Jörg Burger und Wolfgang Voigt, ihres Zeichens Mitbegründer des renommierten Kölner Labels Kompakt, präsentieren ein neues Video ihres gemeinsamen Projekts "Mohn". Vor kurzem erschien bereits deren ambitioniertes und selbstbetiteltes Debüt , auf welchem die deutschen Elektronik-Pioniere ihre langjährige Zusammenarbeit auf ein neues Level brachten. Das Duo inszeniert Techno und Ambient als abstrakte Kunstform und möchte den gemeinsamen Langspieler daher auch als Gesamtkunstwerk verstanden wissen. Das die vorherschende Entschleunigung auch in Videoform funktioniert, davon könnt ihr euch beim neuen Clip "Saturn" überzeugen, der sich optisch an den ersten Clip "Ebertplatz 2020" anlehnt ( motor.de berichtete ). Taucht an dieser Stelle für acht Minuten ...

Die beiden Labels Innervisions und Kompakt haben jeweils ihre besten DJs aufeinander los gelassen und das Ergebnis auf eine 12-inch-Single gepresst. Für die A-Seite setzte sich das Duo Âme an den Track "This Is Not The End" von Gui Boratto , Resident beim Kölner Label Kompakt. Auf der B-Seite ist Dixon von Innervisions vertreten und das Spiel läuft andersrum: der DJ hatte sich den Titel "Unknown" von Saschienne — bestehend aus Sascha Funke und Julienne Dessagne — vorgenommen. Noch gibt es besagte Neuinterpretationen nicht zu hören, das Original von Saschienne könnt ihr Euch allerdings an dieser Stelle zu Gemüte führen: Saschienne - "Unknown" Der ...

Auch wenn das Remix-Album zu Battles' Gloss Drop - wie schon das ursprüngliche Werk - nicht so gut wurde, wie ich's mir erhofft hätte: Allein schon wegen der Wall Street -Revision von Gui Boratto hat es sich allemal gelohnt. Der will von dem frenetischen, zu sehr an stärkere Mirrored -Momente erinnernden Funkgeklöppel gar nichts wissen, lediglich ein paar Winzsamples und ein Saitenfragment scheint er sich für den trockenen Unterbau geborgt zu haben. Dafür zerrt er die im Original fast schon schamhaft versteckte Melodie hervor, bürstet sie ab, sprüht sie mit Gold an und ballert sie majestätisch über Klaviertaumeln und forsch voranstampfenden ...

When it comes to the progressive ingenuity of yesteryear few records could even conceive of doing battle with Gloss Drop : an explorational work of avant-garde invention, it saw the streamlined New York outfit punch well above their weight. It is and was their opus, and it remains revolutionary. This time however, although it may again be Battles' name on Dross Glop (the droll epithet attached to this collection of radical overhauls) and even if their madcap freeform fingerprints may be smeared indelibly all over it they've handed the gloves over to a plethora of pioneering genre straddlers to beat ...

Im Zuge des Releases der Remix-Platte "Dross Glop" am 20. April ( motor.de berichtete ) machen uns die Math-Rocker Battles noch einmal mit einem Mixtape für das Fact-Magazine den Mund wässrig. Denn auf der knapp einstündigen Zusammenstellung finden sich viele angesagte Künstler aus den verschiedensten Genres. So kompiliert das Trio unter anderem Gui Boratto , S.C.U.M , Shabazz Palaces sowie LCD Soundsystem . Zuvor haben Soul Clap bereits mit " FACT mix 324 " geglänzt. Das schönste folgt jetzt: das gesamte Arrangement kann auch kostenfrei herunter geladen werden. Damit der Appetit weiter angeregt wird, hier der FACT mix sowie die vollständige Tracklist: Battles ...

Released on CD and download 16th April 2012 with remixes by: Hudson Mohawke, Shabazz Palaces, Gang Gang Dance, Gui Boratto, The Field, Qluster, Kode9, Patrick Mahoney (of LCD Soundsystem) & Dennis Mcnany, Kangding Ray, The Alchemist, Silent Servant and EYE (of Boredoms) *About the remixers:* ...

So one of Clash’s favourite LPs of 2011, ‘Gloss Drop’ has been remixed. This induces mixed emotions. Scanning the list of well-wishers it all looks incisive, but appearances can be deceptive. Gui Boratto kicks things off with ‘Wall Street’, removing the epic delirium with a loping euro kompakt-esque re-run built of convention. ‘Sweetie & Shag’ gets stretched by The Field into a numbing wander into oblivion, whilst ‘Ice Cream’, perhaps the original LP’s best moment, is privy to a frivolous re-rub by Gang Gang Dance. These however are the low points. Where ‘Gloss Drop’ was remarkably alive and capable of inducing synthesesia, it suffered from an autistic mania that may be too much for some listeners. Thankfully here we find modern producers such as Kode9 and Shabazz Palaces grounding its cosmic opera to the bass shaken ground of planet Earth. The sonic terrorist of Kode9 brings new ideas to ‘Africastle’ by shaking up the percussive styles like batshit; it’s a delight and heightens any dancefloor break the trio of Battles ever managed. Likewise Shabazz Palaces’ take ‘White Electric’ and make it very much their warped own, no bad thing on a remix project. Thus overall ‘Dross Glop’ may please and frustrate in equal ...

While South American countries like Chile, Argentina, and Brazil can reliably be counted on for developing high-quality dance producers (e.g. Daniel Klauser , the ZZK collective, and Gui Boratto ), the small, landlocked nation of Paraguay has yet to emerge as an internationally renowned creative hub. Production trio LPZ —billed as the "South America's hottest export since Gisele Bundchen"—is doing its best to change that with the release of a three-song EP, called 1983 , which is out on May 14 through London-based imprint Body Work. "Snake & Butterfish," the EP's final tune, is a slow bit of acid house ...

Artist: Battles Album: Dross Glop Released: 2012 Style: Experimental Rock Format: MP3 320Kbps / FLAC Size: 160 Mb Tracklist: 01 – Wall Street (Gui Boratto Remix) 02 – Sweetie & Shag (The Field Remix) 03 – Futura (The Alchemist Remix) 04 – White Electric (Shabazz Palaces Remix) 05 – Africastle (Kode9 Remix) 06 – Inchworm (Silent Servant Remix) 07 – Toddler (Kangding Ray Remix) 08 – Dominican [...]

The three members of New York math-rockers Battles are men of taste, at least judging by the collection of peers they’ve enlisted to remix their songs. Lately, the band has been releasing a series of 12″ remix singles, and we’ve posted the contributions from the Field, Gui Boratto, Gang Gang Dance, Hudson Mohawke, and Shabazz [...]

The Alchemist, Hudson Mohawke, The Field, Pat Mahoney (from LCD Soundsystem), Shabazz Palaces, Gang Gang Dance, Kode 9, Gui Boratto. You could make an awesomely eclectic festival lineup using just some of the artists that Battles have pulled together to remix their last album, the twitchy, spiky, math-rock indebted Gloss Drop. Highlights include Gui Boratto’s [...]

*Dross Glop 4* album Released on CD and download 16th April 2012 With remixes by: Hudson Mohawke, Shabazz Palaces, Gang Gang Dance, Gui Boratto, The Field, Qluster, Kode9, Patrick Mahoney (of LCD Soundsystem) & Dennis Mcnany, Kangding Ray, The Alchemist, Silent Servant and EYE (of...

Over the past few months, individuals and artists from The Field and Gui Boratto to Shabazz Palaces have been reconstituting their choicest cuts from Battles'  brain-meltingly brilliant opus, Gloss Drop . It's now the turn of Gang Gang Dance or rather, to be more precise, doolally synth wunderkind Brian DeGraw  who opts to interpret the Matias Aguayo-featuring Ice Cream. If you've been cowering beneath a stone the particles of which were immune to the sublime resonances of the squelchy yet smooth original, it sounds a little something like this . However that was very much very last year and DeGraw ...

Posted at 10:40am, 4/4/2012 Battles will release their Drop Gloss 4 12" via Warp on Record Store Day - April 21st after the complete album hits stores on April 17th. It is a remix record of their album Gloss Drop which was released last year. You can stream two new remixes from the album here. "Ice Cream (BDG #Gang Gang Dance Remix)" and "Rolls Royce (Hudson Mohawke Remix)" are both available, below: The Drop Gloss album will feature remixes from a bunch of talented artists including Hudson Mohawke, Shabazz Palaces, Gang Gang Dance, Gui Boratto, The Field, Kode9 ...

Melancholia - In Retrospect -           The very definition of normal is a study in perceived reality and customary assimilation. Society has standards that help us define a person in terms of success based on these guidelines. Melancholia is the latest cinematic expression of acclaimed director, Lars Von Trier. Within the secluded landscape of a wealthy retreat, Von Trier sets the stage for the earth’s possible annihilation in solitude, confining us to a small hereditary construct; we are presented with very profound questions while examining their inevitable reaction to fate.           The film’s introduction is a fantastic and surreal insight into Lars ...