full of 808 drum claps aimed at the dance floor. The three remaining songs come from a studio tape the band found in their archives named ‘FRAK “After The Silence” 2001-2010’ “Synthgök” and “Synthfrilla” were recorded in 2010 and originally released on the ‘Börft’ EP by Sex Tags Mania in 2012. Utilizing a 808, 303, 101 and MS-10, both are supreme cuts of electro-leaning acid techno that perfectly fit the dancefloor’s sweatiest moments. The deliciously rugged final track “First Glimt I Ögat” is a vintage unreleased Frak song from 2001.

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Posted on April 27th, 2016 under Releases, ,