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ANN 016EP
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Ann Aimee is back with another bang, this time from mysterious Vault Series associate Sawlin who drops four cuts of grainy, scratchy sounds. "Boring Feels" is the deepest offering, gently pushing forward as sharp percussion sounds roll off the heavy and hunched-over bottom-end. "Techno Dumping" is a punchier affair with trippy background atmospherics and a cantering bottom-end that's paranoid as hell, while "Datamen Working" is a dubbed-out destroyer. "Neid Auf Vacuum" lets in some shafts of melodic light to its clappy house heart.
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INERTIA 001CD
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After more than 15 releases, Delsin sub-label Ann Aimee releases its first compilation, Inertia/Resisting Routine. Of course, rather than looking backwards, the Dutch label run by Marsel Delsin has instead compiled and commissioned -- together with Delta Funktionen -- 16 brand-new and exclusive tracks. They come from a new generation of label associates from the past half decade, with all of them therefore sharing certain ideals when it comes to brooding, darkened techno, as is Ann Aimee's mission. Operating in the murky under-waters of the contemporary techno scene, each producer enlisted serves up their own idiosyncratic vision: some are acid-tinged, some swing like a monkey and some lean on dub or house aesthetics for inspiration, but every single one will likely hypnotize dancefloors just as any good techno track should. So then, bold drums, analog aesthetics and meaty grooves are all present and correct throughout. Taking in names like Delta Funktionen, Mike Dehnert, Roman Lindau and Sacha Rydell, Cosmin TRG, Peter Van Hoesen, Conforce and techno innovator Redshape alongside new school heavyweights like Skudge, Lucy, Milton Bradley and Marcelus as well as newcomers Area Forty_One, Ozka and Sawlin, the Inertia/Resisting Routine tracklist reads like a who's-who of modern underground techno. Naturally, then, what it sounds like is the most definitive techno compilation in years.
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INERTIA 001EP
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Four modern techno tracks on this first release of an Ann Aimee compilation series. All four new and exclusive tracks deal in techno urgency. Delta Funktionen goes deep and dramatic, Peter Van Hoesen offers up his usual dub-wise textures, while Lindau pairs icy hi-hats with a heavy, stomping beat. Sawlin offers the trippiest techno with his delightfully disheveled "Excipidial."
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INERTIA 002EP
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Part two of the four-part Inertia sampler. Previously unreleased. First up is Frenchman Marcelus, who offers a heavy house and techno fusion, before London's Sigha goes deep and ominous with "Finding Myself." Redshape and Area Forty_One close out the package with frozen, static-coated sounds and textured techno, respectively.
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INERTIA 003EP
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The third in the Inertia series with four brand-new and exclusive techno cuts, taken straight from the Inertia compilation. Things open with the dark, skipping beats of Stroboscopic Artefacts boss Lucy, before veteran Berlin producer and label boss Milton Bradley layers plenty of filter and reverb over a kicking beat for his textured effort, "Sequence 1." Mike Dehnert contributes some ravey techno loops before the EP is brought to a close with some gray-scale bleakness from Belgium's Ozka.
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INERTIA 004EP
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The final of four in the Inertia series with four new exclusive techno tracks. Skudge are as economical yet efficient as you'd expect with their booming "Pollution," before Conforce designs yet more lush sounds with his deep technoid cut. Cosmin TRG confounds expectations again with his rusty, rolling cut before Fachwerk co-founder Sascha Rydell gets a little spaced-out on his kinetic and melancholic effort, "Rainy Days."
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ANN 014EP
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Ann Aimee goes darker and more minimalistic than before with this debut release by Area Forty_One. This unknown producer gives us his personal interpretation of modern techno. This double pack contains five solid techno cuts, filled with spacy and robotic sounds, together with one imminent ambient track. Discharging Clouds has a unique vibe and will please anyone with a preference for the dark, sinister techno sound. The mysterious Area Forty_One is one to keep an eye on.
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ANN 015EP
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Delta Funktionen delivers his third and final part in his Setup series. More freaked, frantic and robotic as ever before.
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ANN 012EP
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New York-based South African, Brendon Moeller has been producing music since 1994. His compositions have been released on Deep Space Media, Third Ear Records, Echocord, Mule Musiq, Rekids and more. He records as Brendon Moeller, Beat Pharmacy and Echologist. Dub, techno, jazz, Afrobeat and psychedelia are inspirations that appear in most of his music. Whether it be serious dancefloor bizniz, or dubbed-out bass-scapes, his music always possesses a quality and signature that have helped him become the prolific force he is today.
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ANN 013EP
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Darker and more sinister than all his releases before. Beats getting tighter and rougher, there's no chance to escape. Welcome to the world of Delta Funktionen. This second part of his Setup EPs brings three times dark, heavy, soaking techno tracks, with the otherworldly track "Conflict Data" closing the Setup.
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