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Various
Played by: Juno Recommends Experimental
Review: Biesman's contribution to Watergate's ongoing mix series is a little different, featuring as it does a swathe of his own previously unreleased solo tracks and collaborative productions. This sampler EP - the first of two - showcases a clutch of highlights. Th Belgian first hooks up with Shubostar on the star-fall, deep space Italo-disco chug of 'Across The Universe', before opting for a mind-melting, TB-303-heavy deep acid house sound on Zombies in Miami collaboration 'Smooth Monday'. Solo production 'All Day, Every Day' is a soaring, heavily electronic breakbeat roller, while 'Hola Y Bienvanido' is a shirts-off dance through bold electronic melodies, mid-80s Pet Shop Boys melodies and throbbing sequenced bass. Finally, 'March For Peace' is a retro-futurist synth-wave anthem in the making and Vandesande joint production 'Away' a grandiose ambient number.
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WGDIG 013
30 Sep 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
30 Sep 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: RISE Music main man Hyenah is becoming something of a go-to producer for Berlin's Watergate Records. This four-track missive marks the producer's third EP for the imprint in as many years and easily lives up to the promise of its predecessors. Perhaps the highlight of an all-round excellent EP is title track 'Once a Man', an intoxicating, undulating slab of winding, Afro-tinged tech-house goodness that boasts evocative spoken word vocals from Aquarius Heaven, stirring synth-strings and slowly flowering electronic melodies. The EP's other calling card is 'The Greed', a deep house flavoured chunk of early morning hedonism that Nandu subsequently turns into a hypnotic, sunrise-ready, deep-tech shuffler. Throw in pleasingly positive opener 'Words of Love' and you have a genuinely fault-free EP.
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WGDIG 006
05 Nov 21
Deep House
05 Nov 21
Deep House
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco
Review: Joris Biesmans recent debut album, Trains, Planes & Automobiles, offered a scintillating, synth-heavy fusion of electro, Italo-diso and classic-sounding house. There's a similar feel to this fine collection of remixes. Adana Twins lead the way with a refreshingly squelchy, club-ready old school electro re-fix of 'Save The Night', before Alex Medina turns 'Cold Void' into a bubbly trip through analogue-rich cold-wave territory with added melodic clout. Geordie hero Man Power's revision of 'Cosmic Cruise' is a delightful fusion of cascading synthesizer sounds, dreamy chords and locked-in acid house grooves, while Biesmans' own rework of 'Hawkins' is a spiralling, uplifting electro roller with spacey sounds and filthy bass aplenty.
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WGDIG 004
20 Aug 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
20 Aug 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Juno Recommends Experimental
Review: More '80s themed than a Steve Martin & John Candy odd couple comedy, Joris Biesmans Trains, Planes & Automobiles is an ode to '80s arcadia, retro synths and spaced out motifs. Combining his octane video game music with swirling layers of electro and cosmic synth, Watergate's current marquee act also draws upon touches indie disco, French touch house music and Italo. Delivering a most impressive debut album, subtle gothic rock influences make themselves known furthermore in "Cold Void (feat Tom The Bomb & Boi Wonder)", with the album's hit material coming through in "The Last Chase", "Another World" and "Pac Man" to its synth riffing title track. Open the floodgates!
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WGA 003
18 Jun 21
Coldwave/Synth
18 Jun 21
Coldwave/Synth
Various
Played by: Juno Recommends Minimal Tech
Review: The enigmatic Hyenah is a renowned tastemaker, who is passionate about sounds from across the house spectrum. For his edition of the Watergate mix series, the RISE resident selects an inspiring range of artists, while highlighting emerging African and Afro-German talent such as: Berlin-based JAMIIE teaming up with the Stil Vor Talent affiliated Niko Schwind on "Suwedi", talented singer Nanghiti Aviankoi's amazing vocal range is accompanied perfectly by Emanuel Satie's production on "Forever More" and veteran of the Johannesburg house music scene Da Capo appears with the powerful dancefloor drama of "Dark Knight".
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WGVINYL 077
30 Nov 20
Minimal/Tech House
30 Nov 20
Minimal/Tech House
Review: The star of Berlin-based Russian Yulia Niko continues to rise, with this new release on Watergate which follows up a terrific run of EPs on taste maker labels like Crosstown Rebels, Dee-P-erfect and Nervous. Dub techno, minimal and early '90s techno collide on her latest moody thriller titled 'Manifesto' which receives two reworks by globetrotting Frenchman YokoO on the flip. The All Day I Dream staple takes the track further into glacial and cavernous territory on his haunting Defragmentation mix, until things get more upbeat and optimistic on the deep and sensual Vegas mix - featuring a helping hand from London-based Italian Francesco Mami.
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WGVINYL 074
19 Oct 20
Minimal/Tech House
19 Oct 20
Minimal/Tech House
Played by: Juno Recommends Progressive House
Review: Hanseatic hero and Watergate stalwart Matthias Meyer rounds up some ascendant debutants here, on the fourth instalment of the 'Watergate Affairs' series - for the Berlin superclub's in-house label. There are a variety of moods and grooves on offer: melodic dancefloor drama comes courtesy of Dutch wunderkind Budakid (Last Night On Earth/Einmusika) on the mesmerising "Orrery", as well as from London/Munich connection Henri Bergmann & Julian Wassermann on the particularly impressive "Maenad". Elsewhere, Meyer himself is on-point as always with the glassy-eyed and bittersweet feel of "Interlude", until Danish artist Nandu rounds out the package with the slinky and evocative deep house of "My Mystery Is A Mystery".
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WGVINYL 073
10 Aug 20
Progressive House
10 Aug 20
Progressive House
Various
Played by: Juno Recommends Minimal Tech
Review: Berlin institution Watergate Records celebrates its 10 year birthday, with this special 50 track anthology of their favourite records. Over the last decade, the imprint has set a standard for captivating electronic music from across the house and techno spectrum, successfully mirroring the club's booking policy. Now up to over 60 releases including a remix of the Josh Wink classic "Higher State Of Consciousness" by residents Adana Twins, and the 26th installment in their acclaimed mix series by Danish legends Whomadewho - this compilation presents some of its most memorable cuts since its inception in 2008. Highlights come from: label staple Mathias Meyer - the Hanseatic hero presenting several tracks including "Love Letters From Sicily" with Ryan Davis, local legends Tiefschwarz on "Fire It Out" feat. Ruede Hagelstein, resident La Fleur getting remixed by Detroit legend Kenny Larkin on "Nightflow" and rising duo Adriatique's 7am remix of "The Spirit" by the ever impressive Butch (featuring Hohberg) amony many others.
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WGDIG 1
07 Oct 19
Minimal/Tech House
07 Oct 19
Minimal/Tech House
Review: Here is the third installment of Watergate Affairs, after a long break and as always focusing on emerging talent. Danish duo Baime contribute the hypnotic journey into the exotic that is "Majka", Tel Aviv's Kadosh returns to the label after featuring on the Adana Twins' 'Watergate 25' compilation last year. His track is the seductive "Better Days" - a dreamy and evocative composition that you could imagine Lee Burridge playing on a sunny rooftop, while Argentinian Kintar provides some moody dancefloor drama on the riveting "Paradisou". Another Argentinian producer appears in the form of Kevin Di Serna with "Lucero Del Alma" which continues on with those heartfelt and glassy-eyed narratives for the dancefloor.
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WGVINYL 062
09 Sep 19
Minimal/Tech House
09 Sep 19
Minimal/Tech House
Various
Played by: Sasha
Review: Hot on the heels of the Watergate 26 mix, this split release showcases some of the best tracks that were included on WhoMadeWho's selection. The storied Danish trio hook up with Ruede Hagelstein to deliver a slinky, melancholic take on Bjork's "Violently Happy". Working together with Justin Evans, Hagelstein delves into a more moody take on house music with his percussive "Love Over Pyramids", which threatens but never quite manages to spiral out of control. Overall however, this is a melodic EP, as evidenced by WhoMadeWho's mesmerising rework of Alex Schaufel's "The Day Of Rebirth", a wide-eyed, dreamy affair that shimmers and soars effortlessly
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WGVINYL 058
20 May 19
Techno
20 May 19
Techno
Review: A split/collaborative EP from Watergate this one, with 'Montserrat' credited to WhoMadeWho but presented in Artbat Edit form, while 'Closer' is credited to Artbat but has WhoMadeWho as a featured artist. The former is a broody, moody affair in which a muted, percussive intro is slowly joined by atmospheric synth drones, simple 4/4s and a walking bassline, before risers and other synth sounds pave the way for the electric geetar solo that provides the track's real USP, accompanied by a plainitive male vocal. 'Closer', meanwhile, sticks more closely to the European "melodic house plus indie-style vox" formula of recent years.
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WGVINYL 057
03 May 19
Funky/Club House
03 May 19
Funky/Club House
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WG 026
05 Apr 19
Minimal/Tech House
05 Apr 19
Minimal/Tech House
Various
Played by: Juno Recommends Minimal Tech
Review: Berlin clubbing institution Watergate proudly present the 25th edition of their Watergate compilation series, mixed and compiled by Hanseatic tech house heroes Adana Twins. It is the first Watergate mix that consists of 100% new and unreleased tracks from the likes of Lehar, Acid Pauli and Musumeci and two new works from the pair. They are releasing the exclusive material on separate EPs after the mix, with Part 2 here featuring such highlights as Adana Twins themselves on the moody dancefloor drama of "Ocelotes", Andre Hommen delving into hypnotic and evocative territory on "Nowadays", and Daniel Bortz/Sascha Sibler delivering some seriously sensual and slinky tech house on "Yuppie".
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WGVINYL 054
24 Dec 18
Minimal/Tech House
24 Dec 18
Minimal/Tech House
Various
Review: It seems as if 15 years have just flown by since Berlin institution Watergate first opened their doors at the base of the famous Oberbaumbrucke, overlooking the River Spree and where long queues run down the street every weekend to get into one of the best clubs in the world. To celebrate their journey over the last decade and a half, they have put together a special anniversary release of 25 new, exclusive and formerly unreleased tracks. Residents of the superclub all appear, such as Hamburg native Matthias Meyer who teams up with Ryan Davis on the evocative "Hope", famed local duo Tiefschwarz deliver the slow burning and moody tech house of "Control", Sweden's La Fleur (of Power Plant fame) delivers the acidic bump and shuffle of "Femton" and former Stattbad resident and Beste Modus boss Cinthie gets deep on the classic house sound of "Hatschi Hatschi" which has a whole heap of swing to it!
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WG 023
06 Nov 17
Minimal/Tech House
06 Nov 17
Minimal/Tech House
Review: Hamburg house hero Matthias Meyer presented the 20th edition of Berlin superclub Watergate's acclaimed mix series and two of the exclusive tracks he premiered for the mix now appear as singles, finally! On "LA Strings", Meyer executes a dreamy and ethereal deep house journey that's engineered for dancefloor drifting, guaranteed. Whereas on "Uluwatu" he throws us a sublime and captivating journey track will draw you into the void with its superbly presented drama, just as it did on the mix CD. Get ready for Part 2, coming at you very soon!
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WGVINYL 030D1
30 May 16
Minimal/Tech House
30 May 16
Minimal/Tech House
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WGA 002STEMS
03 Aug 15
Experimental/Electronic
03 Aug 15
Experimental/Electronic
Various
Played by: Seth Merlo, Piek (Paulatine), Kisk, ERIC POWA B, Hannah Wild, Mauro Picotto, Paolo Madzone Zampetti, Adam Port, Sami Wentz, Yousef, Sven Vath, Carlo Lio
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WG 012
09 Nov 12
Minimal/Tech House
09 Nov 12
Minimal/Tech House
Played by: Giom, DJ VIVONA, Ricky Simmonds (DJ RSI), Flash Atkins, Solomun, Magistro Ray, Freddy Love, Tasun, Space Ranger, Bruno Rudich, Resident Advisor, VIN VEGA
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WGVINYL 008
25 Jun 12
Minimal/Tech House
25 Jun 12
Minimal/Tech House
Solomun / Various
Review: There's a big change in approach on the latest Watergate mix. Gone are the stripped back minimal house grooves or nouveau deep house sounds that had prevailed on previous mixes. In their place come tracks that show Solomun's love of funk, r&b and hip-hop. Alliance Ethnik's "Respect" sets the tone with its slinky groove and hip-house style call and response vocal, while Lucy Pearl's "Don't Mess With My Man" is cut from a similar cloth, its vocal funk signalling an end to linear rhythms. Solomun himself has taken inspiration from this 90s sound and his own "Kackvogel" is all hushed vocals and slick r&b bass. The mix also features the timeless Cologne techno-pop of Heiko Voss' "I Think About You", remixed by DJ Koze.
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WG 011
25 Jun 12
Minimal/Tech House
25 Jun 12
Minimal/Tech House
Matthias Meyer / Lee Jones / Daniel Dreier / Patrice Baeumel / Mark Henning / Alex James vs Alif Tree feat Los Updates
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WGVINYL 03
25 Oct 10
Minimal/Tech House
25 Oct 10
Minimal/Tech House
