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LVL 015EP
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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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ITALIC 054LP
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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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ITALIC 054CD
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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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LVL 005EP
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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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ITALIC 027LP
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ITALIC 027CD
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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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ITALIC 016CD
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"After the euphoric reception of the CD Me, The Disco Machine and various hits in the last two years, pop dandy Stefan Schwander has programmed a new album entitled Click. The new album's most important attribute is its modernity. Click is now, a prototype for the future, providing an independent musical language and expression for Antonelli: his personal digital creation, minimally arranged, using economical aesthetics, a hedonistic attitude, abstract programming, a crisp sound and class detail. Click is a personal comment on electronic music in 2001 and displays Antonelli's view of digital club music. Click is an unambiguous statement for a kind of music which must be constantly renewed and repositioned. The music delivers despite its discipline, sublimity, elegance and beauty. The digital sound swings, every single click vibrates. The sound's precision is perfect. A pure, digital sound."
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ITALIC 015EP
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"The first single release from Click. 'The Strings' is a flamboyant hymn to string instruments. A light rhythm initially sets in, before the strings suddenly appear from nowhere, sublime and drifting. They can create that unique, addictive feeling. They are accompanied by a pumping bass sequence, very dry hand-claps and stunning house piano. The monotony and speed of 'Same player, again and again' is only varied by minute sequential adjustments and the use of a 'digibass' in the last part of the track. This is machine funk at its best."
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