schrödingers box combines the talent of dmitry distant & norwell and cute heels for one serious split ep.

the colombian cute heels crosses and mixes different styles while preserving the clubs energy and zeal.

cute heels is the project of victor lenis, a contemporary electronic artist living in berlin, germany. he grew up in bogotá, columbia during the 1990s, surrounded by the radial punk scene. over the years, victor’s passion and fascination for synthesizers and drum machines to produce and compose resulted in his debut album “spiritual” for dark entries in 2014 as well as the “third skin” ep in 2016. inspired by equal parts liaisons dangereuses, drexciya and black devil disco club, cute heels connects the dots between detroit techno, early chicago house and belgium electronic body music. “state of mind” is a 4-track ep featuring the vocal talents of berlin artist aga wilk aka romance disaster on the the title track.

mst032 cute heels. this 4 tracker ep comes strait from the white mountains of bogota after transmissed to the dark streets of berlin. after a mindblowing 12inch on darkentries cute heels delivers a new one for moustache records. this 12inch listen to the name bella ep a renaissance new wave techno electro banger. dark strings and live feel with enough fist pumping energy for your unisex body machine tekno party.

third skin is a 4-track ep that connects the dots between detroit techno, early chicago house and belgium electronic body music. inspired by equal parts liaisons dangereuses, drexciya and black devil disco club.

first release on new malmö based vinyl label kess kill, run by rivet. kess kill was started with the will to continue the legacy 1979-1983by bands like liasons dangereuses, tommi stumpff, xao seffcheque, geile tiere and others, music that oozed techno, long before techno was a concept. some of the music on kess kill will be brand new, some will be 30 years old, but it will all be unified by the naive frustration and punky rawness that has long been absent

cute heels screamed onto the scene with his debut album on dark entries. the colombian s blend of ebm and minimal synth with driving rhythms electrified interest with juan atkins describing him as -the new blood and spirit for the next step in techno music.- tough words to live up to, but this talented artist has done atkins proud with his excellent five tracker, nepotism ep. measured and thoughtful the ep is packed with eclipsed wave and bold beats. future classics shine from the drop. -nepotism structure-, with its blackened chords and stark chords, is brimming with a primal energy. -madame counsellor- ups the tempo, adding some extra squalor with wretched 303 writhe. cute heels refuses to sit in one genre, electro coming to a head in the shimmering mechanics of -cabaret literal.- -the pulse (sex drive)- closes in a seedy blur of neon lights and showing synthlines. bleak and bold brilliance from bogota.

each song has been mastered for vinyl at fantasy studios in berkeley by george horn. each lp is packaged in a custom-made jacket by our in-house designer eloise leigh and incorporates the geometry of analog synthesizers and celestial rose patterns.

die ep eröffnet die a-seite mit einem düsteren, treibenden post-punk-track von hanging freud, geht über in einen traumhaften techno-ebm-rave mit kenny campbell und beendet diese seite mit einem industriell angehauchten halb-techno/halb-elektro-track von syndikat kommando 98, einem projekt von viktor lenis (cute heels, modernista).

die b-seite ist nicht weniger stark: sie beginnt mit einem geradlinigen techno-knaller des produktiven produzenten drvg cvltvre, geht über zu einem genreübergreifenden track voller experimenteller elemente, die mit modularer synthese und harten kicks von black potion angeheizt werden, und beendet die ep mit einem angstauslösenden dark ambient-track von dim garden.

synthicide is a monthly party that has nurtured dark synth-driven music in brooklyn, new york since january 2014. each artist featured on this compilation has performed at synthicide in some capacity and whose work aligns with the very sentiment of the party: moody, oft-aggressive, sometimes sleazy and with a heavy 1980s influence.

following a brief stint in italy with hesperius draco, frigio records is on the road again, this time crossing the adriatic to hook up with le chocolat noir. the croatian artist, known for disco panonia and his work as honored matres, is no stranger to frigio, having featured on all stars vol 1 in 2014. -transform ep- is introduced by the industrial mental sounds of -greedy pets- and followed by a new name to the roster as june delivers his interpretation of it.

hot on the heels of kess kill s launch featuring cute heels, rivet proudly presents kess02 by xaõ seffcheque. while kess01 was in no way a compromise, it was still a very intentional symbiosis between the distilled essence of kess kill and contemporary electronic music. on kess02 we go straight to the core of the kess kill sound and aesthetic with three breathtaking songs by xaõ seffcheque. a contemporary of liaisons dangereuses and d.a.f., düsseldorf based artist xaõ produced some extremely singular music in the late 1970s and early 1980s, which makes for a very proud first reissue for kess kill. this is music so unparalleled that making comparisons is completely redundant. think jacked up post-punk with manic rhythmic tendencies and you’re halfway there. qu est-ce qu il fait chaud!

this record is a soundtrack for excentric nightlife. bringing back to life images of wild parties at artists workspaces in paris in the 1920s, early mornings in belgian nightclubs in the late 1980s and driving classic italian sports cars during long hot summer nights. but this is not just a dream, we are here to live this life! enfant terrible serves you contemporary music to spice up your nighttime activities... limited edition of 350 copies.

gabe catanzaro is a kind of -king of italo disco made in usa-. after the first appearance on international deejay gigolo in 2000, he has reached the swiss labels mental groove and viking music with unforgetable gems like memories and ex-girlfriend . later he has released the amazing i can still remember on john selway s label memory boy, and also a full lenght on laboraudio called (la febbre dell italo disco) (italo disco s fever, translated from italian language). finally, after some years of break and a couple of remixes for dj gio mc-505, he come back with a ep full of italo disco and synth pop references. essential for who love the sound of the 80s.
played and supported by: ali renault, flemming dalum, casionova, fred ventura, keen k, nick anthony simoncino, cute heels, discodromo, the model, snuff crew, bottin, ulysses, paul mogg, sare havlicek, dr. motte, flashworx, cosmo vitelli, nick chacona, shawn mac, walter jones, david carretta and many more.