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This is the long-awaited fourth album from Pupkulies & Rebecca. During the past years, they have gained momentum with countless concerts in renowned clubs throughout Europe. A certain hype has arisen around the band occurring totally organically without being triggered by the press -- self-generating and in real-time. Pupkulies & Rebecca have an appeal which covers all age groups, territories and scenes. Looking For The Sea is undoubtedly Pupkulies & Rebecca's most matured recording to date. The album was recorded mainly in the south of France and the ingredients and recipes are the same as on their previous albums. The main thread is house, not in the traditional American sense but in a more European version. Not Chicago but Paris and Berlin will be heard. "Eurovision" in the true context without the contest. The songs are sung in English and French, sort of more chansons than tracks. There is no coolness and functionality to be found here; instead, there is warmth and unbridled joy for music. High-hats out of rustling leaves, old synth legends, an organetta from the flea market -- each sound is chosen carefully, so that it has room to breathe and becomes a part of the greater whole. Looking For The Sea is a multifaceted, varied and fascinating album which is easy for one to hear and immediately understand. Influences of different styles can be heard and a childish openness is apparent. Pupkulies & Rebecca show how beauteous pop music can be. According to their name, they are a duo -- but in reality they are a trio. Sepp Singwald, an all-rounder from the Berlin indie scene, has been a band member for years. An increase in the acoustic elements is witness to his influence. Various keyboard and string instruments contributed by Sepp haven't changed the direction of the songs but support them in exactly the right spot. Janosch Blaul is still the man in control and his contribution is decisive. Together with Sepp Singwald, he has created a finely-woven tapestry of sounds full of colorful patterns, perfectly tailored for Rebecca's voice. Her vocals cause the tapestry to float, light and weightless.
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NORM 6412693EP
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New continuous grooves in the Compact series with 100 loops from Modeselektor, Thomas Brinkmann, Siriusmo, Housemeister, Phon.o, Mochipet, Bok Bok, Litwinenko, Exsample and Daniel Haaksmann. Limited to 500 units worldwide.
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This is the debut full-length release by Germany's Karo -- a girl who plays the guitar like a ninth grader at a campfire, and who somehow manages to take you to another planet with her hypnotic melodies and her beautiful, soft voice. Completely self-taught in both guitar and in the mastery of English, she taped herself and listened to her voice over and over again. She listened to Jeff Buckley, Ella Fitzgerald, The Carpenters, Low, Portishead, Cat Power, and Feist, developing in slow steps towards her remarkable sound -- a mixture of full-throated, singer-songwriter confessional vocals, mixed with simple, indie-rock guitar patterns and sparse percussion, somewhere in the league of Julie Doiron, Bat For Lashes and Feist. "You Don't Know" and "Wine And Water" are the closest Karo gets to folk music, "Not In Love Song" is pure pop, despite its lack of drums, "The Hunger" and "My Heart Is Bent" are downright indie-disco, and no category has been invented yet for the breathtaking finale, "Sing Out, Heart!" -- yet all of these songs blend together perfectly to capture a lifetime of heartache in 40 minutes that seem like 40 seconds and make you wanna put the CD on repeat forever.
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This is the third full-length release by Germany's Oliver Lichtl aka Uphill Racer, a multi-instrumentalist with a 800 Mhz computer and a mic-in. A one-man singer/songwriter orchestra. Considering his multilayered music and the complexity of his arrangements, this is more than extraordinary, this is lo-fi in Cinemascope. Reviews of his previous albums often referenced Thom Yorke, Beck, Badly Drawn Boy or The Notwist. With his own very special brand of airiness, he triggers reminiscences and invites the listener on a discovery trip without even getting close to plagiarism. He has a singular gift of creating moving songs that touch deeply with a style that goes straight to the heart. Broken beats have their own space in the spheres of his pop universe. Telescopeland is melancholy in its most enchanting, consoling form, with melodies that you won't forget. And above all, there's this voice -- floating, shedding a golden light on the songs, so that they seem to be shining. The epic character of his songs, often remind of film scores and he also happens to work as a cutter for a film production studio. Besides the Flaming Lips, Aphex Twin, Elbow and many more, Jon Brion, David Torn, Yann Tiersen or Jan Kaczmarek are important influences. This is far too good to be left unheard.
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Is it house paired with songwriting? Is it elektro fused with soulful pop? Is it Matthew Herbert's next side project? No, it's Pupkulies & Rebecca. The duo extract two hits from their full-length: "Save Me" is an atmospheric, warm minimal house tune with compelling vocals and "Some Gin" is a catchy electro-pop tune with a Peaches-like hookline. Someone Else remixes "Save Me" into a massive hypnotic version. Minimal with attitude.
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This is the third full-length release from the data-pop duo Birgit Lehneis and Paul Heil aka Electroserge. After Whispertime and To Those I Hold Dear -- two straight indietronics albums -- Electroserge now leave guitars and chimes behind and take a turn on the data-highway. Machine-grooves along the road celebrate their electro heart and nostalgic robo-clichés dot the landscape. Evoking the classic tunes of Drexciya, Kraftwerk and Dopplereffekt, Gimme Data sounds freshly-generated via Pacman, run through machines driven by ideas and grounded by a cool attitude. Take some stripped-down beats, flavor them with some crystal-clear synth hooks and don't forget a good amount of robo-soul. Despite the glittering sheen of electronics, their indie roots such as Dinosaur Jr. and My Bloody Valentine can still be heard in their music. Self-confident sounds out of Bavaria with an international heart.
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This is the second full-length release from singer/songwriter, Uphill Racer (Oliver Lichtl). Uphill Racer is a multi instrumentalist, a one-man chamber orchestra brimming with harmonies, elegies and gifted with the knack of effortlessly pouring his emotions into fantastic songs that immediately move and touch. He has been compared quite justifiably to artists such as Beck, Badly Drawn Boy, The Notwist and Thom Yorke. One year has passed since his debut No Need To Laugh was released and since then, Uphill Racer has embraced the will and courage to experiment. You Will Understand is permeated with space sounds which were prevalent though hard to place on the first album and which now contribute to the spherical and inimitability of the latest release. Flora, fauna and film are once again welcome guests in the idiosyncratic structures built out of acoustic guitar, bass, sleigh bells, drums and beats, piano, synthesizer and the voice -- the voice which effortlessly blends into the instrumentation and textually as well as melodically bears a beacon in the night. Lichtl once again plays all the instruments himself and sings every word on the album. You Will Understand is a fortress, a refuge, a shield of protection from the world. The pathos of the first album gives way to a more confident and versatile emotionality. The music is a perfect companion for a train trip on a sunny day and nevertheless as sentimental as a nosedive onto soft cushions.
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Normoton celebrates the 25th release with its first label compilation. Since there has never been any dogmatic style policy connected to the German label, the musical diversity is just amazing. Label owner Klaus Burkard consequently releases quality music by believing in his instinct and his taste. Locked grooves from a Polish Elvis impersonator, minimal by Landesvatter and Strassmann, ambient by Smutny, deep house by Andreas Heiszenberger, experimental electronics by MCL and classic singer-songwriter music by Uphill Racer and Electroserge -- everything is possible and experiments are part of the deal. But still: Normoton is a trademark of its own and musical variety doesn't necessarily mean chaos. It's almost impossible to find a suitable description for this label... just expect the unexpected and prepare yourself for some surprises. Apart from tracks by the above named artists you will find two brand new and previously-unreleased tracks on this compilation. "Barebeatz" is produced by Phon.o and Exsample aka The Barebackshow. The two Berlin-based artists created this track only by using sounds from Normoton's very own locked grooves series, called Compact. Moreover, there is Traffic Jam from Poland, the latest member of the Normoton family. Their compilation track "Metronome" will be released on 12" with three more tracks. But there is still more to come: look out for new albums by Uphill Racer, Electroserge and Pupkulies & Rebecca in 2007.
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NORM 023CD
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This is Germany-based Andreas Heiszenberger's second full-length album. Ah is a jewel which can already be celebrated as a small masterpiece, resembling a pop culture diary set to music in which memories and influences in all variations and origins are unified to one common denominator called house. Glimpses of his punk past shine through now and then and for some the exclusive use of fruit loops as a means of production is punk enough. Heiszenberger shows consideration for disparate genres with a decided lack of stringency. The vision of house which Andreas Heiszenberger so virtuously has called his own has something timeless about it so that the sound also functions perfectly outside clubs. He gives this record the right dose of pop and harmony that is soulful rather than lulling, taking special care to place the appropriate beat and tempo, making for a professional and enthralling arrangement. Sometimes it rattles and clicks from one end to the other just like the good old Warp days when abodes in Detroit, Chicago and Frankfurt were at least musically credible. His debut album on Normoton Drum and Bass released in 2005 was filled with flawless, catchy house of the minimal type and honored by the international press. It has taken two years for the completion of this follow-up which wasn't due to an artist's block -- rather, quite the opposite. Heiszenberger's own very unique style of contemporary house music has just the right hint of pop. Detroit meets Frankurt/Offenbach meets Sheffield meets Cologne.
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NORM 021EP
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This is the sixth DJ-session-tool-release from Compact. The sounds are excerpts from the current live-set, which is a two-man-band, playing only loops on four turntables. Phon.O and Exsample both live in Berlin, where they have been rocking the house since 2005 with performances of their individually-created sounds. This tool is useful for all consequential DJs doing essential and honest hand-sequencing: DJing with loops.
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