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VIDAB 004X-EP
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Vidab X returns with a new artist, Faltin, who chooses to remain anonymous, plus a stepping rework by Gowentgone, aka label owners Oliver Deutschmann and Stephan Hill. Faltin's "Phobos" is a stripped-down analog masterclass. Rolling and snaking, its arpeggiated lead growls with a hot-headed tension, climbing while never losing balance and poise. The "Gowentgone Stepper" translates the original into a heavyweight, early-morning trip -- a certain hybrid of broken beats and techno attitude that melts between genres. Waves of euphoria are carried by rumbling drums in this essential version.
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VIDAB 002LP
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2LP version. Berlin-based Vidab Records is pleased to announce the debut album from accomplished musician and producer Tomas Svensson. Titled Am I Networked?, the album takes us into the mind of a true synthesizer enthusiast, whose beautifully-played and precisely-sequenced tracks have previously only seen light on a handful of EPs for the label. Svensson, the Sweden-born long-time Berlin resident, has years of experience playing in bands, on keys, synths and drums, and also worked alongside Vidab co-founder Oliver Deutschmann on their Rhodes-driven electronic project Subbroom Association. After building a new basement studio in the heart of Berlin's northern Wedding district, Tomas set to work recording Am I Networked?, resulting in this glorious, warm and hardware-focused journey. Inventive, playful use of a small army of synths, drum machines and live drums breathes life throughout the 13 versatile tracks. From the opening arpeggios of the title-track, we are then guided into a melancholic and emotional synthesized world. Submerged atmospheres and complex intertwining melodies greet us on "Recovering Patterns," with its clear references to the techno-soul of Detroit emerging as a main theme throughout the album. Cosmically-charged cuts like "Transit Highway" and "Jupiter" offer a tranced-out, modern take on the spacey, leftfield end of the spectrum. Stand-out, focused moments like "Engine Bullets," or the devious deeper-techno of "Commander Cosmo" remind us that Tomas still aims his music firmly at the dancefloor. That's not to mention killers like "I Can't Do Any Circus," with its pushing synth stabs, or the moody arpeggios of "Perky's Vision," each working their own precision-crafted brand of deep-techno hybrid-house. Svensson also offers several moments of inner reflection, with lower-tempo tracks like the acidic "Walked Grey" or "Sunportal," all helping to bring together a complete picture of this producer's inner networking. The album is brought to a close with the rich synth textures of "Healing" and finally "Landed on a Desert Planet," easing us down from the ride. This is the work of a dedicated and talented musician, capable of bringing to life his own unique take on emotional, cosmic, higher-level house and techno.
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VIDAB 002CD
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Berlin-based Vidab Records is pleased to announce the debut album from accomplished musician and producer Tomas Svensson. Titled Am I Networked?, the album takes us into the mind of a true synthesizer enthusiast, whose beautifully-played and precisely-sequenced tracks have previously only seen light on a handful of EPs for the label. Svensson, the Sweden-born long-time Berlin resident, has years of experience playing in bands, on keys, synths and drums, and also worked alongside Vidab co-founder Oliver Deutschmann on their Rhodes-driven electronic project Subbroom Association. After building a new basement studio in the heart of Berlin's northern Wedding district, Tomas set to work recording Am I Networked?, resulting in this glorious, warm and hardware-focused journey. Inventive, playful use of a small army of synths, drum machines and live drums breathes life throughout the 13 versatile tracks. From the opening arpeggios of the title-track, we are then guided into a melancholic and emotional synthesized world. Submerged atmospheres and complex intertwining melodies greet us on "Recovering Patterns," with its clear references to the techno-soul of Detroit emerging as a main theme throughout the album. Cosmically-charged cuts like "Transit Highway" and "Jupiter" offer a tranced-out, modern take on the spacey, leftfield end of the spectrum. Stand-out, focused moments like "Engine Bullets," or the devious deeper-techno of "Commander Cosmo" remind us that Tomas still aims his music firmly at the dancefloor. That's not to mention killers like "I Can't Do Any Circus," with its pushing synth stabs, or the moody arpeggios of "Perky's Vision," each working their own precision-crafted brand of deep-techno hybrid-house. Svensson also offers several moments of inner reflection, with lower-tempo tracks like the acidic "Walked Grey" or "Sunportal," all helping to bring together a complete picture of this producer's inner networking. The album is brought to a close with the rich synth textures of "Healing" and finally "Landed on a Desert Planet," easing us down from the ride. This is the work of a dedicated and talented musician, capable of bringing to life his own unique take on emotional, cosmic, higher-level house and techno.
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VIDAB 010-2EP
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Vidab's second 10" vinyl release comes from Milan's Hiver. Hiver's musical spectrum contains dark and distant elements, ranging from the darkest rhythms of dub-techno to melodic capturing lines. This is a vinyl-only release.
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VIDAB 003X-EP
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Tracks from Inland you will only find here on colored vinyl. No digital release. If you're one of those Rapidshare upload motherfuckers who steal the food out of our fridges and spit on our kids' educations, beware: our Caucasian friends will find you.
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VIDAB 001CD
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Berlin-based DJ, producer and label owner Oliver Deutschmann announces his debut album, Out of the Dark on Vidab. Oliver runs Vidab with label partner Stephan Hill, together curating an impressive catalog of quality, raw and analog-infused house and techno. He also created the Falkplatz label as a further outlet for his energetic A&R tendencies. Firmly established in the underground, Deutschmann has stood behind his unique brand of 4/4 beats for more than a decade; a permanent fixture at Panorama Bar for over four years with his dubby, pushing house vibes, old school drums, intense peaks and driving modern dramatics. Developing a strong signature sound, Oliver translates real emotion and atmosphere into his productions, with bold, crisp and powerful drums, resonant, textural synth-lines and a stylish talent for keeping things locked down to hypnotizing effect. Each element coming to life through his analog recording chain, the results we find are Deutschmann's most precise, powerful, and honest yet. From the bold intro of "Fever," with its soaring '80s synth vibes, a string of incredibly crisp tracks unfolds, reaching early heights with the futuristic storytelling of "New World Order," then swooping into the depths with the melancholic "Sadness Descends." Out of the Dark is Oliver's personal response to the world around him. Indeed, it's a tough world sometimes, and just like the music within, we're often reminded it can be a beautiful and inspiring one, too.
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VIDAB 017EP
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Berlin-based DJ, producer, and label owner Oliver Deutschmann announces his new album Out of the Dark. As a forerunner to the album, Vidab presents three remixes of tracks from the album, all made by artists in the Vidab family. Label co-owner Stephan Hill presents his deep reduction of "Siem Reap," Vidab regular and Oliver's Berlin studio partner Tomas Svensson reworks "Space Desert" in a dramatic deep house version, and promising Milan exports Hiver give their all to "Sadness Descends." Three true house and techno journeys.
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VIDAB 016EP
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Vidab's 16th vinyl release comes from Milan's Hiver with their debut production titled A Day EP. Hiver's musical spectrum contains dark and distant elements, ranging from the darkest rhythms of dub-techno to melodic lines. This is evident on the two tracks "A Day" and "Reduced," which convey their club experiences of moving a dancefloor in one solid package.
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VIDAB 002X-EP
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Two tracks from the Swedish wilderness. Rough and beautiful. No digital release, and pressed on yellow vinyl. If you're one of those rapidshareupload motherfuckers that steal the food out of their fridges, beware.
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VIDAB 015EP
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This is the third issue of the Camp series. As on every Camp record, Vidab introduces a new face to their artist roster. This time, Germany's Drehwerk delivers a moody deep house pearl. Also, Tomas Svensson adds another top-notch classic house track with vocals from Berlin's Loganic. In addition, you will find two tracks from Vidab founders Stephan Hill and Oliver Deutschmann. A mini-compilation for your mind, your heart and your soul.
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VIDAB 014EP
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Vidab presents the debut solo release from Tomas Svensson. Some may know him as a half of Berlin duo SubbRoomAssociation, or as the former live drummer of Schulz & Söhne. The Sweden native delivers two tracks that perfectly fit the mood of his home country with its huge forests, clear lakes, and wide landscapes. Swedish techno with a Detroit soul.
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VIDAB 013EP
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Gowentgone presents their third release on Vidab. The Walk With Us EP is another deep statement of Gowentgone's passion for house music and techno. "Strange Light" focuses on a central rim-theme that is embedded in a wall of layers. "Move Of The Day" is a dynamic and simple mover that draws you deep into a tooly and mechanic sound. "Burning Flowers" is the pair's interpretation of house that morphs pleasingly into a spacey chill-out zone.
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VIDAB X1-EP
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"Et voila. This is the first release from our newly launched Vidab X series. It's Vidab's new platform that aims to show some of the unknown and unexpected sides of our artists. First issue comes from Koljah. On his last EP he proved himself to be a big lover of the deeper sides of house. Now it's up to him to show his passion for epic, soundtrack-inflected stuff like on the A-side, 'Simple Things' and his dark and reduced alter ego on the flip with 'It Makes Me Think.'" On red-colored vinyl.
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VIDAB 012EP
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Koljah is back on Vidab with another 12" after the wonderful Coffee Papa EP from 2008. The Berlin-Usedom EP contains three tracks that breathe the fresh air of a small island in the northeast of Germany.
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VIDAB 008EP
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"Recording some new love music: after the unforgettable Vollkontakt EP, label-heads Stephan 'The Fist' Hill and Oliver 'The Brain' Deutschmann are back together as Gowentgone to once again save deep house from it's sophisticated isolation, getting him back on track. The message comes thru with 'Love & Respect,' being the master track of the whole record and setting the standards: a bulletproof foundation made of bass and beats presents itself as a perfect stage for heroic drones opening the spaces without becoming too declamatory. Throw in some relaxed sermon by a guy called wisdom, add that little extra swing with some fancy hi-hats and there you go. The self explanatory tool version frames the experience albeit with more twitching and some healthy rumble, becoming best friends with those who play. In between, we find the sleeper of the record, ready to hit anytime, anywhere, the secret hit, hidden in fumes: 'Point Blank' makes the chords drip like honey and knows its way to the promised land, where percussion is always a good decision and euphoria is induced by knowledge and the right dosage. That's how we love and live, in this house."
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VIDAB 007EP
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"Pumping, pumping, pumping: Andre Goc a.k.a. Wouldbenice seems to know one modus operandi, and one only. The main attraction in this epic blockbuster is without a doubt his bass drum, rolling straightforward, telling a highly dramatic story with the simplest of means and staying honest throughout the process. Listening to that monster of an A-side, you may just have witnessed the boldest bass drum in human history. Driven by hi-hats seemingly made out of surgical steel, this EP chooses the direct way to the floor, tosses aside everything dispensable and establishes a steady alliance with the prime time. This is the oily 'Internationale' of house, a three-legged hymn to the vintage sound of the Bermuda triangle Chicago-Detroit-Berlin. Garnished with a scent of digital blackness and some elliptic bouncing on the b-side, this record presents itself as a certified essential for the spinning people, staying strong and simple on the party of your choice."
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VIDAB 006EP
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"Debut of the Watergate resident DJ Robin Drimalski. Robin lives and works in Berlin."
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VIDAB 004EP
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"In my dream I was in the spot, and when I woke up I still was. The last guests, last orders on the way, fuses off, followed by a coughing, the language lost, stories from the past, blue smoke, locked in air. Blue morning, garbage trucks on the side of the road, men in overalls, the buildings on Alexander Square clouded like mountains, dreamy roofs, empty streets, bridge days, sad trees, milky air, people like puppets, meeting nobody, scrambled eggs with herbs on the floor, quick out of the bakery, keep going, the coffee tastes like metal, in the street car flipped open newspapers, black on white, tired faces, mat skin, the drunken up cup on the cemetery wall, unsteady outlines, cleaning light in the office floors, my alarm clock rings, and I am there."
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VIDAB 003EP
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"Morning bread, warm as hands, when the night has left us and the dusty streets shift a quiet hour and only from far away a lonely ambulance sees the beauty of the returning colors, and the quietness invites to remain silent like an overall covering blanket and empty squares in horizontal light stretch and strain like awakening dogs while the city, slowly, turns into a machine again, and on the far side of the bridge, the chewing ravers step into their cars."
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VIDAB 002EP
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"Something keeps blinking from the far side and you don't know what that blinking thing is and maybe it is coming straight towards you, first hiding, then to stalk, hiding again, to lay down, to rise up, come further, make a turn, and another turn, to zigzag, seek some distance then, and to stalk again and finally approach. It sneaks over the meadow and scampers across the trenches, there is fog and mist and damp, and the flickering light. Knock knock under the blanket, a hidden life, there is something hidden and it comes from behind and before you know what is going on you are right into it. In the twilight it goes in circles around you, it creeps over the grassland towards you, it strokes around your knees. It wants to lick your hand and then it is ready to leave again. It rears, it flares up, and then it calms down again. When it is inside of you, it joins your way for a while before it returns to its own one. Then again stretch of land and freshness and serenity and the fog is vanished. A foil can also be a carpet and you can lay yourself upon it and while laying you might notice this laying is a soft sinking into something, a short way down and then again chirping and thin limbs in the moonlight, naked and black and still, though smooth like a breeze. Then a colorful circle and a jump, actually like a flock of midges, always momentarily breaking up, then regathering and consolidating. A short gallop in between and quacking from the left side and it all ends in the desert and there is the red light again and it shrinks and it is tailing off and from that we can tell, that it is departing and it keeps vanishing until it is nothing but a tiny point in the black nothing of night."
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VIDAB 001EP
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"Vidab is a record label based in Berlin that cares for electronic dance music. It was founded by O. Deutschmann and Stephan Hill as a platform to express their idea of timeless club music. Vidab 01 is the first teamwork by Stephan Hill and Koljah, who both live and work in Berlin. While Koljah might be known from his recent releases on phil_e and Sushitech, for Stephan it's the first release. A-sided 'Nonresponder' consists of long filter sweeping fields that meet cascades of excellent effected cymbals and thrilling tribe percussions. All of those sounds melt in a timeless dark clubtrack that kicks a 9 am dancefloor. The B-side, 'Stoebbejazz' is the artist's answer on neverending danceathons. You can feel that those guys went through a hard school of Berlin-style afterhours. This is what you want to hear when you go out during the day. Weird toms, percussions and bleeps go along with warm, housy fields. Let yourself fall into that beat on your favorite dancefloor."
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