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when looking for music to be released on magazine, our guideline has always been energy. the key question remains the same: does the artist have something important to say? does it have a sense of urgency? alex played us these tracks while visiting the magazine studio in cologne earlier this year and we were consumed by unadulterated rage. this is anything but a conceptual release, alex has not released this kind of music before. a side of alex manifests itself through these techno tracks, that most might not have known before. brutal yet beautiful, furious yet fragile. a berlin native who shaped his sense for techno by striving through his hometown and its infamous raves, alex is now one of the prominent protagonists of that scene – not only when regularly playing at berghain. the ep harnesses this experience perfectly, fully preserving the energy of the creation process by recording directly to tape. most productions may have suffered from this primitive method of locking sound into position, but not these tracks from a techno master.

the first yris den. the first symptom of yris den. the first data entry of yris den. the first lacquer of yris den. the first search for yris den. (paves the way for) the first appearence of yris den. venial elevate your mind, free your auro.

mattes schwarz started djing in 1982 at age twelve, inspired by, as many west-german kids, the gi-djs of the roller skating rinks around us army bases. while he got heavily involved in cologne’s bmx scene of the 90s, he never really stopped, and during the main years of being known as stecken-mattes and playing there each friday night, he coincidently lived in magazine record’s homebase, north- eastern cologne’s old harbour. one day after stecken’s closure had sent restructuring ripples through the city - i imagine him getting up in the morning and taking a deep breath - he decided to send magazine a few tracks. “i don’t know” is mattes schwarz’ first release.

the totality of the many in one: cologne tape, an on and off gathering band from all over the world, did not call their second album welt without reason. the collective incorporates the nucleus of the label magazine and consists of the artists ada, barnt, jens-uwe beyer, jörg burger, john harten, philipp janzen, mario katz, john stanier and axel willner. all members live scattered between berlin, cologne and hamburg. they meet rarely and abruptly, but each of them always has the feeling that something relevant needs to be done. the ensemble’s name represents a city and the musical recordings that are made in it.their -rst release, -render-, marked the start of the label magazine in 2010 and found the way into dj sets by famed artists like dixon with music, which does not necessarily have the dancefloor in mind. subsequently, little, absolutely sublime pieces of cologne tape appeared in the public.

barnts full album debut >magazine 13.< luxury vinyl edition containing 2x180g vinyl and cd in gatefold sleeve!

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vocal trance? yes. but probably not as you would imagine. here is friday dunard from cologne.

the totality of the many in one: cologne tape, an on and off gathering band from all over the world, did not call their second album welt without reason. the collective incorporates the nucleus of the label magazine and consists of the artists ada, barnt, jens-uwe beyer, jörg burger, john harten, philipp janzen, mario katz, john stanier and axel willner. all members live scattered between berlin, cologne and hamburg. they meet rarely and abruptly, but each of them always has the feeling that something relevant needs to be done. the ensembles name represents a city and the musical recordings that are made in it.their -rst release, render, marked the start of the label magazine in 2010 and found the way into dj sets by famed artists like dixon with music, which does not necessarily have the dance#oor in mind. subsequently, little, absolutely sublime pieces of cologne tape appeared in the public.

weve had our eyes on jaures since they formed in 2014. jauress drums are neither techno nor electro but something of their very own, making the duo one of the most interesting young production units in germany right now.

"zon - palace since more than ten years close friends and metal heads phillip tielsch (von spar) and mario katz (cologne tape) met for guitar sessions, trying to - nd the essence of their favourite metal records* and digest in their own sound“. quite ambitious but without any release plans so far... magazines jens-uwe beyer found out about their project and pushed them to produce an uncompromising condensate of their raw material. beyer cut here and there, contributed some additional production and also got john stanier (battles) in the boat for the drums. so zon became a band and -palace- became the most intense and sharp edged instrumental metal set you probably heard in years! crato s b-side counterpart, a 27min drone ambient interpretation of the zon material, completes this literally thrilling album and makes it – wrapped up by john harten s unique artwork series – another magazine release at its best. mastered by matt karmil. - 45 min playtime - endless loop on side a; b-side cut inside out"

cologne based jens-uwe beyer is releasing this new ep just weeks after his album the emissary was published on kompakts new sub-label pop ambient. while „the emissary was completed by beyer on his home island of fehmarn in the baltic sea, amor dark pink tencel satin suit is very much a collaborative effort.

here are two pieces by naum gabo which we used to slow down in many sets and we still do. 180g vinyl.

great remixes by recondite & tail of us as well as jens-uwe beyer.

the long awaited debut album by one of the most unique producers in dance music these days.

magazine 10 wendy gondeln fracking wendy gondeln is here to introduce and spread the dance style called fracking

wolfgang voigt returns on magazine as wassermann, one of his best known aliases since the famous >w.i.r.< (1999)

ein blick, ein bogen, ein orchester – wie tastatur mensch als maßstab vor der form versteckt sich in acht, in der schleife, der unendlichkeit dinge fliegen auseinander. die sturmsaison im kreis. wallungen der massenpsyche. wand gliederung richtung streicher hand schmiegt sich mauer biegt sich, gravitaetisch auf erde wird welle, worte muster, grauwert beziehungen, bilder ein bild zweiter ordnung

if the black monolith tycho magnetic anomaly one from stanley kubricks classic 2001 felt like partying, he would be throwing his rocks in the air to the vibes from barnt, even without having arms or legs. it is probably because is this what they were born for? is not the first time the dj, producer and co-founder of magazine (barnt, not the monolith) orchestrates his profound knowledge of true cosmic sound design in the most convincing manner.

aauf den beatlosen rückverzauberung 6.1 und 6.2 werden klänge und strukturen auf so bizarr-abstrakte weise (rück)verzaubert, dass es schwer fällt einen vergleich zu anderen werken aus voigts katalog zu ziehen. durch seine ihm so eigene art der dekonstruktion/reduktion auf das wesentliche/essentielle erscheinen irgendwie vertraute klänge wie neu. voigt nennt das entdeutung. er stellt dadurch die klassischen, narrativen erzähl/kompositionsstrukturen in frage und entzieht ihnen die form bis ein neues land betreten ist. magazine fühlt sich geehrt, diese essentielle platte veröffentlichen zu können

please allow us the pleasure of introducing axel willners >loops of your heart<. originally from stockholm, this record reflects axels experience visiting germany, where during lengthy stays in cologne, he contributed not only his signature arpeggio sound to cologne tape.

collaborating in art, music and science since 1999, recently founding the label magazine and the collective cologne tape, this is nevertheless the first time barnt, crato and jens- uwe beyer appear together as one formation, simply called magazine. if you combine their recent releases - barnts stunning debut ep >what is a number, that a man may know it?<, cratos acclaimed and mysterious >30.6.1881<, j-u beyers incredible sound work on his highly respected last album (with jaki liebezeits drums off chaos) and add the cologne tape recordings you can get an idea of the formations cosmos — but you are not quite there ...

founded in cologne the early 1980s, the anarchistic formation drums off chaos has continued uninterrupted to the present day. the collective of jaki liebezeit, reiner linke, maf retter, manos tsangaris and others make music centered on dynamic but still very precise rhythmic codes using carefully selected sounds and patterns on self-constructed drums. previously, the group considered the shared and nonrecurring experience of playing live more important than getting the music recorded. the latest release however is the result of a collaboration with cologne-based musician jens-uwe beyer. thus, the drums off chaos sound is available on record for the first time after almost 30 years!

founded in cologne the early 1980s, the anarchistic formation drums off chaos has continued uninterrupted to the present day. the collective of jaki liebezeit, reiner linke, maf retter, manos tsangaris and others make music centered on dynamic but still very precise rhythmic codes using carefully selected sounds and patterns on self-constructed drums. previously, the group considered the shared and nonrecurring experience of playing live more important than getting the music recorded. the latest release however is the result of a collaboration with cologne-based musician jens-uwe beyer. thus, the drums off chaos sound is available on record for the first time after almost 30 years! (aside from a experimental singer collaboration available as a very limited cd mail order release)

after appearing on record for the first time as part of cologne tape (magazine 1), barnt now releases his debut on magazine: the ep what is a number, that a man may know it? is a hypnotic and free-floating haze, heavily influenced by the dance floor. few times before has the psychedelic energy of the 1970s been combined with techno house in such an idiosyncratic way.

the buzz has been around for some time, but now its getting real! the recently created cologne label magazine will release its debut record >cologne tape.< until now, they have made their appearances almost hidden, but it might not be too far-fetched to refer to them as a kind of supergroup: cologne tape are ada, axel willner (the field), joerg burger (modernist, burger & voigt), philipp janzen (von spar), john stanier (battles), jens-uwe beyer (popnoname)

friday dunards album on cd

please allow us the pleasure of introducing axel willner s loops of your heart. hailing from sweden, the man behind this record alone needs no introduction, as he is already well known in the electronic music scene for his project the field. loops of your heart reflects axel¼s experience in germany, where during his lengthy stays, his mantra-like arpeggiators contributed to the first manifestation of the sound of cologne tape, a group that formed while he was staying there. you can also hear this on the much sought after debut render, which came out on magazine last year. only a foreshadow for what was to about to come, willner has been living in berlin and letting his creativity go crazy. with an arsenal of special synthesizers and guitars he has put together and never ending nights . after touring worldwide with the field for the last 10 years, and never ending nights is like coming home again. you can hear german children speaking outside his studio in berlin (on the track neukšlln ) and it is not only the track titles which tell of things that have come to an end and or are about to happen. the old german musical tradition of letting yourself go (holger czukay, you, anima, cluster, you name it) is in the air, and willner breathes it. his highly personal approach to music and composition leads to nothing less then a matchless album that embodies beginning anew