in time for the 20th anniversary of his label hospital productions, dominick fernow offers the first release of his techno-focused moniker vatican shadow on ostgut ton, following up on his berghain residency and joining ostgut booking in 2016 with his vatican and prurient projects. the cocteau twins/this mortal coil-channelling, beatless widescreen opener “they deserve death” and the two collateral club/dancefloor tracks “rubbish of the floodwaters” and “weapons inspection” offset each other by reincarnating the tape manipulation that laid the foundation of vatican’s first performances with analog hardware and minimalist midi-dissection. produced in los angeles with josh eustis, vatican shadow’s rubbish of the floodwaters ep casts a full spectrum picture of where the project was born and where it headed.

tobias. returns to ostgut ton with his third full length eyes in the center and expands the musical narrative laid out by his helium sessions ep (o-ton, 2016). the berghain resident keeps exploring the vast modular synth-driven techno, experimental and ambient territories on a journey in-between genres. tobias freund is long established as an influential artist and has – since the early 1990s – been working as a professional producer, sound engineer, label owner and strictly live musician. besides his early solo projects (such as pink elln, metazone or phobia) he’s also been collaborating with dandy jack (as sieg Über die sonne), ricardo villalobos (as odd machine), max loderbauer (as nsi.), valentina berthelon (as recent arts) and atom tm to only name a few. with his vast experience, diverse output and interests, tobias. doesn’t tire to actively push against existing boundaries and explore new areas of electronic music.

this ep s lead track comes in form of a deep dub techno aesthetic at an adequate 128 bpm while not neglecting warm and melodic elements. “box drop” stands in the tradition of höppner s interest in musical detail rather than blatant functionality: aside from his recognizable kick drums and basslines nick lays out plenty of harmonic layers and effects such as string arrangements, leading synth pads, now trickling then rotating sound patterns, making this cut as elegiac and frisky as it’s muscular and straightforward.

fiedel und ostgut ton schliessen sich für seine neue substance b 12inch zusammen. womit fangen wir an, abgesehen von der erwähnung, dass fiedels debüt-solo-release auf ostgut ton lang auf sich hat warten lassen und dass es gleichermaßen prächtig gelungen ist? der gebürtige berlin-brandenburger hat die mauer fallen sehen, begann in den 1990ern im subversiv aufzulegen, startete 1996 mit errorsmith als mmm zu produzieren, war ostgut-resident ab 2000, machte damit ab 2004 im berghain nahtlos weiter, betreibt die eigenen labels fiedelone und fiedeltwo, arbeitete im hard wax-plattenladen und ist tragende säule bei wax treatment und dem killasan soundsystem. das urgestein von berlins technoszene präsentiert sich heute frisch und in topform mit seiner ersten solo o-ton-veröffentlichung, knüpft an seine intensiven beiträge zu den compilations fünf (2010), various (2013) und ostgut ton | zehn (2015) mit einem noch stärkeren drei-tracker an. fiedels produktionsstil atmet den geist der frühen tage von techno music, verbindet genres und techniken, konzentriert sich nicht nur auf eine enge musikalische narrative, kombiniert techno, acid, electro, jungle, boogie, dubmusik und broken beats. substance b ist die logische konsequenz eines passionierten djs mit vinyl-schwerpunkt, erfahrenen produzenten und akribischen tontechnikers: ein zwingender klang für moderne zeiten.

massimiliano pagliara debuts on ostgut ton with his new ep, time and again. born and raised in the deep south of italy massimiliano pagliara made his way to berlin in 2001, quickly diving headfirst into the german capital’s club scene (particularly berghain’s predecessor club, ostgut) until he started djing in 2003. by the time of his joining with ostgut booking agency in october 2015 massi had already constantly delivered – the dj and producer has left a strong mark on house music throughout the years with energetic, playful and deep sets behind the decks, two acclaimed solo albums on live at robert johnson and various collaboration projects. his residency at panorama bar therefore was a no-brainer – but the musical link by one of house music’s finest with the club’s label was still missing. now massi steps up with four new tracks and his first release on ostgut ton.

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ltd to 225 copies , the smile for a while crew turn to italian producer andrew soul for their latest transmission, resulting in a loud and proud record of house music histrionics tapping into an old-skool sensibility. soul enlists hard ton for vocal duties on the a side tracks, which range from the emotionally charged deep house depth charge -sweet love- to the grinding dirtiness of -take me higher-. on the b side, nico lahs gets to work on -sweet love- and turns it into an irresistibly funky shuffler with plenty of new jersey garage flavour rubbed into its bones. -your breath- then rounds the ep off with a freaky cut perfect for the after party

barker & baumecker take turns from techno, bass, breaks, and experimental terrain with their second album on ostgut ton.

hard ton, italy s extravagant duo of all things house music are back on luv shack records, unleashing six steaming hot tracks on the -queer nation ep- - a precursor to the first full hard ton album that is due for 2017. -queer nation- has singer max swapping his falsetto with a dark mangled voice, reciting names of queer icons over a dry acid house track that rejoices in repetition, and rightly so. classic music head honcho luke solomon s remix of -queer nation- builds up an intense 707 drum pattern, underlining rhythm guitars and max s voice, ending in a bold acid climax. italian newcomers younger than me also take on -queer nation-, marrying an early 80 s wave touch with a classic house approach.

after recent records by kobosil, &#8721,,, (summe), etapp kyle and nitam, unterton continues its path of presenting young faces with a new ep by somewhen. with his null ep the berlin-born and grown producer expands his musical repertoire, connecting to the tonal range of his live and dj sets in and out of berghain.

das neue album von clueso als vinyl-lp, inklusive downloadcode für die deluxe edition und instrumentals.

12 inch with printed deluxe sleeve... limited! first original release from label founders anton klint & edvin e (public possession, folk disk, tiedye, dfa, italians do it better)
tryck & ton is run by edvin e & anton klint. after a couple of amazing edit releases the guys return with the first original work from the newly founded label. conga liver is a percussion driven banger with serious highs and lows. the track gets remix treatment from lisbons finest tiago, who adds a discogroove, horns & an incredibly groovy baseline to the table. final track ‘on the flip’ is a playful groover sounding like robotnik having a loud wine-impregnated argument with tony allen over who to host the afterparty.

the turbo debut from gilmer galibard is a collection of four dark, visceral techno floor-destroyers from a young canary islands-based producer about whom we know relatively little. it also marks the labels first release to feature a swear in the title, offering a foreboding glimpse of the paranoid machine-driven warehouse terror contained within. by now you will have heard the demo in its entirety and are still dancing whether you want to or not. for my purposes, you will use the search engine optimization terms dark, visceral, techno, floor-destroyers and paranoid machine-driven warehouse terror to ensure that it finds its way to the 83 people who need to hear the release through this specific channel. you may tell people i am 26 years old and from the canary islands both facts are true and sound comforting enough but as you now know this does not matter. print this in its entirety and leave the release title unchanged. i would say ive said too much but that is impossible because as youve come to understand all of this has already happened.

barker & baumecker precede their upcoming album turns with the new two track 12“ love hertz / cipher

five years after his last album release luke slater returns to ostgut ton with a new planetary assault systems longplayer, titled arc angel.

chances are you ve already danced to one of his sets at panorama bar – matthew styles has been a regular guest dj at the club for several years –, but you ve probably also come across at least one record with music that went through the englishman s meticulous hands. while matthew has released great but small numbers of 12-es on various labels since 2007, his credits in mixing, engineering and mastering exceed his solo discography by far. with the metro ep we re finally offering a full solo release by matthew styles on ostgut ton

terence fixmer goes beneath the skin on his first solo release on ostgut ton.

a-ton is a new edition and platform of berghain s in-house imprint ostgut ton, focussing on ambient, archive and alternative music, differing from the club-focussed records on the main label. furthermore the first a-ton offering – chronicles | – marks the start of a series from luke slater s the 7th plain moniker, with remastered, previously released and unheard archive material.

helium sessions offers four new zero-g tracks from tobias. spread out over 27 minutes on this extended ep, his third full-length album will be landing in 2017.

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electrosexual who has been a mainstay of berlin s underground music scene since 2010, is releasing, in collaboration with hard ton on vocals and tb303, a new-acid single named i m your machine. remixes by antoni maiovvi, museum and abberline & santos ratos..

limited! edits by anton klint & edvin edvinsson (public possession, folk disk, tiedye, dfa, italians do it better) the labels previous 12inch (tryck001) sold out in a month being record of the week at numerous stores. tryck002 is the followup to one of the hottest edit-releases this year. with this release the swedish producers return with an even stronger release. the wonky groove of old lady friend is the perfect oddball summer soundtrack. the flip consists of two mid-tempo bangers. carribean-grooves done by a couple of drunk swedish fishermen. tryck & ton is the rebirth of a long lasting musical relationship between edvin edvinsson & anton klint (public possession, italians do it better, dfa etc.)

nick höppner legt nach seinem album folk und einem split-release mit fort romeau (cin cin, 2015) auf ostgut ton nach. mit der fantastic planet ep kollaboriert er mit dem japanischen dj und produzenten gonno auf drei lebhaften, clubtauglichen tracks, durchdrungen von früh-90er house und uk electronica vibes.

answer code request picks up where he left off with his album (code, ostgut ton, 2014) and 12“ (calm down, mdr, 2015): with the neume ep the berghain resident offers three new tracks, meandering between restrained club contexts and brittle break beats, machinery and futurist soulfulness. the eponymous track “neume” starts off on a with shuffling rhythms atop a heavy kick, soon caught up by first surging then predominant drone motifs, flashing bleeps and piercing strobe sounds. “meta” on b1 clocks in instantly without any build-up: its rhythm section sets the tone with broken beats while acr slowly carves out more musical detail and textures: subtle command vocals from the machine room, swelling synth pads and other chilling, athmospheric means are subsequently being added until the track’s break where the emphasis shifts towards the kick, pads and synth melodies until the track’s sustained, smooth outro. “vis” on b2 is the ep’s most protruding track: classic uk garage shuffle rhythms and amen breaks are contrasted by a funky kick and dreamful pads, intertwined with additional sparse percusion, layered with what in the first instance sounds like chirping birds but then like sparking wires. answer code request continues what he does best: combining the warm human touch with chilled alienated aesthetics.

virginia steps up with her first full-length on ostgut ton, playfully answering all questions and rhetorics about love, lust and life with her singing on eleven new songs. titled fierce for the night and co-produced by renowned artists dexter, martyn and steffi, the album offers a very personal insight to her inner self while drawing from club culture s long and rich history.

25 jahre alt, geboren, aufgewachsen und beheimatet in berlin, aber zuhause im club. nitams debüt retold ep (u-ton 06) setzte 2015 bereits den ton – und hier sind wir nun also, drei katalognummern und 14 monate später mit seiner zweiten 12- auf unterton. dieses release verfolgt eine ähnliche linie wie schon sein erstling: neue, variierte sonische motive mit einem frischen gesamtklang. trotz seines noch jungen alters zeichnet nitam erneut sein interesse an dance music der späten achtziger und frühen neunziger nach, präsentiert sich geschult an klassischem detroit house und chicago acid house, ohne sich aber selbst auf eine bestimmte klangpallette zu limitieren oder gewisse musikalische erwartungen zu bedienen.

100 ton chicken is the third album by the uk brit blues band chicken shack. originally released in 1969, the follow-up album of their first two albums “40 blue fingers freshly packed and ready to serve” movlp104 and “ok ken?” movlp1039 was paul raymond’s first album as a member of chicken shack.
pressing on 180 gram audiophile vinyl.

ostgut ton reissues neun of zehn with original tracks by ben klock and ryan elliott as well as len faki revisiting rainbow delta. 2015 marked ostgut tons ten-year anniversary, celebrated with an extensive 30 track compilation release, titled ostgut ton | zehn, spread out over ten 12inch vinyl records housed inside a limited box set. this sampler sold out in no time, which is why ostgut ton is re-issuing these ten 12inches individually in 2016. without any doubt, the best klubnacht moments are when dancers let go in trance not peak time, not big hitters, its the subtle nuances that matter. ben klocks first solo production in six years on a internalises this formula: a simple beat, pulsing sirens, a shimmering melody, some sprinkling flute notes and ben’s your uncle. sirens is a pure, hypnotic cut, shrewd and stylish. on b1 ryan elliott underlines why he has been playing both of berghains floors regularly: smith lake is somewhere along the lines of micro techno/macro house, something living inbetween musical worlds and floors, combining tribalist bongo percussion with ethereal synth pads and a delicate bassline. is it safe to say that rainbow delta is a modern classic? because it is! on b2 len faki revisits his 2007 release in form of a stripped-down, bare-naked and intimate ambient version. a modern classic, turned seren

ostgut ton reissues the final zehn of zehn with original tracks by etapp kyle, marcel fengler with elif biçer, and steffi. 2015 marked ostgut tons ten-year anniversary, celebrated with an extensive 30 track compilation release, titled ostgut ton | zehn, spread out over ten 12inch vinyl records housed inside a limited box set. this sampler sold out in no time, which is why ostgut ton is re-issuing these ten 12-es individually in 2016. all good things must come to an end, and so does this label compilation with its final re-release. long-time ostgut ton collaborator elif biçer lends her tantalising vocals to marcel fenglers uk-spirited, breaky and dark beats, with, vocals and lyrics aside – its open snare drum roll, the brazen sounds and seething bassline being the most distinctive elements of fallin on a. on the flipside up-and-coming etapp kyle opens b1 with blistering bleeps atop a solid kick, brushed percussion and surging, subtly atmospheric synth pads. there arent many producers as productive as steffi is: löweborschtel continues her past electro-influenced releases on b2: bouncy and rhythmic, moody yet spot-on, dreamy while fierce. to the next zehn years!

extended and dub versions of funkert and raverd, both songs taken from the forthcoming virginia album fierce for the night (ostgutlp22 / ostgutcd36).

ostgut ton reissues acht of zehn with original tracks by martyn, atomtm & tobias. and planetary assault systems.

ostgut ton reissues acht of zehn with original tracks by din (aka efdemin and marcel fengler), fiedel and tobias. 2015 marked ostgut tons ten-year anniversary, celebrated with an extensive 30 track compilation release, titled ostgut ton | zehn, spread out over ten 12inch vinyl records housed inside a limited box set. this sampler sold out in no time, which is why ostgut ton is re-issuing these ten 12inches individually in 2016. bubbling synths, a stoic bassdrum, some live hi-hat percussion and synth pads full of bliss – what started as marcel fengler’s and efdemins inaugural collaboration as din for 2013s masse ballet sees its continuation in form of mono on a1. on a2 fiedel contrasts the opening tracks cool sounds with an upbeat contribution: probe-806 gently brushes funk, electro, acid and even boogie territory atop the general muscular rhythm. analogue synth aficionados are being served by tobias.: like a drug is a minimalist techno track with maximalist dancefloor effect through its use of haunting, distanced vocal fragments, discomforting alarm tones and crackling background textures. as with every good drug, you dont necessarily want more of it, but rather a longer duration of effect (in this tracks case: 8:36 minutes).

atomtm, barker + baumecker and anthony parasole

ostgut ton reissues fünf of zehn with original tracks by answer code request, doms & deykers and dvs1.

2018 repress! etapp kyle for fans of ostgut-ton and klockworks.

drei of zehn comes with original tracks by function and substance as well as len faki remixing l.b.dub corp

nick höppner, virginia and dinkys planes in a matthew styles dub mix.

past midnight. empty streets. from an ill lit doorway a sound. a woman. shadow. a scent. drawn into one. smoke and synthesizer music swirls. bionda e lupo. crossing the threshold, tripping into twilight. analogue emotion, styles twirled like garlands. nervous shuffles and the touch of fingertips. weaving, bodies twirl as morning shoulders into night. the realisation. the edge of eyes. curl of lip. the click of heels with creak of floor. feeling flows, ebbs, cascades and floods. lipstick and heavy perfume. two forms swimming in currents, bending to one another in the warm glow of aging speakers. breath and pulse quicken. electricity spiked with passion. the final embrace. whispered promises. a kiss.

during the last three years a new name has been making waves at ostgut ton and berghain: berlin born, raised and based producer kobosil made his debut with a remix of barker & baumeckers silo (ostgut ton, 2013), completely unknown at the time, he has quickly earned his stripes as a dj on the clubs main floor, eventually becoming a resident at berghain. following up on five subsequent 12 releases and kobosils first live sets, his debut album sees him covering yet new ground in the form of a full length release.

kobosil offers four new carefully crafted tracks on his debut ep release for ostgut ton.

fresh new vinyl series of the hamburg based label ton liebt klang. the first part is a big collection of tracks and remixes by great artists like arts & leni, thomas lizzara, polina play, rich vom dorf and many more. all four tracks are made for the dancefloor und will rock the crowd.

ostgut ton turns zehn with label compilation and thirty new tracks

martijn deijkers with a unique, distinctive sound, nestled somewhere between 2-step, house, dubstep and garage.

jackin acid house

the black madonna, liit, aardvarck and herva remix nick höppner’s folk

this 12 comes full circle feat. a remix by further reduction and two mixes by answer code request.

len faki veroeffentlicht die zweite ep seiner basement trax-reihe auf ostgut ton. war der erste teil der 2013 begonnenen reihe noch gepraegt von vocals, sphaerischen klaengen und melodien, so verzichtet der berghain-resident der ersten stunde mit vol. 2 fast gaenzlich auf solche elemente. die drei neuen stücke sind klar, funktional, aufgeraeuumt und alle um die 124 bpm pendelnd, spiegeln seinen routinierten blick auf die peaktime am wriezener bahnhof aber auch auf dancefloors rund um die welt wider

kobosil, norman nodge and marcel dettmann offer new versions of fixmers 2003 >aktion mekanik theme<

part i features contributions from steve bicknell, post scriptum, l.b. dub corp and blue hour.