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Bpitch Control
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Review: Safety Scissors has already featured quite prominently on Ellen Allien's BPitch Control, a label which readily guarantees quality on all fronts, but this is his first full-length work for the imprint and only his third altogether. It's certainly bold and different to many other things featuring on the label, but Mr. Scissors has created quite a spectacle, where acoustic-ambient moments such as "Moving Light" are intertwined with maniacal beat-shredding like "Somnambulance", the straighter 4/4 licks of "Gemini" or even the laid-back, pop rhythms of "Progress & Perseverance" and the glitchy, vocal-led flex on "Lights Out". It's great to see such a successful electronic label doing things just that little bit differently!
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BPC 266
31 May 13
Experimental/Electronic
31 May 13
Experimental/Electronic
Review: Simona Calvini is one of Italy's best-known DJs and on Blind, proves that she's fast becoming one of that country's most promising producers. Eschewing straight, linear grooves, this release is based on off-kilter rhythms and stripped back arrangements. On the title track, Calvini uses this approach as a basis for deep chord washes, whispered vocals and hypnotic bleeps. The mood is far less serene on "Look Deep", where murderous bass drops and eerie noises prevail and on "Toy Boy", where a tearing low end is combined with steely electro drums and a stepping rhythm to create a sound that alternates between icy and menacing. But Calvini is most impressive when exploring pure rhythms and the rolling, dubbed out "Awake" is the release's highlight.
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BPC 269
21 Jun 13
Techno
21 Jun 13
Techno
Review: It sounds like something has gone very wrong here. Like the bastardisation of the fantasy story that Mr Statik refers to in the title, the latest Bpitch release sees minimal house turned on its head. "Opiate Galactic" operates against a stripped back framework, but the accompanying vocal that talks about heroin use reflects the dark side of club life. In a similar vein there's "Memoirs Of A Sexual Predator". On this occasion, a meaty bassline and a seemingly innocent vocal are used to document sexual prowess. Statik has a more innocent side too though, and "Irresistible", with its swirling synths and swaggering groove, is as sensual as a loved up first-time clubber.
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BPC 273
04 Oct 13
Minimal/Tech House
04 Oct 13
Minimal/Tech House
Review: The US duo delivers a preview for their latest album. The title track occupies that middle ground between trance, ambience and downbeat that Telefon Tel Aviv have become known for as synths swell and climax and dreamy, seductive vocals unfold over crashing drums. Label owner Ellen Allien drops a dance floor-focused take on "Birds", with a sinewy bassline underpinning a warbling, squelchy acid workout. Mathew Dear chooses an entirely different approach; over a warm fretless bassline, Dear lets a wall of dreamy textures gush forth, propelling the dreamy vocals towards an inevitable climax. Finally, Cocteau Twins fans will be interested in "The Sky Is Black", as it features Robin Guthrie's deep tones, fused with trancey synths and glitchy rhythms.
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BPC 247
16 Mar 12
Minimal/Tech House
16 Mar 12
Minimal/Tech House
Review: Vitamine sees Thomas Muller in more restrained mode than usual. "New Kid in Town" even suggests that he has, ahem, grown up. Centred on loose, rolling drums, it moves into sensuous disco strings and embraces sassy horns. "M-1001001" is more murky and sounds like Muller got lost on his way to the discotheque. Featuring dense drums and insistent, effective filters, Muller uses a droning horn as a guide through the soupy arrangement. The vowel-free "BPCTRL" is more drummy again - albeit dubbed out in places - but the most obvious articulation of Muller's coming of age as a producer is the glorious melodic rush of "City Of Lost Souls".
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BPC 258
23 Nov 12
Minimal/Tech House
23 Nov 12
Minimal/Tech House
Review: This latest album by Bpitch boss Allien is a long way from the label's minimal, sometimes trancey roots. It sounds like the author has grown up musically, and LISm flows through a series of mood pieces. This writer listened to the work as one continuous track, and this is how it works best. Beginning with what could be the sound of demented monkeys wittering away, it moves into jangly guitars and blissed out vocals, before a series of isolationist bleeps kick in. From there it moves from late night jazzy sax, dense drones before kicking back into deep, ethereal electronics. It's a major artistic triumph for Allien.
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BPC 264
22 Feb 13
Experimental/Electronic
22 Feb 13
Experimental/Electronic
Review: Ellen Allien's label continues its well-measured flirtation with pop music on Giants. "Ganymedes" is pure bouncy, poppy techno. It may stop short of using a verse-chorus structure but its innocent vocals are impossible to dislodge once heard. "Be Free" is just as infectious, with Mr Static utilising a rippling bassline and dubby drums as backing for an insistent vocal. The dense, drummy groove of "Imagine" makes it a pure DJ tool, while Kiki's edit of "Ganymedes" serves two functions, its buzzing bassline ideal for the dancefloor and those vocals making it destined for radio play.
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BPC 235
24 Jun 11
Minimal/Tech House
24 Jun 11
Minimal/Tech House
Played by: Enzo Canale
Review: Thomas Muller delivers a mixture of tracks for the dance floor and the sofa on his latest outing for Ellen Allien's Bpitch. The title track is a subtle groove, its off beats and eerie melodies combining to make a nuanced take on techno. "Paris Asylum" is more tracky, and coupled with a hypnotic siren riff, should have the requisite effect on the floor. At that point, Muller goes off on a tangent. "Sub Summer" is based on loose break beats and jarring riffs and features a sample of Jim Morrison singing "Indian Summer". "Rude Way for Sweet Heart" follows the offbeat approach and its throbbing down beats and swirling jazzy chord make it the perfect post-party soundtrack.
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BPC 241
18 Nov 11
Minimal/Tech House
18 Nov 11
Minimal/Tech House
Played by: Enzo Canale
Review: After years of searching, it sounds like Ellen Allien's label has finally found an electronic music diva. Silence is based on understated but plaintive piano playing, brassy licks and some ambient interludes - most notably the wintry charms of "Track 7" - but the most striking aspect of this debut album is Dominique Dillon de Byington's vocals. Like a more endearing Bjork on the wide-eyed "Your Flesh Against Mine" or Kate Bush in free flowing mode backed up with infectious ivory tinkling on "You Are My Winter", there is still enough originality here- check the toy town melodies and daft lyrics about robots on "Hey Beau" - to ensure Dillon has a very bright future.
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BPC 240
11 Nov 11
Minimal/Tech House
11 Nov 11
Minimal/Tech House
Review: "Big Claps" is a typical Ellen Allien workout, featuring a quirky, juddering rhythm, sexy string stabs and neat claps. It has that unmistakable but intangibly playful feeling that the Berliner brings to most of her productions. "Take Me Out" is an entirely different proposition. Bpitch has had a long affiliation with electro - not electro house - from the crunk-fuelled energy of Modeselektor's early releases to the presence of bassy tones in Allien's own dance floor focused grooves. But "Out" marks a departure, with shuffling 808s underpinning the label boss' ice maiden vocals and the dreamy pads that they come encased in.
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BPC 248
20 Apr 12
Minimal/Tech House
20 Apr 12
Minimal/Tech House
Played by: Juno Recommends Minimal Tech
Review: Camea resides in Berlin and its influence looms large on this release. It's audible on "Body Magnet", where a resonating bass and metal-plated percussion support evocative chords and half-heard vocals. It's like a halfway house between Berlin's techno and deep house sounds. There's a similar approach on the title track, with a dislocated vocal played out over a stripped back arrangement. However, it's "Only the Shadow Knows" and "Skitz" that best capture the mood of Berlin: in the case of the former it's the heavy sub-bass wound around a minimal house groove, while the latter brings Camea's love of half-heard vocals to the fore again - this time they are surrounded by forceful filters.
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BPCD 006
11 May 12
Minimal/Tech House
11 May 12
Minimal/Tech House
Review: It's a trans-continental collaboration as Finland's Kiki and Israel's Chaim question the effects of love. Ably assisted by vocalist Cari Golden, the duo return to the early 90s for influence with a pumping house groove, replete with old school keys and hardcore-evocative bells underpinning Golden's observation that 'love don't pay the rent'. Such existential considerations are put aside on "Clap II Thizz", a rolling groove littered with urgent, squealing saxophones and stuttering vocal snippets. But the remixes do revisit the theme: Chaim's version offers an esoteric feeling with the vocals sounding ghostly and detached, while Kiki's take is more ominous as building chords support Golden's contention that "we ain't got no flame".
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BPC 249
18 May 12
Minimal/Tech House
18 May 12
Minimal/Tech House
Review: Astral-slanted electro-tech joy from Israel's Chaim on this new release, with the seductive post-acid bite of "Levantina" and the chiming keys and The Cure-like bassline of "Robots of Meth" proving real treats. Remixes of the latter tune by David K Benzona add a bubbly and effusive Chicago flavour whilst keeping the creeping intensity locked in.
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BPC 246
03 Feb 12
Electro House
03 Feb 12
Electro House
