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LSR 020CD
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Dopplereffekt's album Cellular Automata from 2017 is finally available on CD for the first time. Cellular Automata approaches mathematical growth and decay as an iterative process, with each data input considered individually relative to the overall model. The result represents one of the group's boldest creative endeavors, defying expectations while remaining unmistakably Dopplereffekt. Cellular Automata is the third Dopplereffekt release to come via Berlin's Leisure System label, following 2013's Tetrahymena and 2014's Hypnagogia.
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LSR 026CD
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Dopplereffekt strikes back with another album masterpiece. Who controls the mind controls the body. After three years of experimentation in isolation, Dopplereffekt have emerged with Neurotelepathy, an oracular narrative of cerebral entanglement and advancement. The sleek mathematical models of 2017's Cellular Automata have evolved into these synaptic interpretations, transferences, and modifications, rejecting binary expectations to meditate on the possibilities and pitfalls of what's to come. With their second LP and fifth release in total on Leisure System, the duo of Rudolf Klorzeiger and To-Nhan have themselves achieved a near-telepathic capacity for collaborative thought and mechanical construction. They continue to use live appearances to present experimental trials of theoretical models, and that effort is heard in the sizzle and swing of the percussive highlights here, programmed with a serious depth and wriggle that reflect both an extension of and return to form. Considerations of the machine-human interface, neurological realities and physical probabilities dominate. But these tracks are economical and precise, glittering with emotional depth and cinematic effects. The album's core, a three-act movement of symphonic uncertainty and revelation, marks one of the pair's most evocative compositions in a career full of them. Territory is monitored, traced and scanned, resulting in unexpected modulations. Underlying systems are questioned, competing mindsets animated and mutated: brain-to-brain, brain-to-machine and beyond. Neurotelepathy processes these transformative mental, psychological and transgenerational states both traumatic and triumphant. "Epigenetic Modulation" features Christina Vantzou.
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LSR 026LP
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2024 restock; double LP version. Dopplereffekt strikes back with another album masterpiece. Who controls the mind controls the body. After three years of experimentation in isolation, Dopplereffekt have emerged with Neurotelepathy, an oracular narrative of cerebral entanglement and advancement. The sleek mathematical models of 2017's Cellular Automata have evolved into these synaptic interpretations, transferences, and modifications, rejecting binary expectations to meditate on the possibilities and pitfalls of what's to come. With their second LP and fifth release in total on Leisure System, the duo of Rudolf Klorzeiger and To-Nhan have themselves achieved a near-telepathic capacity for collaborative thought and mechanical construction. They continue to use live appearances to present experimental trials of theoretical models, and that effort is heard in the sizzle and swing of the percussive highlights here, programmed with a serious depth and wriggle that reflect both an extension of and return to form. Considerations of the machine-human interface, neurological realities and physical probabilities dominate. But these tracks are economical and precise, glittering with emotional depth and cinematic effects. The album's core, a three-act movement of symphonic uncertainty and revelation, marks one of the pair's most evocative compositions in a career full of them. Territory is monitored, traced and scanned, resulting in unexpected modulations. Underlying systems are questioned, competing mindsets animated and mutated: brain-to-brain, brain-to-machine and beyond. Neurotelepathy processes these transformative mental, psychological and transgenerational states both traumatic and triumphant. "Epigenetic Modulation" features Christina Vantzou.
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LSR 023EP
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JakoJako makes her debut on Leisure System with Aequilibration, an EP of diverse, experimental tracks aimed at the dancefloor. In "F22.0", waves of paranoia break over driving, asymmetric rhythms, offset by soothing, whispered vocals. "Kogn. Dissonanz" maintains the tension, making clever use of polyrhythms and blasts of machine gun fire. "Resilienz" sees warm oscillations cluster around a simple but effective groove, and the restrained cries of "Katharsis" close the EP with powerful intimacy. Self-taught and primarily a live performer, JakoJako makes extensive use of modular synthesis in her productions and on stage.
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LSR 022EP
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2022 repress. Dopplereffekt present Athanatos, their fourth release for Leisure System, including a stunning collaboration with Carsten Nicolai and Olaf Bender. Advancing the concepts of growth and decay considered in Cellular Automata (LSR 020LP, 2017), the duo of Rudolf Klorzeiger and To-Nhan explore the genetic conditions behind mortality in five sections, each offering a different interpretation of the subject matter. While conceived as a whole, the parts could be seen as functional devices in an iterative process. The release features artwork by Carsten Nicolai.
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LSR 021EP
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Leisure System's debut of Deapmash, a young French producer whose unreleased bangers have been tearing up dancefloors recently. Featuring "Halcyon", a ruff-neck VIP of the same track, and an outstanding collaboration with Benjamin Damage, Deapmash's physical debut release is a no-nonsense introduction to one of the most exciting young techno producers around. "Solar 909", a collaboration with Benjamin Damage, highlights a swirling siren-like melody, before "Halcyon (VIP)" unleashes a final flurry of breakbeats, preferring blunt force over the surgical finesse of the original.
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LSR 020LP
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2022 repress. Cellular Automata is the new album from Dopplereffekt (Rudolf Klorzeiger and To-Nhan), their first in ten years since 2007's Calabi Yau Space on Rephlex. Cellular Automata approaches mathematical growth and decay as an iterative process, with each data input considered individually relative to the overall model. The result represents one of the group's boldest creative endeavors, defying expectations while remaining unmistakably Dopplereffekt. Cellular Automata is the third Dopplereffekt release to come via Berlin's Leisure System label, following 2013's Tetrahymena EP (LSR 007EP) and 2014's Hypnagogia (LSR 012EP).
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LSR 019EP
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Hubie Davison returns to Leisure System with the Someonelove/In_out, his first official release since Sanctified (REGRD 002EP, 2015) on Midland's ReGraded imprint. "Someonelove" marks the first time Davison's sampled his own voice for a hook. On the B-side, "In_out" forgoes vocals entirely in favor of chunky, grooving machine-funk. It's an addictive acid joint, with a title that reflects the spontaneous nature of the original recording. The Someonelove/In_out 12" is Davison's third release on Leisure System, following 2013's meditative I Won't Be There EP and 2014's storming Khayyam Grey EP (LSR 013EP).
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LSR 018EP
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On the heels of 2015's hyperactive Longanimity EP and Sense of Purpose JoeFarr returns with Spectate EP, another tactile and punishing contribution to the ongoing Gridlock series complete with an incredible remix from sound scientist Max Cooper. Farr throws down heavy drum grooves on title track "Spectate," with hi-hats and synth zaps creating malevolent movement around a blurry vocal sample. Max Cooper explodes the track on his remix, offering increasingly distorted sections that lure in the listener before shattering the structure. "Comp Killer" and "In Focus" are two slices of deliciously raw techno, featuring shuddering bass and searing melodies.
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LSR 016EP
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Barcelona-based Rob Clouth (Vaetxh) presents "Deep Field," which debuted on Max Cooper's Boiler Room and appeared again on his Essential Mix. It's tactile and threatening, with disorienting glitches weaved into the 4/4 structure. Kowton (Livity Sound) inverts "Deep Field" into a gelatinous mass, adding jackhammering drums to create a spacious and stuttering lesson in tension and release. Leeds band Vessels follow their 2015 album Dilate with a housier take on "Deep Field," drawing out Clouth's propulsive percussion with lush melodicism. Deep Field is the third release in Leisure System's Gridlock series, melding the freaky and functional for modern dancefloors.
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LSR 015EP
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The second in Leisure System's 2015 Gridlock series of dancefloor 12"s. Will Ward (Circle Traps, with Jack Wyllie and Duncan Bellamy of Portico) has gained support from such tastemakers as Rob da Bank and Gilles Peterson. Aural kaleidoscope "Digital Design" features a shimmering melody line refracted in squiggly arcs next to murmured female vocals and resonant chords. "Portion" features Circle Traps member Jack Wyllie, and subtle additions accrue to create waves of unease, while the melody line bounces energetically through a maze of ossified handclaps and buoyant chord stabs. The title-track builds from a woozy introduction to an ebullient peak.
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LSR 014EP
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JoeFarr inaugurates Leisure System's Gridlock 12" series, following a diverse history that includes three well-received releases on Turbo and records with DSNT and Power Vacuum; he has also remixed Tiga and been remixed by Truss. The clinical, kinetic "Oleum" hurdles toward a shatteringly powerful peak, while "Mormon Shuffle" boasts twisted functionality without sacrificing roughness in the brittle loops. The monolithic "Standard Issue" has an aggressive edge enhanced by whiplash percussion, and the broken piano melody of "FS3+4" inverts the joy typically found in that rave standby, dropping the instrument from to let the chords scatter and shatter as they please.
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LSR 013EP
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Hubie Davison returns to Leisure System with the Khayyam Grey EP, marking both his and Leisure System's funkiest output to date. Following on his 2013 debut of pastoral electronics and muffled house, Khayyam Grey highlights Davison's vivid production skills, drawing from a deep well of influences varying from Werkdiscs and Sound Signature to Bill Withers and Otis Redding. The title-track takes cues from Daphni's stand-up-and-shout, sample-heavy house, while "Get On" is a comparatively restrained yet incredibly funky mid-tempo number. "Vowels" appears here in extended and altered form, breaking down vocals on a syllabic level from smooth to percussive.
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LSR 012EP
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2022 repress. Hallucinations storm the border between wakefulness and sleep. Accurate perceptions give way to distorted visions, senses torn and split through. Borne of mutual inspiration, legendary duo Dopplereffekt and sonic adventurer Objekt present Hypnagogia, a split 12" on Leisure System, with each transmission derived from a shared journey into extrasensory perception and subconscious thought.
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LSR 011EP
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Rob Clouth's Clockwork Atom EP is a triumph of emotional composition and twisted beats. Recalling Jon Hopkins at his fiercest and Autechre at their most melodic, Clouth has put together something special for peak-time and morning-afters alike, three timeless tracks with bass to massage your ears and melodies to warm your heart. "Clockwork Atom" balances thick sub-bass and a player piano line recurring in waves of bliss. "Islands of Glass" begins with richly harmonic textures before jerking the listener across hilly, alien terrain. "The Descent" is slower but no less bedazzling, like a clone coming off an assembly line and being blinded by the sun.
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LSR 010EP
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Jimmy Edgar and Travis Stewart (aka Machinedrum) reunite as Jets for a new and limited 12" on Leisure System, featuring vocals from chameleonic soul singer Jamie Lidell. "Midas Touch" debuted as the opening track on Machinedrum's Essential Mix in November 2013, but the track has been popping up at Leisure System gigs in various forms recently. "Midas Touch" will sound familiar to many but has been given a unique spin by the duo, buoyed by a powerhouse earworm vocal by Lidell. Midas Touch is a vinyl-only release featuring the original Jets version of "Midas Touch" and a shimmering Machinedrum remix that smoothes out the soulful track for the dancefloor.
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LSR 007EP
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2022 repress. Detroit enigma Dopplereffekt has been resurrected, emerging from a grave of jagged detritus and techno trash for their first release since 2007. Dopplereffekt has always preferred mystery and myth, and the Tetrahymena EP on Leisure System is a scorching assertion of their capacity for hallucinogenic abrasion. Tetrahymena wanders through decommissioned factories and an omnipresent chemical haze, evasive and contemplative like the last man alive in a crumbling steel city. Whether in the ethereal voices and plunging bass of the title-track, the unidentified flying objects droning maliciously in the thunderous weapon "Gene Silencing," or the retch and hiss of arpeggiated bad trip "Zygote," it's a transportive journey of dread as only Dopplereffekt can create. Leisure System is proud to release the Tetrahymena EP, an essential vision of dancefloor dystopia from one of the most consistently compelling artists in electronic music.
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LSR 004EP
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Jets' self-titled EP pulls together all the contrasting colors of the duo's individual visions of electronic dance music. Syncopated rhythms and stuttered drum clacks perforate the EP with electro-funk layered on top. "In Her City" pulls together vocal cuts and soft stabs around an off-kilter, syncopated strut. "Sin Love With U" features rising stabs, toppling drums and melodic samples filtering. "Mue" is filled with moody synth lines, decimated basses and noodling electronics, while "Lock Lock Key Key" is a rhythmic workout.
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LSR 003EP
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Leisure System, the collective, label and famed Berghain club night, is back with their third release from co-founder and resident, Sam Barker. For this solo EP, mastered by Pole, Barker presents a creative lesson in diversity. "Like An Animal" builds and builds, quickly changing course and mutating into a percussive, texturized melting pot of sounds. "I Feel" is filled with moody pads and syncopated breakbeat rhythms, paving the way for the smooth half-step rhythm of "Hot Lover." Housed in a deluxe die-cut jacket.
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LSR 002EP
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The Leisure System collective from Berlin presents the second release from their newly-founded label. Responsible for the bass assault this time is San Francisco-based producer Eprom. After releases on labels like Warp and Rwina, and with one of the biggest tunes of 2010 ("Shoplifter"), Eprom graces Leisure System with nothing less than full peak-time anthems. "Feldspar" is like a 140 bpm wrecking ball, purpose-built for rewinds and dancefloor freak-outs. "Psycho" brings the speed down, but keeps up with the raw energy.
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LSR 001EP
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Pixelord (aka Alexey Devyanin) debuts on the Leisure System label's inaugural 12" with four tracks that show off his multifarious skills as a producer. While "Iron And Cream" takes off into a Deadboy-esque world of vocal fragments and a floating garage-house beat, "Cycloferon" is a nod both to uplifting hip-hop and playful 8-bit sounds. "Radiozilla" lies somewhere between the organic off-beats of the Brainfeeder crew, and "In The Mine" generates a dense atmosphere with its future garage references. Housed in deluxe die-cut jackets.
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