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4TH 018EP
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Repressed. Gerry Read & Kevin McPhee reunite with "Frummppp," following their 2011 classic "Demolition Man." "Frummppp" heads in the opposite direction of "Demo Man," swapping the madcap samples for jarring synths. The remix on the flip keeps the jacking and strutting vibe of the original, and ups the deranged sample use.
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4TH 015EP
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Fourth Wave are over the moon to welcome Scherbe to the team. Growing up in the American zone of Allied-occupied Germany, the influence of hip-hop, house & techno comes through strongly in Scherbe's music. Moving to Dresden in 2009, he befriended the guys at Uncanney Valley, who released his debut EP Jardin du Midi in 2013. Scherbe's debut for Fourth Wave ranges from slow-motion, string-drenched, emotive, Detroit-stained techno on "King of Kasio" to bumpy, Chicago-flavored hip-house on the flip, "Neva Too Late."
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4TH 016EP
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Originally released on Record Store Day in a limited quantity. Gerry Read returns to Fourth Wave with "Socialize," a 10-minute funky techno opus. Starting with emotive chord stabs and a brooding vocal, things are soon driven into dubby techno territory. The B-side sees Gerry flipping some fuzzy boogie house with warm, Detroit-y pads and an incessant bass line.
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4TH 012EP
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Leipzig resident Moritz was born in the small town of Dillingen, Bavaria to a musical family. Moving from his classical piano training, he spent the majority of his teen years in punk bands, until he discovered early dubstep and Aphex Twin. Fourth Wave is pleased to welcome Leibniz to the label family with his first single. As usual, packaged in beautiful full artwork sleeves.
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4TH 013EP
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Having already released the breathtaking All Shades of White and Occult albums for Opal Tapes, contributions to the Porto-based Terrain Ahead, and the aptly-named Future EP for Public Information, Portugal-based IVVVO (pronounced e-vo) is the owner of an exquisite palette and a master of a unique language in his music. Emerging from the shadows in a pair of shiny new Nike kicks, IVVVO has effortlessly created some of the most profound and romantic techno tracks in recent years.
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4TH 007LP
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UK-based producer Gerry Read has turned into a worldwide house phenomenon in an incredibly short amount of time. His raw-edged EPs for the RAMP Recordings sub-label Fourth Wave in 2011 were hard to categorize, and even harder to forget. 2012 was even more rewarding for the young producer, with the peak-time disco-house throwback track "90's Prostitution Racket" and the ridiculous "Demolition Man" collaboration with Kevin McPhee cementing his reputation as a hit machine. Gerry followed this by releasing his rough and tumble Yeah Come Dance with techno institution Delsin, to similar global effect. It may be hard to believe that this is all the work of a cheeky laptop-wielding producer in his early 20s sitting in his bedroom in the sleepy market town of Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk, but it's what makes it all the more intriguing.
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4TH 011EP
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Gerry Read returns with his second 12" of 2013 -- what else do you need to know? Limited copies, blink and you'll miss 'em.
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4TH 005EP
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Presk returns home to deliver his second 12" for Fourth Wave. Delivering his most progressive and unique work yet, Presk's latest injects some fun into his synth-heavy sound, while deftly swerving the moodiness of his future-techno contemporaries. Hesitate/Kook marks the first release in 2012 for what promises to be another ridiculous year for Fourth Wave.
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4TH 004EP
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"All By Myself" carelessly builds and chops through a dusty loop and brooding male vocal, like an inebriated bum woozily recalling all but forgotten nights dancing at The Music Box in the early '80s. Continuing on the Chicago theme, Gerry Read cracks out a jazzy sample and clipped vocals on "What A Mess," blending in his own unique style the unlikely bedfellows of disco house and drone.
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4TH 002EP
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Fourth Wave returns for its second poem from the dark abyss of change, this time from the mysterious 18 year-old, Gerry Read. Multi-instrumentalist Gerry chops through layers and layers of samples with his own playing to create landscapes of rolling, deep, Detroit-flecked house music.
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