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Lost Files EP
Square Up - (3:35) 145 BPM
Relay - (2:43) 145 BPM
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SREP 002
08 Mar 24
Dirty Dubstep/Trap/Grime
Shuttle Recs: Blast Off
Various
IrieArtz & Sh!d0w - "Reminisce (All I Have)" - (3:12) 140 BPM
Kuesa - "Polychromatic Attack" - (2:52) 150 BPM
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SRC 001
26 Jan 24
Dirty Dubstep/Trap/Grime
Time Crystals Pt. 2 - Liquid Solids
Function - "Give Thanks To The Sun" - (9:27) 121 BPM
Viels - "Fragile" - (6:19) 134 BPM
Review: Prepare your sonic time machines because "Time Crystals Pt. 2 - Liquid Solids" is here to warp your perception of techno! Dynamic Reflection once again proves they're not just playing around in the techno sandbox; they're constructing entire galaxies of mind-bending beats. If techno had its own dictionary, this release would be the definition of "proper" and "profound". Function, the maestro of sonic alchemy, kicks things off with "Give Thanks To The Sun", a track that's like a cosmic handshake between man and star. It's an odyssey where tense arps intermingle with celestial melodies, creating an atmosphere that feels like the soundtrack to a supernova. Viels, the mischievous techno wizard, plunges us into a vortex of sound with "Fragile". Ironically titled, because this track is anything but delicate. It's a sonic bulldozer that effortlessly shatters any illusions of tranquility, leaving only dancefloor rubble in its wake. Abstract Division then takes the reins "Convolution", a track that sizzles and ripples like an electrified ocean. It's a simmering cauldron of sound, conjuring visions of circuitry dancing in harmony with the tides of time. DOM seals the deal with a track that's the equivalent of a musical Rubik's Cube. Broken rhythms twist and turn like aural kaleidoscopes, creating a state of sonic hypnosis.
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15YRDREF 002
25 Aug 23
Techno
Time
Time (Build Up mix) - (7:35) 126 BPM
Time (Hard dub) - (6:28) 129 BPM
Time (Down & Dirty dub) - (3:17) 129 BPM Hot
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091012 632068
23 Jun 23
Deep House
Green EP
Initiation - (5:42) 129 BPM
New Designation - (7:24) 118 BPM
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INF 025
19 May 23
Minimal/Tech House
Discours De La Methode I
Various
SHXCXCHCXSH - "Primos" - (5:49) 134 BPM Hot
Bernardo Hangar - "Calima" - (6:26) 134 BPM
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CAT 657489
01 Jul 22
Techno
Tresor 30
Various
Underground Resistance - "The Final Frontier" (Nomadico remix) - (6:57) 138 BPM Hot
Huey Mnemonic - "Transmutation" - (5:36) 128 BPM
Review: As befits one of techno's most revered labels, Tresor 30 is a comprehensive collection that takes in a breath-taking array of artists and sounds. The compilation features classics, such as Underground Resistance's "Final Frontier", remixed here into a clubbier shape, the spellbinding deep techno of Juan Atkins' "I Love You" and Jeff Mills' timeless banger, "Late Night", one of Tresor's signature tracks. These eternal works sit alongside contributions from newer artists: in particular, Afrodeutsche's "Can't Stop" is a wonderfully dreamy affair, while RRoxymore's "Multiplicity" teases new twists from percussive techno. Thirty years after its inception, Tresor is showing no signs of slowing down.
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405053 8712964
01 Oct 21
Techno
Air Texture VII Rrose + Silent Servant
Anthony Child - "Forced Compliance Behavior, Decision-Making & Effort" - (4:45) 69 BPM
Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe - "8th Continent In 5 Dimensions" - (8:29) 82 BPM
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AIR 007
26 May 21
Experimental/Electronic
Awakening From The Illusory Self
Misinterpretations Of Reality - (6:18) 137 BPM
An Optical Illusion Of Consciousness - (6:35) 138 BPM
Review: Dave 'Function' Sumner was last seen on Tresor in 2019 with the chilling Existenz album. This return to the storied label could not get off to a more different start, with Sumner dropping the pounding techno of "Misinterpretations Of Reality". He moves closer to the prevailing style of Existenz with the esoteric synths and lithe stepping rhythm of "An Optical Illusion Of Consciousness", while on "Spiritually Unconscious (Dissolve)", the Sandwell District founder changes tact again, delivering a snaking, wiry groove, teeming with melodies that are redolent of vintage Speedy J. Closing out this fine release from one of techno's most respected artists is the malevolent bass and tribal drums of
"Compulsive Thinking: Repetitive and Pointless".
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TRESOR 320
14 May 21
Techno
Compulsive Thinking: Repetitive & Pointless
Compulsive Thinking: Repetitive & Pointless - (6:46) 127 BPM
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TRESOR 320S2
26 Mar 21
Techno
Misinterpretations Of Reality
Misinterpretations Of Reality - (6:18) 137 BPM
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TRESOR 320S1
05 Mar 21
Techno
ERA NOVUM
Various
Blue Hour - "Mira's Theme" (Reprise) - (5:10) 130 BPM
AWB - "Loose Fit" - (5:10) 105 BPM
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BLCSD 001
28 Sep 20
Techno
Subject F (Transcendence)
Binaural - (9:10) 124 BPM Hot
Desire & Memory - (9:02) 85 BPM
Played by: Laylae
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EAUX 1491
10 Jul 20
Techno
Existenz
Sagittarius A - (5:15) 120 BPM
Pleasure Discipline - (5:56) 135 BPM
Review: Existenz is Dave Sumner's third artist album as Function, and it partly ushers in a change in style. While there are echoes of his typical brooding, hypnotic techno on the mysterious, acid-tinged "Nylon Mood" and the heads-down roller, "Golden Dawn" - which features Stefanie Parnow - much of the album comprises a more mellow mood. There's the wonderfully hypnotic 90s ambient of "The Approach" and "Sagittarius A (Right Ascension)", while Function hooks up with vocalist Robert Owens to do deep house on the layered, textured "Growth Cycle". It's without doubt Function's most diverse long player, and ranges from the rickety electro of "Pleasure Discipline" to the dub shanty of "Interdimensional Interference".
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TRESOR 315
06 Dec 19
Techno
Ben Sims Presents: Tribology
Various / Ben Sims
Various - "Ben Sims Presents: Tribology" (continuous DJ mix) - (1:30:00) 133 BPM
Vril - "Magnetar" - (6:40) 127 BPM
Played by: Honey Soundsystem
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MACHINELP 001
07 Dec 18
Techno
15 Years Of The Bunker
Various
David Last - "Physical Value System" - (6:16) 110 BPM
Coward - "Bend Back" - (11:04) 112 BPM
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BK 031
16 Feb 18
Techno
15 Years Of The Bunker
Various
David Last - "Physical Value System" - (6:16) 110 BPM
Coward - "Bend Back" - (11:04) 112 BPM
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1515008150437_BK-031
16 Feb 18
Techno
Infrastructure (Facticity)
Various
Campbell Irvine - "Dislocation Is Only The Beginning" - (7:44) 135 BPM
Vatican Shadow - "Swords Over Paradise" - (4:49) 101 BPM
Review: According to Infrastructure NYC head Function, this compilation was compiled like an album and involves not only the core group of artists but also connects the dots between the label's past, his Berghain 07 mix CD for Ostgut Ton, the legendary Sandwell District days and the respective history of the artists. Infrastructure Facticity spans "a narrative ranging from lush, ambient electronics and post-club diversions, to contemporary club techno and back again." British artist Robert McNally provides the artwork and musically the highlights are not so much the dancefloor ready bangers, which are mainly quite good, rather the moments of restraint such as Vatican Shadow's brooding and almost Boards Of Canada sounding "Swords Over Paradise", the slow burning reduced acid of Cassegrain & Tin Man's "Open Sea" and Rrose's finest moment yet, "Cephalon", which can barely be described in words!
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INF 022D
01 Jul 16
Techno
Zehn/Drei
LB Dub Corp - "Roller" (feat Function - Len Faki Interpretation) - (6:24) 128 BPM
Function - "DX3 Analog Bass Seq" - (6:40) 125 BPM Hot
Substance - "Keine Angst" - (5:50) 133 BPM
Played by: Audion, Gregor Tresher
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OSTGUTLP 2003
04 Mar 16
Techno
Ostgut Ton/Zehn
Various
Marcel Fengler & Elif Bicer - "Fallin'" - (7:01) 115 BPM
Ben Klock - "Sirens" - (8:26) 130 BPM
Played by: Josh Larue
Review: You have to admire Ostgut Ton's ambition. While celebrating a decade in dance music with a compilation of exclusive, previously unheard music is now standard practice amongst leading underground labels, few would have the balls to release it with such a killer tracklisting as Zehn. Across the 30 tracks (count 'em!) you get a who's who of Berghain and Panorama Bar associates delivering a quite outstanding selection of left-of-centre techno and deep European house, with Marcel Dettmann, Boris, Virginia, Steffi, DVS1, Martyn, Tobias and Ben Klock all featuring. Highlights naturally come thick and fast, from the spacey electronics, heady textures and hypnotic rhythms of Function's "DX3 Analog Bass Seq", and the rush-inducing, string-laden house warmth of Matthew Styles' remix of Dinky's "Planes", to the picturesque intelligent techno of Doms & Deykers.
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OSTGUT CD 034 DIGITAL
30 Oct 15
Techno
Echocord Remix Compilation Vol 2
Various
Onmutu Mechanicks - "Lupus Moon" (Xdb remix) - (7:08) 121 BPM
Vladislav Delay - "Latoma" (icardo Villalobos & Max Loderbauer remix) - (10:36) 128 BPM
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ECHOCORDDIGITAL 02
27 Apr 15
Techno
Odeon/Rhyl
Odeon - (8:13) 86 BPM
Rhyl - (8:47) 121 BPM Hot
Review: Old flatmates Function and Ed Davenport (aka Inland) team up to deliver a two-track 12" of synthy techno that sounds like what Klaus Schultz and Kraftwerk might be making today if they were contemporary techno artists collaborating. You can really feel that Function is exploring his kosmische side of tonal and synth production on this release, while it's easy to assume that Inland, recently a proponent of dubby rhythm tracks, helps provide both pieces with a solid backbone, flecked with Function's trademark percussive sequences. Beginnings of a new project? We can only hope.
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INF- 012
16 Jun 14
Techno
Remixes
Against The Wall (Rrose remix) - (7:16) 125 BPM
Psychic Warfare (Vatican Shadow remix) - (6:40) 120 BPM
Review: Dave Sumner's debut album as Function was one of this year's most anticipated and finest LPs. Atypically, this remix package sees the commissioned producers deliver versions that measure up to the original material. On the dance floor end, there's Rrose's punishing take on "Against The Wall", which starts with a hypnotic, linear rhythm that descends into distorted mayhem, while Recondite's version of "Incubation" marries dramatic filters and insistent bleeps to reach a climax. But when the remixers go as deep as the author, the results are truly fascinating. NSI's take on "Inter" is a sprawling, jazzed out interpretation of the original ambient track, while Vatican Shadow delivers an uncharacteristically melodic, acid-tinged version of "Psychic Warfare".
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O-TON 073
25 Nov 13
Techno
Various
Various
Barker & Baumecker - "Meiose" - (5:35) 113 BPM
Fiedel - "Grunewald2" - (6:12) 74 BPM
Played by: Killawatt
Review: Ostgut Ton ain't just house, techno and concrete, they're ambient, experimental, electro and musique concrete. This is the biggest compilation the label has released since they let Emika run wild in a closed Berghain and Panorama Bar to capture sounds of the humming club for 2010's Funf compilation. Barker & Baumecker and Fiedel saw releases on that compilation and now they contribute a track each to Ostgut Ton's abstract Various LP. B&B offer up some dubby frenetics in "Meiose" while Fiedel supplies some melodica and two step rhythms in "Grunewald2". Tobias' "Dark & Troubling Things" share a similar beatless murk to music from Canadian ambient artist Loscil, while Rolando's track "Neglected" is a stand out. DIN adds some minimally-charged Chicago house to the LP, while Virginia and new name Crushed Soul opt for something more electro. Dave Sumner then seals Various with a primitive "Golden Dawn" featuring Stefanie Parnow for something totally different to what Function fans are usually accustomed to.
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OTON 070
30 Sep 13
Experimental/Electronic
Various
Various
Barker & Baumecker - "Meiose" - (5:35) 113 BPM
Tobias - "Dark & Troubling Things" - (6:18) 126 BPM
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0880319 649318
30 Sep 13
Electro
Gradient
Gradient (intro) - (3:22) 124 BPM
Gradient I - (8:35)
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OTON 063
22 Mar 13
Techno
Incubation
Voiceprint - (5:59) 120 BPM
Against The Wall - (5:50) 127 BPM
Review: It seems incredible to think that despite his nearly 20 years of production experience, Dave Sumner hasn't released a full Function album until 2013. Thankfully Incubation proves it's been well worth the wait with the Sandwell District member really stretching his legs out for one of those techno albums that is most definitely an album experience. This nine track set bristles with great ideas and murky atmospherics, combining dystopian sci-fi soundtrack textures with the precision techno he's become known for. There are robust dancefloor tracks - see the murky acid techno of "Against The Wall" and sweaty "Modifier" - but also moments of intense, melodic beauty, from the crystalline bliss of "Counterpoint", to the dreamy hypnotism of "Inter (album version)".
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OSTGUTCD 24
04 Mar 13
Techno
Obsessed
Obsessed (original mix) - (7:20) 126 BPM Hot
Obsessed (Substance remix) - (8:26) 126 BPM
Obsessed (SCB edit) - (6:24) 126 BPM
Review: Releasing Obsessed on a label other than Sandwell District must have felt strange to Function. However, like "Ember", the US producer's final outing for the now defunct imprint, "Obsessed" is an understated affair. Closer to early Speedy J and Warp's Intelligent Techno series than the austere rhythms of Sandwell, its dreamy synths unravel to reveal a cacophony of bleeps and a lithe rhythm that never quite makes it onto the dance floor. Substance's version starts in a similar vein, but the Berlin producer maintains a wiry, minimal rhythm throughout, which acts as the basis for a gradual shift into grinding metallic riffs. Scuba's SCB edit is the most dance floor friendly track, the snappy, hissing percussion and stacatto, clattering drums underpinning an effective, building filter.
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ECHOCORDCOLOUR 020
04 Jun 12
Techno
White Light remixes
White Light (Planetary Assault Systems Chunky remix) - (6:36) 129 BPM
White Light (Silent Servant remix) - (6:55) 126 BPM Hot
Played by: Van Bonn
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IRC 109
20 Mar 12
Minimal/Tech House
Leads & Bites Vol 1
Jerome Sydenham & Christian Prommer - "Love Test" - (6:42) 125 BPM
Jerome Sydenham & Function - "The Fever" - (6:54) 125 BPM Hot
Played by: Gazeebo, Todd Bodine
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IRC 104
21 Dec 10
Deep House
White Light
White Light - (8:30) 129 BPM Hot
The Drift - (6:19) 129 BPM
Illusion - (7:04) 127 BPM
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IRC 100
01 Jul 10
Techno
Mi Estudio
Pfirter - "Mi Estudio" (original mix) - (7:30) 126 BPM Hot
Function vs Jerome Sydenham - "Two Ninety One" (original mix) - (9:49) 129 BPM
Function vs Jerome Sydenham - "Two Ninety One" (Chris Liebing edit) - (10:12) 126 BPM
Review: Chris Liebing's label unveils the second release of their 10 Years cycle with a storming techno effort from South American producer Pfirter, an original Function Vs Mr Ibadan, a Jerome Sydenham number and accompanying remix from Liebing himself. With a nod to the techno of old, this release also ploughs its acclaimed cast head-first into the future.
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CLR 030
12 Apr 10
Techno
City Life Vol 1
Alka Rex - "She's Nuts" - (6:58) 127 BPM
Function - "Pressure" - (4:16) 121 BPM Hot
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THEMA 012
29 Sep 08
Minimal/Tech House
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