dense + pika remix seminal nervous records house tune rain by kerri chandler dense & pika are a british electronic production/artist/dj duo compromising of producer/djs alex jones (hypercolour label boss) and chris spero better known to many by his glimpse alias. the duo first came into fruition in mid 2011 with a number of white label releases. it wasnt long until they were noticed by scuba and have since had multiple releases under their belt on adam beyers drumcode, scubas acclaimed hotflush imprint and have branched out onto the elusive hypercolour. dense & pika have also been showing off their remixing talents by reworking the likes of adam beyer & ida engberg, digitalism, disclosure, kda, leftfield, maya jane coles, x-press 2 and also paul woolfords erotic discourse, which won the dj mag category for best remix in 2014.

limited 2015 repress
release no.4 for the mysterious dense & pika. >who cares wins< is another slice of grimey warehouse rawness, the kinetic drums and synths combing for a peak time cacophony of sound. flipsides >morse mode< ups the tempo whilst still keeping the duos signature rough vibe whilst >crackling< rounds things off nicely, more streamlined than the previous tracks with a touch of dub techno thrown in for good measure.

dense & pika return to hotflush with their first original material since last year s smash, colt . meanwhile they issued a chart-topping remix of paul woolford s erotic discourse with a signature bombast that carries over into the present klank ep. six tracks leave plenty of room for variety, however, from the toecap shuffle of the eponymous lead track to bad ink s melodic grand designs, through slacker s binary jack and the pared-down house groove that is slowhand , not to mention the aquatic depths explored by wandering hands , we see dense & pika s muscles at full flex.

repress 2014
high quality rough n ready warehouse techno from two established producers (who have produced on planet e among others) coming together under the mysterious dense & pika alias. >vomee< launches the label, all guns blazing with a grimey bass led groove. flip sides >bad back< continues the low slung vibe but injects more of a fucked up lo-fi feel with a crunched up kick and metalic shards of sound. first in a series�

dj support from. dj koze, scuba, peason sound, maya jane cole, craig richards, untold, midland, mosca, ame, dexter, sven vath, agoria, jackmaster, george fitzgerald, paul woolford, will saul, comix, carl craig! the third release from mysterious double act dense & pika sees them returning to the more low slung techno vibes of their first release. 31 is a slow burner, submerged beats shuffle along before the tracks off kilter millsianesque riff is introduced which gradually oscillates in intensity throughout.a truly heady experience all wrapped up in d&ps super skilled production, it was a feature in jackmasters recent ra podcast and has gained further support from a wide range of djs from dj koze to sven vath. flip sides bad ink ratchets up the tension with a serious warehouse style jam, big booming cavernous kicks and twisted fx stamp their mark before dropping into a raw melancholic bass riff that takes the track to epic heights

after the supremely well received first release vommee which featured on sven vaths recent cocoon mix cd,the mysterious dense & pikas next release well could be one of 2012s biggest -buttplug is the lead track (already dj mags killer tune in its recent december issue) - a kinetic powerhouse ride of roughed up beats & bass complete with a jacked up female vocal from an anonymous source. if that wasnt enough, flip side track cartoon heart continues the high octane thrills with a phunked up house number, the duos tight production giving the track an edge over legions of derivative here today, gone tomorrow fillers.

leftfield veröffentlicht exklusives 7�-paket mit remixen, u.a. von thom (alt-j)!
bisher nur in limitierter auflage in uk erhältlich, gibt es ab dem 19.02. auch eine kleine, exklusive auflage der aktuellen doppel-7� von leftfield.
die doppel-7� kommt im gatefold sleeve daher und beinhaltet �head and shoulders� im remix von mungo�s hi fi, einem in glasgow ansässigen reggae soundkollektiv, die den song in eine dancehall nummer verwandeln. auf der b-seite findet sich eine instrumental version der single. die zweite 7� wartet mit zwei remixes des tracks �little fish� (feat. polica�s channy leaneagh) auf: der erste mix stammt vom bass-techno duo dense & pika, auf der b-seite gibt es dann einen leckerbissen von thom green (alt-j), der eine etwas abstraktere bearbeitung des songs liefert.

label compilation, collectors items , 20th anniversary

moby is a name synonymous with us all in the electronic music world and we are lucky enough to have been able to hand select some drumcode artists to remix his work. this 9 track package included remixes from enrico sangiuliano, dense & pika, bart skils, alan fitzpatrick, marco faraone, tiger stripes, manic brothers and luca agnelli. each one has been thought out and accomplished with precision using some of moby s synonymous samples. the fourth & final part features the dense & pika remix of natural blues as well as marco faraones s whitelandvox remix of natural blues.

it would be fair to say that hypercolour, the uk label founded by alex jones and jamie russell, have come a long way since the label�s inception 10 years ago.
from humble beginnings, to a roster of artists spanning across continents, genres, styles, and sounds, the label curates a very special 16 track compilation album to celebrate ten years of operation, and to capture the essence of the label�s ethos and energies that have been at the forefront of the label�s output in recent times.
the triple vinyl release includes a download code.

der londoner dubstep-pionier und hotflush-labelbetreiber scuba aka paul rose beweist seine einzigartigkeit mit einem 75-min�tigen fabric-set aus 42(!) �ber- und nacheinander gelegten tracks. unterschiedliche k�nstler wie pearson sound und patrick cowley, donato dozzy und midland treffen in einer d�ster-verf�hrerischen atmosph�re aufeinander, so dass man sich zwischen pumpendem lo-fi techno und subsonischen b�ssen im rave-kosmos verliert.

die 26-j�hrige britisch-japanische k�nstlerin maya jane coles setzt einen weiteren meilenstein in ihrer noch jungen laufbahn. von den fachmedien - von resident advisor �ber mixmag bis zur ehrw�rdigen bbc - mehrfach ausgezeichnet, gipfelte ihre aktuelle anerkennung mit einem herausragenden platz 15 der top 25 einflussreichsten djs der welt, die der us-rolling stone ende 2012 herausgab. charakteristisch f�r maya jane coles ist ihr meditativ-antreibender techno/house-stil, der nach einer ersten -dj-kicks--compilation 2012 und ihrem deb�talbum -comfort- 2013 nun auf der neuen fabric-ausgabe zum vorschein kommt. gepr�gt von melodischen qualit�ten und einer enormen effektivit�t, erleben wir hier eine weitere ausgezeichnete dj-perfomance einer echten ausnahmek�nstlerin.

sven v�th mixt die allgemein g�ltigen hits und die versteckten juwelen der clubmusik aus diesem jahr zu einem 160-min�tigen trip in die gegenwart der elektronischen musik. die 12. ausgabe von v�ths >sound of the season<-reihe ist f�r den liebhaber der elektronischen musik genauso eine einzigartige h�r-erfahrung wie f�r den unbeteiligten zuschauer