the fifth album from theresa stroetge’s golden diskó ship project.

hot on the heels of their highly acclaimed fifth album “ask”, the turkish-psych band altin gün return with a two-song summer remix single on limited 7 inch vinyl.

second solo album from danish guitarist rolf hansen.

incl ricardo villalobos siebhouse remix. huuuge !!

the debut album from mimsy, formerly known as wechsel garland and wunder. the vinyl lp includes a download code.

2021 repress, hand-stamped black vinyl, ltd. to 300 copies

repress of tolouse low trax 2012 album

multi-instrumentalist theresa stroetges is back with a new album under her golden diskó ship moniker. limited edition of 300 copies on black vinyl.

bill wells aka the national jazz trio of scotland is back with the 5th entry in his “standards” series. the vinyl lp includes a download code.

the 4th solo album from italian musician and composer emanuele errante and his 2nd for karaoke kalk as vinyl lp with download code included.

tradition verpflichtet: bill wells schwebt ganz sanft in die vierte harmonierunde.

ziemlich genau zwei jahre nach der ersten kollaborationssause aus dem märz 2015 legt tausendsassa jeff Özdemir sein zweites -friends--album vor. an diesem beteiligt waren keine geringeren als f.s. blumm, andrew pekler, halloumi express, sonja polligkeit, benjamin wild und dizzy (rotation) - wer solche freunde hat, darf sich glücklich schätzen! wie bereits auch beim ersten teil geht es bei den 20 neuen stücken drunter und drüber. jeff Özdemir, multiinstrumentalist, komponist, produzent und besitzer des berliner plattenladens 33rpm store sowie mitgründer des gleichnamigen labels, mag es seit je her bunt. wer will, kann hier 1001 einflüsse aus jazz, chanson, soul, gameboy-sounds, dub, minimal, psychedelischem wüsten-blues, siebzigerjahre-pop, klassik und john-carpenter-sounds heraushören. oder sich wundern, dass neben deutsch auch auf französisch, türkisch, japanisch und portugiesisch gesungen wird. aber das sind nur details, die für sich genommen wenig zählen. worauf es hier wirklich ankommt: die atemberaubende kombination zeit-, generations- und stilübergreifender akkorde, rhythmen und grooves besitzt ein ästhetisch rundum stimmiges klangbild, das seine volle wirkung entfaltet, sobald man sich diesem im ganzen hingibt.

finnish visual artist and filmmaker hannu karjalainen s music draws inspiration from ambient, drone, modern classical and dream pop. his first album worms in my piano was released in 2007 on osaka records and the second album, hintergarten in 2009 on simon scott s kesh recordings. a handful of dust is a desert, his third album – and the first under his full given name - arrives after a prolonged break.

ant orange’s third 12&#8243, for karaoke kalk forms something resembling a trilogy for the label. “right there” is built on a familiar rhodes-n-bass aesthetic, combining the lo-fi jazz of 2017’s “arkupe” with the soulful vocal motifs of 2015’s “s/t”, while introducing more electronic ingredients and taking an increasingly exploratory approach to rhythm and composition. the opening title track clocks in at over 8 minutes, growing slowly from soft tickled keys to a full-bodied groove circled by airy synths and fragmented rnb vocals. “drunk in the trunk” then shifts down a gear, looping another vocal cut over a lazy, stripped-back wahwah vibe. side a closes with experimental jazz skit “let that sink in”, its jerky tempo and flashes of light reminiscent of a late-night subway ride. the b-side takes a more contemplative tone, with the meditative arpeggios and sparse drums of “comfort zone” leading into the dusky west coast stroll of “muscle beach”, before “rudis goes offline” picks up the tempo for a last shimmering dance. the closing track “a frozen lake” sounds just like it sounds – chilled by name and by nature.

with his 3rd album dear stranger, duesseldorf artist tg mauss appeared 2013 for the first time on berlins quality music label karaoke kalk. proving once more his skills in meshing up folk pop with electronic music, he left a big mark at hans nieswandt (whirlpool productions), who now throws the track ghosts into the club: a grooving funk bass played by levent canseven meets a rattling hi-hat and spacey soundeffects. mauss voice makes the disco ball and our dancing hearts pause for a moment, just to explode on the dance floor. thats what you call state-of-remix-art.

being selfish, is one of the good things about running your own label. if you please, you can just try and re-release that certain record that you always wanted for yourself, but never could get your hand on it. now, you can just edit it the way you always wanted it to be (oh, those fade-outsà) and press it up. this is one of these occasions. when kalk (the collaborative project of philippe heinen and joffrey becker) was released on julien briffaz label brif in 1999, i just had started to dj out at a club in darmstadt (the late cafÚ kesselhaus) and the restrained, yet punchy house tracks symbolized what i liked about deep house back then: a mellow alternative to the bpm hunt and rigid attitude in mainstream techno, while not losing itself in chin-stroking wisdom or pesky noodling. it seemed that there werent too many around with the same desire. otherwise akasha wouldnt have remained a diamond in disguise and not what morgan geist so aptly named an unclassic. by his definition, that is: an old by and large forgotten record that would have deserved to be hit. if you take discogs as an indicator, more and more people start to think so though. here is your second chance to obtain a copy of the spirit of kalk. mildly edited and restored in the best human-possible way. mind you, its old house music from days of yore. dj gj

following his 2015 release s/t, ant orange is back with another groove-laden 12inch on karaoke kalk. arkupe is a prime slice of laid-back beats and bass-heavy jazz breaks. each track oozes soulfulness, from the smooth-as-silk fender rhodes on the opening title track to the downbeat afro rhythms of fog walk, and the nonchalant guitar riffs and synth lines on little wing. side 1 closes with feld, a sun-drenched slo-mo house jam. side 2 presents another handful of diverse ant orange cuts, starting with the more uptempo toe-tapper big lils. lb offers more tasty jazz-n-bass drumming, while the closing track my man has a breezy still-awake-on-sunday swagger. with his latest 12inch on karaoke kalk, ant orange shows the wide range of styles he has to offer. arkupe is loaded with some of the mellowest vibes youre likely to hear all year.

as a first follow up to his acclaimed 2012 jr plankton release, plankton teamed up with robert defcon and produced an astounding collage of european and afroamerican sounds, vocals and rhythms, both psychedelic and bass heavy. licensed to groove, the 5 tracks on oh babe merge the sonically improbable – highlighted by the artificial landscape of armin linkes cover photo and max da artwork. when krauts rausch (german for intoxication or noise) you know theyre onto a winner: the fresh new release opens with a sizzling drone ascending the throne of psychedelic sequencer rock. the title tune oh babe injects screwed, subtly lewd funk vocals into a slo-mo, yet ecstatic disco anthem, underscored by a pulsating filter funk bass, while bass n hippies and get up fuse deep progrock killer grooves with raunchy vocoder rap and funky turntable scratching, which will have you on your feet for sure. after a night out dancing, the final track, jealousy, evokes a scenery of solitary paranoia, both chilled out and chilling. defcon and plankton are connected by years of friendship and a dedication to minimalistic grooves and collage techniques in the tradition of stockhausen and can and the turntable and sampling culture of early hip hop.

third album from george dzodzuashvili aka post industrial boys. the vinyl release includes a download code.

ein album voller möglichkeiten. oder: hier ist nichts, wie es scheint! die vinyl-lp erscheint inklusive downloadcode.

following on from his releases on kolour recordings and profound, berlin resident ant orange’s latest 12“ on karaoke kalk is an innovative record packed full of diverse and lively tracks. the five tunes on the single take in an extremely wide range of styles, fusing elements of tribal drumming, funky soul, nu jazz and deep house. omi gets the ball rolling with groovy off beats and a wonky kalimba melody to get your feet tapping. yesterday is a funky dance-floor track while tunes like are you alon and the look are filled with romance and vibes under the careful guise of eclectic electronica. the track hands together brings the 12” to a close drawing inspiration from the same marlene shaw vocal sample that st germain used to such great effect on their hit rose rouge. ant orange brings a new twist to this iconic soul-jazz voice embedding it in a contemporary down-tempo groove. although originally from leeds uk, ant orange has such an mixed range of influences and styles present in his music that the result in a truly global sound. ant orange relocated to berlin some time ago where he now plays out at any opportunity, and with this new single he is again giving something back to his fellow vinyl junkies.

slamming remixes from mole, to rococo rot, edwards, christian s
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welcome back to the movielike resonating sound world of the 23s. already in 2008 the mysterious one-man band proofed with the album “bolivia” that they are trying to do another kind of music – something that isn’t entertainment, something that isn’t show, something that goes gently straight to your soul. now the producer from nord-rhine-westphalia did it again and tuned in the longplayer “flamingo”. anew he delivers a special kind of cinematic journey music that grooves opposite to his other, more rhythm based hypnotic dance productions. also as the 23s he produces pattern-based music, but it pursues a different intention: each listener should dive into a hallucinatory world of seen and unseen films that his inner eye creates unprejudiced. all ten tracks are romantic smooth operators. they put themselves in service of an artistic vision, in which the listener should get lost in music. the album can be seen as a love-letter to the movie scores of the french 70s cinema or the impressionistic sound arrangements you can hear in the early cinema of peter greenaway. with double bass heat, discreet piano melodies, levitating guitar chords, some gentle horns here and there and beats that recollect the warm jazz influenced soul of oldschool hip-hop the 23s generate a sublime get-down-deep instrumental journey. you can listen to it attentive. or you can just play it in the back while doing whatever you like to do. it is recommended to play “flamingo” in a decent amount of volume as all loungey tracks begin to live bigger and brighter with sound intensity. if you play it flashy you will experience an atmospheric sometimes light-flooded, sometimes foggy 40-minute electronic journey that offers open-minded souls to fill the room between the notes with their very own milky fancy. soon the album will be accompanied by a bunch of remixes tuned in and twisted by producers like giegling and white artists edward, christian s of the cómeme tribe, canadian producer the mole and the german post rock and electronic music band to rococo rot.

in the 1970s the american composer henry flynt started a series of pieces under the title >new american ethnic music<. in so doing he worked together native styles of music such as blues, country or hillbilly with electronic production methods to make something altogether new. so far in germany it has never been attempted to rework folklore electronically for a compilation. however, this picture changes if one redefines the idea of who the population is. incomers have brought new >national anthems< to germany, which means - even the portuguese fado, the african gnawa, the croatian klapa or the vietnamese quan ho are these days at home in germany. with the cultural project >heimatlieder aus deutschland< (native songs from germany) founded by former spex editor mark terkessidis and label manager jochen kühling all the various styles of traditional folk music now found in germany has been collected. thirteen of the songs recorded for the project have now been transformed by contemporary electronic producers to present a >new german ethnic music<. but why remixes? for one thing electronic music has recently focused a lot on the past (ghost music, hypnagogic pop etc.) – electronic editing is well suited to follow the effects of the immigrant music which the >imaginary national anthems< has created. furthermore the projects instigators were curious how >electronic musicians< would handle folk music and folk songs which is a hugely difficult task. to this end artists were sought out who could get along with the idea of each music style and who are known to already have experimented with the human voice. the results are as varied as the music styles and djs involved. some melodies remain completely intact while others are abstracted beyond recognition. margaret dygas associative approach ensured that she presents a polish song about a girls arranged marriage with a claustrophobic feeling. with his remix of the marrabenta of mozambique mark ernestus has continued the rhythmic experiments he is known for with jeri jeri. thomas mahmoud translated gnawa into dub and finaly ulrich schnauss turned the song of the italian chorus of >donni so< into a hymn for the horizon-expanding power of migration.hopefully this compilation will also expand some horizons.

aquarium eyes ist das zweite album des österreichischen duos ritornell. ihr erstling golden solitude erschien 2009 ebenfalls auf karaoke kalk. akustische und elektronische klänge verschmelzen auf aquarium eyes. aufnahmen, die mit viel liebe zum detail (unter anderem im studio von patrick pulsinger) entstanden sind, werden behutsam in den ritornell-klangkosmos eingewoben. durch subtile elektronische verfremdungen entwickeln instrumente wie klavier, kontrabass, vibrafon, kalimba und akkordeon ein überraschendes eigenleben, um sich momente später im zischen und fauchen elektronischer gerätschaften aufzulösen. unterdessen werden sie umspielt vom funkeln mehrschichtiger elektro-akustischer drones. einzelne organische geräusche und sublime texturen komplettieren die detaillierten arrangements.

according to the motto >my house is your house< the new kalk pets 12inch of hannovers finest house export le rok features the deep grooving track >lover & friend< alongside two remixes by grinser and chica paula

musique electronique: robert ohm und jens strüver zwischen ambient, krautrock und electronica.
inklusive code zum download des gesamten albums als mp3.

following the release of his recent eponymously titled full length album on karaoke kalk last year the berlin based imprints dancefloor orientated sublabel kalk pets now brings you romans latest remix ep, the asthmatic kingdom.

spannung im song: das kölner duo steht für sich selbst.

paul frick is back with another massive ep on kalk pets. i got through is his third release for the berlin producer on the vinyl sublabel of karaoke kalk and with it frick has delivered another quality record.

ltd backstock !

we are rootz / only vinyl release

es ist mal wieder soweit. karaoke kalk veröffentlicht kalk pets 19 mit vsq. hinter diesem geheimnisvollen kürzel verbirgt sich hanno leichtmann aka static.formally known als vulva string quartett hat leichtmann in der vergangenheit auf dem düsseldorfer label combination records einige maxis veröffentlicht, sowie einen feinen remix für daniel meteos >jacks daniel remixes< auf kalk pets beigesteuert.
bereits 2006 veröffentlichte leichtmann eine platte auf karaoke kalk: >nuit du plomb<. eine wunderbare ambientplatte in anlehnung einer szenischen lesung der novelle >die nacht aus blei< von hans henny jahnn. welchen namen er am ende auch benutzen mag. leichtmann steht für musikalische innovation, in diesem fall jenseits des 4/4 mainstreams. auf kalk pets gibt es nun 2 neue stücke von wunderbarer qualität. ergänzt wird diese famose 12 inch durch einen efdemin remix. so klingt musik.

andres is releasing an ep on kalk pets featuring three different versions of his track >ballad<. now if you re associating melancholy and a thousand tears with that title, you ll be taught better by the track itself. for this particular ballad is full of positive energies and sings anything but the blues.
uwe senor coconut schmidt aka atom polishes the >ballad<-track with additional beats and insightful words and turns it into a real disco-pop wingding: >this song is not about sex / it s about music / because music is better than pussy.< the minds are shaking. he has proved his sense for slant humour already before on his album >liedgut<.
another potential hit is the remix by john keys & los updates. >los updates< being jorge gonzales, who has contributed the vocals. having played in a popular band called >los prisoneros<, he is a celebrated popstar in south america, and, amongst other things, has been participating as a singer in the last album by >sieg über die sonne<. a finely lascivious party-mix. john keys aka dandy jack & andres garcia are responsible for the musical part. file under powerpop and emotronic.
playful sounds keeping the stroke of a ping-pong game and sure to keep your body high-spirited.

2003 classic by husband and wife team guenther and regina janssen aka donna regina!!

max loderbaur, pier bucci and argenis brito aka maluco get remixed by three very diligent, and indeed very striking ladies. dinky, sonja moonear & chica paula prepare the floor for a mixture of innovative and unique dancemusic

dewalta bietet eine umfangreiche mischung aus multikulturell, ausgebufften klängen und gezielten einflüssen der technomusik aus detroit. david hat dabei seine ganz eigene art die beweglichen beats zu programmieren. neben seiner arbeit als produzent ist dewalta auch als dj bekannt und seine tanzbaren, elektronischen songs vor allem in berlin sehr beliebt

famoser 3 tracker für die technoid-soulige tanzfläche der mit einem live eingespielten marimbaphon aufwartet und bei >steal my heart< einen originell kommentierten sample-diebstahl veranstaltet. support kommt von butane, alex attias, perc, 3 channels, agnes, jeff samuel, kiki.

eine wirklich besondere kalk pets. die remixe bieten von detroit (e-dancer style) bit minimal & beautiful / melodisch alles...

da wo dial auf detroit setzt, nimmt sich kalk pets den klassischen house & funk zur brust. gelungene remix platte, die grooved, als gäbe es kein morgen. mit mixen von pink alert, chica paula & tobias den man auch als teil von nsi oder sieg über die sonne kennt

paul frick schreibt als studierter komponist in erster linie musik für klassische instrumente. auf seiner ersten 12inch findet sich aber zum glück house musik die soul atmet und trotzdem repetitiv, hypnotisch und manchmal technoid ist. erinnert stark an akufen ohne dabei cut-up zu sein

finest sweet floor orientated techhouse 3 tracker by mario masullo & xm. they are known from their release on defrag

für seine zweite kalk pets verfeinert antonelli seinen sound mal wieder ein paar umdrehungen weiter und zeigt im zehnten jahr seines bestehens, dass von der sympathischen ein-mann-band aus düsseldorf immer wieder und immer weiter Überraschungen zu erwarten sind

daniel spielt mit umwegen, tiefen und horizonten elektronischer tanzmusik. seine tracks für kalk pets sind euphorisch, verspielt und verweisen nicht selten auf andere, befreundete stilarten. feiner melodiereigen

nebelhorn ist eine mixtur aus schönen atmosphärischen soundlandschaften. dabei funky und trocken und natürlich stets die tanzfläche im visier

drei jahreszeiten nach dem leichtmetall album kommt nun das remix-tool dazu. grinser bringt einen zünftigen mix mit qutesch begleitung von cadenza s n.s.i. und umseitig bläst der bremer james din a 4 zum angriff auf die stolperfalle