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Krake #002
Various
Dammern - "Liberda" - (3:32) 78 BPM
Phon O - "Tell Me" - (4:39) 67 BPM
Eomac - "No Name" - (4:28) 63 BPM
Bill Youngman - "Resolution" - (5:03) 63 BPM
Monolake - "Interrupt" - (7:08) 65 BPM Hot
Frank Bretschneider - "Under W" - (3:24) 80 BPM
Cristian Vogel - "New Values" - (7:17) 59 BPM
Review: Given that Krake is an annual, Berlin-based festival celebrating "challenging electronic music", you'd expect this second EP from their label offshoot to be packed with intriguing, left-of-centre gems. Happily, it is, with heaps of off-kilter goodness to enjoy. Arguably the highlight is Eomac's "No Name", a throbbing combination of jaunty, post-dubstep beats, dreamy chords and cut-up choral samples. Equally impressive are Phon.o's picturesque electronica cut "Tell Me" and "Interrupt" by the ever-reliable Monolake, a clanking, metallic foray into wonky, heads-down techno. In truth, all seven tracks are excellent, with the droning ambient contributions from Christian Vogel and Dammern also hitting home hard.
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KRAKE 002
05 May 14
Experimental/Electronic
Killekill Megahits
Various
Bill Youngman - "The 2" - (5:04)
Radioactive Man - "Addict" - (6:27) 129 BPM Hot
JTC - "Crush Arbor" - (6:59) 123 BPM
DJ Stingray - "Ego Assault" - (4:42) 159 BPM
Furfriend - "Geck" - (7:07) 128 BPM
The Almost People - "Do That Dust" - (5:41) 129 BPM
Neil Landstrumm - "On The Pussers" - (4:48) 130 BPM
Cassegrain & Tin Man - "Athletic" - (6:29) 128 BPM
Lakker - "Darcdub" - (5:11) 111 BPM
Snuff Crew - "Go Back" - (6:07) 126 BPM
Dadub - "Unlawful Assembly (Al Bielek Takeover)" - (6:33) 127 BPM
Review: In its original form, Killekill was a party that embraced all sorts of electronic music, and the label has opted for the same approach. It doesn't seem to bother Nico who runs Killekill - he previously worked for Shitkatapult - that the imprint's first steps have displayed an almost schizophrenic disregard for the kind of micro-genres that defines electronic music. In fact, like Svreca from Semantica and Micky who runs [Naked Lunch], he seems far more interested in what constitutes a great tune, irrespective if its tempo is 100bpm or 160bpm and regardless of whether it was fashioned in downtown Detroit or a windswept Dublin suburb. Following the wild techno of Alex Cortex's Raw, comes Megahits, a three-installment vinyl release that sums up this approach. It begins almost innocuously, with Bill Youngman's "The 2", a downtempo, jazzy piece that suddenly veers into rude boy half-paced jungle bass. Despite being a Berlin label, UK culture is represented again with the curious blend of ragga vocalsand twitchy acid lines on Affie Yussuf's "Onna Roll", while Radioactive Man serves up his typically party-friendly electro, replete with tonal bass licks on "Addict" and Neil Landstrumm returns to techno territory - albeit a less distorted, noisy one - on the dark, ravey bass of "On The Pussers". There are also nods to contemporary European techno - the most notable being the grainy, dense rhythms and searing acid of Cassegrain and Tin Man'scollaboration - US producers are represented with the murky jack of JTC's "Crush Arbor" and the frightening synths, predatory bass - which has echoes of Suburban Knight - and hyperactive rhythms of DJ Stingray's "Ego Assault". Killekill also proves itself again to be home to the outsider, featuring the punishing beats and menacing synths of Lakker's Autechre-eqsue "Darcdub" and the spectacularly depraved "Furfriend", a stripped back groove powered by a bombastic bassline and featuring a deadpan pervert talking about taking drugs and how he likes to come on people's faces with his "fat cock". Electronic music may have become a smaller place thanks to technology,but as Megahits shows, Killekill's world remains as colourful and occasionally disturbing as an LSD-drenched peek through a kaleidoscope.





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KILLEKILL 010
10 Dec 12
Techno
Shadent
Shadent - (7:23) 124 BPM Hot
Wespe - (6:25) 126 BPM
Centrumcircuit - (4:40) 130 BPM
Played by: Lifecycle
Review: As rough and grizzly as the underbelly of the German capital's late night culture can be, Youngman's latest missive for Killekill doesn't try to offer a sanitised version of electronic music. Indeed, the opposite is the case on the abstract "Wespe". There, a cacophony of half-heard noises and feedback slip and slide over broken, gnarled rhythms. The title track is more dance floor focused, with a similarly dark, grungy undercurrent contained by firing claps, rolling snares and an angular, insistent arrangement. By contrast, "Centrumcircuit" sounds almost sanitised, as Youngman drops shuffling 808s as a backdrop for dramatic strings and acid lines that climax seductively.
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KILLEKILL 007
10 Apr 12
Techno
HH3
HH3 - (6:50) 126 BPM
HH3 (Sandwell District remix) - (6:45) 131 BPM Hot
Trilogy - (4:05)
Played by: Mirko S.
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KILLEKILL 003
28 Nov 11
Techno
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