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After half a decade of wait, Berlin-based producer Douglas Greed makes his long-awaited return with Angst -- the ten-track follow-up to his 2014 album released on BPitch Control, Driven (BPC 288CD/LP). Fruit of a transitional period that's seen him go through all kinds of creative ups-and-downs, Angst refers to the inherent ambivalence attached to the sentiment of fear. In Douglas's case, fear -- though crippling at times -- is also what makes him tick; the catalyst force that pushes him to outdo and reinvent himself so constantly. Born out of the hope to find that crucial innocence of his younger music-loving self again, Angst finds Douglas brushing a ten-part tableau of warmly atmospheric, quietly nostalgic pieces, in the tradition of his previous releases for BPitch, Freude Am Tanzen, 3000 Grad, et al -- whether solo or under his parallel project Yeah But No alongside Fabian Kuss and Eating Snow with Mooryc. Infused with the refined pop sensibility that's become trademark to his sound, the album reels out a soul-fulfilling narrative that very much feels like a second wind; deftly swinging the pendulum betwixt sun-streaked melodies, transporting emotional crescendos and intricately woven textural membranes to lose yourself into. Starting off with the sense-awakening and supremely resilient electro-pop of "Roll With The Punches", featuring Joy Wellboy on vocals, whose upcoming LP was co-produced by Douglas, the album alternates dynamic highlights -- from the jazz and trip-hop-indebted "The Taste of Dust" to the Border Community-esque trancey charm of "Everybody Wants To Live In A Mansion" -- and wistfully enticing cuts like "The Few", "Numbers" (both songs with vocals by Odd Beholder) or the polyphonic chimes and brass-laden roller "Random Groove". As its title suggests, Angst also cuts a wide window open into Douglas's bruises and introspective leaning, shining with maximal depth on the thoroughly intimate coming-out of "Wie Man Unsterbliche Tiere Züchtet" and "Fight For You", where day-to-day anxieties give birth to larger-than-life narrative arcs and corollas. The ironically airwaves-ready closer "Not Afraid" with Joy Wellboy makes for the vanishing point of Douglas' full-length journey, but no ending to it by any means. It's a gift that keeps on giving.
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LP version. After half a decade of wait, Berlin-based producer Douglas Greed makes his long-awaited return with Angst -- the ten-track follow-up to his 2014 album released on BPitch Control, Driven (BPC 288CD/LP). Fruit of a transitional period that's seen him go through all kinds of creative ups-and-downs, Angst refers to the inherent ambivalence attached to the sentiment of fear. In Douglas's case, fear -- though crippling at times -- is also what makes him tick; the catalyst force that pushes him to outdo and reinvent himself so constantly. Born out of the hope to find that crucial innocence of his younger music-loving self again, Angst finds Douglas brushing a ten-part tableau of warmly atmospheric, quietly nostalgic pieces, in the tradition of his previous releases for BPitch, Freude Am Tanzen, 3000 Grad, et al -- whether solo or under his parallel project Yeah But No alongside Fabian Kuss and Eating Snow with Mooryc. Infused with the refined pop sensibility that's become trademark to his sound, the album reels out a soul-fulfilling narrative that very much feels like a second wind; deftly swinging the pendulum betwixt sun-streaked melodies, transporting emotional crescendos and intricately woven textural membranes to lose yourself into. Starting off with the sense-awakening and supremely resilient electro-pop of "Roll With The Punches", featuring Joy Wellboy on vocals, whose upcoming LP was co-produced by Douglas, the album alternates dynamic highlights -- from the jazz and trip-hop-indebted "The Taste of Dust" to the Border Community-esque trancey charm of "Everybody Wants To Live In A Mansion" -- and wistfully enticing cuts like "The Few", "Numbers" (both songs with vocals by Odd Beholder) or the polyphonic chimes and brass-laden roller "Random Groove". As its title suggests, Angst also cuts a wide window open into Douglas's bruises and introspective leaning, shining with maximal depth on the thoroughly intimate coming-out of "Wie Man Unsterbliche Tiere Züchtet" and "Fight For You", where day-to-day anxieties give birth to larger-than-life narrative arcs and corollas. The ironically airwaves-ready closer "Not Afraid" with Joy Wellboy makes for the vanishing point of Douglas' full-length journey, but no ending to it by any means. It's a gift that keeps on giving.
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BPC 288CD
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How do you stay true to your own sound without repeating yourself? How do you free yourself from the burden of wild expectations? Ultimately, how do you create a "difficult second album" that bucks the trend and sounds at least as fresh and enduring as the first? Rather than searching for answers to all these questions, Douglas Greed ploughs headlong into his second BPitch Control album Driven, leaving needless doubts for dust in his rear-view mirror. Douglas Greed has always been driven, and his nature rarely allows him to remain in one place on the genre map for too long. With a musical upbringing ranging from hip-hop jams and drum'n'bass parties to the darker avenues of pop à la Joy Division, Depeche Mode or Radiohead, his recent years as a producer and live act have always involved thinking far beyond the usual framework of techno and house. The results of these thought processes, always incorporating the hours away from the dancefloor, have already been laid bare on his debut album KRL and singles for labels including Infiné, Acker and Gigolo. Driven continues seamlessly in this vein with 11 tracks as rich in variety as they are in detail. The format offers plenty of room to cover a broad stylistic range, always driven by the search for new musical possibilities: from the boisterous peak-time hit "Summerless" to dancefloor gems like "Hush Hush" and "B12." From the yearning pulse of "Further" to the galloping UK patterns of "Fire 5." The featured vocals are another stand-out element of the album: "Long Distance Swimmer" is arranged around Anna Müller's dreamy voice, "My Mind is a Monkey" has support from Delhia, the previously released single "This Time (feat. Kuss)" and the title-track feature the unmistakable voice of his Eating Snow colleague Mooryc. Throughout the album, Douglas Greed plays with changing moods and tempos, always retaining the perfect balance between track and song, playing equally to his strengths as a euphoric stage performer and a sensitive soul. The exhilarating depth and maturity of his sound and his independent production process mean that all these elements combine on Driven to whisk the listener away on a grand journey. This is a journey -- driven by the desire for new horizons -- that effortlessly opens our eyes and ears, revealing that the heart of electronic music still beats loud enough to pump endorphins through our veins. It reveals the road ahead for anyone who, like Douglas Greed, likes to throw themselves wholeheartedly into each new venture.
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LP version. Includes a CD copy of the album. How do you stay true to your own sound without repeating yourself? How do you free yourself from the burden of wild expectations? Ultimately, how do you create a "difficult second album" that bucks the trend and sounds at least as fresh and enduring as the first? Rather than searching for answers to all these questions, Douglas Greed ploughs headlong into his second BPitch Control album Driven, leaving needless doubts for dust in his rear-view mirror. Douglas Greed has always been driven, and his nature rarely allows him to remain in one place on the genre map for too long. With a musical upbringing ranging from hip-hop jams and drum'n'bass parties to the darker avenues of pop à la Joy Division, Depeche Mode or Radiohead, his recent years as a producer and live act have always involved thinking far beyond the usual framework of techno and house. The results of these thought processes, always incorporating the hours away from the dancefloor, have already been laid bare on his debut album KRL and singles for labels including Infiné, Acker and Gigolo. Driven continues seamlessly in this vein with 11 tracks as rich in variety as they are in detail. The format offers plenty of room to cover a broad stylistic range, always driven by the search for new musical possibilities: from the boisterous peak-time hit "Summerless" to dancefloor gems like "Hush Hush" and "B12." From the yearning pulse of "Further" to the galloping UK patterns of "Fire 5." The featured vocals are another stand-out element of the album: "Long Distance Swimmer" is arranged around Anna Müller's dreamy voice, "My Mind is a Monkey" has support from Delhia, the previously released single "This Time (feat. Kuss)" and the title-track feature the unmistakable voice of his Eating Snow colleague Mooryc. Throughout the album, Douglas Greed plays with changing moods and tempos, always retaining the perfect balance between track and song, playing equally to his strengths as a euphoric stage performer and a sensitive soul. The exhilarating depth and maturity of his sound and his independent production process mean that all these elements combine on Driven to whisk the listener away on a grand journey. This is a journey -- driven by the desire for new horizons -- that effortlessly opens our eyes and ears, revealing that the heart of electronic music still beats loud enough to pump endorphins through our veins. It reveals the road ahead for anyone who, like Douglas Greed, likes to throw themselves wholeheartedly into each new venture.
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ACKER 029EP
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Four remixes merge the profound character of the Douglas Greed album KLR into the groove of hand-picked producers. Rundfunk3000 re-design the experimental "Shiver" using their uplifting beats and warm instrumentations, Acid Pauli's version of "Pain" cunningly manages to balance its mood with a percussive cumbia rhythm and a cheerful South American soul. Mollono.Bass create a driving and hypnotic dancefloor interpretation, even escalating into chirping acid. Finally, there is an acoustic song version of "Morning Gloria" from the studio of Mooryc.
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FREUDE 006LP
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Gatefold 2LP version. "I want the music to give me goosebumps. Music that moves my heart and soul." --Quincy Jones; These words are in the deepest part of Douglas Greed and the approach to his debut album. He allows his heart to lead, the better to look where it goes. Therein he's distributing straight dope; however, in the sense of emotional impact, dancefloor dictation it is not. Greed crafts music that serves up euphoria for your mind on the terrace, massage table, train or car trip and so on. This album has an enduring touch, and will remain in the mind for seasons to come. This is more weeping or laughing in the mirror rather than admiring the physical. Douglas favors sophisticated simplicity here, a sort of future-pop author who expressions his passions to the fullest. Beauty in darkness is also at play here -- Greed's unique signature. Features musician friends such as Mooryc, Pascal Bideau, Kemo, Ian Simmonds and Delhia de France. Greed casts twelve expressive pulse beats of pure Greed cosmos.
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FREUDE 006CD
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"I want the music to give me goosebumps. Music that moves my heart and soul." --Quincy Jones; These words are in the deepest part of Douglas Greed and the approach to his debut album. He allows his heart to lead, the better to look where it goes. Therein he's distributing straight dope; however, in the sense of emotional impact, dancefloor dictation it is not. Greed crafts music that serves up euphoria for your mind on the terrace, massage table, train or car trip and so on. This album has an enduring touch, and will remain in the mind for seasons to come. This is more weeping or laughing in the mirror rather than admiring the physical. Douglas favors sophisticated simplicity here, a sort of future-pop author who expressions his passions to the fullest. Beauty in darkness is also at play here -- Greed's unique signature. Features musician friends such as Mooryc, Pascal Bideau, Kemo, Ian Simmonds and Delhia de France. Greed casts twelve expressive pulse beats of pure Greed cosmos.
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FREUDE 051EP
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Douglas Greed leaves the angst dancing at the door even though the EP title suggests something else. "Hurt & Love" (featuring Kemo) is crafted for the modern club and darker, free spaces. Injury and salvation is assured for his Freude am Tanzen debut album, which will inevitably expand the radius of Greed.
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FREUDE 046EP
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Swinging tech-emo from Douglas Greed, St. Eisbein waves the banner of melancholy, but it can also be danced to. "Oh My!" is the only piece that is fully-formed. The other two gold nuggets twinkle with that special doughy touch, which also infects the live sets. A clear depth swings with Greed's production constantly, with streaks of courageous bass, snippets of melancholy, voices, and bounce. Douglas Greed is a man of the moment -- especially the moment that rocks.
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FREUDE 041EP
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Douglas Greed refines his style on Beuys Don't Cry from a danceable gloom to densely-packed tracks. "If This..." feels extra-terrestrial and romantic -- a dark slice of techno-rag with a slap of house. "Chessbet" is a modern classic with '90s melodies, acid indications and a free-spirited rave-ethos. "Animals Will Only Come To You If You Feed Them" is a tender vegetable soundtrack for an arena of closed-eye dancers, and "A Life Full Of Handshakes" is artistic electronica with a strenuous power.
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FREUDE 031EP
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The Dalai Lama of the techno world is back, on a mission to connect the floors of the world and dance away the fast approaching ruin. Douglas, the schizo-capitalistic alter-ego dark side who is actually the chief of a big market perfume chain, hunts the tonal outcry with melancholy. "Ille und Sören" is a dramatic manifest of the most important pillars of acoustic structure: melody and rhythm. "Oktober 17" is the day Morrissey went in through the hospital radio and brought his girlfriend out of the coma, while "Trixie" is a masculine-defiant calculation with the first of its forms barely passing along.
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COMBINAT 045EP
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Mr. Greed attests on E=W=M=3 that darkness can include a good deal of hope. His recipe: 4/4 with decency, depth, thoughtfulness and the will to start every new day as a newborn. On the first track, the Sigmund Freud of dance/electronic has his techno-couch placed in nature. "Schwarzteemagen" reveals rough subtlety in heavenly, reflective grooves. "Reviermarkierung," sounds like Greed reincarnated as the Kate Bush of rave and bass. Definitely "Hounds of Love" that are "Running Up That Hill!"
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FREUDE 028EP
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Douglas Greed is a drum & bass activist from Thuringia, and this is his first release for Freude Am Tanzen. The pillars of this music are melancholy, power and volition, which is paired with tenderness and passion. Confused minds only need a few ingredients to be helped towards a specific determination of the sound cosmos, which is helped by freely breathing. However, as it always is with the music "schizo-aficionado," tender yet powerful odes are required. Mr. Greed makes live laptop action happen, and the musical seeds of dance fertilization cross-breed through the speakers.
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COMBINAT 039EP
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This is the second 12" release on Combination by Germany-based Douglas Greed aka DJ Real. Possessing a daydream-like touch, Glue EP recalls trips to well-designed parks and sips from sparkling beer glasses. "Hypnotize" features a mesmerizing bass line before giving way to a breathy melody. After that, it goes onto the dead straight beats of Hemman & Kaden. The record closes with "Koto 125," a circular, barely-there, languid shuffle interrupted by purring throbs.
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