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EXONE 023EP
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Exercise One release Timetrap EP. "Timetrap" has always been the dark horse of Exercise One's back catalog, so they decided to revisit the original idea of the track. A few sessions later, "Timetrap 2016" was born with the staccato groove and eerie hook of the original living in a much more powerful surrounding. Locked Groove reworks "Timetrap", taking a totally different path, meandering around a perfect balance of melody and seductive rhythms. "502 Last Sequence" is slightly rougher and darker, perfectly displaying where the duo's heart is at currently. A track built on genuine machine love.
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EXONE 020CD
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To mark a decade of their live techno outfit, Exercise One release a new album by choosing 10 remixes for their 10 years of performing live and nine tracks on the album for nine years of releasing records. The close duo of Marco Freivogel and Ingo Gansera have spent the past decade recording and performing live as Exercise One, collaborating, remixing and running two independent labels all their own way. Already seasoned live performers when they met, Marco's early years were spent absorbed in goth culture and industrial music, while Ingo leads a double life as the drummer of a Berlin punk band. These influences fuel their old school Kreuzberg DIY vibe as well as injecting their brand of techno with a warmth and vibrancy that bursts from every exuberant record and infectious performance. Their energy mixed with an abundance of creativity has helped to seal their musical world view, that music production and performance should have a symbiotic relationship. Early on, Exercise One created their own label Lan Muzic, where they put out the first techno releases of Peter Van Hoesen and Philip Sherburne, as well as Donato Dozzy and Jacopo Carreras. Their debut album was released on Anja Schneider's Mobilee Records, with 12"s over the years on Dumb Unit, Cocoon, and Wagon Repair as well as remixes for a host of others too numerous to name. Most recently they have recorded almost exclusively for their former bootleg label Exone alongside collaborators like Mathew Jonson, Matilda, Mike Shannon, and Deadbeat. In the last two years, Exercise One completely overhauled their live PA, throwing out the computer and returning to the root of techno armed with an arsenal of blustering analog machines. It's a testament to their belief that music and techno should be alive, with their music always guided by the spirit and flow of improvisation, driven forward by the tension of their real-time onstage interaction and ability to go "off script" that makes their performances more exciting and dynamic than the norm. "Same Story" sets the scene for the album, with the duo's musicality illustrated in the sea of gauzy pads that unfurl over an increasingly skewed rhythm. After succumbing to a cacophony of resonant percussion, the focus is shifted to the floor, with the unyielding 4x4 thump and haunting motifs of "Verlooka" ushering in tracks that capture the vitality of the pair's much-lauded live act. "Gatium" finds them at their most arresting, exercising the kind of restraint that renders every spluttering synth-line utterly captivating before "Electric Glare" revs into action with a dank riff locking itself on top of a feverish bass line. After the cinematic "Stay" serves as a blissful palette cleanser, we're back on the pulse with the jacking sensibilities of "33 to Pay the Rent" and the abrasive thuds of "The Raven," perhaps their most stark work to date. Penultimate track "Outshine" masterfully reintroduces ethereal hints of melancholia over an undulating groove. Finally "Look at the Harlequins" serves as an album closer like none other, a perfect distillation of a sound that unfolds like a dystopian nightmare; but one that's sure to play a part in the most hedonistic moments of dancefloor abandon.
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EXONE 018EP
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Part 2 in Exercise One's series of vinyl remix EPs, selecting 10 back-catalog remixes for the duo's 10 years of performing live and nine tracks on the album for nine years of releasing records. "Electric Glare" revs into action with a dank riff locking itself on top of a feverish bass line. After the cinematic "Stay" serves as a blissful palette cleanser, we're back on the pulse with the abrasive thuds of "The Raven." EP 2 continues with Ewan Pearson masterfully remixing in typically grandiose style, putting on the breaks and laying down an irresistible groove. Alex Smoke's charred contribution has an air of narcotic outlandishness with the swirl of Farsi poetry.
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EXONE 019EP
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EP 3 in Exercise One's Tales of Ordinary Madness series sees Peter Van Hoesen "Wandering" with a swaggering low-end and kitchen-sink percussion that gives Donato Dozzy the opportunity to pick up the pace and instills a hint of malicious intent with his dust-treated version of "Prowl." Finally, Jacopo Carreras pulls us out of the trip and places us firmly back on the dancefloor. "Outshine" masterfully reintroduces ethereal hints of melancholia over an undulating groove. Finally, "Look at the Harlequins" is a perfect distillation of a sound that unfolds like a dystopian nightmare; but one that's sure to play a part in the most hedonistic moments of dancefloor abandon.
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EXONE 017EP
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To mark a decade of their live techno outfit, Exercise One release a new album and series of remix EPs by friends and fellow travelers from along the road. Choosing 10 remixes from their 10 years of performing live, and nine tracks on the album for nine years of releasing records. For the EPs, Exercise One invited Sigha and Deadbeat along to remix their favorite tracks. On EP 1/3, you find on side A the original album tracks "Verlooka" and "Gatium," accompanied by remixes of "12 Years" (originally released on Lan Muzic, 2006) and "Top Score - Stop Thinking!" (originally released on Cocoon Recordings, 2011).
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EXONE 016EP
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Exone's sweet sixteen is 100% Exercise One. Three new cuts from the duo comprising their vision of club music. Different states of matter shape-shifting around a unifying core. Atmospheric. Dark. Techno.
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EXONE 014EP
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Exercise One team up with Mathew Jonson from Midnight Operator and Cobblestone Jazz. "Lost Forever in a Happy Crowd" is the result of the artists' jam session that's been edited and tweaked for a deep, melodic mix. On the flip is a classic techno journey from Exercise One with guest vocals from Leonard Flohen. Add in a bonus dub version and you'll start to think these guys make Canada a country worth thinking about.
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