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KOM 454EP
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With The Tiger, Matias Aguayo returns to Kompakt with his first EP for the label since 2014's Legende. Since then, he's been busy with all manner of experiments and explorations -- a monthly radio show on Worldwide FM, 2019's Support Alien Invasion; the essential El Rudo Del House series; an album on Crammed Discs with his group The Desdemonas. But something special happens when Aguayo returns to the mothership, as though he's reconnecting with something essential: "pop melancholy is just right there," he says. On The Tiger, Aguayo is in touch with the core of the flame, the music that's at the center of his being. While most of the music may have originated "in the foggy Mexican forest," he's sure that the EP is "still a Cologne record," something you can hear as soon as the prowling bass, shuffling rhythms and ghostly voices of the title track lope stealthily into earshot. The titular character is caught up in the sensuous tangle of the night, that space between dusk's delirium and dawn's dreaming. Aguayo sings, "Do you see the same I see? Are we having the same dream?" -- here, he's picturing an after-hours revelation, "on a warm muggy night with all sorts of background noise from various nightwalking animals -- but at the same time, I was a city dweller stranded in the jungle, who still dressed like he was about to go to the disco." The ascending, ever-circling bass of "Nightshift, The Red" tells another story, a spiraling mantra that's hypnotically psychedelic, yet elegant, refined, filled with sonic textures you can almost reach out and touch, like knotted twists of exotic fabric. "Show Me What You're Feeling" takes you back to the 1990s, with Aguayo re-working some vocal and lyrical fragments from three decades ago, its beautiful uncertainty remarkable in what Aguayo calls its "extremely emotional openness". Dappled with melancholy, it's a lover's hymn to intimacy and vulnerability. Aguayo signs off The Tiger with "El Propio Propio (Jubliant Mix)", a celebratory ending to an EP that's rich and complex, full of lovely musical moments -- the tender melodies woven through "Show Me What You're Feeling"; the warping, pliable, plastic textures that Aguayo crumples and crinkles through "El Propio Propio".
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ROUND 004EP
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El Rudo del House strikes again with this fourth release of this series, continuing to spread awareness of body mechanics and touring from South Africa to New York City to the multi-colored fiesta at Vive Latino in Mexico City, with sightings documented at instagram.com/danmatiasaguayo. As with the first three Rounds, this colored vinyl 12" includes a life-sized Rudo mask, and contains locked grooves of field recordings from Matias Aguayo's Rudo adventures. El Rudo del House makes each hearing ear a vessel for a dancing mask-clad clan through heavy commercial promotion and eventual sponsorship according to underground strategies of marketplace infiltration.
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ROUND 003EP
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Inspired by Elbee Bad's question, "Why not just dance through life?", Matias Aguayo found radical dancing spirit El Rudo del House, who speaks in a pitched-down voice and produces heavy house rhythms engineered to trigger movement. This is the third EP in the series (following ROUND 001EP and ROUND 002EP), each installment of which includes a mask to "allow anonymity and freedom... to evoke spirits at your celebrations," and images of dance poses in Rudo costume, all designed by Sarah Szczesny. Video lessons for each EP's dance moves, created in collaboration with London-based choreographer Alexandra Green, are available on www.matiasaguayo.com.
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ROUND 002EP
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"El Rudo del House" speaks in a pitched-down voice and produces heavy house rhythms engineered to trigger movement. This is the second EP in the series (following ROUND 001EP), each installment of which includes a mask to "allow anonymity and freedom... to evoke spirits at your celebrations," and images of dance poses in Rudo costume, all designed by Sarah Szczesny. Video lessons for each EP's dance moves are available on www.matiasaguayo.com. Between the futuro-tropicalism of The Visitor (COMEME 003CD/LP, 2013) and the post-internet undead psychedelia of Legende (KOM 309EP, 2014). Also includes locked grooves of field recordings. Colored vinyl.
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ROUND 001EP
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"El Rudo del House" is an imaginary creature who speaks with a pitched-down voice and produces heavy house rhythms that are engineered to directly trigger the movement of different body parts. His music resonates with everyday rhythms: produced by big iron apparatuses that cross the sky, by voices that yell through speakers in giant halls, by machines of border security and control, the thinly clipped noise of internet spam on unpleasantly limited computer speakers... This is the first of four EPs of four tracks each plus locked grooves of field recordings from Matias Aguayo's adventures and life-sized El Rudo masks.
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KOM 309EP
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Matias Aguayo's Legende features four new cuts that are as thrilling as they are edgy -- starting with the lyrically-charged late-night stomper "Run Away from the Sun," a tragic tale illustrated by dark, fraying synth patches caught by menacing, yet oddly warm-sounding surges of bass, with keyboards played by Yasuyo Uemura and a mix-down by Tobias Freund. There's also the slow-burning, slightly psychotic "Lola in the City" and the yearning, alien synths of "Walty." The title-track is a wonderful centerpiece for a unique release brimming with mesmerizing textures and finely-tuned surprises.
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COMEME 003LP
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180 gram gatefold double LP version. Comes with a CD of the album. To those of you unfamiliar with Matias Aguayo, he remains a core Kompakt recording artist and one of today's most ambitious music makers and collaborators. Be it from his early days as half of the now-legendary techno act Closer Musik, to singing for Battles on their recent hit "Ice Cream," Aguayo makes Cómeme his platform to work with fellow musicians from around the world and continues to push all notions away of what dictates trend in order to create his own. Matias returns with his third solo full-length, The Visitor -- recorded over the course of five years in various places around the world including Buenos Aires, Ciudad de México, Vitry-Sur-Seine, Rionegro (Antioquia, Colombia), Sternhagen Gut, and his studio -- The District Union in Berlin. As with his previous albums, Matias Aguayo unveils a perplexing and unexpected offering. Rather than appealing to a specific genre, he considers rhythm as a core influence in The Visitor and delivers what could be his most purposeful music to date. A collaborative process plays a dominant role on this album, articulating Aguayo's attentiveness to the community that surrounds him. Mixed and co-produced by Scott Monteith aka Deadbeat upon first hearing The Visitor, long-time fans of his music will be immediately aware how the songs sound natural and immense. The secret is not just in the mix but due to the fact that there are numerous musicians and vocalists performing on each track. By utilizing so many layers of analog and acoustic instrumentation, The Visitor as a whole provokes a distinct listening experience that contrasts the ease of digital processing techniques and the styles of most modern dance music out there today. Guest artists include: Juliana Gattas (Miranda!) and Aérea Negrot (Hercules & Love Affair), Luis Miguel "Cucharita" Jaramillo, Philipp Gorbachev, Alejandro Paz, Ana Helder, Julia Bande, Julia Kasprzak, Amelia Bande, Rodrigo Olavarría, and Daniel Maloso.
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COMEME 003CD
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To those of you unfamiliar with Matias Aguayo, he remains a core Kompakt recording artist and one of today's most ambitious music makers and collaborators. Be it from his early days as half of the now-legendary techno act Closer Musik, to singing for Battles on their recent hit "Ice Cream," Aguayo makes Cómeme his platform to work with fellow musicians from around the world and continues to push all notions away of what dictates trend in order to create his own. Matias returns with his third solo full-length, The Visitor -- recorded over the course of five years in various places around the world including Buenos Aires, Ciudad de México, Vitry-Sur-Seine, Rionegro (Antioquia, Colombia), Sternhagen Gut, and his studio -- The District Union in Berlin. As with his previous albums, Matias Aguayo unveils a perplexing and unexpected offering. Rather than appealing to a specific genre, he considers rhythm as a core influence in The Visitor and delivers what could be his most purposeful music to date. A collaborative process plays a dominant role on this album, articulating Aguayo's attentiveness to the community that surrounds him. Mixed and co-produced by Scott Monteith aka Deadbeat upon first hearing The Visitor, long-time fans of his music will be immediately aware how the songs sound natural and immense. The secret is not just in the mix but due to the fact that there are numerous musicians and vocalists performing on each track. By utilizing so many layers of analog and acoustic instrumentation, The Visitor as a whole provokes a distinct listening experience that contrasts the ease of digital processing techniques and the styles of most modern dance music out there today. Guest artists include: Juliana Gattas (Miranda!) and Aérea Negrot (Hercules & Love Affair), Luis Miguel "Cucharita" Jaramillo, Philipp Gorbachev, Alejandro Paz, Ana Helder, Julia Bande, Julia Kasprzak, Amelia Bande, Rodrigo Olavarría, and Daniel Maloso.
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KOM 228EP
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Matias Aguayo returns to Kompakt with his first new recordings for the label since 2009's acclaimed full-length Ay Ay Ay (KOMP 076CD/KOM 205LP). Aguayo takes it back to the dancefloor with his first foray into house music. I Don't Smoke is here -- pure electronic body music. The music here is a tour diary of sorts -- tried and tested on the crowds, these tracks were improved and built up, then finally mixed down with Scott Monteith aka Deadbeat.
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KOM 215EP
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"Menta Latte" from Matias Aguayo's acclaimed full length Ay Ay Ay (KOMP 076CD/KOM 205LP) gets the remix treatment. Who else could be more perfect to do his own rendition than the maestro of Northern disco Prins Thomas -- keeping the organic sensibility of the original by making it RAW. Acid flirts with bongos and wonky bass in a diatribe of immense magnitude. The results are a tremendous, gallivanting steamroller of a track.
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KOM 204EP
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"Rollerskate" is the first single from Matias Aguayo's full-length Ay Ay Ay (KOM 205LP/KOMP 076CD). Aguayo has already established significant buzz, and "Rollerskate" was already included on Pitchfork's "Best New Music" list. It's easy to get drawn into the organic earthiness of Aguayo's musicianship -- his voice is the source of the song, ingeniously layered and contextualized into what seems like an endless mantra. Remixes by Marcus Rossknecht, Diegors & The Don, Sanfuentes & Alex Thunders, and Rebolledo.
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KOM 205LP
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Repressed on vinyl. Gatefold 2LP version with CD of the entire album.
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KOMP 076CD
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This is Matias Aguayo's second full-length for Kompakt. Chilean born, German raised Matias Aguayo is one of those rare talents you come across that genuinely works in music for the sake of loving music. Kompakt's long love affair with Matias Aguayo runs all the way back to his first official act (together with Dirk Leyers) as Closer Musik back in 2000. Though short lived, their releases were foundation builders for the label and still stand as relevant as the day the songs were recorded. Following their demise, Matias felt the urge to abandon the rules that he felt techno imposed on him and moved towards a more organic approach to making music. His first foray into this would be with his 2005 debut solo album Are You Really Lost (KOM 044CD). Matias returned to Kompakt in 2008 with 2 12" bombs -- the club anthems "Minimal" and "Walter Neff." Feeling refreshed and inspired from travelling throughout Latin America, Aguayo was back to end the cycle of boredom that was permeating dance music! That brings us to his sophomore full length Ay Ay Ay. Recorded in Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile and Paris together with Vicente Sanfuentes (Original Hamster), Matias has conjured an impossibly unclassifiable full-length that is certain to surprise and elate anyone that should come across this true breakthrough of a recording. Take opener "Menta Latte" -- countless layers of his voice revel in a psychedelic dream park together with a simple xylophone chord. The chorus of Matias' unpretentious first single "Rollerskate" is damned to stay on auto repeat in your head for days. His leanings to traditional African music resonate with the beautiful crooner "Koro Koro." Fans of his recent singles will rejoice to the rhythm of songs "Me Vuelvo Loca" and "Juanita" -- Latin harmonies embraced with Matias coaxing you to get up and dance. To call Ay Ay Ay ambitious would be an understatement -- Matias Aguayo has managed to come up with a recording that is undeniably all his own and a landmark release for Kompakt.
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KOM 183EP
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Walter Neff: "Suddenly it came over me that everything would go wrong. It sounds crazy, Keyes, but it's true, so help me. I couldn't hear my own footsteps. It was the walk of a dead man. Yes, I killed him. I killed him for money -- and a woman -- and I didn't get the money and I didn't get the woman. Pretty, isn't it?" --excerpt from Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity (1944)
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KOM 177EP
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This is the 12" version of Minimal. DJ Koze delivers a remix that recalls the early days of International Pony. Also includes a mix by Markus Rossknecht (aka Roccness).
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KOMMAXI 001CD
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Chile's Matias Aguayo delivers a smasher. Funky and cheeky, "Minimal" is Spanglish you will have no choice but to sing along to. "Minimal" is everything and anything but minimal: rhythm-driven disco tunes and Aguayo's childish voice make this song a complete hook. DJ Koze delivers a perfect radio edit and a full version that is so summery and so fresh, it makes you want to ride in your Cabrio all day. Also includes a mix by Markus Rossknecht (aka Roccness).
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This is Chile-born, Berlin-based Matias Aguayo's debut solo release. With compatriot Dirk Leyers as the duo Closer Musik, Aguayo explored the amalgamated realm of minimal pop and sublime eroticism, penning songs like "Maria," "You Don't Know Me" and "1,2,3... No Gravity" which are now true classics of the genre and still can be heard on the dancefloor today. Are You Really Lost completely proves, without exaggeration, that we are amongst a true virtuoso of our time. The opening track "De Papel" sets the pace for what is possibly Kompakt's most physically-motivating album to date, proving that slow grooves ARE better. Coming across like the uptempo version of Massive Attack's "Daydreaming" this track is truly intense. Anyone who drives fast will be pulled over, made to slowly enjoy the journey. With "Radiotaxi" and "Drums & Feathers," Aguayo's Chilean roots come to the forefront. Unlike his fellow countrymen Ricardo Villalobos or Luciano, Aguayo resonates far more robustly and pop-loving than the exquisite psychedelic blunderings of his predecessors. Moving onward, Aguayo takes the cake and eats it in all its scrumptiousness with the title track "Are You Really Lost." With sonic references throughout to the B-52's song "Planet Claire," it is a tempestuous, almost ragga-like uptempo stomper that will be sure to consign club ceilings in need of repair. And there's "Well" -- the first "true" pop song of the album that latently recalls Grace Jones' lascivious genre-mix portrayed in her Island Life times. With Aguayo's seductive crooning, this song is destined to bring only the dirtiest of thoughts to the cleanest of minds. Finally, we reach the hypnotic "So In Love," poised to redefine disco for the years to come. Prepare to be catapulted toward the wonderful worlds of innovation, entertainment, techno, eroticism, and pop. Matias Aguayo lives it all and pushes it forward.
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KOM 126LP
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Double LP version, 7 out of the 8 tracks on the CD.
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KOM POP009EP
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De Papel sets the pace for what is possibly Kompakt's most physically motivating music to date proving that slow-grooves ARE better. Matias Aguayo is one part of Closer Musik. Slow down and pull over, as the sweat will drench your body equally as much as if you were travelling this fantastic road at a faster speed. Max Turner's mix (The Meteorites), "De Papel" sounds like an uptempo-version of Massive Attack's "Daydreaming." Very intense. De Papel serves as a pre-release of the album Are You Really Lost?. 4 tracks, including Chantel C remix.
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