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PLAYRJC 052EP
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As a Frankfurt native, Oskar Offermann has been a longtime friend of the Robert Johnson club, first as a regular guest and later as a regular DJ. After spending 15 years in exile (Berlin, where else?) and putting out music on his own (White and Rimini) as well as befriended labels (Mule Musiq, Aim and Hardworksoftdrink), the long lost son has finally come back home (Offenbach, where else?) and will debut on Live At Robert Johnson with Truth Within The Kilos, three tracks that bring together Oskar's melodic approach and the bleepy sound of Frankfurt's new school.
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German artist Oskar Offermann, the owner of leading label White, presents a quality double LP package on Mule Musiq, strongly effecting his meditated mindsets. As well as his DJ sets, his crafted productions have a superb balance between not being too excessive and not being too minimalist - creating a dynamic which makes people move, based on his own aesthetic, featured with well-polished, functional electro phrases and raw machine beats. Because of its floating grooves, it's nice for club use, but will surely be a good for the home-listening. Oskar continually points to the fact that listening to deep house is not a meandering journey, but something meaningful and fruitful.
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MUSIQ 207EP
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After an excellent debut album on Mule Musiq (MUSIQ 050CD/191LP, 2015), Oskar Offermann is back with four remixed tracks. Legendary Osunlade (Yoruba Soul) remixed the most club friendly track on the album, turning it into more of a DJ tool - jazzy deep house. Oskar's buddy Edward's remix is simply epic - a very imaginative breakbeats track. Frankfurt's Bodin&Jacob's remix is kind of mash up of some tracks on the album. It's kind of early electro stuff. Metamatics, who provides a remix, is well-known from the end of '90s.
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"When the dancer disappears and only the dance remains, it is meditation" --Indian philosopher Osho. For the Frankfurt-born, Berlin-based producer and DJ Oskar Offermann, music is some kind of meditation, too. For him sound has the power to go beyond time and space. He began making music as a teenager, primarily as a drummer in grunge and punk bands. When he was 16, hip hop hit him hard and he started to produce beats on an MPC that he still uses today. At 20 he moved to Berlin, and one night he ended up at Panorama Bar, where Zip was celebrating a "Get Perlonized" night. All of a sudden the virus called dance music infected him. Before dropping his first house tracks, he launched the White label in 2007 with a friend. It was followed by a second label, Rimini, in 2011 -- a musical outlet for special edits that go beyond the dancefloor. After countless EPs and a celebrated album on his own labels and others, including Aim, Thema, and Riverette, Offermann now drops another magical long-player, this time on Japan's Mule Musiq -- his second release on the label following a deeply moving EP in 2012 (MUSIQ 148EP). Le Grand to Do was mostly produced in 2014, a year in which Offermann became a part-time vegan and dove deeply into himself through meditation -- changes influenced by his interest in new age music and his desire to compensate for his wild and sleepless life as a DJ. The tracks from this introspective period are disciplined works created with cheap drum machines including an Alesis HR-16, a Boss DR-660, and a Yamaha RX 70, plus a computer and other synths. For Offermann, "music is the direct access to the soul"; each track on Le Grand to Do is intended to go beyond the party. They are his reflection on esoteric spheres, without being fully esoteric. You can hear his past as a drummer and lover of hip hop breaks in tricky tracks like "I Wonder" or "Find Yourself". With gems like "Carol's Howl" or "Banunanas," he serves house that deeply massages body and mind. Vocal samples float around, heartfelt chords bewitch, and gentle melodies pop up to twist the senses. And even though it's heavily influenced by new age, the album is meant first for the dancefloor. It relieves tension, spreads meditative energy, and delivers emotions that stay. Forever.
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Oskar Offermann -- Frankfurt-born DJ, producer and label owner based in Berlin -- has been around the international house scene for the past seven years now. After having several releases on his own labels (White, Rimini) as well as on befriended labels (Aim, Mule), this is Offermann's debut full-length. The album, entitled Do Pilots Still Dream of Flying?, feels like an overview of his musical work so far, without leaning too much on previously-established standards. The album surprises with its ambition towards increased musicality, and presents itself as an homage to what potentially lies behind the horizon, not as a wrap-up of the past. Melodies and vocals instead of patterns and structures: Oskar has deliberately taken off his deep-house glasses and tried to work production-wise more along the lines of traditional song-writing. Why? Because it just felt right. Contentment and calmness have taken over the initial excitement and ecstasy, personally as well as professionally. In Oskar's words, he has "finally arrived in his profession as a DJ and producer."
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MUSIQ 148EP
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Oskar Offermann is the boss of Berlin-based label, White, known for their quality deep house output. The title-track on the A-side is a good mixture of early New York house and nu school German deep house. If you follow the releases on Smallville or Laid, you will like this song. "Technicolour Dreams" on B1 feels more like Detroit house -- it's rough and tough. B2 is a DJ tool version of the A-side.
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