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BUR 004CD
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AKA AKA & Thalstroem are back with their second album, Connected, released on their own label, Burlesque Musique. After releasing album track "Take My Time," a collaboration with the Erfurt, Germany-based band Northern Lite, the trio released the album's first single, "Never Alone," a collaboration with Sola Plexus that offers a promising insight into the follow-up album to their successful 2011 debut, Varieté (BUR 001CD). "Never Alone" immediately proves that AKA AKA & Thalstroem haven't lost their sense for memorable vibes with a strong narrative. While their house beats open a cosmic and playful groove, the distinctive vocals by Sola Plexus spread the right portion of pop appeal, including a hopeful message against life's solitude. Connected features many guests artists and friends including Northern Lite, Sola Plexus, Jim Hickey, umami, and Chasing Kurt. AKA AKA & Thalstroem has always been a harmonious trio, whether on stage or in the studio; their teamwork vibe carries both listeners at home and audiences during their live gigs.
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BUR 003CD
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With his debut album Cirque de L' Amour, Stereo Express shows his wealth of variety as well as his verve for thrilling vocals. After the seething "Intro," followed by "When I'm With You" and "La Vie En Rose," you step foot into the world of Stereo Express. "Freedom" reveals his pop affinity with inclusive, catchy vocals, a rolling bass and a divine electric guitar, and "Stranger" starts with a dominant kick drum. Produced together with label mates umami and U So Witty, "Stranger" is a longing, pulsing piece that develops a proper suction with its haunting synths. Sakso is Stereo Express' studio partner-in-crime and "Agoria" indicates with its floating character not only an impressive climax, but that this duo is simply a dream team. "All Over You" was made with the support of Sakso and Shimmy Timmy, and it's a prancing track that breathes a good dose of sex appeal and desire through a funky bass guitar. While the deep bass line of "Looking for Somebody" won't let any hip be unmoved, the wonderful vocal sample of Ciara's "Promise" evokes a delightful mood. After the good-humored "Nasty Groove," the last track "Cooking with Izolda" with its warm keys and voice of Serbian singer Izolda Barudzija provides a perfect conclusion. Cirque de L'Amour is a terrific debut that transports a gallant and courageous mood and a hedonistic and highly-emotional aura. With numerous guests such as Sakso, Timmy Shimmy, Ester Cattoir, umami and U So Witty, Stereo Express offers a versatile mix with many dancefloor grenades. In addition to the heart-wrenching grooves and the colorful melodies with piano, saxophone and strings, Stereo Express demonstrates his feel for impressive and sexy productions that constitute the charm of Cirque De L'Amour.
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BUR 017EP
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The Belgian Stereo Express joins forces with AKA AKA & Thalstroem as well as vocalist Shimmy Timmy to increase the anticipation of their upcoming album with the first single "When I'm With You." Together they create a wonderful house gem that is initially driven by strings and claps, before the crystal-clear guitar is flanked by a grooving bass line. Oliver Schories equips his remix not only with a lowered bass line, but relies on the trinity of hi-hats, long-drawn chords and dreamy soundscapes. The down-pitched vocals top off his purist approach. Sakso impresses with a swarming sax solo that longs for summer and evokes daydreams.
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BUR 014EP
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American folk song "Wayfaring Stranger" is interpreted by Joachim Pastor from Paris and 18 year-old singer Florence Bird from England. Besides the pushing remix by AKA AKA & Thalstroem and the solo production "Leçon de Vie," there is another collaboration with Florence and AKA AKA on this four-tracker, "Sandman." All tracks show how melodic and dreamy tunes still can be danceable. Late summer of love on vinyl.
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BUR 013EP
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"Somebody to Love" is an all-time summer anthem that hasn't lost even a tiny bit of its topicality, even 50 years after its first release. In times of mash-ups from A-Z, it's maybe not surprising, but this edit of Jefferson Airplane's '60s hit is an officially-authorized cover version and will surely stir up every summer festival. There's also original songs by Kyrill & Redford, "Wait" and "Watching You" that are stripped down to the essentials of deep house: solid groove, persistent chords, and soothing vocals.
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BUR 012EP
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Listening to Arjuna Schiks' first release on Burlesque Musique is like remembering a fairytale. The complex sound structures of "De Lege Naturae" open wide fields of unexplored territories to the listener. Letting him graze through these sound fields, the warm bass of "Regenboog" re-familiarizes the hearer's more acquainted dominions. Accompanied by the ardent sounds and fairy vocals of "Birds," the "Storyteller" ends his narration with a hymn which could last forever.
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BUR 010EP
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New bomb EP by Umami. After several co-operations with Aka Aka and Niconé, Umami came up with their first very own single "We Don't Need Words" should explain all that you get from Umami: melodic but stripped-down-to-the-essential-ingredients for catchiness and danceability.
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BUR 009EP
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This is the first single from AKA AKA & Thalstroem's album Varieté Remixed (BUR 002CD), the beginning of a series consisting of three slabs of vinyl. Remix artists include: Phonique, Stereo Express, Tube & Berger and Oliver Schories.
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BUR 002CD
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After their successful debut Varieté (BUR 001CD) (which stayed at #1 on the Amazon techno sales charts for weeks and was voted one of the top 10 albums of 2011 by the readers of Germany's Groove and Partysan magazine), AKA AKA & Thalstroem got together 31 remixers who made reinterpretations of their original tracks. Besides well-known artists like Marek Hemmann, Moonbootica or Turntablerocker, old stagers like Technasia or Axel Bartsch, a lot of newcomers are on the boat, such as Stereo Express, Dirty Doering, Joachim Pastor, umami, Hanne&Lore, Rampa and Joris Delacroix. The result is like the original -- a diversified overall package on 3 CDs which deliver the perfect soundtrack for every mood. Other remix artists include: Phonique, Einmusik, Oliver Schories, Tigerskin, Pupkulies & Rebecca, Lexy & K-Paul, Klartraum, Philip Bader, Demir & Seymen, Tube & Berger, Daniel Steinberg, Zombie Disco Squad, Dapayk, Axel Bartsch, Solee, Piemont, Mihalis Safras, Minicoolboyz, Broombeck and Emerson.
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BUR 008EP
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This EP by AKA & Thalstroem is a collaboration with Umami. On A2, Hanne & Lore reinterpreted the track with their distinctive minimal style, Broombeck boosted it to the maximum on B1, and Philip Bader drifts away in endless after-hours on B2.
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BUR 007EP
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AKA AKA & Thalstroem present the first single from their album Varieté (BUR 001CD). This will surely stir up every open air this summer! Must have!
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BUR 001CD
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AKA AKA produced their debut album with Thalstroem. Since their first mutual live appearance at Watergate in March 2010, they have traveled around all over Germany, Austria and Switzerland, leaving behind smiling faces. Thalstroem who plays the trumpet and the EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument), adds a new, floating and harmonic layer over AKA AKA's productions. Therefore, besides the familiar dancefloor-oriented tracks, you can expect some more melodic productions on their common album Varieté -- for instance, their cover of "The Rip" by Portishead, which they recorded with the Austrian singer Betty Lenard. But you can hear it also on their own tracks like "Springtide" or "Été," and you know what this sound says: join us on a green summer lawn. But an album by AKA AKA wouldn't be an album by AKA AKA without a club-approved run which starts with "Bretterbude" and "Nozzle" and continues with a 2011 re-edit of massive club hit "Woody Woodpecker." Among these floor-smashers, the typical Burlesque Musique sound will not be missed! "What Matters," their second collaboration with Umami, the addition of drummer Lizzy and the percussionist Manu Manou show how widespread but still consistent an electronic album can be.
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BUR 006EP
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Umami, who claim to make songs, not tracks, come up with their first solo EP. They hoist sails and push their style forward with "Conquer The Night." "All What You Get" is driving, funny, but still eclectic tech house in a fresh-sounding garment. The ageless synth line of "Sunshine And Godzilla" will drive the crowd crazy for sure and with "Kukukuku" they prove that Finnish lullabies also work on the dancefloor.
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BUR 005EP
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"Der Untergang" refers to a dystopian city in which everybody went crazy -- the perfect outline for the remixers Oliver Koletzki, umami and label heads AKA AKA. Every remix comes with a different vibe and mood. Koletzki's housey interpretation is perfect for the late evening hours and brings some Caribbean flair on the dancefloor. Umami comes up with a real tech-house stomper while AKA AKA elevate us to another level of their collaboration with trumpeter Thalstroem. A must-have.
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BUR 003EP
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Umami joins Niconé with a dancefloor-smasher on side A, "I Come To You." On side B, there's a remix of Niconé's "Hanaetano," with an additional catchy vocal line. Limited to 500 picture sleeves.
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BUR 002EP
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Burlesque Musique invites the band Budzillus to contribute a stomping Balkan beat song which the label heads put into a garment of luscious tech house. Every instrument is recorded live and used in this pumping remix by AKA AKA. If you're into the black magic, buy the vinyl. It also contains the first release by Shemian.
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