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BRETT 001EP
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BRETT is a new label celebrating the co-dependent scenes of techno and contemporary art. A sub-label of Inland's Counterchange imprint, each edition will feature music selected by Ed Davenport, paired with cover art curated by Nils Petersen. BRETT is dedicated to the spirit of Berlin's early club scene, where cross-pollination and spirited discourse between musicians and visual artists etched the blueprints for a new techno-culture. BRETT001 finds co-creator and long-time Berlin ex-pat Inland at the helm, delivering four surging, up-tempo club tools, plus two brainwave-activating noise experiments. Celebrated Irish-born artist Mariechen Danz provides a photograph of her visionary sculpture, "Statue for Gesticulation", for the cover artwork. The towering super-human structure bears a multitude of nurturing hand-gestures, suggesting support, comfort, and togetherness. Built from roughly textured grey concrete and resembling a technoid, monolithic bunker or industrial space in itself, the loving, humanist symbols of peaceful action mirror the culture of inclusion, love and acceptance practiced on the dancefloor.
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COUNT 027EP
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Four new undeniable club burners from Counterchange label head Inland. Inland's seventh solo release on his home label is the latest in a decadelong legacy of enduring productions under the Inland alias. All tracks operate at 138 bpm, exploring biting synth lines, psychedelic overtones, tribal techno attitude, and mechanical rhythm programming.
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COUNT 014LP
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British DJ and producer Inland (Ed Davenport) has compiled and mixed Stream-State, his biggest project to date, bringing together over 20 artists in a DJ-ready compilation of colorful, diverse modern techno on his label Counterchange. Complete with a 90-minute continuous mix by Inland himself, the project celebrates over 15 years behind the decks and cements Davenport's reputation not only as a tireless force in the studio, but as a trusted selector and curator of contemporary club music. Spanning deep IDM-rooted studies, lush chord-driven euphoria, powerful modernist workouts and tough house-groove jackers, Davenport weaves an addictive mix full of character and his precision mixing style. From veterans and heroes like DJ Skull, Efdemin, Joel Mull, Boddika, Peter Van Hoesen, and Mark Broom (alongside Discrete Circuit), to a new echelon of up-and-coming talent like Rhyw, Sophia Saze, Jamaica Suk, Johanna Knutsson, Aiken, DJ Sodeyama, Perm, and Felix Fleer, there's an underlying thread of shimmering production values and close attention to detail in every track. Inland also selected debuts from Berlin based artists Fred Mann and Arbitrage, and welcomes back BNJMN, P. Lopez, and Distant Echoes to the label. Stream-State is Inland's celebration of the DJ mix/compilation format. Enamored with UK dance music culture in the mid-90s, the burning, illicit energy of early rave mixtapes left a huge impression. Mystical bootlegs recorded at mass gatherings in fields or late-night Radio One transmissions captured on cassette -- their eternal spirit was absorbed and cherished. Now more than two decades later, Davenport has channeled that fascination into this weighty collector's item and a captivating continuous mix. All 22 tracks included are new and original productions made by some of Inland's favorite artists and colleagues. A network and a community -- complied and presented by an artist who continues to demonstrate his longevity and unique voice in the scene. 4x12" LP set; two printed inserts featuring artwork by Brooklyn based painter Erik Minter; download card including four bonus tracks and continuous DJ mix by Inland.
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COUNT 011EP
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Inland returns to his home label with a new four-track EP, 2122. Tough, galvanic techno cuts pair with detailed bleep trips in a new strain of mature and confident output. "2122" and "Noisefields" both journey toward a brooding, alien inferno. Meanwhile orbiting alarm signals ("Stowaway") and the psychedelic funk of "Lifeline" chart a lesser-known course, scanning the outer reaches in search of new sonic textures and future dance rituals.
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FIGURE X005EP
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After having appeared twice on the Figure SPC series, Inland (aka Ed Davenport) now arrives on Figure, providing a trio of well-honed, first-grade club-material. Out the gate comes "Stainless" -- an electrifying piece of machine-power which, already bursting with energy, still manages to turn it up a few notches. Next up, the seasoned producer turns in a powerful chord-rooted tool: "Swerv" is driven by tides of shimmering beauty along a sea of pounding drums. One to behold is the epic B side, which amounts to a trance-inducing, enveloping synthetic vortex of sound. A long journey that is deeply rewarding.
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BLACKCROW 010EP
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Ed Davenport aka Inland explores all facets of his diverse sound on Metatlantic. The title-track is a work of driving, acid-laced techno; "Cosinaxis" employs electro beat patterns and IDM aesthetics; "Lagoon9 (feat. Civilian)" is a melodic, Detroit-indebted big-room weapon. Closing out the EP is a remix of "Cosinaxis" by Italian duo 3KZ (Z.I.P.P.O and Kaelan).
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COUNT 009EP
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Ed Davenport continues his techno experiments as Inland with an elegant EP entitled Coriolis. "Coriolis" is a moody ten-minute voyage with a morphing synth array at its core -- bright, detuned stabs are layered upon tough rhythmic foundations. The jagged metallic lead builds, unearthing harmonic bleep accents and syncopated FX swells before folding in on itself. "D10D3" plows forward with an urgent staccato sequence, segueing into Italo-horror filter sweeps and noise-laden moments of drama. Finally, "Tsereteli" is a more reduced modern dub study, continuing Ed's long running fascination with tranced-out time stretching and after-hours vibes. Cover art by Guy Archard.
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VIDAB 003X-EP
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Tracks from Inland you will only find here on colored vinyl. No digital release. If you're one of those Rapidshare upload motherfuckers who steal the food out of our fridges and spit on our kids' educations, beware: our Caucasian friends will find you.
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