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PLUS 8138LP
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ANNA's "High Contrast": Recognition from Mixmag as one of 2018's best DJs, she arrives on Plus 8 after a long affiliation with Hawtin. "High Contrast" is a symbol of how perseverance and dedication lead to accomplishment. YUADA's "Circle of Acid": Japanese musician, artist, and DJ, YUADA, has enjoyed an astounding rise since moving to Europe in 2019. With its screeching acid lines and hard-hitting percussion, "Circle of Acid" is a shot of pure dancefloor energy. Fabio Florido's "The Bliss": Florido is an Italian DJ who has played some of the biggest dancefloors around the world. "The Bliss" takes cues from the label's past and future. Toni Alvarez's "That Days": Spanish DJ Toni Alvarez's heady and percussive track "That Days" recalls the label's minimalistic techno roots. Matrixxman's "Full Clipp": Matrixxman is a prolific and gifted artist with a discography that includes successful forays into hip-hop and pop music. "Full Clipp" sees him explore the darker, trippier side of this sound. Dave Simon's "Methagem": Dave Simon has spent the last decade operating from the center of Frankfurt's techno scene. The tight and potent "Methagem" was sent to Hawtin as a demo after the two met in 2018. ONYVAA's "MISBHV": The kinetic "MISBHV" is the first of ONYVAA's productions to be released outside Passeport Records, the label she operates from Paris. Orbe's "Agdam Orbe": music toys with the division between the dancefloor functionalism of techno and the abstract expressionism of ambient and IDM. His explorations in techno as a solo artist and under the name Lost Epcot with Eduardo de la Calle have earned him critical acclaim. "Agdam", which features a disembodied melodic loop over submerged percussion, is the compilation's most introspective moment.
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PLUS 825CD
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2015 release. A collection of newly recorded tracks from artists involved with the Plus 8 Label for the past 25 years. Features Plastikman, Childsplay, 80xx, FUSE, R.H.X, Robotman, Circuit Breaker, and Plastikman vs. FUSE.
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PLUS 825-6EP
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The sixth installment in Richie Hawtin's seven-part From My Mind to Yours 12" series, for which Hawtin has revived some of his most revered aliases -- Plastikman, F.U.S.E., Robotman, Circuit Breaker, 80xx, Childsplay, and R.H.X. The title of the series is a play on the now-classic early Plus 8 compilations From Our Minds to Yours from 1991 and 1992. The records were previously released in 2015 as very limited hand-stamped white labels via Hard Wax in Berlin. This 12" includes "Creatur" and "Grindr," both credited to 80xx.
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PLUS 825-7EP
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The seventh installment in Richie Hawtin's seven-part From My Mind to Yours 12" series, for which Hawtin has revived some of his most revered aliases -- Plastikman, F.U.S.E., Robotman, Circuit Breaker, 80xx, Childsplay, and R.H.X. The title of the series is a play on the now-classic early Plus 8 compilations From Our Minds to Yours from 1991 and 1992. The records were previously released in 2015 as very limited hand-stamped white labels via Hard Wax in Berlin. This 12" includes "Expanded," credited to F.U.S.E. vs. Plastikman, and "EXtensions," credited to R.H.X.
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PLUS 825-4EP
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The fourth installment in Richie Hawtin's seven-part From My Mind to Yours 12" series, for which Hawtin has revived some of his most revered aliases -- Plastikman, F.U.S.E., Robotman, Circuit Breaker, 80xx, Childsplay, and R.H.X. The title of the series is a play on the now-classic early Plus 8 compilations From Our Minds to Yours from 1991 and 1992. The records were previously released in 2015 as very limited hand-stamped white labels via Hard Wax in Berlin. This 12" includes "Systematic," credited to Circuit Breaker, and "Creepr," credited to 80xx. Side A plays inside-out, from center to edge.
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PLUS 825-5EP
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The fifth installment in Richie Hawtin's seven-part From My Mind to Yours 12" series, for which Hawtin has revived some of his most revered aliases -- Plastikman, F.U.S.E., Robotman, Circuit Breaker, 80xx, Childsplay, and R.H.X. The title of the series is a play on the now-classic early Plus 8 compilations From Our Minds to Yours from 1991 and 1992. The records were previously released in 2015 as very limited hand-stamped white labels via Hard Wax in Berlin. This 12" includes "Akrobatix" and "Cirkus," both credited to Plastikman.
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PLUS 825-2EP
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Richie Hawtin reveals From My Mind to Yours, a series of seven 12"s on his own Plus 8 label for which Hawtin has revived some of his most revered aliases -- Plastikman, F.U.S.E., Robotman, Circuit Breaker, 80xx, Childsplay, and R.H.X. The title of the series is a play on the now-classic early Plus 8 compilations From Our Minds to Yours from 1991 and 1992. The records were previously released in 2015 as very limited hand-stamped white labels via Hard Wax in Berlin.
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PLUS 825-3EP
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Richie Hawtin reveals From My Mind to Yours, a series of seven 12" on his own Plus 8 label for which Hawtin has revived some of his most revered aliases -- Plastikman, F.U.S.E., Robotman, Circuit Breaker, 80xx, Childsplay, and R.H.X. The title of the series is a play on the now-classic early Plus 8 compilations From Our Minds to Yours from 1991 and 1992. The records were previously released in 2015 as very limited hand-stamped white labels via Hard Wax in Berlin.
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PLUS 825-1EP
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Richie Hawtin reveals From My Mind To Yours, a new series of seven 12 inches via his own label Plus 8 Recordings, for which Hawtin has revived some of his most revered aliases -- Plastikman, F.U.S.E., Robotman, Circuit Breaker, 80XX, Childsplay and R.H.X. The title of the release is a play on the now classic early Plus 8 compilations From Our Mind To Yours from 1991 and 1992. Tracks on this first installment are Hawtin's "No Way Back," "Childsplay's "Stretching" and Robotman's "Simple Simon." Embossed generic sleeve.
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PLUS 8129EP
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Another EP of studio collaborations from Spain's Paco Osuna. "'Art Confusion" with John Lagora explores woozy synth lines and sci-fi cinematism. "Ponsatu" finds Osuna teaming up with Tamamovic to go deep into the stripped back realms of techno. Uner steps up the controls on "Paner." Finally, "StaBass" with Tony Rohr is a techy ending.
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PLUS 8128EP
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Julian Jeweil's profile as a contemporary techno titan continues to grow on Plus 8. This EP opens with the titular track, "Bastard," a rolling, cyclical techno groove with slapping drums and a dark, heavily filtered vocal loop. "Hey You" has just as firm and rubbery a bottom-end, but here, the iron-like synths bring a little funk. On "The Gang," Jeweil lays down a restless, paranoid arrangement that sounds infected by alien spaceships. Closing out is "Zoulou," another steely techno stomper.
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PLUS 8127EP
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Tireless producer, Tronic boss and top international DJ Christian Smith here steps up for his first release on Plus 8. The two track EP kicks off with "House This House" which is, as the name suggests, a little housier than the flip, but still deals in plenty of heavy bass weight and slick repetition.
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PLUS 8126EP
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Plus 8 turn to Spanish talent Alberto Pascual for their next four-track outing. The title track has already become a firm favorite on dancefloors across the world. Groovy kick drums drive the thing along as whooshes of atmosphere blast past. "Acrobata" is woozy and disorientating to start, as thin sounds circle behind a bare drum. "1970" explores more of a rolling house vibe and "A Nebula Intro" is a little techier and more metallic than the other cuts.
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PLUS 8125EP
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Uto Karem returns to Plus 8 for his second release on the label. "Take Control" is a liquid track which builds in looped layers through piston-pumping percussion, upright beats and plenty of melodic drama. "All Over You" features a crisp, almost dry production style as various percussive elements flesh out a 4/4 techno groove. Hidden within each bar are some wooden-sounding hits and various melodic notes, all of which are heart-warming additions to a killer dancefloor groove.
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PLUS 8124EP
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Alberto Pascual presents his debut EP for Plus 8. A skilled DJ and live performer, Pascual has been producing since 2004, with over 30 releases to his name. It's much the same on the title track, which hits loopy depths immediately. Dramatic FX, crunchy hats and tension-mounting hisses fill out the spaces between the beats. "Truchas Rancias" is more reserved: Economical arrangements characterize the techno eeriness this time. "Continuous Learning" is more unhinged, with swirling synths, dripping water sounds and shadowy voices.
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PLUS 8123EP
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Luigi Madonna made his name in his hometown of Naples with early EPs released by Loose Records and Analytic Trail, catching the ear of many established techno stars before his original productions and remixes for the likes of Material and Drumcode began punctuating a succession of Plus 8/M_nus-boss Richie Hawtin's DJ sets. On his debut EP on the Plus 8 imprint, Madonna explores streamlined and stripped-back grooves of the sort perfectly befitting the outlook of the label.
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PLUS 8120EP
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Julian Jeweil's second EP on Plus 8 confirms Jeweil's status as one of techno's most reliable talents. "Hermanos" is a thunderous affair where tight, bobbling basslines quickly unravel to expose a housier percussive line and kick drum. "Tabasco" features micro clicks and blips bubbling around an undulate beat structure that hits hard and deep. "Circus" is another streamlined, urgent, minimalistic affair that establishes a groove before peppering it with abstract, alien sounds. "Juice" delves into the darkened nether-regions of minimal techno's underbelly.
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PLUS 8121EP
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Sam Paganini has released a refined brand of deep techno that's won him support from the likes of Marco Carola, Timo Maas and Paco Osuna. Titular track "Cobra" is firm but not without groove. "Last Call" proceeds at more of a canter, rising up and down as it rolls forwards. "Phantom" confirms Paganini to be a man of economical yet efficient means.
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PLUS 8118EP
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This four track EP from Ambivalent carefully blends the soul of his American roots with a European propensity for machine music, producing an ever-evolving sonic blueprint that explores some of his most fluid grooves to date. "Jackson" sets out as a rolling tech cut swollen with satisfying sub-bass. On "Train To Brooklyn" the melody is much freer, falling up, down and side-to-side. On "Lear," the beats boom and bash, hustling both each other and the echoing percussive line above.
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Paco Osuna is one of Spain's finest electronic exports, investigating everything from dark and fierce to stripped and raw techno, and that's the case once again on his Four EP. "Atopisimo" features unbalanced kicks, scattered glitches, dry claps and a churning percussion line. "What That" displays Osuna's propensity to make heavy bass lines and "Jackathor" comes on like a distant train. To close is the more clipped but equally driven "Pum Pum."
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PLUS 8116EP
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German techno veteran Ian Pooley resurrects his Silvershower alias for his first release on Plus 8 since 1996. The EP finds Pooley moving into the shadows and pursuing a darker, rougher sound than the Brazilian-influenced productions for which he is best-known, nodding to Silvershower's past as well as moving the alias into the future: "Blue 2011" reworks a track from an older EP; "Early Fever" brings a more classically Chicago-influenced sound to the fore; while "Sinister" and "Whiteout" accentuate darker aspects.
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PLUS 8115EP
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A spiral of evolving and heady, sample-laden tracks unfurl on Paco Osuna's latest EP, a richly produced melding of continent-spanning talent, with Paco partnering up in the studio with real-life amigos Daniel Sanchez, Alex Under, Joseph Capriati and Alexi Delano. The Amigos EP presents driven, moving grooves with satiating build ups, over densely-layered samples and drums. Osuna's seasoned skill-sets in the DJ booth and as a producer come together knowingly in this release.
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PLUS 8114EP
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London duo Layo & Bushwacka! present their debut for Plus 8. Layo & Bushwacka! are one of electronic music's most esteemed duos. In just over a decade, they have released three artist albums, three mix albums, formed their own label, Olmeto, and have held residencies at several internationally-renowned clubs. This EP addresses man's relentless pursuit of profit without conscience and its impact on the natural world. Each track represents an endangered animal and each animal represents the flavor of each track.
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PLUS 8113EP
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Danilo Vigorito presents a steady and heady floor-filling EP which further confirms his status at the top of the techno food chain. This double header starts out with "Prima," a tension-laden track that reaches its release to stunning effect. Detroit-inspired pads wash over the entire groove, while more percussive surprises invade the frequency range. The relentless pace only takes stock near its conclusion, allowing the dancefloor to catch its breath just in time for the anticipated return full-force.
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PLUS 8112EP
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Christopher Bleckmann and Hannes Wenner are no strangers to innovative dance music. Their latest incarnation is in a freshly formed alter ego called Datasoul. "Digital Disorder" is nothing short of hypnotic genius. The focus is all about the groove, with elements that are constantly looping, while the track perpetually builds intensity with steady, surgeon-like precision. A perfect track when you want the auditory focus to be solely towards building tension. This is hypnotic, driving and ultimately essential.
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