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Sven Kacirek, the much-praised multi-instrumentalist from Hamburg, releases his third album with Pingipung. Scarlet Pitch Dreams presents intimate solo works, following his debut The Palmin Sessions (2007) and the international success The Kenya Sessions (PING 020CD), which was honored with a German Record Critic's Award for the second quarter of 2011. While The Kenya Sessions revealed fruitful collaborations with Kenyan musicians, almost every single instrument on Scarlet Pitch Dreams has been played, recorded and produced by Sven Kacirek himself. Within these dreamy séances of percussive virtuosity, Kacirek has effortlessly found his original sound -- from the first whirring of the prepared grand in the opener to the massively rolling drumset crescendo in the last track. Jazzbrush patterns define Sven Kacirek's sonic identity. They create beat structures on wood, glass, and paper which sound like digital sampler tweakings -- but they are not. "For the previous records I had been led by the production process in the first place, cutting loops, use of FX and so on. But here, everything has been written down in notation first, and has then been properly recorded," Kacirek says. This handcraft -- and the craftiness in Sven Kacirek's handling of his recording and production technology -- are two blessed aspects to this record. The 11 tracks burst with sonic details and never dwell on aimless repetition -- they are tied together with wide melodic arcs, and at times they sound like a classical jazz recording, at other times they show their influences from dub techno and clicks & cuts. Featured guests on this record include Jana Plewa (Old Splendifolia, The Kat Cosm) on vocals, and Johannes Huth (Efim Jourist, Anthony Braxton) and John Eckhardt (Alvin Lucier, Evan Parker) on upright bass.
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LP version. Sven Kacirek, the much-praised multi-instrumentalist from Hamburg, releases his third album with Pingipung. Scarlet Pitch Dreams presents intimate solo works, following his debut The Palmin Sessions (2007) and the international success The Kenya Sessions (PING 020CD), which was honored with a German Record Critic's Award for the second quarter of 2011. While The Kenya Sessions revealed fruitful collaborations with Kenyan musicians, almost every single instrument on Scarlet Pitch Dreams has been played, recorded and produced by Sven Kacirek himself. Within these dreamy séances of percussive virtuosity, Kacirek has effortlessly found his original sound -- from the first whirring of the prepared grand in the opener to the massively rolling drumset crescendo in the last track. Jazzbrush patterns define Sven Kacirek's sonic identity. They create beat structures on wood, glass, and paper which sound like digital sampler tweakings -- but they are not. "For the previous records I had been led by the production process in the first place, cutting loops, use of FX and so on. But here, everything has been written down in notation first, and has then been properly recorded," Kacirek says. This handcraft -- and the craftiness in Sven Kacirek's handling of his recording and production technology -- are two blessed aspects to this record. The 11 tracks burst with sonic details and never dwell on aimless repetition -- they are tied together with wide melodic arcs, and at times they sound like a classical jazz recording, at other times they show their influences from dub techno and clicks & cuts. Featured guests on this record include Jana Plewa (Old Splendifolia, The Kat Cosm) on vocals, and Johannes Huth (Efim Jourist, Anthony Braxton) and John Eckhardt (Alvin Lucier, Evan Parker) on upright bass. Vinyl version contains 9 of the 11 tracks on the CD, plus an mp3 coupon for the entire album.
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PING 031EP
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Pingipung presents two selected killer tracks on limited 7" vinyl of remixes for "Randnotizen From Idiot Town" (2009) by School Of Zuversicht. School Of Zuversicht is a band collective around front-lady DJ Patex. A download code offers eight more remixes by Station17, Wols, Misses Next Match and others.
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James Din A4 is the master of a stumbling, stubborn MPC techno style "made for dancefloors which have not been invented yet," as a reviewer of his Pingipung album in 2009 wrote. These two tracks mark the end of the Summer Of Seven series, and they do it with a playfulness and in the best of humors. Hand-numbered limited edition of 200 copies.
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For their Summer Of Seven tracks, Iso68 have, as usual, recorded many live instruments. We hear drums, guitar, keys, and brass, mixed into two tight tracks which unfold their addiction. After several plays, the two pieces by Florian Zimmer (who also plays with the bands Saroos and Jersey) and Thomas Leboeg (member of Hamburg's pop band Kante) become essential beauties. Limited, numbered edition of 200 copies.
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Pingipung presents the fifth edition in their Summer Of Seven series, featuring fresh, unreleased, single-quality tracks. Each release is strictly limited to 200 copies. Goto80 from Sweden is one of the heroes of the chiptunes scene. He makes his music only with old soundchips; above all, the SID chip from the C64. Nerd tech info: "Sombanova" uses a 16 millisecond loop for all the instruments except the drums. The vocals on "Mamasita" have been improvised by Acid Terrorist.
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Peak-time! This one definitely qualifies as a summer record. A.J. Holmes is the self-titled "King Of The New Electric Hi-Life." After moving back to London three years ago, the guitarist and DJ has played quite a role in the booming Afrobeat scene there and formed a new band called The Hackney Empire. For the Summer Of Seven series, he contributes two remixes of tracks from The Very Best and Xylitol that are simply made for summertime love. Numbered edition of 200 copies.
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The response to Sven Kacirek's album The Kenya Sessions (PING 020CD) was overwhelming. Pingipung now releases a 10" vinyl with reworks of tracks off the album. Lawrence reduces "Kayamba Tuc Tuc" to its essence -- an edit full of wisdom with heartfelt warmth. Taprikk Sweezee builds his soul-glitch beats with ease and there's also a rework of "Paperflowers" by Kacirek himself. The secret highlight is the exclusive Kacirek track "Takaye Village."
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PING 025EP
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Hey is Helmut Erler, one half of Hey-Ø-Hansen, the fabulous Austro-dub band from Berlin that already did three releases for Pingipung. In "Wuzlguzl," he presents a children's song from Austria. In his original dialect, he sings about the five fingers on the hand and what they have to do with the plums on the tree! The flip turns the song into a psychedelic lullaby.
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