stuck in time is a personal statement on a particular time and of particular experiences in my life. the sounds codebase choses to use on this album point towards an alternate universe of where music may have gone instead of where it is now, fusing analog disco bass and electric piano sounds reminiscent of the 1970s with sampled electronic percussion sounds of today. this juxtaposition crystallizes the temporally frozen sonic landscape of the album a musical fossil from somewhere outside the linear progression of time

again the boys of slam mode are back in the house and this one is no less slammin. >neveah< is a mish mash of volatile electronic percussion that creates nothing less than so nic mayhem. this mayhem expands riding steady underneath melodic yet techy strings. >afuera de sitio< departs through endless atmospheric melodies and piercing synth lines. the rapis linear movement transfers the pulsing microrhythms and hybrid sub bass into the void. another solid outing for fans of deep techy yet soulful and organic releases ala ame >rej< and the new flavors being pushed by claussell and francois k

>night falls<, has the potential to become a summer-hymn, awakening reminiscences of the old days, creating a more epic and filigree atmosphere. the taster single for booka shade s soon to be released second album >movements< works with a spine-tingling trance riff over scuffled, hazy beats and a strong story-telling bassline. on >trespass 06<, arno and walter delve deeper into pared back club material: a follow up to the experimental track >trespass< which they produced back in 1995 for their then label, touché, the 2006 track dispenses with infectious melodies and hooks, following instead a linear, tribal influenced rhythm

a stunning hardtechno 4 tracker ! amazing stuff ! support by bas mooy, lars klein, michael burkat, tadox, stephane signore and all the serious (hard)techno djs worldwide

the down tempo 4/4 a-side track is authentic deep minimal techhouse with original 90ties sounding phantom chords.. the b-side features a linear dark minimal and a funky melodic chicago techhouse track !!

the air texture series asks two producers/ performers to select a double cd worth of unreleased music. the only guidance is the music should not be main floor bangers, other than that we get out of the way, allowing them autonomy over their selection. this time steffi and martyn were asked to step up. exciting, since as residents at berghain/panorama bar - two of the most important dancefloors in the worldÉ how would two such respected artists approach our experimental ethos. bringing together contributions from veteran producers such as total science, as one (kirk degiorgio) and stingray, as well as contemporaries actress, vivek and shed, the artists explain in a press release that the selected tracks are all unique interpretations of a leftfield, non linear aesthetic. 26 total tracks including the above mentioned, answer code request, shed, dbridge, appleblim, faltydl, mosca, kink, and steffi and martyn as well.

after twenty years at the center of the electronic scene, the enigma that is chlo? still stands. while chlo? has long transcended her image as the ¦djÖ behind legendary club night pulp, headlining the rex as well as clubs and festivals throughout europe, endless revisions represents yet another deviation from rigid genre classification, deepening the often-linear perspectives on current music. a rich and multi- faceted work, the artist‹s captivating third album drifts from one mystery to the other, harkening back to philosopher theodor w. adorno‹s maxim: ¦the task of art today is to bring chaos into order.Ö

the yearly summit of keiji haino, jim o rourke and oren ambarchi continues with imikuzushi, which finds the group extending the power-trio strategies of last years highly praised in a flash everything comes together as one there is no need for a subject (bt05) and bringing to them a newly sustained intensity. for this performance, haino limits himself to electric guitar and vocals, forming complex networks of slashing rhythm work, noise squall and chromatic shredding, moving at times to near-silent passages of howled vocals and isolated, hanging guitar strums. the tendency towards driving free-rock which surfaced on moments of the trios last release is cemented here, with o rourkes fuzzed-out, non-linear bass riffing moving the music into almost garage-rock areas, combining with ambarchis drums to form a bedrock of hypnotic, metronomic pounding which transforms itself effortlessly into passages of flowing free-time. like all of hainos best work, the trio transcends any rock genre exercise to enter a non-idiomatic zone of ritual intensity, creating a music formed purely out of instrumental and group-mind possibility. presented as four unedited excerpts salvaged from an epic show that lasted well over three hours, the sometimes raw nature of the recording only adds to its directness and harshly emotive quality. francis plagne, melbourne, nov, 2011 released as a 6 panel digipak cd and as a limited edition double lp in a lavish gatefold with printed inner sleeves. design by stephen o malley with high quality live shots by ujin matsuo and stunning images by tokyo based photographer and sound artist shunichiro okad