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Cancel is Düsseldorf-based producer Antonelli Electr.'s 3rd EP for Level Records. All three tracks are arranged and recorded live without any edits, resulting in a very pure record with a magical flow. The first track is the very dense and euphoric house hymn, "Hush." "Deal" and "Cosy" are both stripped-down house tracks which were created only on one drum sequencer. Both tracks sport a subtle, percussive, but still-harmonic monotone approach. Lowtec finishes the EP with his delightful rework of "Cosy."
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MND 006EP
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NOT IN STOCK, SPECIAL ORDER
"The German artist Antonelli Electr. sings this luxury reference for Minuendo. A Ghost Should Care EP is one of the most complete references from this German artist -- in it he draws sound in a perfect harmony, coloring in details from Detroit to deep minimal. Antonelli has been a reference since years in the European electronic scene, we can check it, in his works in labels as Italic, Level, Kalkpets, Scape. The main track 'Repeat the Beat, Volume 10' is a spread of acoustic sensuality, dressed as a round melody supported by atmosphere and chords, where Antonelli opens his world doors. 'A Ghost Should Care' is the track that gives name to reference, and is a great tribute from Antonelli. We find a deep and complete track in 'Passaje to Nagoya,' which follows the mitic line from 'The Morning' for the good deep minimal lovers."
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Double LP version. The full 8 track CD is included, plus 3 bonus remixes by Oliver Hacke, Error Error & Lawrence (exclusive to the LP version). "The music on The Blackout Quintet is best described not just as haunting but as positively ghostly. It is set in the hours of transition between day and night, in that shadowy no man's land from dusk to darkness or darkness to dawn. This emphasis on time and time passing is reflected not just in the music but in the titles of the tracks themselves: after the night, the morning, the quiet night, gespenster (ghosts). And to project day and night metaphor onto the techno or club context, the music could be said to belong somewhere between dancefloor and after-hours, or even to that private zone after after-hours when the party is over and you're floating gently back to reality. Antonelli's dreamy melodies create feelings of abandon and paranoia at the same time."
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"There are 8 new titles on Stefan Schwander's latest album The Blackout Quintet, all composed by the techno dandy himself. This is Schwander's fourth album under the alias Antonelli. The music on The Blackout Quintet is best described not just as haunting but as positively ghostly. It is set in the hours of transition between day and night, in that shadowy no man's land from dusk to darkness or darkness to dawn. This emphasis on time and time passing is reflected not just in the music but in the titles of the tracks themselves: after the night, the morning, the quiet night, gespenster (ghosts). And to project day and night metaphor onto the techno or club context, the music could be said to belong somewhere between dancefloor and after-hours, or even to that private zone after after-hours when the party is over and you're floating gently back to reality. Antonelli's dreamy melodies create feelings of abandon and paranoia at the same time. In two pieces ('Topaz,' 'The Wave'), the intensity of the music is generated by a symphonic, feedback-like wall of sound, which builds up in layer upon insistent layer. Other tracks on The Blackout Quintet (e.g. 'After the Night') recall the music of Angelo Badalamenti, the film composer beloved of David Lynch (Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive) who is also celebrated for his pop music (including songs for the Pet Shop Boys). More than anything in fact, The Blackout Quintet does beg to be described as film music, despite there being no film to go with it, nothing to give the music a concrete visual structure and nothing to subordinate it to or put it on a level with images and events. Indeed, The Blackout Quintet is intentionally self-sufficient, and as a result achieves that freedom and breadth which enables music to put its listeners into a state of semi-delirium, allowing them, if they are lucky enough, to catch a glimpse of a ghost or two."
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"Antonelli Electr. is delightfully composing himself back into a perfect arrangement between house and minimal techno. One thing, two sides -- and a gradual change of perspective, developing from straight techno beats to a gas and steam cogeneration plant. Side A starts off with 'Dusty,' a straight techno track with a slurping bass that easily masters the quirky house chords. 'Slipstream' is an accelerating impulse for the dance floors and will make them hit and kick till their hearts are content. Side B sways more into serenely playful sounds: 'Snowflake Funk' is sure funky, even jazzy with a clearly swishing and rustling scent. 'Laziness,' the last track then tumbles over into a new interpretation of deep and dubbed minimal techno -- playful without being abstract -- a snapshot of relief and liberating contemplation. Laziness EP is not entirely without double and maybe triple irony, yet it displays too much friendliness and equanimity to be full-swing iconoclastic, and what is more, it will knock over your flower tub real good, too, just as the mood pleases."
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ITALIC 039EP
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"The 'disco machine' from Dusseldorf, stylish as usual."
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"Techno Pop dandy Stefan Schwander aka Antonelli Electr. presents his third album Love & Other Solutions. After his minimalistic TechHouse masterpieces Me, The Disco Machine and Click Antonelli's new material is heading in a slightly more ambient direction, but still always keeps the dancefloor in mind. The minimalistic procedure has proved effective over the years and it has been perfected and viewed as a challenge. So are sequencers and drum computers the main tools, computers are only added for studio work. Antonelli's way of working is often conceptional and serially motivated, which is reflected not only in the music, but the visual interpretation of his work as well (cover design, live performance and video). Antonelli Electr. creates an independently unique language of music and means of expression: his own personal digital draft, minimally arranged, slender in aesthetics, hedonistic in attitude, abstract in programming and detailed in sound."
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"Antonelli Electr. works mainly with sequencers and drum machines; a computer is used only for studio work. Only sequencers and drum machines are used for the live interpretation as well. This minimalist procedure has proved effective over the years and it has been perfected and viewed as a challenge. His way of working is often conceptional and serially motivated, which is reflected in the visual interpretation of his work as well (cover design, live performance, music video). Antonelli Electr. creates an independently unique language of music and means of expression: his own personal digital draft, minimally arranged, slender in aesthetics, hedonistic in attitude, abstract in programming and detailed in sound."
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