Seminal nu-dub vs. clicks 'n' cuts compilation by Stefan Betke aka Pole's ~scape label (see *,*). Everyone here is a star (just check the tracklist) and all tracks are more than just good backdrop for smoking. For those who don't have it already, just don't miss it.
VA - 2000 Staedtizism
Info here.
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Staedtizism
Musique Legère
Trance Groove are a groovy band from Cologne's oldschool underground; band as in the old sense of the word (guitars, drums, etc). Here is a compilation of remixes by many well- and less-known artists from more or less the same scene like The Bionaut (*), Kreidler, M.Schaffhäuser (*), etc. Chilled daytime organic music.
Trance Groove - 1999 Musique Legère
Info here.
I remember to have an LP in mp3 form somewhere, with an excellent remake of Nico's 'Im Reich der Träume'; if anyone's interested let me know.
Disco Subversion
Few things I hate more than that commercial travesty of the late '90s called 'disco house', especially vocal stuff. But you know how the mind wanders... The other day while re-reading 'Last Night A DJ Saved My Life' (which I heartily recommend to anyone), I started thinking about and then decided immediately to post these two impossible compilations showcasing the Force Inc. US material.
So, disco house it is. Actually, it's manic kinky ghetto house with tons of disco samples plus acid and deep touches, even fast garage tracks. Truly bastard stuff, coming from the crossover scene with one foot in Germany, the other in Chicago - but call it disco house for convention's sake. Starring here we'll find the usual FIM suspects in various guises: DJ Tonka, Ian Pooley (*), Alec Empire and Martin Damm; but the main attraction might be a number of Chicago's finest like Roy Davis Jr., Gene Farris and Glenn Underground (*), all digging deep into their roots to show us how it's done. Special mentions also go to Cologne's Jürgen Paape, here in his housey shoes. And to that masterpiece named 'Everybody Is Kissing Everyone' by The Bionaut. And don't miss Tonka's 'Old Skool' (it took me back for a while...). And...
Definitely party music, not built for your bedroom late night PC seances; just perfect for those times when you only want to let go, to forget the serious stuff, to loose yourself in childish self-abandonment. Beyond salvation, beyond hope.
Everybody get on the disco bus..
VA - 1996 Disco Subversion
CD1 - CD2
Info here.
VA - 1998 Disco Subversion Vol.II
Here.
Info here.
Burger Industries
The chilling night breeze and the make-shift fires. The smell of the wet earth. A solitary strobo-light shaping the dust that rises from the dancers' feet.
Laughs all around me and jitters and screams.
These are a few of my favorite things.
Burger Industries - 1995 CD
Info here.
Structure's CD compilation of 1991-1993 tracks from the master.
You'll find many Structure 12"s and similar stuff in TechTech2009's blog.
[Las Vegas]
Another one from Harvest.
One of those collaborations that journalists tend to characterize as "made in heaven".
In this case, they're 100% true.
Burger / Ink - 1996 [las vegas]
Info here.
Elvis is The King.
Burgerisms
Some more EPs from Burgerland.
Trinkwasser - 1997 Cobra EP
Info here.
Trinkwasser - 1999 Extraleben EP
Info here.
plus:
The Modernist - 1998 Orange Coloured Sky EP
Info here.
Trinkwasser is a project with Lothar Hempel (aka Blitz, Magnet and Phong on Auftrieb and Kompakt) on vocal duties. Exploring this weird pop territory that Mr. Burger seems to like so much, they're combining techno, schaeffel, Air Liquide influenced electronics, even disco, with 'electro-pop' vocals. 'Extraleben' includes two Juergen Paape remixes.
'Orange Coloured Sky EP' contains two unreleased tracks plus another two from the 'Explosion' albums (in versions).
The EPs came out in Harvest and Popular Tools.
Explosions
I hope I don't have to present Jörg Burger, here as The Modernist.
'Explosion' went out in 1999 in his own Popular Tools, summarizing mostly his downtempo work of that period. Then it was re-released through Matador (as most of his work in Harvest also was) in 2000, with different versions and extra tracks though; hence the subtly different covers and titles.
Beautiful, passionate, intelligent pop electronics, not exactly surpassed yet.
The Modernist - 1999 Explosion
Part 1 - Part 2
Info here.
The Modernist - 2000 Explosion USA
Part 1 - Part 2
Info here.
More posts from him here.
'Explosion 1999' was found around the web, don't remember where.
Lush Life Electronica
Something from 1995.
Mr. Burger is a true Master Musician.
Some sweet memories.
The Bionaut - 1995,
Lush Life Electronica
Part 1 , Part 2
Info here.
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